Comments on: George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People

By: Preston Taylor Holmes

Preston Taylor Holmes — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:04:11 +0000

Here’s the deal. If any of you have come all up in here and said, “I agree with everything Kwame said,” you are a fucking idiot.

If you go back and watch the video and actually LISTEN to what he said – it’s incomprehensible nonsense followed up with an outright lie – “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”

The fact that so many of you drooling mental midgets have come in here and run off at the mouth about it shows what a pathetic state our country is in. His comments were nothing short of laughable and taking those comments seriously betrays mental illness.

That’s the last word. Comments are now closed.

By: angela

angela — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:29:07 +0000

dascoyne
if you were making a stand against not only the most powerful man in the u.s. but also the biggest crook how would you be. nice and relaxed i think not but a little nervous just like kanye…..and with that i say you did the right thing mr.west..

By: Dascoyne

Dascoyne — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 05:40:38 +0000

It seems as if Kayne got flustered because he couldn’t read half the words that came up on the teleprompter (not because of his eyesight but because of his level of education – Have you ever heard him speak in interviews before? He’s not a brilliant man.). Just listen to the opening lines read by Michael Myers – can you imagine Kayne West reading the same material?

To save face Kayne said his own thing. He’d rather look like a dickhead than a moron.

Do you think his appearance on the fundraiser was a result of his personal initiative? Heck no! His agent set it up. In light of his upcoming album it probably seemed like a wise move.

In that video clip I don’t see a man making a heartfelt statement – I see a nervous fella who would rather be home and high than have to endure a reading exam in front of a TV camera.

By: Joe Schmoe

Joe Schmoe — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 20:56:29 +0000

In response to Meagan’s comment posted on Sept. 8, 2005

“It’s hard for you black people to SIT BACK AND WATCH people who look just like you struggle”? Why don’t you GET UP OFF YOUR A** and do something about it instead of SITTING BACK AND WATCHING them struggle. There’s plenty YOU can do about it, so help out instead of bitching about what a racist Bush is.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but if they were seeking REFUGE from a Hurricane and/or Flood wouldn’t that make them REFUGEES? You might want to crack open that dictionary every now and then Meagan.

Tax paying citizens, possibly, but wouldn’t that mean that they had jobs and thus made money? Enough perhaps to buy a tank of gasoline to cart their own asses out of the area when the evacuation notice was issued?

Why do YOU people think YOU are entitled to or owed anything? You’re not, and neither am I for that matter. So quit bitchin’ and go make a difference.

By: Meagan

Meagan — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:23:19 +0000

Kanye West in no way sounded “IMMATURE” or like a “9-year old”. He sounded like an emothinal black person. I was the same way. white people for the most part are the ones talking that kind of rederick about Kanye West. Let me help you white people to understand. It is hard for us black people to sit back and watch thousands of people who look just like us struggle and there’s nothing we can do to help. Black people are a caring race no matter how much we may hate on each other regularly. We are like family whether we know each other personally or not. When something is wrong with a black person, all black people feel it. I’m not sure if white people have that same bond with each other, but I’m sure you wouldn’t like it if everytime something happened with the race opposite of yours the prresident was there, but then when it was time for your race to be served, you were calld refugees and were forced to wait! Those black people are in no, way, shape, or fashion refugees!!! They are tax-paying American citizens who’s sweat and clood helped to build this country! So now think about that and try to understand the African American struggle. It goes so much deeper than that.

By: chuckers

chuckers — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 19:24:22 +0000

I’ve got to concur with the latest trend of messages. I see comments that mention that response to 9/11 was far more immediate. This is a whole different beast. Though both were massive tragedies, New Orleans was completely fubarred, and the concept of getting help into an entire town that has lost most of its own ability to maintain itself is a daunting task. Relatively speaking, though the WTC were pretty big as were its neighboring buildings- the rest of NYC was intact, albeit a tad dusty. So it was a bit easier to get to a concentrated cluster of buildings on dry roads, even if they lost officials in the process. Surely NYC wasn’t peppered with snipers during that ordeal. This isn’t about Bush liking New Orleans less. This is about a whole town being wiped out and people being foolish enough to stay there for it.

