She won’t be renewing her contract so she can regain her First Amendment rights.

Schlessinger said on “Larry King Live” tonight that she has decided “not to do radio anymore” so she can say the things she wants to say.

“The reason is, I want to regain my First Amendment rights,” she said. “I want to be able to say what’s on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates, attack sponsors. I’m sort of done with that.”

ABC

Obviously you can’t say anything you like on radio; that’s why the watchdogs at the FCC will rain fire down your gullet should the f-word escape.

I do think it’s hilarious that ABC writers and editors cannot bring themselves to print a word in full:

Their exchange heated up after that. When the caller said she couldn’t believe Schlessinger was “on the radio spewing out” the N-word, Schlessinger said she “didn’t spew out” the N-word and repeated, “n****r, n****r, n****r is what you hear on HBO.”

Nigger is not one of Carlin’s seven dirty words, those made almost innocuous after the advent of premium cable. We’ve elevated it to new heights of profanity, so why don’t we knock it off its pedestal? If we put it there, we can take it down.

Dr. Laura will be fine; meanwhile, we’re still stuck with the word.

Dr. Laura Schlessinger apologized on her web site for using the word ‘nigger’ in a sentence.

I didn’t intend to hurt people, but I did. And that makes it the wrong thing to have done.

I was attempting to make a philosophical point, and I articulated the “n” word all the way out – more than one time. And that was wrong. I’ll say it again – that was wrong.

“Articulation” is just plain wrong.

Never listen to her, but I don’t think she had anything to apologize about. We’re a nation of hypersensitive pussies, especially the precious people who ‘claim’ a word but ohmyfarkinggod, cracker, you had better not say it. A term of endearment, coming out of our mouths, becomes something vile and unclean because we’re white, tan, yellow…?

I’ll be pressure cleaning out back if anyone wants to do a drive-by.

Rescue Me is one of my favorite shows of all time. Just thought I’d throw a clip in for fun…

There are manners and civility and social mores… and then there is something insidious. It’s political correctness and if given free reign it will enslave us all.