ARE YOU KIDDING?

Can someone tell me why Al Sharpton is a reference point every time a white person is accused of saying something racially offensive or provocative? Radio personality Don Imus made a comment about football player Adam Jones. He was implying that because Jones was Black,he was being singled out. Some people interpreted it as meaning because Jones was Black,he was a crook. So who does the press go to for comment? Al Sharpton,that's who. Imus made a mistake after the Rutgers women's basketball team incident by appearing on the Sharpton radio show. Why Sharpton? I mean,I know why not Limbaugh,but why Sharpton?
Isn't this the same Al Sharpton who referred to a store owner as a "white interloper"? Why does he get a free ride from such a provocative remark,a remark that led a mentally disturbed man to torch the store in question,killing seven people,all people of color. Yet Sharpton gets a pass. I wouldn't go to a man who created such a storm for forgiveness.
Now Sharpton is being accused of shaking down businesses in exchange for not picketing in fron of their establishments. He denies it. I hope he's right,otherwise he becomes a Black interloper.

Do You Think....

Conservatives think that...

Bob Grant is a racist?

Rush Limbaugh is a loser??

Michael Reagan would be wrapping burgers if not for his dad?

Laura Schlessinger is mentally unbalanced?

Laura Ingraham is gay?

Ann Coulter is to be shunned?

It's okay for gays to marry?

McCain is going to get wiped like a baby's bottom?

William Kristol is a punk?

Dick Cheney is a coward?

They know what a bag of bolts they have in George Bush?

Bush's mother is a horrible person?

Michael Wilbon has been carried by Tony Kornheiser on 'Pardon the Interruption' out of friendship?

Beloved Friend---of Theirs

When Tim Russert died,I was shocked. He was only 58, he was in the prime of his career,and judging from the reaction of his friends and colleagues and guests, he was a very good person. I didn't know him, they did. I didn't mourn him,they did. They lost a friend,I didn't.
And so, a week after his passing,I write this to say that while his death was a terrible thing for those who loved him, it was over the top for those of us who didn't.
The programming changes made to accommodate the public display of sadness from MSNBC and NBC was one of the reasons people think the mainstream press is elitist. The mourning of pundits seemed to say, "Tim was special to us,so we will talk him about him way past the point of interest to you".
The next time a newsperson of such magnitude dies,MSNBC should give this a try: a one or two hour special to heap all of the well deserved praise on this giant of the electronic media, not a ritual of grief surpassing a head of state.

Three Strikes

I watched three radio personalities receive honors at the New Media Seminar a couple of weeks ago. I understand that talk radio is a conservative stronghold,but I cannot believe that the three honorees are the best the business has to offer.
Bob Grant,Laura Schlessinger,and Lauara Ingraham were selected to be feted.

Bob Grant is a broadcaster who changed his name, (from Gigante) wears a toupee,and claims to be the truth teller of the air. His predilection for racial provocation is well known. He has referred to Black people as savages. He claims that he was referring to bad acts of behavior not race, citing Black college students at Virignia Beach as an example. Yet there is no moment when he called white students burning cars and destroying other property in a drunken rage in East Lansing,or Montrealers laying waste to shops after hockey games. of course,these folks were white.
When white boxer Tommy Morrison was diagnosed as HIV positive, not a peep came out of Grant. When Magic Johnson received the same news,Grant wished he would develop "full blown AIDS". I see a pattern.
Dr.Laura Schlessinger is a talk show host who gives advice on matters of a family or personal nature, but she is not possessed of a degree in family therapy,she is the holder of a degree in physical therapy,so if you twist an ankle,she is the one to go to. Yet, who better to go to for advice than a woman who posed nude while committing adultery. Who better than a woman who chastises others for not being solidly ensconced in the bosom of their family while she had not contact with her mother or sister for over a decade?
Laura Ingraham, Dartmouth graduate,lawyer,vile person. A person who attended gay/lesbian meetings at Dartmouth,then outed some of these kids to their parents. A person who wants liberal entertainers to "Shut Up and Sing", (her book title) but is fine with Charlie Daniels,Bruce Willis,and Toby Keith yakking because they are war proponents.
People applauded them,and I became queasy. My wife once told me I love talk radio,but talk radio doesn't love me. Smart,ain't she?

Each Day Something New

I promise to publish a new thought every day. Today it is to chastise the legion of middle aged white women who are so upset at the thought of Hillary Clinton losing that they threaten to vote for McCain.
You are being idiotic.
McCain wants to overturn Roe v. Wade.
McCain voted with Bush 95% of the time.
McCain wants to keep us in Iraq.
McCain does not want to negotiate with opposing countries.
McCain has no firm knowledge of economics.
McCain opposes gay unions.
McCain left his first wife to marry a rich woman.

Keep behaving in a petulant manner. Keep behaving like the Naderites of 2000 and deliver us another GOP incompetent. Ego should not replace wisdom.