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The hysteria over Obama's former pastor's attacks on America shows we're still in thrall to knee-jerk patriotism.
  • Flag Wavers

    Nice article. Of course the flag wavers are not "real Americans". They are unthinking selfish individuals driven by greed and a lust for power. Rather than being patriots they are the opposite. They denigrate American values, our constitution, and the rule of law. As we have seen in the past 7-8 years they are willing to destroy America in their quest for personal power and individual wealth.

    The Rev. Wright is right. Watch the longer, more complete excerpts of his sermons (rather than short clips taken out of context) and you find yourself agreeing with him more and more. He is an inspiring and informative speaker who has a good knowledge of the history so-called "Americans" want to forget.

    I am not personally familiar with what Rev. Wright has said about HIV, but even those comments need to be considered in view of documented historical facts about what the government has done to blacks in the past. Remember a few years back when it came out that the government sponsored a study of siphulus in blacks, and allowed the disease to develop untreated over a period of tens of years just to see what would happen? While whites may have forgotten about this incident I doubt if blacks have.