As a veteran who fought in some of the wars he spoke of, I didn't hear anything incorrect in what he said. There is no way anyone can say that our government didn't cause 9/11, either our govt did it knowingly or they allowed it to happen but you don't spend $600 + Billion per year on defense and not know who is about to attack you, if you do, you should be fired and held accountable for your actions.
@5452347 There is absolutely no evidence for what you have stated. It is pure conjecture on your part. It is not very different than the attack on Pear Harbor. Now I suppose you will say that our government knew that the attack was coming on Pear Harbor. And then I will say the same thing.
@jbranstetter04 Let's be clear here. We have bombed countries that were not our equal with impunity. We have toppled governments we have destroy innocent civilians without thought or remorse. We jokingly talk about nuking other countries when we are the only country to use an atomic bomb. So please stop asking for proof. Go to the library and open up a book of US history and learn. What Reverend Wright said was true and as a nation that claims to be a democracy, it's shameful.
@Ryooken I feel zero shame for my country. We can go over this one charge at a time of you would like. Name the bad thing that we did and I will defend it. It will be easy. You seem to take one side of everything, as if there was not a reason behind what we did. I can tell you one thing for sure, and that is that we did not do any of it in order to rule the world. Go ahead, paint the United States as evil. I will defend it, and it will be my honor to do so.
@jbranstetter04 Okay defend slavery. Defend segregation. Defend the US support of Apartheid. Defend the US toppling Iran's government in 1952. Defend the lies we used to invade Grenada. Defend the Monroe Docturine. I am not suprised you feel no guilt, most morally bankrupt people don't. What suprises me is you claim that you can defend whatever this country did in the wrong and claim it's right. Wow! Of course we wanted to rule the world, the USA is an empire.
@Ryooken I should have prefaced my last comment with the fact that the United States is not, and has never been a perfect country.
Slavery: The British instituted and and allowed slavery to flourish in the colonies for many decades, so when it was time for us to be independent, it was not something that could be gotten rid of so easily. But our foundation was laid in a way that guaranteed its eventual ending. Slavery was pretty much limited to the south. Most Americans were against it.
Segregation: The states are allowed a lot of leeway when it comes to their authority over their own citizens. That is why it took so long for the republicans to finally put the last nail in the coffin of blacks being treated as second class citizens.
Apartheid: I'll have to skip this one as I have not studied it at all. (I know it has to do with South Africa).
Toppling Iran: It was called the Cold War. Many things were done that did not live up to the ideals of America.....
...but, it ended in the winning of the Cold War, which was a good thing for the entire world, for the freedom of the world. However, I would say that Iran was way better off under the rule of the Shaw than under the thumb of the barbaric radical Muslim rulers that they have today.
Grenada: The liberating coalition force removed a military government that took power by coup. Elections were later held. It is now celebrated in Grenada as Thanksgiving Day. There is no controversy.
Monroe Doctrine: We, the United States, were not going to allow the European nations to colonize the western hemisphere. Somehow this is bad? Only to you and others like you.
If the US is an empire, then where is our oil from Iraq? We have no oil from there. We left and forgot to steal the oil. What kind of an Empire would do that? We got ripped off on the blood for oil deal.
@jbranstetter04 First of all you seem to forget the only reason that the USA exists is because of European colonization. It's a nice excuse but it still hold no water. The US doesn't allow anything nor does it have the right to take over smaller countries. It's this excuse that blinds people to the fact that the founding fathers were very much opposed to emprical docturine.
@jbranstetter04 Wow! Here is what really happened in Grenada. The major justification for the invasion was the protection of American lives. Reagan administration officials falsely claimed that the island's only operating airport was closed, offering the students no escape.
@jbranstetter04 Despite administration claims to the contrary, less than 100 of the 750 Cubans on the island were military personnel. Furthermore, despite initial press accounts that the U.S. assault was resisted almost exclusively be Cuban forces, it appears that the bulk of the resistance to the invasion was done by Grenadans.
@jbranstetter04 Why, then, did the United States invade? Many believe that Grenada was seen as a bad example for other poor Caribbean states. Its foreign policy was not subservient to the American government and it was not open to having its economy dominated by U.S. corporate interests. A show of force would cause states with similar leftist nationalist ideals to think twice. If the USA was interested in the soveregnty of nations, then it would allow smaller countries to determine themselves.
@Ryooken Nonetheless it ended up being a good thing for Grenada and its people. Also, the influence of outside forces was involved. What we did was a good thing in the end, and in my opinion, in the beginning. That we are blessed with such liberty and freedom makes it our responsibility to improve the condition of others. It would be a sin to sit by and let others be oppressed as we enjoy our liberty and strength. We have responsibilities with who we are.
@jbranstetter04 Okay I am back now from vacation. You keep claiming that it was a good thing without proof that it was. Again these claims of outside forced, oh you mean the USA? Yep outside forces were involved and they were us. There was never any proof that Cuba was involved and so what if they were. You keep saying that this isn't an empire right? Then why do we have troops stationed all over the world? Empires do that you and you are losing ground badly.
@Ryooken Look at Grenada, then look at Cuba, then look at South Korea, then look at North Korea. That is the proof. Need I go on? I hope you had a nice vacation. You claim that we have an empire. If so, then what do we gain from that empire? We have troops all over the world to protect the freedom of the world. Ask most countries of the Asian rim if they want us to go. They will say no. Why? Because they fear not us, but others. What do we gain? The satisfaction of helping others.
@jbranstetter04 LOL! Yeah because you obviously don't know what you're talking about. That's funny because Japan and South Korea want our military bases off their soil. You bring up Grenada when we lied to the American people and attacked that nation. You claim that the US is about practicing freedom. If that's the case then why did we topple sovereign nations and steal their resources?
@jbranstetter04 Sorry wrong again. In the founding documents of the constitution it states that no state shall set laws that violate the constitutional rights of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness and therefore, any denial of those rights cannot be condoned. Yet it was for about 124 years after slavery. Like I said before it's a bold statement to claim you can defend unconstitutional behavior and evil on it's face.
