1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,879 You are listening to t W M and H thirty four point three, Get 2 00:00:06,919 --> 00:00:46,719 command, Gut do get so treenly Don Matzille giving Here we go. Welcome 3 00:00:46,759 --> 00:00:52,640 everybody. We are live. Today is Tuesday, September nineteen, twenty twenty 4 00:00:52,679 --> 00:00:56,920 three, and this is Matt Connerton unleashed, coming to you live from the 5 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,759 studios of w M n H ninety five point three f I'm in glorious downtown 6 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,680 Manchester, New Hampshire, also on Comcast ninety seven. If you're in Manchester, 7 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,280 and hello to all of our online listeners across the nation and around the 8 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:11,400 globe. You can go to my website Matt Connerton dot com for all of 9 00:01:11,439 --> 00:01:14,640 your live streaming options, social media links, contact info, show archives, 10 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:18,200 etcetera, etcetera. Did I say Comcast ninety seven or did I say channel 11 00:01:18,239 --> 00:01:21,079 six? I still can't get used to that. We're on Comcast channel six 12 00:01:21,079 --> 00:01:25,959 if you're in Manchester. I think I slipped again and said uh and said 13 00:01:26,799 --> 00:01:30,519 ninety seven. Oh boy, by the way, Oh and I just got 14 00:01:30,519 --> 00:01:36,599 a message from so uh there. That's a brand new intro there. Of 15 00:01:36,599 --> 00:01:41,040 course, our friend Jerry Robinson from Jerry Robinson and the scumbags sent me, 16 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:47,079 his producer mister B sent me the brand new intro, the shortened version version 17 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:52,120 of the track from the album that we were using as my intro. So 18 00:01:52,159 --> 00:01:53,680 I love the I love the new version there. So that's what you just 19 00:01:53,799 --> 00:02:00,719 heard, the remix of the new intro for the The Commander to the Supreme 20 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:05,680 Leader of Jerry Robinson's Rock and Roll Army. That's me. I'm the Commander 21 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:12,000 to the Supreme Leader. It's a very prestigious position and very powerful. There's 22 00:02:12,039 --> 00:02:15,319 great power that comes with it. But like I always saying, anyone who 23 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:19,080 is worried about that, just trust me. It's fine. You can trust 24 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,759 me with great power. So it's all good. It's all good. But 25 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,479 yeah, so welcome everybody. And I was not live yesterday. Yesterday was 26 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:30,960 a best of some things came up to, some boring business stuff, but 27 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:36,039 it made it. I try I try to not miss shows. I try 28 00:02:36,159 --> 00:02:39,719 very hard to not ever miss a live show. But yesterday was just there 29 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,680 was just a lot going on, so I had to deal with some stuff. 30 00:02:43,719 --> 00:02:46,879 But I think we have our first call of the day of the week. 31 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,840 Really, Matt, let me tell you, Seth in a very president 32 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:55,680 speaking Oh my goodness, into there is really helpful. It was fake news. 33 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,680 Unbelievable. Oh well, so that that wasn't don't play me, sir. 34 00:03:00,759 --> 00:03:05,319 That was a comedian named John Walsh. She he did that, But 35 00:03:05,479 --> 00:03:07,039 what do I know. I'm too busy with my lawyers anyway. But it 36 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:12,680 sounded also hurtful, unbelievable. My friend, listen, everybody knows that I'm 37 00:03:12,719 --> 00:03:17,000 innocent. I'm gonna walk on water because that's what I do. Ah. 38 00:03:17,039 --> 00:03:21,280 Well, of course, like the Eddy Money song, if I could walk 39 00:03:21,479 --> 00:03:25,400 on water, listen, my friend, dat quit your day job. Believe 40 00:03:25,479 --> 00:03:31,000 me, radios where it's at just not just singing. I understand, mister 41 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:37,520 president. Well, I will take that under advisement, sir. Oh listen, 42 00:03:37,599 --> 00:03:39,520 it's time for yard call. I have to go. I don't want 43 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,080 to miss out on my honey buns and like smokes if you know what I 44 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,680 mean. Thank you listening. Would talk to you later, and don't forget. 45 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,439 We need to make a man great again. Goodbye, all right, 46 00:03:49,479 --> 00:03:51,879 goodbye, mister Trump. Wow, I thought that was somebody else. It 47 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,719 turned out to be a former president, Donald John Trump. That is remarkable. 48 00:03:55,759 --> 00:03:59,479 He sounded like he's like he's got a bit of a cold today, 49 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,080 but excellent, excellent. I'll have to I'll have to make a note of 50 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,879 that when when I see that number on the caller ID. It's not necessarily 51 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:11,360 who I think it is. I will make a note of that going forward 52 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,800 for real. But wow, what a what a nice surprise, what a 53 00:04:14,879 --> 00:04:18,639 nice surprise. I mean, listen, he's a candidate for the presidency and 54 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,720 we are the first in the nation primary at least last I knew that might 55 00:04:21,759 --> 00:04:25,639 be changing. We'll see. Got into a whole big thing about that last 56 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,160 week on the show. But stay strong, New Hampshire. We need to 57 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:33,600 keep our first in the nation status. That's what I say anyway, So 58 00:04:33,879 --> 00:04:38,120 welcome and the studio line. If you'd like to join us six zero three 59 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:42,680 two five zero six zero seven six zero three two five zero six zero seven, 60 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:46,360 you can also text me at six one seven nine one seven four four 61 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,319 seven six. I'm on social media at Matt Connerton. You can email me 62 00:04:49,399 --> 00:04:54,279 Matt at Matt Connerton dot com, and of course you can interact endo Pine 63 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,920 in the Facebook live chat. But the best thing to do so that we 64 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,079 can hear and enjoy your dulcet tones is give us a call at six three, 65 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:05,720 two, five, six seven, and we've got a lot of time 66 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:10,879 today. Don't have an official guest today of any kind, so it's just 67 00:05:10,959 --> 00:05:15,879 me flying solo. So I do have a specific subject potentially two actually, 68 00:05:16,199 --> 00:05:20,560 that I want to get into, and it is an issue where I'm looking 69 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:27,279 forward to getting some feedback from the audience on the matter because it happens to 70 00:05:27,319 --> 00:05:30,000 be something that I'm not sure how I feel about it, and to me, 71 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:34,600 those are perhaps selfishly but those are the most interesting subjects I find to 72 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:39,040 explore, and I'll tell you what that is in just a couple of moments. 73 00:05:39,079 --> 00:05:44,480 But well, we do have so no guests today officially, However, 74 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,480 we do have tomorrow. We've got musical guests the rest of the week. 75 00:05:47,759 --> 00:05:50,639 Tomorrow, of course is Wednesday, which means we'll be spending the first hour 76 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:55,839 with my favorite conservative Eric Pilcher from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. And then in 77 00:05:55,879 --> 00:05:59,759 the second hour we have an in studio guest to Marvel, Prone great band. 78 00:06:00,399 --> 00:06:02,399 They've been on the show before. They will be joining us tomorrow live 79 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,560 in studio in our number two. Looking forward to that. Thursday, we 80 00:06:06,639 --> 00:06:12,279 have Iron Jaw, a great Texas band. They've also been on the show 81 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,160 before and they'll be skyping in. Looking forward to talking to those guys. 82 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:17,959 And then Friday on the show, we have another band who's been on the 83 00:06:17,959 --> 00:06:21,920 show before, Crooked Cash. We'll be here with us live in studio. 84 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,160 So a lot of a lot of great musical guests this week, repeat offenders, 85 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,720 it just so happens, but really looking forward to that. By the 86 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,000 way, the track that I played to open the show today before the Trump 87 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:42,279 parody by comedian John comedian John Walsh, was a track called Delusia and that 88 00:06:42,439 --> 00:06:46,839 is from Eons and Coded, and Nolan Coda from Eons and Coded was on 89 00:06:46,879 --> 00:06:50,319 the show recently and really loved getting to hang out with him. But I 90 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,240 think at the break today, at the top of the hour, I'm gonna 91 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,600 play something from our guest who was with us on Friday, Able Blood. 92 00:06:56,959 --> 00:07:00,560 I'm gonna I love those guys, what a cool band. I'm gonna play 93 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,240 something from there as at the at the top of the hour as we go 94 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,040 into the second hour. But let's say hello to everybody on the Facebook live 95 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:10,199 chat quickly and then we're gonna get into something. Andy Barker joins us in 96 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:14,519 the Facebook live chat and says what's up y'all. Hello Andy, Ronda Favero 97 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,040 from the great state of California joins us, says, California Present, Welcome 98 00:07:19,279 --> 00:07:23,959 Ronda, Texas. Mike joins us in the Facebook live chat and says, 99 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:29,399 did my civic duty and standing at the polls for my candidate for mayor? 100 00:07:29,839 --> 00:07:32,240 Yes, I do want to tell people, and if you're watching online you 101 00:07:32,279 --> 00:07:35,000 might even be able to see. I've got my little I voted sticker. 102 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:41,759 We do have a primary election today in the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, 103 00:07:41,759 --> 00:07:44,120 where we are, so Jenny and I went and voted. We actually 104 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:48,319 went and voted right before the show because she Jenny's not here in studio with 105 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:53,000 me, but she was meeting a friend downtown. I guess I can say 106 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,160 who because it's at someone you all know if you're a regular listener. She's 107 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,360 always in the chat room and she's been on the show Mariam Banish. But 108 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:05,680 so, uh, but Jenny and I went and voted, and uh, 109 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:07,480 it was, you know, in and out really quickly. I'm just saying 110 00:08:07,519 --> 00:08:11,000 that because if you're in Manchester, if you're in if you're one of these 111 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,879 people who's like, uh, do I really want to bother to go vote. 112 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,879 Let me tell you something. For a for a primary election in this 113 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:22,439 city, it's so easy. There's no line, You just go in, 114 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:24,079 you show your ID. Of course, if you don't have an ID, 115 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,519 you have to sign it an affidavit that it really is you. That's how 116 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,160 we do it in New Hampshire, which I think should be the model for 117 00:08:31,199 --> 00:08:35,080 the nation. But uh, you know, if you don't have an ID, 118 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,799 do the affidavit. So if there's any question about it later, well 119 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:41,960 you've signed a swore an affidavit that. That's how I think it should work. 120 00:08:41,159 --> 00:08:46,039 Anyway, I digress. But it's quick and easy. I mean we 121 00:08:46,039 --> 00:08:50,279 were in and out of there so fast. It was a very short ballot. 122 00:08:50,799 --> 00:08:54,480 So if you are local polls clothes at seven pm, I believe you're 123 00:08:54,519 --> 00:09:00,200 in u in the city of Manchester. I'm not gonna discuss that any further 124 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,000 than that, because on this program is regular and longtime listeners. No, 125 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:07,679 we don't discuss local Manchester, New Hampshire politics on the show. We stick 126 00:09:07,759 --> 00:09:11,600 to national politics and you know, maybe some state stuff, but we don't 127 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:16,080 do local politics here. So I'll say no more on that subject. Specifically, 128 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,240 not going to tell you who I voted for or anything like that. 129 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:22,320 But but I would encourage you to get out and vote. And again, 130 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:24,440 if you're one of these people who's like, I don't know, listen, 131 00:09:24,759 --> 00:09:28,240 it couldn't be any simpler. Seriously, you'll get in and out of there. 132 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:33,679 I'm sure no matter what word you are in in the city of Manchester, 133 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,279 you'll be able to get it in and out of there nice and quickly. 134 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:41,399 It's very efficient. And you get a little I've voted sticker. Come 135 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:46,639 on, So there you go. That's my that's my sermon on voting. 136 00:09:46,759 --> 00:09:50,879 Get out and vote. There you go, and it's a beautiful day. 137 00:09:50,919 --> 00:09:52,720 You have no excuse not to go. It's not like it's sometimes people, 138 00:09:54,279 --> 00:09:54,919 you know, if they don't feel like it, they'll say, oh, 139 00:09:54,960 --> 00:10:00,320 it's raining or it's knowing or whatever. This is perfect weather, per perfect 140 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,720 weather. So get out and vote. All right, That's that's my sermon. 