09-24-19 Political Roundtable
Part 1: Ray addresses the Global Climate controversy. Governor Mills’ spoke to the UN yesterday and laid out her Carbon Neutrality plan for Maine. He also talks about the kids that also spoke about climate change. Ray explains his point of view on the climate issue and how our lives will be effected.
Part 2: David Jones joins Ray to discuss the Governor Mills and her new policies. How the country would change and the diseases that could possibly come back.
Part 3: Today’s History Lesson is back: Thomas Stone (1743 – October 5, 1787) was born at Poynton Manor in Charles County Maryland in 1743. He was educated by a Scottish school-master and later studied law at the office of Thomas Johnson. He was admitted to the Bar in 1764 and set up practice in Frederick Maryland. He was a prosperous landowner and moderately successful lawyer. Stone was elected to Congress in 1775. He did not speak much in congress, so little is known of his service there, except that he was a member of the committee that framed the Articles of Confederation. He voted for Independence in 1776, and his name is affixed to the Declaration. He was elected to Congress again in 1783 and served as chairman, but retired at the end of his term. He was elected to attend the Constitutional Convention in 1787, but declined the office because of his wife’s failing health. She died 1787, and Stone never got over the grief. He decided to travel to England, but died in Alexandria while waiting for the ship. He was forty-four years old. Little else is know about Thomas Stone, as no letters or papers accounting his life have ever been found.
Part 4: Ray and David are joined in station by Former State Senator Garrett Mason and State Senator Jeff Timberlake. Ray gives David a gift from the White House. A autographed photo of the President and a congratulatory letter on the resilience of having a business that has survived for 200 years. Ray asks about Jeff’s business, Ricker Hill Farms. They talk about some of the apples and how they diversified so that the farm can support all of the family. They have expanded to hard cider and wine. Sen. Timberlake explains how to put an apple to sleep.
Part 5: The boys talk about Maine Legislature and how tough a job it is. Garrett explains that there is not air conditioning in the Maine Senate Chamber. Ray sees that Linda Sarsour has been named as Bernie Sanders campaign stand in.
Part 6: Ray plays a Linda Sarsour clip of a speech she had made that epitomizes her beliefs. The boys discuss ranked choice voting. They talk about how to get rid of this awful practice. Jeff points out that the Democrats have used this new rule to their advantage, and the Republicans need to do the same. Somehow they get on their personal preference for Moxie. Dr. Demi Kouzounas the Maine GOP Chair joins in the discussion.
Part 7: Ray talks about all of the things that they want to pay out and points out that Bernie wants to pay all medical bills older than 30 days. They talk about skin-in-the-game and how well the kids that are helping to pay their own way are doing over the kids that are given a free ride.
Part 8: Demi states that she has been voting for Sean Spicer on Dancing with the Stars. Ray reads a text asking Jeff if he knew about a school in Durham that has decided to not recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Jeff said that he didn’t, but said that the people should make their voice heard. Ray talks about the problem and it isn’t minorities. Ray talks about the Dave Chappelle. Garrett brings up the hypocrisy of the left. He brings up Justin Trudeau and his brown faced. Ray takes the ball and runs.
Part 9: Demi, David and Ray discuss the gathering of signatures. There have been complaints that there are people that believe that they were duped into signing something that they didn’t know what they were signing.
Part 10: Ray and Demi welcome Liz Harrington back by phone. Liz is a Spokesperson for the National Republican Party. They talk about the Ukraine story that the Democrats are threatening impeachment once again. The source wasn’t even on the phone call that the Democrats want to use. Instead as Liz points out everything that the Dems want to use against Pres. Trump has actually been done by the Democrats. She brings up the Mueller Report. They have a great conversation about some of the other things that Republicans are going to be facing.