@Ryooken Our constitution as founded was only a blueprint for the operation of the federal government, and then the bill of rights was added as an extra protection against the potential tyranny of the federal government, not the states. Get your facts straight. If I am wrong, quote me the original part of the constitution that restricts the states.
@jbranstetter04 Correction our constitution and ALL of our founding documents including the federalist papers were put in place to ensure equality at every level including the states. State level tyranny was just as unacceptable to the founding fathers as centralized tyranny.
@Ryooken "to ensure equality at every level including the states". Where is this written except for here? You do know that many states at that time not only allowed religious freedom, but they endorsed it, and I mean specifically. Tell me one place where I can read of this worry that Washington and Madison felt, as stated in your continued comment.
@jbranstetter04 Oh but you are wrong not only have the USA not ensured equality on every level but those in power fought to keep people in bondage and in the lowest paying jobs without rights for an additional 100 years. I suggest you read Washington and Madison's letters on the subject. You can google them if you would like.
@Ryooken "but those in power fought to keep people in bondage"
Really? Do you think that I do not know what lead up to the civil war? Of course there are those in office who have fought against the liberty of others. Thankfully the republican party stands for, in fact, it was founded on, liberty for all. Which by the way does not mean the government is there to "ensure equality". It is there only to ensure that everybody can make themselves. They do not guarantee success.
@jbranstetter04 Like Washington, Madison felt the revolution had not resolved the social problems that had triggered it, and the excesses ascribed to the King were now coming from the state legislatures. Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising in Massachusetts in 1786, was therefore but an extreme example of democratic excess in the aftermath of the War.
Again let's not rewrite history shall we. Like I said before I don't subscribe to the Michelle Bauchman theory of revisionist history.
@JNathanK2011 Honestly, people like Washington, Franklin and Madison by their own words were predisposed to Europeans. If you read their letters that is evident. What is interesting is others would like to practice revisionist history instead of dealing with the reality.
@jbranstetter04 You said "Apartheid: I'll have to skip this one as I have not studied it at all. (I know it has to do with South Africa)."
Why yes, it did. In fact, while the USA was claiming to follow the Civil Rights Act of 1964. They supported South Africa in their discriminatory practices of the native South Africans. In short, the US supported a racist regime very similar to the one that the USA supposedly was growing out of.
@jbranstetter04 You said "Toppling Iran: It was called the Cold War. Many things were done that did not live up to the ideals of America"
Actually you are wrong. I know it's fashionable to blame the Cold War on everything the US did in the middle east but the facts are plain. Angry over Iran's removal of the Brittish occupation the UK and the US got together and toppled a democratic government and put in the place the Shauh of Iran one of the worst tyrants in the middle east.
@Ryooken For 20 years this regime ran the country until a group of students rebelled and took hostages. Iran kicked the US out of their country and to pay them back the US put forth another dictator this time in Iraq by the name Saddam Hussein. We sold Saddam WMDs, told him to use them on his Kurdish problem, then proceeded to fund a war between the 2 nations arming both sides. Claiming that they were better off is supposition not fact, if we hadn't toppled their government at all.
@jbranstetter04 You said "I should have prefaced my last comment with the fact that the United States is not, and has never been a perfect country." I seem to recall you stating that you felt no shame but then you claim this country isn't perfect. We aren't talking about perfection what we are discussing is the US hypocrisy. Blaming the Brittish for slavery when it was a practice of European entitlement doesn't work either. So far you aren't doing very well.
@jbranstetter04 Further you claim that slavery couldn't been gotten rid of easily. Well since the founding documents are about freedom, I would say you are wrong. What's interesting is that this country didn't see non-white people as equals and therefore, even after the Revolutionary War blacks who fought were not freed immediately. No, I am sorry but the Michelle Bauchman theory of we have always tried to get rid of slavery doesn't work either.
@Ryooken If you know anything about the founding of the United States, then you know that it would have been impossible to form the union without letting slavery stand; the southern states would not have joined. The net benefit for the world is apparent to all who see things clearly. The USA has been the greatest force for the uplifting of mankind since the beginning of civilization. Of that there can be no doubt. I'll rebut the rest of your flimsy arguments later.
@jbranstetter04 Of course it was possible and you're making excuses. Let's talk about reality. The reality is that white people didn't and in many cases still don't feel that non-white people are equal to them. Here we have a country suppositly founded in freedom but yet it's not practiced. It's hypocritical and mendatious period.
@Ryooken I believe that racism is becoming less and less every generation. Is that not progress? Of course it is. You have to admit that all countries in the word that have people of mixed background and heritage have problems. That is why traditionally we have always had Nation States; people who have things in common and who get along with each other. It is only natural to hang around with people of your own kind. I would say that the US is the exception, and a good example of it.
@jbranstetter04 What you believe doesn't bear up under the actual evidence which you consistently ignore. In fact, racism is getting worse not better. Actually they don't have the same problems that is a myth. Each country has it's own problems unique to that country's history.
@Ryooken I do not necessarily disagree with you. Obama has, willingly or unwillingly, pitted black against white, and Latino against white. I think for political purposes.
@onegreenday The question is not whether or not Obama is a "true" Christian, it is whether or not he heard this mans anti-American rage. I say that he knew exactly what this preacher was about. And for me, that was enough reason for me to not vote for him. Of course I had plenty of reasons to not vote for him, this only being one of them.
@jbranstetter04 And the SU was created because of the economic and social suppression by affluent financers of the west. These financers made large sums of money at the peoples expense.This abundence of resources and labor also inspired the actions of Germany's invasion; they saw how well the west did before the revolution and thought they could replicate the financial prosperity. Evil Nazi and Stilinist reign were a part, but political and social suppression were also motivators of the wars.
@jbranstetter04 To begin, lets demistify this idea that the Soviet Union was 1) Communist 2) truthful to its proclaimed ideology. The Soviets claimed to be Socialists, not communists. Furthermore the Socialist ideology was bastardized by Stalin's political reign. When Stalin came to power, they were no long Socialists, but Totalitarian. Please do not play into the Fox News propaganda of evil Socialism, Communism, Anarchism, or even the idea that Capitalism is evil. Don't be so close- minded.
