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Wednesday 5pm hour 06/03/26 · Ron Verb

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  Speaker 1: All right, have a good day. There he goes. 505
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  Speaker 1: News Radio 570, WKBN and Ron Ferb, 82 degrees, Wednesday,
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  Speaker 1: June 3rd. With you until 630 tonight. You're on the air. Hello?
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  Speaker 1: Come back to your phone.
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  Speaker 2: I'm talking to you.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, I'm talking to you.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, I know. Listen, that caller a couple of callers ago,
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  Speaker 2: he reminds me of an old grumpy man. There's no
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  Speaker 2: trespassing signs in his yard. He yells at all little
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  Speaker 2: kids that ride their bikes past. Lives in a closed mind.
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  Speaker 2: You can tell a liberal. They're closed mind, and they
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  Speaker 2: talk all over you. You gave him opportunity to speak,
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  Speaker 2: and every time you try to have dialect, intelligent dialect,
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  Speaker 2: he just starts speaking. And you can't have conversation with
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  Speaker 2: those people. You can't. I used to work for the company,
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  Speaker 2: fire company, that put millions of dollars in the Samus plant,
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  Speaker 2: Bruce Mansfield plant, They took the slurry and used the
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  Speaker 2: slurry to make drywall, okay? And First Energy did their
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  Speaker 2: best to keep up with the government, okay? But every time,
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  Speaker 2: this guy don't understand, every time they had to do upgrades,
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  Speaker 2: who paid for that? First Energy didn't pay for that.
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  Speaker 2: They passed it on to us. And the problem is, yes,
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  Speaker 2: you are right. These big corporations behind the scenes, they're
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  Speaker 2: behind it. These liberal lacos, they were behind the windmills
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  Speaker 2: and the new green energy bill. But you're right. There
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  Speaker 2: was no plan B. There's no plan B. So now
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  Speaker 2: we have Samus. I don't understand. I haven't been by
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  Speaker 2: Ron for a while. Someone told me it's completely tore down.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's what I, that's what they were tearing it down.
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  Speaker 1: I talked to a guy that's, so you saw firsthand
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  Speaker 1: all the modifications that they did down there.
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  Speaker 2: Just in power, just in upgrade power, putting the conveyors
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  Speaker 2: in to get to the river for the barges, the slurry. Millions,
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  Speaker 2: millions on both. We got to bid on both of
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  Speaker 2: those jobs for nothing. And this grumpy old liberal, he
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  Speaker 2: don't understand this. Who paid for that? We paid for that.
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  Speaker 2: First Energy don't pay for that stuff. They pass it
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  Speaker 2: down to the consumer. And there was no Plan B.
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  Speaker 2: I'm all for Clean Energy. I mean, I don't want
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  Speaker 2: to pollute the air. There's no Plan B.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but you were familiar with the plant. That plant
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  Speaker 1: was updated down there. How do you pronounce it? Is
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  Speaker 1: it Samus? Is that how you say it?
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  Speaker 2: Samus, yeah. We call it Samus, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, so that plant had all the most modern
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  Speaker 1: technology in it.
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  Speaker 2: And the engineers are smart enough. They got down at
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  Speaker 2: the table, what do we do with this waste slurry?
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  Speaker 2: They made drywall. They made drywall. And we had to
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  Speaker 2: put miles and miles and miles and miles of conveyor
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  Speaker 2: across these fields to get to the river to go
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  Speaker 2: into the barges.
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  Speaker 1: For the coal or the drywall?
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  Speaker 2: For the slurry to make drywall.
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  Speaker 1: And that is how they do make drywall. I wonder
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  Speaker 1: how they're going to do that with the coal plants
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  Speaker 1: going away.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. You should ask your liberal. He probably
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  Speaker 2: has a plan B sitting in his front yard yelling
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  Speaker 2: at the kids with his new trespassing signs. You know
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  Speaker 2: what I'm saying? I mean, you listen to these people. Ron,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how you sit there and listen to
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  Speaker 2: these people.
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  Speaker 1: But I mean, just from you being there, look at
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  Speaker 1: that facility and look at how expensive it would be
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  Speaker 1: to duplicate that today, to duplicate that. So it was
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  Speaker 1: a facility that had all the most modern stuff on it.
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  Speaker 1: And it was a coal plant that generated a ton
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  Speaker 1: of power. And idiot politicians who know very little about
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  Speaker 1: it regulated it out of business and insisted it be
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  Speaker 1: torn down. And as they're tearing it down, they're selling
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  Speaker 1: the major parts out of it to other countries that say...
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  Speaker 1: I mean, they're taking out the generators. They're taking all
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  Speaker 1: of this stuff out of there. And China and these
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  Speaker 1: other countries are buying it.
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  Speaker 3: So..
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  Speaker 1: And then..
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  Speaker 2: Remember Koppelstil over there?
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Our company put a $ 7 million furnace over there, okay?
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  Speaker 2: Just back when traffic was in, you know. And he
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  Speaker 2: fought and fought and fought to keep all his plants open, okay?
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  Speaker 2: They tore the plant down. They shut the plant down.
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  Speaker 2: They sold that furnace for $ 7 million to the Russians. Yep, yep, yep, yep.
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  Speaker 2: But on another note, you know, you think it was
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  Speaker 2: sat down with the energy experts and with the people
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  Speaker 2: that wants to make money with the windmills and the
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  Speaker 2: green and sit down like intelligent people like a private
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  Speaker 2: industry would do and go over and listen. We want
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  Speaker 2: to incorporate this green deal stuff, but let's sit and
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  Speaker 2: use our common sense. What is our plan B? Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Do we back off a little bit at a time
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  Speaker 2: with coal or subsidize the coal with green energy?
