This will be my only post on the topic. I would not have felt inclined to contribute anything until an interview with Coach C. Vivian Stringer sat on my conscious the entire day.

I cannot begin to quote her eloquent remarks, but they ring in my head. First, she reminded me of the real victims, and it

RobertN Wrote:

MileHighBronco Wrote:

Quote:Imus was trying to be young and hip, throwing those phrases around.

Maybe Jackson and Sharpton could focus their energies on the current origin of those phrases in pop culture. But that wouldn't get them the kind of attention they seek.

Not defending Imus - what he said was deplorable. I don't listen to him, anyway and I don't really care what happens with him but if he were to be fired, he'd probably pull a Stern and sign with Serius sat radio for much bigger bucks.

There are a LOT of kids with cancer that really care what happens to him.

http://www.imusranchfoods.com/

Quote:NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Radio host Don Imus is facing criticism from the Wall Street Journal Thursday for the costs incurred by his charity that brings sick children to his ranch for visits.

The paper, quoting the filings of Imus' charity, reports that it spent $2.6 million in 2003 and $2.7 million in 2002 to bring 100 children to the ranch each year. That works out to just under $3,000 per night per child, which the paper reports is far more than spent by other charities.

It said that Camp Starfish, another well-known charity for children, hosts over 150 kids a summer on a budget of $360,000 a year, while actor Paul Newman's charity, The Hole in the Wall Gang Fund, has a budget that's more than twice as large as the Imus Ranch but hosts 10 times as many kids at its summer camp.

Sounds like "ALOT" of kids to me

http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/24/news/newsmakers/imus/

oldbronco1 Wrote:

RobertN Wrote:

MileHighBronco Wrote:

Quote:Imus was trying to be young and hip, throwing those phrases around.

Maybe Jackson and Sharpton could focus their energies on the current origin of those phrases in pop culture. But that wouldn't get them the kind of attention they seek.

Not defending Imus - what he said was deplorable. I don't listen to him, anyway and I don't really care what happens with him but if he were to be fired, he'd probably pull a Stern and sign with Serius sat radio for much bigger bucks.

There are a LOT of kids with cancer that really care what happens to him.

http://www.imusranchfoods.com/

Quote:NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Radio host Don Imus is facing criticism from the Wall Street Journal Thursday for the costs incurred by his charity that brings sick children to his ranch for visits.

The paper, quoting the filings of Imus' charity, reports that it spent $2.6 million in 2003 and $2.7 million in 2002 to bring 100 children to the ranch each year. That works out to just under $3,000 per night per child, which the paper reports is far more than spent by other charities.

It said that Camp Starfish, another well-known charity for children, hosts over 150 kids a summer on a budget of $360,000 a year, while actor Paul Newman's charity, The Hole in the Wall Gang Fund, has a budget that's more than twice as large as the Imus Ranch but hosts 10 times as many kids at its summer camp.

Sounds like "ALOT" of kids to me

http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/24/news/newsmakers/imus/

Thank you for correcting the word "alot" for me.

its funny how things work out....the kids from the lacross team at duke got the charges droped .. i remember jess jackson rushing to judgement on this case and the quote waS " THERE IS MORE EVIDENCE THAT VIOLENCE OCCURED TO HER THAN SHE'S THE LEAD OF A HOAX"...I wonder if jackson will appolagize to those kids for that stament...ill problably take 100 to 1 he wont .this is the hypocracy of man....

Anyone know if Whoopi Goldberg has weighed in on the subject? ;-)

Motown Bronco Wrote:... he comes across as someone who just revels in making crude remarks about people's physical characteristics...

Like he has room to talk...

I agree with Imus although I never listen to him. Now let's be honest here people because almost NO ONE and that includes even conservative talk show host are being honest about this. When ya'll watched the NCAA basketball tournament this year and one of the many black guys was at the foul line shooting and the camera was zoomed on him, didn't you think to yourself "what is the deal with all those hideous tats on your arm man"? I know I've thought that a hundred times. I've been waiting for a TV announcer to inquire about it, but of course they never will because they know the same thing would happen to them that happened to Imus. Those tats look hideous on those players and it is mostly a black thing. I know there are some whites that have them, but it is almost a given that blacks will have them. And they look even worse on women than they do men. And yes you do get the impression that they are street level people and not college students when you see those tats. And after all that's what Imus was talking about--impressions. What is racist about that? Nothing!!

Like the fellow said in the article above. This isn't going to help blacks deal with their real issues one bit. It just keeps the old failed system in place--blaming every ill in black culture on white racism. This whole thing is fabricated white racism. This is for keeping affirmative action and sympathy for blacks alive and well.