@jbranstetter04 Hey, I do 100% of good. You see how random number with no source tell us nothing? What have we done that is so great? We "try" to create peace, through war. We support militant rebel groups who murder black Africans, for what? Peace? We refuse to outcast the Zionist Israel and support the Palestianian state looking for peace. In Ghana, they have child slaves. Africa is horrifically malnourished and we do the bare minimum. Who are we helping?
@YaelY7 We entered WWII. We, with the help of our allies, defeated the evil empire of Japan, and the Nazis. We then not only rebuilt Europe with our own wealth, we also rebuilt the countries that we defeated, Japan and Germany. We then for the next 40 plus years kept the Soviets form spreading there evil Communism across the world. To do this, we did some things that were not ideal, but that is what had to be done. We are not perfect, but we have done much good for the world.
we have studied this video in Am. civilisation here in France and i found this guy really smart, even i'm not a christian at all, but i've always thought that Americas is not an innocent state and that the country has deserved what happen to it! i'm not talking about the innocent population but about the US Army and the members of the Gvt that are just killing innocent people around the world without reason... Great Guy and really smart speech ^^
@tamazirte35 How do you even put your own cloths on in the morning being so stupid? I'm just assuming that you do put your own cloths on. I guess that I should be charitable and assume that you're not stupid, only ignorant. But I doubt it. That you have "studied" means little, as even Karl Marx studied, and look how he turned out.
@jbranstetter04 you know who is stupid, the guy who profundly thinks that America is an innocent State... it's not that i am stupid it's just that i saw History... you can't contest History can you? if you can then i have nothing to say except Ur reputation is so true . in France, Most Americans are seen as really idiots people... even your representants in the government can't set good examples for your country, i really feel sorry that you seem so ignorant, OPEN YOUR EYES (and a book if u can)
@tamazirte35 I know more about the history of my country than the average American does, a lot more. On a scale of doing good or bad for the world, we are up to about 88% of doing good. That's not bad. How about Britain? Have they done a lot of good for the world? How about China? How about Japan? How about Germany? What has Russia done for the world lately? How about Botswana? If not the United States, what country is it that you want to see as the strongest country in the world?
@jbranstetter04 Yes, this should be higher on the search lists. Had to look a while for this version. Thanks again for sharing this to the world (im Belgian, but I think he speaks great truth)
@Vincort I think he is an unamerican radical that is a disgrace to this great country, a country founded on the proposition that "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..."
I recognize that this came late to the slaves, but it did come to them. Because of the British and how they let slavery flourish in the Colonies for decades, liberty came late for the slaves.
@jbranstetter04 I think you are wrong. America has done some great things: they were ground breaking in human rights and they saved our ass in WOII. Only that isn't an excuse to bomb Hiroshima or Vietnam, or to support Israel in breaking those human rights your grandfathers fought for.
Still fair you upload this, even if you disagree :)
@Vincort HIroshima was completely justified. The standard counter argument to my statement is "how could you say that they killed innocent civilians" Yeah and imagine how many MORE would have been killed in a full ground invasion. Casualties on both sides would have been FAR greater. Wright Is just a Preacher that preaches whatever sells. I know hes not that dumb as he portrays himself as. He's out there for the $
@tehatemachine Something tells me you got educated by the American shool system. Japan was already on his knees when you guyz decided to throw a bomb on it, killing an incountable amount of citizens. Why? Just to show of your power to Russia, that's why.
@Vincort Aparently you are just a tool towards someone whose selling you a fake product.
"Japan was already on his knees when you guyz decided to throw a bomb on it, killing an incountable amount of citizens." Oh look at that you just stated my counter argument I comment about. Fucking tool.
@tehatemachine L2Read please, i stated that Hiroshima-Nagasaki WASN'T completely justified, you guyz were just throwing bombs at an already defeated army (yes, they were), just to show off to the world and russia you got balls
@tehatemachine There's such a thing as blockade - what need was there for a ground war in Japan? They had no allies in the East having managed to make themselves hated by the Chinese and Koreans. It's worth pointing out that Hirohito himself put an end to Japan's fledgling nuclear weapons research
@jbranstetter04 Why was is that America was the only nation that went to civil war to resolve the question of slavery? Was that the fault of the British?
It's people who refuse to acknowledge the mistakes, sins and crimes of the past that are doomed to repeat them and to suffer for them.
@bannor99 The reason is because it was not at first really about slavery, only in the end did it become about slavery. At first it was about what the states could do vs what the federal government could do. The divide caused some of the states to leave the Union, but Lincoln would not allow it. In my following comment is what Lincoln wrote......
"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union...."
@jbranstetter04 Lets argue pragmatically for one minute here, even if in Lincoln's private world saving the "union" was a paramount task over emancipating the slaves- does it truly matter what his private emotions were when the end result was emancipation? Lincoln himself knew he was inconsistent on the issue of emancipation, and he even addressed it a letter to Albert Hodges.
@viletree It is known that Lincoln found slavery abhorrent, before, and as President, but even as much as he hated slavery, he was willing to keep it if doing so saved the Union. But we already know that. So to answer your question, no, in a way it does not matter. If given the ability to free them on his first day as President, I believe he would have done it. Can you imagine being responsible for the deaths of over 600,000 Americans? 2% of the total population.
@jbranstetter04 Which means that, for all the talk about liberty and freedoms, America really didn't have much moral superiority over the European nations.
@bannor99 Remember in what you say, that it was the British who kept slavery alive and well in the Colonies for well over 100 years when they could have ended it. The reason it took us so long to end it is because of the delicateness of our Union. Without a compromise on the issue of slavery, there would not have been a United States of America. I could go on with the implications of that for the world, but we would surly disagree.
@jbranstetter04 The revolutionaries broke away from Britain because they didn't like their policies on taxation. What makes you think they would have seen an abolition of slavery in the American colonies any more favorably?
