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Paris attacks, refugee debate, politics roundup

1h 00m 53s
💾 616 MB
📅 2015-11-17
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Duration: 1h 00m 53s
Size: 616 MB
Aired: 2015-11-17
Host: MorMusic
The host discusses the Paris terrorist attacks, media coverage, Syrian refugee crisis, Caitlyn Jenner's Woman of the Year award, Charlie Sheen's HIV announcement, and the 2016 presidential race including candidates like Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and others.

📄 Transcript [show]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It's a pleasure to have you here. journalists, someone, if you think of it as someone who kind of knows better, it's kind of a trick of the trade. That's one of the things that I do want to explore. And we are going to talk about that in depth. And one of the things, though, about watching the international broadcast was there was quite an attention to detail and information. And while I was watching the French broadcast, I have another friend who actually lives in Germany, and they were watching it. And we were going back and forth on social media about what we were seeing and how we were seeing it. And that was something I noticed. And then I also, had, my home looks like Grand Central Station sometimes. I also noticed a lot of the broadcast in the US. And one of the things that was very, very concern, of concern to me, was how we had these terrorism experts on speculating. There was only one or two experts that spoke on the various news. And I think that's what I was wanting to talk about. And I think that's what I was wanting programs, and one, only one, was very definite at saying we must not speculate about what happened, whether they were homegrown terrorists, and this is in relation to the French, the incident in France, in Paris. You know, only one expert said you can't speculate whether it's either homegrown or whether they were someone who immigrated, and there was a lot of speculation about why the French government closed their borders, and then it became a frenzy at comparing it to the United States, and that's where a lot of troubling information has come out of, and through all of that detailed coverage of France, here in the U.S., a lot of Americans did not get information about what's going on in Beirut and Kenya. The majority of the information that was disseminated about what has happened in Beirut and Kenya has been on social media, and that's a little problematic, and of course, there's even speculation among Americans and other critics of American media, and when I say those other critics outside of the U.S., there's a skin color issue. We'll just keep it 100, but, you know, keeping it 100, keeping it real, and there's this issue about that, and I don't particularly agree with that, but it's something to explore, and those experts, I'm lining those up, but, and I know a lot of you wanted to hear my take on the whole event, so now knowing the story of the event, I'm going to share it with you, and I'm going to share it with you, but I'm going to share it with you, and I'm going to share it with you, and I'm going to share it with you, that I use for information. What I've been able to deem and kind of glean out of what I saw was, I definitely saw a French government that was basically as aggressive as it could be. They joined in on the airstrikes. What most Americans may not know is that the United States has been actually running airstrikes, on ISIS, since the beginning of the year, but depending on either your news source or what you watch, you will not know it. You may think that there's nothing being done, or that this just happened out of nowhere, and something for Americans to remember is nothing has happened yet, and sometimes, and this is where it seems to be a lot of controversy, and I've had a lot of controversy, and I've had a lot of controversy, and I've had a lot of controversy, And I've had a lot of discussions with friends who are former members of the military who have actually served tours of duty in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of my friends have also done, you know, they were a part of Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and as well as Iraqi Freedom and doing multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. And their kind of their feedback, particularly for the ones who have formal education in bio and bioterrorism, a lot of their feedback has been when you're dealing with coordinated attacks, a lot of times it's people who have come in through normal channels. And right now, I know in the States, there's hysteria over the Syrian. Refugee crisis, some of unreasonable things like let's accept the Christians, but not the Muslims when and if if it's which when I say that's unreasonable because it's discriminatory, you either take them all or none. And I know on this show, I've talked about the Syrian refugee crisis. And my basic stance is as long as the United States is not. The only country in the world that's involved, then it's something that we should all we should all embrace, particularly seeing how we've got this statue. It's called the Statue of Liberty in New York that says, bring me your tired and worn. And and the the refugees, the Syrian refugees, I don't think people realize these are people who are trying to get away. From the extremists to that. So that's not something that's not something I think that that's very easy to say. We're only going to let certain