The biggest problem I see in all of this was the design of the town itself. You have a basin below sea level. Then you have a gulf coast known to breed hurricanes. Let’s build a town in it! Most would’ve said that the levy is there to eliminate any problems but when you look at the arial photos…golly, you were wrong!

On top of this, New Orleans happens to have to have dense clusters of housing and, this being in the south-and factoring in that birds of a feather flock together- most of the inhabitants are black.

So you’ve got a giant basin coincidentially filled with black people surrounded by a ribbon of metal in front of the ocean (just waiting to fill with water when something goes wrong) and when it happens and everything’s f*#%ed up beyond the tolerance of normal moral code.

So help finally manages to ooze into that mess-in-a-making and because stabilizing a town, dragging corpses out, and delivering water by boat with sniper bulled flying overhead isn’t as fast and convenient as a UPS delivery, some random rapper (regardless of race) who thinks he has the credibility to make political judgement says the president doesn’t care about black people.

…WHAT!?!?

If anything, those who stayed there, regardless of race, didn’t care about themselves enough to get the hell out early-on when they could.

It would have been a lot easier to do absolutely nothing in the efforts. But that didn’t happen. So quit whining about problems and exploiting them against the ‘white man’ and fix your freakin’ problems so they don’t keep becoming catastrophes.

By: cory

cory — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:06:08 +0000

Well folk’s Im an american,and considered white by race,,

Let’s all be honest here.. There is NO PERSON in this world that hasnt or will not make a Racist remark in there entire lifetime, Please don’t lie to yourselfs and say thats not true…

As for Black and White issue: Well let me let you in on some secret’s here, Im 30 years of age, I had nothing to do with Slavery nor do I Agree with it. But I am labled every single day becuase of it because I hold the title of being WHITE..

Let’s see hear, There isnt a day that don’t go by that I don’t hear other races complain about the WHITE man is agiants us.Frankly thats total crap and is just an excuse to either-A:Be unemployed- B:Sue someone-C:Make the quick cash( sale crack)….

There is Racist every where, white.black, asian ect..Its just easyer to put it off on the so called White man because I guess I had something to do with Slavery, I was born rich,I was gave a better chance.. LoL I had Nothing to do with slavery,wasnt born rich, and sure as hell didnt have anymore chance then anyoe else living in AMERICA…I think it all boils down to morals as to how you grow up and/or make it in life..

By: Shakes

Shakes — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 23:25:29 +0000

Hmmmmmm… Where do i begin? Lets start here:

What part of … “They had there chance to leave and they didnt” dont you people understand. A lot (Not All) had there chance to leave and refused. So now what, we told you to get the fuck out and you didnt … Now we have to run down there in mid shit to help save these people that wouldnt leave? They asked for this. But since it took 4 days to get down there everyone’s bitching that its Bush’s Fault. Not the City, Not the State, Not the Country … One man.

Ummm people … Im sorry to say that one man cant drop the ball this bad. It takes a country to do that. No one stepped up to the plate and got things handled on their own. They waited for the president to talk to his adviseres, cabinent mambers, the house, and everyone else I’m forgetting to get a good idea of what needed to be done. A HUGE rescue mission like that can’t be put together like that in a few hours. Yet thats what everyone expected.

Besides, There wouldn’t be an issue if people got out when they were told to. So now because of their ignorance, It’s our fault that we wern’t down their sooner?

Ok, we tried to come down and we were getting shot at. That doesnt make things any easier and I don’t think anyone in their right mind wanted shot at while trying to help.

I do understand that West’s speech was emotionally driven but, for him to come out and say that George W Bush hates Black People is ignorant. Now, if he had said that George W Bush Hates Niggers … Well I guess I problably couldnt argue with that one because hey, most of us do. White, Red, Black, Green … the Whole ‘igger familly. Color doesnt matter here. Stupidity does and thats the real definition on a nigger.

You people (and you know who you are) need to start getting your facts straight. Stop listening to the media, stop whining about the time it took to get down there and stop assuming our President hates black people. That is ridiculous and West’s statements were as well. Notice I also didnt criticise West for his speech because a lot of people in this country have a tough time with public speaking. President Bush Included. It was West’s statements.

