Me, K, E, and I. Ah, where's the time going? It's going way too There's also a full moon out there just so you know. So Tuesday. 13th full moon? I don't know. I don't know. You know, two more days and it'll be time to be able to, I'm not saying I'm going to do it yet. Basket. But pick up the flower basket. Go ahead. You know what's coming? I was asking you to get me up there. A man that listens. I love this. You need to hang out with my husband.
Ben, I'm sorry. Man Club Holders, that was an accident. It was written down on the file over here. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I've been waiting. May 15th is kind of that breakover point where it's like, any time now. But look, we're coming up on Memorial Day. Look, I've got to tell you, Sunday was a gorgeous day out here. It was actually hot.
We got the great amount of rain last night. That needed to happen. The lawn was looking a little sad, so we definitely needed the rain. Not complaining. Today it's supposed to be a little, I will say peek-a-boo sun. Right? It's not supposed to be super sunny out here, but it's going to be partly cloudy with lots of clouds. in the picture, so. But I expect it'll get better and better tomorrow, so. Bring on the sunshine. So, I just thought about something. So, you...
You're letting this rain is gonna cause your yard to grow like crazy And I realized you named your lawn mower George. Is that so that when the lawn gets too tall, you can shout out, George, George, George of the Jungle? And of course, watch out for that tree, because you don't want your lawnmower hitting a tree. Yeah, exactly, exactly. Well, I will say, if it gets long, George hasn't done his job.
You know, he may be slowing back a little bit. Maybe there was inclement weather. I mean, come on, he doesn't work in the rain and stuff like that. So, I mean, I do believe he's a union lawnmower, isn't he? Uh, no, not in this house. Okay, good, good. We're not in a union house now.
Oh, my gosh. I don't know. We'll see how it goes. He had to park yesterday because it was raining pretty hard. So when the weather gets bad, George doesn't like to be outside. So he parked yesterday. When I left, he was running. But when I... You know, it started raining harder and harder. Did it rain pretty good in Anchorage yesterday? It rained okay. It wasn't like pounding down rain, but it was nice. Everything got wet. I gotta say, my lawn definitely needs to be mowed again, so.
Good. See, mine was looking a little brown in spots, so it really needed the rain, so not sad about that at all. It's going to be a great week. I'm looking around at the temperatures right now. It looks like Palmer 41, Anchorage I have 42, Kenai 41, Big Lake 43, Fairbanks 42. But all in all, it's going to be pretty nice. Most places today are going to be in the low to mid-50s.
That's our high. I can live with that mostly. I mean, here in Anchorage, 43. It's, you know, you're looking out that window there. It's gray. But I'll take the grade. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, you can't always have, not every day can be a winner. I'm just saying. Not every day. I don't know about that one, but okay. I mean, you gotta have some of those rain days, because if you don't have rain days,
then you can't have beautiful green grass. Oh, wait, you said every day's not a winner. I'm thinking every day's not winter, and I'm thinking, no, I'll go against that one. Winner, winner, winner. Oh, my goodness. Well, I suppose I should do some community announcements. Let's knock those out of the park here. First up is the Matu Borough. There is a library board meeting today. They'll hold that at the Trapper Creek Library. That's going to be at 1 p.m.
Then at 6 p.m. there is a special assembly meeting at the borough building. It's relating to the adoption of potential debate and amendments for the budget. I'm sick. And then at 7, the Big Light Community Council. has a meeting, and that will be at the Big Lake Lions Club. If you need more information on any of these meetings in the Matsuborough, just go to matsugov.us. That's also where you can go to get your landfill coupon. Coop it! Did you ever watch that? I can't remember the comedian.
The comedian that did the spiel on Coopins? Yes. I know that. I can't remember which comedian it is. I would say it was one of the country artists, wasn't it? Or country artists. So funny. Yeah, I think so. It's so funny. It was like, he was, I think, with a blue collar. Ron something. Ron White, that's what it was, yeah, because he's the country one, yep.
So funny. Gosh. Anyways, that's what I think of every time I see these landfill coupons. So you have to register by the end of May. It's super easy. Go to the Matsu's website, matsugov.us. Click on the tab that says landfill coupons. and then you just put in your name, your address, and your email address, and one per household, but you get a free dump pass, essentially what it is, and you have a year to use it.
You pay your taxes, and trust me, you're going to pay your taxes this year because they're going up, I'm sure, with this budget. So you might as well get your free coupon. And just so you know, that does not include any politicians that you're taking that way. It is not on that coupon. No, no. All right, so the city of West LA does have a planning commission regular meeting that's scheduled tonight from 6 to 10 p.m. That'll be at City Hall in the Assembly Chambers, I do believe. Save.
Just double-checking, yep. And if you need more information, just go to cityofwasilla.gov. As far as the city of Palmer goes, we have early voting that is going on for the recall election of Mayor Steve Carrington. Again, there's only one question on the ballot. That is, shall the mere be recalled? It's either a yes or no. When you read the ballot, there's a pro and con argument on there. I recommend you read both, make your decision, and go forward.
As far as the City Council meeting, that is going to be tonight and that will be at 6 p.m. If you need more information for the City of Palmer's City Council meeting, just go to palmerak.org. As far as the Kenai Peninsula Borough goes, I'm skipping Anchorage because there was nothing publicly noticed for today for Anchorage.
For the Kenai Peninsula Borough, we only have two meetings that I see. One is a road service area board meeting scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight. That will be in the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Chambers. The other is, ah, let's just see here. I'm looking. The only thing Vicky and I put in some... Wait, hang on, I gotta click. I clicked out of this calendar for my... There we go.
It was on the wrong date. I was looking at Amazon. This is the wrong date. Okay. So we have a road service area board meeting in the Kenai Peninsula Borough at 6 p.m. And then at 7 p.m. there's Bear Creek Fire Service Area Board meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Bear Creek Fire Station, I think.
All you have to do is go into their website and go to kpb.us, click on the meeting, and then click through the tabs, and it'll give you more information. They've changed their website, so you can't just, like, one click and you're done. You've got to kind of... sift through it a little bit. I'm always messing with perfection. I know, I know, I know. But it looks pretty. What can you say? It looks so pretty.
