1 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: If the state is going to spend half a million 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:09,399 Speaker 1: dollars on a consumer program, people should actually know it 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: exists or it's just a waste if no one uses it. 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: They should actually know it exists and they should actually 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: want it. Oh and maybe it should be cheaper than 6 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,799 Speaker 1: what they could just buy themselves. Giving Hoosier's free car 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: history reports sounds smart in theory, but without letting us 8 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,159 Speaker 1: know the clear benefits, it's just another program that is 9 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: costing Hoosier's money. You've got the Indiana Secretary of State, 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: Diego Morales. His office created a program that lets people 11 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 1: get free vehicle history reports when buying a used car. 12 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: The state paid over five hundred thousand dollars for the 13 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: program so far, first on a contract with Experience and 14 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: now a new extension. But fewer than twenty two hundred 15 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: huge Hoosiers have actually used it. That's just a tiny fraction, 16 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: just a little bit, compared to all the money that 17 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: is being spent on this contract. 18 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is the most government thing ever. And huge 19 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 2: props to Indiana Capitol Chronicle for doing the investigative work 20 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 2: on this, and Nicky Kelly, when we talked to her 21 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 2: last week, mentioned this a little bit, But so far 22 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 2: the state has essentially paid for one hundred thousand reports 23 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 2: and about twenty two. 24 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 3: Hundred reports were pulled. 25 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 2: This is the most ridiculous government thing ever. So if 26 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 2: you do the math, we've spent about half a million 27 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 2: dollars on this. Twenty two hundred were poled. That's about 28 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 2: one hundred and fifty roughly one hundred and fifty dollars 29 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 2: per report. As a consumer, I can go buy this 30 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 2: directly from the company. The state contracted with Experience for 31 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 2: about thirty bucks. So if I'm a consumer and I 32 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 2: want to use my own dollars to spend, it costs 33 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 2: about thirty bucks. But the State of Indiana spent about 34 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 2: one hundred and. 35 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 3: Fifty dollars per report on this. 36 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 2: Here is the other thing which is so galling about this, 37 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 2: because I thought, oh, well, this must be a trend 38 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 2: from you know, Secretary of State's offices around the country. 39 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 2: This must be something that they're doing, must be very popular, 40 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 2: because we committed to it at a very high level. 41 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 2: Like from the get go, we didn't dip our toe 42 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 2: in the water on this. We dove straight into the duel, 43 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 2: right from the deep end into the pool Indiana is 44 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: the only state that does this, Okay, the only single one. 45 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 2: There are some other states, other states that do partial 46 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 2: or limited or they'll do just like the free recalls 47 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 2: and safety checks rather than the full history reports. This Indiana, 48 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 2: from what I could find out, is the only state 49 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 2: that offers a full history report. So this was an 50 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 2: idea where we thought we're going to be pioneers. We're 51 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 2: going to lead the nation in giving our citizens free 52 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 2: vehicle history reports, and we're going to. 53 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 3: Jump on in and spend half a million dollars on it. 54 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 2: I would, by the way, we're really not going to 55 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 2: tell anybody about it, or we're not going to spend 56 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 2: a lot of time marketing this or publicizing this to 57 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 2: the public. And I don't know what it is. Maybe 58 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 2: it's not an awareness issue. I mean, I don't really 59 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 2: remember hearing much about this being available to the public. 60 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 2: Maybe the public is aware of it and they're just like, yeah, 61 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 2: I don't need it. 62 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 3: I don't need it. Either way, a waste of a 63 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 3: half a million dollars. 64 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: Complete waste. The program. It's intended to help people see 65 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: a car's history, like accidents or title issues, so they 66 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: can make smart purchases. You know, they have all the 67 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: information when they're buying their vehicles. But some residents say, yeah, 68 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: we didn't even know the program existed. We weren't aware 69 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: of how to access it. That could explain the low usage. 70 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: But there's also the idea that similar reports they're already 71 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: offered free by car dealers, So this state program, it's 72 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: it's a duplicate and it's under promoted. So yeah, with 73 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: those two things, it's a complete waste of money. And 74 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: yet in the brilliance of the Secretary of State's office, 75 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: they said this is working, so well, let's re up 76 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: that contract. 77 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 3: Let's do it now. 78 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 2: In their credit hit me two times. We were paying 79 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 2: for ten thousand reports a month. Now I think we've 80 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 2: dropped it down to about eight thousand reports per month. 81 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 2: But what is another galling aspect of this is there 82 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 2: are a lot of used car dealers that didn't know 83 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 2: that this service was available. The Secretary of State's office 84 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: is responsible for licensing car dealerships around that's like their 85 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 2: core group of people that they have conversations keep on 86 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 2: a regular basis, and they couldn't even get the message 87 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 2: out to that group, much less the general population. On 88 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 2: this again, half a million dollars absolutely wasted on this. 89 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 2: And keep in mind, when Mike Brown came into office, 90 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 2: it was all going to be about waste, fraud, and abuse, 91 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 2: and we're going to root out all the extra, you know, 92 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 2: nonsense money that's being spended in this state. 93 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: You know. 94 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 2: And by the way, we ended up having to raise 95 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 2: your taxes by a billion dollars in twenty twenty five, 96 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 2: and here we are wasting half a million dollars on 97 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 2: these reports that virtually nobody used. 98 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: And in other transportation news, you've heard about the long 99 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: lines at airports because of TSA and the non funding 100 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: for DHS. So the Transportation Secretary was recently asked is 101 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: it safe to fly? And this was his answer. 