12-02-19 Monday Monday
Part 1: Ray talks about the happenings of the weekend in the Richardson family. He praises Casey Gilbert and her team on the Portland Tree Lighting as he describes some of the highlights. He and Dee Dee chat about weekend and getting a tree at Staples Tree Farm in Windham. He then gets into politics. He talks about the Lisa Page and the long standing practice of different countries meddling in other country’s elections. Not just into our elections, but we have done it as well.
Part 2: Ray plays a clip from Chuck Todd and Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) about the United States’ involvement in Ukraine.
Part 3: Ray explains why it is important to listen to the clip that he will play in the next segment. The left is desperate to turn Ukraine into this angelic country. Ukraine has been so corrupt for so long, but all of a sudden they aren’t. Ray also states that the US has done it and it is a common practice for countries to meddle in foreign elections.
Part 4: Ray plays the clip again from Meet the Press yesterday’s show. As the clip is playing of this interview by Chuck Todd of Sen Kennedy, Ray stops and comments on the questions and statements.
Part 5: This is a really short segment because the previous one ran long. Ray just recaps a little so that people will pay attention to what is happening in the media.
Part 6: Ray reads a joke from Bob of K’bunk and Ray gives a shout out to moms out there and makes a house a home. Ray talks about the Santa that he has collected over the years and some of the other decorations. He takes a call regarding the segment of the interview. Ray talks about name of the Portland Holiday Tree and why the word Holiday means Holy. He goes on to talk about Christmas.
Part 7: Ray talks about the Impeachment Trial and the Adam Schiff Show….he includes Sen. Amy Klobuchar remarks that she will vote guilty if it goes to an official trial, even though the Republicans haven’t been giving an opportunity to present any witnesses/testimony or ask relevant questions before being gaveled down.
Part 8: Ray talks about the American way. It has always been that America is the first to run to help out another country. He talks about the UN and just what do they do, which also brings up Benghazi.
Part 9: Ray reads from a post that he put up on Facebook. He was surprised that this went down to an argument about Trump. 1 in 3 Americans can pass the American Citizenship Test.
Part 10: Ray continues reading the survey from the post on Facebook that he started reading in the previous segment about Americans knowing American history. He points out that the feel good crowd doesn’t allow for personal growth. He reflects on a conversation with a childhood friend. Ray strongly feels that part of the opioid crisis to hospitals and pain management and their hospital ratings. He explains what that means.
Part 11: Ray talks about how successful Black Friday which means that just shows how well our economy is doing and how confident consumers are in the dollar.