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Ten Commandments and the Law · The Wes Carroll Morning Show

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You're listening to the West Carrol Morning Show. Wednesday morning, twenty sixth
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day of June. I'm Wes, Thanks for starting your day with me.
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I want to talk a little bit about this story out of Louisiana. This
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is another one of those stories that on the surface, maybe you heard the
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headline and you did what I did and went what And a lot of people
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I think, either said what or got offended. Some people said hooray.
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It just depends on where you are maybe politically in it. For me,
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it wasn't necessarily about where I am politically, just it's one of those things
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where I think, is this something that can even hold up? It will
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probably be challenged. They will be I think it already has been challenged.
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But as you sort of dig into this story a little bit, you understand
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that there's more to it than just the headline. But you probably probably saw
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the headlines, which certainly qualify as a clickbait worthy story. It is but
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this idea that the state of Louisiana will be requiring public schools to display the
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Ten Commandments in every classroom. Now it's one of those things where when you
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say anything, they could do that, and you know, on the surface,
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you say, well, it certainly sounds like an easy thing to be
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challenged. It's been challenged in other states. There have been other states that
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have tried to do this, and you've got folks on the left screaming separation
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of church and state. That's not where I come in on the subject,
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because there's nothing in any of our founding documents that talks about separation of church
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and state. I just questioned whether it could stand up against the actual First
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Amendment, which we know has been trounced and stepped on by a number of
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people on the left. Anyway, But let's let's get into sort of where
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this particular law comes from and the way that I guess they came up with
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to sort of push it through. It may be protected a little bit from
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any of the appeals that will go along with it or the lawsuits against it.
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I say, however, let's what this comes down to is the fact
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that the state is saying that the schools will need to display documents that were
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important to our founders when it came to establishing the rule of law and the
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ten Commandments certainly fall into that category. You can't dispute that. Now,
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certainly some of the Ten Commandments aren't necessarily law of the land, right,
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nobody's walking around saying you got to honor your mother and father, you're going
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to jail. But you know, and I'm pretty sure that the whole idea
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of you know, coveting, that's the coveting is our biggest problem. If
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we could enforce the idea of coveting, you know, being a bad thing,
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maybe we could make the world a little bit better, because again,
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we don't have a greed problem. We've got an envy problem. We've discussed
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that concept here on the show a number of times, and a coveting would
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certainly fall into that. But anyway, so it's not just the Ten Commandments,
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it's also you know, the Declaration of Independence, you know, I
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guess the preamble to the Constitution. That may be one of the things that's
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also in there. I saw a few they're going to have the Magna Carta,
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I guess represented there. So this is one of those things where this
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isn't just about pushing a religion on someone. This is about looking at what
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the found looked at when it came to establishing our rule of law. And
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again, this notion of separation of church and state, that's not in the
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constitution. That's a Thomas Jefferson writing to Danbury Baptist and that's where that came
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from, a letter that he wrote. So this is not something from the
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Declaration of Independence. It's not in our constitution. And if you want to
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really talk about the First Amendment and say that we have to enforce it and
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respect it to the fullest, which I think we should, we have to
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really dig in and ask, you know why, you know certain things you're
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not allowed to say. You're not allowed to miss gender someone, You're not
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allowed to make certain jokes anymore. I'm not advocating doing either of those things.
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I would just like to point out the fact that if it's not in
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any way a violation of the First Amendment, if you refer to one is
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the wrong gender. And I'm not talking about the people that just want to
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be a jerk about it, right, I'm not talking about somebody who is
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intentionally calling somebody ray the wrong name or wrong gender to hurt their feelings or
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name just to hurt their feelings. I'm talking about the people who have made
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mistakes slip up law enforcement. I've seen situations. I've seen videos of law
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enforcement accidentally calling somebody by the wrong gender and being criticized, and then later
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of people wanting to file charges against them for mislabeling them and they're just trying
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to be polite. We have a culture, especially here in the South,
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where people say ma'am and sir, and if we're just trying to completely eliminate
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that, which some people I think are well, then so be it.