Endzone2 Wrote:I agree with Imus although I never listen to him. Now let's be honest here people because almost NO ONE and that includes even conservative talk show host are being honest about this. When ya'll watched the NCAA basketball tournament this year and one of the many black guys was at the foul line shooting and the camera was zoomed on him, didn't you think to yourself "what is the deal with all those hideous tats on your arm man"? I know I've thought that a hundred times. I've been waiting for a TV announcer to inquire about it, but of course they never will because they know the same thing would happen to them that happened to Imus. Those tats look hideous on those players and it is mostly a black thing. I know there are some whites that have them, but it is almost a given that blacks will have them. And they look even worse on women than they do men. And yes you do get the impression that they are street level people and not college students when you see those tats. And after all that's what Imus was talking about--impressions. What is racist about that? Nothing!!

Like the fellow said in the article above. This isn't going to help blacks deal with their real issues one bit. It just keeps the old failed system in place--blaming every ill in black culture on white racism. This whole thing is fabricated white racism. This is for keeping affirmative action and sympathy for blacks alive and well.

Tats don't offend me or make me wonder about someones character black or white. Unless they have a face tatto ala Mike Tyosn. I really don't think that this is a sympathy driven issue or a vailed attempt to keep affirmative action. The remark wasn't taken out of context either. Don Imus should not be a hero to the culturaly victimized white man. He insulted people in a mean spirited and racial insensative way. He is in an image business and his image took a hit. Whatever the agenda of all the vultures who are picking at his corpse might be they are not hidden or unknown before this incident. Don Imus did this to himself and he was wrong. He is not worth defending.

you want to see hypocrasy....watch the music videos on BET..HOW IS THAT NO OFENSIVE ? i dont see jackson and sharpton walking in front of that station shuting it down.....comfusing.....

I don't listen to Imus but feel his words are disgusting that being said there should be equal treatment of stuff like this.

Penn of Penn and Teller, Bill Maher and Rosie O'Donnel are three of the most hateful people that target cristianity and catholics on a daily basis but Viacom keeps them in business as creative artists. THey hold "variety" shows but feel the need to uphold their hatred of catholics/christians. How do they keep their jobs ?

From Bill Donohue :

FWIW, I enjoy Catholic-bashing humor.

thegeneral Wrote:FWIW, I enjoy Catholic-bashing humor.

Lee,

The problem is they have network shows you are just requesting if someone wants paper or plastic as they check out their groceries.

Zing!

Ouch....

thegeneral Wrote:Zing!

Ouch....

GO BRONCS !!!!!!

The only time it hits the fan is when the comments are directed at blacks. What if the "artist" had done a chocolate black man instead of Jesus? The circus would follow.

I for one and sick and tired of this constant babying and excusing black people. It is way way way more than high time for blacks to start accepting responsibility for what they do. Putting tats on your arms is a black culture thing and it looks hideous and stupid. BLACKS should take responsibility for that and no one else! It isn't Don Imus' fault, it isn't my fault and it isn't your fault.

The result of blacks constantly shifting responsibility off themselves and onto whites has resulted in a bunch of spoiled babies that act like little children whenever they don't get their way. It has resulted in the almost complete destruction of the black family and hence they don't get their values from mom & dad (because mom & dad just aint around much) but rather from tattoo laden black thugs in pro sports and rap music. Their crime rate is 8.3 times higher than white crime and their illigetimacy rate is off the charts at about 80%. These conditions did not exist prior to the civil rights movement and the perversion of the civil rights movement by the democrats in congress. This incident with Imus is just a continuation of the same theme and JJ & Al are the same old tired worn out players.

You are just a complete racist scum bag. It isn't hard to see where you are coming from, now its the congressional democrats fault that the "blacks," have a high illegitimacy rate. I'm sure Sean Hannity would be happy to take your call.

Liam9903 Wrote:You are just a complete racist scum bag. It isn't hard to see where you are coming from, now its the congressional democrats fault that the "blacks," have a high illegitimacy rate. I'm sure Sean Hannity would be happy to take your call.

Blacks don't have a hig illegitimacy rate, they have a very high illegitimacy rate. Whose fault do you think it is BTW?

I don't really know or care. It doesn't seem to be relavent to this discussion. Which is why it is so strange that you would bring it up. Why its almost like you have some deep deep frustration about race...and apparently spelling. You need to do some serious self examination if kids with tattos can stir up all of these issues for you. You are no different than Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. You use an incident not involving you to speew your feelings and views on race.

Liam9903 Wrote:I don't really know or care. It doesn't seem to be relavent to this discussion. Which is why it is so strange that you would bring it up. Why its almost like you have some deep deep frustration about race...and apparently spelling. You need to do some serious self examination if kids with tattos can stir up all of these issues for you. You are no different than Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. You use an incident not involving you to speew your feelings and views on race.

Now that you got that out of your system, I'll ask you again. Whose fault is it that there is a 80% illegitimacy rate in the black community?

First of all I have no idea where you are pulling that number from. You should probably provide a non wikopedia link to that "stat."I don't know exactly what constitutes the "black community," I assume you mean african americans everywhere in the United States, if I"m innacurate please correct me. I don't know if this is just with just one african american parent in the couple or two. I don't know what this definition of illegetimacy is. Is it unmarried parents, or a single parent. Does it count divorce after the child was born? I also have no idea what this has to do with Don Imus saying something mean to some basketball players?