1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:05,599 Speaker 1: What's going on? 2 00:00:05,759 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for listening to this podcast. It 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,080 is heard live every day from noon to three on 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:11,919 WBT Radio and Charlotte. 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:14,039 Speaker 1: And if you want exclusive. 6 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 2: Content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, my 7 00:00:16,879 --> 00:00:19,239 daily show prep with all of the links, become a patron, 8 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,600 go to dpeatclendershow dot com. Make sure you hit the 9 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,160 subscribe button. Get every episode for free right to your 10 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,719 smartphone or tablet. And again, thank you so much for 11 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:30,480 your support. I want to welcome to the program state 12 00:00:30,519 --> 00:00:34,359 Representative Dean arp. He is representative from Union County. He's 13 00:00:34,359 --> 00:00:38,520 also chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and so welcome, sir. 14 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 1: How are you doing? 15 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 3: I'm great, Pete, how are you doing? 16 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 2: I am doing great as well. So I didn't actually 17 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:48,399 bring you in to talk about appropriations. I did see 18 00:00:48,399 --> 00:00:52,159 this story that ran at w r L and so 19 00:00:53,159 --> 00:01:00,439 you were involved in some extra legislative incidents. Guests on 20 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,760 Monday night, So tell us you were driving with your 21 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:09,640 wife Ann and uh, so where were you on Monday evening? 22 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:11,920 And and uh and what happened on that trip? 23 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 3: Yeah? We, uh, my wife and I were coming up 24 00:01:15,239 --> 00:01:18,359 to Raleigh for our meetings to begin the week up 25 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,920 here in session. And we were coming through Rockingham, uh, 26 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,519 right right past the speedway there on number one and uh, 27 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,920 I happened to look over and uh and I saw 28 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:33,359 this smoke coming up. Uh and I and I, you know, 29 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,439 it just caught my eye and I thought, well, that's odd. 30 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,239 They're they're you know, brought somebody's burning leaves. And then 31 00:01:39,879 --> 00:01:42,239 as we kept on driving, I saw that it was 32 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:46,439 actually coming out of this mobile home. Uh there. And 33 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,519 you know, I kept on going. I was running late 34 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,640 to a meeting actually, uh and I thought to myself, 35 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,120 well that that looked odd. There was there was nobody around, 36 00:01:57,599 --> 00:02:00,560 you know, outside, and it just struck me a little odd, 37 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,200 and it just kept bothering me. I thought I need 38 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,079 to turn back, so I told I told Anne, I said, 39 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,560 I think that house is on fire. And so I 40 00:02:10,599 --> 00:02:12,479 went on down. There was no break in the meeting. 41 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:14,680 So I was about a quarter mile down the road 42 00:02:14,719 --> 00:02:17,800 and this was bugging me. So I turned around and 43 00:02:17,879 --> 00:02:20,960 came back. And then that's when we realized that the 44 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,960 smoke was actually coming from that home there. My wife 45 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,680 jumped out to find she was on the phone with 46 00:02:28,759 --> 00:02:32,120 the fire department trying to call them. But we didn't 47 00:02:32,199 --> 00:02:34,599 know what the street address was, so she ran up 48 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,039 to the road to where the mailboxes were trying to 49 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,719 find that. And I was trying to punch it on 50 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,599 my GPS to find out what our street daddress. And 51 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,879 I looked up and I saw the door swing open, 52 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:50,960 and I saw this lady's look out, and then the 53 00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:55,000 door closed back on her. And that's what struck me 54 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,479 as just incredible, was that there was somebody in there. 