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But how is that falling under the rights established in the First Amendment. I
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think they've done a decent job of trying to sort of protect this. I
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don't know if it's going to hold up against any sort of higher courts as
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it starts to get challenged, but we'll see. We'll see how this all
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plays out when it concerns that. But I wanted to talk about it briefly
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because I haven't had a chance to talk about it yet this week, and
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it's a very sensitive thing. I probably have said something that may even offend
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you about this. I have said of address this with a couple of people
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who did not like my take on it, and I understand that I look
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at things, and I've said this many times before, I look at things
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from my personal religious beliefs first and foremost. That's what drives me. But
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I do look at things from a political standpoint, and I look at things
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from a true conservative political standpoint, and I say, look, I think
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that we have to follow the rule of law, and if we're going to
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say that hanging the Ten Commandments is in some way pushing forward. And I'm
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looking at things and I'm not talking about whether or not I like the idea
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of the Ten Commandments hanging on the wall. I'm just saying, if we
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have established as a country that Christianity and Judaism are not going to be you
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know, pushed in the classroom, and that's become what will be expected.
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I just my question from that was is this going to be able to hold
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up? That was my question from the beginning. That particular view hasn't gone
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over well with everybody. But I do think as you dig into this a
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little bit more, you can kind of get a better understanding of if it's
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about the laws that helped shape the laws of the land, then you got
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a little bit more of a case to go with that. Ed and Teresa
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Gaffney are the owners of Overhead Door Company of Columbus and Ed joins me.
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Now, Hey, Ed, So, you have just come back from winning
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some awards, significant awards for Overhead Door Company of Columbus, and you have
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two locations. I mentioned Overhead Door Company of Columbus, you also have a
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location in Dillard, Georgia, and both locations picking up some awards. Tell
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us about that. Yeah, we were in Orlando for the national Sales meeting.
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It's called the Red Ribbon Award. It's the highest dealerships that Overhead Door
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Company has. And the Dillard store, which is called Tri States because it's
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right on the border, it's pretty much at North Carolina, Georgia and South
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Carolina, was the first award, and then the Columbus office achieved way beyond
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what they were asking. Last year. We were able to also walk across
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the stage and represent the city of Columbus as well. Always nice to have
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your staff acknowledged for that. Before we started recording this, you were mentioning
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how it's them that deserve the awards. It's them that that get you to
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that stage, and it's nice to have an award something to be able to
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put on display to let them see and know that what their hard work had
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paid off for them. Let them see, and we let the customers see
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too. All of the eagles that we've went over here are displayed inside of
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our office. If you ever walk in to our shop, you'll you'll see
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the awards we've accumulated over the years. Let's talk about we're in summer season,
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and I know that sometimes people when it comes to their garage doors,
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I guess seasonally or when changes sort of take when the weather changes, that's
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when people may need some sort of service or they may need, you know,
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some sort of maintenance involving their garage doors. So we're kind of into
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that season with things. And I know something that I started to pop up,
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and I think back to the guys that would drive around with the trucks
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with the freezer full of meat or fish and they were trying to sell you,
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you know, shrimp out of the back of a truck. I was
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never comfortable doing that. I don't know if you ever did that. I
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was never comfortable by me now the back of a pickup truck going through the
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neighborhood. But this is now spilled over into your industry. Yes, and
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it's concerning it's not just Columbus, it's nationwide. Being at the National Sales
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Meeting, it's actually a topic that was brought up for all fifty states and
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what's happening. And I don't know if it's because of the economy. We
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don't have a real good reason to know why, but it is a phenomenon
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that's happening where you're getting guys that we call tailgaters, and it's usually one
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man, maybe a guy and a helper, and they go to either a
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distribution center or they'll go to Low's, or they'll go to home depot and
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buy an inexpensive door and then they'll sell it to you looking like you're getting
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a better deal, but in reality, you're not getting a better deal because
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something goes wrong with that door. There's no accountability these people. We are
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not licensed, they're not bonded, they're not ensured. These are all things
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that we are and we also have benefits to our employees and workers' comp and
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so it may we may be a little bit more expensive, but you're getting
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a legitimate protection and you're getting a corporation that stands behind everything that we do
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and you can't put a price tag on that. Well, insurance is a
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big part of that. And I've seen situations where you know, people stop
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and they say, hey, you got a tree over there, I'll cut
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it down. My guys will come back tomorrow and cut it down. And
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anytime I've had anybody say that, I just say, well, you know,
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show me, you know what your insurance looks like. And then they
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never come back. You know that. That's and that tells you something about
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you know, hey, maybe they're just out there trying to do the job,
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but if there's nothing there to back them up, that's where you run
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into risk and danger as a property owner or a homeowner. That's right,
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That's what That's what I'm trying to That's why you and I are talking today,
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because I don't want to see what happens to innocent people. In reality,
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you're really not saving any money, especially if something is wrong with the
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georg. Where are you going to find these guys togain? How do you
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get a hold of them, where's their office, who's their supplier, what
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kind of door is it? I mean, it really needs to be thought
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about when you're making that decision. Pretty easy to just block a number if
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you're trying to call somebody because they did shoddy work, and then they don't
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want you to be able to contact them again once you've paid them, and
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you know, they can just block your number and then you never see or
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hear from them ever again because you know, or they just get another phone,
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maybe they're working with, you know, one of those burner phones.
