Posted on 03/30/2008 7:55:16 AM PDT by safetysign
The misery, injustices and disenchantments that are experienced by countless millions of Americans has created a sense of crisis. Every community in the country has concerns and challenges that impede their progress and trouble their lives. A nonstop media barrage of misery and crisis adds to the sense of woe.Throughout its history minorities in these lands, specifically the Black and American Indian communities, have been literally drowned in sorrow. White Americans have also suffered tremendously. In fact a majority of unemployed poverty stricken Americans are White. Thousands of White Americans paid the ultimate price and laid down their lives for the cause of Emancipation. History proves that sacrifice, suffering, misery and destitution are truly equal opportunity affairs.
That being said, the struggle of those Americans that were brought here, tortured, sold and enslaved is a tragedy that is recognized by all. America has spent generations coming to grip with this reality. In a Nation built on the highest ideals of human liberty, justice and equality, it is disconcerting to note America's repeated pattern of inhumanity towards its own people. Thus it is no surprise that many Americans, of all races, have long struggled to correct these injustices.
People had a dream, long before King's famous speech, of a time when America will truly become the Promise Land its Founder's visualized. Though the American dream has long ago been visualized it has yet to be realized. It is this effort to realize the American dream that is at the heart of all our political and social efforts. The very language of our campaigns spells it out loud and clearly...Hope, Change, Peace, Strength, and Yes we can, on and on. In other words, we are still looking for that America where all have an equal chance to prosper and thrive.
Amongst us, the Black Americans that came here as captives, have had a long and challenging journey to freedom and equality. Long have they dreamt of an America that truly lived up to its Noble testament of Freedom and Liberty. Long have they dreamt of a time when one of their own would complete the journey from the depths of captivity to the pinnacle of dignity. Long have Black Americans dreamt of one of their own at that pinnacle of human dignity and respect that is represented by the office of the President of the United States of America.
At first glance, it is no surprise that the Presidential campaign of Barack Hussein Obama has attracted so much interest and support amongst Black America. Obama represents a strange phenomenon. He is being championed as a representative of the Black American Struggle. He has been presented as Martin Luther King's dream come true. After years of hopeful desperation, Obama is being presented as the culmination of the struggle. However the irony is that Obama appears to have very little in common with Black America. Beyond the obvious African racial commonality, Obama and the average Black America have very little in common.
To be historically accurate Obama does have a connection to the Black American struggle and the tragedy of American slavery. Barack Obama's American ancestors were slave owners. "The research traces the Duvalls to Mareen Duvall, a major land owner in Anne Arundel County in the 1600s. The inventory of his estate in 1694 names 18 slaves, according to a family history published in 1952." 1.
A political scientist who is director of the African-American Leadership Institute at the University of Maryland, College Park, Ronald Walters says it perfectly, "The twist is very interesting. It deepens his (Obama's) connection with the experience of slavery, even if it deepens it on a different side of the equation."2.
Obama is also a descendant of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis who led half of America in a bloody war in defense of slavery. Along with his family connection to Dick Cheney, his slave owning ancestors and Kenya's Luo tribal leader Odinga the Prime Minister of Kenya, its obvious that Obama represents something different and unique. Rather than the down-home boy from the hood, Obama is a member of the privileged elite. Despite this Obama jackets himself in JFK and MLK while having nothing to do with them and their vision of America.
The Obama phenomenon beggars the question. Why in a Nation with millions of Noble and worthy Black Americans could we not find even one, not even one to symbolize Black America's journey from captivity to dignity? Surely the cultural descendents of George Washington Carver, Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Anderson Ruffin Abbott, John Parker, Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott, Josiah Henson, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King have at least one man or woman to stand up and lead America. What is wrong with our Nation? Is it that we require an outsourced approach to fulfilling the dream and promise of an America that will once and for all right the wrongs of its past?
So perhaps Obama is a leader. Perhaps Obama is more than an empty suit, high on hope with a major dose of lip service and little action. Yet to categorize him as the culmination of the Black American struggle and the fulfillment of our collective American dream is not historically accurate nor is it appropriate. Obama is no King.
Unlike Obama, Martin Luther King, overcame nearly insurmountable obstacles and rose up to prominence in a hostile environment hounded by enemies and an extremely biased media. As Martin Luther King invoked Gandhi, he challenged the status quo and in the end paid with his life. Barack Hussein Obama, on the other hand, invokes Reagan, lives in luxury, was raised in the non-hostile environment of Hawaii and attended privileged schools. Obama's path to political power was built, not upon his own talents, but rather upon the scandals of his rivals.
As reported by John Hankey,.."Obama's Democratic rival for the Illinois US Senate Marson Blair Hull was heavily favored to defeat Obama in that primary. But Hull's campaign was torpedoed by a barrage of well timed media charges that he had abused his former wife. Hull was therefore obliged to drop out of the race. Thus Obama won the nomination."
