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	<title>Comments on: What Would Tip O&#8217;Neill Do About Barack&#8217;s Pastors? [Updated]</title>
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		<title>By: Gimme That Old Time Religion - Updated (H/T - SusanUnPC) : NO QUARTER</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-1128927</link>
		<dc:creator>Gimme That Old Time Religion - Updated (H/T - SusanUnPC) : NO QUARTER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] members voting for him. Larry Johnson exposed who Meeks really is in April 2008&#8217;s &#8220;What Would Tip O’Neill Do About Barack’s Pastors? [Updated]&#8220;, an excellent expose of the ministers with whom Obama has surrounded [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] members voting for him. Larry Johnson exposed who Meeks really is in April 2008&#8217;s &#8220;What Would Tip O’Neill Do About Barack’s Pastors? [Updated]&#8220;, an excellent expose of the ministers with whom Obama has surrounded [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Mrs. Phoenix</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-291197</link>
		<dc:creator>Mrs. Phoenix</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What an angry jerk. No wonder Mrs. Obambi is so bitter and hates whites. She's been sitting through out her adult life listening to hate speech but yet enjoys the luxury of Affirmative Action.

That Alex guy posting: He must be a Farrakhan soldier. Hey Alex, God Bless America. God Damn America really offends the American citizens. Thats us not you. Do you have another country like Africa, you owe your allegiance to? Great, Ship out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What an angry jerk. No wonder Mrs. Obambi is so bitter and hates whites. She&#8217;s been sitting through out her adult life listening to hate speech but yet enjoys the luxury of Affirmative Action.</p>
<p>That Alex guy posting: He must be a Farrakhan soldier. Hey Alex, God Bless America. God Damn America really offends the American citizens. Thats us not you. Do you have another country like Africa, you owe your allegiance to? Great, Ship out.</p>
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		<title>By: Mrs. Phoenix</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-291195</link>
		<dc:creator>Mrs. Phoenix</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What an angry jerk. No wonder Mrs. Obambi is so bitter and hates whites. She's been sitting through out her adult life listening to hate speech but yet enjoys the luxury of Affirmative Action.

That Alex guy posting: He must be a Farrakhan soldier. Hey Alex, God Bless America. God Damn America really offends the American citizens. Thats us not you. Do you have another country like Africa, you owe your allegiance too? Great, Ship out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What an angry jerk. No wonder Mrs. Obambi is so bitter and hates whites. She&#8217;s been sitting through out her adult life listening to hate speech but yet enjoys the luxury of Affirmative Action.</p>
<p>That Alex guy posting: He must be a Farrakhan soldier. Hey Alex, God Bless America. God Damn America really offends the American citizens. Thats us not you. Do you have another country like Africa, you owe your allegiance too? Great, Ship out.</p>
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		<title>By: Alex</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-191965</link>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You folks on this blog are fucking nuts! What did the reverend say that was so wrong and so un-american? You all must be offended because its true! Fucking idiots!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You folks on this blog are fucking nuts! What did the reverend say that was so wrong and so un-american? You all must be offended because its true! Fucking idiots!</p>
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		<title>By: mercey</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-186994</link>
		<dc:creator>mercey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This article does a good job breaking it down

Obama 'transcends' mere investigation
4-13-2008
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/041308/opinion_2008041300685.shtml

..."Wright, Obama explained, spoke "as if our society was static; as if no progress has been made. ... But ...what we have seen is that America can change." So, to prove Wright wrong, vote for Obama. He stuck to his narrative. He sold the story: Person A finds Wright's words sinister. Person B thinks they capture the anger of the black experience. Only Obama-the-uniter understands both perspectives.

Postmodernism's farewell to reason was obvious in Obama's speech, whose sloganeering reached new heights. Slogans play well to those unwilling to investigate claims or make judgments, and Obama has mastered language that, though sounding significant, is devoid of any concrete meaning.

