What Hillary and Barack hear in church probably doesn't hurt many

[theophilus]

people. Their support for their religious mentors is a pretty personal matter....right? Now look at McSame's support for George Bush and his policies in the last eight years. How many has that hurt? It certainly goes beyond a personal choice of ideology. Should the Democratic nominee remind people that "Huggy Bear" McSame has helped seriously cripple the United States of America with his voting record and verbal support? I think so.

[noonwitch]

1. I'm a Hillary supporter who feels Rev. Wright is getting a bad rap

I grew up in the UCC.

1. I am so sick of the media (and not just FOX) acting like it is unpatriotic to criticize the policies of the Reagan/Bush administrations from the 80s in light of 9-11. Geez, we fund and arm both sides of a war in the middle east. Then we train a guy to be a terrorist and take down our old, dying enemy, the USSR and never consider he might turn on us?
2. The Reagan/Bush policies that culminated in the Iran/Contra deal did involve allowing the Contras to sell cocaine in this country, and the product was marketed in large urban areas to african americans. This was verified later, but never received many headlines. The San Jose Mercury extensively covered this matter and had the proof to back up their claims.
3. Of course AIDS was not created by the US government, and no one deliberately infected any group with it. However, a case can be made that irresponsible research on polio vaccines that was done in what is now the Congo (Zaire) may have been responsible for the entry of the virus into humans. I saw a documentary that covered the research done by a german scientist in Stanleytown. Polio vaccines are made from monkey kidneys. This scientist had used up all of his monkeys that had been tested and imported from somewhere else, and turned to the local monkeys, which had not been tested for diseases, due to pressure to be the first one with a vaccine. These vaccines taken from the local monkeys may have been the source of the virus, and it was given to the local population who were participating in the experiments. The first AIDS case came from this region in the late 50s or early 60s. Salk and Sabin denounced the other scientist's use of non-tested monkeys at the time-even though they didn't know exactly what would happen, they knew there were serious risks. Salk was working on AIDS research when he died, probably because he had figured out the connection.
So, the US did not infect africans with HIV, but it was still white westerners who did, according to the movie I saw.

Okay, so who is more radical-Rev. Wright, or the idiots who said that 9-11 happened because the US was tolerating gays and feminists?

[theophilus]

2. Good points! Thanks for posting. n/t