March 29, 2025 • 19 mins
In this episode, Jay Torres discusses the critical role of the legislative branch in effecting social change, emphasizing the need for fresh leadership. His deep appreciation for America's diversity is evident as he advocates for inclusive pathways to citizenship and policies that reflect the nation's evolving demographic landscape. Moreover, Torres highlights the untapped potential of the veteran community, proposing measures to enhance their integration and support within civil society. Highlighting the socio-economic issues that have persisted over decades, his discussion is grounded in real experiences and aspirations for a more equitable America.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-suave-powerhouse-podcast--4922132/support.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-suave-powerhouse-podcast--4922132/support.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to the Powerhouse Entertainment with your host her Television,
where we shine a spotlight immunity with trailblazers, change makers
and visionaries who embody the heartbeat of Latin culture through
candidate interviews, shared memories, and then told stories. We explore
it not just where we've been, but where we're headed
(00:24):
as a community. Whether it's art, activism, and a vision
or tradition, each voice tells a powerful tale of braziliance
and creativity. Now here's a Fordes.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Hey, welcome back to Powerhouse.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Baby.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
This is a Powerhouse podcast with your amigo Abe Cortes
in full effect. And don't forget We're on Spotify, iHeartRadio Google.
All you got to type in is Powerhouse Podcast. And
I'm here with the pleasure of a friend of mine.
I consider him a role model. I consider him somebody
that when I was younger, I knew you when you
(01:00):
were at Fort Lewis in the Army, and I want
a pleasure of introducing the one and only Jay Torres.
Go ahead and tell the people who you are, sir.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
Hey, Hey, Ape Cortes, it's a pleasure to be with you.
It's been a long time since we hung out there
in Fort Lewis, Washington, Tacomo, Washington, in that area.
Speaker 5 (01:22):
And I'm glad to be here on Powerhouse Podcast with you.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
And can you tell us a little bit about your background.
I know it personally, but I'm going to have you
kind of brag a little bit about your military experience.
And by the way, thank you for serving our country.
Speaker 6 (01:35):
Brother. Yeah, it's been an honor. Thank you, Abe. It's
been an honor to have served my nation. For early
twenty four years.
Speaker 5 (01:44):
I was in the US Army, retired as a US
Army warrant officer, and I spent a number of years there.
And you're neck of the woods obviously in Washington State,
jumping out of perfectly good airplanes as they say. And
you know, I entered the military back in nineteen ninety two,
(02:05):
and in two thousand and five, I was fishing abroad
working with DA the Defense Intelligence Agency, on the four
American embassies. And while I was overseas for that ten
year period, I worked out the four American embassies to
include Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Osalvador, and Cambodia. And I saw what
(02:29):
was occurring as I was overseas.
Speaker 6 (02:31):
I saw what was occurring.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
State side with the opioid epidemic that started rearing his head,
as well as a police brutality and all the socioeconomic
issues that have been longstanding issues that we've been dealing
with for you know, quite some time. And I knew
that in my heart there was more I had to
get for my country.
Speaker 6 (02:53):
My background, obviously is the military.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
Most of my military tenure, I was at administration field
and then jumped over the hurdle and became a military
intelligence officer.
Speaker 6 (03:06):
But I'm from Brooklyn, New York. You know, the center
of the universe, I like to say.
Speaker 5 (03:10):
And you know, I grew up in a pretty tough
period in Bushric Brooklyn.
Speaker 6 (03:15):
In the eighties, and I saw back in the eighties
we had crap to content with.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
I mean, we had a's that had just surfaced back
in the eighties. And and still the same source of
dilemmas that we had back in the eighties we have now.
Police brutality existed back in those days with Rodney King
and all those people that were beaten by the police,
even to you know today's era where we've got George
Floyd and others like you.
Speaker 6 (03:41):
And so it's so unfortunate that after.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
All these years and all that taught, You've had time
and time again presidents up there that have not been
able to go and get a firm grasp on longstanding issues.
Speaker 6 (03:54):
But that's going to change in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
That's good to hear. Man. If you don't mind, you know,
you don't mind saying so what forced you to get
involved politically?
Speaker 6 (04:05):
And I mean, Jay, yeah, it's it's I know, it
seems ambitious. And if people say, Jay, well you know.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
You've got so respunk, you got all this energy, why
don't you focus on and run for Congress?
Speaker 6 (04:15):
Well, why don't you focus and run for you know, Senate?
Speaker 5 (04:18):
And I say, well, you know, the truth of the matter,
to be told, the problems actually lie there in the
legislative branch. It's not the executive branch that the problem lies.
