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Here we be again. It is a Saturday four oh five.
That means it's me and you together. On seven to
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to be with you. Not happening, huh, always always, always, always,
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But you know what, I do want to talk about
a few things, But then I want to get into
something that I've been putting off for weeks and weeks
and weeks and it's kind of like I can't get
a grasp yet on how people feel about this because
there's strong emotions about it, and I want to I
want to ask you on what you think. People are
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calling up They don't even know what I'm talking about yet.
One in hundred three two one zero seven ten. They're like, whatever,
he asks, I have an opinion one hundred three two
one zero seven ten. No, I'm gonna talk about cell
phones in school and I'll see if anyone hangs up now,
but it's a big issue and it's gonna be coming
to a head soon because Governor Hokel put it in
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the budget. So she's trying to force this in New
York to ban cell phones in schools, and I kind
of agree with her, but I'm gonna I'll talk more
about that in a moment. I'll get your opinions to
one in hundred three two one zero seven ten. That's
a good topic for people who don't always like to
call about politics for whatever reason. So if you're like
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a rob Astorino show virgin on the phones, this is
your time. One in hundred three two one zero seven ten.
You could you could have a wonderful experience with me
via phone, and we could do it a little bit.
Let's see a couple things before I get to the phones.
So this congestion pricing thing isn't a dead issue, unfortunately,
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and I was afraid this was gonna happen. So obviously
Hoko pushing for congestion pricing. They flipped the switch that
they rushed it through Biden did they got a court opinion.
There's still a couple more judgments to be made on this.
It's still in court on different issues, but the one
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judge kind of let it go, even though he said, well,
you know, they kind of didn't do this and that,
but so that's all they needed. And now, of course
we're getting banged with nine dollars every time we come
into New York City, in addition to the other tolls
like on the Garden State Parkway or wherever you are,
as well as the bridges. So so when Trump came
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in and he said, well, hold on a minute, folks,
and he had Sean Duffy, the DOT secretary, send a
note a memo to Governor Hoko and said, wait a minute,
we don't agree with this, and you need to turn
off the cameras and we're going to pull federal funding
if you don't, and you got to kill congestion pricing.
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I kind of knew then. I love that they did it,
but I was concerned that, unfortunately, the state might win
a lawsuit because they already have they already have a
decision in their favor, and for the federal government to
reverse course, the court may not look kindly on that.
So we'll see. But now, of course, Hokeel and Trump
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had been meeting and they gave a thirty day extension
to the state to turn them off. She says she's
not going to do that. I don't know why this
is the hill she wants to die on. And this,
to me is so insane politically. Why would you want
to be the governor fighting to toll everybody when you
want to be the hero that says no way. But no,
not her, because she doesn't have a a political bone
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in her body. Not that she's not a politician, of
course she is, but she doesn't have a smart political
bone in her body, unlike Cuomo, who can figure it
out and is trying to pretend that he's not the
guy who signed all his legislation into law. That's screwing
up New York and that's why he's so brazen. He's
running for mayor. But I don't I so this thirty
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day extension. I'm not sure where this is going to go.
I think this is behind the scenes. Let's try to
figure out a way where we can both come out ahead.
But I think if the federal government, and that's Trump,
if he allows congestion pricing to stay, I think he's
going to take a ding on that anyway, A couple
other things, and then I want to get into the
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phones for a second. One hundred and three two one
zero seven ten. Joe Biden. This guy, I mean to
prove that he is out to lunch. Biden is asking
the Democratic National Committee to put him on the road.
Let me go out there and raise money for our candidates.
Who the hell? If you're a Democrat, who would who
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would you least want a campaign with? Right now? That
would be Joe Biden. Maybe Kamala Harris, she'd be right
there in second place, But Joe Biden would be the
last guy I'd want to be with if I were
a Democrat anywhere to help raise money. This guy should
be put right back into the wax museum. And that's it.
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Nobody should ever hear from this guy again. Let him
just walk into walls wherever he is and and go
peacefully into the night. That's it. He's done politically. It's
amazing that he doesn't understand that. A couple other things.
So I was watching CNN the other night. I do
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occasionally I watch Abby Phillip once in a while, just
to hear the arguments and to see the the crazies
go crazy. I cannot stomach MSNBC. I can't even watch
that for a second CNN, at least because I used
to work there and I was the I was the
one taking the arrows all the time as the Republican
on the air. I can, and since I know some
of these characters over there, I can watch it a
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little bit and then I throw up. But I could
watch it. But so the other night I was it
was it two nights ago. My good buddies, Joe Barelli,
the former councilman in New York City, and Mike Lawler,
my good friend who's the congressman, and my congressman, they
were on there, and Jamal Bowman, former congressman, was on there.
They were the panel. There was a couple other people,
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but they were the main panel. And it got into
Elon Musk and everything else. And Jamal Bowman sat there
and said that Elon Musk is a thief and a Nazi,
and Abby Phillip and CNN let that go. They never
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corrected him, never say it's your opinion. This is so,
this is their mentality, and they can't figure out why
they are in the toilet. But Elon Musk said, I'm
not gonna put up with his nonsense anymore. Not never
gonna put up with this anymore, and he's gonna sue
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Jamal Bowman, and I hope he does because they are
so reckless, so reckless with their language, with their behavior.
And then you had that other idiot congresswoman who's sitting
there saying, for my birthday, all I want is for
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you to take down Elon Musk and insinuating for my birthday,
please give me violence and no repercussions. She's not. How
is she widely condemned. She's not at all. They keep
giving them oxygen anyway. And then on Donald Trump. So
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here's how this arc is gonna go. You know, he
is fighting with these district court judges and he's got
every right to. By the way, I didn't like the
fact that he said that they should be impeached or
Republicans are jumping on the let's impeach the judges. I
get it. This is gonna play out. You know, you're
gonna get these horrible opinions from these horrible judges who
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are totally partisan and leftists and don't pretend they're not.
And to hear the the you know, the freaking media
sit there and say these are non partisan judges. Oh really,
they all came up to the system. Republicans, Democrats, Conservatives,
they all came up through their state parties. How do
you think they got where they are? Someone just looked
at resumes. Let me go to indeed for a federal judge. No,
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they were part of the system. They were donors, they
raised money, they were you know, they ran as a
Democrat for their local state or county judge and then
they got plucked and they and they were given a
better position. Of course, that's what they are. You know,
we should make no bones about it. The fact that
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these district judges, there are seven over seven hundred district
court judges becoming more powerful than the Supreme Court because
one judge sitting in one little district is ruling on
the entire nation. Unilatterly, Supreme Court there's nine members. They
got to get a majority. This one guy on a
bench or one lady on a bench stopping everything Donald
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Trump is doing as the resistance, and they're they're basically
getting away with it. And then Judge Roberts comes out
and says, hey, don't talk about judges like that. If
you shut up, you stick in your own lane. By
the way, the legislature can impeach if they want. That's
the process. You shouldn't stick your nose there. And I
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agree these things will be appealed. But the whole left,
what they're trying to do is just to run out
the clock. That's what they're trying to do. Stemy him
and everything, run out the clock, let it appeal blah
blah blah, and make it harder to get to the
Supreme Court in time so they can implement these that.
That's where this is going. And the Department of Education.
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I am glad that they're finally trying to abolish this.
I don't think it's gonna happen because they're not gonna
be There won't be enough Republicans who will support this
at the end because they're so weak. Need let alone
enough Democrats in the Senate to go along with it
so they get over the sixty throat vote threshold to
bring it to a vote. So but in absence of that,
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I like what he's doing. He told Linda McMahon, the secretary, Okay,
you go in and you downsize as much as you
legally can, and you're gonna hear all of the ads soon.
They're killing kids. They're anti teacher, anti special education. Nobody's
gonna get tuition assistance, nobody's gonna get a loan to
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go to college. It's all a bunch of bs. It's all lies.
Nothing the Department Education does right now is working. And
they don't educate one child. They don't even set standards.
