The Post-ShockNet Era

The Post-ShockNet Era
(Or: What the heck am I going to do now that I don't have a live radio show to give me a sense of purpose?)

ShockNet Radio has now officially gone the way of City of Heroes...

Long live ShockNet Radio!

I spent many years helping RJ and his wife with both my own show and with RJ's. It has literally been a part of my life, a part of who I am. I have identified myself as "media personality for ShockNet Radio" for a few years now instead of as a writer or a comic book creator or an online columnist. This has been my dream job! And now that dream is shut down.

So the question of the hour is "What now?"

Well, for starters, I still have a whole half-year of archives to post. I have been using Ourmedia as my intermediary for the Internet Archive, and Ourmedia has been seriously screwed up since the spring. Since Ourmedia was essential in getting the iTunes link, I lost my iTunes connection as well. And since the folks at Ourmedia show no interest in getting the matter fixed (it's BEEN over six months!), I guess I'll have to come up with my own intermediary link for the Internet Archive so I can finish posting those archived shows that people have missed. This will also serve as the home for the return of the Brutally Honest Rants in late January 2014. 

The only question I have will be will I be using Blogger or Wordpress? Stay tuned.

The Brutally Honest - LIVE Facebook page will (hopefully) stay and has been re-purposed into "Brutally Honest Rants", so those of you that "like" it on Facebook will still have it around for updates.  The SNR logo has been replaced with Get Brutal Productions, but everything else should still be there.

This Monday's Brutally Honest Column will be the annual "Brutally Honest Awards" feature, wrapping up the year looking at the best of the best and the worst of the worst and everything else that I might be able to remember about the year. Then that will be it for the holidays.  But, don't worry, new articles WILL be coming back in the second half of January. (Hey, I've been doing this for seventeen years now.  It's the one thing that I completely control, so why should I stop now?)

That brings us to my OTHER ventures...

First, Battlerock Comics.

"Future's Guardian" #9 will be going online on Sunday, December 1st.  BUT no rest for the weary as I'll be working on FG10 for January 15th.

And in between that I'll be working on ANOTHER venture that will have some eyebrows raised and some pants wetted.  Keep checking the website and you might catch a little "Seasons Greeting" whipped up just for the occasion.

Then there's the NEW venture with RJ and company...

AHTV!

Yes, that American Heathen® Television! We've taken the radio show that kicked off ShockNet Radio back in 2005 and turned it on it's side... took some really nasty pics of it... and will be putting it on Blip.TV starting December 25th! But it's not going to be like the radio show you may (or most likely not) remember. No, we're going for your mind AND your funny bone!

And, yes, I'll be in it... or rather a "version" of me will be in it. Call it David2.1... always in perpetual beta-test mode. You'll see what I mean come December 25th.

So... pretty busy "down time" for me, but that's what I got so far. 

ShockNet Radio is gone, but the spirit lives on.

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 11/25/13 - FINAL SHOW NOTES

This is it, folks.

THE LAST SHOW!

I didn't want it to end. I still don't want it to end. But end it must.

So this is it, and if we're going to go, we're going to go BIG!

The theme for this final show will be PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE. Where we've been, what we are doing now, and what's to come.

We'll have the phone lines. We'll have guests. We'll have surprises. We'll have everything... well, everything EXCEPT punch and pie. (Sorry, I have to do EVERYTHING around here, and sacrifices did have to be made.)

And if you thought I'd be crazy to promise all of that with only one hour to do it all in, well then you'd be right.

SO we're bumping this last hurrah up to TWO HOURS!

Be sure to tune in one more time THIS MONDAY (11/25), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Help me make this last show one for the archives!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 11/18/13 - Show Notes

We're almost there folks... this is the PENULTIMATE show!

And what a subject to talk about for this next-to-last broadcast...

THE DEATH OF HOPE!

This week marks a certain anniversary that many people wished never happened. (And if you happen to think that the event in question was my birth, then... well even I wouldn't be that egotistical.) And while a lot of people want to focus only on that one event in history, I think it opened the door to a much larger problem. One that has been affecting us for about fifty years now.

I'll explain more on the air, and then I'll want your thoughts on it.

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (11/18), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 11/11/13 - Show Notes

Our time here on the air is almost coming to a close, so I figured I'd share something special with you for this week's program.

You know how President Obama's new healthcare website has been undergoing problems? Well apparently someone has decided to work up an alternative program, and a certain commentator was asked to help "beta-test" it. And how better to "beta-test" this new program than to do it on the air?

So that's what we're going to do!

That won't be all I have for us, of course, but it should get your attention.

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (11/11), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

End Of Year... and other endings...

We've come to the part of the year that I really don't put too much thought about... the END of the year.

And this year, the "END" comes in so many different ways.

If you haven't been listening to ShockNet Radio, then you probably don't know that the station will be shutting down at the end of this month.

This is not a temporary shutdown.  This is not the annual "Holiday Hiatus".  ShockNet Radio will come to an end at 11pm Eastern Time on Friday, November 29th. The station goes dark, the equipment gets broken down and sold and Studio B joins Studio A in obscurity.

Obviously this means there will be no more "Brutally Honest - LIVE" after this month.  The show needs a live radio station to make it happen, and there will be no more ShockNet Radio after this month, so BHL will come to an end.

Don't worry, I will have a grand finale on November 25th.  It'll be a special 2-hour final broadcast, and I have NO IDEA what I'll be doing for the last hour.

And I REALLY HOPE that you guys will tune for the shows on the 11th and 18th too!!!  I don't want you guys to think that I'M giving up on you before then, so please don't give up on me!  I'm not like some of the other hosts that I will not mention that have given up on their shows long before the plug is pulled on them.  I LIKE DOING THIS!  I WISH I COULD KEEP DOING THIS!  I feel just as let down as some of you that the decision was made to shut down SNR, but it wasn't my call and I have to accept the decision of those that made the call and were responsible for keeping my labor of love going for as long as it has.

That brings us to the question of "What next?"

Some people have asked that I return "Brutally Honest" to an hour or half-hour podcast like it used to be before going live.  I have a few issues with that. 

The first issue is that I don't have the time to dedicate to that kind of work like I used to.  I have work and a few projects on my plate, including the new AHTV series.  That's time, effort, and energy that I don't have to put into doing an hour or even half-hour podcast.