It's the legislative branch. And for instance, right now everyone's
pushing to get this national minimum wage or fifteen dollars
an hour.
Speaker 6 (04:35):
Well, think about it, after all these decades the minimum
wage has been staggering in or loan.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
And who had the power to go and change that,
Who had the power to go and make things right
and thick and be able to go and help more
Americans with one.
Speaker 6 (04:49):
Swipe of the pen.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
It was the legislative branch, but they didn't do it.
They failed to do it. And so I want to
be able to go and harness the will and the
might of two hundred and thirty two million Americans and
take that up to Capitol Hill and use that as
leverage to go and change the legislative French You've got
people that have been in those seats for ten, twenty
thirty years up there in Capitol Hill. So I'm all
(05:12):
for term limits for Congress. I think it's ridiculous that
someone's going to hold on to a seat, you know,
as long as I've been alive, and I think it's ridiculous.
Speaker 6 (05:21):
We need a new leadership.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
We need strong, decisive leadership up there, and right now,
what we want to do is bring a new enthusiastic
Republicans and Conservatives and basically bring a breath of fresh
air into the GOP.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
J turis real quick. If you don't mind me asking,
can you speak about that a little more when you
say the new GOP that way for the listeners that
are listening, maybe some of the young people, maybe some
of the Latinos, African, American, Asian, bicultural people. What do
you mean by the new GOP. I know what you're saying,
I understand it. But they think you have to be
(05:58):
the Democrat or independent and if you're a Republican, oh no,
So please explain to these people what the new GOP is.
Speaker 7 (06:05):
Please absolutely well, the new GOP is a medal which
young and different faces up there in Capitol Hill are
going to be able to go and change what occurring.
Speaker 6 (06:19):
You know, with our nation.
Speaker 5 (06:21):
Right now, we still have the top to bottom approach
where a few selected people up there in Congress are
making decisions on beehalf of the.
Speaker 6 (06:28):
American people when it should be vice versa.
Speaker 5 (06:30):
Now, I would say that although part of the make
America great, I'm not a Trumper. I say so not
in disrespect, but I say so because we need new leadership.
Or would you just leave it as a porous wall
and allow people to continue to come into the US
unchecked with our number one? I would definitely sue the war.
(06:53):
I would finish the war because if you think about it,
if you own the.
Speaker 6 (06:56):
Business right and if you own a house or a car.
Speaker 5 (07:00):
I mean people will go and have doors on their
on their homes, on their cars. I mean, uh, it
would be really really ludicrous for me to ask anyone to, hey,
why don't you just take off your doors from your
house or the doors from your car, or leave your
your windows rolled down and see what's gonna happen then, right, So,
if you can't have a secure country without a secure border,
(07:22):
so I would I would.
Speaker 6 (07:23):
Definitely finish the wall.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
Now for those that are undocumented citizens that are within
the United States, I will push for a pathway the citizenship.
I believe that they're already here in the United States.
They're contributing to the the economy for the United States.
So I mean, once you've you know, in my opinion,
you've already released that bullet.
Speaker 6 (07:43):
You can't take it back. They're already here. So you've got.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
Instances in what You've got families that have been here
for generation upon generation, and they're living in fear, they're
living in the shadows, they're living, uh, in a manner
where they're looking over their shoulder hoping that they're not
going to get that fell or that knock on the
door to.
Speaker 6 (08:01):
Be sent back to their country.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
My thing is that if you're here and you're doing
things in a positive note.
Speaker 6 (08:08):
You're contributing to.
Speaker 5 (08:10):
The economy, You're contributing to all that's good in America.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
We want those that are positive. We want those that
are looking to make America greater than what it is.
Speaker 5 (08:21):
The beauty of this country is that we are so diverse.
We've got nationalists from all around the world here in America.
That's what makes us great. But we can allow those
that are harming other US citizens, those individuals that.
Speaker 6 (08:35):
Are undocumented, they are committing.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
Crimes, they're out there involved with human trafficking and drug trafficking.
They will be they will be fingerprinted, we'll get their biometrics,
and then they will we will send them out of
the country.
Speaker 6 (08:50):
We'll send them back to their countries where.
Speaker 5 (08:52):
They're from, because we don't want to encourage people that
are doing the wrong things to go and destroy and
continue to hurt America. Seal the border, welcome all nationalities
and races, increase calory, religions, sexual preference, any of that is.
Speaker 6 (09:09):
Welcome in here in America. That's what America is great for.
