September 12, 2024 • 30 mins
ICYMI: Hour One of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – Thoughts on the prudence and efficacy of California’s “High School Voter Education Week,” where California’s economy ranks on WalletHub’s list of the top 10 state economies in the nation and MORE - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
KFIM six is later with Mo Kelly. We're live everywhere
on the iHeartRadio app. And I'm so tired of talking
about last night's debate. Since last night's show ended, did
BBC multiple interviews for Spectrum TV and other outlets. The
debate's over, okay, But I will say this as a
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coda to last night. I said last night, if you
want to know who won the debate, just look at
the empirical data the next day. Look at voter registrations,
look at polling, look at fundraising numbers. Those may not
be in yet, but I know the polling is in,
and I know that the voter registration increases are in,
and the numbers say what the numbers say. You don't
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need to hear it from me, but that was last night.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Tonight.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Of course, we'll give you the updates on the various
fires which are consuming a lot of southern California. We
got to tell you about this high school voter education
weeks which are coming up to empower young voices. I'm
not so sure that I'm down with that. I'll tell
you why. It's a continuation of a story that we've
covered before. And also what economy is the best in
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the nation. There's a new study out. It's California part
of it. Well, probably because we're going to talk about it.
And let me just say this, I have to pass
out some compliments before we really get going to Stephan
and to Mark Runner first, Good evening and Twalla sharpoo's
running around somewhere.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Good evening. Oh.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Earlier today, in the midst of the interviews I was doing,
I had a chance to go to Long Beach and
the Queen Mary for their weekly Long Beach Rotary Clife meeting,
and the guest speaker today was former La County Sheriff
Jim McDonald.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Are we in trouble? No, not yet, at least not yet.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
And it was a very very good speech he was giving,
talking about modern day policing and also modern day security
in a post nine to eleven world. Of course, today
is nine to eleven, twenty third year commemoration of that
faithful day. But I was able to just walk up
to him afterward and he said, oh, like he already
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recognized me. I said, Sheriff McDonald's and I see you.
Thank you for your remarks, And he said to me
that and this is a true story, he said, that
he listens all the time, and he says that we're
very funny.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I'll be damned. Are you sure? He said, we as
in all of us.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Yes, and put it this way, put it, put it,
put it this way. He were going to get him
to come on the show in the coming days or weeks.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
You may not know.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
There are published reports out there which lists him as
one of the five list for the LAPD chief job
right now that they're going through the interview process for
so he's tied up with that. Hopefully we can get
him on prior to the choice being made. But it
was a nice compliment to know that. You know, when
he's on his way home from wherever he's coming from,
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he's usually listening to KFI and he's definitely listening to us.
And I told him that I would pass that along
to you.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
So, oh yeah. It could have been so much worse.
There could have been warrants out for us. So I'll
take this over that.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Wait.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Wait, it's not mutually exclusive.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
If you had warrants before today, you still have warrants today.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Well, you just worry about you. Let's let's move on. Please.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
He did not arrest me on the spot, so I
think I'm okay.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
He didn't run my information. I don't know.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
He might be maybe went back to his car and said,
let me tell this mo Kelly Morris o'killy. No, right, So,
as far as I know, as far as I know,
the next time I see him, it won't be with
the detail who's going to arrest me or something?
Speaker 2 (03:59):
You know, or if he should become LAPD chief. I
don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
I'm just saying today it was a very nice interaction,
and I appreciated his remarks on security post nine eleven.
And also yet, you know, the news is that he's
one of the finalists.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
He didn't tell me that. I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
That's what you can read in the published sources on it,
so you know he may be coming back into the
public eye very soon. So just wanted to pass along
that compliment because I could have been very selfish and
Arroganton said that I was the only one who was funny,
which would.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Not have been untrue. You never would do something like that,
I know you too well. At this point, I can't
imagine such a thing happening. No, never, never.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
So I thought it'd be good to spread the love
all the way around so it was a nice afternoon
today as part of a busy day. So you can
look forward to former La County Sheriff Jim McDonald coming
on with us. That's in the future. Also tonight we
have to talk about Campbell. I can't even call it
Campbell's soup anymore because they're dropping the soup portion from
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its name. And did you know this, Mark Ronner, You
know how Tawala and I love to eat the goldfish
and the food drawer, the snap drawer down the hall.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
I have witnessed this.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I did not know that they were, I should say
it goldfish were part of the Campbell company.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
I didn't know that until today too. I have consumed
more than my fair share of goldfish.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
It's a nightly regimen for me. It's a food group
on its eyes.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Yes, And Michelle Cube, who usually restocks the food drawer,
she bought the larger size. So I feel even more
guilty about having one of the bags of one of
those bags each and every night.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
No, it's good for you, I mean it's also good.
It's not good for us. Don't tell that a lot.
It's good if you're at home. It tastes goldfish with
a cocktail. No, no, no, it tastes good, but not good
for us. Like Jack Daniels tastes good, it's not good
for me life.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Short, mo. Anything that brings us even a momentary bit
of pleasure, just to do it. No, But that's why
I'm with you, That's why I'm eating them every day.
And I mean, who doesn't love a snack that smiles back?
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (06:04):
I never looked at the fish in the face because
I'm biting off head.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Yeah, it's creepy. Now. I don't like food that.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Can look back at me, and that's part of reason
why I have a problem with lobster and shrimp in
which I got to cut off the head.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
I don't want food.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
That may move at any moment or seems like it
could move, or it's going to look back at me
and judge me for eating it.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
No, I would prefer the animal's death throws to be
out of the way before it gets to the table,
if that's okay with everybody.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Look, I don't want to see the cow slaughtered. I
just want the hamburger on my plate. That's all it is.
