Our Commentary of the Week - from Fri. Aug. 11 - 2023 through Fri. Aug. 18 - 2023!

             For this cooler, more pleasant week of Summer in August 2023 - we shall continue a bit with some radio talk shows hosts. As we mentioned last week - each one of them appeals to a different "block" of listeners who get familiar with their voice - their "vocal mannerisms", "various vocal spiels", "vocal tricks" and so for. Their personalities' traits as well as their political attitudes - become familiar to the listeners who listen to them and their - on air, on radio - "gab". As every week - we insert the disclaimer that "any similarity to real people - purely - coincidental".

      The aforementioned - radio talk shows - hosts' - political views become obvious - and if the chunk of the audience agrees with their views - their voice sounds bearable to them - even if it's somewhat abrasive in nature. On the other hand - if the radio talk show host attacks certain groups of population - their voice sounds to the "offended" parties" like "fingernails scratching a long blackboard - non-stop". 

      Unfortunately - during the last few years - the anti-Semitic - anti-Israel political propagandists - have been spewing their warped, one sided "political views" with more open acceptance than before. Fortunately - the anti-Semitic, anti-Israel waves of propaganda - come and go - in the U.S. and abroad just like various political propagandists - do.

      In any event - the political propaganda's - "flavor of the day" - filters down to the talk radio - its talk radio hosts - and other mass media platforms - thus it's crucial that many sides of the political arguments have an unhampered access to all the platforms.

     At any rate - everybody will have a good, new week and - of course - we shall meet here - a week from today - as every week!

             Copyright@L. Hadley and Associates 2025

    

Our Commentary of the Week - from Fri. Aug. 04 - 2023 through Fri. Aug. 11 - 2023!

            For this hot, hot, sticky week of Summer 2023 - we will continue to comment upon the local radio talk shows' - hosts - with the disclaimer - however - "Any similarity to the real people - purely - coincidental." As we mentioned before the radio talk genre can be an interesting source of local news as well as a good analysis of the national news.

     All the talk show hosts talk a bit about their personal lives as they relate to the issues they cover - however - some of the talkers - get hooked on talking about themselves - as if most of the listening audience - really - gave a "rat's pajama" - once they start overdoing it.

     This one talk radio host - we shall not be mentioning his name or the name of the station - loves, loves, loves - to talk about himself when he presents his analysis of current events - he does it - just like the legendary, the youngest U.S. president - to assume the U.S. presidency - Teddy Roosevelt - (only 42 years old when he became the president of the U.S. upon the assassination of Pres. McKinley - who was shot by a crazy anarchist in Buffalo, New York - at the Pan-American Exposition - on Sept. 06 - 1901). 

      Not to digress too much or get sidetracked - but the anarchists - are not a new phenomenon in the U.S. politics - i.e. - the U.S. Marxists/Leftists/Anarchists recently rioted violently during the Summer of 2020 in Seattle, WA.  - after which most of them received "a slap on the wrist" by a Leftist judge in Seattle, WA - while in Washington, D.C. - the Leftist judge (no doubt - whose campaign was financed by a billionaire Socialist - Soros) - was handing out excessive sentences for the Jan. 06 - 2021 rioters - frequently - even exceeding the recommendations of the prosecutors - according to many political commentators expressing the aforementioned comments onto many social media platforms.

     In any event - Pres. Teddy Roosevelt' oldest daughter - Alice Roosevelt Wentworth - used to comment that Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "simply loved to give himself tons of publicity - he was a bride at every wedding, a baby at every christening and a corpse at every funeral".

    At any rate - everybody will have a cool, pleasant week and we shall meet here - a week from today - as every week!

           Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2025

Our Commentary of the Week - from Fri. Jul. 28 - 2023 through Fri. Aug. 04 - 2023!

           For the first week of August 2023 - while the Summer 2023 continues in a mostly cool - mode - which is great - we shall continue with commenting on some talk radio hosts and their methods. Last week we mentioned - that the talk radio hosts have certain followers of the listeners - who sometimes - listen to the multiple hosts but - at times - they call certain hosts - to express their - well established - political opinions. Thus, the people who listen to the talk radio stations get to know the steady callers to the stations - as they easily recognize their voices and opinions - for the most part. The callers come and go - as well as the radio hosts.

      Sometimes - the talk radio stations decide on the "overhaul" of their established schedules as well as the hosts. For example - last year - the local, well-known talk radio station - the exact location of which - we shall not mention - changed their line-up in a big way - and got rid of several radio hosts. 

      In today's warped political climate - the management had to make sure - that all the "getting rid" of frequently - nasty - in their on-air presentations - hosts - had no "racist overtones" of any kind - not matter how awful the aforementioned - radio host - may come off to the listeners who strongly disagree with their one-sided political - usually politically - Leftist veering - propaganda. 

