Marching Forward

BEFORE my normal blog:

Let me ask you this: would you consider making a donation to our troops in Afghanistan? Let me explain.
A friend is serving a tour of duty in an Air Force Reserve Unit based out of Scott AFB...and he recently emailed his friends in the states:

“We are in charge of recreation while we are over here and one of those areas is the renting of DVD's and Game Consoles. Our selection is well, lacking. The DVD's we have are junk and we don't have any game consoles.”

So, obviously they are asking if we have any kind of DVDs or VIDEOGAME consoles we could send over. War can be tedious between the tumultuous times...and they need some entertainment in their down time.

IF you have something you can donate, please contact me via email and put in the SUBJECT "Troop Donation" or something similar. Thanks! By the way, I'm trying to arrange something I can announce on the air - for now, even a few items would be GREATLY appreciated by these troops.

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The final OLDIES BY THE RIVER concert at Jefferson Barracks Park in the Veterans Memorial Amphitheater was a rousing success, with STEVE DAVIS and the MEMORIES OF ELVIS show, and the treat of a lifetime for many St. Louisans...the return of MAD MAYNARD and JACKIE McCOY of "THE OLDIES SHOW" to the stage along with the radio family of The All-New KZQZ - (Hot Talk) COOL OLDIES 1430AM!
Make sure you listen for the Mad Maynard and Jackie McCoy on KZQZ 1430AM starting Saturday, July 12th, 2008! Stay tuned to your radio for more details. Also, see their live oldies shows on Wednesday nights at JP's Corner - behind Sunset Ford off Gravois at Lindbergh, and Sunday nights at the Dorsett Inn - just off I-270 and Dorsett Road.

Back to the original part of this posting. THANK YOU to RICH HUGHES, who made the entire concert series at JB Park possible. He's the reason that you had OLDIES on Saturdays and BLUES on Fridays. RICH is a hard-working and intelligent man who truly loves his job, cares about the people who get involved, and makes these complicated events seem easy. The reality is it's a task with many possible hazards --- and he pulls it together with the fantastic help of the St. Louis County Parks and Recreation officials and workers, Friends of Jefferson Barracks, and the other sponsors of these events. In St. Louis there are quite a few people who organize events - but very few who can measure up to the positive qualities RICH HUGHES carries. I SEND A PERSONAL "Thank you, Rich!" I feel very blessed to have been involved and given the chance to get to know you. It's my hope we get together to "shoot the bull" outside "work" sometime.

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ECONOMIC NEWS:

Has anyone noticed that I'm not backing down from the DEPRESSION OF 2008? I am becoming more aware that I'm correct. The price of a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline in St. Louis went back up to the $3.99 mark again today. Oh...it hasn't gone up at ALL pumps...but the ones that set that mark have done so already in Missouri. Illinois price--- some are paying $4.25/gallon today. Yikes! That means in St. Louis, the average price went up 12 to 15 cents, while it only increased by one thin dime in the Metro East.
Meanwhile, the STOCK MARKET is evolving. Downward, as predicted. You may be well-vested in some stocks. Sell...sell...sell...sell...sell. Before the end of the year, you'll wish you had sold high. (I own no stocks, so my predictions are not predicated on what I hold...and I have no idea what I'm talking about, either. I'm just going to have fun eating my words, right?)
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That METRO TRANSIT MONTHLY PASS ($60 today...but since those hearings are ongoing, I'll bet on $70 to $80 later this year - still better than buying gasoline three times a month!) looks pretty good to a lot of those residents who live near the 270/255 loop, bus lines and Metro Link trains...eh?!?!?!?

I am a regular rider of the buses and MetroLink. How much have I saved over the past three years? Um...THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS! You can't beat the price...even if you can beat the average 90 minute commute time for many of us. Think about the nearly 45 minute drive in the morning and the possible 50 minute commute in the afternoon (guessing the time for someone who drives from, say, Belleville to Clayton and back starting at 7:15AM and again at 5PM). Suddenly the aggravation of driving in "rush hour" seems a lot more manageable if SOMEONE ELSE is doing the driving. My blood pressure is down considerably during my commute from just 3 years ago!
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Well...on the air time...hope you have a good Monday...and Tuesday...and the week goes past fast enough --- so we can celebrate the AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE this Friday, July 4th!
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Special note: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sister and my mom, Tuesday!

Johnny Rabbitt Junior
THE ALL-NEW KZQZ - playing COOL OLDIES on 1430 AM weekdays at 2PM!

