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Larry Elder: 'Barack Obama Doesn't Care About White People!'
The Patriot Post ^ | May 13, 2010 | Larry Elder
Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 4:13:31 AM by 2ndDivisionVet
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"Barack Obama doesn't care about white people!"
No, country star Taylor Swift didn't say that about the president. Nor did any of the entertainers who performed on a telethon to raise money for victims of the historic floods ravaging parts of Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi. None accused the Obama administration of indifference or lack of attentiveness to these floods.
Swift, who contributed $500,000, was one of many stars who appeared on this fundraiser put on by the Nashville NBC affiliate, WSMV, and carried by other Tennessee stations.
In 2005, a Hurricane Katrina relief telethon was carried live on CBS, ABC, Fox, and NBC and more than 25 other channels. A separate telethon was broadcast on MTV, VH1 and CMT. During a Katrina fundraiser, rapper Kayne West accused President George W. Bush of indifference to the plight of those suffering. West said, "George W. Bush doesn't care about black people."
Hurricane Katrina was catastrophic. It caused over 1,500 deaths, with property damage estimated at near $100 billion and hundreds of thousands of people displaced. The failures of local and state responders, the widely criticized federal response and subsequent finger pointing made a tragically newsworthy story even more so.
And, at the moment, there is no shortage of significant news. Major stories include the naturalized American Muslim terrorist who admitted placing a car bomb in Times Square. An underwater oil rig erupted in the Gulf of Mississippi, creating the largest domestic oil spill since the Exxon Valdez. Arizona passed a controversial anti-illegal alien law that critics claim "legalizes racial profiling." Greece faces a financial collapse.
But has the traditional media devoted the time and attention warranted by the historic floods?
"We have been astonished by the lack of national coverage of this disaster," Elden Hale, general manager of Nashville's WSMV, told me. He acknowledged that the story competed with the Times Square terrorist and the Gulf oil spill. He said, "But still..."
How big a deal are these floods?
Hale said his area received 15 inches of rain in two days, a phenomenon of "biblical proportions." People, he said, still haven't grasped the dimensions of this disaster. The rainfalls are the highest since records have been kept. The resulting floods have been described as the greatest tragedy to hit the area since the Civil War. So far, 30 peopled are listed dead, the count expected to grow as floods recede and bodies are recovered. "Rivers have been created where none existed before," Hale said, "and people who've lost homes didn't carry flood insurance because these areas never flooded before."
Why haven't the floods gotten more attention?
"I don't want to get into that," Hale said, "but you and I both know they care more about the two coasts than they do Middle America." Did NBC network express any interest in airing the telethon? "No," Hale said, "but in fairness I didn't offer it to them. We intended for it to be a local affair."
As to the lack of media interest, a Newsweek senior writer tried to explain. Unlike the Times Square and oil rig stories, he wrote, the floods lacked "plot twists," a "political hook," and the "Nashville narrative wasn't compelling enough to break the cycle."
No plot twists? No political hook? Not compelling enough?
People killed. Extensive property damage. Worst rainfall in recorded history. Cultural and historic places flooded, like the Country Music Hall of Fame and the legendary Grand Ole Opry. None of that cuts it?
In his piece "We Are Nashville," Tennesee writer Patten Fuqua said: "Parts of Nashville that could never even conceivably be underwater were underwater. Some of them still are. Opry Mills and the Opryland Hotel are, for all intents and purposes, destroyed. People died sitting in standstill traffic on the Interstate. We saw boats going down West End. And, of course, we all saw the surreal image of the portable building from Lighthouse Christian floating into traffic and being destroyed when cars were knocked into it. I'm still having trouble comprehending all of it."
Consider some alternate explanations for the media's comparative lack of interest:
-- Those affected, residents and officials, didn't blame others. WSMV general manager Hale praised the spirit of Tennessee. His station, organizers and entertainers came together with two days notice. Quoting one of his news anchors, Hale said, "'Volunteerism is in our DNA.' When the Red Cross came in they were surprised because so much had already been done."
