1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: This is America's Trucking Network with Kevin Gordon. 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 2: Welcome ar, thanks for tuning in on this Tuesday morning. 3 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 3: Well, what did you think of Super Bowl sixty? 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 2: Oh my god, you know, the game to me was 5 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:25,319 Speaker 2: disappointing almost well, not only from the pregame through the 6 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: halftime to the end of the game. I mean, going in, 7 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 2: I really wasn't I didn't really have a dog in 8 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 2: a fight. I didn't kind of really. I mean I 9 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 2: didn't really care if the Patriots won or the Seahawks. 10 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 3: But I just wanted a good game. 11 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 2: Just wanted a good game, wanted an afternoon of entertainment. 12 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:48,279 Speaker 2: The only thing good basically the whole day was the 13 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 2: beginning of the NBC coverage when they started talking about 14 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 2: all the lead up, the road to the Super Bowl 15 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 2: and all the different replays, the different games, the getting 16 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 2: through the conference championships and getting up to the day 17 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 2: of the Super Bowl and all the highlights. That to 18 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 2: me was the best part of the entire day. And 19 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: then they showed highlights of past Super Bowls which were amazing, 20 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 2: you know, all that kind of stuff. In the background, 21 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 2: stories about this guy that's actually he's seventy five years old. 22 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 3: He has been filming and been the camera. 23 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 2: Group taking photos at the Super Bowl of every Super 24 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: Bowl up to this point. And he started off with 25 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 2: his father when he was fifteen years old. Now he's 26 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 2: seventy five years old. And it just those background stories 27 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 2: were really interesting. But then we get to the pregame 28 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 2: and getting up to that, and they have that stupid 29 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 2: group Green Day doing a pregame concert. And these idiots, 30 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 2: I mean, they have been first of all, the songs 31 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 2: that they were doing, most of the songs were from 32 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 2: a twenty an album that we was released in two 33 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 2: thousand and five, two thousand and five, twenty one years ago, 34 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 2: they make this big splash criticizing George Bull George W. Bush, 35 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 2: I don't want to be an American idiot, and everybody 36 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,679 Speaker 2: latched onto that and know how quaint that is and 37 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 2: how cool, you know, being edgy and all this sort 38 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 2: of stuff. Twenty one years ago. This guy is fifty 39 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,119 Speaker 2: three years old, five to seven, one hundred and fifty pounds. 40 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 2: I mean, he wouldn't be able to fight his way 41 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: out of a paper bag. 42 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 3: Yet he's got a big. 43 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 2: Mouth that he wants to criticize the United States, even 44 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 2: though the United States is where he makes all his money. 45 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 3: And the lyrics are just stupid. And what was interesting. 46 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 2: Is that he actually dropped the F bomb in the 47 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 2: middle of the song, part of the song, some of 48 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,799 Speaker 2: the lyrics, and he keeps changing the lyrics when he's 49 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: doing certain concerts and whatever. But one of the lines 50 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 2: is subliminal mind f America and NBC. 51 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 3: So why would NBC? 52 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 2: Why would a promoter have somebody as an entertainer where 53 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 2: you're gonna have to be on edge listening to the 54 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 2: whole concert and figuring out, my gosh, we've got to 55 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 2: be able to hit the dump button. We got to, 56 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 2: you know, be able to do with some sort of 57 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 2: time delay or something so this doesn't go out and offense. 58 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 2: This is supposed to be a family event. People gather around, 59 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 2: you know, grandparents, parents, children, young children to watch a 60 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: concert or to watch some of the festivities and so on, 61 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 2: and they bring this idiot out there. I don't want 62 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 2: to be an American idiot. You know, well, apparently you 63 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 2: want to be a useful idiot. I want to be 64 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 2: an American useful idiot because you go back through history 65 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 2: and you talk about these these rebellious Organizam, the Communist Party, the. 66 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 3: Fascists, go back to the Nazis. 67 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 2: Their whole idea was to undermine the current government and 68 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: destroy it so that then they could take over. And 69 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: along the way they would have useful idiots that they 70 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,679 Speaker 2: talked about that would go along with it and push 71 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 2: all their crap so that everybody gets to hear it 72 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 2: and everything. And then once they take over, those are 73 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 2: the first people that get whacked, because you look at 74 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,559 Speaker 2: the communist overthrow, you look at the people that helps 75 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 2: Lenin take control of Russia, turn in the USSR maw, 76 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 2: all these people communist dictators. First thing they do is 77 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 2: the people that help them with the revolution, they whack 78 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 2: them because they figured, well, if they're pretty good at 79 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 2: overthrowing governments, I don't want them to be around me, 80 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 2: because they could overthrow me. And so, you know, people 81 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 2: not understanding about history and how this stuff happens, and 82 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 2: to have a guy they haven't had a you know, 83 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 2: they don't even they didn't even talk. And I did 84 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 2: a bunch of stories. I got about four or five 85 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 2: stories here about Green Day because of some of the 86 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 2: stuff they've done over the you know, starting with some 87 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 2: of the criticism, and the fact is that it doesn't 88 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 2: talk about any of the new stuff that they did. 89 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 2: And you would think after twenty one years or so 90 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 2: that you'd come out with some new material and even 91 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 2: sing that. 92 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 3: But no, they've got to go back. 93 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 2: To and the idiotic fans that were jumping up and 94 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 2: down and cheering and all this sort of stuff. Now, 95 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 2: it did happen, I guess, probably about forty five minutes 96 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 2: before the game or whatever. And from the scenes that 97 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 2: I saw, it seemed like about the last happened, well, 98 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 2: the last hour or so, is when people started filling 99 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 2: in or filing into the stadium, which I thought was odd, because, man, 100 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 2: if I had a taken to the Super Bowl, I'd 101 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 2: be there all day long, just taking in all the sites, 102 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 2: taking on all the scenery and all the you know, 103 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 2: the pregame. 