It seems that every time you turn around lately you hear about another American celeb pulverising the age-old advice from that skunk in that cartoon deer movie. You know, don’t say anything if you can’t think of anything nice to say, or whatever. This is why we pretty much never speak and stick to writing our insults instead.
The latest celebrity to spew racial/prejudice vomit on the heels of Mel Gibson, Michael Richards and Isaiah Washington is radio host Don Imus. The shocker here is that Imus actually appeared to be sober for his tirade, and hasn’t thrown back enough booze to go into spontaneous liver failure. Now, we must admit we were not familiar with Imus before he insulted the Rutgers University women’s basketball team on his national morning radio show, but now that we know who he is, may we just say that he’s got a perfect face for radio.
What did Don Imus say that caused a wake of outrage and corrective action big enough to rock the Casbah, you ask? Well, we don’t want to repeat it because we’re thinking of the children; someone must think of the children. Let’s just say it rhymes with "slappy-shredded toes." That’s a pretty good likeness to what he really said – “nappy-headed hos” – right?
Apparently, Imus lost his cool with the Rutgers University women's basketball team shortly after they lost the NCAA women’s national championship game. Imus has apologised for his words, but they still leave wounds – wounds that can only be healed through sincere repentance and the loss of lots and lots of money for Imus.
Aside from looking like a Halloween gargoyle mask that melted in the sun, Don Imus is using the general public’s loathing of him to host the 18th Annual Radioathon, which raises money for Tomorrows Children’s Fund, CJ Foundation for SIDS and the Imus Ranch. Despite being suspended from work for two weeks and many of the show’s sponsors pulling their ads from the show, almost a million bucks had been raised by midday. Also curious is that the charity’s supervisor, Tony Gonzalez, said that most of the responses have been positive towards Imus:
“We haven’t had much of a negative at all,” Gonzalez said. “Most of them are very, very supportive, think it’s a terrible situation.”
We’re going to take a wild stab in the dark and guess that 'them' doesn’t include the Rutgers Board of Trustees. We also hope that none of 'them' have a hankering for swastika paraphernalia.
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Maurice says
You guys are great, I read you on the daily. One thing, the name of the institution is “Rutgers University” and not “Rutger University.” I should know, I’m going to graduate from there in May.
CREIGHDON says
What ever happened to that old saying “STICK AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES ,BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME’??
ALL WE NEED TO IS TO REALIZE WHO SAID IT,, OR JUST IGNORE IT,,MOST OF THE TIME IT IS SAID BY SOME ONE WHOS POPULARITY IS FADING,
THEY NEED TO BE NOTICED, IT MATTERS NOT WHAT THEY TO DO TO GET IT,, IT GOES WAY BACK TO THE EARLY DAYS OF ACTORS AND ACTRESSES,
OF HOLLYWOOD,,EVEN THE PRESS WOULD LABEL THEM “PUBLISITY STUNTS” SOME HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SLURS, IE ANDREW PRINE, WROTE
DEATH THREATS TO HIMSELF AND PLACED THEM UNDER HIS DOOR,, AND NOTIFIED POLICE,,A POPULAR TALK SHOW HOSTESS MANUFACTURED BY HARPO, BECAME A LITTLE FAT, AND HER BE
OVER ATE AND BECAME FAT, HER MANAGERS PUT A PICTURE OF HER HEAD ON A PICTURE OF SOME OTHER FINE FIGURED PERSON,AND IT WAS
ON THE COVER OF TV GUIDE. IN MY HOME TOWN IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS, THERE WERE TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE TEXANS AND BLACKS, WHO REFERED
TO THEM SELVES AS ” NAGGUS”, ON SHORE PATROL DUTY IN FT PIRRCE FLA. A POLICE MAN “SHORTY” AND I RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC,DISCORSE
TWIX A MAN AND A WOMAN ,WHO WERE IN THE PROSSESS OF SPLITING, THE ARGUMENT CENTERED AROUND A TEA CUP, THE MALE CLAMED HE BOUGHT
IT, THE FEMALE ,SCREAMED U LIEN’ SOB,MY MAMA GAVE ME THAT CUP,SQUATING IN THE YARD WHERE I WAS WAITING,SHE RELIEVED HERSELF AND
SAID, HE IS JUST A NO GOOD BLACK M.F. NIGGER,HER HUGH BUNS REFLECTING THE LIGHT OF THE STREET LAMP ABOVE. A CASE WHERE NEITHER
WANTED TO PART, ARGUMENT OVER THE TEA CUP,JUST DELAYED THE MOMENT OF TRUTH. WE DEPARTED, WARNING THEM TO KEEP THEIR VOICES DOWN
OR BE CHARGED WITH DISTURBING THE PEACE.