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    Is this Martin Luther King’s legacy? National Mall covered in garbage

    MILLER: Is this Martin Luther King’s legacy? National Mall covered in garbage
    Garbage litters the National Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, a day after the 50th-anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington. (Emily Miller/The Washington Times)




    • Signs from a D.C. statehood rally litter the National Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, a day after the 50th-anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington. (Emily Miller/The Washington Times)
    • Garbage litters the National Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, a day after the 50th-anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington. (Emily Miller/The Washington Times)


    By Emily Miller
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    The Washington Times
    Sunday, August 25, 2013


    The day after thousands rallied to commemorate the 50th
    .anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, the National Mall looks like a trash dump


    The grass from the Lincoln Memorial to the World War II Memorial is covered Sunday with empty soda cans, water bottles, boxed lunches, newspapers
    , a broken chair and rally signs. The Reflecting Pool also was filled with trash.

    Although the trash cans were full along the expanse, the attendees did not attempt to leave their garbage near the bins. Instead, they left everything on the grass where they stood.

    On Saturday, prominent Democrats such as Attorney
    General Eric H. Holder Jr. and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, along with civil rights leaders Jesse Jackson and MSNBC host Al Sharpton spoke to tens of thousands assembled along the expanse.

    They analyzed the meaning of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech for today’s political issues Several referenced Trayvon Martin, whose parents attended the event, and called for states to recall “stand your ground laws” — which had nothing to do with George Zimmerman’s acquittal.

    Before the event, Washington Mayor Vincent C. Gray spoke at a D.C. statehood rally and march that took place at the D.C. War Memorial, which is on Independence Avenue Southwest near the Lincoln Memorial. Mr. Gray then moved a few blocks over to speak at the anniversary rally.

    Clearly, his protesters moved with him, as the grassy area nearest the marble steps of the Lincoln Memorial has a large pile of signs left behind that said: “DC Statehood NOW,” “We Want Budet [sic] Autonomy,” “Give D.C. to the people” and “
    Free
    DC!! Statehood now!!”

    Mr. Gray is hoping that Congress gives him budget authority this year, but people who think it is OK to leave their signs on the ground for someone else to clean up can’t handle more political autonomy.

    The trashed National Mall on Sunday demonstrates disrespect for our nation and other citizens. The shameful mess left behind from the anniversary march dishonors King’s memory.

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    Conservative blacks – conspicuous by their absence at MLK event

    A black conservative activist says he was neither shocked nor surprised that the only black member of the U.S. Senate – who happens to be conservative and Republican – wasn’t invited to speak at the recent 50th anniversary celebration of the March on Washington.

    When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech on the Washington Mall 50 years ago, he probably had someone like South Carolina Senator Tim Scott in mind. Scott, currently the only black member of the United States Senate, would seem to be a natural fit as a symbol of how far blacks have come in half a century. But the Republican lawmaker, who was first elected to Congress on the strength of the tea party movement, wasn’t invited to speak at the observance.

    Kevin Martin is a spokesman for the black conservative organization Project 21 (The National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives). He believes those hosting the event didn't want to give any exposure to Scott, who is running for the seat again next year.

    "This basically was a left-wing pep rally,” he says of the observance on the National Mall. “It was basically designed for the mid-term elections in 2014.

    “You have some of the most villainous leftists out there – and they are in fear,” Martin continues. “And basically that has to do with the U.S. Senate. They know once they lose that, that President Obama really is a lame-duck after that."

    The Project 21 spokesman says one could also not help but notice that the only sitting black U.S. Supreme Court justice, Clarence Thomas, was not at the event as well.

    "It basically goes to show that the new form of racism is not skin color, not gender, not even sexual orientation,” he remarks. “It's basically ideology – and if you do not have a liberal ideology, you're not invited to events like this."

    Martin points out famed brain surgeon Dr. Ben Carson was another accomplished black who didn’t receive an invitation. Carson has been an outspoken critic of President Obama’s domestic policies, particularly those dealing with healthcare.

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