-- The media's beloved Obama failed to carry Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi. Those states, alien (if not enemy) territory, are simply of minor importance. It's just hard to feel those folks' pain.
-- One Bush critic argued that the president didn't care about New Orleans because it is "black" and "sexy." Perhaps the media's indifference to Nashville is because that city is "only" 25 percent black, and therefore "white and redneck."
-- Non-Obama voting, self-reliant "Hee-Haw'ers" who aren't blaming somebody for their troubles just don't make for big news.
Where's the race card when you need it?
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Hey Larry - ZERO doesnt care about anybody but the communists and NWO crowd he wants to give all our money to.
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Isnt it incredible that Obama hasnt mentioned this flood once but was quick to give a comment about Gates and the white cop.Nope,this man isnt a racist at all.He is post racial,lol.
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Larry Elder: 'Barack Obama Doesn't Care About White People!'
The Patriot Post ^ | May 13, 2010 | Larry Elder
Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 4:13:31 AM by 2ndDivisionVet
________________________ ________________________ ________________
"Barack Obama doesn't care about white people!"
No, country star Taylor Swift didn't say that about the president. Nor did any of the entertainers who performed on a telethon to raise money for victims of the historic floods ravaging parts of Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi. None accused the Obama administration of indifference or lack of attentiveness to these floods.
Swift, who contributed $500,000, was one of many stars who appeared on this fundraiser put on by the Nashville NBC affiliate, WSMV, and carried by other Tennessee stations.
In 2005, a Hurricane Katrina relief telethon was carried live on CBS, ABC, Fox, and NBC and more than 25 other channels. A separate telethon was broadcast on MTV, VH1 and CMT. During a Katrina fundraiser, rapper Kayne West accused President George W. Bush of indifference to the plight of those suffering. West said, "George W. Bush doesn't care about black people."
Hurricane Katrina was catastrophic. It caused over 1,500 deaths, with property damage estimated at near $100 billion and hundreds of thousands of people displaced. The failures of local and state responders, the widely criticized federal response and subsequent finger pointing made a tragically newsworthy story even more so.
And, at the moment, there is no shortage of significant news. Major stories include the naturalized American Muslim terrorist who admitted placing a car bomb in Times Square. An underwater oil rig erupted in the Gulf of Mississippi, creating the largest domestic oil spill since the Exxon Valdez. Arizona passed a controversial anti-illegal alien law that critics claim "legalizes racial profiling." Greece faces a financial collapse.
But has the traditional media devoted the time and attention warranted by the historic floods?
"We have been astonished by the lack of national coverage of this disaster," Elden Hale, general manager of Nashville's WSMV, told me. He acknowledged that the story competed with the Times Square terrorist and the Gulf oil spill. He said, "But still..."
How big a deal are these floods?
Hale said his area received 15 inches of rain in two days, a phenomenon of "biblical proportions." People, he said, still haven't grasped the dimensions of this disaster. The rainfalls are the highest since records have been kept. The resulting floods have been described as the greatest tragedy to hit the area since the Civil War. So far, 30 peopled are listed dead, the count expected to grow as floods recede and bodies are recovered. "Rivers have been created where none existed before," Hale said, "and people who've lost homes didn't carry flood insurance because these areas never flooded before."
Why haven't the floods gotten more attention?
"I don't want to get into that," Hale said, "but you and I both know they care more about the two coasts than they do Middle America." Did NBC network express any interest in airing the telethon? "No," Hale said, "but in fairness I didn't offer it to them. We intended for it to be a local affair."
As to the lack of media interest, a Newsweek senior writer tried to explain. Unlike the Times Square and oil rig stories, he wrote, the floods lacked "plot twists," a "political hook," and the "Nashville narrative wasn't compelling enough to break the cycle."
No plot twists? No political hook? Not compelling enough?
People killed. Extensive property damage. Worst rainfall in recorded history. Cultural and historic places flooded, like the Country Music Hall of Fame and the legendary Grand Ole Opry. None of that cuts it?
