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Shawn Farash aka Donald Trump, and Veteran's Spotlight, Day 2
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Unlike Kamala Harris, he will actually go to the border. He's been to the border. He's gonna take his job seriously. He's got the pedigree. You look at the resume, the guy is the peak definition of experience at our southern border. Your thoughts on that selection and just how effectively and quickly this mass deportation operation can come into frame here. - Well, Tom Homan, we said has been to the border. My real, my question is has he been to Europe, right? - Because if that's what Kamala Harris, that was her biggest benchmark, right? Well, I haven't been to Europe either, right? I love the home and appointment, right? And I especially love the interview he gave on 60 minutes. A minute, he was just cold, right? He said, "Well, you know, is there a way to deport without separating families?" He said, "Of course there is. You send them all together." And I said, "Whoa, whoa, tough talk, but I like it. I do like it, you know what?" And now we heard that there are illegals in New York City that are hopping buses to Canada, so they're deporting themselves, which is great. You know, it saves us a lot of money. By all means, if you don't want to wait for Tom Homan or ICE or any of these guys and gals to find you, just go ahead and deport yourselves, that's fine. Go ahead and do it, do it, do it, you know, the old-fashioned way to say, "I'm not supposed to be here goodbye and avoid, you know, my idea," which is the Trumpapult, right? We load you up in there and we just fling you over with the parachute and that's it. You can just go, right, that's the end of that. Like, "Oh, that's not humane." Well, obviously I'm not going to construct a huge catapult, but I do want anybody who's here illegally to leave and I don't think it's a bad idea to do so. And I think he's the right guy to carry that out. He even said that if your cities are not going to help ICE and we're just going to send more ICE agents in there to carry it out and workplace immigration raids, right? You hire any illegals? They're going to get snatched up out of the workplace and sent back home. So, you know, let's get back to law and order, let's get back to common sense, and we won't have any problems. I think it was a great appointment, Tom Holman, as a boarder czar, and a boarder czar that will actually do his job, right? I think this is a good thing. - That's correct. Yeah, you look at this administration as it comes into picture here, Susan Wiles, Chief of Staff, Mike Walts of Florida National Security Advisor, Elise Stefanik, UN Ambassador, Lee Zelden, EPA Administrator, Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, Kristi Noem, Department of Homeland Security. I know we've got Rick Scott out there vying for Senate Majority Leader. Others like Vivek, you know, Elon, Bobby Kennedy, Tulsi Gabbard, yeah, Cash Patel. Your thoughts on what you like, what you don't like. I know you know guys like Lee Zelden personally. So, your thoughts on the way that Trump is putting this together piece by piece. - Well, I love most of the picks, right? The Holman I thought was great, Susie Wiles, I think is gonna thrive in that position. Stephen Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff of Policy, which is nice as another immigration hardliner. The Rubio pick gives me pause. Why did he do that? I mean, Rubio is a little too establishment for me, but Rubio has been pretty loyal to Trump ever since the little Marco saga, right? I think he knows what happens when you cross Trump, you get embarrassed, and now if Marco Rubio steps out of line, Donald Trump can fire him. He couldn't do that in the Senate. So, DeSantis will now be able to appoint a new Senator. Hopefully that will be somebody who is even more conservative than Rubio. I trust DeSantis' judgment on that one. He's been doing a great job in Florida, and it also, it also continues the Florida man trend, or the Florida person trend. Susie Wiles, not a man. I don't think she's planning on identifying one either, but Trump is the president. Wiles is up there as chief of staff. You've got Rick Scott vying for majority leader. Rubio as secretary of state. So, there's Florida people all over the administration, and obviously Florida is the beacon of conservatism in the United States. So, I think he's doing really well there. Homeland security, Kristi Nome? I don't know. I don't know how I feel about that. Maybe-- Yeah, that caught me off guard last night. Were you surprised by that? I didn't expect her in that role. No, I didn't expect her in that role, but I'm not sure if she has that type of background. And