Questions about Jesse and Al.....

dawgfan · Post by **dawgfan** » November 29, 2006 8:00 pm

TommyBahama wrote:
aeroparrot wrote:
TommyBahama wrote:There was talk of them on a local radio station the other day......they were talking about Michael Richards and how they got involved!!!....and Richards was off base on his trade......but just the other day Michael Irving was doing a radio show and they were talking about Tony Romo and his athletic ability....He made the comment of his great grandmother or great grandmother must of past through the hood....or back in the day was in the barn...you get the picture......he was saying that he must have some color in him to be a athlete......why don't they jump on him saying that is wrong!!!.....why didn't ESPN fire him??? ...there was more but i heard only bits and pieces!!!
Because then Irving can then sue ESPN for discrimination? Do you remember Jimmy the Greek getting fired from CBS for similar comments?
yes i do.......i was listening to WEEI and they made a hypathetical statement....what if Steve Young said something along the line of Donovan McNabb reads defenses well ...he must have some white in him...or something along that line.........he would of been out the door!!!Same type of comment ....just depends on who makes it!!!!

Rush Limbaugh did make a similar comment about Donovan and we see what happened to him.

TommyBahama · Post by **TommyBahama** » November 29, 2006 8:19 pm

dawgfan wrote:
TommyBahama wrote:
aeroparrot wrote:
TommyBahama wrote:There was talk of them on a local radio station the other day......they were talking about Michael Richards and how they got involved!!!....and Richards was off base on his trade......but just the other day Michael Irving was doing a radio show and they were talking about Tony Romo and his athletic ability....He made the comment of his great grandmother or great grandmother must of past through the hood....or back in the day was in the barn...you get the picture......he was saying that he must have some color in him to be a athlete......why don't they jump on him saying that is wrong!!!.....why didn't ESPN fire him??? ...there was more but i heard only bits and pieces!!!
Because then Irving can then sue ESPN for discrimination? Do you remember Jimmy the Greek getting fired from CBS for similar comments?
yes i do.......i was listening to WEEI and they made a hypathetical statement....what if Steve Young said something along the line of Donovan McNabb reads defenses well ...he must have some white in him...or something along that line.........he would of been out the door!!!Same type of comment ....just depends on who makes it!!!!
Rush Limbaugh did make a similar comment about Donovan and we see what happened to him.

double standard......and what makes the Rush comment funny and what happened....is Tommy Jackson agreed with him on air!!!

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » November 29, 2006 8:32 pm

TommyBahama wrote:
dawgfan wrote:
TommyBahama wrote:
aeroparrot wrote:
TommyBahama wrote:There was talk of them on a local radio station the other day......they were talking about Michael Richards and how they got involved!!!....and Richards was off base on his trade......but just the other day Michael Irving was doing a radio show and they were talking about Tony Romo and his athletic ability....He made the comment of his great grandmother or great grandmother must of past through the hood....or back in the day was in the barn...you get the picture......he was saying that he must have some color in him to be a athlete......why don't they jump on him saying that is wrong!!!.....why didn't ESPN fire him??? ...there was more but i heard only bits and pieces!!!
Because then Irving can then sue ESPN for discrimination? Do you remember Jimmy the Greek getting fired from CBS for similar comments?
yes i do.......i was listening to WEEI and they made a hypathetical statement....what if Steve Young said something along the line of Donovan McNabb reads defenses well ...he must have some white in him...or something along that line.........he would of been out the door!!!Same type of comment ....just depends on who makes it!!!!
Rush Limbaugh did make a similar comment about Donovan and we see what happened to him.
double standard......and what makes the Rush comment funny and what happened....is Tommy Jackson agreed with him on air!!!

And the backtracking that happened after the hoopla began.

