Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Posted on 01/27/2008 5:09:33 PM PST by F15Eagle
Sen. Barack Obama's longtime friend and spiritual adviser trashed the memory of a missing and presumed dead American teenage girl, according to church publications reviewed by WND.
Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the controversial minister of Obama's church in Chicago, cited the case of Natalee Holloway's disappearance in Aruba in complaining about what he sees as the media's bias in covering white victims of crime over black victims.
"Black women are being raped daily in Darfur, Sudan, in the Congo and in Sub-Saharan Africa. That doesn't make news," Wright said in the August 2005 edition of Trumpet Magazine, a publication of his Trinity United Church of Christ.
But, "One 18-year-old white girl from Alabama gets drunk on a graduation trip to Aruba, goes off and 'gives it up' while in a foreign country, and that stays in the news for months!" he added. "Maybe I am missing something!"
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In the same 2005 church publication, Wright suggested "white America" had the 9/11 attacks coming, while calling for business "divestment from Israel," which he refers to as a "racist" state along with America.
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Though Wright has nurtured Obama's political career as a close adviser and mentor, the Democrat presidential hopeful says they don't agree on everything. Wright married Obama and baptized his daughters.
... Wright sang the praises of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has described whites as "blue-eyed devils" and Jews as "bloodsuckers."
"He brings a perspective that is helpful and honest," Wright said. "Minister Farrakhan will be remembered as one of the 20th and 21st century giants of the African-American religious experience."
Wright then held Farrakhan up as a pillar of "integrity."
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On Nov. 2, 2007, Wright presented Farrakhan with a "lifetime achievement" award ... tribute included a three-and-a-half minute video lionizing "the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan."
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
Have at it, folks ...
Not to mention Chicago.
Well, if I wanted to be as crass as he (the pastor) was, I could agree with the following ...
“Black women are being raped daily in Darfur, Sudan, in the Congo and in Sub-Saharan Africa. That doesn’t make news,” ...
But, “One 18-year-old white girl from Alabama gets drunk on a graduation trip to Aruba, goes off and ‘gives it up’ while in a foreign country, and that stays in the news for months!” ...
So, this means the Lieberal MSM should be labeled _____________.
Hillary has found WND
Well, there went the Van Susteren endorsement.
I don't care for WND either, but have no fear. The Clintons will bring this up sooner or later.
I hate that he’ll get away with just saying “I don’t agree with him on everything”, when Republicans are without exception held guilty by association. And you don’t call a man your “spiritual leader” while disagreeing with him on issues such as these.
There are a lot of rapes in Africa. Most of the killing is done by islamic terrorists. These stories ARE in the national media. They just leave out the teensy-weensy fact that it’s the religion of peace members that are doing the killing and raping in most of those African countries.
And then there’s Calypso Louie ...
Not much a follower of the Christ !
Yeah, you are. One is a U.S. citizen! The others are in Africa, you loon.
'Black women are being raped daily in Darfur, Sudan, in the Congo and in Sub-Saharan Africa."
Correct me if I’m wrong, but those of us who cared deeply for this case took offense at Aruba’s desire for US dollars, versus their lackadaisical investigation when one of ours was evidently murdered. In other words, they want our commerce, but if one of theirs murders one of ours, tough luck.
Click the central arrow in the video box.
Click Menu.
Click ‘Rev. Wright’s Message’ It’s the second Item.
It’s a bit garbled but guaranteed to give you goosebumps.
Well that nails it.
He ain’t gettin’ my vote!
Yep, it certainly follows what Calypso Louie would teach, doesn’t it? No wonder he thinks he’s a “great leader”.
He’s crude, likey racist (given other things I’ve heard about him) but his basic premise is not wrong and is one of the main reasons I stopped watching Foxsnooze.
You mean there’s actually media bias? WHO KNEW?
Yeah he’s missing something all right! In fact I’d say he’s missing at least half a deck!
They are not American women being raped there. And that is the difference. It make the news in America because she is an American. It's not that hard to follow.
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeey Preacher, does the name Crytal Mangum ring a bell?
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeey Preacher, does the name Crystal Mangum ring a bell?
Funny. Obama spoke in Birmingham today.
"white America" had the 9/11 attacks coming, while calling for business "divestment from Israel," which he refers to as a "racist" state along with America...
He probably didn't notice that the same people attacking Darfur are the same people attacking Israel and the US.
Rev. Jeremiah Wright
a ‘preacher’ that incites a racial tensions - sounds familiar
I recommend that all the major newspapers and news magazines put out a special issue with the mug shots of every convicted rapist over the past year. My guess is the "Reverend" wouldn't like it very much, and would be demanding the censorship of those publications without delay.
War on Iraq IQ Test
REV. JEREMIAH WRIGHT / Trinity Pastor’s Page 23feb03
Take the War on Iraq IQ Test
Do you know enough to justify going to war with Iraq?
