7.24.12 Hero of the Day: Sally Ride

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY! Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com. DON'T FORGET TO "LIKE" BEE-OTCH OF THE DAY ON FACEBOOK! ------------------- A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!  Name: Sally Ride Age: was 60 Occupation: physicist, astronaut Last Seen: deceased Awarded For: being a trailblazer --- While James Holmes's fanaticism towards Batman cost 12 people their lives, women who ever needed somebody positive to look up to had Sally Ride. True, her name sounded like a phrase constantly said in Wilson Pickett's classic 1960's hit "Mustang Sally", yes, it was her real name. A science nut, Ride had that dream of joining the all-boys club of going into space. Out of a list of some 8,000 people wanting to be a NASA astronaut, she was one of the chosen, and on June 18, 1983, she shot up into history as the first American woman in space, joining the crew of Challenger. Ride went up again on Challenger in 1984, and when the space shuttle exploded in 1986, she was one of the investigators involved in determining its demise. She left NASA in 1987, becoming a college professor at the University of California San Diego and served as a director of the California Space Institute. In recent years, Dr. Ride was the president of her own company, Sally Ride Science which created science programs aimed at children, mainly girls. Sadly, Dr. Ride was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 17 months ago, and lost her battle with the disease yesterday at age 60. Ride should be truly appreciated not just as the first American female astronaut; she was also a proud Democrat who supported Obama in 2008, especially after Bush destroyed the space program. After her passing, it was officially announced that Ride was a lesbian; she is survived by her partner of 27 years, Tam O'Shaughnessy. Oh, and one reason why I liked Sally Ride: she and I shared a birthday. It's too bad she'll no longer blow out any candles. Fuck cancer. --- Got a Bee-otch to nominate? E-mail us @ chuck69dotcom@gmail.com. All suggestions (except for me) are welcome! Bee-otch of the Day Archives can be seen on http://beeotchoftheday.blogspot.com! Bee-otch of the Day is a production of Chuck69.com, Grand Rapids' site for Stern, politics and more!

7.23.12 Bee-otch of the Day: James Holmes

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY! Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com. DON'T FORGET TO "LIKE" BEE-OTCH OF THE DAY ON FACEBOOK! ------------------- Name: James Holmes Age: 24 Occupation: prison bitch Last Seen: Aurora, CO Bee-otched For: turning from a good kid into The Joker --- This past weekend was probably the saddest weekend in Hollywood history. No famous actor, actress, producer or director died. Instead, 12 innocent moviegoers who attended the Midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises at Cinemark's Century 16 megaplex in Aurora, CO were shot to death and 58 others were wounded. As the crowd was watching the movie that night, a gunman appeared from the exit door, dropped tear gas on the floor and opened fire at the patrons. Most of his victims were under 30, including a six-year-old girl. Police identified the perpetrator as 24-year-old James Holmes, a PhD student who was a straight-up good kid growing up. He had good grades in high school and attended college. However, Police have discovered lots of Batman paraphernalia in his once-booby-trapped apartment and thousands of dollars worth of guns and ammo purchased both online and at the local Gander Mountain. The victims of the horrific disaster in Colorado have had tons of support. Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning called them at the hospital, and even President Obama visited them as well. On Sunday night, he talked about one of the survivors of the incident, a 19-year-old girl who was shot in the neck. Her best friend quickly ducked her to the ground, covering her neck. There were many true heroes of this tragedy, mainly the boyfriends who took Holmes' bullets instead of the girlfriends sitting next to them. There were some who ignored theatre cell phone policy and immediately called 911 as Holmes was blasting away at the patrons. And yes, the brave police and EMS crews who worked their hardest to keep people alive. Since the incident, Warner Bros. has kept the weekend estimates for the film from going public in respect to the families involved. However, it's reported that The Dark Knight Risesmade $160 million, a record for a non-2D feature. Look, there are fans and there are fanatics. I like Howard Stern. This very website was devoted to him originally. I listen to his show daily and watch America's Got Talent. I even have a lithograph of a painting of him given to me by a fan who thought that I'm connected to the show. But, I'm no fanatic. I don't own his books, I don't watch his Howard TV shows and I don't care. If he reads this site, it'll be a miracle. If I ever meet him, let it be. However, yes, there are the fanatics who stalk him and make his life miserable, and I'm not one of them. All I can say is that I hope the people of Aurora will overcome this nightmare and will live their lives normally like the rest of us. I know that the state also gave us Columbine, and to this day, people still hurt from it. However, dwelling too much about the past doesn't help. Worry about the future. And speaking about future, Holmes will be in court this morning, where he's expected to face dozens of charges. Although being for the death penalty is a risky issue, I'm for it in this situation. Holmes took the lives of 12 people, the state should take his. Why? Dropping the soap too much just isn't enough. --- Got a Bee-otch to nominate? E-mail us @ chuck69dotcom@gmail.com. All suggestions (except for me) are welcome! Bee-otch of the Day Archives can be seen on http://beeotchoftheday.blogspot.com! Bee-otch of the Day is a production of Chuck69.com, Grand Rapids' site for Stern, politics and more!

