09-14-20 Monday

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Part 1:  Ray Richardson starts off the week with politics in sports. JJ Jeffrey comes in to talk about Brady and Gronk’s debut with Tampa Bay. Ray moves on to the ambush shooting of two Los Angeles police officers and the protest blocking the entrance to the hospital, Kamala Harris and Biden not standing up to the BLM movement.


Part 2:  Ray is joined by Mark Reilly and they talk about the choices on November 3rd, the very clear differences between the candidates, Biden’s promises, Mark’s staycation, Maine’s government and the Maine Senate race and Debate on Friday night.

Part 3:  Ray and Mark talk about criminal justice reform and what happened during the Obama administration. Joe Biden wrote the devastating crime bill that was enacted. Ray sets the record straight about who has actually made a difference.

Part 4:  Ray and Mark chat with Brad Dyer, Director Senior Planning Center about the history of the Planning Center and what they do for seniors, Medicare and the different parts that are available, penalty that can be charged, medications and much more.

Part 5:  Ray and Mark talk about the “new plan” (gun control) from Biden to combat the attack on the police.

Part 6:  Ray and Mark talk about Westlake HS educator Christopher Moreno, the indoctrination of children, voting age, and non-citizens voting. They take a call about rank choice voting and the senate race, senate race candidates and bullet voting. Mike calls in to joins the discussion he stresses that people need to not have a regular routine to protect themselves, especially police. Another caller calls and says he is going to vote for Max Lynn to get his day in court and mark and Ray try and convince him that isn’t a good idea if it means that Sara Gideon wins the election.

Part 7:  Ray thanks the audience for texting, emailing and sharing their comments. Gordon Draper calls in to talk about gun violence and how being patriotic has become a target and other ways that our country is being divided, schools, poverty, Trump’s efforts of creating peace. Ray continues with his thoughts on hunting cops and what should happen to the perpetrators. He takes another call about how they’ve even taken Elmer Fudd’s gun away.

Part 8:  Ray gives a quick preview of the upcoming segment on St. Joe’s College and the Covid outbreak.

Part 9:  Ray welcomes Chris Doughty of Doughty State Farm to discuss living with Covid. Chris attended St. Joe’s College and gives his opinion on the Covid outbreak on campus, his business practices during the shutdown, and family life during Covid.

Part 10:  Ray talks about the Maine Senate Debate, money spent on campaigns, the Candidates, their positions, Max Lynn’s behavior.

Part 11:  He takes a call from Steve of Westbrook about Trump not telling Americans the extent of the Covid threat. Another caller talks about the previous caller Steve, people being panicked, the caller poses a scenario about panic.

Part 12:  Ray reads a text about him culturally appropriating Latin music. He talks a little more about Biden coming out after the police shooting in LA wanting to take your guns, even though the models he mentioned were not the ones used against the officers.

Part 13:  Ray talks about the caller Steve of Westbrook then moves on to Bob Woodward, Woodward’s interview, Trump, Biden, impact on the election, ObamaCare, Biden’s values, Barack Obama lies about keeping your health insurance, Biden’s healthcare plan. Paul from Ormand Beach calls in with some small talk and then says that he doesn’t understand the willingness to vote for Biden, Ray says it isn’t about liking Biden but more about people hate Trump. Paul tells Ray about an incident at a restaurant because he was wearing a Trump hat and talking politics with his daughter.

09-11-20 Friday

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Part 1:  Ray Richardson plays Whitney Houston’s version of the National Anthem. Joe “The Professor” Bruno of Community Pharmacy and Dr. John Herzog of Orthopedic Specialties join him in discussing the difference from 9/11 to today including: American attitude, music, Cardi-B and her comments for Biden, forgiving student loans, and more.


Part 2:  Ray plays a clip from the news broadcast from the Today Show’s Bryant Gumbel interviewing witnesses of planes hitting the Towers.

Part 3:  The boys talk about News Center Maine and the Senator Debate that will be held tonight. Joe wants some hard questions, not just softballs, the talk about Press Herald article headline about tourism and Ray points out that Gov. Mills has done that single-handedly, Ray asks them about a pop-quiz question.

Part 4:   Michael Shepherd, Political Editor for the Bangor Daily News join the boys and they discuss Mike’s age, the debate, questions for the debate, the candidates, the AARP poll, Max Lynn, property questions, the boys ask “why only an hour for the debate” and Mike answers.

