Don Imus catching heat

[KYHUNTER14]

What are your thoughts on this???

[Swampthing]

He's a nappy headed ho...:D

We listen to him on most days while we're getting the kids off and getting ourselves started. He can really hurl some zingers at the people who need them, particularly those in power. He went over the line this time insulting college players and should be remorseful for it. I think he is but we may just see a high tech lynching of the I-man.

[trust me]

What exactly did he say? PG-13 version if necessary.

[KYHUNTER14]

Paraphrasing here, but he was talking about the Rutgers women's basketball team. He referred to them as "nappy headed hoes". He said that phrase or the like a couple times.

If anyone happened to watch the Women's NCAA National Championship and saw Rutgers players, you would probably know what he meant. They were rough looking to say the least.

He probably crossed the line and went to far, but in today's world, what can you say really without being fired?

My opinion is that Imus is just a loudmouth who likes to try and be funny.

[Feedman]

What exactly did he say? PG-13 version if necessary.

He called the Rutger's women basketball team--Nappy headed hoe's.


There were some other commets about the team before he made this statement. About their tatoo's, how rough they were, etc.

Al Sharpton is having a cow over this statement.

[Multidigits]

Flip through the line up and see for yourself---

http://www.scarletknights.com/basketball-women/roster/roster-alph.asp

[C.L.Button]

Put them both out there with no gloves and sell pay per view ! Let's see who's da ho then ? :D :D My money's on Rev Al the workin man's pal ! :D

[Multidigits]

Put them both out there with no gloves and sell pay per view ! Let's see who's da ho then ? :D :D My money's on Rev Al the workin man's pal ! :D


Play a little rap diddy from the Ghetto boys in the background to add some atmosphere too....

[lymanl3]

I'm impressed Multi...Ghetto boys...man do you hunt with bushwhick bill?:D

Lyman "I had to hide my 2 live crew tapes from my parents" Morris

[Multidigits]

Nope....used to have a rap star wannabe down here at work that called himself the Louisville Gangster. That bunch was his idol. I can probably get you a copy of the G'ster's one and only album if your interested???

[lymanl3]

Nope! LOL...brought back some ol memories though...LOL...bushwick bill..the midget, I mean vertically challenged rapper!!..LMAO!!

[Multidigits]

I'd bet some of that stuff would make a turkey gobble????

[hillhntr]

What are your thoughts on this???

He said something pretty stupid. Those are girls in college; he had no business ridiculing them nationally.

[Rem7600]

Imus did go way too far....again. I just heard on the radio that Sharpton called for his resignation. Would call for Sharptons resignation if I knew what he did for a living.:confused:

[michunter]

Imus is nothing short of a idiot , he runs that mouth , the old fart needs to hang up his cowboy hat , and get off the air , he is not funny , and is a waste of air time , put someone on that someone wants too listen too !!!

[MsgMills]

Well they do look like " Nappy Headed Ho's " look really like some sort of Gang and not College Basketball players..... So what's the problem with him telling the truth?:rolleyes:

[EKUgrad]

the last one on the link... heather, I believe... does not look all that nappy headed.

[jeffd34006]

Nope, Heather is pretty sharp. The rest of the bunch is kinda rough.. But, how come he (Imus or an other "celebrity" ) can blast just about everyone else and noone gets their dander up? LOL I never heard of him before all this...

[maxcam]

Well it looks like the Reverends got justice......

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17999196/?GT1=9246

Its a sad day when nobody can be honest about what they see.......

[KYhunter79]

Play a little rap diddy from the Ghetto boys in the background to add some atmosphere too....

I hate when Multi makes a post and it gets edited by the mods before I get to read it!! :D

[cornbread]

They do look more like a gang than a college team but the nappy headed hoes went a little too far. Like Al Sharpton has never crossed the line. Just listen to him when he is talking about someone that he doesn't like. I believe he once called Dick Chaney a SOB.:mad:

[AteUp]

If you're not familiar with the case from 1987 you owe it to yourself to read the following article. He has no credibility, why is he still given a voice?

