Thursday, March 28, 2019

3.28.19 Hero of the Day: Nate "Smitty" Smith


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A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!



Name: Nate "Smitty" Smith
Age: 44
Occupation: soon-to-be former DJ
Last Seen: Traverse City, MI
Awarded For: giving us over a decade of radio bliss
 
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We are living in uncertain times.

We have a de facto president spewing hate in my hometown. 

We have an education secretary - also from my area - who wants to cut funding for the Special Olympics. 

And now, one of the sole voices of reason in Northern Michigan radio is hanging up his mic. But thankfully, not for good.

Nate "Smitty" Smith, the longtime afternoon host at Rock 105 and 95.5 in Northern Michigan announced on Monday that tomorrow's show will be his last. The military vet and Rapid City native had hosted afternoons on the various incarnations of the Cheboygan-based 105.1 - originally Classic Rock The Bear - since 2007. He also hosted a metal show on Rock 105 and 95.5 called The Asylum for many years as well. 

Smitty was there through many changes, such as the transformation of 105.1 and the station formerly known as The Zone at 95.5 to what was then called Real Rock 105 and 95.5 in 2009. Of course there were some depressing moments, such as the 2014 flipping of 95.5 to a (thankfully) short-lived easy listening format and yes, his firing in 2017 that also thankfully didn't last long.

So, where's Smitty going? To the bar. When he was originally canned from Rock 105/95.5, he started moonlighting at Right Brain Brewery in Traverse City. He continued working part-time when he was rehired. On Monday, Smitty announced that Right Brain wanted him on full-time, complete with a huge raise that he simply couldn't refuse.

The good news is that Rock 105/95-5 will be adding two new jocks on Monday. Smitty's replacement for afternoons is Dave Doran, former WRIF/Detroit jock. As for the long-vacated midday slot, another long-time Detroit jock, Roxanne Steele will take over the 10a-3p shift. The last midday jock Rock 105/95.5 had, Trudi Daniels is now at 106.7 Wheels in Detroit. It wouldn't surprise me if both Doran and Steele will be voicetracked. But then again, better to have voicetracked Detroit jocks in northern Michigan over the no-talent ho and the asshole who got Smitty canned in the first place on that flaming pile of overrated horseshit KLT.

I'll admit, I live in Grand Rapids and love Rock 105/95.5 a helluva lot more than WGRD. They don't play a ton of burned-out classic rock and Smitty has a better voice than GRD's current afternoon guy. Hell, I just checked Rock 105/95.5's last ten songs played, and the oldest song in that set was Pearl Jam's "Evenflow". I checked their webstream often since I'm proud that my birthplace FINALLY has a kick-ass rocker that I can sit through for more than 10 minutes. Growing up, it was either country, CHR, oldies and yes, overplayed classic rock.

I loved Smitty's games, commentary and yes, "Hello Facebooks!" Thad Ranger. I even thought that he had a better Super Bowl Halftime show than Maroon 5 recently when he attempted to burn his brother's crappy dresser.

The good news is that Smitty plans to come back on occasion, doing his yearly "Metallica-a-thon" and other surprises. So, this isn't a total goodbye.

But otherwise, radio is losing some real talent.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019

3.27.19 Bee-otch of the Day: the US Senate



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Name: The U.S. Senate
Age: 243
Occupation: Repuke-led branch of the government
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: rejecting the bill that will actually benefit America
 
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Is your government working for you or against you?

Sadly, judging by the current crop of senators we have, the answer is "against".

Yesterday, 57 senators voted against congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez's New Green Deal, which would raise taxes for billionaires to 70% and create jobs that would promote a greener planet.

What's pathetic is that three Democrats - Arizona's Kyrsten Sinema, Doug Jones of Alabama and West Virginia's Joe Manchin - all voted against the bill. Independent Angus King also voted against the bill. 

