47 Replies to “我有一个梦想”

  3. Meanwhile, O, “the first black president”, hunts blacks of The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda.
    Will O overcome JFK/LBJ’s albatross?
    …-
    “US special ops troops sent to Uganda
    Telegraph: In a letter to Congress, Mr Obama said: “These forces will act as advisers to partner forces that have the goal of removing from the battlefield Joseph Kony and other senior leadership of the LRA.” In an attempt to head off criticism from his war-weary country, Mr Obama stressed that the American troops would not act independently and would only fire on LRA forces “in self-defence”.
    http://digg.com/news/politics/us_special_ops_troops_sent_to_uganda

  5. Knight 99, you beat me to it. You get first prize.
    This is a fine example of Socialist Realism approved by Prolitkult.

  6. “Chinese representatives at the Paris G20 finance gathering on Saturday had indicated that Beijing was willing to pump tens of billions into the eurozone to purchase infrastructure assets from debt-plagued nations.”
    First they came for the monuments, then the railroads …

  7. Made in China, because there are no black guys in the USA that can build a statue?
    What about all those unemployed arts students at the Retard Fall protests? Too white? Ok, valid point…

  9. In fact, I liked the original headline in the August post so much, I’ve decided to use it here again. Thanks for the reminder.

  10. Charles Krautenhammer discussed this weeks ago in the WAPO. On balance, despite the China mfr’ing, the value of the MLK quotations contained on the plaques therein, etc, the monument occupies a critical piece of real estate as befits such an individual. If memory serves, the Mall is now complete for projects such as this so MLK will be in elite company.

  11. Presumably the Chinese sculptor doesn’t know what ‘free’ means. As in “Free at last, free at last…”
    Statue of Liberty also constructed by a Frenchman.

  12. Presumably the Chinese sculptor doesn’t know what ‘free’ means. As in “Free at last, free at last…”
    Statue of Liberty also constructed by a Frenchman.

  13. The Vietnam Memorial is of black marble or granite – why can’t this statue be black. This is very strange as a tribute.

  14. While great men, they were still men. Sculptors effect a style upon their subjects that has nothing to do with the subject. Have you seen the neo-classical Lincoln upon his throne in the Lincoln Memorial?
    I think there’s some poetic justice in this interpretation of Dr. King. He was monolithic at a time when it was next to impossible for a man like him to be monolithic. Let the test be what people think 150 years from now. After all, none of us knew Lincoln. 🙂

  16. Steve E, no one here is slamming MLK. It is the irony of commissioning a sculpture in Communist China honouring MLK but bearing a likeness to Chairman Mao.

  18. Like all humans, MLK had feet of clay. While he was instrumental in bringing about great change
    in the US, he was still a flawed human being.
    I find the statue to be rather presumptious.

  19. I watched the live television coverage of the dedication until — as was predictable — it turned into a left-fest. Then turned it off in disgust as that was not what MLK stood for. Is there nothing remaining that totalitarian socialists won’t hijack to push their political agenda?

  21. I must say this as ugly as it sounds: if you cannot muster up enough resources and pride to honour a man you regard as a hero then you are pathetic. Heroic worship was outsourced to a group of people who would otherwise treat black people like garbage and cannot possibly understand the historical and cultural significance of Martin Luther King.
    How shameful!

  23. That’s MLK?
    Yeah, sure, ok…..the irony is striking.
    MLK, a man who stood for equality and freedom.
    Statue of MLK, made in a country that stands for anything but the same qualities, and to add insult to injury, gives the ‘likeness’ a striking look of the Chinese.

  24. The Occupy Wall Street artists don’t have ‘the stones’ to do this work… (from the story) ““Not only did we need an artist, we needed someone with the means and methods of putting those large stones together,” Ed Jackson Jr., the project’s executive architect, told The Washington Post ahead of the original Aug. 28 dedication date. “We don’t do this in America. We don’t handle stones of this size.”
    Ahhhhh America the impotent.

  25. Well, I’m presently working on a monument to McGuinty that will be crafted in Ontario out of 100% made-in-Ontario materials.
    And, with a nod to the green sensitivties and limited intellect of his voters, I’ll mold it out of certain organic substances: bovine, ovine and assinine.

  26. Like you Mike T, I had to turn the dedication on TV off, it was nasty and small and a political left wing ‘slam the Conservatives fest’. I wonder how many other fans of MLK were turned off by the ‘performance at the mall’?