7.19.12 Bee-otch of the Day: Merlin Media

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY! Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com. DON'T FORGET TO "LIKE" BEE-OTCH OF THE DAY ON FACEBOOK! ------------------- Name: Merlin Media Age: 1 Occupation: radio broadcasters Last Seen: Chicago Bee-otched For: proving that they couldn't do magic right --- Merlin's magical wand has gone limp. After just one year of doing an FM news format, both WIQI 101.1 Chicago and WEMP 101.9 New York City have flipped to formats that people *actually* enjoy. WIQI is now "I101", playing a 90's-centered Adult Hits format (ala Jack FM) and WEMP - now WRXP again - is Alternative as "New Rock 101.9". A year ago, former Clear Channel and Tribune executive Randy Michaels formed Merlin to purchased several radio stations from Emmis Broadcasting, who owns a sliver of Merlin. They bought out Classic Rocker WLUP 97.9 The Loop and what was Alternative WKQX Q101, along with AAA-formatted WRXP. Their intention was to flip the two rockers to All-News since Michaels is a huge fan of spoken word formats, and since most people listen to FM, why not do all news, all the time? Bad idea. Both 'RXP and Q101 went by the wayside, leaving both towns without any considerable new rock stations, especially New York. In the end, the Chicago station had a .4 while the New York station had a .6. Both Q101 and WRXP were in the 2 share at their demise. Thankfully, Merlin knew that what they did was pure stupidity. In May, they began leasing out the 87.7 frequency (technically analog TV channel 6) and brought back the Alternative format to Chicago. Despite a lousy dial position and signal, Q87.7 is now at a 1.9 in the ratings, way better than 101.1 now. Since Merlin sold the rights of Q101 to somebody else, they cannot use the name "Q101" at 101.1 anymore. A few days ago, all the employees of Merlin's News stations were called into the room, and were told that they were all getting let go. The FM All-News experiment was a pure failure, and deservingly so. Look. Q101 and WRXP had formulas that shouldn't have been messed with in the first place. When a town loses its rock station, it's like a town losing a sports team, or even worse. Yeah, there's satellite radio and the internet, but I think it's a joke that New York has a ton of dance and Hispanic stations but no rock. Yeah, it's nice to experiment once in a while, but turning something that had a 2.whatever to a .5 is just flat-out stupid. Terrestrial radio: making bad decisions in the first place since 1920.   --- Got a Bee-otch to nominate? E-mail us @ chuck69dotcom@gmail.com. All suggestions (except for me) are welcome! Bee-otch of the Day Archives can be seen on http://beeotchoftheday.blogspot.com! Bee-otch of the Day is a production of Chuck69.com, Grand Rapids' site for Stern, politics and more!

