Kanye West goes off on Bush during live NBC telethon saying, "George Bush doesn't care about black people."

this is past crisis. these are the outward digital expressions of a deep-seated belief system that's being awakened across the country. we're not verging on a race war, we're headed toward one at full speed & the brakes are shot:

"This historical moment is absolutely about the way the local and federal governments deal with rich people and poor people, and that's as clear as a cloudless sky if you're watching the news." - Melanie McFarland

"It is reported that black hurricane victims in New Orleans have begun eating corpses to survive. Four days after the storm, thousands of blacks in New Orleans are dying like dogs. No-one has come to help them.... My hand shakes with anger as I write. I, the formerly un-jaundiced human rights advocate, have finally come to see my country for what it really is. A monstrous fraud.

But what can I do but write about how I feel. How millions, black like me, must feel at this, the lowest moment in my country’s story. " - Randall Robinson