Comments for This Is Hell! http://thisishell.net Brave enough to be live, dumb enough to be goofy, stupid enough to think that we can be a regular part of your Saturday morning hangover. This is Hell! airs a live four hour broadcast beginning at 9 AM (US central) on WNUR 89.3 FM Chicago, streaming live from WNUR and podcasted shortly after. Mon, 21 May 2012 02:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on This is Hell! NATO Summit Special Today! by Billrose1 http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-19/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Billrose1 Mon, 21 May 2012 02:56:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=7172#comment-743 Thought you might be interested, the Easton Area School Board (PA) is considering removing Barbara Ehrenreich's book "Nickel and Dimed" from the curriculum.  It is currently offered as an option for the advanced placement students.  http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2012/05/easton_area_school_board_to_vo_2.html Thought you might be interested, the Easton Area School Board (PA) is considering removing Barbara Ehrenreich’s book “Nickel and Dimed” from the curriculum.  It is currently offered as an option for the advanced placement students. 

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2012/05/easton_area_school_board_to_vo_2.html

]]> Comment on They Have A Dream by Kenneth Cowan http://thisishell.net/correspondents/the-moment-of-truth/they-have-a-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Kenneth Cowan Thu, 17 May 2012 00:08:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=7128#comment-742 Bravo!  You've truly got the underside of it right!  --Tyrone S. (ret.) Bravo!  You’ve truly got the underside of it right!  –Tyrone S. (ret.)

]]> Comment on URL Labs’ Website of the Week for May 5, 2012 by BeenThereDoneThat http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/url-labs-website-of-the-week-for-may-5-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-740 BeenThereDoneThat Sat, 05 May 2012 18:54:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=7063#comment-740 Sat. 5/05/12 - aft. re: Sat. 05/05/12 show - Internships Dear Chuck:      Thank you for interviewing Mr. Ross Perlin today about internships.  I enjoyed and appreciated this discussion very much.       I can point you to the root of internships.  It's the women's movement in the '70's which led to the glass ceiling in the '80's and from there to extremism in internships in the '90's and 2000's.  Been there, done that.      When I finished a paralegal certificate program, '87, law firms didn't want to hire me in that capacity because they said I didn't have experience.  They were able to hire male de-barred attorneys become glorified law clerks for that work.  So I went on back into the typing pool.  I didn't realize when I got out of that program I was going to bump into a glass ceiling.  The good news was: my salary (and my self-confidence) as a legal secretary/administrative assistant tripled overnight.  And that helped me finish off my night school Degree in communication.      When I finished my night school degree in communication and did an internship at a  major local channel, the reporter I was assigned to was alcoholic, probably on drugs and occasionally violent.  I believe I determined he may also have been doing something else on the side unmentionable to make ends meet.  While his job had glamour, he was really only on some kind of part-time contract not all that different from when I worked as an office temp in times past.  In other words, the field of communication was not romantically glamourous as I had previously been led to believe.        I had some pipe dreams of doing on-line research for a show.  But after a major show of the type that interested me got cancelled and the job market started squeezing, I said to myself, "Forget it."  Thanks to Social Security setting in and unemployment running out, I was able to return to activities of younger days: creative writing and fine arts.  So, to hell with glamourous careers (like the kid couch crashing in New York to get into broadcasting found out). /Sarah in Rogers Park PS: You mentioned you're one of the "B" people.  Do you know Mr. Jurek (Bill, I think his name is) down at Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind?  I am a volunteer radio reader on Monday afternoons working with Brian Hawkins, the engineer at CRIS radio there and Mr. Jurek is Brian's boss.  I almost went blind a couple of times in life, myself.  This is why I love doing it./s-rp Sat. 5/05/12 – aft. re: Sat. 05/05/12 show – Internships
Dear Chuck:
     Thank you for interviewing Mr. Ross Perlin today about internships.  I enjoyed and appreciated this discussion very much.
      I can point you to the root of internships.  It’s the women’s movement in the ’70′s which led to the glass ceiling in the ’80′s and from there to extremism in internships in the ’90′s and 2000′s.  Been there, done that.
     When I finished a paralegal certificate program, ’87, law firms didn’t want to hire me in that capacity because they said I didn’t have experience.  They were able to hire male de-barred attorneys become glorified law clerks for that work.  So I went on back into the typing pool.  I didn’t realize when I got out of that program I was going to bump into a glass ceiling.  The good news was: my salary (and my self-confidence) as a legal secretary/administrative assistant tripled overnight.  And that helped me finish off my night school Degree in communication.
     When I finished my night school degree in communication and did an internship at a  major local channel, the reporter I was assigned to was alcoholic, probably on drugs and occasionally violent.  I believe I determined he may also have been doing something else on the side unmentionable to make ends meet.  While his job had glamour, he was really only on some kind of part-time contract not all that different from when I worked as an office temp in times past.  In other words, the field of communication was not romantically glamourous as I had previously been led to believe. 
      I had some pipe dreams of doing on-line research for a show.  But after a major show of the type that interested me got cancelled and the job market started squeezing, I said to myself, “Forget it.”  Thanks to Social Security setting in and unemployment running out, I was able to return to activities of younger days: creative writing and fine arts.  So, to hell with glamourous careers (like the kid couch crashing in New York to get into broadcasting found out).

