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Faith and Politics · The Wes Carroll Morning Show

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The news, opinions, commentary, and interviews you need to start your day.
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You're listening to The West Carroll Morning Show. Monday morning, twenty first
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day of August. I'm West Thanks for joining me. Coming up this weekend
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the twenty sixth and twenty seventh. If you were in the state of Georgia,
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there is somewhere near you almost certainly a radio station that will be airing
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the twenty twenty three Dragon Con pregame show powered by Columbus State Universities Coca Cola
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Space Science Center one hundred and ninety radio stations something like that approximately, and
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I think that's the low end. I'll be airing it around the state,
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and you can hear it in some other states neighboring, depending on where those
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I know of at least one of those stations that goes well and truly deep
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into Alabama. But I'm excited for the interviews this year that you'll hear on
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the show, which will include Phil Lamar, fantastic voice actor, TV and
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film actor as well these days, does probably more voice acting on video games
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and cartoons than anything else. And Adam Savage from the show MythBusters, and
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he's worked on a number of other projects. And here's what I want to
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just remind you. And we sort of touched on this before, but in
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case you missed the show where I mentioned this this year, because of the
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sag After strike, the conventions like Dragon Connor a little bit different that basically,
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performers who are part of the guild are not allowed to promote the struck
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work that they've done, and it's just part of the ongoing strike and negotiations.
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So when I interviewed the two of them, most of Adam Savage's work
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does not involve struck work, like MythBusters was not a sag After show.
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His website tested that he does, tested dot com, where he on YouTube
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where he does it seems like daily updates on there not part of the strike
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work. There is some of the other work that he has done that is
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that is affected by it, and I guess most of Phil Lamar's work is
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qualifies as struck work as well. And I'm following the guidelines as I've been
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asked to follow concerning that to do the interviews. I'm in no way obligated
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to do that here on this show at this time, but I am out
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of respect for you know, doing the interviews and what they put in place
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as guidelines. You can look both of those guys up. You can see
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their resumes at great length on anywhere online if you'd like to. But I
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just so if a MythBusters, you know, it was a huge show and
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it's I'm sure you know Adam Savage. There were two guys that were on
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the show from the very beginning, and he is one of those guys.
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Phil Lamar, you'll recognize when you see him, whether it's TV, whether
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it's film, and a lot of different animation voices that he's done over the
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years. But I enjoy talking with both of them now. The show that
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will air on radio this weekend will be a shortened version of the show,
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and then by this weekend Saturday, I may actually go ahead and release it
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on Friday, but I'll have the full interviews with all of the guests that
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will be on the show, the full Dragon Coon pregame show on the Dragon
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Con Pregame Show podcast. Wherever you're listening to this show, you can find
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that show used to be on a different podcast, And if you were following
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my interviews on the West Carroll Interviews, that will be I'm just kind of
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making some changes on that. But these shows specifically that are in place to
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promote dragon Con, the DragonCon Pregame show podcast. It was the easiest way
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from to do this and make it simpler for you to find it and and
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listen to the interview. So excited about that. There's some past interviews already
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up there, William Shatner, Zachary Levi, Evangeline Lily, several others from
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dragon CON's past, and a number of guests who will be back again this
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year. And those older interviews, I talked to them about their projects,
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even their struck work, because back then there was no strike going on when
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they did those interviews. But anyway, dragon Con is now a little less
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than two weeks away, so really excited about getting back and hopefully they get
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this strike worked out and figure out all the nuances that go with that.
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But again, thanks to Coca Cola Space Science Center from Columbus State University for
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their sponsorship of our coverage over the years. Were it's been a great partnership
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and they have sponsored almost every single one of the dragon Con pregame shows.
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All Right, so I want to talk a little bit and this comes on
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the heels of something that was really heavy on my heart yesterday. And then
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I get up this morning and I see this. It comes It's a headline
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on a story from CBS News, and it basically shows that according to a
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poll, Trump voters and supporters have more trust for Trump than even their own
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family members and religious leaders. And then it largely has to do with the
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indictments that has rallied them behind the former president. So here, here's here's
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here's what I want to just say, because there's there's a lot to digest
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in that, and I want to be clear on a few things. I
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understand that we are very uh tribal in in this especially this two party system
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that we have. There is very much a we're the good guys, they're
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the bad guys. That's the mindset that seems to be reflected just continually in
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almost every aspect. And I understand that we're on our way to what would
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appear to be a rematch between two candidates who last time in twenty twenty one
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of them was then the sitting president. Now this time the other is the
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sitting president. And it looks like that's where we're headed, by by all
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accounts, and there's obviously a number of factors that could come into play,
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and there's a there is a possibility that neither of them could end up being
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the candidate for their party, and that's also something that it's just kind of
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a wild card for where all of this is and where it could be going.
