I didn't even realize that today was MLK day until someone pointed out to me that I don't have classes today.

Enjoy the day and don't forget the remember MLK.

Happy MLK day to all those who arent bitching about a black man getting a holiday.

If you are, may the foot of MLK magically beam down from the sky to swiftly kick you in the ignorant ass.

I'm all for MLK Day.

Its President's Day that is a bullshit holiday, if you think about it. We celebrate Independence Day, and then separately celebrate the birthdays of the founding fathers of our country's independence?

Seems like overkill to me.

Down with President's Day!!!

MLK > Presidents

They should MLK's face on the $30 bill.

They should also outlaw the creation of complete sentences and complete character schetches of Ben Wallace (I really like stick-figure Ben).

I think we should all drink MILK on MLK day.

Just sayin'.

Happy MLK Day everyone.

my 6 year old put it best when i asked him if he knew who MLK Jr. was:

"He said that we should all be nice to each other, even if we look different"

:D

They should MLK's face on the $30 bill.
seconded.
that would be hot

we need an MLK photoshopper to make this happen.

Happy MLK Day everyone.

my 6 year old put it best when i asked him if he knew who MLK Jr. was:

"He said that we should all be nice to each other, even if we look different"

:D

Keep bringing that kid up right I! Sounds like he's pretty damn smart. :thumbup:

Corporate sluts!!!!!

http://www.google.com/logos/mlk06.gif

Corporate sluts!!!!!

http://www.google.com/logos/mlk06.gif

google does that for every holiday or notable event. it's actually pretty cool because some are rather obscure.

Corporate sluts!!!!!

http://www.google.com/logos/mlk06.gif

google does that for every holiday or notable event. it's actually pretty cool because some are rather obscure.

Yep. I was kidding around. I use Google roughly 30 times a day, so if they're corporate, then I'M the corporate slut. :lol:

They should MLK's face on the $30 bill.
seconded.
that would be hot

we need an MLK photoshopper to make this happen.

I'm on it.

Happy MLK day. Thanks to the recent movement of blacks into my neighborhood, School was shut down!


Can you get a Rosa Parks day too?

google is an evil empire that no one can get away from. :shock:

Happy MLK day. Thanks to the recent movement of blacks into my neighborhood, School was shut down!


Can you get a Rosa Parks day too?
no, i'd take a malcolm x day first. but nevertheless its fucked up that the relation between the diffusion of blacks and the closing of schools is direct. :?

Well, where there was only 0 blacks at our schools before about 2002, I dont think there was a reason shut down an all white school.




Thats like closing an all islamic school on Christmass

http://img491.imageshack.us/img491/1861/mlkbill0ym.jpg

Well, where there was only 0 blacks at our schools before about 2002, I dont think there was a reason shut down an all white school.




Thats like closing an all islamic school on Christmass
no its not IMO. but to each his own.

Schools without presidents should stay open during presidents day.

Happy.

Schools without presidents should stay open during presidents day.
yea cant equate one thing to another so freely as people do sometimes.

No school. Yes.

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good picture quality but the location of the pic and the shape of the numbers is slightly off. i'm trying to traffick a new currency here, its gotta be authentic :D

I'm all for MLK Day.

Its President's Day that is a bullshit holiday, if you think about it. We celebrate Independence Day, and then separately celebrate the birthdays of the founding fathers of our country's independence?

Seems like overkill to me.

Down with President's Day!!!

I knew it..American Hating Bastard! Not me I love all things America :usa2:

<excuse me, I took a Sean Hannity "it's great to be American" class online this weekend>

<disclaimer for TM: this response was intended to be a joke so go easy on me when you respond>

Happy.THANK YOU

I'm all for MLK Day.

Its President's Day that is a bullshit holiday, if you think about it. We celebrate Independence Day, and then separately celebrate the birthdays of the founding fathers of our country's independence?

Seems like overkill to me.

Down with President's Day!!!

I knew it..American Hating Bastard! Not me I love all things America :usa2:

<excuse me, I took a Sean Hannity "it's great to be American" class online this weekend>

<disclaimer for TM: this response was intended to be a joke so go easy on me when you respond>
LMFAO at the fine print. :D

I think that thirty dollar bill is off the chain.

