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You may be is not quite off a note, I am not. I am Brian Thomas, host to the thirty five Heresy Morning Show. Je Drecker is. I think he's in the production booth. Camera's not working in there. I can't see him. I still miss the old days when I could look up and look through a window and see just Drecker and obscene hand gestures exchange back and forth.

No longer the case.

Anyhow, great day in the program this morning, thanks to Joe for a lineup guest. We're gonna hear from Ken Cober this morning. FOP President Ken Cober, responding to the we have to have par bol claims that the Sincint Police are not going to be assisting Immigrations and Customs enforcement agents in connection with rounding up illegal immigrants. Real they or won't they? More on that moment, We've got Lynn Arnold. She is a fantastic lady, really involved with

As tragic as it is.

I heard media aviation expert Jay Rattliff and got a whole bunch of topics to talk about Moon. And we'll add two topic, the Reagan Washington National Airport crash, which we'll get to here in a moment.

Among the topics.

With jay Booms SuperSonics test flight successful, it flew.

Faster than the speed of sound.

Man could face a ten year prison sentence for attacking an airline. Gate agent idiot Jeff Blue offering a cash incentive for their captains to retire Early Frontier Airlines making a second effort to swallow up and buy Spirit Airlines. And finally we will get hub delays, which of course I suspect Reagan International or Reagan Washington National Airport will be among those. So the search and rescue effort is

I have spoken with Washington, d C.

Mayor Browser, Virginia Governor Yonkin, Kansas Governor Kelly and Tsbach, Air Homedy, Home, and DY to offer agencies complete assistance, he wrote an a post. Apparently the Washington Phildolph National Capital Response Squad responding to an aviation incident. According to the FBI, Homeland Security Secretary Christy Numb said every available US Coast Guard resource was being deployed to assist with

You know, I'm reminded.

I think Jay Rattloff had mentioned that we had gone through one of the longest periods of time without a domestic aviation crash. This has been a conversation we've had several times over the past month or two or three, and I always felt like knocking wood when he said that. Well interested very much so in hearing what Jay has to say about that this morning. How could that have

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Station five twenty fifty five kr CD talk station, feel free to call five one three, seven four nine fifty five hundred eight hundred and eighty two three talk pound five fifty on AT and T funds. I don't bite. Je Drekker's having some troubles this morning. In addition to the camera not working, apparently his computer crashed. Could make things challenging this morning. Thoughts and prayers are appreciated. Hang in there, Judge Drekker, Hang in there, and he's going

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Hunter Biden checked the laptop out. If you don't believe me, it's right there in black and white. He was charged back in twenty twenty three accus of accepting gifts again totally more than one hundred thousand dollars in gold bars and cash. Well, good cautionary tale for other members of the Senate and the House who might be similarly involved in that conduct. And you really have to ask yourself out loud, and it's been documented over and over and

How does that happen?

Insider trading maybe or maybe acting as a foreign agent.

I don't know.

Hunter Biden wasn't even elected official, and he geted up landing millions and millions of dollars in foreign payments. Why, well, the Biden name, you know, it's irrefutable. The man had no skill set. Look at the gas prompt situation, the Ukrainian gas red production facility. How in the hell did Hunter Biden land on the board of directors for that one? Huh? Anything untoward going on here?

Maybe just a little bit.

Got the American well, I guess, you know, maybe the American population was paying attention and recognized this. Although Joe Biden wasn't running against Donald Trump. Donald Trump won a decisive victory without question. I think we've had enough of this. We've been we're fed up in scruption must end. How can I keep going? Joe's computer's not working, so we can't take a commercial break. So quite honestly, I would love to hear from you if you want to comment

Did you get a chance to vote on that?

By the way, any of my fellow my friends in the city of Cincinnati, who can vote on CINCINNTI council race and the mayor's race and have a vested interest in matters within the city of Cincinnati, did you vote to become a sanctuary city? No, you didn't. Did you profound implications you could virtue signal back in twenty seventeen about oh we're at thank you a city, And that's before Daddy. You didn't get a say in that, did

He was picked up for.

These are dangerous folks and they should be picked up and the mayor of your city after that, pro Ball is telling you that your police department will not help Ice at all. Let's pause, take a break. Steve, you are first out of the gate. Looks like Joe may have things back in order. I'll be right back.

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In this week's Marketers Report, we hear about five point thirty on a Friday, even a happy one, till you're going to get straight to the phone before we get the local stories. I think Joe's got things sorted out in the production room. Computer crashes anyhow, interest it that's a tech Friday with Dave had or tomorrow at six thirty, and he could solve the problem, I imagine, Steve. Thanks for holding over the break and welcome to the program. Appreciate your calling this morning.

Yes, sir, when I do call normally, it's in the six o'clock hour. If I ever call in the five o'clock hour, on my bucket list is never to interrupt the stack of stupid, so I try to get it in there early enough.

Thank you, Steve.

I'm your four cylinder listener. So again, you were on four cylinders yesterday and you sound all fired up today, so I think I think you're you're coasting downhill and you're doing well. Three quick comments if you don't mind, And whenever I'm going to call you, I always hear you talking and have extra comments to make as long as you've got the time. Did did the citizens vote to make and I live in Independence, Kentucky. We have

All that?

You know, all this stuff.

So Menendez, I remember this on his home computer, he was trying to look up what is the price of gold? And all the serial numbers on the gold bars were traced back to the foreign government that that bribed him with those gold bars. So he might not have wanted to keep him laying around the house. And it just you like the stupidity. Just turn on the A business channel and they tell you the price of gold, you know,

Uh.

And my my third and final comment, if I can pick on you just because to poke the bear a little bit, you're like a bear coming out of hibernation. I'm going to poke you. I do work part time. I'm retired. I work part time. I'm driving around Monday working. I can't call. But of course I'm a faithful listener.

It didn't go I saw it.

I know you work sixty hours a week, but on air, and I just thought that it just sounded funny.

Fair enough. But yeah, this involves a whole lot more than the four hours on air, because that's why I get up at two thirty. Man, I spend an hour and four and a half in front, in front of the show, figuring out what happened after I went to sleep last night, like the plane crash in Washington, d C.

And h.

I spend probably three or four hours in the day after the show gathering materials to do the next day's show. So yeah, I know it sounds easy, but fill in four hours, especially when Joe Strucker's computer goes down, and see how you like it. It's thirty five Mississippi, James, your next my friend hanging there I'll be right with you as soon as I break for these brief words.

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It's five thirty nine fifty five KRCD talk station. I'm very happy Friday Eve to you. Five on three, seven fifty fight hundred eight two three talk found five fifty on eight and T five. Over to the phones we go in Mississippi. James, Welcome back to the fifty five Carecen Morning Shore, my friend, Good.

Morning doctor Bryan. Okay, Now I have three or four fragmented thoughts. I can pull them together for my life, but to express them out to other peoples, they may seem fragmented. All right, And I'll tell you what. I start with your last caller, and he used the metaphor you are just like a bear coming out of hibernation.

