Uptight In America...
"Here's what I've learned: that you can't make fun of everybody, because some people don't deserve it," he said. "And because the climate on this program has been what it's been for 30 years doesn't mean that it has to be that way for the next five years or whatever because that has to change, and I understand that."
Okay, so he's apologized and he seems sincere. Enough!!! Give the guy a break. His whole damn career shouldn't have to go down the toilet to make amends! We have ALL opened our mouths and stepped in S--T a time or two I'm sure!
And yes, while it is quite unfortunate that Imus made a negative reference last week to members of the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos"....ladies and gentlemen, we are talking about...Don Imus....THE famous American radio talk show host, best known for his sarcasm and harsh language. He's been doing this since the late 60's and to date it has been allowed and condoned even praised and awarded so why should he think it time to change? Course after the media scrutiny and the heat from Oh~ficcials across the land, he's been back tracking and well he should, but my point to this and all the other hoopla in the media over what someone says "off the cuff"...is this....Number one, maybe we ought to not be so damned thin~skinned in this country and Number two, why does the media get to dictate and/or exploit who is or is not funny, who is or is not guilty and who does or does not get to go on earning a living doing what they've always done just because they mispoke?
I AM ESPECIALLY UNFOND OF CORPORATE SPONSORS WHO CANT WAIT TO PULL THE PLUG ON BACKING AT RECORD SPEED WHEN THE CHIPS FALL A LITTLE FAR FROM THE TABLE. AND IN IMUS' CASE HIS BEHAVIOUR AND COMMENTARY HAS BEEN CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND THESE ADVERTISERS DIDN'T MIND IT TIL NOW. CURIOUS ISN'T IT? TALK ABOUT YOUR FAIR~WEATHERED FRIENDS...GEEZE...
Hey! Let the chips fall where they may folks but I think it's past time for a reality check....Humour (off~colour or not) is not a crime and all things are not funny to all people, all of the time...never has been, never will be, but that's just the way the ball bounces in America...we do have freedom of speech in this country unless of course you are a crusty, old, white guy with a radio show! (Sorry Don:) But have any of you really listened to or read or studied any lyrics from our rappers and hip~hop heroes lately? Give me a break! Talk about your double standards...Ho Ho Ho!!!
This from a short, chubby, forty something year old woman...who needs her legs waxed and her toes polished....so what would you call me? A nappy-legged toe? LOLOLOL
AAAhhh...Who cares! :) Be~lightful!!!
Cheers,
Roby
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When I was young I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last,someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life,would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And
whenever the answer has been "No" I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to makeway for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Some leading blacks nEEd to look in a mirror!
jd
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