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New Radio Soap: The Many Rants of Doris

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So I actually checked out Doris' blog - if you want to call a few stray paragraphs each day a blog - and what a surprise! The little man in hopping mad! I mean full-tilt Rumplestilstkin, whirling dervish peeved! Why?

Because an SNL skit actually dared to use the pesky topic of "Free speech" in a Palin skit. I know the concept of "free speech" bothers Doris but only when it's someone else doing the speaking. That's obvious by listening to KIRO when he's on. It's a simple formula actually. 40 minutes of Doris balthering, 15 minutes of spots and five minutes for YOU!

He's already tired of talking about the economy but is raving mad about a questionable joke at midnight on SNL. I understand. I also do a radio show and can commiserate with Doris. I'm sure as he looks about his new home, half of which was pimped out by the concept of "free speech" on KIRO, ie endless testimonials, and he reflects on family trips to Italy he "earned" by all the extremely hard work of yapping 15 hours a week - I'm certain the very thought of some poor dumbass who actually believed one of those KIRO mortgage spots and got in over his head and is now facing foreclosure gets a bit tiresome. It's more invigorating to defend the most hideous presidency in our nation's history and stand up for Palin's honor as she goes into week #4 with no press conference - ahh, those pesky reporters - and stands on stage with McCain, a shoo-in for a Grommit stand-in. Now THAT'S real radio.

You are correct. I dislike the man. His whiny, high-pitched style. His phoney Limbaughesque
"I'm one of you" preambles and his faux machismo - it's all grinding, annoying and should go away. But it won't. Neither will I.

So, with your freedom, you can scroll past or read. No big deal. I consider THIS kind of my blogspot.
 
And the reason you keep listening to him and talking about him is??? If I don't like someone I simply turn them off. You seem to dwell on him.
 
Blogger accounts are free. You could even get your own domain, that spells out how much you dislike the guy.

However, THIS is a forum to discuss (and yes, occasionally lambaste) radio stations, programming and talent... not your private soapbox to disagree with every bit of minutia heard on the Dori Monson show.

Again, blogger is free. Try it.
 
Haha. I agree, give it a rest dude. If you don't like him, don't listen. It is pretty simple math. To listen and then write about how he sucks is crazy. To do all the time is insane.

We get it.

I love the line up on KIRO. I love the fatct that I can now listen on FM. I I listen starting @ 3 pm and listen until after Phil gets done. I don't listen to Dave Ross because I just don't enjoy the show. See that? I don't like his show, so I don't listen, and I have NEVER started thread after thread about how I dislike his show. I just do not listen.

:)
 
Ok, so here's the final Doris post. For awhile -

I laughed out loud today as he ranted about the possibility that Congress might want to somehow bail out consumers who are upside down in their vehicles. This was followed by a live read for a Jaguar dealer he pimps - something to the affect of "if you're upside down in your car, they'll give you $xxxx for your vehicle right now."

Perfect. What a hypocrite. How can you NOT lambaste a dumbass like him?

I don't think a thread with 3 or 4 posts is hardly my private soapbox. If I listen to Doris at all, it's 15-30 minutes a day as I'm getting out of the shower. His show seems to fit as I'm patting down the man parts, ya know? BTW - The word is "minutiae" but I get your point. And listening maybe a total of 45 minutes a week is pretty tame. I just like posting about this KIRO blowhard - feels good. Maybe like Doris feels at the end of three hours of hearing his own voice in the headphones ...
 
No, don't stop posting. I for one, enjoy your Doris rants and I am sure I am not alone. Those who don't like reading them can just, as you stated, scroll past them.
I completely agree with your opinion of that pin head at KIRO.
 
Grindlfan - ok, ok ... if you insist :)

Honestly, I usually listen to 30-45 minutes a week as I'm getting ready to leave the house and I might catch 30 minutes of TBTL on my way home. They both annoy me like swimmer's itch. And I've always enjoyed well-written rants, whether I agree or not.

I've always had a problem with a few radio things like:

Talkers like Doris who see themselves as guardians of Lady Liberty. They can roar like they've caught themselves in their zippers yet rarely come up with anything resembling a helpful idea. Doris raves against "big gubmint" but has yet to suggest how 300 million citizens, many of whom live on top of each other, can do it with rules, regulations, big government, taxes and more taxes. How, Doris? We've seen how trusting conservatives with the White House has turned out. Now we've seen how private enterprise has so wonderfully pushed us to the edge of a Depression. Just today he was apoplectic about a Wamu CEO getting millions for a few weeks work. What happened to trusting the free market? Hey, if the guy can get that kind of cash while the rest of us flip burgers, more power to him, right? RIGHT, DORIS?

He's a joke. A pompous, accordian-lunged little man who sees himself as "one of us." Well, One of Us doesn't go on family trips to Italy. One of Us can't trade out windows, flooring, roofing, dog fences, cars and nauseatingly etc. One of Us doesn't smoke cigars and eat good dinners on the company nickle after yapping about a Seahawks game. And if One of Us WERE able to do that, One of Us would most likely not bitch about a long flight back from a road trip.

Oooops - there I go. Ranting again!

More soon ... and why not? It's a radio board.
 
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