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  • kalmikrazy
    SBR Sharp
    • 09-01-05
    • 418

    #1
    Al Sharpton & Rev. Jesse Jackson
    How come these guys are all over people when something related to race comes into play like it did in the Duke Lax and now they are not showing any accountability or apologizing to ALL those guys who were exonerated of ALL charges. These 2 guys played a large role in the DA charging the players and now even though they are innocent, this is something that will affect and/or hurt them in their young lives whether it be courting a young woman or applying for a job.

    On a side note, shame on CBS for waiting this long to fire Imus. I guess when your bank account starts shrinking, the light bulb in your head goes off. Its a guarantee that they fired him not because they FINALLY felt what he said was unethical but more with the fact that they would lose millions in ad money.
  • ukbro00
    SBR Sharp
    • 04-02-07
    • 388

    #2
    Originally posted by kalmikrazy
    How come these guys are all over people when something related to race comes into play like it did in the Duke Lax and now they are not showing any accountability or apologizing to ALL those guys who were exonerated of ALL charges. These 2 guys played a large role in the DA charging the players and now even though they are innocent, this is something that will affect and/or hurt them in their young lives whether it be courting a young woman or applying for a job.

    On a side note, shame on CBS for waiting this long to fire Imus. I guess when your bank account starts shrinking, the light bulb in your head goes off. Its a guarantee that they fired him not because they FINALLY felt what he said was unethical but more with the fact that they would lose millions in ad money.

    I have to agree with you about the first part of the post. You never see Sharpton or Jackson apologize when they are wrong about something. It really frustrates me that they can just do whatever they want, and they are not accountable for their actions. The second half of your post is very wrong in my opinion. I'm guessing like most of America who has a negative view toward the situation, you did not listen to Don Imus' daily morning show, and probably did not even hear his comments that day. I am not saying that Imus was right in what he said about the Rutgers Basketball team, but the media took it way out of context, and it created a domino effect. If people didnt make such a big deal about it, CBS would not have fired him. He says stupid things all the time when he tries to be funny. Thats what he does, and thats what makes him such a good talk show host. I am also gong to assume that you don't listen to rap music, and hear the lyrics that these people "sing." They are 10 times more degrading that anything that anyone has ever said over the airwaves, and nobody is going after these people to have them fired. Howard Stern was on free radio for years and years and degraded many, many people, yet CBS did not fire him. A couple weeks ago, another CBS employee, Billy Packer, said a homophobic term (fag) on national TV. CBS did not fire him either. So why did they fire IMUS? Because they saw this as a way to make people think that CBS is a high quality company who won't exploit people to make money. I find this funny, because they tried everything in their power to keep Howard Stern from moving to Sirius. Last time I checked, Howard Stern does exactly what CBS says that they don't want. All they care about is money. Once the public started protesting, for no apparant reason, sponsers felt pressue to back out, then MSNBC said that they wouldn't air his show, but CBS only suspended him. The next day, the pressure from incompetant people, such as Al Sharpton, got too much for the network to handle and they did what they thought was the decision that had to be made.
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    • gking3314
      SBR Hustler
      • 04-11-07
      • 58

      #3
      Sharpton & Jackson have their own agendas, and you can be sure that apologizing to the Duke players is not on that list. They are hippocrates, and not worth the time to listen to. Supposedly they are for the advancement of colored people, but I think they done more bad than good with this plight.
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      • bigboydan
        SBR Aristocracy
        • 08-10-05
        • 55420

        #4
        I think Jason Whitlock said it best in an interview I heard on the radio yesterday. "These two gentlemen need to stop acting like it's still 1965".
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        • jjgold
          SBR Aristocracy
          • 07-20-05
          • 388179

          #5
          I am surprised neither has been popped yet, I would say some day some nut will asasinate them.
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          • tblues2005
            SBR Hall of Famer
            • 07-30-06
            • 9235

            #6
            jjgold I think the same way here that is possible someday.
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            • dave11486
              SBR Wise Guy
              • 02-25-06
              • 999

              #7
              Originally posted by jjgold
              I am surprised neither has been popped yet, I would say some day some nut will asasinate them.
              Those two make so much bank on black people's problems. They contribute to as much of the hatred of black people as anyone. Fvcking scumbags.
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              • Sam Odom
                SBR Aristocracy
                • 10-30-05
                • 58063

                #8
                Originally posted by bigboydan
                I think Jason Whitlock said it best in an interview I heard on the radio yesterday. "These two gentlemen need to stop acting like it's still 1965".

                There's no $$ in that...
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                • katstale
                  SBR MVP
                  • 02-07-07
                  • 3924

                  #9
                  J.C. Watts said it best "race hustling pimps!" And i wonder how much that white hat would be worth on ebay that Sharpton was wearing on that undercover sting tape where he is brokering a big cocaine deal! I want that hat!!
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                  • bigboydan
                    SBR Aristocracy
                    • 08-10-05
                    • 55420

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Sam Odom
                    There's no $$ in that...
                    What are you trying to say Sam that there a couple of shakedown artists
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                    • imgv94
                      SBR Posting Legend
                      • 11-16-05
                      • 17192

                      #11
                      Two horrible human beings..
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                      • slacker00
                        SBR Posting Legend
                        • 10-06-05
                        • 12262

                        #12
                        Sharpton & Jesse are clowns, bottom line. They are left alone, as far as ridicule, because of the cause that they are leading: racial equality.
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                        • hitbitritz
                          SBR High Roller
                          • 04-06-07
                          • 242

                          #13
                          if those 2 jokers died, i wouldn't care
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