Kevin Bowman
EF4
You can blame the media for this because showing people stealing TV's, Radios and Playstations makes much better TV than people taking food and water.
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You can blame the media for this because showing people stealing TV's, Radios and Playstations makes much better TV than people taking food and water.
Sean McMullen
My fiance's brother called us a couple days after Katrina hit from Australia and told us that the way they made it sound on the news there was that all of New Orleans was looting the gun stores and shooting themselves to death. Did anyone here get that impression?
Kevin Bowman
EF4
Sean McMullen
You're right thats hillarious! I find it really hard to feel sorry for walmart I'm pretty sure they'll be alright though.
When I first saw that a couple of days ago I thought it would of been a great pr move for walmart to come out and say, we know you need supplies so if you you need it take it, think of it as our first line of donation in this disaster.
What better way to better your image than that, and we all know walmart needs help with their image, I mean they knew they were going to lose it all anyway why not make lemonade out of lemons.
When I first saw that a couple of days ago I thought it would of been a great pr move for walmart to come out and say, we know you need supplies so if you you need it take it, think of it as our first line of donation in this disaster.
What better way to better your image than that, and we all know walmart needs help with their image, I mean they knew they were going to lose it all anyway why not make lemonade out of lemons.
Rob_Davis
HAHAHA! How big of him! He calls his "business manager" and tells him to calculate the largest amount that he can deduct from his taxes without taking an actual loss. What a great humanitarian. What a hypocrite. :roll:
That is the most shocking video I have ever seen ... COPS looting the store as well ... making up excuses to the media ... I hope those women get jail time and for a long time ...
HELP US! HELP US! HELP US! ... Let's go Loot!
Bastards.
Anonymous
News flash to Kayne West: the NO mayor is black and he waited 24 hours before issuing the evacuation FEMA told him needed to be done.
Additionally, it's people like Kayne West that are saying all the looters are black! I'm not hearing anyone in the media saying that. A looter is a looter, regardless of color. To assume that by saying looter we mean all of them are black IS racist.
You had to figure this would happen. To say things like "if the city was full of white people, they'd be saved right now" is completely ridiculous. They knew that the Dome would be full of tourists (which is was) and they didn't get things done faster. To suggest that people would even THINK "good, now we can get rid of some" is absurd to the point of being evil.
All across this country people are digging deep in to their pocketbooks to bring aid to these people. I'm going out on a limb here to say that many are responding with generosity BECAUSE OF THE PICTURES OF SUFFERING people, most of whom have been black. I'm also going to assert that many of those who have been generous are white AND that many of these gracious people voted to put in office the very people he claims "hate" blacks. The logic doesn't add up.
This was a disaster. Katrina wasn't a white hurricane picking on black people. Yes, there are a lot of poor. There are in every city and NO had more then it's fair share. But there were tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of poor affected in NO. The federal government isn't launching some vast conspiracy against the poor blacks. It's a disaster and disasters don't know color. Did FEMA and others drop the ball. Absolutely. But sometimes crap happens and there isn't an alterior motive.
And I think the point to the 50/70% black in NO number is to point out that if 70% of the population is black, then it stand to reason that most of the people you will see are black.
Additionally, it's people like Kayne West that are saying all the looters are black! I'm not hearing anyone in the media saying that. A looter is a looter, regardless of color. To assume that by saying looter we mean all of them are black IS racist.
You had to figure this would happen. To say things like "if the city was full of white people, they'd be saved right now" is completely ridiculous. They knew that the Dome would be full of tourists (which is was) and they didn't get things done faster. To suggest that people would even THINK "good, now we can get rid of some" is absurd to the point of being evil.
All across this country people are digging deep in to their pocketbooks to bring aid to these people. I'm going out on a limb here to say that many are responding with generosity BECAUSE OF THE PICTURES OF SUFFERING people, most of whom have been black. I'm also going to assert that many of those who have been generous are white AND that many of these gracious people voted to put in office the very people he claims "hate" blacks. The logic doesn't add up.
This was a disaster. Katrina wasn't a white hurricane picking on black people. Yes, there are a lot of poor. There are in every city and NO had more then it's fair share. But there were tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of poor affected in NO. The federal government isn't launching some vast conspiracy against the poor blacks. It's a disaster and disasters don't know color. Did FEMA and others drop the ball. Absolutely. But sometimes crap happens and there isn't an alterior motive.
And I think the point to the 50/70% black in NO number is to point out that if 70% of the population is black, then it stand to reason that most of the people you will see are black.
Terry Kollmeyer
EF0
That last post summed it up perfectly. And this is NOT the time to be playing the race card. It's apparent to me that Kanye obviously has some problem with Bush and chose this as the "perfect moment" to voice his opinion about it. It's unfortunate he left what common sense he had back in his hotel room.
Kevin Bowman
EF4
we have to figure out why he would say this
CHA CHING, CHA CHING
blacks are going to buy everything with Kanye West now because he stood up for the opressed black man being held down by the powerful white man.
It is sad what i said but if you take 10 seconds to think about it before calling me racist you will figure it out for yourself
CHA CHING, CHA CHING
blacks are going to buy everything with Kanye West now because he stood up for the opressed black man being held down by the powerful white man.
It is sad what i said but if you take 10 seconds to think about it before calling me racist you will figure it out for yourself
nickgrillo
EF5
I'd have to say there are more white kids listening to Kanye West more than anything...
Kevin Bowman
EF4
thanks for proving my point
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