Speaker 1: Fifty five KARC DE Talk Station eight thirty one on
Speaker 1: this Monday morning, Dan Carroll and for Brian Thomas Glenn
Speaker 1: Beck coming up the top of the hour. But right
Speaker 1: now we are joined by everyone's buddy Andrew Pappas. And
Speaker 1: Andrew Pappas, Welcome again to fifty five KRC. Thanks for
Speaker 1: getting up so early in the morning. I know, I
Speaker 1: know that's a that's a stretch for.
Speaker 2: You, you know, Dan, You know, Dan, I'm amazed that
Speaker 2: you're up and at him this morning giving your herculean
Speaker 2: effort yesterday.
Speaker 3: You've got to be text physically.
Speaker 2: Usually don't get that much physical exercise in a day
Speaker 2: with your master's win.
Speaker 1: Well, I did what I could. You know, a little
Speaker 1: neighborhood competition is always a good thing.
Speaker 3: And are you sore? How's the rotator CAF this morning?
Speaker 4: Sure, I'll be all right.
Speaker 1: You know, a good stretching routine is always is always
Speaker 1: an important thing to adhere to.
Speaker 4: And I did my.
Speaker 3: You are you are the When I think of you,
Speaker 3: I think of Limber.
Speaker 1: I did my stretching routine before the event yesterday and
Speaker 1: it paid off quite handsomely.
Speaker 2: Yes, I can I can see you doing yoga just
Speaker 2: about every morning.
Speaker 1: I didn't say yoga, but you know, a little, a
Speaker 1: little stretching goes a long way.
Speaker 3: But you're personally blueberry yogurt is my favorite. But go ahead.
Speaker 1: You recently went on another another Honor Flight, and not
Speaker 1: only not only that, but you are now working with
Speaker 1: the Honor Flight people, which I know is a big
Speaker 1: deal for you. Tell us about that, and tell us
Speaker 1: about this latest trip. Which was it mostly Vietnam veterans
Speaker 1: or Korean veterans or a mix.
Speaker 2: It was a little bit of a mix, but it
Speaker 2: was it seemed to be mostly Vietnam veterans.
Speaker 3: Okay, all right, you know we when we get to
Speaker 3: the Korea.
Speaker 2: First of all, I'd like to just tip my hat
Speaker 2: to all the volunteers, and there are many, many, too
Speaker 2: many didn't mention. I was introduced to Honor Flight years
Speaker 2: and years ago by Chryl and Tom Popp, who have
Speaker 2: been running it for for literally decades and have put
Speaker 2: their heart and souls into Honor Flight, and I appreciate
Speaker 2: them and and as as you know, I think everyone
Speaker 2: associated with Honor Flight does. And recently their board expanded
Speaker 2: and I was just just by the grace of God,
Speaker 2: they asked me to be on the Honor Flight board
Speaker 2: and I accepted, and we've joined some very good people
Speaker 2: and have some large shoes to fill. But you know,
Speaker 2: we are just Our flight on last Tuesday, a week
Speaker 2: ago tomorrow was was the first flight of the year,
Speaker 2: and we have another one coming up here in believe
Speaker 2: it's in May. And you know, we we just try
Speaker 2: to serve the veterans.
Speaker 3: And you know, I can't thank enough.
Speaker 2: If you saw the video, I think we head close
Speaker 2: to two thousand people welcoming the veterans.
Speaker 4: How about that is fantastic. That is outstanding there.
Speaker 2: And given that it's mostly now it seems to be
Speaker 2: transitioning mostly to Vietnam, that is actually the most amazing
Speaker 2: part of it because, as you and I both know,
Speaker 2: the Vietnam veterans were were not and let's be fair,
Speaker 2: Honor Flight is.
Speaker 3: Open to any veteran. Right. You don't have to be
Speaker 3: in combat, you don't have to serve in theater Honor flight.
