What, exactly, does Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., have to do with the war in Iraq? I have just watched exerpts of a speech given by Dr. Otis Moss at the Ebenezer Baptist Church today in celebration of Martin Luther King. I'm totally disgusted.

Why do people get to hijack the memory of a man who has been dead for decades and attach whatever Bush-hating propaganda happens to be popular that day? Last year it was all about Katrina. Of course we all know that President Bush personally asked God to aim the hurricanes at New Orleans and be sure and wipe out as many black people as possible. That should just be obvious. So it's easy to see how MLK would have supported the idea. After all, he was black.

But today's argument was so moronic and nonsensical, I just hope that the Reverand wasn't listening. Dr. Moss actually said that we should bring our boys home from Iraq and get to work on universal healthcare. I just don't even know where to begin with this. Do these people pay ANY attention to what's happening in the world? It's unfathomable that they do.

Why not take today to celebrate the fact that Dr. King led the way to racial equality in our country, theoretical as it may be. The fact that I have to explain to my almost 8-year-old that in the past white people and black people didn't get along too well should be a testament to how far we've come. Unless someone had told him that he wouldn't have been able to be friends with his black companions long ago, this thought wouldn't have crossed his mind.

Why not honor his memory instead of degrading it with sheer liberal craziness? Can we assume that Dr. King would have hated George Bush? I think absolutely not. They shared a common faith, in God, life and liberty. I wholeheartedly disagree that because he was a black leader he would be in support of the modern day liberal agenda. I'm certain that MLK would have wanted to smack Jesse Jackson around just as much as I do for continuing to fuel the fires of racism rather than working to eradicate them. The Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons of the country do so much harm when they show up with their rent-a-mobs every time they think there's a news story where they can play the race card. If they would just shut up, maybe some real progress could be made. Wishful thinking, I know. But after all, I can have a dream too.