Essay 3019

Misfortune cookies in a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• More shock jocks were axed for racist remarks. CBS Radio terminated the hosts of “The Doghouse with JV and Elvis” in response to their on-air prank involving crank calls to Chinese restaurants (see Essay 2044). CBS Radio should have tucked the morons’ pink slips in fortune cookies.

• Avoid pickup games with The Game. The rapper was arrested for allegedly pulling a pistol on another player during a basketball game. He got game — and firearms.

• Texas suburb Farmers Branch approved the nation’s first anti-illegal-immigrant law, prohibiting landlords from renting to most illegal immigrants. “It says especially to Congress that we’re tired of the out-of-control illegal immigration problem. That if Congress doesn’t do something about it, cities will,'' said one City Council member. However, legal experts claim local efforts like this rarely pass on constitutional levels, and opponents are already seeking a restraining order to stop enforcement of the new law. “There is significant frustration, so that’s what's driving it,” said an immigration expert. “But the simple fact is they cannot do too much other than impress upon the Congress the need for immigration reform.” Hasta la vista, change agents.

• Legislation was introduced to have the U.S. Mint produce coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. The coin would be released in 2014 with a $10 surcharge to raise money for the United Negro College Fund. Or maybe it could be distributed to Blacks in lieu of reparations.