Conference back40::soapbox

	Personally, I don't like his talk show. But if he reverted back to the
guy that made listeners bring him back to WBZ, then the majority of listeners
are getting what they wanted. Why would he retire?


Glen

	I personally like his arguments and forceful style of delivery. I have
had instances wherein I sat in my car for quite sometime listening to him
even after reaching home. But I should admit I was intimidated by the way he 
snubs callers and haven't hence made an attempt give him a call.

Just curious: How expensive are these talk shows, in particualr D.B.? I can't
imagine a popular radio station like WBZ, in a huge metropolis like Boston
can't afford him.

    I listened to him only Friday evenings for a few years and still listen
    occasionally.  I happen to align with many of his position while some I
    disagree with.
    
    As of late, I have figured out what is driving his energy.  Brudnoy
    knows that the next serious attack will most likely do him in.  He has
    made it clear as of late that his intentions are to really focus on the
    non politically correct issues that his colleagues in the business
    simply don't want to deal with.  "We need to tell the truth on these
    matters as society is on the road to perdition!"  
    
    Brudnoy believes that cities are the meccas of civilization...city and
    civilization come from the same root word (?)  If you don't have well
    ordered cities, you don't have civilization.  Now consider the
    following, the crime wave of today does have a racial line...and most
    of the crime committed in cities are committed by young black
    males...period.  Jesse Jackson was quoted as saying that it is a sad
    day when I hear footsteps walking home at night only to feel a sense of
    relief to find the footsteps were those of white youths....it is truly
    a sad day.  
    
    These are the types of discussions Brudnoy takes on...and he pulls no
    punches on his positions.  Although he may or may not be making
    generalizations, I appreciate this type of dialoge because it forces us
    as a society to have to confront these issues...no matter how much the
    truth hurts...and try to rectify them.  You cannot solve societal
    problems until you stop the whining, the demagogery, the hiding your
    head in the sand, the covering of ears...none of this will do any good
    until you are willing to come to grips with facts.  
    
    Brudnoy presents the data and awaits the other side of the story...and
    usually doesn't get it.   
    
    -Jack

    David is very interesting to listen too. How old is he??? It is really
    sad that he contracted AIDS.  If he takes good care of himself, and
    feels well enough to be on the air, he should keep talkin'
    
    
    Lynne S.

 ZZZ   dialoge
    
    Dialogue you idiot!

    I listen to David Brudnoy frequently when I am driving in my car.
    Lately, he is very agressively dealing with issues that PC people like
    to keep hidden. I would say his medical condition has enabled Brudnoy
    to be more candid than ever. 
    
    The basenote idea that he should retire is nuts.

    Like I said, I'm hoping Brudnoy establishes somewhat of a trend since I
    believe many of the liberal media outlets are robbing the citizenry of
    rich dialog with their mumbo jumbo.
    
    -Jack

    
    Don't know why, but I had the sudden urge to start the topic:
    
    `Time for Divine Brown to retire?'
    

    
    Er, one could always change the channel, no?

    So this Brudnoy guy, he a ball player or something?

    Wasn't it Brudnoy who mockingly imitated Haitians during the Haiti
    crisis? I lost a lot of respect for this "highly intelligent" man at
    that point.
    Peter

    
    
    I listen to David Brudnoy every now an then. The biggest beef I have
    with his talk show is, he's constantly beating a dead horse(welfare,
    black on black crime, Haitians, immigrants), which are real issues,
    he beats the hell out of them nightly. He's always saying, "why don't
    the politicians tell the truth?". Well, why doesn't he ever have on his
    talk show representatives from the Federal Reserve Board, CIA, FBI, 
    Tri-Latteral Commision and other secret groups in order for his listeners
    to call in and ask them questions. To me, he only gives his listeners a
    vivid lop-sided view of certain issues he tries to relay. Lately, he
    does seem to be more arrogant toward his call in listeners. The one 
    thing that I give D. Brudnoy, and that is he has one the most knowledeable 
    minds around.

    He is sick, I am sure if he was not in the condition he is in he would
    be more polite to his listeners. The poor guy knows his time is limited
    since he has AIDS and basically knows there is no way out of it. 
    He is worried about himself and takes it out on the listeners.
    
