Essay 586

Trash talking with a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• Hillary Clinton went on a rant, dissing Generation Y. Clinton claimed today’s young folks “think work is a four-letter word.” She also argued, “Kids, for whatever reason, think they’re entitled to go right to the top with $50,000 or $75,000 jobs when they have not done anything to earn their way up. … We’ve got to send a different message to our young people. America didn’t happen by accident. A lot of people worked really hard. They’ve got to do their part, too.” Hey, Hillary, it takes a village. Bill Clinton, on the other hand, thinks young people are hot.

• Three months ago, a sheriff in Oregon sent Mexican President Vicente Fox a bill for over $300,000 to cover costs for jailed illegal immigrants. To date, Fox has failed to respond. Sounds like a job for Dog the Bounty Hunter.

• The company responsible for producing the offensive ringtone that Cingular Wireless condemned has apologized; however, they insist it was intended to be satire (see Essay 583). “[The creator’s] position is that people of Hispanic background need to maintain a sense of humor about the immigration situation,” said a company official. The company will probably offer black-market copies to The Minuteman Project.

• NBA star Juwan Howard is accused of lifting a $1,600 pair of sunglasses from a Miami Beach boutique. Police are set to hit Howard with grand theft, although he insists the charges are “baseless.” However, law officials claim the incident was recorded on a surveillance camera. Perhaps the TNT broadcast team will provide color commentary on the replay tape.

• A Manhattan prosecutor is investigating a nasty battle between DJs at rival hip-hop radio stations. DJ Star of Power 105 allegedly threatened the family of DJ Envy of Hot 97. “I will come for your kids,” DJ Star said in the excerpt, adding that he would pay $500 to anyone who told him where the rival DJ’s 4-year-old daughter attended school. Hot 97 is already dealing with a ban on rapper posses (see Essay 583). Guess they’ll have to extend the order to DJs too.

• Snoop Dogg confessed to using “threatening words or behavior” during last month’s melee at Heathrow Airport. He now has a record in London, though no further action will be taken against the rapper. However, he’s always welcome at New York’s Hot 97.