141 00:10:03,919 --> 00:10:07,720 But good for you, Texas, Mike, let's see. Jay fed 142 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:11,799 joins us from the great state of Vermont, says good afternoon everyone. Hello. 143 00:10:11,919 --> 00:10:18,320 Isaac Banks, who I believe, if memory serves, is from Greensboro, 144 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:22,720 North Carolina, says good afternoon. Hashtag Jason how are you doing. 145 00:10:22,279 --> 00:10:26,759 Isaac likes to interact with our friend Jay Fed from the Great State of Vermont. 146 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,440 Sometimes they get into arguments in the chat room. They're a bit one 147 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:37,279 sided. Something Jay Fed will say something that triggers Isaac Banks. Isaac also 148 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:41,279 says good afternoon, Matt Connerton, good afternoon, hashtag Jen coffee, how 149 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:46,320 are you doing? OMG, it was SNL. By the way, no 150 00:10:46,759 --> 00:10:50,159 comedian John Walsh with his Trump parody that was not on Saturday Night Live. 151 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,879 He put that in at the end, but it was a joke. Perhaps 152 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:56,679 he's trying to get on Saturday Night Live and it's trying to get their attention. 153 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:01,200 Let's see. Hans Smith, of course, Saw from Sepsis says, 154 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:07,960 hey Metal, Matt, Hello, Hans, nice to see you. Isaac 155 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:13,639 Banks, who is very loquacious and voluble, says good afternoon, Adele Oh 156 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:18,559 I'm sorry. Addie, Good afternoon, Addie Sellers, how are you doing? 157 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:24,200 And Tory Stressman, good afternoon. Hope you can get the messages from 158 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:30,000 me. Good afternoon, Meredith Graves, please do chat message me. You 159 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,320 know, I feel like Isaac Banks is he's using our chat room here to 160 00:11:33,399 --> 00:11:37,960 kind of make a little bit of a love connection, if you will. 161 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:43,240 He's trying to get all these all these ladies chat with him. Hello Chua 162 00:11:43,399 --> 00:11:46,559 Chris from the band Edgewise, who joins us in the Facebook live chat as 163 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,600 well. Oh, Isaac says, yes, I am from Greensboro, North 164 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,840 Carolina. Also, Jason and I are cool. While very good, very 165 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,879 good. I'm glad no fighting in the chat room. That's not allowed. 166 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,840 I'm totally It's actually one of my favorite things ever, is when a brawl 167 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:07,360 breaks out in the chat room. I've actually sometimes if I see a fight 168 00:12:07,399 --> 00:12:09,600 going on it looks like a heated argument, I'll actually go back after the 169 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,320 show and be like, oh, I gotta see what I missed in the 170 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:16,840 chat room. Truth is I love it. I love it. If you 171 00:12:16,879 --> 00:12:18,840 really want to know what that says about me is a person, I'm not 172 00:12:18,919 --> 00:12:22,919 exactly sure. Probably nothing good, But I do love a good chat room 173 00:12:22,919 --> 00:12:28,159 fight. Oh, Isaac Bank says, maybe a little love connection for me? 174 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:37,000 Ah and Jen j Fed says as the funds, Hey, oh boy, 175 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,559 now now see that's gonna trigger Isaac Bank says, what they fight over? 176 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:45,320 Who does the Happy Days character impressions? Around here? All right? 177 00:12:45,399 --> 00:12:48,519 Six zo three two five zero six Z seven is a studio line six two 178 00:12:48,639 --> 00:12:52,519 five six seven. One other quick thing by the way, Because I wasn't 179 00:12:52,519 --> 00:12:54,879 here yesterday, I didn't get a chance to do it. But happy birthday 180 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,440 to Peter White of the Morning Show with Peter White, which you can hear. 181 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,799 Of course, weekday is from seven to nine. I am with a 182 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:05,360 replay from two to four pm right before this show. I believe yesterday was 183 00:13:05,399 --> 00:13:09,120 his birthday, at least according to face. I'm terrible at remembering birthdays, 184 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:15,000 I really am. But Facebook tells you when people's birthdays are, which is 185 00:13:15,039 --> 00:13:16,639 a wonderful thing. So I saw that it was Peter's birthday yesterday, so 186 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:22,519 I texted him and wished him a happy birthday, and so I wanted to 187 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:28,240 mention that it's funny though with the Facebook thing, So you don't know unless 188 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:33,840 you know me personally. You don't know when my birthday is because Facebook doesn't 189 00:13:33,879 --> 00:13:39,519 tell you when my birthday is because in my privacy settings I have it set 190 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:46,159 so my birthday is not visible. But my uncle, who also happens to 191 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:52,799 be named Matt Connerton, his birthday is visible. And every year there will 192 00:13:52,799 --> 00:13:58,840 be people who there will be people wishing me a happy birthday because they see 193 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,960 that it's his birthday and they think keys me, which is weird because if 194 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,360 you look at his picture, I guess we look somewhat alike. We're related, 195 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:11,480 but he's obviously much older anyway, kind of funny. Isaac Bank says, 196 00:14:11,519 --> 00:14:16,159 hashtag Jason Fetterson, you know that you can be completely a comedian sometime? 197 00:14:16,519 --> 00:14:20,120 Oh did you know that, j fed you can be completely a comedian? 198 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:24,919 Wow? Very good? All right, here's the subject I want to 199 00:14:24,919 --> 00:14:28,279 discuss, my friends. There is something that's been in the news that is 200 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:33,679 a pretty big deal. And the reason I want to talk about this today, 201 00:14:33,919 --> 00:14:41,679 and I've been wanting to get to this it's it's a it's an issue 202 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:46,159 that I have an opinion about it, but I don't have a strong opinion 203 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,519 about it. And what I mean by that is, sometimes, to me, 204 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:52,840 the most interesting things to discuss, and I like to get audience, 205 00:14:54,159 --> 00:14:56,960 you know, feedback from the audience on these matters via the studio line and 206 00:14:56,039 --> 00:15:01,200 of course the chatwoman. However else you choose to communicate the tech wine or 207 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,440 email during the show or after the show for that matter, because we can 208 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:07,559 always come back to it later. The issues that I find most interesting or 209 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,600 to discuss are the ones where either I haven't made up my mind about them 210 00:15:11,639 --> 00:15:15,639 yet myself, because maybe I have mixed feelings, maybe I'm conflicted, or 211 00:15:15,679 --> 00:15:18,799 maybe I do have a position, but I'm a little ambivalent about it because 212 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:24,039 I hear the arguments from the other side of you know, people who have 213 00:15:24,039 --> 00:15:26,919 a different opinion on the issue, and I think, you know, that's 214 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:31,960 a good point. They make a good point to me. Those are the 215 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,840 most interesting things to kind of examine, and I think it's a great way, 216 00:15:35,879 --> 00:15:41,279 of course, to get some dialogue going with all of you. It 217 00:15:41,399 --> 00:15:43,639 is a little unconventional, but that's also part of the reason I like to 218 00:15:43,679 --> 00:15:48,000 do it. And when I say it's a little unconventional, I just mean 219 00:15:48,039 --> 00:15:52,080 that typically in political talk radio, you're not supposed to Well, not that 220 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:56,039 I consider this a political I don't call this a political talk show. I 221 00:15:56,039 --> 00:16:00,799 don't put that label on it. It's a show where we talk about politics, 222 00:16:00,799 --> 00:16:03,120 but it's not a political talk show. What's the difference. Well, 223 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,279 this show, yes we talk about politics, but we also have a lot 224 00:16:07,279 --> 00:16:11,000 of musical guests, and we we do other things, and we have Eric 225 00:16:11,039 --> 00:16:17,960 Pilch's film reviews, and sometimes we have segments that are humorous and light and 226 00:16:18,399 --> 00:16:22,120 you know, so we do a lot more than just politics, but politics 227 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:26,919 is kind of the center of it ultimately, it always has been. But 228 00:16:26,399 --> 00:16:32,639 usually in any kind of political programming, at least on radio, you have 229 00:16:32,679 --> 00:16:36,279 a host who you know, where the host is, where they're coming from 230 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:41,120 ideologically, whether it be usually it's either liberal or conservative, or there's some 231 00:16:41,159 --> 00:16:45,879 libertarian programming too, although I think Free Talk Live, which is the big 232 00:16:45,919 --> 00:16:52,840 libertarian show. I think Dave Ridley said that's actually slowly going away. But 233 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:59,480 conservative talk radio of course dominates talk radio. They they've really got the monopoly 234 00:16:59,559 --> 00:17:03,399 on that. But you have a host with a specific point of view, 235 00:17:03,399 --> 00:17:04,880 and you already know where they're coming from, and you can predict it and 236 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:10,839 whatnot, and you know, and then that host proceeds to have on guests 237 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:15,480 and take calls from people who agree with the host's position, and it becomes 238 00:17:15,519 --> 00:17:19,759 this sort of exercise in group think. But that's what most political talk radio 239 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:23,640 is. I like to do something a little bit different, where when I 240 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:30,599 find an issue that I have some ambivalence about and maybe I have an idea 241 00:17:30,599 --> 00:17:33,720 of how I feel about it, but I'm not exactly sure. I find 242 00:17:33,759 --> 00:17:38,240 it much more intellectually stimulating instead of just sitting here and yapping at you about 243 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:44,920 what I think about something, to be able to kind of explore something that 244 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,960 I have mixed feelings about, not knowing where my feelings about it are going 245 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,680 to end up at the end of it, or yours or what you think 246 00:17:51,759 --> 00:17:53,599 about it. And again, it's a great way to get some interaction going. 247 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:57,519 And I think it's also something that makes this show unique because, like 248 00:17:57,519 --> 00:18:00,400 I said, most shows don't operate that way where you have those who will 249 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,240 come right out and tell you I'm not sure how I feel about this one. 250 00:18:04,519 --> 00:18:15,799 Now. The subject that I'm talking about is and again I have a 251 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,480 I have an idea of how I feel about it, but I'm ambivalent. 252 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,799 The subject is, of course, the Lauren Boubert video. You know, 253 00:18:22,839 --> 00:18:25,519 I kind of liked it. No, no, no, I'm kidding. 254 00:18:26,319 --> 00:18:29,240 I'm totally kidding. That's not what I No, that's not what it is. 255 00:18:29,279 --> 00:18:33,559 That that was a joke, although there's a part of it that's no 256 00:18:33,799 --> 00:18:37,000 never mind, no, not appropriate for this time of day, I suppose. 257 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,880 No, I'm kidding. It's not the Lauren Boubert thing. It's the 258 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:45,880 deal with Iran to get back these uh, these five hostages that they had 259 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:52,200 been holding and the prisoners swapped deal. And this has been obviously in the 260 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:56,079 news quite a bit, and I will just tell you before we get into 261 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:59,839 it in any depth. And again, I this is something where I really 262 00:18:59,839 --> 00:19:02,920 want to hear from from all of you who choose to weigh in on it. 263 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,559 You can call me at six zo three two five O six zero seven, 264 00:19:06,559 --> 00:19:08,079 and of course you can you can discuss it in the chatroom and so 265 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:18,680 forth. I am basically in favor of it, and I think it was 266 00:19:18,799 --> 00:19:22,640 the right thing to do. Now as I'm saying that to you, you 267 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:27,880 can hear, I'm sure the hesitation and the ambivalence in my voice, because 268 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,240 there are some who say it was the wrong thing to do, and they 269 00:19:33,319 --> 00:19:37,920 have arguments in that regard that they have laid out, and it's got me 270 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:41,640 a little conflicted because I hear them make their arguments against it, and I 271 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:47,279 think that's a good point. Maybe they're right, I'm not sure. So 272 00:19:47,319 --> 00:19:49,799 that's what the subject is. By the way, there's another subject too that 273 00:19:49,839 --> 00:19:52,799 we might get into in the second hour. We'll see that. I also 274 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,640 kind of although the other subject I'm thinking about it's something where I really don't 275 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:00,119 have any opinion and I'm just kind of like whatever, But I am curious 276 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:04,079 what you all think about it. So we're gonna get into this. We're 277 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:10,039 gonna get into this today. Hans Smith and the Chat Room says, I 278 00:20:10,079 --> 00:20:14,359 am more often enough don't think about politics. In my early twenties, that 279 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:18,759 was a big thing, but now all of my focus is music and life. 280 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:22,039 Well, yeah, I mean, I've gone through phases in my life 281 00:20:22,039 --> 00:20:26,920 where I was less interested in politics, but it's but I'm kind of a 282 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,960 political junkie really, And of course, now that I've been doing this show 283 00:20:30,799 --> 00:20:34,039 for all these years now, I don't have a choice. I really can't 284 00:20:34,039 --> 00:20:38,000 even take a break from it, not that i'd want to. Isaac Bank 285 00:20:38,079 --> 00:20:42,000 says, politics to politics whatever. Oh, very insightful. Okay, So 286 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:49,039 if you don't know, well, let's look at this first. So just 287 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,880 for people who aren't clear on the details, and plus it might remind me 288 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,359 of something, Let's look at this first, just so we all know what 289 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,920 we're talking about here. This is from Reuters. Iran and the US reached 290 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:06,079 the prisoner swap deal. Oh easyg is in the chatman says welcome back, 291 00:21:06,079 --> 00:21:11,519 thank you. So how is this just gives us some quick details on this, 292 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:18,119 we'll get us all caught up. Well actually, wait, maybe I 293 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:25,440 have something better. Oh no, now we'll go with this, all right. 