In this heartfelt and practical episode of Fix-It Radio, host John Rush opens up about the recent passing of his father and the lessons learned from caring for aging parents. Joined by Larry Unger, John reflects on what it means to honor loved ones by staying productive — just as his dad would have wanted. The conversation naturally turns toward practical wisdom: winterizing sprinkler systems, fall cleanup tips, managing leaf piles efficiently, and even how to heat your garage safely.
Listeners call in to share condolences, home maintenance questions, and cybersecurity concerns — including the dangers of Wi-Fi–based home security systems and the latest methods thieves are using to clone key fobs. John shares insights on protecting your network, keeping vehicles secure, and simplifying your home by letting go of what you don’t use.
The episode closes with an upbeat set of WD-40 hacks — from pest control to polishing, from fire starters to lawnmower care — proving once again that Fix-It Radio is where real-life maintenance meets real-life wisdom.
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Walter? Upstairs! Are you alright?
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In the floor behind the chair. This is America.
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Does everybody know what time it is? Fix It Radio.
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And it's that time, Fix It Radio, KLZ 560. Thanks for being with us on this fine Saturday morning. It is October the 18th, so if you're listening to a replay of this particular show, you know what day it is. Fall is upon us here in Colorado. Larry Unger with us today as well. Good morning, Larry. Good morning, John. I should say Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, New Mexico, Jersey, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma. What am I missing? Wyoming, Nebraska. I can keep going. Montana.
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There you go.
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And we have listeners in Minnesota, Michigan, all over, actually. So thank you all. We appreciate that. And a lot of you listen in the distance through the app, which we really appreciate. Thank you for that as well. Text line, don't forget, 307-200-8222, 307-200-8222. Got several things to cover today. And some of you may have wondered, why was I off the last couple of days? I actually had a funeral that was already pre-planned yesterday. I had a cousin that passed away, so I was off yesterday because we had a funeral. And then my dad actually passed away on Thursday night. So I was off on Thursday because we knew we were getting close to the end. And several of you kind of had heard word of that and have sent nice messages in, which I am very thankful for. So thanks for all the support. I do appreciate it greatly. And some of you even said, well, why aren't you taking a few days off? I'm like, Yeah, no, I'm good. Actually, my dad was the type that, you know, he would be just fine with me, you know, going back and working and doing the things that I do. And he was a big fan of the show up until he really didn't understand what was going on. But other than that, he listened to pretty much every program I've ever done. And so would he want me back on air going at it? Absolutely.
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Probably the sooner the better.
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That's right. So that's why we're back at it. But I do. I appreciate the... the kindness of all of you and some of your messages that you have sent and so on, and I appreciate that greatly. But in this particular situation, and we've made a show on this before, but for those of you that end up with similar situations where you have elderly parents or different situations at home where you might have some folks that need more help and so on, we've done shows in the past on how to make your home better for those things. I might do another one of those here in the near future, because I've learned a ton over the past couple of years along those lines and have lots of experience that way. And for some of you, they may be entering into some of that. There's a lot of things that there's a lot of unknowns that nobody tells you about. Let's just say it that way. I hate to say it, but you kind of learn as you go. There's not a lot of instruction manuals along these lines. And I wish there were but there really isn't. So a lot of it you literally learn as you go and you kind of just you just deal with things as they come. And I will just tell you straight up if any of you ever have any questions along those lines, you've got, you know, elderly parents or spouses or whatever the case may be, and you're looking for some advice on what to do. I learned a ton again in the last couple of years. So
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Well, there's a lot of misinformation out there, so you want to be careful about that.
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A ton. A ton. And, yeah, thank you for saying that, Larry, because, yeah, there is a lot of things along those lines and a lot of things that you learn. So a couple of weeks ago, a few weeks ago, we started – talking about WD-40, the uses of it, and so on. Now, I also was going to tell you guys this morning that, and I've heard some folks this past week, and even heard some newscasters talking about winterizing your sprinkler. Well, if you want to, you can. Go ahead. I mean, nothing says you can't do it, but it's not going to be that cold this week. I've looked at all the weather reports, and some are talking about you, some lows in the mid-30s. Mid-30s are not going to hurt your sprinkler system at all. In fact... Other than the copper outside, it really, you have to be below 30 degrees to really even have a hard freeze enough to even break pipes and so on. I know some of you will say, well, water freezes at 32 degrees. Well, I get that. But there's, you know, that water that's. In the pipe and the water, especially those of you that have copper lines that are coming from the inside of the house out, there's a little warmth to some of that. And the reality is even 32 degrees isn't enough to break things. You might get a little bit of light freezing, but it's not going to be enough. You've got to get down in the mid-20s, even low-20s, to really see some significant damage outside on the sprinkler system, even if you haven't drained everything. And frankly, you could take some insulation out. and wrap that outside backflow valve right now if that's something you're concerned with. You want to keep the sprinkler on for whatever reason because it's just not that time yet. And if that's you, then take a trash bag, some insulation, wrap it all up, duct tape, do that. Frankly, right now, you'd probably be safe for, I'm not exaggerating, probably another three, four weeks. And I'll let you know each week accordingly. But currently, we don't really have a lot slated to be super cold right now.
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No, and it doesn't take just one day to freeze your pipes. It takes several days.
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Thank you, Larry. Thank you. Yeah, one overnight. Now, again, we get one overnight and it gets down in the teens. Sure, that can be a problem. Absolutely. But I don't see that in the forecast.
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No, I haven't seen anything either.
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We're not there yet.
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Until next week. Well, then, even to Friday next week even.
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frankly this weekend looks really nice next weekend looks really nice so just just a side note i'm not going to talk about sprinkler blowouts because we're just not there if any of you have a specific question along those lines by all all means you know ask me i'll be happy to to go through that with you on a personal basis and you can even send me a picture of what your backflow looks like and so on and i can walk you through that but uh for a lot of you that's you're not there yet not a huge issue so lines are open you can always call in with a question 303- four seven seven five six zero zero three oh three four seven seven five six zero zero and one more thing too before we get going keep in mind that oh it's that time of the year we're gonna have lots of leaves falling larry and i were just talking about that before we came on air we look out here and see all the colors of you know looking looking west up towards the mountains Some leaves are falling, some are not. There's still a lot of leaves on the tree. So some of you, when it comes to leaf cleanup, you're probably even a little early on that. And my suggestion, especially for leaves that are on the lawn, is if you have the ability to mulch. Now, if it gets really thick, that gets hard to do. If you're just talking right now, currently, some of those light leaves that are on top of the grass, if you have the ability to mulch those in and just let those go right back into the grass, do so. You're not going to hurt a single thing. There's some good fertilization there. You're not going to bother anything. Just go ahead and mulch those things back in. Now, again, if you get to where there's a layer of leaves and it's really hard to mulch that in, okay, well, now you're going to rake or you're going to bag or you're going to do whatever to suck some of those up. Yeah, I get that. But frankly... There's not a lot of leaves falling to that extent yet.
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No, there's not. And because I'm lazy and I don't want to rake leaves.
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I don't blame you. That's not being lazy. That's being smart.
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I'll mow the grass, even though the grass doesn't need mowed. I'll run the lawnmower over it just to pick up the mulch of the leaves.
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Yeah, and again, when we get more into that, we'll give you some tips and tricks on that. One tip really quick for some of you where normally you're used to using trash bags, things like that. You put the leaves in the bags and so on. Another way to do that, and you have to figure this out because you need two people to do this, but one thing you can do is take a big tarp. And just lay that out and rake all of your leaves onto the tarp. And then you can carry the tarp off, kind of make a funnel out of the tarp and use that to funnel all the leaves into it. By the way, you could even just put them straight into the trash can. Nothing says the leaves have to be bagged. You could dump them right into a trash can if you wanted to. They don't have to be. some of you have the ability to make a a leaf pile that you can turn into uh you know compost something along those lines using the tarp method makes that really easy you're not wasting any trash bag to do that you can literally take a big square tarp you know 10 by 10 15 by 15 tarp whatever 20 by 20 whatever you've got kicking around you rake all of your leaves and everything onto the tarp that's what landscaping companies do You take the edges that have all the little rings in it, and you just grab all of those up, and all of your leaves will be right inside the tarp. Go carry that thing wherever you want to, and off you go. Done deal.
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Yep. You use a bungee cord and kind of... Lock all the rings together.
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It's a piece of cake. It's there until you need it. So there's a little tip on how to do some of the fall cleanup stuff right now. The one thing that is falling, that at least around my house is a nuisance, is the Austrian pines, the long-needle pine trees. They are shedding right now, and they do that every year. The needles come off. It's not because the trees are dying. Some of you that are transplants, maybe that are new to the area that aren't familiar with some of our pine trees and species of, yeah, that particular tree, the long-needle pines, the Austrian pines, uh they will lose all of their needles they'll kind of turn brown kind of looks like the trees maybe even dying it's not it's the shedding process that it goes through it'll grow new needles it's how they that's how their growth works but they they i love them but they are a mess
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Well, the needles need to be raked up because they'll kill the grass.
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Yeah, they are potent. So, yeah, rake those. Same deal. You can do the same method I just talked about. Even some of you where those needles might be falling in where there's rocks and things like that, you can just rake across the top of the rocks, throw it onto the tarp I just mentioned. Same situation. Those are harder to bag up, by the way, because those needles want to poke through the bag. Those especially are ones where if you've got a nice big trash can, I'd have a nice empty trash bag or nice empty trash can. I mean, take that tarp, just empty it directly into the trash can. Off you go. Done deal. As they go into the trash truck itself, you're not going to bother anything by not having those things bagged up. In fact, truth be told, you're probably better off not bagging them.
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Probably true.
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Because the bag has to deteriorate in the landfill. Those don't. Right. Those will just turn back into compost all on their own.
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Yeah, and that's true. And for those of you that like to have those little fire pits during the winter.
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Nice fire starters.
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Absolutely.
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Save a little bit of those, bundle them up in something, put them in a five-gallon bucket or whatever you want where you've got nice access to them, and off you go. But, yes, those make great fire starters as well. All right, we're going to take a quick break. We've got a call coming in. We'll come back, start into some of our topics for the day. Don't go anywhere. Fix-It Radio, KLZ 560.
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And we are back, Fisher Radio, KLZ 560. Myself, Larry Unger, Steve from Colorado Springs. You're next, or you're first today, I should say. Go ahead, Steve.
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Good morning, gentlemen. Are you enjoying this stupendous fall day? Absolutely. John, very saddened to hear about your dad. You were very lucky, as I was, in the dad lottery. Yes. And then we had dads of strong values. Absolutely. And they were great mentors, as well as great dads. And, you know, I don't know about you, but when I was a teenager, naively, I thought everybody did. That would be wrong.
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Yeah, it would be wrong. I was like you, Steve. I thought the same thing. And my dad happened to be one of those dads where there were other kids that maybe didn't have the same dad, and he became that surrogate for a lot of those individuals. And I've heard from some of those individuals through social media that saw my dad's passing, and he meant a lot to a lot of those younger kids at that time, Steve.
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I'm sure you will have a marvelous celebration of his life well lived.
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Absolutely. Absolutely. Thank you, Steve. I appreciate that greatly.
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Yeah, one thing I wanted to pass on, it seems like the bad actors are always one step ahead of us. Uh-huh. And in this case... That's because they think differently than we do, Steve. Yeah. And some of them are talented enough.
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Uh-huh.
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They can have real jobs.
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That's absolutely right.
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Yes, you're right. Anyway, the latest one, And this one still surprises me. It's going to take some cyber guru to figure out a fix. But the bad actors have been involved in some very high-profile and not-so-high-profile break-ins to celebrities. And they have come up with a device that basically locks down your Wi-Fi. And since about 100% now of home security systems... Our Wi-Fi base, we've got a problem here.
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It's funny you say that. I was watching a video the other day of an expert in that particular area. I can't remember what video I was watching. I think this might have been a Sean Ryan interview, something along those lines. Anyways, there was a cybersecurity guy, expert, that was actually – this guy is one of those white hat hackers, they call him. He's the good guy. And he basically, Steve, was explaining and showed even the device. He actually brought the device into this particular interview and said, yep, this is the device whereby I could literally in about a, oh, I don't know, 100-yard roughly radius, I can lock down and literally control every Wi-Fi device in this particular area.
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Now, the question, since I don't think they mentioned this, how do they get past the password protection on the router?
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They have got this software that literally will – they do two things. They can come through the back door. That's one way they do it. And I'm not an expert in this area, so if some of you have better explanations, please let me know. But they have a back door in a lot of cases, Steve, they go through. And or this guy showed, listen, most passwords are pretty simple. Most people don't get too fancy when it comes to passwords for their Wi-Fi. I literally can usually even break that password in a matter of seconds just with the software that I have.
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There's got to be some better protective measures.
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Well, and you bring up something that's really important. It's for everybody listening. I hadn't planned on this, Steve, but this is really a good topic. First of all, for those of you listening, make sure that your Wi-Fi sides of things, and a lot of people have confusion here, and typically I like to separate it. A lot of companies like Comcast and others, they will give you a router or a modem, I should say, and then build the router and the Wi-Fi devices into all that one unit. I don't like... Like those units, Steve, I think they're more vulnerable at the end of the day. You're much better off having just a modem and then having a router slash Wi-Fi devices that are separate from the modem. I think you get another layer. It's an arm's length, if you would, another layer of security. And then on top of that, make sure that you use really long passwords, alphanumeric, lots of characters, underscores, dashes, things like that. In other words, the more characters you have, the longer it takes to break that. And on top of that, make sure that you go through and your sort of backdoor default settings are off. In other words, make sure that no one can come through the backdoor.
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My understanding, too, is, which most people hardly will ever do, you've got to reset that router password at least about every 30, 60 days.
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Not a bad idea. Yeah, it is. And especially those of you where you are, well, these celebrities are a great example. They're not even right next door to somebody, Steve. They're really out on their own, if you would. And once they get halfway close, they can run in and, yep, handle all of that very quickly.
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You know, I was reading an article on cyber scams, and only two years ago, it was one out of four Americans that lost pretty good sums of money. Now it's one out of three, and it's headed towards one out of two. And we've got to somehow ride herd on that. Anyway, last item I thought might be curious. Maybe to come up, and this would be a good show to do it, on a... Maintenance checklists for houses. There's stuff I always forget. The main one would be like the filter on the washing machine. I'm going to spend three years just to do that, so I'm going to do it today. But come up with a checklist on these need to be done either on an annual basis or monthly or semi-annual. And you just go boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
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Good idea.
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And not forget anything.
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Good idea. You know, and that's something that, frankly, I can work on that and even get that something that we can have something we can put up on the website as well. Steve, I'll work on that. That's a good idea. I can do that. That's not hard to do.
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Excellent. Have an awesome day as much as you can.
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I'll do it, Steve. No, appreciate you very much. Thanks for calling in. Text messages as well. A lot of you sending in condolences. Thank you for that. Also, I appreciate that. And the whole security thing, really quick, I'll take a moment there. Steve just brought up a great point when it comes to not only just the camera sides of things, but some of you have alarms or whatever. whatever and in a lot of cases steve is correct they're either running through the wi-fi side of things in your house or even if they're wired in they're still running through your router your modem end of things and if again if somebody knows the back door settings of a lot of those devices they have the ability to literally come in and just shut things down and you're dead in the water. Now, my suggestion would be, and not everybody offers this, but a lot do, is the thing to do on an alarm especially is give it some cellular backup. That's hard to negate. Now, that can be as well because you can jam a cellular network as well. So a really sophisticated criminal could come through and lock down your Wi-Fi, probably get through to your router. And in this particular case, if they know you have some sort of a cell backup, probably even jam the cell signals. Now, what I will say in that case, have good insurance. I mean, at the end of the day, if that person shows up and they want things badly enough, they're probably going to get it anyways. Just make sure you have good insurance because, frankly, there's not too many other things you can do outside of that. Now, some of you that are maybe more experts in that whole security field, if you want to call in or text in or something and give advice on what else to do, be my guest. But if you get some of these sophisticated criminals, I think it's more a matter of good luck and have good insurance. Because thwarting some of these individuals is going to be tough. Now, along those lines, one of you this past week sent me a video. I think it was last weekend even. Somebody sent me a video of a person losing, in this case it happened to be an EV. It was a Mach-E Ford. But this applies to most new vehicles. It doesn't have to be a Mach-E EV. And I don't know why he'd steal an electric vehicle. But anyways, the vehicle was stolen right out of the driveway. And the video that you guys sent me was this particular person did nothing to break into the vehicle other than have a device that was picking up the key fob signal. He then, she then, I don't know, they then, I don't know who it is, can't tell. they then duplicate that fob signal, and they have complete access to the car. And there's more than one video out there showing you that. So what they advise you to do is if you have to park your vehicle outside, now I'm going to go back to, and this is the fix-it radio part of this, I'm going to go back to the whole, it's nice out, we've got several weekends still left where it is nice, clean your garage where you can park inside. Because ultimately, it's hard to steal your vehicle from inside. Some thieves will try, but... But typically, that's a whole different scenario. They're not going to break and enter to actually steal the vehicle. They're looking for the easy access things, the cars that are out in the driveway, cars that are parked on the street. They can nonchalantly walk up, have this device, replicate the signal, hop in, drive away. Nobody's the wiser. It's harder, and here's the other thing they understand as well. They break in. They get inside the house. Now the risk of them having something else happen to them goes up significantly.
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Right.
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And these folks know that. They're looking for the easy prey. So my point there is put your car in the garage. I know that sometimes that's not always possible, although I've had this discussion on this program many times. Although, usually it's just because you got too much junk. I'm sorry, I'm just being straight up honest. Usually it's because you got too much junk and you can't park in the garage. And I know that because, as I've said, I drive past homes, especially in the summertime, you see the garage doors up, and it's like, oh my word, there's a bunch of junk inside that garage. Meaning they're never parking inside of it. And in a lot of cases, it's just because we hang on to stuff that we don't need to. And again, with my dad's passing, my mom passed even just a little over a year ago, and going through all of their estate stuff and cleaning up stuff and so on, I will just tell you that we all, myself included, although I'm getting better at this, save things you don't need.
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Absolutely.
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Stop doing that. If you don't need it, get rid of it.
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I started doing that a year ago, too, just going through stuff that I thought I had to have and realized, no, I don't.
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You don't need it. Okay, so here's a question for you, Larry. What is your rule of thumb for what you're going to keep versus what you're going to get rid of? I wasn't planning on this today, folks, but since it just came up, we'll go down this path. Go ahead, Larry.
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Well, if I don't use something in six months, I get rid of it. Because typically in six months, I'm going to go through my life cycle of what I do, whether it be summer, fall, winter, whatever. And if I don't use it within that time frame, I really don't need it.
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Okay, so you're using the six-month rule. Right. And I think for me, certain items I do six months, certain items I'll do a year. It depends on if it's a seasonal type item, but even seasonal stuff, typically six months is enough to tell you whether you need it or whether you don't. But I've even gone one step further as in I've accumulated over the years all sorts of different tools and things along those lines. And it's like, okay, are these really tools that I really now – Larry, need, has technology changed? Are these things that I'm just hanging on to because you're hanging on to it because at one point in time you invested money in it, but do you really need that particular device? And you know what I mean by that. Things change greatly as time goes by, and even being an old auto technician, there are just things anymore where it's like, okay, for example, do I really need, and these are things I'm going through as we speak, do I need an air impact wrench? No, anymore I don't.
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Air tools, period.
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I haven't plugged an air impact wrench in in probably over two years, meaning why do I need them? I don't. Those are items that as we speak, I'm starting to funnel through and then figure out, okay, is there any value? What do I do with these items? Is there any resale ability to some of these things? If not, is there somebody I can donate them to? And here's the problem with some of this stuff, guys, and I've talked about this even on some of the electric end of things. Nobody wants it. And that part is sad because a lot of these, you know, some of those air impacts, and Larry knows this, this is years ago. I'm talking two decades ago. Some of these things were $300, $400, and I'm not exaggerating. Oh, yes. Which you figure if inflation, that's a $700 or $800 tool today, probably at least a $600 tool today. If you paid $400 for it then, it's probably $600 today. And I'm talking, I paid that money probably back in the 90s. for some of those things and yet they're not getting drug out of the toolbox anymore and you don't even plug them i larry i i rarely even get the air hose out i don't have a compressor big enough anymore i got rid of my big compressor you just because you don't need it right you you have the ability to do things now with all of the cordless tools we have it's just not necessary anymore so the the thing is is what do you do with some of those items and that's some of what i'm struggling with right now joe go ahead
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john three quick uh three quick things home security i had a friend was over my house and we saw my ring doorbell system and he was complaining to the man i've got this 55 a month landline the only thing i use it for is my home security system i wish there was some way to get rid of the landline and he wasn't aware that you could do uh home security monitoring through wi-fi so if anybody out there is paying for landline just to support your home security system All the major ones do Wi-Fi. You don't need your landline anymore to do home security. That's one. Second, things to get rid of. He inherited a gun collection from his father that included a bunch of guns that his father had inherited from his grandfather. Sixty guns, double-barrel shotguns, rifles, most of which he's never shot in his entire life. And there are some very reputable outfits out there that will take your guns. They'll actually make you an offer. You send them a picture. You give them the model, the serial number.
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Good to know.
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And so they'll give you the shipping labels and the boxes and everything else. So, again, he must have – he's got to have close to 100 guns. Wow. And he has no idea. And his kids don't shoot. They're not hunters.
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So they're not going to be passed down at all.
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Yeah, he's not going to pass them down. So, you know, rather than wait for his kids to try to figure out how to just... And he's in his 70s, so... That's a great idea, Joe, because, yeah, if you don't have anybody that you're going to be able to pass those things down to, then, yeah, why hang on to it? Well, even if they were, I don't think his kids would want 100 guns. Some of these are like double-barrel shotguns from 1910, 1950. Now, they might have some collector value, but... Compared to modern shotguns, even if they were hunters, they probably wouldn't use them or certainly wouldn't use all 100 of them.
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Yeah, no, that makes total sense. Absolutely, yeah. And some of those antiques, and over the years, I've had some of those that I either bought, acquired, inherited, whatever the case, Joe, and not recently, but years ago, some of those had, you know, at that time, and luckily for me, I don't think they changed much in value over the years. I think I sold it just about the right time, and I did exactly what you're talking about. I found a dealer that was willing to pay, you know, top dollar for for some old lever action rifles and things like that that, frankly, Joe, even the calibers were hard to even replicate and find. It was like, yeah, I'm not going to shoot these or use these. I might as well put these into cash, and I did.
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Yeah, I think there's gunbroker.com, but there's also Duryea, D-U-R-Y-E-A. They will actually make you a cash offer and then arrange for the shipping. So anybody who's interested and has an oversized gun collection, One more thing. I bought a beast of a gas-powered pressure washer. It's a four-cycle. And I was looking at it, and I only got it this summer, but I was looking at winterizing it. Can I keep it in my garage? It has an aluminum pump housing that doesn't automatically drain. So I was concerned if I'm going to keep it in the garage all winter, I was worried about that freezing and cracking the aluminum pump housing. So There's three things you can do. You can tip it up on its side and try to drain the water out, or you can hook an air compressor to it and blow the water out of it. Or third, you can get a turkey baster, John, and you can squirt some antifreeze into that pump housing. But if you have a pressure washer with an aluminum or any sort of metal pump housing, You either bring it down in your basement or make sure you drain it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, good idea.
SPEAKER 10 :
Or blow it out. Yeah. Or put some antifreeze in it.
SPEAKER 06 :
And the RV antifreeze would be the stuff to use there because you're not hurting anything on down the road with it, and it's even drinkable if you hit, you know, not that you're going to drink it, but, you know, you're not bothering anything with that at all, Joe.
SPEAKER 10 :
Is that propylene glycol or just straight glycol?
SPEAKER 06 :
I don't know what they use in that paint stuff. You know, it's funny you asked me that. I was trying to think the other day. I'm like, okay, what makes this different than regular, you know, glycol? Because it's got to have some glycol in it, otherwise it would freeze. But they make it so that it's, you know, it's drink, you know, you can put it in your RV so you're not, you know, you're able to drink the water afterwards once you flush it and so on. I don't know what they make that out of, Joe. I need to check that. I have no idea.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, I'm sure if you look it up, John, they've got to have an ingredient sheet on it. It could be propylene glycol, which is what you use to humidify cigars. If you've got a cigar humidor, you use a little jar of propylene glycol to... It says here that they either use that or ethanol. Yeah, or ethanol.
SPEAKER 06 :
One of the two is what they're using.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, either. So a turkey baster to squirt it in or blow it out with an air compressor or... put it in your basement yeah no no on the same token joe you know you could just heat the garage don't get my wife sorry and john and sorry for calling sorry for calling too early but i got to get to the no kings rally today oh there you go joe have fun have fun enjoy yourself All right, take care, guys.
SPEAKER 06 :
Appreciate you, Joe. No, that's a good one, by the way. No, I mean, at the end of the day, and semi-joking, but for some of you where it's like, you know, depending upon the situation, heat in the garage isn't as big of a deal as you think, and you don't have to keep it hot. But just keep it above freezing, and some of the things that we're talking about go away. And in a lot of cases, you're not running it as much as you actually think you are, especially if it's a garage where it's attached to the house. You've got some radiant heat that's coming through the house itself. So the reality is it's not that big of a deal in some cases, provided it's insulated and so on, so you're not just heating bare outside walls. Right. If you've got the ability, and some of these garage heaters now have become, we probably could do a whole show on that. Some of these garage heaters have become very attainable, not a lot of cost, pretty easy to install yourself. A lot of them now you can run off of either electricity or you can, if you've got a gas line or whatever, you can do things along those lines. Again, these are things where, you know, utilize what's out there. But that is one thing that has changed immensely recently. over the years to where it makes it a lot easier to you know heat your garage now for some of you where you do some work out of the garage in the winter months and so on or frankly just heating it to keep the or to accelerate i should say your snow melt that's coming off of the car and so on yeah having that garage heated just a little bit uh makes the makes a world of difference when it comes to all of that so just a side note well yeah you can keep your you can keep your interior garage temperature up 35 degrees you're fine Yeah. For example, you maybe only want to keep it at 45, 50 degrees, which seems really cold, but nothing's freezing at that point. So, yeah, it seems cold and it will be cold if you're out there working. You're still going to need a light jacket and so on. I mean, it's like being outside on a day like today when it's 50 degrees. So think about that. But at the end of the day. Nothing freezes, so you're able to keep things out there, store some things, paint, things like that. Because remember, paint and things like that can also freeze, so you want to keep those things in areas where it's fairly warm. And in a lot of cases, for some of you, just heating the garage might be your answer at the end of the day. So I said that kind of tongue-in-cheek, but... Again, you get your garage all cleaned out. You got the ability now to park inside. You got the ability to maybe fiddle around out there during the winter months and have some projects or whatever. Larry's getting into woodworking and things like that. You know, if that's you and you like doing some of those things, you know, some of these small heaters that you can put up really do make a world of difference at the end of the day.
SPEAKER 07 :
They sure do.
SPEAKER 06 :
And again, they're not as... This is the advent of things getting further down the line as we progress and we get more and more things. Capitalism, I guess, is the best way to say this. You end up with a lot more choices. I remember when we were kids and my dad was trying to figure out how to heat the garage. Back then, you had to go out and find old shop-type heaters that you could repurpose and do some things with because there wasn't much else available on the market when it came to heating your home. Because the last thing you want to do inside of a garage is use any kind of flame. You want to keep away from that because, again, you've got vehicles and fuel and things like that, and there's paint thinners and so on, and you really don't want to have any open flames as far as that goes. And if you do, even if you've got a burner-type stove or heater, I should say, that's why they're all hung from the ceiling. They're way high because the fumes don't go that high, and you don't have any issues with the flame being – that's why water heaters have to be up off the floor a certain amount if you put them outside in a garage. I think it's three – don't quote me on the code on this, but it's 30 or 36 inches off the floor. Maybe that might be a little high, but they're always mounted up because – The fumes don't go up. They stay down low, so you don't have any issues with the pilot lights or even when the burner would come on or whatever. A lot of the heaters don't have pilot lights anymore, but you get where I'm going with that. You don't have an open flame any longer that's low to the ground. That's why heaters are always up. I think code, you guys that are in that world would know what code is. I could look it up, but I think it's 24, 30 inches, something like that. I don't know. But they're always mounted on a pedestal, and now you know why when you go in a garage and you see a water heater. that's why they're always mounted up. They're not directly on the floor, and that's the reason why. Code in a garage is they've got to be up off the floor because of that. All right, just got several other things to cover. Any questions or comments, things you want to add, feel free to do so, 303-477-5600. We'll be right back. Sorry, Drive Radio is next. This is Fix It Radio, KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 06 :
All right, we are back. Fix It Radio, KLZ 560. Somebody mentioned in the text message, too, that you might want to think about keeping those corded tools and air tools and so on. If lithium prices continue to go up, batteries might get to the point where you may want to have some of those around. Yeah, maybe. That's your call. And that could happen, I suppose. Just remember for every one of those items that you keep and have around, you're now storing it. And for some of you that have a lot of room, okay, fine. If you want to go put that in the tub and then you break it out at some point down the road when you need it, be my guest. That's completely your call on things. I... When it comes to the battery sides of things, I'm trying to think how often I've actually replaced a battery that's gone bad, and I don't think I ever have.
SPEAKER 07 :
I know I haven't.
SPEAKER 06 :
I mean, the old NICADs, those would go bad constantly, and you'd find yourself going through those. Even back in the shop days, you'd find NICAD batteries going bad, and you'd have to replace them. The flashlights that had NICADs and so on, they would do the same thing. But anymore, with the lithium batteries, you just don't find yourself replacing those. So, I mean, will I keep a few corded tools around for the just-in-case situation? probably will although again i haven't plugged a corded tool other than a grinder i do have some i do have some corded grinders that that i use that you know they're just there's a power strip next to the bench you just plug in and off you go but when it comes to drills and things like that i haven't used other than a drill press i haven't used a quarter drill in forever larry
SPEAKER 07 :
No, I use a drill press, and I've got my bench grinder. Outside of that, I don't have anything to plug in.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I've got the regular 4-inch grinder. Outside of that, I don't plug power tools in anymore, so I just have used the other stuff. Steve, go ahead. Welcome back.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes, just something that picked my brain here, because our highly paid state attorney missed this one, and it was brought to my attention, and you've got a lot of people in your audience that have unmarried adult children. Yeah. I went ahead and verified this with McKenzie, who was on Martino's show. You need to have, just like they have for you, a medical, durable power of attorney.
SPEAKER 06 :
There's actually been some ads. Michael Bailey, who's one of our sponsors of all of my programs, he ran some ads here recently, Steve, talking about that very thing that Yes, indeed, you need that because in most cases, I mean, some of you that have sent kids off to college know this, unless your kid, your child, student, allows you to even see their test scores and so on, Steve, you don't get to see them.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, and this guy, McKenzie, brought up a point, too. A, it needs to be in the state where they live, which in my daughter's case is Maryland. And then where they're going. He mentioned something I hadn't thought of that, you know, with today's HIPAA laws, If you have a child in a serious accident and they're unconscious and cannot consent, and you do not have that medical power of attorney, in a lot of cases, they'll just let them die and harvest the organs. And I went, oh, my God. Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, no, that's a very important thing. And I think for a lot of folks, it's never thought of. And I'll be straight up honest, Steve. And granted, my youngest is now 33 years of age, so it's been a while. But I never thought of any of that back then. I didn't have any of that. I never had thought through any of that. And I think especially in today's world, that is something that every – parent that's sending a child off or a unmarried child period i think yes they should give somebody in the family another sibling mom dad whoever power of attorney on those things financially and medically both
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes, and our overpaid estate attorney did not catch that, so I was glad to at least catch up on it.
SPEAKER 06 :
No, that is solid, Steve. Yeah, Michael Bailey's talked about that. For those of you listening, he can do even just a power of attorney for these situations. Even if you don't have a full estate plan, but you just want something for your kids, he can do whatever you need to do, and that's a great point, Steve, especially those kids that aren't married. I mean, they might be 28 years of age, still need it.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right. That's exactly what it's for. If you have unmarried adult kids, you need to get it in today's world.
SPEAKER 06 :
Absolutely. Absolutely. 100%, Steve. Nope, you're 100% correct. Thank you for that. Yeah, great reminder. And, again, we have a great resource for that, Michael Bailey. He's the mobile estate planner, and I will tell you this right now. He's busy. Super busy because he's good at what he does and we promote him and we've sent him a lot of business and things like that. So I will tell you right now that last time Michael was on, Charlie, we're in October. I think you're looking at probably early February right now, actually sitting down, getting a meeting with him because he's about 90 days or so away. out and with the holidays and so on so plan on your middle of october already so you've got you know the rest of october so november december january yeah you're going to be end of january early february getting in if you call now and i would highly suggest so those of you even that have kids that maybe are 16 17 years of age and they're going to be going off here in the not too distant future You can do these pretty much at any time. Michael can help you with all of that. The biggest thing is at least sit down and have a conversation and figure out what your plans are and how you want to handle those things. I know that's not necessarily a fix-it radio topic. It applies to all topics, actually, because after going through all of this with my folks, trust me, you want to have your stuff dialed in. When you do, there's so much other stuff already going on where it's hectic and there's decisions being made and so on. The last thing you want to have to do is screw around with, do I have power of attorney? Do I have this? Do I have that? If you have all of that, it's easy. And it's just one less thing to have to deal with.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, and it's so frustrating when you can't get information from doctors or attorneys or whatever concerning your loved one and the estates and all the things that you have to do with that.
SPEAKER 06 :
And here's what's funny or ironic about all of this, just as a side note. With all the things I've been through with my mom and my dad, now with my dad it was a little different when you have to go put somebody into memory care and so on. There's a lot of hoops to jump through, and yes, they require proof of all sorts of things, physical proof. I will say, though, on the hospital level, me just saying I had it was typically all they needed. I think at one point I might have had to show one particular agency an actual copy of it. But in general, all I had to do was say I had it, and that was typically good enough for them, and off I went. Now, I did have it, so I wasn't lying, and I was always able to provide that if somebody needed it. But I can tell you that not all of them required actual proof of it, but I think they wanted it just in case. And I had it, of course, and all of that. But having all of that makes it – Larry's right. It makes a huge difference at the end of the day, yes. Yeah. So, again, that's not necessarily fix-it radio. That's probably more of a ready radio, the preparedness end of things. But believe me, having all of that dialed in makes a huge difference. Okay, I did want to throw out a few more WD-40 things just because we talked about that a couple of weeks ago. There's no way we'll get through all of this today, but we can get to as many of these as we can. We ended the last one. And there were, I think, I don't know how many tips we had on here. Hang on, 14 ways. And we only got through a few of these because the last one was we were talking about stainless steel, which there's debates out on whether you want to use WD-40 for that or not. But removing stains. So normally grease stains can be a nightmare to remove, and one slip of whatever sauce on your favorite blouse or ink spill or whatever can be catastrophic, although WD-40 may be cleaning those messes. up almost too easy so it's a good stain remover as well now that's a new one on me i had i've never used it for anything along those lines so that's that's a new one on me i've never tried that i do know it's water soluble so it would make sense that if it attacks the stain lifts it the wd-40 is going to wash out because it doesn't stay on that's where you can use it for the paint on your car and things like that because once you use soap and water On the paint on the car, the WD-40 is gone. So the same, I would think, would apply to your clothes. So it makes sense. I've just never done it.
SPEAKER 07 :
I haven't either. Never tried it.
SPEAKER 06 :
I'm going to try it. So there's another use right there. Now, cleaning tools, yep, that one's a big one. Spray WD-40 on to remove the grit, the grime, the rust, the junk, the whatever. Yeah, it works very well for all of those things. And, again, it's something that it will help you get things back in shape. Just remember, and I talked about this the last time, it's not necessarily an oil per se. So if you're wanting permanent lubrication, which never happens, by the way, but you're not getting necessarily a permanent lubrication out of it. You can use WD-40. Just remember you're going to be applying it over and over again because it's not going to stay and last like a Teflon spray or something like that would be. But you're not going to use the Teflon spray to do the same things you would with WD-40. Okay, repelling pests. This is another one I've used. Now, I have done this. I have used WD-40. It talks about this in this particular article. I've used it on wasps. You didn't have a can of whatever around. I used WD-40. Yep, sure enough, it works. I've used it for that. I don't know whether the oily basis of WD-40 gets on the wings and has detrimental effect that way. I don't know how it works. I know it does. It doesn't kill them, it just chases them away? Well, in some cases, if you get it directly on them, no, they're down for the count. Now, I don't know if it kills them or if it makes their wings, you know, quote, unquote, inoperable. I'm not a scientist. I've never studied that. I just know that when you use it, they not only go away, but a lot of times you'll see them fall to the ground.
SPEAKER 07 :
I've never tried it.
SPEAKER 06 :
It works. So if you don't have wasp spray kicking around, I've also used it on ants and things along those lines as well. So whatever's in it, it's enough to where insects it doesn't do well with. So... There you go. There's another use for it. Bring life back to artificial plants. Yeah, so this one makes sense. So those of you that have artificial plants and they can get kind of dusty and nasty and so on, a little WD-40 on that will restore that back to life. The other thing WD-40 works for, for some of you, is where you've got a – I don't know how I can explain this. Some of the modern fiberglass-type windows and doors, right? Instead of actually painting a door, if you notice it's starting to get a little bit faded and looks kind of nasty, spray it with WD-40 and wipe it down. It'll restore it. It'll bring it right back. So some of you have like an artificial wood-looking door, but it's actually fiberglass, and it starts to get kind of weathered because maybe it sits in the sun. You can WD-40 that and bring it back to life. Now, again, it's not going to last forever. It will wear off. You're probably going to find yourself doing that on a monthly basis, but you can make it look brand new, and then you'll start to see it kind of look and weather it again. Just put some more WD-40 on it, and away you go. You can bring those things back to life that way. interesting yeah i had a door that way that uh we finally ended up painting the door because i got tired of doing that but you know again to paint it though means you had to sand it down and there was a process involved in in all of that and it's much better painted but for the longest time i used wd-40 on it you bring it back to life i'd do it about once a month or so and And off you go. So, yes, that one I've used on a personal basis, which kind of goes along with the protecting of the outdoor furniture. WD-40 will do the same thing there. So say you've got to leave your outdoor furniture out, and most of us do because it's outdoor furniture. Maybe you have the ability to put that in for the winter. Maybe you don't. You can spray a coat of WD-40 on that. And, frankly, if you've got a cover or anything, you can kind of group everything together, spray it with WD-40, put your cover on it, and you'll be good for spring. And it just keeps that deterioration, the oxidation and things that might be happening.
SPEAKER 07 :
For sure, because as long as water doesn't get to it, it's not going to wash off.
SPEAKER 06 :
Correct. Put your cover on it and off you go. Done deal. So this is another way to do things. This one's interesting. Conceal tile scratches. Ceramic tile, marble, linoleum surfaces are beautiful, but homeowners can avoid them due to fears of chips, scratches. WD-40 is a miracle worker. It doesn't completely fix, of course, because you're not, and it doesn't keep those scratches from happening, but can it hide them? Yes. So if you've got a little scratch in a tile or something along those lines, can you use WD-40 on that to hide that? Sure, because what it does is it works its way down to the crack, kind of gives the crack the finished look that's up above the surface because the scratch is digging into it, and you'll give it sort of that look that was there before. Unless you really look closely, you won't notice the scratch. Now, that only works on tile. It won't work on your car.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, darn it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, there's no solution for that. Removing nuts and bolts. Larry and I talked about this the last time we were on. And, yeah, you can use it as a penetrating grease, although I will say this, or penetrating lubricant. I will say this, if you've got something, you know, a bolt manifold bolts on cars are notorious for trying to, you know, get them off because they get heat and rust and so on. And I will tell you that WD-40 probably won't do much for those. You need an actual penetrating oil, Rostov. There's other products out there that work very well.
SPEAKER 07 :
PB Blaster.
SPEAKER 06 :
PB Blaster, I love. By the way, that's a particular product that I think for rusted bolts and stuff works extremely well. I don't know what they put in that stuff, Larry, but it works wonders. So I'm not a big WD-40 guy in loosening up rusted bolts and so on. I always go get the rust penetrant, the blaster and some of that. I use that versus WD-40. But can you use that? Sure, you can. Now, this is interesting. This one is a new one on me as well. Protect gold and silver. Sorry, protect good silver, not gold and silver, but protect good silver. I would think you could do this even on gold as well. Where it normally would tarnish because of the oxidation thing, we're talking about that, you can WD-40 those up, and you're good to go. Now, this is something else that's interesting about WD-40. Someone would say, well, why would you put that on your silverware where you might be eating off of that down the road? Again, it's going to wash off.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right.
SPEAKER 06 :
and the interesting thing about wd-40 is every time i spray some of that somewhere and it drips my dog licks it because like it's got like a fish oil component to it i believe and at the end of the day has my dog ever died from eating it no no yeah there's still alive and kicking and i've had numerous dogs over the years that they love the taste of wd-40 so is it going to kill you no Now, would I drink it and eat it? No. But is a little bit on even silverware going to harm you and hurt you? I highly doubt it. No. At the end of the day, probably not. Protect hardwood when painting. That's a good idea. So you can end up a little bit of splatter. Normally, you try to put your visqueen down or your protectant so you don't get any paint on the hardwood surfaces. But if you put WD-40 on things first, it won't stick. The paint doesn't stick.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right.
SPEAKER 06 :
Again, this is a new one on me. I never thought about that one. Now, I learned a trick the other day. If you're painting and you want really quick results and you don't have even masking tape around and you don't have a lot of time to even tape off doors and handles, aluminum foil. You can work right around the door handle, get it right up against the edge, and if you do that just right, you can actually take it from one doorknob to another to another because you just reuse the tin foil each time. And it matches shape. And it molds right around whatever the surface is you're trying to mask off and actually works better than masking tape at times. So there's a little tip. I learned that one this last week. Never have done it. Never thought about it. But the next time I do something, I'm like, yeah, instead of the tape, instead of grabbing that, I'm going to grab some aluminum foil. I've never used it for that, but it makes total sense after I watch somebody use it that way. Keep squirrels out of your feeders. So in other words, you can actually spray the bottom part of your feeders and such and the slipperiness of that, and you have to continue to do it because, again, the water and stuff will wash that off. But you can actually use WD-40 and make that slippery where the squirrels can't climb up onto the bird feeder. So another little tip. That's another one I haven't tried, but I will. Bill, you're up. We've got a minute. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 08 :
At the yard sale, I want to pour a concrete floor in my pole barn, and there's a rebar here, but it's all rusty. Will that rust affect it?
SPEAKER 06 :
No, not a bit. No, in fact, most guys won't even take the rust off of that, laying that with the concrete on top. Okay, thank you. It won't bother a thing, Bill. But if you've got it and it's cheap, buy it. Yeah, okay. Absolutely. Go buy it and use it. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. And by the way, same thing applies to, for Bill, if you're still listening, same thing applies to a lot of guys will put the wire mesh, you know, the wire down. They'll use rebar and some wire in the concrete. They'll raise the wire up a little bit. Again, that can be all rusty and nasty and doesn't make a hell of a bit of difference. Keep in mind that. that concrete has a water content to it anyways and it it you'll never make it it'll never matter you'll never you know you're never if you were to break all that apart on down the road it'll be right in the middle of that concrete and it'll make a hell of beans a bit of difference it'll all be just probably clean that comes apart uh yeah probably would be actually the chemical reaction someone probably gets rid of everything that's there uh last one on this wd-40 protect your lawnmower coating wd-40 will protect your lawnmower parts from rusting corrosion yeah you know what that's a great idea for some of you that maybe don't have the ability to put the the lawnmower in the shed maybe it has to go on the side of the house or maybe it even does go in the shed nothing wrong with taking in fact i'm going to do that this year take wd-40 spray the entire underside of the deck for example and a lot of times you'll get surface rust and so on that happens through the winter months you won't doing this
SPEAKER 07 :
I use it on the top part of the lawn and underneath the deck, and it helps keep the grass from accumulating in the deck.
SPEAKER 06 :
I've never done that. I'm going to. It's a great idea. It works really well. So there again, so that's the last tip. We finally got through all of these WD-40s, and I even had somebody that I was talking to yesterday asking, you know, what do you use to get tree sap or road debris, tar, things like that off the paint of your car? And I'm like, WD-40. You don't have to get super fancy and go out and buy a bunch of product and spend a bunch of money on things. Just use WD-40, and you're good to go. All right, that's it today for Fix-It Radio. Don't forget, you can always go to the website, fixitradio.com, and I'll do my best to go back through and find some things that Steve was talking about when it comes to maintenance tips and actually get a maintenance list. I should say get that up on the website here in the near future as well. That's it. Fix-It Radio, KLZ 560.
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Join guest host Andy Pate on 'Rush to Reason' as we dive into an exciting hour of NFL predictions filled with insightful analyses and humorous banter. Alongside Luke Cash and Tanner Cole, Andy discusses the dynamics of the week's games, contemplating whether the Rams or Jaguars have the edge, and considering the potential outcomes for the Patriots and Titans after their respective management reshuffles. Expect lively debates concerning the Raiders' chances of victory against the surging Chiefs and whether the Eagles can overcome their recent setbacks against the Vikings. With a keen sense of humor, Andy and his co-hosts delve deep into the implications of key player movements and team strategies. In our intriguing dialogue, we extend the discussion beyond current matchups to speculate on future NFL stars and potential Hall-of-Famers, all while maintaining a lighthearted tone throughout. Don't miss this engaging look into the strategic world of the NFL and what it takes to whip out those winning predictions.
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Filling in is Andy Pate, party of choice. And welcome to hour number two here on Rush to Reason. I'm Andy Pate. Filling in for John Rush, along with two man among men, we've got Luke Cash and Tanner Cole. Well, way to go, man.
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Way to go. You did it, dude. I'm so proud of you. The fact that you screwed up the second word almost made me spit this drink out everywhere.
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Well, I try usually to screw up every word.
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I have nothing. I have nothing. I got nothing. I'm old. That's all I got. Okay, here we go. Tanner, are you ready for some NFL picks? I'm ready for some NFL picks. Okay, here we go. Hit that music. All right, we're going to open up with game number one is the Rams are favored by two and a half over the Jaguars. Two teams looking to go five and two. Who has the edge?
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I think the Jags are the biggest fake team in the NFL. Travis Hunter is not that great yet. We'll see. Brian Thomas can't get the ball. I'm taking Rams with the points, even though Puka's not playing.
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Okay. Boy, I'm not sure of this one.
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Jags have a great defense, but...
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They do. Both teams have a defense. You know what? I was going with the Rams, but I wanted to be different on one, so I'm going to take the Jaguars instead of the Rams. Okay, next game. The Saints are on the road at the Bears, and the Bears favored by 4.5. Here's my question. Is the point spread too low? I mean, aren't the Bears 3-2 with a lot of young talent?
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And they'd just be the commanders who went to the NFC Championship game. The Saints are looking for the number one pick, even though there's not really a clear number one pick to take right now. I know.
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It looked like it was going to be Arch Manning. No, we don't know. But another Manning in New Orleans would be kind of cool.
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It would be. I'm taking the Bears.
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We'll both take the Bears. Okay, next game, Ugly Bowl. Are you ready for the Ugly Bowl? Okay, the Miami Dolphins, they're on the road at the Cleveland Browns, who for once are favored by two and a half points. Two ugly teams on a road to nowhere. They're going to play a game for some reason. Okay, we have no idea. Why are they playing?
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I don't know. I can't believe Cleveland seems to almost sell out games. It's unbelievable. I don't know how the Browns are favored. Dylan Gabriel just throws checkdowns all game, so if you just cover that, I think it'll be quick. McDaniel's on the hottest seat of seats, so I think the Dolphins win.
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Yeah, I'm not confident either way. You know what? I'm going to take the Browns just to be different. Okay, next game. I don't think this looks too good. The Patriots are favored by 6.5 over the Titans. New England, they just upset Buffalo, and the Titans already fired their coach. Can the Titans fight for pride?
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Sometimes when a coach gets fired, the team gets low motivation. The interim gets the locker room back on track. I think the Titans won't win, but I think they might cover the spread, so I still have the Pats.
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Yeah, I agree. These games coming off when a coach gets fired, you have no idea what to expect. And I don't know what to expect, but I'll take the Patriots. Okay, next game, the Raiders. Okay, they're playing the Chiefs. Chiefs are favored big at home, 12.5 points last I saw.
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Right.
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After a surprisingly easy win over Detroit, are the Chiefs starting to build momentum?
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Unfortunately, I think they are. I think it's Rasheed Rice's first game back. I was kind of shocked with 12.5, but when you have Geno Smith as quarterback, you have no idea what could happen. He could throw for 303 touchdowns, or he'll do what he's been doing all season, throw three interceptions.
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You have no idea.
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So I think the Chiefs are going to win. I don't like the spread. The only way the Raiders win is if Patrick Mahomes loses his right arm.
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Okay, quick question, though. This is the first year for Ashton Genting. He is doing a lot with no holes. Okay, so here's my question. As they build an actual team over the next two years, is he going to become the next Saquon Barkley? Is he a real threat?
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I don't see how he doesn't. He is great. I watched most of the Raiders games just because of him, and if they actually had an offensive line, Genting would be the best running back in the league already. I mean, some of the plays he makes for five yards, chugging out three defenders is unbelievable.
