Bee-otch of the Day

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

6.23.20 Bee-otches of the Day: right-winged morons who want comedians who once used blackface out of show business

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Name: various
Age: various
Occupation: various
Last Seen: various
Bee-otched For: wanting Jimmy Kimmel dead over Live

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The world always needs laughter.

However, one late night comic has decided to take a little vacation.

Last week, Jimmy Kimmel announced that he's taking the summer off of his show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! In a statement, Kimmel simply wanted to be with his family.

But, rumor has it that Kimmel's sabbatical is really due to the fact that his past is catching up to him.

Many Drumpf supporters have been calling out Kimmel for attacking their leader for being racist. But to those Drumpf supporters, they look at Kimmel as a hypocrite.

Kimmel first rose to national fame as the co-host of Comedy Central's Win Ben Stein's Money in the 1990s. A few years later, he teamed up with Loveline co-host Adam Carolla to host a weekly program called The Man Show. It would be one of Comedy Central's most-popular shows, running from 1999 to 2003. When Kimmel was signed to ABC, the show did continue with new hosts Doug Stanhope and Joe Rogan for one more - yet disappointing - season.

The Man Show was a bawdy program that thrived on good 'ol 1990s humor and scantily-clad women. The show was definitely funny, but like "Blazing Saddles", a show of its nature probably couldn't be produced today. Segments of the show involved one where Rosie O'Donnell fell through a manhole, another where Jimmy and Adam have women sign a petition to end women's suffrage and another called "The Wheel of Destiny" where people are given either cool or lame prizes.

However, several times on the program, Jimmy dressed up like African American celebrities, namely Karl Malone and Oprah Winfrey as "Oprah Jimfrey". One of Jimmy's Oprah bits had him sitting on a toilet.

It was also revealed that before he became a cable TV sensation, Kimmel recorded a song impersonating rapper Snoop Dogg that involved repeated use of the n-word. He recorded the tune when he was a regular of the long-running Kevin & Bean Show on Los Angeles' KROQ.

Jimmy ended up apologizing in a statement, stating that he feels terrible that he waited over 20 years to make the apology. He says that he's matured over the years and that he knows that people will still try to shut him up, apology or not.

Late night's other Jimmy, Jimmy Fallon also recently issued an apology after an old episode of Saturday Night Live surfaced of him impersonating Chris Rock with blackface.

It's no secret that blackface comedy has offended many in the African American community for centuries. Even after the beginning of the Civil Rights Act in 1965, whites have long-impersonated people of color. Even black-positive TV shows like Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids had white actors voicing African Americans (the show's Jewish producer, Lou Scheimer, voiced Dumb Donald). SNL had a myriad of whites impersonating blacks; speaking of Fat Albert, Adam Sandler did Bill Cosby several times. Billy Crystal impersonated Sammy Davis, Jr. and Darrell Hammond - currently the show's announcer - performed as Jesse Jackson on several occasions.

Granted, there's a plethora of famous celebs - living or dead - who have all done blackface or even impersonated people of color. Same goes with cartoon characters. With George Floyd's vicious murder being the straw that broke the camel's back, yes, black lives matter. But, should somebody's past be the reason for ending their career? Well, it depends on what they did, of course.

The sad reality is that nobody's perfect and we're all judged by what we did in the past. Hell, I get angered when people I once knew years ago and haven't been to my blogs in ages judge me about what I posted in my 20s. Yes, I was once young and at times, immature. But, haven't we been there before? Trust me, an 18-year-old doesn't have the mindset of a 40-year-old and vice versa.

Both Jimmy Kimmel and Howard Stern did blackface and both have said that they feel sorry doing so. IMHO, both have matured a lot over the years while Drumpf is the opposite. If people don't want to watch Jimmy Kimmel Live!, that's their M.O. Personally, I lean on Stephen Colbert the most simply because I think he's further to the left than Fallon or Kimmel. Seth Meyers is awesome, too. Ratings talk. If enough people abandon Kimmel, then yes, ABC has even God-given right to cancel him. But if people like him and will defend him through all this, then may he survive.

In the end, Drumpf will lose because he'll have a black face of his own, as in black and blue when Joe Biden or somebody else will kick his ass out of the White House.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

6.23.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 74
Occupation: loner
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: getting owned

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I guess Drumpf should legally change his name to "Eeyore".

