The Occasional Observer

Otherwise why else would they have fired Don Imus now?

MSNBC pulled the plug on the I-man's television simulcast on the eve of his annual 48 hour telethon for the CJ Foundation For SIDS. Then CBS boots him off the radio the next day. Nice move, douchebags!

For the last 18 years, Imus has run this telethon. Last year they raised over $3 million which goes towards research in various childhood illnesses and the funding of his southwest ranch, where sick children are given a chance to have fun and get away from the grim reality they face every day AT NO COST to their families.

Apparently we have come to a point in this society where one's words speak much louder than actions, even if those words are spoken in a comedic forum and are dissected into sound bites that overexaggerate them.

Imus has made a career of making fun of people. Last I checked this is a Constitutionally-protected right. However, black "leaders" who are desperate for camera time feel that there should be a double-standard on what can be said by whom. As stated by Snoop Dogg, Steve Harvey, Al Sharpton, et al, if Imus were a black rapper it would have been fine for him to make these comments.

Looks like we are heading for the point where we have multiple versions of Enlish officially spoken in the US, separated by race. And this is the "best-case" scenario.

Worst case? As Eric Cartman put it so succinctly, "RACE WAR!"

Buckle up kids--it's gonna get bumpy.

Rant cut short by necessity of Babies-R-Us run...