Obama: MLK Would Have Approved of Occupy Wall Street Movement
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President Barack Obama said Sunday that Martin Luther King Jr. would have approved of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street movement.
Speaking at the dedication for the late civil rights leader’s memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Obama drew parallels between King’s sense of justice and the demonstrations in New York City against corporate greed.
“If he were alive today, I believe he would remind us that the unemployed worker can rightly challenge the excesses of Wall Street without demonizing all who work there,” Obama said, according to the Washington Times. “Those with power and privilege will often decry any call for change as divisive. They’ll say any challenge to the existing arrangements are unwise and destabilizing. Dr. King understood that peace without justice was no peace at all.”
Watch Obama’s remarks below. Comments about the Occupy Wall Street movement begin around the 15:45 mark.
Other black community leaders used the ceremony to make more overtly partisan statements.
The Washington Times reported:
Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young told the crowd at the memorial that the GOP was to blame for the recent banking crisis, tracing it back to the repeal in 1999 of provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act, which had separated investment banks from commercial banks.
“Republicans changed that, and now this thing is all messed up,” Mr. Young said.
The repeal was approved by overwhelming bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate, including a majority of Democrats in both chambers, and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton.
Mr. Young also urged the audience to vote for Mr. Obama in 2012, saying the president’s re-election is needed to ensure economic justice, “just like we won voting rights.”
“The first step of that is to keep a person in office who basically has your interests at heart,” Mr. Young said.
Rev. Jesse Jackson called King a “living force” even today, and said if he were still alive, King would be “in the middle of the struggle.”
“Dr. King would make a case for we must measure our character by the way we treat those on the hull of the ship, not just those on the deck of the ship,” Jackson said.
Speaking directly to the Occupy protesters, Jackson urged them to remain nonviolent, stay disciplined, focused and fight for economic and racial justice.
King’s daughter, Rev. Bernice King, also tied the dedication ceremony directly to the Occupy Wall Street movement. The Christian Post notes her claim that God may have used an earthquake and a hurricane to arrange the alignment:
The dedication ceremony had been delayed due to the earthquake that struck Virginia and Hurricane Irene that battered the East Coast in August. Bernice King suggested that those events may have been brought by God so that the dedication ceremony could tie itself to the OWS movement.
“Perhaps God wanted us to move beyond the dream into action, and maybe we were unable to dedicate this monument on August 28 because of that and maybe He’s saying to us, it’s time to readjust,” Bernice King said.
Rev. Al Sharpton, who led a march in Washington D.C. Saturday, said “just as Dr. King talked about occupying Washington, just like those occupying Wall Street, we are going to occupy the voting booth.”
“We are here to say we are going to continue marching,” the MSNBC host said. “You will not undo the King dream. You will not take away the Voting Rights Act. You will not take away the Civil Rights Act. You will not cut back on Medicaid and Medicare to bargain down those rich trillionaires that that ran this country into deficit.”
“This is not about Obama, this is about our mama,” Sharpton said, repeating the same statement he made Saturday. “We will vote like we never voted before.”
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CITIZENCHET
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:57pmSocialists hijacked OWS and Obama hijacks MLK what an insult to a great man alleging he would have approved.
Report Post »oneillptgd
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:57pmWhat do you expect from a communist/community organizer but radical overthrow of legitamate constitutional governments world wide. He sees Christianity and constitutional rule of law and the judeo/christian world view as the enemy of their atheistic world view. He is at war with all America and our base freedoms and liberty has brought to the world. Dr. Martin Luther King was a brave man of vision, who stood for freedom of oppressed people. My black fellow americans did and do suffer. His stand for freedom and equality I support. It is based on scripture and constitutional ideals that are worth of defending. Pray in faith for our way. It is not perfect but the I believe God will help.
Report Post »Veritas vos liberabit
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:12pmHe thinks MLK would want us to think “Government is no distant object but rather an expression of our common commitment to one another”. Really? I don’t know about that, but Obama certainly thinks government should not be distant but in our face in every possibly way. Government is an expression of our commitment to one another? That is just scary beyond belief!! I want the US government to be as distant as the sun!!
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:28pmIt is morally wrong to speak for another person (especially if that person is deceased and cannot refute what is being said). How can Obama or any other Dem know how MLK would have responded? Why are they putting words in the mouth of MLK?
