Sir, mon.

Everything in the whole world has led up to this Reverend Wright problem. If this is what then prevents the world from enjoying an Obama presidency, I'll be steamed but not surprised. I mean, how could you be? Reverend Wright is chastised because he tells a conspiracy tale, tells that AIDS was brought upon his people by the uncaring (white) American empire -- and thus, plague was unleashed upon America's very own brothers and sisters, amen. "Oh, he can't say that. It's the most vile anti-American vitriol you'll ever hear. And Barack Obama knowingly associated with this man. It's unbelievable." But anywhere else in Wright's sermons, or any preacher's sermon, when agency is attributed to dangerous natural phenomena... that's either just God's newspaper, or the way people make sense of their lives. Conspiracy theory is modern religiosity. Reverend Wright was complaining about the uncaring response of the government to health problems in the ghetto, amen. Big whoop.