The two long clips from Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.' sermons heard and seen on Friday's PBS's Bill Moyers Journal knocked the socks off and brought tears of gratitude to the eyes of this OpEdNews writer, who has written thirteen articles on condemnations of the U.S. government by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that the media buries away from public awareness.
Seems that in Rev. Wright we finally have someone who could pick up Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.' mantle.
Looking beyond whatever the war and international predatory capitalism promoting conglomerates do to Obama's candidacy by continuing to pull out of context Rev. Wright's "God Damn! America" without the long and eloquent history of governments that failed, which preceded the "Damn!" and the detailed "for" which followed and qualified the "Damn!", the best antidote for corporate media's poison would be to quote some equally out of context condemnations from Rev. King Jr.' "Beyond Vietnam" speech at Riverside Church in New York.
Shock everyone! Then put the full surrounding text in both Rev. King Jr.' and Rev. Wright's sermons out in every single dissident, progressive, Democratic and honest Republican source of journalism and talk media.
Let the full texts of those two clips of Rev. Wright's sermons, which must have electrified the modest amount of viewers watching Bill Moyers' show yesterday, be known to as many voters as possible.
Anyone with me on this?
Let's face it, the politically monolithic in-lock-step media corporations have the power to either sink Obama's candidacy or to favor its success. Tempering our indignation at the over-the-top media scamming of news and history, muzzling our non-capitalist commentary on the subject of Rev. Wright and postponing expressing our gratitude and support for Rev. Wright until after the convention and election, will not necessarily help Obama.
Stealing, murder, media misuse and the lying government that permits, even fosters it, should be condemned and damned in a loud voice in churches on Sundays, just as Rev. King Jr. and Rev. Wright did.
For a comparison to Rev. King Jr., click on "Beyond Vietnam – A Time to Break Silence" for the complete text and audio of Martin Luther King's speech exactly one year to the day before he was gunned down.
That the FCC, FEC, and Congress protect the public from deceitful use of the nation's leased airwaves!
Musician and writer, who has lived and worked on all the continents and whose articles on media have been published in China, Italy, England and the US, and now resides in New York City.
I thought we all are suppose to have religious freedom in this Land. What someone says and does in his Church is is own business. We all should tell Hannity that.
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Michael Dewey (3 articles, 1 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 170 comments)
on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 1:18:50 PM
What can you do when both the republican party, and Hillary Clinton, take it upon themselves to destroy the first, truly worthy candidate for the office of President of the United States??? Hillary worked for the republican party for many years, including during her tenure at the lawyers' office where she took on the job of defending the Weathermen. Her plan, knowing that she can't win against McCain, is to destroy Obama's chance at winning the nomination - thereby enabling her to run in four years - when McCain has fallen flat on his face/butt. Why this country would even consider "hiring" Mrs. Clinton - a prolific liar - is beyond me. She is nothing but a republican in a pants suit.
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lucydavis (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 90 comments)
on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 3:11:16 PM
I don't recall ever seeing a law that said I have to agree with everything Dr. King said and did. When it came to his civil rights' speeches and actions, I join with everybody else in saying, "Amen!". In some other speeches and issues (including his support of a guarenteed income for every citizen), I would say, "Nope. Sorry, but I don't agree with that one."
Dr. King's contributions were incredible, but not everything he did and said passed muster, in my opinion.
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Scott (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 415 comments)
on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 9:03:45 PM
Dear Jay, I just wanted to thank you for your article on Rev. Wright. I saw Bill Moyers who is the only "journalist" still working on Television! I am definitely with you on getting the word out on Wright's / King's sermons and waking up the sleep masses who allow the corporate media to run the country. Thanks for paying attention and letting everyone know. Frank
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Frank Elliott (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments)
on Monday, April 28, 2008 at 11:23:31 AM