We're great because not because we believe in the same thing.
We're great because we have all these differences.
Speaker 5 (09:17):
Yet we're tolerant of each other and we're respectful of
each other.
Speaker 6 (09:20):
So I'm all for all that come through the border.
So what are the questions you have? What other things
would like to discuss as far as the platform.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Oh well, I'm just real quick, just real quick. For
the listeners listening to the Powerhouse podcast, this save course
is we're here with Jay thoughts and what we're gonna
do right now, Jay thought is, we're about to go
into some musika, some music right here on the Powerhouse Podcast.
Take it away, Bill, here we go, take it away.
Speaker 8 (09:55):
Do tell catalanc in the stella away com top catallac
what in the crand well in the grave? Im top
catallac wood in the crane in the grain in the
stellar away drop top catallac wood in the crane in
(10:16):
the grain.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Make him say, master, b boy, you vanpiy potty, nasty man,
No freeze. She paid her hand on her knees. She
got me spinning my cheese. Lord, why you make them sexy?
Way on matter disease up, up, up and down.
Speaker 6 (10:32):
She goes up, she goes down.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
She paid her hands. I know I don't like non
marry go well, she says. She lets my music. Guys,
better go down.
Speaker 8 (10:40):
Turn the music little louder because the.
Speaker 6 (10:42):
Noise is profound.
Speaker 9 (10:43):
Hot box in the old school, that one calling no
vortext manifest my energy. Hell yeah, I'm in pork on
the here Interstellar Highway and some Dickie and Jordan's drup
to Candy.
Speaker 6 (10:54):
You can keep your foreing.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
We in the Northwest, chilling in the Northwest, drop Top County,
smoking nothing but the best draft Cadillac.
Speaker 8 (11:03):
What in the gray in the Great in the last Way,
callac What in the gray in the green in the.
Speaker 6 (11:15):
What in the Grand Gray in La Way?
Speaker 8 (11:20):
Draft Wood in the cradle in the Green.
Speaker 10 (11:24):
In the bawling Catalina historia Demi Beata aka Goldiel like
serving cocomel and t Boina Madijuana Cocainachi. So the way
she come alive and the.
Speaker 5 (11:36):
Rest no hope.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
The magic is real.
Speaker 10 (11:38):
The way she kills gives you the chills. She buys
me shoes and pissed my bills.
Speaker 7 (11:43):
Bill.
Speaker 10 (11:44):
I'm gonna tell it how I see it, man, She
is real. That's the La Gritos from you see Makamara.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
That's brown.
Speaker 10 (11:51):
Yeah, We've build Golden. We never turned away from the
game because the wheel's broken in the Northwest, chilling in
the Northwest, smoking nothing but the.
Speaker 8 (12:02):
Drop way drop.
Speaker 11 (12:29):
Hey there, did you know that this podcast has a
supporters club. By becoming a supporter of the show, you
can gain access to exclusive content and play an active
role in helping the podcast, or continue producing the content
you love. See the link in the episode description for
more details. Now let's get back to the episode for the.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
For the US Veterans, which there's been a lot of men, women,
young guys, young girls who have served in the military.
What what do you want to say to them? And
it's a little bit about your experience in the military.
You made it, You did good.
Speaker 6 (13:03):
I remember.
Speaker 5 (13:05):
Back on the block in Brooklyn, New York, when I
was just trying to through out you know what.
Speaker 6 (13:09):
Am I going to do? How am I going to
escape the madness that is Brooklyn, New York. Back in
the eighties, we had drugs, you had crime. It was
just so terrible. And as a matter of fact, I
remember that.
Speaker 5 (13:21):
Evening when some drug dealer was out in the hallways
of my rents.
Speaker 6 (13:27):
There was a tenement apartment out there in Flatbush.
Speaker 5 (13:30):
I had no longer lived in Bushrik at the time,
I moved to Flatbush, Brooklyn, and there you was there.
I was with my family back there in the nineties,
and and all of a sudden, shots rang out, and
there was you know, this dealer, this drug dealer essentially
shooting through the through the doors of my neighbors.
Speaker 6 (13:48):
And I thought to myself, oh my god, you know,
I need to do something, and I need to make
a decision quick.
Speaker 5 (13:55):
And I remember I had this this business card of
a recruiter nas that sargint Ran. It never forgot his name,
and he had told me about joining the military way
back then. And I said to himself, goodness, handled, you know,
twenty years plus in New York City, then I should
be a.
Speaker 6 (14:11):
Military has And that was my mindset. You know.
