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WTKK-FM suspends Severin for derogatory comments about Mexicans
Boston Globe (still publishing for now) ^ | 04/30/09 | David Abel

Posted on 04/30/2009 1:41:58 PM PDT by raccoonradio

Jay Severin, the fiery radio talk show host on Boston�s WTKK-FM, was suspended today after making derogatory comments about Mexicans.

Heidi Raphael, a spokeswoman for the station, said Severin had been suspended indefinitely. She declined to comment further.

George Tobia, Severin's lawyer, said it was not clear how long his client has been suspended.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aliens; hispandering; immigration; jayseverin; mexicans; mexico; racist; talkradio; wtkk
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To: raccoonradio

Gotta be careful here some of the so called Republicans JUST Love them being in this Country illegally!


21 posted on 04/30/2009 1:59:02 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Osamabama Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: raccoonradio
What if you got hired as a WalMart greeter and told every customer who came in, “Welcome to WalMart. F-— you.”

It would be nice if they would say anyhting at all. Most of the time they just look at you with a vacant stare.

How the heck hard is it to just say "Hi!"--it's their freakin' job!

22 posted on 04/30/2009 1:59:57 PM PDT by exit82 (The Obama Cabinet: There was more brainpower on Gilligan's Island.)
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To: exit82

Ha! Yeah.


23 posted on 04/30/2009 2:01:28 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Nobody is saying what these allegedly wicked words were.

That's how a show trial typically works.

24 posted on 04/30/2009 2:02:58 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: raccoonradio

I don’t believe the provision in the 1964 Civil Rights act should have included “national origin”. If I want to make fun of Mexicans or Russians or any other idiotic country, I should have the damn right to.


25 posted on 04/30/2009 2:03:44 PM PDT by TheThinker (America doesn't have a president. It has a usurper.)
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To: raccoonradio

Such comments add nothing to the debate (it doesn’t even work as satire) and his employer is right to repremand him over such a remark.


26 posted on 04/30/2009 2:04:51 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: raccoonradio
WTKK's site still leads off with a Severin contest.

27 posted on 04/30/2009 2:05:07 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: HiTech RedNeck

He referred to those coming across the border illegally as “crminaliens”, and said hospital emergency rooms have become “condos for Mexicans.”


28 posted on 04/30/2009 2:05:44 PM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: savedbygrace; HiTech RedNeck

“crminaliens” should have been “criminaliens”


29 posted on 04/30/2009 2:06:29 PM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: savedbygrace; All

More from the Herald

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1169247&pos=breaking

Conservative WTKK radio host Jay Severin was suspended indefinitely today for making offensive remarks about illegal aliens and the swine flu, sources tell the Herald.

Severin was shocked to learn about the suspension, the sources said, as the station had been using those same remarks in on-air promos.

Heidi Raphael, a spokeswoman for station owner Greater Media, confirmed Severin’s suspension saying the station would have no further comment.

“We’re going to sit down with the station soon,” said Severin’s agent and attorney, George Tobia. “I am confident that everything will be resolved and Jay will be back on the air doing great radio soon.”

The Spanish-language daily newspaper El Diario la Prensa in New York City, reported earlier this week that Severin was using the flu to attack Mexicans and immigrants.

“For Severin, Mexicans are ‘criminaliens’ and primitives who export venereal diseases to the United States,” the paper reported. “The shock jock referred to the strain of flu as ‘swine-aka-Janet Napolitano flu.’ ”

“That’s not the end of Severin’s anti-immigrant rants. Immigrants are leeches and their children, he warns, don’t speak English, will retard schools, add to crime and spread disease. Amid all of this, Severin has the audacity to state, ‘I don’t mean to hype the story,’ ” the paper said.

Severin, the afternoon-drive host on WTKK-FM (96.9), declined comment.


30 posted on 04/30/2009 2:06:58 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio
A short time later, he was talking to a nurse who complained about the healthcare given to immigrants. She said she was just glad she didn't work in the emergency room.