You know, the donkey from the Winnie the Pooh stories? He was always depressed, with the words "Why bother?" as his favorite saying.

Well, Eeyore was supposed to have a rollicking good time in Tulsa last weekend. But instead, it ended up being a glass 2/3 empty.

At the de facto president's first campaign rally since the beginning of COVID-19, he spoke in front of a mere 6,000 losers in an arena that seats 19,000. Yet, the BOK Arena was allegedly sold out and the Drumpf campaign claimed that they had over a million orders for tickets.

Nickelback and The Wiggles were two acts that outsold Drumpf at BOK Arena.

Immediately, the blame game started to be played. One finger was pointed at Gen-Zers who claimed on TikTok that they were going to order seats using fake names. Another finger was directed at threats of violence outside of the arena. After all, there were a few protests. And yes, COVID-19. There were some folks who simply didn't wear a mask, period.

While there, Drumpf's audio crew played Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" as his entrance theme. Petty's estate issued a cease-and-desist order to the Drumpf administration claiming that the beloved classic rocker - who died in 2017 - would never allow any of his songs to promote racism and hate. It's no secret that Petty was protective of his music; he sued British singer and songwriter Sam Smith when it was discovered that his 2014 hit "Stay With Me" sounded a lot like "I Won't Back Down". As a result, Petty's estate now shares the song's royalties. When Petty's recordings were destroyed in the massive Universal lot fire of 2008, the estate sued the company for not doing enough to maintain the masters.

The disappointing turnout for Drumpf in Tulsa is a pure sign that his popularity is toast. Let's face it: nobody wants to be in the same arena as some racist, slack-jawed yokels who probably thought it was funny when a noose was found in Bubba Wallace's garage. Let alone assholes who won't wear a mask because in their feeble mind, COVID-19 is a scam. Some assholes simply don't care. But when they lose everything because of Drumpf's bullshit, the last person they should cry to is me.

And of course, it's sad that Drumpf doesn't want John Bolton's book to be published. Oh, whaaaaa! What's the matter, scared of the TRUTH? Bolton, Mad Dog Maddus and too many other ex-staffers have said it all. Drumpf is a sick, twisted, deranged prick who counts on white trash losers to get him back in the White House in November. And if they do, what Dubya did in 2008 will be nothing compared to what will happen in those next four years. The fact that Biden's the Democrat's choice might not be a heavy hope, either. However, I just might give him a chance if he chooses a real leftist as his running mate and not a phony like Joe Lieberman or to an extent Tim Kaine. If he bombs like Gore or Hillary did, I might as well vote Green this year.

But at least he'll give comedy writers four more years of fresh material.

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Monday, June 22, 2020

6.22.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Cumulus Media

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Name: Cumulus Media
Age: 23
Occupation: broadcast giant
Last Seen: Atlanta, GA
Bee-otched For: having a Huge problem in Grand Rapids

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Well, this month's Grand Rapids radio ratings are out and there were some changes thanks to COVID-19.

iHeartMedia country B93 had its best book in months with a 9.6. Sister WOOD-AM/FM was #2 with an 8.3 while Cornerstone University Christian non-comm WCSG 91.3 rounded out the top three.

Kinda sad that the top three stations in Grand Rapids are perfect for Drumpf lovers. Maybe if Bob Goodrich didn't fuck over the staff of his precious WPRR 1680, they would actually have ratings. This is the third-straight month Pubic Lack-of-Reality Radio has not had ratings, period.

I know, I've been harsh on Bob Goodrich and his butt-boy Tyrone Bynum for quite some time. With the $50,000 Goodrich got for their 95.3 translator, maybe he can use the money to pay off one of his vendors. So, let's move on.

When downtown Grand Rapids was in chaos several weeks ago with rioting, graffiti was sprayed on Cumulus' home, aka the Peoples' Building. A day later, WOOD-TV 8 showed volunteers wiping the building clean. I wonder if those poor souls are the only folks who actually like Cumulus' Grand Rapids cluster of stations?

OK, so WLAV does quite well. They're #4 in the ratings. But their second-best offering, 105.3 Hot FM has never overtaken long-time CHR stalwart WSNX (#5) in their 14 years as a station playing the hits. Hot FM is 9th place with a 3.3. The newly-relaunched WKLQ - albeit as a AAA - didn't make the top 10 while country Thunder 107.3 had its best book since moving from 94.5 to 107.3.