Speaker 2: If you serve the country and you sign up you
Speaker 2: were able to go on Honor Flight, you are to
Speaker 2: be honored as well. And but the Vietnam veterans especially
Speaker 2: were not treated well by this country back in the
Speaker 2: day when they came home, and you know that the
Speaker 2: tears flowed and the the the emotions were real, and
Speaker 2: it was just an amazing experience. They're they're posting, i believe,
Speaker 2: on the on the website. They've posted video already. And
Speaker 2: the welcome home ceremony, you know.
Speaker 3: During the honor flight is an amazing experience. But the Vietnam.
Speaker 2: Memorial, if you've been there, is really the one that
Speaker 2: touches most of the veterans very very emotionally because they
Speaker 2: can point and touch.
Speaker 3: The name of someone they serve with the new that
Speaker 3: didn't make it home.
Speaker 2: And it's very it's a very raw and emotional day
Speaker 2: at the Vietnam Memorial, and you.
Speaker 3: Know, we try to you try to give the.
Speaker 2: Veteran obviously their space because it's a private moment and
Speaker 2: we want them to enjoy their private moment and and
Speaker 2: and you know, just cherish it. And for some of
Speaker 2: them it's the first time going to the Vietnam Memorial,
Speaker 2: for some not, but the fact that we have so
Speaker 2: many veterans and great guardians that make sure the veterans
Speaker 2: are assisted. Some need you know, help walking, some are
Speaker 2: in wheelchairs. We just really try to try to make
Speaker 2: it all about the veteran and I think that that
Speaker 2: that shows through with Honor Flight Try State being one
Speaker 2: of the I hear time and time again from different ones.
Speaker 3: We do see.
Speaker 2: Other other honor flights, but Honor Flight Try State is
Speaker 2: simply head and shoulders one of the best frunt honor
Speaker 2: flights in the nation.
Speaker 1: I feel, yeah, I have another question for you about
Speaker 1: the Vietnam Memorial. We got to get to a quick
Speaker 1: break right now, but Andrews stay right there and we
Speaker 1: will continue on with you on the other side of
Speaker 1: this little traffic and weather quick break, and we'll continue
Speaker 1: on with Andrew Pappas on fifty five KRC the talk station.
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Speaker 1: Hey neighbor, fifty five KRC eight thirty nine, Dan Carol
Speaker 1: and for Brian Thomas, continuing our conversation with Andrew Pappis,
Speaker 1: who was on an honor flight last week and is
Speaker 1: now on the board of Honor Flight.
Speaker 4: And Andrew, you know you.
Speaker 1: And I criticize Washington the swamp and for good reason.
Speaker 1: But I think despite all that criticism, the one thing
Speaker 1: that Washington does quite well our monuments and memorials and
Speaker 1: things of that nature. And you know, when you go
Speaker 1: on the honor flight, you see those sorts of things.
Speaker 1: And I'm glad you talked about the Vietnam Memorial because, uh,
Speaker 1: I think all those memorials and those places are.
Speaker 4: Great in d C.
Speaker 1: But for some reason, I think the the Vietnam Memorial
Speaker 1: just has a different sort of impact than, uh, than
Speaker 1: the other ones that that you encounter on that trip.
Speaker 2: Now, there's no question the Vietnam Memorial just pretty much.
Speaker 3: It just grasps and and and and and.
Speaker 2: And signifies what the country, you know, how how the
Speaker 2: Vietnam War kind.
Speaker 3: Of affected the country.
Speaker 2: That the monument was designed to appear as a scar
Speaker 2: upon the land. It slowly rises, you know, it's not
Speaker 2: it's not something that's large and grandiose and celebratory the
Speaker 2: way that World War II Memorial is, which is a
Speaker 2: great memorial. And I also Korea has been expanded, they
Speaker 2: have now had Korea has the memorial in Korea war
Speaker 2: has been expanded. It's a very reflective. Uh, it's a
Speaker 2: very reflective memorial as well. With the with the platoon
Speaker 2: of military statues coming up to the Korean.
