The Bloomdaddy Experience with Otis & Sam November 11, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
Bloom Daddy Experience. He's seven oh six on news Radio
eleven seventy. Usually Jim or Acey, former Congressman, Bloemdaddy Show
politic Man which joints to talk politics. But he is
stuck in an airport government shutdown. Thank you very much,
Pinch hitting in his place. Rob Wallgate American Policy Roundtable. Rob,
let's start with the Senate took the first step down
this government shutdown Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats

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agreed to proceed, and that has prompted a major rebuke
from the Democrat Party. As a matter of fact, now
you've got people calling for the end of Chucky Schumer.
What's your take on all this?

Speaker 3 (00:56):
Wow, it's interesting to watch them fight behind closed doors,
and they're letting us see that we aren't seeing how
vicious it really is behind closed doors, but they're letting us.

Speaker 4 (01:06):
Know that they're mad at one another. It's interesting to
me that this all happened right after the election.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
Is it not interesting to you?

Speaker 2 (01:13):
What's interesting? Yeah? Yeah, but you know you brought up
something really really good there. Usually you do not see
Democrat one thing about the Democratic Party. They do not
show anything out in public, like the air lock stop
in step. They never you know, it's kind of like
a family that keeps all the fighting in house. Republicans
they throw it out there for everybody to see. So

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this is out of the norm for Democrats.

Speaker 4 (01:36):
Yeah, they're giving us a look behind the curtain. And
I think that comes from the aocs, the Mendamis of
the world that want to see a drastic change. We
know how people thirty and under voted in the twenty
twenty five election across the country. They want to keep
that same momentum into twenty six, into twenty eight, and
one way they think they can do it is to
have more radical people running the primaries against some of

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these incumbents. And I think we're going to see continue
to develop over the next year and especially three years,
as we had in the presidential of twenty eight.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
But Rob, do you agree with that, because I would
counter that by saying the reason you got Donald Trump
a second time is because of the radical wing in
the Democratic Party. It's because people don't want that. He
got the popular vote for crime out loud.

Speaker 4 (02:19):
Yeah, No, I don't think the people want that. I
don't think the people want that at all. But I
don't think that they're smart enough to see that and
to recognize that and to move towards the middle. That's
the reason you hear people like Elon Musk and Joe
Rogan and so many others that say, well, yeah, I
was a Democrat. I was a Kennedy Democrat, but the
party left me. The party continues and continues to leave people.

(02:40):
I mean, when you look at New York, one million
out of the five point three that are eligible to
vote there voted from MDAMI and they want the free stuff.
They want the things that are going to be handled,
those socialistic principles. The majority of the country doesn't want that.
I would even venture to say the majority of New
York doesn't want that. But what other choices were they
left to with Cuoma and SELA.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
Senator Angus King, independent out of Maine said this after
six weeks, going on seven weeks, the path wasn't working,
it wasn't going to happen. That's one you know, caucuses
with the Democrats saying that, you know, that's why they
went the other direction here, And you've got others within
the party insisting Chuck Schumer is no longer effective and
should be replaced. Is it surprising to you, especially in

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a party where moderate voices have been just hidden locked away,
then all of a sudden, eight moderates are jumping up
saying we can't do this anymore.

Speaker 4 (03:38):
No, you know, Democratic Party is just so interesting because
you got the John Fetterman's of the world who've been
out from the beginning talking about these things. But then
you have the extreme on the other end, and now
they're both going after Schumer. They're both attacking. When you
look at the eight that made this decision, I mean,
you look at the ones from New Hampshire. I mean
that's turned into a lot closer of a state than

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people would have dreamed. You look at Caine from Virginia.
He's part of the establishment. But I guess Dick Durbin
surprised me. But these are all veterans. The veterans in
the sense of experience in the Senate not veterans haven't
served in the military, veterans that experience in the Senate.
And the thing about it is is just a few
weeks ago, these same people were leading the quote unquote

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no Kings protests. These people have been in the Senate
a collective between them, two hundred three hundred years, and
they're telling us we don't want kings. What have they
been doing for the past fifty years themselves? They've been
sitting collecting from the taxpayers. So they want their cake.
They want to eat it too, and it's blowing up
in their face, and it's going to continue to blow
up in their face. The question becomes, the question becomes

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is how do people that want to work against the
establishment respond? Are they willing to show up on election
day in twenty six because they'll tell you what in
twenty five, when I study the races in Georgia, when
I study school board races, when I study these other races,
folks didn't show up. They didn't just went in blue places.
They won in some places that kind of surprised me.

Speaker 2 (05:07):
Talking to Rob Wallgate American Policy Roundtable, let's turn to
this November worst ever consumer sentiment of current conditions since
nineteen fifty one, eighty percent of pure independence disapprove of
Trump on the economy. Does that shock you.

Speaker 5 (05:27):
Yeah, But I think we could come up with a
poll that could say that it's eighty and sunning out
round right now in Cleveland.

Speaker 4 (05:32):
So I mean, I think people are frustrated with the economy.
I think the shutdown had a lot to do that
with that if you go to the airport and see.
But I also think, listen, let's be realistic. Lets this
may hurt. Americans are much like the federal government, we
spend more than we bring in. Look at the amount
of credit card debt we have collectively as a country.

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That's a problem and an issue, and it's going to
blow up at some point. So I think that it's
part of the problem as well as people were coming
to the realization I'm trying to outlive my income. That's
the same thing the federal government does when we scream
about it. But us as individuals, unfortunately, we do that ourselves,
and I think it's catching up with us. That's what
I think.

Speaker 2 (06:15):
There's also another aspect to this, and that is there
are a lot of things in the economy that are
doing well. There are things that Trump has done that
is beneficial to people's pocketbooks. And there's a lot of
things that are being blamed on Trump that have remained

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unchanged from the Biden administration, but the media will not
report on it. Once again, when it comes to Trump,
rob the media, if it's something good, you either won't
hear it or they will try to twist it in
some way, shape or form.

Speaker 4 (06:51):
Well, and I think the perfect example of that is
the election last week, because the Republicans were close in Virginia,
New Jersey couldn't get over the home but they fought.
But yet when someone in Texas does that, think of
Beto O'Rourke, the media goes crazy and says, oh, the
these are so close to flipping Texas that these aren't
flipping Texas anytime soon. But the media parades that narrative.

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And you're exactly right. When there's things that are stronger,
there's things that are moving in the right direction, that's
what happened and that's what takes place. Listen, you don't
have to look much further than look at the interviews
that were done not long ago with the Supreme Court
Justice Kintanji Brown versus Amy Comy Barrett. Look at how
those were handled, look at the questions that we're asked,
look at the demeanor of the interviewer. I mean, all

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those things can come into play, and yeah, they're going
to continue to go after Trump. And listen, listen. Donald
Trump's a big boy. I'm not here to defend him.
He can defend himself, but sometimes he likes catching those
shots from the media and he puts himself out there
and the things he says and the things he does.
I will say this, I will say this, I'm not
sure sending two hundred two I'm not sure sending two

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thousand dollars to every taxpayer under a certain income bracket
makes much sense because I think that's one of the
reasons we got into this mess of inflation, is hitting
the print button on the printer and start printing money.
I know we don't print money anymore. It's all you know,
it's going to come electronically. But I just don't think
that's going to help the economy.

Speaker 2 (08:14):
Well, he's taking a page out of the democrats book.
Just give him free stuff, and I love you.

Speaker 4 (08:18):
Give him free stuff. Yeah, but that puts the rest,
that puts that puts the rest of us in a hole.
We have a I mean, how many Trollians in debt?
Thirty seven troy. I mean that's a big number. I mean,
I just want us to balance the budget? Can we
at least get there? Can we balance the budget?

