Al Sharpton was convicted in New York City on Wednesday of disorderly conduct for protesting a shooting involving police. Sharpton was sentenced to the 5.5 hours he already served.

Al Sharpton was commenting on how Barack Obama deals with homosexuality, then Al turned to Anderson Cooper and said:

"I may have some very conservative personal feelings, but I feel you have the right to live your life differently. I may think that what you do Anderson is gonna put you in Hell, but I’m gonna defend your right to get there."

Anderson stay on the professional path responding:

"I appreciate all your concerns about my afterlife. I’m personally not all that concerned, but that’s a whole other discussion."

Al always has both feet in his mouth, which is why it’s so hard to hear his message.

On Wednesday federal agents raided an estimated ten close associates of Al Sharpton, pictured above with Foxy Brown, demanding subpoenaed financial records dating back to 2001. A report says:

The FBI and IRS are investigating whether Sharpton improperly misstated the amount of money he raised during his 2004 White House run to illegally obtain federal matching funds, a source familiar with the probe said.

Sharpton, although forced to return $100,000 in matching taxpayer funds after an investigation two years ago, denied any wrongdoing at the time.

The feds are also looking into allegations of tax fraud, including whether Sharpton commingled funds from his nonprofit National Action Network with several of his for-profit ventures, the source said.

In April 2005, Sharpton denied allegations that he failed to report tens of thousands of dollars in campaign cash to the Federal Election Committee.

Sharpton’s associates were summoned to testify before the grand jury on the morning after Christmas. The subpoenas additionally called for them to provide the IRS with all financial records from the campaign and a half-dozen Sharpton-related businesses.

Sharpton pleaded guilty in 1993 to a misdemeanor for failure to file a tax return. Looks like Al’s days of making money off civil rights may be numbered. Maybe Jesse Jackson will defend Al’s innocence, or then again, maybe Jesse will go hide under a rock before someone looks into his finances.

The National Enquirer got a hold of two taped phone calls between Duane Chapman, aka Dog, and his son. Dog is concerned that his son is dating a black woman named Monique Shinnery. For nearly eight minutes Dog threatens to fire his son Tucker from the family bail bond business if he does not breakup with that “black girl,” Dog did also say on the tape "it’s not because she’s black." What it sounded like Dog was saying is that he doesn’t want a black girl around, because if she heard them say "nigger," which he said they use that word sometimes, the black girl would take it wrong and tell the Enquirer, and the rest of the world would misunderstand how the family used the word, and their careers would be over. Guess what? He may be right. Dog doesn’t sound racist. It sounds like he uses the word "nigger" the same way blacks do, except without the derogatory meaning. Click here, or here, to listen to part of the first tape, which does not have a date as to when it was made.

After hearing about the tape, A&E issued the following statement:

"A&E has just learned of the story released by the National Enquirer concerning Duane Dog Chapman. We take this matter very seriously. Pending an investigation, we have suspended production on the series. When the inquiry is concluded we will take appropriate action."

A&E Suspended Production on Dog the Bounty Hunter, which means Dog might be fired, or at least indefinitely suspended.

Dog asked to have dialog with Rear End Al Sharpton regarding the tapes, and good old Al issued this response:

Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and the organization’s Decency Initiative are unequivocally against the use of the "N" word in any context. While people have the freedom to express themselves in any matter in private, when those private conversations become public, it becomes our responsibility to state, as we always have, that we condemn the use of this word as racist and derogatory. Dog the Bounty Hunter has reached out to Reverend Sharpton who is traveling to promote his March on the U.S. Justice Department on November 16th against Hate Crimes and Racial Attacks and therefore Rev. Sharpton has not had a chance to hear the audio of the remarks. However, until he does hear the audio, National Action Network maintains that is against the use of the "N" word.

Dog is now referring all phone calls to his Pastor Tim. Pastor Tim Storey, an African-American, said he spoke with Dog, who cried for 30 minutes, saying:

"I’m shocked, I’m wrong I repent. Can you believe, Tim, that I’m going to be put in the same category as Imus."

Pastor Storey, who performed Dog and Beth’s wedding ceremony, went on to say:

"I was shocked, because I don’t know that to be Duane." He went on, "I felt that he had to be accountable to what he said. When I asked him what took place, why he said it, he said that he was angry with his son about many things. The subject of his son’s girlfriend came up, and in his anger he then attacked that relationship and then therefore challenged the girl by saying she wasn’t good enough. What shocked me was that he used the N word. I know he’s not a racist. He’s been to black churches with me to help inner-city kids. I talked to Dog three times today and he apologized, saying he wasn’t angry at the girl, it was anger toward his son."

It’s not that the girl is black, it’s just that she’s not good enough to be with a Dog’s son, and because the word "nigger" has a different meaning for her than it does for Dog’s family. It appears Tucker recorded conversations with his father, and turned those tapes over to the National Enquirer, which is the ultimate betrayal. With holidays just around the corner, Tucker is going to be awfully lonely.

The hanging judge who sentenced Paris Hilton to jail is demanding she report to court first thing Friday.  Seems he believes that he retains jurisdiction over Ms. Hilton and is none too pleased she was released for a "medical condition."

As reported earlier today, Hilton was ordered to finish her sentence at home, monitored by an ankle bracelet.  Of course, home is a four-bedroom, three-bath 2,700-square-foot abode, complete with a stripper pole.

Puh-leaze! That’s like being grounded by parents who think it’s cruel to take away your Wii, cell phone, and iPod – and then end up forgetting you’re even "on restriction" about four days in.

According to CBS News, regular folks were not amused by Hilton’s short stay and the reasons given for springing her early.

"If that had been me and I had a medical condition, they would have sent me to county medical. They have a facility in here, and then I would have been right back in my cell," released inmate LaToya Wilson told CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker.

"Paris Hilton got a free get out of jail card today by manipulating and using her celebrity status to get out of jail," said civil rights activist Najee Ali.

Even Al Sharpton is on his way to L.A. to protest celebrity injustice in front of Hilton’s house.

Uh-oh.  Maybe those jokes about rioting in the streets aren’t so farfetched.