Friday, May 16, 2008 East Central Illinois

Wright furor detracts from real issues

Thursday May 8, 2008
 

If our government and economy go belly-up, how will our troops get back home? If the price of oil keeps going up, we the people and our industries will become paralyzed and our airborne military superiority will become impotent.

China, Canada and Mexico have been staring at us and licking their chops for at least 125 years, and Iran is gearing up to use our overseas bases and our allies for target practice. Given all of this, is it really wise to use the remarks of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright as an excuse to incite civil war? Don't we have enough problems already?

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