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55KRC Monday Show - Smitherman, Money Monday, Eric Conroy · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 1: 505-55KRC, the talk station.
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  Speaker 2: That'd be Monday. Soon they hope we will Sugar use
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  Speaker 2: a vacation from.
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  Speaker 3: I'm the dude man.
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  Speaker 2: You may be i am brian thomas host of the
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  Speaker 2: 55 krc morning show and in wishing everyone a very
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  Speaker 2: happy money try to make it so anyway i too
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  Speaker 2: hate when the weekend's over i had a wonderful weekend
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  Speaker 2: i hope you did too hope you can stick around
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  Speaker 2: all morning got some good stuff coming up mr humanitarian
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  Speaker 2: himself at 705 bob wetterer who's that guy the guy
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  Speaker 2: that's responsible for the wish tree program started it back
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  Speaker 2: in the 80s if i recall bob doing this and
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  Speaker 2: Every single year he approaches businesses to ask them to
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  Speaker 2: put a wish tree in their lobby there for the
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  Speaker 2: holiday season, each tree adorned with little tags reflecting the
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  Speaker 2: wants and needs of folks on life's margins out there,
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  Speaker 2: a variety of different charities being helped with that. You
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  Speaker 2: grab an ornament, buy the gift. Bob arranges to pick
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  Speaker 2: it up. You drop it back off where the wish
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  Speaker 2: tree is or otherwise. There's multiple different ways of getting
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  Speaker 2: the gift to where it goes, and Bob's going to
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  Speaker 2: talk about that at 7.05 as we get a fast
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  Speaker 2: approach to the holiday season. Hopefully we are feeling in
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  Speaker 2: a charitable mood. out of the chaos that's going on
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  Speaker 2: in the world. Christopher Smith event, 720 every week. We
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  Speaker 2: get the former vice mayor of the city of Cincinnati
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  Speaker 2: with the Smith event. I've been focusing a lot on
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  Speaker 2: violence in downtown Cincinnati lately. Not quite sure where he's
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  Speaker 2: going to go, but then again, I never do. Looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to it, as I always do. Money Monday with
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  Speaker 2: Brian James every Monday at 8.05. Inflation and its effect
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  Speaker 2: on corporate profits. Topic number two, the price of gas
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  Speaker 2: is high even after the tax holiday. True, not as
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  Speaker 2: high as it was under Biden. Don't forget, we've had
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  Speaker 2: it worse. And retired Americans are putting off the fun
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  Speaker 2: and fear of running out of money. And we've talked
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  Speaker 2: about that with Brian James quite a few times. When
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  Speaker 2: can you start spending money if you've been, well, quote-unquote,
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  Speaker 2: responsibly managing retirement savings over the years? So don't worry
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  Speaker 2: about it, maybe. Or maybe you should worry about it.
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  Speaker 2: I guess it depends on where you are. But that's
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  Speaker 2: what we get, Brian James. And then we get Eric Conroy.
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  Speaker 2: In-studio vote, Conroy, not Lansman. I hope we turn things around. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, obviously... hearing a whole lot about polling. And
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  Speaker 2: of course you have to, and I know most of,
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  Speaker 2: and this is the thing I wanted to get to
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  Speaker 2: on polling more and more of I've heard with the
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  Speaker 2: folks who know and understand polls and who takes them.
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  Speaker 2: And there's a real problem out there with polling accuracy.
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  Speaker 2: If you haven't gotten a memo on that one, you
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  Speaker 2: look back statistically over the years, you know, there've been way,
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  Speaker 2: way the hell off, usually way the hell off favoring Democrats,
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  Speaker 2: at least in terms of perception of the polls and
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  Speaker 2: undercounting or not anticipating the accuracy of Republicans' vote or enthusiasm.
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  Speaker 2: And the point's been made a number of times. You know,
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  Speaker 2: Republicans quite often do not participate in polls. And when
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  Speaker 2: I heard that, I'm like, well, I've never participated in
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  Speaker 2: a poll. And the other point on that, one, if
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  Speaker 2: you think about the weaponization that the Biden administration went
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  Speaker 2: against anybody who had any connection with Trump, If you
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  Speaker 2: wrote a $ 5 check for Trump, they know who you are.
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  Speaker 2: They've got you on a list. If you were anywhere
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  Speaker 2: near the Capitol on January 6th, they geofenced you. They
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  Speaker 2: tracked where you are. They looked at your credit card receipts.
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  Speaker 2: Did you buy a MAGA hat? All that. It's kind
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  Speaker 2: of a frightening proposition. Government weaponized against you is one thing,
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  Speaker 2: but the idea that maybe you have this worry, concern,
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  Speaker 2: maybe some might call it paranoia, that if you utter
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  Speaker 2: a syllable in favor of Trump or conservative leading candidates,
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  Speaker 2: then you're going to get labeled. You're going to get identified.
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  Speaker 2: You're going to get doxxed. Oh my God, there's one
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  Speaker 2: over there. There's a Trump supporter or there's a supporter
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  Speaker 2: of a candidate who is a quote unquote MAGA affiliated
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  Speaker 2: or someone who got Trump's endorsement. And if you have
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  Speaker 2: even a remote feeling along those lines, you're not going
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  Speaker 2: to participate in a poll. Hell, you may lie. Now,
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  Speaker 2: do I wish the polls showed a stronger showing for Republicans? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: but if you think about that little element And then
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  Speaker 2: all of the hocus pocus and alchemy that pollsters go
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  Speaker 2: through when they try to figure out likely voters versus
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  Speaker 2: unlikely voters. And you go on and then the margin
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  Speaker 2: of error calculations, which are like the piece of God
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  Speaker 2: passing all human understandings. How do you come up with
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  Speaker 2: a 3.6% margin of error? What's the margin of error
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  Speaker 2: based on? Do they even understand that? And if you're
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  Speaker 2: a pollster, you can give me the indication or give
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  Speaker 2: me information on how that's calculated. But, you know, don't,
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  Speaker 2: Be disheartened, I guess, is where I'm springing from on
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  Speaker 2: that one. And tick-tock, tick-tock, we are fast approaching the election.
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  Speaker 2: And guess what? You can get out an early vote
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  Speaker 2: if you like. And if you look at France, I
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  Speaker 2: just want to let you know, this is like France
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  Speaker 2: is about a step ahead of us in terms of
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  Speaker 2: the evolution of society. This is all about school funding.
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  Speaker 2: Sure it is. Got a big problem, France. Here's a
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  Speaker 2: little cautionary tale. As I stare at an article, United
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  Speaker 2: States budget deficit surges to just under $ 2 trillion as
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  Speaker 2: spending increases and interest payments on the debt deficit soar.
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  Speaker 2: So more and more of the tax dollars they take
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  Speaker 2: in and, of course, going to debt service because we
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  Speaker 2: cannot stop spending here. One of the problems with France
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  Speaker 2: is if you believe it's the school underfunding and deteriorating
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  Speaker 2: conditions in the school because of France's won't spend enough
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  Speaker 2: money on the schools. Well, how about this? France has
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  Speaker 2: been running a budget deficit or deficits above 5% of
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  Speaker 2: gross domestic product for years. I think they've been doing
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  Speaker 2: it since the 70s. Hmm, sound a little bit familiar?
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  Speaker 2: Investors driving up the country's borrowing costs. Fearful France has
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  Speaker 2: grown too polarized to restore fiscal order. Polarization coming from where?
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  Speaker 2: An unregulated, unchecked overflow of people who have no connection
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  Speaker 2: with the French way of life? People who have not
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  Speaker 2: been incorporated into society? Yes, but 20% of the population
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  Speaker 2: of French is now foreign-born, most of whom are Muslim.
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  Speaker 2: They don't have any connection with French culture, which is
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  Speaker 2: why you can watch protesters burning down symbols of the
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  Speaker 2: French Revolution. Even your leftist French won't do that if
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  Speaker 2: they're assimilated into the culture and history of France. Not
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  Speaker 2: likely to burn down a symbol of the French Revolution.
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  Speaker 2: But there they are, burned down. In addition to all
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  Speaker 2: the stores that have been looted and the riots in
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  Speaker 2: the streets and calls against and screaming against the police.
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  Speaker 2: It sounds exactly like the defund the police movement. You
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  Speaker 2: got the French leftist quote-unquote leaders defunding. blaming the violence
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  Speaker 2: on the police department's reaction to the looting and the
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  Speaker 2: law breaking. Firefighters show up to put the fire out
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  Speaker 2: on one of these, you know, loved or beloved formerly
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  Speaker 2: symbols of the French Revolution, history, the buildings. They show
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  Speaker 2: up to put the fire out and the protesters pummel
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  Speaker 2: them with rocks so much so that they cannot do
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  Speaker 2: their job, which is put the fire out. Sound familiar?
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  Speaker 2: It should.
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  Speaker 4: It should.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, J.D. Vance warning about this, hitting a
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  Speaker 2: nail on the head in terms of who he's identified
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  Speaker 2: as the biggest problem. Hmm, what might that be? Blaming
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  Speaker 2: the nationwide riots in France, mass immigration, and the inability
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  Speaker 2: to integrate large swaths of people from the third world.
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  Speaker 2: And then warning us we shouldn't be following the same
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  Speaker 2: destructive path. Widespread destruction would not have been possible were
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  Speaker 2: it not for the mass migration policies enacted by establishment
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  Speaker 2: parties in Paris for decades. What has happened there? Sound familiar?
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  Speaker 2: Think about Minnesota, the creation of ethnic enclaves in suburbs
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  Speaker 2: like St. Denis, France, that have been breeding resentment. Vice
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  Speaker 2: President J.D. Vance, Western liberals imported the third world into
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  Speaker 2: France and other countries in the name of diversity and compassion.
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  Speaker 2: They ignored fundamental questions of assimilation and compatibility. They were
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  Speaker 2: told it would lead to this, and they didn't listen.
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  Speaker 2: I pray that France, a beautiful country of amazing people,
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  Speaker 2: will stop this madness before more of its landmarks burn.
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  Speaker 2: And I hope Americans are paying attention to This is
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  Speaker 2: your future congressional Democrats seek for your country. The future
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  Speaker 2: Democrats seek. And there's an interesting observation, Wall Street Journal,
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  Speaker 2: maybe I can get to some of the points made
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  Speaker 2: about the indoctrination of our kids in college. I'll give
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  Speaker 2: you the op-ed piece by John Ellis in the Journal
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  Speaker 2: a couple days ago. I believe it was on Friday.
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  Speaker 2: Radical professors have poisoned the electorate. And he points out
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  Speaker 2: And this is where the liberals out there, the traditional Democrats,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you're the ones that are going to pay
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  Speaker 2: the price on this as well. And it points out
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  Speaker 2: liberals are paying the price for their complacency in allowing
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  Speaker 2: Marxists to seep into higher education in large numbers. Radicals
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  Speaker 2: have begun to attack the center-left as intensely as the right,
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  Speaker 2: trashing the legacy of Western civilization on which both major
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  Speaker 2: parties previously rested. In other words, Democrats... pointed to the
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  Speaker 2: greatness of America. The history of America is allowing for
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  Speaker 2: what they want in terms of their party platform. Same
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  Speaker 2: thing with Republicans. Let's tap into the greatness of America.
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  Speaker 2: American ingenuity, American might, unrestrained, let people be who they
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  Speaker 2: want to be. We will all benefit from it. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the more libertarian leanings. But in the final analysis, this
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  Speaker 2: is not where the far left is going. As he
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  Speaker 2: pointed out, these aren't the well-meaning, youthful idealists they were
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  Speaker 2: claimed to be, but hardcore revolutionaries who go beyond calling
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  Speaker 2: for abolition of capitalism, private property, and advocate measures that
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  Speaker 2: even Stalin and Mao would have thought lunacy, abolishing the police,
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  Speaker 2: abolishing prison, dismantling the military, opening the borders. And he warns,
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  Speaker 2: get ready for lawless mob rule. which is, of course,
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  Speaker 2: the order of the day in France. Like I said,
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  Speaker 2: a step, sadly, maybe even just a baby step ahead
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  Speaker 2: of where we are right now in the United States
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  Speaker 2: of America. This is what the election is all about.
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  Speaker 2: This isn't just, you know, the Democrats screaming for some
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  Speaker 2: form of reform or some new policy. Oh, Medicare for
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  Speaker 2: all is one, but it's a laughable concept because of
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  Speaker 2: the money that we take from Medicare for all. We
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  Speaker 2: just don't have. Going back to our already deficit spending,
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  Speaker 2: $ 2 trillion in one fiscal year, up and climbing. Where
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  Speaker 2: are you going to pay for Medicare for all? But see,
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  Speaker 2: that's one policy that even the centrist Democrats are kind
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  Speaker 2: of pushing for. But the rest of it, look at
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  Speaker 2: the DSA. Look at what their platform stands for. It's
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  Speaker 2: the lunacy that was mentioned before. Abolishing police. Abolishing prisons?
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  Speaker 2: It goes on and on and on. The Democrat Party
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  Speaker 2: has been taken over, and it's only going to get
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  Speaker 2: worse unless we collectively put our feet down. 517 right now, 55KRC,
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• 12:23
  Speaker 2: the program with the Ohio Press Network's Jack Windsor. We
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  Speaker 2: heard from Janice Heisel from the Epoch Times on tearing
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  Speaker 2: down Christopher Columbus' statue. It seems maybe we're going the
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  Speaker 2: opposite direction on that.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I hope so. Steve Gooden on the Hinton trial and
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  Speaker 2: an hour with Peter Bronson in the studio. He is
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  Speaker 2: just a great guy. Outstanding author he is. As I
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  Speaker 2: mentioned while I was talking with Peter, Outstanding Christmas present idea.
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  Speaker 2: Get the entire five-volume set of Peter Bronson's book, all
• 12:50
  Speaker 2: relating to local history. Great stories they are. Something I've
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  Speaker 2: been talking about a long time as an attorney, and
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  Speaker 2: I've been worrying about artificial intelligence on this. There was
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  Speaker 2: a meeting among federal judges that happened in Boston and
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  Speaker 2: the tech giants about AI-generated images and video and them
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  Speaker 2: being nearly impossible to verify and soon to be impossible
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  Speaker 2: to verify. This is a huge evidentiary problem. For courts,
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  Speaker 2: reasonable doubt, proof beyond a reasonable doubt in a criminal trial.
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  Speaker 2: If everybody's walking around going, well, I can't tell my
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  Speaker 2: eyes or I can't tell truth from fiction in terms
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  Speaker 2: of AI-generated video, how am I supposed to believe that
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  Speaker 2: particular video is really defendant that's on trial? A problem
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  Speaker 2: that isn't as pervasive right now yet, yet the underscore
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  Speaker 2: because many judges pointed that out. Well, we haven't seen
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  Speaker 2: much evidence of that yet. We haven't seen much evidence
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  Speaker 2: of that yet. Devin Norder, described as Meta's director of
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  Speaker 2: product management, speaking with the group of judges, that the
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  Speaker 2: latest generation of AI models produces media people simply cannot
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  Speaker 2: tell apart from real things. He says media generated from
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  Speaker 2: frontier models, at least in the last few generations, are
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  Speaker 2: indistinguishable by humans from authentic or AI-generated media. He said
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  Speaker 2: producing convincing fakes no longer takes much effort or money.
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  Speaker 2: I bet Joe Strecker can produce a convincing fake right now.
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  Speaker 2: Before the end of this segment, he'll have it churned
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  Speaker 2: out and posted. He's not going to do it. Just
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  Speaker 2: I'm telling you, I've seen him do it. Anybody can. Cost,
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  Speaker 2: time it takes to create this stuff, trivial at this point,
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  Speaker 2: he notes. So in spite of the fact they haven't
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  Speaker 2: found overwhelming evidence it's happening yet, well, it is happening
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  Speaker 2: and it's going to happen more. So there's your major,
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  Speaker 2: that's my major concern, at least in a court of law,
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  Speaker 2: but obviously it transcends that.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, look.
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  Speaker 2: A couple days ago, the FBI and the Cybersecurity Infrastructure
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  Speaker 2: Security Agency, CISA, we've got one of those, worrying about
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  Speaker 2: cyber actors using AI to steal sensitive data ahead of
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  Speaker 2: the midterm elections. Public service announcement they released, warning that
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  Speaker 2: hackers can use phishing and smishing tactics to disrupt the elections,
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  Speaker 2: which involves sending deceptive emails, text messages, audio, and, ah,
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  Speaker 2: there it is, videos to trick recipients into revealing sensitive
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  Speaker 2: information or clicking malicious links. According to the statement, election officials, candidates,
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  Speaker 2: and their political organizations are attractive targets to malicious cyber
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  Speaker 2: criminals due to their access to voter registration data. Current
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  Speaker 2: government officials are sensitive campaign information. Statement warns AI technology
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  Speaker 2: allows these cyber criminals to create text messages and emails
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  Speaker 2: closely resembling legitimate communications, making it difficult for you, the recipient,
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  Speaker 2: to identify the fraudulent messages. This is something Dave Hatter
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  Speaker 2: every Friday has echoed for weeks and weeks and weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Warning that cyber actors could use AI-generated deepfake videos and
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  Speaker 2: audio recordings to create new identities, impersonate real people, and
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  Speaker 2: bolster phishing schemes. They said malicious cyber actors will continue
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  Speaker 2: to develop and innovate technologies to breach digital defenses. That's right.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to continue using it. It gets easier and easier.
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  Speaker 2: the means and mechanisms to dupe you into doing something
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  Speaker 2: that is in your worst best interest. They work on
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  Speaker 2: it all the time. Agencies recommended using phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication
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  Speaker 2: to the extent possible. These are warnings for you, particularly
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  Speaker 2: for email accounts, virtual private networks, and accounts with access
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  Speaker 2: to critical systems. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton said
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  Speaker 2: on CNBC the other day Both the Trump administration and
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  Speaker 2: American companies, quote, need to be wary of foreign espionage
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  Speaker 2: with the rise of AI. Foreign actors, domestic actors, anybody
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  Speaker 2: with access to an artificial intelligence program is a potential threat.
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  Speaker 2: It's incumbent upon us to be the first line of
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  Speaker 2: defense against this and don't be duped. If you have
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  Speaker 2: any questions swirling around it, don't open the email. At
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  Speaker 2: least it's a start. wonder if we can count on
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  Speaker 2: the integrity of the vote in the election. And as
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  Speaker 2: I stare out into the world, we have states that
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  Speaker 2: absolutely refuse to use the data that they have to
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  Speaker 2: ensure that the person going in to vote is lawfully
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  Speaker 2: eligible to vote.
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  Speaker 5: Huh.
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  Speaker 2: Going back to what's going on in France, I guess
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  Speaker 2: there are some people out there that really want to
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  Speaker 2: overwhelm the ballot with people who have no connection or
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  Speaker 2: affiliation with American values and who have not been assimilated.
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  Speaker 2: Ask yourself a question. Which side of the political ledger
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  Speaker 2: might those folks vote for? Abdul El-Sayed. 526. I see
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  Speaker 2: Gary's on the phone. Gary, hold on one moment. I
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  Speaker 2: want to talk to you, but I'm out of time.
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  Speaker 2: I'll be right back. This is 55KRC, an iHeartRadio station.
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  Speaker 2: It is Monday, like it or not. Stick around. Got
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  Speaker 2: some great guests coming up. including Eric Conroy, finishing up
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  Speaker 2: the show in studio at 8.30 and giving you the
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  Speaker 2: reasons why you need to vote Conroy, not Lansman. Lansman,
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  Speaker 2: yet another guy who will vote with the DSA folks
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  Speaker 2: and end up, well, trashing the United States of America.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Highway to hell. I'm convinced. Anyway, let's see what New
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  Speaker 2: Hampshire Gary's got this morning. Gary, welcome back, man. Happy
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  Speaker 2: Monday to you.
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  Speaker 6: Hey, happy Monday to you, too. I've been watching these great... Well,
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  Speaker 6: first of all, let's start off. You don't ever have
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  Speaker 6: to worry about the DSA getting rid of jails. They
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  Speaker 6: won't do it. They need somebody to put in there.
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  Speaker 6: They'll release the criminals, and they need some place to
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  Speaker 6: put you.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 6: I guarantee it.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that happens. Look at history. You know, you have Gary.
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  Speaker 2: Every single socialist, leftist, communist takeover results in purges. Jailing
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  Speaker 2: of political dissidents. Dissidents would be me and you, Gary.
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  Speaker 2: Under a far-left administration, you and I are going to
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  Speaker 2: have big targets on our back. You know, they're going
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  Speaker 2: to end up coming for everyone. This is why I
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  Speaker 2: kind of noted that observation about left-wing Marxism taking over
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  Speaker 2: college universities. Even the traditional liberals are freaked out about
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  Speaker 2: it because they're in the crosshairs as well.
• 19:02
  Speaker 6: I've got a picture of the riots going on over
• 19:04
  Speaker 6: in Paris, and I follow Mr. Guns and Gear on X,
• 19:09
  Speaker 6: and he posts a lot of videos. They've got this
• 19:13
  Speaker 6: woman over, she's a shopkeeper, and they were the Islamic
• 19:19
  Speaker 6: immigrants who were burning the shop and taking everything, you know,
• 19:24
  Speaker 6: vandalism and taking everything. She had this look, she had
• 19:29
  Speaker 6: this look of horror, shock and surprise as they were
• 19:34
  Speaker 6: running into her store. And like, she never could have
• 19:38
  Speaker 6: dreamed it would happen. It's just, it was like a
• 19:42
  Speaker 6: deer caught in the headlight. Look, I've never seen such a, TERRIFIED. LOOK,
• 19:48
  Speaker 6: IT HAD EVERYTHING IN in this look as Paris was
• 19:52
  Speaker 6: burning down. And it will come here. It will come here. Because,
• 19:59
  Speaker 6: I mean, I got my kids living down in Texas.
• 20:03
  Speaker 6: There is so much going on down in Texas, Islamic-wise.
• 20:08
  Speaker 6: And my kids, they don't even know. I talk to them,
• 20:11
  Speaker 6: you know, about Mondani, and they have no clue. And
• 20:16
  Speaker 6: I raise them to be aware, you know? And I'm like, geez,
• 20:21
  Speaker 6: old Pete. The only thing they got is their little
• 20:23
  Speaker 6: sphere of, you know, let's go to Disney and all
• 20:27
  Speaker 6: will be well because they're doing well. But as far
• 20:30
  Speaker 6: as looking outside that sphere, they're going to have that
• 20:34
  Speaker 6: same look of shock and awe, you know?
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: Well, and turning back to the website upon which you
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: rely with the guns and gear, I was thinking about that.
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: Do any of the French people have a defense against
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: their business or their person being attacked in violence?
• 20:51
  Speaker 4: No.
