1 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:11,399 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load. The 2 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 1: Michael Very Show is on the air. It's Charlie from 3 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: BlackBerry Smoke. I can feel a good one coming on. 4 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 1: It's the Michael Berry Show. 5 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 2: Any attempt to restrict drinking and driving here is viewed 6 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 2: by some as downright undemocratic. Two six packs shattered, not 7 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 2: Nancise and receiving an email. 8 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: I get these on occasions. Similar sentiment. 9 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 2: This particular woman named Rose writes, I'm a Jewish woman 10 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: and I respect Christian values. But I am curious why 11 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 2: candidates often say Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior 12 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 2: in their speeches. It is exclusive of Jews who want 13 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 2: to vote conservative. It's pretty insensitive. And then four exclamation marks. 14 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: What do you think? 15 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 2: Can you please address this on your radio program? You 16 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 2: won't like my answer, but I'll accommodate. I'm a Jewish 17 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 2: woman and respect Christian values. Typically, when people make a 18 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 2: statement at the beginning of an opinion that they're laying out, 19 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 2: whatever they're saying is not particularly true or not as 20 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 2: true as they believe it to be. I think she 21 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 2: is a Jewish woman and I respect Christian values. Guess 22 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 2: that means guess the question would be, what does that mean? 23 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 2: Do you respect them? But we'll come back to that. 24 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 2: But I am curious. I don't think you're curious. I 25 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 2: think curious is a softened tone I am offended by, 26 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 2: is what you mean. But I am curious about why 27 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 2: candidates often say quote Jesus Christ is our Lord and 28 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 2: Savior end quote in their speeches. If you're curious, you 29 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 2: would ask what does that mean? As a Christian, Michael, 30 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 2: why do they say this? Is this inviting us all? 31 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 2: Is this testifying? Are they evangelizing? Is this something y'all 32 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 2: do amongst yourselves? It is exclusive of Jews who want 33 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 2: to vote conservative. So if you proclaim your faith according 34 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,679 Speaker 2: to this is how Rose feels. If you are proclaiming 35 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 2: your faith and it's not her faith, then she doesn't 36 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 2: want to vote the way you vote. H It is 37 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 2: exclusive of Jews. Come back to that. She follows it up. 38 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 2: It's pretty insensitive for exclamations. She's bothered. Nothing wrong with 39 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 2: being bothered. This annoys her, This upsets her. She feels excluded. 40 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: Come back to that. 41 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: What do you think? Can you please address this on 42 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: your show? Thank you? Rose? 43 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 2: Here's what I think. So I looked up the population 44 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 2: of Jews in Houston. It's about zero point seven percent, 45 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 2: or three quarters of one percent if you and then 46 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 2: Alice is just over one percent. But for the state, 47 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 2: because rural areas tend to be less Jewish than urban areas, 48 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 2: for the state, it's somewhere between point six and point seven, 49 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 2: so a little over one half of one percent, so 50 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 2: about one out of every two hundred people. Now, let's 51 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 2: use an example. If a person says, as a veteran, 52 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 2: I'm going to serve. Do non veterans feel offended? Wait 53 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,359 Speaker 2: a minute, I didn't go to war. Why would he 54 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 2: say that? What about me? How about women who are 55 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 2: very wont to do this? As a woman. I told 56 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 2: Alex Meeler a couple of days ago. I said, Alex, 57 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 2: I see your campaign materials. This is before Trump endorsed her. 58 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 2: I see you talking a lot about your time in 59 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 2: the military, which is good. 60 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 1: I think there's a toughness to what she did. She 61 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: was a bomb technician. If you've seen the. 62 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 2: Hurt Locker, she was the person who put on the 63 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 2: suit and went and disabled bombs. 64 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 1: Not for the weak of heart, right, pretty bold. It 65 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 1: shows boldness of character. 66 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 2: If not recklessness, but it shows a certain courage, right. 