Despite public outrage over his anti-Semitic verses and statements, New Jersey's poet laureate Amiri Baraka has refused to resign his post; in fact he's prepared to go to the Supreme Court (an institution he describes on his Web site as being "peopled largely with 'ugs' wearing cellophane Klan lids") should Governor James McGreevey try to oust him. How ironic that Baraka, who positively seethes with anti-American sentiment, should claim immunity under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

After discussing the issue, KOC and I agree that Bruce Springsteen should replace Barfaka as the poet laureate of New Jersey. KOC assumes that the Garden State would prefer Born in the USA to Barf on the USA.