'Deeply sorry'So, my question is this: why shouldn't George Allen pony up and make a finanial payment to Siddharth? Did he NOT also make a racist comment IN PUBLIC and ON VIDEO this summer in Breaks? And isn't what's good for the goose good for the gander as well?
Richards, best known for his portrayal of the wacky neighbor Kramer in the mega-hit series GÇ£Seinfeld,GÇ¥ apologized for his behavior in an interview Monday night via satellite on David LettermanGÇÖs GÇ£Late Show.GÇ¥"I got heckled and took it badly and went into a rage," he said, adding, "I am not a racist! That's what's so insane about this. For me to be on stage, and flip out and say this stuff, I'm deeply, deeply sorry."
Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred, who is representing Doss and McBride, said she wants a retired judge to sit down with Richards and the two men to determine if the three-time Emmy winner should pay them for "the pain that he has inflicted on them as a result of his racist words."
"If our children took a rock and threw it through the window of a next-door neighbor, we would say to that child, GÇÿGo to the neighbor, apologize directly to the neighbor and pay the cost of that window that you broke,'" Allred said. "We think itGÇÖs important that he follow his words with deeds."
EDIT: I realize this didn't come across as sarcastic as I thought. Obviously, I do not think either party deserves financial retribution for freedom of speech. I am not that nuts.
Ah well-sorry.
She really is planning on suing Richards, though. Keith Olbermann just reported.
UPDATE: The WaPo picked up on the correlation as well...
BUT...
makes you think; how far away from crazy, washed up TV star gone lonely is George Allen? ;)
Ah well.
She really is planning on suing, though. KO just reported.
Politicians held personally responsible/liable for their actions/non-actions in office
(other than just losing their jobs we are all working so hard to achieve...).
One example, dead soldiers. Or Katrina victims, gay families, senior citizens trying to buy drugs, children left behind due to lack of funding, citizens without health care, "borrowing" social security with all us baby boomers in the pipeline, lobbyists lining their retirement pockets, nepotism,
"inset your favorite here ____________".
While I do realize it would probably bring things to a complete and total stand-still, it certainly is an interesting thought.
For those of us who employ such literary devices (Jaime, me, Lowell when he was writing, and several others) have mercy upon us. We're trying to be entertaining as well as informative.
Jaime, I "heart" your diaries. Please stay loose as a goose.
Word is rocketing around the balognasphere that President Bush, who ostensibly pardoned that turkey from Missouri, had it retransported back to the White House where he engaged in atavistic ritualisms with the cabinet before strangling the bird. This picture was taken at the time of the faux pardoning, but one can see the evil glint in his eye.
He did alot of damage to his reputation - tough to see how he comes back from this. I suggest he check into rehab like Mel Gibson and Foley did and blame drugs and alcohol - or even the ministry if he gets desparate ;-)
The truth is that anger makes people say bad things. He got angry, and said stupid things. Does that mean he is racist? I can't peer into his soul, but in some ways everyone is racist. The question is to what degree.
The goal should be to recognize our own irrational behavior which in many cases has been programmed into us from childhood. In my oppinion everyone is racist - and to some extent have racist behaviors programmed into them. Good people are honest about this, and acknowledge that their racist tendencies are not a good thing - and overcome them.
I suspect that with enough alcohol I can prove my theory that most people have racist tendencies. I think you could devise a scientific way of testing the theory - that doesn't even involve alchohol.
I think a great social experiment proving this was the taxi that picked up passengers (had a hidden camera - I think on A&E channle) and the driver was downright racist when he spoke. His goal was to get others to "go racist". Many did, some did not. I'll bet with a little alcohol some of the ones who didn't fall for his ploy, would. Does that make them bad? I think it makes them human - and as humans we are far from perfect.
Also, look at the Borat film - very interesting what people say when they feel it is socially acceptable.
He said things that would never be in our consciousness. He went after the underdog. Slaves were powerless and he mocked that. Picnics were afternoon parties where the town enjoyed lynchings. He ripped into that shame.
He showed a level of cruelty. That is not entertainment. I hope he grows from this.