Bee-otch of the Day: January 2020

Thursday, January 30, 2020

1.30.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Mike Bloomberg

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Name: Mike Bloomberg
Age: 77
Occupation: billionaire
Last Seen: New York City
Bee-otched For: being another pretend progressive

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This weekend, the great American yearly pastime is going to create a lot of cheers and a lot of nachos to be eaten.

The LIVth running of the Super Bowl will be held in Miami at legendary Joe Rob-er, I mean Hard Rock Stadium. The 49ers and the Chiefs will be squaring off (and I'm rooting for the Chiefs because of what the 49ers did to Colin Kaepernick) to see who will be the ruler of the pigskin.

Of course, if you don't like the game itself, there's always the commercials. This year, Bud Light's knights will be making a return, along with Bryan Cranston's much-hyped Mountain Dew commercial channeling "The Shining". Sadly, every year, the Super Bowl does produce its fair share of commercial duds. And it's expected that the worst ads during this year's game will be from a man trying to buy the Democratic nomination for president.

Former Republican New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg just whapped down $10 million for a 60-second Super Bowl ad talking about his record on gun control. In the commercial, a mother talked about her son being shot and killed. Later in the ad, she talks about Mike Bloomberg and his attacks on the gun lobby.

The only thing worse than Bloomberg's commercial is that, well, Drumpf has one, too.

Now, granted, if I had to choose between Bloomberg and Drumpf, I'd choose the Green Party candidate. But, if there was no GP candidate, I wouldn't vote, but if I had a gun to my head, I'd choose Bloomberg in a heartbeat. But since he's in fifth place in national polls, I'll say this: he's just another rich guy trying to buy the election.

Look at my home state of Michigan. Years ago, another filthy rich jackass, Rick Snyder began his gubernatorial campaign during the Super Bowl. He was elected and became one of the worst governors in this state's history. But on the issue of progressives running for state office, let's remember Shri Thanedar. He was the weird Indian scientist who called himself a progressive, yet, he's rich and stirred controversy when it was announced that the test animals found in his labs were malnourished.

Yes, Bloomberg's claiming that he's for universal healthcare, women's rights, the environment and gun control. But guess what? HE'S AGAINST RAISING TAXES FOR THE FUCKING WEALTHY! For somebody worth $60 billion, he sure doesn't want the middle class to get ahead.

Personally, Boomberg is a wolf in sheep's clothing who acts like a progressive and is pandering to those who hate Drumpf. Hell, he's worth more than Drumpf, who is worth around a paltry $3 billion. Bernie Sanders even warns about this country becoming an oligarchy where the wealthy control the government. True, Bern's worth $2 million, but he's in the poor house comparing to other Democratic candidates for president.

Before you know it, Mike will be cutting down a door with an ax before screaming "HEEEEERE'S JOHNNY!"

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

1.29.20 Bee-otch of the Day: climate change

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Name: Climate Change
Age: infinity
Occupation: the reason why we can't have nice things
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: the reason why we're sick

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Every year, I make it a point to get my flu shot.

I did last year and a few months later, I still had so much pain in my stomach that I had to stay home for a day. I got my shot a few months ago and now, I have some achy muscles. Last night, I woke up to go pee and came back to bed in a cold sweat. But oddly enough, I was well enough to go to work.

Several of my coworkers weren't as lucky. Yesterday and today, at least two of them called out sick. A woman I was talking with claimed that eight people were absent and according to my mom, an RN she know's hospital has been non-stop with flu patients since last Fall.

Yes, it seems that the flu shot isn't going to help you fight all strains of the disease. Hell, we're now stuck with the Corona Virus that's immigrating itself from China. And sadly, lemon slices won't help it, nor the fact that it came from a weird market that sold bats and other animals as food (and no, I won't delve into the Dollar Menu).

In these past few months, we've heard it all: the Australia Brush Fire that killed countless animals, the Amazon fire and waterfront homes here in Michigan falling over a cliff. Climate change and environmental change is no joke; just ask those who have heard the story of Singapore, Michigan. Over 140 years ago, it was a thriving logging town near Saugatuck, but thanks to too many trees being cut down, the sand kicked up and buried every building in its sight. Today, sand dunes are what's left of Singapore.

I know, last year in Grand Rapids, it was VERY cold. But this year, it's a different story and I think it's adding to the sickness out there. I'm around a lot more people coughing and hacking, which is causing the flu in the first place.

Look, the fact that our Earth is sick is nothing short but sad. I do wish there were more people out there to promote awareness instead of morons like our troubled de facto president who thinks it's time to dig for more coal and oil. No! Alternative energy's been around for centuries and we should use it to its full potential.

And maybe next year, it won't be in the range for sickness to occur for too long.

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

1.28.20 Bee-otches of the Day: the MacDonald Broadcasting family

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Names: Trish and Kenneth "Mac" MacDonald
Ages: 66, 70
Occupation: radio station owners
Last Seen: Petoskey, Saginaw, MI
Bee-otched For: being out of touch

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Yesterday, the Nielsen radio ratings were released for the Traverse City/Petoskey/Cadillac market. Here's some highlights:

*Country WTCM-FM continues its dominance in the market, even without longtime morning stalwart Jack O'Malley. Their sister News/Talk 580 remained steady. Sister Classic Hits WCCW-FM 107.5 had its worst book in ages with a mere 3.0. CHR Z93 remains ho-hum with a 2.4.

*WKLT had its best book since Omelette was fired a few years ago. Of course, this is the butt rocker's last book before 98.9 will be split off supposedly in a few weeks. As we reported last month, 97.5 is being sold to WTCM parent Midwestern Broadcasting for $400,000 while 98.9 is being spun off to religious broadcaster K-Love. With 100,000 watts missing from KLT, it's expected that the station's ratings will fall next book unless Midwestern wants to flip WTCM simulcaster 93.5 in Boyne City.

*Rock 105 and 95-5 had its worst book in two years. Smitty's departure from afternoons might have played a huge role. But, his addition to mornings at long-suffering Classic Rock sister The Bear have definitely helped them.

*In their last books, sister stations ESPN 106.7/105.5 and 94.3/92.5 The Fox both tied with a shitty 1.5. The ESPN stations have been taken silent while 94.3 is being sold to Central Michigan University. 92.5's future remains uncertain.

*The legal battles between Blarney Stone Broadcasting and R*y H*******n didn't hurt or help WLDR 101.9. They're still stuck with a 1.2. No word on if the rating is WLDR combined with its current incarnation, 94.5/106.3 The Bay.

All the major radio groups in northern Michigan reported to Nielsen except one: MacDonald Garber Broadcasting. The owners of 106 KHQ, Lite 96, 104.5 Bob FM, 96.7 The Bull and others have not subscribed to the service since Spring 2018. Usually, KHQ is in the top five, Lite 96 is around six or seven and flea-powered Bob is around a two share.

