South Carolina NAACP Shields Audience From…George Washington?
- Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:28pm by
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The South Carolina NAACP honored Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday while simultaneously dishonoring the nation’s first president.
An organized rally — dubbed “King Day at the Dome” — protested the Confederate battle flag on display at the State House in Columbia and featured speakers and guests who called on government leaders to address “racial disparities” in education, health care, community development, criminal justice, employment and economic development in the state. But as a number of local and national speakers stepped forward to speak from the capitol steps, a large bronze statue of George Washington was conspicuously hidden (h/t Atlas Shrugs).
A large box covered with cloth hid the father of the country from view of the rally’s guests:
Here’s the view of the stage from the audience (h/t Weasel Zippers):
Here‘s Washington’s vantage point, via TheState.com which noted, “The monument of George Washington was concealed from the crowd during the King Day at the Dome rally,” but offered no explanation:
Image: Kim Kim Foster, TheState.com
It‘s not clear why the NAACP insisted on covering up the likeness of the nation’s first president and a spokesman for the organization was not immediately available for comment.
Update: The South Carolina NAACP has responded to a request for comment and said the only reason the statue of Washington was covered up was for aesthetic purposes. “We had created a backdrop behind the speakers,” the group spokesman told The Blaze late Tuesday afternoon, noting that someone in his organization forgot to post an NAACP placard on the backdrop.
According to the group, the statue of Washington has been covered each year for the annual rally. The spokesman said he was “at a loss for words” as to why covering President Washington would offend anyone, claiming it was “non-sensical” for people to believe it may have been politically motivated.
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spirited
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:53pm“Dignity in South Carolina”?
They could have had the decency to simply hang the American Flag from two poles as a backdrop.
The NAACP is trying to reduce our First President to a slave owner?
Theses people are disgusting!!!!!!!!!
“…We’re gonna have to change our traditions, change our history…-Michelle Obama
So, a bronze statue of President George Washington is offensive?
Report Post »>Imagine if it was carved out of white marble.
G.W. Dobbs
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:19pmWhite people in South Carolina have always said, “Thank God for Mississippi” Blacks take great pride in “playing the Race Card” in Education, Politics, Religion…Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition
Report Post »was shown by Bill O’Reilly several years ago to be using money contrary to IRS Statutes; O’Reilly had several IRS Agents on his TV Program and they all admmitted there was wrong doing while at the same time stating Jesse Jackson would NOT be investigated. PERIOD. And Jesse ha NOT. Jesse is BLACK and the Government does not want a Black Rebellion, which is coming ANYHOW
a soon as we can get the RELEAS OF OBAMA’S BIRTH RECORDS and kick him out of office.
youguysready_letsroll
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:24pmAfter 8/28, I went to Mount Vernon and listened to a tour guide for a few minutes while walking the property. She talked about how George Washington changed his views on slavery during the Revolutionary War. This was because he found that the black soldiers that served under him were dependable and good fighters. After returning to Mount Vernon, he didn’t buy or sell any more slaves.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:28pmCan’t get too upset. NAACP is just a group of people that practice reverse evolution. As the IQ’s decline, their group increases. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Laws of nature. Nothing else.
Report Post »Randyrocker
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:52pmHow disrespectful, the black’s in the NAACP would prefer if America were Africa. The sad thing is we know how the blacks in Africa behave and act towards each other black vs black with machetes, murder, beheadings and massive rapes, changing leaders on the fly through violence, and whipping white property owners to death and then stealing their homes and farms. We know, we know. The black’s in the NAACP and all those blacks brothers and sisters that support them have a hate on for history and white folk, as expressed in covering up and trying to black out American history, by hiding the first white President of the United States of America from view, because it didn‘t fit in with the NAACP’s agenda of hate and avenge for deeds that have long since faded away and were small in their numbers when considered against the backdrop of a history they refuse to acknowledge. Pity their ignorance and shame on their mischievous beliefs.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:50pmI totally understand the concealment. George Washington owned slaves.. .230 years ago. Why would you expect anybody from the NAACP to understand the heritage the man left this country. Why that venue?
Report Post »Just keep on pushin’!
trolltrainer
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:57pmObama owns them and it is the 21′st century!
Report Post »OldChick
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:48pmSo on President’s Day, if someone, for some reason, hides a life size statue of MLK in a box, it won’t bother the NAACP?
/sarc
moreteaplease
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:10pmMy question as well. Could you imagine the backlash from the NAACP and the black community?
They expect the white community to just let this one slide on by too huh? I say ” in a pigs a$$”.
The NAACP has been trying to stir up animosity between blacks and whites for years and they will stop at nothing to see it through.
Report Post »OldChick
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:02pmTo create a backdrop?!? I‘m surprised they didn’t follow Obama‘s lead and just send the statue back to President Washington’s hometown : (
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:48pmROFL, there are like 100 people in the top photo! HUGE event, huh?
Report Post »Echad
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:47pmThey hid it because black leaders and our schools have erroneously told the black community along with our children, that Washington was just a rich white slave owner. So they find him to be repugnant. They don’t know that Washington detested slavery. He believed that no man should own another. In fact his last will and testament freed all the slaves that he owned.
Report Post »lcam67
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:43pm“stop and take a look for whats become and make a plan to move forward”… does that include covering the first president of the usa ?
Report Post »amerbur
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:41pmI would be interested to know why they covered it up. It is in a strange place, just in back of the podium.
Report Post »Bullcop34
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:40pmThe NAACP couldn’t survive without racism.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:40pmIt is very difficult to respect an organization with such poor judgement and lack of respect for our founding fathers. What possible excuse could they have for such an action? Whatever the excuse, it won‘t be acceptable to America’s patriots.
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:52pmThe NAACP can only exist if the black community believes it is being repressed. So they are selling that as hard as they are selling their mandate to fight that repression. Just like the unions need for management to be corrupt and evil to justify their own existence.
These divisive groups create the problem and present themselves as the solution. Neat little scheme huh?
They are the ultimate carpet baggers.
Silversmith
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:39pmCould someone please explain to me how the NAACP is NOT a racist organization when their entire existence depends upon a hyper-awareness of color and race. It seems to me that for the organization to survive it must promote racism.
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
N37BU6
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:18pmCan’t make money off the race industry without racism.
Keeping the dream alive…
Report Post »jimmycrackcorn
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:39pmAnd this surprises you why ????