7.18.12 Bee-otch of the Day: northern Michigan radio

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY! Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com. DON'T FORGET TO "LIKE" BEE-OTCH OF THE DAY ON FACEBOOK! ------------------- Name: various Age: various Occupation: radio broadcasters Last Seen: northern Michigan Bee-otched For: giving progressive talk radio a blind eye --- In the world of business, you must kill the horse to save the leg. And in northern Michigan, you must sacrifice good talkers like Stephanie Miller and Leslie Marshall so Dave Ramsey and Dennis Miller can be homeless. At the end of next month, the northern Michigan radio landscape will be changing to entertain the jocks. WCCW 1310 will be dumping ESPN on August 30th for Fox Sports Radio. It's not 100% known as to why they're canning the network after 12 years of carrying it, but ESPN won't be homeless up north. Instead, they're moving to what's currently 106.7/105.5 You FM. Yessir, after just two years of airing a lifestyle talk format, mixing liberal and conservative talk towards a female audience, WSRT will flip to ESPN, giving that network one massive signal. Station GM Charlie Ferguson made the announcement to Traverse City's theticker.tc website earlier in the week. 106.7 has been the bastard child of northern Michigan radio for the past 12 years, especially when parent Northern Broadcast blew up 106.7 The Peak's Top 40 format for Hot AC. Eventually, The Peak transitioned to AC, and its name switched to WSRT "Soft Rock and Great Talk". However, the station's ratings nosedived, and even worse, their PD, Todd Martin sent in fake diaries to Arbitron to make the station look good. Instead, it became the embarrassment of the radio world. The station became You FM in 2008, maintaining its AC format, but flipped to Talk in 2010. Because of its mix of liberal and conservative talk, You FM flat-out had an identity crisis. Liberals on the station included Miller and Marshall, but the rest of the schedule was filled with moderate-to-full-blown teabagger talk from the likes of Dennis Miller, Dave Ramsey, Jim Bohnannon and Michael Smerconish. Of course, the local Arbitron ratings are not published due to an embargo, but from all things understandable, You FM's ratings sucked. To many in the radio world, You FM won't be missed, and Sports Talk on FM is a welcome change. However, there's a sad problem with You FM's disappearance, and it's the fact that it will reduce northern Michigan's talk outlets to three, and of those three, liberal talk will only be heard for one hour daily: Allan Colmes, whose show is heard from Midnight-1 a.m. on WJML 1110 Petoskey. It's sad that just a few short years ago, northern Michigan had its own Progressive Talker: WWKK 750, also in Petoskey. It was WJML's sister. However, WJML owner Rick Stone swapped 750 with WLDR 1210 Traverse City, designed to boost WJML's signal. 750 ended up in the hands of Roy Henderson, which flipped 750 into a simulcast of his WLDR-FM "Sunny Country 101.9". Stone did tell his listeners that WJML would carry WWKK's most-popular shows, but they ended up weaseled in the overnight hours. WJML did keep Ed Schultz for a while, but dropped him not long ago for Dale Gribble Alex Jones. FYI: WJML also carries Glenn Beck, Laura Ingraham, Michael Weiner, Mike Huckabee and the retiring Neal Boortz. I suspect that when Boortz retires in January, Huckabee will move to the Rush slot (12-3 pm) while Ingraham - who is only heard 3-4 pm - will have all three hours of her cuntfest heard (then again, Boortz is getting replaced with Herman Cain nationally, so this might get interesting). Of course, WTCM 580 airs Rush, Hannity and Mark Levin while WMKT 1270 airs a bunch of no-namers. However, I have a hunch that Dave Ramsey will end up there since they carried the show prior to his move to 106.7 two years ago. OK, so where's Ed Schultz? Where's Michigan-born Thom Hartmann? Mike Malloy? Hell, where's Steph gonna go when You FM kicks the bucket? Point is, I hate hearing the words "Progressive Talk doesn't sell". Yet, we have stations paying up the asshole to carry Rush's show, which in some markets has become cost-prohibitive to air. I even read that ESPN even jacked up their rates recently, which might be why WCCW canned it in the first place (then again, all of Ross Biederman's stations dropped ABC recently for Fox). I think Progressive Talk - especially in an affluent market like northern Michigan - can achieve *at least* a three share because there is an audience. Bear in mind that Traverse City is the home of Michael Moore and the liberal-leaning Traverse City Film Festival and State Theatre, which is one of the most-popular movie theatres in the whole country. Hell, TC has an indie paper, Northern Express and Grand Rapids doesn't! Yet, at least we have a station that airs Ed Schultz and Thom Hartmann. If You FM went full-blown liberal, I think the station would have been a full-blown alternative to WTCM. So long, You FM. Don't let the door hit you hard on the ass.     --- Got a Bee-otch to nominate? E-mail us @ chuck69dotcom@gmail.com. All suggestions (except for me) are welcome! Bee-otch of the Day Archives can be seen on http://beeotchoftheday.blogspot.com! Bee-otch of the Day is a production of Chuck69.com, Grand Rapids' site for Stern, politics and more!