The second issue is a matter of spirit.  Losing BHL and ShockNet is taking a lot out of me.  This is a kick in the nuts on the same level as NC Soft suddenly killing my favorite MMO last year.  While I understand the decision of RJ and his wife to end the station (and their reason was a thousand times more credible than NC Soft's was), it still hurts, and I do not have it within me to try to pretend that I can "keep the magic going" by doing a self-published podcast.

That's not to say I'm hanging up the microphone and shutting down the soundboard!  I will most likely return to doing a weekly audio rant in 2014.  But it will be just one rant.  I'll have the details of that later on at this blog site.  Maybe some day when I can get someone else's attention and I have access to live radio I can bring "Brutally Honest - LIVE" back.  I just don't see that day coming anytime soon.

Next up... the weekly column.

I'm still doing the column, as I have been doing for the past seventeen years.  The last column for the year will be out on December 2nd, and it will be the annual "Brutally Honest Awards", and then that will be it for 2013.  However, unlike the radio show, the column WILL be back in January of 2014.  Believe me, I don't want to miss out on some prime commentating when it comes to the mid-term elections!

Now... let's talk comics and the future of Battlerock Comics.

"Future's Guardian" is still going on.  We are about mid-way through the "Psilence of Conscience" storyline and things are just starting to get interesting there.  The production schedule has been moved to a 45-day cycle instead of a monthly release because of some of the other projects on my plate right now.  We will be taking a break after the storyline ends, but that's only because there are some other comic projects that we need to concentrate on.  The series WILL resume afterward!  It is not being cancelled!

For more about that, please continue to visit the Battlerock Comics website.

So, that's pretty much it for now.  We have three more shows of "Brutally Honest - LIVE" to do, four more articles for the column for the year, the comic series is still going on, and, oh, AHTV makes its debut in December so you'll be able to find out why I have a face for radio!

Holiday?  WHAT Holiday?  :)

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 11/04/13 - Show Notes

So how was your Halloween? Get any good candy?

Of course, for many local politicians here in America, the real sweets are this coming Tuesday with Election Day. A day that most people will probably ignore, but they really shouldn't.

Given the forthcoming local elections, and the fact that it falls on Guy Fawkes Day, I thought maybe we should look at what it would take to really fix government. Because there ARE some ideas being floated about, ranging from fixing how we are taxed to term limits and even one radical method of supposedly holding members of the U.S. Senate in line. We'll go over that and some others you may have either in the chat room or by calling in through our TOLL-FREE number.

Because we know that something is wrong; we just can't seem to agree as to what needs to be done to fix it.

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (11/04), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 10/28/13 - Show Notes

There's a chill in the air...

It's a time of dread, of stories featuring monsters, demons, and other things that go bump in the night.

Are these the end times?

No. Just check your calendar. It's HALLOWEEN!

And after two weeks of "open line" discussions, we actually have a discussion topic for this week's show:

WHAT DO YOU FEAR?

I'll be sure to share my own fears, and we can speculate on what certain others fear. And while we're at it, we can go over some fears that really are overrated.

That should take up the hour, right? Plus there are the Quick Rants, and of course the "final rant", and I really don't know how wound up I'll get for that part of the show. And that can sometimes scare me.

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (10/28), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 10/21/13 - Show Notes

Once again... I'm stuck as to what to talk about for Monday.

Last week we did open call discussion, and we got some really good questions in.

But... now that the shutdown is over with... at least until January... I'm once again stumped as to what we should talk about.

Will I come up with something by showtime? Or will I have another open line night? FIND OUT!

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (10/21), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 10/14/13 - Show Notes

You know... for once I'm stuck as to what to talk about for Monday.

I mean, yeah, we could talk about the shutdown, the debt ceiling, the GOP changing rules, the question of who is at fault...

But it's getting tired.  We keep on talking about it over and over again.  I know where you guys stand on it all; you know where I stand on it all.

And yet... what else is there to talk about?

I guess we'll have to find out. If something should come up between now and then, obviously we'll jump on it. But let's just play this one by ear, okay?

And... will this be the only show on ShockNet Radio's schedule again? Will we have our "usual" weekly fare this week? Find out here!

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (10/14), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 10/07/13 - Show Notes

Prior to the GOP throwing their temper tantrum and forcing a shutdown of the federal government, there were news reports about how things seem to be getting better.

Foreclosures are down, layoffs are down, home prices are starting to go up, and the Federal Reserve continues to toy with the idea that they would end the Wall Street money trough.

And yet, I look around and things really don't look like they're getting better.

So I have to wonder... ARE things really getting better? Or are we just getting better at LYING to ourselves?

You'll hear my thoughts on that, and then I'll want to know what YOU think. Oh, and if you want to talk about the GOP tantrum, you can do that as well.

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (10/07), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 09/30/13 - Show Notes

It recently occurred to me how much we've changed in the seventeen years that I've been doing Brutally Honest commentary.

When I first got started doing this, the idea of same-sex marriages scared the crap out of the great unwashed... so much so that even the liberal-leaning Clintons were backing a federal ban on it. Today, it's got a tacit Supreme Court nod and a good portion of the states will either recognize them or at the very least not discriminate against them.

Pot legalization?  Are you kidding?  Even the idea of allowing it only for medicinal purposes was considered to be just a pipe dream! Now you have states that are not only doing that, but they are out-and-out legalizing it in small amounts! And the federal government is supposedly giving those states a wide berth. 

Things that were once thought of as out-of-your-mind are becoming okay. So what's next? Will it be... legalized brothels? Hey, I'd be down for that if it's done right!

Meanwhile the cons and neo-cons are throwing fits and tantrums over... well, over everything! They really are getting to be just a bomb and a gun away from full Christian jihadism.

So what I want to know is... what's your take on all this? Where do you stand? Are we ready for the "new and scary"? Or are you trying to find the emergency brake to slam on hard?

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (09/30), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 09/23/13 - Show Notes

Pope Francis, the new head of the Roman Catholic Church, has REALLY been hitting the headlines, hasn't he?

So far he's castigated Big Corporate for their parasitic predatory philosophy of plunder, he's insisted on living a humble existence, telling priests to give up luxury cars, he's making personal phone calls to the common people...

And now he's saying the Church needs to change its attitude or else it is DOOMED!

Well I happen to think he's right on that front, and that's speaking as one that has not only grown up Catholic, but also graduated from one of the top liberal arts colleges in New England that is run by monks and nuns!