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  Speaker 5: No.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: You've got these politicians that are in bed with these
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  Speaker 2: stinking special interest groups, and they're all paid off. They're
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  Speaker 2: all multi-multi-millionaires making $ 170, 000 a year. You know what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 2: Who's the one who holds the back? You and I.
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  Speaker 2: And Mr. Liberal with no trespassing signs. You know what
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying? People, liberals got to wise up, okay? We're
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  Speaker 2: all in this together. There's no such thing as donkeys
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  Speaker 2: and elephants. We're all in this together. You know what
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying? You go to Russia. You go to China.
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  Speaker 2: You go to India. They're polluting the air. And they
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  Speaker 2: don't understand. We don't live in a globe. We don't
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  Speaker 2: live in our own little environment. This stuff comes over here.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they tie our hands, but they can pollute.
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  Speaker 6: So, but..
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  Speaker 2: All right, buddy, I don't know how you sit there
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  Speaker 2: and listen to that. I just, God bless you. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they did put millions of dollars in both plants to
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  Speaker 2: try to keep up, and First Energy tried. They kept
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  Speaker 2: moving the goalpost, and they just couldn't do it anymore.
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  Speaker 2: They shut them down.
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  Speaker 1: It's a damn shame, isn't it? All their jobs are gone.
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  Speaker 2: You know, good-paying jobs gone. You know what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 2: And the truck drivers that brought the coal in, it's
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  Speaker 2: a ripple effect. Just like when Lordstown closed down. It's
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  Speaker 2: a ripple effect. You know what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, I do.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, shut up.
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  Speaker 2: I don't want to keep you up.
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  Speaker 4: You have a good evening, buddy.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. I appreciate your expertise. You're on the air.
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  Speaker 4: Wow, that guy made a great point, huh?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he made a lot of sense and a great point.
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  Speaker 1: Now it's your turn, and we'll show people the exact
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  Speaker 1: opposite of that. It's the unknown caller.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I try to disappoint any time I can, Ron.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's fine. But, uh, Your wife has said that
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  Speaker 1: about you for years.
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  Speaker 4: The New Green Deal, though. You know, one time I
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  Speaker 4: got into a discussion, argument discussion with somebody because they
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  Speaker 4: refer like the New Green Deal. And I used G2' s
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  Speaker 4: statement as a rebuttal. And it just shut that thing down.
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  Speaker 4: It shut the argument down where I said, he said, well,
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  Speaker 4: what about global warming? I said, well, thank God for
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  Speaker 4: global warming, otherwise we'd be under a mile of ice
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  Speaker 4: right now. And that just shut the conversation down right there.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you, G2.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm sure he feels very glad about your thanking him.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, so who was on the radio yesterday? Was that
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  Speaker 4: Ron Bell with all the UFO stuff?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's Art Bell's younger brother, Ron.
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  Speaker 4: Ron, yeah, that's what I said. replacement. You should have
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  Speaker 4: him on like five days a week.
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  Speaker 1: He's broadcasting live from Pahrump, Nevada in the desert.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, okay. But, yeah, the chemtrail thing. You know, I
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  Speaker 4: woke up and I noticed and I'm like, how many,
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  Speaker 4: you know, you wake up, he said like eight o'clock
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  Speaker 4: in the morning, you look out in the sky and
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  Speaker 4: there's all these crisscross checkerboard chemtrails and I wake up
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  Speaker 4: and I look up and I'm like, how many planes
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  Speaker 4: are flying over my house right now? And, um, pretty
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  Speaker 4: much his topic could explain it if it's true. Why,
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  Speaker 4: why would they try to change the environment of the earth?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. I, I don't know that I've heard
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  Speaker 1: about chemtrails for years, way up in the sky. He
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  Speaker 1: claims they're trying to do it to, uh, keep the
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  Speaker 1: planet cool and, uh, I can't answer that question. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know what the answer to it is.
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  Speaker 4: I also saw you guys were talking about the Voyager yesterday,
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  Speaker 4: Voyager 1, Voyager 2.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I go back to that yesterday. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they release all these videos, and I'm watching the videos,
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  Speaker 1: and it's like, this is the best footage you can
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  Speaker 1: give me. I mean, some dot going in all these
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  Speaker 1: different directions and that kind of stuff. Is it too
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  Speaker 1: much to ask for? How about some clear footage of
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  Speaker 1: something that looks like a spaceship or a UFO? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: is it asking too much to see something that is
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more distinguishable?
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  Speaker 4: Well, I actually saw one that was really clear. And
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  Speaker 4: these two guys were talking, look at that, look at that.
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  Speaker 4: And these three spaceships were flying over the mountain together.
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  Speaker 4: And these F-14s or whatever were chasing it. And then
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  Speaker 4: I scroll down, you know, you go kind of to
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  Speaker 4: the site, and it says it was filmed with a
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  Speaker 4: combat simulator, basically a video game. and they put it
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  Speaker 4: on as real. You know, it was totally fake. So
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  Speaker 4: why didn't the government provide us with, like, clear videos?
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  Speaker 4: Because they're probably nonexistent. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Do you believe in them, Ron?
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  Speaker 7: No.
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  Speaker 1: No, I do not. I do not. Is it a possibility?
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  Speaker 1: Anything's a possibility. Am I convinced?
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 5: No.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, do I think they... Like, they keep saying, well,
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  Speaker 1: the government isn't going to tell you the truth because
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  Speaker 1: they don't want you to know that we're not alone,
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  Speaker 1: or people will panic and all that kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how you keep something like that a
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  Speaker 1: secret for that long. I mean, with all the people
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  Speaker 1: that would be involved in it. So, I'm not necessarily
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  Speaker 1: buying it. I mean, I just don't... Hey, Ron, you.
