In fact, at least as far as the right-wing critics go, this is yet another great example of just how hypocritical these folks are. What we really have here is an example of capitalism and free markets working exactly as they should! Imus made some outrageous statements that offended a lot of people, and many of the show's advertisers freaked out over appearing to be associated with this bigot, and so they walked. No advertisers means no revenues which means no profits for MSNBC and CBS. And since as we all know, profit is the sole reason why any corporation exists, they had no choice except to dump Imus. It's that easy, wing-nuts. That's how your beloved corporate world works -- it's not liberal, it's not conservative, it's not middle-of-the-road -- it's all about making a buck. The system worked the way it's supposed to. You should be happy!

But again to be fair, we also see those on the so-called left now comparing this incident to the hate-mongering that you see on a routine basis from right-wing talk show hosts like Limbaugh and O'Reilly, and wondering why these other bigots aren't being fired as well. And again, that's also laughable for pretty much the same reasons as above. With Limbaugh and O'Reilly, the advertisers know up front exactly what they are getting -- someone who will cater to the racists and the bigots in this country. Indeed, if ever people like this actually stopped their hate-mongering, inevitably they would lose their popularity and end up being fired for not catering to the far-right extremist element in our society. The mistake that Imus made was they he tried to have it both ways -- appearing at times to be a moderate and maybe even a little progressive, so that his audience was a bit more mainstream. Which of course ended up being his undoing -- that audience is not going to tolerate what he did. Unlike the Limbaugh/O'Reilly audience, which revel in this type of bigotry. So bottom line, in both cases, it's the good old market place working the way it's supposed to.

Which brings us to the real problem here. It's not the jerks like Limbaugh that are the problem -- it's the millions of people in this country that worship at the altar of these jerks. Limbaugh and O'Reilly are just the symptoms of the disease. The real problem is that there are just a lot of very bigoted people in this country. The rest of us just have to make sure that these folks don't absolutely destroy the country, as they've been doing their damndest to do over the last six plus years. That's the real task at hand.