Bill O’Reilly calls me an apologist for Rev. Jeremiah Wright

03/25/2008 6:44 pm 49 comments

On tonight’s “O’Reilly Factor,” I’ve been told that Bill O’Reilly called me out about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. I was watching CNN and didn’t see the show, but I’ll watch the re-broadcast.

But here is the email I sent to Bill and two top Fox News Channel executives. Let’s see if he takes me up on my offer.

“Hey, Bill! Someone sent me an email saying you called me out. First, thanks for the publicity, I appreciate that. Be sure to get the website right – ROLANDSMARTIN.COM.

“Now, I always enjoyed doing your show prior to me joining CNN.

“I missed your show because I was actually watching CNN – I’m sure you could figure that one out.

“Now, I can’t come on your air because I’m under contract. But I’ll be happy to do your radio show – any time, any day, any where – to discuss this issue.

“My cell is 4XX-XXX-XXXX.

“Call me. I’ll be happy to chat with you on this subject.”

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  • K lowe

    Now, Rev. Wright was not a problem when Bill and Hillary Clinton was asking for his support and taking photographs with him in the Clinton presidency, but now it is a problem? The indignation of these two. That is why America is hated around the world, not because it is the most powerful nation on the face of the earth, but because of America’s hypocrasy. Fighting for other people’s freedoms, yet not protecting my own freedoms right here in America.

  • Molly

    I seriously think I am falling in love. ;-) Please let us know if Bill calls you. Will you mention his calling you out on CNN? Or is that not allowed either?

  • Molly

    I was just watching Anderson Cooper’s 360… I was so frustrated because I live in a different time zone and always miss the opportunity to comment..

    Can I just ask why they (Hilary campaign and the media) are hanging onto this Rev Wright story with a put bull grip? Hillary Clinton’s remarks today about Rev Wright (in Greensburg PA my hometown no less) struck me as completely hypocritical and self-serving. Not that this is any surprise, but if Hilary thinks she in a place to judge a person’s intent or integrity, I have serious question.

    If we’re talking about associations and when to leave and when to stay… Let’s just say that if my husband was Bill Clinton, I would have disavowed AND divorced the man a long time ago. Fool me once, shame on you. Shame me twice, shame on me. And Hillary apparently has no shame because if my husband had been charged repeatedly with sexual harassment and had engaged in multiple consensual affairs and was willing to humiliate me personally and lie to the point that my defense of him once the truth came out was seen as my stupidity and ignorance… well, I can guarantee you he wouldn’t be my husband anymore.

    Let’s be clear: Reverend Wright is not running for President. Obama is not responsible for what comes aor has ever come from his mouth. And to be honest, I go to my church IN SPITE of how boring my minister’s sermons are. :-) If it comes out that there is video of Obama saying something irresponsible, then you have a story. But this Wright thing is so over. If people want to talk seriously about race, class, etc… fine. But Rev Wright? He surely doesn’t deserve this from a country he served both militarily and socially. You don’t disavow an entire career for a few stumbles. And for the Clinton’s to even have an opinion is at best hubris, and at worst, it’s looking to be struck by lightening.

  • http://www.singlemamahood.com Ms Kelly

    Stay on it, Roland!