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  Speaker 4: Just kill everybody that says anything.
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  Speaker 5: But..
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  Speaker 1: Oh, okay. So what, they go out on a date
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  Speaker 1: with Hillary Clinton? The next thing you know, they're missing
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  Speaker 1: and dead. But, I mean, when people ask the question,
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  Speaker 1: which is, it does intrigue me, well, how do the pyramids,
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  Speaker 1: there's always a speculation that somehow some other type of processor,
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  Speaker 1: some other type of beings were here to build the
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  Speaker 1: pyramids because we didn't have the know-how or the technology
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  Speaker 1: to do something like that. Well, that does make me
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  Speaker 1: stop and think. I mean, I do think about that.
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  Speaker 1: How were those pyramids built?
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  Speaker 4: Or maybe they just had more slaves than you, Ron,
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  Speaker 4: to push all these rocks. No, it's very intriguing, the pyramids. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: But the woman that called yesterday, she said her boyfriend
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  Speaker 4: was showing her all this stuff.
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  Speaker 8: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: She was, like, exposing everything. So you think that's going
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  Speaker 4: to be her last call ever?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I think they're going to come down and take
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  Speaker 1: her away. I just I think all of this stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Let me put it this way. I think the government
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  Speaker 1: lies to you over a lot of stuff. I think
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  Speaker 1: they've lied to you about Agent Orange in Vietnam. I
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  Speaker 1: think they've lied to you about the Kennedy assassination. I
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  Speaker 1: don't believe I don't believe a lot of stuff the
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  Speaker 1: government tells you at all. I think so much of it.
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  Speaker 1: I don't believe the unemployment numbers. I don't believe the
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  Speaker 1: inflation numbers. I think that they're skewed for politics. I
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  Speaker 1: think that they're not accurate at all. whether they're Republicans
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  Speaker 1: or Democrats. So how can you fix a problem if
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  Speaker 1: you don't have accurate information? So I think that stuff
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  Speaker 1: skewed for politics. So I think they basically skew a
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  Speaker 1: lot of stuff. I mean, it's, I don't think Epstein
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  Speaker 1: committed suicide. I don't think Lee Harvey Oswald was it
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  Speaker 1: when it came to the Kennedy assassination. I think there's
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  Speaker 1: more to these Trump assassinations and Charlie Kirk than meets
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  Speaker 1: the eye. And, uh, I'm very suspicious of all of
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  Speaker 1: that stuff. And the government has given me cause to
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  Speaker 1: question what they've told me over the years time and
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  Speaker 1: time again. As I go back, Victoria Nuland, we don't
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  Speaker 1: have bio labs in the Ukraine. Oh, wait a minute.
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  Speaker 1: The Russians are all coming into the Ukraine and they're
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  Speaker 1: going for the bio labs to shut them down. Oh, well,
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  Speaker 1: we do have them. So they were lying to us
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  Speaker 1: and then they had to admit to it. I mean–
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  Speaker 1: So why should I believe? I think Fauci's a gigantic
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  Speaker 1: liar in covering up the whole COVID situation. I think
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  Speaker 1: COVID's a massive cover-up as far as I'm concerned. Massive cover-up.
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  Speaker 1: Fauci should be in jail. And I think the Russian
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  Speaker 1: collusion thing with Hillary Clinton and all of those people
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  Speaker 1: against Trump is a massive government corruption and cover-up.
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  Speaker 4: That leads me to the point, another successful thing that
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  Speaker 4: Trump did with them coming after him so hard and
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  Speaker 4: so frequently, he exposed the deep state. This is something,
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  Speaker 4: you know, one of his accomplishments that nobody talks about,
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  Speaker 4: but he brought all this to light. Like, I don't know,
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  Speaker 4: 10 years ago, you wouldn't even believe all this was possible,
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  Speaker 4: that they're going to, you know, bring all these lawsuits
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  Speaker 4: against a former president. impeach him twice, go through his
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  Speaker 4: wife's underwear drawer. I mean, I don't know how Democrats
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  Speaker 4: cannot see what happened during, you know, that period and
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  Speaker 4: not say, Oh wow. Yeah. There's a deep state and
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  Speaker 4: you know, they're controlling the world.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, I think, I think there, I think there is a, uh,
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  Speaker 1: deep state. I genuinely do. And I think it's, uh,
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  Speaker 1: And I think there's a lot of evil out there
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  Speaker 1: in the world.
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  Speaker 4: Definitely a lot of evil. The earlier caller, was that Frank?
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  Speaker 4: Not Frank. Was that the guy with the robe and
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  Speaker 4: the smoking jacket?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, Fifth Avenue. Yes, it was.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, was that him?
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: And you try to counter him with saying, do you believe,
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  Speaker 4: you know, women should be, I mean, men should be
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  Speaker 4: in women's sports and the open border. And that's the one?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, yes.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and he just wouldn't listen. He finally did listen,
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  Speaker 4: and I admire him for that. And I like getting
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  Speaker 4: all the views from all the different spectrums of the
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  Speaker 4: political thing that's out there. On your show, it really
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  Speaker 4: opens the eyes of a lot of people, and you
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  Speaker 4: don't really hear that a lot anymore. Like, Fox News
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  Speaker 4: is just totally... you know, Republican. And all the other
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  Speaker 4: news agencies are just left-wing media. So your show is
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  Speaker 4: pretty good with that. So he was saying that you said,
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  Speaker 4: you were saying something about the one Democrat couldn't describe
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  Speaker 4: a woman?
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: So, Ron, I have a uterus.
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  Speaker 1: Listen to Youngstown's news, weather, and talk station, 570 WKBN.
