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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Boston's Bulldozer never sleeps. The Kooner Report weekend edition on
the Voice of Boston WRKO.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Joining us now as she always does at this time.
She is the co founder, CEO president of Kelly Financial Services,
and yes, that is her wonderful name, Kelly Kelly Kelly,
How are you.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Good morning, Jeff? I am good. As we head deeper
into the holiday season, I've been thinking a lot about generosity,
not just the gifts we give, but values behind them
and the legacy we want to leave. Retirement isn't just
about saving money. It's about stewardship. It's about using what
(00:49):
you work so hard for with purpose, gratitude, and clarity.
And this time of year, people want their giving to
matter helping children, grandchildren, their church, or the causes they love,
while understanding while why taxes may shape those choices so
their generosity goes as far as possible. That's why we're
(01:13):
sharing our Tax Explorer Guide. It's easy to read and
helps you understand how taxes may impact your giving and
your retirement income as we look ahead to a new year.
If you'd like a copy, give us a call or
send us an email. Jeff, I'll continue this conversation with
our Kelly Advisors tomorrow morning at nine am on safe
(01:36):
money strategies. We also hope to see many of you
at our toy drive tomorrow morning. Jeff, have a wonderful weekend.
My best to Grace and the kiddos.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Thank you so much, Kelly, All the best to you
and everyone at Kelly Financial. If you want more information
and details about tomorrow's toy drive, it's from eleven am
to one pm at their Brainch're in Burlington offices called
eight eight eight eight hundred eighteen eighty one eight eight
eight eight hundred eighteen eighty one, or if you prefer,
(02:09):
you can email Kelly directly Kelly at Kellyfinancial dot org.
James in Marlborough. Thanks for holding James and welcome.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
No problem. How you doing, Jeff.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
I think this priest is in a lot more trouble
than he realizes. A lot more trouble because, according to
the Gospels, an angel, a direct emissary of God, directed
Joseph to take.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
His family to Egypt. Now, if this priest is calling
that illegal immigration, he's basically saying that God is complicit
in a crime, which is a rather odd theological position
to take.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Wouldn't you say, brilliant, James, I'm telling you, brilliant, seriously brilliant.
I know I'm like a broken record, but honestly, best
audience in the business. I mean, it's checkmate. Really, you
got them, you got them, and you know, James, I
gotta tell you. Look, and I'm not saying this to
(03:11):
stroke your ego. You're obviously a smart man. But look,
the archdiocese they're no dummies. I mean they're not and
a lot of them are trained in the seminary. They
know Christian traditions, they know Catholic faith, they know the Catechism,
they know you know, they know the story of Jesus,
they know it extremely well. They know this. They know this.
(03:35):
So how come nobody, James, honestly, how come nobody's picking
up the phone and telling this priest, father Josoma, how
do you pronounced his last name? Say, hey, dude, you
gotta go like, I'm sorry, that's it, It's over. I mean,
why is the archdiocese deliberately turning a blind eye in
your view? Even though forget the local backlash, this is
(03:58):
now a national story. I mean, this parish now is
bringing shame to the Catholic Church.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
What's your theory, James, Well, like you said, it's uh,
it's politicized, and you know sometimes uh, you know, sometimes
scripture is difficult, you know, I mean, uh, you know,
you've got to you've got to you know, embrace what's there.
And you know, if your politics clashes with you know,
(04:26):
your theology or basically divine truth from a from a
religious perspective, yeah, that's pretty bad. That's pretty bad. I
mean the bottom line is on whose authority is he
making this distinction? I mean, on the one hand, you know,
you've got God telling you to do something, and on
the other hand, you know you've got this you know,
secular legal you know whatever. Uh. So again, if he's
(04:49):
going to start talking about legalities and the rules and such,
I think he's going to have a much harder time
finding a higher authority, uh than God. So, like I said,
I think this guy's going to be in a lot
of trouble to worry about.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
James, Master, call, you nailed it. You so nailed it.
Thank you for that call. Look, this is the elephant
in the room, and it pains me as a Catholic
to say it. It really does, and to be fair.