"Yeah, well, that's become essentially condos for Mexicans," he said in audio posted on the WTKK website.

LOL

31 posted on 04/30/2009 2:07:54 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: raccoonradio
“That’s not the end of Severin’s anti-immigrant rants. Immigrants are leeches and their children, he warns, don’t speak English, will retard schools, add to crime and spread disease. Amid all of this, Severin has the audacity to state, ‘I don’t mean to hype the story,’ ” the paper said.

This largely does apply to the illegales.

32 posted on 04/30/2009 2:10:06 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: TheThinker

Chicano? Hispanic? Latino?

How about Chispanitino, that should cover it.


33 posted on 04/30/2009 2:10:11 PM PDT by Ed Condon (Wanted, newer tag line in good condition.)
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To: Thane_Banquo

Ok,
I’m not trying to be mean, just trying to learn.
I go to Chicago once in a freat while.
I go to Uno”s original store and get great pizza.
You are a Giordanos patron, why?
Never been there, ya think it is better than Uno”s?


34 posted on 04/30/2009 2:10:28 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (yEP,i)
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To: dragnet2
Why come here legally, wait years, when you can just walk in and get hired by the greedy employers, that love low wage labor?

You think employers would rather hire a legal, or hire an illegal, for a fraction of the money? Get real.

I also work for a company where I am sure we have illegals working.

They have real SSI numbers and pass our background checks, but you just know.

The point is: we pay them exactly the same wage.

We cannot get Americans to pass the pre-employment drug test.

Our failure rate is 85% for new applicants; unless they are Hispanic.

The Hispanic pre-employment drug test failure rate is 0.00%

This is my real world experience. Yours may be different.

35 posted on 04/30/2009 2:11:15 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President)
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To: dragnet2
Look, you know as well as I, for every legal one that comes here legitimately, there are 300 illegals.

Granted, but the actions of the 300 illegals shouldn't bring condemnation on the few who actually obey the law.

Why come here legally, wait years, when you can just walk in and get hired by the greedy employers, that love low wage labor?

I agree that this is the issue at hand. I never denied illegal immigrationw as a problem. In fact, I was clear in my original comment that I have no use for illegals. I think they should all be shipped back, and repeat offenders should be prosecuted.

You think employers would rather hire a legal, or hire an illegal, for a fraction of the money? Get real.

Again, I never denied this at all. But then again, if it was that simple, only illegals would have jobs. My point is, the people who have enough decency and self-respect to come here legally should not be treated the same as fence jumpers. In my experience, legal U.S. immigrants are some of the most anti-illegal-immigration people I have ever met, for the simple reason that they did everything the right and got jumped in line by the tunnel rats.

36 posted on 04/30/2009 2:11:37 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo (The GOP: The Big Tent with a Fifth Column.)
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To: raccoonradio
swine-aka-Janet Napolitano flu

Got a problem widdat?

37 posted on 04/30/2009 2:11:48 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: Joe Boucher
I go to Uno”s original store and get great pizza.
You are a Giordanos patron, why?
Never been there, ya think it is better than Uno”s?


I've been to both. I thought Uno's was very nice, but I've had Giordano's many times and haven't been disappointed. I even bought a couple and froze them in the -80C freezer here in the lab and took them frozen in carry on luggage to Denver so my sister could try them.
38 posted on 04/30/2009 2:13:13 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: Mikey_1962

If you know where to get a fake SS card, I’m sure you can pick up some fake piss. There are people who sell it.


39 posted on 04/30/2009 2:13:16 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo (The GOP: The Big Tent with a Fifth Column.)
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To: Thane_Banquo
If you know where to get a fake SS card, I’m sure you can pick up some fake piss. There are people who sell it.

So Mexicans are more clever and industrious than Americans is your point.

40 posted on 04/30/2009 2:15:36 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President)
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