Comments on: Monumental Shakedown: Cashing in on Martin Luther King, Jr. http://jonathanturley.org/2009/04/22/monumental-shakedown-cashing-in-on-martin-luther-king-jr/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:09:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Realist http://jonathanturley.org/2009/04/22/monumental-shakedown-cashing-in-on-martin-luther-king-jr/#comment-51695 Realist Wed, 06 May 2009 15:30:56 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=10227#comment-51695 I have mixed feelings about this. Yes, it's a shame people are so damn greedy, but that's life. I don't see any widespread outrage over the way Elvis is still marketed, decades after his death. It just seems a little odd that a black family doing the same thing pretty much everybody else does rates this sort of derision. I have mixed feelings about this. Yes, it’s a shame people are so damn greedy, but that’s life. I don’t see any widespread outrage over the way Elvis is still marketed, decades after his death. It just seems a little odd that a black family doing the same thing pretty much everybody else does rates this sort of derision.

]]> By: Shame « The Rational Optimist http://jonathanturley.org/2009/04/22/monumental-shakedown-cashing-in-on-martin-luther-king-jr/#comment-51298 Shame « The Rational Optimist Mon, 04 May 2009 15:57:17 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=10227#comment-51298 [...] memorial is being built on Washington’s Mall. Jonathan Turley in the LA Times (here’s a LINK) writes that the King family has extracted an $800,000 payment from the Memorial Foundation for the [...] [...] memorial is being built on Washington’s Mall. Jonathan Turley in the LA Times (here’s a LINK) writes that the King family has extracted an $800,000 payment from the Memorial Foundation for the [...]

]]> By: Erin Klee http://jonathanturley.org/2009/04/22/monumental-shakedown-cashing-in-on-martin-luther-king-jr/#comment-49173 Erin Klee Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:31:34 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=10227#comment-49173 Dr. Turley, Thank you so much for writing about this -- and for writing so articulately. I've been blogging about this issue over the past few days, and I've just added a link to your critique (with a bit of commentary on why people should read your post). Please feel free to read my thoughts on the King Foundation scandal: http://www.flickr.com/photos/erinklee/3455687699/ ~ Erin Dr. Turley,
Thank you so much for writing about this — and for writing so articulately.
I’ve been blogging about this issue over the past few days, and I’ve just added a link to your critique (with a bit of commentary on why people should read your post). Please feel free to read my thoughts on the King Foundation scandal:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/erinklee/3455687699/
~ Erin

]]> By: eniobob http://jonathanturley.org/2009/04/22/monumental-shakedown-cashing-in-on-martin-luther-king-jr/#comment-49000 eniobob Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:40:42 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=10227#comment-49000 To the feuding king family members,Jesse must have had you in mind when he said this: When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through. - Jesse Jackson To the feuding king family members,Jesse must have had you in mind when he said this:
When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through. – Jesse Jackson

]]> By: Better idea http://jonathanturley.org/2009/04/22/monumental-shakedown-cashing-in-on-martin-luther-king-jr/#comment-48941 Better idea Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:39:30 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=10227#comment-48941 Cancel the memorial, or better yet, find a deserving person to honor whose family would be proud to lend the name and image. The King family has gone too far, trying to profit from a public memorial? I guess we know the content of his children's character. Cancel the memorial, or better yet, find a deserving person to honor whose family would be proud to lend the name and image. The King family has gone too far, trying to profit from a public memorial? I guess we know the content of his children’s character.

]]> By: Buddha Is Laughing http://jonathanturley.org/2009/04/22/monumental-shakedown-cashing-in-on-martin-luther-king-jr/#comment-48929 Buddha Is Laughing Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:01:12 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=10227#comment-48929 Patty, That's just plain old funny. Well done! Patty,

That’s just plain old funny. Well done!

]]> By: Anonymously Yours http://jonathanturley.org/2009/04/22/monumental-shakedown-cashing-in-on-martin-luther-king-jr/#comment-48925 Anonymously Yours Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:39:43 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=10227#comment-48925 I guess this is one of those damned if you do racist if you don't situations. . . I guess congress has the ability to suspend the "payment" through the GAO. Ah but money must be spent or does it have to be. I guess this is one of those damned if you do racist if you don’t situations. . .

I guess congress has the ability to suspend the “payment” through the GAO. Ah but money must be spent or does it have to be.

]]> By: Patty C http://jonathanturley.org/2009/04/22/monumental-shakedown-cashing-in-on-martin-luther-king-jr/#comment-48907 Patty C Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:59:06 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=10227#comment-48907 Got MLK? Got MLK?

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