Cach and Reverend Jackson

Posted by Anonymous On 1:55 AM

I don't always see eye-to-eye with Jessie Jackson. That's not to say that I'm one of the robots who knee-jerk disagree with everything he says, I just don't usually listen to him and feel the need to quote him.

I do now.

I just listened to an interview he gave over the Don Imus controversy. He was advocating for Imus to be fired. I honestly haven't given it enough thought to be able to say that I agree or disagree, but the host in the interview said, "But that's just Imus! He's always stupid."

Then Jackson said, "But stupid should be costly not prosperous."

Huh. I... agree.

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7 Cachinnations

  1. The Cliff Said,

    I don't know, sometimes i wish stupid was prosperous

    I'd be friggin rich!!

    Posted on 4/10/2007

     
  2. Moderator Said,

    But stupid is quite often very prosperous.

    Posted on 4/10/2007

     
  3. Anonymous Said,

    It surely is. Take Dane Cook for example...


    Ooooooooohhh! Buurrrrrrrrn!

    Posted on 4/10/2007

     
  4. Seth Ward Said,

    Sadly, I agree with the Rev, but I think he uses stuff like this to push his big ego to the screen to get some air-time. Him and Al Sharpton are about as selfless as a couple of porn stars.

    Posted on 4/10/2007

     
  5. Chaotic Hammer Said,

    It's funny, my wife (who doesn't take much interest in news or "manufactured controversy", which is fine by me) and I were discussing this, and as I was trying to explain to her what this Imus character had said that caused all the uproar, I mentioned that one of the reasons that it's big news now is because Jesse Jackson and the other "usual suspects" had shown up to fuss about it.

    I inadvertently said of Jackson "you know, he's like a firefighter who shows up wherever there's a fire", and almost as soon as the words had come out of my mouth, both my wife and I realized I had badly misspoken.

    We quickly corrected that one. Jesse Jackson is, in fact, much more akin to a guy who shows up with a can of gasoline wherever there's a fire. He's all about division and strife, not healing and reconciliation.

    Posted on 4/12/2007

     
  6. Anonymous Said,

    Like I said, I don't always see eye-to-eye with him. My main beef with Jackson is his tendency to pre-judge situations the same way that he accuses other people of doing. But in this instance... I agree with him.

    The thing that sticks in my mind most about the Imus controversy is this question: does Imus create his audience or do they create him? The guy had an audience! He's not alone; he's just the only one who gets punished. But you know that when he said those things, lots of people laughed. That's creepy.

    Posted on 4/12/2007

     
  7. Douglas Said,

    Imus has always been a rude and arrogant. He called my governor several names and told him to, "Beso mi culo" on air a month or two ago. He just finally picked on people that society cares about protecting. I'm glad it finally caught up with him.

    MB

    Posted on 4/15/2007