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So I feel like that at least should be addressed up front. Okay,
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that's the precursor to the thing that I want to say. And I've
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talked about what I'm going to say before, but it's been really heavy on
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me, and then seeing this really reinforces what I want to say. And
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I remember that there was a point during the last election period, you know,
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before actual election date, was leading up to it, and I was
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talking to someone who they themselves very openly Christian, very openly passionate about their
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faith, and I remember them saying something and I understand what they meant,
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and I don't want to be critical about overly critical about what they said,
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because I understand in spirit what they said, but it was just one of
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those dangerous little slips that kind of came out and I thought, is that
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really what you meant to say? But this person basically said that Trump was
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the only one who could save us with everything going on with COVID, with
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the economy fallout that came during COVID, that Trump was the only one who
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could save us. And I did question. I was like, think about
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what you're saying there as you're saying that Trump is the only one who could
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save us, just coming from the perspective of someone who is deeply religious,
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and I just this is something that concerns me about where we are in politics
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today. I was talking with a friend the other day and I really just
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miss those days when you could just say, you know, my ballot is
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my personal business. I'm private about my how I vote, and you should
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be too, and then we just walk away, and then you don't have
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a discussion about it. You don't discuss. And I know that there's places
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where it's appropriate to discuss things, there's certainly times to do it, but
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it's the need that I feel like we've we've had placed on us where we're
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supposed to constantly vocalize and verbalize everything, everything we're feeling, everything that we
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every thought that comes into our head. We feel this press sure that we
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have to sound off on it. I remember here see people used to say
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that, let me sound off on this topic. What are we what are
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we doing? Like? That's a that's a running joke on The Family Guy,
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isn't it? When? Anyway? So, and that's the first thing
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I think we need to come to grips with is that we don't have to
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talk about that at all, not not with each other, not especially not
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when it's someone that you know has a different perspective on things, and you
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know, there are people that you know, you respect them, and you
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have a similar maturity level, and you can have a conversation. I have
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friends like that. I do most of my talking about politics here, and
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I have this and I respect the fact that not everybody does. I've had
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circumstances before where people came to me and they say, well, I wanted
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to talk. Can we talk about what you talked about on the show the
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other day? And I'll say, you know, sure, we need to
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be in the right environment. We don't need to be at you know,
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soccer practice, or we don't need to be in a busy area around a
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lot of other people. I don't want it to turn into that I'm comfortable
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having, you know, I'm very opinionated. I share my thoughts and opinions
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on things here. I do like to consider myself at least somewhat consider it
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when it comes to other people's opinions and views, and I don't feel like
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I have to force mine on anyone. I am very typically more interested in
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why other people feel the way that they do. I had a former co
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worker and friend who has been now passed away, but she used to tell
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me that she always voted Democrat because she grew up in Atlanta and she had
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was a single parent home, and the Democrat mayor of Atlanta put something in
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place where it ultimately it ended up that her family was given a free home
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that they could live in, and that she said that she always felt like
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she owed it to the Democrat party to continue voting that way. And I
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thought that was very telling, and I appreciated her honesty, and I saw
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all of the dangers of why I don't think politicians should have the ability to
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give anyone anything that comes from taxpayers. I do think we should have things
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in place that allow assistance for people that need it, but I think primarily
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that should come from places like churches and nonprofit organizations. I don't think that
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that's something that politicians should have the ability to do, buy a lifetime of
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loyalty from constituents. And that's a problem that we have. And we have
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those kinds of loyalties that are concerning. We have the loyalties like what this
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person I was talking about has for Trump, saying that he was the only
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person who could save us. And I do think it's interesting that we have
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a dangerous and sad because obviously both sides of of the I'll have religious people
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that feel like their side is right. They feel like that their faith puts
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them in a place where they are loyal to the party that they subscribe to
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because of their faith. And I have said this before and I will say
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it until I guess my day's end. If you're putting your politics ahead of
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your faith, you're not doing it right if your politics take priority over your
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faith. If you claim that you are in fact a Christian and or any
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faith. But I can speak to Christianity because that's where I fall. But
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I don't put politicians ahead of my faith. I don't put politicians ahead of
