This was originally posted by “Chernynkaya” ☮ The Dream vs. The Nightmare:
Martin Luther King, Jr. age 15: enters Morehouse College after skipping the 9th & 12th grade
Glenn Beck age 19: skips college to host “Morning Zoo” radio show
MLK age 25: Becomes pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist church
GB age 23: takes over Phoenix’s Y95 Morning Zoo show
Read More... /> MLK age 27: Leads Montgomery Bus Boycott despite arrest and firebombing of his house.
GB age 25: is arrested during a radio prank
MLK age 28: Helps found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,
GB age 24: hires Jessica Hahn as his show’s “prize and weather bunny.”
MLK age 29: Narrowly misses death after being stabbed in the chest at a book signing.
GB age 26: terrifies a bank teller by putting a gerbil down the deposit tube.
MLK age 34: Writes “Letter from Birmingham Jail” while incarcerated there.
GB age 28: is arrested for speeding in his DeLorean.
MLK age 34: Delivers “I Have A Dream” speech
GB age 30: cuts off his ponytail.
MLK ages 26 – 38: receives 20 honorary doctorates
GB age 32: enrolls part time at Yale, takes one class, drops out.
MLK age 35: Becomes youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
BG age 34: first foray into talk radio, mispronounces ‘Osama bin Laden
MLK age 39: assassinated on April 4, 1968
GB age 41: ponders personally killing Michael Moore, on-air