104 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 3: The all that sort of stuff. 105 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 2: Maybe the gay I don't know, but it seemed like 106 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 2: there were fans in the stands almost from the beginning 107 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 2: when they were talking about like two or three hours 108 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 2: before game time, and some of the punters and kickers 109 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 2: and the receivers were out getting warmed up a little 110 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 2: bit and all that sort of stuff. Maybe the gates 111 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 2: didn't open until about an hour beforehand. But I tell you, 112 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 2: it just was infuriating that they would actually. 113 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,799 Speaker 3: Have this group. Now. 114 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 2: One of the things that they point out too, is 115 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 2: that and apparently one of the titles is that they 116 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 2: steered away from some of the more controversial parts. They 117 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 2: left out some of the lyrics and apparently there's a 118 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 2: few verses in there that are anti Trump, and they've 119 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 2: added those over the years, so it's not like they 120 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,799 Speaker 2: sing the song the same way that it was recorded 121 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 2: back into twenty two thousand and five when the album 122 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 2: was released, but. 123 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 3: They left off some of those. 124 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 2: But up to the game, he apparently Green Day apparently 125 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 2: appeared at a couple of pre festivities like Thursday, Friday, 126 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 2: Saturday or whatever, and he did say some controversial things. 127 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 2: Then he made comments about Ice, talking about you have 128 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 2: a crappy job, but that he didn't use the word crappy, 129 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 2: you know, going to use the other word, the S word. 130 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 2: You got a crappy job and you ought to just 131 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 2: walk away from the job and all this sort of stuff. 132 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 2: I mean, I am so tired of these punks, and 133 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 2: this guy's a punk. Five seven, one hundred and fifty pounds. 134 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 2: I just a little weasley son of a gun fifty 135 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 2: three years old. You would think he would learn something. 136 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 2: But no gated community, they're surrounded by security all the time. 137 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 2: They don't have to worry about walking down the street 138 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 2: and walking over excrement or people attacking them on the street. 139 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 2: They don't have to worry about the needles and all 140 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 2: this sort of stuff. And they're gated communities and so on. 141 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,679 Speaker 2: But it's okay for them to talk down about everything 142 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 2: else and talk down the country when they don't have 143 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 2: to participate in the stuff. They are part of the 144 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 2: unaffected class. And I've talked about this a lot of 145 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 2: times that you have a situation where you you know, 146 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 2: you have your it's kind of like no longer republican democrat, 147 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 2: liberal versus conservative. It's the affected class versus the unaffected class. 148 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 2: And we, my friends, are the affected class. And these 149 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 2: unaffected class people are telling us what to do, how 150 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 2: to live our lives and criticize the stuff that we 151 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 2: work so. 152 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 3: Hard to preserve. 153 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 2: It was just annoying and irritating. But what was funny too, 154 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 2: is that apparently because they left out some of the 155 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 2: the words and some of the stuff They have been 156 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 2: absolutely criticized up and down by some of their fans 157 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 2: that were you know, they're just sitting on the edge 158 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 2: of the seat. Oh boy, they're going to give it 159 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 2: to They're going to take it to the man today. 160 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 3: Oh he's going to just really rip into Trumpet. Oh 161 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 3: my godness, I could just can't wait. And then they're 162 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 3: all disappointed because they didn't do it. 163 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 2: So, you know, is the guy edgy when nobody's paying 164 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 2: attention and he's just got his people around, or is 165 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 2: it coward when he gets out in front of the 166 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 2: mainstream public. 167 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 3: It was amazing. 168 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 2: And I haven't even started talking about Bad Bunny yet. 169 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 2: I'm Kevin Gordon, America's Trucking Network seven hundred WLW. 170 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 3: I need. 171 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: This is the raething repord on America's Trucking Network on 172 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: seven hundred WLW. 173 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,439 Speaker 4: All lives in NASCAR are now on the Daytona International 174 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 4: Speedway for Sunday's running of the Daytona five hundred. Action 175 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 4: begins Wednesday, with Cup practice set for ten am Eastern Time, 176 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 4: and then qualifying Wednesday night at eight fifteen pm. Thursday 177 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 4: is the Cup Series dual races to set the starting 178 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 4: field for the five hundred and then Sunday the Great 179 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 4: American Race. Ryan Priest, who won the Cookout Clash, now 180 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 4: turns his thoughts to the five hundred. In the new 181 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 4: NASCAR system, a new mindset is needed. 182 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, for sure. I mean, you know, in the past, 183 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 5: everybody kind of looked at Daytona as a way, Hey, 184 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 5: we did you know, if we win this race, that 185 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 5: locks us in and we can you know, we can 186 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 5: try things or we can just you know, you kind 187 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 5: of get a sense of relief. Now it just gives 188 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 5: you kind of that little bit of a jump start. 