people in and it's not tied to religion. And just like the argument that people say, well, extremists can pose as refugees. Well, extremists can pose as Christians, too, if that if we were into that. And the president was quite firm. In his in his speech and saying that we're not about that. And it's true. America isn't about that. I know we've got a history that we don't talk about, but in terms of discrimination. But it's something it's definitely something that we can't openly do or say. And I know people people are mostly saying this out of being fearful. Some things that I do. Believe that should happen is that we should allow the refugees in the country, the the ones that we committed to. And generally when we do that, we're either looking for we we do extensive background checks on them. And you know, the one thing about terrorists, they wouldn't make it past those types of backgrounds. I. It's just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just I just happened I I couldn't understand it the day it happened and then we found out that there were warnings that weren't that the Bush administration didn't heed and at the time the security advisor Condoleezza Rice she had this type of information on and she didn't do anything with it that's the part where I think people people seem to forget and it seems like yeah the Bush administration slipped that one day but it was one horrible day for us all but since that horrible day there hasn't been any any type of terrorist attack from similar to or or like that since that day I mean we talked about if you remember the shoe bomber the shoe bomber was apprehended and there have been so many there have been so many times where we've we've been told via the media of thwarted attempts and I'm sure you know we're going about our lives that people who are employed by our government where it's their job to thwart these things every day just think about the things that they are you know they're doing to thwart these things every day and I think that's a huge thing that we're going about our lives that people are employed by our government where it's their job to intercepting that we don't know about and they're just there comes a time where you just have to live your life and I think watching the French this week you know they've done their three days of mourning and they they've they've moved much quickly in terms of in terms of moving on with their lives and you know their mourning they still feel bad and they but they're they're struggling and they're struggling and they're struggling and they're struggling and they're showing the they're showing the terrorists that you didn't win and I and I think that's the best way to deal with this and where we show fear is with things about well we're we're going to limit refugees when you do things like that that's what the terrorists want you to do and the best I you know I don't use very much colorful language but the the best way I can say it the best F you to terrorists is for us to to to move about our plans and move about our days just like business as usual because it's not our lives that are being disrupted these people have extreme views they are afraid of modernization they are afraid of civilized behavior and we we mustn't become uncivilized and to be uncivilized is to say we are not going to accept people who are different from us and live up to the values of our country which is that everyone has a chance in America everyone is welcome in America and I just think that especially with these governors particularly Republican governors who are there they're grandstanding right now and posturing to say that they're not going to accept any Syrian refugees when hello they don't have they don't have the authority to say so it's all federal and but it's one of it's it's it's basically it's basically a posturing move and it's something that they need to do to save face in and it's also to gin up gin up negativity among the public basically it's not productive at all but that's something that they want to do and and basically it's un-American to do that and on social media right now there there are a lot of messages and and positive things that people are talking about Syrian immigrants and and I think too as Americans we should listen to that community quite a little quite a bit more and in terms of understanding and I find what I've been finding quite interesting is immigrant groups themselves who have whether they're one or just two generations in past immigration in the United States they're even projecting negativity on on Syrian refugees which I don't really get that and then and then there are some who are who are they can relate to the Syrian refugees and they can relate to the Syrian refugees and they can relate to that because I have a lot of friends who are Cuban immigrants whether they were children when their families came over with the freedom flights a lot of them can identify it and especially a friend of mine from Miami she identifies the pictures of if you've if you've been watching the Syrian crisis you you you know a lot of international media has been showing a lot of the desperation of a lot of families where they have been just taking to boats and crossing you know crossing over into other water-based countries and one of my friends said that reminded her of when her of the mario boat lift in Miami and you know and she kind of pointed that out to me and I kind of looked at some of those pictures and I really thought and you know I just It's