The Bloomdaddy Experience with Otis & Sam August 26, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
The bloom Daddy Experience on news radio eleven seventy. WWVA
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
The bloom Daddy Experience.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
It's seven oh six on news radio eleven seventy. President
Trump said last week his next targets for crime crackdowns
at the Chicago in New York.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
His quote, We're going to make our cities very, very safe.

Speaker 3 (00:33):
Chicago's a mess. They have an incompetent mayor. Well, straighten
that one out. Probably next it won't even be that tough.
Jim Ornacy, former Congressman, bloo Daddy Show political analysts joining
us right now. Jim, does it need to be rolled
out to other cities?

Speaker 4 (00:52):
Well, bloom Daddy, thanks for having me on. And it's
interesting because I think people are happy to see crime
being reduced in these cities. I think if you ask independence, Democrats,
Republicans in those cities, they would all say they're happy
see crime being reduced. The problem is that the way

(01:13):
you reduce crime, the way President Trump's reducing crime is
adding the National Guard, adding more expense into the cities
with security. I'm not sure how much you can stretch
the National Guard to take care of every city in
this country to bring down crime, especially when some cities

(01:33):
in Ohio actually there was an article last week that
showed some cities in Ohio actually have crime that's worse
than other major cities as well. So in the end,
I'm just not sure how far President Trump can push this.
I do know people like the idea of it, and
if you live in those communities, you would, But there's

(01:56):
also another factor Boom Daddy, and that is now we're
getting the federal government involved in local government bypassing the governors,
which is also a question that I think probably needs
to be looked at as well, because President Trump's not
gonna be president forever and you're going to have Democrat
president someday, and I don't think Republicans would be happy

(02:20):
if Democrat presidents started moving into some of these cities
as well. Well.

Speaker 3 (02:25):
I think people want safety, they want peace, and after
defund the police, which was a democratic movement, a lot
of these police departments are depleted. You also have a
different mentality when you talk Jim to democratic mayors or governors.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Or what have you.

Speaker 3 (02:44):
I mean, here in Cleveland, we're down over three hundred
police officers, and you've got a police chief here, Dorothy Todd,
who thinks the way to combat street takeovers is to
go arrest these individuals two months later. But if you're
caught in the middle of one, you just got to
deal with it. How do you beat that mentality?

Speaker 4 (03:02):
Well, again, I'm not disagreeing you. The only I'm saying
is that's not the job of a president. And I
don't know how far you could stretch. I don't know
how far you could stretch your resources. If you decide
that the president of the United States is going to dictate,
you know, crime and bringing down crime in these cities.
I think in the end, this is the job of

(03:24):
the governors, and they before the president. The governor should
step in and say we're going to change you know,
crime in our cities. And that's a job for governor
to wine send instead of sending the National Guard to Washington,
d c. Send the National Guard into Cleveland, and send
them in the date and send them into some of
these cities. But I think when you get the president

(03:46):
doing it again, I think We're all trying to get
to the same place. I just don't know if it's
the president's job number one and number two, I don't
know how far he can stretch his resources from the
president's standpoint to be to be batting crime in every
one of these cities, because there's plenty of cities with
a lot of crime, and you just named another one,
which is Cleveland.

Speaker 2 (04:08):
We're talking at Jim n Aci, former congressman.

Speaker 3 (04:11):
As I speak to you, you've got hundreds of Democratic
officials gathering in Minneapolis, the first official DNC meeting since
well the new chair took over. You got big Democratic
donors unhappy with the direction of their own party, not
willing to write checks, political factions over issues like Israel hamas.

Speaker 2 (04:31):
The party message. I don't even know what the hell
it is these days.

Speaker 3 (04:34):
Key segments of the Democratic base, working class voters, young
people have drifted away, and you know, the lack of policing,
the lack of you know, getting back to some common
sense law and order all hindering the Democratic Party.

Speaker 2 (04:48):
What do they need to do to turn some things around?

Speaker 3 (04:51):
I mean, the Democratic National Committee is convening as we speak.

Speaker 2 (04:55):
What do they need to do?

Speaker 4 (04:58):
Well, boom daddy. You know, I think his stuff goes
in cycles, and I think the Democrats do have a
major issue right now. But I want to make sure
your listeners realize that in two thousand and nine, the
Republican Party had a thirty eight percent favorable rating. Seventy
nine percent of Republicans did not view their party as

(05:19):
a strong party compared and that was in two thousand
and nine. So let's look at today. Now the Democrats
are in that mix. Democrats, seventy three percent of Democrats
do not believe their party is a party it needs
or favorable I should say, so when you've got twenty
seven percent of your party saying you're not favorable, that's

(05:40):
a problem. They're down to thirty four percent favorability. You know, nationally,
these are issues that I think this party, the Democrat Party,
needs to regroup and start doing what President Trump and
the Republican Party had to do in two thousand and nine,
which was rebuild the brand, make sure people knew. I mean,

(06:02):
if I was in that meeting, I'd say you better
take a good look at what Republicans did from two
thousand and nine to twenty twenty five, because They've improved
their numbers by being the party of the worker, the
party of the middle class, all of those things, building
unity within their party. There are so many things that

(06:22):
they could take lessons from that. The Republican Party had
to common sense all this stuff, which is really what
the Republican Party has had to do since two thousand
and nine to rebuild their brand. They're going to have
to look back and do a lot of that as well.

Speaker 3 (06:36):
Hi Jim, as always, thank you so much for your time.

Speaker 5 (06:45):
Wow, good morning. It is seven eighteen on your Tuesday.
I hope you recognize this voice. I know it's been
a while. It's good to be back. It is good
to be back. Of course, you are listening to Sam
and Otis the Blue Daddy Experience here on News Radio

(07:06):
eleven seventy WWVA. Back from vacation, but as of this morning,
you're stuck with just me. My apologies upfront, you are
stuck with just me. Otis is still traveling on his
Cross European tour. He is scheduled to be back tomorrow,

(07:28):
so hopefully you didn't miss us too much. Again, my apologies,
but some in my words, well deserved time off last week.
Hopefully you enjoyed the different podcast links that I shared
on Facebook to some of our past episodes, just to

(07:50):
keep us, keep us in your forefront of your mind
again so you didn't forget about us. A little bit
of housekeeping. Wanted to let everybody know that we are
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(08:12):
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(08:53):
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(09:14):
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So we're gonna have your chance later in the show
for that. So wanted to kind of talk about my
week last week. So, as I mentioned, you know, we
were on vacation and I was lucky enough to travel

(09:37):
to Jamaica. And what I did was an all inclusive
If you have never done all inclusive travel before, what
that entails is your airflight, your hotel, stay at a resort,
food and drink all in one price. It's a really simple,
convenient way of traveling. Have done it multiple times. We

(09:58):
absolutely love. With that being said, it was a great trip,
but there were a couple things that hmm, stuck out
to me. Now, again, I was very lucky I got

(10:18):
to have this trip. I am not saying that it
was a bad trip. It was a lovely trip. It was.
It was a wonderful trip just to disconnect and take
some time off. But one thing I noticed that I
have not noticed in the past was the anger of people.

