Don Imus may be the dumbest talk show host to ever be in front of a microphone. His comments regarding the woman's basketball team at Rutgers University were not only obscenely racist and sexist... they were downright stupid. A career which has made Imus rich and famous is now washed down the drain. Perhaps that is appropriate given the cesspool he has wallowed in for so many years. He might land on his feet if satellite radio gives him a call. Won't surprise me.
Having said that, however, what was even more obscene was the pack of self-serving vultures who smelled blood and swooped in to feast on the Imus carcass.
Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are two of the most outrageous race baiters in the world. They have made careers and fortunes playing the race card at every opportunity. To hear these two bottom-feeding demagogues take a moralistic, holier-than-thou, tone regarding the Imus situation is like listening to Bush and Cheney tell how much they hate war and are only protecting our freedoms.
Both are pure BS.
If Jackson and Sharpton are truly "reverends" where is all the Christian forgiveness that they purport to believe in? Isn't a person who publicly admits their mistake, and asks forgiveness of those whom he offended, worthy of some Christian charity? Obviously not if you are Sharpton and Jackson. They quickly seized the opportunity to get a new photo-opp and advance their position in the black community.
Where are Jackson and Sharpton when every hip-hop rapper uses the vilest of terms to degrade and demean black women and promote violence? They are conspicuously silent when it is their own people who commit such outrageous acts. Could this be more about political posturing and fund raising... than right and wrong? Perhaps it is time for them... and every black leader... to look inward and clean up their own house.
Make no mistake about it ... Imus deserved his fate. But, if he is to be thrown out so readily, and with such vehement rhetoric... then perhaps those who yelled the loudest should now turn their aggressive campaign against the people who coined the derogatory phrases and language they hate so much.
The "gotcha" smile on the face of Rahema Ellis, NBC reporter, spoke volumes about what this whole show was really about. It was a reckoning... vengeance... getting even... pay back.
I fear that we have not come far as a nation where race relations is concerned. This is not a white problem... or a black problem. It is a white and a black problem. We will either deal with it... or it will surely deal with us.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Freed Britons can sell stories to media - Europe - MSNBC.com
Freed Britons can sell stories to media - Europe - MSNBC.com: "LONDON - The 15 British sailors and marines held by Iran for nearly two weeks were granted permission to sell their stories to the media, the Ministry of Defense said Sunday.
The move is a change from the military’s usual policy of blocking serving personnel from entering into financial arrangements with media organizations. A Defense Ministry spokeswoman said the situation of the former captives is unique and deserved special consideration."
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COMMENTARY: If this wasn't so pathetic it would be funny. Now, in a brazen attempt to sell this contrived "fantasy capture" story, the participants in this fraud get to sell their story... for big bucks.
First, lets accept the likelihood that the British troops were duped into this shell game by George, Dick, and Tony. Now that outward and vocal skepticism has raised its ugly head... the real perpetrators figure that the "grunts" can sell this story better than the power politicians. Besides it keeps the story eating up headlines and media interest and diverts the journalists from real and meaningful reporting. That's a very good thing for the administrations of both Britain and the U.S. ... and a game that lazy journalists and a controlled press, are all too willing to play.
George and Dick were hoping that this little gambit would perform the same role as the BS that surrounded the Gulf of Tonkin resolution in the Vietnam war... and provide the excuse we needed to take preemptive action against those nasty nose-tweaking Iranians... in the name of a "rescue" mission.
Unfortunately, that crafty Iranian leader outmaneuvered them at their own game. That's a reality that we are becoming all to used to from an administration whose very name stands for "gross incompetence".
The move is a change from the military’s usual policy of blocking serving personnel from entering into financial arrangements with media organizations. A Defense Ministry spokeswoman said the situation of the former captives is unique and deserved special consideration."
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COMMENTARY: If this wasn't so pathetic it would be funny. Now, in a brazen attempt to sell this contrived "fantasy capture" story, the participants in this fraud get to sell their story... for big bucks.
First, lets accept the likelihood that the British troops were duped into this shell game by George, Dick, and Tony. Now that outward and vocal skepticism has raised its ugly head... the real perpetrators figure that the "grunts" can sell this story better than the power politicians. Besides it keeps the story eating up headlines and media interest and diverts the journalists from real and meaningful reporting. That's a very good thing for the administrations of both Britain and the U.S. ... and a game that lazy journalists and a controlled press, are all too willing to play.
George and Dick were hoping that this little gambit would perform the same role as the BS that surrounded the Gulf of Tonkin resolution in the Vietnam war... and provide the excuse we needed to take preemptive action against those nasty nose-tweaking Iranians... in the name of a "rescue" mission.
Unfortunately, that crafty Iranian leader outmaneuvered them at their own game. That's a reality that we are becoming all to used to from an administration whose very name stands for "gross incompetence".
Gonzales Crams for a Senate Grilling - Newsweek Periscope - MSNBC.com
Gonzales Crams for a Senate Grilling - Newsweek Periscope - MSNBC.com: "April 16, 2007 issue - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has virtually wiped his public schedule clean to bone up for his long-awaited April 17 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee—a session widely seen as a crucial test as to whether he will survive the U.S. attorney mess. But even his own closest advisers are nervous about whether he is up to the task. At a recent 'prep' for a prospective Sunday talk-show interview, Gonzales's performance was so poor that top aides scrapped any live appearances."
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Commentary: The very fact that Gonzo has to "practice" and "be coached" for his upcoming testimony to congress speaks volumes for how lame this man really is. What is it about "testifying to the truth" that is so complicated that he has to be grilled by administration hacks? And why should a man, who is the highest law enforcement official in the United States, be practicing "talking points" spoon fed to him by the administration? He is, after all, the Attorney General of the United States of America... not the legal mouthpiece of Emperor Bush.
Oops! That's my mistake. Gonzales has never been anything other than the legal mouthpiece of Bush. He has been eagerly washing the Bush dirty laundry since the old days in Texas... and he has been well rewarded for his skills at misdirection, cover-up, obfuscation, and downright lies.
Unfortunately for him (and more importantly for the nation) he has been promoted well beyond his point of incompetence. He is so far over his head in his current job that he has become a caricature... and not a funny one. He, like the man who hired him, is a complete failure in his current job. He should be sent back to Texas to plead the case of DWI offenders... he does that pretty well. His employer should be sent back to chop wood and melt away into oblivion. The nation will be better served in both cases.
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Commentary: The very fact that Gonzo has to "practice" and "be coached" for his upcoming testimony to congress speaks volumes for how lame this man really is. What is it about "testifying to the truth" that is so complicated that he has to be grilled by administration hacks? And why should a man, who is the highest law enforcement official in the United States, be practicing "talking points" spoon fed to him by the administration? He is, after all, the Attorney General of the United States of America... not the legal mouthpiece of Emperor Bush.
Oops! That's my mistake. Gonzales has never been anything other than the legal mouthpiece of Bush. He has been eagerly washing the Bush dirty laundry since the old days in Texas... and he has been well rewarded for his skills at misdirection, cover-up, obfuscation, and downright lies.
Unfortunately for him (and more importantly for the nation) he has been promoted well beyond his point of incompetence. He is so far over his head in his current job that he has become a caricature... and not a funny one. He, like the man who hired him, is a complete failure in his current job. He should be sent back to Texas to plead the case of DWI offenders... he does that pretty well. His employer should be sent back to chop wood and melt away into oblivion. The nation will be better served in both cases.
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