189 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 5: So the way you look at Daytona is a little 190 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 5: bit different. I'm curious how that's gonna affect the last 191 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 5: five or ten laps of the race, that people are 192 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 5: gonna think, hey, I need to finish here. You know, 193 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 5: there's a lot of things that that could change as 194 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 5: far as how the Daytona five hundred, you know, is 195 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 5: race at the end. So I'm eager to see that. 196 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 5: I'm eager to be a part of it. And yeah, 197 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 5: I think it's extremely important for the first five races 198 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 5: to go out there, maximize your days, don't put yourself 199 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 5: in a hole, because you know, when you're trying to 200 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:49,719 Speaker 5: dig yourself out of a hole. It's extremely challenging we do. 201 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: This is the racing report on America's Drugging Network on 202 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: seven hundred WLWR. 203 00:10:55,760 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 4: Sake Denis for reporting for a t N iHeartMedia in 204 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 4: seven hundred WLW. Salute Cincinnati's own Procter and Gamble if 205 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 4: you got someone there you would like for us to 206 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 4: recognize on the air text us there to. 207 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 2: W talking about the Super Bowl sixty and my wife 208 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 2: and I were talking about that well yesterday and you know, 209 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,839 Speaker 2: after we had the whole thing sinc in from the 210 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 2: night before, and we were sitting around and I said, 211 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 2: how would you rate the Super Bowl? I would have 212 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 2: probably I think I would have given an overall, probably 213 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 2: the game itself, maybe a C minus or something like that. 214 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 3: And she said, I'd. 215 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 2: Give it a D simply because of all the stuff 216 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 2: that went on and all the slap in the face 217 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 2: to America as a result of that. And you would 218 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 2: think that Roger Goodell and I heard an interview with him. 219 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,119 Speaker 3: Well, I left about. 220 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 2: A half hour forty five minutes before the game started 221 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 2: because we had ordered some wings, and I went up 222 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 2: to the store to up to the restaurant to get them. 223 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 3: And I was hearing this interview with Roger Goddell. 224 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 2: And they were talking about Bad Bunny and why the 225 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 2: decision was made, and he said, well, you know, we 226 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 2: want to have a we want to bring different cultures 227 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 2: together and when somebody is at the peak, and Bad 228 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 2: Bunny is one of the most popular artists in the 229 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 2: world and all this sort of stuff, we want to 230 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 2: bring that to the to the to the people. 231 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 3: And it was just such a cop out. 232 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:28,559 Speaker 2: You know, this is the guy that didn't have the 233 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 2: cajones back during the BLM movement when they had the 234 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 2: kneeling during the national anthem and let them get away 235 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 2: with all that crap. And there's still this stuff going 236 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 2: on in the NFL, this woke ism that is just 237 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 2: so annoying and it's turned off, quite frankly, turned off 238 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 2: a lot of people. But you know, the whole pregame 239 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 2: thing with Green Day and reminds me too one of 240 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 2: the first arguments. Well, when I first started getting into 241 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 2: radio and doing radio being a well before I became 242 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 2: a recovering accountant, I was filling in on our Sisters 243 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 2: station and the liberal talk show host was there while 244 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 2: the Conservative went on vacation and so they'd bring people 245 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 2: in and I was asked to fill in for a 246 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 2: few days. And one of the first arguments I had 247 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 2: on the air was over Green Day, because that's about 248 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 2: the time that they released their album and released that song, 249 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 2: and this guy kept insisting that, oh, you know, it's 250 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 2: just a harmless song and all this sort of stuff. 251 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 2: And I pointed out to him at the time, I said, 252 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 2: you know, you're basically calling America. He was saying, well, 253 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 2: you know, you don't want to have a situation where 254 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 2: you just buy into everything that is done raw raw 255 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 2: raw America. And I said, and I made the point, 256 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 2: there is a point where, yeah, you don't have to 257 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 2: be raw raw raw America all the time, but then 258 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 2: you don't spit in their face along the way that 259 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 2: you're trying to criticize them. If you're trying to make 260 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 2: a statement, you're trying to make a movement, and you're 261 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 2: trying to change things, you don't spit in somebody's face 262 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 2: and say, oh, now, let's discuss something. All this crap 263 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 2: that we keep hearing, I keep hearing about this stuff 264 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 2: about we all need to there's a somebody that's doing 265 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 2: an ad that says, you know, we learn more when 266 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 2: we learn how to talk to each other. You know, 267 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 2: it's the conservatives that are interested in talking with the 268 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 2: liberals are more concerned about talking at or dictating to 269 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 2: us what we should be doing. But again, Green Day 270 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 2: was a disaster. Now bad Bunny having him, and the 271 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 2: more I dig into his background. He has been at 272 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 2: this since twenty twenty, criticizing Trump. Back then, they kept 273 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 2: saying that there isn't, by the way, there isn't one 274 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 2: of his songs that is English, in English and translated. 275 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 2: And I remember when they made the announcement back in 276 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 2: September that it almost seems like this guy was an Hispanic, 277 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 2: you know, a performer. But shortly after that they mentioned 278 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 2: that he's from Puerto Rico. Okay, Puerto Rico is an 279 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 2: American protectorate. We've had that since the Spanish American War 280 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 2: back in the turn of the eighteen nineteen, going from 281 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 2: the eighteen hundreds and nineteen hundreds, we took that over 282 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 2: along with the Philippines from Spain, and so they've been 283 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 2: a protector or a possession of the United States since 284 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 2: that time. And so a lot of the people come 285 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 2: to find out this guy is fluent in English. It's 286 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 2: kind of like he uses the Spanish whenever he can, 287 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 2: and then he tries to talk in this broken English. 