What Cumulus should be embarrassed about is their sports outlet, WJRW 1340/106.1 The Ticket. Bear in mind that this station is pretty much the old WBBL 107.3. Since moving back to AM with an FM translator blocking out Lansing's Q106 (and to some extent, Lakeview's M106.3), the station has been an abortion and-a-half. It's in 20th place with a .6. Even more embarrassing, Muskegon classic rocker WMRR 101.7 does better in Grand Rapids than The Ticket.

For the record, the other sports gabber in GR, iHeart's ESPN 96.1 only does a little bit better in the ratings with a .8. Then again, their afternoon show is way better than The Ticket's afternoon program.

And I say that with a HUGE margin.

Sometimes, I wonder why Bill Simonson is still on the air in Grand Rapids. He has ZERO ratings and his rants are incoherent at best. Remember years ago when he felt that GR was ripe and ready for a major league sports team because there's smaller towns like Green Bay that have them? Oh, please. Not only that, I fondly remembered when he blasted people protesting Bush's fake war on Iraq and Afghanistan. He was bitching shit like "how would you like it if the Golden Gate Bridge or the Eiffel Tower were bombed?" But since my IQ is well-above room temperature, I know better. Bush lied, people died.

Huge got canned in Austin for derogatory comments regarding a woman he knew which cost his station almost half a million bucks. He got canned in Tulsa for racist comments about a black coach and he got shitcanned from ESPN 1000 Chicago because he couldn't muster a one share. The only reason why he stayed in Grand Rapids for so long was because the long-departed Matt Hanlon kissed his ass and so did his sponsors, which included Devos family-owned businesses like Amway and Fox Motors.

So, why is the fat bastard still on the air? Last year, Cumulus made a deal to keep him on the air by moving his show to the Michigan Media Network, which syndicates sports-talk shows to Michigan stations. Their other major offering is X's and Bro's with Sean Baligian, which airs mornings. Previously, the show was syndicated statewide on the Michigan Talk Network. Fat Boy's show is now heard on several stations throughout Michigan, including stations in Kalamazoo, Flint, Cadillac, Petoskey, and two stations in Lansing and Ann Arbor that tape-delay his show. Recently, the show was added to WGRY 101.1 in Roscommon.

Of course, there's also the reality that, well, Michigan sports simply sucks. Even more, COVID-19 has proved to be a blessing since none of Detroit's big four teams can play. Neither the Pistons nor the Red Wings were going to make the playoffs and the Tigers *could* have played since social distancing is well-practiced at Comerica Park (insert rim shot here). And since Dr. Anthony Fauci is not recommending play for the NFL this year, it'll be a blessing for Lion fans.

I know, jock talk radio can make a small profit if it's programmed well. I have heard that ESPN stations are currently paying even more money though some miss the days of Mike and Mike. However, this is Bill Simonson we're talking about here. Just another prick who kisses rich guy ass, and it's the ass of a family that pressured advertisers to drop Howard Stern. Stern = ratings, not Simonson. But as long as its their money, he's their problem. We'll just keep listening to something else when he's on.

It's just too bad on the FM dial here in Grand Rapids, a radio station in Lansing that does rock better than GRD had to make the sacrifice.

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Thursday, June 18, 2020

6.18.20 Bee-otches of the Day: users

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Name: various
Age: various
Occupation: various
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: allowing slavery to survive

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On Wednesday, hell froze over.

After 131 years, Quaker Oats announced that they are discontinuing their popular Aunt Jemima brand of pancakes and syrup. Even though millions of people have enjoyed having her over for breakfast for generations, many in the African American community have been irked over the fact that her name refers to a minstrel character from the mid-19th century. An Aunt Jemima usually refers to a heavy-set black woman who is pretty much a servant to wealthy whites.

Throughout the years, Pepsi-owned Quaker has tried to make Jemima less of a mammy and more of a realistic black woman. But during these times of black inequality with names like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and too many others to mention, it just was not enough.

