Wake Up the White Folk

By Rev. Lainie Dowell

Wake up the white folk - Pt. 1

The black folk are on the move! The train is coming through to free everybody. Get onboard!

And, while so many folk are down for the celebration of the possibility of new hope and change that is invested in Barack Obama's candidacy, he is openly celebrating America's downfall, and not his own. His personal and academic backgrounds allude to the fact that he may not even be a friend to this nation and its Godly societal ideals.

Ever since it became legal for blacks to vote, the party of Lincoln has not advocated specifically for only whites to participate in the voting process, as they have been erroneously accused of doing. And, if the Republican Party had tried that in this time, then we know how hard Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, and everybody who comes in the name of black leadership would have called for all of them to resign, if that were possible. And, after having succeeded, they would have further called for the Republicans to apologize on their way out. And, then, as they were leaving Washington, D.C., as only the Republicans would have done, then all of those same black leaders would have led the charge to accuse them of being racists, bigots, anti-immigrant, homophobes, haters, liars, anti-American, and traitors worthy of impeachment and hanging.

Nevertheless, the onus remains with the now Democratic presumptive nominee, Barack Obama, to prove that he is trustworthy and competent to assume, in 2009, over the Republican presumptive nominee, John McCain, the leadership which is inherent in the office of the President of the United States.

Now that I have your attention, let me impress upon you that this is exactly how bold every citizen must respond who loves God and America. We may call this present wartime dilemma a culture war instead of a religious war, but it still remains the war of all wars in our time for it goes to the heart, mind, body, soul and spirit of America both at home and abroad. Moreover, how it is to be fought and won depends upon whether or not Americans will recognize the urgency of engaging this battle and their understanding about how much the outcome depends on how they respond to it, both personally and collectively.

People of every race and hue are finding out daily that Obama is not the promised Messiah his campaign and mesmerized followers have tried to make him out to be. They may point to his charismatic speechifying, magnetic draw of the masses, made-over wife, and overflowing coffers, but, along the way, he is leaving a wide trail of indecision behind him among so many citizens who seek to know what is up ahead for them, as they move closer to the November 2008 general election.

We must keep in mind the seriousness of this political process and how, lest we forget, it must not be viewed as merely some hypothetical game or a test of wills of opponents and their surrogates, as some may suppose. This all-important right is a matter of life and death for too many people; and, therefore, it is imperative that it continues to be guarded against becoming flawed in any way by anyone. It demands from Americans that they choose the very best defender of our constitutional rights and that it is, of necessity, incumbent upon them to find that person to be trustworthy, willing, and competent to keep this sovereign nation strong, free, and proud.

Nobody, whether they serve on the local, state, or national level, who has ever demonstrated the proclivities toward any myopic, closed-minded, skewered view of America, has any business sitting in any seat of authority anywhere in this nation. For, how could they ever instill patriotism, pride, and love of God and freedom in citizens for a nation they, themselves, abhor? It is impossible for them to do so. Therefore, they must not be elected. And, furthermore, if they are already in office, they must be decisively voted out.

For, when we speak up and demand excellence in our leadership, then we shall have it. And this generation and future generations would expect it beyond race, color, or gender. And our nation's creed would remain unconfused and be without question or apology, Judeo-Christian, for our faith informs us and our security in whom we believe enables us to walk beside other faiths without wearing on our persons, bombs.

In 2004, Barack Obama stood before the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and announced to all the world, both inside and outside of that hall, what he proclaimed with great enthusiasm, as follows, "There is no black America. There is no white America. There is no Asian America. There is only the United States of America!"

And the people who heard that proclamation swelled up with pride and showed their agreement by their own enthusiastic applause.

But, that was then and this is now.

That was before 2007, when Obama announced his candidacy to become the first black President of this nation and before he had come so close to becoming the 2008 Democratic presumptive nominee. Underlying all of what has been touted to be his grand, intellectual face to the world, is a definite purpose around his candidacy so sinister that only a sudden jolt will shake loose all his misguided followers from their stupor.

If the American people believe Obama is a man of his word, then what is it about him that makes him advocate for the destruction of American values, traditions, and societal mores while professing to be Christian? And, why have Americans not boldly called for him to give an account for his duplicitous nature in his obvious attempt to negate his Muslim roots and split this nation along racial, religious, and color lines, and for him to work towards severing all connections to the United States Constitution as a free Republic despite his protestation and documentation to the contrary?

Could it be that the American people do not know? Could it mean that Americans are no longer willing to learn all they can about his liberal, left-leaning ideologies which would deliver us into the hands of terrorist nations and, thereby, possibly lead to the destruction of America's greatness? But, only if we stand aside and let it happen.

However it may be perceived will depend upon whose point of view is openly and honestly broadcast throughout this nation and the world. For, there decidedly appears to be a brain drain and common sense is clearly no longer thought to be an integral part of the rubric for American life. But for those who express that view, let me quickly add that not everybody is asleep at the switch.

How could a man whose documented autobiographical past survives to remind us that, notwithstanding his youthful dalliances, he continues to this day to be intricately intertwined in the same machinations of the civil rights era which advocated black power, black nationalism, and black Muslim states within the United States and white people would have no say whatsoever over anything pertaining to blacks.

