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November 25, 2025 • 15 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
It says the Uncle Henry Show here on News Radio
seventy ten WNTM. Thank you. I appreciate very much you
listening to the Uncle Henry Show. Now, in this half
hour of show, I'm going to get to some news
items that I missed. Maybe you missed them too. Maybe
we can learn together about the world in which we
live by going over these news items. Let me start

(00:48):
with this. This is a mobile Alabama story. This is
about the government plaza in other county buildings, the County
Commission Mobile County Commission voting to change the policy on
how the public can use county owned buildings and spaces.
This has to do with people, I guess wanted to

(01:09):
be able to protest inside government plaza. Let's listen together.
We've got the story from Fox ten. Will hear Lenise
Lagan introduce this. Lenis Lagan one of the most popular
broadcasters locally, along with the reporter I believe, Stephen Moody.
So let's learn together about this policy change involving county

(01:30):
owned buildings and spaces.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
Well, Bill, County Commissioner is approve of policy that will
affect how people use the county owned buildings and spaces,
not everyone is happy about the change, Some say it
could infringe on their right to protest. Fox News reporter
Stephen Moody is walking you through the policy now.

Speaker 3 (01:49):
Starting next year, there will be some changes to how
people can assemble inside county buildings like government plaza. County
officials say this new policy specifies that walkways inside the
government plaza cannot be blocked. Cover of applaza has long
been an area for different types of expression, including protests.
There are some concerns that the policy will infringe on
free speech.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
All right, now, before we hear the argument one way
or the other, I don't look, people have protested in
this country since it started. Just don't don't block another
person from going about their business. If I'm if I've
got county business and I need to get up in
that building and go go from going to somebody's office

(02:33):
or something, don't block me with your protest. You can protest,
just don't block me, that's all. Don't. Yes, I'm being
selfish about this, but I don't. I don't want to
be blocked by a protest. And when I'm driving down
the road and I see somebody protesting on the side
of the street, more power to them, no matter, no,
whatever the issue, more power to you to go out

(02:53):
there and protest, but don't never bring your protest into
the street and block my vehicle. Never do that. And
don't block me physically if I'm trying to get if
I'm trying to get into a county office or something
like that, don't stand inside there and block me. This
seems common sense. I don't want to stop anybody from protesting.
All right, let's listen. Let's let's listen to the rest

(03:15):
of this. Who knows, maybe I'm maybe I'm off base here,
Maybe there's a reason people should be able to block.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
Me Russian including protests. There are some concerns that the
policy will infringe on free speech.

Speaker 4 (03:27):
We want freedom of speech, and we want to be
able to say this is what we feel is right,
and we want to hear your voice. If you think
what we're saying is wrong, we want to hear that
as well. Yeah, we want people in our government to
represent the people and to work together to get a
good result for everybody, not just one group or the other.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
That sounds reasonable to me.

Speaker 3 (03:48):
People who spoke during the meeting mainly had questions about
the timing of the policy and why it's only now
being discussed. County commissioners say the policy isn't a target
any groups or individuals, but it should have been in
place a long time ago.

Speaker 1 (04:00):
Police asked, do we have a policy as that is
an attorney, he may be a county attorney. J Ross
s sure, And we obviously learned and we did not
have one, and that is an evolution of that.

Speaker 5 (04:15):
I think it's normal for people to step up and
to have.

Speaker 1 (04:18):
Question that's Marceeria led Good Mobile County commission President Marcearia
led Good position of that.

Speaker 5 (04:23):
I think it's normal for people to step up and
to have questions, and they did what they should have done,
and that's come down here today and raised those questions
to give us an opportunity to clarify what we can
to explain so that we're clear about what this policy
does and doesn't do.

Speaker 3 (04:41):
They added that they don't want to limit anyone's right
to protest, and there will be a space designated for gatherings. However,
there are still some questions about other county properties.

Speaker 6 (04:50):
The distinction between county and city sometimes that's not always clear,
but the city, you know, the city owns the parks
and the squares and that sort of thing, so we
look to them permits for those when we occupied those spaces.
We just need to be absolutely sure that these public
streets here are designated as public streets, and they are
and they are ours to use.

