Ron & Jen’s Great Escape – 10-19-2022 – Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien

by Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien, commentary

Too Fat to Fly

Some years back there was a lot of talk about fat people (and they are fat; obese, actually) having to buy two seats if they wanted to “fly our friendly skies”. A lot of people had a problem with this because the seats were so small, but others said – “hey, choices have consequences so if you want to eat the way you do go ahead, but it limits you, and there will sacrifices you’ll have to make”. I know that even being honest and saying “you’re fat” these days causes issues.

So, we get back to where we were in last week’s column where everyone is offended by the truth. People may say “hey Jen, truth is you drank too much”. Yes, I did. I was battling things deep inside. It cost me jobs, experiences, life events, time, joy, peace, etc., etc. It came at a price. I was definitely a victim of circumstances in life, (sexual trauma changes you), which drove me to blackout drinking, but I have to, and did take responsibility for my role in things and the way I went about living. That’s the challenge with so many people. They do things, make bad choices, and don’t want to have to face the music.

We are now in a society that’s backwards. The criminal is the victim, the cops are the criminals, right is wrong, wrong is right, fat is fit, fit is white supremist (“they” say cultural standards set by colonials… eye roll) and so on. It defies logic. Honestly. The other day someone flipped me off for having the right of way while that driver failed to YIELD. It was something. I’m chugging along, and the driver comes up beside my Jeep going nuts because they broke the rules of the road and almost hit me. I just smiled and kept on going which sent this person into a REAL fit of rage. Isn’t it something that that driver couldn’t just accept the choice they made – they failed to YIELD. It almost cost them something.

This is the thing. People make choices, then do not want to deal with the aftermath. A woman recently claimed that she was sandwiched between two obese passengers on a 3-hour flight and demanded “reparations”. I definitely wouldn’t have used THAT term, but she was onto something. I saw the video. The two passengers she complained about are upset. They are offended. I heard someone say they may even take “legal action” against the woman who complained! When do we have the right to speak up anymore? Does our skin color exempt someone from having a legitimate beef? The answer is yes. Skin color is everything. Political affiliation and skin color is really everything. It shouldn’t matter, but here we are. Everything seems to have a racist tone. The two obese people were black, and the woman complaining was white. Now they’re calling this white woman a racist. SMH. As for me, I’m chugging A TALL GLASS of eggnog and eating a pop tart while I write this. 

Till next week my friends…

Jen

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“THE TRICK YOU SAID WAS NEVER PLAY THE GAME TOO LONG”

-Bob Seger STILL THE SAME

PERHAPS IT’S TIME FOR Tom Brady to dust off his Classic Rock vinyl. It  hasn’t been a kind month for the 45-year old quarterback with his Tampa Bay Buccaneers dropping Sunday’s contest to the lowly Pittsburgh Steelers 20-10 plus being fined eleven thousand bucks (which he’ll find in the cushions of his couch) for kicking an Atlanta Falcons player after being sacked last week. Add well publicized divorce rumors to that and it’s understandable the NFL’s golden boy reached the tipping point in Sunday’s loss. Brady was caught dressing down his offensive line on the sidelines and dropping an F bomb caught live on FOX. NFL fans weren’t exactly siding with Brady on social media, with one posting “Tom Brady skipped training camp, takes every Wednesday off, stayed out late in NYC to party Friday night (attending Bob Kraft’s wedding solo) and flew to Pittsburgh without his teammates before today’s game, yet he has the audacity to chastise his offensive line on national television. What a loser.”

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Ron St. Pierre is a veteran broadcaster whose career has spanned over four decades. Ron has programmed, performed on and managed WHJJ, WPRO, WWRX, 790 The Score in Providence, as well as WBZT and WKGR in West Palm Beach and WABC in New York City. Ron also anchored sports on WPRI Ch 12 in Providence. He is a member of both the Rhode Island Radio and Television and the City of Pawtucket Halls of Fame. He was born and raised in Pawtucket.

Jen Brien has over 20 years of radio broadcast experience having hosted shows on WPRO and WHJJ with Ron as well as her own shows on WRKO and WBZ in Boston, WXTK on Cape Cod and WHAM in Rochester, New York. Jen was born and raised in Woonsocket and served six years in the Army MP Canine Unit.

Hazel, Ron’s dog, makes regular appearances.

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