Oh no, he's baaaack, hide the women and chil'ren. 
   Ok so after some time off, dealing with some professional situations and getting settled into a new job, I'm back with an opinion on....Don Imus.
   Here's what I don't get.  First, Imus has been doing this kind of stuff for many years.  Some of it's funny, some of it is not, but he continues on nonetheless.  Many "important" people have used his show as a forum for their opinons and for their campaigns.  More so, then say Fox News.  Presidential candidate Edwards has refused to sit on a second debate because it's sponspored by FNC.  I"m guessing he'd be more than willing to be on Imus' show, but I digress.
    There's no question that in this era of political correctness, and especially in NYC that what Imus said was completely out of line.  Certainly the outcry is due in part to the fact that Rutgers was apparently the "Cinderella" team in the women's NCAA tournament and we all know you can't say anything bad about Cinderella.  Gwen Ifill's column in the New York Times today made mention of the fact that one of Rutgers' players was from Utah - ah yes, no doubt the token non urban type on the team. So first it was, I think, who Imus was commenting about that has brought such furor.
   Of course the rent-a-riot crowd has been out in force, with the Reverend Jackson calling for marches and of course boycotts. The Reverend Jackson said, "NBC must choose between Imus and the rest of us," ..."The rest of us are going to organize a boycott until they make a choice." Jackson said protests are being planned across the country in Atlanta, San Francisco and Los Angeles. "This was not a slip of the lip," Jackson said outside the Tower. "This was a conversation ... (and) corporate sponsors have a role to play in not sponsoring these acts of racial bigotry." (retrieved online at http://www.nbc5.com/news/11586837/detail.html).  He also noted that this was at least in part the result of not having enough blacks as radio show hosts.  Hmmm, one wonders why this is the case.  No doubt it's because of the "racial bigoty" of those in management, and not because to few blacks choose this as a career. No, it must be because of  "racial bigoty" and clearly were there more black radio hosts, Imus would be much more careful in what he says in his attempts at comedy. Yeah, that's the ticket!
   But here's what I don't get.  Why isn't the good reverend protesting hip-hop? Why isn't the good reverend protesting BET or MTV and some of the most raunchy and (some would say) racist music videos I've ever seen. Why isn't the good reverend protesting BuckCherry's latest "song?" The title itself, Crazy B**** should provoke the good reverend's ire, but if it doesn't the lyrics should - and yet we here nothing about this, and it probably reaches more listeners across the country than Imus.
   Why isn't the good reverend supporting O'Reilly's attempt at fighting the culture war in this country which is clearly hurting all people, especially children.  A good argument can be made that the culture war is  hurting blacks the most.  Why isn't the good reverend protesting and boycotting over the illegal alien invasion in this country?  Crimes against citizens by illegals are exploding and yet the good reverend seems more concerned about Imus' idiotic comments.  Why  isn't the good reverend protesting and boycotting over the persecution of Christians and Christian beliefs in this country - isn't he a man of God? Shouldn't his first duty be to God?
   This is what I don't get in all this.
    Imus is what Imus is.  If you don't like him, or if you're afraid you might be offended by something he or a member of his show might say, then don't listen -ever! If you're a politician and you're concerned about the image it might portray for you if you're on the show - then don't go on the show.  This all seems simple enough.
    Imus is not the problem here, he simply reflected what the culture allows.  It was wrong, idiotic and simply not funny.  What is equally wrong, idiotic and simply not funny is what is allowed to occur throughout our culture - the demeaning of women, the abuse of children, the feminization of men and of the church, multiculturalism, the list goes on and on.
   These are the things we should be protesting and maybe even boycotting, not the stupid comments of a jock! That's my opinon, what's yours?