The show, simulcast from New York on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC and Pax, was aired live to the East Coast, enabling the Grammy-winning rapper's outburst to go out uncensored.
There was a several-second tape delay, but the person in charge "was instructed to listen for a curse word, and didn't realize (West) had gone off-script," said NBC spokeswoman Rebecca Marks.
West's comment about the president was cut from NBC's West Coast airing, which showed three hours later on tape.
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Why would the military be turning people back when they were trying to get out of the zone? Why did it take 5 days to get help to these people? Why didn't they have buses to get them out of the city before the storm?
There are so many questions and the world is definitely watching, and this one quote is one of many, many quotes saying the same thing. The facts speak for themselves and they are horrific, the storm was bad enough but the aid plan was perhaps even worse! So the question is , why can't you say that on national t.v.?
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If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?
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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche
Did the US federal government do so poorly in their response because they hate black people or because they are incompetent? The second choice is easy to prove, and is more likely the case.
Impeach Bush and his entire working government. Get rid of the lot of them. If they were truly running the ownership society they claim to uphold, then the people are going to fire you George. If a CEO missed the beat this many times they would be long gone, and you are the CEO of America. Pink slip is in your breast pocket George. It says you’re fired for gross incompetence and inability to get the job done. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
One last thing - look for the rightwing media to go out of their way to pin blame on the mayor of New Orleans - democrat and minority… easy pickings these days.
The scale of this disaster is unprecedented, insofar as refugees from a natural disaster go, the refugees from this natural disaster are the luckiest on the planet.
The Bush administration has done more for black people in the US and around the world than the Clinton administration or any previous US government, that's the fact that really annoys liberals.
That's rather hard to prove I would suggest and the other thing I'd like to remind you is that Satan was an angel too but that's a fact I'm sure you and Bush would like us all to forget.
President Bush sends in troops to quell the savages.
God Bless President Bush.
God Bless America.
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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche
No station has even replied to the comments made by Kanye, which proves that his observations are very accurate.
If the flood were to occur in a mostly 'white' dominated state like Florida the outcome would be much different.
I'm not a racist but, I do think that a lot of people in the white house are (including the president himself).
Nick U.K.
The real money never gets to the people that need it. I gave up making donation after learning about all of the property the Red Cross has around the world and all of the money that goes into the pockets of senior HMO hands.
I would be willing to bet that more middlemen will get more of those dollars being donated for the victims of Ketrina,you just watch. The poorest of the poor and the working class who took the hit from the storm should not expect to much, because the first to draw from the donations will be the ones who are employed to collect.
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Good government is not a party government
Unfortunately Canada, like the US, is way behind the commitment of 0.7% of Gross National Income going to foreign aid. I understand Mike Pearson was the one who initially proposed this figure to the UN.
Frank