294 00:21:25,559 --> 00:21:26,799 This will get us, This will get us all on the same page 295 00:21:26,799 --> 00:21:30,480 here, all right, implementation of the deal again, this is from Reuter's 296 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,960 was triggered when qatar And by the way, I pronounce it qatar. I 297 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:40,920 know a lot of people in media pronounce it cutter. I find that strange. 298 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:45,559 And now, by the way, I notice on NBC they've started like 299 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:52,720 it's like they've created an amalgam of the two pronunciations. I heard Natasha Bertrand, 300 00:21:52,279 --> 00:21:56,640 for example, saying, oh no, I'm sorry. She's not on 301 00:21:56,799 --> 00:22:00,519 NBC anymore. She's on CNN now. But I heard her saying like, 302 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:07,119 uh, guitar like or gut no? How did she say it like gutter 303 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:12,960 like trying to combine cutter and qatar, which ends up sounding like gutter gutar. 304 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,519 It's like, why would you Why is that any better? I don't 305 00:22:18,519 --> 00:22:21,480 know. Why don't we just call it qutar? I remember about twenty years 306 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,240 ago, when I started hearing people in media, they stopped pronouncing not the 307 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:27,079 guitars in the news every day, but I noticed say they stopped pronouncing it 308 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,680 qatar, and all of a sudden, a sudden, started pronouncing it cutter. 309 00:22:30,839 --> 00:22:34,160 And it's like, why are you why when you say CUTTERR? I 310 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:40,759 think if somebody who cuts themselves, you know, because they have a mental 311 00:22:40,799 --> 00:22:42,240 illness, and not that I'm making I don't want anyone to take that wrong. 312 00:22:42,279 --> 00:22:45,480 I'm not making fun of that. I'm just saying that's what I think 313 00:22:45,519 --> 00:22:48,160 of. I would never make fun of that. I struggle with depression myself, 314 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,400 so I don't. I don't make fun of mental illness. I'm just 315 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:52,079 saying, though, that's what I think of when you when you call the 316 00:22:52,079 --> 00:22:56,079 country cutter. It's like, what why do you call it that? But 317 00:22:56,119 --> 00:23:00,519 I remember noticing too when the change happened. It reminded me of when people 318 00:23:00,559 --> 00:23:06,359 started, like when people stopped saying harassment and started saying harassment. It's like, 319 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,079 why are you calling it harassment? What's wrong with calling it harassment? 320 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:11,480 I mean, people still pronounce it the old way too, but it's like, 321 00:23:11,559 --> 00:23:18,119 I don't know where this new pronunciation came from or when people when people 322 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:25,200 the planet uranus, when people started pronouncing it uranus, and it's like, 323 00:23:25,319 --> 00:23:30,519 I'm not sure that even sounds better. I met somebody once who pronounced it 324 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,720 uranus, and it was only she was the only person I ever met who 325 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,400 said it that way. But I was like, yes, that's what you 326 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,039 want to go with. If you don't want it to sound weird, if 327 00:23:40,039 --> 00:23:42,599 you don't want to say uranus and you don't want to say uranus, go 328 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,480 with uranis. I like that, But that one never caught on. She 329 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,759 was literally the only person I've ever heard say it that way. I am 330 00:23:48,839 --> 00:24:00,359 digressing. Forgive me if I've transgressed with my digress being anyway, it was 331 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:06,319 all about Qatar. Let's go back to the beginning. Implementation of the deal 332 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:11,279 was triggered when Qatar confirmed that the funds had been transferred to bank accounts in 333 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:15,880 Doha, a source briefed on details of the matter told Reuters. Doha's and 334 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:21,000 Qatar City in Qatar. Under the deal, the five of Americans with dual 335 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:26,079 nationality are expected to leave Tehran for Qatar's capital, Doha, and then fly 336 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,200 to the United States. In return five Iranians held in the US will be 337 00:24:30,279 --> 00:24:37,039 released. The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday. Two of the Iranians 338 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,440 being released would return to Iran, while two would stay in the US at 339 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,599 their request. One d who would want to leave here to go back over 340 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,920 to there? I mean, I guess maybe if you're wealthy or something, 341 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,960 you've got a lot of money in Iran. I don't know. I say, 342 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:57,279 why don't they all just stay? Just stay in America. Oh. 343 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,880 Tony Petrello joins us in the face book Live Chat, by the way, 344 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,880 and has a great example. He says, same with advertisement. Yeah, 345 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:08,640 at a certain point people started saying advertisement, It's like why do you change 346 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,640 what? Like, why are you changing the you know, you're you're It's 347 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:17,799 like you're to my ears, you're putting the amphosis on the wrong salabal. 348 00:25:18,759 --> 00:25:22,440 That's from a movie. I think I didn't make that up. I'm not 349 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:26,240 that clever. I should just not say anything, though, and take credit 350 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:30,480 for it, because wherever I got that from, no one's ever called me 351 00:25:30,519 --> 00:25:36,559 on it, so maybe nobody knows. That's probably something obvious. Jay Fed 352 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,880 says, yeah, and tomato, Oh, tomato, tomato, let's just 353 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:42,559 call the whole thing off now except nobody. That doesn't count, though, 354 00:25:42,599 --> 00:25:48,759 j fed because nobody actually says tomato, like nobody like you say it when 355 00:25:48,759 --> 00:25:52,000 you're singing that song Tomato, Tomato, Potato, potato. Nobody ever actually 356 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:56,119 says tomato. It's just like nobody ever actually says potato, and if they 357 00:25:56,160 --> 00:26:00,920 do, they're pretty weird and you probably associate with them. I mean, 358 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,480 in all seriousness, you know, I like to think I'm a pretty inclusive 359 00:26:04,519 --> 00:26:10,160 person. But if I were having a conversation with someone and they said, 360 00:26:10,279 --> 00:26:15,759 uh, yeah, I like tomatoes in my salad, I would be like, 361 00:26:15,839 --> 00:26:18,519 WHOA, you're crazy. I like tomatoes in my salad, but you 362 00:26:18,559 --> 00:26:22,960 say it funny, and I don't think we can be friends based solely on 363 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:27,000 that good day to you. And then I would run away from them because 364 00:26:27,039 --> 00:26:33,480 I would assume that, because they're so weird, they're probably also extremely dangerous. 365 00:26:34,839 --> 00:26:40,119 Rondo Fervero says vehicle versus vehicle. Now, I do like to say 366 00:26:40,319 --> 00:26:44,799 vehicle. I don't know why I like to get that H. I feel 367 00:26:44,839 --> 00:26:48,720 that, look, the letter H is there for a reason. I understand 368 00:26:48,759 --> 00:26:56,319 you can have silent letters and words, obviously, but I feel the H 369 00:26:56,519 --> 00:27:00,720 is often undervalued, so I will say vehicle just to get that H in 370 00:27:00,799 --> 00:27:03,960 there. I think it's the right thing to do, at least in certain 371 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:11,039 circumstances. I'm also a big fan, of course of Triple H the wrestler. 372 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:15,000 He's a New Hampshire guy from Nashua originally, so so he's obviously awesome. 373 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:18,799 I don't mean because he's from Nashua. I just mean because he's from 374 00:27:18,799 --> 00:27:26,720 New Hampshire. There's a there's a reference in there that I'm not gonna but 375 00:27:26,799 --> 00:27:30,880 we're not gonna go there. And it's nothing against the city of Nashua, 376 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:36,240 trust me, just against someone they've voted for more than once. We don't 377 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:40,359 need to get into that. Oh, Isaac Banks says, good afternoon, 378 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:44,680 Cheryl Mitchell Walker. Now, oh I'm sorry, how are you doing? 379 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,599 And hope you are safe? Yes, we all hope that Cheryl Mitchell Walker 380 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,000 is safe. Thoughts and prayers, all right, getting back to this, 381 00:27:53,400 --> 00:28:00,720 Okay, So again, this is from Reuters. The transfer of AS funds 382 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,680 has drawn Republican criticism the President, Joe Biden, a Democrat, is an 383 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:08,519 effect pain ransom for US citizens. The White House has defended the deal An 384 00:28:08,519 --> 00:28:12,480 important unanswered question is whether the deal may lead to future agreements and disputes that 385 00:28:12,599 --> 00:28:18,039 range from Iran's nuclear standoff and the US to Tehran's influence across the Middle East, 386 00:28:18,079 --> 00:28:25,519 including Hezbollah, It's heavily armed proxy in Lebanon on Israel's border. So 387 00:28:25,559 --> 00:28:30,680 how was the deal negotiated? The agreement was the culmination of months of diplomatic 388 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,359 contacts, secret talks, and legal maneuvering, with Qatar at the heart of 389 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:37,319 the negotiations. Yeah, they acted as an intermediary or as a mediator if 390 00:28:37,319 --> 00:28:44,240 you will, sources and officials familiar with the discussions told Reuters. Doha hosted 391 00:28:44,279 --> 00:28:49,400 the eight I'm Sorry at least eight rounds of clandestine indirect meetings from Tehran and 392 00:28:49,519 --> 00:28:56,079 Washington since March of twenty twenty two. The earlier rounds were devoted chiefly to 393 00:28:56,079 --> 00:29:00,200 Tehran's nuclear dispute with Washington, but over time the focus shifted to prisoners as 394 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:06,119 the negotiators realize that nuclear talks would lead nowhere due to their complexity. The 395 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:11,079 first public glimpse of the deal came on August ten, when Iran allowed for 396 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:15,559 detained US citizens to move into house arrest from Hran's Evan prison, A fifth 397 00:29:15,839 --> 00:29:22,519 was already confined at home. A month later, Washington waived sanctions to allow 398 00:29:22,519 --> 00:29:26,240 the transfer of Iran's funds to banks and Qatar, which will have a monitoring 399 00:29:26,359 --> 00:29:34,200 role to ensure Iran's clerical rulers spend the funds on non sanctioned goods. So, 400 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:38,640 in other words, Iran is not allowed to say, Hey, we 401 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,799 got this cash, let's go buy a bunch of nukes or make a bunch 402 00:29:41,839 --> 00:29:49,640 of nukes. Hans and the chat room says, like the good old New 403 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:53,519 England days, we would say we're going to stove, not the store, 404 00:29:53,799 --> 00:30:03,519 lol, going to stove. Okay, who are the prisoners? Actually, 405 00:30:03,519 --> 00:30:07,640 we're gonna skip that part. Okay, this part is very very important. 