1. Q: What percentage of the world’s population does the U.S. have?
A: 6% [correction - 4.8% of world’s population - 6.2 billion vs. 280 million]
2. Q: What percentage of the world’s wealth does the U.S. have?
A: 50% [correction - 22% of global GDP]
3. Q: Which country has the largest oil reserves?
A: Saudi Arabia
4. Q: Which country has the second largest oil reserves?
A: Iraq
5. Q: How much is spent on military budgets a year worldwide?
A: $900+ billion
6. Q: How much of this is spent by the U.S.?
A: 50% [explanation - military expenditures for FY2003 may be $460-470 billion including $378.5 billion for the Pentagon, $15.4 billion for nuclear weapons programs, $3.8 billion for foreign military assistance, $1.4 billion for military-related activities of other agencies, $32 billion for military retirement benefits and health care for current employees, $30 billion for the CIA, plus funding for the Homeland Security Department]
7. Q: What percent of US military spending would ensure the essentials of life to everyone in the world, according the UN?
A: 10% (that’s about $40 billion, the amount of funding initially requested to fund our retaliatory attack on Afghanistan)
8. Q: How many people have died in wars since World War II?
A: 86 million
9. Q: How long has Iraq had chemical and biological weapons?
A: Since the early 1980’s.
10. Q: Did Iraq develop these chemical & biological weapons on their own?
A: No, the materials and technology were supplied by the US government, along with Britain and private corporations.
11. Q: Did the US government condemn the Iraqi use of gas warfare against Iran?
A: No
12. Q: How many people did Saddam Hussein kill using gas in the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988?
A: 5,000
13. Q: How many western countries condemned this action at the time?
A: 0
14. Q: How many gallons of agent Orange did America use in Vietnam?
A: 17 million.
15. Q: Are there any proven links between Iraq and September 11th terrorist attack?
A: No
16. Q: What is the estimated number of civilian casualties in the Gulf War?
A: 35,000
17. Q: How many casualties did the Iraqi military inflict on the western forces during the Gulf War ?
A: 0
18. Q: How many retreating Iraqi soldiers were buried alive by U. S. tanks with ploughs mounted on the front?
A: 6,000
19. Q: How many tons of depleted uranium were left in Iraq and Kuwait after the Gulf War?
A: 40 tons
20. Q: What according to the UN was the increase in cancer rates in Iraq between 1991 and 1994?
A: 700%
21. Q: How much of Iraq’s military capacity did America claim it had destroyed in 1991?
A: 80%
22. Q: Is there any proof that Iraq plans to use its weapons for anything other than deterrence and self-defense?
A: No
23. Q: Does Iraq present more of a threat to world peace now than 10 years ago?
A: No
24. Q: How many civilian deaths has the Pentagon predicted in the event of an attack on Iraq in 2003? A: 10,000
25. Q: What percentage of these will be children? A: Over 50%
26. Q: How many years has the U.S. engaged in air strikes on Iraq? A: 11 years
27. Q: Were the U.S and the UK at war with Iraq between December 1998 and September 1999?
A: No
28. Q: How many pounds of explosives were dropped on Iraq between December 1998 and September 1999?
A: 20 million
29. Q: How many years ago was UN Resolution 661 introduced, imposing strict sanctions on Iraq’s imports and exports?
A: 12 years
30. Q: What was the child death rate in Iraq in 1989 (per 1,000 births)?
A: 38
31. Q: What was the estimated child death rate in Iraq in 1999 (per 1,000 births)?
A: 131 (that’s an increase of 345%)
32. Q: How many Iraqis are estimated to have died by October 1999 as a result of UN sanctions?
A: 1.5 million
33. Q: How many Iraqi children are estimated to have died due to sanctions since 1997?
A: 750,000
34. Q: Did Saddam order the inspectors out of Iraq?
A: No
35. Q: How many inspections were there in November and December 1998?
A:300
36. Q: How many of these inspections had problems?
A:5
37. Q: Were the weapons inspectors allowed entry to the Ba’ath Party HQ?
A: Yes
38. Q: Who said that by December 1998, Iraq had in fact, been disarmed to a level unprecedented in modern history.
A: Scott Ritter, UNSCOM chief.
39. Q: In 1998 how much of Iraq’s post 1991 capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction did the UN weapons inspectors claim to have discovered and dismantled?