Report Post »Seriously, I wouldn’t be surprised if they shut down the city and refuses to let any non-African-Americans within 20 miles of the city. In fact, I‘m more surprised that didn’t happen than them covering up the image of a white president.
highcarry
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:07pmplease when you a call them af.-am.( i refuse to spell it out) you are only encouraging this behavior. i have never uttered those two words in that context and i will never give them the satisfaction. actually, i would prefer that they go somewhere else and be a burden. but that’s never going to happen. so just fight fire with fire.they want to be referred to as that, i refuse to refer to them as that.i will give them the same respect that they give others. and this crap about worshipping mlk is something thats really starting to be a yawner. sorry, but they have done everything in their power to divide this country and as for me, they have succeeded. now, they’re just the enemy.
Report Post »Joe Herring
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:39pmDay after day we witness the offensive behavior of those who hold no reverence for the founders of our nation. The very ideals espoused by MLK were made possible for the common man by the herculean efforts of our Founding Fathers.
George Washington is not simply our first President, nor is he merely the father of our country, he is the indispensible man of his age. His character and his devotion to the ideals of our republic paved the way for the greatest expansion of freedom in the history of the world. To speak before his statue, with such an obvious indication of disrespect says so much about the character of the event sponsors, organizers and speakers.
If disrespect was intended, it has been achieved. An apology to the American people is in order.
Report Post »M-O-O-N Spells Moon
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:50pmI know that many black Americans will disparage Washington for being a slave owner, but they only see what they want to see. He wrote many times of his moral difficulties with the concept of slavery. He believed it was against God’s law for one man to own another, but at the same time he knew that to abolish slavery all at once would destroy the nation they were fighting for. Washington was responsible for many of the laws that began the process of ending slavery in America.and he took action on all of his land holdings. His personal wealth suffered greatly because he refused to sell off slaves that were born on his lands, choosing instead to keep the families together. He treated his slaves as humans and set them free in his will.
Report Post »This action is yet one more example of people misunderstanding their own history and betraying the memory of someone who dedicated everything to their freedom. This is disgraceful. C’mon people, be Americans and join together to heal, build, and create a better world. Acts like this are subtle ways of destroying that which we need most.
KINGRUDDY
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:38pmignorance is bliss!!! Know the truth, Washington had nothing against the ignorant, morons or black people. He only fought for our freedom, liberty and justice. KNOW THE TRUTH!!!!
Report Post »TennesseeConservative
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:54amThat pretty much sums it up. What a bunch of racist morons.
Report Post »john m h
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:38pmTalk about bunch of f****** racist, just like our esteemed leader.
Report Post »mgibs363
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:37pmWell you can’t expect anything better from that lib crowd. It’s no surprise.
Report Post »Beckfan7
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:42pmIt is NO SURPRISE. Actions speak louder than words. How patriotic is the NAACP, really?????? They always take the wrong side on every issue.
Report Post »RantNationDotCom
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:19amNational
Report Post »African
American
Communist
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realchange
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:37pmWashington belonged to the first Tea Party!
Report Post »Texas woman56
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:36pmPlease find out the reason.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:13pmThe reason is the NAACP is a racist organization. It once was not, but is now corrupted by it’s power, and segregation is the only way they can keep their power.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:35pmThat’s probably why they do THIS and you never hear about it. Another HATE CRIME. That’s probably why they do THIS and you never hear about it. Another HATE CRIME. http://www.breitbart.tv/black-students-attack-white-man-for-eating-dinner-with-black-man/
Report Post »Not a good way to celebrate MLK, by segregating WHITES? Not the vision he had in mind and Obama has caused a lot of the divisiveness when it comes to race and class. Sad.
xm-1774u
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:34pmcommie rats! what,s the matter george washington not fitting in your “agenda”
Report Post »chips1
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:38pmThey even turned their backs on Uncle Remus. No way to treat a relative. Disgraceful!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 9:28am@13thGEN..Q: Did George Washington own slaves?
Report Post »A: Yes. At age eleven he inherited ten slaves from his father. By the end of Washington’s life, over three-hundred African-American slaves lived at Mount Vernon.
Q: Did Washington free his slaves?
A: Yes. Washington’s attitude towards slavery changed as he grew older and especially as he fought for liberty in the Revolution. He emancipated his slaves in his will and his estate paid pensions to the older African Americans for decades.
Hmm, anything else to say ? The NAACP could’ve told the story, while “SHOWING” the statue of Washington.. It would’ve probably taken just a few minutes, and all the crowd would’ve been enlightened. But no, it doesn’t fit into their agenda of hate whitey. Right there old 13th ?
inmyhumbleopinion
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:34pmThis is soooooooo sad…………I can’t stop shaking my head in disbelief @ their fear, arrogance and sheer stupidity………
Let us pray for the nation!
Report Post »So
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:41pmSad and all kinds of wrong. The NAACP dictate standards they side step. They shouldn’t get away with it.
Report Post »T-2
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:33pmthat’s a damn shame….
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:48pmAccording to the group, the statue of Washington has been covered each year for the annual rally. The spokesman said he was “at a loss for words” as to why covering President Washington would offend anyone, claiming it was “non-sensical” for people to believe it may have been politically motivated.
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WTF are you all racists complaining about ?
Report Post »NAACP has been hating on George Washinton for a long time…its just that this is the first time someone noticed it .
BFD
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Hobbs57
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:51pmNo, no, no … you got it all wrong, George only needed to step on his tippy toes and he could see over the top of the curtain. It was his choice to not be seen …. NOT
Report Post »T-2
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:04pmlol…G.W was playing peek-a-boo
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 9:14am@TOTALLYBELIEVABLEGUY… They did, pay attention…
Report Post »spendthrift
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:32pmShameful….
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:03pmNow we know how Hussain feels surrounded by all those portraits of our Presidents in WH…since ALL of them are white, and he can’t put them in boxes
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:47pmMaybe they covered Washington because he enslaved 316 African Americans
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:55pmThat explains all the golf and all the trips .. I remember hearing MO say how she hated living in the White House …. must be all those portraits and busts .. too bad they can’t just send them back like they did with Winston Churchill.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:58pmThe South Carolina NAACP has responded to a request for comment and said the only reason the statue of Washington was covered up was for aesthetic purposes. “We had created a backdrop behind the speakers,”
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Yeah.