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » November 30, 2006 12:11 am

dawgfan wrote:
TommyBahama wrote:
aeroparrot wrote:
TommyBahama wrote:There was talk of them on a local radio station the other day......they were talking about Michael Richards and how they got involved!!!....and Richards was off base on his trade......but just the other day Michael Irving was doing a radio show and they were talking about Tony Romo and his athletic ability....He made the comment of his great grandmother or great grandmother must of past through the hood....or back in the day was in the barn...you get the picture......he was saying that he must have some color in him to be a athlete......why don't they jump on him saying that is wrong!!!.....why didn't ESPN fire him??? ...there was more but i heard only bits and pieces!!!
Because then Irving can then sue ESPN for discrimination? Do you remember Jimmy the Greek getting fired from CBS for similar comments?
yes i do.......i was listening to WEEI and they made a hypathetical statement....what if Steve Young said something along the line of Donovan McNabb reads defenses well ...he must have some white in him...or something along that line.........he would of been out the door!!!Same type of comment ....just depends on who makes it!!!!
Rush Limbaugh did make a similar comment about Donovan and we see what happened to him.

What does getting busted with a bag full of Viagra have to do with this?

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » November 30, 2006 12:56 am

SharkOnLand wrote:What does getting busted with a bag full of Viagra have to do with this?

It had nothing to do with the viagra.
He was alluding to how the media at the time sucked the a$$ of Donovan McNabb. (Which they did, but I really didn't feel he was over rated).

rednekkPH wrote:It's a damn shame the NYPD didn't save a few of those 50 bullets for those 2 useless windbags.

Buddy, I don't want to buy you a beer, you come to Iowa and I'll buy you an entire G.D. BAR!
And maybe get them a few more bullets to use on Louis Farakkahn (a.k.a. "Calypso Louie") as well.

haititxn · Post by **haititxn** » November 30, 2006 8:43 am

The problem is that America has been ripe with backwards prejudice for years!

flyboy55 · Post by **flyboy55** » November 30, 2006 9:12 am

Apparently when the NYPD starts a "firefight" they also like to finish it.

As far as I know, no guns were found at the scene, except those belonging to the NYPD. Oh, and there were the bodies of some young black men riddled with bullets. Just another exciting night in the Big Apple!

I think Jackson and Sharpton see themselves as carrying on the work of King, ie making this country safe for blacks.

I don't know where they get their money. Where do you get yours?

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » November 30, 2006 9:17 am

flyboy55 wrote: Where do you get yours?

I have held a job since I was 16... sans a few yrs in college... then it was summer jobs

I was curious to know if Jesse and Al did as well. I have an Uncle who is a Methodist minister...and we never rode around in limos. Most clergy jobs do not pay that kind of money.

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » November 30, 2006 10:35 am

haititxn wrote:The problem is that America has been ripe with backwards prejudice for years!

YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD ON THAT ONE!!!

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » November 30, 2006 11:36 am

I don't know how these guys make their money but I don't like them much. Everything is not a race issue imo, although I must say that from my "inside" perspective that most racism or at least the most hurtful is from the white side imo, of course. But then, I'm smack dab in the middle of redneck country.
Just yesterday as I was riding bikes with my son, some idiots blew their horn at us and yelled "white power" out the window. I found it funny that they were yelling "white power" as they were riding away. Cowards. Same thing happened with my wife a few years back except what they yelled was worse. Good thing I was not in my vehicle yesterday or I would probably be in jail. I was that mad.
Either way, racism is stupid

Indiana Jolly Mon · Post by **Indiana Jolly Mon** » November 30, 2006 11:44 am

Racism is a horrible thing, to me it shows pure ignorance, and there are racists of every color.
To compare these two to Dr. King is a joke. They may have had good intentions at the start, but they are now in it for the money. "Where do you get your money"? Well I dont take milliions from an organization under the table the way these two do. There have been a lot of investigations and reports on the embezzling by Jackson, but no one will ever take it any further.

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » November 30, 2006 1:16 pm

sonofabeach wrote:I that most racism or at least the most hurtful is from the white side imo

move to Atlanta, you'll change that view

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » November 30, 2006 2:06 pm

12vmanRick wrote:
sonofabeach wrote:I that most racism or at least the most hurtful is from the white side imo
move to Atlanta, you'll change that view

I doubt I would change my views, Especially if I have not yet.
I've never had any serious problem, maybe be cause "I'm down" or have always had lots of black friends, I don't know.
But again, It's on both sides and I would not let a few jerks spoil a bunch.