102 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 4: The reason you have such long lines is because TSA 103 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 4: is looking at everybody who comes through the line. Right. 104 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 4: They're not short changing it because they have less people. 105 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 4: The line is long because they have less people and 106 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 4: it takes longer to actually screen them. So it's not 107 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 4: impacting safety and security at the airport. It's just your 108 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 4: time at the airport. But going back to Democrats, you 109 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 4: know what they really want. They want to make sure 110 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 4: ice agents take off their masks. 111 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 3: Why so they can dox. 112 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 4: Them, they can harass them, they can go to their house, 113 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 4: to their children, to their spouses and harangue them. That's 114 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 4: really what they want to have happened. Donald Trump is 115 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 4: a great negotiator and he's willing to cut deals with you, 116 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 4: and I have seen that from him countless times. He's 117 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 4: made offers body camps to put on ICE agents. But 118 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 4: the fact that Democrats that's not enough for them. They 119 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 4: want to make sure they can destroy the ICE agent 120 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 4: who's working for the government, working for the American people 121 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 4: to keep you safe. They want to destroy their lives. 122 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 4: That's their mission because again, they want all these illegals, 123 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 4: whether good, bad, well islands radical, they want them all 124 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 4: in our country and they'll do all they can to 125 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 4: make that happen. 126 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: So my takeaway from that was is it safe to fly? 127 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: The answers, Yes, it will take you longer to get 128 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: through TSA to get on the plane, However, the actual 129 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: flight will be safe. Is it safe in the country 130 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: not as much? 131 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 2: Well, it seems like it seems like we're on borrowed 132 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 2: time or rolling the dice here with this issue that 133 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 2: we've got with DHS funding and people from TSA that 134 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 2: are just walking off the job because they're not getting paid, 135 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 2: which I don't blame you. I mean here, we've had 136 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 2: so far since the war with Iran has started, we've 137 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 2: had four lone wolf attacks that have been directly attributed 138 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 2: to people sympathizing with what's going on in the Middle East. 139 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 2: We have the one in Austin, Texas, New York City, 140 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 2: the one in Michigan, and then the one at Old 141 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 2: Dominion University. And at the exact same time, the organization 142 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 2: that we are in trusting the safety of our airports 143 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 2: in our airlines too, TSA is not being properly, is 144 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 2: not paying their workers, and people are walking off the job. 145 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 2: It just seems like we're on borrowed time here and 146 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 2: I'm waiting for something disastrous to happen and pray to 147 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 2: God that it doesn't, but prayers aren't going to Hopefully 148 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 2: prayers will be enough in this situation, but it just 149 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 2: seems like we're pushing our luck. 150 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: Hope it is not an action. And if you're planning 151 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: to vote in the twenty six men terms, remember that 152 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: that the Democrats of the party that don't seem to 153 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: care about your safety or your convenience. They only care 154 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: about gaining leverage in their political games. So you've got 155 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: the US State Department offering a reward of up to 156 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: ten million dollars for information about Iran's top leaders, including 157 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: their new leader. And so you've got this huge reward. 158 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: It's part of the State Department's Reward for Justice program, 159 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: and this has been a long running US program and 160 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: it pays for information to counter terrorism and threats against 161 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: US interests. 162 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 2: If you're somebody that might have information about this, chances 163 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 2: are you're going to be in the Middle East. You're 164 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 2: going to be maybe you know, not living the best 165 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 2: life because you're living in a you know, an area 166 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 2: that's under constant conflict this current war with Iran, aside 167 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 2: the Middle East is always under constant conflict. So it 168 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 2: makes sense that if you have to offer an award 169 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 2: to somebody that will change their life, because their life 170 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 2: is going to be in danger probably if they come 171 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 2: forward with information like this and it's found out that 172 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 2: they're the person that shared this information with the United 173 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 2: States government, your life and your family's life is going 174 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: to be in danger. So it'd better be enough for 175 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 2: award money that I can flee the country. I can 176 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 2: go somewhere else and start a whole new life, And 177 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 2: it seems like ten million dollars isn't certainly enough money 178 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 2: to do that anywhere in the world. 179 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 1: The listing includes ten senior Iranian figures like their security chief, 180 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: intelligence Minister, Interior Minister, and other people within the leaders 181 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: circle circle. The tips can be submitted through secure channels, 182 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: and some reports say that there's even an offer of 183 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: relocation assistance for people who do provide credible information. 184 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 2: And we've seen that we've got information by having these 185 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 2: in the past, just most recently the capture of Nicholas Maduro, 186 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 2: there's been reports that have come out that there was 187 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 2: certainly a reward placed on his head, and there's been 188 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 2: reports that have come out that talked about us paying 189 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 2: out to certain people that provided critical intelligence during that process. 190 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,839 Speaker 2: We know that was the case during the raid to 191 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 2: kill Osama bin Laden. So these have been effective, and 192 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 2: you've shown to be very effective in the past, and 193 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 2: fingers crossed that somebody will tick us up on it. 194 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,199 Speaker 2: That's money well spent by the federal government. 