Report Post »Nothing spoils the aesthetics of a rally in USA more than a statue of George Washington .
Its so distracting to the speakers as well as to the useful idiots bussed in to listen to them
snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:07pm@Cheezewhiz
I heard it mentioned on the news one time that all the non-obama pictures in the white house have been removed. Could there have been some truth to that story for a time after he moved into the place?
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:21pmVery shameful, disgraceful and I don’t care what their explanation is it is in very very poor taste in the least and very divisive, insulting and downright racist no matter how they try to spin it.
Report Post »DirectlyUnPCman
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:22pmEnslaved? or inherited?
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:22pmNothing about this story on the lamestream circuit.
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:49pmDirectlyUnPCman
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:22pm
Enslaved? or inherited?
He inherited 10 slaves, grew that to 36 married Martha and she brought 20 of her own. He died with 316 slaves. To his credit, he gave every slave a once a year clothing allowance, Sundays off and allowed them to grow their own food. The work day was sun up to sun down 6 days a week.
Report Post »stoneflyMT
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 9:09pmin case you forgot, Washington was a slave owner. I can understand them wanting to cover it up for a few hours
Report Post »NoRoomForSocialismHere
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:15am@13thGenerationAmerican Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:49pm
Poor 13, it must have been so nice in Afrikka. Indoor plumbing, no disease, retirement pay, health care, no farming, Chinese to go, no warring tribes entering the village (city), no lions, elephants, and snakes. What a paradise, why did their friends and family kick them out and deliver them to be sold on the coast so the ships could be filled quickly?
Yeah, lot of fat Chiefs over there and all those wives, it was a wonderful life. Why don’t they go back? Kenya is getting OUR stimulus money and Communism is doing great there. The brother man BO could build them a grass hut and each city could have its own water buffalo.
They don’t have to use spears anymore BO daddy and grand-daddy gave them AK-47s. They don’t take showers and I bet you would like that. 13 degenrations thats your legacy
Report Post »mrclean
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:12pm@13thgen
So like you to omit the TRUTH, that Washington freed his slaves upon Martha’s death. You twit, do your homework.
http://www.shmoop.com/george-washington/slaves.html
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:32pmWhat a bunch or dirty dogs.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:36pmIf they can’t stop being concerned with color how can they expect anyone esle to?
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
cheezwhiz
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:51pmThey want to kill “ cracka babies” and “ kill whitey ”
Report Post »So they put a whitey George Washington
IN A BOX.
Thats not violent hateful rhetoric , its just social justice and MLK’s dream
RightUnite
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:14pmGood point!
Report Post »stifroc
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:20pmIf MLK were alive today… the NAACP would denounce him and his principals.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:34pmI’m sure that Keith & Chris will be furious about this .
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:42pmI’m sure that Keith & Chris will be furious about this .
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Report Post »I’m sure they will be furious……for having a statue of George Washinton in a public place
RobertCA
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:46pmCan we blame this one too on Palin ?
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:48pmWhy not just pick a place that dose not have a statue?
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:10pmLet’s just see them try that with the Mao statue after the Chinese foreclose on the U.S..
Report Post »7.62AirMailComeGetIt
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:49pmGovt is
Pushing nanny state
Over pushing gun laws
Re starting NAFTA- which is the North American Union= No USA No More CONSTITUTION No Freedoms
Attacking FREE SPEECH
Arresting People and keeping them for as long as they want for NO REASON
EPA does what ever they want shut you down -follow no rules
TSA- can keep naked pics of not just you your children, you one of their hands down you pants, sons or daughters, JUST FEELIN AROUND
Police beating people and still having jobs
Teachers molesting students and paid to sit in a rubber room and read or get on the internet
Teachers assault 7-8 year old children and keep their job
Forcing obamacare down your throat as they admitted is a new TAX payable to the I R S
Tell me which one is not happening???
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Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:57amCan I ask ? where are all the “ white people ”?? I mean, they always say look ,look the tea party are racist, they are all white.. (which is not even true) but look at them.. ALL black, right ? I know there are white people there but I’m just trying to prove a point, as in, it’s silly to call the tea party racist because the majority that attend the rallies are white, anyway…
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 9:10amLMAO !!! forget covering up a statue of MLK .. we’re forced to celebrate his B-day or else we gotta here the backlash, like the other day… Can anyone say, progressive double standards ??
Report Post »SeeMoore2
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:31pmWe’ve come a long way, strike that, reverse it…
Report Post »NoMoreGray
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:36pmJust when you think you can’t be suprised……..SUPRISE!
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snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:39pmSo we can honor MLK due to the coloration of his skin and not the content and intent of his character and his message to the nation? And yet one of the greatest founders of the nation is shielded from the view of all even though he and so many others of all racial backgrounds fought to be free from a greater nation of tyrants?
Is it just me or does this kind of administration PC garbage seem to have gone overboard to the moon lately? Something is going to give soon, and I pray it will be peaceful.
The storm is here, and gathering strength, I pray we all can stand strong and safe against its wrath.
Report Post »Strife
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:41pmIf you have a problem with it, you’re just a racist… or at least, that will be their response.
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:46pmThis is amazing. For a group always wanting equality, they seem to continually make themselves look like an exclusive group. This is very disrespectful to all Americans. Imagine a group of white people doing that to a Martin Luther King statue.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – Check out the Sharpton vs. Limbaugh video
Report Post »knotaclu
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:46pmWill it be pointed out that they put a cover over the only white guy at the event?
Report Post »Will the media point out that the NAACP is just a bunch of blacks like they point out the TEA Party is just a bunch of whites, which all of you know is not true.
Have ya ever lived in SC? I have and the civil war has not ended there….
FED-UP-AND-READY-TO-TAKE-ACTION
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:47pmThe very thing we keep hearing is “blacks” are not part of the main stream and viewed by all as not being equal or as American.
Before the NAACP does any more complaining they need to look in the mirror as they are the ones always wanting separation. What was George Washington “to white” for them. If they want to treated as equals then start acting like equals and be proud of all the US has been and will be. There have been things done in the past that was harmful but the past is the past. Come into the present and be an American. Not and African American……………………..
