NBC Video
Just listen to this via NBC – went over every network, I’m told.
George Bush doesn’t care about black people, they’ve been given permission to go down there and shoot us
Update: You might want to visit popular rapper Kanye West’s website. He was recently in the news when Shug Knight was SHOT at a party West was hosting. How lovely.
rap mogul shug knight has been shot at a party hosted by kanye west. he was apparently shot in the leg by an unknown assailant…more to come…
Totally DISGUSTING as hell. !!
ASSHOLES in their finest hour. !
That video is sick. This is ridiculous. Dont get me started.
Why does someone ALWAYS have to turn everything into a black/white issue? WHY?????
This is disgusting…They also said he’s responsible for hurricane Katrina because of his environmental policies-which is totally ludicris….he has been an excellent, caring, down to earth President-and all these uneducated people making their comments off some propaganda can go to hell as far as I am concerned.
Why does someone ALWAYS have to turn everything into a black/white issue? WHY?????
Well said
Poor Mike Myers…
Does this actually surprise anybody????
The military has permission to shoot anyone interfering in rescue efforts, not just black people. Why must people be so ignorant?
Shame on him and shame on the Red Cross. No one is reporting even seeing the Red Cross there, either. Using this to bash Bush by spreading wild rumors and big fat lies is reprehensible. Not going to donate one penny to them ever again, learned my lesson with 9/11.
Call your local station if you see this running in your area and demand they stop it.
We do not need more negativity and depressing liars, it is truly bad enough on its own without making up lies to make it worse. Surely he does not realize the scope of this disaster.
Greta is on bragging about the TEXANS and all they have done and I second everything she has said. They opened their state and their big Texas hearts and have taken in tens of thousands in their domes where while sparse and bleak, at least the people feel safe and are fed and have basic needs met. So much better than what they left and lifesaving in so many instances.
If we do not get formula to the babies, we are going to have hundreds die NOW so pray and help and please, celebs, stop with the bashing until you have physically worked in the area a couple of weeks.
Prayer and positive vibes may be all that keep some alive through this.
Does this actually surprise anybody????
Posted by: alabamajazz | Sep 2, 2005 9:43:52 PM
Nope but this guy sounded sooooooooo stupid and unfortunately his ownly concern was his own agenda. Wonder how many people DID NOT pick up the phone after this moron spewed that garbage.
Nope but this guy sounded sooooooooo stupid and unfortunately his ownly concern was his own agenda. Wonder how many people DID NOT pick up the phone after this moron spewed that garbage.
Posted by: Hydrangea | Sep 2, 2005 9:48:43 PM
No Kidding- makes me sick, I can’t believe NBC would allow this to air! I would help the people of New Orleans but not through this charity fundraiser.
Nope but this guy sounded sooooooooo stupid
Exactly!
GeorgeBL I didn’t see it on tv. Hubby was switching back and forth between the baseball game.
Don’t know if they pulled it off the air around here (Northeast). I would imagine it was live or tape delay???
I don’t blame the Red Cross I doubt there was much time for rehersal so they probably had no clue what he was going to say.
That is pathitic.
Hydrangea -I don’t blame the Red Cross, I blame NBC. They should have a delay so they can edit this crud. It is disgraceful to us as a nation, not to mention insulting to the greatest President! (by the way, there is a link to the tape on the top of this page)
why would anyone want to rebuild anything to rehouse those welfare leeches?….10 billion dollars indeed…..it’s a shame eugenicists gave up the debate long ago.
Posted by: judgesmails11 | Sep 2, 2005 9:59:17 PM
Your post is just as stupid as his comments.
Who is Kanye West anyway? Mike Myers looked mortified when that happened. NBC is despicable for showing that. I just saw a very heart-warming scene with Bush and two blacks from Mississippi on Fox News(Hannity & Colmes), and the President did NOT look like he hated black people! He was hugging on them and comforting them. We here in Mississippi appreciate George Bush!
Good way to incite a riot! Is that the goal? Incite more violence?
