22 Things That Would Be True If Martin Luther King Was Alive Today

1. He would be 86 years old.
2. He would be more popular than the President.
3. He would tell Charles Barkley that he has a moral obligation to at least try to be intelligent.
4. He would be attacked by Fox News.
5. Al Sharpton would be a small time hustler in Brooklyn.
6. He wouldn't have a holiday; but he would have a twitter account.
7. He would not believe the hype about a post racial America.
8. He and Oprah would be besties.
9. He would be dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct and Gloria Allred would have a press conference with the alleged victim.
10. He would be a former president.
11. We would all be better off.
12. He would write books and promote causes on morning talk shows with people like Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotbe, drunk on wine, asking him what he does for fun.
13. He would be called homophobic.
14. He and Nelson Mandela would have been photographed together.  The image would be in the Smithsonian.
15. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Avenues, Schools and Parks would all be in better neighborhoods.
16. Jesse Jackson would be a small time hustler in Chicago.
17. He would think Tarantino movies are an excuse for white liberals to say "nigger".
18. He would turn down the offer for a reality show on BET called "Kings Family Things"
19. There would be more black pride, more black unity and fewer bad hair weaves.
20. He would be pissed off at the number of car dealers who are using his name to sell bad used cars to poor people.
21. He wouldn't have a statue in DC, but he would have a latte named after him, Martin "Latte" King.
22. He would be sick of this shit.

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By 
David Pompeii
Pomposity