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my beliefs. I don't feel like Donald Trump is the only person who can
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save me, and I know that this person didn't really mean that. What
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they were trying to address was that he was the only person in politics that
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they felt could come in and save the day. I understand that, but
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to me starts slipping slipping down that slope that can get so slippery and end
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up in a really bad place. But I do think it's interesting that we
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have candidates on both sides that the other side absolutely hates, hates and wants
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the candidate in place to be the candidate because they feel like their candidate can
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beat the other candidate. And that's this really dangerous place that we've gotten ourselves
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to, where we have a system that now allows affords. It is easy
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for a pack or even a candidate to support someone on the other side and
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make sure that they end up being the candidate. And I think both sides
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have to be very aware of this. Democrats have been doing this better than
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Republicans for a while. At both sides have done it, but Democrats have
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been doing it better. Which makes it worse because we've had candidates that Democrats
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would say, how does this person get nominated? And they basically dumped that
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at the feet of Republicans. And I'm going to give an example on the
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reason that I'm I guess picking on Democrats in this way is to just say
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herschel Walker. Herschel Walker was a candidate that the Democrats did everything they could
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to make sure that he was nominated and then went to war with all of
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the things that they had accumulated against him so that they could say, look,
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this is the worst candidate ever. Why, there were a number of
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candidates that were Trump allies and supporters that they made sure were the nominees and
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Republican races during the mid terms, and they wanted to be able to say
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we have all this I mean, and some of the Trump candidates that they
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hated ended up winning. And then they threw their hands up and when I
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can't believe these people actually won, I can't believe you helped him get nominated
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so that they could win. They helped Trump get nominated the first time because
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they thought there was no way that he could beat Hillary Clinton. And then
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that's part of why we have all of this anger and frustration and desperation really
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to get him out of the race. All of the things that are being
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said about him, all of the things, the indictments, all of that
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is all very similar strategy to what was done with herschel Walker. So my
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question is, how can you support a horrible candidate on the other side when
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you know that there's a possibility that they're going to win. It's dangerous because
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then you're stuck with them. Then they're in place, then they're the candidate.
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We can't keep playing the lesser of two evils game over and over and
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over again, because that's what we've been doing. That's what we've been doing
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for you know, now three cycles. This will be the third one.
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It looks like, because let's be honest, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump,
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those were not good options. Not then Now you can say, well,
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I really like Donald Trump, and you could say, well, back then,
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I really like Hillary Clinton. But both sides were eyeing up the other
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side, going oh, yeah, that's a bad candidate. When was the
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last election we had where both sides could say the other side wins? I'll
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be okay with that. I can't remember one. I don't remember the last
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time that that happened. I don't I don't have a memory of that in
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my time as a voter. I don't remember that. I mean maybe I
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guess Clinton Bush Senior. I mean, I don't know, and we know
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that Ross Pirogue got in there and that ended up being the turning point in
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that election. But by the time it got to re election time for Clinton,
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people hated him on the right, they hated him he went through the
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Monica Lewinski thing. So I don't know. I don't think this is something
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that can be fixed. I don't know that we're in a position where we
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can repair it. But I do know that if we're putting all of our
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faith in politicians and not in our churches for those that actually do go to
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church, if we're willing to look past some of the things that constitute not
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forgiving, if we subscribe to a political party that thinks it's okay to continually
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pick at the scab of racism and not let it heal, if we feel
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like it's okay to call people names with no real justification for it, I
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think there's a commandment that addresses that. The ninth one doesn't. The ninth
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Commandment address that a little bit. But if you're allowed to call someone a
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fascist when they've done nothing to indicate that they're a fascist, or you can
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call someone a Nazi and they've done nothing to indicate their Nazi commandment. You
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know there is there is one number nine where it shouldn't be happening. And
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if your politics puts you in a place where you feel like that that's okay
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in the name of politics, and that needs to be addressed, that's a
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moment you should step back from politics for a minute. If you honestly think
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Donald Trump is more powerful than Jesus, you should take a step back.
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If you're a Christian, you should take a step back and say, reevaluate
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this just a little bit. If your political affiliation, if in your heart
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you feel like abortion is not okay, but your political affiliation says that it
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is, you should take a step back and think about what that means.