There have been many social and political changes in the years since he died that would likely have altered MLK’s view on many subjects. It is naive to think otherwise. It is presumptive of Obama to use MLK to further his political agenda. I’m sure his next ploy will be to invoke God or Allah, depending upon which crowd he is speaking to.
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:42pmOh really? That doesn’t speak very highly of MLK.
Report Post »M 4 Colt
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:45pmAnybody who can sit through 15 minutes more of another Obama speech if way more patient than i am, i have heard all that i ever want to hear from this windbag.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:53pmDr. King would never have approved of the filth associated with Occupy Wall St. What the hell does that half baked African National know about Dr. King? Not a damned thing.
Obama STFU. You are NOT a Black American, you are a half Black half White African. Go back to your Idi Amin ancestry, we don’t want you here, not do we like your “kind”.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:59pmObum, you worthless Chavista! You are finally taking your mask off, you despicable coward, and you should be tried for treason. So the peaceful commie revolution failed, and Plan B is to take our Constitutional Republic down by instigating and openly endorsing civil unrest and riots against the “rich,” as if you were not one yourself, you effin commie elitist who never did a full day’s work in your miserable life. You will not go down in history as president of the greatest nation on earth, but as the SOB who destroyed America — or tried to anyway. Get ready, patriots.
Report Post »Laus Deo
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:01pmThe man is a POS.
Report Post »watchmany2k
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:04pmYou’ve heard of “malignant narcissism”
I give you presidential despicable narcissism .
Jackson should lay off the sauce,
There’s quite the difference between a slave in the HOLD of a ship,
and a carbuncle on the HULL.
LOL, they would be amusing if the stakes were not so high.
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:06pmObummer you are an absolute weasal of the worst kind. In fact you give weasal’s a bad name.
Report Post »To use MLK and the unveiling of his memorial as a campaign stop and speach is par for the coarse.
And to use the King family members speaches and interject your name over and over was absolutly pathetic even for you. That whole cerimony was written by Axlrod and Daily….two communist thug crackers…..Chicago style.
lillymckim
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:29pmI hope Obama latches and ties himself into knots with the “occupy space” movement
he is a PERFECT fit … and it’s gonna be fun to watch him step out of it “at will” and make no mistake he will WANT to step back from this .. very, very soon… its gonna be hard to put that genie back in the bottle
I heard the poodle headed pit bull DWS talking in the same circles this morning ..
Love it!
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:40pmI can see MLK giving Bama a double dope slap…
Report Post »Bama,sharpton,waters,lee and a host of Dembos
have set back MLK’s Dream 30 years,
I believe the term Poverty Pimp fit’s this Administration.
Prowd2beblack
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:40pmi have heard mlk used to buy white prostitutes and obama may have been born from one of them.. Google it
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:46pmMLK would have been totally against Obama and the left today. TOTALLY.
Report Post »Tall Tal
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:59pmMartin Luther King was a man of principle . Obamanation has no principles. MLK would not like what he would see if he were alive today. Negros have distortrd his message. One thing King did was to realize that love of God was first in his life.. Love of his fellowman was next. Negros have turnred that message into hate and bitterness. Obamanation has upped the stakes by being a divider instead of a uniter as any President should do.So what do we do about it. We stand up,speak up and don’t sit down. We fight for Love of God to be spread abroad in this land so we can prosper and be in good health as God wants America to be.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:11pmObama wants us to know he’s not done with his mission of Communism and wants Occupy Space to be his “civilian army”… embracing this is very risky business that Obama is venturing into . .
I love the fact Obama and his party are “all in” and have embraced this!
The perfect storm! and I want Obama and his party… to own it..
Report Post »Edct
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:13pmSoros, nobama, and the libs want to keep the idealistic young morons marching against wall street when they should be marching against the illegal imposter muslim terrorist communist in OUR White House and they need to march against the greed and corruption in Washington against our whore politicians…poor ignorant misguided fools.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:33pm@THE 10TH AMENDMENT
Report Post »Elveda King would say simply that you are wrong.
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No, 10th, unfortunately CHET is right. Please see my reply to TARPON and TALMID OF YESHUA @9:24PM.
lillymckim
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:39pmVenezuela’s socialist president Hugo Chavez has likened the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States to Venezuela’s February 1989 Caracazo riots against neoliberal policies that are widely seen as the start of Venezuela’s revolutionary process.
Looks like Obama and the Democratic party are once again in …good company…
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 10:26pm.
