The Bloomdaddy Experience with Otis & Sam September 23, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The number one talk show in the Ohio Valley. This
is the bloom Daddy Experience. Your host, bloom Daddy. His
goal inform, entertain and tick people off. The bloom Daddy
Experience on news Radio eleven seventy. WWVA starts now the.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Bloom Daddy Experience. It's seven oh six on news Radio
eleven seventy.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
What Socks of Politics?

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Jim or Ac, former Congressman, bloom Daddy Show, Political wan list.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
Jim, How you doing good?

Speaker 4 (00:32):
How are you?

Speaker 3 (00:33):
I'm good.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Let's start off with the breaking news here today. Jimmy
Kimmel returning to the airwaves on Tuesday. This is according
to the Disney Company, who owns ABC said they've had
talks with him. He's coming back on the air Tuesday.
Is that the right decision?

Speaker 4 (00:50):
Well, look, some people are going to believe it's not.
Others are. I do believe it is. I mean, Kimmel
is face contrast controversy in the past over some of
his on commentary and satire. But let's remember, even though
some things he says is offensive to some people, it
generally falls under that political criticism of mockery, rather than

(01:14):
some people as in racial slurs or whatever. So because
he didn't target an individual, he targeted a group. He's
part of a political show, it's a little bit more
protected under the comedy norms in the First Amendment principles
that I do believe it was the right decision out
I'm sure there are people who are going to disagree.

(01:36):
I would tell you if you're a Saturday Night Live
person and you watch some of the things they say
about political or political leaders, if Jimmy Kimmel's firing was held,
then Saturday Live is probably going to change forever because
they would never be able to say anything on that
show as well.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
Well, he wasn't making comedy though he was lying. I mean,
he was saying that this individual who shot Charlie Kirk
was a member of MAGA, when everybody knew that, the
FBI and law enforcement officials, his parents, his friends had
all said he'd been radicalized by the left. So I
mean he was purposefully lying to the audience. Now I'm
in agreement with you. I'm okay with him coming back

(02:14):
on air because he's been punished. I never said he
should have been terminated, but they're us in the media,
jim and I include myself, should be held to a standard.
We shouldn't be able to hide behind free speech if
we are knowingly lying to our audience. Because we've got power,
we can sway people, and there's a lot of nuts
people out there who do some pretty stupid things.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
With that comes responsibility.

Speaker 4 (02:40):
One hundred percent. Agree with you unless you're a comedian.
And again, I think that's that's really the difference.

Speaker 3 (02:47):
Okay, but let me stop you. But let me stop
you these guys.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
Yeah, Johnny Carson was a comedian, but these guys have
taken it upon themselves to kind of shed the comedian
title into political commentators title. I mean, I don't think
they're comedians anymore, do you.

Speaker 4 (03:06):
Well, again, I'm not going to disagree with you there.
Johnny Carson was very much adamant that he would not
bring politics into his show, And of course things have
changed over the last twenty or thirty years, and now
politics seem to come into every part of our life.
So it's a little bit different. Look. I don't disagree.
I don't agree with what Jimmy Kimmel said, and I

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don't disagree in some ways what you're saying. But I
do think we really have to protect our first Amendment right,
and that's a real key here. When you run for politics,
things are said. Politicians are also should be held to
a higher standard, but they're not. When we get into
these campaigns, anything gets said, anything's game, and I would
love to see that all change. But the problem is

(03:50):
we do have a First Amendment right we have to
protect as well, and I think that's always going to
be the key when we discuss something like this. As
long as it's not racist or political and doesn't target
an individual, and it's done by a comedian, I do
think we're going to get passes in the future as well.

Speaker 2 (04:08):
All right, Well, listen when Rose Ambar was fired by
ABC for her tweets, Jimmy Kimmel said this, I'm not
a fan of censorship, but this wasn't about free speech.
It was about consequences for saying something vile. You can
you can say what you want, but networks don't have
to pay you to say it. You can't just blame
ambient for that. Actions have consequences, and ABC made the

(04:30):
right call. I agree with his statement there. Now he's
got to live by that same statement, doesn't he.

Speaker 4 (04:37):
Well, absolutely, and I agree with that statement too. But
what she said was a little bit over the top.
I wouldn't even repeat it, but she basically that was
an explicitly racial targeting someone's identity. What she said and
again much different than what Jimmy Kimmel said, But again,
this is the line we're going to have to draw.

(04:58):
And a First Amendment one thing I would always fall
on the side of making sure we protect our First
Amendment rights, and I think that's always going to be
a big key, and it should be a big key
as well. But I think they are two different things.
He targeted a group, she targeted an individual. She was
explicit in what she said, and two different things. And

(05:20):
of course he agreed she should be fired, and ABC
immediately fired her and canceled her show.

Speaker 2 (05:26):
Talking to Jim or and Acy, former Congressman Bloomdaddy Show
political analyst Charlie Kirk's death will it reshape politics?

Speaker 3 (05:33):
And if so, how.

Speaker 4 (05:36):
Well you know what's interesting about Charlie Kirk's death. The
answer is it very much could be. On the short term,
it is, let's face it, there's more surgeon conservative mobilization.
Turning point I understand is receiving a wave of donations,
so there's a lot of things being framed, especially religious
beliefs now being brought into political beliefs. So many things

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are being framed on the short term. But you and
I have talked about since in the past. Politics is
a long term game, not a short term game. And
the only way that a long that Charlie Kirk's death
will shape politics long term is if these moments that

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are very powerful today can be sustained, and to sustain them,
there's going to be the need for organization, which they do.
They have the turning Point organization, but you need money, leadership,
and concrete issues to sustain that momentum. My biggest fear
in politics is that politics is a thirty to sixty

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day game, and there are many times that a situation
like this will be forgotten long before the next election.
I hope it's not the case. I do believe people
should be listening and thinking about many of the things
that Charlie Kirk has said about religion and politics. But
in the end, and I can tell you politics changes,

(07:03):
and by the twenty twenty sixth election, we might not
even be talking about Charlie Kirk anymore. And I know
there are some people will be mad that I'm saying that,
but that's just the way politics are.

Speaker 3 (07:12):
All right, Jim, always appreciate your time.

Speaker 4 (07:14):
Thank you, Thank you, a great day, you too, Jim
or n.

Speaker 2 (07:18):
Acy, former Congress from Bloomdaddy Show, Political Analyst.

Speaker 5 (07:25):
Welcome back at seven eighteen on this Tuesday morning, the
bloom Daddy Experienced Sam and Otis is in there here
on news Radio eleven seventy WWVA. Good morning, sir, good morning,
good morning. Hey hey hey, hey hey, So we got
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Speaker 6 (07:45):
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(08:05):
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Speaker 5 (08:19):
I always think of the horse coconut thing.

