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Jeff Poor Show - Friday 9-20-24
We'll see you in the next one. From Bucks Pocket to the shores of Orange Beach at all points in between an insider's perspective on Alabama politics. It's the Jeff poor show. I don't think this is good. Good morning. Welcome to the Jeff poor show and it's finally Friday morning, 2513430106. You need to be in touch with the program. All you got to do is text me and we'll respond to whatever it is that is on your my cut up on the program today here in about a half hour. Todd Stacey Alabama daily news also the program Parker Griffin, the official Democrat response of the Jeff poor show and it will wrap it all up with our email address in the comments and we'll talk about that in a few minutes. We'll see you in each sitter or Chris Elliott. Let's again, 2513430106 and we want to get in touch with me. All you got to do is text. I guess we'll kick it off here and the media got a little taste of blood here. And so it's all in. This weird Mark and Andrew Kuziske the K file on CNN doing the deep dive into some sort of adult website finding that this guy said a bunch of crazy things way back when it's what they do, guys. I don't know that it. I don't know it matters for Trump, but they're trying to tie this black Republican to Trump. He's got some weird views. I don't know. I find it seems like a kind of a desperation here with a lot of what's going on. I mean, the cable news is all in on this Mark Robinson story. And when you watch things like this, I mean, what you learned if you were a casual observer is how choreographed it is. It's astroturf, right? It's manufacturing news only in this sense. I mean, he said what he said and maybe that should disqualify him and it'll go on. I don't know. But tying him to Trump is the objective here, which I find like this is this is what we're going to have to deal with every little thing any Republican does. It's it's automatically Trump. We'll find out if he hangs on to the nomination. I mean, it's a step aside. I it's not good. There's no way to say it's a positive, but it's also very it's a little too try hard. I don't know. The public's got to really buy into it like they think it would and like there's like a revisionist history. Also, this is tells you guys that this is going to be the first time I've ever seen a Alabama angle here to this. For whatever reason last night watching MSNBC Chris Hayes like Rachel Maddow's little brother. And he's kind of pointed to this like this is what Republicans do. They let Donald Trump pick who their nominee is and this guy gives you reviews on a slavery that he was the product of Trump and Trump pushing him to the to the nomination. It was just completely insane, but whatever. So point B in this. You know, this is not the first time this has happened where somebody completely undesirable unqualified for elective office is pushed to the nomination by this man, Donald Trump. You guys remember 2017, right? Roy Moore. And clearly had no business being a U.S. senator. Well, Donald Trump pushed him to the nomination. I got to kind of look at it that like wait a second. Did you remember this was like a big deal on MSNBC that Trump was backing Luther Strange and I guess later on after he got fired, but it was backing Judge Moore. I know they did multiple segments on MSNBC at the time about it. It was like, wow, Trump versus Bannon. Yeah, in Alabama. Yeah, it just tells you, I mean, we get stuff wrong all the time in this business. But it just tells you like how eager they are to like create or to manufacture a narrative here. That this guy who's told, he got 600 more to 600,000 votes to the Republican party primary in North Carolina in June. And one of the Republican nomination by a mile, he's a sitting lieutenant governor. Yet this guy, we are told by the media that he is like some kind of spawn of Donald Trump. And because of that, not only does it disqualify him, it disqualifies Donald Trump. And I think about that for a moment. I think about how desperate that is. This is where Democrats are going to screw up the same way that Republicans screwed up during the Clinton years. I'm going to tell you this right now. This isn't going to work. This is a two three day news cycle thing. I think it most. But here's where the problem lies for these guys. That go back to the Clinton years and it was all about, well, even Obama, we can point to Obama too. It was all about finding that kill shot. That one thing that was going to take out. The nominee, our bill Clinton, whatever it was. They were always looking for the one controversy. The big controversy that was going to shut everything down. And it failed with Bob Dole, it failed with Bush. I mean, you'll see, you know, Clinton, there's like white water and obviously later on with the impeachment efforts. It was always looking for that one, like magic bullet that was going to end it all and we were going to move on to brighter days ahead for one party. And the same was like with Obama. Like the birth certificate or whatever. And that's not going to work here with Trump. It's just, like I said, it feels very manufactured. And then there's a second manufactured narrative today. They took like one, like half of a sentence from a speech that Donald Trump gave to a pro-Israel group trying to say that he's going to blame the Jews if he loses. These people are pretty craven. But this is what Republicans are going to have to endure. And it's this. Maybe it's not the kill shot per se, but it's this idea that it's going to wear everybody down. I don't think people are as attuned to the new cycle as maybe they are. But I guess it's just going to make a difference. They're going to generate, generate, manufacture, whatever they're going to do. Every little thing they can take out of context and make it a big controversy or find some Republican candidate in a state far, far away and say that that is that's a representation of the Trump presidential effort. And this is this is what it's going to promote the vice president to the presidency. Maybe they do it state by state. They think they can win North Carolina off of this. I don't think so. The deal with this is sort of the track record speak for itself. The world you live in right now, at least your perception of it, they would tell you that the metrics of the economy are fantastic and everything that everybody's doing well. And you can thank Joe Biden for that. But the attitudes, especially when you pull it, things are going great. It feels like things are going in a not a great direction, especially every grocery visit, every gas visit, all of that. And you can blame it on greedflation or what. It doesn't matter. People are going to, I think, in general, assess kind of the moment in time and they're going to either say, yes, I want more of this or no, I don't want any more of this. That's, that's, that's the incumbency factor, even if it is Kamala Harris and not Joe Biden. It's, it's an incumbency question. Two, five, one, three, four, three, zero, one, zero, six, also this, this may be a little in the weeds watching the DC ish for a lot of you. It's Olivia Nuzzy. Do I kind of know? Um, and this RFK, like, I guess it was an affair, but they say it wasn't an affair. It was just whatever. Even if you go read about it. I, uh, fascinating story, but maybe tells you a little bit about what's going on in the media. I mean, they are fallible. They are people just like us. They, they do weird, strange things, like have affairs with RFK Jr. and Anthony Wiener. Uh, one more, uh, media note here. Michael Eric Dyson who gave a speech about gumery not too long ago just a, and it was paid for by the Montgomery public schools. That was just full of just, like, racial hyperbole. And was it Nancy Mays of South Carolina who, you go over her hater, I guess? So they go on a CNN panel and he starts calling her racist for mispronouncing Kamala Harris his name. And did she push his back? Is your copy racist? And then it goes through, like, tell us something about it. I was the first female cadet to make it through the Citadel and all these things that she had done in your copy racist. Well, then I guess, I guess they were doing it. There was some kind of hearing underway yesterday. And Mays starts posting these text messages from Michael Eric Dyson said earlier, well, I don't know that quite met the standard of sexual harassment, but, but you go, like, five minutes earlier, you're calling her a racist, a bigot, or whatever. And then you're all chumming out in the hallway, I'll flirty with her and tell her how gorgeous she is in these text messages. It exposes this. It's all phony. It's all performative, right? It's all, I think this, what you're watching right now, if you watch the news on a regular basis, and it's just true for our side. It's all theater, guys. This is all putting on a show. You opened a curtain up and you looked behind a curtain there. And it's just sort of a... People don't really feel this way. People aren't really that offended by the smart Robinson. Whatever he did 20 years ago or 10 years ago, or whenever it was, on social media, it's just generating outrage. And that's what you need to take away from that. We get more to that in a moment. 2-5-1-3-4-3-0-1-0-6. That's one of the text lines that says "The Jet Force Show" and if I'm talking about '06-5. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Welcome back to the Jet Force Show on Wednesday with us on this Friday. 4-5-1-3-4-3-0-1-0-6. Text me and I'll do my best to respond to whatever it is that is on your mind. Things of local note here. Number one, John Wall, or Buddy on Tuesdays. You can hear him here around 11-30 every Tuesday. Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party was elected to chair the Alabama Public Library Service. And there are some people not very happy about that. Are we a reporter? Or sometimes he's on this program. Craig Munger of 18-19-news-18-19-news.com. One of the people, if you can imagine the Alabama Public Library Service, will they ever meet the kind of people who go to these things? I don't know the vested interest. A little emotionally unstable. Through a tantrum and through some stuff in our reporter, Craig Munger. He just kind of shrugged off, he said. But he very, I guess emotionally charged issue for some, who runs this bureaucracy you never heard of. Apparently she is a librarian at Auburn University at Montgomery. But John Wall, winning that election, and not a lot of people in the left, I should say, particularly thrilled with that. The libraries have become more than I think they should. But at least it shows a willingness from the public to kind of take back some of the unelected control. I mean, these bureaucrats have. These bureaucrats, I mean, libraries are bad, but you think about everything else in your life that government touches. That's how it is. We know better than you. Let us do our job. You. Go away. And you, the elected official, stop pandering for votes. We got it from here. Let's see what we got. Chris. Please make a note to thank seriality for all the help in the hearing aid tax elimination for falling ball with County. And of course, the state greatly appreciate it. Toothless Bambler saw the headline in our arcade shooter affair, read more and she admitted to a virtual affair. More liberal, more liberal, kukari. It's why she didn't seem to be really not that bright. Well, what she does. What Olivia does, he does. She's been around for a while. See, I had to go back. Like I said, she would, I think would Anthony Wiener ran for mayor of New York. And then she kind of leveraged that to get her foot in the door into this like Washington, DC, into DC insider world. She honeypots, guys. And that's her stick. And she did it. She's done it before. She's on MSNBC from time to time. I don't know. I find her kind to be a soulless creature. I'm very, a writer. I don't know the, her reporting is a, it tastes kind of an insane premise. And tries to tackle it. I don't know. Why do Hollywood reporters sleep with their sources or whatever was one of her stories? But imagine that. Yeah. Mark K. Jr. and Anthony Wiener. Anyway, she got suspended. Leo. Good morning, Jeff. Liberalism is a mental disorder. So that behavior is expected. Speaking of behavior here. Well, maybe it's the other way around. At Jeff Understore, poor. We'll be right back. This is a Jeff Moore show on the 5th of October, 1 0 6 5. ♪ The sun you don't have to fight to be your man ♪ ♪ There's someone for everyone ♪ [Music] ♪ Spend my dollar ♪ ♪ Barking a holler ♪ ♪ Need the mountain moonlight ♪ ♪ Order up tight ♪ ♪ Make a little of it ♪ ♪ A little turn of love in on a mason dixon light ♪ ♪ It's my life ♪ Well, back to the Jeff Moore show on the 5th of October, 1 0 6 5. Thanks for staying with us. On this Friday morning, 2 5 1 3 4 3 0 1 0 6. It wouldn't be a touch with the program. Please utilize the text, the line, so they're coming to program. The official Democrat response on the Jeff Moore show, Parker Griffith, former congressman in the 5th Congressional District. And then 11 o'clock hour, State Senator Chris Elias, please stay tuned for that. Joining us now to the Friday regular. Always a pleasure to introduce my next guest from Alabama Daily News. Todd Stacey, how you been? I'm great. How are you? Doing well. Doing well. Thanks for coming on. We always appreciate your time. We'll kind of perusing your newsletter. Well, I guess through this. So supplemental meaning, I guess that there's going to be money left over in this upcoming year, the legislature wants something to do with. But we are seeing kind of a slow on the growth or actually not really, I guess, whatever their budgeting and then the extra added on that pot of money is getting smaller and smaller each year. So is this just kind of the sign of the economic times you think? I'd say it's kind of getting back to normal. You know, we've had record budgets for I think about five straight years. Obviously the last two or three years, a lot of federal money has been included in that. And not just, you know, like ARPA, you know, CARES Act and all that kind of stuff, but, you know, COVID type money coming in. Some of that was straight infusion that, you know, comes to the state and gets spent. But a lot of it, you know, went to companies, individuals and all that comes through, you know, tax revenue, whether folks are buying stuff and all that kind of filters through. And so, yeah, they've had record budgets. And so I think this is just kind of getting back to normal. There's no budget problem. I was talking with Kirk Balfour. He's the chief budget officer for the legislature. But look, revenue is fine. It's just not, you know, the last couple of years we've had the crazy surpluses. And we still did. And that's what the story was about today is that, you know, in the general fund, you know, revenues are up 7.6 percent. That's kind of unheard of. A lot of that is from interest rates being up. And that means returns on state deposits are up. That won't last because obviously interest rates are eventually going to come down. They're already down a little bit. But yeah, so in this next legislative session, you're going to have, again, supplemental spending bills. That means what was budgeted is going to be spent. But revenues have come in over that. So they have more money to spend than was budgeted. That's a good thing. But it also leads to tough choices of like, okay, how do you spend that revenue? Do you state it? What products do you spend that on? You know, lawmakers are really reluctant to put that into, you know, any kind of spending that's going to be required, you know, multi-year spending. So it's kind of one-time money. So it'll be interesting to see what the legislature decided to do with this excess revenue in the next session. What do we see? You say this is like getting back to normal. I agree with that. There's not a precedent here for this sort of pattern in the budgeting process there. But I mean, we get back to normal operating procedure. Do you think they're able to still kind of maintain this fiscal responsibility? I mean, that's what the budget chairman tend to, especially in the Senate with or in all Britain. But do you think they're going to be able to maintain that sort of discipline for the time being? I think so. And I think that's one thing that we should be proud of, the legislature in the state, is that, like I said, you know, four or five years of record budget, but they haven't gone crazy just spending it all at once. And they put a lot into savings. A lot of the state savings accounts are full and even growing. I mean, they're at the cap. And that's good because should we have a downturn in the economy, we're going to need that. But you bring up an interesting point, and that is choices, choices that the legislature will make with spending. You know, it used to be 10, 15 years ago, when the legislative session came around, it wasn't a lot of fun because you're talking about a real lack of money and everybody's going to have some kind of haircut. Everybody's kind of fighting over different parts of money. But in the last couple of years, everybody's been, you know, getting their budget met and getting other projects and things like that. So, you know, getting back to normal, I think, making those tough budget decisions because not everybody gets -- you know, there's not enough money to fund everything. And so that's -- that makes it tough for those budget chairmen, for those people on the budget committees to say, "Hey, I'm sorry. I know this sounds like a great use of taxpayer money, but we just don't have it, and we can't do that." So that's the less fun thing about being a budget chairman. But they'll also tell you, you know, when there's a -- when they're flush with money, sometimes that's even harder, because everybody knows their extra money, and so they all come after it. So maybe getting back to normal is what we need. >> Well, and currently, if I'm wrong here, the -- at least on the education side, is it Mackie and Company, the Super State Superintendent? They're wanting to use the ETF to fund the health care, the P-HIP. I mean, like, there's these -- these expenses, I think, go to Horizon, and you can look at the general fund as well, perhaps, the prisons or whatever. Like, is this going to be able to be at least in some satisfactory way? These deeds, I think, that right now maybe aren't, you know, having to be dealt with. >> Well, yeah, you mentioned P-HIP. So that's public education employees' health insurance plan. So if you're a teacher or an education worker, you have insurance, right, through RSA. Insurance costs money, and those costs have gone up. And then I guess it was last month they had a meeting, and we've got a huge, unfunded liability there. Well, that's got to be funded somehow. So that's, you know, raising premiums. Nobody likes that, right? If you're an education employee, well, you don't know if nobody wants to, their premiums go up. But if they -- the only other way to get it is to ask the legislature to put part of the education budget straight into the insurance fund. I think it'll be a combination of both. I think they'll -- they will get, you know, $100 million -- or maybe $100 million or so to help, you know, prop up the P-HIP fund. And that's not -- that's not bad news, by any means. They actually haven't done that in probably six or seven years. So, you know, normally that happens every couple of years. So it's not terrible news. But I also think you're going to see, you know, premiums increase. Everybody that owns a business, everybody that has insurance costs, you have to do both. And I think, you know, if you're a teacher, if you're an education employee, you should probably expect some kind of premium increase -- not terribly expensive, but, you know, increased cost. I mean, somebody has got to pay it. And I don't think the legislature wants to fund every bit of it. Join by Todd Stacey Alabama Daily News here on the program. Todd, something I read in your newsletter -- I want to talk about just a little bit in your IEP newsletter. But this -- I would call it a feud or whatever. But Bronner finally kind of saying, "Hey, what's the city of my country?" Well, what's the city of Montgomery here? We've invested copious amounts of money. You can see all these green rooftops, RSA buildings around the city. And this is not a good omen the way public safety sort of is deteriorating. I think that's just a big, big deal, much bigger than like an 1890 news story or whatever. That's sort of, you know, in that orbit, too, with Bronner speaking out the way he did. We'll talk about that as an impact, sort of, on the way Reid is conducting this. I don't know what's going on there. It really is news. I mean, you're right. David Bronner in retirement systems, Alabama. But Bronner is -- he is, or I say, right? And they have. They've invested billions. He said $17.2 billion worth of investment in, you know, buildings and things like that. Just in Montgomery. That doesn't even count Mobile, Huntsville, a lot of places where they built properties. And, of course, the RTJ Trail. And he's frustrated. He's been in Montgomery since 1972. And he's seeing, you know, places in the capital city that are just run down that aren't inviting. And he went through a list of all the mayors and all the other public officials that he's worked with over the years saying he had a great working relationship with -- going back to Emory Fulmer, Bobby Bright, Todd Strange, all the different folks he says he just doesn't have that relationship with Steve and Reid. But he's also -- you know, careful -- you know, he did criticize Reid. And I've only had two meetings with him in the six years that he's been mayor. And that's kind of crazy considering David Potter's place in the capital city. But he was also careful to say, look, I tried to call the mayor to talk to him personally about this without giving a speech about it, but he couldn't get in touch with him. And I think that's really telling. He thinks that