WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:07.599 Seven hundred WLW Mike Allen in four the Great American 2 00:00:07.799 --> 00:00:15.800 Willie Cunningham today and leave next Wednesday as well open bills. 3 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:17.920 Wherever he is, he's relaxing. 4 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:19.079 I don't know. 5 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:21.440 Maybe with this weather getting a little better, maybe he 6 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:24.480 gets to get out on the golf course. But I 7 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:28.000 appreciate him giving me the opportunity to do his show. 8 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:33.320 I'll tell you what, it's been a hell of a Christmas. 9 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:36.280 I mean, it really has for me. I don't know 10 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:39.719 if you're listening. Yesterday I took a trip to Mexico 11 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:43.640 and came back with a little bit of a case 12 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:48.439 of Montezuma's revenge. I'm getting over it, but Christmas was 13 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:51.439 kind of a blur. But boy, it was beautiful. 14 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:52.119 It was fun. 15 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:56.119 I do not regret going in any way, shape or form. 16 00:00:57.560 --> 00:00:59.520 A lot of things that want to cover today. I 17 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:02.039 wanted to talk to you first about maybe you've heard 18 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:06.159 about it. Rand Paul sent it to Rand Paul from Kentucky. 19 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:10.480 Every year he does his what he refers to as 20 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:16.280 the Festivus Report, and it kind of looks at government 21 00:01:16.359 --> 00:01:22.120 spending and specifically wasteful government spending with a little bit 22 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:22.760 of a humor. 23 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:23.120 To it. 24 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:26.959 Although, boy, when you hear this some of them, I 25 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:29.680 don't think you're gonna find it too funny because it's not. 26 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:37.599 Despite its origins, the Festivus Report, it became synonymous with 27 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:44.200 wasteful government spending, especially the millions and millions of bucks 28 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:47.000 that are just spent on stupid stuff. 29 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:49.879 Listen to this. 30 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:55.879 He discovered over a trillion dollars in government waste in 31 00:01:55.959 --> 00:02:00.000 this year's report. Now think about that, a trillion dollars. 32 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:02.680 That's a little bit of money and waiting you hear 33 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:06.959 some of these stupid things. This is the best one, though, 34 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:08.879 I'm just going to cut to the chase here on 35 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:11.599 the first one, well, you know, no, I want to 36 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:17.919 preface it first, though. The senator highlighted shocking facts regarding 37 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:22.919 government spending, which included predictions from the Congressional Budget Office 38 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:27.680 that the country will add over six point four billion 39 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:32.639 dollars of debt every single day for the next ten years, 40 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:37.639 borrowing over two hundred and sixty eight million every hour, 41 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:43.039 four point five million every second, and over seventy excuse me, 42 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:47.520 every minute, and over seventy four thousand every second. And 43 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:51.240 you know what, folks, we can't sustain that I mean, 44 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:53.919 we just can't. And I gotta be honest with you, 45 00:02:54.560 --> 00:03:00.400 some of this is Republican spending as well. Somebody's got 46 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:02.599 to get a hold of this stuff because it might 47 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:05.759 not be us, but it's gonna be. If it's not us, 48 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:07.919 it's going to be our kids or our grandkids that 49 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:12.280 are gonna be looking at a second depression or recession 50 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:16.639 in this country. It's just at some point somebody's gonna 51 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:17.639 have to pay the bill. 52 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:18.800 Anyway. 53 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:23.120 Looking at what ran Paul found, this one is unbelievable. 54 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:30.800 How about spending federal doe your dough taxpayers dollars for 55 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:36.360 an ice skating drag queens for a climate change event? 56 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:42.000 Ice skating drag Queens for climate Change. He revealed that 57 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:45.439 the government provided funds for a drag queen ice skating 58 00:03:45.479 --> 00:03:50.879 performance warning about the dangers of climate change. The National 59 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:55.400 Endowment for the Yards gave the It's Called It's called 60 00:03:55.439 --> 00:04:01.680 the Bearded Ladies Cabaret in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ten thousand bucks 61 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:07.919 for its beard on ice performance on climate change alarmism. 62 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:13.360 The artistic director for the self described Queer Cabinet Arts 63 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:18.879 organization provided the following statement regarding the performance and the 64 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:22.839 statement I think is even worse. Okay, here's what the 65 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:27.199 dude who is responsible for this thing said. It is 66 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:31.759 so impossible the issue of climate change and climate anxiety 67 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:35.920 right now, almost as impossible as drag queens learning how 68 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:39.360 to ice skate. So if we can get these drag 69 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:45.639 queens to ice skate, maybe, just maybe we can solve 70 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:51.319 the climate crisis. Now, assuming there even is a climate crisis, 71 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:55.040 how do drag queens on ice skates help to save it? 72 00:04:55.839 --> 00:05:00.160 I mean that really is incredible. This is our money 73 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:03.279 that they're spending. And you know what, I've asked this 74 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:05.360 question a number of times, and I want to hear 75 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:08.120 from all of you today too. Seven four nine seven. 