if that's something that she's going to excel in, I mean, again, another Trump loyalist. So, it's not bad in that regard. I guess keep the dogs out of that office, though, because you get on her bedside, and it's the end of that, right? She's either going to shoot it or feed it to a Haitian. So, I think we don't want to do that. But, you know, he died like a dog, right? Maybe that's what it's about. You know, the other thing is about Rubio is he does tend to be a little hawkish, and Donald Trump even mentioned this, too, when he brought John Bolton in the first time. And maybe this is just like an excuse trying to give himself a little cover. Maybe this is really what he was doing. But when you walk into a room with the mustache, right, with John Bolton, you're like, that's the guy who bombs everybody. We better be on our best behavior, right? So, if Rubio is a little hawkish, I mean, is this a way to kind of-- 'cause you don't want to put a weakling who you know is never going to declare war in anybody in that position, right? Rubio has been more hawkish than not, but he's not like Lindsey Graham, John Bolton, Nikki Haley type of, let's just, you know, we mix the beach boys and do bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, I ran, right, we're not going to do that. So, I don't love that pick, I don't. But I don't hate it. I love the waltz pick, though. I think the waltz pick is tremendous. - Another Florida pick. So, if you look at this, you've got guys and gals that have been loyal to Trump. You've also got people that are getting a second chance. So, you talk loyalty, Kristi Nome. Okay, we got that. Second chance, J.D. Vance, that rhymed. Marco Rubio, second chance. You look at the Florida stuff, you've got waltz, you've got Rubio, potentially Rick Scott. But you also have some New York as well. Elise Stefanik, we know she undressed the Ivy League last year during the anti-Semitism uproorings on college campuses. And also, Lee Zeldin, who gave Kathy Hochl a little bit of a run for her money recently. And I know you have worked with Lee on a personal level, right? - Yes, and congratulated him yesterday. And, you know, here's what I think. And this is not because I've been told anything, this is just what I think, okay? You know, EPA, Lee Zeldin did a lot when it comes to, when he ran for governor in New York, he talked a lot about fracking. He talked a lot about how, 'cause New York sits on the Utica and Marcellus Shales, right? There's a lot of areas where you can frack in upstate New York and it's just banned, right? The Democrats have ended it. There's literally gold underneath a lot of the ground where these people live. We would keep energy costs down in the state. And he made a big deal about that when he ran for governor. He was talking about the Marcellus and Utica Shales in New York and how fracking could really change the state and make New York very prosperous. That region of New York could become very prosperous. So, you know, you see what kind of role fracking played in this election in Pennsylvania. They zeroed in on it in the last couple of weeks. Now you put Lee Zeldin in charge of the EPA. I have a feeling that he's gonna play a big role in the Trump energy boom. And I think he's gonna give it another go in New York in a couple of years and run for governor. You saw what just happened in New York state where New York ran a closer margin to Texas. Then Texas, which they called a purple state, right? They said Texas is in play. Well, New York had a closer margin than Texas did. Now, 10 points is still a lot, but when you look at the 2020 numbers and it was closer to 20 points, right? I mean, this is a significant move. And if these trends that just, you know, came in and presented themselves during the Trump election, present themselves in another gubernatorial election, you could be talking about a potential Lee Zeldin governor of New York. So does he run again in 2026 after doing some work with the EPA? I don't know, but I wouldn't put it out of the question. I wouldn't say that's out of the realm of possibilities, especially if we do experience an energy boom in this country and you have a guy like Zeldin who headed it up. Why wouldn't he want to run on that as governor, you know, in a gubernatorial race in New York? We came very close to last time. We did not embrace early voting and vote by mail. Now Republicans know how to do that. Laura Trump even came out and said the fact that people voted early gave them the opportunity to work their way down the list and reach those low propensity voters, which is what Trump Force 47 was saying. They wanted to do for the last couple of months, right? With voting early, there's a chance, right? That possibly, you