"The Crazy Rev. Wright." by Ishmael Reed.
The energy with which Reed documents the wackodoodle whiteright on Wright is splendid. It's not that I, for instance, don't know any of what he lays out, and who these batsh*t fellows are, and yes, alas, some are females too, but he's got what it takes to face head-on and write out the endless list of them, what they say, who their associates are who give these spawn of satan their never-go-to-jail-or-get-nailed cards.
He begins:
[ Nothing is more uplifting than watching MSNBC's "Morning Joe," where wealthy Anglicized Irish Americans like Joe Scarborough, Chris Matthews, Tim "Little Russ" Russert and Pat Buchanan hold forth on the topic of race. During the week beginning March, 17, 2008, the talk was all about whether Barack Obama should distance himself from Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Presumably in the same manner that they distanced themselves from Don Imus. ]
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I'm a counterpunch freak, but I missed this piece, thanks for the link. Ben Heine, who did my profile picture, was interviewed on the site last weekend.
http://www.counterpunch.org/stone03222008.html
You might also like to see this piece by Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi, which you can find on Alternet.
He brings together Reed and Sirota's articles -- the double-punch to those racist 'squeebs.' To learn what is a squeeb, you need to read the article!
Sirota's piece is here.
Love, C.
BTW, Graeme, how/when did you meet Heine -- not that you should answer that, if it's too personal and intrusive, of course.
Love, C.
I just met him online. I can't remember how I found his site, but I struck up a conversation on his blog and email (mainly about Palestine) and one day he just sent me the picture (it is based on my old profile picture, which was of me sleeping in a chair).
I've met three people "in real life" from my blog, but unfortunately Ben isn't one- yet anyway. I know Renegade Eye in real life, I met a women in Fargo, and I went to Scotland last year and met up with a guy who gave me some tips on where to visit. Each time has been a great experience.
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