(10:46):
Maybe anger isn't the right term the the unhappiness of people,
and what I mean by that is the looks on
pep people's faces.

Speaker 3 (11:02):
The.

Speaker 5 (11:05):
Low amount of acceptance with people, the frustration level on
people's faces. Now keep in mind, this is vacation. Everybody
there is on vacation, except for, of course the people
working at the resort. But this is a time to unwine,

(11:26):
to smile, to meet new people. One of the things
I absolutely love about this way of travel are the
unique personalities that I have had the opportunity to meet
throughout the years. And I mean that from people from
different parts of the United States that I've met, people
from different parts of the globe that I've had the

(11:48):
opportunity to meet, whether it's somebody from Canada, somebody from
Great Britain. I've met people from Scotland, I've met people
from Ireland, and it is amazing to have wonderful, wonderful
conversations to get different people's perspectives, whether it's their perspectives
on the United States, whether it is hearing about their culture,

(12:09):
their way of life. They're great conversations to have. What
I walked away with is on this vacation was just
the the unhappiness people seem to have. It used to
be you would walk across these resorts and you just

(12:29):
smile at people, because again you're on vacation. Just smile, Hi,
good morning. Just simple, just simple niceties that didn't exist
this time. People had scowls on their face. People were angry,
and I don't understand why. And my question as this

(12:52):
proceeded throughout the week, is have we let our differences
infiltrate our lives to the point where we can't just
be pleasant to one another? Does it follow us everywhere

(13:14):
we go, our differences? And it kind of came to
light for me when I had on a tank top, right,
just a regular T shirt tank top, and it was camo,
and then across the front of it was the American

(13:35):
flag in white. So it's a camo tank top with
the American flag in white. I was astounded by the
dirty looks I received. Astounded people would look at my
shirt and look up at me and give me this
look of disgust, I thought, because at first I thought,

(13:57):
what did I do? Like, I'm like, is there something
on my face?

Speaker 6 (14:00):
In my.

Speaker 5 (14:03):
Flipping people the bird? And I'm not knowing it? Like
what is going on? And then I began to realize, Wait,
they're looking at my shirt with the American flag on it,
and I think they're offended by it. I think it
makes them angry. And that takes me to my point,

(14:26):
have we led our differences politically infect our lives to
the point where we can't just be pleasant to one another?
Is the image of the American flag on somebody's T
shirt offensive to people at this point? And when I

(14:46):
talk about pleasantries again, smiling at one another? There were
I had an incident where we're on golf carts. Right
there was a big property, so to get along a
good around a lot of the property, you could jump
on a golf cart. I was on a golf cart.
I was the only person. This big group gets on
and the driver asked again, you know what building are

(15:07):
you going to? And I said, I said our building number.
The group said they're building number, and one of the
women said, take us to our building first, and her
husband leaned over and said, well, she was here first,
let him take her now. Now she can wait. She
can wait. Really, really, why can we not just be

(15:38):
pleasant and accepting with one another? And if it's gotten
to the point where you're on vacation where you're supposed
to be enjoying, enjoying time with your loved ones, whether
it's your children, your spouse, your you know, your extended family, whatever,

(15:59):
you can take that anger out of your life just
for that small amount of time. I can't tell you
how many times men let doors just slam in my face.
They would just walk cut in front of me. You're
walking down the path to go where you would eat,

(16:21):
and you know, when you're walking in crowds, you sort of,
you know, it gets tight. You you adjust yourself so
that everybody can walk past one another comfortably. Now, no, no,
I was the only one that was willing to sort
of my husband and I kind of, you know, twist
ourselves so that, you know, those people could walk. Now,

(16:43):
if we wouldn't have moved, they would have ran right
into us. It's just being nice to one another. That
was one of the things that I took away from this, unfortunately, unfortunately,
but I will say we did meet some wonderful people,
a wonderful group from Alabama, Jim and his wife Karen.
They were an absolute who to hang out with, absolute

(17:07):
who to hang out with. So seven twenty eight coming up,
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barrel Man. What did I miss while I was gone?
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Otis News Radio eleven seventy WWVA.

Speaker 2 (17:30):
Shuttle runs, sit ups, push ups.

Speaker 3 (17:33):
It's all part of the Team Trussell Fitness Challenge fourth
grade through eighth grader? Is this challenge kicking off today
right here in Cleveland? Who tell me Governor Jim Trussell
joining us? Jim, thanks for being on the show. Orchard
Stem School? Did you kick it off there today?

Speaker 6 (17:48):
Yeah? We sure did the first one right in early
today and it was great. We had the gymnasium full
of guys and gals and Teddy Ginn Junior is our
challenge Captain, and we gave them a little demonstration of
some of the activities that, excuse me, we'll be challenging
them with. And we had a great day.

Speaker 2 (18:09):
Why is this so important?

Speaker 6 (18:14):
Well, you know every day we hear from Governor Dwine
that he wants excuse me, I've been talking all day
to these kids. He wants every Ohio one to be safe.
He wants every Ohio one to be healthy, and he
wants every Ohio one to reach their God given potential.

(18:34):
And we were talking about the health of our youth
and we got kind of a bonus by President Trump
coming out and saying, Hey, we need to talk about
bringing this President's Fitness Test back and so forth.

Speaker 7 (18:48):
And we had been.