The philosophical rule of this nation would fast become steeped in Marxist, Socialist, Communist, Muslim, and Islamic ideologies. And as such, there would only be mandated either weakened churches or no God whatsoever.

Take a look around and note how many Muslim and Islamic organizations are being put in place right now as if they are in a holding pattern waiting for January 2009, and the day they believe Obama will be administered the oath of office. And they can count on him to change this government as they wait to hear him say one more time, "Yes we can!"

Obama's past and present friendships have run contrary to the fruitful efforts achieved by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and many more who joined them to bring about reconciliation and healing of the racial divide in this nation. Yet, Obama's record stands for the entire world to see the dangers we would face by entertaining even the thought of electing him as the first black male President.

Obama wants Americans to believe he has enough foreign experience based on the fact that he was born in Hawaii, the son of a Muslim Kenya, African, father and white mother from Kansas; subsequently lived with his mother and Indonesian Muslim stepfather in that country and was educated within the Muslim faith when he was six to ten, at which time his mother sent him back to Hawaii to live with her parents. Travel as a child does not count towards having Foreign Service experience in America for purposes of high-level, international discourse with a variety of leaders.

But, where he has a memory lapse, also, is about what was he doing for three weeks in 1981, when he visited Pakistan? His mother lived there for a time during his childhood. And, if he was visiting her, why wouldn't he say so? Has he also forgotten that, in 1981, he lived, however briefly, with a Pakistani roommate when he attended Columbia, University, in New York? And does Obama remember why he visited the Middle East? Somehow, he came up with a sudden memory lapse and cannot provide answers to those questions.

However, as recently as the 2007 Election in Kenya, Africa, between their current President Kibaki and Obama's cousin, Odinga, Obama personally interferred as a United States Senator to impact that foreign political matter by speaking on Odinga's behalf and by contributing a large monetary sum towards Odinga's candidacy.

Obama had been joined in Kenya by Dick Morris and his wife, who had said they were there as pro bono consultants to ensure Odinga's success as a candidate. They failed in the attempt and violence broke out in that nation, because Kbaki retained his Presidency. Morris was run out of the country, but not before he had also contributed a large sum of money towards Odinga's candidacy. When has any ethical person ever helped a client pro bono and then turned around and given money to them?

Despite Morris' widely disseminated videotaped appearance at a Kenyan press conference where he stated his purpose of being in the country was to help Odinga, and further, despite the public circulation of a photograph showing Obama and Odinga together at that time, nevertheless, Obama's presidential campaign has labeled as attacks and smears anybody who has produced evidence to substantiate their allegations about the relationship and funds they left in Africa to support Odinga.

Who is to be believed? Can we not trust our own eyes? More importantly, can we not trust Obama to give us a straight account about why he continues to solicit foreign funds for his political campaign in America?

Obama has defined himself by the company he keeps. And, this brings us to some of the foremost noted figures in Obama's past, present, and future who have remained on track with meeting their objectives to accomplish their goal of putting a black man in the White House who would foster their long-time black agenda, including legislating reparations, acceptance of the black Muslim programs, with the final blow to democracy being the institution of the Islamic rule of Sharia Law, because neither Muslims nor Islamists regard themselves as being under the authority of the Constitution of the United States even while they reside among us.

Obama, along with his wife, Michelle, have had more than enough experience combined with rallying the troops and fundraising just on the basis of their background as professional community organizers and attorneys to help ensure their victory in this election.

Both served as co-founders of the Public Allies Corporation in Chicago, Illinois, and Obama was a Board member until his wife became executive director in 1993. The website states that it is an "American nonprofit dedicated to youth leadership development, founded in 1992 by Vanessa Kirsch and Katrina Browne in Washington, DC." The introduction goes on to state their core values are "collaboration, continuous learning, diversity/inclusion, focus on assets, and integrity." And they have apprenticeships to join other nonprofits to work together in groups of "6-12 people."

Their having ready-made access to network with such vast community organizations such as this with locations in key political states around this nation, gives them an advantage heads and shoulders above John McCain and the rest where they would, themselves, have no need to ask for the services of the so-called 527 lobbyist corporations to rally volunteers or solicit election contributions on their behalf. What's more, all such organizations could still work on their behalf and, yet, remain apart from their campaign reporting, which is compiled by the Federal Election Commission, which also has oversight of federal election campaigns.

During Obama's primary campaign, Minister Louis Farrakham endorsed his candidacy on behalf of the Nation of Islam, which he heads. As a result, Obama hurriedly renounced that endorsement just as he had earlier renounced and denounced Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Jr., his former pastor, of the Trinity United Church of Christ. Furthermore, when the New Black Panther organization endorsed Barack Obama's candidacy, they were, likewise, told by the Obama campaign that they would not accept their endorsement. And, with that, their ad was removed from the Obama website. However, they have vowed to remain supportive of the Obama bid for President. Those organizations are located in Chicago, Illinois, where Obama has lived and worked for over the past 20 years.