@bannor99 As you know, there was a big difference of opinion on slavery between the northern colonies and the southern ones. Even in each colony there was a difference of opinion. So we would have been divided about it, but it would have been imposed by the Empire. Without all states favoring or apposing the abolition of slavery, it would have been taken from us without a fight.
@jbranstetter04 Taken without a fight? Highly dubious. Just as how not all the colonists revolted against the Crown, there would likely have been a revolt by those who wanted to keep slaves in defiance of the Empire. But the difference is that supporting a revolt in support of taxes was more palatable than in support of slavery, which would have made French involvement for the revolt unlikely.
@bannor99 What you said is correct, but my point was that the divide about slavery was regional, whereas the disagreement about taxation without representation was evenly distributed among the colonies.
@jbranstetter04 In that case, it would have made for an interesting historical conundrum if the English crown had sought to end slavery AND tax the colonies at the same time.
@bannor99 Imposing liberty with one hand while slapping it down with the other. That would be confusing. Something a lot of people do not know is that the first person killed leading up to the Revolution was a black man. Also, over 5000 blacks fought the British as American Patriots.
you people think that white people are to blame when really the black community refuses to be paricpating part of society you cant live off the system for ever...why am i a racist for being proud that im white when blacks always say how proud they are to be black...well guess what white pride world wide
President Obama has considered the charges presented by Rev. Wright and found the American People guilty as charged. President Obama imposed a light sentence of community service on America by declaring 9/11 a Day of National Service. The American People should feel lucky they have such a kind, merciful disciplinarian in charge. They deserve much worse. They deserve to have their economy totally destroyed. They deserve high unemployment that never ends for their crimes that can never be undone.
You have to be a low grade moron to believe anything this Satanic proliferater of lies says. If people who know the truth and lived through what he's talking about then you're just a willing hater and the lover of evil. Wright is an evil man. Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing.
this is scary. wish all u blacks could think for ur damn self. listen to herman cain or allen west. they got it right. not this ignorant, america hating, hypocrite that preaches hate. God is not part of that. how dare you call yourselves christians. God knows no race. remember that. I have never once been to a "white" majority christian church and heard them preach hate or racism. not once. wright is living in the past. republicans were the ones that wanted to free the slaves!!!!! think about it
@joeapp you say all you blacks should think for yourselves but then mention only black conservatives it seems like you want them to think more conservative and not necessarily for themselves.
this man knows truth, but remember, now that this fraud is self proclaimed president. Funny how truth has become an enemy to the man calling himself Obama.
Obama olny denied association from this didvine man because he spoke against the very government that raped, robbed & pilfered nations throughout centuries. Fof that along he's a coward! Fuck Amerikka... their chickens are comming home to roost!
ja, it is true... the goddamn amerikan regime created AIDS and continues to administer it to this day. i love what jastheswift2 wrote... truth is slander in an empire of lies. so true!! preach on, Jeremiah!
Thr best thing he could do for the Barck campagn is to take a trip to the South Seas and live with the Fiji Islanders for a few months and it would wake him up to the advantages he has in the United States.
Yes, I see the slander of Wright telling his congregation that white people control the world and have rigged things against them, that the police plant evidence against them, that the government invented AIDs to use against them, that their government conducts terrorism against Islamic allies. I wonder how the young people will interact with white policemen or blacks, such as Thomas Powell Rice, that don't fit the mold preferred by Wright? He is damaging minds and hurting America
Lets go
Down with the Cracka Jews/Crackas
eazydee415 1 week ago
With a preacher like him, who needs the devil?
OneWayWCF 2 weeks ago
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OneWayWCF 2 weeks ago
WOW SO MUCH TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!
MRindependentTHINK 3 weeks ago
who even cares about this anymore? Get back to posting on real issues. Ron Paul 2012
AtheistRightWing 1 month ago
Ron Paul/Jeremiah Wright 2012.
USA4July1776 1 month ago
As a veteran who fought in some of the wars he spoke of, I didn't hear anything incorrect in what he said. There is no way anyone can say that our government didn't cause 9/11, either our govt did it knowingly or they allowed it to happen but you don't spend $600 + Billion per year on defense and not know who is about to attack you, if you do, you should be fired and held accountable for your actions.
5452347 1 month ago
@5452347 There is absolutely no evidence for what you have stated. It is pure conjecture on your part. It is not very different than the attack on Pear Harbor. Now I suppose you will say that our government knew that the attack was coming on Pear Harbor. And then I will say the same thing.
jbranstetter04 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 Let's be clear here. We have bombed countries that were not our equal with impunity. We have toppled governments we have destroy innocent civilians without thought or remorse. We jokingly talk about nuking other countries when we are the only country to use an atomic bomb. So please stop asking for proof. Go to the library and open up a book of US history and learn. What Reverend Wright said was true and as a nation that claims to be a democracy, it's shameful.
Ryooken 1 month ago
@Ryooken I feel zero shame for my country. We can go over this one charge at a time of you would like. Name the bad thing that we did and I will defend it. It will be easy. You seem to take one side of everything, as if there was not a reason behind what we did. I can tell you one thing for sure, and that is that we did not do any of it in order to rule the world. Go ahead, paint the United States as evil. I will defend it, and it will be my honor to do so.
jbranstetter04 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 Okay defend slavery. Defend segregation. Defend the US support of Apartheid. Defend the US toppling Iran's government in 1952. Defend the lies we used to invade Grenada. Defend the Monroe Docturine. I am not suprised you feel no guilt, most morally bankrupt people don't. What suprises me is you claim that you can defend whatever this country did in the wrong and claim it's right. Wow! Of course we wanted to rule the world, the USA is an empire.
Ryooken 1 month ago
@Ryooken I should have prefaced my last comment with the fact that the United States is not, and has never been a perfect country.
Slavery: The British instituted and and allowed slavery to flourish in the colonies for many decades, so when it was time for us to be independent, it was not something that could be gotten rid of so easily. But our foundation was laid in a way that guaranteed its eventual ending. Slavery was pretty much limited to the south. Most Americans were against it.
jbranstetter04 1 month ago
Segregation: The states are allowed a lot of leeway when it comes to their authority over their own citizens. That is why it took so long for the republicans to finally put the last nail in the coffin of blacks being treated as second class citizens.