/Sarah in Rogers Park

PS: You mentioned you’re one of the “B” people.  Do you know Mr. Jurek (Bill, I think his name is) down at Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind?  I am a volunteer radio reader on Monday afternoons working with Brian Hawkins, the engineer at CRIS radio there and Mr. Jurek is Brian’s boss.  I almost went blind a couple of times in life, myself.  This is why I love doing it./s-rp

]]> Comment on Nine Circles of Hell!: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 by Stanvanhoucke http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/nine-circles-of-hell-tuesday-may-1-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Stanvanhoucke Wed, 02 May 2012 18:59:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=7018#comment-739 dear chuck and the others, i just finished 'The Short American Century. A Postmortem,' edited by andrew j.bacevich. it is a fascinating journey through the last fifty years, written by experts who all try on their own field to analyze what really went wrong, a meta-view so to speak. you might interview all of the contributors, all of them are qualified to be a guests in your fine show. keep on trucking chuck. stan van houcke amsterdam the netherlands  dear chuck and the others,

i just finished ‘The Short American Century. A Postmortem,’ edited by andrew j.bacevich. it is a fascinating journey through the last fifty years, written by experts who all try on their own field to analyze what really went wrong, a meta-view so to speak. you might interview all of the contributors, all of them are qualified to be a guests in your fine show. keep on trucking chuck.
stan van houcke
amsterdam
the netherlands 

]]> Comment on Nine Circles of Hell!: Thursday, April 12, 2012 by b, http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/nine-circles-of-hell-thrusday-april-12-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-737 b, Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:29:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6800#comment-737 Mr.Mertz You are doing it. Well. Mr.Mertz
You are doing it. Well.

]]> Comment on Episode #689: Podcast for April 14, 2012 by Stanvanhoucke http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-689-podcast-for-april-14-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-736 Stanvanhoucke Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:39:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6812#comment-736 dear chuck and the other folks,  morris berman's books are fascinating. in his last book he deals with the culture of the south of the usa, which could have been an alternative to the expansionist thinking of the washington elites. thanks to you we invited james peck to the netherlands. we heard him speak in one of your programs. peck's lecture was fascinating especially now the mainstream media are preparing the west for an attack on syria and iran. thanks. keep ontrucking. stan van houcke journalist/writer amsterdam netherlands dear chuck and the other folks, 

morris berman’s books are fascinating. in his last book he deals with the culture of the south of the usa, which could have been an alternative to the expansionist thinking of the washington elites. thanks to you we invited james peck to the netherlands. we heard him speak in one of your programs. peck’s lecture was fascinating especially now the mainstream media are preparing the west for an attack on syria and iran. thanks. keep ontrucking.

stan van houcke
journalist/writer
amsterdam
netherlands

]]> Comment on Nine Circles of Hell: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 by Chuck http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/nine-circles-of-hell-wednesday-april-11-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-735 Chuck Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:24:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6784#comment-735 Here's a follow-up to the first story, the one on US juvenile detention center conditions. I realize this is an old story - and even this 'new' information is nearly two weeks old, but it's worth noting when considering America's growing lockdown. http://www.inquisitr.com/211740/u-s-judges-admit-to-jailing-children-for-money/#ljOT0p7ZkvXJpPWv.99 Here’s a follow-up to the first story, the one on US juvenile detention center conditions.