The school I graduated from, is mostly white. I was one of the first black folk to enroll in that school. My first year there MLK day was not celebrated and school was open. One of my female friend petitioned to the Redford school board and now it's only open a half day. A small step.

I'm all for MLK Day.

Its President's Day that is a bullshit holiday, if you think about it. We celebrate Independence Day, and then separately celebrate the birthdays of the founding fathers of our country's independence?

Seems like overkill to me.

Down with President's Day!!!

I knew it..American Hating Bastard! Not me I love all things America :usa2:

<excuse me, I took a Sean Hannity "it's great to be American" class online this weekend>

<disclaimer for TM: this response was intended to be a joke so go easy on me when you respond>

http://www.hereinreality.com/hannity/inanity.jpg

I'm way down with MLK day. The guy was unbelievable. I showed the "I have a dream" speech to my 3rd graders today, and the little 8 year olds were feeling it!

:notworthy: MLK :notworthy:

I'm way down with MLK day. The guy was unbelievable. I showed the "I have a dream" speech to my 3rd graders today, and the little 8 year olds were feeling it!

:notworthy: MLK :notworthy:
you owe the MLK foundation 600 dollars for its role in calming your kids. :lol:

i think MLK day is dumb. MLK was a great man, but I don't get the point of taking a day off work or having no school for a day. It's not like staying at home for a day is going to somehow put an end to bigotry.

Also MLK was black but his message wasn't always aimed towards black people. He stood for the equality of everybody. You don't have to be black to consider him a great man or a hero of recent american history. I don't understand why any school district wouldn't give kids a day off until blacks enrolled. In fact you could say the day doesn't really mean shit if it doesn't mean anything to white people and they consider it a black holiday.


and as for Malcolm X, he will never have a holiday. The government still hates him and i don't think that will ever change.

i think MLK day is dumb. MLK was a great man, but I don't get the point of taking a day off work or having no school for a day. It's not like staying at home for a day is going to somehow put an end to bigotry.

Also MLK was black but his message wasn't always aimed towards black people. He stood for the equality of everybody. You don't have to be black to consider him a great man or a hero of recent american history. I don't understand why any school district wouldn't give kids a day off until blacks enrolled. In fact you could say the day doesn't really mean shit if it doesn't mean anything to white people and they consider it a black holiday.


and as for Malcolm X, he will never have a holiday. The government still hates him and i don't think that will ever change.
ummm you never made this complaint for none of the white guys who get a holiday..shit, why would you find a dislike in MLK getting one. i mean damn, first you got anthony trying to compare it to religious values. now this.

MLK may be above it but i'm not, anyone complaining about MLK getting a holiday are being crybaby asses. not only is a cool holiday period. but its a great idea that it represents, whether naive or not. its still a great idea . better than most.

as far as what its purpose is vs bigotry, just a reminder of the era that most people try to ignorantly forget and someone who was braver in that era than most are today. its not a reminder for the grown people too stuck in their ways to get it. its for the children who still have a choice on things like that. such as iamme's kid.

well thats my take on it anyways.

ummm you never made this complaint for none of the white guys who get a holiday..shit, why would you find a dislike in MLK getting one. i mean damn, first you got anthony trying to compare it to religious values. now this.


Ummmm no I wasnt. I was just trying to make a comparison in general, and thats what I came up with.

I agree with the rest of your post

ummm you never made this complaint for none of the white guys who get a holiday..shit, why would you find a dislike in MLK getting one. i mean damn, first you got anthony trying to compare it to religious values. now this.
YES I HAVE! Columbus Day is the worst holday ever thought of.
and as for Anthony, I hold no responsibility for that dude so I hope your not saying i'm somehow behind his words.

I don't have a problem with MLK getting a holiday. My problem is his impact on society is not shown by the day what so ever, therefore it's dumb. IF there was something tied in to the day then it would make sense. Have kids play 'operation' to remind them were all the same on the inside. Have the government give money to construction companies to fix up poor neighborhoods a bit. Sending kids out of school to play GTA all damn day isn't doing MLK any justice and it ain't helping a damn thing.

ummm you never made this complaint for none of the white guys who get a holiday..shit, why would you find a dislike in MLK getting one. i mean damn, first you got anthony trying to compare it to religious values. now this.
YES I HAVE! Columbus Day is the worst holday ever thought of.
and as for Anthony, I hold no responsibility for that dude so I hope your not saying i'm somehow behind his words.