195 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: Let's talk about what's going on with the Save Act. Oh, 196 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: we're being told that the Majority Leader, John Thune, he's 197 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: going to bring it to the floor on Wednesday. You know, 198 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: I hope he does, and this without a talking filibuster, 199 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: So I hope he does. 200 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 2: This has been and we've been beaten the crap out 201 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 2: of John Thune for you know, figuratively, for a couple 202 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 2: of weeks now, because he has been so wishy washy 203 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 2: on this. He has not been your job as majority leader. 204 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 2: Your number one job is to get the rest of 205 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 2: the people on your party behind whatever the priority legislation is. 206 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 2: And we've known this for a long time now. John 207 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 2: Thune has not even gotten all the Republicans on board 208 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 2: with this. So we don't even have the Republicans supporting this. 209 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 2: We know the Democrats are going to come out completely 210 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 2: against it. 211 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 3: So the only thing that John. 212 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 2: Thune at this point can do is at least pull 213 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 2: a vote to get every member of the Senate on 214 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,559 Speaker 2: record as to whether or not they support this. This 215 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 2: is an eighty twenty issue. Eighty percent of this country 216 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 2: wants voter ID and the Democrats are on the wrong 217 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,839 Speaker 2: side of it, and we need them officially on the 218 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 2: record and how they vote for this, because if this 219 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 2: doesn't pass. We need to use this against the Democrats 220 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 2: in the midterms coming up in November. 221 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: So you've got the Senate Republicans holding a forty three 222 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: to fifty seven majority. They need sixty votes to advance 223 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: the bill under the Senate's filibuster rules, something they currently 224 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: don't have. Thun has been casting doubt over using a 225 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 1: talking filibuster to get it over the finish line. He 226 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: says the votes aren't there. But listen to this. Here's 227 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: what Chuck Schumer said about his party using the talking 228 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: philip when he was majority leader. 229 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 5: If the Republicans block cloature on the legislation before us, 230 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 5: I will put forward a proposal to change the rules 231 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 5: to allow for a talking filibuster on this legislation, as 232 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 5: recommended by a number of our colleagues who have been 233 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 5: working on this reform for a long time. 234 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: So it's okay when his party wants to do it, 235 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: but not when the opposition. Let's talk about members of 236 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: Congress for just a second. 237 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, what you got there. 238 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: Exempt from Obamacare, they're exempt from vaccine mandates, their exempt 239 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: from insider trading, they're exempt from term limits. You've got 240 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,839 Speaker 1: people who refuse to pass the save Act. You've got 241 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: one member who doesn't even speak English. You've got a 242 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: woman in the House who is pretending to be a 243 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: Native American you, I mean, the list just goes out. 244 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 1: You've got one person who's had drinking episodes in Mexico. 245 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 1: You have a lady who is texting with Epstein during 246 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: a correct congressional hearing. You have a one member in 247 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: Congress a guy pretending to be a woman. What is 248 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: going on with these people? 249 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, you can pretty much write your own 250 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 2: ticket if you get to Congress these days. I mean, 251 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 2: the job pays pretty darn well. You got donors coming 252 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 2: in wanting to give you money, You get whined and 253 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 2: dined by lobbyists all over the place. It seems like 254 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 2: a pretty good job. And obviously most of these people, 255 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,319 Speaker 2: Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, a couple of great examples, stay 256 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,199 Speaker 2: in Congress for decades. 257 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 3: It believed me they. 258 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 2: Wouldn't be staying in that job for that long if 259 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 2: it wasn't that sweet, sweet money that they're getting on 260 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 2: this and all of the government perks and the other 261 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 2: perks that come along with it. So we've turned our 262 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 2: Congress into into something that people are you do for 263 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 2: their entire lives. That was never to be the intention. 264 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 2: The intention would always be that you're you know, you 265 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 2: run your business or you've got a job, and that 266 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 2: you serve your country and you go to Congress for 267 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 2: a couple of terms and then you come home. But 268 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 2: these current politicians have turned it into a lifelong drift 269 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: that lasts thirty or forty years or more. 270 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: Well, and then you've got Nancy Mace who wants to 271 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: investigate Ilan Omar, who went into Congress in debt and 272 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: is now a multi millionaire, and so is her her 273 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: husband brother. I mean, curious, where is that? Where are 274 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 1: you getting all that money from? Meanwhile, you've got all 275 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 1: this fraud going on in Minnesota. No, she's not part 276 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: of that at all. Let's investigate. And what does Congress do? 277 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: They say no, and. 278 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 3: Nancy may We're good with it. What you know. 279 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 2: I've been critical of a lot of things about Nancy 280 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 2: Mace in the past, but this path that she's on 281 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 2: right now, it's really a path of accountability because she's 282 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 2: asking for the investigation reports on Elano Omar. She has 283 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,720 Speaker 2: been very vocal about getting all the Epstein files released. 284 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 2: She was a huge proponent of trying to convince Congress 285 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 2: to release all the reports on any sexual harassment claims 286 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 2: that have been filed against members of Congress. None of 287 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,679 Speaker 2: those things have moved anywhere. But I got to give 288 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 2: her the credit because it seems like right now she's 289 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 2: the only one in Congress really or certainly the loudest 290 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 2: voice that has any concern about holding these people accountable 291 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 2: for anything. 