The dedication of the new Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial has been postponed due to God's impending wrath upon the East Coast, but hey, at least this gives us time to reflect upon the fancy new monument and all the crazy controversies surrounding it! Early on there was of course the obligatory "Shouldn't they have hired a black person to sculpt this thing?" controversy, but that is boring. Thankfully, there is more to argue about, regarding this sculpture! In some sort of tragic/ironic twist, the "Stone of Hope" sculpture was built by unpaid Chinese workers, because nothing says "I have a dream!" like
I don't see the problem. The Chinese laborers weren't receiving "starvation wages." They were receiving no wages at all!
A "token amount of granite" came from Elberton, Georgia; all the rest came from China.
I don't see the problem. The Chinese laborers weren't receiving "starvation wages." They were receiving no wages at all!
Nobody knows the troubles Chinese, nobody knows but Jesus.
To downfist you if you post on some other forum? There are some wingnut forums that use IntenseDebate, I think.
Does this mean it'll be open on Christmas?
"I Had a Really Weird Dream Last Night"
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. quoted in <i>The Onion</i>
well you certainly won my heart this weekend. but that could change if you don&#039;t take care of mr. giggles.
cocksucker!
(weird - it worked then, it works now).
also today this from the west coast:
Owner put naked yogurt-store employee inside box, D.A. says
Let freedom ring from every sweatshop, every out placed workshop, every prison workshop, Let Freedom Ring!
Should have used 15th Century Florentines.
We get everything else from China&#039;s &quot;low cost&quot; labor, why not our memorials?
I am glad that he does not have to watch Jesse Jackson fellate his corpse for profit for 43 years.