Now.

And I listen at your anger, your frustration of what's going on now, soup and pose yourself over a black sixty seven year old man from Mississippi. As many times as we've had stuff shoved in our fades, down our throats or whatever, and you really didn't have no power, didn't have no money. You just had to learn to coexist with. Now, it seems like society is going to a point. It's right in front.

Of our eyes.

We're gonna keep dividing ourselves talking about Republican Democrats or both of them, do it. I We're gonna separate ourselves by class, how much money you got, of religion or sex. You know, all these divisions are just a facade to keep your mind away from the whatever the real deal is. Yes, sir, that's a conversation for another day. So you know, I look at that and I say, men, bears, I guess you don't have no peoples in high places to.

Parton him.

So he may be going down. But that's a shage.

You know.

You're right, we need to need to re look.

At these presidential partner put some rules in with them. Oh can you go in now? We're into pre empty party for anything. Ain't that may come down the bike? Yep, you know, pardoning your family just broad fifteen hundred partners, you know, letting And I used to say all the time that that you call it like a drunken frat party up at Capital six And I think you're doing I mean, January sixth, I think you're doing a disservice to it. But I understand your reasoning you had to

You know, it's like a box.

Well, you got the bob, you know, dimping bob, get out the way of this punch that's coming. Yeah, but that's life. That's my two cents. But hey, you feeling it, brother, you're feeling it, and you're right in this thank you where.

City you know, yeah, well, you know, listen, that's why I said out loud. I was asking the rhetorical question, did I know the citizens of Cincinnati didn't vote for sanctuary cities in the city the elected officials declared Cincinnati

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E Fron Thomas here welcoming phone call if you care to call, love to hear from you five one, three, seven, four, nine fifty five hundred, eight hundred eighty two to three talk. Ken Kolber is joining the program at six thirty. He will talk about well, since I police generally speaking, since he is the FOP president, we'll hear about have to have Provoll's comments about since st Police not assisting ice.

But this is cryptic.

There are things we can do to support the community and mitigate the damage from those raids, and we're working to do that. I'll leave it to your own devices to figure out what the hell that's supposed to mean. But and I asked out loud in the last hours, like, wait a second, even did the citizens of the city of Cincinnati, represented by the council people and the mayor, did they vote to become a sanctuary city back in twenty seventeen.

Did you invite that? Is that what you want? Have you seen the.

Problems associated with an unchecked, unregulated immigrant population descending upon your neighborhood. Have they used up resources that otherwise would have gone to the voters and the residents of the city of Cincinnati. It's certainly happening all across this country. And again, this is not bearing a political stripe to my perception. I mean, there are people on both sides of the political ledger who will say, no, we need immigrants and we shouldn't have you know, a border or whatever.

How could this have possibly happened? Anyhow?

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Huh.

They also issued an ocean water quality rain advisory. Why might that be well one of the reasons, of course, Moving over to the Epoch Times, Jill McLaughlin reporting electric vehicles and lithium ion batteries that melted to the ground, creating hazardous conditions. I thought this was supposed to be an environmentally correct thing to do, driving an ev around Hmmmm. Those who study the realities of it, no better than that.

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Feel free to call five one, three, seven four nine fifty five hundred, eight hundred and eighty two to three talk found five fifty on AT and T phone. It's going to go to the phones right now. I got CJ in the line. CJ, thanks for holding over the break, my friend. Welcome to the fifty five CARC Morning Show. O, good morning to you.

And I was going to mention what you did.

About all those solar panels and batteries, but even gets worse than that with the batteries in the state of California. A couple of years ago post you to go buy new batteries in order to sell your electricity from those solar pants because they had too much power going into the system during the day and not enough at night, and so you have an.

Explosion of batteries not only from.

New homes, but any system that was purchased previous to twenty twenty as well.

So the battery is just going to be masterless.

And what an amazing toxic problem that creates. And you know, I think about these things when they catch on fire, and you CJ. I'm certain are well aware of how much water they have to pour on those damn things to put them out. They don't go out, and the fumes that they belt out are toxic fumes. I mean that this can be even considered a green slash pro environment is just beyond laughable. It's insanity.

Well, and here's the other problem you have with all these solar panels.

Apart a fire, you're.

Having to dig up parts of the desert in order to bury the ones that were put in twenty thirty years ago. Now, when they had a electrical shortage problem thirty years ago, and they had to get a bunch of people out to go start buying solar panels to save the electrical grip. And now all those are starting to go bad and they're digging holes out in the middle of the desert because they are considered hazardous waste, but.

We can't put our nuclear waste in the Yuckam Mountain.

It makes no sense.

There is no rhyme or reason to any of this, CJ. I mean, just a little bit of logic and reason apply to this, you realize how laughable it all is. And then you also spring from the proposition that CJ. You and I and the rest of the population are cockroaches on the world. We are literally killing the world by merely existing, and that somehow carbon capture or driving around an electric vehicle is going to save us from ourselves.

I mean, I don't know.

I've been staring at this ridiculous nonsense, this religion now for going on. What since al Gore crept out of his hole and started telling us we were all going to die, And all the deadlines that al Gore gave us about sea level rises and when we were going to die never ever happened. It was all made up whole cloth, designed to get people ginned up and worried and feeling bad about existence and feeling bad about consumption. I mean, there's a whole lot of Marxist of mind,

Turn up your radio.

Here's a Sean Hannity Morning minutes. You have House panel to investigate sanctuary cities. What have I been saying about sanctuary cities. They're aiding in a vetting law breaking. They're codifying law breaking into law, which they don't have the authority to do. We have a supremacy clause. This falls under the jurisdiction of the federal government. This House panel is going to call on Democratic mayors to testify. Apparently this is like an immigration culture shock. I've heard more

Check out the Sean Hannity radio show later today.

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It's six thirty almost six thirty one, fifty five krs Decalk Station. A very happy Friday eve to you. Extra special welcome back to the fifty five carssee morning show. FOP President Ken Kob. We're representing the SINCINNT Police Department Union. Could you have you on the show? Ken, appreciate your the time you're spending with us this morning.

Hey, good morning, Brian, thanks for having me.

I'm sure you got the word from Mayor Aftab Purvol and I've been sort of rhetorically asking the question the residents of the city of Cincinnati vote to become a sanctuary city. Back in early seventeen twenty seventeen, he said the city will not enforce federal immigration laws for those here illegally. Quote, there have been no ice raids in Cincinnati as of now, none despite the rumors and conspiracy theories, but we are prepared if there is an ice rate

Well?

Yeah, I mean, we all take an oath of office when we get sworn in as police officers, and our oath is that we will enforce all federal, state, and local laws. And having a mayor saying that we are not going to do this is just wrong and it's very misguided because if we decide that we're not going to help federal law enforcement, then it's violating our oath of office.