Speaker 6 (18:48):
Working on this for months to create a pilot here
in Ohio with four through eighth graders and we're working
on fitness, cardio rank, balance, flexibility, but also nutrition and sleep,
and we're trying to meet people where they are. We
have a YouTube channel that has demonstrations of all the

(19:11):
way from adapted where folks in wheelchairs or folks with
disabilities can have demonstrations all the way to someone who
thinks they're going to the NFL like Ted gidd Jr.
Who's our Tallenge Captain. And so we have a variety
of activities with three levels Bronze level, Oilvert level, Gold level,

(19:32):
and we have a ninety day challenge. They can try
to earn those metals and they can choose their activities.
We have a menu for them and they can set
their own goals and they can work out with their
friends each school can do it however they'd like. They
can do it gym class, they can do it with
the whole school. We hope that the kids take it
home and do it with their families and their friends.

(19:55):
And we've printed a workbook that the kids can work
through with the live of information and kind of geared
to the fourth through eighth grader. And so we had
fun with four or five hundred there at the Orchard
Steam School in Cleveland, and then we were over at
Struthers Middle School and Youngstown with another four or five hundred,
And tomorrow we're going to be heading to Steubenville, Ironton

(20:19):
and Cincinnati, and we're going to Dayton, Lima and Columbus
and handing up in Toledo and Bowling Greens. So we're
going to get out and try to get people active.

Speaker 3 (20:29):
Talking to Lieutenant Governor Jim Trussell right now, but the
Team Trussell Fitness Challenge for fourth through eighth graders which
kicked off today, Lieuteta Governor is the is the.

Speaker 2 (20:39):
Hope here that if you can get these.

Speaker 3 (20:41):
Fourth graders, fifth graders exercising, liking it, just knowing what
to do, that the hope is they'll just keep this
as a part of their life the rest of their life.

Speaker 6 (20:54):
Absolutely to develop those habits. And you know, it's just
like anything. You know, when you exercise a little, but
it's amazing how much better you feel. And when you
eat well, you know, you feel better, and when you
sleep well, you feel better and you perform better. And
so hopefully challenging them to challenge themselves to feel better
and perform better and that yes, that will become part

(21:17):
of their normal habits. Hopefully they'll take it home and
it becomes a little bit of a family activity and
they do it with their friends and they feel and
realize that you know, hey, they're going to be able
to reach some of their other goals if they're healthier
and if they're more alert, and they do better in
school and and our hope st are that you know,

(21:39):
the behavior is impacted, you know, by you know, working
out with others and being in these activities and so
you know, it's absolutely We've got over one hundred and
sixty thousand students signed up already. The challenge doesn't start
until September eighth. This is week of kind of getting

(22:01):
people to know more about it and just In Kyle
Hugger County alone, they have fifteen three hundred students already
signed up, And you know, we just want to have
this become a part of their normal, normal day and
feel good about it.

Speaker 3 (22:18):
When you think back to your childhood and how active
kids were and how fit they were, and you take
a look at the inactivity of children today.

Speaker 2 (22:28):
Is it amazing.

Speaker 3 (22:29):
I mean, do you sit there and you think, do
you ever think, you know, is this because of technology?
Is this because of a change in mindset? Or is
this just a changing of the times.

Speaker 6 (22:41):
But you know, it's interesting. We used to always say
as a staff that when we turned on the film
of our guys playing in a game, what you saw
on the video, you either taught them to do that
or you allowed them to do that. And so as
we see the health of our states or our nation
and maybe not being what it once was or what

(23:02):
it could be, uh, we've either taught that or we've
allowed it. And so our feeling is we want to
get out there and teach good fitness and good nutrition
and good sleep and and hopefully, uh, you know, the
schools will encourage it and and they'll you know, mandate
it in some ways. And you know, give kids opportunities

(23:24):
to do it and see how they feel, and and
so like anything else, you know, we think it's our
responsibility to to, you know, give them those experiences and
teach them that, you know what, you can feel a
lot better. And that's that's our goal.

Speaker 3 (23:40):
All right, Well, lit'tenant, Governor. I think it's a great goal.
Thanks so much for your time. But when you're in
Steubenville tomorrow, tel Reno sukosh I said hello.

Speaker 8 (23:49):
All over.

Speaker 2 (23:52):
All right, Jim, thank you very much.

Speaker 6 (23:54):
All right, thanks, take care.

Speaker 5 (24:00):
Welcome back seven forty seven The Bluem Doddy Experience. Sam
and otis Sam Single today here on news Radio eleven
seventy WWVA back from vacation. I am Why did I
just sound like Yoda right there? But yes, I'm back
from vacation, still waiting on the return of my wonderful

(24:22):
co host Otis, who is to be back tomorrow. So hopefully,
barring any issues with airflight and air travel and all
of that, he will be back with us tomorrow. With
that being said, coming up very very shortly, hint, hint,
very shortly. Your first chance to win this morning fifty

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That is coming up very very shortly. So I leave, right,
I go on vacation, Go on vacation, come back and
find out the woke virus has struck again. It is

(25:05):
struck again. Along with that, Honest to God, sometimes I
feel like we live in the upside down. For anybody
that's watched Stranger Thing, Stranger Things, the evil reverse, the
anti common sense world, what is with people? So go

(25:32):
on vacation, come to find out when I return, Cracker
Barrel is all the topics everywhere, right, They're changing their logo,
They're removing the Uncle Herschel from the logo. They're changing
the interior of the restaurants, all to create a modern

(25:53):
day old timey. Look. How does that?

Speaker 8 (25:59):
Even?

Speaker 5 (26:00):
That makes absolutely no sense? Modern old timey Look. Now,
that's not what this is about. No, no, no, this
is about once again stripping nostalgia and heritage from another
American company. Before I get into all that, though, when

(26:26):
I talk about upside down, backwards common sense, I got
to hit on this and we'll get into it tomorrow
more tomorrow with Elgin mccardal for Politics Unleashed, But I
cannot believe yesterday it hits two point five million signatures

(26:46):
for leniency against the truck driver who killed three people
in Florida. Two point five million people asking for leniency
for this guy that killed three people. This illegal. Ask
you this, if this is an American, would there be
two point five million signatures on a petition for leniency

(27:09):
for an American driver? No? No, We've got people protesting
in DC the reduction in crime up. Why because it's
President Trump doing it. That's what makes me shake my head.
Makes me shake my head. Where is common sense in

(27:31):
this country? But we're gonna get into those subjects a
bit more tomorrow with politics unleashed. Back to Cracker Barrel,
I love Cracker Barrel. I'm not ashamed to say it.
I love their macaroni and cheese. I love that little
gift store gift shop. I have spent a pretty penny