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Okay, last question, and we'll go to the next game. If you're the Raiders GM, are you picking offensive line, first round, maybe first, second round?
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I think so. They're also going to be in probably that 10 to 15 range, maybe even higher. Get a stud. Yeah, get a Joe Walt.
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Okay, there you go. All right, next game. Maybe the game of the week, one of the really good ones. The Eagles are favored by one and a half at the Vikings. Now, Philly is in free fall.
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Right.
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Can they bounce back on the road against a tough Vikings team?
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Do we know if JJ's playing?
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I don't believe he is.
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So Carson Wentz is back at the helm.
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I think it's going to be Carson. I'm not sure of that. I think so.
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I think losing two in a row is going to ignite the Eagles a little bit. They've had these problems before. The receivers get upset. Jalen Hurts, everyone starts bagging on him. But, I mean, they had that bad year. Then the next year they went and won the Super Bowl. So I think they're good enough to be able to turn it around and win this weekend.
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You know, I just don't know, but I'm going to take the Eagles too. I just think the Vikings, until they get J.J. back and comfortable again, I don't think they're the team. Okay, next team. Next game. Sorry, the Panthers. Carolina Panthers are favored. They're favored. By one and a half against the 0-6 J-E-T-S Jets, Jets, Jets. Jets are 0-6. Can we stop blaming last year's Jets team on Aaron Rodgers?
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Yes, they have talent everywhere you look. They just can never figure out a quarterback, and they screw themselves over every chance they get, no matter what it is. They've been in close games, and they did something stupid, whether it was on special teams or what they did against the Broncos, just let the half end. I mean, there's a million things you could say about the Jets.
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They're awful.
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The Panthers, though, are kind of hot right now.
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They're picking it up, and I think you're going to pick the Panthers, aren't you?
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Bryce Young's looked a lot better, 100%.
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Yeah, so my quick question here, how about Rodgers? Okay, I mean, yeah, they lost last night to Cincy, but that's because, let's face it, Pittsburgh sucks. They don't have that good of a team.
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No.
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And they're like 4-2 with a bad team, and he scored 31. You can't blame him.
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Everyone was bagging Mike Tomlin for barely beating the Jets. Look at him now. He just is a great coach and knows how to get a W and the job done.
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Yep. Okay, next game, Giants. New York Giants are here at the Denver Broncos. Broncos favored by 7.5. Hey, the Giants are rallying around Jackson Dart, but will he get destroyed by the league's best defense?
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I think Scadaboo might run over a couple Broncos this weekend. I think the Broncos will win, but I think it will be a closer game than anyone here wants to believe.
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Well, you know, I'm predicting a Bronco rout in this one, but I've got to be honest. I was predicting that last week, and they barely won.
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So we'll see. Even though the Giants are missing the league neighbors, I love that team. Jackson Dart has installed some confidence and swagger that they haven't had in decades.
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Yeah, but they don't have neighbors. Here's my prediction. Nobody is going to be open all game long. He's going to have nowhere to go with the ball. He's going to get dropped for a million sacks. He is a good runner. Yeah, he is, but not that good.
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200 rush yards.
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Okay, next game, the Colts are on the road at your Chargers. Now, are the Chargers healthy enough to hang with a surprising Colts team?
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We have no running back. I'm pretty sure Joe Waltz is still out. Sean Slater won't be coming back. I think we do have Makai Becton left, but we barely beat the Dolphins, so I'm all over the Colts. That's my pick of the week.
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Yeah, me too. I'm taking the Colts. Commanders are favored by one and a half at the Cowboys. This is looking like an ugly game. With Jaden Daniels back in charge, can Washington start to matter again? Or are they just average?
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There's no Terry McLaurin again this weekend. The Cowboys' defense, though, is so bad. They let every team run right. I mean, the Panthers beat them, scored 30. So I'm going to take the Commanders still, but no Terry definitely makes it a little difficult for them, only having Devo and Luke McCaffrey and Zach Ertz. So I'm going to take the Commanders still.
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But does it matter who you have when they're all open?
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Exactly.
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Exactly. I'll take the Commanders, too. Okay, next game, my Packers are favored by six and a half over the Cardinals. Look, I don't get this. Green Bay can't block, can't rush the passer. They can't stop anyone in the second half. But is Arizona too injured?
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I think so, and I just don't see it from Kyler Murray. I don't think he's taking that next step at all. I think the Packers are going to win. I don't know about a six and a half.
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Yeah, I don't either. I don't even know if they're going to win.
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I think it might be a 23-20 or something like that.
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Look, the Packers have a lot to figure out. Right now, these are two sub-average teams, in my opinion. And we'll just see what happens.
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I think just give Matthew Golden the ball. When he touches it, he's looked amazing. Yeah, he has. Three catches, 86 yards. What else? And a couple runs. Yeah.
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Well, he runs almost a 4.2. Right. All right, here we go. Up next is one of my sleeper teams. The Falcons are on the road at the 49ers. Niners are favored by 2.5. Let me ask you this. After running over the Bills, can the physical Falcons upset the Niners in San Fran?
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I think the Niners are one of the best coached teams. You see every year their best players get injured, and they are still relevant in most games. The Falcons did lose a couple weeks ago to the Panthers, but I think that's behind them, hopefully. I have the Falcons winning this, even though George Kittle's back. I think if Penix holds on to the ball, doesn't fumble or throws an interception, they should be all right.
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I've got the Falcons, too. You know what? I've got the Falcons winning that division. Oh, no, I don't. Not over Tampa Bay. I forgot about Tampa. Baker for MVP. But I do have the Falcons going to the playoffs.
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I do, too.
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All right. Next up. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, they're on the road to the Lions. Lions are favored by 6.5. Should anyone be a touchdown favorite over 5-1 Tampa Bay? Is Baker Mayfield a possible MVP?
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I think he's a frontrunner. Yeah, I do too. Chris Godwin hasn't played. Mike Evans is out. Yeah, I love him. Emeka Igbuka is now out. So he's got nothing left other than Sterling Shepard. So I don't see the Bucs winning, but I think it'll be a decent game. They're well coached. They're... Even though they're 5-1, they have been an underrated team for a long time for no reason. They've had talent on both sides for the longest time, always in the playoff hunt.
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I agree. I'm going to take the Lions as well just because of injuries to Tampa Bay. But right now, if Tampa were healthy, I'd be taking Tampa.
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100%.
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They're that good. Okay, last game, the Texans are on the road at the Seahawks. Seahawks favored by 3.5. How badly can Houston play with all that talent? And are the Seahawks about to go 5-2?
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I took the Seahawks. I just think their defense is finally at what they've been building for the last four years. Sam Darnold looks great. For NFC quarterbacks, I'd have him up there with Dak and – maybe not Dak, but I'd have him up there with Baker.
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You know, it's nice to have high draft picks at left and right tackle, and he does. I'm telling you what, Darnold has time to throw, and he's using it.
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And I like that they're using Charbonnet as more of a two-back system with Kenneth Walker. Charbonnet's been killing it. I feel like he's about to take the starting job.
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I agree. They are a good team.
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Smith and Jigba's second year, and every game he's got 100 yards, it seems.
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All right, we're both taking Seattle. And, Charlie, that is it. That is it for NFL picks. We'll see how it goes. Okay, let's take a break. When we come back from break, we're going to be doing what, Luke?
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Oh, we're going to be doing Nazis and Commies.
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Putting reason into your afternoon drive, this is John Rush. And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, Andy Pate filling in for John Rush, along with Luke Cash and Tanner Cole. And guys, we are talking about Nazis and commies. Movies with Nazis and commies, and there's a lot of them.
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There are a decent amount.
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There are many people who make better bad guys than Nazis and commies. Pretty decent bad guys, I'd say.
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Very easy to hate. Yeah, I think Christopher Waltz in Glorious Bastards is one of my favorite evil guys just because he's so eloquent at the same time. But he stands... I mean, he's one of the... Higher powers in the Third Reich. But he was fantastic. I mean, he's one of the best actors I've ever seen.
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Well, he's one of the best bad guys I've seen.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes.
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I mean, he was outstanding. But you know what? I'm going to open up with the good guy.
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Nice.
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From Inglorious Bastards. That is Brad Pitt. Are you ready?
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Yes.
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Recruiting his killers.
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And the German will be sickened by us. And the German will talk about us. And the German will fear us. When the German closes their eyes at night, and they're tortured by their subconscious for the evil they have done, it will be with the thoughts of us that they are tortured with. Sound good? Yes, sir! That's what I like to hear. But I got a word of warning for all you would-be warriors. When you join my command, you take on debit. A debit you owe me, personally. Each and every man under my command owes me 100 Nazi scalps. And I want my scalps. And all y'all will get me 100 Nazi scalps taken from the heads of 100 dead Nazis. Or you will die trying.
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All right, guys, what do you think?
SPEAKER 08 :
Oh, I love it. One of my favorite movies.
SPEAKER 21 :
One of my favorite performances by Brad Pitt.
SPEAKER 08 :
I mean, everything about that movie, the acting was great, the scenes, the writing, the Jew bear, I loved him.
SPEAKER 21 :
You know, one thing I really liked about Inglorious Bastards was it showed you cannot negotiate with these people. It must be brutality that matches theirs and exceeds theirs and shocks them.
SPEAKER 17 :
Right.
SPEAKER 21 :
And here he, what does he get? Eight Jewish guys to go killing Nazis because he knew exactly what he wanted. I thought it was great.
SPEAKER 12 :
It's been a while since I've seen it. I need to rewatch it again. It's been a minute.
SPEAKER 21 :
I will say there are periods in the movie where it drags some.
SPEAKER 12 :
A little.
SPEAKER 21 :
But overall, good movie.
SPEAKER 12 :
Right.
SPEAKER 21 :
Inglourious Bastards, I recommend it.
SPEAKER 12 :
Luke, you're up. Oh, let's go with Captain America, the first Avenger. Yes. I forgot about that. Yeah. Yeah, people forget that that's a, you know, it's a World War II movie. They fight Red Skull, a Nazi. It's a big Nazi organization. Hydra is Nazis. Mm-hmm.
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I agree. Very cool. And by the way, that was the last, I don't know. It's just so sad that Chris Evans kind of spoiled Captain America going forward. What did he do? Well, he's such a crazy left-wing activist, and he's so mean about it. It's one thing to be, as I always say, it's one thing to be one. It's another thing to scream it all the time. It got old because you're playing Captain America.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right. Well, it's like, why don't you just not talk about it, even though I'm sure they might have in their contract they have to talk about it, or else they don't get any more movies.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, and I feel bad about that, because it's also unfair to ask them to be silent about their political beliefs. I don't want to do that.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, none of them live in the reality that everyday Americans do, so why are they even talking about it?
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, there's that.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, Tanner, you're up. Let's go with Red Dawn. Red Dawn! I like both. I think there's a new one.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, there's two of them.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, yeah, yeah, both.
SPEAKER 21 :
And I agree, I like both.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, isn't the new ones like 15 years old? Yeah, still old, yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yes. Yes. Did you like it?
SPEAKER 12 :
Uh, I remember liking it when I watched it. I don't know if it holds up, but I remember thinking it was cool when I saw it at the time.
SPEAKER 08 :
The premise is fantastic. Oh, yeah. The communists just coming in, these kids at school, we gotta get out to the mountains, bring our guns, bring camping stuff, and then fighting them off was pretty awesome. Yeah, it's a really cool premise. Yeah, I like it. Just some high school kids fighting against trained soldiers.
SPEAKER 21 :
You know who I could see totally leading a bunch of high schoolers against the communists coming in? John and Cheyenne. That's who I think would definitely do it. John, do you have some Nazi and commie movies?
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh, yeah. I got Two Serious and a Comedy. Okay, let's hear it. Okay, the first Nazi one is one of my favorite movies of all time, Battleground and the Battle of the Bulge. Oh, yes, yes. And the great line, which is historically true, is when General McAuliffe told the Nazis to their surrender demand nuts. And Patton quotes it in the movie Patton, too. But that's an actual historical fact. That was his response to a Nazi surrender demand.
SPEAKER 20 :
Isn't that funny? Yep. He wanted to keep killing them. I'm good with that.
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh, yeah. Tommy's one of my favorite movies of all time. The Hunt for Red October.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, yes. I'm quickly realizing I'm going to have nothing by the end of it. Really quick here.
SPEAKER 21 :
Let me play a clip of Hunt for Red October. Here we go.
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And I will have a pickup truck or possibly even A recreational vehicle. And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yes. No papers? No papers. State to state.
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All right, commence your turn.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well then, in winter I will live in Arizona. Actually, I think I will need two wives. Oh, at least.
SPEAKER 21 :
I just had to leave in the two wives thing.
SPEAKER 19 :
John? You know, people don't realize how great of an actor Sam Neill is. Oh, he's wonderful. You know, because he did the Jurassic Park movies, but he's done so many others before that. Sorry to go off on a tangent. Do you remember... He played Damien in Omen 3. No. He was very young. He was very young at the time, yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
You're kidding. I didn't know that.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, he was, well, Damien's son of Satan. So, yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 19 :
I'm sorry, go ahead.
SPEAKER 21 :
No, I said okay.
SPEAKER 19 :
Go ahead. Yeah. And then the comedy, another one of my favorite movies of all times, The Original Producers. Oh, The Producers. Okay, yeah. That was pretty funny. Do you remember what the play was called?
SPEAKER 21 :
Don't tell me something for Hitler. I forget. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 19 :
Springtime for Hitler.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, Springtime for Hitler.
SPEAKER 19 :
There's an old quote from Mel Brooks from way back when, when they asked him how he could make that movie, and he said Nazis were evil, rotten... people and the only thing you could do is make fun of them yeah that was so you guys have a great day andy um i'll talk to you tuesday after i hope to see a victory on sunday well best luck to you sir i think you're in for a hard road but hey you never know you never know you never know okay thanks john well let's see here i'm let's do a sing-along are you ready ready okay here we go
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Nazis. By Nazis. What do you think, guys? Isn't this John's favorite movie of all time? Oh, yeah. It's better than Mary Poppins. Nazis. You know, and now in the original cut, they took it out. They actually had Nazis twirling and spinning and frolicking on the hills. Did you know that?
SPEAKER 08 :
That would be a fun remake, a comedy of The Sound of Music.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 08 :
It would be.
SPEAKER 21 :
Anything that makes fun of Nazis to me is actually a good thing. Okay, that was The Sound of Music. Luke, you're up. Oh, let's go with, I think it's, what is it, Rocky IV? Rocky IV. I think I have a clip. Are you ready?
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
Here we go.
SPEAKER 22 :
In here, there were two guys killing each other. But I guess that's better than $20 million.
SPEAKER 04 :
What I'm trying to say is that if I can change, then you can change. Everybody can change.
SPEAKER 21 :
That's right, Sly. You tell those commies.
SPEAKER 12 :
There we go.
SPEAKER 21 :
That was a fun movie. Rocky IV was fun. Obviously, it was ridiculous. You would, in a real boxing match, deliver maybe one or two shots the way they delivered like 60 from each of them. But still, it was cool. What do you think? Yeah, I think so. He took down the economy. We did it. Got to take down the economy. We did it. I'm so proud. I'm so proud. Tanner, you're up. We're too busy crying.
SPEAKER 08 :
Go ahead. I want to say one thing about Sam Neill. He was fantastic as the police officer in Peaky Blinders, if you haven't seen that.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
Let's go with Resistance. Resistance.
SPEAKER 21 :
Resistance.
SPEAKER 08 :
I don't remember that one. I think, what's his name, the guy who was in, not Michael Cohen. I can't remember. Okay. Not a small nerdy guy who was in it, but it's similar to the Truth and Treason a little bit.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, okay. Well, very cool, because that was a cool movie. Yeah. Okay, I'm going to say one that you guys, I'm sure, have not seen. And it is, if you want to see a movie where you see Nazis, I mean killed in every possible way, and just torn to pieces, watch Sisu. Here we go.
SPEAKER 23 :
He was a Finnish commander. Lost his home and his family in the war. He became a one-man death squad. He's one mean that you do not want to mess with.
SPEAKER 15 :
Fire!
SPEAKER 23 :
You'll see what happens when you take everything from him. No, he just refuses to die.
SPEAKER 21 :
And it goes a little far with him refusing to die, but I will say this. I gave Sisu four stars when it came out. If you have not seen Sisu, S-I-S-U.
SPEAKER 12 :
From the same creators as John Wick.
SPEAKER 21 :
Exactly, from the same creators as John Wick. Oh, and there's a sequel coming?
SPEAKER 12 :
This year.
SPEAKER 21 :
That's not true because there's no one left to kill.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, I'm sorry. He's going to kill the communists now.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, now he's got to go get the commies or something. I have no idea. But Sisu was brutal. Absolutely brutal. And it actually made a lot of money, you know, when Hollywood actually wants to make money.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. All right.
SPEAKER 21 :
You are up, Luke.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, this one might be a bit of a stretch because it's kind of more Cold War era. But technically, The Iron Giant is a Cold War movie with sort of fighting the Soviets as a little backdrop. I didn't realize that as a child. And then watching it as an adult, I'm like, oh, we're talking a lot about the Soviets in this, huh? That's kind of interesting.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, and The Iron Giant is actually a pacifist movie. It's a peacenik kind of film.
SPEAKER 12 :
I thought it was good. I loved that movie as a kid.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, very well done. By the way, was that forward... Was that Bloom... You know, I don't know. It was a very, very forward-thinking cartoonistry.
SPEAKER 08 :
It looks the exact same as that one about the robot in the forest. The wild robot? Yeah, it looks almost exactly the same.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, no, these two are very different.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, they were very different, but I will say this. It's great, though. It's a great movie. I never thought of the Iron Giant in that way, but you're totally right. Okay. Tanner, you're up.
SPEAKER 08 :
Let's go with the Monuments Men. Ah, yes.
SPEAKER 21 :
Isn't that Clooney?
SPEAKER 08 :
I can't even remember. It's been so long.
SPEAKER 21 :
I think Clooney starred in that. That was pretty good. And that was one where they had to try to save... Art, right?
SPEAKER 08 :
Art. Yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yes, yes.
SPEAKER 08 :
Which makes sense.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, yeah. Hey, tell you what. Why don't we take a break, and we will come back and do more Nazis and commies. I'm enjoying this.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, sounds good.
SPEAKER 21 :
Do you enjoy movies about taking out some Nazis and commies?
SPEAKER 12 :
I love it.
SPEAKER 21 :
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SPEAKER 11 :
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SPEAKER 11 :
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SPEAKER 11 :
And as always, you can find him at klzradio.com slash money. Al, thanks so much for joining us today.
SPEAKER 24 :
Well, thank you, TJ. Thanks for the conversation.
SPEAKER 11 :
You bet.
SPEAKER 21 :
Live and local, back to Rush to Reason. And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, Andy Pate filling in for John Rush, along with Tanner Cole and Luke Cash. Okay, guys, you can't fight Nazis if you're not willing to hit the beach.
SPEAKER 12 :
What?
SPEAKER 21 :
That's right, where the bullets are flying. Let's take a look at... Oh, I see. Yeah, saving Private Ryan. Here we go.
SPEAKER 07 :
We're looking for a private change, Ryan. I don't know anything about Ryan. I don't care. I'm finding him so he can go home. If that earns me the right to get back to my wife, well, then that's my mission.
SPEAKER 24 :
I mean, where's the sense of risking the lives of the eight of us to save one guy?
SPEAKER 03 :
The captives gave you an order. Yeah. I think the one you get to take this machine gun. Yes, sir. That was one hell of a call coming to take this nest, but... One of our guys going for it.
SPEAKER 21 :
What a movie. And there was a movie that totally redefined war movies going forward.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, that's another one I haven't seen in a minute. I don't think I've ever seen it.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, that was terrific.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay, Luke, you're up. Oh, let's go. Definitely a little more out there, but I thought it was good. Maybe it's because it's the artist in me with the turtleneck sweater and the padded elbows. Oh, yes, yes, yes. Jojo Rabbit.
SPEAKER 21 :
Jojo Rabbit.
SPEAKER 12 :
I liked it.
SPEAKER 21 :
Some fine acting.
SPEAKER 12 :
Very fine acting. I don't want to spoil it just in case anyone has it. There's one specific scene in that film where it's like you should have seen it coming, and once it comes, it hurts so bad in the best possible way. Very, very good.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah. Jojo Rabbit was a very surprisingly good movie.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 21 :
I mean, that's one of those that kind of came out of nowhere.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, like I said, very artsy, kind of a little strange, I think, in certain places, but it was good.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, most people don't have Hitler as their imaginary friend. No, no.
SPEAKER 12 :
Hitler as an imaginary friend is a little out there, but excellent film.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, excellent film. Okay, Tanner, you're up.
SPEAKER 08 :
This one, I don't know how truthful it is, but it's somewhat based off of a true story. Operation Mincemeat. where the English basically disguised their invasion into Sicily by using a dead body that they floated into, like, I can't remember, Italy?
SPEAKER 21 :
I've heard of it. I've never seen the movie.
SPEAKER 08 :
I enjoyed it. I'm not going to spoil anything, but it was interesting because they don't know if it's going to work. And if it doesn't work, then the war might even get worse. But if it does work, they might end the war. There's a lot on the line. Interesting.
SPEAKER 21 :
I liked it a lot. Well done, sir. Once again, it's Operation Mincemeat?
SPEAKER 08 :
Mincemeat, yeah. Kind of a weird name.
SPEAKER 21 :
Awesome. Okay, up next is someone else who's awesome. Joe! Jersey Joe, how are you doing, sir?
SPEAKER 18 :
I'm doing fantastic. How are you guys doing?
SPEAKER 21 :
Doing well.
SPEAKER 18 :
All right. What more could you ask for? The Nazis running around New York City, Manhattan in 2003. Andy, you might know the movie.
SPEAKER 21 :
Nazis, New York City, 2003. Escape from? I don't know. Bulletproof Monk. Oh my gosh, I forgot about that. Okay, I gotcha.
SPEAKER 18 :
For those who haven't seen it, the movie opens end of World War II. A bunch of SS troops roll into this Tibetan monastery at the end of World War II. And there's a colonel and they're looking for some mystical scroll that's supposed to give the possessor like eternal life. And they wind up shooting and killing a bunch. And one of the monks with the scroll gets away and that's Chow Yun-Fat. Then the movie fast forward 60 years to Manhattan and here's Chow Yun-Fat Hasn't aged a day in 60 years. And the Nazi colonel who's now in his 90s is in a wheelchair being pushed around by his henchmen trying to find the Tibetan monk to get the scroll to regain his youth. It's got comedy. It's got action. It's got sarcasm. It's a guilty pleasure. It's a movie you want to see, Bulletproof Monk.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, and by the way, it's got Chow Yun-fat, and he's good. I like him.
SPEAKER 18 :
And Sean William Scott, too, as well. He's funny. He's funny. So it's a martial arts action movie with a tremendous amount of humor in it. So Bulletproof Monk, people, you can probably find it on Netflix. I urge you to watch it. you'll enjoy it. You won't regret watching it.
SPEAKER 21 :
No, Bulletproof Monk is a really fun way to spend an evening and just forget the work day. Yep. I agree. Do you have any more, Joe? I gave you a whole list of them. What did you do with my list? I've got your list. I've got a bunch of them right in front of me here, man.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay, well, I'll let you run down them. We'll keep using them. Okay, thank you, Joe. Are you going to do my life story by Bernie Sanders?
SPEAKER 21 :
No, I didn't want to go that communist. You know, with the foreword by Zoran Mamdani.
SPEAKER 18 :
No, no. You're not going to do that one? All right.
SPEAKER 21 :
I'm going to go without that, you know, because I want people to like their lives. And, you know, we're just going to entertain them. Thanks, Joe. You take care. You too. Okay. You know, I have got so many. This one, I'm going to do one that you probably haven't heard of, which I reviewed. It was on Netflix. Better part of a year ago called Number 24. Here we go.
SPEAKER 17 :
So non-violence was never something you ever considered?
SPEAKER 09 :
I lost eight of my dear friends during the resistance, and that was by order of the Germans. But how would you have reacted if your best friends were betrayed?
SPEAKER 01 :
You take him out of town, then shoot him.
SPEAKER 09 :
I believe that freedom is worth almost anything. For it's either freedom or it's death.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay, folks, number 24, I think it's still on Netflix, and I'll tell you what. Oh, you've seen it?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I was trying to figure out what that movie was for the longest time. It was just in my face every time I looked it up.
SPEAKER 21 :
Right, the Norwegian resistance against the Nazis. It's a slow burn, but it's really good, very meticulous, very methodical, and also with really good action and characters.
SPEAKER 08 :
What do you think? I loved the main character, but he's retelling his story as a kid. I loved how he put everything. When he was getting asked questions from the young Norwegian kids because they're all like, you know, they're in this new world of like, well, would you really kill them or would you want to fight against that? And I thought it was fantastic.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, it really was, because basically he's talking to a bunch of peacenik hippies.
SPEAKER 17 :
Right.
SPEAKER 21 :
And they don't understand. By the way, there are some good things to be said by peacenik hippies.
SPEAKER 17 :
Right.
SPEAKER 21 :
I'd like a little piece, too.
SPEAKER 17 :
Right.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay, and I think we can be too quick to go the other way, but they weren't being realistic with what you have to do against pure evil.
SPEAKER 12 :
Right.
SPEAKER 21 :
And it was just really cool. Okay, Luke, you're up.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, I don't think we have had the boy in the striped pajamas yet.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, boy. Okay. That's haunting.
SPEAKER 12 :
That's a heavy one. It is. It is a very heavy one. I watched that movie when I was far too young to understand what was going on and haven't thought about it since. It had come up recently and I was like thinking back on it. I'm like, oh, that was a dark movie.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, and also, I mean, a little bit like, it's not like Jojo Rabbit. I know that. But what I mean is in terms of really good acting by kids.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yes. Yes. Very good child actors. Like I said, very like haunting. Yes. Super good. I don't know. There's a lot of verbs I want to use that I can't on the air. But it was good. It was good. I liked it. Well, as much as you can like something like that, you know?
SPEAKER 21 :
One more time. What is it?
SPEAKER 12 :
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
SPEAKER 21 :
Thank you. Okay. Tanner, you're up.
SPEAKER 08 :
Let's go with The King's Choice. It's kind of like number 24 in a sense. But it's Germany invading Norway and the king having to decide how he's going to go about that, whether he allows Germany to walk in peacefully or there's going to be war. And it was pretty good.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah. I mean, think of the choices that they had to go through.
SPEAKER 08 :
It's unbelievable.
SPEAKER 21 :
Unreal. Okay. I played a clip last week from Darkest Hour. I'm going to play a different clip from Darkest Hour. Here we go. Winston Churchill.
SPEAKER 10 :
But now one bond unites us all. To wage war until victory is won. And never to surrender ourselves to servitude and shame. Whatever the cost, any agony may be. Conquer we must, as conquer we shall.
SPEAKER 21 :
He was incredible. Just had an incredible performance, deserved best actor. Luke, you're up.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, let's go with, this is, I don't think we have this one either, unless someone said it and I missed it. Miracle. Yes. Beat the commies.
SPEAKER 21 :
Gotta beat the commies. Gotta beat those commie Russian skaters. Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
I was going through my list, and I'm like, it's not a war movie, but it's beating the commies.
SPEAKER 21 :
It's totally beating the commies.
SPEAKER 12 :
It's a war on ice. There you go.
SPEAKER 21 :
And by the way, it's in my list, so obviously I like it. Okay, Tanner, you're up.
SPEAKER 08 :
Let's go with the Great Escape.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, yes. That's just, what a great movie. Well done. Okay, I'm going to go to one that's a little more thoughtful. Bonhoeffer, pastor, spy, assassin. Here we go.
SPEAKER 06 :
We have devised a plot to assassinate the Fuhrer.
SPEAKER 26 :
You will go to England as our spy. Churchill sees Germany as a home. He's afraid that a bomb traced to England would mean invasion or worse.
SPEAKER 09 :
Invasion.
SPEAKER 21 :
All right, and that's the story of Bonhoeffer. What an incredible man he was. And that was also made, I believe, by Angel Studios. And they did a good job. Okay, Luke, you're up.
SPEAKER 12 :
A little disturbed sound of silence in that soundtrack.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, well, they used the sound of silence to advertise the movie, and it was quite cool. Quite cool.
SPEAKER 12 :
Very nice. Let's go with some weird mechanic diesel punk Nazis in Overlord.
SPEAKER 21 :
Where they get the lab where they're developing these monsters.
SPEAKER 12 :
They got the big... It's like a big machine robot things. Yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, you got to let me say this. Overlord, which by the way, I like the movie. I gave it three and a half or four stars. I forget. The opening scene where he parachutes into Germany is one of the coolest action scenes I've seen in ages. I mean, just really impressive. Overlord, good movie.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yes. I thought it was very unique for the genre, too, like this kind of weird sci-fi gritty vibe to it.
SPEAKER 21 :
It's kind of cool. Yeah, kind of going against Nazi zombies.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, it was like World War II sci-fi in a weird way.
SPEAKER 21 :
It was very cool.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, Tanner, you're up. Was Truth and Treason Angel Studios? Yes. That's what I thought. They seem to be the only company that can make a good movie. Let's go with First They Killed My Father. I love this movie. It's about this young Cambodian girl and her father wouldn't bow down to the communists, so they killed him right in front of her. And then she takes revenge, of course.
SPEAKER 21 :
That is a good one. That is really good. Tell you what, we're going to end on that for now. When we come back, we're going to go rapid fire. Are you ready? I'm ready. Because I've got some clips we don't have time for. We've got too many movies. Okay, up next is Michael Bailey Law. Corey and I, that's my wife, by the way, Corey, we got our trust put together by Michael, so now we sleep easy. It's wonderful. Don't wait. Get your estate planned with Michael Bailey at 720-730-7274.
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SPEAKER 14 :
We don't yell at you.
SPEAKER 21 :
We inform you. Now, back to Rush to Reason. And welcome back to Rush to Reason. Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, Andy Pate filling in for John Rush along with Tanner Cole and Luke Cash. All right, guys. Are you ready for some rapid fire?
SPEAKER 12 :
Let's do it.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay, here's a wonderful movie that is a foreign movie called Life is Beautiful. A guy entertaining his son during the Holocaust. It is haunting. Go ahead, Luke.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. Oppenheimer, kind of. I think one of my favorite things about this movie is how offended he was about being called a communist. I was like, well, all of your work colleagues are communists, and your girlfriend and wife is a communist, and the affair partner you're having is a communist, and you were previously a communist. Why are you sounding so offended when people are calling you a communist, dude?
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, loosen up, man. I mean, you're kind of making it your thing. You're almost wearing a t-shirt. It's kind of your thing, dude. Yeah, okay. Tanner, you're up.
SPEAKER 08 :
Let's go with U-571.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, you took one of my favorites. That is so good. Anyone out there who has not seen U-571, shame on you. That's all I'm going to say. You must rent it. You must watch it. Submarine movie, it's wonderful. Okay, has anyone said Schindler's List?
SPEAKER 12 :
No, I was going to say Schindler's List.
SPEAKER 21 :
In John Rush's honor, because he loves that movie, I'm saying Schindler's List. You are up.
SPEAKER 12 :
Go Luke. We have not had Fury yet, have we? Nope.
SPEAKER 21 :
We have not had Fury yet. Was that also Brad Pitt?
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, Brad Pitt. Yeah, Brad Pitt. It was Jon Bernthal and Shia LaBeouf.
SPEAKER 21 :
A lot of good ones.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, Tanner, you're up. Go. Let's go with Team America World Police. Yes.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, absolutely. Kim Jong- Il. Il. Yeah, he's commie. Commie all the way. Okay, I'm going to go with Das Boot.
SPEAKER 12 :
What? Oh, I didn't even think of Vietnam War movies. Das Boot's not Vietnam. No, I know, but you mentioned. Oh, yeah, you're thinking Korean. I was thinking Korean and Vietnam. Oh, those were so many options. There are so many Korean and Vietnam War movies. There are. All right, we'll go with The Dirty Dozen.
SPEAKER 21 :
Dirty Dozen. That was actually going to be my next clip. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 08 :
The Imitation Game.
SPEAKER 21 :
Ooh, nicely done. I'm going to go with Casablanca.
SPEAKER 12 :
I guess you're right, huh?
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, that's definitely Nazis.
SPEAKER 12 :
Go ahead. Let's go with Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark.
SPEAKER 08 :
Absolutely. We'll go with Indiana Jones and the Last Crystal Skull.
SPEAKER 21 :
How about The Last Crusade? Okay. You know what? I'm going to go with Kelly's Heroes. Dan loves that movie.
SPEAKER 12 :
I'm running low. We're going to go with Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
SPEAKER 21 :
Ooh, that's a good one. That's a good one. Go ahead. American History X. Okay, I'm going to go with Enemy at the Gates. All right. That way you get both Nazis. There you go. All right, go ahead, Luke.
SPEAKER 12 :
My last one, Doctor Strangelove, or how to make a title much shorter than whatever comes after that semicolon.
SPEAKER 21 :
That's good. Okay. So we're just going back and forth now? Okay. Tanner, go.
SPEAKER 12 :
Hacksaw Ridge.
SPEAKER 21 :
Hacksaw Ridge. That's good. Okay. I'm going to go Fiddler on the Roof. Ooh.
SPEAKER 08 :
Uh-huh. Midway.
SPEAKER 21 :
Midway. Okay. I'm going to go X-Men First Class.
SPEAKER 08 :
I guess you're right, huh?
SPEAKER 21 :
Big time Nazis in that one.
SPEAKER 08 :
Go ahead. Unbroken.
SPEAKER 21 :
Unbroken. How about Sophie's Choice? That had Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline. Very good. Go. Red Tails. Red Tails? Oh, is that the flying one?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, they're all African-American flyers. Yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, yeah. That's a cool one. Okay. How about Reds?
SPEAKER 17 :
Pearl Harbor.
SPEAKER 21 :
No. You can't mention Pearl Harbor ever. I don't allow that. Okay, we'll say Pearl Harbor. Next one, The Boys from Brazil. Starred Lawrence Olivier and Gregory Peck. It was really good.
SPEAKER 08 :
Was that good? Okay.
SPEAKER 21 :
It is good.
SPEAKER 08 :
The Man with the Iron Heart.
SPEAKER 21 :
Ooh, nicely done. How about Defiance?
SPEAKER 08 :
I love that movie. Yeah. The Wall.
SPEAKER 21 :
The wall. I don't know that one. Okay. The boys in the boat. Remember, they had to go against the Nazis at the end.
SPEAKER 08 :
Still haven't seen that. All right. Tanner, go. I don't remember clearly, but Hellboy was on Google saying there was communists.
SPEAKER 21 :
Nazi. There was a Nazi in there.
SPEAKER 08 :
One of them.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay. Very well done. Okay. The Ministry of Gentlemanly Warfare. It was okay. Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
Go ahead. The pianist.
SPEAKER 21 :
The pianist. That was pretty good. Cabaret. Cabaret.
SPEAKER 08 :
The Gray Zone.
SPEAKER 21 :
Ooh, you're nailing it. How about Valkyrie with a little Tom Cruise? I'm the first one to have a Tom Cruise movie. I win. Okay, go ahead, Tanner.
SPEAKER 08 :
Burnt by the Sun.
SPEAKER 21 :
Burnt by the Sun. Don't even know it. I am going to go with Bridge of Spies.
SPEAKER 08 :
The Killing Fields.
SPEAKER 21 :
The Killing Fields. That's a good one. Red Heat with Arnie and Jim Belushi.
SPEAKER 08 :
The Forgotten Battle.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, man. Now we're just rolling through. By the way, there are a lot of good movies here to actually see. This one is not one of them. ISS. Not that good. International Space Station. Americans, Russians, meh. It's not that good. Go ahead. The Book Thief. The Book Thief. Don't even know it?
SPEAKER 08 :
Me neither.
SPEAKER 21 :
You're just reeling off a list. That's okay. I'm good with that. GoldenEye. Russies. Ruskies. Phoenix. Phoenix. How about We Were Soldiers? Because they were fighting commies.
SPEAKER 08 :
You're right. This one I have seen. It's my favorite non-American film. The Roundup.
SPEAKER 21 :
Ooh. Okay. Well done. How about Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines in White Nights? If you wanted to see some great dancing. I mean, they were unreal. Go.
SPEAKER 08 :
The Eagle Has Landed.
SPEAKER 21 :
The eagle has landed. That's actually very good. K-19, The Widowmaker with Harrison Ford.
SPEAKER 08 :
Guilty by suspicion.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, how about Salt?
SPEAKER 08 :
How about Bent?
SPEAKER 21 :
Bent. Those are short. Have we done From Russia with Love yet?
SPEAKER 08 :
Nope.
SPEAKER 21 :
A little 007 action. Go.
SPEAKER 08 :
Irina's Vow.
SPEAKER 21 :
Ooh, here's one. The Death of Stalin. Showing what happened after the death of Stalin with the fight for supremacy. Go.
SPEAKER 08 :
Dunkirk?
SPEAKER 21 :
Dunkirk. Oh, you took one of mine. How dare you? Did we say The Way Back yet?
SPEAKER 08 :
I don't think so.
SPEAKER 21 :
Ed Harris, Colin Farrell. It's a good movie. Go.
SPEAKER 08 :
Grey Wolf, The Escape from Adolf Hitler.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay. Well, how about The Saint?
SPEAKER 08 :
Go. Empire of the Sun.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, my gosh. Rambo First Blood Part 2.
SPEAKER 08 :
Train of Life.
SPEAKER 21 :
Red Sparrow. Go.
SPEAKER 08 :
Hitler. The Rise of Evil. The Courier. Go. Miracle at Midnight. Ice Station Zebra. Go. The Diary of Anne Frank. Moscow and the Hudson. Go. This is a show about the man in the high castle. Very good.
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And I'm going to finish up with a cartoon and American tale. And we just did it. Thank you very much, sir. I'm going to thank you again, Tanner Cole. Man. And Luke Cash. Man. Folks, thanks for joining us today on Rush to Reason. That is it for today. John's back tomorrow. Hour 1 replays next. Hour 2 is at 6. John is not only back tomorrow, he's back on Monday. Until then, drive safe, God bless, and thanks for joining us at Rush to Reason, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 1 :
The Rich Guy.
Join Andy Pate and guests as they delve into Disney's current struggles at the box office, analyzing why films like Tron Ares are falling short of success. The episode humorously criticizes common patterns in Disney's recent movies and provides a satirical preview of potential future releases.
SPEAKER 07 :
It's finally Friday on Rush to Reason with your host, John Rush.
SPEAKER 04 :
So I tell him I'm a pro jack. And who do you think they give you? The Dalai Lama himself. So we finish 18, and he's going to sniff me. And I say, hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know? And he says, oh, it won't be any money. But when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness. So I got that coming. And movie reviews with Andy Payne.
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I think that you got the wrong impression about me. I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do.
SPEAKER 18 :
What I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.
SPEAKER 21 :
What do you want to do tonight?
SPEAKER 05 :
The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world. Stick a fork in me, Jerry.
SPEAKER 01 :
I'm done.
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Now, here is your host of Rush to Reason, John Rush.
SPEAKER 01 :
Filling in is Andy Pate, party of choice.
SPEAKER 12 :
And I am your host, Andy Pate, filling in for John Rush. Fear not, John will be back tomorrow and on Monday as well. But in the meantime, I am joined by my two manly men who are more manly than I. And they are Luke Cash and Tanner Cole. How are you, gentlemen? I'm doing great. How are you? I'm doing well. You feeling manly, Tanner? Okay, he had things bottled. That's okay. Back to Luke. Luke, you feeling manly? I'm always feeling manly.
SPEAKER 08 :
There you go. I woke up this morning and ate a breakfast of nails and charcoal and split wood all the way on my drive to work just for the joy.
SPEAKER 12 :
That is totally normal for me. And in the next room, Charlie is literally beating his chest like a great ape.
SPEAKER 08 :
It's true. You should see it. There's a reason we have a double-paned glass barrier between us.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, we've got to be safe. Right. Because we're manly. We're not that manly. No. Okay. Guys, do you remember when I said Disney needs to win back young men? I do remember that, yes. We talked about this about a month ago. Newsflash, they're not doing it.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right.
SPEAKER 12 :
Now, I know this is a big shock to you.
SPEAKER 08 :
You're telling me they didn't take our incredible advice?
SPEAKER 12 :
No. And in a nutshell, what was your advice again? Go ahead.
SPEAKER 08 :
Just make good movies and don't push an agenda.
SPEAKER 12 :
And Tanner?
SPEAKER 08 :
Don't put gay stuff in there.
SPEAKER 12 :
And for me, how about not having every man under the heel of every woman in the movie? How about leveling it out again, having people be people again? They can't do that. Anyway, the reason to bring it up, it looks like Tron Ares, their latest output, is going to lose somewhere in the neighborhood of $150 million.
SPEAKER 09 :
For what, this new year? The new Tron movie. Oh.
SPEAKER 12 :
The new Tron movie.
SPEAKER 09 :
Really?
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, Tron Ares. Now, just so you know, they say that it costs a little over $180 million. That means when the real numbers come out, it'll be at least two. And marketing was close to $100 million. That means it costs them about $300 million to put out Tron Ares. And you're thinking, okay, Andy, why is this going to lose $150 million? Here's why. That means that they've got to make, at the global box office, about $600 million. Why? Because they only keep about half of the ticket price, right? You've got taxes. You've got the amount that goes to the theaters. You know how that goes. And they're not doing it. This puppy in domestic did a $34 million.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
And it's going to drop about 60% week by week after that. Do you see where I'm going with this?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay, $150 million. I might be kind there in how much they're going to lose. And just so you know, Disney now has lost money on every single major movie they've put out except one, Lilo and Stitch. That was it. And that only made money off kids wanting to go see their old characters that they loved before.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right.
SPEAKER 12 :
Right? a remake they're in trouble does that sound fair yes yeah yeah yeah and and and what they're doing again and again is girl boss girl boss uh tron air is once again who was in charge of the the good one in charge of the company a girl boss who was in charge of the bad company a white guy i mean it's just it's the same thing over and over they're doing it they're going down the bad road so i want to talk about two things first of all what i think as you know they own star wars
SPEAKER 09 :
Unfortunately.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, what's the next big movie they got?
SPEAKER 09 :
The Mandalorian and Grogu.
SPEAKER 12 :
Grogu, a little puppet.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. That's cute. They have Pedro Pascal. Can I not see him in a movie? Guys in every freaking movie out there, every big movie that comes out, he's in.
SPEAKER 12 :
I can't stand him. And there you go. He was in Fantastic Four First Steps, which I'm going to say again, not that bad of a movie, guys. It wasn't that bad of a movie, but he killed it. By what did he do? He savaged Trump in the weeks leading up to it. Just hammered Trump, hammered MAGA, hammered all this. And it's like, dude, newsflash. I'm not saying this because you're hammering my side. Don't hammer any side. OK, you're trying to sell your movie to all sides.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right.
SPEAKER 12 :
And he killed it. So he killed Fantastic Four, lost, I think, what was it, around 80 to 100? Gosh. I mean, just an insane amount of money it lost, okay? And they're losing this kind of money. Can you two here at KLZ make decisions? every day that lose this company a ton of money.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes. I just don't. We don't.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, I don't think you'll be employed long. I want to talk a little about, I'm going to say what I think is going to be the next Star Wars film and then what I think it should be. Here we go. Disney's next Star Wars film, it's very simple. It's going to be called Yodette. A gender-confused Yoda embarks on a journey of self-discovery. What do you think, Tanner?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yoda's son turns female and becomes the Empire's Emperor.
SPEAKER 12 :
There you go. Luke, are you up for it? Oh, no. You're going to go three or four times, aren't you? Oh, no. Take the girlfriend to it, kind of bond. Okay. Now, guys, I'm going to give my idea of what the next one should be. Are you ready?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 12 :
Mega, make the Empire great again.
SPEAKER 09 :
I would love that.
SPEAKER 12 :
All right. That would be so good. Here we go. Here we go. After purging all wokeness from the Imperial Stormtroopers, Pete Hegseth overruns the chubby rebel forces with his fat-free, totally ripped battalions. A group of Jedi Knights plot revenge, gathering on a rebel moon and raising their mighty lightsabers in defiance. But in response, Hegseth calmly nukes the entire site from orbit with his fully functioning Death Star, then distributes red mega caps to his derpers, and finally hosts a kegger with dancing girls and country music. In minutes, the rebellion is crushed. The end. The whole thing is about ten minutes. What do you think? think i'm in hell would you would you see this over and over i'm gonna lose it i'm gonna lose my mind yeah look i tried i honestly i'm taking the advice you guys just took you gave me about a month ago how to turn it around so i designed a movie that i felt would make you really happy
SPEAKER 08 :
It made me feel something, that's for sure. Oh, good, good. There was an emotion.
SPEAKER 12 :
There was an emotion, yes.
SPEAKER 09 :
Can Dennis Quaid be Han Solo, please?
SPEAKER 12 :
Yes, he can.
SPEAKER 09 :
Perfect. Can Tanner be Yoda?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, not Yodette. No.
SPEAKER 09 :
I don't think that's going to work out. He's had his days. Pretty sharp razor.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
Guys, Disney's falling apart. Our advice to Disney is please, please, please, please, please remember half the human race. Okay? Bring back the male half. Guess what? Here's the good news. You don't have to get rid of the female half. Right. Treat them equally. We'll all have fun. We'll all buy tickets together. Sound good? Sounds good. Okay, let's take a break. When we come back, we're going to be looking at Good Fortune. It's my next movie review. We've got three movie reviews today.
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Wow.
SPEAKER 12 :
Triple header.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay.
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SPEAKER 12 :
And welcome back to Rush to Reason. Denver's Afternoon Rush. KLZ 560. Andy Pate filling in for John Rush along with Tanner Cole. Man.
SPEAKER 08 :
And Luke Cashman.
SPEAKER 12 :
And Luke!
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 12 :
Buddy, personal question. I'm kind of probing here. I'm getting a little, you know, under the surface.
SPEAKER 10 :
Are you ready for a movie? I am ready for a movie, Andy.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, you're so ready. Okay, here we go. See, Tanner, that's how a man does it.
SPEAKER 09 :
Sorry.
SPEAKER 12 :
We're going to be listening to you very closely in the next segment. All right. Two lives get switched by an angel in Good Fortune.
SPEAKER 05 :
My name is Gabriel. I'm an angel. I'm here to save you. What? Who are you? I'm an angel. See the wings? I know all about you. I know you lost your job. I know you're living in your car.
SPEAKER 03 :
I did everything I was supposed to do and nothing's working out.
SPEAKER 05 :
I'm not really supposed to be doing this. I'm normally only in charge of saving people from texting and driving.
SPEAKER 03 :
Wait, you're telling me I have a budget guardian angel? Kinda. My life is just in the service of people like Jeff. Arge. I'm Jeff, a pledge. The people who actually get to live.
SPEAKER 07 :
Fix my cold plunge. Get a disco floor for my party and find a shaman to take me on an ayahuasca journey.
SPEAKER 05 :
Maybe I can show you that that life is not all it's cracked up to be. You wanted to have wealth and success?
SPEAKER 13 :
Now look at you.
SPEAKER 05 :
Jeff's life is now your life. What happened to Jeff?
SPEAKER 07 :
Is there any update on the huevos rancheros for Alex?
SPEAKER 05 :
He has your life.
SPEAKER 03 :
Gabriel, why did you do this?
SPEAKER 05 :
I tried to show him that wealth wouldn't solve all his problems.
SPEAKER 03 :
And?
SPEAKER 05 :
It seems to have solved most of his problems.
SPEAKER 03 :
You gotta switch back, man. So what, I just go back to living in my car? You lived in your car? Yes, Jeff, I did. Why do you think an angel got involved? Because I had too many roommates? Why don't you go tough it out for a few days?
SPEAKER 07 :
You think because I'm a tech bro, I can't live your life for a little while? I came from nothing. I'm self-made. What did your parents do? My father was an orthopedic surgeon. This is too hard. How do people do this without just being miserable and angry all the time?
SPEAKER 03 :
You're up here in this huge house. I'm fighting just to get by. They'll never believe me, bud. I've been there.
SPEAKER 07 :
Give me God. I want a meeting with God. God! It's Jeff! Luke, what do you think?
SPEAKER 08 :
I think it sounds kind of all right.
SPEAKER 12 :
I think it has potential. Okay, let's take a look at it. Keanu Reeves. We all like him, don't we? I do love Keanu Reeves. Yeah, he's great. He stars as Gabriel, a lower-level angel whose only job is keeping people from texting while they drive. That's a good job. Yeah. Okay. It's noble work, but he wants more, and he wants bigger wings. Aziz Ansari, who also wrote and directed this, by the way, he plays Arj. He has a crush on a girl, but he's also ashamed of his severe, terrible financial state, and he can't bring himself to ask her out. He's a frustrated gig worker. He's balancing several jobs, living out of his car. He's a miserable guy. Enter Jeff. He's played by Seth Rogen, a super-rich venture capitalist. Do you like Seth Rogen?
SPEAKER 09 :
Sometimes.
SPEAKER 12 :
I don't like his politics, but he used to be a lot funnier.