Part 5:  Joe, Doc and Ray talk about a math problem and famous people. Mike calls in and gives a shout out to Cyril Richard (Rick) Rescorla and explains who he was inside. They take a call from Larry about Medicare and the penalty of not signing up, absentee ballots, normal people caring about things, protecting your vote, Ray gets frustrated, and more.

Part 6:  Ray is really upset and frustrated because people are upset with him instead of the people that make all of the laws. Joe and Doc are as scared about the American Dream coming to an end, participation trophies, working for what you want, AOC, and more. Maine State Rep. MaryAnne Kinney reminisce with Joe about Laverdiere Drugs. They changes subjects to high school sports and that Gov. Mills has banned high school football and volleyball. MaryAnne shares her campaign, her background, her legislative work. Greg Foster texts in a comment for MaryAnne.

Part 7: The boys talk about the Flu shot and the Flu. Ray reads a text about someone’s grandson’s hard work to get to play football in his senior year after an injury last year, Governor Mills draconian measures, quarantining healthy people, Arthur Langley calls in to Remember 9/11 and to talk about efforts of the Freeport Flag Ladies and Wreaths Across America. Brownfield Dave calls in to say that the Freeport Flag Ladies were on the hill today.

Part 8:  Ray plays Neil Young’s song “Let’s Roll” and the story behind it. Joe urges people to get their flu shot early because they will run out. The boys discuss George Floyd and the drugs in his system and they take a call.

Part 9:  They take a call about today’s kids not knowing basic life skills, another caller asks about Maine’s law about standing your ground, Senators on the ballot, ranked choice voting and more. Another caller calls in to express her dream and how proud she is to have learned the language and become an American, the joy of voting and how proud she is to be voting in person.

Part 10:  Ray plays several messages that were left for loved ones by passengers on United Airlines Flight 93. Hard to hear, he can’t believe that people that love this country won’t stand up and stop the Socialism that is taking over our country. Ray remembers 9/11 and what he was doing, how his family reacted.

Part 11:  Ray talks about what came out of 9/11, expression comes out in a variety of ways. He says that the Miami Dolphins have said that they won’t come out for the National Anthem and he wants to know when did it become okay not to celebrate being American and the privilege that they have been given because they live in America.

09-10-20 Thursday

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Part 1:  Ray Richardson says that he is going to start nationally then head to local with the crisis of Coronavirus and how everything seems to be Trump’s fault, how Trump handled it from the beginning, Dr. Fauci, different Governors across the country and how they handled the pandemic in their state, and more.


Part 2:  Ray takes a call about hydrogen, Ray poses a question to people fighting for their rights and who are they fighting? Government…why do you want more government that will take away more of your rights?

Part 3:  Ray talks about the hatred of a candidate and voting. Using Donald J. Trump as an example, he goes through some of the steps that happened during the Coronavirus and how Trump got blamed, Fifty individual states make up the US, events that lead to the spread, individual rights, Lawsuit, Judge Lance Walker, shuttered businesses, Gov. Mills’ ignorance of the effects of her shutdown (suicide, domestic violence, child abuse, opioid abuse, opioid deaths, depression), becoming sheepeople, and so much more.

Part 4:  Ray previews some of the guests and segments. He welcomes David Flanagan, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Central Maine Power. David gives an update on some of the problems that CMP has had in the past and what are some of their future plans. The boys talk about Lineman Jim Wright, they talk about some of the dedicated people that has helped revamp the company, CMP’s plans, and more.

Part 5:  Ray talks about the difference between the outrage in Trump’s social security and medicare plans, John Henninges, JMH Financial and Obama’s ObamaCare.

Part 6:  Ray describes the vengeful nature of Governor Mills to go after Rick Savage and his business. Ray questions where is the mass outbreak of Covid because Rick opened his business. Rick joins Ray to tell the audience some of the crazy things that has happened and what’s next, his request through the Freedom of Information act, emails between the Gov. Mills’ regime to shut Rick’s business down, taxes he has paid in, Covid-19 cases surrounding Sunday River Brewing and Rick personally, his liquor license, their generosity, and more crazy things.

Part 7:  Ray takes a call with a realistic idea to stymy Governor Mills’ power….oust the Democrats in the Maine Legislature by voting them out, he also announces the Trump car parade on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 10 AM (For more information, Click Here). He goes back to the conversation with Rick and the government targeting people and businesses. Mike calls in to remind people that Rick Savage is a veteran, Mike brings up Biden’s new conspiracy against Trump and lists Biden’s history, Ray and Mike discuss Biden’s press conferences, Ray brings up Kamala Harris and her sexual assault hypocrisy, the #MeToo Movement, and much more.