P C BE DAMNED
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:49pmWhy do these people keep heaping insult after insult at caucasions. Are we to be so ashamed of ourselves based solely on lies. We have a great heritage and men like George Washington, they could take this and more. They were strong godly men. I call these practices of covering the monuments of good men and refusing to read parts of our Constitution nothing more than a grevious crime. Stop It! Stop It! We so called whites are men not animals that we can be treated so disrespectful and shameful lifetime after lifetime. It is sickening and one day we will throw off these inhuman chains put upon us by ungodly racists.
Report Post »SnapTie
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:50pmDrop the Damn African BS.My family came in in the early 1800‘s and i don’t call myself Irish American,only American when asked.
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:51pmThe stinking ass NAACP prayers upon the folks here in the Carolinas for there racial diversity BS. Look what there doing with the Wake (NC) county schoolboard. I would almost bet (R) Tim Scott from the 1st district in SC wasnt evan mentioned at this rally. Ask the people of the 6th district in South Carolina how that Hope and Change going for them…Lets just say its James Clyburns district…need I say more.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:53pmI once went to a President’s Day rally where a statue of MLK was covered. Nah, I’m kidding, that never happened, because that would be racist.
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:53pmThese people have this one stick that they keep beating us with. I want so badly to take that stick and break it and throw it at their feet and tell them we are men not animals and we will not be beaten with their stick anymore. They are the basest of racists and their ignorance must surely come up before the very God.
Report Post »solaveritas
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:54pmIt seems that the speakers honoring MLK didn’t want to compete with the memories of George Washington.
Too bad they didn’t take the opportunity, instead of separating MLK from GW, to promote unifying them. They could honor MLK for advancing the goals that GW had for the nation, that is, freedom for the blacks. Sorry, MLK wasn’t the first to want real freedom for blacks (see also, Abraham Lincoln).
Most people don’t know that slavery was outlawed as part of the Constitutional compromise, but the 20 year (?) delay in the enforcement of the law was continued over and over (kind of like our debt ceiling).
Still, GW and MLK worked for THE SAME DREAM. Sad they couldn’t have handled that way. I wonder if they would have covered up an Abraham Lincoln statue?
Report Post »clockn63
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:57pmWhat do you think the reaction would be if we boxed up a statue of MLK on Presidents Day and gave a speach in front of it? I can’t imagine there would be any problem with that, do you?
Of course I would never condone either of them because I’M NOT A RACIEST!!!!
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:00pmIf it was not for the Founding of the United States of the Americas slavery would still be the labor of choice in whatever Empire would have come to power in today’s world.
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:08pmExactly, we’re regressing, when it‘s in America’s DNA to PROGRESS! Hence, the TEA Parties!
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:09pm@Ironmaan
Report Post »Maybe not the black community, but the NAACP community. I know many good, honorable black people who would find this dispicable.
Alvin691
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:09pmWanka’d
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:16pmThe next thing you know, George Washington will have become a member of the Mafia! You do know the Leftists are rewriting American history, don’t you?
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:25pmFirst of all…look at the picture of crowd. Not many followers there. Next…consistent with all the race baiters they all say they have come a long way…OH BUT they have so much more work to do. They can’t let the folks forget about slavery (100 years ago) and what happened to them at the hands of the white man. They have to keep this dream alive because without it they have NO CRUTCH to use to get their way and support their racist agenda. Hey Folks…the main agenda of the NAACP is not about keeping MLK’s dream alive…on the contrary it is making sure the people never forget SLAVERY and their oppression. Without it, the liberals want be able to keep the blacks on the new DEMOCRAT government plantation. George Washington is the antithesis of everything the NAACP stands for. So no wonder they covered the statue. they don’t want the black community to pay attention to the man behind the curtain…in this case the box….might start thinking for themselves. .
CatB
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:31pmNAACP .. is racist .. I am SHOCKED! NOT!
Report Post »proantisocialist
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:47pmlame!
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:55pmSo, the location of the rally was politically relevant enough to go to the trouble of aesthetically modifying anything at all (otherwise the location, as it stood, would have sufficed), yet every other day, everybody who walks by the State House in Columbia knows that it has a statue of George Washington.
There is no other explanation than that covering up the statue of George Washington was politically significant to the NAACP.
Report Post »SLEUTH
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:56pm“racial disparities” ? really now. put your money where your mouth is. i you really believe in “racial disparities” then there should not be any NAACP, Congressional Black Caucus or anything of any race. it should American only. what hypocrisy!
Report Post »Quad-rip-legic
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:07pmThey covered the statue in the hopes that it would prevent him from rolling over in his grave once again. Unfortunately, there is no population significant enough to stand up for George Washington as there would be if it was an MLK statue. It’s time to get over slavery and “white guilt.”
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:08pmOnly other thing I think of seeing that statue blocked is the question “Where are a massive flock of pigeons when we could use them?”
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:08pmThe National African American Communist Party (NAACP) – is more of the problem than solution for the 13% black community. They just perpetuate the woo is me mentality and tell the blacks that in fact they ares second class citizens and deserve the white handouts! – They should be thankful there was slavery and their ancestors were brought to America. Anytime they want to go back to their heritage country we will donate the travel expense.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:09pm” … the only reason the statue of Washington was covered up was for aesthetic purposes. “We had created a backdrop behind the speakers,” ……..”The spokesman said he was “at a loss for words” as to why covering President Washington would offend anyone”
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Worst excuse ever – I‘ll give them the benefit of the doubt since they’ve done this for years, and organizers are obviously too ignorant to understand why this is offensive to those who consider themselves American first, above all else. Why is it that they can’t even come out and simply apologize for offending anyone?
I expect a real explaination or a simple apology from a national rep for NAACP….but not holding my breath.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:11pmThe NAACP has sunk to a new low and, like unions, has outlived its usefullness. We are not a people divided, but it seems they want to segregate themselves from the rest of the population with Black Panthers, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and those who chose to keep the pot stirred. MLK’s message was one of vision and hope for the future but it seems to get lost in the rhetoric of discontent. As a white American whose family traveled from foreign shores, I wish for your families what my ancestors wished for mine: hopes, dreams and success.
Report Post »be heard
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:23pmWow, could you imagine the outrage if an organization covered up a statue of MLK on president’s day so they a group could gather in that location.
Report Post »Decade of Greed
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:27pmI weep for my country.
Report Post »rwsasinger
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:36pmOh really NAACP???? Really???? This just ****** me off. Ambiance????