Meanwhile, Republican Utah senator Mike Lee gave out his solution: young people should have kids. Oh, please. You know, thanks to the Repukes, it's tough to have kids. It's too damn expensive! Hell, I have two cousins who have been in multi-year relationships and they don't have kids. Hell, I'd love to have kids of my own, and I actually have a livable income for once. But since I'll be 38 in two months, I end up going on dates with women who were in failed relationships or worse, users. When I was in my 20s, I was broke and on second shift. No girl wanted me then. Want a reason why very few kids are being born today? Thank a Republican.

You see, the Green New Deal was modeled after FDR's New Deal, which created jobs and helped to get us out of the Great Depression. Today, we're stuck with 20 and 30-somethings who are forced to still live with their parents because they can't get a good job. But sadly, the Repukes and moderate Democrats all think that she's crazy. I think she's right.

It doesn't matter if you have an R or a D after your name. It matters who you get your funding from.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

3.26.19 Bee-otch of the Day: Mike Lindell




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Name: Mike Lindell
Age: 57
Occupation: pillow maker
Last Seen: Minnesota
Bee-otched For: arrrrrrrrr
 
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Next weekend, some 4,000 movie theaters will be showing Tim Burton's newly-revamped version of Disney's "Dumbo".

At the same time, another 1,000 screens will be showing another film that's, well, plain dumb.

As we reported recently, Mike Lindell, the former crackhead who created the MyPillow just funded $1 million of his own money into an anti-abortion film called "Unplanned". The movie is based on a true story about a woman who does an abortion for Planned Parenthood. During the procedure, her views on abortion change and ends up becoming a whistle blower against the organization.

Well, the Motion Picture Association of America gave it its pirate rating: aRRRRRRRRRR.

According to the MPAA, "Unplanned" deserved the R rating because of bloody and disturbing images. However, the right are all crying that the MPAA is biased and is trying to prevent children from seeing this *ahem* abortion of a movie. Of course, this is the same MPAA that will give a gun-crazy gorefest of a movie an R rating, but if it has one strand of female pubic hair, it's an NC-17.

I know, I know. Hollywood is liberal and conservative films are seen as poorly-made and do quite crappy at the box office. But there's a reason for that: films with an overly-evangelical message tend to reach a very niche audience. Plus, in the case of "Unplanned", it's definitely a turn-off for women who feel that a guy who's made millions off of pillows is telling them what they can and can't do with their bodies.

I can't wait til next weekend and see that this movie will get plagued with poor reviews and a poor box office performance like any movie Pure Flix releases. This movie will most-definitely rest in peace.
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Monday, March 25, 2019

3.25.19 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump


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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 72
Occupation: Cheeto
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: not getting impeached
 
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When the news broke that Robert Mueller's investigation on Drumpf's alleged connection to Russia's meddling with the 2016 election was to be released, a thunderous joy reigned with the public.

But when Mueller handed his results to his attorney general, I immediately smelled a rat.

Yesterday,  the media was handed an abbreviated version of Mueller's findings and well, Drumpf was vindicated. Needless to say, the Democrats want AG William Barr to release the full report. But the question is, would finding a reason to impeach Drumpf change a damn thing?

This morning on Twitter, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez even admitted that if Drumpf is impeached, the government won't get any better. Hell, would we want a homophobe like Mike Pence running this country?

The saddest part of all is that Drumpf is coming here in Grand Rapids on Thursday. Ugh. I'll betcha all of the Hollanders will be at Van Andel.

Ya know, I'll betcha Barr's simply doing his job of simply keeping his tongue up Drumpf's ass. How many staffers on his cabinet have either left or have gotten fired? Truth be told, I hope that if impeachment is not on the table, that the Dems don't fuck this up like they did in 2016. Let the people choose for once!

Let's not get fooled again.
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Thursday, March 21, 2019

3.21.19 Bee-otch of the Day: NRA


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Name: National Rifle Association
Age: 148
Occupation: gun-loving kooks
Last Seen: Alexandria, VA
Bee-otched For: not allowing us to have good things
 
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Hey, New Zealand! Can we have your Prime Minister?

If there's anybody out there right now showing pure showmanship, it's definitely Jacinda Ardern. The fact that she's just 38 and is far more mature than our Cheeto in charge here in America should shame us. 