just so sad to see what's happening to Iran and Iran's Iran's Iran's really thought. And, you know, she is, she came over, I think she was five or six on the freedom flights, but then she had relatives that came into the U.S. through the Mariel Boatlift. So there are some immigrant communities are very sympathetic and they can identify with the Syrian refugees. And then I have another friend who, you know, she was Nicaraguan and I kind of asked her about it. And I said, how are you so adamant about this when, you know, Nicaraguans were given refugee status in the United States in the 80s. And as a result of that, some children from Nicaragua were born here and their parents, their parents were able to stay as a result of that. And, and, you know, if, if you're up on your history, you know, that there were very tumultuous times in Nicaragua. But, but somehow, you know, that friend of mine, she can identify, she can't, she just doesn't identify with it. She's more tied to, she's more tied to fear, to rationalize this or, or be able to see the need for this. And, and, you know, there have been some interesting editorials about, about past views of other groups. So that's something to think on, think about. And in the coming weeks, we're going to explore that because I think this Syrian refugee crisis, as well as continued discussion about terrorism, it's going to be a big part of the presidential elections. And I'm going to get into that drama that's tied to that. Don't worry. But I just, one point that I do want to make that, you know, we've got Americans that are afraid of Syrian refugees. And then we've got, and now Europe, what they have done is, I know in some European countries that have taken in refugees, they do have them in encampments, if that's a proper word for that, but they are in camps, and temporary camps. And I'll get more information about that in the coming weeks. But I just want to just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just kind of just to do. I still believe it is. And like I said at the top of this show, as long as the rest of the world were doing their part, yes, of course the U.S. would. And generally the U.S., I think we've identified some 10,000 people. And generally when we do that, our preference with our immigration laws, either people who are eligible to immigrate, they either have family here or identified qualified sponsors. And those qualified sponsors could be distant family that's proven or employers, things of that nature. Those are the stipulations. And I do believe that some of the 10,000 fall into one or both or some kind of category where there is someone, who is already here in the States, you know, as a citizen or legal citizen to be here, that they're able to, you know, in a formal and short way to say it, they're able to vouch for these refugees coming to the U.S. that it actually works out for them. So um, that's one thing. But in this whole debate, I just want to make a point of, there just does not seem to be any activity or support, I say for the public's sake, of where we see Arab nations being involved. And I always make this point because I'm always concerned about that because we all, we have a very, we have a very diverse country in the United States. And a lot of times in the Middle East and countries in the Middle East, when you're dealing with people who have similar religions, like, like, you know, being Muslim, a lot of nations where this is, the religion is heavily practiced. A lot of times we just don't see them embracing. Which I'm starting to think that it really defies the whole religious argument. And the religious argument that I'm talking about that's being defied is just because you practice a religion doesn't mean that people are the same. And we see that, we see that with the Palestinians. Again, no Arab nations are doing anything to help. Well, when I say help, be constructive. It's just to help. and peace. I'll just put it that way. And if this were on social media, I'd just say, I'm just going to leave that right here. But I'm always concerned about that because, you know, if you spend time with me, you'll always hear me say, so what are the Saudis doing? And I always ask that question is because, you know, oil producing countries like that, they've got more than enough money. And how do we know money's not being siphoned off anywhere? And I get concerned when we hear things about these terrorists and these extremists that they don't speak up and they can't. And I'm sort of tired of them playing the card of we don't get involved with that when they get a lot of special favors. Particularly from the three countries that are involved with dealing with ISIS. Now, I also will stand corrected if someone shares with me, well, they're not doing it up front, but maybe behind the scenes. But just something about that, you know, how you get that feeling that something's just not right. I just feel like something's not right. And, you know, going back to 9-11, we knew that, you know, the majority of the hijackers of the airplanes were Saudis. You know, how'd that happen? How does that happen? And it's very hard for me to be convinced that they wouldn't know that. And, you know, knowing about, you know, knowing about bin Laden, how nuts the guy was, and how do we, how do we keep, how do they keep that? The Saudis not have to tiptoe around us. That's what I don't get. Their military is very well funded, and they are trained. How is it if they are so good about keeping, keeping their