10-21 Edition of The Dawg Blog

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I want to open this week’s Dawg Blog with a big bunch of thanks to all of those who were at last weekend’s Zombies For Ransom event. The event, which was held to raise money for the Kitsap County HIV & AIDS Foundation (www.kchaf.org) was a great success, and I was proud to be a part of it. The vendors there were phenomenal, and the bands were great too – my personal favorite, for what it’s worth, was Safari. I know that there is always the opportunity to raise more money at these things and all that, but what Chuck and Hannah with Rock It Roost put together was truly an amazing example of what regular people can do to help a cause bigger than themselves. I want to remind everyone that they may have another event coming up just after the start of 2010, so keep your eyes and ears alert – you never know where the Outlaw Radio Network may pop up next.

Click "read more" for this week's random notes, including my thoughts on Amanda Knox, Balloon Boy and listener emails:

Programming note: Coming up on this weekend’s Kitsap Sun/Outlaw Radio Network podcast, we will be interviewing both candidates for the City of Poulsbo Mayoral race, Kathryn Quade and Becky Erickson. If you live in Poulsbo, you are going to want to hear these interviews to better help you make a decision as to who you should vote for. Plus, we will talk to the Band Instructor for South Kitsap High School as his kids are preparing to head to Southern California to be part of the annual Tournament of Roses Parade. You can download a new podcast every Monday – and check out last week’s podcast where we interviewed both Mayoral candidates for the city of Bremerton - at http://pugetsoundblogs.com/outlaw-radio-kitsap/

Speaking of the Kitsap Sun, I will be broadcasting yet ANOTHER Kitsap Sun High School Football Game of the Week this Friday night, October 23^rd, as I head to aforementioned Poulsbo for the game between North Kitsap and Olympic. If you want to catch the live feed with my play-by-play, visit www.kitsapsun.com starting Friday night at 7pm. The game is also able to be watched at a later date using their video-stream, so you have no reason to say you missed it.

I hate to agree with St. Paul on this one, but the Obama Whitehouse’s treatment of FOX news seems, to me anyway, to be a wee-bit over the top. You can’t fault the Prez for having issues with some of the things that individual anchors have done or said – nor can you fault the Whitehouse for having issues with the network for letting those anchors get away with it. That all being said, it sets a dangerous precedent for the Whitehouse to be trying to tell us what ‘credible’ news organizations we should be listening to. After all, the economy, two wars, bailouts, jobless rate all seem to be more pressing matters than B-Rock getting his feelings hurt because Fox News doesn’t want to play with him.

That all being said, I still think Rachel Maddow could kick Glenn Beck’s ass. Just sayin…

The debut of the weekly Outlaw Radio Network Newsletter has been slightly delayed, but only because of the number of signups we got at the event over the weekend. I don’t think any of us expected the large numbers we got, and it takes forever to data-enter that stuff into the system. The good news for you is, if you didn’t sign up for it yet, you haven’t missed the first edition. So, stop waiting, and get signed up. All you have to do is register with the site and your email will automatically be forwarded to get the news letter. And if you don’t want it? Just email me and tell me, and I will make sure you are off the mailing list. in touch with us. If you want to be added to the mailing list, shoot me an email. Don’t miss out though; we are going to do some cool giveaways based exclusively off the newsletter mailing list.

I know Amanda Knox is probably a total complete psychopath, but is it just me, or is she even more sexy becuase she might just be crazy?

To me, the balloon boy story is freakin’ hilarious! Fact is, everyone wants to blame the parents of the kid for the apparent stunt and rightfully so – This family was on ABC’s wife swap, not once, but TWO TIMES. If that doesn’t tell you that someone has a screw loose, I don’t know what does - but at some point, we all need to come to grips with the fact that TV today is completely juvenile and helps to spur on this kind of crap. Reality television isn’t reality at all, and it’s wackjobs like this that serve as our reminder.

Lastly, let’s check in with some listener emails from the inbox:

Dear KDawg,

I joined the Navy to see the world. I've seen it. Now, how do I get out? Ok, You didn’t leave your name so I don’t know who to address this to. But after having taken a lot of time considering your question, let me answer this, using some of my own, personal experience. Back when I was in the US Navy (SHADDUP, PAUL!), it was not uncommon for people who wanted out of the service to come up with creative ways to get out. I think the most common made-up excuses were either “I’m gay, let me out,” or (and yes, this really worked) “I am an alcoholic and I refuse to take treatment.” It’s a new world, now, though – Obama’s Whitehouse is trying to put an end to “Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell,” and I suspect that the Navy brass might have caught on to the fake “alcoholic” attempt.

So my advice? Go to Walmart and purchase the following:

Head Scarf,
Tunic,
The Holy Muslim Book, Quarn, and
Photos of Mohammed.

Before you eat every day in the galley, face Mecca, shout “Allah Ackbar” five or six times, and sit on a small rug you bring with you. Stop shaving. Change your name, preferably to something with the names “Omar” “Abdul” or “Hussein” in it. Start critizing the US government, Israel and the Girl Scouts. Trust me, they will discharge you in no time. Thanks, much love KDawg Ok, one last email (this one was too good to pass up): Dear KDawg

I listened to "part" of your podcast (recently) and had a question about your thoughts.

Why would a furniture store burning down in Bremerton bring people closer together? In all honesty, most likely if a BAR in this town burnt down you'd bring people closer together; I mean this is HICKTOWN, Washington.

I have been many places in this country - I'm an former service member, and have never seen more drunks or more toothless hillbilly people anywhere, and don't get me started on the WANNA-BEs in this town.

I always am amazed at these WANNA BE "rich" people in this town who think because they drive a BMW or own a small business here, that somehow they are special. I guess if you are surrounded by toothless drunks for the most part you would be "special" in a HICK TOWN.

I sit at home and draw more on a Military Retirement check than most of these hillbillies earn in two months. I’m not really sure why anyone cares about a furniture store that sells items most people drive to Silverdale to buy.

We moved here to retire because the cost of living was cheaper than California, but now that we have to live with all these hicks, we are starting to rethink our decision.

Anyway, send my love to the people of Kitsap and tell the WANNA BEs anywhere else in this country they are just poor white trash like the rest of Bremerton.

-Danny Rogers Dear Danny:

I have nothing to add to your email. Perfection is best left alone.

This concludes this week’s Dawg Blog. See ya on Thursday’s live show. Oh, and Danny? Call in. We’d love to hear from you. Peace

KDawg