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: Remember the Korean shop owners? Remember that? They were able
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: to defend themselves during the L.A. riots a long, long
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: time ago. Yeah.
• 21:01
  Speaker 6: I call it the rooftop boogie with an M16 on it.
• 21:04
  Speaker 6: Nobody messed Hopefully he messed with them at all.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: They weren't playing. Truly, I believe that is the one
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: difference that we have between us and the rest of
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: the world, that we have the ability to defend ourselves.
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: We have the right to keep and bear arms. And yes,
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: an AK-47 or an M16, if you can get one, AR-15,
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: the semi-automatic version of that, which are pervasive and everywhere,
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: along with every other firearm out there. People in abundance
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: with firearms can hold off and actually defeat a better,
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: well-armed military, including a military that has, Joe Biden, F-16
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: fighter jets. You know, I mean, how many years did
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: we spend in Afghanistan fighting guys with shoulder launch rockets
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: and AK-47s? They pretty much won when we pulled the plug, right? Well,
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: that's the difference.
• 21:59
  Speaker 6: While we're spending billions of dollars trying to shoot down
• 22:03
  Speaker 6: a $ 300 drone with $ 10 billion.
• 22:07
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: You know? Yeah.
• 22:08
  Speaker 6: And math ain't mathin'. Right.
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah, think about that. Ukrainians with drones being able to
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: fend off one of the biggest armies in the world,
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: the Russians. Iranians able to fend off the biggest army
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: in the world, literally, with, well, little drones and little
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: speedboats and mines. And that's not going away anytime soon
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: because they're cheap to make. You can mass produce them
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: in a basement. Anywhere the United States, for example, wants
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: to drop a bomb, there's one new drone facility sitting
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: right next door to it. They can start a production tomorrow. Yeah,
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: it's amazing what a determined group of people, even with
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: small comparatively arms to its opposition, can achieve and accomplish
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: if it has the will, the determination. Yeah, frightening.
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: Gary?
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: Thank you, brother. Always appreciate hearing from you. 513-749-5500, 800-823-TALK.
• 22:57
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• 22:59
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• 23:01
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• 23:03
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• 23:28
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• 23:33
  Speaker 2: is Stupid. I started out with AI. Well, sort of,
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: kind of. At least I drifted into artificial intelligence and
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: the warnings about us not being able to determine truth
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: from fiction when it comes to videos. Here we go.
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: This is a sad story, but it is in The
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: Stack is Stupid. We have a Brazilian man named Edmar Martins.
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: He's 49 years old. He sold everything he owned and
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: traveled more than 1,200 miles to meet a woman he
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: would hope to marry. A woman he came across on
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: a social media account under the name of Jessica Oliveira.
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: Back in 2020 is when he first encountered her. He's
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: a bricklayer, said he's never had the suspicion that he
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: had been in contact with, you know what's coming, an
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: artificial intelligence generated character.
• 24:14
  Speaker 7: Dude, what the hell?
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: He decided after all this conversation back and forth with
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: AI that he wanted to meet what he felt was
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: the love of his life. On October 9th, he lived
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: in the northeastern state of Brazil. It's Maranhão. Close enough. Anyway,
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: he's in a city in Brazil, sold all of his
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: personal belongings to cover the expenses of his bus trip
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: to another city in Brazil. About 1,200 miles, as I mentioned.
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: He said, I sold all my things. I got rid
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: of everything. That's how you get discouraged. Who wouldn't get discouraged?
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: When he finally got there, he had no luck finding her.
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: that I went to the radio station there and they said, no,
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: that's fake news. That woman doesn't exist. He ran out
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: of money. So he went to the Belo Horizonte City Hall.
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: That's the city he traveled to. Talked to a social
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: worker and confessed that he had traveled that far because
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: he was tired of being lonely and received assistance. He
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: wanted assistance to return home, expressing obvious sadness. The video
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: of this lady, quote-unquote, was deleted from TikTok, Jessica Frenzendiera,
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: who had 300,000 or has 300,000 followers, the AI-generated woman
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: that she stated that she was searching for a man
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: so she could move into her farm and fully support economically.
• 25:36
  Speaker 3: Here I am.
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: I've got a place to live. I would love to
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: support a man economically.
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: Wow.
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: Does it sound too good to be true? I really
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: want to support you. I want you to come to
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: my farm and never work again in your life, said
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: the AI woman. In a video posted last week, the
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: person behind the account acknowledged that the character was AI
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: and denied having any direct contact with this guy who
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: traveled to see her. I came here to state the obvious.
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: I am made of artificial intelligence. The new post said,
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: with the artificial intelligence generator woman delivering the message, I
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: have never spoken to anyone with this profile. The intention
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: was to gain engagement for sale. Vance, staying with his
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: family member, vowed to return to his home state and
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: meet someone who he can settle down with, hopefully. And
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: let's pray he meets the person in real life. Maybe
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: at a bar or church or some other thing where
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: people used to meet each other rather than online.
• 26:35
  Speaker 4: Hmm.
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: Wyoming Laramie County man arrested after allegedly threatening a woman
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: with several weapons after an argument over accusations of infidelity.
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: Thank you, Joe Strecker. Laramie County Sheriff's Office said Jesse Ward,
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: who's 45, has been charged with felony aggravated assault and
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: battery and misdemeanor domestic battery. Court documents say Ward accused
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: the woman of cheating on him before the argument escalated.
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: Ward grabbing a gun identified as his Glock 40. and
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: pointing it at the woman's head while she sat on
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: her bed. Joe, I'm sorry, it didn't tell you the
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: color of the gun. I can't believe the reporting is
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: this terrible that it wouldn't have the color of the gun.
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: I know, it's a huge oversight. According to the statement,
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: Jesse's heard saying things such as, I'm about ready to
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: kill the evil that's killing me, and I'm about to
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: blanking end you. That in the charging document written by
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: the deputy. Authorities said Ward eventually put the gun down,
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: but later picked up a sword.
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: Phrasing.
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: I know, Joe. In the charging document, it says, at
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: this point in the video, a sound can be heard
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: which is consistent with the tip of a long blade
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: being dragged across something. That's going to say Ward advanced
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: toward the woman in a way suggesting he was going
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: to stab her. However, she was not injured by the sword.
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: Phrasing.
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: Ward put his sword down.
• 28:05
  Speaker 3: Phrasing.
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: And then picked up a crossbow. Woman said she was
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: unsure whether Ward intended to shoot her with a crossbow. However,
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: she said she saw a bolt loaded into the crossbow
• 28:16
  Speaker 2: when he allegedly pointed at her. According to the sheriff's office,
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: Ward later forced his way back into the home, knocked
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: the woman's phone out of her hand. Deputies by that
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: time were already responding to this scene. Ward in custody,
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: Laramie County Jail, $ 50, 000 cash-only bond. He'll be back in
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: court two days from now.
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: Just walk away.
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: Thank you, Joe Strecker.
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: Here at CD Talk Station.
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: 551 at 55K or CD Talk Station. That'd be Monday.
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: Wish Tree Program 705 with Bob Wetterer. Christopher Smootman, 720. Monday, Monday, 805.
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: And Eric Conroy. Vote Conroy, not Lansman. Be on at
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: 830 talking about that in the studio. Throwing back the
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: phones real quick here. Everybody's always talking about storing your
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: firearms safely to keep your young children away from them.
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: How about your gummies? THC gummies. Yeah, they look like candy.
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: They taste like candy. Kids will eat them if you
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: leave them out because, you know, little kids, let's say
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: three and four years old, can't read a package and
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: don't know about the downside risk of consuming them. We
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: go to Lexington, Kentucky in the stack of stupid. Couple
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: accused of, well, delay after their children. Two of them,
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: as I mentioned, three and four years old, consumed more
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: than 20 hemp-infused gummies and were found unconscious. Idiots doing
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: idiot things because they're idiots. Indeed, we start with 30-year-old Corbin. Johnson.
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: She was arrested after the children were taken to UK
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: Chandler Hospital. Arrest citation said a family member found the
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: children unconscious and discovered an empty gummy container on the
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: floor about 7.30 in the morning. Emergency crews, interestingly enough,
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: were not called until 12.15 a.m. Johnson told investigators she
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: opened the container of 25 gummies the night before, took
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: one before going to sleep. Citation says that she likely
• 30:08
  Speaker 2: left it on my bathroom sink, referring to the bag
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: of gummies. Authorities said the children ate about 20 of them.
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: Johnson charged two counts of second-degree criminal abuse of children
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: younger than 12. Her husband, Sean East, 33, arrested later
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: in connection with this investigation. Police said Johnson later claimed that,
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: you know, Courtney Johnson later claimed that Sean East had
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: left the gummies unsecured. So they got warrants to search
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: both phones, their cell phones, where they found messaging in
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: which East accepted responsibility for the children accessing the gummies.
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: That would be Sean. Authority said Johnson knew the children
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: had consumed the gummies. East's arrest does not affect the
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: charges against her. Court records allege the adults waited an
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: unreasonable amount of time to request medical help, and East
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: is also facing child abuse neglect charges. Let's keep them
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: stowed away, shall we, folks? Mississippi James, welcome to the
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: morning show. Happy Monday to you.
• 31:11
  Speaker 5: Hey, Brother Brian.
• 31:13
  Speaker 8: Halfway forgot my thought while I was waiting, but I'll
• 31:17
  Speaker 8: try to recreate it. There was some along the line,
• 31:21
  Speaker 8: here we go listening to the pendulum swing again.
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know.
• 31:25
  Speaker 5: You know, the fear factor on one side, what's going
• 31:28
  Speaker 5: to happen if this person wins or this office wins?
• 31:33
  Speaker 5: You know, so I think we need to check some
• 31:37
  Speaker 5: balance to come back in here. And if we don't
• 31:41
  Speaker 5: get that, you know, whether it's fear, whether it's perceived,
• 31:46
  Speaker 5: Or whether it's reality. It's so fuzzy, you know, how
• 31:50
  Speaker 5: do we know? Maybe I'm just, maybe I'm so balanced
• 31:54
  Speaker 5: that I don't let it bother me either way.
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: Well, that may be a product of your age. I mean,
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: I'm not accusing you of being an old man, but
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: the older I get, the more I fall into this
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: sort of comfort that is gained from knowing that, yeah,
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: this whole thing may fall apart. and collapse and whatever
• 32:14
  Speaker 2: comes out of it, like Phoenix from the ashes will
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: be what it'll be. But you know, in my mom's words,
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: I'm not going to be around to see it happen.
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: Good morning, mom. She's a little bit older than me,
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: as you might imagine. So I hate to have that
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: perception and feeling, but you've seen a lot of volatility
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: over your life. I'm sure I've seen volatility over my life.
• 32:33
  Speaker 2: The world's going to end the stock market crash, the
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: housing bubble burst, the tech bubble burst, you know, wailing,
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: gnashing of teeth. And remember, you know, My first house
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: I bought when interest rates were north of 10%. We
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: all lived through that, James, and we've all lived through
• 32:46
  Speaker 2: recessions and stagflation. And, you know, I know we can
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: survive the challenges. The only problem is this never-let-a-good-crisis-go-to-waste reality
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: coupled with this leftist mentality that our children have been
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: brainwashed in through K-12 all the way up through college
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: education has created a mindset that's never existed in this
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: country before, James.
• 33:07
  Speaker 5: On the other side, you know, colonization, whitewashing, white supremacy,
• 33:12
  Speaker 5: white racism. You know, it's on the other side the
• 33:15
  Speaker 5: same way, whether brainwashing or not. It's the same thing. So,
• 33:21
  Speaker 5: you know, I just wait.
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: I don't think race has nothing to do with Marxism.
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: Marxists may use racial division and perpetuate myths or realities
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: about racial division, but Marxism has nothing to do with that.
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: It's equal misery to be shared by people of all
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: races and creeds and ethnicities. State-directed misery. Equal distribution of
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: what minimal crap you can generate by way of revenue
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: in a socialist-slash-Marxist economy. Never worked, but they'll be happy
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: to use racial division to advance that insane goal. CJ,
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: I see you are online, but I don't have any time.
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: It's already 5... It's 606-55-KRC, the talk station. Brian Thomas here,
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: wishing everyone a very happy Monday. Trying to make it
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: a happy Monday in spite of the being surrounded by
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: gloom and doom and craziness in this world. Love hearing
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: from you, and CJ's online. He promised to hold over
• 34:12
  Speaker 2: the break. Real quick here, CJ, let me just remind folks,
• 34:14
  Speaker 2: coming up in an hour, Bob Wetter, Mr. Humanitarian, the
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: kickoff of the Wish Tree program, an opportunity for each
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: of us to get an ornament, which is just a
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: tag on a tree that are in various businesses. You
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: can be one of those businesses. Christmas tree with tags
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: on them with the wants and desires of some folks
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: living on life's margins, children in the community that could
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: sure use a coat or maybe some clothes, socks. something
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: like a toy even. Bob makes it really easy, the
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: Wish Tree program, every year since the 80s, and congratulations
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: to Bob for bringing so much love into people's lives
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: in the holiday season. We can all share in helping that.
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: That'll be 7.05. Christopher Smithman joins the program at 7.20,
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: as is the case every Monday with the former vice
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: mayor of the city of Cincinnati in the segment we
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: call the Smithervent. Money, money with Brian James. Fast-forwarding two hours. 8.05,
• 34:59
  Speaker 2: we'll talk inflation, we'll talk price of gas, and we'll
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: talk about retired Americans putting off, well, spending money. concerned
• 35:07
  Speaker 2: over running out of it. Eric Conroy. Yes, vote Conroy,
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: not Lansman. Eric joins the program, returns in studio this
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: time at 8.30. 513-749-5500, 800-823-TALK. Pound 550 on AT &
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: T phones. CJ, welcome, man. Thanks for holding over. It's
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: good to have you back on.
• 35:24
  Speaker 5: Oh, thank you, and I hope.
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: You had a great weekend.
• 35:25
  Speaker 3: I did.
• 35:26
  Speaker 4: You know, it's.
• 35:27
  Speaker 9: Really frustrating watching this midterm right now because Trump in
• 35:31
  Speaker 9: previous elections, including in 2020... when he lost, he was
• 35:35
  Speaker 9: very disciplined.
• 35:36
  Speaker 4: He should have lost.
• 35:37
  Speaker 9: In 2020 by far more than what he did.
• 35:39
  Speaker 3: I mean, he's.
• 35:40
  Speaker 9: Very disciplined, and he's working just as hard now in
• 35:43
  Speaker 9: this midterm as he has in any other election, but
• 35:46
  Speaker 9: he is so undisciplined this time around.
• 35:50
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 35:50
  Speaker 9: Whether it is this $ 5, 000 given to anybody if you
• 35:54
  Speaker 9: vote for a Republican, we're all out here trying to
• 35:57
  Speaker 9: fight against Marxism, and he's trying to be a Marxist.
• 36:00
  Speaker 9: And that is so frustrating. And then yesterday with the
• 36:04
  Speaker 9: announcement that we're going to build this great and beautiful
• 36:08
  Speaker 9: golf course or refurbish it.
• 36:11
  Speaker 10: Great.
• 36:11
  Speaker 9: Do that in December.
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: Timing.
• 36:13
  Speaker 9: That is not something you announce 15 days before an
• 36:16
  Speaker 9: election in which you're going to get clobbered by this stuff.
• 36:19
  Speaker 9: And it is so undisciplined. It makes every Republican candidate
• 36:22
  Speaker 9: have to answer to it. And as you were talking about,
• 36:26
  Speaker 9: Marxism brings equal opportunity.
• 36:28
  Speaker 5: Pain and equal.
• 36:30
  Speaker 4: Frustrations and equal just minimalism.
• 36:33
  Speaker 9: He is talking and giving support to these guys by giving,
• 36:37
  Speaker 9: by keep talking about this.
• 36:40
  Speaker 5: $ 5, 000.
• 36:40
  Speaker 4: You want to.
• 36:41
  Speaker 5: Push Reagan Republicans away.
• 36:43
  Speaker 9: You want to push people away who, who are frustrated
• 36:47
  Speaker 9: by the debt, keep doing stuff like that. And it's
• 36:50
  Speaker 9: really frustrating to watch. And these tariffs are not helping
• 36:53
  Speaker 9: because All it does is it jacks up the price,
• 36:56
  Speaker 9: and it gives these Marxists something to talk about, about
• 36:59
  Speaker 9: how Trump is at fault, and when it comes to
• 37:01
  Speaker 9: the terrorists, they.
• 37:02
  Speaker 4: Are not wrong.
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: Well, you made some very valid points, and I couldn't
• 37:06
  Speaker 2: agree with you more on some of them. And the
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: other component is, and this is something Daniel Davis pointed out,
• 37:11
  Speaker 2: he says out loud that Russia and Ukraine have agreed
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: to stop bombing each other's oil infrastructure, and then a
• 37:19
  Speaker 2: moment in time later, both of them unleash a fury
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: of Drone strikes on relative infrastructure, electricity generation, oil production.
• 37:27
  Speaker 2: I mean, where in God's name did he come up
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: with the idea that they had agreed on it? Both
• 37:31
  Speaker 2: of them came out and said, I don't know what
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: he's talking about. Now, how do you, I mean, that
• 37:35
  Speaker 2: to me is extraordinarily frustrating. How did he come to
• 37:39
  Speaker 2: the conclusion that he should say something like that out
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: loud if both parties deny it ever happened in terms
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: of conversation? That's just one of many swirling question marks
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: floating around out there. I can't answer the question, but
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: I agree with you. The timing could not be worse,
• 37:55
  Speaker 2: and agree. Double down and triple down on your statement
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: about that stupid golf course. Not that I have anything
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: against golf courses. I don't necessarily play, but, you know,
• 38:03
  Speaker 2: in a world where we're screaming about AI data facilities
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: and using up all the water, check out the water
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: consumption needed for a golf course. It blows the figures
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: away from any AI data center. Time in. Feel free
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: to give me a call. Back to Radical Professors. I
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: wanted to get into this soon because Here's the challenge
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: that we faced. You know, Mississippi James, I could have
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: pointed out that, you know, we're in this, he's pendulum
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: swinging back and forth. And I understand that we've gone
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: through moves over to the left. We've gone moves over
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: to the right. And thank God we did in the
• 38:31
  Speaker 2: Reagan era, save the country. But I don't think we've
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: lived in a political time where so many people are
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: so blanking delusional about what politics is. You get people
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: that don't even know the three branches of government, and
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: you can convince them, yes, because they've had no civics education.
• 38:49
  Speaker 2: They have not been, what I will argue is a
• 38:51
  Speaker 2: good thing, indoctrinated into the respect and love of America, freedom,
• 38:55
  Speaker 2: work ethics, celebrating that. What they have been is duped
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: into believing Marxism actually can work. And we pivot over
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: to John Ellis. He wrote in the Wall Street Journal,
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: radical professors have poisoned the electric. And again, this is
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: something I don't think we've ever experienced in this country's history.
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: He's a professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz,
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: author of The Breakdown of Higher Education, How It Happened,
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: The Damage It Does, and What Can Be Done. He says,
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: you know, the terms of controversy over higher education hardly
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: changed for three or four decades. Conservatives complained of political
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: activism freezing out serious scholarship. Liberals rejected that criticism. as
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: politically motivated and argued that Marxist professors do little harm
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: because students see through and laugh at their ideas. Pause
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: on that thought and that comment for a moment. We
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: used to It was the second time in American history
• 39:43
  Speaker 2: that anybody who professed to be a Marxist or a
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: socialist would be laughed out of the room, and they
• 39:48
  Speaker 2: certainly weren't a politically viable candidate. What happened since then?
• 39:51
  Speaker 2: It's just been in my lifetime. He's writing about it.
• 39:54
  Speaker 2: But the recent spate of electoral wins by socialists has
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: confirmed the conservative camp's worst fears. Those ineffective Marxist professors,
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: it seems, have changed the educated electorate so profoundly that
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: hitherto unelectable socialists can now prevail across our country. Liberals
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: are paying the price for their complacency. Good point here.
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: When you talk about when the Marxists come for you,
• 40:20
  Speaker 2: radicals have begun to attack the center-left as intensely as
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: the right, trashing the legacy of Western civilization on which
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: both major parties previously rested. The values they invoked to
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: denounce the West, democracy, equality, human rights, are very much
• 40:37
  Speaker 2: part of that tradition. These aren't the well-meaning, youthful idealists
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: that they were claimed to be, but hard core revolutionaries
• 40:45
  Speaker 2: who go beyond calling for abolition of capitalism and private
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: property and advocate measures that even Stalin and Mao would
• 40:50
  Speaker 2: have thought lunacy. Abolishing the police in prison, dismantling the military,
• 40:54
  Speaker 2: opening the borders. Get ready for lawless mob rule. But
• 40:59
  Speaker 2: as we contemplate academia's degradation of the electorate, we must
• 41:03
  Speaker 2: not forget the rest of the far-reaching damage it does.
• 41:06
  Speaker 2: Education departments that instill poisonous ideologies in school teachers have
• 41:10
  Speaker 2: depressed children's test scores and in reading and math to
• 41:14
  Speaker 2: historic lows. Journalism, law, medical schools put woke indoctrination ahead
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: of competing professional training, or competent rather professional training. Virtually
• 41:24
  Speaker 2: our entire educational system has been captured by destructive political radicals,
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: and it is madness for an advanced society to know
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: this is happening and do nothing to stop it. Optimists
• 41:39
  Speaker 2: who think the foolishness will blow over are mistaken. I
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: think that's a pendulum won't be swinging back kind of comment.
• 41:47
  Speaker 2: We're now seeing the effects on one generation indoctrinated by
• 41:50
  Speaker 2: Marxist-dominated campuses. A second is on the way. As the
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: last cohort that had a real college education begins to vanish,
• 42:01
  Speaker 2: our constitutional order will go with it. John Stuart Mill
• 42:08
  Speaker 2: had it right when he observed that a party of
• 42:10
  Speaker 2: order or stability... and a party of progress or reform
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
• 42:18
  Speaker 2: It is in a great measure the opposition of the
• 42:21
  Speaker 2: other that keeps each within the limits of reason and sanity.
