Le Sabot Post-ModerneGentrifying the Christian ghetto since March 2003.CBS and Imus- April 13, 2007 CBS did a noble thing firing Imus today. The world is a little safer now, and I think we all feel good about ourselves. But in their quest to rid the world of Ho-speak, they've only just begun. In order to really clean house, they'll need to divest themselves of the following subsidiaries: Comedy Central, with it's "edgy", "urban" comics. The BET Hip Hop channel MTV -- or maybe they could just convince Snoop and the rest of the guys to substitute "proud, strong, black...http://www.postmodernclog.com/archives/002887.html On the Imus firing. . .- April 12, 2007 So they fired Don Imus. I never liked him anyway. But the double standard at work in the case is example 14,000,000 that the racial (and gender) system in America contains a sick double standard that chews up some people while rewarding others for the same actions or words. If the black "community" is going to be treated as a collective entity, then let it be actually be treated as a collective. I'll provide an example. They should first remove the giant plank labeled "Hip...http://www.postmodernclog.com/archives/002886.html A poem for my honey. . .- April 10, 2007 This bit of doggerel came to me while I was drifting off to sleep: Untitled Presidents write decrees; And Pontiffs issue bulls. Despots love their fiats; And Executives make their rules. But my love reigns by subtler means; Theyre impossible to question. And thus it is I live my life, neath the tyranny of suggestion. To be read very tongue-in-cheek....http://www.postmodernclog.com/archives/002885.html |