Bush Crashes King Ceremony

Bush Unwelcome at Dr. King Ceremony

Brooks and several black clergy members in Atlanta accused the White House of barging in on the King ceremonies in Atlanta, inviting themselves and demanding changes in the schedule to accommodate Bush and the Secret Service's security concerns.

Five Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority buses parked in front of them blocked their view of the president. Police in riot gear stood atop the vehicles.

Must be free speech, neo-con style!

Administration officials said Bush had been sensitive to the needs of blacks. They cited his "No Child Left Behind" initiative, which is intended to make schools more accountable for student performance

Officials neglected to point out, however, that Bush has yet to propose any method of funding the initiative.

"Today would have been (King's) 75th birthday. It's important for our country to honor his life and what he stood for," the president said in New Orleans.

King was a civil rights visionary. Ironic, don't you think, that the pResident who's done more than any President in history to revoke civil rights should pretend to honor King.