Comedy gold from Pacman Jones.
“I’m truly upset about the comments,” Jones said. “Obviously Mr. Imus has problems with African-Americans. I’m upset, and I hope the station he works for handles it accordingly. I will pray for him.”
I’m sure Mr. Imus will sleep better an night knowing Imus is praying for him. For example.
“Yes, I can make it rain…right after I’m done praying for Don Imus.”
Clearly Imus was being Imus and got caught because every word he says is being micro-analyzed. I used to listen to him occasionally about a decade ago when he was on MSNBC in the morning. Comments like the Jones one weren’t that unusual. What’s pathetic is his absurd justification for the comment– that he was “defending” Pacman, according to CNN:
Radio host Don Imus said Tuesday he was making “a sarcastic point” that police often unfairly target blacks when he asked about Adam “Pacman” Jones’ race on his show.
According to Imus:
“He’s a football player. He is a lovely kid. He was out there having fun,” Imus said
There’s your offensive comment. Offensive to our intelligence. Many have made the case that Pacman has been unfairly targeted by the police, which could be the case. To say he is a “lovely kid” is more than a bit of a stretch. There’s a reason he was suspended by the NFL for a year without actually being charged with anything. Imus has made a career ripping on just about everybody, a lot of it racially related. His comments post-incident clearly show that the PC climate has even gotten to him. This could again mark the beginning of the end for Imus.
Thank god he has Pacman praying for him.
I’ve been in Texas on vacation all week. A couple of days in the Metroplex followed by a day in Austin and now San Antonio. I came in a big fan of the Lone Star State and am now an even bigger fan. Austin is known for several celebrities who call it home including the most famous this side of Lance Armstrong— Matthew McConaughey. Any millionaire who spent a good year living in an Air Stream trailer in Malibu is a bit of a character. That trait carries on to his oldest brother Rooster who has named his son “Miller Lyte.”
The 52-year-old Texas native recently spent some time on camera, participating in the upcoming reality series “Black Gold.” He also named his youngest son Miller Lyte after friends hassled him about not being able to carry around a Miller Light while raising a toddler at his age.
“I said, ‘You wait and see, I’ll be able to take Miller Light with me everywhere, even to church,” McConaughey said, laughing.
Rooster will be appearing on a reality show on TruTV (formerly Court TV) called Black Gold. I admire his ability to follow through on the name. I had insisted for the entire nine months of my wife’s second pregnancy that I was going to give my daughter the middle name “Favre”. Unfortunately I couldn’t follow through when the rubber hit the road. As the nurse asked me the name after her birth I wanted to mouth a “Favre” but couldn’t pull through. I regret it to this day. In fact my wife is now semi-on-board stating that if the Pack would have won the Super Bowl last year I could have changed the name. We all know what happened there.
Cheers Rooster.
An Australian man has been fined after buckling in a case of beer with a seat belt but leaving a 5-year-old child to sit on the car’s floor, police said Tuesday.
It’s still early but this guy’s out of the running for father of the year. I will admit that I have restrained my beer before– but my child typically isn’t in the car when the beer run is made. Child car seats actually give your case of Mich Golden a nice snug fit.
According to the local constable, Wayne Burnett:
“I haven’t ever seen something like this before,” he said. “This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child.”
If anyone has read In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson or watched Crocodile Dundee you’ve heard about Alice Springs, aka, the “Capital of the Outback”.
From Crocodile Dundee…
“That’s not a Knife…THAT’s a Knife”
The hits just keep on coming for Roger Clemens. He’s much more prolific than we ever thought. The NY Daily News is averaging a reported affair a day in the Clemens saga. Add two additional women to his rumored affair with then fifteen-year-old country music star Mindy McCready. This time Clemens is being linked to John Daly’s ex-wife who evidently got sick of looking at this. Here’s a man that knows how to pick em’. It’s so wonderfully ironic that Clemens and is holier than thou denials is now completely exposed. I can’t imagine the amount of glee in Brian McNamee’s life on a daily basis. I have visions of him skipping and humming everywhere he goes. On the credibility scale Clemens is running neck and neck with Elliot Spitzer.
Family Man of the Year:
The Rocket has nothing on Father of the Year, Karl Malone. The Mailman’s latest offspring to make it in professional sports, Buffalo Bills rookie Demetrius Bell may have been born when his mother was thirteen. Malone was a then college sophomore at Louisiana Tech. According to an article in the Buffalo News Malone could have faced prosecution had Bell’s mother chosen to press charges. While his Louisiana Tech classmates were busy dating other college students the Mailman was hitting on junior high students.
From the article:
Bell didn’t even know Malone was his father until after graduating from high school. When they finally met, Malone told the 18-year-old Bell it was too late to be his father, and that Bell would have to “earn his money on his own.”
Stay classy Karl Malone.
There’s another teen idol controversy, this time with Miley Cyrus. Not that I rank my teen idols in the category of least likely to be photographed partially clothed in Vanity Fair Magazine– but if I did Hannah Montana would be at the top of the list. Drudge and the usual suspects are all over this, as well as the cable news programs. I think the blame in all of this should go to Vanity Fair. What is the point of putting a teenager in such a position?
According to Disney:
“Unfortunately, as the article suggests, a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines,” a network statement said.
