Speaker 1: You're listening to KAPI AM six forty. The Bill handles
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Speaker 1: where Arnold Palmer was born and grew up. And the
Speaker 1: airport there is the Arnold Palmer Airport and named the
Speaker 1: airport after him. In the rally, as many of Trump
Speaker 1: rallies are there at the airport, he flies in and boy,
Speaker 1: let me tell you, the visuals are really terrific. He
Speaker 1: flies in on the Trump plane. It is you've seen
Speaker 1: those letters nineteen feet high on the plane, comes in,
Speaker 1: goes off the plane front of Electron at the bottom
Speaker 1: of the stairs, does his thing and leaves. And it's
Speaker 1: a very effective way to campaign. And even though there
Speaker 1: were from what's being reported by the New York Times,
Speaker 1: several hundred people there and that was it. It's really
Speaker 1: not for those hundreds of people or thousands of people.
Speaker 1: It's because it's covered like crazy. National news covers it,
Speaker 1: certainly local news, and it is just a neat way
Speaker 1: to get the message across. So twelve minutes of his
Speaker 1: rally and he goes on forever. At most of his rallies,
Speaker 1: he got into describing Arnold Palmer and the size of
Speaker 1: his Palmer, that Arnold Palmer has a very large fontz
Speaker 1: or did and that was twelve minutes of it. Also
Speaker 1: well included a bunch of remarks about it and gave
Speaker 1: him a lot of accolades, and then went on to
Speaker 1: talk about Harris and use the four letter word for crap.
Speaker 1: Am I even allowed. I don't think I'm allowed to
Speaker 1: say the actual word. Am I, No, I can't. Anyway,
Speaker 1: he does that, and he goes, she is, and then
Speaker 1: the crowd screams the word. And anyway, the point of
Speaker 1: this one is the backlash he is getting for talking
Speaker 1: about Arnold's schwantz and in a big way literally and figuratively.
Speaker 1: He said that when Arnold Palmer Palmer would go into
Speaker 1: the shower, the other golfers would come out and they go, wow,
Speaker 1: look at that. That's my god, that's unbelievable. Went on
Speaker 1: to say, I refuse to say it, but then of
Speaker 1: course he went on to say it, and Trump chuckles.
Speaker 1: I mean it was funny, and he said later on,
Speaker 1: I have to tell you about the shower part because
Speaker 1: it's true. What can I tell you? We want to
Speaker 1: be honest, any other politician talking about someone else's Schwantz
Speaker 1: would go down in a heartbeat. The problem is among
Speaker 1: those that are anti Trump, this does not hurt him,
Speaker 1: it doesn't help him. There were interviews all through the
Speaker 1: weekend where staunch Republicans would say, Hey, I don't like it,
Speaker 1: but let's talk about the issues even if Trump does
Speaker 1: not talk about a lot of the issues. And I'll
Speaker 1: tell you why this one doesn't. I don't know what
Speaker 1: the outrage is. This is Donald Trump. This is the
Speaker 1: kind of stuff that he says. He has a pass.
Speaker 1: He is teflon in that regard. He can just keep
Speaker 1: on going. And for those people that are pro Trump,
Speaker 1: that's going to change anybody's mind. For those people that
Speaker 1: are anti Trump, is that going to change anybody's mind?
Speaker 1: Everybody knows who he is now. There is some stuff
Speaker 1: that he has ordered, that he has uttered that I
Speaker 1: think is dangerous. Beside a dead Arnold Palmer's fonse, I
Speaker 1: don't care. The argument that Barack Obama, for example, was
Speaker 1: not born in the United States and was ineligible to
Speaker 1: be the president, that one I have a problem with.
Speaker 1: Also arguing about the election. You know how I feel
Speaker 1: about the election. The lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit, arguing
Speaker 1: that the election was rigged. That's problematic the rest of
Speaker 1: this stuff. Frankly, I just think it's who cares really now?
Speaker 1: The independence is these people are going to decide the
Speaker 1: presidency in the battleground states. Most of the electorate, the
Speaker 1: thinking is already baked in. Either your four or you're not.
