September 19, 2005

"Somebody tell me what's right!"

Celebrities still expressing outrage at a recent Katrina Jazz Concert:
"When the hurricane struck, it did not turn the region into a Third World country ... it revealed one," - Danny Glover.

"'Katrina was not unforeseeable. It was the result of a political structure that subcontracts its responsibility to private contractors and abdicates its responsibility altogether.' - Harry Belafonte.

Robin Williams poked fun at the administration during his standup routine, in which he imagined an ethnically named Hurricane and its attitude: 'I'm going to go to Kennebunkport and see if they respond any quicker!' (The Bush family compound is in Kennebunkport, Maine.)

Bill Cosby played it straight as he called on the American people to hold government accountable. 'This happened to the people. The constitution says of the people, by the people, for the people,' he said. 'But the people who got the office, got into office and forgot about the people.'

Jazz singer Jon Hendricks best summed up the tone of the evening. After singing one tribute, he said: 'That's the way I feel about New Orleans; This is the way I feel about the country right now.' Then he launched into the angry song 'Tell Me The Truth,' singing lines like 'Nowadays, wrong is right, down is up, black is white, bad is good, truth is a lie' before defiantly singing, "Somebody tell me what's right," to applause.

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