Now that was a fine piece of..um..work. Might I suggest that if either of the two gentlemen are TRULY worried about the people on the gulf coast that they donate the millions and millions of dollars in their hollywood-a$$ bank accounts to help their fellow man in need. Yup, that would be a fine start, and it would go a long way to help people that really need help. I’ll be watching the headlines to see if they are legit or if it’s all lip service.
That was freaking hilarious. It was an absolute comedy skit and funnier than anything Saturday Night Live has done in 6 or 7 years.
That’s why I give to the Salvation Army instead of the Red Cross (but to be fair, both do good work…).
Bad taste award of the year to Kanye West! A telethon to raise money for hurricane victims is not the time or place to get political! How many people were disgusted by his comments and therefore didn’t donate? What a shame. As far as the white/black looting matter he brought up–if you see a desperate, starving person (of any color) stealing food and water, that is more understandable. Stealing TVs, VCRS, etc. by a person of any color is not.
GBL
Yes NBC and every network at this point should know that many in the entertainment industry can’t be trusted in front of a camera or near a microphone! Everything should be on tape delay.
Who was this guy? A rapper? Will be interesting to see what the hollywood /music industry’s “take” on this will be.
Sincerely hope it didn’t hurt donations too much.
I can understand his frustration on one level, and yet Kanye West’s ignorance of Bush’s record (by far the most racially diverse cabinet ever assembled) and his arrogance (“I have to check with my business manager to see what I can contribute”) are disgusting.
If you want to place blame, however, target teh network. They can dump offensive comments, and they made the choice not too. Instead they decided to politicize the situation, exascerbating racial tensions, to get a cheap shot in at Bush via a clueless celbrity.
Target NBC for a blogswarm. They are beyond disgusting.
Who is Kanye West? Ive never heard of him.
oh and also……everyone is a victim of the “white man”…..it’s become a pateller reflex and has been sanctioned as THE kosher position by the ujc, the cjc, and the cjc……….thomas chittums civil war II unfolding before our eyes…….i’m off to europe……the america I was born into is now a shithole.
Posted by: judgesmails11 | Sep 2, 2005 10:04:36 PM
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don’t let the door hit ya! yehaw!
Ceo of Red Cross base salary is $450,000 ..half a mil….
trying to find the base salary of the CEO of Salvation Army.
I know the salary of the minister I talked to today who is putting refugees in homes…$35,000 and a house.
Typical….they’re all yelling racism like usual. You have to be a white chocolate like Bill Clinton or M&M or else you’re ‘the enemy white man’ to all of them. Has the rescue been a disaster? Yes. Was it because Pres. Bush is a racist? Hell no. Gotta blame whitey for everything though and yell racism. It’s wore out and I’m tired of it. Pray for the good folks of New Orleans. They need alot of help NOW!
See new update above.
www2.redcross.org/contactusform
They got a little note from me. My $$ will go elsewhere.
WHY is so nesessary to point fingers?…too many people are trying to point blame and wasteing time they could be spending helping the “PEOPLE” (of all races) to be rescued and save the lives we can save. And get New Orleans back on their feet. No-matteer who was right or who was wrong or slow or …we are better than this and the whole world is watching all this nonsense. GOD BLESS THE USA
See new update above.
Posted by: Dan | Sep 2, 2005 10:21:45 PM
Ok, now this all makes more sense to me. This guy is a loser.
country is now one of the biggest jokes on earth……..a modern day tower of babel.
Posted by: judgesmails11 | Sep 2, 2005 10:25:21 PM
I thought you were going to Europe?
I just went to nbc.com, clicked the Concert for “Hurricane Releif” link, and placed a call to 1-800-HELP NOW, the Red Cross’s donation line. I calmly explained that I would be donating my charity dollars to another aid organization because NBC chose to allow harsh poltical speech to air at a time the nation shold be drawing together.
I calmly asked to speak to a supervisor, and spoke with a very nice lady. She explained that they were just a call center. I understood, and I told her that by letting her know of my displeasure, and of my intention to now donate elsewhere, that she could tell her managers that NBC cost the Red Cross money.
