Kanye West Just Went Off!!

[SpursWoman]

I know I've said some stupid crap when I've been upset or something rubbed me the wrong way. And I've done it at the wrong place and the wrong time.

So that makes it okay? I wonder how many people changed the channel after that. Kind of defeats the purpose, don't you think?

[bigzak25]

thanks for posting that writer...i've never heard kanye NOT sound sincere...so i'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt here...glad he 'went shopping' hopefully for food and supplies...and glad he is 'calling his business manager' to find out what he can donate, cuz as we all know, NONE of us keep track of our Finances...and we'd all be lost without our business managers calling the shots with regard to our generosity...

anyhow, he's doing his part, and i give him Big Props. As for Bush? Of Course it would be helpful if we had more troops helping out in the Big Easy. But we don't. They doing what they gotta do on their end. No excuses...time to cope, do what we gotta do with what we got, and take care of our own. I never gave a about the looters. People want to steal, let them. I don't give a . Businesses have insurance too.

BUT, the muthafukkas taking shots at the aid workers and such, THOSE MUTHAFUKKAS NEED TO GET BLOWN THE UP. frustration or not, they are the lowest of the low, garbage. it's a damn shame They weren't killed in the 1st place.

If EVERYONE in this country just buys/donates ONE thing, all would be well.

Godbless those suffering, Godbless the Children. Godbless the deceased.

[JoeChalupa]

So that makes it okay? I wonder how many people changed the channel after that. Kind of defeats the purpose, don't you think?

I don't remember saying it was okay. What I'm saying is that we've all, at least I would think so, have done this kind of thing.
Granted, not on a national scale, but it happens.
I just think he said what has been on some people's minds he just said it out loud and on national TV.
If it had been praise we wouldn't even be talking about it.
He admitted his own failure to help.
But that is just me. To each his own.
I can clearly see how his remarks have pissed people off.

[SpursWoman]

I just think he said what has been on some people's minds he just said it out loud and on national TV.

What? That Bush hates black people? WTF?

By the way...since some of you also like to blow off the top a little and point fingers...as far as the lack of sufficient troops to control the city, it's the GOVERNOR of Louisianna that ed up and underestimated the number of people that stayed. The troops were there, all she had to do was ing call for them. That's HER job in the protocol on how emergencies are supposed to be handled and she didn't do it, for whatever reason.

[bigzak25]

everybody ed up. Frankly, the people that didn't evacuate in the 1st place ed up if people want to start pointing. I know i'm packing my family up and getting the out of dodge if i see that bearing down.

[JoeChalupa]

That is not all he said but again, that is just me.
But I do feel that the govt. help was slow in getting there.
The GOVERNOR does need to take responsibility for her actions.
I give major props to Bush for admitting that the response was unacceptable and kicking some ass to get it done.

[JoeChalupa]

Okay, I'll do what Kanye should have done....and STFU now.

[spurschick]

I don't know who Kanye West is and I didn't watch the concert thing last night, however...

I see more people with access to cameras and microphones expressing their anger and frustration, i.e. the media. Last night, Bill Maher referred to the media as the real "first responders" on this disaster. I loved watching Anderson Cooper go off on politicians patting each other on the back while people are dying. I see reporters being able to get in to places where the feds are saying they don't have access to. I see reporters letting people use their cell phones to get family members to pick them up. I see reporters offering first aid if they can. I saw a reporter last night help an elderly man, obviously stranded, alone and very ill, drink some water and eat a little bit of food. Most of these reporters have seen the horrors that occur in third world countries and can't believe these kinds of things are now happening in America. I don't know if this Kanye West guy's comments were accurate, but I can't blame him, or anyone else, for wanting to voice their frustration. I know they don't have TVs or radios, but I hope that those currently stranded at the CC, the Superdome, the Astrodome, etc. some how know that they are not alone and that the rest of America is really pissed off.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I don't know who Kanye West is and I didn't watch the concert thing last night, however...

I see more people with access to cameras and microphones expressing their anger and frustration, i.e. the media. Last night, Bill Maher referred to the media as the real "first responders" on this disaster. I loved watching Anderson Cooper go off on politicians patting each other on the back while people are dying. I see reporters being able to get in to places where the feds are saying they don't have access to. I see reporters letting people use their cell phones to get family members to pick them up. I see reporters offering first aid if they can. I saw a reporter last night help an elderly man, obviously stranded, alone and very ill, drink some water and eat a little bit of food. Most of these reporters have seen the horrors that occur in third world countries and can't believe these kinds of things are now happening in America. I don't know if this Kanye West guy's comments were accurate, but I can't blame him, or anyone else, for wanting to voice their frustration. I know they don't have TVs or radios, but I hope that those currently stranded at the CC, the Superdome, the Astrodome, etc. some how know that they are not alone and that the rest of America is really pissed off.

Couldn't had said it better myself, M.

I had just turned on the TV and five minutes later, I see the reporter (from MSNBC) tell that he heard the 91-year-old man calling for some food and water.