Apartheid: I'll have to skip this one as I have not studied it at all. (I know it has to do with South Africa).
Toppling Iran: It was called the Cold War. Many things were done that did not live up to the ideals of America.....
jbranstetter04 1 month ago
...but, it ended in the winning of the Cold War, which was a good thing for the entire world, for the freedom of the world. However, I would say that Iran was way better off under the rule of the Shaw than under the thumb of the barbaric radical Muslim rulers that they have today.
Grenada: The liberating coalition force removed a military government that took power by coup. Elections were later held. It is now celebrated in Grenada as Thanksgiving Day. There is no controversy.
jbranstetter04 1 month ago
Monroe Doctrine: We, the United States, were not going to allow the European nations to colonize the western hemisphere. Somehow this is bad? Only to you and others like you.
If the US is an empire, then where is our oil from Iraq? We have no oil from there. We left and forgot to steal the oil. What kind of an Empire would do that? We got ripped off on the blood for oil deal.
jbranstetter04 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 First of all you seem to forget the only reason that the USA exists is because of European colonization. It's a nice excuse but it still hold no water. The US doesn't allow anything nor does it have the right to take over smaller countries. It's this excuse that blinds people to the fact that the founding fathers were very much opposed to emprical docturine.
Ryooken 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 Wow! Here is what really happened in Grenada. The major justification for the invasion was the protection of American lives. Reagan administration officials falsely claimed that the island's only operating airport was closed, offering the students no escape.
When in fact, none of this was true.
Ryooken 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 Despite administration claims to the contrary, less than 100 of the 750 Cubans on the island were military personnel. Furthermore, despite initial press accounts that the U.S. assault was resisted almost exclusively be Cuban forces, it appears that the bulk of the resistance to the invasion was done by Grenadans.
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Ryooken 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 Why, then, did the United States invade? Many believe that Grenada was seen as a bad example for other poor Caribbean states. Its foreign policy was not subservient to the American government and it was not open to having its economy dominated by U.S. corporate interests. A show of force would cause states with similar leftist nationalist ideals to think twice. If the USA was interested in the soveregnty of nations, then it would allow smaller countries to determine themselves.
Ryooken 1 month ago
@Ryooken Nonetheless it ended up being a good thing for Grenada and its people. Also, the influence of outside forces was involved. What we did was a good thing in the end, and in my opinion, in the beginning. That we are blessed with such liberty and freedom makes it our responsibility to improve the condition of others. It would be a sin to sit by and let others be oppressed as we enjoy our liberty and strength. We have responsibilities with who we are.
jbranstetter04 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 Okay I am back now from vacation. You keep claiming that it was a good thing without proof that it was. Again these claims of outside forced, oh you mean the USA? Yep outside forces were involved and they were us. There was never any proof that Cuba was involved and so what if they were. You keep saying that this isn't an empire right? Then why do we have troops stationed all over the world? Empires do that you and you are losing ground badly.
Ryooken 1 month ago
@Ryooken Look at Grenada, then look at Cuba, then look at South Korea, then look at North Korea. That is the proof. Need I go on? I hope you had a nice vacation. You claim that we have an empire. If so, then what do we gain from that empire? We have troops all over the world to protect the freedom of the world. Ask most countries of the Asian rim if they want us to go. They will say no. Why? Because they fear not us, but others. What do we gain? The satisfaction of helping others.
jbranstetter04 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 LOL! Yeah because you obviously don't know what you're talking about. That's funny because Japan and South Korea want our military bases off their soil. You bring up Grenada when we lied to the American people and attacked that nation. You claim that the US is about practicing freedom. If that's the case then why did we topple sovereign nations and steal their resources?
Ryooken 12 hours ago
@Ryooken Name the countries and the resources that we stole. I will not call you a fool, or an America hater. I will let your words speak for you.
jbranstetter04 5 hours ago
@jbranstetter04 Sorry wrong again. In the founding documents of the constitution it states that no state shall set laws that violate the constitutional rights of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness and therefore, any denial of those rights cannot be condoned. Yet it was for about 124 years after slavery. Like I said before it's a bold statement to claim you can defend unconstitutional behavior and evil on it's face.
Ryooken 1 month ago
@Ryooken Our constitution as founded was only a blueprint for the operation of the federal government, and then the bill of rights was added as an extra protection against the potential tyranny of the federal government, not the states. Get your facts straight. If I am wrong, quote me the original part of the constitution that restricts the states.
jbranstetter04 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 Correction our constitution and ALL of our founding documents including the federalist papers were put in place to ensure equality at every level including the states. State level tyranny was just as unacceptable to the founding fathers as centralized tyranny.
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Ryooken 1 month ago
@Ryooken "to ensure equality at every level including the states". Where is this written except for here? You do know that many states at that time not only allowed religious freedom, but they endorsed it, and I mean specifically. Tell me one place where I can read of this worry that Washington and Madison felt, as stated in your continued comment.
jbranstetter04 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 Oh but you are wrong not only have the USA not ensured equality on every level but those in power fought to keep people in bondage and in the lowest paying jobs without rights for an additional 100 years. I suggest you read Washington and Madison's letters on the subject. You can google them if you would like.
Ryooken 12 hours ago
@Ryooken "but those in power fought to keep people in bondage"
Really? Do you think that I do not know what lead up to the civil war? Of course there are those in office who have fought against the liberty of others. Thankfully the republican party stands for, in fact, it was founded on, liberty for all. Which by the way does not mean the government is there to "ensure equality". It is there only to ensure that everybody can make themselves. They do not guarantee success.
jbranstetter04 5 hours ago
@jbranstetter04 Like Washington, Madison felt the revolution had not resolved the social problems that had triggered it, and the excesses ascribed to the King were now coming from the state legislatures. Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising in Massachusetts in 1786, was therefore but an extreme example of democratic excess in the aftermath of the War.