"After Hull had been eliminated, Obama still had to face his Republican opponent Jack Ryan. Ryan had divorced his wife Jeri (Star Trek Voyager's 7 of 9) in 1999, and the case was sealed at their mutual request. Suddenly the Chicago Tribune and WLS television began undertaking mighty exertions to get these divorce records made public, even though they involved a dispute about child custody. On June 22, 2004, Los Angeles Superior Court judge Robert Schneider released the court documents in question. They revealed an accusation by Jeri Ryan against her husband, now Obama's political competitor, to the effect that Jack Ryan had induced her to frequent sex clubs in a number of locations, and had attempted to coerce her into sexual intercourse in the presence of third parties. Judge Schnider's decision was all the more extraordinary because it was made in the face of the direct opposition by both parties to the divorce, and bore on a Family Court matter that is normally kept vigorously secret. It was as if some totalitarian invisible hand were intervening in favor of the beleaguered Obama candidacy. At this point Jack Ryan was compelled to abandon his candidacy at the urging of Dennis Hastert, then Speaker of the House."3. And thus Barack Obama won his current US Senate seat.
It is quite obvious that rather than a quaint story of a Black American rising from the rubble of American history, Obama is a phony construct. He has been designed by the very same powers that continue to pillage the Nation and the World. After years of disastrous government, a new face and idea had too be foisted upon the people. This has been done in order to insure the continued domination of the people by the elites. Obama fulfils the goals and agenda of those dedicated to the status quo. By presenting himself as an agent for change while riding on the hopes of millions in the cause of racial equality,
Obama is committed to the continued incarceration of millions of his fellow Americans. Despite his own experimentations with drugs Obama is committed to the war against the people in the name of the War on Drugs. Obama has been bought off and he is now being sold to the American people. The prison industry and Judicial system have created a Prison Nation. Thus 1 out of every 100 Americans is currently a prisoner . Despite all his talk of hope, Obama has not said a word against this outrage. He will not lift a finger to put an end to this insanity. Despite his alleged sympathy for the Black American struggle, Obama fully supports the destruction of the Black family trough this draconian war on drugs.
Many Black American activists are also disturbed by Barack Obama's stance on abortion. The number of black babies aborted is staggering. Many community leaders have labeled it as a Black Genocide. Shockingly Barack Obama voted against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act FIVE times.
In this regard, Black American Community activist Day Gardner stated, “Senator Obama doesn't care that abortion has obliterated the rights of more than 15 million black children since 1973. He doesn't care that abortion is the No. 1 killer of African-Americans surpassing deaths caused by accidents, heart disease, stroke, crimes, HIV-AIDS and all other deaths – combined! He won't make one of his powerful speeches decrying the injustice of abortion providers as they plant killing centers firmly in black communities – making it easier to kill black children. Instead, he actually applauds their efforts! These children are denied their most basic human right, which is the right to life, a right which our ancestors so proudly worked for, marched for and many of them died for. Unfortunately, Barack Obama supports the ruthless culture of death – one that includes killing the smallest Americans – too small to flee or fight back."
The evidence is clear that Barack Hussein Obama is a phony. Unlike Ron Paul who is an authentic people's candidate, Obama is something different. Obama is a Mimesis. Mimesis refers to an organism that mimics the properties of another organism and the imitative representation of nature and human behavior. This describes Barack Hussein Obama perfectly as he expertly jackets himself in any guise that suits his ambitions. Sure he emotes and bloviates in a manner that sounds good at times but words really are just words. Despite Obama's defense of words, his defense falls flat when logic is applied. If words are good enough for Obama, I suggest we all give him words instead of our votes. The fact is Obama talks a good talk but he is nothing more than an impersonator unable and unfit for the role of being the first Black American to rise from captivity to the dignity and honor of becoming the President of the United States of America.
1. A new twist to an intriguing family history http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/politics/bal-te.... 2. A new twist to an intriguing family history http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/politics/bal-te.... 3. John Hankey Barack Obama - The Devil's Spawn http://www.rense.com/general80/spawn.htm http://mwcnews.net/content/view/20638&Itemid;=1
To be historically accurate Obama does have a connection to the Black American struggle and the tragedy of American slavery. Barack Obama's American ancestors were slave owners. "The research traces the Duvalls to Mareen Duvall, a major land owner in Anne Arundel County in the 1600s. The inventory of his estate in 1694 names 18 slaves, according to a family history published in 1952." 1.
Mmmhmm. Been alluding to this for some time now.
It's beyond "tin foil hat." It might even be "platinum foil hat." Clearly, it is the zenith of that genre.
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I find it shameful that his total support for the culture of death is not mentioned more often, especially in the black community.
The problem with Obama, like most Dems, refuses to pinpoint the most important SINGLE cause of the cultural degradation in much of the black community. That cause is the destruction of the 2 parent black family. The precipitate cause of this tragedy was the welfare state created by LBJ and (mostly) the DemocRAT Party. But since Barack He who must not be middle named Obama wants to extend and expand the welfare state to all of America, he is careful to avoid drawing the correct conclusions.
