When the Going Gets Weird ... ...

I presume everyone has already heard about this by now:

"(Kanye) West began a rant by saying, "I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family, it says they're looting. See a white family, it says they're looking for food."

While allowing that "the Red Cross is doing everything they can," West — who delivered an emotional outburst at the American Music Awards after he was snubbed for an award — declared that government authorities are intentionally dragging their feet on aid to the Gulf Coast. Without getting specific, he added, "They've given them permission to go down and shoot us."

After he stated, "George Bush doesn't care about black people. Please call _"

And because this is on national TV, people with less intelligence than God gave a Cocker Spaniel puppy are going to believe it instead of their own lying eyes. Now, I saw some people in grocery stores - White, Black and every other stripe. I also saw the same mix toting TV's, stereos and crates of Air Jordans. I saw cops with shotguns drawing on some of them so that they'd drop their swag.

HD TVs and Air Jordans aren't gonna feed your family. Maybe they got confused and thought they could eat them. I don't know. What I do know is that the secondary hit of the levees breaking in Nawleans caught everyone flat-footed, and I can't see how the help could've got there any faster. Sure, maybe the Governor could have acted quicker. That presumes she had some magic ball to see the damage, since the communications were out. Maybe the troops and food could've been beamed down there, since there was no way to drive there.

If the people want to look for someone to blame, how about starting with the snipers?