jets and airliners from not being blown up? How come they can't help out or keep some things in check? And that just kind of, you know, it, it kind of, that's a question that comes up for me a lot. And definitely listeners, if you've got points on that, hit me up on Twitter. If you disagree with me on that, you know, take me to school, take me to school and, and help me understand because I just don't. And we, it's, it's common knowledge that in terms of how women are treated in Saudi Arabia are just, it's just horrible. So you, you can't convince me of that. But if you can convince me, if you've got, if you've got something to take me to school on at how and what the Saudis are doing to prevent in the Western world, some of the, some of the extremism, I would love to hear it because I'm, I just, I have a problem with that. I really do. But moving right along, you know, I don't want to spend too much time on tragedy, but I, I, I want to move along to some big news that I've been hearing about. And I think that's going on here in Hollywood. You know, the, I think there was, Glamour did the Woman of the Year award and Caitlyn Jenner was the recipient. A lot of you have hit me up on social media as a result of asking me about kind of what, you know, this whole, um, it seems like Caitlyn Jenner is the Woman of the Year kind of thing. And just my views, I, you know, I don't have a problem with, um, Caitlyn and actually when, um, and I think I've mentioned this before that, um, once it came, once, um, you know, the big Vanity Fair issue came out, I, when I, I, I got a copy of the magazine and I read it, I read the stories and, um, I, I, you know, a lot of things I understood, I understood and identified with it. And, you know, um, anybody that knows me, I am, I'm down, I'm down with the LGBT community and I'm definitely in support of the transgender community, um, and a lot of the issues that the transgender community has to deal with. And I'm quite supportive. Now, um, my views on Caitlyn Jenner, um, are kind of mixed. It has nothing to do with being supportive about, um, about, um, Caitlyn, um, becoming transgender. My issue, um, and I did see the show, um, you know, I did see Kate and, um, my whole issue is, um, I kind of think, I kind of think Caitlyn still is figuring it out and we're watching it, which, um, it's a, it's a teaching moment. Um, but at the same time, I, um, what I'm witnessing is not only how Kate's evolving into who she was meant to be. Um, I'm seeing, I'm seeing a side of Bruce that I, I just don't understand. I, you know, um, you know, you know, people can be conservative, people can be, um, progressive. I don't have a problem with that, but, um, how, how Bruce was so conservative, throws me off with this whole situation with Caitlyn. I mean, um, when I watched the show, you know, the whole episode about, um, about, um, Caitlyn having to redo her membership, have to set up her membership at the country club that Bruce was a part of. And, um, Caitlyn was going to write Bruce and it's like, and I'm, I'm so glad Alexis was there to say, no, you're not Bruce, you're Caitlyn. And, and, you know, and I'm one of those people who, you know, I'm one of those people who I'm very emotional and I'm watching this show at home. And I actually said, good for you, Alexis, school her, you know, uh, you know, and, and then it started me, it started, um, thoughts of me that I've actually seen. And a lot of you have shared with me on social media is the fact that, um, Caitlyn's got rich people problems. Caitlyn doesn't have regular transgender people problems. And so, um, although, you know, Glamour magazine selected, um, Cait as a woman of the year, which I'm fine with that. I mean, it's a magazine. So, I mean, if you think about it, the editors get together, they're trying to sell magazines and they're going to put on the cover, someone who's going to help them sell magazines. And this year, Caitlyn Jenner is in. A year from now, Caitlyn Jenner might not be. So, um, I, I don't have a problem with that. Um, Caitlyn Jenner is in. Things that I, I, the problem that I just have is I think, um, maybe Caitlyn problem and, and the people around Caitlyn may have wanted to have her weight to, um, tell a lot of her business because, um, she's still evolving. And that's the part that I sorta, um, kind of have a problem with it. Not so much watching this person evolve, but the conflict, um, I just think that sometimes, um, I mean, I know with, um, inner, um, reality TV, um, there's openness and, and, and you can definitely see the rawness in that show, but there was just some things that I think they should have just taken off camera that didn't that for those of us who are not a part of the inner circle or not a part of, um, Caitlyn's family, we didn't need to know about that. Like I didn't need to know about him, his, um, I guess, not being invited to, um, I think his daughter's graduation or something like that. And to hear, um, and I just called him him, I'm sorry. Um, and I think a lot of that just has to do with, because I identify Caitlyn the way, the way she behaved in the show, because she would, she, she still would try to do Bruce things. Um, but that whole thing, I didn't need to see that. And, and I, and, and that, and I understand that. I understand how, um, Chloe and Kim, um, actually said, felt how they threw, um, you know, through Kris Jenner under the bus, because he sort of did, and you could kind of tell, and he may not have meant it, but, um, I could