In the postmodern world, concreteness is bad. So is consistency, that one-time virtue replaced by adaptability. Obama modifies his image and, yes, delivers speeches according to what he needs others to see.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article does a good job breaking it down</p>
<p>Obama &#8216;transcends&#8217; mere investigation<br />
4-13-2008<br />
<a href="http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/041308/opinion_2008041300685.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/041308/opinion_2008041300685.shtml</a></p>
<p>&#8230;&#8221;Wright, Obama explained, spoke &#8220;as if our society was static; as if no progress has been made. &#8230; But &#8230;what we have seen is that America can change.&#8221; So, to prove Wright wrong, vote for Obama. He stuck to his narrative. He sold the story: Person A finds Wright&#8217;s words sinister. Person B thinks they capture the anger of the black experience. Only Obama-the-uniter understands both perspectives.</p>
<p>Postmodernism&#8217;s farewell to reason was obvious in Obama&#8217;s speech, whose sloganeering reached new heights. Slogans play well to those unwilling to investigate claims or make judgments, and Obama has mastered language that, though sounding significant, is devoid of any concrete meaning.</p>
<p>In the postmodern world, concreteness is bad. So is consistency, that one-time virtue replaced by adaptability. Obama modifies his image and, yes, delivers speeches according to what he needs others to see.<br />
&#8220;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Where did &#8220;progressive&#8221; values go? : NO QUARTER</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-181497</link>
		<dc:creator>Where did &#8220;progressive&#8221; values go? : NO QUARTER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] The vitriol has far-reaching implications, beyond the hate speech of Rhodes, Obama&#8217;s spiritual advisers, and two individuals &#8212; Huffington Post&#8217;s Allison Kilkenny and talk radio&#8217;s Ed [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] The vitriol has far-reaching implications, beyond the hate speech of Rhodes, Obama&#8217;s spiritual advisers, and two individuals &#8212; Huffington Post&#8217;s Allison Kilkenny and talk radio&#8217;s Ed [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Obama Supporters Take the Low Rhode : NO QUARTER</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-181125</link>
		<dc:creator>Obama Supporters Take the Low Rhode : NO QUARTER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Obama event advertised on Obama&#8217;s campaign site &#8212; and the hate speech of Obama&#8217;s spiritual advisers &#8212; there are these [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Obama event advertised on Obama&#8217;s campaign site &#8212; and the hate speech of Obama&#8217;s spiritual advisers &#8212; there are these [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Uppity</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-177984</link>
		<dc:creator>Uppity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What do you expect from a guy who declares on National TV that he gets a "sensation" up his leg when Obama speaks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What do you expect from a guy who declares on National TV that he gets a &#8220;sensation&#8221; up his leg when Obama speaks.</p>
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		<title>By: Cee Hussein</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-177979</link>
		<dc:creator>Cee Hussein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andy,

Pflegen was right. It is  also desperate and ignorant to keep comparing people to Hitler.

Ugh!! More disgusting that a filthy gutter rat.


Did your mother teach you this?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andy,</p>
<p>Pflegen was right. It is  also desperate and ignorant to keep comparing people to Hitler.</p>
<p>Ugh!! More disgusting that a filthy gutter rat.</p>
<p>Did your mother teach you this?</p>
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		<title>By: Uppity</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-177978</link>
		<dc:creator>Uppity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I particularly loved Obamas comment about if the paster hadn't retired, I would have quit. I thought that was a nice touch for a guy who sat in one of Wright's Peee Ewwws for 2 decades.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I particularly loved Obamas comment about if the paster hadn&#8217;t retired, I would have quit. I thought that was a nice touch for a guy who sat in one of Wright&#8217;s Peee Ewwws for 2 decades.</p>
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		<title>By: J. Silverheels</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-177438</link>
		<dc:creator>J. Silverheels</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Louis Farrakhan is a dirty scoundrel. He helped kill Officer Phillip Cardillo.

http://www.randyjurgensen.com/id2.html

 I, for one, will do everything in my (admittedly feeble) power to see he does not become President.