Alright, moving down to the city of Kenai. The only thing on our calendar for today is a beautification commission regular meeting at 6 p.m. If you want more information, just go to Kenai.city. Then we'll skip Homer. We'll skip down to Homer because there's nothing until Donna today. The only thing on Homer's calendar. is an Economic Development Advisory Commission work session of 530, followed by the Economic Development Advisory Commission's regular meeting at 6. If you want more information,
Go to cityofhomer-ak.gov. Of course, that meeting at 6 o'clock is going to be at Homer City Hall. at 491 East Pioneer Avenue in Homer. And that will be, of course, in the Cowell's Council Chamber. All right, that does it for our announcements for this morning. Pretty easy. I see Randy is up bright and early. You know what we're going to do? We're going to go ahead and take our commercial real quick. Okay. And then when we come back, we'll go to...
Your calls, if you'd like to call in, 522-0650. We'll be right back. on news radios. Now, 907. Welcome back to overtime 619 on this beautiful Tuesday morning. Big, beautiful Tuesday morning. I don't know. Big, beautiful, big day, yes. It is, it is, it is. All right, let's go to the phones. And Father Randy is with us. Good morning, sir. Good morning, Ms. Sunshine and Daryl. Oh, we need it till those flowers will bloom. Alright, go for the joke.
What does Aladdin wear to dress down bodies at work? Say that one more time. What does Aladdin wear for dress down Fridays at work? What does Aladdin wear for dress down Fridays at work? Okay, that's what I thought he said. Okay, what does Aladdin wear to dress down Fridays at work? I don't know what. Love, James.
Blue jeans. Nice. Very nice. And you know, I have to find a joke. I was looking for a joke. I don't have a joke yet. I'm going to have to come up with a joke today. It's been a couple days since I've given you a joke. I have one joke, but it's not really appropriate. So I'll have to tell you when I see you in person. But yeah, I was going to say, all right, what's on your mind this morning? Don't want to wind you up and get your... Oh, I haven't had my coffee yet, but go for it.
Okay. I and other people have been discussing about, okay, what would we consider a red line? And some of those politicians have already passed the red line, caucusing with the Democrats, passing taxes, and... The biggest red line we consider is not in supporting the governor's detour. What is your consideration on that? No, I think that's right. You know, I've made this statement to a couple that there's an opportunity here for reflection.
And forgiveness, there's an opportunity for that. I see some of these that have gone down there. They kind of play politics. And I have had a couple conversations with them and with a couple legislators. And I've told them, like, look, there is an opportunity to course correct here. And if the governor vetoes, if you stand up for that veto, then, you know, I will say it's a learning moment. Let's put it that way. But for those that are just...
They're just absolutely bent on covering their own. What this is, this is a political game focused around 2026. We know that's exactly what they're doing. That's what they're playing. They're playing to the NEA. They're afraid of the NEA.
They're looking, they're like, oh, I'm in a purple district. No, your Republican voters voted for you because you told them that you were going to be fiscally responsible. And now you're getting down there and you're caving to union pressure because you're weak.
and you need to show your voters that you have a backbone and you're going to follow through and do what you said you were going to do. So I think there's an opportunity here for a learning moment and to let them back in. I always want to give people an opportunity to come back into Come back onto the right side here. Come on over. The water's fine over here. Come on over.
So, I try to leave them, but you know, you're exactly right when it comes to the red line. Look, I gotta be honest with you, if you look at people's behaviors, and when I say behaviors, I'm talking specifically their voting records.
If they get to a point where they voted for this massive spending bill without accountability, which was the increase of the BSA, and then they vote for a tax, And then the governor vetoes that because he says, we don't have the money for that, and no, we are not going to tax Alaskans more without true accountability of what's going on. And then you say no to that, and you can't really call yourself a fiscal conservative in my mind anymore. Because, see, look, if you fool me once, you know.
You know, they say shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, I'm an idiot if I listen to you. I mean, come on now. So I think you're right by saying, look, there's an opportunity here for people to come on back if they want to.
And I think that comes down to the governor's vetoes. What do they do on the governor's veto? And if they are willing to stand with solid fiscal principles, common sense and rationality I say okay we'll give you a chance but look if they do this next legislative session if they keep doing the same behavior at some point it becomes a trend, right? So, there you go. I think I like how you're approaching this one, Randy.
Especially when they gave themselves a pay raise this year if we don't have the money. Good point. Good point. Look, you can't cry on one hand that I need to take $2,800 out of every Alaskan's pocket because we broke. And then on the other hand, pass massive spending bills. Not just one, two. You're talking about increase to the BSA and you're talking about the return to a defined benefit plan, pension plan.
You're going to bankrupt the state. I mean, there's no question you're driving us directly into a massive brick wall of income taxes, sales taxes. You're going to see limited Alaska growth. I mean, this is the problem is when people have less capital, they have less money to spend in the market. I mean, that's just a reality. I mean, so if they're going for economic stagnation. They're well on their way of doing that because it often starts with uncontrolled government spending.
Absolutely. Thank you so much. All right, thank you so much for the call this morning, Randy. As always, I appreciate it. You know, Nancy Sinatra had something to say about this, in my opinion. The legislators, you know, were on their bandwagon, were with them until they, you know, keep messing with us. And then Nancy always told us this one thing. You're gonna find out. These boots are made for rocking. Remember that.
And that's what they do. They tell us they got something for us, you know? Yep. Well, you know, this is what gets so frustrating. It's... When people don't follow through on their promises. And this is why people will say sometimes, Amy, you're just too hard on the Republicans. And there's no greater betrayal than a betrayal from your own side. Somebody who tells you one thing, you believe them, you trust them, you develop a relationship with them.
And they go down, and for their own self-serving purposes, they betray everything they told their voters they were going to do, and they do the opposite. To me, that's a betrayal. And I have a hard time swallowing it. Very hard time swallowing it. Look, I've always held the people that I expect to a higher standard. Look, I expect far more out of Republicans and Democrats. I'll just be candid.
Because I know I don't share the same worldview as many of these Democrats. I know that most of the Democrats I've ever worked with do not have as such a focus, laser focus on fiscal restraint as I do. you know Their worldview is very different. Big government, government control, government subsidies, government programs, government handouts. Mine, private sector, limited government, control in the hands of the people versus the government, our worldviews are very different.
So when I go into a conversation with them, my expectations for them are not the same as somebody who's supposed to be on my side sharing my worldview. I expect them to stand firm. I expect them to have a strong backbone. I expect them to, frankly, do what they said they were going to do. Be honest.
I'm not saying things can't change and negotiations don't happen, but there's major fundamental fiscal policies behind what they're doing and it's massive spending without accountability and it's just much yesterday speaking of the Alaska House Suzanne has an article up. She popped it up last night. Risky pension plan passes House despite fiscal warnings. The Democrat majority in the Alaska House passed House Bill 78.
