Tag: Controversy

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“There’s A Time, And A Place For Everything”

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Yet New York schools Chancellor, Cathie Black said her comment regarding school overcrowding was just a joke.

Black said: “birth control would solve the problem” and made the remark last week at a task force meeting on school overcrowding.

Upon hearing estimates that lower Manhattan would need an additional 1,000 elementary school seats by 2015, she said “birth control would really help us.”

Cathie Black is already disliked amongst some of her constituents, city activist and parents., being a former executive at Hearst Magazines and USA Today; many felt she was more than unqualified for the job as New York’s school chancellor.

Black was appointed to the position by New York Mayor Bloomberg and Bloomberg came to her defense following a Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast yesterday. He said, “she has apologized and “won’t make the same mistake again.”

Her spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz says, “she takes the problem of school overcrowding seriously and regrets her “offhanded joke” left a different impression.”

Was the School Chancellor ‘out of place with her remark?’ I’d like to hear your thoughts on the matter?

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“Roger Ebert Crosses The Line W/The ‘N’ Word”

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After news broke Tuesday that publisher NewSouth will release a new edition of ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ with all 219 N-words excluded, movie critic Roger Ebert reacted with a controversial tweet.

Ebert responded to the ‘Huck Finn’ announcement on Wednesday by tweeting to his followers, “I’d rather be called a Nigger than a Slave.”

The tweet set off a storm of heated feedback toward the influential critic, some saying he was “disrespectful” and “ignorant.”

Others believe Ebert thinks he’s allowed to take such liberties with the “N” word because his wife, is black.

After the fall-out from his comment, Ebert retracted his statement by conceding  “he would never be called either word so he should have just shut the fuck up”.

I wanna hear from y’all, was Roger Ebert out-of-place?

Oh and… thanks to loyal reader “HeavyC” for the story tip…

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“No Homosexual Couples Allowed!”

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A Christian hotel denied a gay couple reservations in their hotel and now the hotel is being sued.

The Chymorva Private Hotel in Cornwall, U.K., have a deep christian policy with regard to marriage (being the union of one man to one woman for life to the exclusion of all others). Therefore their accommodations are not available to unmarried couples.

In September 2008, civil partners Steven Preddy and Martyn Hall reserved a double room at the hotel, when the hotel’s manager “realized that the booking had not been made for a heterosexual couple,” their hotel reservation was cancelled, according to a Christian Post article. This policy of their’s have been in effect since the hotel was established in 1986.

The hotel owner’s business, doubles as their home as well as a hotel.

What’s your opinion Ceo readers, does the hotel have a right to decide who stays in their rooms??

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“Jets Coach Suspended For The Season”

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New York Jets trainer Sal Alosi was suspended without pay for the rest of the 2010 season and fined $25,000 for tripping a Dolphins player on the sideline during a game on Sunday.

Alosi was caught on video sticking out his left knee to trip Dolphins cornerback Nolan Carroll, who ran out-of-bounds while covering a punt in the third quarter of Miami’s 10-6 win.

Sal, while blinking back fake tears, said on Monday, “I let everybody down yesterday with my actions. My actions were inexcusable and irresponsible.”

“I wasn’t thinking,” Alosi said. “If I could go back and do it again, I sure as heck would take a step back. It was just a situation where I wasn’t thinking.”

Carrol, who broke his right leg twice while playing in high school and college, said he wasn’t angry about the incident.

The suspension will begin immediately. General manager Mike Tannenbaum said Alosi will also not be allowed to interact with any players or coaches “as it pertains to his job function.”

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“Charles Rangel In The Hot Seat This Week”

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And his 50 years of public service is on the line, as he is accused of 13 counts of financial and fundraising misconduct that violated House rules.

The former Ways and Means Committee chairman made an impassioned opening statement that said he ran out of money to pay his previous attorneys after spending nearly $2 million on attorney fees. Now the embattled chairman is representing himself in the proceedings.

Rangel, 80, is a 20-term Democrat from New York, who if the panel finds that he broke the rules, the House ethics panel could recommend that the House vote to condemn Rangel’s conduct.

Rangel admitted to making “mistakes” but insisted he never crossed the line to full-blown corruption.