I don't have a problem with MLK getting a holiday. My problem is his impact on society is not shown by the day what so ever, therefore it's dumb. IF there was something tied in to the day then it would make sense. Have kids play 'operation' to remind them were all the same on the inside. Have the government give money to construction companies to fix up poor neighborhoods a bit. Sending kids out of school to play GTA all damn day isn't doing MLK any justice and it ain't helping a damn thing.
it depends on what you call an effect. i didnt say it drastically changed the world overnight within one day. if you say its dumb because it didnt solve poverty you're just being cynical and asinine.

but measure by what you will. it has an effect on society. no matter how mild it does. but no it doesnt change poverty into gold and lifts the chains of oppression off the minorities of the world. you're naive if you think thats the requirement to suit your satisfaction. i can't relate with that naive point of view. and yes your complaint of columbus day evens things out for you im sure..:?


i really do apologize for any rudeness in how i feel but its ignorant to bitch about MLK getting holiday for those reasons. its like saying it was a waste of time to teach a class because only a couple students were listening. its not about fixing everything and coming together singing "koom bye ya". its just a day to remember a man who like i said before had more balls than us in an era that wasnt kind to him at all. if it gives only a few kids or people the idea to learn more about him or that era, then thats fine.

is it really that bad? dumb? and meaningless in your mind? i mean damn im probally the most least naive about how fucked up racial relations are underneath the bullshit that things are spooo much better. but even i can see the positive in the day and the importance in even the little bit it does.

please! the problem isn't that the day doesn't end all racism and poverty, the problem is that it doesn't even try.

Anthony's response is the typical thoughts of white people on MLK Day, it's seen as a BLACK holiday. The only reason that the day is viewed like that is because he is a black man. Which really makes it worthless, because MLK was not about that. As long as it's really nothing to remember MLK or his believes and it's just a day off work I don't see the point of it.

I don't have a job so to me everyday is MLK day. Except there is one thing, my crowd is very diverse so I'm actually doing something he would have preached about where as most people don't even seem to do that much.

It's not a question of a black man having a holiday. It's a question of what's going on that day that honors him and the answer is still not a damn thing.

its just a day to remember a man who like i said before had more balls than us in an era that wasnt kind to him at all. if it gives only a few kids or people the idea to learn more about him or that era, then thats fine.

that about sums it up, for me. and i'm asian.



please! the problem isn't that the day doesn't end all racism and poverty, the problem is that it doesn't even try.
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It's not a question of a black man having a holiday. It's a question of what's going on that day that honors him and the answer is still not a damn thing.

i don't understand what you're expecting. who is your gripe with? the masses? the government? the school system?

"what's going on that day"?

people like you and i are discussing and remembering what MLK Jr. did for the greater good of humanity. maybe someone who didn't know is doing some reading right now and is blown away by what the man did.

It's not a question of a black man having a holiday. It's a question of what's going on that day that honors him and the answer is still not a damn thing.
really? oookkkk


# Several thousand people attended a rally at Columbia, South Carolina. Improved funding for schools and removing the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds dominated the speeches. "We're not going to rest until that rag comes down," said the Rev. Nelson Rivers III, chief operating officer of the NAACP in Baltimore.

# Thousands of volunteers commemorated Martin Luther King Day across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware by taking part in an array of service projects.
IMO the effort to get it as a holiday was cause enough.

MLK Day: How It Became A Holiday
1968

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Four days after King is assassinated, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) submits legislation proposing King's birthday as a national holiday.

1969

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Sixty automotive workers in North Tarrytown, N.Y., are suspended from work after more than 1,200 workers stay home to observe MLK Day.

1970

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Conyers and Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.) carry 6 million signatures in support of MLK Day to a hearing to study the holiday issue.

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California becomes the first state to pass legislation making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a school holiday.

1973

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Illinois becomes the first state to pass a statewide King holiday bill.

1979

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Coretta Scott King testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee and before joint hearings of Congress on behalf of the King holiday.

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The King holiday bill is defeated in a floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.

1980

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Stevie Wonder's hit song "Happy Birthday" celebrates King and urges a holiday in his honor.

1982

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Coretta Scott King and Stevie Wonder present 6 million signatures in support of the MLK holiday to Speaker of the House Tip O'Neil.