       Consequently - all the getting rid of the abrasive and obnoxious - elements - had to be justified by "losing the income" for the station - which is not hard to do - thank God for small favors - (the last comment - by the editors of this column).

      While the aforementioned talk radio station was executing this big overhaul - one of the part-time hosts - strongly espousing his Leftist/Socialist/Marxist - political persuasions - was heavily lobbying to get a full-time position with the station - and for this goal - he was - actively - recruiting his Leftists listeners - so they would "bombard" the management with the appeals for his full-time employment. All those aforementioned, tacky efforts - fell flat on its face - with a big thud.

     At any rate - everybody will have a good, new week and we shall meet here - a week from today - as every we do every Friday.

           Copyright@L. Hadley and Associates 2025

Our Commentary of the Week - from Fri. Jul. 21 - 2023 through Fri. Jul. 28 - 2023!

           For this stormy a bit - but still on the cool side - Summer 2023 - week of July 2023 - we shall continue for a while with the radio talk show hosts whose "gab" or mannerisms of speech - pays their bills - in other words - they talk for a living. The styles of the talk show hosts' - change - since the general trends also - undergo changes. 

      Mike Gallagher - is one of the top radio talkers with a huge, national following of listeners - who has been maintaining his top place among the talkers - for quite a few years. The radio talk business is a difficult and trendy one.

      Mike Gallagher observed last week that - lately - certain popular phrases used by some of his talkers/colleagues whose names he would not mention - get on his nerves. The top ones he listed are as follows:

     1. "At the end of the day" - Mike Gallagher maintains that this phrase is stupid and meaningless - since "at the end of the day - will always be the night".

     2. The second phrase which works Mr. Gallagher nerves is - "Oh - B.T.W. - and another thing worth mentioning is" - according to Mike Gallager that phase means zero - "Just talk about it without any stupid introductions that are time consuming - while the listeners know that you are just extending you airtime without saying anything worth listening to".

     Speaking of "extending the airtime" - the local, popular talk radio station which name we shall not disclose - just fired a talk radio host - who had a habit of "going on and on and on and on again" on the subject which he should have treated - in a quarter of the on air - time - allotted to him. His voice sounded OK - though - as opposed to some other talk radio hosts whose respective voices sound as pleasant - to many listeners as the proverbial "nails down the chalkboard".

     In any event - everybody will have a good, new week. We shall meet here a week from today when we shall continue with the various types of talk radio hosts.

    Copyright @ L.S. Hadley and Associates 2023

 

Our Commentary of the Week - from Fri. Jul. 14 - 2023 through Fri. Jul. 21 - 2023!

          For this hot a bit - but not overly hot - thank God - week of July 2023 - we will comment on some talk radio hosts - at the big, powerful talk radio station which we shall not name. I became "hooked" on talk radio several years ago since it can be a great entertainment in addition to being a good source of tons of information - at times - not readily available from other sources. 

     As one listens to the radio talk hosts for an extended period of time - many of their characters' features become obvious - even if they would not want to "advertise" them - if they could.

     While it's good to mention something personal to the listeners - a lot of the radio talk people - love to talk about themselves - way - too much - which in some cases - on some days is - absolutely too excessive - to the point of getting super annoying - to the listeners who may not care - about the respective radio personalities' - personal lives. That indulgence in their personal lives' stories - frequently - gets on listeners' nerves. 

      Some other radio talk hosts - "sit on the fence" - on many important issues as long as they - humanly - can - without hurting their "balls". That also - can be annoying. One can't be "with them" and with "us"- forever. 

      Some other radio hosts are - frequently - indulging in being irascible - on the airwaves. They lose their temper with callers who "get under their skin" - which plays right into the aforementioned callers - hands. Some of the callers - call the radio stations - to aggravate the radio talk show hosts. 

      My personal opinion is that - even though the quick-tempered radio hosts may make "an ass" of themselves - still - they don't "play it safe" all the time - which can also be bothersome - in equal measure.

      Steven Segal - a famous producer/director of many successful action thrillers - who B.T.W. - had a reputation of "a hard-nosed, arrogant type" - among the movie businesspeople - who -nevertheless - were thrilled to have a chance to do business with him - once aptly stated that "anybody who doesn't have any enemies - doesn't have any friends - either."

      In any event - everybody will have a good, new week and we shall meet here - a week from today!

          Copyright@L. Hadley and Associates 2025

            

Our Commentary of the Week - from Fri. Jul. 07 - 2023 through Fri. Jul. 14 - 2023!