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: The absence of intellectual opposition allowed left-of-center campuses to descend
• 42:30
  Speaker 2: into insanity. Now the liberals who cheer the infiltration of
• 42:33
  Speaker 2: leftist ideology into classrooms face a horrendous problem of their
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: own making, the democratic socialists of America. The reign of
• 42:44
  Speaker 2: campus radicals must end. Stopping the appalling damage they inflict
• 42:48
  Speaker 2: on the nation means breaking their stranglehold on higher education
• 42:52
  Speaker 2: and professional training. It isn't enough to ban DEI to
• 42:56
  Speaker 2: require some currently neglected classes or to add here or
• 42:59
  Speaker 2: there academic departments insulated from the radicals. Those are valuable
• 43:03
  Speaker 2: first steps, but personnel is policy. If university leaders don't
• 43:08
  Speaker 2: vet their faculty, political operatives will remain in their classrooms
• 43:12
  Speaker 2: and continue their destructive ways. Now, I think he's optimistic
• 43:16
  Speaker 2: in the three ways he suggests we can turn this
• 43:19
  Speaker 2: college education shift around because I think administration is part
• 43:24
  Speaker 2: of the problem. But here he says, three separate grounds
• 43:27
  Speaker 2: on which administrators can remove radical professors from their positions
• 43:30
  Speaker 2: without compromising either academic freedom or tenure. First, the principal
• 43:34
  Speaker 2: governing employment. When you hire, When you're hired to do
• 43:37
  Speaker 2: a certain job, in this case promoting knowledge and analytical
• 43:40
  Speaker 2: thought among college students, but instead do an entirely different one,
• 43:45
  Speaker 2: in other words, engage in political proselytizing, that's a breach
• 43:48
  Speaker 2: of contract. The two jobs are so far apart that
• 43:51
  Speaker 2: success in one means failure in the other because the
• 43:54
  Speaker 2: former promotes independent thought. The latter, conformity, which I will
• 44:01
  Speaker 2: say turning kids into useful idiots. Second, here's number two.
• 44:04
  Speaker 2: Your employer has the right to fire you if the
• 44:06
  Speaker 2: results of your work are consistently dreadful. Higher education by
• 44:09
  Speaker 2: political operatives satisfies the test many times over. Many studies
• 44:14
  Speaker 2: have showed that the most recent college graduates know little
• 44:17
  Speaker 2: about the history of our country or the economic and
• 44:20
  Speaker 2: political theories that fueled our prosperity. Universities were supposed to
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: produce wise citizens, but instead are making them foolish, instituted
• 44:29
  Speaker 2: to promote knowledge. They promote ignorance. Third, Most universities forbid
• 44:35
  Speaker 2: faculty from using their positions to advance partisan interests. Take
• 44:38
  Speaker 2: University of California policy, under which I, the professor here, Mr. Ellis,
• 44:45
  Speaker 2: under which I taught for nearly 30 years. Quote, this
• 44:47
  Speaker 2: is from University of California policy. The regents are responsible
• 44:49
  Speaker 2: to see that the university remains aloof from politics and
• 44:53
  Speaker 2: never function as an instrument for the advancement of partisan interests.
• 44:57
  Speaker 2: Misuse of the classroom by, for example, allowing it to
• 45:00
  Speaker 2: be used for political indoctrination constitutes misuse of the university
• 45:04
  Speaker 2: as an institution. Close quote. Neither tenure nor academic freedom
• 45:09
  Speaker 2: protect professors who regularly violate their institution's policies. Fire them.
• 45:15
  Speaker 2: We know exactly what's wrong with academia. We know how
• 45:17
  Speaker 2: damaging it is, and we know what group is doing
• 45:19
  Speaker 2: the damage. There are no legal obstacles to their removal.
• 45:24
  Speaker 2: The opposition from liberal scholars is weakening as they, too,
• 45:27
  Speaker 2: come under fire. Some problems are too complex for easy
• 45:30
  Speaker 2: understanding or remedy, but this isn't one of them. It's
• 45:33
  Speaker 2: time for university leadership to oust professors whose interests have
• 45:36
  Speaker 2: more to do with activism than academia. Excellent point, Mr.
• 45:40
  Speaker 7: Ellis.
• 45:41
  Speaker 2: I think the bigger problem is you're relying too on
• 45:45
  Speaker 2: the administration to follow through with these logical and reasonable
• 45:50
  Speaker 2: suggestions to right the ship, and yet they are inundated
• 45:53
  Speaker 2: with the very Marxists that you seek to have fired.
• 45:57
  Speaker 2: Quit sending your kids to these institutions, I guess. That
• 46:00
  Speaker 2: may turn them around. 618-55-KRC, the talk station. Chimney Care
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• 46:16
  Speaker 2: Looking forward to Christopher Smithman joining the program. Let us
• 46:21
  Speaker 2: see here. Around Cincinnati, Hamilton County, early voters are leaning Democrat.
• 46:25
  Speaker 2: According to the Cincinnati Exchange, reviewed the data on this,
• 46:28
  Speaker 2: went through the voting data. They can't determine how people voted,
• 46:31
  Speaker 2: but based upon last election, I guess they looked at
• 46:34
  Speaker 2: the 2022 data. If you voted for Republican and you
• 46:37
  Speaker 2: voted already, they presume that you are a Republican-leaning voter.
• 46:40
  Speaker 2: Same thing with Democrats and Independents. Hamilton County voters, not surprisingly,
• 46:46
  Speaker 2: are leaning Democrat. Butler, Warren, and Claremont leaning Republican. Statewide,
• 46:52
  Speaker 2: according to the numbers, Democrat-affiliated voters 37.2% to 28% through
• 47:00
  Speaker 2: October 15th, being the Democrats are out more in strength
• 47:04
  Speaker 2: in terms of early voting. Statewide, Ohio early voting still
• 47:07
  Speaker 2: leaning Democratic, but that lead narrows a as we get
• 47:12
  Speaker 2: closer to the election. So it started out bigger than
• 47:14
  Speaker 2: it is now. So the lead is narrowing, but Republicans
• 47:17
  Speaker 2: have some well-ground to gain in terms of early voting.
• 47:20
  Speaker 2: That doesn't mean Republicans won't show up in full force
• 47:23
  Speaker 2: on Election Day, and I can only pray to God
• 47:25
  Speaker 2: that happens. And real quick, a shout-out to my friends
• 47:28
  Speaker 2: over at the Cincinnati Classical Academy. Springing from the reality
• 47:31
  Speaker 2: of what's going on in college education, it happens in
• 47:33
  Speaker 2: K-12 too. Maybe that's one of the reasons why you
• 47:36
  Speaker 2: embrace school choice, although that seems to be in jeopardy
• 47:38
  Speaker 2: here in the state of Ohio with the recent court
• 47:39
  Speaker 2: opinion I can get to perhaps later. But since that
• 47:42
  Speaker 2: classical academy, what do they focus on? Developing minds and
• 47:46
  Speaker 2: nourishing the hearts of students through a content-rich curriculum in
• 47:49
  Speaker 2: classical liberal arts and sciences with instruction in moral character
• 47:54
  Speaker 2: and civic virtue. Old school education. A lot of civics.
• 48:00
  Speaker 2: A lot of moral character focus. And the children there
• 48:02
  Speaker 2: that I observed are absolutely beyond anything you've ever seen
• 48:06
  Speaker 2: in a public school. Well-behaved, disciplined, happy. Unlocked lockers. That,
• 48:12
  Speaker 2: to me, was the most interesting thing. Anyway, they're doing
• 48:14
  Speaker 2: a golf outing to support the athletic program. You, too,
• 48:17
  Speaker 2: can join in the fun. It's October 25th. This Sunday,
• 48:20
  Speaker 2: Glenview Golf Course. Get over to Cincinnati Classical and get
• 48:24
  Speaker 2: registered for that. You'll be supporting an outstanding, outstanding, no tuition, School, 625-55-KRC-TALK-STATION.
• 48:34
  Speaker 2: Local stories or phone calls, either way. 630-55-KRC-TALK-STATION. Yeah, speaking
• 48:48
  Speaker 2: of that Ohio voucher program, Ed Choice. Yeah, so Ohio
• 48:52
  Speaker 2: Appellate Court, 10th District Court of Appeals ruled Thursday last
• 48:55
  Speaker 2: Thursday that our here in the state of Ohio universal
• 48:59
  Speaker 2: voucher program violates the state constitution. Finding the program helps
• 49:02
  Speaker 2: fund what they call a separate system of private schools
• 49:05
  Speaker 2: while drawing taxpayer dollars and students away from public schools.
• 49:09
  Speaker 2: Is that a bad thing? As a parent, why would
• 49:13
  Speaker 2: you be drawn to something other than a public school?
• 49:18
  Speaker 2: What's the point? A better education for your child, perhaps?
• 49:25
  Speaker 2: Since a public school board of education, President Brandon Craig,
• 49:27
  Speaker 2: giddy with excitement apparently about that one. He argued public
• 49:31
  Speaker 2: schools faced accountability requirements that private schools receiving voucher dollars
• 49:34
  Speaker 2: do not face in the same way, saying, quote, we
• 49:36
  Speaker 2: are not holding the private schools accountable for the result
• 49:39
  Speaker 2: that they produce in those students. Are we holding public
• 49:44
  Speaker 2: schools accountable? Push back against the argument that public schools
• 49:49
  Speaker 2: simply need to improve if they want to keep families
• 49:51
  Speaker 2: from leaving. Now, stop and think about that.
• 49:53
  Speaker 4: Huh.
• 49:53
  Speaker 2: If your public school improved and your child was getting
• 49:56
  Speaker 2: a good education, a well-rounded education, including hopefully some education
• 50:00
  Speaker 2: in civics and our nation's history, would you even consider moving?
• 50:05
  Speaker 2: My wife and I had the choice with our kids.
• 50:07
  Speaker 2: We went to some of the public schools. We didn't
• 50:08
  Speaker 2: have a problem with this crazy indoctrination camp or the
• 50:11
  Speaker 2: idea that our kids wouldn't get educated. I don't know
• 50:14
  Speaker 2: where they are today, but the Loveland public school system
• 50:17
  Speaker 2: seemed to do okay back then. Kids went on and
• 50:20
  Speaker 2: seemed to be well-producing. They went and got, well, my
• 50:23
  Speaker 2: son didn't, but my daughter got two education, two degrees
• 50:26
  Speaker 2: from the Ohio State University on the heels of a
• 50:29
  Speaker 2: degree from, or a high school graduation certificate from Loveland. Anyway,
• 50:37
  Speaker 2: Craig said, we're doing better. Our rating is up. You
• 50:41
  Speaker 2: see it. We're seeing stars right now. We're at three stars.
• 50:46
  Speaker 2: Three out of five, I know, Joe, and that's up
• 50:48
  Speaker 2: from a moment in time ago when they had, what,
• 50:50
  Speaker 2: two or one? Sixty percent, as Joe notes, is still
• 50:55
  Speaker 2: an F. Peel's court found that Ed Choice drawing taxpayer
• 51:01
  Speaker 2: dollars from public schools and, in its words, cherry-picking students...
• 51:06
  Speaker 2: creating financial hardships and making it more difficult for public
• 51:08
  Speaker 2: districts to secure funding through local levies. And again, I
• 51:11
  Speaker 2: go back to the whole market force kind of thing.
• 51:13
  Speaker 2: If your public schools are delivering and you know for
• 51:15
  Speaker 2: a fact they truly need the money, I imagine you
• 51:18
  Speaker 2: probably would vote for a levy. Anyway, state of flux.
• 51:22
  Speaker 2: The ruling was stayed. Everybody who's dealing and using EdChoice
• 51:26
  Speaker 2: is not in jeopardy yet. And yes, the decision from
• 51:29
  Speaker 2: the appellate court will be appealed.
• 51:31
  Speaker 3: J.D.
• 51:31
  Speaker 2: Vance coming back to town. He's been around a lot,
• 51:33
  Speaker 2: so has Donald Trump. Vance going to come back to
• 51:35
  Speaker 2: Cincinnati Wednesday. Going to be in Sharonville championing John Husted and,
• 51:42
  Speaker 2: of course, Vivek Ramaswamy and warning people about the dangers
• 51:45
  Speaker 2: of voting Democrat this year. 11.30 a.m. start time. Doors
• 51:50
  Speaker 2: open at 9.30 a.m. This is, of course, part of
• 51:52
  Speaker 2: an ongoing series of events with Vance as well as
• 51:54
  Speaker 2: Donald Trump. traversing Ohio, normally a solid red state. We
• 51:59
  Speaker 2: find ourselves in a position of peril now looking at
• 52:02
  Speaker 2: just Ohio. Two hunters found a man's body on Saturday
• 52:08
  Speaker 2: in the Great Miami River. Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said
• 52:10
  Speaker 2: they were walking along the river in Whitewater Township about
• 52:13
  Speaker 2: 10 o'clock in the morning when the office said they
• 52:15
  Speaker 2: found the body in the river, in the water near
• 52:17
  Speaker 2: where the river intersects with Whitewater River, Long US 50.
• 52:22
  Speaker 2: Miami Township and Whitewater Township Fire Departments, along with the
• 52:25
  Speaker 2: Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, showed up. One of the fire
• 52:27
  Speaker 2: departments used a boat to get the man's buddy out
• 52:29
  Speaker 2: of the river. The man has not been identified, according
• 52:31
  Speaker 2: to the Sheriff's Office. Both the Sheriff's Office and the
• 52:34
  Speaker 2: Coroner's Office are investigating. I presume if you have a
• 52:36
  Speaker 2: tip on that, either office would probably like to hear you.
• 52:41
  Speaker 2: Hamilton County Grand Jury indicted two men arrested in connection
• 52:44
  Speaker 2: with a fatal shooting of Donald Hales. Coroner, the release.
• 52:49
  Speaker 2: Brian Peavy has been indicted on two counts of murder,
• 52:51
  Speaker 2: two counts of felonious assault, one count of abduction. Aaron Peavy,
• 52:56
  Speaker 2: indicted on two counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault,
• 52:59
  Speaker 2: two counts of kidnapping, two counts of abduction, one count
• 53:01
  Speaker 2: of illegal possession of a firearm in a liquor established,
• 53:04
  Speaker 2: and one count of possessing criminal tools. Theoretically. Thank you, Joe,
• 53:09
  Speaker 2: is waiting for that. The indictment comes after a September 27th,
• 53:11
  Speaker 2: 26th fatal shooting at of hails at Fricker's Bar and Grill,
• 53:17
  Speaker 2: which also left another person wounded. Both of the PBs
• 53:19
  Speaker 2: arrested at their residence this past Friday without incident, taken
• 53:23
  Speaker 2: to the Justice Center. It was about 5 p.m. on
• 53:26
  Speaker 2: the evening of the shooting. North College Hill police officers
• 53:29
  Speaker 2: responded to Frickers on Goodman Avenue to the report of
• 53:31
  Speaker 2: two people being shot. Thanks to WCPO reporting. Appreciate this.
• 53:36
  Speaker 2: They say video. or 911 call, or rather, captures the
• 53:41
  Speaker 2: moment leading up to the gunfire, but the caller telling
• 53:43
  Speaker 2: dispatcher people were fighting outside of the restaurant and that
• 53:46
  Speaker 2: she saw guns. Later told dispatcher that two people had
• 53:49
  Speaker 2: guns in the parking lot. About a minute into the call,
• 53:52
  Speaker 2: the situation escalated, with the caller saying, shots are fired,
• 53:56
  Speaker 2: shots just fired, shots are fired. Yeah, I guess they were.
• 54:00
  Speaker 2: One person dead.
• 54:02
  Speaker 3: Just walk away.
• 54:03
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• 54:14
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• 54:38
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• 54:41
  Speaker 7: Hey, good morning there, Brian. Of course, listening on the app.
• 54:44
  Speaker 7: Driving across northern Ohio. And I was up here working
• 54:49
  Speaker 7: last week as well. There's something I've seen that's kind
• 54:51
  Speaker 7: of troubling in traditionally red, solid Republican areas. There is
• 54:56
  Speaker 7: tons of Amy Acton signs, Sherrod Brown signs, billboards along
• 55:03
  Speaker 7: Route 6, Route 20. Shared brown billboards everywhere along the highway,
• 55:08
  Speaker 7: and I have yet to see a single Houston billboard anywhere.
• 55:13
  Speaker 7: You might see a small sign of someone's yard. That
• 55:17
  Speaker 7: is it. The vague signs hardly, no billboards anyway. A
• 55:24
  Speaker 7: few yard signs of them as well. It's like, what
• 55:27
  Speaker 7: is the Republican Party in Ohio doing? Where is all
• 55:31
  Speaker 7: this money that they had for, you know, support?
• 55:35
  Speaker 2: Let me put an idea in your head, Corey. Let
• 55:36
  Speaker 2: me just bounce it off you, and you draw your
• 55:38
  Speaker 2: own conclusions. I don't know what it looked like up
• 55:41
  Speaker 2: there during the last major election cycle, if there were
• 55:43
  Speaker 2: more Republican billboards up than there are now. But I observed,
• 55:47
  Speaker 2: and I just parroted something that had been repeated over
• 55:50
  Speaker 2: and over again by various pollsters, about Republicans not wanting
• 55:54
  Speaker 2: to participate in polling. Part of that concern stems from
• 55:57
  Speaker 2: the attacks from the left on Republicans generally, the doxing,
• 56:00
  Speaker 2: the angry messaging, the online social media crap. So, you know,
• 56:04
  Speaker 2: there may be just a general reluctance for someone to
• 56:06
  Speaker 2: openly point out that they are a member of the
• 56:09
  Speaker 2: Republican Party or leaning conservative or otherwise might be labeled
• 56:12
  Speaker 2: one of those EVA, MAGA Republican people. So, you know,
• 56:17
  Speaker 2: you may be driving past a whole bunch of homes
• 56:19
  Speaker 2: that have no sign in their front yard who are
• 56:21
  Speaker 2: already committed to voting Republican. They just don't want to
• 56:23
  Speaker 2: advertise it to the rest of the world. It's possible.
• 56:27
  Speaker 7: Well, I get that. I've never been, you know, called
• 56:30
  Speaker 7: and asked anything about a.
• 56:31
  Speaker 4: Poll either in my whole life.
• 56:32
  Speaker 7: But, uh, But what troubles me is a lot of
• 56:35
  Speaker 7: these fields, they're taking beans and corn off, of course,
• 56:38
  Speaker 7: and usually farmers are more conservative, more Republican. But even
• 56:44
  Speaker 7: farmers have huge Eniactin signs and Sherrod Brown signs in
• 56:49
  Speaker 7: the field, not on the right-of-way, in the field, so
• 56:51
  Speaker 7: they're obviously getting permission from the landowner to put these
• 56:54
  Speaker 7: up for grand cahoots.
• 56:56
  Speaker 2: And that's troubling. Why might the farmers be a leaning Democrat?
• 57:02
  Speaker 2: It's ignorant to conclude this, but Maybe it's the price
• 57:05
  Speaker 2: of fertilizer and diesel, which they are tracing directly to
• 57:08
  Speaker 2: Trump's initiating a war against the Iranians and closing down
• 57:11
  Speaker 2: the Strait of Hormuz, among other challenges that have gotten
• 57:14
  Speaker 2: bigger since then. Yeah, they're one-issue folks, but I keep
• 57:18
  Speaker 2: going back to the fact that Democrats are the party
• 57:20
  Speaker 2: that wants all this to happen, not because of war,
• 57:23
  Speaker 2: but because of carbon dioxide or something. This is what
• 57:27
  Speaker 2: the left wanted all along. Look, electric vehicle sales are
• 57:31
  Speaker 2: up pretty dramatically as a consequence of this so-called crisis
• 57:35
  Speaker 2: we're dealing with right now. So maybe that, if they're
• 57:38
  Speaker 2: one-issue voters, they think they're going to vote the lower
• 57:40
  Speaker 2: diesel prices and fertilizer at a reasonably affordable rate so
• 57:44
  Speaker 2: they can actually perform their job. I say good luck
• 57:46
  Speaker 2: with that. That's a wing and a prayer concept right there.
• 57:51
  Speaker 7: I agree with you, but I believe the Iran war
• 57:54
  Speaker 7: is a major factor for all the issues.
• 57:56
  Speaker 2: Absolutely. If I had to pick one car, I'd say that.
• 57:59
  Speaker 2: Inflation is on everybody's lips, too, but there are so
• 58:02
  Speaker 2: many things beyond Trump or any party's ability to control inflation. Obviously,
• 58:07
  Speaker 2: this is one of them, energy abundance. Yeah, if we
• 58:10
  Speaker 2: only had more energy, and who's the party against generating
• 58:14
  Speaker 2: more abundant energy? The left.
• 58:17
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 58:18
  Speaker 2: Well, all I can say is, Corey, I hope my
• 58:20
  Speaker 2: theory is true, but, you know, we've got to be
• 58:26
  Speaker 2: practical on this. How do you feel about it? Are
• 58:30
  Speaker 2: there more Republican-leaning folks out there than the polls and, well,
• 58:34
  Speaker 2: his field of vision suggests right now? I haven't necessarily
• 58:41
  Speaker 2: noticed it around. The yard signs that have Democrat signs
• 58:44
  Speaker 2: in them are the ones that always do, at least
• 58:47
  Speaker 2: around my general neighborhood. And there are still a whole
• 58:50
  Speaker 2: lot of Ramaswamy and Houston Steins around among other Republican signs.
• 58:55
  Speaker 2: But that's my neighborhood. I don't know about Northern Ohio.
• 58:59
  Speaker 2: 645-55-KRC-D Talk Station. Feel free to chime in if you like.
• 59:02
  Speaker 2: I'd love to hear from you.
• 59:03
  Speaker 1: Talk Station.
• 59:06
  Speaker 2: That's 650-55-KRC-D Talk Station. That's 650-55KRCD Talk Station. 503-749-5500-800-823-TALK. 5550
• 59:16
  Speaker 2: on AT & T phone. Putting some love together for
• 59:18
  Speaker 2: folks in need around the holiday season with Bob Wetterer.
• 59:21
  Speaker 2: Coming up after the top of the hour news, Bob's
• 59:22
  Speaker 2: going to tell us about the wish tree. Time to
• 59:24
  Speaker 2: roll it out, and if you're a business out there,
• 59:26
  Speaker 2: I strongly encourage you to get a wish tree and
• 59:29
  Speaker 2: bring it into your business so your patrons can grab
• 59:32
  Speaker 2: a little ornament and find out what the children in
• 59:34
  Speaker 2: need really do want for holiday seasons and put a
• 59:38
  Speaker 2: little smile on their face in otherwise perhaps bleak times.
• 59:42
  Speaker 2: Let us see here. Well, this is interesting, and I
• 59:49
  Speaker 2: keep going back to... Just the general question. And as
• 59:55
  Speaker 2: I always think about this, I'm always reminded when I
• 59:57
  Speaker 2: lived in Chicago and the corruption that was so open
• 1:00:00
  Speaker 2: and obvious and the embrace of corruption because it's Democrats' corruption.
• 1:00:03
  Speaker 2: Democrats control everything. Why do we care if it's corrupt
• 1:00:06
  Speaker 2: if it benefits our interests? Isn't that fundamentally wrong? I
• 1:00:11
  Speaker 2: would not embrace that conceptually if it was the reverse concept.