Report Post »Me thinks Dr. King just rolled over in his grave. That likeness of the man, should have beed made by a black artist from America, not some Cheep Chinese piece of Crap………….
thepatriotdave
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 10:27pmWhat a loon!
Report Post »This just proves to me that Obama has no clue what MLK was about. I know his intent and his goal, and I’m White!
Barack Obama dis-honors the memory of Dr. King.
what4
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 10:30pmBarry “The clueless ONE” Obama!
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 10:40pmHOW DARE THIS TWIT insult the Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King this way? Also, I’ve been wondering…how can a human who had a white mother and a black father decide he was ALL BLACK?
I could care less about black and white, but how does he figure that??
HE is an embarrassment to all great Black Leaders. WE have a BLACK leader now that MLK would approve of: A true man of GOD, Living the AMERICAN DREAM, who loves the USA: HERMAN CAIN.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 11:51pmMLK was a Pepublican ’till he turned to the dark side.
Report Post »He was not looking for free ride. He would not have supported the flea party…
banjarmon
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 12:40amA monument made in china and a potus made in kenya!!!
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 3:52amIn an earlier post I stated that anyone that obama “praises” or says good things about is an abomination to that person. Well, shamefully, whenever obama speaks the greatest abomination that he does when talking is him being an abomination to the truth.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 5:43am“….and lastly, for any example of a socialist country melting down, I can throw up an example of one doing well for itself, so let’s avoid the tit-for-tat. Better yet, let’s just stay on topic.”– MAPROG
Yes, yes, surely much better for you if we “stay on topic!” Now, now– why avoid the “tit-for-tat?” I can’t think of anything more persuasive than “boring” us with the details, MAPROG. Please, shut these people up with the FACTS. Go ahead, knock yourself out. Think of what a “PROG” hero you will be!
Report Post »Cat
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 5:58amBarry Soetoro has a mental disorder needing attention.
Report Post »Lets give the guy a break.
He needs to occupy a rubber room for awhile.
Under a watchful eye and the proper care, he may recover, in about 40 years.
Jackers
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 6:13amAh… Forever the Campaigner-in-Chief… Never let a crisis go to waste.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 6:32amHmmmm, so our elected community organizer likes what is happening on wall street
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 7:04amBeck should get MLK’s daughter on again. She knows him better than Obama ever could and I bet she would say that Obama’s is completely wrong… or completely dishonest. Personally, I think it’s the latter.
Report Post »Wilson was an evil president, but I don’t think he hated America. I think Obama is the worst president of all time. I never would have imagined that we would see someone so undeserving and so un-American as president in my lifetime.
I don’t know that America can handle 5 more years of this idiot.
Anyone but another Democrat in 2012. Good luck, Mr. Cain. I pray you can undo most of the Obama disaster in your 8 years as President. It’ll be a very tough job for certain.
I’m an Atheist, but I almost think I can understand prayer at this point. I have no way to prepare for any disaster; all I can do is pray Obama is out next year.
Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 9:17amClass warfare then violence, community organizer you say ? I pray we survive this ordeal….
Report Post »SLOWBIDEN
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 9:36amWho cares what that womanizer would have thought
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 9:54amLet’s see doing drugs,public nudity and sex,deficating on cop cars, spitting on police,threatening violence,attacking anyone who doesn’t agree with you I think MLK would judge them on their content of character…..AND IT WOULDN’T BE FAVORABLE
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:16amThe state media has not shown one video or photo of the crowds of people who attended the MLK Chinese statue dedication. Why? The reason is that very few people attended in a Black City of a million.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:21amIf ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:57amHe only says this because he needs the 99.5% of Blacks who voted for him to be engaged in this nonsense.
Report Post »Anamah
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:17amMLK history is well known. He was not a collectivist he fought for all and each American individual to have equal rights and Justice. Marxist Maoists Revolutionaries try to co-opting his memory distorting his ideology. MLK was a great American he loved America. It is time for Mr Obama to be honest and reject be part of this scam. All this people is working for the decline of our country.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:49amSome proclamation coming from a man that hasn’t been able to nail down one thing in three years.
Report Post »ACLUHater
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:57amLiberals never stop putting words in dead people’s mouths. Last week it was Stave Jobs.
