Grand Rapids, MI radio show hosts plan to drown dog on Friday

[Obamarama]

Even if this is just a publicity stunt and they really don't follow through on this, it's a sick, sick stunt by Grand Rapids, MI radio station WKLQ. Fucking morans, indeed:

-In the wake of 2 child drowning deaths this week. A 9 nine year old at Holland Park and a 3 year old at Millennium Park. We feel more awareness to child safety is needed. (I have a 3 year and so does producer Wiz...Jim can't get women to stay much longer than dinner)

Pictured above is Mindy. Mindy was rescued by us from an animal shelter in the area. Mindy was scheduled to be put to sleep first thing in the morning at the shelter. On Fridays show we are going to take Mindy to an undisclosed location and see how long it takes her to drown. People tend to ignore tragic events like we have had this week, and hopefully we can bring more awareness to child safety and show just how quickly a life can drown.

Link to webpage:http://www.justiceandjim.modblog.com/

You can write them a nasty email here: http://www.wklq.com/contact/contact.htm

[blue sky at night]

1. Grand Rapids, home to AMway..........

bunch of right wing nuts I say. I also say I would jump in to save the dog, but not the wing nuts.

[Must_B_Free]

2. My inlaws live there

home of Gerald R Ford. Super dutch republican. Everyone is named Van something...

[vanboggie]

11. Hey hey hey

Some of us "van's" are DUers - not right wing nuts. :smoke:

[Must_B_Free]

19. It means "from" right?

does it have anything to do with Prussian Junkers? Or is that all "Von"

[vanboggie]

24. LOL

Yup, it means "from" or so they say.

[Must_B_Free]

26. Double LOL

I work for a German company, so I asked my German manager if he could understand Dutch at all. I said "Isn't Dutch like bastardized German"? He said - "Yeah, the Dutch are like bastardized Germans."

[vanboggie]

32. Hollanders and Irishmen

My Mom's family was Irish, and my 1/2 Dutch dad was raised by his mother's English/Scottish family. My maternal grandfather was not pleased to discover his daughter was dating a "Hollander".

When the day came for her to bring my dad to meet her parents, my grandfather found he actually enjoyed my dad's company. He said, "You're OK. It must be because you weren't raised by them."

The Repuke Stepford fundies were not even liked in the 30's.

[complain jane]

3. That's disgusting. Not to mention illegal, right? I hope?

[MichiganVote]

9. Yes, illegal.

[UrbScotty]

23. I wonder what the right-wing county prosecutor Forsyth will do?

:scared:

[Qanisqineq]

4. and the police haven't come to talk to them yet?

or the humane society?

[Obamarama]

7. People are tying up 911 system calling the police!

Why people would report this via 911 is beyond me, but then again it is Grand Rapids. The police are aware of it, have talked to the station, but refuse to disclose the location where these asshats are supposedly going to drown this poor dog.

[complain jane]

5. I tried the contact form. Didn't work.

I sent an email telling them to drown themselves if they want to perform an worthwhile experiment, and that if they really are going to do this, I hope they rot in hell.

Email form didn't work though.

[Pam-Moby]

6. I just sent a email. Sick shits n/t

[Eloriel]

8. Aren't there state or local laws against this?

Man, even in GEORGIA that wouldn't be allowed.

[MichiganVote]

10. Yes there are laws againt this.

[zalinda]

12. Someone contact PETA, they'll take care of them. n/t

[smbolisnch]

35. Done. nt

[jayctravis]

47. ASPCA...or Animal Planet network...

they have a whole show that is like COPS, but documents arrests and rescue of mistreated animals.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

13. Is Michigan where they wanted to shoot stray cats?

Or maybe it was Wisconsin and the governor stopped it? If this is for real, here's Granholm's contact info:

http://www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168-21995---,00.html

Write the damn governor.

[MichiganVote]

21. Wisconsin, not Michigan

[brettdale]

14. it must be some sort of sick satire

it must be some sort of sick satire

[Obamarama]

15. The link to their page is no longer working....

This story just broke on the 11 p.m. newscast on WOOD-TV 8 in Grand Rapids. They might have taken the hosts' page down, or the report could be driving a lot of traffic to the site and exceeding bandwith.

[rumpel]

16. Someone in State contact the AKC and the Humane Society

It's beyond disgusting! Put that station out of business. Have all advertisers pull their ads!

on edit

Association of National Advertisers

www.ana.net

write to their chair!

[vanboggie]

17. Local Humane Society email contact

http://www.hskc.org/about-us-contact.htm

I am sure they are aware, but national outrage wouldn't hurt.

[Robeson]

34. done.

