Posted on 04/14/2007 1:11:33 PM PDT by dr_who_2
I was living in New Mexico when this was happening. He was supposed to be using the ranch for waifs. When he told the simpleton Sharpton that “I am a good man,” that was, of course, his opinion. Not very humble either.
You said — “I wonder who does Snoop’s PR. Can you imagine anyone advising a client to respond in this way?”
Well, there’s a lot of double-standard, here with Imus. The fact that these rappers can say and “rap” on stuff that is 100 times worse than Imus and probably make more money than him and also never have the Sharptons and the Jacksons on their case, says a lot.
Also, there’s a lot to be said about the really sad state of our youth, those 13-18 years olds (and also the older ones, into college and out into the workforce).
See this other post that I did...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1817434/posts?page=79#79
Well, for post #52, I’ll give the *reference* to those lyrics that are 100 times worse than the three or four words of Imus, talking about those nappy headed hoes...
Here’s the link that this came from, you can see for yourself... These are really 100 times worse than anything Imus ever did...
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/i/ice+cube/givin+up+the+nappy+dugout_20066646.html
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And also, I stated in another thread the following —
Now, this is the kind of stuff that you’ll find the 13-18 year olds listening to, and that’s why our culture has changed so drastically (for that age group), among many other reasons why that’s so...
There was a discussion about these things in regards to Girls Gone Wild owner and his troubles with the law. Many were blaming him, however, the stuff that is going on (out there) with our 13-18 year old group (and afterwards in college) is coming from *that generation* and not from the guys making Girls Gone Wild.
How much listening to this kind of stuff before the entire generation just goes off and does exactly what these songs are saying. Oh..., wait a minute — they’re already doing it...
See some of these other FReeper threads...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760487/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814975/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1815779/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1816008/posts
And so the story goes with our younger generation...
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Now, I wonder, considering that Obama was seen to be chummy with Ludicris (in a picture that someone posted), if the Democrats (or at least one leading Democrat) are for this kind of language — really (despite what they did about Imus).
And — then — if SoS Rice can comment about what Imus said — like she did — why on earth couldn’t she say about *100 times more* about what’s going on with Ludicris and how the Sharptons and the Jacksons are apparently “just fine” with it. They apparently don’t care as long as it’s a “black boy” saying it. But, you better not be a white boy...
Regards,
Star Traveler
How they going to eat?
I want to nominate Tom Daschle....He has the time and the phone numbers to the dc press is the same since the last card swappin.....
Of all the people in this world, Imus is the last one I would have ever thought would grovel at the feet of AS. That’s probably what has surprised me the most in this whole affair.
The "revruns" Jackson and Sharpton don't seem to care about too many "souls" now do they?
They’re not the sort of clergy who are into saving people’s souls. They’re more comparable to Al Sadr in Iraq, the ayatollahs in Iran, or various Al Qaeda figures.
“We are rappers that have these songs coming from our minds and our souls that are relevant to what we feel.”
So when rappers insult and degrade women, it’s not just mindless banter but sincere, heart felt contempt(?) Oh, that’s much better.
It was a political power play. That simple. The Dems are laying for their next victim.
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But I bet they all bounced.
“I wonder who does Snoop’s PR. Can you imagine anyone advising a client to respond in this way?”
Yes. Because people are going to say, “well that’s Snoop and he is a brother.”
You are absolutely correct. In no way was Imus trying to be racist or derogatory (although it ended up that way). He was doing what he usually did and that was make crude jokes to get cheap laughs. Not that Imus couldn't be real nasty when he wanted to be. But conservatives like Mona expressing joy at Imus's demise miss the point. His program was not just crude remarks and jokes. His critics want some sort of bland, dull program like Good Morning America or some other twaddle.
Imus's show was basically the only show that simulated adult men talking about (and yes, making crude and vulgar remarks about) the daily occurrences of life in the U.S. But it wasn't all that. I haven't watched Imus for several years because of his attitude towards the president, but at his best, Imus's program was far more entertaining than all the fatuous dogbleep that passes for entertainment on most networks. That includes FOX.
As I recall a bouncing betty is a type of land mine. So...he stepped on a land mine.
Exactly, you said it all! If we are to bow, kotow to every idiot who feels “offended”, the ultimate result can only be fear. And from fear there is only more seperation, more prejudice, more people living in cowardice and what is the ultimate result of that? TRUE offense like physical fighting.
Free communication is what solved civil rights, free communication is what brings people together, and if we can`t talk like normal human beings instead of robots, then all it will bring in the end is fear and rot. We are all brothers, and the day someone tells me I can`t tease my brother, then the anti-human rot of fascism and fear will get it`s foothold.
When you can show me what government entity took Imus off the air (or you can show me what part of the 1st Amendment CBS and MSNBC violated) I'll sign right on with you.
They probably told him something sane to say, but he was high at the time and didn't retain it...
Get a CAT scan, maybe they can get to that tumor before it's too late.
Of course, otherwise they'd get called for traveling.
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