292 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: You're listening to ninety three WYBC. Gaslighting isn't disagreement. It's 293 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: psychological warfare. You can't beat the truth, try to make 294 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: people doubt their own sanity. And it is now time 295 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: in regards to that, It is now time for what's 296 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: your problem? 297 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 2: This is our brand new thing that we're doing in today. Casey, 298 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 2: you've got the problem, so I'll say to you, what's 299 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 2: your problem? 300 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: My problem is that I feel like I have been 301 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: medically gas lit okay, and I don't like it. For months, 302 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: I had been going to the doctor. I had been 303 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: telling him these are my issues, and I was told, nah, 304 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: that's just anxiety. 305 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 3: Guess what spoiler alert. 306 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: It wasn't anxiety. Medically gaslet is so frustrating. Another thing 307 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 1: that I was talking to the doctor about because I'm 308 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: of a certain age and a certain persuasion that I 309 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: was interested in learning more about HRT hormone replacement therapy, 310 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: and I was told, you don't want to go there, 311 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: that's bad stuff. But just the other day, and I 312 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: know he's tough to listen to, but he's got a message. 313 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: Robert Kennedy Junior says that they are removing the black 314 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: label on hormone replacement therapy for women. Check this out. 315 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 6: For more than two decades, the American medical establishment turns 316 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 6: its back on women. Millions of women were told to 317 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 6: fear the very therapy that could have given them strength, peace, 318 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 6: and dignity through one of life's most difficult transitions, menopause. 319 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 6: That ends Today, the FDA is initiating the removal of 320 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 6: a broad black box warnings from hormone replacement therapy products 321 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 6: for menopause. We're challenging outdated thinking and recommitting to evidence 322 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 6: based medicine that empowers rather than restricts, well. 323 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 3: And prescribed responsibly, and. 324 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 6: The started early hormone replacement therapy transforms the lives of women. 325 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: So the FDA is removing black box warnings on hormone 326 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: replacement therapy for menopause. He was critical of twenty years 327 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: of medical advice that scared women away from it. He 328 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 1: claims that it robs them of their strength, piece and 329 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: dignity during menopause, and if started early in use responsibly, 330 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: it can cut cardiovascular mortality risk by up to fifty percent, 331 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: Alzheimer's by thirty percent, bone fractures between fifty and sixty percent, 332 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: and may extend the life of a woman up to 333 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: ten years. And he said this is all evidence based medicine. 334 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think this has been talked about in 335 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 2: the medical community for a long time now, and RFK 336 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 2: Junior just mentioned it there. For the last twenty years, 337 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 2: this has really been discouraged and there really hasn't been 338 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 2: enough good science to back it up. And I think 339 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 2: what he's saying is, look, we're going to take another 340 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 2: look at this. Back to what we always keep talking 341 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 2: about the Trump administration. I think Trump saw the federal 342 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 2: government as just a big group of people and a 343 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 2: big entity that was like. 344 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,239 Speaker 3: Eh, this is just the way we always do it. 345 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 2: We do it this way because that's the way we 346 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 2: always do it. And he was going to go in 347 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 2: and he picked people as his cabinet secretaries who were 348 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 2: just going to question everything and are they going to 349 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:18,159 Speaker 2: get it right one hundred percent of the time. Of 350 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 2: course not. But we're never going to get any of 351 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 2: it right if we don't start asking the questions. And 352 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 2: what you've gone through, Casey, with your medical issues the 353 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 2: last several months, I know has been really frustrating to you, 354 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 2: and that you know, we talk about frustrations in our 355 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:32,880 Speaker 2: medical system. We talk about the high cost of health insurance, 356 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 2: we talked about the high cost of health procedures. But 357 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 2: the other aspect of it is is when you've got problems, 358 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 2: you're not feeling well, you're sick, and it's just very 359 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 2: difficult to diagnose the problem that's going on. 360 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, And nothing is worse than being told, oh, this 361 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: is just anxiety and then you find out no, it 362 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 1: was an anxiety. That is a frustration level that I 363 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: just can't even I can't say the words on the radio. 364 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 2: Well, now talk to me about this, how I know 365 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,679 Speaker 2: the answer? But how much did you use chat GPT 366 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 2: when you were trying to diagnose what kind of medical 367 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,360 Speaker 2: problems You're held all the time. 368 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 1: No, but that's cool because when you're being told nah, 369 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 1: there's nothing wrong. You're like, no, there is what is it? 370 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: And you're trying to go to any other resource you 371 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 1: can find because you're just being blown off. 372 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 2: Well, I you know, here's what I mention that because 373 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 2: I think this is a great example where AI has 374 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 2: really benefited you and this process trying to find out 375 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 2: what's going on with you medically and a tool that 376 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 2: you used. 377 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 3: And I bring it up because there's this. 378 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 2: Story in the news and a number of articles about 379 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 2: this that in New York State right now, they're considering 380 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 2: a bill that would ban AI chatbots from giving either 381 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:45,919 Speaker 2: legal or medical advice. That's like the worst thing you 382 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 2: want to do, by the way, that is going to 383 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 2: hurt lower income and poor people disproportionately. If I'm lower income, 384 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 2: my ability to talk to a lawyer or go seek 385 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 2: medical care is hampered dramatically by the outrageous costs that 386 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 2: both of those different types of industries provide on this. 387 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 2: So the idea that you would ban chatbots from giving 388 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:11,360 Speaker 2: legal and medical advice disproportionately hurts low income people. It's 389 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 2: finally they have a tool that may be able to 390 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 2: give them some help at all. Of this in the 391 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 2: state of New York is trying to get rid of 392 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 2: it on them. 393 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 1: Now, I'm not promoting HRT. I'm not saying it's good 394 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 1: or bad. I just think it's a good thing that 395 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: you've got Kennedy saying, you know what, No, let's look 396 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: at this a little further and also obviously go to 397 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: your doctor. Don't always just trust a chat GPT. But 398 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: you have this other thing that's coming out. It's called 399 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 1: a Human Body at List, and it's an interactive three 400 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: D human model of the human body, and it's let 401 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: users explore anatomy like bones, muscles, organs, nerves, and systems. 