Comments on: Rush Radio

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 02 May 2007 13:31:07 +0000

Morphine — check in my office.

I miss the right-wing radio already.

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:06:10 +0000

By the way, where is the morphine?

The best thing about Doug being out of town is the lack of right-wing radio. That and all the porn.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:12:10 +0000

Thanks, Lynn. The weather forecast sounded like it was going to be a rainy day, but just like last year it’s sunny instead. So we may spend the day in RL after all.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:37:49 +0000

Oh, by the way, HAPPY ANNIVERARY!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:35:07 +0000

All families need that phone number. Thanks, I’ll pass it on at my parent conferences.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:38:03 +0000

The tone reminds me of those “far right of Konrad Lorenz” dog training books, where they stress the importance of hanging the misbehaving puppy in the air until he grows faint from lack of oxygen.

Another memorable ad is the one for a helicopter flight school. It speaks of how there’s shortage of helicopter pilots, and I swear you can almost hear them crashing in the background.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:29:58 +0000

Eeesh. WGN here in Chicago has those ads, too, replete with gushy personal testimonials from re-empowered parents. Gotta say, if I needed something like that to deal with my kid (and I may yet someday — I make no judgment about searching for help lest I get bit later), I don’t know that I’d go on the radio and say so. Maybe they get a free hat or something. I’d sooner talk on the radio about depression or alcoholism than communication problems with my kid. Seems to me that if I was fourteen and PO’d at my parents all the time (and I was, in fact, fourteen and PO’d at my parents all the time), having them successfully manage me using tape-learned skills and then talk about it on the radio would only irritate me more.

I’m not even sure what rubs me wrong about it, but I get the willies every time I hear the ad. I’m sure it helps some (like leashes for toddlers), but it seems like something that should only be available by prescription or something, you know?