Imus II

I'm still seething from the Imus firing of last week.... Not so much of the actual firing, but of the phony 'righteousness' of the individuals to get Imus fired. This whole incident reeks of hypocrisy and hidden agendas....

Here's an excellent article by Bill Maxwell, who says it better than I ever could, on the hypocrisy...

Read Black Critics Of Imus Are Hypocrites

Another article by Mike Bates, owner and general manager of WEBY 1330 AM in Florida, on role of the media and how they blew everything out of proportion...

Read Shock Jock Don Imus' Slur Was Taken Out of Context

Some excerpts from it, are well worth repeating ....

People shouldn't take things so personally. Why are people so quick to be offended? Why are people so afraid of views that differ from theirs? If you don't like what some people say, challenge them, debate them, argue with them. But don't call for them to be fired.

Amen.

And Mike Bates concludes this beautifully insightful article, with three paragraphs that should be the carved in stone, for all to see...

Lastly, consider our priorities: Iraq is a mess. Iran may have nuclear weapons by next year. China may sell off its dollar reserves. OPEC may denominate oil sales in Euros. Congress is pushing a $400 billion dollar tax increase, our borders are porous and our national treasury has $53 trillion in unfunded obligations.

And yet this country obsesses over Britney Spears' hair, Anna Nicole Smith's baby, and Imus' mouth.

Rome is burning. And we are wasting our time at the Colosseum circus.