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Imus Pulls an Imus -- Round Two

Open mouth, insert foot ... again.
Don Imus
Don Imus did it again this morning, wondering aloud about the race of NFL star Adam "Pacman" Jones after hearing of all the various run-ins with the law Jones has had. "What color is he?" Imus asked his co-host. After being told he was African-American, he shot back, "Well, there you go." Do some people never learn?

Like clockwork, Al Sharpton came back with a statement.

"It has been reported to me that statements were made by Mr. Imus this morning and National Action Network has monitored his show since his return. I find the inference of his remark disturbing because it plays into stereotypes. Any use of stereotypes is always counterproductive. We will determine in the next day or so whether or not his remark warrants direct action on our part as we did in April of last year."

Imus was fired last year after he referred to the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos." WABC, the station that broadcasts the show, said Imus will explain his comments on Tuesday's show. Good luck with that.

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316. I AM RESPONDING TO "TB" COMMENT # 309...FIRST OF ALL DON IMUS DID NOT INVENT RACISM..THIS STUPID TOPIC IS CRAZY ALREADY!! HE WAS REFERRING TO WHAT A SHAME IT WAS FOR THAT FOOTBALL PLAYER THAT RACISM IS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES!! HE WAS NOT INVENTING THE IDEA...IT ALREADY EXISTS!! SECONDLY, THE BLACKS WERE NOT HELD IN "CAPTIVITY" FOR 200 YEARS IN A ROW..MOST OF THEM WANTED TO KEEP THEIR JOBS WHEN SET FREE, AND HAD NO WHERE TO GO. THEY WANTED TO STAY ON AS HOUSEKEEPERS, COOKS, BUTLERS, ETC!! WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? I AM WHITE AND THAT IS MY PROFESSION11 I AM A HOUSEKEEPER, LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL MANSION, HAVE WEEKENDS OFF, AND CAN BUY MY OWN BEAUTIFUL HOUSE & CAR, WITH THE HANDSOME SALARY I GET. THAT IS THE WAY IT WAS FOR THE FREED SLAVES. IN TIME, THEIR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, ETC., BECAME EDUCATED AND BECAME OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY. WE HAVE BLACK AUTHORS, PROFESSORS, MILITARY MEN, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS(MALE & FEMALE), BALL PLAYERS, MUSICIANS...SO WHERE DO YOU GET OFF STILL COMPLAINING?? THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A NEGATIVE RESPONSE TO ANY GROUP THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PROTESTOR. YOU ARE GUILTY OF RACISM, BIG TIME...I MEAN...BY YOUR OWN DEFINITION, YOU ARE CATEGORIZING "WHITE FOLK" AS A HATEFUL, CRUEL BUNCH...THERE IS ALWAYS SOME BAD FRUIT IN A BARREL..TOO BAD FOR US, BUT ITS NATURE..MOVE THE HECK ON, AND WHEN PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE "VITIM MODE OF THINKING STOP THINKING LIKE THAT, NO ONE WILL NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES... WHEN AL ROKER, TELLS THE WEATHER ON THE NEWS, I FORGET HE IS BLACK, AS ANY FOOTBALL PLAYER, ETC..THEY AREN'T FOCUSING ON THAT..THEY ARE JUST "BEING" AND THAT MAKES MOST PEOPLE SEE THEM AS EQUAL..I FEEL GUILTY WRITING THIS, SINCE IT'S BEEN LIKE FOREVER I'VE CHATTED ABOUT THIS NONSENSE...BY THE WAY, WANT ME TO GO ON TV & COMPLAIN ABOUT THE GERMAN WHO CALLED ME A FILTHY GUINEA-WOP? THE NAZI GERMANS CRUCIFIED & TORTURED THE ITALIANS, POLISH & JEWS...ALL WHITE...GO READ A BOOK OUTSIDE OF YOUR LOCAL HOMETOWN, OK? BE HAPPY...UNITY...PEACE

Posted at 7:53AM on Jun 28th 2008 by MARI

317. ONE MORE IMPORTANT FACTOID: PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS WHITE. THE MEN(& SOME WOMEN) WHO WERE YOUNG , MOSTLY, DIED FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE BLACK PEOPLE WHO WERE BEING HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL...ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT? THE OTHER SIDE OF WHITE PEOPLE ARE THE ONES WHO KILLED THE NORTHERN WHITES, WHICH SHOWS THERE IS GOOD & BAD IN THE SAME RACE. THE SAME GOES FOR ANY RACE, RELIGION, COLOR OF A PEOPLE!!! IT BOTHERS ME TO HEAR THE COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO ONLY WANT TO COMPLAIN, CRITICIZE, AND FEEL COMFORTABLE LIVING AS A "VICTIM", NOT AS A "VICTOR". AND YOU CAN'T BE A "VICTOR" IF YOU NIT-PICK EVERY PETTY THING IN SOCIETY..LEARN TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE...LOVE..PEACE...UNITY...