Speaker 6 (08:22):
I always think about the sword fight.

Speaker 5 (08:26):
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(08:49):
tomorrow again, that is tomorrow, and then the lunch is
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Elvis Costella, and we've got some food. So plenty of
chances free to win. Wanted to kind of piggyback off
a little bit of the conversation with Reneesi. You know,
he mentioned how quickly things turn. Well, we saw a

(09:13):
prime example of that yesterday with the announcement from Disney
that starting tonight, Jimmy Kimmel is back. It's unfortunate because
we are, and I've said this before, we are a headline.
We are a thirty second clip society. You blink and

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it's on to the next thing. That's how quickly it happens.
And Jimmy Kimmel is a prime example of that. What
did it take not even forty eight hours after the
memorial service for Charlie Kirk that bam, they're putting him
back on the air. I read yesterday that over three

(10:00):
hundred plus celebrities signed some sort of petition about free
speech and defending Jimmy Kimmel in the whole thing. Now,
there is one ownership group, Sinclair Broadcast, that will not
put Kimmel back on the air. They have roughly thirty
I think thirty three affiliates across the country that they
will not put him back on the air. But yeah,

(10:21):
that quickly they've decided he goes back. Here's my question though,
to Disney number one, why so quickly? Number two, they said,
you know that they had really good conversations with Kimmel.
That's great. Have those conversations. That doesn't negate the insensitive comments,

(10:48):
the bad timing that he made last week. He still
made those comments. But that quickly they change their minds,
they reverse the roles, and bam, he's back on the air.
Why because they had a couple of good conversations. What's

(11:11):
he going to say tonight in his opening monologue, does
he go after ownership? Does he go after conservatives? Does
he apologize?

Speaker 7 (11:23):
No?

Speaker 5 (11:24):
Do you think he will apologize? No, of course he won't.
But this goes back to the frustration that I think
a lot of conservatives have is there's so much bias
in the media. I mean, if you look at the
numbers just on Kimmel alone, ninety two percent of his

(11:50):
political jokes political monologues attacked conservatives ninety two percent. When
it comes to guests on the show since twenty twenty two,
sixty one of sixty three political guests were liberals. Sixty

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one of sixty three were liberals. You can't argue that
there's not a bias when it comes to a lot
of this coverage. You can't argue it. The numbers don't lie.
The numbers don't lie. Here's where my question goes to though,
when it comes to the fair time Rule. Politically so,

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the equal time rule is a federal law that requires
broadcast stations to offer equal opportunities to all legally qualified candidates.
The argument is, Okay, you offer it to the Democrat,
you offer it to the Republican, turns it down. The

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offer is still there. But if the environment is hostile
and blatantly bias to the party that you represent as
a candidate, do you want to go on that show?
Do you want to accept that offer. That's where a
lot of these shows have become so biased one way

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or the other. The ownership of our media by one
party over the other has become so blatant it has
warped the minds for a lot of people. There are
a lot of people that sit behind the screen ten
twelve hours a day, and that could be watching MSNBC,

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that could be watching Fox News. We warp people's minds
with media, and we don't know the minds that we
are affecting. But it amazes me how quickly Disney flips
the switch and boom, they're putting him right back on

(14:09):
the air. I'm interested to see what the monologue will be.
And here's what's gonna happen. People are gonna tune in tonight.
They're gonna tune in tonight just out of pure curiosity,
not because he's funny. It's curiosity. They're gonna turn in tonight,
tune in tonight. His ratings are gonna spike, and then

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tomorrow's conversation is going to be, Oh, look at the ratings, Juggernaut,
the Jimmy Kimmel is. You know the stats prior to this,
they weren't real because his numbers, his ratings have been
dropping significantly, significantly for the past five years roughly. But
once the ratings will spike tonight again just out of

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pure curiosity, then the story's going to change. But let's
not forget this is the guy. Back in the nineties,
and we mentioned this last week. He was incredibly offensive.
He wore blackface, mimicking or mocking basketball legend Karl Malone.
We talked about the bouncing of trampolines with women in

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their figures. We've talked about, you know, the jokes that
he's made. Here's the thing, this guy has now portrayed
himself as this this woke you know, accepting liberal. No. No,
he has just followed the herd, is what he has done.
He's followed the hurt. He made a name for himself

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with segments like the Juggie Dance Squad, Can I Guess
Your Weight? Where he dressed up as a carnival barker
and basically looked at women and guessed what their weight
was in a public forum that's making fun of women.
Of course, it is absolutely it is. He made his

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name on that. That was okay, that was okay. But
now he's gotten to where he is he's untouchable, or
he thinks he's untouchable. But it'll be interesting tonight to
see if he will, in any way, shape or form,

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be remotely apologetic for what he had to say. I
doubt it. I very very much doubt that he will
have any just an even tone in his voice of
his delivery, of feeling bad for what he said, his

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timing of at how he said it.

Speaker 8 (16:49):
He won't.

Speaker 5 (16:50):
I doubt it. I very very very much doubt it,
very much doubt it. One sixty for eleven seven. Do
you think he'll apologize? Guy, I don't. One six two
for eleven seventy. If you want to get in on
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to the bloom Daddy experience. Sam and Otis News Radio
eleven seventy WWVA, Welcome back.

Speaker 8 (17:29):
To the show on your Tuesday morning.

Speaker 2 (17:31):
Well, if you're a baseball fan, specifically Cleveland Guardians, you
got to be pumped about today because the pitching matchup
with the Detroit Tigers, first of a three game series
is epic. Trek Schoobel possibly the best pitcher on the planet,
taken on Gavin Williams, who's been one of the best
pitchers in Major League Baseball. Over his last five starts,
He's got an ERA of about two point three to three,

(17:53):
only four walks. He's really solidified himself as the ace
of the Guardians. Tiger's coming in this thing with a
one game lead over the Guardians. If they don't make
the postseason, it may be the biggest collapse in Major
League Baseball history. Game number one tonight, I will be there,
Game two and three to follow. All Right, a couple

(18:16):
of different things from baseball to football. If you haven't noticed,
the West Liberty Hilltoppers oh to four on the season,
Coach Roger Wiley off to another tremendous startup at West Liberty.
This will now be what it's looking like is I
think thirteenth consecutive losing season.

Speaker 8 (18:30):
But hey, the power is to.

Speaker 2 (18:32):
Be at West Liberty. Let him have another year, Let
him have another three years, let him have another fifteen years.
As a matter of fact, let Roger Wiley retire as
your head coach whenever he wants to, because obviously you
have no expectations of him, and you don't care that
your football program absolutely sucks and has for over a decade.