In his piece "We Are Nashville," Tennesee writer Patten Fuqua said: "Parts of Nashville that could never even conceivably be underwater were underwater. Some of them still are. Opry Mills and the Opryland Hotel are, for all intents and purposes, destroyed. People died sitting in standstill traffic on the Interstate. We saw boats going down West End. And, of course, we all saw the surreal image of the portable building from Lighthouse Christian floating into traffic and being destroyed when cars were knocked into it. I'm still having trouble comprehending all of it."
Consider some alternate explanations for the media's comparative lack of interest:
-- Those affected, residents and officials, didn't blame others. WSMV general manager Hale praised the spirit of Tennessee. His station, organizers and entertainers came together with two days notice. Quoting one of his news anchors, Hale said, "'Volunteerism is in our DNA.' When the Red Cross came in they were surprised because so much had already been done."
-- The media's beloved Obama failed to carry Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi. Those states, alien (if not enemy) territory, are simply of minor importance. It's just hard to feel those folks' pain.
-- One Bush critic argued that the president didn't care about New Orleans because it is "black" and "sexy." Perhaps the media's indifference to Nashville is because that city is "only" 25 percent black, and therefore "white and redneck."
-- Non-Obama voting, self-reliant "Hee-Haw'ers" who aren't blaming somebody for their troubles just don't make for big news.
Where's the race card when you need it?
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Hey Larry - ZERO doesnt care about anybody but the communists and NWO crowd he wants to give all our money to.
GMAFB already...Those Hee Hawers live right up to the banks of the Mississippi and every year like clockwork the Mississippi floods and every year like clockwork these Hee Hawers act like they did not know this was going to happen. What the US government should do is claim all land for ten miles parallel to the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri river for their full length and bar any houses, farms, construction of any kind. These same clowns once their welfare receiving asses have received money for the flooding build their homes and farms in the same damn spot only for it to be flooded again in the following year. This is ridiculous...This is not like Katrina/New Orleans a once in a life time flood/disaster...this is known to happen every year, so why would anyone be shocked or concerned about it.
And 3 since you don't care about anyone anyway...to use your mindset...These people gambled and they lost...TOUGH SHIT that they built their homes near a river known to flood every year..let 'em suck it up. Too bad
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Larry Elder is Black BTW -
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Isnt it incredible that Obama hasnt mentioned this flood once but was quick to give a comment about Gates and the white cop.Nope,this man isnt a racist at all.He is post racial,lol.
Maybe Obama should call Moses and let him part the water for these idiots who keep building in the same flood prone area.
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Well the communist wonder boy did claim he would do this.
Watch this. He said he could slow the rise of the waters.
Ha ha - to think morons actually bought into this nonsense.
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Not just white people, but all of his allies in generals. Throwing most of America's allies under the bus in a vain attempt to make nice with rogue, terrorist states. It's working out well. ::)
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Well the communist wonder boy did claim he would do this.
Watch this. He said he could slow the rise of the waters.
Ha ha - to think morons actually bought into this nonsense.
He did NOT.. say HE could slow the rise of the oceans...listen to what he said again.
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::) ::) Oh please - Samson - he is implying that voting for him will result in the slow of the rise of the oceans.
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He did NOT.. say HE could slow the rise of the oceans...listen to what he said again.
He said with his election the sea levels would stop rising.He is a little ego maniac.
Next time a hurricane is comimng perhaps the morons in New Orleans like those Obama voting fools in the 9th ward might actually leave instead of protecting their color tv sets.
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::) ::) Oh please - Samson - he is implying that voting for him will result in the slow of the rise of the oceans.
Cut the bullshit 3... even the most moronic egotistical, self aggrandizing person would not think himself capable of controlling nature. I did not hear all of this speech, but it sounds like he was talking about the Global weather change issues and was saying to america and the audience that this is the time with changes to how the environment/earth is treated that the generation to come would not live in a world where they are fearing ocean rise(weather change/ ice melting) or the planet being destroyed because of the carelessness of industries that have brought it to the point where it is. You putting a spin on issues 3 that are not so...
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He said with his election the sea levels would stop rising.He is a little ego maniac.
Next time a hurricane is comimng perhaps the morons in New Orleans like those Obama voting fools in the 9th ward might actually leave instead of protecting their color tv sets.
