There was a time in my life when I thought that setting aside a national holiday for a single individual was wrong. Particularly for Dr. Martin Luther King. Make no mistake I thought Dr. King should be honored and revered. I just thought that no individual deserved a special day set aside for them. My typical argument went along the lines of, “Well we do not honor Washington or Lincoln with their own day, why Dr. King?”

But over the years I have changed my tune because of who and what Americans are. We are a country of individuals. Something that is too often glossed over by our political correct culture that values group identity over the individual. Dr. King was the catalyst that jumpstarted the civil rights movement and assured equal rights for all Americans. An individual achievement not matched in recent times.

His ministry had the most positive affect on more people than any other single person in the last 100 years. The least we can do is honor him today. Of course many others played a significant part, but it was Dr. King’s leadership that lead the movement to success.

Honor Dr. King today and celebrate his legacy as a leader, while mourning the current state of the race-warlords Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, the modern faces of the Civil Rights movement. Oh how it might be different had Dr. King not been slain in 1968.

From Politics1:

CONGRESSIONAL RACES. In TEXAS, a Houston Chronicle/Rice University poll released Saturday shows Congressman Tom DeLay (R) badly trailing in his race for re-election. According to the poll, former Congressman Nick Lampson (D) is at 30%, DeLay is at 22%, and arch-conservative former Congressman Steve Stockman (Independent) is at 11%. Even more troubling for DeLay, half of all voters who said they supported DeLay in 2004 said they were uncertain they would vote for him this year. DeLay’s numbers were even weak among likely Republican primary voters: 10% back one of DeLay’s opponents and 40% said they were still undecided