The Democratically controlled Congress is acting like the Republicans are in power. Blame the Republicans for everything and you will get the November vote.
No, it is the Democrats that are in power with a Democratic president who was given a huge and historic mandate in November of 2008 to right the wrongs of the past and the sins of the Republicans.
If the Democrats can’t do it, or are not willing to act on the charge that King gave on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial decades ago, then they should say that.
Whether they plan to act or not, Democrats and Republicans alike will be reminded of their obligation to the nation on Saturday when the Rev. Jackson, the United Auto Workers (UAW). Detroit Branch NAACP and a host of civil and community groups stage a mass demonstration for jobs, justice and peace.
In earlier interviews with Jackson, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition leader said Detroit is ground zero of the urban crisis and the disinvestment the city has endured.
Jackson said on Saturday that Detroit and the rest of Michigan need to make a bold statement about the deplorable economy that has left many people unable to provide essentials for their families.
While Jackson and the those who are “sick and tired of being sick and tired” are waging a street fight for a restoration of an ailing economy, conservative talk show host Glenn Beck and his followers will be at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for a “Restoring Honor” rally.
Call it a desecration of the symbolism of the March on Washington by individuals who push divisive politics and have sworn to see Obama fail.
But that will not stop Detroit where King first gave the “I Have a Dream” speech at Cobo Hall and marched on Woodward Avenue before heading to Washington.
Jackson says it is time to enact real change for working families and all of America, to call on our national leaders to do their part in rebuilding America.
Doing so, according to Jackson, means focusing on jobs: economic reconstruction driven by targeted stimulus, reindustrialization and trade policy that will create jobs, support manufacturing and put workers first.
Justice: enforcement of the law regarding workers’ rights, civil rights, industrial regulation, and creation of strong urban policy, fair and just education, economic and healthy policy.
Peace: ending the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, saving lives and redirecting the war budget to rebuilding the America.
Marches are good and based on time and location can illicit answers from politicians who understand, as Jackson put it, “how to count” numbers.
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