• 1:00:18
  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, do you think I was happy
• 1:00:19
  Speaker 2: about what Householder did here in the state of Ohio
• 1:00:21
  Speaker 2: in connection with the nuclear plant and that shenanigans and
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 2: the bribery that went on? Convictions? Good. Glad. Ferret out
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 2: and root out the evil. Root out the corruption. We
• 1:00:35
  Speaker 2: should be better than that. Democrats love it. And when
• 1:00:40
  Speaker 2: it comes to the integrity of the election, federal law,
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 2: is very clear. You must be a United States citizen
• 1:00:54
  Speaker 2: to vote in federal elections. States, of course, run the elections.
• 1:00:59
  Speaker 2: Why wouldn't they want to try and help and uphold
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 2: federal law? Why would they want someone who is not
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 2: eligible to vote in a federal election to be able
• 1:01:09
  Speaker 2: to cast a ballot in a federal election? Well, the
• 1:01:14
  Speaker 2: answer obviously is like, well, because they presume that those
• 1:01:17
  Speaker 2: who are not lawfully able to vote, i.e. illegal immigrants
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 2: or even legal immigrants who do not enjoy the right
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 2: to vote in a federal election, would be voting for
• 1:01:25
  Speaker 2: the left, would be voting for Democrats. And why that
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 2: is the thing, you know, you draw your own conclusions,
• 1:01:30
  Speaker 2: perhaps the lack of cultural connection by our newly added
• 1:01:33
  Speaker 2: illegal immigrant friends into the population. They're not connected to
• 1:01:36
  Speaker 2: anything remotely connected. involving United States history, the success of
• 1:01:41
  Speaker 2: United States based upon freedoms and liberties and everything else
• 1:01:44
  Speaker 2: that's made us so great. Work ethic is, I guess,
• 1:01:48
  Speaker 2: racist now. According to the college educators and K-12 educators,
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 2: you can't have a work ethic.
• 1:01:53
  Speaker 1: No, no, no, no.
• 1:01:54
  Speaker 2: Marxism, maybe? So, you know, I turn over to Wisconsin,
• 1:01:58
  Speaker 2: where it's reported that the Wisconsin Election Commission ruled last
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 2: Friday that the state's 1,800 municipal clerks are barred from
• 1:02:08
  Speaker 2: using the federal voter database intended to flag non-citizen voters.
• 1:02:12
  Speaker 2: The commission claimed that using the systematic alien verification for
• 1:02:16
  Speaker 2: entitlements database would be impossible because state law bars clerks
• 1:02:20
  Speaker 2: from sharing voters' personal information. And I scratch my head
• 1:02:24
  Speaker 2: over that. How is this sharing of personal information? Members
• 1:02:30
  Speaker 2: of that commission say the Wisconsin law overrides the U.S.
• 1:02:32
  Speaker 2: Supreme Court's ruling earlier this month, allowing the Trump administration
• 1:02:35
  Speaker 2: to even create the database. 18 near days, or actually 17,
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 2: before Wisconsin voters decide whether they want to re-elect Republican
• 1:02:43
  Speaker 2: Tom Tiffany or David Crowley, the Democrat who's described as
• 1:02:47
  Speaker 2: a leftist and who currently enjoys a small lead. Senator
• 1:02:56
  Speaker 2: Mike Lee chimed in saying this sounded like Wisconsin was
• 1:03:01
  Speaker 2: trying to steal elections for Democrats. Wisconsin Election Commission to
• 1:03:05
  Speaker 2: elect To election workers, we hereby prohibit you from taking
• 1:03:10
  Speaker 2: steps to make sure you're not facilitating election fraud. That
• 1:03:15
  Speaker 2: sounds like Wisconsin really wants to facilitate election fraud. And
• 1:03:18
  Speaker 2: what other conclusion can you reach? You know, when you
• 1:03:23
  Speaker 2: hear the rumblings all the time, Democrats worry about the
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 2: election being stolen.
• 1:03:27
  Speaker 9: Huh.
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 2: Anticipating perhaps an outcry from Republicans about states like this
• 1:03:32
  Speaker 2: where illegal immigrants more than likely will be casting votes?
• 1:03:37
  Speaker 2: States that outright refuse to clean up their voting rolls ahead,
• 1:03:41
  Speaker 2: get rid of the dead people, get rid of people
• 1:03:43
  Speaker 2: who've moved, they don't want to do that either. Inviting
• 1:03:48
  Speaker 2: election fraud. Why would anybody be against removing a dead
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 2: person or a resident that's no longer a resident in
• 1:03:58
  Speaker 2: the state?
• 1:03:59
  Speaker 1: Corruption.
• 1:04:00
  Speaker 2: It's the only answer. No one has ever offered me
• 1:04:02
  Speaker 2: a solution as to why that's wrong or unfair or
• 1:04:05
  Speaker 2: somehow deprives someone of the right to vote.
• 1:04:07
  Speaker 1: 655.
• 1:04:11
  Speaker 2: 55KRCD Talk Station. 706. at 55KRC, the talk station. It's Monday,
• 1:04:35
  Speaker 2: like it or not, but we're going to put some
• 1:04:37
  Speaker 2: love together for folks in need in the greater Cincinnati area.
• 1:04:39
  Speaker 2: As my guest, Bob Wetterer, I call him Mr. Humanitarian.
• 1:04:42
  Speaker 2: You might call him Santa Claus. He's been doing this
• 1:04:44
  Speaker 2: since 1985. It is another year for the wish tree,
• 1:04:48
  Speaker 2: the 42nd year. Man, time flies. Bob Wetterer, welcome back
• 1:04:52
  Speaker 2: to the morning show, my friend. I can't thank you
• 1:04:53
  Speaker 2: enough for what you're doing for those in need in
• 1:04:55
  Speaker 2: the community.
• 1:04:57
  Speaker 3: Morning, Brian.
• 1:04:59
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 1:04:59
  Speaker 11: 26 is flying low, and we're on Christmas season.
• 1:05:04
  Speaker 3: It's wonderful.
• 1:05:06
  Speaker 2: Can't get here quick. I don't know if I want
• 1:05:08
  Speaker 2: to wish the time away between now and Christmas just
• 1:05:10
  Speaker 2: to get past this election, or I don't know, Bob.
• 1:05:13
  Speaker 2: A mix of emotions swirling about me, but I'm glad
• 1:05:16
  Speaker 2: to have something at least positive. to talk about this
• 1:05:18
  Speaker 2: morning because the news certainly isn't providing any positive.
• 1:05:21
  Speaker 3: No, it's not.
• 1:05:22
  Speaker 2: I tell you what, what inspired you? You were working
• 1:05:25
  Speaker 2: at Beachmont Mall in 1985 when you got a gleam
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 2: in your eye about this wish tree thing. And how
• 1:05:31
  Speaker 2: did that start? And let us talk about progress from
• 1:05:34
  Speaker 2: the first year and how many gifts you got donated
• 1:05:37
  Speaker 2: to last year, which is truly amazing progress. Bob, go
• 1:05:40
  Speaker 2: ahead and let my listeners know about it.
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 11: Well, what happened in 1985 was We knew we needed
• 1:05:46
  Speaker 11: a new project at Beachmont Mall. So the lady who
• 1:05:50
  Speaker 11: ran the marketing department for Beachmont called me and said, Bob,
• 1:05:54
  Speaker 11: I got a new idea.
• 1:05:55
  Speaker 3: It just came to me. And I said, okay. She said,
• 1:05:58
  Speaker 3: come on down. So I went down and.
• 1:06:00
  Speaker 11: She explained to me that showed me the article. It
• 1:06:04
  Speaker 11: was from Fort Wayne. Somebody had a giving tree. And
• 1:06:08
  Speaker 11: I said, we can do this. And she says, Bob,
• 1:06:11
  Speaker 11: I don't have the budget for this. I said, I
• 1:06:13
  Speaker 11: run the Christmas tree shop. Well, put a shelter tree
• 1:06:16
  Speaker 11: out there. And when Christmas over, we'll sell the tree.
• 1:06:20
  Speaker 11: She said, let's do it. And at that time I
• 1:06:23
  Speaker 11: was on the board for Aldercrest and the people at
• 1:06:27
  Speaker 11: Aldercrest had a little workshop and they made 60 ornaments.
• 1:06:30
  Speaker 3: And two weeks later, they were all gone. And the
• 1:06:33
  Speaker 3: next year.
• 1:06:33
  Speaker 2: And tell my listeners, the ornament itself has what on it,
• 1:06:37
  Speaker 2: what information is on the ornament they were placing the trees.
• 1:06:40
  Speaker 11: It has just an item or two, um, that people
• 1:06:47
  Speaker 11: are in need for at that organization.
• 1:06:50
  Speaker 3: And then they distribute everything for us.
• 1:06:53
  Speaker 11: And basically like, you know, a new path, which is
• 1:07:00
  Speaker 11: now Alder Crest or what happened in there is they
• 1:07:04
  Speaker 11: would put on the tag that they need a shirt
• 1:07:08
  Speaker 11: or they need a toy or they need a pair
• 1:07:11
  Speaker 11: of socks, underwear.
• 1:07:12
  Speaker 3: It can have any of that kind of thing. Or
• 1:07:15
  Speaker 3: there could be a big item.
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 11: One year, one of the orphanages asked for a printer
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 11: for their office. Turned out, I think it was, I'm
• 1:07:28
  Speaker 11: sure it was, the Joseph Group went together.
• 1:07:32
  Speaker 3: And spent $ 4, 000.
• 1:07:33
  Speaker 11: They bought a printer and gave them five-year warranties and
• 1:07:37
  Speaker 11: everything else on it.
• 1:07:39
  Speaker 3: So you never know.
• 1:07:41
  Speaker 11: And the other big story, in my opinion, is It
• 1:07:45
  Speaker 11: was raining in Kenwood Mall. Somebody picked up an ornament
• 1:07:48
  Speaker 11: in the rain, turned down, he worked for Johnson & Johnson, St.
• 1:07:52
  Speaker 3: Francis Air. They got enough barnum, enough bandage probably for
• 1:07:56
  Speaker 3: 10 years.
• 1:07:57
  Speaker 2: Oh, wow.
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 3: So you don't know when the wish is going to hit.
• 1:08:02
  Speaker 2: You don't. Isn't that the truth? You know, Bob, my
• 1:08:06
  Speaker 2: listening audience is extremely generous and I applaud them for
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 2: over the years for the charitable organizations I've had on
• 1:08:11
  Speaker 2: the program that people have, you know, reached down deep
• 1:08:13
  Speaker 2: and and made contributions this, but you know, this is,
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 2: this is for, you know, I think mostly children, is
• 1:08:20
  Speaker 2: it not Bob? I mean, organizations that.
• 1:08:22
  Speaker 3: Are mostly children.
• 1:08:23
  Speaker 11: And I still have, I still have one nursing home
• 1:08:28
  Speaker 11: and you know, once in a while I'll get a
• 1:08:31
  Speaker 11: phone call about the nursing home and they'll say, why
• 1:08:33
  Speaker 11: are you doing this?
• 1:08:34
  Speaker 3: I said, what, think about it.
• 1:08:36
  Speaker 11: What happens if you ever end up in there and
• 1:08:38
  Speaker 11: Christmas morning came and you seen nothing and they, Oh,
• 1:08:43
  Speaker 11: And then they go out and buy a senior deck gift.
• 1:08:46
  Speaker 2: There you go. Well, fast forward, 60 total gifts donated
• 1:08:50
  Speaker 2: in the first year. Last year, how many gifts were
• 1:08:53
  Speaker 2: donated and purchased by the community for these folks in need, Bob?
• 1:08:56
  Speaker 11: Around 50,000 items.
• 1:08:58
  Speaker 4: 50?
• 1:09:00
  Speaker 2: 50 000 yeah.
• 1:09:03
  Speaker 11: So we're in we're a little over 300 locations but
• 1:09:07
  Speaker 11: we're really looking for locations because some stores have closed
• 1:09:11
  Speaker 11: some others have opened and we haven't got to them
• 1:09:13
  Speaker 11: so if you've got a store or an office building
• 1:09:17
  Speaker 11: please call 513-852-1895. It's a hotline. I answered it daily
• 1:09:24
  Speaker 11: and I will call back, but we are definitely looking for,
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 11: I go all the way up to my farthest tree
• 1:09:32
  Speaker 11: is in Trenton.
• 1:09:34
  Speaker 3: Middletown's really the end of mine.
• 1:09:36
  Speaker 11: And then we go all the way down to Zion
• 1:09:40
  Speaker 11: road down in Kentucky. No, I, and I have a
• 1:09:44
  Speaker 11: charity in Falmouth, Kentucky also. And then I go, I
• 1:09:47
  Speaker 11: have one tree over in.
• 1:09:51
  Speaker 4: Indiana.
• 1:09:52
  Speaker 3: But everything else is right in here. But it's all
• 1:09:54
  Speaker 3: in the tri-state.
• 1:09:55
  Speaker 11: And everything stays here. No volunteer has ever been paid
• 1:09:59
  Speaker 11: for anything, including gas. So it's just wonderful.
• 1:10:04
  Speaker 3: It's 852-1895.
• 1:10:04
  Speaker 12: 513-852-1895.
• 1:10:04
  Speaker 2: I'll spit it out, Bob. It is a Monday. Forgive me.
• 1:10:12
  Speaker 2: So anybody out there, any business out there, and I
• 1:10:14
  Speaker 2: know you've had a lot of restaurants. I mean, Ron's
• 1:10:17
  Speaker 2: Roost has been the site for the final listener lunch
• 1:10:20
  Speaker 2: for the year, the Christmas listener lunch, and they always
• 1:10:23
  Speaker 2: have a tree there.
• 1:10:25
  Speaker 3: They have it. God, I lost it too.
• 1:10:30
  Speaker 11: Arthur's have it. Price Hill Chili has it. Mercy Health
• 1:10:34
  Speaker 11: Flex in Anderson has it. And everything will be delivered
• 1:10:39
  Speaker 11: before November 1st. We would like people to put up
• 1:10:42
  Speaker 11: the tree by then, but if they stay in tradition
• 1:10:45
  Speaker 11: on Thanksgiving, put a little basket out, put the sign up,
• 1:10:50
  Speaker 11: and people can pull an ornament out.
• 1:10:51
  Speaker 3: Of there prior to there. But we don't want to
• 1:10:53
  Speaker 3: hurt a tradition, but we'd like to help more people.
• 1:10:57
  Speaker 2: No question about it. Now, you will deliver the tree.
• 1:11:00
  Speaker 2: What about the gifts?
• 1:11:04
  Speaker 3: We deliver the tags. The business supplies the tree. Okay.
• 1:11:10
  Speaker 11: And the gifts, when we had the pandemic, we had
• 1:11:18
  Speaker 11: people starting just send gifts or the gift certificates straight
• 1:11:22
  Speaker 11: to the organization.
• 1:11:24
  Speaker 3: But if anybody feels like they want to bring it back.
• 1:11:26
  Speaker 11: To the actual business, we will go pick it up.
• 1:11:31
  Speaker 3: And that's when a.
• 1:11:35
  Speaker 11: Lot of the younger generation would rather buy from Amazon
• 1:11:38
  Speaker 11: and deliver.
• 1:11:40
  Speaker 3: Are they... buy a gift certificate and put it in
• 1:11:42
  Speaker 3: the mail that's.
• 1:11:44
  Speaker 11: Where our program has changed over the past 42 years
• 1:11:49
  Speaker 11: but i'm the kind of person if i'm gonna buy
• 1:11:51
  Speaker 11: somebody a gift i want to touch and feel and
• 1:11:53
  Speaker 11: put it and take it back so that's me and
• 1:11:58
  Speaker 11: there's still a lot of us out there thank.
• 1:12:00
  Speaker 3: Goodness of course.
• 1:12:02
  Speaker 2: Traditionalists while we're still along around bob while we're still
• 1:12:07
  Speaker 2: around You keep mentioning these various organizations. I'm counting, yeah,
• 1:12:11
  Speaker 2: like 40 or so different, like a Caring Place, Holy
• 1:12:16
  Speaker 2: Family School in Cincinnati. I mean, there's a whole bunch
• 1:12:19
  Speaker 2: of schools, but also the Wynton Place Youth Center. I'm
• 1:12:21
  Speaker 2: just randomly picking and choosing.
• 1:12:23
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 1:12:26
  Speaker 2: Now, the ornament on the tree, does it specify which
• 1:12:29
  Speaker 2: of these charitable organizations or schools are otherwise going to
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 2: receive the gift?
• 1:12:34
  Speaker 3: Everybody has their own color. Yeah. They're color ornament. So
• 1:12:38
  Speaker 3: if you pull one off, that's a, I'm going to
• 1:12:41
  Speaker 3: tell you, a gold colored one this year is Sam's Montessori.
• 1:12:46
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 1:12:47
  Speaker 11: And there's a purple one for somebody else. Everybody has
• 1:12:49
  Speaker 11: their own color. So you know what you're getting into.
• 1:12:53
  Speaker 11: My two new charities, I got, I just met a lady,
• 1:12:57
  Speaker 11: very nice lady who's been helping us. And her and
• 1:13:00
  Speaker 11: her husband, they started something called Box Blessings. Heard about
• 1:13:07
  Speaker 11: it this year. And she's a 501c3. So I said, okay,
• 1:13:10
  Speaker 11: what do you need? And she explained, they take shoe
• 1:13:13
  Speaker 11: boxes and they make a bunch of little gifts in it.
• 1:13:18
  Speaker 3: Deliver it. They got to have five.
• 1:13:21
  Speaker 11: Or six schools that they actually know have needs.
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  Speaker 2: There you go.
• 1:13:25
  Speaker 3: Like Mount Washington School is one of them.
• 1:13:27
  Speaker 11: And they deliver these boxes and the school distributes them
• 1:13:32
  Speaker 11: to children and they have all different items in them.
• 1:13:36
  Speaker 3: And it's wonderful. So that's one of my new ones.
• 1:13:40
  Speaker 3: And then the school itself, it was new late.
• 1:13:44
  Speaker 11: Last year, but now they're here full blown. And that's
• 1:13:47
  Speaker 11: Holy Trinity in Bellevue. So those are my two newest ones.
• 1:13:51
  Speaker 2: So the way it works, Holy Trinity knows there are
• 1:13:53
  Speaker 2: certain children that have certain needs. They get the ornaments together,
• 1:13:57
  Speaker 2: identifying the needs. They give them the ornaments to you.
• 1:13:59
  Speaker 2: You take them to the businesses who have their own tree.
• 1:14:02
  Speaker 2: Ornaments are hung. We walk in, grab one, buy the
• 1:14:05
  Speaker 2: appropriate gift, or have it sent via Amazon, and then
• 1:14:08
  Speaker 2: it gets to the organization. So that's a beautiful thing.
• 1:14:11
  Speaker 2: You facilitated. Go ahead.
• 1:14:15
  Speaker 3: You just put everything in one nutshell.
• 1:14:18
  Speaker 2: Just boiled it down. Well, that's good. I'm glad I
• 1:14:20
  Speaker 2: got it right this time, Bob. So the phone number again, 513-852-1895.
• 1:14:27
  Speaker 2: That's for businesses who want to have a tree in
• 1:14:29
  Speaker 2: their business. Remember, the business supplies it. Bob will give
• 1:14:31
  Speaker 2: you the ornaments, and everyone will have a much, much
• 1:14:33
  Speaker 2: better holiday, and we can help out those in need,
• 1:14:36
  Speaker 2: which I think is our moral obligation. Bob Wetterer, I
• 1:14:39
  Speaker 2: want to thank you for all the years that you've
• 1:14:41
  Speaker 2: been doing this. This is the 42nd year, and you
• 1:14:42
  Speaker 2: put a lot of smiles on a lot of people's face,
• 1:14:44
  Speaker 2: of course, with the help of my listening audience and others.
• 1:14:47
  Speaker 2: So keep up the great work. I will be seeing
• 1:14:49
  Speaker 2: you at the last Listener Lunch of the Year in December,
• 1:14:52
  Speaker 2: won't we? Won't I, Bob? I'm sorry, Santa Claus?
• 1:14:55
  Speaker 3: You will see Santa there, but where is it this year?
• 1:14:59
  Speaker 3: So I don't mess it up.
• 1:15:00
  Speaker 2: I was getting ready to try to figure that out
• 1:15:02
  Speaker 2: before the phone call started. I wasn't successful, but if
• 1:15:04
  Speaker 2: I can figure it out between now over the break,
• 1:15:06
  Speaker 2: when Christopher Smithman joins us, I'll remind everybody or tell
• 1:15:09
  Speaker 2: everybody quite often. I'm the one that's behind the eight ball.
• 1:15:12
  Speaker 2: I'm knowing where listener lunches, but I think I got
• 1:15:14
  Speaker 2: it this year. So I will let folks know.
• 1:15:18
  Speaker 3: And tell Christopher we missed him at the last listener lunch.
• 1:15:21
  Speaker 2: Oh, and it is Ron's Roost. I pulled up Debbie's
• 1:15:23
  Speaker 2: email to me.
• 1:15:24
  Speaker 3: It is Ron's Roost.
• 1:15:25
  Speaker 2: Good morning, Debbie. She sets these up for me. Ron's Roost. And,
• 1:15:28
  Speaker 2: of course, from Ron Roost, specifically said he is looking
• 1:15:33
  Speaker 2: forward to December 2nd for this listener lunch. So, folks,
• 1:15:36
  Speaker 2: bring along a giving heart and experience some fellowship. Meet
• 1:15:39
  Speaker 2: Santa Claus and help out the Wish Tree program. Well,
• 1:15:42
  Speaker 2: meet its... goals to get even more gifts to young
• 1:15:45
  Speaker 2: people in need. Bob, thank you so much for what
• 1:15:47
  Speaker 2: you do, my friend.
• 1:15:49
  Speaker 3: Thank you. Have a great day.
• 1:15:50
  Speaker 2: You too.
• 1:15:51
  Speaker 3: You're the assistant Santa. Okay.
• 1:15:55
  Speaker 2: I'll borrow Rebecca's elf costume. How's that, Bob?
• 1:15:59
  Speaker 3: That's right.
• 1:16:00
  Speaker 2: Take care, man. Christopher Smith is waiting in the wings.
• 1:16:03
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• 1:16:05
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• 1:16:07
  Speaker 1: 55KRC, the talk station.
• 1:16:12
  Speaker 4: Mr.
• 1:16:12
  Speaker 2: Shia, 722-55-CARE City Talk Station. It's Monday. It's that time
• 1:16:15
  Speaker 2: of week. We have the former vice mayor of the
• 1:16:16
  Speaker 2: city of Cincinnati. Logical, reasonable. He is Christopher Smithman, and
• 1:16:21
  Speaker 2: he offers us the Smith event. Good to have you
• 1:16:23
  Speaker 2: back on, Christopher. I hope you had a wonderful weekend.
