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.
He sure knows how to pick 'em. I guess he must agree with them. Bad start to his presidency, to have a racist preacher giving the benediction.
I’m ok with the racism, because I know it exists. However, the open display by the Rev is pretty scary. If Obama continues to allow this and surround himself with these openly racist people, I fear for his life. Also, I fear for this country, because if anything happened to Obama we would be stuck with Biden.
You Tube video of the prayer...... Go to the 5 min. mark and listen. Watch President Obama grin/smile when the Rev starts the symbolism close.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8atFjvN488s