But I want to know what you think about this. I know there are several theists, atheists, Catholics, non-Catholic Christians, and "others" that listen to my show. (Okay, maybe one of each... I don't what to delude myself too much here.) So this is your opportunity to speak up on the subject. Do you agree with Pope Francis? Do you think the Church needs to change to accommodate the shifting demographic and evolving attitudes? Do you think the Catholic Church itself CAN change? Or do you think it's too late for that?

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (09/23), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Are you ready to see Monster's kids?

If you've been listening to the show, you'd know that our call screener, Gladys, was supposedly impregnated by simply looking at the picture of the super-testosterone Monster.

Well we've known from the get-go that this would be an unusual pregnancy.

Not only did she give birth, but it was to TWINS!

Monster tried to stop us from posting the pics, but we just got approval today to do it... and on Monster's birthday no less!

So here we go...

Meet LARS

and GUNTER!

Bear in mind that even though they're only a few weeks old, they're already physically 10.

Congrats Monster and Happy Birthday!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 09/16/13 - Show Notes

So what if we could take care of the problem with all of those foreclosed homes still left vacant because of Too Big To Fail?

You know, the homes that have been left to rot because the greedy bank executives just don't care enough to keep the lawns mowed and the sidings painted. Nobody is living in them. There's no local tax revenue being generated because of that.

What if the local government could take those homes off the hands of the greedy bank criminals? They'd still get fair market price, and the local governments can then oversee the sale of those homes to people that could afford to live in them.

Sounds good, right? After all, the government has been pretty much given cart blanche to take property from others through eminent domain so they can hand that property over to other private entities. And it would be for the exact same pretense they used before... namely to increate the tax revenue off that property, because right now they're not getting any.

Is it right? Are you for it? And why are the greedy bank criminals against it if they know they're getting money out of the deal?

I've talked about this in an earlier show, but I really want to know what you think about it.

Oh, and it's SOMEONE'S birthday on Monday! No, not mine... not yet anyway... but tune in to find out who!

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (09/16), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 09/09/13 - Show Notes

You know, for someone who started his tenure by winning the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama seems to have a really perverse fixation on WAR.

First there was Iraq and Afghanistan... and granted he basically had to clean up Junior's messes in those countries. Then there were the Somali pirates. Then there was Libya.

And now there's Syria... maybe... if Congress is somehow able to fight THE SCRIPT. You know, the same SCRIPT that FoxNews hashes out on a continual basis with their so-called "experts" telling people that we HAVE to go to Syria and we HAVE to stay in Syria and it's GOING to be a fuster-cluck no matter what we do, but we have to do it anyway. Oh, and these are the same so-called "experts" that were telling us that we HAD to go to Iraq and we HAD to fight Saddam Hussein and that is was GOING to be a fuster-cluck no matter what we did, but we HAD to do it anyway.

Speaking of which, I don't feel sorry for the trained parrots of FoxNews... because they're reciting from a SCRIPT that they automatically want to HATE simply because it's being done under Obama's watch!

BUT... should we be going there? And are we doing it for the right reasons? Or is this yet another ego-driven war, like Iraq was for Bush Junior?

By the way, this is the part of the show where you call in so I can hear what you think about the subject. I don't want you to presume that I'll be spending all of the show talking, okay? We even have a toll-free number for you to call so it won't cost you anything to speak your mind.

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (09/09), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 09/02/13 - Show Notes

Is it true?  Will David 2 be WORKING on LABOR DAY?

Well, yes...

Working ON THIS SHOW!

I have to, because there is something very important that I want to talk to you about concerning the future of this program.

Some people already know what this is, and if you are one of them, please DO NOT BE A DICK!

But because we are talking about Labor Day, I figured this would be a great time to talk about LABOR.. for what it is worth.

There are people protesting fast food restaurants to demand a hike in the minimum wage.  Billionaire CEO of McDonald's responds by whining about how it would skyrocket the cost of fast food, although doesn't talk about the profits they make and how they came up with a pompous and unrealistic McBudget for those minimum wage workers that actually tells those overworked and underpaid workers that they must get a second job in order to meet the unrealistic McBudget.

Believe me, I'll have something to say when my column comes out on Monday, but what I want to know is what you think of the subject.

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (09/02), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 08/26/13 - Show Notes

First, I want to apologize for last Monday's cancellation.

In order to do these broadcasts I need two computers.  The first computer handles the live connection between Get Brutal Productions and with ShockNet Radio itself.  The second computer handles all the sound effects and the chatroom.  A few months back, I lost the monitor for my second computer. So I turned to "Old Reliable", my original bulky 19" CRT monitor. Then that died, so I was out the audio PC.  I managed to set up a workaround with my laptop, which did a superb job these past few weeks... until last weekend when the display died.

Fortunately I was able to get a new monitor for my audio PC, so it is back and running... but I do miss my laptop.

Anyway, on with the show!

This week I have another two-fer discussion subject. BALLMER and BATMAN!

First, Steve Ballmer, the gruff CEO of Microsoft, has announced he is stepping down in the next year or so. He seems to think that his biggest failure was with Windows Vista, but was that really the case? How about their XBox Live with the forced DRM junk? How about MS Surface and the dancing morons? I'm sure a lot of listeners are Microsoft users in one way or another, so I'm wondering what you think of the Post-Bill-Gates Microsoft. Do you like where they are heading? What should they do? Can they recover? SHOULD they recover?

Then there's BATMAN! Or is it BatFLECK? Ben Affleck has agreed to be Batman for the Man of Steel sequel, working with Henry Cavil as Superman and Bryan Cranston (from AMC's "Breaking Bad") as Lex Luthor. This would supposedly be a multi-picture project, with Affleck and Cranston crossing over into other DC movies much like Clark Gregg and Samuel L. Jackson did for Marvel's movies. But is does the Oscar-winning director have what it takes to take over from Christian Bale? Are we talking another surprise like Michael Keaton, or would he be another George Clooney? And why should we even be making this kind of fuss?

That's what up for discussion... and if one subject dominates over the other, then at least I could bring the other subject back the following week.

One more thing: there is a certain announcement that has been going around regarding the future of this program on ShockNet Radio. The staff here is well aware of this announcement and we will formally address it on the Labor Day program.  For those of you who already know what it is, I would ask that you please be patient for one more week before peppering me with questions about it, okay?

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (08/26), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

No Show For Monday - 08/19/13

Regretfully we will have to cancel this week's broadcast of "Brutally Honest - LIVE!"

Over the weekend we suffered the loss of our audio computer's display, which is essential for the show, and we will not be able to get a replacement in time for this week's show.

