Please Watch Cornell West On Brian Williams Show Rerun In A Few Minutes

[DanieRains]

I always talk about the 1% and the wealthy and powerful.

I am glad that a professor from 4 different colleges, and who wrote 20 books agrees with me 100%.

Thank You Cornell.

I am glad you also understand Dr. West.

[padah513]

1. Nope

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. After the way he trashed President Obama? Meh.

[Ron Green]

3. He tells the truth and sometimes steps on toes.

Lots of people on DU dismiss him. I think they value toes more than truth.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Michael Eric Dyson isn't a fan, either.

https://newrepublic.com/article/121550/cornel-wests-rise-fall-our-most-exciting-black-scholar-ghost

[DanieRains]

9. There Are A Lot Of People Riding The Gravy Train

Too many people.

Money talks.

And money almost always wins.

You can "do good" and get paid.

Just don't step on the wrong toes..... Ya know what I mean?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. So Dyson is "riding the gravy train"?

He's a professor of sociology at Georgetown, not exactly a rider of gravy trains.

[BannonsLiver]

4. No thanks.

[arthritisR_US]

6. Is this some kind of joke?

[DanieRains]

8. Watching United Healthcare Steal Billions From Medicare, Get Caught, And No One Go To Prison

That is the cruelest joke.

Their criminal CEO is in the Senate right now. Millionaire Crime Does Pay. Period!!!!!

I really don't like giving half of what I earn to billionaires so the can control my world.

If I want to go protest, I will get my head kicked in because I have to accept the system where the crazy rich are above the law.

Thousands in the streets seem to understand this time.

What is going on isn't about just one murder. It is about a million murders from poverty, hopelessness, and zero opportunity for millions.

There is no money for mental health care. What happens? People suffer. People die, when they could have been treated, and cured in many cases.

It might be time.....

God I hope so.

[DanieRains]

7. The Police Must Keep The Poor And The Coloreds In Line So The 1% Can Steal All They Want

Our justice system is basically criminal.

Cornell West will talk about it.

All the money goes to the military, and not to people, and the Wall Street Types can steal all they want, and break any law.

Laws are for the poor, not for the powerful.

Since the wealthy take half the money off the top, there is nothing left to trickle down.

So we got crime, hopelessness, gangs, destitution etc.

Can anyone name one billionaire that ever went to prison?

(crickets)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Bernie Madoff.

Raj Rajaratnam.
Thomas Kwok.
Allen Stanford.
Joaquín Guzmán Loera (El Chapo).
Michael Milken.
Alfred Taubman.
S. Curtis Johnson.

[DanieRains]

12. Rich But Not Billionaires

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Every one of the people on that list are billionaires,

or were until their money was forfeited to the government.

[DanieRains]

14. Kwok Was A Billionaire But Not America - He Counts Though!

[DanieRains]

15. Milken 98 Felonies Served 2 Years

Good think he didn't have an ounce of coke.

[DanieRains]

16. S. Curtis Johnson Repeatedly Raped A Child Got 4 Months

Kinda makes my point....

Have a great evening velvet.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Bernie Madoff got 140 years.

You wanted to know if a single billionaire ever went to prison. A quick Google search turned up quite a few; I only listed 7 of the more famous ones. Now you’re deflecting to the length of their sentences. Is 140 years enough?

[arthritisR_US]

17. I don't disagree with you on those issues but

that asshole helped get the prick you hate the most into the presidency, talk about fecked up logic. Wonder how he’ll cover that over in book 21?

[JI7]

18. A lot of money goes to the people. The Farmers get a lot of money while they complain about non

whites getting welfare .

[Cha]

20. Cornel West, member of DNC platform committee, comes out in support of Jill Stein

FO cornel west.. you have fucking trump blood on your hands.

https://www.jill2016.com/cornel_west_supports_jill_stein

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028011443#top

And, he's a racist POS.. Troll always Whining about President Obama.. it all started with the Inauguration..

Cornel West's Continuing Feud with Barack Obama

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/05/cornel-wests-continuing-feud-barack-obama/350794/

[ms liberty]

21. Just as an fyi, Dr West is not well liked here and has not been for quite a few years

You won't get a lot of love here about him, ansd will likely catch a good bit of grief.
For me, I am okay with him although I disagree with him a lot. He is always interesting, and original. Sometimes he hits the nail on the head.

[lillypaddle]

22. He needs to get over himself

He felt the need to put down President Obama - as did Jesse Jackson. No forgiveness or love for either of them. Fuck them.

[njhoneybadger]

23. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while

[Gothmog]

24. No thank you