Steve and Reid is more focused on his next job, right? Maybe if Harris wins some kind of appointment in the cabinet or some kind of administration that's his perspective. I know Reid absolutely disagrees with that. But I think it's newsworthy and interesting that Bronner felt it necessary to air those grievances publicly and not be shy about it. Well, yeah, I mean, this is like some MAGA Republican here. I mean, we know what David Bronner's political stripes are. But it's not just that. I mean, he carries a lot of weight, especially you talk to people in state government. I mean, he is the guy, right? The man behind the scenes. I'm just, I'm kind of surprised that he had to go about this the way he did, right? Because it's like, well, this seems a little passive aggressive or something, but you look closer. Well, Reid is totally unresponsive. Does does maybe it doesn't get his attention in your newsletter? I don't know, but maybe it does. But is there any reason to think things are going to change? Well, it wasn't in his letter, but it was also in WSA. I mean, it's been talked about quite a bit in the capital city. And I know we talk about Montgomery a lot. That's how we frustrate people like last in the world. We're talking about Montgomery. But it is the capital city. And that's part of the point Bronner was making. Well, yeah. I mean, I think it's this. Yeah. And he talked to lawmakers. Well, I'm Elliott on and he'll tell you all about it, finding like, you know, like shells next to his car, like that these lawmakers, I mean, the bullet holes in the building, just like a block away from the capital that, you know, this is, you've got to operate state government and you can't operate it in a war zone. And it's the window into the state, you know, as part of the thing about the new state houses, you know, it's going to be great. But it's also in the town of a bad neighborhood. And so it's kind of like the crime situation. You know, the state stepped in. The attorney general, how Taylor with the law enforcement agency, the sheriff, all stepped in because the Montgomery police department just can't handle it. The crime problem, the violence problem, gun crime specifically. And I think you're going to hear a lot more of that in the legislative session. It's not just Montgomery. The crime is a problem in most cities. But this is our capital city, you know, kind of like Washington DC. They got a problem up there, too. You got to clean it up. And the fact that the state is having a step in is pretty talent. And when you talk to Republicans in the legislature, some of them, I mean, reading Robin Wilbarfoot or Montgomery guys, they have a very different approach here. But they're very cool to this idea of like a accountability act for law enforcement. And they will tell you, like I saw a speech from Scott Stadhagen and Tuscaloosa this week. Like, look, the people in these cities, Birmingham and Montgomery specifically, this is their elected leadership and this is, you know, elections have consequences. Is it necessarily right for the state to, you know, intervene in this capacity and try to take over, you know, law enforcement agency. And he said, no. So somebody, you know, closer, I mean, like that seems to be kind of the Republican line. I've heard Arthur Orr say that on a radio interview. I don't know that you're going to get a lot of buy-in from lawmakers to try to fix this problem in these cities. I don't think it's necessarily a huge, like investment of state dollars and things like that. I think there are some policy. Well, when I say buy-in, I mean, just the use of whatever state resources or whatever it is, I think they just want the local governments to figure it out for themselves. I think everybody wants that one big problem that most cities are facing. I know Montgomery and Birmingham are like, if I'm not sure about Mobile, but I know Montgomery and Birmingham are facing this is a shortage of police officers. They're having trouble recruiting. And I've talked to the district attorney, Montgomery, part of that problem is how the police, just the profession of law enforcement has been run down over the last four or five years. You know, just think about George Floyd. Think about everything. You know, be fun, the police, all that kind of stuff. It has a trickling effect, you know, and there's fewer people pursuing the profession of law enforcement. That's a problem. That's why the state is stepping in and Montgomery, because they just don't have the Montgomery police department just doesn't have the resources to do basic law enforcement. And so that's the problem. I think you're going to see that addressed in the legislative session. And what they're doing in the capital city, I think can be replicated in other places. And that's what they're talking about. But you're going to see, you know, the crime issue would be a big priority in the legislative session. I don't know what all that entails. I know they're talking about like the whole block switch thing. We actually went out to the firing range the other day to see one of these things. It's crazy. It's literally a machine gun. So you might be that legislation come back. There are going to be other, you know, crime related proposals that come up, but expect crime to be a big talking point in this next legislative session. Todd, folks going to find your newsletter, sign up for it and they want to know what's coming up on Capitol Journal. Let them know. Absolutely. A L daily news.com. You can sign up for the newsletter there and yet Capitol Journal is tonight. We'll be going to be talking to Stephen Boyd from Washington, D.C. about what to expect as the fiscal year comes to an end. Also going to be talking with Jay Reid of the Alabama General Contractors. A lot to go on in the construction industry and Mark Colson of the Alabama Trucking Association. Truck Driver Appreciation Week. We're going to appreciate our truck drivers and talk about all that they do to contribute to our economy. Todd, we always appreciate it. We'll talk again soon. All right, Jeff. Be good. All right, guys. We got to get a break here. We're right back. This is FM Talk. 1 0 6 5 . Welcome back to the Jumpboard Showed Up and Talk. 1 0 6 5. Thank you for staying with us on this Friday morning. Text line 2513430106 would be a touch the program. Hit us up there. Kennedy headed a fair. Imagine that. It does. It's at least an accusation. Now I think both parties in this circumstance deny it. Deny physical relationship. I don't know what that means. The Internet or text messaging is getting really weird these days. But does that make Robert Kennedy more presidential? I need to see what I mean. I guess she's. She's a Marilyn Monroe, but you'll tell me what you think. Olivia Nuzzi. Does it. Rise to that level. Michael. Well, yes, the Quinn Hill, your award for social media drama queen hysterics is all obtainable for most people. Good job, Jeff. That's a graduate level trolling right there. I've been hard on our buddy Quinn, but I had just. I do have my own breaking points and he noticed like he's. Rarely a guest on this program because I just I would lose it. It would be bad for everybody. But essentially if you want to if you want to know the details here. Eric Erickson, who I didn't know was still around. Taking a shot at large Trump and the RNC saying, you know, the Democrats have a superior ground game. They have a superior ground game and Republicans would have that if they had to put a Trump in place or something. And Quinn agreed with that, but but. Laura Trump is not the chairman of the RNC. She's the co-chair. It's just sort of a a. It's not a symbolic position, but she's different role. She's fundraising. She is. It would media appearances. Like the Al got dinner the other night. The chairman of the RNC is Michael Walley and he's the ground game guy. And I don't know why in this business you don't under you understand that and know that we'll be right back. This is a fifth talk one oh six five day. You will the customer of the Indian me. Eat the girl so far away. From Bucks pocket to the shores of Orange Beach at all points in between. An insider's perspective on Alabama politics. It's the Jeff poor show. I don't think this way. Welcome back to the Jeff poor showed up and talked about over six five. Thank you for staying with us on this Friday Friday Friday morning. Two five one three four three zero one zero six is the text line. Out number two now under away. I'll see here once again media are really really like like just hardcore. Mark Robinson very very. This is disappointing report but I don't know what's going on here with this. Still nonetheless did they found something he said on the Internet. Calling himself a black dot C and saying a bunch of weird racist. And graphic sexually graphic stuff on that. I guess it was an adult website. He denies it's him. A lot of people say well this is just a spear job. Well it is a spear job. This is supposed to disqualify Donald Trump somehow. What is that? Well he had his picture made with Donald Trump a few times. Okay. He's the nominee for governor in North Carolina. I guess this is like October surprise light. This credit Andrew Konsinski does a lot of these. It's funny because he's done these to the Democrats. These deep dives. I've known him for a long time. He used to be a BuzzFeed. He likes cats. It kind of a really sad story with his daughter. But he does these deep dives into people's like Internet history. And what the difference here is. Well he does all this work. The ones to get played up tend to be the ones that are targeting Republicans. I guess I think it is a. An absolute reach and desperation to try to associate anything to do with the presidential campaign top of the ticket with this guy. Even if you don't believe believe what they're trying to say or don't. It's, it's, let me say just kind of silly. I got a couple of texts. We need to knock those out right now. The real Sam in this interview with Tucker Carlson, our case said he that he has not lived a careful life and that sure they will be digging to all kinds of stuff from the past. I'm sure he expects this and more to come. This is when he was running, he was just sort of a silly little passing fancy. Yeah, he's a, he's a Kennedy. And we'll let him on our TV shows, but we'll have to take him too seriously. The Russian and Democrat nomination and then they decide they're going to turn him in. And this is the new card like anti-Semitism. With the real anti-Semites, I think are on the left, especially given what's going on with Israel and the Palestinians or those are really a thing. Gaza and Hamas and Hezbollah. And the way the American left is reacting to the US backing Israel and you see it. I mean, it's, it's, it's not a, it's not an all out anti-Semitic movement, but, but there, there is a lot of that in it. So that's, that, that is part of it. And no one really bats an eyelash. I don't know, but they try to do that with RFK junior. They're doing it with this Mark Robinson, who most people never heard of, but