1 00:01:46,873 --> 00:01:49,338 Welcome to the Time Show brought to you 2 00:01:49,338 --> 00:01:51,658 bad Pre Group. Where we make your money 3 00:01:51,658 --> 00:01:54,043 work for you. Here's our host, Tom D 4 00:01:54,043 --> 00:01:54,282 p. 5 00:01:55,951 --> 00:01:57,938 This is the theme song from the 6 00:02:00,103 --> 00:02:02,276 Hbo special band of brothers, 7 00:02:03,609 --> 00:02:05,601 which came out in 2001. 8 00:02:09,442 --> 00:02:11,696 I still don't know of 9 00:02:12,233 --> 00:02:12,972 a better 10 00:02:14,068 --> 00:02:15,525 day and after 11 00:02:19,109 --> 00:02:19,609 series 12 00:02:20,627 --> 00:02:21,766 that's been produced 13 00:02:23,822 --> 00:02:24,142 yet, 14 00:02:26,790 --> 00:02:28,325 we just returned from 15 00:02:29,258 --> 00:02:29,758 France 16 00:02:30,771 --> 00:02:31,271 Normandy, 17 00:02:32,921 --> 00:02:33,421 and 18 00:02:34,686 --> 00:02:36,194 Can you believe it's been a month? 19 00:02:37,147 --> 00:02:37,464 Well, 20 00:02:38,496 --> 00:02:40,584 whatever that credit I caught on the 21 00:02:40,957 --> 00:02:41,965 plain war or 22 00:02:42,402 --> 00:02:42,959 going over, 23 00:02:43,755 --> 00:02:45,425 that was a fog when we got back, 24 00:02:45,664 --> 00:02:46,164 but 25 00:02:47,096 --> 00:02:47,596 respiratory, 26 00:02:48,131 --> 00:02:49,722 whatever. But anyway, 27 00:02:51,727 --> 00:02:53,741 I had never been to normandy. So 28 00:02:54,198 --> 00:02:55,951 I do wanna talk a little bit bit 29 00:02:55,951 --> 00:02:57,169 about that, but 30 00:02:59,553 --> 00:03:02,506 I'm gonna start with a psalm. Psalm 77. 31 00:03:02,746 --> 00:03:05,938 I cried unto god with my voice, even 32 00:03:05,938 --> 00:03:09,785 unto god with my voice, and he gave 33 00:03:09,785 --> 00:03:11,142 ear unto me. 34 00:03:13,457 --> 00:03:15,213 In the day of my truck, it says 35 00:03:15,213 --> 00:03:16,810 with my voice by the way, 36 00:03:17,384 --> 00:03:18,181 doesn't say, 37 00:03:18,739 --> 00:03:19,537 with my mind. 38 00:03:22,169 --> 00:03:24,163 In the day of my trouble, I saw 39 00:03:24,163 --> 00:03:26,715 the lord, my sore ran in the night, 40 00:03:26,969 --> 00:03:29,150 and cease not. My soul 41 00:03:29,930 --> 00:03:32,409 refused to be comforted. Have you ever been 42 00:03:32,409 --> 00:03:33,550 in that spot 43 00:03:35,695 --> 00:03:36,195 where 44 00:03:36,650 --> 00:03:37,446 day and night, 45 00:03:38,321 --> 00:03:40,470 you were unable to find comfort. 46 00:03:42,061 --> 00:03:42,539 I have. 47 00:03:43,987 --> 00:03:45,045 I understand 48 00:03:45,820 --> 00:03:46,320 now 49 00:03:47,175 --> 00:03:49,087 the words of the Psalm when. 50 00:03:51,494 --> 00:03:53,411 Because most people said, Oh, just say a 51 00:03:53,411 --> 00:03:54,610 prayer and you'll fall asleep. 52 00:03:57,166 --> 00:03:57,485 Sure. 53 00:04:00,769 --> 00:04:02,442 It doesn't always work like that. 54 00:04:04,991 --> 00:04:07,780 Verse 3, I remembered God and was troubled. 55 00:04:08,033 --> 00:04:10,818 I complained and my spirit was overwhelmed, 56 00:04:11,534 --> 00:04:12,011 been there. 57 00:04:13,205 --> 00:04:15,610 Thou hold us mine eyes waking. I am 58 00:04:15,610 --> 00:04:17,689 so troubled that I cannot speak. 59 00:04:18,410 --> 00:04:18,889 Been there. 60 00:04:20,569 --> 00:04:22,970 I have considered the days of old. 61 00:04:23,624 --> 00:04:25,536 The years of ancient times. 62 00:04:27,528 --> 00:04:29,998 I call to remembrance my song in the 63 00:04:29,998 --> 00:04:32,388 night. I commune with my own heart. 64 00:04:33,518 --> 00:04:37,197 And my spirit made diligent search, meaning 65 00:04:38,207 --> 00:04:40,932 when I am in that spot of difficulty. 66 00:04:42,594 --> 00:04:44,210 I don't just give up 67 00:04:44,588 --> 00:04:47,619 and relax and say, oh, it'll go away. 68 00:04:47,858 --> 00:04:48,177 No. 69 00:04:48,974 --> 00:04:50,511 That's when I search 70 00:04:50,968 --> 00:04:51,468 diligently 71 00:04:52,978 --> 00:04:53,776 for comfort. 72 00:04:57,207 --> 00:05:00,021 Verse 7, Will the Lord cast off forever? 73 00:05:00,413 --> 00:05:02,187 And will he be favorable 74 00:05:02,562 --> 00:05:03,199 no more? 75 00:05:05,348 --> 00:05:06,325 So this is 76 00:05:06,780 --> 00:05:09,508 the mind of the Psalm is playing tricks 77 00:05:09,979 --> 00:05:10,799 on him 78 00:05:11,417 --> 00:05:11,917 because 79 00:05:13,814 --> 00:05:16,291 the answer is the Lord has not cast 80 00:05:16,291 --> 00:05:16,951 him off 81 00:05:18,539 --> 00:05:20,682 and he has not ceased to be favorable. 82 00:05:21,159 --> 00:05:21,556 Indeed, 83 00:05:23,143 --> 00:05:25,628 sometimes it is the greatest difficulty 84 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:26,740 that 85 00:05:32,212 --> 00:05:33,348 basically cultivate, 86 00:05:35,804 --> 00:05:36,944 the kind of character 87 00:05:37,323 --> 00:05:37,823 that 88 00:05:38,521 --> 00:05:39,581 is unable 89 00:05:40,759 --> 00:05:41,739 to be cultivated 90 00:05:43,956 --> 00:05:44,755 any other way. 91 00:05:48,126 --> 00:05:51,182 Verse 8 is his mercy clean gone forever. 92 00:05:51,561 --> 00:05:52,440 Death is promise. 93 00:05:53,494 --> 00:05:55,012 Fail forever more. 94 00:05:55,811 --> 00:05:59,246 As God forgotten to be gracious, hath in 95 00:05:59,246 --> 00:05:59,646 anger, 96 00:06:01,891 --> 00:06:02,550 shut up 97 00:06:02,924 --> 00:06:04,038 his tender mercy. 98 00:06:04,515 --> 00:06:05,708 And I said, 99 00:06:07,775 --> 00:06:09,866 this is my affirmative, but 100 00:06:10,653 --> 00:06:13,119 I will remember the years of the right 101 00:06:13,119 --> 00:06:13,619 hand 102 00:06:14,551 --> 00:06:15,664 of the most high. 103 00:06:18,310 --> 00:06:20,310 I will remember the works for the lord. 104 00:06:21,830 --> 00:06:24,629 Surely, I will remember that Wonders of old. 105 00:06:26,715 --> 00:06:30,927 I will meditate also of thy work and 106 00:06:30,927 --> 00:06:32,040 talk of thy doing. 107 00:06:33,807 --> 00:06:36,061 Thy way o God is in the sanctuary, 108 00:06:37,795 --> 00:06:40,050 who is so great a God 109 00:06:40,905 --> 00:06:42,261 as our God. 110 00:06:44,269 --> 00:06:46,500 Thou art the god that do us wonders. 111 00:06:46,818 --> 00:06:48,970 Thou has declared thy strength. 112 00:06:50,980 --> 00:06:54,519 Among the people. Okay. That's Psalm 77 113 00:06:56,100 --> 00:06:58,279 versus 1 through 14, 114 00:06:58,993 --> 00:07:00,447 I wanna talk a little 115 00:07:01,299 --> 00:07:01,799 about 116 00:07:04,082 --> 00:07:05,059 some of the lessons 117 00:07:05,831 --> 00:07:07,365 of d day of 118 00:07:08,868 --> 00:07:09,368 Sacrifice 119 00:07:12,532 --> 00:07:13,271 in light 120 00:07:13,886 --> 00:07:15,660 of what we see 121 00:07:16,037 --> 00:07:17,333 today in our 122 00:07:18,123 --> 00:07:18,362 country. 123 00:07:20,911 --> 00:07:22,846 I don't know if you've ever watched 124 00:07:24,019 --> 00:07:24,417 the 125 00:07:25,214 --> 00:07:25,714 series 126 00:07:26,170 --> 00:07:26,967 band of brothers. 