Speaker 2 (08:35):
And good luck with that? There, Good luck with that, Rob,
Thanks for jumping.

Speaker 4 (08:38):
On, Thanks for having me.

Speaker 6 (08:40):
Today is Veterans Day, a solemn occasion for all Americans
to honor the service and the sacrifice of our men
and women in uniform, both past and present. These citizen
soldiers protect our nation and our way of life from
those who seek to destroy it. It's difficult to truly
preciate the immense sacrifice of these fine folks and their

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families unless you've walked in their boots. So today, let
us all take time out of our busy lives to
simply stop and reflect. Imagine what our nation would be
today without the service of generations who've come before. Consider
the unprecedented challenges of today, and our brave men and
women around the globe who face this adversity with such

(09:26):
courage and resolve, And most of all, take a moment
to think about America's future generations safe and free because
of the actions of our valiant and courageous veterans. Today,
let us all join together in saying thank you, Happy
Veterans Day.

Speaker 7 (09:53):
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Speaker 8 (10:19):
Name rank, story. Anything you want.

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Speaker 9 (10:50):
And we want to put out there that today is
the day that the PAP Club will be honoring veterans
with their Veterans Day breakfast.

Speaker 10 (10:56):
It's free to.

Speaker 9 (10:57):
All men and women, members and non members. First responders
are also welcome, and it's nine to noon today. The
menu is going to include eggs, toast, cream, corn, beef, sausage, bacon, doughnuts,
and coffee. If you are a veteran and you stop down,
you are encouraged to take in any of your metals,
your ID tags, your hats, your photos, any memorabilia that

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you have from your service time and share that with
those that are down there for the breakfast.

Speaker 7 (11:24):
Yeah, so thank you to those at the PAP Club
for doing that. Okay, So I'm going to pose a
question to you, not just not just you oice, just
in general. What does Veterans Day mean to you?

Speaker 8 (11:38):
What does it mean to you?

Speaker 7 (11:40):
Is it another day on the calendar where the banks
are closed and the post office is closed? Or is
it more which hopefully it is. What does it mean
to you? What does Veterans Day mean to you?

Speaker 10 (11:54):
Again?

Speaker 7 (11:54):
One eight hundred sixty two four eleven seventy one eight
hundred sixty two four eleven seven seventy I'll kick it off.
What does Veterans Day mean to me, it means that
there are those in our country that are willing to
give everything for this country. It means to me that

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I remember people in my life, both my grandfathers who served.

Speaker 8 (12:26):
They never.

Speaker 7 (12:29):
Saw actual war. The positions they held did not put
them quote unquote on the battlefield. They did serve overseas,
but they.

Speaker 8 (12:42):
Weren't in the action.

Speaker 7 (12:45):
But it makes me think back to a different time
and it gets my imagination going wondering what they did see,
what they did experience, and then also to the others
that served, so what they have lived through, what they
have experienced.

Speaker 8 (13:03):
That is for the.

Speaker 7 (13:06):
Cushy life that I have lived. Probably it's beyond my
realm of imagination. Probably honestly, honestly, I probably can't even
begin to understand what it is like to be in
the military. And I'm being one hundred percent upfront. I

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probably I have no idea what it would be like none.
It's a world beyond my my my comprehension. Otics what
does what does Veterans Day mean to you?

Speaker 9 (13:42):
Well, Veterans Day to me, it reminds us that that
there are those that enlist to protect our country, to
protect our way of life and our freedoms, and you know,
whether we agree with people or not, they still have
freedom to express their opinion. And you know that's all

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because those that are that serve and those that are
in uniform sign up and they take that oath to
defend the American way of life. And you know, I've
had several family members that have been in the military.
My grandfather on my dad's side actually served in World

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War Two in the Pacific. My dad was in the Army,
never saw any never saw any active duty as far
as like war or anything like that. My uncle served
in Vietnam. My nephew was in the Air Force. Not
my nephew, I'm sorry. My cousin was in the Air Force.
And you know, so, I mean I have there are

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people that are close to me that have served. I
have a lot of friends that served in the military.

Speaker 10 (14:54):
So you know, it's it's a day that you know,
we honor them. So I mean, it's.

Speaker 9 (15:01):
It's you know, hats off to all our veterans, and
you know, we just really want to thank you very much.

Speaker 11 (15:08):
I know, the the the go to is to say
thank you for your service, which I do when I see,
you know, say it's a Vietnam vet wearing wearing a hat,
or or anybody any veteran that they're wearing.

Speaker 7 (15:21):
Something that of course tells you that they're they're a veteran.
Sometimes those saying that particular statement, thank you for your service,
it just doesn't feel like enough, you know, sometimes it
doesn't feel like enough. But hopefully hopefully it is, and
hopefully it does resonate with those because that that is,

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you know, it can't be said enough, I guess, is
what I'm the point I'm trying to make.

Speaker 9 (15:49):
Well, keep in mind that the Nailers will be honoring
our veterans on Friday at their home game against the
Main Mariners, and we are going to be giving away
of family four pack, two of those later on in
the show. So if you want to honor our veterans
at the Wheeling Naylers game, then be listening here in
a little bit and you'll have your shot to win

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a family four pack. Then see the Wheeling Naylors and
the Main Mariners.

Speaker 7 (16:15):
Yes that is coming up shortly. We're gonna have your
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the bloom Daddy Experience Otis and Sam here on news

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Radio eleven seventy.

Speaker 2 (16:38):
WWVA my favorite Christmas song of all time, not even close.
Christmas Canon Trans Siberian Orchestra. And I'm not just saying
that because Joel Hoakstra with TSO is joining me right now. Joel,
you ready for this tour? You guys are all over
the place, man.

Speaker 12 (16:59):
Yeah, absolutely, Thanks so much for having me on today.
I appreciate it. Yeah, we're wrapping up rehearsals here and
we're very excited to get started.

Speaker 2 (17:07):
Ghosts of Christmas Eve, the best of TSO and more Friday,
December twenty sixth Here in Cleveland, you're at Rocket Arena.
Two shows, three o'clock. It's seven point thirty. For those
who have seen you, they know what they're getting. Incredible music.
For those who haven't, kind of explained what this show
is all about.

Speaker 12 (17:24):
Yeah, it's a very unique show. So it takes a minute,
so bear with me, sure, which said Verry an Orchestra
we have a story on the front half, of course,
accompanied by music, so a rock opera if you will,
and this year that story is the Ghost of Christmas
Eve that you mentioned, and musically speaking, that is a
greatest hits or a best of type of scenarios. So
if you haven't heard us before, it's a great opportunity

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to come hear the songs that put us on the
map and made us.

Speaker 9 (17:48):
Who we are today.

Speaker 12 (17:50):
And then the second half of the show focuses a
little bit more on the magnitude of the production. So
we like to think that we're nice to listen to,
but it certainly is a great show to look at.

Speaker 2 (18:00):
Just visually.

Speaker 12 (18:01):
We've got a video wall the whiff of the arena
with all kinds of fantastic imagery on it. We've got
a Pink Floyd esque laser light show happening, incredible amounts
of pyro moving hydraulic lifts that the performers are out on,
sometimes out over the audience and in the back of
the arena, so truly not a bad seat in the house.
We often run down into the crowd and play directly

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right in front of you. It snows indoors, so I
mean it truly is a sensory overload experience. It's really fun,
immersive experience. It's great for all ages. The kids love
the visual aspect of the show. The story on the
front half, I think is something that our older audiences
connect with and helps put them in the holiday spirit.
And now those guys like myself who are just like

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rock fans that like to go And of course that's
not just to say that our music is strictly rock.
There's definitely a heavy classical music influence on the music
that you'd be hearing at a TSO show, and due
to the storytelling nature of it, even a theatrical aspect
to it. So it sounds cliche, but there's something in

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it for everyone. It's like there's something that everyone can
enjoy in the show. It's an all ages, family friendly event,
and I think there's a reason that we've been doing
it this long and had become a holiday tradition for
so many.

