The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Volunteer Firefighter Arrested For Fighting A Fire He Allegedly Set

Episode Date: November 16, 2023

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Yeah. Well, you get it. Got it? Live, love, mess. Listen to Mess with Sydney Washington and Marie Faustin on iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I ain't trying to be Donkey of the Day no more. They should be embarrassed by what they already did. I'm not making these people do these things. I'm called Donkey of the Day, and it really caught me off guard. Damn, Solomon, who got the Donkey of the Day today? Well, Jeff's hilarious.

Donkey of the Day for Thursday, November 16th goes to 35-year-old Joseph Halder. I think that's how you pronounce his name. A volunteer firefighter from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This is one of those ones that caused me to reflect a little. And in my reflection, I thought to myself, I wonder if humans are as insane as donkey of the day makes them out to be. Maybe I need to give humans the benefit of the doubt more and say, hey, it's just me. You are the guy who does donkey of the day. So you choose to seek out this crazy every day. And since I choose to seek out this crazy every day and since i choose to seek out this crazy every day i attract the crazy by way of stories okay people send me these things and i read them and i can't believe them so i read them again and i still can't believe them then i check other sources

to make sure that these stories are real because i don't believe them and every morning we end up here same donkey time same donkey channel and today is really no exception salute to all the public servants out there all the individuals who realize that your true purpose in life is service to others drop on the clues bombs for those individuals i told you joseph is a volunteer follower firefighter volunteer firefighters are absolutely public servants uh being a volunteer firefighter is absolutely an act of service but do you ever think to yourself well what if you're a firefighter and there's nothing to do nobody to serve what if you're a firefighter and there's nothing to do?

Nobody to serve. What if you're a firefighter and there's no fires to fight because there is no fires? Have you ever thought about that? Well, Joseph has. And he also had a solution. Let's go to WSB Channel 2 for the report, please. It was the third such structured fire in the area in a short amount of time, which by itself is kind of suspicious. A volunteer firefighter for the Whitefish Township Fire Department was officially charged today for

setting a building on fire Saturday night. Joseph Halder was a firefighter on the department for only a few months. Today, he stepped in front of a judge for arson. Halder is accused of setting fire to the building that used to house Ruth's gift shop in downtown Paradise. Chippewa County Sheriff Mike Bittner was on the scene moments after the call came in. He immediately looked over surveillance footage from a gas station across the street. A short time later, deputies arrested Halder while he was fighting the fire. Halder is charged with third degree arson.

He's facing 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. Only you can prevent firefighters. Firefires. What? Fire, what am I trying to say? Forest fires. There you go. And firefighters that send forest fires.

That's right. Oh, that's right. Only you can prevent forest fires, and you know how you prevent them? By not starting them yourself. Okay? Story of my life. This is a literal physical tangible example of what self-destruction looks like see when you start going to therapy right

and doing the work on yourself and start healing some of these traumas when you get to the place in your life where you know you start feeling pockets of peace when you start feeling genuine happiness when you feel joy you will find a way to start a fire this man started a fire and then showed up to put out the fire that he helped start i promise you this is the version of me that i run from i don't want to start any fires especially when things are peaceful when things are peaceful i want them to remain peaceful i don't want to go grab a canister or something flammable some fire and set things aflame just because i'm not used to

peace this man joseph was looking for chaos he was working with the fire department for just a few months and he wanted action so much so that he started a fire himself and then went to help put it out i know people like this right now in corporate america i know people like this right now in my life they will create a problem themselves just so they can have something to do just so they have something to fix let me tell you something when you have to do things like that in order to feel like you did something then you need to do some internal work on yourself because that don't make any damn sense all right Paul Sloan says the innovative leader has to be a arsonist and a firefighter but I don't think he meant that literally okay nor Joseph do I believe you are

innovative leader and did you know that roughly, just a fun little snap effect, roughly 100 firefighters are convicted of arson each year. It's called firefighter arson. True story. There is a very small minority of firefighters who are also active arsonists. And guess what they say motivates these people? Boredom. Okay.

