-Caveat Lector- "Reverend” Jackson? – Maybe not! > > Dan Frisa > Thursday, Feb. 15, 2001 > Is the "Reverend" Jackson really a reverend? > > It’s not clear. > > But NewsMax has undertaken an investigation to determine the > legitimacy of > Jesse "Who’s your daddy?” Jackson claiming the "Reverend” honorific. > > For decades the mainstream media has referred to "Who’s your daddy?” > as the > Reverend Jackson. > > The question remains, however, if he is in fact eligible to have > adopted > this appellation. > > From what little information is publicly available, it appears as > though > Jesse has been cutting corners and playing fast and loose with more > than his > marriage vows. > > He may also be improperly referring to himself as "reverend” when in > reality > he might be anything but. > > Here is his "official” biography from the Rainbow/Push Coalition > website: > > "Born on October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina, Jesse Jackson > attended the University of Illinois on a football scholarship and > later > transferred to North Carolina A&T State University. He attended > Chicago > Theological Seminary until he joined the Civil Rights Movement full > time in > 1965." (Emphasis added.) > > Notice that his own organization discloses that Jackson merely > "attended” > the Chicago Theological Seminary. > > He did not graduate, and was not, therefore, an accredited > seminarian, > according to the Rainbow/Push information. > > Is he, then, qualified to be referred to as the "Reverend” Jackson? > > Repeated NewsMax calls to the Rainbow/Push coalition headquarters in > Chicago > remain unanswered. > > Whether or not Jesse L. Jackson is a bona fide "reverend” may seem an > insignificant point not worthy of the effort necessary to make an > actual > determination. > > However, that this particular title carries with it a certain aura of > morality and religiosity which, by its very nature, confers an added > degree > of both "godliness” and credibility unlike any other such title, it > is > important to ascertain the validity of Jackson’s insistence on the > use of > the title. > > When he ran for President in 1984, Jackson was invariably referred to > as the > "reverend” Jackson, granting him a more exalted status than would > otherwise > be the case. > > Further, unlike the media treatment of the Rev. Pat Robertson, who > was > derisively referred to as a "reverend" though there was never a > question > raised about his credentials - Jackson was accorded a modicum of > respect and > dignity to which he may not, via his credentials, or lack of same, be > entitled. > > His failure to earn a degree from the Chicago Theological Seminary > would > seem to present a prima facie case of his having no business > whatsoever > employing the "reverend” title when he didn’t make the grade. > > If he has been making use of the title in error, his reputation will > have > been even further severely diminished at his own hand and ego. > > He has, of late, laid down a rather reprehensible marker, which ill > serves > the very people he takes great pains to imply he has the moral > authority to > lead. > > Not to mention the rather lucrative and transparent con game he plays > with > American corporations, who regularly lay down and fall prey to his > implied > threats, which amount to: "pay up or be singled out for protest” in > order > that he might continue to feather his own nest to the tune of > millions of > dollars in blackmail. > > And to be able continue to enjoy special kid-glove treatment by the > I.R.S. > and state authorities too timid to subject him to the same scrutiny > applied > to others. > > Such thinly veiled threats amount to nothing more than a classic > protection > racket. > > Whether he is a legitimate "reverend” or not remains to be seen. > > What is sure is the fact that not even an ounce of credibility should > be > accorded such a shady and demagogic character. > > Stay tuned as the NewsMax investigation continues, in order to shed > light on > the – ahem – "reverend” Jesse. > > > * * * > E-mail Dan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dan Frisa represented New York in the United States Congress and > served four > terms in the New York State Assembly. > > > * * * > On the Air: Dan Frisa will appear on these programs, all times > Eastern. > Check local listings. Listen while visiting NewsMax.com! > > • Feb. 15, 4:55 p.m. – WHRW radio in Binghamton, N.Y. > > > • Feb. 15, 7:15 p.m. – KKSM radio in San Diego, Cal. > > > Visit the NewsMax.com National Resource Page for the Free and Fair > Elections > Act. > > See more columns by Dan Frisa. > > http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/2/15/122831.shtml __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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