Posted on 12/05/2006 5:00:23 AM PST by shrinkermd
...So after putting in a request that I thought Jackson's staff wouldn't take seriously, I was startled when my phone rang two hours later and the reverend was on the other end. I would be absolved, I thought, in two or three minutes.
I was very wrong. When I explained my request, it became clear that this hypothetical offensive thing I might do someday was instead happening right now.
"Why should you be offensive?" Jackson asked, annoyed. "I don't know why you would do that."
Luckily, as I was stammering a response, Jackson smoothly segued into reciting his own agenda. I was not surprised to hear him tell me about America's lack of concern about Katrina victims, the media ignoring Trent Lott's return to party leadership and the dearth of black actors on television ("all day, all night, all white"). I was, however, surprised that it took him nearly four minutes before he mentioned that he worked with Martin Luther King Jr.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
The LA Times is redeeming itself as having some justification for existence. They are either back courting conservatives or new management has discovered we are an important part of the "reading" public.
In any case Joel should write comedy.
Three minutes to find the shirt, one minute to put it on.
I believe the majority (perhaps all) of what Joel writes is comedy. In the end, Joel's piece is a bit of a puff piece which ends up justifying Jesse's role as arbiter for African-American and African-American issues, saying we "need" people acting out on the stage.
I'm sorry, but after reading his little "I Don't Support Our Troops" piece, nothing he could ever write would redeem him in my eyes.
http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=18938_LA_Times_Oped-_I_Dont_Support_Our_Troops&only
Trust me, he's no conservative.
Three minutes to find the shirt, one minute to put it on.LOL!
Joel Stein is scum. Even if he makes fun of other scum, he's still scum.
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