Not long after Aunt Jemima's death announcement, Mars announced that Uncle Ben's future is in doubt. Unlike Aunt Jemima, it was introduced much later in 1943. ConAgra announced that they may be looking into changing another dark-skinned syrup maven, Mrs. Butterworth. Same goes with another breakfast staple: Cream of Wheat. Its owners, B&G Foods announced that they're also reviewing the brand's iconic mascot, Rastus, an illiterate chef as shown in this advertisement from the early 1900s.

Throughout the post-slavery days to around World War II, African Americans were not looked at as intelligent. Segregation banned them from eating at certain restaurants and sleeping in comfortable motels. The entertainment industry was no different; the first successful black actor in Hollywood, Stepin Fetchit, portrayed people of color as slow, lazy servants. They weren't doctors, lawyers, businessmen or even perfect role models. Since those days, times have changed. But even though blacks are shown in a much-better light these days, some say that it's not enough.

As I've mentioned in the past, my mother's boyfriend is African American. He's intelligent, funny and treats my mother with utmost respect. Not only that, his son is an extremely-talented jazz pianist. Yes, I've met a few blacks who are total assholes. But, surprise! Same goes with whites and people of other races.

You see, I know how it feels to have to clean up after others. It's not fun. The slave owners of the past were users. Same with the slave owners of today. Like many others, I highly recommend the Netflix docupic "13th". It explains that the biggest corporations are using prisoners - many of whom were poor and black when they were incarcerated and in some cases, wrongly - to do slave labor to offset costs.

Too many times in my life, I've been used myself. When I was young, I lived ten miles from school. My daily bus rides were an hour long, and many of the roads I was forced to ride on were dirty and bumpy. When I turned 16, I finally got a car and a driver's license. However, many of the kids on my route all the sudden ran straight to my car after school and begged me for a ride home. Did they help pay for gas? Nope! And sadly, they weren't the last.

I've dealt with a drunk neighbor who have no job who had me go to the shitty liquor store down the street to buy beer and cigarettes. My payment? He threw change at me. I had a "girlfriend" who was a heroin addict who used me and my money to go to Muskegon to get more drugs. She almost cost me my job. Hell, last weekend, I made the mistake of meeting a girl online who was renovating her second floor. I offered to help tear out an old support for her now-disposed hot tub and all I got was a massive scrape on my right arm and a small bottle of water. She even told me that her "cousins" offered to help. Let's see: she's 38, never been married, never had kids, she's from Muskegon, never had a father figure and teaches at a fucking Catholic school. Yep, she's done.

Yes, I've been told that church is the best place to meet people. However, at the last church I went to, there was a person who lived in a Section 8 apartment who constantly used me and wasted my time in the process. He had a car, but it wasn't in good working order. Too many times, he begged me for rides, especially to places I avoided like the plague. One day, I was at home, exhausted after working 10 hours when he called and begged me to take him to Walmart, even though there was a Family Dollar just feet from his home. Plus, there was a Meijer up the road. But, oh, no! We can't go to Meijer because when he was a teen, he got busted for shoplifting there. Since then, it's been Wally World all the way for him. He also pressured me to go to his ex-girlfriend's sister's house with him to harass her. He did it once before and she called the cops on him. He also wanted me to produce a short film on the problems at his apartment complex and he wanted me to put my name on it. I declined because I didn't want my name to be planted on another man's problems.

What ended our friendship was that one day, he called me to go to Amazon to order some book from a TV judge. I declined because I told him that I didn't have a whole lot of money, plus I don't like having to rearrange my finances for anyone. Well, it happened again. Last year, I was at Meijer in the dairy department when he told me to call him. I did, and he begged me for $500 to help fix his POS Saturn. I declined once again and told him that I wasn't made out of money. Well, I blocked him from calling me and my socials as well. What a fucking asshole. He hardly did shit for me. He was just somebody who simply didn't pull his weight in society.

You see, I know I'm not the only one. Being an asshole is a part of human nature simply because some people need to have their own way all the time. This month, I celebrated my 18th anniversary at my job. However, it reminds me of Conan O'Brien's 10th anniversary hosting Late Night many years ago. Mr. T awarded him with a chain that read "7" Conan asked why it read "7" and Mr. T responded with "you've only been funny for SEVEN!" For the first ten years, my boss treated me like a slave. I, and too many others were severely underpaid while he went on lavish vacations around the world. Well, the last eight years have been better. I'm getting paid twice of what I was getting paid with the old boss and I just recently bought a "gently used" Jeep. True, there's other things in life I've always wanted, like a house, a wife and the continuation of my family name. God only knows when that will happen, if at all.

