FOX Lies!! Barack Obama Pastor Wright

[chosenbyone]

Originally Posted by izzyschwartz

On the subject of FOX News lying,--how did they lie? This madman said the things he said to incite hate. We are dealing with someone here who is wresting the Scriptures to his own destruction. This evil man was exposed,- and what he says on the rest of the video does not justify his hatred. There is a time for war and a time to kill- that is what the Scripture says!

FOX and in particular, Bill O'Reilly, blatantly lied about Rev. Jeremiah Wright, claiming "we have now proven beyond a reasonable doubt that he is an anti-American guy and there's no question about it." He made this claim on the basis of 3 minutes of soundbites taken out of context. 3 minutes out of tens of thousands of minutes of preaching over the course of 35 years.

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Too funny!!!!

[bishopnl]

Originally Posted by chosenbyone

FOX and in particular, Bill O'Reilly, blatantly lied about Rev. Jeremiah Wright, claiming "we have now proven beyond a reasonable doubt that he is an anti-American guy and there's no question about it." He made this claim on the basis of 3 minutes of soundbites taken out of context. 3 minutes out of tens of thousands of minutes of preaching over the course of 35 years.

Obama himself said he condemned the statements, and that he did not agree with Wright.

Is he lying too?

[BrotherEastman]

Below is an assignment that I have done in my Critical Thinking class. I am curious as to why the black constintuency of our nation has switched from being Republican to Democratic. Can anyone unbiasly answer this question? Please read before making a comment, and may I suggest going to these sources before you do as well. If you answer with an opinion, at least back it up with some sources.


The online news article I read was from www.newsmax.com ,which was about Martin Luther King Jr. being a Republican. From the beginning, I was set to prove this article wrong because I have always known that the majority of the African-American community to be of the Democratic persuasion. To back my understanding of this fact, I went to http://people-press.org/commentary/d...?AnalysisID=95 , this site has shown the black democratic population to be 62-65% since 2000. So, why the claim from the newsmax.com staff that Martin Luther King Jr.was a Republican? I have been a casual reader of newsmax.com for several months, and I have come to the conclusion that they are biased towards the Republicans because they are always putting the Democrats in a "bad light" based upon their views.
My findings after doing search engine research through google were interesting. I have discovered that Martin Luther King Jr. was not opposed to ''democratic socialism", but privately supported this political idea so that he wouldn't be indicted by John F Kennedy for communism. The thing that kept him from embracing democratic socialism was the fact that it was difficult to put values of faith with socialism. The sources for this information are found www.en/wikipedia.org/wikj/martin_luther_king,_jr , and www.nbra.com . The "National Black Republicans Association" has a magazine called "The Black Republican" that seems to back up the claim made by newsmax.
In my opinion, newsmax is trustworthy in a biased sort of way.

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I referenced this article on Rico's thread, "My Thoughts On Racism". Thought is was very interesting.

Typical
By Cal Thomas
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

One of the best tools I have seen that could help bridge the racial divide is a PBS documentary series called "African American Lives." Its creator and host is Harvard professor Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. The program is a rarity in television. It informs without bias.

This four-part series features Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Quincy Jones, Mae Jemison, Dr. Ben Carson, Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot and Chris Tucker. Using DNA, the program traces their ancestry. Some have firm roots in African tribes, but others are surprising. For instance, Gates, who is African American, found that much of his DNA could be traced back to Ireland.

"African American Lives 2," the sequel to the original program, traced the lineage of comedian Chris Rock, singer Tina Turner, Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman Jr., and magazine publisher Linda Johnson Rice, among others. Using courthouse documents, plantation ledgers and slave ship records, the subjects learn surprising things about their forebears. One of Rock's ancestors was a South Carolina state senator. One of Turner's ancestors founded the school she attended as a child, though she didn't know about the genealogical link until the program revealed it in a touching moment.