http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id315.htm

On November 28, 1987 Joyce Lloray happened to look out of her apartment's sliding glass door in time to see a black girl climb into a big green plastic garbage bag and then lay still on the cold, muddy ground. Mrs. Lloray called the Duchess County Sheriff's Department, setting into motion a chain of bizarre and tragic events that made the quiet little town of Wappingers Falls, New York -- population 5,000 -- the focus of national attention.
--The girl in the trash bag on the grounds of the Pavillion Condominiums was 15-year-old Tawana Brawley. Four days earlier she had played hooky from school in order to visit a former boyfriend, Todd Buxton, who was incarcerated at the Orange County Jail in nearby Newburgh. That evening Tawana took a bus to the town of Wappingers, where she had lived with her mother in Apartment 19A at the Pavillion Condominiums prior to their moving to Wappingers Falls. According to Tawana, she was abducted by several white men shortly after she got off the bus; the men, one of whom wore a badge, took her to a wooded area and sexually abused her over a period of several days.
--When police and paramedics arrived at the Pavillion Condominiums in response to Joyce Lloray's call, they found Tawana's clothes torn, cut and partially burned. Her body and clothing were smeared with feces, and on her chest and torso the words "KKK," "N@#$&R" and "B!$@H" had been written with what appeared to be charcoal. Since it seemed that Tawana's civil rights had been violated, the FBI was called in. A rape kit was administered at St. Francis Hospital and sent under seal to an FBI lab for analysis. Interviewed at the hospital by a black officer from the Poughkeepsie Police Department, Tawana claimed she had been repeatedly raped by a group of white men but could provide no names or descriptions of her assailants. She later told others that there had been no rape, only other kinds of sexual abuse. Forensic tests found no evidence that a sexual assault of any kind had occurred. Nor was there any evidence of exposure to elements, which would be expected in a victim held for several days in the woods at a time when the temperature dropped below freezing at night.
--There were other discrepancies in Tawana's story. She was seen entering the empty apartment at Pavillion where she had once lived on the morning after the alleged abduction. Other witnesses claimed to have seen her at parties in a nearby town during the period when she was "missing." She had no bruises, contusions, scratches or other injuries except for a small bruise behind the left ear, which was determined to be several days old. Her mother, Glenda Brawley, was spotted at the apartment complex shortly before Tawana was seen getting into the garbage bag; the mother waited until that same afternoon to report Tawana's "disappearance" to the police. The investigation turned up evidence to indicate that the damage done to Tawana's clothing had occurred in the apartment. According to the grand jury report, all of "the items and instrumentalities necessary to create the condition in which Tawana Brawley appeared on Saturday, November 28, were present inside of or in the immediate vicinity of Apartment 19A." The feces had come from a neighbor's dog.
--The Tawana Brawley case was quickly seized upon by a trio of black activists who viewed it as a means by which to demonstrate that the police and judicial system were racist and corrupt. Attorney Alton H. Maddox had been beaten by a white mob as a teenager in Newnan, Georgia; confrontational and virulently anti-white, Maddox seemed at times less interested in justice than in the potential for conflict that high profile cases like Tawana Brawley's provided. C. Vernon Mason, another New York attorney, also used cases to drum up publicity and address wider issues. Al Sharpton was a flamboyant Pentecostal preacher who spent $2,000 a year for hair care at Brooklyn's Prima Donna Beauty Salon; his hunger for celebrity caused some to question both his motives and methods. Maddox, Mason and Sharpton had joined forces before, in the Howard Beach case a year earlier. Several black men had been accosted by a white mob and one of them, Michael Griffith, was chased out onto a highway where he was struck by a vehicle and killed. In previous cases, Maddox and Mason had used the tactic of non-cooperation, refusing to let their clients testify in an effort to facilitate a "miscarriage of justice" in which the perpetrator(s) would get off. In this way they could heighten the outrage of the black community and claim the result proved that the judicial system discriminated against blacks.
--The trio muzzled Tawana Brawley and claimed everyone from the local police to New York Governor Mario Cuomo was engaged in a cover-up. The Brawley camp eventually accused Harry Crist, Jr., a part-time police officer, after Crist committed suicide on December 2, and Steven A. Pagones, a Duchess County district attorney, of participating in the alleged abduction and rape. Further investigation revealed that Crist had killed himself for reasons unconnected with the Brawley case, while Pagones' testimony convinced the Poughkeepsie grand jury that he was not involved in any wrongdoing. Undeterred, Maddox, Mason and Sharpton staged numerous media events, from news conferences and rallies to appearances on television shows like Phil Donahue and The Morton Downey, Jr. Show to keep national attention focused on the case.
As time went on, the public grew increasingly skeptical of Tawana Brawley's charges and the ill-advised tactics of her handlers. When Tawana's mother was subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury and failed to do so, a warrant for her arrest was issued; Maddox, Mason and Sharpton took her to the Ebenezer Baptist Church in New York City and organized a rally, hoping (in vain) that the authorities would force their way into the church and seize her. Two of Sharpton's associates quit, claiming the reverend had known all along that the case was a hoax. Other black leaders criticized Brawley's advisers -- Ray Innes of the Congress of Racial Equality and attorney Conrad Lynn among them. They feared the hoax and the antics of publicity hounds like Sharpton would prove detrimental to the cause of racial equality.
--After seven months of examining police and medical records and listening to the testimony of over one hundred witnesses, the grand jury determined that Tawana's charges were false and that her condition when found had been self-inflicted. The question remained: Why had she lied? One hypothesis was that since Tawana had already been grounded on the day she skipped school to visit her ex-boyfriend, she had made up the story of her abduction in order to avoid further punishment.


