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  Don Imus Fired!

  by minimus in

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  ....for saying "nappy headed hos".

  he's off tv and radio.

  personally, he's never been my favorite but i like him more than the reverend al sharpton!

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  We dont need people who everytime something supposedly is racist, no matter how big or small it is made out to be 3 times as worse than it really is like Sharperton does . He can make a friendly argument seem like it was a deadly gun battle.

  Good point!!! I don't use racial slurs and don't like it when others do, but it's pretty mainstream these days. I don't think anyone on this board approved or thought Imus' remarks were funny. What we are saying is have the penalty fit the crime. It seems that some think he should be hung from a tree for saying what he did. He didn't kill anyone!!! (A hefty fine in the wallet and a suspension would have been appropriate!)

  If Oprah can say someone has nappy hair, why can't Imus?????????? Imus has nappy hair. I take more offense with the 'ho term being said against women. It seems that no one points out that there were WHITE girls on the team as well....

  IMHO if you listen to, support, purchase rap music, you don't have any reason to complain about this.

  Where is Sharpton's outrage on the Duke case????????? I'd like to see him go nuts over what that women did!

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  Don Imus Fired!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  ....for saying "nappy headed hos".

  he's off tv and radio.

  personally, he's never been my favorite but i like him more than the reverend al sharpton!

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  He said blacks use the term derisively to put down other lighter skinned blacks. Usually, it's used when darker blacks look down on lighter ones because of their mix.

  I think blacks say and do more hurtful things to each other than any other group!

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  JW forwards...

  by metaspy in

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  i remember seeing a thread on stories that get forwarded around by jws.. i just got one and i cant imagine that it is true:.

  god and the spider.

  during world war ii, the persecution had been intense.

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  LOL!!! Who makes these stories up???

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  Sequim, WA

  by VanillaMocha73 in

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  anyone from here?

  or know anything about people from sequim?

  i remember being there just before the entire elder body was wiped out, apparently in one night?

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  Will we ever find out what happened???

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  Don Imus Fired!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ....for saying "nappy headed hos".

  he's off tv and radio.

  personally, he's never been my favorite but i like him more than the reverend al sharpton!

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  I'm sure plenty of people (and some of you here) thought that comment was a funny one, quite funny, probably. I'm sure you do because you see black women the same way Imus does, as "nappy headed hos". Quite honestly, that's no surprise. That goes back a few hundred years to the slave days in this country. Black women are looked down upon by those white men who hold the view that they are automatically whores--Imus, and those of you who agree with him and see nothing wrong with what he said. Maybe the only time you see black women is in the pornos you whack off to and the rap videos you might flip through on television. Easy to allow yourself to view them as a "ho" that way, huh? Easy for the Rutgers women's basketball team to be labeled that way and laughed at. Hate mail has even been sent to them for having a reaction to someone's WRONG opinion. Apparently, a lot of people see the team as overreacting due to someone's unnecessary remark. Someone who millions of US citizens listen to and watch. Black or white.

  Easy to use the Rutgers women's basketball team as a scapegoat for the anger of the network's reactions to a demeaning comment against all women, really. I was under the impression that this country had come farther than that of Imus's thinking, that women can be labeled so lowly and that be an ok thing. Young, intelligent women who, if their skin was peach, ivory, or rosacea, would recieve an enormous amount of kudos from the media just for being 'such great young and talented ladies who will make a difference in this world.' But hey, it's a white man's world afterall, and Imus should be able to say whatever he wants, right? So what, he just talked about some black girls, right? WRONG!

  Have you given any thought to seeing a therapist?

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  Who has snow today and how much?

  by Crumpet in

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  whilst in britain we are experiencing unseasonably warm weather - in the low 70s this week i just saw news footage of huge amounts of snow in america and the rockies.. who has got snow today and how much?

  i am getting seriously alarmed that i will need to change my attire for my dallas visit in 2 weeks and 6 days time!!!!.