You just try and cover up or obscure MLK’s image in a similar fashion during a similar-type rally for anyone else including President George Washington and witness the onslaught of outrage and accusations of racism. Why do we need a NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) when we can’t have a NAAWP (National Association for the Advancement of White People)? I‘m an unemployed white man and I dont’ see anyone beating down my door to lend me a hand-up let alone a hand-out. Anyway, I thought we were all supposed to call black people, black. It seems to me the NAACP is racist when they call black people and others of “color”, colored. Heck, My race affiliation is mixed Caucasian/Native American. Can’t in good conscience call myself “white” because that is not a color it is a hue; I am more of a light brown/olive skin type but I am not given that choice when filling out any government or if ever asked my color.
Mr. King must be rolling over in his grave when he sees the reverse racism that exists in this country and how “his people” wallow in the past. Really sad that some cannot let go of slavery and the “slave” mentality of entitlement. Really sad we all cannot find equality for all; as long as NAACP exists, we won’t.
Why is their not a NAAJP (National Association for the Advancement of Japanese People or Jewish People because it fits) or the NAAMRP (National Association for the Advancement of Mixed Race People? Weren’t most Irish immigrants who worked the railroads and coal mines enslaved to the “company store”??? All the Irish need to stand up an rally for the NAAIAP (National Association for the Advancement of Irish American People. Fair is fair.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:45pmLet’s see what happens at Presidents Day and the 4th of July celebrations if we cover-up any signs or statues of Dr. King.
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:50pmMore plain and clear signs that the NAACP is racist, and hates our founding fathers. If a white group did this to and MLK statue there would be riots in the streets
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:56pmthis is so un American…apparently no patriots at this party!
Report Post »DirectlyUnPCman
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:10pmYep, this will never end. Why keep kidding yourself? You will never be able to “do” enough or “give” enough to the black man to make him let go of his own racism. So screw it. Leave these idiots behind. We have far more ‘real’ issues to deal with than whether or not black people feel liked. I’ve said for year, if you want to overcome the victim mentality of the black culture, you need to meet it head on and crush it into irrelevance. Only then can they let go and start to be a part of this country again. Seems more and more folks are seeing it as I do. About time.
Report Post »Ron Burgundy
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:11pmA few questions for the NAACP.
1. Would you mind if we evened things out with a Congressional White Caucus?
2. Can we get a month where we do nothing but celebrate the accomplishments of White folks?
3. How do you feel about W.E.T (white entertainment television)?
4. Indiana has “Black Expo” License Plates, How about a “White Expo” plate?
With these questions being posed I’m sure to stir a few pots, and thats fine. Its time we take a look at the situation and realize that slavery is over, racism is a cheap excuse that nobody takes seriously anymore because its been used to many times.
Quick fact:
Some 90% of the victims of race crimes are Whites. Blacks commit 7.5 times more violent interracial crimes than Whites, although they comprise only one-seventh of the White population.
Report Post »mill
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:16pmwell the idiots are in charge of the country. The idiots are a minority, but they have the run of the place with no ‘time out” , or “you’re grounded” rules in play.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:24pmWhat did the Gov. of Maine tell the NAACP? Oh yeah, kiss my butt!
Report Post »what4
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:32pmBe damned the racist idiots that are the NAACP!
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:34pmThis from a group that denigrated Bill Cosby for a message of personal responsibility !!!!! Blame someone, anyone (the government, racism, social injustice) but for heaven‘s sake let’s never take a long hard look in the mirror and start there. Until black people, white people, yellow people and red people start taking personal responsibility for the state of their communities nothing will EVER change.
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:44pmLet‘s play the ’imagine’ game:
Imagine there was an MLK, Jr. statue on the steps in front of the Lincoln Memorial, and let‘s imagine Glenn Beck covered it in a similar fashion nor the same ’aesthetic’ reasons…
Would it have still been non-sensical to the NAACP spokesman?
I imagine it wouldn’t have been…
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:46pmBack drop is one that but George is clearly boxed in.
Report Post »101
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:58pmN…Negros
A…Against
A…All
C…*******
P…Presidents
I guess at this point you can call a spade a spade!
Report Post »suttonea76
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:03pmIf history serves me right, Washington fought for the rights that blacks practice today. Although slavery was still rampant in the nation during its inception, the United States was still evolving into a better place for all to live. The Constitution was setup to free all from tyranny and never mentioned race or creed to receive or not receive rights. The founders were geniuses regardless of the slavery issue. Blacks need to understand that they weren’t the most oppressed race of people in the world. Try the Jews for thousands of years and still being victimized to this day. The best way to lead this country is to give up power to those who love this country and things will take care of themselves.
Report Post »AmericanborninCanada
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:49pmI agree Ironman. It’s a shame, but no more is it the content of a person’s character- I guess that would take too much work. Easier to just play the race card.
Report Post »CYCLONE
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:49pmmehhh.. the racist bastages can “kiss my butt”….
…— Ignorance Is Bliss….Business As Usual…
Report Post »1proudAmerican
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 9:02pmThis story makes me sick. The best president we have ever had, and could ever have, is covered up. I really wish that we could resurrect GW so he could fix our great country and make it what it once was. Oh, George, if we had only listened to you…………
Report Post »SLEUTH
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 9:08pmUPDATE: yeah right; SPIN BABY SPIN
Report Post »im4truth
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 9:46pmAh-yah.
Report Post »I knew that.
lol
what were we thinking?
lol
not a worry maties
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 9:47pmIt was actually an elaborate Jack-In-The-Box joke, when the speaker shouted “Kill the ******* babies”, George was supposed to jump out. Alas, it didn’t work.
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:17pmProbably true unfortunately. But, it seems to be alive in much of the diverse communities that I have lived in including much of the white folks (this is good). Unfortunate and ironic not all want to embrace equal oportunity.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:40pmDarmok and Jalad at Tanagra, someone threw out the memo that explained how hard it was to get 1,200 lbs of Bronze to pop-up out of the box.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:05pmThe myriad of problems facing us today….of those who are white, of those who are black, af thos who are rich, of those who are poor cannot be talked over in ANY forum, and maybe the 1% can be convinced….there is no way to free those enslaved but to kill those who are the slavers. Either metaphorically or physically. And this will not happen until the first shot is fired. I am afraid, My dear Brothers and Sisters, that America is beyond the brink, and we shall not return until after much blood has been shed, and until enough of us look into the eyes of our fallen breatheren and we weep when they pass. This is a sad day for me, as now I realize there is no turning from our own hate-filled destruction. We only exist now to kill, or be verified in the eyes of our peers.
