Who's Don Imus, anyway?

[Perd Hapley]

Have you ever listened to him?

Do you know anyone who listens to him? 

I haven't and don't.


And is "nappy" a racial slur?  I thought it was a hair-care issue. 

[RadioFreeSeaLab]

Don't listen, don't care.
This is all happening because those girls are black, and Sharpton and Jackson are racist attention whores.  Hopefully at least one girl on the team has the stones to stand up and say "look, Don Imus is a nobody, and I'm a grown woman.  I'm not going to cry about this, can we please just move on?"

[TexasRifleman]

Hopefully at least one girl on the team has the stones to stand up and say "look, Don Imus is a nobody, and I'm a grown woman.  I'm not going to cry about this, can we please just move on?"

Too late.  Sharpton and Jackson got to them already.  They just gave a news conference and you can guess how that went.

[Perd Hapley]

"...the locks, the dreds, the nappy heads..."





Can't remember which album, or which song.  Time to try out the CD player in the new pick-up.   

[Manedwolf]

He's a rather frighteningly dessicated radio loudmouth who thinks he's a cowboy.

I think he was freeze-dried in the 70's or something, yet persists in ambulation and vocalization. Basically all wrinkles, a mullet, and lots of bloviation and babbling.

[Boomhauer]

But of course, if a black radio host had made comments about whites, nothing would be said.

I know of one such radio host, a convicted felon, who calls himself "Ryan B.". He spews racist bullsh*t about whites and the blacks who work with them. He is finally getting sued by those he slandered, and something like 7 lawsuits have been filed against him, so their is some justice. But it is little comfort knowing that he is still on the air, while a white host who said things similar to what he said would have been jerked from the air faster than you can holler "Racism!".

I don't listen to Imus, and I can't get his show anyway. I'd rather listen to Neal Boortz.

[armchair warrior]

Is he still on the air??
Big todo about nuthin"

[meinbruder]

He's a rather frighteningly dessicated radio loudmouth who thinks he's a cowboy.

I think he was freeze-dried in the 70's or something, yet persists in ambulation and vocalization. Basically all wrinkles, a mullet, and lots of bloviation and babbling.

Excellent description.  He's also one of the NYC hoi polloi; a radio personality that caters to the lowest side of human nature and his stock in trade is insulting everyone.  It's about time he got a comeuppance!  As a side note, he is one of the few NYC elite to have a CHL and claims to support RKBA; not that includes the unwashed masses of Gotham City.  P!$$ off enough people and one really needs a CHL.  I understand hes one a satellite station, his show is considered too vulgar for broadcast radio; but then, thats just my opinion.
}:)>

[wmenorr67]

Never heard of the guy until this flap.  And he is one to talk about hair.

[K Frame]

Jesse Jackson is in on this?

I guess he had to go back to Hymietown...

Hypocritical racist bastard.

[Sindawe]

And is "nappy" a racial slur?  I thought it was a hair-care issue.

Really?  I though it was a handy term for Sodium Phosphate solutions.

Sodium Phosphate with Sodium Chloride = NaPi-NaCl = Nappy-Nackle 

With Sharpton and Jackson in the mix, you KNOW its a circus.

[03Shadowbob]

Man, I knew the "Revs" were gonna jump all over this. It's another avenue for them to push their agenda. You know if I was black, I would really want to push for better representatives of my race. I would bet that there is very little respect given to these 2 circus clowns from the other races. That's not good since if people do not respect you or your representatives then noone will really listen to what you have to say, except for NBC and CBS 

[De Selby]

I bet he's got an assistant that takes care of putting just the right amount of "authentic" dust on his hat.

What a clown.

[Thor]

Don Imus was a Marine. He leans pretty far left. I used to listen to him early in the morning when I couldn't sleep. He put me right back asleep. He does do some good for children. He has a ranch in New Mexico that takes care of children with cancer. He's on MSNBC in the early morning and apparently on a radio simulcast.

This link is pretty enlightening: http://www.answers.com/topic/don-imus

[grampster]

There was a lady on Rush's show today.  She made one of the most powerful statements I've ever heard regarding distasteful comments and the effect or non effect they have.  She said, while using her daughter as an example, that "my daughters joy cannot be taken away by what comes out of Don Imus' mouth."

Reminded me of the old ditty when I was a kid.  "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."  Most folks who, imho, are "offended" by other people's remarks are not very secure in themselves and are or promote professional victimhood, who more than likely have an agenda to create misery for others in order to aggrandize themselves.

[roo_ster]

Imus stopped being funny & interesting after he quit snorting coke and took up vegetarianism.  If Rush's talent is on loan from God, Don's was on loan from the Columbian drug cartels and the beef lobby.  That loan has been called in.

As to the current kerfluffle, I am reflexively on the side of whomever Jesse "Hymietown" Jackson and Al "Tawana" Sharpton are against.

But, I don't think it fair to the female basketball players to lump them in with Al & Jesse.  So, Imus owes them an apology for tacky remarks.  What he doesn't owe (anyone) is a "Don Imus Apology Tour."

I will share the indignation of the professionally aggrieved race whores (Jesse, Al, & such) when their particular subculture polices its own with the same vigor it polices the speech of others.

[Bigjake]

He's an ass, but it's a free country.  

The second you add the name "Sharpton" or "Jackson"  to any pseudo-controversy,  It should instantly loose all credibility and be dismissed as the race baiting BS it is.

don't remember who said it, but Imus is this weeks anna-nicole

[DJJ]

I was disappointed. It's high time somebody stood up to Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. But despite his big insult-comic act, Imus is evidently a coward.

[Evil Monkey]

Imus did nothing wrong. NOTHING.

Why is he getting grilled and this guy isn't?
http://www.break.com/index/double_standard.html

[The Rabbi]

Imus is a pal of Kinky Friedman.  That makes him OK in my book.  I remember vaguely hearing about him in NY in the 1970s.

[Perd Hapley]

the professionally aggrieved race whores (Jesse, Al, & such)

That's professionally aggrieved, nappy-headed race whores, thank you very much. 


Rabbi, I knew basically who Imus was, but I have no idea who Kinky Friedman is.  Spill. 

[The Rabbi]

Leader of Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, author of "They aint making Jews like Jesus anymore" and "get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed" and other hits.  Also author of a hit series of detective books.  Ran for gov of Texas last year.

[Perd Hapley]

Funny.  So long as we're educating fistful, who's this Scoop Jackson everybody but me seems to know about? 

[MillCreek]

Funny.  So long as we're educating fistful, who's this Scoop Jackson everybody but me seems to know about? 

I was going to start explaining about Henry 'Scoop' Jackson, the Democratic senator from Washington for several decades, but I wonder if you are referring to the radio personality of the same name. 

[Perd Hapley]

I keep hearing about "Scoop Jackson" as an example of how the Democratic Party used to be more mainstream, which is to say conservative.  Probably just has to do with radio talkers being older than me.  Nevermind.