55 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,560 I said, oh my goodness, and so I jumped out, 56 00:03:01,199 --> 00:03:05,199 and of course ran up to the door there and 57 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,120 opened up the door and this just heat and smoke 58 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:13,240 just rolled out. But miss Esther was was in there, 59 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:20,680 and uh. I later learned that she had taken the fire. 60 00:03:20,759 --> 00:03:23,639 The place was on fire, and she had taken a 61 00:03:23,759 --> 00:03:26,800 towel and some blankets was trying to put the fire out, 62 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:30,159 but she was in a wheelchair and her wheelchair got 63 00:03:30,319 --> 00:03:33,319 entangled with the blanket, and so she couldn't roll out. 64 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,560 And all she had done was push open the screen 65 00:03:35,639 --> 00:03:38,159 door and had come back, and she couldn't come forward. 66 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,759 So I ran in right there and saw her and said, 67 00:03:42,759 --> 00:03:44,479 we got to get out of here. Is there She 68 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,800 was hollering for help and uh. And I was asking 69 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,240 her if there's anybody else in here, and she said no. 70 00:03:51,319 --> 00:03:54,120 But I was able to pull her out and just 71 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,639 get her out of there, and just minutes later, the 72 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,639 whole whole place was, you know, engulfed in flame. 73 00:04:00,039 --> 00:04:02,439 Speaker 1: So did your wife see the smoke too? 74 00:04:02,879 --> 00:04:05,759 Speaker 3: She did when we turned around and came back. She 75 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,000 didn't at first. I mean, why I came back. She 76 00:04:08,159 --> 00:04:12,159 saw the smoke, and there's adjacent houses, there's two houses 77 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,479 right beside there, and so she was running to those 78 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,800 houses to knock on the door to find out if 79 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:20,480 somebody was in there. And so she didn't see Miss 80 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:24,199 Esther in there, but she, in fact, she saw me 81 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,360 going up to go into the house, and she was 82 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:28,759 yelling at me, don't go in there, don't go in there. 83 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:32,399 Of course she didn't see miss Esther, but she was 84 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,079 banging on the door to get the neighbors to come 85 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,199 and and they're family members who live adjacent to her, 86 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:43,360 and they were just so crying and so upset because 87 00:04:43,399 --> 00:04:45,759 they didn't they didn't know what was going on. They 88 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,040 couldn't hear her crying for help or anything like that. 89 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,319 But God was just there in such a real way, 90 00:04:54,199 --> 00:04:57,360 you know, and just brought our paths across right at 91 00:04:57,399 --> 00:05:02,560 the right time, and just so thankful that, you know, 92 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,680 we had a great you know, she's living, she's alive 93 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:07,319 on that. 94 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Miss esther the resident of the of the home. 95 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,480 She's seventy seven years old, battling cancer and from what 96 00:05:14,519 --> 00:05:17,560 I understand in the WREL report was that the home 97 00:05:17,639 --> 00:05:18,600 was totally lost. 98 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: Yeah. 99 00:05:19,639 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 2: Are you aware of any kind of I don't know, 100 00:05:22,879 --> 00:05:26,000 assistance or like a GoFundMe or something, or have you 101 00:05:26,079 --> 00:05:27,040 heard anything like that. 102 00:05:27,519 --> 00:05:31,079 Speaker 3: Yes, I've been in contact with a family obviously checking 103 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,800 up on her. They're they're calling me giving me updates. 104 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,319 She's doing well. They took her to the hospital obviously 105 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:42,800 for smoke inhalation. Her tire, tongue and her back of 106 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,800 her throat was just black with this soot. Her hair 107 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:52,319 was singed. But she is in recovery and everything, and 108 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:56,439 we're working with her family to set up a GoFundMe page. 109 00:05:56,959 --> 00:05:59,680 So I just know so many people have reached out 110 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,000 to me and won't help her, and she she lost 111 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:07,000 everything in there, her medical bills and and everything. She's 112 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:11,480 still in and the rehab in the hospital. 