Now, in the aftermath of the mass shooting in her home country, Ardern is officially going to ban the weapons used to senselessly kill those poor people. And this after just ONE massacre like this one. Here in America, we've had Columbine, Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, Parkland and so on and semi-automatic guns are still legal. Only after the Vegas massacre were bump stocks made illegal by Drumpf.

Sadly, the NRA has long reared their ugly heads, buying out politicians right and even left. They cry that for every sicko gunman out there, there's millions more good people with guns. They think that the best defense is for everybody to own a gun and take them everywhere. That's where I cry bullshit.

You know, the whole world hates us, plain and simple. The asshole who committed this sick crime LOVED Drumpf and used him as an excuse to carry on this travesty. While countries like New Zealand are moving forward, we're moving backward because of Drumpf and the bigots who love him. And the NRA's on their side.

This is why we need people like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run this country. We need stronger gun laws so it takes longer for one to buy a gun. We need mental exams for each purchase of a gun and for guns to be properly locked away from those who shouldn't use them. Our lives should not be in the hands of the NRA, plain and simple.

Only in America where gun laws change when Drumpf's supporters are involved.

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

3.20.19 Bee-otch of the Day: WOOD-TV's Storm Team 8


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Name: WOOD-TV 8
Age: 70
Occupation: west Michigan's NBC affiliate
Last Seen: Grand Rapids
Bee-otched For: having climate change deniers on staff
 
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Well, I think the worst is over.

This past winter was one of the worst in my humble opinion. In terms of my car, I had to replace the brake line and bearings that run the traction system. People around me were getting very sick because of the record cold temps and so on.

I did check the extended forecast and it's in the 40s this week. The snow is finally melting and soon, we will be sneezing our asses off.

Recently on NBC's The Today Show, Al Roker announced that within 100 years the price of beer might be going up severely. Why? It's because the hops needed to make beer would be prohibitive to grow in warmer climate, translating into less beer.

A few years ago, NBC received flack from critics such as Bill Maher and others for only spending five minutes on the YEAR talking about climate change. Now, they've gotten the message. Many have lauded Chuck Todd for spending a whole hour on Meet the Press talking about climate change. He even banned climate change deniers on the show because the evidence is there. Plus, most deniers are simply pulling shit out of their ass.

Just like WOOD-TV 8 meteorologist Old Man Steffen.

Steffen has personally been a CC denier for years. It doesn't help that morning weathergirl Terri TheWhore is good pals with the Devos family. You know, weather people are supposed to study the weather and its effects on the Earth. But when they ignore the warnings of scientists - you know, real ones - their credibility is torn to shreds.

Now, I'm not sure about the other two weather folks at 8, though Ellen Bacca admits on her Twitter page that she's a Christian. Now, if she's the type of Christian that believes that Jesus helped the poor and sick or believes that the earth is flat and only 6,000 years old is beyond me. I hope it's the helped the poor part. Bear in mind, too that ex-WOOD-TV weathergirl Whora Velesquez - who lovingly dumped me on Facebook for no good reason - now works for Accuweather. Sadly, that company is owned by - surprise, surprise - a CC denier.

Today, it snowed here in Grand Rapids and it's the first day of Spring. This is not normal. With the brutal winter we had, the last thing we need is some wackjob telling us that the sky's not falling and that all's well.

The truth is that we need protection. We need to keep our environment safe and we need limits on how much pollution cars kick out and so forth. Our Earth is dying and it's sad that two out of the four weather loons on WOOD-TV could care less.

The good news is that both Old Man Steffan and Terri TheWhore are seniors and will have to retire sooner or later.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

3.19.19 Bee-otch of the Day: the US government

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Name: The US Government
Age: 243
Occupation: the people who control you and me
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: killing a Dick
 
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These past few weeks have not been good to rock 'n roll.

Last week, legendary drummer Hal Blaine died at age 90. Along with the ultra-talented group of studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew, he was behind the kit on thousands of recordings. As a matter of fact, he played on 40 #1 hits. Are you familiar with The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations", "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel or "Love Will Keep Us Together" by the Captain and Tennille? Well, he was the drummer on all those.