And you can say, Mo's that's really really just selfish
of you and unkind you ought to be a vegan. No,
I shouldn't. I should enjoy food while I can't. Just
like you said, Mark, I'm going to have the small
joys of life, and sometimes that includes a steak.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I don't think we need to apologize to anybody for
not being able to take ourselves out of the food
chain immediately, but also not being bloodthirsty psychopaths who wish
to kill.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
There is an upside to being an apex predator, there
really is. I love being at the top of the
food chain. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Give it to me in a nice, neatly wrapped pink package,
and don't make me kill anything.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yeah, Yeah, I don't want to. I don't want to
get my hands dirty. I don't want to do any
of the work. I don't want to go out there
and forage from my food. I would like to think
myself as a hunter gatherer, but I don't want to
actually put that to the test.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Oh, you know, I watch a lot of old Westerns
and things like that. I would die immediately because I
can't kill something. No, and I'm not a survivalist.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
When I watch movies like We Were watching that movie
Rebel Ridge the other day on Netflix. And anytime I
see one of those survivalist scenes in a movie, I
think about, Gosh, this guy hasn't had a shower in
like three days. How was he surviving. I've said shower
and then and then. I don't want to give it
all away, but there's a point where he's fishing by
hand for his food and I said, okay, I'm dead.
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I just don't have those skills, and I'm real picky
with what I'm eating.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
They said, well, you eat anything if you're hungry. No,
I won't. No, I won't. I will draw the line
and I will die of starvation.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Now you brought up something I noticed about the movie,
which is that they were very meticulous with detail and
Rebel Ridge, and they gave the guy a sweat ring
on a sweatshirt throughout the whole film. He must have
just stunk a high heaven to everybody else on these You.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Noticed that too, Because it takes place over like the
course of a week.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
They set it up. You got a whole week.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
And I know that mother father did not see a
shower at any point, because they made it clear he
didn't have a roof over his head. He was out
there in the wilderness for days upon days. No one
offered him a shower, and he actually hugged people. I said,
that's not possible.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
No, no, no, no no. When you're living rough like that,
you smell rough. Oh and I was thinking about mmm mmmm.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
It was like, oh, dolly, well anyhow, Twallas Sharp, thank
you for coming in and finally joining the show. Where
you've been I was trying to give you some prop
from the former La County sheriff Jim McDonald.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
I was enjoying the props. I was enjoying you and
Mark debating over who was the funniest, and for some
reason other leaving me out as if I don't have singers.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
You should have gone away. You should have been here.
If you were here, we could have included you. But
out of sight, out of mind.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
Look, man show prep, Man show prep takes priority over
these jokes.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Okay, well, when we come back, let's talk about high
school voter education, which is not funny. There's a serious
conversation to be had about pre registering high school students.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Is that what we want to do. We'll talk about
it when we come back.
Speaker 5 (09:34):
You're listening to later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
But I'm one of those guys. I am very pro education.
I don't know if you'll meet someone who is more
pro education than me, son of two educators. When I
was growing up, it was understood you're going to college
and you're also going to participate in the political process.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
You're going to be a voter. That was just drilled
into me.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Part of the reason why they sat me down in
front of the TV to watch the nineteen eighty four
RNC and DNC conventions and I'm thinking, like, this is
not fun, this is not cool, But this is what
was done in my house. So what I'm about to
say is coming from the standpoint of someone who's very
high on education, civics and government. High School Voter Education
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Weeks are going to take place from September sixteenth through
the twenty seventh all across the state of California. This
is to promote civic engagement among students. And you would
ask me, it's like, Mo, you're not a gain, You're
not all for this. Well, well there's more to this.
It's led by Secretary of State Shirley Webber and State
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurman, who I've dialogue with.
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He's come on the mo Kelly Show more than one occasion.
The initiative encourages students age sixteen and seventeen to pre
register to vote. The early registration allows them to be
automatically registered when they turn eighteen. I want to be
very careful here because there's a distinction to be made.
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Simply registering to vote is not the same as learning
the civics and the importance of voting. It's one thing
to say, hey, it's your civic duty, you know it's
you should preregister now so you can start learning. But
if you do that without the context of a civics
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education or government class alongside of it, there's a disconnect
where it's just a step that they're taking. It's an
actor that they're making, but they without the full understanding.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Here's more on that. We are constantly told that we
are the future, that our generation will make a difference.
We are told that our time will come, that we
are the leaders of tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Well, we shouldn't have to wait to make a difference.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Our time is now. Our time is our timeue is now.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Hi, I'm California Secretary of State doctor Shirl Weber, and your.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Time is now.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Sure. We may not be old enough to vote, but
we can contribute in other ways.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
And for those of us who are sixteen or seventeen,
is an actually preregistered to vote, preregistered to vote, preregistered
to vote in California, preregister at sixteen or seventeen.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
And vote when you turn eighteen because we don't have
to wait to get informed, We.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Don't have to wait to have our voices heard. We
can volunteer to be pullworkers.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
We can contribute to our communities, we can make things.
Our time is now.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Our time is now. Our time is now.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Preregister at sixteen or seventeen and vote dot eighteen. And
if you're eighteen, there's no excuse visit register to vote
dot CA dot goal to preregister or register to vote, Your.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Time is now.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
What I don't like about it, no excuse me. That's
that's the wrong phrasing. What I think is missing from
it is as an educational component. They call it high
school voter education, but you're encouraging them to vote without
the context of the historical importance of voting, how to
best vet candidates, how the different elected officials interacts with
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each other. What's the difference between a mayor and a
and an LA County supervisor, for example, what's the difference
between a comptroller and an assessor? You know, how do
you find out about the different judges on the ballot
and their background. It's nice that if you increase the
voter rolls, and this is the cynic of me coming out.
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When you pre register these individuals, you are getting their
information and you are allowing them to opt into receiving
all sorts of political information, which is different from civic education.
When you pre register to vote or register to vote,
you have to declare a party, you have to declare something.
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I'm a registered independent and regardless of that, I get
everything from everyone. I get phone calls, I get texts,
I get emails, and it's you get inundated with candidates
and stuff. But you're not better educated and informed about
the process. Now, I'm a grown ass man, I've been
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doing this for a good thirty five years now. As
far as voting goes, it's a little bit different with me.
