IMUS IMUS IMUS.........................

Video of Racist Incident at German Army Barracks Appears on Video Portal

by Markus Schlegel

Germany today had its next debate about a scandal in its armed forces, as journalists of newsweekly 'Stern' dug out the video of an incident said to have taken place in June of 2006 already in a barrack in the North of Germany. The video shows an instructor asking a recruit to fire rounds at "Afro Americans" who "offend" the recruit's "mother in strong language".

The instructor asks the recruit to fire at the ficticious "Afro Americans" shouting "Motherfucker". Reports say that the instructor has been removed from his task last year already after complaints by German personnel at the barracks.

If anything, the video shows how the media indoctrination of marginalisation works its way into simpler minds. Therefore the video might give a better understanding of why the likes of Lynnedie England ultimately overstep every yellow or red line.

Were it not so sad what the wrong mass media bombardment can do in simpler minds, the video would almost seem an original Monty Python setup.

http://www.nowpublic.com/video_of_ra...video_portal_1

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Originally Posted by Solitary Brother

The bottom line is the black "community" is polluted.....absolutely FILLED with foul rap music,foul rappers and FOUL individuals.
This whole bruhaha is symptomatic of the total disfunction in the black community.
Crime,illeteracy,high unemployment,drug abuse,illegitamate children......
these are ALL symptoms of OUR disfunction.
WE as a people have to start to respect each other a LITTLE bit because right now we dont.

Let the hateful responses begin...............

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As a black male, I can say that all the black community is not polluted. I just wanted to make that clear. Like any other community, we have our issues.

I see the good and the bad in my community. I see the educated black families, and I see the crack dealers in the hood. I see many families in the hood trying to live positively.

I don't know why this statement was made, but I'm not going to let it feed the generalization that is going on here. Especially when I'm an educated black man, who has never been a part of the "pollution".

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You are 100% correct. Unfortunately a shit fire has been lit in the front yard and now it's spreading setting the progress back but not enough to impede the progress that has been made. Keep to what you believe and progress will continue, despite the talking heads.

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Originally Posted by Kabuki

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Originally Posted by Solitary Brother

The bottom line is the black "community" is polluted.....absolutely FILLED with foul rap music,foul rappers and FOUL individuals.
This whole bruhaha is symptomatic of the total disfunction in the black community.
Crime,illeteracy,high unemployment,drug abuse,illegitamate children......
these are ALL symptoms of OUR disfunction.
WE as a people have to start to respect each other a LITTLE bit because right now we dont.

Let the hateful responses begin...............

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As a black male, I can say that all the black community is not polluted. I just wanted to make that clear. Like any other community, we have our issues.

I see the good and the bad in my community. I see the educated black families, and I see the crack dealers in the hood. I see many families in the hood trying to live positively.

I don't know why this statement was made, but I'm not going to let it feed the generalization that is going on here. Especially when I'm an educated black man, who has never been a part of the "pollution".

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You are 100% correct. Unfortunately a shit fire has been lit in the front yard and now it's spreading setting the progress back but not enough to impede the progress that has been made. Keep to what you believe and progress will continue, despite the talking heads.

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I know I shot Geek a snarky comment, but really respect starts from within and not saying "we're lost" or "dysfunctional." My family are immigrants and always taught me to go get mine. It's a good thing that everybody doesn't think like that.
Or else this wouldn't be going on.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/ny...erland&emc=rss

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Originally Posted by Kabuki

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Originally Posted by Solitary Brother

The bottom line is the black "community" is polluted.....absolutely FILLED with foul rap music,foul rappers and FOUL individuals.
This whole bruhaha is symptomatic of the total disfunction in the black community.
Crime,illeteracy,high unemployment,drug abuse,illegitamate children......
these are ALL symptoms of OUR disfunction.
WE as a people have to start to respect each other a LITTLE bit because right now we dont.

Let the hateful responses begin...............

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As a black male, I can say that all the black community is not polluted. I just wanted to make that clear. Like any other community, we have our issues.

I see the good and the bad in my community. I see the educated black families, and I see the crack dealers in the hood. I see many families in the hood trying to live positively.

I don't know why this statement was made, but I'm not going to let it feed the generalization that is going on here. Especially when I'm an educated black man, who has never been a part of the "pollution".

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I don't think Solitary Brother meant "all" black people are polluted- just the majority of...
I've actually been on some dating sites where the black gentlemen have put in their posts that they don't have any children- almost as though they have to mention it like it's a normal thing.

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I don't think Solitary Brother meant "all" black people are polluted- just the majority of...
I've actually been on some dating sites where the black gentlemen have put in their posts that they don't have any children- almost as though they have to mention it like it's a normal thing.

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The majority of the black community isn't polluted though. His statement is still flawed. My Mother doesn't listen to hip-hop, and walk around calling people the "N" word. The youth may be on track to being misguided, but even there...you have intelligent young people trying to make a difference in this world. Every black person doesn't live in the hood. Every person in the hood isn't living off the system and gang banging. I swear that the black community is so stereotyped...it's ridiculous. America is really going backwards, and I fear the future.

