I can't spend a lot of time sticking up for Al and Jesse, especially in light of the Duke situation. They owe those boys a public apology.

That being said I am pleased that the overwhelming public pressure placed on the advertisers and networks has resulted in Imus being forced from the air. Maybe some of you guys should go back and re-read the constitution. I belive it says something like "the government shall make no laws abridging freedom of speech." This action was long overdue. Nobody has the constitutional right to say the kinds of things that Imus and his toadies regularly say on the air.

I also like the fact that you chose to take paragraph 8 from this article to try to imply that it was solely jesse and al who brought this about. How about paragraph 3

- "There has been much discussion of the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly young women of color trying to make their way in this society," CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves said in announcing the decision. "That consideration has weighed most heavily on our minds as we made our decision."

My only hope is that Limbaugh and Savage and Boortz and the others who peddle hatred come under the same pressure.

If you believe in unfettered freedom of speech then where do you draw the line?