(27:53):
in that gift shop, by the way, great for presents,
great for Mother's Day spread. As I said, spent a
pretty penny. But now CEO Julie Messino said to bud Light,
hold my beer. I didn't learn anything from your absolute

(28:17):
debacle a couple of years ago with the Dylan mulvaney.
I'm going to top it. When are these CEOs, this
woke virus movement, those that lead it going to realize
that Americans are sick of the heritage and culture being targeted, labeled,

(28:42):
and stripped from us. We're tired of it. Listen, do
you know the story of Uncle Herschel, who is the
gentleman sitting next to the Cracker Barrel, the barrel itself
on the old logo. This is from a form employee.
His name is Uncle Herschel and was actually the uncle

(29:05):
of Cracker Barrel's founder, Danny Evans. He was a real
man who was very kind in the epitone of what
we were projecting at Cracker Barrel at that time and
what I think most people think of Cracker Barrel until
very recently. Herschel was not a caricature of anything. He
was a real person representing wholesome country, food, and fellowship.

(29:30):
That gathering for a meal used to mean for so
many Yes, by all means, let's get rid of that.
Let's get rid of wholesome country and fellowship. Why what
is the point of this, What is the point of this?
The point of this is to once again rip away

(29:54):
a small portion of the fabric of Americana. That's what
this Isladies and gentlemen, bit by bit, bit by bit,
companies want to slowly pull away from the historical culture
of Americana. And I get it. It's just Cracker Barrel,

(30:18):
It's just a restaurant. I get that argument. There are
a lot of people that are saying that are criticizing
those that are criticizing the Cracker Barrel debacle who are saying,
you know, there are bigger issues in this country. I
don't disagree with that. There are bigger issues. Absolutely, there

(30:40):
are bigger issues. But this is another example of the
woke cancel culture that people are sick of. If it's
not broke, leave it alone, leave it alone. There was

(31:03):
no point in this. And as of yesterday. As of yesterday,
Cracker Barrel is down one hundred and forty three million
dollars after this fiasco. One hundred and forty three million
in market value as of yesterday. Think about that, Think

(31:25):
about that amount of money. This CEO needs to be
called in front of the board and demanded to resign. Now,
I saw yesterday the gentleman who I and I did
not write his name down, who designed the new logo
was let Go. The guy who was commissioned to design

(31:47):
the new logo was let Go. But the CEO who
made all these decisions was not talk about scapegoat. Talk
about scapegoat. The charm of Cracker Barrel is their tradition.
That's the charm, the Americana, the good food, the classic candy,
the gift shop, like I mentioned, that's the charm of

(32:13):
that business. And because of one person's decision making and
the direction that they want to take this company, which,
by the way, if you've seen any of the proposed renovations,
just make it a bed bath and beyond. Just make

(32:33):
it and I'm not ripping on bed bath and beyond,
but just make it any other sterilized business that's out there.
That's the direction they want to take this restaurant. Strip away,
the charm, strip away, the nostalgia, the decorations. Listen, part
of this that gets me so worked up. If you're

(32:58):
like me, I grew up in a country setting. I
grew up on a family farm, and walking into Cracker
Barrel and looking at the walls, smelling that fireplace in
the winter time when it's lit, takes me back. It
stirs up memories in me, and I'm sure it does

(33:20):
for other people. And looking at the different things that
hang on the wall, whether it's an old advertising sign,
or it's an old piece of equipment or an old tool.
I mean, my husband and I just talked about an
old vacuum cleaner that hangs on the one in Saint
Clairsville's wall. Having those conversations of time, you know, time's

(33:41):
gone by, product's gone by. Those are good conversations to have,
whether it's with your spouse, a friend, or a child
who may look at a hand mixer and go what
is that? And then you explain the story of how
Grandma used to mix cake batter with by hand, not
everything was electrified. Those are conversations we need to continue

(34:04):
to have. If we forget about where we come from,
if we forget about the salt of the earth, hardworking Americans,
that hurts our future generation, and stripping away things like
the identity of something like cracker barrel strips away that history.

(34:29):
Those conversations are gone, those memories are gone. And again,
I understand this is just a restaurant, but this is
just another layer in the woke virus taking away our
American history. It's extreme. I know that's an extreme statement,

(34:49):
but I'm tired of it. Seven fifty eight one, eight
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Speaker 1 (35:04):
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Speaker 1 (35:17):
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Speaker 3 (35:24):
News Radio eleven seventy. It's the bloom Daddy Experience. Hey,
it's eighth six. Let's get this hour rolling. President Trump
said last week his next targets for crime crackdowns would
be Chicago in New York is quote, We're gonna make
our cities very very safe. Chicago's a mess. They have
an incompetent mayor. Well, straighten that one out. Probably next

(35:45):
it won't even be that tough. Jim Ornacy, former Congressman,
bloo Daddy Show political analysts joining us right now. Jim
does it need to be rolled out to other cities.

Speaker 4 (35:58):
Well, bloom Daddy, thanks for having me on. And it's
interesting because I think people are happy to see crime
being reduced in these cities. I think if you ask Independence, Democrats,
Republicans in those cities, they would all say they're happy
see crime being reduced. The problem is that the way

(36:18):
you reduce crime, the way President Trump's reducing crime is
adding you know, the National Guard, adding more expense into
the cities with security. I'm not sure how much you
can stretch the National Guard to take there every city
in this country to bring down crime, especially when some
cities in Ohio actually there was an article last week

(36:42):
that showed some cities in Ohio actually have crime that's
worse than other major cities as well. So in the end,
I'm just not sure how far President Trump can push this.
I do know people like the idea of it, and
if you live in those commun unities, you would, But
there's also another factor, boom Daddy, and that is now

(37:03):
we're getting the federal government involved in local government bypassing
the governors, which is also a question that I think
probably needs to be looked at as well. Because President
Trump's not going to be president forever, and you're going
to have Democrat president someday. And I don't think Republicans

(37:24):
would be happy if Democrat presidents started moving into some
of these cities as well. Well.

Speaker 3 (37:31):
I think people want safety, they want peace, and after
defund the police, which was a democratic movement, a lot
of these police departments are depleted.

Speaker 2 (37:42):
You also have a different.

