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Vin 06:30 pm UTC 04/13/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Imus - John_Galt 06:00 pm UTC 04/13/07 |
| Oh yeah, what was that called again? Paradise by the Burning Cross Light? Bat Out of Auschwitz? I can barely recall... > Vin, > > I agree. I was surprised by the uproar and even more > surprised by the recent decision. > > I don't think I can credit Sharpton alone. I haven't seen > anything unite our country's leftist thought police like > this in years. After all, the leading Democratic > presidential candidates both felt like they needed to take > time off from their soundbites to take shots at the guy! > The amusing thing is that the comment wasn't even an > ideological statement. I don't think anyone claims Imus > is a racist. He just made a pretty much unfunny comment > and apologized to the point of silliness for it. > > The good news: Imus finally has time to work on the Imus > - Steinman collaboration we heard so much about a few > years ago! > > -=John Galt=- > > > > I'm no Imus fan, but this firing is a farce. If CBS > > wanted to fire him for violating some kind of policy, it > > should have happened immediately. Instead, they've just > > kow-towed to pressure. If no one complained, CBS wouldn't > > have batted an eyelash. > > > > I really hope Al Sharpton and his offended followers take > > their outrage down the street to Deathrow/Interscope and > > demand the firing of every musical act that uses the same > > kind of racial language that got Imus fired. > > > > Imus is an elderly white man who wears a cowboy hat and > > owns a ranch; he didn't invent the word "ho," somebody put > > it into his lexicon. Sharpton should go after those > > people, too, or he's a hypocrite. But then, I think he > > established that fact years ago, didn't he? | |
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