Report Post »God have mercy on us all.
NE Cowboy
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:34pmWhy are these people such blatant racists??? Makes me sick. Do as I say, NOT AS I DO??!!!!
Report Post »BWare
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:05amAnytime you can quote Willy Wonka you immediately win the argument.
Report Post »Zai
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:13amAs a naturalized citizen – THIS IS SAD!
Report Post »John_Free
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:57amDo they really think that we are that stupid?
Oh God Please Help Us!!!
Report Post »TotallyBelievableGuy
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:31amIt would be nice if the blaze would provide a reason why President Washington was covered, or do they just want people to say snarky things about it and make their own assumptions?
Oh, of course.
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:35amWho’s the racist NOW!
Report Post »PoxZombie
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:07amhes right it would seem non-sencical IIIIIIIIIF the NAACP across the country has been showing themselves to just as racist as the white counter parts they claim to be against.
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:16am“Featured speakers and guests who called on government leaders to address “racial disparities” in education”
I love their agenda, how it is always “Look at the advantage that the white people have in education compared to us minorities” But they always leave out one little thing. Asians. Asians are a minority and excel far beyond all other races in education. The majority of those in colleges today getting Masters or PHD’s are Asian but you never hear the Blacks or Hispanics complaining about how the Asians are getting better educational opportunities! No, it is the anti White agenda. Reverse Racism.
What they always fail to address is that the majority of the problem does not lie with the opportunity but the culture they are surrounded in. If the parents instilled in their children the values and disciplines of education like the majority of Asians do to their kids then they would be more likely to succeed. Instead they think that allowing them to immerse themselves in the messages of Gold and Diamond teeth Rap Stars with big butt girls dancing on their sides who frown upon education and glamorize a street life and Athletes who can make $100 million a year just playing games will not influence them.
Report Post »Young Patriot
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 5:12amIronmaan, so simply put but so emotionally and fully true.
Report Post »ErinGoBraugh
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 5:23amI can see why the NAACP might not want to have George Washington…a slave owner…as a backdrop for their MLK rally…it would be somewhat analogous to white South Africans having a rally with a statue of Nelson Mandela as a backdrop… but I think they would have been better served by moving the event rather than covering the statue. George Washington is revered by many as the father of our country and despite his faults, covering his statue is in bad taste.
Report Post »Young Patriot
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 5:26amOnly thing i don’t like about a lot of these replies is, if white people covered up a mlk statue. Why would we ever want to do that anyways? He was an american just like george washington. In a country of americans, what can we say to ourselves in a hope of future when we hate ourselves so much.
Report Post »jhonjhonson1
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 5:26amGeorge would probably want it this way. He is so tired of seeing what these people have done to his country!!!!
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:05amThe spokesperson for the NAACP said that it was, ” Non-sensical ” for people to believe that the covering of the George Washington statue was politically motivated. Okay. But if it was not politically motivated, was it racially motivated ? Although the gathering was in honor of MLKJr. that didn’t give the NAACP the right to dishonor our nations first president. If African Americans are offended by the Confederate Flag displayed over the South Carolina State Capitol, the first State to secede from the Union and fire the first shot in the Civil War, then most White Americans should be and are offended by the NAACP covering up the statue our nations first President. I wonder, what would have been the African American populatiion’s reaction if a statue of MLKJr. had been covered up at a George Washington rally ? The only logical explantion for the NAACP covering of the George Washington statue displayed in front of the SC capitol is racism.
Report Post »Eagle07
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:33amI wonder what would happen if come Presidents Day they covered a statue of MLK? All heck would break loose they would be called racist.
Report Post »StonyBurk
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:13amWell it seems the NAACLP IS actually ashamed to be American. If they had put me in that tiny cell -I’d ask for a hackysack– or one of them hand held video game devices–aint nothin more a boor than listening to a bounch of know nothings passing gas.
Report Post »6268navyvet
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:13amIf there was a George Washington ralley and a mlk statue was covered up like ol George i guess nothing would be said by the naacp, oh my bad i forgot they aren’t racist.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:23amDon’t fool yourselves…There is no ….and I mean no…reasonable explanation for them to have ever hidden a statue of George Washington.
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:29amThis is an absolute disgrace! Either it‘s a deliberate show of outright racism or yet another attempt to attack America’s founding figures…
This despicable act clearly demonstrates the twisted thinking of many in the NAACP and is a direct slap in the face (or punch in the face) to all patriotic Americans…
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:35amWashington may not have liked slavery, but he did own slaves. Perhaps the organizers did not want the speakers to be overshadowed by a slave-owner. Is that symbolism just too hard to understand?
Report Post »Miguelito
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:28amWe need to know the truth and the real history of our country if we are to keep it!
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:29amThis is obviously and downright snub!! This also borders on DEFACING public property!! Funny the “I have a dream Speech” was given in front of another AMERICAN president and I am sure MLK would be very disappointed to see this type of behaviour from his people!!!
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:29am“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking,
Report Post »be put away from you, with all malice:”
Ephesians 4:31
NapoHill15
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:31amThis is an excerpt from the NAACP web site:
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
Vision Statement
The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.
Objectives
The following statement of objectives is found on the first page of the NAACP Constitution – the principal objectives of the Association shall be:
• To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens
• To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States
• To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes
• To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights
• To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination
• To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP’s Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:35amAnd yet another group that is, again, utterly alien to American ideas and ideals. It seems that humanity is not happy (by and large, with exceptions that used to be called “Americans”) unless they are divided, fighting and enslaved.
Bunch of friggin’ tools.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:51amYeah, lol the man has problem with the confederate flag but has no problem covering up the first president of the U.S… Hypocrite much ? these ralies are a waste of time and OUR money.. I wonder how much, ground covered garbage removal, the parks department had to endure…??
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 9:04amTheir serious answer was that they created a backdrop for the speakers? One with a seem right down the middle that draws the eye away from the speaker, right?
Either they’re horrible media folks who should know better given about half a semester in the local community college (or 15 minutes with a handheld HD video camera and a little common sense), or they need to spend more time in the political science classes at the local community college, learning how to lie convincingly.
Report Post »hoodm85
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:12amIt’s become a TV ritual: Every year in mid-January, around the time of Martin Luther King’s birthday, we get perfunctory network news reports about “the slain civil rights leader.”
