Lupe Fiasco thrown offstage for an anti war song

[Tinnuhana]

Lupe takes on Bill Oh Really.

[vita3]

A modern-day rapper w/ priniciples... Nice to see

[ClydeCoulter]

Did they cut his mic?

[Jackie Moon]

During an interview with CBS in 2011, he called the president a terrorist. Lupe said, “My fight against terrorism, to me, the biggest terrorist is Obama and the United States of America. I’m trying to fight the terrorism that’s actually causing the other forms of terrorism.”

“You know, the root cause of terrorism is the stuff the U.S. government allows to happen. The foreign policies that we have in place in different countries that inspire people to become terrorists.”

I don't know how he feels about other issues or what he thinks of Ron Paul but it's great to have him out there speaking the truth about this. As Ron knows, reaching the young people is what will bring change.

Great song and video too...

I’ma part of the problem, my problem is I’m peaceful

Pills with million side effects
Take em when the pains felt
Wash them down with Diet soda
Killin off your brain cells
Crooked banks around the World
Would gladly give a loan today
So if you ever miss a payment
They can take your home away

Jihad is not a holy war, wheres that in the worship?
Murdering is not Islam!
And you are not observant
And you are not a muslim
Israel don’t take my side cause look how far you’ve pushed them

I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence
Fear is such a weak emotion that's why I despise it
We scared of almost everything, afraid to even tell the truth

[angelatc]

I am beyond thrilled that he did this. But in all fairness, I think he played the same cong for 30 minutes, at least if what I read was true....I can't imagine his set was supposed to last much longer than that.

If this had happened to Bush, the news would play the clip over and over and over. (Remember when Colbert was rude at the correspondents dinner?) But since it was Obama, we'll hear next to nothing about it.

[kcchiefs6465]

Lupe takes on Bill Oh Really.

Lmao. I never thought I'd see Bill O'Reilly defending Obama.

[thoughtomator]

I thought it was a fine PR stunt, but I'm pretty sure he got yanked for sucking as entertainment rather than the specific content of what he was saying.

[Lucille]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewr...es/131183.html

Lew, the video you linked has, of course, been taken down. But here's one that might be even better, posted by Young Turks, complete with some great commentary, and tweets from witnesses of the festivities.

Vive le Dissent!

[dannno]

Lmao. I never thought I'd see Bill O'Reilly defending Obama.

That's what you get for thinking.

[jmdrake]

I am beyond thrilled that he did this. But in all fairness, I think he played the same cong for 30 minutes, at least if what I read was true....I can't imagine his set was supposed to last much longer than that.

If this had happened to Bush, the news would play the clip over and over and over. (Remember when Colbert was rude at the correspondents dinner?) But since it was Obama, we'll hear next to nothing about it.

Yeah. He played the same song for 30 minutes. In fact at the end he wasn't even rapping. It's like the "sit ins" of the 60s. Had he just done his anti-Obama song and gone on he wouldn't have gotten thrown off stage and he wouldn't have gotten the chance to further highlight his dissent. As things get worse in this country, the time for full scale civil disobedience may come on us. That may mean being a jackass some times in order to highlight abuse. Ted Nugent talked about Rosa Parks. Are people ready to do that yet?