OLDIES BY THE RIVER CONCERT SERIE$

June 2008 will go down in history as one of the best for GREAT OLDIES in the St. Louis area. First things first - thank you to Rich Hughes, the St. Louis County Parks Department, Friends of Jefferson Barracks, and all those who presented the OLDIES BY THE RIVER concert series before we became involved this year - we being The All-New KZQZ 1430 AM. The series was already successful...then, we got involved. And it's still successful anyway! But what makes it wonderful to us is that we found out how many listeners are paying attention to a station that doesn't even have a billboard budgeted, or a huge local TV ad budget...we're just a small company trying to do things that are fun! And we're doing it! Or if we're not, those hundreds of people who have come up during these concerts to talk with the KRAZY Q jocks and/or register to win $500 in Krazy Q Cash have been just great liars! But the attention makes me think that we're on to something good (Herman's Hermits, eat your heart out!).

Anyway...the last show for this season at Jefferson Barracks Park's Veterans Amphitheater is STEVE DAVIS and MEMORIES OF ELVIS - a terrific showcase of not only the talents of Mr. Davis, but the many musicians and singers who are aligned with him. The guy who mimicks Buddy Holly...hope you get the chance to see him...it's fun!

Be there early...get past the booth where we'll register you for that Krazy Q Cash drawing next Friday...say hello!

EVENT:
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Jefferson Barracks Park - Veterans Memorial Amphitheater
OLDIES BY THE RIVER CONCERT SERIES
Steve Davis - MEMORIES OF ELVIS - a great LIVE SHOW
Parking opens at 7pm...show begins at 8pm.
ADM: $8 adults

We'll see you there! Make sure you have YOUR ears on...I'll have MINE on!

JRJ

Special Program Note; Additional Info.

I am taking Thursday off. It's a forced moving day. After ten and a half years in the same dwelling, I must move...and you all probably know how wonderful it is to have to move an entire household. Just thought I'd share this moment, just in case you are thinking "where is that wacawy wabbitt?"

Also an informative note: as a musician and a friend to many musicians, I like to inform people of groups and events. So, please note a new link I place upon the blog's sidepanel. It refers to the biggest (perhaps best) German Brass Band in the midwest - the locally-based Deutschmeister Brass Band of St. Louis.
The website is easy to remember: www.germanband.com

Get to know them...especially if you like a beer and some oom-pah!

Health: One Wonders Who Helps Who

Last week, I was sick for the first time in more than a year. In fact, I think it was more than 17 months. That was Wednesday. On Saturday morning, I found a spot on my leg and wondered aloud about its origin. It turned out to be a tick. It was dead, as far as I could tell, as I got it off me quickly. Now I am starting to wonder if I should have found a way to keep that darned tick in a plastic bag or container (I was not home when I found it, so it wasn't like I had all the convenient trappings such as a Ziploc-style bag with me).

Last Tuesday night, my significant other and I visited the Wolf Sanctuary at Tyson Research Park off Antire Road. That's most likely when I picked up the tick, but not absolutely the time and place, as I do live in an area where pets and people can get ticks --- St. Louis has more of these little buggers than you'd think.

What is significant is that I have "bites" - possibly just spider bites - over 12 to 15 places on my body. The ones on my ankles are itchy most of the time, but since they're down low, I don't touch them much unless I'm resting. The ones on my arms itch and get frequent scratching treatments...yes, I know, I know...but, it's not easy to stay away from them! I've looked at the Lyme Disease Foundation pages online at www.lyme.org and cannot see a direct picture that matches my "bites" on my body, but I wonder if it's possible I'm in the early stages of that or another tick-borne disease --- I have no other symptoms of a tick-borne disease other than these itchy, red, spots. But...it makes me wonder if I do have something to worry about, or even something to have treated once I have health insurance.

I, like millions of other Americans, do NOT have ANY health insurance. If I get sick, the bills pile up. No wonder I blog and get riled up. We need UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE and that means YESTERDAY!!!!!

If you have ANY political influence with your CONGRESSMAN --- urge him or her to do something about the health care CRISIS in the USA.

As an example of someone who I actually know, I hold up the sincerely nice Illinois Congressman John Shimkus. John, I should have you read my blogs and consult your fellow public officials...I know you to be an honorable man who would stand up for the likes of me and others...we need the John Shimkuses and Jerry Costellos and the Lacey Clays and the Todd Akins of the world to join together, not just for the metropolitan St. Louis area...but for all of us who suffer from any diseases and cannot afford to get treated. The aisles of Congress should be crossed much more often than they are currently. We need Independents, as well as the other political parties to join in on such an effort. All too often, it's just rhetoric. And I am sick of rhetoric. And I may be sick with a disease I cannot afford to have treated by rhetoric.

