Dr. Ken, I'm not marginalizing anything. I promise you...I wish I were a Bears fan. But I'm always going to be forthright about my true feelings. It's been my position to not criticize others for the teams for which they root....as I really couldn't care less who does or doesn't like what I like or don't like. I won't pretend to know why other Score guys have strong thoughts on their CUSTOMERS. That's what you guys are... North had that correct and I won't ever forget that. I respect our customers....but I'm not going to go along with them just to appease them. There are enough hosts in this town who do that.

I almost invariably program the show from a fan's perspective. "Smart" sportstalk usually = boring radio.

Fair enough.

I loved to hate North. Still listen in from time to time to disagree or laugh at what he's saying.

But, the Score is damn near a singular voice rather than a collection of personalities. It could use a dose of North-like craziness.

Glad you're back, Mac. Hope you are well.

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You know me like that.

See you guys in Phoenix next year for the Super Bowl!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I miss North too.

You're like the rest of us, we miss the old Mike North.

You can keep THE MIKE NORTH SHOW, produced by Mike North, Hosted by Mike North, Sales by Mike North, Written by Mike North.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Get back on the Sox bandwagon, Mackey Fish. Hahn balled up and he's not done. Should be a fun year.

We need some Beardown analysis on this statement.

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moment of silence for Rob Chudzinski

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

You have been stripped of passion for anything right now. I understand and I think we all sympathize with you. Things will turn around. Its not a good time in life to be making any definitive proclamations about who you are.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Not at all. Think we are intelligent enough here to interpret that statement as a clear shot at BernStine. Also clear enough to see that while Mac is on record as saying he likes Lil Danny , he thinks the type of radio show that he does and that the rest of the Score take their cues from , blows .

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Not the best business model. If the customers were respected, we wouldn't get so much Holmes.

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You cannot make me care about the WNBA.

Prostitutes get the job done in a pinch but I need to be loved.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

So if the McCaskey's sell the team and they win the Super Bowl you'll love them again?

Understand the answer to that question and you understand sports talk radio...most of life for that matter.

It's almost like an ancient truth got turned into myth when North destroyed the golden age of the station and that myth was changed to a lie when the Bernstein era began

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I don't know who Mac is talking about but the Bears are not cheap. They usually place in the top 10 in salary. Maybe it was a front office type?

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

The McClaskeys WILL sell the team eventually. Can't keep them all happy with promisary notes.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

We're dinosaurs, gd.

I'm sure there are some metrics to prove it.

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You know me like that.

The only radio listeners left are old fucks like us. I ride the Metra home and have my damn Radio Shack walkman with me. People look at me like I'm some kind of escapee from the mental ward.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Now there arose a new king of Egypt, who knew Joseph not- Exodus 1:8

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Lot of people out there need lessons on this. Along with "inaugural" and "annual"

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Will you be the one to step up to the plate and deliver us peons these hard hitting lessons?

And Frank will lead us!!

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Can you be more pacific on the usage of those that bother you?

If you want, sure. Just a pet peeve of mine that I notice anytime somebody says or posts on Facebook about their "first annual" event.

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Buffone schooling Mac on why a Bear fan would not find last night's game "entertaining". Good stuff.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

This. There is something wrong with me that I feel just like Buffone. I felt like setting the house on fire last night. I was so fucking mad. I have a screw loose.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Yep. You need help.

Too bad he sounds like Bernstein in his initial responses in this very thread. Being "a fan of the NFL" is no different from the tired framework Bernstein's used for years to scold NBA fans. At least with Bernstein though, you get the sense that it's a reflection of his actual views, even if they're exaggerated for maximum trolling potential. Mac will evidently program from a fan's perspective while actually holding none of those views himself because the Bears were meanies to one of his friends.

is danny green and gold going to be ok?

Of course, now he will be a 49ers fan or a Carolina fan for the remainder of the playoffs.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."