  • WAKE-UP

    Roland,
    No disrespect, but a lot of white people don’t understand the Black Community or you are not willing to see that Black people may not have the same view of America as they do. We have common hopes, but equality in America is not for its entire people.
    Caucasians make up 66% of America / Minorities make up 34% of America / Blacks make up 12% of that 34% of minorities. If the percentages and conditions were reversed I believe that their understanding would be different. (Blacks make up 70% of the inmates in American jails; remember only 12% of the population)
    Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were great Black Americans and they were also friends. Blacks respect them both and hold them dear for their ultimate contribution of sacrifice. Martin was about non-violent protest and was called many disrespectful names. They called Malcolm a racist because he said “if they hit you, you hit them back” and he also called them “blue eyed devils”. Do they remember all the names black people were called back then???— I guess not. We don’t call Malcolm a racist… They DO! So, please tell them to stop using Malcolm X’s name if you don’t know his full story. They only use his name to create fear in less informed white people. (It’s Not Fair)
    What did Malcolm X, Farrakhan or Wright ever do that actually physically hurt White people? Did they lead a massacre on white people? Did they dump drugs in the suburban neighborhoods? NO, NO, AND NO!!! They just spoke up! The same as Robinson and Farwell.
    America has taken away or discredited all Black Leaders that have shown promise because of fear. Fear of _______??? You fill in the blank. America doesn’t mind if Black people follow Martin Luther King Jr., because he’s dead, and dead leaders can’t lead.
    Let’s not forget the teachings of Willie Lynch. What names did they call him when he was teaching the methods of slavery, racism, torture, rape and murder? (RACIST)
    White people need to stop being self-righteous… (EGO) Look at Katrina!
    Roland, Please have O’Rilley, explain why any group of people HAD to go through the history that Blacks have gone through in America. There was a people (Oppressors/white) and another group of people (Oppressees/black). And after all of this have we the Black people started a civil war??? NO, NO, AND NO!!! I dare him to reply. I bet he thinks that Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves… NO, NO, AND NO!!! Study real American history, it was the pressure of from Black and White abolitionists, most notably Fredrick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, Governor John Albion, Rep. Thaddeus Stevens, Sen. Charles Sumner, and Senator Lyman Trumbull authoring the first Confiscation Act, which started the emancipation process. Sen. Trumbull, then authored the Second Confiscation Act, which freed the slaves of all rebels, and co-authored the Thirteenth Amendment, which actually freed the slaves.
    I’ve heard NO DENOUNCING OR REJECTING of White Religious leaders who made similar remarks as Rev. Wright, and let’s not talk about the Catholic Church and child abuse!!! Did the members stop going to those religious institutions??? Did they call it a house of child abusing liars preying on Americas’ young? Think about it. Remember a little over fifty years ago black people were being beaten, spit on and cursed for trying to go to the same schools as white children (Brown v. Board of Education), etc., and there are still places in America minorities are not welcomed. Yes, there has been change, but not enough. Blacks take what we are given and they call it equality.
    Remember, this government allowed Black men to have syphilis as an experiment, back in 1939 – 1972 and White people find it hard to believe that Blacks could think HIV was designed for Black people. We know our history! (Look at the aids epidemic in Africa) wow!
    On the matter of leaving or staying in a particular church,,, a Black Church. Here we go again; it’s obvious a lot of people know nothing about the Black Community or the Black Church (sure). But they discredit a Black leader Rev. Jeremiah Wright and then they act so appalled. They can spin and play the sound bites any way they want, because they own the air waves. They can create fear among less informed White people (part of the 66%), but it’s not fair, when they themselves understand the sentiments of Black people and they know that things have to be put in context to have full and correct understanding. I challenge them and their cohorts to listen to the whole sermon, go to the Black State of the Union next year or to a Black Church. Would they prefer Mr. Obama go to a White Church? Or maybe they should circulate a list of approved Churches for the Black community.
    At some point America has to come to terms with it’s past and teach real American History in our general schools. One principle we teach in church, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you”, what does this mean to them? American politicians can do anything to others and the people have to act like zombies! We can call them OUT!!! This is why our country is in such a felled state. WE THE PEOPLE MUST SPEAK OUT, WE ARE A GREAT PEOPLE AND A GREAT NATION, but we must hold our politicians accountable… If a preacher paraphrases current events to point out that our political climate must change, is he wrong? Bill Maher does it every week. Is America so sacred that we can’t voice our disappointments? Or is it that they have never experienced what a Black man in America has experienced. If a person is not Black then they can’t tell our story and we can not tell theirs, but we can respect each other. I do respect them. You know there are still places in this great land of the free that minorities aren’t welcomed. Ask O’Rilley if he is a member of any of those clubs?
    Obama, is not aspiring to be the post racial unifier, he is aspiring to be the President of the United State.
    Is being President an Entitlement? If it is an ENTITLEMENT to the 66%, and Obama must bleach his skin and act like he as no history, even though half of his history in White, and White people never call him a White man (?!#%$#@*?), then he should get out of this race, because that means America is a liar!
    Think about our Children please. This America must unite on real things and get back to real pride and respect as one people or we are headed down an even darker path. You are a very intelligent and you understand what the make up of America will be by 2020 and 2050 (according to the census report). We must get to diplomacy and what’s right for the people of our country and get away from race or we will be heading to destruction. Our country can’t afford any more greed from the 1% to 5%. We only have this world and we can’t keep covering it with darkness. We must deal with our enemies but we can’t keep creating new ones. (Diplomacy) We can not continue to build a large population of our people in prisons. We need a productive America.
    PLEASE!!! Tell them to Stop creating fear in people and Stop repackaging Sen. Barack Obama, who has a great deal to offer this country!!! PLEASE, for our Children.

  • J. Rowland

    In regards to Malcolm X, most Black and White Americans do not understand that if it wasn’t for Malcolm’s hard nose, unapologetic, call it like it is approach to the solution, the US Government would have never taken Dr. King serious. Blacks were becoming volatile (and rightfully so), tired of the turning the other cheek, and began to follow Malcolm. Thats when JFK said okay get King on the phone right now, the Negroes are out of control. Today they only celebrate Dr. King because he didn’t make them fill as guilty about their ugliness as Malcolm did.

  • Lewis

    Well said Wake up. But let me tell you what White America is afraid of. They are afraid of losing control of this Nation, politically and economically. They know the days are number for when they will no longer hold the majority when voting or owning the corporations.
    It is only a matter of time before the Republicans completely realign themselves with the Latinos to try and preserve that majority, politically and economically. So what is it that they fear?

    EQUALITY!

    White America fears the day it has to actually compete on a equal platform. They fear the day, when things are no longer working out to their liking and they can’t just change the rules to give them the edge, as they usually do.
    They fear that another class of people might take control of this country and do to them what they did to Blacks.

    White America fears EQUALITY like a Vampire fears sun light. There is a minority of White America who are truly good people.
    But the majority of White America is not concerned with minorities being equal. They are only concerned with doing whatever is possible to keep the control of the political and economical processes.

    Think about this, why won’t we make sure there are electronic voting machines with paper trails. Is it because of a secret ballot? HELL TO THE NAH. It is because, if and when an election needs to be overturned. It can and will be. Think of it as a form of eminent domain for voters. The votes will be sieze if the outcome threatens White America. With that said, if Obama wants any chance of a fair election he better start working on getting a paper trail or he is going to lose by 537 votes.

  • kuntakinte

    Lewis

    I think the biggest thing us whiteys fear about having blacks take over is having to learn a new language, ebonics.

    Having to lower ALL of our standards, not just some of them.

    Having to ALL have children out of wedlock.

    Having to live in ghettos.

    Having to have our kids shot dead in gansta drive by shootings.

    Having to trash anyone who trys to be do better in school or work as “acting white”.

    I guess if we try real hard, we can do it.

    Yes, it is scarey, but I KNOW WE CAN DO IT!!