But for the sixteen seventeen year old mine, I wonder
about how much information that they are giving. Obviously, they're
giving some sort of contact information. How can you pre
register to vote and not give your contact information be
it email or phone number, and and know this. Nothing
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is done as far as registering anyone to vote unless
it serves the benefit of a particular party.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Let me say that again.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
There is no desire to get people to vote or
pre registered to vote unless there's been some study done
or some indication that it will benefit a particular party.
That's why I'm more for for civic education than it
is for actually just pre registering people to vote. It
doesn't mean anything pre registering in sixteen and hopefully they'll
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vote at eighteen. How about a government class? How about
a civics class? Because a lot of the people who
are voting now can't tell you jack about how this
government actually works on a city level, municipality level, a
state level, or a federal level. Someone doesn't even I
would be willing to venture that most people don't even
know the difference between a federal representative and a local representative.
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I don't know if people actually know what it means
to be a mayor of a city and a CEO
of that city. I don't know if people know what
the basic responsibilities of a federal representative or a congressional representative.
I know that I could open the phones and say, hey,
tell me what a person, an elected member of Congress
is responsible for, and I would get a lot of
wrong answers thinking that, you know, see Pelosi's responsible for
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the crime in San Francisco.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
No she's not.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
That's not what a congressional representative does, for example. So
it's nice to get people involved. It's nice to get
people engaged, and it's nice to say, hey, you know,
start thinking about this process which may you may be
part of in a good year and a half or so.
But like we had the discussion about adding to the
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educational requirements of financial literacy, why is it we don't
have a Civics and government requirement statewide?
Speaker 2 (16:33):
If we have one, I don't know that.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Please inform me, educate me, but I don't think so, Twala,
is there an educational component?
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Did your kids have to take Civics? I can't say
that they did.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Oh okay, that's but see that's my point, that's my point,
and to but they can preregister to vote.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
And I think you're putting the cart before the horse.
Speaker 4 (16:58):
The idea of pre registering teenagers right now to vote
to me, especially after the news of someone like a
Taylor Swift backing Kamala Harris. To me, imagine the number
of seventeen, say about to be eighteen year olds who'll
be thinking, Oh, I once I get to vote, I'm
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gonna vote like Swift without knowing any without knowing anything
about you know, Vice President Harris at all outside of
Taylor Swift as u's school.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
Well to your point, to your point, since Taylor Swift
has made the endorsement for Kamala Harris, there has been
a link that was shared from Taylor Swift.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
To register to vote.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Yes, I saw, and more than half a million last
I checked, have followed that link and preregistered. If you're
a supporter of Kamala Harris, that's great for them. But
to your point, yes, Taylor Swift has then exerted undue influence.
And I'm not saying all of her swifties or sixteen
seventeen years old, but a lot of them are. And
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I would rather there be a rush to educate themselves
about the process as opposed to a rush to support
a candidate. But that's just me. I'm old school like that.
And although yes, we want more participation in the process,
I would rather have more informed voters in the process
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who understand how this government on a local, state, and
federal level actually works. And this could be part of that,
but presently it is not. It's Later with mo Kelly
KFI AM six forty. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
And when we come back, let's find out which state
has the best economy in this nation.
Speaker 5 (18:47):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
And let's talk about the top ten state economies here
in the US. And this is according to Wallace Hub.
Wallet Hub used April data from the US Census Bureau,
the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United Health Foundation,
and several other databases to determine the best and worst
economies in the nation. The site analyzed a total of
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fifty one places, including fifty states and Washington, d C.
Based on three categories economic activity, economic health, and innovation potential.
Let's just do the top ten state economies, because we
know Mississippi's at the bottom. We don't need to even
you know, it's it's you know, you know what we
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call it miss Obama, what we call it? Do you
even need to add anything in Mississippi? Come on, I
know it's Mississippi. It came in last all right.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
If you add another insult to Mississippi, you're just you're
spiking the ball in the end zone.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
All right, Here we go.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
Number ten of the top state economies in the United States, Arizona.
Kind of surprising. Actually, Number nine.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
Yes, I know it's not a state, but it was
included in the study. Okay, I know civics. I haven't forgotten.
Number eight North Carolina in the ten best ten best.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
I'll be damned right. It's you know, it's enlightening.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
Not so sure, I agree, But is there any information
about how this could be?
Speaker 2 (20:34):
Look there.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
They're based upon economic activity, economic health, and innovation potential,
which is kind of abstract, but it's using data.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
Yeah, concept of wealth.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
It's a bit sketchy, like maybe one super rich guy
moved into that state and that moved him up the list.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Possibly maybe Texas is on this lift. I don't know. Interesting,
but you know.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
It's using data from the US Census Bureau, US Bureau
of Labor Statistics, and United Health Foundation and several other databases.
I'm reading several other databases, sus. Look, I'm just reading
what they have. Coming in at number seven, Florida. Yeah, no,
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applause for Florida. Okay, yeah, now, now it's really gonna
get hanky. Number six and this state has a better
economy than Florida, North Carolina, Washington, DC, and Arizona.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Coming in at number six is Colorado. Oh the marijuana.
Oh yeah, good point. Yeah, good point, good point.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Coming in at number five of the top ten state
economies in the United States, the.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Eagle is landed California number five.
Speaker 3 (21:59):
Only I know, for real, we have the world's fifth
largest economy and with the fifth best statement, is it
the exodus?
Speaker 2 (22:09):
What's happening? This doesn't work out?
Speaker 1 (22:12):
Look, I know we've already decided that this is a
suss list to use your terminology.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
I like to stay on top of the most current terms.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
And you know what they're using is criteria, somewhat abstract
and random by vibes.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
It's all vibes.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
So so California, we only hit a number five of
the top ten state economies.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
Because I'm thinking state economies.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
It is much more uh specific, and you can you
can tabulate. We're talking about GDP or job growth or
things of that kind, you know, but you know, innovation potential.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
I don't know how you. I don't know how you
you know, how do you quantify? Yes, yes, that's the word.
