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All That's Fit to Print Last week, a sports announcer made the remark on air that a woman referee needed to "get back in the kitchen." I believe the remark ended with "where she belonged." I could be wrong. I can't remember where the announcer was from, but I do remember he was a former athlete. That being said, I certainly am not implying that the gentleman was anything other than qualified to make any remark he deemed appropriate. After all, this is America. Back to the story. Of course, someone complained and the guy made some half-baked apology and the station he worked for talked about what a great guy he was. No one ended up in rehab or being fired. That was about it. Not much of a story really, and I wouldn't even mention it except that it illustrates our selective outrage when people say stupid things. What matters so much is not what was said, but who said it and, of course, who they were talking about. Our outrage continues when people say things taken totally out of context. Consider the gentleman who made the remark that Obama was articulate. He was complimenting the guy and ended up getting seared by the press and others who saw some lefthanded compliment in the remark. This past weekend, Ann Coulter was the topic for a remark she made about John Edwards. She was probably trying to be funny, but ended up being denounced by just about everyone. What she said wasn't necessarily appropriate, but it was her opinion. Unfortunately, those are subject to public approval these days. Political correctness is killing us, especially when it is selective. The list of who is protected by the Language Police is short and changes about as often as Britney Spears enters rehab. Perhaps we would all be well served if we remembered not that sticks and stones will break our bones and words will never hurt us, but that words are like toothpaste. Once out of the tube, it's awfully hard to get it back in. Try it, you'll see. In other news, Al Gore took a few hits last week for the power bills on his huge house in Tennessee. He pretty much shrugged off the big bills because he contributes to renewal energy sources or green energy. So do we. By we, I mean taxpayers. This year, we will be dropping a load of cash into renewable energy projects. All of these bio fuel plants aren't just springing from the soil from magic beans. Using tax dollars to find new energy sources isn't a bad thing, but let's admit we're doing it and keep a handle on how the money is actually spent.
Magic beans. I wish I had a few of those.
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