           For this cool and breezy - July 2023 week of Summer 2023 (a cool one - so far - which we love) - we will comment upon several recent U.S. Supreme Court's - long awaited - decisions. First of all - the Supreme Court decided a few weeks ago - in favor of the Democratic Party voters - in the U.S. South since the Supreme Court's verdict went against "gerrymandering" of congressional districts which in the South favors - the Republicans. 

      The Progressive/Socialists/Democrats - in the U.S. Congress - were as "happy as a clam" with the aforementioned decision and didn't call the U.S. Supreme Court - "a rogue, Conservative, politically - right slanted - legislative body". 

      The U.S. South is - currently - mostly Republican territory thus the New Democrats/Progressives/Socialists - were as happy as a "clam" - as we mentioned above - when the ruling went against "gerrymandering" of the political districts - thus favoring the Republicans. However - in the Blue - Democrat dominated states like New York - the opposite is true. The Democrats - "gerrymander" - that is - manipulate the Republican dominated congressional districts so they become Democrat - dominated. The name "gerrymander" - B.T.W. - comes from the ex-congressional representative Mr. Gerry who first engaged in "adjusting" of the congressional districts - to favor the party in power.

     However - lo and behold - in June 2023 - the U.S. Supreme Court just issued several landmark rulings - not to the liking of the Progressives/Socialists/Democrats in the U.S. Congress. The Supreme Court ruled a few days ago - against the Affirmative Action which - for many decades discriminated against the talented Asian, Jewish - college admissions - in favor of Black candidates - who - frequently dropped out - thus costing the universities and the U.S. taxpayers - "truckloads of money".

     On Jun. 30 - 2023 - however - the U.S. Supreme Court issued a big landmark ruling - which went - big time - against President Biden's maneuver - that was ruled illegal; Pres. Biden's failed attempt would ensure the payment of 400 billion U.S. dollars (almost a half of a trillion U.S. dollars) - for many student loans debts - incurred. The Supreme Court ruled that the funding is Congress's - job. Pres. Biden knew well that the U.S. Congress's legislators of both parties - would not approve of his maneuver - which - many political commentators - consider a "bribe" to the youngsters - so they would vote for him.

      In any event - everybody will have a super good week and the 4th of July 2023 Weekend celebrations - full of fun! We shall meet here - next Friday - as every week!

        Copyright@L. Hadley and Associates 2025

Our Commentary of the Week - from Fri. Jun. 30 - 2023 till Fri. Jul. 07 - 2023!

          For this cool but sunny - last week of June 2023 - we shall comment upon the recent implosion and the subsequent death of 5 members of the submersible - a small under water vessel resembling a rocket - called a Titan - which was submerged from an icebreaker ship at North Atlantic Sea - on Sun. Jun. 11 - 2023 and imploded shortly after that. 

     All last week - ending on Thurs. June 22 - 2023 - the massive international search missions were undertaken but as of Thurs. Jun. 22 - 2023 - the deep-sea experts concluded that the five men (experienced under sea explorers) - taking a part in this exploration - died.

     Shortly after the submerging of the Titan - the small submersible - from the icebreaker ship in the North Atlantic Sea - on Sun. June 11 - 2023 - all the contact with the crew was lost after 45 minutes - with the oxygen there only sufficient for about 4 days - thus as we mentioned before - the deep-sea exploration experts - concluded - on Thurs. Jun. 22 - 2023 - that the parts of fuselage - detected by the wreckage of Titanic (a huge luxury liner which sank on Apr. 16 - 1912) - are those of the Titan - the small submersible - which submerged on Sun. Jun. 11 - 2023 - with the crew of 5 men - most likely - dead. 

    According to some - current - press writings - the goal of the expedition was - somewhat - opaque - allegedly - to collect some "stuff" - sea plants - around the sunk in 1912 - Titanic. Some members of the press postulate that the pharmaceutical companies are interested in the unusual sea vegetation around the wreckage of Titanic - in order to develop some new drugs. 

     The wreckage of a huge ocean liner - Titanic- which sank in the most deadly - sea catastrophe of the time - on Apr. 16 - 1912 - due to the captain ignoring the icebergs - is the subject of many deep-sea explorations. Only about 675 people survived - using small boats - out of - roughly - 2200 passengers of many social standings and several nationalities. 

     James Cameron - a famous movie director/producer - of the well-known movie "Titanic" - which - B.T.W - skillfully explores the human stories of the passengers - some of them - the actual historical figures - is also an authority on deep-sea explorations. He was interviewed a lot - last week.        

    In any event - everybody will have a good, new week and we shall meet here - a week from today - as every week!

    Copyright@ L. Hadley and Associates 2023