Message is excellent; messenger has a lot to be desired! President Bush signed a bill today to erect a statue of Ms. Parks in D.C. She was a hero of the Civil Rights Movement. The movement had many heroes including the three children killed when their church was bombed, Viola Luizzi, Rev. James Reeb, Medgar Evers, busloads of college kids beaten, Goodman, Cheney, and Schwerner, and most of all, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thank you, Jimmy, for pointing out what the current garish deification of Rosa Parks overlooks: there were many, many brave souls and martyrs in the civil rights movement. The obscene circus being enacted, especially in Detroit, over the late Mrs Parks is repellent. Mrs Liuzzo (note spelling) is utterly forgotten. Mr Evers nearly so. If as much time were spent honouring the LIVING veterans of the civil rights movement while they are still among us as is being spent exploiting for fame and fortune the name and likeness of the late Mrs Parks, there might be something to celebrate just now. But there isn't. If you're interested, search the internet versions of the Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Michigan Chronicle, or Oakland Press. PS. I'd rather have to look at your smilin' mug when I read your posts.
Thanks for the post, Uncle Janko. The spelling of Ms. Liuzzo was simply a typo. When we lived in Jackson, Mississippi, in the early '60's, we attended the Unitarian Church on Ellis Avenue. Our minister was Rev. Donald Thompson and he was active in the Civil Rights Movement. After we moved to New Orleans, Mr. Thompson was shot in the back as he escorted a black colleague to his home. Mr. Thompson was very heavy and that fact may have saved his life. After he recovered from his injuries, he moved out of the state, to Massachusetts, I think.
Good for the President. I give a lot of credit to him for doing the right thing. Thanks Jimmy for pointing this out. Godspeed! P.S.: This is my 200th post. When do I get my set of steak knifes.
Don't think it's good to give a liberal knives. On a serious note, President Bush asked Congress to extend the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Jimmy: Don't think it's good to give a liberal knives. John: Don't worry, he still can't take them on an airplane, even after the rules change on Dec. 22nd. I find it fascinating to learn that it will now be all right to carry a pair of scissors with blades 4 inches long, but not a pair of scissors with blades 5 inches long. "Take this plane to Cuba or I'll cut your necktie in half." And four books of matches is OK, but not five books of matches. What would someone do with 80 matches on a plane where smoking is prohibited? I'd love to know the logic at work in these decisions.
Yea, weird, isn't it. But in times on national security measures strange things do occur: internment camps, censorship bureaus, etc. Oops, sorry, this was under Democrats, not Republicans.
I think that an additional piece of in information is useful. That is the fact that the average blade length of a box cutter (remember, that's the weapon that led to the origination of the rule) is less than 2 inches). Jack
Yet, I'm always the unlucky bastard that gets pulled from the line and subjected to a special search.
