10-04-19 Friday Unleashed
Part 1: Ray is joined by Joe Bruno and Mark Reilly in studio. They chat about the relationship of the America and Iraq. They also talk about the partisan joke called the Impeachment Inquiry. Adam Schiff and his “need” to be in the spotlight. Joe asks if they need to hear every phone call that he makes. The President needs to be able to make a phone call without it being scrutinized. Joe asks what would happen if Gov. Mills had to release every phone call and Ray “plays out” her call to Planned Parenthood to get her flu shot. They get to Hillary and Elizabeth Warren. Joe says that they are going to reopen the investigation that Trump has asked Ukraine to do.
Part 2: Ray, Joe and Mark talk about Maxine Waters. Apparently she is complaining that she is getting death threats. Ray points out that she is the one that started with her call to go after Trump supporters.
Part 3: Today’s History Lesson: William Whipple (January 14, 1730-November 28, 1785) was born at Kittery Maine, in 1730. He was educated at a common school until his early teens, when he went off to sea to find his fortune. He was an able seaman, earning the position of Ship’s Master by the age of 21. He worked hard and amassed a great deal of money. In 1759 he landed in Portsmouth and, in partnership with his brother, established himself as a merchant. Calls to public duty began almost immediately. He was elected to several local offices and was involved in the Patriot movement. In 1775 he was elected to represent his town at the provincial congress. The following year New Hampshire dissolved the Royal government and reorganized with a House of Representatives and an Executive Council. Whipple was made a Council member, a member of the Committee of Safety, and was promptly elected to the Continental Congress. He served there through 1779, though he took much leave for military affairs. In 1777 he was made Brigadier General of the New Hampshire Militia. General Whipple led men in the successful expedition against General Burgoyne at the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga. After the war Whipple was appointed an associate justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire. He suffered from a heart ailment for several years and he died, fainting from atop his horse while traveling his court circuit, in November of 1785.
Part 4: Joe Unleashed: 1.) Joe talks about the mandatory pay increase and how the non-profits can’t afford to pay their employees. 2.) Portland and the lack of business support from the government of Portland. He doesn’t see any of their candidates for Portland Mayor being anymore business friendly. 3.) Joe talks about global warming. Shawn Moody joins the boys. They talk about the rising tide of Casco Bay engulfing Portland. Ray mentions Former President’s new home at sea level. They talk about columnist Colin Woodard. He is State and National Affairs Writer for the Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram. They talk about weather trends and cycles. Shawn talks about the paper that just closed that was a legacy. They talk about the necessity of local knowledge that the news isn’t covering. There should be more coverage to city/town council meetings. They local news isn’t reported, they only cover national that they can get from other sources.
Part 5: This is a short segment. The boys joke about the segment from before.
Part 6: Shawn, Joe and Ray are joined by Loren Fields and Nautically Northern‘s Laurel Ryan as she is heading to the 21 Annual Freeport Fall Festival at LL Bean in Freeport. They talk about starting a small business and being an entrepreneur. Laurel and the boys talk about starting a business and the hard work that goes into making it. Joe points out that these items are handcrafted, not mass produced. Laurel explains how this is a second job for her and that she doesn’t always want or feel like doing a trade show or craft fair, but knows that is how she needs to get her business going.
Part 7: Ray, Laurel, Joe, Shawn and Loren in this extremely short segment. He basically reintroduces who is in studio. Shawn re-iterates that Lauren’s business is her second job and that entrepreneurship takes hard work.
Part 8: Ray has Laurel, Joe and Loren in studio and his brother Jim Richardson joins by phone. Jim had the opportunity to go to a Trump rally in the Villages in Florida. He explains that his daughter, Lauren, works for the Village Sun which is a Republican paper and one of the fastest growing papers in the country because the Villages are growing insanely. President Trump’s message was about Medicare and that he wants to protect it and drug costs. Joe talks about the different costs of drugs and why the drugs are cheaper from other countries. Joe is a pharmacist and is concerned. Ray asks Jim about how the rally was run. They boys talk about the NYC fine against anything immigrant. They talk about President Trump’s production and health.
Part 9: Ray and the boys talk about the Impeachment Inquiry. Ray is convinced that they will not be able to impeach President Trump. Ray talks about Maxine Water and how she had said to “confront them” and now that they are confronting her, she doesn’t like it and is complaining.
Part 10: Ray reads a text from Mark Reilly about one of Ray’s comments about the county could split. They are still joking about the canoe that Joe will be needing because of climate change to get around in Portland. They talk about Gov. Mills and her policies for environmental change. Joe urges Portland to vote for Spencer Thibodeau