Shock Jock —
Radio Messiah?
The Radio Messiah has arrived! Howard Stern, he of the New Holy City of New York, is finally spreading his good word in Canada. (Oct. 20, “Shock Jock Rocks Canada”) And it’s about time! I was getting sick and tired of stations like CBC and personalities like Peter Gzowski who were treating me like an intelligent human being.
I welcome Stern’s arrival on the airwaves. There’s a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ about waking up to his insulting remarks. It’s even more exciting because I’m French-Canadian. I never realized until now that I was a “peckerhead.” But it must be true since he’s American (they know Canadians best) and he’s the Messiah (the Messiah always knows everything).
And his $15-million salary is very reasonable. He’s the latest in line to prove that brawn in sports and stupidity in entertainment will always pay more than the knowledge in your brain.
Is he really the shock jock of radio? Perhaps, but the biggest shock is that we’ve endured our pseudo-intellectual buffoons at the CBC for so long. As for Q-107 and CHOM-FM, I applaud you for putting your Canadian morning show bums out of work and replacing them with the master of ingenuity and humor. And how ingenious of your corporate legal department to find a loophole in CRTC regulations so the Messiah could broadcast without a hitch! I say down with the CBC! Screw Canadian talent! So listen up scumbags, welcome this latest bastion of American cultural imperialism!
Simon Nantais
Preston Street
Market garden food questioned
After reading about dangerous bacteria found in our fruit and vegetables in the local media, I wondered about the safety of producing food on inner city lots.
Land in Centretown is used as a doggy toilet. We have had to resort to “No Dog” signs on our apartment lawn and yet I continue to clean up dog feces. The vacant lot across from us is the favorite local “dumping” ground.
Would clearing vacant lots and adding top soil make it more acceptable to produce food?
Nicole Pachajec
Bay Street