now suddenly like, you know, as Republican as Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan and whatever. People had to endure this new cycle for a couple of days. Sorry guys, that's the way the world works. Josh, I just looked up Olivia Nuzzi, my opinion on the world, big face, but pretty, no noticeable curves, nice hair, so good job, RFK. That was my question. Like, does that make him seem a little more presidential-ish, at least in the Kennedy definition of presidential? Although only one Kennedy was president. Do you do that? I, I, you know, it's like this, there's a, a humanizing thing when, not the RFK was junior was ever a, wow, he's like Obama or something where, you know, he just everything he does turns to gold or whatever. Well, we see these are like real people with other weird behaviors and stuff. You know what I'm saying? Like half of these people that are like, trying to expose the smart Robinson guy, they don't want, I mean, if, if Andrew Kaczynski went and did a deep dive on half of his co-workers at CNN, it would be very embarrassing. Dana Bash, John King. Gene, please advise who elected the GOP chairman to the library board. What are his qualifications? Well, he's been, he's been a member of the library board. So I, I, you know, the governor saw him as a, an expert in this subject matter. So by virtue of having said on the library board that for a term that makes him eligible or at least qualified, I would say to be chairman of the board. It's not like they just brought in somebody and said, this is the chairman. He won the election. Well, you know, we talk a lot about party politics of Chairman Wall and I. But this is an issue he's very involved in. He's just qualified as anybody else's. It's these Alabama public library service meetings or a, a, a good, here's, here's the deal. You go in and there's these transgender females and these, these, these, like, library, all the power should be resided in the library and absolutist types who are just, let us do our job types. Now you have an anabaptist as chairman of that board. Talk about like two different worlds. Jerry asks, I wonder if she could sing Happy Birthday. Talk about Olivia Nuzzi. I mean, it's not the reason he's weird. I mean, he's, he's got a bunch of, like, way out there to use on food and vaccines and health and, I don't know, we're just the right world, but very unique. That's like, that's doesn't port it. But what's the most important issue in your life? Those, that those Doritos you had at lunch? Well, certainly not Mark Robinson running for governor in North Carolina either. But this is sort of my point. We're a two party country. Okay, we're a duopoly. And that's like a change. At least not for the time being. Candy comes along and tries to do like a third party thing. I guess he started out as a Democrat. And now he's a Republican nominee. But Mel, let's just be honest, like, was where his issues, ever the issues of the day that people were concerned about. That's a probably third party candidacy is because they, they get caught up into minutiae. I mean, even if you think Israel, Palestine's a big deal, most people don't in their life. If you think, you know, the seed oils in your food or whatever, chlorine in your water is a big deal, then, well, yeah, you have a candidate there, but most people aren't thinking about that. And the Democrats or Republicans have ported to the market on the big issues. Even if you think that abortion, elective abortions ought to be on demand. Most people aren't thinking that. It's funny what we get caught up in. I'm telling you, it's just sort of a. What will determine the outcome of this election? Is the composite, right? Like does it seem like things are going really good here in this country right now? And in a society, especially capitalist economy, consumer economy, we're not growing our own vegetables on a big, big scale. And when we are a consumer economy for the time being, and you're not able to live that consumer lifestyle because of the government policy of just pushing a bunch of money out to respond to a pandemic. Probably, I'd say 75% of it, you could have gotten away with not doing and we'd still all be here today, but the value that dollar would be intact. What would you say? Sean, way out there, reasonable health, you mean 60% of Americans? America is a circus fat and that's a problem. And that's a problem. It's a weird view. It's just not a relevant view. I think that's all. Sean, I know where you're at on this. I know what neighborhood you're coming out of here. It's just not something people think about every day. Yeah, they'll think about losing some weight or their health in general, but they're not really worried about the ultra processed food or whatever that is a very niche thing. It just is. It's, it's, it's, you know, and then, well, what is the remedy? And I think a guy like RFK would have like the government telling craft or Nabisco or whoever, you can't do this with your food, which will make the cost go up, which would change. It's just, we have a lot of government and our nutrition in America. Why do we do that? Because way back when probably coming out of the Great Depression. Part of the new deal to stabilize the country, to keep the country from teetering to the edge of some kind of revolution. They said, Hey, we need to make sure the food supply is stable. The people are able to eat because hungry people tend to take to the streets, riot, and maybe even insurrection against the country. So the government subsidizes these farms. I mean, it's all about national security in the eyes of these government bureaucrats. And we have a lot of government, we have a lot of government involved in food. And I think that's sort of why we have some of the issues we had today, however, and this is GMOs and all that stuff. I don't, I don't think you get the government out of it, Sean. But most people are not thinking about this stuff. They're like, Oh, I'm gonna go to rallies today and get the $7 heart attack in a sack or whatever. Tim, what do you ever for lunch will pay day Friday? I don't know. Today's a hurry up offense day. We got to get the, you get packed. The kids out of school. The entire family, which is my two boys and my wife and I will be attending the Auburn Arkansas game on Saturday. So we're hitting on up as soon as we can. I don't know if lunch is on the, I don't know if lunch is on the docket. Uh, Sean, you're getting me fired up, Jeff, the USDA and the FDA are beholden to the big food processing companies. I, I, it's a fair statement, but what I would say, Sean, in response says, no one cares. I mean, very small percentage of the public cares about that. They're much concerned about other things going on. We'll be right back. This is a flip talk. One of six, five. [MUSIC] Welcome back to the Chupport show. What if we talk about O six, five. Thanks for staying with us. Odd. This Friday morning, two, five, one, three, four, three, zero, one, zero, six, uh, back to you, Sean. No, I just, uh, I mean, it is probably a big deal. I don't know. Um, but I'm telling you the reality of the politics about what's going on with the food supply is not on a lot of people's radar. And, and maybe that's a, uh, it's a, it's a shame, but that's, that's sort of the reality. Uh, here's the other problem with this issue, Sean, because it comes down to people will reject this. If you start telling them how to live their lives, what they can and can't eat or what they should, it should need, perhaps. I think this was the, the, this is what calls like Mike Huckabee to like become a political footnote. Like he got, he, he's interviewing Michelle Obama on Fox News about people's food choices. And like, you know, conservatives usually reject that. Maybe there's not a where of like the nefarious actions of these companies, but they do like this is like, I'll figure it out for myself. Thanks. Okay. Terry says, whoa, pig. And then also says, Jeff, why does this lead as a show? It's heading down when we talk about cancer, these boards, we're putting these experts, quote, unquote. To work at these fields, we were trying to ever see these boards, we were putting the problem in charge of the problem. If a police oversight board, we would fill it with police officers or citizens who want an honest and equitable police department, the average citizen is qualified. But you can't, you, the average citizen can voice a complaint or a deficiency or, uh, but, but like it's, it's solutions, I think. It's like trying to come up with a solution and the layman isn't able to do that. Pat, I do think a bit about the food my children eat. I pay more every week just because of the blight they put in most foods would, but when I vote for RFK for it, nah. Well, it's like become a big thing. Like, like Tucker's podcast is giving some time to it. And I think there's a theory out there and it's, I would say crazy or anything, but like. Maybe there's some truth to it. What it looked like it was going to be the end was near for the, the, the riot was about to be over for the cigarette companies. And they knew it was coming because we, they finally had to acknowledge that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer. One cancer. They, they started investing in food companies. The Bisco, the RJR, the Bisco for a while, right? Like Philip Morris, they, they were kind of knew the business model was shifting from cigarettes or tobacco to something else. And food became it. And like the tactics they used to get you hooked on a pack of marboros. We can get used to the same tactics, perhaps to get you hooked on a box of cheese. It's our rich crackers or whatever they make. That's the allegation, at least. And, you know, what's changed. I think this is the biggest thing because most, most conservatives, most Republicans rejected this idea of all of this food policing. It's not that these companies need these big, like your, your staples, like Kellogg or general bills or Procter gamble or, you know, the, the, when you go to the grocery, go up and down the aisle and you see the brand names there. Free LA, all of these big food, processed food companies are woke now. Then they're promoting an agenda, like the transgender agenda or the, you know, you go down the list of whatever it is. They are, I'm telling you, they are promoting this. And I think that's part of this, like, pushback against it. Namey Aiki, your corrected game is for the health food freaks have a point, but they don't think about the number of people's country and all they need to eat. It will be nearly possible to feed 300 million people without processed food. It's what we call an unfortunate truth. We'll be right back. This is FM Talk 10065. It's small and small, and they go all by defense here. Just to leave it up to you, and get on in. [MUSIC] Welcome back to the Chappore Show. [MUSIC] Friday, Friday, it's finally Friday, coming up shortly, about an hour from now. Stay seated, Chris Elliott. So keep it tuned to end until 106-5, joining us now. Our official Democrat