288 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 2: When would they say that he is absolutely fluent in English, 289 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 2: so he could perform his songs or write some songs 290 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 2: in English, but chooses not to. So is that a 291 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 2: slap in the face to America that you don't deserve me, 292 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 2: You don't deserve this, and people glom onto this. He 293 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 2: was on Saturday Night Live four months ago, as a 294 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 2: matter of fact, and they were doing this skit and 295 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 2: he said, well, you know, I'm looking forward to doing 296 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 2: this because I want to bring people together. I want 297 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 2: to build on the people that got me up to 298 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 2: this point, that opened the doors for me, and so on. 299 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 2: And then he says, and by the way, if you 300 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 2: don't understand my music, you have four months to learn 301 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 2: Spanish so you know how to so you can listen 302 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 2: to it. 303 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 3: Okay. 304 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 2: So it shows disrespect there, and then you look at 305 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 2: the lyrics on some of his songs and all this 306 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 2: sort of stuff, and it's just disgusting. I literally turned 307 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 2: off coming up to the halftime. I turned the TV 308 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 2: off for some reason. I couldn't find or get on 309 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 2: to the turning point USA their halftime show. 310 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 3: I understand it was pretty good. There were critics of that. 311 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 2: Some people loved it, some people didn't, and so on 312 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 2: a lot of people. I'm reading some of the stories 313 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 2: about Bad Bunny that oh, you know, he wasn't really 314 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 2: as controversial as people would have thought. But then I 315 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 2: read some other stuff that it was, you know, disgusting 316 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 2: and all this sort of stuff, but you know, this 317 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 2: unifying moment. There was a commercial that was running during 318 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 2: the Super Bowl and up to the Super Bowl. It 319 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 2: was the things of where you'd have these different people 320 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 2: in different gear. This guy running down the in the 321 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 2: rain runs into this bar. He's got his Cowboys outfit 322 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 2: on or you know, Cowboys sweatshirt and whatever. The whole 323 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 2: bar is nothing but Philadelphia Eagles. They got the guy 324 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 2: on a train and I think he's a I think 325 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 2: he's whatever team he was for. And the other person 326 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 2: he holds it pushes open the door for her and 327 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 2: she takes a moment looks at him because he's you know, 328 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 2: the opposite team and all this sort of stuff, but 329 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,880 Speaker 2: gets on anyway. You know, they say, you know, this 330 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 2: is a unifying moment. This is the time the Super 331 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 2: Bowl is when it brings everybody together on one day 332 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 2: out of the year. 333 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 3: We're all one team. 334 00:17:55,600 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 2: So why bring this jackass on the stage that is 335 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 2: so divisive and so controversial that you want to put 336 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 2: a division instead of unifying and people tuning away? You know, 337 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 2: you want people, you want eyes on your station, you 338 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 2: want eyes there, you know, going through the Super Bowl 339 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 2: and making that a positive attitude. And yet with the 340 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 2: controversy and the way he's talked about how critical he's 341 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 2: been of the United States and critical of our immigration policy, Apparently, 342 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 2: you know a lot of people tuned away. I understand 343 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 2: about six to seven million people turned away and watch 344 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 2: the halftime from Turning Point USA. So was this a 345 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 2: unifying moment that Roger Goodell was trying to bring to 346 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 2: the American public bs? And then, of course before the game, 347 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 2: they have the national anthem and Stefan Diggs apparently not apparently, 348 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 2: but actually turned his back on the American flag and 349 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 2: like he did during the AFC Championship game, was doing 350 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 2: jumping jacks and moving around and all this sort of stuff, 351 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 2: showing his disrespect for the country that provided him the 352 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 2: opportunity to showcase his talent, because he's sure as hell 353 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 2: couldn't display his football talent the American football type of 354 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:24,199 Speaker 2: game in any other country. And it just amazes me 355 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 2: that you know that somebody that's had so much from 356 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 2: this country would have such a disrespect for the country. 357 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 2: Best comercial of the day was Budweiser with the Eagle 358 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 2: and the Budweiser Clydesdale that befriends the little Eagle Eaglett 359 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 2: and all this sort of stuff. But again, I just 360 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 2: it's just infuriating me that you're supposed to have a 361 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 2: day where everybody just kind of gets together, takes a 362 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 2: day away from everything and just tries to enjoy the day, 363 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 2: and then you've got to have the controversy pregame with 364 00:19:56,600 --> 00:20:02,640 Speaker 2: Green Day, Bad Bunny at halftime on Diggs, and it just. 365 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 3: Unnecessary. 366 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 2: It's an unnecessary controversy and an unnecessary thing that you 367 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 2: think more of yourself, that you are the center of 368 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 2: the universe rather than everybody else. I would love to 369 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 2: see Green Day go over to some foreign country and 370 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 2: go I don't want to be an islam idiot, love 371 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 2: to see how that works. I mean, I see these 372 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 2: people driving around with. 373 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 3: Their cars with the coexists. I'd love to. 374 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 2: Pick that car up and put them down somewhere in 375 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 2: the Middle East and say, hey, have at it. It's 376 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 2: just infuriating anyway. That's my two cents worth, folks. Let's 377 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 2: get on the small stuff. As far as America's truck 378 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 2: and Network, I'm Kevin Gordon, America's truck in Network seven 379 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 2: hundred WLW. 380 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 6: News Traffic and Weather News Radio seven hundred WLW Cincinnati. 381 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 7: The Epstein File investigation picking up intensity overseas well. If 382 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,479 Speaker 7: you're twelve thirty re parts, i'mlely Maw picking now growing 383 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 7: fallout in the United Kingdom, as ABC News has learned 384 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 7: about former Prince Andrew's connection. 385 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 8: And email in the Epstein Files suggest the former Prince 386 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 8: forwarded government documents to Jeffrey Epstein in twenty ten, when 387 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 8: Epstein was already a convicted sex offender. The documents were 388 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,160 Speaker 8: reports about trips the then Duke of York made as 389 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 8: a UK government trade envoy. Now an anti monarchy group 390 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,880 Speaker 8: in the UK says it has reported Andrew to UK 391 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:39,120 Speaker 8: police for suspective misconduct in public office, please, saying they 392 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 8: are quote assessing the information. 393 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 7: ABC's Tom Sophy Burridge, Now the ladies forecast from the 394 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 7: Train heating and Cooling weather setter on news radio seven 395 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 7: hundred WLW. 396 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 9: No the way to Tuesday morning. We've got fair skies. 