Final Call ?

So Minister Farrakhan has called this his final call.
So where do retired activist go, what do they do?
I bet he'll set himself up as an online consultant
and why not? After all he's a wealth of knowledge
and has much experience at condemning America.
There will always need to be a reminder to this
country that their are alternatives to the teachings
of Dr. King!


In a fiery speech promoted as his last, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan railed against the U.S. invasion of Iraq, calling on the black community to avoid military service at all costs.To join the military "would be the worst mistake you've ever made," Farrakhan told a packed Ford Field sports arena Sunday in downtown Detroit.

He continued, "America is preparing for war, for Armageddon."Sunday's speech was the first time Farrakhan has spoken publicly since undergoing a life-threatening surgery in January to correct damage from prostate-cancer treatment last year. It also came as Farrakhan struggles to bolster a religious organization that helped lead the nation's civil rights movement, but whose political and cultural influence is waning."It still has a tremendous amount of influence in black politics," said Vibert White, a former Nation of Islam minister who now is director of the public history program at the University of Central Florida.

"But in many ways, particularly on the broader national political arena, they are now somewhat irrelevant."Standing before thousands of curiosity-seekers and tearful Nation of Islam followers, the 73-year-old minister spoke with the strength and vigor of a man decades his junior. For nearly two hours, Farrakhan led a rally that was part religious revival, part fundraising pitch. He pounded the podium to punctuate points. His voice rose to a feverish growl to express his outrage, and fell to a hushed whisper at more somber moments.

Pointing out that his days as one of the country's most controversial voices in the national political discourse are coming to an end, Farrakhan told the audience, "My time is up."Still, he noted that his exit would not happen right away."There are many things in my heart that I need to express," Farrakhan said. "It will take many weeks, many months to tell it all."If this was his final public bow, Detroit was an ideal stage for it. The Nation of Islam was founded on these streets more than 70 years ago, and returned to its roots for its annual Saviors' Day, which commemorates the birth of founder Wallace D. Fard and wraps up a convention for Nation members.They've returned to a city plagued with problems that harken to the group's earliest days during the Great Depression.





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