It's a holistic grade, right, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
So we have California five, Colorado at six, Florida seven,
North Carolina eight, Washington, d C. At nine, and Arizona
at ten coming in at number four Elon Musk and Texas.
So Texas has a better state economy than California. In
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your face, Gavin Newsom, in your face. Well, let's see
if he does to Texas what he's done with Twitter.
Ooh ooh, Stefan didn't move, So I guess you didn't
find it funny.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
Oh you got a little thumb on the scale over
in the air mixed room. Did you do something to
piss him off? Never? Okay, I treat him with kid
gloves constantly.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
Coming in at number three of the top ten state
economies in the United States according to wallet hub. And
it's very very suspect. Massachusetts, boy, don't think SEP. Don't
tell me that Massachusetts with a population and GDP one
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fiftieth of California has a better state economy. Now, if
they're talking about they're exporting Kennedy's that's all they did. Yeah,
I'm saying if they're talking about economies based on say
like money spent or cost of living in a certain
specific area, they say, well, in this one area, cost
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of living and what's made. I'm saying, there's ways you
can fudge the numbers and make Massachusetts has zero innovation potential.
If you they burned there, Okay, if you're only asking
one hundred people in the state, you know what their
yearly income.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Is and things like that, you can easily come up
with something.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Look, the biggest thing in Massachusetts arguably are the Red
Sox and the Boston Celtics, and neither of them are
top franchises in terms of economic viability or franchise worth value.
I just don't know what they're pulling from. You know,
it's supposed to be economic activity. It's not like they
have a great tourism industry. Martha's Vineyard is not all
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that as far as tourists economic health. I don't know
what the gross domestic products you know.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Something in there. Okay, I'm gonna look this up while
we get.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
To the innovation potential, Massachusetts number three. Now you really
want to laugh? Is everyone ready for a laugh? Here's
number two? Get ready? You freaking taw Well, that is
some number two right there. That is definitely Utah has
a better economy than Texas, California, and Florida. Is that
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what you're telling me? That's what they're telling me. But
is that what you want me to believe? This is rigged,
rigged tall All right, I'm trying to figure this out, man,
No you won't. Let's get ready for number one review quickly.
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Number ten was Arizona, number nine, Washington, DC number eight,
North Carolina seven, Florida six, Colorado five, California four, Texas
three Massachusetts to Utah, and the number one state economy
in the US according to wallet hub. Take a bow,
Mark Ronner. The state of Washington. Well how about that?
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But I can at least see the argument because of
tech and Starbucks and I don't know what else is
up there, video games, video game It really is the
hub of a lot of culture, stuff that drives the culture.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
But I didn't expect it to be number one over California.
Speaker 4 (26:49):
Massachusetts, Massachusetts, it's easy for you to say Massachusetts. You know,
Massa chew Massa chew sits. They have field oil, Holly reactors.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
We got that.
Speaker 4 (27:07):
In mechanical appliances, electrons, vehicles, aircraft, and spacecraft are built.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
Wait wait, wait, don't tell me that their aircraft industry
is doing better than it's the export, their biggest export.
But I don't know, like McDonald Douglas Hughes aircraft right
now the day is producing some ten point six billion
dollars a year in just aeronautical and.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
We have Hollywood. We have is no Hollywood.
Speaker 4 (27:40):
Hollywood is now in Louisiana and Detroit and Canada. Hollywood
isn't in Hollywood anymore. Well, it's in Georgia, actually Georgia specifically. Yeah,
all right, well, Washington take a bow. Number one state
economy in the whole country. Utah is supposed to be
above California. Listen, Howard Hughes.
Speaker 3 (27:58):
Howard Hughes only trusted Mormons to handle his money, so
maybe he was onto something.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Ooo.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
This is an objective historical fact. Don don't ooh me
about that. Ooh, how dare you uh me?
Speaker 1 (28:10):
It's later with moo Kelly caf I AM six forty
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Speaker 5 (28:14):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
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Speaker 1 (28:20):
Mark Ronner, I noticed I heard you in the promo
for our fire coverage, and I think that's the first
time I've heard you in a CAFI promo. You are
moving on up like George Jefferson to the east Side.
Speaker 3 (28:33):
It had to be a mistake, right, No, it's just
a mistake and I just slipped through.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
It's fun. You were doing news like six days a
week for a while, weren't you. I feel like I've
paid some dues, but you're never fully paid. O. No,
I was. Of course. I'm happy to be in a
promo by it. Definitely not used to it. Well, you
were doing news six days a week.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
You're in a promo. You're hosting here when I was
gone in Mexico. Look pretty soon you'll be running this
station like the Ali Velshi of KFI.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
I just go where I'm needed. Look, I'll talk to
you off air about that situation I see.
Speaker 3 (29:07):
I think that we should go to the news and
bruise thing tomorrow and get a few pints in us
before we come to work.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
If you've done that before.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
No, As a matter of fact, I make it a
point not to have alcohol before I come on the air.
Speaker 3 (29:18):
Well, it might be fun to do that on a
I guess it'd be a Thursday show up to work,
a little half in the bag.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
We all know that you don't get up before four pm.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
So don't tell that lie about going out to news
and bruise at nine am and soritos that means get
in the car at seven thirty eight o'clock. You are
not going to do that. What did you install a webcam?
You told me yourself. Okay, you're like Dracula nos Feratu.
I get up early to support my beloved co workers. Okay,
(29:48):
all right, then, all right, I'll pick you up at eight.