On Monday, repackaging the Defined Benefit Pension System That was shut down in 2006 after it left the state of Alaska with billions in unfunded liabilities, which, by the way, are still owed today, as we talked to Representative McCabe yesterday. You know, I remember Governor Pardell put an injection of cash in there to bring it down. Well, what has happened is it did go down, but now it's been climbing again. So, you know, we're back up to...
Almost $7 billion with a B. $7 billion in the rent in that program. And now they want to go back to another defined benefits program? Morons. When you're in a hole, stop digging. I would have swore when Parnell put that forward that we were going to pay that chunk down that he did, took a couple of billion and threw it at it, that it was going to be, and then in another four years, we're going to do it again, and they were supposed to keep doing this. I thought
knocked it down. That's what I thought it was, because if I remember correctly, it was like, within 10 years, we'll be able to knock this down if we just bite the bullet and keep throwing these couple of billion here, couple of billion there. And they didn't do it. They decided, you know, we can spend that better over here. It's because follow through is a problem with the legislature. You know, and exactly your point, Daryl. Changing priorities instead of paying down the debt they owed.
What they said is, let's basically just keep paying the minimums. Instead, we're going to shift that money and we're going to spend that money on increased more government spending. I mean, so it's crazy. It says, despite repeated warnings from independent fiscal analysts and economists, the bill pushes forward a financially risky restructuring.
of Alaska's Public Employee Retirement System. HB78 allows current employees in the defined contribution system, i.e. 401k, to opt into the older defined benefit tier, effectively recommitting the state to decades of guaranteed payments without certainty that future funds will be available to cover them.
So again, you know, we were talking about this the other day. The Reason Foundation, which is an independent public policy think tank, projects the bill could create as much as $11.4 billion with a B. dollars in additional liabilities. And so much of this is predicated on their assumptions of growth and what they're going to make. And so, we'll see. We'll see. We'll see. You know, some of the investment assumptions that they're assuming is a 7.25% return. But really, if you look over the past...
23-ish years. If you look over the past 23, 24 years, the state of return has only been 5.8%. And when we're talking in the billions, those 2% make a lot of difference. I mean, tons. And so, again, just like us, you know, when we talk about statistics, actuaries and their assumptions are incredibly crucial. You know, this is what we have, and this is why, frankly, you know, look, I've been a bit harsh on Chuck Kopp, because Chuck Kopp has been one pushing this.
Chuck Hopp has made a lot of money teamed up with the AFL-CIO. Last year he reported on his POFD, his public official financial disclosure form, he made between $100,000 and $200,000. consulting for them, and that's code speak for lobbying work. And that's code speak for advocating. That's code speak for strategizing. So the point is you make money off of it.
You're politically aligned with them. And then you go down in Juneau and you try to give them a golden parachute. But you say you're a Republican. Not in my world. In my world, you're a traitor. Sorry. I mean, don't tell me you're... Look, that may be a little harsh for some to hear. But the fact of the matter is, You know, if I have people, and this is why sometimes people are like, oh, you called out this certain legislator. Yeah. Alexi Moore, what the hell are you thinking?
You're from Wasilla. You pretended you were a conservative when you went down there. But girlfriend, you've had three strikes in my book. Now I want to, what are you thinking? You're voting effectively by not showing up. And yes, there's a lot of drama and debate around this, but by not showing up to work, my PFD got cut. You voted to tax us. What the heck? You voted for a massive spending bill? What the heck? I mean...
I'm with Father Randy, though. I'm going to leave the door cracked. If people want to sit and think about what they've done and change their course of action, I will leave the door open for them to come back. But there are some never coming back. Louis Stutz, never coming back to the Republican Party. Chuck Kopp, never coming back to the Republican Party.
That's just, you know, in AMA's world, not going to happen. Why? Because they're in too deep. They're in too deep. So they're not going to do it. And if we just keep pretending, Like, oh, well, maybe I think we're just fooling ourselves. You know, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. So I'm just not going to be fooled. All right, let's take a quick break when we come back. We will go to your phone calls. We have our stack lining up, 522-0650. We'll be right back.
We are going to go straight to the phones and we're going to go right down the queue line. We'll start with Ken. Good morning, sir. Hey, good morning, Amy. You know, listening to these people. It hurts because there's contempt there and it can be nothing but contempt because they sit there and they have this sales pitch that they have that people are leaving the state because our public employees are treated like royalty class.
And, you know, that's just not true. They don't talk about the real reasons why people leave in the state. It has nothing to do with that. So they lie to you. There's strike one of contempt. They stole your money. They really did steal your money. There's step two of contempt. And they act like this, I don't know, it's just oligarchy they have now. Because if you watch the voting, they're not concerned.
They have Republicans stepping over the line to work with Democrats. Democrats never do that. They don't do it. And then just over and over and over again, the line was down the votes and all that. I sat there and watched Kathy Tilton try to get sidewalks. For the school, I've been planned and engineered and ready to go. Kids can get run over by cars out here on Fairview Loop. And they say, nope, you can't have that. So they're just hurting.
Alaskans right now, and then they have the Temerity that's had the sales pitch. Well, you know, people are leaving. We need to have a vibrant economy and have more people in Alaska. This is what we need to do is give the public employees benefits and retirements that the regular plebeian people will never even dream of. And now you don't know who works for whom. This is slavery. This is what this is. You work for a mafia right now. You know, Ken, as I think about, you know, what you're saying.
You know, the reality is, is yes, we're making these golden parachute type retirement systems they want to go back into, but it is the people that pay for it, right? And when they talk about, you know, they're not taking into account the shifting in the market. I am telling you right now, there's significant data that shows The younger generations are not the same as the generations from 30 years ago that wanted a 30-year retirement.
Many people want to be able to move. That's why a divine contribution is superior to a divine benefit. because I can take that money and roll it over with me and I can go to a different employer if I want. I can move to a different state. I can move to a different jurisdiction. I don't have to stay locked in for 30 years because that's what they're showing these new generations that are entering the workforce. They want, they value portability.
And so, again, unions aren't there to advocate for the average people. They're there to get as much as they can for their membership. That's what they're there for. Yeah, what you're saying is true because I do know folks, they're older, they're retired, and they have the second home in Arizona and all of that.
And another factor that plays into that, I didn't even hear any, I tried to listen to the hearings as much as I could, I didn't hear any common sense questioning and demands or amendments to say, okay, Well, maybe we need to cut this back. Maybe you need to get extended service at that time, you know, when you work a little longer, or you don't get to base it on your last three years of you working at work.
for overtime to stack up your retirement. So we're paying you more money to retire than when you were not working. That's what happened when there's new contracts and stuff that got back. You are a slave to a super class of people now. Oh, yeah, the high three is pretty standard. That's why you'd see some of the most senior APD officers out there directing traffic. It's because...
