Brutally Honest on ShockNet - 08/30/08 Show Notes

Okay, first and foremost, I want as many folks as possible to tune in tonight over at ShockNet Radio for the "Rock & Roll Diner". C.A. Wood and R.J. Evans have a really great show lined up for tonight, and it is LIVE. That's TONIGHT (Friday) at 8pm Eastern time, 7pm Norman time at ShockNet Radio.

Speaking of RJ, he and I have been chatting these past few nights about a few things... such as my show, about ShockNet, about the new stuff coming up in the next few weeks, and some of the changes have been reflective in this week's show. If you haven't been listening for a while or thought that the commercials were too long or too stale, you REALLY need to be tuning in again, because I have ALL NEW commercials and shorter breaks.

You will also be hearing a little more of me on ShockNet Radio, and not just on Saturday nights. I have introduced a new series of audio clips called "A Minute of Clarity", which is a calm and informative look at certain issues. These clips will be appearing at random not only during my commercial breaks, but also during normal ShockNet Radio commercial breaks.

BTW, Freethought Radio guys... Lauren, Don... please give either myself or RJ a shout out about whether or not I'm still being simulcast on your network, okay? The schedule entry is about a few months old and RJ says that you guys haven't picked up the feed in a while.

Sooooo what's up this week? Well we are in the middle of the convention insanity. The DNC have finished their week-long infomercial, and the GOP have theirs next week, so most of my show will be talking about those two parties and their conventions. Not only the stuff going on today, but also the stuff that happened four years ago to show that there really is very little that differentiates between then and now.

And while it is no big secret that my show is pre-recorded, I should point out it was done PRIOR to John McCain stealing the DNC thunder with today's surprise announcement, so that's why you won't hear any mention of it this week. (Next week, of course, will probably be a different story.)

PLUS we have abbreviated versions of "Off the Wire" and the "Unflushed Awards"... an update on an Atlanta scandal, "Thug Life" has a stupid moment, a "Tubular" politician scores a win in spite of his indictment, a corrupt power-broker may get out of jail early... and which gets the big dump: a frog-hating pope, a ho with a badge, a report that blames a defunct TV show for the rise in Wiccans, or a Playboy gate-crasher? You gotta tune in to find out!

All of that is THIS SATURDAY from 7-8pm Eastern time on ShockNet Radio and simulcast on Apple's iTunes radio player under both the "Talk/Spoken Word" and "Classic Rock" categories.

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So it's come to this....

It's a bit over-dramatic but it does get the point out.

Brutally Honest on ShockNet - 08/23/08 Show Notes

How do you fix the unfixable? How do you fix Congress?

That's certainly a challenge, but one that I took on once upon a time. Didn't know about it? Well, you will this week, as I bring you yet another best from the Brutally Honest Archives!

Plus, lessons learned from the world of soap operas (who says they're not educational?), a state agency committing grand larceny, a railroad hold-up with a twist, the truth about a certain "valued ally", someone wants to out-fear the fear-mongers, out of the potholes into the bigger holes, and who gets the four-flusher this week? You'll just have to tune in to find out, but you may want to pour a drink frist.

All of that is THIS SATURDAY from 7-8pm Eastern time on ShockNet Radio, and simulcast on Freethought Radio and Apple's iTunes radio player under both the "Talk/Spoken Word" and "Classic Rock" categories.

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A WTF moment

File this under WTF (or "What The Frell")...

"Naked Woman Carjacks Van" - that gets a quick blurb followed by ONE picture of the woman... clothed and only a headshot from her arrest.

"Olympic Weightlifter In Tragic Accident" - that get a a FULL COLOR CLOSE-UP of the athlete with the clearly distorted arm and elbow twisted on the other side of the body. And that gets shown EVERYWHERE!

WTF guys? Freakish stomach-twisting disfiguring body parts suffered in an accident is okay, but the naked female carjacker (who looked okay in her mug shot anyway) only gets a quick blurb?

Brutally Honest on ShockNet - 08/16/08 Show Notes

This week's show deals with a HUGE social issue... cheating hearts! And you can probably guess the reason why, but if not, here's a little hint...

Now... WHY does this story sound so familiar? Well if you're a Brutally Honest listener, you'd know why! And if you're not? Well now's the time to become one.