The remarkable thing about this annual review of King’s life is that several years–his last years–are totally missing, as if flushed down a memory hole.
What TV viewers see is a closed loop of familiar file footage: King battling desegregation in Birmingham (1963); reciting his dream of racial harmony at the rally in Washington (1963); marching for voting rights in Selma, Alabama (1965); and finally, lying dead on the motel balcony in Memphis (1968).
An alert viewer might notice that the chronology jumps from 1965 to 1968. Yet King didn’t take a sabbatical near the end of his life. In fact, he was speaking and organizing as diligently as ever.
Almost all of those speeches were filmed or taped. But they’re not shown today on TV.
Why?
It’s because national news media have never come to terms with what Martin Luther King, Jr., stood for during his final years.
In the early 1960s, when King focused his challenge on legalized racial discrimination in the South, most major media were his allies. Network TV and national publications graphically showed the police dogs and bullwhips and cattle prods used against Southern blacks who sought the right to vote or to eat at a public lunch counter.
But after passage of civil rights acts in 1964 and 1965, King began challenging the nation’s fundamental priorities. He maintained that civil rights laws were empty without “human rights”–including economic rights. For people too poor to eat at a restaurant or afford a decent home, King said, anti-discrimination laws were hollow.
Noting that a majority of Americans below the poverty line were white, King developed a class perspective. He decried the huge income gaps between rich and poor, and called for “radical changes in the structure of our society” to redistribute wealth and power.
“True compassion,” King declared, “is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.”
By 1967, King had also become the country’s most prominent opponent of the Vietnam War, and a staunch critic of overall U.S. foreign policy, which he deemed militaristic. In his “Beyond Vietnam” speech delivered at New York’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967–a year to the day before he was murdered–King called the United States “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.”
From Vietnam to South Africa to Latin America, King said, the U.S. was “on the wrong side of a world revolution.“ King questioned ”our alliance with the landed gentry of Latin America,” and asked why the U.S. was suppressing revolutions “of the shirtless and barefoot people” in the Third World, instead of supporting them.
In foreign policy, King also offered an economic critique, complaining about “capitalists of the West investing huge sums of money in Asia, Africa and South America, only to take the profits out with no concern for the social betterment of the countries.”
You haven’t heard the “Beyond Vietnam” speech on network news retrospectives, but national media heard it loud and clear back in 1967–and loudly denounced it. Life magazine called it “demagogic slander that sounded like a script for Radio Hanoi.“ The Washington Post patronized that ”King has diminished his usefulness to his cause, his country, his people.”
In his last months, King was organizing the most militant project of his life: the Poor People’s Campaign. He crisscrossed the country to assemble “a multiracial army of the poor” that would descend on Washington–engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience at the Capitol, if need be–until Congress enacted a poor people’s bill of rights. Reader’s Digest warned of an “insurrection.”
King‘s economic bill of rights called for massive government jobs programs to rebuild America’s cities. He saw a crying need to confront a Congress that had demonstrated its “hostility to the poor”–appropriating “military funds with alacrity and generosity,“ but providing ”poverty funds with miserliness.”
How familiar that sounds today, more than a quarter-century after King‘s efforts on behalf of the poor people’s mobilization were cut short by an assassin’s bullet.
As 1995 gets underway, in this nation of immense wealth, the White House and Congress continue to accept the perpetuation of poverty. And so do most mass media. Perhaps it‘s no surprise that they tell us little about the last years of Martin Luther King’s life.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:15am@Ironmaan: You’ve got that right!
Report Post »LittleBigMouth
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:24amNone of this crap has anything to do with how the black community thinks or feels. It’s more progressive bunk. Let the NAACP expose themselves, the Tea Party will welcome some more “Americans” to the restoration effort.
Report Post »ACA
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:30amIt comes down to the respect that we show to those that helped us to become freest country this earth has even known. I would be just as outraged if on George Washington’s birthday the organizers of the celebration covered up a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. You see dis-respecting our history, demeaning the men who sacrificed their fortunes, their sacred honor and their very lives for you. me. mine and ours is un-becoming and un-worthy of the legacy they, all of them, left for us… We should study what they did, lift them up and make sure our children understand the accomplishments of their lives and to whom they dedicated this blessed land to…
Report Post »jackrorabbit
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:40amI guess because he owned slaves they don’t want to see him. However, if it wasn‘t for him they wouldn’t even have representation at all. For a group that says “A mind is a terrible thing to waste” they sure waste a lot of gray matter.
Report Post »Dandylyon
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:48amYou have to wonder if they did not cover it because Washington would be to much of a distraction from MLK.
Report Post »“Forgot to put NAACP plack on cover”WOW are you people in the NAACP really that stupid or is that the best you can do??
It’s truely sad but racism will never go away,what the hell would black’s have to belive in if it did??Racism is in there blood,it has become there culture of belief and an excuse for most black’s entire life.NAACP and people like Jackson,Sharpton and Farrakan nurture racism just to make a living from there own people’s misery.How pathetic is that???
Ken
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 11:36amThey need to rename themselves NAACPDL, the “DL” means “dirty laundry!”
Report Post »Victor Krieger
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:00pmThere’s no earthly way of knowing/ which direction they are going… There‘s no knowing where they’re rowing… Or which way the river’s flowing… Is it raining, is it snowing?/Is a hurricane a-blowing?
Report Post »Not a speck of light is showing/So the danger must be growing… Are the fires of Hell a-glowing? /Is the grisly Reaper mowing? /Yes! The danger must be growing/’Cause the rowers keep on rowing/ and they’re certainly not showing/Any sign that they are slowing!
Ken
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:02pmFor “asthetic” reasons? If you believe that, then I have ocean-front property in Montana to sell you!
Report Post »MsMonsoon
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:06pmWould MLK have condoned this? Absolutely not!
Report Post »essssamasssssssssssa
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:37pmWell, the Cultural Marxists strike again – George Washington’s false teeth would shoot out of his mouth if he was alive to see this.
Report Post »Miguelito
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:26pmSome people will do anything to hide the truth!
Report Post »Butter-Pants
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:13pmThere is nothing Racist about the Confederate Flag, it is called Southern Pride, but of course anytime a White Man shows pride in his race or his culture, it is labeled Racist. It is about Heritage not Hate.