They're getting overtime on special assignment. But a lot of... But then they can rack up their high three. I mean... Look, look, and you look at people and you say, I mean, that's a system that these politicians put in place and they're taking advantage of, you know, of those opportunities. And I just go back to this. Look, the fight was bad. The blood was shed in 2006.
I mean, I remember having very good conversations with Ben Stevens about he was Senate president when him and Stedman were elbow to elbow. to get rid of the defined benefit plan and move to a 401k style because they knew they couldn't afford the defined benefit plan. And he would tell me stories about, as the Senate president, them trying to intimidate, they would lie, like cops in uniform would line the hallways in the legislature as they're walking to the floor and just stare them down.
I mean, look, I'm a huge fan of police. No question. I mean, I have been a such supporter, but what I'm saying is when it comes to people's money, the union tactics never change. I mean...
It's what it is. They try to intimidate legislators out of voting certain ways. It's why you see some of them running scared right now. Because they're afraid of a challenger in their next election. They're afraid of money coming in from the unions against them. They're afraid, they're afraid, they're afraid, they're afraid.
And so, you know, I hear some of those stories from y'all. Over half of our legislators right now are by Boolean Logic thieves. Yeah, wow. And they're lying about why they're doing it. Yeah, Ken, I appreciate the call this morning. Thank you so much. All right, let's go to Scott. Good morning, Scott. Hey, good morning. I just want to talk about Democrat politicians in Washington, D.C. These people are the biggest hypocrites I have ever seen and I don't see how if you don't have
hair, blue hair, orange hair. If you're a moderate Democrat, you should just switch sides and join the Republican Party because Your party has gone full left and they are the party of rapists and murderers now. There's no other way to describe these... Thank you. These policies they're going for. I get what you're saying. There's a good study out. I would say not a study. It's a poll out. They're talking about Democrats.
There's a couple different stories that I've read in the last couple of days talking about where Democrats are going in 2026 and then potentially 2028. And they're talking about doubling down on the strategy that lost them, you know, the election in 2024. And you're seeing it with them, you know, coddling and embracing Abrego Garcia, you know, the El Salvadorian gang member who clearly, it appears, was involved in human trafficking to many people.
And so you look at that, and that's who they're embracing. They're embracing, you know, they're embracing radical, crazy ideology, defending you know, gang members from other countries and staying silent on the issues that matter to Americans, which is, you know, what? Expanding the economy, expanding jobs, making sure that we're safe. I mean, it's lunacy when the Democrats are doubling down on stupid. Well, it's not just that. We all saw January 6th.
And... I know some people I think that it was a setup, which it probably was, but there were American citizens being held. in horrible conditions, not going on trial, getting tortured. Where were the Democrats then? You know, look, when you have grandma that's basically being charged for trespass and she's being held for months and months on end in solitary confinement, I'd say that's a problem. You know, you make a really excellent point, Scott. I mean...
That's why I say I think what you're seeing on a national level, there's a reason Democrats' approval rating is at 29%. It's super low right now. It's because people recognize their nonsense. Look, January 6th was not an insurrection. You may have had some vandalism. You may have had some trespassing. But when Grandma's walking through the Capitol,
And they're opening the doors and people are just walking in. They weren't coming in with pitchforks. Look, the only person that was killed was a Trump supporter who was an unarmed woman. I mean, give me a break. It's not like she was attacking anyone. Yeah, should she have been climbing through a window? Probably not. But did that deserve for her to get killed? No.
It didn't. And so, but Democrats will hold up January 6th like it's the end of the world. This is the worst thing that has ever happened. where, in fact, you have Democrats now. They're doubling down on stupid. You see it in New Jersey, right? The ICE detention facility that was just...
overrun by Democratic politicians. You had a few of them. I say overrun. They had a few of them in there. And the Newark mayor gets arrested. And then you had a woman, a congresswoman, and I did watch the video. You had a congresswoman that was Basically, arguing, getting in ice spaces, throwing shoulders, you know? I mean, look, these people think that that doubling down
and being in people's face and screaming at them and defending, you know, MS-13 gang members is going to win the popularity of the American people. It's not, but that's not really what they're going for.
Right now what you're seeing on public display is a fight for the leadership of the Democratic Party. So all of these big sensationalist things that you're seeing right now, is you're seeing a fight, an internal fight that is being used publicly to see who's going to actually, what part of the Democrat Party is going to control. Is it going to be the David Hoggs of the world?
Or is it going to be the Jasmine Crockett's of the world? Or is it going to be more moderate Democrats? That's what you're seeing on public display right now. And the Democrats are, I mean, the most radical element of their party is the most vocal.
And they're doubling down on stupid. And I hope they keep doing it. Because, frankly, it doesn't play well with the rest of the country. And they're going to keep losing elections if they do it. Alright, we're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. Now, back to the boss. Amy Demboski. The show on News Radio. Welcome back. We're going to go straight to the phones and Roland is with us. Good morning, sir. Good morning. Well...
There's a lot of things about the Democrat Party. If you are trying to make common sense, they'll get rid of you. Look at Fetterman right now. They're saying that he's crazy and they need to get rid of him. They had to barely hold him up to be able to do the things that get past the front line, you know. And his opponent was a lot better, but it didn't matter about that. Right then, he was the guy that was voting their way, so that's all that counted.
Yeah, yeah. Our past president, you know, Biden, he was, everyone knew he was not fit to be a president, but what they had done is they had put somebody in there. That they were more afraid of than him. You know? And... Our politicians right now, they're saying, we don't have any money. We need to cut your dividends. But are they cutting their budgets? No. Exactly, and that's why, you know,
You know, it's really, it's tough because we have legislators on that will talk common sense and reason, and they recognize that when it comes to policy, you have to have a holistic approach. You've got to be able to, yes, expand the economy so you can generate revenue, but you also have to control your costs. And if you don't have a conversation about controlling your costs, You know, all they want to talk about is revenue generation and spending. And I'm sorry.
And when they say revenue generation, they're not talking about expanding their economy. They're talking about taxes and spending. And I take a very different approach. I look at it like how can we make the government smaller so the private sector can flourish and then only the government should be doing what the government has to do. That's my view. I think it should be smaller. Democrats are going, I mean, like,
like I said, whether we look at a state level or a federal level, I think Democrats are really struggling for an identity when we look at the federal level. And it's obvious from the public violence that you see. It's obvious from, you know, Bernie Sanders' little tour around America, and then you have David Hogg out there, and then you have Jasmine Crockett out there. These people are nuts, man. But they're struggling for control of their party. That's what we're watching.
