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08-21-18 Go Gentle Into Thy Good Night!

Part 1: Ray starts off talking about the Governor’s comments. Ray takes a call from Fox News Radio’s Jon Decker. Jon is a great big fan of Ray’s. They get into Mueller probe and Pres. Trump’s comments. He reminds us that we are also waiting on the Manafort trial. Ray asks Jon as an attorney, his thoughts on the trial. Jon said that there was a precedent for a pardon.
Part 2: David Jones joins Ray this morning and they talk about Tucker Carlson. Ray reads a story about Jakiw Palij, who immigrated to the United States in 1949 and became a citizen in 1957 after concealing his Nazi background. He is a former Nazi SS labor camp guard and was deported from his home in Queens, N.Y., to Germany.
Part 3: Ray and David talk about some of the epidemics we face as a society. The opioid problem is not just a one pronged fix. He also quotes some stats on suicide. This is also another facet that society is facing.

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08-20-18 Maine…the way life should be!!!

Part 1: Ray continues his thoughts on the position of Governor. The State budget and how important this election will be if we want to continue on the path of lower taxes. He takes a call and they discuss the budget.
Part 2: Ray talks about the opioid problem facing our country and more importantly our state.
Part 3: Ray lays out some of the things that could help Maine grow. One of the things is the cellphone coverage. Broadband is something else that will help Maine inviting to outside companies. Shipping goods in and out of the state. Rail service is not dead, but it not used to the full potential. What do we need to do to make Maine Great? When do we hear this conversation in Augusta?
Part 4: Ray continues on what will it take to make Maine great. He takes a really quick call who confirms Ray’s statement on the cellphone and internet coverage.

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08-20-18 Headlines

Part 1: Ray takes a call about society and the language and personal conduct that is now considered okay. Ray explains why he means by that statement. He also takes a call who agrees with him that society has changed so much over the years and not necessarily for the better.
Part 2: Ray reads a news story about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s statement, “We are not going to make America great again. It was never that great,” he said. The audience members, who were there to watch Cuomo sign a bill to make sex trafficking a felony in the state.
Part 3: Ray continues on the headlines, this time reading a story about some kids being shot in Chicago at a Peace Picnic. Ray talks about how Pres. Obama, even though he from Chicago, Pres. Obama did nothing to solve this problem. A town that has the most stringent gun laws has the most gun deaths.
Part 4: Ray talks a little about the Gubernatorial race here in Maine. He explains what he thinks the people of Maine need to be thinking about during this election season.

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08-20-18 Good Morning

Part 1: Ray thanks the Sea Dogs and all of the sponsors for the success of the 14th Annual Military Appreciation Game. He continues with thanking some of the other organizations that honor and give thanks and tribute those that have served.
Part 2: Ray talks about the security clearance of John Brennan and how ridiculous he is being. he also takes a call, which turns out to be Gordon Draper.
Part 3: Ray reads a story about a doctor that was accused of rape and after having DNA, security tapes and the key swipe data evidence against him, the courts convicted him, but then gave him probation. No jail. How are we suppose to believe that the court system takes sexual abuse and other sex crimes seriously.

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