Report Post »stogieguy7
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 12:29pmLillymckim has hit the nail on the head with the comparison of this with the 1989 riots in Venezuela. As someone who watched Hugo Chavez’ brand of change develop during the last decade, I will tell you that this is exactly correct.
I have ZERO doubt that Barry Obama admires Chavez and all that he has been able to accomplish in a relatively short amount of time. Certain comments made by Obama are very indicative of this. And every tactic comes right out of the Marxist playbook. There are tons of parallels between Venezuela in 2001 and the USA in 2011. Unfortunately for him, we have that pesky constitution to contend with – though he’d figure out how to bypass that old thing if given another 4 years.
That Chavez makes critical comments about Obama is mere dinner theater. Mark my words, these two are brothers in arms and exchange “holiday” gifts every December. Probably better ones than Queen Elizabeth got too!!
Report Post »pitboss711
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 2:13pmMartin Luther King would have approved of a movement that’s turning violent and supported by Communists, Marxists and Socialists? Not in a million years, Barry.
Report Post »mils
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 3:29pmMLK was not a perfect man.
However, from what I have read…minus the distortions of others,
I do believe he would be appalled with Obama and his actions.
Ms. King and the family must be desperate to stay in the limelight/money to accept Obama’s words..
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 5:53pmYes MLK would approve as any Communist would…..Jacky O had it right…the man could not be trusted.
Report Post »Pigpen
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:52pmBravo, BLUEFISH49, bravo! MLK was a stinking communist and a big reason why I no longer believe that “the dream” is a possibility here in this country or any other. Discovering the true MLK is what helped bring me around to seeing the reality of liberalism: Its NOT about peace and love; its about getting revenge on whitey.
http://www.martinlutherking.org/
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:04pmTwo words, no shame………
Report Post »dianec6
Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:54pmI am surprised to hear this speach by Rev. Bernice King. I remember her father and his brave walks. He was a man of peace who spoke of same bathrooms for blacks and whites, and sitting at the same lunch counters.
Report Post »He was a man of God. I would never have guessed he would be any part of this movement. He struck me as a survivor, not a victim. I admired him greatly.
13th Imam
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:57pmMLK would love Herman Cain. He would think Barry is a current day Marxist. And Barry has obscenely large ears also.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:12pmlol
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:23pmIt was inspiring to hear Cain at the memor…Bueller, Bueller?
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:32pmKing was neither an unreserved fan of capitalism as practiced in the United States nor opposed to a shift to a form of democratic socialism.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:34pmNo Republican’s Need Apply.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:20pm@ Chet Hempstead
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:32pm
King was neither an unreserved fan of capitalism as practiced in the United States nor opposed to a shift to a form of democratic socialism.
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Elveda King would say simply that you are wrong. I will be more bold. You’re like that tifosa idiot, horribly uniformed and by choice, ignorant and void of truth.
Dr. King was all about equal justice under the Law. What Law did he ALWAYS refer to? The Constitution of the United States of America.
Dr. King was 100% in favor of the Republican form of Government afforded by that Constitution.
Now go away. You’re a gnat.
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:52pm@10th: I’ll do you one better: “Now this means that we are treading in difficult water, because it really means that we are saying that something is wrong…with capitalism… There must be a better distribution of wealth and maybe America must move toward a Democratic Socialism.” MLK 1966
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:03pm@10th: my point is that we don‘t need to consider Evleda’s opinion on the matter because we can look directly to MLK’s own words. I know you guys are thrilled that Elveda is on your side, but that doesn’t mean she speaks for her father, any more than it means I speak for mine. I know you’d love to supplant her words for his, but the truth is that his are out there for us to read.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:26pm@ MAProg
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:03pm
@10th: my point is that we don‘t need to consider Evleda’s opinion on the matter because we can look directly to MLK’s own words. I know you guys are thrilled that Elveda is on your side, but that doesn’t mean she speaks for her father, any more than it means I speak for mine. I know you’d love to supplant her words for his, but the truth is that his are out there for us to read.
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Her Uncle, not her father.
Elveda not only worked closely with her Uncle, but participated in his vision. I hold certain prejudices toward what I think would be a better way, but just as Dr. King, MY view, as was Dr Kings view willingly shackled to the Law afforded by the Constitution.
Even Castro says that Socialism doesn’t work. The Soviet Union collapsed under the absurdity of the socialist state. Europe is on fire because of the absolute failures of socialism. Democracy can never succeed because it fails to address the equal rights of others, and it was in that vein of philosophy that Dr King bowed to the genius of the US Constitution over personally held prejudices.
