So before you judge someone so cruelly, walk a mile in the good Reverend's shoes. See what he has seen. Hear what he has heard. Know what he has learned. Then judge. That is the only fair thing to do.
If you can't do that, then you will forever be ignorant and should never open your mouth about the good Reverend again. Look at the videos and be amazed because it is THE TRUTH just as he learned it and spoke it.
There is much more literature on all of the above issues if you wish to take the time to investigate before ruining a person's life with slander. This is a good, God-fearing man who deserves empathy and understanding.
A concerned citizen who wishes to WAKE UP AMERICA to how we are being brainwashed every day by the Powers That Be and that we must use our COMMON SENSE to evaluate what is going on in our country without believing the government who is in charge right now and who has been in charge for over 20 years.
Congratulations on such a thoughtful, well written article. But black Americans have no corner on suffering or opression as you suggest. You need to walk a mile in anyone's shoes, black or white, to understand them. Whether protestant, catholic, jewish, or islam, opiate is still opiate. And along with the likes of Robertson, Fallwell, and their islamic counterparts, Reverend Wrong is still a drug dealer. The truth you refuse to face is that a black American probably ruined the chances of a black American to be elected President of the United States of America. Obama still gets my vote, my money, and my registering more Democratic voters to defeat McConn, but if he doesn't win blame Reverend Wrong not whitey.
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James Cordray (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 55 comments)
on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 12:33:16 PM
And I never intended to allude to that fact. I just wanted to let people know that it takes one to know one, in other words. It doesn't make me feel better for a White person to say "I know how you feel" because they don't. That's all I was trying to say.
I appreciate your response and thank you.
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b2008 (4 articles, 2 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 43 comments)
on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 12:20:35 PM
While this young man was serving six years on active duty, Vice President Dick Cheney, who was born the same year as the Marine/sailor, received five deferments, four for being an undergraduate and graduate student and one for being a prospective father. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, both five years younger than the African-American youth, used their student deferments to stay in college until 1968. Both then avoided going on active duty through family connections.
Who is the real patriot? The young man who interrupted his studies to serve his country for six years or our three political leaders who beat the system? Are the patriots the people who actually sacrifice something or those who merely talk about their love of the country?
After leaving the service of his country, the young African-American finished his final year of college, entered the seminary, was ordained as a minister, and eventually became pastor of a large church in one of America's biggest cities.__This man is Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the retiring pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, who has been in the news for comments he made over the last three decades."
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pft (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 465 comments)
on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 1:43:34 AM
I still have yet to understand why there is such a big deal about Jeremiah Wright, I went online to listen to the sermon that contained the "chickens coming home to roost" statement and what I saw was a preacher in the pulpit repeating the statements of Ambassador Edward Peck, statements made on FoxNews. These were someone slse's words and this man is being demonized for saying it. Where was this outrage when Amb. Peck said it?
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lucius13 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments)
on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 6:01:13 AM
...it's the MEDIA that made it a big deal. If it wasn't for FOX, it wouldn't have been as bad as it was because we wouldn't have heard just the snippets and nothing else. That was a contrived scheme to backstab Obama, that's all.
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b2008 (4 articles, 2 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 43 comments)
on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 12:28:30 PM
Sorry I posted the wrong link it seems because it should have been a Google video, not a YouTube video. Please check it out because it makes everything come into focus.
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b2008 (4 articles, 2 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 43 comments)
on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 12:17:30 PM
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