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Four games oh to four an offense that's averaging you
ready for this thirteen point? It's a game that is firepower.
Roger Wilie MEC Coach of the Year. Congratulations, Wes Liberty.
You've let a guy soak up a paycheck for over
a decade who's absolutely terrible.

Speaker 8 (19:13):
You should be embarrassed, but you're not.

Speaker 2 (19:15):
And I just saw news where UPMC may by Trinity Hospitals.
I'm a big fan of Trinity as it is. If
UPMC can come in here with their prestige and their money,
that's even better. I've said it before and I'll say
it again. The Ohio Valley needs more competition when it
comes to healthcare. The monopoly that WVU Medicine has on

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the Ohio Valley right now is not good for your healthcare.

Speaker 8 (19:42):
It's not good for anybody. It's not good for their.

Speaker 2 (19:45):
Employees who have nowhere else to go if they're dissatisfied
with the way they're being treated. And as far as
healthcare goes with WVU Medicine, take a look at all
the stats, all the ratings, it's deplorable. This would be very, very,
very good news for the Ohio Valley. And I know, Sam,
you're keeping up on this. What are you hearing about

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this possible transaction.

Speaker 5 (20:08):
Well, I reached out to my contacts at Trinity and
they shared this statement with me. It says we regularly
evaluate potential affiliations and acquisitions that would strengthen our ability
to carry out our mission of advancing health in the
communities we serve. We do not have additional information to

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share at this time regarding any active affiliation or acquisition discussions.
I take from that it may or may not be happening,
basically is how I read that. And I've got to
agree Blue Daddy, with what you had to say in
regards to healthcare in this area. First off, I'm going

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to say this, I've lived here my entire life, my
entire life, and for as far back as I can remember,
all I have ever heard about health caare in this area.
And I'm not going to point to one hospital or another.
It's always negativity. It's always bad, always bad. What I

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say to that, though, is people are more likely to
talk about the bad than they are the good. You're
always going to hear the negative stories before anything else.
I understand why, but I just wanted to put that
out there to keep in perspective. Just just normal human

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reaction is to talk about the bad. I don't know why,
it just is. But when it comes to this possible
buyout of Trinity, I can understand why it is appealing
to UPMC. Number one, it's the physical location to their
other hospitals in Pennsylvania. Basically, hop, skip and a jump

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across the river and boom, you're you know, in the
stupent Ville area. Number two is the growth that Trinity
has had over the past couple years. I mean recently,
they invest in seventy five million dollars in the tower
project that completed in twenty twenty four in the Studentville location,

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so there is a brand new facility there. Then this
summer just weeks ago, the new Saint Clairsville Neighborhood Hospital
opened in Belmont County, So financially, I can see the
appeal for UPMC to make this purchase. It's not a
it's not all old facilities. I mean, Trinity has made

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the investment in their properties. And if that is what
UPM purchased, UPMC purchases, and that is what is being speculated,
then they're purchasing a newer product, is what I'm getting at.
They're not buying a forty year old building, so that
would be appealing. But when it comes down to it,

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if this does happen, it's a good thing. It really
is a good thing. It creates there's positive momentum that
Trinity has already again as I mentioned the building of
the neighborhood hospital in Saint Clairsville, so there's already positive,
a positive momentum when it comes to Trinity. But then

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healthy competition is a good thing. Healthy competition is a
good thing not only for Trinity slash UPMC if they purchase,
but also WVU medicine. You want to have somebody on
the outside, You want to have that competitor who when

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they accomplish a it pushes you to accomplish B. It
holds you to a higher standard that competition. And when
each element, each facility in the conversation is pushed to

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a higher standard by the other, you know who wins.
We do? We do the people of the Ohio Valley.
I have heard for years, Oh, you got to go
outside of the valley. You've got to go outside of
the valley if you want good medical care. I disagree
with that, maybe on certain things. Don't get me wrong,

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depending on you know what level of care you need.
But I think bringing in fresh voices, fresh eyes, fresh
ownership is not a bad thing. I mean, look at
what's been happening in Martin's Ferry, which, by the way,
I took a drive over there yesterday just just to

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take a gander at what's happening at East Ohio. Nothing.
There is nothing going on there. Nothing. You think the
weeds on main Street here in Wheeling, or I'm sorry,
the landscaping is bad, take a ride over there, because
there is nothing happening at East to Higher Regional Hospital.
So right now we are in a precarious situation when

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it comes to our medical care. One of the biggest
problems we're having right now is emergency room. Because with
the shutdown of East Ohio and taking one er out
of the equation of possibilities to use, those people who
would have gone to East Ohio have to go somewhere,

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and they're being forced to Wheeling Hospital and Reynolds and
up north to Trinity. Well, we all know when it's
an er situation or an ees squad situation, time matters
and distance matters. So right now we are in a
very precarious situation when it comes to the medical care
here in the valley. So to bring in fresh eyes,

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fresh voices, and create again healthy competition, to elevate everybody's game,
I think is good for the valley. I really do
think it is good for the valley because when we
get comfortable, when we sit on our laurels and we

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get comfortable, that's when things start to fall through the cracks.
That's when care pride starts to diminish, and then you
and I are the ones that are hurt the patience.
So as we get additional information on what is happening

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with Trinity, Trinity Health System, Saint Clairsville, all the locations,
we will of course keep you in the know about
what is happening. What is happening? Coming up here here
next very shortly, we're gonna have your first chance to
win this morning, We're gonna have your first chance to win.
We're gonna do did we ever decide? We didn't decide?
It is let's do. Let's do Elvis Costello first. Let's

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swip it, switch it up from yesterday. We're gonna do
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coming up here right after the break seven forty six.
You're listening to The Bloomdaddy Experience SAM and Otis News
Radio eleven seventy WWV. A welcome back at seven fifty

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at the Capitol Theater. What's the date on that otis
October seventh, October seventh, so that is going to be
coming up here very very shortly. A couple of local
stories on top of the UPMC with Trinity that we
talked about earlier before the break out of Marshall County.
It is now under a burn ban, so those in

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Marshall County you are under a burn man. The Marshall
County Commission made the decision because the extreme dry weather
and drought conditions, outdoor burning is prohibited until further notice.
Burn bands were also recently issued for Hancock and Brook Counties.
And there are some people out there right now probably saying, well,
it range yesterday rained last night, it's still dry. It's

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still dry. It's not like we got five six, seven
straight hours of rain. It is still dry out there,
so do not if it's not, just don't be burning anything.
And then a huge congratulations to short Creek United Methodist Church.
They are celebrating two hundred and forty years. The historic

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Short Creek Church held an event over the weekend to
celebrate this occasion. More than one hundred and thirty ministers
have served at that church two hundred and forty years.
Otis that a long time? That is that is quite
quite the milestone to get to quite the milestone.