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  Speaker 1: And Ron Furb from the Kingdom of Mahoning at 525
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  Speaker 1: here on a Wednesday afternoon. Gorgeous day. Always glad you
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  Speaker 1: tuned in. It's 83 degrees and you're on the air.
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  Speaker 2: Ronnie!
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  Speaker 1: Vince from Austintown.
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  Speaker 3: Ronnie, how long have we been friends? As long as
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  Speaker 3: you've been employed by WKBN. Over 30-some years?
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  Speaker 1: 41 years. 41 years, to be exact.
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  Speaker 3: We've been through, in your time here in the Valley,
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  Speaker 3: you saw the Valley go from being, you know, coming
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  Speaker 3: back after the steel mills closed, the reefs closed. comeback
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  Speaker 3: that we had, and now you saw all the perfect
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  Speaker 3: politicians that got booted out and all that other stuff,
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  Speaker 3: and you survived all that. Maybe a suggestion, Ron, to
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  Speaker 3: help the show get along a little better so we
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  Speaker 3: don't have to wait three weeks to talk to you.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe five minutes per call. Maybe one call a week
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  Speaker 3: from the guy from Florida. You know, little things like
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  Speaker 3: that help us get through the day. You know, when
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  Speaker 3: you don't have a game, maybe he could come on.
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  Speaker 3: I like G2. I think he's great for the show.
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  Speaker 3: He gives ratings and everything. He's very knowledgeable.
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  Speaker 6: Extremely.
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  Speaker 3: I think Rich, the pharmacist, is very knowledgeable. Except for
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  Speaker 3: that one time, Rich, listen up, isn't it? It's not
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  Speaker 3: that I, you know, I think you're a great guy
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  Speaker 3: and all that. You're probably a wonderful pharmacist. But when
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  Speaker 3: those kids from the smaller schools get a little ink
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  Speaker 3: in the paper, you know, you shouldn't have talked about that.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, these kids, they're not... They're not 6'5 and
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  Speaker 3: 300 pounds, and they're not 6'2 and running back going
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  Speaker 3: to Ohio State or a lineman going to Notre Dame
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  Speaker 3: and stuff. They're going to colleges where they think they
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  Speaker 3: can play at their size and weight. Give them a little...
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  Speaker 3: The Vindicator wants to put a little picture of them
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  Speaker 3: in there. Give them a little props. I hope he understands.
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  Speaker 3: And then the other thing, Ronnie, you know as well
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  Speaker 3: as I do, if we had..
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  Speaker 4: The Senate and the House.
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  Speaker 3: We should be getting stuff done.
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: We should be getting..
• 18:47
  Speaker 9: Our representatives should be hounding the president. Hey, let's start
• 18:50
  Speaker 9: at least three new oral refineries on each coast, and
• 18:56
  Speaker 9: maybe two down in on the Gulf of America. The
• 19:01
  Speaker 9: only ones going up down there is the Indians building.
• 19:04
  Speaker 4: It, not us.
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: India.
• 19:07
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: I think Don't you think maybe, you.
• 19:13
  Speaker 6: Know, I think that Mr.
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: Trump is doing the best he can and everything.
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: I do agree with some of the people.
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: I don't agree with everything he does.
• 19:20
  Speaker 6: No, no.
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: When he's wrong, he's wrong. Him getting in this.
• 19:24
  Speaker 6: Shooting war was wrong.
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: And what are we going to get out of it, Ronnie?
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: Are we going to get free passage?
• 19:31
  Speaker 3: Are we going to get some free oil for the
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: next five years? Didn't we save Iraq? And we saved
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: those other countries in the Gulf when we went in there,
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: a desert storm, one, two, three.
• 19:46
  Speaker 6: We didn't take the oil.
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: Everybody said, oh, you're going in for the oil.
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: We didn't take any.
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: No, we probably should have, though. We should have, yes.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: Did the victors go to spoil?
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: You got it.
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: We should have took like 20 years.
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: Gotta go. News Radio 570 WKV. Back to it. We're
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: with you till 6.30 tonight. Guardians pregame at 6.30 on
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: News Radio 570 WKVN. Ron Perp from the Kingdom of Mahoning.
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: Until that time, on a gorgeous Wednesday afternoon. It's just
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: been terrific weather we've been having lately. After all the
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: rain we've had for the longest period of time, finally, finally,
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: days and days without rain and comfortable temperatures and sunshine.
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: These are the days we live for and long for.
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: Around my neck of the woods, 535, and you are
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: on the air. Hello there.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: Ron, how you doing?
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: I'm well, thank you. Go ahead.
• 20:40
  Speaker 10: I just want to make a quick comment.
• 20:42
  Speaker 4: I think Vince is right.
• 20:44
  Speaker 10: In what he just said. Certain people that you can't talk,
• 20:49
  Speaker 10: it's like talking to a brick wall, okay? I agree
• 20:52
  Speaker 10: that G2 should be on the intelligent people that have
• 20:58
  Speaker 10: stuff to contribute to your station. G2, Rich, and Bosley.
• 21:03
  Speaker 10: I mean, and if anybody else that calls in has,
• 21:07
  Speaker 10: you know, smart stuff to say.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: But why waste.
• 21:10
  Speaker 10: People's time in talking to somebody that's like talking to
• 21:14
  Speaker 10: a brick wall? That's all I want to say, Ron.
• 21:16
  Speaker 10: Have a good evening.
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: Well, I'll answer your question, and I'd be more than
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: happy to, because many people don't think people should have
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: any conversation or airtime if their opinion is differing than
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: what they believe in.
• 21:27
  Speaker 3: And..
