The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., former pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, is speaking up again.

And he isn't being apologetic.

Unless you have been off the planet for the last several months, you know that Wright has been the pastor for presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Several of Wright's sermons — particularly the one the Sunday after Sept. 11, 2001 — have been excerpted ad infinitum during the campaign showing the pastor haranguing Jews and urging God to "damn" America.

Not good. Obama has said he was not in church when those particular comments were made and that he does not agree with or endorse them. Still, there is no doubt that Obama knew of Wright's opinions.

Wright is now on tour to revise and extend his remarks. He should be saving his breath.

He said the comments were misunderstood and taken out of context. Everything he is saying now, though, is proving that we haven't misunderstood him at all. Indeed, his words are absolutely crystal clear and are the more disturbing because of that.

Among the more disquieting statements is Wright's continued praise of Louis Farrakhan, who leads the separatist Nation of Islam. He praised Farrakhan's ability to get 1 million people to march on Washington.

Big deal. Adolf Hitler was able to manage that sort of gathering in Nazi Germany and Farrakhan's ideas are just about on the same par. We can find despots throughout history who were able to move thousands and millions of people. This is no reason to elicit praise from anyone.

Certainly, Wright's remarks are not helping his church member gain any votes across America. It does not appear, either, that Wright cares much about that.

Perhaps that is something to note. We must admit that we would not belong to a church where Wright was a minister, but there were many more sermons than the few we have heard. The very one that compelled Obama to join the church was entitled, "The Audacity of Hope."

It is clear that Obama does not control his former minister, but it is probably time for Obama to decide whether he wants to be included within the same grouping.

We realize this would be a tough decision but, as Wright keeps talking, it would appear to be getting easier with each passing day. If Wright is playing all this to get a reaction, he has succeeded. It just may not be the reaction for which he was hoping.