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The problem is that religion is much too often used to divide and build hate, and this is misuse and abuse. People should not tolerate it. Falwell also blames the US for AIDS and various preachers have blamed 9/11 on the presence of homosexuals in America, abortion, etc. etc.

Every now and then the Left and the Right reach back so far in their confused logic that they end up holding hands. This is one of those times and can ultimately help both the Right and the Left to wake up by showing all of us how important it is that religion completely avoid slander.

Gandhi advocates separating the person from their deeds and views all people as fundamentally oriented toward goodness. He also advocates a stance of complete personal responsibilty toward the happiness of others—all others. This is a stance that can work. He based his efforts for justice entirely on it. Every time this is used truly great results occur. It's just extremely difficult to sustain.

It is easier to hurl a mountain into aeons of dust than it is to achieve a transformation of the human heart. Nonetheless this transformation is what we must accomplish. And we must do it ourselves—not by relying on demagogue leaders, elected or otherwise.

Judgment is one degree removed from the 5 senses—a necessary aspect of life but often over-trusted, particarly when aimed toward other human beings. Analytical ability and spiritual awareness are more valuable. And even more valuable yet is a sincere desire for, and actions taken on behalf of, the happiness of others.

The problem is that religion is much too often used to divide and build hate, and this is misuse and abuse. People should not tolerate it. Falwell also blames the US for AIDS and various preachers have blamed 9/11 on the presence of homosexuals in America, abortion, etc. etc.

Every now and then the Left and the Right reach back so far in their confused logic that they end up holding hands. This is one of those times and can ultimately help both the Right and the Left to wake up by showing all of us how important it is that religion completely avoid slander.

Gandhi advocates separating the person from their deeds and views all people as fundamentally oriented toward goodness. He also advocates a stance of complete personal responsibilty toward the happiness of others—all others. This is a stance that can work. He based his efforts for justice entirely on it. Every time this is used truly great results occur. It's just extremely difficult to sustain.

It is easier to hurl a mountain into aeons of dust than it is to achieve a transformation of the human heart. Nonetheless this transformation is what we must accomplish. And we must do it ourselves—not by relying on demagogue leaders, elected or otherwise.

Judgment is one degree removed from the 5 senses—a necessary aspect of life but often over-trusted, particarly when aimed toward other human beings. Analytical ability and spiritual awareness are more valuable. And even more valuable yet is a sincere desire for, and actions taken on behalf of, the happiness of others.

Where is Condoleeza Rice?

Can we agree the reason behind Obama taking the subject of race and developed it into a mayor speech was because he got caught? Otherwise this great speech would never occurred. He first denied knowing of Wright's rhetoric. When he got caught then he gave this speech, but really, what else could he do? But that’s fine; all politicians lie. What I object about Obama is that he allowed his daughters to witness Wright's demagogue thus perpetuating the cycle, diminishing the very post-racial America he is trying to achieve. That is a huge lack of judgment.

The media give out information and the people have the right to accept or reject that information.

THANKS FOR REALITY T.V. THE PEOPLE KNOW THE THOUGHTS OF THE MEDIA.

What sheep the American public are! Do you actually think that these are new revelations? Clinton has been waiting to release these tapes to the media and used Ferraro to give her an excuse to release them. Why do you think she will not release her tax returns? When the media finds out she took millions in kickbacks then you will swing back to Obama's camp. Media controls everything judgment you make. Sheep!

If he doesn’t know what Wright believed and stands for the last 20 years, then he is a dumb head and can’t qualify to be an US President. If he knows and ignores it, then he is one of the anti Americans and live in United State and has very HIGH POWER unfortunately. Either case, he should drop the race and quit the Senate. No matter what he says and explains today, it was 20 years late.

For all those talking about it all starting in Iowa and people spoke in Iowa about wanting Obama - Well, that was BEFORE they knew about his friendship with Mr. Wright. I've spoken to tons of people who want their votes back. Obama is a liar and a politician just trying to spin his racist radical beliefs to win the nomination/presidency. I don't feel like I even want to watch his upcoming speech. I cannot believe him anymore. He is tarnished in my book. I can forgive him but that does not mean I will vote for him to hold the highest power in the world.

Everything is falling into place now, his not wearing the Flag, not pledging alliegence, his wife's comment about not being proud of America!

Obama needs to drop out NOW!! not give another lying speech!! Everybody knows what racism is, it seems that he does not! since he says he did not realize Wright's comment were that. So Obama do not preach to us!!

The mask has been removed!

If he doesn’t know what Wright believes and stands for the last 20 years, then he is a dumb head and can’t qualify to be an US President. If he know and ignore it, then he is one of the anti Americans and live in United State unfortunately. Either case, he should drop the race and quit the Senate.

Geraldine Ferraro is right. She should feel vindicated.

Barack OBAMA is a big fraud, and those who voted for him were duped by his sweet (but empty) words.

and for those people who say this isnt about race, why do you thing Oprah went out of her way to promote his candidacy? and why do you think 90% of black vote for him?

Wake up America. You might have a Manchurian candidate for a President. He'd be worse than W.

United States of America...is that how BHO plans to honor support her, by not wearing a flag, or covering his heart during the Star Spangled Banner?
If you want to throw mud, like everyone seems so eager to do with Hillary from her past, lets go to BHO,s history with drugs and alchol.
To all, seen the polls ot of Pennsylvania today? Hillary is on a role, and is a solid win over Mccain.
Lastly, get out your bibles and sunday best, I am sure BHO will be turning his speech into a chorus of "amens" in the audience...hand picked audience.