67 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 2: She talks about that she has talked about in the 68 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 2: last campaign, having gone to law school and having an 69 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 2: MBA and having worked in the oil and gas business 70 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 2: as an executive, all things that I think, particularly because 71 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 2: she's a woman, would surprise people. She's a tough lady. 72 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 2: There's no anybody who knows her. No, she's tough. This 73 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 2: is this is not a girly girl. This is not 74 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 2: a hanging out having rose with the ladies in the 75 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 2: middle of the afternoon, talking about the command of Boy 76 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 2: and Cabo this past weekend. She's a tough, tough cookie. 77 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 2: But I said, you know, there is a side to you. 78 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 2: And my wife, who's not a girly girl either, has 79 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 2: made this comment. You're also a wife, and you're a mommy. 80 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 2: Being a mommy is sacred to me. We talk a 81 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 2: lot about fatherless homes, but being a mother the challenges. 82 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 2: She will send me a review of how the day 83 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 2: went on the campaign late at night, and I will 84 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 2: sometimes ask how are the kids doing, how's your husband doing, 85 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 2: how's your health mental and physical? And sometimes when I 86 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 2: ask how kids are doing or how her husband's doing, 87 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 2: she'll say well, he had some it was tough with 88 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 2: the kids today, and so he had called and I 89 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 2: had to get on the phone. And these are the 90 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 2: real challenges that real people go through, not just candidates 91 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 2: and officeholders, small business owners, active duty military. Where he's 92 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 2: in Japan and she's here trying to get the babies 93 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 2: go sleep, or the kids go to sleep, or maybe 94 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 2: their seven year old boys starting to act out and 95 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 2: we're gonna call daddy, And so daddy gets on the 96 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 2: phone and choose his ass and that buys them a 97 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 2: little time. 98 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: Right, This is real life. 99 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 2: Is so I made the point you should talk a 100 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 2: little bit about being a mommy. 101 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: I think that matters to people, matters to me. 102 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 2: I don't want a Congress made up of a bunch 103 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 2: of dudes, just dudes, a bunch of lawyers that are 104 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 2: dudes that all want to be president. You should have 105 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 2: some preachers, You should have some former football players. You 106 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: should have some former teachers, some stay at home. You 107 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 2: should have a slightly broader talk about diversity. They can 108 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 2: all be white or black, or Hispanic, whatever else. But 109 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 2: when someone says they feel excluded by my faith or 110 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 2: any other, that's a choice you're making. And if you say, 111 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 2: I'm not sure I'm going to vote Republican because of 112 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 2: your faith. Have you ever listened to what the Democrats say? Look, 113 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 2: I find it interesting how people expect things out of Republicans. 114 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 2: They don't expect out of Democrats. If you're Jewish, if 115 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 2: you're not Christian, that's okay. Our first market outside of 116 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 2: Houston was Portland and Kate Ex eleven ninety and the 117 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 2: people were so incredibly nice to me. And I love Portland, 118 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 2: and so this has been shoot, I don't know, fifteen 119 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:45,319 Speaker 2: years ago, and I would rent a house there for 120 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 2: the entire summer. One year we were in Lakesligo. It's 121 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 2: just glorious. Portland is a beautiful, beautiful place. And folks 122 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 2: back in Texas and eventually later as I would talk 123 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 2: about this across the country would say Portland like Portland, 124 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 2: Portland last day. 125 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 1: You don't understand. 126 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 2: It's lush, green, There are two rivers that run right 127 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 2: right through the middle of it. You could be on 128 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 2: the river and in downtown and it's green and lush 129 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 2: and beautiful. And and things changed. Moltnoma County, which is 130 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:18,079 Speaker 2: the county that Portland is in, went from being sort 131 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 2: of silly white liberals that you'd make jokes about, you know, 132 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 2: keep Portland weird to this very aggressive, angry liberal. And 133 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 2: it changed, and it changed a lot, and this city 134 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 2: changed as a result, and so a lot of people left. 135 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 2: They went across the bridge to Vancouver, Washington, or they 136 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 2: they left. How far they went depends on the person, 137 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 2: but a lot of people left the city proper. And 138 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 2: that's unfortunate because it used to have a really really 139 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 2: interesting vibe. If you've seen Portland, you know you sort 140 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 2: of want to laugh at things. 