113 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, when you get when you get any information 114 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,079 like that, I'm happy to pass it along for folks 115 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:21,720 to help out as well. And so, oh yeah, absolutely, 116 00:06:21,759 --> 00:06:24,879 So I'm curious, like when you you're driving down the 117 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:26,560 road you see the smoke, and I've been in a 118 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,079 similar situation. It was a vehicle parked in a in 119 00:06:30,079 --> 00:06:33,680 a parking lot, and it's like it didn't register with 120 00:06:33,959 --> 00:06:35,879 me at first, Like I'm looking at this thing and 121 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,480 I'm like, I think that car is about to catch 122 00:06:39,519 --> 00:06:43,839 on fire. And right, so there's like a normalcy bias 123 00:06:43,879 --> 00:06:46,519 like that that you got to kind of get pasted 124 00:06:46,519 --> 00:06:49,120 at first. So like how long did you did you 125 00:06:49,199 --> 00:06:51,399 experience that? And like how long did it take for 126 00:06:51,439 --> 00:06:53,600 you to kind of like, no, I did see what. 127 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 3: I just saw, absolutely, and and that and that is 128 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,920 because your mind is trying to make sense of something 129 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,279 that's that's very odd. In fact, when we pulled up, 130 00:07:04,439 --> 00:07:07,720 I thought, well, that's odd that they're trying to burn 131 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,319 this trailer and nobody's out here watching it, you know, 132 00:07:11,639 --> 00:07:13,560 like that, I was like trying to make sense of 133 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:18,079 what was going on. But you know, for me, it's 134 00:07:18,279 --> 00:07:23,199 it's the God's small voice that just you know, just 135 00:07:23,279 --> 00:07:26,959 tells you something's not right. Here and to turn around. 136 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,600 And you know, I think most of all, I think, 137 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,800 you know, what I want people to understand is God's 138 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,199 real and present with us and every single day, at 139 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,519 every moment, and he's you know, our scripture tells us 140 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,439 he's a refuge in a strength and a very present 141 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,839 help in trouble. And he was there that day just 142 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,560 to see I mean, let me see the smoke. I 143 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,519 didn't register that it was so much of a you know, 144 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,839 danger or whatever, but it was enough to just say, 145 00:07:58,079 --> 00:08:00,399 you know, go back and take a look at that 146 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,199 further and right. 147 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 2: And people have to be open to hear, to hear 148 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:09,439 the message and then to respond. I'm curious, though, when 149 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:13,399 you ran up there, did it ever cross your mind, like, 150 00:08:13,519 --> 00:08:15,360 I mean, you see, oh my gosh, like there's this 151 00:08:15,439 --> 00:08:17,439 smoke and there's a person in there and I got 152 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,040 to get help get her out. But did it ever 153 00:08:19,079 --> 00:08:23,319 cross your mind that that you would that you could die? 154 00:08:24,199 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 3: Well, I you know, it didn't cross my mind about 155 00:08:29,759 --> 00:08:34,840 my own life or whatever. I think what struck me 156 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:39,360 is when I opened up the door and she was 157 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,200 back in there, and I went into the to the 158 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:48,240 trailer there she was pretty close to the door right there, 159 00:08:48,279 --> 00:08:50,039 and I didn't have to go back in far. But 160 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,399 what struck me was the tremendous amount of heat that 161 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,639 was there, and I couldn't believe that she was in 162 00:08:56,679 --> 00:09:01,679 that heat. Pete iking it. I've got this fire outdoor 163 00:09:01,759 --> 00:09:05,440 fire pit and it's like you putting your head over 164 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:10,519 the top of that heat as it just comes out 165 00:09:10,639 --> 00:09:13,919 the top, and that's that's the intensity. And she was 166 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,759 sitting in there in that heat, and that's what struck 167 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,200 me as there and if she was any further back 168 00:09:21,159 --> 00:09:25,000 the smoke, because it was I was breathing that toxic 169 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:29,600 like plastic smoke. You know, I just couldn't believe she 170 00:09:29,799 --> 00:09:33,679 was actually in there. And then just the heat from 171 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:39,279 the fire that was inside was just incredible. It's after 172 00:09:39,759 --> 00:09:43,240 that that you sit down and you reflect on what 173 00:09:43,399 --> 00:09:48,600 did I just go through, you know, and just got 174 00:09:48,639 --> 00:09:52,480 God God was there and protected us both for sure. 175 00:09:53,519 --> 00:10:00,080 Speaker 2: Stay Representative Dean rp is