Man, how much does it suck to be Richard Gere? Let’s make a tally:
1) Goes by Richard to avoid the nickname “Dick.”
2) Rumors about a certain gerbil.
3) Has “nowhere else to go.”
4) Burned in effigy in India for kissing a woman in public.
He’s been pretty nice about this so far, but let’s not forget that the man is Buddhist.
On an ironic note: had any of these parents exercised either abstinence or contraceptive-use, then none of them could have this debate today.
In other news: kids are having sex! Now that’s a hot scoop!
Animals cannot be trusted. From the cute and cuddly to the downright mean looking. In Australia, there is one creature that lurks in the waters just off shore, stalking its prey before going in for the kill. That animal is … the sea lion!
One such animal attacked a 13-year-old girl as she was surfing. Her jaw was broken and she lost three teeth. If that’s not a good reason to fight against these monsters, this blog doesn’t know what is.
Alright, enough of the Don Imus story. He’s fired, all 100 million angles of the story have been covered, it’s time to move on.
What is sad, however, is that no one is asking how that basketball team was affected by his comments. What Imus said was wrong, but how is that different from any other morning DJ and how many of those players ever listened to Imus in the Morning?
I would like to know who was the one that reported the comment to Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Their outrage is totally understandable, but it is not grounds to blackmail corporations into firing employees. The problem is that there is no clear line for anyone anymore. Carlos Mencia can say whatever he wants about every single race he can think of on a weekly basis on his television show, but Don Imus has a slip up and he gets canned.
The point is, comedy is supposed to be edgy, it is supposed to shock and even offend at times. So there will always be the chance of someone stepping over the time. Rather than a bullet to the head, the punishment should be slap across the face.
