| As many of you know, we lost comedian Sam | | | | with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas |
| Kinison in an automobile accident back in | | | | and Anita Hill, President Clinton and Monica |
| 1992. For those of you who do not remember | | | | Lewinsky, Drummer Tommy Lee and Pam Anderson, |
| him, Sam was described as a "heavy metal" | | | | Anna Nicole Smith and Paris Hilton. But Sam's |
| comedian who was well known for being raunchy | | | | humor was not confined to sex, I would have |
| and irreverent. Interestingly, prior to | | | | loved to have heard his take on Bill Gates |
| becoming a comedian he was an ordained | | | | and Windows, Steve Jobs and the iPod, the |
| Pentecostal Minister. But he was better known | | | | Internet, the Taliban, Al Qaeda and Osama bin |
| for his shock-rock humor who made biting | | | | Laden, Iraq and Saddam Hussein, immigration, |
| commentaries of our time. It seemed nobody | | | | and on and on. Unfortunately, Sam missed a |
| was spared, but his favorite targets were | | | | period of time which would have given him |
| Rev. Jim Bakker of the PTL Club and his wife | | | | more fodder for his humor than he could have |
| Tammy, Jessica Hahn, the Pope, Oral Roberts, | | | | imagined. But such was not to be. |
| religion in general, World Hunger, Gays, and | | | | |
| several commentaries on sex, drugs and Rock | | | | What few people realize is that just prior to |
| n'Roll. I can still vividly remember his | | | | his death, Sam was planning on giving up |
| trademark scream. His humor would make just | | | | comedy and going back to being a Minister. As |
| about everyone blush, but behind it all you | | | | for me, Sam taught me that in an age of |
| had to admit there was an element of truth | | | | political correctness, maybe some intolerance |
| and wisdom in his comedy, and this is what | | | | and ridicule is deserved; that maybe we |
| ultimately endeared him to the public. Many | | | | shouldn't just sit back and accept the status |
| didn't understand how a former minister could | | | | quo and instead we should speak up and voice |
| be so vulgar, but as for me, I clearly | | | | our displeasure, and; that perhaps we take |
| understood what he was trying to tell us. | | | | ourselves way too seriously. |
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| What is sad is that Sam was cut down just as | | | | So, Yes, I miss Sam, not just for how he |
| the times were changing and we needed his | | | | ranted and raved, but more importantly, what |
| biting humor more than ever. Had Sam | | | | he was trying to tell us. |
| survived, imagine what he could have done | | | | |