response, always a pleasure to bring out my friend, former Congressman Parker Griffith, Congressman. How you been? Good morning, Jeff. Been fine. Been fine. Just, you know, we're hoping it's the beginning of fall, although it's still 90 degrees and uncomfortable. But we've had a little rain, which we desperately needed, and soybeans are turning, and maybe it's a fairly good crop. I don't know if corn was terrible this year up here, but anyway, we're doing well, and politics is keeping us on our toes. We've seen a new story breaking or a new poll breaking every 24 hours, so we've got a lot going on. Yeah, I would say that. Well, I was going to say that the state of Alabama is not changing that much. Well, aside from Haitians, and I don't know, that seems to be the big story here, but this -- well, it's kind of interesting how the -- it seems like this race is kind of, at least to date with Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket. I mean, it's like patchwork news cycles. We go from one controversy to the next, and I'm telling you this is what's going to win this election. It's just going to be how people fill an election day about the status quo. I mean, all of these little controversies like the North Carolina governor thing have become white noise, and people are going to be like, well, how do I feel about the economy? How do I feel about the world around me? Maybe that's public safety or whatever, and that's going to be the -- it's going to be kind of a referendum on that. I think you're absolutely right. I think it's going to be how are you feeling the day of the election or the day before economically? How are you doing? Inflation? How is that? The Dow Jones? How's your 401(k), et cetera? Should you refinance or the interest rates coming down to the point where it's worthwhile to refinance? I think those kinds of things will determine the election. I think that Harris is running a really, really good campaign to come from nowhere to being tied in some of these swing states. It's amazing to me, and I think it's amazing to me as well. I think there's a scramble for trying to figure out a play to call that's working. We'll talk about that a little. It's easy for a right-winger talk radio boy here to try to analyze this. If I'm a Kamala Harris supporter or backer and I really want her to win this election, Congressman, I don't -- it doesn't feel like she's doing all she needs to do. I'm not saying just go do an interview or whatever, but I see her ads at some of the swing states. I know she's up on air, but I don't know that air bombing strategy. It takes a little more conventional warfare on the ground, and I would be mildly concerned at this point if I were a Democrat. Oh, yeah, I think so. I agree. It's going to be a nail buyer. It's going to be very, very close. This Georgia election commissioner or commission that's operating outside the purview of the attorney general is going to create chaos. We could run into one of those Gore Bush-panging Chad crap and not know who wins for months, but yeah, I agree with you. I think Harris runs the risk of being old news. You know, and I know six weeks or seven weeks is an eternity in a campaign. That's a two-edged sword, particularly with someone like Trump who is famous for being undisciplined and talking silliness. He's trying to come up with something. Article of the Wall Street Journal this morning is Trump is rolling back the things that make him most popular. We were his tax reductions. And the article on the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal is saying he needs to quit giving stuff away because he's ruining his very popular tax incentives. We don't know. That's why this is very, very interesting. If you were designing the plays to win the game, what would Harris need to be doing and what would Trump need to be doing? Right now, we don't know. It's kind of more of a thing, but I think something's going to break this thing down. At this point in the game, especially with Harris, we're sitting here a month from now and we're getting real close. It's been a long time, a long time, a long time, a long time, a long time, a long time. Anything she can does that. I mean, are they just perhaps saving her and not trying to overexpose her for the time being? I think so. I think absolutely are. And the other thing is, is Trump's team keeps playing into her strategy or into her strength. JD Vance is openly racist. The Haitian immigrants are simply a code word for black and brown people. Haiti is just an adjective. I think that's a mistake. I think it accelerates her and it makes her base more enthusiastic to come out and vote. I don't know why, why Vance is insisting and doubling down on being racist. It's not working. It's the wrong thing to say. Let me at the on behalf of our audience here, push back a little on this. I mean, you could categorize it as racist or whatever, and he may believe that, but I'm telling you, there are a lot of people out there, you know, rightly or wrongly, don't like this influx of these migrants, especially it just seems to be happening right in the middle of a presidential election cycle, which if I'm buying in Harris, I would not. I wouldn't think this is good. Maybe we wait until after the election, but maybe they have their reasons. But whatever you think of this and whatever you want to say is attributing to this hysteria, these are voters and you need to court these voters. And I think how you're really doing by like demonizing, especially Vance on this, well, maybe not Vance, but people who kind of see the world the way he does. It's a game of addition to subtraction, and this is, I mean, you're going to get addition in the on the Upper West Side of New York City and in Georgetown, D.C., but Taylor Seeker probably going to win those two states anyway. I don't I don't know that this is the best approach for Democrats. I think you leave it where it is at most. Well, that that's one way of looking at it. But those of us who have had a little bit of American history, we know that, in particularly not. So to speak, as Irish, we know how the Irish recruited when they came to the US. They were demonized. They were marginalized. They couldn't get alone, couldn't buy a house, et cetera. We've been through that with the with the American blacks, et cetera. I think it I think it's a bad case for the average American to single out a group. And particularly in Alabama, when we can see that whether it's the landscape business or the nursery business down in South Alabama or its construction business and in Huntsville, North Alabama, we can look around and see that. We have put immigrants legal or illegal to work. And they really are good workers. Well, it's fine. But here, I mean, we can talk about who wins the debate trophy on this or who's going to win the election. But I think like the way people perceive it is this. I mean, it's twofold. Yeah, you always are going to have sort of a racist element that's going to reject any alien traditions. In tradition or culture, the very classes or whatever. But but you know, in addition to that, I mean, you have like these chicken processing plants and you have a cabinet factory in Danny Clay County, a guy who I thought was like uber Republican. But like they they feel like their resources locally and sort of their workforce and the economics of it are being hijacked by these companies that are chasing cheap labor. They're chasing a dollar at the expense of their school system, their public safety. I mean, there's a lot of factors in this and look, Congressman, I mean, these type of like things to be going on all throughout him, human civilization. But I'm telling you, like to me, it's like we could talk about the big picture here. But I think for the time being, like if you're just looking at the election, narrow down to the election, you want to win. This is not what you need going on if you're if you're a Democrat. Well, I'm hearing you. I understand exactly what you're saying. I mean, it's a, it's a, it's a page out of George Wallace's playbook. I mean, when you're in an election cycle, you've got to have a devil. And immigration is that issue. But hold on. I mean, I mean, I hate to keep interrupting, but the devil, for whatever reason, as you describe it, it seems to be only uptick all of a sudden, like, I mean, is this just a campaign bully? I don't know. But like all of a sudden, why are we talking about Haitian immigrants in all of these places, Enterprise, Albertville, Silicaga, Coleman, Russellville. Yeah, first of all, we're a red state. We're a racist state, and it is a great, it's a great subject to get your base together. But Alabama's going for Trump no matter what. Exactly. Exactly. But the local politicians, a Tuberville or Katie Brit, they jumped on the wagon. Why? They're not on the ballot because the people, I'm telling you, like people are legitimately upset by this. I mean, I can't tell you why, but they are responding to their constituents. Well, that's true. Well, tell me, if you were a congressman and this is going on and say it's going on in the fifth, and you're congressman, this is going on in Athens. And you don't really are getting really a good local's air, limestone County and Athens City aren't getting any feedback or any good feedback from the feds. What do you do in that situation as a congressman? Well, if you got any backbone at all, you'll ask your law enforcement people and your mayors is any of this crew. And so none of it is true, but it's a talking point, and it touches the emotions and the worst of human nature, it brings it to the top. They haven't made all of these accusations, JD Vance and others, but when they call the sheriff or they call the local law enforcement, they're saying, no, we don't have an increasing crime. You know, these people are working hard. We get a long time with them. We're sorry they're being deep demonized. This is really, really borderline un-American. But if you're going to appeal to someone's deepest fears, they're worse of their nature, this is the way to do it. George Wallace was a genius at it. He and George Wallace knew that black people were good people, but he was trying to win. And that's what's going on now. This is simply the herd mentality. Well, I mean, I still think like this, though, if indeed people are upset about something, then the Katie Brits and the Tommy Tupperville's and Dale Strong and Robert Adderholt, Barry Moore, all our delegation seems to be like, you know, what we need to figure out at least what's going on here. Why, why all of a sudden are we seeing these influxes? And there's no like response. I mean, do you, you know, they're all invited guests in your community, which is fine. But aren't you built the people there deserve an explanation? Oh, I think the explanation is obvious to the people. They need the workers. They need them. We need them. North Alabama desperately needs them. It's hard to find people that'll go to work in Alabama up in my neck of the woods. I mean, we're short on people. McDonald's is short on