Ha ha funny coming from a jackass that spends his day roiding up till his blood pressure makes him RED AS THE DEVIL HIMSELF. Did you miss your dose of Oxycotin, Vicodin, Advil and Test today???
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Cut the bullshit 3... even the most moronic egotistical, self aggrandizing person would not think himself capable of controlling nature. I did not hear all of this speech, but it sounds like he was talking about the Global weather change issues and was saying to america and the audience that this is the time with changes to how the environment/earth is treated that the generation to come would not live in a world where they are fearing ocean rise(weather change/ ice melting) or the planet being destroyed because of the carelessness of industries that have brought it to the point where it is. You putting a spin on issues 3 that are not so...
PROVIDED YOU VOTE FOR OBAMA!
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Ha ha funny coming from a jackass that spends his day roiding up till his blood pressure makes him RED AS THE DEVIL HIMSELF. Did you miss your dose of Oxycotin, Vicodin, Advil and Test today???
Hey SAMSON/JAG my blood pressure is 117 over 78,does that sound high to you.You need to stop watching the left wing sports media they dont know what the fuck they are talking about when it comes to steroid use.Never took Oxys but have a script for vikes.You see,when you start ripping stuff off your body,doctors see your probably in pain.You wouldnt understand,you need to actually be able to bench more then 135 to iunderstand that.
Obama the idiot thinks he can controll nature.Thats what happens to your brain sitting at the feet of rev. Wright.
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GMAFB already...Those Hee Hawers live right up to the banks of the Mississippi and every year like clockwork the Mississippi floods and every year like clockwork these Hee Hawers act like they did not know this was going to happen. What the US government should do is claim all land for ten miles parallel to the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri river for their full length and bar any houses, farms, construction of any kind. These same clowns once their welfare receiving asses have received money for the flooding build their homes and farms in the same damn spot only for it to be flooded again in the following year. This is ridiculous...This is not like Katrina/New Orleans a once in a life time flood/disaster...this is known to happen every year, so why would anyone be shocked or concerned about it.
And 3 since you don't care about anyone anyway...to use your mindset...These people gambled and they lost...TOUGH SHIT that they built their homes near a river known to flood every year..let 'em suck it up. Too bad
Translation: Jag doesn't care about white people.
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Isnt it incredible that Obama hasnt mentioned this flood once but was quick to give a comment about Gates and the white cop.Nope,this man isnt a racist at all.He is post racial,lol.
It's about the media making it a story, or non-story. Period. The Obama-media will cover his ass no matter what...
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Hey SAMSON/JAG my blood pressure is 117 over 78,does that sound high to you.You need to stop watching the left wing sports media they dont know what the fuck they are talking about when it comes to steroid use.Never took Oxys but have a script for vikes.You see,when you start ripping stuff off your body,doctors see your probably in pain.You wouldnt understand,you need to actually be able to bench more then 135 to iunderstand that.
Obama the idiot thinks he can controll nature.Thats what happens to your brain sitting at the feet of rev. Wright.
I have seen more than enough of those red faced roid junkies in my life...You can tell me anything about what your blood pressure is..I am not there to verify it, but I do know blood pressure rise and extreme red faces are a sure sign of OVER INDULGENCE....
So far as whether Obama hates white people, frankly I could care less, but his actions clearly show that's NOT the case. He has done nothng but catered to whites since he was made president. Where is the avalanche of Blacks, Hispanics, Asians he hired in the US administration since his coming? DIDN'T HAPPEN... Maybe he hates Blacks and Hispanics...
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I have seen more than enough of those red faced roid junkies in my life...You can tell me anything about what your blood pressure is..I am not there to verify it, but I do know blood pressure rise and extreme red faces are a sure sign of OVER INDULGENCE....
So far as whether Obama hates white people, frankly I could care less, but his actions clearly show that's NOT the case. He has done nothng but catered to whites since he was made president. Where is the avalanche of Blacks, Hispanics, Asians he hired in the US administration since his coming? DIDN'T HAPPEN... Maybe he hates Blacks and Hispanics...
