NEWS: God Damn Reverend Wright

Hmm, must admit I'm at a loss here, can you explain to buffoon-me? I mean I guess that's what the second part means - that I'm a buffoon -- but what does the first part mean? Have I missed an appointment? Or am I completely off here and this has nothing to do with me?

This reminds me of a funny story about Hillary's appeal. It seems Bill Clinton was out for his morning jog when he passes a prostitute across the street who propositions him, offering a blow job for 40 bucks. Bill Clinton replies ,No 5 dollars. The next day he is jogging and passes the same corner with the same girl who makes the same offer, A blow job for 40 bucks, with Clinton's answer the same, no 5 dollars. The following day Bill is walking with Hillary and they pass the corner where the prostitute is standing. This time the prostitute yells out, see what you get for 5 dollars.

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indeed they do; but you seem to mock them! is this true? (uh, facetious remarks like these hurt us all)

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Spike?

I doubt it. Spike was from the UK and this guy has a distinctly American dialect.

If you want to quit, don't cross this line. If yes? Do. I love you all.

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fuck you all. when i finally unveil my great blog which i am working on, you're all going to be begging me to let you post on it. haha!! IF YUR LUCKY
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Are you drunk again?

oh , this is gonna be good.

*gets popcorn*

I guess he's working on his blog.

I don' t know, I'm starting to believe the HIV thing, because I DO have white friends and they DO Clap LIKE THAT!!!

Wright's got some issues, I'm going to not argue about that. Some of the things he says are flat out wrong. Just to be fair though, the God Damn America was not a request for God to sweep down and destroy our country. The context was, America's promising all these things and not delivering on that promise to some of its people. America sings "God Bless America" for being so great but all this is under the surface, so damn them for not doing what they promised. The man doesn't win any tact or eloquence points on that one, but if you rephrase it as "America has been weighed, and measured, and found wanting" it makes more sense, and I believe that's what he meant.

The chickens coming home to roost is widely attributed to be a quote from a US government official, though I'm not 100% sure about that. That said, if your policy is to support Islamic extremist regimes to keep the oil flowing and defeat Communism, and one day the Islamic extremists decide they want to attack you, how is that not chickens coming home to roost. NO ONE is saying that it was justified or fair or good that all those innocent people died and so many lives were shattered. But it is completely fair to say that 9/11 is in part a consequence of short-sighted US policy regarding the Middle East, our long term energy plans, and the borders of the Islamic world and the Communist world.

As for the homosexuals comment, ironically his church was known for being particularly welcoming to gays and lesbians. That's one thing he did right.

This is not intended as a statement of support for Rev. Wright. A lot of the things he said ranged from unfair to offensive and crazy. But if you're over 50 and Black in this country, you've seen some awful things, and it's hard not to be bitter. I listen to my father's stories of growing up in American Apartheid and it's something.

When Kenedy was killed Malcolm X said, "it was chickens coming home to roost." X was right back then, and When Ward Churchill said it in his great book: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens... vis-a-vis 9/11 he was right as well.

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