SPEAKER 09 :
He did. Yeah, he's kind of gotten... Mid-2000s was better.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, let's see if he comes back. Okay, he's a super rich venture capitalist, as I just said. Arj does some work for Jeff and even gets a job as Jeff's assistant. But things go wrong, and Arj is let go. Well, Gabriel sees this, and he can't handle the unfairness of it all. He has already appeared to Arj, showing him how his life will improve, sort of, if he stays alive, because Arj, let's face it, he was ready to kill himself. He couldn't take it anymore. It's a funny take on It's a Wonderful Life. Now, well, actually, on Trading Places in a moment, now Gabriel wants to teach Arj an important lesson about wealth not fixing our lives, so he switches Arj, his life with Jeff, and switches them. Well, the problem is wealth does make life a lot easier. And that's true, isn't it? You know, I kind of like the fact that they give an honest take on that, because let's face it, wealth does make life a lot easier. Is that fair?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, yeah, I would say so.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, I think so, too. Well, Arj, he's as happy as can be, while Jeff is quickly falling apart. Jeff thought he could just remake himself. But in the real world, guess what? You can't do that. Okay, well, but I've got all these tech skills. Yeah, but nobody cares because you've got no track record. You have nothing. And they're looking at you saying you have tech skills. How can you prove it? It's a really tough gig. Well, meanwhile, Gabriel is severely demoted. So he drowns his sorrows in worldly devices. Once again, that's Keanu Reeves. No, not sex, but just things like drinking, smoking. He falls apart. And he and Jeff, they got to move in together and try to survive. His boss angel, played by Sandra Oh, she's not much help either. So he's miserable. So now two of them are miserable. And Arj is the only one living the high life and having a good time. So maybe money is the answer? Well, we find out in Good Fortune. What do you think, Luke?
SPEAKER 08 :
I think it has a lot of potential. The trailer didn't do it too much justice. Your description sounds very compelling.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay, well, let's take a look. What works in Good Fortune? First of all, the three main characters are naturally funny actors. They are. Reeves, he brings some of that Bill and Ted feel to Gabriel, though more subdued and shy. I liked it. Ansari is a perfect fit for Arj. Naturally, he wrote it, so he wrote it for himself. But he's a perfect fit. He just delivers it well. And Seth Rogen, let's face it, this guy loves skewering the rich, so he has a ball skewering the rich and making them look as bad as possible. The scene where Gabriel shows Arj his future is genuinely funny. It's a good, funny scene. I would watch that again. Next, there was a noticeably liberal group in part of the audience giggling with delight throughout the movie, so it did thrill them. Okay, this does have an audience. Next, while the message is heavy-handed, there's a good lesson in treating workers well. I like this. Tipping well is a big theme. It's a welcome one from Hollywood. You hear a lot of stories, by the way, about Hollywood actors who don't tip well.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, yeah. And now some of them are huge tippers, but there's a huge disparity.
SPEAKER 08 :
There's a big divide, yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
There really is, and this is good. And how well do we treat those restaurant servers, delivery drivers, and other workers trying to get by in life? How well do we treat them? Too often, not well enough. And I think that's a good message from the movie.
SPEAKER 08 :
I like that. I think that's a very nice message. It's very kind.
SPEAKER 12 :
And I totally agree with it. Next. Pretty good feelings toward the end. Ansari can be uplifting when he wants to be. And getting back really quick here to the heavy-handed message, you know, that's really not left or right wing when you get down to it because most of the people who I know who are terrible tippers were left wing on average. However, I have seen people who look down on and mistreat workers who are left wing and right wing, and it seems totally even. I've seen it go both ways, haven't you? Yeah. Yeah. You've been out there. I mean, Tanner? Yeah.
SPEAKER 09 :
I mean, it seems to go both ways.
SPEAKER 12 :
I think it does, and I think it's a lesson that can be learned across the board.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, okay. Well, what doesn't work in good fortune? You know what's coming. First of all, it is so preachy. I mean, heavy-handed is not the word. An endless sermon on the virtues of socialism and evils of capitalism. This was an ad for Zoran Mamdani. It really was. The whole movie was. Rogan, he practically advocates violent revolt by the masses at the end. It's really something. Also, this is an ad for labor unions. And, of course, the white guy angel is pathetic. I mean, the whole way through, it is just woke and it is just mean, terribly mean. This was so over the top. And it's just like, you know, guys, you could have shown a little bit of each side and actually had more fun with it, done a little more South Park. and a little less preaching. Just saying. Okay, next. Terribly edited. With whole scenes dragging on and on. Awful pace through the middle. Really awful.
SPEAKER 08 :
Unfortunate.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yep, it should have cut out a third of the film. The scenes with the angels are outright boring. And you would have thought, man, that'd be really fun, right? Because they're looking down on us, and you could, you know, you could do a lot with that. They don't. A lot of the, you've got these three terrific actors who are very funny leading the way. Honestly, they didn't have many funny lines. They were like being put in funny situations that were supposed to be funny and then they weren't that funny. It was a big letdown. I was very disappointed in that. Not nearly enough humor for a comedy. I think that's the bottom line of this. I was bored out of my skull. It's not because, gee, I'm a right winger and this was a left wing movie. No, no, no. Give me some great jokes. I'll laugh. I don't care. But they weren't. It just wasn't very funny. And the audience, which I could tell was pretty strongly left-wing, outside of this little, I think, Mamdani group, nobody was laughing. People were just, like, yawning and wanting out of there. The preaching, I think, limits the gags.
SPEAKER 10 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 12 :
And once again, I think that can go both ways. If you do a right-wing preachy movie, you can limit the gags. If you do a left-wing preachy movie, you can limit the gags. The only time I've seen that not happen was Team America, which was right-wing preachy, and they didn't limit anything. All right, there you go. Okay, Rotten Tomatoes, for whatever reason, gave this 79%. And for the life of me, all I can say is this, folks, this is why I break it down between quality, political, and moral-religious. They don't. So they put in their political and moral religious feelings into their final review. And what if you don't see life the way they do? Remember, reviewers are about 95 or more percent left wing. It's probably more like 98, okay? So they gave it 79. Take the politics out of it for a moment. It's just not that good of a movie. It's boring. It's slow. It's not well written. It's not well directed. You've got three funny actors who you don't give nearly enough to do. It wasn't good. It was not a good movie. Quality, I'm giving it one and a half stars. And that is without even talking politics. Politics, political score, obviously zero. Literally zero out of five stars. It was so blatant and over the top and also just beating you over the head with it. It got old. More religious, I'm giving it three stars. I thought it was fine. I didn't see anything wrong, moral, religiously. I mean, you know, you got some dancing girls and whatever. He's living the high life and partying. Everything that goes perfectly well with the genre. There was nothing forced in there. I thought it was fine. Do I recommend going to Good Fortune? No, I don't. And here's the thing. Unless you're a hard liberal who simply wants to see the American system beat up, you're not going to enjoy this movie. I'm sorry. Anybody in the middle is going to be bored. Anybody on the right is going to be mad. It's not worth your time. You will not find good fortune at good fortune. Sound good?
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay.
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The best export we have is common sense. You're listening to Rush to Reason.
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And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, Andy Pate filling in for John Rush on one with Luke Cash and Tanner Cole. Man. And Tanner.
SPEAKER 09 :
What's up?
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We're going to test you. Are you ready for a movie? I'm ready for a movie. Well done, sir. Okay, can a teenager stand up to a true fascist regime? You know, today everybody calls everything fascist if they don't like it. I mean, I don't like that Burger King. They're fascist. I don't like Trump. He's fascist. I don't like Pelosi. She's fascist. Everybody's fascist, right? Well, what if you had to stand up to a true fascist regime? Let's see in Truth and Treason.
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Germany. The country of terror and tyranny. There it is. Jew. You know it, but are afraid to talk about it. Do not let your free will be taken away. Can you keep a secret? We can stop here, though. Not with guns, but with the truth. I'm in. All of us can change things. So, where to tonight?
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Goodbye, Helmut. See you tomorrow.
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See you. Who was that? Just a colleague.
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Careful. You never know who's watching.
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Look what I found. They need you to tell me their names. You know what happens if they catch you. We won't get the call. It's devastating, isn't it? So committed to a cause only to hurt those you love the most. Truth will prevail. This is treason.
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This is your life we're talking about. I'm not afraid to die. Hitler knows that we are beginning to see through him.
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Do you really believe the words of a 16 year old boy could sway the German people?
SPEAKER 09 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 12 :
What do you think, Tanner?
SPEAKER 09 :
It sounds and looks pretty decent.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay, let's dive in. Ewan Horrocks, he stars as Helmut Huberner. Okay, he's a German teen during the reign of Hitler. At 16, Helmut is actually a member of the Hitler Youth. And by the way, once again, this is a true story, folks. He's devoted to Germany, and he sees Hitler's leadership as unifying and positive. Helmut has three friends, Carl, Rudy, and Solomon. They ride bikes, challenge each other to dive off a bridge into a river. Teen stuff. You know, can you do it? Can you do it? None of them even thinks that much about politics. But Helmut has a gift. He's a writer and hence a thinker. When his brother gets a shortwave radio, which back then that was big time tech. OK, he gets a shortwave radio. Helmut is exposed to outside broadcasts beyond Nazi propaganda. Well, this starts waking him up. And so he goes to his church, because they're all regular churchgoers, goes to his church for guidance. But his bishop, played by Daniel Betz, is loyal to Hitler and even preaches such loyalty from the pulpit. That was common. By the way, that was very common. Then the worst happens. Turns out Solomon has some Jewish ancestry. So he's barred from church and taken away with his family. Now Helmut can take no more. Using his writing ability, Helmut starts writing anti-Nazi leaflets. He starts putting them out. With the help of Karl and Rudi, they actually stuff them in mailboxes and plaster them in public places all over the area. Enter Gestapo officer Erwin Mussiner. He's played by Rupert Evans, who, by the way, is a good actor. I've always liked him. He's highly intelligent and thoughtful. So he starts piecing together the evidence. There are writing fingerprints in the typewriter. For instance, every typewriter back then, the T might stray a little bit or the S might be a little too sharp or whatever. And he looks at that and he starts to zero in on who is doing this writing. I actually enjoy that. I mean... I know I'm watching a Nazi do that, but as you guys know, I used to catch thieves. I used to run the numbers and zero in on the thief. I actually understood how he felt zeroing in on his target. It was rather fascinating. Well, the noose tightens, tension rises, and Helmut realizes youthful exuberance. It isn't enough in the face of massive evil. Millions are being brainwashed around him. Sacrifices, real ones, must be made. Ultimately, this is more than just a Germany was evil movie. It's about facing reality as a teenager. What do you think?
SPEAKER 09 :
Sounds good.
SPEAKER 12 :
All right. Well, what works in Truth and Treason? First of all, there is some very, very good acting from Ewan Horrocks and Rupert Evans. It's subtle. It's powerful. It's not this over-the-top, let's talk about Nazis kind of stuff. It's very, very... controlled within the circumstance does that make sense in other words you can believe it and i like that in fact pretty much everyone did a really good job also the pace and the tension are built solidly throughout i like that we also see how evil gains acceptance at every level of society which is a terrifying thing just a terrifying thing but you know what think about wokeness What we watched evolve over the last 10, 20 years. We always talk about this. We say, you go back 30 years, and people would look at today and say, that's insane, that's crazy, that's this, that's that. And yet they evolved to thinking it's okay. And that's kind of what was going on in Nazi Germany. Well, little things are solid. OK, the little things in this movie are solid. What do I mean by that? Well, you have good set design. You have good costumes for the period. They even use this foggy, almost black and white feel almost for much of the film shooting. It's very effective. And I like that because it really takes you back into that time. The hardest part of these films is showing how this could actually happen. Like I was saying, how could it evolve? How could such evil grow in so many people? And what is the real power of the mob mentality? Right. It's a terrifying thing. And by the way, that can happen on the right, too. OK.
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Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. I'm just saying, let's face it.
SPEAKER 08 :
No one is immune.
SPEAKER 12 :
No, no one's immune.
SPEAKER 08 :
If you think you're immune, you're the problem.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. Power corrupts. Power corrupts. Absolutely. Yeah. If you think you're immune.
SPEAKER 08 :
If you think you're immune, you're the problem.
SPEAKER 12 :
My wife's immune. Just saying.
SPEAKER 08 :
Like if you go, well, that'll happen to everyone else, but not me. You're the person who's going to fall victim first.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
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I haven't been sick in two years. I'm immune.
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And guess what? You're finally going to get that promotion at work and you're going to wonder six, eight months later why you're resented by a couple of employees. When you think, well, seriously, when you think you're doing everything right and you realize. You're not. If you see it from their point of view, which you no longer do, you're going to realize, wait a minute, I'm actually abusing power. And it happens. All right. Back to the movie. A rare film showing the truth about Nazis. Now, this is something because they were actually a socialist party built on resentment toward the wealthy. That's what they were built on, folks. And this is left out of almost every Nazi film.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right.
SPEAKER 12 :
It's not mentioned anywhere.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right.
SPEAKER 12 :
Right. They're looked at as a bunch of capitalists because they fought the communists. Right. And people don't seem to understand. Wait a minute. Hitler was a left winger. OK. I mean, and the Nazis were a hard line left wing party. Yeah. And they don't call it left wing in this, but they do talk about it in terms of what actually made them so powerful. They promised the people power. that they could get theirs back from those who had taken it from them. All right. Finally, you have a good misuse of Scripture at one point, and I like that. Showing we must obey governments. That's what the pastor is saying. Okay, I know the passage. We don't have time. And it was really used by a lot of churches back then saying, Hitler is a government. We must be obedient to this. And that became the downfall of the church. Here was the thing. The religious leaders were using that passage and passages like it as an excuse for them to buckle to Hitler so they wouldn't have to be going upstream in a downstream culture. So they wouldn't be in danger. So to make themselves safe, they were telling their people, this is why we are obedient to government.
SPEAKER 08 :
It's real history, too. It's not like they're just spewing it. This is like historical fact.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, this happened. Okay, what doesn't work in Truth in Trees? And well, British accents. Why do all these Germans have British accents?
SPEAKER 09 :
That is weird.
SPEAKER 12 :
It was weird. Okay, and I'm just like, guys, let's Germanize those. You know, a little, a little more, you know, German would have felt good. Next, there is a very painful torture scene. Now, it's certainly true to the film, but I thought I'd warn people just so they know it's coming because it's made by a Christian company. So I want people to know that's in there. It hasn't been that sanitized. All right. Next, this was a true story, but it was frustrating to see Helmut make clear strategic mistakes. Maybe he really did in real life. Okay? I'm just saying, for me, I'm watching this going, dude.
SPEAKER 08 :
Come on, man.
SPEAKER 12 :
Why don't you just outline footprints to your door? Okay? I mean, come on. And finally, in the end, this film was good. It was. But it was not as gripping or compelling as other World War II films. You know, in the next hour, we're going to talk one movie, Inglourious Basterds. Remember the opening scene where the German is interrogating this woman because she has Jews under the flag?
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Right, the farmer.
SPEAKER 12 :
Right. Remember how it built the tension and the terror?
SPEAKER 09 :
It was amazing.
SPEAKER 12 :
Right. Well, they had good moments throughout this movie, but nothing like that. Okay. I'm just saying these movies have flown higher than Truth and Treason. Good movie, but I've seen better. Okay, Rotten Tomatoes. They gave it 100%, but there were only nine reviews, and I think most of them were favorable to this. But all of them liked it, and I think they're right. Quality, I'm going to go three and a half stars, which is a strong review. Political, four. Moral, religious, four. Both good scores. So good across the board. Do I recommend going to Truth and Treason? Absolutely I do. Yes. This is a good movie at a time when, let's face it, this time of year there aren't a lot.
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Right.
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And I think you should take advantage of that. So go see Truth and Treason. Truth and Treason because it is worthwhile. I think you're going to see a real story and an inspirational one too. Sound good?
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Sounds good.
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Now back to Rush to Reason on KLZ 560. And welcome back to Rush to Reason. Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Andy Pate filling in for John Rush along with Tanner Cole. Man. And Luke Cash.
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Man.
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And Luke!
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, a third time. I'm not used to this.
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Are you ready for this? Are you this much man?
SPEAKER 08 :
I'm going to have to be.
SPEAKER 12 :
Are you ready for a movie?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, Tanner, you beat him. You're more manly than Luke. Okay, here we go.
SPEAKER 08 :
I was not prepared.
SPEAKER 12 :
Luke, I know you weren't. The first Black Phone, the first movie, The Black Phone, was a sleeper hit. Did you see it?
SPEAKER 08 :
I did not, but you have raved about it. I know you really liked it.
SPEAKER 12 :
It was really good, guys. I gave it a strong four stars. Can the next one, can the sequel recapture the magic? Let's see in Black Phone 2.
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Hell is...
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Take the best parts of you, the human parts, and leave only the worst bits. Only the sins. I am a bottomless pit of sin.
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You're dead.
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Sound scary, Luke? A little scary.
SPEAKER 12 :
A little bit scary. Okay, well, four years ago, 13-year-old Finn, played by Mason Timms, he managed to kill his abductor and escape. Well, that abductor was the Grabber, played by Ethan Hawke. I like Ethan Hawke. Okay, I'm not alone here. And Finn was aided in the strategic cat-and-mouse game by the ghosts of kids. Get this, by the ghosts of kids that the Grabber had previously taken. These ghosts called Finn on a black phone on the wall of the basement... You with me here? Where Finn was being held hostage. So he was held hostage in this basement. There was a phone on the wall. By the way, it doesn't work.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right. Friendly ghosts. Right.
SPEAKER 12 :
And these ghosts would call him. And then you get to see the ghosts and hear them with Finn. Okay. And they guided him through the first movie. It was really fascinating. Well, anyway, now Finn is 17 and he's still recovering from his abduction. That's fair. Yeah, I mean, it's awful. Well, he's a tough guy who gets in fights and he smokes. But the story shifts more to Finn's sister, Gwen. Now, she was in the first one as well, but now she's more in the movie. Played by Madeline McGraw, whom we learned in the first film sees visions. Now, she got this ability from her mother. Well, Madeline is receiving calls from the grabber's victims via another black phone. And these bring her and Finn to start tracking down a mystery. Is the grabber really dead? Well, meanwhile, Gwen, she's getting a boyfriend. His name is Ernesto. That's kind of nice, right? Finn and their dad aren't that fond of Ernesto, but he seems very supportive, so they like him. He even wants to help with the mystery. So the three of them, the brother and sister and Ernesto, the three of them are led by Gwen's dreams to a Christian camp in Colorado where their mom once worked. all right so now they're zeroing in on it and they go to this christian camp they have to go there as cits counselors in training but they barely make it through a blizzard to get there now as a result the camp is closed so there's only minimal staff just them and a few people and that's all that's there in this let's all say it together cabin in the woods in the woods yes one more time cabin in the woods yes okay beautiful yes beautiful beautiful Well, it turns out kids have died at this camp before, and their bodies were never found. So the mystery deepens. How long has the Grabber been terrorizing children? Well, the Grabber, he keeps invading Gwen's dreams, and he also speaks to Finn through, you guessed it, a black phone. Yes, exactly. So Gwen and Finn, they wonder if this monster can be stopped. It's like Freddy Krueger coming back when you're helpless to fight back. Well, ultimately, a large mystery must be unraveled while a powerful ghost hunts them all. What do you think?
SPEAKER 08 :
I think, I don't know if it's, it doesn't sound as tight as the first one, but I can see the potential.
SPEAKER 12 :
I totally agree with you, and let's dive in. What works in Black Phone 2? Well, first of all, it's an interesting progression from the first film, using Gwen's visions to deepen the mystery. I like that. You have a good plot development with her mother and the Christian camp. I like that. You have some good performances. Ethan Hawke is a good psychopath. Let's face it, Ethan Hawke is a good actor. Right. He can do whatever he wants. The only downside of this is he's always got this mask on, and that kind of kills the fun of it being Ethan Hawke.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
He's a great actor. Anyway, moving on. Tims and McGraw, they balance courage with fear and emotional trauma. And Miguel Mora is solid as Ernesto. So nice little cast, right? You got a few other characters who are okay. All right. What doesn't work in Black Phone 2? Uh-oh. Unlike the first, this has a terrible pace. Now, the first one, by the way, is kind of a relaxed pace, but that's because it's building, building, building, building. And there's a lot of strategy, right? This just falls apart. Like you were saying, it's not tight. Well, dude, it's not close.
SPEAKER 08 :
It sounds pretty busy.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, it is. And it's all over the map. This is an hour of story and almost two hours of film. And man, oh man, they should have cut a full half hour out of this thing. The depictions of Christians are, to put it mildly, unflattering. In fact, what little humor there was in this film almost always involved using profane language at moronic Christians. Right. Make stupid Christians feel uncomfortable. So say unbelievably profane things. You know, they can actually be funny in glimpses. Don't get me wrong. But as an ongoing gag, when you don't have other gags, it's kind of like, you know, I think you just hate Christians. I'm sorry. There was no agenda like this anywhere in the first film. And it was annoying here. Next, it's not nearly as fresh as the first. Not strategically brilliant at all. The first one is just brilliant. I don't want to explain it because I want you guys to actually watch Black Phone sometime.
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Okay.
SPEAKER 12 :
But the strategy of Black Phone is brilliant. Next, all the dream sequences. Ugh. They are shot almost like found footage from an old camera, so you know you're in a dream. But half the horror of being in a dream in these movies is supposed to be that you don't know you're in a dream, so you don't know if this terrible thing is actually happening to you. That's the whole point, right?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, it kind of defeats the purpose.
SPEAKER 12 :
Exactly. They changed the whole look, so now I know I'm in a dream. You might as well have mist and a fog machine, you know, from the side going in. You're wrecking it, okay? There's a truly idiotic series. Oh, my gosh. A truly idiotic series of events where they search a frozen lake for bodies from years before. Now, think about this for a moment. The lake is frozen over right now. The bodies are from years before, and they're searching to see if they are still where they think they went down. Okay. This involves plowing, shoveling. But why would the bodies all be in the same place as before? I mean, the lake is melted in summer and there's a current. Okay. These mountain lakes, you know about them. They're fed by these raging streams. Okay. It doesn't make any sense. And you're going, guys, why on earth would you think the bodies would still be where they were?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
You're nuts. It just made no sense at all. The lake is melted. And it's just stupid. Okay, it's just stupid. Okay, next, the writer and director, they hit on a great plot for one movie. And you can really tell this is black foam. The writer and director hit on this great plot in the first movie and now they decide we're going to make a sequel and we're going to try to do the same thing. But they ran out of ideas. This is a classic case, guys, of simply running out of ideas. That's so fortunate. It is. This is a weak movie. I was bored out of my skull, especially through the middle of this movie. In all these movies, as you get to some resolution, it gets a little better toward the end. And it did. Not enough. So Black Phone 2, it's a big, big disappointment. Rotten Tomatoes gave it 74% once again. I think they basically enjoyed the taking stabs at Christians. Right. And as expected, there was a little group in the audience that enjoyed that a lot. But nobody else did. And it's not because everybody else was a Christian and you're insulting me. They're just like, this is boring. It's not that fun. Okay. Okay. A couple moments were... I even liked a couple of the stabs at Christians. I thought they were funny. I'm like, yeah, you got me. That's good. But a lot of it was just boring. 74% is way too high. Quality, one and a half stars. I'm telling you what, guys, this is going to come out. It'll do a good amount of business for week one. Expect that because of the first movie. It's going to drop like a rock after that. That's what I think. Political, three. Moral, religious, one. It was nasty, unnecessarily to Christians. Black phone, two. Do I recommend going to it? Folks, I don't. But if you have not... Watch the first Black Foam. Please rent it. It's not that scary, but if you can handle a little bit of scary, I'm telling you what, it is an interesting and really good movie.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 12 :
Sound good?
SPEAKER 08 :
Sounds good.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay. Hey, we've got just a couple minutes left here, right, Charlie? Let's do question of the day. Are you ready? Yep. All right. Yesterday's impossible question. What simple expression is understood in all languages? Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. My computer went to the wrong day. Here we go. No. That's okay. That was last week. What was considered the ultimate in luxury flooring in the 60s and 70s? You might get this.
SPEAKER 08 :
60s and 70s? Like shag carpet? Yes! Really? Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
Shag carpeting was luxury.
SPEAKER 09 :
Shag carpet was it. I thought everyone had that. I guess not.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. You don't, do you?
SPEAKER 09 :
Not that I know of. Okay. Not that you know of. I don't even know what different carpets look like.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. Okay, this one's a tough one. Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 12 :
You watch those M&M commercials, right? They're pretty good.
SPEAKER 09 :
Some of them are cute. Some are cute. Oh, like the candy? Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
Some are really good. Some are just like, it's kind of morbid. Gotcha. Yeah, but okay. Well, name the actor who voiced the yellow M&M in the candy's TV commercials. Any idea?
SPEAKER 08 :
Is it a female? It is a male. It's probably got to be someone you don't expect. It's like Danny DeVito or something.
SPEAKER 12 :
It's somebody like Danny DeVito.
SPEAKER 08 :
Really?
SPEAKER 12 :
But it is not Danny DeVito. Okay, well, how about we talk about it at the end of next hour?
SPEAKER 08 :
Sounds good.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay, now what is the topic we're going to be doing in the next hour, Tanner?
SPEAKER 09 :
Nazis and Communists.
SPEAKER 12 :
Nazis and Commies. Exactly.
SPEAKER 09 :
The Washington Commanders.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, all movies about the Washington Commanders. Exactly. Now, unfortunately, out of 32 teams, none of them took on the name Nazi. I'm sorry. That would have been a little tough.
SPEAKER 08 :
I don't think that would have gone over well.
SPEAKER 12 :
I don't think that at all. Can you imagine?
SPEAKER 08 :
Kind of hard to sell merch.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, I don't think that would really go.
SPEAKER 09 :
We're at the Nazis' home stadium, the Third Reich. Yes.
SPEAKER 12 :
No, I'm very glad there are no teams named. The Nazis. Okay. But we're going to be looking at Nazis and commies. Why truth and treason? That's why I thought we'd do Nazis and commies.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 12 :
There are great movies about, because let's face it, those are two incredibly evil forces on the planet.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right. I mean, big periods of time too. I mean, substantially like culturally massive.
SPEAKER 12 :
Over time, only Islam has killed anywhere near as much as those two movements. Okay? The Nazi movement and communism. So you're talking about fighting true, true evil.
SPEAKER 10 :
Right.
SPEAKER 12 :
But you can also have some fun with it. There are some movies that poke fun at them as well. One of my favorite TV shows growing up was Hogan's Heroes, which made fun of the Nazis every single week, and I loved it.
SPEAKER 08 :
Nice. Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. Was this hard one for you guys to come up with?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. A little difficult for me. I haven't seen a whole lot of these.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right. I thought I had, but I guess not.
SPEAKER 08 :
I usually make a strong effort to only put down movies I've watched. Right. I have not seen a lot of movies with Nazis in common. I got a decent amount, but not as much as I was expecting.
SPEAKER 09 :
Also, I went on Wikipedia and just looked at movies about Nazis or communists. 21st century, not as much just because it's not as relevant.
SPEAKER 12 :
Exactly. Well, in hour two, folks, we are fighting together, Nazis and commies. We're going to be fighting them. First of all, we're going to have NFL picks with me and you, Tanner. Yep. You ready? Okay, that's what we're going to do in hour two, and then movies about Nazis and commies. Until then, keep it right here on Rush to Reason, KLZ 560.
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Dive into an engaging discussion exploring the complexities of manhood in today's society. Join the hosts as they tackle questions like whether the 'traditional man' still exists, and how the dynamics of masculinity have shifted over generations. Candid insights and lively debates uncover the realities faced by men, both as providers and partners in modern relationships.
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I can't hide myself I don't expect you to understand I just hope I can explain What it's like to be a man It's a lonely road And they don't care about what you know It's not about how you feel But what you provide inside that home
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is what you make it you can't always live up to expectations you try to please everybody while you struggle so you fake it and end up out of balance compromising situations as a good man do what he should man give everything he has and do everything he could man you might find yourself feeling all alone inside a house you built that you don't recognize as home
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Welcome to A Guy's Perspective, where they discuss real life topics that men today are dealing with, whether married, single parent, or just single. We invite you to call into this live program with your comments and questions. And here they are.
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How's it going everybody today? It's KLZ 560 AM. You can always talk to the guys at 303-477-5600. A guy's perspective. I'm going to slow that down. It's 303-477-5600. We're going to go around the room and introduce ourselves. We'll start over here with Dre.
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Hey, this is Dre with Vance Tech. Number one business in Colorado for all your electrical needs.
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Oh man, and this is Brock and...
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I'm the janitor, the janitor's perspective.
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And yes, he does live at home. He plunged right in there, didn't he? This is Heath Hine, the actor and the business owner of Clearview Windshield Repair, and we franchise now, too.
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And just to get into the topic, we're running the same topic we did last week, back-to-back. Normally we don't do that, but we got so many calls and so many people asking us to talk about this thing again. So we're going to talk about does a traditional man or the strongman exist today?
SPEAKER 13 :
Of course he does. The strongman competition is still – isn't that what – where they're lifting like Volkswagen Beetles?
SPEAKER 04 :
That stuff is legit. I saw a video the other day on that, and those guys were taking like – Yeah, 250-pound things, and they had to throw them so high over these field goal things. Those dudes are legit, bro.
SPEAKER 13 :
They pull like semis, don't they? Like, pull semis.
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What about their lifespan? I mean, did they die in their 50s or something like that? They're massive, huh? Yeah, it's crazy.
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Do you think the traditional man is kind of... Kind of went away because of how expensive it is. Because you want to be the provider for the house, right? You want to pay the bills. But it's gotten so expensive now. I don't want to be a provider. That's the traditional man, buddy. Lace up your boots in the morning. That's the traditional man.
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He's coming down on you, man. Coming from the guy that lives at home with the mommy.
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Traditional man. Trust me.
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He knows what a man is. He's been thinking about it.
SPEAKER 03 :
I've been thinking about traditional man all week. No, but no, serious. That is a traditional man. It goes out, works, and then comes home. But it's gotten so expensive nowadays. Now the woman has to find a job and she has to pitch in. Does that kind of diminish you, though?
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Think about the rabbinical, I mean, the days of old, you know, in Leviticus and all that. A lot of that practice. They set you guys up or set men up to where they could afford a whole year once they got married to not work. And it's not that way. You know, men were supposed to traditionally be the provider. Yeah. And those days probably are long gone. I mean, it's not easy with like you're saying, Brian. You know, there's a lot of truth in what you got to say there. Well, when it's.
SPEAKER 13 :
One of the oldest traditions and occupations was actually whoredom. Prostitute. They probably provided.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, they did. I was talking to a lady at my job. Do you know how much it costs for children care? Yeah, I do. It's like you're paying rent for child care for somebody to babysit your kid. How are you going to afford rent, health care? And child care.
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And groceries. Friends who have had children, they often have that discussion at home about if they're even going to have the wife stay home because it makes more sense to stay home than it does to go out to work, make the money, and then pay for child care.
SPEAKER 04 :
well let me so the traditional man do you guys think that like because you guys are business owners do you think your kids should take over your business is that part of being a traditional man or is that just like whatever if they want to i mean i i've tried to set it up to where you know my sons can you know easily slide in and take over you know one of them's gonna go in for an electrical engineering and
SPEAKER 13 :
Technically, as a man, my nephew works for me, so I don't have any children. Remember, I had a vasectomy at 25, man. But I just didn't want a progeny. Yeah, I'm trying to set people up, not just men, anybody who's ready, willing to start their own business and be an entrepreneur. And it just so happens that my nephew's one of them. And yes, I do want to leave a legacy. I think that is what we should do as men, is set people up for success.
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Because if you think about, like, how men have transitioned over time, basically, like, go back to, you know, go back 3,000 years from now, I guarantee a man's not like he is today. You know what I'm saying? Like, the evolution of men, don't you think an evolution of home has changed over time?
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. Like, you know, that No Kings rally, man. I was joking around with you. I could, like, dress up as a clown and I'd fit right in. I mean, guys are not the same. Men have drastically changed. Can you imagine fighting for our World War II for your country and that this is what you get?
SPEAKER 13 :
What if those guys are, like, anti-superheroes where, like, they have regular jobs and they're providing for their families, but then they dress up and go out and do that crazy protesting?
SPEAKER 12 :
You know what? They're driving Subarus, I can tell you that. What?
SPEAKER 04 :
Again, you can call us guys at 303-477-5600. I don't drive a Subaru. You trying to say you're not a man anymore?
SPEAKER 03 :
No, I was saying I was a protester.
SPEAKER 04 :
You are a protester. No, I don't.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, you are.
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So some qualities of like the traditional man, at least tell me if these qualities are still here. Amidst being wrong, is that just a traditional manner? Is that just men in general that admit they're wrong?
SPEAKER 12 :
I feel like generally speaking, and Heath and I have talked about this, I will say stuff immediately, and then when I'm wrong, it's like, oh, I should have had a filter on that. But you can't take it back. Once it comes out, you can't take it back. But you can rectify it and admit when you're wrong. So, no, yeah, you can take it back. It's not like I'm cussing it out or something like that. I'm just saying that there's times where you've got to be able to do that, especially as a father. I think the craziest thing that I always heard was my own children thought I was perfect. And, you know, the reality is, who is? You know, there is not one death that's perfect. And I'd like to at least appreciate that they can think that. But with that said, I'm realistic because I don't want them that shut up fall. No, that, you know, I'm not perfect.
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Because the difference between the traditional man and the modern man from everything I've studied, this is the main difference. But sweet. Besides the modern man who's the transgender who now has to sit on the toilet to pee versus stand. That's the modern man, wow. No, no, no, no, no. I said the transgender part of the modern man. Those people are wacko. But the main difference between a traditional man, and tell me if you guys think this is true, traditional man or modern man is the ability to shut up and listen. The traditional man couldn't do that. He ran his house with an iron fist. He, like Brian said, was a provider, laced up his boots. He went what he said went. But today, men have evolved to where they're like, hey, she makes just as much as I do. She can provide for herself. Maybe I should just shut up and listen to what she has to say. What do you guys think about that? I don't think that's a good interpretation of the traditional man.
SPEAKER 03 :
I think it's a bad interpretation of the modern man. Let's think it's the other way around. It's a bad interpretation of the modern man. Okay.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, explain why.
SPEAKER 03 :
Because what you were saying is, you said the man, it's evolved for the women to come into the household now, not the modern man. The modern man's not allowing it to happen. It's just, it's by force it's happening. Yeah. No, it's not happening by force. Oh, I agree. Oh, it is. If you can't provide for the family, it's forcefully that you have your wife to go to work. What are you saying, bro?
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Women nowadays want to go to work, whether you make a million dollars or not.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, most women would be at home raising their kids, bro. I bet you if you did a survey, most women would stay at home and raise their kids.
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Well, we'll let the listeners answer this at 303-477-5600.
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Call in, Mom. Mom. Somebody call in. Mom, call in. Somebody call in and tell us, would your wife rather stay at home and raise kids, or would she rather make six figures a year?
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Man.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, of course. No, no, no. There's no of course.
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No, hold on. We cannot sit there and say she'd rather stay home if she went to college this whole time and now she can get a six-, seven-figure job a year.
SPEAKER 13 :
Why – Well, let me ask this question. This is kind of like a turnabout. How about the women that you guys are all with, and I'll include mine, do they hustle? Do they grind? Do they get it?
SPEAKER 12 :
Mine does.
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But hold on. Mine does. Okay, so you guys are all talking about grinding and hustling, right? That's provision. And yes, yes, yes. I believe in the modern era, women have evolved as long as guys have evolved. And that's what I'm saying. Don't you think... Back in the day, rulers or kings or whoever ruled their house had the final say. But nowadays, it's an equal playing field because the woman can make just as much as the guy.
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And with that equal playing field, divorce rates went up. Yeah, I agree with that. I don't think so. I think it's always been like that.
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Well, you can't say that without statistics, guys.
SPEAKER 03 :
I gave statistics last week. I gave you statistics. 50% of you married today are probably going to get divorced. That's a stat. Today, not in the 50s.
SPEAKER 13 :
yeah they had women had nowhere to go in the 50s or in you know the wild wild well that's what i'm saying women had nowhere to go so they had to rely on their their husband so the traditional men that's what i'm saying had the final word yeah nowadays yeah but then it wasn't wasn't that kind of like authoritarian it was because the individual was sure was the breadwinner and they made money and so they could have to say over their house how it went and they ruled hard
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I think in World War II what ended up happening is things started to change because now you had Rosie the Riveter who jumped in the workforce, whereas before that in the 30s, 40s, 20s, et cetera, women were okay staying at home for the most part. It was up until World War II that changed the dynamics where women actually had to enter the workforce.
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Oh, yeah, because men went to war, and then that's where all the women were in the workforce.
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And once that happened, it never changed.
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Never went back.
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Yeah, you know, you're making a great point because if you look at, you know, pictures from old, women were always in dresses, but after the workforce, they started wearing pants. Right.
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Because women were forced to do that. i'm telling you right now women back then if they could have had the option to go out and work because there was a bat men have evolved that was a dominant a male dominant society women wanted to go to work they wanted to make money but they couldn't so we're blaming pants i i can't get past what bright hands well it's when they started wearing pants
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Oh, they started wearing pants.
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What does it matter if they wear pants or not?
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, it's like who wears the pants in the family?
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That's right.
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Right? And when they started wearing pants, then they started making the rules. They could change the temperature on the thermostat.
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Again, if anybody knows better than us, call at 303-477-5600. I just think the dynamics of the relationship changes.
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for the better or worse for worse because now that the woman is making money now you know her head maybe get a little bit higher or whatever so you want to keep the woman down no no no no no no wonder women think we're a male chauvinist i'm not a male showing this thing listen i think men themselves have destroyed you know what what women perceive you to be in the relationship so if you're if you're the man of the house or a woman be submissive to you men have destroyed that because they've abused women in that scenario So if a woman is supposed to be submissive, do you guys have abused that for women to do what they want to do instead of using that correctly? What is the correct way? Like a man abusing a woman to be submissive is, you know, get my plate, get my dinner.
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That's the reason I say men have evolved. Men have evolved. Men are no longer like that. Oh, yeah, they are. No, they're not. Men are today not like they were in the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
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No, they just hid it better. Okay. What do you mean? They hid any of the iniquities better. Everything was a facade. That's what I'm saying. It's the Stepford Wives. It was a facade, man.
SPEAKER 12 :
I don't know. I think there's been a lot of social programming that's happened throughout the decades that kind of moved us. Like in the 70s, you had the free love and that, things like that sort. Yet so many things that have changed the dynamics of what a definition of a man is, including up until the last four years ago where they couldn't even define a woman. I mean, how crazy has this changed us? That's what I'm saying.
SPEAKER 04 :
Men have evolved, whether they evolved for the better, where they can just shut up and actually listen to a woman, or they're still in the Stone Age, or they now sit down and pee. Take your pick.
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All right, let me ask you guys a quick question. All right, let's call it a day. When you're dating a person, woman or man, there is a fight for control of that relationship. Oh, there is, bro. I don't care what you say. Whether you admit it or not. There is. Somebody wants control of that relationship. Is that what your relationship looks like currently, Brian? No, no. I just know it. I know it goes on. People want you under their thumb and do what they tell you.
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That's the old school of men.
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Men have evolved. Men have evolved. Women want you under their thumb to do whatever they want you to do.
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I think women classically know how to take control and dominance of a man. Covertly, though. Covertly. Sexually, right? Let's just be real. I can't show off my pecs and then just be like, oh, look at this. But a woman, no matter what she looks like.
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In the right state or in the right city, you could show off your pecs and get what you want.
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Okay, let me ask you, gratitude. What about gratitude? Do you think men show enough gratitude? No.
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I try. Honestly, I try to be thankful because the Bible says that, right? Even when my son, you know, was sick, I always used to, I was taught, you got to be thankful on all things. That's tough.
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We do need to be grateful. Hey, Stacey. Hey, Stacey, you're talking with the guys. Tell us what you think.
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Hi, guys.
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Hi, Stacey.
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I can't even. I have so many thoughts about what you guys are saying. Tell us. Tell us. Hit us with all of it. If we're wrong, tell us we're wrong.
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I mean, last week they schooled the actor in Denver.
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Tell us what you think.
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We're here to listen. We want to learn.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, first off, I'd like to say that I've been really hard on men.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, be hard on us, please.
SPEAKER 07 :
Full disclosure, I've been probably way harder on men than... you guys actually deserved. So I'm calling to offer myself up as a co-host. Oh, and the last thing I can remember that one of you said was, um, where we're at today, kind of derived out of abuses from say around the fifties.
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That was, that was supposed truth. The truth. Okay.
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And I think, I think there's a lot of truth in that. And, um, Regarding the whole, I think what the gentleman said about abuses derived from the 50s kind of have us where we're at today. I think also abuses towards the lesbian and gay community also have led to where we are today with, you know, the pendulum swinging too far with the transgender community. stuff and here's I'd like to read you something from this guy that I did a little not a lot a little I was going to lend him a hand until I read some things that have been going on and didn't get a response back from who I contacted about but it's regarding the the how complicated the lesbian and gay rights movement was I think he has a PhD, and I'm not sure what his PhD is in. And like I said, everybody's going to have to do their own research because it seems like there's some more complexities to this. But he was talking about the gay and lesbian liberation movement from Stonewall. And he referenced, you guys might want to look into this, but he referenced Malcolm Michaels Jr. and Tony Rivera. And he says both were gay black men, sex workers, drag queens, and convicted felons. So I don't know if that's true, but I'm just going to give it to you and your listeners to look up and kind of ponder in the context of not only women, but the gay and lesbian liberation movement and how we ended up here and where do we go to kind of, I don't know, make it back from here. Stacey, can we ask you this? His name... Let me give you his name and then I'll answer a question if I can. Dr. Rich Guggenheim. So to kind of help us reverse from where we are with transgender without, you know, completely squashing them, you know, to kind of understand the history of how we got here.
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Okay.
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And how to have, you know, respect for, I guess, both traditional men and the folks who, you know... They call it all sorts of things that don't fit into that.
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What's your question? Do you think the stoic man of the 50s and 60s and the modern man today, do you think there's a difference in their listening ability? You being a woman, do you feel like men listened better back then or today?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, I will tell you that I wasn't alive in the 50s. And the older I get, the more I understand. The older I get, the more I'm learning about that era. And so I can't really speak. I mean, I guess I can, you know, in the context of my own parents and maybe their friends and neighbors and whatnot. But I'm not, you know, since I wasn't alive, I don't know. And then today, gosh, of the men I have known, do they listen? I'd have to give that some thought. I don't know. Yes, ma'am. I guess I... I wouldn't say no, you know, without really thinking about it. I don't know. I'll give it some thought.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, think about it, and next week when we're on the air, call in and tell us what you think about it. Like, we'd really be interested because that's one of the questions we've offered up to the listeners. And we'll check it out. Stacey, thank you for calling. We're looking to Google now.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. Actually, I was looking it up while she was talking. You have a good afternoon.
SPEAKER 07 :
There's some garbage with the GOP party, and there's some garbage with, you know, election crap. So I don't know if you guys might want to get him on and interview him about what went on with two different GOP parties in the state of Colorado and what went on with the apparently guilty
SPEAKER 04 :
admitting guilt and voting in two different elections in two different states so thank you so much thank you stacy thanks for listening so hey man she vindicated she goes along with what true says that all the abuse back then kind of leads up till today are we talking like through oppression yeah so what type of abuse are we considering like physical mental what are we
SPEAKER 12 :
I wish she would have elaborated on that.
SPEAKER 13 :
If I understood what she was saying, it was through, like, oppression, then the pendulum swings.
SPEAKER 12 :
Sure.
SPEAKER 13 :
Through oppression, the pendulum swings.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, you know what's kind of odd, though, is when you look at the movement, what was the lady's name? Her name was Stacey. No, no, no, the women's movement. where basically they were really radicalized feminists. Oh, yeah. So like the feminist movement really, you know, talk about that pendulum swing. You know, there was a time where the feminist backlash. Yeah. Well, they basically went after men and said, you know, they're this, that and the other. Right. So we want more women. But the irony is that I have a problem with this. We have transgender men trying to play in an unequal playing field against girls and women. And to me, just like J.K. Rowling, she's a feminist, but she's spoken out about this. And I think if you're a true feminist for that, you should be able to also speak out. Because now, if there's real oppression from men toward women, we can truly say that transgender men definitely...
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But if you look at what Stacey said, she said she's really hard and biased on men is the first thing she started with saying. So it makes you wonder if the balance and confidence with a man is being taken away today by the modern man versus the traditional man. Well, what's the modern man? To me, the modern man is one who he's on the equal playing field as his wife. He listens now instead of rules with an iron fist. If she turns around and makes a million dollars a year instead of her staying home, yes, he can support her visions and dreams. Brock, you've really grown up because I remember there was a time. No, no, no, for sure. I've evolved over time, but times have also evolved. And if we listen to what Stacey said, is she against the balance and confidence that a man has with inside of himself? Because she's hard against them. Probably.
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Or is she hard against men because of the way she's been treated? No, yeah.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, we don't know how she was treated.
SPEAKER 03 :
We can't just assume that. But time tells you it was because men treated her bad. No, we do not know if a guy treated her bad.
SPEAKER 04 :
You cannot say that.
SPEAKER 03 :
You do not know that lady. Do you know how many women I have interviewed?
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, hold on. Time out. How many women have you interviewed on air?
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay, hold on. I always wanted to be a marriage counselor. So I would always interview women and ask them, you know, questions.
SPEAKER 04 :
Give us a number. How many women have you interviewed?
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I would say 50, 60. Okay. Name six of them. Diane, Amy, Suzanne. Your mom and your aunt. Your mom and your aunt. Okay.
SPEAKER 04 :
Those names sound familiar. People, if you want to give us a call at 303-477-5600, this is a deep topic. But the same scenario with them all was the same.
SPEAKER 12 :
The biggest difference between the way you think, Brian, is that I think you've been jaded, in my opinion, because of the fact that, you know, traditionally, I'm not trying to criticize your mom, but she's been through three divorces. And it's always been the man's fault, according to your mother, correct? Two. So then that's biases.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, both of them cheated on her. What are you saying? Both of them cheated on her.
SPEAKER 12 :
Now, did she cheat on him? No. Okay. She never cheated on him. Okay. But it's always a man's fault that this happened.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, when you cheat on your wife, it is.
SPEAKER 12 :
So was it man to man or was it man with a woman? One of the times they were cheating.
SPEAKER 03 :
Man to woman.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay. So there you go. Women also participate fully and equally in these types of scenarios where they come to divide and break up marriages as well.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. Okay. I agree with that. I totally agree with that.
SPEAKER 04 :
People, we're going to continue this on the second half. You can call at 303-477-5600. We have one minute left. If somebody wants to call in and chime in super quick, call in. Because you made the comment that she seemed like she's been hurt before. We don't know that. We can't just assume that. Actually, we could. How?
SPEAKER 13 :
It's an inference, for sure. It is an inference, but have not we all been hurt before?
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 13 :
Have not we all been hurt?
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 13 :
Not necessarily just by the opposite sex.
SPEAKER 04 :
That's a true statement.
SPEAKER 13 :
But what if the opposite sex was the parent that hurt you?
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, wow. Right?
SPEAKER 13 :
So would that change your perspective on your mother if she hurt you?
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 13 :
No, it would change your perspective on women if your mother hurt you.
SPEAKER 04 :
Or if you were a woman and your dad was abusing you physically, sexually, mentally. Oh, yeah, you would have a bias statement against everything.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay, and what about the men that get these women pregnant that want nothing to do with the kid? Exactly. It goes on and on, bro. Don't get me started today.
SPEAKER 04 :
That brings up a whole new topic. What about the woman who turns around and says she's got her tubes tied, but she's lied the whole time to that dude and she pops out a kid? Is that the same as a man saying he's got a vasectomy and he hasn't really and gets her pregnant? That's a deception. It's deceptive. It's deceptive. We'll talk to you all on the other side. Thank you so much.
SPEAKER 11 :
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It's not about how you feel, but what you provide inside that home.
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what you make it you can't always live up to expectations you try to please everybody while you struggle so you fake it and end up out of balance compromising situations that's a good
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Welcome to A Guy's Perspective, where they discuss real-life topics that men today are dealing with, whether married, single parent, or just single. We invite you to call into this live program with your comments and questions. And here they are.
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Give us a call. This is The Guy's Perspective at 303-477-5600. This is KLZ 560. We're talking about the strong man or the traditional or the modern man. And...
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, check this out. According to Esquire from 2023, apparently I'm considered a modern man. Okay, you fall into this. Yeah, I actually do, which I didn't know.
SPEAKER 13 :
What are the points?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, one is they own a suit. I do own a suit. They wear it to bars, weddings, whatever. They get a mani-pedi. I don't.
SPEAKER 13 :
I don't. I'm not a modern man. I don't get a mani-pedi.
SPEAKER 12 :
You're stoned. Hey man, I've gotten a mani and a pedi. So, but it was just my woman though. You know, usually she goes the one that was like, do you want to get one? Okay.
SPEAKER 13 :
So these are modern men.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. Yeah. All right. Sends memes instead of flowers. You know, I send memes all the time. Fitness does core strength workout. I don't do yoga, but I wouldn't be opposed to yoga. It's really good exercise.
SPEAKER 04 :
You're the typical modern man.
SPEAKER 13 :
How many more is on this list?
