tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post4442815585809506544..comments2024-01-04T07:05:27.381-06:00Comments on Immigration Talk with a Mexican American: Open Letter to President Obama re: HB1070 Racial Profiling BillDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09583438645860375661noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-38675667702160216742010-04-25T22:00:19.777-05:002010-04-25T22:00:19.777-05:00Instead of a John L. Lewis or Walter Reuther holid...Instead of a John L. Lewis or Walter Reuther holiday we have Labor Day. Why not a Civil Rights Holiday on which all those who advanced the cause can be honored?ultimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-85850012424666636772010-04-25T21:58:12.825-05:002010-04-25T21:58:12.825-05:00What you say about MLK is true but you have to adm...What you say about MLK is true but you have to admit that there was grounds for opposing this holiday as a significant departure from past practice. It is the first time in our history that we have established a new holiday simply to salve the wounds of a minority group. Surely, we must now have a Cochise/Crazy Horse National Holiday!ultimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-7267990204204592142010-04-25T21:54:35.556-05:002010-04-25T21:54:35.556-05:00Let me try again. Here's a different perspect...Let me try again. Here's a different <a href="szczecin-ultima.blogspot.com/2010/04/open-letter-to-president-obama.html" rel="nofollow">perspective</a> for the President to consider.ultimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-49006650127159379272010-04-25T19:32:22.073-05:002010-04-25T19:32:22.073-05:00Actually Ultima, you missed my point.
MLK was a u...Actually Ultima, you missed my point.<br /><br />MLK was a unique leader that significantly evolved our country. The Civil Rights Movement CHANGED our Country. Because of him, we can finally live up to our Founding Fathers' Declaration of Independence: "All Men/Women are Created Equal."<br /><br />No other person you can mention has changed our country to this degree. Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty we are Free at last! Thank God for Dr. Martin Luther King! God Bless America!Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583438645860375661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-7625576187038806372010-04-25T14:04:39.487-05:002010-04-25T14:04:39.487-05:00Here's a different perspective that President ...Here's a different <a href="szczecin-ultima.blogspot.com/2010/04/open-letter-to-president-obama.html" rel="nofollow">perspective</a> that President Obama should consider along with your open letter.ultimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-92105453985356640622010-04-25T14:01:35.949-05:002010-04-25T14:01:35.949-05:00Dee I see you missed my point altogether. Other l...Dee I see you missed my point altogether. Other leaders have been assassinated but they do not have a separate holiday. MLK day breaks totally new ground and regardless of his personal merits is inconsistent with the previously recognized rationale for special holidays.ultimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-17511483920498520582010-04-24T18:41:44.658-05:002010-04-24T18:41:44.658-05:00MLK was the leader of the Civil Rights movement. H...MLK was the leader of the Civil Rights movement. He advocated a peaceful solution. He was murdered and became the hero/champion of Civil Rights so that now, today, all men and women are acknowledged by ALL Loyal Americans, as being truly equal. The Declaration of Independence fulfilled at last! Free at last! Free at last. Thank God Almighty! We are Free At Last!<br /><br />For you not to know this nor acknowledge these facts and understand the reason why all states have MLK Day as a holiday explains a lot about you Ultima.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583438645860375661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-73216822775947770832010-04-24T11:03:26.063-05:002010-04-24T11:03:26.063-05:00I don't think the opposition to the King holid...I don't think the opposition to the King holiday was racially based. Previously, such holidays were limited to religious/secular institutions like Easter and Christmas; honoring past Presidents and the ultimate sacrifice of America's fallen military and those veterans still living; the Labor Movement, Independence Day; New Years Day, and Thanksgiving. There were none honoring individuals other than the presidents and even in that case Presidents' Day supplanted Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays and now honors all of them not each one individually.<br /> <br />So if one is objective, it is easy to see why some objected to MLK Day on principle rather than on the basis of race. WE should change that holiday to honor all civil rights, humanitarian, and other such leaders of whatever stripe to include MLK, Chavez,Harriet Beecher Stowe, Carrie Nation, etc. Let's call it, "Citizens' Day".ultimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-90164738547906773682010-04-23T22:20:10.676-05:002010-04-23T22:20:10.676-05:00ARIZONA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A RACIST STATE:
Sen. John...ARIZONA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A RACIST STATE:<br /><br />Sen. John McCain (Republican of Arizona) voted against the creation of the holiday to honor King, and later defended Arizona Republican Governor Evan Mecham's rescission of the state holiday in honor of King created by his Democratic predecessor. After his opposition grew increasingly untenable, McCain reversed his position, and encouraged his home state of Arizona to recognize the holiday despite opposition from Mecham.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583438645860375661noreply@blogger.com