However, we hope that you will continue to enjoy all the great programming that ShockNet Radio provide this week, including "The Rock & Roll Diner" this Tuesday night with CA Wood, and "Hard Luck Chuck's Juke Joint" on Friday night with Hard Luck Chuck (aka "2BuckChuck" on our show). Both shows are at 8pm ET, 7pm CT.

AND hopefully we will be back on the air NEXT Monday at our usual time of 8pm ET, 7pm CT, to go over everything social, political, in-your-face, and BRUTALLY HONEST.

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 08/12/13 - Show Notes

Remember Court TV?

That's the cable channel that was supposed to be all about court cases.  Every kind of court case you can get, from OJ Simpson to the local murder cases, were discussed.  Obviously the Supreme Court decisions played a role with them as well.

Well Court TV pretty much died in 2008 when it was "re-branded" as "TruTV" and began running mindless programming.  Oh, wait, they were doing that back in 2004.

Anyway, Court TV may be dead, but why does it seem like its ghost lives on through other channels?

Daytime television is still apparently fixated on certain court cases, from Casey Anthony to George Zimmerman, and everyone wants to dissect the proceedings.  Hundreds of so-called "legal experts" and thousands of armchair consultants all break down each and every action in the case, second-guessing testimony and legal tactics and trying to read the minds of the players. And it's apparently working, or else people like Nancy Grace and Greta Van Sustren would be virtual nobodies.

So the discussion subject for this week is all about the Court of Television. Should there BE one? Should we BE second-guessing the proceedings?

And WHAT KIND of trials should we be looking at? Here in Atlanta, we have the perjury trial of Andrea Sneiderman versus the corruption trial of Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill.  Sex-Lies-and-Murder versus Politicians-Gone-Wild... you can guess which one the media here is fixated on. But are they fixated on the WRONG case? I want to know what you think about this whole thing!

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (08/12), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 08/05/13 - Show Notes

So you probably heard about all the CHATTER that Homeland Security picked up. All the CHATTER that tells Americans they need to BE AFRAID, be REALLY AFRAID, especially if they're overseas.

The embassies have to be shut down over the weekend... GOTTA BE CAREFUL! And now it has to be the whole week. Sucks to be an American abroad and you need the help of the local embassy, huh?

Because of the CHATTER, don't you know? It's all about the CHATTER.

Or is it something else? Makes you wonder, huh? Homeland Security admits losing track of A MILLION visitors, don't know if they're still here. TSA workers are sleeping on the job. Edward Snowden got his asylum in Russia. FBI going after people who Google a certain kind of kitchenware. Is it really about a little Bush-era tactic to bring the masses back under the mattresses?

Well let's have our own little CHATTER about it... on the digital airwaves, of course!

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (08/05), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 07/29/13 - Show Notes

"If you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear."

How many times have you heard that, huh?

Anytime some pompous self-righteous chickenhawk talks about national security and wanting to peer into our lives, that's the statement they LOVE to use.

"If you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear."

What a bunch of self-serving BS!

I believe that WE ALL have something that we would rather not be made public.  We ALL do!  Our lives are not the "open books" that we pretend they are.

So if we KNOW that we all lie, that we ALL have something that we would rather not be made public.. WHY then do we subscribe to THIS particular lie of "If you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear"?

That's is what I want you to open up about. Do you subscribe to the LIE? And if not, how would you deal with the person that tries to shovel that LIE?

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (07/29), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 07/22/13 - Show Notes

So I'm sitting back over the weekend, wondering about Monday's show, and for once I was a little stumped.

It's not easy sometimes to come up with show subjects... things that make you think, and, more importantly for me since this IS a radio show, things that make you want to call-in and talk about it.

That's when my high school buddy and "adopted bro" Phil (a.k.a. MONSTER) chimed in and we started talking some subjects and he mentioned that his father was REALLY upset over President Obama's comments about Trayvon Martin and how Obama said it "could have been me... thirty-five years ago". That's when we started talking about racial profiling and how some people claim they don't "see it", and because THEY don't "see it", that must mean that it "doesn't exist".

Then my best friend put the whole subject on its ear with this question:

What if the problem isn't about RACE at all?  What if the problem really is CLASS?

Crazy? Out-of-bounds? On-the-mark? I WANT TO KNOW! And I want to know ON THE AIR!

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (07/22), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 07/15/13 - Show Notes

"With Liberty And Justice For All..."

Or so the Pledge of Allegiance ends, as created by a certain Christian-Communist.  (Oh, you didn't know that?  Do some research.)

But is it REALLY the case today?

Corporations are declared people, banks are allowed to steal homes, lobbyists are allowed to literally craft legislation for politicians to simply rubber-stamp, the government can snoop into our lives at will, police can shoot your dog and arrest you for simply taking pictures of them from your own front yard... and now a young man walking to the store can get himself killed by some gun-toting thug with delusions of having a badge and he is allowed to get away with it thanks to Fox News.

"Liberty and Justice For All"... really? REALLY?

Maybe we need to strike this from the Pledge, because right now the only people with "Liberty and Justice" are the millionaires and billionaires that can buy the law and buy their way out of accountability.

What do you think? Let me know by tuning-in and calling-in!

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (07/15), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 07/08/13 - Show Notes

WOW! The "Summer Break" is here and gone already! Well, at least it is for us here at the Brutally Honest Command Center.

So let's get caught up on what's been going on while we've been out, shall we?

And while we're at it, I have a couple of subject for us to hash over...

Let's start with the people that I refer to as an "OBLAMER". What is an "OBLAMER", you ask? Well it's someone that blames everything on Barack Obama, especially when it involves things that Obama didn't do.  Like when your insurance provider decides to screw you over and you decide to blame it on Obama rather than on the greed of the big corporate Insurance company. Or when if the price of gasoline goes up and you blame Obama for it, but refuse to credit Obama when the price goes down and claim that it fell "in spite of Obama". Or when you wake up in the morning and you stub your toe and you blame Obama for it instead of your own incompetence.

In fact, let's have some fun with this and take this into a Jeff Foxworthy monologue... "You might be an Oblamer if..."

If that doesn't work, then we have another subject we can talk about... B00BS!!!

No I'm not kidding.  Is there a war going on against "b00bs"? It certainly seems like it.

BUT let's not go there only if we don't have any "Oblamer" zingers to bring up.

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (07/08), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Happy Fourth of July!

Today we celebrate...

Well, we CELEBRATE! 