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The OLDIES BY THE RIVER concert series continued on Saturday night with a terrific band. Cruzen was full of energy and great songs from five or six decades (okay, I'm not sure they played any 21st Century songs...but the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s songs were good).

This SATURDAY NIGHT - the concert series at Jefferson Barracks Park's Veterans Memorial Amphitheater continues with STEVE DAVIS and the MEMORIES OF ELVIS performance, which will include numerous other performers...this LIVE SHOW is among the best I have seen, not just of St. Louis-area groups, but of bands I've seen in a live setting. It's sure to be VERY crowded. The gates open at 7, and the concert begins at 8pm. Make sure you get your tickets and arrive early for the best seating!

For more information, see the previous blogs or contact KZQZ at 1-888-394-1430 or on the east side (618) 394-1430.

Make sure you tell your friends you heard about this from THE ALL-NEW KZQZ - (hot talk) COOL OLDIES 1430 AM!

Regional Office Closes; Summer Fun Continues with KZQZ

If you're anything like me, you read a wide variety of information sources daily. I love to read the websites that focus upon our region, including the newspapers at the core and periphery of the metropolitan St. Louis area. So, when I include some bit on the broadcast that references something like A-B or flooding, I am pretty well-read before I comment. Today, I find myself about to comment before I read all the facts. But, from the first glance, it appears that because of the way the federal government distributes money to the individual states, the state of Missouri is being forced to reduce the MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS which means the closure of the ST. LOUIS REGIONAL CLAIMS CENTER. This will not necessarily mean the more than 60 jobs disappear - just that all of those workers will be forced to relocate to Jefferson City or Kansas City or Springfield. Those cities retain the "right" to have a claims center according to the DOLIR: so says the article by Matt Allen in the Friday, June 20th, 2008 edition of the St. Louis Business Journal online edition.

What does this mean to the average St. Louisan who wants to make a claim? Well it means an over-the-phone discussion with the person with whom you have become familiar when talking to the STLRCC, if one is to believe the statement given in the article "Customers should not be affected as calls will be transferred to the three other claims offices and the St. Louis office received no in-person claims or customer walk-ins, according to the DOLIR."

Interesting. This means that all those times when I or a family member walked into an office to file an unemployment claim that we were, in fact, not going to a DOLIR REGIONAL CLAIMS CENTER.

Okay, I admit that I'm not the scholar who figures out ALL. I am the scholarly who figures out quite a lot, but like all others I sometimes cannot "get" what the truth is without uncovering a ton of confusion...or...TONS of confusion. This - am I mistaken? - could mean TONS of confusion to the average St. Louisan. So, now, I guess it's up to me to uncover the reasons why I'm confused over this closure and the fact that I haven't visited a DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS office. On the one hand, we can be CERTAIN that the REGIONAL CLAIMS CENTER in ST. LOUIS will be closing, even though we have allegedly never gone inside unless we work there. But on the other hand, we're curious --- to whom do we visit and get our claims rejected so frequently?

I guess I'll have to disgress slightly to point out that Governor Blunt is a Republican and St. Louis is a largely Democrat-run city/region. It would be widely speculated that this fact could be part of the reason for the decision to close this regional office.

Let me return to the initial thought stream here. The national government has allegedly curtailed state-funding to a point that the state of Missouri is FORCED to close this regional center...because the state of Missouri cannot afford to keep it open.

I was reading a post on talk-show host (mid-MO, former St. Louisan) Derek P. Gilbert's website - www.derekpgilbert.com - in which he quoted a Belleville (Ontario) newspaper article that pointed out information on the GREAT DEPRESSION of 2008. In that and other online articles there are references to how the U.S. Government (and one would assume the state-level and municipal-level governments) will have a great deal of financial difficulty in 2008 and 2009, and many agencies will cease to exist because the money will run out.

Like is customary these days, while considering what I have already written, I used search engines to find the name of the unemployment offices that we frequent in the St. Louis area. Ah-ha. The MISSOURI CAREER CENTERS office locations...yes...between the south county and downtown locations, I have been there about 10 times over the past 5 years.

Here is the ANSWER to the question of who runs the places where I have attempted to file for unemployment unsuccessfully several times over the past 15 years. The Missouri Career Centers are run NOT by the DOLIR...but by the DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I see how it is. Probably if I called the DOLIR number, I may have been given customer service that would have possibly pointed me to how I could actually win an unemployment claim!!!! Okay...just MAYBE...not for sure.

