I dedicate this entry to Kurt Vonnegut. May he rest in peace.

Well, Don Imus did it again. Last week , he referred to the RU Lady Scarlet Knights (the 2007 NCAA women's basketball runners-up) as "nappy-headed ho's". What steams me about this is how he can say that he's sorry when he has been saying shit like this for decades, and this is but the latest in a series of outrageous comments that he and his ilk on the right have made. In September 2005, William Bennett, Reagan's former Secretary of Education and George H.W. Bush's Drug Czar, said that if you want to see a reduction in crime, we should "abort black babies." A few weeks after last year's midterm elections, Glenn Beck asked the Representative-elect Keith Ellison (D-MN) "to prove that he wasn't working with our enemies." (Ellison is the first Muslim to be elected to the House of Representatives. He is also Minnesota's first black congressman. Beck would go on to say that the word faggot is a "naughty word", not a true epithet. Ann Coulter a few weeks ago at the American Conservative Union's CPAC referred to presidential hopeful John Edwards as a "faggot". While I am glad that MSNBC is no longer doing the simulcast of his show, I want CBS and WFAN to cut their ties with him as well, and send a message to those like Hannity, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Beck, and Boortz. You are free to speak as you please, but be prepared to take responsibility for your actions.

Well, April is here. Warm weather, baseball, and all that fun stuff. And of course the showdown in the White House. The Chimp has already said that he will veto any bill to bring the troops back, and with 150 House Republicans backing him, The Dems in the Senate, led by Reid and Feingold, have a plan B, which Kerry and presidential longshot Chris Dodd have backed, calling for an end to funding the war. This is what I am talking about.

Showdown in the White House

This should be fun. I wonder how long Bush will be in office.

Sago, One year later

Tell me why I should be surprised. The Bush regime has shown no respect for anyone except its cronies.

Suze Orman

Check out the NY Times on Sunday, for an article on financial guru Suze Orman. It is quite the read.

A National Shame

What does it say about our country that we cannot even maintain the best hospital in the US military? I urge everyone to read this article and ask your congressmen to speak up about this.

John Amaechi

Seven former male athletes have come out, with the latest being John Amaechi, who played collegiate ball at Penn State and professionally for the Magic and Jazz before the Knicks released him in 2004. While it is commendable to have gay men coming out, I am hardly surprised. Partly because of the rumors swirling around his sexuality for years. But it is doubly hard given his heritage. (Amaechi is half Nigerian) in a sport that is predominately Black.