Bill Cosby needs a muzzle

I really liked Bill Cosby when he was the silly jello guy, when he had the show with smart aleck kids and when he was a Huxtable but now, in his self-hatred series, he is very unattractive. When he gave that speech at Howard a few years(?) back and talked about black people on welfare and not speaking correct English and having babies out of wedlock, most folk were conflicted. We agreed we have some problems as a people and poor black people definitely have some issues to contend with but where was the love? (And isn't Black English a language? Ask James Baldwin) And did he offer any suggestions or ways in which he was going to pitch in to help with a resolution? This might as well be a rhetorical question. Last night I saw a video of his recent speech to Katrina survivors in which he berated them and essentially told them Katrina was God's punishment for theirs being a city of sinners - drinking, impregnating 11 and 12 year olds, etc. It was painful to watch. As my ex-husband used to say are you helping or hindering? What kills me is Cosby is certainly no saint. Don't most of us remember his tabloid fodder a few years back that couldn't have made Camille too happy... Why does he think this is okay to do? I suppose because no one is telling him to shut the....up (except maybe Michael Eric Dyson). Al Sharpton was on stage behind Bill looking surprised or embarrassed or like he ate something that was upsetting his stomach. Jesse Jackson should just go ahead and pimp slap Cosby before he puts both feet in his mouth. Oops -- too late.