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    President Obama to dedicate new MLK Memorial in DC

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people have gathered at dawn to give the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial a proper dedication after its opening in August.

    Some started lining up at 5 a.m. or earlier Sunday morning. Aretha Franklin, poet Nikki Giovanni and President Barack Obama will be among those honoring the legacy of the nation's foremost civil rights leader.

    Organizers anticipate as many as 50,000 people will attend. An earlier ceremony planned for August had to be postponed because of Hurricane Irene. More than 250,000 were expected for that event.

    King's sister and two of his children are scheduled to speak. The choir from King's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta will sing.

    Giovanni will read her poem "In the Spirit of Martin," and Franklin will sing.

     

    1,264 comments

    • robert  •  7 mths ago
      I have said it before and I will say it again, reduce the deficit by a trillion dollars, over the next 10 years. (sounds good) what about the other 14 trillion. It will take if the government does not by 01 more penny. And just pays off the deficit at its present rate. It will take just under 400 years, if you think I'm full of (S???) Check it out for yourself if you think im incorrect. Robert Anthony Gomes Sr.
      • MaddGolfer 7 mths ago
        I agree with that Robert,it would take over a century just to break even,so why are they so bent on trying to fix it like it's going to happen over night?? Something isn't right,and these "Political People" have "Screwed" this nation to death,and has got the nerve to blame each other for their own mistakes,and won't own up to it just to keep their "Job's" intact and has "Fooled" the "Public" with their mud-slinging way's!!!!!! We are in a jam,my man.......................
    • robert  •  7 mths ago
      90% of things you have in your house are made in a foreign country, one reason is they are cheaper, another reason is the smart people and the politicians have stock in those company. And we as Americans want everything we can get or want at a cheaper price. So we buy foreign products, simple mathematics.
    • Shari  •  7 mths ago
      The only black people I hate are the ones that hate white people.
      • hong k 7 mths ago
        And there goes your chance to be "superior".
      • hussein 7 mths ago
        in other words, you hate practically ALL blacks...'cause they don't like you (trust me). 8===D
      • HDR 7 mths ago
        There are white racists and (surprise, surprise) black racists.
    • robert  •  7 mths ago
      Simple mathematics, politicians are trying to put a gallon of water in a 1 quart jar. if you have two million people out of work, and there is only one million jobs available. What do you do with the other million people. It is not only Mexican people that are here illegally (look around) Robert Anthony Gomes Sr.
      • M. 7 mths ago
        Shhh, don't let anybody find out!!!
      • Alan 7 mths ago
        Mexicans are a scapegoat anyway. It's a lot easier to pick on a bunch of dirt-poor brown folks trying to survive than it is to take on an immensely powerful corporate system with complicit government bodies at its beck and call.
    • robert  •  7 mths ago
      I hope everybody that is on Social Security will remember. ( no cost of living for at least two years so far) When it comes time to vote just remember who you are voting for. Robert Anthony Gomes Sr.
    • robert  •  7 mths ago
      At my age I will never see this country come to its knees. As a Korean veteran. My days are numbered. But it will not be very long. And a lot of people (millions) will be hurting. People who are not a legal resident of this country. Should get out and go to their own country. The United States is not able to support everybody had his coming to this country. if you think I'm wrong just wait another decade or so. Robert Anthony Gomes Sr.
      • ustaknow 7 mths ago
        I agree and it is so sad. Democrats spend 4.5 billion a day while we only take in 2 billion a day and they say they are entitled to spend that much because Bush started two wars. Well Two wrongs dont make a right.
    • Me  •  7 mths ago
      Considering what Obama has (hasn't) done for us, I can't imagine we'll see a monument of him one day. Let's hope not.
      • Beulah 7 mths ago
        but if they do - send it to Kenya and make it from the droping of a bull pasture
      • keepingitreal 7 mths ago
        @behula...maybe they can make one of you...that's if they can find enough cow dung,and maybe they can put a sheet over it with two eye holes cut out!!
      • NALNK 7 mths ago
        If they did.... it would be a great statue for pigeons to sit on...
    • Tom  •  7 mths ago
      Remember to vote in 2012,

      The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry
      capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far
      easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to
      restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a lazy, uninformed
      electorate willing to elect such a man for their president. The problem
      is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere
      symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not
      blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their
      prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all,
      merely a symptom. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as
      those who made him their president
    • sean  •  7 mths ago
      Couple questions...First, where did the funding come from...$120 million? #$%$ Second, if he was such "GREAT" Leader for the black community and civil rights...why is his FBI file still sealed? I don't think that thing will ever see the light of day.
    • Robert w  •  7 mths ago
      But he couldn't make it to Arlington Cemetery on Verterans Day.
    • Robert P  •  7 mths ago
      I love to go to Washington - if only to be near my money. – Bob Hope
    • Michael  •  7 mths ago
      what a slap in the face of Americans-- this work of art was made in China
    • robert  •  7 mths ago
      If we don't get rid of (OBAMA) and his ideas (you'll be sorry) I can guarantee that (look around) Robert Anthony Gomes Sr.
    • Tom  •  7 mths ago
      Check this out! It is a long read and it will make the libturds head explode----I hope!
      Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
      Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
      Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
      You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
      You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
      You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
      You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
      You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
      One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
      I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
      I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
      Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
      What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
    • medicine man  •  7 mths ago
      lets honor a leader who got blacks rights. who cares? blacks are violent gangsta rapping felonious prison crowding dope dealing garbage!
    • PeoplePower  •  7 mths ago
      Did I just read that the Monument was made in China? Are you serious?
    • A Yahoo! User  •  7 mths ago
      Democrat has become synonymous with blood sucking leech.
    • drafter31  •  7 mths ago
      It's vitally important that people focus on what an ABJECT FAILURE OBAMA IS...

      And Obama needs to be voted out of office...
    • Tubbie  •  7 mths ago
      Obama is a vulgar disgrace to the memory of Martin Luther King
    • robert  •  7 mths ago
      Statue looks more like chairman Mao than M.L.K.
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