Hopefully, Don Imus will be just the beginning

[CatWoman]

of cleaning up our national airways of racist filth.

I see a big ole bullseye on Rush and Coulter's foreheads.....

[AX10]

1. I want Hannity GONE!

[CatWoman]

2. yeah!!!

him too!!

[skooooo]

3. yep making the racists shut up...

...will really solve alot

[supernova]

8. They wouldn't have to shut up

just NOT get paid mega million $$$ to spout their hatred.


The worst thing that that happen to somebody with a microphone is to take away their ability to broadcast, making them irrelevant.

[CatWoman]

17. and the alternative is..............

?

yeah, I like turning on the radio, and being called a nappy headed ho. one of my very favorite things to do.

What the fuck was "I" thinking?

[skooooo]

23. Alternative -- have the Rutger's women go on the show...

...and make him apologize to them on air. There are a lot of alternatives other than just shutting him up.

[bloom]

28. That would just give the show more credibility than it deserves.

REV. AL SHARPTON: "If he thinks he's a good guy, as he’s saying, and he was misunderstood, then he ought to say that, and I will say to him, “If you're a good guy, you'll resign and help to keep a precedent that this cannot be tolerated in America.” This is not personal. What he did was racist and sexist and should not be given a pass because he’s commercially successful."

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/09/144256

[CatWoman]

29. maybe they should haul the others on as well, eh?

http://mediamatters.org/items/200704090010

http://www.onthemedia.org/yore/transcripts/transcripts_081801_imus.html

bottom line - this wasn't a "one time" incident, and he just needs, finally, to shut the fuck up.

[skooooo]

32. Hoookay......

Let's put him on trial and let Al Sharpton be the judge and jury. WTFE

[Forkboy]

39. Who said that?

[Change has come]

42. Because the apology would be sincere?

My vote is to get this bigot off the public airwaves. Lets give the rest of these liars something to talk about. SQUAAAAAK!

[MichiganVote]

4. Sure would be a step in the right direction

[NightWatcher]

5. Glen Beck is a wart on the ass of the planet

His racist anti-Muslim rhetoric needs to get him tossed back to the rural airwaves and off of CNN.

[Kelly Rupert]

11. I really am surprised that "Prove to me, sir..." didn't get him canned. n/t

[NightWatcher]

15. it might have if more than a dozen people had heard it

[Solly Mack]

6. I hope so too

[lligrd]

7. Or The Beginning Of Those That Speak Out About Bush?

I think that was his real downfall. If he was a Bushie, the news media would make this out as another Sharpton gone bonkos story.

[muntrv]

9. Gotta toast savage weiner.

He says shit far worse and more often than Imus.

[Redstone]

10. I hate fucking racists. But I love the First Amendment more than that. A "Purge" would be

absolutely un-American.

Assholes have EVERY BIT as much a right to talk as non-assholes in this country.

Redstone

[eagler]

16. If you haven't noticed , there is very little competition on the

airwaves for these guys due to the loss of the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE. Why should they be allowed their freedom of speech and not the opposition?

[Redstone]

22. That's a specious argument, and you know it. The rightwing broadcasters are popular because

rightwingers are fucking sheep, and want to have their opinions GIVEN to them on the radio and TV.

We, on the other hand, make our own opinions because we're smarter than the rightwingers.

That's the reason, not the Fairness Doctrine. (Which I agree whould be brought back anyway.)

Redstone

[eagler]

35. The fact is that with the Fairness Doctrine they would have tons

of competition.I feel that because of the lack of it is the primary reason they have become so influential.

[NYCGirl]

18. I agree 100%. NT

[CatWoman]

20. i wasn't aware that slinging racist comments was a "right"

especially when its done on the public airwaves.

Janet Jackson shows a tit, and the world almost ends, yet Imus and the like have a "right" to spew their racist garbage?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

26. Oh, Catwoman, why do you hate America?

[CatWoman]

30. you stop causing trouble

:)

[NashVegas]

27. In This Case, Ratings Make Right

Just like Rush got away with all of his drugs, because of his ratings.

Jimmy the Greek and others got canned because they were easy to jettison. No one tuned in, specifically, to hear what they had to say.

Throw Imus off the air and the stockholders could get hurt.

(I'm not saying this is the way it should be, just that Imus isn't going to go without a lot more pressure.)

[bloom]

33. What would be American (as in ideal American)

would be to give Imus' platform to one or all of the girls on the Rutger's team. He's not so special.

Or give it to Twisty Faster. I'm sure she has 100 times the wit of Imus.

What we have is a sexist, racist system and you are defending it.

[Morgana LaFey]

40. There's NO First Amendment issue here, NONE!!

at all.

The First Amendment guarantees your right to free speech unfettered by the GOVERNMENT. Private entities and individuals can censor your ass til the cows come home.

Please, people, your ignorance is showing. Read the damn Bill of Rights sometime, eh?

[BeHereNow]

12. I SO hope you are correct...

With morbid curiousity, as I believe the old adage, "Know thy enemy"
I sometimes listen to the brownshirt media radio shows.
These people need to be pulled from the airwaves and
sent to prison for their promotion of hate.
They are criminals, as are the sponsors who support them.
BOYCOTT.

BHN

[Mad_Dem_X]

13. We can only hope!

Rush, Hannity and Glen Beck need to go next!

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. *Sniff* *sniff* - I do believe I smell some talking heads soiling themselves.

Let's hope so.

Who's next?

[lonestarnot]

19. Yes, keep 'em roll'n. Keep those doggies roll'n rawhide.

[billbuckhead]

21. Neal Boortz is the worst.

He sets the baseline for the whole south for this kind of racism and sexism. That's why he needs black and female beards for his wink wink brand of bigotry.

[Erika]

24. The GOP subtlety implies minorities and the poor

deserve inferior treatment because the GOP believes it whole heartedly.

[Cha]

25. YEAH! Did imus think he could

get away with that shyte because the limpbaughs and coulters say any hateful thing they want over our airwaves?

[walldude]

31. I agree.. It's not a first amendment violation

if someone gets fired for being an asshole. Imus can say whatever he wants, and people can pay him if they want. And I can protest it all I want. I'm not violating anyone's "First Amendment Rights" by wanting them kicked off the air because they aren't doing their job. Imus's job is to entertain, if he considers spewing racism entertainment then he ought to be fired for sucking at his job.

[NormanYorkstein]

34. We did this on the internet

CNN, FOX, MSNBC, all those companies are losing money to DU and other internet sites. I say let's take them head on Corporate media sucks. Let's take them all on.

[Octafish]

36. Flush Rush.

I HATE VIAGRA-FUELED CHILD MOLESTERS.

[jakefrep]

37. yeah, because censorship is a wonderful thing

:sarcasm:

[Imagevision]

38. When the heck is ole whitey going to start making examples for those using

racists remarks thinking because of their star power they can simply skate on these issues. (I'm white)

[The Count]

41. letter on Faux (NY): "If they'll fire everyone who makes offensive remarks

in radio or TV, who will be left?"
I have to agree - some people won't have anyone left to tell them whom to hate. Oh, the humanity!

[Warren DeMontague]

43. Yeah. Political Commentators might actually have to start talking about actual shit instead of

talking smack. Where's the fun in that?

[Swamp Rat]

44. AMEN!