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April 13th, 2007
Don Imus is not the Issue, and neither is Jesse or Al
I am so sick of hearing about anything in regard to shock jock Don Imus. 95% of America had no clue who Imus was before last week. His comment referring to the Rutgers women’s basketball team as ‘nappy headed ho’s’ was heard by a VERY small percentage of the population.
A lot worse is said on the airwaves and by rappers and rockers. Is there a double standard? For sure! Did Imus deserve to be fired from MSNBC and CBS? Most would say yes but why? I guess I was wrong and racist for buying the Nappy Roots CD four years ago. I guess I was wrong for calling my homey a ‘unskilled ho’ while balling full court back in the day. We will pay good money to hear a rapper/singer or actor call someone a ho, bitch or nappy headed ho but when it is for free on the radio everyone runs and pulls the fire alarm? I guess some things aren’t funny when you don’t pay for them.
There is a lot of stuff on TV and the radio that offends me in one way or another. What do I do? I don’t listen to him/her or it. If what is said is that bad then people will stay away, ratings will plummet, and that show or program will be canceled because ratings are king at the end of the day. When something like this happens you know the smell of money and opportunity will lure Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton into the fray. Never mind that both of them have used slurs to describe different groups and how Sharpton attacked the Duke Lacrosse players.
Jason Whitlock (African-American) of AOL Sports finally quits the masquerade to call Jackson and Sharpton onto the carpet for what they are. He refers to them as the President and Vice President of Black America. Here are some of the things Whitlock wrote in his current article.
Their leadership is stale. Their ideas are outdated. And they don’t give a damn about us.
If judged by the results they’ve produced the last 20 years, you’d have to regard their administration as a total failure. Seriously, compared to Martin and Malcolm and the freedoms and progress their leadership produced, Jesse and Al are an embarrassment.
Rather than inspire us to seize hard-earned opportunities, Jesse and Al have specialized in blackmailing white folks for profit and attention. They were at it again last week, helping to turn radio shock jock Don Imus’ stupidity into a world-wide crisis that reached its crescendo Tuesday afternoon when Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer led a massive pity party/recruiting rally.
Hey, what Imus said, calling the Rutgers players “nappy-headed hos,” was ignorant, insensitive and offensive. But so are many of the words that come out of the mouths of radio shock jocks/comedians.
Had Imus’ predictably poor attempt at humor not been turned into an international incident by the deluge of media coverage, 97 percent of America would’ve never known what Imus said. His platform isn’t that large and it has zero penetration into the sports world.
Imus certainly doesn’t resonate in the world frequented by college women. The insistence by these young women that they have been emotionally scarred by an old white man with no currency in their world is laughably dishonest.
The Rutgers players are nothing more than pawns in a game being played by Jackson, Sharpton and Stringer.
But the war? We don’t stand a chance in the war. Not when everybody knows “nappy-headed ho’s” is a compliment compared to what we allow black rap artists to say about black women on a daily basis.
We have more important issues to deal with than Imus. If we are unwilling to clean up the filth and disrespect we heap on each other, nothing will change with our condition. You can fire every Don Imus in the country, and our incarceration rate, fatherless-child rate, illiteracy rate and murder rate will still continue to skyrocket.
We don’t respect ourselves right now. If we did, we wouldn’t call each other the N-word. If we did, we wouldn’t let people with prison values define who we are in music and videos. If we did, we wouldn’t call black women bitches and hos and abandon them when they have our babies.
Whitlock makes a lot of great points. Too many actually, hard to narrow them down for this post. Read the full article here. Imus shouldn’t have made the comments. However, there has been WAY too much media attention on Imus and this story. It is always funny that the biggest proponents of freedom of speech are always the first to ask for it to be taken away from someone else when something is said they don’t agree with.
April 2nd, 2007
Do you know the signs of a concussion?
Do you know the signs of concussion?
I remember it like a film on instant replay, over and over again. Her blonde hair streaked with blonde, her blue dress, both flying as she ran around a blind corner–straight into me. I even remember her name. I must have been in first or second grade, prone to melodrama. We collided and the back of my head hit the asphalt path. Hard. An hour later, I didn’t feel well. I was sick to my stomach, sleepy and dizzy, and only wanted to curl up in a bean bag and be still. It took my teachers a while to believe me, that I wasn’t just being dramatic or stubborn. Then they connected the way I was acting with the fact that I’d smacked my head on the pavement, and called my parents.
We had to stop twice on the way to the hospital so I could throw up.
The MRI showed nothing serious, just a mild concussion, and my parents spent a long, anxious night waking me up every hour. A boy in New York City was beaten on the head repeatedly by another boy, thirteen years old, as he played basketball. He went home, went to bed, and was later brought to the hospital, bleeding from his nose and mouth. He died. Perhaps, if this boy’s parents had known the warning signs of a head injury, they could have saved him.
But knowing the signs (sensitivity to light, headache, dizziness, nausea) don’t do any good if your child doesn’t tell you what’s going on. Make sure your children know how important it is to be honest about what happened, especially if they aren’t feeling well after a fight. Because if they don’t tell you they got into a fight in the first place, you won’t know to suspect anything more serious than a stomach bug.
