After having been warned by millions of protesters that this man is nothing more than a hateful homophobe who seeks ratings through spewing Nazi-style death wishes, "America's News Channel" finally wised up and fired him today after he showed his true colors on Saturday's program (or "pogrom," if he had his way):

The incident that resulted in his firing began innocently enough. Savage was taking viewer phone calls about airline horror stories, and a male caller began talking about smoking in the bathroom.

"Half an hour into the flight, I need to suggest that Don and Mike take your ..." the caller said, before he was cut off and his words became unintelligible.

"So you're one of those sodomists. Are you a sodomite?" Savage asked.

The caller replied: "Yes, I am."

"Oh, you're one of the sodomites," Savage said. "You should only get AIDS and die, you pig. How's that? Why don't you see if you can sue me, you pig. You got nothing better than to put me down, you piece of garbage. You have got nothing to do today, go eat a sausage and choke on it."

He asked for another phone caller who "didn't have a nice night in the bathhouse who's angry at me today."

These bums "mean nothing to me," he said.

GLAAD spokeswoman Cathy Renna said of Savage's firing: "It's about time.

"This latest attack made the clearest case for why Savage has no place on any reputable news network. MSNBC witnessed firsthand exactly the kind of verbal assaults GLAAD's been warning them about for the past five months, and to their credit, they backed up their promises to hold Savage accountable."

Now the question remains: can I put MSNBC back on my list of "channels I receive" despite being filled with Republican hacks Chris Matthews and Joe Scarborough in prime time, or should I just leave them out of sight and out of mind?

And, by the way, why doesn't Romenesko have anything on the Weiner's downfall?