Speaker 5 (14:13):
He showed me a piece of paper and said, Okay,
you can retire in twenty years, or you can retire
at the.
Speaker 6 (14:18):
Age of sixty five to sixty seven. You know what
do you choose? I said, well, and you always gonna
work hard anyhow, So I.
Speaker 5 (14:23):
Said, let me get out of here and get my
FI in a better situation, and I'll see what becomes
of that.
Speaker 6 (14:30):
So I joined the.
Speaker 5 (14:30):
Military as a seventy one lima for or you veterans
out there, and for those who are two or on
active duty. Back then, it was a seventy one LIAM
administrator specialist. And I have to say that to all
the veterans out there that have served, thanks for your.
Speaker 6 (14:45):
Service as well.
Speaker 5 (14:47):
I know it was it was not easy.
Speaker 6 (14:49):
It was not a cake walk.
Speaker 5 (14:51):
I served in five countries in four American embassis. I
was away from my family or for for about a
decade overseas from two thousand and five to my retirement
in twenty sixteen.
Speaker 6 (15:07):
And I know the hardships and I don't know the sacrifices.
I was there. I was one of you. I was
one of you, and I'm proud of being able to
go and give to something greater than myself.
Speaker 5 (15:20):
And here I am because I understand the plight of
the American soldier and it's something that we need to
prove upon right. I don't believe that at this point
we should have any military service members that are out
there with had in hand getting a public assistance. I
think it's outrageous for someone a male or female that's
(15:40):
shurp country to be on public assistance receiving additional stipe
pen or money from the government because they're the amount
they're receiving right now is inadequate for veterans that are
having issues, still dealing with post traumatic stress disorder, for
those that are out there homeless and California, I remember
(16:01):
just a number of years ago, about four years ago,
getting a phone call saying, hey, you remember this person
that you used to live around back in Georgia. This
person is homeless and he was a friend of mine
out there, And I said, oh my goodness, are we
start immediately to my local VA center and we got
that person back on his feet with us with a
(16:22):
job and got him situated. But that's just one person,
you know, I dropped in a bucket. And I've seen
how homelessness has been an issue all the way from
the Vietnam ever, all the way to present day.
Speaker 6 (16:33):
We still have issues like that.
Speaker 5 (16:35):
I'm actually speaking with a lot of national leaders from
not only active duty components, but also with military affility
organizations such as the BFW Collegian to find out and
ascertain what are the issues that are troubling veterans?
Speaker 9 (16:52):
Now?
Speaker 6 (16:52):
What is it you need? Is it more education? Is
it more funding? Is it more information? What is it
that we need? I know that we've grown from leaps
and bounds, even with our with the capacity.
Speaker 5 (17:04):
As far as healthcare is concerns, we saw the dilemmas
that even Walter Reed and places like that where providing
standard care to our veterans.
Speaker 6 (17:15):
And we've improven upon that, but we still have a.
Speaker 5 (17:18):
Way to go. And I'll certainly be there patting for
each and every veteran and each and every person that's
out there swearing in, just like my daughter who just
swore in and is right now as we speak at
basic training in Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Speaker 6 (17:33):
So I think that it is unfortunate as well when
you look at it.
Speaker 5 (17:38):
We have three hundred and thirty two million people here
in America and less than a percent serve their country. Uh,
And I think that's I think those I think those
numbers should be a little bit higher. I mean, one
percent of the whole country actually serves to go protect
you know, the journal Republic.
Speaker 6 (17:57):
And I think that should change.
Speaker 5 (17:59):
Whether it be a patriotic move or moves to go
in medical situation, to go and get better education and
health benefits, or even as a stepping stone to launcher
into another career. Everyone should be serving at some point,
whether it's a one year contract or or they continue
on Sentia as I did every big count and I
(18:22):
think that it's it's probite one of the most honorable
things that you can do to serve your country. Because
there's only one America, right My own family composition is very,
very diverse as well, representing the Puerto Rican ethnicity as
as Black and Asian, so I can relate and I'm
sore honored to the opportunity to do so.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
All Right, Well, hey, that was the one and only
Jay Torres. I got to thank you for being a
special guest right here on the Powerhouse podcast. Is main
amos translated in English? Is really important that all the Latinos,
all the African Americans, all the Asians, all the whites,
all the people work together in unity, regardless of who
(19:08):
you are, where you came from, what you're doing, because
if you're not unified, we can't get anything done. So
it's all about building unity in your community.
Speaker 6 (19:17):
So let's do it.
