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XM Radio has suspended O&A for 30 days.

I just called to cancel my XM Radio subscription. First Imus, then JV and Elvis, now O&A. When does it stop?

Here’s some media clips in case you haven’t heard them. First, the offending “Condaleeza Rice rape” clip that led to the “apology”. Ignore the ridiculous text on the video:

And here’s the audio clip that led to the suspension:

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And here’s some commentary by hilarious Patrice O’Neal:

I find it annoying that this N.O.W. president is harping on the market: “What’s happening now is the marketplace is deciding what’s appropriate and what’s not appropriate.” Oh, a market-based approach, eh? I imagine she wouldn’t be too happy if feminism or the civil rights movement or whoever took a market-based approach instead of an activist-based approach, but yet here she is thumping her economics book! Unbelievable!

Meanwhile, Patrice makes an excellent point: how many [unfunny] rape jokes lead to rape? Whether they are funny or tasteless or whatever is subjective, but joking about rape is not the same as rape. If it’s okay to express that rape is bad, why isn’t it okay to express that rape is funny? You do not have the right not to be offended, especially by a service that is clearly marked “Explicit language” and that you have to pay to get access to!

XM claims that this is a 30-day suspension. O&A fans all know that suspensions rarely lead to anything except being fired. So, I “suspended” my XM subscription for 30 days as well. If O&A come back, then so will I.

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