  • W Johnson

    J Rowland –

    Why does the Asian fly by the black man economically?

  • http://deleted nerakami

    I read this rather interesting post on a blog today, thought I would share it….

    When Senator Obama’s preacher thundered about racism and injustice Obama suffered smear-by-association. But when my late father — Religious Right leader Francis Schaeffer — denounced America and even called for the violent overthrow of the US government, he was invited to lunch with presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush, Sr.

    Dad and I were amongst the founders of the Religious right. In the 1970s and 1980s, while Dad and I crisscrossed America denouncing our nation’s sins instead of getting in trouble we became darlings of the Republican Party. (This was while I was my father’s sidekick before I dropped out of the evangelical movement altogether.) We were rewarded for our “stand” by people such as Congressman Jack Kemp, the Fords, Reagan and the Bush family. The top Republican leadership depended on preachers and agitators like us to energize their rank and file. No one called us un-American.

  • Helen Leonard

    Hey Roland, Good Job, I listened to the sermon of Rev. Wright, and I was over joyed. He has told nothing but the truth, I only wish other people could hear the sermon, we listen to you all the time on CNN. Agin Thanks for the truth, I am a 63 year old White Woman who knows the truth about how black people have been treated, not only that but how we as Americans have so much to pay for, Thank God for you and Rev. Wright, America better listen, Barack is our only hope, God is trying to tell us something. God Bless You, and please keep up the good work. You and Jack

  • Renee Osterwalder

    Hello All! First off Bro. Martin I want to thank you for your op ed piece on cnn.com . People are still fighting hard to hate. I had tried to post a quote from Hillarys Pastor on Rev. Wright, but for some reason CNN did not see fit to allow it to be posted. So I decided to come to your site and drop this knowledge! I encourage all who read this to copy it and post it on as many blogs as you can!

    Hillary said that if her Pastor was like Wright, that she would have left his church….well I think sistagal might want to start right now looking for a pew to rest her tired behind on! She is gonna lose all her hair when/if this ever comes to her attention:

    Ms. Clinton’s pastor speaking about Rev Wright this morning:

    “”The Reverend Jeremiah Wright is an outstanding church leader whom I have heard speak a number of times,” Snyder wrote. “He has served for decades as a profound voice for justice and inclusion in our society. To evaluate his dynamic ministry on the basis of two or three sound bites does a grave injustice to Dr. Wright, the members of his congregation, and the African-American church which has been the spiritual refuge of a people that has suffered from discrimination, disadvantage, and violence. Dr. Wright, a member of an integrated denomination, has been an agent of racial reconciliation while proclaiming perceptions and truths uncomfortable for some white people to hear. Those of us who are white Americans would do well to listen carefully to Dr. Wright rather than to use a few of his quotes to polarize.”

    Oops! Is that Hills jaw hitting the floor!!!!

    Renèe Rouse-Osterwalder
    Barack Obama 2008 co-chair for German Region Switzerland

  • Independent Observer

    Hey Roland,

    Thanks for posting the email. Im experienced in apologetics and can immediately discern betwixt a weak and fallacious argument and a good, logical one. If you are indeed invited to Fox to debate on the Rev. Wright issue… PLEASE be sure to focus on the context of Wright’s messages and vindicating him from the accusations of racism and anti-Americanism. For this is the ONLY way you can vindicate Obama’s relationship with him in the minds of conservatives. You MUST’NT get entangled in their strawman and began to assume the very thing that needs to be questioned…CONTEXT, concerning which, they are affraid and have no answer.

  • WAKE-UP

    Kutakinte, (Please Read)

    Please get over it!!!

    It’s about RESPECT— This is a great Nation with great people. You seem to think that it’s about one group of people LORDING of over another group of people for thier own personal gain… That’s why we’re in the situation now!!! That’s not what we are talking about. But if that is your point-of-view I have to RESPECTFULLY disagree with you… Think about our children 2025-2050!

  • J. Rowland

    W. Johnson,

    As far as I’m concerned, no one has flew pass me! I earned my piece of the American Pie despite having to jump hurdles and avoid traps that were systematically placed in front of me by the establishment. Unlike, most Americans , I am not afraid to compete. If someone from any race out-performs me, I don’t get mad at them or figure out a way to prevent them from advancing (ie immigration laws). I simply find out way to better myself.

  • W Johnson

    J Rowland

    “no one has flew pass me”? Maybe not you in particular, but blacks as a race. They’ve even gone by many whites. Why? Not because whites ancestors were slaves or something, but because some whites are lazy sh*ts. The difference is we call them lazy sh*ts. We don’t blame others for their being losers, we blame them.

    It is economic fact J. Deny it all you want.

  • W Johnson

    Roland, I love to see you beg!

  • W Johnson

    WAKE UP –

    What the hell are you talking about “respect”?

    You’re already the most pampered people there has ever been.

    Roland is nothing more than a token.

    Affirmative action. Give the less qualified black a job and pass by the more qualified white.

    Lower admission standard at colleges. Exclude the white kid and let the less qualified black kid in.

    Have you noticed states are moving away from it?

    New Jersey even stopped giving welfare for more than two children.

    Respect what?!

  • Hiram Abiff

    W. Johnson,

    Go jump. Why do you continue to stick your red nose in Black Folks Bit-ness, please stay off our websites and blogs “Your not our Kind of People”. Have you notice Ireland is under the British Crown? Go on Irish websites and talk to those who were and are sexually abused by Irish Priest :-)

  • J. Rowland

    W Johnson,

    You have a cognitive incapacity. You will never understand (or want to) what its like to be black or native American in this country. For the record, I am not in denial, there are winners and losers in every race. The difference is, that some where systematic set up to fail in many ways. You can ignore the ugly history of this country all you want, but I know one thing for sure. We (minorities) are going to take over this country!