They just meddle and make the by the way, make
the cost of college tuition go up and up and
up with these subsidized and unsubsidized loans. So I hope,
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I hope he's able to abolish it, but I just
don't think he will. But the whole purpose of doing
all these things so fast is to throw them out there,
move the ball, get these lawsuits started by the other side,
of course, so they can get through the process soon,
and hopefully if they retain the Senate and the House
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and pick up then they could actually vote on this
legislation at the right time, when when the legal issues
have been exhausted. All right, I want to talk to
you for a second about cell phone use in schools.
I have an opinion of this because you know, my
children have been well. One is out in the air Force,
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one is in Quinnipiac in her second year and one
is in tenth grade. So they were the cell phone generation.
They all wanted, you know, they started with an iPod
and then they went to an iPad, and then of
course they all wanted their cell phones and they got one, and.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
It is.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
So much a part of their life, just like any
kids that you look at it and understand they can't
function without it. And look a lot of adults can't
function without their cell phone either. I remember when I
left several months ago, I left my iPhone on my
seat on the train coming home after this show, and
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I thought my world was going to come to an end.
I mean, everything is on that phone. Fortunately I was
able to get it back, but wish so I get
it how connected we are, but kids are too connected.
I get text from my daughter during the school time,
during class time, all the time, and I'm like, aren't
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you in class? And you don't think that they're texting
or snapchating, snapping to their friends while they're in class.
You don't think that they're maybe cheating. You don't think
they're communicating. This is the only way they communicate half
the time. They are so connected to it that we
have a generation now that not only are they hooked
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on it, but they're suffering from it mental health issues now,
you know, issues of abandonment, issues of loneliness. So for once,
I think I agree with Governor Hochel, who is trying
to move this issue. Now. She's not the only one.
That more than half of the states in America have
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taken some steps to either ban or restrict cell phones
in at least K through twelve schools. So this is
moving forward, and I think it's a good public debate
to have because this has been very passionate on both sides.
Teachers hate it because they're kind of getting disrupted, you know,
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kids are hooked on it, but parents are split because
they feel that if there's an emergency, you know, unfortunately
we've seen school shootings and all this stuff, which by
the way, is still extraordinarily rare. However, however, in an emergency,
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you want you want to be able to understand where
your kid is and be able to contact them. I
get it. So that's the biggest pushback from parents. Me.
I would be totally fine if these kids did not
have their cell phones during the school day. Look, I'm
already giving teachers and the schools my child to keep
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them safe. I'm assuming they're keeping them safe. So for
them not to have that cell phone during the school day,
I'm okay with. I mean, you and I grew up
on that. We didn't have a cell phone. Happen, you
go to school, see you later. If there's an emergency,
the nurse calls or somebody calls, you can always get
in touch with somebody. So I mean, I think it
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overwhelms the one time where you might need it, And
it's probably very far fetched that you would in a real, real,
real emergency, and if that's the case, you're going to
get an alert. But so there's other ways though. For
the kids. They would take their cell phones when they
come into school, whether it's study hall or actually it
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might be you get them only between classes. So you
go into your first class, you give it and they'll
put it into a pouch or a cubby or whatever.
And she put thirteen million dollars in the budget, by
the way, for these school districts, and then that's it.
You don't get your you don't get your phone until
the end of the day. And there's a big movement here,
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and I think I agree with it. And I know, look,
I've had not argue, but I've had some very passionate
moms and dads say, no effing way. I want to
know where my kid is. I want to be able
to get in touch with my kid. If I'm picking
up my kid from school, I'm texting be outside, you know,
I'm here. Whatever. So I get it, but to not
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think that there's not a crisis right now, and that's
really what it is. I mean, this is this is
a health crisis right now with these kids in these phones,
no question about it. One hundred and three two one
zero seven ten. So we're going to depart a little
bit from the politics. I mean this is political too,
but it's a little bit. It's a little different. And
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I'm really curious where you fall on this. So I'm
gonna I'm going to ask you when I when I
take your call, to not ask me about Ukraine. Uh,
you need to like this is what I want to hear.
I want to get your opinion because I think it's
a really important argument to have right now or discussion
because New York State is going to I done this soon.
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Their budget, Their budget has to be agreed upon in
a few weeks. Hokel put it in there, and it
could fundamentally change things about our schools. And you know,
parents and grandparents feel the same way. You know, you
don't have to be a parent with a kid in
school right now. You could be a grandparent who had
kids in school, or you stay in touch with your
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grandkids this way. I'm totally fine. When they get on
the bus, they can go back to it. But right
now it is such a distraction. I'm telling you, one
hundred years from now, we're going to have a whole
new look at humans. They're going to be hunched over
with a thumb, you know, pointing down. That's what we're
getting to. Yeah, I mean, we're going to be different
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creatures with all these phones. I mean adults. I walk
through the city here and people aren't even paying attention
as they cross the street. They're looking at their cell phone.
Could you imagine a seven year old or a fourteen
year old. And by the way, and these kids, there's
no restrictions on these phones. So back way back when
you know, when we had to somehow sneak a playboy
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in the house or go find a friend who had
a playboy, these kids are online right now on porn,
violent content, really anything and everything is at their fingertips.
That's scary too, not that we could probably prevent that,
but anyway, I can see the phones are just completely
lit up. And I again, stay on course with this one.
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I want to ask you about the phones. Otherwise I'll
have to dump you don't have to do that. One
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We'll start with we don't want to start. We'll start
in Westchester. I guess Seymour in Westchester. Where in Westchester?
Speaker 6 (22:13):
Oh ah, Hi, I'm in DoD Stabby all right, Rob
a great show. I listen every week. It's tremendous. With
the cell phones, I really think you're gonna get a
lot of complaints on parents and stuff. First of all,
if the kid's gonna have to check the phones, they're
definitely gonna have to have a password because who knows
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who's gonna have access to those phones, and they'll go
through there and they'll be making prank. Well, I mean,
come on, we know the kind of security goup balls
out there, right.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
Well, it's supposed to again, you're supposed to basically turn
in your phone when you go into a class, and
it would either maybe throw them all on the front
desk or put them in a pouch so nobody has
access to them. You're not supposed to give them up.
One thing, though, I should mention there are exceptions. Would
be up to each local school board or district to
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determine their own policy, but there would have to be
exceptions for ways that parents could get in touch with
their kids. So I mean it might be watered down,
but that's kind of the that's kind of the essence
of it. All right, thanks, thank you for the call. Seymore.
All right, let us go to Joe here in Manhattan.
You're on the rob Astino Show.
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Hi Joe, God bless you, Robin.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
I welcome, Batman.
Speaker 7 (23:29):
The children should be able to need to be in
contact with mom and dad.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Okay, but so were you in contact with mom and dad?
I wasn't in contact with mom and dad during the day. No,
I didn't have those No, they didn't exist, and we
were okay without them. And not to say, look, everybody
has a cell phone right now. I mean, these kids
come out of the womb with a cell phone, and
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I understand that, but they're also they're distracted, you know,
so easily these days. And my whole point is, okay,
let's even experiment. I mean, it's working out fine these kids.
These kids are doing better, they're okay in these other
states where they've enacted it. Why are we different. It's
just to me, it's who's in charge here, the adults
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or the kids who are not paying attention anymore. That's
what I'm trying to say. No, it's hang up on
him since he's on a delay anyway, one one hundred
and three two one zero seven ten, if you want
to participate in this one. It's very interesting because you
get such reactions on this and I get it totally.
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I get it. As a dad, I understand. I do
want to know where they are. I do want to
be able to contact them, but there's a time and
place for it too. Anyway, Tommy and Morris Park, how
are you, Tommy?
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That's a good, quick, good quick hook. Three two one
zero seven to ten. Jeff in Union County, New Joysey, Hey.
Speaker 9 (25:05):
Jeff, Good afternoon, Rob great show. I taught college I
twet at the community college well for a decade, and
I used to tell the students that, you know, if
you're going to play on your phones, it's either the
class or your phones. You know, you're not going to
get a grade for sitting here playing on your phones.
And then I would tell them, you know what, in
twenty years, I'm going to retire and I'm going to
become an orthopedic surgeon, and I'm going to specialize in
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dumb joints because you're going to need your thumbments in
twenty years and then you look at me and laugh
a little humor everybody. I used to try to make
the class where it was phone free or put it
on mute. But I do agree with the public schools
or the K through twelve that needs to be there
to learn, and it's the good old fashion WAYF there's
an emergency, the school, contact the parent and vice a verse.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Right, and again it's like and thanks for the call.