We fire up the grill and we put on some burgers and hot dogs, we slice up some watermelon, we show up at that parade and we cheer the local boy scout troop and the veterans that served that we then honor, then we go find our usual place in the park and we watch the fireworks staged to some sermonized jingoistic music.

And we claim that we're doing this for A REASON.  We claim that we're doing this because over two hundred years ago a bunch of men got together and said they weren't going to follow the dictates of the dominant and overbearing international superpower, and that we have to remember that or else we'll lose this thing called FREEDOM.

But here's a funny little question... do you REALLY know what FREEDOM is?

Seriously, do you know?

Have you ever sat down and wondered WHAT the concept of FREEDOM means?

I tell you what: you won't hear it from the Fox News crowd!  You won't hear it from the trained parrots of talk radio!  You won't hear it from the conservative editorials that have decided to waste their time re-printing the Declaration of Independence and pretend to know what it was all about.

You want to know what FREEDOM REALLY MEANS?

I'll tell you.  Or better yet, I'll SHOW YOU!

This is an animated video taken from my "Brutally Honest on ShockNet Radio" show from a few years ago.  The show was an hour-long and broken into three segments, so you have each part as a separate video.

Watch the video series.  THINK about what it means, and then compare that to the BS you hear from Fox News and talk radio.  THEN go to your July 4th celebrations and see if other people actually GET what the concept is all about.


And if you like what you see, then be sure to tune in every Monday night at 8pm ET, 7pm CT, for "Brutally Honest - LIVE" on ShockNet Radio!

On "Summer Break" until July 8th

Just wanted to remind the listeners to "Brutally Honest - LIVE!" that there will not be a show this week as the studio is on summer break.

We will be back on July 8th with our usual combination of commentary, chat discussions, and listener phone calls.

Meanwhile, enjoy the week, try to stay cool, and check back here on July 4th for a little classic production suitable for the holiday.

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 06/27/13 - Show Notes

FYI #1: Concerning the Archive, as of 6/22, Ourmedia is still having problems with user accounts.  Once we are able to resolve this problem I will be able to get the archives going again.

FYI #2: There WILL NOT be a show on July 1st as we will take a brief Summer Break to enjoy the July 4th festivities, although I will probably be spending the down time working on an alternative to Ourmedia's continued Obama-level failure because it has been FAR TOO LONG for this to be excusable!

Now that those have been taken care of, let's talk about Monday's show...

The GOP has been playing this game of late... they CLAIM to be concerned about economic issues when they're not in Washington. They're always BITCHING about how the economy needs to be taken care of and how things suck for people... and they are. But then they go back to Washington, and rather than deal WITH those economic issues, they decide to turn around and deal with SOCIAL issues. More precisely, they want to impose the dictatorial fascistic laws that only the EXTREMISTS want enacted.

And the economy? Well that only comes up when people want to talk ABOUT those fascistic social issues.

Yes, it's a sick and twisted game designed to only benefit them... so the question I want to hear from you about is... why do YOU let it go on? These two-faced hypocrites ARE supposed to represent YOU, right?

So if you had to pick a general subject - Social or Economic - which one do YOU want these grifters and shysters to focus on?

Call in and let me know!

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (06/24), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 06/17/13 - Show Notes

Just to update everyone with the Archives: as of 6/15, Ourmedia is still having problems with user accounts.  Once we are able to resolve this problem I will be able to get the archives going again.

Okay... let's have a "dialogue" about Monday!

Actually let's talk ABOUT having a "dialogue" or a "debate" or a "discussion".

Isn't it funny that those words are only uttered involving things that have already happened?  Or on decisions that were already made?

It's a weird and perverted twist on the idea that our government operates on the "consent of the governed", doesn't it?

Let's talk about that on Monday's show!

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (06/17), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 06/10/13 - Show Notes

Just to update everyone with the Archives: as of 6/9, Ourmedia is still having problems with user accounts.  Once we are able to resolve this problem I will be able to get the archives going again.

Okay... let's talk about Monday!

We've got a few "hot issues" for this new "Season of Faux Patriotism", don't we? We have the IRS and their perceived "abuses". Then we have the NSA and the "sudden revelation" that they have been grabbing ALL phone calls in their hunt for "bad guys". And by "sudden revelation", we're talking about something that's been going on for almost ten years now. So we have that and the larger issue of privacy that we have to wonder how much data is out there about us.

And what I want to know is... what do YOU think about this stuff?  CALL IN!

Oh, and for the NSA: if you catch me using the words "thermonuclear" and "death", understand that it in reference to my CHILI RECIPE! (Yes, I've called it "Thermonuclear Death Chili" for years.)

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (06/10), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 06/02/13 - Show Notes

Just to update everyone with the Archives: as of 6/2, Ourmedia is back online, but their previous pages and user accounts are still MIA.  Once we are able to resolve this problem I will be able to get the archives going again.

And now... let's talk about Monday!

We've talked about the GOP in the past. I used to be a card-carrying member of the GOP before the extremists made it clear that true freedom-loving libertarians like myself were not welcomed there. I rag on the GOP, I complain about their tactics and their pompous self-righteous self-serving hypocritical stances, I call them out for being everything evil in the world...

And I'm not the only one doing this! There are plenty of people that have picked apart the GOP for their actions. The "Party of Lincoln" has become the "Party of Mussolini", and that change has come back to hurt them in two presidential elections now.

But is there anything that can be done to change it? Can the "Party of Mussolini" come back to being the "Party of Lincoln"?

There are some that think the GOP need to be fixed. Former and possibly-future presidential contenders are saying that the GOP MUST change in order for it to survive, never mind win the 2016 Election.

But can they? Or is it too late?

What do you think? LET US KNOW!

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (06/03), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 05/27/13 - Show Notes

Before we get going I need to mention that we are still having problems with the Ourmedia component of our archives. We cannot upload the previous shows until the folks at Ourmedia get their act together, so when they do, we will put up all of the archives.

And now... LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN!

Once again we have to play catch-up due to the tornado that swept through the Oklahoma City area.  While the broadcast facilities were thankfully not affected, it did come close enough for Station Manager RJ Evans to make the call to cancel the show last week.  As such last week's discussion topic will be THIS week's discussion topic. 

It is that time of year when we talk about graduation. Once upon a time only High Schools and Colleges had graduation ceremonies, but today even kindergarteners are having their own ceremonies. And with the colleges and universities, you have "big names" giving commencement speeches to challenge the graduates.