So why is MacGar not subscribing to the Nielsens? Simple: money. Nielsen ain't cheap. MacGar's former sister company in Saginaw, MacDonald Broadcasting also doesn't subscribe, either.

Now, as a broadcaster - especially in this age of internet streaming and SiriusXM - knowing how well your product is doing should be an important part of your business, even if it costs a little extra to know. Allegedly, MacGar's not doing well financially. Then again, neither are most traditional broadcasters.

MacGar's head, Trish MacDonald-Garber is allegedly not the nicest person in the whole wide world. Neither is her brother Kenneth, Jr., aka Mac., who runs the Saginaw and Lansing stations. Their father, Ken, Sr., was a union buster. I regularly talk to a guy who worked at their Saginaw cluster in the early 80s. I remembered the first-ever e-mail he sent me talking about the MacDonalds and how Ken, Sr.'s decision to kick the union out of his company led him to move to northern Michigan. I've heard that when MacDonald owned the sole CHR in Lansing, Z101.7 (now Variety Hits Mike FM), if Ken, Jr. was out of the office, he would call the DJ and tell him to "get the goddamn song off my station!" I've even heard that Trish is quite the intimidator; rumor has it that DJs at her stations have been known to quit because of her negative attitude.

But now, the ball's in Mac's court.

His popular Country station in Saginaw, 98.1 KCQ, was under fire recently for a post on Twitter claiming that they can't play two female artists in a row. Many in the Country music industry took offense to the tweet, especially superstar Kelsea Ballerini. She tweeted, "smells like white male bullshit and why LONG ago I decided they cannot stop me. And yet, they can play 18 dudes who sound exactly the same back to back. Makes total sense."

Ballerini along with other females with names like Dolly, Reba and Loretta have brought their voices to a type of music that's been associated with white - and often conservative - men. After all, Hank Williams learned how to play the guitar from a black bluesman named Rufus "Tee Tot" Payne. Let's not forget Charley Pride and the flak he got for being a black Country singer in the 1960s. And don't get me started on the Dixie Chicks.

The sad truth is that the music industry has so much great female talent and people of various race. When a Country station like KCQ tells their fans that they can't play two females in a row, it's sexist and a slap to the face of women who love the genre.

Even more depressing is that both Mac and Trish own right-winged AM talk radio stations. Mac has WILS in Lansing while Trish has WMKT in Charlevoix and WATT in Cadillac, a station whose on-air moniker is "Rush Radio". Yep! Nothing like a woman who owns a radio station named for a pill-popping, prostitute-fucking, slut-shaming asshole.

The sad truth is that there's a reason why terrestrial radio's dying, and it's because of people like the MacDonalds. When a radio company doesn't listen to ratings, they're out of touch. When a radio company tells their audience that they can't play two female Country artists in a row, they're out of touch. It's their fault that most of us would rather listen to internet radio vs. the same, tired 300 songs in a row. Hell, I shake my head knowing that if a huge hip-hop song is on the charts, KHQ will demote it to late night play and they'll play an ultra-censored version of it (i.e. in Rae Sremmurd's "Black Beatles", there's no "smoking" or "binge drinking"). But since Trish is rumored to be heavily Catholic, what you hear is what you get. Z93's not much help, either, since their programming director lovingly called the survivors of the Parkland shooting tragedy "libtards" on Facebook.

Makes me miss The Peak even more...

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Monday, January 27, 2020

1.27.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Pat Robertson

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Name: Pat Robertson
Age: 89
Occupation: Satan
Last Seen: Virginia Beach, VA
Bee-otched For: still being on the air

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Dave Chappelle is truly the thinking man's comic.

On his last Netflix special "Sticks and Stones", he pointed out that celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, a man who traveled the world and ate the best food hanged himself. But, he pointed out a schoolmate of his who was one of the smartest kids at his school. One day, Chappelle saw him working at a Foot Locker in a mall, wearing their trademark referee uniform.

Chappelle's response was why did Anthony Bourdain kill himself and Mr. Foot Locker didn't?

Well, that became a template for the events that happened on Sunday.

On Sunday afternoon, I took a nap. I woke up just before 4 p.m. and went to the bathroom. I had the TV on the Spartan game and as I walked back into the living room, I damn near had a heart attack. The screen had a picture of Kobe Bryant with the caption "1978-2020". I thought, "REALLY?!?" I thought to myself, "HOW?!?" Immediately the announcers at halftime announced that Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash. Thoughts of rock greats like Bill Graham and Stevie Ray Vaughn played in my head. I also asked myself when the last time a sports great died so young and so tragically. I knew where I was when I heard the news of the deaths of Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson and too many others. But in the drug-free world of professional sports, a myriad of them live nice, long lives.

Of course, just hours later, we learned that Kobe's 13-year-old daughter, Gianna also perished in the crash along with seven others. Word now has it that the helicopter flew into heavy fog but had special clearance to fly to a basketball game Gianna was playing in. The Bryants lived north of Los Angeles and often flew a helicopter to beat the usually heavy Los Angeles traffic.

The 6'6" Bryant won five NBA Championships, several MVPs, an 18-time NBA All-Star and two gold medals. After he retired from the NBA in 2016 playing all 20 of his seasons for the Lakers, he spent more time with his family. He always felt that being a dad was a more important job that playing basketball. When he and Gianna died Sunday, they died together, getting ready to do something that father and daughter loved, and that was basketball. Gianna would always go to Laker games with her father, knowing that one day, she would have wanted to be just like him, albeit in the WNBA.

Sadly, just before my little siesta, I was on Facebook when one of my friends shared a post from a well-known cable channel. The post read, "Completely unrelated advice: Have a lawyer look over a contract before you sign it. Don't worry, we'll be back Monday." The post had a picture of an old TV with a message that they "had to step away from the channel today" and telling viewers and fans to "try not to burn the place down while we're gone".

The channel, of course is Freeform, fka ABC Family and Fox Family and The Family Channel before that. From noon until midnight Sunday, the channel was forced to show a telethon for The 700 Club. Freeform was owned by 700 Club host Pat Robertson and his Christian Broadcasting Network from its inception in 1977 until 1998 when it was sold to Rupert Murdoch and Fox to become Fox Family. After several years of sluggish ratings, Murdoch sold Fox Family to Disney in 2001 where it became ABC Family for 15 years. In 2016, the channel became Freeform, a channel aimed towards a young, more-progressive demographic.

Even though Freeform has tried to shy away the wholesomeness of its Family Channel past (they now even air Simpsons reruns), they're still obligated to air The 700 Club since Robertson has ordered all future owners of the channel to air the program no matter what. Just today, the channel once again turned to their socials and told their audience that they've changed and to stop thinking about them as the fuddy-duddy Family Channel since they now have shows that deal with LGBTQ+ rights, equal pay for both sexes and even sex. Apparently, Disney has even offered to pay Pat Robertson and CBN to get out of their forced contract $42 million. But Robertson and Co. have all said thanks, but no thanks.