Again let's not rewrite history shall we. Like I said before I don't subscribe to the Michelle Bauchman theory of revisionist history.
Ryooken 1 month ago
@Ryooken I think the excess was that people like Washington and Madison could boss their slaves around more directly with the king out of the way.
JNathanK2011 2 weeks ago
@JNathanK2011 Honestly, people like Washington, Franklin and Madison by their own words were predisposed to Europeans. If you read their letters that is evident. What is interesting is others would like to practice revisionist history instead of dealing with the reality.
Ryooken 12 hours ago
@jbranstetter04 You said "Apartheid: I'll have to skip this one as I have not studied it at all. (I know it has to do with South Africa)."
Why yes, it did. In fact, while the USA was claiming to follow the Civil Rights Act of 1964. They supported South Africa in their discriminatory practices of the native South Africans. In short, the US supported a racist regime very similar to the one that the USA supposedly was growing out of.
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Ryooken 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 You said "Toppling Iran: It was called the Cold War. Many things were done that did not live up to the ideals of America"
Actually you are wrong. I know it's fashionable to blame the Cold War on everything the US did in the middle east but the facts are plain. Angry over Iran's removal of the Brittish occupation the UK and the US got together and toppled a democratic government and put in the place the Shauh of Iran one of the worst tyrants in the middle east.
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Ryooken 1 month ago
@Ryooken For 20 years this regime ran the country until a group of students rebelled and took hostages. Iran kicked the US out of their country and to pay them back the US put forth another dictator this time in Iraq by the name Saddam Hussein. We sold Saddam WMDs, told him to use them on his Kurdish problem, then proceeded to fund a war between the 2 nations arming both sides. Claiming that they were better off is supposition not fact, if we hadn't toppled their government at all.
Ryooken 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 You said "I should have prefaced my last comment with the fact that the United States is not, and has never been a perfect country." I seem to recall you stating that you felt no shame but then you claim this country isn't perfect. We aren't talking about perfection what we are discussing is the US hypocrisy. Blaming the Brittish for slavery when it was a practice of European entitlement doesn't work either. So far you aren't doing very well.
Let's continue
Ryooken 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 Further you claim that slavery couldn't been gotten rid of easily. Well since the founding documents are about freedom, I would say you are wrong. What's interesting is that this country didn't see non-white people as equals and therefore, even after the Revolutionary War blacks who fought were not freed immediately. No, I am sorry but the Michelle Bauchman theory of we have always tried to get rid of slavery doesn't work either.
Ryooken 1 month ago
@Ryooken If you know anything about the founding of the United States, then you know that it would have been impossible to form the union without letting slavery stand; the southern states would not have joined. The net benefit for the world is apparent to all who see things clearly. The USA has been the greatest force for the uplifting of mankind since the beginning of civilization. Of that there can be no doubt. I'll rebut the rest of your flimsy arguments later.
jbranstetter04 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 Of course it was possible and you're making excuses. Let's talk about reality. The reality is that white people didn't and in many cases still don't feel that non-white people are equal to them. Here we have a country suppositly founded in freedom but yet it's not practiced. It's hypocritical and mendatious period.
Ryooken 1 month ago
@Ryooken I believe that racism is becoming less and less every generation. Is that not progress? Of course it is. You have to admit that all countries in the word that have people of mixed background and heritage have problems. That is why traditionally we have always had Nation States; people who have things in common and who get along with each other. It is only natural to hang around with people of your own kind. I would say that the US is the exception, and a good example of it.
jbranstetter04 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 What you believe doesn't bear up under the actual evidence which you consistently ignore. In fact, racism is getting worse not better. Actually they don't have the same problems that is a myth. Each country has it's own problems unique to that country's history.
Ryooken 12 hours ago
@Ryooken I do not necessarily disagree with you. Obama has, willingly or unwillingly, pitted black against white, and Latino against white. I think for political purposes.
jbranstetter04 5 hours ago
@5452347 I agree
brionnakennedy 4 weeks ago
Obviously President Obama does not share Rev Wright's opinion.
onegreenday 1 month ago
@onegreenday Interesting then that he went to this church for 20 years. Surly he knew what this man was all about.
jbranstetter04 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 I suspect lots of people go to 'church' and don't believe in the preacher.
We know Oabama can't be a true Christian or he would not be President. A true Christian only has the oath of love.
onegreenday 1 month ago
@onegreenday The question is not whether or not Obama is a "true" Christian, it is whether or not he heard this mans anti-American rage. I say that he knew exactly what this preacher was about. And for me, that was enough reason for me to not vote for him. Of course I had plenty of reasons to not vote for him, this only being one of them.
jbranstetter04 1 month ago
@onegreenday he will be back after election.
moviesforrandy 1 month ago
Thumbs up if lowkey brought u here...
PIGORILLA 1 month ago
WOAH......WISDOM!!!
alexl435 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 And the SU was created because of the economic and social suppression by affluent financers of the west. These financers made large sums of money at the peoples expense.This abundence of resources and labor also inspired the actions of Germany's invasion; they saw how well the west did before the revolution and thought they could replicate the financial prosperity. Evil Nazi and Stilinist reign were a part, but political and social suppression were also motivators of the wars.
YaelY7 1 month ago
@jbranstetter04 To begin, lets demistify this idea that the Soviet Union was 1) Communist 2) truthful to its proclaimed ideology. The Soviets claimed to be Socialists, not communists. Furthermore the Socialist ideology was bastardized by Stalin's political reign. When Stalin came to power, they were no long Socialists, but Totalitarian. Please do not play into the Fox News propaganda of evil Socialism, Communism, Anarchism, or even the idea that Capitalism is evil. Don't be so close- minded.
YaelY7 1 month ago
Russia's policy has always been a straight one linked to the justice, but Communism was a big mistake as for the economy.
BlondKilla 2 months ago
Ron Paul/Jeremiah Wright 2012!
