Leave now. It’s best that way
Hmmm…do I weigh in on the Don Imus thing or not? As someone who listened to him nearly every day from 1990 - 2006, I feel somewhat compelled to do so. That’s right. The I-Man was my morning show from high school. I stopped listening lately because his wife is a twat. Not a nappy-headed twat, just a twat.
Did he say a bad thing? Yes. Is he a bad guy? No. He’s an old cranky son of a botch who’s made a career of making fun of EVERYONE. Nothing is safe or sacred on that show. Yet, he’s managed to get everyone who wants to be elected to anything on his show. The ratings may not be the highest, but the annual income per listener likely is near the top. He’s got a market and a demographic and he plays to it. But, lately, I felt the show was too agenda-driven. His Twat wife is all gung ho on organic food and cleaning products and shit like that. Those are all good things if you married a ridiculously rich dude and can afford to pay for all those Green things. Me, I’ll stick to my normal cleaners with evil chemicals in them. That’s why we tell Shmuppie not to eat the Comet; it’s bad for you.
I think the suspension is laughable. If it was warranted, why didn’t it start immediately? Oh yea…I know why. The telethon is this Thursday and Friday. The telethon which built a hospital in Hackensack NJ that treats kids. The telethon that built the ranch out in New Mexico where terminally ill kids get to go ride horses and live it up before they die. The telethon that’s probably going to pull in $10 million in 24 hours. If the act was so bad, suspend him now.
Since it really wasn’t (considering the overall context of the show), the suspension doesn’t start until next week. That’s a joke.
And Reverend Al: shut the fuck up. And to Jamele Hill…shut the fuck up (and you’re not even getting a link because you suck worse than anything that has ever dared to suck). You don’t get to react like you did to a situation you don’t know anything about. Hell, both of those morons have said and done worse. Every time Jamele Hill writes ANYTHING that ESPN publishes, she commits a crime against humanity. Can I go on the air and demand that she be fired? Please?
I always knew when the time came, Imus would just stop being on the air. No fanfare; he just wouldn’t show up tomorrow (not in an 80’s way because he was drunk though). I wonder if this is it. Will he be back in 2 weeks? If he hangs it up, it’s going to be his decision. Will everyone be happy then? It’s just truly amazing that someone is always watching you and clamoring to get on TV to talk about something they perceive that you did. I knew there was a reason I don’t watch the news. Maybe all my bashing of the NO is just mean. They may be stupit, but at least they’re honest about it. Nah…I take that back. They’re running a headline article, above the fold, today about goose shit. I get to abuse them if I want. It’s my right as a Yankee Snob living here in the Triangle.
Oomph…off the horse now.
Read this post from Off the Broiler. It nearly made JewelrySlut cry. Hell, I’ll admit that I wept over it. Wanna know what we miss about NJ? You can’t find that stuff down here. That’s what we miss.
We’re planning out our trip to NJ next month. I have to book the airfare, but accommodations vex us. We want to go into the City on Saturday after the stuff at school and before the party (it’s in the City). We have a restaurant we’d like to hit and JewelrySlut needs a hotdog fix. Not any hotdog though. It needs to be bought on the street from a filthy Egyptian. That’s how she likes it. So, we got to thinking; won’t we want/need someplace to wash the City funk off us before the party? Do we want to run around Manhattan all day in our nice steppin’ out clothes? As a result, I’m hatching a scheme to get us a place to stay for the night…hopefully for free. I’m working a back channel and hope it works. Then, we’d have a home base and would have a chance to get our nasty on in the City. (And, yes…it’s always the City. And there’s only one City. All others suck by comparison. It’s a fact).
Of course, we’re discussing things like “If we go in on the PATH, where do we get off?” Christopher Street may not be the most convenient but I’m not sure I want to go to the new station at the WTC site. I’ve walked past the site while on the way to my old company’s offices. I don’t know I need to see it again. JewelrySlut doesn’t even think she wants to see it ever. Dammit…I’ve gone and gotten myself all sad again. Shit.
Well, that was a mess and a half if you ask me.
I’ll go back to work now and see if I can make up a presentation deck for my training class next week. I’m trying to piss off the trainers as much as I can. Because, who are they to decide that the Healthcare policy of this country should be income-driven?
Oh shit…I’m starting again.
Posted: April 10th, 2007 under Rantings, Travel Goodness.