But like I said, you know, they're saying that we don't have any money, so you can't have a dividend. But if they looked at their... No, they're not. They're now Yeah, yeah, you're Exactly right. Roland. And that's why I say we need common sense and reason down there. Good heavens. That's why this year, especially, the governor is going to be so important. It's because he's the only one who's going to be able to put a check at all on this ridiculous runaway spending. Roland, thank you for
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full dividend bill, I mean, rural Democrats would be kind of forced to come along with it. And then you'd start out with a full dividend bill. And if the legislature wanted to call that back, A little bit at a time, which has happened over the years here, to the point where it's gone, the people would be writing a check to the legislature every year.
And you'd feel it, and you'd notice it, and people would be more accountable. If the dividend slowly is whittled away, kind of in Juneau, where people don't see it happening, it's a little less real to them. Anyway, what do you think of that? Yeah, no, look, here's the thing. I think if people were able to get...
their PFD and the legislator would have to take it back. It's like your property taxes. Rather than adding it on to your house payment, if you had to write a check every month, you'd know how much you were actually spending, right? But, you know, as a legislature, if legislators want to
want to put forward a bill, they could absolutely do that. The problem is right now the House and the Senate are controlled by Democrats. And so the bill won't even make it out of committee. I mean, so, but I will tell you this, since the day the governor
began the governor, so I was with him in his first session, so almost eight years ago, I mean it was 2018, the governor put forward a constitutional amendment to basically say, you know, here we're going to put this in front of the people of Alaska, we will pay pay a dividend. I can't remember how it was worded, but according to the statutory formula or whatever, I can't remember how it was worded. But that bill has never made it out of the legislature.
never made it out of the legislature because they bury it because they don't want to take it up. They don't want the people of Alaska to vote on a constitutional amendment relating to the permanent fund because they already know the answer. Right. So that's what they do is they bury these bills politically. But, you know, I think, you know, I will say one of the conversations that I remember having.
And I won't say with who specifically because, you know, there's all these confidentiality things. But a conversation that I have had, I will say this, a conversation that I've had in the past is a real discussion about, you know, whether the governor had the authority or not.
to just transfer the money to Alaskans because I had always believed it was a transfer. The PFD was a transfer. There was a time when the legislature never appropriated that money in the budget. It was just a transfer to Alaskans. This is how much
is, here's the formula, it was a transfer, it was done. At some point in history, the legislature started putting it into their budget bill, and that's when the courts have finally stepped in and said, no, it's appropriation, that's why the governor can veto it. Can you imagine
Can you imagine if the governor would have just transferred the money to Alaskans? Then, to your point, then the legislature would have had to go back to every single one of their constituents and said, give me back $1,500. How do you think that would have gone over? Probably not very well. Yeah, well, You know, I kind of see what's going on there, and like you say, the Democrats won't let it out of committee and stuff. Yeah, yeah.
to figure out how to make the Democrats show their colors to the people, you know, or it's never going to happen, you know. You know, one way to bypass bypass the legislature. It just popped in my head. One way to bypass the legislature is if there was a petition. I mean, you could, well, there's certain things that are restricted, though. Some spending you can't do by petition. So, I mean, you could put a constitutional question, potentially,
But, you know, there are restrictions on what you can do by petition, and a lot of it has to do with spending. So, I mean, it's just, Juno's a mess. Bob is a mess. If the government went ahead and just appropriated, you know, not a legislative appropriation, if they just transferred the money and then it winds up in court, at least that's on the... front pages where people can see what's happening, you know, and see who's challenging it.
Oh, I agree with you. Because, you know, like I said, you know, lawyers get really, really nervous when you give out-of-the-box recommendations. And I got to tell you, I was not afraid of a transfer. I was not afraid of it at all. You know, I... I've got to be honest with you. What are you going to do? You think the people of Alaska, if you transferred to them the money that in statute they are due...
How many Alaskans do you think are going to sign a recall petition for you? Probably not very many. They'll say, thank you for following the law. Yeah, and who's going to challenge it, you know? Who's going to be on the other side of the table in court and get to see that? Exactly. Great comments, Mom. Thank you so much for your call this morning. I appreciate it.
Yeah, good talking to you. Have a great day. You too, sir. All right, bye-bye. You know, this is the political game that's played. I mean, you know, that's why I say when we talk about Juno, look, there's lots of ways to skin a cat. I get that.
You know, not everybody's going to have the same flavor. And I understand that. I even understand that when I'm, I give more, some politicians more grace than others. I know that because they've been honest with me about where they're coming from, what they believe from the get-go. So, I know, you know, not every legislator is a Ben Carpenter, right? Not every legislator is a Kathy Tilton.
Not everybody is going to stand firm. And, you know, I said this about Kathy, you know, last week. She's my legislator. She's my representative. and has been for a very long time. Even before I moved to Palmer. My district, before redistricting, was half Chuyak, half Matsu, and I had Kathy Tilton for years as my legislator.
And then I move out here, redistricting happens. She's still my legislator. But what I've learned about her is I really don't have to babysit her and see how she's going to vote. Because she walks the walk. And there are legislators that do that. And then there's other legislators that I think are lost, and they don't really, they're finding their way, they're trying to get the feel, especially when they're new, and I try to give them some grace for that. But then you have others that are just
They think they're smarter than everybody. They think they're smarter than you. They think they're smarter than me. They just go down there and they just know how it's played. And you just need to sit down and shut up. And you just don't know because you're not here. That drives me crazy. But, you know, and that's why I say I try to be as open as I can.
We all have our moments where we've just had enough. And I think that's what a lot of people deal with in Juneau, is they get frustrated. They get frustrated at the games that are played in Juneau. They get frustrated at feeling like they're being lied to. And, you know, I don't know what to say, Daryl. It gets to the point where there's just...
You know, Juneau is the same every single year, and that's why I go back to the governor and I say, he is the check that is going to balance this out. I mean, he is the only one in this position. that can keep a democratically controlled House and Senate, which is amazing that I'm even saying that because we've elected more Republicans than Democrats, but here you go. That's the twist of...
But he's the only one that can put him in check, but then he still can't do it on his own. He still needs legislators. that are going to stand up and defend any vetoes that he issues. Now, he can't increase your permanent fund dividend by veto because you can't increase spending by veto. He can only decrease it. But I will tell you, when the money is not coming in, and they pass massive spending bills, the reality is you have no option but to cut. Period.