Also passing was David White, one of the members of the 1950s doo-wop group Danny and the Juniors. He was 79 when he died on Sunday. He was an accomplished songwriter who co-wrote the group's big 1958 #1 hit "At The Hop" and "Rock 'n Roll Is Here To Stay". He also wrote a great share of other golden oldies like Len Berry's "1-2-3" and Lesley Gore's female empowerment anthem "You Don't Own Me".

While Blaine and White weren't necessarily household names, at least Dick Dale was somewhat more-familiar. The 1960s surf rock legend died on Saturday at age 81 from heart and kidney failure. During his 1960s heyday, he made over a million dollars per year, though he never had a hit single. In 1994, his career was resurrected thanks to his signature song, "Miserlou" being used as the theme song to the cult motion picture classic "Pulp Fiction". A whole new audience discovered Dale, who fell into obscurity.

Now, when people well past their prime are still performing at their age, some would say that they do it for the love of performing. Well, in Dale's case, it was because of one thing: he needed the money.

In 1965, Dale was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. He recovered, though he was broke because of the medical bills. He retired from performing, focusing on business deals that eventually cost him everything. When he recorded "Pipeline" with fellow guitar virtuoso Stevie Ray Vaughn in 1987, he was living in an RV. Right around that time, he had another bout with the same cancer. Only this time, he was fitted with a colostomy bag.

In other words, he pooped out of his stomach.

Dale lived a life that would please most doctors. He never smoked, drank or did drugs. He even stopped eating red meat in the 1970s. But yet, it wasn't enough for him to prevent two bouts of cancer. And did he pay the price dearly.

Toward the end of his life, Dale proclaimed that he was paying $3,000 per month for his medical expenses on top of the insurance that he was already paying for. And when he performed, he was in severe pain. He dealt with diabetes, renal failure and a broken vertebrae.

You know, it's sad when you've worked all your life and something comes up and BAM! you're stuck working until you die. That's the sad story of Dick Dale. As a matter of fact, he had concert dates all throughout the year.

This is why I think it's time we have universal healthcare in America. Time to stop judging people on preexisting conditions and assuming that they can't poop out of their asshole anymore because they had too many hits of LSD in the 1960s. If Canada, Australia, Germany, Japan, the UK and others have it, why can't we? Oh, I see! It will put the health insurance industry out of business! If you get sick, then that means they get to profit and find sinister ways to do so.

The only way we can get universal healthcare in America to be a reality is if we can get real progressive leaders to run our government. We need more AOCs and less Pelosis, more Bernies and less Hillarys. We need people, not corporations running our damn government!

And if universal healthcare was a reality, Dick Dale *MIGHT* have had a better life.

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Monday, March 18, 2019

3.18.19 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 72
Occupation: Cheeto
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: spreading his disease
 
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On Friday, America woke up to hear about another senseless incident of gun violence.

A monster went into two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand and opened fire. The death toll now stands at 50. The perpetrator was a fan of Drumpf and lauded him for bringing more power to the Aryan race worldwide.

This was one of the worst shootings in New Zealand's history. This happened in a country where buying a gun is tougher than it is in other countries, especially here in America. In New Zealand, gun buyers must pass a psychiatric exam and allow the police in their homes to make sure their guns are safe from children.

This weekend, my mom and I had a discussion on the gun laws in New Zealand. She asked that if Chicago had tough gun laws, then why are they still one of the most-violent cities in America? The answer, sadly, is simple: towns bordering The Windy City have lax gun laws. There's also gun show loopholes. New Zealand is an island, so it's difficult for one to go someplace else to get a gun.

The sad thing is that tough gun laws for one city won't work. We need tougher gun laws in America NOW. But as long as Drumpf is president, it won't happen.

But the real winner here is New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern. After the attacks, she wore a hijab and proclaimed that "they are us". She's also calling for tougher gun laws in her country. The interesting thing about her is that she's just 38 and a woman.