Well, doing that online research also gave me time to pause and reflect upon at least one troubling question:

Does the closing of a state-run Dept. of Labor and Industrial Relations REGIONAL CLAIMS CENTER in St. Louis point toward the "new" great depression?

(Did you read above reference to the government money woes in relationship to the Depression of 2008?!?!?)

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By the way - the Dow Jones Industrial average dropped more than 200 points at the close of Friday trading despite the alleged good news that the Chinese government raised the price of petrol/gasoline by 18% on Thursday and Friday which should have an effect upon the consumption of gasoline in that Asian country...allegedly that will mean Chinese residents who drive will drive less (just like those of us in the U.S. who have already done so because the price of gasoline has increased more than 125% since 2005).
We all know that oil is helping to spur the economic slowdown/crawl, along with the recent problems involving "mortgage lenders" (lending institutions include banks). We should all face it --- numerous banks are vulnerable because they ALREADY OPERATE AT LESS THAN 100% employment capacity...when was the last time you went into a bank at midday on a Tuesday and found all the teller lines open for customer service? And just how many more things (signs like understaffed businesses) do we ignore on a daily basis that point to the increased vulnerability of the economy in the United States of America?

Don't let me get started on health care.

I may be a fun, optimistic, crazy disc jockey on the radio...but I have this cynical and more realistic side when I write. Let's just say how much it pains me to write these days.
Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Quite possibly one of the more positive things I've taken to heart lately is the mere fact that the All-New KZQZ (hot talk) COOL OLDIES 1430 AM is getting a lot of phone calls [toll-free 1-888-394-1430 or east side (618) 394-1430], attention at the OLDIES BY THE RIVER concert series, and some more e-mails (you can email me fairly easily using the obvious gmail addy of 1430dj if you so choose). It's clear that we've had an impact already. THIS SOOOOOO COOL!
Thanks to my regular phone callers, including but not limited to: Randy in Lemay, Phyllis in South County, John in Hazelwood, John in Sunset Hills, Ray in Pevely, Mrs. Smith in Washington Park, as well as my listeners in Jersey County who only call occasionally, but have let me know that they are there. I received a call from someone in Benld a couple of times lately, and although Benld IL cannot hear our nighttime signal, the listener enjoys the broadcast during the daytime hours...and that's fantastic to me. At KZQZ, we're happy that each listener is there, no matter which town you call home!

I'm told that our management is finalizing a deal for a special new station vehicle that will be making appearances in the region before the end of summer. It's truly cool...I hope we can make the announcement soon!

Come on out to the OLDIES BY THE RIVER concert series before the end of June! Admission is $8 for adults...bring your lawn chairs, blankets, coolers (no glass, please)...and enjoy the remaining shows:

June 21/Tonight: Cruzen - www.cruzenband.com

June 28: Steve Davis and the Memories of Elvis - www.memoriesofelvis.com

THANKS to Rich Hughes and the St. Louis County Parks Department, as well as the Friends of Jefferson Barracks (hey - if you didn't bring the cooler and food - and even if you do - visit their concession booth and enjoy some hot dogs, bratwurst and popcorn, etc. Prices are very reasonable) , Affton Chamber of Commerce, Lemay Chamber of Commerce, RFT, and the numerous other sponsors for this concert series. We're having a BLAST being the presenting radio station...and we look forward to doing this again many times in the future!

See you on the radio!

Happy Birthday Wishes

Brian Douglas Wilson,

Happy Birthday! If you were given the royal treatment by the United States the way your friend Paul McCartney has been given by the United Kingdom, you most certainly would be SIR Brian Wilson. You may become a Sir in merry ole England one of these days, anyway, the way the British press and public has viewed you the past 40 years. In fact...I encourage any of the citizens of the U.K. to lobby Parliament and the Royal Family to give you an honourary title.

I hope your birthday is spent with your family and friends exactly the way you would prefer --- without us media types (paparazzi, etc.) getting too involved in your personal life. Even if it is just for your birthday.

Thank you for "God Only Knows" and "Time To Get Alone" and the dozens of other great songs you've penned.

I look forward to the September 2008 release on Capitol Records label of your new CD/DVD-CD/Digital/Vinyl (yes, it's coming out in limited vinyl, you record-lovers) "That Old Lucky Sun".

