Forget Barack Obama’s praise for legal scholar Derrick Bell.

Never mind his decades-long association with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

Neither of these connections will matter once you get a load of what I’ve uncovered: a linkage between the president and someone at least as radical if not more so than either of those. A man whom President Obama has openly praised, and not just twenty-two years ago at some fairly innocuous law school protest, but regularly, in his books, in his speeches, repeatedly, over the course of his political career. Someone whom he has still never repudiated, as he did with Wright, no matter the many statements this individual is on record as making, and which line up rather nicely with many of Wright’s views.

What does this radical for whom Obama has shown so much gushing and uncritical praise, say about economic issues? Only that capitalism is a system “permitting necessities to be taken from the many to give luxuries to the few,” and that, “Something is wrong with capitalism…Maybe America must move towards democratic socialism.”

What does this militant, for whom the president shows so much love, say about white folks and race in America? Only that “Racism is a way of life for the vast majority of white Americans, spoken and unspoken, acknowledged and denied, subtle and sometimes not so subtle — the disease of racism permeates and poisons a whole body politic,” and that whites largely refuse to acknowledge “the debt that they owe a people who were kept in slavery,” for hundreds of years.

What is the position of this dangerous subversive to whom Barack Obama is clearly tethered, when it comes to the role of the United States in the world? Only that, “We’ve committed more war crimes almost than any nation in the world, and I’m going to continue to say it. And we won’t stop it because of our pride and our arrogance as a nation.”

There is more, much more in fact: pointed condemnations of white racism and arrogance, trenchant critiques of American nationalism and patriotism, and withering bromides against the wealthy, all from a man whom Barack Obama praises often, and apparently regards as something of a national role model.

Indeed, he said as much a few months ago, when he dedicated a monument to this man on the Mall in Washington — the recently unveiled statue for Martin Luther King Jr.




...of course, you can pick ANY president in my lifetime and pretty much be sure to be able to make this 'controversy' apply to them,,,lol

Forget Barack Obama’s praise for legal scholar Derrick Bell.

Never mind his decades-long association with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

Neither of these connections will matter once you get a load of what I’ve uncovered: a linkage between the president and someone at least as radical if not more so than either of those. A man whom President Obama has openly praised, and not just twenty-two years ago at some fairly innocuous law school protest, but regularly, in his books, in his speeches, repeatedly, over the course of his political career. Someone whom he has still never repudiated, as he did with Wright, no matter the many statements this individual is on record as making, and which line up rather nicely with many of Wright’s views.

What does this radical for whom Obama has shown so much gushing and uncritical praise, say about economic issues? Only that capitalism is a system “permitting necessities to be taken from the many to give luxuries to the few,” and that, “Something is wrong with capitalism…Maybe America must move towards democratic socialism.”

What does this militant, for whom the president shows so much love, say about white folks and race in America? Only that “Racism is a way of life for the vast majority of white Americans, spoken and unspoken, acknowledged and denied, subtle and sometimes not so subtle — the disease of racism permeates and poisons a whole body politic,” and that whites largely refuse to acknowledge “the debt that they owe a people who were kept in slavery,” for hundreds of years.

What is the position of this dangerous subversive to whom Barack Obama is clearly tethered, when it comes to the role of the United States in the world? Only that, “We’ve committed more war crimes almost than any nation in the world, and I’m going to continue to say it. And we won’t stop it because of our pride and our arrogance as a nation.”

There is more, much more in fact: pointed condemnations of white racism and arrogance, trenchant critiques of American nationalism and patriotism, and withering bromides against the wealthy, all from a man whom Barack Obama praises often, and apparently regards as something of a national role model.

Indeed, he said as much a few months ago, when he dedicated a monument to this man on the Mall in Washington — the recently unveiled statue for Martin Luther King Jr.




...of course, you can pick ANY president in my lifetime and pretty much be sure to be able to make this 'controversy' apply to them,,,lol

I believe that Obama has been selected by the powers that be to manage America into moving towards democratic socialism.

Obama has been selected for his managerial skills

as well as his diplomatic skills

and lets face it he is one good looking f****r

and Mr Cool Personified.

I believe that Obama has been selected by the powers that be to manage America into moving towards democratic socialism.

Obama has been selected for his managerial skills

as well as his diplomatic skills

and lets face it he is one good looking f****r

and Mr Cool Personified.

Martin Luther King is one of my favourite men of all time.

democratic socialism you say... lol

I believe that Obama has been selected by the powers that be to manage America into moving towards democratic socialism.

Obama has been selected for his managerial skills

as well as his diplomatic skills

and lets face it he is one good looking f****r

and Mr Cool Personified.

Martin Luther King is one of my favourite men of all time.

Democratic socialism?? a double negative if I ever heard one.....democracy cannot exist in conjunction with socialism.....an impossibilty

I can change that around to make it sound more acceptable to the 99% and Call it SOCIAL Democracy..

How does that sound?

Did you right this, or was this an article you copied?

I believe that Obama has been selected by the powers that be to manage America into moving towards democratic socialism.

Obama has been selected for his managerial skills

as well as his diplomatic skills

and lets face it he is one good looking f****r

and Mr Cool Personified.

Martin Luther King is one of my favourite men of all time.

Here is the dividing line.

MLK said many things.

However unlike Mr. Farrakhan or Mr. Wright, MLK said also to do it with peace...

With peace...

Not calling for death or violent action (which begats death and violent action)...

So (meaning nothing racial here) Mr. Farrakhan and Mr. Wright are simply black men with loud mouths. (as R. Limbaugh is but a white man with a loud mouth).

Martin Luther King was a man of greatness.

When I think of him it is not as a 'black man'.

It is as a man that had a dream.

Which I picked up also.

Did you right this, or was this an article you copied?

It's all from this asshat named 'Tim Wise'.

He's not as bad as rush limbaugh, but he's quite fond of exaggerations, false logic, and emotional, inflammatory rhetoric.

Edit: To clarify - I agree with several of wise's points in this blog post. I usually agree with his underlying points - its his manipulative rhetorical style i find offensive.

I dont recall Wright 'calling' for violence

and I only recall Farrakhan talking about DEFENSIVE violence, which we praised pretty highly in america when we felt 'americans' were under attack by 'muslims' (and many still harbor ill feelings and mistrust of the whole group, yet would be the first to belittle Mr Farrakhans feelings and beliefs,,,)

it was a copy and paste (except the last line, which was my opinion) that I did on the way out the door to work this morning

Then it is a copy right violation. You should provide the link, cite your source and make sure to abide by the fair use terms and conditions. It is also considered standard internet practice even when the article is not copy right restricted.

Just FYI.

I don't always follow fair use guidelines, but I find this interesting because you argued in defense of SOPA.

Under SOPA, if wise had complained to the feds, the feds could have blacklisted this entire site over such an innocent mistake.