Speaker 3 (37:43):
Mentality when you talk Jim to democratic mayors or governors
or what have you. I mean, here in Cleveland, we're
down over three hundred police officers, and you've got a
police chief here, Dorothy Todd, who thinks the way to
combat street takeovers is to go arrest these individuals two
months later. But if you're caught in the middle of one,
you just got to deal with it.

Speaker 2 (38:04):
How do you beat that mentality?

Speaker 4 (38:08):
Well, again, I'm not disagreeing you. The only I'm saying
is that's not the job of a president. And I
don't know how far you could stretch. I don't know
how far you could stretch your resources if you decide
that the president of the United States is going to dictate,
you know, crime and bringing down crime in these cities.
I think in the end, this is the job of

(38:30):
the governors, and they before the president. The governor should
step in and say we're going to change, you know,
crime in our cities. And that's a job for governor
to wine send instead of sending the National Guard to Washington,
d C. Send the National Guard into Cleveland, and send
them in the date and send them into some of
these cities. But I think when you get the president

(38:52):
doing it again, I think we're all trying to get
to the same place. I just don't know if it's
the president's job number one and number two, I don't
know how far he can stretch his resources from the
president's standpoint to be battling crime in every one of
these cities. Because there's plenty of cities with a lot
of crime, and you just named another one, which is Cleveland.

Speaker 2 (39:13):
We're talking at jimer Nacy, former Congressman.

Speaker 3 (39:16):
As I speak to you, you've got hundreds of Democratic
officials gathering in Minneapolis, the first official DNC meeting since
well the new chair took over. You got big Democratic
donors unhappy with the direction of their own party, not
willing to write checks, political factions over issues like Israel
hamas the party message. I don't even know what the

(39:38):
hell it is these days, key segments of the Democratic base,
working class voters, young people have drifted away, and you know,
the lack of policing, the lack of you know, getting
back to some common sense law and order all hindering
the Democratic Party.

Speaker 2 (39:54):
What do they need to do to turn some things around?

Speaker 3 (39:57):
I mean, the Democratic National Committee is convening as we speak.

Speaker 2 (40:01):
What do they need to do?

Speaker 4 (40:04):
Well, boom daddy. You know, I think this stuff goes
in cycles, and I think the Democrats do have a
major issue right now. But I want to make sure
your listeners realize that in two thousand and nine, the
Republican Party had a thirty eight percent favorable rating. Seventy
nine percent of Republicans did not view their party as

(40:25):
a strong party compared and that was in two thousand
and nine. So let's look at today now. The Democrats
are in that mix. Democrats, seventy three percent of Democrats
do not believe their party is a party it needs
or favorable I should say, so, when you've got twenty
seven percent of your party saying you're not favorable, that's

(40:46):
a problem. They're down to thirty four percent favorability. You know, nationally.
These are issues that I think this party, the Democrat Party,
needs to regroup and start doing what President and Trump
and the Republican Party had to do in two thousand
and nine, which was rebuild the brand, make sure people knew.

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I mean, if I was in that meeting, I'd say,
you better take a good look at what Republicans did
from two thousand and nine to twenty twenty five, because
they've improved their numbers by being the party of the worker,
the party of the middle class, all of those things,
building unity within their party. There are so many things

(41:28):
that they can take lessons from that. The Republican Party
had to common sense all this stuff, which is really
what the Republican Party has had to do since two
thousand and nine to rebuild their brand. They're going to
have to look back and do a lot of that
as well.

Speaker 2 (41:42):
Hi, Jim, as always, thank you so much for your time.

Speaker 5 (41:48):
Welcome back on your Tuesday. It's a eighteen The Glendaddie Experience.
Sam and Otis News Radio eleven seventy WWVA. As I've
been saying all morning, I'm back from vacation, all by
my lonesome. Otis is still traveling, but he should be
back tomorrow as long as the airline companies get him

(42:09):
back to us in a timely manner, bringing back, bringing back.
I miss my Otis. But anyways, but I'm not alone
now because joining me now in studio is local attorney
Tony Edmund, who specializes in estate planning. Good morning, Tony,
Good morning with Edmund and Baum. I'm sorry I forgot
to say the name of the law firm, but friend

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of show you've joined us before. Brought you in today
because if before our vacation we lost a couple big names,
Ozzy Osbourne, Hulk Hogan and remind theo Huxtable. Oh Malcolm Jamal, Yes, yes,
my apologies. And one thing that has come out of

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a lot of this is there's a big conversation floating
around the estate right now of Hulk Hogan, and it
brought me to thinking about a state planning and that
is something that you and your law firm specialize in.

Speaker 8 (43:06):
Correct, Yeah, we have a focus in the state planning.

Speaker 5 (43:09):
And I wanted to bring you in to have this
conversation because it's one of those things that a lot
of people don't want to think about.

Speaker 8 (43:19):
Yeah, they think it's morbid, so they don't even want
to broach the subject, right, I can.

Speaker 5 (43:23):
Understand, right, But when you see things like this, because
there is a big now when we're talking about of
course Haul Cogan, we're talking a huge sum of money.

Speaker 8 (43:34):
Right, I think as a state's estimated somewhere around twenty
five million dollars.

Speaker 5 (43:38):
That could get complicated, Yes, especially when you have a
first wife, a second wife.

Speaker 8 (43:44):
His third wife.

Speaker 5 (43:45):
Is he on a start?

Speaker 2 (43:46):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (43:47):
Yeah, So when when you run into situations like that? So,
first of all, when should somebody start to have the
conversation with somebody like yourself for planning of your estate?

Speaker 8 (44:02):
Yesterday?

Speaker 5 (44:03):
Yesterday? Okayst answer Okay.

Speaker 8 (44:07):
So because of the big names that have passed away,
people might think it's only for people who have large
sums of money, large assets, but that's not true. It
runs the gamut, and really everybody should have the estate
plan no matter where they are in life. But certainly,
big changes in your life is when you should broach
that subject. Getting married, having children, career changes, that kind

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of thing is when it should come up, and when
you should have at least have a discussion with someone
like me. You don't have to necessarily set the plan,
but you ought to know what your options are and
know what you're facing and see what your immediate plans
are and your long term plans are and how you
can make that happen. And the estate plan is not
just about after you pass, it's for while you're living
as well.

Speaker 7 (44:51):
Well.

Speaker 5 (44:51):
Okay, so you mentioned the amount of money. So again
we started those off with the conversation about hul Cogan
and twenty five million dollars. I'm not sitting on twenty
five million dollars, okay, just transparency there for.

