tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142450.post1547076440975374933..comments2023-11-05T04:02:57.195-06:00Comments on today's sermonette: idiots with microphonesthe mostly reverendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130108316136221840noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142450.post-59407311515995894592007-04-12T21:15:00.000-05:002007-04-12T21:15:00.000-05:00Its Duke.jeeshIts Duke.<BR/>jeeshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142450.post-73369668909783211652007-04-12T14:25:00.000-05:002007-04-12T14:25:00.000-05:00Drake Law School had/has a Rugby team. When I play...Drake Law School had/has a Rugby team. When I played for DSM, early-mid '80's they fielded a side and participated. Rugby parties tended to be wilder than most other groups that I can remember.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955572915592145491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142450.post-24180062301498805732007-04-12T06:32:00.000-05:002007-04-12T06:32:00.000-05:001--re: spike lee--i think the difference here shou...1--re: spike lee--<BR/>i think the difference here should be obvious: spike lee is making social observation, pointing out inequalities in life, in an attempt to effect change for the better. imus, and others [remember hoard cossell and rush limbaugh on monday night football?] are just bigoted assholes, filled with denial, whose tongues ultimately get them in trouble. an archaic, racist, sexist "sense of humor" or set of values and attitudes is NOT acceptable in the public at large--and these are terms which describe the words not only of jerks like imus and others [and i include rush and bill o'reilly here], but also durrent-day rappers and hip hop artists. as imus shows, public appeal and bottom line [read: $$$] does NOT make it right, nor should it make it acceptable.<BR/><BR/>2--re: jesse jackson and al sharpton as leaders: because although they have made mistakes, they have admitted their mistakes, and more importantly, they CONTINUE to walk the walk, AND they continue to speak out accurately [for the most part] for the wronged and the oppressed. granted, they tend to appear to be opportunists at times, but to those folks who have been victimized, the are a great and real source of comfort--AND the victims know that attention WILL be focused on that issue, and that it is likely that something will happen as a result.<BR/>you know that if jesse and al show up, SOMETHING is gonna hit the fan.<BR/><BR/>does drake HAVE a lacrosse team?the mostly reverendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130108316136221840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142450.post-49283873135730063482007-04-11T19:53:00.000-05:002007-04-11T19:53:00.000-05:00gpick and Westy - finally...yes, I think Hell has ...gpick and Westy - finally...yes, I think Hell has frozen over today, (just look outside), we totally agree on something. <BR/><BR/>Kim, great post and insightful too. I was driving in northern MN today listening to the radio and all the hype that has come with the Imus situation, why has it taken so long to condemn this guy? By the sounds of it, and shown in your examples, this guy has been dodging the bullet for years. I've never listened to his radio show nor watched his TV program but can't believe what he said, it was terrible and those girls certainly did not deserve that comment.<BR/><BR/>Now to throw in some contraversy into this situation...(straight from the talk shows circuit today), <BR/><BR/>1. Why do we have a double standard in the country making it politically incorrect for Imus to mutter this kind of garbarge but allowing Spike Lee, rappers, or anyone of African American descent to say this and not receive the same critcism? <BR/><BR/>2. Also, when these events occur, (where the African American race is insulted), the white person must go to Jesse Jack-ass or Al Sharpton to recieve their punishment / pardon? Since when did these guys become the judge and jury? Haven't both of them been guilty of these same atrocities in their careers on a daily basis? Why isn't someone out picketing Jesse for his racial remarks made regarding the Drake LaCrosse athletes?Pete Bassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624743791290886454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142450.post-16157758813209874512007-04-11T18:32:00.000-05:002007-04-11T18:32:00.000-05:00Ah, Don Imus. I don't listen to his radio show an...Ah, Don Imus. I don't listen to his radio show and have never seen his tv program (kill your television) and most of what I know about him I learned at an advanced screening of the Howard Stern movie that I was lucky enough to attend as a benefit of my membership in the Kim West International Fan Club, Llc with none other than KIM WEST HIIMSELF!<BR/><BR/>Yes, I know Don Imus as well as he knew the Rutgers women's basketball team. So I am as qualified as he was to say he is just another white male who reinforces negative stereotypes about minorities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com