[smbolisnch]

38. Emailed. Kick.

:kick:

[vanboggie]

82. SUCCESS! Station loses advertiser

Station loses advertiser after drowning hoax
Saturday, August 13, 2005
By Nate Reens and Barton Deiters
The Grand Rapids Press
GRAND RAPIDS -- There never was a dog in danger of drowning.

But there is at least one less advertiser supporting Citadel Broadcasting radio stations in Grand Rapids after a WKLQ-FM stunt. The station's morning team threatened to tie weights to a stray dog and drown it, causing an uproar from animal activists and concerned residents.

Mike Kothe, president of Pet Supplies Plus stores in West Michigan, said Friday he is yanking all radio spots on Citadel stations, which include WLAV-FM and WBBL-AM.

Kothe also promises to push fellow businesses to drop their pitches airing on Citadel-controlled broadcast waves.

"The whole thing, in my opinion, was done to get listeners, and it's absolutely irresponsible and horrible," Kothe said. "It's backfiring, and there will be increased public pressure for this disgraceful and offensive act.

Read entire article

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. How does that bring awareness to someone drowning?

Sick people! Someone rescue that poor dog!

[Not_Giving_Up]

20. They rescued the dog from death so that they can kill it?

What is wrong with these people??? I hope they are stopped!

[zinndependence]

22. I tried to send an email and it didn't work....

too bad...I suggested that the idiot who concocted this scheme take the place of the dog.

[UrbScotty]

25. I am CRYING

Just look at that dog.

WTF do they want to do with it?!

:cry::cry:

[driver8]

56. I am near tears myself...look at that face!

What a bunch of heartless m-fers...

[enigmatic]

27. It's not going to happen

One of the great pieces of performance art during the Viet Nam war protesters was to put up flyers all over towns and universities to say that they were going to kill a dog w/ Napalm at a certain day. Of course, once they day arrived they had a good-sized crowd hurling obscenities and more towards the people w/ the dog.

Once the crowd had reached a fever pitch, the protester essentially said, "If you can get this upset and passionate about this dog possibly getting killed by napalm, why aren't you getting just as upset and passionate about those who are getting killed by napalm over in Cambodia and Viet Nam?"

Most of the crowd usually got what they were saying, and turned their attention to the anti-war movement.

I suspect this is the same kind of thing going on here, except they are trying to shine the spotlight on these drownings instead.

[tblue37]

30. Maybe.

But nowadays people go to extraordinary lengths for publicity and to shock viewers and listeners. There was a time when I would have been sure they wouldn't really do it--but now, not sure at all. We should make a big noise just in case--to make sure they don't dare.

[enigmatic]

33. This about this for a second

A radio station is advertising drowning a dog to see how long it takes; they are advertising commiting a crime that would get the FCC to pull the station's licence and pretty much kill any audience they have is a massive wave of bad publicity.

It's not going to happen.

[FreedomAngel82]

28. This is disgusting

They're doing this to show about child safety?????

[tblue37]

29. How could anyone look at that poor thing's sweet face and drown her?

Here is what I wrote:

If you allow those sickos to drown that poor dog as a publicity stunt, you should have your license pulled and be fined a huge amount. Many thousands of us will inundate the cops, the SPCA, and the FCC with emails, phone calls, and letters. We will make certain that you pay in every way possible. With the power of the Internet, we can spread the word far and wide--and faster than you can imagine. If you have any sense at all, you will fire those idiots immediately!

[SoCalDem]

40. Well.. It's a republican thing.. Frist used to "adopt" cats,

have them around for a few days...no doubt pet them and treat them like pets, and then EXPERIMENT on them and dissect them...for extra credit in med school :puke:

Evenm if you DID something like that, WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU EVER TELL ANOTHER LIVING SOUL??? Not Fristie.. he admitted it..

[lavenderdiva]

49. thank you for taking the time to write..

this is a wonderful letter... I wrote to the Michigan AG and the program's producer. I posted my letters further down thread, see #42.

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

31. What the HELL!? I am sending them an email

"Oh, let's go drown a dog, to show our fucking compassion & generate awareness."

Oh yeah, that makes sense. :sarcasm:

[friesianrider]

36. Disgusting beyond words...kick

[Norwood]

37. Disgusting

I'm particularly a dog guy so seeing the picture of the poor little dog they intend to murder broke my heart and brought a tear to my eye.

How can intentionally drowning an innocent, defenseless animal possibly benefit anything? The only thing it will do will bring a painful meaningless death for the poor dog. I hope this is some kind of sick joke. What they should do is give the dog to someone who will care for her and give her a happy life.

