Todays Sign That The Apocalypse is Upon Us

I know how you all must be feeling bad for T.O. because he has to "feed his family" and all. That $200K loss per game will really hurt.

Well worry no longer, because the Rev. Jesse Jackson is on the case:

Add the Rev. Jesse Jackson to the list of high-profile personalities who believe that Terrell Owens deserves to return to the field this season.

Jackson, in fact, became the second former presidential candidate this week to say that Owens should not be banished for the season. He put out a statement yesterday that echoed the feelings of consumer advocate Ralph Nader, who sent letters to NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie on Thursday urging the Eagles to "rescind the misguided suspension and planned inactive designation" of the wide receiver.

Unlike Nader, the civil-rights leader spoke to Owens by telephone this week and came away convinced that he was sincere in the apology he issued Tuesday from his home in Moorestown, Burlington County.

"First of all, I'm a Donovan McNabb fan," Jackson said last night in a telephone interview. "I want to get that point out there first. I thought what T.O. said was unsportsmanlike and a detriment to the team. We talked about it, and we had prayer.

Uh, Rev, aren't there many other more pressing issues that a man of your inflated stature could be dealing with? I guess there's just no shake down potential in the plight of the inner city poor.