Martin Luther King

Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King. I hear the following passage from his speech.

And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men,
Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank
God Almighty, we are free at last!"

Forty years ago Dr. King was taken from this country in Memphis Tenn. Can you imagine if Dr King was alive today. Would there be the liberals of today running the democratic party? Would there be the hate for so many people in this great country?

Dr. King dreamed of everyone living together. He did not dream of white, black, red, yellow or any other skin color being racist. He did not dream of a divide between Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics. I wonder if Dr. King today would be able to stand up for his dreams or would some liberal group oppose him. Some leaders of the black community and some leaders of the democratic party are not the people Dr. King envisioned.

If liberals believe in the same dreams as Dr. King, why do we have quotas, why is it o k to suppress Catholics or Mormons? Why is it wrong to have high expectations of people? Back in the sixties, who helped pass the civil rights act? It took republicans to pass it and why doesn't anyone talk about the democrats that were against the civil rights movement? Who are prejudice today? It is a sorry sight when people that want to help the less fortunate are labeled racist and the people that are prejudice are called hero's and leaders of the movement. The reason for ones lack of education is not ones skin color but ones lack of action. The reason for ones lack of prosperity is not where you live but what you should or shouldn't do.

Again my family history is not very pretty when it comes to race. No, I will not throw my family in front of the bus like Barack. I live in 2008 not 1955. Times and people have changed.

My belief in Dr. King is what I have told my children and will tell my grandchildren.

There are good white people and bad white people , there are good black people and bad black people, there are good hispanic people and bad hispanic people, there are good catholics and bad catholics, there are good Muslim people and bad Muslim people, the list can go on and on.

It is not the color of your skin, what religion you are or what country you come from. Judge people by their actions, judge people by their character. What is character- "doing something good when no one is watching." Judge people by who they are and not what others tell you they are.

When will all people hear his words,

"black men and white men, Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

When....................., someday.