see it and definitely based on what I read in the article. So that's sort of my beef. Um, but it's, it's, you know, and it's kind of just, um, as Caitlyn evolved, but overall, I don't have a problem with that. I don't have a problem with the fact that Glamour Magazine named her Woman of the Year. Um, don't really know what Caitlyn has done for the trans community. Um, but, um, I don't have a problem with it because I, I think she looks really good because, um, I'm going to tell you when, when it finally came out, um, because I don't, I don't read tabloids and, you know, for over the last year and a half, they kind of had, um, you know, a lot of these rag mags in the grocery store kind of, um, you know, they kind of, um, they kind of, um, they kind of, um, they kind of, um, was alluding to some of these changes, but I, you know, I don't read that stuff. But then when it finally came out, um, and when I saw the Vanity Fair spread, I thought, dog, man, as a man, he was good looking. And now, um, becoming who she was meant to be, my God, LA, we've got another skinny bitch in this town that's going to keep us from getting work when we go on auditions. And, um, you, you can't be mad. And, and I'm not, um, I'm just kind of, um, I just kind of think that after this year, maybe Caitlyn Jenner kind of, um, kind of falls back a little bit, get into herself, um, evolve a little bit more, maybe, and I spend more time, um, you know, um, with other transgendered individuals. And, um, I really liked that crew that they had on, um, the show, um, you know, I'm Kate. Um, I actually wanted to know more about them versus Caitlyn. And, and I also get that Caitlyn was using, um, using, um, herself and her past life fame to kind of tell this story and to show that. And I, and I appreciate, I appreciate her doing that because, um, I'm a fan of Bruce Jenner, you know, the old Bruce Jenner, and I'm good with, um, I'm good with the change. So I don't have a problem with it. And I do, um, I do have a problem with people trying to think that they're going to try to pull those medals that were earned in, um, 1976. Um, leave it alone, people just move on. But that's my thought on the whole Caitlyn Jenner thing. And then the, um, biggest news story of the day, um, here in Los Angeles is obviously about Charlie Sheen announcing his HIV positive status. And actually last night, um, well, late yesterday, um, afternoon, um, it was kind of a soft announcement, um, about that, that hit, um, through the media wires about it. So, um, and it was sort of soft to know that, um, the, um, Today Show got the exclusive and, um, you know, it's kind of sad, but, you know, it, the revelation of what has been going on with him for the past four years when he got this diagnosis, um, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it kind of makes sense with some of the behavior that we saw. Um, and when I say behave, you know, he, he, he just had, he, he had, he has some issues. He's always had them. And I think, um, what he did today was the right thing to do. Um, you know, from looking at big picture, you know, the man has four kids. We have got to, um, I think he needed to do this, um, for, for his children. And of course, um, everybody's talking about how, um, some turned on him in his inner circle and how he was paying, um, folks to keep quiet. So that's one thing. But I, I think the big picture here is that this man has four children. He needs to pave a way, um, to show, you know, there's so many images of him being, um, you know, just being inappropriate. That, that's the easy way to say it. And for him, this moment, I think it's for him to own the consequences of that behavior, um, for his kids. And, and, you know, um, it, it's sad that this happened to him, but, um, him moving forward from this, this, this is something that I think is, um, is responsible, is the responsible thing to do in thinking about his children. And, you know, um, HIV, um, HIV, you know, is one of those things where you do have to take care of yourself. And I mean, we have, um, someone else in this town, I mean, big time person in this town, um, who's HIV positive and that's, you know, and he announced it back in the early nineties and that's, um, Magic Johnson. He's moved on with his life. And, um, they did confirm that, um, they did confirm that, um, you know, um, Charlie, um, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, wife, um, current, you know, wife, um, well, I don't even know if they're still married or not, but Brooke Mueller, she's, she was with him during this four-year span. So, um, that she is not, that she tested negative, and so did the two children that she had with Charlie, a negative. So that's a good thing. I think we need to wish him well, and then we move on from it. And I think he did the right thing. And to those here in Hollywood, in the Hollywood circles, that took money from him, you need to be ashamed of yourself for doing that, and even trying to do something like that. But moving right along so that we can keep up with the show and keep up with the time here. The Republican and Democratic parties had some debates during the hiatus, and you guys definitely want to hear my talk about this. And as of today, as of a few hours ago, as three and a half hours ago, Bobby Jindal announced that he was dropping out. Oh, wow. He was one that I think a few shows ago, I had predicted. I kind of giving you a list of who would still be around and who wouldn't. And so far, I'm doing pretty good. I'm