• 1:16:26
  Speaker 4: I did. Thank you so much. You know, I want
• 1:16:29
  Speaker 4: to start off by lifting up Deputy Larry Ray Henderson, Jr.,
• 1:16:38
  Speaker 4: who was murdered.
• 1:16:41
  Speaker 4: In 2025. And we've been spending a lot of time
• 1:16:46
  Speaker 4: in the media talking about who killed him. And if
• 1:16:50
  Speaker 4: I was his wife, if I was his family, his children,
• 1:16:55
  Speaker 4: his parents, I would want somebody to talk about him.
• 1:17:03
  Speaker 4: And here you have a sheriff in 2025.
• 1:17:07
  Speaker 3: He's retired.
• 1:17:11
  Speaker 4: He served in the Marines. His father served in the Marines.
• 1:17:16
  Speaker 4: His grandfather served in the military. Maybe the Marines, too.
• 1:17:20
  Speaker 4: But he's a vet. He gave 35 years almost of
• 1:17:25
  Speaker 4: his life, 34, 35 years as a sheriff, Brian Thomas.
• 1:17:30
  Speaker 4: And here he is doing an off-duty detail at the
• 1:17:34
  Speaker 4: University of Cincinnati for their graduation, minding his own business.
• 1:17:43
  Speaker 5: He's a father.
• 1:17:45
  Speaker 4: My understanding is he had adopted some children, and he
• 1:17:49
  Speaker 4: was born in 1967, June 11, 1967, if I have
• 1:17:55
  Speaker 4: that right.
• 1:17:56
  Speaker 2: Younger than me.
• 1:17:58
  Speaker 5: Yep.
• 1:17:59
  Speaker 4: And he has given all this time in the military,
• 1:18:02
  Speaker 4: given all this time as a sheriff. He's working off-duty details,
• 1:18:06
  Speaker 4: my understanding is, to make extra money because he had
• 1:18:08
  Speaker 4: adopted some children. And here comes somebody who decides to
• 1:18:16
  Speaker 4: run him down and murder him. And to hear the
• 1:18:20
  Speaker 4: defense say that he was just trying to commit suicide
• 1:18:24
  Speaker 4: and just happened to run into the pole. He didn't
• 1:18:27
  Speaker 4: see the sheriff standing there. This wasn't revenge for what
• 1:18:32
  Speaker 4: had happened to his son in his mind the day before.
• 1:18:37
  Speaker 4: He just was driving recklessly around. and ran into a pole,
• 1:18:43
  Speaker 4: and by that pole, or standing by that pole, just
• 1:18:46
  Speaker 4: happened to be a sheriff in uniform who had served
• 1:18:49
  Speaker 4: his country served the sheriff's department, our county, and served
• 1:18:56
  Speaker 4: his family. What a good husband and a good father.
• 1:19:02
  Speaker 4: So I just wanted to start off by just acknowledging
• 1:19:06
  Speaker 4: the murder of this sheriff in such a horrific way.
• 1:19:10
  Speaker 4: and sending that love and respect out to his family
• 1:19:13
  Speaker 4: and his friends and to those who are Hamilton County
• 1:19:17
  Speaker 4: sheriffs who are watching this trial where it's like, oh,
• 1:19:22
  Speaker 4: the guy, he's mentally ill. Oh, we've got to lessen
• 1:19:25
  Speaker 4: the charge. I heard your show last week, the great
• 1:19:30
  Speaker 4: analysis of what was happening with all that because I
• 1:19:33
  Speaker 4: was confused by it. But at the end of the day,
• 1:19:37
  Speaker 4: my estimation is From what I've seen and I've heard
• 1:19:42
  Speaker 4: is that he was targeted because he had a uniform
• 1:19:46
  Speaker 4: on and the dad was mad that his son the
• 1:19:50
  Speaker 4: day before had a gun in a car, a stolen car,
• 1:19:55
  Speaker 4: by the way. And a Cincinnati police officer, while he
• 1:20:00
  Speaker 4: was holding a weapon, had the unfortunate decision to take
• 1:20:05
  Speaker 4: his life, his son's life. the person who killed the sheriff.
• 1:20:09
  Speaker 4: And the next day, after reviewing the video, or the
• 1:20:13
  Speaker 4: same day he reviewed the video, he takes off in
• 1:20:16
  Speaker 4: a car, angry, and ultimately kills this sheriff. I just
• 1:20:22
  Speaker 4: want to salute the sheriff. I just want to salute
• 1:20:25
  Speaker 4: Deputy Larry Ray Henderson Jr. and his entire family.
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  Speaker 2: And I share your tribute. shocking and terrible situation we're
• 1:20:36
  Speaker 2: dealing with here right now. Certainly do not believe for
• 1:20:39
  Speaker 2: a minute's time that anything to do with suicide. Christopher
• 1:20:41
  Speaker 2: Smith and don't go away. We'll get you back here
• 1:20:43
  Speaker 2: in just a moment. Well, I strongly recommend you get
• 1:20:45
  Speaker 2: in touch with cult. Seven 30 here, 55 care CD
• 1:20:49
  Speaker 2: talk station Monday. We always spend our times between seven
• 1:20:53
  Speaker 2: 20 and the end of this hour with Christopher Smith
• 1:20:55
  Speaker 2: and former vice mayor of the city of Cincinnati venting
• 1:20:57
  Speaker 2: his spleen. So Christopher, what else is going on in
• 1:21:01
  Speaker 2: your mind this morning?
• 1:21:03
  Speaker 4: Brian, crime is on the ballot. Our safety is on
• 1:21:08
  Speaker 4: the ballot. And, you know, the first segment really kind
• 1:21:13
  Speaker 4: of shows that, you know, as we're trying to operate
• 1:21:17
  Speaker 4: in our society, we're seeing different things. And, you know,
• 1:21:22
  Speaker 4: the notion that, you know, you grew up and I
• 1:21:25
  Speaker 4: grew up in a period of time where we respected
• 1:21:27
  Speaker 4: law enforcement. If we were approached by a cop And
• 1:21:32
  Speaker 4: the cop asked us for identification of where we were going.
• 1:21:36
  Speaker 4: We provided that information. We're not living in a world
• 1:21:40
  Speaker 4: like that anymore. And so our safety is literally on
• 1:21:46
  Speaker 4: the ballot. And so there are people, there are citizens
• 1:21:50
  Speaker 4: that are listening to you and I this morning. Some
• 1:21:55
  Speaker 4: are registered to vote. And they're preparing. They're going to vote.
• 1:21:59
  Speaker 4: Some are registered to vote, but they're trying to decide
• 1:22:02
  Speaker 4: whether they're going to show up or not. And I
• 1:22:05
  Speaker 4: just want to talk directly to those people who are
• 1:22:10
  Speaker 4: registered to vote and haven't decided that they're going to vote.
• 1:22:15
  Speaker 4: We need them at the ballot box this November. And
• 1:22:20
  Speaker 4: I want them to know that their safety, that our country,
• 1:22:25
  Speaker 4: that our state, This is a crossroads right now. And
• 1:22:30
  Speaker 4: we need them to show up and participate. And if
• 1:22:33
  Speaker 4: they don't, then the elections have serious consequences. So if
• 1:22:40
  Speaker 4: you don't show up and you vote, you can't complain.
• 1:22:43
  Speaker 4: You can't say, man, I'm really concerned about this. Because
• 1:22:48
  Speaker 4: when the country, when the state, when your city, when
• 1:22:52
  Speaker 4: your county needed you, you decided to stay on the
• 1:22:56
  Speaker 4: sidelines and watch. Right now, we need people who are
• 1:23:00
  Speaker 4: ready to take action. There's an election, Brian. The polls
• 1:23:05
  Speaker 4: are wrong. The polls and the polling that they're showing
• 1:23:10
  Speaker 4: is to deter voters. They understand that a certain percentage
• 1:23:16
  Speaker 4: of voters, when they believe that their candidate is losing,
• 1:23:21
  Speaker 4: will not show up and participate. So they put out
• 1:23:25
  Speaker 4: false polls in order to convince certain voters that there's
• 1:23:31
  Speaker 4: no need. The race is already over. They don't need me.
• 1:23:36
  Speaker 4: That is not where we are. The reality of it
• 1:23:39
  Speaker 4: is these polls have been wrong so many times. I mean,
• 1:23:42
  Speaker 4: just incredibly off. And I just can't believe that the
• 1:23:48
  Speaker 4: state of Ohio, Brian Thomas, is not going to be read.
• 1:23:52
  Speaker 4: I'm not saying there aren't going to be certain elected
• 1:23:54
  Speaker 4: officials around the state who don't win their races because
• 1:23:58
  Speaker 4: their districts are a little closer. But for those areas
• 1:24:02
  Speaker 4: that are red, I think they remain red. And we're
• 1:24:07
  Speaker 4: watching what's happening in France right now, what is happening
• 1:24:13
  Speaker 4: in Europe right now. If that is not a wake-up call,
• 1:24:19
  Speaker 4: for everybody to say, I don't want that for this country.
• 1:24:26
  Speaker 4: And so voting right now and watching all of these
• 1:24:30
  Speaker 4: things that are happening, you know, that is a great
• 1:24:34
  Speaker 4: reason to show up, Brian Thomas, and participate in this
• 1:24:38
  Speaker 4: upcoming election.
• 1:24:39
  Speaker 2: No question about it. You know, and part of the
• 1:24:41
  Speaker 2: problem with France is they've been deficit spending now on
• 1:24:44
  Speaker 2: a massive level since the 1970s. They don't have any
• 1:24:47
  Speaker 2: more money left over. They're a cautionary tale for the
• 1:24:50
  Speaker 2: United States of America. And the Black Lives Matter and
• 1:24:53
  Speaker 2: the Antifa protests that we experienced 10 years ago or
• 1:24:56
  Speaker 2: how many years ago it was. It was more like
• 1:24:58
  Speaker 2: 10 years ago. That's nothing compared to what's going on
• 1:25:00
  Speaker 2: in France right now. It's a coalition of every left-wing, leftist, crazy,
• 1:25:04
  Speaker 2: and immigration group out there in the world fighting, burning
• 1:25:08
  Speaker 2: things to the ground, burning down really things that have
• 1:25:11
  Speaker 2: a tremendous historical connection to the French people. The revolution
• 1:25:16
  Speaker 2: and all that most of the French, regardless of political stripe,
• 1:25:19
  Speaker 2: if they're indoctrinated and grew up as French citizens, they
• 1:25:21
  Speaker 2: have some measure of respect for. You bring a bunch
• 1:25:24
  Speaker 2: of people in from out of town, basically, they'll burn
• 1:25:26
  Speaker 2: that stuff to the ground. I think it's an illustration
• 1:25:28
  Speaker 2: of the degradation of their culture completely. At least that's
• 1:25:31
  Speaker 2: a component of it.
• 1:25:34
  Speaker 4: We agree. And you and I know that if we
• 1:25:38
  Speaker 4: stay on the same track, we could end up there forever.
• 1:25:44
  Speaker 4: And that is why, yet again, the election in front
• 1:25:48
  Speaker 4: of us is so critical. For example, and I've said
• 1:25:53
  Speaker 4: it for week after week, I support Vivek Ramaswamy for governor.
• 1:26:01
  Speaker 4: There really is no other choice. This is like head
• 1:26:05
  Speaker 4: and shoulders of competency. The competency of Vivek Ramaswamy is
• 1:26:12
  Speaker 4: and the person that he's running against, there isn't even
• 1:26:17
  Speaker 4: a comparison. And how do the Democrats think that they
• 1:26:21
  Speaker 4: can argue with a straight face that their candidate won't
• 1:26:26
  Speaker 4: answer questions, won't do a town hall meeting unscripted, won't
• 1:26:32
  Speaker 4: do a debate, won't come on the Brian Thomas show,
• 1:26:36
  Speaker 4: won't just make herself available so someone can ask her
• 1:26:42
  Speaker 4: specific questions about what direction she'd like to take the
• 1:26:46
  Speaker 4: state of Ohio in as the top executive. That makes
• 1:26:51
  Speaker 4: her unqualified, period. I have no idea how any Democrat
• 1:26:58
  Speaker 4: out there listening to this believes that their candidate is
• 1:27:02
  Speaker 4: qualified and she will not even stand in front of
• 1:27:06
  Speaker 4: them and take their questions.
• 1:27:09
  Speaker 2: What is that? I don't know, and to be honest
• 1:27:11
  Speaker 2: with you, you know it as well as I know it, Christopher,
• 1:27:13
  Speaker 2: because you know how I am and I know how
• 1:27:14
  Speaker 2: you are. We would be equally critical of a Republican
• 1:27:17
  Speaker 2: candidate who hid in a cave and refused to debate.
• 1:27:20
  Speaker 2: That's not good for the process, and it's not a
• 1:27:22
  Speaker 2: very convincing pattern to take or tactic to take if
• 1:27:26
  Speaker 2: you want to win a race.
• 1:27:28
  Speaker 3: Pause.
• 1:27:28
  Speaker 2: We'll bring Christopher back with more commentary. It's 737 right now, 55KRC,
• 1:27:31
  Speaker 2: The Talk Station. The Talk Station.
• 1:27:32
  Speaker 1: 740 here, 55KRC, The Talk Station.
• 1:27:39
  Speaker 2: Brian Thomas here with Christopher Smitherman. Smitherman, Chapter 3 here
• 1:27:43
  Speaker 2: this morning. Christopher, continue, please.
• 1:27:48
  Speaker 4: Brian, this is about the consolidation of power in the
• 1:27:53
  Speaker 4: state of Ohio. Ohio is a pearl for politics. It
• 1:28:00
  Speaker 4: is a state that makes presidents. And what the Democratic
• 1:28:05
  Speaker 4: Party is attempting to do is confuse voters and have
• 1:28:11
  Speaker 4: the state go blue. If that happens, the governor's mansion
• 1:28:21
  Speaker 4: will be the place that starts to host people like
• 1:28:25
  Speaker 4: the AOC. They will travel from New York and be
• 1:28:31
  Speaker 4: in the governor's mansion holding press conferences. The same thing
• 1:28:37
  Speaker 4: with this guy out of Michigan. this Abdul El-Saeed. He
• 1:28:43
  Speaker 4: will absolutely be in Ohio's governor's mansion if Amy Acton
• 1:28:52
  Speaker 4: were to win, because we'll be marching towards a presidential
• 1:28:57
  Speaker 4: election two years from now. And if voters, you've got
• 1:29:03
  Speaker 4: to understand this piece because we've got to make sure
• 1:29:07
  Speaker 4: those doors are closed, that those candidates cannot use our
• 1:29:13
  Speaker 4: state as a launching pad to push whatever their political
• 1:29:19
  Speaker 4: ideologies are into Indiana, into Kentucky, into places like Florida,
• 1:29:26
  Speaker 4: into places like Texas. And so this is a critical
• 1:29:30
  Speaker 4: race that we are shutting the doors and we're saying, look,
• 1:29:35
  Speaker 4: East Coast, live how you want to live. West Coast,
• 1:29:38
  Speaker 4: live how you want to live. But we live in
• 1:29:40
  Speaker 4: the Midwest, right? And we do not want the AOC
• 1:29:45
  Speaker 4: rolling through here, pushing whatever their political agenda is. Part
• 1:29:50
  Speaker 4: of that political agenda could be that they would like
• 1:29:54
  Speaker 4: to see men in locker rooms with women. are men
• 1:29:59
  Speaker 4: participating in sports with girls. I am not interested in
• 1:30:05
  Speaker 4: having that debate and that they capture, I'm using that
• 1:30:09
  Speaker 4: word strategically because this is about power, if they capture
• 1:30:14
  Speaker 4: the mansion, meaning they become the governor of Ohio, all
• 1:30:20
  Speaker 4: of those visitors will be rolling through there telling us
• 1:30:25
  Speaker 4: that they're running for president And that we need to
• 1:30:28
  Speaker 4: conform to their way of life. I live in the
• 1:30:32
  Speaker 4: Midwest for a reason. I like my Midwest values. And
• 1:30:37
  Speaker 4: I don't plan to move to the West Coast or
• 1:30:40
  Speaker 4: the East Coast. And I don't plan for either side
• 1:30:43
  Speaker 4: of those parts of the country to tell me how
• 1:30:46
  Speaker 4: I'm going to live. I love my family. I love
• 1:30:49
  Speaker 4: my flag. I love my country. I love my church.
• 1:30:53
  Speaker 4: I love my freedom. I love my ability to have
• 1:30:57
  Speaker 4: a weapon legally in this country. And I don't want
• 1:31:01
  Speaker 4: to be lectured. by the governor if Amy Acton were
• 1:31:05
  Speaker 4: to win. It'll be about gun control. It'll be about
• 1:31:08
  Speaker 4: men in locker rooms. It'll be all of this craziness.
• 1:31:11
  Speaker 4: And guess what? Those who stood on the sideline and watched,
• 1:31:16
  Speaker 4: they were registered to vote. They could have shown up
• 1:31:19
  Speaker 4: and participated. They didn't. And so I'll look them in
• 1:31:23
  Speaker 4: the eye and say, elections have consequences, and you were
• 1:31:28
  Speaker 4: a part of the surrender.
• 1:31:29
  Speaker 2: Well, if you think anybody out here who enjoys the
• 1:31:32
  Speaker 2: concept of school choice, it's in jeopardy here in Ohio.
• 1:31:34
  Speaker 2: You think anybody's going to be pushing for school choice
• 1:31:36
  Speaker 2: of Amy Acton's governor? Teachers unions have endorsed Amy Acton,
• 1:31:40
  Speaker 2: not Vivek Ramaswamy. We know exactly which direction it will be.
• 1:31:43
  Speaker 2: But also let me offer this, Christopher. You were talking
• 1:31:45
  Speaker 2: about your Midwestern values. And of course, nobody here in
• 1:31:47
  Speaker 2: the Midwest who enjoys and appreciates those values has any
• 1:31:50
  Speaker 2: intention of moving to Los Angeles or New York or Chicago.
• 1:31:53
  Speaker 2: But what has happened? In the aftermath of COVID and
• 1:31:56
  Speaker 2: the idea that we can all work remotely and we
• 1:31:58
  Speaker 2: start assessing that in the context of what states are
• 1:32:02
  Speaker 2: better than others to do business and live in, let's see.
• 1:32:05
  Speaker 2: Who left what state? New York, California, Illinois. They lost
• 1:32:09
  Speaker 2: billions and billions of dollars to people fleeing to not
• 1:32:14
  Speaker 2: other blue states. They didn't run from New York to
• 1:32:16
  Speaker 2: Illinois or California or any of those other options. They
• 1:32:19
  Speaker 2: left for Florida, Tennessee, and Texas to name three magnetic
• 1:32:23
  Speaker 2: states because low taxation, more business freedom, fewer regulations, affordability.
• 1:32:30
  Speaker 2: These aren't even people who are wed to the types
• 1:32:33
  Speaker 2: of values that you embrace there, Christopher. These are formerly
• 1:32:36
  Speaker 2: seemingly left-leaning corporate leaders who established their businesses in these
• 1:32:42
  Speaker 2: meccas of liberalism only to find out that it's impossible
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  Speaker 2: to do business there, so pack up their stuff and
• 1:32:47
  Speaker 2: leave they will. You know, Look at what rational people
• 1:32:51
  Speaker 2: have done in the face of a much, much, much
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  Speaker 2: further leftist form of government in those various states than
• 1:32:58
  Speaker 2: we've got here right now. We may drift into one
• 1:33:01
  Speaker 2: of those states from a political standpoint and end up
• 1:33:03
  Speaker 2: seeing a bunch of residents leave rather than being a magnet,
• 1:33:06
  Speaker 2: which is what Vivek Ramaswamy would like to be. We
• 1:33:08
  Speaker 2: want to be on the list of Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Ohio, right?
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely. Absolutely, Brian Thomas. And you touched on the whole
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  Speaker 4: education piece. It's not sexy, but it has teeth. I
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  Speaker 4: am so frustrated by the failures of public education across
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  Speaker 4: the state of Ohio. Anybody listening who doesn't believe that
• 1:33:34
  Speaker 4: we can do better here, you are living like an
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  Speaker 4: ostrich with your head in the sand. We've got three
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  Speaker 4: and four and five and six-year-olds and sometimes even seventh
• 1:33:44
  Speaker 4: and eighth graders who cannot read, cannot write. You ask
• 1:33:49
  Speaker 4: these young people now, will you please sign your name
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  Speaker 4: in cursive? And they can't. They print their names. They
• 1:33:55
  Speaker 4: weren't even taught cursive writing in school. And so the
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  Speaker 4: reality of it is what Vivek Ramaswamy is saying, I
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  Speaker 4: would like to raise the standards of of our young
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  Speaker 4: people in public education. That is important for every Ohioan, right?
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  Speaker 4: So that our children are able to compete in the
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  Speaker 4: rest of the world or the rest of the country
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  Speaker 4: for these great technology jobs that are rolling out. You
• 1:34:24
  Speaker 4: don't even have to go to college to get these
• 1:34:27
  Speaker 4: great $ 100, 000 jobs, but you do have to be able
• 1:34:30
  Speaker 4: to read and write and do math. And if our
• 1:34:34
  Speaker 4: babies can't do that, The state of Ohio will continue
• 1:34:39
  Speaker 4: to decline. We don't want to decline. We want to
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  Speaker 4: be in the best in this area of public education.
• 1:34:44
  Speaker 4: And obviously Vivek Ramaswamy is going to have to be
• 1:34:48
  Speaker 4: pushing back on teachers unions in order to accomplish that.
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  Speaker 4: And we're going to have to back them up.
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  Speaker 5: I love teachers.
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  Speaker 4: Look, my wife, my late wife, teacher, right? My mother
• 1:34:59
  Speaker 4: retired from college. the public school system currently still alive,
• 1:35:05
  Speaker 4: living on her pension from public school. All of my siblings,
• 1:35:09
  Speaker 4: except maybe one or two of them, graduated from public schools.
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  Speaker 4: The reality of it is I'm big. I'm a product
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  Speaker 4: of the public school system. That doesn't mean that I
• 1:35:20
  Speaker 4: can't criticize them and say, look, we've got to do
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  Speaker 4: better in this area. And Vivek Ramaswamy, in my opinion,
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  Speaker 4: is the person who can bring those standards. He also said, teachers,
• 1:35:34
  Speaker 4: he's going to pay you more money. He wants to
• 1:35:36
  Speaker 4: pay you more money. He understands that some of our
• 1:35:40
  Speaker 4: teachers are in harder schools. They deserve to make more money.
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  Speaker 4: But what he's not going to accept is our children
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  Speaker 4: not being able to read and write and do their
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  Speaker 4: basic arithmetic, and they're in the third and fourth and
• 1:35:55
  Speaker 4: fifth grade. That is absolutely unacceptable, Brian Thomas. We've got
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  Speaker 4: to bring back standards for our children and our public
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  Speaker 4: school systems.
