Kanye (NBC Hurricane Relief Fund Telethon) -
PEK
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On NBC and its affiliates -Not the whole clip, but Kanye's 'George Bush doesn't care about black people' - any subsequent broadcasts will be edited w/o fail, but here it is as it unfolded: notice Mike Myers growin' increasingly uncomfortable and the quick flip to Chris Tucker...I know some folks are gonna say he did it for publicity and the like in the wake of the release of his album this week, but depress the cynicism for a sec and cut 'Ye a little slack for maybe a modicum of integrity -
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Publicity-driven or not, this stand in addition to his stand against homophobia has given me a respect for Kanye that far outstrips my feelings about his music.
i agree
new found fucking respect!!!!!
who gave mike myers that corny ass scripted bitch ass shit to say?
more kanye....make this shit uncomfortable
"and phuck terror squad"
Integrity aside, the point of this program was to raise money for people in need, not to tell the world how you feel one way or the other about George Bush, racial politics in America, etc.
To that end, I have to wonder just how many people across America tuned out when he started running his mouth - thus cutting off an untold amount of much needed funds to people in dire, dire need.
There's a time and place for everything.
I really don't think that was the time for that.
Just sayin.
And i do mean it.
Soultrut raising funds, that's dope. that's even the best shit to do.
Now please...If you want to see action, then REPLACE black people with whites. There would be NO fund raising at all because ONE DAY of wall street stock exchange is enough to solve the problem. The will makes a difference in that case.
This shit is ridiculous...not fund raising. Once again, this is the BEST example of how civilize people can be. But this shit is so shamful : celine dion giving a million ,diddy too, now kanye's talking. What THEE fuck??? One day of ammunition in Irak will save a whole hood. That's a point. I'm really feeling sad for what happened. I got people from my family in Texas that welcomed people from NO. So don't tell me shit...But Bush is full of shit...That little smirk on some white people face on CNN, i didn't like it.
White people on CNN said this : "our country looks like Sudan or something"...Well mofocker, N.O. or Louisiania is LIKE THAT the whole year. There's the same amount of Blacks weither Katrina is there or not. That's insane. White people in America makes me sick. I'm turning off CNN right now.
For the heatrocks, i would need some Kusini LP...anyone?
NO DOUBT
THAT WAS THE SHIT AND BETTER MAKE HEADLINES
that dude was caught up in how he felt.
Brilliant...
Yea, but don't you think people kinda want to see something like this when they tune in. Everyone knows about the disaster, so it's not like he's yapping is going to get people to not care. If anthing I think it will get more people to tune in cuz the word on this stuff spreads fast and people tune in to see what's up.
Plus, as noble as telethons are, they are also snooze fests and if it wasn't for the high end performers and the chance someone "slips" on live TV no one would watch at all.
It's one of those strange things where I wouldn't do it but it doesn't suprise/bother me that someone else did.
All the black congress persons and ACLU had a press conference today stating a similar view.
If this clip even makes a headline, I will be shocked. The establishment has ben big-upping Kanye so hard recently that many powerful media people will take this as a personal dis (as in '"we thought that n****r had some sense! That's the end of his road".)even if they agree with the sentiment. Expect a total media "who cares" so that none of them have to take the blame.
Frankly, the only person who would disagree with Kanye's statement is Condi.
This might be some big shit right here, man. You can see he's kinda scared or nervous to come out and say some shit like that. But he said it anyway. Kanye is my muthafuckin' hero now, dog.
He better watch his back, though... he's fuckin' with some gangstas now that would make Suge Knight look like Richard Simmons.
Wow.
Good point...I realize that there is a time and a place for everything, but if life were always to stay "in line" and be properly ordered, we'd have no fun at all.
People are so reactive these days. I would be deeply saddened if Kanye's comments negatively affected the fund-raising, but then again, who are these sensitive schmucks that would let a single personal opinion expressed during a stressful time stop them from donating? That would be missing the point, yeah? Silly.
* Um...did he curse or say something that qualifies under FCC guidelines to be censored? Free speech? guess not.
"right on 'bro'!"
PN -
I understand the counterargument you're makin', but I haven't watched American network television coverage on this so I don't know what's bein' played off; I do know that on the BBC World feed, there are segments showin' a helicopter landin' in the middle of N.O., throwin' bottled water and packages out, but NO ONE exits the helicopter to even assist in dispensin' these goods nor aid... Like it's a f*ckin' leper[/b] colony... Literally... Or in the words of Jesse Jackson, like the cargo hold of a slave ship... Now is that gettin' frontline attention on CNN, Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC? Bush won't even land in N.O. proper b/c of the grievances he would be assailed w/ by those inhabitants in there... Let's face facts @ this point, the majority of people left in the city are black and poor... And if the current man of the moment/zeitgeist feels he's gotta give that some shine, I can't really fault him for it...
By the way, PN - your diggin' comps are always welcome - I still gotta cop that Brazilian one though...
whoa shit I take back anything I ever said about Kanye pulling publicity stunts. that is some heavy shit to say on national television and like phil said above...