Welcome to the Powerhouse Entertainment with your host her Television,
where we shine a spotlight immunity with trailblazers, change makers
and visionaries who embody the heartbeat of Latin culture through
candidate interviews, shared memories, and then told stories. We explore
it not just where we've been, but where we're headed
(00:24):
as a community. Whether it's art, activism, and a vision
or tradition, each voice tells a powerful tale of braziliance
and creativity. Now here's a Fordes.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Hey, welcome back to Powerhouse.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Baby.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
This is a Powerhouse podcast with your amigo Abe Cortes
in full effect. And don't forget We're on Spotify, iHeartRadio Google.
All you got to type in is Powerhouse Podcast. And
I'm here with the pleasure of a friend of mine.
I consider him a role model. I consider him somebody
that when I was younger, I knew you when you
(01:00):
were at Fort Lewis in the Army, and I want
a pleasure of introducing the one and only Jay Torres.
Go ahead and tell the people who you are, sir.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
Hey, Hey, Ape Cortes, it's a pleasure to be with you.
It's been a long time since we hung out there
in Fort Lewis, Washington, Tacomo, Washington, in that area.
Speaker 5 (01:22):
And I'm glad to be here on Powerhouse Podcast with you.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
And can you tell us a little bit about your background.
I know it personally, but I'm going to have you
kind of brag a little bit about your military experience.
And by the way, thank you for serving our country.
Speaker 6 (01:35):
Brother. Yeah, it's been an honor. Thank you, Abe. It's
been an honor to have served my nation. For early
twenty four years.
Speaker 5 (01:44):
I was in the US Army, retired as a US
Army warrant officer, and I spent a number of years there.
And you're neck of the woods obviously in Washington State,
jumping out of perfectly good airplanes as they say. And
you know, I entered the military back in nineteen ninety two,
(02:05):
and in two thousand and five, I was fishing abroad
working with DA the Defense Intelligence Agency, on the four
American embassies. And while I was overseas for that ten
year period, I worked out the four American embassies to
include Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Osalvador, and Cambodia. And I saw what
(02:29):
was occurring as I was overseas.
Speaker 6 (02:31):
I saw what was occurring.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
State side with the opioid epidemic that started rearing his head,
as well as a police brutality and all the socioeconomic
issues that have been longstanding issues that we've been dealing
with for you know, quite some time. And I knew
that in my heart there was more I had to
get for my country.
Speaker 6 (02:53):
My background, obviously is the military.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
Most of my military tenure, I was at administration field
and then jumped over the hurdle and became a military
intelligence officer.
Speaker 6 (03:06):
But I'm from Brooklyn, New York. You know, the center
of the universe, I like to say.
Speaker 5 (03:10):
And you know, I grew up in a pretty tough
period in Bushric Brooklyn.
Speaker 6 (03:15):
In the eighties, and I saw back in the eighties
we had crap to content with.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
I mean, we had a's that had just surfaced back
in the eighties. And and still the same source of
dilemmas that we had back in the eighties we have now.
Police brutality existed back in those days with Rodney King
and all those people that were beaten by the police,
even to you know today's era where we've got George
Floyd and others like you.
Speaker 6 (03:41):
And so it's so unfortunate that after.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
All these years and all that taught, You've had time
and time again presidents up there that have not been
able to go and get a firm grasp on longstanding issues.
Speaker 6 (03:54):
But that's going to change in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
That's good to hear. Man. If you don't mind, you know,
you don't mind saying so what forced you to get
involved politically?
Speaker 6 (04:05):
And I mean, Jay, yeah, it's it's I know, it
seems ambitious. And if people say, Jay, well you know.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
You've got so respunk, you got all this energy, why
don't you focus on and run for Congress?
Speaker 6 (04:15):
Well, why don't you focus and run for you know, Senate?
Speaker 5 (04:18):
And I say, well, you know, the truth of the matter,
to be told, the problems actually lie there in the
legislative branch. It's not the executive branch that the problem lies.
It's the legislative branch. And for instance, right now everyone's
pushing to get this national minimum wage or fifteen dollars
an hour.
Speaker 6 (04:35):
Well, think about it, after all these decades the minimum
wage has been staggering in or loan.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
And who had the power to go and change that,
Who had the power to go and make things right
and thick and be able to go and help more
Americans with one.
Speaker 6 (04:49):
Swipe of the pen.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
It was the legislative branch, but they didn't do it.
