Yahoo! News - Bush Condemns Slavery in Africa Speech

Streak wonders why this is not greeted world-wide with a giant "duh." Or, to borrow from one of my favorite blogs, that it doesn't have the "obvious" tag next to it. Of course, the Southern Baptists apologized in the late 90s for their role in slavery, and then proceeded to pat themselves on the back so hard I was afraid that some of the fat comb-overs might actually get hurt! I guess the point is that it doesn't take a lot of political bravery to oppose slavery and racism now. Perhaps Streak is too hard on these folks. After all, the former Senate Majority Leader and current AG have made appearances in rabidly racist periodicals in the recent past.