Speaker 2 (19:17):
I've seen your show. Sensory overload is the perfect description,
and I don't mean that in a bad way. I
mean it's magical. It really is. It's just like Christmas.
Christmas canon I said, that's my favorite old time Christmas song.
You listen to that song and some of your other
songs and it just, I mean it like penetrates you.
You feel like you're in it. If that makes sense, well,

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thank you so much.

Speaker 12 (19:41):
I mean, this is really we owe so much to
our late great founder Paul O'Neill. He came up with
this magical idea, this magical formula that I think left
many people scratching their heads and rolling their eyes, and
he said this is going to fill arenas, and nobody
believed him, and here we are, all these years later,
be playing. You know, it's a great example playing a

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Rocket Arena two shows in that day and probably selling
both of them out at that So to be able
to play arenas twice a day with music that I love,
with my friends and the band whom I've been touring
with since twenty ten, it really has become a two
month long holiday tradition for me as well as something
that I enjoy immensely.

Speaker 2 (20:24):
Talking to Joel Hochstra right now. He is the guitarist
Trans Siberian Orchestra in Cleveland Rocket Arena three, seven thirty PM,
two shows, Friday, Deceummer twenty sixth Joel, I just said
that Christmas Cannon is my favorite song. What is your
favorite song to perform as a guitarist?

Speaker 12 (20:39):
You know, I don't I get that question quite often
with this, and really it's the whole process. I really
enjoy getting together all of us, putting the show together,
and then getting out with a fan base that we're
very connected with. Despite how large of an actor in
Siberian Orchestra is, I mean, we're one of the largest
billboard tours every single year. We have so many people
that have been home we can see as year after

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year and even follow us around and go to multiple
shows in multiple cities that we're on a first name
basis with many of them. And one of the reasons
for that is that after every evening show there is
an open signing line. So we like to think that
that's something that's quite unique too about us. It's not
like going to see a pop act these days, where
you'd pay thousands of dollars for a meet and greet

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all right free, so you can literally come through after
the evening show. Time does not permit after Matt and
a show, so that wouldn't be the case after the
three pm show at Rocket, But if you come to
the seven point thirty. The signing line will be open.
You come through, get anything you want signed, grab a
quick picture with us, say hello, meet everybody. It's a
great opportunity for us to connect with our fan base

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and has been I think integral to the success of
Translate during orchestra.

Speaker 2 (21:48):
Well, Joel, thanks for your time today, have a great tour,
and we'll see you in Cleveland on Friday, December twenty sixth.

Speaker 12 (21:54):
Thank you, my friend. Appreciate your time.

Speaker 10 (21:57):
Thanks for having me, no problem, you know.

Speaker 9 (22:00):
The thing but the thing about like a trans sabery
in Orchestra, they've been here and Wheeling before. The thing
is they're they're that kind of a group that they're
not going to do the same cities every year. Yes,
you know, because you can't do oversaturation. So but I
mean when you go to a Cleveland or a Pittsburgh,
or a Columbus or Cincinnati or somewhere of those nature

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you know, I'm talking all that we're probably within three
hours of us here in the Ohio Valley. You know,
you don't want to oversaturate that market. So you maybe
you do every year every other every other year, but
like a you know, a show and wheeling you might
do every three or four years just because of the
market size.

Speaker 8 (22:42):
Well, and listen the fans of t s O. They the.

Speaker 9 (22:48):
I've never heard I have, I've never seen them, but
I've heard so many people that have, you know, say
that it's just an incredible show.

Speaker 10 (22:56):
And in reality, like what he.

Speaker 9 (22:58):
Was talking about, even if you've even before, it's it's
always a little bit different.

Speaker 10 (23:03):
It's just like.

Speaker 9 (23:05):
And you know, I hate to keep going back to this,
but I mean it's my you know, it's my core.
But I've probably seen Bruce Bringsteen twenty sometimes now there's
been different shows because he's been acoustic and so on
and so forth. But the overall show is some new music,
maybe a cover song or two, and then the standard
you know, I mean, his his hits, and you know

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that's kind of what but the show, it's always different,
but there's also the familiarity of it.

Speaker 7 (23:36):
There's a twist, yes, but with the core of what
the core audience wants to see right.

Speaker 9 (23:41):
There you go there, so, I mean, and that's probably
the same with the TSO and their Christmas show. I mean,
you can only only have so many songs, and you
can only do so many Christmas songs.

Speaker 7 (23:52):
Whoever came up and whoever created that idea of mix
mixing orchestra haul itay, you know, traditional songs with a
rock twist. Brilliant because TSO has come on the mix
while I've been Christmas shopping and it gets me like
I can do this.

Speaker 8 (24:12):
I'm gonna survive the crowds. I'm gonna do it. Yeah,
you know, it's just got that beat to it.

Speaker 7 (24:18):
Excuse me, Oh my goodness, excuse me. But along with
that one, we also have here in Wheeling coming to
the Capitol Theater December fourth is an evening with Anne Wilson.
The name of the show is I Still Believe in Christmas.
And then of course we are gonna be talking to
Sarah Evans, who's gonna be here December fifth for her

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holiday road tour and a couple other Christmas things happening
here at the Capitol.

Speaker 8 (24:45):
We've got the gift.

Speaker 7 (24:46):
We talked to them, that entire team last week. And
then of course the one and only Chevy Chase. There's
gonna be a screening of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, my
absolute number one must to watch holiday movie.

Speaker 8 (25:02):
Why are you shaking your head.

Speaker 10 (25:03):
It's not number one for me. It is like Ralphie's
number one.

Speaker 7 (25:06):
Oh see, I'm torn. But there's something about Lampoon raight
lamp Like literally I had the ant, the great ant
that had the Jello mold, I did every.

Speaker 9 (25:22):
Like there's there's bits and pieces of both movies that
are priceless. But just for me, it's it's Ralphie because
I don't know if it's the twenty four Hours of
Christmas Story, I don't know what it is, but it's
it's definitely, it's definitely a Christmas story.

Speaker 8 (25:43):
For me, that's your one that you have to watch.

Speaker 9 (25:45):
I mean, don't get me wrong, I love Christmas Vacation
mm hmm. But like it's it's number two for me.

Speaker 7 (25:53):
Is there anything that signifies for you it's Christmas season?

Speaker 10 (25:58):
Like Rudolph Rudolph?

Speaker 7 (26:01):
Okay, for me, it's the Hershey kiss commercial where it's
the triangle makes the tree and that little one goes
meaning like that, because me meaning that commercial just for
me says that's it. It's Christmas. It's Christmas. I haven't
seen it yet, so waiting on it. Oh we're coming up.

Speaker 10 (26:19):
No, let's do it now.

Speaker 7 (26:20):
One eight hundred sixty two four eleven seventy, caller number eighteen.
We have a family four pack for Friday Nights Nailer's Game.

Speaker 10 (26:28):
And that's a tribute to veterans.

Speaker 7 (26:30):
There you go one eight hundred sixty two four eleven seventy,
caller number eighteen, caller number eighteen. One eight hundred sixty
two four eleven seventy seven forty six. On this Veterans Day,
you're listening to the bluem Daddy Experience SAM and Otis
News Radio eleven seventy WWVA.