The Aftermath
The Brawley case resurfaced a decade later when Steven Pagones filed a defamation suit against Maddox, Mason and Sharpton; he had already won a default judgment against Tawana in 1991. By 1997, Tawana had moved to Washington and changed her name to Maryam Muhammad. She returned to New York to speak before a rally at Brooklyn's Bethany Baptist Church in support of her advisers, insisting that she had told the truth about the abduction. The court found otherwise. Her advisers were ordered to pay Pagones $345,000 while Tawana had to pay $185,000. "Tawana Brawley appears caught up in her own fiction," said New York State Supreme Court Justice S. Barrett Hickman. Unfortunately, the rest of the country had to be caught up in it, too.



REFERENCES

Newsweek, 14 March 1988, 10 October 1988

Time, 28 March 1988, 20 June 1988, 4 July 1988

"Tawana Brawley Sticks to Story"
Associated Press, 3 December 1997

"Sharpton Remains Feisty in Face of Pointed Questioning"
Michael Hill, Associated Press, 10 February 1998

"Woman Hit With Damages in Suit"
Associated Press, 10 October 1998

Outrage: The Story Behind the Tawana Brawley Hoax
Robert D. McFadden et al (New York: Bantam Books, 1990)

Report of the Grand Jury Concerning the Tawana Brawley Investigation
(www.courttv.com/legaldocs/newsmakers/tawana/part1.html)

[Willie]

The Tawana Brawley case has nothing to do with this one.

Sharpton and Imus are both loud mouthed idiots.

I listened to the tape of Imus and he went WAY TOO FAR. I think that he sometimes forgets that he is on the air and is just shooting the bull with a couple of buddies.

I've heard some rap songs and as bad as they are about calling women "hos' this was aimed at specific women and should not be tolerated.

[schuyler olt]

I agree that it was over the top. I saw it far differently from Cosell's comment. After all, Howard had a long track record of treating black athletes with respect and fairness.

[naturalelite]

You can't call college students nappy headed ho's on the radio station and expect to keep your job. Unless your Chris Rock.

[Manzanita]

We were in Memphis for Easter watching the local news at my MIL's house when the anchor read this story. When the anchor, a black guy, read the quote, "nappy headed ho's", I swear he almost cracked up.

We were falling off the couch laughing. I was chuckling to myself off and on all day Sunday whenever the phrase would come to mind. Yesterday I had forgotten all about it. Well, except for maybe once but the recollection only brought a small snort this time.

People are a little too easily offended nowadays by stupid stuff.

[hillhntr]

Well they do look like " Nappy Headed Ho's " look really like some sort of Gang and not College Basketball players..... So what's the problem with him telling the truth?:rolleyes:

I don't think there would have been a problem with the man "telling the truth." The problem lies with him negatively characterizing these girls based on their looks and the "nappy headed" part might hint at a bit of racism, too, huh? I don't think Sharpton is a good fellow, either, but that doesn't excuse Imus at all. Do you really think it was fair for him to make fun of these college girls on air?

[Swampthing]

His spineless groveling and begging for forgiveness is getting disgusting.

[ribsplitter]

I think he should be able to call anyone anything he wants if he feels like it its a free country or used to be anyhow. I dont even like the guy and wonder how he has ever stayed on as long as he has but if he wants to call them ho's or whatever noone should be able to keep him from it . Everyone is always wanting to censor someone else or take a right from someone else . This is no different to me than having BET can you imagine if there was a WET .