141 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 1: But there was nothing. 142 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 2: It was harmless, right, Benson Hotel, the food truck market 143 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 2: and all this. Well, of course I made a lot 144 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 2: of friends in Portland over the you're spending so much 145 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 2: time there because they were our first market outside of Houston, 146 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 2: and it was it was Portland and Baton Rouge where 147 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 2: we started outside of Houston, that were so kind to us, 148 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 2: and we developed a lot of friendships there. 149 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: Well, back to Portland. 150 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 2: I have a friend named Jennifer Shuter, and Jennifer was 151 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 2: our number one sales rep for our show in Portland. 152 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 2: She sold us, she built the relationships, we had partners, 153 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 2: and some of those some of those show sponsors are 154 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 2: still with us today, like Canby Forward in Canby. So 155 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 2: when Jennifer reached out and said, hey, Jennifer left working 156 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 2: for our company and she's now a very successful real 157 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 2: estate agent. 158 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 1: She said, Hey, I got this story that it's right 159 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: up your alley. 160 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 2: You're going to want to know about this woman she's 161 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 2: she said, a local company is getting dragged the rope 162 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 2: by the woke mob for simply supporting law enforcement. They 163 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 2: have a location here in Canby. The owner is a 164 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 2: real sweet gal who just wants to make a delicious product, 165 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 2: incredible cheesecakes. The idiots attacking them have sent some awful 166 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 2: messages and threats against their body and property, along with 167 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 2: just downright gross emails. Figured you want to know about her, 168 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 2: so we reached out. We've not spoken to her before. 169 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 2: Her name is Jin Brusa. If I'm announcing, If I'm 170 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 2: saying that correctly, Jin, tell me about your business, the 171 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 2: name of your business, how you got into that. 172 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: Let's start with that. 173 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 3: Okay, Well, first of all, thank you for having me 174 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 3: on your show. And yes you are correct. Portland was 175 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 3: absolutely an amazing city and I'm sadly unrecognizable now. But 176 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 3: I started Beloved Cheesecakes in August of twenty nineteen. Prior 177 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 3: to that, I had come out of a domestic, violent 178 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 3: marriage with three boys, and I was a stay at 179 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 3: home mom. Threw into the workforce and going to school 180 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 3: for social work and fell into making cheesecakes accidentally, I 181 00:11:55,160 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 3: say godcidentally, but so ended up making cheese cakes as 182 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 3: a side hustle that started in twenty fifteen, and then 183 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 3: Beloved Cheesecakes was birthed and opened our doors August of 184 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 3: twenty nineteen. We had a line at the door I 185 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 3: had opened in Silverton, Organ. Not sure if you've been 186 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 3: to Silverton, so yeah, opened there and just amazing. Everything 187 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 3: was great. I had had a Kickstarter that started for 188 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 3: me and that was fully funded and opened this brick 189 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 3: and mortar, beautiful shop and everything was going great. And 190 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 3: then eight months later we had the lockdown. And so 191 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 3: at that time I was a full parent to three boys. 192 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 3: My dad has passed away and my mom has never 193 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 3: been a part of my life, and I don't have 194 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 3: many siblings, so I'm truly just there for my boys 195 00:12:54,559 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 3: and I'm essential, so I chose to stay open. I 196 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 3: called Silverton a little Minnie Portland now and once I was, 197 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 3: you know, the beloved darling of Silverton, I guess you 198 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 3: could say, with beloved cheesecakes. And then I quickly became 199 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 3: hated because I