Don Imus and CBS Radio … Going, Going, Gone … Imus Fired

The Don Imus free fall has not stopped yet. Now CBS radio has fired Don Imus. However, one wonders when is enough, enough? Who are certain individuals to call for another persons firing when they have done the same or even worse? I guess Imus will be off to satellite radio.

(CBS/AP) CBS announced Thursday that it has fired Don Imus from his radio program, following a week of uproar over the radio host’s derogatory comments about the Rutgers women’s basketball team.

“There has been much discussion of the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly young women of color trying to make their way in this society,” CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves said in announcing the decision.

CBS Chairman and CEO Les Moonves issued the following statement regarding the decision.

Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson may want to walk the walk before they act so high and might and go after someone’s livelihood. What would these two know about public decency? Imus’ comments were more than wrong; however, one would think that at the very least a dialog could occur as to why such things are allowed to be said all the time in mainstream society. It is not a white or black issue, its a societal one.

The Rev. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson met with Moonves to advocate Imus’ removal.

Jackson called the firing “a victory for public decency. No one should use the public airwaves to transmit racial or sexual degradation.”

Said Sharpton: “He says he wants to be forgiven. I hope he continues in that process. But we cannot afford a precedent established that the airways can commercialize and mainstream sexism and racism.”

IMUS: ‘WHEN WILL SHARPTON APOLOGIZE TO DUKE PLAYERS’?

If there is an truth or consistency to any of the arguments against Don Imus then maybe we will begin the discussion regarding rap music and how it, the artists and the music industry attack woman and use the same vulgar and racist language every day. What a novel concept.

Daily Commentary – Friday April 13th, 2007 – Friday the 13th Facts

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• Friday the 13th Facts

Atlanta Orangutans Hooked On Video Games

We are worried that our children are getting hooked on video games? It looks like researchers are also getting the Orangutans at the Atlanta Zoo hooked on them too.

Next step, rehab for carpal tunnel syndrome and weight watchers.

They’re Sumatran orangutans at Zoo Atlanta. The orangutans play on a touch screen built into a tree-like structure in their habitat. Volunteers from IBM worked nearly 500 hours developing the games. Correct answers mean food pellets for the apes.
They also have a painting program and draw by moving their hands or feet over the screen. Researchers say data from the games will help them study the animals’ memory, reasoning and learning abilities.
Zoo officials also hope visitors will get a better understanding of the orangutans’ intelligence and the plight of the dwindling species. via Tampa Bay’s 10.

Flying the Friendly Skies … Don’t Die in the Bathroom

 An American Airlines passenger, 66 year old Taisuke Matsuo, apparently had a heart attack and died in the bathroom on a flight bound for Chicago. Seems like something that could commonly occur. However, Matsuo was not discovered until the cleaning crew came on board. Oops. So much for the pre-landing check. And of course the law suit will follow. Of course this is an embarrassment for American Airlines, but I am not sure where the law suit is. How could they have prevented his death? There is no way of knowing when he went into the bathroom, when he died, and how quick he died  as compared to  when the plane landed. If Taisuke Matsuo died of a massive heart attack, how could anyone have saved him? However, it is an unfortunate situation.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An airline passenger died in the restroom during a flight and wasn’t found until the cleaning crew boarded the plane after it landed, a federal lawsuit contends.

The passenger, Taisuke Matsuo, 66, apparently had a heart attack on an American Airlines flight from Tokyo to Chicago during the first leg of a trip home to Indianapolis, according to the lawsuit filed Monday by his wife, Carolyn D. Watts.

The lawsuit accuses American Airlines of negligence and seeks damages of about $150,000.

Daily Commentary – Thursday April 5th, 2007 – The Imus Controversy

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• The Imus Controversy

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