Hello, Pot? This is The Kettle Calling,....

The TrekMedic is still ROFLHAO over the media attention to this "story:"

Michael Richards aka 'Kramer' to Make Face-to-Face Apology to Audience Member

LOS ANGELES — Michael Richards will apologize face-to-face to the audience member he responded to with racially charged remarks, a representative for the actor best known for playing Kramer on "Seinfeld" said Friday.

"Michael Richards would like to apologize in person to the gentleman with whom he had the exchange in the club," says the joint statement from PR agent Howard Rubenstein and lawyer Gloria Allred, who is representing the African American audience member Richards yelled at and three other black men who were with him that night.

"Michael has agreed that they will all meet in the presence of a retired judge who will facilitate the meeting and help the parties resolve this matter. All concerned are hopeful that a face-to-face meeting will be constructive and begin the necessary process of healing and closure," the statement says.

The judge will determine whether Richards should take any other action to resolve the matter, Rubenstein and Allred said Friday. ("Other actions?," the TrekMedic muses,..)

A cash settlement could be part of the resolution, said Rubenstein. (Oh,...yeah,..THOSE kind of actions. Will they want cash or 40 acres and a mule?)

And all of this was brokered, in part, by that icon and paragon of racial relations, "The Reverend' Jesse Jackson. The TrekMedic guesses Rev. Jackson has sufficiently recovered from his self-inflicted gunshot wound to the foot he suffered some years back in "Hymietown" NY?

Jesse Jackson Says Michael Richards' Tirade Was 'Hate Speech'
Saturday, November 25, 2006

CHICAGO — The Reverend Jesse Jackson says actor Michael Richards' racial tirade during a standup comedy routine amounts to — quote — "hate speech."

Jackson said this morning that Richards called and apologized for his rant against two black hecklers in a Los Angeles comedy club.

Jackson says he advised Richards to see a psychiatrist to discover why he's angry and hostile toward black people, and also to undergo race sensitivity training.

He says Richards' point of view wasn't just a slip of the tongue, and is a symbol of deep-seeded feelings in the culture and in Hollywood.

Richards is scheduled to speak tomorrow morning on Jackson's radio program to discuss the issue.

Richards' publicist didn't immediately return a telephone call for comment.

One final note:

The TrekMedic's criticism of the handling of the case in no way implicitly condones the actions of Michael Richards. What he said was repugnant and Richards deserves whatever shunning and isolation Hollyweird affords him.

But why is it always a money issue? And people wonder why race relations have stagnated for the past 40 years?