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Malcolm X/Cole Porter
ecthompsonmd October 24, 2007

I was listening a few days ago to Cole Porter’s Anything Goes. Here are the first few lines from that famous song written in 1934— Times have changed, And we’ve often rewound the clock, Since the Puritans got a shock, When they landed on Plymouth Rock. If today, Any shock they should try to stem, ‘Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock would land on them. Now here is Malcolm’s famous line about Plymouth Rock– “We’re not Americans, we’re Africans who happen to be in America. We were kidnapped and brought here against our will from Africa. We didn’t land

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Jerry Falwell's Death & Malcolm X's Reaction To J.F.K's Death
ecthompsonmd May 15, 2007

Jerry Falwell died today. I’m sorry when any person dies. Not long after Rev. Falwell’s death, I heard some disparaging comments making light of his departure. I’m not comfortable with that sort of thing. As tempting as it can be at times, you can’t fight hate with hate. The comments I heard today about Rev. Falwell’s death reminded me, in a way, of what Malcolm X said after the shooting of President Kennedy. Malcolm said “the chickens had come home to roost.” While quite controversial at the time, these comments were not personal in regards to President Kennedy. Here is a take on

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