Speaker 1: Oh lad, here is my final thought. Let me be
Speaker 1: serious for a moment. By now you probably have heard
Speaker 1: the news that at least one person died and several
Speaker 1: others were injured after a plane crashed into another jet
Speaker 1: at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona today and ASSESSMA two eight
Speaker 1: B crashed into sea ice just outside of Noame, Alaska,
Speaker 1: after going missing during a flight last Thursday afternoon. Ten
Speaker 1: people dead. That's after six passengers of a medical jet
Speaker 1: and one person on the ground were killed after the
Speaker 1: plane crash in a Philadelphia neighborhood last Friday evening. And
Speaker 1: all of this is in the wake of the Reagan
Speaker 1: National Airport mid air collision over the Potomac, which killed
Speaker 1: sixty seven people. Are the collisions. Are the accidents or
Speaker 1: the crashes related, of course, not, not specifically at least,
Speaker 1: but emotionally they all connect in our recent memories, our politics,
Speaker 1: as of lade, has embraced the idea of just blaming
Speaker 1: the previous guy. I'm old enough to remember. Maybe you
Speaker 1: are too, but I'm old enough to remember it was
Speaker 1: said the buck stops here, But that's no longer the case.
Speaker 1: Now it's just blame, blame, blame. But I did find
Speaker 1: a quote that I especially liked that I want to
Speaker 1: close out with, and it goes like this, Leaders, true
Speaker 1: leaders take responsibility for the success of the team and
Speaker 1: understand that they must also take responsibility for the failure.
Speaker 1: It's so good, I'm going to read it twice. Leaders,
Speaker 1: True leaders take responsibility for the success of the team
Speaker 1: and understand that they must also take responsibility for the failure.
Speaker 1: Close quote. That quote is from Donald Trump, and I'll
Speaker 1: take him at his word. I honestly don't know what
Speaker 1: is going on with our planes and air traffic control.
Speaker 1: But I do know we only have one president at
Speaker 1: a time, and I do know only one head of
Speaker 1: our federal government at a time. And the answer to this,
Speaker 1: whatever this is, but it is a problem. But the
Speaker 1: answer to this must come from the top. And here
Speaker 1: are the facts. Our president fired the head of the
Speaker 1: Transportation Security Administration, fired the entire Aviation Security Advisory Committee,
Speaker 1: froze hiring of all air traffic controllers, fired one hundred
Speaker 1: top FAA security officers, all on the same day, the
Speaker 1: same day. He's not been a passive participant in this.
Speaker 1: He's been very much involved. But again, blame and responsibility
Speaker 1: are not the same. Blame is looking back. You're trying
Speaker 1: to say, well, this happened in the past, this person
Speaker 1: did this, so therefore they are responsible. It's an excuse,
Speaker 1: it's a cop out, it's an abdication of responsibility. That's blame.
Speaker 1: Blame is the easy way out responsibility. At least from
Speaker 1: where I sit, it's about going forward and tonight I'm
Speaker 1: assessing no blame. I'm not going to sit here and say, well,
Speaker 1: Biden did this, and it's not to protect Biden. It's
Speaker 1: just because blame doesn't solve the future problem. Blame doesn't
Speaker 1: tell us what we need to do if it win,
Speaker 1: the next plane crashes, and unfortunately, if the past is prologue,
Speaker 1: there's a distinct possibility that there may be another issue
Speaker 1: in the very near future. And it can't be always
Speaker 1: the other person's fault. If you're the person in charge,
Speaker 1: you the person who wanted the job. You're the person
Speaker 1: who got the job, so then as the job holder,
Speaker 1: you are judged by your job performance. And again I'm
Speaker 1: not going to assess any blame, but I am going
Speaker 1: to do this. I'm going to look at future responsibility.
Speaker 1: Let's just say all bets are off and the clock starts. Now,
Speaker 1: this is our president's baby. Whatever happens going forward, given
Speaker 1: the moves that he's made prior to now, whatever happens
Speaker 1: going forward is his responsibility because he has been an
Speaker 1: active participant in whatever our future air traffic control and
Speaker 1: our airport security is going to be. He has been
Speaker 1: actively involved. And it bears mentioning. Fired the head of
Speaker 1: the Transportation Security Administration, fired the entire Aviation Security Advisory Committee,
Speaker 1: froze hiring of all air traffic controllers, and not saying
Speaker 1: nothing in the fact that we all know that they
Speaker 1: have been overworked and understaffed. Fired one hundred top FAA
Speaker 1: security officers, all on the same day. And I'll say
Speaker 1: it one more time before I go, this is the
Speaker 1: president's baby, whatever happens going forward. And as our leader,
Speaker 1: our leader, I'm not one of those people who's ever
Speaker 1: going to say, not my president. No, he's my president,
Speaker 1: he's your president, he's everyone's president. The country is chosen.