  • W Johnson

    J Rowland

    You are right, I won’t and don’t want to. Nor will you ever no what it is like to endlessly be blamed for something you had and have nothing to do with. Blacks in America are the most pampered people there have ever been and they stay at the bottom!

    The history of your beloved motherland is uglier then America’s regardless of how much you deny it.

    What will you do when you take over, turn the whole country into a gansta run ghetto? That’s all you’ve done so far! Newark, Bed Stuy, Camdem, Detroit, Gary.

    I know, it’s whitey’s fault. Same old broken record.

  • W Johnson

    Hiram

    GFY, we have to let blacks into ALL our endevors (god forbid you ever do anything on your own worthwhile), so, I think I’ll continue to comment.

    Wadda madder, bro, trut hurt. schwatz?

  • Cathy

    Roland-

    I wonder if Bill O’Reilly has ever listed to the whole sermon everyone is talking about??? We know Senator Clinton didn’t because that was clear when she was “answering a direct question” about Rev. Wright.

    And one slight correction Dean Snyder is the current minister of Clintons’ FORMER church in DC. Snyder was NOT the minister at the time the Bill Clinton was in office and attended the church. But regardless, does that mean Senator Clinton will now disown Foundry United Methodist Church????

  • Hiram Abiff

    W. Johnson,

    Who is “WE”? Dude your Irish, which means your not considered The Great White Hope, lol. And what has the Irish built that African Americans want to be apart of? Your Trash my man, go jump! Why dont you River Dance your way to a Irish Website and talk about your own Drunk issues?

    What have African Americans done worthwhile? African Americas built America from the inside out, you Fag Homo. You dont know truth, your full of Dead Man’s Bones, your intellect causes you to be a “Cyber Bully” getting off on talking crap about African Americans behind a Computer Screen!

    Good Luck trying to get a job at Six Flags Great America /or/ Burger King, HA! Such pile of crap are you, and for the record African Americans dont blame the Irish, so your not even a FACTOR, ha! America has been a Gangsta Ghetto since the Brits took this Country from the Native Americans, in the process they “British” were and still is pissing on you and your Motherland (Ireland).

    So stop trying to place yourself among the “White Elite” when your nothing but a Drunk Irishmen with no RIGHTS in your own Country, Long Lives the Queen of England ;-)

  • J. Rowland

    W. Johnson

    Your stereotypical views do not bother me b/c I don’t fit them. I guess I have to say it again, I accept Jesus as my lord and savior, I have a big house, three nice cars, a loving wife and two beautiful children. Smells like success to me. I accomplished a lot in-spite of not because of. I am from Alabama therefore America is my home and its my duty to make sure its a better place for everyone, including you. Now that you have acknowledged that you refuse to accept reality, you are no longer worth my time and attention.

  • http://WWW.CWIALPHA.COM BIG B

    wake up you forgot the most important statistic ,non gentile whites [jews] are less than 10% of the population and own a very very very disturbingly high percentage of corporations . a small group should not have such disproportionate wealth compared to the majority. wake up do you see who is at the top of the 66% ,those are the people that own tv and radio stations and newspapers nation wide almost in its entirety. dont people find it strange that prisons are a big buisness cancer and hospitals are money makers for big pharmicueticals companies american blue collar jobs are not only gone because of greed and greedy extravigant lifestyles but the products that we used to produce are being sold back to us at ridiculous prices for the ulitimate profit!!! dont people wonder why we are working so much for so little, we work so much that people dont have time to engage political issues, this is no coincidence. you better believe that these owners want american workers [black and white gentile] to be the new mexican and chinese low cost savings worker. its people like w johnson who hide behind their computer and fan the flames of racism that play right into the hands of these elitists. wake up i am white from youngstown ohio a former professional football player i dont want you to label the 66% as all the same. and if black america is not hearing regular white america then look at predominately white states with very little african american populations Obama is pummeling Clinton. i hope you hear us because we need to come together and stop this modern day tyranny that is about to happen in america. isnt it strange how black and white [gentile] soldiers get along thats because they like it that way. the real truth is we get along look around dont let the media play you and realize why the owners of bear stearns are getting away with what they are about to. remember all major newspapers virtually all all radio and television stations are owned by the same group of people and they do not have your or my best interest in mind only their super greedy selves in which the greed in this nation has reached biblical proportions. Rev. Wright is right on the money and educate yourself on who the white people are he talks about as you cannot group all in one because there are big differences. OBAMA 2009

  • Tanya

    O.k. Roland that does it for me! Count me totally out as a supporter of Senator Barack Obama’s bid for President. I made up my mind following his committs today on the View tv show. He told them that he “would leave the church (Trinity) if Rev. Wright had not apologized and retired.” First of all Rev. Wright has NOT apologized..he is sticking to his creed of being “Unapologeticly Black”, and “Undeniably Christian”…. I RESPECT THAT. Obama has just named his price to become President…his church and religious leader. What a sad comentary.

  • W Johnson

    Hiram

    Do you know the difference between your and you’re?

  • W Johnson

    J Rowland

    If you were able to make it, why are so many others in your race so lost, blaming all their problems on whitey and taking no responsibilty for themselves, as you apparently have?

  • W Johnson

    Big B – do you have any clue as to why the Jews have so much?

    They run businesses and work their asses off.

