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Kramer Rant Boosts DVD Sales

SeinfeldIt seems that there really is no such thing as bad press -- even press generated by racist tirades.

Sales of season seven of "Seinfeld" are up 75% over season six and 90% over season five -- after one week of sales, according to website DVD Empire. Meanwhile, DeepDiscountDVD.com reports a staggering 178% increase over season six. Sales are up despite Jesse Jackson calling for a boycott.

Seasons five and six were released on the same day last year. TMZ's video of Michael Richards' hideous harangue was first seen on November 20 -- one day before season seven was released. Richards went on "The Late Show with David Letterman" that same night to apologize.

To paraphrase Seinfeld ... is there anything wrong with that?



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46. Thanks 41, but I'm very literate and why don't you do the research. The % of blacks that commit crimes is much hgher than that of the whites. Also the percentage of blacks on welfare, much higher. Thanks why don't you research the facts before you open your nasty nigger mouth

Posted at 8:02PM on Nov 29th 2006 by Jess

47. 44...How bout writing Jesse Jackson...STUPID...We are NOT all the same!!!
Thank you!

You probably smile when you walk by black people...don't you?! PHONEY!!!

Posted at 7:37PM on Nov 29th 2006 by Ms. Black

48. @ 47...Like Halle Berry?

Posted at 6:47PM on Nov 29th 2006 by ?????

49. #41

I do read the local news. Frequently. And guess what? A lot of the crime that I read about is still perpetrated by young black men. As far as blaming crime on economic status, let me guess, that's the fault of the rich right? How about blaming the crimes on the criminal! How about making these young men take personal responsibility instead of blaming the white people, the rich people, the police, and so on and so forth. As for my "attitude", that's simple, I grew up a little white girl in Atlanta, looking up to Martin Luther King Jr. Guess what, I grew up and learned that the real world consists of jokers like Jesse Jackson who not only don't stand for what Martin Luther King did but clearly stand for the opposite. As long as there are black "leaders" like him around, Martin Luther King Jr's dream will never become reality. White people will shake their heads and walk away thinking that no matter what they do they will always be villified for what happened 50, 100, even 200 years ago.

Posted at 7:36PM on Nov 29th 2006 by Julia

50. I am reading some of the comment and a lot of you sound crazy and irrational as hell.

This man lost his composure and said some pretty ugly things. And now you turn it around and use it as a excuse to attack Black peole?

Black people aren't the one's keeping this story going, the White media is!

It looks like Michael Richards isn't the only one with mental problems. Geez!

Posted at 6:53PM on Nov 29th 2006 by Sheila

51. White people are ALWAYS looking for an excuse to attack Black people.....ALWAYS!!

You people are sad and pitiful.

Posted at 6:52PM on Nov 29th 2006 by Tina

52. I agree Trina!!
I bet their asses loved some Michael Jordan though!!! Hahahaha..Hypocrites!!!!

Posted at 6:54PM on Nov 29th 2006 by Ms. Black

53. * ahem *

If by your own admission you'd never say things like this to a black person, what credibility do you have? Just another angry little punk who's mad at his own lack of nuts, me thinketh.....

Oh yeah, and I've shown this to my white co-workers, who have been embarassed and apologizing profusely for people who think like you. You're really doing your race proud, you fruitcups. Here's a hint - get out of the trailer park sometime. You might like the real world.

Posted at 6:56PM on Nov 29th 2006 by Selah

54.
And "Bill Clinton" - if we're so dumb and dangerous (which is BS, because I can name at least three cultures who have done FAR more damage, including Europeans) - WHY DO YOU PEOPLE INSIST ON IMITATING US SO MUCH!!! YOU LITTLE SK8R PUNKS LOVE TO ACT LIKE GHETTO YOUTHS!!!


LMAO @ Your backwards-ass thinking!!

Posted at 6:59PM on Nov 29th 2006 by Selah

55. @ 55 are you DUMB???? The media Circus will NEVER stop, Whitie!