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay. So let's go through the room. And I'm not going to tell you if you line up as the modern man or the traditional man. All right. Okay. I'm going to ask each one of you guys this. And again, calling at 303-477-5600. We'll start with Heath. Are you flexible and evolving or are you rigid and fixed? Flexible. Evolving. Flexible. So you're part of the modern. Oh. Brian, are you... I'm mixed. Hold on. Are you varied and expressive or conservative and conforming? Both. You're both. You're modern. No, I'm both. I'm conservative and modern. I'm telling you you're modern. Dre, are you suppressed and discouraged or encouraged and valued?
SPEAKER 1 :
Dang.
SPEAKER 04 :
I'm both. So you're the modern man also.
SPEAKER 13 :
What are you guys doing saying both?
SPEAKER 04 :
You don't have to say both. You can say just one. Are you diverse and inclusive or traditional and a hierarchical ruler?
SPEAKER 13 :
I'm really diverse and inclusive.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, you're a modern man. Hey, this school stuff ain't lying. What about you? I'm a modern man. Ask yourself a question. Okay, share it equal, provider and protector. I'm both. I'm the modern man. Guys, the modern man has evolved. He no longer rules with an iron fist.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah. Okay.
SPEAKER 12 :
Period. I think that's foolishness too if you're going to roll with an iron fist because is it effective? No, you can't win. No, it's not effective.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, it's not. No, you'll create enemies and people will come against you.
SPEAKER 12 :
And be resentful towards you. Yeah, yeah. Right? Whether they express the resentment to you directly or otherwise they express it through an affair, through flipping, giving you the finger as soon as you turn your back or whatever the case may be.
SPEAKER 04 :
But here's the problem. The stoic man goes against all that, right? Okay. Because the stoic man emphasizes the importance of virtue wisdom and self-control of what he himself will do not what his home does he doesn't use self-control so he's resolute right he's resolute right so the traditional man the stoic man says self-control is going to come from me like we talked about the other day if somebody's going to come up to my wife what's wrong with that There's nothing wrong with it. We're just trying to define what a traditional... Stoic is traditional.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, stoic is traditional. I'm a stoic traditional man. Did you just say, I'm the stoic janitor.
SPEAKER 04 :
That's super funny. Okay, recognize what you can and cannot control.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, absolutely, man.
SPEAKER 04 :
Do you think that's like the core essence of a man is recognizing what he can and cannot?
SPEAKER 13 :
Absolutely. There's circumstances and existential circumstances, things that we do have control over. You control the controllables. That's all you can do is control the controllables.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, I agree with that because in life, we probably have less control of more things than we wish. And, you know, men typically what we want to do is fix things, right? We're considered the fixers. When a woman comes to you, what do they typically ask? They don't want you to tell them what you should do or how you should have talked to, you know, your girlfriend or whatever the case is. Usually they just want to be heard. Men want to say, well, you should have done this. Maybe you should have done that.
SPEAKER 13 :
I recently became resolute in one thing. I suck at, I suck at doing things like, you know, mechanical things or around the house and everything. And obviously I've done this over the past year where I've done everything from like foundation and framing and all of that stuff. One thing that was always coming up was how angry and frustrated I would get in the presence of women uh because of my my inferiority complex not feeling like like feeling like i should be able to do this so here's what i did just the other day wife was like hey um i need you to hang this tv i was like great you guys need to leave i was like i'll hang the tv but you gotta get out
SPEAKER 05 :
So you just didn't want her help?
SPEAKER 13 :
No, I'm resolute in that I know that I'm going to get frustrated at something, and then I'm going to snap because I feel inferior because I'm trying to do the best that I can with something.
SPEAKER 05 :
You're trying to do a man thing.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, trying to do a man thing. So I don't know if that happens with other guys, man, but it happens with me, and it causes chaos.
SPEAKER 12 :
Has your wife made you feel that way?
SPEAKER 13 :
No, not made me feel that way. It's all internalized by society. Thank you.
SPEAKER 03 :
Brian, what were you going to say? So that all brings us back to when I talked about wanting control. Okay. You just brought it up. You want to control things that you can't. Oh, snap. You guys just said that I asked you a simple question about controlling the relationship, and he just asked you guys a question about wanting to control everything, and what about you not being able to control everything?
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, and I answered, yeah, we can't control things. And Heath and I recognize that. How about you?
SPEAKER 04 :
Again, people call us at 303-477-5600. You're listening to the guy's perspective. Call in and tell us what's up.
SPEAKER 13 :
I really do think that it probably matters to me, man. It makes me feel like either a good man or a bad man if I can't perform in that arena of, like, building something. You know what I mean?
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, the utilitarian approach or the utility approach, an act is good or morally right if it promotes happiness and bad or immorally wrong if it tends to produce pain. You see what I'm saying? So as society, the way men look at situations is generally it's a good thing if it makes a lot of people happy, if it makes your whole environment happy, if it makes your – the people you live with happy, it's probably going to make you happy. Like that saying, happy wife, happy life.
SPEAKER 12 :
Or happy spouse, happy house.
SPEAKER 04 :
It's a true statement. You know what I'm saying? Truth Daddy, how's it going?
SPEAKER 10 :
It's going good. How about y'all fellas?
SPEAKER 04 :
How about it? Good, brother. Talk to us, Daddy.
SPEAKER 10 :
What's going on, son?
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, my goodness.
SPEAKER 04 :
Tell us, do you think the traditional man's evolved quite a bit, or is it still just same-o, same-o?
SPEAKER 10 :
Overall, I don't think the traditional man exists anymore today, because I think that's things that were before the 80s and stuff like that, the 20s and 30s and 40s and 50s and 60s. Now, is there a little bit of traditional man in some people, like guys in their 50s and 60s going on these days? Yeah. But for the most part, it's more of a modern man right now that listens to their wife, you know, agrees, talks it over, and stuff like that. That kind of stuff didn't really happen back in the time. You can even see that in the Bible, you know, by seeing how many times they mention women, you know, by name. You know, it's very few compared to all the men. It was a man's world. It was man's decisions back then. It's not that case anymore these days.
SPEAKER 04 :
True. Thanks for calling in, man. We love hearing from you. Yeah, call back, Daddy. You have a good afternoon. Laters, buddy. He made a good point. If you think about the Bible, why don't they really mention a woman's name? That's deep. No, they do.
SPEAKER 12 :
They mention Ruth. They mention that.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, but in comparison to guys, they don't.
SPEAKER 13 :
Dorcas.
SPEAKER 04 :
If you think about it in comparison to guys, they don't. I never thought about that till you just said that.
SPEAKER 12 :
So have we abdicated our role as men, though? Because traditionally, if you look at it in the Bible, you know, let's just be real. God is considered in the Jewish terminology as a he, not a she. Even though spiritually there is no gender. But when you talk about what Jesus spoke of, it was always about the father, you know. All in masculine terms. We even have Latin, which has derivations of feminine and masculine.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, yeah. How many times God wanted to gather Israel like a mother hen gathers the under her wing. Um, so there are feminine aspects and attributes, but one of the things that I always use when, whenever people come at me with like either homosexuality, gay, lesbian, all these different types of relationships, the thing that I always bring up from the Bible is this, and I may have twisted scripture, but I think I got it right. And it's that you neither know the, you neither know, uh, the scripture or the power of God, But for those that are given in marriage, but for those that inherit the afterlife, they'll neither be married nor given in marriage. They'll be made like the angels, therefore sexless.
SPEAKER 03 :
Do you think the modern man exists now because prayer was taken out of school?
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, so you're saying the traditional man's no longer around.
SPEAKER 03 :
Traditional man, because traditional man religiously tells you it's God, man, then woman, because the woman was taken from the man. The woman is there to be a man's helper.
SPEAKER 13 :
Right.
SPEAKER 03 :
Help me. The woman is there to be your helpmate. She's there to help you. And so the traditional man went away is because men abused these women who are supposed to help them.
SPEAKER 12 :
Did you know that? And I heard this.
SPEAKER 03 :
That was deep what he just said, guys.
SPEAKER 12 :
It is. But I heard this through a sermon. You know, when Jesus speaks to, you know, his mother, Mary, and calls him woman. A woman was not the way we call women, woman, you know. Oh. It was not derogatory. When Jesus said, woman, thy son, you know, talking about, you know, he marries other, you know, children. That term was a term of endearment. It was a term that, you know, rabbinically speaking, it had no anger in it, no malice in it, no spite. No spite. Yeah, it's basically like calling a beautiful woman, a beautiful, you know, just with love and adoration. Whoa, man.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, well, and anybody who knows different than us, call at 303-477-5600. I'm Heath.
SPEAKER 13 :
I have a hypothetical. What if we men and maybe society have romanticized what it was to be a man back then? You know, through like television, through imagery. What about pornography?
SPEAKER 12 :
How has that affected men and the way we look at women? has deteriorated for sure absolutely i mean but but we're now we're talking about how we're talking about some deep stuff right here because now you've sexualized and all they are is just you know they're not objectified yeah oh for sure
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, so imagery. Imagery is important, right? So if imagery is important, then if what we have of the Christmases of old and the man cutting the turkey and the family around, are we not also maybe hypnotized by what that was? There had to have been. Absolutely had to have been just as much chaos, just as much philandering that everybody was doing back then because even in biblical, historical things, there were always troubles and trials, mess-ups in the family.
SPEAKER 04 :
If you're 60, 70, 80, man, and we would love to get a 75-year-old on the phone, call at 303-477-5600. Tell us about what kind of traditions you had back then that us modern guys ain't got today, because, you know, you guys are making good points. I mean, you're talking about pornography. It's it's brought the woman's character down. You're talking about going back in the day. Do we as men really want those things back in our home?
SPEAKER 03 :
Do you think traditional men have destroyed? destroyed the traditional men themselves that evolved into the modern man. That's a good question. If you're a traditional man, it's supposed to be God, man, then woman, right? But if the man isn't seeking God, I love you, Bri.
SPEAKER 13 :
I love you, Bri.
SPEAKER 04 :
I love him because I love it. Let me ask you guys this question. If you were to put a thousand men in this room right now, how many of them do you think would have prayed today?
SPEAKER 03 :
Probably none, maybe one. That's a deep question.
SPEAKER 13 :
There's only four here now. How many of us prayed today? I did.
SPEAKER 05 :
I did. What?
SPEAKER 13 :
I did.
SPEAKER 04 :
Only the heathen didn't.
SPEAKER 13 :
I spent six minutes. Only the heathen didn't pray. A heathen actor.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, but if you think about it, no, he's asking a good question. I mean, has the traditional man gone away because of... The way the dynamics of the home are today.
SPEAKER 13 :
But that's why I'm saying I love you, Bri, because what you're saying is that man was their own fall. And that could take you all the way back to Adam and Eve and how men always blame the woman. They're like, woman, woman, woman problem. But no, man, he was right next to her.
SPEAKER 04 :
So who really caused the fall?
SPEAKER 13 :
Then let me hear you. Who really caused the fall then in the garden? There were two. It was doled out to one man of what they should and shouldn't do. So you think the man is the one? He was told how to run the household, and he failed.
SPEAKER 14 :
All right. That is deep. We didn't call up in school the actor. He hit us hard, bro.
SPEAKER 12 :
Adam failed. Oh, my God. That is deep. Every minister I know wants to just bash on the man and say, well, the reason why he failed is because he wasn't doing his job. You know, realistically speaking, just like you said, if you look in the Bible, it says that they were both together. She did fall, but you know what? He really, both of them are supposed to help each other, right? She's supposed to be the helpmate. They didn't have that proper communication or anything like that. She obviously didn't go to the man and say, well, you know, God told me this. No, he was stoic.
SPEAKER 13 :
He took a bite of the apple.
SPEAKER 12 :
He did it on his own. He was stoic.
SPEAKER 13 :
He didn't say nothing. He didn't tattle. He didn't go and tattle to God.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, my goodness. My wife's out there eating that apple. Please call at 303-477-56. This is deep. We went all the way back to the guard. Man, the actor in Brian is trying to come in.
SPEAKER 03 :
You know what I think? I believe with all that's inside of me that God created women to be submissive to their husbands regardless. Disagree. No, I believe. I believe. Hold on. Okay, I'm listening. I believe it wholeheartedly that women were created that way, but men have abused it so bad that women want nothing to do with it. I guarantee it, bro.
SPEAKER 04 :
So at the end of the day, you want a slave as a woman. I didn't say a slave.
SPEAKER 03 :
Hey, hey, we're going to use the word submissive. We're going to use the word submissive. A submissive woman isn't a slave. He's going to get hate mail. How do you know?
SPEAKER 12 :
What do you mean? Yeah, what is submissive?
SPEAKER 03 :
What's your definition? Define submissive to us. Like elaborate. The man has the last word of what should happen to your family. Back to what we're saying. I'm not telling you to be a slave and do everything. I'm telling you to do.
SPEAKER 12 :
And how is that working for you in your relationship?
SPEAKER 04 :
But no, he's making an interesting point. That's the difference between the traditional man and the new day man. The traditional man had that final word like we said in our first episode. Today, he does not have that final word because she may very well make million dollars every five years.
SPEAKER 03 :
I'm going to ask you a question. Are you going to ask your girl? I think it's an equal plan. I'm telling you. I'm asking you a question. of the household?
SPEAKER 12 :
That's what I was going to ask.
SPEAKER 04 :
I'm going to answer it. Does your woman want you to be the leader? I don't think she cares. No, no, no. Hold on. I think in today, 2025, you guys are even. If a guy came up against your family, she's going to be looking towards you to protect the house.
SPEAKER 03 :
Can I finish?
SPEAKER 04 :
Can I finish?
SPEAKER 03 :
Go ahead.
SPEAKER 04 :
okay no she is not because heath made a good comment last week he said it sounded like someone was in the house he sent his wife down there his wife went downstairs hold on there is now ufc women that could probably walk in this room and knock all of us out oh yeah let's just be real dude yeah women are now i don't want to go around with ronda rousey yeah But you see what I'm saying? Don't own the same playing field. You asked me that. I answered. Let me ask you this. Should you be submissive to her if she makes $100,000 a year? Or no, $500,000 a year more than you? Of course not. She doesn't need you. She doesn't. She needs me to have kids. She can find any dude to do that when she's making $400,000 a year. Okay, but your thinking is so backwards.
SPEAKER 01 :
Let me finish. Hold on.
SPEAKER 04 :
I didn't get to finish my point. You just turned around and said that if she makes more money than you, that she needs you. If she has her own house, her own car, her own life, her own friends, her own community, do you really think she needs you if you ain't got no bucks?
SPEAKER 12 :
Nah. You know what? And truth be told, if you had a daughter, would you want that daughter to be reliant on a man? Or do you want her to be self-sufficient in the event that this marriage doesn't fail? Because you even threw out a stat that 50% of marriages fail.
SPEAKER 03 :
I totally agree with that. But you're thinking your logic behind it. If an intruder came into your house with a gun, you're going to send your wife down there. He did. He did. I don't care, bro. The logic behind it's the stupidest thing. If somebody came into my house, I am not telling my wife to go down. No, no, no. You're telling your mom to go down. Most people. Oh, wife.
SPEAKER 04 :
The intruder's here to maybe try to have. Most people. Heath, tell your story again.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, in short, I was building the house and we had hundreds of a hundred thousand dollars or better into it. And we had a bunch of equipment over there, like, you know, things that are expensive. And I went over to the house to lock it up and I heard like a boom or a bang upstairs and I was like. No, I'm closing the door. So I closed the door and left. And I went home to have dinner with my wife. And I said, I told her, I was like, yeah, you know, I heard some. She said, did you lock the door up? And I was like, yeah, after I heard some bang or boom upstairs. She said, did you check it out? I said, no. She grabbed her taser and her light and went over there. And I went with her.
SPEAKER 04 :
So you think it's crazy, but we now heard a story from one of the guys in the show saying that, hey, if your woman's tougher, let her go in.
SPEAKER 12 :
Let her go in, man. You first, baby.
SPEAKER 04 :
Guys, women are cops nowadays. See, I'm an equal opportunity. And if anybody knows more, just call at 303-477-5600. Another question I want to ask you guys is... When does honor and valor of a man take place? Or is that gone away with?
SPEAKER 12 :
So the saddest part is I think men are demonized a lot, but then people fail to realize that it also did take a lot of women to ruin good men. Even my wife will say that about my ex. I was a really good man. And let's just be real. I'm recovering, man. My wife has had to endure just the PTSD, if you will, from my ex. I've always been a good man. Always been a good man. And that's what we value, right? I think that's intrinsic.
SPEAKER 13 :
Honor, integrity, follow through, helping out. Yeah.
SPEAKER 04 :
What do you say about the honor and valor part of it? Faithful, all that.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yes. I don't have any.
SPEAKER 13 :
Is it required to be a man? Honor and valor?
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, yeah, of course honor because you need integrity and you need honesty in your relationship, of course. Yeah. Of course. Well, in life. You've got to have honor. You've got to be known as, you know.
SPEAKER 13 :
Is your handshake? Brian's handshake. Does your handshake mean something?
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, that's a deep question right there. Yeah, of course. And now that you're bringing that back, that's traditional, man. The handshake was back in the day.
SPEAKER 13 :
It doesn't have to be a lawyer and written paper signed. It doesn't have to be that. It's just a handshake. You say you're going to be somewhere or you're going to give somebody something, handshake doesn't.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, you show up. You're opening a can of worms right there. And that's traditional, man.
SPEAKER 13 :
That's me too. Let's bring him back, boys.
SPEAKER 04 :
And I agree with both you guys. Society needs to bring that back, man. If you shake some dude's hand and say, hey, man, I'm going to be there next week and help you mow your lawn, you probably ought to do it unless an emergency comes up. And if an emergency does come up, call the person and say, hey, you can't.
SPEAKER 12 :
If you can't do it, then just be real and say you can't do it. I'm sorry. You know, and I think men, I hear that a lot.
SPEAKER 13 :
That's manning up, right? You man up to it. It's like, oh, I promised this and I have to break the promise. What's it cost to get out of this promise?
SPEAKER 04 :
And that's the first rule of like being a traditional man is keep promise. Don't overcommit. But people hate it. You know how people call you up and they're like, hey, can you do this? Can you do that? And you're like, no, no, no, no, no, I can't. It rubs them the wrong way. But at the end of the day, I think they respect that.
SPEAKER 12 :
They do because it's a boundary. At least you've established that. Sometimes we allow people to walk past our boundaries, and then we're the ones that get upset. We're the ones that burn out. We're the ones that basically are so tired we don't even take care of our own families or ourselves. So sometimes you've got to be able to say, no, I can't do it.
SPEAKER 13 :
Because of overcommitment.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. How much does that have to do with working and just being overly tired? Well, no, not just because I tell you I'm going to do something. Yeah, in my heart, I want to do it. But, you know, 40 hours of work, you know. Well, then that's why you got to think about it.
SPEAKER 12 :
I'm so tired. That's what Jesus even said. Jesus basically said, you got to count the cost on these things. But doesn't the Lord also say that your days be days and your days be days?
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes. Doesn't he say that? He does say that. And we've got a few minutes left. Somebody calling at 303-477-5600. I think... Guys, I would have to say that the traditional man is coming gone, guys. I don't think it's here anymore.
SPEAKER 12 :
But see, the crazy thing is I feel like in this, you know, broadcast, you've kind of demonized a traditional man, in my opinion. Does that sound fair?
SPEAKER 04 :
No, I... I don't think I've demonized them. I just think that it's gone. So I don't think any of us really know what it's like to be a traditional man like our parents were.
SPEAKER 13 :
In evolving, though, evolving should get better, right? Not devolving, right? So we should be getting better at this.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. But see, back then in the 50s, like Stacey had said, I wasn't around in the 50s. However, with that said, were women okay with that role that men played? Was the majority of women okay with that role that men played in the 50s? That's what has to be broken down.
SPEAKER 13 :
Or then, like Stacey, did they have to be okay with that role? Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
Because there's some men forced to exactly there. There's men that do not want to fill that role. They don't want to move away from their mama's house. They don't want to, you know, know what it's like to pay bills, you know, and support a family, things like that, you know.
SPEAKER 04 :
We got one minute left, people. God, man, this topic is just so good. It's a deep one. It is because it gets to the heart of our nation and what's really happening. Because last week I asked a question, and I'll ask our listeners, just kind of keep it on your mind. If Kamala would have became president, does that take away from us as men? I would say yes.
SPEAKER 12 :
I think she would literally take stuff from men in general. You know, like laws would be imposed upon us forcibly.
SPEAKER 13 :
But would you rise to the occasion?
SPEAKER 12 :
No, I'd wait four years, just like I did with Biden.
SPEAKER 04 :
Thank you, everybody, for calling in and listening. This is The Guys Respective. You can always go to our website. You can look up The Guys Respective 5 at gmail.com. Don't forget, it's on Spotify. Yes, every week from 2 to 3, 303-477-5600. Y'all have a good afternoon. And Apple. I don't expect you to understand.
SPEAKER 11 :
I just hope I can explain What it's like to be a man It's a lonely road And they don't care about what you know It's not about how you feel But what you provide inside that home
SPEAKER 09 :
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In this insightful episode, Rick Hughes discusses the different types of testing faced by believers. If you’ve ever wondered why trials come your way, this episode explains the purpose behind suffering and how it contributes to spiritual growth. Rick explores the difference between suffering for discipline and suffering for blessing, emphasizing the need for patience and contentment as key virtues woven into the fabric of our spiritual lives. As always, Rick encourages listeners to find empowerment in God’s Word, offering hope and clarity for those committed to their faith journey.
SPEAKER 01 :
Welcome to the Flatline with your host, Rick Hughes. For the next 30 minutes, you'll be inspired, motivated, educated, but never manipulated. Now, your host, Rick Hughes.
SPEAKER 02 :
Good morning and welcome to the Flatline. F-L-O-T, Flockline. I'm your host, Rick Hughes, and for the next few minutes, stick with me. It'll be a short time of motivation, a lot of inspiration, some education, and of course, no, absolutely none, not a one bit of manipulation because we're not trying to con you. We're not trying to hustle you. We're not trying to get you to join up, fess it up, give it up, nothing like that. Our objective is to teach you the Word of God. And if you want to orient and adjust to God's plan, that's free for you. You can do that. It's your life, your decisions to make. And I have something very critical to talk to you about this morning. I want to talk to you about the testing that we will be facing in the future in our lives. But before I do that, let me just say this, and we'll leave it at that. If you're wondering... about the Flatline Show. If you're enjoying the Flatline Show, you may not know how we afford to broadcast in over 100 cities. We're not syndicated. You don't hear any commercials on this Flatline Radio Show. If you hear a commercial, let me know. It's not supposed to be there. That would be the local station selling time. We don't allow that. But we live by the verse that Paul the Apostle wrote in 2 Corinthians 2, 17. where he said, we are not like many who peddle the word of God, but as from sincerity from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God. I don't claim to have a better understanding than many others on the airway who have Christian teaching shows, but I do proclaim liberty from selling any books or selling any messages. Excuse me. Christian marketing is atrocious and it's sad. And I get numerous ads over social media, sometimes television, other communication mediums, all trying to sell me a book or sell me a video about God, about his word, a movie about God. This Christian marketing is wrong and totally dishonoring to God, in my opinion. Grace living frees us from human dependency. And so my staff and I, the associates that I work with, we've all learned that If God's in it, God will pay for it. If he's not, we need to do something else. So we go ahead and proclaim the gospel. We teach God's word, and we let the Father handle our finances. He does it. He's always done it. He always will do it as long as he's in it. So that truth of grace sets us free from the bondage of trying to market anything. That's why we offer all of our books, all of our transcriptions, all of our DVDs, MP3s, free. Everything is free. We don't sell anything, so keep that in mind. Now, let's go into what we want to talk about today. Eventually, all believers, if you're a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, regardless of where you may be, all believers eventually undergo testing. And it can be in one or two areas, suffering we'll call it, in one or two areas. It can be suffering for discipline, and we know what that's about. We'll go over a little bit of that. And it can be suffering for blessing, and maybe you don't know what that's about. But all believers undergo these sorts of tests if they're ever going to advance spiritually. James writes about it in James 1, verses two through four. Listen carefully to what he says. My dear brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials. That's testing. Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience, but let patience have its perfect work so that you can be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. So one of the reasons that God allows us to undergo these various trials and various testing is so that we can develop patience in our lives as believers. That patience is critical for us to be satisfied with what God gives us in life, to be happy. It's critical you understand you have to have that patience in your life and not be upset, not be worrying about, not be afraid of, not being manipulated by fear. 1 Peter 4.12 says, Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trials which come to try you, as though some strange thing has happened to you. but rejoice to the extent that you are partakers of the suffering of Jesus Christ so that when his glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. So there's the apostle James and the apostle Peter both telling you that you must endure some suffering. You will endure testing. You will go through trials. And the question is, are you suffering for blessing or is it suffering for discipline? We know the scriptures tell us that God often disciplines his children. We know that. In Hebrews chapter 12, we'll look at that here in just a minute. Why does this happen? Why would God discipline me or you for something we've done? Well, it's very simple. When we sin, whether it's a mental attitude sin, a sin of the tongue, or an overt sin, we effectively quench the Holy Spirit. We grieve the Holy Spirit with our personal sin. So when that happens, we break fellowship with God. We're no longer walking in the light as he is in the light. We're no longer having fellowship one with another. And so we've been mandated to confess our sin to God. And that's why 1 John 1, 9 is our rebound passage, the first problem-solving device we have on the flatline of our soul. If we confess our sin, he's faithful and just to forgive us and purify us from all wrongdoing. It's critical that you remember that because that'll keep you out of a lot of suffering. Failure to rebound, failure to admit your sin, failure to maintain the filling of the Holy Spirit brings discipline from God if you're a believer. We also know that God uses suffering to test believers, to test our dedication, and to teach us patience. Patience and contentment are sisters. This is something so critical to understand A content believer is a happy believer. So Paul said it makes no difference what kind of circumstances I'm in, whether I have a lot or whether I have a little, I am content, I'm happy. It doesn't make any difference because his happiness did not depend on people or circumstances or details of life. His happiness and your happiness and my happiness comes from where Jesus Christ tells us it comes from. In Luke 11, 27 and 28, happiness belongs to those people who hear my Father's word and who keep it. And that's the issue. So now, Hebrews 12, six, listen carefully. In case this is you suffering for this reason, I don't want you to be suffering for this reason, so listen carefully. Hebrews 12, six through 10. For whom the Lord loves, he loves you. He didn't abandon you. He's not throwing you under the bus. He's not mad at you. God doesn't get emotionally mad at you. Those that God loves, he chastens. That's a disciplines. And he scourges, now that's some intense discipline, every son whom he receives. Every child of God undergoes discipline when they break fellowship with God and fail to rebound. Verse seven, Hebrews 12, seven. If you endure chastening discipline, God deals with you as with a son. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline? But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you're not really a legitimate son. Furthermore, we've had human fathers who corrected us and we respected them for doing that. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the father of spirits and live? What this verse is teaching us is, number one, if you say you're a Christian, you say you are a believer in Jesus Christ, you're a Christian, and yet you can live in adultery, you can cheat and steal at your business, and you have no suffering, you have no discipline, you have no punishment, then what this is saying to you is maybe you're not really a legitimate child of God, because if you were, he would discipline you. A legitimate child of God will not ever get away with unconfessed sin in his life. Now, it might not happen tomorrow, it might not happen the next day, but the justice of God is always fair and reckons justice. And so any believer, any child of God, who does not have discipline is not really a child of God. You got to, you got to have discipline if you're a child of God. Why does he do that to us? To correct us, to make us have an attitude of gratitude, to get rid of the arrogance in our life. The self-justification that you use to say why this is okay. The self-absorption that you use, it sucks you into it and hip deep where you can't get out of it. And then self-destruction where it leads to eventually. God disciplines you so you won't destroy your life and others around you. And then it goes on to say, we have had human fathers who corrected us and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the father of spirits and live? What does that mean? Here's what it means. There are three stages of discipline, warning discipline, intense discipline, and dying discipline. And live is dying discipline. Proverbs 15, 10, harsh discipline is for him who forsakes the way, but he who hates the correction of God will die. What does that mean? It means when God administers divine discipline in the believer's life and they do not respond to that discipline, they do not confess the sin, they do not move away from the sin, then they may go under the sin unto death. 1 John 5 talks about it. There is a sin unto death. And this is when you go so far down the my way highway, there's no return. And so God just says, all right, let's take him on home. He's going to heaven. He's going to have eternal life. But his time on earth is terminated prematurely. I don't want that to happen to you. I don't want that to happen to anyone. I have seen it happen to believers that I know personally, wonderful people who were involved in sin and would not abandon the sin and eventually went out under the sin unto death. It was not a very pleasant thing. Now let's go back to the other side of discipline, the other side of suffering, not discipline, but suffering. Not suffering for discipline, but suffering for blessing. suffering for blessing. Why would God allow us to suffer for blessing? Well, the purpose of preventative suffering in our lives is for us to learn obedience and self-discipline and enforce in genuine humility. And so just like suffering for discipline comes in three stages, so does suffering for blessing. It comes in three stages also. The first stage of suffering for blessing is from what we call providential preventative suffering. It's taught in 2 Corinthians 12, seven and eight. This is what Paul went through and this is what Paul said. Keep in mind who this is, Paul the apostle. And lest I should be exalted above measure, 2 Corinthians 12, seven and eight, by the abundance of the revelations that have allowed me to see a thorn in my flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me lest I be exalted above measure. In other words, it was keeping him humble. Concerning this thing, I asked God three times to make it go away from me. And by the way, every time God said, no, no, no. And Paul said, because of this, since he wouldn't take it away, I take pleasure in my infirmities and the reproaches and persecution and distress for Christ's sake because when I'm weak, I'm actually strong. When I'm weak, I'm actually strong. Providential preventative suffering performs numerous functions in our life. The first thing it does is it insulates us against the arrogance complex in our soul. You have it and I have it. It's part of our sin nature pattern trend. This means that if we stay in fellowship, if we grow in grace, If we don't get out of fellowship, we can begin to eliminate jealousy and self-pity. We can begin to eliminate all the bitter, vindictive behavior that we talked about recently, the age of rage, if you heard that show. We begin to eliminate inordinate competition with other individuals and mental attitude sins. That's what this providential preventative suffering does. When you go through something like what Paul was going through, he didn't deserve it. He hadn't done anything wrong, but it was given to humble him because he had allowed, God had allowed him to have a lot of insight. Let's go back to that verse. Lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations given to me, a thorn in my flesh was assigned to me. This kept him from being arrogant. All of this is important for you to understand. It's preliminary testing. Providential preventative suffering is preliminary testing. It's warm-up testing. And there are basically four tests that we will face before we begin to establish that momentum in our life. We have to go through this providential preventative suffering. But as you develop spiritual self-esteem, which is the next step, As you've developed spiritual self-esteem, you move into spiritual autonomy. Spiritual autonomy. And this is a confidence and an understanding you have in God. It's a new spiritual status. And it will be tested by God to weed out more arrogance. Once you advance through spiritual self-esteem to become spiritually autonomous, it means you're now independent of spiritual crutches. You hear that? You're independent of spiritual crutches. You don't need a counselor. You don't need a fess-up buddy. You don't need to run to somebody to ask them what you should do. What should I do, brother so-and-so? Your spiritual life was never designed to depend on someone else's counseling. on advice from someone else, on any way using somebody else as a crutch, and a lot of people are not going to like that because they think you need to have a fess-up buddy. I say you do not need to confess your sin to anybody but God. Don't go to somebody and tell them what you've done. That's none of their business. They'll spread it and tell everybody else, and that'll be the end of that. So your spiritual life was never designed to depend on counseling, advice from anybody other than the pastor teacher who communicates the word of God to you, or any other way someone who you might use as some sort of crutch. I get a lot of mail from people, emails and written mails as well, wanting me to help them do this and help them do that. What should I do here and what should I do there? I'm not a counselor. I'm an evangelist. My job is to proclaim the good news, the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, and to communicate basic Bible doctrine to you. But I'm not here to give you advice about what you should do about your mother-in-law, what you should do about one thing or the other, or that you need money and you need help and you want me to send you some money. It's not going to happen. We don't do that. So think about this. Once you get to spiritual autonomy, which is the second stage before you get to spiritual maturity, this is where the real momentum testing comes in. Will you stick with it? Will you really be serious? Are you going to face infirmities, Paul said. Yes, I face infirmities, Paul said. I gave you that verse. I'll read it to you again. 2 Corinthians 12, 10. Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in persecution, in distress for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ. Infirmities. The Greek word for infirmities, asthenia, means weakness or sickness of body. and Paul had much of that. He faced infirmities, he faced reproaches, hubris, the Greek word hubris, which means injuries and violence and outrage. He said, I faced persecution, diagamas, attacks on his person. And he said, I went through distresses, stenochorea, and that's calamity, extreme affliction. He went through all of that. These are things that you will go through. You will go through infirmity. You will go through reproach. You will go through persecution. You will go through distress. Why? on behalf of Christ, Paul said. Listen to what he wrote in Philippians 1.29, for to you it has been given on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for his sake. This is how you grow. This is how you advance in the Christian life. This is how you move forward. This is how you put the old man behind you. This is how you move into a new dynamic of living called spiritual maturity. When you face these sort of tests that Paul was going through under momentum testing, you must maintain the filling of the Holy Spirit. You must continue to use a faith rest drill. If you don't know these things, they're part of the 10 problem-solving devices that we'd give. Problem-solving device number two, the filling of the Holy Spirit. Problem-solving device number three, the faith rest drill. If you don't understand those and don't use those, you will never reach spiritual maturity in your life. But if you do use them, if you do understand them, then in your spiritual autonomy, you will grow stronger and stronger and stronger and propel you into maturity, spiritual maturity. When does that happen? I don't know. I think perhaps a lifetime. But spiritual maturity is a wonderful thing. That's where you give maximum glorification to God. And what a wonderful thing that is for us to be able to do that. Spiritual maturity is giving maximum glorification to God. And in spiritual maturity, there's maximum suffering. It's called evidence testing. This is when you'll be called to the witness stand by the devil himself. You'll be cross-examined by Satan himself. Much like what our Lord went through in Matthew 4 when Satan cross-examined him after being in the wilderness and fasting for 40 days and 40 nights. And he combated Satan with Scripture, Scripture, Scripture. He did not use his omnipotence. He stayed in his humanity. Remember, he was a unique man, undiminished deity, true humanity, and one body forever. And as a man, he defeated Satan by quoting Scripture, Scripture, Scripture, the power of the Word of God. He went through that evidence testing. And if you're going to grow to be a mature believer and give maximum glorification of God, get ready. There will be evidence testing on your behalf. You will be brought to the witness stand like Job. God will test you. He will allow Satan to run the gamut on you, to look at you, to put you under the microscope. Will you fail? Will you get full of self-pity? Will you cry and weep and run to somebody and say, what should I do, brother? What should I do? All these bad things are happening to me. If you don't stay filled with the Holy Spirit, if you don't use a faith rest drill, you will be discouraged. You will be distracted and you will be defeated and you will never bring God maximum glorification. If you want to bring God maximum glorification, get to spiritual maturity. Go through evidence testing. And let me make this clear. Prayer, can I pray for God to remove my suffering? And the answer is absolutely not. Not suffering for discipline, but suffering for blessing. Remember Paul said, I prayed three times and asked God to take it away. And every time God said, nope, nope, nope. You don't pray for the suffering to be removed. It's antithetical to the purpose of why God gave it to you to start with, which is a blessing. Why would you want the blessing to be taken away? And you may say, well, how could suffering be a blessing? Because God designed it that way. Paul said, when I'm weak, I'm actually my strongest because he had nothing else to depend on except the love and grace of God. What do you depend on for your happiness? What do you depend on for your stability? What do you depend on to keep your sanity? Nothing but the love and the grace of God. Prayer is antithetical to the purpose of suffering for blessings. So you got to understand this. Understand the role and the significance of spiritual self-esteem in order to appreciate Paul's wrong application of prayer in asking God to remove the thorn in his flesh. We never pray. We never pray for the removal of the very thing that's causing us to advance to spiritual maturity. We never pray for that. That's the rocket fuel. That undeserved suffering is your rocket fuel, and it's pushing you in the maximum glorification of God by means of evidence testing. So you don't pray for the removal of the suffering for blessing. This is how the protocol plan of God is fulfilled. If God doesn't remove the way of suffering, he intends you to bear it. So you don't pray for the removal of the mechanics of the power by which the very spiritual life you live propels you to spiritual maturity. This is the very thing you're supposed to go through. Here's what people don't understand. If you look at the 10 problem-solving devices, prayer is not a problem-solving device in your life. It's not designed to solve problems. You can pray for others who are under suffering, and you should. You don't judge why they're suffering, but you do pray for those who suffer. It's our privilege as members of the royal family of God to pray for our friends and pray for those that we know are undergoing suffering. It's a weapon of power in the hands of believer priests like you and I. But we never pray for the removal of any suffering from ourself. All suffering is a decision from the sovereignty of God. The Christian does not pray for strength in times of suffering because strength comes from doctrine. Strength comes in other ways. Don't say, God, give me strength to handle this. God, give me strength to handle this. Well, where do you think the strength is going to come from? It's going to come from the faith rest drill. It's going to come through the filling of the Holy Spirit. It's going to come through grace orientation and biblical orientation. Pray that you learn the plot line and establish a plot line on your soul. Ignorant believers, negative believers use prayer for everything because they don't have any doctrine. They don't have any application of doctrine. They don't have any spiritual growth in their life. God's never going to put more on you than you can bear. He told you that. You can put that on your own self when you sin and don't rebound using the law of volitional responsibility. Yeah, you may suffer more than you can bear then because you didn't rebound. But before God gives suffering for blessing, he always provides the way and the means to handle it. So strength and suffering comes from metabolized doctrine in your soul. It comes from the stages of the spiritual life in your soul, having a flat line in your soul. That's where it comes from. That's how you get it. So as a believer, as you accept Christ as your savior, this happened to me, I had to come to spiritual self-esteem. I had to become aware of who I was. I had to become aware of God's plan for me. And then as I went through providential preventative suffering in my life, it moved me into spiritual autonomy where I didn't need a crutch. I didn't need someone else to run to. I was able to take the word of God as my pastor taught me under the filling of the Holy Spirit and use it to sustain myself. And then as I moved into spiritual maturity, combined with evidence testing, I'm able to glorify God to the maximum in my personal life as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. And this is your testimony as well as mine. Are you listening today? Some of you should be listening. You are undergoing suffering for blessing. You are undergoing evidence testing. You're having an opportunity to glorify God to the maximum. Use it. Use your volition to rebound. Use your volition to stay filled with the Holy Spirit. Use your volition to use a faithless drill. And because of Christ's sake, as Paul wrote, I have exceeding joy with this. Count it all joy, brethren, when you go through these things. The Bible told you this. Count it all joy. It's one of the greatest things you could ever experience. Maximum glorification of God under evidence testing. Are you listening? Have you learned something? I went kind of fast. I hope you paid attention. Until next week, this is Rick Hughes saying thank you for listening to The Flotline.
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In this episode, we dissect the absurdities surrounding the modern interpretation of political movements, like the 'No Kings Rally'. Our analysis dives into the historical ignorance that seems prevalent in today's society and why it’s important to stay informed on the roots of such movements. Alongside, we explore the implications of humorous critiques from public figures like Jimmy Kimmel and how these can impact public perception.
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When is Jimmy Kimmel going to start being funny again? This is what they pay him for. The American Revolution was a no Kings rally. It was a freedom protest, not even remotely. The no Kings rally was it's literally sponsored by communists. I mean, literally, they are stupid enough to print up signage and they put the logos of all of the communists and socialist parties on it. You would never have seen the King Street Patriots do anything like this. You would have never have seen Paul Revere do anything like this. The committees of correspondence do anything like this. You would have never have seen Patrick Henry do anything where they had a communist logo on it or a socialist logo on it. That is historically illiterate. One of the things I tell my kids is that as you get older, you realize terrifyingly how stupid people can really be. I think that's why my taste in horror films have changed because I always like, you know, aliens and all that kind of stuff and, you know, sci-fi horror and all that. But really, the truest horror is the horror that man can perpetuate on Earth. the stupidity of man, the folly of man, the ridiculous lengths to which man will go to satisfy his own ego. That's really the true horror. And that's the true horror of the far left that perpetuates this no kings type nonsense. Because saying something like that, the American Revolution turned into an armed conflict because we wanted to be free. Is Jimmy Kimmel saying that he doesn't like the way that the 2020 election went or the way the 2024 election went, so therefore it should follow the same process of armed conflict as the American Revolution? Because that's what he's suggesting by stupidly making this comparison. Of course, again, we are talking about a rotund male who – actually isn't even bringing in the viewers to substantiate his ad rates for his failing show, who bitched and whined in order to keep his spot, not out of merit, but because he was the loudest. A guy who got his start as Adam Carolla's second banana, Oogling Women. He's not the brightest bulb in the box. picatinny style rail that lets you add vertical grips lights you can keep it flush and sleek with a cap if you want it's a smoother pump action for faster cleaner cycling and you also have enhanced durability ultra lightweight it's just under seven pounds unloaded compact bullpup design so you have maneuverability and tight spaces ambidextrous downward shell ejection and a seven plus one capacity for stopping power. And MSRP makes it affordable at just $639. So it brings all of that well within reach. It's from Kel-Tec, K-E-L-T-E-C, weapons.com, made here in the USA. It's Kel-Tec weapons.com. Tell them Dana sent you.
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He sounds ridiculous. He doesn't sound as ridiculous as some of the people sending me hate mail, though. But he sounds pretty ridiculous. Yeah, you see what I did there. So I got to tell you, I got a piece coming out that's going to be really even a whiz banger. I have I oh, man, I've got so many different screenshots. I got to pull the phone up. You can go ahead. And I guess we're going to go ahead and get into some of it. I was it can be pretty negative. So let's go ahead. Do we have the intro? Go ahead, Steve. Hit it.
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And now it's finally that part of the show where Dana monetizes the hate. All week, hateful posts, tweets, replies, and emails have been collected. The best of the best make the cut. It's Mailbag of Hate on The Dana Show.
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It is hate! Hate! Did I sound like that lunchbox in his truck? All right, so where to start? I've got a folder that I keep in my mail, and it's called Blink Holes. And I'm not joking. Kane, you can attest to this. Yes, it is true. So let me start. There were a number of, I think... Comments that I had on social media. So whenever like when we had Josh Hammer on what was the last week? When was it last week a week ago? I Started getting all of this stuff From people who were livid that I had on Josh Hammer and I'm just gonna read you some of the comments now by the way, if you send me mail and And if you're mean, I will literally put you on blast. I will have your IP address, your email address, and your name. And I will make it public. And you consent to having me use your private information however the hell I want to. That is the downside of being a jerk to me. And no one's anonymous on the internet. So starting with this is a guy who's a hairstylist. And I went and looked. And he gives Karen cuts. His name is Davian. Davian does hair. Quote. There is literally no difference between scum like you and scum like the Democrats. You're all the same retarded peas in the same retarded pods just spewing different words. He was very upset because one of my guests was Jewish. Yeah, very upset. Very, very upset. Some people said, let's see, Weaver Chris, another $7,000 check. David Kostaski, get that 7,000 shekels. I had to Google that. I literally, it's Israeli currency. Two shills for Israel, says EW. Jeffrey, 32, says 7,000 per post. Is that right? Traitor. Are we getting 7,000 per post? No. I didn't know. I wasn't aware I was receiving any posts. Steve, you put stuff on Insta. Are we getting 7,000 for that? Where do we sign up? Yeah, where's your check, ma'am? Where did we sign up? A guy named Knucklehead83 on Insta. Wow, who funds you, Dana? BBPainInfluencer7k, a post. Propaganda. Oh, these are actual real, by the way. I mean, make no mistake, these are real. Propaganda, they're losing the narrative. Wait, what? Yeah. Let's see. I mean, that's like all of these. You're funded by Zionists. What do they have on you, Dana, from Gen Z pan? Let's see. 7000 a post, 7000 a post, 7000. Oh, and then we get into some of the emails, too. I have, let's see, I have Joyce who says she loves listening. And I don't know if I want to give her last name. I think I may. She says, I've noticed your face is plumper. You are much more attractive without the surgery. Just my opinion. They're from Englewood, Florida. Her husband's name is Bill.
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What effing surgery?
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Cain, you see me every day. Every day. You would know if I'd even do something even remotely.
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Even quick. Even a weekend little something.
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Yeah. No, it's not happening. With all my surgery. Give me a break. Exactly. Exactly. Let's see. Eileen said, I need you to go back to your real hair. This wig does you no favors. It makes you look unattractive and it makes you look like a Karen. Eileen, a female viewer. She actually typed that. It is literally my real hair, guys. It's real. I've never... I cannot even believe some of the stuff people say. It's hysterical. Oh my gosh, you guys want me to keep going? Somebody doesn't like my microphone, Cain. This is from Jack Tittle, who says, I like you, but I don't like your mic. And I don't like that you look down. Other people use better looking microphones. Yours is ugly. Sorry, Charlie. Jack.
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I actually take offense to that.
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Okay, Cain, tell them about the microphone.
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My dad has a plating company in downtown St. Louis, and we chrome plate everything that you could imagine that looks great when it's chrome. And the casing of that microphone was isolated and chromed specifically for Dana because it's kind of an homage to Rush's golden microphone. This is just the chrome kind of version to it. Yeah. So I take offense to that.
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Yeah. And then last but not least, I don't even think I can read this one. I had to block this guy because he's obsessed with feet. Cain's like, please, dear heavens, no.
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You said only one more and now you're bringing feet into it.
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This is such a sick headline. Luigi Mangione was lavished with forty thousand dollars in prison cash, along with I mean, he's gotten all kinds of erotic letters every day from ladies, lusty ladies who were sending him all these letters. Twenty seven year old faces a federal murder charge. Remember, he shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson dead yesterday. on the streets of New York as he was attending a conference in December of 2024. And people think that he's a hero. They think he's a folk hero. And they they said they've been putting money on his commissary at the detention center and that he can spend up to one hundred and sixty dollars every day on snacks and stuff like that. That's like he's being rewarded for murdering a guy. It's just this is insane. This is the assassination culture of the left. Pro Hamas hackers hijack airport loudspeakers across North America. They spewed Netanyahu. They attacked Netanyahu. They had Jewish slurs. They went after Trump and caused lots of delays. I can't believe they were able to just do that as easily as they did. Passengers at airports in Pennsylvania, British Columbia, they were stunned when they started hearing what was coming out of these loudspeakers. They had videos that they posted, and it showed all of these pro-Hamas recordings blasting through these terminals at Harrisburg International Airport and Kelowna International Airport in Canada. And they flashed messages praising Hamas, urging a, quote, free, quote, unquote, Palestine. just wild absolutely wild uh police um it's actually no it's one of these we have in here twice uh oh china this is a very interesting conversation china talking about rare earth elements they are bristling because rare towards this rare earths retaliatory movement they're uh Their expansion, they're trying to control measures on their rare earth minerals, and now it's backfiring. France and others of the group of seven, they said they want to unite and respond to China's actions. The Trump administration slammed their global power grab efforts because they, we talked about this a million times, they have a chokehold on rare earth minerals. And it's, this is going to come really into play.
SPEAKER 12 :
Something that's said is he has no experience. And this is not a job for someone who has no management experience to run 300,000 people, no financial experience to run $115 billion budget. He literally has never had a job. On his resume, it says he interned for his mother. This is not a job for a first-timer. Any day, you could have a hurricane, you could have, God forbid, a 9-11, a health pandemic. If you don't know what you're doing, people could die.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, and he would know all about that, about the people dying. Remember all of the elderly people that he put into, or all the people with COVID that he put in these nursing homes and he killed a bunch of elderly people. I mean, you know, just saying. He would know about that. Yeah, if you don't know what you're doing, like me, but Mandani is not smart enough. He didn't come back with that statement. He didn't. I would have been right out the gate with that. I would have been just ready to rock and well, you know, you would know that, wouldn't you? Because you killed X amount of people, but Mandani doesn't know any of that. This debate last night, I don't want to, you know, cheer uh Cuomo. I really don't like Mandani at all. And this debate last night was pretty wild and pretty insightful. This is the cut that really got me. I'm going to call for cut 17 here. So on the stage, I don't know why. Well, I mean, I do, but At the same time, if you're debating, and I guess if you don't have a resume, because Mandani has literally nothing. I mean, the guy has nothing. He has no resume. He's a nepo baby, etc. I guess this is the only thing that he has to try to show some sort of authority over Cuomo. This is cut 17, and he... was questioning him about whether or not he's ever been to a mosque. And just listen to this and then we're going to dissect it.
SPEAKER 12 :
Two totally separate things.
SPEAKER 01 :
Mr. Mamdani, you want to respond?
SPEAKER 06 :
You know, it took Andrew Cuomo being beaten by a Muslim candidate in the Democratic primary for him to set foot in a mosque. He had more than 10 years, and he couldn't name a single mosque at the last debate we had that he visited. And what Muslims want in this city is what every community wants and deserves. They want equality, and they want respect. And it took me to get you to even see those Muslims as part of this city. And that, frankly, is something that is shameful and is why so many New Yorkers have lost faith in this policy.