Well, I'm glad you came with loud and clear and very straightforward on that one. That's kind of my perception as well. And I don't know how much control the

No, this far, we've been given you zero directives, and you know it kind of treating us as status quo, which has been you know, any time that we have any kind of interaction with federal law enforcement, we help them because they're federal law enforcement officers. That's what we're expected to do. If we have Green Township call us and ask us for help, or Dellai Township or whatever department asks us for help, we help them. That's what

And that's refreshing to hear. And you know that has been my understanding as well. I remember Jim Neil talking about cooperation among the various law enforcement agencies in the general region, and the cooperation was, you know, shared responsibilities and shared services and everyone played nicely together in the sandbox. I don't know if that's still the case with Charmie McGuffey as head of the Sheriff's Department, but you know, It's nice to know you guys do play well together.

You know, there has to be cooperation among law enforcement agencies. We've done this for years.

You know.

I go back to my years when you know, I was on the street working in our fugitive unit, and we would you know, every so often we'd have like the FBI would.

Come in and you know, they're gonna they're gonna.

Execute thirty different search warrants around Cincinnati. And they don't have the resource is to do it all themselves, nor do they have the lay of the land.

So what do they do.

They call local law enforcement and ask them for assistance. So we would be up at three or four o'clock in the morning. We would meet with these teams. They would give us the addresses of places where they have search warrants for and we would go assist them, tell them that, you know, the most efficient route to get to an address, you know, if there was any concerns.

Of neighborhoods, whatever else.

We would give them all this intelligence and then we would go with them and serve these warrants. It's something that's been done for years, and you know, unfortunately this is just a highly politicized thing, and I just we have to do these things. This is what we're required by law to do. And to have a mayor come out and say, well, no, we're not going to help them. We don't have a choice of the matter.

Well, and I appreciate how straightforward you are with that reality. And I guess more fundamentally, you know, eastwore an oath of office and as an officer of the law to you know, hold the constitution, protect and serve the community. The Trump administration presently is going after. I mean, these are vile people. These crimes that you know, it's reported that many of them committed child rape for example, is just horrific and inexcusable and probably one of the most heinous crimes that

I'm not sure what the mayor's position on this is, but absolutely, yeah, we have to protect our communities. And just because you're here illegally doesn't mean that you get a free pass to come here, break the law and stay here.

It's not going to happen.

Think about what you just said, Ken, that we're even having this conversation because there are some inelected capacity that believe because you are an illegal immigrant somehow you shouldn't be arrested and prosecuted or at least expelled for having committed crimes.

It's this crazy.

Yeah, it's laughable that we're even having this conversation.

I agree all day long. So where are we? I know, last time we talked can in terms of numbers of police officers. I know the problem hasn't been solved since our last conversation a week or so ago, But remind my listeners how many we should have in terms of officers and where we are presently, and also the fun fact of the number of people retiring, So.

We're currently at about nine hundred and twenty one. Although I just had an officer called me yesterday who went into our drop programs of retired last year stayed for another year, and she called me yesterday.

And said, listen, I'm done. Oh done, I'm leaving. I've had enough.

So we've lost I think two already this year in the month of January. We lost seventy two last year, but our complements one thy fifty eight were at nine twenty one, so we're roughly one hundred and forty short. And I just don't see this year being any better. I think the staggering number is we had eighteen people that left that were not retirement eligible. Oh my eighteen, yes, Oh,

And that's that's walking away from a sizeable post retirement salary. I mean, I'm not envious or I don't think it's wrong or anything. But if you're walking away from you know what is it could be three quarters of your pay or something like that, and you're quitting early you're not eligible for that. That is that's a statement and a half right there. If I could ask you about this most recent person who told you that they're just

I think a lot of it is just it's just burnout. You know, when when you're short on a relief and you don't get a break from you know, the day to day work, and you know they worked in you know, one of the busiest districts here in the city, and when you're asked to go and respond to just radio run after radio run, and you know, just the violence that they're experiencing on a daily basis, people just get burnt out. You know, we don't have enough people, and

Be graduating in May.

We're gonna have another class in July, but we've got to do things to make this place more attractive. And having them here come out and say we're not helping a federal law enforcement agency that's not helping make this place more attractive. It's making it worse, and you know we're going to see eventually what the fallout is going to be from that.

Jeez.

Well, prayers, love and support from my listening audience and me to the Cincinnati Police officers. We certainly appreciate what you're doing and we have an understanding and for found understanding. Thanks to U Ken Kober for bringing it to our attention of the problems that are facing the CINCINNT Police Department. God bless you, sir. Thanks for coming on the program and spending time with my listeners and me, and well that's love to all the officers in the city of Cincinnati.

Sure, thanks, Brian, Thanks, I appreciate the support.

Anytime, my friend, anytime, Ken Cober stick around. Folks at the top of the air news Lenn Arnold Young Marines. She's at the door. She's waiting to talk with us, and I'm looking forward to that. We got a little

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Six forty nine, fifty five KCD Talk Station Extra Special Thursday Slash Friday Eve here on the fifty five KRC Morning Show. And although I did say after seven oh five we'd have Lynn Arnold with Abby Smith, which who deserves a strong show of support and congratulations, they're both in studio and they showed up early. So I'm like, why don't we just start talking now in studio Lynn Arnold with the Young Marines and Abby Smith, who is

It is a pleasure to have you here.

Good morning, Thank you for having us.

And you know you Len.

Your name came up when I was talking to the Patriots Lightning guy last week. Yes, sir, you're the better half. I told him I kicked his coverage without question, we both did. It's been a while since you've been in the studio, So remind my listeners and I'll give you the website. It's NKY Northern Kentucky Nkyyongmarines dot com. Where

I got involved actually speaking to a volunteer, a veteran at a blood drive. I met a veteran at a blood drive and we talked and talked in and at the end of the donation, he just said, or I'd said, my eight year old son would have loved to have listened to every one of your stories.

I hope I can remember them.

And he said, you have an eight year old that loves a military and likes learning about it, and I said I do, and he said, well, look up to young Marines. And so when I got home, I did look up the Marines. And my son at the time was eight, my daughter was ten. And then the following spring they both joined the program.

Her not so willing.

To ask you that is was this their idea?

Oh?

My son, yes, he was in before when he heard the name. He didn't even need to research it. I you know, I attended they would open houses with him, and my daughter went to and she had no desire, and then there was a parent there that talked her into it, said, you know, do you enjoy school? And she said, I like learning, I don't really enjoy school. And he said, are the kids immature? And she said yes,

Oh that's awesome because I remember when I was signed up to join the Marlins and over my objections. It's like I didn't want to do it, but I you know, I woke up and after three plus years and ended up a better person as a consequence of dealing with it and going through it. So there's a lot to be said about that. And thanks for good parents like you who will insist that their children pursue these ventures, because I know your daughter ended up doing phenomenally well in marine.

She did.

She graduated from her recruit training as the honor grad and you know, to the chagrin of her brother right whose you know, this was his thing. But then she went on to become Battalian Young Marine of the Year, Division Young Rain of the Year like Abbey Smith year, and then on to National Young Marine of the Year. And then she got her appointment to the Coast Guard Academy. And when she went to the Coast Guard Academy her senior year there she was in a very tough major

Academy when she's Holy cow.

