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Hurricane Irene Wipes Out MLK Dedication



Aug 26, 2011 5 Comments ›› Pat Dollard

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Washington Examiner:

A planned weekend dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall has been postponed until September or October as approaching Hurricane Irene dashed hopes of paying tribute to the late civil rights activist on the 48th anniversary of his “I Have a Dream” speech, organizers said Thursday. Executive architect Ed Jackson Jr. said that the hurricane bearing down on the East Coast had forced the postponement of the dedication originally planned for 11 a.m. Sunday. President Obama was set to be one of the scheduled speakers beside the King sculpture erected on a 4-acre site in the nation’s capital.


  • Anonymous

    You mean,Teleprompter Jesus can’t raise His hand and still the storm?

  • Anonymous

    The statue reminds me of all the statues erected to celebrate the communists in Russia, but then . . . .

  • Anonymous

    A fitting outcome for a dedication ceremony for a communist agitator.

  • Dogwhisperer

    And he couldn’t get himself down from that cross either. Teleprompter Jeses (funny) postponed this event untill after his month long bowling party, a week @ martha’s vineyard, golfoutings and other tom foolery.

  • Justsayin’

    Something is wrong with the memorial. For one, there’s no “I have a dream” references. And those crossed-arms: this is not representative of the preacher and civil rights activist I recall during my years growing up in the ’60s.

    And for those out there insisting this Man of God was a communist, well, his courage and conviction — in whatever ‘flavor’ you might call it — sure taught this Black man how to educate myself, and be one helluva conservative and TEA party enthusiast.

    MLK embodied true “Americana”. Liberty and Freedom knows no color, race, or religion, so let’s all stop looking at the poverty pimps and race whores, that claim the name of Dr. King, as examples of his legacy. We ARE all God’s children …