R. Kelly Writes Song About Virginia Tech Tragedy

I'm certainly not a big fan of R. Kelly's but I guess even men who like kiddie porn can be empathetic every once in awhile.

"Rise Up" is a new song written by R. Kelly about the shootings at Virginia Tech.

The single will be available digitally May 15, and 100 percent of the net proceeds from its sale will go to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund, said Jive Records, Kelly's record label.

Kelly wrote the inspirational ballad after watching the events unfold on television while he was on tour.

The lyrics include the lines: "Rise up, when you feel you can't go on, rise up, and all of your hope is gone, rise up, when you're weak and you can't be strong."

The Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund was created to provide assistance to the victims of the families, as well as grief counseling and other needs for those affected by the shootings.

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I Love Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho blogged about the VT tragedy and how a lot of emphasis has put on the shooter and his ethnicity, which is so true.

I just loved this and had to pass it on.

Maragaret Cho's Blog 4/17/2007

Whenever anything really bad happens around Korean people, that is when I would like to hide, go to Hawaii and eat spam sushi until it blows over. I don’t want to comment on it because I don't want to escalate the situation and I don't want to implicate myself in it. I don't want to 'come out' as Asian because therein lies a tremendous responsibility that I never volunteered for, that I don't have any real control over, and that is as mysterious to me as it is to someone who isn't Asian.

So here is the whole terrible mess of the shootings at Virginia Tech. I look at the shooter's expressionless face on the news and he looks so familiar, like he could be in my family. Just another one of us. But how can he be us when what he has done is so terrible? Here is where I can really envy white people because when white people do something that is inexplicably awful, so brutally and horribly wrong, nobody says – “do you think it is because he is white?” There are no headlines calling him the “White shooter." There is no mention of race because there is no thought in anyone's mind that his race had anything to do with his crime.

So much attention is focused on the Asian-ness of the shooter, how the Korean community is reacting to it, South Korea's careful condolences and cautiously expressed fear that it will somehow impact the South Korean population at large.

What is lost here is the grief. What is lost is the great, looming sadness that we should all feel over this. We lose our humanity to racism, time and time again.

I extend my deepest sympathies to all those who lost their loved ones, their children, their friends and family, in this unimaginable tragedy. I send them all the love I have in me, and I encourage everyone to do the same.

Remembering The Virginia Tech Victims

All celebrity gossip aside, I wanted to take this opportunity to once again send condolences to the students, as well as family and friends of the 32 victims.

AOL put together a compilation of the victims photos and a little about each one. I would recommend reading this and looking through the photos so we may remember the innocent victims involved in this tragedy.











NY Times also has something similar here.

The Virginia Tech Massacre

In case you haven't heard, there was a terrible shooting spree that took place this morning at one of the dorm's on campus and spread hours later to classrooms.


33 people including the gunman are dead.

I just wanted to take a moment and express my condolences for the families and friends of the victims of todays shootings at Virginia Tech.


Read more about the tragic incident:
University massacre takes 33 lives, worst case in US history (Link)
President Bush says he is shocked and saddened by Virginia Tech shooting (Link)
Students tell of terror on campus (Link)
Text of emails sent at Virginia Tech (Link)