406 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:15,720 Why were I Run's funds frozen in South Korea? It's it's really important to 407 00:30:15,799 --> 00:30:23,599 understand this specific detail. In twenty eighteen, then US President Donald Trump ditched 408 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:30,279 to Ron's twenty fifteen nuclear deal with six world powers. That's JCPOA, which 409 00:30:30,319 --> 00:30:34,799 I supported. Uh, some people didn't like, including Israel's net and Yah 410 00:30:34,799 --> 00:30:41,480 who didn't like the deal. I thought the this is a little bit of 411 00:30:41,519 --> 00:30:45,039 a sidebar, but I thought the Trump administration made a horrendous error in judgment 412 00:30:45,079 --> 00:30:47,880 by ditching that, even if they weren't happy with it. You know, 413 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:49,720 there's an old saying, don't let perfect be the enemy of the good. 414 00:30:49,839 --> 00:30:53,720 And I thought it was maybe not a perfect deal. But you know, 415 00:30:53,799 --> 00:31:03,559 the I A e A, the International Atomics, International Atomic Energy Agency, 416 00:31:03,839 --> 00:31:06,720 it's hard to get that exactly right. It's easier to just say ia EA. 417 00:31:06,759 --> 00:31:08,960 And even though that's not that easy to say E I E I. 418 00:31:10,039 --> 00:31:15,880 Oh. You know, they were doing the inspections. Everything was the Iranians 419 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,599 seemed to be holding up their deal, so at their end of the deal 420 00:31:18,039 --> 00:31:22,000 as far as we're aware. So I thought it was a mistake by of 421 00:31:22,039 --> 00:31:25,519 the Trump administration. I mean, so much of when they came in seemed 422 00:31:25,559 --> 00:31:27,759 to be, well, let's do everything, let's undo everything. Obama did 423 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:34,240 a little bit of a sidebar. But so in twenty eighteen, Trump comes 424 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:38,839 in ditches that deal, or he waited until, I mean he'd already been 425 00:31:38,839 --> 00:31:44,559 in for a little bit. But he also reimposed tarsh Us sanctions designed to 426 00:31:44,599 --> 00:31:49,480 choke off Iran's oil experts exports. Rather as part of a maximum pressure campaign 427 00:31:49,599 --> 00:31:56,279 on the Islamic Republic Soul South Korea, normally one of Iran's largest oil customers, 428 00:31:56,319 --> 00:32:00,519 received a waiver in twenty eighteen from the US to continue purchases of Iranian 429 00:32:00,599 --> 00:32:07,039 oil for several months. However, after Washington placed a total ban on Iran's 430 00:32:07,039 --> 00:32:12,920 oil exports and sanctions on its banking sector in twenty nineteen, Iranian revenues of 431 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:17,319 seven billion dollars were blocked in Seoul. Okay, so that money was frozen 432 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:24,000 in that bank, and Soul Tran has lost nearly one billion of its initially 433 00:32:24,039 --> 00:32:29,319 deposited assets and sold due to the depreciation of the South Korean currency against US 434 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:34,920 dollar. Iranian authorities have said, so that's why we talk about six billion 435 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:42,039 instead of seven billion. Okay, last part of this and then we'll this 436 00:32:42,119 --> 00:32:44,400 is from Reuters. I just want to get the facts out there, and 437 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:51,359 then we'll we'll discuss where where I agree with the deal and where I'm ambivalent 438 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:55,319 about it all, okay. Hostility to the US has always been a rallying 439 00:32:55,359 --> 00:33:00,519 point for Iran's clerical establishment. They liked to chant things like death to America 440 00:33:00,559 --> 00:33:07,319 and so forth. Despite political isolation and sanctions related economic hardship. Since Washington 441 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:13,160 severed ties with Tarran, shortly after the nineteen seventy nine Islamic Revolution, Supreme 442 00:33:13,279 --> 00:33:20,960 Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamani could tolerate a limited thaw with the quote Great Satan, 443 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,319 that's what they like to call it. It's actually I think it's fun to 444 00:33:23,359 --> 00:33:30,039 have a nickname Great Satan plus good name for a band. It's probably taken 445 00:33:30,079 --> 00:33:37,000 anyway, a limited thought with the Great Satan amid growing public anger over severe 446 00:33:37,039 --> 00:33:44,200 economic challenges. But normalization of ties with Washington would mean crossing the Islamic Revolutions 447 00:33:44,319 --> 00:33:51,160 red line. Iranian insiders have said the clerical leadership fears that normalized relations with 448 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:55,039 Washington could weaken the legitimacy of the Islamic Republic and its influence in the region, 449 00:33:55,079 --> 00:34:00,720 as well as harming the authority of Kamani domestically. They said, So 450 00:34:00,799 --> 00:34:06,960 that kind of catches us up on the whole thing. Isaac Banks and the 451 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,519 chat room says also, Ion Venom four says hello to you from them, 452 00:34:10,599 --> 00:34:14,840 Well, hello to Ion Venom four. All right, So these are the 453 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:23,159 facts, this is what this is what the deal was. Now, let's 454 00:34:23,199 --> 00:34:34,000 take a look at the where the controversy is. Tony Petrello says, why 455 00:34:34,079 --> 00:34:37,920 is most of the news by Reuters. Whatever happened to the AP news? 456 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:42,960 Oh, I have that as well. Actually have a story here from the 457 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:49,559 AP which we might get to later if we have time. Charles Richardson says, 458 00:34:49,599 --> 00:34:58,760 hello everybody, good afternoon. Hello Charles. Actually Reuters might get some 459 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,199 of their articles from the AP because it's it's all a little bit incestuous, 460 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:09,239 but a lot of these services they share very often literally the exact same articles. 461 00:35:10,119 --> 00:35:15,400 And with AI, you're gonna be seeing even more of that. By 462 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:22,639 the way, Oh, the chat rooms acting weird. It's I'm seeing messages 463 00:35:22,679 --> 00:35:29,639 already. Saw Let's see I said hello to Charles, right, Charles Richardson. 464 00:35:30,039 --> 00:35:34,280 Okay, let's get to the controversial part. Now, this is from 465 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:39,880 USA today. Americans are freed from Iran. So why is the prisoner swap 466 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:44,559 controversial for Biden? Now, if you're just joining us, we're talking about 467 00:35:44,559 --> 00:35:49,440 the prisoner swap. Part of why I wanted to discuss this issue specifically today 468 00:35:49,559 --> 00:35:54,000 is I have some ambivalence about it, and so I'm really curious to get 469 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:59,880 feedback from the audience on what you all think about this subject. I basically 470 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:06,400 am in agreement with the administration on doing this, but the arguments I'm hearing 471 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:14,840 against it are not unpersuasive. They've planted seeds of doubt in my mind. 472 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,159 So I'm a little bit conflicted. I'm a little bit ambivalent, and I'm 473 00:36:17,199 --> 00:36:21,599 curious here or what you all think. But this is from USA Today just 474 00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:27,920 explains some of the controversy. President Joe Biden is facing heat over his decision 475 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,519 to go through with the controversial prisoner exchange between the US and Iran. The 476 00:36:31,599 --> 00:36:37,559 deal could pave the way for better relations with the bitter adversary adversary, but 477 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:44,039 it's also put Biden at further odds with congressional Republicans and provided new fodder for 478 00:36:44,159 --> 00:36:49,840 his presidential rivals at issue the release of six billion dollars and frozen assets. 479 00:36:50,679 --> 00:36:53,639 Republicans have equated the swap with Iran to the administration paying out a ransom for 480 00:36:53,639 --> 00:36:59,239 the freed Americans. America has a policy of not paying ransoms, and they 481 00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:02,800 say Biden's administration cannot guarantee that the money will not be used to fund Iran's 482 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:08,960 nuclear and ballistic missile programs, Russia's war against Ukraine, or terrorism. Biden's 483 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:15,719 critics are also warning the policy could lead to the unjust arrest and attention of 484 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:22,880 more Americans. Now let's stop stop on this for a moment. So and 485 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,840 there's there's more to the way USA Today breaks down the controversy. But before 486 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:34,599 we do that, just some quick thoughts. So I my support, tepid 487 00:37:35,159 --> 00:37:38,400 and hesitant as it may be, for what has gone on here, is, 488 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:42,880 first of all, it's you know, good to get Americans released, 489 00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,360 right. I mean, these are human beings, and you know, somebody 490 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:49,039 who's been locked up for eight years, it's good to get them out. 491 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:52,039 Oh hello to Mike from my Queen City cabinetry, who joins us in the 492 00:37:52,039 --> 00:37:59,679 Facebook lap chat and says, good afternoon everyone. So it's good to get 493 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:06,400 good get Americans released, right, and it's good to see the administration making 494 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,480 the effort to do that. That's a good thing. So I'm supportive of 495 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:19,239 that in principle. And there is always the hope that this will lead to 496 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:24,320 something else. I really think unfortunately, it's going to be difficult though, 497 00:38:25,039 --> 00:38:32,679 in the future to re establish you know, we talked just a few minutes 498 00:38:32,679 --> 00:38:38,239 ago about the JCPOA, the Iran nuclear deal that was negotiated under the Obama 499 00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:46,480 administration, and then the Trump administration came up and to be precise, didn't 500 00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:53,280 exactly blow up the deal, just withdrew the United States from it. So 501 00:38:55,760 --> 00:39:00,119 Europe tried to stay in the deal with Iran even though we had withdrawn. 502 00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:07,559 But and that held for a little while. But without the United States a 503 00:39:07,599 --> 00:39:12,119 part of it, it really isn't worth much in the end, apparently, 504 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:16,719 because it eventually it did disintegrate. I think it's going to be very difficult 505 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:22,519 to Well, let me put it this way. If we want to make 506 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:30,320 some sort of new arrangement with the Iranians, how do you do that when 507 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,840 we've already we already went through this. Once we had an agreement, they 508 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:37,440 were abiding by it as far as I know, unless I missed something, 509 00:39:37,559 --> 00:39:42,519 All the reportings suggests that they were abiding by the deal. Now, maybe 510 00:39:42,559 --> 00:39:45,920 you don't like the deal, but they were abiding by what was agreed to. 511 00:39:51,199 --> 00:39:54,400 And then the next administration comes in and says, no, we don't 512 00:39:54,400 --> 00:40:02,239 like the deal, and we're out. I don't know how in the future 513 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:09,079 we can ever get Iran back to the table for something like that, knowing 514 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:17,119 when they know that they can't necessarily in good faith believe Well, let me 515 00:40:17,119 --> 00:40:21,559 put it this way, they can't trust from their perspective, I'm sure that 516 00:40:21,559 --> 00:40:24,880 the United States is negotiating in good faith when the next administration could come in 517 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:28,920 and say, oh, this new deal that you guys did, Yeah, 518 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:32,480 we don't like this either, and we're going to withdraw from this. So 519 00:40:35,119 --> 00:40:38,639 I don't know, I don't know how you get there. So when we 520 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:49,480 talk about the hope that this will be the beginning, see when John Kirby 521 00:40:49,639 --> 00:40:55,440 was on I think it was Andrea Mitchell who was asking him on MSNBC about 522 00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:04,119 will this is this scene as a potential stepping stone to getting a new deal, 523 00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:08,039 a new arrangement worked out a new agreement in terms of a run enriching 524 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:13,639 uranium for nuclear weapons. Kirby said no, and he was very clear about 525 00:41:13,679 --> 00:41:15,719 it too. There was no ambivalence from him. He was very clear those 526 00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:19,199 are two separate issues and this has nothing to do with it, and this 527 00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:23,280 should not be seen as having anything to do with that, which was discouraging 528 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:31,239 to hear. Frankly, I was hoping that the former admiral would say, 529 00:41:31,639 --> 00:41:35,920 why, yes, we are hopeful that this can be the beginning of some 530 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,960 further cooperation. I mean, he might have said something about further cooperation because 531 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:45,440 there are more prisoners we can work on exchanging, and there are other things 532 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:51,239 that we can do too. I'm sure, but I have a suspicion that 533 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:58,119 the reason they're not saying that we're hopeful that this might lead to some sort 534 00:41:58,119 --> 00:42:04,760 of new deal is because probably nobody thinks it's possible, because it probably isn't 535 00:42:05,639 --> 00:42:12,800 because we already screwed that up. That's that's my view of it. Oh. 536 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:16,119 Hello to Melanie law Liberty in the Facebook live chat. Hello. So 537 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:20,559 if you're arguing in favor of it, and again I'm I'm in favor of 538 00:42:20,599 --> 00:42:25,800 what they've done, sort of like I said, I've doubts too. I 539 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:30,400 would not argue that this is the beginning one of my arguments in favor of 540 00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:32,280 it. Actually, my key argument would be it's good to get Americans back 541 00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:37,239 who have been unjustly imprisoned. That's a good thing. But I probably wouldn't 542 00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:39,800 bother to try to argue with you that, well, I think this is 543 00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:45,920 the beginning of a new, a new budding relationship with Iran. I don't 544 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:51,199 see how we get that back. Not well, I shouldn't say it that 545 00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,920 way. We never had that but I don't see how we get back to 546 00:42:54,119 --> 00:43:00,440 the negotiating table with them when we already had an agreement in place and then 547 00:43:01,639 --> 00:43:12,719 we pulled the rug out. So now the part here about so Republicans have 548 00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:16,119 equated the swap with Iran to the administration paying out a ransom for the freed 549 00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:22,960 Americans. I want to focus on that a little bit too, because, 550 00:43:24,679 --> 00:43:29,480 first of all, just to be clear, and I've been pleasantly surprised, 551 00:43:29,519 --> 00:43:32,519 I'm not seeing and hearing a lot of this yet. But back during the 552 00:43:32,519 --> 