[Xi Bowhunter]

So blacks can call whites "honkeys" "crackers" and "bigots" every time we say a racial slur, but blacks continue to call each other the "N" word, there is a band of blacks called "Nappy Roots", and blacks call women "Hoes" in almost every rap song? It's the pot calling the kettle black if you ask me. The "hoes" part of Imus's comment may have been over the line, but Sharpton is just using this to create a stir. Sharpton is an Idiot that thinks the "white man" is a lesser being, and he does every thing in his power do make us look bad. He never focuses on anything "whites" do good, it is always a bad comment about the white race.

[naturalelite]

What would have been said if Chris Rock had of made the same comments....I think what he said was wrong because it was disrespectful but the double standards held by most of society now a days is ridiculous.........If its wrong for one person to say something it should be wrong for anyone to say it regaurdless of color.

Sharpton is nothing but a racist IMO

[hillhntr]

What would have been said if Chris Rock had of made the same comments....I think what he said was wrong because it was disrespectful but the double standards held by most of society now a days is ridiculous.........If its wrong for one person to say something it should be wrong for anyone to say it regaurdless of color.

Sharpton is nothing but a racist IMO

I think that's a very good point. I read an article somewhere that talked about Michael Irvin responding to how athletic Tony Romo was and he said that his grandmother must have had "relations" with a slave. The author (who was black, by the way) made the point that the nation would have been up in arms had a white person been making a similar comment, say on the intelligence of a black quarterback.

[MsgMills]

Just look at how much trouble my Radio Friend Rush Limbaugh got into for saying what he said about Donovan McNabb of the Eagles....... His opinion and he got slammed for it...But if another Black QB or otehr Black person would have said it, nothing else would have been said about it, period.....:mad:

[KYHUNTER14]

There is a fine line between what you can say and what you cannot say. That line is shrinking every day.

[KYCatBirdHunter]

the way I see it, people need to stop worrying about what everyone else says. If you don't like what Don Imus says, do the American, capitalist thing and stop listening to his show. If the ratings drop enough. He'll go away. I lost what respect I had for the guy when he backed down and apologized (although I'm sure his employers made him.)

[Al]

The only thing Imus is sorry about is the potential loss of sponsers.

[Xi Bowhunter]

Where was Al Sharpton when this nut, Kamau Kambon, got on C-span as said that white people need to be exterminated? I'll never put any credibility on Al Sharpton. Take some time to watch this video, it is truly amazing how out of touch and crazy this man is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0FI82DOuxE

[Xi Bowhunter]

Here is the short version. He actually says the "problem on the planet is white people" and "How are we going to come up with a plant to exterminate white people". This guy needs is out of his mind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN5StQAr7n0&mode=related&search=

[AteUp]

I don't care what Imus said and if he was black and said it about white people I still wouldn't care. I don't like him or his show so I don't listen. To each his own.

[Xi Bowhunter]

I don't care what Imus said and if he was black and said it about white people I still wouldn't care. I don't like him or his show so I don't listen. To each his own.
I don't care for Imus that much either, but if you are going to spit fire at one person for making a racial slur, then you should have to cook the whole bunch. Black people are just as guilty of being racial as whites are. Either all of us can talk that way or none of can. You can't have both.

[AteUp]

I don't care for Imus that much either, but if you are going to spit fire at one person for making a racial slur, then you should have to cook the whole bunch. Black people are just as guilty of being racial as whites are. Either all of us can talk that way or none of can. You can't have both.

Yep, but too bad that's not the real world. If it were, we'd never hear anything out of Al Sharpton and his evil minions.

[Jack Ryan]

Imus is an over the hill dufus trying to be "hip" with the latest "lingo" but instead he's an over rated, out dated burn out. There's not an original fiber in him. Ever aspect of his entire persona is a cheap rip off from another group, person, or era from his urban cowboy get up to his "gansta rap" imitation the other day.

In other words, pure fool. Sooner or later it had to catch up with him.

All that said, he's not near the racist that I've seen that Al Sharpton/Twana and Jesse Jackson and his Heimy town comments are. At worst he would be just as bad as they are. The difference is in the self awareness and confidence of the people they are aiming their racist comments at. Most people laughed off the stupid racist comments those two extortionist make but Imus was attacking young college athletes who happen to be part of an already indignant minority.