1983

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The U.S. House of Representatives passes legislation, 338-90, making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national legal holiday on the third Monday in January.

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The U.S. Senate approves the holiday bill sponsored by Ted Kennedy, 78-22, despite Sen. Jesse Helms' protests.

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President Ronald Reagan signs the legislation to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s Day a national holiday.

1986

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First national observance of the holiday.

1989

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The number of states that have legislated an MLK holiday reaches 44.

1990

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The Wall Street Journal reports that only 18 percent of 317 corporate employers provide a paid MLK holiday.

1992

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Arizona is put in the national spotlight for its lack of support for the MLK holiday. In November, a referendum is finally passed, leaving New Hampshire as the only state not to honor the observance.

1998

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Reports show that 26 percent of 458 surveyed employers provided a paid holiday for MLK Day.

1999

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New Hampshire passes MLK Day legislation, completing enactment of the holiday in all 50 states.

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The U.S. Senate unanimously passes legislation requiring federal institutions to fly the U.S. flag on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.


DETROIT -- Metro Detroiters are honoring the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. Monday with ceremonies and vigils held throughout the area.

The events started this weekend with a candlelight vigil in West Bloomfield and the Southern Christian Leadership Council's annual awards dinner in Detroit, Local 4 reported.

Monday morning's ceremonies included a mass in King's name at the Archdiocese of Detroit Blessed Sacrament Cathedral at 10 a.m., and a peace walk at the Southfield Civic Center, which started at 10:30 a.m.

Others are remembering the day by offering their volunteer services. Twelve-year-old Jamel Robinson helped clean out an office building for a volunteer organization.

"I felt that I should help out my communities, and other parts of the city," Robinson said.


Lucas Donates $1M To Help Build MLK Memorial

POSTED: 10:14 am EDT October 24, 2005
UPDATED: 10:29 am EDT October 24, 2005

WASHINGTON -- The man behind the blockbuster "Star Wars" saga has stepped forward in a big way to help preserve the legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King.

George Lucas Thursday donated $1 million to help build the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial project, organizers said.

"The ideals and principles for which Dr. King fought have never been forgotten and are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago," Lucas said in a statement. "Martin Luther King Jr. has inspired millions of people, and this memorial ensures that his message endures for many generations to come."

According to organizers, $40 million of the $100 million needed to fund the project has been raised thus far.

Other notable supporters of the project include former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Jack Valenti, former president of the Motion Picture Association of America, and Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman.

Groundbreaking is scheduled for late next year on a four-acre site near the Lincoln Memorial, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

im sorry but as lil as this is in my mind, its not nothing. and a lil bit is better than nothing and its also worth it.your idea that nothing comes out of this holiday is pretty odd . maybe its you being stubborn about the truth because it contradicts what you've been complaining about. but whatever.

i don't understand what you're expecting. who is your gripe with? the masses? the government? the school system?


the school system mostly. Kids still view it as a black history type of thing and they should be telling them more specificly what he was about.
The masses would be second place though. Because they gave him meaningless holiday.

For example on Independence day we shoot off fireworks in tribute to bombs and bullets and what not. So on MLK day why don't people spray hoses in the air to remember the firehoses during the protests or something? People don't want to remember any struggles but they want to think everyone hated each other because of skin tone and then MLK said 'stop it' and the problem was solved. That's what the holiday represents and that's why it's fucked up. The problems of racism and poverty are not solved, MLK's dream is still just a dream and everyone wants to act like it was rainbows and lollipops since blacks got to shit in the same spots whites do.


people like you and i are discussing and remembering what MLK Jr. did for the greater good of humanity. maybe someone who didn't know is doing some reading right now and is blown away by what the man did.

I don't think that's very likely. do you?