Visit http://www.brianwilson.com/ for further information on this rock legend and his current workings, including his mini-tours. I sure hope they add St. Louis this fall!

Dear Economy, Can You Be Ready - or just Read?

There are reasons why I blog. I cannot say that there are reasons that I choose the subject matter except when it’s obvious to me. The economy is obvious, and it has an effect upon all of us – within reason, of course.

When I began writing this blog, as I sat with the cable TV stations blaring news of rivers flooding, gasoline prices, children having babies in Massachusetts, and TV news anchors spilling the beans on each other, I watched the DOW JONES TICKER…falling. That’s not to say that I’m right on my announcement of the DEPRESSION of 2008. At least that’s what all the government economists would want to tell you.

Who is stupid enough to say: “It’s not the economy, stupid”???

C’mon – be honest with yourself. Don’t you see how many stories are being reported in the newspaper, the television, the radio, the internet…on the GASOLINE DRIVE-OFF ratio? That is a top ten story/issue on the news broadcasts and it is unavoidable. Why? The economy sucks. The price of oil is driving that sucking noise in part, but also now we have to see that God’s hands are also upon this rapid decline. (Listens for the readers who will say “Did he just evoke God in his daily diatribe?”) Yes. God. The Midwest – Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, even parts of Oklahoma – has been hit hard with rain. Then, flooding. Now that hundreds of thousands of acres have been inundated with water from rivers, streams, lakes, even just hours of soaking rains, we all will be paying for God’s works. That’s just simple mathematics coming from the grain train.

The corn and soybean production drops significantly as a result of the late start to the growing season and the floods that followed. That will be felt throughout the markets later this year when there is not enough corn syrup, not enough corn for all the cornflakes, ethanol costs rise significantly, soy-based inks and soy-based fibers prices rise through the lining on your car roof. Yes, the agricultural community has suffered and will continue to suffer throughout 2008. And the consumers will suffer the rest of 2008 and/or a good part of 2009.

Look. Even Warren Buffett, the wealthiest man on God’s multi-colored earth, is feeling the effects of economic conditions even if one believes that a rich man cannot do so because of his wealth and influence. Let’s face it – Mr. Buffett has a hand in things in St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch and whether or not it becomes a stock controlled by InBev. His words could sway other stockholders whether or not to sell. Warren Buffett and his gigantic holdings group holds about five percent of A-B stock and has received ample media attention over the past several days because of both that fact and the questions he is asked about the economy in general. My point here is that Buffett’s words can actually have an effect on the economy as well as the economy could have an effect upon his stockholdings. He’s that influential.

Now comes my question: what would the average guy on the street ask Warren Buffett --- Omaha, Nebraska’s most sought-after resident --- if he could sit down in a coffee shop (one would guess a Starbucks) and hold conversation with the world’s richest man and pick his brain on the subject of the economic condition?
Well, okay. Perhaps it’s not really necessary to have that conversation with Warren Buffett. We will all see how he “votes” on A-B soon enough. But, what of the other things in the economy? THOSE questions would be interesting subjects to broach with this man who shuns the spotlight yet is held up to it as the icon for whom so many point as the one “in the know”.

Perhaps this is not the right time for me to stop writing this column, for there are numerous other items that could continue this discussion. But, for once, I think there is a stopping point worth taking after I ask yet one more question of Mr. Warren Buffett. No – I’m not going to ask him for money (even though it is tempting).

Mr. Buffett, sir: Could you please help us find the energy source that will fuel our economy in a good way? Also…if I have time to ask one more question --- would you like to sit down and discuss this with a Budweiser in hand?

The DEPRESSION OF 2008

Okay,

You may not have heard this "lame announcement" (I'm borrowing someone else's phrasing), but at 4:22pm CDT on-the-air at the All-New KZQZ, I announced what many Americans have known for months: The United States of America (and to the Republic for which it stands) is in an ECONOMIC DEPRESSION.

Why announce this today? Yesterday, the price of a gallon of UNLEADED REGULAR gasoline in St. Louis hit the benchmark 3.99_9 -- or the $4/GAL mark. This is the first time that on the MISSOURI side of the Bi-State region, the price was at that highwater mark. Enough to say, in certain terms, that it's finally OVER THE TOP. Just three years ago, in the summer of 2005, the price of a gallon of Unleaded was a mere $1.65, and by the end of the summer it was up to $1.77/Gallon and people were mired in thinking that it was going to drop "soon".
Ha! We were all fools, including those who control the oil reserves, the stock prices on the market (not the price of the barrel --- I am talking about those who trade on the stock exchanges such as NYSE).