[nitrox28]

Don Imus Is My Hero!!!

[quackrstackr]

Heck, I've been called worse by people on this site. :D

If this kind of stupid crap is all that people (media in particular) have to worry about this week it truly is a sad reflection on what our society has become.

It's time to

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/quackrstackr/manup.jpg

and get over it. Nobody took their birthday away.

[MsgMills]

I agree 100%, if a black person would have said this about the Team, nothing would have been said at all...I bet even if a Black person said the same thing about an almost white team, nothing would have been said as well..... Sorry thing about this society we live in....

The white Male is so low on the totem pole, that white males are targeted by every type of Racial Organization there is out there.......Trying to get all white males to be looked at as if we were the problem with how Society works.....

[hillhntr]

I must have missed the memo about being targeted for being a white male? I hear that all the time...do some people really believe that a white guy has less chance of success in this country? That just sounds like somebody making excuses for their short comings, if you ask me.
Why is it that when something like this comes up, everyone jumps into defensive mode and starts saying things like, "if this group said that, the outcome would be different" even when we know that the Imus fool said something stupid? It sounds like some are trying to justify his stupidity by pointing out stupidity exhibited by other races. (Yes, I think Sharpton is an idiot, too.)

There are fools, racists, and stupid people in all walks of life, regardless of color or religion.

[ril7572]

It looks like he's getting his due for some really stupid comments.


The Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Staples Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co. have pulled their advertising from Don Imus' radio show in the wake of the furor caused by his comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team.
The two companies on Tuesday added to the fallout that began when the now-suspended radio show host called the players "nappy-headed hos" on his April 4 show.
"Because of the recent comments that were made on the program it did prompt us to take a look at our decision to advertise on the program and we have decided to stop advertising," Staples spokesman Paul Capelli said Tuesday night.

[Multidigits]

Wonder what he thinks of those black rifles???

[naturalelite]

I must have missed the memo about being targeted for being a white male? I hear that all the time...do some people really believe that a white guy has less chance of success in this country? That just sounds like somebody making excuses for their short comings, if you ask me.
Why is it that when something like this comes up, everyone jumps into defensive mode and starts saying things like, "if this group said that, the outcome would be different" even when we know that the Imus fool said something stupid? It sounds like some are trying to justify his stupidity by pointing out stupidity exhibited by other races. (Yes, I think Sharpton is an idiot, too.)

There are fools, racists, and stupid people in all walks of life, regardless of color or religion.

Are you a Mike and Mike fan??? They were talking about this this morning. Greenburg said that he can make jew jokes because he is a jew and noone will say anything to him. Golic can make Fat jokes because he is fat and noone will say anything to him.
Its like anything else. You can call your wife, kids, brother, sister, and parents anything you want to but let someone outside of your family bad mouth them and they have a fight on their hands.
The problem isn't what he said. The problem is someone actually cares what he said???
As far as your opinion on white males in the country its a fact that certain companies have to hire people because of COLOR AND GENDER. Please if you can find me a company that HAS to hire a white male just because he is a WHITE MALE....

[hillhntr]

Are you a Mike and Mike fan??? They were talking about this this morning. Greenburg said that he can make jew jokes because he is a jew and noone will say anything to him. Golic can make Fat jokes because he is fat and noone will say anything to him.
Its like anything else. You can call your wife, kids, brother, sister, and parents anything you want to but let someone outside of your family bad mouth them and they have a fight on their hands.
The problem isn't what he said. The problem is someone actually cares what he said???
As far as your opinion on white males in the country its a fact that certain companies have to hire people because of COLOR AND GENDER. Please if you can find me a company that HAS to hire a white male just because he is a WHITE MALE....

I don't really listen to Mike and Mike, sorry. I'm also well aware of hiring practices and laws that are in place about hiring minorities. Knowing that, I still don't fell oppressed. Maybe you or someone you know didn't get a job because the company had to hire another race; that's never happened to me. I've prepared myself in a manner that makes me getting a good job likely (if something were to happen and I lost mine); education, work experiences to build a resume, and so on. I'm simply saying that it sounds like a pretty weak excuse for someone to use, "oh, I didn't get that job 'cause they have to hire a minority." Sounds like taking the easy road out, to me. I'm not trying to say that you, specifically, feel that way; just think that we should not make excuses for our shortcomings.

