Leave Lou Alone!!

Yes, I'm back after a brief mental vacation...but here I go!!

Okay, so Lou Dobbs won't let the whole "Obama isn't a U.S. citizen" thing go. I'll agree that Lou should maybe let the whole topic go and move on. But I don't agree that he should be fired for it. Furthermore, doesn't the Southern Poverty Law Center have more pressing concerns than campaigning to end Lou's career. Sure, Lou may espouse certain "right-wing" viewpoints, and sure he may even say outlandish things at times.

And don't worry...there's something those who are offended can do--CUT THE DAMN SHOW OFF!! Just stop watching him! If you don't like what entertainers (and, yes, Lou is an entertainer rather than a newscaster) like Lou or O'Reilly or Letterman has to say, then don't listen to them. I will concede some commentators--both on the boob tube and on radio--irritate the hell out of me...and I love it!

Yes, that's right: When my blood starts to boil, that's how I know the First Amendment is alive and well. When I get so mad at O'Reilly that I could spit, that's how I know the First Amendment is alive and well. And when I got mad tonight upon learning the Southern Poverty Law Center wants CNN to fire Lou, I knew our Constitution is alive and well.

Sure I think the Southern Poverty Law Center is wrong for trying to get Lou fired, but the same Amendment that protects what Lou has to say is the same Amendment that protects the Center's right to voice their concern to CNN.

And it's the same Amendment that protects me as I rant and rave about the various and sundry "things" that get me all hot and bothered. Oh, and if what I have to say offends you...GET THE HELL OFF MY BLOG PAGE.

Millions of men and women have not given their lives so you and I can dance around our words. To speak anything less than your mind is, in my humble opinion, the most un-American of all.