from Union County and well, I, 176 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,000 I mean, you didn't save me, but thank you, and 177 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,759 I think you did a wonderful thing. And I know 178 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,080 that you're you're not interested in kind of promoting yourself 179 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,080 in this, but I feel like it's a good way 180 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,360 to let people know that God puts people in the 181 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,080 right place at the right time, and if I can 182 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,840 help spread that message, then I'm happy to do so. 183 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:21,919 Speaker 3: Absolutely, absolutely so. 184 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 2: All right, Representative ARP, thanks so much for your time, 185 00:10:24,399 --> 00:10:25,799 and thank you for what you did. 186 00:10:26,399 --> 00:10:27,159 Speaker 1: We appreciate you. 187 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 3: Thank you, Pete. 188 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,399 Speaker 1: All right you, yes, sir, take care. All right. 189 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,159 Speaker 2: I hope you had a happy holiday season. But tell 190 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,759 me if something like this happened at your house. Your 191 00:10:35,759 --> 00:10:38,240 family and friends are gathered around, maybe y'all are in 192 00:10:38,279 --> 00:10:41,879 the living room, You're laughing, swapping stories, reminiscing, and then 193 00:10:41,919 --> 00:10:45,840 somebody says, hey, Dad, remember those old VHS tapes? Did 194 00:10:45,919 --> 00:10:48,519 you ever get them transferred? And then the room gets 195 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,120 all quiet. All eyes are on Dad, who says, oh, 196 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,200 you know, well, I've been meaning too, but I just 197 00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:57,240 having gotten around to it. 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I didn't want to embarrass him, 212 00:11:49,159 --> 00:11:53,279 but it is like, that's what That's what everybody would 213 00:11:53,279 --> 00:11:58,360 hope that they would do in similar circumstances, and so 214 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,200 he should be recognized for it, even though he doesn't 215 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:06,200 want to be, you know, he he he wants the 216 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:12,000 message of this incident to be about, you know, doing 217 00:12:12,039 --> 00:12:15,679 good and and listening to God and following God's path. 218 00:12:15,759 --> 00:12:19,879 And I'm happy and I agree, but I also want 219 00:12:19,879 --> 00:12:22,480 to give him recognition for what he did, because not 220 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:26,639 everybody would do that. Some people would just keep driving 221 00:12:26,639 --> 00:12:28,440 down the road. You're late for your meeting, you just 222 00:12:28,519 --> 00:12:32,759 keep driving down the road and you can say, well, 223 00:12:32,799 --> 00:12:35,480 you know, they'll that wasn't what I thought. 224 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: It was. 225 00:12:35,919 --> 00:12:38,919 Speaker 2: It's a That's why I asked about the normalcy bias, 226 00:12:39,039 --> 00:12:41,799 because it it is a real thing, and it's why 227 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:49,840 people don't respond to extraordinary things, to unusual stimuli, because 228 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,919 your brain doesn't know what it's looking at, and it's 229 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:58,039 just easier to say, well that there's it's here, you go. 230 00:12:58,159 --> 00:13:02,960 It's the same reason why whenever you hear about, you know, 231 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:08,840 horrific mass shootings or something like that, people always say 232 00:13:09,279 --> 00:13:09,879 they thought. 233 00:13:09,639 --> 00:13:11,039 Speaker 1: It was fireworks or something. 234 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 2: Right, that people don't ever think in those types of 235 00:13:15,399 --> 00:13:21,279 ways because it's so outside of the ordinary, outside of 236 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,600 the normal, and so we have this bias. You don't 237 00:13:24,639 --> 00:13:27,080 recognize what it is that you're seeing when you're seeing it, 238 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:32,200 and then it's easy to just kind of dismiss something away. 239 00:13:32,279 --> 00:13:35,879 It's why, you know, people hear somebody calling for help 240 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,159 and or screaming and they're just like, you know, oh, 241 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,559 I'm sure there's a rational explanation for it. I'm sure 242 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,120 there's a normal reason for that, and there isn't. It 243 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,200 is actually somebody calling for. 244 00:13:48,159 --> 00:13:48,639 Speaker 1: Help, and. 245 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,279 Speaker 2: A lot of people ignore it because of the normalcy bias. 246 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:58,399 If they even think past it to start weighing like 247 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,720 should I turn around. Should I turn the car around 248 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,720 and go back there? And then it's like, well, but 249 00:14:03,759 --> 00:14:05,639 then I would be driving onto their property. And what 250 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:07,559 if everything is fine, and you know, I go up 251 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,399 to the door and they treat me like I'm crazy, 252 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:14,840 Like you can find reasons to not turn the car 253 00:14:14,879 --> 00:14:17,039 around and to not go up to the door, right, 254 00:14:17,759 --> 00:14:20,120 But when you get there and you realize this house 255 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:25,000 is on fire, and then you see somebody inside. 