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 Singing the Gadhafi BluesPosted on Mar 4, 2011
A host of songsters apparently have cashed in on the Libyan regime in recent years, with several stars, including Nelly Furtado, Mariah Carey, Beyonce and Lionel Ritchie, being paid $1 million a pop to entertain the Gadhafi clan. Furtado said early in the week that she would donate the money she received for her 2007 Gadhafi gig to charity. —JCL
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By Napolean DoneHisPart, March 7, 2011 at 10:17 pm Link to this comment
RGO has a great point… for if any of us found ourselves in the shoes of these entertainers, wouldn’t we also sell our time and talents to fill our purses?
Yet, how many entertainers danced and sang for the likes of Hitler? Would it be any difference for some to entertain Obama?
And the point of those selling weapons to military dictatorships ( I for one believe the U.S. to also be a military dictatorship since the days of Eisenhower, now looking over a crumbling empire wrought with dictatorships abroad ) are simply also filling their personal purses.. without mind, care or whim as to the consequences.
My oh my, what folks would do for that fiat.. that dole, the dollar.. today’s golden calf.
Report thisBy Ph. Dr. Manuel Iglesias - Guerrero, March 7, 2011 at 9:50 pm Link to this comment
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Libya Today (es, en, it):
http://aims.selfip.org/~alKvc74FbC8z2llzuHa9/default_libia.htm
Report thisBy onthebus, March 7, 2011 at 3:15 pm Link to this comment
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I guess once you establish the profession, negotiating the price is a simple matter.
Report thisBy RGO, March 6, 2011 at 9:50 pm Link to this comment
What’s big deal, they are paid to perform.
So, what are they to do now screen their audiences?
People in a lot better position than Mariah Carey to know better did a hell of a lot worse sucking up to Gadhafi selling him weapons.
Report thisBy gerard, March 5, 2011 at 3:39 pm Link to this comment
Suggestion: Use the money to buy back some of the military equipment made in the U.S.A. and sold to the Libyan govt. under the Gadhafi reign, some of which is probably being used to kill Libyans as we speak.
What a way to make a living!
Report thisBy Napolean DoneHisPart, March 4, 2011 at 10:14 pm Link to this comment
In light of history, these are minstrels. Highly paid and quickly forgotten… minstrels. They would sing for Hitler if he was still around.
Report thisBy JesusWasASocialist, March 4, 2011 at 7:14 pm Link to this comment
Glad to read Nelly Furtado will give $1M to charity. I sincerely hope it will be to a charity that will spend the money helping Libyans. It was their money in the first place.
Report thisI’m also disappointed, but not surprised, that she agreed to the initial arrangment of performing for that murdering madman in the first place.
By PatrickHenry, March 4, 2011 at 6:15 pm Link to this comment
SarcastiCanuck,
I would advise you to reconsider the offer. It will not be too healthy to be within a kill radius of them for the foreseeable future.
Report thisBy SarcastiCanuck, March 4, 2011 at 3:06 pm Link to this comment
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Dear Mr.Gadhafi,I am available all this weekend to sing for you,your family,even your dog for a sum of 1 million bucks.For that amount,I will even sleep with you,your family,even your dog….Will send picture….
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