But I know that there's people worse off than I am. I read my Facebook posts daily and I have a few friends who have had it bad. One is somebody who graduated from high school with me. He's worked as a cook at several restaurants. He's a loner and often bitches about his sad life on Facebook (and honestly, he's not the sexiest man on the planet). Oddly enough in one of his recent rants, somebody commented that he should look at life more positively since he himself "lost it all three times". And that somebody was a punk ass kid who constantly picked on me at school. An asshole whose father would beat up women and ran a longstanding restaurant in northern Michigan out of business.

One reason I brought up this post is because the other day, another one of my Facebook friends also talked about being used. It gave him PTSD and forced him to be on many drugs for mental issues. Not only that, he's attempted suicide several times. His ex-wife left him for a drunk. His best friend of 20 years fell into alcoholism and so on. Reading his rant made me realize that I've had my own problems, too. But last Fall, a barn kitten came to his house. Even though he didn't want another cat since his last one died, the two quickly bonded. Later in the day, he posted that his cat knew that he was depressed, so he jumped into bed with him. You see, cats and other animals seem to have a better heart than many humans do. Animals will never judge you because of your past or the shit you've been in. They give their humans the love other humans cannot give them.

You see, I think I know what my problem is: I'm too nice in person. Therefore, I'm an easy target for assholes to use me. Here's an idea that I think will teach others a lesson: cash, gas, ass or grass, nobody rides for free. That's right! If people want you to wipe their ass for them, tell 'em your rates. Get paid up front. But, if they don't want to pay up, tell 'em to fuck off, plain and simple. The world should be your oyster, not theirs. But if they can get away with murder, you'll get burned.

If the slaves had that expression centuries ago, slavery would have ended right there.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

6.17.20 Bee-otches of the Day: people STILL ignoring COVID-19

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Name: various
Age: various
Occupation: various
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: risking it for the bigot

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When the public first knew about AIDS nearly 40 years ago, there was definitely a lot of ignorance towards it.

Science has long claimed that the disease came from someone getting scratched by a monkey. Yet, the Jebus freaks have all cried that Gawd created it to rid this world of gays.

And yet, the LGBTQ+ community is stronger than ever. Fifty years ago, you came out of the closet and you were disowned. Today, it's hardly a big deal at all. LGBTQ+ people can now get married and thanks to the Supreme Court, you cannot get fired for being gay.

Of course, AIDS is sexually transmitted and it's still around. Granted, there's tons of medicine out there to help control the spread of the disease, like Biktarvy, the sad reality is that one still needs to wrap 'er up before porking away.

Not long ago, I saw a picture of Dr. Anthony Fauci from the 1980s researching cures for AIDS. The photo sends a message that even back then, he was at the forefront of finding a cure for the disease. However, AIDS is still a reality.

We can all credit Dr. Fauci for being the spokesperson for keeping us all safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. It's true that we need to protect ourselves from others who might be carrying the disease. But, will we actually have a cure for the disease? If it flares up in the Fall when the temperatures drop, will we be all affected? Will a vaccine be a cure-all?

Well, at least there's one person whom I've respected in all this, and it's Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Her stay-at-home orders have been working to the point that our daily amount of new cases of COVID-19 here in Michigan are virtually at the same levels as they were when it first started. Sadly, it's a different story in other states.

New COVID-19 cases are flaring up mainly in southern states like Texas, Arizona, Florida and North Carolina. Sadly, California - extremely hit hard by COVID-19 - had over 3,800 new cases of the disease since yesterday.

Funny that I mention Texas because there's an internet meme that says, "The entire planet: 'stay home!' Texas: (a picture of a roadside billboard for the convenience store chain Buc-ee's) Risk It For the Brisket". Now, I've never been to Buc-ee's and my experience with Texas has been limited to connecting flights and the times when I was little over 30 years ago when my family drove through the panhandle to go to Arizona and back. But, from what I've heard, Buc-ee's food is to die for. Plus, many of their locations are about the size of a modern supermarket despite technically being c-stores.

The nearest Buc-ee's to me is - per Google Maps - Dallas. So, I sure as hell don't want to risk it for the brisket. It's too bad that Drumpf's minions wouldn't mind doing so.