She said she completely understood, and was content that I was donating elsewhere (Samaritan’s Purse, via my blog). She said a LOT of calls were being made, and that the Red Cross would be issuing a statement this evening (not online as of 10:29).
Keep up the pressure on these jerks at at NBC. I changed my donation, but now NBC potentially alienated 1/2 of their potential donors.
I hope the suffering that results was worth it.
Posted by: Confederate Yankee | Sep 2, 2005 10:31:48 PM
Thank you for speaking out.
Hydrangea – Yes this guy is a rapper- he actually has songs about how much he loves jesus and what a great guy he is, unfortunately, Kanye West is an idiot- I am actually living in Southern California, and can’t stand all these liberals!
now let me see if I get this right…its ok with Kanye whoever he is..for these thugs (don’t care what color, they thugs) to shoot policemen
who are there to try to help (alone and with no back up) and shoot at helicopters and to steal ambulances…
Those are “his” people..
Well, MY people are those thousands of other black people in that dome who are suffering and want and need the help that the thugs are shooting at.
Relief was too little and way past due..that’s known..now put away your race lines and pitch in and get this job done..black or white, black and white.
Frankly I just as soon have to look at janet Jackson’s titties..barf barf
Posted by: Confederate Yankee | Sep 2, 2005 10:31:48 PM
Thank you from me too! Do you know where red cross will be issuing this statement? On their website?
Some of his wonderful lyrics:
KANYE WEST LYRICS
“Jesus Walks”
Yo, We at war
We at war with terrorism, racism, and most of all we at war with ourselves
(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down
(Jesus Walks with me) with me with me with me [fades]
You know what the Midwest is?
Young & Restless
Where restless Niggaz might snatch your necklace
And next these Niggaz might jack your Lexus
Somebody tell these Niggaz who Kanye West is
I walk through the valley of the shadow of death is
Top floor the view alone will leave you breathless Uhhhh!
Try to catch it Uhhhh! It’s kinda hard hard
Getting choked by the detectives yeah yeah now check the method
They be asking us questions, harass and arrest us
Saying “we eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast”
Huh? Yall eat pieces of shit? What’s the basis?
We ain’t going nowhere but got suits and cases
A trunk full of coke rental car from Avis
My momma used to say only Jesus can save us
Well momma I know I act a fool
But I’ll be gone til November I got packs to move I Hope
[Hook x2]
(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down
(Jesus Walks with me)
The only thing that that I pray is that me feet don’t fail me now
(Jesus Walks)
And I don’t think there is nothing I can do now to right my wrongs
(Jesus Walks with me)
I want to talk to God but I’m afraid because we ain’t spoke in so long
To the hustlas, killers, murderers, drug dealers even the strippers
(jesus walks with them)
To the victims of Welfare for we living in hell here hell yeah
(jesus walks with them)
Now hear ye hear ye want to see Thee more clearly
I know he hear me when my feet get weary
Cuz we’re the almost nearly extinct
We rappers are role models we rap we don’t think
I ain’t here to argue about his facial features
Or here to convert atheists into believers
I’m just trying to say the way school need teachers
The way Kathie Lee needed Regis that’s the way yall need Jesus
So here go my single dog radio needs this
They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus
That means guns, sex, lies, video tapes
But if I talk about God my record won’t get played Huh?
Well let this take away from my spins
Which will probably take away from my ends
Then I hope this take away from my sins
And bring the day that I’m dreaming about
Next time I’m in the club everybody screaming out
(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the devil trying to break me down
(Jesus Walks)
The only thing that that I pray is that me feet don’t fail me now
George Bush Lover..and what was your point?
confederate Yankee: thank you..job well done..willmake my call later ..but will make it.
you right ..I can tell you that lots of TV’s went off after that moment of stupidity.
What a way to take the Lord’s name in vain. L O S E R
Red Cross Statement now online:
http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_4527,00.html
Kanye’s lyrics
“We rappers are role models we rap we don’t think”
yes we all found that out this evening…
Farm Girl- what do you mean what is my point?