Minister Farrakhan sounded a clear clarion call for the black man, when he wrote to influence the black Muslims and their advocates to "evolve from the limited vision of the founding fathers and repudiate that vision...or say that the darker people will never be respected as equals inside of this nation." [He was speaking in America about America].

Farrakhan is a longtime friend of Obama and he also said, "America lies on her deathbed, is in dire need of guidance and a new direction. America is steadily on the decline. Her economy is faltering, her public schools are failing, maintaining the health of American people has proven too costly, crime is rampant, her sense of morality seems to have been lost and in general the whole future of the country has become a big question." quoted: A Torchlight for America, by Min. Louis Farrakhan. 1993.

There is no way that anybody can convince me that all those who advocate for separation of the races and creation of a black nation can for so long withhold their cooperation while they leach off this nation and then blame America for their vile situation. (Speaking to the brothers). Hear me!

There is no way I can be persuaded that anybody, regardless of their race, creed, and gender can come on these shores and bring their problems with them, and, yet, hold this nation solely responsible.

Although, many in black leadership have stepped up and claimed to have the solution, unfortunately, too many have also kept this nation bound to the race problem and it has been made into a cottage industry -- lucrative for everybody but the people who stand in line waiting for aid in America. So, if the black leaders have solutions who get their grants and budgets assuredly from this federal government, now is the time.

For, if you know the solutions but respond only with the problems, then it is you who are in the wrong and not America! And we are fed up with shuckers and jivers and schemers and connivers. We do not have to accept everything and anything that comes down the pike. We demand your best, because America deserves no less.

Obama's campaign offices are headquartered in Chicago and he recently moved the entire Democratic National Committee Headquarters (DNC) into his offices there, with the blessings from the current head of the DNC, Howard Dean. And, just think, he isn't even President, yet. But already he is running ahead of himself, even going so far as to create a brand new Presidential Seal for himself.

Somebody needs to remind him that this nation has only one President at the time, and his name is George W. Bush. Didn't he hear him tell the nation that he was not going to be a lame duck President? And, where is Congress in all of this outrageously unethical and unprofessional show before the whole world? We can do better! And we must!

Obama and his wife and aides no doubt hope to get away with what I see as them trying to dupe Americans. And they will get away with it, unless Americans of every hue - and especially white -wake up and all say, together, with one loud voice, "No way! Not in America the land that we love!"

And, unless that is done, then Americans can keep going along with Obama's not-so-hidden agenda filled with deception and destruction only to rue the day that they refused to hear or speak out against him and his plans to change America but without their consent.

See also:
Wake Up the White Folk - Part 2, July 2, 2008. Copyright (c) 2008 by Rev. Lainie Dowell.
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Banned on Free Republic Site

"Don't Shoot the Messenger.
Because she can take it."
-Rev. Lainie Dowell

It happened like this --

I signed onto Free Republic (FR) in good faith and posted an excerpt from my first article on July 2, 2008. It is entitled, "Wake Up The White Folk." The FR-automated response said it was being sent for review. Later, I searched for it there but couldn't find it. I finally logged into my FR account without any problem. Then I found their message there that my account had been revoked.

No reason was given. No questions asked. No efforts made by FR to contact me, about any problems with my article. No available FR contact link.

My article at FR was about Americans, Obama, and the upcoming election. Moreover, another group had previously posted my articles at FR apparently without any problems, because they were well read by FR visitors.

Its hard to know what FR guidelines are, because I have come across many, many offensive posts that were allowed to remain on their site. I do not consider my article to have been in that category.

Since FR collects donations online and offline, from posters, as a private organization, it seems they should be held accountable for their business practices and ethics; namely to include access to a contact, an explanation about why they have taken certain actions against members, and making available to them some means of redress.

I can take it. And, apparently, the people who are running Free Republic must believe they are immune from citizens' responses to call them to be accountable for their responsibilities. And now that I am aware of the situation, I am involved, too, in calling for action against Free Republic.

However, that vile experience lets me know just how vulnerable all American citizens are, because it takes just one pull of whatever switch by any abusive person of any authority and oversight and Americans who are gathered around any issue either from over long distances or near to one another, would once again become an individual, isolated voice. And as an individual, they would be surrounded by big (or small) abusive people who have total control over every method of how people are able to exercise responsible (and even abusive) free speech.

Americans have too often taken this right for granted, because it is so liberally distributed to all by the United States Constitution. That is, until others arbitrarily determine for themselves they can take it away and the legal avenues of redress support them instead of those who have been deprived by them of those rights, with impunity.

I certainly hope and pray that I won't ever have that as a true charge against me.

Something to think about on the Fourth of July, 2008.

God bless you.
God bless America.

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Wake Up the White Folk2

By Rev. Lainie Dowell

This is an expanded version of "Wake Up the White Folk" Pt 1

The black folk are on the move to the White House without you! And they act as if they don't care how they're going to get there or how many "good" friends they're forced to leave behind no matter what their race or color.

As offensive as this subject on race might sound in relation to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), there is no way around it. This is the 10-ton gorilla in the room and it is led by the man who once said he did not want to make race an issue during this election.

