01-20-19 MLK

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Part 1:  Ray plays some of Martin Luther King’s icon speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Ray brings up the hypocrisy of the media over the MLK Day Celebration. There was so much outrage that Gov. LePage wasn’t attending the Portland event, but he instead attended the one that he had always attended. Meanwhile, there are crickets of outrage that Gov. Mills will be attending the event in Bangor.  The New York Times has come out to endorsed two people for President, Warren and Klobuchar. Ray takes a call on the results of impeachment. What would happen if Trump was impeached in the Senate.


Part 2:  Ray plays Abraham, Martin and John performed by Dion.

Part 3:  Ray is really frustrated and irritated about the saga that the Maine College Republicans had to hold their event with speaker, Michelle Malkin. Ray describes the saga of the cancel culture and the businesses that caved to them all over the words of a 5’2″ woman.
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Part 4:  Today’s Maine History Lesson: Samantha Reed Smith (June 29, 1972 – August 25, 1985) was a U.S. peace activist and child actress from Manchester, Maine, who became famous during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. In 1982, Smith wrote a letter to the newly appointed CPSU General Secretary Yuri Andropov, and received a personal reply with a personal invitation to visit the Soviet Union, which she accepted. Smith attracted extensive media attention in both countries as a Goodwill ambassador, becoming known as “America’s Youngest Ambassador” and subsequently participating in peacemaking activities in Japan. With the assistance of her father Arthur (an academic), she wrote a book about her visit to the Soviet Union, “Journey to the Soviet Union”, and later became a child actress, hosting a child-orientated special on the 1984 United States presidential election for The Disney Channel and playing a co-starring role in the television series Lime Street, before her death at the age of thirteen on August 25, 1985 in the Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 plane crash. He goes back to right and wrong. The no boundaries cancel culture of the lefty-left is going to go too far and it is going to be really ugly. Ray says that someone’s home should be off limits. He is worried about the gun rally in Virginia today. Ray takes a call from Arthur Langley and they discuss the cancel culture and how the Constitution is being stomped on and the businesses that caved and refused to stand up to bullies.

Part 5:  Ray talks about Freedom of Speech. He reminds people of Martin Luther King and freedom.

Part 6:  Ray gives a timeline for standing interviews/conversations that will be happening as long as the Impeachment trial is going on. Dee Dee asks about the people that are leading his trial and their bias. continues with the Constitution’s guaranteed Right to Free Speech. Why are people so afraid of Freedom of Speech. Ray talks about the principle of businesses and who will stand up. Ray takes a call from Gordon Draper. They discuss the event with speaker, Michelle Malkin. Ray ends the segment with Les Gibson and how there needs to be some limits. They shouldn’t attack someones home or go after their lively-hood.

Part 7: Really short segment. Ray takes a call about challenges of him finding the UMaine College Republican event. He agrees that we need to stand up, not physically, but at the ballot box and make sure our voices are heard loud and clear.

Part 8:  Ray welcomes Dan Stevenson, Economic Development Director of the City of Westbrook. Dan gives a couple of things that he wants to make sure that people know about. First up was that Westbrook has won two different awards. Ray asks about Rock Row and their effect on the downtown businesses. Dan tells us about one of the things that Westbrook has that can help a small business with an grant for upgrades to the exterior of the building. They also discuss how they are keeping Westbrook clean and the plans for the Blue Note park and Saccarappa Park which is down by the river.

Part 9:  Ray talks about the importance of free speech. Dan Stevenson and Ray continue to discuss the vision of Westbrook. Dan starts off with the River Walk and the plans for that. Ray and Dan discuss the Rock Row site and he says that Market Basket will be opening in May.

Part 10:  Ray reads part of the Statement for the Record of Senator Charles E. Schumer, The Trial of the President (Clinton), February 11, 1999. Ray talks about how in this statement he says one thing, but 20 years later, he is talking out of the other side of his mouth. Ray gets all riled up over the witnesses that might be called. If there are witnesses allowed, they should all be allowed. The only thing we should seek is the truth…regardless of the outcome. American people deserve the whole truth.