know, Lee Zeldin runs for governor and flips that seat. What are your thoughts on who should lead the Senate? I think they're going to vote on this tomorrow, I think, right? And the thought is Rick Scott. I know both the Johns have been floated out there, cornered and enthune. What are your thoughts on who you think should lead the Senate? Well, listen, if it was up to me and I can make the pick, I choose Rand Paul, right? Because I know he didn't endorse Trump and that rubs a lot of people the wrong way, but the spending is an issue and he won't, he just won't bring those bills to the floor, right? And that's one of the reasons why a lot of people don't like him because his principles come first. You know, people know what they're getting when they elect him and if he doesn't like something, he's going to oppose it. So I would imagine if you got him in a room, you know, with the cameras off and ask him why he didn't endorse Donald Trump, there's probably a reason in there and you could at least look at it and say, well, all right, I guess I can respect the fact that you made a principled stance, even though I personally believe not endorsing Trump was a stupid decision ahead of the election. - By the way, Dave-- - What is the most important? - Sorry. - Yeah. - Dave McCormick will, he will, they're defying Schumer. So just to bring it to a local level that Dave McCormick, the US Senator elect, despite the fact that Casey hasn't conceded yet, so that Dave McCormick will be there. That's according to-- - That's a good thing. - Yeah, Republicans here. - And Charles, what do you make of that? Because Casey has been fighting tooth and nail resisting these results. Are we ready to call him an election denier? Is he a threat to democracy? What are we gonna call Mr. Casey at this point? - You have to, and you have to prosecute him, right? Nobody's above the law. You're supposed to respect the results. You're supposed to ensure a peaceful transition to power. As far as the Senate goes, and as far as the majority leader goes, there's one candidate who has been explicit that he wants to carry out Trump's agenda. Donald Trump didn't just win the Electoral College by a narrow margin, he won the popular vote. He was sent to D.C., sent back to D.C. Right, on with a mandate, right? The American people issued a mandate. They want to see Donald Trump's agenda carried out, or else they wouldn't have voted for him the way he did. When you have guys like Thune and Cornyn, who in the past have, you know, have believed, I mean, they have given credence to the Eugene Carroll case in New York. I'm sorry, but anybody who believes a word out of that woman's mouth, a Reid Hoffman funded lawsuit, and they were, you know, when this, when that verdict, or ruling, or whatever you want to call it, came out, you had Cornyn and Thune giving quotes to CBS News, saying, well, I think Americans need to choose somebody without the drama. It's going to see what happens. Oh, I think Donald Trump isn't electable, right? Look, you can have your opinions, but then you circle around in a year. It was only a year ago where those rulings came out 2023, and you say, well, I'm going to carry out his agenda. No, sorry, sorry. Liberty scores of 54 and 51% on behalf, you know, from conservative review. Listen, Rick Scott's not perfect. His score is around 86. He supported red flag laws after the the parkland shooting. I understand kind of the pressure that was on him in Florida at that point. I still wouldn't have supported it, but I get it from that dynamic why he may have taken that stance. But you look at if you look at if you look at the three candidates that are up right now, nobody else is being is being, you know, nominated. It's it's it's Thorne, it's Cornyn, Thune, and Scott. Mike, my choice is Rick Scott. He's coming out and saying he wants to carry out the Trump agenda. Yeah. And that's what Americans wanted when they voted for him. Right. Now, the problem is you have a bunch of public servants on the Hill in the US Senate who don't want the people they serve to know what they're doing. And that to me is a problem, okay? You can't vote in secret. You cannot do that. I'm sorry, anybody who thinks that's a good idea. It's not a national security thing. We should know how our representatives are voting. I mean, there is no case to be made why we should know who voted for who. So we need an open ballot, no matter who you vote for. And anybody who decides that they know better than their constituents, not not me. If if somebody out in Utah says their constituents want him to vote for, you know, John Thune or John Corning, then he should vote for John Thune or John Corning if he's constituent. That's his job. I can tell you this