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Don Imus and the Rutgers Nappy Headed Hos

The Rev. Al Sharpton wants Don Imus fired for Racist remarks Imus made on-the-air last week about the Rutgers University women’s basketball team.

I agree with Al Sharpton even though I have written positively about Imus here in the past.

Sometimes there are things spoken that are so inconsiderate and so hurtful that no apology and no excuse can ever erase the psychological and physical damage done.

Imus, and his show Imus in the Morning, allegedly have a well-documented history of Racism and intolerance and he needs to immediately and permanently leave the airwaves:

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The Five Thousand Dollar Barrier

For the last decade I have noticed one sad and confounding fact — every new computer I want over all those years always costs $5,000.00 USD — and I want to know why!
It’s true that when I buy a new computer I want the best one packed with all the best stuff.

My philosophy of buying is to buy the biggest and the best available you can afford because it might be awhile before you can buy another one.
I’ve been fortunate that I can regularly buy lots of computers every year, but I am still confounded that each one — year in and year out — costs five grand!

Sure there are cheap-o computers and ridiculously expensive computers, but the one that is the best and the most tantalizing has never risen or lowered in price.
The magic price is, and seems shall always be, — $5,000 — and I still want to know why!

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A Meme of Craven Semiotics: My Lovely Lady Lumps

After yesterday’s blistering of Keith Richards’ cocaine/ashes habit here in Urban Semiotic, our conversation turned to the need for, and the requirement of, semiotics in society and I made this promise then:

We are going to talk more about the corruption of the young around us with craven semiotics that are imitated and intended to infiltrate and infest mainstream popular culture to influence behavior, values and the common decency of human morality.

We will begin our discussion of A Meme of Craven Semiotics in society by examining a single cultural touchstone — The Black Eyed Peas’ “My Humps” music video released in 2005 — that recently inspired both Will Ferrell’s imitation of the song while on a treadmill in the movie “Blades of Glory” and Alanis Morissette’s new achingly awful mocking of the song. If the original version of “My Humps” had some sense of irony or sophistication, the inferred semiotic would be influential and, perhaps, even interesting instead of merely craven.

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Up Your Nose With Your Father’s Toes

What is the nature of celebrity in society? Is it to enlighten? Darken? Distract? Dim? Is any morality owed to the sycophants who adore celebrity? How do we explain and frame Keith Richards’ recent admission he snorted his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine and then his quick recantation of that confession?

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One Voice One Blog One Reader

Do you own blog? If yes, why? How often do you post new material to your blog? Do you go beyond yourself in your blog posts or do you just document the moments of your day?
Do you read other blogs? If yes, how many do you read every day?

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