Goodbye and Good luck to MSNBC and CBS

To truly be liberal and believe in equal rights for all, one must support equal rights for all. I do not agree with what Don Imus said and it is high time people in this country start realizing that just because you do not believe someone should be taken off the air for an ignorant ill-concieved remark does not mean that I am racist. Quite the opposite as there are radio stations and television stations and comedians that make fun of white people i.e-cracker, whitey, the man, honky ad nauseum and yet there is never a big ruckus over those remarks. There are rap lyrics in particular that are much more harsh towards women and particularly black women than anything Imus said.

Personally, if something offends me, I do not expose myself to it again. That is why we have freedom of choice. The first amendment is so important they made it number 1!

I am afraid this entire debacle is going to set race relations back 40-50 years and that is a damn shame. Instead of MSNBC and CBS deciding to take the opportunity presented them to open a dialouge and perhaps to get others involved in changing the way women, especially black women are portrayed in music, and the like, they chose to kowtow to Reverend Al Sharpton and his ilk. Why? This man profits from the people he claims to be supporting-he has not met with these young ladies, he has not offered his hands up in prayer with them, he has used the public airwaves to preach his brand of Christianity and he has used them to fight ignorance with more ignorance, all ofthese things are wrong! The black community should feel very outraged at him for profiting and making his livelihood from the people he says he is "protecting". Since when? And when is he going to apologize to the Duke lacrosse players? When will he be held accountable for his words and actions?

If you want to call him on his radio show and voice your opinion-he is on Monday through Friday 1pm-4pm and the number is 1-877-532-5797.

Let freedom ring for all Americans. Not just the select few.

Thank you.