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Call her text eight two eight, 282 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,039 three six seven seventy sixty eight or check out all 283 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,879 there is to offer at Cabins Ofashville dot com and 284 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,320 make memories that'll. 285 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:11,039 Speaker 1: Last a lifetime. 286 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,399 Speaker 2: Let me go to the phones here, let's talk with Tim. 287 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:16,519 Welcome to the program. 288 00:16:16,159 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 4: Tim, Hey, Pete, thanks for taking my call. I really 289 00:16:20,559 --> 00:16:23,879 really enjoy the show. Those type of rescues where the 290 00:16:23,919 --> 00:16:28,080 gentlemen helped rescue that lady from that house fire. Those 291 00:16:28,559 --> 00:16:32,039 those incidents are more common than you think, Pete, where 292 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,320 your average citizens put themselves in a position to become 293 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,399 what some people would call a hero. As matter of fact, 294 00:16:39,679 --> 00:16:42,360 I've been in the same situation. I was on the 295 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,759 way up to the North Carolina Mountains. I was from 296 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,720 Charlotte at the time, So me and my buddy was 297 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,679 taking a road trip up to the mountains and we 298 00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:53,240 drove past this like millhouse somewhere up near Newton or Conover, 299 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,519 and we've seen smoke building out from under the eaves 300 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,000 of the house all the way around the house. Oh, 301 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:00,799 so I told him, I said, man, pull over, his 302 00:17:00,879 --> 00:17:03,399 house is on fire. So we run up on the 303 00:17:03,399 --> 00:17:05,359 front porch and started knocking on the front door, and 304 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,559 we couldn't get anybody to the door. And I said, 305 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:12,039 keep knocking. I'm going around back. And I run around 306 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,359 back and I started knocking on the door and nobody 307 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,880 was coming to the door. And I thought, man, I'm 308 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,839 gonna have to go in here, you know. So I smashed. 309 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,920 This is back when houses had screened doors. I smashed 310 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,200 on the door and snatched that screen door open, and 311 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,759 then about that time this man come to the door. 312 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:31,279 I said, Man, the house on fire. You know what's 313 00:17:31,319 --> 00:17:33,559 going on? You got smoke coming around the head of 314 00:17:33,559 --> 00:17:36,039 your attic. He said, Oh, ain't no problem. We just 315 00:17:36,079 --> 00:17:38,240 got a pot of beans on the stove. 316 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: God Lord, So did you owe him for the door? 317 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,759 Speaker 4: No, that's exactly what I was thinking. Pet. Well, I'm 318 00:17:47,759 --> 00:17:50,160 gonna get out of here before he notices I broke 319 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,559 the screen doors. But I guess his stone pipe in 320 00:17:53,599 --> 00:17:57,440 the attic didn't go through the roof. Good but improper. 321 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,519 I that's the normal thing, all right. 322 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,519 Speaker 1: Tim, I appreciate the call man funny story. 323 00:18:03,599 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I had a There was a a friend of mine, 324 00:18:06,039 --> 00:18:08,799 and I didn't know this story until after he had 325 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:09,680 passed away. 326 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: I knew him. 327 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,839 Speaker 2: He was a high school buddy of mine, and Jimmy 328 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:19,240 Vega was his name, and uh he and is he 329 00:18:19,279 --> 00:18:22,039 had gone to the Uh it wasn't the Coast Card 330 00:18:22,079 --> 00:18:24,839 it was the Maritime I'm trying to remember the name 331 00:18:24,839 --> 00:18:27,079 of the U the college, because he had gone there 332 00:18:27,079 --> 00:18:30,440 for one year and then that summer after his first 333 00:18:30,519 --> 00:18:31,319 year he died. 334 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: In an accident. 