December 15, 2025 • 7 mins
GOP Strategist Terry Schilling covers some of the big issues facing the country and also comments on the shootings in Australia and at Brown University
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's go over to the Legacy Retirement Group dot com
phone line and say good morning to our good buddy,
Terry Shilling from the American Principals Project American Principals Project
dot org. Terry, good morning, how are you? How you bet?
My friend?
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Good morning, Mike.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
I'm excited.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
I'm ready to start a new week. The you know,
if kids tell me today there's ten days left until Christmas,
that's it.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
So you and your wife parents of seven, I think
last last count with seven beautiful children? How do you
manage the holidays? How do you manage seven different lists?
To Santa Claus, it's got to be crazy for you
this time of year.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Well, we actually it's gonna get a little crazier next
year because we've got number eighth coming, a number eight
coming in Mark.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Do you really congratulations?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Man?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
God keeps blessing us and we're very grateful to him.
But look good. Christmas with a big family is actually
super fun.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Obviously, lots of energy, very intense, and you know, it's
it's really tough. Some kids have better years than others,
but I always make it pretty even with them. You know,
you basically get one big present for the whole family.
That's super cool. This year, I got a retro fit
Nintendo sixty four with all the classics like GoldenEye and
(01:13):
Mario cart and all that. But it's got wireless controllers,
it's got an ehcmport.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
You're gonna take it back to the nineties childhood, you.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Know, so you'll be playing that, not the kids, is
my guys right?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
No, the kids actually were the ones that found it
because they've heard legendary stories about GoldenEye.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
That's awesome, that'll be very cool. I wanted to jump
in on a couple of stories of the day. I
mean the two shootings number one at Brown University in Providence,
two students killed there, nine others hurt. And then the
terror attack Bondai Beach. It was an anti Semitic attack.
It was a Honkkah Menora lighting event on night one
(01:51):
of Honukkah in Australia. This is in Sydney. At least
fifteen dead, forty others hospitalized. That Pakistani nationals responsible for
that is a father son.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Your overall thoughts, uh, some of the terrible news from
over the weekend.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Well, yeah, I mean, my heart, I mean it's Christmas,
you know, and my heart goes out to these families.
God bless them and protect them. Look, I think what's
tragic is, first and foremost, these two mass shootings happen
in areas that you're not allowed to have mass shootings,
where guns are literally banned Brown University in Australia.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
But I think Americans seem to.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Be less afraid of the guns and the issue of
guns because in Australia there was no one to fight back, right.
I think we need to be a lot more worried
about some of these very dangerous and anti American ideologies
that are out there right, anti Semitic ideologies that are
what actually get people to pull the trigger. So I
this is a terrible way to get into the Christmas season.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Hopefully turn things around, but we need to be much
more worried about these these harmful and dangerous ideologies.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Well, you make a great point about Australia's got some
of the strictest gun laws on the planet, and you
know not that you it's tough to prevent these types
of things. I mean, bad actors are going to act bad,
but it could have been a whole no, a lot
less uh fatalities with that if you had somebody a
(03:15):
good guy with a gun. We talk about that all
the time.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
No, that's exactly right, Like, how do you protect yourself
If the criminals are able to get guns and use
them against you and you follow the law, how are
you going to protect yourself? You got to wait for
the cops to get there.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
That's like ten twenty fifteen minutes. You know, it's not
a good deal. We should be able to protect.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Ourselves, no doubt, no doubt. Terry Shilling, American Principles Project
dot org. And then a little closer to home in
d C. Lawmakers are they're kind of scrambling and it
seems seems like we're running out of time here to
extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies. You know, I think
it's funny that we're talking about the Affordable Care Act
(03:55):
being not so affordable anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Yeah, well, it was never meant to be affordable for us.
It was always meant to be affordable for the insurance companies.
If you look at how Obamacare structured, twenty percent profits
are built into the Affordable Care Act for the insurance companies.
There's a huge giveaway to insurance companies. And by the way,
hospitals are still price couching us right. Obamacare never did
(04:20):
anything to go after the hospitals that are charging the
outrageous prices, the hospitals that hide the prices from playing view.
So we can't even negotiate. But we've got to get
something done for the American people. A lot of people
are hurting from this stuff. A lot of people are
Type one and type two diabetics. They need real care
in our health insurance company. The health insurance system of
(04:41):
the country does not provide them what they really deserve.
