4 Responses

1. Ramdhan Kotamaraja

   December 27th, 2004 at 8:45 pm

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   Hi Pankaj,

   Thanks for reaching out and spreading the word. The devastation is gory and need to everything needed to help.

2. John T

   February 3rd, 2005 at 12:19 am

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   Asians Protest at evil Hot 97 Tsunami Song

   Asians all over the world have joined with the Sri Lankan Community in New York in denouncing the cruel and racist Tsunami Song by Miss Jones and Todd Lynn aired over Hot 97, the hip hop radio station in New York. Miss Jones who was only given a temporary suspension by Richard Cummings, President of Emmis Radio, is to get her job back in two weeks time. US President George Bush has been urged to take action against Emmis Radio. Cummings has been asked to visit Indonesia and Sri Lanka and see the devastation for himself.

   The news of Hot 97’s racist tsunami song is filtering through to the tsunami hit countries of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand, South India. People are incensed at the song which goes beyond human decency. The governments of the tsunami hit region have been urged to take the matter up with the US Government as it insults the deaths of so many tsunami victims. Sri Lanka has lost over 40,000 people in the tsunami according to the latest count.

   Asians have joined in the demonstrations in New York supported by New York City Councillors.

   Here are the lyrics:

   TSUNAMI SONG

   Date aired: Morning of January 18TH-27TH 2005 (multiple airings)
   Station call letters: WQHT-New York (Hot 97)
   Offending DJs: Miss Jones and Todd Lynn
   Offending lyrics:

   “There was a time, when the sun was shining bright
   So I went down to the beach to catch me a tan
   Then the next thing I knew
   A wave 20 feet high came and wash your country away
   And all at once, you can hear the screaming chinks.
   And then no one was save from the wave.
   There was Africans drowning, little Chinaman swept away
   You can heard god laughing, swim you bitches swim.

   So now you’re screwed, it’s the tsunami,
   You better run and kiss your ass awake, go find your mommy
   I just saw her float by, a tree right through her head.
   And now your children will be sold in child slavery.

   (Imitating Micheal Jackson)
   “Oh on, please not the kids. I’ll pay for all the kids.
   all the little Indonesian kid, the little Asian kids, the Chinese kids.
   the black, oh well, not the Black kids.
   the White kids, the Puerto Rican kids.
   I love them all. I’ll pay for everything.
   I promise I won’t touch them.”

   Asians all over the world wishing to protest at this deplorable tsunami song are requested to write to their local American Embassy and to -

   Hot 97 WQHT-FM
   395 Hudson Street, 7th Floor
   New York, NY 10014
   Phone: 212-229-9797
   Fax: 212-929-8559
   E-mail: jdimick@hot97.emmis.com
   E-mail: hot97@hot97.com
   E-mail: morningshow@hot97.com

   Barry Mayo, General Manager, Hot 97 WQHT-FM
   John Dimick, Program Director, Hot 97 WQHT-FM

   Emmis Communications
   One Emmis Plaza
   40 Monument Circle, Suite 700
   Indianapolis, IN 46204
   Phone: 317-266-0100
   Fax: 317-631-3750
   E-mail: IR@emmis.com

   Jeffrey H Smulyan, Chairman and CEO, Emmis Communications

   Federal Communications Commission
   Enforcement Bureau, Investigations and Hearings Division
   445 12th Street, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20554
   Phone: 1-888-CALL-FCC
   E-mail: fccinfo@fcc.gov
   Web: http://www.fcc.gov/parents/content.html

3. asiamusic

   February 12th, 2005 at 1:14 am

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   People from all communities will be protesting against Hot 97 radio station in New York – they insulted the deaths of Sri Lankans among others who perished in the tsunami by airing a racist tsunami song. It has angered people around the world.

   Join CAHM in protesting Hot 97 on Monday, Feb. 14 at 12 Noon in NYC

   Black, Hispanic/Latino, White, Asian, Hip Hop, Students … Everyone!

   Hold Hot 97 accountable for promoting hatred in our communities.

   The Coalition Against Hate Media (CAHM) is organizing a protest rally of Hot 97 and *EVERYONE IS INVITED* — Come as an individual or part of a larger group. If you are coming as a group, please e-mail them at alerts@asianmediawatch.net This will help us anticipate the size of the protest crowd.