335 00:18:32,559 --> 00:18:36,799 Speaker 2: And but the one of the stories that they told 336 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,720 that nobody knew because he never told anybody. But his 337 00:18:41,839 --> 00:18:48,839 girlfriend told the story that he had jumped into a lake. 338 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,720 They were driving someplace and he saw a car go 339 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:56,319 off the road and it went into a little lake, 340 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,599 a little body of water, and he pulled over and 341 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:04,039 he ran out into the water, swam out there and 342 00:19:04,079 --> 00:19:07,440 like rescued like this mom and her kid or something, 343 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:10,799 and then got back in his car and went and 344 00:19:11,039 --> 00:19:15,599 continued on like and never never told anybody. So yeah, 345 00:19:15,599 --> 00:19:18,279 I agree Tim with Tim's point. It happens a lot 346 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:22,920 more often than than we are aware. I am sure, Patty, 347 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:23,759 Welcome to the show. 348 00:19:23,759 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 5: Hey, Patty, Hey there. I just wanted to you know that, 349 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,200 as Dane Art would say, you get a little message 350 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,519 in your head sometimes that you just need to pay 351 00:19:33,559 --> 00:19:37,880 attention to it. Dan Arp is the kind of person 352 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:42,559 that we needed Washington rather than in Raleigh. He is 353 00:19:42,599 --> 00:19:47,880 a good, strong, hard working, the thinking man that cares 354 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:48,559 about people. 355 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 1: It would seem yeah, it would seem so. 356 00:19:51,279 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 2: Although if you if you, if you listen to Dan Bishop, 357 00:19:57,599 --> 00:20:00,079 one of the things that frustrated him was how how 358 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:04,559 difficult it was to actually get anything done up in Washington, 359 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,559 whereas you know, we do need good competent people to 360 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,720 volunteer their time and expertise at the local and the 361 00:20:12,759 --> 00:20:13,400 state levels. 362 00:20:14,039 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 4: Yeah. 363 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 5: Well he does a great job for Union County and 364 00:20:18,519 --> 00:20:24,200 I've tried for years to conven but he doesn't listen. 365 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:27,079 So now the whole world. 366 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,839 Speaker 2: Here, So this is uh so is this like this 367 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:35,000 is a public pressure campaign to draft There there you go. 368 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,319 Speaker 5: I'm I'm advertising myself for his campaign manager. 369 00:20:39,839 --> 00:20:46,519 Speaker 2: Okay, Patty, I appreciate the you too, man, Yeah, take care, 370 00:20:46,599 --> 00:20:51,440 take care. Like I am, I am not aware of 371 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:57,119 the draft Dean for DC campaign, but but yeah, like 372 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,519 I said, there, I saw something the other day. 373 00:20:59,559 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 1: Actually, do you know if you were to count up 374 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:03,839 all of. 375 00:21:05,279 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 2: Like the people who are in offices that are representing 376 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:15,079 other people, like all representatives, what would you think would 377 00:21:15,079 --> 00:21:18,240 be Like at what level do you think there would 378 00:21:18,279 --> 00:21:22,200 be the most amount of people in sort of you know, 379 00:21:22,319 --> 00:21:29,400 elected representative offices. It's obviously not you know, the US 380 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:33,200 Senate or the House up in Washington. 381 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:35,599 Speaker 1: It's not at the. 382 00:21:35,559 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 2: State level either, tally up all the state lawmakers, it's 383 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,359 not there either. So you're thinking, Okay, maybe county or 384 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:47,039 school boards or cities and towns. No, it's not that either. 