Howard Stern Sucks
Mood:  irritated
Howard Stern sucks. The only time I ever really liked that guy was back in the mid-80s when he'd show up on Letterman. Back then, he was genuinely funny because he had to be; he couldn't fall back on a bunch of dick jokes and observations on T&A.

I admit that I don't listen to Stern, but what is it about him that's so great? Is his show on E! any indication of what he does, or is that a distortion? From what I can tell, all he does is make fun of freaks and women. And, if you're a porn star (or, a wannabe porn star), Stern will be happy to have you come on his show and splay your moneymaker or let him feel your fake tits.

I mean, what else does he do? Seriously, if you listen to him, drop me a line and let me know how it is that he is now some sort of great martyr to the First Amendment and that what he does is not simply verbally masturbate for three hours a day.

Here's the deal: these are truly fucked-up days for free speech and artistic expression. You can take your five year-old to a movie to see a man be shredded to pieces for two hours and feel okay about it because it's a depiction of Jesus of Nazareth's life and death. You can go on and on for dozens of news cycles over Janet Jackson showing her studded plastic tit to the world for half a second and it's the end of Western Civilization. You can be fined to the tune of a half-million dollars for letting one "fuck" slip past you. What the hell?

All I know is that people glom on to the weakest, unworthiest shit to make their point with an ever-depressingly simple-minded society. Making a free speech martyr out of a guy who didn't get laid in high school and is now acting out his most retarded desires over the airwaves is an embarrassment.

I don't care if Stern continues to broadcast his brand of crap from here to the crack of doom. The bottom line is that I wouldn't listen to it for even a minute. But, if parents out there lack the time or the character to sit their kids down and explain why they won't permit them to listen to that garbage or any of the other garbage that fills their heads, then maybe the Government does have some reason to put the fear of God into these broadcasters. I hate saying that because I hate censorship. For me, it's a matter of choice; I know how to find the tuner dial. But, shit is shit, and you can't just sit there with your thumb up your ass and act like morning talk radio isn't a bunch of degenerate and juvenile filth.

I just don't know. Let me hear your opinions.