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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:10 AM Original message |
King family seeks to cash in on MLK-Obama items (AP) |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think there is a crapload of pirated and unauthorized stuff out there. |
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VeraAgnes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. Makes sense to me...... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. "but we cannot allow our brand to be abused." |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. My thoughts exactly |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. That's the part that bothered me too |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. Okay. Think of It As "Image" |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Yeah, that leaves a real bad taste in my mouth too |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Exactly, the man didn't go get himself killed for everyone else's right |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. and one would hope his children would be the first to recognize that |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I can only hold so much against them. Their family sacrificed so much, and had so much |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. "brand" or "product"; as soulless as soap. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. They would have been better stewards of the MLK brand by championing equality for gays, |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Do you think Dr King would have approved of that? (nt) |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I know Coretta Scott King recognized that gay civil rights are civil rights. |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. She is no Dr King. Do you think Dr King would have approved? (nt) |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. You want speculation. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. But one of MLK's daughters disagrees |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Well to drag his name further into the mud |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. There are plenty of problems to speak of |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I'm thinking Coretta Scott King was more aligned with her husband than |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Coretta King's attitudes evolved, MLK didn't get that chance |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. OK. I'm gunna go there |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Here's what Coretta King said on the subject. |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. Babe Ruth's family and many more do this |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Do you think Dr King would have approved of that? |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Licensed MLK items raise funds for future MLK center in D.C. |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. No you are not alone in finding this distasteful. |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. Brand? |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
14. So from now on, any picture of MLK should have a T.M. or ® n/t |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I can see them not wanting his name to be abused |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
20. I think all property rights in general have gone WAAAAAAAYYY too far. |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
23. next they will be robocalling for McCain.. |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
24. MLK is an American Prophet- not a profit |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. How are they going to collect, and who from? |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Plenty of companies do this already - it can be done |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Things that make ya go, HMMMM... |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. MLK Jr.™ |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. Gots to get paid. |
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