Report Post »People need to understand this!
Butter-Pants
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:18pmCovering George Washington by the NAACP is like Ovomit covering up the cross, it is un american. Sounds like the Blacks in this country need to go back to Africa, where they can be un american all they want.
Report Post »chiefsfanatik
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:28pmDo you think if the statue was black, that they would have covered it up? Hell No
Report Post »I can’t believe that they would stoop this low, to block the image of our first president.
If there is any racism in this country, it is because of the people behind the NAACP.
Hopefully the one’s responsible in the NAACP will get their due. They have pushed their racism too far
Ghostflames
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:41pmCan you imagine the reaction if a statue of MLK was covered “for aesthetic purposes” at ANY rally?
The Lamestream media would go into overdrive with the “RACISTS” battle cry. And the NAACP would be at the front of the pack DEMANDING justice!
Truly pathetic…
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 12:12amI don’t think this is just a race thing. These people are socialist and hate America.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:23amSo they cover up the Father of our Country while protesting a Confederate Flag that is a part of our heritage also. Wow! How much more racist can you get? Next they will be demanding the statue of Washington be removed because he had slaves.
Report Post »Smitty1969
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 6:19pmWhat the frack, President Washington was and always will be the icon of free men. Do they not know the oppression he chased out of this country. I guess they just want better slavery rights from our new federal masters. King George would give his right arm for the power of our new fed government.
Report Post »greyhawk1
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 6:45amThe NAACP and Other Subversive Organizations and Their Rise To Power:
Jerome Ennis–28 January 2011___________________
They are The New and Honest NAACP. This organization has always been a communist front organization, but they have kept it in the closet publicly, but after they helped elect our First Marxist President, they were told they had a Green Light to Come Out Openly and Expose Their True Colors (No Pun Intended), as did La Raza (The People—Latinos or Hispanics—a Racist Organization), and the Eco-Terrorists such as Green Peace and other so-called Environmentalists, The National Teachers Union, The ACLU, The SPLC, The SCLC and other Anti-American, Anti-U.S. Constitutional groups and organizations and the Hollywood Gang and the Mainstream Media.
The Radical Agenda of Obama was not all Obama’s ideas and doings. The Communists within our own country and in the U.S. Congress had All the Bills and Plans that have been carried out. They were just waiting to have a Majority in Both the House and Senate and a President of Like-Mind (Obama) who would push and promote their plans and would be sure and Sign Every Piece of Garbage Legislation put before him. Those plans included the so-called Health Care Bill, The Take Over of Education Completely, The Take Over of Auto Companies, To Empower Unions, To Destroy Energy Companies, especially Oil and Mining Companies and all the other Communist Actions that have been taking place.
The Communists were waiting for their time to act. And, act they did, and continue to do so. And, if we the people do not Make It Clear to this government at every level of government; Local, County, State and Federal that we Will Not Allow Them To Take Away our Constitution and our Constitutional Rights, they (the government) will continue Marching Down This Communist Road To Destruction of The USA and All Of Our Rights and Freedoms, which actually began in earnest on November 22, 1963 when JFK was assassinated in a bloody coup de etat that brought the Scoundrel, LBJ to power and he started the Abolishing of State’s Rights by beginning the take over of public education, the beginning of the Nationalized Welfare Program called the So Called Great Society Programs which to date has squandered over 13 trillion dollars and has destroyed the work ethic of several generations and has destroyed the family structure of poor and working class families. All of this dumbing down and brainwashing of our children and the destruction of the family and family values has been done Intentionally in order to hand the USA over to a One World Communist State which has and International Ruling Class to Rule over and Control the World, and in order to do that, our Own Government Had to Convince Us, by Force If Necessary, that Our Constitution Was Null And Void and the USA’s Sovereignty and Independence is Null And Void. This has all been done on purpose by both Democrats and Republicans for decades. Obama with a Majority Congress just made One Great Leap and Shoved Down Our Throats Bills and Laws and Controls Over We The People that they Could in one fell swoop, and they will continue to do so until WE, THE PEOPLE, stand up and Say, Hell No We Will Not Give Up Our U.S. Constitutional Rights and Freedoms and Allow this Federal Establishment working in congress with USA enemies to destroy our U.S. Constitution, Our Flag, Our Symbols of Freedom, Our Traditions, Our Culture, Our Language, Our Borders, Our Military, Our Customs, Our Beliefs, Our Sovereignty as a Freed and Independent Nation or our Individual Rights and Freedoms Guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution.
That is why the Mainstream Media, Hollywood Stars Comedians, and Obama and Others in Government are trying to Discredit and Destroy The TEA Party, Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and anybody else Who Expose and Ridicule Obama and the Actions of this U.S. congress. Obama and his folks and the MSM will do anything and use any dirty trick including intentional lying on a national scale to Shut Down The Voices of Opposition to what Obama and This Congress are doing to this nation and to We, The People.
And, that is why We Had Better Wake Up and Speak Up and Stop this Sprint to a One World Government which is Communism being Shoved Down Our Throats and will be the End Of The USA and Our Constitutional Rights and Freedoms. That is why Obama and His Regime are Cramming as Much As Possible Down Our Throats all at once while they have the power to do so, and that is why they Will Not Let Any Opposition Voices be heard. That, my friends is the Very Definition of Totalitarianism which Will Allow No Opposition. The Democrats and Obama totally Shut The Republicans Out of All Talks and Discussion on their Actions over the Past Two Years. After the TEA Party engineered a Take Over of the U.S. House Of Representatives in the November 2010 elections, now Obama and the Liberal Democrats are saying, “WE Need to Work Together and Negotiate.” And, what We, The People are telling Obama and the Democrats is: We do not want to Negotiate Away Our U.S. Constitution which Contains Our Individual and States Rights and Freedoms. If the TEA Party candidates cave in and go along with Obama, Pelosi, and Reid, we will Just Elect A New Group of Patriots who Will Take This Country Back from these Traitors and Take This Country Back out of the Hands of the United Nations and the One World Communists who are trying to take over this country, lock, stock and barrel.
Wake Up Americans, our Freedoms and Rights are Contained In The U.S. Constitution and This Constitution Gives Us The Right and Responsibility to Take This Country Back from the Traitors who are Currently Trying To Shred The U.S. Constitution.
Have a great day and Happy Trails and May God Bless You and May God Bless America—Jerome
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