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dotymed

(5,610 posts)
19. It bothered me.
Fri May 18, 2012, 12:03 PM
May 2012

I did not like the fact that President Obama felt (his advisor's probably) it necessary to dis-associate himself with any Progressive that he had associated with. I am white and all I ever heard the Rev. Wright say was truth. When he turned his back on the progressive influences in his life and had that Nazi preacher speak at his inauguration, I was disappointed.
Sadly, in the 21st century, in America, the reality is that if you are associated with anyone of the 99% (even the few in the 1%) who dares speak truth to power, you are not "viable."
I wonder if President Obama attended M.L.K. jr.'s church (if he were still alive), would the President have been compelled to leave his flock? I think so...
What will it take before "we the people" put an end to this master/serf bullshit? Unless we can get an MSM that is not corporate controlled, we stand little chance of educating the masses and ending corporate governance. Sadly, we do have great independent media sources in America (Democracy Now, RT, etc.) yet the people do not realize the incentive (being honestly informed) to seek these alternative news sources out.
It would be great (ok, after the election) if President Obama were to announce to the world, that if they want real news, they need to ignore our current MSM and watch these real, informative, news sources...
I guess I should wake-up now...

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