Good to see the statement from Red Cross, however, too many charities to choose from at this time.
Plans for tonight cancelled..seems that some thugs are loose in Shreveport and so we staying in.
Who ever believed that we would be wary of going out to movie in this town becasue of thugs roaming the streets and looting?
I figure that local police force will deal with this problem asap.
Sure hope so anyway.
Sure want our streets to be safe again.
I feel like that rapper wants a race war..well I dont’ trust that as far as his thugs are concerned it matters what color I am..they will hurt anyone who moving and available to hurt.
I took a survey..”what would you take if you knew your had to leave your home and had only five minutes to decide”…
women all said Pictures..except for one who said she woudl go to bank and get her jewelry..guess she didn’t have grand kids.
The men: 100% of them said “my guns”…the survey was 20 of each sex mixed races..
So rapper..warn your thugs..that around here the women are looking at pictures but their men are armed and protecting thier home.
well. are you promoting that song? Or did you put it up for comparative analysis?
Just wondering …
Too bad the Red Cross had to waste time and energy preparing a statement because of some ill-timed comments by a rapper. Did it occur to Kanye West that his comments are insulting to all the thousands, and hopefully millions, of Americans who are opening their hearts and wallets to help? These kind and generous people want to help those in need, regardless of color. I think West owes all the donors an apology.
Farm Girl- Hell NO I am not promoting that song, I was answering Hydrangea, about who Kanye West was, and thought you all would like to see what he raps about- I am repulsed by him and what he said.
yo,
*this is as in yoo hoo?
We at war
*sure we are..its in Iraq and brave young men *black and white are dying to make a nation free for its citizens.
We at war with terrorism,
*Certainly agree with that..and to the point that we are giving up many of our sacred rights
racism, and most of all we at war with ourselves
*Rapper you not at war ..you not wearing a uniform of the US military..If you out shooting or advocating same you are a terrorist.
(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down
(Jesus Walks with me) with me with me with me [fades]
*Jesus, Allah, God ..does not promote politically motivated racisim
You know what the Midwest is?
*The midwest is the back bone of this nation
Young & Restless
Where restless Niggaz might snatch your necklace
And next these Niggaz might jack your Lexus
*Well you used the word…and yes you are promoting this snatching and jacking not caring for the young black that will do time for the deed.
Somebody tell these Niggaz who Kanye West is
*I think they could do better without the introduction to your hate
I walk through the valley of the shadow of death is
Top floor the view alone will leave you breathless Uhhhh!
Try to catch it Uhhhh! It’s kinda hard hard
Getting choked by the detectives yeah yeah now check the method
They be asking us questions, harass and arrest us
*Is this from personal experience from a recent arrest?
Saying “we eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast”
Huh? Yall eat pieces of shit? What’s the basis?
We ain’t going nowhere but got suits and cases
A trunk full of coke rental car from Avis
Are you proud of this? That young black men are snatching necklaces or purses and jacking Lexus’s and keeping Cocaine in trunks of theri cars?
My momma used to say only Jesus can save us
Well momma I know I act a fool
But I’ll be gone til November I got packs to move I Hope
*Your mother should have another son and raise him better.
[Hook x2]
(Jesus Walks)
*These lyrics are sick..they are racist..and they are preaching racism. they are not helping young black men they are pushing them down and putting them at risk..
shame on this rapper…
oK THERE is the analysis..and this guy makes money for this?
More Kanye lyrics
Yo, We at war
We at war with terrorism, racism, and most of all we at war with ourselves.
Where restless Niggaz might snatch your necklace
And next these Niggaz might jack your Lexus
Somebody tell these Niggaz who Kanye West is
We ain’t going nowhere but got suits and cases
A trunk full of coke rental car from Avis
hmmmm
believe he’s talkin about his own “people”.
Of course all of this is the “white” mans fault.
I want to hear Jesse, Rev. Al. etc blast this guy but it will not happen.
