07-16-19 Think Tank Tuesday
Part 1: Ray and Debi talk briefly about Joe Biden. Ray heads to the topic of people’s sexuality. He and Debi discuss an article that was in the Atlantic stating that Mayor Pete isn’t Gay enough. Ray reads and they comment on a story from Fox News about U.S. Women’s National Team’s Ashlyn Harris accused her former teammate, Jaelene Hinkle, of homophobia Monday after an old interview resurfaced on Twitter in which Hinkle spoke of her refusal to wear a pro-LGBTQ jersey.
Part 2: Debi plays a song by Meghan Trainor’s I Would Want To Be Me Too. Ray reads a story about retired U.S. Air Force major general, Jonathan “Tracer” Treacy, filing as a Democratic candidate against Sen. Susan Collins. This leads to a discussion between Ray and Debi about the party in-fighting between Nancy Pelosi and the squad.
Part 3: This is the History Lesson Segment: James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. Monroe was the last president of the Virginia dynasty, and his presidency coincided with the Era of Good Feelings. He is perhaps best known for issuing the Monroe Doctrine, a policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas.
Part 4: Ray welcomes Pete McVety of McVety’s Hearth and Home. They chat about the Maine Heritage Policy Center‘s Freedom and Opportunity Luncheon. Their keynote speaker was also a guest here. Kentucky Governor Matt Bevins was a fantastic and motivational speaker. The boys talk about the “non-compliant sale” that McVety’s is holding. Pete explains what “non-compliant” means and the regulations. They talk about the McVety’s commercials that is running on WLOB and how they come about.
Part 5: Ray and Pete discuss Pete’s service. Pete tells about how he got into the service. He served as a Navy Fighter Pilot. He served for 20 years. Pete tells some of the places he served. He flew over Iraq and Ray asks him about fear. Pete simply says that there wasn’t fear, he just did what he was trained to do.
Part 6: Ray takes a call and he asks Pete what was his rank. Pete answers that he was a Commander. The caller also wants to hear more stories. The caller says that his daughter also served. Ray agrees. Pete is asked about fight times and equipment. Pete gets a call from a friend, Ross, about upgrading equipment verses having new equipment. Pete explains that Ross is the trumpet player in his band. They take a caller from Gordon Draper who asks about some of the different kind of training facilities. They also talk about the firewood industry and how the wet Spring we had has led to a small shortage. Ray mentions that Doug Thomas has firewood and willing to deliver.
Part 7: Ray and Pete welcome Maine Republican Party Chair Dr. Demi Kouzounas. They take a call from Listener #30.
Part 8: The panel talk about just how easily our republic can fall. They talk about how the National Media and the far left are running our country and why are we allowing it to happen. Demi shares her thoughts. She feels that this is just big ole temper tantrum.
Part 9: Ray and the panel discuss DNA of Ray and Dee Dee and poke fun of Elizabeth Warren. Dee Dee turns out to have 1% Native American DNA and Ray has 1% Cameroon, Congo and Southern Bantu People.
Part 10: Ray teases that he has a new retirement plan….reparations! Mike Joyce of the National Republican Party joins in by phone. They talk about “The Squad” and the in-fighting within the Democratic Party. The Freshmen members are pushing a really hard left, socialist plan and the rest of the party seem to be following their lead. Ray asks Dr. Demi about Reproductive Justice. Ray lists out some of the names/labels that the left will hang on someone that doesn’t agree with their opinion. They talk about the fact that everything is open-minded if it is anything that they approve of, but they attack Vice-President’s faith. Pete brings up how they have attacked Gov. LePage.
Part 11: Demi tells us how excited the Republican National Committee is because of the donations that are coming in. This shows us that people are frustrated with the way the country and state have been going. This leads them down the path of ancestry and the bottom line is that we are all American.