I appreciate, Jeff. Yes, that's the thing. I know parents
their knee jerk reaction is and I know they're described
as helicopter parents some of them, but this isn't the
case for everybody because we're so connected now technologically it's
an umbilical cord from my iPhone to my child, and
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I know every minute where that child is. Right and
certainly now with these social media apps where you can
locate them, you could follow them every step of the way,
every moment of the day, as long as they have
that service on which, of course a lot of parents,
including us, say, if you want your phone, that has
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to say on we need to know where you are.
Speaker 10 (26:32):
Now.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
This is for our minor kids, right by the way,
that's another discussion I want to have one day whether
or not we should as long as it's their phone,
even if they're an adult, that we can we can
find out where they are. It's kind of like find
a phone. But there are these all these apps and
we do use them, we really do. Life three sixty
is one of them. But that's a whole separate story
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right now, it's should they or should they not be
told that forced you cannot have your phone with you
when you are in class, And maybe that's where the
whole I don't know, Maybe that's where we can compromise
in this that if you're in I don't know, study hall,
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we're not supposed to talk anywhere you're supposed to study,
they don't. Or if you're you know, in between classes, maybe,
but while you're sitting there in English, pay attention instead
of looking down on your phone. One hundred and three
two one zero seven ten. Hi, Soandra, how are you?
Speaker 11 (27:36):
I'm well, Bob. I hope you're well too. I'm all
for no phones from the minute you step into the
school until you go home, not even in study hall,
because you should be studying and using the books in
the library or books that you have to read from.
You know, first of all, academically we ranked very, very low,
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and I wouldn't be surprised if we cut out phones
we may see an improvement. We do need better teachers,
there's no question about that. But I would I wouldn't
doubt that having phones eliminated from the school every day
will help improve grades. And I also want to say
for myself. One day, I was planning a day trip
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with my husband. I'm being very honest, and oh my god, Michael,
I forgot my phone. Yeah to go back, I need
my phone.
Speaker 7 (28:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 11 (28:26):
And let me tell you, I was very upset because
I can't call into the radio, I can't call my plans,
I can't do all the things I like to do.
And he said, it's too bad. And you want to
know something, I had a very I had a better day.
I was more attentive to my husband. I told you
know what I mean. It wasn't distracting me, and I
enjoyed my day more. I got into the day. That
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phone sometimes can get in the way.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
It does. Sondra, thanks for the call. I can't tell
you how many times I leave the house to go
to the car, start the car up and then I'm like,
I forgot my phone. I go back to the house
and my wife is just hysterical because it does. I
do it all the time. She's like, what did you forget?
Did you forget your keys? Did you forget your phone?
Did you what did you forget? And there have been
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a couple of times though, when I said, you know what,
friget and I just drive off and I don't have
my phone and what's the worst that could happen? I
drive into a ditch somewhere. I mean, really, someone's gonna
someone's gonna get me. And you do you get this,
It's almost a crack. It's like you start to shake,
Oh I got my phone. My my god. But again
(29:34):
with students too, I mean they're texting in the car,
and even adults. I've done it. I'm sorry to say.
I know I shouldn't, but I look at the phone
sometimes while I'm driving. Bad if you're doing that right
now listening to me.
Speaker 5 (29:48):
Bad.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
But it's just it's what we've become. And when we
went to Europe last year, we went to Prague, and
we went to Vienna, and we went to Greece, and
we had the rule with the kids your phones are
going to be your cameras. You want to walk around
with us, of course and use them to take videos
(30:12):
or to take pictures. But I did not allow I
didn't I didn't have it. I did not give them
the international phone plan, so they had no self service
as we were walking around. So the only thing that
they could rely on was Wi Fi. So when we
would stop in a restaurant and eat or get back
to the hotel, their WiFi, would you know, they were
(30:34):
the first thing they would ask before they sat down.
Even the waiter would come by the what's the Wi
Fi password? You know, so they can then download their stuff.
God forbid they miss, you know, something on Instagram. But
we were specific with them, Nope, you're not going to
walk around looking at your phone all day. And it
did you know, It gave us some nicer moments. It
(30:56):
just allowed them to take in what they not to see.
How many times were driving that they're looking straight down
into their lap. I'm like, look outside, you know, for
on a road trip or something, I'm like, where are we?
They don't know, they don't even know what road we're
on half the time growing up because they're looking at
their phone. One in one hundred three two one zero
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seven ten one in hundred and three two one zero
seven ten Gene in Brooklyn Hygiene.
Speaker 12 (31:25):
Hi, Rob, great talking to you, and I love your show.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
Thank you.
Speaker 12 (31:29):
And I agree that children and even college kids should
not be permitted to have their phones in class.
Speaker 7 (31:36):
Now.
Speaker 12 (31:37):
Back in the day, and my son only had a
pager when he went to a Xavier. Yeah, and he
would drive late night going to parties and this and that.
I trusted him, and even though I had to look
out the window waiting for him to get home, everything
walks out fine. Meanwhile, my daughter who went away for college.
You ever tried calling HA on her cell phone? She
(31:57):
never would pick up. You didn't know where she was.
Speaker 11 (32:00):
You know.
Speaker 12 (32:00):
So I think what's happening today? And I see with
my grandchildren they're becoming so dependent on these phones. And
it's the school system, the damn school system that allows
this to happen, and it diminishes their ability to focus
on those things reading, writing, and arithmestic which they're supposed
(32:21):
to be doing. And instead these kids are allowed to
be distracted and the parents are no better, and that's
why there's going to be major problems. But they got
to get rid of these phones in school. I mean,
look at majors. I think it's Bill Gates and all
these other people and even Elon. I don't think they
let their kids, you know, tinker with phones during school time.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
Now, they don't give them the drug that we give
our kids, the technological drugs exactly. Hey, Gene, thanks for
the call. Anytime call back. Okay, you're welcome. All right,
let's go to Steve in Central New Jersey. Hi, Steve, Hey, Rob, Rob.
Speaker 10 (33:01):
I also taught college for a while, was going back
ten or fifteen years. I allowed them to bring this sitting.
Now these we're young adults. I allowed them to bring
the cell phone in the class because a lot of
some of them had children and there would be issues,
all right, so they would get a call. Either rule
was that phone rings or even starts buzzing. No calls,
no ring, and get out of the class, immediately take
(33:23):
care of your business. But if you continued, you'd be
asked to leave, and if you wouldn't lea voluntarily, security
would be called. I also didn't realize, Rob, how pervasive
texting was at that point, and how they could they
could be recording. So you're right, they could have been.
I wondered why on their tests a lot of them
were getting the same questions wrong. Again, I've never been
a tectator, and I didn't realize it back then, right.
(33:43):
So my rule would be on any level, I'd say
to them today, you can bring the phone and I'll
explain why. But that phone is to be put away.
Here's why it would allow them at any level, because Rob,
if someone a shooter or criminal breaks into the class
and the teacher can't react, I want one of those
students to be able to security, the police, their parents.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
Yes, I do, and you Rob, so no, see, thanks
for the call. So I'm okay. Look, if you're paying
to go to college and you're an adult, that's different.
I that's a whole separate issue. And if you, as
a professor you want to let them, that's fine. You know,
if they're these are somewhat adults with child brains, but
(34:24):
they're supposed to be adults paying to go to college,
that's different the whole You know, there are kids who
will let's say you have an English test in second period.
These kids, by the way, are taking pictures of the
exam and then texting it to their friends who are
taking the same test a couple periods later, So they
(34:48):
wouldn't have that opportunity. I know, back then we have
to write it on our hands or remember some questions,
but they wouldn't have that opportunity. And if you think
this is not happening, trust me, I know it's happening.
I've seen my kids' phones. They're all the same. So
as far as the emergency goes, let me get back
to that. Yeah, these phones are gonna be in the classrooms.
(35:11):
They're just gonna not be able to touch them. I mean,
God forbid this emergency. Ariy, I'm gonna go grab their phone.
