My Response to Doc Washburn

I listened to hour 1 of the 2/18/13 show where you discuss Oscar Pistorius---the Olympic runner (BladeRunner) who shot his girlfriend, then discuss briefly Mindy McCreedy’s suicide, then discuss the NRA document about Obama and gun control and then you interview Steve Crowder

Here are a few of my general thoughts listening to the show

You appear to be a show on a CBS affiliate based on the news brief

You are a talk show host, so you give your opinions, and off the bat I heard a lot of sarcasm, and I also assume based on some things you said that you are Christian

You seemed upset about gun violence, you were upset that Mindy McCreedy shot herself and were upset that Oscar Pistorius’ girlfriend was shot dead (you said there is no reversing that---and yes I agree) but I find you lacking in knowledge of history about South Africa, or empathy in dealing with the cases

You say you want to whack Pistorius---do you mean hit or kill?? Because even the victim Reva Steenkamp’s parents said he must be feeling terrible----he thought he was protecting himself and his girlfriend from an intruder

As with Mindy McCreedy as a man neither of us knows what its like to be a mother---and she just lost custody of her kids---and yes while a country music star seems more famous in the last decade for troubles then song hits

Also she is the 5^th person who was on Dr Drew Pinsky’s show “”Celebrity Rehab”” to commit suicide---so either he’s a really bad doctor or his patients just had too much or a reality show isn’t the best medicine

Yes I agree with you on this----gun violence and suicide is permanent, and we as a society should do what we can to deal with mental illness, depression and gun violence.

Suicide by guns (From Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/csm-photo-galleries-images/in-pictures-images/2013/02/guns-gallery/gun-11/15058339-1-eng-US/gun-11_full_900x600.jpg

Then you have a segment (after gun violence and how upset that makes you) about NRA has its hands on a leaked document from Obama about gun control, confiscation etc----so I see a HUGE disparity between the first part where you’re rightly upset about gun violence, but then also upset about the cure because of what NRA says-----I’m skeptical of what NRA says without further proof

Then you interview Steven Crowder on marijuana, his videos and the fight//punch at the union rally in Michigan

Here is a fact check on Crowder----yes he was punched by a union member----but only AFTER someone pushed Crowder into the union member----and YES I agree no matter what the reason punching back is not a justifiable response---the union member SHOULD be arrested for assault----BUT the whole picture is necessary----was Crowder looking for a fight to claim union members are “”thugs???””

The truth about Steve Crowder being punched

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIF70HsfpAg

so here is a basic piece of my thoughts from the show

as for my tastes I much prefer NPR for news and views---I would Highly Recommend 

On Point with Tom Ashbrook, 

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 

This American Life with Ira Glass

or if you want some science, Radiolab---

all are available as podcasts