look at, the way that security is, all of our personal data being controlled by just a few by one word, by one password. whether that s sustainable and something that we can continue doing. sure makes you want to stop and take a look at that. thank you so much, from the washington post, appreciate it. tomorrow is martin luther king jr. day and it s when the nation stops to honor and remember the life and accomplishments of the late civil rights icon known for his nonviolent activism, in the efforts to try to end racial discrimination in this country. yet as we celebrate his legacy, theodore johnson says it is vitally important that we remember martin luther king jr. was just an everyday man. he joins me now from washington, d.c. with a welcome to you, we took a look at your piece. it s coming out tomorrow on grio.com. part of it has a quote here. by humanizing the historic figure, we make his significant accomplishments more accessible and tangible to us all. so explain what yo
and have that s it. united in our belief that all americans have due process, have the rew, have equal dignity and we come from very diverse places and it s all right. the bottom line is none of the great things about america are guaranteed. we have to fight for these things. people have laid their lives on the line for them. if you look at the ref rend down there, they re laying their life on the line for them now. all i ve about got to say i know we ve got to wrap the pes mists are not the real lists. good things happen all the time. we were in slavery, now we re not. women couldn t vote. now they can. my point is the people of this time have got to buck up and make a better people. the better always happened but it only happens through struggle. to read an excerpt of the congressman s new book please stock by grio.com. coming up next, turning the
private business, a business trying to protect its relationship with viewers and advertisers. suspending robertson. it just seems really strange that they don t understand the suspension. no one in the government, no one anywhere, is telling phil robertson he can t go out anywhere across america and say the exact same things tonight that he did in that interview to gq magazine. joining me now for our rapid response panel, goldie taylor of the grio.com. and also the ring of fire radio host, mike papantonio. great to have you with us tonight. i ve got a lot of opinions on this. my talk show the last two days has been one call after another. pat, why are politicians even jumping into this dispute? ted cruz, who is always jumping in front of the parade. you ve got bobby jindal, who has got a successful show in his own
about the fallout of the budget deal pushing back against conservative groups who he says pushed them into the government shutdown and then said they never thought it would actually work. those same groups are telling members to vote against the budget, a series of votes on that deal are expected to begin moments from now coming up in the house. we ll keep an eye on that. so the 2014 award season is well under way with a record number of award nominations that have now come out for black film. 12 years a slave one of the two leading the golden globes, while the butler starring oprah winfrey seems to be snubbed. it received several s.a.g. nominations. joining me msnbc contributor and columnist for grio.com. the grio is pointing out on top of the golden globes and on top of the s.a.g. nominations, this has been quite an interesting
across the spectrum of genre. i think there s african-american rein sobs, seeing shows like abc s scandal huge films like 12 years a slave come out that are incredibly well done, well funded, well promoted. they have invested from every corner. it has been a several year. movies like the butler, the best man holiday, all of the above, take a listen to what tyler perry told the grio about his own upcoming film madea christmas. there s a wave, a crest and it comes down and you go through a low. what i was able to do was maintain through this time. what is happening now is another wave and i m very excited about that. part of the success i ve had is part of that. so is quentin tarantino s