So I think it's whether you actually have the phone
on you or whether the phone is out of reach
until necessary. That's I think where the difference might be.
One hundred and three two one zero seven ten, Rob
Astarno here with you. Let us go to Andrew and Stanhope.
Speaker 8 (35:33):
Hey, Andrew, I like the idea of the GPS on
the phone.
Speaker 6 (35:38):
That's a great idea.
Speaker 8 (35:40):
And can I say my funny comment about Cuomo the
Fete possible mayor as he looks like the creature from
the Black Lagoon, specifically the third film, because In that film,
the creature gets plastic surgery and try to like go
(36:00):
human like fit in with the human, but ultimately the
bigotry the human reject them, so it goes back to
the ocean. But he always reminded me of the creature
from the Black Wad. The creature harasses women, so that's
another well.
Speaker 2 (36:15):
Well, unfortunately, I think I think Andrew, this creature is
gonna come out of the swamp and run the city,
and that's probably what it's gonna end up being. Thanks
for the call. Wanted your radios if you're on hold.
Speaker 4 (36:30):
Yeah, yeah, I just moved out of the room. Offending room,
so base stinging, staying on topic. I'm kind of ambivalent
with the gard of the phones and the schools, And
I'll tell you why, because I definitely hear loud and
clear about the uh, you know, the prospects for cheating
or it's a distraction. I definitely hear that that's that's
fairly obvious. But something that's not so obvious is that,
(36:53):
you know, for many students it's actually a learning tool,
you know, because the plan or the particular instructor in
a given subject, in a given class might be a
little too arcane, or you know, there might be some
issue where you know, the information is just not getting
through and the student might be a visual learner or
(37:16):
a benefit from a YouTube video or some other sharing program.
Speaker 2 (37:20):
Can't that student do that later when they're doing homework
or in study hall and just raise their hand and say,
missus Jones, can I don't understand?
Speaker 4 (37:32):
Yeah, I mean, that's just it. I mean, you know,
there's some instructors where that you know, they're not as
gifted as other instructors where they can convey information clearly
and you know, just intuitively to most students, to a
lot of students, and for those students that you know,
again benefit from a visual tool and you know, just
having things broken down in more you know, let's say
(37:55):
Layman's terms. You know that it might be it might
be a positive thing to have the phone at hand
and in a given in a given class and the
given subject.
Speaker 2 (38:06):
Okay, thanks for your call. I appreciate you see that.
That's good. I love all the different opinions here, because
this is really this is very widespread in the spectrum
of opinions on this one. Parents, grandparents, kids, forget it.
I mean, they're all going to say yes, I want
my phone. Let's go to was it Nick Nick in
New Jersey? Yep? Hei Nick? How are you?
Speaker 6 (38:29):
How are you doing?
Speaker 7 (38:30):
I'm your show?
Speaker 4 (38:31):
I look on every week.
Speaker 2 (38:32):
Thank you?
Speaker 7 (38:35):
Uh you know.
Speaker 4 (38:36):
And I think Tomart phones dumb kids.
Speaker 6 (38:39):
I don't believe they should have phones in the classroom
at all.
Speaker 2 (38:45):
Why learning?
Speaker 4 (38:49):
Okay, I think that it's a distraction and the kids
are not learning, and that's why we have so many
dumb kids today.
Speaker 8 (38:54):
You know.
Speaker 2 (38:55):
It's Look, it's true. Look, there's a lot of reasons why.
Test scores have just continuously gone down and standards have
been going down. And I mean teachers, there are a
lot of teachers who really do try, there's no question.
I mean there are a lot of good teachers. There
are some really bad ones. But overall, I mean, we're
(39:16):
not succeeding anymore in this country with education by by
all metrics. And if you look at the last decade
or two, there's one constant, and that is that is
phone use That's one of them. All right, I'm got
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And if he's gonna buy a car. He might as
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wr dot com or on the iHeart app Uh Wayne
from Bayville in Nasau County. I'm gonna seek you in here.
Hi Wayne, Ahi Rob.
Speaker 7 (45:13):
I'm I'm for not having any phones in the classroom.
Speaker 2 (45:19):
Your vote has been tallied. Why is that?
Speaker 7 (45:22):
It is a total distraction because you have you're in class,
you have a teacher, and you know the teacher doesn't
want to be distracted as well. So it's disrespectable to them.
And that's it. That's my no education.
Speaker 2 (45:41):
Hey call anytime, Wayne, Thanks thanks for checking in.
Speaker 7 (45:46):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (45:46):
A friend of mine, Ali CARMANI. He's a great business man.
He owns like eighteen million gas stations and he's opening
up a new one in Yonkers on Monday, right on
Central Avenue right for the throughway there, and he's doing
something really smart. See this is a smart guy. So
he has the grand opening. The Yonkers Mayor's going to
(46:09):
it's Monday from noon to six. He is if you
go there and you buy a minimum of ten gallons
of gas, and he's it's like really cheap. It's two
sixty nine, that's cheap. If you do at least ten
gallons that day, he's gonna give you a dozen free eggs.
That's pretty good. I mean, I don't know which is
(46:30):
more expensive, the eggs are the gas, but it's definitely
the eggs. But he bought hundreds of cartons of eggs
to give away on Monday. So if your car's running low,
you want and you got to put gas in it. Anyway,
it's cheap two sixty nine. It's the Gulf Station right
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in Yonkers. Cheap gas and free eggs sounds pretty good
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to me. So if you saw this, you know, a
couple of years ago, in twenty twenty one, the New
York City Council, they pay asked a law that would
have allowed city residents, not American citizens, city residents, so
green card holders somewhere her work Authorization DACA stat you know,
(47:16):
they would allow non citizens to vote in New York
City elections. The Constitution of New York cannot be any clearer.
It is so succinct that you must be an American
citizen to vote. And yet they passed a law and
it actually Deblasio, to his credit, did not sign this.
(47:41):
Adams came in and it took effect. It was immediately
there was a lawsuit. I think it was led by
Vito Vicella, the Staten Island Borough President, and it lost
in the courts, So, in other words, they struck it
down and it went to the Court of Appeals. Now,
the Court of Appeals, there's only one Republican, Mike Garcia,
(48:03):
great guy. The rest of them are all leftists, and
I mean leftists, and they even struck down the law. Thankfully,
it was a six to one decision. Now, you'd think
not having illegal or non citizens vote would be seven
to nothing, but no, Jenny Rivera, you can't get any
(48:27):
lefter than her. She voted to allow non citizens to
vote in New York City. Now what's her bona fides?
She went to Princeton, NYU Columbia. You'd think she'd know better.
But she is a product of these schools and they
are teaching this crap. And who put her on the
(48:49):
Court of Appeals? Who appointed her? Andrew Cuomo, think about that?
Think about that as he runs for mayor of New
York City. Pope Francis is going back to the Vatican
Tomorrow's being discharged out of the hospital. He's been there
since Valentine's Day and at one point it really looked bad,
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which is why Newsmax sent me out to Rome that week.
It looked really bad. But now he I don't know
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But at least he's going home to the Vatican, and
I think he's going to take part in the Angelus
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Holy Father is getting better and he is going home
(49:32):
all right. Thanks for being with me, I appreciate it.
Thanks to all the new callers as well. I'll be
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Here we be again. It is a Saturday four oh five.
That means it's me and you together. On seven to
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to be with you. Not happening, huh, always always, always, always,
(00:46):
But you know what, I do want to talk about
a few things, But then I want to get into
something that I've been putting off for weeks and weeks
and weeks and it's kind of like I can't get
a grasp yet on how people feel about this because
there's strong emotions about it, and I want to I
want to ask you on what you think. People are
(01:08):
calling up They don't even know what I'm talking about yet.
One in hundred three two one zero seven ten. They're like, whatever,
he asks, I have an opinion one hundred three two
one zero seven ten. No, I'm gonna talk about cell
phones in school and I'll see if anyone hangs up now,
but it's a big issue and it's gonna be coming
to a head soon because Governor Hokel put it in
(01:29):
the budget. So she's trying to force this in New
York to ban cell phones in schools, and I kind
of agree with her, but I'm gonna I'll talk more
about that in a moment. I'll get your opinions to
one in hundred three two one zero seven ten. That's
a good topic for people who don't always like to
call about politics for whatever reason. So if you're like
(01:52):
a rob Astorino show virgin on the phones, this is
your time. One in hundred three two one zero seven ten.