They failed to do it. And so I want to
be able to go and harness the will and the
might of two hundred and thirty two million Americans and
take that up to Capitol Hill and use that as
leverage to go and change the legislative French You've got
people that have been in those seats for ten, twenty
thirty years up there in Capitol Hill. So I'm all
(05:12):
for term limits for Congress. I think it's ridiculous that
someone's going to hold on to a seat, you know,
as long as I've been alive, and I think it's ridiculous.
Speaker 6 (05:21):
We need a new leadership.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
We need strong, decisive leadership up there, and right now,
what we want to do is bring a new enthusiastic
Republicans and Conservatives and basically bring a breath of fresh
air into the GOP.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
J turis real quick. If you don't mind me asking,
can you speak about that a little more when you
say the new GOP that way for the listeners that
are listening, maybe some of the young people, maybe some
of the Latinos, African, American, Asian, bicultural people. What do
you mean by the new GOP. I know what you're saying,
I understand it. But they think you have to be
(05:58):
the Democrat or independent and if you're a Republican, oh no,
So please explain to these people what the new GOP is.
Speaker 7 (06:05):
Please absolutely well, the new GOP is a medal which
young and different faces up there in Capitol Hill are
going to be able to go and change what occurring.
Speaker 6 (06:19):
You know, with our nation.
Speaker 5 (06:21):
Right now, we still have the top to bottom approach
where a few selected people up there in Congress are
making decisions on beehalf of the.
Speaker 6 (06:28):
American people when it should be vice versa.
Speaker 5 (06:30):
Now, I would say that although part of the make
America great, I'm not a Trumper. I say so not
in disrespect, but I say so because we need new leadership.
Or would you just leave it as a porous wall
and allow people to continue to come into the US
unchecked with our number one? I would definitely sue the war.
(06:53):
I would finish the war because if you think about it,
if you own the.
Speaker 6 (06:56):
Business right and if you own a house or a car.
Speaker 5 (07:00):
I mean people will go and have doors on their
on their homes, on their cars. I mean, uh, it
would be really really ludicrous for me to ask anyone to, hey,
why don't you just take off your doors from your
house or the doors from your car, or leave your
your windows rolled down and see what's gonna happen then, right, So,
if you can't have a secure country without a secure border,
(07:22):
so I would I would.
Speaker 6 (07:23):
Definitely finish the wall.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
Now for those that are undocumented citizens that are within
the United States, I will push for a pathway the citizenship.
I believe that they're already here in the United States.
They're contributing to the the economy for the United States.
So I mean, once you've you know, in my opinion,
you've already released that bullet.
Speaker 6 (07:43):
You can't take it back. They're already here. So you've got.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
Instances in what You've got families that have been here
for generation upon generation, and they're living in fear, they're
living in the shadows, they're living, uh, in a manner
where they're looking over their shoulder hoping that they're not
going to get that fell or that knock on the
door to.
Speaker 6 (08:01):
Be sent back to their country.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
My thing is that if you're here and you're doing
things in a positive note.
Speaker 6 (08:08):
You're contributing to.
Speaker 5 (08:10):
The economy, You're contributing to all that's good in America.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
We want those that are positive. We want those that
are looking to make America greater than what it is.
Speaker 5 (08:21):
The beauty of this country is that we are so diverse.
We've got nationalists from all around the world here in America.
That's what makes us great. But we can allow those
that are harming other US citizens, those individuals that.
Speaker 6 (08:35):
Are undocumented, they are committing.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
Crimes, they're out there involved with human trafficking and drug trafficking.
They will be they will be fingerprinted, we'll get their biometrics,
and then they will we will send them out of
the country.
Speaker 6 (08:50):
We'll send them back to their countries where.
Speaker 5 (08:52):
They're from, because we don't want to encourage people that
are doing the wrong things to go and destroy and
continue to hurt America. Seal the border, welcome all nationalities
and races, increase calory, religions, sexual preference, any of that is.
Speaker 6 (09:09):
Welcome in here in America. That's what America is great for.
We're great because not because we believe in the same thing.
We're great because we have all these differences.
Speaker 5 (09:17):
Yet we're tolerant of each other and we're respectful of
each other.
Speaker 6 (09:20):
So I'm all for all that come through the border.
So what are the questions you have? What other things
would like to discuss as far as the platform.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Oh well, I'm just real quick, just real quick. For
the listeners listening to the Powerhouse podcast, this save course
is we're here with Jay thoughts and what we're gonna
do right now, Jay thought is, we're about to go
into some musika, some music right here on the Powerhouse Podcast.