    Lynne

	There is essentially nothing wrong if he cuts in to say that the caller
should stick to the topic, and not make lengthy, windy statements without
coming to the point. But, I have heard him using the words, "stupid, fool, 
idiot",  in reference to a previous caller. Indeed the caller sounded stupid 
to me, but then saying so in the air, doesn't make Brudnoy look any better.

	But then one could argue, it takes intelligence and guts to be arrogant
and still be popular. Very few like him, would call - a spade, a spade.

-Jay	

         I too have noticed a vindictiveness, a hard edge, to David Brudnoy
    since he started showing the ill effects of AIDS. However, I think his
    audience is aware of his problems and recent short-comings, and still
    like and respect him.
    
         I think he is one of the best radio talk-show hosts around. I
    don't get to listen very often, but if I find myself in my truck
    between 7PM and midnight, I listen to him. Can't say that I always
    agree with him, but I agree with him far more often than not. I appreciate
    his having Republican presidential candidates on. It is a good forum to
    find out where these people really stand.
    
    	Mike 

    What freq. is WBZ?
    
    -a transplant

 1030




 I like Charles Adler on 'RKO better than Brudnoy.




 Jim

    Brudnoy will have his libertarian panel on once every three
    months...Friday evenings.  If you think Brudnoy has no compassion,
    check these guys out!
    
    -Jack

| <<< Note 491.10 by CONSLT::MCBRIDE "Reformatted to fit your screen" >>>

| So this Brudnoy guy, he a ball player or something?


	Uh huh.... he certainly is. :-)

| <<< Note 491.13 by SHRCTR::SIGEL "Flock of Sigels" >>>

| He is worried about himself and takes it out on the listeners.

	Lynne, I could almost believe that if he didn't already do this before
he was sick. He hasn't really changed all that much. 


Glen

    Glen is correct.  Brudnoy has always been a very direct person because
    he cannot tolerate stupidity.  
    
    Listen, if one has a strong self image, this is a moot point!
    
    -Jack

    
    I like the man and always have.  I like his candor, his civilized
    discourse, and emphasis on reasoned arguements.  

  I agree with some of the replies that David is virtually irreplaceable, and
that is something that makes me sad, that he will probably stay on WBZ until
he dies or until he is absolutely too sick to go on, because the alternative
is probably to get a run-of-the-mill talk show host to replace him.
  I think David is much more arrogant now than he was 3-4 years ago, before he
knew he had AIDS. He always was sort of that way, but it's so bad now that I
don't want to listen to him any more. And I think it's mainly his illness that
is causing it, both that he feels lousy and that he knows his time is short.
Secondarily, the world really has gotten worse in the last 3-4 years.

    
>>    I like the man and always have.  I like his candor, his civilized
>>    discourse, and emphasis on reasoned arguements.  

	True. This becomes quite apparent, when his substitutes are on the air.
These substitutes are probably equally knowledgable and intelligent, but then
they totally lack even the basic oratary skills: No command over the language, 
style and delivery. 

	Some of the news anchors in WBZ like Gary Lafeyette (sp?), come quite 
close to Brudnoy. Especially the news snippet, 'Lafeyette on the loose' is a
riot.

    I think it's LaPierre.
    

  .26  that's what I thought too, handsome.

    What does Brudnoy look like? 
    
    Is he good lookin'? or Gak time?

	Average looks. 

    I notice Glen isn't commenting on the accolades I got for my looks by
    the MSO babes!  Glen is searing with anger because he knows I'm right
    and he's wrong Nyahhhhhhh!

| <<< Note 491.31 by MKOTS3::JMARTIN "I press on toward the goal" >>>

| I notice Glen isn't commenting on the accolades I got for my looks by the MSO 
| babes!  

	I made plenty of mentions about how you are an old ross....

| Glen is searing with anger because he knows I'm right and he's wrong 
| Nyahhhhhhh!

	U huh.....

>    What's with Gene Burns? After he left WRKO I think he went to NYC, then
>    to the west coast, had a heart attack etc.  Still alive?



   Last I heard (and I hadn't heard about the heart attack so this may be old
   news) Gene Burns was on KGO in San Francisco.



 Jim

      Burns is really sharp too.

    
    Gene was on WBNW about a month ago being interviewed by one of the
    talk show people there.  He was fine at that point, although
    he did have serious medical problems about a year ago.
    