You could you could have a wonderful experience with me
via phone, and we could do it a little bit.
Let's see a couple things before I get to the phones.
So this congestion pricing thing isn't a dead issue, unfortunately,
(02:15):
and I was afraid this was gonna happen. So obviously
Hoko pushing for congestion pricing. They flipped the switch that
they rushed it through Biden did they got a court opinion.
There's still a couple more judgments to be made on this.
It's still in court on different issues, but the one
(02:36):
judge kind of let it go, even though he said, well,
you know, they kind of didn't do this and that,
but so that's all they needed. And now, of course
we're getting banged with nine dollars every time we come
into New York City, in addition to the other tolls
like on the Garden State Parkway or wherever you are,
as well as the bridges. So so when Trump came
(03:00):
in and he said, well, hold on a minute, folks,
and he had Sean Duffy, the DOT secretary, send a
note a memo to Governor Hoko and said, wait a minute,
we don't agree with this, and you need to turn
off the cameras and we're going to pull federal funding
if you don't, and you got to kill congestion pricing.
(03:20):
I kind of knew then. I love that they did it,
but I was concerned that, unfortunately, the state might win
a lawsuit because they already have they already have a
decision in their favor, and for the federal government to
reverse course, the court may not look kindly on that.
So we'll see. But now, of course, Hokeel and Trump
(03:41):
had been meeting and they gave a thirty day extension
to the state to turn them off. She says she's
not going to do that. I don't know why this
is the hill she wants to die on. And this,
to me is so insane politically. Why would you want
to be the governor fighting to toll everybody when you
want to be the hero that says no way. But no,
not her, because she doesn't have a a political bone
(04:01):
in her body. Not that she's not a politician, of
course she is, but she doesn't have a smart political
bone in her body, unlike Cuomo, who can figure it
out and is trying to pretend that he's not the
guy who signed all his legislation into law. That's screwing
up New York and that's why he's so brazen. He's
running for mayor. But I don't I so this thirty
(04:22):
day extension. I'm not sure where this is going to go.
I think this is behind the scenes. Let's try to
figure out a way where we can both come out ahead.
But I think if the federal government, and that's Trump,
if he allows congestion pricing to stay, I think he's
going to take a ding on that anyway, A couple
other things, and then I want to get into the
(04:42):
phones for a second. One hundred and three two one
zero seven ten. Joe Biden. This guy, I mean to
prove that he is out to lunch. Biden is asking
the Democratic National Committee to put him on the road.
Let me go out there and raise money for our candidates.
Who the hell? If you're a Democrat, who would who
(05:02):
would you least want a campaign with? Right now? That
would be Joe Biden. Maybe Kamala Harris, she'd be right
there in second place, But Joe Biden would be the
last guy I'd want to be with if I were
a Democrat anywhere to help raise money. This guy should
be put right back into the wax museum. And that's it.
(05:24):
Nobody should ever hear from this guy again. Let him
just walk into walls wherever he is and and go
peacefully into the night. That's it. He's done politically. It's
amazing that he doesn't understand that. A couple other things.
So I was watching CNN the other night. I do
(05:44):
occasionally I watch Abby Phillip once in a while, just
to hear the arguments and to see the the crazies
go crazy. I cannot stomach MSNBC. I can't even watch
that for a second CNN, at least because I used
to work there and I was the I was the
one taking the arrows all the time as the Republican
on the air. I can, and since I know some
of these characters over there, I can watch it a
(06:07):
little bit and then I throw up. But I could
watch it. But so the other night I was it
was it two nights ago. My good buddies, Joe Barelli,
the former councilman in New York City, and Mike Lawler,
my good friend who's the congressman, and my congressman, they
were on there, and Jamal Bowman, former congressman, was on there.
They were the panel. There was a couple other people,
(06:28):
but they were the main panel. And it got into
Elon Musk and everything else. And Jamal Bowman sat there
and said that Elon Musk is a thief and a Nazi,
and Abby Phillip and CNN let that go. They never
(06:50):
corrected him, never say it's your opinion. This is so,
this is their mentality, and they can't figure out why
they are in the toilet. But Elon Musk said, I'm
not gonna put up with his nonsense anymore. Not never
gonna put up with this anymore, and he's gonna sue
(07:10):
Jamal Bowman, and I hope he does because they are
so reckless, so reckless with their language, with their behavior.
And then you had that other idiot congresswoman who's sitting
there saying, for my birthday, all I want is for
(07:31):
you to take down Elon Musk and insinuating for my birthday,
please give me violence and no repercussions. She's not. How
is she widely condemned. She's not at all. They keep
giving them oxygen anyway. And then on Donald Trump. So
(07:52):
here's how this arc is gonna go. You know, he
is fighting with these district court judges and he's got
every right to. By the way, I didn't like the
fact that he said that they should be impeached or
Republicans are jumping on the let's impeach the judges. I
get it. This is gonna play out. You know, you're
gonna get these horrible opinions from these horrible judges who
(08:13):
are totally partisan and leftists and don't pretend they're not.
And to hear the the you know, the freaking media
sit there and say these are non partisan judges. Oh really,
they all came up to the system. Republicans, Democrats, Conservatives,
they all came up through their state parties. How do
you think they got where they are? Someone just looked
at resumes. Let me go to indeed for a federal judge. No,
(08:37):
they were part of the system. They were donors, they
raised money, they were you know, they ran as a
Democrat for their local state or county judge and then
they got plucked and they and they were given a
better position. Of course, that's what they are. You know,
we should make no bones about it. The fact that
(08:58):
these district judges, there are seven over seven hundred district
court judges becoming more powerful than the Supreme Court because
one judge sitting in one little district is ruling on
the entire nation. Unilatterly, Supreme Court there's nine members. They
got to get a majority. This one guy on a
bench or one lady on a bench stopping everything Donald
(09:22):
Trump is doing as the resistance, and they're they're basically
getting away with it. And then Judge Roberts comes out
and says, hey, don't talk about judges like that. If
you shut up, you stick in your own lane. By
the way, the legislature can impeach if they want. That's
the process. You shouldn't stick your nose there. And I
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agree these things will be appealed. But the whole left,
what they're trying to do is just to run out
the clock. That's what they're trying to do. Stemy him
and everything, run out the clock, let it appeal blah
blah blah, and make it harder to get to the
Supreme Court in time so they can implement these that.
That's where this is going. And the Department of Education.
(10:03):
I am glad that they're finally trying to abolish this.
I don't think it's gonna happen because they're not gonna
be There won't be enough Republicans who will support this
at the end because they're so weak. Need let alone
enough Democrats in the Senate to go along with it
so they get over the sixty throat vote threshold to
bring it to a vote. So but in absence of that,
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I like what he's doing. He told Linda McMahon, the secretary, Okay,
you go in and you downsize as much as you
legally can, and you're gonna hear all of the ads soon.
They're killing kids. They're anti teacher, anti special education. Nobody's
gonna get tuition assistance, nobody's gonna get a loan to
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go to college. It's all a bunch of bs. It's all lies.
Nothing the Department Education does right now is working. And
they don't educate one child. They don't even set standards.
They just meddle and make the by the way, make
the cost of college tuition go up and up and
up with these subsidized and unsubsidized loans. So I hope,
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I hope he's able to abolish it, but I just
don't think he will. But the whole purpose of doing
all these things so fast is to throw them out there,
move the ball, get these lawsuits started by the other side,
of course, so they can get through the process soon,
and hopefully if they retain the Senate and the House
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and pick up then they could actually vote on this
legislation at the right time, when when the legal issues
have been exhausted. All right, I want to talk to
you for a second about cell phone use in schools.
I have an opinion of this because you know, my
children have been well. One is out in the air Force,
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one is in Quinnipiac in her second year and one
is in tenth grade. So they were the cell phone generation.
