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Nappy-headed hos, huh? This, from a guy who's a non sequitur away from never working again.

He insulted, with extreme prejudice, some fine young ladies from Rutgers, who themselves showed extreme dedication in ascending to the NCAA Basketball 2007 Women's National Title Game, losing to Tennessee. From the Rutger's squad:

"Unless they've given `ho' a whole new definition, that's not what I am," said Kia Vaughn, the team's sophomore center.

and

"The Rutgers university women's basketball team has made history," said Essence Carson, a junior forward. "We haven't done anything to deserve this controversy, and yet it has taken a toll on us mentally and physically."

From Head Coach C. Vivian Stringer, on her players

"...are the best this nation has to offer ... young ladies of class, distinction. They are articulate, they are gifted. They are God's representatives in every sense of the word."

They are also on a NCAA-sanctioned team that's again proved the value of sports at the College level...keeping kids out of trouble (well, mostly) and helping, with scholarships, fund the dream of higher education. But, there's other problems surfacing in this should-be-straighforward-apology-and-forgeddaboutit...Al (Tawana Brawley) Sharpton.

Imus crawled around in the dirt with this self-serving race-baiter, Al Sharpton (who himself shares a couple things in common with Imus: they are both fast-fading, and deserve much less public airtime.) Of course, Sharpton opines

“Don Imus should be fired and taken off the airwaves. This is not about insensitivity, this is about the abusive, racist, sexist use of our federally regulated airwaves.”

but then again, he says that about everyone but himself...

Imus is benched, partially, punished by MSNBC and CBS; off the air for two weeks, but Al Sharpton and other 'baits want more.

Imus should have kept his mouth shut. You can't be a 'shock jock' without knowing where the edge is, especially today, when that edge is monitored by the forces of Political Correctness more closely than the Berlin wall was watched by German snipers.

So, we get more Sharpton 'baiting, Imus hating, and discourse fading. Attacks by the self-promoting on the doddering. Makes for bad TV. I'd almost rather watch a replay of that Tennessee-Rutgers game, but I'm afraid the memories of that game are going to be somewhat supplanted...by a nappy unfair-piece.

So, so long, Imus; won't really miss you. But, this little video you came up with a couple weeks or so ago, with General Patton on the Iraq war, is a classic, and I'll just remember you for this, OK?

Enjoy the ranch...