SPEAKER 02 :
Why does it matter if he steps into a mosque? Who cares? Why does he have to step into a mosque? We're not doing this kiss the Islamist ring nonsense. We are not doing this. But that's all he has. So he plays this Muslim, Muslim, Muslim card because he has no nothing. He has nothing. Mandani has no achievements. He has no resume. He has literally, I'm not using that incorrectly, literally zero private sector work experience. Not even that. The dude doesn't even have public sector work experience. He's a nepo baby who decided he wanted to be mayor and his parents are financing his campaign. He also wants to take your guns, but he refuses to call for the disarmament of Hamas. And what's what's funny, too, he didn't he get he when did he get married in Uganda came? Was it spring that we were talking about that? It was this year. OK, so he got married in Uganda and he had. He had like a whole spec ops crew. I mean, that's what was reported as their wedding security. You couldn't even get in. It was armed guards, everything. Now, he doesn't think you should be able to have that. He went to Uganda and had it for himself. He is a... a nepo baby who violates the terms of his own marxist beliefs by he's not a worker he's not one of the working class and he just lives richly and he wants to deny the same ability to build that wealth to you he doesn't want you to have those opportunities it's quite simple but this idea that you got to kiss the ring who gives a rat's ass if he stepped into a mosque or not who cares and He's lived here in America longer than you. You want to really get down to it? There you go. Or you haven't stepped into it. Well, you don't need to step into a mosque. You don't need to go and worship someone else's faith in order to be a good governor, which he wasn't. And he wouldn't be. I mean, would he be a better mayor than Islamist Mamdani? Yeah. Just because he's not an Islamist. I can't even believe I'm saying that. But those are the choices New Yorkers have left themselves with. But that was really troubling. To me, I didn't like that. Well, you've never even stepped foot. So? Have you stepped foot in a church? When's the last time you went to a worship and praise service, Ma'am Donnie? Or a mass or anything like that? When's the last time you put up a Christmas tree, Ma'am Donnie? You want to do this? Let's do it. Let's go all the way. When is the last time you did anything to affirm the beliefs held by our founders that formed the creation of this republic? You don't even believe in the same divine hierarchy that we believe in and that affords free will. Your faith doesn't just your faith even practice free will. I mean, let's go ahead. If we're going to if he's going to do this religiously bigoted nonsense, then let's drive it off the cliff to its full conclusion. It's ridiculous. Did you interpret that the same way I did, Cain, or am I just overreacting to it? It felt like a ring kissing request.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, who needs to kiss the ring? Nobody needs to kiss the ring.
SPEAKER 02 :
Cain, have you ever been into a mosque?
SPEAKER 04 :
I thought there was like this healthy separation of church and state from the left. I don't understand why they have to do this.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, Islamism, that's what's so funny. The left screams about Christianity because they're tools for tyranny, but they have no problem when it's Islamism. And you bring up a great point. I mean, you want to talk about an absence of church and state. There you go. There you go. They don't realize that's the that's the real battle, by the way, and they don't realize it. That is the real battle. We're building up to that. There's going to be one not epic knockdown drag out in the years to come. Unless it comes sooner, but know that. Now to his, we're going to have more. Do I want to, yeah, let's do 22. So this was, I guess, one of his proposals for free bus rides in New York City. Just listen to this. This is, okay, yeah, cut 22.
SPEAKER 06 :
I think it's one of the key reasons why we have to make buses free is because it reduces the assaults on bus drivers. It creates a safer work environment.
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So, you know, if someone wants to come up and stab you to death, they're going to be less likely to do so if the bus ride's free. That's his logic. So free bus rides so you don't get assaulted. Who pays for the bus fares? Oh, what you don't know is that he has, in other instances, said that they're going to have to raise taxes more in order to make that possible. So it's not free. They think that they can just relegate everything to taxation and that makes it free somehow, which is astounding. He has no idea how governance works. We're relegated to taxes. And yeah, it's free then after that, Cain. It's free. Free bus rides.
SPEAKER 04 :
He was asked that directly. I think Juan is pulling up this video, but I just put this in Slack. He was asked directly, how is this going to be paid for? It's clearly not free. We know it's not free. Free is not how it works. But Juan's ready to go.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, yeah, taxes. It's the taxes. Yeah, listen. Oh, he'll get it.
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We will fund the revenue that would have otherwise been brought in from fares. And that's something that we would do in partnership with Albany. And I've put forward two proposals. The first is to raise taxes on the top 1% of New Yorkers by 2%. That would raise $4 billion. The second is to raise the state's top corporate tax rate to match that of New Jersey, which would raise $5 billion.
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So everybody pays for it. It's not free. So in order to not get stabbed, you have to pay more in taxes. You have to pay protection money. This is called extortion. You have to pay protection money so that the people who are dangerous and would kill you and your baby on the bus, they don't do that, Cain.
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We're already seeing millionaires and billionaires leaving. We're already seeing companies leaving. So what he's going to do is essentially put the burden more on those who are already fleeing because the burden is huge.
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Yes.
SPEAKER 04 :
This is not making any sense.
SPEAKER 02 :
Not at all. Not at all. Man, I'm telling you what. It's something. This debate was something last night. I don't know how anybody could cheer for anything that he said at all. It's... I don't know. He said he was working to raise taxes. And he he did mention the Cuomo thing about seniors to deaths in nursing homes. But that was in a separate comment. But then he also he really audio. This is cut 15. He never actually denounced Hamas. He's always danced around it. And he was asked about that at this debate last night. Listen.
SPEAKER 01 :
I covered your speech in an Upper West Side synagogue where you said anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism. There is no difference. And you were talking about Mr. Mamdani. Is that not an allegation?
SPEAKER 12 :
No, I make that statement all the time. I was referring to Mamdani. OK, all right. Mr. Mamdani, a brief response, then we have to move on.
SPEAKER 06 :
I have denounced Hamas again and again, and it will never be enough for Andrew Cuomo because what he is willing to say, even though not on this stage, is to call me the first Muslim on the precipice of leading this city, a terrorist sympathizer, is to send mailers that artificially lengthen my beard, is to say to New Yorkers that they should be fearful.
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So he gets into this stupid thing. Cuomo should have jumped in and said, you literally refuse to condemn, globalize the intifada. Isn't that true? That's where Cuomo should have jumped in and said that you have literally repeatedly been asked to condemn it. The slogan of Hamas. And you won't. You have also repeatedly refused to condemn from the river to the sea repeatedly. Another chant from Hamas. And you won't. Why is that? That makes you a sympathizer. Does it not? That's the way he should have handled it. I don't think that Cuomo was ready for that. Democrats are not ready to address the zealots and the crazies in their own party. And the right isn't either. But the left, they have accommodated them for too long. People like Mamdani used to be agitators that they would use to get out the vote for people like Pelosi and Schumer, etc. Well, then they wanted a piece of the pie. They wanted a seat at the table. They wanted some recognition. And so they weren't being given it. So they decided to really just, you know, take that opportunity and raise their influence themselves within the party. And now you have a Frankenstein's monster situation. That's what Cuomo should have said because he's trying to skirt the issue. He refuses to condemn everything that they're doing and everything that they're saying. Case in point, I mean, just check out this language here. This is Audio Soundbite 21. Listen.
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I want to be very clear. The occupation is a reference to international law and the violation of it, which Mr. Cuomo has no regard for since he signed up to be Benjamin Netanyahu's legal defense team during the course of this genocide.
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Well, first off, he can do that as a consultancy. Secondly, why are you kissing the backside of international law, which we, the United States... We recognize American jurisprudence. We recognize our system of law and order. We're not talking about what a bunch of Europeans determine in The Hague. And first off, anyone who uses the term occupation, you are already a sympathizer to Hamas because that's not even correct. The occupation is by Hamas. The colonizers are the Jordanians that moved into the strip and decided to invent for themselves an ethnicity and called themselves Palestine, which, once again, to remind you, was a resurrected hijacked name that was given to the area to spite the Jews after the second Judean uprising by an old dead Roman emperor named Hadrian. And it was the name of a people that hadn't even been there 200 years in 200 years. And they weren't even from the area. They were from Crete and they were a seafaring people. So you are the occupiers. You are the colonizers. That is who you are. That's what Cuomo should have said. When you go to these debates, you have to go for bear. And he wasn't ready. And Mandani didn't. as ridiculous as he is, wasn't challenged on it. He's a smooth talker, but you got to rock him.
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In this episode, we delve deep into the controversies surrounding the 'No Kings' rally and its implications on the government shutdown. With candid commentary from various speakers and a humorous take on the absurdity of current political narratives, listeners are in for an engaging discussion. Explore how the 'No Kings' rally is ironically sponsored by communist groups and what this says about modern protests and their motivations. And, humor abounds as the episode intertwines the humorous tones of Oktoberfest celebrations with serious political discourse.
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Mr. President, do you think that the government shutdown is all about this rally that's happening this weekend, the No Kings rally?
SPEAKER 06 :
No, I mean, some people say they want to delay it for the king. This is not a king. You know, they're saying they're referring to me as a king. I'm not a king. Right.
SPEAKER 24 :
No, but just so that Chuck Schumer could go and say, I'm fighting Trump.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, Chuck is, you know, at the end of the line. He's being beaten by everybody that they poll against him. And, you know, what he did is he did the right thing. a couple of years ago on something like this and he got hurt by his party and it doesn't i don't think it matters to him i think he's just so dead that he'll do anything i think they could just stay out forever i mean to be honest with you now what we're doing is we're cutting democrat programs that we didn't want because I mean, they made one mistake. They didn't realize that that gives me the right to cut programs that Republicans never wanted, you know, giveaways, welfare programs, et cetera. And we're doing that, and we're cutting them permanently. We're cutting a $20 billion project that Schumer fought for 15 years to get, and I'm cutting the project. The project is going to be dead. It's just pretty much dead right now.
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You know, Cain, we were talking about this as we were getting ready to go on air, and you made a good point. You're like, well... I'm not going to try to do your voice because I can't. But you said essentially that, well, if it really was an issue of kings, then the government would be open. You know, if it really was a king's thing, then the government would be open.
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If Trump was a king, we'd have an open government right now.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah. I mean, I completely agree. We absolutely would. We absolutely would. Welcome to the show. It's the heck day, is it? Friday. I don't even know. I've been buried in so many things, pulled in a million different directions. It's Friday. Welcome to the program. Dana Lash with you. We are at the top here of this first hour. So the No Kings. Look, I'm going to just tell you guys this. So it's, you know, it's Oktoberfest where I live. And well, I mean, it's I mean, it's October, but it's like, you know, the little towns, they have their little Oktoberfest things. And, you know, my very nice husband, God love him. His family's, they're, you know, German. And they... going to Germany is something that's not on the list until they get some of their illegal immigration in check and their government in check and some things, you know, a little correct course. So the closest you can do is go to a town square in America, right? And, you know, put beer in a stein and walk around and listen to the Oompa bands. And he wears this little green hat. I don't know. I just don't ask questions. I just go Irish and American Indian. Okay. Just go along with it. And that's my descent. And, you know, it's fun. It's entertaining. You eat all the baked goods. You have the spaetzle. I'll be damned if I see a No Kings thing interrupt the Oompa Band enjoyment, the spaetzle, and the strudel, and all of the other fun stuff, Cain. I will be throwing spaetzle. Not going to happen. Do not. Just saying. It's like the one time where I don't, when I'm like... Oh, my gosh. I just can't. It's also a time of enjoyment where we meet because they have a lot of vendors that are from Germany and they come. I'm going to get to the point. And whenever my husband pronounces our last name, they recoil in horror because they're like, that is not how it's pronounced. It is. And I can't even make the umlaut sound over the O's. We say lash. I don't know, man. Originally, it was von losch. And they left Germany. So long story short, I don't want to see no king's nonsense to bust up my oompa spaetzle enjoyment. Or I will be oompa ticked. Not having it. Can you just, there's no, it's just a stupid phrase that is meaningless because we're looking around like there's no kings. There is no kings. There's no monarchy. If I were Donald Trump, I would be bitch slapping people right and left. Oh, no kings. I would be the king that you would feared. So these people need to just pray to the Lord, a prayer of thanks. Thank you. Thank you that we don't have anyone horrible. in the White House, and that it's POTUS. POTUS is Trump. They ought to be happy instead of complaining. This idea, no kings, no kings. They put halos around Barack Obama's head. Have we forgotten this? Well, I mean, we haven't, but apparently they have. So welcome to the show. So they're having, didn't they have, wait a minute, let me pull this up. I had this in my notes. Didn't the no kings, they're, what is it their advertisements or their handbills or? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Didn't they have the sponsor, a communist party? Because I think that they put the little hammer and sickle literally on the thing. And I remember seeing that online. Which I'm totally not surprised about at all whatsoever. I mean, yeah, they're literally sponsored by the Communist Party with this. So they have this... I just find it funny because they're communists. I mean, it's really a communist movement. They're communists and they... yet put all these sponsors like it's indicative of capitalism. So I'm looking at it. Forgive me because I have to enlarge this graphic. They literally have the Communist Party's little logo, CPUSA, on there. This is the funniest thing I've ever seen. No kings, no troops in our cities, no billionaires. Wow, wow, wow. And then if you guys go on the left-hand side of your screen, all the way at the bottom. What's that little red square, Kane?
SPEAKER 16 :
Look at that. CPUSA. What's that? The Communist Party of the United States of America, which is so oxymoronic, by the way. Yeah, I mean, it's... Which is closer, by the way, to kingship. Is it communism or a representative republic?
SPEAKER 21 :
I'm surprised that I don't see like Internet Explorer on this and Crocs and all this is sponsored by, you know, I'm just Publishers Clearinghouse, Internet Explorer. What is that smelly cream that we used to all wear in high school after sports? What is that? Bengay. Can you even say that or is it politically incorrect? Been questioning his orientation. It's that cream. And it's probably, you know, now it's probably a chick. Bernadette Gay. Just saying. They have CPUSA as a sponsor. And then, oh, oh, look who else they have. Literally, oh, they've got two communist things. Oh, did you see them? So they got CPUSA. Then you kick over. Oh, Freedom Socialist Party, which is like litter on a turd. That's how meaningless that is. It's a socialist party, but let's put freedom in front of it. Yeah, because that makes it less stupid. It's great. And then right over the Young Communist League. So you got two commies, two commie groups, and then the socialists, the Freedom Socialist Party. What is even that? That's so stupid. Technically three communists. No, we're not just like socialists. We're freedom socialists. Oh, wait. Then you go up, up top. Oh, look at that. In New York City, Democratic Socialists of America. Same thing with the freedom socialists. It's stupid. And they're like, well, it's pretty democratic in front of it. It's less dumb. No, it's still the same level of dumb. And it's that's right there front and center. Look at that. Oh, wait, let's go up one more. Oh, a little group called Indivisible. That's a Soros funded group. I know that for a fact because I ran their financials because one of them, they try operating it here. It's this cranky old pervert who follows young students, namely female around. protesting about commie stuff. And that's in my town. So yeah, look at all of that. Oh, and there's another one. Oh, we're another Indivisible Brooklyn, another little commie group. Oh my goodness. Look at all the commies there. I mean, there's so many commies. You can't throw a stick without hitting one. So fascinating stuff. That's who No Kings is sponsored by. No Kings. But we're going to totally like be endorsed by communists, which essentially is just like a dumber version of like the traditional monarchy. You can't make this stuff up. You cannot make this stuff up at all. So that's who's sponsoring everything. So I better not see any damn commies out. I don't even know. Are they doing anything in Texas? As we type. Oh, that's right. I love how they write the headline like you want to know these things. North Texas is no king's protest. When, where, what to know. Um, no. And dumb. I mean, it's just stupid. And you know what it is? It's a bunch of leftists who have no rhythm that get together with their dumb signs. That's all it is. That's all it is. So, uh, yeah. There you have it, Kane. The No Kings Protest. Sponsored by commies. It's not surprising. We're not surprised over this. This is how they work. So a few other things that we are watching. You got Zielinski. Are we going to have another showdown in the Oval Office? I got a drink out of my new John Wayne mug because I went to the John Wayne Museum, by the way. If you're watching, it's a Friday, so we're just doing whatever today. This is the largest mouthed mug I've ever had in my life. I feel like I'm going to go diving in it when I have it. Black and bitter like my heart. So the... We're going to come back to the no commies thing. Zelensky is visiting the White House probably, I don't know, to maybe Trump can get him on task to not, you know, kind of make to not make waves. Although I would. I really would like to have another showdown in the Oval Office while we're here on air. I would like that. That would be nice. So we're going to keep an eye on that and come back to that topic. Also, everyone was freaking out over what the White House press secretary said in an interview yesterday when she was talking about who the Democrats' main constituency is. And this is cut eight, please. Danke.
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proved that the Democrat Party's main constituency are made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens and violent criminals. That is who the Democrat Party is catering to, not the Trump administration and not the White House and not the Republican Party, who is standing up for law abiding Americans, not just across the country, but around the world.
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And the left is apoplectic. So I saw this last night and it I mean, people were freaking out. People being, you know, people on the left saying, that's so mean. Can you believe that? That language, that's, you know, that's, can you believe that that's, she said that. Where's the lie? I don't hear one. Yeah, for real. Like, where is the lie here? There isn't. Yeah, I would actually add. So she says it's Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, violent criminals. You know, trannies. I'd throw the trannies in there. The old cat ladies that are covered in cat hair like toddlers with glitter on a craft project. Feminists, old angry, you know, old angry barren feminists. Let's just throw it all in there. I mean, all the every every avatar of the left that you can imagine. Right. Criminals. Well, violent criminals, all level level of criminals. Let's just go ahead and throw it all in there. The left is mad, but that's who they are. That's who you are. Oh, by the way, killer trainees, sidebar, killer trainees. You know how you had, what was the movie? What's the movie I'm thinking of? Killer Clowns from Outer Space. Killer trainees from Earth. A Plague Upon the Universe or Plague Upon the Galaxy. You can have that one for free. So she's not incorrect with anything that she just said here. Do they not like having to see the reflection in the mirror? I'm just curious. We have more on the way. It's I don't know. We're in a weird mood today. It's Friday. And who knows? We're going to watch what happens with Zelensky at the White House. We've got a ton of stuff to bring you up to date on, including not just that, but also the debates last night, Virginia and then Ma'am Donnie. So there was a very interesting exchange at one point in the debate last night where Cuomo and Mandani were going back and forth. And Mandani was basically asking him, so can you name a mosque? Can you name a single mosque? When did the litmus test have to be to kiss the ring of Islam to do anything? So we're going to discuss this. We have a lot more to get into, including some things that I can't read a lot on air, but I have it listed on my rundown this way. our friends at All Family Pharmacy. This website can never cease business because I will not know what to do. I love All Family Pharmacy. I use it. Not only can you get the stuff that gatekeepers try to keep from you, the hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, the whole nine yards, NAD+, all of that, but You can also get your emergency medications and daily medications. You can get antibiotics. Like, for instance, if I know that I'm getting strep, I've had it enough. I know what it is. I'm not an idiot. I'm not going to go out there and abuse antibiotics to the point of rendering them ineffective. But I'm not going to go and pay like an $80 whatever fee and go and have a doctor tell me what I know I have and then have to wait. No, no, no. I'm going to go to all family pharmacy, put in my symptoms. The doctor is going to look at it. approve, and then send my prescription in and my medications right to my house. That's how it works. You can get it in two to four days, overnight, in a pinch if you need it. I also got my anti-nausea meds when I went on the MRC cruise to Norway. Ladies, I went and got the Latisse for your eyelashes, so if they start looking really good, that's why. You can choose your medication, not insurance or risk-averse physicians. Try it today. Take your medical freedom back. Visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana. Use code Dana10 today. That's allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana, code Dana10.
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And now all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
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Ace Fraley has passed away. I think everybody's aware of it now. This news hit, what is it, like early yesterday evening. He was 74 years old. The family announced it in an emotional statement yesterday. They said they were devastated and heartbroken. Variety broke the news. And, of course, you know, founding member, amazing guitarist. I mean, he's one of the greats, so this is wild. So that does, as Lorraine was noting yesterday, complete the rule of three because there were two other individuals. So... We're sad. That's because Kiss is great. They're all very nice. Also, let's see. We've got a couple of other things here. So Los Angeles Times, they're seeking investors after they lost 48 million dollars. The Hollywood Reporter says that the L.A. Times is. owner. They're pitching to investors. They generated $237 million in revenue, but they saw a loss of $48 million last year alone. This is what gets me. They have only 500,000 combined print and digital paying customers. We have like 11 times that for daily listeners. That's insane. They have 615 full-time staff. That's crazy. I cannot believe that they only have that many customers. That's Wow. Words fail. I don't think they're going to get the investment that they're seeking. Just saying. Just saying. Trump team is planning an IRS overhaul to enable the pursuit of left leaning groups. This is something to watch. Wall Street Journal says that the effort would. It's going to install Trump ally at the agency's criminal unit. They've drawn up a list of investigative targets. I mean, precisely, this is about going after Antifa because it's funded. You know, people used to say that, you know, some of these other criminal organizations in the United States weren't organized until they started investigating it. And then they found out, oh, lo and behold, they are. Same thing with Antifa. And according to a stupid study that I'm not paying attention to, no amount of alcohol is safe, at least for a dementia risk, according to this bad study. We have a number of things to touch on. We got those debates. We got the left. We got all kinds. Stick with us. It's Friday. As we move our partners, it'll bring you the program. It is the folks who make Super Beats, the company called Human. They were founded out of the UT Health Science Center and built on real cardiovascular research around blood flow and nitric oxide. And unlike other supplement brands, Human is science-born and not just science-ish. Their products work and you can feel them working. UT athletes have used Super Beats for over a decade, calling it their cheat code for recovery and endurance. And you can use it for the same reason, to support healthy blood pressure and circulation. Today, more than 160 college and pro teams use human products, And so your favorite team probably does also. And if you've seen the human logo on the Longhorns field for football season, it's more than a sponsorship. It's a signal from human and UT leading the future of cardiovascular health. So the super beats heart chews from human heart, healthy energy without the crash. And you can find them at your local Walmart and start supporting your cardiovascular health today. Get on the better road. Get on the road to better health with human.
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What the Assemblyman said is he has no experience. And this is not a job for someone who has no management experience to run 300,000 people, no financial experience to run $115 billion budget. He literally has never had a job. On his resume, it says he interned for his mother. This is not a job for a first-timer. Any day, you could have a hurricane, you could have, God forbid, a 9-11, a health pandemic. If you don't know what you're doing, people could die.
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Well, and he would know all about that, about the people dying. Remember all of the elderly people that he put into, or all the people with COVID that he put in these nursing homes and he killed a bunch of elderly people. I mean, you know, just saying. He would know about that. Yeah, if you don't know what you're doing, like me, but Mandani is not smart enough. He didn't come back with that statement. He didn't. I would have been right out the gate with that. I would have been just ready to rock and well, you know, you would know that, wouldn't you? Because you killed X amount of people, but Mandani doesn't know any of that. This debate last night, I don't want to, you know, cheer uh Cuomo. I really don't like Mandani at all. And this debate last night was pretty wild and pretty insightful. This is the cut that really got me. I'm going to call for cut 17 here. So on the stage, I don't know why. Well, I mean, I do, but At the same time, if you're debating, and I guess if you don't have a resume, because Mandani has literally nothing. I mean, the guy has nothing. He has no resume. He's a nepo baby, etc. I guess this is the only thing that he has to try to show some sort of authority over Cuomo. This is cut 17, and he... was questioning him about whether or not he's ever been to a mosque. And just listen to this, and then we're going to dissect it.
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two totally separate things.
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Mr. Mamdani, do you want to respond?
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You know, it took Andrew Cuomo being beaten by a Muslim candidate in the Democratic primary for him to set foot in a mosque. He had more than 10 years, and he couldn't name a single mosque at the last debate we had that he visited. And what Muslims want in this city is what every community wants and deserves. They want equality, and they want respect. And it took me to get you to even see those Muslims as part of this city. And that, frankly, is something that is shameful and is why so many New Yorkers have lost faith in this politics.
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Why does he have to step into a mosque? Why does it matter if he steps into a mosque? Who cares? Why does he have to step into a mosque? We're not doing this kiss the Islamist ring nonsense. We are not doing this. But that's all he has. So he plays this Muslim, Muslim, Muslim card because he has no nothing. He has nothing. Mandani has no achievements. He has no resume. He has literally, I'm not using that incorrectly, literally zero private sector work experience. Not even that. The dude doesn't even have public sector work experience. He's a nepo baby who decided he wanted to be mayor and his parents are financing his campaign. He also wants to take your guns, but he refuses to call for the disarmament of Hamas. And what's what's funny, too, he didn't he get he when did he get married in Uganda came? Was it spring that we were talking about that? It was this year. OK, so he got married in Uganda and he had. He had like a whole spec ops crew. I mean, that's what was reported as their wedding security. You couldn't even get in. It was armed guards, everything. Now, he doesn't think you should be able to have that. He went to Uganda and had it for himself. He is a... A nepo baby who violates the terms of his own Marxist beliefs by he's not a worker, he's not one of the working class, and he just lives richly and he wants to deny the same ability to build that wealth to you. He doesn't want you to have those opportunities. It's quite simple. But this idea that you got to kiss the ring, who gives a rat's ass if he stepped into a mosque or not? Who cares? And He's lived here in America longer than you. You want to really get down to it? There you go. Or you haven't stepped into it. Well, you don't need to step into a mosque. You don't need to go and worship someone else's faith in order to be a good governor, which he wasn't. And he wouldn't be. I mean, would he be a better mayor than Islamist Mamdani? Yeah. Just because he's not an Islamist. I can't even believe I'm saying that. But those are the choices New Yorkers have left themselves with. But that was really troubling. To me, I didn't like that. Well, you've never even stepped foot. So? Have you stepped foot in a church? When's the last time you went to a worship and praise service, Ma'am Donnie? Or a mass or anything like that? When's the last time you put up a Christmas tree, Ma'am Donnie? You want to do this? Let's do it. Let's go all the way. When is the last time you did anything to affirm the beliefs held by our founders that formed the creation of this republic? You don't even believe in the same divine hierarchy that we believe in and that affords free will. Does your faith even practice free will? I mean, let's go ahead. If he's going to do this religiously bigoted nonsense, then let's drive it off the cliff to its full conclusion. It's ridiculous. Did you interpret that the same way I did, Cain, or am I just overreacting to it? It felt like a ring kissing request.
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Yeah, who needs to kiss the ring? Nobody needs to kiss the ring.
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Cain, have you ever been into a mosque?
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I thought there was like this healthy separation of church and state from the left. I don't understand why they have to do this.
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Well, Islamism, that's what's so funny. The left screams about Christianity because they're tools for tyranny. But they have no problem when it's Islamism. And you bring up a great point. You want to talk about an absence of church and state? There you go. There you go. They don't realize that's the real battle, by the way, and they don't realize it. That is the real battle. We're building up to that. There's going to be one epic knockdown drag out in the years to come. Unless it comes sooner, but know that. Now to his, we're going to have more. Do I want to, yeah, let's do 22. So this was, I guess, one of his proposals for free bus rides in New York City. Just listen to this. This is, okay, yeah, cut 22.
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I think it's one of the key reasons why we have to make buses free is because it reduces the assaults on bus drivers. It creates a safer work environment.
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So, you know, if someone wants to come up and stab you to death, they're going to be less likely to do so if the bus ride's free. That's his logic. So free bus rides so you don't get assaulted. Who pays for the bus fares? Oh, what you don't know is that he has, in other instances, said that they're going to have to raise taxes more in order to make that possible. So it's not free. They think that they can just relegate everything to taxation and that makes it free somehow, which is astounding. He has no idea how governance works. We're relegated to taxes. And yeah, it's free then after that, Cain. It's free. Free bus rides.
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He was asked that directly. I think Juan is pulling up this video, but I just put this in Slack. He was asked directly, how is this going to be paid for? It's clearly not free. We know it's not free. Free is not how it works. But Juan's ready to go.
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Well, yeah, taxes. It's the taxes. Yeah, listen. Oh, he'll get it.
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We will fund the revenue that would have otherwise been brought in from fares. And that's something that we would do in partnership with Albany. And I've put forward two proposals. The first is to raise taxes on the top 1% of New Yorkers by 2%. That would raise $4 billion. The second is to raise the state's top corporate tax rate to match that of New Jersey, which would raise $5 billion.
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So everybody pays for it. It's not free. So in order to not get stabbed, you have to pay more in taxes. You have to pay protection money. This is called extortion. You have to pay protection money so that the people who are dangerous and would kill you and your baby on the bus, they don't do that, Cain.
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We're already seeing millionaires and billionaires leaving. We're already seeing companies leaving. So what he's going to do is essentially put the burden more on those who are already fleeing because the burden is huge.
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Yes.
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This is not making any sense.
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Not at all. Not at all. Man, I'm telling you what. It's pretty something. It's something. This debate was something last night. I don't know how anybody could cheer for anything that he said at all. It's... I don't know. He said he was working to raise taxes. And he he did mention the Cuomo thing about seniors to deaths in nursing homes. But that was in a separate comment. But then he also he really audio. This is cut 15. He never actually denounced Hamas. He's always danced around it. And he was asked about that at this debate last night. Listen.
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To interrupt, I covered your speech in an Upper West Side synagogue where you said anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism. There is no difference. And you were talking about Mr. Mamdani. Is that not an allegation?
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No, I make that statement all the time. I wasn't referring to Mamdani. OK, all right. Mr. Mamdani, a brief response, then we have to move on.
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I have denounced Hamas again and again, and it will never be enough for Andrew Cuomo because what he is willing to say, even though not on this stage, is to call me the first Muslim on the precipice of leading this city, a terrorist sympathizer, is to send mailers that artificially lengthen my beard, is to say to New Yorkers that they should be fearful.
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So he gets into this stupid thing. Cuomo should have jumped in and said, you literally refuse to condemn, globalize the intifada. Isn't that true? That's where Cuomo should have jumped in and said that you have literally repeatedly been asked to condemn it. The slogan of Hamas. And you won't. You have also repeatedly refused to condemn from the river to the sea repeatedly. Another chant from Hamas. And you won't. Why is that? That makes you a sympathizer. Does it not? That's the way he should have handled it. I don't think that Cuomo was ready for that. Democrats are not ready to address the zealots and the crazies in their own party. And the right isn't either. But the left, they have accommodated them for too long. People like Mamdani used to be agitators that they would use to get out the vote for people like Pelosi and Schumer, etc. Well, then they wanted a piece of the pie. They wanted a seat at the table. They wanted some recognition. And so they weren't being given it. So they decided to really just, you know, take that opportunity and raise their influence themselves within the party. And now you have a Frankenstein's monster situation. That's what Cuomo should have said because he's trying to skirt the issue. He refuses to condemn everything that they're doing and everything that they're saying. Case in point, I mean, just check out this language here. This is Audio Soundbite 21. Listen.
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I want to be very clear. The occupation is a reference to international law and the violation of it, which Mr. Cuomo has no regard for since he signed up to be Benjamin Netanyahu's legal defense team during the course of this genocide.
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Well, first off, he can do that as a consultancy. Secondly, why are you kissing the backside of international law, which we, the United States, We recognize American jurisprudence. We recognize our system of law and order. We're not talking about what a bunch of Europeans determine in the Hague. And first off, anyone who uses the term occupation, you are already a sympathizer to Hamas because that's not even correct. The occupation is by Hamas. The colonizers are the Jordanians that moved into the strip and decided to invent for themselves an ethnicity and called themselves Palestine, which, once again, to remind you, was a resurrected hijacked name that was given to the area to spite the Jews after the second Judean uprising by an old dead Roman emperor named Hadrian. And it was the name of a people that hadn't even been there 200 years in 200 years. And they weren't even from the area. They were from Crete and they were a seafaring people. So you are the occupiers. You are the colonizers. That is who you are. That's what Cuomo should have said. When you go to these debates, you have to go for bear. And he wasn't ready. And Mandani didn't. as ridiculous as he is, wasn't challenged on it. He's a smooth talker, but you got to rock him. our partners that help bring you the program. It's our friends over at Patriot Mobile, the only Christian conservative cell phone service that is in existence. Patriot Mobile not only protects the things that you vote to protect at the ballot box, but they also give you great coverage, reliable nationwide coverage with access to all three major U.S. networks. There's no compromise on quality for your values. They have unlimited data plans, mobile hotspots, international roaming, device protection. i mean internet backup to stay connected and it's so easy to switch you can keep your phone or in your number or upgrade and get entirely new everything change your number and don't tell anyone it's up to you fast activation by their 100 us-based support team right from your house or office you don't have to go into brick and mortar you can stay comfy in your sweats if you want or just you know chill at your desk before you leave for work get it all switched over nationwide coverage that's fantastic and veterans and first responders you get 15 off your bill every month Switch over to the cell phone service that I've used for over a decade, PatriotMobile.com slash Dana, or you can call 972-PATRIOT. And don't forget to use promo code Dana, because when you do, you get a whole free month of service. Switch today, PatriotMobile.com slash Dana, promo code Dana, 972-PATRIOT.
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Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of the United States.
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The American Revolution was a no-kings rally. And if you are planning to go to the rally, and you're going to be making your own sign, everybody there has a sign. I just want to ask you, remember, our president is very sensitive about his weight, so please do not use the word Shamu Salini to describe him.
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When is Jimmy Kimmel going to start being funny again? This is what they pay him for. The American Revolution was a no Kings rally. It was a freedom protest, not even remotely. The no Kings rally was it's literally sponsored by communists. I mean, literally, they are stupid enough to print up signage and they put the logos of all of the communists and socialist parties on it. You would never have seen the King Street Patriots do anything like this. You would have never have seen Paul Revere do anything like this. The committees of correspondence do anything like this. You would have never have seen Patrick Henry do anything where they had a communist logo on it or a socialist logo on it. That is historically illiterate. One of the things I tell my kids is that as you get older, you realize terrifyingly how stupid people can really be. I think that's why my taste in horror films have changed because I always like, you know, aliens and all that kind of stuff and, you know, sci-fi horror and all that. But really, the truest horror is the horror that man can perpetuate on Earth. the stupidity of man, the folly of man, the ridiculous lengths to which man will go to satisfy his own ego. That's really the true horror. And that's the true horror of the far left that perpetuates this no kings type nonsense. Because saying something like that, the American Revolution turned into an armed conflict because we wanted to be free. Is Jimmy Kimmel saying that he doesn't like the way that the 2020 election went or the way the 2024 election went, so therefore it should follow the same process of armed conflict as the American Revolution? Because that's what he's suggesting by stupidly making this comparison. Of course, again, we are talking about a rotund male who – actually isn't even bringing in the viewers to substantiate his ad rates for his failing show, who bitched and whined in order to keep his spot, not out of merit, but because he was the loudest. A guy who got his start as Adam Carolla's second banana, oogling women. He's not the brightest bulb in the box. Coming up, we got a lot of other things to hit. We got Zelensky visiting the White House. We'll keep an eye on that and see how that goes and bring you anything if it comes to that. But also, England banned fans of an Israeli soccer team from attending a sporting event because they just might be attacked by the anti-Semites who elected the MP that decided to ban them. in England, in Birmingham. We're going to talk about that coming up. Stick with us. Our partners that will bring you the program, it's our friends over at Ammo Squared. This is a great company that's going to make sure that you stay topped up on all of your ammunition. It is America's ammunition reserve. It's a worry-free solution to stockpiling ammo for the future, and you can avoid getting caught empty-handed. Choose from over 70 calibers, set your monthly budget, and then let Ammo Squared curate your supply automatically so you set up, forget it, and ship it when you need it. It's a secure, climate-controlled facility. It keeps your ammo fresh and safe until you decide to get it delivered. There are no minimums, no hidden fees, and you've got free shipping on orders over $250. Join the 100,000-plus members in a community with thousands of five-star reviews. Your readiness is their mission. Visit AmmoSquared.com and secure your ammo supply for the future. Don't run out when it counts. Stock up before training and restock after to stay ready. Visit AmmoSquared.com and be sure to mention that you heard about it on The Dana Show.
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Obviously, and I've explained this, or at least we did in a statement, you know, that I went on vacation with my wife, with some friends. I was incredibly lucky. You have to be to end up ahead, frankly, going to a casino anywhere. It was in Las Vegas, and I like to play cards, and so, you know, that I founded a... charitable poker match here in Chicago called the Chicago Poker Challenge that raises millions, has raised millions of dollars for the Holocaust Museum here. And particularly to stand up for civil rights, that's much of what the Holocaust Museum does. And so anyway, that's all I can say about it. I mean, I had fun doing it. I encourage people to come to the state of Illinois and gamble in our casinos here. We have some really lovely places to go.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, let's go to Illinois. What do they tax you at if you try to go get your winnings, I'm sure?
SPEAKER 15 :
It's 40 plus percent. Yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
Why would anybody go there? I don't gamble just because I just... When you grow up poor, you don't. So I can't even imagine going over there.
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Imagine what it would take to win $1.4 million. You'd have to have one hell of a credit line or something going on to put down the bet to win that in a game of poker or blackjack or anything.
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Well, he is a caprillionaire. So I would say J.B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, whom you just heard, he is a caprillionaire. So that, you know, it makes sense that he's got that kind of money to do that. I mean, it's but he's didn't because wasn't he getting in trouble for failure to report? And then that's how some of this stuff all came to light. Isn't that just interesting? Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you at the top of the second hour. Yeah, he. Well, he reported his latest tax filings after he was playing blackjack. I just think it's funny that a billionaire nepo baby, because that's what he is, goes and gambles in Vegas. Is that weird? I just that's not an activity that I would. But of course, he didn't make any of his money. So what is it to him? It's meaningless to him. He's a part of a family that made it for him. You know, isn't that the left loves being all of the things that they claim to hate just because they don't want you to ever have the opportunity to be that. That's really what it, that's what so much of it's about. So welcome back to the program. I got to tell you about this insane story that I, it is stunning. It's a stunning story. I first saw this online and this, it has to do with, I'm going to pull up my other piece here. It has to do with... The soccer team in Birmingham and how apparently Israeli soccer fans were banned from the Aston Villa match. And this is going to be very interesting for their Prince of Wales over there because he's a big fan of Aston Villa and they're probably going to try to pressure him to speak out. So police today, they're getting tons of pressure because there's a there's a ban that's been implemented on supporters of one of the Israeli club attending a match at Aston Villa. And the Tel Aviv team, they've been controversially barred from their Europa League visit to Villa Park in Birmingham on November 6th because they said that there's public safety fears. So the let me pull this up. The MP. that implemented this, of course, is Islamist adjacent. There's no other way to put it, is Islamist adjacent. And he put out this statement that the Tel Aviv fans will not be permitted to watch the match at Aston Villa. And they were like, well done to everybody who signed our petition. The guy, the MP said, thank you to all who put the safety of Aston Villa fans, Birmingham residents and the British police above the Zionist and political pressure to let Israeli hooligans and terrorists run riot in our city. I don't know if you've ever seen some of this stuff, but. And in fact, one of the reasons that one of the reasons I started to see Tommy Robinson everywhere is because they were soccer. They're football fans and they would leave matches and they were they were they would be like attacked by Islamists. There was this like way, way back long ago that you can read about his origins. But it kind of started with that group. pushing against Islamists. There was like a Veterans of Foreign War or something like that parade in one of the towns. And you had a bunch of, you know, football fans. And then you had a bunch of Islamists that were protesting the parade. And you can imagine how that turned out. So they said in a statement, this MP, Barrister Ayub Khan, He says, I welcome the safety advisory group's decision to advise that the Tel Aviv fans are not going to be permitted to attend Villa Park on the 6th of November. He said that from the moment the match was announced, it was clear that there were latent safety risks that even our capable security and police authorities would not be able to fully manage. And with so much hostility and uncertainty around the match, it was only right to take drastic measures. Maybe you could tell your Islamists to stop Islaming. That's a... Yeah, maybe you could... Wow. And sorry, you're a colonizer. This MP is a colonizer. I believe in e pluribus unum, but with a caveat. You assimilate and you appreciate and accept the freedom of your nation and you don't do anything to alter it. Anything less than that is colonization. This guy's a colonizer. And so... I... It's the Islamists in Birmingham. They apparently cannot be counted on to not commit acts of violence against visiting foreigners who simply want to watch a soccer slash football match. There's never been a Jewish terrorist attack in the U.K., There's been tons of Islamist ones, though. I mean, you had an elected MP that just called, like visiting Jewish soccer fans, act like they're terrorists for this. This is crazy. Apparently they are going to review the decision. But there was an imam in Birmingham who's saying no mercy, no mercy to these people, to the visiting Israelis. The... This Birmingham-based British Islamist, whatever he is, he's really been, I think he's been trying to incite. I just don't know how he isn't. Asrar Rashid, he said that Mercy has a time and a place, but not at Villa Park when they have their match. You're a colonizer. He's a colonizer. Now, they've been having they've had ever since they had the terror attack at the synagogue, they've had people protesting. And a lot of these there's there's a lot there's this is indicative of a lot. When you look at the makeup of Birmingham as well, it's changed dramatically. And this is, again, going back to the United States with E Pluribus Unum. E Pluribus Unum is we all are we we share the common denominator of spirit of liberty and we don't do it. We conserve individual liberty and we don't do anything to to break down or damage the republic, the construct in which we enjoy these freedoms. And when you cease to do that, when you refuse to honor that, you are not becoming you're not a plural bassoon. I mean, you're not acting within that goodwill. You are a colonizer in the same respect that these people that are going to the UK, that are going to Britain and that are doing this there. Does this sound like in any way that they are trying to mesh with their adopted country? No, it's colonization. So they banned an entire group of people because they're Jewish, because the Islamists can't be counted on to not attack them. And the MP who was elected by the Islamists is the one who implemented the ban. I mean, this is crazy. They had Rupert Rupert Lowe, who is the independent MP for Great Yarmouth, who said we shouldn't be banning groups of football fans from Britain because Muslims might get offended. Now, at the Europa League match that they had last year, they had Israeli fans that I mean, they were attacked by pro Hamas fans. And then they had a dust up after that. And that that descended into riots. And I I just don't know how because everyone's now saying Prince William needs to get involved in this because he's a Villa fan. He might have to. This is just crazy. They had the Jewish Leadership Council that criticized the decision. They said that it's perverse that a Wave fan should be banned from a football match because West Midlands police can't guarantee their safety. Nigel Farage, who's the reform leader over there, says it takes racial discrimination to a new level. This is rough. I can't imagine something like that happening in the United States, but the United States is on that track. And the Muslim population in Birmingham has grown significantly. It is one outside of London. It's, I think, like the largest in the UK. So it's like a minority majority. And it's been growing really quickly. They saw a substantial increase. I was looking at their Office of National Statistics. They saw a substantial increase. So in 2011, it was 21%. In 2021, it's 30%. That's really big. And just that amount of time, it went from 21% to 30%. And the Muslim population is the largest increase of all of the religious groups in the city. Theirs is the largest. The absolute largest. To break down the religion, Christianity, those identifying as Christians, 34%. Those identifying as Muslim, 30%. Sikhism is like, what, maybe 3%. That's it. Judaism point 10. It is it's almost a Muslim majority city. It's probably within the next five years it will overtake. So now you can see this MP why he did why how he got elected and what he's how he's doing what he's doing. It's like what we've been seeing in Minnesota. And again, this has nothing to do for all of the people who want to do a Mott Bailey and they want to deflect and say, oh, that just sounds, you know, it sounds jingoistic. It sounds that's not what the issue is. And you're conflating it because you're a moron. The issue is that you have people who refuse to honor the jurisprudence of the land to which they are adopting as their new home. They are refusing assimilation. You do not have successful immigration without assimilation. If I were wanting to move to Italy, I'm not going to demand that Italy become more like the United States. That's stupid. It's also entitled. It's grifty. It's colonizing. Things that the left purportedly hates. But yet they do it themselves. And they defend it when it's done with Islamism. So... Keir Starmer had released a statement. It was kind of a wishy-washy sort of thing where he had said that, oh, this was basically, I was trying to find the statement here, that it was in, you know, it's kind of in bad taste. He shouldn't have said it or they shouldn't have done this. This isn't going to help. But he really didn't, you know. You know what? It's not any different than what Mamdani's been saying here in New York. You know, he said pro-Israel Democrats are not welcome in his coalition. He actually said that to The New York Times, according to The Washington Free Beacon, that had an excerpt of the story. They said that that the Mamdani said the left should not make an exception for progressives who back Israel. Sounds very similar, right? I'm telling you, the UK is just several years ahead of from us. We are going down that path right now. By refusing to accommodate any other type of legal understanding other than American Western jurisprudence. By refusing to silo people off. By refusing e pluribus unum. You will get that. That is where we are heading. And everyone wants to fight over influence in the Trump White House. And who gets invited to what cocktail party. And the right is too busy. It's so stupid. This is the real battle. And if you can have literal fans because they're Jewish banned from going to a soccer match. We got more on the way as we roll towards headlines. Chapter is a partner that you can trust that will walk you through all of the craziness with the quote unquote Medicare enrollment season, which you hear over and over and over again. Now, with chapter, they're going to get you squared away. It's a partner that you can trust. They are salaried. They do not work on commission and they advocate for you and not the insurance company. Medicare plans change every year, you see. So if you're unhappy with your plan, you have got to check what's coming for 2026. And failing to review your options could mean losing the coverage you depend on. 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This is such a sick headline. Luigi Mangione was lavished with $40,000 in prison cash along with, I mean, he's gotten all kinds of erotic letters every day from ladies, lusty ladies who were sending him all these letters. 27-year-old faces a federal murder charge. Remember, he shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson dead yesterday. on the streets of New York as he was attending a conference in December of 2024. And people think that he's a hero. They think he's a folk hero. And they said they've been putting money on his commissary at the detention center and that he can spend up to $160 every day on snacks and stuff like that. He's being rewarded for murdering a guy. This is insane. This is the assassination culture of the left. Pro-Hamas hackers hijack airport loudspeakers across North America. They spewed Netanyahu. They attacked Netanyahu. They had Jewish slurs. They went after Trump and caused lots of delays. I can't believe they were able to just do that as easily as they did. Passengers at airports in Pennsylvania, British Columbia, they were stunned when they started hearing what was coming out of these loudspeakers. They had videos that they posted, and it showed all of these pro-Hamas recordings blasting through these terminals at Harrisburg International Airport and Kelowna International Airport in Canada. And they flashed messages praising Hamas, urging a, quote, free, quote, unquote, Palestine. just wild absolutely wild uh police um it's actually no it's one of these we have in here twice uh oh china this is a very interesting conversation china talking about rare earth elements they are bristling because rare towards this rare earths retaliatory movement they're uh Their expansion, they're trying to control measures on their rare earth minerals, and now it's backfiring. France and others of the Group of Seven, they said they want to unite and respond to China's actions. The Trump administration slammed their global power grab efforts because they we talked about this a million times. They have a chokehold on rare earth minerals. And it's this is going to come really into play. Coming up, our friend Josh Hammer joins us on a number of issues. Stick with us. So apparently we have to stop falling for the whole higher thread counting because it doesn't necessarily mean better sheets. That's fake news, apparently. It's like believing that you use like 10% of your brain. So the secret isn't thread count, it's thread quality. And this is where Bull & Branch has won a lot of folks over at yours truly. They use the best organic cotton. End of. I mean, these are sheets that feel incredible, like the moment you take them out of the box. So the first night that you put them on, you can tell right away that they're softer, they're cooler, and they have a great weight. It's like kind of having a five-star hotel room in your own house. And I'll tell you something else. The sheets get better every time that you've washed them. I've washed mine countless times and they just keep getting softer. You can't do that with cheap sheets because they totally fall apart. Bowl and branch, they get more luxurious. So you'll sleep better and you kind of feel like a spoiled brat, but it's okay. I'm not going to go back to the old sheets. Once you try them, you're not going to either. So if you're ready to upgrade your sleep, and you should, visit bowlandbranch.com slash danashow because there you'll get 15% off your first set plus free shipping. So that's bowlandbranch.com slash danashow for 15% off. Exclusions apply.
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Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. You can listen coast to coast. We're all over terrestrially as well as digitally. Channel 347, DirecTV, Rumbles, The Chat, X, Facebook, all of it. I was talking to Kane on break that there's a Ramones song for every occasion. They got you covered every occasion. And I was thinking about this because the stories that I'm getting ready to dive into with my friend Josh Hammer in a minute. I played Now I Want to Sniff Some Glue by the Ramones. These stories make me want to sniff glue. Never been a glue sniffer, but I really do want to start now because of some of the headlines that I've seen. I've seen... I have a massive post coming out about this on Substack. And it deals with the... the leaked chat, the leaked texts. But that's just the entry point to a broader conversation. And on this and, of course, a million other issues, and we were just talking about this story in Britain where you had Israeli fans that were literally banned from going to a soccer match in Birmingham because the Islamist MP has decided that they don't feel like protecting foreign visiting fans from the Islamists that won't assimilate in the U.K., There's a lot to discuss. My friend Josh Hammer joins me. You know him. He's senior editor at large at Newsweek, host of The Josh Hammer Show and America on Trial with Josh Hammer. And he's got a book, Israel and Civilization, The Fate of the Jewish Nation and Destiny of the West. You're kind of like Marco Rubio. You just do a whole bunch of stuff. I've realized this, Josh.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah, but Dana, very high on the list that you neglected is that I'm also your friend. So thank you.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, thank you. It is a job. I tell you, it is a full time job. It's good to see you, my friend. Let me before I dive into this other stuff, can I get your thoughts on this this story coming out of the UK? So you you have, you know, in Birmingham, which we were going over some of the. demographics in that city, and it is a really quickly changing city. They have a lot of very strong Islamist representation in their parliament, and so you had visiting fans, Tel Aviv fans of that club, who were supposed to be visiting Birmingham for a match, watching Aston Villa, and they're banned now from attending because apparently they would be attacked by Muslims, and oh my gosh, they just, you know, UK just doesn't want to do anything about that. I... I'm not shocked to see it happen, but I am. And I think that it's a you know, this is the canary in the coal mine because Mandani, Mandani was just saying that there is no room in his coalition for anyone who recognizes Israel as an ally or is supports Israel's basically their right to exist. What are your thoughts on this?