If a white man had talked about a black man this way can you imagine the fallout?????
wow……yeah mike meyers looked uncomfortable to say the least….but I guess in Kayne West’s eyes growing up in a world where african american people came second it makes his view that it is always that way…..especially when the majority of the population in n.o. and people at the superdome were african american……the response was bad to this leavign all those people like that with no food or water with dead bodies all around..people ddied at the place they were supposed to be evacuted to for safety because of dehydration nd starvation…even our president admitted that……the looting is horrible and the people taking shots at rescuers etc – I definitely do not blame people for looting food and supplies they need but taking tv’s etc??? what are you going to do with a tv carry it out of the city on your back? the whole situation is just horrible and so saddening I just pray they get those people to safety soon……I htink the comment made by the govenor about the military being “locked and loaded” could have been left unsaid though – it didn’t help
Ceo of Red Cross base salary is $450,000 ..half a mil….
trying to find the base salary of the CEO of Salvation Army.
I know the salary of the minister I talked to today who is putting refugees in homes…$35,000 and a house.
Posted by: farmgirl
Correct…..the Salvation Army has a better spending plan if you ask me. I will never give another dime to the Red Cross after this. President Bush has face more adversity and trying times than any president since the great depression. He has been thru the mill. Some people would not be happy about anything he would do because they have a “one track” mindset that doesn’t peek out to reality on occasion.
thank you ,,,I am too…
Hydrangea-I no, there is always that double standard- I understand racism still exsists, but geez, I don’t see why this has to be a black/white thing- these are American people that need our help, and we don’t need to turn this into a politcal or racial problem.
it is definitely things like this that just make me stop and think who cares if we don’t have alot of money or have this or that problem…we are safe and ok and together……I keep seeing these poor little babies out there with no food in the heat crying and it breaks my heart……….I would loot every store I could to feed my child and if they would shoot soemone for that then that is just ridiculous
Judgesmail..your comments are worrisome..
Can you ease up a little on your antisemetic remarks? Just for tonight at least?
I was watching the telethon at the exact time this aired and luckily for the TV, there were too many kids hollering in playroom! I totally missed that statement! We changed the channel to CNN (why I do not know) and watched Larry King interviewing the head of the Congressional Black Caucus and Jesse Jackson. I got so mad, I had to walk outside and scream obscenities! Are they that ignorant! Jesse had the audacity to bitch about Clinton and HW Bush not asking any black people to join their fundraising campaign!!!! Unbelievable!!! They bitch because the white people aren’t doing anything and then, when the white people get the bandwagon going, they bitch because they didn’t invite Vivian Figures or some other black politician!!!! I HAVE TO YELL!!!!!! WHAT THE F*CK CAN WE DO TO GET IT RIGHT!!!! This is not a race issue. The white people didn’t make only black people live in the 9th ward of New Orleans. How many black reporters have you seen down on the front lines reporting the needs of the BLACK PEOPLE!! I am furious that this has become such a piss pot of racism because I AM NOT A RACIST!! I grew up in South Alabama with as many black friends as white friends. I have raised my children so they do not see color. But I have had enough. My home town is hosting over 300 refugees from New Orleans and Mississippi and I have decided to keep my giving of money and time here. Check your own hometowns for local needs if you don’t want to give to the Red Cross. You can also send money directly to towns in Louisana and Texas who are sheltering refugees. There are ways to ensure that your money goes directly where you want it to go. And remember, there is only one race that matters, and that is the HUMAN RACE!
GBL Yes you are right the bottom line is helping these folks period.
However, I am white and I am VERY tired of my race being blamed for everything. AND most of all I am getting sick and tired of being quiet about it!!
YES REV AL SHARPTON IS SUPPORTING KANYE.
on MSNBC right now.
SEEEEE…SICK OF THIS.
Reverand Al Sharpton is a joke! They need to stop pulling the race card- I am appalled that people are acting this way, I would think they would band together like we did after 9/11.
