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"Kanye West - My new hero"

In light of the recent devastation down in New Orleans, and Bush's slowness in responding with anything other than flying over in a helicopter and hugging a couple of folks in Mississippi, NBC broadcast a benefit/donation show with loads of stars asking for help to be donated.
All goes well, donations come in.

Until Mike Myers & Kanye West do their bit in the studio.
Myers explaining what has happened, the destruction and lives lost.
Kanye West's turn comes up and he deviates from the autocue and delivers an unscripted outburst criticising Bush and the government for not doing anything in a system that "is set up to help the poor and the blacks as slowly as posisble" and pointing out that a third of the National Gaurd are in Iraq anyway, and that "they've given them permission to go down and shoot us"
Myers looking off-camera with a "Help" expression before attempting to steer it back on course, before West delivers his final statement. Cameras cut away to Chris Rock looking unprepared.

This segment was cut from the repeated broadcast by NBC who felt that "one persons comments shouldn't overshadow this tragedy"
Bear in mind that Kanye West was the biggest selling rap/RnB artist of last year and has a new album out to promote.
And he's risked that to deliver a genuinely angry, outraged statement that an awful lot of people are thinking but nobody is saying on the television.

Watch, enjoy and pass along as the largest selling recording Artist of 2004 alienates the Christian right-wing element of America by simply refusing to play along and speaking from his heart.
Outstanding and I'm buying his album purely to support somebody willing to risk **EDITED FOR THE BONUS OF BLANK** minor financial loss in the short term but possible gain when balanced against the projected earnings from previously unaware members of the public who wish to support somebody speaking out on National Television*** because they cant sit back and say nothing

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Goatboy wrote:
> webmong

Why do you always think yourself oh-so-clever when you glue words together to create some sort of insult
You do it all the time
it's rubbish

Mr Snuggly wrote:

> Similar natural disaster in the USA (although not nearly on the same
> scale), but have I felt like I absolutely must contribute? No, not
> really. It's odd, almost like I feel like America should be able to
> take care of themselves.

I have the same feelings.

When I see them appealing for food and water, I can't help but feel that America really have the means to help out their own citizens already. It's not that I don't feel sorry for the people and want to help, but this is a country who frequently boast of their wealth.

To think that they can fund blockbuster movies and fund the so called 'war on terror'. But they don't seem to be able to help their own citizens in times of crisis, it's quite disgusting to be honest.

I noticed an article the other day saying that Europe were sending the US a large quantity of their oil reserves. I guess Iraq really didn't go to plan then....

Mr Snuggly wrote:

> Am I racist and going to hell?

Yes
And I'll be joining you.

The thing is, they *should* have been able to look after themselves, and more specifically, handled this crisi effectively. Problem is, half of the local National Guard were off in Iraq being patriotic, leaving their own to die off in nautral disasters.

Of course, they won't see them as their "own"; they're black and poor, after all.

Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Kore wrote:

> So you'd rather go on ignoring the issues, as long as people (mainly
> in the upper class) appear to be happy.

Would they have it any other way? :)

My whole feeling about this whole disaster is very odd indeed.

Tsunami in poverty-stricken Thailand, horrible disaster, felt very bad, like I had to give money to charity immediately, and did so.

Similar natural disaster in the USA (although not nearly on the same scale), but have I felt like I absolutely must contribute? No, not really. It's odd, almost like I feel like America should be able to take care of themselves.

I probably will end up giving a bit of money, but it's just odd what my initial reaction was, namely that because it's America, an economically stable country, I wasn't as initally affected by it.

Am I racist and going to hell?

Dammit, that Diamonds Are Forever was Kanye West wasn't it?

I'm torn between conflicting emotions.
*Sobs*

:^D

Kore wrote:
> Kanye West's outburst has definitely opened old wounds in a society
> where the majority wants peace. His little speech is unfortunate for
> the US in a time where we need to all work together in an effort for
> recovery, because it incited more issues in an already devastated
> circumstance.
>
> He was not helping anyone.

So you'd rather go on ignoring the issues, as long as people (mainly in the upper class) appear to be happy.

Light wrote:
> Okay, fair enough. Thanks for taking the time to clarify your point,
> though I have to say that I still don't agree with you; I think it
> is worth getting carried away over. All the more so since the
> network tried to neuter it by cutting it out of later broadcasts.

To be honest, I wouldn't expect anything even close to humanity or common decency from a television station, a US based station least of all. Anything that doesn't fit perfectly into their plans is ditched in pursuit of ratings. The way they go about getting those ratings is often despicable.

Also, for further clarification, when I say "let's not get carried away" I really meant as to what he stands to lose as a result of his actions, not as to the impact and implications of the actions themselves.

That's also my view of it as well, it's to do with how much green they've got in their pockets (or lack of) rather than how much black they've got on their skin. Plus Bush being an incompetent idiot also might have a slight bit of bearing on the slow reaction.