RIP Don Imus

I don't have a 'disgusting religious bias' at all. After completing many science and religion courses, I was just drawn to science since it deals with repeatable observations/facts while religion's facts come mainly from superstitions communicated from spirits, etc. So I made my choice and I'm a proud member of the 'cult of gravity', which I don't intend as a knock on the many believers who 'walk the walk'.

And yes, I like to sprinkle some humor in these posts. Otherwise, what fun is it?
Go Johnnies!
 
[quote="Beast of the East" post=369762][quote="Its*Over*Johnny" post=369760]Wow! Are our Catholic schools failing? How can so-called religious people defend such a hateful person. It seems, for some, being part of the cult of Jesus simply doesn't equate with having love for others and being a respectful human, giving even atheists the moral high ground in many cases. Every day I'm more happy I left the religion. It's like watching an old girlfriend gain weight.[/quote]

I was reading these posts carefully and can understand but not agree how people of color could hang on to one highly regrettable comment after 40 years of live radio.

When you use this thread to comment on "the cult of Jesus" you disqualify yourself and in fact is more of a compass on your own disgusting religious bias than a stupid racially charged comment about the rutgers women.

I'm pretty sure though that you never were riled by Chris Rock's monolpgue about the difference between black people and N-----. Of course not, because to some, it's permissab lk e IF you are black. Robin Williams doing the same routine and his career would be over.

The Malik Sealy stuff is pure nonsense. What does barking like a dog have to do with color? Had Sealy been Italian or irish would that request have overtones of ethnic bias? I think not.

Imus' attempts at comedy were hit and miss. 4 hours a day on the air and that will happen. I never thought he was very funny, and i don't think Stern is either. I also never thought he was racist, even after making an incredibly racist and dumb attempt at humor. I think it was just a one liner in response to Charles McCord reading the news. That's not to say in any way that there is room for that on public airwaves. There isn't - just like calling Christians, the cult of Jesus. I don't believe his comments were heartfelt, but yours are, unless that's your style of humor.[/quote]

I don't have a 'disgusting religious bias' at all. After completing many science and religion courses, I was just drawn to science since it deals with repeatable observations/facts. So I made my choice and I'm a proud member of the ever-growing 'cult of gravity', which I don't intend as a knock on the many believers who 'walk the walk'.

And yes, I like to sprinkle some humor in these posts.
Go Johnnies!
 
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A story from my late ex-father-in-law who was a Ph.D. geographer and the Th.D. head of higher education for the United Church of Christ, and from whom I learned much. He commented that when all the quantum physicists and all the astro-physicists reach the plateau where they all gather together to ask what it all means, they will find all the theologians already there for a long time.
 
Listened to Imus for many years and enjoyed his show until the final years when his wife Deidre was featured too much. I was listening the morning of the Rutgers debacle, but honestly, it was Bernie not Imus, and the back and forth got out of hand as it sometimes did with insults that went way too far, but for example, when they involved Catholics, the Pope, Cardinal O'Connor or fat old white guys nobody gave a damn.

Vivian Stringer said that she and her team forgave him, and that she knew he was not a racist, which he wasn't.

I know people at Hackensack Hospital and they attest to the large amounts of money he helped raise for Tomorrow's Children Fund and infant death syndrome.



As for religion, the God Squad a segment for years on his show featured a rabbi and a priest who did an excellent job of highlighting all the good things about ALL religions, and they was funny and humane and got a big push in their careers by Imus. Father Tom was the brother of an aids victim who passed during his time on the show and Imus was wonderful in supporting Fr. Tom's tireless ministry to aids victims in the darkest early days of Aids.

Imus did a tremendous job with the WFAN Hunger-thon and Bill Ayers and Pete Fornatel raising money and convincing the station to give up commercial programming to raise money to defeat hunger in and around NYC.

Imus's political interviews were the best, John Kerry, Bob Kerrey, Joe Leiberman, Chris Dodd, Maureen Dowd and of course John McCain and the late great Tim Russert.

He didn't pander to The Donald like Stern did. I can't stand Stern.

His comedy sketches could be great, so-so or lame, but given the every morning 4 hour show, overall b+.

RIP Imus.
 
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