Message to All my Gay & Lesbian Friends

(This almost sounds like the beginning of a joke!) A politician and a comedian put their respective "foots" in their mouths over the long holiday weekend! No kidding unfortunately.

This weekend during his annual Labor Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Jerry Lewis was doing a "gag" on stage for his international audience. In the skit he was supposed to introduce & invite various members of someone's family onto the stage. At one point he said (words to the effect), And here's Jesse, the illiterate - - - ! (using the 3 letter "f-word" that rhymes with "gag.") Needless to say, Mr. Lewis immediately recognized what he'd said, turned from the camera and ended the "gag"- while gagging. Unfortunately, a "live" oopps!

Lewis' comments drew this immediate condemnation from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). "Jerry Lewis' on-air use of this kind of anti-gay slur is simply unacceptable," GLAAD President Neil Giuliano said in a statement, adding that the comic's remark "feeds a climate of hatred and intolerance" that could incite anti-gay violence. GLAAD urged Lewis to apologize for the comment and asked the entertainer to meet with members of the group "to help him understand why these words are so hurtful." Through his spokespeople at the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Lewis did apologize saying he was sorry if his comments offended anyone.

I have a really big problem with Mr. Giuliano's assertion that Jerry Lewis's "gaff" was feeding a climate of hate and intolerance! Really? I don't know any other group of people in American society that EVERYBODY fawns and Kowtows to more than gays and lesbians. Hate and Intolerance? You have to be kidding me! Think about it - gays and lesbians are held in higher esteem today than "white guys" in general, and certainly any and all "white politicians!" You don't hear our military screaming about "feeding a climate of hate and intolerance" when actor Tim Robbins or Sen. John Kerry accuses them of murdering Iraqi civilians! Well, do ya? Stop the sniveling - Cowboy Up!

But let's move onto our second example.

On Tuesday at a High School in New Hampshire, candidate John McCain was taking questions from the audience, when one of the high-school students wondered .... if at 71 years old, the Senator wasn't too old to run the United States? Now, I'm sure it's already been a long tiring campaign, and perhaps the Senator has answered one too many questions in general, but his answer still seemed a bit "sharp." He replied through that patented McCain smile, "Heh,heh, thanks for the question you little brat....you're drafted!"

Which, I guess answers both the students question, and questions the voting public might have! Good work kid!

However, there was one truly terrifying story coming out of the south-land over the weekend. A story that should strike every American - regardless of party affiliation or sexual preference - with abject fear! When you weigh Jerry Lewis's "mistake" and Senator McCain's "answer" along side the potential devastation this next issue might cause..... well, this could be a tragedy of truly Biblical proportions! Here it is......

51 year old Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans may announce this week that he is running

for the Governorship of the State of Louisiana. When asked why he might run the Mayor said, "What I'd like to make sure everybody understands around America is that this city is overcoming a lot of odds. It's like a miracle city in some respects. Our citizens are doing incredible things out there in spite of a lack of resources, or broken promises."

Despite the city's appalling murder rate Nagin recently said that news coverage of the city's violent crime has at least one advantage - it "keeps the New Orleans 'brand' out there, and it keeps people thinking about our needs and what we need to bring this community back."

(Boy, true genius there! Can't argue with that logic! Oyyy.)

See? Terrifying! So GLAAD and New Hampshire... suck it up for a few minutes while we take care of a really stunning possibility in Louisiana! Everything else pales in comparison. ("Oh the humanity!")

Dum Spiro Spero!