How about that. I'll just be getting to bed. KFI
AM six forty. We are alive everywhere on that iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 5 (30:00):
Comes to mind when I think of nine to eleven tragedy,
probably hopefully the most horrific thing that I'll ever have
to witness in my life.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
K s I and k OST HD two Los Angeles,
Orange County live everywhere on the ear radio
KFIM six is later with Mo Kelly. We're live everywhere
on the iHeartRadio app. And I'm so tired of talking
about last night's debate. Since last night's show ended, did
BBC multiple interviews for Spectrum TV and other outlets. The
debate's over, okay, But I will say this as a
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coda to last night. I said last night, if you
want to know who won the debate, just look at
the empirical data the next day. Look at voter registrations,
look at polling, look at fundraising numbers. Those may not
be in yet, but I know the polling is in,
and I know that the voter registration increases are in,
and the numbers say what the numbers say. You don't
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need to hear it from me, but that was last night.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Tonight.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Of course, we'll give you the updates on the various
fires which are consuming a lot of southern California. We
got to tell you about this high school voter education
weeks which are coming up to empower young voices. I'm
not so sure that I'm down with that. I'll tell
you why. It's a continuation of a story that we've
covered before. And also what economy is the best in
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the nation. There's a new study out. It's California part
of it. Well, probably because we're going to talk about it.
And let me just say this, I have to pass
out some compliments before we really get going to Stephan
and to Mark Runner first, Good evening and Twalla sharpoo's
running around somewhere.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Good evening. Oh.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Earlier today, in the midst of the interviews I was doing,
I had a chance to go to Long Beach and
the Queen Mary for their weekly Long Beach Rotary Clife meeting,
and the guest speaker today was former La County Sheriff
Jim McDonald.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Are we in trouble? No, not yet, at least not yet.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
And it was a very very good speech he was giving,
talking about modern day policing and also modern day security
in a post nine to eleven world. Of course, today
is nine to eleven, twenty third year commemoration of that
faithful day. But I was able to just walk up
to him afterward and he said, oh, like he already
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recognized me. I said, Sheriff McDonald's and I see you.
Thank you for your remarks, And he said to me
that and this is a true story, he said, that
he listens all the time, and he says that we're
very funny.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I'll be damned. Are you sure? He said, we as
in all of us.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Yes, and put it this way, put it, put it,
put it this way. He were going to get him
to come on the show in the coming days or weeks.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
You may not know.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
There are published reports out there which lists him as
one of the five list for the LAPD chief job
right now that they're going through the interview process for
so he's tied up with that. Hopefully we can get
him on prior to the choice being made. But it
was a nice compliment to know that. You know, when
he's on his way home from wherever he's coming from,
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he's usually listening to KFI and he's definitely listening to us.
And I told him that I would pass that along
to you.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
So, oh yeah. It could have been so much worse.
There could have been warrants out for us. So I'll
take this over that.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Wait.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Wait, it's not mutually exclusive.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
If you had warrants before today, you still have warrants today.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Well, you just worry about you. Let's let's move on. Please.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
He did not arrest me on the spot, so I
think I'm okay.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
He didn't run my information. I don't know.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
He might be maybe went back to his car and said,
let me tell this mo Kelly Morris o'killy. No, right, So,
as far as I know, as far as I know,
the next time I see him, it won't be with
the detail who's going to arrest me or something?
Speaker 2 (03:59):
You know, or if he should become LAPD chief. I
don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
I'm just saying today it was a very nice interaction,
and I appreciated his remarks on security post nine eleven.
And also yet, you know, the news is that he's
one of the finalists.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
He didn't tell me that. I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
That's what you can read in the published sources on it,
so you know he may be coming back into the
public eye very soon. So just wanted to pass along
that compliment because I could have been very selfish and
Arroganton said that I was the only one who was funny,
which would.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Not have been untrue. You never would do something like that,
I know you too well. At this point, I can't
imagine such a thing happening. No, never, never.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
So I thought it'd be good to spread the love
all the way around so it was a nice afternoon
today as part of a busy day. So you can
look forward to former La County Sheriff Jim McDonald coming
on with us. That's in the future. Also tonight we
have to talk about Campbell. I can't even call it
Campbell's soup anymore because they're dropping the soup portion from
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its name. And did you know this, Mark Ronner, You
know how Tawala and I love to eat the goldfish
and the food drawer, the snap drawer down the hall.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
I have witnessed this.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I did not know that they were, I should say
it goldfish were part of the Campbell company.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
I didn't know that until today too. I have consumed
more than my fair share of goldfish.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
It's a nightly regimen for me. It's a food group
on its eyes.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Yes, And Michelle Cube, who usually restocks the food drawer,
she bought the larger size. So I feel even more
guilty about having one of the bags of one of
those bags each and every night.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
No, it's good for you, I mean it's also good.
It's not good for us. Don't tell that a lot.
It's good if you're at home. It tastes goldfish with
a cocktail. No, no, no, it tastes good, but not good
for us. Like Jack Daniels tastes good, it's not good
for me life.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Short, mo. Anything that brings us even a momentary bit
of pleasure, just to do it. No, But that's why
I'm with you, That's why I'm eating them every day.
And I mean, who doesn't love a snack that smiles back?
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (06:04):
I never looked at the fish in the face because
I'm biting off head.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Yeah, it's creepy. Now. I don't like food that.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Can look back at me, and that's part of reason
why I have a problem with lobster and shrimp in
which I got to cut off the head.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
I don't want food.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
That may move at any moment or seems like it
could move, or it's going to look back at me
and judge me for eating it.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
No, I would prefer the animal's death throws to be
out of the way before it gets to the table,
if that's okay with everybody.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Look, I don't want to see the cow slaughtered. I
just want the hamburger on my plate. That's all it is.
