Martin Luther King, Jr.--The Man, The Legend, The Fraud

Martin Luther King, Jr.--The Man, the Legend, the Fraud

 (With minor revisions, the following was originally posted in this space on January 15th, 2011 under the title, “Reflections on the Greatest Individual Who Ever Lived in America.")

It’s only a matter of time before politicians and sculptors figure out a way to squeeze in Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s visage somewhere between Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt on Mount Rushmore or to chisel away one of those presidents and substitute Dr. King’s face in his stead. 

And, why not?  Dr. King is the greatest individual who has ever graced America’s history, right? 

After all, no other American has a national holiday solely dedicated in his name and he has more streets, avenues, highways, by-ways, cul-de-sacs, lanes, alleyways, and dead-ends named after him than any other personage who has ever lived in America. 

We were indeed blessed by his presence among us.

No one else has ever accomplished so much in so little time in America except, perhaps, Barack Hussein Obama, next in the PC line to have a day if not a month named in his honor with, perhaps, his face emblazoned on Mount Rushmore, Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, Mount Kenya, or all three.

King exemplified Winston Churchill’s accolade that, “Never was so much owed by so many to so few,” in the sense that Britain’s Royal Air Force was incomparable but King’s accomplishments were even more profound.  Never was so much attention paid and so little owed, except to blacks, in America. 

Nevertheless, Dr. King is honored annually with a prestigious holiday denied to every president in our history who are rewarded for their contributions to the nation by a generic “Presidents’ Day.”

MLK Day 2014 is indeed a time for great celebration and fondest remembrance, although certain facets of King’s life won’t be remembered or made public until 2027 since his wife, Coretta Scott King, persuaded a federal court in 1977 to seal 845 pages of his FBI record for 50 years “because its release would destroy his reputation.” 

For now, and for the next 13 years, one can only imagine the damaging content of that file . . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=35225.)

JFK vs. BHO--Somewhat Similar, Mostly Different (Part Four)

JFK vs. BHO--Somewhat Similar, Mostly Different (Part Four)

 

Attempting to compare and contrast JFK and BHO without referencing their better halves, First Ladies Jacqueline Lee “Jackie” Bouvier Kennedy and Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, would be a futile exercise since Jackie and Michelle were significant influences and major players in the lives and administrations of their husbands. 

The chief difference was that Jackie made her influence felt behind her private screen and Michelle has overtly exhibited her involvement in every facet of the Obama administration.
Unique in many ways, no two First Ladies could have been more different. 

One was truly a first class lady, the other not so much.  


Few other First Ladies in American presidential history better combined classic beauty, charismatic charm, and educated savoir-faire than Mrs. Kennedy. 

Of Irish-French ancestry, Jackie was born to wealth and privilege like her husband yet never publicly flaunted her privileged status either before or after her marriage to the president of the United States and never intruded into the seamy world of politics.  She had graduated from George Washington University in D.C. with a B.A. in French literature, co-authored the autobiographical, One Special Summer, with her sister, and later worked as an inquiring photographer.

Jackie may have unwittingly become a fashion icon but she always discreetly stayed in the political background and appropriately kept her political opinions to herself. 

Fluent in Spanish and French, she could speak in Italian and Polish and on foreign trips comported herself with the same sense of chic dignity she exhibited at home.  She devoted her free time to organizing White House social events and directing the beautification of the presidential mansion.

More importantly, Mrs. Kennedy studiously avoided controversy at all times and ultimately became one of the most beloved and most popular presidential wives of the twentieth century. 

On the other hand, no other First Lady in American history combined such a seething, racist anger toward America, such an insatiable lust for publicity, and such affection for traveling on taxpayers’ meager dimes than Michelle Obama. . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=34191.)