It's not just the Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church. There
are other Protestant denominations or some Lutheran churches because there
are multiple but some Lutheran denominations and Protestant denominations are
(05:31):
involved as well. Okay, so it's not just a Catholic thing,
to be fair, but I'm speaking as a Catholic. It's
the billions and billions of dollars that the Vatican and
the Church gets in the United States from working with
NGOs non governmental organizations led by Catholic charities to bring
(05:52):
in illegal aliens and resettle them across the country. Just
follow the money. So they're espousing a globalist, open borders
id theology now, which is a form of cultural Marxism.
It's getting them now to the point that this is
I mean, it's now openly blasphemous. Okay, what they're doing now,
(06:16):
and nobody's doing anything because they're so in bed, forgive me,
with human trafficking, because that's what illegal immigration ultimately is.
And the Church needs the money because of all the
sex abuse scandals in the lawsuits, so they're desperate for cash.
They need the cash, and these globalist organizations, these NGOs
(06:43):
who have been bringing in an army of illegals go
to the churches in particular. Again, it's not just the
Catholic Church. There are other some Protestant churches are involved
as well, but still Catholic Church is a big player
in this and they're getting billions, billions of dollars out
of it, so they have a financial self interest in
(07:07):
pushing this. And that's why I say this respectfully to
the Pope who's come out now with another ridiculous claim,
this time about Muslims. Okay, but he's going on about,
you know, the migrant, the migrant, the migrant, and this
was not just the current Pope, previous pope, Pope Francis
same thing. You are financially compromised when you make that
(07:31):
kind of a statement because you are taking in vast
amounts of cash, so you have a financial vested interest
in what you say. And I'm sorry, it's wrong, it's
unethical and it's immoral. Six one seven two six six
(07:52):
sixty eight sixty eight agree, disagree. Keith in Avon, Thanks
for holding Keith, and.
Speaker 6 (07:59):
Welcome Jeff, Jeff heirs and foremost I want to thank
you for what you do okay. Second, I want to
reach my voice out individually to every listener, one on one,
me to you listening right now. Merry Christmas, happy Honkah,
(08:21):
and good loving, strong vibes for anything you celebrate.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
God bless you, really, God bless you. No, Merry Christmas,
happy Honkah, Thank you very much, keep going, my friend.
Speaker 6 (08:32):
I look at that. I'm no theologian. I know the
Bible enough to be able to speak on it, but
you know whatever, But I look for things that aren't
in there, because everyone nitpicks and looks and tries to
draw something from every word of the Bible. But wouldn't
it make sense if there were a character in the
Bible where Mary and Joseph come to Bethlehem. They're knocking
(08:55):
on all the doors and everyone just slams the door
in their face, and there's no one who just said, yeah,
come on in, use my house, do whatever you need
to do, take it over.
Speaker 4 (09:05):
It's fine.
Speaker 6 (09:06):
That's not in the Bible, is it. It's just not there.
It would be a perfect story to have. It would
be a wonderful character to speak on for two thousand years.
But human nature is that we are secure for ourselves
and our families first, and then generous to others, not selfish,
(09:27):
not in a bad way. But you have to make
sure that whoever is coming into your home is someone
you know, someone you trust when you want to open
it up to not just some random stranger knocking on
the door. You know, I'll drive you to the hospital
if you're pregnant. Holy crap, but you're not giving birth
in my living room floor, like you know, so like
the whole story of Jesus and whatnot, really look at
(09:50):
what's not there as well as what's there.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Oh my god, seriously, the previous caller grand slam, disc
grand slam. That's why baby Jesus is born in a manger.
You're right, he's not born in someone's home. You're absolutely right. Ah,
you know. And what gets me is, and I don't
(10:14):
mean this in any disrespectful way, but you know, Keith,
you and the previous caller, you know you're not expert theologians.
You haven't spent years studying in a seminary. And these
are trained priests or the one in Evanston he's are
trained reverence, right, I mean, these are people who apparently
you know, they have a degree and training. How come
(10:34):
both of you know this and you're lay people, and
they don't.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Jeff doesn't get a day off. This request came from
his wife. The Kuner Report weekend edition on the Boys
of Boston w RKO
Boston's Bulldozer never sleeps. The Kooner Report weekend edition on
the Voice of Boston WRKO.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Joining us now as she always does at this time.