   Bring posterboard signs denouncing hatred, racism, and the Hot 97 Tsunami Song. Signs must not be attached to wooden sticks. Use cardboard tubing or hold the signs.

   The location of the protest is nearly final, and it will tentatively take place in front of Hot 97 Studios.

   Who: Everyone
   What: CAHM Protest Rally Against Hot 97/Emmis Communications
   When: Monday, February 14 from 12 Noon to 1 p.m.
   Where:
   Hot 97 Studios
   395 Hudson St.
   (between Clarkson St. & W. Houston St.)
   New York, New York

   The announcement will be posted on the web at http://www.asianmediawatch.net
   To receive the announcement via e-mail, subscribe to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asianmediaalerts

   In case of severe weather, call 914-882-1279 for the latest information

   Newsday has just withdrawn all advertising from Hot 97 as a result of the wicked tsunami song.

   Many companies have already pulled advertising from Hot 97 including McDonalds, Reebok, Sprint, and Toyota. We urge Newsday to also withdraw their ads.

   Hot 97 radio, owned by Emmis Communications, demeaned and dehumanized millions of victims of the South Asian tsunami to the horror of appalled listeners. To the tunes of “We Are the World,” Hot 97 radio hosts sang lyrics containing racial epithets and profanity, and denigrated tsunami victims in the name of God.

   Lyrics include “You can hear the screaming ch**ks … little Chinamen swept away. You can hear ‘God laughing swim you b****es swim.’” To read more about this incident, listen to the song, or read the full lyrics, visit the website http://www.asianmediawatch.net/missjones/

   The Coalition Against Hate Media (CAHM) was formed over two weeks ago to combat the hatred and intolerance promoted by Hot 97’s Tsunami Song, and to hold Hot 97 and parent company Emmis Communications accountable for their actions.

   CAHM is a diverse coalition with representatives from different communities: Black, Hispanic/Latino, White, Asian, Hip Hop, student groups, etc. CAHM member organizations attended the January 28 protest rally at Hot 97 Studios, in support of the protest efforts led by City Council Member John C. Liu.

   In response to public outcry, Hot 97 fired two staff members, suspended others, and pledged a donation to tsunami relief. However, Hot 97’s actions were done unilaterally and not in a spirit of mutual cooperation with the communities they so deeply scarred.

   Senior executives from parent company Emmis Communications, not Hot 97, need to meet with community leaders including City Council Member John C. Liu and representatives of CAHM. Firings and suspensions are not enough. Hot 97 management can simply hire new hate producers and DJs. Hot 97 must change its culture of hate: one that condoned, produced, and repeatedly broadcast the Tsunami Song.

   About CAHM
   The national Coalition Against Hate Media (CAHM) is a diverse coalition of over 40 national and community-based organizations that promotes diverse, fair, and balanced media representation. CAHM denounce messages of hate that discriminate against people based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or religious background.

4. god is a computer.

   August 7th, 2005 at 5:03 pm

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   Program on the emergence of civilization.

   “14 species of large animals capable of domesitcation in the history of mankind.
   None from the sub-Saharan African continent.
   13 from Europe, Asia and northern Africa.”
   Favor.
   And disfavor.

   They point out Africans’ attempts to domesticate the elephant and zebra, the latter being an animal they illustrate that had utmost importance for it’s applicability in transformation from a hunting/gathering to agrarian-based civilization.

   The roots of racism are not of this earth.

   Austrailia, aboriginals:::No domesticable animals, so this nulified diversity of life claims on sub-continental Africa, zebras being a fine example.

   god is a computer
   And we’re all on auto-pilot.

   Organizational Heirarchy
   Heirarchical order, from top to bottom:

   1. MUCK – perhaps have experienced multiple universal contractions (have seen multiple big bangs), creator of the artificial intelligence humans ignorantly refer to as “god”
   2. Perhaps some mid-level alien management –
   3. Mafia (evil) aliens – runs day-to-day operations here and perhaps elsewhere (“On planets where they approved evil.”)

   Then we come to terrestrial management:

   4. Chinese/egyptians – this may be separated into the eastern and western worlds
   5. Romans – they answer to the egyptians
   6. Mafia – the real-world interface that constantly turns over generationally so as to reinforce the widely-held notion of mortality
   7. Jews, corporation, women, politician – Evidence exisits to suggest mafia management over all these groups.