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So today Artie Lange got in a fight with his personal assistant on the air. I’ve listened to the audio, and I have to say it’s some pretty intense stuff.

I like Howard Stern, I like Artie, I even like Benjy. As always, though Robin is obnoxious. It’s unfortunate that the culmination of the fight was the resignation of Artie (on the eve of a week long Howard Stern Show vacation, no less).

Here is the audio, split into three pieces. The actual fight happens at around the four minute mark on the second part:

Artie Lange Resigns - Part 1

Artie Lange Resigns - Part 2

Artie Lange Resigns - Part 3

Other stuff

So I was walking in Times Square the other day and I must have been following one of those mounted police officers (a joke in of itself) because I stumbled upon this:

Because I can be a prick, and because of the recent uproar over the teacher that allowed her class to name a teddy bear Mohamed, and because all piles of crap need to have names, I hereby name this bunch of shit Muhammad.

If you’d like to visit Muhammad, he’ll be waiting just outside of Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square.

Thank you, that will be all.

So here we are, a year and three months(ish) before election day and already the campaign topics are hot.

It will be a democrat-dominated election unless they blow it by keeping with Hillary or Obama, both members of groups historically unable to win presidential elections. There are far too many people in this country that are are anti-women, anti-minority, or both. Either way, I don’t want to think about what will happen if one of those two get near the presidential hotseat. Civil war? Probably not. A heck of a lot more political turmoil than we have right now? Positively.

As the election goes, it’s far too early to call it, but in reality if either democrat front-runner stays involved, we’re sure to have another four years dominated by republican politics.

I’d like to precede this post with a little blurb saying that my heart goes out to all the family and friends of the those killed in this tragedy…and the rest of the staff and students at VA Tech. I have a friend that goes to school there and it seems to have hit him a little too close to home. But anyway…

Cops so far have found no motive, no connection between the shooter and the first victim. VA cops apparently suck.

Everyone knows that the motive can be traced back to one thing, and one thing only: video games.

Wait…now that I think about it, two things: video games and rap music.

Oh! And Dungeons and Dragons. Fucking satanist bastards.

Anyway, I digress. Well…not really, because that’s all I had to say.

So, seemingly not wanting to be left out of the spotlight, Russell Simmons announced the banning of three words (bitch, nigger, and ho) in “clean versions” of rap and hip hop–the stuff played on the radio. Go, Russell, go. You’re certainly making changes in the lives of America’s downtrodden inner-city youth. Right.

A half-hearted attempt at best. The three words are already censored out of most “clean” versions. This is just Simmons flapping his gums and lining his pockets. Besides, since when do hip hop/rap loving kids turn to radio to hear their epithets? The majority listen to CDs and MP3s these days due to the fact that there are really very few hip hop/rap radio stations.

Now, calling out Simmons on his BS is one thing, but where will this lead? Censorship is never good. Music and video games are continually blamed for problems that parents, politicians and teachers need to be accountable for. You teach these people how to live a better life, how to give their children a better life, and I guarantee that there will be far less hate being slung around.

Told ya it was a conspiracy!

Simon’s face told all.

So I had some time to think. It occurred to me that my comments regarding Al Sharpton were hurtful. In that light, I’ve decided to apologize…

…yeah right. When this guy stops ruining lives (the Duke lacrosse players–Sharpton was involved only because “the victim” aka “the LIAR” was black. Notice that he hasn’t issued an apology, or even a statement in regard to his involvement, even though he was WRONG.) I’ll start changing my opinion of him. Until then, he is King Racist, the public face of groups such as the Black Panthers. Much work has been done in the past hundred years to end segregation and racism. Now, however, it’s people like Sharpton that perpetuate it.

So Sanjaya has catapulted himself (with much help from VFTW.com and Howard Stern, of course) from the bottom of the barrel to the top of the heap in what is seems to be a mediocre season of American Idol.

Now, I don’t normally watch this drudgery, or most any other “reality” drudgery (I’ve got my own reality to concentrate on living), but Sanjaya has piqued my interest simply in the manner that the show is being gamed in the way it is. It is a common known fact that Simon Cowell and Howard Stern are buddies–could this just be a publicity stunt? Could it be that they’re working together in bringing American Idol to a whole new demographic? Naaaaah.

So I thought I’d provide a wrap up of the parties involved in the Imus In the Morning fiasco!

Don Imus: Face it dude, your show hasn’t been relevant for a long time. In fact, now that I think about it, probably never has been. The only reason you’ve got any popularity nowadays is because Howard Stern is no longer a factor in normal radio ratings.

“Rev.” Al Sharpton: Nappy-headed race-baiting racist pimp. Why Imus bothered to go on this jackass’ show is beyond me. His itinerary is not to protect the downtrodden black community as he seems to proclaim, but to get his ugly ass out into the spotlight whenever he can. If this isn’t the case, I expect him to start commenting on every single popular rap album for their sick and deplorable racial content. There is no bigger racist.

Rutgers Basketball Team: What are we…twelve? You’re at the exemplary Rutgers University in New Jersey and you’re hurt and insulted by being called nappy-haired hos? Waaah…cry me a river. I’ve been called worse walking down the street in NYC just minding my own business. I’m sure you’re all nice girls and all, but it’s time to grow up.

MSNBC: ‘Bout time. Seriously though, network execs, get a backbone.