though. Bill Hagerty, Marsha Blackburn and Tennessee were watching because if those two decide that they want to vote for Corning or Thune, I'll tell you something. This state just voted for Donald Trump in the largest margin ever than the past three elections. He got the highest raw vote total in Tennessee and the largest margin of victory that he has ever achieved in the state of Tennessee. This state wants our senators to vote for the guy who is explicitly saying he's gonna carry out Donald Trump's agenda. So if they don't do that, you are liable to be primary. And the only way we know they didn't do it is if we have that open ballot or if somebody comes out and is a whistleblower about who voted for who. We need a transparent process and Rick Scott should be the majority leader because he's the one who wants to enforce the will and the mandate of the American people. - I will say though, Thune, I mean, as far as Thune, he's already in there, right? He's the minority whip. He donated all that money to Senate Republicans. So I'm not ruling, I know that this is like the prom king and they keep Elon Musk keeps putting out the polls and maybe the popular vote is for Rick Scott. I don't know how this works as far as if Trump is influencing them, but for the insiders, I think if you're in the Senate and you've been working with somebody all these years, it's hard to vote, isn't it hard to vote against that person who's lobbying hard for the job? - But you're not working for Thune or Cornyn. You're working for your representatives. - No, of course, I understand what you're saying. You have a good working relationship with this guy, but he has to understand it's in your job description, right? You can go to him and say Senator Thune, listen, with all due respect, we've worked very well together, but my constituents do not want me to vote for you and I have to listen to them. - I mean, that's all well and-- - You can't understand it. If he can't understand that, he shouldn't be a senator. - No, I gotta be honest. - I just think it's all well and good. We all know how office politics works and it's not always fair, it's not always good. I'm just saying I would not rule this guy out. I mean, he's right now at this sentiment. - No, I'm not gonna rule him out. - I think there's a chance he wins it and I think it's unfortunate because he's somebody who it looks like may undermine Donald Trump's agenda. And unfortunately, all this money he donated to the Senate Republicans, a lot of it went into Maryland. I mean, could they abuse it in Arizona? - Yeah. - Right, I mean, I'm not Wisconsin, we're ever caught if they lost by a hair. - Let me ask you guys this, Edward floats this around and I've seen this thought going around on social media. What about JD Vance? - Well, I had retweeted somebody said this over the weekend, actually. - Yeah, I think it was Road Warrior who said it, yeah. - But I will say this about, this is a thankless job. So I know that they said, like go back to what was it, John Adams or whatever, but I would say, what? - John Adams. - It was John Adams. Okay, and so, but I would say this about it, it's really a thankless job. You know what I mean? It's a consuming job, it's a thankless job. And I know that it's a brilliant idea, but at the same point, I mean, maybe JD Vance can reinvent it. It's just, it is consuming and it's thankless. And does anybody ever love the majority leader? You know what I mean? - Well, it's hard to love, it's hard to love Mitch McConnell on one of these parents, but that's, you know, they tell him that, it's a quote, Bonjino, they say, you know, if you ask Mitch McConnell if they have any, much McConnell's parents if they have any living children, they'd probably say, no, you know. - But at least he prevented Merrick Garland, right? - Very true. - I'll never take that away from him. I will never take that away from Mitch McConnell and I will never take judges away, right? Eileen Cannon was appointed through a Mitch McConnell Senate. I'll never take that away from him. I'll give him credit where it's due. He saved us in that regard with regards to Vance serving as the majority leader or, you know, executing his full duties as president of the Senate because he's the vice president. You know, is it constitutional? Yes, is it traditional? No, not all traditions are good, that's fine. You know, like the New York Yankees should start putting names on the back of the jerseys, okay? Like enough with this, okay? But here's the deal. I think it's such a, it's not that it can't happen. It could definitely happen, but it's such a Hail Mary, right? That I wouldn't throw all eggs in that basket. I would take all the energy that we would be using to say, JD Vance