stayed open and I didn't do in 200 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 3: the beginning, you know, right after the lockdown, I stayed open. 201 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 3: Then we had Black Lives Matter. I didn't put Black 202 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 3: Lives Matter in my window. Then we had the mask, 203 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 3: and I didn't do masks. I let people make their 204 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 3: own decision if they wanted to wear masks. And so 205 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 3: I was truly hated. I was turned into Osha six 206 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 3: different times during that whole ordeal. But through that God 207 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 3: is amazing. He I just just like being on your show, 208 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,719 Speaker 3: I guess because I've never met you and had had 209 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:54,959 Speaker 3: heard of your show. And this is how God works 210 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 3: in my life. But Kirk Cameron ended up in my 211 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 3: shop in October of twenty or September of twenty twenty, 212 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 3: and him and Pastor Rob McCoy from California, and I 213 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 3: was highlighted at this event that they did in California 214 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 3: October twenty twenty called Non Essential, and then their whole church, 215 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 3: Pastor Rob McCoy's church, God Speak Calvary Chapel kept my 216 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 3: boys and I afloat during that season and we shipped 217 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 3: I don't know, maybe one hundred or so cheesecakes to California. 218 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 3: And then in April of twenty twenty one, I ended 219 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 3: up on Fox and Friends, and that was crazy too. 220 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 3: I don't watch TV and I didn't know what Fox 221 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 3: and Friends were, but someone had got my name from 222 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 3: actually twelve different people and said you should have this 223 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 3: lady on your on Fox and Friends. And so at 224 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 3: three point thirty in the morning, I woke up, did 225 00:14:56,120 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 3: this interview on Fox and Friends. And after the three minute, 226 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 3: thirty second interview, the phone rang. I thought it was 227 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 3: Fox to say thank you, but it was a gentleman 228 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 3: from Delaware, and my phone did not stop ringing. It 229 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 3: was insane how many calls came in, and we ended 230 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 3: up for the next three months we had shipped over 231 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 3: three hundred and fifty cheesecakes. It was quite remarkable. And 232 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 3: then a year later I was at it was called 233 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 3: the Reawaken America Tour. I'm not sure if you're familiar 234 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 3: with that, but Clay Clark and General Flynn were toasting 235 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 3: that in different cities during the lockdown and my church 236 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 3: hosted it and they said, you know, you can be 237 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 3: a vendor here and sell cheesecake, and I'm not going 238 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 3: to say no to that. And all I knew is 239 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 3: it was a patriotic event. I didn't know anything more 240 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 3: than that other than I was just going to sell 241 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 3: cheesecake there. And I had a lot of businesses in 242 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 3: the area, Salem and Portland blasting me all over social media. 243 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 3: You know, Boycott Loved Cheesecakes to the insurrected. 244 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 2: The website is Beloved Cheesecakes dot com. We talk to 245 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 2: Jim Brusa coming on Bruce as our guest. You were 246 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 2: talking a moment ago about how you General Flynn and 247 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 2: this group comes through town and you sell cheesecakes, and 248 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 2: then what happened. 249 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 3: Well, and then you know, I'm getting hate for being 250 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 3: there from other businesses and they're blasting on social media. 251 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 3: So I saw someone taking pictures with you know, look 252 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 3: like an important person, and I went up to him 253 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 3: and come to find out it's Clay Clark, and I 254 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 3: just said, hey, i was the only business in my town, Silverton, 255 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 3: that stayed open, and I'm getting a lot of hate 256 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 3: for being here. I wonder if I could take a 257 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 3: picture with you posted on my social media and say, now, really, 258 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 3: you know, boy caught full of the cheesecakes. And next 259 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 3: thing I know, Clay says, sure, takes a picture with me, 260 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 3: starts asking me questions, telling me to follow him, takes 261 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:13,159 Speaker 3: me under this tent and he gives me to his 262 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 3: assistant and says, I want this lady to serve Eric 263 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 3: Trump cheesecake at four point thirty today, Like, wait a second, 264 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 3: what And it was just a surreal weekend. I ended 265 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:28,719 Speaker 3: up meeting Eric Trump giving him cheesecake. I met General Flynn. Uh, 266 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 3: it was very surreal the whole weekend. And so through 267 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 3: that Clay has I didn't know, but he's a business coach. 