Speaker 1: And as our leader, as our president, he can't only
Speaker 1: be willing to take responsibility for the success, but also
Speaker 1: any responsibility for the failure too. For KFI A six forty,
Speaker 1: I'm o Kelly and before we go, we've been using
Speaker 1: a new segment to close out the show right now.
Speaker 1: It's called the Final Thought. I may change it, but
Speaker 1: it's just some things that were you know, I've been
Speaker 1: ruminating on and sort of just bouncing around in my head.
Speaker 1: But with the news of the day, and here's tonight's
Speaker 1: probably by now you've heard about the chances of a
Speaker 1: particular asteroid striking Earth within the next decade. Well it's
Speaker 1: doubled over the past few weeks. The chances is of
Speaker 1: the hitting Earth. And this is according to NASA astronomers, doubled.
Speaker 1: I said, to be fair, it only doubled from one
Speaker 1: to two percent. But if I told you that there
Speaker 1: was a two percent chance of your next flight ending
Speaker 1: up in the side of a mountain, you wouldn't like
Speaker 1: those chances, would you. Kind of same thing. The asteroid
Speaker 1: discovered just after Christmas has been named twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1: Why are four? It could possibly strike the planet in
Speaker 1: December of twenty thirty two, and this is according to
Speaker 1: NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies. And the way
Speaker 1: we've been going, that too will be defunded by the
Speaker 1: federal government. We've all likely seen movies like Armageddon Deep
Speaker 1: Impact similar plot lines. You know, killer asteroid discovered, the
Speaker 1: world comes together and depends on America to save the day,
Speaker 1: And in both of those movies, with varying degrees, the
Speaker 1: day is saved. But this is real life, and potentially,
Speaker 1: potentially we are only at step one. You know, the
Speaker 1: killer asteroid. It's out there, it's been identified. That's step one.
Speaker 1: All that's left is step two and step three, you know,
Speaker 1: for the world to come together and then America to
Speaker 1: save the day. But step two and three would seem
Speaker 1: to be damn near impossible. Right about now, we are
Speaker 1: far closer to Netflix is don't look up which detailed
Speaker 1: in America in denial of an asteroid impact, That to
Speaker 1: be seems more realistic. We don't take measles seriously. We
Speaker 1: don't take polio or e coli seriously eatingmore. We don't
Speaker 1: take science and scientists seriously eating more scientists. We know
Speaker 1: more than the scientists, than the experts, the elitists. So
Speaker 1: given that, what chance is there of us taking an
Speaker 1: asteroid seriously? Hell, we're still yelling at each other over
Speaker 1: whether we've actually been to the moon. We're still cussing
Speaker 1: each other out over whether the Earth is spherical. That's
Speaker 1: actually like a real debate in someone's minds. These days,
Speaker 1: we as in the United States of America, have routinely
Speaker 1: devalued higher education than science and facts. The betting favorite
Speaker 1: at this point should be the asteroid. And I gotta
Speaker 1: be honest, a large part of me pulling for the asteroid,
Speaker 1: or at least until we stop acting like an unseerios nation.
Speaker 1: For example, today today a congressman from Georgia introduced a
Speaker 1: bill to the House of Representatives with a straight face
Speaker 1: that would give a new name to Greenland. Instead of Greenland,
Speaker 1: it would be named Red, White and Blueland. This asteroid
Speaker 1: cannot get here fast enough for KF. I am six forty.
Speaker 1: I'm Moe Kelly. If you find yourself being more stressed
Speaker 1: out because of politics, researchers have actually quantified that as
Speaker 1: to why. And I often say, when I'm not working,
Speaker 1: I don't talk about politics. I'll post some snark on
Speaker 1: social media. I will from time to time, but I
Speaker 1: don't always, and I don't want to go deep with
Speaker 1: people because it begins to stress me out. It absolutely
Speaker 1: stresses me out, which is almost a contradiction. But all
Speaker 1: of my TV work, if you've been paying attention, is political,
Speaker 1: and some of my radio work is too, so I
Speaker 1: need some time to balance that out. There's a national
Speaker 1: survey on stressors conducted by the American Psychological Association or
Speaker 1: APA for twenty twenty four found that the future of
Speaker 1: the nation or politics, was the leading cause of significant
Speaker 1: stress among adults, with nearly eight in ten seventy seven
Speaker 1: percent reporting it as a major source of anxiety. And
Speaker 1: here are some of the other takeaways from this and
Speaker 1: other comparable studies. Everyday political events can cause harmed psychological
Speaker 1: and to our physical well being. In fact, politics can
Speaker 1: harm people's wellbeing as much or more than get this alcohol.