127 00:07:28,175 --> 00:07:29,924 You know, there are some people out there 128 00:07:29,924 --> 00:07:32,467 who've sworn off all media, 129 00:07:33,023 --> 00:07:34,079 and they 130 00:07:34,533 --> 00:07:36,146 don't subscribe to 131 00:07:37,013 --> 00:07:40,360 something like Hbo or they don't look at 132 00:07:40,759 --> 00:07:41,897 Youtube. They don't 133 00:07:42,273 --> 00:07:44,208 watch Tv. They don't 134 00:07:45,159 --> 00:07:47,476 look at movies. What network could you... Or 135 00:07:47,476 --> 00:07:49,075 what did you say Band brothers is on 136 00:07:49,075 --> 00:07:50,113 christ? Hbo o Max. 137 00:07:50,833 --> 00:07:50,992 Okay. 138 00:07:51,712 --> 00:07:51,951 Now, 139 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:55,473 I have been that way. 140 00:07:56,745 --> 00:07:58,732 I've said, I wanna watch all that crap, 141 00:07:58,970 --> 00:07:59,288 you know, 142 00:08:00,878 --> 00:08:01,832 and it's wrong. 143 00:08:03,518 --> 00:08:04,018 Categorically 144 00:08:04,396 --> 00:08:04,715 wrong. 145 00:08:10,378 --> 00:08:12,531 For for people like me, 146 00:08:13,343 --> 00:08:13,843 who 147 00:08:14,379 --> 00:08:15,198 don't wanna 148 00:08:15,973 --> 00:08:18,545 watch history books or 149 00:08:19,001 --> 00:08:20,435 watch. See. Listen to that. 150 00:08:21,488 --> 00:08:23,347 Who don't wanna a read deep 151 00:08:24,205 --> 00:08:28,440 600 page books about history and every detail 152 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,545 about the leaders and that kind of thing 153 00:08:30,681 --> 00:08:31,181 pictures 154 00:08:32,191 --> 00:08:32,929 are better 155 00:08:33,383 --> 00:08:35,472 than a lot of words. It's why Shakespeare, 156 00:08:36,005 --> 00:08:36,059 the 157 00:08:37,059 --> 00:08:38,120 was so popular. 158 00:08:39,460 --> 00:08:42,840 And, Elizabeth in English, England because of the 159 00:08:42,899 --> 00:08:43,399 lesser 160 00:08:43,779 --> 00:08:44,279 educated 161 00:08:44,659 --> 00:08:45,059 people, 162 00:08:45,875 --> 00:08:47,794 in society. Like myself, 163 00:08:50,034 --> 00:08:52,995 we're able to go and basically see a 164 00:08:52,995 --> 00:08:54,054 picture of a play 165 00:08:55,248 --> 00:08:56,525 and get something out of it. 166 00:08:58,760 --> 00:08:59,260 Certain 167 00:09:00,517 --> 00:09:01,017 movies 168 00:09:02,034 --> 00:09:03,891 or in in the case of 169 00:09:05,001 --> 00:09:07,017 Band brothers. It's a mini series 170 00:09:08,112 --> 00:09:09,729 or able to illustrate 171 00:09:12,339 --> 00:09:13,057 the war. 172 00:09:14,986 --> 00:09:15,486 Better, 173 00:09:17,060 --> 00:09:21,207 than reading tome and tome of history. Now, 174 00:09:21,526 --> 00:09:24,093 that's not to say you shouldn't read history 175 00:09:24,093 --> 00:09:25,130 books. I do. 176 00:09:26,806 --> 00:09:28,002 I read history books. 177 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:30,555 I'm working on 1 right now. 178 00:09:32,161 --> 00:09:32,661 Thucydides 179 00:09:33,354 --> 00:09:33,854 thucydides, 180 00:09:35,341 --> 00:09:36,692 the pe nation war. 181 00:09:37,566 --> 00:09:39,731 And I... You know, there's never been a 182 00:09:39,731 --> 00:09:40,949 movie made about the 183 00:09:41,326 --> 00:09:43,081 war than I know of anyway. 184 00:09:44,118 --> 00:09:46,750 And I'll read world war 2 books. I'll 185 00:09:46,750 --> 00:09:47,867 read civil war books. 186 00:09:48,759 --> 00:09:51,553 But every now and then somebody comes along 187 00:09:51,553 --> 00:09:52,691 that can embody, 188 00:09:55,145 --> 00:09:57,060 you know, the action and the story. 189 00:09:57,554 --> 00:09:58,744 As well as anybody. 190 00:09:59,379 --> 00:09:59,697 Now, 191 00:10:04,221 --> 00:10:05,197 what you see 192 00:10:07,337 --> 00:10:07,837 is 193 00:10:13,957 --> 00:10:14,776 a willingness 194 00:10:17,565 --> 00:10:18,384 to sacrifice 195 00:10:20,125 --> 00:10:21,424 one's own 196 00:10:24,614 --> 00:10:24,932 life. 197 00:10:25,728 --> 00:10:27,479 Really, they throw their lives at it. It 198 00:10:27,479 --> 00:10:29,389 it it finally gets to a point where 199 00:10:29,389 --> 00:10:29,889 death 200 00:10:30,981 --> 00:10:32,436 and mai and 201 00:10:35,055 --> 00:10:36,589 Injury becomes so 202 00:10:37,999 --> 00:10:39,909 prevalent that it's just part of the deal. 203 00:10:40,148 --> 00:10:41,898 You're constantly faced with death. 204 00:10:43,988 --> 00:10:46,625 This movie is a lot better. At showing 205 00:10:46,625 --> 00:10:48,783 it than many of the other were. And 206 00:10:48,943 --> 00:10:51,180 I'd had watched it years ago and it 207 00:10:51,180 --> 00:10:52,034 kinda went in 208 00:10:52,794 --> 00:10:54,972 1 eye and out the other. I'm now 209 00:10:55,031 --> 00:10:56,010 revisiting it 210 00:10:58,387 --> 00:10:59,366 after years 211 00:11:00,799 --> 00:11:02,575 and it means something new 212 00:11:03,511 --> 00:11:03,910 to me, 213 00:11:04,628 --> 00:11:05,926 the level of sacrifice. 214 00:11:10,615 --> 00:11:11,115 What 215 00:11:11,569 --> 00:11:13,022 have people sacrificed 216 00:11:13,794 --> 00:11:17,408 in order to be these days in in 217 00:11:17,545 --> 00:11:17,783 leadership. 218 00:11:18,499 --> 00:11:20,965 Well, let's just look at the current leadership. 219 00:11:21,203 --> 00:11:22,737 We now have a guy who's is 220 00:11:23,112 --> 00:11:24,646 doing all he can 221 00:11:26,548 --> 00:11:28,718 and his wife is pushing him 222 00:11:29,809 --> 00:11:31,241 to hang on to power. 223 00:11:33,245 --> 00:11:34,382 It doesn't matter 224 00:11:35,553 --> 00:11:37,702 what is happening with the rest of the 225 00:11:37,702 --> 00:11:40,329 country. It all that matters that that this 226 00:11:40,329 --> 00:11:40,829 person 227 00:11:43,611 --> 00:11:46,026 Hang on to power. No sacrificing 228 00:11:46,404 --> 00:11:47,383 of his life 229 00:11:48,239 --> 00:11:49,516 for the good of the country. 230 00:11:50,409 --> 00:11:52,567 I have my power, and I'm not gonna 231 00:11:52,567 --> 00:11:53,366 let go of it. 232 00:11:55,283 --> 00:11:56,263 And you have 233 00:11:56,962 --> 00:11:59,849 a whole cad of of people in the 234 00:11:59,849 --> 00:12:00,906 media, other 235 00:12:01,361 --> 00:12:01,600 politicians, 236 00:12:02,316 --> 00:12:03,112 all of whom, 237 00:12:04,146 --> 00:12:04,646 their 238 00:12:05,022 --> 00:12:06,238 jobs and livelihoods 239 00:12:06,693 --> 00:12:07,750 depend upon 240 00:12:08,539 --> 00:12:09,039 this 241 00:12:09,657 --> 00:12:11,413 power structure staying in place, 242 00:12:13,169 --> 00:12:14,605 and you have half of the voters, 243 00:12:16,441 --> 00:12:16,941 who 244 00:12:17,891 --> 00:12:19,586 get something from the government 245 00:12:21,316 --> 00:12:21,816 and 246 00:12:22,192 --> 00:12:25,480 believe a certain way and whose mental health 247 00:12:26,508 --> 00:12:29,480 is dependent upon a certain cad, 248 00:12:30,813 --> 00:12:33,864 certain power structure staying in place, and 249 00:12:35,053 --> 00:12:37,366 the cracks are in it. And yet they 250 00:12:37,366 --> 00:12:39,839 have proven that they will do anything to 251 00:12:39,839 --> 00:12:42,710 maintain it, including veto a bill that's coming 252 00:12:42,710 --> 00:12:43,987 through Congress right now, 253 00:12:44,799 --> 00:12:46,873 All it says is you have to be 254 00:12:46,873 --> 00:12:48,867 a natural... You have to be a Us 255 00:12:48,867 --> 00:12:49,367 citizen 256 00:12:49,744 --> 00:12:50,622 in order to vote. 257 00:12:51,260 --> 00:12:52,079 And the Democrats 258 00:12:52,536 --> 00:12:54,051 have all voted against this. 259 00:12:56,531 --> 00:12:57,904 Gretchen W in 260 00:12:58,675 --> 00:12:59,731 Michigan, the governor 261 00:13:00,264 --> 00:13:02,726 has essentially ram through a bill, which makes 262 00:13:02,726 --> 00:13:05,521 it legal for anybody to vote, including your 263 00:13:05,521 --> 00:13:05,839 dog. 264 00:13:07,427 --> 00:13:09,651 Now if you can't figure out what this 265 00:13:09,651 --> 00:13:10,605 is aimed at, 266 00:13:12,114 --> 00:13:13,249 you have no brain 267 00:13:14,675 --> 00:13:18,115 It's aimed upon county illegal votes. That's that's 268 00:13:18,115 --> 00:13:20,355 the only thing it can be aimed at. 269 00:13:22,035 --> 00:13:23,014 It's about 270 00:13:24,128 --> 00:13:25,107 gaining power 271 00:13:25,485 --> 00:13:26,783 and keeping power 272 00:13:28,198 --> 00:13:28,698 because 273 00:13:29,076 --> 00:13:30,992 for certain political types, 274 00:13:31,964 --> 00:13:33,800 And then I'm not just pointed at the 275 00:13:33,879 --> 00:13:34,358 Democrats. 