And you can say, Mo's that's really really just selfish
of you and unkind you ought to be a vegan. No,
I shouldn't. I should enjoy food while I can't. Just
like you said, Mark, I'm going to have the small
joys of life, and sometimes that includes a steak.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I don't think we need to apologize to anybody for
not being able to take ourselves out of the food
chain immediately, but also not being bloodthirsty psychopaths who wish
to kill.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
There is an upside to being an apex predator, there
really is. I love being at the top of the
food chain. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Give it to me in a nice, neatly wrapped pink package,
and don't make me kill anything.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yeah, Yeah, I don't want to. I don't want to
get my hands dirty. I don't want to do any
of the work. I don't want to go out there
and forage from my food. I would like to think
myself as a hunter gatherer, but I don't want to
actually put that to the test.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Oh, you know, I watch a lot of old Westerns
and things like that. I would die immediately because I
can't kill something. No, and I'm not a survivalist.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
When I watch movies like We Were watching that movie
Rebel Ridge the other day on Netflix. And anytime I
see one of those survivalist scenes in a movie, I
think about, Gosh, this guy hasn't had a shower in
like three days. How was he surviving. I've said shower
and then and then. I don't want to give it
all away, but there's a point where he's fishing by
hand for his food and I said, okay, I'm dead.
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I just don't have those skills, and I'm real picky
with what I'm eating.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
They said, well, you eat anything if you're hungry. No,
I won't. No, I won't. I will draw the line
and I will die of starvation.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Now you brought up something I noticed about the movie,
which is that they were very meticulous with detail and
Rebel Ridge, and they gave the guy a sweat ring
on a sweatshirt throughout the whole film. He must have
just stunk a high heaven to everybody else on these You.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Noticed that too, Because it takes place over like the
course of a week.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
They set it up. You got a whole week.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
And I know that mother father did not see a
shower at any point, because they made it clear he
didn't have a roof over his head. He was out
there in the wilderness for days upon days. No one
offered him a shower, and he actually hugged people. I said,
that's not possible.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
No, no, no, no no. When you're living rough like that,
you smell rough. Oh and I was thinking about mmm mmmm.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
It was like, oh, dolly, well anyhow, Twallas Sharp, thank
you for coming in and finally joining the show. Where
you've been I was trying to give you some prop
from the former La County sheriff Jim McDonald.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
I was enjoying the props. I was enjoying you and
Mark debating over who was the funniest, and for some
reason other leaving me out as if I don't have singers.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
You should have gone away. You should have been here.
If you were here, we could have included you. But
out of sight, out of mind.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
Look, man show prep, Man show prep takes priority over
these jokes.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Okay, well, when we come back, let's talk about high
school voter education, which is not funny. There's a serious
conversation to be had about pre registering high school students.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Is that what we want to do. We'll talk about
it when we come back.
Speaker 5 (09:34):
You're listening to later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
But I'm one of those guys. I am very pro education.
I don't know if you'll meet someone who is more
pro education than me, son of two educators. When I
was growing up, it was understood you're going to college
and you're also going to participate in the political process.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
You're going to be a voter. That was just drilled
into me.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Part of the reason why they sat me down in
front of the TV to watch the nineteen eighty four
RNC and DNC conventions and I'm thinking, like, this is
not fun, this is not cool, But this is what
was done in my house. So what I'm about to
say is coming from the standpoint of someone who's very
high on education, civics and government. High School Voter Education
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Weeks are going to take place from September sixteenth through
the twenty seventh all across the state of California. This
is to promote civic engagement among students. And you would
ask me, it's like, Mo, you're not a gain, You're
not all for this. Well, well there's more to this.
It's led by Secretary of State Shirley Webber and State
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurman, who I've dialogue with.
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He's come on the mo Kelly Show more than one occasion.
The initiative encourages students age sixteen and seventeen to pre
register to vote. The early registration allows them to be
automatically registered when they turn eighteen. I want to be
very careful here because there's a distinction to be made.
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Simply registering to vote is not the same as learning
the civics and the importance of voting. It's one thing
to say, hey, it's your civic duty, you know it's
you should preregister now so you can start learning. But
if you do that without the context of a civics
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education or government class alongside of it, there's a disconnect
where it's just a step that they're taking. It's an
actor that they're making, but they without the full understanding.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Here's more on that. We are constantly told that we
are the future, that our generation will make a difference.
We are told that our time will come, that we
are the leaders of tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Well, we shouldn't have to wait to make a difference.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Our time is now. Our time is our timeue is now.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Hi, I'm California Secretary of State doctor Shirl Weber, and your.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Time is now.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Sure. We may not be old enough to vote, but
we can contribute in other ways.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
And for those of us who are sixteen or seventeen,
is an actually preregistered to vote, preregistered to vote, preregistered
to vote in California, preregister at sixteen or seventeen.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
And vote when you turn eighteen because we don't have
to wait to get informed, We.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Don't have to wait to have our voices heard. We
can volunteer to be pullworkers.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
We can contribute to our communities, we can make things.
Our time is now.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Our time is now. Our time is now.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Preregister at sixteen or seventeen and vote dot eighteen. And
if you're eighteen, there's no excuse visit register to vote
dot CA dot goal to preregister or register to vote, Your.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Time is now.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
What I don't like about it, no excuse me. That's
that's the wrong phrasing. What I think is missing from
it is as an educational component. They call it high
school voter education, but you're encouraging them to vote without
the context of the historical importance of voting, how to
best vet candidates, how the different elected officials interacts with
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each other. What's the difference between a mayor and a
and an LA County supervisor, for example, what's the difference
between a comptroller and an assessor? You know, how do
you find out about the different judges on the ballot
and their background. It's nice that if you increase the
voter rolls, and this is the cynic of me coming out.
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When you pre register these individuals, you are getting their
information and you are allowing them to opt into receiving
all sorts of political information, which is different from civic education.
When you pre register to vote or register to vote,
you have to declare a party, you have to declare something.
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I'm a registered independent and regardless of that, I get
everything from everyone. I get phone calls, I get texts,
I get emails, and it's you get inundated with candidates
and stuff. But you're not better educated and informed about
the process. Now, I'm a grown ass man, I've been
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doing this for a good thirty five years now. As
far as voting goes, it's a little bit different with me.