397 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 9: We'll likely see a little patchy fog in a morning 398 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,959 Speaker 9: low of twenty eight degrees. Our Tuesday then is partly 399 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 9: mostly cloudy, but my high is fifty one degrees at night, 400 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 9: few clouds in all. Low down to twenty seven. From 401 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 9: your severe weather station, I'm nine first Warning, Chief Meteorologist 402 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 9: Steve Raleigh News Radio seven hundred WLW. 403 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 7: Nothing on the radar. 404 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 3: We're at thirty degrees. 405 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 7: We're learning more about the latest school shooting in America, 406 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 7: this one at a stones throwaway from Washington. 407 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 6: D C. 408 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 10: Gunfire erupting inside of Maryland High School just as classes 409 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 10: were about to end for the day. 410 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,160 Speaker 11: Thomasin High School shooting KOTSA here. 411 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 10: Authority saying a student shot and wounded another student in 412 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 10: the hallway around two fifteen pm inside Thomas Wooton High 413 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 10: School in Rockville, about twenty miles northwest of Washington, d C. 414 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 10: Parents rushing to the scene desperate to see their children. 415 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 10: Ali Franks as her daughter hunkered down in her classroom. 416 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 6: It is absolutely a parent's worst nightmare, and you never 417 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 6: think it's going to be your kid that's in the 418 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:57,360 Speaker 6: same in this situation. 419 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 7: Ja O'Brien ABC News Washington accepted is at one o'clock 420 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,880 Speaker 7: What Breaking News anytime. 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I'm Kevin Gordon is America's truck A Network. 448 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 2: Moving away from my thoughts on Super Bowl sixty again, 449 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 2: it could have been a lot better. 450 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 3: I gave it a C minus. 451 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 2: In fact, I'm kind of leaning more towards what my 452 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 2: wife was saying, more or less along a D for 453 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 2: the day. 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And thank you to all hard truckers for 463 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 2: supporting the mission of Reefs Across America. Getting into some 464 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 2: of the stories from last well actually last Friday. University 465 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,120 Speaker 2: of Michigan, again on a monthly basis, they come out 466 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 2: what they call the Consumer Sentiment Report. Now that's different 467 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 2: than the Consumer Confidence Report that the Bureau of Labor 468 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 2: Statistics or the Labor Department puts out. But this is 469 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 2: the University of Michigan, and this is a survey of people. 470 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 2: And again my knock on this is always the fact 471 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 2: that I bring it up, even though I have a 472 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 2: problem with their Well, they don't tell us who they 473 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 2: are polling. They don't tell us how many Republicans, how 474 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:58,639 Speaker 2: many Democrats, how many independents. They don't say, you know, 475 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 2: what were the questions that they ask do? They just 476 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 2: ask them random you know, what are your thoughts on 477 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 2: the economy or what you know is it one word questions. 478 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 2: Is it a push poll where you say, well, you know, 479 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 2: got this in the news, this and the news, this 480 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 2: and the news, and this and the news, how do 481 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 2: you feel about X and such? Well, you know that's 482 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 2: you're pushing somebody towards a particular answer that you want 483 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 2: them to give. But anyway, Consumer Confidence Report or Consumer 484 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 2: Sentiment Report done by University of Michigan on a monthly basis, 485 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 2: and it was interesting to look at the you know, 486 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 2: as I talk about that you usually have when you 487 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 2: Google something or you do a search for it, there's 488 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 2: usually this cluster of where they show about four or 489 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 2: five different stories for that particular topic and what the 490 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 2: headlines are, and you can click on either one of those, 491 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 2: and instead of it being kind of a long list, 492 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 2: it's all kind of clustered together, like four or five 493 00:26:56,160 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 2: different stories in one one cluster there, And interesting to 494 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 2: look at that because interesting to see sometimes how the 495 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 2: headlines are and then when you go to the actual 496 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 2: story itself, how as I've mentioned several times before, how 497 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,959 Speaker 2: those particular headlines have nothing to do with the story. 498 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 2: And it's again this business of where people are getting 499 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 2: a lot of their news from just scrolling through the 500 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:28,200 Speaker 2: headlines and they're not getting the full details as far 501 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 2: as the story is concerned. And as we pointed out 502 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 2: on this program several times, numerous times more than I 503 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 2: can count, where you dig into the story and generally 504 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 2: they say things in there that negate the purpose of 505 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,400 Speaker 2: the headline to the point where you say to yourself, 506 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 2: where did they come up with that headline? 507 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 3: But this was pretty much straightforward. 508 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 2: University of Michigan report Consumer Sentiment Index at fifty seven 509 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 2: point three, and then it starts showing what the individual 510 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 2: lines are. Consumer sentiment Brightons defining economist expectation. That's according 511 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 2: to ABC News, again, defying economists expectation. How many times 512 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,439 Speaker 2: have we heard that phrase since the start of the 513 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 2: Trump administration Weekly Economics snapshot, Jobs data softens while consumer 514 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:23,919 Speaker 2: sentiment rises. That's from invest Advisor perspectives. 515 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 3: From this, I'm not sure the organization, but they've got it. 516 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 2: Looks like a lot of Chinese or Japanese words that 517 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 2: are in Japanese, but the English version says optimistic US 518 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 2: consumer sentiment in February very nuanced. Let's see Wall Street 519 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 2: Journal Consumer Sentiment Brighton's, University of Michigan survey fines USA 520 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 2: US News Money consumer sentiment edges up as inflation expectations fall, 521 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 2: and then Reuter's had a pretty good story themselves. US 522 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 2: can tumer sentiment rises to six month high in early February. 