“Oil policy, policy toward the United States, policy toward Iran, Bahrain, Yemen, very unlikely, I think, to see significant change. These policies were the policies that had a wide family consensus. The question I think would be if the king becomes sick, whether you have weak Saudi leadership in the Arab world and the Middle East rather than strong Saudi leadership, but I think the fundamental policies will continue, the ones we’re familiar with under King Abdullah.” IfsThinkingWorldStatesWould BeStrongUnitedUnited StatesMiddlePolicyKingsWeakSickFundamentalsWideOilEastSignificantFamiliarIranMiddle EastUnlikelyConsensusSaudisArab WorldYemenSignificant ChangeBahrainKing Abdullah Author:Elliott Abrams
“When that devil's bullet lodged itself inside the body of Martin Luther King, he had already begun an astonishing mobilization of poor, Black, white, latino Americans who had nothing to lose. They would challenge our government to eliminate exploitative, merciless, and war-mongering policies, nationwide, or else "tie up the country" through "means of civil disobedience." Dr. King intended to organize those legions into "coercive direct actions" that would make of Babylon a dysfunctional behemoth begging for relief. Is it any wonder he was killed?” MeanWarCountryBodyGovernmentActionBlackLosesChallengesWhitePoorWonderPolicyKingsDevilDirectTiesReliefBulletsDrsOrganizeLutherAstonishingLatinoDisobedienceBeggingCivil DisobedienceNothing To LoseLegionBlack WhiteBabylonDirect ActionMobilizationBehemoth Author:June Jordan
“Whether youre president or speaker, if youre wrong, we need to stand up and point it out. Thats what Martin Luther King had talked about: being judged by the content of our character and not the color of our skin. So some of us pounded away on some of the ridiculous policies of Pelosi - and lo and behold, over time, the public began to see.” IfsNeedsCharacterPresidentPolicyColorKingsSkinsRidiculousJudgedSpeakersLutherBeing Judged Author:Louie Gohmert
“If we don't have a more serious energy policy, the difference between a good day and bad day for America from here on will hinge on how the 86-year-old king of Saudi Arabia manages...change.” IfsYearsAmericaEnergyDifferencesPolicySeriousKingsManageGood DayBad DayArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisHingesEnergy PolicyGood Days And Bad Days Author:Thomas Friedman
“How, then, has Obama been saddled with an image of being long on inspiration and short on details? The answer is that journalists are not accustomed to covering a candidate who moves crowds the way Obama does, who uses speech cadences and rhythm like Martin Luther King Jr. without making his talk explicitly about race. Sen. Clinton already owned the policy-wonk slot, so by default, Obama was cast as the poetic one.” WayLongDoeUseInspirationMovingAnswersRacePolicyKingsSpeechClintonCastsDetailsCrowdsRhythmJournalistCandidatesPoeticAccustomedLutherCoveringDefaultCadence Author:Howard Kurtz
“Since the president's [Barack Obama] lost all of that [majority in Senate], he now has decided he's just going to write laws on his own. He's going to give us edicts, as if he's a king. And that is a petulant child. He's refusing to listen to the will of the American people, which is they reject his policies.” PeopleIfsGivingWritingChildrenLawLostPresidentPolicyKingsDecidedMajorityBarackRejectsSenate Author:Chris Christie
“I know people who have donated big to presidents. I know people who have raised money big for presidents. And they are treated like kings by the politician and his organization. They are constantly invited to parties, seminars, private gatherings where the candidate or the president will explain policy, but only to them. And they brag about it. Which is fine. That doesn't bother me.” PeopleKnowsBigsPresidentPartyPolicyFineKingsPoliticianOrganizationRaisedTreatedBotherCandidatesInvitedGatheringBragSeminars Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think Martin Luther King would always keep track of collective insurgencies among poor and working people. He was concerned about the treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union, for example. He would have closely followed the Arab Spring. And certainly he would be very critical of the massive surveillance state that has emerged in America in the last five to 10 years. He would have approved of the movements trying to gain some accountability in U.S. foreign policy, such as drones being (used) on innocent people. I think he would march against drones.” PeopleThinkingTryingYearsStatesWould BeLastsAmericaUsedPoorFivePolicyExampleMovementKingsSpringGainsConcernedUnionsTrackJewCriticalInnocentCollectivesTreatmentAccountabilityMarchMassiveSovietForeign PolicySoviet UnionLutherSurveillanceApprovedDronesArab SpringInsurgencySurveillance State Author:Cornel West
“Martin Luther King would celebrate the symbolic status (of having a black president), but he would examine what the real substance was. And if he saw that poor and working people were not at the center of public policy, he would be deeply, deeply upset.” PeopleIfsRealWould BeBlackPresidentPoorSawsPolicyKingsCelebrateSubstanceUpsetLutherSymbolicPublic Policy Author:Cornel West
“If Martin Luther King looked at the Obama administration and saw an intimate connection with Wall Street, he'd be very critical. If he saw drones being dropped on innocent people, he'd be very critical. If he saw rights and liberties violated by secret policies of the government, of the kind we've seen by the National Security Agency, he'd be very critical.” PeopleIfsKindGovernmentSecretLibertySawsRightsStreetsSecurityPolicyWallKingsConnectionsCriticalInnocentAdministrationIntimateAgencyNational SecurityLutherDrones Author:Cornel West
“The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of Martin Luther King.” DreamDifferencesTeachingPolicyKingsLutherPublic Policy Author:Jonathan Kozol
“I salute to you Commander and I sneeze 'Cause I have Now an Allergy To your policies it seems Where have we gone wrong America? Mr. Lincoln we can't seem to find you anywhere out of the millions From the deserts To the mountains Over prairies To the shores Is this just the Madness of King George Yo George Is this just the Madness of King George Yo George Well you have the whole Nation on all fours.” WellsWholeSeemsAmericaNationsCausesMillionsGonePolicyKingsMountainMadnessDesertShoreCommandersSalutePrairieAllergiesFours Author:Tori Amos