Politically Incorrect Wealth And Investments

Today's Wall Street Journal posted an article speaking out against the National Football League's treatment of Rush Limbaugh as a minority investor in the St. Louis Rams.  The article was too polite to mention that the Rams have an 0 and 5 record this year, and any change anywhere would probably be an improvement.

Evidently, part of the problem here is the upcoming contract talks between the player representatives and the league owners regarding a collective bargaining agreement.  The fact that Rush Limbaugh would be drawn into that is a bit ridiculous.   Actually, the whole thing would be laughable if it were not an indication of what is happening to free speech in this country.  Evidently politically incorrect speech is not acceptable and can prevent you from pursuing dreams that otherwise would be attainable.

The Wall Street Journal article points out:

"What happened here, and is happening elsewhere in American life, is that Mr. Limbaugh's outspoken political conservatism is being deemed sufficient reason to ostracize him from polite society. By contrast, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, who fires off his own brand of high-velocity, left-wing political commentary but lacks Mr. Limbaugh's sense of humor, appears weekly as co-host of NBC's "Football Night in America." We haven't heard anyone on the right say Mr. Olbermann's nightly ad-hominem rants should disqualify him from hanging around the NFL. Al Franken made it all the way to the U.S. Senate on a river of political vitriol."

We all need to remember that when one person loses his right to speak freely without fear of consequences, we all lose that right!