At a recent televised awards program aired on Black Entertainment Television Network (BET), the hip hop mogul and Obama supporter, Sean "Puffy" Combs (i.e., P. Diddy), stepped up to the microphone and, with an up raised fist, repeatedly shouted "Obama or Die!" That was a parody of his youth voter registration slogan, "Vote or Die!" But, the audience there was made up predominently of black celebrities, and most of them responded to P. Diddy's lead as if they were at a political rally instead of being out for a glamorous evening of celebration.


We can see that people of different races have gathered en masse to celebrate new hope and change through Obama's candidacy for President. And they are prepared to fuel his campaign with millions of dollars. However, there are just as many people who have remained skeptical about him and his yet-to-be articulated plans for this nation should he be elected President. Some are cynical about the possibility of him ever being elected. And they do not hesitate to say so.

Obama's young, trusting face he tries to present to the world instead comes across, somehow, in a way which makes him suspect as if he had a sinister purpose in mind for Americans. And, his plans may be so entrenched in the outcome of this election that only a sudden jolt will be able to shake loose his misguided followers and awaken them from their charismatically-induced stupor. On the other hand, not everybody is asleep at the switch, which is to say the real Obama should step up instead of him switching his positions, as he finds them to be politically expedient.

People deserve to know exactly where he stands on the issues of military war and justice, taxation, poverty, high costs of gas and oil, Rowe vs. Wade and same-sex relationships which continue to be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court, and the deterioration of our schools and food warehouses, health care, churches, and so much destruction of our infrastructures and work ethics. And, as long as this nation is at war against Islamafacists and radical terrorists, then everybody has to stay vigilant to guard against attempts by those who would try to destroy this nation regardless of their race, color, creed or religious and political affiliation.

And, although we may call this present dilemma a culture war instead of a religious war, it remains to be seen as the war of all wars in our time, because it revolves around the survivability of this nation. And, that is why this election goes to the heart, mind, body, soul and spirit of America, both at home and abroad.

Therefore, if anybody, including Obama, as he has come on the political scene and tried to do so many times, would act to shut the people's mouths against speaking out and being heard on any matter, then this war being waged at home against Americans is already lost. Without freedom of speech and the expectation of truth, there can be no trust. And, without trust, there can be no dependability. Furthermore, without dependability, there is no character.

We are inundated with poll-driven prognostication from every direction, and we must remember the seriousness of our constitutional right to vote. We can no longer afford to view this process as a hypothetical game or a test of wills of opponents and their surrogates. This is no less true particularly among newly recruited youth voters and some newcomers to America, if they decide to vote on the basis of race rather than to take time to determine who would be the best candidate to elect for President based on character , experience, and yes, faith, and patriotism for this nation and her people.

Even as we prepare for this election, liberal cable tv news pundits and various religious leaders, foreign nations and, Hamas, are telling us who our next President will be, based on projected polling. And, invariably, they point to Obama as their candidate despite empty ballot boxes waiting to be filled with the names and political affiliations of many more candidates who, also, want to stand for that honor.

Included among them is the Republican candidate and presumptive nominee and frontrunner, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Yet, his name, qualifications, and national platform are being disparaged by Obama surrogates. And his campaign is rarely covered. The media have already counted him out and Obama in. And, by doing that, they have driven this election right up to the finish line even though we are nowhere near to the official election deadline.

Furthermore, what kind of changes in the law can we expect from an Obama administration? Democratic legislators, such as Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), a Muslin and long-time friend of Obama, are advocating for same-day election registration laws. However, if such laws were to be passed, they could throw the doors wide open to advance voter fraud, political corruption, laxer laws overall. And that would signal the end of this Republic, as we know it.

In addition, Ellison plans to propose a bill which would make it mandatory for everybody to vote on a specially designated day! The operative words here are, "mandatory for everybody." But, so many election staffs are short-handed that volunteers can hardly keep up identifying legitimate voters who registered in a timely manner.

Senator Barack Obama Comes on the National Scene

On July 27, 2004, a then, little-known state Sen. Obama stood before the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in the Boston, Massachusetts, Fleet Center, where he enthusiastically proclaimed in a keynote address for all the world to hear, the following, "There's not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there's the United States of America. There's not a black America and white America and latino America, and Asian America; there's the United States of America!" (source: Barack Obama, the politics of hope, Copyright (c) 2008 by William Michael Davis, OTTN Publishing, Stockton, NJ, pp. 10-11).

People who listened to Obama's proclamation swelled up with pride and showed their agreement by their enthusiastic applause. And, that was also when the die was cast and he was picked to become the 2008 Democratic candidate for President. Moreover, his presence at that 2004 DNC convention overshadowed that year's Presidential nominee, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-MA), who went on to lose his bid for president that same year to the current President George W. Bush.

But that was then and this is now.

That was before February 2007, when Obama officially announced his candidacy and gave his assurance that he would become the first black President of this nation. And, despite all of that, people of every race are still finding out that he is not the promised Messiah that his campaign and mesmerized followers try to make him out to be.