    They go to college, go to law school, medical school, business school.

    They don’t endless bitch and moan that standards should be lowered just so they can make the grade.

    If your people weren’t so LAZY, your people could have it too. Quit your bitching and moaning about slavery and racism, go to school, get good grades (acting white), college, law school, medical and business school. If you do not, enjoy your life at the bottom.

    After all the affirmative action!! What a waste!

  • http://WWW.CWIALPHA.COM BIG B

    w johnson i am white its called the buddy system that the jews use in a selfish selfpromoting way to the peril of gentile americans. former President Harry s. Truman memoirs reveal just what is happeniing with the jews in charge of our financial system. He threatened Winston Churchhill for sneaking them into Ellis island and knew their greed would be detrimental to American citizens. I know its very hard to find out truths because guess who owns almost 100% of all publishing companies in N. America and trying to monopolize worldwide. Also i have a bachelor of science degree from a good university i got there from hard work trust me. I recieved a free education via a football scholarship. I took advantage of an opportunity and took it way farther than you will ever get, believe it. A professional football career, traveled to almost every country on this earth, oceanfront condo on FT, Lauderdale Beach, Montego Bay Jamaica Ski Chalet in Ellocotville NY . Not bad for a white guy who grew up poor in youngstown oh. I bet you had a way better opportunity but havent accomplished anything in life but getting people on this website upset and i am more sure you are 5’5 125 sitting behind your giant jewish owned computer feeling like a big man. Educate yourself, you have fallen into a trap that your life will only get as far as you are right now. And knowing what i know and seeing what ihave seen i wouldnt be surprised if someone has put you on this website to do what you are doing, w johnson sounds like a stage name just like your favorite community.[ EVER THOUGHT OF MOVING TO ISRAEL LET ME KNOW ILL PAY FOR YOUR FLIGHT AND MAKE IT FIRST CLASS.

  • W Johnson

    Hiram

    Finally found out the difference between your and you’re?!

    You must be so pround of yourself.

    See, going to high school wasn’t such a waste of time!

    Schvatza.

  • W Johnson

    Hiram -

    Damn, MY TYPO!!

    NOT “pround”, “proud”! I was rushing, and did not check. My bad!

    Schvatza.

  • Fitzverity C. Silvera

    Dear America:

    Why are we judging Barack Obama by the words of another man?

    Reverend Jeremiah Wright served his country honorably as a U.S. Marine. As such, he has earned full rights under the Constitution of these United States of America. One of those rights is freedom of speech. This freedom of speech does not require consent or agreement from those being spoken to.

    America must understand the point of view of a formerly enslaved and now oppressed people. When white men wrote the words to the Constitution that “all men are created equal” they saw fit not to include people of African descent who remained in enslavement. As a people who have felt the wrath of American Democracy for more than four hundred years, forgive us as a people.

    After only forty years of freedom forgive us for sometimes thinking and saying what is perceived as “crazy” things yet all the while dying in every war ever fought for any and everything that resulted from Jamestown to Plymouth Rock including the army of the Confederate States of America through today’s war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

    Though Crispus Attuck was the first to give his life and many others of African descent fought for Independence and in the War of 1812, in the Battle of 1815, the Civil War and the Spanish – American War, World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam and Gulf Wars I and II, we are still not fully accepted as truly loyal citizens of our country. We still live in a country that allows a symbol of insurrection and enslavement to continue to fly legally.

    Did Senator McCain have to denounce his mother and her words regarding Mormons? Have we analyzed the past ten years of sermons by the pastors of Senators’ McCain and Clinton? Have they ever said anything inflammatory or controversial that we should know about? Should those candidates be held accountable for what their pastors have said? Are those candidates even identified with any specific church? Should McCain have to renounce and denounce Pat Robertson or Hagee and other controversial pastors that have endorsed him? If Obama has to renounce Farrakhan and Wright, why is there no call for McCain to renounce and or denounce inflammatory preachers who support him?

    What frailty does white America believe exists in the hearts and minds of the descendants of enslaved Africans; that like the rest of America, we can go to any church, pray to any God, be preached to by anyone; leave church and then ignore everything that was said by the preacher and break the promises we made to God.

    For over forty years, our government knowingly and with purpose infected the descendants of the enslaved with syphilis. In light of the Tuskegee experiment as it was known, America must understand why we look at the HIV/AIDS infection rate among African Americans with a raised eyebrow. America should understand why the descendants of Africans see the greatness of America through a different prism; enslavement, Jim Crow, Ku Klux Klan, Dredd Scott, Plessy, lynchings, police brutality, inferior educational and employment opportunities.

    The test of whether we have made racial progress toward equality will be seen through future primaries. We must not allow the most segregated time in America to destroy the legitimate campaign of this African American, Barack Obama. No other candidate/citizen will have their love and patriotism questioned in this manner and overtone. African Americans believe that this is a negative legacy from the period of enslavement. What history suffers America to question the patriotism and loyalty of any Descendant of enslaved Africans. Only a Black person would suffer the indignity of being judged by the words of another.

    If we have truly achieved equality, then we will judge Barack Obama solely on his character, his ideas and what we believe that he can offer in the rebuilding of America; and we will not use the words of one man to characterize the humanity of another, and all the while we continue to die for America.

    F. Christophe Silvera, Secretary – Treasurer, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local #808 22-43 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101
    Tel: 917-297-2241, email: fitzverity@aol.com

  • Hiram Abiff

    W. Johnson,

    This is isn’t – this aint English Class. Once again you have no facts, so you resort to Spell Checking. Of which you are your worst enemy, lol ;-)

  • W Johnson

    Fitzverity C. Silvera -

    Nicely written, but shallow.