268 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 3: So he's become my business coach and it's really helped 269 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 3: me grow beloved Cheesecakes to what it is today. And 270 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 3: so now fast forward, you know, well we had the 271 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:52,439 Speaker 3: Trump Trump was inaugurated and you know, got elected, and 272 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 3: we were excited about that. So we did a posting 273 00:17:55,640 --> 00:18:01,360 Speaker 3: with that and of course I'm fascist and a Nazi 274 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 3: and whatever they like to call me, and I really 275 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 3: don't care. They can call me whatever. That's the freedom 276 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 3: of our country and the freedom of speech and to 277 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:16,719 Speaker 3: have your beliefs and opinions. But and then so I've 278 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,919 Speaker 3: always been loud and bold and passionate, I guess, and 279 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 3: you know that might happen to Charlie Kirk. I Charlie 280 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 3: actually got to have our cheesecake, which is really awesome. 281 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 3: I didn't get to meet in personally, but he didn't 282 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 3: know who we were from pastor Rob McCoy and mentioned us, 283 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 3: my boys and I on this podcast back in twenty 284 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 3: twenty or twenty twenty one, and so we were able 285 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 3: to give him a couple of cheesecakes when he came 286 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 3: to Oregon. And so of course I got a lot 287 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 3: of hate and the flax from you know, supporting Charlie 288 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 3: Kirk when he passed and saying how we support Turning Point. 289 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:58,239 Speaker 3: And then now here we are, twenty twenty six and 290 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 3: we have the anti ice protest whatever Friday that was 291 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:09,239 Speaker 3: that we just recently had. And all I did is, 292 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 3: you know, because businesses were shutting down in our area 293 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 3: and you know, protesting, don't show up to work, don't 294 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 3: go to school, all of that, and I just posted 295 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 3: on my story we're open both locations. I have a 296 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 3: location in Albany, Oregon as well as can be. And 297 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 3: I said, our online is open, and we love Jesus, 298 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 3: we love America, and we support our law enforcement. And 299 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 3: of course immediately start getting the negative Google reviews, which 300 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 3: again I truly don't care, and I never comment on 301 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 3: my Google reviews, but I did this day, and I 302 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 3: just commented, I heart the negativity. I'm just like, throw 303 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 3: them off, but chilter a little bit and I heart 304 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 3: the comment. And then I just say yep, because the 305 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,120 Speaker 3: comment said they so for ICE, and I said, yes, 306 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 3: we love Jesus, we love America, we support law enforcement, 307 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 3: including ICE. And my son was like, Mom, you just 308 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,199 Speaker 3: your comments are just so great, you know? Can I 309 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 3: post that on social media? I was like, I don't care. 310 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 3: My oldest son now is in law enforcement, so of 311 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 3: course I'm going to. 312 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:23,880 Speaker 1: Support law enforcement. 313 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 3: And it was a law enforcement if you read my story, 314 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 3: it was a sheriff who changed my life in twenty 315 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:36,479 Speaker 3: fourteen after a physical altercation with my husband that happened 316 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 3: or physical events, and that officer told me, ma'am, you're 317 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 3: not raising boys, you're raising men, and they need to 318 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 3: know this behavior is unacceptable and that officer truly changed 319 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 3: my life. So I do support law enforcement and anyway, 320 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:57,120 Speaker 3: so with that said, you know, got more negativity once 321 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 3: the post was on our social media. Not a big deal. 322 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 3: So that Saturday night, twenty four hours later, it's I 323 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 3: don't know if you've paid attention to what happened to 324 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 3: Sticker Mule, but what happened Sticker Mule is what happened 325 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 3: to my company is a wope. Mog truly took over 326 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:22,159 Speaker 3: my Facebook. I mean they went on every post that 327 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 3: we have made. They started doing the you know, not recommended, 328 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:31,439 Speaker 3: not recommending the loved cheesecakes, saying