people. These are these are hardworking people that America has been invited to come to build a void. This is just raw smash mouth politics. Let's find somebody to heavily did it with the Jews. Wallace did it with the blacks JD did it with the Haitians. And Haiti is a nothing but chaos run by gangs. The government is non-existent and America is a safer place to be for the most part. So, yeah, I think it's just so raw, raw politics. I think it's personally personally. I think people, I think young people, young voters, find it repugnant. I think I don't think they like that. We'll get you off here. We're out of time, but we will pick this discussion up, I'm sure, before the conclusion of this presidential election cycle. Yeah. Well, bottom of the comment is our leaders are not leaders. They're followers. Katie Britt, Gabriel, they're just following the herd. Well, all right. We got to leave it there. Former Congressman Parker Griffin, the official Democrat response to the Jeff Moore show. We'll be right back. This is FM talk, 2065. [Music] Welcome back to the Jeff Moore show. If I'm talking about a 65, they just stick it around on this Friday morning, two forever. Friday morning, two, five, one, three, four, three, zero, one, zero, six. Yes. I see the, I see the text line. I'm glad you're out there listening, though. Sometimes when you're not responsive, I forget. Maybe no one's listening today, but Parker, Parker sure got you stirred up. Two, five, one, three, four, three, zero, one, zero, six. Nancy's married to a woman of color from Moz. Rick, I disagree with this Democrat moron. We are not a racist state. I thought that was a little untoward as well. Uh, Navy Chief says, this guy is so out of touch. This is something doing the race. I have lost three bids this month, big two migrants, because there's no way I can come close to their bids because they follow below minimum wage. Democrats are not letting the country move forward and abandon the race BS and signing George Wallace. Come on, man. We have moved away from the past where you're thinking. Democratic Party has been hijacked by the liberal thinking. Well, Democratic George Wallace is a Democrat guys. I'll tell you a little secret. Number one. Number two, you're right. Uh, are, are good for Congress for Griffin? I'm afraid to say this. It's, it's a little elitist to look at it from that perspective. Well, they're hard working and, uh, you know, they're, they're getting the jobs done, but like you can fix the labor participation rate. In this state, not by it wouldn't take an act of the government. If employers just paid more. Now, the, the problem is this, uh, these employers are having to compete with the government. They have to compete with the subsidized housing and, because once you hit like a certain point on your income, then people walk away from their job, right? They don't want to raise. They're getting these government freebies and that partnered with a, whatever the max salary they can earn gets them in a passable lifestyle, let's say. And that's what hurts the labor participation rate. We'll be right back. This is F.M. Talk 106 five. It's good to see you. I must go. I know I'm a good friend. Anyway, my eyes are not. From Bucks Pocket to the shores of Orange Beach at all points in between an insider's perspective on Alabama politics. It's the Jeff Poor Show. I don't think I'm done in this way. Welcome back to the Jeff Poor Show. And if I talk 106 five. Hour number three. Now underway as we coast into the weekend here. Two five one three four three zero one zero six. We need to be a touch of the program. Um, we communicate via text message. So hit us up there. And boy, the text line is hot right now after Congressman Griffith of about 20 minutes ago. What do we have here shade? It's not about race. It's about the amount of people that are coming into our country unchecked. I agree with that. I want to do with them. But that's not what's going on here. It's like, it's not that Republicans are like, Hey, let's pick a target. We can isolate it in a demagogue or whatever the rules or radical says. What we think is going on. A lot of Republican offices on the Hill think is going on. Is a Democrats are up against the clock or that just just Democrats per se, necessarily, but. The Biden administration is up against the clock here. And they really want to get these Haitians settled in all around the country before the clock runs out. Let's be honest. If you are, if you're Kamala Harris, if you're a Democrat in a swing state running for Congress. Do you want to deal with this controversy right now? Do you want to deal with the situation where the Ohio governor's having to call in the National Guard? Now, the cat dog eating thing is kind of a red herring if you're looking at the particulars of the situation. Big picture wise, it's kind of brilliant. But like, there are problems on the roads with Haitians without driver's license and auto insurance. There are a lot of problems to deal with, right? And it seems the responses don't worry about it, you racist. And like I told Congressman Grimm, we can argue who gets the debate trophy or whatever, but it's going to lose you the election. It's probably going to make it a lot of people mad to say, "Hey, I'm not a racist. How dare you call me a racist?" But I have some questions about these Haitian immigrants being settled into my community. That doesn't make me a racist, and they're going to vote based on that alone. I mean, that's not, to me, a way to earn votes because no one's out there saying, "You know, golly, gee, will occurs. Gosh, darn it. You're right. Silly racist me. I'm going to go vote for the Democrat now to, uh, to fix my guilt." And maybe it's just a defense mechanism. I don't know. I named Texas Jeff. I call it my own plan that no immigrant group should be able to be placed in the city of more than 1% of the population. That way it doesn't impact the history of the area, and the people will have to assimilate instead of putting 25% or 30% of the population. They don't, then they don't have to assimilate. They can live in their own little enclave. It's bad for America. Spread out the immigrants ever, including Martha's Vineyard, 1% of the population, Max. Just seriously, don't forget to give Senator Elliot a pat on the back for all to help you to start eliminating the hearing aid tax. It's some of the most politicians don't do. He gave money back instead of spending it. It was a big help. On the texture, your current guess is full of money. How do Democrats like Parker sleeping on? Do they not think the hell exists? Are all of their lies? I'm sick to have everyone is a racist except them. The fact is the perception of racism, they have nothing to stand on. I truly despise the Democrat above all else. I don't think it's like the money. I think it's this. That's what they're being told to believe. I mean, you watch Morning Joe every morning. I think that's where Congressman Griffith gets his news. Well, two things. There is like a advanced arrangement syndrome. Like people, the aforementioned Quinn Hillier and others like, "Oh my gosh, we can't have this guy as our running mate nominee." That's crazy. He's crazy. Was it just like Nancy, Mickey Haley, or Bust? And so part of the anti-vancers being led by Joe and me on MSNBC, which a lot of people like Congressman Griffith watch every day and they get their talking points. I'm pretty sure they're convinced that, "Hey, you enlightened viewer. Who has smarted out to watch this program on a daily basis?" You're working your New York Times crossword puzzle. You're watching what Joe Mika and Mike Barnacle and Willie Geiss had to say. And heck, Joe's a Republican. Yeah, he used to be a Congressman. It was a Republican. And they think that's the enlightened viewpoint. That they're enlightened. And they're not discounting anybody because of color. They're scared. You need to just suck it up. Welcome these people to your community and be a good Christian. And that would be fine if there wasn't behind a curtain over here, a Democrat administration kind of manipulating everything, settling refugees and like in a hurry up style. I think not to impact this election necessarily, but more of a long term view of what's going on because you think for whatever reason you're going to lose in November. Terry asked Parker why Malcolm X thought the white liberal was the more racist and biggest danger to America. What's more racist than saying we need illegals so I can go to McDonald's? A named textured. Please tell the Congressman that Alabama can immediately find innocent workers or Democrats stop the welfare programs. Otto. Jeff, once again, that guy is a stupid Democrat wannabe. He giggles like his leader, Parker is a follower. Yeah, Parker is actually fun to listen to. I agree with exactly 0% of what he says, but it's fun to listen to his rambling to come straight from his tiny. I can't believe he called the whole state of Alabama racist. I thought that was a bit of a bit of a reach to chat late. Didn't Parker Griffin put a bread side in his yard last cycle? I guess he spiked his coffee this morning. I think he gave money to the break campaign. Remember he came on this show and called Mike Durant, one of the candidates that he was suffering from PTSD or something? A named textured. Remember what Haiti had in earthquake and the Clinton Foundation was started? Raised money in excess of $6 million that was supposedly for Haiti, then still left the country in shambles, another Democrat ploy. A named textured asked Parker what his favorite fillet flavor talks about. He talks about elected politicians are followers. Did we know who he supports the laughing loser Kamala? Sean Parker Griffin twisted asking why in the racism they are not all hardworking, fighting citizens. There's a burden on the health care system, education system. And you can bet the chicken processing plants aren't providing housing. Well, this is just it now. My understanding is mostly males and I think the schools have had one Haitian immigrant come in and they're not really seeing the burden necessarily on the system yet. But there is this. There is this point that the companies that are using this cheap labor, they're exploiting these people. They're not paying them what they would pay a white person in that community or an African American in that community. Why? Because those people have much higher standards and look, maybe it's because of the social safety net or whatever. But they're taking these human beings who aren't eligible for subsidized housing for an EBT card for all of the social safety net amenities or offerings that the federal government gives because they are from a foreign place. And they're able to pay them less. Are they're able to pay them more and not have it interfere with the freemies are getting from the government. But not a whole lot more. Can we do notes? Want to be Parker's spinning cat facts. Michael, even with how crazy Parker's takes are, I still would rather hear him than Quinn or Cam any day, at least he