{"id":19716,"date":"2024-04-24T20:26:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T00:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=19716"},"modified":"2024-04-24T20:37:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T00:37:05","slug":"holy-sheetz-on-the-brian-wilson-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/24\/holy-sheetz-on-the-brian-wilson-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Sheetz on the Brian Wilson Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sheetz-art-for-brian-wilson-podcsat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19717\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sheetz-art-for-brian-wilson-podcsat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sheetz-art-for-brian-wilson-podcsat.jpg 381w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sheetz-art-for-brian-wilson-podcsat-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/a>From the Brian Wilson Writes Substack: &#8220;Just what you&#8217;ve come to expect! 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You must be THIS TALL to listen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can download or listen to this podcast episode by <a href=\"https:\/\/brianwilsonwrites.substack.com\/p\/the-two-and-only-brian-wilson-and-187?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=1345195&amp;post_id=143969182&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=b7l78&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\"><strong>clicking here<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the<strong> Brian Wilson Writes Substack<a href=\"https:\/\/brianwilsonwrites.substack.com\/\"> here <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brian announced that there were &#8220;only 195 days of campus rioting until the election.&#8221;\u00a0 Brian identified himself for listeners as just back\u00a0 &#8220;from another rejection by the Radio Hall of Fame, nominating committee, the former co-captain of the LSU anti-Vietnam War protests and panty raids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We had fun saluting the newest member of my Twitter Fan Club, a dude who howled today: &#8220;Jim Bovard is hardcore paranoid libertarian who doesn&#8217;t believe government should have any role in tracking domestic terrorists since it&#8217;s a violation of civil rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some folks just don&#8217;t appreciate my moderate tendencies.<\/p>\n<p>I mentioned: &#8220;There is vastly more visceral hostility towards libertarians than there was at the end of the Clinton administration back in 2000.&#8221; That is a bit mystifying since libertarians have not have much influence on federal policies lately.<\/p>\n<p>We smacked around the EEOC and its Sheetz lawsuit, which I wrote about yesterday for the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/22\/opinion\/biden-and-the-great-sheetz-shakedown-another-crazy-example-of-social-justice-run-amok\/\"><strong>New York Post<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Brian said that &#8220;social justice was just another name for a new set of brass knuckles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>EEOC does cartwheels to prevent ex-convicts from getting rejects at hiring time. 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