Are by the prospect of receiving attention for responding to the fires they have set. Sound familiar? Okay, I told y'all earlier this week, Idle Mind is the devil's workshop. These folks really don't be having anything to do. This is truly the era that has everything and absolutely nothing all at once. And that is because the things you all crave aren't real. You got all these followers on social media, but no real connection to nobody. You log on every day to a community that's not even a real community. You're seeking validation and attention and likes and retweets and engagement. None of it is real.

And that's why you're bored and you resort to doing dumb snickerdoodles. That's a BET edit like Joseph did. Now Joseph is facing up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. And he's a person of interest in at least two other fires in the area. Some donkey of the days just sell themselves. Please let Remy Ma give Joseph Hadler the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw, hee-haw. You stupid mother f***er.

You dumb. I can't believe y'all be doing this, snickerdoodles. And don't be Joseph Hadler, okay? Don't start a fire just to have something to do. Not only that, there's some of us who will set ourselves on fire

to keep others warm. That means you put other people's needs in front of your own. You do know that's not sustainable, right? Okay, just so we're clear. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today, sir. Now, when we come back,

well, first, BET, we'll see you tomorrow. Peace, BET. Now, when we come back well first bet we'll see you tomorrow peace bet now when we come back jada pickett smith she was on the show uh last hour we spoke to her for what over an hour uh sure yeah we should we spoke to her for over the whole conversation is on youtube by the way yeah you can listen to it right now watch it right now uh she talked about in relationships and in marriages having friends with the opposite sex. And this is what she actually said. When Will was up here, he talked about being insecure a little bit about Tupac.

Did y'all ever have that conversation? Because as a man, when you're a little insecure, I almost feel like you play both sides. You want to be yourself, but you want to show that you're better than the person that's making him insecure. Did y'all ever have that conversation? I wouldn't say that we had conversations in that way. It was just like, you know, we came up in the era where it was so unusual for a man and a woman to be friends. In our era, that was just like friends. They had to be dating.

Yeah, like what, what, what? Right? had to be dating yeah like what what what right and so i think for him it was just like getting your mind around around that you know and that the the kind of friendship that we had because we had such a you know tight friendship that you know was very impactful on my life. All right, so let's discuss. 800-585-1051. When you're in a relationship, is it okay for your spouse or your significant other to have friends of the opposite sex?

Not even just in marriage, but in life. You can have platonic friendships. Like, I got way more homegirls than I got homeboys. And a lot of times, a lot of these people are grandfathered in. Like, you know, y'all been friends forever you know what I mean like and another thing Jada said during that conversation she was like she didn't say you know we're not talking about new people talking about people that have been around for a long time and it kind of helps you too like in your relationship to have friends that are of the opposite sex so when you vent or not tell them your you know

personal business but when you tell them what's going on they give you a perspective that your significant other might have and kind of balance it out you don't have a whole lot of yes men about yo i feel you bro no i don't feel you you messed up or it can hurt you know uh like charlamagne said no new friends no new people coming around if they're if the individual is a nude and we all friends right we all speak but it ain't a situation where you just speak to my wife or I just speak to her no no no we all friends but even even all friendships should still be we all friends absolutely yeah yeah yeah so let's discuss 800-585-1051 what are your thoughts phone lines are wide open it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club as a kid i really do remember having these dreams and visions but you just don't know

what is gonna come for you alicia shares her wisdom on growth gratitude and the power of love i forgive myself it's okay have grace for yourself You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Had enough of this country?

Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my god. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series,

The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hello, my undeadly darlings. It's Teresa, your resident ghost host. And do I have a treat for you. Haunting is crawling out from the shadows, and it's going to be devilishly good. We've got chills, thrills, and stories that'll make you wish the lights stayed on. So join me, won't you?

Let's dive into the eerie unknown together. Sleep tight, if you can. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Marie. And I'm Sydney. And we're mess. Well, not a mess, but on our podcast called Mess, we celebrate all things messy.

But the gag is not everything is a mess. Sometimes it's just living. Yeah, things like J-Lo on her third divorce. Living. Girl's trip to Miami. Mess. Breaking up with your girlfriend while on Instagram Live. Living.

It's kind of mess. Yeah. Well, you get it. Got it? Live, love, mess. Listen to Mess with Sydney Washington and Marie Faustin on iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.