Now, the thing that makes this that much easier to announce TODAY was the interview on CNBC in the midday EDT hour with Louise Yamada (25 years with Smith-Barney/Citigroup - now with her own group - Louise Yamada Technical Research Advisors LLC) who was asked to comment upon the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S & P 500, and the NASDAQ. She said all three markets are "near critical peak levels" with a "likely fall to 10000" on the DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL index. When she was asked about the future of OIL, she maintained that the price of a barrel of oil will not likely drop "appreciably", and added that "some statistics" see $200/barrel. Consider that the price at that moment had dropped to $137.50 and try the mathematics. Even a non-economist can see there is a problem with those figures for the common man/woman.
The CNBC questions continued a few minutes later with Thom Hall, Financial Strategies Institute, who said "I expect to see a very volatile market in the next year." And he added that he expects to see the DOW in the 11000 range.
Sure, two opinions, two outcomes. Or is that TWO outcomes? For, he didn't see the Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson a few minutes LATER speaking publicly. Secretary Paulson towed many a line of the president's administration, giving as positive a spin as he could give [without outright lying] about the economic conditions. In fact, a quote from Mr. Paulson: "I believe market conditions will improve...but not in a straight line."
An interesting way of circling the obvious. The markets ALWAYS improve ------ eventually. This is a real DEPRESSION...not even the RECESSION YOU AND THE REST of the government have all but ignored over the past 8 months. The real street-level indicators were there last fall, but the treasury - and those who sit insulated from the middle class and the lower-middle class and the poor - would not look at the way things have been (and remain) to those of us who already ride mass transit because we can't afford: insurance, car payments, gasoline. And that's just one example of how the sucking-the-wind-out-of-us economy has been working for "us" since late 2007. I know --- personally --- of people who have been trying to find a halfway decent wage (including food service, mind you) and can't GET a job. It's not simply a tough market for job seekers --- it's a nearly impossible job market for many.

Do you know of someone who works three jobs and cannot currently make ends meet?
Yes, you do.

Welcome to the DEPRESSION of 2008.

It is REAL. So, those of you in the U.S. Government...those of you who hold major stocks which are about to PLUMMET...and (dare I say it?) you CEO's who are thinking this is a great time to get another GOLDEN PARACHUTE ---- I hope you really feel this market "adjustment". It will be a TRUER THAN YOU THINK adjustment. In the next 9 months, it is my suggestion that you meet the poor person who hasn't worked in the PAST six months and tell him/her how far you've fallen.

Maybe they'll have more sympathy than you think...or you've had for them.

Why would I make this announcement?

Go look around the corner at someone who used to drive a nice car or pay a market rate mortgage or live in an apartment they could afford four years ago and tell him or her how sorry you are that they can't have those things anymore. Because, believe me, those people are real people. And you don't have to look far to see them in person.

Happy Summer!

JRJunior

The barrel and the "coming announcement"

I figure I should give you a hint on my upcoming announcement. The barrel of oil went up $10 on Friday, June 6, 2008. The economic picture showed unemployment claims went up a HALF PERCENT. Me thinks you may understand where I may be going. If the price at the pump has been hitting you in the pockets a lot, think about those businesses which rely upon transportation of their goods from one point to another. The costs are increasing daily to produce and sell these goods. That's passed on to you and me. Even if you did not take Economics: 101 it should be fairly easy to think about what that means. Inflation. What's that mean? Hmmn. Come back - it may be within the next few days when I make this announcement simultaneously here and on the air on The Gateway City's All-New KZQZ!

Meanwhile - please call in to support The All-New KZQZ - we would love to hear from you!

Our Krazy Q hotlines are...Toll-free: 888-394-1430, Metro East: (618) 394-1430.

And for you business owners who would like to advertise with The All-New KZQZ Cool Oldies 1430AM or our sister station Kool Kountry 1510 WXOZ --- feel free to call us on the business line at 618-394-9965. It's nice to help out others in business and let them know the great ways that radio advertising can increase their short-term and long-term business plans in a variety of ways from getting the business name out there initially to helping the recognition of the business through a retention program. The cost for a small business to advertise on radio is much lower than you may think. All you need to do is ask - we'll be honest with you about the reasons for advertising, the costs, and the results. Radio is well-researched, so we don't have to make up the answers to the "why?" questions.

Feel free to e-mail me with questions, comments, and even requests!
Reach me thru --- 1430dj (plus that @ sign) gmail (and the important dot) com

Johnny Rabbitt Junior