402 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 1: So this is something that's going to be used by students, 403 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 1: medical professionals, teachers, and even just every day people. Think 404 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:58,719 Speaker 1: of this as Google Maps for your body. This is 405 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: crazy technolog that's coming where you're going to be able 406 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: to point your phone at your body and it can 407 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: get down to the cellular level and tell you what's 408 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: going on. 409 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,360 Speaker 3: Do you think this is going to get rid of? 410 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 2: Like dissecting frogs in sixth grade biology class. 411 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 3: You won't have to do that anymore. You don't have 412 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 3: to do that anymore. Did you end up doing did 413 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:18,959 Speaker 3: you do that? 414 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 2: Did you do the frog dissection or the fetal pig 415 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 2: or those sort of things, and half the people thought 416 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 2: it was the most disgusting thing they ever saw in 417 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 2: their lives, and the other half of the people are like, 418 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 2: this is cool. 419 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think this is amazing that you're just going 420 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: to be able to point your phone at your body 421 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,719 Speaker 1: and eventually somewhat like a CT scan or an X ray, 422 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: it'll it'll get down to the cellular level and tell 423 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 1: you what's going on. They're already using these in student 424 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: situations to help students learn. When will it be broadly available. 425 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: Probably not for a little bit, but you know, A 426 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: I'm moving fast so and I. 427 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 3: Always could be here a lot quicker than you know. 428 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: I heard a politician the other day, I think it 429 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: was Yang who said it that they should start taxing 430 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 1: AI use instead of labor tax AI. 431 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 3: Oh so no more income tax and it's just an 432 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 3: AI tax, correct. I can fully get behind it. 433 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 1: Anytime you want to start using AI, there's a tax 434 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: to be paid for it. 435 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 3: I've only thought that. 436 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 1: Would change all of the you know, we hear over 437 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: and over how AI is taking jobs. You tax AI. 438 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:28,959 Speaker 1: People got to pay for it to use it, and 439 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: that will keep the labor market in place. 440 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 2: Hey, if a gift's rid of the income tax, I 441 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 2: don't care. If I just heard about this thirty seconds ago, 442 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 2: I fully support it. 443 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 3: One. 444 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: You're listening to ninety three WIBC. You know it's that 445 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 1: time a year when a lot of high school students 446 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 1: participate in a longstanding tradition. So we have to have 447 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: this conversation. Are you for or against this? This is 448 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 1: something that Matt brought up because one of his children 449 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 1: were going through this and they had a disagreement at 450 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,160 Speaker 1: home on whether they should allow their son to do 451 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:11,439 Speaker 1: this or not. Senior skip day. Yeah okay, So mom said, yeah, 452 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: go ahead, it's tradition. You've got good grades, you're a 453 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 1: good kid. Will excuse you? Dad said, no, you do that, 454 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: it's against the rules and you're going to have to 455 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:25,159 Speaker 1: pay the consequences. So which way do you go? Now 456 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 1: when it comes to senior skip day? I think you 457 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: have to take this on a kid by kid basis 458 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: based on how well their grades are, if they typically 459 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: do follow the rules, if they're a good student and 460 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 1: this is just a one off versus are they a 461 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: troublemaker and they just want another excuse not to be 462 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 1: in class. 463 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:43,959 Speaker 3: Now what are we talking about here? 464 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:47,640 Speaker 2: Are we talking about the you know, the letting your 465 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 2: kid do senior skip day and by doing that, you're 466 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 2: calling the school and giving them an excused absence, Hey, 467 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 2: my son's not. 468 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 3: Coming into school today. Correct? 469 00:22:56,520 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 2: Or are we talking about you know, no excused absence, 470 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 2: no parents calling into school and the sun wants to 471 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 2: take the day off and if you get you know, 472 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 2: suspended or detention for skipping school for one, Which one 473 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 2: are we talk about? 474 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: Well, that's the consequence if nobody calls in on your behalf. 475 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: But if you're a parent, do you call in on 476 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: your child's behalf? Yeah, knowing that they're up to tom foolery. 477 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 2: I think there are some traditions that involve being a 478 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 2: high school senior that are worth keeping around, and. 479 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: You think senior skip day is one of. 480 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 2: Them, Like, for example, senior Prom that's a big deal 481 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 2: obviously Senior skip Day. And keep in mind too, senior 482 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 2: skip day is usually done at the end of the year. 483 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 1: Ye're crently done the Monday after prom. 484 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 2: Right a lot of schools, so we're talking about April 485 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 2: or May. The vast majority of these seniors, if they're 486 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 2: going to college, have already committed to a college, because 487 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 2: that happens usually in January, February, March. So is what's 488 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 2: left of the school year even relevant? I mean, if 489 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 2: I'm a high school student and let's say I applied 490 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 2: to go to Purdue, and I get into Purdue and 491 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 2: I'm accepted in February, unless i do something egregious and 492 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 2: totally awful, I'm you know, Purdue's going to keep for 493 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 2: their word and allow me to be accepted into their university. 