Now that my feelings of sadness are begining to pass, my feelings of anger are starting to come out. What in the fuck is wrong with people. Everywhere in the world there is pointless meaningless death! The slow painful demise of the dog, the mass murder perpetrated by the chimp brought about by this bullshit "war".

That being said I'm not trying to compare the massive loss of human life with the possible killing of this one dog. I guess what I'm trying to point out is the thought processes that people like this all seem to have. As long as its not them they dont give a damn who suffers or how much.

Sorry, but again I'm a dog guy and this really struck something in me.

[Spike from MN]

41. It's beyond disgusting.

I too am a dog person and this is just beyond comprehension. If this is just a "publicity stunt", how can they possibly think it would paint the station in a positive light. The station needs to be shut down and whoever came up with the idea and/or went along with it needs to suffer the same fate that they want the poor dog to suffer. Hell, I'll take the dog. Just don't drown her. Harming a dog is just beyond anything I can imagine.

[Jamastiene]

55. I'm primarily a cat person, but this is horrid to me too.

I love dogs too. Certainly don't want an innocent dog to get hurt because some asshole is cruel. I hope they are able to stop this.

[NMMNG]

39. I sent those f*ckwits a furious e-mail

I just can't believe they are threatening to do that. Even if they are just making the claim to get publicity for their cause it is disgusting. There are appropriate ways to accomplish what they want, and killing or threatening to kill an innocent dog is not one of them!

[lavenderdiva]

42. I have contacted both the Michigan Attorney General's office and

the radio station producer. I have demanded that the MI attorney general close down this station immediately, and stop the torture of this animal.

here is the text of my e-mail to the AG:

Dear Sir:

I am contacting you in the hopes that you will be able to act swiftly today (Friday) to STOP what a Michigan Radio station is going to do as a publicity stunt. I am referring to Grand Rapids radio station 107.3 KLQ-Pure Rock. Their hosts, Justice and Jim, are on in the mornings, and are going to take a dog named Mindy, that they rescued from the SPCA to an undisclosed location, to see how long it takes her to drown. This is an abomination!

(I put in link to radio's website, including exactly what was said about what would happen to Mindy)

These people need to be put off the air and their station shut down immediately. I don't know what means are available to you, but please do all you can to stop these people from carrying out this abhorrent act. Please act quickly; this poor dog didn't need to be rescued, only to be tortured at the hands of idiots. I don't know who else to contact in Michigan to help with this situation. I live in Texas, and contacting you and your office seemed the best approach.

Sincerely,


here is what I wrote to the radio station producer:

This note is to inform you that I have contacted the Michigan Attorney General's office and let them know of your dispicable stunt. I have demanded that you, your hosts, and your station be taken off the air immediately. What kind of mindset creates such atrocities? What could you possibly be thinking to allow the torture of a poor, defenseless animal? I am speechless. I can only hope that you are shut down and put out of business immediately.

[Robeson]

45. Great letter(s)....

...and if this is only a hoax, then I fail to see the humor in it, and they still should get the shit scared out of them from the Attorney General's office.

[lavenderdiva]

48. Thank you..

I also have in hand the telephone numbers for the FCC. I tried to call them just now, but they are closed until the morning. Believe me, I will be on the horn logging my complaint and demands there too!

If anyone else wants the telephone numbers to call the FCC in the morning, regarding this matter, here they are. They open at 8amEST.

Complaints Telephone (Consumer) 202/632-7553

Office of Inspector General – Complaints 202/418-0470

these numbers are in Washington D.C.

[friesianrider]

51. Good for you lavenderdiva! I did the same.

Thanks for speaking up about this.

[lavenderdiva]

52. thank you for contacting them as well!

I have posted the telephone numbers to the FCC. I plan on calling them in the morning to make a fuss there as well. These people need to be put out of business completely. Maybe if enough of us call the FCC, they might come down hard on them for this ridiculous stunt. Its absolutely mind-boggling. :grr:

[progmom]

43. that looks just like my dog

:cry:

[BikeWriter]

44. Dumb shit...

[TankLV]

46. self deleted.

You can imagine what I said - it wasn't pretty.

[Gelliebeans]

50. sent email to Humane Society

I am sure they already have been contacted by hundreds of people but I figured it wouldn't hurt to add another outraged letter.

[Jamastiene]

53. Horrid, wretched, words are not enough to express

how that makes me feel. Someone should get them for cruelty to animals if they try it. I hope there are some DUers in the area who can show up with a camera for the prosecution's case.

[Jamastiene]

54. KICK

kick, nominated, let's spread the word.

[ET Awful]

57. I would think that a well worded campaign to the FCC would also

carry some weight. Somehow I don't think this passes the broadcast decency muster.