should do it and call your Republican senators and tell them to vote for Rick Scott because that's something that has a likelihood and actual chance of happening. I unfortunately don't think the Vance thing, him serving as majority leader or executing his duties as president of the Senate, I don't think that's gonna be something that happens. I wanna wrap with this. I wanna get your thoughts on all of these meltdowns that have been occurring, whether it's in the mainstream media, social media, college campuses. I've got so many stories here. I'm just gonna give you the headlines and then I'll let you take it anywhere you wanna go. NHL legend Wayne Gretzky wears MAGA hat at Trump Party sparks social media meltdown. Then we get to colleges. Michigan State, a professor is offering students free bonus points for showing up to class after Trump's win. We have a University of Oregon official who's been placed on administrative leave because he told Trump supporters to go kill themselves. We also have Georgetown University was offering students crayons and cookies to cope with dealing with Trump's victory and Harvard professors, Harvard canceling classes after students feel blue for a mental health day. That goes on top of Maureen Dowd of the New York Times, Morning Joe and Mika, basically saying Wokism is dead. Did Trump end all the left-wing nonsense once and for Alshron? - I think they're taking a strategic retreat. I don't think they're done by any stretch. - You don't think so, really? - Okay. - No. No, they're definitely gonna come back. The Georgetown, the Georgetown crayons and cookies thing almost sounds like a troll. Like the guy who's doing this is like, come here a little kid. - It does. - Almost. - It really does. - It really does. - It really does sound like a troll. - It's like a real on a college campus. But if it is, I'm going to Georgetown. I'll get my crayons and I'm getting my cookies. I'm gonna have a good time. - It's unbelievable. - The meltdowns, the meltdowns have been tremendous, right? So on Tuesday night, I stayed up. I refused to go to sleep. Because I was like, the last time I went to sleep, I know what happened when I woke up. So I was staying up. I stayed up til 4.30 central time. And then five minutes after I laid down AP call that in Rachel Ned Cow and Jen Psaki and all these people started crying on. Oh, I can't believe this happened. It started blaming, you know, black men and Spanish men and white men and white women and blaming everybody under the sun. Your candidate was awful, okay? You know, she had the opportunity. She kept saying, I knew way forward. And then Sonny Hostin on the view says, what would you change to Joe Biden? Oh, there's not a thing that comes to mind. Well, then how is it a new way forward, right? I mean, it's ridiculous. So how about instead of blaming the people who had had enough of the last four years, right? Which was the silver lining of the 2020, you know, election theft, right? So how about instead of people who had had enough of, you know, having to sacrifice your first born for eggs or, you know, give, sell your house just to buy a block of cheese in the supermarket. Instead of that, you know, how about we look at who you ran. You had Joe Biden who couldn't move through a little bit of sand on a beach. Like you tripped over sandbags, was calling out dead Congress. Where's Jackie? She's dead, Joe. And she's unfortunately not with us anymore, right? Like, you know, talk about his hairy legs. It's just the people you want to smack it out. Like this is like, you know, that's what the first guy you tried to run. And then the second person you tried to run was more incompetent, but didn't even suffer from dementia, right? She had a drinking problem at a turkey neck. We called it the gizzard of us. You had to wear scarps like Deborah barks. You know what I'm talking about? You know, this is your candidates were awful. We've been saying it for years. Democrats have no bench. So the meltdowns are great. And that Georgetown story is priceless. If that's real, I need to meet that professor because if he's not trolling, then, you know, then there's something wrong with the people there. And if he is trolling, he's a brilliant troll. (laughing) - Sean Ferris, really great stuff, brother. Thank you so much. And if you want to pop on again on Friday, you're more than welcome to hop back on. We can do it. - We'll be here. - We will be here. We'll double dip. We'll have some fun. It was good to be back. And obviously, you know, we were traveling on Friday and then T-Mobile shut my phone off (laughing) they crushed it. They said no texts for you. Then I filed a complaint with the FCC and I won. So we got we're back. - Awesome. Yeah, Sean. - Good stuff, brother. We'll talk to you Friday. Thank you, pal. - See you Friday. - There he is, Sean Ferris with us. Nine o'clock hour brought to you by McCausland Lock and Alarm because business owners count on McCausland Lock and Alarms to secure and control access to their facilities featuring top-of-the-line equipment, industry leading customer service and owner Tom McCausland's wealth of experience, McCausland Lock and Alarm securing your business, securing your future. We will come back and get to the cut sheet part due. We've got voicemails. 