76 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:13.279 The big one are the numbers. What is the left 77 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:19.199 obsession with drag queens? I don't get it. They gotta 78 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:23.120 make drag queens a part of every not every, but 79 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:27.639 darn near every kind of event. They have, So ten 80 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:31.920 thousand bucks down the toilet for ice skating, drag queens 81 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:36.959 for climate change, all right? Coming in at number two 82 00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:41.240 millions of dollars on border security. Now you might be 83 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:45.160 axing yourself. What's wrong with that? We got a problem 84 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:48.000 down on the border. Well, the problem with it is. 85 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:54.199 It's millions of dollars for border security for not the 86 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:59.839 United States of America, but Paraguay. Let me just read 87 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:03.600 this little clip. The Festivals report also found that the 88 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:06.720 State Department spent two point one million dollars on border 89 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:12.439 security for Paraguay. This is particularly troubling because it meant 90 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:16.439 the US government gave millions of dollars to another country 91 00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:20.800 for border security while ignoring the many failures and problems 92 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:26.920 along the US border. So it's just it boggles the mind. Really, 93 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:32.120 we got a border problem. Everybody knows that it's at 94 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:37.839 the acute point now, and thank goodness, in about thirty 95 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:40.920 days we're going to get some relief. And I'm sitting 96 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:44.439 here watching Fox News. I don't have to sound up obviously, 97 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:48.639 and he Trump is still saying he's going to start 98 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:52.360 the deportations on day one. I don't know how he 99 00:06:52.439 --> 00:06:57.480 does that, but border security for Paraguay. You know, I 100 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:01.279 saw something else to this week that I guess Joe Biden, 101 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:06.879 the Biden administration, presumably on his orders, although who knows 102 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:12.079 what he knows. They are selling the remnants and apparently 103 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:14.720 there's pretty much of it of the border wall that 104 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:18.399 President Trump wanted to put up in his first term. 105 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:22.160 They're just selling it and he knows damn well that 106 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:24.879 Trump is going to finish the wall or get as 107 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:28.360 close to it as he can. So we're selling it 108 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:33.240 for pennies on the dollar, and you know President Trump's 109 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:34.879 going to come in and I guess we'll have to 110 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:37.959 spend more money on it. But that's just what the 111 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:44.560 government does. You'll love this one too. It's titled Rats, 112 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:47.000 Cocaine and Loneliness. 113 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:49.959 We can't have lonely rats. 114 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:55.680 The Festivus report identified a government study in which researchers 115 00:07:55.680 --> 00:08:00.439 injected rats with cocaine to analyze the impact of the 116 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:05.120 drug's addiction. The Department of Health and Human Services spent 117 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:10.000 four hundred and nineteen thousand dollars four hundred nineteen thousand 118 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:15.800 bucks of your money to determine if lonely rats quote 119 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:21.959 sought cocaine at a greater frequency than happy rats who 120 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:25.639 wouldn't want to know that. These funds were used by 121 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:30.439 researchers to observe and see if rats placed in positive 122 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:34.440 environments would be more likely to abstain from cocaine than 123 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:41.159 rats in negative and isolating environments. Hundreds of thousand dollars later. 124 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:46.200 The results were predictable as what one might suspect. So, 125 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:50.679 you know, we got to take care of our rat population. 126 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:55.919 We don't want them lonely. This one doesn't surprise me 127 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:58.159 at all. You know, you talk about the last I 128 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:01.679 don't know, five six, seven years or so, probably the 129 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:06.200 area where the most money was just blown and wasted 130 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:10.240 is with respect to the pandemic relief. And there were 131 00:09:10.279 --> 00:09:15.159 a lot of people legitimately who needed pandemic relief. But 132 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:18.840 the stories are coming in now, and they have been 133 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:22.759 really for a couple of years now, of the huge 134 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:27.600 amount of waste that came from just doling out this money. 135 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:34.639 Listen to this using pandemic relief funds to buy an island. 