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, sadly, I'm totally unsurprised. I'm just I'm so fazed at this point. I'm so utterly jaded at this point when it comes to again, this is not talking about anti-Zionist. We're not even having a debate over whether or not Israel's an ally. I mean, we're talking here in the UK.
SPEAKER 21 :
We all know that that's a veneer.
SPEAKER 23 :
Correct. It is here, there, and everywhere a veneer. But, I mean, Britain has been going down this rabbit hole, Dana, for so long. I mean, I actually lived in London for a few months. I studied there over the course of a university semester back in 2009, around the time this whole thing was getting started. In fact, Dana, maybe I grew up kind of sheltered. I probably did, frankly. But my first real encounter with vitriolic, face-to-my-face Jew hatred came in England, actually, during those few months that I was living there. It was not in Birmingham. It was actually in London itself. I was going out to a bar on the Tube on the London subway, the Metro, with some of my friends. And I don't even remember, frankly, how this Englishman, who was just a white Englishman, wasn't even a Muslim guy, I don't actually remember how he found out that we were Jewish, but he did. And he just started talking about how Hitler was right and how the Nazis should have won. And I actually had to physically restrain my friend from punching him. In retrospect, I probably should have just let him punch him, to be honest with you. But Britain has been going down this road for a very long time now. And It's really sad because in my heart, Dana, I'm an Anglophile. I really am. I am a huge proponent of all that Britain has given the world when it comes to the English common law, when it comes to parliamentary principles, separation of powers, the very notion of the reconciliation of individual liberty and the common good is very much kind of a British English concept. It's our language, obviously, but – I mean, you can't help people fundamentally that will not help themselves. I want Britain to recover. I want much of Europe to recover. I'm actually flying to Europe somewhere else in Europe this Sunday evening for a conference. I want these places to recover. But again, you just you can't help them that are willing to commit national suicide. It's really, really sad. But tragically, I'm not I'm not particularly surprised at all.
SPEAKER 21 :
That's a great point, because I mean, do they you know, there's obviously some good people over there that definitely are pushing back against this. But it's like, why now? Because this has been building for over 10 years. I mean, we saw it, gosh, back in 2008. We've seen it before then. And to that point, it's happening here. And we can talk about, you know, the Mamdonis and all of that. There was a. I've seen a lot of mutual friends that we have that have been making really good points about what I think is the entry point conversation. You know, you had the story that this week about the Politico leaked texts or chat or whatever, this leaked conversation. They called a group of young Republicans and young is doing a lot of heavy lifting here because there's some 30 year olds and there are a lot of 30 year olds and some 40 something year olds as well. But regardless, they're all professionals who are operating within the highest levels of political influence. know work working in the political structure here in the united states and they were reckless enough to allow themselves to now be judged and penalized by stating i don't know if i don't whether it was a joke or what from the heart the mouth speaks is the number one issue for me and then secondly that you would commit that You have two fail safes here. You know, you're typing it in and then you're hitting send and that gets past those two fail safes and you're putting that out there. This is a growing problem on the right. You and I have talked about this. But what angers me is that people on the right think that we are too weak in our own principles in order to be victorious on our own. So we have to become the left in order to beat the left, which then just means the left has won, Josh.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yes. So there are two things going on here. I want to try to separate them out a little bit because I view them, analyze them slightly differently. What is there's this notion that I think there is a difference between how people conduct themselves and how they talk privately versus publicly. I'm not justifying horrific language by any stretch of imagination. But I do think back, Dana, to my old friend Kyle Kashuv. Kyle was denied admission to Harvard University. He was a survivor of the Broward County, Florida, school shooting, Marjory Stone Douglas. And he was essentially – his offer to Harvard rescinded because on some Google doc at the age of 16, he made – I honestly don't remember what he said, but it was deemed to be a racist comment there.
SPEAKER 21 :
But he was 16, Josh. These people are in their 30s.
SPEAKER 23 :
For sure, no, again, and to be clear, you have to be really, really, really stupid to say this stuff in a group chat. Dana, I have personally been on multiple group chats that have leaked, including one that was leaked in extremely high profile fashion. Yeah, let's talk about that. Yeah, about a week and a half, a week or so. I mean, you have to be really, really dumb to put these thoughts in any kind of group chat, especially with people that you don't intimately know and trust there. So you're really, really, really dumb. I guess the only point that I'm making there, Dana, is that I think a lot about what Dennis Prager once said, which is that especially for folks like me and you who are kind of in the in the public light, you try to judge people for what they say and do publicly, not privately to an extent. But the more important point here, the more important point where I think you and I are entirely on the same page is that the right has to clean its own house. OK, you know, I see a lot of folks saying that, you know, the reason the right is not winning right now is because we don't act more like the left. We're not kind of all kumbaya, all sites focus on the right. Well, last I checked, the left was not doing particularly well in America. Last I checked, Kamala Harris was losing every single swing state to Donald Trump. Last I checked, the Democratic Party had historically low approval ratings there. I think part of that is because they've allowed the crazies to take over the asylum.
SPEAKER 21 :
Can I ask you, don't you think that we're being sold a false narrative that we're not winning? Because we have the White House, we have the House, we have the Senate. We are we're beating the snot out of Democrats in terms of Republican registrations. If we're talking about party ideal advancement, you know, you go through Republicanism. We're beating them. And we're I mean, my gosh, New Jersey's competitive for the first time ever. Florida was flipped. I kind of wonder, too, if we're not being sold a lie by people who want to make money like the left always agitates. Maybe that's kind of happening on the right as well, trying to undercut our victories.
SPEAKER 23 :
Look, by any objective metric, the Republican Party, from a partisan perspective, is in about as good a shape, if not the best shape, that it's been in my entire adult lifetime, certainly. I mean, probably the best shape it's been in, at least since George H.W. Bush's massive victory in the 1988 presidential election, which is literally the year before I was born, so I guess in my entire lifetime. I mean, things things are going pretty well for the Republican Party at this time. Things are are still going less well, I think, from a conservative cultural perspective and a lot of the private institutions there. But the Trump administration is indeed waging a lot of these these righteous wars and crusades there when it comes to the fight against DEI and anti-Semitism and higher education and the general fight against DEI and corporate America. So really, I think to be a conservative right now in America. is not the same way that it was during the height of the Biden administration, is not the same way that it was during the height of the Obama administration. Times are overall pretty good at this moment. And this would not be a good time to start mimicking the left, which, again, is not weeding out its crazies at all. Rather, their crazies are about to lead cities like New York City.
SPEAKER 21 :
Exactly. You were talking with our friend Josh Hammer, and you mentioned you were a part of – You were a part of some chats that leaked and that were, you know, very that was that's kind of wild to watch, especially when you're grieving for the loss of a friend and having all of this stuff play out. Of course, we're talking about Charlie Kirk and some of the stuff that you've kind of been lassoed into as a result of this. So there were there was this big debate over Charlie Kirk's views towards Israel. And, you know, it's been really well covered and documented because I think there are some people that are trying to hijack his legacy for their own financial advantage. and take, you know, posthumously take the mic from him and try to redefine what he believed. You knew all of this and you were very classy. You stayed very silent. And then some of these, some of the texts came to light. Some other texts came to light. But the bottom line is there is a huge difference between questioning the decision making in terms of battling narratives and then the theory that Mossad killed a guy for like whatever reason. Tell us about this because you've actually filed suit over this.
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, not yet.
SPEAKER 21 :
We've had discussions. Talking about it, yes.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah, I've been openly mulling it. I mean, to be clear, Dana, if we do decide to proceed, I think there's a very serious potential claim here for defamation. But I'm still mulling it over. Litigation is obviously not something to be joked about. I'm a lawyer. I know that all too well. But look, I did try to stay above the fray when it came to this debate. This whole screenshot war started. or really escalated last Monday, so about a week and a half ago, literally 20 minutes before I'm logging off for a Jewish holiday, the holiday of Sukkot, which Christians typically call the Feast of Tabernacles. So I was literally about to turn my phone off for like 49 hours, and I see that Candace Owens has these screenshots, and I turn my phone back on last Wednesday evening, and essentially all hell had broken loose. And yeah, a week ago, I felt compelled to release the very final screenshots of what Charlie finally sent in his final messages to this particular WhatsApp chat that I was in there, showing that he was very grateful for a Zoom call that we had had the night prior to his death, a Zoom call that Charlie reached out to organize where he reached out to me and a couple others. He was very concerned about rising anti-Semitism on campus, Dana, and he wanted to know the best ways to get rid of it, to basically try to, in amiable fashion, because he was a very happy warrior, to try to persuade these keffiyeh-clad crazies and their quote-unquote right-wing fellow travelers that no, the Jewish people are actually a historical force for good, that no, actually the state of Israel is a force for good in the Middle East. So really until his final moments, Charlie Kirk really did remain a staunch friend to the Jewish people. And how do I know that? Because I was that Jewish friend, Dana. I mean, you know, he talked the talk of Jewish-Christian alliance and he literally walked the walk. I mean, this WhatsApp chat that he formed was a mix of Jews and Christians. It was like eight people, small chat. He literally called it saving civilization. It was his words because he literally felt that a Jewish-Christian alliance and from a geopolitical perspective, the U.S.-Israel relationship, these are the pillars. We might call these the four pillars of Western civilization. He believed that with every fiber of his being. And you're totally right. There are a lot of people, Candace among them, who are now engaging in reckless, deceitful, and propagandistic revisionist history, trying to rewrite his legacy as something other than it was for the purpose of trying, I think, to steer Turning Point USA. It seems to me that that is what their goal is, is to try to influence the direction of Charlie's organization, Turning Point USA. They're not going to be successful because there is just a voluminous Internet archive of Charlie Kirk talking about things like keeping the Sabbath, of quoting the book of Genesis, the book of Psalms, Proverbs. He was a huge fan of quoting the Hebrew Bible. He talked over and over and over again about the imperative of defending the Holy Land from a Christian perspective there. He was all in on this issue, and it's a tremendous loss. And, Dana, we're not going to let the bad faith provocateurs win here.
SPEAKER 21 :
And good for you on that. And I just the way that you handled it, I just have to say, was incredibly classy and incredibly transparent. And I don't think that you've received enough credit for that.
SPEAKER 23 :
Thank you.
SPEAKER 21 :
It was I mean, and it was just in perfect keeping with honoring the memory of of Charlie, which, you know, that seemed to have gotten lost with a lot of other people claiming to carry the banner. But you kept it. I would love to have you back because there's so much to talk about. I think that this is an ongoing conversation like this is an entry point of something very serious. happening in the United States. And, you know, I've talked about that, you know, a few times, you know, on air and off air. There's something happening that has to be addressed, especially with the other generations that are coming up. And we'll have those conversations in the weeks to come. But it's so good to see you, my friend. And God bless you and safe travels as well. And we'll talk again soon.
SPEAKER 23 :
Always a pleasure. God bless you.
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It's his life mission to make bad decisions. It's time for Florida, man.
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So a North Florida man is facing multiple felony charges after deputies say that he attacked two of his relatives with knives. And then he injured himself in the incident over the weekend. It happened just south of Tallahassee. They arrested 73-year-old Allison Hatton, who is a man with the name Allison. He was charged with one count of attempted felony murder, aggravated battering a person over 65 years of age, one count of assault. Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa. You can be 73 and attack somebody who's 65 and then or 66 and then you get charged with. But you're 73. You know what I mean? Like, how is that? Anyway, and a count of assault with the intent to commit a felony. They said that the 69-year-old relative of Hatton was awoken earlier as Hatton was repeatedly stabbing her in the chest and neck with a kitchen knife. Good night. Another individual intervened, managed to disarm him. Holy cow. He said that he was going to kill, when police were talking to him, Hatton said he intended to kill the 69-year-old, the other adult relative, his dog, and then himself because he was, quote, trying to get him up to heaven. They had to be choppered out of their life flight in order to get treatment. And he's in jail on all the aforementioned charges. We have more to come. POTUS is speaking right now from the White House. We're going to watch this. We have a whole other hour on the way. Stick with us. All Family Pharmacy is a family-owned business dedicated to helping you get the medications that you need when you need them the most. With over 200 essential medications, including antibiotics, antivirals, ivermectin, emergency kits, and so much more, they have you covered for everything from daily prescriptions to even biohacking support. Right now, they've lowered prices on ivermectin and minbendazole by up to 25%, starting at just $2 a capsule. Plus, save an extra 10% using code GENERAL. Dana10. Each order includes a doctor's prescription, so there's no hassle or middleman. And as flu season approaches, now's the time to stock your medicine cabinet with essentials like Tamiflu, antibiotics, and vitamins to help keep you and your family healthy. And beyond basics, All Family Pharmacy offers biohacking products like NAD+, Methylene Blue, all kinds of stuff to boost energy, focus, immunity, the whole nine yards. Visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana and use code Dana10 to save 10% today. Don't wait. Be ready for flu season with All Family Pharmacy. That's allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana and use code Dana10. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. Top of this third hour and a lot to get into. But right now, POTUS is speaking from the White House. Lots of really good questions. He's got Marco Rubio with him as well. He was talking about his discussions with Putin and Zelensky as well as fielding questions from the press. This is stuff that you're going to want to know. So we're going to go ahead and drop in on this live in progress. And POTUS is sitting right across from Zelensky as well. And the press is behind Zelensky just to give you the idea of the setup.
SPEAKER 08 :
Mr. President, it has been reported that Maduro offered everything in his country, all the natural resources. He even recorded a message to you in English recently offering mediation.
SPEAKER 06 :
What should we do in order to stop that? He has offered everything. He's offered everything. You're right. You know why? Because he doesn't want to f*** around with the United States. Thank you, everybody.
SPEAKER 05 :
Thank you.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, uh...
SPEAKER 21 :
There you go.
SPEAKER 16 :
Didn't expect that.
SPEAKER 21 :
What? Steve, do we catch that? God, that's full.
SPEAKER 16 :
Did we get that, Steve?
SPEAKER 21 :
Look, I just think that if POTUS gets us in trouble, Brendan Carr should not make us use the get out of jail free card with the FCC, Kane.
SPEAKER 16 :
This was news. I mean. Steve said he caught it. Steve said he caught it. I think we had to dump 30 seconds of audio right there.
SPEAKER 21 :
So if you were listening and you're like, wait, what just happened? Trump was like, well, they were talking about Russia and Ukraine. You don't want to blink around with the United States. That's how you drop an F bomb, Democrats. That's how you do it. That's how you dropped an F bomb. Oh, my gosh. Well, so. Wow. That rocked me because that came out of nowhere. That came out of nowhere.
SPEAKER 16 :
It sure did. It sure did. Now, the online folks heard it, and there's no delay there. So the radio audience, though, I don't think they caught that.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah. Wow. So the radio, Trump was, if we can get it censored, just that one little part, if we're able to turn it around, that otherwise I can act it out. I don't even know how.
SPEAKER 15 :
No, you can't. No, no, no. You're not acting it out.
SPEAKER 21 :
We're just sitting here and I'm listening. I'm like, oh, those are good points. You know, I'm just like taking it. And then he does that. I'm like, whoa, that. But what fascinates me is that it was said, you know, the way that someone who has to drop it every now and then would say it. Right. That's my only vice in life. Man. All right. So, hi. Welcome back to the program. We were listening to POTUS there. in the Oval Office and Zelensky is sitting right across the table from him. You know what I like? Sorry, there's a meme out there that shows, it's like a comic panel, right? There's three on one side, three on the other. So there's six squares, it goes down vertically. And you have Barack Obama, I wanna negotiate. And then Hamas member on the phone, we're gonna blow blank up. And then you have Joe Biden, I wanna negotiate. And another Hamas guy on the phone, I'm going to blow blank up. And then you have Trump on the phone. I'm going to blow blank up. And Hamas going, we want to negotiate. I just think it's kind of funny. Just saying. So, yeah, that's how you drop an F-bomb. That's how that works. So the president, oh, it's already, there it is. Yeah, he says, he's talking on the screen. He says, we're not losing people. We're not spending money. We're getting paid for the ammunition and missiles. And we made a good deal with NATO. I mean, that's, if we're getting paid from it and we don't have to get involved in it. Yeah. Yeah. That's, yeah. So he's talking about Venezuela when he was talking about Maduro. He was saying, yeah, Maduro's offered everything. And then he goes, Maduro doesn't want to, you know, around with the U.S. So, huh. You believe him.
SPEAKER 16 :
At first, I was like, when he talked about the tunnel from Russia to Alaska, and then he's like, what do you think about that, Zelensky?
SPEAKER 14 :
He's like, I don't like it.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
I don't like it. And then he drops the F-bomb.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, here, I got the, sorry, we got the, yeah, then he threw out the F-bomb. So there it is. But he said, you know, he's offered everything. You're right. And he goes, you know why? Because he doesn't want to blink around with the United States. Kind of like that. I like that. I voted for that. That's what I like. Because, you know, I don't want to be playing around with that stuff. So just as soon as we get it up. But he's sitting there at the table. What was he saying at one point? He just like knocked you. He knocked Ukraine over something. And you got Zelensky sitting across the table. He's just got to take it. You know, what do you think Zelensky does when he's got to go back to the White House? Oh, my gosh. He's got he doesn't know what's going to happen when he goes in, if he's going to get, you know, going to get slapped, if he's going to get he doesn't know what's going to happen when he goes in. So that's that's it just just took me totally off guard. We were all very serious. And then. One of my friends who's in the media, who's in the media, is in the White House press pool, was like, after, because she saw my tweet, was like, after it happened, we all just kind of paused. And then she said half of the room started kind of chuckling because they, you know, they appreciated it. And the left, the lefty press, there's only a couple lefty pressers in there, said that they were just like, all of a sudden they were after, after months of Democrats trying to act tough. Right. I think one of the things that makes it real is that Trump is also 11,000 feet tall. The first time I ever met him in person when I shook his hand, and I've known him for years, he used to come on the show all the time, my hand like disappeared. It was like it went into a meat mitten and it just disappeared. And then it... You know what I mean? Like when you shake someone's hand and they're so much larger than you and you can't even fully wrap your fingers around the rest of the palm when you're shaking the hand. It's funny. All right, so that was very interesting. We're watching all of that, and we're going to bring you updates on it. Also, some of the other stuff that we have coming up on deck. You know, you got the no kings thing. No draft kings. No, it's no kings rally. We're going to get into that. Also, some country guy, I don't even know who this dude is, went on a, like, he went off about ICE. Good on him for finding camo that fits him. He went off on ice. Do you know who this guy is? He's a country artist. Oh, yeah, I saw that. I don't know who this is. Is this some pop country twink?
SPEAKER 16 :
They're trying to say he's up and coming, and I guess this is part of his effort to be up and coming.
SPEAKER 21 :
It's some chubby twink. Dana, you're so mean. You're new here, clearly. Anyway, he went off on ice. We got that for you. I got a couple of other things. Oh, did you see what they did to Dungeons & Dragons? I actually may have to go play Helldivers after this just to get what I saw out of my eyes. We'll talk about that. We'll come back to that. We're going to come back to that. We've got to go to headlines. Otherwise, I'm going to be here forever. We've got Days of These United States coming up as we move. Our partners that help bring you the program, Caltech's KS7 Gen 2 shotgun. It's one of the newest ones that they've made. It's on the popular KS7 platform. The Gen 2 is packed with all kinds of upgrades. You have a five-slot Picatinny style rail that lets you add vertical grips, lights. You can keep it flush and sleek with a cap if you want. It's a smoother pump action for faster, cleaner cycling. And you also have enhanced durability. Ultra lightweight. It's just under seven pounds unloaded. Compact bullpup design so you have maneuverability and tight spaces. ambidextrous downward shell ejection, and a 7 plus 1 capacity for stopping power. And MSRP makes it affordable at just $639. So it brings all of that well within reach. It's from Kel-Tec, K-E-L-T-E-C, weapons.com, made here in the USA. That's keltecweapons.com. Tell them Dana sent you.
SPEAKER 16 :
And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
SPEAKER 21 :
You know, they actually have betting odds on whether or not or for how long will Trump and Zelensky shake hands today. I'm actually looking at a graph for it. It's hysterical. How long will they shake hands? You can buy yes. You can buy no. There are people betting on it. So far, I think it's like at 3%. 3% say it'll be like 6 to 8 seconds. But it looks like 2 to 4 seconds is the 80%. That... I don't know why, but I find that people are literally going to lose money on the length of the handshake. So that's, you know, it is funny. J.B. Pritzker is probably sad that he's not in on it, you know, really. Wait, somebody's gambling and I'm not in on this? Don't even get me started on him again. Okay, so in addition to that, we also have a flying electric boat, which is a hovercraft, to showcase cutting commute times in half. They're doing it in D.C., Hey, Steve, you're in D.C. Would you get on a flying electric boat? A hovercraft? Would you ride one?
SPEAKER 03 :
That's going to be a no from me, dog.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay, can I just say that it looks kind of lame? If you're just only going to have it a little bit above the water, then just be on a regular boat. That's stupid. If it's only like not even a foot above the water, just get on a basic boat. That's just, oh, well, look, look, my boat is just kind of hovering half a foot above the water. It's special. Just nothing to write home about, dude. Unless you're like jet propelled up into the ether. I don't think so. Let's see. Apparently Microsoft pushes AI updates in Windows 11 because it's Microsoft. Okay. Microsoft says Russia and China are increasingly using A.I. to escalate cyber attacks in the U.S. I'm trying to get my youngest son who's going into all of this to go into weaponizing A.I. because he's mean enough where he could. He's considering. Let's see. Jack-o'-lanterns. They didn't start as pumpkins. They were turnips and beets first. Relief factor is a great way to remedy. your your uncontrollable for the lack of a better way to put it inflammatory response so a lot of people when you work out like I talk about you know if I especially if I'm doing arms I did soccer and ballet for so long that you know legs I can go cut through a leg day and I can be sore and deal with it arms upper body is a little bit different and oh my gosh like shoulders I die whenever I'm like lifting weights I'm actually going to start taking relief factor my husband already takes it because he has he played hockey and And he really jacked up his knee really bad in sports when he was younger. So he takes Relief Factor to help deal with that. Relief Factor is 100% drug free. And it is a way to support your body's healthy response to inflammation and decrease discomfort from exercise and everyday living. So like if pain is holding you back, you need to find out why so many people make Relief Factor a part of their daily routine. You can try their three-week quick start today and see how it works for you. It includes resveratrol, turmeric, and a bunch of ingredients that target that inflammation and help your body have a healthy response so you can avoid the soreness and the stiffness and discomfort after exercise or daily activities. Try Relief Factor's three-week quick start for just $19.95. It's only 95 cents a day. It's less than a cup of coffee. Visit relieffactor.com or call 800-4-RELIEF. Get your three-week quick start today for just $19.95. Support your body with natural anti-inflammatory power and see if Relief Factor is right for you.
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SPEAKER 08 :
Maduro offered everything in his country, all the natural resources. He even recorded a message to you in English recently, offering mediation.
SPEAKER 06 :
He has offered everything. He's offered everything. You're right. You know why? Because he doesn't want to f*** around with the United States. Thank you, everybody.
SPEAKER 21 :
Thank you. There you go, right there. Yeah, there it is right there. The mic drop. It's classic. I love it. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. And that's how I said properly drop an F-bomb. And he was doing that as a what's up to Maduro because he's not, I mean, you know, not playing around. And I think, you know, you could say 15 years ago, oh, gosh, you know, should a Republican president say that? You have to understand, though, too, he adjusts how he speaks and his manner. depending on the party to whom he is speaking. And when you were dealing with brutality from brutes, brutes only recognize brutishness. They believe anything other is a sign of weakness, which empowers them. So he's he's letting them know right away. Look, this is not like Biden where I forget where I'm at. This is different. So I don't have no problem with it. So there it is. So I wanted to set this up for you. This is, what cut is this? This is cut 33. Now, I mean, I've literally been on when he was on CNN, right? Where he supported gun control. I don't know if he supports that anymore now. Listen to this.
SPEAKER 18 :
Black people, brown people of all stripes, whether you're an Indian American or a Mexican American or whoever you are, go out. in your place where you live and get a gun legally get a license to carry legally because when you have people knocking on your door and taking you away without due process as a citizen isn't that what the second amendment was written for go back and read what the second amendment says and perhaps it will knock some sense in the head in the heads of these people who are saying Well, it's all great. I don't believe they're doing it without due process. They're asking people for papers. They're not really beating people up. These people are doing things that are illegal. Nobody is illegal.
SPEAKER 21 :
Wait, why do they act like ice removing people who entered illegally and then continue to commit criminal offenses? Why do they act like they're victims? It's not, they're not like going up and rounding up grandmothers. Come on. You're talking about people who entered illegally who continue to commit illegal actions after the first illegal action when they entered illegally. That's the thing. That's the issue. That's the point. So is he, wait, I can't tell. Is he for gun control anymore?
SPEAKER 15 :
Sure doesn't sound like it.
SPEAKER 21 :
Doesn't sound like it. He's in New York, so he's never going to get a license. No. New York is like, we're never going to issue you a license.
SPEAKER 16 :
You can't even have a hobby.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, you can't do anything in New York. You can't do nothing there. So a couple of other things as well. You mentioned to me, Cain, because I wanted to make sure I get all of this. There's a lot of stuff that's popular. We got, you know, Zielinski there, Bolton pled not guilty. We'll talk about that more next week because kind of a lot different from what he said previously, me thinks. You also, the Don Lemon thing though, I don't know, maybe now he thinks that It's good to carry firearms. Although he thinks I will add this. He apparently thinks that the only lesson that he thinks law enforcement needs to learn a lesson. And the only way to, I guess, impart that upon them is violence. So it's more fetishizing violence.
SPEAKER 16 :
He thinks ICE enforcing law is somehow tyranny. He doesn't understand what tyranny actually is.
SPEAKER 21 :
His whole thing is a mess. By the way, nobody, nobody, no defense lawyer is going to go. Yeah, you can go out there and take a shot at a cop. Yeah, go ahead. No defense attorney is going to tell you to do this. Not a single one. Only idiot commentators. Yeah, exactly. Only idiot commentators like him. It's just crazy. Let's show the Dungeons and Dragons thing real quick. Kane's dying. This is horrible. Dungeons and Dragons posted this two days ago. They said, in this realm, your story is yours to tell. And for those of you who are listening and not watching the simulcast, let me explain it. So it's, imagine Dungeons and Dragons with trannies and pastels. And there you go. They said it's their Dungeons and Dragons 2025 Pride Collection. That stuff is supposed to happen in June, not in October. It's October now. They took it and made it look like My Little Pony. And it's that's so dumb. I'm not I've never I've only played it like a couple of times because I had a lot of cousins who did. But I know that it doesn't look like a Disney pastel thing with dudes and trainees and all of that other stuff. I mean, it looks like they went and drew a random street in San Francisco or Why is it that they got it? Why do they turn everything into a trans storm of feces? Why? Every single thing they touch, they make it G-H-E-Y. That's just, I can't believe Dungeons and Dragons put that out. They, hang on, let me, let me. They actually made the baddies look like the sun from, oh, what's the, oh my gosh, Teletubbies. The Teletubby Son. They made, I don't know. I am without. Yeah, throw that up there. Did you show everybody one? I didn't see. I wasn't paying attention because I was too busy pulling up this cringe. I was zooming in. That's, that is not Dungeons and Dragons. Stop. Stop it. Look what, look what, oh my gosh. And they said that's their 2025. This is, we're all going to die of cringe. Everything is, we're just going to be cringed to death. That's it. I don't know.
SPEAKER 16 :
Would you play Dungeons and Furries? Would you?
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh my gosh, that's actually more accurate the way you just said it. I also want to touch on, I'm going to try to go through all of everything, get through everything. The cut of that country singer, this country singer who can barely fit in his car, he, Brian Andrews, who is he? I don't know. He does. He makes he's I guess a wannabe. Oh, he's real hateful on on Instagram. Apparently, he went after went off on ice raids. I guess he couldn't get enough people to pay attention to his music. And so he decided to do this. That's really what it seems like. Go ahead and play this. Go and play it.
SPEAKER 17 :
It's crashing out, you wanna crash out? Fine, I'll give you one. If we don't wake the up soon, and I mean quick fasting in a hurry, we are like a football bat. We got the Department of Homeland Security out here sharing hype videos of ice agents flying in on American cities, banging in doors, jacking people out of their houses, zip tying them in the streets naked. And then carting them off in the back of U-Hauls with no warrants or due process like it's a trailer to the newest Call of Duty game. And the worst part is I got to watch some of y'all cheer it on like you're watching a football game. And then the cherry on top of it all, I got to sit here and listen to y'all call yourselves Christians? Bulls**t.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, there you go. Go ahead and police the faith by doing that. That's real good consistency there. That's a winner, wiener, chicken dinner right there. He is, like, made of rage. It's crazy, this guy.
SPEAKER 16 :
And cholesterol.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, I mean, he's going to have a heart attack. I screenshotted my favorite image and dropped it in Slack for you. He looks like he's about to go, duh, bears. Doesn't he? It looks like the SNL skit. First off, he's objecting to them using zip ties to tie trend to Aragua before taking them to El Salvador, because that's where that image came from. So he's mad that a violent child trafficking gang was apprehended by ICE and they were deported because those were the people who were zip tied out in the street like that. And then shoved into trucks to be taken to the airport to be deported. Wow. Who is this guy? I don't know. I don't want to know. I'm not asking because I'm interested in knowing. I'm just asking because I just don't know who he is. By the way, I think he mentioned due process. People who are American citizens receive due process. I mean, I actually... I think that natural rights are reserved for citizens. I don't think that we pay everything and do everything that we do with our time and treasure and blood in order to have this codified structure for every Tom, Dick, and Harry that wants to roll into the country illegally. I think that you have to go through the steps to be able to enjoy those rights also. They people who enter the country illegally are afforded the due process that honestly, some people here aren't even afforded, to be honest about it. I don't even know what he's talking about. He sounds like a moron. He sounds ridiculous. He doesn't sound as ridiculous as some of the people sending me hate mail, though. But he sounds pretty ridiculous. Yeah, you see what I did there. So I got to tell you, I got a piece coming out that's going to be really even a whiz banger. I have, I, oh man, I've got so many different screenshots. I got to pull the phone up. You can go ahead and I guess we're going to go ahead and get into some of it. I was, it can be pretty negative. So let's go ahead. Do we have the intro? Go ahead, Steve, hit it.
SPEAKER 14 :
And now it's finally that part of the show where Dana monetizes the hate. All week, hateful posts, tweets, replies, and emails have been collected. The best of the best make the cut. It's Mailbag of Hate on The Dana Show.
SPEAKER 21 :
It is hate! Hate! Did I sound like that lunchbox in his truck? All right, so where to start? I've got a folder that I keep in my mail, and it's called Blink Holes. And I'm not joking. Kane, you can attest to this. Yes, it is true. So let me start. There were a number of, I think... Comments that I had on social media. So whenever like when we had Josh Hammer on what was the last week? When was it last week a week ago? I started getting all of this stuff From people who were livid that I had on Josh Hammer and I'm just gonna read you some of the comments now by the way, if you send me mail and And if you're mean, I will literally put you on blast. I will have your IP address, your email address, and your name. And I will make it public. And you consent to having me use your private information however the hell I want to. That is the downside of being a jerk to me. And no one's anonymous on the internet. So starting with this is a guy who's a hairstylist. And I went and looked. And he gives Karen cuts. His name is Davian. Davian does hair. Quote. There is literally no difference between scum like you and scum like the Democrats. You're all the same retarded peas in the same retarded pods just spewing different words. He was very upset because one of my guests was Jewish. Yeah, very upset. Very, very upset. Some people said, let's see, Weaver Chris, another $7,000 check. David Kostaski, get that 7,000 shekels. I had to Google that. I literally, it's Israeli currency. Two shills for Israel, says EW. Jeffrey, 32, says 7,000 per post. Is that right? Traitor. Are we getting 7,000 per post? No. I didn't know. I wasn't aware I was receiving any posts. Steve, you put stuff on Insta. Are we getting 7,000 for that? Where do we sign up? Yeah, where's your check, ma'am?
SPEAKER 15 :
Where did we sign up?
SPEAKER 21 :
A guy named Knucklehead83 on Insta. Wow, who funds you, Dana? BBPainInfluencer7k, a post. Propaganda. Oh, these are actual real, by the way. I mean, make no mistake, these are real. Propaganda, they're losing the narrative. Wait, what? Yeah. Let's see. I mean, that's like all of these. You're funded by Zionists. What do they have on you, Dana, from Gen Z Pan? Let's see. 7,000 a post, 7,000 a post, 7,000 a post. Oh, and then we get into some of the emails too. Um, I have, uh, let's see. I have Joyce who says she loves listening and I don't know if I want to give her last name. I think I may. She, uh, says, uh, I've noticed, I've noticed your face is plumper. You are much more attractive without the surgery. Just my opinion. They're from Englewood, Florida. Her husband's name is Bill.
SPEAKER 16 :
What effing surgery? Cain, you see me every day. Every day.
SPEAKER 21 :
You would know if I'd even do something even remotely.
SPEAKER 16 :
Even quick. Even a weekend little something. Yeah. No, it's not happening.
SPEAKER 21 :
With all my surgery.
SPEAKER 16 :
Give me a break.
SPEAKER 21 :
Exactly. Exactly. Let's see. Eileen said, I need you to go back to your real hair. This wig does you no favors. It makes you look unattractive and it makes you look like a Karen. Eileen, a female viewer. She actually typed that. It is literally my real hair, guys. It's real. I cannot even believe some of the stuff people say. It's hysterical. Oh my gosh, you guys want me to keep going? Somebody doesn't like my microphone, Cain. This is from Jack Tittle, who says, I like you, but I don't like your mic. And I don't like that you look down. Other people use better looking microphones. Yours is ugly. Sorry, Charlie. Jack.
SPEAKER 16 :
I actually take offense to that.
SPEAKER 21 :
Okay, Cain, tell them about the microphone.
SPEAKER 16 :
My dad has a plating company in downtown St. Louis, and we chrome plate everything that you could imagine that looks great when it's chrome. And the casing of that microphone was isolated and chromed specifically for Dana because it's kind of an homage to Rush's golden microphone. This is just the chrome kind of version to it. Yeah. So I take offense to that.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah. And then last but not least, I don't even think I can read this one. I had to block this guy because he's obsessed with feet. Cain's like, please, dear heavens, no.
SPEAKER 16 :
You said only one more and now you're bringing feet into it.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, I know. Well, it was a weird one. So anyway, that's just... Now... At this rate, what we're going to do is we will continue, if we keep getting it, we'll continue to read Mailbag of Hate. We'll bring it back on Fridays. And then I think I'm just going to go do something that my haters would hate so badly that they would dissolve into puddles of rage with the proceeds from this sponsored segment. So there you go. I always carry... I've told you a million times I have no problem using the lethal force to protect myself or my loved ones, but I also realize, too, that... Not everyone is American. Not everyone wants to exercise or believes in natural rights. And so you have municipal or private property restrictions that may disarm you. And we always don't have the luxury of choosing where we go, especially if it's for work. But you want to be protected. Maybe you carry a stun gun. And that's nice. That has like maybe one round to the burn a gun, which shoots chemical irritant projectiles that can deter threats from up to 50 feet away. The CL, the compact launcher, it has 15. It's a 15 round shot capacity per cartridge. There's no recoil, easy target acquisition. And it's small, it's as small as a smartphone, so it's easily concealed. And you don't have to, there's no background checks, there's no fees, there's no waiting periods, they can send it right to your door, making it accessible to everybody. And I think it's incredibly important, especially for college kids, that they're old enough to go carry a full auto overseas in defense of their country, but they can't carry a semi-automatic here at home to protect themselves, which is insane. But they've got to go to school. They maybe live alone. This is an option for them as well. You can visit Burna.com slash Dana. Check out the Burna, C-L-B-Y-R-N-A. Burna.com slash Dana. Ready when you are.
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SPEAKER 21 :
Ah, yes. So, uh... I want to make sure I give Cain his allotted time, for sure. But make sure that you find us on Substack, Chapter and Verse. Like and subscribe over at YouTube and Facebook. Today in stupidity, Cain.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, I don't know if we have anything short enough, but I think we can do cut 23 here. This is Jimmy Kimmel. Him explaining what this whole no kings thing is all about. Listen to this authority.
SPEAKER 04 :
The American Revolution was a no-kings rally. And if you are planning to go to the rally, and you're going to be making your own sign, everybody there has a sign. I just want to ask you to remember, our president is very sensitive about his weight, so please do not use the word Shamu Salini to describe him.
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I can't wait until he gets funny again. Also, the Revolutionary was actually, that war really won independence, not some frivolous rally.
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Join Phil Anderson as he steps in for John Rush on this episode of Ready Radio. As the seasons shift, so do our preparedness needs. Dive into a comprehensive discussion about how to transition your car for fall and winter with essential tips. From handling sudden weather changes to ensuring you have the right gear in your vehicle, Phil covers it all with practical advice and real-life scenarios. Discover how knowledge and experience play a crucial role in staying prepared.
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This is Ready Radio, preparing you to be ready for anything, now. Here's your survival guide for Ready Radio, John Rush.
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Good afternoon, everybody. This is Phil Anderson in for John today. And this is a live show, October the 17th. And if you want to call in and or text in, the main line is 303-477-7000.
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5600 or text 307-200-8222. So last week we were on the topic of its fall and I know when I got it in the car this morning it was ice on the window. So yep here it is. It doesn't matter whether we're ready or not. It is that time. I think as far as I know it's the first ice that I've experienced you know on the car in the morning. So we definitely have turn that corner and you know we have nice days it's nice outside right now but have frost advisories already in effect for tonight depending where you live but here it is and so last week we were talking about things you can do to be ready for this season this transition of seasons in particular with your car and we could you know leave in the middle of the day let's say at 10 o'clock and go about our business. And then, you know, by noon, three o'clock, we could see a 20 degree temperature swing, which is normal for Colorado. It's happened. Very common. And all of a sudden it goes from a 60 degree day down to a 40 degree day. Maybe some rain comes. Maybe that rain turns to snow. Maybe it turns to ice. And now we've left the house. In our short sleeve shirt. And now we're, you know, now we're cold because it's, you know, much colder outside. So we talked about having some things in your car and taking some time now to say, hey, this is a good time to make sure this is there. Spend maybe a half an hour or so going through your car. We had some great suggestions. One of the suggestions from last week was using the, you know, side compartments that you would get into for your lights and things. you know, to use those as storage places because, you know, real estate, meaning space within the car and how much can I store, what can I take, how much can I carry with me, you know, becomes an issue. If you have a smaller compact car, you know, you may not have the space for that. And one of the suggestions was to put these items in these spots. And the first thing I said to John, I actually texted him and I said, yeah, the problem is, is I forget they're there. You know, I probably have stuff stored away in these nooks and crannies and hey, I forgot the stuff was there. And not only that, but I have stuff in plain sight and I forget it's there. I'll dig all over the place looking for something and it was right there the whole time. So, you know, take 30 minutes or so, whatever, go through your car, make sure all your stuff's in working order. You know, in the military, we always performed what we call functions checks on our weapons. You know, functions check your system, functions check your prep, functions check, go through, make sure there's batteries in those flashlights, make sure there's you know, power charged to your, you know, your jump starter and your little inflators, make sure you got those gloves in there. Make sure a mouse didn't get in there and, you know, chew up all your stuff, chew your spare socks and your shirts and things like that. So I kind of want to pick up a little bit or pick up where we left off and finish that topic. And then I got another topic that I want to finish the program out with. And so we talked about things like, you know, having candles for your car, having flares, either the LED style and or the, you know, the old traditional kind of light, having a jacket in your car, having some type of a water container carry device. We talked about having tow straps or a tow rope. We talked about having tie-down straps and I mentioned, you know, if you're going to do that, get the high orange visibility ones because you can, you know, dual purpose that and maybe use it as a flag or an indicator tied on your antenna or on something. So if you're calling for help, you know, you can say, hey, I've got, you know, an orange ribbon tied around my door handle or something just to help, you know, identify, you know, your car a little quicker if you need that. One thing that... we would like to continue on with this conversation is on that very topic is consider getting a safety vest and you can pick them up at Home Depot or whatever. They come in orange or I've seen them in yellow, but they've got the reflective kind of stripes on them. And you know, that's good if you got to put that on, visibility's low and you're out there having to do something, dig out of your car with those foldable shovels we talked about last week. um maybe you're out there and you've got that extra you know visibility because you know it's a little harder to see it's getting dark or it's getting dusk out and yeah we like to change tires you know on an off ramp or somewhere where not you know even if we've got to drive on the rim for a little bit to get to a little safety you know safer spot you know that's always a good idea but sometimes you can't sometimes you're stuck and you got to change that tire right there on the side of the road put your your flares out your led lights out throw that vest on It just helps people see you. And on a side note with that, if you do find yourself in the middle of a riot or an event or something happens and it's chaotic, you throw that vest on and people associate you as part of the event. And you'll be amazed that you can just walk right through, walk right across lines and barriers and all kinds of stuff just because you got that vest on. You look official. So there's another dual purpose for that guy right there. One thing you can do is, you know, around this time of year, you can find deals on those hand warmers, those toe warmers, those little packet things that you can put in your gloves. I do have some that, you know, have the chargeable battery kind where you can, you know, recharge and the power pack is in a sock or in a glove, you know, you could do that. But again, with any of those things, you got to make sure that you have the ability to power them up. Because there's nothing worse than thinking you're all set, and you're all good, and you pull that out, and oh, the battery's dead. So you want to make sure that you have the availability to keep that charge, check on that, make sure it stays charged. So those little hand warmer things are great. They last forever. You can buy them in bulk, throw them in your glove box, and at least you've got something there that can provide you a little bit of warmth if you need it. The other thing we did not talk about is the jump starter, jumper cables. I like the jump boxes with the tire inflator. Now, you're not going to inflate your tire very fast with one of those, but it could be something that you're a little low or whatever, and you need to top it off. It takes a little bit of time. Yes, I understand that, but it's better than nothing. And if you have the ability to pull a nail and use a plug kit, I think that's something that everybody should know how to do is plug a nail as long as it's not in the sidewall. And even if it's in the sidewall, it could get you out of a pinch. It could get you somewhere else. Learn how to use that. And they make some now that are actually mechanical. And so, you know, you have to push those in really hard, those plugs. and reaming it out can take some strength there. But they have mechanical ones now, and you can have that in your kit. All these things are great ideas to save you, but consider this too. You can also now become a good Samaritan and help somebody else out if you want to. That's really important. So you come out of the store, and somebody's there with a flat tire or a you know, dead battery and you're able to jump them and get them going, you know, great. I mean, I was at 7-Eleven fueling up and this guy had this really nice car. It was like a 1972 something. I don't know. I do remember the year, but he had his hood up and I came by and I was, hey, everything okay? You know, this is a gas station. People have their hoods up for checking their oils or whatever, but he kind of looked at me and kind of waved and I said, you okay? He's like, hey, could you give me a jump? And he told me, it's like, you know, I was really surprised that you're the only one that would help me. Everybody else just wouldn't look at me, wouldn't make eye contact, just drove right by. And, you know, it's still okay to be a good person. It's still okay to help people out. You know, there's wisdom in that. You know, if you're a female, I probably wouldn't help a guy out, but that's just using wisdom. You can't trust everybody. Unfortunately, evil does exist. But, you know, you can be a good Samaritan, help out. John mentioned last week that having some snacks in the car, I'm kind of, I'm not too worried about snacks in the car because to be honest with you, pretty much every American's probably got two to three days, if not a couple of weeks worth of groceries around their waistband. So you're not going to starve to death if you don't eat for a few hours or maybe in a few days. But what it does do is it helps with that mental state. It's a comfort. And, you know, people think they're starving to death and they're not. Maybe their sugar gets a little low if you're diabetic. This is a different conversation, by the way. But, you know, there's something to be said about, hey, I'm in a stressful situation and I'm going to eat a granola bar or a Snickers bar or something with a little bit of sugar in there. And all of a sudden now my stressful situation is a little bit more manageable. So there is something to be said about that. But as far as like survival food in your car, you know, again, that real estate is pretty important. Kind of goes along the same lines around this time of year of water. You know, if you're carrying water bottles around, it can be pretty hard to keep it from freezing. And then if you have a bottle frozen and it's a block of ice that's not much good to you, yeah, you can put it in your dashboard and you can heat it up. Yeah, yeah. I understand all that stuff, but That also takes other resources. Speaking of which, having a lighter, having a flashlight, all the basic stuff that we had, a boo-boo kit, band-aid kit, whatever you want to call it, trauma kit, accidents happen, things go through, body parts cause bleeding, you might need to turn a kit, you might need to pack a wound, you might need to do these things. One of the other things I would strongly suggest around this time of year is make sure you've got the windshield wiper fluid topped off in your car. and go ahead and check those wiper blades because, you know, we haven't used them. Yeah, we've gotten some rain here and there, but maybe it's time to go ahead and change those guys out. Check your tires. Make sure you've got plenty of tread on your tires. If you want to carry chains, great. They also make those nylon strap things that you can put around there. Kitty litter I mentioned last week, having a jug of that can sometimes get you out of the tight spot, especially with the wet, slushy snow that we tend to get during the fall and the spring. These things are all great. And if anybody else has any other ideas or wants to add to anything, you know, you can call or text in and we'll talk about that. Charlie will get me and get my attention and let me know that someone's on the line. Carry a couple pairs of gloves. I like to carry a lightweight pair of gloves and then a heavier pair of gloves and then I also can double stack those gloves. So if I have the lighter pair, it can serve as an under layer to the heavier pair. And I'll usually buy a size bigger with the heavier pair. So I buy, let's say, a really tight medium. I have to stretch out a medium with my hands. It should really be a large pair. But I like that really tight fit. Or they have those flexible gloves. You can pick them up, you know, Home Depot, whatever. You can buy them in bulk usually. I don't know what they're called. They're not like the dentist gloves or the medical gloves. They're worker gloves. I usually use those a lot. And, you know, they kind of flex and stretch to the shape of your hand, but they make a great under layer. And then you can put that heavier glove on top and you can put that hand warmer in between the layers if you want. You do have to be careful with the hand warmers because your body temperature will regulate based on the palm of your hand and the bottom of your feet. And so if I'm putting that hand warmer in the palm of my hand, it's going to heat my body up, which is what we want. But you've got to be careful that you don't keep it there too long, that now you're overheating. And so that's something else you've got to really watch. And wintertime is a dangerous time where you can become dehydrated really easy and not realize it because you're not as thirsty as you are in the heat of the summer. So you want to make sure that you're drinking plenty, plenty of water during this time. So one thing... that I want to kind of sum up with this, this car preparation for the fall winter here is, you know, I do all my gun classes with this. I start every single cloth. I say, Hey, fill in the blank, right? Knowledge is here's the blank. Knowledge is blank. And everybody shouts power. Knowledge is power. And I said, okay. And he says, you have a book. It's at home on your bookshelf. Right. Is that telling you, you're telling me that that's power. What good is that going to do? Or you have so much information on your phone. Is that power? Well, yeah, sure. Because all I have to do is go read what the book tells me to do. And therefore I'm powerful. So I said, oh, you just answered the young question. So it's not power. It's potential power. But even at that, it's not power. So what is real knowledge? Knowledge is information. You see the stuff we talk about on the radio show, or if you go to church and you hear something from church or you attend a seminar or you read a book or whatever it may be, that's just information. Now, if you just take that information and put it on a shelf, does you no good? Sure. It's potential. I could go back and I could read it. I could incorporate it into my life, but, but the information itself, but I've received it or put on a shelf or whatever, doesn't really do anything. It's not until I take that information and I apply it to something. And we call that experience. So I take the information and I go, okay, I'm going to try this. The information is plant this seed. Now, depending on where I'm at, whether I'm in Florida or whether I'm in Colorado, and depending whether it's December in Colorado or September or July or April in Colorado, all of those have different outcomes. So the information just says take the seed and plant it. Great. Experience goes, hey, I can't do that in December. I can't do that in, you know, I can't take an orange seed and plant it in Colorado. It doesn't work. It may sprout, but it's going to die. We don't have the climate for it. So I take the information and then I test things out. And then I say, okay, I gain experience. Maybe you've got to tweak the information a little bit. Maybe you've got to adjust. But you go, oh, okay. I've applied the information. I've gained experience. That is knowledge. So knowledge is experience times information. Very important. So as we go through this stuff in our car, we go through it. Then we start to get reps in. And this is where the good Samaritan can help it, right? Because I got this jump kit and I go, somebody's got dead battery and I pull out my jump kit and I'm like, huh, it doesn't work. Or maybe that's not a big enough amperage jump kit to jump a bigger car. Guess what I'm getting? Experience and I'm gaining knowledge. So getting the reps in, guys, is super important for us to do. Going through your stuff, functions check, looking in those nooks and crannies, you know, testing out my lighter and different various things, testing out hand warmers, playing around with, hey, can I cook, you know, can I make coffee in a parking lot? I do this a lot. I'll make, you know, with my little camping gears or whatever. I got various different coffee makers, things like that. And yeah, I'm sitting in a Starbucks parking lot and I'm not buying Starbucks, but I'm making my own coffee. I'm getting a rep in. I'm getting experience going, okay, this works, this doesn't work. Because in the time that I need it, that's not the time to try to figure out what works and doesn't work. Super important. So get the reps in. Get the experience in. You can't control the variables, but you can gain understanding of what to do when a variable arises. I've seen this before. We've been doing electrical and HVAC work for a long time, and we still come across things that are brand new. We came across one just the other day, and I was talking to my son-in-law about it, and he's like, out of the hundreds and thousands of furnaces that I've fixed and repaired, I have never seen that. And I said, okay, well, put it in your back pocket because now you've got that needle in that haystack, that unicorn that you can pull back from your experience, and now you've got knowledge. And now when you go into a similar situation, similar call, similar recovery shooting thing, you can go, hey, I remember that time that it was this. And now you can go check it. You see, guys, that's knowledge. That's knowledge. All right. So I'm going to talk about we're going to change topics here. But I did want to wrap that one up so we can complete that, because I think it's important to understand the time. So after the break, we are going to come back and we're going to talk about a new thing. One of my favorite topics I mentioned on the radio all the time. And it's a controversial topic. So stay tuned and we'll come right back. 560 Kelsey.