So he gets down and helps the old man take little sips of water and bites from a MRE. It was pretty heart-breaking.

But it's true. If Geraldo, Shep Smith, MSNBC guy, et al. can get to the Convention Center, why can't any troops.

One story I heard late last night was that troops told people to start lining up at one area of the convention center for helicopter evacs and once they finally got together, they were told they ahd taken too long and that choppers couldn't fly at night. Wait until tomorrow.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I just think he said what has been on some people's minds he just said it out loud and on national TV.

Look, I think we all agree that FEMA's response has sucked, and the governor has done a ty job estimating their needs (she's the one who has to request the help before the feds can give it according to the LAW).

But that doesn't give Kanye free reign to call Bush a racist. I've seen enough hate from Kanye to have a pretty good idea of my own that he is racist himself.

So him.

[SpursWoman]

Yep, nothing gets me in the mood to give like some ignorant asshole ing!

[JoePublic]

Seeing people suffer after a disaster gets me in the mood to give.

[Hook Dem]

When shrub retires, he should forget about Crawford and set up his retirement office in Harlem.

Comments like this create racism more than anything else. Congratulations!!!!!!

[SpursWoman]

Good for you.

[Hook Dem]

Truth....some can't handle the truth!!!!

When Bush tells it like it is it's cool but don't let nobody else tell it like it is.

You would politicize your own funeral!

[JoePublic]

No, good for them.

[Duff McCartney]

I'm telling you...Kanye West is a moron.

[Hook Dem]

I'm telling you...Kanye West is a moron.

I never thought I would see the day but I totally agree with you Duff!

[bigzak25]

you tell'em Hook...

and what in adolescent calls our President Bush, 'shrub'

gotdam peeps, if you gonna call him out, you gotta come harder than that weak .

Call Him a sucking, Muther ing, KittenKilling, Racist, Puppy ing Mother er.....but not 'shrub'.

[Hook Dem]

you tell'em Hook...

and what in adolescent calls our President Bush, 'shrub'

gotdam peeps, if you gonna call him out, you gotta come harder than that weak .

Call Him a sucking, Muther ing, KittenKilling, Racist, Puppy ing Mother er.....but not 'shrub'.

Thanks Zak....have you ever seen hate rage on more than what Boutons and Marzetti spew? Pitiful huh?

[JoeChalupa]

You tell 'em Hook!

No need for that.

[T Park]

Y'all realize Kanye wrote a song saying that Bush was part of the 9/11 conspiracy, right?

That he'd take this bull potshot at Bush is not surprising at all.

Sad thing is I like some of his music, but he seems to have that Hollywood thing where he thinks because his name is in lights he actually has a decent world view.

him.

Exactly right.

Good post Aggie.

[T Park]

I've seen enough hate from Kanye to have a pretty good idea of my own that he is racist himself.

Woah, wait.

Its ok to be racist twords whites.

Just ask the liberals and Iceman.

Its OKKKKK TO be racist against whites. Come on Aggie, get with the program.

Its also ok as a rapper to falsely accuse our president as a racist..

[MannyIsGod]

I stayed out of this thread yesterday, I was hoping it would die. But alas, here we are on page 4 and people continue to call Kanye "stupid", "a thug", and god knows what else. Making a political statment that whottt does not agree with apparently now makes him a thug. Just goes to show how those of you who are sitting there calling him polarized are just as ing polarized yourself.

I'm not saying Bush is racist, but there are a lot of you that don't know what it is to see your people go through what black people go through. And don't sit there and give me comparisons to poor white people because it just isn't the same. You guys just don't know the frusration of growing up in a culture where you're told to have a chip on your shoulder because of all the things that have happend to that culture in the past. You guys want to let Israel slide on the way it acts because they have people trying to destroy them. Well, black people in this country have that same mentality to a degree.

The man said what a lot of his people think. Whether or not it is correct, that is a different story, but he's speaking for his culture and he's speaking very clearly. Maybe some people should start wondering why they think that instead of blaming it on him.

If someone had given me a spot on TV, I guarntee you I wouldn't stick to the ty script if I felt strongly about something and had that much passion in it. And I'm sure many of you wouldn't have either.

Like I said in another thread, I don't think the government is racist, but after a lot of racist quacking and a lot of racist waddling, you kind of start to wonder if it's a racist duck.

[Ginofan]

I support the right we, as Americans, have to our own opinions on our government. And I'm sure that many people besides Kanye have been thinking and feeling the same thing he has been. Even that coincidental Yahoo photo caption series on the looters made me stop and think. I'm not saying that Kanye is right in his opinion though, because afterall it's an opinion and opinions really aren't right or wrong.

That being said, I do think it was a poor choice of time and place to express his opinion. The special was to urge people to donate to the red cross...I don't think he urged anyone during his comments. I love Kanye's music, I've haven't really listened to him as a person, so whether this is just fustration or if he's doing it for record sales, I don't know.