Speaker 8 (26:56):
Seven fifty one.

Speaker 7 (26:57):
Welcome back on this Veteranday, the bloom Daddy Experience Otis
and SAM News Radio eleven seventy WWVA. That's what we're
doing today. You have a veteran you want us to
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of the military, anything you want us to mention about
the person you would like us to honor or. Of course,
as I mentioned, you can go to our Facebook page
just like Jared did. Jared said, it's just easier for
me to thank all the veterans. My family is full
of them, siblings, father, uncles, cousins and so on. So
I thank all of the veterans. Jared, thank you for

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your message. And then we also received one via text.

Speaker 8 (27:49):
Here if I can get it to open, my apologies.

Speaker 7 (27:52):
This is from Oh, this is from our buddy Kirk.

Speaker 8 (27:55):
This is from our buddy Kirk.

Speaker 7 (27:57):
It says my granddad, Herb Walk went to Camp Sherman
for basic training for World War One in Chillicothe. While
he was there he got the Spanish fever. By the
time he was better, the war was over, he came
back to Belmont County and made ice cream. All veterans
today get a free ice cream cone or dish. They

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can also buy half gallons at a discount for ten
dollars each. So also a special being done by Kirk's
ice Cream again a free ice cream cone or a
dish of ice cream, and then a discount on the
half gallons. So his granddad, Herb Walker, was at Camp
Sherman during World War One, so thank you to those

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who have served. Again, if you would like to get
in on this conversation, and honor somebody call us one
eight hundred and sixty twenty four eleven seventy or text
us seven zero four seven zero otis you mentioned a
couple people in your family. You know, I don't have
a lot of people in my family that have served
it just my unfortun me family is not a big

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military family. So what I said earlier about not being
directly affected or not really knowing that world or that lifestyle,
it's the truth. And I think one thing in the
little uh the the message that we opened the show
with talking about Veterans Day, they mentioned in there the families,

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and of course the veterans themselves, the soldiers themselves are
are you know, top priority on today's day. But I
think the families, the military families need highlighted also because
they make a sacrifice too. You know, they live a
different life that a lot of us don't understand, and
and they make a sacrifice also.

Speaker 8 (29:46):
So I want to get.

Speaker 7 (29:48):
Into some headlines for you. The record breaking government shut
down may soon be officially over. The Senate voted Monday
night to reopen federal agencies and restart food assist, passing
a bipartisan measure after eight Democrats joined Republicans to break
the stalemate. The final vote was sixty to forty. The

(30:09):
legislation now heads to the House, which could vote as
soon as Wednesday to approve the package and send it
to President Trump for his signature. Also, President Trump will
be marking Veterans Day with a visit to Arlington National Cemetery.
The President is expected to lay a wreath at the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier and deliver remarks as part

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of an official observance ceremony.

Speaker 8 (30:35):
Also, let's see here.

Speaker 7 (30:36):
The Eagles a little bit of sports news. The Eagles
edged out the Packers ten to seven in a defensive
showdown on Monday night football at lambeau Field. Philadelphia notched
its third straight win to move seven and two atop
the NFC East. The Packers slipped to five three and
one and third in the NFC North. So that was
a exciting barn burner last night for foot for football,

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and then, of course, as we mentioned, today is Veterans Day,
which is set aside to honor millions who have worn
the uniform of the US military. According to the Department
of Veterans Affairs, more than forty million men and women
have served in the military over the course of the
nation's history. Today, the total number of living US veterans

(31:24):
is estimated at right around eighteen millions. So I think
about that, folks, forty million and estimated forty million men
and women have served our nation. And that's who we
are talking about today.

Speaker 8 (31:38):
And along with.

Speaker 7 (31:42):
What Kirk sent us about what they're offering today for veterans.
A couple other restaurants across the Ohio Valley, the Cracker Barrel,
they are offering veterans in active duty military they can
get a free Sunrise Pancake breakfast on Veterans Day. The
breakfast includes two buttermilk pancakes, top with whipped the butter

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and syrup, and two eggs or choice of breakfast meat.
You're laughing at oh, I said syrup, right, I know,
I know syrup, I say syrup.

Speaker 8 (32:15):
I know it's funny.

Speaker 7 (32:17):
And then for dinner, the Longhorn Steakhouse is giving veterans
an active duty military members ten percent off their meal
along with a free appetizer or dessert. This is happening
at Longhorn Steakhouse and for other businesses across the High
Valley local businesses. If you're offering anything today, please reach
out let us know.

Speaker 8 (32:37):
We will of course pass that along.

Speaker 7 (32:42):
To everybody because we want everybody to take advantage of
what is being.

Speaker 8 (32:46):
Offered offered today.

Speaker 7 (32:50):
So and of course we're gonna have your chance to
win tomorrow. To get your registrations and it's our free
lunch that we offer people, of course courtesy of our
friends at River City. To get your registrations in, just
email Sam at iHeartMedia dot com. That's Sam at iHeartMedia
dot com. Just needs your name, phone number in place
of business.

Speaker 9 (33:10):
Also, just to let you know, the dogs Den out
on Krueger Street is offering a free sandwich with side
in beverage with the military ID today.

Speaker 10 (33:17):
So wonderful, wonderful as well.

Speaker 8 (33:21):
That was that the Dog's Den, and that's in.

Speaker 10 (33:25):
It's on Krugier Street and Elmgrove.

Speaker 7 (33:26):
Okay, all right, seven fifty eight, as we said, coming up,
we have another chance for you to win. We've got
another family four pack for Friday's game of the Nailists
at West Bank Arena, and that is Military Appreciation Night.
Military Appreciation Appreciation Night, that's coming up a little bit
later in the show. Seven fifty eight. You're listening to
the bloom Daddy Experience. Sam and otis News Radio eleven

(33:49):
seventy WWVA.

Speaker 1 (33:55):
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Speaker 6 (34:16):
Today is Veterans Day, a solemn occasion for all Americans
to honor the service and the sacrifice of our men
and women in uniform, both past and present. These citizen
soldiers protect our nation and our way of life from
those who seek to destroy it. It's difficult to truly
appreciate the immense sacrifice of these fine folks and their

(34:39):
families unless you've walked in their boots. So today let
us all take time out of our busy lives to
simply stop and reflect. Imagine what our nation would be
today without the service of generations who've come before. Consider
the unprecedented challenges of today, and our brave men and
women are on the globe who face this adversity with

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such courage and resolve, And most of all, take a
moment to think about America's future generations safe and free
because of the actions of our valiant and courageous veterans. Today,
let us all join together in saying thank you.

Speaker 7 (35:22):
Happy Veterans Day, exactly, Happy Veterans Day. It's eight oh
seven Tuesday morning, The Bloom Dotty Experience, Otis and Sam
here on news Radio eleven seventy WWVA. That's what we're
doing today, We're talking Veterans Day. If you would like to,
of course, honor a friend, a family of a service

(35:44):
person that you are very close with, call us one
in hundred sixty four eleven seventy comment on our Facebook page,
or of course you can call us one one hundred
sixty four eleven seven.

Speaker 8 (35:56):
Did I say that once?

Speaker 7 (35:57):
Or seven zero four seven zero our text line, I'm sorry,
just like this person did. Is said, I wanted to
thank my wife Melissa for serving in the Navy, and
also my brothers brothers in law, Mark Jim John for
serving in the Navy, Air Force, and Army. And also
my good buddy Byron for serving in the Navy in

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the Navy.