Part 11:  Ray gives the line up for tomorrow’s Political Roundtable. Nate Wadsworth,David Jones, Dale Krafts and Col. Deo Lauria.

01-17-20 Friday…Friday

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Part 1:  Ray is on a role already this morning. He starts off with the hypocrisy of the college crowd. It is okay and celebrated that an “artist” has defaced the Bible under the guise of an assignment to re-purpose a book. “Unholy Bible: Very Revised Standard Edition,” by USM student Riley Harris, includes drawings of Satan over Jesus’ face but we are suppose to accept this, but what is good for the goose isn’t good for the gander in their world. Ray explains what is happening with the University of Maine College Republicans club. They have had several venues cancel on them because of protesting of their event. Ray says that the left is afraid of a little bitty woman…Michelle Malkin, who is a fierce outspoken woman.


Part 2:  Ray and Dee Dee have a discussion about participation awards and not hurting my feelings culture.

Part 3:  Today’s Maine’s History Lesson:  Ellen Gould White (November 26, 1827 – July 16, 1915) was an author and an American Christian pioneer. Along with other Adventist leaders such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, she was instrumental within a small group of early Adventists who formed what became known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Smithsonian magazine named Ellen G. White among the “100 Most Significant Americans of All Time.

Part 4:  Ray welcome Shawn Moody and Karen Vachon. She is the Executive Director of Maine Right to Life. She is here to promote and event coming up at Maine’s State House on Saturday, January 18. They will be having a rally called Hands Around the Capitol Rally and March. Events start at 10am and there will be many different things happening during the day. Please join for one or all events during the day. For more information contact mrlc@mainerighttolife.com or visit their website for more details. The group discuss Planned Parenthood and their mission of murder. Ray plays a clip of his daughter’s sonogram and shares the heartbeat of her unborn son, Charlie.

Part 5: Karen tells her story of how she came to get involved with Maine Right To Life. They continue how the State of Maine and some of the other states .
Part 6:  Karen give a quick rundown of the events of the day for tomorrow’s event: Hands Around the Capitol. For more information contact mrlc@mainerighttolife.com or visit their website for more details.

Part 7:  Ray continues with the sick leftist culture. He takes a call and they discuss the State of Maine’s actions that basically say that it is better for a child to be killed than it is to be a ward of the state. Ray continues with the frustrations of this lets kill ’em before they are born and kill ’em when they’re old Governor.

Part 8:  Ray takes a call from the former Director of Maine Right to Life from 1982-1987, Marty Costello, who says that society and the Hippocratic Oath don’t really have a place in today’s society.

Part 9:  Ray brings up the GAO and their ruling on Trump. He wants to know if the GAO ruling on Trump is an impeachment offense, why wasn’t Obama impeached on their ruling of him? Ray talks about why America is different than other countries. He says that he has gotten a lot of texts about the Right to Life. He goes back to the difference between opinion and proof. In America, you have the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. He calls on the once proud organizations like the Democratic Party and the Portland Press Herald to return to their roots. Ray then goes into the lack of backbone that allows protesters to get an event cancelled and there isn’t an outrage at freedom of speech being squashed.

Part 10:  Ray talks about the Impeachment and whether it was over the GAO’s opinion and why on those grounds did we not impeach Obama. He then goes to what would have happened if what has been done to Pres. Trump happened to Pres. Obama. He brings up what happened to Superior Court Candidate Brett Kavanaugh and the #METOO Movement. Ray talks about how Pelosi want Trump to prove his innocence, but states it doesn’t work that way in America. He also goes back to the Freedom of Speech and where are the protests for this Right given to us by the Constitution.