So it gave her a great basis and I mean great contact, great people across the nation.

But then to get to that point, you know how amazing.

That is absolutely amazing. So a little sibling rivalry on that little bit.

But my son went to the Marine Corps. He did five in the Marine Corps.

Now he's in college in Texas and she's actually a civilian working for the Navy.

Well salute to them, and thank you both for your service to our country and then of course forgetting your young people involved. I'm sure it was a real rewarding experience for you.

Absolutely.

I have learned so much from your Young Marines program and met so many great people. And now I think two weeks, Abby, I think my anniversary is coming up, my sixteen year anniversary with the Young Marines as a volunteer, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

I know, I know, I know how you Every time we've talked about this, your enthusiasm comes through loud and clear. And speaking of that, we're gonna hear from Abbie Smith after the top of the our News. Learn how she got involved with the Young Marines and the status that she has been awarded. Quite an for abby, beautiful young lady she is and she's proudly serving in the Northern Kentucky Young Marines NKY Young Marines dot Com.

Check it out. I'll be right back after the top of the our news.

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Comment up bottom of the art Donovan, New Americans for Prosperity, support for Centate Bill three and Yes a flat tax. Will Hall Al Nippert. He was the guy that we talked about all the railroad issues during the railroad fight. He's got comments about the Hyde Park development, the NIMBI folks coming out of the woodwork because of the connected Communities thing that the City of Cincinnati Council pass to put larger, higher density housing in yes neighborhood like Hyde

Thank you.

It's a pleasure having you here.

Great to be here, sir.

So how long have you you're sixteen years old? I understand how long have you been with the Northern Kentucky Marines.

I've been in since twenty nineteen, since I was eleven years old.

Eleven and you told me you have a regret that you didn't start earlier.

Yes, sir, I wish I joined earlier so I could get the full ten year experience in this program.

That's just amazing to me. Now, how young can you be to join the Northern Kentucky Young Marines.

To be eight years old at the start of our career training.

Eight years old, so I missed a couple of years. Now what drew you to want to become a young Marine?

Well, I've always had a passion for the military, ever since I was a child, before I can remember, I've wanted to join the military, even before I knew it was separated into different branches. And my school teacher, Miss Claire, and a USO officer actually mss MS. They introduced me to this program because they knew of my passion, and immediately I wanted to join because this seemed like the greatest opportunity and greatest challenge that I could face.

Now, what inspired you to want to I mean, Eddie, that young of an age to want to become a member of American Armed Forces?

Did you like like I grew up?

Here's my story, and I always say out loud one of the reasons I supported veterans and veterans Causes and the military generally speaking, is because I didn't sign up. I did not enlist, But I was inspired by old World War two movies with John Wayne, you know, I mean like Sands of ew wu Jima for example, and Lynn Arnold's daughter brought me back. I have some sand from ewogm which I still have on my dress or I see it every day and I think of her every day. Land by the way, but that was inspiring

You know, I get asked that question a lot of that, And part of the reason was three of my grandparents were in the military, and I just grew up with them, seeing them and the respec they have for our nation and what they did to make our nation what it is, and then hearing from my parents of how proud they are of our country, I just knew I wanted to do that. I wanted to help our country be the free place that it is today.

That is so awesome to hear and when you were saying that, and you know, I grew up in a similar environment. My parents very patriotic, and I think that's where my patriotism comes from. I understand the gift that we were born with since we were here in the United States of freedom, the idea and the concept of freedom. I just it is everything that is me and my being.

It's a shame.

It's a shame, and I know many classmates who are brought up in that environment. I feel sad, honestly, because I am proud of my country, and we should all be proud of our country because we are at the forefront of freedom in the world and uphold the values that are important to us.

Yeah, people can look at us from Afar and say, gosh, they're allowed to speak their mind. Gosh, they allowed to pursue whatever interest they want to pursue. Gosh, just you know, no wealthy distribution, well some anyway. But I get the website again, it's NKY Young Marines dot Com. You got a young person in your face and when you got to get invoked up with this organization. Now, tell me about a day in the life of a Northern Kentucky

Tell me about it. What's why.

Well, when you first joined the program, you're not allowed to just join. You have to be taught how to wear the uniform properly, taught how to be an ambassador of the Young Marines program. So all the kids who join our program have to go through recruit training, which is six to seven Saturdays and one overnight where they learn how to be a young Marine. After that, we

Whoa in military American history, in military American history, and chivalry, and all of this is taught by our Young Marine.

We do have guest speakers that come in, but all of our Young Marines are told to teach classes on topics that they want to teach about within our unit.

Oh that's cool, well, and that's I guess where your public speaking sitills come from. Because you're teaching the other young Marines. You got to stand up in front of the room and talk. That's awesome, yes, sir, you on that topic alone. And you know, I get invited to speak at events from time to time and I don't have any problem doing it, and I don't struggle. And I used to struggle with nervousness or you know why, and always keep it in the back of my mind.

It did when I first joined this program, I hated speaking in public, even to my friends. Sometimes I don't want to talk to you. But after experiencing so much of this program and learning how to talk publicly and learning how to be confident we're speaking, it's so much easier now, And especially when I'm talking about the young Marines, it's easy to be passionate about it because it's changed my life.

And you know, folks, I know this is radio, but if you could see the inspired look on Abby's face, I mean this, this message comes across just absolutely loud and clear. She is just really, really, really a devotee and a believer in what she's doing with the young Marines.

Is it hard?

Are there any of the like? For example, the PT is even difficult means it hard to consider it work, like oh jeez, it's push up day or something like that.

We do not have specific days they push ups. But yes, it is a challenge, especially when you're younger and you're working through the ranks and getting your sign offs. It is like another school day where you have to put in the effort. And there are some days where I'm like, wow, this is a struggle, but it's always an opportunity to improve. And I just look back and I see all those days where I struggled have made me the person I am.

Well.

And I suppose, like you had Lynn with your children and the sibling rivalry, that you're inspired by your fellow young marine so maybe you're not feeling quite up to the challenge that given day, but if you look around you, then you do step up and uh and and meet the demands of whatever it is you're going through that day.

Yes, sir, we do consider ourselves a family. I see these kids almost every day, sometimes in the summer at the events we go to, and you learn so much about them. And without this program, I wouldn't have met my young marine's family, So I'll be forever grateful for that.

Like sort of like.

A fraternity or sorority, you know, band of comrades are was it easy to make friends with them? A little hesitation there.

She didn't speak at first.

I saw her stop and she was contemplating that question.

When I first joined, Sir, I was really shy and an inter. I know that's a word that's thrown around a lot, but really it was hard for me to make friends these people who I saw as idols. They were higher up in the program, and me just joining, I'm like, wow, how could I ever be like them? But I had my recruit training, I had my friends who are all working towards the same goal, and they pushed me to do better. And yes, I did become friends with all of them.