This Saturday, Drumpf is planning a rally at the 19,000-seat BOK Center in Tulsa, OK, a state that's been seeing spikes of COVID-19 in recent days. A myriad of doctors have pleaded Tulsa's mayor to cancel the event, fearing that spikes in COVID-19 will worsen the pandemic and clog up the city's hospital beds. According to Reuters, Drumpf's Saturday event will be the largest since the pandemic started in March.

I have a feeling that the people who run the Darwin Awards will be proudly be spending plenty of overtime making statues.

You know, it's Summer and there's a lot I want to do. I want to go on a road trip with my new Jeep. I want to go to concerts. But, all that's gonna have to wait until this virus runs its course. Even in China, there's still 252 people battling the virus. I fondly remembered a Facebook friend of mine - who is an outspoken COVID-19 denier - doing a Facebook live of him flying to Mexico on a crowded flight when the pandemic began. He thought that the Mexicans were brave for ignoring what the media was saying at the time. Surprise! Mexico is now a COVID hotspot with 4,599 new cases from yesterday.

I know, COVID is taking a back seat to the racist BS that has hit the country. But the reality is, is that we still need to wear our masks wherever we go. We need to practice social distancing. We need to flatten the curve harder. If you think that people like Big Gretch is taking away your rights, well, I got news for you: YOU DON'T HAVE RIGHTS WHEN YOU'RE SIX FEET UNDER! END OF FUCKING STORY!

If you get COVID-19 from going somewhere you shouldn't be going to, you're only making the problem worse, period.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

6.16.20 Bee-otch of the Day: John James

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Name: John James
Age: 39
Occupation: spoiled rich kid
Last Seen: Detroit
Bee-otched For: using a sick murder to conjure up support

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All my life, I've always enjoyed the old Warner Bros. Looney Tunes where Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck argue over which season it was.

"Rabbit season!"

"Duck season!"

Of course, during the argument Bugs starts proclaiming that it's wabbit season and Daffy starts saying "duck season". Tired of the bickering, Daffy says that it's duck season and that's final. A befuddled Elmer Fudd aims his gun at Daffy and shoots. The bullet hits his beak, causing it to spin around his head with buckshot impaled in it.

Angry, Daffy walks over to Bugs, pointing at him while saying, "you're despicable!". Iris out.

Yes, that type of short is rememberable and is something that the Warner Bros. animators did best. However, there's a sad reality in all this: it's neither wabbit or duck season.

It's election season.

Yes, every two minutes, we're stuck with political ads here in Michigan if we watch our local stations. There's plenty of Biden vs. Drumpf ads to watch and the same goes with our senate race here in the Mitten State. In one corner, you have Democratic junior Senator Gary Peters. In the other corner is Republican John James, who ran against senior Senator Debbie Stabenow two years ago and lost.

James was an Apache pilot in the US Army who served several tours of duty in Iraq. His father is a wealthy businessman, owning a supply chain company. He describes himself as "a pro-life, pro-second amendment, pro-business conservative" who also is calling for the defunding of Planned Parenthood. Not only that, he's against the legalization of cannabis. One of Peters' campaign ads shows James telling his followers that he wants to dismantle Obamacare.

And yet, he's black.

Now, he's running campaign ads where he's using George Floyd's murder to spread a message of peace over hate. But like I said, he's a Republican. True, it was a Republican named Abraham Lincoln who freed the slaves. However, the Repukes have strayed away from Lincoln's vision. This weekend, I saw the gripping Netflix documentary "13th" about the legal loopholes this country is taking in regards to slavery. One might think that the 13th Amendment abolished slavery, but if you look closely, it reads Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. In other words, slavery is still legal if that person goes to prison. It explains why a lot of prisoners make the products you buy for dirt cheap. It's because big corporations have deals with prisons to make their shit for less than minimum wage.

And who makes up the biggest percentage of prisoners in the US? BLACK PEOPLE!

Thanks to our country not doing enough for African Americans since the days of slavery ended, they don't get a good education, good-paying jobs or a chance. George Floyd lost his job when COVID-19 hit, so he used fake money to buy cigarettes. If he was a white man, the cops would just slap on the cuffs and called it good. But sadly, he got kneeled on by a cop and died within eight minutes and forty-six seconds (and Dave Chappelle's "8:46" is a must-see).

