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E-mail to a friendWant to know how hateful and destructive the Trinity United Church of Christ has been under Reverend Jeremiah "God damn America" Wright? So much so that over the last two decades it's received millions of dollars in grants from both Democratic and Republican administrations at the federal, state, and city levels. Most of the money has gone to provide community child care, HIV and AIDS programs, food services, and Head Start. Here's a sampling from the city of Chicago (which includes federal and state grants the city administers):
| YEAR | PURPOSE | AMOUNT |
| 1993-1994 | child care | $ 137,592.12 |
| 1994-1995 | child care food program | $ 30,772.10 |
| 1994-1995 | child care | $ 109,581.68 |
| 1994-1995 | Head Start | $ 11,492.70 |
| 1995-1996 | child and adult care food program | $ 31,314.24 |
| 1995-1996 | child care | $ 119,638.44 |
| 1995-1996 | Head Start | $ 103,845.42 |
| 1996 | Head Start | $ 45,691.43 |
| 1996-1997 | conferences | $ 6,500.00 |
| 1996-1997 | HIV/AIDS programs | $ 25,000.00 |
| 1996-1997 | child care food program | $ 55,404.81 |
| 1996-1997 | day care | $ 122,891.00 |
| 1996-1997 | Head Start | $ 122,876.00 |
| 1996-1997 | Head Start | $ 292,883.30 |
| 1997 | not clear | $ 108,975.18 |
| 1997-1998 | HIV/AIDS programs | $ 23,775.00 |
| 1997-1998 | child care food program | $ 27,692.78 |
| 1997-1998 | child care | $ 101,694.40 |
| 1997-1998 | Head Start | $ 300,319.62 |
| 1998-1999 | child and adult care food program | $ 58,352.58 |
| 1998-1999 | child care | $ 336,863.32 |
| 1998-1999 | Health and Human Services | $ 416,143.20 |
| 1998-1999 | Health and Human Services | $ 93,268.05 |
| 1999-2000 | Illinois Department of Human Services | $ 355,467.12 |
| 1999-2000 | Head Start | $ 103,923.21 |
| 1999-2000 | not clear | $ 114,251.43 |
| 1999-2000 | Head Start | $ 326,709.16 |
| 2000-2001 | child care | $ 363,118.00 |
| 2000-2001 | not clear | $ 123,969.60 |
| 2000-2001 | not clear | $ 128,833.29 |
| 2000-2002 | not clear | $ 288,193.47 |
| 2001-2003 | child care | $ 697,864.10 |
| 2001-2003 | not clear | $ 106,542.19 |
| 2001-2003 | not clear | $ 368,437.22 |
| 2003-2004 | Head Start | $ 68,224.87 |
| 2003-2007 | Head Start | $ 1,945,430.20 |
| 2006-2008 | Head Start | $ 1,203,142.50 |
| TOTAL |
| $ 8,876,673.73 |
Any expenditure paid for by taxes best be 100% crystal.
Regardless, none of that excuses the vitriol Wright spewed forth, nor the a** gyrations when talking about Monica Lewinski (I'm not defending her, nor am I religious, but a man of religion gyrating on the pulpit is just tasteless).
The fact that the media chose to air only a small portion of the sermon seems to have been ignored by most all who've expressed an opinion on that small portion.
Interesting, isn't it, that those who regularly doubt what the media feeds the public on numerous other issues are quick to swallow whole the misrepresentation that this fragment of a sermon presents to the unquestioning observer.
What preceded this short segment?
What followed this small segment?
What meaning did this small segment have, within the context of the whole?
Are we all so many well-conditioned lemmings as to respond, like trained lab rats, to every piece of bullshit the media sees fit to spoon feed us?
Are we all so bereft of thought to automatically react to whatever the media dangles in front of our salivating eyes and ears, hungry for any reason, however unreasonable or irrational, to stimulate our twisted desire to hate and condemn someone?
And, finally, what, exactly, was said, even in this short and calculated snip, that wasn't substantially accurate?
that's a problem
all City contracts are supposed to all be avaiable online
Still, when it's our $$, you shouldn't have to work that hard to find out where it went.
As for "Do you trust the media"'s comment, who cares the context?
Wright made rather unpleasant motions on the pulpit. In front of children. Context is immaterial.
As for the substantial accuracy of "God Da*n America" ...? You can debate that nine ways 'til Sunday, if you'd like. Point being that he violated on of the 10 Commandments, again, on the pulpit.
He's a man of God. He should know the old man upstairs doesn't take kindly to having his name used in vein, right?
He's using the church to propagate his own world view while ignoring the text he so proudly insists that he preaches.
What's that word?
Oh, yeah ... hypocrite.
You've got good points regarding the media, but using that argument to mask what an abject jerk Wright is ..., that's just silly.
March 24th - 5:57 p.m.
.....Go to Lynn Sweet-Robert Novak-Chris Matthews-Keith Olbermann MASTURBATION School."
You sound tense, uptight, disturbed and generally miserable.
Poor baby.
Guess you flunked out of that masturbation school, didn't you?
What happened, did you fail to perform?
Bring me some ice water and sunscreen for my soul, I'm gonna need it for where I'se goin...
"As for the substantial accuracy of "God Da*n America" ...? You can debate that nine ways 'til Sunday, if you'd like. Point being that he violated on of the 10 Commandments, again, on the pulpit.
He's a man of God. He should know the old man upstairs doesn't take kindly to having his name used in vein, right?"
He didn't violate any commandments. As far as I undertand it, the Christian God is and always has been in the 'damning' business. He not only dislikes sin he also 'damns' sinners to hell.
When evangelical preachers first starting getting radio time back around the 1920's they were the only ones allowed to use the words 'damn' and 'hell' on air. Because that's part of what the Christian religion is - factually -about.