Take it away, Bill, here we go, take it away.
Speaker 8 (09:55):
Do tell catalanc in the stella away com top catallac
what in the crand well in the grave? Im top
catallac wood in the crane in the grain in the
stellar away drop top catallac wood in the crane in
(10:16):
the grain.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Make him say, master, b boy, you vanpiy potty, nasty man,
No freeze. She paid her hand on her knees. She
got me spinning my cheese. Lord, why you make them sexy?
Way on matter disease up, up, up and down.
Speaker 6 (10:32):
She goes up, she goes down.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
She paid her hands. I know I don't like non
marry go well, she says. She lets my music. Guys,
better go down.
Speaker 8 (10:40):
Turn the music little louder because the.
Speaker 6 (10:42):
Noise is profound.
Speaker 9 (10:43):
Hot box in the old school, that one calling no
vortext manifest my energy. Hell yeah, I'm in pork on
the here Interstellar Highway and some Dickie and Jordan's drup
to Candy.
Speaker 6 (10:54):
You can keep your foreing.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
We in the Northwest, chilling in the Northwest, drop Top County,
smoking nothing but the best draft Cadillac.
Speaker 8 (11:03):
What in the gray in the Great in the last Way,
callac What in the gray in the green in the.
Speaker 6 (11:15):
What in the Grand Gray in La Way?
Speaker 8 (11:20):
Draft Wood in the cradle in the Green.
Speaker 10 (11:24):
In the bawling Catalina historia Demi Beata aka Goldiel like
serving cocomel and t Boina Madijuana Cocainachi. So the way
she come alive and the.
Speaker 5 (11:36):
Rest no hope.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
The magic is real.
Speaker 10 (11:38):
The way she kills gives you the chills. She buys
me shoes and pissed my bills.
Speaker 7 (11:43):
Bill.
Speaker 10 (11:44):
I'm gonna tell it how I see it, man, She
is real. That's the La Gritos from you see Makamara.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
That's brown.
Speaker 10 (11:51):
Yeah, We've build Golden. We never turned away from the
game because the wheel's broken in the Northwest, chilling in
the Northwest, smoking nothing but the.
Speaker 8 (12:02):
Drop way drop.
Speaker 11 (12:29):
Hey there, did you know that this podcast has a
supporters club. By becoming a supporter of the show, you
can gain access to exclusive content and play an active
role in helping the podcast, or continue producing the content
you love. See the link in the episode description for
more details. Now let's get back to the episode for the.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
For the US Veterans, which there's been a lot of men, women,
young guys, young girls who have served in the military.
What what do you want to say to them? And
it's a little bit about your experience in the military.
You made it, You did good.
Speaker 6 (13:03):
I remember.
Speaker 5 (13:05):
Back on the block in Brooklyn, New York, when I
was just trying to through out you know what.
Speaker 6 (13:09):
Am I going to do? How am I going to
escape the madness that is Brooklyn, New York. Back in
the eighties, we had drugs, you had crime. It was
just so terrible. And as a matter of fact, I
remember that.
Speaker 5 (13:21):
Evening when some drug dealer was out in the hallways
of my rents.
Speaker 6 (13:27):
There was a tenement apartment out there in Flatbush.
Speaker 5 (13:30):
I had no longer lived in Bushrik at the time,
I moved to Flatbush, Brooklyn, and there you was there.
I was with my family back there in the nineties,
and and all of a sudden, shots rang out, and
there was you know, this dealer, this drug dealer essentially
shooting through the through the doors of my neighbors.
Speaker 6 (13:48):
And I thought to myself, oh my god, you know,
I need to do something, and I need to make
a decision quick.
Speaker 5 (13:55):
And I remember I had this this business card of
a recruiter nas that sargint Ran. It never forgot his name,
and he had told me about joining the military way
back then. And I said to himself, goodness, handled, you know,
twenty years plus in New York City, then I should
be a.
Speaker 6 (14:11):
Military has And that was my mindset. You know.
Speaker 5 (14:13):
He showed me a piece of paper and said, Okay,
you can retire in twenty years, or you can retire
at the.
Speaker 6 (14:18):
Age of sixty five to sixty seven. You know what
do you choose? I said, well, and you always gonna
work hard anyhow, So I.
Speaker 5 (14:23):
Said, let me get out of here and get my
FI in a better situation, and I'll see what becomes
of that.
Speaker 6 (14:30):
So I joined the.
