Whose Memorial Is It?

He gave a speech. It was memorable. It was historic. It was about a dream. It wasn't who you're thinking.

It was Lincoln. It was Gettysburg. It was short and it captured the dream of a nation reunited and experimenting with a government of, by and for the people. The big white edifice is Lincoln's Memorial.

Yes, Martin gave a speech there. It was memorable as well. But his memorial is going to be a block or two down the Mall. This building isn't his memorial and this day is not his day. And the message that the usual racist bleaters are raising isn't Rev. King's dream.

Honoring the Troops Not On Their Agenda

Simply because a great man gave a great speech in a beautiful venue does not give that venue to the memory of that man in perpetuity. A rally to honor America's finest does not dishonor America's past. The lunacy of leaping from MLK to racism and denial of free speech in the nation's capital must be recognized for what it is. It is pure race-baiting and hypocrisy.