Penny For Your Thoughts

           What ever happened to everyone is entitled to their own opinion and freedom of speech? Is it now unsafe to voice our opinions for fear of consequences if our opinion is not in the likes of certain viewers? Biting your tongue hurts to much, so why not say what you feel?

That’s exactly what American country singer-songwriter and musician, Hank Williams did. On a recent Fox News Interview with Williams, things went left. When Hank compared President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner to Adolf Hitler and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on "Fox and Friends," it caused uproar in the media. To elaborate, he told the hosts that he didn't like any of the candidates in the GOP primary for President, and that John Boehner's golf game with Barack Obama was a major mistake.

"That would be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu. Not hardly. In the shape this country is in?" When one of the hosts said that he didn't understand the analogy, Williams was gave it to him straight. "I'm glad you don't brother, because a lot of people do. They're the enemy... Obama! And Biden! Are you kidding? The Three Stooges."

I agree that Williams’s comparison wasn’t appropriate and probably not the right place to say it but he did. You can’t hold a person’s personal opinion against them, though. He did what many couldn’t even imagine doing.

Of course, his fellow partners did not agree with his actions and Williams was later pulled out of his usual Monday Night Football introduction.

I understand what he was trying to say and I’m sure even some of Fox’s hosts understood later what he meant, but for entertainment’s sake, they needed to keep viewers on their channel and the media takes no prisoners.

Williams later explained his thoughts and how Fox twisted what he was saying and escalating his comments into something bigger than it was meant to be. Williams Jr. says, "Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood. My analogy was extreme - but it was to make a point. I was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me - how ludicrous that pairing was."

He continues, "They're polar opposites and it made no sense. They don't see eye-to-eye and never will. I have always respected the office of the President."

In retaliation of the drastic actions, Williams later posted a song titled “Keep the Change” he wrote in regards to how he viewed America and took a shot at Fox, calling them out. With this new media topic, many are speaking and eventually, we’re going to have to stop and listen!

“This country sure as hell been goin' down the drain. We know what we need, we know who to blame. United Socialist States of America; how do ya like that name?”