They all wanted, you know, they started with an iPod
and then they went to an iPad, and then of
course they all wanted their cell phones and they got one, and.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
It is.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
So much a part of their life, just like any
kids that you look at it and understand they can't
function without it. And look a lot of adults can't
function without their cell phone either. I remember when I
left several months ago, I left my iPhone on my
seat on the train coming home after this show, and
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I thought my world was going to come to an end.
I mean, everything is on that phone. Fortunately I was
able to get it back, but wish so I get
it how connected we are, but kids are too connected.
I get text from my daughter during the school time,
during class time, all the time, and I'm like, aren't
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you in class? And you don't think that they're texting
or snapchating, snapping to their friends while they're in class.
You don't think that they're maybe cheating. You don't think
they're communicating. This is the only way they communicate half
the time. They are so connected to it that we
have a generation now that not only are they hooked
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on it, but they're suffering from it mental health issues now,
you know, issues of abandonment, issues of loneliness. So for once,
I think I agree with Governor Hochel, who is trying
to move this issue. Now. She's not the only one.
That more than half of the states in America have
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taken some steps to either ban or restrict cell phones
in at least K through twelve schools. So this is
moving forward, and I think it's a good public debate
to have because this has been very passionate on both sides.
Teachers hate it because they're kind of getting disrupted, you know,
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kids are hooked on it, but parents are split because
they feel that if there's an emergency, you know, unfortunately
we've seen school shootings and all this stuff, which by
the way, is still extraordinarily rare. However, however, in an emergency,
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you want you want to be able to understand where
your kid is and be able to contact them. I
get it. So that's the biggest pushback from parents. Me.
I would be totally fine if these kids did not
have their cell phones during the school day. Look, I'm
already giving teachers and the schools my child to keep
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them safe. I'm assuming they're keeping them safe. So for
them not to have that cell phone during the school day,
I'm okay with. I mean, you and I grew up
on that. We didn't have a cell phone. Happen, you
go to school, see you later. If there's an emergency,
the nurse calls or somebody calls, you can always get
in touch with somebody. So I mean, I think it
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overwhelms the one time where you might need it, And
it's probably very far fetched that you would in a real, real,
real emergency, and if that's the case, you're going to
get an alert. But so there's other ways though. For
the kids. They would take their cell phones when they
come into school, whether it's study hall or actually it
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might be you get them only between classes. So you
go into your first class, you give it and they'll
put it into a pouch or a cubby or whatever.
And she put thirteen million dollars in the budget, by
the way, for these school districts, and then that's it.
You don't get your you don't get your phone until
the end of the day. And there's a big movement here,
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and I think I agree with it. And I know, look,
I've had not argue, but I've had some very passionate
moms and dads say, no effing way. I want to
know where my kid is. I want to be able
to get in touch with my kid. If I'm picking
up my kid from school, I'm texting be outside, you know,
I'm here. Whatever. So I get it, but to not
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think that there's not a crisis right now, and that's
really what it is. I mean, this is this is
a health crisis right now with these kids in these phones,
no question about it. One hundred and three two one
zero seven ten. So we're going to depart a little
bit from the politics. I mean this is political too,
but it's a little bit. It's a little different. And
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I'm really curious where you fall on this. So I'm
gonna I'm going to ask you when I when I
take your call, to not ask me about Ukraine. Uh,
you need to like this is what I want to hear.
I want to get your opinion because I think it's
a really important argument to have right now or discussion
because New York State is going to I done this soon.
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Their budget, Their budget has to be agreed upon in
a few weeks. Hokel put it in there, and it
could fundamentally change things about our schools. And you know,
parents and grandparents feel the same way. You know, you
don't have to be a parent with a kid in
school right now. You could be a grandparent who had
kids in school, or you stay in touch with your
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grandkids this way. I'm totally fine. When they get on
the bus, they can go back to it. But right
now it is such a distraction. I'm telling you, one
hundred years from now, we're going to have a whole
new look at humans. They're going to be hunched over
with a thumb, you know, pointing down. That's what we're
getting to. Yeah, I mean, we're going to be different
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creatures with all these phones. I mean adults. I walk
through the city here and people aren't even paying attention
as they cross the street. They're looking at their cell phone.
Could you imagine a seven year old or a fourteen
year old. And by the way, and these kids, there's
no restrictions on these phones. So back way back when
you know, when we had to somehow sneak a playboy
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in the house or go find a friend who had
a playboy, these kids are online right now on porn,
violent content, really anything and everything is at their fingertips.
That's scary too, not that we could probably prevent that,
but anyway, I can see the phones are just completely
lit up. And I again, stay on course with this one.
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I want to ask you about the phones. Otherwise I'll
have to dump you don't have to do that. One
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Try to call in now, and if your idea is
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totally lit up like a Christmas tree. So let us go.
We'll start with we don't want to start. We'll start
in Westchester. I guess Seymour in Westchester. Where in Westchester?
Speaker 6 (22:13):
Oh ah, Hi, I'm in DoD Stabby all right, Rob
a great show. I listen every week. It's tremendous. With
the cell phones, I really think you're gonna get a
lot of complaints on parents and stuff. First of all,
if the kid's gonna have to check the phones, they're
definitely gonna have to have a password because who knows
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who's gonna have access to those phones, and they'll go
through there and they'll be making prank. Well, I mean,
come on, we know the kind of security goup balls
out there, right.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
Well, it's supposed to again, you're supposed to basically turn
in your phone when you go into a class, and
it would either maybe throw them all on the front
desk or put them in a pouch so nobody has
access to them. You're not supposed to give them up.
One thing, though, I should mention there are exceptions. Would
be up to each local school board or district to
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determine their own policy, but there would have to be
exceptions for ways that parents could get in touch with
their kids. So I mean it might be watered down,
but that's kind of the that's kind of the essence
of it. All right, thanks, thank you for the call. Seymore.
All right, let us go to Joe here in Manhattan.
You're on the rob Astino Show.
Speaker 4 (23:22):
Hi Joe, God bless you, Robin.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
I welcome, Batman.
Speaker 7 (23:29):
The children should be able to need to be in
contact with mom and dad.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Okay, but so were you in contact with mom and dad?
I wasn't in contact with mom and dad during the day. No,
I didn't have those No, they didn't exist, and we
were okay without them. And not to say, look, everybody
has a cell phone right now. I mean, these kids
come out of the womb with a cell phone, and
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I understand that, but they're also they're distracted, you know,
so easily these days. And my whole point is, okay,
let's even experiment. I mean, it's working out fine these kids.
These kids are doing better, they're okay in these other
states where they've enacted it. Why are we different. It's
just to me, it's who's in charge here, the adults
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or the kids who are not paying attention anymore. That's
what I'm trying to say. No, it's hang up on
him since he's on a delay anyway, one one hundred
and three two one zero seven ten, if you want
to participate in this one. It's very interesting because you
get such reactions on this and I get it totally.
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I get it. As a dad, I understand. I do
want to know where they are. I do want to
be able to contact them, but there's a time and
place for it too. Anyway, Tommy and Morris Park, how
are you, Tommy?
Speaker 6 (24:51):
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Speaker 8 (24:52):
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Speaker 2 (24:57):
That's a good, quick, good quick hook. Three two one
zero seven to ten. Jeff in Union County, New Joysey, Hey.
Speaker 9 (25:05):
Jeff, Good afternoon, Rob great show. I taught college I
twet at the community college well for a decade, and
I used to tell the students that, you know, if
you're going to play on your phones, it's either the
class or your phones. You know, you're not going to
get a grade for sitting here playing on your phones.
And then I would tell them, you know what, in
twenty years, I'm going to retire and I'm going to
become an orthopedic surgeon, and I'm going to specialize in
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dumb joints because you're going to need your thumbments in
twenty years and then you look at me and laugh
a little humor everybody. I used to try to make
the class where it was phone free or put it
on mute. But I do agree with the public schools
or the K through twelve that needs to be there
to learn, and it's the good old fashion WAYF there's
an emergency, the school, contact the parent and vice a verse.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Right, and again it's like and thanks for the call.
I appreciate, Jeff. Yes, that's the thing. I know parents
their knee jerk reaction is and I know they're described
as helicopter parents some of them, but this isn't the
case for everybody because we're so connected now technologically it's
an umbilical cord from my iPhone to my child, and
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I know every minute where that child is. Right and
certainly now with these social media apps where you can
locate them, you could follow them every step of the way,
every moment of the day, as long as they have
that service on which, of course a lot of parents,
including us, say, if you want your phone, that has
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to say on we need to know where you are.
