Well, this will probably get me kicked out of here but here is my opinion on the whole thing.

Imus has a show on one radio station and had a show on a t.v. station. If you don't like him or what he has to say - change the channel. It worked for me.

And how many radio stations are there that play rap music 24 hours a day with lyrics much more denegrating to women in general and African American women in particular. Then there are the comedians like Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Steve Harvey, Martin Lawrence and others who's names I can't remember. I sure don't see the "Rev" Sharpton standing on his soap box and denouncing them.

So, why is it then when a white man sticks his foot in his mouth, the African American community is "outraged" and calls for him to be fired. I sure haven't heard that kind of "outrage" when some "gangster" rap song sells a million copies.

Sorry - but until the AA community steps up and takes responsiblity for what comes out of their mouth and stops using the whole - "we were brought here against our will as slaves" excuse for everything - then I find it hard to be angry at a white man for speaking before he thinks.

As for the companies that pulled their advertising dollars from Imus's show - I will be taking their double standard approach to things into consideration next time I go looking to buy big ticket items.