I realize this is an old story – and even this ‘new’ information is nearly two weeks old, but it’s worth noting when considering America’s growing lockdown.

http://www.inquisitr.com/211740/u-s-judges-admit-to-jailing-children-for-money/#ljOT0p7ZkvXJpPWv.99

]]> Comment on Episode #688: Podcast for April 7, 2012 by Jdorchen http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-16/comment-page-1/#comment-734 Jdorchen Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:43:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6721#comment-734 The Billy Joel essay Chuck and Jeff talk about during the Moment of Truth segment can be read here:  http://mejeffdorchen.oblivio.com/moments/when-i-blew-a-younger-mans-nose.html The Billy Joel essay Chuck and Jeff talk about during the Moment of Truth segment can be read here: 

http://mejeffdorchen.oblivio.com/moments/when-i-blew-a-younger-mans-nose.html

]]> Comment on Nine Circles of Hell!: Monday, April 2, 2012 by Chuck http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/6690/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Chuck Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:37:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6690#comment-733  You are correct, sir. I was sittin' there thinkin' 'there's a Superman-related word I can use, but what the hell is it?'  You are correct, sir. I was sittin’ there thinkin’ ‘there’s a Superman-related word I can use, but what the hell is it?’

]]> Comment on Nine Circles of Hell!: Monday, April 2, 2012 by The Reverend http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/6690/comment-page-1/#comment-732 The Reverend Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:25:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6690#comment-732 would that be a bizarro sarah palin? would that be a bizarro sarah palin?

]]> Comment on Episode #687: Podcast for March 31, 2012 by Yakoff Smirnoff http://thisishell.net/shows/6664/comment-page-1/#comment-731 Yakoff Smirnoff Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:38:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6664#comment-731  I'm not sure I would feel bad about any of the candidates jumping off a bridge. Wait I am sure. I wouldn't.  Picking the less of all evils is a way of saying their is no good choice. That's why THIS IS HELL.  I’m not sure I would feel bad about any of the candidates jumping off a bridge. Wait I am sure. I wouldn’t.  Picking the less of all evils is a way of saying their is no good choice. That’s why THIS IS HELL.

]]> Comment on Episode #687: Podcast for March 31, 2012 by Billrose1 http://thisishell.net/shows/6664/comment-page-1/#comment-730 Billrose1 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:27:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6664#comment-730 "All social progress in this country ... has come from an alliance of social democratic movements on the ground ... and a strong centralized state" (Corey Robin).  This is simply incorrect.  General Fremont, first Repuplican candidate for President, freed the slaves in Missouri prior to the Emancipation Proclamation.  Fremon't order was reversed by Lincoln.  So social progress came about DESPITE the strong centralized state, NOT AS THE RESULT OF AN ALLIANCE.  I know that the ridiculing of Ron Paul is fun and easy, but he remains the ONLY CANDIDATE OF EITHER PARTY CALLING FOR A SCALING BACK OF THE US EMPIRE.  And he is the ONLY CANDIDATE TO RENOUNCE LEGALIZED MURDER OF AMERICAN CITIZENS WITHOUT ARREST OR CHARGE OR TRIAL BY THE PRESIDENT.  And he is the ONLY CANDIDATE TO CRITICIZE THE NDAA FOR ITS TRASHING OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.  Your continued ridicule approaches bullying.  I hope dear Ron doesn't jump off a bridge, because then you would feel bad, Chuck. “All social progress in this country … has come from an alliance of social democratic movements on the ground … and a strong centralized state” (Corey Robin).  This is simply incorrect.  General Fremont, first Repuplican candidate for President, freed the slaves in Missouri prior to the Emancipation Proclamation.  Fremon’t order was reversed by Lincoln.  So social progress came about DESPITE the strong centralized state, NOT AS THE RESULT OF AN ALLIANCE.  I know that the ridiculing of Ron Paul is fun and easy, but he remains the ONLY CANDIDATE OF EITHER PARTY CALLING FOR A SCALING BACK OF THE US EMPIRE.  And he is the ONLY CANDIDATE TO RENOUNCE LEGALIZED MURDER OF AMERICAN CITIZENS WITHOUT ARREST OR CHARGE OR TRIAL BY THE PRESIDENT.  And he is the ONLY CANDIDATE TO CRITICIZE THE NDAA FOR ITS TRASHING OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.  Your continued ridicule approaches bullying.  I hope dear Ron doesn’t jump off a bridge, because then you would feel bad, Chuck.

