Imus gets the Boot ...

[nnuut]

Ya know these team members are not the run-of-the-mill basketball players. How much is tuition at Rutgers? Don't think I can afford to send my kids to Rutgers? Must have Sports Grants ($$$$$$) and such? I think he picked the wrong group to insult!:embarrest:

 

[rokid]

How much is tuition at Rutgers? Don't think I can afford to send my kids to Rutgers?

I don't know what the tuition is. However, Rutgers is a state, not a private school.

I bet Imus wouldn't have called any of the Rutgers basketball players a "nappy headed hoe" to her face. They'd still be trying to cut him out of the net. However, for some reason, he thinks he can call them that on the air with impunity.

Your freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose!:suspicious:

 

[tsptalk]

I am one of the last people to be offended by anything posted here but I do know there are others who can be. I have skimmed through some of these posts and I want you to feel free to speak your mind but please be mindful of the context of your statements, particularly attempts at humor as this is a sensitive subject to some. I'd really rather not edit anything, and I won't, as long as the discussion remains in good taste.

Thanks,

 

[tsptalk]

My take is that this was a business decison by CBS, MSNBC and the sponsors. They didn't want to associate themselves with Imus because in the end they thought it would affect their bottom line. If Imus' ratings were poor they would have done the same thing.

Obviously the comments were inappropriate. However, if the folks who started this witch hunt don't take this to the next level, namely the entertainment industry, then they will prove they are simple hypocrites with a personal agenda and not looking for what is in the best interest of others.

 

[merlin]

My take is that this was a business decison by CBS, MSNBC and the sponsors. They didn't want to associate themselves with Imus because in the end they thought it would affect their bottom line. If Imus' ratings were poor they would have done the same thing.

Obviously the comments were inappropriate. However, if the folks who started this witch hunt don't take this to the next level, namely the entertainment industry, then they will prove they are simple hypocrites with a personal agenda and not looking for what is in the best interest of others.

I agree.

 

[tsptalk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qpaM5bA7Z0&NR=1

http://youtube.com/watch?v=L5ZQXaXmCW4

 

[vic]

I would just like to know who elected Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton the national spokepersons that the media has to rush to get their input. Neither has ever been elected to any office. The crap they say they should be banned from all airways. Especially Jackson. He is nothing but a self serving hippocrite. Imus is a low life and I never listen to him for more then 5 minutes, but lets get rid of Jackson and Sharpton and a few others. How about Rosie fat ass and her garbage.

 

[Callme_CO]

Ok i bit my tounge for the longest time but i can't take it anymore. I can't stand Imus...i think he's an idiot...but i dont think he deserved to be fired. Msnbc can say whatever they want but it was a business reason they fired him and nothing else. Now to the real point of my rant. I'm completely and utterly tired of the self-proclaimed civilright's leaders Sharpton and Jackson. These two men couldn't be bigger hypocrites. The majority of the time they have been wrong. Just look at the Duke lacrosse players. Anybody hear and appology? I dont remember hearing one. That's right there wasn't one they were to busy jumping on this band wagon. This might sound offensive to some and it might not to others but Those two are a big reason racism is still around.

I know i know your probably going to jump my case. I'm not saying that they are the soul cause or anything. I'm just saying you can't get past racism when you insite it yourself. I would have much more respect for them if I heard an appology when they are wrong. But dont hold your breath.

 

[VirginiaBob]

Ok i bit my tounge for the longest time but i can't take it anymore. I can't stand Imus...i think he's an idiot...but i dont think he deserved to be fired. Msnbc can say whatever they want but it was a business reason they fired him and nothing else. Now to the real point of my rant. I'm completely and utterly tired of the self-proclaimed civilright's leaders Sharpton and Jackson. These two men couldn't be bigger hypocrites. The majority of the time they have been wrong. Just look at the Duke lacrosse players. Anybody hear and appology? I dont remember hearing one. That's right there wasn't one they were to busy jumping on this band wagon. This might sound offensive to some and it might not to others but Those two are a big reason racism is still around.

I know i know your probably going to jump my case. I'm not saying that they are the soul cause or anything. I'm just saying you can't get past racism when you insite it yourself. I would have much more respect for them if I heard an appology when they are wrong. But dont hold your breath.

Don't worry, nobody is going to be jumping on your case since you are pretty much expressing the opinion of the silent majority.

 

[GGal]

Where is Sharpton when some guy cruises slowly through the local supermarket parking lot, with all his windows down, and his boom box wide open, playing the most obscene music ever created, because he wants to be sure my daughters and I, and every other shopper in the area, hear it?





