"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being."
Jackie Robinson
Newt Sounds Like Me With This OneFrom his June 10 appearance on Hannity, Newt Gingrich made a point that I make quite often. In fact, Newt verbalizes one of my biggest problems with President Obama.
"But I can tell you, this is a president who uses rhetoric to hide from reality. I have learned very sadly not to pay attention to his words, because they are, in fact, not good indicators of what he is going to do..."
A transcript of the entire interview is available on Newt's site.
Atheists often like to point out that religion has been used as an excuse for things like slavery. I like to point out that it was faith that set my people free. Dr. King and all others involved in the Civil Rights Movement were people of great faith. Their belief in God and belief in the notion that our rights come from God, inspired them to face overwhelming odds and extreme hostility to peacefully fight for freedom.
That is the difference between faith and religion.
The Evolution of Michael Jackson?I saw this character in the awful kids movie "When Good Ghouls Go Bad" and couldn't resist thinking that he really does look like MJ. Hey it's possible that this is how Jackson will look soon, minus the green glowing eyes. Then again...
"When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every Americanwas to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I have a dream."