136 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:40.480 The report identified the misdeeds of a Florida businessman who 137 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:46.440 reportedly used COVID nineteen relief funds to purchase Sweetheart Island. 138 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:52.039 And Sweetheart Island is off the coast of Florida. Well, 139 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:56.240 the government thankfully investigated that purchase and found out that 140 00:09:56.360 --> 00:10:02.320 the swindler used funds obtained from pandemic assistance to quote 141 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:07.440 help finance the island purchase close quote, according to reports. 142 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:10.720 You know, I mean think about it. 143 00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:14.799 The guy apparently they're talking plural, not single, so there 144 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:17.559 is a number of payments to him. I guess wouldn't 145 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:22.320 you think they would have done some perfunctory investigation into 146 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:25.919 this guy on the front end of it. So anyway, 147 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:29.279 this guy received seven point eight mili in an emergency 148 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:34.919 pandemic aid by submitting over thirty deceitful applications. Here's a 149 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:39.480 good news, folks. He was eventually busted, convicted for his crimes, 150 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:42.399 and sentenced to over five and a half years in 151 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:46.279 federal prison, and he agreed to return the seven point 152 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:50.039 eight million dollars in eight he returned. Now, let me 153 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:54.159 tell you, is a guy that practices federal criminal law 154 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:58.120 that that's just a standard thing that a court does, 155 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:03.799 is order restitution, getting restitution out of people. That's a 156 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:07.720 whole different ball game, just a couple more of them here. 157 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:10.399 You know, I played pick a ball couple of times. 158 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:12.279 I like it. I like it. 159 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:17.279 But listen to this, your tax dollars, millions of dollars 160 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:22.320 spent on a picketball court in Las Vegas. With all 161 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:26.600 the money flying around in Las Vegas, the Festivus Report 162 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:31.399 revealed that the Department of the Interior spend twelve million 163 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:36.279 bucks to build a thirty court pickaball complex in Las Vegas. 164 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:39.320 The city hoped to use these courts to host high 165 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:44.879 profile tournaments and eventually put Las Vegas out on the 166 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:49.919 global Pickaball map. So, like I said, I like pickleball, 167 00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:52.840 but we don't need to be spending twelve million bucks 168 00:11:53.440 --> 00:11:57.919 in a place that is teaming with money for pickleball. 169 00:11:59.159 --> 00:12:01.759 One of the other ones, billions of dollars spent on 170 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:06.279 nearly empty office buildings doesn't surprise me a bit, you know, 171 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:10.519 with the work from home thing in downtown Cincinnati here 172 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:14.440 and I lived down here during the pandemic, and man, 173 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:16.679 people fled downtown like crazy. 174 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:18.360 In the office buildings too. 175 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:20.840 I mean, I don't know about the government buildings, but 176 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:25.080 a lot of these people aren't coming back. So the 177 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:29.679 government spends all this money on empty office buildings. So 178 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:34.799 go figure, Go figure. I did want to talk about 179 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:37.000 something else. We got a little bit of time to 180 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:40.759 do this. I talked about this a little bit yesterday 181 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:43.519 but really kind of flew through it, and I kind 182 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:45.519 of wanted to talk about it a little bit more. 183 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:53.639 And this was a survey in Axios about what happens 184 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:58.679 to families during the holiday season when they are divided 185 00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:03.879 and in some cases, I mean really divided over politics 186 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:09.200 and probably more specifically the presidential election. And you know what, 187 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:12.720 and I shared this yesterday. I'll share it with you all. 188 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:15.919 It's something I'm dealing with in my family and it's 189 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:19.360 a real thing. And I looked into it, and there 190 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:23.080 are a lot of families dealing with it. And this 191 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:27.200 Axios report says why it matters. And there's a guy, 192 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:31.080 what's his name, Robert Jones. He's a president and founder 193 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:36.120 of the Public Religion Research Institute. They conducted the survey, 194 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:39.960 and he says it may be tense around the Hanukkah 195 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:44.080 and Christmas table. Well, I think that's probably an understatement 196 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:47.879 by the numbers. And I don't think this will surprise 197 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:53.399 you at all. It doesn't surprise me one bit. Democrats 198 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:58.279 are much more likely to view Republicans to view the 199 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:02.879 Republican Party as a serious threat to the country than 200 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:06.720 they were in twenty and sixteen before Trump was elected 201 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:11.240 fifty percent in twenty sixteen, that's eighty one percent. 