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: That's just not how it is. I mean, that's usually
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: when people say, well, why do you let that guy
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: on or why do you let that guy talk? They
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: usually say that because they don't agree with that person's
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: thought or opinion. So I'm not I don't participate in
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: where the Biden type mentality when they stricken somebody's view
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: because you disagree with their viewpoints. I just don't agree
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: with that. And I never have, and I haven't done
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: it in 41 years. It doesn't matter whether I agree
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: or disagree with you. I want to hear your thoughts
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: and your opinion and your comments and try to understand
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: why you think the way you do. So when you
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: say that kind of stuff, In a lot of cases,
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: like I say, over the years, people just don't like
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: it when we have a conversation with somebody that has
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: perhaps a liberal opinion or a different opinion than they have.
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: And I don't want the program ever to become just
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: an echo chamber of agreeing with all of that kind
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: of stuff. As I say, you saw that censorship. I
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: don't believe in that. You saw that censorship in COVID.
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: Only the people that agreed with the government scenario on
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: COVID The origins of COVID were allowed on social media.
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: They banned people that were other doctors and scientists that
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: had much differing opinions because they didn't want them to
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: have an opportunity to say what they thought. And ultimately,
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: they ended up being correct. So, just because I might
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: not have the same philosophy or the same opinion doesn't
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: mean I am an idiot. that I'm not interested in
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: their philosophy or their opinion. We all life's experiences are
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: all different for all of us. And it's, it's perhaps
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: some of that that makes up our perspectives in life
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: and why we think the way we do and why
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: we reach the conclusions that we do, but just based
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: on life's experiences and, and how you were raised. So,
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: I mean, not, not, so I'm not going to, restrict somebody's, uh, views, uh,
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: along that way. Now I will agree with everybody. I mean,
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: G2 is, uh, is a very educational caller and that's why, uh,
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: I have so many segments with him. G2' s, uh, live
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: in a bunker on a satellite phone, the very mysterious G2,
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: but he has a lot of, uh, wisdom and, uh,
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: life's knowledge and a background to explain things, uh, to
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: many people as to why what's going on. And, uh,
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: I think it's worth listening to. That's why he's on.
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: That's why I have him on. I'm glad to hear
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: people appreciate all that he brings to the program because
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: I think he brings a lot to it. But just
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: because you don't agree with some of the other callers
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: because they have a different political philosophy, well, they're entitled
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: to their thoughts, too. You're on the air.
• 24:34
  Speaker 7: Hello.
• 24:34
  Speaker 5: Hello.
• 24:35
  Speaker 3: Hello? Yes.
• 24:38
  Speaker 6: Hi, Ron. Jim Dunlap here. We met informally. I believe
• 24:46
  Speaker 6: you stopped in at Handyman Hardware in Austin Town.
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: Oh, yes. Yes, I have.
• 24:50
  Speaker 6: Where I started working part-time recently after retiring from full-time
• 24:55
  Speaker 6: work three years ago.
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: I remember it quite well. I remember seeing you.
• 24:59
  Speaker 6: Some friends and colleagues of mine urged me to call
• 25:02
  Speaker 6: you briefly. This week, I'm running for chairman of the
• 25:10
  Speaker 6: Tomokai Republican Party. And as your comments a minute ago alluded,
• 25:18
  Speaker 6: you're not on the air to be partisan.
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: Well, no, I'm very partisan. I certainly have opinions, that's
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: for sure. But I'm not a neutral guy. But you're
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: running for the chairman of the Republican Party in Trumbull County.
• 25:32
  Speaker 6: Yeah, we have a quadrennial reorganization meeting tomorrow. tomorrow.
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: Did I read in the paper, is Denny Malloy running
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: for that, too?
• 25:44
  Speaker 6: Yeah, him and I are squaring off for that, yeah.
• 25:50
  Speaker 6: It's an extremely important election for Republicans in the county
• 25:55
  Speaker 6: because I believe it's going to determine the direction of
• 25:59
  Speaker 6: the county party for more than a four-year term. We're
• 26:04
  Speaker 6: probably looking at five to ten years uh... and uh... uh...
• 26:11
  Speaker 6: are uh..
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: Uh..
• 26:12
  Speaker 6: Precinct committee people have a very important decision to make
• 26:15
  Speaker 6: that's going to have a lot of effect going forward.
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: Why do you think they should vote for you versus denny.
• 26:23
  Speaker 6: Well first of all i'm i've been a true blue
• 26:26
  Speaker 6: republican for a long time served the party in numerous
• 26:29
  Speaker 6: capacities for umpteen years uh... denny on the other hand
• 26:35
  Speaker 6: to be frank uh... when you have a crowd throughout
• 26:38
  Speaker 6: his life until uh..
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: Uh..
• 26:41
  Speaker 6: Twenty twenty two when he started uh... as i see
• 26:44
  Speaker 6: it pretending to be a republican just for the purpose
• 26:47
  Speaker 6: of running for public office and that's not the way
• 26:50
  Speaker 6: you're supposed to do things uh..
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: Uh..
• 26:56
  Speaker 6: It's a it's a whole different tenor and uh... there
• 27:02
  Speaker 6: him and and a small group of of uh... let's say,
• 27:08
  Speaker 6: all-about-themselves people have been doing their own Republican thing separate
• 27:13
  Speaker 6: and apart from the party for years. And, you know,
• 27:19
  Speaker 6: some people would call that subversion. But in any case,
• 27:23
  Speaker 6: I just think I'm a much better fit and more
• 27:27
  Speaker 6: loyal to the party for honest reasons, and that I,
• 27:33
  Speaker 6: together with some good officers... will set a better direction
• 27:39
  Speaker 6: for the party in the next four years. Let's put
• 27:41
  Speaker 6: it that way.
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: Well, you've got to admire anybody that's willing to take
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: on that position. You don't get paid for that, do you?
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: No, no.