The onus remains with Obama to prove that he is trustworthy and competent enough to assume the leadership which is inherent in the office of President for all Americans. Obama has further defined himself by the company he keeps. And this brings us to some of the foremost noted figures in his past, present, and future who have remained on track with meeting their own objectives to accomplish through him their long-time goal of putting a black man into the White House who would foster their own black agendas, including fostering legislation of reparations for what they view as the sin of whites for enslaving blacks, the acceptance of this nation by legislation of the black Muslim programs fostered by Min. Louis Farrakhan and the New Black Panthers, and with legislation as the final blow to democracy being the institution of the Islamic rule of Sharia Law in America instead of the Muslims' adherence to America's Constitutional rule of law and respect for American biblical authority.

That scenario is possible, because neither Muslims nor Islamists regard themselves as being under the authority of the United States constitution, and that includes Rep. Ellison. And, even though billions of Muslims work and reside in America, there continues to be an ongoing movement to change the legislative and judicial system to accommodate a separate form of their own government and implementation of their own laws.

Political Ramifications of the Islamic Community and the Western World

Everywhere the Muslim people live in this nation and in the world, their advocates have applied pressure on the courts and legislators to make that community strictly conform to meeting their own religious and political needs even to the exclusion of American Jurisprudence. And, in too many instances, many in leadership have helped to contribute to their Islamic plans and they have capitulated, which has resulted in a serious breach with regards to the American foundational truths. Consequently, our citizenry is forced to have to suffer in silence, because they feel the Islamic religious squeeze with impunity and without their having any avenues of redress to alleviate their sense of injustice committed towards Americans.

Even more devastating is the realization that, within the Islamic community in this nation and abroad, their economic system mandates that whatever property they purchase is done legally in the name of Allah and without taxation. The implications for that is widespread, when we consider there are billions of Muslims or Islamists who adhere to that principle, which amounts to America being sold out even as Americans feel the pinch in their own wallets. And, this is all being done in the name of freedom and compassion and respect for foreigners? But at what cost?! And what part does the DNC, Sen. Barack Obama, and all of his friends play?

"O what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." -Anon.

Obama's past and present friendships have run contrary to the fruitful efforts achieved by so many black and white citizens such as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and the white founders of the NAACP, and so many more people who joined that movement to bring about reconciliation and healing of the racial divide in this nation. Yet, Obama's record stands for all the world to see the dangers we would face by entertaining even the thought of electing him as the first black male President of this nation.

Both Obama and Michelle, his wife, have more than enough combined experience at rallying volunteers and fundraisers to ensure victory for them in this election, based on their long-time careers as professional community organizers and attorneys.

Moreover, both served as co-founders of the Public Allies Corporation in Chicago, Illinois. Barack Obama was a Board Member until his wife became the executive director in 1993. The Allies website states that it is an "American nonprofit dedicated to youth leadership development. Founded in 1992 by Vanessa Kirsch and Katrina Browne in Washington, D.C." The introduction goes on to state their "core values are collaboration, continuous learning, diversity/inclusion, focus on assets, and integrity." And it further states that they have "apprenticeships to join other nonprofits to work together in groups of '6-12 people.' "

Take note that, for their community organizing language, "Assets," means vast coalitions of people who remain at their immediate beck and call.

Therefore, this political couple who have publicly feigned ignorance in the ways of "Washington politics," have already established more than enough ready-made access to networks via vast numbers of unions and community organizations through Allies, which have established many locations in key political states throughout this nation. And, that immediate access to "assets" gives them a considerable advantage over McCain's candidacy and organization not only for this year but also for years to come, even as both of the Obamas continue to recruit young people to join up with their various organizations following their graduation "to volunteer to do community service."

Furthermore, whereas the Obamas might not need to call on any so-called 527 organizations for services or from lobbyist groups, those organizations could take it upon themselves to help out the Democratic campaign to rally many more volunteers and to help solicit political funds on their behalf. What's more, all such 527 organizations could still work on their behalf and, yet, somehow remain apart from their campaign reporting compiled by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), which exercises ongoing oversight of all federal election campaigns.

Obama's state and federal campaign offices are headquartered in Chicago, and he recently moved the entire DNC headquarters into his offices there, with the blessings of the current head of the DNC, Howard Dean.

Obama isn't even President, yet. But already he is running ahead of himself. He even went so far as to have a brand new Presidential seal created for him and he blatantly displayed it during a speech he delivered to the governor's meeting, which gave rise to thinking his intentions are to also go ahead and try to unilaterally change this nation's constitution. However, because of the hue and cry from "Right"-thinking citizens and others of good will, his campaign scrapped that idea and put his seal away. At least for now.

How could Obama's life have remained so intricately interwined with the same machinations of others who marched during the civil rights era but to advocate for black power and black nationalism, as well, with their call for the creation of a black Muslim state housed within the United States in which white people would have no say over anything pertaining to blacks?

Even now, there are many Muslim and Islamic organizations in America and abroad who are in place as if they are in a holding pattern waiting for January 2009, for the day that they believe Obama will be the one who is administered the oath of office as President. And those organizations are counting on Obama to change this government as he tried to change the Presidential Seal to say, instead of "Out of Many, One," to "Yes We Can."