So, here's a summary: Kobe Bryant, a man who was a role model in the NBA for over two decades, coached his daughter's team and was a true family man dies at 41 with his 13-year-old daughter by his side. Yet, there's Pat Robertson, who will be 90 in March and for over 60 years has misused The Bible to blast gays, women, people of color and leftists. Hell, he's a professional for exploiting the poor by preaching the prosperity gospel with using stupid vignettes on The 700 Club. Yes, I'm referring to the BS stories about people who lost their business, their home and family. But then, the father gave his last $10 to Pat Robertson and now he's wealthier than ever before.

And why is Pat Robertson not dead yet?

Folks, it's a shame that there are still morons out there who are dumb enough to give a douchebag like Pat Robertson money. After all, he's worth $200 million to a billion bucks. Nobody really knows, but he ain't broke. He even admitted years ago that his flying hospitals were also used to fly himself to his diamond mines in Africa. Yes, Pat Robertson at one time was a slave driver.

Here in Michigan, two secular TV stations air The 700 Club: Detroit's WMYD-20 and Cadillac/Traverse City's WFQX 32. WFQX only aired one hour of the 700 Club beg-a-thon on Sunday so they could air normal programming from Fox. That station has carried the show for over a decade; beforehand, it was carried on WGTU ABC 29&8, a station with a sad, long history of carrying religious shows. From the mid-70s until 1988, they even carried The PTL Club with Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. According to a 1977 TV Guide, 29&8 even pre-empted Family Feud so Jim and Tammy Faye could screw northern Michiganders out of their hard-earned cash. Only after they were caught stealing that 29&8 dropped the show in 1988... for The 700 Club.

When 29&8 aired The 700 Club and their Super Sunday beg-a-thons, they often pre-empted ABC programming that aired that day, namely NBA basketball. Hell, I remembered when they had golf that Sunday and somebody complained to the Record-Eagle about that decision. When 29&8 was sold to Barrington Broadcasting, they THANKFULLY dropped that show. But when it moved to 32, it now meant that it locally broadcast out of the same building sister CBS station WWTV 9&10 called home.

Tragically, I know the types of people who give to televangelists: white trash. I once knew a family that lived in a nasty hick town in northern Michigan who lived in a trailer and had another trailer in its backyard caved in. Sadly, I even have an uncle who gives to religious channels like TBN. He was a pill popper in high school and ended up not graduating til he was 20. He ended up living in a trailer park near Detroit and at 63, may never retire. When my aunt was dying of cancer, she was going to will her retirement to him. However, her son and his tuskan raider wife dragged her across the state to change the will so he and her now have her pension while he's stocking shelves at Meijer. My uncle works while my cousin and his nasty ho wife hardly do anything and they live in a five-bedroom home on a lake. And yet, my uncle thinks that they deserve all the glory because they're Catholic.

You see, I'm the type that would rather hang out with friendly atheists over hateful Christians. I've been to many churches in my life and I simply have come to the conclusion that people have ruined God's image. Jesus was probably the greatest man who ever walked the Earth and man started exposing him as something other than a socialist who fed the poor and healed the sick. One church I went to wanted $1.7 million on one Sunday and their youth pastor sex shamed his flock. Recently, he committed suicide after he was caught stealing $500,000 from his current church. I even attended a left-leaning church here in GR, but quit because of a myriad of reasons. One of them was that a friend to the church was the former Grand Rapids mayor who forced all the strip clubs to close. Another was that I dealt with a loser who tried to pressure me into giving him $500 to fix his car, and he doesn't work. Not to mention the fact that there was a lack of younger people, especially women.

Any real Christian knows that Jesus hung out with prostitutes. Honestly, I'd rather give money to a stripper than a preacher who uses that same money to go to that same strip club. Think about it: most strippers are college girls and a good, talented dancer can pay off her college debt quite quickly. But thanks to George Fartsmell and Rosalynn Blissless, I now have to drive to Lansing if I want a girl's ass in my face.

You see, my heart breaks for Kobe's family, the Lakers organization and to his millions of fans. I'll admit that I wasn't his biggest fan, but it's a shame that a person of immense talent and love for his craft is gone forever. And yet, Pat Robertson is still on the air spreading hate and lies. No wonder why church attendance has been going down for a long, long time.

Kobe Bryant was the GOAT. Pat Robertson is the Goat.

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

1.22.20 Heroes of the Day: Ozzy Osbourne and Terry Jones

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TWO SPECIAL HEROES OF THE DAY!

Names: Ozzy Osbourne, Terry Jones
Ages: 71, was 77
Occupations: rocker, actor and writer
Last Seen: Los Angeles, in the Great Beyond
Awarded For: being heroic through their struggles

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The first month of 2020 isn't over yet, and too many people are dropping like flies.

Hell, we lost one celebrity, the NBA's David Stern on New Year's Day. The world of rock two weeks ago just lost Rush's drumming impresario Neil Peart.

Yesterday, the world was shocked, but maybe not shocked that the bat's head-eating Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne made the announcement that he's battling stage two Parkinson's Disease. The announcement was made on Good Morning America in an interview by Robin Roberts along with Ozzy's wife Sharon by his side. Ozzy claimed that he discovered he had the disease when he suffered a fall last year. There were rumors that he was in ill health, but the two put those rumors to rest in the interview.

Parkinson's is when the body's nervous system virtually shuts down. In Ozzy's case, he says that he has numbness in his arms and legs due to the disease. So far, it hasn't affected his ability to perform; he currently has three singles: "Under the Graveyard" - which topped the Active Rock charts for several weeks - and his duet with Sir Elton John, "Ordinary Man", which is also the title track of his new album, which is due a month from yesterday. The third, "Take What You Want", is his duet with Post Malone and Travis Scott and is on Posty's current album "Hollywood's Bleeding".

Several other notables with Parkinson's include Michael J. Fox, Linda Ronstadt (who can no longer perform due to the disease), Detroit Tiger great Kirk Gibson and fellow metal great Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest. Several deaths due to Parkinson's include Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire, Muhammad Ali and US Attorney General Janet Reno.

Thankfully for Ozzy, he plans to return to the stage this fall as he resumes his tour. Coming from a working class family, he simply doesn't want to let his fans down. He is on a regimen of medications to control his Parkinson's, which thankfully have not affected his singing.

However, it was another mental disorder that took another British great away.