[bbernardini]

58. Can somebody in the area keep us updated?

There's very little about it on the local news websites. NBC's had a short blurb, and that was about it.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

59. they are not going to drown a dog

if they do i will eat my hat. it's a publicity stunt, sure it "sick", but i wouldn't take these guys seriously. i assume all they are trying to do is draw attention to the 2 kids in the area that recently drowned.

[bbernardini]

60. I figured that much, but I'd like to hear if they get in trouble.

[Ganja Ninja]

61. When the revolution comes we need to put shock jocks ...

up against the wall first.

[GCP]

62. THIS WAS ALL A HOAX

Go back to the web-site, they've admitted it

http://www.justiceandjim.modblog.com /

It was apparently an effort to get people to adopt animals from shelters - just like a former poster mentioned about anti-war efforts during the Vietnam war. And also to bring atention to water safety and children.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4323836&mesg_id=4324200

[zalinda]

63. Ah! So they're just assholes!

IF I had listened to them before, that would turn me off, no matter what the good intentions.

zalinda

[Mad_Dem_X]

70. Thank goodness!

[msrbly]

64. Lighten up Lucies . . .

The only thing WKLQ is guilty of is a really sick sense of humor. It is not illegal to merely say you are going to drown a dog. Who knows if they even have a dog or just a picture of a dog. I'm from Grand Rapids and not the biggest fan of the far right religious dutch nuts but that has nothing to do with this WKLQ stunt. Besides that how many of those far right religious dutch nuts are really listening to WKLQ - an alternative rock station? I think some of you people could get worked up over just about anything. With all the things going on in the world this is not something to give even a minute of attention.

[Maru Kitteh]

65. Yeah you're right we should all be having a nice little belly laugh

about people advocating the sadistic torture and abuse of helpless and defenseless creatures. That's a hoot.

There aren't enough assholes in the world beating their dogs/kids/wives.
There is too much compassion in this society, that's why we are in an unprovoked war for oil
We need to encourage a new crop of serial killers so we can have something entertaining to watch on the tee-vee news.

[msrbly]

67. I didn't say it was funny . . .

I'm just saying the joke was nonsense and the reaction here is nonsense. Get upset about people beating their dogs/kids/wives. Get upset about an unprovoked war for oil. Get upset about real things. Not a stupid publicity stunt by a very minor radio station. No dog was injured (or ever really in danger because I highly doubt the radio station has a dog to drown)and I'm sure the police were involved even before the first person called 911. Your outrage is misplaced. If you don't like WKLQ's programming or promotion of violence against animals, turn your radio station.

[zalinda]

76. And what would you say to your kid

when they come running to you crying that some men are going to drown a dog? It's a joke?

I think this will backfire on them big time.

A quick flash of a nipple is not okay, but saying you're going to drown an animal is fine. Yeah, I can see the logic.

zalinda

[Obamarama]

66. Wow.....no profile, a low post-count and a bait-like comment....

I think I know you. Doesn't your name start with a "T"?? :puke:

LOL...go away little man.

[msrbly]

69. you might be thinking of someone else

My name doesn't not start with a T and I am not a little man (not a man at all). I don't promote the torture of any animal. There are people doing truly grievous things and this is not one of them.

[Name removed]

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[Mad_Dem_X]

68. This HAS to be a joke

It's a bad joke, but still, I can't believe this is serious. People aren't that sick, are they?

Are they?????????

[msrbly]

71. This is a joke

a very, very bad sick joke. Some people are that sick but a minor radio station in GR looking for publicity is not one of them.

[Shell Beau]

73. What? Surely this isn't serious.

And would it not be considered illegal? Is this really a way to bring more attention to child drownings? I really hope this is just a publicity stunt.

[crispini]

74. ############ READ POST 62 BEFORE REPLYING! ######################

Thanks.

[Misunderestimator]

75. Thanks... that saved me a lot of time and aggravation.

:thumbsup:

[bertha katzenengel]

77. Anyone contacted SPCA in Grand Rapids? I volunteer to do so

if not. . . .

[pbartch]

78. TURN THEM INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT

What they are doing is against the law --- cruelty to animals. They could possibly lose their radio license also.

[BamaLefty]

79. This Is Disgusting

Going to just sit there and watch while water rushes down into the dog's lungs and strangles it? Bastards! Seriously... I'm speechless.

[Ptah]

80. sick. sick. sick.

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

:wtf: :wtf:

[Hekate]

81. Dollars to holes in donuts they'll claim it was all in jest

when the shit hits the fan (as it has already done).

Idiots.

Hekate