• 27:52
  Speaker 6: These are just volunteer positions. Actually, precinct committee people, even
• 27:58
  Speaker 6: though it's a publicly elected office, they're volunteer positions. There's
• 28:01
  Speaker 6: no pay involved. We do it because we believe in it.
• 28:08
  Speaker 6: And I just... I'll put it this way. I'm a
• 28:15
  Speaker 6: Republican because I'm a constitutional conservative, not the other way around.
• 28:21
  Speaker 6: I do it out of principle and very deep-seated beliefs.
• 28:28
  Speaker 6: I didn't join the party or run for... anything because
• 28:35
  Speaker 6: there was something in it for me. I did it
• 28:37
  Speaker 6: strictly out of a strong belief in what we stand
• 28:41
  Speaker 6: for and what we're trying to accomplish. And there was
• 28:50
  Speaker 6: credible reports that Benny met with Kristen Rock, who's the
• 28:59
  Speaker 6: Democrat nominee for commissioner, facing off against Mike Hovis who
• 29:06
  Speaker 6: beat Denny in the recent primary at a local restaurant
• 29:10
  Speaker 6: just last week. And eavesdroppers are reporting that they were
• 29:16
  Speaker 6: basically strategizing on how to beat Mike Hovis, the Republican,
• 29:22
  Speaker 6: in November. So you have to wonder, you know, what
• 29:24
  Speaker 6: kind of a Republican is that that would, you know,
• 29:28
  Speaker 6: out of spite, obviously, try to help the Democrat nominee
• 29:35
  Speaker 6: against her Republican opponent in the upcoming November election.
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I mean, if that's true, and I don't
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: know it is, you're saying that it is. If that's true,
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: that wouldn't reflect very good on a guy that wants
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: to be chairman of the party.
• 29:51
  Speaker 6: There are people that I trust and believe in who
• 29:55
  Speaker 6: told me, yes, it's absolutely true.
• 29:58
  Speaker 4: It happened.
• 29:59
  Speaker 6: Eyewitnesses saw it. And supposedly eavesdroppers heard a little bit
• 30:03
  Speaker 6: of the conversation. That's just one example. I could go
• 30:09
  Speaker 6: on and on. Obviously, we don't have that kind of time.
• 30:13
  Speaker 6: But it's just I think I'm a much better example
• 30:21
  Speaker 6: of what a true Republican should be. And it would
• 30:24
  Speaker 6: be a better fit for the party and more welcoming
• 30:28
  Speaker 6: of a broad base of Republicans in the party rather
• 30:30
  Speaker 6: than a tight clan.
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Well, I wish you the best of luck. I always
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: give people a thumbs up, willing to put themselves out there,
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: particularly when they're running for something that doesn't pay just
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: because they're committed to the organization of the cause. I
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: think it's admirable. So I'll give you... a thumbs up and, uh,
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: wish you the best of luck. I mean, it's, uh, it's, uh,
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: it's your calling as they say, right?
• 31:01
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 31:02
  Speaker 6: Well, one of them, but my wife says I spread
• 31:06
  Speaker 6: myself too thin, which is, she's probably right.
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: But, uh, you know, I get involved in things.
• 31:11
  Speaker 4: I believe in my.
• 31:12
  Speaker 6: Church, uh, I'm in charge of your archery ranges. I
• 31:15
  Speaker 6: don't buy an efficient game, uh, and, and, uh, Republican party. And, uh, uh, Freemasonry. And,
• 31:25
  Speaker 6: but anyway, I, you know, that's it. I get involved
• 31:27
  Speaker 6: in things I believe in, not because, you know, there's
• 31:30
  Speaker 6: something coming back benefit to me.
• 31:32
  Speaker 4: And, uh, uh, Republican, uh, parties.
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: Well, I gotta give you, you gotta admire that. I
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: just leave you with this. Keep in mind, life is short.
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: Make sure you, you don't get involved in so much
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: stuff that you miss enjoying life and living life. Cause
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: it is, uh, It's not forever, my friends. All right?
• 31:53
  Speaker 6: No, it's not.
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: Thank you.
• 31:55
  Speaker 6: I appreciate that. You're absolutely correct.
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: All right. Hang in there. Nice hearing you again. All right.
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: You're on the air.
• 32:03
  Speaker 8: It's great that there are still people that have a
• 32:05
  Speaker 8: sense of community in our area. I was just thinking about,
• 32:09
  Speaker 8: you know, all the politicians of the past in Trumbull
• 32:12
  Speaker 8: County and Mahoning County and how they get remembered, but
• 32:15
  Speaker 8: it's amazing how the ones that are how so many
• 32:21
  Speaker 8: of them are remembered for the bad things that they
• 32:22
  Speaker 8: do and not the good things they do. And Jim Traffick,
• 32:27
  Speaker 8: it comes to mind, he did a lot of good things.
• 32:30
  Speaker 8: There's a lot of the 7-Eleven connector, all that stuff,
• 32:34
  Speaker 8: the buildings downtown that he championed that were never named
• 32:38
  Speaker 8: after him to spite him. It's just amazing how the
• 32:45
  Speaker 8: politics in our valley runs.
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: I think it's very sad, Jim Traffick. First of all,
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: I think Jim Traffick was probably one of the smartest
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: political figures in our community. And I think he was
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: an extremely intelligent man. And he did everything that you said,
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: the federal courthouses, the 7-Eleven connector, the Covelli Center, the
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: Air Base. I mean, you can actually see all this
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: stuff as a result of Traffick. And And the tragedy is,
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: as you have said, not a damn thing has his
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: name on it. And I think that that is sad.