Speaker 8 (36:18):
So thank you.

Speaker 7 (36:19):
So all that goes out to his beautiful wife Melissa,
brothers in law Mark, Jim John, and then of course
his good buddy Byron, So thank you for that text message.

Speaker 8 (36:29):
Again, you can text.

Speaker 7 (36:30):
Us seven zero four seven zero, start the message off
with bloom Daddy and we will put that out there
for you. And then again if you are a business
owner or work at a business that is doing something
special today for veterans, of course, reach out to us
and we will put.

Speaker 8 (36:44):
That out there for folks. Also.

Speaker 7 (36:48):
Staying along the lines of Veterans Day a little bit
so otis do you remember last week during Politics Unleashed,
we were talking about the disconnect of the younger generation.
How you know, is democracy taken for granted? And we
got into a conversation about how they don't have the

(37:12):
first hand stories. We're losing a lot of our older veterans,
the World War Two veterans who have the stories. And
today brought that back into into my mind and I
was thinking about it on a daylight today. You know,
do we to tell the stories that maybe a lot

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of our young people are not hearing firsthand? Is this
an opportunity to show a film for example? Now I
understand it's a film, and I understand that you know, it's.

Speaker 8 (37:47):
Not exactly.

Speaker 7 (37:50):
To the t, but what it gets the message across
to our younger generations that maybe, like I said, haven't
heard those stories firsthand. Like take a film like you know,
Saving Private Ryan, that the first however long, the Storming
of Normandy, that scene lasts, you know, show that clip
to to tell the story of why we have what

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we have in this country, what the sacrifices were made
by our veterans, you know, to get that point across,
or am I am? I?

Speaker 10 (38:22):
Well, I don't think.

Speaker 9 (38:23):
I don't think movies are the way to do it,
unless they're documentaries. I remember when Titanic came out, and
I'm not trying to change the subject and I'm not
trying to make light of anything. But there was a
lady that was working with me when I had my business,
and she said that her and her husband went to
see Titanic and there were two young girls behind them,

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and the one girl goes, did you know the ship
sinks in the end? Like they had no idea that
the Titanic was okay, a natural.

Speaker 10 (38:54):
Ship that sank, that it was based on right, Yeah.

Speaker 2 (38:57):
You know, So.

Speaker 10 (39:00):
I don't know movies.

Speaker 9 (39:01):
I think it to me, I think required reading in
high school should be Tom Broker's Tom Brocaus The Greatest
Generation Book. It's a multitude of stories that is our
first hand accounts of the veterans of World War Two.

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And some of them are letters, some of them are
or you know, first hand accounts. Some of them are
or second hand accounts, possibly you know, told to a
parent via letter. So I mean, I think that book
should be required reading because, in my opinion, that gives

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a great perspective on first hand accounts of the war
and you realize how great that generation was. And then
there's the follow up letter. There's the follow up book
that is Letters from the Greatest Generation, and it's basically
people that sent letters to Tom Brokaws, you know, commenting

(40:06):
either on the stories that were in the book or
sharing other stories from their loved ones or their own stories.
And I mean, I think, I think those two books
should be required reading for anybody in high school. And
I think that gives you a better perspective, at least
on World War Two. Now, you know, I can't speak

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for the I don't know if there are books out
there for the Korean War.

Speaker 10 (40:32):
You know, I'm sure there are different.

Speaker 9 (40:35):
I mean, I can't name those books, you know, The
other thing is you you before we start losing them
as well, you you find somebody that served in Vietnam,
like a Bill Carpenter or a or somebody of that nature,
and you take them two you know, not necessarily a classroom,

(40:57):
but take them to an auditorium in a school where
they can speak to and let them know what it
was about and what they were.

Speaker 10 (41:06):
Fighting for, and and.

Speaker 9 (41:09):
You know, you can throw in how unpopular it was
as well. I mean, it was a very unpopular war.
But that doesn't that should not take away from those
that serve.

Speaker 7 (41:18):
Right, that doesn't negate the sacrifices. Yeah, yeah, well I wasn't.
I wasn't trying to I wasn't trying to minimize.

Speaker 10 (41:30):
I understand, and I just and I don't think you were.

Speaker 9 (41:33):
But I mean, I think I think saving Private Ryan
is a is a is a very and I think
a lot of a lot of veterans will tell you
that that that that the D Day scene was probably
one of the most realistic scenes in movie history.

Speaker 10 (41:51):
And oh, I'm sorry, No, that's okay. But I think
if you're gonna if you're gonna use something about World
War Two instead of saving Private Ryan, show the series
Band of Brothers, because I think that's more okay, true
to form.

Speaker 7 (42:04):
I have not watched that series, I guess I guess
my point was, you know, it seems today there's a
struggle to reach young people with heavy material, important material
that they they need to be educated on. And if
you say to them, we're gonna watch this documentary, there.

Speaker 8 (42:28):
May immediately be this and a wall put up.

Speaker 7 (42:31):
Well where if you say we're gonna watch this movie
and they think it's of entertainment value, you might you're
going to reach them with the message, but in a
different way.

Speaker 9 (42:41):
You just don't tell them it's a documentary. It's still
a movie in a way.

Speaker 7 (42:44):
Well okay, yeah, But if they think it's more of
an there's more of an entertainment value as opposed to
an educational value, they're gonna get the education from something
like Band of Brothers are saving Private Ryan without realizing
they're getting the education.

Speaker 8 (42:59):
I guess.

Speaker 12 (42:59):
Well.

Speaker 10 (43:00):
The other thing is.

Speaker 9 (43:02):
You don't it's hard to teach history to people that
are younger because they don't appreciate it. You don't appreciate
history until you get older. And that's I mean, that's
just that's a known fact. I mean, I've had so
many people. I mean, I have a friend of mine
he's a couple of years older, and he said, I
wish I would have appreciated history more.

Speaker 10 (43:21):
In high school than I did. Then I, you know,
like I do now.

Speaker 7 (43:25):
Well the thing I mean, I guess I went this direction.
It made me think of I appreciate history after I
watched a movie like The Patriot. When I watched The
Patriot with Mel Gibson, that took me down a historical
like it made me really look into stuff.

Speaker 8 (43:41):
And then when I watched the.

Speaker 7 (43:42):
Gettysburg series on PBS, remember that years ago, it got me.
Both of those things got me very interested in history.
So it's kind of like reaching people in a different direction.
Was where I was going with this eight sixteen.

Speaker 8 (43:55):
Where we're going. Now, we're going to a break.

Speaker 9 (43:57):
We've got your chance to win coming up. That's tir
four pack of Nailer's tickets to this Friday's Military Appreciation Night.
So and I believe it's also a Frosty Friday. So
Little perchare bonus two for the bracelet one.

Speaker 8 (44:11):
It's eight sixteen.

Speaker 7 (44:12):
You're listening to the Bloo Daddy Experience here on News
Radio eleven seventy, WWVA.

Speaker 8 (44:24):
Eight twenty one.

Speaker 7 (44:25):
Welcome back on your Tuesday, the bloom Daddy Experience, Sam
and Otis News Radio, eleven seventy.

Speaker 8 (44:31):
Of course, WWVA the historic WWVA.

Speaker 10 (44:37):
We of course aren't fifty thousand flamethrower.

Speaker 7 (44:40):
He got a big one, boys, we got a big one.

Speaker 8 (44:45):
Of course, we're talking veterans. It's Veterans Day.

Speaker 7 (44:47):
I hope everybody takes a moment today to thank a veteran,
you know. And if you want us to mention or
think one, of course, you can email, text or call
one one hundred and sixty to four eleven seventy, or
you can text us just like this listener did, said
one to mention PJ.

