Canonizing King, Math, and Spinning

MUCH OF THE WORLD probably heard about the 50th anniversary of the "march on Washington" the other (August 28) day in the united states. This event was about more than merely civil rights in america, and how they have grown, and are growing, but haven't yet grown enough. It was about mathematics, base ten mathematics, in which the number, the quantity fifty, "50", takes on added significance, intellectually, because of its seeming mathematical symmetry. August 28, 1963, to August 28, 2013, fifty years. You know how we humans are, with our abstract intellectual notions. So, all hail the number fifty! Martin Luther King himself was of course a radical liberal, socialistic democrat who himself high tailed it right over to the white house to hang with JFK for an after party. Some famous american conservatives were angered that no conservatives took part in the big ceremony 50 years later, until they found out that said famous american conservatives had indeed been invited to participate, but declined. Both Bushes were invited, but they perhaps did not want to pretend that they had always been down with the sturggle, which they most assuredly have not. And why shouldn't they decline? Hell, they certainly declined to support martin luther king when he was alive, so, why bother now? Famous conservative american radio entertainers were trying to convince us that MLK was himself a conservative, by quoting remarks he made concerning how important it is to work hard. Conservative people in 1963 considered martin luther king to be a trouble making dark traitor...did oprah winfrey get invited because she is black, or because she is famous, liberal, pro obama, or all the above? My mother was born August 28, 1920, just turned 93, and is still very much alive. She was born the same year, and maybe the same day, that women got the right to vote, and celebrated her 43rd birthdy in 1963, the day King announced his dream. She condemned racism before and since, before martin luther king was born, and, to this day. She adopted willie mays as her favorite baseball player because...I guess oprah took her place on the podium.