seems to be mostly happy person. And someone you would like to have a few beers with on the front porch. Hey, it's just wrong. He's not smug about it. He believes what he believes. He's a little lecture. He tries to tell us that we're all racist, but there is this dislike never Trump or contingent of the political spectrum and I wouldn't call him Republican anymore. They get awful telling you how stupid you are going. I told you so. Wow, the text keep coming. See, we can squeeze in. We just got a few more minutes in the same and Joe, but on your show, coming to the album is a racist state made a derogatory comment about not having enough workers. McDonald's needs to be to believe he feels only certain people should groups should work in McDonald's. And the government was like giving away so many benefits people would and should have to go to work. The North part of Alabama, to most accounts, is the fastest growing part of the state, maybe with the exception of Bullock County. Those people in that area feel either they're way too good to do certain jobs or they have too many benefits too many benefits not to work. Yeah, it's a little skilled jobs are going to pay a lot. But they're just incentivizing work because if you make above a certain income threshold. You lose a lot of your benefits. So they go right up to the ceiling and then they can they quit. They will take a raise. That is a real thing. Fire dog just last week, 30,000 a man, a K K K March headed by Robert K K K board Democrat, by the way. They ordered George Wallace, Democrat, celebrated the filibuster of the civil rights act by Democrats and passed only by Republicans. And they text her what about the fact they're dropping them off in Republican leading cities like South Kaga. So wait, that's been explained to me. It's not necessarily the city itself. It's the county that's imported here. And what will have to happen is the counties will have to take up some of the burden. Schools, sheriff, ambulance, whatever, public safety. And the idea is they will create a dependence on the federal government in these counties. It's like kind of look at it. I don't think Marshall County is going to flip, but maybe it would Madison County for sure. Talladega County. Does this move things to the Democrat direction by creating it? Not not bringing in new voters. By creating dependency on the federal government, and therefore that dependency lends itself to Democratic Party politics. Maybe something to think about. Just a few more will get to those on the other side. This is the Jeff Porte Show at FHIP Talk, 106-5. And they're probably always will. And on the old town square, under the barbershop hole, they set me up in the chair. The old schoolers are a pair of here. We got the rebel flags blind, and both wires appear. Plenty of snow in the middle of June, or a heart and muggy afternoon. Lines on lines with better views. It's life-building with these, Alabama's loose. Welcome back to the Jeff Porte Show at FHIP Talk, 106-5. Thank you for staying with us on this Friday morning. Go up on the program on Monday. Shane Stringer, a lawmaker from North Mobile County. And Dale Jackson, WVN in Yellowhammer News, who I will not be hanging out with this weekend. I think he's actually, he's going to something. I wanted a Florida UCF or something. He's been making the rounds at college football games. Anyway, that's coming up on Monday. I'm sure we'll get a real wrap up of that on Monday. Monty Parker's tell what he's spewing something is a stupid laugh while he's speaking. Somebody named Kamala does the same ridiculous this dirt digger. How can we just go up to keep cheap labor in our state and country? The tax on us, the death, and pass tax money on to all those countries. We the people first. Yeah, I think this suppresses wages when you artificially import a labor. Look, the government was in the marketplace, okay? In the labor, in the workforce marketplace, and you had to compete against the government. If you need to hire employees, however, it's also like we haven't done the minimum wage increase in how long it's because of this. The government makes it so hard to hire people. No one's going to work for minimum wage. And they text their sub-racism. It's Biden Harris committing treason with immigration. Toothless Bama, when you're in the coming and you answer the question, how are you going to AKA 18's more affordable? Yes. Thanks to cost more. Thank you for your question. Your candidate is in trouble. I would agree with that. Tim, Jeff, I thought some of the other workers in cities or the counties where these people are located need to keep tabs on these expenses occurred. Support these new workers because the plants though, they were going to get it for free. So you send them a bill, and if they're not willing to pay for the expense of the workers, you shut the plant down. There's a lot of problems with it. I mean, Ethereum sounds like a fine plan, but in practice, it doesn't work. There's a due process, and there's a lot to just, you can't just walk in. Hey, I'm from the government, and I'm shutting your plant down. Ladies, during the break sounds about guys collecting, palmino stuff sounds. I don't, I wasn't paying attention. Mike, I want to pay attention with the awful story with the, the funeral home. And they were, they were, um, it was like the wrong body in the caskets and, you know, not being able to have an open casket funeral because they, they brought the wrong body and people. Well, that's not my loved one. I named Jackson Jeff from Fair Hope writes this. Parker Griffith is a good example of all the other idiots and Democrats that we need out of the White House. You see, the way Parker looks at like us or you and I and those of us who object to the, to the migration, those, I mean, that's how they look at us. And so it's, it's destructive for that reason. It's like Alabamaans are all racist or Alabama is a racist state. And while Parker is kind of technically one of us in Huntsville has been here forever. I guess he came for Louisiana for a while, but the problem with that mentality. I mean, it's, it's just a way people in Connecticut or Oregon or wherever. Look at Alabama. Maybe I think it's totally unfair. And they text there, a lot of the Wayne Mills, but music reminds me of college. Used to go see Wayne Mills at Auburn all the time at the War Eagle Supper Club and Finks downtown. So I have a couple of times in Birmingham. A couple of times of Mobile. And then I think once or twice the Tuscaloosa though. All right. We gotta get a break here. We'll be right back. This is the Jeff Moore show. What a foot talk. One oh six five. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. One oh six. We have a bigger problem than the law enforcement folks that are there on the border aren't going to be successful because it really turns into a catch-and-release thing, this disastrous policy of letting the Venezuelans, the Cubans, the Haitians, you know, back out, and Nicaraguan back out with work permits and temporary protected status is very problematic. And so you have to start looking at what the entire process is and how do you attack it at the state level. And I think we will be able to do that through a number of different measures. You know, all of these folks have to have sponsors here in Alabama on the ground. We need to look at how we are dealing with and what we know about those sponsors. We need to, you know, one of the things we keep hearing is our driving, education problem, driving issues. We need to look at drivers, licensees, license, vehicle tags, and things of that nature. There are a number of different things that are truly state responsibilities that we can get into. Well, yeah, and I guess it's kind of regulating the wild wild west right now. I mean, number one, you mentioned the sponsors, but there's these NGOs. And I don't know how, I mean, I have an idea of how this whole process works when there's, you know, resettlement, relocation or whatever. But like, it doesn't, who regulates it? Would that fall on the state of Alabama, perhaps? Well, it shouldn't, but at the end of the day, we need to figure out, again, understand the federal process well, very well. Then dig into it, and you can tackle what can we do at the state level? Again, admittedly, federal responsibility to try to keep this from being a huge problem in Alabama. And that's what we're seeing right now. And so understanding that process is so, so very crucial. And so we saw and talked with migrants that had been detained. We went to the NGOs like Catholic Social Services and talked to them about their process. And listen, these are well-meaning people. They are trying to help out their fellow human being, and I understand that. And to some extent, not a large one, but to some extent, I can appreciate that. But at the end of the day, what's problematic is they are making it easier. They are encouraging people to come to the United States illegally. And that is something I don't want to have happen that we should not encourage. And so I want to discourage that in the state as much as we can. We just have to be very smart about how we do it. Well, here's the thing, Senator, and this seems to be a big part of it. It's the jobs that need to be filled here and sort of the weird economics of the jobs. Now, we'll keep the policy processing, for example. And that seems to be a big magnet for immigration to Alabama for better for worse. Well, and I was like, well, all they need to do, hire locals, just pay more. But there's a weird policy thing here. So if you start paying people more, those who get, maybe they get benefits from the government, they reject raises. They rejected jobs. It's just really, really not a very fun place to be at one of these plants. It's gross, it's dangerous, whatever. And they're happy making their 20K or 25K years, as long as they can keep their federal benefits and repair it with this low-skilled job. And that seems to be what's keeping these, that's what's creating these unfilled jobs at these industries. We have in this state, this drawing, this migration. And like, we need to look at that, right? We need to understand kind of the dynamics of that. Otherwise, this is just going to go on in perpetuity. Look, Jeff, I believe in the free market, I always have and I always will. That doesn't always mean that it's easy, but it works and it works every time. And so let's let's let the market work. Senator, you can't compete against the government. If you're, if you're, if your pilgrim's pride and the government's paying people just to stay at home and do nothing, well, then they have to compete against the government in addition to that. And, well, while that sounds like the free market, yeah, but, but it's not free. There, there is a perverse incentive introduced by the, the, the public sector, the government to not work and fill these jobs. And, and, and yes, obviously I agree with that. And that was, that was where I was headed is we, we need to let the free market work, but you're right. You can't