Personal matters prevented me from acknowledging Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been his 84th birthday had he not been gunned down on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, TN on April 4 in 1968.
At 6:01 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, 1968, while he was standing on the motel's second floor balcony, King was struck by a single .30 bullet fired from a Remington 760 Gamemaster.[14] The bullet entered through his right cheek, breaking his jaw, neck and several vertebrae as it travelled down his spinal cord, severing the jugular vein and major arteries in the process before lodging in his shoulder. By the force of the blast, King's necktie was ripped completely off his shirt. He fell violently backwards onto the balcony unconscious.Today marks the third anniversary of the birth of RedEye's Front Page after I was forced to start my own blog after being booted from the pages of Left in Alabama. Not much has changed in three years. I'm still banished from the pages of Left in Alabama. The right still hates President Obama and Democrats more than they love our country, and I am still asking what is wrong with republicans?
The same party that impeached President Clinton for trying to conceal a private, consensual, sexual affair, from his wife, daughter, and the country, is the same party that now wants to impeach President Obama over the use of Executive Orders on guns, comparing him to Saddam Hussein , and accusing him of using kiddies as human shields.
The same party who didn't say a word about Bush and Company sending our troops to war based on dead wrong intelligence, and outing an undercover CIA agent now ask how dare President Obama do anything in response to the mass killings of 6 adults and 20 first graders.
This is what they oppose
they are opposed to closing the gun show loophole, limiting magazine capacity, or reinstating the assault weapons ban.My question is, why?
This anniversary finds me still weeping for our cities, our counties, our states, our country, and our world. Forgive me if I choose not to celebrate. I will take this opportunity to thank readers, commenter's, lurkers and others for your continued support. If you are interested in becoming a contributor to RedEye's Page drop me a line and a writing sample at redeyeblog.alabama@yahoo.com.
Today's must reads and weep
Mrs. Santa I want a Bullet Proof Vest and a Doll
Let the Children Bleed
America should see the Newtown Carnage
RedEye tiptoeing away from the computer to go pray.
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