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All right, so we are changing topics now and if you want to call in, you can do so. The number is, I got to look it up, 303-477-5600 and or text 307-200-8222. Okay, so here is the thing I always say because a lot of times the prepper community, the readiness community,
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can become extreme in situations. They can become extreme and caught up in the potentials of what the news is talking about, things of that nature. I mean, if you look at even like Y2K, you know, for many of us that remember that, how extreme that went and actually nothing happened. But there were a lot of people that were You know, going to the extremes of, you know, quitting jobs, selling houses, doing all kinds of crazy stuff because they were fully convinced that something was going to happen. And it wasn't really within any of their control. So here's what I want to talk about. What you can't control and what you can. I've said this a lot here on the show with John. And I said, you know, there's things that you can control in the world and there's things that you can't. And a lot of times we get hyper-focused on things that honestly, folks, you can't control. And when I say that, a lot of people respond with, well, are you just telling us to ignore it? Are you just telling us to be lemmings and walk off the cliff? Are you telling us just to stick our head in the sand and ignore these things that it's just, you know, what's going to happen? And we just got to go along with the system. And I'm not saying that at all. I'm just saying it's, that's factual, that there's things that are going to happen in this world that you cannot control. If a tornado comes down my street, I can't control that. And what people will do is they'll run outside and they'll yell and scream and get all mad and, you know, get on the internet and have all kinds of conversation about how bad the tornado was and, you know, how wrong it was to come down their street. And you can't control that. But if you live down tornado alley, you know, you should know that that's what's going to happen. And we are living in a time where we're seeing things at rapid pace. We're seeing the very world we live in change at a rapid pace. And maybe you're not noticing it, but the crime's up. The expression of the division is up. You know, I live in a very conservative county. And there's people going around and all the political signs, all the Republican political signs, they're spray painting swastikas all over them. You know, this is stuff that, you know, even honestly, a couple of years ago, never would have happened. It's coming. It's faster. The things that are happening are they're getting bolder and they're coming more quicker. And yeah, there's nothing you can do about it. You have to understand that. So what can't you control and what you can, we're going to sum this up is you need to own your circle. And that's what I will say, because that's what you can control. In the book, the seven highly habits of the highly effective people. He says this, he says, proactive people focus their efforts in the circle of influence. Reactive people focus on the circle of concern. So I'll say that again, proactive people focus, focus their efforts in the circle of influence, meaning proactive people spend their time and their efforts in the circle of what they can influence. Reactive people spend their time and their focus on the circle of concern. The what ifs. What if tariffs go up? What if You know, Donald Trump becomes a king and goes for a third term and, you know, declares that, you know, we're a dictatorship now. What if the Ukraine Russia war never ceased? What if the tariffs go up? What if China gets into our grid? What if the Gaza strip peace deal doesn't fall through? It doesn't come through. What? What if? Who killed this person? Who killed that person? Was he the only shooter? Was he part of a team? Was the people on January 6th, how many of them were insiders? My point is this is all interesting conversation, but what are you going to do about it? You're going to do nothing about it. At the end of the day, you're not going to do anything about it. People that are spending their time griping and worrying about things they can't control aren't being proactive in their very lives. Let me ask you this question. If something were to happen, if that tornado did come down your street, wipe out your house, took away your job, took away the place where you worked, how long could you survive without a paycheck? Most people say, oh, you know, a couple of weeks, whatever. Okay. You're not in control. You only have two weeks worth of money saved up in a, in a very likely event that you could lose your job. The place could go out of business. You could just get fired. They could downsize. Um, some new company could come in and buy it and say, Hey, we don't need you anymore. You could be reaching that, that age where they're like, sorry, we're going to force you to retire. You could be driving, somebody run into you and now break your leg, break your back, whatever, you can't work. Well, no, I'll call Frank Azar and I'll get my million dollars. Okay, sure, but there's a time gap between the event and when you get the check. Can you float the time gap? Or is it going to be such a big time gap that you've gone into so much debt that now everything you want in your case now has to back pay everything, get you caught up. But I'm worried about what's happening. Who shot this guy? Who shot that guy? I'm worried about the terrorists. I'm worried about our president claiming to be a king. I'm worried about the Democrats not voting and keeping the government shut down. See where I'm going with this, guys? These people that are complaining and spending all their efforts and time don't have two weeks worth of financial ability to float the boat if they have to? What if they can't buy food? What happens if their freezer goes out and now they got no food? How long could you go without going to the grocery store? Whatever. So this is my point. So don't focus, and I say focus your attention. I didn't say Hey, we're not paying attention. We're not listening. We're not involved in the conversation. I'm not saying that. We're not doing our part with our votes and things of that nature. But I'm not focusing my efforts, my time, my resources on things I cannot control. I'm going to take those resources and I'm going to put them into the circle of influence. Because the reality is, You can't fix the system. But what I can do is I can build a life that is resilient, that is ready, that the system doesn't matter. Yeah, I've got enough money put away. Got enough resources put away that this happens. Yeah, I'm good until I can replace that with something else. It's the same thing. Stop wasting time on what you can't change and master what's in your reach. So what can I control? The economy, government policy. Yeah, I've got a local vote, but your one vote probably didn't change the party or the outcome one way or another. If one election came down to one vote, then everybody could say, yeah, that was my vote that changed it. But we can't because there's such huge margins in there. I still do my part. Please hear me what I'm saying. Because this is the extreme that people do. Oh, well, he said not to vote, so it doesn't really matter, so I'm not going to. No, that's not what I'm saying either. Doing my part. I can't control weather, disasters, global events. I can't control what's going on on the other side of the world. I can't control, here's a big one, other people's opinion. I can't control other people's reactions or beliefs. Can't control it. If that guy believes that killing me because of my beliefs gets him 70 virgins in heaven, I can't control that. But I can protect myself against that person. I can't change his beliefs. I can't control what he's going to believe. Right? But I can protect myself for sure. I can't control traffic. I can't control prices. Supply shortages, tariffs, can't control any of that. And here's another big one that a lot of people need to realize. You can't control the past. You got to let that stuff go. Right? Yesterday is gone. Yesterday is gone. No do-overs, no repeats. Can't change anything that happened yesterday. What can I control? My response. I can control how I act and how I act towards others. I can control my response. I can control my preparation, my skills, my supplies, my finances, my health, what I put in my car for the time of the season change. I can control that. I can control my attitude. I can be prepared, be ready, be watchman. I can be grateful or I can be bitter, angry, mad at the world, hold resentment. I can control my habits. What I do on a day-to-day basis. I can control my priorities. What I give attention and energy to. Am I giving my attention and energy to watching CNN, NBC, Fox News? Am I giving my attention to that? I'm going to tell you something. All of those news stations, I don't care who they are, they are educating you. They're not informing you. They're educating you. That's the system, folks. We are educating you on this radio show. Hopefully in a good way to be ready and be prepared. But it's not information. Here's what happened today. That's long gone. They try to dress it up as here's your nightly news. Here's what happened today. But if you watch closely, they're not informing you. They're educating you. They're trying to get you to go one direction or the other. So watch your inputs. What you read, watch and listen to. You know, especially in today's world with social media and with everybody has a voice. You really have to use discernment of who you're listening to. I can tell, you know, at church, you know, any given Sunday, oh, I heard this from so-and-so. Somebody else comes and they'll have something totally opposite. Oh, I heard this. And this is a man of God. They're both men of God. And they're saying two opposite things, which tells me they're probably not men of God because God's not an author of confusion. But anyway. And then you can also control your circle, who you choose to associate with, right? You can pick your friends. And hopefully you're picking friends that build you up, not tear you down, building that community. So what do I do? Well, you need to start auditing your circles. Where are you spending your time and your resources? Is it in the concern or is it in the influence circle? And then start to make those shifts. Right? Somebody yesterday said to me, hey, life's too short to be worried about such a petty thing. Are you worried about a petty thing that you can't really change? Or maybe you've got to call somebody and talk to them and make amends with them and get past it because life's too short. He's right. Life's too short. Start your day. You own your day. You control your time. You do. And if not, guess what? I train people. I teach, I coach at 6 a.m. You know why? Because that's the only time I can do it. And you know what the response is that when people, I tell people that, oh my gosh, there's no way I could get up that early. Why not? You can control the time you go to bed. You can control, you know, how well you sleep. You can control. And if you got to, you know, shorten your sleep to get up a little early to do something that you don't have time to do because you got to be at a job at eight o'clock or whatever, seven o'clock, whatever, it doesn't matter. Get up earlier. You can work out in your home. You can control it. Are you making excuses or are you making effort? That's a big one. We have a saying in our family. It's like, hey, FSO, figure stuff out. Figure it out. You got to go do it. And then build those habits, right? Build the habits and start small. Pick one area. Maybe it's your health. I can control my health. You know, I can buy what I put in my body, what I don't put in my body. Whether I get a little bit of exercise, I can control my finances, what I spend my money on, what I don't spend my money on. Most of the time, me, myself included, you know, we spend our money on wants. All your spending breaks down into two categories, needs and wants. And that's really it. And a lot of times we kind of make it a really gray area Well, I need that, and it's really a want that. All right? So really break that down. You can do that. And then you can also do mindset and preps and whatever. Just break them down like we talked about earlier. Hey, I'm going to go spend 30 minutes on going through my cars, making sure my car is set, make sure, you know, my wife's car is how many cars I got, making sure they're all set and ready to go for the winter. Trim the noise. That's important. You know, turn off. the input of negativity, get trapped in it. And I don't care. I don't care who you're listening to. They're all educating you, right? I can go from one station and I often do this, go from one station and one is anti-president and the other one is, well, the president could do no wrong. It's two extremes and it's really hard. If you go to a source called Ground News, they try to analyze all the new sources and they go, hey, this is leaning left, this is leaning right, this is factual, this isn't, this is kind of in the middle, and they kind of give you that non-biased grading, if you will. It's called ground news. And then you need to stack wins, small victories, right? When you think of any major battle, It's, hey, we took the beach in Normandy and then we went into France and then we took town by town and city by city and then country by country. And then finally we got all the way in. But, you know, little, little steps. That's how you overcome this little tiny stacks. Teach it. If you really want to learn something, go and teach it. You might say, well, I'm not equipped to teach. I'm not qualified to teach. If you know more than somebody in a particular area, you are qualified to teach them because you know more. You're qualified. So go and teach it. And then also review what you did. How can I make this better? What worked? What didn't? And what am I gaining? putting that information into experience, and then gaining knowledge. You see, guys, it's about stewardship, not control. And I can't control things that are happening to me, but I am responsible regardless of what happens to me. Okay, that's a big statement. Can't control, but I am responsible. So I can't control whether it's going to snow tonight, but I'm responsible whether or not I was ready for it. I can't control if it rains tonight, but I can control, and I am responsible to make sure the roof doesn't leak. Super important. All right, we got one more break, and then we'll wrap this up with some more kind of personal readiness ideas and home readiness ideas that we can talk about as we conclude, and even community readiness. 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And I was talking about our circle of influence, what we can control and what we can't, whether it's the circle of influence or the circle of concern. And so I'd like to wrap up today talking about here's some things we can look at at different areas of our life. Maybe we can apply. So personal readiness. First thing you should do, hey, get that food and water storage supply. 30 days. Like I said, in my example, you know, some people are like, yeah, I could probably last a couple of weeks, 30 day, 30 day. And if you're able to, you know, grow a garden, you know, start somewhere. And again, everybody is, you know, in different places, different situations. Some people in an apartment, some people have land, just, it doesn't matter. FSO, figure it out. right? We have a tower garden inside. It's a Juice Plus item, but there's many different brands out there. It's a little hydroponic system. I have a mushroom grow tent, and I do all this stuff indoor. In fact, last night, I made some spaghetti squash from spaghetti squash in my garden. I made my own spaghetti sauce from tomatoes that I grew, onions that I grew, bell peppers, jalapenos that I grew, basil that I grew all from that tower garden there that basil was from there. The garlic and everything made it all and we cooked it up. The only thing I didn't provide was the hamburger and You know, I have rabbits and chickens. I could have threw that in there, but I didn't go that route this last night. But that meal 100% was stuff from my own garden there. And learn to can, put stuff up. You know, that could be part of the 30-day thing. You know, you can buy a little instant canner. It's Nesco is the one that we have. It's an automatic one. So you don't have to deal with, you know, the old, the old pressure pots and things like that. This is one, but it's all automatic. You put it in, push the button, set it. And then when it beeps, you go and push another button and it's done. And we've canned a lot of stuff. You know, you come across deals at the store sometimes at church someone will bring like one day somebody brought three cases of bananas that they had gotten and here's a whole bunch of bananas so everybody took a whole bunch and my wife made like four or five different banana bread loaves and we threw them in the freezer so you can do this um you know so you can start to build your own 30-day readiness thing so before we move on the next one we got a caller coming in hello
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Hey, it's Mark from Wiggins. How are you this afternoon?
SPEAKER 09 :
Good, Mark. How are you doing?
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Good. So you're talking about readiness and something that came into my mind when you were talking about water. So I keep like a stock tank full of water and I put a little bit of chlorine in it. And we also have a hot tub. And over the years, I've learned that using the liquid chlorine is too much work. Using the granule chlorine works, but it's expensive unless you buy the 25-pound box or the container that's 25 pounds, which is a lot. It may be that we don't use that for like 10 years, but the amount of money per pound or ounce or however they figure it is lowest cost when you buy it in the 25-pounders. And the other comment real quick was – For cars, I always tell people to get a flashlight that's headband type, that has a little strap and you can put it on your head. So if you have to change a tire in the dark, you can have your hands free. And I've heard a lot of people change tires over the years. I mean, dozens of people. And usually the biggest hurdle for them was getting the lug nuts off because they were trying to do it with their arm with a little tiny wrench. And I said, just stand on it while the tire's still on the ground. You know, use the gravity. Use your weight. Stand on it to make it loose because you're not going to hurt anything. And then jack the vehicle up to get the tire off. But anyway, that's all the comments I had for you, Bill.
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You know, that's great. You make a great point because you see that builds into what we're talking about. You can't control the price of the individual smaller chlorine, but you can control what you buy and what you do with it. So you're buying in bulk and you are kind of, you know, adjusting a little bit and saving on how you can buy. I remember one time with our hot tubs, somebody had given us those really big, they're about hockey puck sized. chlorine and I said okay yeah I can use those and I took them to my bandsaw and I thought I was going to cut them up Worst mistake ever. First of all, holy cow, I had a mask on, but it still got through and it corroded my whole bandsaw. I had to throw the thing away because all that chlorine got up in there. So that was a bad idea. But yeah, buying in bulk, that's good. On the headlamp thing, I like to carry two, okay? And here's the reason why. You make a really valid point about, you know, the hands-free stuff, which is huge. The problem with that is that if I'm not in that scenario, and let's say we're in more of a safety scenario, and I'm having to navigate through maybe downtown or in the woods or whatever it may be, I don't like that on my head because, one, I can't control on and off, but also, two, when I look at my partner or whoever I'm with, I look at my wife, guess what I do? I blind them. So that's one thing that I don't like about the headlamp. So I kind of go both ways on that. I have the handheld one and then the headlamp one. But I have the Mini Warrior 2. It's by Olight and it has a really big clip. And if you wear a baseball cap, it can clip on there. It's what one of my son-in-laws does. He clips it onto his baseball, but then it's also a handheld. I don't wear baseball hats. So there's options in there, but that's a really good point about that. And then on the lug nut thing, so I had some elderly relatives that travel. They live in Arkansas, and they come up to visit my parents there in Iowa. And they went out and they bought – I think it was a DeWalt one. I don't know. They all make them, but they DeWalt a bigger impact wrench, a battery packed one to bust lug nuts just in case, because they just didn't have the strength. They were elderly and they threw that battery pack, you know, and if you get, if you got the means, you can, it's got the space, you know, that's another option too, is to, you know, get one of those impact wrenches that will bust a lug nut, you know, such as a DeWalt or, or, or a Milwaukee is one or two. So yeah, that's great stuff.
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Great stuff. Have a great day, sir. Appreciate your time.
SPEAKER 09 :
All right. You take care. All right. Moving on. We're only going to probably get through this personal radio side. We got the home stuff later, but. We'll see what John wants to talk about when he comes back next week. But the next item I have is, you know, that seven-day blackout box. We've talked about these with, you know, lots of batteries, lights, things like that, that when the power goes off, you have those stages. You have level one, level two, level three. You've got, hey, the power's going to be out for a couple hours to a couple days to a couple of weeks, and you stagger those stages. Those kind of state levels, if you will, based on the power outage you want. And, you know, again, you know, most of the time, guys, power goes out for an hour or two. We're going to be OK. You know, the world's not going to end. Your food's not going to go bad. You're going to be OK. You know, that's where you want a couple of those little little things. So, you know, bash your toe or whatever. Or if you got to cook something or, you know, you can get in the kitchen and use a can opener or something. You need some kind of lights. And again, those headlamps work work well for those. Uh, batteries are good radio, you know, something that if you got to listen to the weather station or, you know, get some kind of a news, they have alerts on them, you know, have your first aid kits. I've got several first aid kits staged throughout the house. I've talked about this before, but my big trauma, my big medical kit is actually in a backpack and it's hanging in the garage right next to the door. And the reason for that is because it's my biggest kit, but it's a grab and go. You know, I live on a couple acres here and if I got to grab that thing and run down to the, you know, the back of the fence there, you know, I've taken that with me or if I get a call. and I need to jump in. My wife says, hey, I just went off the road. I'm hurt. I'm just down the block, whatever. I can grab that backpack easy enough on my way to the car and go with it. Personal readiness. Here's a big one. Guys, you are your best tool. You got to get yourself in shape. A lot of people neglect this. A lot of people have desk jobs. A lot of people can't run a mile. I don't care what pace. You can't even run a mile. A lot of people can't do You know, 10 push-ups, 10 sit-ups. They can't do three pull-ups. I mean, these are simple things that you should get up every day. You know, do some squats, do some push-ups, some sit-ups, do some pull-ups. Do something. Get better. Get stronger. Are you able to carry your loved one out of a burning house? I mean, that's how you need to look at that. I mean, heaven forbid, you know, you lose your loved one in a fire. because you were too weak to carry them out. Now I understand age and disability. So don't get all, you know, mad at me for saying that, but most of us can figure stuff out, right? Most of us aren't there and we should be able to, you know, be able to carry our loved ones out in emergency. Cause I don't know. I just couldn't imagine the guilt I would have myself going, man, I was just, I neglected my body so much that I wasn't able to carry my grandchildren out. That's, that's, That would be a bad day. That just would be horrible. Learn skills. This is your biggest asset is learning skills. I'm all for it. You're never too old to learn. Learn how to start a fire. Learn first aid. You're more likely to encounter a first aid event than any of this other stuff, guys. 90 seconds. Every 90 seconds, somebody suffers from cardiac arrest. Are you trained and prepped to give basic CPR? Do it. Our church gives it for free. Come out to our church. We'll get you in a class. We'll get you certified. It's a tangible skill that, yes, I did it 10 years ago. Okay, that's too long. I did it 10 months ago. That's getting too long. These are practical skills. We've got to get those reps in. Learn water purification, just like our caller said. Is there other means to purify that stock tank or whatever? Tool repair, basic repair. Reduce your debt. Create small cash reserve. Invest in other things, gold, silver, Bitcoin, all that stuff. Do it all in small, small chunks. All right, gang. Well, that's all I had for you today. I mean, actually, it's not all I had, but that's all the time we have today. And I'm sure John's got a great topic for us when he comes back next week. In the meantime, be ready. Stay alert.
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In the midst of a tense political climate, 'Washington Watch with Tony Perkins' delves into crucial issues across the national and international sphere. This episode brings insights from the Pray Vote Stand Summit in Southern California, addressing the ongoing protests labeled as 'No Kings' by organizing activists. These demonstrations against President Trump's federal powers overlap with a significant government shutdown, eliciting reactions from key political leaders featured in our discussion.
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from the heart of our nation's capital in Washington, D.C., bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and soundbites into conversations with our nation's leaders and newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview. Washington Watch with Tony Perkins starts now.
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These are snot-hate rallies, as some of the right-wingers try to say. These are Save America rallies, Love America rallies, Care About America rallies.
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That was Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer defending what Republicans are calling the Hate America rallies planned for this weekend across the country, including right here in Southern California at the site of this year's Pray Vote Stand Summit at Calvary Chapel, Chino Hills. Welcome to this October 17th edition of Washington Watch. I'm your host, Tony Perkins, and we're broadcasting in front of a live audience here at the Real Life Network studios. in Chino Hills, California, which is the site of the 2025 PrayVote Stand Summit. Thanks so much for tuning in. By the way, if you live here in Southern California, there's still room for you. If not, you can still join us for this weekend's event on the Stand Firm app. You can download the Stand Firm app in the App Store or you can watch on the Real Life Network. Well, coming up on this Friday edition of Washington Watch, liberal activists and Democrat lawmakers are preparing for the second nationwide No Kings protest on Saturday, targeting President Trump's so-called use of federal authority. Republicans are calling it a pure political theater amid the ongoing government shutdown. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise will join us in just a bit to break it all down. And in the Middle East, a senior Hamas leader says the group will retain control of Gaza and will not disarm, openly defying the terms of the ceasefire agreement. Former Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann joins me with what this means for Israel and the region's fragile peace. We begin tonight with that fragile ceasefire in the Middle East where Hamas terrorists continue to tighten their grip on the Gaza Strip by killing and intimidating their opponents. Joining me now is Washington Stand reporter Sarah Holliday, who's been following today's developments. Sarah, what's the latest on the ceasefire violations and what do we know about the remaining deceased hostages who have yet to be turned over to Israel?
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Tony, Israel says Hamas terrorists have so far returned only 10 bodies, with one not even confirmed to be an Israeli hostage. That leaves 19 remains still missing. People are saying this is clearly in violation of the terms of the deal. At the same time, Hamas has released 20 living hostages, while Israel has already freed around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Israeli officials say they won't tolerate any further delays. Defense Minister Yoav Galant warned today that if Hamas doesn't fully comply, and soon, Israel is prepared to resume full military operations. Tony.
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Yeah, as I mentioned, very fragile, something we need to be praying about and something we will be praying about here at the PrayVoteStand Summit in Southern California. Also in international news, President Trump met with Ukrainian President Zelensky today at the White House. It seems like he's ready to push for another peace deal. What's the latest update from that meeting?
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Yes, Tony, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the White House today, and he had a key request on the table, Tomahawk missiles to bolster Ukraine's defense against Russia. President Trump has been positioning himself as a mediator, and he says that both sides are interested in a peace deal.
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We have to get together. It's a very small group of people. It's the president, the president, and the president, okay? Three presidents. And I'm the mediator president. And I'm mediating not an easy situation, but the threat of that is always there. Tomahawks are very dangerous weapons. They're incredible weapons. If you like warfare, it's one of the most accurate.
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Tony, this comes just one day after President Trump spoke with President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, on the phone for two hours. Trump called the conversation productive and he announced plans for another summit. The details of what led to this sudden meeting remain unclear, especially after their last summit in Alaska in August ended without progress.
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I think Tomahawks had something to do with it. Thanks, Sarah. I want to switch gears to the government shutdown, which may be further impacted, actually, by tomorrow's nationwide protest. Liberal activists are planning a second round of these No Kings demonstrations on Saturday, aimed, again, at criticizing President Trump and his use of federal authority. What's the latest on the breadth of these protests?
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That's right, Tony. Organizers of these protests are accusing the Trump administration of threatening First Amendment rights. However, many conservatives argue that the demonstrations are really more political theater than they are patriotism. Several Democratic senators and members of Congress are expected to join in these protests. many of which will be taking in cities all across the country, including here in Washington, D.C. House Speaker Mike Johnson, though, he went a little further. He claimed that Democrats are prolonging the shutdown in order to stage these protests.
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Republicans, by the way, are the party that fights to maximize your liberty. And we believe, just as our founders did, that every American has been endowed by God himself with unalienable rights, and that includes the rights to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But tomorrow, this rally is not about freedom. It's about the opposite. For many of our Democrat colleagues, tomorrow is about creating, really, a spectacle.
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Meanwhile, the government shutdown continues after Senate Democrats have blocked a Republican funding bill for the 10th time. GOP leaders say they've offered multiple compromises, but Democrats refuse to negotiate. And at what cost? It is leaving troops and federal workers in limbo as political gridlock drags on. Tony.
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All right, Sarah, thanks. I did mention this at the top of the program. We've received reports that liberal protesters plan to show up here at our PrayVoteStand Summit. This is going to be their No Kings rally, but I actually have news for them. We are celebrating a king here, King Jesus. And give us the latest, though, on the left targeting our event out here in Southern California.
SPEAKER 02 :
That's right, Tony. Well, as you mentioned, this weekend in Chino Hills, California, thousands of Christians are gathering for Family Research Council's Pray, Vote, Stand Summit, which, as you know, is a powerful two-day event. It calls on believers to stand firm in faith, protect parental rights, defend religious freedom, and engage the culture with truth. While the summit promotes prayer and principled action, left-wing activists behind the so-called No Kings protests are organizing mass demonstrations, attacking the Trump legacy, and accusing America of systemic injustice. In fact, I'm hearing reports that some protesters are already outside of the building that you are in right now. So as protesters take to the streets, the PrayVoteStand movement is offering a clear alternative. faith over fear, conviction over chaos, and a call to restore godly leadership in our nation. And speaking of the summit, Liberty Council is demanding the reinstatement of Baton Rouge pastor Luke Ashe, one of the speakers at Prevost Stan's summit, who was fired from the public library for refusing to use transgender pronouns. And he cited his Christian faith as the reason for why. Liberty Council has given the library until November 10th to reinstate him and revise its pronoun policy or face a lawsuit.
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All right. Thank you, Sarah. Thanks for that update. Well, I want to jump right into the Pray, Vote, Stand Summit that will begin tonight. And as you mentioned, Pastor Luke Ash is going to be a part of a panel of a number of individuals who have stood firm for the faith. But before I get to that, I want to bring in the chairman of the board at the Family Research Council, former congresswoman from Minnesota, Michelle Bachmann. Michelle, thanks so much for joining us.
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Hello, Tony. Thanks. Good to be with you.
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And, of course, Michelle's going to be a part of the PayVoteStand Summit. And I want to go to the issue of the... kind of fragile peace agreement in Israel between Hamas and Israel. It doesn't look like Hamas is going to go easy.
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No, I don't think they're going to comply. I think they've made it clear they're belligerent right now about not complying. They won't return the corpses of the dead hostages. They refuse to demilitarize or de-radicalize. So I think we've been told what their position is. Therefore, it's almost like we skipped to the end of the agreement and President Trump promised Israel... that if Hamas wouldn't comply, they have the right to go in and to finish the war. So it almost feels in some ways that we're there, but I don't think so. I think the administration is going to demand that Hamas be given chances, and then we'll see what happens.
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You know, listening from the very start of the agreement, Benjamin Netanyahu was very clear that they are not going to compromise on the security of the nation. They are not going to relive October the 7th.
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That's right, nor should they. So I think, again, I'm of two minds about this. I really was opposed to the agreement when I first read it because it's doing exactly what the Bible forbids, and that's dividing the land of Israel. That has serious and profound consequences. But that hasn't happened yet. I don't know if it will. But the good news is we got all living hostage back. We're getting some of the deceased hostages back. We may get another eight or nine of those. But then I think the world is seeing this is who Hamas is. So there's no playing around about this. And especially when we're seeing Hamas killing their own people. And President Trump is weighing in on that.
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Where's the international community that's been criticizing Israel for the, well, what they call civilians. There's been, many terrorists have been killed. The fighters have been killed. The international community criticizing Israel for that collateral damage. But yet saying nothing as Hamas is killing people, executing people on the streets.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, yeah, and there's a phrase that says, no Jews, no news. So if media organizations can slam Israel, that's what they'll do. But the bad guys are Hamas. So does the media really want to show the bad guys that Hamas is? They're probably going to have to at a certain point. So I'm a little bit optimistic that Israel is going to be able to go in and finish the job. But under no circumstances should Qatar or Turkey or Egypt or Saudi Arabia get the ability to control Israel.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, but they're already exerting control. At the 2025 Gaza Peace Summit in Egypt, Erdogan, president of Turkey, objected to the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and he was disinvited.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, but I think it's actually, I think probably the Prime Minister was happy to be disinvited, to not be there. I read that agreement that they signed, and it was like cotton candy. It was saying, you know, love, peace, tolerance, and sustainability is what it said. And so actually, it was a great day where President Trump got to speak in the Knesset, and that was the real event. And then he went down to Egypt. And honestly, again, if people read what they signed, it doesn't bind anyone to anything. I think it's still the jury is out and I think God is going to have his way. He is the defender of Israel. I really believe Israel won that war with Gaza. They won it. They controlled 80% of the land. They won it. And so I think that we may, my best hope is that they'll go back and they will control it and they'll be in charge of the disposition of what happens. And actually, there's a fair amount of people who should be allowed to just leave and go elsewhere, not to the United States, but go elsewhere, you know, to other Muslim countries. And so I'm hoping that that'll happen.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, Michelle, just a minute left, talking about the Pray, Vote, Stand Summit here at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills. Why is it so such a significant time for us to gather to pray, vote and stand?
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, because we know who we are. We are people of the living God. We believe in the power of prayer. We've seen the power of prayer working. Just the hostages coming home is answer to the prayer. But voting is extremely important. So when God's people show up, we see a completely different type of government, a godly government versus an ungodly government. And then when we stand, we are informed about the word and we stand on the word. That's our greatest strength. And I saw the protesters when I came in. I came in just a few minutes ago. They were out there. The police far outnumber them. And I almost felt sorry for them. They looked pathetic standing over there. They don't stand on the word. They stand on lies.
SPEAKER 08 :
We're going to pray for them, too.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yes, that's right.
SPEAKER 08 :
Michelle, thanks for being here. Always great to see you.
SPEAKER 16 :
Thank you.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, folks, don't go away. We're back with more Washington Watch right after this.
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Right now, like-minded Christ followers from across the country are gathering at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in Southern California for Family Research Council's Pray, Vote, Stand Summit. If ever there were a time we needed God to move in our nation, it is now. The Pray, Vote, Stand Summit brings together Christian leaders, issue experts, and government officials for a time of prayer, inspiration, and action. A sample of topics include chemical abortion and the future of the pro-life movement, the search for peace as Israel struggles against the world, and how to engage artificial intelligence from a biblical perspective. We encourage you to join this powerful gathering as we seek cultural renewal and spiritual revival. Stream the summit on the Real Life Network and the Stand Firm app. For more information, visit PrayVoteStand.org.
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For over 4,000 years, the Jewish people have had legal, historical, and biblical ties to the land of Israel, especially the heartland of Israel, Judea and Samaria, which much of the world still calls the West Bank. To Israelis, Judea and Samaria is far more than a name. It's the center of their ancestral homeland where nearly 80% of the Bible's events took place. Abraham purchased property in Hebron, Jacob in Shechem. Joshua made an altar on Mount Ebal and led the Israelites into a covenant before God. On Mount Gerizim, overlooking Shechem, Jesus talked to the Samaritan woman at the well about worshiping neither on Mount Gerizim nor in Jerusalem, but in spirit and in truth. Judea and Samaria is nearly a quarter of Israel's current land mass, not a small strip of land on the Jordan River, but a vital and strategic part of the nation's identity. The October 7 massacre, launched from Gaza, shattered the illusion that giving away territory brings peace. Gaza, which was once seen as the cornerstone of a two-state solution, became a launch pad for terror. Today, only 21% of Israelis support a Palestinian state. Trust in a two-state solution has all but collapsed. The Middle East is changing. Iran's grip is weakening. New alliances are forming. But Western countries and some U.S. officials still chase the mirage of a two-state solution. History speaks clearly. The 2005 Gaza withdrawal, backed by the U.S., led not to peace, but to a terrorist regime. Judea and Samaria are 24 times larger than Gaza, deeply woven into Israel's geographic and spiritual fabric. To surrender them would not bring peace. It would invite conflict and existential danger. Family Research Council stands with Israel's rightful claim to sovereignty. It's time for America to do the same for history, for justice, and for lasting security in the Middle East. Welcome back to this Friday edition of Washington Watch, where we're broadcasting in front of a live audience here at the Real Life Network studio in Southern California. And we're doing this in advance of the PrayVote Stand Summit, which begins this evening, if you're in Southern California. Depending on traffic, you can get here in time. If not, you can join us on the StandFirm app. Go to the App Store, get the StandFirm app, or watch on the Real Life Network. All right, I want to go back to discuss the latest on the government shutdown and get some perspective from the House leadership. Joining me now to discuss this and more is House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who represents the 1st Congressional District of Louisiana. Leader Scalise, welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us.
SPEAKER 06 :
Thanks for having me back, Tony. It was great to see my friend and former colleague Michelle Bachmann with you a few minutes ago.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, absolutely. She's out here with us in Southern California. I just wanted to check before we jump into this. Are you planning on going to any of the No Kings rallies this weekend?
SPEAKER 06 :
I don't think they want to have me. And, you know, I'd be there with the fire extinguisher to put out the American flags they'd be burning. But, you know, it's going to be a circus of the far left and accumulation of all the nutty groups that are taking over the Democrat Party. You know, the people that are about to elect Mondami as mayor of New York are the center base of the Democrat Party, sadly. And that's who you're going to see, you know, probably waving Palestinian flags and just spewing hatred towards America and Donald Trump.
SPEAKER 08 :
I want to play, I played this clip at the top of the show. I want to play it again. This is Chuck Schumer, clip number 10, please.
SPEAKER 01 :
These are snot hate rallies, as some of the right wingers try to say. These are save America rallies, love America rallies, care about America rallies.
SPEAKER 08 :
Now, I don't know if you heard what he said. These are snot, these hate rallies. So they're on the defensive on this. They know what is happening here. How does this correlate? What's the relationship with the government shutdown? Word is that the Democrats are afraid to come to an agreement and get the government open again until after these rallies have taken place.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, Tony, and remember Chuck Schumer and those others that are saying that these are the same people that said they were mostly peaceful protests during the summer of love when they were burning American cities down and killing cops and, you know, just having all kind of crazy roughshod in cities all across America. That's not peaceful protests. It's not people that love America. But at the end of the day, the far left has taken Chuck Schumer hostage. And so in return, he's taken America hostage by shutting down the government to try to appease them. It's all everybody in Washington knows. This is Chuck Schumer fearing for his political life, knowing that AOC would beat him in a primary in New York and to try to shore up the far left. socialist based of his party. He shut down the government, not paying our troops, not paying our federal workers just to try to wreak havoc over the country to prove to the far left that he's fighting Donald Trump in some kind of way. It's a sick, twisted game that the left is playing with our country.
SPEAKER 08 :
I was talking with the speaker, Mike Johnson, this morning, and he basically said the Democrats have painted themselves into a corner. There's really no way out. There's nothing that the Republicans can negotiate because this is a clean CR. It's a measure that Democrats have voted for many times before. What is the way out for Democrats?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, it's, you know, like you said, the same level of funding that Chuck Schumer himself voted for just in March. And then he got eviscerated by the left because they were angry that he didn't take on donald trump and shut down the government back then and so you knew this was coming it's just a shame that the american people especially federal workers you know are men and women in uniform many of whom live paycheck to paycheck are the ones that are getting the collateral damage from it so you know i think the only off-ramp is whenever the the far left lets chuck schumer go and releases him that he's going to release the rest of the country uh it's a twisted game. I think the American people, especially in swing states like Georgia, you know, where you've got both senators representing a swing state of Georgia that are voting with Chuck Schumer and the socialists haven't taken over states like Georgia. And yet their senators are both voting with the socialists. And so if those people, people in Georgia, people in You know, go down the line, Arizona, where both senators are voting to shut the government down. It only takes five Democrats to have some courage and take on Chuck Schumer and we can get this government back open and still deal with the big differences that divide us.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I think self-preservation is going to kick in at some point. Some of these Democrats are in cycle, are going to break with Chuck Schumer. Now, if my memory serves me right, we're 17 days into this shutdown. This is about halfway to the longest shutdown in history. How long do you see this going on?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, it's surely going to go through the hate America rally. But I think beyond that, They're not hearing the anger from the American people yet. And if you look, the mainstream media is covering for the Democrats. They're trying to say, well, it's both sides, as if there's some kind of equivocation. Look, there's only one bill that opens up the government, and all the Democrats are voting no. 99% of them voted no in the House. 99% of them are voting no in the Senate. So there's one party, the Democrat Party, that is shutting down the government. And until they change... Their tune doesn't mean they're going to agree with us on big policy differences. This is just a short term funding bill to get us to November 21st. And that date's coming soon as well. So, you know, when Chuck Schumer comes to his senses, who knows? All you need is five Democrats. Chuck Schumer can still stay tied to the loony left. All you need is five Democrats to get some common sense and end this madness, Tony.
SPEAKER 08 :
Steve, you've been in D.C. for a while. I'm finding unusual discipline on behalf of the Republicans under the leadership of the Republicans, yourself and Speaker Johnson, where there seems to be a pretty unified message coming out of the Republicans. And, of course, you just have a small margin to work with among Republicans, but there seems to be pretty strong unity.
SPEAKER 06 :
There really is. I mean, I've never seen Republicans more unified. You know, we're getting a lot of big things done with President Trump. You know, President Trump came in this term. I think you would recognize even more focused than the first term where we've been able to get bigger things accomplished in a shorter amount of time. But there's more work to do. And I think that's what the Democrats are trying to do. The Democrats want to ensue chaos throughout the country to slow down the progress we're making. Families just want to see lower prices at the pump, which they're seeing, by the way, lower prices at the grocery store, lower interest rates, which we're finally starting to see. But all of that is just the beginning of what we're trying to accomplish. And there's more we can do. We did it all with just Republican votes. We stabilized the tax code when we secured America's border, when we passed legislation to produce more American energy. They were all party line votes. They shouldn't have been. But all Democrats voted no because they just want to fight and oppose Donald Trump. And I think the voters are going to punish them at the polls next year for it.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right. Leader Steve Scalise, thanks so much for taking time to join us on this Friday. Always great to see you.
SPEAKER 06 :
Thank you. And keep pressing the message of voting, how important it is. Let's keep prayer. Prayer is so important, but voting as well. God bless you, Tony.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right. We will do that. Pray, vote, stand. And folks, you can do that this weekend by joining us at the Pray, Vote, Stand Summit. Download the Stand Firm app or watch on the Real Life Network. Coming up next, Congressman Kevin Hearn of Oklahoma joins us. So don't go away. More straight ahead.
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The family is the oldest, most tested, and most reliable unit of society. It is divinely created and sustained. And yet, there are those who are always tampering with its values and structure. That's why we need organizations like the Family Research Council that can effectively defend and strengthen the family.
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Family Research Council began over 40 years ago, like all great movements of God, with prayer. Today, rooted in the heart of the nation's capital, FRC continues to champion faith, family, and freedom in public policy and the culture from a biblical worldview.
SPEAKER 10 :
FRC is one of those bright lights that helps us focus on true north. And I shudder to think, had they not been here, that it could have been worse, worse, worse.
SPEAKER 12 :
The Family Research Council is key. It's one of a handful of groups that I think will determine whether our children live in a country that enjoyed all of the freedom and all the opportunity that we enjoyed in this great land.
SPEAKER 15 :
It's just a wonderful parachurch organization that doesn't seek to take the place of the church, but it seeks to assist the family and the church as we try to move forward successfully, not in a defensive mode, but in an offensive mode as we seek to live our lives according to the Holy Scriptures.
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And again, we don't retreat. You will never see in front of this building here in Washington, D.C., a white flag fly. We will never step back. We will never surrender. And we will never be silent. Welcome back to Washington Watch. All right, it all begins tonight. That's right, the Prey Boat Stand Summit here at Calvary Chapel, Chino Hills in Southern California. And we're broadcasting from the Real Life Network studios in front of a live audience. You heard them there just a moment ago. All right, live, live. If you can't make the trip to California, you can still be a part of this powerful gathering. The Prevost Stand Summit, as I mentioned, kicks off at 7 p.m. Pacific time. If you're a late night person, it's 10 p.m. Eastern. It's available on the live stream on the Stand Firm app and the Real Life Network. So be sure and tune in. President Trump met with Ukrainian President Zelensky at the White House today, just one day after having an over two-hour phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as we heard earlier. Now, while Ukraine is pressing for new weapons to fight Moscow, President Trump seemed reluctant to provide Kiev with the long-range Tomahawk missiles they want, saying the U.S. would rather the war be over. Given what President Trump did in the Middle East, could the Russia-Ukraine conflict soon be over? Joining me now to discuss this and more, Congressman Kevin Hearn. He's the chair of the Republican Policy Committee and a member of the House Ways and Means Committee. He represents the 1st Congressional District of the Sooner State. Congressman Hearn, welcome back to Washington Watch. Great to see you.
SPEAKER 17 :
Great to be with you, Tony. Thanks for all you do.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, it's good to have you on the program on this Friday. Let's talk about Russian President Putin coming to the table, actually wanting to talk with the president after resolution of the conflict, or at least what appears to be a resolution of the conflict in the Middle East. I tend to think it's probably his conversation or the comments he made about the Tomahawk missiles possibly going to Ukraine. What say you?
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, I think that we all know, or certainly what we're seeing with President Trump, it's unorthodox. He's being a strong leader, unlike what we've seen in the past, just what we saw just a few years ago that unleashed Vladimir Putin. When we saw the debacle in Afghanistan in August of 21, where 13 Gold Star families, we saw that happen because of Joe Biden. And then it's unleashed the world. I mean, President Trump has spent the first nine months in office trying to put out these fights all over the world, and he's got one big one left. And I think what you're seeing right now, I had a Democrat once tell me, leadership used to work for Obama. I said, why do these leaders not start wars under President Trump? And they all think, they said, because he is a very scary individual, and that's how you have to deal with these guys.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I mean, he's unpredictable. President Trump, unpredictable. You don't know what he's going to do. And I think that works to his advantage. A two hour conversation with Putin after he basically gave the stiff arm to the president earlier. It appears to me that Putin's looking for a way out.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, it was just reported today that he's lost over a million Russians, either killed or maimed so badly that he's having to rely on North Korean troops or, you know, renegades from around the world to come in and fight his war. And that's very problematic for him. And so I think what he's seeing is that President Trump is going to solve this issue. with or without him, and he's going to do it through Ukraine, and he's going to do it through NATO. I just had NATO people in my office this past week, and they're concerned about what's going on there and how it's continued to fester and go on, and they're supporting President Trump 100%. It's totally different today with NATO than it was in his first term. They understand he is serious about stopping these wars around the world, and they're getting on board.
SPEAKER 08 :
You mentioned the troops that are fighting for Russia. I mean, don't forget the North Korean troops that went over to fight with Russia as well. So they are scrounging. They're looking everywhere they can to find troops that they can put on the battlefield. Speaking of wars, the Senate Democrats this week voted to block the annual full-year defense appropriations bill despite the measure passing out of committee with strong bipartisan support. What does this tell you about the Democrats' priorities?
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, certainly they hate President Trump more than they love our military. This started back in mid-September when the House passed a clean CR, a Biden funding level CR, because that's what we thought and Senator Thune thought we could get through quickly so we could get back to regular order with the appropriation bills and pass things like the defense appropriation bill. But Hakeem Jeffries and all Democrats except one voted to shut down the government then. Then we sent it to the Senate, and now we've seen Chuck Schumer vote almost a dozen times, including not voting for the defense authorization, the defense appropriation yesterday. When 11 Democrats supported it out of committee, those 11 Democrats voted against it. Had they voted for the bill that they voted out of committee for, We would be funding our troops right now. But they don't even want to fund our troops. Thank God for President Trump for what he did in finding money to support our men and women in uniform. But unfortunately, the very people that protect the Democrats and Republicans in the House and the Senate are not getting paid to Capitol Police. I don't know how the Democrats walk by these individuals every single day and say thank you when they're the ones withholding their pay.
SPEAKER 08 :
Congressman Hearn, you just have a little over a minute left. Government shut down the House back in their districts, working in their districts. What's waiting for the Republican House and their agenda to deal with when Congress opens back up?
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, we have the things that Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer want to talk about, health care. We've been doing health care hearings in ways and means. We think it's a very bipartisan issue. We need to work on it. This idea that Chuck Schumer wants to get Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Thune and the Speaker together and cut a deal on funding $40 billion a year or $400 billion in premium tax credits that they shortened themselves two years ago because they didn't think they needed them longer than two years. These are the things we need to get on and make sure that the American people's health care costs don't rise. But this idea of just shutting down the government and hurting everyone is ludicrous. You know, they want to send checks to the insurance companies. We want to make sure that underlying health care is affordable for everyone, not just those folks that are on Obamacare.
SPEAKER 08 :
Congressman Kevin Hearn, thanks for joining us on this Friday. Always great to see you, my friend.
SPEAKER 17 :
Tony, take care.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right. Coming up, we'll talk about what parents can do to protect and educate their children amid today's increasingly hostile and dangerous environment. And we're going to share the story of a Christian leader in New York. So don't go away.
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Three years ago, the Supreme Court issued its historic Dobbs decision, a ruling that overturned Roe versus Wade, which for nearly 50 years imposed abortion on demand, silencing voters and bypassing the democratic process across the country. The Dobbs decision was a huge step forward against abortion, but it didn't outright ban it. It returned the power to the people. Now, 29 states have laws on the books protecting life. However, there's a catch. Abortion numbers since Dobbs have actually gone up with an increase of 12% since 2020, climbing from 930,000 to over 1 million in each of the most recent years. So how can this be? The answer is simple. The abortion drug. Today, over 60 percent of U.S. abortions involve abortion drugs, many of these without medical oversight. In 2021, the Biden administration quietly removed bare minimum longstanding safety protocols for the abortion drug that have existed for 20 years to protect women from life threatening risks and ensuring informed consent. The Biden DOJ then declared that they would not enforce the Comstock Act, which prevents the mailing of anything that causes an abortion. This is not only illegal, but also dangerous. A study shows nearly 11% of women who take the abortion drug end up in the emergency room with serious complications. Unless the Trump administration reverses these reckless Biden-era policies, pro-life laws will remain largely symbolic. Without a full review and repeal of Mifepristone, unborn lives will remain in grave danger, and pregnant mothers will remain at risk. Let's stand for life and end this mail order abortion drug pipeline. Sign the petition urging the Trump administration to take action at frc.org slash stop chemical abortion.
SPEAKER 08 :
You're making the effort. I know you got up early. Here we go. Welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us on this Friday. Pray vote stand edition of Washington Watch as we broadcast in front of a live audience here at the Real Life Network studio. All right. You can be a part of the Pray, Vote, Stand Summit if you are watching on the Real Life Network, or you can get the Stand Firm app and watch online. Better yet, if you're in Southern California, come join us. Our word for today comes from Romans chapter 8. Now, if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again. Death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died, he died to sin once for all. But the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin, therefore, reign in your mortal bodies to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as though those who have been brought from death to life. And your members to God as instruments for righteousness, for sin will have no dominion over you since you are not under the law, but under grace. You see, when we've been made alive in Christ, we have a new mission to serve God, not sin. As Christians in this day and age, when people are being identified by their behaviors, we're to be identified and defined by our Savior. To find out more about our journey through the Bible, text Bible to 67742. That's Bible to 67742. All right, as we've mentioned throughout the week, California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law last week AB495, a deeply troubling piece of legislation that undermines parental rights and increases the risk of child abduction and exploitation. And it's a policy that could easily spread to other blue states across the nation. We discussed this yesterday with Jonathan Keller of the California Family Council, but we've only got We only got to a few action items in that segment. So here to help us ensure that laws like AB495 don't go any further is Heidi St. John. She is the founder and chairman of the board at Firmly Planted Family and host of Off the Bench. She is also the author of about a dozen books, including the bestseller Becoming Mom Strong, How to Fight with All That's in You for Your Family and Your Faith. Heidi, welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us.
SPEAKER 14 :
Great to be here, Tony. Thanks for having me.
SPEAKER 08 :
And thanks for being here at the PrayVote Stand Summit.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, I'm excited. What a time to be alive.
