4.11.2007

CALL THE WAAHMBULANCE

MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT ALL I HEAR IS 'DON IMUS IS A RACIST, HE SHOULD BE FIRED' WAAH WAAH WAAH.I TRULY DISAGREE WITH WHAT HE SAID- IN FACT I BELIEVE THE SCARLET LADIES OF RUTGERS ARE A FINE TEAM OF YOUNG LADIES.
DON IMUS IS A DOUCHEBAG...BUT THAT DOUCHEBAG LIVES HERE IN THE GOOD OLD U.S. OF A- WHICH MEANS HE HAS THE FREEDOM TO SAY DOUCHEBAGGY THINGS TILL HIS VOICE GOES HOARSE- PERIOD. HIS DETRACTORS ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISAGREE OPENLY, WITHOUT FEAR OF REPRISAL. GOD BLESS AMERICA.
I REMEMBER JESSE JACKSON'S HEIMEYTOWN COMMENT- NO ONE CALLED FOR HIS HEAD ON A PLATTER, NOR DID ANYONE SEEK VENGEANCE FOR THE NUMEROUS RACIST AND OFFENSIVE COMMENTS FROM SHARPTON, ROSIE O'DONNELL, OR THE ILLUSTRIOUS LEADER OF THE NATION OF ISLAM LOUIS FARRAKHAN. BESIDES, MOST OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY IS BLAH BLAH BLAH TO GET THEM ON TV.
FREE SPEECH ISN'T ALWAYS PRETTY, OFTENTIMES IT IS OFFENSIVE, CONDESCENDING AND BORING...BUT OPINIONS LIKE ASSHOLES- ARE FOR EVERYONE.
WHEN I HEAR SO MANY WHINE ABOUT THE U.S. BEING A RACIST NATION, I THINK BACK TO THE LATE 50'S AND 60'S- BLACK FOLKS WERE SEGREGATED; COULDN'T SHARE A LUNCH AT THE SAME DINER COUNTER, USE THE SAME DRINKING FOUNTAINS, RESTROOMS...SCHOOLS. THAT WAS A RACIST NATION. NOW FAST FORWARD TO 2007 AND LOOK AT THE POWER STRUCTURE OF OUR GOVERNMENT. IT IS VERY COLOURFUL INDEED. DON'T BELIEVE ME: THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE WORLD ISN'T THE PRESIDENT...ITS THE SECRETARY OF STATE- WHO I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU IS AN INTELLIGENT BLACK WOMAN FROM A SMALL TOWN CALLED TITUSVILLE, ALABAMA. SHE SUCCEEDED COLIN POWELL- WHO GREW UP DIRT POOR, AND ALSO HAPPENS TO BE STRONG BLACK MAN. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A FEW DECADES MADE IN THE HEARS AND MINDS OF MEN.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, THERE IS RACISM IN THE HEARTS OF ALL OF US, BUT GIVING CREEDENCE BY FEEDING THE MACHINE WON'T NEGATE ITS PROGRESS...PAYING IT NO MIND AND PROVING IT WRONG WILL.