Imus

[redcrbbr]

Anyone else hear what Don Imus said about Rutgers girl hoop team?
I am not an Imus fan but apparently he must have had a senior moment or was under the influence of dumbass.

[spence]

Well, give Imus some props for doing the right thing and issuing an on-air appology.

-spence

[BigFish]

Imus, Howard Stern......why do you guys listen to them? Overpaid morons!

[fishsmith]

Is it wrong, YES

did I laugh ...

Don Imus referred to the Rutgers University women's basketball team, which is comprised of eight African-American and two white players, as "nappy-headed hos" immediately after the show's executive producer, Bernard McGuirk, called the team "hard-core hos." Later, former Imus sports announcer Sid Rosenberg, who was filling in for sportscaster Chris Carlin, said: "The more I look at Rutgers, they look exactly like the Toronto Raptors."

[source] http://mediamatters.org/items/200704040011

[Raven]

he gets paid $40,000.00 per day to mouth off.

[Bronko]

Originally Posted by spence

Well, give Imus some props for doing the right thing and issuing an on-air appology.

-spence

Did he do this before or after plugging his wifes cleaning product, his brothers salsa, his autoparts store or firing a nanny who wanted to play cowboys and Indians with sick children???? This guy is a complete fool.

[Raven]

bronko ...he might be a old fashioned ex cocaine addict...true

but his wife's green cleaners and the salsa sales go straight to funding the ranch which gives kids with cancer a good healthy break from their death sentence from cancer....and thats a noble thing. Now , does he occasionally
stick his cowboy boot into his own mouth...well sure he does! trying to be a little bit of a shock jock or trying too hard to be controversial or not really funny...but he tries...

but he gets right to the bottom of things ,has a great relationship with many politicians and is instrumental when it comes to political
innuendo and/or their policies. so as cantankerous as he is....he's ok
in my book... and has his finger on the pulse of the nation.

[Slipknot]

I thought he was dead

[stripersnipr]

If Howard said it, it wouldn't even make the news.

[riverrat55]

I watch IMUS every morning before work!!!
He says stuff about everything and everyone that most people
are only brave enough to think about!!!

[spence]

Originally Posted by stripersnipr

If Howard said it, it wouldn't even make the news.

Howard who?

-spence

[stripersnipr]

Originally Posted by spence

Howard who?

-spence

Yeah, he really has kind of faded into obscuirty since the Sirius move, hasn't he?

[spence]

Originally Posted by stripersnipr

Yeah, he really has kind of faded into obscuirty since the Sirius move, hasn't he?

Good riddance...

Last thing I need is my child flipping though the stations on the way to school and hearing about a*** sex or the N word.

Imus is usually entertaining, but has been pushing it of late.

-spence

[ThomCat]

I was once a big Imus fan when he first came on air in RI and still tune in for at least a short while almost every morning, although he's lost a great deal off his fastball in the last few years. His continous crossing of the line of taste, let alone good taste, and his constant & ultra-repetitive I-babble about his goodness to humanity gets a bit wearing but he and his crew (mostly his crew) are, no doubt, smart & funny. I will continue to tune in. Having said that, however, it's soooooo refreshing to see him this morning doing the I-Squirm.

[Bronko]

Originally Posted by ThomCat

I was once a big Imus fan when he first came on air in RI and still tune in for at least a short while almost every morning, although he's lost a great deal off his fastball in the last few years. His continous crossing of the line of taste, let alone good taste, and his constant & ultra-repetitive I-babble about his goodness to humanity gets a bit wearing but he and his crew (mostly his crew) are, no doubt, smart & funny. I will continue to tune in. Having said that, however, it's soooooo refreshing to see him this morning doing the I-Squirm.

I tuned in this morning also under the 'car wreck' theory. That was painful to listen too. He was truly feeling sorry for HIMSELF. He'd start off by saying how was sorry he was for his idiotic comments, but then inevitably, almost tragically, he would digress into all of the good things he does. He couldn't stop talking about what a great champion of charity he is. Then intermittently all his rump swabs would call up and tell him how great he is. Classic stuff.

[riverrat55]

He is not in the best of health!!!
Could be the MEDS talking!!!

[Raven]

thats all he got....

unless he begged for vacation.....

that would be a 400 thousand pay reduction...

he ain't sweating it.... but crusin in Newyork
might be rough..... he could get capped...

he better do the show from new mexico for awhile...
he can go ride horses and enjoy his pretty young wife...

yeah his health is lousey... he eats like a bird.