A: 90%
40. Q: Is Iraq willing to allow the weapons inspectors back in?
A: Yes
41. Q: How many UN resolutions did Israel violate by 1992?
A: Over 65
42. Q: How many UN resolutions on Israel did America veto between 1972 and 1990?
A: 30+
43. Q: How much does the U.S. fund Israel a year?
A:$5 billion
44. Q: How many countries are known to have nuclear weapons?
A: 8
45. Q: How many nuclear warheads has Iraq got?
A: 0
46. Q: How many nuclear warheads has US got?
A: over 10,000
47. Q: Which is the only country to use nuclear weapons?
A: the US
48. Q: How many nuclear warheads does Israel have?
A: Over 400
49. Q: Has Israel every allowed UN weapon inspections?
A: No
50. Q: What percentage of the Palestinian territories are controlled by Israeli settlements?
A: 42%
51. Q: Is Israel illegally occupying Palestinian land?
A: Yes
52. Q: Which country do you think poses the greatest threat to global peace: Iraq or the U.S.?
A: ????
53. Q: Who said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”?
A: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
Members of Trinity are asked to think about these things and be prayerful as we sift through the “hype” being poured on by the George Bush-controlled media.
Rev Jeremiah A Wright, Jr.
War on Iraq IQ Test - written by: Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, placed the following ‘War on Iraq IQ Test’ on the Trinity “Pastor’s Page” for Sunday, Feb. 23.
I know rush calls him "Calypso louie" but how did he get that name? too many limbo parties?
Yes, that little fact is curiously absent ... It’s possible that WND left it out, but when a man “honors” Farrakhan, well, there’s not much to say after that.
Ouch. That is terrible and very disrespectful to a dead American teenager.
How does he know she “gave it up” when most published reports suggest the Aruban boys slipped her a date rape drug and panicked when she died during or after a gang rape.
This man’s comments are despicable and racist in origin, and if Obama is a real man he will publcly denounce them as such.
Yessiree. I feel better everyday about facing either Osama or Hillery in the general election.
70% of black males don’t have a father and most don't’ even know their father. They wind up in prison.
It's gonna' be predominantly illegal aliens.
ok....thanks?
He actually was a calypso singer in his younger years.
Thats pretty funny.
I sat next to a Democrat "meetup" at a bookstore-cafe here during the Kerry campaign, and listened to them going on about how the GOP had seized control of CNN and the other cable news outlets since back in the nineties, the Bush/Nazi connections, how police were targeting Democrats with Kerry bumper stickers, and on and on. It was pretty funny. The really funny thing is that they all looked like rather normal people, but their views were like something out of a comic book.
“Obama’s Pastor Speaks Out”
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Forgive me for having a momentary lapse. I forgot that The New York Times was leading the bandwagon in trumpeting why it is we should have gone into an illegal war. The New York Times became George Bush and the Republican Party’s national “blog.” The New York Times played a role in the outing of Valerie Plame. I do not know why I thought The New York Times had actually repented and was going to exhibit a different kind of behavior.
Maybe it was my faith in the Jewish Holy Day of Roshashana. Maybe it was my being caught up in the euphoria of the Season of Lent; but whatever it is or was, I was sadly mistaken. There is no repentance on the part of The New York Times. There is no integrity when it comes to The Times. You should do well with that paper, Jodi. You looked me straight in my face and told me a lie!
Sincerely and respectfully yours,
Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. ,
Senior Pastor
Trinity United Church of Christ
49. Has Israel invaded Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia without provocation as Iraq did?
Sheesh, virtually any lunatic working with half a deck can formulate questons to fit their agenda “Reverend”..
This man would be unemployed if he weren’t a charlatan. Irony...IQ test...he’d probably not qualify for moving piles of dirt, as he would require way too much supervision!
If he said this,, Rev. Jeremiah Wright is one sick SOB, imo.
Bingo!
I would have to agree. If these are his words they are disturbing. Certainly there was a lot of coverage of the Natalee tragedy. I don’t have cable so perhaps I didn’t see as much of it.
But his disdain for Israel and love for Calypso Louie are very disturbing as well. I posted the first part of the article to present the context of the title but had to choose selected passages to stay within 300 words.
Obama can do what he wants. I wouldn’t sit in that church nor have any association with this guy based on the apparent comments found in this article.
Heavens no, we can't talk about muslim crimes and culture. But it sho' feels good to wail on whitey.
Sick SOB - listen to him!
Click the central arrow in the video box.
Click Menu.
Click ‘Rev. Wright’s Message’ It’s the second Item.
It’s a bit garbled but guaranteed to give you goosebumps.
Jeremiah is a black bigot! I searched his church’s web site and found only one mention of Jesus and that is one reference to children. If he admires Farrakhan, I doubt that he is a believer. Now what does that say about OBAMA?
Yeah, and also not to mention that women in those African countries are largely blacks raped (and murdered) by other blacks. There is NO compaerison on any level that makes any sense between Holloway and VanDerSloot and the Kalpos and that whole culture of Aruba. Pastor Wrigght sounds every bit as out of it as Farrakhan/ Pathetic. Obaba is not serving himself well, and his embrace of this guy, plus
the acceptance of endorsements of Kerry and Ted Ken’dy are inevitably going to shake his support in some circles.
Paging Al Sharpton.
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