Terry Jones was one of the insane minds that gave us Monty Python. He was best known for his portrayal of women and directing several of the Pythons' best-known movies, including "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Life of Brian". Among his most-popular roles on the program included one of the members of the Spanish Inquisition, the nude organist and the morbidly-obese Mr. Creosote in "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life", another film he directed. Outside of Python, Jones wrote dozens of books and wrote scripts to several movies, such as the David Bowie-starred and Jim Henson-directed-and Muppeted and George Lucas-produced 1986 film "Labyrinth".

Sadly, Jones battled dementia toward the end of his life. When accepting a BAFTA Award in 2016, he had the disease for one year and could barely speak. He died yesterday at the age of 77.

While Jones is gone, we thankfully still have Ozzy, and if he comes to Grand Rapids, it might be a once-in-a-lifetime deal for me. If he comes here, it might be his last show (and I just checked, he's not coming to Michigan at all this year). He's had his ups and downs over the years and he should be praised for putting his fans first.

As for Terry Jones, he was a man who made us laugh and was a brilliant genius while not in front of the camera. While he's up there, I hope he says hi to Graham Chapman and Neil Innes for us.

Even in poor health and death, Ozzy and Terry have allowed us to always look up the bright side of life.

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Tuesday, January 21, 2020

1.21.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Hillary Clinton

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Name: Hillary Clinton
Age: 72
Occupation: former First Lady, Secretary of State
Last Seen: New York City
Bee-otched For: Bernie bashing

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The consequences from 2016 will live with us for the rest of our lives.

With the Senate impeachment trial of Drumpf in the beginning stages, one of the big reasons why he's president in the first place is now bitching about the person who should have been president.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hillary Clinton attacked Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders by stating that "he was in Congress for years. He had one senator support him. Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done. He was a career politician." She also attacked Bernie's followers, claiming that they don't care for women and they don't care about the other people running for the Democratic nomination for president.

Also in the interview, Clinton claims that it's too early to support anybody running for the Democratic nomination, but we need to worry more on Drumpf's impeachment for now.

You know, Clinton did a lot, like take money from insurance companies and organizations to prevent any type of universal healthcare law from being passed. She also supported the fake wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and of course, her bitchiness caused Monica Lewinsky's head to bob up and down underneath the Oval Office desk. There's a reason WHY he's a senator, and it's because he will never bow to right-winged bullshitters like Hillary does.

Sadly, this is why the two party system in America is broken: it's because most Americans support at least some leftist ideals and the Democrats will promise anything until some donor plops down some quid to make them stop. When Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the Democratic National Convention fucked over Bernie and put Hillary on a pedestal, it created a clear path for Drumpf to win. If Bernie won the 2016 election, we would have been on the road to better healthcare, better wages and the road to being debt free. When Hillary stole the nomination, she pissed on the Midwest while Drumpf was telling GM workers that their jobs were safe. She would run campaign ads on TV trashing Drumpf, but not explaining what she would do as president. She proved to the world that a person could win a presidential election and still lose, simply because she was simply a bitch.

You see, Bernie can get stuff done if there were more people like him. Too many Democrats in office are in name only. Hell, some probably love Drumpf and don't want him to leave! This is why we need to vote in primaries and vote for the most-progressive candidates. With more progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib being elected to office, it's a sign that milquetoast Dems better watch out. Bernie set the standard, and others are going to follow.

And Hillary? She can't understand normal thinking.

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Monday, January 20, 2020

1.20.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Bob Goodrich

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Name: Bob Goodrich
Age: 80
Occupation: owner, Goodrich Quality Theaters and WPRR radio
Last Seen: Grand Rapids, MI
Bee-otched For: making minor changes to his company

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There's nothing more special in a teen's life than their first job.

Living way out in the sticks of northern Michigan, mine was working on a cherry farm. I would water trees on a water truck and sort cherries in the farm market. The place smelled delicious with its bakery and was always packed in the summertime with fudgies buying them by the truckload it seems.

If you lived in the city, chances were that your first job was probably flipping burgers or... working at a movie theater. Well, one chain has decided to wipe away the dreams for a lot of youth.

Starting the first of the year, Goodrich Quality Theaters raised the minimum age to work there to 18. As a result, all of their 16 year-old employees were fired and 17-year-olds will be fired in June. Allegedly, the reason for GQT firing their teenage workers is because there's a negativity regarding teens selling popcorn and drinks, something they've done for generations.

Now, there's a petition with over 10,000 signatures asking GQT owner Bob Goodrich to reinstate teens. Not only that, some have even filed complaints with the State of Michigan, claiming that what Goodrich did was age discrimination.

Funny how Goodrich is a Democrat and yet he discriminates teens. OK, so what if he were to fire people because they were black? To me, it's the same thing. I'll betcha that many of the teens fired from GQT were all hard workers who did what they were told.

But, this is Bob Goodrich we're talking about here. The same asshole who owns a radio station in Grand Rapids that claims they are a 501(c)(3) organization, even though they're not, plus the fact that they ask people to donate to that station. The same asshole who fired that station's most-popular host simply because he refused to support Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election due to what the Democratic National Committee did to Bernie Sanders. The same asshole who put another asshole on a pedestal at that same station who ran down another radio station in town so badly that the owners packed up and moved that station to Chicago. Oh, and don't get me started on the hosts whom he all fired. Hell, I even matched with one of his former hosts on a dating site who called him an idiot who thinks he's a genius.

Sadly, Goodrich is a miserable old man who never married and never had kids. The only good thing that he has going for him are the theaters he owns that have no real competition, like Cadillac. Hell, his operations are in Grand Rapids and he has no theaters here! The nearest location to GR is the ultra-crappy Ada-Lowell 5, a cinema that has no stadium seating. Simply put, he's allowed his longtime competitors, the Loeks family and their Celebration!/StudioC! Cinemas to kick his scrawny ass.

On this Martin Luther King Day, we need to stand in solidarity with the teens fired from Goodrich Quality Theaters. Yes, they're awkward, but you can't be good at something until you try, try again. Hell, I'll admit, I'm a fan of Meijer's Shop and Scan feature on their app. Why? Because one time, I stood in line for I think 30 minutes because their black, senile cashier had a hard time with his cash register. Yes, old people can fuck up badly, maybe even worse than teens who can process newfangled technology better than old boomers.

Part of the reason why I stand with the GQT teens is because I too, was a teenager once. When I turned 16, the farm market I worked at was sold because of tax reasons and I had to find a new job. Because I lived in a fairly rural part of northern Michigan, my choices of employment were slim pickins. I ended up working as a dishwasher at a popular restaurant near Traverse City. Things were cool until they ended up hiring a middle aged asshole who was accused of child molestation to work with us high school-aged dishwashers. I was pissed. Needless to say, you told him to do something and he wouldn't do it. He thankfully quit not long afterward, but a few years later, he ended up going to prison for two years for molesting a young boy. He was - and still is today - the worst person I've ever worked with. I should have gone someplace else when they hired him since it's fucking stupid to hire a pedophile to work with teens. But then again, the owner's son - who was in his mid-20s - was dating a girl whom I was going to school with, and she was 14.