Part 11:  Ray continues to talk about his frustrations regarding the College Republicans’ problem to find a venue because protests and the lack of standing up for Free Speech. He talks about the Editorial from Ray takes a call from Jeremiah from the UMaine College Republicans. He lays out all of the problems they have had with businesses cancelling after agreeing to have them at their venue.

 

01-16-20 Thursday’s Thoughts

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Part 1:  Ray takes on Speaker Nancy Pelosi by playing yesterday’s Historic statement. He dissects her speech in the House as she is about to send her Impeachment votes to the Senate.


Part 2:  Bob Witkowski, Visit Portland, joins Ray and Dee Dee in studio. Ray’s Maine History Lesson highlights Adelbert Ames (October 31, 1835 – April 13, 1933) was an American sailor, soldier, and politician who served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. A Radical Republican, he was military governor, U.S. Senator, and civilian governor in Reconstruction-era Mississippi. In 1898, he served as a United States Army general during the Spanish–American War. Ames was the second to last general officer of the Civil War to die. He succumbed at the age of ninety-seven in 1933. He was outlived in this respect only by Aaron Daggett, who died in 1938 at the age of one hundred. However, because Daggett was a brigadier general by brevet rank only, Ames was the last full-ranked Civil War general to die.

Part 3:  Ray asks Bob about Maine Bicentennial and Visit Portland‘s involvement and events to celebrate Maine’s 200th birthday. Visit Maine200.org for more information. Bob talks specifically about what Portland has going on. Ray talks about the Lobster Festival that will be happening in July. They talk about Maine Sen. Bill Diamond because he is the Maine’s Bicentennial Commission Chair and will be a weekly regular starting next Friday. The boys continue with some history and other informative things.

Part 4:  Ray asks Bob about the definition of Elected person. Ray tries to make sure that Elected Person doesn’t mean “Special Person”. This segment is really short.

Part 5:  Ray and Bob take a call from Gordon Draper and they go all around the barn with several topics.

Part 6: Ray sings (badly) and Bob and Dee Dee tease him. They take a call from Larry about the Maine Governor and her priorities.

Part 7:  Ray plays a clip from Fox News of Lou Dobbs interviewing Vice President Mike Pence discussing the Phase 1 of the China trade deal and the economic ramifications. Maine will be directly affected in a positive way. Ray takes a call and Doug Thomas explains another part that people probably don’t know about the China Deal. They talk about the hardwood industry. The boys also talk about how half of Washington wants Trump out of office and they don’t care what he has done for the country. Doug also brings up Maine’s roads and transportation and how the money and management of the department. The boys talk about the trades and trade schools.

Part 8:  Ray teases with the 100.5 inches of snow…(not funny). They talk about the souvenir pens that Pelosi handed out after signing the Impeachment to the US Senate.

Part 9:  Ray welcomes our regular Thursday guest News Center Maine’s Pat Callaghan. The boys discuss Kim Block and her statement that she is going to take a step back from the anchor position because of the lingering effects of a head injury from over a year ago. She is such a beautiful person with a huge heart.

Part 10:  Ray and Pat continue their discussion. Pat brings up United Way’s Keep Me Warm Fund telethon and how News Center Maine his helping. 8558754328 or visit their website as well for other ways to donate. If you donate between 12pm and 1pm, Dead River will match funds raised in that hour.

 

01-15-19 Whoa It’s Wednesday

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Part 1:  Ray opens up with a clip from President Trump’s rally in Wisconsin. Fox News Radio’s Simon Owen calls in to discuss several different topics. They hit on the growing Iran tensions, Brexit and a couple of other topics.


Part 2:  Ray plays another clip from Trump’s rally. He takes a call and who asks whether God is on our side regarding the Iran conflict that is unfolding. Ray talks about the possibility of there were actually more than one missile that hit the plane that was downed, killing 179 innocent people. Ray quotes the Bible and uses Skowhegan as an example. They talk about having empathy and not backing down with your beliefs.