So we've got to get something right.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
And it bothers me that it's gotten political, and I
mean shocking. You know what in this country isn't But
you know, when going back to the government shut down,
you know, Democrats are kind of using this as a
hostage sort of tactic to shut the government down. I
like what Bill Cassidy, Senator from Louisiana said. He's like,
good policy is good politics. We don't care who gets
(05:07):
the credit on this. I mean, forget the midterms. Let's
just come up with a plan, a good plan. It
does need to be a Republican plan, does need to
be a Democrat plan. Let's just come up with a
plan and get this in place.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
No, that's exactly right, And I just want to remind
all the Republicans out there that you're much better off
fighting and running your campaigns and elections on policy because
your personalities aren't that great. You're right. No, the policy
debates need to be front and center because it's how
you get voters to look to the future by telling
(05:44):
them what you're going to do to help them, right,
and what your opponent's going to do to them if
they get elected. But I think every election needs to
be purely based on policies, need to be future oriented.
What are you going to do for me and what
are you gonna do for the country. What does it
look like in the future with our policies versus our opponents?
And if you do that, I think politics will get
a lot better.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Terry, have you been paying much attention to the situation
in Venezuela and the Caribbean? I mean, started with blowing
up some of these this cocaine, the coke boats bringing
legal drugs to this country, and then taking over and
seizing these sanctioned oil tankers. You know that that was
an interesting one, and I think it was kind of
a stroke of genius that you know, these oil tankers
(06:25):
we've been monitoring that have been kind of, you know,
dodging being tracked. I mean they sort of kind of
ghost and spoof their transponders to make you think that
they're somewhere that they're not. And they're bringing oil to
terrorists and countries who would support terror groups. And we're saying,
you know, we enoughs enough. This is the Western hemisphere here,
(06:45):
this is our backyard, and you know a lot of
this stuff's going to wash up on our shore and
we've had enough of it.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
No, that's exactly right. We need to push back against
our enemies everywhere they are right, and then includes Venezuela
and South America what they've been doing to our country,
along with China and Russia.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
All these guys are flooding our country with drugs and
criminal activity.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
They've been taking advantage of an elderly man with dementia
in the White House the last four years. We need
to fight back against these guys as strongly I am, Mike.
I will just say I am very hesitant, just like
every other.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
American is, at.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
The idea of getting into another long conflict. I think
we just need to be careful, but yeah, take out
all the bad guys you can, especially if we're on
international waters.
Let's go over to the Legacy Retirement Group dot com
phone line and say good morning to our good buddy,
Terry Shilling from the American Principals Project American Principals Project
dot org. Terry, good morning, how are you? How you bet?
My friend?
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Good morning, Mike.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
I'm excited.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
I'm ready to start a new week. The you know,
if kids tell me today there's ten days left until Christmas,
that's it.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
So you and your wife parents of seven, I think
last last count with seven beautiful children? How do you
manage the holidays? How do you manage seven different lists?
To Santa Claus, it's got to be crazy for you
this time of year.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Well, we actually it's gonna get a little crazier next
year because we've got number eighth coming, a number eight
coming in Mark.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Do you really congratulations?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Man?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
God keeps blessing us and we're very grateful to him.
But look good. Christmas with a big family is actually
super fun.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Obviously, lots of energy, very intense, and you know, it's
it's really tough. Some kids have better years than others,
but I always make it pretty even with them. You know,
you basically get one big present for the whole family.
That's super cool. This year, I got a retro fit
Nintendo sixty four with all the classics like GoldenEye and
(01:13):
Mario cart and all that. But it's got wireless controllers,
it's got an ehcmport.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
You're gonna take it back to the nineties childhood, you.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Know, so you'll be playing that, not the kids, is
my guys right?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
No, the kids actually were the ones that found it
because they've heard legendary stories about GoldenEye.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
That's awesome, that'll be very cool. I wanted to jump
in on a couple of stories of the day. I
mean the two shootings number one at Brown University in Providence,
two students killed there, nine others hurt. And then the
terror attack Bondai Beach. It was an anti Semitic attack.
It was a Honkkah Menora lighting event on night one
(01:51):
of Honukkah in Australia. This is in Sydney. At least
fifteen dead, forty others hospitalized. That Pakistani nationals responsible for
that is a father son.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Your overall thoughts, uh, some of the terrible news from
over the weekend.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Well, yeah, I mean, my heart, I mean it's Christmas,
you know, and my heart goes out to these families.