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And you talked about the award winning offices that you have and both of them,
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and you know, when you start talking about quality of service, that
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also plays into this, because again, you don't know what you're getting if
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you did go that route. And you know, you guys every time and
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I can attest to this, every time I have had a service done at
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my home or the home of a relative or or recommended you guys to someone,
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it's consistently high marks for the work that's done, the customer service level
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that's done, the quality of the work that's done. And I mean that's
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why you guys are bringing home all those trophies. Well, we try to
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bring a level of professionalism to the industry as well. We have an electronic
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dispatch board. We notify you by email when we're head of your way we
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give you fifteen minute notice, because that's really important. You ever call a
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company and you need service and we tell you a twelve hour window, and
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you have to sit in your home for twelve hours at least the day of
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your life waiting for a repair person. We make sure that doesn't happen to
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you. We also follow up with after every call to make sure you're satisfied.
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We just try to take the service level to a higher level, which
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in turn gives us more sales. You mentioned the economy, and I just
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want to quickly talk about something that happened back in twenty twenty, because you
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were notified that apparently someone tried to use a ballot and vote on your behalf
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and a county in Georgia that you've never even been to before, and you
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and I talked about that. I got you in touch with some people,
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you know, through the Trump campaign or through the White House, because this
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was one of those situations where you know, there's a lot of questions about
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voter integrity. Georgia has done some things to shore that up. I feel
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a little bit better about it, but being someone who has been on the
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verge of being a victim of that and I guess you were a victim if
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they tried to cast about it on your behalf. Thankfully it was caught.
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But just being someone who's experienced that, do you feel better about where we
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are with voter integrity at this point or do you think we're still in about
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the same boat we were in? To be truthful, I feel worse about
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it because I'm listening to the attorney Gerald, the current attorney Gerald, saying
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that they would fight voter ID. Now, why in the world would you
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fight voter ID When you're voting for the highest office, the leader of the
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free world. You need, you have to use your license, to get
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on an airplane, to cash a check, do practically anything in this country.
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But you can vote and we don't know who you are. And that's
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okay. That that disturbs me even more. I can see much more room
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for fraud than even what happened to me four years ago. And just to
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know that someone almost successfully, I mean they cast the ballot. You know,
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someone caught it. But the fact that someone actually they were able to
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obtain an absentee ballot in your name, and then you pass that ballot on
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behalf of you, and you were like I've never even been to that county.
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That's right. I believe it was somebody from the county clerk somewhere in
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North Georgia. The county escapes me. Now it's been four years, but
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yeah, it was a sobering experience for sure. And you're right the fact
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that so many things you need an ID for but not you have people saying,
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well, you shouldn't need an ID to cast about and then you know,
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you get cries of oh, well, this is trying to suppress this
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group or that group. Anybody can get an ID. Now, it's not
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that difficult to get an ID. There was probably a time where that was
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very difficult. That's not where we are in twenty twenty four. That's not
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where we are always in twenty twenty four. I just checked into a hotel.
