Died in the Lounge....Anybody see the PBS show on Martin Luther King on

[Gloria]

tonight?? It's on now here in Mountain Time.

It is so poignant. It's giving me chills. It brings back memories...but also shows the nightmare we are still in with regard to voting rights.

They should strap Bush down and force him to watch this.

[nine23]

1. Not yet. I'm on Pacific Time. I did, however...

...have raging insomnia last night and saw all four one-hour episodes of "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. Jim Crow Stories." on PBS Detroit. Very poignant stuff.

Thank's for the head's up. It'll make a nice compliment as I can still catch it.

[checks-n-balances]

2. Sorry I missed it - I know what you mean

about the feelings - I've heard his speeches about Vietnam, poverty and true Christianity and have the same ones you described each time I hear them.

I don't have time to visit the lounge - please post it here first, next time. Hope I can catch a rerun.

[Catherine Vincent]

3. I'm watching it now (while listening to Malloy) c.s.t.

I get mad all over again of what they went thru in those times. Especially the peace marches....they were just minding their own business and those cops were looking for one of them to look them in the eye so they can start bashing them or sic the dogs on them.

[Gloria]

5. I'm listening to Malloy and this at the same time, too...Malloy is

talking about torture in Iraq and Gonzalez...and I just saw a bomb explode among a group of black protestors, among them, Andy Young.

The parallels are scary....But even scarier....how a "minority" like Gonzalez could stoop so low...."this is where we are" says Malloy....right back where we were in the '60s.

The PBS show....David Halberstrom...commenting how King in 1996 was rethinking what he thought about the country, the "good Americans" and questionning what this country was really all about...

[efhmc]

6. The grandchildren of those horrible people are the ones who love

bush and keep him and his freedom and equality hating, business loving cronies in power. I see them evey day right in here in small town Texas.

[fortyfeetunder]

4. All I can say in six words:

Ohio. Florida. But without the dogs.

[Catherine Vincent]

10. Yes, I remember. And don't forget Seattle.

[Gloria]

7. HA! The New York Times called for a "moratorium" on King's

marches...Mike Wallace asked, "Do you sense the country is getting tired of civil rights, rightly or wrongly, do you sense that?"

The country wasn't mobilized on a national level....wonder why, with that sort of press....

[efhmc]

9. But no one listened. They wer right and did right and didn't let any one

or anything stop them. That is the focus and drive we need now if democracy is to survive.

[Neecy]

8. I saw it...

It was worth watching - again and again. The words Dr. King spoke about Vietnam could easily apply to Iraq.

Where are our moral leaders today? Our religious leaders just helped elect Bush. We're still a very sick society.

[Gloria]

11. Seeing a young Jesse Jackson on that balcony seconds before

King was killed....and seeing him now.

Imagine how long he has been fighting against the crap dished out. He has his flaws, but he still is fighting....