    Hitler was served in the army, too, as was Idi Amin. Millions of whites served without recognition, too.

    You blame ALL WHITES for slavery and the other issues you mention even though not a single white alive had anything to do with slavery or any of the other issues you mention nor did most of their families have anything do with either.

    You ignore, as do most other blacks, that slavery was and IS an African instituion. It was outlawed in the US before Africa. It sill exists in Africa today illegally.

    You accept no responsibility for blacks position and blame all their problems on whites. Blacks like Bill Cosby, who writes that blacks need to accept some responsibilty for this position are dismissed as out of touch.

    If you could not blame all your problems on whites, you would have nothing else to blame it on, would you.

  • W Johnson

    Hiram

    And I still be on da winnahs side and you still be on da loser’s side.

    Schvatza!

    The view is very nice from up here.

  • W Johnson

    Big B –

    I’m 6’2″, 195lbs, 55 yrs old. Run 3.2 miles 4-5 days a week, workout, etc.

    Do they teach you about upper case and commas in school or do you just ignore them?

    I have a place in St Croix. I prefer the Caribbean, although I like the scuba diving off the Palm Beaches a lot! We’re looking at some investments in So FLA since the market is in the dumps. Hope you didn’t buy at the top of the market!

    I am Catholic, CPA, Masters in Taxation and CFO for a real estate investment company in NYC.

    Where do you get this Jewish conspiricy stuff from? If you know anything about Jews, it’s that they all hate one another, want to get each other’s money and any time you get 3 Jews together, you get 6 different opinions.

    You sound kinda like a paranoid Nazi. Time to fire up the ovens?!

    W Johnson a stage name? Like you were baptised Big B?!?!

  • Blackneocon

    Roland,

    Black people like you embarass those of us who are trying to make something of ourselves. Quit trying to explain what Rev. Wright meant. Let us decide for ourselves.

    The day blacks take responsibility for our actions and stop blaming everyone else for our problems is the day we will start making progress. Affirmative Action or Quotas is not going to do it for us.

    Blacks like you who get on TV and make excuses for losers disgust me.

  • http://www.Blacks4Barack.homestead.com Greg Jones

    Blacks4Barack presents:
    Hillary’s Religion (cult ?) ‘THE FAMILY’
    Very Scary !
    Prays To Jesus For The Elite To Rule The World

    The media has repeatedly aired the short clips of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s rhetoric in attempt to discredit and smear Barack Obama. But what’s even more interesting is the fact that the media never discusses Hillary Clinton’s religion, which is extremely telling and even frightening. A closer look into her ‘religion’ gives one a clearer picture of why she is the way she is.In a recent article by Steven Brandt many truths about Hillary’s religion, called ‘ The Family’ will make you shutter. The question is….where’s the media on this one ?

    Brandt writes, “You don’t choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend.” said Hillary Clinton, to reporters and editors of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Tuesday the 25th. This is an interesting choice of words, since — while we mostly hear about her Methodist upbringing — Hillary Clinton has chosen to associate herself with The Family (also known as the Fellowship), a very conservative, fundamentalist organization started by Abraham Vereide…
    “…an immigrant preacher who in 1935 organized a small group of businessmen sympathetic to European fascism, fusing the Far Right with his own polite but authoritarian faith. From that core, Vereide built an international network of fundamentalists who spoke the language of establishment power, a “family” that thrives to this day. In public, they host prayer breakfasts; in private they preach a gospel of “biblical capitalism,” military might, and American empire. Citing Hitler, Lenin, and Mao, Doug Coe, the Family’s current leader, declares, “We work with power where we can, build new power where we can’t.”
    This quote is taken from the book on The Family by the same name which will be published in May… a book which claims to
    “…dramatically challenge conventional wisdom about American fundamentalism, revealing its crucial role in the unraveling of the New Deal, the waging of the Cold War, and the no-holds-barred economics of globalization. The question Sharlet believes we must ask is not “What do fundamentalists want?” but “What have they already done?”
    A long article was written about Hillary Clinton’s participation in this organization last September in Mother Jones, and The Family, itself, was the subject of an extensive article in Harper’s in March of 2003. And on March 21st, The Nation published an article on Hillary and The Family by Barbara Ehrenreich that was published on The Huffington Post and CBS News’ web site.
    The Family avoids the word Christian but worships Jesus, though not the Jesus who promised the earth to the “meek.” They believe that, in mass societies, it’s only the elites who matter, the political leaders who can build God’s “dominion” on earth. Insofar as The Family has a consistent philosophy, it’s all about power – cultivating it, building it and networking it together into ever-stronger units, or “cells.”
    …wrote Ms.Ehrenreich.
    Is it possible that Hillary’s participation in this fundamentalist group — which apparently preaches the “gospel of military might” — would help explain her vote in favor of authorizing President Bush to attack Iraq? Is it possible her pro-NAFTA stance during her husband’s administration comes from its embrace of “the no-holds-barred economics of globalization”? Is it possible that the sense some get that Hillary feels entitled to be president comes in part from this group’s belief that “it’s only the elites who matter”?
    I encourage any reporter covering Hillary’s campaign to ask her about all this.

    At a time when so many people are wondering what sort of effect the Rev. Wright’s sermons may have had on Barack Obama, I think it’s only fair to ask what sort of effect The Family’s fundamentalist mission has had – and continues to have – on Hillary Clinton. We know that George Bush engages in truly fundamentalist thinking. There is no person or new information capable of challenging his belief that what he already knows is right. Is Hillary Clinton like this in some way? I am not sure.