And speaking of "why", I'll also be answering that "WHY" question that people don't want answered.

All that PLUS an Olympic-sized concern, a "tavern tradition", Obama wants old farts to not pay income taxes, someone's got their hand in the Russia-Georgia conflict, and... do you think you can do a better job than me? Well I'll show you how you can get the tools to put that to the test!

All of that is THIS SATURDAY from 7-8pm Eastern time on ShockNet Radio, and simulcast on Freethought Radio and Apple's iTunes radio player under both the "Talk/Spoken Word" and "Classic Rock" categories.

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Limbaugh digs himself into a septic tank

When I first heard about this story, I kept on thinking that maybe Keith Olbermann was going to rip Rush a new one simply because of him condemning John Edwards over his infidelity... even though Limbaugh is certainly not one to speak on the subject given his extensive marital record.

But then I heard what he was saying... or trying to say... and I realized that this guy was simply digging himself deeper and deeper into a septic tank.



Hey Rush, you're supposed to stop when the digging starts to smell bad and you start to hit something fluid.

Fired for telling the truth

"Fair and balanced" my ass!



"We'll tell you what the news is!"

Brutally Honest on ShockNet - 08/09/08 Show Notes

After weeks and weeks of trashing his campaign and speaking in defense of his opponent, I decided to give a certain wrinkly white-haired old guy named McCain some tips on how to better run his campaign so that he could quite possibly WIN in November.

Mind you, I'm not doing this as any kind of endorsement... but rather to try to keep it from degrading into the kind of election that turns people AWAY from the polls. I'm doing it to knock off the political horse dung!

Oh and how about that wrinkly white-haired old guy's opponent? Well being the equal-opportunity offender that I am, I gave him the same kind of attention that I've been giving the old coot.

See? I'm more "fair and balanced" than that certain news channel!

Plus, a find out who gets "the big dump" award, and how about some things that separate the men from the women? Yeah, I got that too...

All of that is THIS SATURDAY from 7-8pm Eastern time on ShockNet Radio, and simulcast on Freethought Radio and Apple's iTunes radio player under both the "Talk/Spoken Word" and "Classic Rock" categories.

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Not extremists huh?

Can't happen to Christians, you say? They're different, you say?

You mean like this guy? And like the people who follow him?

They're still around, folks. They didn't curl up under a rock and disappear. And they'll back any candidate that will do their bidding, just like they did in 2000 and 2004.

Or how about this guy? Remember him? He used to wield power over the House of Representatives before he was indicted for corruption. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was just a seat-warmer to this guy!

Have a listen to what he had to say just a few days ago...

I know that America was created by God and it was created by God, not for wealth, personal wealth. It wasn't created by God so that we would have the resources that we now have. It wasn't even created by God to have the freedom that we have now. America was created by God to spread the Gospel; to spread the word of Jesus Christ and to propagate Christianity. And the reason I know that is because my entire political career is exhibited by that. The Lord walked with me …I came to Christ in the first year in Congress and now I've been walking with the Lord [and] he has trained me and showed me why he created this nation: to spread the Gospel.

That's Tom DeLay, folks.

Can't happen?

Yeah, right!

Brutally Honest on ShockNet - 08/02/08 Show Notes

I'm shaking things up this week. This, of course, follows the FUBAR last week where if you weren't part of my MySpace group or a visitor to the Blog Site, you didn't get to hear last week's show unless you just HAPPENED to tune in on Sunday at 6pm instead of Saturday at 7pm. I do address that, and also show you where to catch last week's show in case you missed it.

In addition to all the news "Off the Wire", including one that you DEFINITELY DID NOT hear in the US Media, I'll have a couple of words about the recent drop in gas and oil prices and why you should NOT be breathing a sigh of relief over this news. In fact, you should be pissed off as I am about this whole matter, and you'll hear why.

Plus another blast from the Brutally Honest past, and this one is something that Freethought Radio listeners should really appreciate.

All of that is THIS SATURDAY from 7-8pm Eastern time on ShockNet Radio, and simulcast on Freethought Radio and Apple's iTunes radio player under both the "Talk/Spoken Word" and "Classic Rock" categories.

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