Time To Put A Fork In This "Scandal"

Our own hometown extortionist Jesse Jackson extracted his pound of flesh from Michael Richards yesterday on his local radio show (nationally syndicated) as punishment for "Kramer's" pretty foul tirade two Friday's ago at the LA comedy club Laff Factory.

Hopefully this will be enough to appease the money grubbing racism trollers out there trying to turn this into a lotto of sorts as renowned columnist Bob Parks referred to here over the weekend in his column MND/BlogWonks: Your Alternate Daily » Win Michael Richards’ Money:

In addition Star Parker also came down on the side of Michael Richards freedom of speech rights per say in her column here:Star Parker's WorldNetDaily Column .

Below is the article and report from MSNBC about Richards' sit down with Rhymin Jesse in Chicago:

'Kramer' speaks about racist tirade - Race in America - MSNBC.com: "NEW YORK - Comedian Michael Richards said Sunday he did not consider himself a racist, and that he was “shattered” by the comments he made to two young black men during a tirade at a Los Angeles comedy club.

Richards appeared on the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s nationally syndicated radio program, “Keep Hope Alive,” as a part of a series of apologies for the incident. He said he knew his comments hurt the black community, and hoped to meet with the two men. read more and or view the video of the interview

He told Jackson that he had not used the language before."

From the MSNBC accompanying Survey:

Are Michael Richards' apologies enough? 4164 responses
	Yes. The comedian appears to be coming from a genuine place in his admission of having done a very stupid thing. Let bygones be bygones 62%
	No. What's needed is more than a reflexive 'I'm sorry,' like counseling or speeches meant to address the problem in society 30%
	I'm not sure 8.7%
	Is compensation justified 4209 responses
	Yes. Like it or not, money is one effective way to exact punishment in our society. It's warranted in this case 7.8%
	No. Putting a dollar figure on the N-word and other racial insults sends the wrong signal, turns it into a matter of personal gain 89%
	I'm not sure 3.3%

Safe to say that even MSNBC's somewhat liberal web readership is giving "Kramer" the benefit of the doubt as I agree with completely and hopefully the guy can now move on with his life without wearing the N word scarlett letter for the rest of his life and Gloria Allred as well as her money seeking victims can go back to working for a living instead of trying to cash in on the Dumb White Boy Lottery of the month.

And lets not forget what Michael Irvin did and said this week past that I blogged about Wednesday and yet not a peep was heard from the media in regards to these racially charged statements.

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