She is the co founder, CEO president of Kelly Financial Services,
and yes, that is her wonderful name, Kelly Kelly Kelly,
How are you.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Good morning, Jeff? I am good. As we head deeper
into the holiday season, I've been thinking a lot about generosity,
not just the gifts we give, but values behind them
and the legacy we want to leave. Retirement isn't just
about saving money. It's about stewardship. It's about using what
(00:49):
you work so hard for with purpose, gratitude, and clarity.
And this time of year, people want their giving to
matter helping children, grandchildren, their church, or the causes they love,
while understanding while why taxes may shape those choices so
their generosity goes as far as possible. That's why we're
(01:13):
sharing our Tax Explorer Guide. It's easy to read and
helps you understand how taxes may impact your giving and
your retirement income as we look ahead to a new year.
If you'd like a copy, give us a call or
send us an email. Jeff, I'll continue this conversation with
our Kelly Advisors tomorrow morning at nine am on safe
(01:36):
money strategies. We also hope to see many of you
at our toy drive tomorrow morning. Jeff, have a wonderful weekend.
My best to Grace and the kiddos.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Thank you so much, Kelly, All the best to you
and everyone at Kelly Financial. If you want more information
and details about tomorrow's toy drive, it's from eleven am
to one pm at their Brainch're in Burlington offices called
eight eight eight eight hundred eighteen eighty one eight eight
eight eight hundred eighteen eighty one, or if you prefer,
(02:09):
you can email Kelly directly Kelly at Kellyfinancial dot org.
James in Marlborough. Thanks for holding James and welcome.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
No problem. How you doing, Jeff.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
I think this priest is in a lot more trouble
than he realizes. A lot more trouble because, according to
the Gospels, an angel, a direct emissary of God, directed
Joseph to take.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
His family to Egypt. Now, if this priest is calling
that illegal immigration, he's basically saying that God is complicit
in a crime, which is a rather odd theological position
to take.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Wouldn't you say, brilliant, James, I'm telling you, brilliant, seriously brilliant.
I know I'm like a broken record, but honestly, best
audience in the business. I mean, it's checkmate. Really, you
got them, you got them, and you know, James, I
gotta tell you. Look, and I'm not saying this to
(03:11):
stroke your ego. You're obviously a smart man. But look,
the archdiocese they're no dummies. I mean they're not and
a lot of them are trained in the seminary. They
know Christian traditions, they know Catholic faith, they know the Catechism,
they know you know, they know the story of Jesus,
they know it extremely well. They know this. They know this.
(03:35):
So how come nobody, James, honestly, how come nobody's picking
up the phone and telling this priest, father Josoma, how
do you pronounced his last name? Say, hey, dude, you
gotta go like, I'm sorry, that's it, It's over. I mean,
why is the archdiocese deliberately turning a blind eye in
your view? Even though forget the local backlash, this is
(03:58):
now a national story. I mean, this parish now is
bringing shame to the Catholic Church.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
What's your theory, James, Well, like you said, it's uh,
it's politicized, and you know sometimes uh, you know, sometimes
scripture is difficult, you know, I mean, uh, you know,
you've got to you've got to you know, embrace what's there.
And you know, if your politics clashes with you know,
(04:26):
your theology or basically divine truth from a from a
religious perspective, yeah, that's pretty bad. That's pretty bad. I
mean the bottom line is on whose authority is he
making this distinction? I mean, on the one hand, you know,
you've got God telling you to do something, and on
the other hand, you know you've got this you know,
secular legal you know whatever. Uh. So again, if he's
(04:49):
going to start talking about legalities and the rules and such,
I think he's going to have a much harder time
finding a higher authority, uh than God. So, like I said,
I think this guy's going to be in a lot
of trouble to worry about.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
James, Master, call, you nailed it. You so nailed it.
Thank you for that call. Look, this is the elephant
in the room, and it pains me as a Catholic
to say it. It really does, and to be fair.