I find it very fascinating that the video clips of the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Jr. have generated such a huge discussion all over the Internet. Here is one individual preaching before his congregation of 8,000 to 10,000 members. Yet where is the discussion of the hundreds if not thousands of professors in our universities and colleges that spread similar hate-speech in their classrooms all across America?

JoAnna, I certainly appreciate and understand your viewpoint. There is one area, however, in which there seems to be a bit of a disconnect. This is not a criticism. I am just curious. You wrote: "Not one person has ever been able to answer my question as to how Obama is going to pay for any of his ideas,..." Yet you support Sen. Clinton who once stated (I believe it was in October 2007): "I have a million ideas. The country can't afford them all."

DCVoter, Catherine and all Hillary lovers, this is not Obama's position, this is not Obama's idea and this is not Obama's view of race and the world. Obama will win the primaries and win the White House. Hilary has no idea about economy or national security, she is divisive and old politics. From inevitable to underdog, she has gone down in history as the most incompetant candidate in terms of management style. Where are the tax returns?????????????

IS HILLARY PERFECT? NO
IS OBAMA PERFECT? NO
IS McCAIN PERFECT? NO

Economic change
Jobs prosperity
Trade talks
End this war
Gas
Oil

What is real reporting? Is this a way to control others?

Who is Stanley Dunham?
Who is Madelyn Dunham?

What is white and what is black?

What is human?

What is the family resemblance?

Will third culture people help to bring about economic change? (not third world)
Most third culture people are ready for the jobs of the future are you?

Can third culture People put an end to this war?

In the eighteen hundreds and before no one could justify racism.

No one Can justify racism today.

This is not about white or black. This is about human needs of America.

People in Iowa voted against the past.
We are a United States of America.

READY FOR CHANGE

Obama's speech is happening because of one thing only - the truth about his pastor and his church, the truth that Obama has been trying to suppress since before the campaign started, has been exposed. Thankfully, some real reporting has started and his free pass days are over. His speech, just as his panicked rush of interviews last Friday, is a reaction to his failed attempt to keep the ugly racist and anti-American underbelly of people who he has been extremely close to for over 20 years (8,000 church members go a long way in a state senatorial district election) under wraps has failed. If the speech was so important, why did it take days of playing his pastor's hateful rants on TV to get him to give it? It's political desperation as he sees his image begin to crumble as he finds himself running against two strong candidates who never give up and are unwavering in their love for country and disdain for racism. His candidacy is based on transcending these race issues and on being different and transparent. Yet he has attempted to hide this from us and has (badly) attempted to brush it away as and then to talk his way out of it. He's failed us and himself at every turn.

He's just another highly ambitious politician who's quite good at reading a scripted speech. No doubt, some adoring admirers will be bamboozled by yet another speech from the speech candidate.

Let's see him answer questions.

I listened to Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts, III an Abyssinian Baptist minister say that when referring to Obama’s minister that "black people know how to decipher between radical rhetoric and what is practical application of love from God to everybody." Now, I have been a Christian a lot of years and I have never heard a white or a black minister and I have been to many black church’s...I have never heard any of them ever spew out hatred towards white people or America.
Church is supposed to not have you feel sorry for yourself, or get you angry about past hurts, and it is not about anything other than "who Jesus is and how we need to make Him our point of reference as to how we need to behave."
Yet the blacks are saying that it is a black thing and they talk like that because we made them slaves at one time. Well I have been to many synagogues and worshipped with Jews and they were far more persecuted than blacks were, not to minimize what blacks went through, only that I never heard any Jews spewing hatred about anything, only worship towards God.
Now, the blacks are trying to justify the racist behavior of who Obamas pastor and friend really is. Before this came out about his pastor he praised him. Now I don't believe for one minute that Obama never knew of or heard him talk like this...which means he agrees with it or he would have stopped going there a long time ago and not just when he got political heat from it. He only stopped going when it became a problem for his campaign. Now, obama denies knowing anything only he lied. Because he said on national television that his pastor had told him that it might become a problem for him if he did not distance himself from his pastor some day and obama agreed with him.
I told you all along. He is a con artist. I am tired of blacks making excuses and lying for him just so he will get elected because he is black. If Hillary had gone to a church that talked about whites getting beaten up by blacks or blacks being the leading cause of murders and that is why so many blacks are in jail, she would have been called a racist. See there is a double standard that blacks have set up. We can't call them hoes, but they can call themselves that. We can't say anything that they think is a racist remark but they can call us crackers or talk about how we oppressed them. I for one am sick of it. I have always defended blacks, loved them, hung out with them, but I am sick now of the double standard they are imposing on whites.
I tell you this that if Hillary does not win the nomination with the vote so close than the Democratic party will be broken. The Democrats will loose many voters. Hillary will take Obama on as Vice President, but he won't do the same for her. There will be too many hurt feelings. In spite of what has taken place recently, if Obama does win, I will no longer be a Democrat either.
Not one person has ever been able to answer my question as to how Obama is going to pay for any of his ideas, or what plans he will implement to bring about his plans.
For someone who says he wants to bring about change and unite the parties together, well, he has done nothing but pull everyone a part. First telling everyone in Congress that they are the old way of doing things and that they need to leave is not exactly bringing people together. Talk is cheap!! The bible says you will know the tree by its fruit. Look at obamas fruit...who he hangs out with, who he worships with, it is the opposite of what he says. He is double minded, and a double minded man is unstable in all his ways.