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Follow and listen to First and Pod on Mondays and Fridays on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - It's Kale & Company on demand from talk radio 1210WPHD and the free Odyssey app. - Kale & Company, as we continue with our 1210WPHD veteran spotlight as we are highlighting the last great generation honoring World War II veterans all brought to you by our friends at Window Nation. For all of your window and door needs, visit windownation.com as we pay our respects to Aubrey G. Brown. He went by the name of Brownie and here to talk about his father as well as his uncles, his Army veteran himself, Gregory M. Brown, to honor his father and others. Gregory, it's great to have you on the show this morning. Thank you so much. - Thanks a lot, Nick. Yeah, it's a pleasure to be here and in honor. - Yeah, I'd like to start my grandparents. Parents of my father and uncles. My grandfather died in 1928, right before the stock market crashed, leaving my grandmother a widow with five kids. Growing up around Chadsford, Westchester area. And it was quite a struggle. My father would tell me about following my aunt route down the railroad tracks of Westchester to pick up cold that fell off the trains just to heat their house. But, you know, they struggled through the depression, like a lot of families did back then. And, but going on my Uncle Raymond killed in the invasion of Sicily. July 12th, I believe it was 1943. He didn't have to join. He was, he was staying home. He was, had a reprieve because he was supporting my grandmother. So Uncle Raymond didn't have to go. But I think, kind of through guilt with my uncle author, my uncle Leon and my father all had enlisted in worst serving, he ended up going and, yeah, yeah, as it, as it played out, he was killed. - Yeah. - My uncle author, he was a four-year starting center for Westchester High School when he enlisted 29th infantry. And he fought, you know, all the way across Europe. I believe he was in the Battle of the Bulge. And made it to Platoon's origin. Yeah, and he witnessed a lot of the horrors of that war. He may have even been in death camps, witnessed some of that. And it was, it was a struggle for him, the rest of his life. He, he tried to cope with the horrors of war, had a good job at Chrysler and Newark and tried to cope with the war. But at the work at night, he would, he would go out with the buddies, do a little drinking and, you know, the bottle got to him. But thankfully in his later years, he did beat the demons, alcohol, and, you know, he died a sober man. - Yeah. I wanted to thank my father. - Yeah, let's actually get to your father because I was reading about him. And at 17 years old, I mean, honestly, Greg, at 17, I didn't want to leave my house for college, much less go to war. And your father still alive today at 101 years old. Is that correct? - Yes, he is. He is currently at Brandywine Rehab in nursing home in Westchester. Anybody wants to call him, you can call him on his cell for a four, six, four, nine, seven, two, four, seven, and wish him a happy veteran's day. - Oh, that would be great. - Eight years, 17 years old, flew around the world. He was, they kind of kept him in the back because, you know, he was the youngest of four. - Sure. - He was delivering B-17s and B-24s, Japan, Africa, he was in Casablanca. But yeah, yeah, quite a thing. I know I couldn't fly around and wonder those things. - Back then, yeah. - So let me look at this and let me ask you this question. You've got your father, he's 101 years old. He just turned 101 on September 21st. Your uncle Raymond was killed in 1943 in the invasion of Sicily. Your uncle Arthur was a platoon sergeant and uncle Leon, a marine mechanic. Was it as simple for you as this is just the family lineage or was there a different calling for you specifically? I know you want to talk about your father, but I'm also curious about what led you down this path. - Yeah, actually I'm glad you asked that. It was the Iranians taking our hostages, 1979, and pretty emotional experience for me. Yeah, yeah, so that's what led me down that path. I had witnessed the, you know, the Israeli athletes