276 00:13:34,837 --> 00:13:35,736 I think there's 277 00:13:36,193 --> 00:13:38,587 probably 80 percent of the Republicans are this 278 00:13:38,587 --> 00:13:38,907 way. 279 00:13:40,118 --> 00:13:41,733 Because they get paid too 280 00:13:42,667 --> 00:13:44,738 to show up and be the new... The 281 00:13:44,898 --> 00:13:46,035 Washington generals 282 00:13:47,064 --> 00:13:50,015 plan the Carlin globe charters. They always lose. 283 00:13:50,733 --> 00:13:52,966 They still they're... They still get a paycheck, 284 00:13:55,518 --> 00:13:56,258 which from 285 00:13:57,128 --> 00:13:57,946 My son 286 00:13:58,481 --> 00:14:00,891 played college football at a little school in 287 00:14:01,187 --> 00:14:01,687 birmingham. 288 00:14:02,700 --> 00:14:04,689 And 1 of the staff was a guy 289 00:14:04,689 --> 00:14:05,667 that had played 290 00:14:07,251 --> 00:14:08,205 On Alabama, 291 00:14:08,761 --> 00:14:10,931 1 of Alabama national championship 292 00:14:11,862 --> 00:14:13,850 football teams back in the nineties. This guy 293 00:14:13,850 --> 00:14:14,327 was named. 294 00:14:15,220 --> 00:14:16,680 Sam shade, big, 295 00:14:18,180 --> 00:14:18,500 and 296 00:14:19,540 --> 00:14:20,660 he was used to win it. 297 00:14:22,273 --> 00:14:22,773 And 298 00:14:23,466 --> 00:14:25,217 he got drafted by the bang. 299 00:14:26,172 --> 00:14:26,410 Oh, 300 00:14:27,286 --> 00:14:28,400 when they were the bang. 301 00:14:29,275 --> 00:14:29,775 And 302 00:14:31,836 --> 00:14:33,906 3 games into the season. I think they'd 303 00:14:33,906 --> 00:14:35,020 lost all 3 of them. 304 00:14:35,975 --> 00:14:37,726 He's sitting in front of his locker with 305 00:14:37,726 --> 00:14:39,875 his head down and and a veteran comes 306 00:14:39,875 --> 00:14:40,353 up and says, 307 00:14:41,244 --> 00:14:43,162 What are you worried about, Rookie? And he 308 00:14:43,162 --> 00:14:45,079 said, well, he said, I'm just not loose 309 00:14:45,079 --> 00:14:46,837 used to losing football games. 310 00:14:47,796 --> 00:14:48,275 He said, 311 00:14:49,089 --> 00:14:51,167 Don't worry. We get paid tomorrow. 312 00:14:52,925 --> 00:14:53,425 And 313 00:14:53,884 --> 00:14:54,704 that was 314 00:14:55,722 --> 00:14:58,061 Sam told me that was when he realized. 315 00:14:59,334 --> 00:15:01,334 You know, that his mind and heart was 316 00:15:01,334 --> 00:15:03,414 not with the way they thought in Nfl, 317 00:15:03,575 --> 00:15:05,674 and this is the way most of our 318 00:15:05,975 --> 00:15:08,468 political class thinks. For many of them, it's 319 00:15:08,468 --> 00:15:10,865 a bigger job than they've ever had, they've 320 00:15:10,865 --> 00:15:13,582 never created anything on their own. It's all 321 00:15:13,582 --> 00:15:14,541 been in government. 322 00:15:15,754 --> 00:15:17,213 That includes our president 323 00:15:17,672 --> 00:15:19,211 who's been in government for 324 00:15:19,909 --> 00:15:21,268 probably close to 50 years. 325 00:15:22,466 --> 00:15:24,397 Did he ever do anything else? His never 326 00:15:24,397 --> 00:15:27,347 had all had his son's done some things. 327 00:15:27,746 --> 00:15:30,138 Yeah. Cut him in it. Yeah. No. I'm 328 00:15:30,138 --> 00:15:32,370 talking to his his Joe Biden ever had. 329 00:15:32,530 --> 00:15:34,686 His a corporate job. I have no idea. 330 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,224 That would be something to look into. I 331 00:15:37,224 --> 00:15:39,444 don't know. I don't think so. I'm curious. 332 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:40,340 But 333 00:15:41,365 --> 00:15:41,865 the 334 00:15:43,912 --> 00:15:45,447 back to this example. 335 00:15:49,499 --> 00:15:51,173 Of what we see in the band of 336 00:15:51,173 --> 00:15:51,571 brothers. 337 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,054 We see a supreme 338 00:15:56,431 --> 00:15:56,931 sacrifice 339 00:15:58,277 --> 00:15:59,332 unto death 340 00:16:00,260 --> 00:16:00,760 for 341 00:16:01,211 --> 00:16:03,695 an idea, and I don't even know 342 00:16:05,194 --> 00:16:07,426 if we could summon that kind of thing 343 00:16:07,426 --> 00:16:08,702 in our country today. 344 00:16:09,419 --> 00:16:10,796 Somebody took a poll 345 00:16:11,731 --> 00:16:12,848 in the last year, 346 00:16:14,535 --> 00:16:15,809 Don't know if it's legit. 347 00:16:17,957 --> 00:16:18,457 But 348 00:16:19,310 --> 00:16:21,879 they basically ask Republicans and Democrats. 349 00:16:23,304 --> 00:16:26,125 If the country was under attack, would you 350 00:16:26,824 --> 00:16:29,225 be willing to fight for our country. And 351 00:16:29,384 --> 00:16:31,384 I think it said something like 47, 352 00:16:31,559 --> 00:16:33,240 person percent of the Democrats democrat said no. 353 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,360 And it was segmented along political lines. 354 00:16:41,574 --> 00:16:43,891 And I look at that, and and I 355 00:16:43,891 --> 00:16:46,049 know there's a lot of Republicans that wouldn't 356 00:16:46,049 --> 00:16:46,449 either. 357 00:16:47,488 --> 00:16:50,465 You know, because fighting is ugly hard, difficult 358 00:16:51,099 --> 00:16:52,857 and you get hurt or killed. 359 00:16:53,656 --> 00:16:54,855 And when it's over with, 360 00:16:56,692 --> 00:16:58,051 you're permanently changed. 361 00:16:59,344 --> 00:17:00,963 You can never go back 362 00:17:01,742 --> 00:17:03,420 from having been a soldier, 363 00:17:04,779 --> 00:17:07,416 and those images are still left with you. 364 00:17:07,656 --> 00:17:08,135 There's a... 365 00:17:09,906 --> 00:17:11,182 Seen in there where, 366 00:17:12,060 --> 00:17:12,959 captain Wen 367 00:17:13,496 --> 00:17:15,351 who gets thrust into this 368 00:17:16,207 --> 00:17:18,063 role because Lieutenant mee 369 00:17:19,650 --> 00:17:21,979 goes down on 1 of the jump planes 370 00:17:22,036 --> 00:17:22,854 on d 371 00:17:23,229 --> 00:17:23,729 dies 372 00:17:24,263 --> 00:17:25,320 along with the crew 373 00:17:26,666 --> 00:17:28,282 and we went to that spot 374 00:17:29,375 --> 00:17:30,013 in France, 375 00:17:30,491 --> 00:17:33,041 where that c 47 went down, 376 00:17:34,253 --> 00:17:36,330 we were led there by our guide. 