For somebody like John James to use the tragic death of George Floyd to garner support for his election just sickens me. To me, he's just another Uncle Tom bowing to the wealthy white conservatives whom he wants to be a master to. In 2018, I went to northern Michigan and I drove through the outskirts of Cadillac coming home to Grand Rapids. I saw plenty of John James signs on peoples' lawns. I'll betcha that many of the people whom I passed moved to the Cadillac area simply because they didn't like being around people of color. They're the types who will change their purse to another shoulder when they're walking down the street and a black person passes them. But John James? Well, he's their boy!

Sadly, every time I see that fucking awful ad, I don't see a black man preaching love. John James reminds me of Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer" in blackface singing, "Mammy! Mammy!"

Look, Gary Peters ain't perfect. Like James, he's a military vet and supports military causes. Personally, I'd rather see nurses with facemasks and other important gear than to have Drumpf fly the Blue Angels over their hospitals. At least Peters is not well-liked by the NRA, which is a plus. However, I might go Green in the 2020 election since I want to give a message to the Democratic establishment, especially after what they did to Bernie Sanders. If Peters beats James, cool. If James wins, well, at least his brain-washing of the people of Michigan worked.

Love will overcome hate. Hopefully, that means James, Drumpf and all of their cronies will be overcome as well.

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Monday, June 15, 2020

6.14.20 Bee-otches of the Day: terrestrial radio

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Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday; Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Sunday morning on Chuck69.com.

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Name: terrestrial radio
Age: 100
Occupation: alleged entertainers and informers of the general public
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: playing the wrong songs at the wrong time

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Last week, I pointed out that since the brutal killing of George Floyd, the media is trying to rid themselves of anything that might be insensitive in regard to our country's past - and still ongoing - mistreatment of people of color.

HBO Max pulled the 1939 classic "Gone With the Wind" because of how slaves were portrayed in the movie. NASCAR announced that Confederate flags will no longer fly at their events. The popular country music group Lady Antebellum changed their name to simply "Lady A" because Antebellum refers to the pre-Civil War period in the south when slavery was rampant.

On Wednesday, I had a rude awakening brought to me by Grand Rapids' Rock Station, 97-9 GRD.

Now, many of you probably wake up to the sound of a cell phone or some modern device like Alexa. I wake up the old-fashioned way with a clock radio that I've had since I moved here to Grand Rapids 18 years ago. It's a little fast, but when 4:30 a.m. comes, it does the job.

But since GRD is the only radio station in Grand Rapids that's fit for a 39-year-old man, it becomes a sad reality when its corporate parent from Connecticut totally ruins it.

So, why am I pissed at GRD? It's because at around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, I was rudely woken up to the song "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Yes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, a southern rock band from the 1970s who performs on stage with Confederate flags to reflect on their allegiance to one of the most-bass-ackwards part of America. Yes, the south, were slavery and segregation was A-OK.

I know, I've had chats with 'Skinner fans regarding 'Alabama' and the fact that it was actually an anti-racist song (i.e. the "boo boo boo" part of the song where they reference Gov. George Wallace). Plus, the tune's original backup singers were black women: Clydie King (who worked with Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and Elton John (she sang background vocals on "The Bitch is Back")) and Merry Clayton, who sang with Mick Jagger on the 'Stones' "Gimme Shelter". It's true that the tune was a response to Neil Young's "Southern Man" and "Alabama", and strangely enough, he ended up becoming a fan of Skynyrd because of it.

I know what some of you are thinking: "Chuck, you're a fan of Howard Stern, and he used blackface on his WWOR-TV show in the 90s". True. So did his pal Jimmy Kimmel on The Man Show. Jimmy Fallon, Billy Crystal, Darrell Hammond and Adam Sandler did it on SNL. In the movies, Judy Garland and even Bugs Bunny did blackface gags. The reason why Howard's name was brought up was because Drumpf, Jr. has a feud with Stern and isn't happy that he's not supporting his father. On his show today, Stern admitted that thanks to therapy, he's all but forgotten about his past. He even admits that he personally vetoes reairing of certain bits because he's too embarrassed to listen to them.