In previous years, I've done my own commencement address to those either going out into the "real world" or those going from one institution to the next. Of course nobody would pay me do give this kind of message, so I wasn't burdened to sugar-goat my advice. And since last week I lambasted the President of the United States for his "do better" speech, I thought I'd turn the speech role to you, the listeners.

Our discussion topic this week will be what advice YOU would give to the Class of 2013. What would you tell them? Would you give them practical advice? Would you give comedic advice? Would you tell them to shut up and just give you your latté? I want to know! Use our TOLL-FREE 800 number as your podium to speak to the Class of 2013!

Oh, and we'll also have our Quick Rants and maybe even some more "Sponsored Products" for you to enjoy.

Be sure to tune in THIS MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY (05/27), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE - 05/20/13 Show Cancelled

I must regretfully announce that tonight's broadcast of Brutally Honest - LIVE has to be cancelled due to dangerous weather conditions in the Oklahoma City area.

I have been keeping in touch with RJ Evans, who has access to all of the weather-related feeds and he has been tracking a series of violent supercells headed towards the ShockNet Radio studio.  After viewing the radar information myself, I have to concur with his recommendation to cancel tonight's broadcast given the nature of these supercells and the potential damage they would cause not just studio but also to nearby utilities.  We cannot do a show without electricity, and we cannot guarantee this will be available to us this evening.

The studio will continue to play classic rock this evening as long as there is electricity, and, as far as we know, both the "Rock and Roll Diner" and "Hard Luck Chuck's Juke Joint" will be on at their respective normal time slots this week.

Brutally Honest - LIVE has every intention of being back on the air on Memorial Day at its normal time slot at 8pm ET, 7pm CT.  And hopefully the studio will not be transported to the land of Oz before then.

Again, we regret the cancellation, but the matter is out of our hands at this point.

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 05/20/13 Show Notes

Before we get going I just want to mention that we've been having some problems with getting the May 6th show uploaded to the Internet Archive. The chief problem here is the Ourmedia website, which is crucial for iTunes to access the archived shows. The site itself has been down completely for the whole week, and only this week we are getting a webpage notice that it is down due to "technical problems". Once Ourmedia is up we will be able to upload the archived shows, so please be patient with us.

And now on with the show...

It is that time of year when we talk about graduation. Once upon a time only High Schools and Colleges had graduation ceremonies, but today even kindergarteners are having their own ceremonies. And with the colleges and universities, you have "big names" giving commencement speeches to challenge the graduates.

In previous years, I've done my own commencement address to those either going out into the "real world" or those going from one institution to the next. Of course nobody would pay me do give this kind of message, so I wasn't burdened to sugar-goat my advice. And since last week I lambasted the President of the United States for his "do better" speech, I thought I'd turn the speech role to you, the listeners.

Our discussion topic this week will be what advice YOU would give to the Class of 2013. What would you tell them? Would you give them practical advice? Would you give comedic advice? Would you tell them to shut up and just give you your latté? I want to know! Use our TOLL-FREE 800 number as your podium to speak to the Class of 2013!

Oh, and we'll also have our Quick Rants and maybe even some more "Sponsored Products" for you to enjoy.

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (05/20), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 5/13/13 Show Notes

We are all New Yorkers now...

We are all Hoakies now...

We are all Aurorans now...

We are all Newtonians now...

We are all Bostonians now...

I thought we were all Americans? Why are we defining ourselves by tragedies now?

That's our discussion topic for this week... "We are all WHAT now?"

WHAT are we really? You'll know what my answer will be. What I don't know yet is what YOUR answers will be!

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (05/13), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 05/06/13 Show Notes

Let's see if we can get this one RIGHT, shall we?

So let's talk about the media...

Yeah, some of them REALLY screwed up during the whole Boston Marathon Bombing.  You had CNN telling people that police had a suspect in custody when they didn't.  The New York Post was pointing the finger at an innocent person.  Movie stars were actually getting named as the bomber!

"What the hell", right?

Well, if you're already a Brutally Honest supporter then you'd know that this isn't the first time that the air-fluffed ego-driven media screwed up and started going after innocent people!  In fact, almost seventeen years ago to this date, the media thought they had another bomber named, only to find they went after not only an innocent person, but someone who was credited for SAVING lives.

It doesn't appear that the media learned from those lessons, did they?

Well that's the subject for this week's discussion: The liability of the Media!

Maybe THAT'S why we couldn't do a show last week, huh? Maybe "the Media did it"?

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (05/06), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 04/29/13 The Show That Did Not Happen

To the listeners of Brutally Honest - LIVE,

Imagine spending hours on in preparing for a hour-long live show.  Working on a subject for people to discuss, coming up with timely subjects to rant about, setting up for the production in advance with sound effects, going through the audio tests to make sure the listening audience got the best the show could offer.

Now imagine taking all of that hard work, all of that creative effort, all of the time spent developing the show for that week, and throwing it all down the toilet fifteen minutes before showtime.

THAT is what happened to this week's program.  All of the hard work was destroyed fifteen minutes before showtime due to our service provider shutting down Internet access for the whole region for over two hours.

This is an Internet-based broadcast, and as such we are dependent on our service provider.  When they decide to screw with their paid subscribers, there is no alternative but to cancel the show for the night.

We do want to apologize for the sudden cancellation.  Even though it was not something we could control, we still want to apologize... because the provider probably won't.  They are Too Big To Apologize.  So we have to apologize... because you deserve it.

We're sorry that you had to miss out on what was hoped to be a stellar broadcast.  We're sorry for those of you who were looking forward to hearing our show and only hearing music.  We're sorry for those of you who logged into the chat room and wanted to take part in the conversation and maybe even hear your comments read on the air.  We're sorry for those of you who were eager to call in through our toll free 800 number looking to share your thoughts on the air.  We're sorry for those of you who had never heard our show and wanted to hear it for the first time and instead got nothing but classic rock.  We're sorry that this is the only discussion show for a whole week for ShockNet Radio.  We're sorry that you have to wait a whole week for the "classic talk" half of our station.

One of the pitfalls of doing this kind of show is that there is a shelf-life for some of the subjects discussed.  So we can't just take tonight's material and move it to next week.  Things happen.  Situations change.  Such is the nature of this kind of program.  We can't guarantee that the hours we put into this show will be transferred to next week's show.  You will just have to check back here this coming weekend to find out how much will be brought over.

So tomorrow we will post the archive to last week's show and make a note that there was no show this week due to circumstances beyond our control.  And tonight we will abandon our fantasy of finding the people responsible for this outage and putting their heads on pikes, knowing that such a dream will never come true, nor will it compensate for the hours of time and energy and effort wasted.  We can only say we are sorry for what happened and move forward.

