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I have heard Bush made plans to lay a wreath on Dr. King's tomb in Atlanta today. I also heard that the Secret Service has ordered the King Foundation commemoration, scheduled for 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in the church across the street were ordered to leave by 2:00 pm. I also heard that organizers, who've worked for MONTHS on this day's services, have refused, quite appropriately, to leave the church early. I don't know the outcome of this at present.

I know I'm not looking at film of Dr. King on KRQE News 13 (CBS affilliate in Albuquerque, NM) tonight. I'm looking at film of Michael Jackson.

For Bush to show up, without warning, without discussing his plans with organizers, and demand they LEAVE THE AREA for his convenience and security is the wannabe master telling the slaves to shut up and go away.

I firmly believe it is Bush, not the friends, family and followers of King, who needs to shut up and go away.

I will repost the page I built, "Beyond Vietnam," Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the speach we never get to hear. Aside from some historical specifics, it could have been written today.

Happy Birthday, Dr. King! Thank you.

TODAY'S SHOW: Thursday, January 15

* Rev. Jesse Jackson On "Mad Dean Disease," the 2000 Elections and

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King *
On the anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday we are joined in our studio by another renowned civil rights leader: Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Today, January 15, is Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.
He was born in 1929. He would be 75 years old today.

It's become a TV ritual: Every year in mid-January, around the time of his 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.

Listen/Watch/Read
here

* Bush's New Space Program Criticized Over Costs & Nuclear Fears *

Bush announces plans to set up a permanent base on the Moon and to send astronauts to Mars. Questions arise over the cost, the military's role and the Mars-Halliburton connection.

Listen/Watch/Read
here

* Flashback: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. On The U.S. Space Program *
Today on MLK's 75th birthday, we look back to August 16, 1967 when Dr. King said "If our nation can spend $35 billion a year to fight an unjust, evil war in Vietnam and $20 billion to put a man on the moon it can spend billion of dollars to put God�'s children on their two feet right here on earth."

Listen/Watch/Read
here

* Headlines, January 15 *

- Report: U.S. Committing War Crimes in Iraq

- 10,000s of Iraqis Protest Calling For Elections

- Pentagon: Suicide Rate In Iraq Growing

- Cheney: MIA Except At Fundraisers

- Carol Moseley Braun Drops Out, Endorses Dean

Listen/Watch/Read
here

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