You see, at my current workplace, we have a lot of turnover in one of my departments. It's a grueling job. Too many times, we've had to deal with temp workers who were lazy, slow and most of the time, didn't even show up. A few weeks ago when our last helper quit, one of my coworkers brought in her son to help us out. He was a very hard worker and didn't disappoint. And guess what? HE'S 16!

The point is, is that Bob Goodrich is very ageist and very miserable. I think part of it is due to him getting owned by Justin Amash when he ran for Congress several years ago. True, I'm no Amash fan. He's anti-women's rights, anti-environment, pro-military, anti-healthcare and even refused to vote in favor of creating a suicide prevention hotline. But look at it this way: he switched political parties because he was one of the first Republicans to call for Drumpf's impeachment. Goodrich, on the other hand was part of the movement to get Drumpf elected simply because he supported Hillary Clinton and has long been an asskisser to the establishment.

Goodrich is simply one of those people who calls himself a Democrat, but has some very anti-Democratic ideas. Firing teens from his company was one of them. Putting money over people is another. Since he's pushing 80, only time will tell how long before he sells his theater chain and sole radio station. With the poor reputation he's leaving behind, the next owner will be that person in a parade who stands behind the elephants with a broom and trashcan.

As George Benson and Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductee Whitney Houston once sang, "I believe the children are our future, teach them well, and let them lead the way."

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Wednesday, January 15, 2020

1.15.20 Bee-otch of the Day: terrestrial radio

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Name: terrestrial radio
Age: 100
Occupation: entertainers and informers of the general public
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: firing the wrong people

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As a kid, I wanted to be a radio personality.

But thanks to idiot owners who reward failure over greatness, I'm happy to remain far, far away from a microphone.

Yesterday, a myriad of programmers and jocks employed by iHeartMedia (aka Clear Channel) were all fired as part of restructuring by the media giant. Basically put, the company is now having their smaller stations be programmed and DJ'd via voicetracking by their bigger stations. Here in Grand Rapids, CHR giant WSNX is a prime example. Their morning show, Mojo in the Morning is beamed from Detroit. IIRC, their nighttime jock is Mojo's son, who is also VT'd.

The casualties in Grand Rapids included B93's Dave Conrad, who was with the station for 27 years. Rick Albin, who was a part of WOOD-AM/FM's morning show also exited, but remains at former TV sister WOOD-TV 8 as its political reporter. Sadly, the already bastardized WSNX 104.5 got the biggest cuts: afternoon jock Aly and weekend mix show host Choff are now jobless (though Choff is a regular mixer at several clubs in the area). I hope this does not affect WSNX's Sunday night mix show, Club 1045.

While many whose lives revolved around entertaining thousands behind the mic will now have to be put on hold, the sad tragedy is what happened with iHeartMedia last week: they resigned Rush Limbaugh to another four-year deal.

The pill-popping, prostitute-fucking lard-assed pile of shit didn't reveal how much his deal with the radio giant was. However, sources claim that he's worth an estimated half a billion dollars as it is. His last deal with the company was worth $400 million.

With iHeartless' cuts, it purely makes their competitors here in Grand Rapids, Cumulus and especially Townsquare look like they're in tip-top shape. But sadly, Cumulus Grand Rapids is a fucking abortion.

In the latest Nielsen ratings released last Friday, their highest-rated station, Classic Rock WLAV - a station normally in the top five in the ratings - only finished 11th with a putrid 3.0. Not long ago, the station changed their lineup to include the syndicated Steve Gorman Rocks! at night and Jackie Green middays. Green - who is openly a hermaphrodite - also co-hosts sister station 105.3 Hot FM's shitty morning show, The Morning Henhouse With Grey and Green.

True, Hot FM *should* capitalize on being live and local morning, midday and afternoons, but with a playlist more vanilla than WSNX's, it ain't working out in the ratings. They're in 12th place with a 2.7.

And even more embarrassing is that FINALLY, Nielsen is putting the re-born WKLQ 94.5, now as AAA "The Q" in the ratings. And sadly, what a joke: 13th place with a 2.0. Then again, name a AAA station that's in the top five ratings anywhere.

Being from northern Michigan, one lesson I've learned is that if a chain business closes, the rest of the chain will follow. Blockbuster closed all their stores just a year or two before the rest of the chain did. Toys R Us in Traverse City closed just before the rest of the chain went kaput in 2018. Charlotte Russe closed their Grand Traverse Mall location just before they went belly-up the same year. Well now, there's many terrestrial radio stations off the air, and many of them are full-powered 100,000-watt FMs. Hell, over the years, some stations were even silenced for good and for some stations, I wonder HOW they stay on the air with little-to-no ad revenue.

Ever been punished for something you DIDN'T do? That's terrestrial radio in my eyes. When I was a kid, my cousins in Detroit and Grand Rapids had awesome stations like 89X, Z-Rock and KLQ. Me? Pfffft. KLT didn't want anything to do with folks my age. They viewed my age bracket as punks. But thanks to better stations over the years like The Zone, Rock 105 and 95-5, plus SiriusXM, Pandora and Spotify, KLT became TOTALLY worthless. The same company that owns KLT also had 106.7 The Peak. They destroyed that station and now, it's silent, awaiting sale.

And yes, don't get me started on KLQ. I hope Hanlon's enjoying the Carolinas.

Look, the other day, I was talking with a schoolteacher, who asked her class what a particular song was. I asked her what station she would put on for a bunch of elementary kids. I was expecting something like Hot FM or Mix 95-7, but nope! It was her random station on Pandora.

The reality is that in this age of social media and badmouthing, radio is like any other business. Ever been to a restaurant with poor service? You bitch about it on Yelp. You hope others will read your complaint and avoid the place at all costs, or at least management will read it to make good, positive changes. But, if you get a C&D order from management, all you can do is pray that karma will hit them on the ass hard. I know of a certain somebody down in Texas who did such a thing and now he's paying the price, hint, hint.

In the meantime, I hope that many of those fired by IHM will find new jobs and get back on their feet. I can count my lucky stars that I never got into radio since the job I'm doing now cannot be replaced by any computer or be done long distance from 200 miles away. I am needed.

How ironic that all this happens just days after the death of Rush's Neil Peart. At the end of "Spirit of Radio", he should have added something about the suits joining the salesmen.

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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

1.14.20 Bee-otch of the Day: the media

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Name: the media
Age: ageless
Occupation: entertainers and informers of the general public
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: trying to slam Bernie

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Hard to believe it, but crunch time is around the corner.

The Iowa Caucus is February 3rd and according to NBC, Joe Biden is in the lead.

Or at least that's what the Peacock says.

