May 10, 2007 12:03 AM UTC

Gunny Bob: Muslims Should Wear Tracking Bracelets

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• by: Colorado Pols

We normally don’t pay much attention to anything KOA’s “Gunny” Bob Newman says on his radio show, not the least because we’re not inclined to listen to the radio when he’s on the air (“Gunny” is on the air from 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.)

But if Don Imus could get fired from his radio show for calling Rutgers women basketball players “nappy headed hos,” then it’s hard to see how Newman is going to get away with this. As Colorado Media Matters explains:

Discussing the breakup of an alleged terrorist plot to attack U.S. soldiers at New Jersey’s Fort Dix, Newsradio 850 KOA host “Gunny” Bob Newman said on his May 8 show that “every Muslim immigrant to America who holds a green card, a visa, or who is a naturalized citizen [should] be required by law to wear a GPS tracking bracelet at all times,” and that the government should “bug their places of work and their residences” and monitor “[a]ll mosques and community centers.” Newman added, “If they don’t like the idea, or if they refuse, throw their asses out of this country.”

Newman also suggested refusing Muslims entry into the United States by imposing a “moratorium” on visas for them. Speaking directly to the Muslim community, Newman warned, “You better get control of your own people. Once you get control of them, then come see us again and we’ll think about — however many decades down the road it is — we’ll think about maybe opening our doors to you again. But you are doing absolutely freaking nothing to help … this nation.”

Um…yeah.