Start asking yourself questions like:

1. If I was told to leave my home because a natural disaster was about to happen, would I go if I was told about it and had time to leave?

2. If a bus was outside my door and i had the opertunity to leave without costing me any money. (it was 3 days away till the first of the month but, we wont get into all that) would I leave then?

3. If I still didnt leave would it be the Presidents fault if, I wasnt rescued within 12 hours of the disaster?

A lot of good people died as a result of Katrina including the elderly and the sick, this I have no doubt and my heart goes out to their families. But, many people died because of stupidity. Should’nt we ask ourselves, is this such a bad thing? Do we really want people that stupid breeding? I don’t. Hopefully some of you agree.

After all this I still donated money. And I’ll continue to give and lend my assistance because I am a part of this country. It is my duty as a United States Citizen. We will continue to take care of the ignorant people in our society, as we always have.

By: A European American

A European American — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 23:15:16 +0000

This has truly been an exciting hour reading all the different chats from some incredibly ignorant individuals.
Let’s cut to the chase…
KWAME or Kanye, purposely mispelling his name shows your lack of power, so you try and exert it by misspelling his name. But I tell you what, you won’t ever forget him. When a Man has the confidence to speak in front of large audiences, this can sometimes be overwhelming… let’s take a look at our dear president bush: he stutters, mumbles, skips words, and speaks as though he is in grade school. But no one is talking about his speech impediment problem. The comments that weremade about Kanye West not being able to put together an articulate sentence would be discredited if you listened to his album.
An Educated Poet, that’s him, one who was greatly affected from the tragedy that happened to Americans, Blacks and Whites. But you constantly see blacks beeing portrayed as savages or a lowly dependent people, how typical of Westrn thought patterns of inferiority. But no one showed all the races scrounging, excuse me, looting for food in the grocery stores, blacks, whites, hispanics, asians and all.
Everyone’s talking about how president bush was quicker on his feet to go and help other countries, well yeah that’s true. When you think about it of course he would want to go and save the Tsunami victims, because they are responsible for the little stickers and tags that read made in Thailand, Phillipines, Cambodia, etc on virtually everything you own in your house (appliances, clothes, shoes, cell phones, computer parts, keyboards, televisions, food, etc). Without the small children and overworked citizens of these countries none of you would be typing on your computers and keypads, and our economy would take a a serious blow. So when you think about it, what value does a bunch of 3rd and 4th generation slaves pose to the US economy? Nothing if you are looking in term of dollars, African Americans are a people who did not migrate here looking to establish success in the great melting pot, they were physically forced, manipulated into being here, and then stripped of their native tongue, culture, dignity, and self pride and made to serve people who used GOD as their justification, which only perpetuates the ignorance that continues today.
SO we call the American Survivors “Refugees” in their own county that they slaved over to build. Now You would think that since the south was built on the bloody backs of slaves, that we would appreciate them as a people and as an American.
What do you think?
In terms of the looters…..
You had people that had to resort to the Barter system to get their needs met, does this sound familiar to anyone:
“Please let me get on the bus, I will give you my wedding ring, its worth alot.” probably not because you probably don’t have to try and sell valuables to get food, medicine, or stay alive.
Have any of you so-called educated readers heard of survival of the fittest? because when I think of European History and our civilizations that’s what I think of (i.e. Vikings). There was a whole European culture that was known for robbing, looting, and killing others people, all to survive and live well, instead of migrating from a northern europe cold barren land to more fertile grounds. Maybe that is what we are so agressive and somewhat prone to commtting violent acts of war.
but never the less, let’s spend our time focusing on looters who are looting perishable items and create a jail for them so we can apear to have some control over this natural disaster, and the fact we as a nation failed to pre-plan accordingly, you know, have busses their to evacuate the people before the actual disaster took place.
oh yeah not to mention the looting and raping of North America if I must say. Sometimes people can be so blind, but I guess when you establish a country with its foundations stained with the blood of innocent people, you begin to believe the lies you were taught as a child and justify them when you know they are inhumane and morally corrupt.
Some people are trying to blame the mayor, but the mayor (METAPHOR, ANALOGY) is to the state, as a school teacher is to a principal.
Limited control over those whom you are responsible for supervising, but the principal (the Sate), and the superintendent (the Feds) are really the ones who can exert control and coerce the citizens of the New Orleans to Evacuate.
In my opinion, I think some people were threatened by strong, EGYPT=black, Nubian, Warrior King Kanye West.
Because think about it only someone who fears not another man, and his army would stand before the mass public and speak his opinion. Mabe you should read some Greek mythology, and you could compare him to one of your gods, not scared of that which oppreses his people, FEARLESS WARRIOR god who will stand up to an enemy, ready to speak his mind.
Some of you will cast your biased judgements, but internally you are jealous that you lack the confidence, and self-esteem needed to speak your mind, so instead you try to rally up other individuals who share the same insecurity as yourself and create some comfort in sharing insecurities with one another and bad mouthing anyone who is against you, even if when standing next to one another, you look the same, same skin tone, same hair makeup. You must hate yourself.
Yeah Mike Meyers looked dumbfounded, what would you say if you were standing next to someone who challenged the views of the nation, when you are nothing but a pawn reading off a teleprompter what the media has instructed you to say to millions of Americans, when 20 other famous people are saying the same thing but with different words. Not only was Mike Meyers caught off guard, he was scared.
Kanye West may have been nervous, but I guarantee you, that none of you, especially those of you who speak so freely of you insecure racist views will never forget, because unlike your statements, Kanye West had a plann, and guess what? It worked, and all of you are like pawns in his plan, you can’t stop talking about it.
You Think, Eat, Sleep and Shit thinking about Kanye West, he’s in your head, and you don’t like it but get used to it, he played you along with everyone else. Kanye West put a charge on everyone’s mind and heart to seriously think about the actions that were taken by our so-called Leader. Kanye West caused us to think about how we so willingly trust everything the gov’t does, and when it’s America’s turn for support whether black or white, the government is moving at a snail’s pace.
With that said, judgement will be set for everyone, and KARMA is alive and real. So all of you that are proud of a history and ancestors that raped a nation, a people, and robbed them from their culture. You sure better pray that their sins are forgiven, because what happened to Africans worlwide in 1492 when Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue, at that same time their was a doctrine that was sent out by the POPE that issued rights for one to conquer and take over a land that was not theirs and use the people as slaves to build them a new nation.
Please believe that when during WWII when we went over to fight the germans. Racism, lynchings, and a wide scale genocide spread out over centuries was going on over here in the Good Ole USA.

