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Friday, September 2, 2011

Ahhh, It's Saturday Blog Hop

Saturday Blog Hop.

It's very simple. Enjoy your morning cup of coffee with a Saturday morning blog hop.

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Wow, it has been a hot summer this year. My central air has been on most of the summer. Which is something I don't like to do, because my sinuses have been driving me nuts and my utility bill is up in the $200's every month. I usually enjoy the summer, so I can open the windows and get some fresh air. That is not the case this summer. I am waking up with a sore throat, stuffy nose and sneezing left and right in the morning. My sinuses really don't like the central air. My youngest stays in the house a lot, because she says it's too hot outside.

I enjoy summer because I can open the windows and get outside. But, this summer has just been too hot and muggy you can't even enjoy going outside, because you start sweating like crazy and the air is so sticky. Do I live in Florida or Michigan. It sure feels like the south here in Michigan this summer. I am really looking forward to fall this year and cooler days coming our way next week.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Controversy Over The MLK Statue

The MLK statue was revealed and it was discovered the artist who created the statue decided to change the wording of Martin Luther King's quote. The statue reads "I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness" The quote comes from a speech just before his death, where he had imagined what his own eulogy would sound like. The artist, Lei Yixin decided to remove the word "if " from the quote and incorrectly quoted Dr. King, making Dr. King sound arrogant. If someone is going to be quoted, the quote should be exact. Apparently, Lei Yixin missed that lesson in school. If they had hired an American Artist to create the statue, they would know the importance of not changing a quote. The artist shouldn't take it upon himself to remove words from the quote. The quote is supposed to read,

"If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice," King said. "Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter."

I was disappointed to read that an artist from China was hired to create the statue and a handful of men from China was paid to come and help with the statue. The statue stands as a memorial of the great Dr. King who fought for the rights of not only the African Americans, he fought for equality of everyone. An American Artist should have been chosen to create the statue. Can't anything be made by Americans or are Americans incapable of creating anything? What ever happened to made in America, by Americans? Instead of employing Americans to do the job in this poor economic times, they bring over an Artist from China and his workers, when there are plenty of capable artists right here in the United States.