00:43:38,840 Obama administration, when the Iran nuclear Deal had been negotiated, a similar thing 553 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:44,599 happened as to what's happened here with this deal, where funds that were being 554 00:43:44,639 --> 00:43:52,320 held they were frozen in escrow that belonged to Iran, but those funds had 555 00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:57,079 been frozen due to sanctions and so forth. I don't remember the exact circumstances 556 00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:00,519 those funds were released, and that was part of the negotiation for the Iran 557 00:44:00,599 --> 00:44:06,079 nuclear deal. That was part of the equation that everyone agreed to these funds 558 00:44:06,119 --> 00:44:13,760 would be released. Unfortunately, a lot of bad faith actors in media and 559 00:44:14,639 --> 00:44:22,960 politicians who were arguing against that deal. They I'm not even gonna say they 560 00:44:22,039 --> 00:44:28,199 twisted it. They lied and claimed over and over again. You could turn 561 00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:35,079 on probably Sean Hannity on any given day and hear Sean Hannity claiming that the 562 00:44:35,199 --> 00:44:42,480 United States paid all this money. There were even photoshopped images online today you 563 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:47,400 could do it with AI. There were photoshopped images online of an airplane full 564 00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:54,519 of cash that was allegedly about to be flown overseas to Iran to deliver all 565 00:44:54,559 --> 00:45:00,719 this money that we had paid them, And that was very deceptive, completely 566 00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:04,599 deceptive. That is not what happened. They were frozen assets that had become 567 00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:09,440 unfrozen. So that's an important point. However, having said that, that 568 00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:14,480 doesn't mean that the critics who are saying that this is effectively a ransom, 569 00:45:14,519 --> 00:45:16,639 that doesn't mean that they're wrong. And that does get to the part where 570 00:45:17,119 --> 00:45:22,599 I'm a little concerned and I'm I'm I'm not quite certain about my own position 571 00:45:22,639 --> 00:45:25,559 on this, but I think our friend Charles is on the line, Hi, 572 00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:31,880 Charles, Hey, what's up? What's up with you? So that's 573 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:38,000 this listening, and I kind of come down to the own conclusion of you 574 00:45:38,119 --> 00:45:44,679 pay a kidnap for a ransom, They're just gonna go ahead and do it 575 00:45:44,719 --> 00:45:49,199 again because they know you'll pay. And what's the I mean, what's the 576 00:45:49,199 --> 00:45:53,480 difference now between Iran and prisoners that we have over there that we want to 577 00:45:53,480 --> 00:46:01,039 get released. You're paying money to a potential evil tire that we do not 578 00:46:01,159 --> 00:46:06,639 see eye to eye with. You've given them funds too, and like you've 579 00:46:06,679 --> 00:46:13,320 mentioned, that could definitely fund their nuclear program, and I mean, what's 580 00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:15,719 what exactly is right about that? Okay, so we get American streets, 581 00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:21,760 congratulations, But at what cost? What cost is this? And where's the 582 00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:27,679 whole We don't negotiate with terrorists, you know rule I mean, am I 583 00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:30,280 onto something? Or am I completely off base? No? I mean you 584 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:37,679 are. You're you're making an argument very much like what a lot of critics 585 00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:42,559 of this arrangement are making. And there's a there's a lot of merit to 586 00:46:42,599 --> 00:46:46,159 it, which is why, like I said, I support the deal uh 587 00:46:46,199 --> 00:46:51,480 in principle, but I do have a lot of ambivalence and I'm conflicted about 588 00:46:51,519 --> 00:46:54,119 it because of the very points that you just raise, Charles, those are 589 00:46:54,159 --> 00:47:02,239 valid points because does this send a signal to the Iranians or perhaps other bad 590 00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:07,199 actors in the world that yes, we are willing to pay ransom now, 591 00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:12,840 and again we should we should be clear though, we're not actually paying them 592 00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:19,440 money. We're just we're unfrozen. We're unfreezing frozen assets that were being held 593 00:47:19,599 --> 00:47:23,480 in escrow because of sanctions. We're releasing that money, which ultimately is supposed 594 00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:29,679 to go to them anyway. But does that distinction even matter? Is it 595 00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:36,519 still un Can it still be construed as a ransom payment because they are getting 596 00:47:36,559 --> 00:47:42,119 money for releasing these hostages, And I think that is. I think that's 597 00:47:42,159 --> 00:47:45,719 a perfectly valid concern to have, and I'm worried. I am worried about 598 00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:52,320 that because these ones were frozen for a reason, they have a change or 599 00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:57,000 heart just to go ahead and release them. That's still money they shouldn't be 600 00:47:57,039 --> 00:48:00,159 getting their hands on if it's frozen for a reason, and if they broke 601 00:48:00,199 --> 00:48:05,239 a sanction, they should be getting a B and C. Well, oh 602 00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:08,639 we have an American hostage or American prisoner. Oh okay, we're released a 603 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:12,559 B and C for this guy or these guys, or you know what I'm 604 00:48:12,559 --> 00:48:17,719 saying. They they shouldn't be right, No, very very valid argument. 605 00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:27,880 Now one could say, I'll put on my diplomacy hat to counter that argument, 606 00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:30,880 I would probably say, and I say I would probably because again I'm 607 00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:34,519 not firm in my position on this, but I think what I would say 608 00:48:34,639 --> 00:48:38,639 is if I were arguing on behalf of the Biden administration, that the point 609 00:48:38,639 --> 00:48:44,880 of sanctions is ultimately to try to change or influence the behavior of the bad 610 00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:49,840 actor whom you have sanctioned. So if you can get that bad actor to 611 00:48:49,880 --> 00:48:58,159 do something good by either removing the sanctions or by removing some of the money 612 00:48:58,199 --> 00:49:04,039 that got caught up in the sanctions, then that's good. Otherwise that money 613 00:49:04,079 --> 00:49:08,559 just sits in escrow forever and you're not doing anything productive with it. Whereas, 614 00:49:08,599 --> 00:49:14,360 if you can get said bad actor in this case Iran to do something 615 00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:16,920 positive and productive that you want them to do in exchange for releasing some of 616 00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:22,800 that money, why wouldn't you do that that I so that would kind of 617 00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:28,519 be the counter argument. Also, there's uh, the something like a good 618 00:49:28,719 --> 00:49:31,199 something like a good faith payment, like we'll do this, but you gotta 619 00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:36,320 be good. Yeah, yeah, you got that. Yeah, we're we're 620 00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:39,119 willing to work with you, but but you gotta but you gotta do something 621 00:49:39,159 --> 00:49:44,800 to show that you're willing to act in good faith. I guess that would 622 00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:49,039 be that that that that seems like handing over your debit card with a lot 623 00:49:49,079 --> 00:49:52,800 of money on it to an ex girlfriend that's cheated on you ten times. 624 00:49:52,119 --> 00:49:57,320 I don't know, right well, I don't hand my debit card to anybody 625 00:49:57,320 --> 00:50:02,119 ever. But I mean, yeah, but no, but your points are 626 00:50:02,199 --> 00:50:05,880 very valid, Charles. And like I said, it's got me, it's 627 00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:10,599 got me conflicted. Yeah, I hear you. Unless there's something good that 628 00:50:10,679 --> 00:50:14,599 came out of it from us. I mean, okay, fine, we 629 00:50:14,719 --> 00:50:19,480 released the funds, and unless there's like a backside agreement that we don't know 630 00:50:19,559 --> 00:50:23,960 about, or maybe a sanction has been lifted because it was maybe too harsh. 631 00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:27,880 Listen, I agree, America has been running with an iron fist. 632 00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:30,559 We're the ones that determine the rules we want, and there's a lot of 633 00:50:30,599 --> 00:50:36,760 stuff that Americans do, or the American government does to enforce its will. 634 00:50:37,639 --> 00:50:39,679 And I agree that, you know, maybe that iron fist needs to be 635 00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:44,719 let go a little bit and let countries run the way they want instead of 636 00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:49,280 US always interfering. But I ran just one of those It's just one of 637 00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:52,239 those countries that man, I don't know. You give them too much leeway, 638 00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:54,559 you don't know what they're gonna do that. I don't know if they 639 00:50:54,599 --> 00:50:58,840 could be trusted. Well, the fear is that you give them too much 640 00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:05,920 leeway and they're gonna start building nukes with they're enriched uranium, like they haven't 641 00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:10,039 already. Well, as far as we know, they have not, but 642 00:51:10,159 --> 00:51:15,920 that doesn't mean they won't. Yeah, they they have, they know it, 643 00:51:16,039 --> 00:51:21,760 we know it. Just like you know, everybody's got nukes. Let's 644 00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:24,760 just put bring it right out there. Everybody's got them. It's just what 645 00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:30,199 are you gonna do with them? Because we got a ton of them. 646 00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:32,840 Rush's got a ton of them. Are we gonna use them? No? 647 00:51:34,679 --> 00:51:37,519 Why would we have them if we're not if we're gonna use them, or 648 00:51:37,559 --> 00:51:40,400 if we're not gonna use them, well, because if you use it, 649 00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:45,800 then everybody's gonna use it, then everybody loses. So this, this whole 650 00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:52,559 nuclear war and arms race, this that I think it's a big belly ache 651 00:51:52,559 --> 00:51:57,639 over nothing, because let's be real, if anybody has any common sense and 652 00:51:57,679 --> 00:52:00,960 that Putin really is going nuts, you know he'd launch them all if you 653 00:52:01,119 --> 00:52:07,440 really went nuts. I'm just saying there's there's leaders with common sense, and 654 00:52:07,519 --> 00:52:10,320 yes, that does include Kim John over there in North Korea. You launch 655 00:52:10,400 --> 00:52:16,039 one nuclear warhead to destroy something, everybody's launching it, everybody dies. Have 656 00:52:16,119 --> 00:52:23,119 a nice day, mutually assured mutually assured destruction, also referred to as the 657 00:52:23,159 --> 00:52:30,480 balance of terror. Yes, although I'll let you go. Although mistakes happen, 658 00:52:30,760 --> 00:52:32,320 mistakes happen too. All right, Charles, I appreciate the call, 659 00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:37,320 though, Thank you so much. All Right, you two, bye bye, 660 00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:39,840 all right, very good. Nice here from Charles Richardson from the Great 661 00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:44,239 State of Florida. And uh yeah, so Charles, it sounds like he 662 00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:49,239 is, uh, he is arguing against uh this deal. And like I 663 00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:54,079 said, the points that he made are are absolutely valid. Melanie Liberty and 664 00:52:54,119 --> 00:52:58,280 the chat room says, every time you say bad actor, I think of 665 00:52:58,360 --> 00:53:02,119 Paris Hilton. 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WMNH rip the novels you're 694 00:55:37,119 --> 00:56:23,440 listening to Tuluminate three comments down, matzille Gimi, welcome back, everybody. 695 00:56:23,480 --> 00:56:29,159 We are well in our number two numerow Doose of Matt Connerton Unleashed and we 696 00:56:29,199 --> 00:56:34,559 are live from the studios of w m n H ninety five point three FM 697 00:56:34,559 --> 00:56:38,400 in Glorious at downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, also on Comcast Channel six. 698 00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:42,280 If you're in Manchester, and hello to all of our online listeners across the 699 00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:45,639 nation and around the globe. You can go to my website Matt Connerton dot 700 00:56:45,639 --> 00:56:49,360 com for all of your live streaming options, social media links, contact infosh 701 00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:54,159 archives, etcetera, etcetera. Today is Tuesday, September nineteen, two thousand 702 00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:59,920 twenty three, and by the way, it is primary election day here in 703 00:57:00,440 --> 00:57:04,199 Manchester, New Hampshire, so if you are local in Manchester, polls are 704 00:57:04,239 --> 00:57:07,920 open I believe until seven pm this evening. Jenny and I went and voted 705 00:57:08,159 --> 00:57:12,400 before the show, and quick and easy, in and out. It's a 706 00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:16,159 very small ballot. It's a primary ballot, so so you know not you 707 00:57:16,199 --> 00:57:20,079 don't have to worry about big lines at the polls or anything like that. 708 00:57:20,119 --> 00:57:22,679 You can get in and out of there quick. It's very very easy. 709 00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:25,159 So please, if you're thinking about voting, go ahead and do it. 710 00:57:25,480 --> 00:57:29,679 The weather is perfect, so I have no excuse. You can't say, 711 00:57:29,719 --> 00:57:34,239 oh it's raining. You can't have democracy in the rain. No, no, 712 00:57:34,239 --> 00:57:37,119 no, it's a beautiful day outside, so please buy. All means 713 00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:42,159 that's it. I don't like to try to guilt people into it or whatever. 