"George Bush doesn't care about black people" !!!

[tridim]

OMG. Who was that on MSNBC?

[geomon666]

1. LOL that was great n/t

[tonyraytx]

2. Saw that too

[Inspired]

3. Kanye West? Is that his name?

[LibraLiz1973]

4. that would be Kanye West

[MelissaB]

5. I heard it! OMG!

Who was that?

[Algorem]

6. was on regular NBC too

[MelissaB]

7. Did you see the stunned look?

They didn't know what to do.

[ahem]

8. Kanye!!!!!!!!!

WTG!

[Algorem]

9. Austin Powers was shocked

[hwmnbn]

10. I just saw that!

He went off and said serious shit. He also said (paraphrasing) "troops are being told they can shoot my people"

He pointed out that the media say blacks were "looting" but whites were "finding".

Unbelievable. I know this was not scripted.

[johnfunk]

11. ON MSNBC, CNBC and plain vanilla NBC -- that deserves an Emmy!

And the 2005 Emmy for speaking truth to power goes to...

Kayne West

[tridim]

12. Wiki is FAST!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West

Political views
On 2 July 2005 West appeared on the Philadelphia bill of Live 8, using the global platform to refer to "man-made diseases placed in African communities", expressing his belief that AIDS was created by the U.S. government to exterminate Africans in Africa (see also OPV AIDS hypothesis). He made the parallel between the government using AIDS to exterminate Africans and using crack to destroy African-American communities and halt the civil rights movement. He also criticised politicians for "riding home in their Benzs and Bentleys while poor Africans starve".

In a 2005 MTV interview, West criticised the hip-hop community over the discrimination and epithets directed toward homosexuals, "Not just hip-hop, but America just discriminates. And I come on TV and just tell my rappers, just tell my friends, 'Yo, stop it.'" GLAAD recently recognized West for these comments, and for the tolerant views that he models.

On September 2 20005 West said "George Bush doesn't care about black people." during a concert for Hurricane Katrina relief.

[Cleita]

13. Well, this tragedy pretty much says that. It is crystal clear.n/t

[TomPainesBones]

14. Loved it.

How can the telethon not be on a 7 second delay?
It's not like he didn't give them fair warning to have their finger on the button.
Mike Meyers - trying to be cool - was clearly panicking inside way before he even said that.