I spent my MLK day in Highland Park. Me and a couple of my friends were messing with a computer and talking to these girls we had over. Then we went to the local Coney Island. As soon as we ate our meals we were told to leave by the manager. He didn't like us talking to each other in his establishment. We didn't do anything wrong and we were the only people in the whole restaurant, so it's not like he needed seats for customers. He just got nervous seeing so many black people (i'm the only white dude) in his place without food on there plate. He thought he'd have to provide his heat and shelter to the whole community soon so he kicked us out in the cold. happy MLK day right?

great story that doesnt prove your point. if MLK was supposed to drastically change that situation for you, then you are expected some serious bs.

might as well base the rest of your life on that situation. it should be a defining moment in getting rid of MLK Jr. day. :?

draw what you please from MLK day. its obvious that you will regardless of any and everything. :roll:

great story that doesnt prove your point. if MLK was supposed to drastically change that situation for you, then you are expected some serious bs.

might as well base the rest of your life on that situation. it should be a defining moment in getting rid of MLK Jr. day. :?

draw what you please from MLK day. its obvious that you will regardless of any and everything. :roll:

the problem isn't there is too much MLK day.

you're misunderstanding my argument. I'm not saying we should do away with MLK day, I'm saying we should do MORE for MLK day because all the man had was beliefs, and people don't do enough to try to put those beliefs in action. The whole day consists of people pretending that his dream became a reality. I really don't understand why you have taken such an issue with what i'm saying.

people like you and i are discussing and remembering what MLK Jr. did for the greater good of humanity. maybe someone who didn't know is doing some reading right now and is blown away by what the man did.

I don't think that's very likely. do you?

don't paint the world with the broad strokes of your cynical paintbrush. don't look now, but you and i are discussing it right now. on TNT, the NBA did a huge tribute to MLK. so, yeah, it is pretty likely.


I spent my MLK day in Highland Park. Me and a couple of my friends were messing with a computer and talking to these girls we had over. Then we went to the local Coney Island. As soon as we ate our meals we were told to leave by the manager. He didn't like us talking to each other in his establishment. We didn't do anything wrong and we were the only people in the whole restaurant, so it's not like he needed seats for customers. He just got nervous seeing so many black people (i'm the only white dude) in his place without food on there plate. He thought he'd have to provide his heat and shelter to the whole community soon so he kicked us out in the cold. happy MLK day right?

this one anecdote is supposed to show that MLK Jr. Day is a sham?


you're misunderstanding my argument. I'm not saying we should do away with MLK day, I'm saying we should do MORE for MLK day because all the man had was beliefs, and people don't do enough to try to put those beliefs in action. The whole day consists of people pretending that his dream became a reality. I really don't understand why you have taken such an issue with what i'm saying.

here's what you said:


My problem is his impact on society is not shown by the day what so ever, therefore it's dumb. IF there was something tied in to the day then it would make sense.

the day is celebrated to acknowledge what he did and what he stood for. the onus is on YOU to take the next step. the next step is to study what he did and what he stood for....and then find out what it means to you. school isn't going to make MLK applicable in your life.

great story that doesnt prove your point. if MLK was supposed to drastically change that situation for you, then you are expected some serious bs.

might as well base the rest of your life on that situation. it should be a defining moment in getting rid of MLK Jr. day. :?

draw what you please from MLK day. its obvious that you will regardless of any and everything. :roll:

the problem isn't there is too much MLK day.

you're misunderstanding my argument. I'm not saying we should do away with MLK day, I'm saying we should do MORE for MLK day because all the man had was beliefs, and people don't do enough to try to put those beliefs in action. The whole day consists of people pretending that his dream became a reality. I really don't understand why you have taken such an issue with what i'm saying.
i take issue with what you base your perspective on. lies.

its not even a deep thing. but you're full of shit on this. you paint an untrue picture of the scenario through your own narrow negative tunnel perspective. you generalize a ridiculous idea that everyone pretends on the day. you totally ignore anything good that comes from the day so you dont have to be wrong in your mind. thus its pretty pointless at this point. you're stubborness is making you lost to the reality of things.

nobody brought up anything naive. nobody said everyone gets it right on MLK day. but we accept that only a few are gonna really get it and thats important. but whatever as far as you say these people dont exist and everyone is a fake wearing a halloween mask today. :roll:

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ummm you never made this complaint for none of the white guys who get a holiday..shit, why would you find a dislike in MLK getting one. i mean damn, first you got anthony trying to compare it to religious values. now this.
I don't have a problem with MLK getting a holiday. My problem is his impact on society is not shown by the day what so ever, therefore it's dumb.

Agreed. Just yesterday I saw a group of black folks getting hammered with a fire hose because they wanted to drink at a whites only drinking fountain, and I thought to myself, damn, it's really too bad that King guy didn't bet more love when he was around.

http://bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/bagnews/images/bush-on-mlk-day-tm.jpg

See, Bush totally cares about black people.









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