GA

 

[rokid]

Jonetta Rose Barras discusses the Imus controversy in today’s Washington Post Outlook section, “We’re Our Own Worst Imuses”. Ms. Barras is a black political commentator on the DC public radio station, WAMU.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/13/AR2007041302054.html

Some of her key points:

Thug culture, which includes “bitches and hos”, is a $4B a year business for Warner Brothers, Viacom, and Black Entertainment Television (BET). My comment: I wonder if firing Imus was a form of damage control for those big corporations. In other words, stop the controversy before it impacts the bottom line.

Thug culture has gone main stream and even old white guys, like Imus, use it to appear hip and cutting edge. A personal note: My son’s friend, young, white, female, Masters degree, refers to her girl friends as “hos”. Ridiculous, but true.

Blacks want to control thug culture. After all, it’s a money maker. They can throw around the N-word and “jiggabo” (Spike Lee’s School Daze) and it’s art. However, non-blacks had better be careful.

Sharpton and others may have condemned rap artists. However, they haven’t gone after them with the vengeance that they showed against Imus. Perhaps, it’s because more than a few black organizations benefit from the money generated by the thug culture.

I guess there’s plenty of hypocrisy to go around.

 

[Birchtree]

Alright all you popcorns - Imus was probably getting ready to retire to the ranch anyhow. He does more good out west helping young people with health issues and has a very active philanthropy organization. Ted Turner will probably start a new station with Imus running the darn thing. Doors will open to shut up the liberals.

 

[sugarandspice]

If Imus wants to stay in radio, satellite will welcome him with open arms. It's up to him. Ego says he will.

 

[mlk_man]

Since we're on the subject, Don "he ain't nappy headed" Ho passed away today.........................

 

[Callme_CO]

ok to play the devil's advocate and my wife brought this up to me the day this all broke. This is a sexist issue not a racial one.

I never really saw this as a racial thing. I mean nappy? The fake reverends wanna make us swallow this it comes from the slavery days BS and quite frankly i dont buy it. The only truly derogatory thing he had said was "ho's" and that places it in a sexist catagory. But then i guess with all his time spent falsely accusing and condeming the lacrosse players (without appologizing) he wouldn't have the time to know the difference.

 

[GGal]

GA, can you maybe use your influence to push this April 17th thing back maybe one day, you know, to give us a little bit more time...:worried:

Hey, when it comes to taxes, procrastination is definitely not the way to go....it only makes it more stressful.....

If I don't owe, I always get mine out of the way in February. If I owe, I wait, but no later than April 1.

I don't get the same treatment as the rest of the world. One year, I made a $6 math error, got the bill for the $6, paid it, then a few months later got major inquisition from Washington...they wanted me to promise that I would never make another error....I told them that I would try, but that I could not promise that.....

GA

 

[ayla]

Jonetta Rose Barras discusses the Imus controversy in today’s Washington Post Outlook section, “We’re Our Own Worst Imuses”. Ms. Barras is a black political commentator on the DC public radio station, WAMU.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/13/AR2007041302054.html


Sharpton and others may have condemned rap artists. However, they haven’t gone after them with the vengeance that they showed against Imus. Perhaps, it’s because more than a few black organizations benefit from the money generated by the thug culture.

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Sharpton had numerous examples today on Oprah's town hall show that indicated he has in fact gone after with a vengeance numerous other black personalities but they don't get the media attention when blacks go after blacks.

Somehow that has a ring of truth to it. It does seem that blacks criticizing blacks doesn't have quite the "juice" as blacks criticizing whites. Wonder if this is more manipulation by those who own the media to keep us fighting each other so we don't go after the guys who REALLY make money with all this.

All the black panelists were not happy with snoop. One reported that snoop was actually going to have a cameo appearance on a muffet show but it was canceled before the final production. They felt helpless to combat him because he had become so acceptable to mainstream (blacks AND whites).

It ended with the question "What's next?"... the hip hoppers give their side of the story tomorrow on Oprah...

 

[SkyPilot]

When community leaders quit appearing on awards shows with gansta rappers, and congratulating them in public, their fight against degrading speech will gain a new level of legitimacy...

Bill Cosby began this discussion a few years ago, and many of these same leaders criticized him severely for "dissing" the culture.

Abandon the "hip-hop" and "gang" summits sponsored by these same leaders, and call it for what it is.

I remember how President Clinton was rebuked by this same community for calling out [SIZE=-1]Sister Souljah[/SIZE]...

Ironic, huh?

 

[ChemEng]

Another interesting addition from this mornings commute on Howard Stern that is somewhat relevant to this discussion and I thought a bit funny.

They were playing a clip from another radio show and the dj asked "who died and made Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton king?"

Almost in unison the answer was of course "Martin Luther King, Jr."

Funny how quickly we forget.

Also puts stark contrast with the garbage going on today. MLK was civil rights activist. Not sure what you would call Jackson/Sharpton short of localized terrorists or fearmongers...

Ok so maybe it wasnt so funny afterall.

 

[SkyPilot]

...how bout' extortionists and "shake down" artists.