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:40pm@10th: Her uncle, my mistake. You’re still ignoring my main point, which is that she doesn‘t speak for him and her words don’t trump is own. This was said in response to you claiming the Elveda wouldn‘t endorse Chet’s claim that MLK would support a democratic socialist state. You invoked her as some sort of authority, which is flawed because we have his words to refer to. There’s no logical reason to assume her version of MLK should take precedence over his own.
The rest of your statement is shifting the argument. We can debate the merits of socialism any time. Right now we are discussing Obama’s initial claim, as well as Chet’s and mine versus yours. I will say this; however, let’s not confuse socialism with communism. Cuba and the USSR were communist entities, not democratic socialist entities. It’s debatable if socialism is THE cause for the problems in Europe, and lastly, for any example of a socialist country melting down, I can throw up an example of one doing well for itself, so let’s avoid the tit-for-tat. Better yet, let’s just stay on topic.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 1:33amCome on, 10TH AMENDMENT, you have been duped, as have been many Americans, especially Christians. Don’t stick your head in the sand. MaProg is right. Research the man’s OWN WORDS, not Alveda’s. He was into liberal theology at best. At worst he was a closet commie. The reason average Americans are now learning the truth about MLK is that left-wing radicals are no longer afraid to show their true colors, and they are now more than eager to out the true MLK as well.
I posted some sites where you can find his own statements. Go to the source and judge for yourself.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 7:21am“…for any example of a socialist country melting down, I can throw up an example of one doing well for itself, so let’s avoid the tit-for-tat. Better yet, let’s just stay on topic.” –MAPROG
Aw… pretty PLEASE, MAPROG… we’re desperately ignorant here. Please go “off topic” and enlighten us with your list of successful socialist countries we should emulate! Here’s your chance– make history!
Report Post »SEC777
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 9:21amIt’s clear to me that you have never read a thing about Dr. King. Take a peek at some of his later speeches against poverty. In no way, shape, manner, or form, would he have supported Herman Cain.
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 1:53pm@Getlife: gotta love the immature tone you take, but I’ll bite. Germany: largest economy in Europe and 4th largest in the world by GDP. Germany has a strong social welfare and public services sector. While not entirely socialist, it certianly is far more socialist than the United States, and is doign quite well for itself.
Now let’s stay on topic.
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:57pmobama dosen‘t have a clue what MLK stood for it’s called Equal justice NOT social justice want to know what obama,his administration and the DOJ is about ? read INJUSTICE by J.Christian Adams buy this book so you can know your enemy
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:21pmOf course he stood for social justice. He spoke on exactly that topic, The Conscience of America, and on economic equality…He marched for equality and jobs.
Report Post »http://www.wmich.edu/library/archives/mlk/transcription.html
This_Individual
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 12:31amSocial justice? The good of the collective usually means oppression for the individual, Tifosa.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:26amwe‘re talking about King’s ideology, not yours this_indiv.
Report Post »matinva
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:56pmSo that means that MLK was on the same page, politically, as Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez? Sure he was. What b. ul.lshiit! MLK would never have encouraged or endorsed what these idiots are doing to this country. Shame on you, Barry!! To quote Joe Wilson, “You lie!”.
Report Post »pcg646
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:14pmAmen
Report Post »Joe1123
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:44amHe’s got the biggest a-kicking coming known to mankind coming on Nov. 6, 2012.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:54pmObama is a dangerous person and don‘t think for a minute he’s a fool. History revisionist, sinister, hateful, calculating, maniacal, all the signs of a evil dictator. Pray for America and that people wake up.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:20pmHe’s a very stupid megalomaniac with a teleprompter, courtesy of Commie & Friends, Inc., that’s what.
Report Post »netmail
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:25pmKryto…I completely agree with you.
Report Post »Joe1123
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:57amActually all you guys are right. But he is dangerous and MUST BE DEFEATED. Get fired up, 387 days until the election. Bozo’s gotta go.