It's not just the Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church. There
are other Protestant denominations or some Lutheran churches because there
are multiple but some Lutheran denominations and Protestant denominations are
(05:31):
involved as well. Okay, so it's not just a Catholic thing,
to be fair, but I'm speaking as a Catholic. It's
the billions and billions of dollars that the Vatican and
the Church gets in the United States from working with
NGOs non governmental organizations led by Catholic charities to bring
(05:52):
in illegal aliens and resettle them across the country. Just
follow the money. So they're espousing a globalist, open borders
id theology now, which is a form of cultural Marxism.
It's getting them now to the point that this is
I mean, it's now openly blasphemous. Okay, what they're doing now,
(06:16):
and nobody's doing anything because they're so in bed, forgive me,
with human trafficking, because that's what illegal immigration ultimately is.
And the Church needs the money because of all the
sex abuse scandals in the lawsuits, so they're desperate for cash.
They need the cash, and these globalist organizations, these NGOs
(06:43):
who have been bringing in an army of illegals go
to the churches in particular. Again, it's not just the
Catholic Church. There are other some Protestant churches are involved
as well, but still Catholic Church is a big player
in this and they're getting billions, billions of dollars out
of it, so they have a financial self interest in
(07:07):
pushing this. And that's why I say this respectfully to
the Pope who's come out now with another ridiculous claim,
this time about Muslims. Okay, but he's going on about,
you know, the migrant, the migrant, the migrant, and this
was not just the current Pope, previous pope, Pope Francis
same thing. You are financially compromised when you make that
(07:31):
kind of a statement because you are taking in vast
amounts of cash, so you have a financial vested interest
in what you say. And I'm sorry, it's wrong, it's
unethical and it's immoral. Six one seven two six six
(07:52):
sixty eight sixty eight agree, disagree. Keith in Avon, Thanks
for holding Keith, and.
Speaker 6 (07:59):
Welcome Jeff, Jeff heirs and foremost I want to thank
you for what you do okay. Second, I want to
reach my voice out individually to every listener, one on one,
me to you listening right now. Merry Christmas, happy Honkah,
(08:21):
and good loving, strong vibes for anything you celebrate.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
God bless you, really, God bless you. No, Merry Christmas,
happy Honkah, Thank you very much, keep going, my friend.
Speaker 6 (08:32):
I look at that. I'm no theologian. I know the
Bible enough to be able to speak on it, but
you know whatever, But I look for things that aren't
in there, because everyone nitpicks and looks and tries to
draw something from every word of the Bible. But wouldn't
it make sense if there were a character in the
Bible where Mary and Joseph come to Bethlehem. They're knocking
(08:55):
on all the doors and everyone just slams the door
in their face, and there's no one who just said, yeah,
come on in, use my house, do whatever you need
to do, take it over.
Speaker 4 (09:05):
It's fine.
Speaker 6 (09:06):
That's not in the Bible, is it. It's just not there.
It would be a perfect story to have. It would
be a wonderful character to speak on for two thousand years.
But human nature is that we are secure for ourselves
and our families first, and then generous to others, not selfish,
(09:27):
not in a bad way. But you have to make
sure that whoever is coming into your home is someone
you know, someone you trust when you want to open
it up to not just some random stranger knocking on
the door. You know, I'll drive you to the hospital
if you're pregnant. Holy crap, but you're not giving birth
in my living room floor, like you know, so like
the whole story of Jesus and whatnot, really look at
(09:50):
what's not there as well as what's there.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Oh my god, seriously, the previous caller grand slam, disc
grand slam. That's why baby Jesus is born in a manger.
You're right, he's not born in someone's home. You're absolutely right. Ah,
you know. And what gets me is, and I don't
(10:14):
mean this in any disrespectful way, but you know, Keith,
you and the previous caller, you know you're not expert theologians.
You haven't spent years studying in a seminary. And these
are trained priests or the one in Evanston he's are
trained reverence, right, I mean, these are people who apparently
you know, they have a degree and training. How come
(10:34):
both of you know this and you're lay people, and
they don't.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Jeff doesn't get a day off. This request came from
his wife. The Kuner Report weekend edition on the Boys
of Boston w RKO
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