Whereas ordinary citizens might have seen subtle changes in this nation's ideals, as being covert, the philosophical rule of America has fast become steeped in overt Marxist, Socialist, Communist, Islamists and other foreign ideologies. And, as such, this nation has come under the ongoing mandate for either weakened churches or no God whatsoever. Where is the proof of that, you might ask? Ask any preacher.

And much of this change to take this from a nation that adheres to Judeo-Christian principles to near atheistic proportions has taken place within our educational systems spurred on by instructors who understand that any change of a nation begins when an entire generation of children is indoctrinated with new ideas that run counter to that nation's past societal values, no matter how Godly that nation is. And, so, begins the national breakdown more often than not, by teaching the youth to turn away from the Godly morals of that nation until it is stripped clean of that nation's God.

"And they have exchanged the truth for a lie."

Minister Louis Farrakhan, Black Muslims, The New Black Panthers, and Islamists

Minister Louis Farrakham, as head of the Nation of Islam and a friend to Sen. Obama, endorsed his candidacy during the 2008 primary campaign. As a result, Obama was forced to both renounce his endorsement and to denounce him at the instigation of Sen. Hillary Clinton, just as Obama had previously been forced to renounce a message preached by Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Jr., his former pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ.

Furthermore, after the New Black Panther organization (NBP) had endorsed Barack Obama's candidacy they, too, were told by the Obama campaign that they would not accept their endorsement. And, shortly thereafter, their ad was removed from the official Obama website. However, the head of the NBP has vowed to remain supportive of Obama's candidacy for President.

Min. Louis Farrakhan sounded a clear clarion call in 1993, which he continues to send out for the black man, where he wrote to influence the black Muslims and their advocates to "evolve from the limited vision of the founding fathers and repudiate that vision . . . or say that the darker people will never be respected as equals inside of this nation." Farrakhan was speaking in America to black Americans about America.

Farrakhan, had also written at that time, "America lies on her deathbed, is in dire need of guidance and a new direction. America is steadily on the decline. Her economy is faltering, her public schools are failing, maintaining the health of American people has proven too costly, crime is rampant, her sense of morality seems to have been lost and in general the whole future of the country has become a big question." (quoted: A Torchlight for America, Copyright (c) 1993 by Min. Louis Farrakhan.)

During the time of that book's publication, America was under the administration of President Bill Clinton. However, Farrakhan holds to that assessment today even as he has been known to have travelled from Cuba, to Libya, to Chavez and other nations outside of America to solicit money to prop up his own organization.

Let me talk to the brothers to say there is no way anybody can convince me that all those black separatists who still advocate for separation of the races and creation of their own black nation can for so long withhold their own national cooperation and yet leach off this nation and then turn around and blame America for their vile situation.

And, there is no way that I can be persuaded that anybody, regardless of their race, creed, and gender can come onto these shores and bring their many problems with them, and, yet, try to hold this nation solely responsible for whatever happens to them apart from whatever this government does to try to help alleviate their situation.

Without a doubt, I am sure Americans can acknowledge that there are so many in black and white leadership who have stepped up and claimed to have the solution to these racial problems in hand. Unfortunately, too many of them have also kept this nation bound to the race problem and they have made it into a cottage industry that is lucrative for everybody but the people who are standing in line waiting for aid in America. So, if either the black or the white leaders have solutions to dispense, as they get their grants and budgets assuredly from this federal government, then now is the time for them to step up and hand out solutions to finally make a difference.

For, if they do know what the solutions are, and have them in hand but choose to respond only with the problems, then they are the ones who are in the wrong and not America and they need to know that, too!

Americans, as a nation, are fed up with shuckers and jivers and schemers and connivers. We do not have to accept everything and anything that comes down the pike. And, when we stand to demand excellence in our leadership, then we shall have it. And, this generation and future generations would expect it beyond race, color, or gender. And our nation's creed would remain unconfused and be without question or apology, Judeo-Christian.

We must demand the best, because America deserves no less. And, until Americans of every hue - and especially white - wake up and all Americans say together with one loud voice -- No way. Not in America the land that we love will you tear it down!

Unless Americans take positive action, they can expect to keep going along with Obama and the rest of this nation's leadership with their not-so-hidden agendas. And, they can watch as they quickly change this nation by deception such that they will rue the day that they refused to hear and speak out against it. Moreover, all those who are allowed to escalate their plans to change America into an economical one world, global society, with Islamic underpinings, would not stop to ask for your opinion in the matter.

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Obama and Oprah: Talk of the Town

By Rev. Lainie Dowell

The primary campaign of the Presidential Election 2008 may be over but the decision is still undetermined as to who the official nominee will be. Can we agree that a lot can happen to effect this outcome between now and the Democrat convention to be held in Denver this August? For example, the Republicans will begin in earnest to press their own platform and candidate, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), as the next President.

President George W. Bush may not be considered "the people's choice," but he surely must be God's choice. And, despite outcries to the contrary, Americans had better be thankful that he was in office when September 11, 2001, struck and woke Americans to the crucial need for us to consider taking drastic measures to stop the worldwide agenda of terrorists to destroy this nation, Israel, and western civilization, as we know it. And he led the way.


