Black Conservative Group Claims Martin Luther King Jr. Was Republican.www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/king-a-republican-at-91927.html

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/king-a-republican-at-91927.html A little know fact, which I know yet most other people don't, is that MLK Jr. was actually a democratic socialist. http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/?article=871 I do not know why these african-american Republicans wish to claim him as one of there own. I do know know that black people in the southern states were typicly not allowed to vote in the Democratic primaries, and so they were only able to vote in the Republican ones. So if King ever were to have voted in a party primary, he would have most likely have been a registered Republican. A liberal one none the less. And also the Republican party of yesteryear was quite different from today's GOP. For instance the Fourierian socialist Horace Greeley was a member of the Republican party. But while MLK was not entirely open about his socio-economic views, for obvious reasons, he was not by any means a conservative.

My Attendance at a "TEA Party" Demonstration.

This afternoon, motivated mostly by personal curiousity, and a desire to keep abreast of socio-political developements, I decided to attend a "TEA party http://www.teapartyday.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_protests I saw a vast hodge podge of people present. Everyone from Ayn Rand style objectivists to what I suspect might have been some sort of neo-nazi. The objectivist, an elderly man who held a sign with the words "who is John Galt?", spoke about the premise behind the novel "Atlas Shrugged". If you haven't ever read it, let me tell you I had started to, a few years ago. I gave up reading it however, after I discovered that it was more like a sleasy soap opera story than a political dystopian novel. But anyway, he provided stark contrast to the christian rightists whom predominated the gathering, being that Ayn Rand was an atheist, and so were many of her followers . In fact, while they were all up in arms about the size and scope of government, I suppose that most of those involved with these assemblies would have no problem with authorities regulating us all in the name of God. They protest against the strong influence of the state, but seem to have no problem with the church issuing edicts governing public policy. Yet as I mentioned above, there was also one young man who came across to me anyway as being a white supremacist. He stood before us topless, I presume in order to effect the look of an ancient warrior. When he took his turn at the podium, he paid notice to the exclusively white children playing at the public park where it was held at, and said that we must secure a future for them. He also complained about the code of conduct at the state run schools. To which I would respond that if his younger school aged brothers are causing trouble, especially ethnic intimidation/bullying, they deserve to be disciplined, in my judgement. Next he encourged us to not buy groceries from stores, assumingly owned and operated by Jewish merchants, and to instead buy directly from the farmers themselves, which I reckon he expected to be white caucasian. He also charged us not to tune into television. Now one of the reasons why I do sometimes watch TV is because I like to watch C-span. That way I can keep an eye on what's happening in Washington, literaly. But I suppose he never thought of that. This also reminds me of how the Nazis would ban and confiscate all personally owned contraband radios, lest any of the German people be enabled to listen to broadcasts, other than the official propoganda line, given by Joseph Goebbels. I however echo the advice given by the U.S. military vetern who was there, who encouraged us to check out the political publications of the Left as well as the Right. This is also what I do in order to get all of the facts, and draw my own conclusions regarding political opinions. The suspected nazi closed by mentioning that his younger wife, he was 25, she was only 21, told him that she doesn't want to give birth to children in this country. Well first of all, I'd like to say thank you for at least not bringing any more little fascist freaks into the world. Secondly this is America; love it or leave it. Of course this couple has no other country to go to live in, after we defeated Third Reich Germany in World War II. ;) Really the only middle of the road moderate that was present was a schoolteacher, whom was admitingly somewhat liberal. She spoke up in order to rebut a prior speaker who claimed that the Constitution was not being taught in the public schools, but that the Communist Manifestoe was favorabley taught. So you can certainly see that ultraconservative kooks are present within this movement. However, with all of that being said, there were many political posistion points that were expressed which I agreed with as well. Namely the ones against the budget deficit, the TARP bailout, and the trade imbalance. So the tax protest wasn't all that bad, as I'm sure that many of you probally have thought about it. But I still would oppose forming common cause with the christian reconstructionist theocrats, not to mention the christian identity neo-nazis. For a good left-libertarian alternative to the"TEA parties", check out the Alliance of the Libertarian Left. http://all-left.net/ They best represent my own feeling regarding political philosophy.