But for the sixteen seventeen year old mine, I wonder
about how much information that they are giving. Obviously, they're
giving some sort of contact information. How can you pre
register to vote and not give your contact information be
it email or phone number, and and know this. Nothing
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is done as far as registering anyone to vote unless
it serves the benefit of a particular party.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Let me say that again.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
There is no desire to get people to vote or
pre registered to vote unless there's been some study done
or some indication that it will benefit a particular party.
That's why I'm more for for civic education than it
is for actually just pre registering people to vote. It
doesn't mean anything pre registering in sixteen and hopefully they'll
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vote at eighteen. How about a government class? How about
a civics class? Because a lot of the people who
are voting now can't tell you jack about how this
government actually works on a city level, municipality level, a
state level, or a federal level. Someone doesn't even I
would be willing to venture that most people don't even
know the difference between a federal representative and a local representative.
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I don't know if people actually know what it means
to be a mayor of a city and a CEO
of that city. I don't know if people know what
the basic responsibilities of a federal representative or a congressional representative.
I know that I could open the phones and say, hey,
tell me what a person, an elected member of Congress
is responsible for, and I would get a lot of
wrong answers thinking that, you know, see Pelosi's responsible for
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the crime in San Francisco.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
No she's not.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
That's not what a congressional representative does, for example. So
it's nice to get people involved. It's nice to get
people engaged, and it's nice to say, hey, you know,
start thinking about this process which may you may be
part of in a good year and a half or so.
But like we had the discussion about adding to the
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educational requirements of financial literacy, why is it we don't
have a Civics and government requirement statewide?
Speaker 2 (16:33):
If we have one, I don't know that.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Please inform me, educate me, but I don't think so, Twala,
is there an educational component?
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Did your kids have to take Civics? I can't say
that they did.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Oh okay, that's but see that's my point, that's my point,
and to but they can preregister to vote.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
And I think you're putting the cart before the horse.
Speaker 4 (16:58):
The idea of pre registering teenagers right now to vote
to me, especially after the news of someone like a
Taylor Swift backing Kamala Harris. To me, imagine the number
of seventeen, say about to be eighteen year olds who'll
be thinking, Oh, I once I get to vote, I'm
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gonna vote like Swift without knowing any without knowing anything
about you know, Vice President Harris at all outside of
Taylor Swift as u's school.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
Well to your point, to your point, since Taylor Swift
has made the endorsement for Kamala Harris, there has been
a link that was shared from Taylor Swift.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
To register to vote.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Yes, I saw, and more than half a million last
I checked, have followed that link and preregistered. If you're
a supporter of Kamala Harris, that's great for them. But
to your point, yes, Taylor Swift has then exerted undue influence.
And I'm not saying all of her swifties or sixteen
seventeen years old, but a lot of them are. And
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I would rather there be a rush to educate themselves
about the process as opposed to a rush to support
a candidate. But that's just me. I'm old school like that.
And although yes, we want more participation in the process,
I would rather have more informed voters in the process
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who understand how this government on a local, state, and
federal level actually works. And this could be part of that,
but presently it is not. It's Later with mo Kelly
KFI AM six forty. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
And when we come back, let's find out which state
has the best economy in this nation.
Speaker 5 (18:47):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
And let's talk about the top ten state economies here
in the US. And this is according to Wallace Hub.
Wallet Hub used April data from the US Census Bureau,
the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United Health Foundation,
and several other databases to determine the best and worst
economies in the nation. The site analyzed a total of
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fifty one places, including fifty states and Washington, d C.
Based on three categories economic activity, economic health, and innovation potential.
Let's just do the top ten state economies, because we
know Mississippi's at the bottom. We don't need to even
you know, it's it's you know, you know what we
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call it miss Obama, what we call it? Do you
even need to add anything in Mississippi? Come on, I
know it's Mississippi. It came in last all right.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
If you add another insult to Mississippi, you're just you're
spiking the ball in the end zone.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
All right, Here we go.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
Number ten of the top state economies in the United States, Arizona.
Kind of surprising. Actually, Number nine.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
Yes, I know it's not a state, but it was
included in the study. Okay, I know civics. I haven't forgotten.
Number eight North Carolina in the ten best ten best.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
I'll be damned right. It's you know, it's enlightening.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
Not so sure, I agree, But is there any information
about how this could be?
Speaker 2 (20:34):
Look there.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
They're based upon economic activity, economic health, and innovation potential,
which is kind of abstract, but it's using data.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
Yeah, concept of wealth.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
It's a bit sketchy, like maybe one super rich guy
moved into that state and that moved him up the list.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Possibly maybe Texas is on this lift. I don't know. Interesting,
but you know.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
It's using data from the US Census Bureau, US Bureau
of Labor Statistics, and United Health Foundation and several other databases.
I'm reading several other databases, sus. Look, I'm just reading
what they have. Coming in at number seven, Florida. Yeah, no,
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applause for Florida. Okay, yeah, now, now it's really gonna
get hanky. Number six and this state has a better
economy than Florida, North Carolina, Washington, DC, and Arizona.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Coming in at number six is Colorado. Oh the marijuana.
Oh yeah, good point. Yeah, good point, good point.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Coming in at number five of the top ten state
economies in the United States, the.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Eagle is landed California number five.
Speaker 3 (21:59):
Only I know, for real, we have the world's fifth
largest economy and with the fifth best statement, is it
the exodus?
Speaker 2 (22:09):
What's happening? This doesn't work out?
Speaker 1 (22:12):
Look, I know we've already decided that this is a
suss list to use your terminology.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
I like to stay on top of the most current terms.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
And you know what they're using is criteria, somewhat abstract
and random by vibes.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
It's all vibes.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
So so California, we only hit a number five of
the top ten state economies.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
Because I'm thinking state economies.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
It is much more uh specific, and you can you
can tabulate. We're talking about GDP or job growth or
things of that kind, you know, but you know, innovation potential.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
I don't know how you. I don't know how you
you know, how do you quantify? Yes, yes, that's the word.
