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Oilwellian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-10-07 01:01 PM
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44. So the response to Imus is "hot air?"
It's attitudes such as this that allow racism and sexism to flourish. I guess ignorance really is bliss.
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  -check in: folks who have NEVER seen Don Imus and couldn't give... mike_c  Apr-10-07 08:54 AM   #0 
  - Neither Watch Nor Listen, Sir  The Magistrate   Apr-10-07 08:56 AM   #1 
  - He has been this way for years stopped watching him a long time ago  Monkeyman   Apr-10-07 08:56 AM   #2 
  - I really don't pay too much attention to him.  alyce douglas   Apr-10-07 08:57 AM   #3 
  - The country could have said the same thing about Janet Jackson's  valerief   Apr-10-07 08:57 AM   #4 
  - Well, people actually saw Janet Jackson's boob  theboss   Apr-10-07 09:01 AM   #10 
     - LOL! Good one! nt  valerief   Apr-10-07 09:01 AM   #12 
  - I've never heard nor seen him either. Don't watch any of the talking  sinkingfeeling   Apr-10-07 08:58 AM   #5 
  - I haven't watched TV in years  sleebarker   Apr-10-07 08:59 AM   #6 
  - It's not important because you don't watch it?  MookieWilson   Apr-10-07 08:59 AM   #7 
  - he's only important to the people who watch him and extend him importance....  mike_c   Apr-10-07 09:03 AM   #14 
     - No, he's an opinon leader. He has leading political figures on his show. nt  MookieWilson   Apr-10-07 09:10 AM   #18 
        - He's not an "opinion leader." He's a talk show host. n/t  Dora   Apr-10-07 12:30 PM   #34 
  - Here is the thing: nobody listens to him  theboss   Apr-10-07 09:00 AM   #8 
  - What's a Imus? .... n/t  kevinmc   Apr-10-07 09:00 AM   #9 
  - I think it is what kept  koopie57   Apr-10-07 10:35 AM   #29 
  - When I first read about him,I thought he was a race-car driver...  KansDem   Apr-10-07 09:01 AM   #11 
  - Do you ever feel like you tune into a completely different world?  Ezlivin   Apr-10-07 09:02 AM   #13 
  - He's been broadcasting on major NYC radio for over 30 years.  MookieWilson   Apr-10-07 09:18 AM   #23 
  - Will admit I have paused a few times to wonder at the sight of someone  loindelrio   Apr-10-07 09:05 AM   #15 
  - I don't watch, have never seen him...but I do believe his words  Lars39   Apr-10-07 09:05 AM   #16 
  - it will go away in this case....  mike_c   Apr-10-07 09:11 AM   #19 
     - Not true...our "liberal media" has become very fond of propping up hate speech.  Lars39   Apr-10-07 09:14 AM   #22 
  - good idea  maxanne   Apr-10-07 09:08 AM   #17 
  - feel better now...?  mike_c   Apr-10-07 09:11 AM   #20 
     - oh, how silly of me  maxanne   Apr-10-07 12:26 PM   #31 
  - Want him to go away yes, don't watch him  48percenter   Apr-10-07 09:14 AM   #21 
  - How many pontificating on the networks have ever seen it?  dmordue   Apr-10-07 09:25 AM   #24 
  - Checking in. No cable here.  Cobalt Violet   Apr-10-07 09:43 AM   #25 
  - Is he the dead-looking guy who has been in the news? n/t  Sadie4629   Apr-10-07 09:52 AM   #26 
  - Accidentally watched him once for about 3 minutes while flipping channels. Was way more than enough.  Karmageddon   Apr-10-07 09:55 AM   #27 
  - Imus is our very own Anna Nicole Smith...  warren pease   Apr-10-07 10:10 AM   #28 
  - I don't watch Imus either.  Wilber_Stool   Apr-10-07 12:22 PM   #30 
  - Never watched him, Only vaguely knew who he was-until recently.  youthere   Apr-10-07 12:27 PM   #32 
  - Like a fart in the wind for all I care... n/t  EnviroBat   Apr-10-07 12:28 PM   #33 
  - I'm fortunate to not have ever  zidzi   Apr-10-07 12:31 PM   #35 
  - No TV. Never seen him, never heard him.  Dora   Apr-10-07 12:32 PM   #36 
  - Some people need to get a life.  watercolors   Apr-10-07 12:33 PM   #37 
  - didn't even know who he was until now  HuffleClaw   Apr-10-07 12:37 PM   #38 
  - It doesn't matter if you have never heard of him or watch him.  cat_girl25   Apr-10-07 12:37 PM   #39 
  - Who's Imus?  meldroc   Apr-10-07 12:38 PM   #40 
  - They influence the entire country  sandnsea   Apr-10-07 12:45 PM   #41 
  - Absolutely. Racism is not something I'm willing to ignore. I refuse to look the other way.  Beausoir   Apr-10-07 12:48 PM   #42 
  - thank you n/t  maxanne   Apr-10-07 07:46 PM   #46 
  - Say that again so Dora #34 sees it. nt  MookieWilson   Apr-10-07 12:59 PM   #43 
  - thank you n/t  maxanne   Apr-10-07 07:46 PM   #45 
  - So the response to Imus is "hot air?"  George Oilwellian   Apr-10-07 01:01 PM   #44 
  - peace and low stress  mdmc   Apr-13-07 12:10 PM   #47 
 

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