http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pfleger/ en-us Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:56:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357878/posts Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs describes in very explicit detail how Barack Obama's official Web site, Organizing for America, has become a "hub for Islamic anti-Semitism." All this hate speech was posted with the full approval of the moderators who exercise editorial control over the site. The fact that Barack Obama allows his official Web site to serve as a platform for this kind of material, along with misogynist and ageist hate speech, is entirely consistent with his personal and open association with racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-Catholic hate groups. ...The following picture was taken at a 2007 meeting of Al... IsraPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357878/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:56:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356807/posts Community leaders and parents outside Fenger are in disbelief that they are not at the breakfast table with Arne Duncan and Eric Holder. Attorney General Holder and Secretary of Education Duncan are in town to speak, ostensibly, with the community about youth violence -- a blight on Chicago neighborhoods so vividly brought to national attention by the videotaped beating of Derrion Albert. "They are meeting about us without us," said Phillip Jackson of the Black Star Project, a Chicago-based educational reform organization. Duncan and Holder's meeting at the Four Seasons also includes Mayor Daley, Pastor Michael Pfleger, CEO of Chicago... NBC Chicago http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356807/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 16:16:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329440/posts Obamarama . . . Back in town: White House political strategist David Axelrod and wife, Susan, hit the Gene Siskel Film Center Sunday night for a screening of the film "Radical Disciple: The Story of Father Pfleger" -- followed by a dinner at Petterino's eatery accompanied by a low-key Secret Service detail. • Background: The film was Axelrod's baby. He began the documentary about the radical South Side Catholic priest eight years ago, before turning over the project to filmmaker Bob Hercules in order to focus on another project: President Obama. Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329440/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:27:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326742/posts he Rev. Michael Pfleger, the white pastor from Chicago's predominantly black Saint Sabina Catholic Church, made some incendiary statements at Philander Smith College's opening convocation on Thursday, reported the Arkansas-Democrat Gazette. The clergyman first came to the national spotlight, when he gave a sermon at President Obama's own former controversial Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago in May 2008 (see video below). Here are some of the charges made by Father Pfleger that were recently reported: The Washington Times - Water Cooler http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326742/posts#comment Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:19:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247241/posts Two Catholic priests who appeared as guests during back-to-back segments on Thursday’s No Bias, No Bull program were treated noticeably differently by CNN’s on-air personalities. Father Michael Pfleger of the Archdiocese of Chicago, who is best known for his racially-charged rhetoric against Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Democratic presidential race, as well as his defense of former Obama pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright, faced only a couple of pointed questions, most notably about his recent decision to fly an American flag upside-down. In the following segment, Father Mitch Pacwa of the orthodox Catholic TV network EWTN faced a more skeptical and... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247241/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 22:44:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2214178/posts State Representative Annazette Collins found herself in the hot seat after she suggested that kids be educated about guns. She says downstate, children are educated about weapons at a young age....why not in more urban areas. "Down state they teach you that guns are meant for hunting, for protection..here in the urban cities, all they see are guns on tv..and they gun down people." said Collins. She says she only suggested the thought of gun education to help get House Bill 48 passed. The bill would require universal background checks and ban private handgun sales. But the majority of people... WBBM, Newsradio 780 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2214178/posts#comment Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:05:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2129788/posts Free at last-- The radical racist Obama supporters were back at the pulpit this weekend: Gateway Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2129788/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:12:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117623/posts I was asked (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117468/posts, #6) to provide absolute proof, in the form of an original page link, that Barack Obama accepted the endorsements of Jeremiah Wright and Michael Pfleger before he threw them under the bus. Archive.org does display saved Web sites after about six months. http://web.archive.org/web/20080208110833/http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/faithtestimonials contains the endorsements from Jeremiah "God Damn America" Wright and Michael "There were a whole lot of white people crying" Pfleger. Testimonials Endorsements from religious leaders are extended in their personal capacity, and not on behalf of any house of worship, organization or denomination. Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. Senior Pastor, Trinity... Obama for America (official campaign site) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117623/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:14:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117468/posts The following screen shots of Barack Obama’s official Web site speak for themselves. We encourage our readers to copy, paste, and circulate them. IsraPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117468/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:16:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102666/posts Before ACORN became a household name, Larry Johnson and Eastan McNeal reported that the Obama campaign has been funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to a shady ACORN shell corporation called Citizens Services, Inc. New information, including the photo above, proves that Obama’s past denials of his relationship with ACORN are not the truth. According to the Leftist Dissent Magazine, the nebulous term, “community organizing,” has shaped Barack Obama: Although he didn’t make community organizing a lifetime career—he left Chicago to attend Harvard Law School—Obama often says that his organizing experience has shaped his approach to politics. Since embarking on... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102666/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:38:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2101961/posts Sen. Barack Obama told the Chicago Sun-Times in 2004 that he had three spiritual advisors: radical Jeremiah Wright, radical James Meeks, and radical Father Michael Pfleger. But, radical Father Pfleger was more than a spiritual guide for Obama. They also held protests together: Gateway Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2101961/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:47:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2101547/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2101547/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:25:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2098474/posts Freepers, not sure if this is important but I believe this is the only pic of them together at a protest, found it with some archives, if it is important, please save in case the website takes it down www.mikefrancesa.com/wordpress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2098474/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 06:30:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073150/posts Election Will Change Nothing, Says Obama-Backer Fr. Pfleger Tuesday, September 02, 2008 By Nicholas Ballasy (CNSNews.com) - Fr. Michael Pfleger -- long-time friend of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who he endorsed for president early on – said nothing will change in America no matter who is elected in November, apparently contradicting Obama's famous campaign slogan, "Change We Can Believe In." “If you are silly enough to think that a new person in the White House can change the situation,” said Pfleger in an Aug. 3 sermon, “that's like saying we got good food in prison now but you're still... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073150/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 18:14:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069186/posts This is the fourth piece in our series about Barack Obama's questionable campaign financing methods and his ties to racist, anti-Catholic, and anti-Semitic hate groups. Circulation as a viral E-mail is encouraged. If you want to use the images, though, please download and copy them instead of linking, as linking uses our bandwidth. Barack and Michelle Obama's Racist and Anti-American Church Key talking point: Jeremiah Wright is merely a symptom of the Trinity United Church of Christ's racism and hatred of America. The people who directed the church sanctioned the publication of Wright's hate speech plus a guest piece from... IsraPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069186/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:30:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060966/posts Hundreds packed a South Side church Sunday to hear Minister Louis Farrakhan address what he called a nationwide educational system that is in decline. The speech, titled "Educational Challenge: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century," culminated a three-day conference in which educators, community activists and religious leaders from across the country met here to discuss solutions to what they called a plighted education system. Farrakhan, joined onstage by the Rev. Michael Pfleger, attributed the qualms of America's education system to the country's history of elitism, minority children's disassociation with curriculums and the absence of religion in classrooms. "With a... The Chicago Sun Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060966/posts#comment Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:15:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052575/posts We, as parents, are well aware of the importance of our teachers who teach and program our children. We also know how important it is for our children to play with good-thinking children growing up. Sen. Barack Obama has grown up with the teaching of very angry, militant white and black people: the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan, William Ayers and Rev. Michael Pfleger. We cannot say we are not affected by teachers who are militant and angry. We know too well that we become like them, and Mr. Obama will run this country in their mindset. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052575/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:56:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043988/posts Father Pfleger epitomizes those Caucasians who regard their history with scorn. Here's why I don't join in the self-flagellation. Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043988/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:08:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043564/posts Let us be extremely wary when we ask for “change.” The Democrat Party is guilty of injecting race into the presidential campaign. America is no longer a racist country, and Americans are deeply offended when it is portrayed as such. These accusations and the apprehension tied to them have been insidiously worked into our collective subconscious. Keep that in mind when you’re feeling guilty for something in which you most likely took no part. The days of slavery and segregation are gone. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043564/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:10:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037561/posts Fr. Michael Pfleger has reappeared on the national ABC program “Good Morning America” as some type of spokesman on race who is also against gun violence being touted as having “spent the last 30 years cleaning up his impoverished south side Chicago parish, fighting the presence of poverty, drugs, gangs and gun violence..” despite the dismal reality of the St. Sabina’s neighborhood floundering in a sea of prosperity in Chicago. Mixing partisan politics with religion has been combustible combination in Chicago for generations. The media practice of using a religious persona to somehow add legitimacy to a political cause is... The Chicago Daily Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037561/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:32:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036649/posts The Rev. Michael Pfleger, the Chicago priest suspended for two weeks after a sermon mocking Sen. Hillary Clinton, returned to his pulpit on Sunday like a fighter ready to take back the title. In an exclusive interview, Pfleger told "Good Morning America" that he does not "apologize for being passionate, I don't apologize for being free." "But I apologize when my passion or my freeness and my flawedness of character get in the way of a content which is much more important to me," he told "GMA's" Robin Roberts. Pfleger gave the controversial Clinton speech on May 25 as a... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036649/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:02:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2036567/posts The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has just released its new findings on Americans and their attitudes toward religion, God and doctrine. It is not too surprising that most of those surveyed are suffering from a bit of confusion when it comes to the difference between faith in God and claiming to be somehow associated with religion.  What moved me the most about this survey was, sadly, the conundrum we face in the Catholic Church, which is actually a very good example of why the results from the Pew survey are not at all extraordinary. They may be... American Life League http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2036567/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:18:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033993/posts About 600 of Chicago’s top African-American lawyers and judges gave standing ovations Thursday to two preachers who’ve been vilified in recent months for their sermons that went nationwide on the Web. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the Rev. Michael Pfleger became headaches for Democrat Barack Obama’s presidential campaign when their controversial comments became fodder for conservative talk-show hosts. Wright said “God damn America” in arguing that American foreign policy helped bring on the 9/11 attacks. Pfleger said Hillary Clinton resented Obama as a black man taking the nomination she felt was hers. But despite the heat on them, the two... Chicago Sun Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033993/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:48:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032098/posts Like losers in a shell game, most of us got snookered into looking under the wrong nutshell regarding the inflammatory and racist sermon delivered last month by the Rev. Michael Pfleger during his guest appearance at Barack Obama's church in Chicago. The media focused the spotlight on what Pfleger, a visiting Catholic priest, said about Hillary Clinton from the pulpit at Trinity United Church of Christ, prompting Obama to end his 20-plus year association with the church. "When Hillary was crying and people said that was put on, I really don't believe it was put on," proclaimed Pfleger, feigning tears... The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032098/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:04:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031929/posts The Rev. Jesse Jackson's protests against a Barrington gun manufacturer are costly to taxpayers and his efforts are misdirected, Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said Saturday. Jackson and a group of community residents, gun control advocates and ministers held a prayer vigil Saturday at Barrington gun manufacturer D.S. Arms. "D.S.Arms is a mere backdrop to our deepest concerns,” Jackson said, according to a release from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jackson announced plans Saturday to enlist Barrington churches, city officials and students into a coalition to march against violence “in the tradition of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi... LakeVilla-Review.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031929/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:30:29 GMT