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  Speaker 2: And we all need to think about public safety, going
• 1:36:05
  Speaker 2: back to your initial opening comments. You know, we've got
• 1:36:10
  Speaker 2: judicial problems here in Hamilton County, but they exist elsewhere
• 1:36:13
  Speaker 2: as well. We need some judges that are tough on crime,
• 1:36:16
  Speaker 2: that understand it, and we need to reach out to
• 1:36:18
  Speaker 2: the juvenile court judges and get them to be a
• 1:36:20
  Speaker 2: little bit more difficult with these young people because, you know,
• 1:36:22
  Speaker 2: somebody's got to slap them on the wrist. Clearly they
• 1:36:24
  Speaker 2: have not gotten an education at home that involves discipline,
• 1:36:28
  Speaker 2: respect for authority. They are essentially wild. And so I
• 1:36:32
  Speaker 2: don't know. If they don't get them involved in the
• 1:36:34
  Speaker 2: judicial system and have some measure of accountability, it's the
• 1:36:37
  Speaker 2: revolving door we've got now. We know it's not good
• 1:36:39
  Speaker 2: for the city. Look at what we're dealing with here, Christopher.
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  Speaker 4: Leah Dinkenlacher, she's right there on the ballot. It doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 4: This is not about party. If you just want a
• 1:36:53
  Speaker 4: safer community, you vote for Leah Dinkenlacher. If you want
• 1:36:59
  Speaker 4: mayhem and chaos, vote for the other person. It's not difficult.
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  Speaker 2: It isn't.
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  Speaker 3: Right?
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  Speaker 8: It's an easy lift.
• 1:37:06
  Speaker 4: And not only is Leah Dinkenlacher, she comes from a
• 1:37:10
  Speaker 4: great family, right? Her father... a great judge. So this,
• 1:37:15
  Speaker 4: these are easy votes out there. That's just one, one,
• 1:37:19
  Speaker 4: one example. Well, you know, we'll hold in, I know
• 1:37:21
  Speaker 4: we've got to go, but Houston in favor, like, I
• 1:37:25
  Speaker 4: don't even understand where, and I know you're going to
• 1:37:27
  Speaker 4: have Eric Conroy on going against Lansman.
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  Speaker 7: These are easy votes, man.
• 1:37:32
  Speaker 4: And so the reality of it is as an independent,
• 1:37:35
  Speaker 4: people say, oh, Smitherman, you're a Republican. No, I'm an independent.
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  Speaker 4: But I love my country. I love my state. I
• 1:37:43
  Speaker 4: love my city and my county. And I vote my interest.
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  Speaker 4: And in this election, safety is on the ballot. Education
• 1:37:52
  Speaker 4: is on the ballot. Making sure that we recruit high-paying
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  Speaker 4: jobs to Ohio are on the ballot. And it starts
• 1:38:00
  Speaker 4: with electing Vivek Ravaswamy for governor. And I plan to
• 1:38:05
  Speaker 4: vote for him and encourage others to vote for him.
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  Speaker 2: How about that? I recall it wasn't that long ago
• 1:38:11
  Speaker 2: that Greg Lansman, as councilman, had to apologize to you
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  Speaker 2: for being part of the Gang of Five.
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  Speaker 4: He absolutely did. And if people just Google his name
• 1:38:21
  Speaker 4: and see Gang of Five, it's all there for anybody
• 1:38:26
  Speaker 4: to see, right? He broke the law. He knew he
• 1:38:31
  Speaker 4: broke the law, but the Democrats didn't care. They advanced
• 1:38:36
  Speaker 4: him to Congress, right? But again, if voters come out
• 1:38:41
  Speaker 4: like in Warren, come out in Warren County, this race
• 1:38:45
  Speaker 4: is over. This is all about voter.
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  Speaker 2: Turnout right now.
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  Speaker 4: That's where we are. If voter turnout happens, Ohio remains red, right?
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  Speaker 4: And all of the candidates that we're talking about win.
• 1:38:58
  Speaker 4: If those candidates, if those voters stay home, if they
• 1:39:03
  Speaker 4: listen to polls or act like this is not an
• 1:39:06
  Speaker 4: important election, whatever goes through their head, and they stay home,
• 1:39:10
  Speaker 4: then this state could go blue. I think that would
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  Speaker 4: be a travesty.
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  Speaker 2: It would be a travesty. Absolutely. Christopher, out of time.
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  Speaker 2: God bless you, sir.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you, man.
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  Speaker 2: Go ahead.
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  Speaker 4: People can follow me on X at Vote Smitherman. Thanks,
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  Speaker 4: Brian Thomas.
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  Speaker 2: I encourage you to do that. Thank you, Christopher. 752-55-805.
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  Speaker 2: Fast approaching 806 here at 55 KRCD Talk Station. It
• 1:39:35
  Speaker 2: is that time of week I always look forward to.
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  Speaker 2: Financial information from Brian James from Allworth Financial. He's a
• 1:39:41
  Speaker 2: financial planner, and we get him every Monday for a
• 1:39:44
  Speaker 2: couple of three segments to talk about money matters. And
• 1:39:46
  Speaker 2: welcome back, Brian James, for another edition of Money Monday
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  Speaker 2: here on The Morning Show.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Mr.
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  Speaker 12: Thomas, and I hope you are doing well as well.
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  Speaker 2: I am trying to be. It's a bit gloomy and
• 1:39:56
  Speaker 2: doomy out in the political world, if you haven't noticed,
• 1:39:58
  Speaker 2: Brian James, and considering I have to deal with this
• 1:40:00
  Speaker 2: every single day of my life, it's hard to it's
• 1:40:03
  Speaker 2: hard to find a happy place.
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  Speaker 12: Coffee and headlines at three in the morning or whatever
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  Speaker 12: your life is. It does seem a bit stressful.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: And I go to bed basically with the same thing,
• 1:40:12
  Speaker 2: not the coffee, but the headlines and the news stories.
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  Speaker 2: And I take those to bed with me at night
• 1:40:16
  Speaker 2: and have nightmares about them. Get up in the morning,
• 1:40:18
  Speaker 2: get ready for the show. And then inundated with what
• 1:40:20
  Speaker 2: happened after 8 PM at bedtime and two 30 in
• 1:40:23
  Speaker 2: the morning when my eyes woke up at any event,
• 1:40:25
  Speaker 2: that's my troubles and I'll, I'll deal with them. But
• 1:40:28
  Speaker 2: The troubles we are dealing with now as we fast
• 1:40:30
  Speaker 2: approach an election, which has really been impacted on inflation
• 1:40:33
  Speaker 2: and affordability. Inflation, it's rearing its pesky head. It has
• 1:40:36
  Speaker 2: been for quite some time. Not as bad now as
• 1:40:38
  Speaker 2: it was. And I know you want to talk about
• 1:40:40
  Speaker 2: it in the context of corporate profits. But this word
• 1:40:45
  Speaker 2: out there, affordability, seems to be independent of inflation. Because
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  Speaker 2: I think you even pointed out a bunch of times here, Brian. Yeah,
• 1:40:52
  Speaker 2: the price of the bag of chips is more expensive now.
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  Speaker 2: But it's never going to go back to where it
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  Speaker 2: was before. the increase in price just slows down as
• 1:41:01
  Speaker 2: inflation rolls back or is dealt with. And so we
• 1:41:06
  Speaker 2: just have to get used to where we are now.
• 1:41:07
  Speaker 2: I don't see prices getting rolled back anywhere.
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  Speaker 12: Yeah, and that's not very likely to happen because if
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  Speaker 12: you think about where those actually come from, those prices
• 1:41:17
  Speaker 12: are all budgeted in by companies that are out there
• 1:41:20
  Speaker 12: trying to maintain their profit margins and trying to continue
• 1:41:24
  Speaker 12: to exist and keep their employees paid and all those
• 1:41:26
  Speaker 12: other things that we all want to do. And the
• 1:41:29
  Speaker 12: companies themselves are experiencing inflation just on things like office supplies.
• 1:41:36
  Speaker 12: Wages have increased a bit, and it's been tougher to
• 1:41:39
  Speaker 12: keep employees. So it's costing everybody more everywhere. So for
• 1:41:44
  Speaker 12: a company to come in and say, hey, you know,
• 1:41:45
  Speaker 12: we want to do everybody a solid and we're going
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  Speaker 12: to drop prices by 20 percent just to go back
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  Speaker 12: to 2022 or whatever the whatever the date is. It's
• 1:41:53
  Speaker 12: just simply going to exacerbate the problem that is causing
• 1:41:56
  Speaker 12: all this anyway. That does sound I hear what that
• 1:41:59
  Speaker 12: sounds like. That does sound like, you know, it's it's
• 1:42:01
  Speaker 12: simply companies keeping profits for, you know, for themselves. But
• 1:42:05
  Speaker 12: at the end of the day, inflation affects absolutely everybody.
• 1:42:08
  Speaker 12: And they're there for sure. There's always a little bit
• 1:42:10
  Speaker 12: of profiteering that goes on anywhere that just comes along
• 1:42:12
  Speaker 12: with with capitalism. But at the same time, you know,
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  Speaker 12: it's not limited to just consumers. Anybody trying to function
• 1:42:18
  Speaker 12: in this economy is experiencing more expenses to keep things going.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly. And the practical reality is Republican, Democrat, independent, libertarian,
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  Speaker 2: it doesn't matter who's in office. No one can deal
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  Speaker 2: with that concept as long as we live in an
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  Speaker 2: environment or in a system that allows, you know, the
• 1:42:34
  Speaker 2: companies to fix pricing, to establish what the prices are,
• 1:42:37
  Speaker 2: the companies that have to compete with their competitors and
• 1:42:39
  Speaker 2: otherwise maintain some sort of reasonable price compared to the
• 1:42:42
  Speaker 2: other guys. That never goes away, which is always something
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  Speaker 2: I like to point out. But if you start taxing
• 1:42:46
  Speaker 2: these companies at a much higher rate because, well, we
• 1:42:49
  Speaker 2: need to tax those evil corporations because if they make
• 1:42:51
  Speaker 2: all that money, that doesn't solve the problem either, Brian,
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  Speaker 2: does it?
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  Speaker 12: No, because all corporations do is simply pass it through.
• 1:42:59
  Speaker 12: That's the difference between consumers and producers. When you're the consumer,
• 1:43:03
  Speaker 12: which is everybody, and oftentimes corporations themselves are the consumers
• 1:43:08
  Speaker 12: because they can be at the end of the chain
• 1:43:10
  Speaker 12: just like anybody else. They have to go buy raw
• 1:43:12
  Speaker 12: materials with which they make stuff for other people to consume.
• 1:43:16
  Speaker 12: So everything rolls downhill. The price increases or tax increases
• 1:43:20
  Speaker 12: or whatever we want to do to handle this simply
• 1:43:23
  Speaker 12: just get passed on to the end payer.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and also the other thing is I think we're all, including,
• 1:43:29
  Speaker 2: I guess, corporations, living perhaps in a short attention span
• 1:43:31
  Speaker 2: theater because the statistics bear out that inflation-adjusted family income
• 1:43:36
  Speaker 2: is 70% higher than it was in 1970. More people
• 1:43:39
  Speaker 2: are graduating from school. More people are attending college. More
• 1:43:42
  Speaker 2: people are spending more. And that's one of the things
• 1:43:44
  Speaker 2: that I saw this article did not change. In spite
• 1:43:46
  Speaker 2: of the fact that everybody's fed up and looking for
• 1:43:49
  Speaker 2: some sort of quick fix, people are still spending. I mean,
• 1:43:53
  Speaker 2: they're keeping the economy afloat. So poverty rates have declined.
• 1:43:57
  Speaker 2: It's just compared to, see, a moment in time ago,
• 1:44:01
  Speaker 2: we're all so much better, but we don't appreciate it
• 1:44:03
  Speaker 2: within the context of how we used to live versus now.
• 1:44:06
  Speaker 12: Yeah, and I like to call that phenomenon grumble and swipe.
• 1:44:10
  Speaker 12: What I mean by that is, I think you know
• 1:44:13
  Speaker 12: where I'm about to go.
• 1:44:13
  Speaker 3: I do, go ahead.
• 1:44:14
  Speaker 2: I've probably said it before, yeah.
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  Speaker 12: But that's, you know, all of us, even people who
• 1:44:18
  Speaker 12: are doing just fine, we will look at the cost
• 1:44:21
  Speaker 12: of a nice steak at Kroger or wherever you happen
• 1:44:23
  Speaker 12: to shop, and we will grumble about it, and then
• 1:44:25
  Speaker 12: we swipe their credit card anyway. Because many people, while
• 1:44:27
  Speaker 12: there's a lot of people out there who truly are
• 1:44:29
  Speaker 12: suffering and can't make ends meet, can't get their hands
• 1:44:32
  Speaker 12: on $ 1, 000 if the car dies, something like that, there's
• 1:44:34
  Speaker 12: a huge amount of people who are doing just fine
• 1:44:37
  Speaker 12: other than they have to grumble at the credit card machine.
• 1:44:40
  Speaker 12: So this is where we keep coming back to this
• 1:44:42
  Speaker 12: K-shaped economy where there really are– there's really two groups
• 1:44:45
  Speaker 12: of people in the United States. There are people– who
• 1:44:47
  Speaker 12: have the ability to live on less than they are making,
• 1:44:51
  Speaker 12: and there are people who have no choice except for
• 1:44:53
  Speaker 12: to spend absolutely every last nickel that comes in the door,
• 1:44:56
  Speaker 12: or worst case scenario, have to sell assets or just
• 1:45:00
  Speaker 12: run up credit card debt to make ends meet. So
• 1:45:02
  Speaker 12: there's a group of people out there doing just fine,
• 1:45:05
  Speaker 12: and I can verify from my own experience sitting at
• 1:45:08
  Speaker 12: my table doing financial plans. There are just as many
• 1:45:10
  Speaker 12: people talking about buying that second home or the acreage
• 1:45:14
  Speaker 12: in Kentucky or Indiana, middle of nowhere or whatever, and
• 1:45:17
  Speaker 12: a lot of that is coming from the wealth that
• 1:45:18
  Speaker 12: has grown over the decades. People have said, I want
• 1:45:21
  Speaker 12: to do things differently. and I have the money to
• 1:45:23
  Speaker 12: do it. The headlines tell me I'm supposed to not
• 1:45:25
  Speaker 12: be able to sleep at night, but I'm doing okay,
• 1:45:28
  Speaker 12: and nothing has really caused me to change my spending outlook.
• 1:45:31
  Speaker 12: So therefore, I'm going to go ahead and do these
• 1:45:33
  Speaker 12: things anyway. And that's why I believe real estate prices
• 1:45:35
  Speaker 12: have stayed pescally high, because people still have the ability
• 1:45:39
  Speaker 12: to pay. It's just like anything else in the market economy.
• 1:45:41
  Speaker 12: Prices settle where people are able to pay.
• 1:45:44
  Speaker 2: Well, and you know, Live on less than you are making. Now,
• 1:45:48
  Speaker 2: of course, if you're truly on life's margins, you're eating
• 1:45:51
  Speaker 2: everything that you make or all of it's going to
• 1:45:53
  Speaker 2: life's necessities, clothes, food, and shelter. But if you have
• 1:45:57
  Speaker 2: the ability to not spend everything you're making, that's where, well,
• 1:46:02
  Speaker 2: sound financial planning comes in because that's the money you
• 1:46:04
  Speaker 2: need to sock away. I wanted to spend the 401k
• 1:46:09
  Speaker 2: allocations that I've been socking away my whole life Every
• 1:46:12
  Speaker 2: month that they were taken out of my check, boy,
• 1:46:14
  Speaker 2: if I only had that extra money, you know, but
• 1:46:18
  Speaker 2: I tried to maintain a measure of discipline along with
• 1:46:20
  Speaker 2: my wife in not doing that. So you act and
• 1:46:23
  Speaker 2: you spend as though you are not making nearly as
• 1:46:25
  Speaker 2: much as you're making. The rest of it goes into
• 1:46:27
  Speaker 2: your future. That's the only recipe for success, isn't it,
• 1:46:30
  Speaker 2: Brian James?
• 1:46:31
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 1:46:32
  Speaker 12: And honestly, I think that goes all the way back
• 1:46:34
  Speaker 12: to when we quit being hunter gatherers and we learned
• 1:46:36
  Speaker 12: to grow stuff ourselves and therefore we could store it
• 1:46:40
  Speaker 12: for the winter. And that all of a sudden created
• 1:46:42
  Speaker 12: what we know as free time. And we got art
• 1:46:45
  Speaker 12: and we got leisure and we got all this other stuff. Obviously,
• 1:46:47
  Speaker 12: I'm going back thousands of years. But to keep that
• 1:46:50
  Speaker 12: ball rolling, then, yeah, you absolutely have to find ways. So,
• 1:46:53
  Speaker 12: for example, if you if you if you are raising
• 1:46:55
  Speaker 12: young people who are just getting out there in the world,
• 1:46:57
  Speaker 12: The sooner you can convince them that they need to
• 1:46:59
  Speaker 12: be putting 15 to 20 percent of their of their
• 1:47:02
  Speaker 12: paycheck into a 401k, into a retirement plan, the better
• 1:47:06
  Speaker 12: off they're going to be. Yeah, money's going to be
• 1:47:08
  Speaker 12: tight for those first few years. But after they work hard,
• 1:47:10
  Speaker 12: they maybe switch jobs or get raises and those kinds
• 1:47:13
  Speaker 12: of things. It starts to come out of the wash.
• 1:47:15
  Speaker 12: And that also primes the pump. They will start to
• 1:47:18
  Speaker 12: see that first comma show up in their net worth.
• 1:47:20
  Speaker 12: And then all of a sudden it's five digits and
• 1:47:22
  Speaker 12: then it's six digits. I got a hundred thousand dollars
• 1:47:24
  Speaker 12: in my 401k and I'm 26 years old. That's a
• 1:47:27
  Speaker 12: pretty good role to be on. That's how you prime
• 1:47:29
  Speaker 12: the pump to get people going. But we can't wait
• 1:47:32
  Speaker 12: till we're in our forties and fifties to do it.
• 1:47:34
  Speaker 2: Well, if you had to just, and I don't mean
• 1:47:36
  Speaker 2: to put you on the spot, but you deal with
• 1:47:37
  Speaker 2: people every single day, you're the financial planner, you provide
• 1:47:40
  Speaker 2: recommendations on how to reach a comfortable retirement. If there
• 1:47:43
  Speaker 2: is a category that you could point to, or a
• 1:47:45
  Speaker 2: big mistake area that you run into when trying to
• 1:47:49
  Speaker 2: convince people to try to hit that target savings percentage
• 1:47:53
  Speaker 2: per month, what would you say it is? Where are
• 1:47:55
  Speaker 2: we collectively making our biggest mistakes in terms of our spending?
• 1:48:00
  Speaker 12: By convincing ourselves that we can't afford to save. If
• 1:48:03
  Speaker 12: you're in a situation where you have convinced yourself that
• 1:48:06
  Speaker 12: you don't have the money to save, then you probably
• 1:48:08
  Speaker 12: need to save more than the average person. That is
• 1:48:10
  Speaker 12: something that if that kind of mindset takes hold in
• 1:48:14
  Speaker 12: our early 20s, it will never go away because that
• 1:48:18
  Speaker 12: can kick in as soon as you're trying to make
• 1:48:20
  Speaker 12: that first rent payment and things feel a little tight. Well,
• 1:48:22
  Speaker 12: a few years later, now you're maybe making a little
• 1:48:24
  Speaker 12: bit more money, but maybe there's a marriage, maybe there's
• 1:48:26
  Speaker 12: kids in the mix, and things just get progressively more expensive.
• 1:48:29
  Speaker 12: We can always, always, always look at stuff and say
• 1:48:32
  Speaker 12: that that's going to cost money. I cannot afford to.
• 1:48:35
  Speaker 12: I have to put out my long term goals because
• 1:48:37
  Speaker 12: short term takes precedent. We can do that right up
• 1:48:39
  Speaker 12: until we're in the grave. And a lot of people
• 1:48:41
  Speaker 12: do tend to do that. I would also point to
• 1:48:44
  Speaker 12: people who are who are of some means and have
• 1:48:46
  Speaker 12: some assets. They tend to have no idea what they're
• 1:48:49
  Speaker 12: spending on things because they've never been forced to have
• 1:48:51
  Speaker 12: a budget. Having a budget is work, it's a pain
• 1:48:53
  Speaker 12: in the butt, but unless you're, if you're not forced
• 1:48:56
  Speaker 12: to do it, you may have no idea how much
• 1:48:58
  Speaker 12: more you're spending on gas right now or a steak
• 1:49:00
  Speaker 12: at the grocery store than you used to.
• 1:49:02
  Speaker 2: Brian James, we'll pause, we'll bring him back, and we'll
• 1:49:03
  Speaker 2: talk about the price of gas. Even after the tax holiday, yeah,
• 1:49:07
  Speaker 2: I know, it was $ 85 to fill my 16, 15-gallon
• 1:49:10
  Speaker 2: tank the other day. Not a very happy feeling when
• 1:49:14
  Speaker 2: I walked away, or when I drove away from the pump.
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  Speaker 1: 815-5KRC, the talk station.
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  Speaker 2: 818-55-KRC, The Talk Station, Brian Thomas with Money Monday's Brian
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  Speaker 2: James from Allworth Financial. Hey, real quick, Brian, I know
• 1:49:26
  Speaker 2: I mentioned price of gas. I know it's on the
• 1:49:27
  Speaker 2: topic list, but can I do the third topic first?
• 1:49:29
  Speaker 2: Because it kind of dovetails a little bit more closely
• 1:49:32
  Speaker 2: with what we were just talking about previously. Retired Americans, well,
• 1:49:36
  Speaker 2: not spending money because they're afraid of running out of money.
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  Speaker 3: Is this.
• 1:49:41
  Speaker 2: They think they don't have enough or are being too
• 1:49:44
  Speaker 2: cautious with spending, or do they really not have enough,
• 1:49:47
  Speaker 2: or is it just impossible for people to figure out
• 1:49:49
  Speaker 2: whether whatever they've got saved away is going to make
• 1:49:51
  Speaker 2: it for the rest of their life? Or D, all
• 1:49:54
  Speaker 2: of the above.
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  Speaker 1: All of the above.
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  Speaker 12: That's in the situation. Yeah, there are people out there
• 1:49:59
  Speaker 12: who truly can't afford it, and they know that, right?
