Should Shock Jock Don Imus Have Been Fired For His 'nappy headed ho' Comment?

The first amendment right of free speech gives us the say more or less whatever we want. With his 'nappy headed ho' in reference to the Rutgers Woman's basketball team Imus exercised this right. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton exercised this right when they referred to the Jewish faithful of New York Heimietown. Michael Richards (Seinfeld's Kramer) exercised this right when he went on a racial tirade with everything from 'N' bombs to porch monkey references. The entire hip hop culture expresses these sentiments with 'n' bombs, Cracker references (why is Cracker acceptable by the way?), women are ho's and bitches in this culture, and black people who study are Uncle Tom's. As wrong as it seems, all have the right to say these things if the first amendment means anything.

Having the right to say something and having the intelligence not to say them should go hand and hand but seldom do. Where Imus messed up this time(he's used racist references in the past) is that he picked on young achievers who didn't do anything to him. That's the sign of a bully. America HATES a bully. A power broker with influence should not pick on the young athletes and leaders of tomorrow regardless of race, religion, looks, clothes etc. He did. He's done.

What troubles me about Imus is he really didn't get fired for the comment. He was suspended for the comment(2 weeks). He was fired because advertisers dropped him. That's sad. What's great is that all Americans regardless of race or religion rallied around these young women which shows that there is good will across racial boundaries like there has never been in this country. There is a way to go but it's proof positive that a lot of progress has been made. Yes Imus should have been fired. Imus was fired. Imus was fired for the wrong reason in my opinion.

Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton were never asked to step down for their racist and antisemitic comments toward the New York Jewish community. I may be wrong about that but let me qualify that statement by adding if they were asked to step down, neither did. Now they were demanding that Imus step down. The correct request coming from the wrong men.

If I were their media consultant it would have gone a bit differently. I believe a two pronged attack would be more affective. I would have had them(jessie and al) break the issue just like they did. They have the notariaty to make an issue public and that's where they are most valuable. Then, they would be focusing on 'healing' to keep them in the peace maker role.

The next step for me would have been to advise that they step back and pass the baton to someone else whose house was in order to demand Imus step down. One incident makes you too dirty to retain credibility and hurts the greater good of what you are trying to accomplish. (Jessie, Al, sorry, I don't make the rules and you both earned it whether you earned it or not. The rules apply to you to now also. Sucks, I know...)

I think a Tavis Smiley would be a great voice to champion the cause though I'd really need to research him if I was with operation PUSH but a very impressive individual. I'm sure there are some very sharp young people at PUSH (or outside) that could fill in and demand a resignation.

I'm completely in favor of blowing this up as big as possible to help move the world another step in the right direction. Jessie and Al did their part. I think they are getting bad advice or not listening to good advice but I wish them a lot of luck regardless.

Kramer...He looked in a different state of mind. He was out of control and an Idiot. He can't be fired as he works for himself now. The incident will probably Kill him in the end. That's punishment enough in my mind.

The guys who are really smart are the Hip Hoppers. They perpetuate hate, ignorance, sexism, violence, drug use, promiscuity etc. It's AN ENTIRE CULTURE of negative. They make big money to preach hate and they know that there is nothing that anyone can do about it. Jessie and Al are impotent on this issue. They do inquire and beg that producers and labels don't continue making these songs. That's really all they can do. The next generation likes these songs. If they go after a big rapper and demand they stop performing with the same zeal they went after Imus with, both would be destroyed because the problem is too big for them to do anything but practice diplomacy. Good luck.

Should 'The View' Get Rid Of Rosie Poll Is Closed

RESULTS:

* Yes: 52.4%
* No: 25.4%
* Who Cares: 22.2%

Should 'The View' Get Rid Of Rosie?

She's destroyed Barbara Walter's credibility. She's stated that radical
Christians are more dangerous than radical Muslims in this country.
She's pissed off her co-hosts. She's picked a fight with Trump. At
what point does someone say, 'You're Fired!'?

My answer is that if television was about credibility she would have been gone months ago. Television is about one thing and one thing only. Television is about ratings. If you have them you are on TV. If you don't have ratings you get fired. It's clean and simple in that respect.

Rosie gets ratings. I feel she's rude, ill informed if not uneducated,
crude, crass, and a loudmouth in general. In the vast wasteland of
television (Newton Minnow) these are all conducive to ratings. Even
in a traditionally higher standard show like The View, her presence
and opinion generate controversy and ratings. It may shorten the life
of the show but while it's on it will burn twice a bright.

So, in my opinion, yes she should be fired. Will she? No, she will not.

Is Al Gore a Hypocrite Poll Is Closed

RESULTS:

* Yes: 89%
* No: 11%

Is Al Gore a Hypocrite?

I took a look at Al Gore’s Oscar winning ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. LOVED it! It was a real eye opener for the entire planet. He has done that presentation over 1000 times and you can only look at pure conviction as the source of the inspired presentation after so many deliveries. You’d have thought it to be his first.

I’d recently read that Al uses enough energy to light a small city in his 12,000 square foot home. His response to this was that he invests in a lot of alternative fuel companies and thus he’s vindicated with his own energy usage. He certainly hasn’t invested in becoming self sufficient for his own energy usage. I think he’d encouraged that in the film.

I saw a picture of the homestead. I certainly didn’t see an investment in a windmill or solar panel farm on his property. He invests for a long term gain and return on his money. He doesn’t ‘walk the walk’ as they say.

I don’t begrudge a guy for having a big house. He has three big houses by the way. I don’t begrudge a guy a big gas guzzling car. My problem with Al Gore is that after all the holier than thou presentations, senate hearings, oscar winning movie etc. he has the audacity to proclaim that he can do whatever he wants from an energy standpoint because of how he invests.

Al Gore is not only a hypocrite. He’s the problem. He’s another politician with the traditional ‘do as I say not as I do’ position. I can’t afford nor do I have the space for a wind farm or solar panels to power my condominium. He has both the money and the space to lead by example. He hasn’t. What does that say about him?

He’s pushing the burden off on the middle class such that he and other elitists don’t need to be inconvenienced. That’s the real ‘Inconvenient Truth’.

Should John Edwards Withdraw His Bid For The Oval Office Poll Is Closed

RESULTS:

* Yes: 70%
* No: 30%