MSNBC & NBC ARE A JOKE FOR PROMOTING THIS PROPAGANDA!
it’s stupid to blame nbc, and it’s stupid not to give money to the red cross because of kanye west’s personal political agenda. i think everyone blaming the red cross for that is more ignorant than he is.
it’s stupid to blame nbc, and it’s stupid not to give money to the red cross because of kanye west’s personal political agenda. i think everyone blaming the red cross for that is more ignorant than he is.
Posted by: simpson | Sep 2, 2005 11:42:42 PM
NOT Blaming the Red Cross, I am blaming NBC, they should put this stuff on a tape delay, I would never deprive the people of New Orleans because of one idiots personal agenda.
it’s stupid to blame nbc, and it’s stupid not to give money to the red cross because of kanye west’s personal political agenda. i think everyone blaming the red cross for that is more ignorant than he is.
Posted by: simpson | Sep 2, 2005 11:42:42 PM
I blame Kanye. But it is time for a black person that has a voice to stand up and state loudly and clearly that this is not acceptable behavior. That it does nothing to help stop racism. That they need to lead by example and stop the whining and complaining that all of their problems are the white mans fault.
I should not be getting so worked up because this Kanye is an ass. SORRY DAN.
Hurricane Katrina wasn’t racist!!!
I agree Hydrangea, they are just making things worse, making more problems instead of helping these people.
Calista they are not going to shoot anybody in New orleans.
well maybe the guardsman that threw the little dog Snow Ball away might..so look out for him..
The police have shown remarkable restraint and under great provocation. They are there, they know what the stressors are.
I will not say that about the Shreveport police ..if these thugs continue to pillage there, then they are indeed locked and loaded..
And they should be..whole different situation.
And you are right..scavaging and looting are different. I would
have taken supplies for my babies…under the circumstances..
But looting..stealing guns..stealing TV’s and Jewelry..not acceptable under any conditions.
Its hard for people not from the Deep South to understand the intricacies of the racial relationships between black and white.
There are just too many nauances involved, and things are sometimes not as they appear.
The two races live very closely together. The racial mix is predominately black in the cities.
I knew that as soon as the TV news sent out the pictures of the solidly black population of the people in the dome that there would be trouble over it.
People in other places do not realize that the black population is in the majority in New Orleans.
I travelled to Tucson recently..no black faces at all any of the places I visited..felt strange.
But for someone not from the South the preponderance of black faces is eye catching. It has nothign to do with the level of caring or aid and support that the white population here feels or gives.
FEMA is from Washington..they were not compassionate toward the people who ignored the mandatory evacuation order.
Bush needs to appoint anew spokesperson for FEMA now.
A rapper from California is exploiting the black people in the South.
that’s also unaceptalble.
It was not the people from the South that delayed getting aid to the people in NO..We were ready to wade in in rubber boots and in our pireaux’s …and bring them out.
Its not the Fema or red cross that is feeding them here in this town tonight..its the southerners themselves.
One question remains…..
WHY SO MANY PEOPLE STAY UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATION?????????
I understand the reasons for the sick and elderly but their ain’t a damn thing wrong with most of those peoples feet. They could have walked to Texas by now. Katrina did not materialize out of thin air, they had warning but THEY CHOSE TO STAY!!!! Now, they don’t wanna blame themselves for their STUPID actions, they want to blame the Pres, or the mayor or the whities. Good greif, I am so over this. These people KNEW they lived in a flood zone, KNEW the levy’s could only withstand a Cat.3, KNEW this was hurricane season and they CHOSE TO STAY!!!
YES, I feel sorry for them, YES I want to help them and YES I feel as though the government should have intervened sooner. So, go ahead, flame me! But I have lived near the ocean for all of my life, have been in the path of those hurricanes for all of my life and there seems to be a common demoninator….those who evacuate survive.
judgesmails11,
I’d be very grateful to you if you’d stop wasting oxygen that could be put to better use.
Failing that, don’t let us stop you from relocating to Europe. Immediately.
The truth hurts. Kanye does have a unique style of delivery, but what he said was true. It took five days before the president visited and it will be even longer before many people are helped. They took 1,500 people off of search and rescue and onto worrying about looters. Material goods over people…Why are people angry? People are angry because they are trying to survive with guns in their faces. As usual the Christian hypocrisy is unreal. Once again people – there is no such thing as a Christian president!!! Wake up! It’s all about economics and always will be.