Speaker 6 (29:47):
And then.

Speaker 5 (29:49):
What do you think is the cheapest I shouldn't say cheapest,
that's not the right term. What's the most affordable state
to live in? Do you think?

Speaker 6 (29:59):
Oh, let's see, I would have to guess that it's got.

Speaker 5 (30:01):
To be Why did you do that? Because I love
doing it?

Speaker 6 (30:04):
Go ahead, I would have to say, I'm gonna guess
that West Virginia is probably close to the top is
affordable state to live? But I'm probably gonna go somewhere
down south like Mississippi. Okay, I don't think Louisiana. I

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think that's because you get New Orleans there. What else
is down that way? Maybe Missouri? No, No, because you
get Saint Louis and Kansas City. M Yeah, I go
West Virginia. Mississippi top two?

Speaker 5 (30:45):
Okay, Well you're close Arkansas ranks number one.

Speaker 6 (30:50):
It's according to did not cross my mind. But okay, well.

Speaker 5 (30:53):
That's probably why it's the cheapest, because it doesn't cross
people's minds.

Speaker 6 (30:56):
To move to. I guess John Caliberry moved thereday.

Speaker 5 (31:01):
Well, yeah. The According to this analysis done by a
group called Business Insider, they measured housing affordability and everyday
living costs, including things like food, utilities, transportation, you know,
the basics that you know everybody has to deal with.
Arkansas recorded the lowest overall cost of living and the

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third most affordable housing, with the medium household income of
sixty two thousand, with the average home prices at two
hundred and sixteen. Mississippi, which is that's what you said.

Speaker 6 (31:35):
Right, Yeah, I said Mississippi. West Virginia.

Speaker 5 (31:37):
Okay, well, Mississippi came in second, while West Virginia, South Dakota,
and Oklahoma completed out the top five. What state was
the most expensive?

Speaker 6 (31:47):
No, it's got to be in New York or California.

Speaker 5 (31:49):
California led is the state with the highest living cost
and least affordable housing. Well maybe not now with the
fire location in the state, buying it and building affordable
housing on all of that beautiful property that burnt to
a crisp earlier this year. That's convenient, isn't it? By
the way, FYI very convenient on that Southern states dominated

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cheaper rankings due to lower taxes in population density. I've
never even considered or thought about going to Arkansas for
any reason whatsoever.

Speaker 6 (32:26):
You good diamond mining?

Speaker 5 (32:29):
Diamond mining, Okay.

Speaker 6 (32:32):
I know you can do that in Arkansas.

Speaker 5 (32:34):
What else can you do do in Arkansas after that?

Speaker 6 (32:38):
I don't know. I know, got.

Speaker 5 (32:41):
A I know the duggers are there, the douggers. That's
so those people that had all those kids, what was
their show? Yeah, it was called sixteen in Counting or
eighteen in Counting. They had like the parade won't march? Well,
it was a parade of kids, that's for sure. You're
telling me you didn't want that reality I didn't watch

(33:01):
it either. I just know that they were.

Speaker 6 (33:02):
From I don't watch reality TV.

Speaker 5 (33:04):
You don't watch any You don't dumb, you don't watch
it like survivor any nothing. What about on HGTV? What
hg TV?

Speaker 6 (33:17):
You know what HGTV is. I don't want to know.

Speaker 5 (33:23):
That's the home improvement state.

Speaker 6 (33:25):
That's a definite note.

Speaker 5 (33:29):
Okay, I guess if it's not Cheers or something in
black and white, it just doesn't watch it.

Speaker 6 (33:33):
Hugs, I watch Huggin Tears black and White. No, it's
not the first episode, the very first episode is. That's
the only one.

Speaker 5 (33:39):
Okay, Okay, my apologies. Mash wasn't black and white. So
I'll give you that one. I'll give you that one.
I can't believe you don't watch anything reality.

Speaker 6 (33:50):
It's all dumb. It's not reality, it's all staged.

Speaker 5 (33:53):
I'm so disappointed. I figured you were a huge, huge
binge watcher the Real Housewives franchises.

Speaker 6 (33:59):
Just give it way to ticket, all.

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Speaker 1 (34:42):
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Experience on news Radio eleven seventy WWVA Arts Now.

Speaker 2 (35:01):
News Radio eleven seventy gets the bloom Daddy Experience. Hey,
it's eighth six. Let's get this hour rolling. Let's talks
with politics. Tom or an Acy, former Congressman, Blue Daddy Show.

Speaker 3 (35:12):
Political an List. Jim how you doing good?

Speaker 7 (35:15):
How are you?

Speaker 3 (35:16):
I'm good.

Speaker 2 (35:16):
Let's start off with the breaking news here today. Jimmy
Kimmel returning to the airwaves on Tuesday. This is according
to the Disney Company, who owns ABC said they've had
talks with him. He's coming back on the air Tuesday.
Is that the right decision?

Speaker 4 (35:33):
Well, look, some people are going to believe it's not.
Others are. I do believe it is. I mean, Kimmel
his faith const controversy in the past over some of
his commentary and satire. But let's remember even though some
things he says is offensive to some people. It generally
falls under that political criticism of mockery rather than as

(35:57):
some people as in racial slurs or whatever. Because he
didn't target an individual, he targeted a group. He's part
of a political show. It's a little bit more protected
under the comedy norms in the First Amendment principles that
I do believe it was the right decision. Now, I'm
sure there are people who are going to disagree. I

(36:19):
would tell you if you're a Saturday Night Live person
and you watch some of the things they say about
political or political leaders. If Jimmy Kimmel's firing was held,
then Saturday Live is probably going to change forever because
they would never be able to say anything on that
show as well.

Speaker 2 (36:37):
Well, he wasn't making comedy though he was lying. I mean,
he was saying that this individual who shot Charlie Kirk
was a member of MAGA, when everybody knew that, the
FBI and law enforcement officials, his parents, his friends had
all said he'd been radicalized by the left. So I
mean he was purposefully lying to the audience. Now I'm
in agreement with you. I'm okay with him coming back

(36:57):
on air because he's been punished. I never said he
should have been terminated. But they're us in the media,
jim and I include myself, should be held to a standard.
We shouldn't be able to hide behind free speech if
we are knowingly lying to our audience. Because we've got power,
we can sway people, and there's a lot of nuts
people out there who do some pretty stupid things.

Speaker 3 (37:20):
With that comes responsibility.

Speaker 4 (37:23):
One hundred percent. Agree with you unless you're a comedian.
And again, I think that's that's really the difference.

Speaker 3 (37:30):
Okay, but let me stop you, But let me stop you.
These guys.

Speaker 2 (37:33):
Yeah, Johnny Carson was a comedian, but these guys have
taken it upon themselves to kind of shed the comedian
title into political commentator title.