When you point out that the Democratic Party’s entire history and policies have been antithetical to the best interests of the black community, and that to the extent that a major political party is responsible for any political and civil liberty that black people have, they owe it to the Republican Party, and even when you can prove that historically and factually the most amazing case of political cognitive dissonance then occurs.
The common response is, well that may be true but only the Democrats are “for us”. They usually go on to an entirely erroneous understanding of Nixon’s Southern strategy, a distortion of Berry Goldwater’s principled opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and completely ignore the fact that the Democratic Party was founded amongst other things, to extend slavery into the territory’s. The Democratic Party opposed 13, 14, and 15th amendment to the United States Constitution, reconstruction, every bit of foundational civil rights legislation from 1866 to 1968, instituted Jim Crow in the Southern states, refused to enact antilynching laws, and most importantly destroyed the two-parent black family with Lyndon Johnson’s welfare state. When you point out the fact that the modern-day Democratic Party is home to the pro-abortion forces that have enhanced the wildly disproportionate abortion rate in the black community, that doesn’t seem to register either.
The black community is in the throes of the worst political brainwashing outside of the Soviet Union and I just don’t know what can be done about it. I am constantly engaged in debates with people in my community and they are determined to vote for Democrats despite the clear and present evidence of their utterly destructive policies. The staggeringly high level of political cognitive dissonance amongst my people is frightening.
Absolutely....what can be done? Prayer for change of hearts and minds is a start.
This letter is not in support of any political candidate. It is to make sure that the people of the United States are aware of what is being taught to the next generation; in hopes to overcome such barriers and continue our fight for equality and justice for ALL people of this Great Land. For over a week now, the learning of these types of sermons has brought sadness and stirred mixed feelings of anger in my heart. After prayer and deep thought I concluded that I must do what ever I can to help bring attention to this type of hatred, and to let people know there is a better way.
Webster dictionary, Racism; is hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.
The people were all jumping around and praising the lord at the thought of hating the white people, and there were CHILDREN in the congregation that day during one of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's famous sermons. Not a very nice picture for a white man who attends a church of mixed races that teaches love in the name of our Lord to everyone no matter their skin color.
Dr Martin Luther King said that we need not drink from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
Hate is a cancer, and hate divides and has no justification.
What has become disturbing to me is not only were the people in the crowd excited about hating white people, but also their CHILDREN were present. If the people praise hate at church then they most likely teach it at home. All this time I have stood for equality, while their children are being taught to hate my children. This threatens my family's safety. It shatters our feelings of comfort in our surroundings. The teaching that went on in Senator Obama's church was the teachings of hate and division. Senator Obama had a choice along time ago to choose a different church, but choose to stay and subject his children to such teachings. Instead of routing out hate Senator Obama has made excuse for it and feeds it into the next generation, by allowing his children and other children to be subjected to such a display of hatred toward other people because of their skin color.
Babies are not born prejudiced, but children are taught it. We teach by example and perception, words do matter as they form preferences. As long as hate is passed down from fathers to sons, mothers to daughters we will have prejudice. Whether it be prejudice against the White, Black, Native American, Hispanic or Asian what ever the skin color.
I am a white man with four children that I have taught to be Christians and love thy neighbor no matter their skin color for it simply is not an issue with us. It seems to be a very big issue with Obama's church as they danced around praising the hate of white people in front of their CHILDREN.
Most men my age are proud to be Americans, and do not want to hear a pastor pushing hate like that, while we are attempting to raise our children in love and kindness. I kind of think it is or should be a form of child abuse. Actually I feel when someone summits to hate it weakens the entire race and existence of man kind. Hate in my home is considered swearing, and the feeling of hate is discouraged.
I can not support Senator Obama after this. The risk is just too high. Our eyes must be awakened to what we are teaching our youth. The effects of these teachings on society can not be measured because of the people not knowing of there presence and just how close to home these teachings actually are. Especially when a United States Senator and contender for the Presidency of the United States is a part of, or has been a part of a ministry with this type of racial doctrine.
Hatred being taught in cities like Chicago, or even New York City could be a contributing factor in the high levels of gang activity. Someone may have already died from such teachings. After being taught all your life to hate a certain race can only lead to further violence. Something must be done about this; there must be a better way.
Senator Obama should be able to see that it was in poor judgment to belong to a church who preaches hatred within the human race, much more to stay a part of that church for 20 years. I feel for America, and all the work that we Americans have done and continue to do, to break down these racial divides. It is shocking to find out that here in America hate is being preached behind the doors and in the house of the Lord.
A signal has to be sent that this type of teaching's and division can not go on. You can not be the President of the United States and also be a part of such bashing of man kind no matter his/her skin color. Supporting Senator Obama after this would show support for such racial repugnance and the divisions that are direct result of these types of prejudices (teaching hatred of a race to CHILDREN). He was a part of this type of teaching, for far too long; to just simply state that he did not follow his churches ways. Actions and reactions speak in volumes much louder then speeches do.
I certainly wish I would have had this knowledge before the primaries came through my state on Super Tuesday.
Thank You, Jimmy Sanborn
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