Posted at 2:30AM on Jun 29th 2008 by MARI

318. ONE MORE THING I'VE GOT TO SAY IN RESPONSE TO COMMENT #315 OPTIMAL OPTIMUS......I STILL DON'T GET WHAT ALL THIS TURMOIL IS ABOUT!!! BOTTOM LINE...IMUS SAID IN RESPONSE TO THE OTHER MAN"WHAT COLOR WAS HE?"...THE MAN SAID "BLACK"..IMUS SAID"WELL, THERE YOU GO" MEANING...IT FIGURES THAT THIS CRAP(RACISM) IS GOING ON BEHIND SO-CALLED "SWELL" GUYS PHONEY EXCUSES. IMUS SAW RIGHT THROUGH IT. HE WAS POINTING OUT THAT UNFAIR SITUATION. AS FAR AS BEING A BIGOT...I KNOW YOU WERE NOT REFERRING TO ME...I SAY WHAT I MEAN...AND MY COMMENTS ARE BASED ON FACTS, NOT PERSONAL BIAS. I DO NOT SEE OTHER NATIONALITIES MAKING A FUSS WHEN SOME IDIOT MAKES A COMMENT ..SUCH AS THE EXAMPLE I WROTE IN MY LAST POST ABOUT A GERMAN MAN CALLING ME A FILTHY GUINEA-WOP...AND I DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER CUZ I'M A WOMAN!!! THE GUY WAS OBVIOUSLY A TWISTED & UNHAPPY OLD MAN>>>ANGRY AT HIMSELF, MOST LIKELY...SO I HELD MY HEAD UP HIGH & IGNORED IT> THIS IS WHAT YOU DO>>>ALL OF US.SHOULD ..JUST REALIZE THERE ARE STUPID PEOPLE ON EARTH..& IT'S ABOUT THEMSELVES...NOT YOU OR ME.!! BUT..ABOUT IMUS...HE WAS NOT DEGRADING ANYONE...IF SOME PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, THEN LET THEM..ONE CAN RATIONALIZE ANYTHING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU ARE CORRECT. SO YOU PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE TURMOIL IN YOUR LIVES. THAT'S YOUR CHOICE..AND YOUR HEAD PROBLEM. NOW...CAN WE ALL JUST SSSTTTOOOPPP???!!! HOLY CRAP!!

Posted at 10:20AM on Jun 29th 2008 by MARI

319. Why did they kill Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X and leave Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton? Shouldn't have been the other way around?

Posted at 11:39AM on Jun 29th 2008 by Shig Raw

320. Obama will win the election because he has the black vote and the Islamic vote. Obama will be sworn in with the Koran. He will also help us make peace with the growing Islamic population.

Posted at 12:45PM on Jun 29th 2008 by Big Bear

321. OBAMA WILL NOT BE SWORN IN BY THE KORAN...THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON THE BIBLE...AND THEREBY MUST GO ACCORDINGLY...HE CAN SWEAR ON THE KORAN IN PRIVATE...FREEDOM OF RELIGION...THE MAJORITY IN THIS COUNTRY IS BIBLE BASED , NO MATTER WHAT "BRANCH" , SO TO SPEAK. AND, BY THE WAY...WE DO NOT NEED OBAMA TO HELP MAKE PEACE WITH THE GROWING ISLAMIC POPULATION...THAT SHOULD BE A GIVEN AMONGST US AS A UNITED STATES CITIZEN...GET IT? UNITED...NOT DIVIDED...BUT, AS MUCH AS YOU MAY NOT ACCEPT THAT THE COUNTRY IS BIBLE BASED, IT IS...AND IF OBAMA WINS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT REALITY...AND TO ACCEPT THE KORAN AS HIS BASE OF FAITH TO RUN OUR LIVES WILL NEVER BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT A MAJOR UPROAR...ONE THING AT A TIME. WHEN LEAVING YOUR COUNTRY YOU ARE BORN FROM, AND COMING TO THE UNITED STATES, YOU HAVE TO DECIDE IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU ACCEPT THIS COUNTRY...IF NOT...STAY IN THE COUNTRY YOU WERE BORN IN..OR IF YOU WERE BORN HERE, ACCEPT THAT OUR BIBLE BASED FAITH ALLOWS YOU TO PRACTICE WHATEVER FAITH YOU WANT!!! SORRY...IT'S A FACTOID !! NO OFFENSE.

Posted at 12:40PM on Jul 6th 2008 by MARI

322. DEAR "AMERICAN PATRIOT"..(comment # 321)--- WHAT ARE YOU SAYING EXACTLY? BE SPECIFIC---AND , BY THE WAY---I DOUBT OBAMA WILL BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT...COME ON!! EVEN HIS NAME SOUNDS LIKE AN ENEMY!!!

Posted at 5:54PM on Jul 24th 2008 by MARI

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