Part 8: Ray welcomes Leonid Kazachenko, Chairman of the Council of Entrepreneurs under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine …..they discuss the commonalities and differences between Ukraine and America.

Part 9:  Ray explains why having conversations with Ukraine is so important in a little more depth and references the previous conversation with Leonid Kazachenko. Ray welcomes News Center Maine‘s Pat Callaghan to discuss the Senate Debate that will be held tomorrow night, the panel, the candidates, the topics, local news, newspapers, local staying local, and more.

Part 10:  Pat and Ray talk about News Center Maine‘s segment Political Brew and John Richardson.

09-09-20 Wednesday

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Part 1:  Ray Richardson talks about Governor Mills and the Federal Help, State Budget, Rank Choice Voting (boy is Ray mad) and the effort to repeal by the Maine Republican Party for November. He lays out why “We the People” don’t have faith in the courts.


Part 2:  Ray is joined by David Jones and JJ Jeffrey to talk about the accomplishments and the crowds that show up to see Trump. They talk about the abuse Trump has taken and how he seems to thrive on it.

Part 3:  Ray and David chat with Maine Congressional District 1 Candidate Dr. Jay Allen to discuss his campaign, his plans, the controversy over Trump’s comments about the visit to cemetery, Col. Allen shares his personal experience with Trump and the military, Rep. Chellie Pingree’s record over the last twelve years, Ray can’t understand why the Jewish people historically vote for Democrats when they are so anti-Jewish and they point to the “Squad”. Ray talks about the hypocrisy of Harris and poses the question about gross sexual assault.

Part 4:  Ray and David talk about the Real Estate market. Ray tells David about Conner stopping in the middle of dinner to write two offers. Today’s market is red hot for both buyers and sellers and they compare today’s market to the 80’s, the interests rates and how today’s rental market prices compare. David talks about FO Bailey’s hardworking agents and stresses how important the relationship is between clients and agents. David also explains why/how consultations before listing your property can save money. The boys talk about FO Bailey’s 200 year history in Maine.

Part 5:  David lists off just a few of the listings available through FO Bailey Real Estate throughout the state, including Ducktrap Lodge and Retreat and the condos that are available for sale. Contact David at the office: 207-781-1111, cell: 207-650-3455 or by email: info@fobailey.com.

Part 6:  Maine Senator Bill Diamond joins the boys. They talk about All Med Staffing Of New England, Homecare and their process in the time of Covid to keep everyone safe. They talk about some of the different nursing homes, high school sports, participation trophies, what Bill is reading (The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant), Grant’s history, fortitude of people in the past, John Hathaway, Sam the Bottle Man, Grant’s money in today’s market thanks to Arthur Langley.

Part 7:  The boys talk about voter fraud and ballot tampering.

Part 8:  Ray, David and Bill welcome Maine Candidate Jennifer White and owner of A Joyful Noise Christian Daycare & Learning Center to talk about the cost of child care, Covid’s effect on child cares, the PPP effects on the workforce, staffing problems, the hybrid school system and the additional cost for child care, the cap rate for full time daycare, the frustrations of guidelines getting changed on Friday for Tuesday.

Part  9:  Bill, Ray and David talk about the conversation with Jen White about child care.

Part 10:  The boys talk about Johnny Appleseed and Maine’s apple season. The talk about Jeff Timberlake and Rickerhill Farm and then welcome Aaron Libby of Libby’s & Son U-Pick. Aaron announces that they came in 4th in USA Today’s Top 10 Readers’ Choice Apple Orchard in the US. They talk about the experience of picking apples and that it is ageless fun. They talk about the different orchards bring a different experience. To find an orchard near you, check out maineapples.org. The boys get back into absentee voting. As a former Maine Sec. of State, Bill Diamond goes through Maine’s stringent rules and procedures of absentee voting, rank choice voting, and more.

Part 10:  Ray and the boys just tease each other about how much fun they have during the breaks.

Part 11:  Ray, Bill and David talk about Rowe Ford and Bailey (Ray’s Daughter-in-Law) that was named Baileyville by Bill. They talk about Bill’s vehicle, the new Stockhouse coming to Windham, David talks about the benefits of advertising on WLOB, the first day of school, what makes a good legislature, Ray talks about how life and experiences brings perspective, Life’s final chapters, Ray reads a nice note from one of Bill’s former fifth grade students.

Part 12:  David and Bill tease Joe Bruno that Wednesday. Ray ask Bill his opinion of rank choice voting from the viewpoint of a Secretary of State and uses Jared Golden as an example.