You know, folks, it's funny that we're so fucking behind other countries. They get it right, but not us. They have excellent healthcare while we spend trillions on war. Our nation's young adults are ass-deep in college loan debt while in other countries, college is free. Here, we have mass shootings at our schools and while there's hardly any school violence in other nations, those kids who call for tougher gun laws are called "libtards". Overseas, nudity on TV is celebrated, but here, it's an investigation by the FCC. I can go on and on.

Folks, this is why it sucks that we can't elect a true progressive as president. The Dems had their chance with Bernie, but fucked it up. Now, we have a racist, womanizing asshole running this once great nation. And sadly, his disease is spreading around the world.

When will we learn?
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Thursday, March 14, 2019

3.14.19 Hero of the Day: my great aunt


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Name: my great aunt
Age: was 95
Occupation: retired schoolteacher
Last Seen: up in the heavens
Awarded For: being a great great-aunt
 
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Yes, I need to be personal again for today, so forgive me.

I know, I've been talking about my family a lot as of late. Last year, both my maternal grandmother and her daughter, my aunt died within two months and a day of each other. Their deaths have rocked my family and even helped separate us further from each other. 

Now, it's my great aunt who has climbed over the Rainbow Bridge. 

She was my grandmother's older sister and the last surviving member of her side of the family. She spent the last years of her life bedridden and in severe pain. She never had children of her own, but her nieces and nephews and their children treated her with love and compassion.

Like her mother, my great aunt was a schoolteacher. She was married for a short time, but that ended in divorce. She had a female partner for many years that she took care of through thick and thin. She also took care of others as well, especially her youngest sister when she was dying of cancer.

When her partner died, she made the bold move back to Michigan after spending years in New Jersey. For many of us who only saw her on occasion, this gave us the golden opportunity to connect to her. She loved playing Bingo with the fellow residents in the senior home she and Grandma lived in. She also loved CNN, much to the ire of the Fox News fans in my family.

Last night, her 95-year journey on this mortal coil ended with one of her nephews - the son of the sister that died of cancer - holding her hand. For the first time in over 40 years, my Grandma's family is complete again in the Great Beyond. We will bury her and my Grandma's ashes Memorial Day weekend at our family plot in Howard City, 30 miles north of Grand Rapids.

Thank you, Auntie, and phone home.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

3.13.19 Bee-otches of the Day: the entitled


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Name: various
Age: various
Occupation: assholes
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: entitling lazy mofos like their kids
 
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Last night, the top news story was about the celebrities and CEOs involved in a scandal that got their children into top schools.

Yep, kids who get to go to college all because mommy was on Full House or Desperate Housewives, two shows I could care less about because respectively, I'm not A) Stewart from Beavis and Butt-head or B) gay.

The news definitely sparking outrage from many, showing that no matter how big your career is, you're not above the law. Just because you have money doesn't mean to you can have your asshole wiped.

Take a look at my late aunt. She worked her way up to being a registered nurse while living in misery with her ex-husband, who was abusive. She finally divorced him and a few years later, she finally bought her first and only house. When she was dying of cancer, her two kids fought over her care. Their own lives with their own families were more important. As a matter of fact, her daughter was here in Michigan visiting her husband's family as she was losing her cancer battle. Her excuse? "We'll come back next month to see her!" She died only weeks later. And then, her son forced her over to his house after he got into a feud with the doctor taking care of her without clothes and most importantly, her meds. While she was at her son's, she had a seizure and never really recovered.

When my aunt died, her two kids - who basically spat at her when she was dying - were entitled to her estate. What's even worse is that neither of them worked real jobs in their lives. Her daughter's last job was working in a tanning salon her now-husband owned. She's now a housewife. Her son only had odd, low-paying jobs until he met his wife in of all places, a Catholic church. I just heard this week that they now live in a five-bedroom home on a lake just outside Detroit.