377 00:17:39,446 --> 00:17:40,186 And I 378 00:17:40,739 --> 00:17:42,997 I wish I'd had watched band of brothers 379 00:17:43,137 --> 00:17:45,374 before the trip, but it it wouldn't have 380 00:17:45,374 --> 00:17:48,411 meant anything to me. It now means so 381 00:17:48,411 --> 00:17:49,050 much more. 382 00:17:50,025 --> 00:17:51,085 But when winters 383 00:17:52,585 --> 00:17:54,825 takes 48 hours to go to Paris, 384 00:17:55,305 --> 00:17:55,805 and 385 00:17:57,384 --> 00:17:58,664 he sees these... 386 00:17:59,638 --> 00:18:00,138 People 387 00:18:00,596 --> 00:18:01,554 and the faces. 388 00:18:03,311 --> 00:18:06,184 And then the faces of German show soldiers 389 00:18:06,184 --> 00:18:07,462 that he's just shot, 390 00:18:08,993 --> 00:18:11,485 get on the faces of these people. It 391 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:14,751 Band brothers shows an amazing. 392 00:18:16,971 --> 00:18:21,519 Level of insight to the horrors and psychological 393 00:18:24,375 --> 00:18:25,575 difficulties of war. 394 00:18:26,615 --> 00:18:26,855 Now, 395 00:18:27,894 --> 00:18:29,815 how does that translate to today? 396 00:18:32,789 --> 00:18:34,069 I'm not exactly sure. 397 00:18:36,309 --> 00:18:36,809 But 398 00:18:37,750 --> 00:18:40,895 1 thing I do know. Is that this 399 00:18:42,693 --> 00:18:44,064 willingness to sacrifice 400 00:18:44,436 --> 00:18:46,283 for the good of the country 401 00:18:47,384 --> 00:18:50,164 These guys weren't asking each other on the 402 00:18:50,164 --> 00:18:52,865 battlefield? Are you a Republican or a democrat? 403 00:18:54,375 --> 00:18:55,113 They weren't 404 00:18:55,741 --> 00:18:58,707 fighting against their own countrymen based on 405 00:18:59,400 --> 00:18:59,900 political 406 00:19:00,434 --> 00:19:00,673 affiliation. 407 00:19:02,999 --> 00:19:04,357 They were fighting for freedom. 408 00:19:05,396 --> 00:19:06,915 Actually, somebody else's freedom, 409 00:19:08,033 --> 00:19:10,111 that of France and that of Europe. 410 00:19:12,044 --> 00:19:13,979 But Roosevelt realized 411 00:19:15,951 --> 00:19:17,567 that with Japan on 1 412 00:19:18,104 --> 00:19:20,178 side and Hitler on the other, 413 00:19:21,468 --> 00:19:24,911 America could no longer remain neutral, especially after 414 00:19:25,286 --> 00:19:25,923 pearl harbor. 415 00:19:27,275 --> 00:19:27,775 And 416 00:19:28,882 --> 00:19:31,031 that's why these men fought and they went, 417 00:19:31,190 --> 00:19:31,906 and they died. 418 00:19:32,941 --> 00:19:35,647 Many died. And then those that didn't. 419 00:19:37,092 --> 00:19:38,307 Came back with 420 00:19:39,792 --> 00:19:40,292 psychological, 421 00:19:42,174 --> 00:19:44,159 spiritual, mental, physical wounds, 422 00:19:45,924 --> 00:19:46,424 that 423 00:19:47,522 --> 00:19:49,700 were really kind of incomprehensible 424 00:19:50,239 --> 00:19:50,739 to 425 00:19:51,997 --> 00:19:53,296 somebody like me 426 00:19:54,807 --> 00:19:57,520 and others like me who have lived a 427 00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:58,398 very pam, 428 00:20:00,392 --> 00:20:00,892 protected 429 00:20:02,713 --> 00:20:04,377 existence for most of our lives. 430 00:20:07,311 --> 00:20:07,945 And so... 431 00:20:10,429 --> 00:20:10,929 Somehow 432 00:20:13,549 --> 00:20:14,849 tapping into this 433 00:20:16,349 --> 00:20:17,329 spirit of sacrifice. 434 00:20:20,436 --> 00:20:21,175 It's gonna 435 00:20:22,027 --> 00:20:23,323 be what's required 436 00:20:24,016 --> 00:20:25,630 to move our country forward. 437 00:20:27,054 --> 00:20:29,520 From the log jam that we see today, 438 00:20:29,838 --> 00:20:30,338 and 439 00:20:31,270 --> 00:20:32,225 I'm gonna tell you something. 440 00:20:34,624 --> 00:20:37,508 If you think it's violent. Now, you wait 441 00:20:37,643 --> 00:20:39,470 until if Trump gets elected. 442 00:20:41,558 --> 00:20:43,716 Half the country will be an open revolt. 443 00:20:46,353 --> 00:20:47,013 The bureaucracy 444 00:20:47,392 --> 00:20:49,490 will make it almost impossible. 445 00:20:50,361 --> 00:20:52,349 For him to govern, and then they'll turn 446 00:20:52,349 --> 00:20:54,019 around and blame it on him because that's 447 00:20:54,019 --> 00:20:55,053 what Liberals do. 448 00:20:56,325 --> 00:20:58,313 They create a problem and they blame it 449 00:20:58,313 --> 00:20:59,267 on the other side. 450 00:21:00,632 --> 00:21:01,132 So 451 00:21:03,886 --> 00:21:05,179 just say your prayers 452 00:21:05,632 --> 00:21:07,377 and do what you need to do. 453 00:21:08,984 --> 00:21:10,684 And be truthful and honest 454 00:21:11,545 --> 00:21:13,884 because the country will need 455 00:21:14,265 --> 00:21:15,085 good people 456 00:21:15,719 --> 00:21:16,754 doing good things. 457 00:21:18,904 --> 00:21:20,895 So the answer to the Joe Biden question 458 00:21:20,895 --> 00:21:21,771 that I asked earlier, 459 00:21:22,249 --> 00:21:25,207 he was employed very briefly. After law school 460 00:21:25,207 --> 00:21:27,987 for a law firm from 19 68 to 461 00:21:27,987 --> 00:21:30,131 around 19 70, and I think from that 462 00:21:30,131 --> 00:21:30,608 point on. 463 00:21:31,323 --> 00:21:33,229 He's been in politics. Probably got fired. 464 00:21:33,959 --> 00:21:34,438 Who knows. 465 00:21:35,077 --> 00:21:36,913 He said he realized it wasn't for him. 466 00:21:38,111 --> 00:21:40,426 You've been listening to the Tom Show brought 467 00:21:40,426 --> 00:21:42,262 to you by pre financial group where we 468 00:21:42,262 --> 00:21:44,275 make your money work for you, If you'd 469 00:21:44,275 --> 00:21:45,555 like hear more of the tom Du show, 470 00:21:45,715 --> 00:21:49,335 go to pre financial dot com slash radio 471 00:21:49,475 --> 00:21:50,994 we'll be back in just a few minutes. 472 00:21:51,315 --> 00:21:51,795 Stay tuned. 473 00:22:03,754 --> 00:22:05,027 This is Tom D pre. 474 00:22:05,584 --> 00:22:08,868 At pre group. 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This 507 00:25:29,021 --> 00:25:31,804 is a song by steel dan from the 508 00:25:31,804 --> 00:25:34,769 album countdown to ecstasy, which 509 00:25:35,158 --> 00:25:37,086 came out in the seventies. 510 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,060 It's a song that some people say, 511 00:25:44,301 --> 00:25:46,455 Is their favorite steel dance song. 512 00:25:47,651 --> 00:25:48,868 And there's a guy named 513 00:25:49,565 --> 00:25:52,297 Jeff, Baxter that called sku baxter. 514 00:25:52,929 --> 00:25:54,785 And he plays the pedal steel 515 00:25:55,641 --> 00:25:56,278 on this... 516 00:25:58,113 --> 00:25:58,613 He 517 00:25:59,070 --> 00:26:02,601 Jeff Baxter is not a guy that 518 00:26:03,392 --> 00:26:05,565 backs down from challenges. And 519 00:26:06,977 --> 00:26:09,980 so Donald Fa and Walter Becker, or the 520 00:26:10,660 --> 00:26:11,160 writers 521 00:26:11,619 --> 00:26:12,759 and kinda 522 00:26:13,140 --> 00:26:15,700 concept guys behind steel down, but they would 523 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:19,014 always hire and bring in other musicians to 524 00:26:19,313 --> 00:26:22,430 actually play the parts and Sku Baxter played 525 00:26:22,430 --> 00:26:24,768 on a bunch of their stuff as well 526 00:26:25,147 --> 00:26:26,825 as he played with the Doo Brothers. 