Shumdit said:While I am not going to debate you on your points (since I agree with many, and am too unedcuated on most of the others) I think you should watch the video. The quote that started the thread is not what makes me say that he is failing to reach the non-black community (and to be more factual, I should say failing to reach anyone who actually listens to what he said). He said that the goverment is allowing soldiers to go into NO and shoot black people, as if it were for sport. That is the idiotic statement I find so hard to believe. If he wants to say Bush does not like black people, I have no issue with that, since W. seems to be a punching bag for the media these days anyway, and by and large the entertainment industry is very anti-Republican. Watch the video, then give me your honest opinon of his statements.
I don't really need to watch the video... I have Family down there and have experienced their views on what has happened... They are now relocated to Atlanta... so they are lucky to be fine...They are insulted when the are labled as looters and "Refugee" Damn refugee, were we smuggled over to Houston by man made rafts? People can understand the po;itical wrangling that is and will be going on behind this.
If he made a statement that was not backed up by facts, then he put himself out there for Criticism as well as any other voicing that will come... IMHO, unless he or any of the others are down there experiencing it, then they can't speak factually... That area has been poor for a long time. Only now it is a problem because those people will be displaced to other areas...
There are plenty of people in Society that are helping out, all colors of the rainbow, doing what needs to be done, some of them are getting slapped in the face by the very same people that they take into their homes or provide finance to. Some of those very same people continue to help after getting slapped... Those are the people that are setting the example making a difference...
The fact that someone would give Kanya West, the kind of weight that may influence anyone that has the ability to think for themselves is just plain funny... He is no different than anyone else that thinks their celebrity may make people listen if they say something that they feel is profound...
Since I truly don't hold anyone as a celebrity, I could care less about what he has to say unless he lives in New Orleans... If he is speaking from a viewpoint for his own benefit I couldn't care less... If he is trying to cause some attention to be paid to the situstion, then great... He will have to fend for himself behind what he has said... Apparently he is not worried too much...
Republicans, Democrats who gives a crap... I don't think the people down there care very much about political parties right now... I think they are more concerned about their and theirs well being... The Politicians are doing what the always do, divide the meek and week and grab some more votes in any situation that will provide it.
The government allowing soldiers to go into NO to shoot Black people,,, Sounds like something happened and we have not been given all of the facts... I have heard that there have been some pretty heated exchanges.. If a soldier needed to protect him/her self , then they very well should...
I think that Mr. West may be voicing on another issue that has nothing to do with our military... Hell the Cops get to do that, they don't need the military.
He hasn't failed to reach the Non-black community, it is being discussed all over the place not just on NSX Prime. He has failed to express himself in a way that is much more palapable for most people to swallow... He failed to have any facts when he had the floor... So whether it was calculated or not, he made his statement blatent... I don't know his reasons so I won't assume.
For the record, I don't think that Bush or his administration values the American Public as a whole.. I think the loyalty that has been showed by this administration has been very onesided and clear to anyone that wants to see past what they can benefit from it... He values those that have put him into power and those that stand to keep the balance of power swayed to one side... I just think it's a shame that everything can become black and white... I can't think of anything that upsets the balance of society more... In the national disaster, it has still managed to become as trivial as Black and white.... Guess what, we all eventually die, I would rather do it after having made a difference, rather than gathered as many nuts as possible to hide within my family tree.
Bush Bashing...He is no different than any other CEO, He is accountable for the actions of all of those under him... I would love to see a Session of congress or Administration when the people responsible are reviewed... I wonder who will take the blame? N.O. adminstration, most likely... No one on the hill will be in any serious trouble and they know it... If it were truly run like a company, how many people would get fired? If it were an area with real money and real consequence for someone of power, the outrage would be deafening... Yes he should be bashed He is messing up backwards and forwards and pride will not let people admit it to themselves. (JMHO)