Speaker 8 (45:04):
Mercer.

Speaker 7 (45:05):
And then also this one said, and I say it
that way because nobody ever gives their name on our
text line, So my apologies if that sounds a little odd,
but said I'd like to mention Dutch Gossip and Rudy Cheni.
I hope I pronounced that right, Chenie. They were veterans
that were our scout master and assistant scout master for
Flushing Troop one three. Their dedication beyond the military helped

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guide and install great values for so many of us
that grew up in scouting. They are responsible for in
a way raising us as young men. That great sentiment
there again, that is to mention Dutch gossip and Rudy Cheni,
Scout Master and Assistant Scout Master of Flushing Troop one

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zero three, thank you so much for that message. And
if you want to otis tell us some one more time.

Speaker 9 (45:56):
Sure coming up in just about a half an hour
or so. The PAP in Southweale, located at forty four
to ten Jacob Street, is offering a free Veterans Day
breakfast to all the men and women that have served.
That is whether you're a member or a non member,
and it also includes first responders. If you are a VET,
you're encouraged to bring in any of your metals, your
ID tags, any hats, photos, memorabilia, anything like that and

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share that with the people there at the PAP. The
menu does include eggs, toasts, cream corn, beef, sausage, bacon,
doughnuts and coffee and.

Speaker 7 (46:28):
A couple other ones. Across the valley. Wendy's is giving
back to those who served. They're offering a free breakfast
combo during breakfast hours on Veterans Day of course, happening today.
That is Wendy's the Texas Roadhouse. Veterans in active US
military can pick up a meal voucher from eleven to
two and then one other one here. I wanted to

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mention Applebee's for lunchtime. So we've got breakfast covered with
the PAP club. Now let's we can cover you for lunch.
So Applebee's is offering a free full sized entrees for
any active duty military, veterans, reserves, and National Guard member members.
Seven entree choices are available, including a sirloin steak of course,

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the classic American cheeseburger, chicken tenders let's say hear, double
crunch shrimp, lime chicken, Oriental chicken salad, and three cheese
chicken chicken penney. So plenty of things to choose there
at Applebee's. So if you have other things you want
us to put out there, just email Sam at iHeartMedia
dot com otis.

Speaker 8 (47:30):
Before we went to a break, we were.

Speaker 7 (47:32):
Talking about, you know, educating the younger people, the younger generation.
We got a text from Anne Marie that says, good morning.
Both of my kids watched Band of Brothers in eighth grade.
At Saint Clairsville Middle School. Also would like a shout
out on Veterans Day to my dad, Keith Mazingo, Vietnam
veteran in the Army. So thank you Anne Marie for

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that message. Her children both watched Band of Brothers in
the eighth grade. Yeah, I think it can be used
as a as a as a teaching a teaching tool.
As I said, you know, I mentioned sometimes you get
education and you don't even realize you're you're being.

Speaker 8 (48:09):
Educated, So you know, an opportunity there.

Speaker 7 (48:12):
Hopefully today those conversations will we had all across the
country in history classes, social study classes.

Speaker 8 (48:20):
Am I missing a class?

Speaker 9 (48:21):
I well, I mean I think I think a lot
of times, depending on your school system, it's it's broken
down into I know, there's American history, there's normally your
state history is like for West Virginia, if you're in
the eighth grade, then you have West Virginia history, and
then it goes into American history in your in your

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ninth grade year, and then the like world cultures, or
at least it did. I mean that that could have changed.
But you know, I think there's a lot of things
out there. I mean, you and your Band of Brothers
is good. And if you I mean we're talking about
obviously World War two, but if you want to talk
about like ken Burns is his series on the Civil

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War is a very good teaching tool.

Speaker 7 (49:07):
That's an amazing series.

Speaker 10 (49:08):
Well, anything ken Burns does is pretty pretty darn good.

Speaker 7 (49:11):
That's the one that was on PBS, right that I referenced.

Speaker 9 (49:14):
And then you know, I mean, I'm sure there are
I know that because I've seen them on whether you
want to Amazon, any of the streaming services normally have something.
They have World War II in color, they have you know, whatever,
you know, World War II the Pacific they have, you know,
And I mean, of course there are so many things

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about Nazi Germany and Hitler and and Adolf Ikeman and
you know, I mean you could get down the list.
I mean, there's a ton of things there. There's there's
things on there. There are there are series documentaries on
Vietnam that are probably pretty worthwhile.

Speaker 10 (49:52):
Uh.

Speaker 9 (49:53):
The one that gets kind of left out is the
Korean War. So yeah, I don't see a whole lot
of things. You don't see a whole lot of you know.
I mean you'll see some movies and you'll see some
TV shows, but you don't see like a lot of
in depth stuff.

Speaker 7 (50:08):
Well that's the thing, like you know, talking about the
ken Burns and the Civil War. I forget how many
parts it was. I think it was originally on PBS
back in the day, at least eight parts.

Speaker 10 (50:18):
He doesn't do anything, hef Yeah.

Speaker 7 (50:20):
I remember buying that for my grandfather on VHS for
a Christmas present and watching it with him. And I'll
never forget that memory of watching that series with him
because my grandfather knew so much about history in World
War two, Like, those are the conversations that stick with you.
And that was the whole point of this conversation is

(50:41):
a lot of our young people don't have that connection anymore, unfortunately,
as we lose our veterans. So it's eight twenty eight.
We're gonna jump to a quick break. You're listening to
the bloom Daddy experience here on Veterans Day?

Speaker 10 (50:53):
Are you going to do the tickets?

Speaker 7 (50:54):
Oh shoot, I'm sorry, I'm sorry Family four Pack Friday, Veterans.
I'm not Veterans Day, Harry Appreciation Day.

Speaker 8 (51:01):
We've got your last chance.

Speaker 7 (51:02):
Family four Pack one, eight hundred sixty two, four eleven seventy.
Let's do call her number nineteen caller number nineteen one,
eight hundred sixty two four eleven seventy. As I said,
it's a twenty eight on this Tuesday, The bloom Daddy
Experience here on news radio eleven seventy WWVA.

Speaker 2 (51:23):
Usually Jim and Acey, former Congressman. Bloom Daddy Show political analyst,
joins him to talk politics, but he is stuck in
an airport government shutdown. Thank you very much, Pinch hitting
in his place, Rob Wallgate American Policy Roundtable. Rob, let's
start with the Senate took the first step down this
government shutdown Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed
to proceed, and that has prompted a major rebuke from

(51:47):
the Democrat Party. As a matter of fact, now you've
got people calling for the end of Chucky Schumer. What's
your take on all this?

Speaker 3 (51:55):
Wow, it's interesting to watch them fight behind closed doors,
and they're letting us that we aren't seeing how vicious
it really is behind closed doors, but they're letting us
know that they're mad at one another. It's interesting to
me that this all happened right after the election.

Speaker 4 (52:10):
Is it not interesting to you?

Speaker 2 (52:12):
Well, what's interesting. Yeah, yeah, but you know, you brought
up something really really good there. Usually you do not
see Democrat one thing about the Democratic Party. They do
not show anything out in public like they air lock
stop in step. They never you know, it's kind of
like a family that keeps all the fighting in house.
Republicans they throw it out there for everybody to see.

(52:33):
So this is out of the norm for Democrats.

Speaker 4 (52:35):
Yeah, they're giving us a look behind the curtain. And
I think that comes from the aocs, the Mendamis of
the world that want to see a drastic change. We
know how people thirty and under voted in the twenty
twenty five election across the country. They want to keep
that same momentum into twenty six, into twenty eight, and
one way they think they can do it is to
have more radical people running the primaries against some of

(52:57):
these incumbents. And I think we're going to see that
continue to develop over the next year and especially three years,
as we had in the presidential of twenty eight.