527 00:26:27,959 --> 00:26:29,978 He also is into 528 00:26:30,676 --> 00:26:34,192 Us defense systems. The the in the highest 529 00:26:34,192 --> 00:26:36,370 form and the guy's brilliant. He's 530 00:26:36,684 --> 00:26:37,983 you know? So this is 531 00:26:38,762 --> 00:26:40,839 this is a song that you never hear 532 00:26:40,839 --> 00:26:43,956 get played much, and, well, nobody. But it's 533 00:26:43,956 --> 00:26:45,887 the people's favorite. They don't hear it much. 534 00:26:46,365 --> 00:26:46,844 Well, yeah. 535 00:26:47,642 --> 00:26:48,758 Because they do the research. 536 00:26:49,396 --> 00:26:51,470 Okay. What do you think I'd do? Lots 537 00:26:51,470 --> 00:26:54,341 of research. For our clients for our company, 538 00:26:54,580 --> 00:26:57,794 and about music. Yeah. It's just... You read 539 00:26:57,794 --> 00:26:58,274 a lot. 540 00:27:00,115 --> 00:27:02,515 Sometimes it's at 03:00 in the morning. That's 541 00:27:02,515 --> 00:27:04,054 right. It's quiet. But 542 00:27:05,486 --> 00:27:08,192 speaking of research, so we stumbled on some 543 00:27:08,192 --> 00:27:08,692 research 544 00:27:09,067 --> 00:27:10,124 a while back 545 00:27:10,818 --> 00:27:11,875 in terms of 546 00:27:13,302 --> 00:27:15,615 totally innocent where we went over to... 547 00:27:16,492 --> 00:27:18,566 They were sitting at a restaurant having dinner. 548 00:27:19,044 --> 00:27:21,277 Yeah. And a a guy said, oh, 549 00:27:22,408 --> 00:27:25,211 go over to the corner of Mason He 550 00:27:25,346 --> 00:27:25,743 and 551 00:27:26,616 --> 00:27:27,013 and 552 00:27:27,887 --> 00:27:31,000 for sales Road, and we're thinking, Wait. That's 553 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,513 where the web used to live. He said, 554 00:27:32,592 --> 00:27:33,490 you know, they're 555 00:27:34,343 --> 00:27:35,457 they're doing a demo, 556 00:27:36,014 --> 00:27:38,322 and there's a guy with there that knows 557 00:27:38,322 --> 00:27:39,436 something about cabins. 558 00:27:39,929 --> 00:27:41,281 I want you to meet him. Yeah. 559 00:27:42,156 --> 00:27:43,986 So we drove over there and what we 560 00:27:43,986 --> 00:27:45,577 found was that this... 561 00:27:47,344 --> 00:27:47,844 House 562 00:27:48,702 --> 00:27:49,202 that 563 00:27:49,901 --> 00:27:51,979 had been owned, and I'm just, you know, 564 00:27:52,218 --> 00:27:54,456 it's local developer. He sold it to the 565 00:27:54,456 --> 00:27:55,675 school system for 566 00:27:56,149 --> 00:27:57,128 actually a very 567 00:27:57,506 --> 00:27:58,405 low price 568 00:27:59,103 --> 00:28:01,098 compared to what you could say it's worth. 569 00:28:01,498 --> 00:28:03,733 If they developed it into a neighborhood or 570 00:28:03,733 --> 00:28:06,221 they were 3 or... But whatever. Anyway, 571 00:28:08,372 --> 00:28:10,624 and and what we saw was this beautiful 572 00:28:10,682 --> 00:28:11,080 house. 573 00:28:12,195 --> 00:28:14,799 It was in perfect condition. Perfect condition. Whatever 574 00:28:14,919 --> 00:28:15,793 being demolished. 575 00:28:17,540 --> 00:28:18,040 And 576 00:28:18,811 --> 00:28:21,115 the all the fixtures being taken out of 577 00:28:21,115 --> 00:28:21,274 it, 578 00:28:23,679 --> 00:28:24,578 and so 579 00:28:25,593 --> 00:28:27,747 what we began to do some research and 580 00:28:27,747 --> 00:28:30,081 realize that the school system had 581 00:28:32,069 --> 00:28:34,702 made several plans regarding this. That it was 582 00:28:34,702 --> 00:28:37,016 the Kentucky edu court of education? 583 00:28:37,575 --> 00:28:39,330 Let's don't worry about details. 584 00:28:40,625 --> 00:28:42,625 No. I'm that that is a good detail, 585 00:28:42,944 --> 00:28:43,184 actually. 586 00:28:44,704 --> 00:28:47,285 There had been a plan made that included 587 00:28:47,585 --> 00:28:48,305 that house. 588 00:28:49,356 --> 00:28:50,707 As part of what they were gonna do. 589 00:28:51,025 --> 00:28:52,216 And then all of a sudden, it's just 590 00:28:52,216 --> 00:28:55,235 like this unilateral decision to tear it down. 591 00:28:55,394 --> 00:28:57,872 And that was paid very quickly and... Push 592 00:28:57,872 --> 00:28:58,906 through with that much. 593 00:28:59,621 --> 00:29:01,712 I at all. I think 594 00:29:03,359 --> 00:29:04,336 part of the reason 595 00:29:05,347 --> 00:29:06,563 is because somebody 596 00:29:08,067 --> 00:29:11,519 in the school board wanted the fixtures 597 00:29:12,454 --> 00:29:13,172 out of the house. 598 00:29:14,209 --> 00:29:17,022 I think that is part of why 599 00:29:18,609 --> 00:29:20,144 the house got torn down 600 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,432 because we... You really think that. Yeah. 601 00:29:24,104 --> 00:29:25,958 As I look at these 602 00:29:26,667 --> 00:29:27,801 people and 603 00:29:29,047 --> 00:29:32,221 the way they behave in their own little 604 00:29:32,221 --> 00:29:32,721 bubble 605 00:29:35,576 --> 00:29:38,204 It it doesn't surprise me... And there were 606 00:29:38,204 --> 00:29:39,319 several very... 607 00:29:40,673 --> 00:29:42,559 Well, we were told that the 608 00:29:43,078 --> 00:29:45,333 fixtures of the house, which were very valuable. 609 00:29:46,269 --> 00:29:48,423 Were taken by 1 of the school board 610 00:29:48,423 --> 00:29:50,672 members. We mentioned that some of them were 611 00:29:50,672 --> 00:29:52,346 gone before they got there. They don't know 612 00:29:52,346 --> 00:29:54,601 exactly where they went. They've been taken. We 613 00:29:54,978 --> 00:29:56,595 do know that the kitchen 614 00:29:57,131 --> 00:29:58,806 was removed from the property. 615 00:29:59,539 --> 00:30:00,439 By a 616 00:30:00,818 --> 00:30:01,318 member 617 00:30:02,176 --> 00:30:05,373 of the staff of the Fed County. School 618 00:30:05,373 --> 00:30:06,193 system. Somebody 619 00:30:06,652 --> 00:30:07,451 came and got it. 620 00:30:08,330 --> 00:30:08,570 So... 621 00:30:11,448 --> 00:30:13,912 We talked about this 3 or 4 weeks 622 00:30:13,912 --> 00:30:14,230 ago, 623 00:30:15,104 --> 00:30:15,502 you know, 624 00:30:16,535 --> 00:30:17,807 there was this level. 625 00:30:18,778 --> 00:30:20,236 Somebody put it on Facebook, 626 00:30:20,854 --> 00:30:21,572 and that's it. 627 00:30:23,328 --> 00:30:23,568 We... 628 00:30:24,206 --> 00:30:26,122 I tried to get coverage from a local 629 00:30:26,122 --> 00:30:28,367 news station because I... Know some people there. 630 00:30:28,685 --> 00:30:29,400 Neck. Nothing. 631 00:30:30,035 --> 00:30:31,409 We talk to 632 00:30:32,101 --> 00:30:34,087 people that know people at the newspaper? 633 00:30:34,739 --> 00:30:35,059 Nothing. 634 00:30:35,698 --> 00:30:38,196 We talked to people that know people with 635 00:30:38,255 --> 00:30:40,333 the blue grass trust, nothing. 636 00:30:40,892 --> 00:30:42,570 They said isn't it a shame. Yeah. 637 00:30:44,412 --> 00:30:44,912 So 638 00:30:47,268 --> 00:30:49,173 this is the kind of town we're living 639 00:30:49,173 --> 00:30:49,728 in folks. 640 00:30:51,889 --> 00:30:54,765 Are you comfortable with this? You know, there's 641 00:30:54,765 --> 00:30:57,561 only so much... I mean, it's like a 642 00:30:57,561 --> 00:30:58,040 football coach. 