I've seen your hero do a lot worse for a few sawbucks Ivan. Hey do you lick the sack clean when you're done down there?

I'm not asking anyone to be phony or to lie about their wealth. However, there is a huge difference between simply admitting to being well off when asked and pointing it out at every opportunity. Like I said above, I don't begrudge Mac at all and I actually applaud his success. It's just that I feel it's a bit crass to be advertising it at times like he does.

Hey - you have to work a lot harder if you're going to throw me aorund like that.

I think Mac was quite obviously boasting when he wrote in the Sun Times that North turned down a contract which would have made him the 2nd highest paid sports yacker in the city at $750K.

Well Mac told me to to tell you to go FUCK YOURSELF!!! ..So now it's been said .. .

Mackey is a good winner. Nice frontrunner.

When he loses it's not his fault.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

Damn Ivan/Mac, you beat me to it. I have all rights to that name.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

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For the record, Mac paid me a large sum to appear at his house that day as well.

Spaulding makes good points, but with no Bears in the playoffs this time period really is the sports abyss.

For the record, Mac paid me a large sum to appear at his house that day as well.

Fixed

Also if you fuck someone like they are a millionaire they might go try to be one.

I apologize if this topic has already been posted but I just wanted to share an email I sent to MJH and see if you guys though I was way off or not.

Mac,

To start I want to be clear that I usually enjoy listening to MJH much more than B&B's acerbic show down the dial and that I have followed you since your start at The Score all those years ago. Part of this is probably due to the fact that I'm happy to see a local guy do good (I grew up in the Hessville neighborhood of Hammond while you're from next door Highland) and part of it's due to the fact that the few times I've met you, you've always seemed like a down to earth, good guy. I also don’t post much on CSFMB as I usually prefer to just read the opinions of others, however, over the last several months, I've taken note of something that has simply gotten under my skin to no end - that being your (and to a somewhat lesser extent Jurko & Harry's) habit of shining a light on your fiscal well being.

As an example, I believe it was 2 days ago when you took up several minutes of the show to inform us that you were in need of an "impulse buy" and that you were going to forego the Bulls game that night to stop by the Boat Show at McCormick Place to drop 12 to 13 grand on a boat. Now, while I don't begrudge anyone in this country to take the bull by the horns and work their way up to realize the American dream, it just seems to me that now is not the time for this kind of self-aggrandizing. Everywhere you look these days factories are idle or closed completely, masses of workers of all professions are being laid off and families are losing their homes due to the hard economic environment. But instead of showing any semblance of sensitivity to this dark reality of his listeners, you decide to fill time on air with your "impulse buy" dilemma. As if that weren’t bad enough, then Harry had to honestly wonder why people weren’t filling the United Center for the Bulls this season. He truly could not understand why the seats weren’t packed even after Jurko tried to point out that, at 60 bucks a ticket for the cheap seats, the cost was somewhat prohibitive for the average family these days. Hello Harry? Watch the news much? There’s this thing called a recession that is kicking most everyone in the balls economically and we simply can’t afford such luxuries as Bulls tickets or ski/fishing boats. And while Harry can almost be excused from his ignorance of the plight of us commoners due to his well-to-do upbringing, your recurring need to shove your good fortune under the noses of the audience is simply uncalled-for. Remember where you came from Danny.

In the end Mac, you’re the Chicago radio powerhouse these days, it’s your show, and you can do with it what you will. But just keep in mind all that I’ve said as you ponder the recent ratings dip the Afternoon Saloon has suffered. After all, if the show really were a “neighborhood corner tavern”, do you truly believe that you wouldn’t lose customers during hard times for parking your new Porsche right out front and showing off your new Rolex to all the laid off average Joes that pull a seat up at the bar?

You’ve said many times on your show Mac, that you guys are trying to create a virtual refuge from the world, a place where your listeners can come on a daily basis, have a few laughs and forget about their troubles. Unfortunately, as your success has increased it seems you guys have forgotten that basic premise as you regularly point out the various aspects of the good life while many who listen worry about just staying out of bankruptcy.