Report Post »FASTCOMPANY
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:54pmMr. O is not going anwhere in 2012 and he is just getting started with the blame rich whitey rhetoric.He and his wife Moochelle are living like kings. Anyone who thinks this couple is going to simply give up their power because they lose the election I think is nieve. America is getting primed for another revolution. They are just setting the pieces up right now. IMO
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 10:59pmFastcompany, i said the samething on an earlier post today. so true.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:54pmWhere is all the violence posters here keep yellijng about? The 99% protesters are showing up in numbers larger and larger and yet no violence…When it DOES occur I’m sure it will just be repube plants that start it. If not, hey, the tree of Liberty needed to be watered anyway.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:16pmAre you willfully that ignorant or just that stupid? Either way, you lose.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44912532/ns/world_news/
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:30pmStop Fighting , Kids.
When the OWS, PEE PARTY, SHTF will you align yourself with the Bongo People?, The Stardust People?, MMGW People?, Kill the Banker People?, New Black Panther People?, NWO People, American Nazi Party People, the American Communist Party People?,<DEMOCRATS ALL, because they won't stay united but will eat each other first
Report Post »barber2
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:17pmHere comes the next Big Lie : “when it (violence) does occur I’m sure it will just be some repube plants that start it.” Ah, the Lefty Blame Game. This is so typical of the Jason Levin/ Saul Alinsky tactics which we have come to know and expect from the Lefty anarchists who only care about WINNING ..not about how you accomplish it. I feel sorry for the Useful Idiots you have Pied Pipered into this Nightmare World that you so unwisely seek. You have played them like violins: appealing to their spiritual voids with your false “white hat” promises . No, it won’t be the “repubes.” It will be the Anarchist / Far Left wing of your people. It’s just in their dysfunctional make-up.
Report Post »pcg646
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:19pmDeaf, Dumb, Blind and STUPID !!!!!!
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:34amTrue exrepub, the example they have is a guy pooping beside a car and Rome, out of Occupy being in over 900 cities worldwide.
Report Post »livefreeordie.ca
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:54pmThe late MLK would not stand for the protests. If we are to be “ judged for the content of our character and not the color of our skin ” these protesters would have to look inside themselves and find that character first, none of which have. Peace is the road to freedom.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:17pmYou do know he lead the famous “March on Washington” in ‘63 which included labor, right?
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:37pmJust goes to show , Even Progressives can learn the Facts about times and dates. That he actually stood for individual responsibility, and fairness, and colorblindness. escapes these dolts
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:27pmMlk would not be a progressive. These black leaders like Obama and Sharpton are a disgrace to MLK’s Dream and are abusing the black community by enslaving them rather than encouraging them to succeed. That is what MLK wanted for his people, not to be chained to government intitlements but to succeed and have equal opportunity on their own merits.Cain is the man that MLK would be proud of not Obama or Sharpton, Van Jones, or the Black Panthers. It upsets me to see the progressives spin MLK’s legacy to further their agenda. MLK was a beautiful man of peace that every race respected and shared in his dream .
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:27pm@13: no, he stood for human dignity and that was manifest in variagated ways, namely, calls against American imperialism, calls for equality of the races (but supporting government intervention to bring about that equality), and calls for democratic socialism. The man didn’t paint “individuality the way you guys do. He saw the need for the social aspect of the human condition.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:48pmSooooo, now Human Dignity involves stealing someone’s hard earned wages. I think he would simply hate the welfare state that has developed.
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:59pm@13th: it means leveling the playing field so everyone has a fair chance according to their natural abilities. A child born in poverty to a single parent is not on equal footing with a child born comfortably into the upper-middle class. Dignity means instituting social programs, payed for by taxes, that would allow that child born in poverty to have a fair chance at the opportunities the child born comfortably into the upper-middle class would have.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:20pmDignity means , Having a family, having a job, helping your fellow man, paying a fair share of taxes without overt theft, and being protected by our federal gov, basically it’s only real job. Your Social Justice is just another excuse to be a 47%. , goldbrick, Taker. Anti-Dignity
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:45pm@13th: “Having a family, having a job, helping your fellow man,” sure, dignity means those things but it also means those things that I have stated above. As for what defines “theft,” I’m sure we could debate that, as well as the role of the federal government, but those are tangential. As for your jab at me, rest assured, I’m part of the 53% that pays federal income taxes. I also pay property taxes, sales taxes, payroll taxes, gas taxes, etc. that the 47% also pay. My supporting socialist policies doesn’t necessitate that I am among the 47%. It’s just a personal jab you are hoping to make, but it falls short.
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:53pmBoy, this Douche really can’t help himself…can he?