643 00:30:58,774 --> 00:30:59,752 You know, it 644 00:31:00,287 --> 00:31:03,314 let me tell you. My my children or 645 00:31:03,314 --> 00:31:04,929 well both boys played 646 00:31:06,738 --> 00:31:07,136 football, 647 00:31:07,789 --> 00:31:10,500 as I was the most involved in their 648 00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:11,877 sports when they were 649 00:31:12,255 --> 00:31:13,291 10:12 years old. 650 00:31:14,169 --> 00:31:14,567 And 651 00:31:15,046 --> 00:31:16,981 they played for this team that 652 00:31:17,452 --> 00:31:18,962 it was... I don't know what the name 653 00:31:18,962 --> 00:31:20,575 of the league was. But 654 00:31:21,267 --> 00:31:23,094 it was a Wood for County football league. 655 00:31:23,333 --> 00:31:24,922 Yeah. And youth football league. 656 00:31:26,526 --> 00:31:27,082 So the... 657 00:31:27,796 --> 00:31:29,463 Some games they would go out, you know, 658 00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:31,129 it's was like, wow, You know? And then 659 00:31:31,129 --> 00:31:32,717 there was 1 or 2 teams that they 660 00:31:32,717 --> 00:31:33,193 would play. 661 00:31:33,924 --> 00:31:35,605 They would walk out on the field and 662 00:31:35,605 --> 00:31:36,644 their heads were down. 663 00:31:38,005 --> 00:31:39,785 And no amount of coaching, 664 00:31:42,258 --> 00:31:44,894 would make them believe that they could win 665 00:31:44,894 --> 00:31:45,453 that game. 666 00:31:46,252 --> 00:31:47,131 It was almost... 667 00:31:48,663 --> 00:31:51,135 It was like the Republicans versus the Democrats, 668 00:31:51,454 --> 00:31:54,484 at the Washington generals versus the globe t. 669 00:31:54,883 --> 00:31:56,558 You go out and on the field knowing 670 00:31:56,558 --> 00:31:59,675 you're gonna lose. This at times is what 671 00:31:59,834 --> 00:32:00,811 I feel like 672 00:32:03,410 --> 00:32:04,522 that I'm talking to. 673 00:32:06,127 --> 00:32:09,068 That I'm talking to the people that listen 674 00:32:09,068 --> 00:32:11,056 to this show and live in Lexington and 675 00:32:11,056 --> 00:32:12,010 could make a difference. 676 00:32:12,646 --> 00:32:15,284 I'm talking to people who are walking out 677 00:32:15,284 --> 00:32:17,192 on the field and their heads are down, 678 00:32:17,510 --> 00:32:20,134 and they've already resigned themselves to the fact 679 00:32:20,134 --> 00:32:22,440 that they're gonna lose that they can't make 680 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:23,076 a difference, 681 00:32:25,565 --> 00:32:27,644 they can't change the way things are. 682 00:32:30,525 --> 00:32:31,965 So my question is, 683 00:32:33,255 --> 00:32:35,164 if you really feel that way, 684 00:32:36,755 --> 00:32:37,948 don't listen to the show. 685 00:32:40,433 --> 00:32:41,712 Save yourself the trouble? 686 00:32:43,869 --> 00:32:46,026 Why would you listen to a show like 687 00:32:46,026 --> 00:32:46,346 this? 688 00:32:48,673 --> 00:32:49,173 If 689 00:32:50,107 --> 00:32:53,214 if you just say, you know, I'm never 690 00:32:53,214 --> 00:32:54,169 gonna make a difference. 691 00:32:55,842 --> 00:32:56,081 Now, 692 00:32:59,199 --> 00:33:00,632 There's another side to it. 693 00:33:02,541 --> 00:33:05,428 That people who might listen to this show 694 00:33:06,537 --> 00:33:07,334 might not know. 695 00:33:09,328 --> 00:33:11,003 1 thing I've seen in Kentucky. 696 00:33:11,721 --> 00:33:14,375 I don't care how many Republicans they elect 697 00:33:15,883 --> 00:33:16,383 to 698 00:33:17,712 --> 00:33:18,110 the 699 00:33:20,974 --> 00:33:21,293 legislature. 700 00:33:22,247 --> 00:33:25,367 This is a democrat run owned and driven 701 00:33:25,367 --> 00:33:25,686 state. 702 00:33:27,918 --> 00:33:30,092 And a democrat problem 703 00:33:31,585 --> 00:33:34,887 finally has to get fixed by Democrats. Democrats 704 00:33:35,182 --> 00:33:36,874 have to give the permission 705 00:33:37,249 --> 00:33:40,213 to fix the problem. They'll let the Republicans 706 00:33:40,269 --> 00:33:41,008 fix it 707 00:33:42,270 --> 00:33:44,436 And then they'll come around and complain 708 00:33:45,921 --> 00:33:47,826 about how this wasn't done right or that 709 00:33:47,826 --> 00:33:50,148 1 done right it's it's the it's the 710 00:33:50,148 --> 00:33:53,016 whole thing. It's what immature people do. 711 00:33:54,291 --> 00:33:55,168 And is... 712 00:33:56,139 --> 00:33:58,853 You gotta understand. I'm neither a republican or 713 00:33:58,853 --> 00:34:02,125 democrat. I do not have a registration with 714 00:34:02,125 --> 00:34:04,440 a political party. You wanna... You don't believe 715 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:05,812 me? You can go look. 716 00:34:06,451 --> 00:34:09,266 I'm an independent, which means I'm non affiliated 717 00:34:09,325 --> 00:34:10,283 with either party, 718 00:34:10,842 --> 00:34:13,258 and I can be as 719 00:34:15,250 --> 00:34:15,569 You know, 720 00:34:17,730 --> 00:34:19,089 I know a lot of people like this 721 00:34:19,170 --> 00:34:20,710 Damon T guy, but, 722 00:34:21,089 --> 00:34:22,369 you know, oh, he's great. 723 00:34:23,103 --> 00:34:23,342 Well, 724 00:34:24,776 --> 00:34:25,971 he wanted to be on the show. 725 00:34:27,086 --> 00:34:28,440 That wasn't in any anyway I was putting 726 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:29,954 him on the show because it would have 727 00:34:29,954 --> 00:34:30,910 been a sales pitch. 728 00:34:32,598 --> 00:34:33,397 The point is, 729 00:34:34,355 --> 00:34:36,829 I don't... You know, and and Daniel Cameron, 730 00:34:38,346 --> 00:34:40,740 that was 1 of the weakest candidates for 731 00:34:40,740 --> 00:34:43,695 anything. I I feel like the fix was 732 00:34:43,695 --> 00:34:44,409 in on that. 733 00:34:46,155 --> 00:34:48,298 Maybe he had some deal going with Mcconnell. 734 00:34:49,346 --> 00:34:51,412 Mcconnell, who the... The last thing he wants 735 00:34:51,412 --> 00:34:53,581 is a conservative because he benefits 736 00:34:54,034 --> 00:34:54,909 from the system, 737 00:34:56,433 --> 00:34:56,933 And, 738 00:34:57,307 --> 00:34:59,692 I'm with the Democrats on not liking him, 739 00:34:59,851 --> 00:35:01,146 but they're never gonna 740 00:35:02,077 --> 00:35:04,064 get out of locks, but they're getting out 741 00:35:04,064 --> 00:35:07,025 of locks on Biden. Okay. I'm digress. Let's 742 00:35:07,025 --> 00:35:08,003 go back to Lexington. 743 00:35:10,374 --> 00:35:10,932 What is it? 744 00:35:12,846 --> 00:35:14,760 I would simply ask the question. 745 00:35:16,364 --> 00:35:18,927 Why is it that nobody in the media 746 00:35:19,618 --> 00:35:22,078 will ask the question of the school system? 747 00:35:23,688 --> 00:35:24,487 What's going on? 748 00:35:27,364 --> 00:35:28,744 What is really happening 749 00:35:29,362 --> 00:35:30,242 in our schools? 750 00:35:33,215 --> 00:35:33,715 When 751 00:35:37,055 --> 00:35:40,015 a lady ran for school board last time, 752 00:35:41,947 --> 00:35:42,266 who... 753 00:35:43,539 --> 00:35:45,529 I know she was put forth by the 754 00:35:45,847 --> 00:35:46,962 Republican party. 755 00:35:48,394 --> 00:35:49,292 I know her 756 00:35:49,668 --> 00:35:50,384 nor her family. 757 00:35:52,228 --> 00:35:54,054 Wonderful lady. Common sense. 