Oh and btw, thanks for the Kanye West lyrics – good to see that people have something to do with their free time. Go help somebody, find a cure for cancer…get a life. Clearly most of you are European – please stop judging people unless you have walked in their shoes. You don’t understand racial issues because you don’t have to. All you have to do is bitch and moan when someone illuminates the evil.
farmgirl — you make me proud to be a southerner with you! Your comments are intelligent, articulate, and color-blind. I’m with you 100%! I nominate you as the new FEMA spokesperson; you’d do a heck of a job at it! better yet, you should run for Congress — you’ve got smarts and realism and a great handle on the race relations in our part of the world.
Thanks for a breath of fresh air.
Michael T- We ARE AMERICANS NOT EUROPEAN! And hw can you say we don’t understand racial issues- you are blaming the white man for this- that Michael, is a racially motivated statement.
I have family members who are RNs who are considering making a long drive to Houston to assist with triage. Medical personnel are needed to take the overnight shift and assist in processing over 150 patients PER HOUR…damn difficult for 50-60 year old nurses btw. If they come, they will stay with us and we will accompany them to volunteer at the clinics. But frankly, when I hear rhetoric from sources like this moron, and Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton, and AOL…it just kills all desire to help. But then I remind myself those who need help are also being victimized by these idiots who are consumed by their political agenda.
So Kanye Whatever just couldn’t KEEP his mouth shut … what he just had to say was far more important than all the donations lost when hundreds of thousands of Americans heard it and turned their TVs to another channel without donating. Shame on him for victimizing his own people. He is no better than the armed thugs roving the streets of New Orleans.
it’s unbelievable to me that at a time where everybody should be coming together to help a support a cause that one ignorant individual has to turn a worthy cause into a black and white issue and a political issue. kanye west is an awful, overrated, third rate musician to begin with and the fact that somehow he feels his opinion stands above all the other people who made appearances on that show by trailing off script to vent his own frustrations and political agenda (the bush bashing is just getting really, REALLY old and i’m not even a full blown bush supporter) is not only disrespectful but down right ignorant.
it doesn’t take a rocket scientest to see that this will not only anger many people including those who want to help, but could very easily deter them from wanting to donate to a cause where an individual who slanders our president and goes out of his way to further drive a wedge between whites and blacks. we’re all people, we all bleed the same. someone should remind kanye that because he clearly doesn’t even know the ramifications off his own words. kanye, you’re not the solution. your the problem.
Michael T.
It is a little difficult to deliver food and water when people are shooting at you.
The huge error made here was not at the federal level. The plain truth is Governor Kathleen Blanco blew it. She should have assumed infrastructure including phone lines would be gone and that satellite phones would be necessary. She should have coordinated with the Mayor of NO to have a hierarchy of government officials at every shelter and throughout the city and all should have been in constant contact with each other.
And btw…the Mayor of New Orleans send buses into the 9th Ward to remove the poor and indigent from New Orleans before the storm hit. Most refused to go because they knew looters were staying behind to ransack property. If these residents knew security was going to be a huge issue, the Mayor knew. That he didn’t coordinate security with the Governor is criminal on both their parts.
What is interesting to me about Kanye’s posturing is that Time recently had a big article about him and although he did grown up in a single parent household (I’m not sure how much the father was involved; I think he was always around)his mother was a college professor who shadowed him to concerts so he wouldn’t get in trouble. He has no first hand knowledge of deprivation due to race except for what he has seen of others and his desire to be thuggy to fit in with the rap scene so he can make. . .money. Even his statement was probably a self-centered act to shore up his bad-boy wanna be image to boost sales for his recently released second album.
HELL YEAH….GALLOWAY….RIGHT ON!!!
Michael T,
Look at this link :
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/16/national/main636126.shtml
scroll to the bottom. There is a detailed section on criticism of Bush after hurricane Charley rushing down to Florida so quickly. So he’s damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t, but then consistency was never an issue was it?