I defy anyone but the most ardent racist to watch this series and not be transformed by what it reveals. I have spoken and exchanged e-mail with Dr. Gates and he says the main message in these programs is that slavery was more about economics than race.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/C.../03/25/typical

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Originally Posted by BrotherEastman

Below is an assignment that I have done in my Critical Thinking class. I am curious as to why the black constintuency of our nation has switched from being Republican to Democratic. Can anyone unbiasly answer this question? Please read before making a comment, and may I suggest going to these sources before you do as well. If you answer with an opinion, at least back it up with some sources.


The online news article I read was from www.newsmax.com ,which was about Martin Luther King Jr. being a Republican. From the beginning, I was set to prove this article wrong because I have always known that the majority of the African-American community to be of the Democratic persuasion. To back my understanding of this fact, I went to http://people-press.org/commentary/d...?AnalysisID=95 , this site has shown the black democratic population to be 62-65% since 2000. So, why the claim from the newsmax.com staff that Martin Luther King Jr.was a Republican? I have been a casual reader of newsmax.com for several months, and I have come to the conclusion that they are biased towards the Republicans because they are always putting the Democrats in a "bad light" based upon their views.
My findings after doing search engine research through google were interesting. I have discovered that Martin Luther King Jr. was not opposed to ''democratic socialism", but privately supported this political idea so that he wouldn't be indicted by John F Kennedy for communism. The thing that kept him from embracing democratic socialism was the fact that it was difficult to put values of faith with socialism. The sources for this information are found www.en/wikipedia.org/wikj/martin_luther_king,_jr , and www.nbra.com . The "National Black Republicans Association" has a magazine called "The Black Republican" that seems to back up the claim made by newsmax.
In my opinion, newsmax is trustworthy in a biased sort of way.

I'll have to check, but I believe I've read it had something to do with the "welfare system" pandering.

Ferd might have more info on that.

[BrotherEastman]

Another interesting article:

Ken Blackwell - Columnist for the New York Sun It's an amazing time to be alive in America. We're in a year of firsts in this presidential election: the first viable woman candidate; the first viable African-American candidate; and a candidate who is the first front running freedom fighter over 70. The next president of America will be a first. We won't truly be in an election of firsts, however, until we judge every candidate by where they stand. We won't arrive where we should be until we no longer talk about skin color or gender. Now that Barack Obama steps to the front of the Democratic field, we need to stop talking about his race, and start talking about his policies and his politics. The reality is this: Though the Democrats will not have a nominee until August, unless Hillary Clinton drops out, Mr. Obama is now the frontrunner, and its time America takes a closer and deeper look at him. Some pundits are calling him the next John F. Kennedy. He's not. He's the next George McGovern. And it's time people learned the facts.

Because the truth is that Mr. Obama is the single most liberal senator in the entire U.S. Senate. He is more liberal than Ted Kennedy, Bernie Sanders, or Mrs. Clinton. Never in my life have I seen a presidential frontrunner whose rhetoric is so far removed from his record. Walter Mondale promised to raise our taxes, and he lost. George McGovern promised military weakness, and he lost. Michael Dukakis promised a liberal domestic agenda, and he lost. Yet Mr. Obama is promising all those things, and he's not behind in the polls. Why? Because the press has dealt with him as if he were in a beauty pageant. Mr. Obama talks about getting past party, getting past red and blue, to lead the United States of America. But let's look at the more defined strokes of who he is underneath this superficial "beauty." Start with national security, since the president's most important duties are as commander-in-chief.

Over the summer, Mr. Obama talked about invading Pakistan, a nation armed with nuclear weapons; meeting without preconditions with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who vows to destroy Israel and create another Holocaust; and Kim Jong II, who is murdering and starving his people, but emphasized that the nuclear option was off the table against terrorists - something no president has ever taken off the table since we created nuclear weapons in the 1940s. Even Democrats who have worked in national security condemned all of those remarks. Mr. Obama is a foreign-policy novice who would put our national security at risk.