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:52pmGet Informed
Go to biggovernment,com and download the emails from OWS. Read what there true goals are, and it not REFORM.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:09pmDuh. Glenn said it way before Breitbart.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:42pmHow does the black supremacist like President Obama know anything about MLK? President Zero is not an authentic black and was living outside of the country during the Civil Rights Era. The only thing President Zero knows about race is what he get out of a beer bottle.
Report Post »Lefticide
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:52pmMr. Obama, I hate you, you communist pig. Dr. King, if he were alive, would have kicked your communist ass. A pox on you and yours.
Report Post »georgeisn6
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:52pmI dont think MLK would have been in the sewer where this pestilence was hatched.
Report Post »Talmid of Yeshua
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:51pmRemember, Obama Hussein “Marx” Obama is the reason this OWS stuff is happening. It’s part of his conspiracy, along with his co-conspirators Steven Lerner (SEIU), George Soros, and other socialists involved to “fundamentally change America” and to “redistribute wealth”.
Those are not my words, but Obama’s. So before all you liberals get all pissed off.. remember, Obama said it.
This illegal president must go. He’s a disgrace to our Founding Fathers and our Constitution.
What do you people think “fundamentally change” America means? According to Oxford Dictionary, fundamental (adjective) also means “constitutional”, “foundational”, “basic principles”.
Obama could have easily said, “I am going to change the Constitution foundations of this country,“ and it has the same meaning as ”fundamentally change.”
Obama is an enemy to the United States and to our Constitution.
Report Post »OleSarge51
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:50pmFrom Obama’s embrace of the “Occupiers” one would think that he is bent on destroying the United States of America and forming the People’s Republic of North America. One could also see his moves as that of a desperate politician grasping at straws trying to save his failed presidency. Either way it marks him as a man without vision, without honor and not deserving to be president.
He might want to remember “What we sow, so shall we reap”. He is about to reap the whirlwind.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:50pmThese people are shameless and repugnant liars. The people who believe them while either ignoring facts or purposely assuming the deception are fools.
Report Post »tarpon
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:48pmMLK wasn’t a communist …
Report Post »Talmid of Yeshua
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:04pmTechnically, you are correct, but fundamentally, you are incorrect. Let me explain.
Quote: Marcus Epstein writes:
“In another article about Martin Luther King, Roger Clegg of National Review applauds King for speaking out against the “oppression of communism!” To gain the support of many liberal whites, in the early years, King did make a few mild denunciations of communism. He also claimed in a 1965 Playboy that there “are as many Communists in this freedom movement as there are Eskimos in Florida.” This was a bald-faced lie. Though King was never a Communist and was always critical of the Soviet Union, he had knowingly surrounded himself with Communists. His closest advisor Stanley Levison was a Communist, as was his assistant Jack O’Dell. Robert and later John F. Kennedy repeatedly warned him to stop associating himself with such subversives, but he never did. He frequently spoke before Communist front groups such as the National Lawyers Guild and Lawyers for Democratic Action. King even attended seminars at The Highlander Folk School, another Communist front, which taught Communist tactics, which he later employed.”
Not enough room to post all sources, but you can research this if you like, it is correct.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:20pmThat just means most DEMOCRATS are Communists
Report Post »Talmid of Yeshua
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:38pm@13th Imam… exactly. Well said. Democrats, progressives, socialists, liberals, communists… they are synonymous.
Report Post »henryKnox
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:20pm@13 Imam I think that is just stating the obvious.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:24pm@TALMID OF YESHUA
In those days, if you were openly communist you were toast. MLK led a double life. Alveda King is always emphasizing her uncle’s Christian character, but we all know MLK was an adulterer. Clearly, his views were more in tune with (black) liberation theology than Christianity, and he may very well have been a closet commie.
Some sources: http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/223-book-review-the-true-martin-luther-king-jr
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Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:33pmI agree, a “closet commie”. After all, look at how his most ardent followers turned out. They are ALL commies. Today, democrats are as much an enemy of the United States as out in the open communists are.
Report Post »steveh931
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:46pmMartin Luther King would be ashamed of you and everyone that follows your dumb a–!
Report Post »geetarman
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:46pmRev. Al– Now who exactly is threatening to or in favor of taking away the Voting Rights Act or the Civil Rights Act?
