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It’s show time, again!! 15 March 2008 at 4:14 am by Jason 146 views

It’s that time again… my company’s bi-annual trade-show is this weekend and it’s my job to check badges (otherwise I wouldn’t be up before 5:00!).  I’m hoping to possibly snag some pics this year, as I’ve missed out every other year, so we’ll have to see what happens.

Sadly on days like this I’m going to miss anything news worthy, so I’m hoping it’ll be a slow news day.  For those wanting something to tide them over… how about this, Obama now says (in a nutshell) that he didn’t realize his pastor was crazy because he never heard sermons like that when he went (link):

 Wright was, but is no longer, a member of one of the Obama campaign’s advisory committees. Wright has not been active in campaign, Obama said, and with the pastor retiring from the pulpit Obama said he doesn’t see an issue in his family remaining part of the congregation.

“If I thought that was the repeated tenor of the church then I wouldn’t feel comfortable, but frankly that has not been my experience at Trinity United Church of Christ.

Aparently Wright hasn’t been active in the campaign either.  Really, Barack, who is active in the campaign?  Whenever something like this happens they’re either “not part of my paid staff” or “not active” or something.  Does anyone work for you?  Well, I know who pays you… apparently Tony Rezko has been givin’ you more than you said before:

But in a 90-minute interview with Tribune reporters and editors, Obama disclosed that Rezko had raised more for Obama’s earlier political campaigns than previously known, gathering as much as $250,000 for the first three offices he sought.

Oops!  I’m sure it was “just a mistake” because he was “young and inexperienced”, right guys?  Right?  It was his first day on the job, right?  Can’t blame the new guy!



+ Obama’s Minister says “God Damn America” By Jason 13 March 2008 at 8:02 pm 2,384 views No Comments

I was browsing the web today when this neat little article caught my eye:

 Obama’s Pastor: God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11

I have to guess that with all the “Obama’s a Muslim!!!” going on, the news agencies must have been wanting to do a feel-good “See, he’s an awesome Christian” article.  The problem seems to be that the reverend Barack has had for the past 20 years (the same guy who baptized his children and married him) is just a wee bit opinionated… here is some of his brand of crazy:

An ABC News review of dozens of Rev. Wright’s sermons, offered for sale by the church, found repeated denunciations of the U.S. based on what he described as his reading of the Gospels and the treatment of black Americans.

“The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing ‘God Bless America.’ No, no, no, God damn America, that’s in the Bible for killing innocent people,” he said in a 2003 sermon. “God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme.”

In addition to damning America, he told his congregation on the Sunday after Sept. 11, 2001 that the United States had brought on al Qaeda’s attacks because of its own terrorism.

“We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye,” Rev. Wright said in a sermon on Sept. 16, 2001.

“We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America’s chickens are coming home to roost,” he told his congregation.

Well, I mean… it’s not like anyone considers Reverend Wright to be one of the top ministers or anything…

Rev. Wright, who declined to be interviewed by ABC News, is considered one of the country’s 10 most influential black pastors, according to members of the Obama campaign.

Obama has praised at least one aspect of Rev. Wright’s approach, referring to his “social gospel” and his focus on Africa, “and I agree with him on that.”

Oh, well… I’m sure his congregation doesn’t agree with him, or if they do, they probably don’t think Obama has been influenced by him…

“I wouldn’t call it radical. I call it being black in America,” said one congregation member outside the church last Sunday.

“He has impacted the life of Barack Obama so much so that he wants to portray that feeling he got from Rev. Wright onto the country because we all need something positive,” said another member of the congregation.

Well, crap.  Um… what does Barack Obama have to say about all of this?

Obama declined to comment on Rev. Wright’s denunciations of the United States

Sen. Obama does not think of the pastor of his church in political terms.

In a campaign appearance earlier this month, Sen. Obama said, “I don’t think my church is actually particularly controversial.” He said Rev. Wright “is like an old uncle who says things I don’t always agree with,” telling a Jewish group that everyone has someone like that in their family.

Huh… well then.  I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if anything comes of this, although I doubt it (I mean, apparently in the US you can’t be a Muslim and try to run for President, but as long as you’re some kind of Christian it’s just fine).  Amazing how that works, huh?