758 00:35:56,278 --> 00:35:59,296 When they were out canvas the neighborhood for 759 00:35:59,296 --> 00:36:01,459 her all that they heard was, I don't 760 00:36:01,459 --> 00:36:02,414 want book burners. 761 00:36:05,277 --> 00:36:06,016 They don't 762 00:36:07,281 --> 00:36:08,338 they the voters 763 00:36:09,590 --> 00:36:12,479 don't seem to be concerned with the tremendous 764 00:36:12,536 --> 00:36:13,594 levels of waste 765 00:36:13,969 --> 00:36:14,766 going on, 766 00:36:15,259 --> 00:36:17,035 with their tax dollars 767 00:36:17,413 --> 00:36:19,508 because 93 cents at every 768 00:36:20,124 --> 00:36:22,756 dollar you pay in property taxes goes to 769 00:36:22,756 --> 00:36:24,751 the school system and guess what? 770 00:36:25,244 --> 00:36:26,623 A bunch of you all 771 00:36:27,321 --> 00:36:29,558 are gonna be paying 20 to 30 to 772 00:36:29,558 --> 00:36:31,955 40 percent more this year, 773 00:36:33,166 --> 00:36:35,477 in property taxes than you were last year. 774 00:36:35,716 --> 00:36:36,832 Because if you don't know, 775 00:36:37,868 --> 00:36:39,483 your boy, David O'neil 776 00:36:40,274 --> 00:36:41,172 just raised 777 00:36:41,869 --> 00:36:42,348 your 778 00:36:43,545 --> 00:36:45,540 assessment... Assessments in a big way. 779 00:36:46,657 --> 00:36:47,375 Myself included. 780 00:36:49,697 --> 00:36:51,368 Alright. I'm gonna let it sit there. Next 781 00:36:51,368 --> 00:36:52,880 time I... If I ever go to sell 782 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:54,072 my house and... Hey. 783 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:57,581 It's worth this. This is what David O'neal 784 00:36:57,581 --> 00:36:59,963 says. This work. David O O'neal just... He 785 00:36:59,963 --> 00:37:02,606 put bumps stamp of my my 786 00:37:03,788 --> 00:37:05,936 my house price up by 30 percent. 787 00:37:06,732 --> 00:37:07,232 The 788 00:37:07,608 --> 00:37:09,619 the point I'm trying to make is 789 00:37:11,204 --> 00:37:13,780 if you all can't get organized 790 00:37:16,233 --> 00:37:18,389 and stay organized because I'm gonna tell you 791 00:37:18,389 --> 00:37:21,777 something, you're opposition is highly organized. 792 00:37:23,270 --> 00:37:24,567 They control everything, 793 00:37:25,981 --> 00:37:26,800 which means 794 00:37:27,496 --> 00:37:29,272 you got nowhere to go but up 795 00:37:30,141 --> 00:37:31,655 All you gotta do is say this... 796 00:37:32,372 --> 00:37:33,429 The point is 797 00:37:34,284 --> 00:37:34,784 get 798 00:37:35,240 --> 00:37:35,740 motivated. 799 00:37:37,246 --> 00:37:38,600 Eddie Brown was on here. 800 00:37:40,512 --> 00:37:43,163 Ed is a good guy, and he's organizing 801 00:37:43,300 --> 00:37:44,039 some people 802 00:37:44,574 --> 00:37:45,074 locally. 803 00:37:46,585 --> 00:37:49,625 To try to begin to ask questions regarding 804 00:37:49,625 --> 00:37:52,265 what's going on. You know, the the 1 805 00:37:52,265 --> 00:37:54,925 thing that these over overlords don't want 806 00:37:55,637 --> 00:37:56,535 is taxpayers 807 00:37:57,069 --> 00:37:58,603 asking tough questions 808 00:37:59,614 --> 00:38:01,126 in an organized way. 809 00:38:02,733 --> 00:38:03,553 Most taxpayers 810 00:38:04,409 --> 00:38:06,825 refused to organize with other taxpayers 811 00:38:08,241 --> 00:38:10,816 and actually do something. We had this 812 00:38:11,207 --> 00:38:13,456 1 group of concerned women 813 00:38:13,831 --> 00:38:15,341 come in here and they want to have 814 00:38:15,341 --> 00:38:15,977 this meeting. 815 00:38:17,408 --> 00:38:19,157 Find out all about all this stuff. 816 00:38:21,003 --> 00:38:22,919 We did. We sat down with them. They 817 00:38:22,919 --> 00:38:25,393 said, oh, this oh, that taken notes, 818 00:38:28,188 --> 00:38:28,507 crickets. 819 00:38:30,436 --> 00:38:30,754 Poof. 820 00:38:32,107 --> 00:38:34,814 What did ever happen with that? Nothing 0. 821 00:38:35,291 --> 00:38:37,440 I asked to 1 or 2 of them. 822 00:38:38,411 --> 00:38:40,639 You wanna do this or that. I'll get 823 00:38:40,639 --> 00:38:41,276 back to you. 824 00:38:42,310 --> 00:38:42,788 Nothing. 825 00:38:44,380 --> 00:38:44,880 It's 826 00:38:47,349 --> 00:38:48,809 It takes a lot 827 00:38:50,710 --> 00:38:51,589 to do something. 828 00:38:52,230 --> 00:38:54,089 You have to get over some mental 829 00:38:54,643 --> 00:38:55,041 hills. 830 00:38:56,552 --> 00:38:58,859 There's a big thing that people are are 831 00:38:58,859 --> 00:39:01,087 worried about what other people are gonna think 832 00:39:01,087 --> 00:39:02,698 about them. Don't even think it's that a 833 00:39:02,698 --> 00:39:03,917 lot of oil. Guarantee 834 00:39:04,616 --> 00:39:06,374 that some of it is that... 835 00:39:07,093 --> 00:39:09,650 Well, it's just like new legislature. 836 00:39:10,130 --> 00:39:12,207 I people that that wind office. 837 00:39:13,476 --> 00:39:15,460 They don't know the system when they first 838 00:39:15,460 --> 00:39:18,179 enter, so they're very ineffective they don't know 839 00:39:18,179 --> 00:39:20,995 how to navigate the system. I think that 840 00:39:21,534 --> 00:39:24,331 breaking through to figure out how to navigate 841 00:39:24,331 --> 00:39:24,890 the system, 842 00:39:26,019 --> 00:39:28,403 is the biggest challenge for somebody that wants 843 00:39:28,403 --> 00:39:30,469 to help initiate change. 844 00:39:33,581 --> 00:39:33,898 No. 845 00:39:34,848 --> 00:39:36,829 I think you were gonna say that. You're 846 00:39:36,829 --> 00:39:37,146 wrong. 847 00:39:37,859 --> 00:39:38,968 Okay. You go in. 848 00:39:40,252 --> 00:39:42,077 And you get involved in the system, 849 00:39:43,268 --> 00:39:46,069 and and that does not give the average 850 00:39:46,125 --> 00:39:46,625 citizen 851 00:39:47,967 --> 00:39:50,358 a pass on why they shouldn't be involved. 852 00:39:50,517 --> 00:39:52,849 You just compared what I was talking 853 00:39:53,226 --> 00:39:53,726 about 854 00:39:54,102 --> 00:39:55,319 to some new legislative 855 00:39:55,695 --> 00:39:57,621 person coming in. I'm not telling to become 856 00:39:57,621 --> 00:39:58,280 a leg, 857 00:39:58,814 --> 00:40:00,563 let's they want to. What I'm what I 858 00:40:00,563 --> 00:40:02,471 saying is it's hard to navigate the system 859 00:40:02,471 --> 00:40:04,697 if you don't know but you know what 860 00:40:04,697 --> 00:40:06,129 start. As of as a... 861 00:40:08,214 --> 00:40:09,170 As a citizen, 862 00:40:10,206 --> 00:40:12,060 you're actually more effective 863 00:40:12,755 --> 00:40:15,721 than as a legislature or an employee of 864 00:40:15,721 --> 00:40:18,513 the system. Well, because you're taking a paycheck, 865 00:40:19,949 --> 00:40:20,928 you know, these 866 00:40:21,956 --> 00:40:23,170 most people nowadays, 867 00:40:24,178 --> 00:40:26,081 it goes back to what we talked about 868 00:40:26,081 --> 00:40:27,057 in the first, 869 00:40:27,430 --> 00:40:27,985 half hour. 870 00:40:29,195 --> 00:40:32,554 That was for the sacrifice for the country. 871 00:40:33,035 --> 00:40:35,114 What these guys did at d day. 872 00:40:36,727 --> 00:40:40,227 Most everybody that's in government now is there 873 00:40:40,227 --> 00:40:42,454 because number 1, they draw a paycheck and 874 00:40:42,454 --> 00:40:44,542 number 2, they want a job where they 875 00:40:44,542 --> 00:40:46,697 don't have to work that hard. And that's 876 00:40:46,697 --> 00:40:48,374 what you get with government. 