I'll admit, I get embarrassed about the shit that I posted online over a decade ago. One man even said not too long ago that he'd rather drop bleach on his eyeballs than to read my site. I know. I was a punk in my 20s and, well, I kinda still am to an extent. But, people will always judge you on your past. One band I've always enjoyed is Pantera. Like 'Skinner, they flew the Confederate flag with pride. Not only that, former lead singer Phil Anselmo is a fucking racist. Often in concerts, he bitched about black privilege. A few years ago during a tribute concert to slain bandmate Dimebag Darrell Abbott, he flashed a Nazi salute and screamed "WHITE POWER!" He did apologize a few days later, claiming that he was intoxicated during the show. Former bassist Rex Brown has long-regretted the use of the flag as a symbol for the band.

Of course, 'Skinner still records and tours though the group is down to just one member from their glory days, guitarist Gary Rossington. Their 1977 plane crash and various members of the group dying afterward has played a role in their rotation of current members. Pantera disbanded in 2000 and the core of the band, brothers Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott have since passed on. Yet, they're still revered in the world of rock despite their associations with the stars and bars. However, I do give Pantera credit for raising money for COVID-19 relief through the sales of their masks. But, I don't see any mention of "Black Lives Matter" on either their socials nor 'Skinner's.

Now, why an active rock station like WGRD plays 'Skinner is beyond me. Hell, I just checked WRIF/Detroit's playlist and there's nary a 'Skinner tune. Personally, 'Skinner belongs on classic rock stations and not a newer rock station like 'GRD. Christ, my ex-stepdad LOVES 'Skinner so much that he even got a Confederate flag shaped like an eagle tattooed on his back. Sorry, but after the shit that he did to both my parents, I seriously avoid anything having to do with him or most of his drunk-ass family.

I've said it many times: The Dixie Chicks got banned from country radio stations when lead singer Natalie Maines told a crowd in England that they were ashamed that they were from the same state George W. Bush was from. Yet, when Ted Nugent told the media that "I'll be dead or in jail a year from now", hinting that he wanted to kill President Obama, not one radio station dropped his music. I believe when Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a "slut" on his tin foil hat on his show, yes, he lost sponsors, but he only lost two affiliates. It's tragic that if one has a leftist viewpoint, they're more-likely to be fired. But, maybe, it's a blessing that most newer car radios have a Bluetooth connection so one doesn't have to sit through Confederate flag-wavers to get to the latest tune from Godsmack or Bad Wolves, whose lead singer Tommy Vext is African American.

Up in northern Michigan, I just read that 94.5/106.3 North FM is soon going to be replaced with a simulcast of sister station Q100 in Grayling. Good, since adult contemporary has become a shitty format for northern Michigan radio. Look at failures over the past 20 years like EZ 95-5/106-3/97-7. 92.9 The Breeze and 106.7 WSRT/You FM. Of course, North FM was created when the Coynes - who also own sports-talker WQON 101.1 Grayling - were vacated from their lease of a certain radio station in Traverse City located between 101.8 and 102.0. A station whose owner has long-lied to the FCC of the status of his stations and is known for treating his employees like shit. To me, I think he should sell off his stations and focus on recovering from his recent heart attack and shoving some sense into his son, who proudly displays the Confederate flag on his Facebook page.

I know, I'm not perfect, nor are Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pantera, Howard Stern and the Con-flag-waving Texan whose father owns an illegally-silent 100,000-watt radio station in Traverse City. But, I'm proud to say this: I'd rather be friends with a black man over a far-right conservative white douchenozzle who wears a MAGA hat. When my mom was married to her 'Skinner-loving ex, she HATED Obama, HATED the Democratic Party and bitched about tax money going to lazy blacks in Detroit. Guess what happened? After her ex divorced her (he found another woman whom he quickly divorced and is now on wife #4), she started dating a black man. He's funny, he's intelligent and is a good father to his son, a talented jazz pianist. If he asked my mom to be his wife and to be my stepdad, I would in a heartbeat.

Would banning 'Skinner from terrestrial radio help things? Maybe yea, maybe nay. But for the fucking love of God, 'GRD, PLEASE SHITCAN THE 1970s BUTT ROCK! If you guys want to win the war against satellite and internet radio, listen to the locals and not what Clownsquare corporate wants.

At least the only time I mentioned 101.3 The Brew is in this very sentence.

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