523 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 2: US consumer sentiment increased to a six month high in February, 524 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 2: though anxiety over the labor market and the rising cost 525 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 2: of living because of import tariff related inflation remained widespread, 526 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 2: even though the Federal Reserve themselves have said that inflation 527 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 2: from terriff's has been muted. The fact that the expectations 528 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 2: that they thought they were going to see from tariffs 529 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 2: has not shown up in the economy yet and they 530 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 2: don't think it will. As a matter of fact, Jerome Powell, 531 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 2: lion Jerry Powell, at his last press conference, said that 532 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 2: if it has come through, or when it comes through, 533 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 2: it will be a one off. It'll be that one 534 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 2: time boost and that's it. It's not going to continue 535 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 2: to go up after that. It'll be a one time shot. 536 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 2: As opposed to what we saw when the inflation rate 537 00:29:56,280 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 2: during the the Biden administration was trans a tory which 538 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 2: meant temporary, but every month was going up three percent, 539 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 2: four percent, five percent June of twenty twenty two, up 540 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 2: nine percent in one month. 541 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,480 Speaker 3: But okay, you know that being said again, and let's 542 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 3: not forget. 543 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 2: Rick Santelli a couple of months ago mentioned that he 544 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 2: was talking about the GDP number when it came in 545 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 2: higher than expected, when he talked about the jobs numbers, 546 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 2: when he talked about the unemployment rate, and he ended 547 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 2: up made the comment that you know you can take 548 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 2: you can just take a big shovel and take all 549 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 2: those consumer sentiment reports, consumer confidence report and just take 550 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 2: the shovel and throw them in the in the ash 551 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 2: in the trash can. Because the the media, mainstream media 552 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 2: has polluted the well and of consumer sentiment because of 553 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 2: all their negativity, I would say that they have poisoned 554 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,120 Speaker 2: the well, that they have destroyed the well. But again 555 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 2: Rick Santelli mentioning from CNBA see talking about how you 556 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,760 Speaker 2: know you don't believe these consumer sentiment reports because they 557 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 2: are not you know, they don't really mean anything because 558 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 2: of the way that the survey is done and reliance 559 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 2: on what they're hearing or the people are hearing from 560 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 2: the mainstream media. But because the mainstream media gloms onto this, 561 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,600 Speaker 2: people talk about it so let's get into it and 562 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 2: talk about it and show that the fact that all 563 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 2: the well in some cases if they're downplaying it, why 564 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,720 Speaker 2: they're downplaying it when they shouldn't be us Let me 565 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 2: see sentiment increases six month high, third straight monthly improvement 566 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 2: and sentiment reported by the University of Michigan surveys of 567 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 2: consumers on Friday has mostly driven by consumers with the 568 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 2: largest stock portfolio holdings, confirming the so called K shaped 569 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:52,080 Speaker 2: economy where the higher income households are doing very well 570 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 2: but lower income consumers are struggling. 571 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 3: I mean, this is no different. 572 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 2: I mean then then based on that we have all 573 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:01,840 Speaker 2: we always have a K shaped economy? 574 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:03,240 Speaker 3: Is there has there? 575 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 2: Has there been a time except for the Great Depression 576 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 2: maybe where the upper income people have done poorly. They've 577 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 2: always figured out a way of doing it and they 578 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 2: can ride out the storm. It's us the affected class 579 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,960 Speaker 2: that we are affected by some of the policies that 580 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 2: they put in place, and then we were affected by that, 581 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 2: and so if things go bad, than our economic outlook 582 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,440 Speaker 2: and our buying ability, etc. 583 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 3: Goes down. 584 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,479 Speaker 2: So it's like all of a sudden, I have heard 585 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,400 Speaker 2: more comments and more usage of the phrase K shaped 586 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 2: economy that I have ever heard in my adult life. 587 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,840 Speaker 2: This is one of the things that again, all of 588 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 2: a sudden they've had they may apparently they well, apparently 589 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 2: these terms that they never use, they have to break 590 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,240 Speaker 2: them out during the Trump administration because now all of 591 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 2: a sudden, they're talking about affordability. But oh, by the way, 592 00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:59,880 Speaker 2: one of the things I should point out was that 593 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:05,280 Speaker 2: I was pleasantly surprised during the Super Bowl because you know, 594 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:10,360 Speaker 2: every year the president has whoever's doing the Super Bowl, 595 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 2: whether it's Fox or NBC or whoever, they have a 596 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 2: segment where they actually interview the president during that time. 597 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 2: You know, the interview usually transpires, takes place during the week, 598 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,239 Speaker 2: and then they play it on that Sunday. And there 599 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 2: were some very interesting comments that were done there. And 600 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:31,120 Speaker 2: we'll talk about this coming up. But as far as 601 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 2: K shaped and all this sort of stuff, we keep 602 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 2: hearing all this stuff, the terms that I haven't heard before, 603 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 2: and then all of a sudden, because the Trump administration 604 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 2: is in office, then all of a sudden, we got 605 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 2: to break these out and make up new terms for 606 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 2: stuff that has always already always been out there. But 607 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 2: trying to make things look bad because there is Donald 608 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 2: Trump in the White House after all. I'm Kevin Gordon 609 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:57,680 Speaker 2: America struck In Network seven hundred Wlwright. 610 00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:03,800 Speaker 1: News Radio seven hundred wlw iHeartRadio Station Guarantee Human seven 611 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:07,720 Speaker 1: hundred WLW HI Heard Radio. 612 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 3: Haysin sint He's former Bengal and Pro Football Hall of 613 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,040 Speaker 3: Famer Anthony Munios. Since two thousand and two, the Anthony 614 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 3: Munhos Foundation has awarded over two point two million in 615 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:18,440 Speaker 3: scholarship to Tri State high school seniors. Last week, there. 