As for looters, it’s not so much the looting they are trying to stop but the gangs roaming with guns shooting police officers, shooting at rescue helicopters, and sniping at hospitals. It is dangerous to send aid, and rescue people with these nutters around. The sooner the area is secured, the sooner the problems can be resolved. Then again, viewing the world through your prism, it seems everything is a conspiracy by rich white christians.
As for the Keyne ass, I’ll be using my money to send some more packages to the troops. Nice job.
I just received this in an email…it is very enlightening as to the difficulties encountered. I’m a Native Texan who also happens to be a University of Louisiana graduate. Take it from me… there is no one more honest than a Ragin’ Cajun from Lafayette, LA…so I trust this to be true. I hope Dan doesn’t mind the lengthy post.
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This was a post made on BassBoatCentral by one of the members…
Three Days in New Orleans
I got back from New Orleans last night about midnight. I was there since Tuesday morning. I had six hours of sleep during that time.
Lafayette fared pretty well during the hurricane. It missed us for the most part and we just caught a bunch of wind and rain. All I had was a bunch of leaves and some branches come down…about an hour’s worth of clean up, as opposed to two weeks’ of cleaning up after “Lilly”. I took the day off to watch the house and keep an eye on the big oak tree that’s behind the house.
We got a call from Baton Rouge on Sunday to be ready to be activated. We shipped out Tuesday morning. We (about 600 Probation and Parole Officers from all over the state) had to empty the Orleans Parish Prison which had 4,000 prisoners and transport them to state facilities in other parts of the state. They were rioting, killing each other and holding civilian hostages. This never made the news, at least not to the extent that actually played out. We had to have our State CERT teams go in there and use lethal force. I still don’t have the exact count of how many had to be shot. I saw the body of one after having been shot and having fallen from the window they had broken through to escape.
Nearby I saw the body of another guy who appeared to have been robbed and killed, then thrown off the expressway that all the refugees were using to get around above the flooded street. There were bodies everywhere. Dogs were dying all over from drinking the water that was flooding the area. We were stationed on the expressway right opposite the Super Dome, about six hundred yards away.
The rioters had stolen all the mail trucks and were driving them around the non-flooded roadways, looting and stealing other vehicles. I saw one guy in the back of a mail truck carrying an AK-47 type weapon. He started to point it at us as the truck drove buy and the only reason we didn’t fire was because there were also kids in the back of the truck.Fortunately, he never fired. You heard gunshots all the time. These people were shooting at National Guardsmen, police officers and rescuers in boats. I saw approximately 60 Wildlife Fish and Game Officers leave the area with as many trucks and rescue boats after having been shot at. The helicopters that were bringing food, water and people that had been picked up from roofs and other flooded areas were being shot at and they had to stop landing. I saw a caravan of FEMA vans and trucks come into town right past my checkpoint and then leave after an hour because they said it was too dangerous.
I saw, from day one, miles of charter buses come in and take out thousands of refugees, right through my checkpoint. When I finally heard the news on TV after getting home and heard Mayor Nagin complaining that he wasn’t getting any help and nobody wasn’t doing anything I almost got sick. I would have knocked him out if he was standing in front of me. (You have to know this man’s history of running / ruining this city). There was more help and aid coming into that city from day one than you could have ever imagined.
By the third day they were setting fires to homes and businesses. It is my belief, based on experience, that a lot of fires were intentionally being set to cover up other crimes, many being capital crimes. The death toll is expected to be in the thousands and won’t be known until after all the water is drained and some semblance of order is restored.
I must have given bottled water to a hundred women carrying infants in the 90+ sun and walking for miles. They were pushing the elderly and infirm in shopping carts and dragging dresser drawers with clothes and personal belongings. It was so hot we had agents close to passing out because we were in the sun, wearing our vests.
The last caravan left the prison about 7pm last night and it felt good to get home, take a shower and sleep in a bed.
P.S. We have several thousand evacuees in the Cajun Dome right here in town, about 2 miles from my home.