The Long, Hot Weekend With All The Commotion

IS THE COMMOTION OVER?

Long, hot, weekend...these are the best of times and worst of times. Where have I heard that? I think it all started at the election last November. Even the most ardent Clinton haters couldn't have wanted this, this country seemingly incapable of becoming a roller-coaster car careening out of control. It doesn't matter if your Dem, Repub, Independent, Green, Red, Black, Yellow, White, we all have collective unity and disunity and we've discombobulated to a point where unease rules the day.

It has an effect on ALL of us. The guy in the White House doesn't give a damn; he's hellbent on dividing us all. And that's what his SOB comments were; a man clearly knowing what he was doing and doing so splendidly. Give KGO's Ronn Owens credit for something not brought up: Don Trump is no fool. He absolutely is no dummy. He played US and we all reacted --including me. "How can he be such a jerk?" was the national narrative. Really? The man knows he was going to solidify his base; those who don't care what he does and will support him no matter what and who probably hate and detest rich, Black athletes like NBA and NFL football players. With Trump, the election isn't over and the campaign is a continuation for the next three and a half years.

*As usual, the simpleton media, for the most part, merely acted robotic --again. So instead of offering comprehensive pieces on why the president was doing what he was doing, they instead acted like the lemmings they are and always will be. They paraded out meathead reporters who asked their usual dumb questions in Walnut Creek (again) "Is it right what the president said?" Even Walnut Creek showed some balls with looks of, "Are you really that gullible?" Like I've said, the Bay Area TV reporters are not too bright. They don't have the proper training and therefore act like idiots when they hit the streets. It's indicative of the wonder bread USA that Mr. Trump is playing footsie with and he's got a helluva audience.

Trump's latest impulsive orgasm on Twitter could have been cause for a decent discussion on talk radio only talk radio here doesn't exist anymore and when it does, only on weekday morning where five minutes is considered five hours. After all, the local Cloud Company office thinks you're too dumb for a discussion not having to do with the history of jelly doughnuts. Then again, it helps maintain employment for Chip Franklin and Ethan Bearman. There's always a positive.

*Pat Thurston on KGO Radio saved an otherwise stressful Saturday night; she had an in-studio guest, Russ Baker, who is an excellent investigative reporter; a journalist, remember that term? He and Pat had roughly 45 minutes of good, interesting, provocative back and forth about various characters in the Bush and Trump administrations; it wasn't jelly doughnuts and how to execute perfect pick-up lines but it was sure damn-good radio. 

*Speaking of execution, the sports guys still don't know how to cover a non-sports story and the Trump/NFL convergence was not a sports story. Only a story that involved sports' players. The debate is about race, class, economics, and the first amendment. It involves a lot of thought and consideration; something that doesn't fit into the sports-talk radio genre and when callers and unqualified hosts get busy, it can become quite embarrassing. The local bleeder didn't disappoint, as usual.