616 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:21,960 Speaker 2: Was a bunch of clips that came out of that 617 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:26,000 Speaker 2: NBC News when they interviewed the President, and they kept 618 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 2: releasing clips. It was interesting that at one of the 619 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,960 Speaker 2: clips that they showed, it wasn't part of the Sunday broadcast, 620 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:37,239 Speaker 2: but where the reporter actually says to him, you have 621 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,399 Speaker 2: done a very good job of closing the border, and 622 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:46,279 Speaker 2: the illegal entrance into the US is at an all 623 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,080 Speaker 2: time low. And then he says, but and then he 624 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,960 Speaker 2: started going into off on talking about the immigration enforcement 625 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,880 Speaker 2: and whatever what's going on in Minneapolis. Trump talked to 626 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 2: stopped him at that point and he said, I really 627 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:01,360 Speaker 2: appreciate you bringing that up because a lot of reporters 628 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:03,759 Speaker 2: in the past haven't brought that up. And a lot 629 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 2: of very few times that I actually get credit for something, 630 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:08,239 Speaker 2: and I thought that was kind of but it was 631 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:11,239 Speaker 2: left out. It was on the cutting room floor, so 632 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 2: to speak, when NBC aired that interview on Sunday, And 633 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 2: quite honestly, I was kind of pleasantly surprised by the 634 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:26,200 Speaker 2: interview that this guy did with the President. He President 635 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,800 Speaker 2: Trump made his points, he made a couple of comments 636 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:33,440 Speaker 2: that the guy started pushing back on, but then Trump 637 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:36,360 Speaker 2: pushed back to him. So overall, I thought it was 638 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 2: a pretty good report, and he did talk in terms 639 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:42,440 Speaker 2: of how things have been better, but you wouldn't know 640 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 2: that by some of the comments in the public and 641 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:49,520 Speaker 2: in as far as the news media is concerned. So again, 642 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:53,680 Speaker 2: that kind of ties into the consumer sentiment report. Let's 643 00:35:53,680 --> 00:36:00,600 Speaker 2: see where we leave off the K shaped economy. According 644 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:05,240 Speaker 2: to Orrin Klatchkin, he is a financial markets economist at Nationwide, 645 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 2: we may have seen the trough in consumer sentiment as 646 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:14,040 Speaker 2: positive fundamentals should should support attitudes in twenty twenty six, 647 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:18,280 Speaker 2: as long as the recent stock market sell off doesn't continue. 648 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:22,719 Speaker 2: That said, we aren't optimistic for a sharp rebound in 649 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,800 Speaker 2: consumer sentiment again. You know, if you're going to constantly 650 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 2: get bombarded by ninety four percent negative coverage from the 651 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:33,320 Speaker 2: news media, people that are paying attention to that probably 652 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,640 Speaker 2: aren't going to have a good attitude about the market itself. 653 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:40,760 Speaker 2: University of Michigan as Consumer Sentiment Index increased to fifty 654 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,920 Speaker 2: seven point three this month, the highest reading since last August, 655 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:48,759 Speaker 2: from a final reading of fifty six point four in January. 656 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:53,680 Speaker 2: In January, economists polled by Reuters had forecasts the index 657 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:58,040 Speaker 2: easing to fifty five, so the economists were two point 658 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:02,000 Speaker 2: three percent off of what consumer sentiment was. Still, the 659 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,640 Speaker 2: index remained about twenty points percent lower than its level 660 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,760 Speaker 2: in January twenty twenty five. Well, of course, in January 661 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,000 Speaker 2: twenty twenty five, after getting rid of the Biden administration 662 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:17,360 Speaker 2: and hope for a new administration, optimism was extremely high. 663 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,640 Speaker 2: But then again, they didn't have an opportunity to start 664 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:25,800 Speaker 2: talking down the Trump economy or criticizing the Trump economy itself. 665 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:29,560 Speaker 2: They were criticizing ninety four percent negative coverage of him 666 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,680 Speaker 2: all during the campaign, but then they turned their focus 667 00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:35,520 Speaker 2: on the economy, and of course that's when the optimism 668 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:39,400 Speaker 2: started going down and again Rick Santelly. Now again, if 669 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,839 Speaker 2: you're not familiar with Rick Santelly, he was the guy 670 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:43,759 Speaker 2: back in two thousand and eight, two thousand and nine 671 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,799 Speaker 2: when the housing crisis came about and we entered that 672 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:51,040 Speaker 2: what they call the Great Recession, with the housing market 673 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:54,720 Speaker 2: collapsing and values of homes coming down. On the floor 674 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:58,400 Speaker 2: of the New York Stock Exchange, he was talking when everybody, 675 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:02,880 Speaker 2: you know, stocks were falling, market banks were actually a 676 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:06,279 Speaker 2: lot of banks were going, we're filing for bankruptcy, and 677 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,680 Speaker 2: a lot of companies were filing for bankruptcy. He was 678 00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,800 Speaker 2: sitting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange 679 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:14,560 Speaker 2: and says, you know what we need in this country 680 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,840 Speaker 2: is a new tea party. We need a tea party 681 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,959 Speaker 2: like they did back before the revolution. And then that's 682 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,680 Speaker 2: what kind of spurred everybody to then start going to meetings. 683 00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:28,600 Speaker 2: They formed different organizations, the tea parties around the country 684 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:33,040 Speaker 2: and started attending meetings asking questions because, after all, these 685 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:35,239 Speaker 2: guys are the ones that told us, don't worry about this, 686 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,399 Speaker 2: We've got this under control, and don't you know, we've 687 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:40,160 Speaker 2: got your back, and all this sort of stuff. When 688 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,319 Speaker 2: you find out they don't have her back. Then you 689 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,399 Speaker 2: go to these meetings and ask the question of how 690 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:46,080 Speaker 2: do you let this happen? And then all of a 691 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:49,359 Speaker 2: sudden you became the bad guy. But then again that's 692 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:53,319 Speaker 2: what Rick Antelly his background on him. But he's the 693 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,399 Speaker 2: one that a couple months ago said, you can take 694 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,880 Speaker 2: these consumer sentiment reports and just throw them in the 695 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:03,720 Speaker 2: trash can because well has polluted by the mainstream media. Again, 696 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,040 Speaker 2: points have gone up two point three percent from what 697 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:14,919 Speaker 2: the economists had expected. Survey was completed before last week's 698 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,880 Speaker 2: markets sell off or the stock market sell off driven 699 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:22,799 Speaker 2: by investor caution over heavy spending by technology firms are 700 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:26,880 Speaker 2: artificial intelligence because a lot of these companies had started 701 00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:31,839 Speaker 2: now overspending as far as this is concerned. And if 702 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 2: you notice, towards the end of last week, we started 703 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:38,880 Speaker 2: hearing these predictions that, oh, well, this company is planning 704 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:42,800 Speaker 2: X number of layoffs. Now, remember we had that story 705 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,000 Speaker 2: a couple months ago where they started talking about that 706 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:50,160 Speaker 2: companies do that in order to boost their stock because 707 00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:52,680 Speaker 2: the investors look at that and say, oh, these guys 708 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:55,640 Speaker 2: are paying attention to the bottom line, they're good stewards 709 00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:58,960 Speaker 2: of our money. So we'll buy their stock, when in 710 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:03,480 Speaker 2: fact those are ghost announcements because either of those people 711 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:07,839 Speaker 2: are then repositioned of places in the company, or they 712 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 2: just announced the layoffs but they never actually occur. So 713 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,799 Speaker 2: that's kind of something we'll be looking for here in 714 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:19,560 Speaker 2: the next few months. Wall Street rebounded on Friday, the 715 00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:22,640 Speaker 2: dollar was steady against the basket of currencies. 