I just thought the one thing he can increase. why that is our budget surplus. Let's just keep lighting it down. Look, we've got a surplus of $2.2 billion this year. Right on. Yeah, yeah. Well, I was going to say, even with him creating a surplus by...
By a veto. He still needs legislators to help him do it, right? Well, he does, but I was just kind of putting that out there because the legislators seem to do the exact opposite with that. They are constantly, you know, adding things up to take it away. You know, he can make the surplus. I guess what I'm trying to say is they're touting to us, the Senate in particular, was how they reduced the deficit. We're down to where we've got a surplus of $102 million.
You know, it's like, well, where did you get that surplus from? Well, we didn't give you your own PFD. That's not a surplus. No, they took the money out of your pocket. That's what they did. You know, and that's why I think people get so frustrated with the legislatures because it's all the doublespeak that comes out of it. Good heavens. All right, well, let's do this. Let's take a quick break. We come back. I'm actually going to get a
to get into some of the headlines because I have a couple audio clips and we need to get into some of the headlines of the day so we know what's going on in the world. So we'll be right back. Looking at your Alaska Total Traffic cameras on this Tuesday morning. Traffic is starting to pick up around the anchors. Well, no major stoppages out there. your minor slowdowns too.
Welcome back. Well, I had to pull out my little pocket Alaska Constitution because I figured since we're having this conversation, before I switch gears here, I wanted to go back to what the Alaska Constitution says and limits relating to referendums. So in Article 11, Section 1, the people may propose and enact laws by the initiative and approve or reject acts of the legislature by referendum. Okay, so there is a process by which we can say, no, we don't like this.
or there are limitations. Now this is the important part. So in section seven of the same article, the initiative shall not be used to dedicate revenues make or repeal appropriations, create courts, define the jurisdiction of courts or prescribe their rules or enact local or special legislation. The referendum shall not be applied to dedications of revenue, to appropriations, to local or special legislation,
or to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety. So when we're talking about the permanent fund, this is why you can't necessarily have a constitutional referendum to say, to say, hey, you're gonna pay out the statutory PFD necessarily. You're gonna have to go through the constitutional either amendment process, which is either gonna be Two-thirds of the House and the legislature have to agree to put the question in front of the people, right? Or...
You're going to have to have a constitutional convention, which every 10 years or so, we're asked, do we want one? And they just pulled us on our last one. Yeah, exactly. So, that's what I said. I mean, the game that you play is the one in Juneau, unfortunately, because it's a path of least resistance. Unfortunately, the resistance is great. And right now...
You know, a majority of legislators have realized we can take this money. It's a big pot of money we can take. And the longer we do it, the more we do it, the less there is resistance to doing it. So again, this is classic incrementalism. It's going to go away. The question is when, right? Because now they've conditioned us to taking not just 25% where it started at, Then they took 50. Now they took 75. Now they're taking more than 75%.
And they're basically saying, see, they can get away with it. They do it because they can get away with it. You know, the other topic we were talking about was Democrats and some of what we're seeing right now on the national scene. There's an article that I saw. on the Daily Caller the other day, there's a poster that was on Fox News, and he was talking about what we're seeing, and I made the comment earlier in the show that
I think what we're seeing with the Democrats on a national level is really an internal fight for the direction of their party. And you see the more radical elements that are getting the media, the more radical elements that are. I would say getting the attention because they recognize they're literally fighting for control of their party. If they take control of their party, it's very likely if they get into power, which, look, the House's margin is...
is really, really slim. So there's a potential they could actually rule the country if we don't intend the House, so to speak. But Matt Towery, he's a pollster who is on Fox News. And he was talking about the Democratic Party's favorability being at a record low of 29%.
And this is what he says. He says, here's a quote, they're doubling down on everything that doesn't work. They're getting these poll results back that say, oh, the people in your party want you to be tougher on Trump and hence you have incidents. like today in Newark, end quote. Well, what he's talking about, he's talking about those Democratic congressmen and the mayor of Newark who stormed the ice, you know, trespassed effectively on the ice facility.
in New Jersey, and the Newark mayor got arrested for trespassing. And now you have members of Congress, one person in particular, who is on video literally shouldering and elbowing ICE agents. And, I mean, frankly, I think it's assault. I think, you know, you're going to see potential more and more of this because for them, you know, coming out with profanity and talking tough about Trump and resisting ICE and inciting violence.
They think this is what's going to work in their party to take control. This is how they're rising to become superstars and get attention in their party. Why do you think The congressman flew to El Salvador to meet with a gangbanger. He was trying to get attention. And that's what you're seeing. And frankly, it doesn't work for the majority of voters. But it also, it also is, you know, it's one of those ones, I mean, I want them to keep going.
Keep at it. You guys look like fools, and it's only going to help us in the next election. But this is what we're seeing. And, you know, it's interesting because it carries over into, I don't know if you saw the headlines yesterday, but... A group of refugees have made it to the U.S. soil from South Africa, right?
And you think, okay, what's going on? Well, we have a genocide that's going on right now in South Africa. It is a travesty what is happening right now in South Africa. White farmers, their property is being taken from them and they are being slaughtered. Do you hear this anywhere in the media? Do you hear people talking about it? Do you hear, I mean, if this was different and they were black farmers, it would be all over, all over the place. But no, the world largely is silent about it.
You know, Breitbart had an article up, an Episcopal group quits the refugee program over the white South African arrivals. You can't even make this up. An Episcopal group is quitting a taxpayer-funded refugee program because President Trump is importing white South Africans whose lives are threatened.
Here's a quote from the church. Just over two weeks ago, the federal government informed Episcopal Migration Ministries that under the terms of our federal grant, we are expected to resettle white Afrikaners from South Africa, whom the US government has classified as refugees. And then it goes on to say, In light of our church's steadfast commitment to racial justice, and reconciliation in our historic ties with the angelic
Church of South Africa, we are not able to take this step. Accordingly, we have determined that by the end of the federal fiscal year, we will conclude our refugee resettlement grant agreements with the U.S. federal government. So basically, we don't want to help white people. I mean, that's effectively what they're saying, right? Yes. This shows the ingrat... I mean, it's beyond... And look, let's not...