    But the opinion I have formed from this is that – while Hillary Clinton may be considered a Liberal by many – on the inside she is a deeply Conservative person… possibly as close to being a Republican today as she was when she was a young woman supporting Senator Goldwater. This helps explain, to me, why she and John McCain are such good friends. They are both drawn to the use of military power and free market capitalism… and to taking money from lobbyists. The other opinion I have formed is that those who say there are no policy differences between Hillary and Barack haven’t taken into account how their religious differences might impact the policies they would actually seek to implement as president.
    (end of article)

    So now a few things make more sense about Hillary. In review, she’s in a kinda power-hungry cult which is actually run by her fellow Republicans which she is secretly one of ! It also makes sense why she could care less about detroying the Democratic Party. Also, beware of her claim to work toward ending the Iraq war. That is another great lie that she is telling. If you listen to her claims she commonly repeats ‘ I will start getting troops out within my first 60 days ‘…..How many ? 3….1000…10,000 ? Don’t be fooled. Hillary has no desire to end the war. She’ll bring 5 troops home then say that she kept her word.

    The media should be called out for not exposing this cult. Problem is, they would also be revealing the truths about their fellow Republican’s plan and prayers to ‘rule the world’ by any means. So it’s up to us, regular Americans like you and I, to help spread the truth in spite of the media…..For The Re-Birth of America !

    Greg Jones
    Visit: http://www.Blacks4Barack.org (A Multi-Racial Organization)

  • suckered in jersey

    my comment maybe late but still important. i was speaking to a relative earlier and talking about the whole rev wright fiasco. this person pointed out that as much as she loves her catholic faith she does not agree with the recent activities that surround the catholic church and its preists. that she still goes to church and continues to praise her faith and ATTEND THE CHURCH but in no way does she agree with the accusations that are being made about the catholic church.SAME AS OBAMA

  • Dennis in Orlando, FL

    Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, etc and the entire FOX news network are nothing but a bunch of Conservative Republican cowards anyway Roland. Anything that comes out of their mouths is HOT GARBAGE!!!! They can’t debate with real debaters. They would rather get some of the people I have seen on there who are not articulate and can’t think fast on their feet than to get someone intelligent who would embarrass them. He won’t call you Roland trust me.

  • http://WWW.CWIALPHA.COM BIG B

    W.JOHNSON WHY DO YOU DEFEND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BEFORE YOUR OWN? BARELY A WORD IN DEFENSE OF PUNK CATHOLIC PREISTS OR DRUNK IRISH? DONT YOU HAVE ANY PRIDE? REMEMBER YOU BROUGHT THEM INTO THIS CONVERSATION WHEN YOU PRAISED THEM AS GREAT BOSSES FOR HIRING YOU.[that started to make me wonder if you were jewish as well]. YOU “SERVE” THEM WELL. ACCOUNTANT FROM JEW YORK LOOKING AT PROPERTY IN S. FLORIDA.[another reason to wonder]. DO YOU REALLY THINK THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL FROM HARD WORK? GUESS WHAT? IT’S NOT! IT IS CALLED SELF PROMOTION THROUGH OPPORTUNITY. DO YOU KNOW THERE ARE 3 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MAJORITY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? 1: ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP 2: WORK GET MARRIED AND HAVE A FAMILY{you cant even find a good blue collar job to live the old american dream] 3:MILITARY SERVICE. NOW I’LL TELL YOU JEWISH OPPORTUNITY 1:HARVARD 2:PRINCETON 3: YALE [OR MIT]! ITS ALL ABOUT OPPORTUNITY AND BREEDING SUCCESS. THEY HAVE OPPOTUNITY LIKE NO OTHER. ANOTHER STUPID COMMENT WAS ABOUT YOUR SON BEING A HOCKEY PLAYER AND THERE IS ONLY 1 AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY. I’LL GIVE YOU A CLUE: TAKE YOUR SON TO A POP WARNER TACKLE FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND YOU MIGHT JUST BE THE ONLY “WHITE”[i am ashamed you are] FAMILY. GO OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND LIVE A LITTLE. AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU CAN WATCH YOUR SON LEARN SOME VALUABLE LESSONS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE LEARNED PLUS IT WILL TOUGHEN HIM UP. AGIAN ITS FROM WORKING “IT”! {proof is how they have been so fast and thorough in getting repaid for the holocaust]. NOT HARD WORK. IF AFICAN AMERICANS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THEY WOULD BE AT THE TOP IN TENNIS, GOLF,HOCKEY AND SWIMMING. YOU MAY KNOW HOW TO DO A GENRAL LEDGER AND FILL OUT A 1040 FORM BUT I AM THE EXPERT IN SPORTS. CAN YOU BELIEVE I AM WHITE AND I WAS IN THE MINORIY IN FOOTBALL FROM 7 YEARS OLD UNTIL 32. AND WITHOUT A DOUBT IF THE DOORS WERE OPEN TO THEM LIKE THE JEWISH CHILDREN THEY WOULD BE EQUALLY AS SUCCESSFUL! CANT YOU SEE THAT YOU ARE MORE UPSET ABOUT MY COMMENTS THAN THE AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE AT YOUR RACIST COMMENTS. THATS BECAUSE THEY ARE WAY STRONGER THAN YOU. I CAME ON THIS WEBSITE BECAUSE I LIKE ROLAND. HE IS EDUCATED ON ALL CURRENT TOPICS AND CAN RELATE TO THE YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE. AND IS VERY FAIR PLUS HE DESERVES ALOT OF CREDIT GOING AGAINST THE CNN JEWISH EXPERTS? AND TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT WHEN DISCUSSING “WHITE OR CAUCASIAN” RACE STATISTICS THAT THE 66% SHOULD NOT INCLUDE JEWS.AS THEY CONVIENIENTLY HIDE AMONG THE 66% WHEN IT BENEFITS THEM. STATISTICALLY THE 9%ARE SO OUT OF WHACK COMPARED TO THE OTHER APPROXIMATELY 56% THAT IT SHOULD GRAVELY CONCERN THE MAJORITY.AREN’T THERE ANY WHITE GENTILE EXPERTS IN THE US. MY GOODNESS 9% ARE THEY ALL STANDING IN A LINE OUTSIDE CNN STUDIOS? ANYWAY PEACE OUT POPS[you could be my father old timer]. also on a personal more caring note:[were you a victim of catholic preist abuse? ]i know a therapist in NYC plus she’s kind of hot! EDUCATE YOURSELF OR YOUR BOSS WILL CONTINUE TO TELL YOU WHEN TO COME AND GO TO WORK, GO TO THE BATHROOM, EAT LUNCH, VACATION WITH YOUR FAMILY ETC. ETC.! YOU ARE 55 YOU WILL WORK FOR YOUR JEWISH BOSS 9 YEARS 11 MONTHS 30 DAYS @ 4:59 PM EST THEN HE WILL “LET” you go home and retire. WORRIED ABOUT MY PUNCTUATION AND CAPTITALIZATION { reason no.3 that makes me wonder if you are not jewish].

