DIng Dong..

Well, for once -- ONCE! -- someone on the left got the gate because they flapped their lips too much or too offensively.

Helen Thomas, the Hearst correspondent who was caught in an embarrassing You Tube viddy expressing her opinion that all the Jews should take int on the lam and return to their former homes in Europe..

..you know, like Germany and Poland, those countries that had the quaint little Jewish resettlement villages in them like Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Belzec, and Dachau (where all you had to do was work and you'd be free).

Well, the repugnance of these words finally overcame the sensibilities of many involved and she became a hot potato, dropped by her agents earlier this weekend. Sadly, Hearst, her employer, did not have the cajones to fire her obviously, but advising that long-overdue retirement might be in order.

"Helen Thomas announced Monday that she is retiring, effective immediately," read a statement from Hearst Newspapers on Monday. "Her decision came after her controversial comments about Israel and the Palestinians were captured on videotape and widely disseminated on the Internet."

(above we see Helen, distraught over recent White House matters, calling the administration's attention to the fact that there's no toilet paper in the ladies room.)

So, she pulled an Imus and departed the local stage after a typically weak, feeble attempt at an apology.

Thomas said in a statement that, "I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians. They do not reflect my heart-felt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize the need for mutual respect and tolerance. May that day come soon.

..yeah, right Helen, keep f**king that chicken.