Peace & Blessings to All,
Oh yeah I am a white person, who believes in the truth regardless of what it is, and I challenge my own people to wake up and stop trying to wash out all the bad by stating some of the good, because if you study true history, and not just history from an Western Philosophical perspective you will uncover that our bad deeds outweighs our good by a long shot.

By: clayton

clayton — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:35:28 +0000

It seems to me that if you guys got out to the real world every once in a while, you would have noticed that Kanye West was emotionally driven while making his statement on national television. When speaking about something you feel so strong and emotional about, itâ€™s not un-human, un-natural, or un-intelligent to stutter. Especially while on national television, unlike posting on the internet.

Throughout the above post I have seen some intelligence, but mostly I sense low self esteem, insecurities, arrogance, ignorance, superiority, and racially driven attitudes on both sides. Itâ€™s saddening to see such dividedness in this time of suffering.

I guess when you can conceal your identity and spend time working on your paragraphs to post, you can make yourself appear intelligent. I have my doubts that everyone on this post, including me, does not have the balls to do something like what Kanye did, and if someone does have the balls to speak on national television about a such heated topic driven by large amounts of emotion, I guarantee they would buckle under the pressure and appear to be â€œun intelligentâ€? or have the speaking ability of â€œsomeone in grade schoolâ€?

I hope yall realize what yall are saying and how yall are acting. Trying growing up or something, and go outside every once in a while. Itâ€™s good for you. If you want to argue over something, cut to the chase and just argue about who has a bigger dick, because thatâ€™s all yall seem to be trying to do when everything is said and done.