Kayne West: Misguided Dipshit.
Did anyone see the Hurricane Katrina benefit concert where Kayne West stuck his foot in his mouth and made himself look like a complete idiot? Not only did he veer from the teleprompter script, but he couldn't speak very coherently.
From The Washington Post:
West and Mike Myers had been paired up to appear about halfway through the show. Their assignment: Take turns reading a script describing the breach in the levees around New Orleans.
Myers: The landscape of the city has changed dramatically, tragically and perhaps irreversibly. There is now over 25 feet of water where there was once city streets and thriving neighborhoods.
(Myers throws to West, who looked extremely nervous in his super-preppy designer rugby shirt and white pants, which is not like the arrogant West and which, in retrospect, should have been a tip-off.)
West: I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family, it says, "They're looting." You see a white family, it says, "They're looking for food." And, you know, it's been five days [waiting for federal help] because most of the people are black. And even for me to complain about it, I would be a hypocrite because I've tried to turn away from the TV because it's too hard to watch. I've even been shopping before even giving a donation, so now I'm calling my business manager right now to see what is the biggest amount I can give, and just to imagine if I was down there, and those are my people down there. So anybody out there that wants to do anything that we can help -- with the way America is set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off, as slow as possible. I mean, the Red Cross is doing everything they can. We already realize a lot of people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way -- and they've given them permission to go down and shoot us!
(West throws back to Myers, who is looking like a guy who stopped on the tarmac to tie his shoe and got hit in the back with the 8:30 to La Guardia.)
Myers: And subtle, but in many ways even more profoundly devastating, is the lasting damage to the survivors' will to rebuild and remain in the area. The destruction of the spirit of the people of southern Louisiana and Mississippi may end up being the most tragic loss of all.
(And, because Myers is apparently as dumb as his Alfalfa hair, he throws it back to West.)
West: George Bush doesn't care about black people!
(Back to Myers, now looking like the 8:30 to La Guardia turned around and caught him square between the eyes.)
Myers: Please call . . .
At which point someone at NBC News finally regained control of the joystick and cut over to Chris Tucker, who started right in with more scripted blah, blah, blah.
What I want to know is "How much money did Jesse Jackson and the NAACP pay Kayne West to say that?" Seriously.. young people are easily swayed by their favorite artists and movie stars. The young and weak-minded are easily brainwashed - it's like Celebs have the Jedi Mind Trick. I believe that celebrities have a responsibility that is taken less seriously these days, and that responsibility is to keep your opinion about the government to yourself. They should make a law for celebs: "Freedom of speech, with responsibility".
What the hell was that about the military being told that they can go down and shoot people?
Bush doesn't care about black people? Good.. because he shouldn't care about black, white, yellow, whatever people - he should care about AMERICAN people. The word "American" should not be prefixed or suffixed as an indication of race when the person is a US Citizen. African American, Latin American, Asian American - these terms should not exist. Fuck you racists.. You were "black"? Well, now you are American. Japanese US Citizen? American. Your grandfather jumped the border to give his family a better life, and you were born in the good old USA? Why shackle yourself to what your grandfather was trying to get away from with a name that doesn't apply? American. Every "minority" wants special treatment. I'm a white guy, and I just want NORMAL treatment. I'm starting to feel like the minority. I won't be around, but it will be nice in 100, 200, or however many years it takes for all races to be so mixed that we are all a medium-tan complexion, where we can't tell any race apart because we have none. Maybe then we truly will be Americans and work together for a common cause.
Goddamnit, it's Friday, after work, I am pissed about this, and I haven't even started drinking.
Did anyone see the Hurricane Katrina benefit concert where Kayne West stuck his foot in his mouth and made himself look like a complete idiot? Not only did he veer from the teleprompter script, but he couldn't speak very coherently.
From The Washington Post:
West and Mike Myers had been paired up to appear about halfway through the show. Their assignment: Take turns reading a script describing the breach in the levees around New Orleans.
Myers: The landscape of the city has changed dramatically, tragically and perhaps irreversibly. There is now over 25 feet of water where there was once city streets and thriving neighborhoods.
(Myers throws to West, who looked extremely nervous in his super-preppy designer rugby shirt and white pants, which is not like the arrogant West and which, in retrospect, should have been a tip-off.)
West: I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family, it says, "They're looting." You see a white family, it says, "They're looking for food." And, you know, it's been five days [waiting for federal help] because most of the people are black. And even for me to complain about it, I would be a hypocrite because I've tried to turn away from the TV because it's too hard to watch. I've even been shopping before even giving a donation, so now I'm calling my business manager right now to see what is the biggest amount I can give, and just to imagine if I was down there, and those are my people down there. So anybody out there that wants to do anything that we can help -- with the way America is set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off, as slow as possible. I mean, the Red Cross is doing everything they can. We already realize a lot of people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way -- and they've given them permission to go down and shoot us!
(West throws back to Myers, who is looking like a guy who stopped on the tarmac to tie his shoe and got hit in the back with the 8:30 to La Guardia.)
Myers: And subtle, but in many ways even more profoundly devastating, is the lasting damage to the survivors' will to rebuild and remain in the area. The destruction of the spirit of the people of southern Louisiana and Mississippi may end up being the most tragic loss of all.
(And, because Myers is apparently as dumb as his Alfalfa hair, he throws it back to West.)
West: George Bush doesn't care about black people!
(Back to Myers, now looking like the 8:30 to La Guardia turned around and caught him square between the eyes.)
Myers: Please call . . .
At which point someone at NBC News finally regained control of the joystick and cut over to Chris Tucker, who started right in with more scripted blah, blah, blah.
What I want to know is "How much money did Jesse Jackson and the NAACP pay Kayne West to say that?" Seriously.. young people are easily swayed by their favorite artists and movie stars. The young and weak-minded are easily brainwashed - it's like Celebs have the Jedi Mind Trick. I believe that celebrities have a responsibility that is taken less seriously these days, and that responsibility is to keep your opinion about the government to yourself. They should make a law for celebs: "Freedom of speech, with responsibility".
What the hell was that about the military being told that they can go down and shoot people?
Bush doesn't care about black people? Good.. because he shouldn't care about black, white, yellow, whatever people - he should care about AMERICAN people. The word "American" should not be prefixed or suffixed as an indication of race when the person is a US Citizen. African American, Latin American, Asian American - these terms should not exist. Fuck you racists.. You were "black"? Well, now you are American. Japanese US Citizen? American. Your grandfather jumped the border to give his family a better life, and you were born in the good old USA? Why shackle yourself to what your grandfather was trying to get away from with a name that doesn't apply? American. Every "minority" wants special treatment. I'm a white guy, and I just want NORMAL treatment. I'm starting to feel like the minority. I won't be around, but it will be nice in 100, 200, or however many years it takes for all races to be so mixed that we are all a medium-tan complexion, where we can't tell any race apart because we have none. Maybe then we truly will be Americans and work together for a common cause.
Goddamnit, it's Friday, after work, I am pissed about this, and I haven't even started drinking.
