Comments on: Barack Obama’s poison pastor

By: julian

julian — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:58:39 +0000

When are people going to look at the rev “right” as being what his name implies…right, race card aside. Andrew you’re right about preying on race and racism by not just Wright but other black leaders including Sharpton, Jackson etc…where ever there is a racially polarizing issue you’ll find them slinking around promoting themselves and quoting King using racism for their gain.
Rev. “Right” however is right about Americian foreign policy race aside. There wouldn’t be a terrorist issue (atleast not one that has qualified itself a enemy to wage war against) if their policies hadn’t created the problems that precipitate the hatred they deserve…not by us of course, who merely chuckle at their tourists that snap pictures with golf shirts and knee high white tube sox under sandals or their abrasive coors light swilling boys that are better than every one because the come from New York and want ya-all to know aboouut it.
No, we don’t hate them but the people living in fear that their school or wedding might be the next necessary collateral damage. Perhaps their country might be the next preemptively targeted with a “shock-and-awe” campaign. For every “insugent” they kill 10 more insensed family members take up arms against the occupiers.
A country that not only aggressively researches weapons of mass destruction (including biological) but actually uses them (Japan WWII, Vietnam, shock-and-awe etc..) all under the banner of “freedom”
I think the Rev. who should be kicked out of the church for his racially polarizing platform, is in fact dead-on right with his attack on the government and their self enriching war for oil and their stick-in-hand foreign policy.
the chickens did indeed come home to roost…until they try and help countries instead of killing them the chickens will roost again and again. the states will look like a KFC chicken ranch. One of your guests last week said himself that a nuclear terrorist attack will happen in the USA, it’s inevitable. i’m willing to bet the person that sets it off won’t be from a village that has a new american funded school or a huge stock pile of rice sacks with american flags on the side.
Write is right when it comes to the corporation that runs america and the fruits of their policies will sour. More people need to cut through the propoganda and tell it like it is.
Unfortunately, for Obama, it was his racist preacher and the chickens are not only roosting for America but for his campaign as well.

By: Graeme

Graeme — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:45:14 +0000

So middle-America is in a tizzy over some scary black folks yelling in church and saying naughty things about America. I watched the sermon and the context of “God Damn America” refers to the government’s atrocities around the world (think Afghanistan, Chilie, Nicaragua, etc). The typical simple-minded short attention span hot dog eating American could not grasp these concepts and will jump to judgements based on the sound-bites. Oh well, maybe America doesn’t deserve Obama, maybe they just want to live in a fog and allow their leaders to destroy the country and everything it once stood for.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:01:53 +0000

I’m surprised it took this long for the ticking time-bomb race issue to come up in the race. The “elephant in the corner” so to speak. Obama had the chance to throw attention-seeker Jeremiah Wright under the bus, but instead he chose not to. Maybe that was loyalty, or maybe that was him not knowing what to think. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see how Obama handles this adversity from here on out. I bet John McCain’s smile is from ear to ear right now (just like George Laraque’s when he sniped top corner on the Ranger’s Lundqvist last night).

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:29:17 +0000

It’s ok for blacks to go on and on about blacks but it isn’t ok for whites. My son is bi racial, I am not a racist, but I think it’s ridiculous how racism is still a hot topic in the black community, so hot, that I too am beginning to feel like a victim of racism. It should not be blacks were slaves, humans were slaves and most humans believe that slavery is wrong, just like most humans disagree with any child being a victim of crime. The sooner the olden days are forgotten the quicker we can move towards a more peaceful world. Together our identities will be mushed in the mud puddle if no body stands up and stops violence.