Where have you been?
Posted on 09/15/2005 10:53:25 PM PDT by beyond the sea
Two hosts at the liberal radio network Air America are defending Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan - saying he's not wrong to suspect that white people deliberately blew up the levees in New Orleans.
"You cannot blame people for coming up with conspiracy theories," Air America host Chuck D. said, after he was asked Thursday about the paranoid pronouncement by MSNBC's Tucker Carlson.
"They look on television and see that the government is four days late in saving people [who are] supposed to be their citizens," Chuck D. explained.
Carlson gave him a second chance to denounce Farrakhan's lunatic declaration, saying, "You're a smart guy. You know that white people didn't blow up the levees to kill black people. You've gotta know that didn't happen."
But the Air America host refused to budge, insisting instead that there was a chance Farrakhan could be right.
"I can't say unless I know for sure what's the actual facts and what's actually false," the rapper-turned-talk host said.
Carlson tried a third time, telling Chuck D.: "Look, I can say for certain that it was not a white conspiracy. White people did not blow up the levee to kill black people."
Still, the radio lefty wouldn't denounce Farrakhan's poisonous rant, saying only, "I don't think it's a person at fault but I think the system needs revamping."
After failing to persuade Chuck D., the MSNBC host turned to panelist Rachel Maddow, who also hosts a show on Air America.
Asked if she believed that white people deliberately destroyed the levees, Maddow declined to render a personal judgment - and instead defended the sentiment behind the toxic hypothesis.
"Conspiracy theories don't necessarily help but you have to understand where they come from," she told Carlson. "They come from people feeling like this disaster had a real racial component. I mean, it was a majority-black city that was absolutely abandoned by the country."
On Monday, Farrakhan uncorked his ugly theory, telling a North Carolina audience: "I heard from a very reliable source who saw a 25 foot deep crater under the levee breach. It may have been blown up to destroy the black part of town and keep the white part dry."
Further proof that Flava Flav is the smart one.
Where have you been?
Yikes! Mea culpa! Words uttered in a fit of pique! I apologize most profanely.
;o)
I don't know, I am not sure if the Amish are or not, however ? they showed up in masses last year to vote for George Bush.
I see that you've read their book, He** of a read ain't it. Say did you find that religion of peace I keep hearing our politicians, talking heads and intellectuals talk about?
We can rest assured that Calypso Louie doesn't respect or honor Zakat's Tithe as in sharing his wealth (giving of the alms I think it;s called) with the poor.....
I've tried to educate myself as to that which can kill me ......Islam IMO is just one more crazy cult , nothing more. Poor mans scientology per se.....
Water doesn't know the difference between the black part of town, the rich part of town, or the poor part of town. Water runs downhill until it got to the lowest point, then it starts filling up that area. The French Quarter is high and that's why it didn't flood. If the levee had broken in the French Quarter, the water would have formed a small river and it still would have flooded the low parts of NewO and not flooded the French Quarter. Some poor areas were low, and that's why they flooded. It's the same reason the top of a mountain doesn't flood. Water's not racist... Not that I expect Air American or Farrakan to understand...
The French Quarter is high and that's why it didn't flood. If the levee had broken in the French Quarter, the water would have formed a small river and it still would have flooded the low parts of NewO and not flooded the French Quarter. Some poor areas were low, and that's why they flooded. It's the same reason the top of a mountain doesn't flood.
Water's not racist...
Not that I expect Air American or Farrakan to understand...
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