doing pretty good. There are a couple of people who are still in the game that I don't get, but definitely Bobby Jindal was one that... Dude, just... Just needed to go. So he took the cue, seeing how he's not really doing very well there in Louisiana. You know, basically, that state is a hot mess. And he figured he, instead of trying to run for president and be all around the country, he might need to go ahead and stay in Baton Rouge and kind of maybe do the job he already knows that he has. And I have to give him props for that. I think that was a good choice to give him that. And I think that's a good choice to give him that. Now, for those that are still in the race, I have to tell you, I would have never, I never would have thought this would be happening, that Ben Carson would be considered a front runner, that Ben Carson would be considered a viable candidate. Now, Donald Trump, he's been pretty consistent. Um, I just called these two, um, Carson and Trump. They have, um, they're, they're crazy squared. That's about all I can say with it. And I cannot see, I can't see, um, individuals in this country who are registered Republican voters, um, falling, falling behind these two. I, I, I don't see it. Ben Carson, um, you know, in just the last couple of weeks, he's been caught up in, um, some creative storytelling about his background, everything from being offered to the Senate, to the House of Representatives, to the House of Representatives, to the House of Representatives, to the House of Representatives, to the House of scholarship to West Point. And, um, and that was a big, um, that was a big rut row for him because, um, um, what, uh, some of you may not know, um, um, to go to West Point, um, there's no cost to that. Um, one of the reasons why you have to be nominated by, um, by mem, a member of Congress and, and generally it's, um, I, I don't know if it's changed or not, but, um, I do know that, um, preferences given by members of the U.S. Senate to do your recommendations, but he got caught up with that, and then he danced around that with some semantics of words, and then, you know, and then there's the issue about, I think, the person who he hit with a hammer or something, and I'm just thinking, this dude had some problems, and the fact that he had emotional issues or something, or something, basically, dude's not wired right, and I just find it amazing how he was a brilliant surgeon. There's definitely, and a friend of mine was telling me that, you know, that's how it is with idiot savant syndrome, which I don't think that his IQ is that, but, you know, they were just trying to explain something to me that I just pointed out that I just didn't understand, so, you know, Carson, he, Carson and Trump, they're kind of the top two front runners, and then you've got Marco Rubio coming in at third, and he was actually predicted to be, he was predicted to be the winner of the last debate, last, last week, and Marco Rubio, I'm going to put him, I'm going to put him out as the next person to drop out, and the reason why I'm going to put him out to drop out, and I'm even going to suggest that he drop out, Marco Rubio has an ongoing financial fiasco situation from his days in the Florida House, you know, when he was in the Florida legislature, you know, there, there were issues with him using the Republican Party American Express card to pay for things that were not politically related, like having his, having his driveway paved, and then he, how he explains it is, and again, it's semantics, he says, well, this was a card issued to me using my own personal credit, and I don't buy that, because for the, if Mr. Rubio had worked a real job like the rest of us, who have worked jobs where you do get company cards, you know, yours truly here, I've, I've worked for a lot of companies that have American Express cards issued, corporate cards issued, and yes, you do use your own personal credit, but you do not, you do not charge anything on, on your American Express card, on the corporate card, if it's not business. If it's not business related to the corporation, which in this case was the Republican Party. Now, what's interesting with this case with Marco Rubio is a official within the Republican Party did the same thing that Rubio did, that official, Republicans had him sent to jail, but Marco Rubio hasn't, so, and then there's been claims that they've paid, they paid the bills, and he just continues to dance around that. And then also he had a property to go in foreclosure, and, you know, those, that's something that's been following him since, since his days in the Florida House. But on top of that, he has missed, Marco Rubio has missed more than 50% of the votes in the U.S. Senate, and he has replied that, oh, well, those votes didn't mean anything. So, you know, I think. Between that and then his, Marco Rubio's history in the state of Florida with creating sweetheart deals for a lot of companies, and his close ties to the prison industrial complex, and his association with the good old Stanger ground law that basically killed Trayvon Martin in the state of Florida. He's got, he's got a lot of baggage, and I think the best thing that he can do is go back to Miami. And, and I'll tell you how Marco Rubio can reinvent himself. Go back to Miami, either run for Dade County Mayor, or for City of Miami Mayor, where, and I believe he lives in, I believe he lives in West Dade, which would put him in the county for sure. I don't think he lives in the city limits, but run