[MsgMills]

I don't really listen to Mike and Mike, sorry. I'm also well aware of hiring practices and laws that are in place about hiring minorities. Knowing that, I still don't fell oppressed. Maybe you or someone you know didn't get a job because the company had to hire another race; that's never happened to me. I've prepared myself in a manner that makes me getting a good job likely (if something were to happen and I lost mine); education, work experiences to build a resume, and so on. I'm simply saying that it sounds like a pretty weak excuse for someone to use, "oh, I didn't get that job 'cause they have to hire a minority." Sounds like taking the easy road out, to me. I'm not trying to say that you, specifically, feel that way; just think that we should not make excuses for our shortcomings.

I see you don't have a clue as to what I was referring to in general...I've never had a problem either getting a job....I also guess you've never been around the world and seen how the "REAL" world treats the White Males, not to mention the United States as well....Nuff said about this, dang I feel like your oppressing me:D...I think I need to see my shrink......:D

[hillhntr]

I see you don't have a clue as to what I was referring to in general...I've never had a problem either getting a job....I also guess you've never been around the world and seen how the "REAL" world treats the White Males, not to mention the United States as well....Nuff said about this, dang I feel like your oppressing me:D...I think I need to see my shrink......:D

Actually, I was responding to another poster, but thanks for your input; trust me, you're little gems are always appreciated for comic relief. I wish I had a clue, really:rolleyes: . I always thought there were people much more oppressed than me? What do I know, I grew up poor, went to college, finished grad school, have a decent job and own a business to occupy my spare time. If I didn't have all these people trying to hold me down since I'm white, I'd probably be a multi-billionaire by now. Daggone, guys, this just ain't fair!:D

I, too, am leaving this thread; everything is being repeated over and over.

[GSP]

He was fired a couple of hours ago.
Funny thing is, 3 days ago I didn't know who he was, now, I still don't care who he is............

[naturalelite]

Actually, I was responding to another poster, but thanks for your input; trust me, you're little gems are always appreciated for comic relief. I wish I had a clue, really:rolleyes: . I always thought there were people much more oppressed than me? What do I know, I grew up poor, went to college, finished grad school, have a decent job and own a business to occupy my spare time. If I didn't have all these people trying to hold me down since I'm white, I'd probably be a multi-billionaire by now. Daggone, guys, this just ain't fair!:D

I, too, am leaving this thread; everything is being repeated over and over.
NO it isn't
no it isn't
no it isn't
no it isn't:)


I have never felt like anyone was holding me down. I have never missed out on a job because of my color or gender. Except Major league baseball I feel like had I been black I would have gotten drafted.:rolleyes:
I guess its the buisness I am in 40% of my company is minority. We don't see color when we hire or fire someone I guess it just shocks me that some people still do.

[raktrakr]

Just saw on the news he's gone. They canceled his show.

[big300mag]

I didn't approve of his comments. I thought they were inconsiderate, hurtful, and was directed at very undeserving young women. The biggest problem I have with this controversy is the double standards that seem to surround racism. If you are white and you say anything out of line, whether it is a joke or not, than you are immediately labeled a racist. But if a black person says something derogatory toward other black people or anyone else, than everyone is just supposed to look the other way and not be so sensitive. Examples are Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, the two leading the charge over racist issues nowadays. Notice that I didn't include Rev. in front of these idiots names. Those two have said more offensive things and have been far more racist than those they are accusing of racism. Neither one of them can keep their big noses out of everybody elses business and for some reason, the press loves them. You can't swing a dead cat with out hitting a newspaper that's got one of their mugs staring back at you. If people want to make an example of Imus, that's fine! But they'de better back up and make sure that Jesse and Al pay for all the racist, hate-filled banter they've slung over the years too. This double standard crap is making me sick!:mad:

[ryan hickey]

well said big300mag...

[eddiejohn4]

I couldnt agree more big300. These are not the racists that should be leading the charg against anyone with their track record. talk about hypocrits.

And if the black community really wants to attack hurtful language, maybe they better start looking at their own houses especially rappers. the number one song this month is I want to f--- you. AND I WONDER HOW MANY HO.S ARE USED PER SONG.

I do not condone Imus but lets keep it in perspective.

[Rabbit Runner]

I'm not condoning what Imus said but...I do believe I missed the racist comment. Nappy hair?? come on, old people use that comment all the time and it has nothing to do with black people. Seems to me that black people are looking for things to get upset about and the Reverends (what a joke btw) are just keeping racism alive and creating more racism.

