A Lie Cannot Live

Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. stood at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered among the most revered speeches in our nations history; his "I Have A Dream" speech.

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King, an American hero in the highest regard, would no doubt be pleased at many levels of the progress in terms of racial discrimination he spearheaded.  The approach taken by King, exhibiting his Christian beliefs engaging in non violent and respectful action adhering to the rule of law, is a case study of leading by example.

Sadly, as we have noted, many of those who claim to follow in his footsteps commonly take action in violation of the very principles King championed.  These are actions in contrast of a King.

King would no doubt be appalled at the hijacking of his legacy by those who passionately ask the black community to embrace entitlements and victimhood.  Equal diginity, King would say. King sought an even playing field for everyone to have the same opportunities to live the American dream, not wealth transfer or reparations.  King sought free market solutions, not reward without the dignity of hard work.

Certainly, the issue in the black community would deeply sadden King the most is the breakdown of the family unit, which King thought imperative to solidify the future of our youth.

In events marking the anniversary today, appalling rhetoric was spoken, inclusive of Conservative Supreme Court Justices being compared to the KKK and former President Bill Clinton taking time out in promotion of Common Core and global climate change.

President Barack Obama, while presiding over the highest black unemployment in decades and escalating racial tension in part fueled by the despicable race baiting behavior of many in the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin shooting including Obama,  remarked how King would be on board with the job killing legislation of Obamacare.

Dr. Alveda King, King's niece, would strongly disagree, noting King was vehemently opposed to abortion and saw it as an evil attack on his community.  In fact, Margaret Sanger, the racist founder of Planned Parenthood, utilized abortion in hopes of eliminating blacks from the planet

How incredibly sad this day and the memory of Dr. King was marred in such fashion.  Interestingly enough, obviously due to politics, the nations only black Senator, Republican Tim Scott of South Carolina, was not invited to the festivities.

Dr. Benjamin Carson wrote an editorial in The Washington Times with some poignant points on the status of the black community while Investors Business Daily has a strong editorial in today's edition titled Princelings of Civil-Rights; how members of the movement corrupted MLK's 1963 dream.

The divisive redistributionist infiltrator of markets we currently find in the presidency fails to follow the dream all principled people shared with King.  The same can be said for those who seek to profit from race baiting and playing on the fears of victimhood.

MLK, in the name of love, changed the world with dignity.  It would serve us all, on this day, to implement the principles of freedom for all, judging every person on the content of the character, not the color of their skin. 

As Dr. Alveda King said, "A lie cannot live".

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