Well, these are just my thoughts on the matter and I’ll be the first to admit that my opinion may be a bit severe. After talking it over with friends of mine who listen though, I don’t feel I’m that far off. I hope you take this as it is intended, simply the view of one loyal listener without any intended malice. Someone that does not wish to see MJH go the way of the likes of Mike North and fall off their pedestal because they forgot how it was they came to be there in the first place.

I apologize if this topic has already been posted but I just wanted to share an email I sent to MJH and see if you guys though I was way off or not.

Mac,

To start I want to be clear that I usually enjoy listening to MJH much more than B&B's acerbic show down the dial and that I have followed you since your start at The Score all those years ago. Part of this is probably due to the fact that I'm happy to see a local guy do good (I grew up in the Hessville neighborhood of Hammond while you're from next door Highland) and part of it's due to the fact that the few times I've met you, you've always seemed like a down to earth, good guy. I also don’t post much on CSFMB as I usually prefer to just read the opinions of others, however, over the last several months, I've taken note of something that has simply gotten under my skin to no end - that being your (and to a somewhat lesser extent Jurko & Harry's) habit of shining a light on your fiscal well being.

As an example, I believe it was 2 days ago when you took up several minutes of the show to inform us that you were in need of an "impulse buy" and that you were going to forego the Bulls game that night to stop by the Boat Show at McCormick Place to drop 12 to 13 grand on a boat. Now, while I don't begrudge anyone in this country to take the bull by the horns and work their way up to realize the American dream, it just seems to me that now is not the time for this kind of self-aggrandizing. Everywhere you look these days factories are idle or closed completely, masses of workers of all professions are being laid off and families are losing their homes due to the hard economic environment. But instead of showing any semblance of sensitivity to this dark reality of his listeners, you decide to fill time on air with your "impulse buy" dilemma. As if that weren’t bad enough, then Harry had to honestly wonder why people weren’t filling the United Center for the Bulls this season. He truly could not understand why the seats weren’t packed even after Jurko tried to point out that, at 60 bucks a ticket for the cheap seats, the cost was somewhat prohibitive for the average family these days. Hello Harry? Watch the news much? There’s this thing called a recession that is kicking most everyone in the balls economically and we simply can’t afford such luxuries as Bulls tickets or ski/fishing boats. And while Harry can almost be excused from his ignorance of the plight of us commoners due to his well-to-do upbringing, your recurring need to shove your good fortune under the noses of the audience is simply uncalled-for. Remember where you came from Danny.

In the end Mac, you’re the Chicago radio powerhouse these days, it’s your show, and you can do with it what you will. But just keep in mind all that I’ve said as you ponder the recent ratings dip the Afternoon Saloon has suffered. After all, if the show really were a “neighborhood corner tavern”, do you truly believe that you wouldn’t lose customers during hard times for parking your new Porsche right out front and showing off your new Rolex to all the laid off average Joes that pull a seat up at the bar?

You’ve said many times on your show Mac, that you guys are trying to create a virtual refuge from the world, a place where your listeners can come on a daily basis, have a few laughs and forget about their troubles. Unfortunately, as your success has increased it seems you guys have forgotten that basic premise as you regularly point out the various aspects of the good life while many who listen worry about just staying out of bankruptcy.

Well, these are just my thoughts on the matter and I’ll be the first to admit that my opinion may be a bit severe. After talking it over with friends of mine who listen though, I don’t feel I’m that far off. I hope you take this as it is intended, simply the view of one loyal listener without any intended malice. Someone that does not wish to see MJH go the way of the likes of Mike North and fall off their pedestal because they forgot how it was they came to be there in the first place.

Way to go, Trotsky....you can Danny Mac Shitcanned.......Commie!!!

to think my one little email could bring him down is just ridiculous.