Speaker 2 (45:05):
The record, neither of mine.

Speaker 5 (45:07):
But it's not always just about the finances in your
bank account. There's also your assets, whether it's your home,
if you own property, things like that. So you said
it doesn't matter the amount of money. Everybody should plan
for this kind of stuff.

Speaker 8 (45:24):
Absolutely. Yeah, it's not just about money. It's not even
just about protecting assets so that you can protect both
of those things. But it's about making sure that what
you want to have happen when you're looking out for
your family after you're gone is what occurs. And by
writing a well, creating a trust, whatever your life dictates
at the time, you can make that happen and you

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can also make sure that after you've passed, you've left
a manual of sorts for your family. Everyone's going to
be emotional. Your family members are not going to want
to think about the technical aspects of how your estate
needs to be run. They need to more you, and
they're going to warn you in different ways. By providing
an estate plan, you can make sure that there's just
one less thing they have to think about and consider.

Speaker 5 (46:07):
Well, you mentioned you mentioned a trust and you mentioned
a will. What are the difference. What's the difference between
those two things?

Speaker 8 (46:14):
Sure, so, a will is what is put on file
after you've passed away that dictates what you want to
have happen to your assets, your money, et cetera. After
you've passed away. A trust can play a role from that.
But you can also set up a trust while you're
still living. Okay, you can. You know, there are tax
advantages of setting up trust. There are advantages to avoiding

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a state tax if you do have the fourteen million
or twenty eight million dollars limits if your single versus married,
for you can protect that from the estate tax at
least the federal estate tax. But the bottom line is
they can work in concert with one another to make
sure that what you want to have happened can happen.
The bottom line is there's a ton of options for people,

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and for some people, setting up a trust and then
writing a will to supplement that is the way to go.
For other people, a trust is not the best option,
and simply writing a will is the way to go,
And there are other strategies as well well.

Speaker 5 (47:12):
Approximately sixty seven percent of adults in the US pass
without a valid estate plan. With that happening, with that
large of a percentage of Americans, when you do pass
without anything set up, what does that then lead to
for your family? That remains? What are the complications of

(47:36):
that for your family members?

Speaker 6 (47:38):
Sure?

Speaker 8 (47:38):
So, first and foremost is once you've passed, if you
don't have a will, your family doesn't know what you
wanted to have happen, so they have to go based
on memory. And that's when arguments well dad said this,
when mom said that, and that can cause strife when
people are grieving. Secondly, the laws in whatever state you
live in dictate what happens to your property. Those are

(47:58):
called intestates succession laws. It's a fancy way of saying
somebody died without a will, and it says what happens
to your assets. So that can be particularly tricky when
it comes to modern or mixed families where you've got
a second spouse and they don't have any kids together,
but they've got kids from other marriages. You know what happens.

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A spouse has certain rights no matter which spouse they are.
If their other spouse passes away, that can just cause conflict.
A will eliminates that conflict as much as possible.

Speaker 5 (48:30):
Again, we're talking to attorney local attorney Tony Edmond with
Edmund and laughin. We're talking about estate planning and planning
for the future. You mentioned second spouse's step children. That
scenario can get incredibly complicated. How ugly can it can
it get? Does it depend on again you mentioned different states.

(48:52):
Does depend on the different state that you live in? Possibly?
How does that all work?

Speaker 8 (48:57):
Yeah, it depends on this state. It depends on the
relationship between the family members, and especially if you're dealing
with someone with end of life care. You might have
one family member saying, hey, I know I'm a stepchild,
but I was here every day taking care. You shouldn't
get a larger share than I should. M you know,
it's just one example, and these things can make the
estate drag out because if one member of the family

(49:18):
isn't happy with what's going on, they can challenge the will,
which can lead to litigation, which is a great way
to drain the estate of all of its money.

Speaker 5 (49:28):
Well, okay, so that takes me to my next question.
One thing you always hear when you hear I don't
want to say horror stories, but when you hear negative
stories about losing a loved one, you hear things like
the government took this, or the government can take all
of this. The government can take the house is doing
a state planning while somebody is still alive, a way

(49:50):
of avoiding losing assets to the government.

Speaker 8 (49:54):
That is one. But if we as an example, what
one thing we do is called medicaid planning. So a
lot of people will need end of life care and
there's a Medicaid for the elderly that if you apply
for it and they pay for your your stay at
a facility. I think the national average right now somewhere
between ten and twelve thousand dollars a month. So for

(50:16):
every dollar amount they spend, they want to get that
back and without going into too many of the details.
They can if they spend two hundred thousand dollars in
the loved one, and that loved one had a house
and both spouses have passed away, they can put a
lean for two hundred thousand dollars on that house, and
in your family has to pay two hundred thousand dollars,

(50:36):
or they got to sell a house and get as
much as they can, and every dime of that from
two hundred thousand and below goes to back to the government.
But there are ways to avoid that. The sooner you plan,
the better, and talking to an attorney like me can
help you deal.

Speaker 5 (50:49):
I was going to say so exactly. That is where
you come into play, to have those conversations and explain
things to people.

Speaker 8 (50:54):
Absolutely, and there are rules on the books that allow
for that to happen. You just have to know how
to use them. There's nothing nefarious about it. It's simply
utilizing the law as it stands to your benefit.

Speaker 5 (51:03):
So again, it doesn't matter how much your estate is worth,
whether you're a hul Cogan with twenty five million dollars
or if you are a me with penance of you know,
you need to plan for this kind of stuff. Absolutely,
because in the long run it hurts your family.

Speaker 8 (51:20):
Correct, that's exactly, And that's what you're looking out for
as your family, from the wealthiest of people to working
class and everywhere in between. And the state plan is
going to help you. There are no downsides.

Speaker 5 (51:29):
Again, thank you so much this morning, Tony.

Speaker 8 (51:31):
Now, thank you for having me.

Speaker 2 (51:32):
That's important topic.

Speaker 5 (51:33):
Tony Edmund with Edmund and Baum, Attorneys of Law, right
here in downtown Wheeling. Correct, in the new in the in.

Speaker 8 (51:40):
The first State Capitol Building, first floor, last door on
the left.

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Speaker 3 (52:13):
Runs, sit ups, push ups, it's all part of the team.
Trussell Fitness Challenge fourth grade through eighth grader. Is this
challenge kicking off today right here in Cleveland? Who tell
me Governor Jim Trussell joining us. Jim, thanks for being
on the show. Orchard Stem School, did you kick it
off there today?