God bless them and protect them. Look, I think what's
tragic is, first and foremost, these two mass shootings happen
in areas that you're not allowed to have mass shootings,
where guns are literally banned Brown University in Australia.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
But I think Americans seem to.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Be less afraid of the guns and the issue of
guns because in Australia there was no one to fight back, right.
I think we need to be a lot more worried
about some of these very dangerous and anti American ideologies
that are out there right, anti Semitic ideologies that are
what actually get people to pull the trigger. So I
this is a terrible way to get into the Christmas season.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Hopefully turn things around, but we need to be much
more worried about these these harmful and dangerous ideologies.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Well, you make a great point about Australia's got some
of the strictest gun laws on the planet, and you
know not that you it's tough to prevent these types
of things. I mean, bad actors are going to act bad,
but it could have been a whole no, a lot
less uh fatalities with that if you had somebody a
(03:15):
good guy with a gun. We talk about that all
the time.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
No, that's exactly right, Like, how do you protect yourself
If the criminals are able to get guns and use
them against you and you follow the law, how are
you going to protect yourself? You got to wait for
the cops to get there.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
That's like ten twenty fifteen minutes. You know, it's not
a good deal. We should be able to protect.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Ourselves, no doubt, no doubt. Terry Shilling, American Principles Project
dot org. And then a little closer to home in
d C. Lawmakers are they're kind of scrambling and it
seems seems like we're running out of time here to
extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies. You know, I think
it's funny that we're talking about the Affordable Care Act
(03:55):
being not so affordable anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Yeah, well, it was never meant to be affordable for us.
It was always meant to be affordable for the insurance companies.
If you look at how Obamacare structured, twenty percent profits
are built into the Affordable Care Act for the insurance companies.
There's a huge giveaway to insurance companies. And by the way,
hospitals are still price couching us right. Obamacare never did
(04:20):
anything to go after the hospitals that are charging the
outrageous prices, the hospitals that hide the prices from playing view.
So we can't even negotiate. But we've got to get
something done for the American people. A lot of people
are hurting from this stuff. A lot of people are
Type one and type two diabetics. They need real care
in our health insurance company. The health insurance system of
(04:41):
the country does not provide them what they really deserve.
So we've got to get something right.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
And it bothers me that it's gotten political, and I
mean shocking. You know what in this country isn't But
you know, when going back to the government shut down,
you know, Democrats are kind of using this as a
hostage sort of tactic to shut the government down. I
like what Bill Cassidy, Senator from Louisiana said. He's like,
good policy is good politics. We don't care who gets
(05:07):
the credit on this. I mean, forget the midterms. Let's
just come up with a plan, a good plan. It
does need to be a Republican plan, does need to
be a Democrat plan. Let's just come up with a
plan and get this in place.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
No, that's exactly right, And I just want to remind
all the Republicans out there that you're much better off
fighting and running your campaigns and elections on policy because
your personalities aren't that great. You're right. No, the policy
debates need to be front and center because it's how
you get voters to look to the future by telling
(05:44):
them what you're going to do to help them, right,
and what your opponent's going to do to them if
they get elected. But I think every election needs to
be purely based on policies, need to be future oriented.
What are you going to do for me and what
are you gonna do for the country. What does it
look like in the future with our policies versus our opponents?
And if you do that, I think politics will get
a lot better.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Terry, have you been paying much attention to the situation
in Venezuela and the Caribbean? I mean, started with blowing
up some of these this cocaine, the coke boats bringing
legal drugs to this country, and then taking over and
seizing these sanctioned oil tankers. You know that that was
an interesting one, and I think it was kind of
a stroke of genius that you know, these oil tankers
(06:25):
we've been monitoring that have been kind of, you know,
dodging being tracked. I mean they sort of kind of
ghost and spoof their transponders to make you think that
they're somewhere that they're not. And they're bringing oil to
terrorists and countries who would support terror groups. And we're saying,
you know, we enoughs enough. This is the Western hemisphere here,
(06:45):
this is our backyard, and you know a lot of
this stuff's going to wash up on our shore and
we've had enough of it.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
No, that's exactly right. We need to push back against
our enemies everywhere they are right, and then includes Venezuela
and South America what they've been doing to our country,
along with China and Russia.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
All these guys are flooding our country with drugs and
criminal activity.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
They've been taking advantage of an elderly man with dementia
in the White House the last four years. We need
to fight back against these guys as strongly I am, Mike.
I will just say I am very hesitant, just like
every other.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
American is, at.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
The idea of getting into another long conflict. I think
we just need to be careful, but yeah, take out
all the bad guys you can, especially if we're on
international waters.
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