385 00:21:47,559 --> 00:21:48,319 Speaker 1: You know what it is. 386 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:56,039 Speaker 2: Hoa's. There are more people in hoa's and they are 387 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:03,920 actually elected and representing people. And I saw that last week. 388 00:22:04,519 --> 00:22:06,839 I was like, that's amazing. But if you think about it, 389 00:22:06,839 --> 00:22:09,759 it makes a lot of sense. You know, tens of thousands, 390 00:22:10,079 --> 00:22:13,200 if not hundreds of thousands maybe of people that do 391 00:22:13,319 --> 00:22:18,200 that stuff and usually for no pay. So anyway, just 392 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,640 throwing that out there, all right, if you're listening to 393 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,160 this show, you know I try to keep up with 394 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,319 all sorts of current events, and I know you do too, 395 00:22:24,519 --> 00:22:27,000 And you've probably heard me say get your news from 396 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:31,680 multiple sources. Why well, because it's how you detect media bias, 397 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,279 which is why I've been so impressed with ground News. 398 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,039 It's an app and it's a website and it combines 399 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,160 news from around the world in one place so you 400 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,599 can compare coverage and verify information. 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I use 410 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,799 the Vantage plan to get unlimited access to every feature. 411 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,759 Your subscription then not only helps my podcast, but it 412 00:23:19,799 --> 00:23:22,960 also supports Ground News as they make the media landscape 413 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,759 more transparent. I mentioned this the other day, but the 414 00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:35,640 Alzheimer's Association Western Carolina Chapter Congratulations Charlotte, came in number 415 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:39,880 twenty four in America for the amount of money that 416 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,039 was raised as part of the twenty twenty four Walk 417 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:49,119 to End Alzheimer's. The Alzheimers Association puts on or puts 418 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:53,680 out a the top thirty list of the markets and 419 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:58,680 the chapters that generate the most money through these fundraising efforts, 420 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:03,920 and Charlotte has been in the top ranking since twenty 421 00:24:04,039 --> 00:24:11,640 sixteen and is the largest fundraiser for Alzheimer's and other 422 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:18,000 dementia awareness, care, support and research. Nearly two thousand participants 423 00:24:18,039 --> 00:24:22,920 in last year's walk, and thank you to everybody that 424 00:24:23,279 --> 00:24:25,680 came out and walked with me. I appreciate that, and 425 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:30,759 everybody that donated to my team, thank you very much. 426 00:24:30,799 --> 00:24:34,240 If you donated to the Alzheimer's Association, thank you. The 427 00:24:34,319 --> 00:24:40,079 Charlotte region raised seven hundred and forty five thousand dollars 428 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:45,119 through that walk last year, and preparations are already underway 429 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,920 for the twenty twenty five walk, which is going to 430 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,559 be in October, and I'll give you more details on 431 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:54,119 all of that. Several local teams I should give a 432 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,640 shout out here for the work that they did as well. 433 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,839 There were several teams and individuals that earned and national 434 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:08,640 rankings in the top fifty walk teams nationwide Senior Living Communities. 435 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:10,599 They came in at number forty four. They pulled in 436 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:15,119 almost sixty eight thousand dollars. In the top one hundred 437 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:24,240 were Charlotte participants Josh Thompson, Stuart Goldstein, and Wesley Missing 438 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:31,200 And those the last two there were part of Team Cadwallader. Yeah, 439 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,279 they were both on the same team. Josh Thompson was 440 00:25:33,279 --> 00:25:36,079 on Senior Living Community's team. And so if you want 441 00:25:36,079 --> 00:25:38,359 information on joining the walk, it's a lot of fun, 442 00:25:38,519 --> 00:25:41,519 it's some good exercise too, and it's a great cause. 443 00:25:41,559 --> 00:25:43,720 All of the money goes to fund you know, research, 444 00:25:44,039 --> 00:25:48,960 twenty four care support for you know, family members and 445 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,599 people who are living with Alzheimer's. They do advocacy work. 446 00:25:52,599 --> 00:25:55,359 They also fuel a bunch of research, and there's been 447 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:59,400 a lot of progress in that area over the last 448 00:25:59,839 --> 00:26:03,920 year with FDA approval of a new drug to help 449 00:26:05,079 --> 00:26:09,599 help slow down the pace. Nationwide, there were like three 450 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,720 hundred and seventy one thousand people that participated in the walks. 