Speaker 6 (52:30):
Yeah, we sure did the first one right in early
today and it was great. We had the gymnasium full
of guys and gals and Teddy Ginn Junior is our
challenge captain, and we gave them a little demonstration of
some of the activities that excuse me, will be challenging
them with. And we had a great day.

Speaker 2 (52:53):
Why is this so.

Speaker 6 (52:54):
Important, Well, you know every day we hear from Governor
do Line that he wants excuse me, I've been talking
all day these kids. He wants every Ohio one to
be safe, he wants every Ohio one to be healthy,
and he wants every Ohio one to reach their God

(53:15):
given potential. And we were talking about the health of
our youth and we got kind of a bonus by
President Trump coming out and saying, hey, we need to
talk about bringing this President's Fitness test back and so forth.
And we have been working on this for months to
create a pilot here in Ohio with four through eighth

(53:36):
graders and we're working on fitness cardio rank, balance, flexibility,
but also nutrition and sleep, and we're trying to meet
people where they are. We have a YouTube channel that
has demonstrations of all the way from adapted where folks

(53:57):
in wheelchairs are folks with disabilities and have demonstrations all
the way to someone who thinks they're going to the
NFL like Ted Gids Junior, who's our challenge Captain. And
so we have a variety of activities with three levels
Bronze level, oilvert level, Gold level, and we have a
ninety day challenge. They can try to earn those medals

(54:19):
and they can choose their activities. We have a menu
for them and they can set their own goals and
they can you work out with their friends. Each school
can do it however they'd like. They can do it
gym class, they can do it with the whole school.
We hope that the kids take it home and do
it with their families and their friends. And we've printed

(54:40):
a workbook that the kids can work through with a
lot of information and kind of geared to the fourth
through eighth grader. And so we had fun with four
or five hundred there at the Orchard Steam School in Cleveland,
and then we were over at Struther's Middle School and
Youngstown with another four or five hundred, and tomorrow we're
going to be heading to Steubenville, Ironston and Cincinnati, and

(55:04):
we'll go on to Dayton, Lima and Columbus and ending
up in Toledo and Bowling Greens. So we're going to
get out and try to get people active.

Speaker 3 (55:13):
Talking to Lieutenant Governor Jim Trussell right now about the
Team Trustle fitness challenge for fourth through eighth graders which
kicked off today, the Teta Governor is the is the
hope here that if you can get these fourth graders,
fifth graders exercising, liking it, just knowing what to do,
that the hope is they'll just keep this as a

(55:34):
part of their life the rest.

Speaker 2 (55:35):
Of their life.

Speaker 6 (55:37):
Absolutely to develop those habits. And you know, it's just
like anything. You know, when you exercise a little bit,
it's amazing how much better you feel, and when you
eat well, you know, you feel better, and when you
sleep well, you feel better and you perform better. And
so hopefully challenging them to challenge themselves to feel better
and perform better and then yes, that will become part

(56:00):
of their normal habits. Hopefully they'll take it home and
it becomes a little bit of a family activity and
they do it with their friends and and they feel
and realize that you know, hey, they're going to be
able to reach some of their other goals if they're
healthier and if they're more alert, and they do better
in school, and and our hope st are that you know,

(56:22):
the behavior is impacted, you know, by you know, working
out with others and being in these activities. And so
you know, if Absolute League, We've got over one hundred
and sixty thousand students signed up already. The challenge doesn't
start until September eighth. This is our week of kind

(56:43):
of getting people to know more about it. And just
in Kyahugger County alone, they have fifteen three hundred students
already signed up. And you know, we just want to
have this become a part of their normal, normal day
and good about it.

Speaker 3 (57:01):
When you think back to your childhood and how active
kids were and how fit they were, and you take
a look at the inactivity of children today, is it amazing?
I mean, do you sit there and you think, do
you ever think you know, is this because of technology?
Is this because of a change in mindset? Or is
this just a changing the times.

Speaker 4 (57:24):
Well, you know, it's interesting.

Speaker 6 (57:25):
We used to always say as a staff that when
we turned on the film of our guys playing in
a game, what you saw on the video, you either
taught them to do that or you allowed them to
do that. And so as we see the health of
our states or our nation maybe not being what it
once was or what it could be, we've either taught

(57:48):
that or we've allowed it. And so our feeling is
we want to get out there and teach good fitness
and good nutrition and good sleep and hopefully, you know,
the school will encourage it and you know, mandate it
in some ways, and you know, give kids opportunities to
do it and see how they feel. And so, like

(58:10):
anything else, you know, we think it's our responsibility to
to you know, give them those experiences and teach them that,
you know what, you can feel a lot better, and
that that's our goal.

Speaker 3 (58:23):
All right, Well, let's a governor. I think it's a
great goal. Thanks so much for your time. But when
you're in Steubenville tomorrow, Tel Reno sakash.

Speaker 2 (58:29):
I said, hello, will be all over Reno. All right, Jim,
thank you very much.

Speaker 6 (58:37):
All right, thanks take care, Welcome back.

Speaker 5 (58:43):
It's forty seven The bloom Ditty Experience. Sam and otis
News Radio eleven seventy w w VA. Just a few
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(59:27):
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it's been so long, I wonder if he's missed me
as much as I have missed him. Kevin Cook straw Automotive,

(59:50):
How you doing, Kevin?

Speaker 2 (59:51):
I'm good, Oh good good.

Speaker 5 (59:55):
How are things at Strawbs?

Speaker 7 (59:57):
They're awesome? Yeah, bit over the past week or so.
I guess our world traveler is still out there.

Speaker 5 (01:00:04):
Yes he is. He is, barring any issues with the airlines.
He should be back tomorrow because I know he's missed
us greatly.

Speaker 7 (01:00:11):
I know. I'm sure he said sleepless, nice worried about
what's going on here, don't you know, that's for sure?
But yeah, you know what, it's a last week of
the month, and this is kind of a special ending
for a month because we actually extend this through Labor
Day weekend, Okay, And there are several sales during the year,

(01:00:35):
of course that the last week of the year after
Christmas is always a big week for automobile sales. Memorial
Day is another huge, huge weekend, right, But the one
that's an all out blowout that the manufacturers are trying
to really really get some momentum and closing year is
Labor Day. And we have got an absolutely outstanding week,

(01:00:56):
you know, just filled with Labor Day savings all across
the board, whether it's Honda, Hyunday, Nissan, Chrysi, Dodge, deep
Ram or Forward, every unit is literally slashed, all right.
You can look at it online. You can see the
savings for yourself. There's interest rates as little zero percent.
You know, there's savings up to fifteen thousand dollars off.