Posted at 7:01PM on Nov 29th 2006 by ???

56. The white media like Jesse Hijackson?

And to the guy who said all you see on the news is black crimes...are you on fucking crack?

I promise at least 20 crimes were comitted TODAY in Los Angeles County by blacks, that WERE CAUGHT AND ARRESTED. You will see NONE of them on the news, nor will you hear ANYTHING about it ANYWHERE other than LAPD's own web site. IF EVEN ONE WHITE PERSON had done one major crime today, we will hear about it for the next 3-5 days/weeks.

Your fucking skewed badly to think that blacks get slammed in the news. They don't because EVERYONE is too fucking afraid to report, because of people like you and your misconceptions, of racism.


What a joke.

NO ONE OF COURSE HAD SHIT TO SAY ABOUT - JESSE HIJACKSON being a HUGE RACIST, now then did they. And blacks wonder why people thnk the way they do, your supposed "Civil Rights Leader" is a scum bag racist adulterer..Just keep pointing at the white guy.....and maybe they wont notice

Posted at 7:05PM on Nov 29th 2006 by Too Silly

57. And another thing...if we're so uneducated, what are we doing in Washington D.C. right along with the rest of the leader! Yeah, Black people work in Congress, and go to college, and white people can be hella obnoxious!

Damn you suck. What a sheltered, narrow-minded, half-witted way of life it must take to be you.... Ha ha.

Posted at 7:03PM on Nov 29th 2006 by Selah

58. NOT as long as you have your BIG FAT HANDS OUT!
Who was plastered on TV after hurricaine Katrina stealing Blue jeans and Basketball shoes????? Niggers, thats who. I didn't see one white person raiding the stores, kicking doors down-you were like cockroaches! you are the reason I didn't give money. After i saw that, NOT ONE PENNY!!

Posted at 7:03PM on Nov 29th 2006 by sickofit

59. I'm writing from Canada and it is interesting how this occurrence has been processed differently up here than it has down there. BTW, I love the U.S. and please don't take this the wrong way, but it is obvious that your history of slavery has left an open wound in your country. A wound which cannot heal, until the slurs stop from both sides. Up here we don't see this so much as a black/white issue, but rather as an issue of slurs period. While I don't really think that the entire Seinfeld crew should have to suffer for the actions of one, and niether do I think that Kramer should have to pay damages, the fact that Rev. Jackson had a child out of wedlock really isn't relevant at all. Racism and racial slurs damage society and it's tolerance hinders our children's chances of living in a gentler and healthier society. Those who commit hate crimes should be shunned. I accept Michael's apology, but what is really important here isn't what any of us do or do not accept today, but how we plan to make tomorrow a better world for all. As you can see, I feel it irrelevant to tell you what colour I am. This is a societal issue which needs to be addressed. Not to mention a very sad day for all.

Posted at 7:09PM on Nov 29th 2006 by neutral

60. The reason that white people imitate Blacks so much is mainly because white youths that live in suburbs or cities for that matter want to rebel.

And black people are dangerous, materialistic and juvenile.

That's why and you are totally right but that certainily is not a defense of Black people.

Why are all of the top most dangerous cities in America black and the safest white. Because blacks destroy their neighborhoods with gangs, drugs and violence. It's a fact.

I am not for white power. I don't like rednecks and boring suburban white people either. Though they act less like animals than blacks.

I prefer Jews or the Japanese. They are really the smartest groups of people.

But seriously it's pretty obvious American Blacks are the dumbest group of people on earth. The quicker you realize this and admit it the quicker you can fix it.

Read the Bell Curve. There is scientific evidence and I.Q. studies which reveal as much as if you really need that sort of proof. I think just driving through your average black neighborhood or reading some education or crime statistics can do that for you.

Anyway Good Luck Black People. I don't know why you are not that smart but I wish you luck.

Posted at 7:53PM on Nov 29th 2006 by Bill Clinton

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