Speaker 3 (37:44):
I mean, I don't think they're comedians anymore, do you.

Speaker 4 (37:49):
Well, again, I'm not going to disagree with you there.
Johnny Carson was very much adamant that he would not
bring politics into his show, and of course things have
changed over the last twenty orth thirty years and now
politics seem to come into every part of our life,
so it's a little bit different. Look, I don't disagree.
I don't agree with what Jimmy Kimmel said, and I

(38:11):
don't disagree in some ways what you're saying, but I
do think we really have to protect our First Amendment right,
and that's a real key here. When you run for politics,
things are said. Politicians are also should be held to
a higher standard, but they're not. When we get into
these campaigns, anything gets said, anything's game, and I would
love to see that all change. But the problem is

(38:33):
we do have a First Amendment right we have to
protect as well, and I think that's always going to
be the key when we discuss something like this. As
long as it's not racist or political and doesn't target
an individual, and it's done by a comedian, I do
think we're going to get passes in the future as well.

Speaker 3 (38:52):
All right, well, listen not.

Speaker 2 (38:53):
When Rose Ambar was fired by ABC for her tweets,
Jimmy Kimmel said this, I'm not a fan of censorship,
but this was about free speech. It was about consequences
for saying something vile. You can you can say what
you want, but networks don't have to pay you to
say it. You can't just blame ambient for that. Actions
have consequences, and ABC made the right call. I agree

(39:15):
with his statement there. Now he's got to live by
that same statement, doesn't.

Speaker 4 (39:19):
He Well, absolutely, and I agree with that statement too.
But what she said was a little bit over the top.
I wouldn't even repeat it. But she basically that was
an explicitly racial targeting someone's identity. What she said and
again much different than what Jimmy Kimmel said. But again,

(39:39):
this is the line we're going to have to draw.
And a First Amendment the one thing I would always
fall on the side of making sure we protect our
First Amendment rights. And I think that's always going to
be a big key and it should be a big
key as well. But I think there are two different things.
He targeted a group, she targeted an individual. She was
explicit in what she said, and two different things. And

(40:02):
of course he had greach you should be fired, and
ABC immediately fired her and canceled her show.

Speaker 2 (40:09):
Talking to Jim or and Acy, former Congressman Bloom Dady
show political analyst Charlie Kirk's death will it reshape politics?

Speaker 3 (40:16):
And if so, how.

Speaker 4 (40:19):
Well you know what's interesting about Charlie Kirk's death. The
answer is it very much could be. On the short term,
it is, let's face it, there's more surgeon conservative mobilization.
Turning Point, I understand, is receiving a wave of donations.
So there's a lot of things being framed, especially religious
beliefs now being brought into political beliefs. So many things

(40:43):
are being framed on the short term. But you and
I have talked about in in the past. Politics is
a long term game, not a short term game. And
the only way that a long that Charlie Kirk's death
will shape politics long term is if these moments that

(41:04):
are very powerful today can be sustained, and to sustain them,
there's going to be the need for organization, which they do.
They have the Turning Point organization, but you need money, leadership,
and concrete issues to sustain that momentum. My biggest fear
in politics is that politics is a thirty to sixty

(41:24):
day game, and there are many times that a situation
like this will be forgotten long before the next election.
I hope it's not the case. I do believe people
should be listening and thinking about many of the things
that Charlie Kirk has said about religion and politics. But
in the end, I can tell you politics changes, and

(41:45):
by the twenty twenty sixth election. We might not even
be talking about Charlie Kirk anymore. And I know there
are some people will be mad that I'm saying that,
but that's just the way politics.

Speaker 3 (41:54):
Are, all right. Jim, always appreciate your time.

Speaker 4 (41:56):
Thank you, Thank you.

Speaker 8 (41:58):
You have a great day, you too.

Speaker 2 (42:00):
See former Congress from bloom Daddy Show Political Analyst.

Speaker 5 (42:08):
Welcome back. It's eight nineteen on this Tuesday, the bloom
Daddy Experience Sam and otis News Radio eleven seventy WWVA.
But we're not alone anymore. Joining us in the studio
we have Stacy Stephen, executive director of the United Way
of the Upper Ohio Valley. And then also joining us
is Denise Glennon, organizer of an upcoming unique event which

(42:29):
is all in support of the United Way. So, ladies,
thank you so much for stopping in this morning, Thanks
for having us so the United Way. Before we get
into details of the upcoming cabaret event, Stacey, will you
give us an update on the the flood fundraising what
is needed? You know, you guys haven't stopped since June,

(42:53):
so if you give us a quick update. Sure.

Speaker 9 (42:55):
So right now, we have formed the long term Recovery Group,
which brings a lot of churches, nonprofits lou Vargo, Tony Campbell,
or on a community foundation Habitat for Humanity. So we
have a large variety of people that come up, come
together and pulled our money to help the people that

(43:17):
we have on our case list. We also have a
team of case managers. We have thirteen case managers who
are going out and meeting with the survivors of the
flood seeing what their needs are, doing a needs assessment,
and then they come to our meetings every Monday and
they report back what the needs are and we decide
who can cover, you know what needs. We have a

(43:40):
list of one hundred and eighty people. We still have
a few people in hotels. We're trying to find some
long term housing for Most of those are either needing
an a DA compliant a place to live, or have
a larger family where we have not been able to
find them a secure location to move to, and just

(44:06):
situations like that, so we're still looking for long term
housing for them. We had drywall donated by certain t Gypsum,
so we've been scheduling pickups for that. We have some
kitchen cabinets we've been scheduling pickups for down at the
HRC building, and we just made another order of drywall

(44:26):
to a certaint need, so we should be having that
delivered pretty soon, and just trying to get people in
their homes. I mean, the weather's going to be getting colder,
so we need to get them insulation, We need to
get them drywall. Our biggest need right now is skilled workers.
So we have the drywall, we have, we can buy
the stuff that we need to get them back in
the house. We just need the people that can do

(44:47):
it and the volunteers. So we're hoping the local disaster
aid organization that is affiliated with our rotary a Rotary International,
can come in hopefully in October and with us to
get some homes done, at least some drywall hung and
some insulation put in so that at least they have
walls for the colder weather when it comes. That's our

(45:10):
biggest need right now. We still have a good amount
of people who we haven't got to yet. We have
followed up with them, but they have not been assigned
a case manager. We still also need case managers, so
they're actually working on a job description that they're going
to put out, so we can maybe try to get
some more case managers that are willing to go out
and take some more cases. So that's kind of where

(45:31):
we are now. Is the main thing is skilled workers.
A lot of people still need HVAC, hot water heaters, drywall,
things like that.