Speaker 1: And unfortunately, there are a lot of Democrats that refuse
Speaker 1: to vote, period. And that's what's scaring the Democrats. This
Speaker 1: is why Barack Obama is going out and hard, hard
Speaker 1: pressing for Democrats to go out and vote, particularly black men.
Speaker 1: For some reason, they are just not coming out in droves,
Speaker 1: far less terms of the polls than they did so
Speaker 1: for Joe Biden. But when it comes to all of this,
Speaker 1: I mean, who cares even the independence. Let's say I'm independent,
Speaker 1: I am not. You know my position as far as
Speaker 1: Donald Trump, and I'm not even talking policy, I believe
Speaker 1: he's just unfit to be the president. That's it. It's
Speaker 1: just that simple. I hold the presidency in such high
Speaker 1: regard that I do not want someone of this ilk
Speaker 1: to be president. And in many cases I agree. Policy wise,
Speaker 1: I think Kamala Harris is crazy in a lot of places, well,
Speaker 1: she's going to stop the overcharging, the gouging. I don't
Speaker 1: even know what that means from the food companies, particularly
Speaker 1: the supermarkets. I don't know what gouging is at what price?
Speaker 1: Ten percent profit, twenty percent profit. So in many ways
Speaker 1: I think she's out of her mind. But when it
Speaker 1: comes to this sort of stuff, come on, guys, this
Speaker 1: is Trump and this is what he does. And by
Speaker 1: the way, Arnold Palmer, from what I understand, did have
Speaker 1: a big schwantz. Now, as I said earlier when we
Speaker 1: were doing the news, he was noted for doing rope
Speaker 1: tricks and he didn't have a rope. I mean, the
Speaker 1: guy was you know, Oh my god, look at the
Speaker 1: size of that thing. He was a man's man, as
Speaker 1: far as Trump was concerned. A real man's man basically
Speaker 1: look like a baby's arm with an apple in its fist. Okay,
Speaker 1: I don't want to describe it. God, I don't know
Speaker 1: what you're I just wanted to make sure that you
Speaker 1: understood the visual here. Now there's a story. Oh, before
Speaker 1: I get into that, I'm gonna remind you or tell
Speaker 1: you coming up at eight o'clock. As you know today,
Speaker 1: I've just come back from my vacation and I was
Speaker 1: overseas in Europe, Ireland and Italy, and I talked to
Speaker 1: a whole lot of people about the presidential election. I'm
Speaker 1: going to share with you what I got from it
Speaker 1: amongst dozens of people. I'll share that coming up at
Speaker 1: eight o'clock in the meantime, talking about the presidential coming
Speaker 1: up in a couple of weeks, Elon Musks. Musk has
Speaker 1: announced that he is warning a million dollars a day
Speaker 1: to a randomly chosen voter who has signed his petition
Speaker 1: pledging to uphold the rights to free speech and to
Speaker 1: bear arms. And this is like almost saying register to vote.
Speaker 1: Not quite. The argument is that this may be illegal,
Speaker 1: and a lot of Democrats are saying nope, this may
Speaker 1: be illegal. Why because federal law does not allow anything
Speaker 1: of value to be given to anybody to either vote
Speaker 1: or to register to vote. And the argument is for
Speaker 1: him to say, if you sign this petition that is
Speaker 1: from his American pack, his America pack, and it's clearly
Speaker 1: to boost Donald Trump in his presidential election, if you
Speaker 1: sign this, We're going to at random pick someone that
Speaker 1: gets a million dollars whoever signs his petition. And somebody
Speaker 1: has already done that and made a made a video
Speaker 1: the winner. You can see him and the boy. It's
Speaker 1: all over the social sat on as on a sofa
Speaker 1: and this oversized version of his million dollar check and
Speaker 1: urges people to head to the polls. So is what
Speaker 1: he has done legal? Yeah, because he's not actually asking
Speaker 1: people to register. He is saying sign this petition that
Speaker 1: talks about Second Amendment rights and free speech. And that's
Speaker 1: one of the prime platform statements that Donald Trump and
Speaker 1: the conservatives, the evangelicals even have said. Freedom of speech
Speaker 1: means that the separation of church and state, which has
Speaker 1: been sacrisyanct in the US since the liberal courts have
Speaker 1: said so, is now coming back. Prayer in school, silent prayer.