Speaker 4: Memorial are really bread taking. They really are.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the Vietnam Memorial though with it with the trio
Speaker 2: of Soldiers that that was added after that come over
Speaker 2: peer to come over the Hill and and and then
Speaker 2: gaze at the Vietnam.
Speaker 3: Memorial and then with the names.
Speaker 2: You know, the Vietnam Memorial is really about the names
Speaker 2: because that's what it is, and the and the the
Speaker 2: the the way the Vietnam Memorial has you can get
Speaker 2: very great reflective pictures in the Vietnam Memorial.
Speaker 3: So it's wonderful. It's a great memorial and.
Speaker 2: It's just it's it's it's just a very appropriate for
Speaker 2: the what it represents and what it's honoring.
Speaker 1: So if people want to find out about an upcoming
Speaker 1: honor flight, where do they go to do.
Speaker 3: That honor flight? Tri State dot org and you can
Speaker 3: you can.
Speaker 2: Register there as either a guardian if you want to
Speaker 2: be a guardian, or you can register there as a.
Speaker 3: Veteran as well.
Speaker 2: So if you want to go on or you have
Speaker 2: someone that wants to go on the honor flight, just
Speaker 2: go there and register.
Speaker 3: And you do have to register, and every year you
Speaker 3: do have to. If you say, well I filled it.
Speaker 2: Out last year, please sign up again because you know,
Speaker 2: sometimes the database needs to be updated, and I just
Speaker 2: think it's a it's a great thing to do.
Speaker 3: And I don't think this year too.
Speaker 2: You know, I don't want anyone to downplay their service.
Speaker 2: I mean, Dan Carroll, I know that you served. I
Speaker 2: would one day like to push you, maybe in a
Speaker 2: wheelchair through the memorial, so that comes up, so I
Speaker 2: volunteer to do that.
Speaker 1: Well, I don't need a wheelchair yet. Let's let's not
Speaker 1: rush to get to that point.
Speaker 3: All right, you got it, and you may but I'm
Speaker 3: always there.
Speaker 1: You may be there, you may be there before me,
Speaker 1: so well doubt it. So we'll see what happens. But
Speaker 1: I don't know if you did. Did Did you hear
Speaker 1: the comments of Sarah McBride that I was playing before
Speaker 1: before you came on for your interview.
Speaker 3: I did not.
Speaker 4: You did not, Okay, But you.
Speaker 1: Know, Sarah McBride on the left are trying to spend
Speaker 1: this narrative now that the Trump administration is out of control,
Speaker 1: that they don't want to follow the rule of law,
Speaker 1: that individuals who are being deported or somehow denied due process,
Speaker 1: and that this is something that's going to lead to
Speaker 1: the division and the downfall of our country if this
Speaker 1: is allowed to continue. And then you have Elizabeth Warren
Speaker 1: who is calling for the powers of the presidency. She's
Speaker 1: calling on Congress to strip away the powers of the
Speaker 1: presidency and for Donald Trump to be able to continue
Speaker 1: on and doing what he's doing. Have these people lost
Speaker 1: their minds? I mean, they've lost the narrative when it
Speaker 1: comes to having any ideas or really any effective policies.
Speaker 1: But now it seems like, you know that saying that
Speaker 1: they're grasping for straws seems like a little bit of
Speaker 1: an understate.
Speaker 3: Well, Dan, I did hear early when you're talking about the.
Speaker 2: Fact that now a plurality of Democrats think that somehow
Speaker 2: assassination is justified, or violence against conservatives and or the
Speaker 2: President and.
Speaker 3: Musk is justified.
Speaker 2: We've crossed the line and there's no question that violence
Speaker 2: is accepted by the Democrat Party. And until I see
Speaker 2: a plurality of Democrat leaders denouncing this call to violence,
Speaker 2: it's not going to stop. And the mainstream media, as
Speaker 2: you well document it is complicit because they continue to
Speaker 2: refer to Donald Trump and musk Is using terms as
Speaker 2: Hitler and Nazi. It's just disgusting, and I think it
Speaker 2: needs to stop and stop today, if not yesterday.
