From MLK to Obama, Bronx

Hey Bronx, what you say with the descent in leadership from Martin Luther King, down to the low-lying

Pres. Obama?  It's a mess, plus that Hurricane Irene too.  When does the electricity get back on

Connecticut?  Here's another reason to Occupy Wall St. NYC, NY Sat. Sept. 17th, and to admit that

Larouche was right all along.

REP. JOHN LEWIS: "WHAT WOULD KING SAY TO OBAMA?"


In an op-ed in Sunday's Washington Post, Rep.

John Lewis, the last surviving speaker from the 1963 March on

Washington (where Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream"

speech), asks "What would King Say to Obama?" Unfortunately,

Lewis does not tell the truth: that Dr. King would tell the

traitor to pack his bags and get out of the White House. But at

least he makes clear that King would have to tell the President

of all the things he should be doing, which he clearly is not.

Lewis says King's message was about much more than race, but

about "building a society based on simple justice that values the

dignity and the worth of every human being." In that regard,

"his message would still be essentially the same. It is

troubling that unemployment is so high -- indeed, far higher than

it was in 1963 -- and that we are so caught up in details of

deficits and debt ceilings that we question whether government

has any moral duty to serve the poor, help feed the hungry and

assist the sick."

As to Obama, Lewis notes that "Dr. King recognized the power

of one man to transform a nation." So what has Obama done? "Dr.

King would tell this young leader that it is his moral obligation

to use his power and influence to help those who have been left

out and left behind. He would encourage him to get out of

Washington, to break away from handlers and advisers and go visit

the people where they live," the working people and the poor -- a

clear reference to Obama's "jobs tour" which avoided all the

inner cities.

Lewis added: "Dr. King would say that a Nobel Peace Prize

winner can and must find a way to demonstrate that he is a man of

peace, a man of love and non-violence. He would say it is time

to bring an end to war and get our young men and women out of

harm's way. Dr. King would assert without hesitation that war is

obsolete, that it destroys the very soul of a nation, that it

wastes human lives and natural resources."