Speaker 10 (26:32):
Now.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
This is for our minor kids, right by the way,
that's another discussion I want to have one day whether
or not we should as long as it's their phone,
even if they're an adult, that we can we can
find out where they are. It's kind of like find
a phone. But there are these all these apps and
we do use them, we really do. Life three sixty
is one of them. But that's a whole separate story
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right now, it's should they or should they not be
told that forced you cannot have your phone with you
when you are in class, And maybe that's where the
whole I don't know, Maybe that's where we can compromise
in this that if you're in I don't know, study hall,
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we're not supposed to talk anywhere you're supposed to study,
they don't. Or if you're you know, in between classes, maybe,
but while you're sitting there in English, pay attention instead
of looking down on your phone. One hundred and three
two one zero seven ten. Hi, Soandra, how are you?
Speaker 11 (27:36):
I'm well, Bob. I hope you're well too. I'm all
for no phones from the minute you step into the
school until you go home, not even in study hall,
because you should be studying and using the books in
the library or books that you have to read from.
You know, first of all, academically we ranked very, very low,
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and I wouldn't be surprised if we cut out phones
we may see an improvement. We do need better teachers,
there's no question about that. But I would I wouldn't
doubt that having phones eliminated from the school every day
will help improve grades. And I also want to say
for myself. One day, I was planning a day trip
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with my husband. I'm being very honest, and oh my god, Michael,
I forgot my phone. Yeah to go back, I need
my phone.
Speaker 7 (28:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 11 (28:26):
And let me tell you, I was very upset because
I can't call into the radio, I can't call my plans,
I can't do all the things I like to do.
And he said, it's too bad. And you want to
know something, I had a very I had a better day.
I was more attentive to my husband. I told you
know what I mean. It wasn't distracting me, and I
enjoyed my day more. I got into the day. That
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phone sometimes can get in the way.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
It does. Sondra, thanks for the call. I can't tell
you how many times I leave the house to go
to the car, start the car up and then I'm like,
I forgot my phone. I go back to the house
and my wife is just hysterical because it does. I
do it all the time. She's like, what did you forget?
Did you forget your keys? Did you forget your phone?
Did you what did you forget? And there have been
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a couple of times though, when I said, you know what,
friget and I just drive off and I don't have
my phone and what's the worst that could happen? I
drive into a ditch somewhere. I mean, really, someone's gonna
someone's gonna get me. And you do you get this,
It's almost a crack. It's like you start to shake,
Oh I got my phone. My my god. But again
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with students too, I mean they're texting in the car,
and even adults. I've done it. I'm sorry to say.
I know I shouldn't, but I look at the phone
sometimes while I'm driving. Bad if you're doing that right
now listening to me.
Speaker 5 (29:48):
Bad.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
But it's just it's what we've become. And when we
went to Europe last year, we went to Prague, and
we went to Vienna, and we went to Greece, and
we had the rule with the kids your phones are
going to be your cameras. You want to walk around
with us, of course and use them to take videos
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or to take pictures. But I did not allow I
didn't I didn't have it. I did not give them
the international phone plan, so they had no self service
as we were walking around. So the only thing that
they could rely on was Wi Fi. So when we
would stop in a restaurant and eat or get back
to the hotel, their WiFi, would you know, they were
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the first thing they would ask before they sat down.
Even the waiter would come by the what's the Wi
Fi password? You know, so they can then download their stuff.
God forbid they miss, you know, something on Instagram. But
we were specific with them, Nope, you're not going to
walk around looking at your phone all day. And it
did you know, It gave us some nicer moments. It
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just allowed them to take in what they not to see.
How many times were driving that they're looking straight down
into their lap. I'm like, look outside, you know, for
on a road trip or something, I'm like, where are we?
They don't know, they don't even know what road we're
on half the time growing up because they're looking at
their phone. One in one hundred three two one zero
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seven ten one in hundred and three two one zero
seven ten Gene in Brooklyn Hygiene.
Speaker 12 (31:25):
Hi, Rob, great talking to you, and I love your show.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
Thank you.
Speaker 12 (31:29):
And I agree that children and even college kids should
not be permitted to have their phones in class.
Speaker 7 (31:36):
Now.
Speaker 12 (31:37):
Back in the day, and my son only had a
pager when he went to a Xavier. Yeah, and he
would drive late night going to parties and this and that.
I trusted him, and even though I had to look
out the window waiting for him to get home, everything
walks out fine. Meanwhile, my daughter who went away for college.
You ever tried calling HA on her cell phone? She
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never would pick up. You didn't know where she was.
Speaker 11 (32:00):
You know.
Speaker 12 (32:00):
So I think what's happening today? And I see with
my grandchildren they're becoming so dependent on these phones. And
it's the school system, the damn school system that allows
this to happen, and it diminishes their ability to focus
on those things reading, writing, and arithmestic which they're supposed
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to be doing. And instead these kids are allowed to
be distracted and the parents are no better, and that's
why there's going to be major problems. But they got
to get rid of these phones in school. I mean,
look at majors. I think it's Bill Gates and all
these other people and even Elon. I don't think they
let their kids, you know, tinker with phones during school time.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
Now, they don't give them the drug that we give
our kids, the technological drugs exactly. Hey, Gene, thanks for
the call. Anytime call back. Okay, you're welcome. All right,
let's go to Steve in Central New Jersey. Hi, Steve, Hey, Rob, Rob.
Speaker 10 (33:01):
I also taught college for a while, was going back
ten or fifteen years. I allowed them to bring this sitting.
Now these we're young adults. I allowed them to bring
the cell phone in the class because a lot of
some of them had children and there would be issues,
all right, so they would get a call. Either rule
was that phone rings or even starts buzzing. No calls,
no ring, and get out of the class, immediately take
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care of your business. But if you continued, you'd be
asked to leave, and if you wouldn't lea voluntarily, security
would be called. I also didn't realize, Rob, how pervasive
texting was at that point, and how they could they
could be recording. So you're right, they could have been.
I wondered why on their tests a lot of them
were getting the same questions wrong. Again, I've never been
a tectator, and I didn't realize it back then, right.
(33:43):
So my rule would be on any level, I'd say
to them today, you can bring the phone and I'll
explain why. But that phone is to be put away.
Here's why it would allow them at any level, because Rob,
if someone a shooter or criminal breaks into the class
and the teacher can't react, I want one of those
students to be able to security, the police, their parents.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
Yes, I do, and you Rob, so no, see, thanks
for the call. So I'm okay. Look, if you're paying
to go to college and you're an adult, that's different.
I that's a whole separate issue. And if you, as
a professor you want to let them, that's fine. You know,
if they're these are somewhat adults with child brains, but
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they're supposed to be adults paying to go to college,
that's different the whole You know, there are kids who
will let's say you have an English test in second period.
These kids, by the way, are taking pictures of the
exam and then texting it to their friends who are
taking the same test a couple periods later, So they
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wouldn't have that opportunity. I know, back then we have
to write it on our hands or remember some questions,
but they wouldn't have that opportunity. And if you think
this is not happening, trust me, I know it's happening.
I've seen my kids' phones. They're all the same. So
as far as the emergency goes, let me get back
to that. Yeah, these phones are gonna be in the classrooms.
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They're just gonna not be able to touch them. I mean,
God forbid this emergency. Ariy, I'm gonna go grab their phone.
So I think it's whether you actually have the phone
on you or whether the phone is out of reach
until necessary. That's I think where the difference might be.
One hundred and three two one zero seven ten, Rob
Astarno here with you. Let us go to Andrew and Stanhope.
Speaker 8 (35:33):
Hey, Andrew, I like the idea of the GPS on
the phone.
Speaker 6 (35:38):
That's a great idea.
Speaker 8 (35:40):
And can I say my funny comment about Cuomo the
Fete possible mayor as he looks like the creature from
the Black Lagoon, specifically the third film, because In that film,
the creature gets plastic surgery and try to like go
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human like fit in with the human, but ultimately the
bigotry the human reject them, so it goes back to
the ocean. But he always reminded me of the creature
from the Black Wad. The creature harasses women, so that's
another well.