Speaker 1: You know, I was talking to Chris Smitheman a little
Speaker 1: while ago, and the question I put to him was
Speaker 1: Trump has been in office for less than three months,
Speaker 1: less than three months. And again, the one of the
Speaker 1: multiple narratives that is trying to be spun right now
Speaker 1: is that somehow we should be seeing results. We should
Speaker 1: you know, we shouldn't have to be going through this
Speaker 1: period of what may be some tough economic times, some
Speaker 1: people being suffering or you know, being made to suffer
Speaker 1: because of the you know, higher prices that might be experienced,
Speaker 1: which have not happened yet to my knowledge. But you know,
Speaker 1: we keep hearing that these things are coming. But you know,
Speaker 1: the notion that you can turn all this around, get
Speaker 1: it going the other way, and already have tangible results
Speaker 1: in less than three months time is completely ridiculous. But
Speaker 1: yet they continue to harp on this narrative that somehow
Speaker 1: these policies of the Trump administration are ineffective because we
Speaker 1: haven't seen the bottom line results on these things yet.
Speaker 3: I can't agree with you more. Dan.
Speaker 2: You know, it's it's it's it's simply. You know, the
Speaker 2: timeline that they have set for themselves to have results
Speaker 2: is just ridiculous, and they don't you know, they didn't
Speaker 2: hold their guide to that, and they're holding Donald Trump.
Speaker 3: I'd like to say, I think the.
Speaker 2: Timeline on the on the the border has clearly worked.
Speaker 2: I mean, we see that the border UH apprehensions down significantly,
Speaker 2: and you know, we really just need to ignore the
Speaker 2: Democrat narrative and the Democrats what they're doing and what
Speaker 2: they're saying, and just focus on supporting Donald Trump and
Speaker 2: maybe giving him a little time and leeway to.
Speaker 3: Get his policies in place. And I think we'll we'll
Speaker 3: bear the results.
Speaker 2: And I did hear Christopher Smitherman, and I agree with
Speaker 2: him wholeheartedly.
Speaker 1: And before I let you go, I want to get
Speaker 1: your thoughts on this. Kamala Harris is in the in
Speaker 1: the process of making her her political comeback, and one of.
Speaker 3: Them, well, I'll wait, I'll wait to see that.
Speaker 1: One one of the things she wants to do is
Speaker 1: open a Kamala Harris Center for Policy and Ideas.
Speaker 3: Kamala Harris Center.
Speaker 1: That Kamala Harris, Kamala Harris Center for Policy and Ideas
Speaker 1: Andrew Poppins.
Speaker 3: I said they should.
Speaker 2: I think they should probably find the nearest I think
Speaker 2: they just finding the nearest roundabout and just name it
Speaker 2: Kamala Harris, because you never really get anywhere, you just
Speaker 2: keep talking in circles.
Speaker 3: So that might well key.
Speaker 1: I mean, can you name one policy or idea that
Speaker 1: she was able to articulate during this most recent campaign cycle.
Speaker 2: I can't think of anything she was able to articulate,
Speaker 2: much less a campaign policy or any policy, because she's
Speaker 2: just incapable of cochent thought and putting a sentence together
Speaker 2: without just simply confusing everybody.
Speaker 1: All right with that, Andrew, we will let you go.
Speaker 1: I always appreciate the time.
Speaker 2: Bringing Carol always a pleasure, sir, and you're doing your
Speaker 2: great job. I can't wait for your own show full
Speaker 2: time here Dan.
Speaker 1: Well, we'll see what happens with that. But Andrew, you're
Speaker 1: the best and we'll see you soon.
Speaker 3: Take care.
Speaker 1: All right, there you go, The one and only Andrew
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