Speaker 5 (45:39):
Well, and that's the thing, you know, we've talked about
this before, is you know, when it initially happens, there's
a huge outcry, there's a huge outpouring, but when it
leaves the headlines, you know, it tends to be forgotten
about unfortunately. And as you mentioned, one hundred and eighty
people still need help, people are still displaced from their homes,
and bringing up the weather is a good point in Denise.

(45:59):
That's more I'm going to kind of pull you in
with the event that you've kind of you've organized. So
first of all, it's the community Cabaret. Is what is
titled and what made you decide to volunteer to organize this.

Speaker 10 (46:15):
Well, it all started back in June, actually late June,
early July. We had actually just done a cabaret at
the end of May. There are a few of them
throughout the year, just kind of for fun. Sometimes they're
small fundraisers, sometimes it's just for Christmas or something like that.
So I had actually just participated in my first one,

(46:35):
and having come off of that, I was I saw
everything happening and I thought, Wow, could we do one
of these as a fundraiser? So I went to one
of the people I know who organizes these regularly and
I said, can we do this? And she she said,
I think so, and so we just really started working
on it. Reached out to Stacy. I was amazed. We
originally thought we were going to do this in this summer.

(46:57):
Logistically it didn't work out right, so we said it
the end of September, and when I talked with Stacy
in August, I was just amazed by the amount of
need that is still out there. So then I realized
the timing was just perfect, honestly.

Speaker 5 (47:10):
And it's happening this Sunday, the twenty eighth at three
point thirty at the Strand Theater in Moundsville, which is
a beautiful location to have this. So for people who
aren't real familiar with what a cabaret is, kind of
explain it for us.

Speaker 10 (47:26):
Well, there's a lot of talent here in the valley
there and a lot of what it is is just
a lot of singers from the local area come together
and they each choose a song. The theme is hope,
essentially hope and community. So everyone has chosen something that
they felt inspired by in regard to that. We've got

(47:47):
about I think there's fifteen, somewhere between fifteen and twenty people.

Speaker 5 (47:51):
Participating performing, performing.

Speaker 10 (47:54):
It's gonna run about ninety minutes, no intermission, and yeah,
we just all come together and sing our songs and
just present a really beautiful show. It's really going to
be great, very excited about it.

Speaker 5 (48:06):
Again. We're talking to Stacy Stephen, executive director of the
United Way of the Upper High Valley, joined by Denise Glennon,
who has organized the Community Cabaret, which is happening again
this Sunday, the twenty eighth, at three point thirty at
the Strand Theater in Moundsville. Now, the ticket cost is
that the donation.

Speaker 10 (48:25):
That's the donation. That's the one thing I really want
people to know. This is not a ticketed event. You
don't have to buy tickets in advance. We want everyone,
you know, come one, come all, We want you there.
The suggested donation is twenty dollars if you can't do
twenty dollars. We want you there anyway. We just want
everyone to come out and enjoy it, feel that sense
of community, be inspired, just be part of it.

Speaker 4 (48:47):
Yeah.

Speaker 10 (48:47):
So it's donation at the door, but no tickets required.

Speaker 5 (48:51):
Okay. And this when she brought this to you, Stacy,
have you you've probably fielded since the flooding many ideas,
have you not? I mean, this has been a huge
community this is the right term, but bringing together, right,
I mean, it really has brought the community together.

Speaker 9 (49:10):
Yeah, we've had a huge outpouring of support all over,
but we've had a lot of organizations and people do fundraising.
So when they call and they give me their idea,
I'm just pretty upfront with them and say we would
love to partner with you. We don't have the capacity
right now to do anything for.

Speaker 5 (49:28):
It because your team is how big.

Speaker 9 (49:30):
We have four people on our team.

Speaker 5 (49:31):
Think about that, folks. Four people.

Speaker 9 (49:33):
Yeah. So, and really one of those persons is answering
two on one calls all day every day. So she's
our main point of contact for the flood survivors. And
you know she's busy all the time with those calls
and trying to help people, and you know, we also
have to continue our own fundraising efforts while we're trying
to do this, So it's a it's a very small

(49:57):
balance that we have to maintain, but you know, we
want to continue to support the survivors that a lot
of donations have slowed tremendously coming in. I think people
just move on if you're not affected by it every day.
But when I go out and I'll try to might
get choked up again. But when you talk to them

(50:18):
and you know, there's still every time it rains, having you.

Speaker 5 (50:22):
Know, problems.

Speaker 9 (50:24):
Yeah, you know, I had a family. She's like, I've
made my kids do go bags and they're by the
door every time it rains, and I just cry. It's
just it's heartbreaking. It's heartbreaking, and it's there's still a huge,
huge need. You know, we've made tremendous steps, and you know,
VOAD and FEMA have told us we're years ahead of

(50:47):
those disasters. But when you don't have walls or insulation
or a floor or a kitchen or a place of sleep,
that doesn't matter.

Speaker 5 (50:56):
And the leaves are falling and the chills in the air.

Speaker 9 (50:59):
So we're trying our artists to get everybody into their
house homes and keep them warm until we can get
you know, the rest of the house completed. But that's
our goal right now.

Speaker 5 (51:08):
Ladies, thank you so much. I'm going to share the
information on the community cabaret. As I mentioned, it's September
twenty eighth, which is this Sunday, three point thirty at
the Strand Theater in Moundsville. There's a QR code on
there for donations. So if you can make it, that's wonderful.
If you just want to donate, that's wonderful too. If
you have a football game on Sunday you feel like

(51:28):
you can't miss, you can still donate. Ladies, thank you
so much this morning. Keep up the good work. What
you have accomplished is amazing, absolutely amazing. Eight twenty eight.
You're listening to the bloom Daddy Experience. Sam and Otis
News Radio eleven seventy WWVA.

Speaker 8 (51:48):
Welcome back to the show on your Tuesday morning.

Speaker 2 (51:50):
Well, if you're a baseball fan, specifically Cleveland Guardians, you
got to be pumped about today because the pitching matchup
with the Detroit Tigers, first of a three game series
is epic. Trek Schooble possibly the best pitcher on the planet,
taking on Gavin Williams, who's been one of the best
pitchers in Major League Baseball. Over his last five starts,
He's got an ERA of about two point three to three,

(52:12):
only four walks. He's really solidified himself as the ace
of the Guardians. Tiger's coming into this thing with a
one game lead over the Guardians. If they don't make
the postseason, it may be the biggest collapse in Major
League Baseball history. Game number one tonight. I will be
there Game two and three to follow. All Right, a

(52:34):
couple of different things from baseball to football. If you
haven't noticed, the West Liberty Hilltoppers zero to four on
the season, coach Roger Wiley off to another tremendous startup
at West Liberty. This will now be what it's looking
like is I think, thirteenth consecutive losing season. But hey,
the power is to be at West Liberty. Let him
have another year, Let him have another three years, let

(52:56):
him have another fifteen years. As a matter of fact,
let Roger Wileye retire as your head coach whenever he
wants to, because obviously you have no expectations of him,
and you don't care that your football program absolutely sucks
and has for over a decade. Four games zero to four,
an offense that's averaging you ready for this, thirteen points

(53:19):
a game that is firepower. Roger Wilie MEC Coach of
the Year. Congratulations, West Liberty. You've let a guy soak
up a paycheck for over a decade who's absolutely terrible.