horrible things, which is 329 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,359 Speaker 3: not a big deal again, but it was the level 330 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 3: and the speed and the I couldn't keep up with. 331 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 3: Our recommendations on Facebook were ninety eight percent and within 332 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 3: a twenty four hour period they went down to like 333 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 3: fifty percent. And we do Facebook ads, so I panicked 334 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 3: a little bit of how is this going to affect 335 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 3: our Facebook ads? And so I kind of spun out 336 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 3: for a moment on Sunday, I was just like, oh 337 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 3: my gosh, what are we going to do? Facebook fan 338 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 3: to take down our page? And again I could care 339 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 3: less about the hate and it is what it is. 340 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 3: It's the beauty of our country, is that freedom to 341 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 3: have opinions and belief and speech. But I just wasn't 342 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 3: sure how to, you know, this was going to affect 343 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 3: my livelihood. With Facebook and our Facebook ads, that's the 344 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 3: majority of our businesses online shipping, and so I decided 345 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 3: the next day, I'm just going to do a video. 346 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 3: And my son, who does all of our social media, 347 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 3: he's like, Mom, that was a really long video, and 348 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 3: I was like, I know, he's like, but I'll post it. 349 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 3: It's your heart and it's who you are, but it's 350 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 3: not going to go anywhere because it's a ten minute video. 351 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 3: And little did I we have any plan of it 352 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 3: at all. But that video has now had just on TikTok. 353 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 3: I don't even know. I haven't looked at Facebook or Instagram, 354 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 3: but TikTok it has one point five million views and 355 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 3: we have had so many orders come in it's truly unbelievable. 356 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,199 Speaker 3: I was actually getting ready to cut hours for my 357 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:20,119 Speaker 3: bakers and our teams because we've had an Arsenal Cheesecake 358 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 3: and it had been slow and for the first time 359 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 3: in Beloved Cheesecake's history, my bakers are working overtime hours 360 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:32,919 Speaker 3: and we're hiring and it's been absolutely mind blowing the 361 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 3: support I would hear about the silent majority. You know, 362 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,400 Speaker 3: being in organ you feel really alone. And I'm very 363 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 3: loud and passionate. I don't want to say I'm like 364 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,680 Speaker 3: loud and craft, but I'm just I'm passionate. I love 365 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:51,199 Speaker 3: our country. I want to do everything we can to 366 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 3: save what is left of our country. And you know, 367 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 3: I'm a product of our country and what there is 368 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 3: out there. And so anyways, a silent majority. I hear 369 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 3: that a lot, and I'm like, yeah, I don't know 370 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 3: where the silent majority is because I feel like I'm 371 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 3: the only one out here being loud and trying to 372 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,959 Speaker 3: get people to register to vote and making sure they 373 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:17,360 Speaker 3: vote and all these things. And boy, the silent majority 374 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 3: came out in a flood, and I was like, okay, 375 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 3: I'm a believer. Now there is a silent majority. Now 376 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 3: can we become a bold majority? 377 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 1: Please? 378 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 3: Let's let's just be bold, you know, and not back 379 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 3: down and be ashamed of our country, be ashamed of 380 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 3: wearing our MAGA hats out. And my husband and I 381 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 3: I'm have an amazing new husband, and we boldly wear 382 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 3: our MAGA hat in the Portland Airport. It's one of 383 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 3: our favorite places to wear them. 384 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 1: Jim, hold on with me pretty some moment. You know, 385 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 1: I got Beloved cheesecase. She's wants to make cheesecakes. That's it. 386 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 2: Be left alone. I don't care if somebody DC stakes shoot. 387 00:24:58,240 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 2: You can shoot Michael Very. 388 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: Thet'll pass. It's ben rebook. 389 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 2: Jim Bruce outside of Portland, Oregon. Her story, her company. 