I agree. I don’t care if Annie Liebovitz took the pictures there is no reason a fifteen-year-old girl should be photographed partially clothed in Vanity Fair. Unfortunately we live in a society where there’s nothing sacred anymore, even fifteen-year-olds who should be in Tiger Beat, not Vanity Fair. Who is Vanity Fair planning on selling the magazine to anyway? Do they really think Cyrus’s fans are interested in their magazine?
And about that Roger Clemens headline? According to the NY Daily News Rocket had a ten-year affair with country music star Mindy McCready that began when McCready was fifteen-years-old. I wonder if Roger subscribes to Vanity Fair? You’d have to think the Daily News has some pretty damning information if they’re willing to make such an unbelievable claim. It’s been a heck of a last five months for Clemens.
Maybe he can change his nickname from “Rocketman” to Roger “R Kelly Man” Clemens.
Jimmy Fallon has signed a deal to replace Conan O’Brien as host of NBC’s “Late Night”. Considering how he couldn’t make it through a sketch on SNL without breaking into laughter at his and other cast members jokes it’ll be interesting to see if he can make it through a monologue without cracking up. Considering how well received Craig Ferguson is it will be interesting to see if Fallon can keep Conan’s audience. Not that I’m ever up late enough to watch it (why don’t I Tivo it?) but I think Ferguson is the best thing going on late night right now. Ferguson’s show has been on a steady climb and this month beat Conan in ratings for the first time. Fallon is clearly not in the same league as Ferguson so this decision is a reach for NBC. Come on, who’s going to turn on the TV to watch Jimmy Fallon?
Here’s a much viewed and poignant clip on Craig Ferguson talking about his past troubles with alcohol and why he won’t “pile on” Britney Spears during her much discussed personal problems.
I know I’m far from the first person to post on this, but this is absolutely blowing my mind. Dwayne Wade and “I’m a Lawyer” Star Jones dating? Seriously? If you asked me to sit down and name a celebrity that Dwayne Wade may be dating it would take me the better part of a day and I still wouldn’t come up with Star Jones. I’d be less surprised if Gilbert Arenas came out and declared he’s dating Oprah. This is one of those rumors that is so unfathomable that you would have to think its true. Who else would come up with such a combination? There’s one thing for sure, Charles Barkley better get Wade out of his five. In the future rather than using the cliche “how the mighty have fallen” we can just use the term “pulling a Dwayne Wade.” Like I can’t believe this guy, he used to have it all together now he went out and pulled a Dwayne Wade. Three years ago he spectacularly led the Heat to the NBA title and and was the league’s top player. Three years later the Heat have thirteen wins and he’s dating Star Jones. Holy Crap.
As my wife can attest I love the State of Texas. If I ever left Minnesota I’d fill up the car, hit I35 and not stop until I pulled into the Lone Star State. On the way I’d probably pass through towns like “Gun Barrel City” and “Cut and Shoot” as well as “Oatmeal” and “Bigfoot”. I may even pass through Brazoria home of one crazy beareded SOB named William Johnson. During my week in Dallas Mr. Johnson has been the talk of the town.
This past Sunday William Johnson was driving down the road and came across a six-foot alligator, a rather large gator by any standard. He made the incredible decision to pick up the alligator and amazingly was able to get it into his car. I’m not sure how he was able to wrassle the gator into his car but in true Steve Irwin style he did. At that point rather than take the gator directly home Johnson decided to rob a house on the way. Why not?
Then according to Texas State Police:
DPS Trooper Steve Stanfield explained, “From my understanding, he tried to get a big screen TV out of the house. He couldn’t get it in the car by himself, so he recruited a neighbor, who, when he saw the alligator, dropped the TV and said, ‘Alright, I ain’t got nothing to do with it.’”
On his way home Johnson was stopped by police who found the alligator. His justification for picking up the alligator? He wanted to put it in a friends pond. One hell of a prank. I myself would have trouble concentrating on the road with an alligator in my back seat. Not only that, he also had a water moccasin in the car— and it had already bit him.
Don’t mess with Texas; Or William Johnson. Reese Bobby would be proud:
Well let’s see. I got mauled by a cougar, learned nothing about driving and my Crystal Gayle shirt was ruined. Other than that, it was great.
Charlton Heston lost his battle with Alzheimer’s early this morning, a similar battle my grandfather lost seven years ago last Monday. Like Reagan before him, and my grandfather Frank “Fireball” Weberg, it was a difficult end to a long and fulfilling life. Here’s a moving piece on the National Review website from a very unlikely source, Richard Dreyfuss.
In the words of Dreyfuss:
It has become fashionable to characterize his politics; almost as if his politics were a separate thing, like Diana’s popularity. People are either defensive or patronizing (if not contemptuous). I can only say I wish all the liberals and all the conservatives I knew had the class and forbearance he has. Would I be as patient or serene when so many had showed me such contempt, or tried to make me feel stupid or small? I doubt it, truly I do. This is dignity, simply and completely. A much more important quality than political passion at the end of the day, and far more lacking, don’t you think?
Scott Johnson over at Powerline captures the essence of Heston in this post. In the words of Johnson:
“I think it’s fair to say that we shall not look upon his like again.”
Here’s Heston’s most famous scene– the chariot race from Ben Hur.