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