President of Honduras is Deposed in Military Coup.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6596689.ece President Manuel Zelaya was just recently otherthrown, in an amed coup. Pres. Zelaya was, as far as I'm aware, a fair minded, and freedom respecting leader. In fact, I first found out about him, from reading the "Missionary Herald", which is the publication of "Evangelistic Faith Missions". You see my family is Holiness, so I have access to such reading materials. Pres. Zelaya allowed himself to be photographed with the missionaries and there children. The missionaries had seen him about there radio liscence. So he permitted private ownership of at least some of the broadcast media, for instance. Manuel Zelaya was at the very most a social democrat, not an extreme leftist. Believe me when I say that if even the typicly very conservative Holiness churches do not have a problem with him, he must be an OK guy. If only you knew what all they were saying about our own Pres. Obama, during his campaign for president. It wasn't very complimentary, to say the least. But Zelaya tolerated them all, in Honduras, anyway. No matter what there views might be. So I hope that the rule of law will triumph over the rule of force, and that Pres. Zelaya will at the very least be allowed to finish his term of office.

Michael Jackson Died Yesterday.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/25/michael.jackson/index.html He was not yet 51 when he passed away from cardiac arrest. Michael Jackson was an innovator in the music industry. He had more chart topping albums than any other single person. He also was involved with more charitable endeavers than any other entertainer, with projects like "USA for Africa". He touched the lives of many people, through his songs, and other activities.

Update to the Post About the School Strip Search.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31544930/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/ Savana Redding won her case in the Supreme Court. Now state school officials should be thinking twice before searching students for illegal contraband, without just cause, and/or due process.

Popular Uprisings Occur, in Iran, After Disputed Election.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/world/middleeast/21iran.html http://shooresh1917.blogspot.com/ Over the past few days, there have been vast demonstrations held against the rule of Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinijad, following allegations of election fraud. The religious court in Iran certified the election in Ahmadinijad's favor. This somewhat reminds me of the contraversy following the 2000 Presidential election, between George W. Bush, and Al Gore. Just think of what might have happened had people peaceabley demonstrated in favor of a recount. The people have great potential power to stand up against abusive, and or oppressive authority. As a first resort, by using "soul force" to counter brute force. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-violent_resistance And only as a last resort, by counterattacking excessive undue brute force. This was what had happened in regards to the African National Congress's struggle against the unjust system of apartheid. Initialy they used passive resistance, and only later did they form a paramilitary organization, the "Spear of the Nation", after the National party regime employed lethal force against there movement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_resistance_to_South_African_apartheid Benazir Bhutto believed that it was possible to have democracy be compatible with Islam. She wrote a book, which I've read, called "Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West", which outlined her beliefs in regards to both democracy and Islam. I stand in supportive solidarity with all people who are trying to cast off the stranglehold of oppression, no matter the political nature of the authority in question. Whether it be autocratic, theocratic, or even patriarchal, no governmental, and/or parental authority should ever be permitted to violate the natural rights of there subjects. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_right I feel that all peoples deserve to enjoy the "four freedoms". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Freedoms, no matter what there social status might be.

Reflections on Graduation

Recently there was a graduation at the local state High School. So I thought I might give a few thoughts about graduation. I myself graduated years ago, from a correspondence school. So I didn't just graduate. But I appreciate all that students must go through, in order to graduate. Especially the Honor Society members. They really go the extra mile to merit there high esteem. But I also feel that all graduates are deserving of recognition. We all have unique attributes, and abilities. We should accept all persons equally as being important in there own way. The major thing to remember is to learn all that you can learn, the best you can, for knowledge is power. The one thing that I do not like about High School is the clique system. I feel that it is comparable to the class system, which charecterises bourgeois society. Being home educated I was able to avoid this exclusive situation. Which is one of the reasons why I encourage people to unschool themselves, and/or there children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unschooling I am proud to have graduated from a distance learning program though, so that I could gain recognition for all that I learned. I was even given a school ring. Not many other homeschoolers ever get a class ring, or even an actual diploma for that matter. I also like that coincidently my school's colors, Penn Foster, is the same as the local state school, which are blue and white.