Speaker 1: The Supreme Court even talked about how you cannot have silence.
Speaker 1: Let's take a moment of silence that was considered religion.
Speaker 1: I mean, the court really went pretty far. It was
Speaker 1: I mean, there was a lawsuit about and it was
Speaker 1: a father who fould lawsuit against forcing students to stand
Speaker 1: up and say the Pledge of Allegiance because it says
Speaker 1: under God. Therefore, people who are not religious are being
Speaker 1: stigmatized and are actually being forced to accept the fact
Speaker 1: that they're teaching God. Well, basically lost. The Supreme Court said,
Speaker 1: you know, too bad on that one. Same thing with
Speaker 1: money in God we trust, which by the way, started
Speaker 1: I think in the fifties. A court after court said nah,
Speaker 1: and the Supreme Court said, nah, we're going to accept
Speaker 1: that one, too bad, even though the argument was violation
Speaker 1: of separation of church and state. Now you're going to
Speaker 1: see a lot more religion because the courts have gone
Speaker 1: to that point. It's a very conservative court and Elon
Speaker 1: Musk has jumped all over this, and what he is
Speaker 1: saying is prayer in school effectively freedom of religion. That's
Speaker 1: what it means today. Second Amendment rights, well, we all
Speaker 1: know what that is. And therefore you can win a
Speaker 1: million bucks if all you do is sign this petition,
Speaker 1: and it's to engage the electorate to get them. And
Speaker 1: by the way, I think you have to when you
Speaker 1: sign the petition, your email goes on there and tell
Speaker 1: me you're not getting anything inundated with emails from the
Speaker 1: Trump campaign and other Republican campaigns. And this is just
Speaker 1: another way for and it's a clever way of doing this.
Speaker 1: By the way, it's when you think about Elon Musk
Speaker 1: throwing at this point seventy five million dollars into his
Speaker 1: pack to push for Trump. You know, in the battleground states,
Speaker 1: you can't buy any more airtime. You can't. They're completely
Speaker 1: sold out. You cannot buy a television commercial, you cannot
Speaker 1: buy a radio commercial. You can't. So where do you go.
Speaker 1: You have to find out different ways of doing it.
Speaker 1: Boots on the ground, for example, knocking on doors. That's
Speaker 1: where most of the money is being spent. Right now,
Speaker 1: Elon Musk has gone from I think Donald Trump Donald
Speaker 1: Trump is a jerk, to just an awesome supporter and
Speaker 1: throwing his money. He truly believes that Donald Trump is
Speaker 1: the end all be all, And there was talk about
Speaker 1: does he get a position in the administration if he
Speaker 1: supports Trump? If you remember that initial talk, he will.
Speaker 1: It'll be a non paid position. It'll be some kind
Speaker 1: of commission in terms of technology, but he will be
Speaker 1: a member of the administration. If Donald Trump gets elected.
Speaker 1: And he came out, god, really weird. I mean, Musk
Speaker 1: is a weird guy. You've got a weird guy in
Speaker 1: a weird presidential candidate. So Musk comes out at one
Speaker 1: of the rallies and starts dancing and the same thing
Speaker 1: that Trump does, starts dancing. By the way, have you
Speaker 1: seen Trump dance? Boy? Can that man dance? Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: you talk about rhythm? Who can he dance? That is?
Speaker 1: You think there were a few memes on that one.
Speaker 1: All right, guys, we're done with that. Coming up the
Speaker 1: death of Yeah Yah Sinwar, the head of Haramas. We're
Speaker 1: going to talk a little bit about how the hamasnik
Speaker 1: has died, as well as other high end members of
Speaker 1: Hamas and the hierarchy, and Wyatt means is basically nothing.
Speaker 1: And everybody thought, oh my god, they killed them. Therefore
Speaker 1: were on our way to some kind of negotiation. No, no,
Speaker 1: and it's both side's fault, and I will tell you
Speaker 1: why that is. And then coming up at eight o'clock,
Speaker 1: my conversation with people overseas, Ireland and Italy about this
Speaker 1: presidential election and two themes. Two themes were going through
Speaker 1: all of it, and I'll share that with you now.