Speaker 5 (14:30):
Military as a seventy one lima for or you veterans
out there, and for those who are two or on
active duty. Back then, it was a seventy one LIAM
administrator specialist. And I have to say that to all
the veterans out there that have served, thanks for your.
Speaker 6 (14:45):
Service as well.
Speaker 5 (14:47):
I know it was it was not easy.
Speaker 6 (14:49):
It was not a cake walk.
Speaker 5 (14:51):
I served in five countries in four American embassis. I
was away from my family or for for about a
decade overseas from two thousand and five to my retirement
in twenty sixteen.
Speaker 6 (15:07):
And I know the hardships and I don't know the sacrifices.
I was there. I was one of you. I was
one of you, and I'm proud of being able to
go and give to something greater than myself.
Speaker 5 (15:20):
And here I am because I understand the plight of
the American soldier and it's something that we need to
prove upon right. I don't believe that at this point
we should have any military service members that are out
there with had in hand getting a public assistance. I
think it's outrageous for someone a male or female that's
(15:40):
shurp country to be on public assistance receiving additional stipe
pen or money from the government because they're the amount
they're receiving right now is inadequate for veterans that are
having issues, still dealing with post traumatic stress disorder, for
those that are out there homeless and California, I remember
(16:01):
just a number of years ago, about four years ago,
getting a phone call saying, hey, you remember this person
that you used to live around back in Georgia. This
person is homeless and he was a friend of mine
out there, And I said, oh my goodness, are we
start immediately to my local VA center and we got
that person back on his feet with us with a
(16:22):
job and got him situated. But that's just one person,
you know, I dropped in a bucket. And I've seen
how homelessness has been an issue all the way from
the Vietnam ever, all the way to present day.
Speaker 6 (16:33):
We still have issues like that.
Speaker 5 (16:35):
I'm actually speaking with a lot of national leaders from
not only active duty components, but also with military affility
organizations such as the BFW Collegian to find out and
ascertain what are the issues that are troubling veterans?
Speaker 9 (16:52):
Now?
Speaker 6 (16:52):
What is it you need? Is it more education? Is
it more funding? Is it more information? What is it
that we need? I know that we've grown from leaps
and bounds, even with our with the capacity.
Speaker 5 (17:04):
As far as healthcare is concerns, we saw the dilemmas
that even Walter Reed and places like that where providing
standard care to our veterans.
Speaker 6 (17:15):
And we've improven upon that, but we still have a.
Speaker 5 (17:18):
Way to go. And I'll certainly be there patting for
each and every veteran and each and every person that's
out there swearing in, just like my daughter who just
swore in and is right now as we speak at
basic training in Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Speaker 6 (17:33):
So I think that it is unfortunate as well when
you look at it.
Speaker 5 (17:38):
We have three hundred and thirty two million people here
in America and less than a percent serve their country. Uh,
And I think that's I think those I think those
numbers should be a little bit higher. I mean, one
percent of the whole country actually serves to go protect
you know, the journal Republic.
Speaker 6 (17:57):
And I think that should change.
Speaker 5 (17:59):
Whether it be a patriotic move or moves to go
in medical situation, to go and get better education and
health benefits, or even as a stepping stone to launcher
into another career. Everyone should be serving at some point,
whether it's a one year contract or or they continue
on Sentia as I did every big count and I
(18:22):
think that it's it's probite one of the most honorable
things that you can do to serve your country. Because
there's only one America, right My own family composition is very,
very diverse as well, representing the Puerto Rican ethnicity as
as Black and Asian, so I can relate and I'm
sore honored to the opportunity to do so.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
All Right, Well, hey, that was the one and only
Jay Torres. I got to thank you for being a
special guest right here on the Powerhouse podcast. Is main
amos translated in English? Is really important that all the Latinos,
all the African Americans, all the Asians, all the whites,
all the people work together in unity, regardless of who
(19:08):
you are, where you came from, what you're doing, because
if you're not unified, we can't get anything done. So
it's all about building unity in your community.
Speaker 6 (19:17):
So let's do it.
Popular Podcasts
CrimeLess: Hillbilly Heist
It’s 1996 in rural North Carolina, and an oddball crew makes history when they pull off America’s third largest cash heist. But it’s all downhill from there. Join host Johnny Knoxville as he unspools a wild and woolly tale about a group of regular ‘ol folks who risked it all for a chance at a better life. CrimeLess: Hillbilly Heist answers the question: what would you do with 17.3 million dollars? The answer includes diamond rings, mansions, velvet Elvis paintings, plus a run for the border, murder-for-hire-plots, and FBI busts.
Crime Junkie
Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.