202 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:14.080 Now. Republicans are right beyond them. 203 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:17.639 Also more likely to view the Democrat Party as a 204 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:22.120 serious threat sixty percent back in twenty sixteen, sixty nine 205 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:24.799 percent in twenty twenty four. 206 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:26.440 I mean. 207 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:31.200 The disparity here. Well, here, here's the other one. This 208 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:34.679 is probably the important one. Let me give you this one. Okay. 209 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:35.600 The question was. 210 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:40.960 People who say they will reduce time with the family 211 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:46.799 over the holidays due to political differences. And this is 212 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:49.519 a survey of fifty seven hundred adults, so it's a 213 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:53.120 it's a good sample size people who said they're going 214 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:57.639 to reduce time with family due to political differences. Let 215 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:01.240 me just read this to you all. Voters twelve independence 216 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:05.840 eleven percent and only five percent of Republicans say that 217 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:13.320 Democrats slash lives. Twenty three percent, almost a fourth of 218 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:17.240 them say that they're not going to spend time with 219 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:21.000 some family members or friends because of their political beliefs. 220 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:24.799 And probably nine out of ten of them, it's about 221 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:28.200 voting for Trump or not voting for Trump. I think 222 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:31.120 voting for Trump is more likely. And you know what 223 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:33.919 that tells me. And I've said this, everybody's sick of 224 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:38.600 me saying it, but it just shows the arrogance of liberalism. 225 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:42.000 And like I said, I'm dealing with it. It's like 226 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:51.279 my opinion is so important that you know, screw you, dad, mom, brother, whatever. 227 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:53.679 I don't want to spend any time with you for 228 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:57.679 who you voted for. Guess what, that ain't right? It 229 00:15:57.799 --> 00:16:01.720 really isn't. But it's ah no, I'm gonna unfortunately that 230 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:06.600 a lot of families are dealing with anyway. I got 231 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:07.960 to take a break for the news. But if you 232 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:11.759 went away in seven four nine, seven thousand, one, eight hundred, 233 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:14.759 the big one are the numbers. Mike Allen in for 234 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:30.519 Willy seven hundred WLW. Hey, we're back, Mike Allen in 235 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:35.600 for the Great American Willie Cunningham. Got a great show 236 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:40.240 for you today at one o'clock. Just coming up in studio, 237 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:43.799 we are going to have doctor Jed Hardings. He is 238 00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:48.799 the president of Cincinnati Classical Academy. I'll tell you what, folks, 239 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:51.960 I talked to him. We had him on the Saturday Show. 240 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:54.720 I believe it was in the summer. You wouldn't believe 241 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:59.200 what they are doing. It's a charter school based on 242 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:04.480 the Bassical approach to education. And you know, there's not 243 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:10.079 a lot of success stories in primary education these days. 244 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:13.440 This is one of them. You will definitely want to 245 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:17.759 hear doctor Hardings. And two o'clock we're going to talk 246 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:20.400 to our friend Peter Bronson. He's got a new book, 247 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:24.640 Promised Land, How the Midwest Was Won. Peter is always 248 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:26.799 a great guest, and we'll be talking to him at 249 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:32.000 two o'clock. But before we broke, we were talking about 250 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:33.880 and I want to talk about it just a little 251 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:38.880 bit more about the situation where you know they not's 252 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:41.319 just the holidays, but that's where it seems to come 253 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:44.759 to a head. Where you have somebody in your family, 254 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:51.440 family member, even close friends, anything like that that don't 255 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:54.279 want to have anything to do with you because of 256 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:58.599 your political beliefs or who you voted for. It's insane 257 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:02.519 in my opinion, but if you look at it, it's 258 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:06.000 happening around the country. I just want to give you 259 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:09.200 this poll results. Again. We'll talk about something else, but 260 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:14.599 this was almost fifty eight hundred adults. The poll is 261 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:20.359 Conect conducted November eighth, December the second, and the question 262 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:26.319 is will you reduce time with family due to your 263 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:36.039 political differences? Democrats twenty three percent, Republicans five percent. The 264 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:39.160 only thing that surprises me about that that it's not 265 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:43.720 more because again it speaks to the arrogance of the left. 266 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:48.200 They're right about anything and everything, and by god, they're 267 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:50.759 not going to listen to you. And if you don't 268 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:54.799 agree with them, the hell with you. But I looked 269 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:57.599 into it a little bit further, and I'll tell you 270 00:18:57.680 --> 00:19:00.400 what this is. Kind of like you can't judge book 271 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:04.119 by its cover. I found an article it's called dealing 272 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:09.599 with Politically Different Families this Holiday, and it was in 273 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:14.319 in a magazine, an online magazine called Black Life Forever. 