Part 3:  Ray plays more of Trump’s rally. He then goes into the Maine History Lesson:  Percy Lebaron Spencer (July 19, 1894 – September 8, 1970) was an American physicist and inventor. He became known as the inventor of the microwave oven. Spencer was born in Howland, Maine. Eighteen months later, Spencer’s father died, and his mother soon left him in the care of his aunt and uncle. His uncle then died when Spencer was just seven years old. Spencer subsequently left grammar school to earn money to support himself and his aunt. From the ages of twelve to sixteen, he worked from sunrise to sunset at a spool mill. At the later age, he discovered that a local paper mill was soon to begin using electricity, a concept little known in his rural home region, and he accordingly began learning as much as possible about the phenomenon. Therefore, when he applied to work at the mill, he was one of three people hired to install electricity in the plant, despite never having received any formal training in electrical engineering or even finishing grammar school. At the age of 18, Spencer decided to join the U.S. Navy. He had become interested in wireless communications after learning about the wireless operators aboard the Titanic when it sank. While he was with the navy, he made himself an expert on radio technology: “I just got hold of a lot of textbooks and taught myself while I was standing watch at night.” He also subsequently taught himself trigonometry, calculus, chemistry, physics, and metallurgy, among other subjects.

Part 4:  Ray plays another clip of Trump’s rally. He turns to the current Maine administration. He compares the Mills’ and LePage administrations regarding the financial priorities. Mills has spent everything that was in the “rainy day funds”, and taxpayer paid abortions, pay for refugees before our own homeless and Maine veteran’s needs.

Part 5:  Ray continues with Maine’s present administration’s priorities and talks about Maine’s infrastructure. Ray reads a quote from Maine Transportation Commissioner Bruce Van Note “The reality is we are now competently managing a slow decline of our transportation system until bipartisan funding solutions materialize,” Van Note said at an Augusta news conference Tuesday. “The system will not fail immediately, and we will do our best to avoid any serious impacts, but holding actions only work for a short time, and the reliability of the system will suffer.” Ray wants to know when she will put Mainers needs before her wants.

Part 6:  Ray goes into a dream state and gives you his Christmas Wish List for the country and the state of Maine. He then explains how absurd and non-genuine the comments that Commissioner Van Note said. Ray takes a call. Ray expresses that there is no way that if any of the people on the Democratic stage last night win there will be a wave and  the liberal Democrats will take over and America will be on the path to Socialism. Ray talks about the history of the differences between now and back in history. The difference between someone that was elected to office for a term or two and then go back to private life and the career politicians of today. Ray takes a call.

Part 7:  Ray plays more of Trump’s speech. Ray points out that the Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to hold an impeachment vote on the same day that they are signing the first phase of the China deal.

Part 8:  Ray plays some more of the rally and then gives Fox News Radio’s Jon Decker one heck of a introduction, unfortunately Jon didn’t hear it. Jon joins in and they discuss his vacation and being at the Golden Globes with Snoop Dog. They do finally get into the swamp of Washington and discuss what will be happening on the hill today.

Part 9:  Ray plays more of the rally. As the clip is playing about the water restrictors that are in the shower and water facets. Ray agrees wholeheartedly. Ray plays a montage of elected folks from 1998-1999 and their statements on impeachment and the word lynching. Meanwhile, in 2019-2020 some of the same people that used that comparison back then are outraged that it was used by the President.

Part 10:  Ray welcomes Jenna Ellis, senior legal adviser for the Trump 2020 campaign by phone. They talk about whether or not a woman can win the election for President. They talk about the feud between Sanders and Warren, Ray asks her if she voted for Hillary because she was a woman. They discuss the Impeachment process and whether Adam Schiff could be called as a witness. Ray goes into further detail about how disingenuous the House Speakers is and makes the point that this is just so that Trump with have the “stain of Impeachment” as his legacy.

Part 11:  Ray talks about collusion. He takes a call and he agrees with Ray about where the real collusion is…between the media and Democratic party. He uses Gov. LePage and DMoney as an example of the media making the truth sound false.