Either way, I put Jesse, Al, Rush, Farakhan, and the like all together in the same catagory: windbags (as rednekk said)

It seems they all have "foot in mouth" disease

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » November 30, 2006 2:10 pm

dawgfan wrote:
TommyBahama wrote:
aeroparrot wrote:
TommyBahama wrote:There was talk of them on a local radio station the other day......they were talking about Michael Richards and how they got involved!!!....and Richards was off base on his trade......but just the other day Michael Irving was doing a radio show and they were talking about Tony Romo and his athletic ability....He made the comment of his great grandmother or great grandmother must of past through the hood....or back in the day was in the barn...you get the picture......he was saying that he must have some color in him to be a athlete......why don't they jump on him saying that is wrong!!!.....why didn't ESPN fire him??? ...there was more but i heard only bits and pieces!!!
Because then Irving can then sue ESPN for discrimination? Do you remember Jimmy the Greek getting fired from CBS for similar comments?
yes i do.......i was listening to WEEI and they made a hypathetical statement....what if Steve Young said something along the line of Donovan McNabb reads defenses well ...he must have some white in him...or something along that line.........he would of been out the door!!!Same type of comment ....just depends on who makes it!!!!
Rush Limbaugh did make a similar comment about Donovan and we see what happened to him.

yep.. reduced to picking on Parkinson's patients, and scamming Oxycontin scrips...

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » November 30, 2006 2:12 pm

ToplessRideFL wrote:
flyboy55 wrote: Where do you get yours?
I have held a job since I was 16... sans a few yrs in college... then it was summer jobs

I was curious to know if Jesse and Al did as well. I have an Uncle who is a Methodist minister...and we never rode around in limos. Most clergy jobs do not pay that kind of money.

well, Jesse's sons have the Northside Budweiser distributorship in Chicago...

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » November 30, 2006 2:14 pm

dawgfan wrote:
Rush Limbaugh did make a similar comment about Donovan and we see what happened to him.

Yeah, he took his team to the NFC championship game, was named NFC offensive player of the year, and led them to a Superbowl the next year.

col cairo · Post by **col cairo** » November 30, 2006 2:22 pm

LIPH wrote:
ToplessRideFL wrote:I am ignorant as to where Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton... just to name a few get their money from?
They're extortionists.

BINGO

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » November 30, 2006 2:58 pm

col cairo wrote:
LIPH wrote:
ToplessRideFL wrote:I am ignorant as to where Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton... just to name a few get their money from?
They're extortionists.

BINGO

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » November 30, 2006 3:33 pm

flyboy55 wrote:Apparently when the NYPD starts a "firefight" they also like to finish it.

As far as I know, no guns were found at the scene, except those belonging to the NYPD. Oh, and there were the bodies of some young black men riddled with bullets. Just another exciting night in the Big Apple!

I wasn't there so I don't know all the facts but just a few comments:
1. The undercover officers were in the strip club as part of an investigation of known prostitution and drug activity in the club.

2. One of the victims was allegedly overheard saying "Go get my gun" or "I need my gun" or something along those lines.

3. The driver of the car tried to run over one of the undercover officers.

Were the officers involved (2 of whom are black, by the way) justified in firing 50 shots? I don't know, that's what investigations are for. But given the facts as they've been reported, I don't know if I would have reacted any differently in the same situation. Especially in the neighborhood were it happened. And yes, I do know the area. It's walking distance from the Long Island Railroad station in Jamaica and I'm not sure I'd want to be there in the daylight, let alone at 4:00AM.

Crazy Navy Flyer · Post by **Crazy Navy Flyer** » November 30, 2006 3:45 pm

col cairo wrote:
LIPH wrote:
ToplessRideFL wrote:I am ignorant as to where Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton... just to name a few get their money from?
They're extortionists.

BINGO

Exactly, extortion and blackmail.

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