Next, consider economic policy. For all its faults, our health care system is the strongest in the world. And free trade agreements, created by Bill Clinton as well as President Bush, have made more goods more affordable so that even people of modest means can live a life that no one imagined a generation ago. Yet Mr. Obama promises to raise taxes on "the rich." How to fix Social Security? Raise taxes. How to fix Medicare? Raise taxes. Prescription drugs? Raise taxes. Free college? Raise taxes. Socialize medicine? Raise taxes. His solution to everything is to have government take it over. Big Brother on steroids, funded by your paycheck.

Finally, look at the social issues. Mr. Obama had the audacity to open a stadium rally by saying, "All praise and glory to God!" but says that Christian leaders speaking for life and marriage have "hijacked" - hijacked - Christianity. He is pro-partial birth abortion, and promises to appoint Supreme Court justices who will rule any restriction on it unconstitutional. He espouses the abortion views of Margaret Sanger, one of the early advocates of racial cleansing. His spiritual leaders endorse homosexual marriage, and he is moving in that direction. In Illinois, he refused to vote against a statewide ban - ban - on all handguns in the state.

These are radical left, Hollywood, and San Francisco values, not Middle America values. The real Mr. Obama is an easy target for the general election. Mrs. Clinton is a far tougher opponent. But Mr. Obama could win if people don't start looking behind his veneer and flowery speeches. His vision of "bringing America together" means saying that those who disagree with his agenda for America are hijackers or warmongers. Uniting the country means adopting his liberal agenda and abandoning any conflicting beliefs. But right now everyone is talking about how eloquent of a speaker he is and - yes - they're talking about his race. Those should never be the factors on which we base our choice for president. Mr. Obama's radical agenda sets him far outside the American mainstream, to the left of Mrs. Clinton.

It's time to talk about the real Barack Obama. In an election of firsts, let's first make sure we elect the person who is qualified to be our president in a nuclear age during a global civilizational war. Subject: Kind of scary, wouldn't you think Remember--God is good, and is on time--every time. According to The Book of Revelations the anti-christ is: The anti-christ will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations with persuasive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like appeal....the prophecy says that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world peace, and when he is in power, will destroy everything. Is it OBAMA??

I STRONGLY URGE each one of you to repost this as many times as you can! Each opportunity that you have to send it to a friend or media outlet...do it! If you think I am crazy..Im sorry but I refuse to take a chance on the "unknown" candidate

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Brother Eastman! Break up the paragraph so I can read it faster! (lol) We are in Reader's Digest mode these days you know! (lol)

[CC1]

Originally Posted by BrotherEastman

Below is an assignment that I have done in my Critical Thinking class. I am curious as to why the black constintuency of our nation has switched from being Republican to Democratic. Can anyone unbiasly answer this question? .

The Democrat party offers more handouts. Perpetuates the victim mentality. It is the party that wants to tax those mean ole prejudice rich white people more and give the money to poor folks.

LBJ's so called "Great Society" programs almost single handedly destroyed the nuclear family in Black Culture by rewarding having no male in the home, single mothers, and the more illegetimate children you had the more you were rewarded with Government hand outs. All, of course, in the guise of "helping the children".

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Brother Eastman,
This is a great book, by Star Parker, that you need to read. It will go into more detail and is on the lines of what CC1 posted.

Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can Do About It

By Star Parker

America has two economic systems: capitalism for the rich, and socialism for the poor. This double–minded approach seems to keep the poor enslaved to poverty while the rich get richer. Let’s face it, despite its $400 billion price tag, welfare isn’t working.

The solution, asserts Star Parker, president and founder of the Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education (CURE),is a faith-based, not state-sponsored, plan. In "Uncle Sam’s Plantation," she offers five simple yet profound steps that will allow the nation’s poor to go from entitlement and slavery to empowerment and freedom.

Parker shares her own amazing journey up from the lower rungs of the economic system and addresses the importance of extending the free market system to this neglected group of people. Emphasizing personal initiative, faith, and responsibility, she walks readers toward releasing the hold poverty has over their lives.