GM of KCRW called me a "free loader"??

My favorite radio station in Los Angeles in the NPR affiliate, KCRW 89.9FM. Their seemingly unending winter pledge drive (it seems like their pledge drives are 12 times a year when I believe they're quarterly) ends today. Whew. But I was in my Saturday and was absolutely floored when KCRW General Manager Ruth Seymour was doing her bit for the pledge drive and told "me" ('cause public radio really is "my radio station"), "don't be a freeloader...donate to KCRW and NPR today." And she did it twice.

I realize that public radio would not be around without donations from it's listeners. But Ruth Seymour (a Jew - what...she is AND she called me a name first) calling me a "freeloader" ain't gonna make Jeffrey James Francis Ircink dig into his pockets with a donation, especially during these harsh economic times. I don't care how much I listen to and love a particular radio station.

And I don't like being called a "freeloader" by anyone - Jew, black, Asian, my friends - anyone. Except perhaps my brother. And he's never said that.