Singer Belafonte Likens Powell to 'House Slave'

[shiner]

your speculations mr war mongrel

War mongrel?

 

[blakeatwork]

See, that's what I love about Ireland. We in the Republic all hate the same thing... the English

 

[Wallydraigle]

Too bad he's such a dork, I actually like some of his music.

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: shinerburke

your speculations mr war mongrel

War mongrel?

I think he meant warmonger

 

[db]

Powell is doing an amazing job considering what the administration *wants* to do.
As for Belafonte, who cares what he says?

 

[StinkyMeat]

I agree with Belafonte.

 

[shiner]

I think he meant warmonger

I'm sure he did......just funny how he paints anyone that disagress with him as a zealot or war monger.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: db
Powell is doing an amazing job considering what the administration *wants* to do.
As for Belafonte, who cares what he says?

Exactly. So what if Colin Powell embodies the best this country has to offer; that anyone with the intelligence and the drive can achieve whatever they want in life based on merit alone. He doesn't identify with "black leaders" like Jesse Jackson and whoever else, so Belafonte is a bit peeved. Boo hoo...

Belafonte is a jackass for saying what he did, and Powell has handled the matter with class.

 

[glenn1]

$10 says that Harry Belafonte never gets an invite to the White House during the Powell presidency.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: shinerburke

I think he meant warmonger

I'm sure he did......just funny how he paints anyone that disagress with him as a zealot or war monger.

look who's talking

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: shinerburke

I think he meant warmonger

I'm sure he did......just funny how he paints anyone that disagress with him as a zealot or war monger.

look who's talking

You don't have many friends, do you, Czar?

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: X-Man

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: shinerburke

I think he meant warmonger

I'm sure he did......just funny how he paints anyone that disagress with him as a zealot or war monger.

look who's talking

You don't have many friends, do you, Czar?

its so obvios that this forum has gone down over the years, too much pointless trash talking going on here :|

 

[XMan]

its so obvios that this forum has gone down over the years, too much pointless trash talking going on here

You know, it's funny, but I don't remember many of your posts from back in '99, 2000, etc. Only in recent memory do you really stand out.

Maybe you need to take a long look in the mirror and ask yourself who has become more inflammatory - the rest of the people here, or you? Cause most of the big flamethrowers are gone.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: X-Man

its so obvios that this forum has gone down over the years, too much pointless trash talking going on here

You know, it's funny, but I don't remember many of your posts from back in '99, 2000, etc. Only in recent memory do you really stand out.

Maybe you need to take a long look in the mirror and ask yourself who has become more inflammatory - the rest of the people here, or you? Cause most of the big flamethrowers are gone.

must be blocking them out or something

 

[Red Dawn]

its so obvios that this forum has gone down over the years, too much pointless trash talking going on here

WTF, if you are going to take the contrary position in every thread you should expect some heat.

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

its so obvios that this forum has gone down over the years, too much pointless trash talking going on here

WTF, if you are going to take the contrary position in every thread you should expect some heat.

Agreed, it's almost like you've become a professional devil's advocate.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

its so obvios that this forum has gone down over the years, too much pointless trash talking going on here

WTF, if you are going to take the contrary position in every thread you should expect some heat.

I'm just a part of the same crowd that does that in all those threads, ever notice that there are plenty of people who are always in those threads? same people most of the time and I'm just one of those

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

its so obvios that this forum has gone down over the years, too much pointless trash talking going on here

WTF, if you are going to take the contrary position in every thread you should expect some heat.

I'm just a part of the same crowd that does that in all those threads, ever notice that there are plenty of people who are always in those threads? same people most of the time and I'm just one of those

Obviously you must enjoy it then or why else would you always be in these threads?

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

its so obvios that this forum has gone down over the years, too much pointless trash talking going on here

WTF, if you are going to take the contrary position in every thread you should expect some heat.

I'm just a part of the same crowd that does that in all those threads, ever notice that there are plenty of people who are always in those threads? same people most of the time and I'm just one of those

Obviously you must enjoy it then or why else would you always be in these threads?

I do enjoy normal discussions where ideas and issues are tossed back and forth, I do not enjoy mud throwing, a sport that has becoming increasingly popular on this forum for the last year or two

 

[Red Dawn]

I do enjoy normal discussions where ideas and issues are tossed back and forth, I do not enjoy mud throwing, a sport that has becoming increasingly popular on this forum for the last year or two

BS, there's been tons of mud flung since this place came into existence. Maybe your skin is just getting a little thin.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

I do enjoy normal discussions where ideas and issues are tossed back and forth, I do not enjoy mud throwing, a sport that has becoming increasingly popular on this forum for the last year or two

BS, there's been tons of mud flung since this place came into existence. Maybe your skin is just getting a little thin.

maybe, maybe not, but it has definetly increased over the years

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

I do enjoy normal discussions where ideas and issues are tossed back and forth, I do not enjoy mud throwing, a sport that has becoming increasingly popular on this forum for the last year or two

BS, there's been tons of mud flung since this place came into existence. Maybe your skin is just getting a little thin.

maybe, maybe not, but it has definetly increased over the years

LOL! Uhh . . . no.

I guess you don't remember the days of Conan, NWM, GUTB, etc.

 

[Amused]

Update:

Belafonte Stands by Criticism of Powell


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Harry Belafonte said on Friday he stands by remarks likening Secretary of State Colin Powell to a plantation slave who is "serving his master well" but insisted he never meant to defame the former general.

"This was not a personal attack on Colin Powell," Belafonte said in a statement issued through his New York-based publicist. "However ... speaking on behalf of so many African American citizens, I have found Colin Powell to be a tragic failure."

Belafonte, 75, who like Powell is a black man of Jamaican descent, responded in racially charged terms when asked during a radio interview on Tuesday about Powell's position in the debate over possible U.S. military force against Iraq.

"...there were those slaves who lived on the plantation and there were those slaves that lived in the house," Belafonte said in the interview. "You got the privilege of living in the house if you served the master exactly the way the master intended to have you serve him. Colin Powell's committed to come into the house of the master."

Reacting to Belafonte's remarks a day later on CNN's "Larry King Live," Powell said the singer's slave reference was "unfortunate" and a "throwback to another time and another place that I wish Harry had thought twice about using."

In his follow-up statement on Friday, Belafonte said he did not "intend to defame ... Powell as an individual." But he went on to largely repeat his criticism of the Cabinet secretary.

In characterizing Powell as "serving his master well," Belafonte said, he was referring to President Bush.

"My analogy to the plantation existence I say without regret, and maintain that the overwhelming majority of black people in this country agree that the impending war with Iraq is a colossal mistake," the entertainer said.

Belafonte, who popularized calypso music with such 1950s hits as "Banana Boat (Day-O)" and "Jamaica Farewell," is performing this weekend in San Diego.


:disgust:

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Harry is wrong. Most black people don't know a damn thing about the war, just like most white people.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Jellomancer
Harry is wrong. Most black people don't know a damn thing about the war, just like most white people.

But you do?