What an inspiration you are. We're gonna bring her back. Abbie Smith along with Lynn Arnold in the studio talking about the Northern Kentucky Young Marines. You know what, I think your phone's going to be bringing off up later today to hear her and I some mom and dad is out there going jeezs I got an hate year old listen to her, you know, ah, we got to get there in this program. We'll bring it right back. Pause for a moment. So I mentioned doctor Fred Pack

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I have seven to twenty here fifty by KERCD talk Station dot ONNEI on the next segment in the meantime, Lynn Arnold and Abby Smith and I get it at her award winning record here Abby Smith one of the Northern Kentucky Young Marines online at NKY Young Marines dot com. If this is just an amazing organization, and then thanks thanks to Lynn Arnold. I have met quite a few of the Young Marines over the years. What an amazing

I appreciate it.

No problem. No, what was involved in the competition? You have to like beat people up and like do marksmanship or not that time, sir. Okay, So seriously, I just I'm wildly curious. How does one become the Division III Young Marine of the Year.

Well, there's a lot of work put into a way before the actual promotion boards, which is like a job interview. Before then, I had to attend three leadership schools, which are stopping points in our young Marines career where we have to learn about the different leadership styles and how to lead our young Marines as we're progressing through the program.

Second out of forty eight marines across the country.

Oh my word.

Wait, this is like I'm just getting the picture. This is really like genuine military training you're going through here.

It is modeled after it, sir.

Future leaders of America. I'm sitting in front of one right now. She's going to be a congress person or a senator someday. Oh my word. All right, and it's not over there. You continue to compete against other young Marines. I guess all of the Division Young Marines of the Year then go off to Jeopardy and you're gonna end up competing with them.

Not really like Jeopardy, but kind of.

You don't have to do my words, gospel, I don't know. This is why you're here. You're enlightening my listeners in the abbey.

So once we earn the six young Marines across the country, they earned the Division Young Marine of the Year title. We were becoming the top six young Marines in the country, and April I would be competing against those other young Marines for the title of National young Man of the Year at a promotion board, which is similar to a

Yes, sir, did they try to recruit you while are there? I mean, I'm serious, because you know you're a young marine you have not, you know, enlisted in the regular Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or now Space Force. And I'm going to ask you what you were planning on doing as you move forward. But hell, I mean, if I was a recruiting office, I'd be all over you like white on rice, Like you got to come over to me when as soon as you turn eighteen because I need

Kind kind of a pitch.

Well, I've joined because I wanted to go into the military, But young marines across the country they don't. They are not forced into the military. While we do teach a lot of military customs and traditions, and we are modeled at the Marine Corps, a lot of our young marines end up becoming teachers or different trades across the country.

Lawyers like yourself.

How about that? What do you want to do?

I want to go to the Naval Academy, sir.

That will be outstanding. Yes, I got a friend out of the listening audience. I call him a cribbage mic because we play a game of cribbage at my listener lunches every first Wednesday of the month. He was in a submarine for his military career. Wow, and the whole and he's like six ' four. I don't know how they got him into the subway to start with the cribbage mic. If you're out there, future Navy and LISTI here is sitting in front of me, and what a blessing it'll be for the Navy to pick you up.

Thank you, sar, you got a.

Great future in front of I hope you appreciate that. There are very few young people that anybody in my listening audience and me included, have ever met that have your level of confidence, your ability to speak, your obvious passion for what you're doing. It's going to serve you so well.

Thank you so much.

Oh my pleasure. Listen.

I'm inspired by meeting you, Lint Arnold. You got to get inspired by these young marines every day. You're involved with them too.

Absolutely, And like she said, she wish she had joined earlier. It's funny we have young marines that leave the program and sometimes you know, it's not their decision. Sometimes it is, you know, families move or whatever, but they leave the program. And I've never once heard a young marines said I wish i'd quit earlier, but you know, I'll have them say I wish I had stayed in or I wish I'd joined earlier. But you know, whether they make it to her, you know the accolades that Abby has earned

There is a question in my mind.

Abby. I wish you all the best on your future, and I'm very confident it will be a successful future. You've been a real inspiration for me this morning, and I know an inspiration for my listeners who've stuck around to hear.

What you had to say.

Thank you so much, sir, I really appreciated having the opportunity to talk about my program to you and your listeners.

Spread the love.

Can I hope getting some more recruits NKY Young Marines dot com. Get over there and find all about it and get your young person signed up for all the benefits that they certainly will gain from being in the program. It's seven twenty five right now. If you give out Kscity Talk station, Donald and Neil, Americans will Prosperity up next saying yes we will talk about flag tax and what is Senate Bill three. We'll talk about their support

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Seven thirty here fifty five KRCD Talk Station. I'm telling you, if you saw the looking in Abby's eyes and what an inspirational gal that was unbelievable, her future is absolutely going to be a successful one. Mkyyongmrines dot com Get involved say valuable program Without further ado, Welcome back to this fifty five Carrisy Morning Show Donovan and Neil for Americans for Prosperity. Donovan, good to have you on the show today.

Brian, great as always.

I know you didn't know who I was talking about. You probably weren't listening. Abby Smith was the award winning Division three Young Marine of the Year sixteen years old and is confident and is inspiring a person you'll ever run into. Just such an awesome conversation with her. Anywow, I flat tax? I mean is that possible? Senate Bill three? What's this all about? And why is Americans for Prosperity supporting it?

Yeah?

Well that's really exciting about Abby as well.

It's always a little humbling, right when you get someone almost half your age who uh has accomplished so much?

Oh my god, isn't it no lessen? I mean half my I wish she was half my age. She's sick thinking for myself here? Oh you okay? Fine, yes, she's sixteen. It's like, oh the clock please? Anyway? Truly inspirational.

Well, flat tax?

Yeah, so lots of great news this morning yesterday. State Senator George Lang, State Centator Steve Huffman.

These are guys who've.

Been fighting this fight for the all years they've been in Columbus, last several years they've been in Columbus, and I think we're going to get it done this year.

Brian.

What this legislation would do is it would move the state of Ohio from two tax brackets we've gotten down to two tax brackets.

Now, happy to talk about a lot of the history there too, but right, two tax brackets.

This would move Ohio to a flat tax rate at two point seventy five percent, the lowest in the Midwest. Uh and it would accomplish that by the twenty twenty six tax year. This is a key part of our Buckeyed Blueprint policy agenda, and we're thrilled that these members have introduced this legislation so early and have put such an emphasis on getting this done.

Now, when you say flat and I have the detractors out there the listening audience, Rick, I got your email. I understand where you're coming from. But beyond that, flat suggests no incentives or write offs or deductions or anything like that like we have in the federal tax code, which is just a vehicle to manipulate people into doing something the otherwise wouldn't do because of the incentives. I hate them. And I don't think even we should have a child tax credit. I don't think we should build

Well that's a really good point, Brian. No, like we would ask for paying all of the various deductions, child tax credits, the political contributions credits.