It's a holistic grade, right, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
So we have California five, Colorado at six, Florida seven,
North Carolina eight, Washington, d C. At nine, and Arizona
at ten coming in at number four Elon Musk and Texas.
So Texas has a better state economy than California. In
(23:24):
your face, Gavin Newsom, in your face. Well, let's see
if he does to Texas what he's done with Twitter.
Ooh ooh, Stefan didn't move, So I guess you didn't
find it funny.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
Oh you got a little thumb on the scale over
in the air mixed room. Did you do something to
piss him off? Never? Okay, I treat him with kid
gloves constantly.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
Coming in at number three of the top ten state
economies in the United States according to wallet hub. And
it's very very suspect. Massachusetts, boy, don't think SEP. Don't
tell me that Massachusetts with a population and GDP one
(24:06):
fiftieth of California has a better state economy. Now, if
they're talking about they're exporting Kennedy's that's all they did. Yeah,
I'm saying if they're talking about economies based on say
like money spent or cost of living in a certain
specific area, they say, well, in this one area, cost
(24:29):
of living and what's made. I'm saying, there's ways you
can fudge the numbers and make Massachusetts has zero innovation potential.
If you they burned there, Okay, if you're only asking
one hundred people in the state, you know what their
yearly income.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Is and things like that, you can easily come up
with something.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Look, the biggest thing in Massachusetts arguably are the Red
Sox and the Boston Celtics, and neither of them are
top franchises in terms of economic viability or franchise worth value.
I just don't know what they're pulling from. You know,
it's supposed to be economic activity. It's not like they
have a great tourism industry. Martha's Vineyard is not all
(25:11):
that as far as tourists economic health. I don't know
what the gross domestic products you know.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Something in there. Okay, I'm gonna look this up while
we get.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
To the innovation potential, Massachusetts number three. Now you really
want to laugh? Is everyone ready for a laugh? Here's
number two? Get ready? You freaking taw Well, that is
some number two right there. That is definitely Utah has
a better economy than Texas, California, and Florida. Is that
(25:45):
what you're telling me? That's what they're telling me. But
is that what you want me to believe? This is rigged,
rigged tall All right, I'm trying to figure this out, man,
No you won't. Let's get ready for number one review quickly.
(26:10):
Number ten was Arizona, number nine, Washington, DC number eight,
North Carolina seven, Florida six, Colorado five, California four, Texas
three Massachusetts to Utah, and the number one state economy
in the US according to wallet hub. Take a bow,
Mark Ronner. The state of Washington. Well how about that?
(26:31):
But I can at least see the argument because of
tech and Starbucks and I don't know what else is
up there, video games, video game It really is the
hub of a lot of culture, stuff that drives the culture.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
But I didn't expect it to be number one over California.
Speaker 4 (26:49):
Massachusetts, Massachusetts, it's easy for you to say Massachusetts. You know,
Massa chew Massa chew sits. They have field oil, Holly reactors.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
We got that.
Speaker 4 (27:07):
In mechanical appliances, electrons, vehicles, aircraft, and spacecraft are built.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
Wait wait, wait, don't tell me that their aircraft industry
is doing better than it's the export, their biggest export.
But I don't know, like McDonald Douglas Hughes aircraft right
now the day is producing some ten point six billion
dollars a year in just aeronautical and.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
We have Hollywood. We have is no Hollywood.
Speaker 4 (27:40):
Hollywood is now in Louisiana and Detroit and Canada. Hollywood
isn't in Hollywood anymore. Well, it's in Georgia, actually Georgia specifically. Yeah,
all right, well, Washington take a bow. Number one state
economy in the whole country. Utah is supposed to be
above California. Listen, Howard Hughes.
Speaker 3 (27:58):
Howard Hughes only trusted Mormons to handle his money, so
maybe he was onto something.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Ooo.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
This is an objective historical fact. Don don't ooh me
about that. Ooh, how dare you uh me?
Speaker 1 (28:10):
It's later with moo Kelly caf I AM six forty
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Speaker 5 (28:14):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Mark Ronner, I noticed I heard you in the promo
for our fire coverage, and I think that's the first
time I've heard you in a CAFI promo. You are
moving on up like George Jefferson to the east Side.
Speaker 3 (28:33):
It had to be a mistake, right, No, it's just
a mistake and I just slipped through.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
It's fun. You were doing news like six days a
week for a while, weren't you. I feel like I've
paid some dues, but you're never fully paid. O. No,
I was. Of course. I'm happy to be in a
promo by it. Definitely not used to it. Well, you
were doing news six days a week.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
You're in a promo. You're hosting here when I was
gone in Mexico. Look pretty soon you'll be running this
station like the Ali Velshi of KFI.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
I just go where I'm needed. Look, I'll talk to
you off air about that situation I see.
Speaker 3 (29:07):
I think that we should go to the news and
bruise thing tomorrow and get a few pints in us
before we come to work.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
If you've done that before.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
No, As a matter of fact, I make it a
point not to have alcohol before I come on the air.
Speaker 3 (29:18):
Well, it might be fun to do that on a
I guess it'd be a Thursday show up to work,
a little half in the bag.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
We all know that you don't get up before four pm.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
So don't tell that lie about going out to news
and bruise at nine am and soritos that means get
in the car at seven thirty eight o'clock. You are
not going to do that. What did you install a webcam?
You told me yourself. Okay, you're like Dracula nos Feratu.
I get up early to support my beloved co workers. Okay,
(29:48):
all right, then, all right, I'll pick you up at eight.
How about that. I'll just be getting to bed. KFI
AM six forty. We are alive everywhere on that iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 5 (30:00):
Comes to mind when I think of nine to eleven tragedy,
probably hopefully the most horrific thing that I'll ever have
to witness in my life.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
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