Someone visiting the US watching CNN and FOX would know where the whites live in this hemisphere

[RB TexLa]

quickly.

Hurricane hitting Jamaica, but there was a tornado in Oklahoma! "Change the coverage immediately, whites are in danger!"

[msongs]

1. conclusion based on facts not in evidence nt

[stirlingsliver]

2. Do You Really Believe That Only White Folks Live In Oklahoma?

You should visit Oklahoma some time.

You will find that there are people who are not white who live there.

[RB TexLa]

3. I have visted Oklahoma, have nothing bad to say about it

oh, and I didn't say anything bad about Oklahoma.

[karlrschneider]

4. 5 people have died from the remnants of Erin here in Okla.

As I recall, ONE from Dean.
:eyes:

[sandnsea]

5. I see massive flooding right now

And things fairly calm in the part of Jamaica where the cameras are. I think the coverage has been fair. That's a huge flood in Oklahoma.

[MADem]

6. The first percentage is OK, the second one, the US

OK is slightly less White than the nation as a whole. It's also slightly less Black and Hispanic than our nation as a whole. It's waaaaaaay MORE AI than our nation as a whole, and more biracial too.

So, that "Whites are in danger" shit? It doesn't float.

White persons, percent, 2005 (a) 78.5% 80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) 7.7% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) 8.1% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) 1.5% 4.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 4.0% 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) 6.6% 14.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 72.5% 66.9%

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40000.html

[RB TexLa]

7. Every person they showed on the video except for one cop were white

The white people they showed being rescued where the ones in danger.

I'm sure Oklahoma has a much higher percentage white population than Jamaica has.

[MADem]

8. So? What's your point? They're White on the video, ergo we must believe that

they're MORE White in OK, even when the census figures quite plainly say otherwise?

That's what you get for believing what your tee vee feeds you.

But really, shame on an American news outlet for featuring American news, I guess....

:eyes:

[RB TexLa]

10. There is a much higher percentage of whites in Oklahoma than Jamaica

I didn't compare OK to the rest of the US. I know, I know, it's un-american to think of things past our national borders.

[MADem]

13. And JamRock became the Fifty First state....WHEN??? nt

[RB TexLa]

16. I didn't say it did

[MADem]

17. You inferred, first, that the media were amiss and racist because they

covered events in an American state and you further suggested their lack of coverage of what is currently still ONGOING on JamRock is because they're ignoring Black people.

And that's just shitty logic. But you wanted to push buttons, is that it???

[RB TexLa]

18. They have their priorities, and they know what country in the hemisphere they focus on

Of course the media and Americans probably actually care less about Louisiana than Jamaica.

[pnwmom]

20. Of course they focus on the U.S. They're U.S. stations.

What do you expect?

[MADem]

23. Yeah....in Jamaica, they cover the Jamaican news FIRST, too. Does that

make THEM racist?

:eyes:

[pnwmom]

19. Jamaica is not part of the U.S. Oklahoma is -- and therefore

of interest to more U.S. viewers.

Also, the situation in OK is serious. No reason they shouldn't cover it.

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Oklahoma is in the United States

Jamaica isn't.

To most Americans, something that happens in their own country is more important than something that doesn't, since they're more likely to be affected by it.

"All news is local."

[Bluebear]

11. It was not a tornado, rather TS Erin and people were in immediate danger there.

Dean has not yet hit Jamaica although it is near. Do you suggest they should have shown an afternoon of people going to the Montego Bay Home Depot for plywood?

[RB TexLa]

12. I guess that isn't doing anything to them.

Hurricane force winds, sure, just people hanging out at home depot

[Bluebear]

14. Yes everyone here knows what it looks like. White people do die too, unfortunately.

Kingfisher, Oklahoma had people on their rooftops waiting for rescue. 2 dead, 3 missing already.

[RB TexLa]

15. I understand it's news, and hope the people are ok, I was just commenting on

what the cable news felt more important.

[pnwmom]

21. Are the Jamaican stations covering the OK tornado, too?

To the same extent they're covering the hurricane? Probably not. They have their own concerns right now.

[KoKo]

22. Whites in OK had to have TV News Helicopters Rescue Them...Jamaicans have NO ONE!

It all depends on the $$$$$$$$$$'s you have in Jamaica. After all...if one lives on a an Island in the Carribean and one is poor...well you are like the 9th Ward of NOLA. You don't matter. You were considered too stupid to evacuate, (with NO Money) or too POOR (and expendable).

There's not much inbetween. But...I do enjoy the Touristas at Cancun who are "looking for ADVENTURE" since most of their lives have been spent watching the "Learning Channel" and "Animal Planet."

Those "touristas" at Cancun are PREPARED FOR ADVENTURE!!!!

[MADem]

24. Excuse me? The PM opened HUNDREDS of shelters, most within walking distance

of homes. She also sent buses around to provide free rides to the people in the outlying areas. She got on tv and the radio and begged people to get their asses to these shelters. Anyone who has lived on Jamrock knows, though, you leave your home unguarded and the teefs will come in and make your tee vee set and jewelry box disappear. Even in a storm, you see. Consequently, most people who have anything they care about prefer to stay in their houses to guard their things. Last time I checked fewer than a hundred of the shelters had any takers in them. Lots of people feel they can make it to one if it gets "really bad."

She also shut the power off before the storm hit to spare their national grid. And she warned people well ahead of time that she was going to do this.

And for you to suggest that Portia doesn't care about the poor tells me how little you know about the woman. That's her main purpose for entering public life. Here, read and learn:

Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, the first female to hold this position in Jamaica, created history on Saturday, February 25, by becoming the first female President-elect of the 68 year-old People’s National Party (PNP).

It was not the first time she created a first in Jamaica’s political history. Thirty-two years after she first entered representational politics, she has achieved the most coveted prize in the local political arena--that of becoming Prime Minister of Jamaica.

Known for her passion for the poor and dispossessed, Mrs. Simpson Miller has, since 1989, consistently topped the opinion polls as the best performing Minister of Government and the most popular politician. Since the announcement by Prime Minister P. J. Patterson after the 2002 elections that he would be retiring before the next General Elections, opinion polls have shown that the Jamaican people have favoured her as the best person to succeed Mr. Patterson....In 1974 when she won the tough inner-city constituency of Trench Town West as a Councilor in the Kingston & St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) for the PNP, it was the first time that the party had won that seat. When she went on in 1976 to win the Constituency of South West St. Andrew in the Parliamentary elections, she had created another first for the party. And, when the Party suffered a massive defeat in the 1980 elections, she emerged as one of only nine PNP representatives who won their seats.

Born in humble circumstances on December 12, 1945, in Wood Hall, St. Catherine, she has never forgotten her roots, and has for decades committed herself to the mission of uplifting the poor and marginalized.

In 1977 she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government under the Michael Manley Administration, a post she held until the General Elections of 1980. Serving in the Parliamentary Opposition, she was PNP Spokesperson on Women’s Affairs, Pension, Social Security and Consumer Affairs between 1983 and 1989. Returning to Government in 1989, Mrs. Simpson Miller was appointed Minister of Labour, Social Security and Sport....She brought well-needed reforms to the Overseas Farm Workers Programme and established the Overseas Recruitment Centre for Farm Workers. Significantly, she also established a Chair in Labour Relations at the University of the West Indies. Under her watch, too, a number of day-care facilities were instituted islandwide.

She initiated the strategic investment of the National Insurance Fund (NIF), which resulted in growth from $1.5 billion to $20 billion in three years.....

http://www.jis.gov.jm/ProfilePM/index.asp