But that's something we have talked about though. Here to Americans prosperity.

You know, our friends at the buck Eye Institute put out the Piglet booklet. We do put out a lot of money in tax expenditures, and I agree we need to get you know, whatever the government wants, just let them have it. Let's keep the compliance costs and times low. But this is an important step and really the big vision here, Brian is we aren't going to worry about deductions and credits in the long run because we're working

So steps like this help put.

A big These are big landmarks in the march to getting Ohioans to be able to keep all of their hard earned money on their paycheck and getting a zero percent income tax.

Well, I'm knowing americal prosperity as well as I do. I know you're probably behind the scenes fighting for that zero that no income tax. Obviously, it's been a huge benefit to those zero income tax states out in the world. That's where all the blue state people with money left

Yeah, and it's something our friend our progressive friends don't quite understand because they say, well, hey, like you guys, have you Republicans have been running the state since twenty eleven, and we haven't. We've been lowering tax rates, but we haven't seen a massive growth in population or jobs being

Well, and here I'll try to be a little bit of a devil's advocate the folks in Columbus saying, well, but we need money to run the government, and it may be too big, and we can may maybe make cuts and get rid of fraud, waste abuse, but in the final analysis, salaries need to be paid government services and must continue. How can we do that without the income tax?

One might ask, Well, the funny thing is is, you know, the income tax is only one of the many ways the vampire, that is, state, local, and federal government get their claws or their their their vampire teeth into your paycheck. Right, But what we've seen is that's a false narrative, right ran In twenty fifteen, the state of Ohio collected eight

To Columbus but able to be spent.

Locally improvements to their homes that are fueling rising property tax values which are another pain point.

For a lot of folks, but support the schools.

That are government funded.

Let alone the gas tax that maybe you use to drive up to the shores of Lake Erie and hang on at Cedar Point. That gas tax, which lawmakers and Columbus raise not long ago on us Brian fuels the roads and bridges we have in our states, so it still finds its way into your pocket. We just think you should be the one deciding where you want to spend that money, how you want to spend that money, and getting a high to a flat income tax is the first step to.

Get in us to zero fair enough, And I know many people suggest as opposed to an income tax, at least on a federal level, there should be a federal sales tax to fund the government, which means everybody who buys literally anything is going to be responsible for the workings of government. It puts everybody, you know, everybody then has a stake in it, and they maybe more people would complain about the size and scope in the reach of government if they had to pay out of their

Yeah, Well, we're big fans of what the twenty seventeen Trump tax cuts did, and the big part of that is what we've been able to accomplish last two decades in Ohio, right is lowering brackets, shrinking brackets, lowering top barning rates and especially the top marginal rate, and expanding the standard deduction. The idea they're being right, keep things as simple as possible so folks don't have to keep

A is a worthwhile endeavor as well.

The goal here being we want to make folks interactions with the federal government as quick, easy, and painless as possible while ensuring they get to keep as much of their hard earned money as possible. Right, the government only takes what it truly needs to do. The real core

All Right, as far as Center Bill three is concerned, it sounds me like you're optimistic. You got the votes for that two point seventy five percent flat income tax rate in the state of Ohio. How do my listeners reach out and help in this effort?

Go to Buckeye Blueprint dot com. Buckeye blueprint dot com. There's a place you can take action there. Sign up to get alerts and updates. Will we bring up folks to the state House, will be rallying, We'll be doing all the good stuff. We've got to give these folks support and let them know they got to get it done and get it done quick.

Don on any Americans for Prosperity, Buckeye blueprint dot com. Get in touch with them and follow them along the way. I appreciate everything you're doing, Donovan, and I'll look forward to our next conversation here on the fifty five Carcen Morning Show. Always look forward to it. Thanks Brian. Thanks my friend seven forty. Right now, Al Nippert, remember the railroad fight. He's an railroad expert. He's got comments on the NIMBI folks out in Hyde Park that don't really

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Station seven fifty five Kerseity Talk Station by Tom. It's happy to welcome back to the fifty five KRSE Morning Show. We aren't talking about railroads today, Al Knippert, who was our expert on railroads. We were talking about the sale of the railroad, which Al didn't like and I didn't like, and Christopher Smithman didn't like, but it got sold anyway. Al Knippert, welcome back to the fifty five KRSE Morning

It's a real pleasure to be here, and it's it's a great opportunity to try and enlighten some people on this and run that's trying to be made around the old Marlwood case, which as you know, turned out with the landowners having been finally proved right by the Ohio Supreme Court, instead of following the New England Northeastern revisionist view of a person's right to property Kio versus New London, which said, oh, somebody else wants to use the same property,

To a teenager.

If the teenager doesn't change their attitudes, well nothing happens. The great ston't go up, the interaction with the family doesn't change. You can talk to them to your blue in the face until you get them to change. Now, that's really what they've done. They've played ropodope with a Hyde Park community council and they still haven't addressed one of the key issues, which is traffic. That's a very narrow, narrow straight and what are you going to do to

What do you do here?

It's amazing you take their own words from well, the Cleete Camp and Louring families have been embedded for years in politics in Cincinnati, and I think it might be helpful to take a look at the history a little bit of zoning and the purposes. Going back into the Middle Ages, tanneries weren't allowed in.

Towns.

Why because they stank, because of what they use to cure the hides. More recently, beginning in Charleston where they built a Francis Marion hotel in the twenties, people realized, oh my god, we're known as the city as spires, and if we allow this, it's taller than the spires of our churches. We have to do something to protect it. Every time that there's been a movement to protect something,

Or level.

In Charleston, and every time you have a story and you start going higher, you increase the underlying cost for the city to have the adequate fire apparatus. You'll notice that when you go out on the interstate, all of those hotels are generally four stories high. You go higher than that, you need to have more fire apparatus or you lose your fire rating for that area. And that's an additional expense for the city. And the city's already

Well, and this all springs from that connected community seeing the city council pass right, Yeah.

They want to have a connected community, and then all of a sudden, now they want to go around what they just passed.

Yeah, and I guess I want to try to understand the relationship between connected communities and this proposal, which is again to put some higher density housing in Hyde Park apartments most notably as well as a hotel. I understand that the project's proposed height is eighty five and a half feet, which is going to require zoning change from the city, since any which imagine will be easily acquired,

How well, it shouldn't just be the residence of Hyde Park, it should be the residence of.

All the communities. True. Yeah, they can do it to Hyde Park.

They'll do it tot Lookout Square, they do it to Oakley Square, They'll do it to Sailor Park. I mean, imagine if they went out to the minority communities and started Addison and they started buying up large blocks, but one layer of shops on the first, then put two three layers of parking, and then another three to five

Okay, well, in the interest of time, because we're running out of time, Al Knippert, is this going to end up in courts?

It absolutely should, because maybe because the Keio, New England, Land case was about a taking, and it was followed up by the Norwood case here in Cincinnati, which which took a different view because of Ohio constitution, share take the property just to benefit.