And for the no kids comment, everyone assumes that black males must have a couple of kids in the world. So, I'm not surprised about what they post. I actually have no kids as well. It seems almost pointless to debate about the black community. I don't think anyone is listening, or open to understanding what I'm saying.

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Originally Posted by Kabuki

I don't think anyone is listening, or open to understanding what I'm saying.

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For what it's worth, Kabuki, I've found your posts to be excellent, even when I've disagreed with them. People are listening.

-Quinn

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Originally Posted by Kabuki

I don't think anyone is listening, or open to understanding what I'm saying.

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For what it's worth, Kabuki, I've found your posts to be excellent, even when I've disagreed with them. People are listening.

-Quinn

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Agreed.

bump because it's true:

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Imus won't go quietly

The talk show host has hired a top First Amendment lawyer, and an unusual clause in his contract could give him a $40 million payday, writes Fortune's Tim Arango.
By Tim Arango, Fortune writer
May 2 2007: 12:48 PM EDT


NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Don Imus, the tousled and acerbic radio host whose racial remarks engendered a media storm that triggered a swift upending of his career, is not going away quietly even if the imbroglio has all but disappeared from the national conversation in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre.

For Imus, who made a career out of operating in the murky space between sophomoric humor and high-brow political talk, there is the little matter of about $40 million left on his contract with CBS Radio - whose boss Les Moonves fired the shock jock on April 12. CBS' lawyers contend Imus was fired for cause and not owed the rest of the money.

But Imus has hired one of the nation's premiere First Amendment attorneys, and the two sides are gearing up for a legal showdown that could turn on how language in his contract that encouraged the radio host to be irreverent and engage in character attacks is interpreted, according to one person who has read the contract.

The language, according to this source, was part of a five-year contract that went into effect in 2006 and that paid Imus close to $10 million a year. It stipulates that Imus be given a warning before being fired for doing what he made a career out of - making off-color jokes. The source described it as a "dog has one- bite clause." A lawsuit could be filed within a month, this person predicted.

A CBS spokesman declined comment, and Imus, through his attorney, also declined an interview.

Bo Dietl, a private investigator and author who is a long-time Imus confidante and was a regular guest on the show, has been making the rounds of the cable talk shows defending his friend and had this to say to Fortune: "I just heard that there is a contract in place, and that he can't be fired without a warning."

Will Imus put a dent in CBS' stock?

Imus has hired Martin Garbus, a New York-based attorney at the law firm Davis & Gilbert who is widely recognized as one of the country's most able First Amendment lawyers. Time Magazine, for one, has called him "legendary, one of the best trial lawyers in the country." He's successfully represented the comedian Lenny Bruce against criminal charges on First Amendment grounds, and the writer Robert Sam Anson in a lawsuit filed by Walt Disney trying to halt the publication of a book critical of the media giant.

But in Imus' case, his free speech rights are tempered by the fact that he said what he said on the public airwaves - which are subject to Federal Communications Commission regulations about what is appropriate content.

"[Garbus is] a First Amendment lawyer who's argued many important cases," said Washington, D.C.-based attorney Lynne Bernabei, who has often represented plaintiffs in employment disputes. "I'm sure they're trying to make this a First Amendment case. But the airwaves are heavily regulated by the FCC.

"In my mind there is a big difference between someone who is under contract and is under FCC regulations and someone who speaks out in town hall. This is someone in a heavily regulated industry and who used the public airwaves."

Bernabei also said that any contract stipulations that allow for provocative content on Imus' show are probably balanced by "something in the contract about appropriate content."

She said, "I'm sure CBS has something about conduct - that he can't use profanity and has to abide by FCC regulations."

So under this argument, the case could turn on whether Imus' comments - which referred to members of the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos" - meets the definition of profanity under FCC guidelines. The FCC, on its Web site, defines profanity as "including language so grossly offensive to members of the public who actually hear it as to amount to a nuisance."

In some people's minds, CBS (Charts, Fortune 500) would have a slam dunk in making that case. Then there would be the matter of whether or not Imus ever quietly received warnings for previous offensive racial remarks. And there were several, including once referring to the New York Times African-American sports columnist Bill Rhoden as a "quota hire" and PBS anchor Gwen Ifill, who is black, as a "cleaning lady."

Meanwhile, Imus plans to retreat to his ranch in New Mexico for the summer before deciding whether to make another go of it on the radio. Many have speculated he could wind up in the unregulated world of satellite radio, but Dietl, his close friend, thinks he'll be back on terrestrial radio. "He's going to take off the summer, but I think he'll be back and stronger than ever," he said.

Gee, Imus=loudmouthed jerk. And this surprised exactly who? and why? He was a slightly toned-down shock jock for 30 years. Never bothered me, as my radios all have tuning controls on them, and an off-on switch to boot.