    One of the most rational person I ever listened to on the airwaves.
    
    	Skip

    Re: .23
    
    I agree with you. His illness is causing D.B. to be even more arrogant.
    It is pretty scary when you know you got limited time on this earth. He
    knows his time is almost up unless some sort of a miracle cure of AIDS
    comes along fast.  
    
    How old is he?? He sounds like he is like 40 or 50 something

 I believe Brudnoy is in his mid 50's






 Jim

	Yesterday night, once again the topic was, "Whites flight from the
city to the suburb". This reason he says it happens is,  *only* because of
the lower-class blacks degenerative behaviour like teenage pregnancy, 
involvement in theft, crime and drugs. 

There was one African American who called and was upset that this
issue is being beaten time and again by David. He snapped back: "I cannot
talk about Hugh Grant(sp?) and his nonsense for days and hours like the other 
zillion talk shows going on this country. These guys (talk show hosts) are 
cowards and cannot talk about the real issues facing the country. They wear
a PC mask, and they are afraid to say the truth in the public, even though
privately everyone agrees with me."

	I cannot agree less. The more I listen, the more I like him.

-jayakumar

    I heard that excerpt also and after the call, Brudnoy pointed out that
    he spoke one evening on the good ole boy party and barely got any
    calls.  In 1979, every call was about the hostage crisis.  The reason
    he talks on this so much is because this is a major issue in todays
    society.
    
    -Jack

    
    re: .39
    
    >I cannot agree less.
    
    
     Oh mz_deb???    Mr. Binder????

    
    Well, I looked askance at it for a moment, but it makes sense:  if you
    agree with someone totally, you might say that you can't agree less,
    although it'd probably be easier to understand if you say you won't
    agree less.
    
    ...? 8^)
    
    

    My head is spinning.

    .42
    
    No, it doesn't make sense.  The statement "I cannot agree less" means,
    can be rephrased as "I am not able to agree less."  This, when parsed
    according to the usual rules of English, means, "I agree so little that
    to agree less would not be possible."  Which in turn means, "I disagree
    as much as it is possible for me to disagree."

    
    <------
    
     I couldn't agree more!!
    
    :) :)
    

    
    
    :*)
    

    
    I took it as he was a man of high moral character and his conscience
    would not allow him to agree less than the 100% agreement he already
    had with the subject.
    
    

Ok.. Ok.. I couldn't agree more with all you guys -): but then I couldn't
care less on these semantics -):

    By jove I think he's got it, wot?

    .49
    
    Contrary to the all-too-usual practice of some others whom I won't
    embarrass by naming them, the second half of his remark in .48 is
    phrased correctly.

    
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    Did you get your screen dried off, Mz_Deb?

>whom I won't
    embarrass by naming them

Is this a bit redundant?

    No.

    I'd rather listen to David Brudnoy than Howie Carr. I miss Gene Burns,
    and Jerry Williams. They had two of the best talk shows for my money. I
    know that Jerry is still on but from 10 to 12 only, when most of us are
    at work.
    
    It must be difficult for David with his health conditions, but I like
    his show and would not like to see him retire unless the show was
    wearing him out physically and mentally. A lot of things he talks about
    I don't agree with, but I'm glad he's around to say them.
    
    Claprood and Wheatley (sp) I don't like. Moe Lauzier (sp) I like. 
    
    We need talk shows that talk about the real issues, like jobs, bringing
    them back to the USA, instead of selling out Americans to NAFTA and
    GATT!
    
    And others too, like abuses of the constitution (alleged) by some of
    our federal law enforcement agencies.
    
    I hope David stays until he retires gracefully. He should know when
    that is.

I hate all radio and TV talk shows.
Except for Click and Clack, the Tappit Brothers.

Tappet.

Tap what?

<------- what they said

    
    I miss Clique and Claque.
    
    								-mr. bill

Our attorneys:  Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe.

Cheatham.  HTH.

TYVM.  BTW, ES. HTHT.

ES?!  ES!?!?!?  Mods, if that's not a r.o., I don't know what is!

You bet I'm steamed!

    >TYVM.  BTW, ES. HTHT.
    
     PMS? :^)
    
     Nice to see I'm not the sole target of her caustic tongue.

I missed you Mark, I really did.

    But it seems your attentions have been distributed somewhat.

My attentions?