877 00:40:48,853 --> 00:40:51,887 They're not interested in really being productive. Now, 878 00:40:53,019 --> 00:40:55,274 Does that mean there's not people in government 879 00:40:56,050 --> 00:40:57,166 that are productive, 880 00:40:57,645 --> 00:41:00,915 absolutely not. There are people out there in 881 00:41:00,915 --> 00:41:03,804 government that work hard and do a good 882 00:41:03,804 --> 00:41:04,045 job, 883 00:41:04,605 --> 00:41:06,224 and they don't like the ones 884 00:41:07,005 --> 00:41:07,885 that are slack, 885 00:41:08,284 --> 00:41:09,264 but the system 886 00:41:09,565 --> 00:41:11,736 lets them be there Okay. So, you know 887 00:41:11,736 --> 00:41:13,273 who pops into my mind 888 00:41:13,651 --> 00:41:15,965 that didn't know the system, but figured it 889 00:41:15,965 --> 00:41:17,401 out was uni slogan. 890 00:41:18,690 --> 00:41:20,542 You know why? She just got 891 00:41:20,996 --> 00:41:23,859 pissed off. And tell tell the brief story 892 00:41:23,859 --> 00:41:25,234 about Eunice. Well, Eunice 893 00:41:26,244 --> 00:41:27,380 came to Ben Chandler 894 00:41:28,089 --> 00:41:29,365 when when Ben was the, 895 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:31,940 congressman. 896 00:41:32,478 --> 00:41:34,871 Ben is an okay guy, but he's... 897 00:41:36,163 --> 00:41:38,875 Not very good with people. And, you know, 898 00:41:39,514 --> 00:41:41,768 not a good at all with people. And 899 00:41:45,354 --> 00:41:46,391 he just blew her off. 900 00:41:47,509 --> 00:41:48,009 So 901 00:41:48,706 --> 00:41:50,063 she said, well, maybe he was having a 902 00:41:50,063 --> 00:41:51,521 bad day. So she 903 00:41:51,834 --> 00:41:53,830 followed him and went to an another event. 904 00:41:53,989 --> 00:41:55,427 And this time not only did he blow 905 00:41:55,427 --> 00:41:56,645 her off. He kinda 906 00:41:57,023 --> 00:41:59,099 talked down here. Well, that wasn't really a 907 00:41:59,099 --> 00:42:00,376 good thing to do with Eunice. 908 00:42:01,429 --> 00:42:03,342 And so she went nuts, 909 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:04,400 and 910 00:42:05,255 --> 00:42:06,074 started this 911 00:42:06,610 --> 00:42:09,974 website called c bin spend, and It was 912 00:42:09,974 --> 00:42:11,912 a grassroots Yeah. Organ 913 00:42:12,451 --> 00:42:13,191 and she 914 00:42:14,848 --> 00:42:15,348 basically 915 00:42:15,887 --> 00:42:17,805 helped Andy Barr elected. 916 00:42:18,936 --> 00:42:20,074 She was relentless 917 00:42:20,451 --> 00:42:23,023 So now Andy having been there for 14 918 00:42:23,081 --> 00:42:24,276 years or whatever it he is. 919 00:42:24,994 --> 00:42:27,482 He needs somebody to do a c band 920 00:42:27,482 --> 00:42:28,360 spent on him. 921 00:42:29,637 --> 00:42:31,814 Because if you saw show that we saw 922 00:42:33,310 --> 00:42:34,188 not long ago, 923 00:42:34,986 --> 00:42:35,920 you know, the 924 00:42:36,835 --> 00:42:39,619 it's it's rotten. I mean, the the thing 925 00:42:39,619 --> 00:42:40,119 is 926 00:42:40,574 --> 00:42:42,188 it's not good. And 927 00:42:42,881 --> 00:42:44,791 he has become a creature of the system. 928 00:42:45,203 --> 00:42:48,557 It's that's exactly what Andy is now. And 929 00:42:49,247 --> 00:42:49,747 so 930 00:42:51,150 --> 00:42:52,102 you know, I tried to... 931 00:42:53,308 --> 00:42:55,164 The Democrats put up these 932 00:42:55,701 --> 00:42:56,201 communists. 933 00:42:56,579 --> 00:42:57,956 I mean, you know, the 934 00:42:58,572 --> 00:43:00,965 somebody that's a Democrat. I don't know if 935 00:43:00,965 --> 00:43:02,821 they exist anymore that's not 936 00:43:03,295 --> 00:43:04,275 you know, a socialist 937 00:43:05,295 --> 00:43:07,215 should run against Danny, because I think you 938 00:43:07,215 --> 00:43:07,695 could win. 939 00:43:08,255 --> 00:43:09,454 I mean, if you get out there and 940 00:43:09,454 --> 00:43:10,594 just talk to 941 00:43:10,987 --> 00:43:13,364 the common people. He needs a challenge. 942 00:43:13,919 --> 00:43:15,742 He not gonna get 1 from the Republican 943 00:43:15,742 --> 00:43:16,058 side. 944 00:43:16,930 --> 00:43:17,722 That ain't an admin. 945 00:43:18,849 --> 00:43:19,746 Because the 946 00:43:20,119 --> 00:43:22,821 the the Republicans in this state are asleep, 947 00:43:23,695 --> 00:43:24,966 especially here in Faye County, 948 00:43:25,617 --> 00:43:26,650 They're not much good. 949 00:43:27,445 --> 00:43:27,945 And 950 00:43:29,034 --> 00:43:30,385 so that's why I'm not 1. 951 00:43:31,021 --> 00:43:33,827 It has to be... There's gotta be somebody. 952 00:43:34,694 --> 00:43:36,391 That is willing to, 953 00:43:37,247 --> 00:43:38,843 you know, lobby for change. 954 00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:41,817 But the Eunice did 955 00:43:42,449 --> 00:43:44,526 a good job. Now it's gotta be done 956 00:43:44,526 --> 00:43:44,766 again. 957 00:43:45,804 --> 00:43:48,441 Somebody up because they get comfortable and cozy. 958 00:43:49,492 --> 00:43:49,890 And 959 00:43:51,004 --> 00:43:53,152 that's just the nature of it. And it 960 00:43:53,152 --> 00:43:55,140 needs to be done locally too with this 961 00:43:55,140 --> 00:43:57,706 school board situation Well, that's gonna be the 962 00:43:57,706 --> 00:43:59,302 toughest 1 of them That is... 963 00:43:59,860 --> 00:44:02,893 Because you're dealing with people in Lexington who 964 00:44:02,893 --> 00:44:03,851 are crazy. 965 00:44:04,503 --> 00:44:06,355 That are voters. And 966 00:44:07,605 --> 00:44:10,388 interesting... At school board, the stories that I 967 00:44:10,388 --> 00:44:12,796 have heard in the past... It's a product 968 00:44:12,853 --> 00:44:15,739 of the local voters. That's the. Or or 969 00:44:15,739 --> 00:44:18,320 the lack of attention or interest even though 970 00:44:19,659 --> 00:44:22,940 percent of our of our property tax dollars. 971 00:44:23,513 --> 00:44:24,252 Are going 972 00:44:24,626 --> 00:44:25,182 to that. 973 00:44:26,136 --> 00:44:28,759 People get the government they deserve. And our 974 00:44:28,759 --> 00:44:31,476 our test and our wanted anymore. Yeah. You 975 00:44:31,476 --> 00:44:33,644 gotta make a change. And our test scores 976 00:44:33,859 --> 00:44:35,924 continue to go down at Fiat County, which 977 00:44:35,924 --> 00:44:37,989 is really the mission of the school system 978 00:44:37,989 --> 00:44:40,452 is to educate... Start editing out my customers. 979 00:44:42,303 --> 00:44:44,780 You've been listening to the Tom Du show 980 00:44:44,780 --> 00:44:47,336 brought to you bad pre financial Group. If 981 00:44:47,336 --> 00:44:48,615 you'd like to hear more of the Tom 982 00:44:48,695 --> 00:44:50,622 Du. You can always go to our website 983 00:44:50,622 --> 00:44:52,954 at, to pre financial dot com 984 00:44:53,968 --> 00:44:54,786 slash radio. 985 00:44:56,852 --> 00:44:59,166 I'm Tom Sci for life Elizabeth. 986 00:45:00,601 --> 00:45:02,835 You've been listening to the Tom D show. 987 00:45:03,561 --> 00:45:05,287 Stay tuned for the financial hour we'll be 988 00:45:05,287 --> 00:45:05,758 right back.