Post #76

Subject: A word about Don Imus

Of all the things said and written about Don Imus in the past week, one thing stood out:: “Pick on somebody your own size.” I forget now where that came from [blush].

Let us not forget: Don Imus, an old white man who is a success in white America, smeared young black women – he didn’t “Pick on somebody your own size.” Please keep that in mind.

I saw today where a Republican presidential candidate – who is white – said that he thought Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson ought to be focusing on rap. “I don’t understand,” he said. No, he doesn’t. Who has real power in America – Don Imus or rap stars? “Pick on somebody your own size.”

It’s like when there are complaints about “Black History Month” – white history has 11 months [rolleyes]!

I think America sounds better without Don Imus. Yes, there is still freedom of speech – Imus is welcome to sit on a park bench and spew to the pigeons. And, yes, America is still coarse, and there’s a lot left to do. But thank goodness capitalism worked – the advertisers of Imus no longer wanted to be associated with the banter of Archie Bunker’s Place. Good, I say.