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| 2007-04-15 |
| Author, musician and former Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman has been friends with Don Imus since 1975, when they met on stage at The Bottom Line. I MET Imus on the gangplank of Noah's Ark. He was then and remains today a truth-seeking missile with the best bull-meter in the business. Far from being a bully, he was a spiritual chop-buster never afraid to go after the big guys with nothing but the slingshot of ragged integrity. I watched him over the years as he struggled with his demons and conquered them. This was not surprising to me. Imus came from the Great Southwest, where the men are men and the emus are nervous. And he did it all with something that seems, indeed, to be a rather scarce commodity these days. A sense of humor. There's no excusing Imus' recent ridiculous remark, but there's something not kosher in America when one guy gets a Grammy and one gets fired for the same line. |
| Posted by:Angaving Gruque5375 |
| #4 So rarely do you hear quotes from to Wavy Gravy anymore. Kinky never misses an opportunity to share an obscure reference. Incredibly foolish of his pal Imus thinking ghetto slang gave him street cred. Yo Dude...your just liberal...not a ni**a. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2007-04-15 20:33 |
| #3 I loved his campaign slogan. Friedmans' just another word for nuthin' left to loose. LOL! |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-04-15 20:26 |
| #2 That's what makes America great, guys zigzagging their ways through life in freedom. Imus ain't dead, he's just standin in the corner. I wonder if Imus will visit the governor (NJ) when he's well enough to laugh. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-04-15 14:45 |
| #1 and Kinky, like Imus, is Jewish.... played with the Texas Jewboys. Gotta have a sense of humor |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-04-15 14:11 |