Saturday, May 17, 2008 Stern's right to be funny, sorry Dolly... POST A COMMENT "I would never have such vulgar things come out of my mouth. They have done editing or some sort of trickery to make this horrible, horrible thing." Said Ms. Parton. Stern Prevails here: 'Case Closed, move on. Last time I checked this is still the USA, and we have something call the First Amendment...which gives performers the right to talk smack about public figures, in whats obviously a parody here. Dolly's hiss-y-fit does work out as some free PR for Sirius Satellite Radio -- (reminding folks Howard Stern is still out there on the radio...albeit way out in outer space); Had Parton ignored the bit, most people would have probably simply forgotten about it and Stern would have moved on... Actually, if Parton's really so upset, she should hire her own comedy writers and splice up sound bytes from the "Private Parts" audio book...'making her look even more stupid in this case - (if that's even possible). The real damage here is that -- (in this era of 24-hour News programming), folks made this into a news program -- ('gotta respect Fox's art of distraction here, avoiding the real problems in the world): Labels: Dolly Parton, Free Speech, Howard Stern, Sirius Satellite Radio posted by Henry Cruz at 3:23 PM     ARCHIVES October 2005 . November 2005 . December 2005 . August 2007 . September 2007 . October 2007 . November 2007 . December 2007 . March 2008 . April 2008 . May 2008 . June 2008 . July 2008 . August 2008 . September 2008 .