716 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:24,040 Speaker 3: According to. 717 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:29,640 Speaker 2: Joanne Joanne Sue, she is the director of surveys for 718 00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:33,400 Speaker 2: this University of Michigan. Sentiment serves for consumers with the 719 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:38,400 Speaker 2: largest stock portfolios, while it's stagnated and remained at dismal 720 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:42,560 Speaker 2: levels for consumers without stockholdings. Concerns about the erosion of 721 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:46,239 Speaker 2: personal finances from high prices and elevated risk of job 722 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:50,799 Speaker 2: loss continue to be widespread, even though month after month 723 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:55,200 Speaker 2: after month, and even Lion Jerome Powell has talked about 724 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:59,920 Speaker 2: that this economy is in a no hire, no fire 725 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:03,879 Speaker 2: process until things settle down, until they can get a. 726 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:05,759 Speaker 3: Handle on what is going on now. 727 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,040 Speaker 2: They blame it on tariffs, and they blame it on 728 00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:11,799 Speaker 2: the uncertainty, But the bottom line is, as we've talked 729 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,279 Speaker 2: about on this program, it has more to do with 730 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:18,280 Speaker 2: interest rates. Because these interest rates are twice the amount 731 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,720 Speaker 2: that we're paying here than other people in other countries 732 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:24,560 Speaker 2: are paying. But of course nobody else is talking about 733 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:28,480 Speaker 2: that other than us here on americastruck A network. Now, 734 00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:32,240 Speaker 2: they do show in the survey kind of a line 735 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:37,000 Speaker 2: chart shows that Democrats that their consumer sentiment was at 736 00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:41,160 Speaker 2: fifty or forty six point seven, the outlook of Republicans 737 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:45,440 Speaker 2: was ninety three point six and independence was forty eight 738 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:49,080 Speaker 2: point seven. So, again, along party lines is where these 739 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:52,520 Speaker 2: things come about. And it would seem to me that 740 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:57,120 Speaker 2: if you basically break down the amount of people and when. 741 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,799 Speaker 3: You look at where people. 742 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:04,560 Speaker 2: Self identify, if they identify as Democrat, Republican, or independent, 743 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:09,120 Speaker 2: it's generally something along in the neighborhood of about a 744 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:12,920 Speaker 2: one third, one third, one third or thereabouts. So it's 745 00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:16,160 Speaker 2: very interesting that you have the number of Republicans in 746 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:21,440 Speaker 2: here that are at ninety three point six percent and 747 00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:24,680 Speaker 2: then you have the other two at forty six point 748 00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:29,080 Speaker 2: seven and forty eight point seven, that that didn't move 749 00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:33,720 Speaker 2: the needle up even further. So apparently in this survey 750 00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:38,560 Speaker 2: they are interviewing, in my opinion, apparently fewer Republicans than 751 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:42,439 Speaker 2: they are as a part portion of the population as 752 00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:46,839 Speaker 2: to Democrats and independence. Sentiment approved among consumers identifying as 753 00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:51,400 Speaker 2: Republicans and Democrats, but dipped among independents. They said that 754 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,080 Speaker 2: it went up just a couple of points. The government 755 00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:58,360 Speaker 2: reported on Thursday job openings fell by more than a 756 00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:02,080 Speaker 2: more than five year low, and there were eighty point 757 00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:06,040 Speaker 2: eighty seven job openings for every unemployed person compared to 758 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:09,959 Speaker 2: point eight nine in November. Point eight nine versus point 759 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:13,360 Speaker 2: eight seven. That's hardly even worth talking about. The consumers 760 00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:17,680 Speaker 2: continue to stress over high prices. They expected inflation to moderate. 761 00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,920 Speaker 2: They expected inflation to moderate over the next twelve months. 762 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:25,080 Speaker 2: Survey's measure of consumer expectation for inflation over the next 763 00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,640 Speaker 2: year fell to a thirteen month low of three point 764 00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:32,120 Speaker 2: five even though the Fed is talking about that they 765 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:36,040 Speaker 2: would anticipate inflation to be right around three to three 766 00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:40,120 Speaker 2: point two percent, and yet because of the consumer sentiment, 767 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:44,040 Speaker 2: those expectations have been up around four percent. Now again, 768 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:46,880 Speaker 2: I don't know how you can ask somebody on the 769 00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:51,400 Speaker 2: street or off the street what you think inflation is 770 00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:53,839 Speaker 2: going to be a you know, six months or eight 771 00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:57,520 Speaker 2: months or a year from now, when in fact they 772 00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,759 Speaker 2: probably don't even understand what the inflation is. They're just 773 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,840 Speaker 2: being told that things are high, things are out of control, 774 00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:08,560 Speaker 2: and without comparing where the prices are this year where 775 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,400 Speaker 2: they are last year, they are coming up with all 776 00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:16,400 Speaker 2: kinds of different scenarios in terms of where things are 777 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:20,759 Speaker 2: bad versus where things are good. So again, I don't 778 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:24,239 Speaker 2: put much faith in this consumer sentiment report. Even though 779 00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:28,040 Speaker 2: it's showing that it's brightening, that people's attitudes are feeling better, 780 00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:33,000 Speaker 2: it isn't a good gauge as far as I'm concerned, 781 00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:36,040 Speaker 2: and as far as a lot of economists are concerned, 782 00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:38,279 Speaker 2: that it's actually a true gate because you got to 783 00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:40,040 Speaker 2: look at some of the numbers when you see retail 784 00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:42,799 Speaker 2: numbers up, when you see auto sales up, and so on. 785 00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,960 Speaker 2: And tomorrow we're going to get into a whole bunch 786 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:49,080 Speaker 2: of there's been a bunch of earnings news, a bunch 787 00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:52,880 Speaker 2: of companies talking about how they are seeing twenty twenty 788 00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:55,879 Speaker 2: six shaping up, and we'll get to all that tomorrow. 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