Remember Phillip Cardillo!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Louis Farrakhan is a dirty scoundrel. He helped kill Officer Phillip Cardillo.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.randyjurgensen.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.randyjurgensen.com/id2.html</a></p>
<p> I, for one, will do everything in my (admittedly feeble) power to see he does not become President.</p>
<p>Remember Phillip Cardillo!</p>
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		<title>By: Bobbi</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-177426</link>
		<dc:creator>Bobbi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Susan and  Larry, Please go the web site  of Canada Free Press and read the article by Lee Kaplan title,
 "How Obama's Church and Associate Link Him to ISM." 
This is real scary and we must get this out to the public.   We do not know Obama and what he stands for and his associations  with not so upright people. What can we do to get the word out before we make a serious mistake in the nomination for our party?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Susan and  Larry, Please go the web site  of Canada Free Press and read the article by Lee Kaplan title,<br />
 &#8220;How Obama&#8217;s Church and Associate Link Him to ISM.&#8221;<br />
This is real scary and we must get this out to the public.   We do not know Obama and what he stands for and his associations  with not so upright people. What can we do to get the word out before we make a serious mistake in the nomination for our party?</p>
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		<title>By: moll</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-177237</link>
		<dc:creator>moll</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can't view the video. It says not available any more.

Can you find a transcript or something?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t view the video. It says not available any more.</p>
<p>Can you find a transcript or something?</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-177231</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the links JSilverheels.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the links JSilverheels.</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-177174</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The YouTube video the Trumpeteer Awards Gala video 'honoring' Farrakhan (retching here) :  &lt;blockquote&gt; “When Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks, America listens…For his commitment to truth, education and leadership, we honor Minister Louis Farrakhan with the Rev. Jeremiah W. Wright Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award.”&lt;/blockquote&gt; 

has been pulled out !!  Many of you have alluded to this... Keeps going and going.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The YouTube video the Trumpeteer Awards Gala video &#8216;honoring&#8217; Farrakhan (retching here) :<br />
<blockquote> “When Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks, America listens…For his commitment to truth, education and leadership, we honor Minister Louis Farrakhan with the Rev. Jeremiah W. Wright Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award.”</p></blockquote>
<p>has been pulled out !!  Many of you have alluded to this&#8230; Keeps going and going.</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-177163</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is your post a sick joke? Are you in your right mind when praising Pflegen and Farrakhan? 

Are you saying that if say Hitler called someone a fascist then he is to be praised?

&lt;strong&gt;Ugh!!&lt;/strong&gt; More disgusting that a filthy gutter rat.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is your post a sick joke? Are you in your right mind when praising Pflegen and Farrakhan? </p>
<p>Are you saying that if say Hitler called someone a fascist then he is to be praised?</p>
<p><strong>Ugh!!</strong> More disgusting that a filthy gutter rat.</p>
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		<title>By: Cee Hussein</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-177099</link>
		<dc:creator>Cee Hussein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Flea,

What kind of fool are you? LOL!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Flea,</p>
<p>What kind of fool are you? LOL!!</p>
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		<title>By: Cee Hussein</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-177096</link>
		<dc:creator>Cee Hussein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michael Pfleger.

I was waiting for his name to come up. He pissed some people off for calling out some bigots. 

All praise to Pfleger!

&lt;blockquote&gt;

The majority vote of the Southside Catholic Conference to deny the entrance of a Black Catholic Church, St. Sabina, into its youth sports league on grounds that its neighborhood is too dangerous to play in has sparked a heated discussion in Chicago over faith and race. At the center of the controversy is Rev. Michael Pfleger, the White pastor of St. Sabina's who, for years, has challenged the Catholic Church to become more responsive to racism, and a man who has a very unique relationship with Nation Of Islam Leader Minister Louis Farrakhan. 

Father Pfleger, as he is commonly known, believes that the vote against St. Sabina's entrance into the sports league was racist at its core and he has publicly stated as much. Others have vociferously countered that Father Pfleger's charge is unfounded and that the decision to keep St. Sabina's youth out of the sports league is a reasonable one based solely on concerns for the safety of the current members of the league, who are predominately White. They cite statistics detailing a relatively high level of crime in the St. Sabina's neighborhood as evidence to support their claim. In response, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago police department officials have stated that they believe that the St. Sabina neighborhood is safe enough to host youth sports and that additional provisions can easily be arranged to increase the level of security in the neighborhood. 