  • W Johnson

    Big B(uffoon) –

    I don’t respond to Hiram’s comments on the Irish and Catholic Priests because he is an idiot. I chat with him for jokes. Like I’m chatting with you.

    Sounds like it’s time to fire up dem ovens again, eh?! If only dem darn Jews would let da colored folks rule, everything would be fine, like Newark and Camden and all dem oder places day rule. So simple and so genius!

    How awesome you can blame all your failures in life on the Jews! I always felt life was for me to conquer, never realizing I could blame anything that went wrong in my life on Jews. Again, so simple and so genius!

    I won’t respond to most of your comments because they are so naive and paranoid.

    So, you won’t move to South Florida? Well, one less dumb bunny.

    Feel free to call me “pop”. Some years ago a woman who says we ‘knew’ each other way back called and said our child was a nit-witted pro football player. So, you may be right. Send me a picture of your mom 32 years and 9 months +/- ago and I’ll let you know if I recognize her. Son!

    Do ONLY Jews use correct punctuation and separate ideas into paragraphs? Another thing to hate about them!!

    Till next time, Adolf, I MEAN Big Buffoon!

  • http://www.allask.org Daniel

    I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Bill O’Reilly calls me an apologist for Rev. Jeremiah Wright, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

  • W Johnson

    Daniel –

    You are always SO deep!!

  • http://WWW.CWIALPHA.COM BIG B

    w. johnson, educate yourself..www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01.html This research was done by two of n. americas most respected political scientists…not me! john mearsheimer[U. Chicago illinois ] and stephen walt [harvard]. how i see it … the hand of israel in US foreign policy. this is all i can do, if you think that it is okay for a small group to manipulate like this you are a lost cause. It is not a fair or true democracy that we now live in.There is nothing wrong with looking out for your people, but not at the expense of an entire country [america] and its citizens welfare. This is not england and the jews are not our royay family. decisions should be made to make a better living standard for the majority not just a small powerful few. PS you can read an unedited version of this paper on harvard’s web site. THE ISRAEL LOBBY ARTICLE. what these men write is 100% truth. what you hear on the news [ANY NEWS] is manipulation for the benefit of a few. i have to give you a little credit.. big buffoon is pretty funny.[my fiance got a big chuckle out of it]. although this summer I’m getting back into shape!…. peace!!!

  • http://www.mytact.com Daniel

    I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Reilly calls me an apologist for Rev. Jeremiah Wright, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

  • W Johnson

    Big B

    I did not realize your hate was with the US involvement with Israel. I don’t like it either. I feel it has caused our country a lot more harm that good. I would have no problem what so ever breaking all connections with Israel.

    However, I don’t feel that is a reason to fire up the ovens again!!

    I’m certainly NOT saying I like the way certain powerful, US Jews seemingly favor Israel over the US. I don’t.

    What I have tried to point out is that the Jews in America stress education, becoming a professional and/or running a business.

    Other groups in our country, such as blacks do not. In fact, it is reported that in many black communities doing well in school is looked down on and considered “acting white”.

    You can go on and on and on about reasons and responsibilty, but the fact is that if you want to get an education in America and become economically successful, you can.

    The average Korean born in Korean who has come to live in the US makes more than the average American born in America. Why? Certainly Americans don’t favor Koreans over other groups. They work hard!

    Come up with any blah, blah, blah, it is a fact.

    If blacks want to bitch and moan about whitey, they can stay at the bottom of the economic ladder.

    If they want to pick themselves up, they can. This is the most economically prosperous country there has ever been in the history of the world. Millions come to the US to make their dreams come true. But, blacks (for any reason you choose) choose to STAY AT THE BOTTOM. IT IS THEIR DOING, not the Jews, or the massas or anyone else’s!!

    The great philosopher Yoda said “there is no try, you either do or you don’t”. Someelse said “think you can or think you can’t, either way you’re right”. It is all up to the person, not other forces.

    Good luck with your workouts. It has to be a life long pursuit to have a good, long life.

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