494 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 2: What does it really matter what I'm doing in school 495 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 2: in April and May? 496 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 1: There are a lot of teachers who will have tests 497 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,439 Speaker 1: or quizzes on the day of Senior skip day knowing 498 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 1: that a lot of the students aren't going to be there. 499 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 2: How awful of a teacher do you have to be 500 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 2: to do that intentionally? 501 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 3: Is that just a power trip? 502 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 1: It just seems closely discourage it, they say, you know, 503 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: disciplined it. It conflicts with attendance policies or major academic deadlines. 504 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 2: Okay, I get it, but don't don't we get to 505 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 2: have some fun? Casey, when do we get to have 506 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 2: a little bit of fun? If you're a kid, you 507 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,919 Speaker 2: went to school for twelve years or thirteen years, from 508 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 2: kindergarten all the way through twelfth grade, your senior year 509 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,919 Speaker 2: in high school, and I'm like six weeks away from graduation. 510 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 2: I've already got accepted into my college. So really, whatever 511 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 2: happens in these last couple of months isn't going to 512 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 2: affect my college application. 513 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 3: It's not going to matter there. 514 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 2: I put twelve or thirteen years in my life into 515 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 2: being a good student and being a good kid, and 516 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 2: brushing my teeth and eating all my vegetables, doing everything 517 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 2: I'm supposed to do, and I'm asking. 518 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 3: For one day, and you can't give me one day. 519 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 2: And by the way, even if my parents did call 520 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 2: me out, you're the type of teacher that's going to 521 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 2: schedule a quiz or a test on that day. 522 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: That's what some students are looking at. So there are 523 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: some schools that kind of informally coordinate so that most 524 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,360 Speaker 1: seniors skip on the same day. It's technically still an 525 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: unapproved absence. But if you're a parent and your kid's 526 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: doing a pretty decent job, are you inclined to call 527 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 1: the school and say, yeah, no, we have a family event. 528 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 1: They won't be there, will you lie for your child? 529 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:51,640 Speaker 3: Did you do senior skip day as a as a senior? Oh? Yes, 530 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 3: of course, what are you crazy? Of course I did. 531 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 1: Of course I did. And I don't think mom or 532 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: dad called in. I think they just knew it was 533 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: happening and they whatever. But our daughter never had a 534 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: senior skip day because she was pulled out of school 535 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 1: like everyone else in the state of Indiana because of COVID. Yeah, 536 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 1: never had that tradition, so we weren't faced with this problem. 537 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: But if you're a parent, would you lie for your 538 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 1: kid so that they could go on senior Skipgate? Again, 539 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 1: I'm inclined to say it goes down to each individual 540 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: child and how well of a student they are. If 541 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: they're screwing around the rest of the year and getting 542 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: bad grades and not following the rules, no, you don't 543 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 1: get a senior skip day. Get in there. 544 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 3: Why would you have to lie for your kid? 545 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 1: Well, because what is it really a family event if 546 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 1: they're out of the beach or an amusement park or 547 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: hanging out with their friends. 548 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 3: Sure, I can give any reason. 549 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 2: I want to wait if I have to call in, 550 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 2: if I'm a parent calling my kid and sick to 551 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 2: school these days, do I have to like give a reason? 552 00:26:56,359 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: Sometimes there was a drop down menu that all avail 553 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: right for this attendance. 554 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:02,719 Speaker 3: That's right. 555 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 1: We were online, Yeah, we do it online. 556 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,399 Speaker 2: We were talking to Matt here at the station and 557 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 2: he did say, you don't even talk to anybody anymore 558 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,159 Speaker 2: when you call your kid in. You just go to 559 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 2: a website and you've got to drop down menu and 560 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 2: the one option is family event. I could make an 561 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 2: argument that allowing my child to have fun on Senior 562 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 2: skip Day would be classified under the definition of. 563 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 3: A family event. 564 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 2: So I think we can do this without having to 565 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 2: lie about it and still keep our integrity as far 566 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 2: as that's concerned. 567 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 1: That's what you're concerned about in regardless to Senior Skip 568 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 1: Day is integrity. Sure, Now, I say, you know what 569 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: do it? If the kid is a good kid, they 570 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: follow the rules, they get good grades. I am the 571 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: wall for them to push on, push off of, go 572 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:45,400 Speaker 1: have fun, do your thing. 573 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 3: When I was still't cause trouble. 574 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 2: When I was in high school, I wore my parents down. 575 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,479 Speaker 2: A bunch of my friends we would get together every year. 576 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 2: I think we did this like for several years in 577 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 2: high school the first day of March Madness. That Thursday, 578 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 2: they start playing games at like eleven o'clock in the morning, 579 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 2: and me and my buddies would all get our parents 580 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,400 Speaker 2: to call us out of school so that we could 581 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 2: stay home and watch all of the March Madness. 582 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,120 Speaker 1: So you had your own senior skip day you weren't 583 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: even a senior. 584 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 3: I had that. I had those in addition to Senior 585 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 3: Skip Day. I took it. I took things a little 586 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:14,160 Speaker 3: too far. 587 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 2: Sometimes you may know this about me, but sometimes they 588 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 2: take things a little too far. You give me an inch, 589 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 2: I'd take a mile. That was a perfect example of that. Yes, 590 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,360 Speaker 2: call in six so that I can watch March Madness. 