You may never have heard King’s famous I Have a Dream speech in its entirety (that’s a video link; if you prefer here is the text and audio). Or read his Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Do both today to honor this day before we inaugurate our first black President.
My favorite quote from the letter:
Senator Stevens’ ridiculous I-had-no-idea defense went for naught, and he is now a convicted felon.
Will we see a Mavericky call by Senator McCain and Governor Palin for this convicted criminal to resign his Senate post immediately?[EDITORS ADDITION: McCain did indeed publicly call for Stevens to resign. Its good to see there is still a sense of what is right left in McCain after a campaign that I can only believe he will look back on with nothing but regret. Governor Palin voiced regret for Stevens and Alaska, but made no similar call for him to step down. Hopefully the voters in Alaska will do the right thing.]
I don’t know what to say. My family and some friends tried to tell me, tried to help me see. I guess it just took seeing all of this in one spot, so obviously true, to open my eyes. Unfortunately I’ve already sent that ballot in and this election is over for me. But there may still be time for some of you. Please, before you mark that ballot you must read this. I feel so abused. Thank you Jon Swift and damn you Katie Couric and the rest!!
Are you following the polling data? McCain had a small bounce starting just before the last debate that had the republican hopeful projecting the fall of the Obama rocket. But it is looking more and more like something of a dead cat bounce. Here’s some cool info–
Britain is Repossessing the U.S.A.
A Message adapted and updated from Mr. John Cleese:
To the Citizens of the United States of America:
In light of the strong possibility you are about to elect an elderly gentleman with a bad temper and a lady who thinks she can run foreign policy because she can see Russia from her house, as President and President-In-Waiting of the USA and thus to risk Life As We Know It for everyone else on the Planet, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