Somebody else becauld you like some better time. The lawyer up in Hyde Park is where I think we have led this discussion. Al Knippert, thank you for your insight and thoughtful comments on this matter. Keep your popcorn out. It ain't over. The NIMBI lawsuits probably just beginning. I'll look forward to having you back on real soon. It's seven point fifty two fifty five k SE the talk station.

These kids that are protesting.

People aren't talking about.

They are making it so difficult, so chaotic.

Fifty five KRC the Talk Station. It's eight oh five here at fifty five KRC, de Talk Station. A very happy Friday Eve to you. Bottom of the hour. iHeartMedia aviation expert Jay Ratliff, and of course we will be talking about that tragedy in Washington, DC in the meantime. I'm pleased to welcome to the fifty five CARRIC Morning Show for the first time, hopefully not the last. John Gordon he is the host of the syndicated radio show

Thank you so much, Brian. Nice to be here.

Not the first person to say it, but it's easy to make the observation. Donald Trump hit the ground sprinting. I mean, he has accomplished more in his first couple of weeks in office than Joe Biden could account for in four full years in office. Among all of the different things that Trump has done so far are have you been impressed by anything in particular? I mean, it's an impressive record thus far, and I think most people are pretty pleased with what's going on.

There's so much talk about as hard to pick just one. I mean, one of the things I'm ecstatic about is that he has ordered all federal workers to report for work, come to work, clock in, sit in your desk and work.

Don't stay at home and watch.

Oprah whatever you're watching, or maybe they're listening to Brian Thomas for all I know. I'm not sure, but I know they're not working to earn their paycheck, and that in itself is going to have a tremendous impact because I predict, as come did that a large percentage of those workers are just going to say, oh, if I have to come to work, forget it.

Yeah, I think that's going to bear fruit. I've seen estimates that they believe about ten percent of the federal workers will take the buyout option, which will keep them money with a salary till I guess September, So go on vacation and have your salary, but don't come back to work. Maybe that number is even low. I guess we'll keep our pop going out and see what happens.

Maybe we can cut.

Well.

I'm upset about it, and I have been upset about it. I have this paradigm that there's a great number of workers in government in general. And this is not an indictment of every government worker, no, no, no, but certainly a large number of them are lazy. They don't want to work, they're taking money that they're not earning, and their knee jerk reaction to every decision that they're asked to make is simply to say no or to impose

Not so today.

It has become a morass of laziness. And they're unpunishable and you get their voicemailed. They don't respond to emails. It's just untenable. But then you know they're rounding up members of the cartels. They arrested a guy in New York just day before yesterday who was one of the guys who had the AK forty seven that barged in to the apartment and commandeered it in Aurora, Colorado. They have put him in shackles and they're hauling his ass and throwing him back into Guatemala or wherever.

He was from.

Maybe Columbia, I'm not sure. And then the tariffs that Trump is imposing, he's not being punitive. He's just saying, guys, if you're going to tear off us, we're going to tear if you back.

What's wrong with that?

And so there's just so much right with what he's doing. And that's why people are celebrating and joining to support what he is doing, because he's governing for us. I truly believe he's governing for the American people.

Well, no question about it.

A populous nature of the Republican Party these days, moving away from the old days when they were viewed as the party of big business. Clearly there's been a sea change in that in the alignment of the parties with large businesses. But flipping over, I was blessed to have in studio John Gordon earlier this morning the Division three Young Marine of the Year. This young lady sixteen years

Be one hundred percent. The model was upside down and now it's being turned back on its feet, and meritocracy and competence and conscientiousness are going to rule the day as they should, and there's room for everybody. I mean, if you're a minority and you have gotten a good education or you've got a CV that qualifies you, you will receive every consideration for any federal jobs. It as it should be that way. There's no room for discrimination.

I'm all about it, and I think one of the challenges we face in making America great again is that so many people have bought into and something I do not believe in this religion, that is that we are somehow altering the weather by just merely existing. Our exhalation has been viewed as a pollutant, even though it's plant food.

Well, you and I can discussed that. I have an electric car. I happen to love it.

I know, right now, got friends, right now, go aheadkay.

Right now. Electric cars and ice vehicles contribute about the same amount to depletion of resources and pollution. The curve is changing. However, as batteries are developed, we will require less mining of lithium, and we will recycle the batteries and rejuvenate them. I am not a tree hugger, I do. I am, however, a conservationist, and I do believe it is incumbent upon each of us to leave the planet

Because you shouldn't need tax credit. If you build it, they will come. If it's product, good or service that people actually want and demand, they'll get it. And I know a lot of people have electric vehicles, and I understand, I'm a car guy. They have insane acceleration and torque instant torqu you don't have to wait for a power curve. So from a performance standpoint, I have total respect for them.

But well, I think there's a bit of hyperbole in that. That is not my experience, Brian, I'm.

Not yours hasn't birdsten flames yet.

I've had my car for three years. Let me tell you how many times I've taken it into the service into the shop to be serviced.

Would you like to guess? Probably? None? Zero?

And I had one defect. The steering wheel started to delaminate. The leather had come off the steering wheel.

It was a mess.

So I called and before I got the words out of my mouth, the person on the other end of the phone said, that's a known defect. If you will make an appointment bring it in, we'll give you a new steering wheel, no charge. Ten days two weeks later, my phone rang and it said, Hey, this is Billy Bob. I'm with Tesla. I am on my way to your house if you will permit me to replace your steering wheel.

He came.

He was ten minutes early. He replaced my steering wheel and the new steering wheel came with a horn on it, which my old one did not have, which was one of my complaints about the car. You had to find the button to honk a horn. But it is an absolute engineering marvel. It's quiet, it's smooth. And I drove from my house in West Palm Beach to Miami two weeks ago with full self driving autopilot.

I told the car where.

I wanted to go. I did not touch the wheel.

God, you're never, ever, ever going to convince me that that's a good idea.

I love to drive.

With me, and if I don't, I don't think that it's a good idea. When we're done, I'll buy you a steak dinner at the restaurant of your choice.

No, no, no, no, No.

Personally, I don't think it's a good idea. Is because I love the act of I love driving. I enjoy the chess gain that exists on our crazy roadways. I am constantly paying attention to what's going on around me. I love paying attention to the road. I made this comment before. My wife would be like, you ever see that house around the corner of the front door and you're driving by. I'm like, no, I'm looking at the road when i'm driving, not staring at front doors. I

But let me pose this question to you. Would you be willing to sacrifice your own enjoyment of driving, which I relate to. I mean, I stole the family car when I was fourteen, Yeah, and drove to the drug store because I like to drive so much. It was

I'm not one of the people that's a threat on the road because I'm a great driver. So anyhow, moving away from that, John Gordon, I give a test you a Tesla dealership, don't you? John?

Sixty years. I don't have a point on my license. I haven't had a scribe.