591 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 1: I'd be curious to hear what what our listeners think 592 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 1: if they should call in and why for their for 593 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,840 Speaker 1: their child on Senior skip Day and the schools some 594 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 1: of them are being pretty hardcore about it. They're not 595 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 1: They're not having it. You're breaking the rules. It's an 596 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: unexcused absence and you will be deducted. 597 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 2: How will I be deducted? I'm already a senior. I've 598 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 2: already gotten into my college of choice. What are you 599 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 2: going to do to me? 600 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: Make you have detention, and that's the consequence you have 601 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: to pay. Right, you want to go out with your 602 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 1: friends and have senior skip day, and they're going to 603 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: give you detention or something for unexcused absence. I guess 604 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: that student needs to weigh whether that's worth it for 605 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 1: them or not. 606 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 2: Is that really a deterrent? I would take detention in 607 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 2: exchange for a senior skip there. I'd take that ten 608 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 2: times out of ten if that was offered to me 609 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 2: in every single time. 610 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 1: Researchers are now saying that artificial intelligence can determine if 611 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 1: you're a human or not. On social media and different 612 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: forums Gemini Chat, GPT, they can analyze a person's writing 613 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,959 Speaker 1: or internet activity, a job that used to take a 614 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: human hours to determine. They can now find out if 615 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: you're a human, and they can find out personal information 616 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 1: about you from your post, like your writing style, your phrases, topics, patterns, everything, 617 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 1: and they can link an anonymous account to a real person. 618 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 1: So for all of you people who are posting online 619 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: with your made up name and your profile pick isn't 620 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: a ill human? Guess what? Because of AI, we can 621 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: now determine who you really are. 622 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 2: I think This is going to be shocking for some people, 623 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 2: especially since I think we've all had this, you know, 624 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 2: misnomer than everything we do online that if we do 625 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 2: just don't use our real name, it's a. 626 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,240 Speaker 1: Fake name and a fake name profile pic. You don't 627 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 1: know who I am. I can be a keyboard warrior. 628 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 3: Say whatever I want and have no repercussions for it. 629 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 2: I think there's going to be a lot of people 630 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,720 Speaker 2: that are going to be really surprised if this ends 631 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 2: up taking hold and get some scale in the marketplace, 632 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 2: because they've got about a ninety percent success rate or AI, 633 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 2: I should say, has about a ninety percent success rate 634 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 2: with being able to dig into everything you do and 635 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 2: tie it back to your real human information. 636 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's it's going to be harder to protect 637 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 1: your anoninemmy an anemy, and an. 638 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:53,120 Speaker 2: Enemy anonymity you're missing I think you're missing a tee 639 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 2: in there somewhere. 640 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 1: Or speaking of that. By the way, Benjamin Netanyahu has 641 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:02,080 Speaker 1: released a second Proof of Life video showing him he's 642 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,480 Speaker 1: interacting with small crowds and he says that we're following 643 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 1: the instructions and guidelines exactly and together we're winning. So 644 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 1: he's definitely trying to put an end to the online 645 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 1: rumors that he has died. 646 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 2: It seems like almost every time every other story we 647 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 2: talk about on the show seems to have some somewhat 648 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,920 Speaker 2: of an AI component. AI is going to be able 649 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 2: to expose you if you think you're being anonymous online 650 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:29,120 Speaker 2: AI images and videos of Benjamin Nett and Yahoo purporting 651 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,239 Speaker 2: to show him being killed over the weekend, and then 652 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 2: he releases a proof of life video and then everybody's like. 653 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 3: Nope, that's the fake one, that's AI. 654 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 2: I'm getting I'm getting to be about maxed out with 655 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 2: AI at these days? 656 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 3: Are you yeah? 657 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 1: Called AI brain fry? 658 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 3: I'm sure it's what it feels like with me. Yes. 659 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: There was a new study that was published and they 660 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: found that fourteen percent of people reported symptoms of brain 661 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 1: fry like headaches, difficulty focusing, mental fog, and slower decision making. 662 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:04,360 Speaker 1: It is a mental fatigue and cognitive exhaustion. And the 663 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,200 Speaker 1: phrase is AI brain fry. 664 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 2: If this is the problem, and if we're already exhausted 665 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,960 Speaker 2: by AI right now, imagine what things are going to 666 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 2: look like in two years from now. You've got a 667 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 2: short period of time here that if it gives you problems. 668 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 2: If you got too much AI, you got to find 669 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 2: a way to deal with it, because I can guarantee 670 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 2: you going forward, going forward, there's not going to be 671 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:25,640 Speaker 2: less AI. 672 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 3: There's going to be a crap don more of it. 673 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 1: So you've got a new project from Neil Shown, co 674 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 1: founder and guitarist of the rock band Journey. He filed 675 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: trademark paperwork for a project called Journey Beyond. His trademark 676 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:42,920 Speaker 1: application lists live performances by a music group as part 677 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 1: of what Journey Beyond would be used for, suggesting new 678 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: touring or live shows under that name. Will Neil Shown 679 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: be recording some new Journey Beyond music in the future, possibly, 680 00:32:58,080 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 1: I don't. 681 00:32:58,400 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 3: Know how much demand. 682 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 2: I guess Journey has a core base of followers, so 683 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,920 Speaker 2: I guess those people would be interested in new Journey music. 