USA4July1776 2 months ago
black people are in the military killing to.
moviesforrandy 2 months ago
@jbranstetter04 Hey, I do 100% of good. You see how random number with no source tell us nothing? What have we done that is so great? We "try" to create peace, through war. We support militant rebel groups who murder black Africans, for what? Peace? We refuse to outcast the Zionist Israel and support the Palestianian state looking for peace. In Ghana, they have child slaves. Africa is horrifically malnourished and we do the bare minimum. Who are we helping?
YaelY7 2 months ago
@YaelY7 We entered WWII. We, with the help of our allies, defeated the evil empire of Japan, and the Nazis. We then not only rebuilt Europe with our own wealth, we also rebuilt the countries that we defeated, Japan and Germany. We then for the next 40 plus years kept the Soviets form spreading there evil Communism across the world. To do this, we did some things that were not ideal, but that is what had to be done. We are not perfect, but we have done much good for the world.
jbranstetter04 2 months ago
we have studied this video in Am. civilisation here in France and i found this guy really smart, even i'm not a christian at all, but i've always thought that Americas is not an innocent state and that the country has deserved what happen to it! i'm not talking about the innocent population but about the US Army and the members of the Gvt that are just killing innocent people around the world without reason... Great Guy and really smart speech ^^
tamazirte35 2 months ago
@tamazirte35 How do you even put your own cloths on in the morning being so stupid? I'm just assuming that you do put your own cloths on. I guess that I should be charitable and assume that you're not stupid, only ignorant. But I doubt it. That you have "studied" means little, as even Karl Marx studied, and look how he turned out.
jbranstetter04 2 months ago
@jbranstetter04 you know who is stupid, the guy who profundly thinks that America is an innocent State... it's not that i am stupid it's just that i saw History... you can't contest History can you? if you can then i have nothing to say except Ur reputation is so true . in France, Most Americans are seen as really idiots people... even your representants in the government can't set good examples for your country, i really feel sorry that you seem so ignorant, OPEN YOUR EYES (and a book if u can)
tamazirte35 2 months ago
@tamazirte35 I know more about the history of my country than the average American does, a lot more. On a scale of doing good or bad for the world, we are up to about 88% of doing good. That's not bad. How about Britain? Have they done a lot of good for the world? How about China? How about Japan? How about Germany? What has Russia done for the world lately? How about Botswana? If not the United States, what country is it that you want to see as the strongest country in the world?
jbranstetter04 2 months ago
Teach Rev Teach!!!! I am muslim, and i'll sit in his church on ANY sunday to hear the TRUTH being taught!
MsAlqamar 2 months ago
AMEN
takitheterrible 3 months ago
We have to do something about these jews before they kill us all in a war with Iran.
kermitcintronsucks 3 months ago
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911 was an inside job
GTAGIS 3 months ago
Great upload, thanx!
And he is right.
Vincort 3 months ago
@Vincort You are welcome. I just wanted everyone to see the long version so that they could make up their own mind.
jbranstetter04 3 months ago
@jbranstetter04 Yes, this should be higher on the search lists. Had to look a while for this version. Thanks again for sharing this to the world (im Belgian, but I think he speaks great truth)
Vincort 3 months ago in playlist Favorieten van Vincort
@Vincort I think he is an unamerican radical that is a disgrace to this great country, a country founded on the proposition that "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..."
I recognize that this came late to the slaves, but it did come to them. Because of the British and how they let slavery flourish in the Colonies for decades, liberty came late for the slaves.
jbranstetter04 3 months ago
@jbranstetter04 I think you are wrong. America has done some great things: they were ground breaking in human rights and they saved our ass in WOII. Only that isn't an excuse to bomb Hiroshima or Vietnam, or to support Israel in breaking those human rights your grandfathers fought for.
Still fair you upload this, even if you disagree :)
Vincort 3 months ago
@Vincort HIroshima was completely justified. The standard counter argument to my statement is "how could you say that they killed innocent civilians" Yeah and imagine how many MORE would have been killed in a full ground invasion. Casualties on both sides would have been FAR greater. Wright Is just a Preacher that preaches whatever sells. I know hes not that dumb as he portrays himself as. He's out there for the $
tehatemachine 3 months ago
@tehatemachine Something tells me you got educated by the American shool system. Japan was already on his knees when you guyz decided to throw a bomb on it, killing an incountable amount of citizens. Why? Just to show of your power to Russia, that's why.
Vincort 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
@Vincort Aparently you are just a tool towards someone whose selling you a fake product.
"Japan was already on his knees when you guyz decided to throw a bomb on it, killing an incountable amount of citizens." Oh look at that you just stated my counter argument I comment about. Fucking tool.
tehatemachine 3 months ago
@tehatemachine L2Read please, i stated that Hiroshima-Nagasaki WASN'T completely justified, you guyz were just throwing bombs at an already defeated army (yes, they were), just to show off to the world and russia you got balls
Vincort 3 months ago
@tehatemachine There's such a thing as blockade - what need was there for a ground war in Japan? They had no allies in the East having managed to make themselves hated by the Chinese and Koreans. It's worth pointing out that Hirohito himself put an end to Japan's fledgling nuclear weapons research
bannor99 2 months ago
@jbranstetter04 Why was is that America was the only nation that went to civil war to resolve the question of slavery? Was that the fault of the British?
It's people who refuse to acknowledge the mistakes, sins and crimes of the past that are doomed to repeat them and to suffer for them.
bannor99 2 months ago
@bannor99 The reason is because it was not at first really about slavery, only in the end did it become about slavery. At first it was about what the states could do vs what the federal government could do. The divide caused some of the states to leave the Union, but Lincoln would not allow it. In my following comment is what Lincoln wrote......
jbranstetter04 2 months ago
"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union...."
jbranstetter04 2 months ago
@jbranstetter04 Lets argue pragmatically for one minute here, even if in Lincoln's private world saving the "union" was a paramount task over emancipating the slaves- does it truly matter what his private emotions were when the end result was emancipation? Lincoln himself knew he was inconsistent on the issue of emancipation, and he even addressed it a letter to Albert Hodges.