Speaker 1: The other thing is a little international in scope, and
Speaker 1: I was listening to the news as I was overseas,
Speaker 1: and that is the death of Yeah Yah Sinwar, the
Speaker 1: Kamas leader who was in jail, by the way, for
Speaker 1: twenty years in Israel for and convicted of a terrorist attack.
Speaker 1: And during one of the negotiations, particularly it was when
Speaker 1: Guy shild Or she had Guy Leel, the Israeli soldier
Speaker 1: was picked up and held for six years and there
Speaker 1: was a ransom where there was an agreement. A thousand
Speaker 1: Palestinian prisoners were released for this one Israeli and among
Speaker 1: them was Sinwar and he's the one that actually masterminded
Speaker 1: the October seventh attack. So this is a bad guy
Speaker 1: that Israel desperately wanted to either capture, which was never
Speaker 1: going to happen, or killed, and he was killed sort
Speaker 1: of in a fluke way. Israel just got lucky. It
Speaker 1: was a regular wasn't an attack on him, it was
Speaker 1: it wasn't a military move to kill him. It was
Speaker 1: just a regular fight with the Hamas fighters and Israel
Speaker 1: and Israel patrol and boom, they got him. So he's
Speaker 1: now dead. So what happens because he was a hard
Speaker 1: hard liner, We keep on this war no matter what. Well,
Speaker 1: I'll tell you why, nothing's going to change because the
Speaker 1: Hamas leadership, we don't even know who's in the leadership,
Speaker 1: because Israel has taken out the hierarchy completely, and so
Speaker 1: there's a vacuum, but it's going to be filled. But
Speaker 1: what the thinking is among Hamas leadership is that we
Speaker 1: just keep the war going. It's good for Hamas to
Speaker 1: keep the war going. Why because they're going to lose
Speaker 1: in the short run. I mean, look what's happening to Gaza.
Speaker 1: But when this is over, they will declare victory because
Speaker 1: we were able to fight the Israelis and off they
Speaker 1: go and Gaza is now once again its own state
Speaker 1: without Israeli occupation. And the fact that forty two thousand
Speaker 1: Palestinians have been killed and I only count about two
Speaker 1: thirds of that because a third of those are Hamas
Speaker 1: militants and I don't view them as being killed in
Speaker 1: innocence in any way. And more are going to be killed.
Speaker 1: And two point two million have been displaced, which is
Speaker 1: ninety something percent of the entire population of Gaza, and
Speaker 1: two thirds of Gaza has been decimated. I mean two
Speaker 1: thirds of the entire country has been effectively wipe out
Speaker 1: in terms of infrastructure, in terms of homes and buildings
Speaker 1: and roads. Even getting humanitarian aid has been cut off Israel,
Speaker 1: says oh we're allowing humanitarian aid. That's just not true.
Speaker 1: It is a croc nitianna who is and I'm going
Speaker 1: to say this, this guy believes in this war and
Speaker 1: for personal reasons too. I don't think it has much
Speaker 1: to do with global geopolitics. I think he just wants
Speaker 1: to stay in power. Because let me tell you what
Speaker 1: happens once he is out of power. His trial for
Speaker 1: corruption moves on. Right now, he can't be tried because
Speaker 1: he is head of state. That sound familiar. Once he
Speaker 1: leaves office, he's just a guy who is accused of
Speaker 1: total corruption and I think he's going to be convicted.
Speaker 1: So for him to stay in power is everything. And
Speaker 1: how do you stay in power a war? Nobody removes
Speaker 1: ahead of state during a war, and that's what's going
Speaker 1: on with him. And then you have Hamas that they'd
Speaker 1: rather have the war than not. And why is that?