Comments: 11
Comments
Comment from Smed
Time: April 10, 2007, 1:34 pm
Sorry, Imus was way way way out of line. That wasn’t making fun of someone - that was calling out young women who weren’t really in the public eye like politicians and being totally racist about it. And I thought Jemele Hill’s take on it was spot on. But I have two daughters that could definitely fit in the wheelhouse of what Imus was saying, so maybe I’m a bit too sensitive. Nah, I don’t think so.
Comment from dana
Time: April 10, 2007, 1:42 pm
I like to get my cheesesteaks from the dirty guys on the street, too. I think the dirt is what makes them taste so good.
Comment from nogooddaddy
Time: April 10, 2007, 2:56 pm
Smed…right or wrong, he’s said so much worse in the past and not gotten called out on it. This was wrong, but it’s been blown up. Was Billy “Fag out” Packer fired? Or, I mean “Billy “He (Allen Iverson) runs like a monkey” Packer fired? Do we let one dumb thing said end a career? I sur ehope not. I’d have been fired eons ago.
AND..how’s the “Nappy Headededness” worse than right before when Bernie called them “Hardcore Ho’s”? Both wrong..but we’re killing the dude with the money here…
Comment from Smed
Time: April 10, 2007, 4:01 pm
Hey, I want to fire Bernie too. I bet if Imus had shut up then Bernie would be in big trouble as well. But it’s not just one dumb thing by Imus, it’s this plus calling Gwen Ifil a “cleaning lady”, saying that William Rhoden was a ‘quote hire’ and other nonsense like that.
Remember what the Greaseman did after Lauryn Hill won the Grammy. He played a clip and said “No wonder people drag them behind trucks”. Couple that with the “four more and we can take a whole week off” after MLK he was gone. it’s a matter of one thing with another with another.
As for Packer, he must know where the bodies are buried at CBS.
Comment from warcrygirl
Time: April 10, 2007, 6:50 pm
Dude, what the hell kind of food do you Yankees eat? No wonder you’re not friendly. That one sandwich looks like someone blew a load into it. Bon appetit!
And holy hell, I haven’t thought about Greaseman in years. My mom and sis used to live in DC and would tape his shows so we could hear him.
Comment from ochweidnit
Time: April 10, 2007, 7:15 pm
I had to go and look up this Imus thing because I had no idea what you were on about. Seems like every other week, some “shock jock” is saying something that offends someone and has people baying for blood.
And OMG food. There isn’t any place like that here. I’m kind of glad, because if there was, I’d go, and if I went, I’d die twitching on the floor in orgasmic overload.
Comment from nogooddaddy
Time: April 11, 2007, 7:49 am
As always, WCG, you know not of what you speak. That post is as close to perfect food porn as I’ve ever seen. That place was fucking unbelievable when we went there. JS was preggos and nearly suffered several strokes.
It may look funny, but I could have you hooked in on time.
Comment from Sherry
Time: April 11, 2007, 9:34 am
What about the guy Imus was talking to? He was the first one to call them “Hos”. I haven’t heard anything about him getting in trouble.
I just returned from the City on Sunday (1st time visitor!). We decided not to go to the WTC area. My husband was down in OKC to help out after the bombing there and it is still painful to think about.
But it would have been nice to know about Arthur Avenue last Saturday. Next time we go up there, I’m asking you for suggestions. Like “What restaurant do you like so well?”
Comment from booger face
Time: April 11, 2007, 9:58 am
I listen to Imus a bit. (Nothing else that good on in the a.m). He’s a bit lame and washed up, but you cannot deny he is still very much listened to. What he said was rude, but he was trying to illustrate how tough the girls were, not necessarly insult them. (not that it makes it right, but does illustrate what was *really* going on.
Al Sharpton is a racial extoritionist and whore and is an embarrasment to the “Black Community at large”.
Let’s see, The “Black community” is up in arms because the slang, attitiude, and image they glorify in thier movies, music, directors and comedians has slipped over to main stream media, and “the man” is to blame? gimme a break.
This is blown out of proportion. Imus is a decent guy he appoligized and will work it out with the girls. Everyone else screaming about it, and saying his appology isn’t enough, or that he isn’t sincere are comnplety wrong and look like idoits.
Comment from nogooddaddy
Time: April 11, 2007, 10:40 am
For fun, go here http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/polling?event_id=2875&action=2
It’s the results of an ESPN poll. 40% want him fired, but 45% admit to never having listening to the show. How can one make a judgment like that without having any context?
Gotta love the 24-hour news cycle. I shall now to to the Y and cry when I see and hear what CNN is reporting.
Comment from warcrygirl
Time: April 11, 2007, 3:08 pm
It’s settled then; next time I come down to pester you lunch is your treat. Wow my taste buds, baby.
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