The Democrats have come closer to choosing a nominee, but the Obama-Oprah questions persist. Despite her long-standing resolve to not publicly endorse any one candidate, Oprah decided to step upon the stage during the primary campaign and supported Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) in his bid for the White House. And, in her own bold, inimitable way, she proceeded to take Obama, a virtual unknown on the national scene, and turn the spotlight on him.

But, whenever you add Oprah to the mix, then what you get is a massive following that appears to be both unstoppable and unbeatable. After all, it has not been that many years ago that people were encouraging her to throw her hat into the ring; but she declined. She chose to remain at the helm of her own multimillion dollar company, Harpo Productions.

That was then and this is now. Ever since her grandiose endorsement of Obama, so much has been made of him being a man who is able to gather the masses like a Pied Piper even when Oprah does not show up on the campaign trail with him. But you must remember, he is also trained as a professional community organizer and that is what he does best. He has talked his way out of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ and Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., pastor, straight into the hallways of Harpo Productions; and, from there, he is headed in the direction of the White House while still being a virtual unknown entity.

During the mid-1980s, Obama and Oprah met in Chicago, Illinois, when they attended the church where their former pastor, Rev. Wright, recently retired and is the Pastor Emeritus.

Oprah and her followers have treated Obama like a man from out of the Chicago wilderness-like environs of life who has come draped in this radiant light of awakening. And, for the most part, he has proceeded to wake up quite a following of his own. But, if the nation did not know who he was before, then a whole lot less is known about him now - by design. The lingering problem about him is that not nearly enough is known to entrust him with the keys to the White House and the security codes which are revealed to only the Commander-in-Chief, who is charged with defending this nation.

We have Oprah to thank for that. She plucked him out from among the dissenting Democrat stables, anointed him, crowned him with her many riches that surround her empire, and gave him a hefty push in the direction of the White House, as only a noted, wealthy, black female entrepreneur could do. And she called out to ask -- Is he the one? Is he the one?

And then Oprah stood firmly pressed into the mike and boomed, "I do believe that he is the one!" And the one and only Obama stepped forth to the adulation of the crowd while grinning ear to ear after she called his name and crowned him for all to see, as the next President OBAAAMAAA!!!!

But, hold on a second. There is nothing in our Constitution that says we have to elect a candidate based on their race, skin color, or for that matter, gender. Perhaps, sometime or another this nation might digress and that might become the case, but not in my lifetime. This country has come too far to be recognized as the strongest nation in the free world to allow either black or white racial pride or gender to get in the way of how we elect the best possible candidate to lead this nation especially at a time of war.

Moreover, between Oprah's decision and her endorsement, we have not found out that much more about the man, because his story keeps changing. But, in the fulness of time, the seal was broken. And it was not Obama who did it. As we watched with baited breath, the facade was lifted, when the media obtained access to a YouTube video showing Obama's now former pastor, Rev. Wright, preaching his usual fiery sermon about how hateful and evil this country and President Bush are. I mean, he could do nothing right for this country to let Rev. Wright preach it.

Nevertheless, Obama and Oprah are the talk of the town, as they find themselves in the middle of a mess of their own making. This past year and throughout the primary campaign, Obama was losing the all-important popular vote and delegate count to his co-candidate, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY).

She was more experienced and was hailed to be the frontrunner from the Democrat camp. He, on the other hand, was less so and a newcomer on the national political stage. But, he came with the game plan in hand, which was to say nothing and do nothing to draw attention to himself and let the media enable him to continue to slip under the radar of journalistic scrutiny. It worked for months until the now infamous video opened up the floodgates. However, instead of sinking Obama's "Ship of State" early on, it propelled him to sail on with even more confidence; and, yet, he was still all wet behind the ears.

But for the fact that Obama is a black man who has endeared himself to so many of the white voters, female in particular, he could not have become presumptive nominee for President of the United States.

At the same time, we remember how Geraldine Ferraro was raked over the coals for making a similar statement during the primary. That ought to alarm every American as a foretaste of things to come in the form of censorship regarding any future discussions about Obama or his family and friends.

Despite what it now appears to be, many outraged voices are rising across this country against the Obama-Oprah-Democrat campaign to rush to seat him as their candidate. And, as Oprah watches her media ratings plummet, she must be aware that her star is fading fast among her own faithful following.

When she chose Obama over Clinton, many of her white female viewers said they felt betrayed, because she backed the inexperienced black male candidate instead of the white experienced female during this historic time.

Nevertheless, the two "Os" have kept their counsel and their drumbeat continues to go forth to make Obama the Democrat nominee. Their rush to judgement overlooks any statesman-like demeanor on the political stage; and it is, perhaps, symptomatic of the nation clamoring for change. But what kind of change? And when?

It appears that Obama may have edged Clinton out of the Presidential race, but his own star is on the decline, as well. He has secretly worked from behind the scene, to rush the all-important nomination process in his favor.

During the recent televised deliberations of the Democrat Rules Committee (DRC), upon the appeal by Sen. Clinton, the Michigan contingency admitted Obama voluntarily took his name off the ballot and citizens were told to write in "Uncommitted." That was done to deliberately deter Sen. Clinton's gains during that primary.