Speaker 2 (53:05):
But Rob, do you agree with that, because I would
counter that by saying, the reason you got Donald Trump
a second time is because of the radical wing in
the Democratic Party. It's because people don't want that. He
got the popular vote for crime out loud.

Speaker 13 (53:19):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (53:19):
No, I don't think the people want that. I don't
think the people want that at all. But I don't
think that they're smart enough to see that and to
recognize that and to move towards the middle. That's the
reason you hear people like Elon Musk and Joe Rogan
and so many others that say, well, yeah, I was
a Democrat. I was a Kennedy Democrat, but the party
left me. The party continues and continues to leave people.

(53:40):
I mean, when you look at New York, one million
out of the five point three that are eligible to
vote there voted from MDAMI and they want the free stuff.
They want the things that are going to be handled,
those socialistic principles. The majority of the country doesn't want that.
I would even venture to say the majority of New
York doesn't want that. But what other choices were they
left to with Cuoma and SELA.

Speaker 2 (54:02):
Senator Angus King, independent out of Maine said this, after
six weeks, going on seven weeks, the path wasn't working.
It wasn't going to happen. That's one you know, caucuses
with the Democrats saying that, you know, that's why they
went the other direction here, And you've got others within
the party insisting Chuck Schumer is no longer effective and
should be replaced. Is it surprising to you, especially in

(54:26):
a party where moderate voices have been just hidden locked away,
then all of a sudden, eight moderates are jumping up
saying we can't do this anymore.

Speaker 4 (54:37):
No, you know, Democratic Party is just so interesting because
you got the John Fetterman's of the world, who've been
out from the beginning talking about these things. But then
you have the extreme on the other end, and now
they're both going after Schumer. They're both attacking. When you
look at the eight that made this decision, I mean
you look at the ones from New Hampshire. I mean
that's turned into a lot closer of a state than

(55:00):
people would have dreamed. You look at Caine from Virginia.
He's part of the establishment. But I guess Dick Durbin
surprised me. But these are all veterans. The veterans in
the sense of experience in the Senate, not veterans haven't
served in the military. Veterans that experience in the Senate
and the thing about it is is just a few
weeks ago, these same people were leading the quote unquote

(55:22):
no King's protest. These people have been in the Senate
a collective between them two hundred three hundred years, and
they're telling us we don't want kings. What have they
been doing for the past fifty years themselves? They've been
sitting collecting from the taxpayers. So they want their cake,
they want to eat it too, and it's blowing up
in their face, and it's going to continue to blow
up in their face. The question becomes The question becomes

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is how do people that want to work against the
establishment respond? Are they willing to show up on election
day in twenty six because they'll tell you what in
twenty five when I study the races in Georgia, when
I study school board races, when I study these other races,
folks didn't show up. They didn't just went in blue places.
They won in some places. That kind of surprised me.

Speaker 2 (56:07):
Talking to Rob Wallgate American Policy Roundtable, let's turn to
this November worst ever consumer sentiment of current conditions since
nineteen fifty one. Eighty percent of pure independence disapprove of
Trump on the economy. Does that shock you.

Speaker 5 (56:27):
Yeah, but I think we could come up with a
poll that could say that it's eighty and sunning out
round right now in Cleveland.

Speaker 4 (56:32):
So I mean, I think people are frustrated with the economy.
I think the shutdown had a lot to do that
with that if you go to the airport and see.
But I also think, listen, let's be realistic. Lets this
may hurt. Americans are much like the federal government. We
spend more than we bring in. Look at the amount
of credit card debt we have collectively as a country.

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That's a problem and an issue, and it's going to
blow up at some point. So I think that's part
of the problem as well as people are coming to
the realization I'm trying to outlive my income. That's the
same thing the federal government does when we scream about it.
But us as individuals, unfortunately, we do that ourselves, and
I think it's catching up with us. That's what I think.

Speaker 2 (57:15):
There's also another aspect to this, and that is there
are a lot of things in the economy that are
doing well. There are things that Trump has done that
is beneficial to people's pocketbooks, and there's a lot of
things that are being blamed on Trump that have remained

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unchanged for the Biden administration, but the media will not
report on it. Once again, when it comes to Trump,
rob the media, if it's something good, you either won't
hear it or they will try to twist it in
some way, shape or form.

Speaker 4 (57:50):
Well, and I think the perfect example of that is
the election last week, because the Republicans were close in Virginia,
New Jersey couldn't get over the home but they fought.
But yet when someone in Texas does that, think of
Beto O'Rourke, the media goes crazy and says, oh, the
these are so close to flipping Texas, that these aren't
flipping Texas anytime soon, but the media parades that narrative.

(58:12):
And you're exactly right. When there's things that are stronger,
there's things that are moving in the right direction, that's
what happened and that's what takes place. Listen, you don't
have to look much further than look at the interviews
that were done not long ago with the Supreme Court
Justice Kintanji Brown versus Amy Comy Barrett. Look At how
those were handled. Look at the questions that we're asked,
Look at the demeanor of the interviewer. I mean, all

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those things can come into play, and yeah, they're going
to continue to go after Trump and listen, listen, Donald
Trump's a big boy. I'm not here to defend him.
He can defend himself, but sometimes he likes catching those
shots from the media and he puts himself out there
and the things he says and the things he does.
I will say this, I will say this, I'm not
sure sending two hundred two I'm not sure sending two

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thousand dollars to every taxpayer under a certain income bracket
makes much sense because I think it's one of the
reasons we got into this mess of inflation is hitting
the print button on the printer and start printing money.
I know, we don't print money anymore. It's all you know,
it's going to come electronically. But I just don't think
that's going to help the economy.

Speaker 2 (59:13):
Well, he's taking a page on the Democrats book. Just
give him free stuff, and I love you.

Speaker 4 (59:18):
Give him free stuff. Yeah, but that puts the rest
that puts that puts the rest of us in a hole.
We have a I mean, how many trillions in debt
thirty seven? Try I mean, that's a big number. I mean,
are we I just want us to balance the budget.
Can we at least get there? Can we balance the budget?

Speaker 2 (59:34):
And good luck with that? There, good luck with that, Rob,
Thanks for jumping on, Thanks for having me.

Speaker 1 (59:43):
Welcome back.

Speaker 7 (59:44):
It's eight forty nine on this Veterans Day Tuesday, the
Blue Daddy Experience, Otis and Sam here on news radio
eleven seventy WWVA. Just a quick update on the power ball.
It is rolling over again, ladies and gentlemen. The prize
winner in Monday night's drawing was not hit, so there

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was no winner last night. So the jackpot now jumps
to five hundred and twelve million dollars ahead of the
next drawing, which will be held on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Tuesday's
Mega Million's drawing is worth a whopping nine hundred million dollars.
Nine hundred million dollars. But I get the guy, I bet,
I bet the guy joining us next could very happily

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help you spend some of those winnings if you hit
the pot.

Speaker 8 (01:00:30):
We've got Kevin Cook.

Speaker 14 (01:00:33):
We could definitely assist you with that.

Speaker 7 (01:00:35):
I figured I figured you would have something up your
sleeve that would that would fit within their price range.

Speaker 14 (01:00:40):
Yeah, you know, it's odd that we should be talking
about this because last week goes down in the Mainsforth
Via at our Ford store and was visiting with a
customer that was purchasing a new vehicle with lottery winnings.