You see, I hate people who have never done much with their lives and make more than I do. In June, I've worked 17 years at my current job and the first ten years there was a struggle because of my ex-boss. He was anti-raise and turnover at my job was sky high. I didn't get a raise for 10 years and people often asked me why I still lived in the dumpy apartment after all those years. The reason was plain and simple. In the 00s, the price of everything went up while my pay was abhorrent. I felt humiliated, but then again, this was the handiwork of some of the biggest entitled people out there: the Baby Boomers. They elected Reagan, who in turn spat on the middle class, fucked over the unions and in turn created an uncertain future for those in my generation and younger.

Let's face it: if you graduated high school in 1979, you instantly got a job and college was cheap. For me in 2001, I graduated high school with honors and then graduated from a small tech school. When I did, I couldn't get a real job until I got the job I have now in 2002. And don't make me tell you the hell I went through to get to where I am now.

My life's not perfect. I'm not rich, I work over 40 hours a week and I'm single at 37. My last so-called girlfriend cheated me out of a lot of money to fuel her drug habit. She almost got me fired from my job because she was taking my car and phone away from me, causing co-workers to give me rides. Even worse, I just had to ditch an asshole who was simply making my life miserable. He was begging me for money and just asked me to loan him $500. Not. Gonna. Happen. As-is, he has no job, no car and lives in a section eight apartment.

The college scandal reminds me of the King of the Hill episode where Peggy gets lambasted for flunking a star football player, causing him to miss several games. People need to be judged on how hard they work, not sitting around and being privileged. The people involved in the college scandal need to rot in prison for ruining so many peoples' lives. Besides, their kids are wealthy enough thanks to mommy and daddy.

Maybe, just maybe, the next overly-entitled person to be knocked down is a certain somebody who has been a millionaire since he was a kid. Just don't ask for any help from Nancy Pelosi.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

3.12.19 Bee-otch of the Day: Nancy Pelosi


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Name: Nancy Pelosi
Age: 78
Occupation: Speaker of the House
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: being a DINO
 
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When the House re-elected Nancy Pelosi as Speaker once again, I cringed.

After all, this is the same Nancy Pelosi who told us all that George W. Bush wasn't worth impeaching. The end result is that he's a free man in America while he's wanted around the world for war crimes.

Now, as I predicted, she's giving Drumpf the same fucking treatment.

On Monday, Skeletor announced that she did not want to impeach Drumpf. In a statement, she claimed that she wanted bipartisan support and that "he's just not worth it".

She also said that impeachment of Drumpf would split the country. OH, REALLY?!?

Look, Drumpf's approval rating is 37%. His staff's all going to jail and he'll probably be heading there himself. This is the reality of having moderates run our government. They don't do a damn thing as long as their donors make them their puppets. I'll betcha that Stretchface Nancy is being funded by the right to stop impeachment of Drumpf. If somebody like AOC was running the show, Drumpf might have been out of office by now, or even better, executed.

Democrats: making the same fucking mistakes since 2000.

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Monday, March 11, 2019

3.11.19 Bee-otch of the Day: The Washington Post



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Name: The Washington Post
Age: 141
Occupation: newspaper
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: not knowing where the burden's supposed to fall
 
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You know, this is part of the reason why print media is going down the shitter.

And also why we need to shop at mom and pop stores, too.

On Saturday, The Washington Post's editorial board published an article showing their support for Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer's unpopular plan to raise gasoline taxes by 45 cents per gallon.

The article touches on the fact that Michigan's roads need to be rebuilt and that a higher tax would also help education and be less reliant on taking from the general fund. But, there's one thing the article doesn't mention, and it's something I mentioned last week.

It's called "taxing the wealthy".

If Whitmer was more progressive, she would be forcing Michigan's 1% to pay a 90% tax rate to help fix the crumbling roads. But, no, since corporations helped Whitmer get elected, she wants EVERYONE to pay to fix the shitty roads. Of course, there's a reason why The Post stands with Whitmer: it's owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who doesn't pay taxes on his $150 billion wealth!

It's a shame that the Post was once one of the great newspapers in America. Now, it's owned by a billionaire while its crosstown rival, the Times, was started by a cult. Which is worse?