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: The good news is I do disagree with you on
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: one point. I think the majority of people in the
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: community look at trafficking very favorably. And certainly if they've
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: been around, they know all that he has done for
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: the community more than certainly Tim Ryan did in his
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: long tenure and so forth. more than any congressperson has
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: done since trafficking. He knew how to play the game,
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: and trafficking was a smart guy.
• 33:49
  Speaker 4: He could get people talking.
• 33:50
  Speaker 8: I mean, he could get opponents talking to each other
• 33:53
  Speaker 8: to come to an agreement to get a bill passed.
• 33:57
  Speaker 4: And it was just amazing.
• 33:59
  Speaker 8: You know, I'd listen to him on the radio, and
• 34:01
  Speaker 8: they'd kick it in the clutch, and let's get down
• 34:04
  Speaker 8: the road here and do some good. But, you know,
• 34:09
  Speaker 8: it just amazes me. It amazes me how that went down.
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: Well, he was one of a kind, but if you
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: go back to that time, I would say to you
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: we had a lot of better people in office. I mean,
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: I thought Pat Ungaro was a really, really good man.
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: Traffickant was an excellent congressman. I really liked George McKelvey
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: a great deal.
• 34:37
  Speaker 10: Uh..
• 34:37
  Speaker 8: George mckelvey he was a substitute teacher at my high
• 34:40
  Speaker 8: school i met him when i was maybe a junior
• 34:43
  Speaker 8: or senior and uh... i'll always remember you know he
• 34:47
  Speaker 8: always looked to me to be somebody that a very
• 34:50
  Speaker 8: likable person and uh... i haven't met him i've heard
• 34:53
  Speaker 8: him on your show since but i'm always taken back.
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: That when he uh..
• 34:58
  Speaker 4: Taught at.
• 34:59
  Speaker 8: Champion high school as a substitute teacher for a.
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: While I say time and time again. I mean, George
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: would sit here and he'd take calls. People would have
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: a complaint. He'd write it down. He'd go on the
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: phone and call and make sure it got dealt with.
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: And he just seemed like he was a public servant.
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: You follow me? It's like, okay, this is what it is.
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: And Pat Anguero was very much that, too. I never
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: got the sense that Pat Anguero was really too stuck
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: on himself or thought he was better or important. And
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: quite frankly, to be blunt with you, I never got
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: that impression from Jim Traffick in either. I mean, I just...
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: It seemed that they weren't... In all my years with Traffick,
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: he wasn't an egomaniac. Pat Anguirus certainly wasn't an egomaniac.
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: George McKelvey was a public servant. So you take a
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: look at... I'm just trying to go through. I think
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: Ralph Meacham has those qualities today as auditor. I just
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: look at some of the people in... I think Dave
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: Thomas is everything good about politics and is a public servant. Unfortunately,
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: I'll just leave it there.
• 36:10
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 36:11
  Speaker 8: The one thing I know is that looking back on
• 36:14
  Speaker 8: my life and the things that I've been into and
• 36:17
  Speaker 8: the opportunities that I've blown up on my own misbehavior
• 36:22
  Speaker 8: or whatever, my end result, the end of my life was, man,
• 36:27
  Speaker 8: I really could have done more with what I had
• 36:30
  Speaker 8: available to me, and I blew the opportunity. And, you know,
• 36:36
  Speaker 8: living today and doing what I do and driving down
• 36:39
  Speaker 8: the road and being past retirement age and doing this
• 36:43
  Speaker 8: because it's a good buck and I enjoy it and
• 36:46
  Speaker 8: I'm not going to go sit at home and do nothing.
• 36:47
  Speaker 8: But I just think that all of these politicians today,
• 36:53
  Speaker 8: they're going to look back and say, I could have
• 36:54
  Speaker 8: done more had I... had a little bit more gravitas
• 36:58
  Speaker 8: or a little bit more gumption to put my foot down.
• 37:02
  Speaker 8: And that's what I think about Mr.
• 37:04
  Speaker 9: Thomas.
• 37:05
  Speaker 8: I met him at a fundraiser out in Champion when
• 37:10
  Speaker 8: the sheriff was running. But I think that he could
• 37:14
  Speaker 8: do more if he stood his ground a little bit
• 37:17
  Speaker 8: better and pushed the issues harder.
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: I think he's accomplished a great deal. I do.
• 37:23
  Speaker 4: I really do.
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: Stand by. Just hang on a second. Hang on. I'll
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: be right back to you in a minute. News Radio
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: 570 WKBN. All right. Ron Furb, Kingdom of Mahoning, 555
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: here on a Wednesday.
• 37:36
  Speaker 10: I don't know.
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: I think Dave Thomas is one of the hardest working
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: state reps that I've witnessed in 41 years here. I mean,
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: I don't know that. I mean, the thought that he
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: ran to be state rep because his auditories could see
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: what property taxes were doing to people, the fact that
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: he understands it and has championed all of these changes
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: that have benefited a lot of people, I think is
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: terrific for a guy that just... got elected. Would I
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: like to see him run for a higher office at
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: some point? I guess you go from state rep to
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: state senator. Do I think that I would like to
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: see him go further? Absolutely. If he has a desire to.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I'd absolutely like to see that happen, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm very pleased with what he's doing so far.
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  Speaker 3: As most, as all of us are.
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  Speaker 8: I'm not trying to degrade him at all, but with looking,
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  Speaker 8: I just hope that, you know, his horizons expand and
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  Speaker 8: he expects more and more because the little bit that
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  Speaker 8: he got done, you know, it's substantial what he did.
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  Speaker 8: What he's done for us so far could have been
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  Speaker 8: a heck of a lot more, especially, you know, with
• 38:45
  Speaker 8: the property tax thing, trying to get..
