i really had no opinion on this until cbs fired imus . i have listened to him and yes he is too bland as howard said for my taste . he was one of the original shock jocks i guess you could say . always had a crude sense of humor but show was otherwise boring and then he went political a few years back . his voice almost puts me to sleep . but onto my comment . why the outrage ? what did imus do that most young black men dont aready do ? how often do we pull up to a gas pump and have to be subjected to that thumping crap talkin bout bitches and hoes ? im a firm supporter of first ammendment but whos 5 year old child is ? not everyone curses around their kids or calls their girlfriends nappy headed hoes . everyone had a right to be offended by his actions but he is also entitled to his opinion . how many of us have cracked a tasteless joke only to regret it later ? i know ive made an ass of myself on numerous occasions . my point is the songs are on the radio , soft porn videos on tv , why use imus as a scapegoat when this is what we let our society become ? why wouldnt jesse jackson and sharpton use this as a forum for their cause ? because they are only trying to get headlines . they want someone to think they did something grand when in all actuality proctor/gamble , american express , and nextel are what got him fired . cbs lost a ton of sponsorship over this so called scandal and THEY made imus a scapegoat . ive never understood why the american public gets so fired up over something you do but not when they do it themselves . why would imus crack a joke about nappy headed hoes and the like if someone wasnt going to find it funny . i heard the original transcript on espn the first day and was surprised by it but shocked ?
"We cannot afford a precedent established that the airways can commercialize and mainstream sexism and racism."
-- Rev. Al Sharpton
"No one should use the public airwaves to transmit racial or sexual degradation."
-- Jesse Jackson

do these guys not watch network tv ? or listen to urban radio ? hell even commercials curse on the radio now . imus will move on to satellite radio right along stern and all will be forgotten . if the naacp had positioned themselves correctly they could have turned this into something against racism but instead they have one millionare now on vacation . who learned what lesson from this ? ok , am off my soapbox now . sorry for my rant but political correctness really gets under my skin .