for Dade County Mayor, make a real accomplishment in that role. Seeing how that role, that county mayor role is nonpartisan, and rebuild your organization. Because homie, it's just not working out for you. And to say, and I know I make my Cuban friends upset when I say this, but it's true. Marco Rubio will not play very well in certain parts of this country, because he will be considered, he's not. He's not. People will not view him as, as American. I just got to go there. It is just the way some people are in the, in the party that he is associated with. That is how a lot of people think, and particularly in parts of the Midwest. Marco Rubio just needs to go back to Florida, South Florida, go back to Miami, and rebuild himself and reinvent himself. That Senate seat that he has is basically a defunding. And I think that's the only factor, win that he had, because the good old boys in Florida, they had it out for Charlie Crist, who was running as an independent. And then you had Kendrick Meek, who was running as the Democrat. So you had a major split. So the dark horse, which was Marco Rubio, he just rolled right on in. And I assure you, it had the good old boys had somebody they wanted in place. Marco Rubio would not be in the U.S. Senate. And I think that'll, that'll happen. And I think that'll help him because he's also said some crazy things like, well, he, he, some things about the votes, you know, either not being important and then things that he's not interested in doing and things like that. It's just not, it's not coming across very well. And I think that, I do think in some cases he has been moderate. He's been a little too silent on things that's happening. It's just not, I think, I agree with what Joe just said. It's just not, I agree with what Joe just said. It's just not, I agree with what Joe just said. It's just not, I agree with what Joe just said. It's just not, I agree with what Joe just said. It's just not, I agree with what Joe just said. It's just not, I agree with what Joe just said. It's just not, I agree with what Joe just said. It's just not, I agree with what Joe just said. It's just not, I agree with what Joe just said. It's just not, I agree with what Joe just said. It's just not, I agree with what Joe just said. It's just not, I agree with what Joe just said. It's just not, I agree with what Joe just said. list for leaving the race is Mike Huckabee. It's just like, dude, it's just never going to happen. And that's about all I will say about that. And then, you know, Jeb Bush, who it's so obvious that he's the establishment candidate. He has been attacking folks. So, you know, it's going to be interesting in the next couple of weeks. I also think Jeb Rand will eventually drop out the race. And John Kasich, who I actually think is the most qualified Republican in the race, I think he'll be around, but I think by spring he'll be done. I do think out of everybody, and I guess I'll say Carly Fiorina, she'll probably hang around. She's not going to raise very much money. I just don't see her doing it. But I think once we start in January and in the primary start, we're going to see people getting real and they realize how far they don't work out. And for the Democrats, you know, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chaffee are out, which that was kind of a no-brainer for them. So the Democrats are down to three, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O'Malley. Um, I like to say they had a good debate, but I didn't watch it. A lot of people didn't watch it. It was on Saturday and it's college football and nobody has time for that. But, um, with that in closing, I'm going to leave it there and we're going to pick up this show, um, regularly again, right after the Thanksgiving. Um, so the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, we're going to go at it again. And, um, and like I mentioned at the top of the show, I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be a part of the We Play Radio family. And, um, the We Play Radio family is a collective of some wonderful shows. Um, the Very Manic Jimmy Cab Show with Jimmy Cab. You have to check him out. That show is off the chain. Jimmy himself is just fabulous. Um, and then, um, Nestorius Public Radio with Nestor Rodriguez and Sal Rodriguez. You want to talk about, um, I, I, you want to talk about fun and you just want to, talk about off the hook. That is, that's a show for you. And then one show that I think is just so clever. He's so clever. Um, Vic Cohen's, it's a fair question. Um, everything is a good, everything's a good question to ask it. Um, the way he does it, you will find him quite entertaining. And then there's, um, um, here in the collective, a good show called the dark mark show and dark mark. He will take you where you have never been before. And, um, LA taco radio with Johnny Scott Gramercy. Um, wonderful. Um, my bro there, he, he really puts it down and, uh, you'll enjoy listening to him. And, um, if for, um, all of our, um, what I call my power listeners, you definitely have to check out psych one-on-one with Julianne good. Um, she's a great, um, psychologist and, and you not only learn things that can help yourself, um, help you understand yourself. She's just a great presenter. So, um, I'm happy to be a part of the, we play radio family with this, um, lineup of wonderful shows. And again, I hope you catch me here same time and certainly, um, always catch me on social media. Thanks so much for listening. Thank you. Thank you.