compete against the government handing out, you know, well-served benefits. You can't compete against the government handing out free cell phones. You can't compete against the government handing out free healthcare. You can't compete against, you know, all of these, you know, all of these different things that are causing a disincentive to work. And, and why our labor participation rate is so low in Alabama. But what we also don't need to do is we also don't need to subsidize some of these businesses and, and their practices with cheap immigrant labor that may sound cheap, but has huge societal costs when it comes to our education systems, our healthcare systems. Because all of these folks that are here illegally are utilizing those, those systems are here on a temporary protected status or whatever else. There is a very real cost to those folks being here and their labor being cheap. And it is, and it is born by all taxpayers. And it's not federal government that's being shot at money that's being spent on these folks. It is state of Alabama and local tax revenue that is being spent on this illegal immigration problem. Well, how about this? And is there a way to recoup some of that from these people, these actors that are enabling this dynamic? Like I would say, because I think, you know, these, these processing plants or maybe there's other businesses that are using this labor, but they're kind of welcoming. You know, I always heard, like when you're on your way to the U.S. border in Mexico, there were signs saying come work at Tyson's or come work at Pilgrims or wherever. And to me, it's this. Okay. Well, I'll go spend some time in Boaz, Alabama. And they, they become sort of a charge on the, on the, on the public system. Well, if those companies are using this, like, how do you hit, are they, are they culpable for some of this burden on the local infrastructure health care schools or whatever? I think everyone in that system that's taking advantage of, of the immigrants and is taking advantage of our broken immigration system, whether it's the illegal immigrants or those that are here on, you know, some sort of work pass or, or temporary protective status has some responsibility for the services, of course, that they're using. And so we need to look at and we'll be looking at other ways to recoup, you know, some of that. And again, just make it, you know, not as encouraging to come to Alabama. You know, do we need to look at a fee on remittances back to Venezuela, Guatemala, Nicaragua? Is there a way that the local government can all set that the, you know, the cost of educating these children? And if we are seeing this in, in our district here in South Alabama, we're seeing huge burdens on school system from English language learners, which is the nice way to say, you know, these, these immigrant children that cannot speak English. We're over here trying to make sure, you know, they're, they're reading at grade level and, and passing the map test and, heck, they can't even speak English. And some of them haven't ever been to school before. The, the damage to our communities is real regardless of what Parker Griffith says. And, and we intend to absolutely get a handle on it. Well, and back to the, the private, the only part is the private companies are, I don't know if they're exploiting the labor or using it. Are we incentivizing them? And I think in some cases, you do inducements here to locate their plants in Alabama. I mean, we have a, we have these, these economic incentives. I think if you go, like the state, I want to take a look and see if any of these enticements are being used by these companies that I think are kind of enabling this problem. Well, that's, that's another good idea. And again, just, just being fresh back, we are, you know, my colleagues and I that have, you know, that, that traveled to the, the border this week have, have been in a nonstop text message chain back and forth bouncing ideas off of each other and trying to figure out what are the solutions and what we saw in Texas was a, an everything approach. Try to figure out what you can do to, to make these folks not want to be here in Alabama and put those burdens on our local governments and our state government. And so Texas, again, has been very successful with it. They've seen huge drops in border crossings and they've seen most of that shift to places like California and Arizona. And, and as much as I hate that these folks are coming into our country in California and Arizona and then moving around the country still, I want to do the same thing Texas has done and, and have them go somewhere else. Yeah, it's, it's, well, it's like using verify and when you drive across the state line in the Florida, I mean, there's a sign it's a state border. There's, seems like there's a lot of things that could be done to really tighten things up in Alabama that maybe we aren't doing right. We do. We do. And, and, and look, I have compassion for these folks. They're not making this track and spending the money that they're spending to come to the United States because everything is hunky to worry back where they are. I mean, Haiti is a disaster. Venezuela is a disaster. But, you know, we have to, we have to make sure that we protect our own and that we look out for our kids and the resources, the limited resources that we have before we start taking care of the world. There is a right way to come into the United States. There is, there is a process and a path for that. And, and we are welcoming of legal immigration into the United States. But what I saw on the border and what I have seen around this country and what we are seeing in Alabama and our towns and our cities is not legal immigration and it is putting a horrible strain on our resources. Yeah. And, and just one finishing touch on this point we're talking about when you, when, when, what, what is bringing these people here? Yeah, maybe it's the jobs or whatever. And, or maybe it's just NGOs or sponsors are, are, are what not. But we got a knowledge to buy an administration is playing a big role here. Can the state take at least Sue or I don't know what they could do. The federal government saying, Hey, you're, you're putting this burden on us and we reject that. Are like gestures, can the state of Alabama make in that direction? Well, we can too. And, and, and there are 19 states in the Biden administration right now to, to stop this crazy parole program that is just, it is a catching release program. But one of the most frustrating things that I saw and you're right that the blame for this late squarely at the Biden Harris administration. I saw a lay down yard, a construction lay down yard, not too far north of the border with an idle concrete plant and sections of the border wall laying there ready to be installed. And border patrol had told us it's been sitting there since, since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris got elected just sitting there because they could have stopped all of that. And that's simply unacceptable there to blame for this. It, it lays your rearrest squarely on the borders are shoulders and, and unfortunately it's going to be up to the states to try to figure work around out and, and hopefully a president Donald Trump to get, get this country headed back in the right direction when it comes to integration. And finally, real quick, Chris Mars Beach wanted me to give you an attaboy for the hearing aid tax abatement. Well, that's, that's a great bill by rims and marking well cocks over mobile to move the state portion of that tax, our local governments are not woken up to the fact that they still tax it in large part and it's, it is great to see. And I'm glad when we can help out folks that need a little bit more money in their pocket, especially when everything costs more thanks to the inflation we've been seeing from this administration. We appreciate it. We'll do it again next week. Thanks for having me. All right, they said it. Chris Elliott, we'll be right back. This is the chip for show. If I've talked about a six five. The first thing I remember knowing was a lonesome whistle blowing and the youngest dream of growing up to ride on a freight train leaving town, not knowing where I'm bound in the one change my mind but mama tried. To get on me want to know why do you drink. Why do you roll smoke? Why must you live by the song that you wrote? Look back to the jump for show up and talk about those six five dates are staying with us on this. What's left of this Friday morning, a coming up on Monday show Shane stringer, Dale Jackson and guests to be named later real quick. Bonsoil, just the guy I work with, the construction is free portable Wi-Fi computer phone. He pays for other guys groceries and how many food stamps he gets and brought his truck with the COVID small business loan. He is not a legal citizen either yet. Even I can't get these shirts. We are not enabling. We are encouraging. Sounds like a lot. Uh, let's see. I know most people think of GEOs like Catholic churches or well meaning, but there are a lot of South American Jesuits with a heavy socialist bent. They have completely different goals than typical Americans and I'm a Catholic. And then Alex, those are what they help out. Other illegal immigrants did let Catholics house them in their own homes. Then we can turn this into an attack on the Catholic church, but so be it. That's what it is. Come up here shortly. Mid day, mobile Sean. What you got? Right. It's perfect timing for me to come on. Uh, yeah, other than, by the way, are you going to move to Montgomery? I mean, after seeing how things are so safe in Montgomery. That's the story. I thought that was interesting. We'll get into that. John Sharp from AL.com joins me. The only thing we don't have planes in the nation. We got trains and automobiles and several stories to talk about with John. So he joins me here shortly. Of course, we'll get into bridge talk. Also, the train still in the mix that a whole lot more with John coming up in a few minutes. At number two, I actually heard our friend in common Todd Stacy mentioned that he on Capitol Journal, he had Mark Colson coming on. One will beat him to the punch. Mark Colson from Alabama Truckers Association is going to join us. It is Trucker Appreciation Week. We'll talk with him about that coming up in the second hour of the show. That and a whole lot more on the way in just minutes plus your chance to win $100 gift certificate to Mason Hills Farm. If that wasn't enough reason to stick around for two hours, I don't know what is. So it's up next. And this train discussion, the most mobile thing ever, like all of this talk and oxygen expended for something probably no one's going to go to, like, golf quest. Yeah, I mean, it's a very mobile thing. I don't know where it ranks. It ranks in top three mobile stories. Yeah. All right, fair enough. All right, I got to get out of here. I'll try to do better on Monday. Sorry, Phyllis. I forgot to say goodbye. This has been the Jeff Moore show. What if I'm talking 106 five?