The Flip Flop Girl

Bye Bye, Donny Boy

Don Imus will not be missed. He had become a fixture inside the beltway and somewhat outside of it. A lot of people had never heard of him before all the current controversy. Maybe he had some talent at one point but he's now 66 and not exactly fresh. Most importantly, HE IS A RACIST. Thank God CBS fired his ass. It wasn't an altruistic move on their part but, despite it all, it sends a message. You can't make hateful and destructive comments and expect to just get away with it and have people laugh it off. This is not the first time Imus has made racist comments. And how about this for his official apology while he still had a show to apologize on:

"Want to take a moment to apologize for an insensitive and ill-conceived remark we made the other morning regarding the Rutgers women's basketball team.

It was completely inappropriate, and we can understand why people were offended. Our characterization was thoughtless and stupid, and we are sorry."

Why include the "WE"? He said it. Not "WE." What a complete and utter self-absorbed insincere goon. And now he still wants to meet with the Rutgers team to say a little something to them.

Don, just leave them alone and go crawl under a rock.

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Just a few words on Anna Nicole Smith

Unfortunately, I see this story growing, much in the same lame way that the O. J. Simpson saga played itself out: a tragedy involving a person of very little if no charisma. Anna Nicole Smith is hotter than ever and I do find it sad and possibly fascinating but I won't hold my breath. I haven't really kept up with Anna Nicole Smith before her death but now, that she's dead, I'm sort of interested. No one can say this person was a talent, or a radiant personality. What does she leave behind? Nothing. Nothing except all this drama between a lot of creepy little minor characters. Well, that alone could be fun. Maybe Dominick Dunne needs to sort through this mess and whip something up that is truly engaging.

At least the story about the lunatic astronaut has been knocked off the front burner.

And I can't say I find Anna Nicole Smith much of a sex symbol. She certainly was sexual but I don't know about sensual. She just didn't radiate real heat.

Okay, that's probably all I have to say about this. I do think this is one of those stories that's going to linger until we finally get tired of the stench. We would need somebody like Truman Capote to find the poetry within this heap of junk.

Let me know if I'm missing something. I do feel sorry for what happened to her but, as a pop culture figure, I am still left cold. I'm sure Andy Warhol would have loved her train wreck persona. Was her reality TV show any good? I do want to keep an open mind about there being a worthwhile story here somewhere. I guess we'll have to stay tuned.

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