I wrote about radio personality Don Imus a few weeks back regarding his idiotic comments about Governor Richardson. Seemed Imus had his knickers in a bunch because he wanted some funding for the small town where Imus owns a whole sh*tload of land.
Last week this yo-yo found his way back into the news by making racist remarks on the morning radio show that no one listens to.
He has since apologized for his remarks. I heard the tape of his apology on another morning radio show and it was hardly an apology.
I could get into the whole "I made a racist remark but then I apologized so it's okay" phenomenon our society seems to be getting into (and oddly ok with). This along with an appearance on a show with a person of the racial group group the remark was made about in order to "show that I'm ok with them" (Imus is due to appear on Al Sharpton's show). Suddenly every celeb can pop off but then feel ok about it. This whole trend makes me flat worn down crazy.
But that's not the point of today's post. I could rant from a lot of angles on this one, but today's rant is that this man dares call himself a New Mexican.
You, sir, are no New Mexican. Never were, and this just completely tears it. None chance.
I don't think most real New Mexicans claimed him anyway, but I'm hostile that this guy goes on his show in his ridiculous cowboy hat mumbling epithets and in the next breath talking about his ranch for kids with cancer and claiming to be a "part time New Mexican".
Bah! I say again, BAH!
I was heartened to see that only the ABQ Tribune picked up the story. The ABQjournal did not. The less press the better in my most humblest of opinions.
I can console myself with the fact that this once relevant man is now a dinosaur that folks in the business whisper and laugh about behind their hands. The other morning show I listen to had some interesting history on Imus this morning. They used to work for the same station some twenty years back and evidently this is not the man's first racial comment, by far.
All this popping off with comments that make the national news seems so...desperate. A bid for ratings? Maybe.
Until then, he is and always will be an outsider, and if you are a true New Mexican, you know how we feel about outsiders. If you don't then please do read "The Milagro Beanfield War" or better yet, "Red Sky at Morning".
Hell, read those books anyway, they both rock.
Thus ends my Monday grumpiness.....
UPDATE: Imus has been suspended but not fired from his job..... The ABQjournal, slow to the party, has now picked up the story as well.