274 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:17.839 Kind of looked into them a little bit, very very 275 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:24.440 liberal group. However, having said that, man, they are right 276 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:27.480 on the money on this, I mean right on the 277 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:31.400 money and it shows no bias either way whatsoever. And 278 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:35.480 that's what you want in something like this. And they 279 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:40.119 have four tips, four tips to deal with this kind 280 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:42.440 of stuff. I just wanted to tell you what they were, 281 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:46.960 just briefly. Number one, and again, this is something that 282 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:51.200 I hope the other side's listening to. Number one suggestion, 283 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:56.599 be empathetic. Now if you are politically astute, or you 284 00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:58.799 don't even really have to be, if you've been watching 285 00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:04.039 things a lot of empathy in your modern liberal there's 286 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:08.480 just not well anyway, The article says that when having 287 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:12.680 conversations with family members who believe differently than you do, 288 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:18.039 remember to offer your own explanations and beliefs with kindness. 289 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:24.839 And they've got this in brackets, not moral superiority. Are 290 00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:32.359 you listening liberals? Not moral superiority? And goes on to say, 291 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:37.119 and listen to their reasoning, which could reveal the motivations 292 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:43.200 behind their political choices. And again, that's hard or almost 293 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:47.039 impossible to do with people on the left because they 294 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:54.519 know everything. Okay. Second tip is share your perspective. Be 295 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:58.440 straightforward about the facts, the figures, and the history that 296 00:20:58.680 --> 00:21:01.640 help you come to your own conclusion. Share films and 297 00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:04.920 books that will show your family members that they may 298 00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:07.319 not know of yet. 299 00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.920 So you know what. 300 00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:14.519 Again, you can try, and in my personal situation I have, 301 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:19.000 it doesn't always work, but it's I think it's still 302 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:23.680 a good suggestion, all right. Number three, protect yourself? And 303 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:27.680 you probably say, what do you mean protect yourself? This 304 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:32.720 suggestion goes on to point out that no one should 305 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:36.319 feel any guilt or shame for not spending this time 306 00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:38.920 with relatives. I don't know that I agree with that, 307 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:44.079 even if it's only that your discussions about politics in particular, 308 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:49.960 cannot remain civil, set boundaries and feel free to let 309 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:54.000 your family know you are not comfortable with the conversation. 310 00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:59.160 Well there again, I think in a lot of situations 311 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:03.480 you just say, hey, look we don't agree on this, 312 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:08.039 We're never going to agree on this. Let's just chuck 313 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:11.839 it and forget about it and talk about something else. 314 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:17.759 Great suggestion, Not sure it works with and it's not 315 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:21.079 all people on the left, but I would dare to 316 00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:23.319 say the majority. 317 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.640 All right. 318 00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:27.119 Last one, and this is the best one. 319 00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:27.680 I think. 320 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:35.559 The number four suggestion is the personal is political, but 321 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:40.680 family is forever. Let me read that again, the personal 322 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:46.640 is political, but family is forever. And it goes on 323 00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:49.000 to say, I'm this is the author. I'm of the 324 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:53.960 opinion that every bit of life is political, shaped bar 325 00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:57.200 by our social and cultural beliefs about what is good 326 00:22:57.200 --> 00:23:03.559 and acceptable. However, using family members who believe differently but 327 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:08.839 are otherwise kind and consistently present in your life is 328 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:15.079 not worth any sort of moral crusade or feeling of superiority. 