I keep reading all the beautiful condolences that people are writing about how much a part of their lives were effected by listening to him over the years.
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Children’s Health Defense joins parents of vaccine-injured children and advocates for health freedom in remembering the life of Don Imus, a media maverick in taking on uncomfortable topics that most in the mainstream press avoid or shut down altogether. His commitment to airing all sides of controversial issues became apparent to the autism community in 2005 and 2006 as the Combating Autism Act (CAA) was being discussed in Congress. The Act, which was ultimately signed into law by George W. Bush in December of 2006, created unprecedented friction among parents of vaccine-injured children and members of Congress; parents insisted that part of the bill’s billion-dollar funding be directed towards environmental causes of autism including vaccines, while most U.S. Senators and Representatives tried to sweep any such connections under the rug.
Don Imus, Divisive Radio Shock Jock Pioneer, Dead at 79 - Imus in the Morning host earned legions of fans with boundary-pushing humor, though multiple accusations of racism and sexism followed him throughout his career By Kory Grow RollingStone
Don Imus Leaves a Trail of Way More Than Dust
By Michael Riedel - The one and only time I had a twinge of nerves before appearing on television was when I made my debut in 2011 on “Imus in the Morning” on the Fox Business Channel. I’d been listening to Don Imus, who died Friday at 79, since the 1990s as an antidote the serious (bordering on the pompous) hosts on National Public Radio. I always thought it would be fun to join Imus and his gang — news anchor Charles McCord, producer Bernard McGuirk, comedian Rob Bartlett — in the studio, flinging insults back and forth at one another. And now I had my chance. I was invited on to discuss to discuss “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark,” the catastrophic Broadway musical that injured cast members daily.
Straight from his gig last night at Caroline's Comedy Club in New York City, Dick Gregory stopped by for a visit with his pal Imus. Gregory, the legendary activist and comedian who is now 78 years old, said today that he spends 200 days a year on the road.
Dick Gregory The next Agriculture Commissioner in the state of Texas (or so he hopes), Kinky Friedman, spent way too much time today asking Imus to locate a pro-Kinky radio spot recorded by Willie Nelson. When that didn't work out, Kinky cracked a joke, as he is wont to do.
Kinky Friedman In all likelihood, Craig Crawford knew that describing to Imus and the gang how he hurt his neck would generate both suspicion and laughter. But he did it anyway.
"I was signing so many books with Helen Thomas in Florida that I got whiplash from sitting there for hours at a table and looking up to greet people and talk to them, and then looking down to sign the books," said Crawford, the accident-prone author, with Thomas, of "Listen Up, Mr. President."
He continued, "That movement of the head, that repetitive motion of my head going up and down like that, I honestly got whiplash!"
While it was difficult for Imus to ignore such a palpable double entendre, he managed to behave himself, and was happy to hear that some I-Fans at a book signing in Orlando had recognized Crawford's mom and dad.
"They had them signing books!" Crawford reported.
Less popular than Ma and Pa Crawford these days are members of Congress, some of whom met at the White House for a so-called health care summit last week where pretty much nothing was accomplished.
"These politicians cannot give up their talking points," said Crawford, whose Trail Mix blog appears at CQPolitics.com. "They show up at these things, and you knew it was going to happen: they just talk past each other."
Having cameras in the room was more hindrance than help, in Crawford's opinion. "They're not going to get anything done that way," he said. "If that was real, they'd do it in private. I hate to say that, because as a journalist I like to see things in public."
The President's demeanor during the summit intrigued Crawford. "Politically, he has kind of a split personality," he said of Obama. "He's a Progressive or a Liberal on the domestic stuff, you can tell that's his instinct. But then he's got this pragmatic side where he plays to the Independents."
What's worse, he has driven Liberals and Independents away. "I always knew he couldn't keep them both," said Crawford. "But I didn't think he'd lose both!"
In the end, whatever health care bill is passed won't be nearly as far-reaching as Obama had hoped for, and Crawford believes it will only further alienate his base.
Crawford, however, was hoping not to alienate the I-Man this morning when he said he was using over-the-counter drugs and not "the hard stuff" to combat his whiplash pain.
"You need to get it, and if you don't use it, send it to me," said Imus. "And I'll dispose of it in a responsible manner."
-Julie Kanfer
Craig Crawford Senator Bob Kerrey, the President at the New School in New York City, is authorized to officiate weddings, as he did for Steve Martin last year. Unbeknownst to Kerrey, Imus is also a licensed ordained minister, but he has yet to perform a ceremony. "You’ll feel different after you’ve married somebody," said Kerrey. "You’ll feel more holy."
The "go-to pollster" in Imus’s opinion is Frank Luntz, who brought to light the stuff no one else picked up on during yesterday’s health care summit at the White House. "The Republicans were on one side, and the Democrats were on the other," he said of the seating arrangement around the table. "Why didn’t they mix them? It’s about time they started talking to each other, communicating to each other."
Frank Luntz 