Speaker 8 (53:32):
You should be embarrassed, but you're not.

Speaker 2 (53:34):
And I just saw news where UPMC may by Trinity Hospitals.

Speaker 8 (53:40):
I'm a big fan of Trinity as it is.

Speaker 2 (53:42):
If UPMC can come in here with their prestige and
their money, that's even better. I've said it before and
I'll say it again. The Ohio Valley needs more competition
when it comes to healthcare. The monopoly that WVU Medicine
has on the Ohio Valley right now is not good
for your healthcare. It's not good for anybody. It's not

(54:03):
good for their employees who have nowhere else to go
if they're dissatisfied with the way they're being treated. And
as far as healthcare goes with WU Medicine, take a
look at all the stats, all the ratings.

Speaker 8 (54:16):
It's deplorable.

Speaker 2 (54:17):
This would be very very very good news for the
Ohio Valley. And I know Sam, you're keeping up on this.
What are you hearing about this possible transaction.

Speaker 5 (54:27):
Well, I've heard speculation about this for a while. One
thing is, I've heard speculation about UPMC wanting to get
into the high Valley market, primarily in Ohio. For a while,
it was one of the names sort of circling around
the purchase of East Ohio Regional Hospital. Again speculation, but

(54:49):
they were one of the names thrown out when it
comes to when it came to the purchase of East Ohio.
So it really doesn't surprise me that now their name
is circulating around purchasing Trinity Health System.

Speaker 10 (55:01):
Now.

Speaker 5 (55:01):
One thing I want to read is from Trinity a
statement they put out they sent to me yesterday morning
that says, we regularly evaluate potential affiliations and acquisitions that
would strengthen our ability to carry out our mission of
advancing health in the communities we serve. We do not
have additional information to share at this time regarding any

(55:21):
act of affiliation or acquisition discussions. So not a yes,
not a no, just kind of around about there's where
we stand. So my speculation and I'm putting that right there. Speculations,
conversations are happening. That is what I am guessing is
that conversations are being had now. And I understand as

(55:45):
I said, UPMC has been circling the a High Valley
for a while.

Speaker 6 (55:49):
Well, UPMC's here. They're here at met Express. They bought
out the met Expresses, so they are here operating seven
days a week at a rapid care facility.

Speaker 5 (55:58):
But I mean on a grander scale, on a bigger
scale when it comes to actual hospitals themselves, So it
makes sense. It also is appealing. Trinity, I'm sure from
a financial aspect, is very appealing when you look at
the growth that they have had over the past couple years,
with the seventy five million dollars investment in the new

(56:20):
tower that completed in twenty twenty four, that happened at
the Stupentville location. Then you you know, tie in the
opening that just happened this summer a couple of weeks
ago at this point of the Saint Clairsville Community Hospital.
So Trinity on a financial aspect and physically with this

(56:43):
growth that they've accomplished, is appealing to a buyer. I
completely one hundred percent understand that. And when you tie
in the fact of the situation that is going on
in Martin's Ferry, there is a need here in the
Ohio Valley with with medical care, especially in the world

(57:08):
of the ers, you know, with with the shutdown of
East Ohio and that er being taken out of the
the roster of emergency rooms available to not only citizens
but e squads. You know, a lot of our our
emergency rooms are in a bad way. They're always on diversion.

(57:33):
I see that on social media all the time, diversion
because they're full. Well, it's the runoff that would have
gone to Martin's Ferry is going to the other emergency rooms.
And that's not a blame on the emergency rooms that
are currently open. It's it's a circumstance that they're dealing
with right now. So not only would this, you know,

(57:55):
bringing in a new voice, new eyes not necessarily a
bad thing, And there's nothing wrong with healthy competition. There's
nothing wrong with that. You bring in new eyes, new
ways of doing things. You're the competitor. You have to

(58:16):
stop and go, okay, we've we've got we've got a
new team on the field. We got We've got to
up our game. Healthy competition inspires the best out of others,
out of the competitors, and in the end, who wins,

(58:36):
that's us, that's us. You know, I've lived here my
entire life, and I've always heard negativity when it comes
to our healthcare here in the High Valley. You know,
w VU comes in and they have made huge changes
to the medical landscape here in the Opera High Valley.

(58:59):
You know recently the announcements of the children's hospital, the
cancer hospital that's going to be at the old location
of OVMC. They've made huge strides, huge strides. But there
are those that you know, they don't want to monopoly
in healthcare. And I agree with that. There should not
be a monopoly in healthcare, absolutely not. There should not

(59:20):
be a monopoly in anything, but especially in healthcare. You know,
there's a lot of people that are limited to where
they can go, whether they're limited physically by their insurance companies.
So you can't have you don't want to have a monopoly.
It goes back to healthy competition. If you have a

(59:42):
competitor that's pushing you, then you're gonna be better. So
in a way to and here's the thing. I don't
want to see people. You know, Trinity has to be
one of the largest employers in Jefferson County. I don't
want to see peple lose their jobs or anything like that.
If this does come to fruition. But you know, fresh eyes,

(01:00:06):
fresh voices, that's also good. So it depends on how
you want to look at it. But again, nothing is
set in stone. According to the statement that I receive
from Trinity Health, nothing is signed on the dotted line. Nothing,
So just want to put that out there. Nothing is

(01:00:27):
on the dotted line. But if there's interest, if there's
conversations being had, I think it's a win win for everybody. Honestly,
I think it'll push WU medicine to be better, to
continue to grow, to be even better. It brings in
a whole new set of eyes, as I mentioned, into
the healthcare conversation here in the Ahio Valley, and in

(01:00:51):
the end hopefully us as the consumers, as the patients,
were the ones that benefit. So we'll see what happens.
We'll keep you obviously in the know as these conversations continue.
Soon as we know something, we absolutely will bring that
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eleven seventy wwva. Before we've got to celebrate today because
it's dogs in Politics day.

Speaker 6 (01:02:14):
Would that be the one that voted in his mayor
or something I can't I mean, or the lady that
had her dog like one or the lady that had
her dog vote in the twenty twenty election.