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese has publicly questioned the vote of the Southside Catholic Conference and released a statement that challenged the basis of the decision keeping St. Sabina's out. 

A recent article in the Chicago Sun-Times covered the church's position. It wrote: 

Officials of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago said Thursday that the actions of some of the intramural league's members could be construed as racist. 

"If the reason reported--`fear by certain coaches and parishes for the safety of their children'--is the sole reason for the decision, it is not an acceptable reason," the archdiocese's leaders wrote in a two-page statement. 

"Such a reason presupposes that all black neighborhoods are intrinsically less safe than all white neighborhoods and that white parents and children have more reasons to fear for their safety in the black community than black parents and children do in the white community," they wrote.

Even former Chicago Bear, Defensive Tackle, Christopher Zorich, weighed in on the matter.

In a letter to the Chicago Sun-Times Chris Zorich wrote: 

As a member of the St. Sabina family, I am terribly disappointed in last week's Southside Catholic Conference 11-9 vote denying St. Sabina entrance into its athletic conference. As a native Chicagoan, words cannot express my disgust. &lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael Pfleger.</p>
<p>I was waiting for his name to come up. He pissed some people off for calling out some bigots. </p>
<p>All praise to Pfleger!</p>
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<p>The majority vote of the Southside Catholic Conference to deny the entrance of a Black Catholic Church, St. Sabina, into its youth sports league on grounds that its neighborhood is too dangerous to play in has sparked a heated discussion in Chicago over faith and race. At the center of the controversy is Rev. Michael Pfleger, the White pastor of St. Sabina&#8217;s who, for years, has challenged the Catholic Church to become more responsive to racism, and a man who has a very unique relationship with Nation Of Islam Leader Minister Louis Farrakhan. </p>
<p>Father Pfleger, as he is commonly known, believes that the vote against St. Sabina&#8217;s entrance into the sports league was racist at its core and he has publicly stated as much. Others have vociferously countered that Father Pfleger&#8217;s charge is unfounded and that the decision to keep St. Sabina&#8217;s youth out of the sports league is a reasonable one based solely on concerns for the safety of the current members of the league, who are predominately White. They cite statistics detailing a relatively high level of crime in the St. Sabina&#8217;s neighborhood as evidence to support their claim. In response, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago police department officials have stated that they believe that the St. Sabina neighborhood is safe enough to host youth sports and that additional provisions can easily be arranged to increase the level of security in the neighborhood. </p>
<p>The Roman Catholic Archdiocese has publicly questioned the vote of the Southside Catholic Conference and released a statement that challenged the basis of the decision keeping St. Sabina&#8217;s out. </p>
<p>A recent article in the Chicago Sun-Times covered the church&#8217;s position. It wrote: </p>
<p>Officials of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago said Thursday that the actions of some of the intramural league&#8217;s members could be construed as racist. </p>
<p>&#8220;If the reason reported&#8211;`fear by certain coaches and parishes for the safety of their children&#8217;&#8211;is the sole reason for the decision, it is not an acceptable reason,&#8221; the archdiocese&#8217;s leaders wrote in a two-page statement. </p>
<p>&#8220;Such a reason presupposes that all black neighborhoods are intrinsically less safe than all white neighborhoods and that white parents and children have more reasons to fear for their safety in the black community than black parents and children do in the white community,&#8221; they wrote.</p>
<p>Even former Chicago Bear, Defensive Tackle, Christopher Zorich, weighed in on the matter.</p>
<p>In a letter to the Chicago Sun-Times Chris Zorich wrote: </p>
<p>As a member of the St. Sabina family, I am terribly disappointed in last week&#8217;s Southside Catholic Conference 11-9 vote denying St. Sabina entrance into its athletic conference. As a native Chicagoan, words cannot express my disgust. </p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: Fleaflicker</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fleaflicker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pfleger's gestures are eerily reminiscent of Hitler.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pfleger&#8217;s gestures are eerily reminiscent of Hitler.</p>
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		<title>By: Fleaflicker</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/02/what-would-tip-oneil-do-about-baracks-pastors/#comment-177092</link>
		<dc:creator>Fleaflicker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for everything you said.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for everything you said.</p>
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