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Right. I mean, I can't tell you what eventually you're going to find
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in your heart. I know where my heart is on that issue. I
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know where my heart is on a number of these issues. I know that
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we have to learn forgiveness. That applies to all of these things, but
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it definitely applies to where we come down on a number of issues that we
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just won't let heal. We won't let racism heal, we won't move past
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it. We won't let sexism move on. We've got folks on the right
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that still won't just be a good neighbor two people in their community that don't
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necessarily go to their church or don't believe the same thing that they believe.
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And if that's the case, you should take a step back in your politics.
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You should just take a step back and reevaluate it few things. It
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should start at what your core beliefs are, and if they involve a church
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and that church isn't really following the core beliefs of your faith, you should
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take a step back there too. There are churches that still follow those core
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beliefs. There are, I promise you they're out there. But again,
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as I've said, and I'll say it again and again and again, if
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eight forty five hundred o DC see Columbus dot com more West Carroll Morning Show.
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Right after the break, how much time do you spend on your phone?
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If you're like me, your phone will tell you how much time you
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spend on it last week, tells you the percentages, how much you're up
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or down. Oh my gosh. It's a little scary sometimes. And this
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is just one of those little facts to throw out there. If you're in
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the average amount of time that people use. I'm just gonna throw this figure
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out and I know you might not want to hear it, but I'm gonna
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put it out there for you because I think you maybe need to hear it.
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I know I needed to hear it. And it's just a thought.
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But a survey found that the average person spends over seventy six thousand, five
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hundred hours on their phones over the course of their lifetime. I'm gonna assume
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that this is based on how much they currently are using it or have been
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using it, to equate out to what it will be for a lifetime.
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That basically works out to eight point seven four years, almost nine years of
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your life on average people will spend staring at their phone. And let's be
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just generous here and say that, you know, I mean, I think
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eighty is a high average, and if you're spending nine years of that staring
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at your phone, let's just say eighty one if that was the average life.
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And it's not. It's lower than that, but let's just go eighty
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one as a hypothetical. That's a ninth of your life. That's all.
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That's just something that you need to consider and think about. Back to school,
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I know, they're all back by this point, at least in our
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area. Some schools are continuing to go back around the country. New Harris
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Poll says eighty percent I'm sorry. Eighty seven percent of parents of children under
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eighteen say back to school season causes the most stress and anxiety. They said
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fifty three percent said most stressful time of the year for them getting their kids
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back in school. During the pandemic, a lot of restaurants did suffer,
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but buffets took a major hit because of sanitary reasons. They weren't able to
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be open enough. People touching spoons and things as they were walking down,
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you know, dishing out their own food at buffets. And I guess they're
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back now that we've gotten to this place we're at with COVID. Lance Trenari,
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president and CEO of Golden Corral Corporation, says that they're operating a little
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differently, but the diners are excited that they can get what Golden Corral has
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to offer. And twenty twenty two, buffets were a five point five billion
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dollar industry, up nine percent from twenty twenty one. And so it seems
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back and not going anywhere. I'm gonna be honest, you know, I
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don't know trying to think of a last buffet that I went to. It
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has been a while. It may have been a Golden Corral. We used
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to go for work quite a bit, and it's helped me keep my caloric
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count each day in check, not being tempted to go to buffets. The
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closest I've done to a buffet over the weekend, and this, I guess
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is still going on for a little bit longer for part of this week.
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But the folks at Eyehop are celebrating their anniversary and they're doing five dollars all
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you can eat pancakes. Now you can add that you can get like a
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meal that has pancakes, and then they give you unlimited pancakes on top of
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that. But you can pay just five dollars and they'll give you five pancakes
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and then you can get you know, two at a time, refills as
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much as you can eat, which is what I chose to do, which
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is what Jake chose to do. When we went out to eat over the
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weekend. Luke ordered something off the Kid's menu, which he was free because
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Jill bought something, uh you know, an actual meal that also included the
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unlimited pancakes, which she didn't eat unlimited pancakes. She ate just what was
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in front of her. Jake and I. Jake didn't finish his first five,
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and it took it home and finished it later. I got into my
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second plate, and I just couldn't you know. Five pancakes was plenty for
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me. That's a lot for once upon a time. I maybe could have
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done some damage to that, but not anymore. All right, jumping over
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eating with the kids. You know, why not? All right, that'll
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do it for this Monday edition of the show. Thanks to our sponsors,
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