  27. I met a traveller from an antique land
    Who said: `Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
    Stand in the desert… Near them, on the sand,
    Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
    And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
    Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
    Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
    The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
    And on the pedestal these words appear —
    “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
    Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
    Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
    Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
    The lone and level sands stretch far away

  28. Ken (Kulak) at October 16, 2011 6:14 PM
    “Steve E, no one here is slamming MLK. It is the irony of commissioning a sculpture in Communist China honouring MLK but bearing a likeness to Chairman Mao.
    Ken, I don’t think anyone here was slamming MLK. But the statue looks more like MLK than Mao. Yes the style is decidedly socialist realism and that’s, perhaps, why people are suggesting the Mao look-a-like. That, and I agree with you, in today’s context it is certainly ironic that an artist from communist China was commissioned for this piece. However, the true measure of any piece of this significance is time. That is what I was getting at.
    I understand and appreciate the topical humour, I’m just not sure it will be ironic 100 years from now. Let’s face it, this statue, good or bad was constructed in the American Pantheon.

  29. Let’s face it, the commission could have gone to the guy who did this! 😉
    http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/assets/library/110715picoftheday–131071964654992400.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/81733,in-pictures,picoftheday,chicago-giant-marilyn-monroe-statue-seward-johnson-art-picture&h=440&w=756&sz=115&tbnid=cvJI4_HVFgHcxM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=155&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgiant%2Bmarilyn%2Bstatue%2Bimage%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=giant+marilyn+statue+image&docid=VOT3X6Bmm3OZrM&sa=X&ei=oHObTsP8NtHHsQLI2ISsBA&ved=0CCAQ9QEwAA&dur=3238

  32. I think it looks fine. Disliking a statue because it was made in China is stupid.

  33. Libertarian, what part did the black community- whom Martin Luther King served- play in the acquisition of this Chinese-made statue?
    Anything made in China is crap, by the way. If it was made with care, skill and a proper wage, people wouldn’t be exploiting Chinese slave labour.

  35. “Posted by: noddyrules at October 16, 2011 5:31 PM
    Statue of Liberty also constructed by a Frenchman.”
    Of course it was, it was a gift of people of France to the people of the USA.
    Now, if you look here: http://pierreleprovost.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/miss-mao_marx_the_duck.jpg
    You will see another statue by Chinese sculptors, note that the statue is in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
    At least it is in the province that you may say have aligned ideas.
    By comparison the MLK statue is neutral.

  36. Al the Fish >
    Your right, some racist pr*ck photoshopped Martins statue from white to mulatto, what I belive they call an “Oreo”.
    Call in the NAACP, Sharptons gonna make some money outta this, you betcha.

  37. Libertarian, what part did the black community- whom Martin Luther King served- play in the acquisition of this Chinese-made statue?
    What difference does that make?
    Anything made in China is crap, by the way.
    Nonsense. China makes components for everything including iPhones and those aren’t breaking down to the best of my knowledge.

  38. When the carving of Robert E. Lee was handed over to a Frenchmen, lots of folks sh*t their pants too.
    I think it is a powerful portrait done by a master. It will outlast all the current critics and shine on.

  39. Libertarian, stop and think about this for ONE minute. A black American is not lauded by the people he once led. This praise is outsourced to a country where black people would be poorly regarded and where- yes, I know you don’t want to believe it- stuff is made cheaply and crappily.
    Should we have statues of Billy Bishop or Thomas Jefferson made by people who cannot understand their significance because no one wants to get off his or her @$$ and produce or fund it themselves? We can’t even muster up enough thought to care about our past and cultural values AND our industry. We’re getting the Chinese to do it cheaply.

  40. Quote from Wikipedia:
    “The foundation has paid various fees to the King family’s Intellectual Properties Management Inc., including a management fee of $71,700 in 2003.[69] In 2009, the Associated Press revealed that the King family had negotiated an $800,000 licensing deal with the foundation for the use of King’s words and image in fundraising materials for the memorial.”
    Uneffing believable. Uneffing believable. Uneffing believable.

  43. POWinCA:
    Shelley’s best.
    And I agree with everyone here who posted the figure looks Chinese. That was certainly my first thought, until I read the caption.

  44. I don’t think it captures MLK at all. AND it does not bear a likeness to him. IF it was shown to a group of people at all familiar with his life or the videotaped speeches or marches, would anyone be able to guess who this was? I don’t think so.

  45. Simply put, I didn’t have a clue as to who is was suppose to be so I had to read the comments to find out.

  46. «….Statue of Liberty also constructed by a Frenchman.
    «Posted by: noddyrules at October 16, 2011 5:31 PM»
    And, according to Pravda, her gown was made of Russian copper.

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