Speaker 5 (01:02:24):
That's right. Yeah, so it's national Dogs in Politics Day.
I was thinking, what senator looks like their dog? You
know how they usually say you resemble your dog for
some reason. I don't know that's where my mind went,
but okay, I guess I'm off a little bit. Anyways,
let's go to Kevin Cook's draw automotive. He's never off,
He's always wheeling and dealing up there at straw.

Speaker 7 (01:02:47):
Off A little bit me, I am, oh, yeah, oh
yeah I heard, but she said a little bit anyway.
Dogs of Politics Day?

Speaker 3 (01:02:58):
Wow?

Speaker 5 (01:02:59):
Yeah, there for everything at this point in time, there
is a day for everything.

Speaker 7 (01:03:05):
Yeah, there's definitely that. But speaking of days for everything,
I wish we were chewed up like Steven Tylers, you know,
back in the saddle again, you know, little Airsmith this
morning because we had some trucks coming in down in
Glendale that we hadn't seen for a couple of years.
But how about V eight half Ton Rams V eight

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the hemmy is back, baby.

Speaker 6 (01:03:32):
Wow. You don't see the V eight too often.

Speaker 7 (01:03:39):
The customer base demanded, you know, because there for a
while it seemed like you know, everybody was getting you know,
the EV thing was a big deal and going to
the hybrids, you know, it was huge, which there's you know,
there's a place for all of those vehicles, Okay, I
mean there really is. The hybrid technology is awesome right now.
You know, people are really taking advantage of that to

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get some great fuel knowledge. But for the traditionalist like myself,
all right, yeah, nothing beats of V eight. Yeah okay,
and the Hemmy is back. We had six of them
come in down at Glendale yesterday. They will not last
any time at all. We've got people lined up waiting
for them. So if you're in the market for a

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you know, a truck again, the V eight Hemmy is
back of Ram is doing it right. So you know,
log on driveshop dot com, you know, flip right to
either the Elm Grove store or the Glendale store. Check
out what just came in with the V eight trucks
in the halftime and see for yourself. You know, just
how much you can say get you back into saddle

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in that V.

Speaker 6 (01:04:42):
Eight nice and that you will be the manly man
driving down the road.

Speaker 7 (01:04:48):
Well, i mean, let's face it, okay, when you hit
the starter on that VA and that rumble, you know
when it comes to life. It's a it's pretty, it's
pretty awesome.

Speaker 6 (01:04:59):
Yeah. When you you're sitting in the cabin, it vibrates.
Yeah yeah, yeah, then you can feel it in your chest.
Well I like that.

Speaker 7 (01:05:07):
Three ninety two jeep too. Okay, you got the big
hemmy in the in the jeep wrangler as well, So
I just you know, nothing like that be a horse
fire and tort man.

Speaker 6 (01:05:16):
I get it, I get it right.

Speaker 7 (01:05:18):
Okay, Well, go get you one.

Speaker 6 (01:05:20):
No, you told me I can't. I can't get one
for two years? Is but you told me.

Speaker 7 (01:05:25):
No, that's not what I said. You can have one today.
You just don't want to pay for it.

Speaker 6 (01:05:31):
I just mine's not even a year old yet.

Speaker 7 (01:05:34):
Oh oh oh, easy there, big self.

Speaker 6 (01:05:37):
It's not even a year old.

Speaker 7 (01:05:39):
And try a lot of people trade.

Speaker 6 (01:05:40):
And you're trying to talk me into a new one.

Speaker 7 (01:05:43):
I am not trying to talk to you anything. I
promise you I won't talk to you out of buying you.

Speaker 5 (01:05:48):
At least he's honest.

Speaker 6 (01:05:51):
Okay, you've never talked to me out of one.

Speaker 7 (01:05:54):
No, I just give you options. Unlet you make a
well informed decision. Why we do everybody?

Speaker 6 (01:05:58):
And I don't know if they're always bollowing in formed.
Well we try, it's just it's just a decision. We'll
just go with that.

Speaker 7 (01:06:06):
Oh yea hemmy check it out there, all right, buddy, Alright,
guys have fun.

Speaker 6 (01:06:11):
Yep, we'll talk at you.

Speaker 5 (01:06:12):
He's talking the ram the heavy. I'm just I just hear.
I'm just hearing like men in testosterone, perfectly, like the.

Speaker 6 (01:06:21):
Old Tim Allen on him improvement. Yes, yes, that's what
that's the first thing that came into my mind.

Speaker 5 (01:06:27):
Yes, And then he said something about the vibration. I'm thinking.
I almost said, well, your wife will like that, but
you know, oh.

Speaker 6 (01:06:32):
Yeah, whoa slow down?

Speaker 5 (01:06:35):
What hey, that's where my mind went. Yeah, guess guess who? Sorry,
guess who turned seventy six today?

Speaker 6 (01:06:48):
I already know this answer.

Speaker 5 (01:06:49):
Oh you do. The one and only Bruce Springsteen turns
seventy six years old today. Can't believe it. One of
your favorite artists, right.

Speaker 6 (01:07:02):
I mean, I like the I like the music. I'm
not gonna lie as far as like I don't like
his political stance. And if you see him in concert,
I mean my stepbrother went to his first Springsteen concert
last year, twenty twenty four, and I said how was it?
He goes up, He is unbelievable. He goes like the
guy's NonStop for three and a half hours. And he

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was seventy five, you know, seventy five seventy seventy four
to seventy five at the time.

Speaker 5 (01:07:28):
Well, I mean that's a prime example if we've forgot
you can disagree with somebody and still appreciate their talent,
you know, I mean we've lost sight of that.

Speaker 6 (01:07:38):
No, I mean, and you know, I mean there are
people that don't like him. I mean I get that. Yeah,
you know, I mean, but if you've never seen him live,
it would it would change your perspective, you know, because
it's just it's it is an incredible show until he
until he opens up his mouth and doesn't sing and
he starts talking about politics. That's that's when it That's

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when the pooh pooh hits the fan.

Speaker 5 (01:08:02):
Yeah. Also, just real quick, it's Redhead Appreciation Day. So
if you have a special redhead in your life, give
them a hug today, show them how much you appreciate them,
because gingers need love to they do. It's National Redhead
Appreciation Day. All right, let's do it. Our last chance
to win this Morning one in hundred sixty two four

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eleven seventy. One hundred sixty two four eleven seventy for
a pair of tickets to see Monty Python and the
Holy Holy Grail, followed by a Q and A with
Star John Clease one, eight hundred sixty two, four eleven seventy.
Let's do. Caller number twelve, Caller number twelve. Everybody, have
a great Tuesday. Hopefully you don't get rained on too much,

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but we need the rain, folks. We'll talk to you tomorrow.