getting murdered in Munich by the Palestinians. - Yep. - And yeah, so when I, with the Iranian hostages, you know, they took our hostages, Easter, 1980. Got down on my knees, prayed to the Lord. I wanted to do good for man. It was the Carter years. Anybody that lived through that time knows it was pretty bad. So I was going nowhere. Got down on my knees, prayed to the Lord to save me. And it was as if he put his hand on my shoulder. Said everything was gonna be okay. That Monday, Easter Monday, I went down and joined the United States Army, and, you know, I can thank them for everything they did for me. I mean, it was, it's been a great experience, very emotional, and I just got done battling cancer for the last two years. - And you defeated it? - Yeah, and I'm cancer afraid. God bless you, Gregory, thank you so much. Thank you for your service. I'm glad you found your calling, your purpose, and your passion, and obviously great victory over cancer. And thank you so much for highlighting your father. Aubrey G. Brown, better known as Brownie, as well as your uncles. Thank you so much for your service, and we hope to chat with you down the road again sometime soon. - Okay, you're welcome, and everybody get that a call. He's probably sitting there waiting. - You got it, thank you, Gregory. - That's Nick, and I'll be listening. - All right, you got it, there he is. Gregory Brown, honoring his father, as well as his uncles. It's our 1210W PhD veteran spotlight as we highlight the last great generation, World War II, all brought to you by our good friends at window nation for all of your window and door needs, visit windownation.com. All right, there you have it, and yeah, make sure you give his father a call. He gave out the phone number. - Should I say the number again? - Yeah, why not, if you jotted it down by all means? - 484-649-7247, give him a call and wish him a happy veteran's day. - How about that? - That's a lovely, very lovely thing. 101 years old, still with us, is that what? What do you say, Brandywine, Brandywine Rehab Center. - Nice, that's right. - Yep, we're getting a couple of more of those later this morning, once we get off here at 10 o'clock and hand it off to Don, and you'll hear from more of these veterans for the rest of this week, and maybe even the next week. - I feel so good that we're doing this, by the way. It's just such a great thing, not patting ourselves on the back, it's not what I'm doing. I'm just, I'm glad we can put a spotlight on this, you know, the greatest generation, 'cause. - Should be done more than just one day a year. - Agreed, that's why we're doing it all week, and probably we'll extend into next week because we've had just an outpouring of people that are just like, hey, how about my dad? Hey, how about this, so, you know, we'll do this until they stop coming in, honestly. - There you go. All right, Kaley Company, we'll come back, we'll get to today in music history, and then also what is on tap for the Don Show, just about 20 minutes out, right here on Talk Radio 1210WPhD. - This is the Kaley Company podcast from Talk Radio 1210WPhD and on the free Odyssey app. - As they say in the industry, due to time constraints, we move ahead in the program, and we'll skip voicemails. We'll even skip the intro for the cut sheet, but we'll give you a one little leftover that Stalker has left in the hopper. - So Sean was mentioning Lee Zeldin, right? He's the head of, what would we say, the EPA? - EPA, right? - Yeah. - By the way, Don, it looks like Schumer, it says now that McCormick can come. - Oh, he's involved. - Yes, you haven't gone to me for a while, so I didn't, so that's one of the many, a lot has been going on, so we do have confirmation this morning that yes, US Senator-elect Dave McCormick is officially invited to attend the orientation ceremonies tomorrow in DC. I'll point out that it was announced as a package deal because the Democrats want Senator-elect Ruben Caiago from Arizona. - Yeah. - So he was, he defeated Kerry Lake. - Yes. - Easy. - Yeah. - Lee Zeldin was on Fox News yesterday talking about the appointment cut five, Sean. - So what did he, you know, what is that? How does that translate? - Translate that to me for day one actions from the EPA. - So day one and the first 100 days, we have the opportunity to roll back regulations that are forcing businesses to be able to struggle. They're forced to cut costs internally. They are moving overseas altogether, to be able to bolster liquidity in the American economy where businesses strive to grow, expand here, and have the ability to export what they produce as opposed to exporting their jobs in the company, the companies themselves. There are regulations that the left wing of this