Speaker 2 (36:15):
Well, unfortunately, I think I think Andrew, this creature is
gonna come out of the swamp and run the city,
and that's probably what it's gonna end up being. Thanks
for the call. Wanted your radios if you're on hold.
Speaker 4 (36:30):
Yeah, yeah, I just moved out of the room. Offending room,
so base stinging, staying on topic. I'm kind of ambivalent
with the gard of the phones and the schools, And
I'll tell you why, because I definitely hear loud and
clear about the uh, you know, the prospects for cheating
or it's a distraction. I definitely hear that that's that's
fairly obvious. But something that's not so obvious is that,
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you know, for many students it's actually a learning tool,
you know, because the plan or the particular instructor in
a given subject, in a given class might be a
little too arcane, or you know, there might be some
issue where you know, the information is just not getting
through and the student might be a visual learner or
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a benefit from a YouTube video or some other sharing program.
Speaker 2 (37:20):
Can't that student do that later when they're doing homework
or in study hall and just raise their hand and say,
missus Jones, can I don't understand?
Speaker 4 (37:32):
Yeah, I mean, that's just it. I mean, you know,
there's some instructors where that you know, they're not as
gifted as other instructors where they can convey information clearly
and you know, just intuitively to most students, to a
lot of students, and for those students that you know,
again benefit from a visual tool and you know, just
having things broken down in more you know, let's say
(37:55):
Layman's terms. You know that it might be it might
be a positive thing to have the phone at hand
and in a given in a given class and the
given subject.
Speaker 2 (38:06):
Okay, thanks for your call. I appreciate you see that.
That's good. I love all the different opinions here, because
this is really this is very widespread in the spectrum
of opinions on this one. Parents, grandparents, kids, forget it.
I mean, they're all going to say yes, I want
my phone. Let's go to was it Nick Nick in
New Jersey? Yep? Hei Nick? How are you?
Speaker 6 (38:29):
How are you doing?
Speaker 7 (38:30):
I'm your show?
Speaker 4 (38:31):
I look on every week.
Speaker 2 (38:32):
Thank you?
Speaker 7 (38:35):
Uh you know.
Speaker 4 (38:36):
And I think Tomart phones dumb kids.
Speaker 6 (38:39):
I don't believe they should have phones in the classroom
at all.
Speaker 2 (38:45):
Why learning?
Speaker 4 (38:49):
Okay, I think that it's a distraction and the kids
are not learning, and that's why we have so many
dumb kids today.
Speaker 8 (38:54):
You know.
Speaker 2 (38:55):
It's Look, it's true. Look, there's a lot of reasons why.
Test scores have just continuously gone down and standards have
been going down. And I mean teachers, there are a
lot of teachers who really do try, there's no question.
I mean there are a lot of good teachers. There
are some really bad ones. But overall, I mean, we're
(39:16):
not succeeding anymore in this country with education by by
all metrics. And if you look at the last decade
or two, there's one constant, and that is that is
phone use That's one of them. All right, I'm got
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(40:40):
minutes to go. I like Saint John's. I just don't
know if they've I always say I thought in my brackets,
I didn't think they were gonna get past Arkansas. But
we'll see. It's still a lot of time to go,
and we still got about math, like twelve minutes, ten
minutes left on this show, So don't go away, because
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(41:02):
another one of Andrew Cuomo's stink bombs. And this is
a really interesting and an important Court of Appeals decision
that came down this week. If you saw it about
illegal immigrants or just non citizens voting in New York City,
I'll tell you about that in a moment. Don't go away.
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It was so cool. In some ways, that was like
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that was such a great moment. It was like, you
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That was a great moment. And to see the Dolphins,
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the Dolphins like welcoming it back and jumping for joy
America honestly, you know. And the polls are showing that
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would love to see Donald Trump get behind at Toyota.
He would be so cool behind a Toyota Highlander or something.
Not an EV. He wouldn't do that, but just to
see him drive a regular car, that would be pretty fun.
And if he's gonna buy a car. He might as
(43:32):
well go to Toyota City. He's very familiar with Westchester.
He has property there, he has his golf course there.
His favorite county executive was there.
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wr dot com or on the iHeart app Uh Wayne
from Bayville in Nasau County. I'm gonna seek you in here.
Hi Wayne, Ahi Rob.
Speaker 7 (45:13):
I'm I'm for not having any phones in the classroom.
Speaker 2 (45:19):
Your vote has been tallied. Why is that?
Speaker 7 (45:22):
It is a total distraction because you have you're in class,
you have a teacher, and you know the teacher doesn't
want to be distracted as well. So it's disrespectable to them.
And that's it. That's my no education.
Speaker 2 (45:41):
Hey call anytime, Wayne, Thanks thanks for checking in.
Speaker 7 (45:46):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (45:46):
A friend of mine, Ali CARMANI. He's a great business man.
He owns like eighteen million gas stations and he's opening
up a new one in Yonkers on Monday, right on
Central Avenue right for the throughway there, and he's doing
something really smart. See this is a smart guy. So
he has the grand opening. The Yonkers Mayor's going to
(46:09):
it's Monday from noon to six. He is if you
go there and you buy a minimum of ten gallons
of gas, and he's it's like really cheap. It's two
sixty nine, that's cheap. If you do at least ten
gallons that day, he's gonna give you a dozen free eggs.
That's pretty good. I mean, I don't know which is
(46:30):
more expensive, the eggs are the gas, but it's definitely
the eggs. But he bought hundreds of cartons of eggs
to give away on Monday. So if your car's running low,
you want and you got to put gas in it. Anyway,
it's cheap two sixty nine. It's the Gulf Station right
on Central Avenue, right before the through way. They are
in Yonkers. Cheap gas and free eggs sounds pretty good
(46:52):
to me. So if you saw this, you know, a
couple of years ago, in twenty twenty one, the New
York City Council, they pay asked a law that would
have allowed city residents, not American citizens, city residents, so
green card holders somewhere her work Authorization DACA stat you know,
(47:16):
they would allow non citizens to vote in New York
City elections. The Constitution of New York cannot be any clearer.
It is so succinct that you must be an American
citizen to vote. And yet they passed a law and
it actually Deblasio, to his credit, did not sign this.
(47:41):
Adams came in and it took effect. It was immediately
there was a lawsuit. I think it was led by
Vito Vicella, the Staten Island Borough President, and it lost
in the courts, So, in other words, they struck it
down and it went to the Court of Appeals. Now,
the Court of Appeals, there's only one Republican, Mike Garcia,
(48:03):
great guy. The rest of them are all leftists, and
I mean leftists, and they even struck down the law. Thankfully,
it was a six to one decision. Now, you'd think
not having illegal or non citizens vote would be seven
to nothing, but no, Jenny Rivera, you can't get any
(48:27):
lefter than her. She voted to allow non citizens to
vote in New York City. Now what's her bona fides?
She went to Princeton, NYU Columbia. You'd think she'd know better.
But she is a product of these schools and they
are teaching this crap. And who put her on the
(48:49):
Court of Appeals? Who appointed her? Andrew Cuomo, think about that?
Think about that as he runs for mayor of New
York City. Pope Francis is going back to the Vatican
Tomorrow's being discharged out of the hospital. He's been there
since Valentine's Day and at one point it really looked bad,
(49:11):
which is why Newsmax sent me out to Rome that week.
It looked really bad. But now he I don't know
if he's back on his feet. He's in the wheelchair.
But at least he's going home to the Vatican, and
I think he's going to take part in the Angelus
Mass tomorrow at Saint Peter's. So that's good news. The
Holy Father is getting better and he is going home
(49:32):
all right. Thanks for being with me, I appreciate it.
Thanks to all the new callers as well. I'll be
back next Saturday, as I always am one to three
in the afternoon on Newsmax four to five. Right here
on seven to ten wor and of course I'm with
Larry Menti Menty in the morning every Friday at seven am,
so tune in. Have a great weekend. Saint John's. Oooh,
(49:55):
they're down by three.
Speaker 1 (49:57):
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