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I Have a Dream That One Day I Will Get to Be Free and Sit in My Lawnchair

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Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leaders and African-Americans (along with many allies who were not African-American) marched for civil rights. The Tea Partiers or followers of Beck view themselves as members of a civil rights movement. Yet, they did not march on Washington last weekend. Instead, they sat in their lawnchairs that they probably just got on sale at Wal-Mart days before the event.

 

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Glenn Beck, religion and his speaking fee by John Shriver on Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:18:28 PM
How darest thee!-- by Allan Wayne on Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:40:25 PM
Hahaha. Yeah, da noive a dat guy, huh? by t rogers on Wednesday, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:02:10 AM