country have been advocating through regulatory power that ends up causing businesses to go in the wrong direction. And President Trump, when he called me up, gosh, he was rattling off 15, 20 different priorities, clear focus, he wasn't reading off of some sheet. It's the top of his head. And if I challenged him to give me 50 more ideas of what to do with this agency to improve the economy, I'm confident he would have done that. So advancing America first policies is one of the reasons why President Trump got elected. We have to make America great again. And often when he talks about that, at the end of his rally speeches, he was also talking about making our country prosperous again. And it's something that he deeply believes in. This is gonna be a great four years for America. It's not just about a great day one or a great first 100 days. I have a feeling that we're on the verge of what could be the greatest four years we've ever seen of any president in the White House. - Yeah, a lot of those handcuffs that have been placed on small businesses are about to be unshackled. And I think you're gonna see a lot of growth with these small businesses. I mentioned this on the year before. I said that my mother-in-law being a small business owner, I'm like, you did much better under Trump than you're doing under Biden. And she actually came to that admission back in July in August saying, you know, the business is just not there. It's the economy. So looking forward to that. Dawn, in about nine minutes, we'll find out what she has on tap in a moment, but first remotely or in advance. But either way, he's back tomorrow. It's Phil Amquist with Today in Music History. ♪ They have been on this day in music history ♪ ♪ Music history ♪ ♪ The King of Company ♪ - Today, November 12th. We celebrate the birthday of David Ellison for Megadeth, who's 60, Buck Dharma from Blue Oyster Cult, who's 77, and Neil Young, who's 79. We also lost Jim Tucker from the Turtles on this day in 2020 and Mitch Mitchell from the Jimi Hendrix Experience on this day in 2008. Sing of the food barked the moon by Aussie in '83. Somebody to love by Queen in '76, Born for Greatness by Papa Roach in 2017 and Our House by Madness in 1982. Out of the food, Dangerous Curves by Lita Ford in '91. Check it past by L.A. Gondes in 2021. And by the way, it's a really good album. Neil Young released the self-titled debut solo album in '68. Also in '71, Fajal by Yeska released, as well as Nursery Crime by Genesis, and Play Deep by the outfield came out on this day in '85. Also in '88, the Escape Club was atop the singles chart with Wild Wild West, and '73 Queen began their first tour. In 2000, Alejandro Sant wins awards for Spanish film artist and Spanish album at Primio's Amigo. In '66, the Grateful Dead play a show for the Hell's Angels. And in '65, the Velvet Underground make their live debut. But lastly, on this day in '55, Billboard began as top 100 chart with the first number one being Love is a many splendor thing by the four Aces. Since I know the three of you have missed me, especially Greg, I'll be back tomorrow, right in early as we start at 6 a.m. For a kale in the company, I feel awkward. - Gah, I'm bad. - Ah, this is not as TSC is, TSC is. - We start at 6 a.m. - You just told us that, Phil, thank you. - Thank you. - All right, Don show, she starts in seven minutes, and we find out what she has lined up right off the top. - Yeah, right off the top, Michael Watley, who's a chairman, he's no introduction. So Michael will walk us through the very latest, the give us an insider's look at what's going on at Marilago, and we'll do a preview of tomorrow's big day when Trump heads to the White House to join without Melania, though. She's not going, but Trump will be there with Biden. - Mm, I also, a lot of cold stares lately. I just saw the Jill Kamala exchange, a lot of blank expressions. It'd be interesting little crossover here these next two months. - Yeah, it's so true. Yeah, we have so much, we're locked and loaded. We have so much going on. There are a lot of updates, because we haven't done a whole lot of news, actually, within the past hour or so, so I have a ton of updates for you, so stay right there. - All right, sounds good, stay tuned. The Don Show is up next, Phil is back tomorrow, and we will see you at 6 a.m. - I'll see you tomorrow. Come talk to me. It's Cale & Company, on demand, from talk radio 1210WPhD, and the free Odyssey app. - Come join me, Andrew Philiponi. - And me, Patrick Peterson, three time NFL all throw corner back on First & Pod for premiere NFL coverage and conversations. - Our motto on the podcast is every team every week, and we don't play favorites. 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