Last night, the NBC Nightly News talked about how Elizabeth Warren is claiming that Bernie Sanders told her that a woman cannot win the presidency in America. Of course, Sanders said the opposite 32 years ago.

Simply put, NBC and other media titans want one thing and one thing only: for Sanders to lose the Democratic ticket so he can't go after big corporations like parent company Comcast. So, they claim that Biden is now kicking his ass so he can win Iowa and make Sanders get butthurt.

I also love it when the media calls Warren a "progressive". Sorry, but corporations love her. Morgan Stanley, Google, AT&T, Kaiser Permanente, Amazon and others are among her top donors. And we all know when she accepts $$$ from a health insurer like KP: hush money to make healthcare in America not even a priority.

The latest Democratic debate is only in a few minutes. I can't wait til the gloves come off!

All I can say is that the proof is in the pudding. We'll see if the media's right on February 4th when the results come in regarding the Iowa Caucus. This will be definitely an exciting year, and even more exciting when Drumpf is removed out of the White House in either a vote or even better, handcuffs (though I suspect vote).

But, if Drumpf is still in the White House January 20, 2021, Let's hope and pray that Bernie's right and a woman can take the Oval Office then. A woman with those initials AOC.

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Monday, January 13, 2020

1.13.20 Hero of the Day: Neil Peart

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A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!

Name: Neil Peart
Age: was 67
Occupation: former drummer, Rush
Last Seen: catching the mystery and catching the mist
Awarded For: maybe being the greatest rock drummer, period

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When a nervous 22-year-old Neil Peart showed up to audition to become the drummer for Rush in 1974, he carried his drum set in trash cans, stowed away in his crappy Ford Pinto. Lead singer and bassist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson thought he was batshit crazy.

However, from that experience, Neil would only get better. So much so that he would be known to fans and drum enthusiasts alike as "The Professor".

The boy did good for a kid from a small farming town in Ontario. As a matter of fact, his father sold tractor parts for a living. With a transistor radio, he became a fan of 1960s pop music stations which introduced him to rock music. As a young boy, Peart learned to play the piano and the drums. He played in local rock bands and even lived in England in the early 70s in hopes of gaining fame. He ended up moving back to Canada where he worked at his father's tractor dealership during the day and at night, playing drums for a local band, ironically called Hush.

It was a mutual acquaintance of Peart's who convinced him to audition for Rush after original drummer John Rutsey left the band due to issues with diabetes. Their first album, which was self-titled, was released early in 1974 and became an unexpected hit thanks to the rock radio standard "Working Man". Only 3500 copies of the album were originally produced through Moon Records, a company owned by Rush. However, Cleveland Rock station WMMS DJ Donna Halper obtained a copy of the album and starting playing "Working Man" on her show. Soon, record stores in Cleveland had problems keeping Rush's album on shelves. As a result, Rush was soon signed to Mercury Records, who re-released the album.

With Rush's new-found success, they needed a new drummer. When Neil Peart officially joined Lee and Lifeson in 1974, Rush was a Canadian copy of Led Zeppelin and other hard rock bands at the time. Neither Lee nor Lifeson liked writing lyrics, but Peart did, and became the band's lyricist. While living in England, Peart became fascinated with the writings of Ayn Rand, which also fueled his involvement with Libertarian politics. Starting with Rush's next album and Peart's first, "Fly By Night" from 1975, the band started producing a more-progressive rock sound. Over the years, the group produced AOR staples like "Closer To The Heart", "Limelight", "Spirit of Radio" and the band's only hit on the pop charts, 1982's "New World Man".

Rush had a very distinguishable sound. Geddy Lee's falsetto vocals and fast-paced bass-playing, Alex Lifeson's super-charged guitar solos and Neil Peart's fast playing of multiple drums, plus all that synth gave Rush fans some thought-provoking sounds. But, they didn't call Neil Peart "The Professor" for nothing. He toured the world with a 360-degree drum set that was high on top of a turntable, as seen above.

In a world where rock bands change members like underwear, Rush's lineup remained intact for over 40 years. However in 2015, Peart announced his retirement. His bandmates later claimed that he was simply taking a break. Three years later, Rush formally announced their breakup, 50 years after the band - with Lifeson as its only original member - originally formed. At the time, the band claimed that Peart's problems with tendinitis was the culprit as to why they were retiring.

Sadly, a week ago tomorrow, Neil Peart died at the age of 67. The announcement of his passing was not made until last Friday. Neil battled Glioblastoma, the same brain cancer that claimed the life of my aunt two years ago. Neil's cancer battle was a closely-guarded secret among close friends and family. Instead of making his fight with the disease public, he chose to spend his last three and a half years quietly with his wife, Carrie Nuttall and daughter Olivia, born in 2009 at home in Santa Monica, CA.

Since Neil's passing, it comes without saying that so many have paid their respects to one of rock's finest musicians. Last Friday, Danny Carey of Tool performed a number dedicated to Peart. Styx's Lawrence Gowan - a fellow Ontarian - performed "Limelight" in concert. And yes, Richard Christy.

Like many rock fans, Rush's music played a huge role in my musical diet growing up. There's many drummers - rock or traditional - who could beat one until they indeed got blisters on their fingers. Buddy Rich was definitely an influence on Neil Peart and other drummers. He hated rock music with a passion, but watching him drum - especially with The Tonight Show's Ed Shaughnessy - was truly a music lover's dream. Peart himself drummed with Rich's group and produced a tribute album for him.

But if there's an honor that Peart was bestowed on, it was the fact that he was the finisher to David Letterman's "Drum Solo Week" back in 2011. He joined fellow drum greats Sheila E. and Roy Haynes along with Letterman drummer Anton Fig. Rewatching those clips, Peart's performance was on a Friday, and by golly, Letterman saved the best for last.

So, it is without saying that we need to give our thanks to The Professor. He may be gone, but his lessons will teach us all for years to come.

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Thursday, January 9, 2020

1.9.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Don Imus

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Name: Don Imus
Age: dead
Occupation: former Stern clone
Last Seen: around a lot of fire
Bee-otched For: being a shitty radio personality

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It's officially true: Imus is dead.

The angry old racist prick died just before the new year from lung disease at 79. He was known for being a crass shock jock; some say he was an influence on Howard Stern. Stern, however, said that it was the other way around for years.

Now, it's true that Howard has toned down somewhat in terms of his notorious battles. He's made up with the likes of Rosie O'Donnell, Ellen Degeneres and even Kathie Lee Gifford. But on Monday's show, Stern pulled no punches in regards to Imus. He talked about how lame his show was before he came to WNBC in 1983 and the racist shit he was pulling long before the infamous "nappy headed ho" incident that got him fired from CBS in 2007. According to Howard, he personally called an NBC secretary the N-word and she was very upset about it. Howard claimed that because Imus was heavy on drugs and alcohol at the time, he got a free pass. Plus, it was the 1980s, so things were way different back then.

