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| Harry Belafonte Says US Leaders ’Possessed of Evil’ |
| 2003-03-04 |
| ...and here he is again folks! Live from Helsinki! It's... Singer Harry Belafonte, long outspoken on civil rights and political issues in the United States, has lashed out at the Bush administration saying it is "possessed of evil" for preparing war against Iraq. The 76-year-old U.S. singer told Finnish television on Tuesday that global leaders who ignored demonstrations against a war in Iraq did so at their own peril. They're always in Europe when they say this s**t. Like we'll NEVER find out... Asked if he thought leaders of his own country were misguided, Belafonte, said: "Absolutely. I not only think that they are misguided, but I think they know exactly what they are doing and I think that they are men who are possessed of evil." I can't wait until Bush's head starts spinning around during the next press conference. Belafonte, who popularized calypso music in the 1950s with hits like "Banana Boat (Day-O)" and "Jamaica Farewell," hit the headlines in October for likening Secretary of State Colin Powell to a plantation slave for selling out on Iraq. "I don't think that (U.S. President) George Bush... is a man of honor," added Belafonte, a black man of Jamaican descent like Powell. Harry, who DO you consider a man of honor? Bill Clinton, maybe? "I think he has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people," he said during a break on his Finnish tour. Thanks Harry. I'll try not to blacklist/boycott you. I hope you're freezing your ass off in Finland. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #8 "Absolutely. I not only think that they are misguided, but I think they know exactly what they are doing" If they know exactly what they are doing then they are not misguided. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-03-05 07:45:47 |
| #7 "Live from Pyongyang's Holiday Inn, here's Harry!" |
| Posted by: john 2003-03-04 20:35:17 |
| #6 An update on the Canadian MP who called Americans bastards: she only regrets calling every American a bastard, but she still would call a few Americans bastards (implied the Bush administration). She's not in my riding so I won't have the pleasure of voting against her. Dammit. |
| Posted by: RW 2003-03-04 19:18:25 |
| #5 They're always in Europe when they say this s**t. Like we'll NEVER find out... You've never heard of the Iron Media Curtain that prevents all news from the rest of the world from entering the U.S.? It's why a Canadian M.P. can talk about how she "hates those American bastards" with no fear whatsoever of word of this reaching the U.S., and why Harry can spill his innermost |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-03-04 17:59:26 |
| #4 The 76-year-old U.S. singer told Finnish television on Tuesday that global leaders who ignored demonstrations against a war in Iraq did so at their own peril. Oh? What, pray tell, are demonstrators going to do if they are ignored?? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-03-04 15:14:58 |
| #3 The Axis of Ganja |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-04 14:39:24 |
| #2 Belafonte adors Castro...more like worships him. So now you know where his heads at - firmly ensconced in his anus maximus. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2003-03-04 14:10:17 |
| #1 My list keeps growing and growing and... (it's not like I listened to his crap anyway) |
| Posted by: RW 2003-03-04 13:54:22 |