[B.G.O. of Kentucky]

While I think what he said was in "bad taste", I don't think it was worth terminating his MSNBC contract for. Several of his sponsors have pulled sponsorship from him.

Barak O'Bama had officially called for him to be fired, I guess the presidential hopeful doesn't support "FREE SPEECH"?

[trust me]

How does Obama or me or anybody have any right to call for anybody privately employed to be fired?

Imus is a non-issue for me like all the talking heads are, but his employment is strictly between him and his employer and the sponsors.

[quackrstackr]

Meredith Vieira ripped into Sharpton live on the Today show this morning over the hypocrisy of it all.

I saw a nasty side flair in her this morning that I never saw out of her predecessor.

It was great. :D

Matt Lauer also put his boss in the hot seat this morning over removing him from MSNBC.

I don't think his removal is sitting very well with a lot of news people.

I don't condone what he did, but come on. This whole thing is ridiculous.

I also found out this morning that he still has his radio show, this "firing" was simply removing him from simulcast from MSNBC. He was still in the same studio this morning making the same radio show (which is officially CBS's deal).

[big300mag]

Today, CBS also fired him from his radio show. Can anyone say satellite radio? Somebody will pick him up to host a satellite radio talk show, and then he will say anything he wants. Al and Jesse and everybody else who called for Imus's head on a platter was only doing it to gain more exposure for themselves.

Has anybody heard about the Duke lacrosse players who were charged with rape over a year ago? The Attorney General who was prosecuting the case, said at the very beginning that he was not going to let those rich, white kids get away with rape! Can anybody guess what color he was? And guess who jumped on the bandwagon with him? Correct!, Jesse and Al took their usual places right next to him to help crucify these young men, who, now have been proven innocent of the accusations. The prosecutor was up for reelection last year and used the situation as a platform for reelection. The new attorney general is the one who dismissed the charges and is calling for the disbarment of the ex-attorney general. And guess what? You're not hearing an appology one from Jesse or Al for helping to put those young men through hell for over a year. There were others involved in the attempted lynching but those two were the ring leaders as always. It's about time those two are called out on the mat. Maybe if they had to answer for their comments, they'de learn to mind their own business.

[C.L.Button]

I agree big300.

IF I was the parents of those kids I would sue the pants off that DA. THEN after I got all his money I would send LeRoy and BUBBA over to visit him ! I also agree that Rev Al and company need to be laid out on the rug. Let's send Louis Coleman over too. Let's build a fire under them and watch them dance. I think you are right in the fact that we will NEVER hear an apology from them. :mad:

Imus made a joke and all the sudden he is a bad guy ? NOT ! I hope he gets a great deal with a sat station. Hell it's just like that joke Fuzzy made about Tiger and Fried Chix. ANYBODY that knows Fuzzy knows he is the biggest practical joker in the world. It just makes you miss the old days when ALL folks had a sense of humor. It must have been a full moon that night ? Yah,, that what it was ? :rolleyes: :D

[eddiejohn4]

Look Imus has made many statements that are just plain wrong, this is why I do not listen to him. On the other hand The rev Jackson and Sharpton are racists and hypocrits.They have no moral ground to be calling for anyones dismissal.

[BigDaddy]

"Meredith Vieira ripped into Sharpton live on the Today show this morning over the hypocrisy of it all.

I saw a nasty side flair in her this morning that I never saw out of her predecessor.

It was great. :D "

That is awesome! Glad she finally let some of those true feelings come out. Wish I could have watched.

[Redlined]

Contrary to popular belief,folks like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson do more to widen the race gap than they do to help.Because of their constant pot stirring and playing of the race card-----even when its not an issue,they do more harm than good.I agree that what Imus said was flat wrong,but I'll bet if it was a black rapper talking about white women in a derogatory way ,no one would bat an eye.AND,guess what?If one white person spoke up about it they'd be labeled a racist,go figure................

[big300mag]

For Al, Jesse, and even Oprah it's really not about racism or sexism. It's about the almighty dollar and the exposure they so desperately crave!! If it was about race or sexist comments, than they would also be fighting for other minorities or people groups also. Not just blacks! If they think that African-Americans are the only ones that experience discrimination or racist behavior, than they're even dumber than I think they are!