329 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.200 You know what. 330 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:20.920 Truer words were never spoken, And I guess I got 331 00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:23.400 to take back one thing I said, putting it on 332 00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:27.039 pretty hard on the left. Again, I'm assuming and I'm 333 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:30.119 pretty sure I'm right. The author of this article is 334 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:33.640 probably to the left as much as I am to 335 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:37.559 the right, but man, he is on the money with this. 336 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:42.000 So anyway, I wanted to share this with you. I've 337 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:45.079 talked to a number of people that are dealing with it, 338 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:48.440 and you know, hopefully that may be just a little 339 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:51.599 bit helpful. Hey, let's do this. Let's take a short 340 00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:53.599 break and we'll come back. And got a couple of 341 00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:55.400 callers here. I want to hear what they have to 342 00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:57.319 say if you want to be a part of it. 343 00:23:57.440 --> 00:24:01.119 Seven four nine, seven, eight hundred one are the numbers. 344 00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:12.680 Mike Allen seven hundred WLW. Hey, we're back. Mike Allen 345 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:19.160 in for Bill Cunningham today and next Wednesday as well. Yeah, 346 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:22.640 before we broke, we were talking about dealing with political 347 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:27.880 differences with family members. We're close friends during the holiday season, 348 00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:32.319 and it's something that's happening a lot. And if you're 349 00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:34.880 interested in it, you know, just google it and it'll 350 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:38.279 come up, you know, And it's not really surprised when 351 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:42.759 you think about it. We are so divided in this country, 352 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:47.640 we really are, so no one should be surprised by it. 353 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:52.680 But again I have to point out that the poll 354 00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:57.759 that I read now four times more they said democrats 355 00:24:57.799 --> 00:25:00.480 and I'll just call them liberals. Four times more liberals 356 00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:04.559 than Republicans say that they ain't going to spend time 357 00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:07.559 with a family member because of their political beliefs, and 358 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:11.039 that should surprise no one. And again, like I said, 359 00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:14.839 the only surprise in that that it is not more 360 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:18.920 because liberals, and you know, I'm generalizing here, but I'm 361 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:24.880 comfortable generalizing. They think they know everything, they think their 362 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:32.440 views are superior, they think that we are Neanderthals. So anyway, 363 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:35.799 I want to talk to Wayne in Franklin about it. Hey, Wayne, 364 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.200 how you. 365 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:38.119 Doing doing great? 366 00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:40.160 Mike, great show, as always, thank you. 367 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:45.400 I'm in one of these situations. Half my family's Democrat 368 00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:47.039 has Republican. 369 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.119 I'm a Trumpster. 370 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:51.599 They all know it. Christmas Eve, we're all at my 371 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:54.960 aunt's house, and of course one of my cousins comes 372 00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:57.480 over and he goes, well, you're ready for this to 373 00:25:57.519 --> 00:26:01.400 be the world to come to an end? Yeah, and 374 00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:04.079 I'm like, this is going to be the greatest thing ever. 375 00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:08.000 He goes, you think Trump can make this world great? 376 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:11.519 I'm like, who said anything about Trump, So Daddy Reds 377 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:14.680 win the World Series this year and the look on 378 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:18.160 his face, you know what what? 379 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:21.440 And that's the way, that's the way they look at things. 380 00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:24.880 You know, it's just kind of confined to their narrow beliefs. 381 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:27.880 And your point is a good one, Wayne, Like you said, 382 00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:30.440 the Reds could win the World Series, or god forbid, 383 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:33.400 the Bengals could win the Super Bowl. But you know, 384 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:37.400 they're just narrowly focused on their own beliefs. 385 00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:41.519 I know it's ridiculous, it really really is. 386 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:43.119 And you have to watch. 387 00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:45.599 I mean, I've got you know, the mega hat the 388 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:49.799 Mega T shirts, right, I don't you know, I cut 389 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:53.039 my grass in them. I don't get out in public 390 00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:54.960 with them because you never know who's just going to 391 00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:56.519 come home up and start ranting and raving. 392 00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:59.640 Well, and I understand that. I'm certain that you're not 393 00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:02.279 the only one with that. And you know what the 394 00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:06.519 thing is, I think Trump is a different person and 395 00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:08.559 he's going to be a different president than he was 396 00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:11.000 first time. Not that he was not good the first time. 397 00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:13.400 He was. He did everything he said he was gonna do, 398 00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:16.839 kind of got screwed by COVID. But my point is, 399 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:21.480 why don't they at least. Wait, I mean, give it 400 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:25.440 a year. Hell, give it sixty ninety days. But no 401 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:28.400