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I couldn't get into the hotel if I didn't have an ID. Firstly,
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may ask for as your ID. So I just find the whole thing
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preposterous that you try to vote and not have them. I performed identification well
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ed. Congrats on the awards. On a personal note, just as one
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of the sponsors of this show and the podcast that I do, you were
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tens of thousands of listeners a month, and we've been moving right along with
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for me and for my listeners, and I appreciate that very much. Well,
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Listen, it goes both ways. You've done a lot for us as
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Well, it seems that gender neutral names are on the rise, and
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we're in twenty twenty three, and their expectations that they will continue to do
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the same thing and be on the rise in twenty twenty four. Name dot
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Org predicting unisex names to continue to be a big deal. And these are
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the top unisex names. Now, I'll just quickly mention this because I do
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think there is a certain amount of maybe people want at some time. Maybe
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if this was years ago, you might have said, well, people are
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just trying to come up so they can have the name for the child without
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necessarily knowing the gender. Maybe they didn't ask or wanted to have the name
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ahead of time. Either way, they were committed to a name. I
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do think we have a growing sentiment of people that feel like, you know,
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if I give them the gender neutral name and then the kid decides that
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they don't like their gender assigned at birth, then they've already got a name.
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It's easy to change. I don't know, I don't know if that's
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what's happening. Just kind of feels like maybe that could be at play with
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this. But the top unisex names expected for the upcoming year and some high
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names from last year. Dylan at the top of the list, Avery Logan,
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Carter Riley, Parker, Rowan, Cameron Angel, and Ki Kai.
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So there you go. If you heard of the term neats inn EETs,
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it stands for not an employment, education or training so it's people who are
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not working, they're not in they're not in any kind of training program at
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all their needs. And they say there's a lot of neats, many young
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adults, and they say that they're doing it by choice. They would rather
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do nothing all day than do something that isn't right for them, and are
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willing to wait for the opportunity that they want. According to the International Labor
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Organization, in twenty twenty three, about twenty two percent of people worldwide between
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fifteen and twenty four years old were considered neats. So how are these neats
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surviving? They live at home, some live off of loans, Some have
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an inheritance and savings that keep them going until they can figure out what they
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want to do. Some said that they just spend their days on personal growth
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through yoga, hobbies, creative projects, and spending time with their friends.
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It sounds like they're starting at retirement, is what. It sounds like.
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They just fast forwarded through all of it and they're just living retirement. Hey,
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if you can do it and your content, I don't know how you
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could be content with it and just not any sort of just waiting. I
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guess on a job to fall into your lap. I guess, all right,
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if you're over dating apps, you're not alone. Survey by Forbes Health
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found that eighty percent of American singles have had it with swiping. This is
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especially true for women. Eighty percent said that they feel dating app burnout is
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a real thing. And that's compared to seventy four percent of men. It's
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not big difference. Eighty and seventy four percent. Gen Z singles are really
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over dating apps, and that generation is the most likely to always feel some
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level of dating app exhaustion. So that may not be the route you want
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to go if you're trying to meet somebody in gen Z. You know,
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if that's something you want to do and you're thinking about maybe a dating app,
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that may not be the way to go. All right, I just
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told you that. Last week we did a family road trip. We took
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our dog, and we took our dog up into rural Kentucky. Rural is
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not a fun word when you talk professionally. It's a tricky one. Also,
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horror horror sounds like something else if you don't say it just right.
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But anyway, rural Kentucky is where we went. That's a good vacation.
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For a dog, you know, he was able to do hikes with us
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and spend time outdoors with us. However, some people really like to take
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their dogs to the beach. Well, experts say the five best dog friendly
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beaches in the country. We got Jekyll Island right here in Georgia at number
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four on the list. Jupiter Dog Beach in Florida is actually at the top
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of the list. So we got two that aren't really that far away.
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I assume Jupiter Dog Beach isn't too He could be in very south Florida.
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I guess I need to look up where that is. Cannon Beach, Oregon,
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Huntington Beach, California, and Wildwood, New Jersey are the rest in
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that top five lists. So there you go. Jupiter Beach. It's on
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the east coast of Florida. I guess. So that's probably not quite a
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Miami area beach. That's probably not bad. But why would you do that.
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You could just go to Jekyll Island, you know, that's what you
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could do. That'll do it for this Wednesday edition of the show. Thanks
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