684 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 2: But really it seems like their classic stuff is what 685 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,360 Speaker 2: lives on strongly. You and I saw Journey in concert once. 686 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 2: You remember that show? 687 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, we saw him at a military bass where it was. 688 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 2: Fort for I can't remember it was Fort McCoy, Is 689 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 2: that what it was for. It was in Tomah, Wisconsin, 690 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 2: on a US Army base that we saw Journey and 691 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 2: Kansas and head East and unfortunately, you know, obviously Steve 692 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,000 Speaker 2: Perry hasn't sung with the band in a long time, 693 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,000 Speaker 2: and I can't even remember who the lead singer was. 694 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: So Steve Cherry. 695 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 2: It was Steve, Yes, I think you're right it was, 696 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 2: which not only Perry, it was their replacement who they 697 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,400 Speaker 2: gave him the name Steve Cherry. I'm going to assume 698 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 2: that that's not on his birth certificate. Just a way 699 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 2: for people to kind of not pay attention to it. 700 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 2: But Journey was great live. They were a lot of fun. 701 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:52,239 Speaker 1: The thing that I remember most about that concert. Keep 702 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 1: in mind we were at Fort McCoy, an army base, 703 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: and when they started singing faithfully, all of the husbands 704 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: and wants locking arms and swaying back and forth, and 705 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 1: I just remember because it was a military base, and 706 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:10,279 Speaker 1: that military base is a readiness base. What they do 707 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:14,680 Speaker 1: is people go to Fort McCoy and they're being prepared 708 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,799 Speaker 1: to be shipped out somewhere. That was the point of 709 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:21,000 Speaker 1: that military base at that moment. So they had that 710 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:25,360 Speaker 1: concert and when Journey was singing faithfully, Forever Yours faithfully, 711 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 1: and I just knew all of those military members were 712 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,400 Speaker 1: preparing to be shipped somewhere. 713 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:33,799 Speaker 3: Right there, and this was like this quite a moment. 714 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:35,839 Speaker 2: Well, and this was like two thousand and six, so 715 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 2: we were still knee deep in the middle of the 716 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,360 Speaker 2: Iraq War, and we had a lot of men and 717 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,800 Speaker 2: women that were going off overseas to serve in the military, 718 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 2: and it was a big event. But you're right that 719 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,520 Speaker 2: was a military readiness base because I remember when we 720 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:48,880 Speaker 2: were staying there, in the middle of the night, you 721 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,400 Speaker 2: started hearing all these booms and noises and I asked 722 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:52,320 Speaker 2: the next morning. 723 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 3: It was like, what was that. 724 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,520 Speaker 2: It was like, Oh, they were doing live fire exercises 725 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 2: of our howitzer cannons. 726 00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:02,440 Speaker 1: Yep So Journey on its tw final Frontier Farewell Tour, 727 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,439 Speaker 1: which will be one of the band's last big North 728 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:11,120 Speaker 1: American tours. But apparently Neil's shown he is looking journey beyond. 729 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 1: You're listening to ninety three WIBC. When you ban the 730 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 1: very people who keep your shelves full and pump supplied, 731 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 1: maybe you've gone too far. Common sense should tell BUCkies 732 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:31,120 Speaker 1: that drivers and deliveries both matter. I know it's your 733 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,759 Speaker 1: favorite gas station, you love going there, but guess what 734 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:39,200 Speaker 1: BUCkies has been getting some bad publicity lately. They have 735 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:43,719 Speaker 1: had a long standing rule banning semi trucks eighteen wheelers 736 00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:47,719 Speaker 1: from parking, fueling, or hanging out at their locations. But 737 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:52,440 Speaker 1: guess what, now they're going even further. They have implemented 738 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 1: a new rule. The gas station is taking things to 739 00:35:56,680 --> 00:36:00,800 Speaker 1: the next level by banning commercial trailers as well. 740 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, so if you've got essentially like a work truck 741 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,560 Speaker 3: with a trailer on the back of the commercial trail, 742 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,440 Speaker 3: they're not going to allow that at BUCkies anymore. 743 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, they're tightening this and uh, I don't know, man, 744 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:13,360 Speaker 1: I kind of feel like they should let those people 745 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:17,920 Speaker 1: park there. They have so many lanes for gas and 746 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:23,720 Speaker 1: the stores are famous for everything they have, but yet 747 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,400 Speaker 1: the people who deliver those goods aren't allowed to stay. 748 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:26,839 Speaker 3: Yeah. 749 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,759 Speaker 2: But BUCkies is trying to be different than other gas 750 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,359 Speaker 2: stations in as many ways as possible. And obviously they're 751 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 2: different because they're huge. I mean, they're gigantic, with tons 752 00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:38,239 Speaker 2: and tons and tons of pumps, and then inside it's 753 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,879 Speaker 2: like this Disneyland of gas stations where you can get 754 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:44,320 Speaker 2: anything you want, including you know, custom barbecue and pulled 755 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:45,239 Speaker 2: pork and jerky and. 756 00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:45,839 Speaker 3: All those things. 757 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,560 Speaker 2: They're just trying to keep it to cars only, and 758 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:50,200 Speaker 2: I think that that's what they want, and I think 759 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:52,680 Speaker 2: from their perspective, hey, there's a ton of truck stops 760 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,839 Speaker 2: out there that you can go to and use if 761 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:56,360 Speaker 2: you want to, and a lot of times they're just 762 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,680 Speaker 2: right across the street from us. But here at BUCkies, 763 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,960 Speaker 2: we're going to do things differently and we're really. 764 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:04,560 Speaker 3: Just for cars, cars and like recreational trailers. 765 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 2: And this is this is important to us because, you 766 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,480 Speaker 2: know what, there is still a plan for us to 767 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,680 Speaker 2: get a BUCkies in Greenwood. The plan is that they're 768 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,080 Speaker 2: going to purchase that property sometime this year and in 769 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,440 Speaker 2: twenty twenty eight it'll be open to the public right here, 770 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:17,280 Speaker 2: just south of town. 771 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,560 Speaker 1: Thirty three of thirty eight Buckies' locations were given an 772 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 1: F rating by the Better Business Bureau, the lowest grade possible. 773 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 1: They said that BUCkies has a pattern of not addressing 774 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:33,759 Speaker 1: customer complaints. Customers filed eighty eight unresolved complaints, and the 775 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:37,960 Speaker 1: issues varied from car wash problems to merchandise defect for 776 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:42,960 Speaker 1: customer service. BUCkies turn it around. Thank you, Jim, Thank you, Kevin, 777 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,880 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening. This is ninety three WIBCO