Speaker 3 (05:09):
And even with the policy being approved there could be
some changes.

Speaker 6 (05:14):
We need for everyone to understand that we're watching this,
We're watching it closely.

Speaker 1 (05:18):
This is the lady you're hearing speak is a well
I don't know if she's frequently out, but her group
I think, has done a lot of the protests on
the side of the road in front of government Plaza.

Speaker 6 (05:30):
So if there are problems in January, we'll be back.

Speaker 3 (05:33):
Steven Moody, Foxton News.

Speaker 1 (05:35):
Well, this just sounds like common sense, all right? All right?
What else? What else? That was simple? What else can
we get into? Oh? Speaking of protests, there was a
protest in Montgomery this past Monday yesterday about the Big
Beautiful Bill. Do you remember the Big Beautiful Bill. Well,
there was a protest in Montgomery about the Big Beautiful

(05:58):
Bill and what it will be doing the medicaid and
snap and all that kind of stuff. Here's a brief
report on that protest that happened in Montgomery Monday yesterday. Now,
I've already looked at some of this video trying to
figure out how big a protest it was. I counted
about thirty or forty people, So just keep that in mind.
If you can assemble enough people and get them to Montgomery,

(06:21):
I guess you can get on the news. If you
can get at least thirty or forty people together and
show up in Montgomery, you might end up on TV.
All right, Here is the report. I think this is
from WSFA.

Speaker 7 (06:31):
People who expect to be impacted by upcoming Medicaid and
SNAP benefit reductions delivered eulogies today in an effort to
bring attention to the tens of thousands of Alabamians they
say could die because of those federal cut.

Speaker 1 (06:45):
All right, all right, so tens of thousands of Alabamians
could die because the federal government won't send money. I
think if that's true. Now, to the groups that are
saying this, if that's true, that tens of thousands could
possibly die without federal money being sent to Alabama, don't

(07:10):
we need to get together and figure something out so
that these people don't have to be in a position
where they need the federal government to ship money to
them so that they can live. Back to this protest,
ulegies were delivered yesterday.

Speaker 8 (07:27):
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a
nonpartisan think tank, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed.

Speaker 1 (07:35):
They had some symbolic coffins out there for their protest.

Speaker 8 (07:39):
By President Trump over the summer will take away health
insurance coverage from millions of Americans and put additional financial
strain on hospitals. Activists and faith leaders joined forces today
to ask both of Alabama's he was, Senators Tommy Tuberville
and Katie Britt, to reconsider.

Speaker 9 (07:57):
We have tried for a week weeks to get an
appointment with them, to talk with them, to have them
listen to some stories of their constituencies who are harmed
by the bill that they voted for, and for us
to just pray with them to have this big, ugly,

(08:19):
deadly bill repealed.

Speaker 8 (08:22):
Senator Turberville explains he voted yes on the bill to
turn President Trump's policies into law, while Senator Britt called
the legislation quote transformational on what it will deliver for
every American.

Speaker 1 (08:35):
All Right, So, look, the people that wanted to meet
with them and all that kind of stuff. You could
send him an email or leave them a voicemail. I
love getting voicemails myself. All right, hey, going to take
a break back with more Uncle Henry Show. After the
break here on news radio seventy ten WNTM. This says

(09:11):
the Uncle Henry's Show, news headlines are coming your way.
So if you can just endure this for another ten minutes,
you will get some news headlines. And that's why people
tune into this radio station, I realize, is they want
to hear the news headlines. Just stick with me for
ten minutes. In fact, I still have some news items

(09:35):
I want to go over with you that I had missed.
I'd missed these news items before, and I want to
learn about them now. First up is a story out
of Austin, Texas, right before Thanksgiving. A woman is reporting
that her pet turkey is missing. This is a woman
that has a pet turkey. Now, I've never thought about

(09:58):
owning turkeys as pets and act When I was a
little child, I remember we had a parakeet named Cookie,
and I think I was in the first grade. Early
in the first grade. Went to school one day and
came home. Cookie wasn't there anymore. Cookie had gone on

