tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post114306807224861739..comments2023-10-13T01:18:41.721-05:00Comments on The Life of My Time: What Did He Say?Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854709847469194472noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143497290575482502006-03-27T16:08:00.000-06:002006-03-27T16:08:00.000-06:00I think praising Condi Rice is a good reason to be...I think praising Condi Rice is a good reason to be fired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143201409015282092006-03-24T05:56:00.000-06:002006-03-24T05:56:00.000-06:00Ignoring the statement wouldn't have solved anythi...Ignoring the statement wouldn't have solved anything. Acting as if he didn't make a mistake would have been worse. I don't know if this is the type of guy who uses the word coon normally, but I would doubt it that that's part of his vocabulary. He knew exactly how awful a mistake it was, but because he was one of those bouncy DJ-types, he thought, "Oh man, this is probably something that's going Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143168322508099692006-03-23T20:45:00.000-06:002006-03-23T20:45:00.000-06:00look at all the first comments trying stick up the...look at all the first comments trying stick up the guy. He clearly said "coon" not "boon" "coup" or anything else. he even repeated it right afterward. he knows what he said. He said it RIGHT after African American. so for those of ya'll liberals who are trying to say he was thinking of anything else your wrong. He said African American and that immediately made him think "coon". Unlike most Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143156055749796112006-03-23T17:20:00.001-06:002006-03-23T17:20:00.001-06:00Mr. Lenihan is my hero of the day. With one missp...<B>Mr. Lenihan is my hero of the day.</B> With one misspoken word he brought the high and mighty Condo down to the level of all those displaced from New Orleans' Ninth Ward.<BR/><BR/>As Kanye West said, "President Bush doens't care about (poor) black people", and neither does Condoleeza Rice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143156037019079912006-03-23T17:20:00.000-06:002006-03-23T17:20:00.000-06:00I am a black man living out west where everyone is...I am a black man living out west where everyone is a bit more laid back and no one spends as much time worrying about white and black as ya'll do in the midwest and the south. <BR/>Honestly, c'mon! That poor guy was trying to say something else. The caller said cool, he was trying to say coup (I think) and it came out weird. If you listen to the context of what he's saying, it's obvious that he Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143155402277826022006-03-23T17:10:00.000-06:002006-03-23T17:10:00.000-06:00it's completely disgusting that the station fired ...it's completely disgusting that the station fired him. It was completely obvious that he wasn't calling her a coon. He was just talking about her awesome resume all in the same sentence. What makes me sick is there's a guy on a FoxSports AM channel that is syndicated here in Seattle and he's black and I hear him call somebody a Cracker every day he's on.<BR/><BR/>I am so tired of the reverse Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143145031239253652006-03-23T14:17:00.000-06:002006-03-23T14:17:00.000-06:00You said, "The Cardinals, or their radio station, ...You said, "The Cardinals, or their radio station, can't be drug...." You should be fired for bringing up drugs in connection with a fine outstanding baseball team!<BR/><BR/>And yes, I'm kidding.<BR/><BR/>The part that's even more disturbing is the action of the chiropractic college in suspending him. If radio has knee-jerk reactions, academia is even more inclined to such actions. <BR/><BR/>And Ontario Emperorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468229071024779982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143138156920502072006-03-23T12:22:00.000-06:002006-03-23T12:22:00.000-06:00Dorsey should fill Dave's timeslot with an accredi...Dorsey should fill Dave's timeslot with an accredited sensitivity-trainer for the listeners for about a week to ensure that race-relations don't get set back by 10 years because of Dave's mis-speak!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143135648893364152006-03-23T11:40:00.000-06:002006-03-23T11:40:00.000-06:00I am saddened by the fact that this has been blown...I am saddened by the fact that this has been blown out of proportion! There is no question that management had to act on the situation, but an immediate firing seems to be an over-exaggeration. If Mr. Dorsey really is sincere about being completely the opposite of being racial, he should then have been concerned about how to handle the situation so as to not continue to draw attention to it. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143132336355290042006-03-23T10:45:00.000-06:002006-03-23T10:45:00.000-06:00The thing I wonder was....Wasn't here a 7-second d...The thing I wonder was....<BR/><BR/>Wasn't here a 7-second delay? Where was the board op with the "dump" button? <BR/><BR/>Brent<BR/>Marissa, IL<BR/>Go Blues!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143129429255356392006-03-23T09:57:00.000-06:002006-03-23T09:57:00.000-06:00Oh my god, we act as though Black people are the p...Oh my god, we act as though Black people are the privileged one's. It was Black people who denied whites from sitting in the front of the school bus. It was white people who were denied access to equal education. And it was white people who were dragged on the basis of race. Good luck with the reverse racism crap!<BR/><BR/>Anthony G. <BR/>St. Louis, MOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143125305833318692006-03-23T08:48:00.000-06:002006-03-23T08:48:00.000-06:00People have slips of the tongue all the time. On n...People have slips of the tongue all the time. On numerous occasions I and friends have use profanity in front of the kids.<BR/><BR/>However, I've never used a racial slur in front of the kids, because I never use racial slurs at all. It isn't in my vocabulary.<BR/><BR/>(By the way, Dave isn't a brain sugeon, he is a chiropractor. Nothing wrong with that, but not quite the same.)<BR/><BR/>Chuck<BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143122978864260572006-03-23T08:09:00.000-06:002006-03-23T08:09:00.000-06:00I really don't think most rational-thinking people...I really don't think most rational-thinking people are offended by this. Anyone who heard the statement understood that Lenihan was singing the praises of Condi and that nothing was meant by it. There was no racial tie-in to the context of his statement. He was hosting a topic about how supremely qualified Condi would be for a high-profile position...doesn't the context have any bearing on this? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143122263443041382006-03-23T07:57:00.000-06:002006-03-23T07:57:00.000-06:00At my first radio job (WINI Murphysboro IL), the m...At my first radio job (WINI Murphysboro IL), the mom-and-pop who ran the place told me to "check my profanity at the door". They figured if you were in the habit of leaving it outside, it wouldn't accidently make it on air.<BR/><BR/>Jeff<BR/>Des Moines, IAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143088555248411242006-03-22T22:35:00.000-06:002006-03-22T22:35:00.000-06:00One of the biggest problems with race relations......One of the biggest problems with race relations... whites have some "nuclear" racial terms... blacks have absolutely none... cracker and honkey simply aren't offensive, unless if you're going out of your way to be offended...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9946746.post-1143082263566675642006-03-22T20:51:00.000-06:002006-03-22T20:51:00.000-06:00I lived in St. Louis my whole life until I moved t...I lived in St. Louis my whole life until I moved to Phoenix in 2003 at age 31. I am so glad I left that racial powder keg. Of course, had a black DJ made a similar comment with a white racial slur, it would have been no problem.<BR/><BR/>Tevis<BR/>Goodyear, AZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com