Kid’s Health has a good page on concussions, and they list the following symptoms as indicative of a possible concussion:
“seeing stars” and feeling dazed, dizzy, or light-headed
trouble remembering things, such as what happened directly before and after the injury occurred (this can happen even with mild concussions)
nausea or vomiting
headaches
blurred vision and sensitivity to light
slurred speech or saying things that don’t make sense
difficulty concentrating, thinking, or making decisions
difficulty with coordination or balance (such as being unable to catch a ball or other easy tasks)
feeling anxious or irritable for no apparent reason
feeling overly tired
April 2nd, 2007
Florida Gators Re-chomp as National Champions
The Florida Gators repeated as NCAA men’s basketball National Champions on Monday night beating the Ohio State Buckeyes 84-75. Florida led and controlled the entire game. The Gators were up eleven points at halftime and never really looked back. Joakim Noah didn’t play much of a factor and scored only 8 points with 6 of those coming from the free throw line.
Ohio State phenom giant Greg Oden was heroic in defeat scoring 25 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. It was likely the last college game for Oden as he is likely to be the #1 pick in this summer’s NBA draft.
The MVP of the game and Final Four was Florida’s Corey Brewer. Brewer is an amazing all-around player both on the offense and defensive side of the ball. Brewer had 13 points, 8 rebounds and shut down Ohio State’s perimeter game.
The game could be bittersweet as Florida coach Billy Donovan is expected to leave to take the University of Kentucky head coaching job. His name has also been rumored to take over as the coach of the NBA’s Miami Heat. Also, as many as five Gators could turn pro early and enter the NBA draft.
April 2nd, 2007
Hollywood March Madness Championship Match: Brit v. Jacko
Women’s #1 seed Britney Spears will face 34 men’s seed Michael Jackson to determine who is Hollywood’s Maddest Celebrity. Jacko beat Rosie O’Donnell (55% – 45%) to advance to the finals to face Spears, who beat Lindsay Lohan (72% – 28%), in the Championship game.
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Vote and decide the final winner of Hollywood March Madness. Will Wacko Jackso upset the Queen of Craziness Britney Spears?
Michael beat Brandon Davis, Tom Cruise and Rosie O’Donnell to reach the finals.
Britney beat Madonna, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan to reach the finals.
April 1st, 2007
Speed Read Feed for April 2, 2007
Hillary Clinton top Presidential fundraiser to date with over $36 million- Drudge
Los Angeles suffering longest dry spell in 130 years- Breitbart
8.0 magnitude earthquake rocks South Pacific creating tsunami- Breitbart
Sydney Pollack to direct film on the 2000 Presidential recount- Hollywood Reporter
Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Grindhouse’ ‘a juicy, delicious treat’- Variety
50 year old man pays 21 year old prostitute to have sex with 12 year old boy- Asbury Park
Cheerleaders suffer more injuries than all other combined athletes- New York Times
Pet food chemical may be worse for cats than dogs- My Way
Henry Kissinger says military victory impossible in Iraq- Herald Tribune
Scientists grow human heart valve from stem cells- Guardian Unlimited
Barack Obama as Jesus Christ statute causing stir in Chicago- MyFox Chicago
Iran president says United Kingdom sailors trespassed- AP
Michigan mom offers 7-year-old daughter up for sex- CNN
British teachers quit teaching about Holocaust to avoid offending Muslim students- Fox News
Tennessee and Rutgers to meet in women’s NCAA title game- MSNBC
March 31st, 2007
Britney Spears at Los Angeles Lakers Game
Britney Spears, friend and wig made it out to the Los Angeles Lakers NBA basketball game on Friday night against the Houston Rockets. Bald Brit looked pretty much like her old self. Maybe rehab finally actually worked for a celeb. I say be proud of your baldness and go without the wigs while it grows out.
The Rockets won the game in overtime despite Kobe Bryant’s 53 points. A costly foul and turnover by Bryant on the last play gave the victory to Houston.
March 31st, 2007
Tonight’s Final Four Predictions
UCLA v. Florida- The Gators are the heavy favorite in this game but I wouldn’t be surprised if UCLA pulls of the upset for two reasons. The first one being that Ben Howland is one master of a coach at UCLA and will have a game plan that will put the Briuns in position to win the game. The second reason being that the Gators will be distracted by head coach Billy Donovan’s in(decision) to leave the program for more money at the University of Kentucky or with the Miami Heat.
Prediction: UCLA 61 Florida 56
Georgetown v. Ohio State- This game will have a battle of giants between Roy Hibbard and Greg Oden. The big men should cancel each other out so look for the guards to decide this guy. Ohio State’s Mike Connelly Jr. is a difference maker. If Georgetown can’t stop him then look for the Buckeyes to roll.
Prediction Georgetown 67 Ohio State 64
via BumpSports.com
March 30th, 2007
Can David Beckham make American athletes more fashionable?
March 24th, 2007
Catherine Fulp Announces Today’s NCAA Games
Catherine Fulop has been called the ‘Ultimate MILF’ by Horny Oyster. Today she helps us remember who is playing in today’s NCAA ‘Elite Eight’ basketball games. For more Catherine check out the Oyster.
If you can’t read the implant above then here you go:
(1) Ohio State 33-3 v. (2) Memphis 33-3, (CBS 4:30 PM EST), LINE: OSU -2
(1) Kansas v. 31-4 (2) UCLA 28-5, (CBS 7:05pm EST), LINE: Kansas -2