]]> Comment on Episode #686: Podcast for March 24, 2012 by Amy Goodman http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-13/comment-page-1/#comment-729 Amy Goodman Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:54:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6534#comment-729  http://davidskalinder.com/hell// He sets a timer to record the show and hasn't missed one yet. I would bookmark the page as "thunderballs" can sometimes take up till midweek to post a podcast.  I use it every week.  http://davidskalinder.com/hell//
He sets a timer to record the show and hasn’t missed one yet. I would bookmark the page as “thunderballs” can sometimes take up till midweek to post a podcast.  I use it every week.

]]> Comment on Episode #686: Podcast for March 24, 2012 by Amy Goodman http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-13/comment-page-1/#comment-728 Amy Goodman Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:48:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6534#comment-728  Go to the David Skalinder site. He always posts at about 3 p.m (Saturday) and the show is always in it's entirety. You can't count on "thunderball" at all. If I could post a link I would, but I'm not technically savoy much like "thunderballs".  Go to the David Skalinder site. He always posts at about 3 p.m (Saturday) and the show is always in it’s entirety. You can’t count on “thunderball” at all. If I could post a link I would, but I’m not technically savoy much like “thunderballs”.

]]> Comment on URL Labs’ Website of the Week for March 24, 2012 by ME http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/url-labs-website-of-the-week-for-march-24-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-727 ME Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:22:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6595#comment-727 love this one!!! love this one!!!

]]> Comment on Episode #686: Podcast for March 24, 2012 by Dickie Bundle http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-13/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Dickie Bundle Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:15:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6534#comment-726 End of show is cut off... End of show is cut off…

]]> Comment on Nine Circles of Hell!: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 by Harpsonsherry http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/nine-circles-of-hell-wednesday-february-29-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-725 Harpsonsherry Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:44:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6340#comment-725 Unbelievable...Sago Mine misreporter Vandenbrook strikes again! he got a bunch of quotes from Senators and Congressman in order to defame a family when he knew all along that it wasnt true. Unbelievable...Vandenbrook and Locker should change their names to Jayson Blair!! Tom knew the facts and just chose to attack a family serving the U.S military by intentionally refusing to look at/for the fact of the matter which was wasn't very hard after a google search I came across this site www.govexec.com/federal-news/fedblog/2012/03/contractor-says-taxes-being-paid/41447/ Where there is a link to a letter with comments from Clark Ervin, the former Inspector General on behalf of Leonie Industries explaining the facts that Tom and Ray just seem to "Pass Up" ?? Unbelievable…Sago Mine misreporter Vandenbrook strikes again! he got a bunch of quotes from Senators and Congressman in order to defame a family when he knew all along that it wasnt true. Unbelievable…Vandenbrook and Locker should change their names to Jayson Blair!! Tom knew the facts and just chose to attack a family serving the U.S military by intentionally refusing to look at/for the fact of the matter which was wasn’t very hard after a google search I came across this site http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/fedblog/2012/03/contractor-says-taxes-being-paid/41447/ Where there is a link to a letter with comments from Clark Ervin, the former Inspector General on behalf of Leonie Industries explaining the facts that Tom and Ray just seem to “Pass Up” ??

]]> Comment on Episode #686: Podcast for March 24, 2012 by Konker http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-13/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Konker Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6534#comment-724 Last hour was clipped from the podcast Last hour was clipped from the podcast

]]> Comment on Episode #686: Podcast for March 24, 2012 by Billrose1 http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-13/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Billrose1 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:17:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6534#comment-723 Chuck, you have a great show, I listen to the entire podcast every week.  But someone on your staff is sabotaging your efforts. No podcast ??? WTF ??? Chuck, you have a great show, I listen to the entire podcast every week.  But someone on your staff is sabotaging your efforts. No podcast ??? WTF ???

]]> Comment on Episode #686: Podcast for March 24, 2012 by Slammfrazer http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-13/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Slammfrazer Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:36:00 +0000 http://thisishell.net/?p=6534#comment-722 Podcast? Podcast?

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