The fact that his friends include Rev. Wright,Van JONES,Father Flager,Jesse Jackson PROVES he is a racist.The fact that he sides with sawed racists like Gates over a white cop proves it.Your an amusing fellow.Obamas racism is right in front of your face,you dont believe it.The Duke kids had ZERO evidence against them and you say it was rape.Perhaps YOUR the racist here.
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The fact that his friends include Rev. Wright,Van JONES,Father Flager,Jesse Jackson PROVES he is a racist.The fact that he sides with sawed racists like Gates over a white cop proves it.Your an amusing fellow.Obamas racism is right in front of your face,you dont believe it.The Duke kids had ZERO evidence against them and you say it was rape.Perhaps YOUR the racist here.
I have to get a shirt like this. Ha ha ha.
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May 6, 2010 | 5:06 PM ET
Tennessee Governor "very pleased" with response to flooding by Obama administration
"I've never seen this kind of response," said Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen (D), "and we've had our share of tornadoes and so forth." The Volunteer State governor was speaking to reporters on a conference call arranged by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from Nashville, which has been hit hard by rains last weekend.
"FEMA and the White House could not have been more helpful in this thing," Bredesen said. Record amounts of rain fell Saturday and Sunday, more than 13 inches recorded in parts of Tennessee. Officials Thursday reported the state's 20th death from the storm and subsequent flooding.
After speaking with the governor Monday, President Obama signed a disaster declaration for the state Tuesday, sending federal aid to Tennessee to help supplement the state and local recovery efforts. While Governor Bredesen wouldn't put a precise dollar amount on a damage assessment, he admitted, "it's a lot of money, it's a lot of money. I'd be astonished if not a billion dollars."
Governor Bredesen recognized his state's emergency was "sandwiched between" the news coverage of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the attempted car bombing in New York's Times Square, and while he wanted to call national attend to the "extraordinary event", he noted the Obama administration has been focused from the beginning. "FEMA was on the ground before the rain drops fell," said Bredesen, who noted he'd not only spoken to Mr. Obama, but Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano and Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett. "We're very pleased with the response we've gotten from the administration."
Bredesen said that during their Monday conversation, he and Mr. Obama did talk about a future presidential visit. Both agreed it would be counter-productive for the president to come down south in the first days following the storm as so many resources are needed to accommodate a presidential visit. Bredesen said however that "if he wanted to do so at this point, he'd be very welcome."
The Tennessee governor says no one in his state feels "slighted" by the fact the president has not yet been down to assess the damage first hand. "He has a lot on his plate, and we're working through these things with FEMA and the Red Cross," said Bredesen. "But he's welcome to come any time he wants," as is Secretary Napolitano, to whom Bredesen has also extended an invitation, and she's accepted - the secretary will head to Tennessee Saturday to visit Nashville and the surrounding areas. Napolitano will meet with Governor Bredesen and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, who is currently in state, on his second trip to Tennessee
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Hmmmm,a democratic governor praising a democratic president.Funny but I remember Haley Barber,governor of Missisippi saying the same things about Katrina to Bush.If Im not mistaken there are blacks in Miss.So does this mean you agree Bush was johnny on the spot during Katrina?
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Hmmmm,a democratic governor praising a democratic president.Funny but I remember Haley Barber,governor of Missisippi saying the same things about Katrina to Bush.If Im not mistaken there are blacks in Miss.So does this mean you agree Bush was johnny on the spot during Katrina?
i just posted a story...same as 333hyperbole86
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I posted the story, i didnt say I agree with it.
I don't think Obama hates whites, I think he hates everyone.
BTW - I will give him credit for not showing up with a silly hard hat and walking around like a tourist in the disaster areas.
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Me either...im not on anyside of this either...its not political as wasnt katrina.
Im an American in the purest form. Before i see race i see an American countryman in anyone. Before i see Political affiliaton. I see an American. Now maybe its bad because before im a world citizen. Im an American citizen.
I wish issues would be viewed as Americans not as Democrat or Republican.
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I think we need to abolish the two parties at this point.