[ThomCat]

I was thoroughly enjoying Imus on the hot seat until I saw some remarks last night. He was totally wrong and deserves whatever lies ahead for him but to watch two of the most transparent hypocritical phonies in the world, Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton, take shots at this guy was painful. The two "reverends" who could not more clearly define "people who live in glass houses....." grandstanding to use this inexcusable offense to further there own agendas was absurd. In my humble opinion these two, who have numerous disgraceful indiscretions of their own to recognize & be accountable for, would be wise to spend as much energy in keeping their own house in order as they do trying to incite and exacerbate an ultra-stupid, maximum irresponsible, insensitive & hurtful comment made in a lame attempt at humor. Make no mistake, I don't by any means condone or take lightly the gravity of these moronic statements or suggest letting Imus off the hook but the word "racist" is not exclusive to one particular group.

[Bronko]

Originally Posted by ThomCat

I was thoroughly enjoying Imus on the hot seat until I saw some remarks last night. He was totally wrong and deserves whatever lies ahead for him but to watch two of the most transparent hypocritical phonies in the world, Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton, take shots at this guy was painful. The two "reverends" who could not more clearly define "people who live in glass houses....." grandstanding to use this inexcusable offense to further there own agendas was absurd. In my humble opinion these two, who have numerous disgraceful indiscretions of their own to recognize & be accountable for, would be wise to spend as much energy in keeping their own house in order as they do trying to incite and exacerbate an ultra-stupid, maximum irresponsible, insensitive & hurtful comment made in a lame attempt at humor. Make no mistake, I don't by any means condone or take lightly the gravity of these moronic statements or suggest letting Imus off the hook but the word "racist" is not exclusive to one particular group.

I agree.

[Raven]

it was a disgusting .... show of racism against whites for saying something that the blacks fondly say to themselves same as callin each other "Nigger" ..... (that word's root means black) and which is considered a "term of endearment" when they use it.
(as long as a black says it....it's not racist) a double standard!

Grandstanding was the most perfect WORD ,,,and one i expressed mentally to myself while hearing the interview....

the USA has bent over backwards and bitten its own butt in the name of politically correctness in my opinion... to the point its ridiculous.

[PaulS]

He has a weekend house near me. Would it be appropriate for me to stop when I'm on a bike ride in front of the house if I see his wife and call her a dirty whore? If i'm on the sidewalk and don't scream I'd bet I still would get arrested within about 10 min.

[vanstaal]

if everybody fish there be a shortage of fishing poles

[Swimmer]

Remember the hymietown and white interlopers comment. That was free speech and so wasn't Imus's words free speech.

Fox had three Americans of African decent on last night and only one considered outright racist. One didn't think much of it and the comic whose name I don't know thought it was hillarious.

[Mike P]

Imus does have a right to free speech--in his own living room, on his ranch, on a public street corner, in the halls of Congress or in any other public forum.

However, CBS, MSNBC and Infinity Broadcasting do have every right to dictate what he can and can't say while he's sitting behind a microphone that they own

Letting two race hustlers like Sharpton and Jackson call the tune is disgraceful, but again, the folks who own the radio stations can dance to whatever tune they want.

Imus has the cash to buy his own station, if he wants to. He has a broadcast studio at his ranch. He can buy the equipment to air his own show and if he can find enough advertisers, and enough stations willing to syndicate it, he can say whatever the hell he wants

Imus isn't the first guy in NYC to get in hot water by saying something stupid. Bob Grant was fired by WABC after publicly celebrating the death of Clinton's Commerce Secretary, Ron Brown, in a plane crash. He moved right over to another station and kept on saying the same things.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by PaulS

He has a weekend house near me. Would it be appropriate for me to stop when I'm on a bike ride in front of the house if I see his wife and call her a dirty whore? If i'm on the sidewalk and don't scream I'd bet I still would get arrested within about 10 min.

No, she'd probably just come over and beat the crap out of you--she's supposedly one tough cookie

[spence]

Originally Posted by Mike P

No, she'd probably just come over and beat the crap out of you--she's supposedly one tough cookie

Wasn't she a boxer?

-spence

[vineyardblues]

I would guess and hope he gets the old boot.
No need at all for what he said, they should now make a pint of glue out
of his sorry arse.

[Andy D]

Although I think he had a senior moment when he made those comments. Whats the difference between those kinds of comments and saying that all Polish people are stupid or every Italian is a mobster or Jewish people are tight with their money. There is no big media hype or people getting fired. Why is it that? What he said was wrong and he should appoligise but to fire him is kind of extreme. Imus has done a lot of good for humanity with his ranch and the S.I.D.S foundation to name a few. What has Al Sharpton or Jessie Jackson done for their "people" besides jumping into these types of situations for their own agendas. As someone else stated on this thread when African Americans use the "N" word to describe each other where are Sharpton , Jackson then. The double standard just pisses me off

[Goose]

I'ld like to see Sharpton make half the afford towards some of the people on BET tv when use the N and B word with nappy all over it, if he looses his job its because hes white and said those comments.

[Mike P]

Good points. Imus gives 10 times more to charity every year than Al Sharpton owes to the Asst DA he defamed during the Tawana Brawley fiasco