Kanye better be ready to ride this out cause calling out those in power like that is asking for a world of hurt... Full support for Kanye even if it was a publicity stunt. I hope he sticks to his guns. wow...
If you have the chance to say something.. SAY SOMETHING!
http://www.juiceenewsdaily.com/0605/news/west.html?1125709350109
These assholes go way overboard:
Maybe you, me & that girl over there would kinda want to see something like this.
But we're talking about mostly Middle America watching this stuff & contributing the vast amount of $$$'s. Remember Middle America? "Fly Over Country?"
I'm fairly confident that Johnny Ray & Bobby Joe Redneck - as some of ya'll strutters might be so fond to call them - might not necessarily share a "similar view" with Kanye & the Black Congressional Caucus, and in turn might simply change channels to QVC or Hee Haw rather than listen to something they don't want to hear.
Maybe that's just me.
All I'm saying is, if it doesn't bother you that potential millions might be forfeited at the expense of Mr. West's "statement", then.... well, then there it is.
Maybe it was worth it. Shake things up and shit.
Although at this point in time, I tend to feel that the only people who can lay claim to say whether or not it was "worth it" are in no position to be watching tv tonight.
OK...i'm in the mood...CNN is running in the background so i got ammos too.
y'all mostly think that foreigners can get the dick when such things happens because we don't live this shit. Let me explain y'all something. Wifey is from Chicago. I do live in France with her but we do back and forth trips. Half of her fam is in TX and NO. She's pro-pro-pro Black and i'm a poor white skinny mofocker. Now with that said, i can go on...
All around the World, images are travelling. What people see is a shitload of Black people stuck in the WEALTHIEST country of the World. We also see Whiteys getting annoyed with it. Including Americans taling about how it looks like Africa right now... Geographically speaking, it's NOTHING like Africa. Just because of the skin tone, you call it Africa. CNN is calling it Africa. White people in USA calls it Africa. So that means that just because of the black line-up, y'all are a bunch of Africans at the end of the day...Some BOOTY SCRATCHERS, yes you heard it...
Now, the whole world is just thinking, what if this people was just white people...considering how much money it takes to help and rebuild, it would just take a COUPLE of white mofockers to save the situation. Not only military speaking, but money-wise. Now you got Celine Dion giving 1 million $ to save the Nolia Clap. Great. Money is there if it's necessary.
The will...a terrible thing man. Read Kant or Freud.
You got school buses helping y'all. FUCKIN GREAT. You think that's what the situation deserves when y'all started a fuckin' war in a country that y'all can't even situate on the map. Please.
I don't even want to speak about it.
He was absolutely right! and it needed to be said! Its not gonna stop people from donating! what kind of bullshit is that? Black lawmakers are pissed as hell at Bush's response to the disaster, which hit a largely black area of the country and screwed over many poor people as well.
Are you really gonna sit there and try to tell me george bush cares about black people? How about poor people?
I dont think so. Go kanye!
You have the most uncanny ability to sound "racist" while obviously trying to say things that are meant to be "anti-racist."
I don't know what you are talking about half the time, but please - continue!
please to shut the fuck up.
Well, it certainly didn't help that you had people shooting automatic weapons at said helicopters over the last few days as they tried to go about the business of actually rescuing people!!
One big reason help was so slow in coming was that copter pilots were (and still are) in fear for their own lives.
Gracias.
Yea, I totally see what your saying and mabye if it had gone on for 5 min, but it looks like it got cut pretty quick and only the East coast will even see it cuz the rest of the country will get the edited version.
I don't think people turned off the Grammy's when ODB bum rused the stage, and while this is different I think it's a similar thing reaction wise. If people had to listen to a 15 min Al Gore speach about the failures then channels would flip, but not for a little blub like this.
Oh well, no bigge not trying to argue. It's just the kind of deliema that begs for discussion.
thx man...that's where my head is at. I'm happy you caught it...That's the way i express it when i'm in front of people i wanna shock. But glad you caught it. My poor english don't help.
just to continue since you asked me...I just had my cousin on the phone. He got me dumb-founded. Nagin was right. That's all i can say. He said it better than me. His english is waaaaaaaaay better.
Slow in coming? Marshallin' resources shouldn't take a couple of days after the incident if you've got foreknowledge that a substantial natural disaster is imminent; interviews I've heard w/ military personnel all define the decision to issue orders as to when they're to deploy to these disaster areas as contingent on the President's word... And if that's a failure of the executive office and looks to be partly derived out of a lack of empathy for the downtrodden/improverished, then... I suspect that it's 2 different aspects we're lookin' @ PN - and that neither of us is baskin' in the travails of those sufferin' right now; personally, in this heightened state of affairs, 'Ye looks like he's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't... B/c the message may not resonate as effectively once the inter/national spotlight on what's goin' on in the Gulf coast subsides...
Why is Condi Rice shoppin' for shoes in Manhattan w/ this goin' on?
http://www.democrats.org/a/2005/09/let_them_eat_ca.php
see...that's what makes me sick.