Ron & Jen’s Great Escape – 9-14-22 – Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien

by Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien, commentary

HATING ON THE QUEEN

This past week with the Queen’s passing it became apparent to me that long gone is the beauty of differences, history, tradition… And a respect for those cultural differences. I read that a close aide to the Obama administration said white America is enthralled with the Royals because we all long for white supremacy. What a load of horse crap. While I try and behave, that one went right up  my…well, you know where it went. 

I know the world is rough, and violent and unfair and there have been major injustices done to the black community, the gay community, the Irish, the Jewish community, women… and so on, but when do we stop looking in the rear view mirror, and look ahead. Ahead to how we want to live, who we want to be. Not who we were. The queen ultimately is a figurehead in British politics and the monarchy in the 20th century didn’t get involved with British politics as the institution evolved. Historians, heads of state, political leaders from all around the globe will go pay tribute to her Majesty because she was a phenomenal leader. The problem was not her leadership, or the jewels in the crown like the ladies at The VIEW love to discuss. She simply was the wrong color. Right now, white people are not supposed to be revered and celebrated. As one commentator said, “They are to be demonized and called domestic terrorists by some.”

The Queen was, and will always be, something very special to billions of people around the world. In spite of her skin color and despite what woke folks want you to believe. 

God rest Queen Elizabeth, and thank you.

Jennifer

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WINTER BLUES

As the sun begins to set earlier with fall on the way, you may experience the “winter blues.” Is such a condition actually brought on by less daylight? Absolutely, and it’s called “seasonal affective disorder. School age kids are the most at risk as they head back to the classroom…T HOSE BACK TO SCHOOL BLUES. The condition actually impacts one out of 20 American adults too.

RELEASE THE HOUNDS

Queen Elizabeth’s beloved Corgis will now live with the Duke and Duchess of York.  Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson have been divorced for 26 years but supposedly have remained close friends living at Royal Lodge on the Windsor Estate. Hopefully the dogs are house-trained, as Andrew’s dealing with enough crap, already.

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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.

“Ron and Jen’s Great Escape” podcast, a more lighthearted look at the events happening around us, can be found on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts, with new episodes premiering each Wednesday and listen to Ron and Jen’s Great Escape call in radio show Friday afternoons 2 til 4 on 101.1 FM, 1540 WADK and streaming everywhere on WADK.COM.