Let's not just surprise ourselves here. Like, the reality is many of these liberal groups, that's exactly what they are. They're left-leaning Democrat liberal groups that are... purporting themselves to be there to help the downtrodden, but when it comes to helping a group that is targeted for genocide, whether it be Jews or white farmers from South Africa, they show who they really are. So, you know, I have no problem with this group stopping getting
any taxpayer-offended money, I'm perfectly fine that they're not going to participate in the refugee program anymore. Perfect. Great. Next, somebody else will do it. Fine. But, you know, Trump brought this up yesterday when he was talking about the arrival of these of these people from South Africa. We have an audio clip. We'll play that for you here. Let's go ahead and cue that up, Daryl. Are you ready for it?
I'm ready. All right, here's President Donald Trump relating to the South Africans coming in. Because they're being killed. I'm dead. We don't want to see people be killed. Now, South Africa leadership is coming to see me, I understand, sometime next week.
And, you know, we're supposed to have a, I guess, a G20 meeting there or something. But we're having a G20 meeting. I don't know how we can go unless that situation's taken care of. But it's a genocide that's taking place that you people don't want to write about. But it's a terrible thing that's taken place. And farmers are being killed. They happen to be white.
Whether they're white or black makes no difference to me, but white farmers are being brutally killed and their land is being confiscated in South Africa and the newspapers and the media Television media doesn't even talk about it. If it were the other way around, they'd talk about it. That would be the only story they'd talk about. And I don't care who they are.
I don't care about their race, their color, I don't care about their height, their weight, I don't care about anything. I just know that what's happening is terrible. People that live in South Africa, they say it's a terrible situation taking place. So we've essentially extended citizenship to those people to escape from that violence and come here. This is what the refugee program is supposed to be about, right? When we start talking about...
you know, genocide because you're white, or genocide because you're black, or genocide because you're Christian. When we start talking about, you know, helping, those are the type of people that we should be helping. These are the type of things we should be talking about, but I've said this before about the media. It is almost as important what they don't talk about as what they do. Because that will show you their bias.
If people refuse to talk about this because the people being targeted are Jewish, or the people being targeted are Christian, or the people being targeted are white farmers in South Africa, If you don't see those stories in the headlines and you don't hear them being talked about, it's because they're intentionally ignoring them. Because it doesn't fit their ideological world view.
it doesn't help their case, so they're not going to talk about it. Because if you started talking about effectively a dominant black government, that was targeting white people and killing them, does it really fit your notion of social justice? Does it help your case? Does it help your argument? Probably not. And, you know, when we talk about what's happening in South Africa,
I mean, obviously there's reasons they're not reporting on it widely. You can make your conclusions as to what those are. I have mine. And I think it's because it doesn't help their racial narrative that they've been trying to divide us with for so long. And I think... Trump's right. It doesn't matter if they're white, black, short, tall, fat, skinny.
Christian, non-Christian, the reality is when a group of people are being targeted and killed, I mean slaughtered, families, whole families absolutely slaughtered simply for existing, I think that's a problem and I think it should be talked about. All right, we're going to go ahead and take a quick break. When we come back, we will get into some more of the headlines. There's a lot of them popping, so we'll get into that and so much more. If you'd like to call in, 522-0650.
Welcome back for Time 739. Alright, so we're talking a little bit about the media and what they cover and what they don't cover. And I will say, you know, It's something that's going to get a lot of headlines. Like Trump right now is in Saudi Arabia. He's speaking right now in Riyadh. And he's going over there to talk about trade. He's going over there to talk about resource development, Middle East security, all the conflicts.
It's going to be a very big trip for the president. And just like everything else Trump does, they're going to downplay the good and they're going to... focus in on one thing, and that's all they're going to want to talk about. And right now, it is the potential gift from Qatar. And what are we talking about? So headlines are popping right now. that, and they have been for a few days, that the Qatar is talking about gifting the US. a-a-a-a big jet, right?
Big, beautiful jet. Let's put it that way. So for many, many years, Trump, not just Trump, but the United States government has been in contract with Boeing to issue a new presidential jet. A new Air Force One, if you will. And it's taking a very long time. Trump is very clearly frustrated with Boeing that they're taking forever. And Qatar had popped up and said, hey, you know what? We have this 747.
jumbo jet over here that's being used by the royal family in Qatar. We would gift this to the U.S. if you want it. And then, you know, you can use this plane until, you know, the new Air Force One is ready. And everybody's freaking out, right? The media all, like when you looked, when I looked at my story prep for yesterday, I cannot tell you how many stories, instead of talking about Trump's, you know, meeting in the Middle East, instead of talking about his
his executive order yesterday to bring down prescription drug prices to bring more competition into the U.S. with these pharmaceuticals. Instead of talking about any of those things, all they want to talk about is Trump and trying to make this look like it's a personal gift and somehow he's enriching himself. And it just made me laugh because they're going to always seize on something just to make him look bad. They're going to make it look like he's corrupt.
This is a guy, since he's been president both terms, he didn't take a salary. He donated his salary. He never took a salary. Because he's going through what he's gone through as President of the United States and the hard lines he's taken, he's actually lost money in his businesses, right?
Here you go, you turn around, and it doesn't matter what good he does. It doesn't matter how many times he donates his paycheck. It doesn't matter. They try to make this look like it's a personal gift. It's not a personal gift. The Attorney General has already weighed in on it, but yesterday an ABC reporter, asked Trump about this, and it was pretty funny because this was Trump's response when they asked about this potential gift from the Qatari government to the U.S. government.
Mr. President, I want to say to people who view that luxury jet as a personal gift to you, why not lean in line? You're ABC fake news, right? Why not? Only ABC, well, a few of you would. Let me tell you, you should be embarrassed asking that question. question. They're giving us a free jet. I could say, no, no, no, don't give us, I want to pay you a million or 400 million or whatever it is. Or I could say, thank you very much. You know, there was an old golfer named Sam Snead.
Did you ever hear? He won 82 tournaments. He was a great golfer. And he had a motto, when they give you a putt, you say, thank you very much. You pick up your ball and you walk to the next hole. A lot of people are stupid. They say, no, no, I insist on putting it. And then they putt it and they miss.
And their partner gets angry at them. You know what? Remember that Sam Snead. When they give you a putt, you pick it up and you walk to the next hole and you say, thank you very much. I'm sorry you always look at this and say,
Have you ever been given a gift worth millions of dollars and did not receive that? It's not a gift to me. It's a gift to the Department of Defense. And you should know better because you've been embarrassed enough and so has your network. Your network is a disaster. ABC is a disaster. See, following their logic, following their logic.