According to Howard, Imus often sat in on his show and even attended show meetings. Soon, Imus was ripping off Stern's bits, which pissed him off. When Howard's E! show took off in the 1990s, Imus copied him by simulcasting his show on MSNBC. After the "nappy headed ho" incident, even that network canned him. He eventually ended up on Cumulus' WABC New York and the RFD-TV network on cable and satellite, a channel known for airing cow auctions, farm reports and old episodes of Pop! Goes the Country. Eventually, Imus ended up on Fox Business Network, because Heaven forbid that the main Fox News Channel give up their beloved Fox and Friends for Old Man Imus' dreck.

The sad thing was that the media did talk some good things about Imus, especially his cancer ranch. I roll back my eyes thinking about it, since I think Imus wanted a ranch, got one and couldn't afford the upkeep. So, he used cancer-stricken kids to live the dream of being a cowboy, though it's probably hard work for those weakened by the disease. Personally, I would donate to St. Jude's since all of their patients never see a bill.

What's funny is how radio critics bashed Stern and defended Imus. Hell, I remembered when he re-signed his contract with Cumulus, they claimed that he had affiliates in all 50 states. Funny thing was that the only affiliate he had in Michigan at the time was a tiny, unprofitable station in a rural part of the state owned by a person that left a giant hole in a major town in the state. In Detroit, he was carried first on the old WYST Star 97 in the mid-90s before it flipped to K-Rock and carried Howard Stern. He then moved to WXYT 1270, but when they flipped to Sports, he then moved to low-rent WPON 1460, a station that carried brokered programming.

You know, when Howard was on terrestrial radio, he would NEVER accept being on a peashooter, let alone a station owned by slumlords. I know that his Houston affiliate was a daytime-only AM, but that's all CBS could do there. Since Imus' ratings were shitty and his listeners were all old farts, well, there you go.

Tell you the truth, I think Imus was LUCKY to see 79 with all the drugs he took over the years. Fuck, at one point, he missed 100 days of work because of his habit in the 1970s. He ended up losing his WNBC gig and moving to Cleveland as a result. He only came back to New York because he sobered up for the moment.

But now, Imus is dead and the world's a better place. Oh, well. Then again, his fans are dying off, too.

Hopefully, if Heaven presents him with 40 virgins, they'll all have afros.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2020

1.8.20 Bee-otch of the Day: the radio industry

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Name: terrestrial radio
Age: 100
Occupation: entertainers and informers of the public
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: having a bad business model

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When I was a youngin', I was told that if you bust your ass and do a good job, you're entitled to raises and promotions at work. A good job well-done should be rewarding.

Now, if you do a good job, the tables get turned. Your boss will point out even your most-minor problems and give you bullshit excuses not to promote you, period.

And the broadcast industry is definitely not an exception to the rule.

For nearly 50 years, Detroit has been blessed with a legendary rock station in 101 WRIF. As times changed, so did the evolution of their sound. As a result, they are one of the highest rated rock stations in America and currently in the top three in the Nielsen radio ratings locally. By all means, their jocks and programmers should be given a raise.

But instead, they ended 2019 in the unemployment line.

Longtime Programming Director Mark Pennington - who had been at The Riff since 2001 - and 30-year Riff vet Anne Carlini were shown the door last week. The two, plus Juline Jordan from sister Classic Rocker WCSX 94.7 and DJ Dinero from Classic Hip-Hop 105.1 The Bounce all fell victim to parent company Beasley's budget cuts.

Yes, the same Beasley who owned WQAM 560 in Miami a long time ago. God, do I remember one of their hosts, the late, great Neil Rogers constantly bashing them on the air.

As some of you know, I wanted to get into radio as a youngin'. But since my mother personally knew a lot of DJs in Traverse City, one even told her that he was "replaced by a computer". This was c. 1990 and computerized automation was starting to take over the airwaves up north. Hell, I remembered seeing the giant CD automation system at WKLT that took up an entire corner of master control. Of course, my laptop and even my cell phone can carry more songs than that beast.

Here in Grand Rapids, it was heartbreaking when Matt Hanlon destroyed the original 94.5 WKLQ by demoting Howard Stern to flea-powered WBBL 1340 and screwed over their DJs. I know, this was over 15 years ago. But in the end, KLQ was killed off due to poor ratings, WGRD picked up the Active Rock format (though late 90s/early 00s KLQ was WAAAAAAY better, IMHO) and Matt Hanlon was fired... TWICE. Once for when Citadel was bought out by Cumulus and twice from WGRD parent Townsquare for his infamous drunk driving accident. Of course, he did rebound and is now in Charlotte, NC where he's the market manager for Entercom's radio stations, which include Hot AC 107.9 The Link and the godawful Bob and Sheri Show (of course, it was once carried in northern Michigan on the now-defunct 106.7 WSRT and the ratings STUNK).

Sadly, that's the reality of radio: good jocks get canned while the shitty ones get promoted. Ken Evans was canned TWICE here in Grand Rapids on two top-rated CHRs while the fat bastard known as Bill Simonson is still sucking up the airwaves on WBBL. Not only that, his ratings are totally abyssal.

Oh, and get this (SIGH): RUSH LIMBAUGH HAS RENEWED HIS CONTRACT WITH IHEARTRADIO IN A MULTI-YEAR DEAL. REALLY, IHEART?!?! Ya know, Rush - and fellow right-winged loons - no longer attract the ratings they once had. Hell, in Detroit, WJR is at a 2.2! WOR in New York is at a 1.7 and KEIB Los Angeles is at a .6. The biggest market I can find where Rush is still on a top 10 station is Dallas.

Ya know, there's a reason why iHeart and Cumulus have money problems. There's a reason why up in northern Michigan, the owners of legendary boomer rocker WKLT are going out of business. Hell, the Traverse City area has SEVERAL licensed radio stations that are off the air. The answer is simple: bad decisions.

Radio is like a grocery store. It's like a car dealership, a restaurant or even a gas station. It's a business. If they can't make money, it's their goddamned problem. If they lie to their listeners or even throw them away while the listeners find a new radio home. It's their problem. In WRIF's case, those who are rebelling over Ann Carlini or Mark Pennington's firing of course have Canadian-flavored 89X or internet or satellite radio to turn to for their fix of Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch and Van Halen. But since WRIF is a brand name, they might not have a lot to worry about. They have the American rock audience to themselves almost. But it's true: boycotts work, even in radio. Just look at the aforementioned WKLQ.

It's a shame that terrestrial radio is 100 years old this year. Their business model - and in some cases, demographic - is the same age.