During that DRC meeting to consider whether or not to seat the earlier discounted delegates of Florida and Michigan and to give them a vote at the Denver Convention in August, Donna Brazille, a superdelegate and member of the DRC, reminded those gathered that if the DRC gave Obama any delegates from Michigan when he had voluntarily removed himself from their ballot and, also, to then take four of Clinton's delegates and give them to Obama, as Brazille said, "That is cheating." Stay tuned!

Is Obama the man for all seasons? Or is he really the man for all reasons depending on the question he is asked? Where did he come from? It takes an Atlas to research his genealogical background. Why has he failed to give more than platitudes and canned speeches? And why are masses of people content to feed on his stump spiel that he can bring change and hope rather than to demand from him substantial responses on the issues facing this nation now and for years to come? Indeed, can he even be trusted to give a truthful response based on prior researched documentation?

Citizens must remain free to demand a more substantive answer without being labelled as bigots, racists, detractors, and haters by either the Obama faction or the media. And, yet nothing has come from either Obama, Oprah, the media, or the masses which would satisfy the need to find him credible and trustworthy for such a sobering responsibility as leader of the free world.

In the words of singer, Bonny Raitt, Let's give them something to talk about.

The truth is, everytime anyone raises a question for this man who would be President to respond, either Obama or one of his surrogates steps up to either change the subject or else blur the issue at hand and run out the clock to leave it hanging. But what we need for them to do is to call for Obama to address so many of these unanswered questions.

For example, Why did Obama remain under Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.'s pastorate for so long without speaking out against him preaching racist rhetoric or else leaving that church until recently, after he was forced to do so but without fully distancing himself?

Why did Obama publicly disinvite his pastor's participation to announce his candidacy for President; and, yet, fail to inform the public that he and his family had already prayed and received Rev. Wright's blessings immediately before they went before the cameras?

Why has Obama maintained close friendships with known and admitted terrorists, such as William Ayers and his wife, Bernadine Dohrn?

Why does Obama continue to say that he and his wife, Michelle, entered into questionable (i.e., "bone-headed") real estate transactions with Tony Rezko and his wife, Rita, when he was in the Chicago state legislature and both Obama and Michelle are lawyers?

Why has Obama refused to publicly acknowledge and reveal the part he played with Rev. Wright and Minister Louis Farrakhan to organize the 1995 Million Man March, since he is also a trained professional organizer himself?

Why did Obama personally approach his Chicago friend, Dr. Conrad Worrill, of the National Black United Front, and ask for his support both during his 2004 campaign for the state legislature (IL) and his 2008 bid for President, knowing his ongoing position on black power and black unity to the exclusion of white people?

Why does Obama continue to say that he never was a Muslim, when he has left a long paper trail to the contrary?

What is Obama's relationship to his friend, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), black Muslim in Congress who has made no secret of his bold agenda to foster lawful incorporation of the Islamic Qur'an and, thereafter, Sharia law upon Americans as the law of this land, after his already having had a resolution passed in Congress to celebrate a month of Ramadan? And this nation needs to know what they both know about their friend Minister Louis Farrakhan's black Muslim agenda or the Islamic plans of Rep. Ellison waiting in the wings to present to Congress.

Wait a minute, I just said something. Don't let that go by so quickly.

Why does Obama resolve to press for permanent adoption of the policies which are anathema to societal traditions and mores of the majority of this nation's citizenry (e.g., pro-life abortions, same-sex laws of all types, withdrawal of military from theaters in the Middle East and elsewhere, higher taxes, less national security, destruction of family and Judeo-Christian values, and censorship of first amendment rights to individual free speech and the Christian community, in particular)?

What are Obama's plans, if he should become President? Both he and his wife are already showing us what is in store but are we paying attention? Does he intend for him and his wife to host a White House gathering of all their friends he was forced to drop along the way in order to satisfy and to get by white voters as a bloc?

What this nation needs are more journalists who will persist in compiling and reporting the whole story this side of Obama's run for the White House. If not, then we face not only Obama's possible nomination and election but also at least four to eight years of leadership under a man who is an ill-prepared, inexperienced, political wannabe who has only his own interests at heart. And what that might be, he is keeping close to the vest.

I am not yet in total agreement with many of the policy positions of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ); but, as of this moment, he is still the last great hope for keeping our nation on its Constitutional path that our Founding Fathers envisioned for us centuries ago. McCain seems to understand that change for change sake which could possibly involve the dismantling of this entire Republic is not the answer that we are willing to live with or have our children live to become accustomed to sometime down the road.

This year seems to present a failure of up and coming leadership. And, if the truth be told, we would admit that we do not have great choices in this all-important election. But, our best chance is with that person who has long demonstrated the most experience; the most impressive legislative track record; the ability to reach across the aisle without compromising this nation's ideals; and the one who is the most passionate and trustworthy about defending our God-given American values, traditions, and beliefs.

As we go forth, what we do know is that Obama's agenda, if kept hidden, is not intended to mean this nation any good. But, hey! He would be the first black man in the White House. But, is he the one?

More people than not are responding with a loud and resounding, "No!"

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