714 00:57:42,519 --> 00:57:44,239 If you don't, if you really don't want to do it, then 715 00:57:44,280 --> 00:57:45,880 I don't know what to tell you. But I would encourage you to do 716 00:57:45,920 --> 00:57:50,880 so. But I only mentioned that it's easy because if you're one of these 717 00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:55,760 people and y'all know who you are, you sit around going I'd like to 718 00:57:55,840 --> 00:58:00,239 vote, but oh, it's such a pain. No, it's not. 719 00:58:00,679 --> 00:58:04,039 You get there. There's plenty of parking. I mean, I assume it's 720 00:58:04,039 --> 00:58:07,119 the same in every ward in the city. I assume. Maybe I shouldn't 721 00:58:07,119 --> 00:58:08,880 assume that, but I'm sure it is. You go. There's not a 722 00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:13,840 lot of people. It's a primary election. It's middle of September. There's 723 00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:16,159 not a lot of people. It's it's you're not gonna be in line for 724 00:58:16,280 --> 00:58:22,719 very long, actually very unlikely, highly unlikely, you'll be in line at 725 00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:25,079 all. Jenny and I wouldn't voted. There was no line and there were 726 00:58:25,159 --> 00:58:30,800 plenty of voting booths wide open. Well they have the curtain drawn and then 727 00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:34,519 you know, you go, but you can see if there's anyone standing in 728 00:58:34,559 --> 00:58:37,519 there anyway. The point is, couldn't have been simpler, couldn't have been 729 00:58:37,599 --> 00:58:39,519 quicker. We were in and out of there in like three minutes. I'm 730 00:58:39,519 --> 00:58:45,400 not kidding, So go vote. Don't be lame. You're lame if you 731 00:58:45,440 --> 00:58:47,480 don't know. I said I wasn't gonna do that. I said I wasn't 732 00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:52,000 gonna guilt trip anybody. But not voting is pretty lame though you have to 733 00:58:52,039 --> 00:58:55,480 admit. I mean, unless you just you know, unless you're not allowed 734 00:58:55,480 --> 00:59:00,599 to vote for whatever reason. But assume you can. You should anyway, 735 00:59:00,679 --> 00:59:05,039 and you can register. You know, we have same day registration here in 736 00:59:05,079 --> 00:59:07,320 New Hampshire. I think we do it right. You know, if you 737 00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:09,679 don't have you do have to show your ID. But if you don't have 738 00:59:09,719 --> 00:59:14,039 an ID, you sign an affidavit saying that you really are who you are, 739 00:59:14,559 --> 00:59:20,760 so that if there is ever any reason to challenge your vote in the 740 00:59:20,800 --> 00:59:24,000 future, while you sign something legally binding saying that you are who you are, 741 00:59:24,360 --> 00:59:28,199 so if you're not really who you are, that's going to be a 742 00:59:28,239 --> 00:59:30,960 problem for you. And I think that's a good system. I think we 743 00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:34,719 do it right here in New Hampshire. Scott Robinson joins us in the Facebook 744 00:59:34,719 --> 00:59:37,679 live chat and says, you know what assuming does, Matt, It makes 745 00:59:37,679 --> 00:59:42,280 an ass out of me and you. Yes, I've heard that several thousand 746 00:59:42,280 --> 00:59:44,760 times, Scott, but thank you. Nice to see you in the Facebook 747 00:59:44,840 --> 00:59:47,880 live chat. If you'd like to join us on the studio line six zo 748 00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:52,079 three two five h six oz seven is a studio line six three two five 749 00:59:52,119 --> 00:59:58,440 ozh six O seven operators are standing by. That's not true. It's really 750 00:59:58,480 --> 01:00:01,199 just me but and I wouldn't have it any other way. We don't screen 751 01:00:01,239 --> 01:00:07,599 our calls here. We live on the edge, on the edge of radio. 752 01:00:07,679 --> 01:00:10,880 If there is such a thing that sounded awkward, edge of radio. 753 01:00:12,639 --> 01:00:17,920 We live on the edge of destruction. No, that's Eve, Eve of 754 01:00:17,960 --> 01:00:24,679 Destruction. I don't know, but and it's certainly not my favorite Aerosmith song, 755 01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:29,480 Living on the Edge. I thought that one was a little weak and 756 01:00:29,559 --> 01:00:34,519 the videos unsettling the way it begins. I don't need to see Steven Tyler 757 01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:37,760 in that way. Too much of him there in the video six three two 758 01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:42,239 five six zero seven. You can also text me at six one seven nine 759 01:00:42,280 --> 01:00:45,920 one seven four four seven six. I'm on social media at Matt Connerton. 760 01:00:45,320 --> 01:00:49,480 You can email me Matt at Matt Connerton dot com, and of course you 761 01:00:49,480 --> 01:00:52,239 can interact endo Pine in the Facebook live chat. But the best thing to 762 01:00:52,239 --> 01:00:57,199 do so that we can hear and enjoy your dulcet tones is to give us 763 01:00:57,199 --> 01:01:00,199 a call at six zero three two five zero six O seven. And I 764 01:01:00,239 --> 01:01:04,559 am here all by my lonesome, so it's a good day to call into 765 01:01:04,559 --> 01:01:07,880 the show. We do have some great guests, so coming up during the 766 01:01:07,960 --> 01:01:09,639 rest of the week. Tomorrow, of course is Wednesday, so we have 767 01:01:10,079 --> 01:01:14,440 in the first hour, I'll be joined by my favorite conservative, Eric Pilcher 768 01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:17,519 from Cedar Rapids, Iowa via Skype. And then we've got a great musical 769 01:01:17,559 --> 01:01:22,800 guest in the second hour tomorrow, Marvel Prone. We'll be here with us 770 01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:25,639 live in studio. Thursday on the show, our musical guest is Iron Jaw, 771 01:01:25,840 --> 01:01:30,800 a great band from Texas. And then Friday we have a live in 772 01:01:30,840 --> 01:01:35,000 studio Crooked Cash. We'll be returning to the show. So lots going on 773 01:01:35,320 --> 01:01:38,280 this week on the program. And today on the show, we've been talking 774 01:01:38,280 --> 01:01:45,039 about the deal, the deal that we made with Iran to get five prisoners 775 01:01:45,440 --> 01:01:51,039 out of their out of prison in Iran, and we've been talking about that. 776 01:01:51,079 --> 01:01:52,920 We've spent a lot of time on that, well actually all the time 777 01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:57,400 really in the first hour, and we will spend some more time on it 778 01:01:57,440 --> 01:02:00,159 now because it's a big subject and I do want to hear from you six 779 01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:04,880 three two five O six zero seven if you are just joining us. I 780 01:02:04,920 --> 01:02:10,559 did establish during the first hour my position on this is I'm in favor of 781 01:02:10,599 --> 01:02:15,039 it. But part of why I wanted to discuss this today and really get 782 01:02:15,079 --> 01:02:21,679 into it in some depth is it is an issue that while I'm in favor 783 01:02:21,760 --> 01:02:24,199 of the deal and I support the deal that the Biden administration has made in 784 01:02:24,239 --> 01:02:31,679 this instance, I do so with some degree of ambivalence. I understand the 785 01:02:31,800 --> 01:02:37,719 arguments against it, and I do think they have merit. So while I 786 01:02:37,800 --> 01:02:45,679 basically do support this this decision, I am very much open to. I 787 01:02:45,679 --> 01:02:47,880 mean, I try to always be open to arguments from the other side of 788 01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:53,239 things, but on this issue in particular, i'm very I am persuadable, 789 01:02:53,880 --> 01:02:58,039 let's put it that way, by some of the counter arguments that I've heard. 790 01:02:58,519 --> 01:03:00,400 Our friend Charles Richardson had called her in the first hour, and he 791 01:03:00,440 --> 01:03:04,719 said a lot of what other critics are saying about the steal, for example, 792 01:03:05,400 --> 01:03:12,480 that does making a deal like this, Does this actually encourage countries like 793 01:03:12,639 --> 01:03:16,840 Iran and others to take Americans hostage because they know that we'll pay some sort 794 01:03:16,840 --> 01:03:22,559 of ransom. Is this helping to set up a structure where globally it becomes 795 01:03:22,559 --> 01:03:25,320 open season. Oh you know, you can take an American hostage and they'll 796 01:03:25,320 --> 01:03:30,239 pay for it. So which I think, again a very valid concern to 797 01:03:30,280 --> 01:03:35,519 have, and I do think that argument has merit. That's what Chris Christie, 798 01:03:35,599 --> 01:03:39,679 of course U Republican candidate for the presidency, not that he's going to 799 01:03:39,679 --> 01:03:43,719 be the nominee obviously, but he continues to do well in the polls here 800 01:03:43,719 --> 01:03:49,119 in New Hampshire, but defining well, as you know, a very very 801 01:03:49,280 --> 01:03:53,000 very very very distant second to Trump. But Christie did overtake to Santis but 802 01:03:53,719 --> 01:03:57,800 here in New Hampshire. But uh, you know that that's been his argument. 803 01:03:57,840 --> 01:04:02,880 He says, Look, this set it's a terrible precedent. So we've 804 01:04:02,920 --> 01:04:06,559 been discussing this today. It's a big subject. It's complex. Again. 805 01:04:08,760 --> 01:04:15,039 I fall on the side of supporting this action, but I have some I'm 806 01:04:15,079 --> 01:04:19,039 conflicted. I have some doubts, I have some concerns, and I do 807 01:04:19,159 --> 01:04:25,239 think that the arguments in the other direction are again very valid and have a 808 01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:29,199 lot of merits. So that's what I think makes it such an interesting subject 809 01:04:29,320 --> 01:04:31,840 to me, at least perhaps selfishly, but to me, the most interesting 810 01:04:31,880 --> 01:04:38,639 subjects to discuss on the show are the ones where you know, I'm either 811 01:04:38,719 --> 01:04:42,079 not sure how I feel, or I do think I know how I feel, 812 01:04:42,119 --> 01:04:46,400 but but I have some doubts. That makes me want to hear arguments 813 01:04:46,440 --> 01:04:50,840 either pro or con or maybe some of you are you have that same sort 814 01:04:50,880 --> 01:04:54,960 of ambivalence about it that I do, where you feel one way a little 815 01:04:54,960 --> 01:04:59,159 bit more than the other, but you're not entirely convinced. Six zero three 816 01:04:59,239 --> 01:05:01,480 two five h six zero seven. If you would like to chime in on 817 01:05:01,519 --> 01:05:12,039 this, this is the article that CNN has up about this. Five American 818 01:05:12,079 --> 01:05:15,880 prisoners were freed by Iran on Monday, and a Qatar mediated deal that also 819 01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:20,320 included the transfer of some six billion dollars in frozen Iranian funds and the release 820 01:05:20,360 --> 01:05:26,760 of five Iranian prisoners in the United States. The careful, choreographed agreement was 821 01:05:26,840 --> 01:05:30,960 years in the making and is being seen as a major diplomatic breakthrough for the 822 01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:33,800 two foes, but in a sign that the pact is no indication of a 823 01:05:33,840 --> 01:05:41,559 wider thought in relations, a senior Biden administration officials said that the deal quote 824 01:05:41,639 --> 01:05:45,800 has not changed our relationship with Iran in any way unquote. Soon after the 825 01:05:45,840 --> 01:05:51,719 American prisoners took off from Iran, the Biden administration slapped new sanctions on the 826 01:05:51,840 --> 01:05:59,599 regime. The prisoner deal is, however, an example of a new method 827 01:05:59,599 --> 01:06:04,599 of written arrangements between Washington and Tehran, analyst say, and Tarran of course 828 01:06:04,599 --> 01:06:11,280 the capital of Iran. If you don't know where smaller mutual concessions are exchanged 829 01:06:11,360 --> 01:06:15,280 in the absence of a wider formal agreement like the one reached in twenty fifteen 830 01:06:15,320 --> 01:06:20,639 and abandoned by the Trump administration in twenty eighteen. That's the JCPOA, of 831 01:06:20,679 --> 01:06:27,440 course, also commonly referred to as the Iran Nuclear Deal. A new wide 832 01:06:27,519 --> 01:06:30,800 ranging agreement may be difficult for both both sides to achieve as the US heads 833 01:06:30,840 --> 01:06:34,480 to presidential elections in November twenty twenty four, and I talked about that earlier 834 01:06:34,519 --> 01:06:36,159 in the show, in the first hour two. I don't see how we're 835 01:06:36,159 --> 01:06:40,880 ever going to get the Iranians back to the table after, you know, 836 01:06:41,000 --> 01:06:46,119 if if they know, as they know from recent precedent, yeah, we 837 01:06:46,199 --> 01:06:49,880 can negotiate a deal with them. The current administration can negotiate a deal with 838 01:06:49,920 --> 01:06:54,400 them. But that doesn't mean that the next administration is not going to come 839 01:06:54,440 --> 01:06:57,199 in and say, no, never mind, we don't like this and we're 840 01:06:57,199 --> 01:07:03,239 walking away, it says here. Such a pact would likely face resistance from 841 01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:08,840 Congress, whose approval it would need, and from Iran's perspective, efforts to 842 01:07:08,880 --> 01:07:13,119 forge a new pact with a US administration that could potentially be ousted in those 843 01:07:13,119 --> 01:07:18,159 elections would be feudal if the next president abandons it. The Biden administration is 844 01:07:18,239 --> 01:07:24,760 unlikely to engage in meaningful revival of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal, said Sonam 845 01:07:25,719 --> 01:07:30,719 the Kill, director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the Chatham 846 01:07:30,760 --> 01:07:35,920 House think tank in London. She said, quote instead, it is already 847 01:07:35,960 --> 01:07:42,360 agreed to an understanding that is unwritten, where Iran is rolling back uranium enrichment 848 01:07:42,519 --> 01:07:47,079 in exchange, the Biden administration is looking away and allowing Iran to increase its 849 01:07:47,119 --> 01:07:59,320 oil sales unque that allegedly Melanie, what you said in the chat room allegedly 850 01:08:00,360 --> 01:08:01,960 pictures or it didn't happen. That's what the young people say. I think 851 01:08:04,599 --> 01:08:09,320 the deal comes amid a significant dialing back of tensions between Iran and the US. 852 01:08:09,320 --> 01:08:14,039 In recent months, attacks by Iran and its proxies on US interests in 853 01:08:14,079 --> 01:08:17,319 the Middle East have almost ceased. That's true. They have settled down, 854 01:08:17,359 --> 01:08:23,399 haven't they. The Iranians and Iran's oil exports have risen despite Western sanctions on 855 01:08:23,439 --> 01:08:28,359 its oil industry. Meanwhile, Iran's uranium enrichmond under its nuclear program has reportedly 856 01:08:28,520 --> 01:08:35,800 slowed. Ali Vayez Ali VIA's Iran project director at the International Crisis Group think 857 01:08:35,800 --> 01:08:42,439 tank, said a de escalatory understanding between Washington and Tehran has created a more 858 01:08:42,479 --> 01:08:47,159 stable context for progress, calling it a no deal, no crisis status quo. 859 01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:53,439 Iran has been slowing down the pace at which it is enriching the uranium 860 01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:59,600 its uranium to weapons grade levels, several US outlets reported last week citing a 861 01:08:59,680 --> 01:09:05,520 confident I'm sorry a confidential report by the UN Nuclear energy watchdog the International Atomic 862 01:09:05,640 --> 01:09:10,880 Energy Agency YA. At the same time, and by the way, they're 863 01:09:10,880 --> 01:09:15,960 responsible for doing the inspections to make sure that they're not doing anything that violates 864 01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:21,840 the deal. Melanie said, what he gets to make stuff up, but 865 01:09:21,880 --> 01:09:28,199 I can't. I call bs alternate facts, I say to you. At 866 01:09:28,199 --> 01:09:34,000 the same time, Iran has been boasting higher oil output and exports despite Western 867 01:09:34,079 --> 01:09:43,840 sanctions. Iran's Minister of Petroleum Yavid Augie, on Sunday said that Western sanctions 868 01:09:43,840 --> 01:09:48,880 are gradually losing their effectiveness. That's interesting. It gets into the weeds a 869 01:09:48,920 --> 01:09:54,079 little bit here on the oil production part. Okay, let's skip down to 870 01:09:54,119 --> 01:09:59,600 this here again. This