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Tuesday, January 7, 2020

1.7.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 72
Occupation: self-centered prick
Last Seen: Washington, D.C.
Bee-otched For: even STILL not having his priorities straight

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Tonight, I was going to continue to write the article that I began writing earlier today. It was 7 p.m. and getting ready to watch Wheel Of Fortune to see how Pat Sajak's daughter Maggie did doing Vanna White's job. Just as the show began, my local WOF affiliate's network, CBS chimed in with a Special Report.

The Iranians attacked one of our bases in Iraq. It's official: the shit's really hitting the fan, and boy, is it going to stink.

The tragic truth is that we now have a president who attacked Hillary Clinton for supporting the war in Iraq. He suckered the asshole hillbillies and boomers into thinking that he was the more-right-thinking candidate. When Drumpf entered the White House, we had no problems with Iran. But now, we have hell to pay.

Over 4,500 soldiers died in Afghanistan and Iraq in a rich man's war over oil. Now, it looks like Iran is next. While our soldiers die over there, Drumpf will be at Mar-a-Lago, enjoying his precious golf games that We the People are paying for.

Tonight during the newscast of WOOD-TV here in Grand Rapids, political reporter (and Repuke) Rick Albin reported that establishment candidate Joe Biden is in the lead for the Democratic nominee for president at 29% vs. Bernie Sanders' 20%. Sorry, but that's biased, considering the long lines Bernie has standing outside the arenas he plays at. This is what happens when media companies get bigger because of conservative politics and a lax FCC. Telling the truth is passe. It's all about telling YOU who to vote for in November and even the primaries. Hell, Albin claimed that it's a toss-up in Iowa, whose Caucus is around the corner.

Let's remember WHY Drumpf got elected president. The people wanted Bernie, but the DNC and the media all cried for Hillary. In the end, Drumpf won and we all lost. The MAGAts won and sadly, we're all losing in the end. If Drumpf begs Congress to throw us into another war, I hope they tell him to STFU and let this shit ride out. I knew we were in for more trouble when Drumpf got elected, and boy, we're right.

Time to go to the hardware to buy more shovels because we need a bigger hole to not allow us to get out of.

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Monday, January 6, 2020

1.6.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 72
Occupation: self-centered prick
Last Seen: Washington, D.C.
Bee-otched For: STILL not having his priorities straight

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Well, it's officially 2020.

But instead of having a clear vision for the future, we're stuck with a president dragging us back to the past.

On New Year's Day, my father texted me with some sad news. The house next to my childhood home near Torch Lake, Michigan was recently foreclosed on. The two-story house is now on the market for $101,000. Oddly enough, it's not the first house in my old neighborhood that saw foreclosure. My old house itself was foreclosed on during the 2008 economic crisis. The story was that when my Dad and stepmom moved to Kentucky in 2000, they sold the old house to an older couple from the Detroit area. I actually met them, and they told me that were working for work up north. Well, they apparently didn't.

Northern Michigan has long been a haven for retirees, especially those with money. However, many restaurants in the Traverse City area have closed because the rent's too high and people can't afford to flip burgers for $11 per hour. Hell, even the local Denny's had to only be open during the day because of Traverse City's labor shortage. Down the street, Ruby Tuesday closed for good because of that reason and the KFC downtown also closed, but has since reopened.

A few days ago, someone I went to school with posted a stupid meme on Facebook. It showed two sets of before and after photos. One was of Hiroshima and the other was of Detroit. Under the Detroit set, it read "this is what 60 years of Democratic rule looks like". No, this is what union-busting and whitey moving to the suburbs looks like.

Like I've said for over 20 years, I've never voted Republican and never will. Why? In the great words of the late, great Dave Barber, they only care about the peanuts while the elephants walk by. Right now, we have an entire continent, Australia that's been a longtime ally to us that's burning down. Thousands upon thousands of innocent animals are dying in the brushfires that are twice the size of New Jersey. Koala bears - who look cuddly, but tend to be very self-centered - are so scared that they will come to humans for help. Many of them are burned so bad that they end up dying.

The sad, painful truth is that we should be helping the Aussies. To see their homeland and their culture go up in flames is heartbreaking to say the least. We Americans should be helping them.

But instead, we went ahead and killed a man we had no problems with.

I was afraid that Drumpf would do something stupid. Well, there you go. Oil prices have exploded and everything has turned into "you better fill up ASAP". $4 per gallon gas just might make a comeback sooner than later.

Personally, I think the attack was simply due to the impeachment process that Drumpf is going through. If Clinton could do it, so can Drumpf. After all, making sure we cream our enemies is a helluva lot more important than giving Americans decent healthcare and raising the minimum wage to a living wage.

But yes, this is America. A country where the Democrats think that people will vote for them no matter how far to the right they are. After all, Hillary thought she could get away with voting for the Iraq War and receiving bribes from the healthcare industry to make sure they stay in business. Meanwhile, Americans are being forced to decide whether or not they want to eat or see the doctor. Let's not forget ignoring the people of Michigan during the 2016 election.

Folks, THIS IS WHY WE NEED BERNIE SANDERS IN THE WHITE HOUSE!! I'm tired of the media telling me and you that Joe Biden is in the lead. They're only telling us this because he's an establishment candidate. Fuck, he even told a crowd recently that he would consider a REPUBLICAN to be his running mate! Um, Joe, remember what happened to Al Gore in 2000? He chose Joe Lieberman as his veep and that was a disaster. Hell, I chose not to vote in 2000 because of him. Sorry, but somebody who gives Howard Stern "The Golden Sewer Award" and is a member of a far-right-winged group that wants more censorship on TV is not a real Democrat. Personally, I think if Gore chose somebody other than Lieberman as his running mate, we wouldn't have 9/11 or fake wars galore.

Let's remember something: 4,500 American soldiers have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of them came home with PTSD and other serious injuries. And while us taxpayers pay for our overbloated military, we have homeless soldiers on street corners begging for change. If WWIII happens, prepare for more carnage. All I can say is that I'm happy that I can't be drafted since I'm pushing 40.

Even more, I get flustered seeing too many fucking ads on TV for either Tom Steyer or even Mike Bloomberg. REALLY?!? Nothing like two rich pricks who pretend to care about the middle class, IMHO. Sorry, but I'm tired of the beyond-overprivileged running my government. There's a reason why billionaires want to stay in the White House: IT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR TAXES DON'T GO UP A CENT. Jeff Bezos is worth $120 billion. Ten years ago, he was only worth $13 billion. Sadly, those on minimum wage are still getting paid $7.25 per hour after all these years.

You know, I hope the senate will make up their minds and get Drumpf totally kicked out of office. It's also time for people to think for themselves. In 2016, the Democratic National Committee forced Hillary Clinton onto everybody despite Bernie Sanders winning the most votes. She lost the midwest where Drumpf pushed his vitriol onto the masses. No more. It's Bernie's time and not for corporate politics.

Remember kids, koalas have better souls that the one with a chinchilla on his head.

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