Speaker 10 (01:00:54):
Really nice, Yes, yes, good for them.

Speaker 14 (01:00:58):
Yeah, I guess they've won, said several years ago, and
I mean super couple. But yeah, yeah, so it's it's
odd that we'd be having that conversation today. So I
think that may be a first for me, a lottery winner.

Speaker 10 (01:01:13):
They at least they admitted it to you.

Speaker 14 (01:01:15):
Yeah, yeah, but pretty cool.

Speaker 7 (01:01:18):
Did they go home with a with a cool vehicle?

Speaker 8 (01:01:20):
I bet they did?

Speaker 14 (01:01:20):
They did go home with a very cool vehicle, yes,
I think. Yeah. But speaking of winners, man, how about
let's how about celebrating all these veterans, these heroes that
have served and are still serving our great country. Right now,
we just take just a second here and honor them,
and we respect and they're grateful for everything that they

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do every day to keep us safe, uh and take
care of this great country. So thank you all very much.

Speaker 8 (01:01:50):
Yes, absolutely, So what's going on up in stob today?

Speaker 14 (01:01:53):
You know, when I sit there looking at uh. I've
got a buddy mine that's looking for a pre owned
truck for for one of his kids, and he prefers
a RAM, and I just kind of jumped on the website,
and you know, man, we've got some absolutely outstanding deals
in extremely affordable trucks, like I used twenty twelve Ram

(01:02:15):
fifteen hundred full drive, sixteen thousand bucks. All right, it's
got one hundred and thirteen thousand miles. We've gone completely
through it to make sure that it's as new as
it can be for you. We got to use fifteen
model for eighteen to five. Here's a sixteen for twenty thousand,
nine hundred, a seventeen for twenty one seven. I mean

(01:02:35):
there's over I'm just sitting there looking at it. It's
an unusual amount of trucks in that low price point
like that that we have and sought. We've traded for
a lot of vehicles over the past two or three weeks,
and for some reason, this time of year brings out
that truck. I don't know if it's hunting season, you know,
getting into woods. I don't know what it is. End

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of the year. Maybe for a lot of construction people
and guys that you know need to make that tax
purchase this time of year. But we are absolutely stocked
up when it comes to pre owned trucks. So log
on to drivestrive dot com. Check out all the pre
owned trucks and the savings. Each one's clearly sale priced.

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There's plenty of photos in there for you to look
at and see if this is what you're looking for.
So pre owned trucks, man, that's the deal.

Speaker 9 (01:03:24):
Of the day.

Speaker 10 (01:03:25):
All right, sounds like a plan.

Speaker 14 (01:03:27):
It is a plan. Y'all have fun.

Speaker 10 (01:03:28):
Hey, you do the same, all right? Bye, guys, Bye,
there you have it, pre owned trucks real quick.

Speaker 7 (01:03:35):
We've been honoring local veterans throughout the morning. For those
that have reached out to us. Carry on Facebook wants
us to mention Dennis Moore, a Vietnam Vietnam War veteran
UH the five forty second Field Artillery served from December
of nineteen sixty eight through January of nineteen seventy and

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then on our text line which is seven zero, four
and zero, we were asked to mention down Guthrie Junior
US Army. So to those veterans currently serving, and then
you want to mention what the PAP Club's doing one
more time before we get out of here, because don't

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they start at nine o'clock?

Speaker 10 (01:04:19):
Yep, and iron it away.

Speaker 8 (01:04:21):
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Speaker 9 (01:04:23):
From nine to noon today for any male, female, men, women,
non members, members, first responders, you are welcome to a
free Veterans Day breakfast. If you are a vet, you're
encouraged to bring in like your hat, your ID tags, photos, memorabilia,
any metals you might have. So free breakfast menu eggs, toast, cream, corn, beef, sausage, bacon, donuts,

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and coffee. And then if you're a veteran and you
want to stick around, twenty five cents drinks all day
and then five cents off, I should say.

Speaker 7 (01:04:54):
And then of course there are national chains like when Wendy's,
Texas Roadhouse, Cracker Barrel, Applebee, Longhorn. They're all doing different
things for our veterans throughout the day. So take that
opportunity if you are a veteran, to take advantage of
what they are doing. And then we mentioned, yes we
have a phone call. What's who we got.

Speaker 9 (01:05:16):
We do We've got Davo wants to mention some military
members wonderful, good morning Davo.

Speaker 13 (01:05:22):
Good morning, yo yo. I just wanted to shout out
to my son in law, Jordan Kirk, who served twelve
years in the Navy. And I'm about to walk into
the elementary school year for my granddaughter to give the
one of the presentations for the Veteran Appreciation Day ceremony.

(01:05:43):
They're having cool so that'll be fun watching my grandchild
do that. And also shout out to my uncle fred
OsO class of nineteen forty one Yorkville High School. Imagine
that graduating high school captain and baseball team. In six months,
you're in the China Burmouth Theater out in the Pacific,

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in the middle of nowhere. And I tell you what
these veterans went through, the ones that had to serve
in war. It's it's unbelieve every time this comes around,
it's we still have his helmet from the from when
he served. It's got you know, scrapes and dents and
everything else. And my fifth grade granddaughter, it's going to

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be given this presentation, was wearing that helmet a couple
of months ago, you know, And it's just you know,
the generation we have now is still has some ties
to those kind of veterans. But every generation needs their
opportunity to shine. Unfortunately, and this generation I hate say it,

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but the greatest generation ever, you know, like you mentioned
Tom broke off. They had their chance to you know,
really prove that they were and unfortunately, you know, sometimes
you have to go through things like that.

Speaker 10 (01:07:01):
Yeah, well, I mean you're really made of the good.

Speaker 9 (01:07:04):
The main thing is that we haven't gone through a
major war like that for a long time.

Speaker 13 (01:07:10):
Yeah, well nine and eleven. You know, every now and
then you get a little you know, when I was
going through high school and all, what was that the
invasion of Granada? Yeah, that was the big you know
tie in. But then you went through things like the
Iraqi War and nine to eleven, and that pulls in
a generation into what's really you know, important and what's

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really going on. And you may need something like that
again because you can only read books and watch movies
so much. It's the real world experience that really defines
who you are.

Speaker 10 (01:07:41):
Sometimes you do need a wake up call.

Speaker 13 (01:07:44):
Absolutely, so have a good member day, every veteran out there.

Speaker 10 (01:07:48):
You do as well, thank you.

Speaker 14 (01:07:50):
Yep.

Speaker 7 (01:07:51):
Right, Well, let's you know, don't want to I don't
want to leave this on a somber note. You know, listen,
we're all celebrating the veterans to veterans today, of course,
but here's something new for the holidays, just to kind
of lighten it up a little bit. Hershey's introducing a
new seasonal treat. It will not beat Otis's, by the way,

(01:08:14):
the Snickerdoodle Cookie flavored Kisses. He is a beast at
making snickerdoodles. They're sitting right here on my desk. The
new variety blends the familiar cinema cinnamon sugar taste of
classic snickerdoodle cookie with Hershey's signature white cream. The Kisses
join Hershey's limited Edition lineup, which also features the Cherry Cordial,

(01:08:34):
the Mint Truffle, the candy Cane Sugar Cherry Cordial, Cordial
What did I say, Cordial, and hot cocoa flavors.

Speaker 8 (01:08:42):
Yep, it's just like syrup. Sometimes I don't say.

Speaker 14 (01:08:44):
It right, you know.

Speaker 10 (01:08:46):
There you go, be proud, shut up.

Speaker 8 (01:08:51):
All right, we're out. We will talk to you tomorrow.