7.17.12 Bee-otch of the Day: any idiot who purchased Chris Brown's latest album

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY! Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com. DON'T FORGET TO "LIKE" BEE-OTCH OF THE DAY ON FACEBOOK! ------------------- Name: various Age: various Occupation: various Last Seen: everywhere Bee-otched For: buying Chris Brown's latest album --- Five years ago this month, the world quietly said goodbye to the pop star who never was. When Hilary Blake died at the age of 57 in July 2007, the media never paid tribute to her. Most commercial radio stations kept playing the hits of today and yesterday and for some - if not most - of her fans, they didn't even know that she died maybe months after she had passed. Born in Los Angeles, Blake studied acting as a kid; one of her teachers happened to be Agnes Moorehead of Bewitched fame. In the 70's, Blake moved to England where she got emerged in the punk and new wave scene, especially in synth pop. She mixed free verse poetry with danceable music, and when she moved back to America in the early 80's, she brought her music with her. She cut two EPs, both called Kinetic and eventually, her two A-sides, its title track and "Drop Your Pants" got airplay on several early alternative rock stations such as WLIR New York and KROQ Los Angeles. Her music was a hit at nightclubs, especially in the age when new wave was thankfully replacing disco. Hilary's music was well-lauded by critics and what fans she did have, especially for mixing both likeable melodies and thought-provoking lyrics. "Kinetic" was about wanting humans to change to survive, "Drop Your Pants" talked about people's fear of sex, "I Live" was about living in the house of your own making and "Goose Step" talked about the reemergence of the Nazi party. Needless to say, she was well ahead of her time. However, sales of Kinetic were far from perfect, and Hilary was dropped by her label, Blackstreet Records in 1984. She spent the rest of her life very quietly and privately. It was rumored that she was fighting a lung ailment in the late 90's, since it was posted on a Gary Numan fan page. But Hilary lived another decade or so. What's amazing is that while Blake is very forgotten in the world of music, the world is gaga over Chris Brown. His latest album, Fortune debuted at #1 last week, selling 135,000 copies. Even though the album received trashed reviews from critics, people still love Breezy, Rihanna's bruises or not. The sickening part is how the album had 32 different producers (and some of them were teams, so the number's yay higher), yet Kinetic only had one producer, Stephan Hague (who also produced other early alt-rock acts such as a-ha, Erasure, Public Image Ltd. and New Order). Hague has shown that one man can do a better job than 32. Ya see, this is why I hate Top 40 music. You've got songs that have six writers, 32 producers and no real intelligence. Yet there's lots of artists like Hilary who were thrown under the bus who had more talent than good 'ol Chris Beat-her-down. I wish people would grow a fucking brain and realize that there's lots of great music out there that's worth buying instead of filling the pockets of a loser who puts his hands on an innocent woman. It's sad that a man like me who has never hurt a woman can't even get a date, yet these same girls date losers who hurt them, but they're pretty boys with muscles and no body fat. But, if I had it my way, Chris Brown would be the one who would Drop His Pants... And take it from behind from an inmate.   --- Got a Bee-otch to nominate? E-mail us @ chuck69dotcom@gmail.com. All suggestions (except for me) are welcome! Bee-otch of the Day Archives can be seen on http://beeotchoftheday.blogspot.com! Bee-otch of the Day is a production of Chuck69.com, Grand Rapids' site for Stern, politics and more!