is from CNN. Lack of trust, even an 871 01:09:59,640 --> 01:10:04,079 unwrit arrangement can prove delicate, analysts say, given the ongoing disputes between the 872 01:10:04,119 --> 01:10:09,399 two nations, that could undermine the recent reduction intentions. Trust between the two 873 01:10:09,439 --> 01:10:14,600 sides appears to be week two. Western frustration with Iran is mounted. Over 874 01:10:14,640 --> 01:10:19,119 the past year. The Islamic Republic has sold drones to Russia amid its war 875 01:10:19,279 --> 01:10:27,159 on Ukraine, and is violently crushed protests at home against the mandatory hijab law 876 01:10:27,319 --> 01:10:32,439 drawing Western ire to Ran Is also informed the IAEA that it will bar several 877 01:10:32,479 --> 01:10:42,920 agency inspectors tasked with conducting verification activities in Iran IAEA director Raphael Mariano Grossi Toll 878 01:10:43,319 --> 01:10:53,159 said Saturday, strongly condemning Iran's decision. Iranian Foreign Minister spokesman Nasir Kanaani on 879 01:10:53,199 --> 01:10:57,840 Sunday said his country would continue its cooperation with Nuclear watchdog within the framework of 880 01:10:57,880 --> 01:11:00,720 the signed agreements, without providing details. Now, by the way, that's 881 01:11:00,760 --> 01:11:05,399 interesting, so I learned something from that. It sounds like there has still 882 01:11:05,439 --> 01:11:09,760 been some adherents to the Iran nuclear deal even though the US pulled out of 883 01:11:09,760 --> 01:11:13,359 it. I know that when after we pulled out, Europe said we're staying 884 01:11:13,359 --> 01:11:15,560 in and we're going to encourage Iran to stay in, and I thought that 885 01:11:15,600 --> 01:11:19,039 it all kind of disintegrated. But it sounds from this, if I'm understanding 886 01:11:19,039 --> 01:11:23,279 this correctly, there was still something there. But now Iran is saying, 887 01:11:23,319 --> 01:11:27,800 well, no, we're not going to let the IAEA and consistently after all, 888 01:11:28,319 --> 01:11:30,600 which would make me very suspicious. It says here. Under Monday's agreement, 889 01:11:30,880 --> 01:11:34,760 which has already prompted criticism from the US Republican Party, Iran can only 890 01:11:34,880 --> 01:11:42,560 use the released funds for humanitarian purposes. Biden administration officials have stressed that the 891 01:11:42,640 --> 01:11:46,319 funds, which have been transferred to accounts in Qatar, will only be able 892 01:11:46,359 --> 01:11:51,840 to be used by Iran for humanitarian purchases, and that each transaction will be 893 01:11:51,920 --> 01:12:03,800 monitored by the US Treasury Department. That some of the criticism of this deal 894 01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:10,439 that I do think has merit is about that part specifically. There is some 895 01:12:10,560 --> 01:12:15,439 skepticism about how that all works. But we'll come back to that, But 896 01:12:15,760 --> 01:12:25,920 it says here. In an interview with NBC last week, Iranian President Ibrahim 897 01:12:26,039 --> 01:12:31,560 Rice said his government would decide how and where to spend the six billion dollars. 898 01:12:32,239 --> 01:12:35,720 Asked if the funds would be used for humanitarian purposes, including food and 899 01:12:35,760 --> 01:12:41,840 medicine, Rice said that, quote, humanitarian means whatever the Iranian people needs, 900 01:12:42,199 --> 01:12:44,920 So this money will be budgeted for those needs, and the needs of 901 01:12:44,960 --> 01:12:59,159 the Iranian people will be decided and determined by the Iranian government unquote. There's 902 01:12:59,199 --> 01:13:01,199 also some expation here. Again it gets into a little bit into the weeds 903 01:13:01,199 --> 01:13:04,840 about how the Qataris will be controlling. First of all, it's not like 904 01:13:04,880 --> 01:13:10,239 all that money gets released at once, and the Qataris will be in control, 905 01:13:11,560 --> 01:13:15,960 continuing in their role as sort of intermediary and almost like they're controlling the 906 01:13:16,000 --> 01:13:20,680 bank here, they're in charge of releasing that money over time. It's not 907 01:13:21,279 --> 01:13:24,359 you know, it's like when you win the lottery. If you win the 908 01:13:24,359 --> 01:13:28,640 lottery and you win six billion dollars, you don't just get it all at 909 01:13:28,680 --> 01:13:30,159 once, or you could. I think they give you a choice. You 910 01:13:30,199 --> 01:13:33,640 can get all at once or over time. It says here. When the 911 01:13:33,720 --> 01:13:38,479 Uranians request the money to purchase food and medicine, for example, approval will 912 01:13:38,479 --> 01:13:43,920 have to be sought from the US before the purchases go through, adding that 913 01:13:43,960 --> 01:13:47,600 the terms of the agreement are so strict on Iran that they are humiliating. 914 01:13:48,239 --> 01:13:53,800 Parsi said, quote the biggest thing this administration fears is to be accused of 915 01:13:53,800 --> 01:13:57,359 being soft on Iran. In order to balance the fact that they made a 916 01:13:57,439 --> 01:14:00,319 deal to secure the release of Americans, they're imposing sanctions and doing things that 917 01:14:00,439 --> 01:14:08,760 make them look really tough. Unquote. Okay, the part about this is 918 01:14:08,800 --> 01:14:13,399 again one of the criticisms of the deal that we're hearing, the part about, 919 01:14:13,560 --> 01:14:16,479 Okay, we're letting them have the money, we're unfreezing the money, 920 01:14:16,560 --> 01:14:19,960 but they can only use it for specific things. They can only use it 921 01:14:19,960 --> 01:14:26,399 for humanitarian purposes because we don't want them doing the obvious, which is to 922 01:14:26,439 --> 01:14:29,119 say, hey, let's use this money to build a bunch of nukes in 923 01:14:29,159 --> 01:14:33,680 other words, or let's build let's use this money to manufacture some more drones 924 01:14:33,760 --> 01:14:40,159 that we can then sell to Vladimir Putin for his war in Ukraine, for 925 01:14:40,199 --> 01:14:45,720 example. Or hey, let's use this money to fund some terrorism. No, 926 01:14:45,960 --> 01:14:50,479 you have to use it for humanitarian purposes. The criticism of that that 927 01:14:50,520 --> 01:14:59,079 I'm hearing is even though there is a system, there is a structure in 928 01:14:59,199 --> 01:15:04,800 place to monitor that, and the release of funds has to be approved, 929 01:15:04,840 --> 01:15:13,680 and there's a whole system here, it's got to I can't imagine there aren't 930 01:15:13,720 --> 01:15:17,800 going to be ways to easily get around that, you know, with some 931 01:15:17,880 --> 01:15:30,479 creative bookkeeping. Uh you know, probably maybe some some similar approaches to it. 932 01:15:30,680 --> 01:15:32,760 And in terms of you know how they do it, how organized crime, 933 01:15:33,560 --> 01:15:40,640 uh, how they do it where uh money isn't always uh well, 934 01:15:40,640 --> 01:15:43,359 look, I mean have you ever watched The Sopranos. I think it's the 935 01:15:43,359 --> 01:15:46,199 greatest show in the history of television. You know, a lot of creativity 936 01:15:46,239 --> 01:15:51,560 in the bookkeeping. Right, There's there's ways around, Uh. If money 937 01:15:51,680 --> 01:15:54,720 is only supposed to go to a certain thing and you want to make it 938 01:15:54,760 --> 01:15:59,840 look like it went to something else. You can do that. The thing 939 01:16:00,159 --> 01:16:08,000 is too if let's say, this is a very easy way around this, 940 01:16:08,039 --> 01:16:11,199 and I'm sure the Iranians are already I'm sure they've already got this planned. 941 01:16:12,199 --> 01:16:15,319 Let's say, Okay, so you've got the money's not all being released at 942 01:16:15,319 --> 01:16:20,199 once. So let's say you got a million dollars. You just got a 943 01:16:20,239 --> 01:16:24,960 million dollars that you can get access to that's going to be released, but 944 01:16:25,000 --> 01:16:29,640 it can only be used for humanitarian purposes at first million dollars. So we're 945 01:16:29,640 --> 01:16:32,840 going to release the first million of the six billion. We're going to release 946 01:16:32,880 --> 01:16:35,039 the first million, and see what you do with it, and are you 947 01:16:35,079 --> 01:16:40,840 acting in good faith? So that money is released, and they do they 948 01:16:40,920 --> 01:16:44,439 use it for humanitarian purposes. But here's the thing, so they use it 949 01:16:44,479 --> 01:16:46,279 too, well, let's make it really simple. They use it to buy 950 01:16:46,279 --> 01:16:54,800 food. The Iranian economy is not doing great. Probably food insecurity is very 951 01:16:54,880 --> 01:17:00,199 high there right now. So they I don't have any idea what they have 952 01:17:00,239 --> 01:17:03,319 for social programs there, but let's say they have a Let's assume they have 953 01:17:03,319 --> 01:17:09,039 a program to feed starving people so they're gonna so, all right, we 954 01:17:09,119 --> 01:17:15,039 gotta take that million dollars and use it to buy food for these starving people. 955 01:17:15,159 --> 01:17:23,159 But they're already spending a million dollars on that program, coming from somewhere 956 01:17:23,159 --> 01:17:27,760 else in their budget. But now they don't have to spend that million dollars 957 01:17:27,800 --> 01:17:33,399 that they've been spending. They can spend a different million dollars. They can 958 01:17:33,439 --> 01:17:39,960 spend the million dollars that's being released to them by the Qataris, thus leaving 959 01:17:40,000 --> 01:17:44,359 the million that they would have spent untouched, which they can now then take 960 01:17:44,399 --> 01:17:50,279 that untouched million and go buy a bunch of drones to sell the Russia at 961 01:17:50,279 --> 01:17:56,600 a profit, or go and build some nukes or whatever they're gonna do. 962 01:17:56,640 --> 01:18:02,239 You see what I'm saying. Okay, we're gonna give you this money to 963 01:18:02,319 --> 01:18:09,119 use for humanitarian purposes, so you don't have to spend the other money that 964 01:18:09,159 --> 01:18:13,399 you would have already had to spend on those same purposes, thus allowing you 965 01:18:13,439 --> 01:18:17,119 to spend that other money that you would have spent on humanitarian purposes to spend 966 01:18:17,159 --> 01:18:20,800 on something bad that we'd rather not be doing. See what I mean, 967 01:18:23,479 --> 01:18:29,720 it's the easiest, it's unless I'm missing something here. It seems to me 968 01:18:29,880 --> 01:18:36,239 like this is going to be very easy for them to get around unless I 969 01:18:36,239 --> 01:18:44,720 mean, it's almost like a way of laundering money in a sense. Right. 970 01:18:45,319 --> 01:18:48,920 Anyway, so the skepticism, Oh, j FED says they wouldn't do 971 01:18:49,000 --> 01:19:00,119 that. No, we can trust them. So anyway, that part that, 972 01:19:00,119 --> 01:19:06,560 that's one of the criticisms. Now, we were looking earlier at this 973 01:19:06,680 --> 01:19:23,840 USA Today article that explains some of the criticism. Okay, so prisoner exchange 974 01:19:23,840 --> 01:19:28,880 rewards to run for imprisoning Americans. Biden's critics say the number of Americans who 975 01:19:28,880 --> 01:19:32,399 are being health hostage or are wrongfully detained abroad is unknown. The James W. 976 01:19:32,680 --> 01:19:40,840 Fully Legacy Foundation is tracking fifty five publicly disclosed cases. While terrorists kidnappings 977 01:19:40,840 --> 01:19:45,520 have declined in recent years, the organization found foreign governments have been increasingly wrongfully 978 01:19:45,600 --> 01:19:51,159 detaining US citizens for more than a decade. House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCall, 979 01:19:51,279 --> 01:19:56,720 Republican of Texas, said he was very concerned the six billion dollars will 980 01:19:56,760 --> 01:20:02,199 incentivize hostage taken in the future, and that we discussed her earlier. McCall 981 01:20:02,279 --> 01:20:06,279 said in a Monday statement. Quote. Even though the administration claims these funds 982 01:20:06,319 --> 01:20:12,640 are limited to humanitarian transactions. We all know that transactions are difficult to monitor 983 01:20:12,760 --> 01:20:17,920 and that money is fungible. He's not wrong, That's the point I was 984 01:20:17,960 --> 01:20:23,119 just making. You can account for things creatively, you can do all kinds 985 01:20:23,159 --> 01:20:26,239 of stuff. It's going to be very difficult to manage that, to monitor 986 01:20:26,279 --> 01:20:29,399 that. Rather. He also said, quote, there was no question this 987 01:20:29,479 --> 01:20:33,960 deal will free up funds for Iran's malign activities unquote. The Biden administration is 988 01:20:34,000 --> 01:20:40,119 insisting that the funds which came from Iranian oil revenues parked and overseas bank accounts, 989 01:20:40,359 --> 01:20:45,359 can only be used for humanitarian purposes. Nevertheless, Republicans are not confident 990 01:20:45,399 --> 01:20:51,880 the money will be used for purchasing food and medicines. Critics were further incensed 991 01:20:51,960 --> 01:20:59,920 after the Iranian presidents at his government would determine what constituted humanitarian aid quote humanity 992 01:21:00,000 --> 01:21:03,920 are means whatever the Iranian people need unquote. The president of Iran told NBC 993 01:21:04,079 --> 01:21:06,960 News in an interview with you, by the way, that might be, 994 01:21:09,880 --> 01:21:15,520 I don't know. I don't know anything about the president of Iran. Rac 995 01:21:15,760 --> 01:21:16,880 Is that how you say it, Racey Racy? I don't know how you 996 01:21:16,920 --> 01:21:28,520 say it, r Ai Si that if if you want to take him at 997 01:21:28,560 --> 01:21:30,920 his word, well, let me put it this way. If you want 998 01:21:30,960 --> 01:21:36,920 to believe that he is a good faith actor in all of this, you 999 01:21:38,000 --> 01:21:41,319 might say, I'm not saying this. I'm saying if you want to believe 1000 01:21:41,319 --> 01:21:44,079 that he is a good faith actor in all of this, you might make 1001 01:21:44,119 --> 01:21:46,560 the argument that he is saying this for the benefit of those watching in Iran. 1002 01:21:47,039 --> 01:21:51,640 Because remember, in Iran it's you know, state controlled media, just 1003 01:21:51,720 --> 01:21:57,800 like in Russia. Right, That's why Russians broadly support the war in Ukraine 1004 01:21:58,279 --> 01:22:00,640 because the media and Russia tell them, yeah, Ukraine, they were going 1005 01:22:00,680 --> 01:22:05,920 to New Cus or something, we had to go in. Obviously, it's 1006 01:22:05,960 --> 01:22:12,159 bs same thing in Iran. So is he saying that for their benefit when 1007 01:22:12,199 --> 01:22:16,199 in reality he intends to adhere to the agreement. Now I don't believe he 1008 01:22:16,359 --> 01:22:19,239 intends to adhere to the agreement, but I'm just saying if I were to 1009 01:22:19,239 --> 01:22:24,359 try to argue that he did, that's how I would do it. In 1010 01:22:24,399 --> 01:22:28,560 an interview with USA today ahead of the prisoner swap, US Ambassador to the 1011 01:22:28,680 --> 01:22:33,199 UN Linda Thomas Greenfield said the US has been categoric that it will control how 1012 01:22:33,199 --> 01:22:36,920 the funds are used. To quote, they will be for humanitarian purposes. 