Posted on 06/01/2005 3:52:27 PM PDT by Lizavetta
I never knew Maria Carey was black until today.
To me this is like the Olympics. I hope the whole thing flops with every stupid contingency battling over useless crap.
Interesting how head counting by race is a leftist tactic to point out how evil Republicans are, yet when Lefties don't measure up it's an "embarassing oversight" which of COURSE isn't racism.
Every stupid constituency that is.
It's okay... none of their fans or supporters are black, either.
These musicians put on a show of the music they knew for the audience they knew.
This thing is a joke and a waste of time. Nothing except radical change is going to help Africa.
Until the people rise up and get rid of dictators like Mugabe nothing will change.
Live Aid I was a nice effort but most of the what tried to go to help Africa back then ended up in the back pockets and Swiss bank accounts of the corrupt leaders.
So I don't think this will help.
As I recall, half-black and half Venezuelan, whatever races that entails.
They should play basketball.
Unless they have Il Divo, I'm not tuning in.
Yes... afterall, the G8 countries never done anything to 'fight poverty in Africa'... /sarc
The article didn't mention if any of the artists would stand up against the slaughter of Christians there. Maybe I just missed that part.
Inviting these folks on stage would, at least, double the ticket price - eh? (Who are they?)
Does anyone know how much was raised from the first concert, and where that money went to? Without trying to be crude, seems to me that what was enough money to get them on the right track. One of the web sites states they still receive money annually. Why keep giving?? Ok, so I was crude, sorry!
I'm not sure what Geldof is on about... if you've ever actually been to one of these lefty money-grubbing events, they're ALL white as white can be. I once went to an event with a girlfriend, which featured the author Armistead Maupin. He decried bias and intolerance of every kind, and praised inclusiveness. There wasn't a non-caucasian face in the room, and nobody seemed to sense any irony in that fact, even after I snickered and pointed it out. They're self-important little navel-gazers, that's for sure.
Another question, with the Hillary party/campaign fund raiser scandal in mind, is "How much will the entertainers be paid and how much will they rake off in perks?"
How about Idi Amin playing the ukelele? I'd pay big bucks to see that.
Bwahahahaha! Some of the North African (Arabic-speaking, extremely-mixed-race) pop artists are very good. Waaaaa-LAH! (Would they pass for "black" or "African"?
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