SPEAKER 08 :
Momentous occasion, momentous times in which we live. Very consequential, I think, on the timeline of human history. Let's talk a little bit about that. You recently spoke at a rally regarding 495. You live in Washington state, but you understand there's a bigger issue here. Talk about it.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, Pastor Jack called me and it's the first time I've talked to him on the phone when I felt like this man is close to tears, explaining what was happening in the legislature here under the watch from Gavin Newsom. And what we see happening is a tremendous overreach, another assault on parental rights. And what's happening in our public schools, as we were discussing a moment ago, is really a five alarm fire. And parents need to watch what's happening in California because what's happening in California is happening in Oregon and Washington and New York and New Jersey. one of the most recent states to enact or try to enact legislation that will hurt homeschooling because educators understand that what they want more than anything is access to children.
SPEAKER 08 :
They fear homeschooling.
SPEAKER 14 :
Absolutely. It's a freedom movement.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, and what they'll do, and this is something that homeschoolers have to be eternally vigilant in that they will try to work their way in through regulation, controlling the curriculum. They will find some way to silence this competition.
SPEAKER 14 :
That's right. And I think parents cannot afford to sit this out. And I think it's easy for us to say, well, we've got a Republican governor or Republican president right now. Some people in red states feel very, very safe. There is no safety. There is no quarter from the attack that is being launched against parents in this country, particularly in education.
SPEAKER 08 :
So, Heidi, let's talk about that for just a moment. As you mentioned, you and I were talking during the break. I think President Trump has kind of opened the door. I don't think this administration can solve all the problems because many of our problems are spiritual, they're moral, and that's not the role of the government. But what the government has done is opening the door and protecting the rights of religious Americans to make those changes. So what should parents be doing in light of this moment that we have?
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, I think the first thing we need to do is we need to know who's in charge of the education of our children. And so whether you are homeschooling your kids like I am, all seven of our kids were homeschooled, or your kids are in a private school, you still need to be very aware of what's happening in our public schools. And this is not a time for people to sit back and just pretend and coast through us. This is a time for, I think, it is all gas, no brakes, that we need to be very, very aware and also stand up and tell the truth. We have a moment in time right now. in which we can tell the truth and stand boldly for it. Christians need to engage. Now's the time.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, that's one of the other benefits of what President Trump has done by standing up and just deflecting the fake news. And it's given the ability for others to stand. Because, you know, people don't believe the media and the attacks are just, they're kind of routine. And so I do think it is time, as we are doing here this weekend, to pray. We have to first understand the spiritual nature of what we're up against. We wrestle not against flesh and blood. We need to know, I think, on God's timeline where we are. And I'd be interested in your thoughts on that from looking at, you know, from a scriptural standpoint, this moment in time that we occupy. Yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, watching what's happening in Israel right now and in God's prophetic timeline, I think it's pretty safe to say that we're living in extraordinary times. And I'm hearing a lot of people talk about the return of the Lord, and I'm excited for that, too. But this isn't the time for Christians to sit back and wait for that. I think we have an extraordinary moment to get involved. I heard a statistic recently that one point three million Christians. People who identify as followers of Jesus Christ in Washington state did not vote in the last election. If we would turn out to vote, if we would engage, if it would matter to us, we wouldn't just win. We'd win in a landslide. And I think that is the message that needs to come from pastors and Christian leaders across the country right now. Engage, engage, engage.
SPEAKER 08 :
It's interesting you mention that because, you know, the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Thessalonians, he he actually was dealing with that issue 2000 years ago where Christians thought, oh, Jesus is coming back. So let's just I'm going to quit my job. I'm going to pack my suitcase and wait for the Holy Ghost bus to pick me up. And, you know, it. He said, don't do that. Not only is it hurting the advancement of the kingdom, but it is hurting the reputation of the church. We need to be busy and be salt and light. And that includes voting.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, especially important, I think, for Christian leaders, pastors in particular, to realize that Christians need to be engaged in the policy shaping business. Politics determines policy and policy shapes the nation. And if Christians would engage in the policy shaping business, I think we'd seen amazing things happen in the country.
SPEAKER 08 :
So that's, again, part of our focus here, pray, recognizing the spiritual aspects of this, but voting. I mean, we have a responsibility, and that is the minimal of Christian citizenship is voting, but also standing, standing for that biblical truth. You ran for Congress in Washington State, a blue state. We can do more. We can run for school board. We can run for city council. I mean, there's more that we can do to be involved and influence our communities.
SPEAKER 14 :
I'm old enough to remember Keith Green saying one time famously, Lord, how about me not sending my money this time? How about me going? And this was a huge part of the reason why my husband and I decided that I would run for Congress in 2022. And I think the message needs to be really clear to Christians. It requires courage to stand for righteousness in the public square right now. But we understand God didn't give us a spirit of fear, right? The apostle Paul reminding young Timothy that fear is not an emotion. It's a spirit and it's not from the Lord. And when we understand who we are and that our days belong to the Lord and we're not going to live a single day beyond what the Lord of Heaven's armies has already ordained for us. It takes that spirit of fear away and allows us to step into the calling that God has for our lives.
SPEAKER 08 :
If we have a fear or a reverence for God, we will not fear man. Just about 30 seconds left. Your focus for this weekend. What are you going to be talking about?
SPEAKER 14 :
I'm going to be talking about courage. I'm going to be talking about the need for God's people to stop sitting on the sidelines and to engage. I love to tell people on my podcast, get off the bench, get onto the battlefield. You got one life. God has you here for this time in human history. Show up for it.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, Heidi, thanks for being on the field. Thanks for having me. We're glad you're off the bench and on the field. We appreciate your leadership and thanks for being here this weekend. Thanks, Tony. All right, folks, you can actually hear what Heidi has to say. If you are watching online or joining us here at the PrayVote Stand Summit, you can get the app, the StandFirm app, or watch on the real-life network. All right, as I mentioned early on in the program, processors this weekend will be assembled for the No Kings demonstration in D.C. and across the nation. And one thing will be very clear, the fanatical animosity against President Trump, President But what's also been increasingly clear is the far left's animosity against conservatives and Christians and even liberals who won't bow to the radical leftist ideology. And sometimes that animosity drives people to take extreme measures in order to silence, intimidate, and even worse, Well, among those who have joined us here in California for the PrayVote Stand Summit is someone who experienced firsthand what happened when someone with animosity against conservatives uses the legal system to go after individuals like you and me.
SPEAKER 04 :
My name is Jason McGuire. I'm a husband. I'm a father. I'm a Christian leader here in the state of New York. But I'm also to the state of New York, inmate number 090198. You know, when you think about politics in our day, we tend to watch California and New York and what happens on either of those coasts that begins to drift into other places across the country. I am the canary in the coal mine here in New York. If you gave the opportunity to leftists, to progressives anywhere around the country, this is what they would seek to accomplish. This is a wake up call. And for the rest of my life, as a result of Letitia James Lawfare, I will always carry a number with my name and they will know me as inmate 090198.
SPEAKER 08 :
With me now to share his story, Jason McGuire, Executive Director of New York Families Forum, which is the family policy council in New York that accomplishes at the state level what FRC does at the national level. Jason, welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks so much for joining us. Tony, it's good to be with you.
SPEAKER 04 :
The last time you and I were together was on the eve of my incarceration. And for those who may not be familiar with that story, Essentially, Letitia James, she's not just coming after the president, she's not just coming after pro-life pregnancy centers, but she's actually coming after individuals like myself and organizations that I represent. Letitia James had used a bogus claim to open up a wide investigation to my organization that went on for multiple years, looked at millions of dollars of transactions, tens of thousands of digital transactions, costing us nearly three-quarters of a million, well, costing the state of New York nearly three quarters of a million dollars in my organization, almost a half a million dollars in expenses and lost revenue. And you ended up being sentenced to jail. Yeah. So in late July, I went into court. We had agreed to plead a two misdemeanors eventually to try to make it stop. And we thought it was a good faith effort to fix a couple of filing errors and some paperwork. Well, when we walked into that courtroom, No sooner had I signed the paperwork than Letitia James' office put out a hit piece against me, essentially accusing me of a litany of things that were not true and never happened. I believe it was libel. As a result of that, though, the judge saw some of her writing, some of the things she said, some of what was in the papers, and then sentenced me to 53 days of intermittent incarceration over three different errors on a campaign filing report for less than $1,300. No missing money, just an error on a campaign finance report.
SPEAKER 08 :
You pled to this just to make it go away. It was a clerical error.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, we were facing two different trials, one for each of the misdemeanors that would have cost us an additional quarter of a million dollars. And so my board and I prayed about it and decided it was time to bring it to an end. And that's when they found out they couldn't beat us in court. They were going to destroy us through the politics of personal destruction.
SPEAKER 08 :
And so you were sentenced to jail time for that.
SPEAKER 04 :
I served jail time in Livingston County Jail. And so I would surrender every Friday in the evening. I would spend Friday night, Saturday, Sunday and Monday in jail for 53 days of weekends.
SPEAKER 08 :
I want to ask you about that, because my first assignment when I was in law enforcement, I worked in the Louisiana. We have parishes, not county. I worked there in the county jail. Difficult position even for me as a deputy, but I can only imagine as someone who was an inmate who was actually, I mean, what was that like for you?
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, I'll tell you, I was not ready for what it was like. When we walked into that jail, I was not prepared for that door to clink behind me. I walked in to set down my bedding they provided and all of that, and I no sooner, my back was still to the door and I heard the start of the door to close, I didn't realize that I'd be in total isolation for that first four days I spent in jail. For two weekends I was in isolation. I didn't realize how long it would take to work through that system. Then when I got out into the more general population, I was only allowed out in the pod. You couldn't even attend a Bible study without going through a strip search. And so there were a lot of things I learned in that system that I was not accustomed to.
SPEAKER 08 :
So let me ask you, Jason, how has that changed you? I mean, we don't go through anything in life that doesn't change me. I can just say that I understand because I've been in that environment. It can be traumatic.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah. It's interesting you use the word trauma because that's what people have said to me. They said, you know, this is a form of trauma that you've dealt with. And I recognize it as that. My wife has also felt that. You know, just flying out here to California to be with you for this, she was getting agitated at just the thought that I'd be gone again for another weekend after having gone through that experience. And it's impacted me personally in the sense that I probably take things, I hold things a lot looser than I used to, you know, and you view things differently. But we also recognize that while I would not have chosen this path, it's the one the Lord allowed into our lives. We're anxious to see what he does with this part of our story.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, we just have a little over a minute left. There's a documentary that has been done on this so people can know all about it from start to finish. How can they see that? Tell us more about it.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, so we put out a documentary called Inmate 090198. That's the number the New York State has assigned to me. I'll carry it for the rest of my life. You can find out more about that on our website at NewYorkFamilies.org, NewYorkFamilies.org. And we're actually scheduling private screenings. And then there'll be a public release coming in late October and early November. Folks can sign up to hear about that at our website at newyorkfamilies.org.
SPEAKER 08 :
And folks, you're going to be able to hear more of Jason's story if you're tuned in to the Pray, Vote, Stand Summit, because he's going to be speaking this weekend. Just a little over half a minute left. How can people be praying for you, Jason?
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, right now, I feel like we're very much in a rebuilding phase. I mean, we've gone through this process of we have suffered bankruptcy. We sold our home. The organization I direct has shrunk in size. And yet through that process, we see that God is beginning to move. We believe we're on the cusp of some amazing growth. So I'm praying that we will grow and have a great impact in the state of New York and really across the nation for the things that matter for America.
SPEAKER 08 :
Jason, give the website again that people know how to get in touch with you. NewYorkFamilies.org. NewYorkFamilies.org. Folks, I want to encourage you to pray for Jason. Check out the website and get in contact with him about the documentary. You want to hear the story. Jason, thanks for being with us. Thank you, Tony. And folks, thank you for joining us as well for this PrayVote Stand Eve. edition of Washington Watch, and I leave you once again with the words of the Apostle Paul found in Ephesians 6, where he says, when you've done everything you can do, when you've prayed, prepared, and taken your stand, by all means, keep standing.
SPEAKER 03 :
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Join us on this episode as we delve into the breaking news of John Bolton's surrender following a federal indictment. We explore the details of his charges related to handling classified information, drawing comparisons to previous high-profile federal cases like those of James Comey and Letitia James. Our hosts provide insights into the political ramifications considering past presidential administrations and the broader implications for national security. Amidst this legal turmoil, we also spotlight President Trump's success in brokering peace in volatile regions such as Gaza, reflecting his unique leadership style and its responses on the global stage.
SPEAKER 05 :
We got breaking news. John Bolton surrenders to authorities after his federal indictment.
SPEAKER 07 :
Keeping you informed and engaged now more than ever. This is Sekulow. We want to hear from you. Share and post your comments or call 1-800-684-3110. And now your host, Logan Sekulow.
SPEAKER 05 :
Welcome to Sekulow. This is Logan Sekulow. Will Haines joining me in studio. We've got some special guests joining us later on. It's going to be a packed show, but we want to hear from you. As we said, phone lines are open at 1-800-684. Actually, not open. Let's open up those phone lines. Let's see. Can we do it? There they are. Phone lines are open for you at 1-800-684-3110. 1-800-684-3110. Have your voice heard today on the show. Of course, we are talking about some of the big breaking news. President Trump, by the way, is about to host Vladimir Zelensky at the White House. So we will follow that. As you know, he has made so much success in Gaza. Now eyes are turning to what's going on in Russia and Ukraine. We'll keep the update if there's anything. Yesterday, he had a call with Vladimir Putin, and maybe this is headed towards another conflict resolution. We will see. But that is not the breaking news we want to start with today. The big breaking news, of course, that John Bolton has surrendered. to now face charges of sharing classified information. Some of this on an AOL account, which look, no shade. Some of us still have our AOL accounts active. Not going to say who, but some of us maybe. You're looking at one of them. You know what? It's okay. A lot of deep history there. You got to do it. But with that being said, Will, why don't you give us a bit of an overview of what led to this moment?
SPEAKER 08 :
So we remember that there was that raid of Bolton's office and home just a few weeks back. Now he has been charged with 18 counts of mishandling classified materials. Eight of those counts are related to transmission of national security information, and 10 of them are related to retention of classified material. All of this falling under 18 USC section 793. That was a part of the Espionage Act and that is the code section in the U.S. Code, gathering, transmitting, or losing defense information. He surrendered to authorities this morning was processed and then already had his first appearance before the judge who explained the charges, asked if he understood them. And just moments ago, he entered a not guilty plea before the court.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, that's really breaking news.
SPEAKER 08 :
That's right. And so what we're looking at here though, He's a third critic of President Trump that has been now indicted federally. We remember James Comey and Letitia James. While the media would love for this one to be another look, retribution, you're already seeing headlines like this from CNN. Why the Bolton indictment is different from the Comey and James cases. In this one, it's a 26-page indictment. It's what they call a speaking indictment where it really lays out the narrative of what they found. And it appears that this investigation actually began under the Biden administration. The prosecutor here, Thomas Sullivan, is a veteran U.S. prosecutor. He's out of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland. and has dealt with national security type cases over his career he's seen as a non-partisan person this isn't a new u.s attorney that was put in by the trump administration but we're going to get into some of the allegations because they are kind of shocking especially when you think about how critical john bolton was of president trump during that classified documents case of course we got to back up a little bit remember he was working
SPEAKER 05 :
For President Trump. So again, this is not necessarily someone who's unfamiliar with the situation. Of course, John Bolton has been a voice that people have known for years. If you go back far enough, you'll probably find him in some of our documentaries, some of the works that we've done before.
SPEAKER 08 :
He used to be on this broadcast.
SPEAKER 05 :
He used to be on this broadcast, so it's not like someone who hasn't been around. But of course, things change, and Trump kind of changed it all. What do you think? Phone lines are open for you at 1-800-684-3110. Look, our legal team has been working hard. And today we'll be filing 16. Today's filing, we'll make 16. Not just today. Amicus Briefs, Defending President Trump's Executive Authority. If you want to be a part of that, you can take action with us. I encourage you right now. Become an ACLJ supporter, ACLJ champion. Hey guys, there's something going on there. Thank you. ACLJ.org. slash sign to sign our petition or aclj.org slash champions to become a champion. That's someone that gives on a monthly recurring basis. But as I said, phone lines are open for you and I want to hear from you. 1-800-684-3110. But of course, go to aclj.org to support the work and to check out all the great contents available there with no paywall, all available to you for absolutely free. Be right back. Welcome back to Secular. Phone lines are open for you at 1-800-684-3110. 1-800-684-3110. Let's restate what's going on. And that is, of course, right now, there is the current breaking news, what's going on at the White House right now, as President Trump is about to greet Zelensky. Remember, he had a call with Putin yesterday. This is, of course, heading to what could be another potential peace deal. We hope that's where it's headed. It'd be nice to have that war wrapped up as well. But the topic of the day is that John Bolton has had to surrender and Will said just pled not guilty in this moment. Of course, as you said, this sounds political, but of course, John Bolton had been around President Trump for a very long time and then kind of flipped on him, turned on him. And then you had the Biden administration actually open up this original investigation into John Bolton. So someone who is on not necessarily the good side of either political parties.
SPEAKER 08 :
That's right. So what we're looking at here as well is 18 counts of mishandling classified materials under 18 U.S.C. Section 793, the gathering, transmitting or losing defense information. And it appears from the indictment that what John Bolton was doing was he was sending. diary entries that he would memorialize classified information, some including attack plans, sources and methods, human intelligence sources, and things about our allies as well. that he was sending this through an AOL email account, a Gmail account as well, and he would send them to what, according to the indictment and according to the reporting on it, was his wife and daughter. There was even conversations back and forth where he would say, we didn't talk about this, and someone would respond with, shh. as if they understood that this wasn't material that should have been transmitted in this way. He makes reference that he's going to use it for a book in one of the messages, not just memorializing it. As we do know happened. Exactly. And even in that case, because the Trump administration tried to block the publication of that book, a lot of because there was national security information that was classified not for public release in his book. And the judge in that, which... ended up letting the book be published, did chastise Bolton by saying in the ruling that he likely jeopardized national security by disclosing classified information in violation of his nondisclosure agreement obligations. So even a judge noticed and was saying that judge sided more with the First Amendment with his right to publish, but was pointing out it was also a civil case. There wasn't a criminal angle to that. That, look, you likely jeopardize national security by even writing this. So that has been the pattern. We also know that this apparently was a case that was started under the Biden administration. The Department of Justice attorney started looking at this in the U.S. attorney's office in Maryland, and they went forward. It is just coming to a culmination now. When you look even at the left media that has been trying to frame all this, even with Kash Patel talking about, you know, you will see more indictments. We're looking at people in positions of power that have abused that position in criminal ways. He even said the ones you'll see coming aren't even the end of it. It's just the beginning. But the media has been trying for so long to frame this as political retribution that And even CNN is having to, a frequent person on CNN is John Bolton, are having to frame it like this. We're going to play Byte 4. This is from one of their reporters that has been following this and reports on these things. And this is Caitlin Palance. Here's how even she framed it when talking about this indictment that came forward this morning, Byte 4.
SPEAKER 01 :
And that is the sort of thing that the Justice Department does say frequently, not just in the climate of a Trump administration, that that's something that you should not do. We have seen many charges like this before of other high ranking officials. And that also with John Bolton in those search warrants and what we're very likely to see in court going forward is that the Justice Department saying he should have known better.
SPEAKER 08 :
And I think that also, when you look at Logan, the way he likely did well and won, he did know better. And clearly in some of the messages, it seems like that intent and knowledge that this wasn't OK seemed to be present in even some of these messages back and forth. The other thing is that that AOL email account also was allegedly and apparently hacked by Iranians. So it wasn't just that he was- Probably most of our AOL accounts at this point.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, fair.
SPEAKER 08 :
That is probably a fair statement, but he wasn't taking the necessary care when sending and transmitting all this information by making sure it couldn't fall into the hands of foreign adversaries that then had, like we've already talked about, future attack plans. human intelligence sources, things that are, as other commentators have said, could get people killed. It wasn't just like, oh no, they know that we're going to spend more here in the Department of Defense. No, these were very real things that related to our national security that our adversaries even gained access because he wasn't using secure channels. He had an accredited SCIF in his home. He could have, if using this for work, could have taken it and done what needed to do in the proper channels. But that wasn't the point. The point was he was trying to use it to write a book, to make money off of his service in government, to use this national security secrets in a way that would benefit him to the detriment of the country. And I think that's where you're starting to see the difference. And this is the guy that was out there so loudly. talking about the President of the United States in that entire special counsel investigation retaining classified documents, it was saying this is the worst thing ever. This is the end of President Trump's career. He needs to go to prison for this. This is terrible. How reckless, how careless. But yet, there's a very key difference between John Bolton and President Trump. One is the President of the United States. Facial hair. That has power to, one, yes, facial hair. That's a key difference. But also has the power to declassify.
SPEAKER 05 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 08 :
The classification is with the president, not an advisor that's not even a position that's not even confirmed by the Senate. This is just a national security advisor that gets to be a part of this process, but then acting as if you are the supreme authority in the United States government and able to do whatever while then criticizing the president for something that he actually has the power to do is just so rich because it always seems to be the things they criticize you for are the crimes that they are actually committing.
SPEAKER 05 :
We got a call related to that. It's going to Michael in Florida. I was watching on YouTube where thousands of people watch each and every day. Michael, go ahead.
SPEAKER 06 :
I think sometimes I really need to kind of sit back and kind of understand just how blessed we have been given someone like president Trump. He is legitimately a force of nature. And again, Just as Charlie Kirk even once said, look, I'm not a Trump minion by any means. I mean, maybe eight, nine, ten times out of... I agree with him, but there are certain things that I don't necessarily... But he's just... He's a man of our culture who's just made...
SPEAKER 05 :
tremendous difference well michael i think that's true i think you can look at it and go look i i i've been very vocal my thoughts on president trump the the stuff i agree with him on the stuff i disagree with him on there are many times where that has happened uh however when you look at something like what happened in gaza uh honestly his middle east plans first term and this term No one's done it better. No one has done it better, and you can't take that away from them. You can't take away what happened with the Abraham Accords, and you can't take away what happened now with the current peace plans that are hopefully going to continue on, but at least the freeing of the hostages in Gaza. Because those moments are incredibly difficult, and we see, you know, there's sort of the blessing behind the curse of having the Biden administration for four years. We've got to see how quickly that can fall apart. when you have an administration that is not staying up on what's going on in the Middle East, who does not care as much, who does not have as much tact or as much trust or as much fear. Does it put as much fear into his opponents? So you have to say, for President Trump, there are things that I agree and disagree on, but there are moments that you do have to look at and go, you're right, he's a force of nature and completely different than any other president that we've had in our lifetime. That being said, phone lines are open. I'd love to hear from you in more conversation like that. Because look, it is a, you know, they're going to spin something like this well with John Bolton as this is political retribution. Of course, we saw what happened in the four years of Biden. We know what that looks like firsthand.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, and we saw a lot of political retribution, but not to big names under the Biden administration. That's how they got away with actual political retribution, by chilling the speech of their opponents, of conservatives, of voters, by going after parents that wanted to advocate for their children at school board meetings, to want to go after those that were standing up for the unborn, that were pro-life advocates. That was a much more political retribution regime because they went after everyday Americans that weren't going to be talked about on the news, whose name you didn't know. And they did that to silence their speech, to get them to back down. And this is a different era. Now, it's also going after people that are bad actors that according to the indictments, committed crimes. So therefore, they will have their day in court, unlike a lot of people who were spied on, surveilled, and put as a threat tag as a domestic terrorist to try and chill the speech. That's what was happening under the prior administration.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right, we'll be back in just a moment. Before we do that, though, I want to encourage you to go to ACLJ.org. Spend some time on there and take action with us if you can. That means supporting the work financially, not just our legal work, but also this show and the media work we do here. We can't do it without you. Go to ACLJ.org. Great way to also be a part of it. Sign our petitions. That's an absolutely free way to do it. Or become an ACLJ champion today. We'll be right back with special guests. Welcome back to secular. Do we have a special guest on today? Craig Bouchon is joining us. He is a, not only just a media host, someone who has his own show entrepreneur and founder executive director of unified America. Uh, he is also, like I said, creator and host of the Craig Bouchon show. And look, there's been a topic that has come up. We've been talking about it for years, but thankfully it is finally making news. Well, of course this is, uh, the persecution, persecution and genocide of Christians that's happening around the world. Uh, You know, I'm not talking about what's going on in our country necessarily. We hear a lot about the issues that happen with Christians in our country. But there is so much bigger happening. And finally, it's starting to work its way into the mainstream media. Thankfully, people like Craig as well.
SPEAKER 08 :
That's right. up at CraigBouchon.com that's titled The Silent Genocide, Why the World Ignores the Slaughter of Christians. And it's an important piece for people to read. I encourage everyone to go read it at CraigBouchon.com. But it goes through these nations like Nigeria, Syria, the Congo, Pakistan, as well as others that there is a, as titled in the piece, a silent genocide. This is a systematic process purging of Christians in these nations and the world looks away. And so, Craig, we wanted to bring you on today to talk about this piece and really what prompted you to publish it and what you've learned in looking into this silent genocide.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, you know, thank you so much for having me on today. And I wish I was on for a better subject for sure. But the fact is that ACLJ has been covering this subject for many years. And I wish it was harder for us when we were doing our digging. We didn't have to dig too far to put this information together. It should be top of mind. And it is really an atrocity that's happening across the globe. It's a full spectrum scenario that we need to discuss. And specifically in this country, you know, we are still a majority Christian country. Of course, there's many other religions here as well. But We are a majority Christian country, and it's just not spoke about. And it is a real problem. So we were trying to put together something that was simple enough for people to understand, not get too deep into the weeds. But the fact is that more and more news agencies, podcasts, churches, political leaders need to speak about this because it is happening every single day.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, and as we've seen recently, one, we know what makes headlines. We know the conflict between Israel and Gaza has obviously taken over for years now, the headlines. But this is something that when you look at a nation like Nigeria, where they have the most persecution of any country in the world, and they're systematically killing Christians with Boko Haram and other Islamist groups that attack them there. But we are fortunately one. This piece is digestible and it's shareable and it gives you a primer and also allows folks that once they read that to dig deeper, to find out more information about these these nations that you may not have been top of mind thinking about the persecution that's going on. But you are starting to see, to some degree, alternative voices start to bring this up more. We spoke about a couple weeks back on the show where Bill Maher even brought up on his show that, listen, everyone should be talking about what's happening in Nigeria. This should be something that the UN is writing resolutions about all the time because of how devastating it is and how many people are being massacred and churches burned down and lives destroyed. But once again, it's taking people even like Bill Maher, who's very proudly an atheist, does not love organized religion, to call out these atrocities because our mainstream media just won't touch it.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, it's a fact. And again, the whole goal of this piece that we did is to make it digestible, bring it top of mind, let people know what's happening, start asking more questions, make sure that we're focusing in on the protection of Christians around the world. It can be a controversial conversation for some, But the fact is that it is a genocide that is happening. There are particular leaders around the world that they're doing it on purpose and that needs to be showcased. And you're right. There are people, I think, because there's more than mainstream media now. We have a tremendous amount of ways to get information out, just like this show, for example, that more and more people are talking about it. But it needs to be broadened. It needs to be top of mind. We should be seeing statistics, data. Yes, Nigeria, Syria, the Congo, Pakistan. There's a whole lot of data there. And we're doing some updates, as a matter of fact, because we did another post called Follow the Money, Why Global Christian Persecution is Met with Silence. So the next thing we're working on is we're following who's stopping this information from getting out, because there are those people as well. Look, we're all in this together. I'm a huge fan of what you do with with your show and with the ACLJ and the bigger picture. And we're proud to be a part of that messaging. Get the information out. And so we're going to stay on the subject. And it's important. And me as a Christian, I think it's also my duty to do it.
SPEAKER 05 :
Absolutely, Craig. And I wanted to maybe the last question that we get to today. But as you state in your article, it feels like evil isn't hiding anymore. Do you think this is more of a spiritual battle, spiritual warfare than anything else? You brought up your faith. And I think that is something we look at. Of course, this is a targeted Christian. So it feels like that this is something much, much bigger than some sort of political violence.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, absolutely. We are, and I've said for years, you know, many years ago when I was on air in Austin, Texas, I was even talking about this. Now that I've come back on the air after a hiatus, I'm talking about it again. We are in a holy war. As a Christian, it goes back all the way to Genesis. This is a biblical fight. At some point, we have to start having the real conversation about what we're doing, why we do it. What does it mean to be a Christian nation? What does it mean to be an American? What is our relationship with Israel explained in more detail from a biblical standpoint so people understand and just kind of get it right? I personally believe that we're in a holy war, but it's not a new war. It's a war that's been going on for generations, thousands of years.
SPEAKER 05 :
There's a lot of great content in your article and so much more. I want to give you a second. We only got about a minute and a half here to plug, though, how people can follow you and check out this article and hear your show.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, go to CraigBouchon.com. We have articles up every single day. We're also partnered with the Spreely Network as well, where we're going to have our video podcast. We have our audios up right now. Again, go to CraigBouchon.com. And we're excited about getting reengaged in the conversation because, you know, the First Amendment to the Constitution is... that important. And we talk about that. The motto on my show is the truth is not hate speech. And so we coin that phrase every single time because the truth is what sets us free. And we got to talk about it every single day. So I thank you so much for having me on. Keep up the great work. please go to CraigBouchon.com. We read between the lines. We just don't follow the top stories. We actually read between the lines of what's driving those stories so we can hopefully find a solution to some of these issues that we're facing in our society.
SPEAKER 05 :
Craig, thanks for joining us. We really appreciate it. Always good to hear from you. Again, you can check out Craig's work. Hey, we do have a second half hour coming up on this broadcast right now. So if you don't get us in your local station, find us broadcasting live each and every day, 12 to 1 p.m. Eastern time. That is on ACLJ.org, on YouTube, Rumble, however you get your podcasts. We're there. Of course, you can catch us on Archive on all those platforms as well. And support the work of the ACLJ while you do it. We only got about a minute break, but it's a great time to go make a donation, support the work. Come in, ACLJ champion. If you can, that's someone that gives on a monthly basis, automatically, like a membership. Do that today. It helps create a great baseline. Join the tens of thousands of you that have already done that at aclj.org. Opt in. Become a champion. We're back in less than a minute.
SPEAKER 07 :
Keeping you informed and engaged, now more than ever, this is Seculo. And now your host, Logan Sekulow.
SPEAKER 05 :
Welcome back to Sekulow. We got a second half hour for you. It's just Will and I for this half hour. It is. So what are we going to talk about, Will?
SPEAKER 08 :
We're going to talk about a lot of things. We're going to talk about this Bolton indictment.
SPEAKER 05 :
You said that like a beetle. We're going to talk about a lot of things.
SPEAKER 08 :
A lot of things. A lot of things. John Bolton, yes. We're also going to talk about that wonderful... like had to watch debate last night in New York City.
SPEAKER 05 :
I watched the highlights. Highlights, you had Mamdami, you had Cuomo, and you had the guardian angel, what's his name?
SPEAKER 08 :
Curtis Lewa.
SPEAKER 05 :
Curtis Lewa. It was, you know, which of all the Siwas, My favorite is Curtis. It was an interesting debate. We'll discuss it. If you watched it, I'm curious, because a lot of it was not about New York City. I think we had a discussion about that. Half of it, I'd say, was about New York City. If that, half of it was about President Trump and about other things in national politics. What do you think about it? Obviously, Cuomo kind of came in as trying to be almost- a trump conservative in some ways those things because president trump will listen to him he'll still he'll back down if i tell him to back down of course you had on the other side and cuomo comes off like the most i mean if you want to look at like who would be if you're casting a movie to be the mayor of new york it is uh andrew cuomo i mean he's just exactly the character you think he should be i had a lot of good things to say it's like he was in ghostbusters I mean, he really does feel like that. And then you turn, because I mean, their dad kind of was. Their dad's basically a character. And then you go over and you look at Mondami, who I have to say, came off super slick. Though I think he dodged a lot of the answers, he had good dodges for those answers.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, that's what the New York Post front page was today.
SPEAKER 05 :
I couldn't even read that.
SPEAKER 08 :
Mom dodger.
SPEAKER 05 :
Mom dodgy. Mom dodging.
SPEAKER 08 :
Not their best work. Of all their puns. Normally pretty good.
SPEAKER 05 :
That one, boned it in. Yeah, I mean, look, I think that the polls are showing that he's running away with it right now. And if you watch that and say that you are a liberal Democrat who is voting in the mayoral race in New York, I think your answer is pretty clear, even though I think it could end up being an absolute disaster for the city. Someone who loves New York City had seen what it looks like under Republican control, under Democrat control, under independent even control, what it can look like. And I think you can flashback 20 years, then flashback 10 years, flashback five years and see how different New York City has gotten, you know, as what you'd say is the capital of the world. You would hope it is a place that people want to travel, visit, the crime is taken care of, that things are under control. And look, President Trump has talked about doing what he's done now in Chicago, doing what he's done now in Memphis. And Memphis, look, you've got to give it up. President Trump, it's a little scary. We've said when you bring in the National Guard and those things start happening, you have to start going, okay, where does federal control come in? 45 children, missing children, were located in Memphis, Tennessee in the first few days of this campaign. 45 missing children. Some of them runaways. Some of them runaways that ended up getting involved in trafficking just because they ran away and had to have something to do. So you have to say, those are the kind of stats and the numbers where you go, all right, there's something to this right now. And really it's saying there's something to what's going on locally in these areas that they can't control this themselves.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, even at that point, we have to give credit to one, the governor of Tennessee for requesting and working with the president, but also Senator Bill Hagerty, who worked very closely with the president to make sure that happened. And in the two weeks that the National Guard and the federal task force was in Memphis, they made 854 arrests and seized 180 illegal guns. And they took violent criminals off the streets, as well as you mentioned the children that were rescued. But just think about that. 180 illegal guns were seized by the federal task force in a city that is just has so much rot with crime in it. The fact that this isn't being celebrated by the left taking illegal guns off the streets. This should be New York Times front page headline of look at what is success to bring down and combat gun violence in this country.
SPEAKER 05 :
We're here in Tennessee. We're here in Tennessee. I love Memphis. Memphis, my favorite places here in the state. However, the last few years, it's gotten out of control. I took my family there just about a year ago, and look, they'll tell you some stories. Those stories aren't the most flattering for what happens in Memphis, and I would love to see a better place to visit and a better place to live for those who live there as well. Because it's a great city, great culture, great food. With that being said, we've got two more segments coming up, and I want to hear from you. Give me a call at 1-800-684-3110. We're going to play some bites also from that debate. And so much more coming up in the next segment of Secular. The Seculo phone lines are open for you at 1-800-684-3110. Wasn't going to spend a whole lot of time on the debate, but I do see a lot of comments coming in. Clearly, a lot of you did watch that New York mayoral debate between Andrew Cuomo, Mom Donnie, and Curtis Lewa. Right. And it was an interesting one. Look, I have to say. You have to take your political blinders off and go, look, there are a lot of things I disagree with. I would actually say almost everything that I disagree with with Mamdami. But what you can't take away from him, he is a very gifted speaker. And as someone who comes in as a young man, this is a guy we got to keep our eyes on because he is someone who could take it further and further because of his charisma, the way he's able to speak. Even if he's dodging a question, it comes off a better answer. He had rebuttals to almost every gotcha moment. It was pretty impressive. Now, of course, he is competing against two old guys who've been around forever. And I don't mean that in a mean way, but they're certainly not the next generation of New Yorker. These were two classic New Yorkers, one of which was Andrew Cuomo, who had a pretty rough ending to his career after COVID and all the things he's had to go unapologetically. He made an apology to the Jewish community for the way he treated them during COVID. There's so many things he's had to do to try to make up for it. Honestly, if it was anyone else, I think he would have a much better chance. But the fact that it is someone who New Yorkers have a love-hate relationship with already... isn't going to go over super well. And the poll numbers are really saying that Mamdani is running away with it. That's right.
SPEAKER 08 :
So the polls that came out before the debate have among registered voters a 21 point lead with Mamdani at 49% then 28% to Andrew Cuomo and 13% to Curtis Sliwa but then when you go to the likely voters it's 52% for Mamdani and then you have 28% for Cuomo and 14% for Sliwa so And just based off those numbers, it's not an overcomable margin there for someone like Cuomo, even if Sliwa were to drop out or vice versa. The other problem with the Republican candidate Sliwa is that he, one, has been around a long time. He was a fixture in old New York, helping clean up the city, which I think he's tried this multiple times running for mayor. I think that he's thinking, okay, we're at that time where everyone's talking about cleaning up New York. This is my moment. But it doesn't play the same way. I feel like the nostalgia for the Guardian Angels probably just isn't even there in New York anymore, as well as... He has a contentious relationship with President Trump. When President Trump became president, he left the Republican Party. He said, I don't want to be associated with him. So it's not as if he can even play off that and try to reach a base in New York that may be a silent majority or something or old school, you know, blue collar populist New Yorker. That's not who he's necessarily going to win over there. So then you take all that when you're up against a charismatic candidate like Mamdami. You have to think he has higher aspirations. Obviously, he cannot be president of the United States based off the Constitution. He was born in Uganda. But senator, congressman, governor of the state. I mean, those are options that he has to gain more power, although being the mayor of New York is a very big position. But he did have some issues. You know, he's talking with there. You talked about dodging and everything. But then he was even asked by the moderator about making things free. This is by 10. We should play because it. It shows how slick he can be, but also that, I mean, there's not a ton he can do. You can run on these campaign promises, but also as mayor, he doesn't have the authority to raise taxes by himself. It's either through the city council or through the state legislature. Let's go ahead and play by 10.
SPEAKER 01 :
The question is how you'll make them free.
SPEAKER 03 :
We will fund the revenue that would have otherwise been brought in from fares. And that's something that we would do in partnership with Albany. And I've put forward two proposals. The first is to raise taxes on the top 1% of New Yorkers by 2%. That would raise $4 billion. The second is to raise the state's top corporate tax rate to match that of New Jersey, which would raise $5 billion.
SPEAKER 08 :
So right there, he's saying he wants to raise the state's top corporate tax rate as mayor of New York. This isn't something he can do. So he can offer these things and run on these campaign promises. But it's also very slick because then he can blame Albany. He can blame the governor. He can blame the legislature of saying that. I ran on this. The people want it, but they won't give it to me. Throw them out of office. And then what's he doing? He's running for governor next. I mean, there's that you see the trajectory there because his promises are not something he as mayor of New York has the authority or capacity to even pull off.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I think that it's an interesting time for New York City. I would have not thought this is where they would have gone after Eric Adams and after all the issues they've had to then go this way. But it does feel like they want a new fresh face. And look, there are times they've called him out for his rhetoric around Israel, because obviously the largest Jewish community outside of Israel is in New York City. It accounts for about 10, 12 percent of the residents of Manhattan, which is a lot in that area. And whenever he brings that up, he quickly dodges it, says, of course, he agrees that Israel should be a state. He definitely doesn't think it should be a Jewish state. He's been pretty clear about that should be a state for all people. And of course, Israel already does that. But it is founded in in the Jewish homeland. Now, they've also brought up tweets he's stated, and you had him going back and forth with Cuomo. I think you should hear this to kind of hear how he kind of could speak the language of both sides here. So let's take a listen. Byte 11.
SPEAKER 03 :
I have been clear time and time again that as much as Andrew Cuomo wants to bring up tweets from 2020, which is around the same time that he was sending seniors to their death in nursing homes, I am looking to work with police officers, not to defund the NYPD, looking to ensure that officers can actually do one job when they're signing up to join that department.
SPEAKER 01 :
Not the many jobs we're asking them to do today with the mental health crisis. He was specifically referring to comments you made. We will come back to that, but we're out of time. You said they are waiting to interrupt.
SPEAKER 05 :
candidates and racists we're moving on that's what you said your words your words we're moving on see they're moving on they're moving on he was saying that your words were racist trying to talk to him and of course like an interesting moment as i said mamdami plays about three conservative talking points right there talk specifically about not defunding the police giving the police more authority to do the job that they were hired to do talks about the nursing home situation that happened during covid Under Andrew Cuomo, again, another talking point that is largely being presented by conservatives. This is someone who is certainly understanding how to talk to the masses, and we need to keep an eye on it. Because as you said, New York City, though it is not a city that most of our listeners probably live in, there is consequences, just like what goes on in California, just like what goes on in some of our major states, Texas, Florida.
SPEAKER 08 :
um there's ripple effects that happen when you elect somebody like this in uh again one of our biggest cities that's right this isn't just someone that's like i'm a democrat and you look at their policies and you say oh these are socialist policies this is someone who says he is a democratic socialist this is someone that will then lead one of the largest economic centers in the country based off socialist policies that has been having a rough go at it And it's a very dangerous thing when you start to bring that in. Now, to some degree, there are people on the right that are like, okay, let him get elected and see the failure of those policies in a place that's an economic center. But that does do damage to the rest of the country, but it also makes it more attractive to other places. It normalizes democratic socialism This is the same party that was criticizing the Hamas-Israel deal because it said just last week that, no, it doesn't give back all the stolen land that Israel has, meaning all of Israel, from the river to the sea. So this isn't a group that... has normal mainstream thought that's just a little wonky on economics. This is a very anti-American ideology that he's going to bring forward and lead the city. I mean, anything can happen in politics, but he has a very clear trajectory to being the next mayor of New York.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I think if you're a betting person on it, the odds look very much in that favor. Hey, I want to hear from you. Coming up in the next segment, we've got a few lines open at 1-800-684-3110. We can talk about John Bolton. We can talk about what's going on right now. President Trump meeting with Zelensky after having that conversation with Putin. They're looking like he's going to have a meeting with Putin here coming up, I believe. I forgot what they said it was going to be. We'll look up where it is. where they said it was going to be a neutral playing ground, another neutral playing ground with Putin. Of course, the last one didn't turn out as well as maybe they had hoped, but we'll see what that is. Maybe you have a thought process on that's going to be in Hungary. That's right. Phone lines, again, are open for you at 1-800-684-3110. That's 1-800-684-3110. I do want to take a minute right now. Look, we have been working hard here at the ACLJ. It's not just our media team. These kind of shows we come in we kind of give you some breaking news items we discuss what we're working on a little bit but in you know behind the scenes not just on this show since president trump's inauguration our legal team has been filing amicus briefs in cases where the president's executive authority is under a relentless attack You heard about what's going on in all these areas, the good and the bad, and of course, all the rogue judges. And today, we file in Trump v. Slaughter, defending President Trump's authority to remove federal trade commissioners according to his policy agenda. Today, today's filing will mark 16th. briefs defending president trump just this year we have had two big wins on this issue with executive authority so we're hoping for another one that was with planned parenthood being defunded and take action with us right now you can help us really right now there's a great way to do it we only have 15 seconds so i can't even read the rest of my pitch just go to aclj.org sign a petition play around on there but most importantly make a donation if you can of any kind five dollars fifty dollars whatever it can be we'll be right back Last segment of the day. Welcome back to Secular. We are going to take your calls. We've got four lines open right now, so this is a good time to call in at 1-800-684-3110. Let's go to Jim in Ohio on line two. Go ahead, Jim.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yes, hi. Good afternoon. Yeah, thanks for taking my call. I just have a question. Does President Trump have an avenue that he can go down to be financially reimbursed from all of the... privileged lawsuits that were brought against him?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, Jim, one, these were, most of them would have been the federal government in some ways. Not all lawsuits. These were criminal cases in many cases. When you talk about the special counsel, you think about there was that civil lawsuit in New York where the judge actually threw out the $500 million judgment against him in that appeals court. So As far as that goes in the criminal cases, no, there was charges. They were dropped in most cases. So it wouldn't be something that they'd be being an avenue of a frivolous lawsuit. Although we look at them and say these are frivolous lawsuits, it wouldn't necessarily be to that standard as well as I think the president isn't looking to necessarily get reimbursed. I think he's doing OK and is just more focused on leading the country at this point.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah. Thank you, Jim, for calling. We do have some lines open again, as you said, 1-800-684-3110. We are following. President Trump still has not greeted Zelensky. It has not happened yet. They've been talking about like it was going to happen in any second. Of course, this has been multiple meetings that have happened now with Zelensky over the last few months. After that, the one we kind of think of is the one that was. Very contentious. Then after that, it seems to have been a friendship that has blossomed a little bit, specifically after the end of the war in Gaza. Now, of course, there are still updates going on what's happening in Gaza. President Trump said if they don't quit killing their own people, we're going to go in and take care of them. That has been some of the threats coming from President Trump over the last 24 to 48 hours. Of course, we're all monitoring that to see what that looks like. But I'm sure he sees, look, if something like this can happen, it's a different kind of scale war. when it comes to ukraine and russia but in some ways i don't want to say it's a different kind of dispute but it's a it is a different kind of you know it's not religion necessarily there is some religion involved they'll like they'll certainly say that there is a religious uh backbone to it but it is more of a uh i don't say a traditional land war but there is some of that
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, yesterday we spoke with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about this and talked about some of the momentum that the president has by even getting Hamas to that first step, like getting them to agree to the terms, even if they don't live up to it, was such a monumental task that it shows the difference in the strength that President Trump projects instead of just telling the adversaries don't. Don't go forward. Don't attack your neighbor. And that's what the previous administration was. So while the first rounds may have not been successful, just like the first rounds of him trying to end the Gaza conflict didn't necessarily get that far. We also are only seven months into this presidency at this point. I'm sorry, no, nine months into this presidency starting in January. That's wild. But when you look at what has happened in that time is that we're not even a year in. You're like calendars, man.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
gotten to this point where he's having these summits with putin and i think putin sees what he was able to pull off and actually praised what he's able to pull off in israel that it starts to show that okay the president has these economic tools that he can use he has these military tools they they said in that phone call he joked about would you mind if i uh sent a couple thousand tomahawks to ukraine like that's how he's talking to putin uh showing that he can be almost like whimsical about it but also I'm dead serious about what I'm doing.
SPEAKER 05 :
How do you scare somebody? I think President Trump has known that really that's maybe one of the only answers for dealing with Putin and dealing with Russia is to give them that 10% of maybe you'll do something great.
SPEAKER 08 :
But that's also what a lot of this discussion with Zelensky is supposed to be today, is talking about increasing what the United States gives to Ukraine. It's not sending more troops or more advisors, as the Biden administration liked to call all the special forces units that he had stationed in Ukraine. But what it really is, is going to be, hey, we're going to give them weaponry. We could give them arms that could really make a difference in Tomahawk territory. It is an escalation of what the armaments that we would be giving to Ukraine would be that would allow them to hit targets a lot further into Russia, a lot bigger targets. This is a different phase of that. And then if you couple that with putting more economic pressure on the trading partners of Russia, it really could bring about a Hamas-Israel style agreement that comes out of it. Now, one other thing. The people on the left aren't going to be happy with that either. Because when you look at what the Hamas-Israel agreement was, if you are Israel, you had to give up a lot. There's a lot of things that takes it out of Israel's control, such as the presence in Gaza, pulling back, the releasing of thousands of Palestinian prisoners.
SPEAKER 05 :
So on the face of it, there were a lot of... I think we have to bring that up because I keep saying hostages. I keep seeing the term hostages.
SPEAKER 08 :
It's because you have so many leftist friends, Logan. I do.
SPEAKER 05 :
It's also because they don't understand the difference. Let's say hostage release for hostage release. And of course what we're talking about is here. We're talking about who got released from Israel back into the Palestinian territories, back into Gaza. You're talking about people who were arrested for crimes, not hostages in war. Murderers, terrorists. People that involved mass murders, people that planned the bus bombings, all those things in the early 2000s that they were dealing with. So don't think that Israel didn't give up anything. They weren't giving up hostages. They were giving up hostages, not innocents, which is what was going on in Israel, which were the ones who were kept in Gaza.
SPEAKER 08 :
Someone that was running a soundboard at a music festival. Right. I mean, that was one of our clients. That's the type of people that were the real hostages. And then you're talking about terrorists on the other side. And that's my point to that, is that If you are an Israeli or even a diehard Zionist, that deal on paper, there are some things that we even talk about that we didn't love because you look at it and you're like, oh, this is an actual deal negotiation. I think the same thing is what is likely to come out of if President Trump is able to broker something between Ukraine and Russia. It will look like that. So people on the left will have a lot to be upset about. they will have a lot to say. How dare he force Ukraine to do this? But if there's resolution, I think that is more what it would look like rather than a Russia go home, Ukraine gets all the land back.
SPEAKER 05 :
I think the hope is that it comes to a solution where both Ukraine and Russia also come back can get back open to trade with the United States and all of those things. I know that's kind of controversial. People are like, how dare you? It's like Russia, the import export business, what was going on in Russia, that being shut down, that's a whole nother show we can talk about. But man, you're talking about an economic boom that would probably happen in some ways if you were able to reopen Russia to trade. So hopefully there can be an end of war scenario here. And if President Trump could broker it in Gaza, I'm pretty confident he could probably figure out how to deal with it with Ukraine and with Russia.
SPEAKER 08 :
And I think that's what's interesting about his approach to all these wars is what he leads with is I just want people to stop dying. It's a very humanitarian approach, which a lot of people may criticize because it isn't a very geopolitical approach. It's not a picking a side, winner, loser. Whose politics do I like better? He's just like, I just want these people to stop killing each other, whether it be Gaza in Israel, whether it be Russia and Ukraine. And I think that is what makes it such a novel approach because everyone else is colored by all the geopolitical baggage that they have when they approach these things.
SPEAKER 05 :
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