(01:01:17):
I mean, it's just all out blowout.

Speaker 5 (01:01:19):
Wait a second, you said fifteen thousand, not five. I'm
just maybe sure I heard that correctly.

Speaker 7 (01:01:25):
Yeah, you heard it correctly. Yeah, So you know, you know,
if you are in the market, now's the time. We've
also repriced all of our used cars. The reason for
that is go into the winter, for the early fall,
the winter months, we do lose a little bit of momentum,
sales do go down a little bit. We want to
reduce our inventories. We want to start that now. And

(01:01:46):
so what we've done is we've gone in and repriced
all of the used cars. So if you've been chopping
for a used car, you know over the past week
or ten days, it would pay you to go in
today and take a look, reach out to our used
car department, uh and just you know, see how much
you can say. They're all clearly sell priced. And we're
just making it easier and easier every day for you

(01:02:08):
to say.

Speaker 5 (01:02:09):
Well, that's what it's all about. Simplicity is the direction
this world is going.

Speaker 7 (01:02:14):
As got no guibt well and buy the car. Shouldn't
be hard, It's really really simple. You know, we do
a great job here of making sure that the vehicle
is ready to go, especially when it comes to the
pre on stuff. You know, everything's been run through our
service park. Even our as is vehicles are serviced and
reconditioned better than a lot of used car departments, uh,

(01:02:35):
frontline stuff. So we want to make sure that no
matter what you're buying from us, that it's been through
the service department. You can see what we've done to it.
We've got a repair order attached to it where you
can look at and see that it's you know, got
new tires, it's got new brakes. You know, uel has
been changed, transmission has been service, Ren's been serviced new
just new wiper blades. I mean little things like just

(01:02:56):
new wiper blades can make a big difference in your
early on ownership experience. So again, get online, check out
what we have. There's over eleven hundred vehicles right now
for sale, and one of them is probably get your
name on it.

Speaker 5 (01:03:09):
It probably does. There's somebody out there it's got your
name on it.

Speaker 7 (01:03:14):
Correct, correct? All right? All right, to will we get
to talk to the Otis on Thursday.

Speaker 5 (01:03:23):
Or not, I don't know, but where I'm dying to
find out if he's coming back with any medals from
the Games. So maybe maybe it'll now be the award
winning straw Automotive and the award winning Otis that I.

Speaker 2 (01:03:37):
Have to see.

Speaker 7 (01:03:39):
I'm all for.

Speaker 5 (01:03:41):
All right, we'll talk tomorrow, Kevin cookstrab Automotive. Of course,
friend of show today. If you didn't know, I just
posted it on our Facebook page because I want to
see pictures. I posted pictures of mine. But today is
National dog Day, So celebrate your friends today because it

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is National dog Day. I put my two up there,
but comment on our uh in the comment section on
the post, leave pictures of your furry friends because I'd
love to see your fur babies as people like to
refer to them as. Again, it is National Doggie Day,
so and I'm a dog person. Sorry, cat lovers. I'm
a dog person, always have been. I'm not a big

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fan of cats. Sorry, no offense. Along with today, along
with that, let's see here Melissa McCarthy, the funny Lady.
I love her movies. Fifty five years old Melissa McCarthy,
And do you really want to feel old folks. This hurts.

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I hurt when I saw it. McCauley culkin. Of course,
Kevin from Home Alone, the iconic, you know, hands on
the cheeks scream. McCauley Culkin is forty five years old.
Ouch ouch, forty five years old. Macaulay Culkin, A little

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bit about tomorrows show. Of course, it's already a Wednesday,
so we're gonna have politics unleashed. Want to get into
a couple things with Elgie mccartal, which of course is
and I'm gonna post this on our Facebook page later
today because I want your thoughts too. I want to
hit on what came out yesterday President Trump and the
one year in prison with burning the American flag. I

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want to talk to Algrin about that is going too far?
Is this stepping on freedom of speech? The Supreme Court's
already ruled on that is the overreaching with this one.
I have my thoughts on it. I'm kind of torn because,
of course freedom of speech is very important in my

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line of work. But I also think that one of
the most obnoxious things anybody can do is burn the
American flag. One of the most disrespectful things people can
do is burn the American flag. I don't see it
as a sign of protest in the least. I find
it as repulsive actually when you think about the lives

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loss protecting that flag and everything else that goes into
the symbolism that is the American flag. But we're going
to get into that tomorrow with Politics Unleashed with Elgin.
If there are other subjects you want us to hit on,
of course we will get into everything that we missed
last week with being on vacation, and of course including

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the three car accident that killed I'm sorry not three car,
the killing of three people by the illegal immigrant talk
about that, the two point five million signatures for leniency,
the protests in regard to the crackdown on crime across

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the country or the threat across the country, the rates
that we've already seen in DC when it comes to
luring of crime with this crime crackdown by President Trump.
Going to get into all of those tomorrow with Politics Unleashed.
But if there's another subject you want us to get into,
you can email me Sam at iHeartMedia dot com, or

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of course you can post it on our Facebook page. Absolutely,
you can post it on our Facebook page. So we're
going to be getting into all of that tomorrow. I
did want to go back real quick to the cracker
barrel subject didn't get to this earlier in the show,
but wanted to mention it. Even the peg game is

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a sacrificial lamb to the woke movement. Have we gotten
to the point where we are so soft that a
simple child's game hurts? The words on it hurt. They've
even gone after it. Listen. It originally said, leave only one,

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you're a genius. Leave two and you're pretty smart. Party,
by the way, Country charm right there, pretty smart. Leave
three and you're just playing dumb. Leave four or more,
you're just a plain ignoramus. It's a joke. Now it
will say, if you leave three or more, don't be embarrassed.

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Try again, try again. We have to be easy with
our words. We can't hurt folk. We are so soft.
We are so soft at this point. We can't offend anybody.
We can't offend anybody. At this point. Even children's games

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are under attack. All right, folks, we're gonna wrap it
up with your last chance to win this morning pair
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