"Democracy Dies in Darkness". Well, I think the lights are out at the Post.

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Thursday, March 7, 2019

3.7.19 Hero of the Day: Alex Trebek


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A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!



Name: Alex Trebek
Age: 78
Occupation: game show host
Last Seen: Los Angeles, CA
Awarded For: being a trouper
 
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Right now in the news, we're dealing with an R&B singer who is charged with molesting underage girls and child support. We're hearing more allegations regarding another pop music legend and his relationships with young boys. A black gay actor who faked his own attack and so on.

But yet, somebody like Alex Trebek gets diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer.

The longtime Jeopardy! host made the announcement Wednesday afternoon, which has sent shockwaves throughout the entertainment industry and of course, the millions who grew up with the Canadian game show legend. Many of his colleagues, like Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak have all sent him well wishes. In Sajak's case, he tweeted that he would never bet against him.

Trebek rose to fame in Canada hosting several shows for the CBC TV and Radio. One of the shows was called Music Hop, similar to our American Bandstand.

In 1973, Trebek moved to America and started hosting the short-lived The Wizard of Odds on NBC. Throughout the 70s and early 80s, he hosted many shows such as High RollersThe $128,000 QuestionPitfall and the pre-Nickelodeon Double Dare.

However, in 1984, he was selected to host a new version of Jeopardy! for TV syndication. The show - often paired with Wheel of Fortune - has consistently been one of TV's most-watched game shows and one of the top shows in syndication.

With Trebek's cancer diagnosis, it's worth wondering how long he'll stay on the air or how long he'll live. Most with stage four pancreatic cancer tend to live from anywhere from a few months to a few years tops. But the best thing of all this is that Alex has shown that he's not a quitter. Hell, he hosted THREE(!!) game shows at one time: J!Classic Concentration and To Tell The Truth. The latter two and Double Dare were all shows Trebek did for Mark Goodson; as a matter of fact, when Trebek's wife gave birth and was forced to miss a taping, Goodson actually hosted the show for him.

But in the end, there's one J! clue we're all hoping for: "what is remission?"


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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

3.6.19 Bee-otch of the Day: Gretchen Whitmer


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Name: Gretchen Whitmer
Age: 48
Occupation: governor
Last Seen: Lansing, MI
Bee-otched For: turning into pRick Snyder
 
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Ya know, us Michiganders can't get a break.

We are in the middle of one of the worst winters in our state's history. And guess what happens to the roads when the snow melts! Yep, POTHOLES!

All throughout the recent gubernatorial election, Gretchen Whitmer's catchphrase was: "fix the damn roads". Well, she has revealed her plan on how she will do it: raising our gas taxes by 45 cents per gallon.

Yep! Right now, the lowest gas price I see in Grand Rapids is 2.399 for regular unleaded. Do you like 2.849? Well, it will be a reality if Whitmer gets her way.

You know, there's LOTS of working class families here in Michigan trying to make ends meet. Look at Traverse City: most places pay their workers near-welfare wages and yet a ROOM will cost you $800 per month. Chances are that the city's fast food workers probably either a) live with their parents or b) drive 30 miles or so to work there.

Look at my parents. You see, I grew up near Torch Lake and in some years, my mom worked in Traverse City, or 30 miles one way. When I was young, if I wanted to go to Traverse City to, oh, go see a movie or to the mall, I was fucked. My mom probably already filled up her car twice that week and didn't want to do it again.

Now, those kids who live 30 miles from the nearest town will have to go less if the governor has her way. That means more sitting in front of video games or less money to go to the arcade.

But ya see, that's what you get when you vote for a moderate, folks. Instead of taxing the 1%, we're the ones getting the bill. Instead of universal healthcare, we get nothing since Whitmer's in bed with Blue Cross Blue Shield. But, oh! Her two opponents for last year's Democratic governor's race weren't white! They wouldn't fly in Alpena. I say, pathetic. And because of that, I voted Green for last year's governor's race.

But the good news is, I think more people will be walking as soon as the snow finally melts here.

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