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:05pmYou might want to pay attention to what’s happening state-wide in terms of changing rules for voting.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:46pm@Tifsofa
Report Post »Like having to provide identification proving your a citizen so you can vote ? OH the humanity, now you can vote, bummer.
tifosa
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:40amDisproportionately disparages minorities, elderly and the young voter. Won’t accept a college picture ID? Do you realize that the incidence of voter fraud is a TINY fraction of 1% (.00004%)
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:42ambtw, LMAO @ “tifsofa”~
Report Post »IAMNOTKNOWING
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:45pmWatching “President” Obama acting like he’s “feeling it” while Aretha Franklin sang, with Michelle sitting there… being Michelle, was obscene.
Bad actors all over that stage.
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capitalismrocks
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:44pmKing didn’t believe in violence as an ends to a means… Again the divider-in-chief is at it again
Report Post »Ronko
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:40pmWhat a load of crap, King would’ve condemed this movement and for President Obama to say this today is disgusting and unacceptable. I’ll be glad to see that Donkey go bye bye next year.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:50pmJust shows how little Obama knows about MLK and the 60′s .. MLK denounced violence .. and ..
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“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Obama has nothing but tried to divide the races. No one has done more to destroy the “dream” than Obama!
Report Post »Alky
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:53pmGood luck on having an election next year! :(
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:39pmI’m not sure any of the present day black politicians really know what MLK stood for. They distort his message for their own agenda. I think he would be ashamed of them all.
Report Post »NotPoliticallyCorrect
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:38pmObama, do not speak for anyone other than yourself. Oh, that’s right, you have NOTHING to say.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:37pmMr Obama shows just how perverted the message of the Progressives is; the protesters want chaos, want blood, and want a revolution for the implementation of communist/socialist progressivism. MLK was a man of peace, who sought freedom and equality for everyone.
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:42pmThe protesters want blood? You mean the ones that are getting beaten by the cops? So they want their own blood? In reality, the movement has largely been peaceful, hardly resembling this blood soaked revolution you keep speaking of. Sure, the word ‘revolution’ has been bandied about, but I’ve seen that same word used by Tea Partiers, Ron Paul supports, and the like. Next, let‘s recoginize that communism and socialism aren’t the same thing. You guys equivicate those two terms all the time. You can be in favor of regulated capitolism whithout being a Stalinist. Lastly, let’s not confuse who MLK was. He was not some Teddy Bear that history painted him as being. I was an outspoken warrior for the cause of human dignity. He spoke against Vietman, referring to it as imperialistic and states that America committedmore war crimes than any nation on earth. He advocated democratic socialism over an unbridled free market.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:59pmThe current president is just displaying all of the Far Left philosophy his Commie mentors taught him. He is the birth product of the radical wackos of the 60′s. The media hid all of his true “change” ideas just like his handlers have hidden all of his school records. Pretty transparent.
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:19pm@Barber: is that supposed to be a response to me? Holy red herring! First two sentences are just shots at progressives, and the last one is pretty false on the face of it. The media didn‘t report Obama’s policies? Really, because I remember the lead up tp the primaries and general election pretty well, and I recall Obama saying a lot of things he wanted to get done. In fact, many of those things are further to the left than what actually happened (i.e. the current health care bill versus a government option or single payer). The only surprises I got from Obama were how much be sold out his base to appease the Republicans.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:23pmAmen SNOWLEOPARD. A beautiful man with a beautiful dream. He was a man for all people , and was sadly taken from us. It angers me to see how the progressives have twisted his words and his dream to advance their agenda. Does anyone think that the black leaders will be satisfied in the end? Do you think they want to be tied down to a socialist Nation, without power? Is their greed for themselves rather than their race all that matters? MLK would be horrified at such an outcome. What advantage over the white population will they have then, what is the purpose if not to help their people? Where will the real power lie and who will be satisfied to sit on the sidelines? There are so many groups pushing for power to be on top and to be number one, yet there is only room for one. Am I correct in my thinking, or do you think all will be compfortable to share the victory, if they succeed?
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 3:17amYes, MAPROG, the media really didn‘t do a thorough job reporting on Obama’s policies during the 2008 election. They ignored or eagerly sought to excuse questionable events and associations from his past (Ayers, Wright, Alinsky, MoveOn, …) Republican candidates have already been getting pretty thorough proctology exams from the media (and that’s ultimately a good thing), but friend Obama has been treated to sycophantic adulation by most of the main stream media, with changes noted only recently as his popularity has sunk in the polls.
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