451 00:26:13,799 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: So it's a great event. It's a great charity. 452 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 2: I was a supporter of theirs, you know, just personally 453 00:26:20,279 --> 00:26:23,240 for years, probably now close to twenty years. My grandfather 454 00:26:23,279 --> 00:26:26,519 had Alzheimer's and so it's a cause that was has 455 00:26:26,559 --> 00:26:30,160 always been personal to me. So I was always supporting them. 456 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:34,359 And then when I came back to WBT, they were looking, 457 00:26:34,519 --> 00:26:38,279 you know, because there was an affiliation there. They had 458 00:26:38,279 --> 00:26:41,759 been doing some work with my colleague at our sister station, 459 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,880 Ramona Holloway, and so she asked, Hey, would you be 460 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,440 interested in helping I said absolutely, And so I've been 461 00:26:47,599 --> 00:26:51,039 helping with this ever since I got back. And it's 462 00:26:51,039 --> 00:26:53,359 a really good cause. They do really great work for 463 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:58,039 especially the family members the caregivers, the you know, that 464 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:01,160 are on the front line, and it is a very 465 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:06,920 difficult thing for for the family members to take care 466 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:13,039 of their loved ones who are getting progressively worse, you know. 467 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:19,359 So thanks again and congratulations to everybody that that helped 468 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,640 with that effort. In the next hour here, I'm going 469 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,000 to get into this big event that was held up 470 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:30,200 at the at the White House yesterday where President Trump 471 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:40,319 signed an executive order regarding transgender students or men playing 472 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:46,039 on women's sports. And what has been pretty amazing to 473 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:51,440 watch is the that the left does not have a 474 00:27:51,519 --> 00:27:53,960 response to what we saw yesterday. And if you haven't 475 00:27:54,079 --> 00:27:56,599 seen the images and the video that came out of 476 00:27:56,599 --> 00:28:03,000 that event, it's it is powerful, and it's probably a 477 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:10,359 little bit scary to a political organization that is on 478 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:14,119 the wrong side of that issue and can't break free 479 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:14,359 of it. 480 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: So we'll get to that. There is a related story. 481 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:20,559 Speaker 2: And I'm probably not gonna have time to finish it 482 00:28:20,559 --> 00:28:24,039 here before the top of the hour newscast, so I'll 483 00:28:24,279 --> 00:28:27,279 fold it into to the next hour. I'll start I'll 484 00:28:27,279 --> 00:28:30,000 start here in the next hour, which is that there 485 00:28:30,079 --> 00:28:32,319 is a bill that has been filed in the North 486 00:28:32,319 --> 00:28:39,440 Carolina legislature that would allow students who are attending homeschools 487 00:28:39,759 --> 00:28:46,000 or private schools to play sports or other extracurricular activities 488 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:48,759 at their local public school. 489 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: And this has gotten the left outraged. 490 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 2: And I read a tweet the other day from some 491 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,960 idiot on Twitter, and there are a lot of them, 492 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,720 and so it's a target rich environment for me, which 493 00:29:06,799 --> 00:29:09,119 is he was saying that this is some sort of 494 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,640 DEI like, oh, good to see your Republicans are for 495 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:17,240 DEI now, which is just completely dumb. 496 00:29:17,279 --> 00:29:19,119 Speaker 1: It's just dumb, and. 497 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 2: You would think that people in the public school system 498 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,920 and defenders of the system would be celebrating this. I'll 499 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,440 explain all right. That'll do it for this episode. Thank 500 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,400 you so much for listening. I could not do the 501 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,079 show without your support and the support of the businesses 502 00:29:35,079 --> 00:29:37,960 that advertise on the podcast, so if you'd like, please 503 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,799 support them too and tell them you heard it here. 504 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,480 You can also become a patron at my Patreon page 505 00:29:42,599 --> 00:29:46,160 or go to dpetecleanershow dot com. Again, thank you so 506 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:53,240 much for listening, and don't break anything while I'm gone.