7.16.12 Bee-otch of the Day: Mitt Romney

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY! Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com. DON'T FORGET TO "LIKE" BEE-OTCH OF THE DAY ON FACEBOOK! ------------------- Name: Willard Romney Age: 65 Occupation: rich dude Last Seen: somewhere Bee-otched For: hiding his tail between his legs --- Poor Mittens. He just got served by President Obama. As we all know, Willie once ran a little company called Bain Capital, which ran a ton of companies like AMC Theatres, Domino's Pizza and even Clear Channel. His poll numbers are hurting, so he's making himself look nice in front of the middle class the last Republican president, George W. Bush screwed over. He's saying stuff like, oh, that he'll put his $250 million in assets in a trust if elected president and that he'll kill Obamacare in front of a bunch of poor black people. It's kinda like that Simpsons episode where Krusty the Clown had his Krusty Komedy Klassic at the Apollo Theatre... Right in front of three letters in the backdrop that had to be the special's initials. Now, Mittens is trying to salvage his campaign by stating that he hasn't been a part of Bain since 1999, especially since the company's been famous for outsourcing lots and lots of jobs left and right. The Obama administration's been attacking Mitt and Bain for being another wealthy CEO who is a major job killer, but now, Mitt's calling for the president to apologize. Question is, FOR WHAT?!?! Look, politicians have been slinging mud forever and ever. Mittens is a wealthy white dude whose father ran a car company into the ground while Obama isn't as wealthy and never truly knew his father. Yet, his mother was an intelligent anthropologist, which made up for Barack Obama, Sr.'s shortcomings. All I ever see in Mitt is basically George W. Bush's third term in office. Bush has made this country screwed up that it's no wonder why our unemployment numbers are still high and as-is, you now need a four-year college degree to work at McDonald's just because the job market is so corroded. Truth be told, If Mitt's denying his role in Bain Capital in recent years, it could kill his chances of running for president, and the GOP would be stuck trying to pick somebody to take his spot. Who knows? All I know is that Romney is just another usual Republican who's out there to take your job away. That is, if you even have a job. --- Got a Bee-otch to nominate? E-mail us @ chuck69dotcom@gmail.com. All suggestions (except for me) are welcome! Bee-otch of the Day Archives can be seen on http://beeotchoftheday.blogspot.com! Bee-otch of the Day is a production of Chuck69.com, Grand Rapids' site for Stern, politics and more!

7.12.12 Bee-otch of the Day: the Republican Party

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Name: The Republican Party
Age: 158
Occupation: right-winged assholes
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: wanting to force Americans to die
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Yesterday was business as usual for the House of Representatives.

Despite the Supreme Court ruling President Obama's healthcare act as Constitutional, the House voted 244-185 to repeal it, which will - and you guessed it - go to the Democratic Senate to be shot down in flames.

This was the 33rd time in 18 months that the GOP has tried to eliminate the Affordable Healthcare Act, which will benefit Americans, and not harm them.

Meanwhile, as we all know by now, Good 'ol Willard Romney got booed at a NAACP event where he proclaimed that as president, he will burn Obamacare in flames. To me, that's like a preacher going to an Ozzy Osbourne concert and taking to the stage to say that he'll end rock 'n roll forever for spreading Satanic messages.

Folks, the Repukes just don't get it. All they see in Obamacare is raising taxes. Did you know that taxes for the wealthiest people are lower than what they were when the Great Depression hit in 1929? No wonder why the economy is still in the toilet! The wealthy only want Affordable Healthcare to die so they can save big on their taxes while the 99% are left out to suffer. Remember, many health insurance CEOs are billionaires only because of their idiotic pre-existing condition rules that allowed them to screw over their customers. I think in the long run, the new rules will help America be competitive with other nations in terms of helping the sick. It's still far from perfect, but we're getting there.

All we have to do is tell the GOP to fuck off.
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