Every single time, is it a personal benefit to the governor every single time he jumps on a DPS chopper and he goes out and looks at a disaster site? Is it a personal benefit? I mean, how do we have Marine One? How do we have Air Force One right now? They're not personally owned by the president, but that's how they're going to spin it. And, you know, I think Rand Paul is right on this one. I'm with Rand Paul. First of all, if I was President Trump,
Do you think I would set one foot and I would fly on a jet given to me by a foreign Middle Eastern country that harbors terrorists? I don't think so. Not me. I wouldn't. I would think for security reasons, and just stop there, just for security reasons, zero chance I would be flying on that jet. But...
I think Rand Paul was on Fox last night, and he was on Jesse Waters, and he basically said Trump should reject the jet from Qatar. He said it's a mistake. Look, from Trump's perspective, he's like, they're about to give us a $400 million gift. And why would I not take it, right? Okay.
Okay, maybe you're going to get a free jet from a foreign country that's going to be donated to the U.S. government. Okay, there's an argument to be said to be taken in. But I think for safety and security reasons, I mean, I wouldn't want that to be Air Force One. And personally, I think, I mean, I'm sure they're thinking about that and I'm sure they'll do all their safety, whatever. But I think from Rand Paul's perspective, he's like, it's going to, this $400 million jet.
is effectively going to derail the conversation, and that's all the media is going to talk about, because anything Trump does, that's all they focus on. So in this interview with Jesse Waters... ¡Ah! Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky said Monday, quote, On Jesse Werner's prime time, he made the comment, the content,
in Article 2 talks about the president can't take emoluments or gifts from foreign leaders. And so there's a provision in the Constitution that says you can't do this. And so the question is, can you do it only if it's for official purposes? And I would say, again, where I agree with
to Rand Paul is that he shouldn't do it, but I don't agree with him on the reason why, because this is not a personal gift, and the Attorney General has come out and said, in fact, that the President can take it, but I would say to Trump's point, the If it's a gift from one government to another government, it's given to the Department of Defense. It's not given personally to the president. And if it's only for official use, then you can do it.
The governor, I will tell you, the governor gets a lot of gifts from foreign countries. They all have to be disclosed. There's actually a form that you have to fill out. You have to file it with the state. But the governor, it gets, you know, most of the stuff, I mean, food, de minimis stuff, you can keep.
It's most of these things that are being gifted are being gifted to the state of Alaska. In this case, it would be the federal government. It would be the United States of America. It's not for them to personally keep and benefit off of. I don't know. This is one of those ones I look at. I don't know. What's your take on the Jets?
You know, to be honest, I think we should take it. You never look a gift jet in the mouth. Even if you do nothing else with it but sell it to somebody else and take the profits. That was my first thought. I was like, you can take it. Look. And I'll just say, you know, it's not just the President of the United States who gets to fly and who has their security details. I mean, there's also the Vice President and Speaker of the House. Yeah, exactly.
But I don't know, for security reasons, I wouldn't want it to be Air Force One from that perspective. I agree with you 100%. I wouldn't want it to be Air Force One. I have no problem with U.S. taking it and then turning around and selling it. I think from a diplomatic standpoint, it would be...
It would be a tough sell to say, I just took this gift from you, thank you, and then you turn around and sell it. I don't think this is really about the jet, though. If you see what Trump is doing, it's classic Trump. You know what this is about.
This is about lighting a fire under Boeing so they get Air Force One and Air Force Two done. This is all. This is Trump's strategy. This is Trump's negotiation. This is exactly the art of the deal. So I don't think this is really about Trump taking a jet from Qatar.
Qatar. I think that because in his comments, you know, you can hear his frustration and see him commenting about Boeing and how long it's taking. This is, in my view, I look at this as classic Trump trying to light a fire under Boeing. to get it done. I 100% agree this is exactly what that is. Yeah, so, but this is what you'll watch, so now you know the story behind, uh, behind, behind the jet.
This is the debate that's happening. Is it constitutional? Can a president on behalf of the country accept a gift from another country? I would suspect the answer is yes, as long as he doesn't keep it in perpetuity for his own personal use. The question is, is it worth it? Is it worth all the political fanfare and all the political drama in order to take a chance? I don't think it's worth it personally.
But, again, you know, Trump's going to be Trump, and I think this is more about the art of the deal, and I think this is more about motivating Boeing than it is about taking a jet from a Qatar. All right, let's take a quick break. When we come back, we will take your calls, 522-0650. Good morning, sir. About 40 years ago, I was a packer for a guide. We had a good hunt. The client was from Spain.
So he offered me his binoculars, and I asked my guy, I said, is that okay to do that? He said, these are foreign people. When they offer you a gift and you don't take it, it's an insult. Yeah. Okay, so I took it. Yeah, I was going to say that is true.
You know, and we have a lot to deal with here, though, so Trump has to be careful. But again, I make the assertion that this is not a personal gift. This would be a gift from one government to the other, and it would go to the Department of Defense. It doesn't go to Trump personally. That's correct. Yeah. A gift is a thing, you know. It's something they're offering. Yeah. No, good point, Don. Thank you. And I appreciate it.
All right, let's see what Alex has to say. Good morning, Alex. Morning, ma'am. This transfer is a military-to-military transfer. Yeah, Katara is kind of a bad actor, or maybe a whole lot of a bad actor. But we've been doing military-to-military transfers of interesting equipment for years. Before the fall of the Soviet Union... around 1990-ish. The only way we got our hot little hands on current top-line Soviet equipment was government-to-government transfers from other governments.
Things like MIGs, guns, stuff we couldn't capture in war. That's why out north of Nellis... Back in those days, there was a group of people who were flying MiGs and figuring out how they worked. Yeah, very good point. You know, and this is why... Look, I don't get worried that this is some sort of way for Trump to enrich himself. I don't think that's what it is. This is not going to be for his own personal use when he leaves the presidency. This would be...
a gift from one government to another, it would go to the Department of Defense, not personally to Trump. Yeah, go ahead. And it's got the extra added attraction of thoroughly embarrassing Boeing, which I like. Yeah, right, right. Bye-bye. Yeah, I don't know, but this... headlines. The reason I brought this story up today is because I think
Because this is in the headlines, I personally think this is Trump's strategy to embarrass Boeing and to get Boeing to light a fire to get this new Air Force One and Air Force Two done. That's what I think. I think that's what this is all in the process. seize on this. The media will seize on this because they don't want to talk about all the other good things that are happening. That's the reality of the world we live in. As you hear about the jet, It'll be interesting to see what comes...
about because of it. All right, that does it for Daryl and I today. We will be back with you bright-eyed and bushy-town tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. God bless.