Speaker 1: Because when the war is over all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: Hamas has to look at everyone in the country that
Speaker 1: has been displaced, everyone that ever owned a building or
Speaker 1: drove on the streets, or was involved in helping people
Speaker 1: eat or deal with the medical issues as in doctors, nurses,
Speaker 1: because all the hospitals have effectively been wiped out. And
Speaker 1: here's what Hamas has done. It has taken the entire
Speaker 1: population of Gaza and made everyone a martyr without their agreement,
Speaker 1: without consultations with them. Because when you look at martyrs,
Speaker 1: these are people who jump into it and they do
Speaker 1: it with open eyes. So there's a lot of reckoning
Speaker 1: to be done on both sides, and both sides do
Speaker 1: not want this war over Israel. I think has a
Speaker 1: hell of an argument in that this is a government
Speaker 1: in Gaza that they're and they've admitted this. The most
Speaker 1: important thing for Hamas is the destruction of Israel. More
Speaker 1: important than governance, will, more important than sustaining infrastructure. It's
Speaker 1: the destruction of Israel. And Israel says, hey, we can't
Speaker 1: take that. And by the way, look what's happening in Lebanine.
Speaker 1: They've got the same issue. Israel is not screwing around anymore.
Speaker 1: You attack Israel, you're going to get it right back.
Speaker 1: Five times as much, ten times as much. Twelve hundred
Speaker 1: Israelis were killed in October seventh. Now when you talk
Speaker 1: about when you compare forty two thousand to twelve hundred,
Speaker 1: it seems really off, doesn't it. I mean, that's not proportional,
Speaker 1: although I don't know anybody who's using the word proportional anymore.
Speaker 1: It just so happens, though, that those twelve hundred that
Speaker 1: were massacred was the worst massacre of Israelis of Jews
Speaker 1: since the Holocaust. So that means a whole lot to
Speaker 1: the people of Israel. So both sides at this point
Speaker 1: want the war to continue. Israel has lost in the
Speaker 1: hundreds of soldiers and there's been some damage. Gaza has
Speaker 1: lost its entire population in terms of being displaced, and
Speaker 1: eighty or seventy five percent of the buildings are gone. Lebanon,
Speaker 1: Hisbelah has done the same thing. Israel wasn't interested in
Speaker 1: occupying Lebanon, not since two thousand and six when Israel invaded.
Speaker 1: Now Israel says, you just leave us alone. Well Hasbolah
Speaker 1: said no? So as soon as the fight starts October eighth,
Speaker 1: when Israel invades Gaza, then you have Hisbela Southern Lebanon
Speaker 1: decide they're going to launch the missiles in solidarity with
Speaker 1: the Palestinians. Well, Israel's taken out whole sections of whole
Speaker 1: sections of Lebanon. Southern Lebanon and now you have how
Speaker 1: many people displaced. I don't know how many, hundreds of thousands.
Speaker 1: You know, it's gotten to the point now where it's
Speaker 1: no longer tit for tat. It is tat tat tat,
Speaker 1: tat tat, tat, tat for tit. Does that make sense?
Speaker 1: You can take that the wrong way, Neil. I know
Speaker 1: you gave me that weird look, but I think you
Speaker 1: can take that the wrong way. And even though I
Speaker 1: would go into that rabbit hole, I didn't on that one. Okay,
Speaker 1: moving on, Boeing, of course, you know is in huge,
Speaker 1: huge trouble, and Intel is in sort of the same category.
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what's happening with that. And this
Speaker 1: more than just a couple of companies that have real trouble.
Speaker 1: It affects every one of us in America. And I'll explain.
Speaker 1: And then eight o'clock my conversations with people overseas about
Speaker 1: the presidential election, and two themes that I heard over
Speaker 1: and over again, the Yankees and the Dodgers. That's pretty
Speaker 1: big news. And of course some geopolitical news that I
Speaker 1: talked about World War three. It doesn't matter. You've got
Speaker 1: North Korea saying it's going to launch an atomic weapon.
Speaker 1: And yeah, yah sinowar and what happened in the Middle
Speaker 1: East that keeps ongoing, but nothing like the Dodgers. And
Speaker 1: I don't think I'm far wrong on that one. I
Speaker 1: really don't. Amy is wearing her Dodger jersey that looks
Speaker 1: like a Disneyland jersey with a big d. Amy. It's
Speaker 1: sort of a hybrid. Oh okay, sorry to interrupt you
Speaker 1: while you're eating I that's okay, Yeah, no, I understand.
