Thigh Rubbing in Aruba with Joe Scarborough

The Incomparable Bob Somerby squashes Joe Scarborough's vile dump on African aid efforts. While the "rock stars" Scarborough demeans were raising funds and conciousness to ease the suffering and save the lives of thousands of Africans, Scarborough was using his platform for virtually nonstop coverage of the tragedy that has apparently befallen one white woman.

Yet, Scarborough seems to imply that it is the rock stars who are to blame for the London attacks. He says:

[R}ock stars replace grim Cassandras like Bush and Churchill as the prophets of pop culture. The results are almost always disastrous. And, today in London, they were deadly.

Are we truly to believe the rockstars focus on African aid somehow prevented Bush from enacting some plan that would have prevented in the London Attacks? Of course not, Scarborough's statements are those of a madman willing to look under every rock for political gain. A responsible network would fire him for such a hateful speech. But, of course, no one will expect the bottom dwelling millionaires who run MSNBC to lift a finger?

Bono & Bob Geldoff have and continue to save real human lives; every one of which is just as worthy as each one of ours. These noble men deserve our praise, and more, our assistance.

On the other hand, pukes, like Scarborough and Kilmeade, who are more interested in spining Bush and lining their pockets along the way, desrve nothing but scorn. They live in a world that devalues the millions of black Africans who are suffering and dying from preventable causes. To them, black Africa is a distraction when compared to the lives of "westerners" or even a single, beautiful, young white woman.