(10:18):
to bird heaven, and which I get, I don't look,
I don't understand the theology behind that at all. So
don't complain to me about birds not going to heaven
or I don't know. That's what I was told when
I was six years old, there was some specific heaven
for the bird. Anyway, since then, I've not been a
fan of owning birds as pets. Now. I know a

(10:40):
lot of people love to have pet birds and have
him in their cages and all that kind of stuff.
But I met a guy that lived in midtim Mobile
back in the early nineteen eighties. His name was Robert.
He had a big old I don't know what kind

(11:01):
of I don't remember now what kind of bird it was,
might have been a parrot, but he had it on
his He would keep the bird on his shoulder, and
I remember how being I remember myself being disgusted because
the bird would go to the restroom on this guy's shoulder,
and I thought, well, that doesn't seem like a good deal.

(11:22):
It just does not seem for a good deal to
have a pet that is going to relieve itself on you.
And this just yes he was. And I'll admit Robert,
and Robert, if you're listening, haven't seen him in many decades.
Please don't be offended Robert by me saying that I

(11:42):
found it disgusting that you had a bird that you
allowed the bird to just go on you. There was
a little something wrong. Look look, Robert, if you're listening,
I apologize, But I did judge you. Younger me was judgmental,
and I not only judged Robert, but I also judged

(12:03):
the whole idea of owning a bird. I just I
think birds ought to be allowed to fly freely, and
I don't I don't see why we want to cage them.
I just that's just But that's just me. Robert also,
in addition to have a bird that he let relieve
itself on his shoulder. Robert used to I remember him

(12:26):
when back when these they had these potato chips that
came out, or were they called zaps, kettle kettle fried
potato chips or something. I remember when these chips came out,
Robert went to the store and bought canned pasta like Spaghettio's,

(12:50):
and he would eat the pasta using the Cajun seasoned
zaps potato chips as his uten he would, yes, I
know that's also disgusting. So anyway, Robert and I we
haven't spent a lot of time together in the last
several decades. Since since then, since the early ladies. Anyway,

(13:12):
all of this because there was a turkey. A woman
in Austin has a pet turkey, and this story has
made national news that just a few days before Thanksgiving,
her pet turkey is missing.

Speaker 10 (13:27):
Aaron Beatty has her fair share of animals at her
Austin home, but only one turkey named Charlene, a bird
she picked up a year and a half ago at
Callahan's General Store as just a chick. Around three am
Monday morning, Aaron Beatty heard her dogs and geese making
some noise, nothing out of the ordinary. But once she
got back up around seven o'clock to check on the
foul family, she noticed Charlene was missing.

Speaker 6 (13:50):
We looked everywhere everywhere for her, but there was no
sign of an attack.

Speaker 10 (13:54):
But without any security camera footage or evidence of a
break in, Aaron Beatty says she likely don't file a
police report.

Speaker 1 (14:01):
All right, So no police report. Now this has somehow
made it to here to mobile Alabama News radio seven
to ten Fox News. This is part of Fox Radio
News Feed. So a woman had this has made national news,
and we'll never know what happened to to Charlene. Is

(14:22):
that what she named the turkey Charlene? We don't know
what's gonna happen to Charlene. You know, when I heard
this story, I thought, well, she said there was no
sign of an attack, like another animal going in there
and getting it. So is this is this one of
those instances where just some thief in the neighborhood decided

(14:44):
they knew they knew where they could get a free turkey.
You think or could this? Could this? Does this time?
Do you remember when President Trump was running for president
with JD. Vance and they they had the special song
about people were eating dogs and eating cats in Ohio?

(15:04):
Was it Ohio that they claimed that there were people
eating dogs and cats that came here from another land.
I don't know why, but I thought of the eating
the dogs eating the cats song when I heard about
the missing turkey. Anyway, I hope the lady. I hope
the turkey is found, somebody returns the turkey, and the
turkey lives happily ever after and I hope the woman

(15:26):
doesn't let the turkey sit on her shoulder while she
eats canned pasta using potato chips as utensils. That's just
that's my hope for Thanksgiving. All right, out of time.
I know you're glad. I'm out of time. Thank you
for listening. As they say in sarah Land, have a
good one, as they say in Theodore, take it easy,
all right later
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