1013 01:22:38,239 --> 01:22:44,840 I have no doubt unquote. President Donald Trump withdrew from the US with through 1014 01:22:44,880 --> 01:22:49,640 the US. He hasn't withdrawn from the US. I'm sorry, and I 1015 01:22:49,680 --> 01:22:58,479 don't think he's a flight risk. Uh sorry, a little reference to h 1016 01:22:58,800 --> 01:23:03,000 some of his own legal problems. He withdrew the US from the nuclear deal 1017 01:23:03,079 --> 01:23:09,039 that the Obama administration entered into with Europe in twenty fifteen. The former president 1018 01:23:09,119 --> 01:23:14,880 also reimposed stiff sanctions on Iran. Republicans generally support the use of sticks rather 1019 01:23:14,920 --> 01:23:18,239 than carrots when it comes to Iran and argue that deals like the one Biden 1020 01:23:18,279 --> 01:23:24,119 broker project weakness. In social media posts, parts of which were all in 1021 01:23:24,239 --> 01:23:28,760 caps, that's kind of his thing. Trump argued Monday that Biden was getting 1022 01:23:29,119 --> 01:23:32,079 I'm sorry, I was setting a terrible precedent and once you pay, you 1023 01:23:32,199 --> 01:23:39,720 always pay, and many more hostages will be taken. Backers of Biden's deal 1024 01:23:39,800 --> 01:23:44,119 see the return this week of the five Americans as evidence that the previous administration's 1025 01:23:44,119 --> 01:23:48,840 maximum pressure campaign on Iran was not constructive and that Biden's policy of pairing of 1026 01:23:48,880 --> 01:23:55,199 diplomatic negotiations with sanctions is more likely to produce better cooperation from Tehran. I 1027 01:23:55,279 --> 01:24:00,279 do agree with that, and that's part of why I kind of land on 1028 01:24:00,520 --> 01:24:03,800 as much as I'm as much as I'm conflicted on the issue, I kind 1029 01:24:03,840 --> 01:24:08,800 of land on the side of the administration on this because I do agree the 1030 01:24:08,840 --> 01:24:15,520 maximum pressure approach never it never yielded anything. You don't get anything from that 1031 01:24:15,600 --> 01:24:19,119 other than you keep pushing. You know, if you want your enemy, 1032 01:24:19,760 --> 01:24:28,760 your adversary to do something, to do something constructive and productive and useful or 1033 01:24:28,960 --> 01:24:35,079 positive, and you're you're not going to change their behavior by just by continuing 1034 01:24:35,119 --> 01:24:41,000 to push them away and trying to hurt them. You've got to find some 1035 01:24:41,079 --> 01:24:47,359 way diplomatically to get them to modify their behavior. So the maximum pressure campaign 1036 01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:53,319 it all it does is push them, push your opponent, in this case 1037 01:24:53,359 --> 01:24:59,439 Iran, further into extremism and wanting to pursue becoming a full fledged nuclear power. 1038 01:24:59,560 --> 01:25:08,760 That's that's my opinion, said Mohammed Marandi, an adviser to Iran's government 1039 01:25:08,800 --> 01:25:13,399 on nuclear and foreign policy issues, said in a brief what'sapp message that the 1040 01:25:13,399 --> 01:25:17,479 prisoner exchange represented an opportunity for the US to cooperate further with Iran in other 1041 01:25:17,560 --> 01:25:23,760 areas. However, Randi said that from Iran's perspective, quote, it's unclear 1042 01:25:23,920 --> 01:25:30,439 if Team Biden has the political will to use this opportunity unquote. Biden's foreign 1043 01:25:30,520 --> 01:25:36,560 policy towards America's enemies hinges on establishing open lines of communication to avoid misunderstandings, 1044 01:25:36,600 --> 01:25:41,520 but he is running for reelection and cannot afford to lose support from swing voters 1045 01:25:41,520 --> 01:25:47,279 who cast their ballots for him against Trump in the last election. Samak Namazi, 1046 01:25:47,840 --> 01:25:53,199 one of the Americans released, encouraged Biden on Monday to use the bully 1047 01:25:53,239 --> 01:25:57,079 pulpit from the United Nations this week to prevent hostage taking from happening in the 1048 01:25:57,119 --> 01:26:02,319 first place. Namazi, in a statement, quote, it is only if 1049 01:26:02,359 --> 01:26:08,760 the free world finally agrees to collectively impose draconian consequences on those who use human 1050 01:26:08,840 --> 01:26:14,279 lives as mere bargaining ships that the Iranian regime and its ILK will be compelled 1051 01:26:14,399 --> 01:26:19,399 to make different choices. Sadly, until then, we can anticipate more Americans 1052 01:26:19,399 --> 01:26:25,600 and others falling victim to state hostage taking, a horror that thanks to you, 1053 01:26:25,960 --> 01:26:30,640 my family and I will strive to put behind us. Starting today, 1054 01:26:30,840 --> 01:26:35,439 Biden was already clashing with Congressional Republicans over Ukraine and the slow pace of the 1055 01:26:35,439 --> 01:26:40,479 counter offensive. The administration is in a standoff with Republicans in the House over 1056 01:26:40,520 --> 01:26:45,439 twenty point six billion dollars in funding for Ukraine it asked for over the summer. 1057 01:26:45,920 --> 01:26:48,720 The money is intended to support Ukraine's military and humanitarian efforts through the end 1058 01:26:48,720 --> 01:26:51,520 of the calendar year. With the fiscal year coming to a close at the 1059 01:26:51,600 --> 01:26:56,119 end of September, however, the US government could be headed for a shutdown, 1060 01:26:56,399 --> 01:27:03,600 fueled in part by utes over the request. Republicans and Congress are divided 1061 01:27:03,640 --> 01:27:06,600 over whether it is of idal US interest to keep funding the war, and 1062 01:27:06,640 --> 01:27:12,439 even among those who do support the aid, Biden has come under criticism for 1063 01:27:12,479 --> 01:27:17,600 refusing to provide Kiev with long range weapons sooner. Biden can't win on that. 1064 01:27:17,640 --> 01:27:21,319 I mean, you know, in the UN speech today the US President 1065 01:27:21,319 --> 01:27:25,159 will again. Okay, this was before Biden already spoke at the UN. 1066 01:27:25,199 --> 01:27:30,359 I heard some of it, but I was falling asleep listening to him one 1067 01:27:30,399 --> 01:27:33,960 other quick thing on this, and I just happened to see that This just 1068 01:27:34,039 --> 01:27:40,199 popped up on media. Trevor Reid, a Marine vet held captive by Russia, 1069 01:27:40,600 --> 01:27:44,239 shuts down critics of Iran hostage deal, saying this was a win. 1070 01:27:44,840 --> 01:27:48,720 So here this is an argument on the pro deal side. Trevor Reid, 1071 01:27:48,760 --> 01:27:54,159 who was unlawfully detained in Russia in twenty nineteen and released in twenty twenty two, 1072 01:27:54,439 --> 01:27:59,079 had supportive words for President Joe Biden and his administration following the release of 1073 01:27:59,079 --> 01:28:02,359 five American prison who had been imprisoned in Iran. Biden has been criticized for 1074 01:28:02,399 --> 01:28:08,720 the seemingly uneven trade, which saw five Iranians released in exchange as well as 1075 01:28:08,960 --> 01:28:14,199 six billion dollars of frozen funds. While it has been explained repeatedly that the 1076 01:28:14,199 --> 01:28:17,800 funds already belonged to Iran and we're not some ransom provided by American taxpayers, 1077 01:28:18,279 --> 01:28:23,199 plus the stipulation that the funds be spent on humanitarian efforts and that spending would 1078 01:28:23,199 --> 01:28:26,720 be monitored, critics still said it would mean open season on Americans traveling abroad 1079 01:28:26,760 --> 01:28:30,159 in the future. Read knows a few things about this situation, however, 1080 01:28:30,640 --> 01:28:36,079 and offered up a more seasoned explanation on social media, concluding that the trade 1081 01:28:36,279 --> 01:28:42,600 was quote a win for the US and democracy, and I'm glad we have 1082 01:28:42,720 --> 01:28:45,720 leaders with the courage to do what is right when they know they will face 1083 01:28:45,760 --> 01:28:51,479 criticism unquote. All right, So here's I'm gonna read it. And by 1084 01:28:51,479 --> 01:28:55,560 the way, I did not get a chance to preread any of this, 1085 01:28:56,800 --> 01:29:01,000 no pun intended, because his name is read Rever Reid. I've not seen 1086 01:29:01,039 --> 01:29:04,479 any of this, so I'll be hearing this for the first time myself. 1087 01:29:05,479 --> 01:29:12,960 Okay, So this is Trevor Reid's statement. Congratulations are our citizens being freed 1088 01:29:13,039 --> 01:29:18,680 from Iran. Those of you would say we lost this exchange would do well 1089 01:29:18,720 --> 01:29:23,840 to remember that the US government is willing to bring back hostages when it may 1090 01:29:23,880 --> 01:29:30,079 not be financially or politically lucrative for the administration, or even disadvantageous politically. 1091 01:29:30,920 --> 01:29:34,520 That is what separates us from the animals and what makes the United States a 1092 01:29:34,520 --> 01:29:41,479 great country. The Russians, the Iranians, the Chinese, the Venezuelans, 1093 01:29:41,760 --> 01:29:45,319 the Syrians, the North Koreans would laugh at the thought of doing anything that 1094 01:29:45,359 --> 01:29:49,880 would damage them politically in order to help their citizens, and that's why they 1095 01:29:49,880 --> 01:29:55,239 will never be great. Additionally, the United States did not give Iran any 1096 01:29:55,319 --> 01:30:00,640 taxpayers money. This was Iranian money that was frozen by the US sanctions. 1097 01:30:00,920 --> 01:30:08,600 Countries will continue. Oh sorry, give me a second here. I had 1098 01:30:08,640 --> 01:30:11,439 to click that to get to the next paragraph. This is a longer statement 1099 01:30:11,439 --> 01:30:15,640 than I realized. Now I'm waiting for it to load. Here we go. 1100 01:30:15,880 --> 01:30:20,000 Countries will continue to take Americans hostage, regardless of the willingness of the 1101 01:30:20,079 --> 01:30:26,039 US to negotiate their release. Hostages and wrongful detainees must be returned home, 1102 01:30:26,359 --> 01:30:30,079 and at the same time, deterrence must be discussed in order to aid in 1103 01:30:30,199 --> 01:30:35,800 preventing hostage diplomacy. This was a win for the US and democracy, and 1104 01:30:35,880 --> 01:30:40,000 I'm glad we have leaders with the courage to do what is right when they 1105 01:30:40,079 --> 01:30:44,600 know they will face criticism. And I want to go back. Okay, 1106 01:30:44,640 --> 01:30:46,600 so that's a statement from Trevor Reid, but I want to go back to 1107 01:30:46,640 --> 01:30:53,199 this first paragraph. I want to read that again because this is why he 1108 01:30:53,439 --> 01:30:57,840 kind of what he says here is what appeals to me in terms of why 1109 01:30:58,479 --> 01:31:04,119 again with ambivalence, I fall on the side of supporting what has been done 1110 01:31:04,119 --> 01:31:10,920 here with this deal. I want to read that first sentence again. Congratulations, 1111 01:31:11,600 --> 01:31:14,880 first paragraph, Congratulations on our citizens being freed from Iran. Those of 1112 01:31:14,920 --> 01:31:16,840 you who would say we lost this exchange would be well to remember that the 1113 01:31:16,920 --> 01:31:20,720 US government is willing to bring back hostages when it may not be financially or 1114 01:31:20,760 --> 01:31:28,680 politically lucrative for the administration, or even disadvantageous politically. This is the important 1115 01:31:28,680 --> 01:31:33,000 part. This is the part that speaks to me. This is what separates 1116 01:31:33,199 --> 01:31:39,439 us from the animals and what makes the United States a great country. The 1117 01:31:39,560 --> 01:31:44,159 Russians, the Iranians, the Chinese, the Venezuelans, the Assyrians, the 1118 01:31:44,199 --> 01:31:50,600 North Koreans would laugh at the thought of doing anything that would damage them politically 1119 01:31:50,680 --> 01:31:59,520 in order to help their citizens, and that's why they will never be great. 1120 01:32:00,199 --> 01:32:10,640 I like it says here. Reid had previously criticized. Again, this 1121 01:32:10,680 --> 01:32:15,239 is from Mediaite. Reid had previously criticized the Biden administration for it's handling of 1122 01:32:15,399 --> 01:32:20,960 w NBA player Britney Griner's and Paul Whalen's releases from Russia prisons, saying that 1123 01:32:21,000 --> 01:32:25,159 they were not doing enough to get them out of captivity. He later said 1124 01:32:25,199 --> 01:32:29,560 he was cautiously optimistic that Biden would have a solution. So there you go. 1125 01:32:29,680 --> 01:32:34,520 So that was Trevor Reid, Wayne and he had been he had been 1126 01:32:34,560 --> 01:32:41,720 held captive. All right. I think the thing that I didn't get to 1127 01:32:41,880 --> 01:32:44,840 that I had mentioned I might get to today, but we're about out of 1128 01:32:44,880 --> 01:32:49,239 time, so we gotta go. The AP is reporting Senate Ditch's dress code 1129 01:32:49,319 --> 01:33:00,279 as Fetterman and others choose casual clothes. I don't have a strong opinion about 1130 01:33:00,279 --> 01:33:02,439 this one way or the other, but I do think it's kind of weird. 1131 01:33:03,920 --> 01:33:08,199 I guess Fetterman the reason he dresses the way that he does, he's 1132 01:33:08,239 --> 01:33:12,319 so he's such a big guy that it's really difficult for him to find suits 1133 01:33:12,359 --> 01:33:18,279 that fit him and and not be horribly uncomfortable. But at is odd. 1134 01:33:20,600 --> 01:33:26,000 And the other thing that we didn't get to, uh, this is also 1135 01:33:26,079 --> 01:33:31,079 from the AP. Ray Epps X marine targeted by Jan six conspiracy theory is 1136 01:33:31,199 --> 01:33:36,760 charged with a misdemeanor in the riot. If the name Ray Epps is a 1137 01:33:36,800 --> 01:33:42,880 little bit familiar but you can't quite place him, he's the guy who Tucker 1138 01:33:42,960 --> 01:33:53,279 Carlson claimed was actually an FBI informant or was an agent provocateur put there by 1139 01:33:53,319 --> 01:33:57,760 the FBI, you know, because Jan six is anyone's fault except Trump, 1140 01:33:57,840 --> 01:34:00,479 right, one of the one of the theories, of course, being that 1141 01:34:00,520 --> 01:34:04,800 the FBI stage the whole thing, or at least provoked it, and Tucker 1142 01:34:04,840 --> 01:34:11,680 Carlson singled out ray Epps as an example, thus ruining ray Epps's life because 1143 01:34:11,680 --> 01:34:16,600 everyone associated with the guy who thought he was a trumper like them, wanted 1144 01:34:16,640 --> 01:34:20,159 to kill him, or at least we're going out a lot of threats, 1145 01:34:20,680 --> 01:34:24,680 and he had to go into hiding, and it's a whole thing, and 1146 01:34:24,760 --> 01:34:30,960 he's actually last I knew he's actually suing Tucker Carlson for defamation, but apparently 1147 01:34:30,960 --> 01:34:43,600 now he's been charged, and that even further disproves the nonsense that the pretend 1148 01:34:43,840 --> 01:34:48,960 journalist Tucker Carlson was putting out there about ray Epps. Although I almost don't 1149 01:34:49,000 --> 01:34:51,840 think they should charge him. I think he's I kind of feel like he's 1150 01:34:51,880 --> 01:34:57,720 been through enough. But anyway, we'll look at that more closely. Maybe 1151 01:34:57,960 --> 01:35:00,880 maybe we'll get to it tomorrow. Maybe we'll bring it up when our friend 1152 01:35:00,960 --> 01:35:02,079 Eric Pilcher was with us. Don't forget tomorrow on the show. Of course, 1153 01:35:02,079 --> 01:35:05,960 tomorrow is Wednesday. So our first hour we are joined by my favorite 1154 01:35:06,000 --> 01:35:10,439 conservative Eric Pilcher, and then in the second hour we have a great musical 1155 01:35:10,479 --> 01:35:15,840 guest joining us, Marvel Prone and let's see if you are listening live on 1156 01:35:15,880 --> 01:35:21,479 Tuesday. Immediately after this show on WMNH, we have of course Through the 1157 01:35:21,520 --> 01:35:27,119 Stage Store hosted by the great or Rob Dion, and immediately following that is 1158 01:35:27,159 --> 01:35:32,319 a replay of Retro Spectrum Radio with paulc. And we had a great time 1159 01:35:32,359 --> 01:35:34,800 on Friday night, as we always do. So if you missed the show 1160 01:35:34,800 --> 01:35:39,239 on Friday, you can hear it tonight at seven pm right here on WMH 1161 01:35:39,359 --> 01:35:43,279 ninety five point three FM. And if you missed any part of today's show, 1162 01:35:44,439 --> 01:35:49,600 you can get the archive at WMH radio dot org or at my website 1163 01:35:49,680 --> 01:35:54,800 Matt Connerton dot com. And I guess that's gonna do it for us for 1164 01:35:54,840 --> 01:35:56,840 now. But you know what I think I'm gonna do. I think I'm 1165 01:35:56,840 --> 01:36:00,000 gonna close. I never do this, but I'm going to close the show 1166 01:36:00,119 --> 01:36:03,640 with our brand new intro. H. This was sent to me by a 1167 01:36:03,800 --> 01:36:09,159 Jerry Robinson's producer, mister B. So if you missed it, we have 1168 01:36:09,199 --> 01:36:12,159 a brand new intro for the show, an official new intro, and I'm 1169 01:36:12,199 --> 01:36:15,560 actually gonna play it to close the show today because i just want to hear 1170 01:36:15,600 --> 01:36:21,279 it again. It's so good. I absolutely love it. I absolutely love 1171 01:36:21,359 --> 01:36:25,920 it. So we will close with this, thank you all, and I'll 1172 01:36:25,960 --> 01:36:29,520 talk to y'all a little bit later. By everybody you are listening to Tom 1173 01:36:30,920 --> 01:37:03,840 three, come in and get it. Don't get so crazily down, Matzille