Don Imus, Hypocrisy, And Dead Pigeons

Oh, the white folks hate the black folks

And the black folks hate the white folks.

To hate all but the right folks

Is an old established rule.

But during National Brotherhood Week, National Brotherhood Week,

Don Imus and Rev’rend Al are dancing cheek to cheek.*

It's fun to eulogize

The people you despise,

As long as you don't let 'em in your school.

*With Apologies to Tom Lehrer

Tom Lehrer’s songs never cease to amaze me as to their staying power when one reads the lyrics. I think I know why. It wasn’t that he knew for a fact that things would remain the same 40-50 years after penning songs such as the one above, but he was keenly aware of human nature. The staying power of his songs are a result of us because many people are (especially here in the USA) full of hypocrisy, housing inflated egos, and not to mention…well…not right in the head.

Through all of this over blown Imus-Mania the hypocrisy, self importance, and stupidity have oozed from the minds of mouths from “national figures” like a trichomonas discharge from Paris Hilton’s hoo ha. Sharpton has raged against “The Man”. NOW is stepping up because we all know that women are too weak to defend themselves, especially when there’s network coverage of the offense.

Sponsors of the Imus show have begun to pull their ads because evidently they didn’t know he had been making fun of blacks, Jews, fat people and other folks all these many years. Even some of his regular guests will no longer appear because the well kept secret of the I-Man’s foul mouth appeared to them just as the burning bush appeared to Moses, lo those centuries ago. What a joke, these folks are, be they black or white, male or female are just looking for some national face time by showing their feigned outrage.

While the verdict is still out on Don Imus, the only people who have shown any grace during this incident are the players and coaches of the Rutgers Women’s Basketball program. But even then, I would have handled it differently if I were in their situation. If Imus or anyone else called me something repugnant, I would just say, “Look you shriveled up old bastard. I just played in the National Championship, am getting a degree from a top notch school, and can still get an erection, so why don’t you just keep making your little jokes until you die. Which looks like that may be in the very near future.” But that’s just me.

I find it funny how some people have said that this incident can be a vehicle for a national dialogue about racism and sexism. I don’t think it can because how can we have a national dialogue when the people in this country aren’t allowed to speak what’s on their mind, right or wrong?

Hopefully I am done with this topic because it is really hindering my ability to follow real news, such as the Anna Nicole paternity saga. With that being said I am now off to make fun of the elderly at the community center, and pee on a homeless person. Hell I might even call up Tom Lehrer and see if he wants to go poison some pigeons in the park. What? At least I didn’t call anyone a nappy headed ho!!

Cheers…