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  According to Yahoo, this is the weather report for Dallas:

  Mostly Cloudy

  Feels Like:

  64°

  Barometer:

  29.88 in and rising

  Humidity:

  45%

  Visibility:

  10 mi

  Dewpoint:

  42°

  Wind:

  SE 13 mph

  Sunrise:

  7:02 am

  Sunset:

  7:55 pm

  64°

  High: 76° Low: 58°

  Today	Tomorrow	Sat	Sun	Mon	6-10 Day
  					Extended Forecast
  Mostly Cloudy	Strong Storms/ Wind	Cloudy/ Wind	Sunny	Sunny
  High: 76° Low: 58°	High: 74° Low: 52°	High: 59° Low: 42°	High: 67° Low: 45°	High: 72° Low: 52°
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  Who has snow today and how much?

  by Crumpet in

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  whilst in britain we are experiencing unseasonably warm weather - in the low 70s this week i just saw news footage of huge amounts of snow in america and the rockies.. who has got snow today and how much?

  i am getting seriously alarmed that i will need to change my attire for my dallas visit in 2 weeks and 6 days time!!!!.

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  I think it's going to be warm in Dallas when you visit. Throw in a light jacket for some cool nights, possibly. We always get a little cold weather around Easter in the South, then it warms right back up. Ask again in a week and we should know for sure. It was 70 here today. Very nice comfortable day....probably about the same in Dallas.

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  Don Imus Fired!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ....for saying "nappy headed hos".

  he's off tv and radio.

  personally, he's never been my favorite but i like him more than the reverend al sharpton!

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  Anytime you say, "It's okay for me because of my race--but not okay for you because of yours," you are validating racism and perpetuating racial tension.

  Exactly! You're dividing the races not bringing them together. Firing Imus is not going to bring about more understanding but less. It would have been more appropriate to have him apologize to the girls that he talked against and let them work it out! Now it goes to a "we verses them" scenario. No one wins.

  We all pick up and use language that we hear often. If we keep hearing the "n" word and the "h" word, you will notice that all the races start saying it. Fact. It doesn't have anything to do with who can say it or why....it's just the way it is.

  I don't understand why a cartoon that is over 50 years old was brought up on this board if it causes bad feelings. Personally, I never viewed it as anything but a cartoon, not a reflection on race. I guess every person could jump on the emotional bandwagon and demand no cartoons be about fat people, skinny people, short people, tall people, rednecks, hillbillies, etc.

  I am sorry that racism exists. We can all choose whether or not we let it dominate our lives and our friendships.

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  Any one enjoys gardening?

  by greendawn in

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  in the new ground floor flat that i purchased there is a garden area outside which is l shaped each leg being about 15 by 2 metres or about 50 by 7 feet (the rest of the outside is paved) and as the weather got better i planted a lot of the usual vegetables, aubergines, yellow peppers, tomatoes, courgettes, strawberries, cucumbers, runner beans a total of about 50 plants, and many flowers.

  if all goes well i will not be buying much vegetables this summer.

  i mixed in natural manure two months ago to give it time to get digested and hope i will not need to use any chemical pesticides.

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  When I was growing up we always had a huge garden. I haven't had one in years, but this year I'm growing my own tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, bell peppers, and some herbs. My tomato plants already have a couple of small tomatoes!

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  Einstein's apocalyptic vision coming true?

  by SWALKER in

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  "if the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left.

  no more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.

  " ~albert einstein .

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  If it is mites, I don't understand why they aren't able to determine that, as they infest the developing bees:

  "Varroa mites are external honeybee parasites that attack both the adults and the brood, with a distinct preference for drone brood. They suck the blood from both the adults and the developing brood, weakening and shortening the life span of the ones on which they feed. Emerging brood may be deformed with missing legs or wings. Untreated infestations of varroa mites that are allowed to increase will kill honeybee colonies. Losses due to these parasitic mites are often confused with causes such as winter mortality and queenlessness if the colonies are not examined for mites."

  http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef608.htm

  I'd just like to add that my 4 hives are fine so far.

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