• 1:50:02
  Speaker 12: There are folks out there who are trying to make
• 1:50:04
  Speaker 12: it on just a Social Security check or just a
• 1:50:07
  Speaker 12: couple Social Security checks. And that might be as low as–
• 1:50:10
  Speaker 12: that can be a couple thousand dollars even lower for
• 1:50:12
  Speaker 12: certain people. There's also other people out there who have
• 1:50:14
  Speaker 12: simply never– and this is where I– this is why
• 1:50:17
  Speaker 12: I have a job– People who have simply never stood
• 1:50:20
  Speaker 12: back to look at what they've built for themselves and
• 1:50:22
  Speaker 12: cannot see the entire forest because they're staring at one tree,
• 1:50:26
  Speaker 12: which is somebody telling them that they're about to run
• 1:50:28
  Speaker 12: out of money. And that's usually a politician or the
• 1:50:30
  Speaker 12: media or something like that. And, you know, so the
• 1:50:33
  Speaker 12: so yeah there there are plenty of people out there
• 1:50:35
  Speaker 12: who are not living their lives I often say that
• 1:50:38
  Speaker 12: my career after three decades has turned into sitting at
• 1:50:41
  Speaker 12: a table, begging people to go spend their own money,
• 1:50:44
  Speaker 12: because we've put a plan together, you've built a you're
• 1:50:47
  Speaker 12: really solid nest egg and yes the headlines are scary
• 1:50:49
  Speaker 12: out there, but it hasn't it doesn't necessarily affect what
• 1:50:52
  Speaker 12: you need to do so. Yeah, this research out here
• 1:50:55
  Speaker 12: comes from Prudential, and they found that about 61% of
• 1:50:58
  Speaker 12: retirees who have at least a half million dollars in
• 1:51:01
  Speaker 12: investable assets still feel uncomfortable spending for that enjoyment. So
• 1:51:07
  Speaker 12: about 3,000 Americans of ages 50 and older, some retired
• 1:51:10
  Speaker 12: and some approaching retirement. But yeah, so almost two-thirds of
• 1:51:14
  Speaker 12: people say that they're not ready to retire psychologically because
• 1:51:18
  Speaker 12: of the financial concerns.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I suppose, and I don't know what $ 500, 000, what
• 1:51:22
  Speaker 2: does that get you in terms of interest generated annually?
• 1:51:25
  Speaker 2: Because I think many people are sort of reluctant to
• 1:51:27
  Speaker 2: tap into principal.
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  Speaker 13: Yeah, that's absolutely true.
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  Speaker 12: There is a notion– so people retiring today are coming–
• 1:51:36
  Speaker 12: having been raised by a generation that retired off of pensions,
• 1:51:41
  Speaker 12: which was one thing, and another mindset was dividends. Every
• 1:51:44
  Speaker 12: now and then I'll hear somebody come up with the
• 1:51:46
  Speaker 12: old idea that I don't want to spend my principal.
• 1:51:48
  Speaker 12: I want to only spend the dividends. Well, dividends aren't
• 1:51:51
  Speaker 12: as much as they used to be because if I
• 1:51:54
  Speaker 12: am the leader of a publicly traded company and my
• 1:51:56
  Speaker 12: job is to increase that stock price, I can't tell
• 1:51:58
  Speaker 12: a sexy dividend story and get as much pop for
• 1:52:02
  Speaker 12: that stock price as I can a growth story. So
• 1:52:05
  Speaker 12: dividends are not the focus anymore. You really can't get dividends. 3%, 4%, 5%
• 1:52:09
  Speaker 12: across a diversified portfolio, lots of things. You can get
• 1:52:12
  Speaker 12: it here and there, but you're also going to see
• 1:52:14
  Speaker 12: a volatile portfolio. So stocks bounce a lot more. So
• 1:52:18
  Speaker 12: not spending my principal doesn't mean what it used to
• 1:52:21
  Speaker 12: mean because I can spend only the dividends and then
• 1:52:23
  Speaker 12: the stock can drop by 10%, 15% anyway, just because
• 1:52:26
  Speaker 12: the market is more volatile. So yeah, there is a
• 1:52:29
  Speaker 12: mindset out there that I want to pretend that I
• 1:52:31
  Speaker 12: have some kind of guarantee and I can't find it. Therefore,
• 1:52:34
  Speaker 12: I must not have enough money and therefore I'm not
• 1:52:36
  Speaker 12: going to retire from it.
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  Speaker 2: So how is a retired American who's concerned about spending
• 1:52:40
  Speaker 2: any of that money to be convinced that it's okay
• 1:52:43
  Speaker 2: and it's safe to do so? There can't be a
• 1:52:45
  Speaker 2: magic number. You would have told the whole world about
• 1:52:47
  Speaker 2: it prior to now, Brian.
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  Speaker 12: Yeah, as I often say, if there was a black
• 1:52:51
  Speaker 12: and white 10-step program that everybody should follow, we would all.
• 1:52:54
  Speaker 2: Retire based off of TikTok advice. It would be just
• 1:52:56
  Speaker 2: that simple.
• 1:52:58
  Speaker 12: But, you know, so everybody has their own number depends
• 1:53:01
  Speaker 12: on your own situation. And that starts with knowing what
• 1:53:04
  Speaker 12: you spend in the first place and then figure out
• 1:53:07
  Speaker 12: and run a couple scenarios. First off, figure out what's
• 1:53:10
  Speaker 12: the hunky dory outcome. Here's my assets. Here are my
• 1:53:14
  Speaker 12: income streams, social security, pension, maybe a little bit of
• 1:53:16
  Speaker 12: part time work, rental income, whatever else you've got. And
• 1:53:19
  Speaker 12: then here's what I need.
• 1:53:19
  Speaker 2: To do with it.
• 1:53:21
  Speaker 12: The variable in all that that we cannot control, nobody
• 1:53:23
  Speaker 12: gets to, is what are the investments going to do?
• 1:53:25
  Speaker 12: We just know the one guarantee I can give is
• 1:53:26
  Speaker 12: they're going to go up and they're going to go down.
• 1:53:28
  Speaker 12: So run the hunky-dory outcome. If nothing bad ever happens again,
• 1:53:31
  Speaker 12: here's how inflation looks in my world over time, and
• 1:53:35
  Speaker 12: here's how my assets grow. and then run it again,
• 1:53:38
  Speaker 12: but knock off 20% to 25% as a stress test. Basically,
• 1:53:41
  Speaker 12: you're pretending that you retired in 2007, and then the
• 1:53:45
  Speaker 12: market punched you in the face immediately.
• 1:53:46
  Speaker 2: See if your ship still floats.
• 1:53:48
  Speaker 12: If you are, then simply understand market history. If your
• 1:53:52
  Speaker 12: plan cannot take it, if the ship sinks and you
• 1:53:56
  Speaker 12: run out of money earlier than you run out of life,
• 1:53:59
  Speaker 12: then that's a problem. It might mean you need to
• 1:54:00
  Speaker 12: adjust your spending or your retirement expectations. Something needs to change.
• 1:54:04
  Speaker 2: Well, at minimum, get a financial planner to help you
• 1:54:06
  Speaker 2: navigate the psychological challenges, apparently, as well as give you
• 1:54:11
  Speaker 2: sound advice. And finally, something over which we seemingly have
• 1:54:13
  Speaker 2: no control, the high price of gasoline, even after we
• 1:54:17
  Speaker 2: got a relief from the gas tax holiday here in
• 1:54:20
  Speaker 2: the state of Ohio. I know other states have done
• 1:54:21
  Speaker 2: it as well, but I paid $ 5. 60, I think, a
• 1:54:24
  Speaker 2: gallon the other day. Yes, it was premium, but this
• 1:54:26
  Speaker 2: is my world. But that's higher than before.
• 1:54:29
  Speaker 3: Brian?
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  Speaker 12: Yeah, it absolutely is. But if you notice, though, recently,
• 1:54:33
  Speaker 12: it's actually come off its peak.
• 1:54:35
  Speaker 2: It has.
• 1:54:36
  Speaker 1: Gas has dropped a little bit.
• 1:54:37
  Speaker 12: But also we're hearing the drumbeat that gasoline is pushing
• 1:54:41
  Speaker 12: prices higher. So the latest CPI index was up 3.7%
• 1:54:44
  Speaker 12: over the past year. That's up from 3.4% in August.
• 1:54:49
  Speaker 12: So not only are we well off the 2% that
• 1:54:52
  Speaker 12: we're shooting for, the Federal Reserve really likes, we actually
• 1:54:55
  Speaker 12: seem to be accelerating. So prices increased about 0.6% in
• 1:54:59
  Speaker 12: September alone, and gas was responsible for about half that
• 1:55:02
  Speaker 12: monthly increase. Now, literally the last couple of weeks, it
• 1:55:04
  Speaker 12: has pulled back a little bit, but it's still central
• 1:55:07
  Speaker 12: to this entire report. Those price pressures, though, Brian, it
• 1:55:11
  Speaker 12: goes beyond fuel, core inflation, which excludes food and energy, which, again,
• 1:55:15
  Speaker 12: this is why we do it. People hate that there's
• 1:55:18
  Speaker 12: a number that excludes those, but we have to separate
• 1:55:20
  Speaker 12: things out because gas is extremely volatile. Those core inflation
• 1:55:23
  Speaker 12: numbers were up 0.3% in September, 2.6% over the year.
• 1:55:28
  Speaker 12: So gas is driving everything further, but it's not the
• 1:55:30
  Speaker 12: only culprit out there.
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  Speaker 2: Brian James, appreciate your sound wisdom and your willingness to
• 1:55:36
  Speaker 2: talk about these important issues every Monday on the 55KRC
• 1:55:39
  Speaker 2: Morning Show. We'll do it again next Monday, between now
• 1:55:40
  Speaker 2: and then. Thanks to all of you for learning out.
• 1:55:42
  Speaker 2: Have a great week, my friend. Happy fall to you.
• 1:55:45
  Speaker 2: We'll talk to you in a week. Thanks, man. It's 828.
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  Speaker 1: See the talk station.
• 1:55:52
  Speaker 2: 828 at 55KRC, the talk station. Happy Monday. Brian Thomas
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  Speaker 2: in studio. Eric Conroy. You can find him online. You
• 1:55:58
  Speaker 2: need to vote Eric Conroy.
• 1:56:00
  Speaker 4: It's Eric.
• 1:56:00
  Speaker 2: Conroy.com that's his election site uh you can donate you
• 1:56:05
  Speaker 2: can get a yard sign apparently some people don't have
• 1:56:07
  Speaker 2: yard signs out there eric we need to get one
• 1:56:08
  Speaker 2: of their front yard but we are fast fast approaching
• 1:56:11
  Speaker 2: and of course with early voting going on welcome back
• 1:56:15
  Speaker 2: to the morning show my friend how do you feel
• 1:56:17
  Speaker 2: right now what's the have you been out in the
• 1:56:19
  Speaker 2: open you've been talking to people going door to door
• 1:56:21
  Speaker 2: you've been at town halls you've been at the visits
• 1:56:22
  Speaker 2: by jd vance and donald trump um You get a
• 1:56:26
  Speaker 2: sense of things because it's all gloom and doom. Republicans
• 1:56:29
  Speaker 2: don't even bother showing up this year.
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  Speaker 10: Well, Brian, thanks again for having me on. And we
• 1:56:34
  Speaker 10: are very optimistic. And as I talk to folks around
• 1:56:37
  Speaker 10: the district and the region, people want that change here
• 1:56:40
  Speaker 10: in the Ohio District 1 congressional seat. And I was
• 1:56:42
  Speaker 10: very excited to open for President Trump in northern Kentucky
• 1:56:46
  Speaker 10: this on Saturday, and I showed you his coin that
• 1:56:49
  Speaker 10: he gave me, which is about the size of a
• 1:56:51
  Speaker 10: hockey puck.
• 1:56:52
  Speaker 13: It's a huge one.
• 1:56:53
  Speaker 2: You'd expect with Donald Trump, his coin would be bigger
• 1:56:55
  Speaker 2: than any other prior president's just because. And of course,
• 1:56:58
  Speaker 2: it's adorned with gold.
• 1:57:00
  Speaker 13: I think it probably gets direct TV with how big.
• 1:57:02
  Speaker 2: It is as well.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 1:57:04
  Speaker 2: It's certainly a wonderful paperweight. It comes in north of
• 1:57:07
  Speaker 2: a quarter pound.
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  Speaker 10: Right.
• 1:57:09
  Speaker 13: But it'll also be opening for J.D.
• 1:57:11
  Speaker 10: Vance this Wednesday as well, which we're very excited about,
• 1:57:14
  Speaker 10: and We also released our latest polling last week as well,
• 1:57:16
  Speaker 10: which shows us tied at 45-45 in the polls. So
• 1:57:20
  Speaker 10: this race is alive and well, and we're looking forward
• 1:57:22
  Speaker 10: to bringing back some common sense conservatism to District 1.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and anybody can see it, and I recommend they
• 1:57:28
  Speaker 2: check it out, ericonroy.com. Let us roll through the issues
• 1:57:31
  Speaker 2: that you are concerned about. One of the things we know.
• 1:57:35
  Speaker 2: that a simple change of administration can have a profound impact.
• 1:57:39
  Speaker 2: Open borders, wide open. Oh my God, there's nothing we
• 1:57:42
  Speaker 2: can do about it. We need to change the law.
• 1:57:43
  Speaker 2: Change the law in order to address this problem, said
• 1:57:45
  Speaker 2: Joe Biden eight gazillion times along with all of his
• 1:57:47
  Speaker 2: Democrat pals. One moment in time, Donald Trump getting sworn
• 1:57:51
  Speaker 2: in immediately. And that may be an overstatement, I acknowledge,
• 1:57:54
  Speaker 2: but we are at like zero border crossings now.
• 1:57:56
  Speaker 3: None.
• 1:57:58
  Speaker 2: And then if you want to look at it, agree
• 1:57:59
  Speaker 2: or disagree with the deportations, I think it's a wonderful
• 1:58:02
  Speaker 2: thing for the American people of any political stripe that
• 1:58:04
  Speaker 2: we get people who are not lawfully in our country out,
• 1:58:07
  Speaker 2: who have committed heinous crimes like raping children. You know,
• 1:58:10
  Speaker 2: I mean, can't we all agree on that? But apparently not, Eric.
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  Speaker 10: Well, I think the president in this administration has done
• 1:58:15
  Speaker 10: a terrific job in securing the border. And you can
• 1:58:17
  Speaker 10: just look at some of the stats and numbers down
• 1:58:19
  Speaker 10: there on the border. And what I find ironic about
• 1:58:22
  Speaker 10: the whole situation is then President Barack Obama also tried
• 1:58:26
  Speaker 10: to secure the border and in a very similar way.
• 1:58:28
  Speaker 10: And there was really no controversy around it. But when
• 1:58:31
  Speaker 10: a Republican president does it, for some reason, it's a
• 1:58:34
  Speaker 10: bad thing. But I think he's doing a great job
• 1:58:37
  Speaker 10: securing the border. And we're going to continue to do
• 1:58:39
  Speaker 10: that because we can't let drug traffickers and sex traffickers
• 1:58:43
  Speaker 10: and criminals into this country. And we need people to
• 1:58:46
  Speaker 10: immigrate in the lawful, legal way. And I've got a
• 1:58:50
  Speaker 10: lot of friends, I have some friends who I served
• 1:58:52
  Speaker 10: in the military with, who were maybe citizens of other countries,
• 1:58:55
  Speaker 10: like maybe Caribbean islands, places like that, and they waited
• 1:58:58
  Speaker 10: 10 years to get their citizenship while they were serving.
• 1:59:01
  Speaker 4: In the military.
• 1:59:03
  Speaker 10: So really, I think this is more about fairness more
• 1:59:06
  Speaker 10: than anything else.
• 1:59:08
  Speaker 2: No question about it. Yeah, one of the things that
• 1:59:10
  Speaker 2: I am such a huge proponent of is giving families
• 1:59:13
  Speaker 2: the ability to send their children to a school of
• 1:59:15
  Speaker 2: their choice as opposed to one-size-fits-all, which it certainly does
• 1:59:19
  Speaker 2: in the public education system. I know Greg Lansman, as
• 1:59:22
  Speaker 2: a former teacher and has two school-aged children himself, he
• 1:59:26
  Speaker 2: was fighting for increased public school spending, better teacher pay.
• 1:59:29
  Speaker 2: He's also not interested in providing us with any measure
• 1:59:32
  Speaker 2: of school choice. Denying people the opportunity for choice when
• 1:59:37
  Speaker 2: we're talking about the most important thing in any family's life,
• 1:59:39
  Speaker 2: which is the lives and future of their children. I
• 1:59:42
  Speaker 2: find that an affront to all things American, and it
• 1:59:45
  Speaker 2: really irks me to no end that People will run
• 1:59:47
  Speaker 2: around like the teachers union president and just tell you
• 1:59:50
  Speaker 2: that they are the only one. And really, they're only
• 1:59:53
  Speaker 2: advocating and fighting for the teachers, not the children. The
• 1:59:56
  Speaker 2: education scores bear witness to this.
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  Speaker 10: Well, look, if you believe America is a meritocracy, and
• 2:00:03
  Speaker 10: I still believe that, then you should believe in choice, right?
• 2:00:05
  Speaker 10: Because it creates a lot of competition and fairness across
• 2:00:08
  Speaker 10: the board. And I think also we need to take
• 2:00:11
  Speaker 10: a look at the Department of Education, right? I think
• 2:00:12
  Speaker 10: it's a sad day when you have Department of Education
• 2:00:15
  Speaker 10: bureaucrats in D.C. making $ 160, 000 a year, and then we
• 2:00:20
  Speaker 10: have our teachers here in the tri-state making $ 35, 000 a year.
• 2:00:23
  Speaker 10: So I think that needs to be rectified in some way.
• 2:00:26
  Speaker 10: But also I think we need to consider great trajectories
• 2:00:29
  Speaker 10: for our youth and what their career paths look like.
• 2:00:31
  Speaker 10: And I'm a huge advocate of trade schools here in
• 2:00:34
  Speaker 10: the region, right? Trade jobs, whether it's electricians, plumbers, HVAC specialists–
• 2:00:39
  Speaker 10: These are not going to be automated by AI anytime soon.
• 2:00:42
  Speaker 10: And oftentimes, those career paths are a lot more productive
• 2:00:45
  Speaker 10: than the typical four-year degree. So I think we need
• 2:00:48
  Speaker 10: to do a better job of advertising those career paths,
• 2:00:51
  Speaker 10: like trade schools as well, which is great for everyone
• 2:00:53
  Speaker 10: across the board, black, white, Hispanic. These are great career
• 2:00:56
  Speaker 10: paths for people to have.
• 2:00:58
  Speaker 13: They really are.
• 2:00:58
  Speaker 2: And the idea that you can earn while you learn,
• 2:01:01
  Speaker 2: and so many have that apprenticeship journeyman, apprenticeship relationship thing,
• 2:01:05
  Speaker 2: make decent money as a young person, even someone right
• 2:01:08
  Speaker 2: out of high school... can make a living wage. Don't
• 2:01:11
  Speaker 2: go work at McDonald's expecting to make a living wage.
• 2:01:13
  Speaker 2: That's not what that is for. That's a stepping stone job.
• 2:01:17
  Speaker 2: Get you a resume built. Show people you can show
• 2:01:19
  Speaker 2: up on time and then off to the next better gig.
• 2:01:22
  Speaker 2: But trades?
• 2:01:24
  Speaker 10: Hey, I've got West Side friends who were millionaires by
• 2:01:27
  Speaker 10: the time they were 30 because they went into the trades. Meanwhile,
• 2:01:30
  Speaker 10: their peers who decide to do a four-year degree and
• 2:01:33
  Speaker 10: maybe a master's after that are still in college debt.
• 2:01:36
  Speaker 10: So I think it's time to bring back the trades
• 2:01:38
  Speaker 10: and really emphasize that.
• 2:01:40
  Speaker 2: I agree. And, you know, my son-in-law is in the trades.
• 2:01:42
  Speaker 2: He works for Fast and Pro Roofing. Does really well
• 2:01:45
  Speaker 2: as a young man. And he's got his future. I
• 2:01:47
  Speaker 2: asked him the other day, I said, do you think
• 2:01:48
  Speaker 2: you'll open your own business someday? He's like, I don't
• 2:01:51
  Speaker 2: know if I want to take on the role of
• 2:01:52
  Speaker 2: being a small business owner. But, you know, it's certainly
• 2:01:54
  Speaker 2: a possibility. That's the great thing about it.
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  Speaker 13: Well, I think small businesses.
• 2:02:00
  Speaker 2: I've always been a W-2. I point that out all
• 2:02:02
  Speaker 2: the time. I am thankful for. for the companies and
• 2:02:05
  Speaker 2: businesses who have the wherewithal to start one and employ people.
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  Speaker 2: These are people that need to be rewarded, not penalized
• 2:02:11
  Speaker 2: because they're evil or something.
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  Speaker 10: Well, I'm also very excited, Brian, to report that I've
• 2:02:15
  Speaker 10: been endorsed by NFIB, the Small Business Association.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, you have.
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  Speaker 10: I really do believe that small businesses are the backbone
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  Speaker 10: to really all Midwest economies, but especially here in Cincinnati.
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  Speaker 10: And whether you go To the west side or Warren
• 2:02:28
  Speaker 10: County or Clinton County, small businesses are really what makes
• 2:02:31
  Speaker 10: our community thrive. And having very favorable tax policies and
• 2:02:36
  Speaker 10: growth policies for those small businesses to continue to operate
• 2:02:39
  Speaker 10: and thrive, I think, is a great thing as well.
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  Speaker 4: It is.
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  Speaker 2: We'll talk Social Security, Medicare. We'll talk jobs, the economy,
• 2:02:45
  Speaker 2: maybe national defense. We've got all kinds of issues to
• 2:02:47
  Speaker 2: talk about with Eric Conroy. EricConroy.com. He could use your
• 2:02:52
  Speaker 2: help and we could... Station. It's 838 at 55K or
• 2:02:57
  Speaker 2: CD Talk Station. EricConroy.com. Eric Conroy in studio. He's running
• 2:03:02
  Speaker 2: for Congress again. So, of course, Greg, Gang of Five, Lansman.
• 2:03:05
  Speaker 2: I reminded Christopher Smitheman this morning when he was talking
• 2:03:07
  Speaker 2: about Greg Lansman and how you are a superior vote.