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but I mean, he's not a king. He's got
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: to get it through, you know, he was able to
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  Speaker 1: come up with it and get it through with the
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: Republicans voting for it. And the first time the governor
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: vetoed all this stuff. So he had to do a
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  Speaker 1: lot of it all over again. I mean, I... He
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  Speaker 1: is genuinely a public servant. I mean, he has done
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  Speaker 1: stuff that will benefit every single property taxpayer in the state.
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: Everybody will benefit from what he has done. And the
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: sad part is, a lot of people won't even know it.
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  Speaker 8: Personally, I don't like the exemptions. Because I still work
• 39:28
  Speaker 8: and I make too much money, I don't get the...
• 39:31
  Speaker 8: the Homestead Act and all that stuff.
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  Speaker 1: But that's income-based, so I get it.
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  Speaker 4: I don't think it should be, though.
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  Speaker 1: No, I agree with how they do it in Florida.
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: And it's not even age-based down there. The Olmstead exemptions
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: are not age-based or income-based or anything. It just has
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: to be, you have to be a Florida resident to
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: get it. I mean, we have some of the highest
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  Speaker 1: property taxes around in the state of Ohio, and I
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: think it's ridiculous. So I'm with you.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I'm with you. I mean, change has got to happen
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: with it because as time goes on, once again, they're
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: going to price people out of their homes and make
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: it difficult for people to buy a home because all
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: of a sudden you're saying, well, here's your payments and
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: you got to have insurance if you have a loan.
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: And by the way, here's the property taxes. And all
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: of a sudden you start looking at that big number
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: for property taxes monthly. It makes the payments shoot way
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: up monthly and you just make it so people can
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: achieve the American dream. And to me, that's bullcrap.
• 40:32
  Speaker 3: I agree.
• 40:33
  Speaker 6: I agree.
• 40:34
  Speaker 1: Keep working, though. Keep hustling. I mean, you know, what
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: do they say? You stop moving, you start dying.
• 40:40
  Speaker 8: Hey, stop moving, they throw dirt on you.
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: There you go, man. So you're out there making a buck.
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: How old are you now?
• 40:47
  Speaker 5: 69.
• 40:49
  Speaker 8: I turned 69 in March.
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: But you're collecting your Social Security, right?
• 40:55
  Speaker 3: Right, right.
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: All right, so.
• 40:56
  Speaker 8: And as I keep on working every year, my Social
• 40:59
  Speaker 8: Security check goes up.
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: That's right. Because you keep paying into it. Good for you. Right.
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: I'm glad to hear it. Do you think you'll quit
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: working at 70?
• 41:09
  Speaker 8: I'll quit working when they don't let me in the
• 41:11
  Speaker 8: truck anymore.
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: Hey, man, it's a joy talking to you. Thanks for calling.
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: I appreciate it.
• 41:20
  Speaker 5: From ABC News, I'm Michelle Franzen. For the first time
• 41:27
  Speaker 5: since the war with Iran began, House lawmakers passing a
• 41:30
  Speaker 5: war powers resolution to limit President Trump's use of U.S.
• 41:33
  Speaker 5: forces without a declaration of war or authorization. That vote, symbolic,
• 41:37
  Speaker 5: but shows a growing number of Democrats and Republicans now
• 41:41
  Speaker 5: who don't agree with the president's handling of the war
• 41:43
  Speaker 5: now in its fourth month. President Trump telling reporters he
• 41:46
  Speaker 5: believes a deal with Iran is getting closer and brushed
• 41:49
  Speaker 5: off concerns that the ceasefire won't hold after the Pentagon
• 41:53
  Speaker 5: shot down Iranian drones targeting U.S. forces in Kuwait.
• 41:57
  Speaker 7: We could go another two, three weeks and just wipe
• 42:00
  Speaker 7: everybody out. I'd rather not do that. Very easy to do.
• 42:04
  Speaker 7: They're ready to do it. They want to do it.
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: They want to do it.
• 42:08
  Speaker 7: But if we can get something down in writing which
• 42:10
  Speaker 7: will accomplish the same thing without killing everybody, I'd like
• 42:13
  Speaker 7: to do that.
• 42:13
  Speaker 5: In the wake of another Supreme Court decision that weakened
• 42:16
  Speaker 5: parts of the Civil Rights Act, justices issued a decision
• 42:19
  Speaker 5: today in an Alabama case allowing the state to use
• 42:23
  Speaker 5: a 2023 congressional map for midterms elections. California's primary race
• 42:28
  Speaker 5: for the L.A. mayor is still being tallied. Incumbent Karen
• 42:32
  Speaker 5: Bass receiving enough votes to move on to November's runoff election.
• 42:36
  Speaker 5: But Republican Spencer Pratt leads other candidates to become the
• 42:39
  Speaker 5: opposing candidate. ABC political director Avery Harper has more.
• 42:43
  Speaker 2: It is a.
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  Speaker 11: Warning shot to Karen Bass, the fact that she has
• 42:45
  Speaker 11: to go to a runoff at all. It hasn't been
• 42:48
  Speaker 11: for at least a couple of decades that an incumbent
• 42:51
  Speaker 11: mayor in Los Angeles has had to go to a
• 42:54
  Speaker 11: runoff because they did not clear that 50 percent threshold.
• 42:56
  Speaker 11: And we know this is all coming amid widespread criticism
• 42:59
  Speaker 11: of Karen Bass's handling of those fires in L.A. that
• 43:03
  Speaker 11: just devastated parts of the city.
• 43:04
  Speaker 5: The governor's race also still undecided. Excitement is building for
• 43:08
  Speaker 5: Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The San Antonio Spurs
• 43:10
  Speaker 5: hosting the New York Knicks. Tip-off now just a few
• 43:13
  Speaker 5: hours away. It's a repeat of the 1999 Finals between
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