390 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 2: She's an entrepreneur. She's a small business owner Beloved Cheesecakes 391 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 2: dot com. 392 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:19,159 Speaker 1: She has two locations now. She was a victim of 393 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: a wife beater. She left him. 394 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 2: She was raising three children and running a small business, 395 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 2: which is hard as hell to do, folks, it's so 396 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,719 Speaker 2: hard to do. And she did these awful things like 397 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 2: supporting law enforcement and not putting a Black Lives Matter 398 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 2: sticker in her in her business, and not shutting down 399 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 2: when the protesters told her to. Just making cheesecakes and 400 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 2: supporting businesses and providing a service that people chose to 401 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 2: do business with. And she's one of those that's not 402 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 2: going to be cowed. She's not going to be a 403 00:25:55,400 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 2: feared of this woke mob, and every time they do 404 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 2: this to her, she just keeps saying, Hey, here I 405 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 2: am lill O, me little Christian woman with the cheesecake shop. 406 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 2: And every time they hit her, she just. 407 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: Gets back up. 408 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 2: She just gets back up, and here we are beloved 409 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 2: Cheesecakes dot Com. I want to ask you a question 410 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 2: about a statement on your website and it says, let's 411 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,680 Speaker 2: see if I can find it here. It says yes, 412 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 2: from a single mom of three escaping domestic violence to 413 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:39,439 Speaker 2: founding America's most beloved cheesecake company. This is a story 414 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 2: of grit, race and God. What started as a gift 415 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 2: turned into a calling. This is about faith and family 416 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:54,680 Speaker 2: and strength and conviction and suffering and redemption. This is 417 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 2: This is as great a story as I hear. 418 00:26:58,200 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 1: And I hear a lot of good stories. 419 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 2: Talk to me about what grit means to you, because 420 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 2: I'm betting it hadn't always been easy. 421 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 3: No, it has not always been easy, and I would 422 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 3: say this week has not been an easy one either, 423 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 3: because we're trying to juggle all these orders that came 424 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 3: in and I'm like, oh Lord, you know, I I 425 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,120 Speaker 3: don't know how you made me. But I'm not sure 426 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 3: if I'm cut out for this, and sometimes I do 427 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 3: question that grit, like I you know, I do have 428 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,440 Speaker 3: those moments where's I just want to throw my hands 429 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 3: up and say I'm done. I can't do it anymore. 430 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 3: But I don't know what it is deep down inside 431 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 3: me that keeps going. I think it is my love 432 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 3: for Jesus number one. You know, I know that he 433 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 3: has a purpose for my life and I want to 434 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 3: be obedient to that. And then of course my love 435 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 3: for my family and our country and my grandkids, which 436 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:09,120 Speaker 3: I just had a baby, grandson born on Friday the thirteenth. 437 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, how about that. 438 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:16,160 Speaker 3: So you know, it's that grit to keep going for them, 439 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 3: I guess. And I mean, we only lived this life 440 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 3: once and each day is a gift, and you know, 441 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 3: I just want to be as impactful as I possibly 442 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 3: can and the short life that we have here on 443 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 3: this side of eternity. 444 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 2: You know, I say this to people all the time. 445 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 2: Donald Trump is not going to solve America's problems. He's 446 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 2: going to do his part, but America's problems are going 447 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 2: to be solved by beloved cheesecakes in Albany, Oregon, or Silverton, Oregon, 448 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 2: or Portland, Oregon. It's going to be solved by masterpiece, 449 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 2: a masterpiece cakes in Colorado's But on our show, it's 450 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 2: going to be solved by mommies and daddies and school 451 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 2: teachers and kids. And people need to understand. But God 452 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 2: has put you in a place for a reason with 453 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 2: a role. And so many people say, I don't want 454 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 2: to carry the ball on third and one to get 455 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 2: the first down, give it to someone else. I don't 456 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 2: want to meet you know here? Am I send me? 457 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 2: Has always had meaning put yourself in a position to 458 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 2: be used by God in ways that you will not understand. 