Sincerely,

The cast and crew of Brutally Honest - LIVE

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 04/29/13 Show Notes

So let's talk about the media... shall we?

Yeah, some of them REALLY screwed up during the whole Boston Marathon Bombing.  You had CNN telling people that police had a suspect in custody when they didn't.  The New York Post was pointing the finger at an innocent person.  Movie stars were actually getting named as the bomber!

"What the hell", right?

Well, if you're already a Brutally Honest supporter then you'd know that this isn't the first time that the air-fluffed ego-driven media screwed up and started going after innocent people!  In fact, almost seventeen years ago to this date, the media thought they had another bomber named, only to find they went after not only an innocent person, but someone who was credited for SAVING lives.

It doesn't appear that the media learned from those lessons, did they?

Well that's the subject for this week's discussion: The liability of the Media!

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (04/29), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE - 04/22/13 Show Notes

The events of last week really messed up what we wanted to talk about on Tax Day.

But they also lead us to a really good discussion subject for this week...

"Rule of Law", or "Rule of Man"?

Think for a minute about the Boston Marathon suspect now in custody. Do we want him tried in a court of law as we normally would under the "Rule of Law"? Or do we want him tortured, forced to confess every dark thought in his mind, and then put him down like a rabid dog, as the rage-fueled "Rule of Man" would demand?

This is something we need to ask ourselves... right here and right now while the emotions are still raw!

"Rule of Law", or "Rule of Man"? Which do we operate under?

And is there really a third option? Some people claim there is. Is there a "Rule of God" that overrides everything? Or is that just another way to force upon us the "Rule of Man"?

WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS!  Tune in to our show, log-in to our Java-Free chat room, and CALL-IN through our toll-free 800 number!

All this and the Quick Rants, and possibly even a few "Sponsored Products".

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (04/22), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 04/15/13 Show Notes

Can you believe it? It's here AGAIN!

Yes, I'm talking about the dreaded TAX DAY!

I hope you're not one of those people that waits until the absolute last minute of Tax Day to get your taxes done, or try to request that delay and have it mailed out by midnight. Who DOES that anyway? I understand that it's difficult sometimes to get all of that information ready, but, seriously, it's not like it's sprung on us at the last minute. There are two-and-a-half months to get ready!

Anyway, as you can imagine, that's going to be the discussion subject for my show... and all-around discussion about the subject of TAXES. Think you get taxed too much? Think you aren't being taxed ENOUGH? Do you have a better solution? I want to know what you think! It's your thoughts and our toll-free 800 number! I think they would make for an excellent show, don't you?

All this and the Quick Rants, and possibly even a few "Sponsored Products".

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (04/15), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 04/08/13 Show Notes

I was having a hard time coming up with a discussion topic for this week's show. Fortunately the legislators in North Carolina helped out big time with a little piece of self-righteous self-serving legislation they tried to get enacted.

You probably know which piece of legislation I'm talking about, but if you don't, believe me, you will if you listen! AND I want to know what you think on the subject!

PLUS, I have a few choice words for Mister Bill Maher following his "New Rules" rant on his HBO series.  What did he say that got me PO'd?  Again, tune in to find out!

All this and your calls, Quick Rants, and possibly even a few "Sponsored Products".

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (04/08), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 04/01/13 Show Notes

Monday's show will be a VERY IMPORTANT one, and for many reasons.

FIRST is because April 1st marks SEVENTEEN YEARS of Brutally Honest commentary.  Seventeen years of weekly articles, which led to the original "Brutally Honest - LIVE" broadcast, which led to the audio rants, which led to "Brutally Honest on ShockNet Radio", which led to the resurrected "Brutally Honest - LIVE" on ShockNet Radio. All of which would not be possible if I didn't start doing a weekly online column way back when.

SECOND, because I get to promote the release of a VERY SPECIAL comic issue that will deal with a serious social issue.

And THIRD, because there is something VERY IMPORTANT that will be announced. I've been part of this for a while and I've been chomping at the bit to be able to tell people what we are working on, but I can't tell you until the show. And once I announce it, I certainly will welcome your feedback on it.

THIS IS NOT A JOKE!  THIS IS THE SHOW YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO!!!

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (04/01), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 03/25/13 Show Notes

So... I spent the weekend thinking about what the discussion topic should be for this week's show, and I had TWO subject really dominate my mind.

The FIRST is the "Cult of the Athlete". This whole thing with the Ohio so-called "Sports HE-ROES" that were convicted of raping a 16-year older and the school system and the community that pretty much tried to sweep it under the rug because they worship the supposedly "promising athletes". As I mentioned in last week's show, this is really nothing new. We saw this with Jerry Sandusky and how he was able to get away with his actions for so long. But I want to know what you think on the subject!

The SECOND subject is what's going on with Cyprus and the banks. That little island nation is on the supposed verge of insolvency and their "solution" is to tax deposits, which caused the banks to close in fear that ordinary people would pull their money out. Is it right? Who is REALLY behind the "solution"? And are you afraid it could be done here? I want to know what you think!

And I URGE you when you call in that you chose just ONE subject. Please don't try to cover both. It's a toll-free number, so it's on OUR dime, okay?

So tune in THIS MONDAY (03/25), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 03/18/13 Show Notes

This Monday's broadcast of Brutally Honest - LIVE will feature a very strong subject that will be directly connected to this week's column.

Without giving it away, the discussion topic will involve Attorney General Eric Holder and the infamous "Too Big To Fail" banks.

We certainly will welcome your views on the subject, especially after what will be said in this week's opinion article over at the "Brutally Honest" column site.

So tune in THIS MONDAY (03/18), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 03/11/13 Show Notes

I really hate it when someone is propped up as being an idol when they really shouldn't be.

Tim Tebow quickly comes to mind. The media decided he should be this "superstar" when really he wasn't, and then the religious groups joined in and treated him as a "martyr" when anyone questioned his new "idol" status.

Thankfully he's more or less neutralized as a phony idol, but that hasn't stopped people from propping up other so-called "idols".

From the left we have the recently-deceased Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, now propped up as a phony saint simply by dying. 

And from the right we have Senator Rand Paul, for staging a 13-hour traditional filibuster over the confirmation of a new CIA Director over the White House policy on drones, now being propped up as an "idol" even by some libertarians, even though he has previously trashed libertarians for what they believe in.