Speaker 1: A study conducted in twenty seventeen estimated that ninety four
Speaker 1: million Americans felt politics caused significant stress, forty four million
Speaker 1: lost sleep, thirty million suffered physical health harm, and eleven
Speaker 1: million had suicidal thoughts. Effects comparable to or worse than
Speaker 1: those associated with alcohol, except none of the buzz or
Speaker 1: none of the great sex connected to it. That's just
Speaker 1: my little addentum. In short, our politics is killing us.
Speaker 1: But wait, there's more. The multiple studies concluded not only
Speaker 1: are politics related well being issues worsened for many in
Speaker 1: recent years. Political polarization is linked with worse anxiety and depression.
Speaker 1: And here's my takeaway and one I give to you.
Speaker 1: If the country is going to hell, and we all
Speaker 1: have our theories as to why or whether it is
Speaker 1: or who is responsible, here's the truth. You won't have
Speaker 1: any real say in it or saving it. I know
Speaker 1: you think that posting on social media is going to
Speaker 1: make a difference, but I'm here to tell you it
Speaker 1: will not. I know that if you think if you
Speaker 1: insult enough people in real life or in cyberspace, it's
Speaker 1: going to make a difference, it will not. It's not
Speaker 1: going to change anything. Either the country is going to
Speaker 1: go to hell or it won't go to hell. This
Speaker 1: is my recommendation. Do like I do and know when
Speaker 1: to let it go. It's not worth your health, it's
Speaker 1: not worth your peace, and most importantly, it's not worth
Speaker 1: your life. No when to just let it go. For
Speaker 1: k if I am six forty, I'm mo Kelly. As
Speaker 1: I close out the show in the week for my
Speaker 1: final thought, he did say that the fellows We're gonna
Speaker 1: go see Captain America a brave New World, and I
Speaker 1: wanted to talk about that. And you know, it's starring
Speaker 1: Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Tim Blake Nelson and others, and
Speaker 1: the movie is not hitting theaters without controversy. We've talked
Speaker 1: about some of it. You may not know all of it,
Speaker 1: but some have complained. Maybe you are in this group
Speaker 1: that there's only one Captain America and it's the character
Speaker 1: Steve Rogers as portrayed by Chris Evans. I mean, that's nice.
Speaker 1: It's not true, but it's nice for you to think that.
Speaker 1: Even in the comics, Anthony Mackie's character Sam Wilson took
Speaker 1: the mantle of Captain America, even Bucky took the mantle
Speaker 1: of Captain America, and he basically was a Russian spy
Speaker 1: killing Americans. And if you're okay with him taking the
Speaker 1: mantle of Captain America, I damn sure know that Sam
Speaker 1: Wilson can and others have complained Anthony Mackie's character didn't
Speaker 1: take the super serum, so therefore he can't be Captain America.
Speaker 1: That's nice, it's nice that you think that, But if
Speaker 1: you really know the Captain America's subtext, it was Steve
Speaker 1: Rogers Heart, which made him great, and that was enhanced
Speaker 1: by the serum. But speaking of the comics, if you
Speaker 1: really knew Sam Wilson the character, you should already know that.
Speaker 1: And this is assuming you know the comics that Sam
Speaker 1: Wilson the character served in the Air Force fifty eighth
Speaker 1: Rescue Squadron as a pair of rescue men and did
Speaker 1: two tours and was a test pilot, expert marksman with
Speaker 1: military firearms. He was an expert in hand to hand combat.
Speaker 1: He was a master pilot. He was an expert tactician
Speaker 1: who helped plan special operations. He was a counselor to
Speaker 1: veterans with PTSD. He was already an American hero. Put
Speaker 1: that in a real person, you'd probably say, Yeah, they're
Speaker 1: worthy of being Captain America. And for all the talk
Speaker 1: we have about respecting or disrespecting the military, to say
Speaker 1: that that guy, Sam Wilson, that character is either unworthy
Speaker 1: to represent America or is not appropriate to represent America,
Speaker 1: y'all are telling on yourselves. But such a debate is
Speaker 1: not completely disconnected to the whole point of the Kendrick
Speaker 1: Lamar halftime show, and this idea of what is America?
Speaker 1: Who is American and who deserves to represent America? I know,
Speaker 1: Captain America. Brave New World is a movie, but it's
Speaker 1: also a mirror held up to us as we trip
Speaker 1: over ourselves, making Kendrick Lamar's point that some people have
Speaker 1: the idea and it's the wrong idea. Some people have
Speaker 1: the idea that America is only for some people and
Speaker 1: only certain circumstances. That never was and never will be
Speaker 1: the case for KF I am six forty. I'm O
Speaker 1: Kelly then. Anyway, Sat