• 2:03:09
  Speaker 2: And I said, ah. And I knew he was a
• 2:03:12
  Speaker 2: Gang of Five guy, so I just typed in Greg Lansman,
• 2:03:14
  Speaker 2: Gang of Five. And, of course, the first article that
• 2:03:15
  Speaker 2: popped up was going back, I guess it was 2000,
• 2:03:19
  Speaker 2: whenever this happened, 2001, I think. Greg had to, well,
• 2:03:23
  Speaker 2: he apologized. to Christopher Smithman on the floor of council
• 2:03:28
  Speaker 2: there for his involvement in the Gang of Five, which
• 2:03:31
  Speaker 2: we all know was corruption on full display, making the
• 2:03:35
  Speaker 2: city of Cincinnati look like some sort of backwoods corrupt administration,
• 2:03:39
  Speaker 2: which people drew a conclusion that it was. Anyway, Eric Conroy,
• 2:03:41
  Speaker 2: not to delve too much time on that. Talking about
• 2:03:43
  Speaker 2: the race, generally speaking, there was recently, and I know
• 2:03:46
  Speaker 2: you know the article I'm talking about, a newspaper article
• 2:03:48
  Speaker 2: from a major national newspaper, left-leaning it was or is,
• 2:03:52
  Speaker 2: suggesting that everybody's pulling the plug on your money. How's
• 2:03:55
  Speaker 2: the money holding out, Eric? And does that have any
• 2:03:57
  Speaker 2: resemblance to the truth?
• 2:03:59
  Speaker 10: So money is holding up pretty well. We still have
• 2:04:01
  Speaker 10: seven figures to work with. And I did see the
• 2:04:03
  Speaker 10: New York Times article. And it's a tough cycle across
• 2:04:06
  Speaker 10: the country. And there has been some incumbents who have
• 2:04:10
  Speaker 10: needed a little bit more support than expected. which is
• 2:04:13
  Speaker 10: where that New York Times article was coming from. But overall,
• 2:04:15
  Speaker 10: that article was very overblown, right? We still have our
• 2:04:18
  Speaker 10: new lines here at 53% Republican district. As I mentioned,
• 2:04:22
  Speaker 10: we're dead tied in the polls at 45-45, and we
• 2:04:26
  Speaker 10: still have plenty of resources to get this thing done.
• 2:04:28
  Speaker 10: So we're very excited. And also with the Vivek and
• 2:04:31
  Speaker 10: Husted races on the ballot this year, we're confident we're
• 2:04:34
  Speaker 10: going to have the turnout that we need to pull
• 2:04:36
  Speaker 10: this thing off. And I even had a nice brief
• 2:04:38
  Speaker 10: chat with Speaker Mike Johnson on the phone last night,
• 2:04:41
  Speaker 10: just catching up on the race and what's going on
• 2:04:42
  Speaker 10: around the country. And he said, look, Eric, I've seen
• 2:04:45
  Speaker 10: your polling. We're chalking your race up as a win.
• 2:04:47
  Speaker 10: You've got it. The numbers are there. So everyone here
• 2:04:50
  Speaker 10: is very excited and we're going to pull this thing off.
• 2:04:52
  Speaker 2: So, I mean, boil down since the polls show what
• 2:04:54
  Speaker 2: the polls show. And I know you have your own
• 2:04:56
  Speaker 2: internal polling, but poll after poll after poll is showing
• 2:04:59
  Speaker 2: Democrats way ahead. And, you know, There's a lot of
• 2:05:02
  Speaker 2: reasons why I and I would think most every one
• 2:05:05
  Speaker 2: of the listening audience doesn't believe polls anymore. How do
• 2:05:08
  Speaker 2: you statistically sample? How do you get the right mix
• 2:05:10
  Speaker 2: of Republicans and Democrats? You don't even really know truly
• 2:05:14
  Speaker 2: who's going to vote or not going to vote. And
• 2:05:16
  Speaker 2: how do you deal with the ever-growing legions of people
• 2:05:18
  Speaker 2: who really will not even pick up a telephone call
• 2:05:21
  Speaker 2: if they don't recognize who it's coming from? Or the
• 2:05:24
  Speaker 2: legions of growing members of the Republican Party who don't
• 2:05:27
  Speaker 2: want to out loud be affiliated with Trump for fear
• 2:05:29
  Speaker 2: that the Justice Department is going to launch an investigation
• 2:05:31
  Speaker 2: into him. Broad brush statement, I know, but there is
• 2:05:34
  Speaker 2: that sort of, I'm not going to say anything out loud,
• 2:05:37
  Speaker 2: screw you guy factor going out there because I personally
• 2:05:39
  Speaker 2: hold it. I have never participated in a poll ever.
• 2:05:43
  Speaker 13: And that's exactly right, Brian.
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  Speaker 10: And polling these days is some kind of hocus pocus
• 2:05:47
  Speaker 10: witchcraft science, right?
• 2:05:49
  Speaker 13: It's not a science.
• 2:05:50
  Speaker 10: It's not an art. It's somewhere in between. And a
• 2:05:53
  Speaker 10: lot of Republican voters, frankly, don't participate in polls. And
• 2:05:56
  Speaker 10: especially nowadays. I mean, how many spam calls do you
• 2:05:58
  Speaker 10: get a day? It's very hard to get Republicans to
• 2:06:02
  Speaker 10: not only participate in polls, but to understand that they're
• 2:06:04
  Speaker 10: even being approached for a poll sometimes as well. And
• 2:06:07
  Speaker 10: I did see some interesting stats out there that a
• 2:06:09
  Speaker 10: lot of polls underestimate Republicans by as much as three
• 2:06:12
  Speaker 10: to five points.
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  Speaker 13: Because of that.
• 2:06:14
  Speaker 10: So if you are seeing polls that are close, know
• 2:06:17
  Speaker 10: that that's probably underestimating Republican voters by at least three
• 2:06:20
  Speaker 10: to five points, especially in these federal races. So polls
• 2:06:26
  Speaker 10: are the polls, right? They're typically wrong. And the only
• 2:06:28
  Speaker 10: poll that matters is the one on election day. That's
• 2:06:30
  Speaker 10: when the votes are counted.
• 2:06:31
  Speaker 2: And it's so important to get out and vote. You
• 2:06:33
  Speaker 2: can do it today. You can. You can't wait till election.
• 2:06:37
  Speaker 2: They keep reminding people, it's like, come on. And the
• 2:06:39
  Speaker 2: Republicans are voting early in much greater numbers than they were,
• 2:06:44
  Speaker 2: although I saw the statistics, the Ohio Press Network released it.
• 2:06:47
  Speaker 2: I think it was the Ohio Press Network. It doesn't matter.
• 2:06:49
  Speaker 2: But tracking the number of people who've early voted, Democrats
• 2:06:52
  Speaker 2: are ahead, but not by as much as in prior years.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah, I think we're going to see a high turnout
• 2:06:58
  Speaker 10: midterm this year on both sides, right? And hopefully on
• 2:07:01
  Speaker 10: the Republican side, it's higher than the Democratic side, which
• 2:07:04
  Speaker 10: is ideal. But I think people are really starting to
• 2:07:06
  Speaker 10: get the message that this is a very important midterm
• 2:07:09
  Speaker 10: and quite possibly the most important midterm of our lifetime.
• 2:07:12
  Speaker 10: We now have a democratic party where 60% of people
• 2:07:16
  Speaker 10: believe socialism is a good thing, right? And this is
• 2:07:19
  Speaker 10: not just another election. This is a fight for the
• 2:07:21
  Speaker 10: heart and soul of this country. And if you believe
• 2:07:24
  Speaker 10: in America and what we stand for, freedom, capitalism, and
• 2:07:27
  Speaker 10: not socialism, you really need to get out and vote
• 2:07:29
  Speaker 10: because my message is that America is on the ballot
• 2:07:32
  Speaker 10: this year.
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  Speaker 2: Without question. And if you haven't gotten the memo on
• 2:07:36
  Speaker 2: that fact right there, my listening audience, then you really
• 2:07:39
  Speaker 2: need to start paying more attention because we are on
• 2:07:41
  Speaker 2: the brink of something very serious here if we don't
• 2:07:44
  Speaker 2: right the ship. And I was commenting earlier this morning,
• 2:07:48
  Speaker 2: you don't need to embrace my perception on this, Eric Conroy,
• 2:07:51
  Speaker 2: but my perception is, you know, if you see what's
• 2:07:53
  Speaker 2: going on in France, they're like a baby step, maybe
• 2:07:55
  Speaker 2: one full step ahead of us, swirling out of control.
• 2:07:59
  Speaker 2: The populace has no ability to deal with the fires,
• 2:08:02
  Speaker 2: the burning of buildings, the riots in the streets. It's
• 2:08:05
  Speaker 2: like the BLM anti-fog got together and it's on steroids
• 2:08:09
  Speaker 2: in France. But the one thing I did note, and
• 2:08:12
  Speaker 2: one way you can contrast yourself, I presume, Eric Conroy,
• 2:08:16
  Speaker 2: is on the issue of the I was recalling the
• 2:08:19
  Speaker 2: shop owners, the Korean shop owners during the L.A. riots.
• 2:08:22
  Speaker 2: What were they able to do? Protect themselves and their
• 2:08:24
  Speaker 2: property because they were sitting up on top of the buildings.
• 2:08:26
  Speaker 13: The Koreans on the rooftops.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: With AR-15s.
• 2:08:31
  Speaker 4: You got it.
• 2:08:31
  Speaker 2: Among other firearms. Greg Lansman, however, to contrast, is interested
• 2:08:35
  Speaker 2: in background checks, red flag laws, age restrictions, and a
• 2:08:37
  Speaker 2: ban on what he calls assault weapons, the modern sport rifle,
• 2:08:41
  Speaker 2: widely popular it is. So he's an anti-gun guy, so
• 2:08:44
  Speaker 2: you can count on that. He wants to take away
• 2:08:45
  Speaker 2: your ability to defend yourself.
• 2:08:47
  Speaker 10: Well, look, I'm pro-Second Amendment, right? I'm a proud gun
• 2:08:50
  Speaker 10: owner myself. I own a Glock pistol. It's what I
• 2:08:53
  Speaker 10: carried when I was in the CIA as well, so
• 2:08:55
  Speaker 10: I'm very comfortable with it. And people need to have
• 2:08:58
  Speaker 10: the right to bear arms, right? It's right there in
• 2:09:00
  Speaker 10: the Constitution. It can't be any more clear, and I'm
• 2:09:03
  Speaker 10: a huge supporter.
• 2:09:04
  Speaker 2: I'm glad to hear that, and I did not have
• 2:09:06
  Speaker 2: any doubt in my mind. We'll stop right now. We'll
• 2:09:09
  Speaker 2: bring Eric Conroy back for a couple more topics. He
• 2:09:11
  Speaker 2: can go across contrasting himself with the lesser candidate that
• 2:09:13
  Speaker 2: is Greg Gangafine. Lansman, see, I keep bringing that up.
• 2:09:17
  Speaker 2: Don't go late. It's 845-55-KRC-TheTalkStation. 55-KRC.
• 2:09:22
  Speaker 1: Kink Station. 848-55-KRC-TheTalkStation.
• 2:09:28
  Speaker 2: EricConroy.com. Eric running for the first against Greg Lansman. And,
• 2:09:34
  Speaker 2: you know, we were talking off air, and I keep,
• 2:09:36
  Speaker 2: and I know, whether it's people appreciate it or not,
• 2:09:38
  Speaker 2: or even remember the whole gang of five antics on
• 2:09:40
  Speaker 2: Sensei City Council. You said to me something in passing
• 2:09:45
  Speaker 2: that you don't view that whole Gang of Five thing
• 2:09:47
  Speaker 2: as as bad as this current issue involving his stock trading.
• 2:09:50
  Speaker 10: Well, don't get me wrong. The Gang of Five issue
• 2:09:53
  Speaker 10: is damning. And I think we all know it pretty
• 2:09:54
  Speaker 10: well here in the city. But his stock trading sins
• 2:09:57
  Speaker 10: the last couple of years, I would argue, are worse.
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  Speaker 3: He was.
• 2:10:00
  Speaker 10: caught and punished for insider trading and breaking the Stock
• 2:10:03
  Speaker 10: Act back in 2025, which is a federal law.
• 2:10:06
  Speaker 13: And not only that, he went back and rewrote three.
• 2:10:09
  Speaker 10: Years worth of financial disclosures to hide it from the
• 2:10:11
  Speaker 10: hardworking people of this district. If you're unfamiliar, if you
• 2:10:15
  Speaker 10: are a candidate or an elected official, you're required to
• 2:10:17
  Speaker 10: fill out a financial disclosure, which describes your holdings and
• 2:10:21
  Speaker 10: your net worth. And he went back and rewrote three
• 2:10:23
  Speaker 10: of those, covering up dozens of trades worth over a
• 2:10:26
  Speaker 10: million dollars. Brian, his net worth has literally tripled. tripled
• 2:10:30
  Speaker 10: in less than four years on the Hill. Does this
• 2:10:33
  Speaker 10: sound like a guy who's there for the right reasons?
• 2:10:36
  Speaker 2: I want to know who his financial planner is.
• 2:10:38
  Speaker 13: Hell of a financial advisor, right? I think it's probably
• 2:10:40
  Speaker 13: Nancy Pelosi.
• 2:10:41
  Speaker 2: Or Hillary Clinton.
• 2:10:42
  Speaker 13: Is she a CPA, Nancy Pelosi?
• 2:10:43
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 2:10:44
  Speaker 3: Maybe.
• 2:10:45
  Speaker 2: Maybe he's getting advice from whoever's giving her advice.
• 2:10:47
  Speaker 10: But look, we need people there for the right reasons
• 2:10:50
  Speaker 10: and who also represent common sense conservative values because that's
• 2:10:53
  Speaker 10: what this district reflects right now. And getting people there
• 2:10:56
  Speaker 10: for the right reasons who actually represent the values of
• 2:10:58
  Speaker 10: this district are important.
• 2:11:00
  Speaker 2: Well, you did serve your country. After graduating, I might
• 2:11:02
  Speaker 2: know from Westside Institution Elder High School. Good morning, my
• 2:11:05
  Speaker 2: elder friends out there and folks on the Westside. You
• 2:11:08
  Speaker 2: went to the U.S. Air Force Academy and then went
• 2:11:09
  Speaker 2: on and worked for the CIA for a long time.
• 2:11:11
  Speaker 2: I think that demonstrates your commitment to our country.
• 2:11:13
  Speaker 13: Well, I think so, right?
• 2:11:16
  Speaker 10: And I served 14 years in the Air Force and
• 2:11:19
  Speaker 10: the CIA, and I'd like to say that I've dedicated
• 2:11:21
  Speaker 10: my life to service. And serving this great community and region,
• 2:11:24
  Speaker 10: I consider that next chapter in a life of service.
• 2:11:27
  Speaker 10: And I do believe that I have the leadership skills
• 2:11:30
  Speaker 10: and perspective to not only do this job well, but
• 2:11:33
  Speaker 10: to be a substantial upgrade over career politician Greg Lansman.
• 2:11:37
  Speaker 2: Well, I have to broach the subject, right? Artificial intelligence.
• 2:11:41
  Speaker 2: You knew this was going to come. Data centers, people
• 2:11:43
  Speaker 2: are angry at them. They're protesting them. And You know,
• 2:11:46
  Speaker 2: I'll say it again. You can't unring the bell. Artificial
• 2:11:50
  Speaker 2: intelligence is here. It's not going anywhere. It may be devastating.
• 2:11:53
  Speaker 2: It may kill us all. It may make our lives better.
• 2:11:54
  Speaker 2: But we have no idea what lies in store. The
• 2:11:57
  Speaker 2: question is who's going to be responsible for it? Who
• 2:11:59
  Speaker 2: is going to, well, be responsible for development? Is it
• 2:12:03
  Speaker 2: going to be us or is it going to be
• 2:12:04
  Speaker 2: some foreign country like the Chinese who seem to be
• 2:12:06
  Speaker 2: our only major competitors in the field of AI? To
• 2:12:09
  Speaker 2: do AI, you've got to have data centers. So they're
• 2:12:12
  Speaker 2: going someplace. They do bring revenue and job creation. Construction
• 2:12:16
  Speaker 2: job creation is amazing. Those things employ a ton of,
• 2:12:20
  Speaker 2: might I point out, union jobs. But the risks and
• 2:12:24
  Speaker 2: the problems that people seem to be carping about are
• 2:12:27
  Speaker 2: all surmountable up front. Vivek Ramaswamy's got his plan up front.
• 2:12:32
  Speaker 2: This will be the rules in place. You must bring
• 2:12:34
  Speaker 2: your own power, noise issues, water issues. All must be
• 2:12:36
  Speaker 2: addressed and satisfy the community. And plus, don't build them
• 2:12:39
  Speaker 2: in a neighborhood. And that seems to be the best
• 2:12:42
  Speaker 2: possible way to move forward with this because I think
• 2:12:45
  Speaker 2: we would like those jobs here in the state of Ohio.
• 2:12:48
  Speaker 2: And if we can address those challenges, I think people
• 2:12:51
  Speaker 2: out there protesting are victims of not only propaganda but
• 2:12:54
  Speaker 2: also the misguided impression that if they don't build a
• 2:12:57
  Speaker 2: data center right there, then AI is going to go away.
• 2:13:01
  Speaker 10: Well, look, I'm a fan of small government, first and foremost,
• 2:13:05
  Speaker 10: and I think that this is a local issue, first
• 2:13:07
  Speaker 10: and foremost. So if a local community decides that they
• 2:13:09
  Speaker 10: would like to have a data center, I'll support them
• 2:13:12
  Speaker 10: and help them do that. If they decide that they
• 2:13:14
  Speaker 10: don't want a data center, I'll also support them and
• 2:13:17
  Speaker 10: help them do that. But at the same time, I
• 2:13:19
  Speaker 10: think big tech needs to foot the bill on the
• 2:13:20
  Speaker 10: majority of the costs that affect the community in the
• 2:13:24
  Speaker 10: surrounding region. But at the same time, like you said,
• 2:13:26
  Speaker 10: I think we need to keep an open.
• 2:13:27
  Speaker 13: Mind to it. We do need to win the AI race.
• 2:13:30
  Speaker 13: against China.
• 2:13:31
  Speaker 10: Losing it would be the equivalent of losing the internet
• 2:13:33
  Speaker 10: race 20 to 30 years ago. So I'd encourage people
• 2:13:37
  Speaker 10: to keep an open mind in terms of these data
• 2:13:39
  Speaker 10: centers because we do need them. AI is here and
• 2:13:41
  Speaker 10: it does a lot of great things. I mean, the
• 2:13:44
  Speaker 10: advances just in the medical field alone is pretty phenomenal.
• 2:13:48
  Speaker 10: But at the same time, I believe it's a local
• 2:13:50
  Speaker 10: issue and I'll support a community's decision either way.
• 2:13:53
  Speaker 2: I'm sure you will. And another thing you support, which
• 2:13:55
  Speaker 2: I know you know I support, and you're being a veteran,
• 2:13:58
  Speaker 2: suggests you would have big support for the American veteran.
• 2:14:00
  Speaker 2: I know that's an issue on your campaign website. It
• 2:14:05
  Speaker 2: really is truly important to support the American veteran. And
• 2:14:09
  Speaker 2: in what ways will you, well, follow up on that promise?
• 2:14:12
  Speaker 13: Yeah, of course.
• 2:14:12
  Speaker 10: Well, I'll fight for their benefits and what they need
• 2:14:15
  Speaker 10: to live a happy and successful life after their service.
• 2:14:18
  Speaker 10: And as a veteran myself, someone who served seven years
• 2:14:21
  Speaker 10: in the Air Force, I understand the challenges of being
• 2:14:24
  Speaker 10: a veteran, whether it's a career transition or making bills
• 2:14:28
  Speaker 10: meet after you leave the service. And I think by
• 2:14:31
  Speaker 10: doing our veterans right throughout their life is important, and
• 2:14:35
  Speaker 10: we need to make sure we take care of them.
• 2:14:37
  Speaker 2: Any other topics you want to dive on into before
• 2:14:40
  Speaker 2: we part company today, Eric?
• 2:14:41
  Speaker 3: Well, I think.
• 2:14:42
  Speaker 10: One last thing I just want to ping is trade schools, right?
• 2:14:45
  Speaker 10: We talk a lot about the economy and affordability. And
• 2:14:48
  Speaker 10: I think finding our youth great career paths is very important.
• 2:14:51
  Speaker 10: And I'm going to be a huge advocate for trade
• 2:14:53
  Speaker 10: schools in this region because I think it works for
• 2:14:56
  Speaker 10: just about everyone, right? And as I mentioned, the trades
• 2:14:59
  Speaker 10: are not going to be automated by AI anytime soon.
• 2:15:02
  Speaker 10: These are great and successful paths. And I'm really looking
• 2:15:05
  Speaker 10: forward to finding some great common sense solutions and legislation
• 2:15:09
  Speaker 10: that For paths like trade schools to make sure our
• 2:15:13
  Speaker 10: youth have a great opportunity moving forward.
• 2:15:15
  Speaker 2: Well, you know, with the work requirement, I think logically
• 2:15:18
  Speaker 2: and reasonably included in any– if you're an able-bodied adult,
• 2:15:22
  Speaker 2: don't have any disabilities, you should at least try to
• 2:15:25
  Speaker 2: get a job. And I just think of so many
• 2:15:27
  Speaker 2: people out there who aren't even bothering looking for a job,
• 2:15:29
  Speaker 2: who are on public assistance, receiving SNAP benefits or something else.
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  Speaker 2: You know, maybe a little nudge in the right direction,
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  Speaker 2: they will, too, find that these trade opportunities are out there,
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  Speaker 2: that they can get paid while they learn, or even
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  Speaker 2: for a small six-month commitment of time, they can find
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  Speaker 2: a great position of employment. And what's more, there are
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  Speaker 2: thousands and thousands of these jobs that right now are
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  Speaker 2: currently unfilled.
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  Speaker 10: Well, look, I think part of the battle is just
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  Speaker 10: getting the word out, right, and teaching young people about
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  Speaker 10: these great career paths and these great options so that
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  Speaker 10: they know that they're out there. And if we do that,
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  Speaker 10: hopefully it falls in line.
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  Speaker 2: EricConroy.com. Check out the website. Check out where he is
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  Speaker 2: on the issues and consider donating or at least getting
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  Speaker 2: a yard sign, maybe even doing a door knock for Eric. Eric,
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  Speaker 2: I truly wish you the best of luck. I think
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  Speaker 2: you are indeed a far superior candidate and just hope
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  Speaker 2: that folks out in the listening audience will encourage, will
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  Speaker 2: not only be enthused enough to get up and vote,
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  Speaker 2: but also bring their friends with them or tell their
• 2:16:24
  Speaker 2: friends to vote as well.
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  Speaker 10: Hey, Brian, thanks for having me again. And as a
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  Speaker 10: quick reminder, this is a top 10 race for control
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  Speaker 10: of the House. So not only do local voters have
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  Speaker 10: a chance to have a new Republican representative, but they
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  Speaker 10: have a hand nationally in deciding who has control of
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  Speaker 10: the House. So get out there and vote. Vote Eric
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  Speaker 10: Conrad for Congress. And let's bring some common sense conservative
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  Speaker 10: values back to Southwest Ohio.
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  Speaker 2: Amen to that. Eric, I hope to talk to you again.