But should they really be given the "idol" treatment? You'll hear what I have to say, then I want to know what you the Internet listeners think!  CALL IN DURING THE SHOW!

So tune in THIS MONDAY (03/11), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, tell your friends about it and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 03/04/13 Show Notes

Remember the song "Blame Canada"?

Hey, Hollywood did.  It even got nominated for an Academy Award!

The song showed how "Canada" was to blame for all of the ills that plagued the world of "South Park", with the key point being "We must blame them and cause a fuss before somebody thinks of blaming us!"

Well substitute a country for a president and you have to wonder if the same is being done with our current President.

Our discussion topic for this Monday: Is it right to Blame Obama for everything going wrong?  And if not, ARE there things that he should be rightly blamed FOR?

I want to know what you think on this!  Be prepared to sound off both in our chat room and on our TOLL-FREE 800-number!

So tune in THIS MONDAY (03/04), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE!

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, could you do me a favor and tell your friends about it?  Maybe get them to tune in as well?

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE - 02/25/13 Post-Show Thoughts

Hey guys... haven't done a post-show thought in a while, so I just wanted to get one going.

This past Monday's show was GREAT!  Even though I ended up cutting the last Quick Rant short, I'd rather have THAT problem than to deal with dead air.

For those that stick to the archives, you may notice that at some points the audio cuts out or is choppy.  Unfortunately this is the pitfall of doing remote broadcasts between here in the Atlanta area and the radio station over in Oklahoma City.  The station's broadcast computers are the ones recording the show for the archive, and even with redundancy systems put in, it's still a matter of the signal going from my boards to the server, and if the signal cuts out between here and there, there's nothing we can do.

I'm glad the discussion on gun control and Facebook Junk Food got all of the callers that it did.  Again, it's great to be in a position to where I'm running out of time instead of finding ways to fill in that time.

The suggestion was made after broadcast that I should have a 90-minute show, or even a two-hour show.  I appreciate the suggestion, but for me the problem are listeners and callers.  I need to make sure that I have enough callers to fill that time slot, no matter if it's one hour or even three.  I have to know that the callers and listeners are there every week or else it's just not worth the time.

This, by the way, is why I really have to rely on you guys to help spread the word about my show, and why I always say that if you don't listen to the shows when they are broadcast and just rely on the archives, then you suck.  This is about callers and listeners, no different than the overpaid ego-maniacal syndicated hosts.  They get paid because they bring in both callers and listeners.

By the way, remember when Brent brought up this week's Brutally Honest column concerning newspapers?  Well you can check it out here.  I don't get to talk about the weekly column like I used to because it would take time for me to read it on the air (which is what I did with the podcasts), and then try to get your responses to it, and I really can't do that and some of the other features that have been more popular.  However, if there is time and you want to talk about one of the articles on the radio show, I'm willing to discuss it.

Well that's really it for now.  Time for me to get started on what to talk about on Monday.  If you like what you hear, PLEASE don't keep it to yourself!  Share it! Spread the word!  Get your friends to listen in!

And I'll see you guys this Monday at 8pm ET at www.ShockNetRadio.com for more commentary that is social, political, and BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 02/25/13 Show Notes

SO... what to discuss for Mondays show?

Well ever since the Newtown shooting there's a certain Facebook graphic that has been making the rounds.  And normally I drop-kick those kinds of graphics and wish I could do the same to some of the people that regurgitate them. (I said SOME!)  But this particular one sticks out:

So let me get this straight... The ban on alcohol didn't work. The "ban" on marijuana didn't work. The ban on illegal immigration didn't work. ... but Obama believes a gun ban will be followed by criminals? This isn't just bad policy. It's just plain stupid.

Now the gut reaction to this is to say "yeah, you're right", and then you'll make the mistake of liking it or, even worse, sharing it with everyone else, and thus carrying on the mindless propaganda

But hidden within this bumper-sticker Facebook cerebral junk food are some falsehoods and fallacies.  I'm sure if you look at that close enough that you'll spot at least one of them.

So I'm opening that up to you the listeners to talk about on the show this Monday.  Call in at our TOLL-FREE number during the show and let me know what you think of this piece of Facebook junk food propaganda.

Of course there will be some other things going on during the show... the Quick Rants, obviously, maybe some sponsored products, and who knows?  We may even get a call from the Celeb-Line!

Oh, and how about our temp producer, Mister Anonymous?  Will last week's tryout be coming back?  You're just going to have to find out!

So tune in THIS MONDAY (2/25), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE!

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, could you do me a favor and tell your friends about it?  Maybe get them to tune in as well?

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 02/18/13 Show Notes

If you haven't done so yet, I urge you to pay a visit to the American Heathen (r) website and check out the journey of "America's Angriest Atheist" (and ShockNet Radio station manager) as he campaigned and lobbied in Washington DC alongside other broadcasters for Internet radio rate equality.

Yes, ShockNet's fearless leader and foxhole atheist went to Washington and stood alongside big syndication companies and religious broadcasters and small broadcasters and Pandora and they all went up against the great brain drain that is Washington DC itself.  And, surprisingly enough, he was able to escape unscathed.  Nobody's face melted when self-righteous theists shook hands with an atheist.  And even though some of RJ's most despised enemies were in town (including Ted Nugent) for the State of the Union Speech, we didn't need to start a bail fund for him.  The only casualties were a hotel pillow, RJ's neurons, and a bottle of aspirin.

But that got me thinking about the discussion topic for this week's show, especially since it WILL be on "President's Day".  So here it is...

BELTWAY BULL$#!T!

That's right, our favorite topic: the games politicians play!  Budget Sequestration, No Budget No Pay, Fiscal Cliff, Spending Ceiling, Filibusters, Lobbying Reform, the MYTH of equal blame, the MYTH of "unintended consequences", whatever it is that p#sses you off about politics, I WANT YOU TO CALL IN ON IT!

And IS one party to blame more so than another?  I want to know what you think about that!  Call in on our toll-free number and let us know!  I made sure our call-screener Gladys has plenty of smelling salts this time around.

Got you fired up?  Good.  And I also got some really positive feedback about our "sponsored products", so we'll probably have a few more as well.  Oh, and will the "new" Mister Anonymous be back?  You'll just have to tune in to find out!

Join me LIVE on Monday night (2/18) at 8pm ET, 7pm CT, for another week of commentary that is social, political, and in-your-face! 

It's BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE! on ShockNet Radio and simulcast on iTunes.