The Twisted Logic Consultant for Jim Derogatis takes a break before
faxing a press release exposing how President George W. Bush personally
set the explosive charges that blew huge holes in the New Orleans levees.
Posted on 09/05/2005 7:52:32 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
Context to understand? I don't think so! This was not the time nor the place to protest the president or anyone else. The goal was to raise money to help the victims of the disaster.
West took it on himself to be an idiot.
There is no context necessary to understand that.
Done.
In other words, he is just another multi-millionaire poseur mouthing the party line of other limousine liberal blacks. Wonderful. Because "millions" think as he does, that makes it proper to say? What about the millions of anti-Semites, homophobes, US-haters? Should they all have their "moment" on national tv, too?
I guess if I was a little more "nuanced" or enlightend, I would understand the "context" of Wests comments. As I am not, I am operating under the assumption that West is just another Jesse Jackson-using race to blame others. Except in this case, West admits he is dropout, Jackson never will..
""I hate the way they portray us in the media," West said. "If you see a black family, it says they're looting. See a white family, it says they're looking for food. ... They've given them permission to go down and shoot us.""
This is a load of crap.
There were 2 different AP photos, one labelled "looting" one labeled "looking for food."
They weren't part of the same article or any such rubbish.
They were just part of the days AP photos.
Each caption was written by the photographer... and each photo was taken by a different person.
Since the photographers witnessed each group independently, they made the judgement about what word to use independently of each other.
To suggest some kind of collusion is just madness.
Kanye is "the smartest man in pop music" as much as Hitlary is the smartes woman in the world...
That's not "distancing". It's tacit approval. West's comment was disgusting and there is no "context" that could be claimed that could change it.
"How about: "West is a sub-moron, and makes music that would only appeal to sub-morons." Hmm. Understanding is coming at last..."
Bravo!
I take his pronouncements as seriously as I do Barbara Streisand's pontifications.
"I hate the way they portray us in the media," West said. "If you see a black family, it says they're looting. See a white family, it says they're looking for food. ... They've given them permission to go down and shoot us."
Oh Kanye, don't think of it that way... Think of it as they revoked your permission to steal goods not essential for your survival.
There have been many posters, myself among them, that can understand the need for food, water, baby food, diapers... In a blue sky world, folks wouldn't have to resort to that, but I can absolutely understand it... However Kanye, since when are 7 boxes of Nikes necessary for survival? I suppose that would fall under clothing, one pair for every day of the week? Oh I know Kanye(sarcasm), humans can't go more than 8 or 9 days with having DVD Players to drink... And, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you may have to inform the gentleman in one of the pics going around that a garbage pail of Heineken doesn't fall under one of the main "food groups"... THAT, my gangsta-wannabe friend is LOOTING!!!
I hate opening my computer and seeing whining, liberal brains leaking all over the screen.
And why is the Chicago Sun-Times wasting money on a pop music critic when the money could be better spent hiring a PI to track Daly's excursions to pick up graft money.
West and Mike Myers had been paired up to appear about halfway through the show. Their assignment: Take turns reading a script describing the breach in the levees around New Orleans.
Myers: The landscape of the city has changed dramatically, tragically and perhaps irreversibly. There is now over 25 feet of water where there was once city streets and thriving neighborhoods.
(Myers throws to West, who looked extremely nervous in his super-preppy designer rugby shirt and white pants, which is not like the arrogant West and which, in retrospect, should have been a tip-off.)
West: I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family, it says, "They're looting." You see a white family, it says, "They're looking for food." And, you know, it's been five days [waiting for federal help] because most of the people are black. And even for me to complain about it, I would be a hypocrite because I've tried to turn away from the TV because it's too hard to watch. I've even been shopping before even giving a donation, so now I'm calling my business manager right now to see what is the biggest amount I can give, and just to imagine if I was down there, and those are my people down there. So anybody out there that wants to do anything that we can help -- with the way America is set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off, as slow as possible. I mean, the Red Cross is doing everything they can. We already realize a lot of people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way -- and they've given them permission to go down and shoot us!
(West throws back to Myers, who is looking like a guy who stopped on the tarmac to tie his shoe and got hit in the back with the 8:30 to La Guardia.)
Myers: And subtle, but in many ways even more profoundly devastating, is the lasting damage to the survivors' will to rebuild and remain in the area. The destruction of the spirit of the people of southern Louisiana and Mississippi may end up being the most tragic loss of all.
(And, because Myers is apparently as dumb as his Alfalfa hair, he throws it back to West.)
West: George Bush doesn't care about black people!
(Back to Myers, now looking like the 8:30 to La Guardia turned around and caught him square between the eyes.)
Myers: Please call . . .
At which point someone at NBC News finally regained control of the joystick and cut over to Chris Tucker . . .
Sorry Jim. You can play ignorant all you want while being a "music critic" but VERY FEW people had even heard of this moron before his out-of-context "outburst" for the Red Cross. Now, everyone knows who his is. That out-of-context "outburst" was about CD sales. Nothing more. CD sales Jimmy boy. Money. $$$$$$$$$$$$$.
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