Speaker 1: That's what this show is all about. Breakfast. I'm just
Speaker 1: trying to be like you, Bill, I know you. We
Speaker 1: should call it Breakfast in the morning, you know, one
Speaker 1: of those breakfast shows. Okay, moving on to what's happening
Speaker 1: internationally and certainly domestically, And this is where both parties
Speaker 1: are heavily involved. Harris as well as Trump are basically
Speaker 1: on the same page on this one, and that is
Speaker 1: manufacturing has gone to hell in this country. And to
Speaker 1: give you an idea of Boeing and Intel, two of
Speaker 1: the biggest manufacturers in the US, are worth about half
Speaker 1: of what they were in the last five years. Wow.
Speaker 1: And why is that? Well, because the bean counters have
Speaker 1: come in to play here. That's what's happening. Boweing used
Speaker 1: to be one of the most engineering, not just friendly,
Speaker 1: but engineering based companies in the world. Profits were secondary
Speaker 1: to engineering. You have good engineering, face, you have great airplanes,
Speaker 1: money follows. So well that's not the case. Let's save
Speaker 1: money no matter what. And look at the crashes. Look
Speaker 1: what's been happening. Boeing lost eighteen months seven thirty seven Max.
Speaker 1: The Max eight was just stop production and they're simply
Speaker 1: not selling airplanes. Air Bus is going crazy. Intel. Here
Speaker 1: is a little factoid. Do you know that Intel turned
Speaker 1: down making the major chip for the iPhone? They said, no,
Speaker 1: we don't want it, We're not going to make enough money.
Speaker 1: Well that's brilliant, isn't it. So here's what's happening. We're
Speaker 1: still at the top of the heap, American American technology.
Speaker 1: The problem is manufacturing. The top of the heap has
Speaker 1: been outsourced. For example, do you know where all the
Speaker 1: chips are made that are used in the US with
Speaker 1: the phones other than the iPhone? I think even the
Speaker 1: iPhone in Taiwan. The biggest chip manufacturer on the planet
Speaker 1: is in Taiwan. And if China takes over Taiwan, and
Speaker 1: that's only a question of time. Can you imagine they
Speaker 1: are going to control the international market for chips, of
Speaker 1: which nothing we do we cannot do without chips, these
Speaker 1: computer chips. I mean, it is getting really rough. I
Speaker 1: was flying overseas and the first question is I go
Speaker 1: up to the gate and throw my baggage in? Is
Speaker 1: I always ask what aircraft are we flying? And when
Speaker 1: I'm told it's Airbus, huh, I have a relief flying back.
Speaker 1: I flew on at American Airlines Boeing, and I'm going, Oh,
Speaker 1: the good news. It was a Boeing that was manufactured
Speaker 1: fifteen twenty years ago. It was the Triple seven, and
Speaker 1: those were the days when manufacturing excellence was simply part
Speaker 1: of what Boeing was all about. A new Boeing airliner,
Speaker 1: I've got big problems. Airbus fantastic. And you know who's
Speaker 1: up and coming in the world world of airlines, in
Speaker 1: the worlds of the big ones, the jumbos. Right now,
Speaker 1: it's Airbus and it is Boeing. Those are the two
Speaker 1: coming up very quickly. Is China. The state owned company
Speaker 1: Comac now is delivering a competition to the seven thirty
Speaker 1: seven and the Airbus A three twenty, which is effectively
Speaker 1: the Airbus's version of the seven thirty seven. So are
Speaker 1: we gonna do anything about it? Well, right now it's
Speaker 1: tariffs and subsidies. Does that work? No? Not really, that's
Speaker 1: gonna make prices go up. It has to be a
Speaker 1: different mindset. It has to be get the bean counters
Speaker 1: out of there. I mean, keep them, but don't run
Speaker 1: and run the company, especially when you're talking about something
Speaker 1: like computer chips or airplanes coming up. Talking about airplanes,
Speaker 1: which of course I had to fly because I went
Speaker 1: to Europe. I spent a lot of time talking to people,
Speaker 1: I mean taxi drivers, people at hotels, sitting in airports,
Speaker 1: asking folks what they thought of the presidential election coming up.
Speaker 1: And there were two ongoing themes that they talk about.
Speaker 1: And it's not Donald Trump being crazy either, the stuff
Speaker 1: that he says that we're all going, oh my god,
Speaker 1: they don't care. I'll tell you what they really do
Speaker 1: care about, and I'll do that segment coming right up.
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