Posted on 01/20/2009 10:51:35 AM PST by andrew roman
The Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowery gave the benediction at today's inauguration of Barack Obama. It could more accurately be called a political ramble. It was, in no uncertain terms, an embarrassment. And as loathe as I am to have to use a word that has long been at the heart and soul of liberal thought, I will break out my liberal/english dictionary and say it ... It was offensive.
Said Mr. Lowery:
"We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back ... when brown can stick around ... when yellow will be mellow ... when the red man can get ahead, man ... and when white will embrace what is right ..."
Disgusting.
First off, this is a prayer?
Second, was the Reverend Lowery listening to old Jesse Jackson speeches before he gave this so-called prayer? The fact that the man can rhyme words only means that his faculties may parallel those of Dr. Suess, not that he is coherent.
What on earth is the man talking about?
(Excerpt) Read more at romanaround.net ...
Lowery has been around since the ‘60’s. He can’t change, even when an African American is elected President.
It’s alright to be racist now, as long as you’re treating whites like second-class citizens.
Not to worry, the white people of this nation engineered and implemented a great nation beyond the belief of the whole world, and they are envious!
Be proud!
I think it originated from:
"They says: "If you was white,
You's alright,
If you was brown,
Stick around,
But if you's black, oh, brother,
Get back, get back, get back."
A paean and farewell to the old guard.
I should ask my cable company for a refund for today since I didn’t watch any TV.
Slim Shady where are you???
He probably figured those blind enough to believe Ann’s son is a black man would buy kindergarten rhyme as prayer, having already accepted it as music.
Ditto’s - laughing so hard I’m crying!
Is that, like, Soylent Green?
Many are rightfully offended by that remark, but there are legends of self-hating, guilt-ridden, Obama voting white people for whom that remark was an orgasmic experience.
What happened to “When gay will rule the day”?
True, but the problem is, with all the PC, multi-culti education, many young white people don't know that and any minorities who know it will never admit it.
It will be interesting to see how this racist, anti-white crap goes over with the Asian and Hispanic minorities, whose importance will increase at the expense of the black minority for years to come.
I thought Johnnie Cochran had passed on?
The when white is right thing made me laugh. A black friend of mine that I grew up with used to greet me with the “black power” jive, and I would return the greeting with “white is right.” I’m sure my friend and his large family are enjoying Obama’s inauguration, and I would love to be there giving them a hard time. God bless them, and keep them through the disappointment Obama will bring.
“Rev.” Lowery:
It was white people who, for the first time in the history of the world said, “We are strong enough to enslave other people, but it is wrong, and we are not going to do it any more.”
It was white people who then pressed the rest of the (non-white) world to give up slavery. It was legal in parts of the Arab world until the 20th century.
It was white people who set up a government of laws guaranteeing them freedom. But that freedom presumed and required that individuals “embrace right” by regulating their own behavior, providing for their families, obeying the laws, respecting the property of others, and being productive.
It was white people who kept that system going and productive, and created a country which has given more freedom and prosperity to its citizens — of all colors — than any other country in the world.
It was white people who passed the civil rights laws that gave Obama and other minorities advantages that they could never have gotten on their own merits.
It is tens of millions of white people who have worked hard and paid the taxes that have supported millions of non-whites. I, personally, have had enough of my income confiscated each year to support the spawn of a couple of skanks who can’t keep their knees together, and who are being raised to think I owe them even more.
Any person of any color who “embraces right” in this country can get ahead. “Embracing right” means work before pleasure, paying rent before buying bling, marriage before children, and all the other daily choices that constitute “embracing right.”
Damn you, you nasty old race baiter.
Looks like we need a captured audience likes schools have and then proceed to educate the masses.
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