Belafonte Bush bash riles bloggers
This is old news. Why is everyone blogging about it?
We bloggers will blog about anything, won’t we? Why blog about the rantings of a cognitively impaired codger/has-been actor, giving him more publicity than he’d otherwise get? Because we can, I suppose. So an old man called George Bush the greatest terrorist in the world. He’s been called much, much worse.
Hey, why am I blogging about it?
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La Shawn you kill me early in the AM
Harry is no different than all the other moochers who come to America to get a “piece of the dream” and then bite the hand that feeds them.
That Harry “Day-O” Belafonte has been a hard-core communist for many years has not been widely reported.
In other news, the blogosphere comes to consensus that Harry Belafonte is the greatest has-been doofus in the world.
La Shawn
I think bloggers, like you, can’t resist blogging about Balafonte for the same reason none of us can avert our eyes from a car wreck….
It’s just a shame that no respectable black leader in America has the political good sense or intestinal fortitude to tell Balafonte, Bond (Julian Bond), et. al. to just shut up!
(Although, I heard columnist Juan Williams do a pretty good job of discrediting anything Balafonte has to say.)
“Harry is no different than all the other moochers who come to America to get a ‘piece of the dream’ and then bite the hand that feeds them.”
Funny! I’ve met those types of people. And when they can’t get the pool and huge house like they see on TV, they become bitter. Well, go home. What did you say? You don’t want to be in your country? There are no opportunities there? Oh, I see.
I think it becomes particularly bothersome when done from the soil of another country. Dixie Chix and all, y’know? Do it in the US and you’re utilizing your right to do so. Do it from overseas and what’s the difference between you and those who support the destruction of this country?
I say keep ‘em talking. I look forward to the day when celebrities get an eye-roll and a “whatever” from normal, mainstream, thinking people instead of a “well, if Barbra Streisand says it, it must be true”.
I think we’re starting to give them less credibility…so it’s a start.
When Harry Belafonte first came on the scene he was a class act and a big influence in the pop music world. His concert at Carnegie Hall with Miriam Mekaba in the late 50’s was music history.
Harry Belafonte, at 78, on the political scene is unable to get a gig as the opening act for Cindy Sheehan.
The fact that Danny Glover dragged along with him to the Chavez love-fest is far more disturbing to me than any slurs that drool down Belafonte’s has-been chin.
If Belafonte had been born white, we would never have heard of him. His bitter politics and love of state socialism only sells to a small audience of mostly rich elitists.
Harry, its time to “jump down, spin around” and pick up on the fact that “daylight come and its time to go home.”
Belafonte’s earlier vulgar insults directed at Gen. Powell and Dr. Rice were quite enough to convince me that he’s both irrational and hateful. What a shame that great talent has to reside in such a disreputable individual.
Supporting a Democratically elected dictator, Thank you.
I thought this country supported democratic elections.
Oh yeah, only when the elected leaders act as a puppet of the U.S.
So do we want this in Iraq?
…“well, if Barbra Streisand says it, it must be trueâ€.
The Streisand dittohead army is indeed a force to be reckoned with.
Robert, in 1930 the German people voted and elevated the Nazis into the second largest party in their legislature. In 1932 the German people voted again, this time giving the Nazis a clear majority and paving the way for Hitler’s total dictatorship.
Oh stop it. Harry Belafonte has the right to speak every bit as much as Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter, Liddy and Malkin. We all know what the afforementioned have said about Democratic Presidents.
Don’t get me wrong. You have to right to lambast him all you like, but don’t think that Belafonte is breaking any new ground by criticizing the President.
–Cobra
Glad you acknowledged that we have a right to “lambast” him for what he says, just as he has a right to criticize Bush. All that goes without saying, which makes your comment sort of redundant. – Admin
LaShawn: You can’t be “sort of redundant” any more than you can be “sort of dead.” Cobra has been redundant. Period.
Cobra: If Harry Guadalpot said Bush was the greatest terrorist since Genghis Khan, everyone would have asked who the heck Harry Guadalpot is.
When Harry Belafonte says the same, everyone says: “Gee, I thought Harry Belafonte was dead. Who cares what he thinks?”
When Cobra defends Harry Belafonte’s propriety to talk stupid stuff with a state socialist dictator, people might ask if Cobra has a clue.
I strongly disagree with Belafonte – Reagan was worse:
I try to avoid linking to Wikipedia. If you have a link from a different source, you may re-post. – Admin
Typical. Cobra’s point wasn’t that criticism was a right, thus making him redundant. He was criticizing the previous posters for thinking Belefonte’s behavior to be beyond the pale and suggested they focus on something of actual importance.
I strongly disagree with Belafonte – Reagan was worse:
I try to avoid linking to Wikipedia. If you have a link from a different source, you may re-post. – Admin
Ooops. Here you go…
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/irancontra/irancon.html
When anyone makes such extreme comments, I stop listening. All of the name calling regardless of who is doing it is just tiresome.
What??? Do you have proof? If you want to libel commenters, you can’t do it here. – Admin
I was actually making reference to the Harry Belafonte’s comments being “extreme”, not comments by other readers, though the same principle applies to anyone’s free expression of their views. I’m looking for solid, reasoned arguments, that’s all I need.
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