I got it all right. Finally, in the tail end of this conversation, speaking of green energy, do you think that we will ultimately now be able to get nuclear power. Since it doesn't produce carbon, it will leave our area in a cleaner position, and it will provide an abundance of energy without having a massive old cooling tower stype platform like they used to have. Because of modular nuclear plants, France is running on them. They don't seem to be having a problem. How come we don't get any.

The resistance to nuclear power is no different in my mind than the obsession with DEI. They're both political narratives that make no sense. Nuclear is safe, it's clean, and it's hugely effective. We're going to have a power shortage in this country and globally, really and we better just get wise to the fact that we're nuclear needs to be part of the equation.

Agreement amen to that.

I think the fact that we don't get any is the illustration that it's not about how our power is generated, it's about our consumption. And if we have very efficient, abundant nuclear power, then our consumption will not drop, our efficiencies will go up and will become a more successful society, which, in the hearts and minds of the Marxist out there, is a bad thing. My impression John John Gordon Post of the Truth with John Gordon. That's the syndicated radio show.

Dealership, just don't want to be But thank you, Brian. I appreciate your respectful conversation this morning. I really enjoyed it anytime.

It's been a real pleasure and I'm sure we'll get together again, John Gordon, take care and have a great week. And eight twenty I fifty five K City talk station. Good segment coming up. I heeart me the aviation expert Jay Rale. Of course we do have a lot to

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I have a thirty here, fifty five KRCD talk station. I'm very happy Thursday slash Friday eve. You love this time of the week, and of course timing couldn't be better. A man in very, very high demand. I heard media aviation r expert Jay Ratliffin with seven hundred plus stations throughout the nation. I bet you are in high demand. Jay, Welcome back to the show, my friend.

Yeah, the phone started ringing at like eleven o'clock last night through the night, about every ten minutes for most of the morning and the day. It's TV and radio stuff. So it's a I wish it had been any other topic, because Brian, we've not had I've not had to talk about a plane crash in the United States for sixteen.

Years, I know.

And you even brought that up, and I was like knocking wood here in my studio or knocking full.

Mic to and I'm sure a lot of people were frowning at me, But you got to get back to the Colgan Air crash. It was February of two thousand and nine, we had the crash in Buffalo that killed forty nine passengers, somebody on the ground, and it's been We did have a passenger that died on a Southwest flight. We did have a couple of people that died in the Asiana crash in San Francisco. But you know, for the most part, we've not had a plane crash that

That should not have been a question for me.

It should have been, you know, take evasive action or whatever they needed to do to get that aircraft out the way. Because if I've got a regional jet on final and I've got a military black Hawk helicopter. I know which of the two is going to be making the last minute maneuvers to be that military crew, right, because that's the type of aircraft they're in and that's what it's designed to do.

Now, we don't know if there.

Was previous conversations with that military training flight. We don't know what conversations, if any, were going on with the flight crew of American Airlines. Now, I do know that they communicate on different frequencies. When the military is talking to the air traffic control, they use a VH frequency.

Well, and you know there's video of it. It's almost impossible to believe, it's hard to watch, quite honestly, that that helicopter rific just straight line ran into the airplane.

And those aircraft are designed with this panoramic view for all the obvious tactical reasons, you would have on a military aircraft, and so they can see everything around them.

And we've got to do that here. Absolutely, it almost defies the odds that those two were able to run in each other, concerning the speed that they were traveling and the distance between the two, and they finally impacted. I'm just in a state of disbelief over the whole thing, Jay, so many many questions looming, and some are suggesting there's no way this was an accident, this was an intentional act. And you know, the rumors starts swirling and are they.

Well and they always do in a situation like this, And sadly, with social media, it's a fertile ground for a lot of that stuff to happen. And we'll know what's going to take place, and there's going to be a lot of transparency that's going to take place here, and I'm very confident that we're going to find out what happened. I don't now Look, anytime there's a crash, the FBI is immediately involved because it's treated as a

Well, and I guess I must observe out loud I'm thinking about it. I don't think there's any question in anybody's mind how this tragedy happened. Two aircraft ran into each other in the in mid air.

How many times have you and I talked about the near misses we've had at other airports across the country. And when I talk with pilots, they say, Jay, ask any of us your top five list of airports you don't want to fly into Washington. Reagan's always one of the five because it's a very difficult thing. Now, there's one question here that I can't answer because it's outside

Yeah.

Yeah, But the problem is that requires a like transponder to be on the other airport. Oh okay, And I don't think, well, in fact, I'm pretty pretty confident here

It's just hard to get my head around that. And you might think that that system would not exist on a military aircraft anyway, because that would allow others to track where it is given and we don't want that.

On our military aircraft. And if that's the case, so be it. But that's one of the reasons, because that was the question I had, was would they have been alerted to this in any sort of way from the systems that are on board that state of the art aircraft and the bombardier. They're the ones that made the fifty passenger regional jets that we all were familiar with with Calm Air and the CRJA seven hundred is simply just a larger version of that Bombardier jet. So it's

And as of last reporting on this, let's say they found twenty seven of the bodies from the airline and one of the helicopter. One from the helicopter at this point, so it's not gone full recovery mode. There is no one believes anyone survived this so truly a tragedy.

Jay.

When you look at the video and you look at what took place, the explosion that happened when the two hit, it would be a miracle if anyone did survive. Now, look, I've seen some of the most horrific plane crashes that have happened where you would think nobody survived and there were survivors. So there's always going to be hope. But we're reaching that point where hope is running out and there's always room for a miracle. We'll never sell God

All kinds of people.

Huh.

Ripple effect is profound unbelievable. Yeah, well, I wish we had a lighter topic to talk about it in the interest of adding some measure of lightheartedness. Moving away from the tragedy, let's just talk real quickly about since I know you're in high demand today, the ten year prison sentence a man. God, what happened on that one?

Jay?

This is actually happened back in October. It was a man that was running to a Delta American flight in Dallas. And I understand, Brian, he was a very important individual. He doesn't need to wait in lines, so he ran to the front of the line, past everybody, trying to push his way through the gate to board his flight. The poor gate agent is trying to explain to this idiot who did have alcohol involved, he was just the wrong gate. He was trying to get on the wrong plane.

Amen to that. Well real quickly, how delays I imagine getting in and out of DC might be a little troubling today, Yeah, a lot.

With all the obvious flight activity in that area, we're seeing delays there, and really the Northeast for the next maybe forty eight hours is going to be problematic because the conditions are only going to decrease over the next two days. So if you're scheduled to fly two or through anywhere in the Northeast, by all means make sure the airlines.

Have a way to get ahold of you. Appreciate the sound, advice and the information, Jay Ratliffe, and off to your next appointed call, because I know they're lined up around the corner with you today.

Jay, Thanks for the time.

That's one Sadly headsn't stopped ringing, and I just wish we had something fun to talk about because I miss our fun conversation.

I We'll do it next week when the dust has settled a little bit from this tragedy. God bless you, Jay Ratliff. Thanks for the time you spend my listeners to me every Thursday. I'll look forward to next Thursday already. Invest to health you in your better half.

Thank you, my friend.

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