459 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 2: And we're glossing over the fact that I'm sure it 460 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 2: was frightening. I'm sure this has caused turmoil within your 461 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 2: home and within your workplace. I'm sure some employees say, 462 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 2: why do we have to keep doing that? Why can't 463 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 2: we just be quiet? Why can't we just do what 464 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 2: they tell us to do and turn the other cheek 465 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 2: and not let them and just let them bully us. 466 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 2: But to do the right thing, and very few people do. 467 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: I do believe there. 468 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 2: Is a reward, and it is his hard fought and 469 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:10,080 Speaker 2: well earned. 470 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: I admire what you've done, Jim, I really do. I 471 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 1: admire what you. 472 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 2: Do, and I admire the fact that there are so 473 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 2: many patriots across this country who have looked at your 474 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:25,280 Speaker 2: case and said, wow, that's wrong with what they did 475 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 2: with that. 476 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 1: Lady. I think I'll buy a cheesecake. 477 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 2: Yes, because you know, in its own way, it becomes 478 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 2: a validation for what you're doing, you know, and that's 479 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,719 Speaker 2: that's a pretty neat way that people can help. And 480 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 2: by the way, as I'm stuffing that cheesecake into my face, 481 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 2: I can feel like, look at me, I'm doing something 482 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 2: good while I eat this delicious cheesecake. 483 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: You mail these cheesecakes, yep, we do. 484 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 3: We ship them all over the nation. I think we've 485 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 3: shipped every state. Now we do two day ere We 486 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 3: are back s up us right now until we get 487 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 3: more space and more bakers until April. But we're doing 488 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 3: We are baking around the clock. We're doing the best 489 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 3: you can. 490 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 2: And our offers, our orders today and whenever they get here, 491 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 2: we'll be happy. What is your personal favorite, and don't 492 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,920 Speaker 2: tell me you don't have a personal favorite. Pick one 493 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 2: of your cheesecakes that you like the most. 494 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 3: Well, since you're going to be ordering and it's not 495 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 3: going to come to April. My personal favorite is our 496 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:32,240 Speaker 3: Almond Joy and that comes out in April, but all 497 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 3: year long is our key line. That's my personal favorite. 498 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 1: Oh but hold on, just ordered? What did you order? 499 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 2: Oh? 500 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 1: Ramon ordered the sampler? Does he want? 501 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, yep, exactly, that's the one that most people are buying. 502 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 3: So then you can try one of every flavor. 503 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 1: Oh that's fantastic. I'm so proud for you. I'm so 504 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,200 Speaker 1: proud of of you and proud for you. 505 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 2: And what a message to your kids, because you know, 506 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 2: we tell people do the right thing, but what we 507 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 2: have to tell people when we do that, there will 508 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 2: be consequences. 509 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: If doing the right thing was easy, everybody would do it. Yeah, 510 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: doing the right thing is hard. And guess what. 511 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 2: It doesn't always end with selling more cheesecakes. Sometimes it 512 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 2: ends with busted glasses, and sometimes it ends with personal harm, 513 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 2: and sometimes it ends with bankruptcy, and sometimes it ends 514 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 2: with with with false accusations and divorce and and uh, dislocation. 515 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 2: All it doesn't always end the way it's going for you. Uh, 516 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 2: It's it's hard, it's carrying your it's burying your cross. 517 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 1: It is. 518 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 2: It is suffering and and that is what doing the 519 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 2: right thing usually leads to. 520 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 1: But it's the right thing and we believe in it. 521 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, Jim Bruss beloved that Cheesecakes dot Com. 522 00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: We wish you the absolute best. 523 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 2: I admire what you're doing, I admire what you stand for, 524 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 2: and I hope, I really hope, I hope that every 525 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 2: dream you have as a mommy, as a wife, as 526 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 2: a business owner is fulfilled because you are being faithful 527 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:15,440 Speaker 2: and dutiful as a servant. 528 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 1: And I admire the heck out of that. Jim brus 529 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:23,800 Speaker 1: a beloved cheesecases els has good good night, thank you, 530 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:25,080 Speaker 1: and good night.