Update Note: I decided to repost this because the original post, as Finck II pointed out, contained a misconception: that the stated goal of the Virginia Gabriel Vote was to kill civilians, when in fact the goal was to take the Virginia Governor hostage, and force him to declare and end to slavery. In the current post, it is only Ben Ambinder, of Politicon.com, who seems to think the rebels intended to kill "hundreds" of civilians.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s praise of Barack Obama has set off a political firestorm and cast into doubt the Illinois Senator’s candidacy. "Barack Obama's speeches are more powerful than a nuclear bomb," remarked Ahmadinejad in a special press briefing,"He is like the second black thunder."
Ahmadinejad’s "black thunder" comment was apparently a reference to the Harlem Renaissance classic of the same name, written by Arna Bontemps in 1936. (http://www.amazon.com/Black-Thunder-Gabriels-Revolt-Virginia/dp/0807063371) It recounts the deeds of a group of radical black terrorists led by Gabriel Prossier in Virginia in the year 1800. The terrorists nearly succeeded in their attempt to take Governor Monroe hostage, but were foiled by a violent storm.
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