viletree 2 months ago
@viletree It is known that Lincoln found slavery abhorrent, before, and as President, but even as much as he hated slavery, he was willing to keep it if doing so saved the Union. But we already know that. So to answer your question, no, in a way it does not matter. If given the ability to free them on his first day as President, I believe he would have done it. Can you imagine being responsible for the deaths of over 600,000 Americans? 2% of the total population.
jbranstetter04 2 months ago
@jbranstetter04 Which means that, for all the talk about liberty and freedoms, America really didn't have much moral superiority over the European nations.
bannor99 2 months ago
@bannor99 Remember in what you say, that it was the British who kept slavery alive and well in the Colonies for well over 100 years when they could have ended it. The reason it took us so long to end it is because of the delicateness of our Union. Without a compromise on the issue of slavery, there would not have been a United States of America. I could go on with the implications of that for the world, but we would surly disagree.
jbranstetter04 2 months ago
@jbranstetter04 The revolutionaries broke away from Britain because they didn't like their policies on taxation. What makes you think they would have seen an abolition of slavery in the American colonies any more favorably?
bannor99 2 months ago
@bannor99 As you know, there was a big difference of opinion on slavery between the northern colonies and the southern ones. Even in each colony there was a difference of opinion. So we would have been divided about it, but it would have been imposed by the Empire. Without all states favoring or apposing the abolition of slavery, it would have been taken from us without a fight.
jbranstetter04 2 months ago
@jbranstetter04 Taken without a fight? Highly dubious. Just as how not all the colonists revolted against the Crown, there would likely have been a revolt by those who wanted to keep slaves in defiance of the Empire. But the difference is that supporting a revolt in support of taxes was more palatable than in support of slavery, which would have made French involvement for the revolt unlikely.
bannor99 2 months ago
@bannor99 What you said is correct, but my point was that the divide about slavery was regional, whereas the disagreement about taxation without representation was evenly distributed among the colonies.
jbranstetter04 2 months ago
@jbranstetter04 In that case, it would have made for an interesting historical conundrum if the English crown had sought to end slavery AND tax the colonies at the same time.
bannor99 2 months ago
@bannor99 Imposing liberty with one hand while slapping it down with the other. That would be confusing. Something a lot of people do not know is that the first person killed leading up to the Revolution was a black man. Also, over 5000 blacks fought the British as American Patriots.
jbranstetter04 2 months ago
@jbranstetter04 Confusing? Governments do that all the time; effective way of dividing the malcontents.
bannor99 2 months ago
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he almost exploded there
SAMIRERRE 4 months ago
you people think that white people are to blame when really the black community refuses to be paricpating part of society you cant live off the system for ever...why am i a racist for being proud that im white when blacks always say how proud they are to be black...well guess what white pride world wide
jakeg511 4 months ago
President Obama has considered the charges presented by Rev. Wright and found the American People guilty as charged. President Obama imposed a light sentence of community service on America by declaring 9/11 a Day of National Service. The American People should feel lucky they have such a kind, merciful disciplinarian in charge. They deserve much worse. They deserve to have their economy totally destroyed. They deserve high unemployment that never ends for their crimes that can never be undone.
happystance9able 5 months ago
Sometimes the truth hurts, but we must eat it
desertstormer 9 months ago
I wonder how many kids were there for that sermon....
R0ckG1r7 9 months ago
You have to be a low grade moron to believe anything this Satanic proliferater of lies says. If people who know the truth and lived through what he's talking about then you're just a willing hater and the lover of evil. Wright is an evil man. Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing.
bpentium 9 months ago
P.s dont use condooms, they are bad, hmmmm kay..... idiots.
NLterror6000 10 months ago
this is scary. wish all u blacks could think for ur damn self. listen to herman cain or allen west. they got it right. not this ignorant, america hating, hypocrite that preaches hate. God is not part of that. how dare you call yourselves christians. God knows no race. remember that. I have never once been to a "white" majority christian church and heard them preach hate or racism. not once. wright is living in the past. republicans were the ones that wanted to free the slaves!!!!! think about it
joeapp 10 months ago
@joeapp you say all you blacks should think for yourselves but then mention only black conservatives it seems like you want them to think more conservative and not necessarily for themselves.
CAM8689 7 months ago
this man knows truth, but remember, now that this fraud is self proclaimed president. Funny how truth has become an enemy to the man calling himself Obama.
vanmourikr 10 months ago
9/11 is an American conspiracy , God has nothing to do with that !!!!!!
samyrahlondon 1 year ago
God damn you Benjamin Wright, damn your church, and damn all the zombies who follow you.
vigo894 1 year ago
mack daddy indded; the TRUTH hurts.
sisterburk 1 year ago
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eviltreemonster 1 year ago
mack daddy 2
JohnThePunk584 1 year ago
Obama olny denied association from this didvine man because he spoke against the very government that raped, robbed & pilfered nations throughout centuries. Fof that along he's a coward! Fuck Amerikka... their chickens are comming home to roost!
MRANKH360 3 years ago
ja, it is true... the goddamn amerikan regime created AIDS and continues to administer it to this day. i love what jastheswift2 wrote... truth is slander in an empire of lies. so true!! preach on, Jeremiah!
ichbineinfreidenker 3 years ago
Thr best thing he could do for the Barck campagn is to take a trip to the South Seas and live with the Fiji Islanders for a few months and it would wake him up to the advantages he has in the United States.
dale1966gto 3 years ago
Rev. Wright tells the truth.
OverdueChange 3 years ago 10
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meewsic 3 years ago
'truth is slander in an empire of lies..."
jastheswift2 3 years ago 16
Is this the proper context? Still sounds to me like slander against America.
kodac81 3 years ago
Wright is speaking against conservatives -- people like you. I hope you take it to heart.
allencrider 3 years ago 2
Yes, I see the slander of Wright telling his congregation that white people control the world and have rigged things against them, that the police plant evidence against them, that the government invented AIDs to use against them, that their government conducts terrorism against Islamic allies. I wonder how the young people will interact with white policemen or blacks, such as Thomas Powell Rice, that don't fit the mold preferred by Wright? He is damaging minds and hurting America
kodac81 3 years ago