{"id":101169,"date":"2026-09-07T06:44:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/?p=101169"},"modified":"2026-09-18T07:48:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:48:34","slug":"09-07-26-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/09-07-26-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"09-07-26 Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Segment 1-2:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray Richardson starts this Labor Day Show with The Rock Church<\/a>‘s sermon and the Maine economy and somehow ties them together.
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\nSegment 3:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray responds to a text from Steve DiMillo about the last segment. He takes a call from Bruce about hydrogen fuel.
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\nSegment 4:\u00a0<\/strong> Larry calls in and then Ray talks about some of the regulars who might show up on this holiday show.
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\nSegment 5:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray talks about Maine’s workforce, our children’s education and preparing them for life. He reads an article about the US Education System. He points out that Oregon has lowered the standards for just the minority children to ensure that they pass their classes and that it is happening in Maine. The closing of hospitals because of the lack in Medicare reimburses.
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\nSegment 6:\u00a0<\/strong> Vernon Dukes joins Ray and they talk about Ms. Jane (Vern’s “sister”) that Ray met at church. They get into the slippery slope of the trans fight and that it started with same-sex marriage.
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\nSegments 7-8:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray and Vern discuss the Maine Way of Life, the people that have moved to Maine and gotten into politics to change the Maine way of life. The mills that have closed in Maine, lumber going to Canada, America is now dependent on other countries for most of our products including China for our medicines and technology. They go down the history of how families have changed since the ’60s, the trade agreements over the years, Mark Reilly, and Retired Col. Ron Russell (Candidate for Maine CD 1<\/a>, former Army Ranger and Special Forces Green Beret) join the boys. Mark and Vern talk about cars and Ron Russell talks about trying out for basketball in his small hometown and that it was basically teaching that you need to earn what you receive. Somehow the discussion turns to dive bars. They take a call from Al who talks about how he loved the dive bar, but now he changes the subject to the marijuana industries, the US Open game delay because of pot smell in the stadium, and more.
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\nSegments 9-12:\u00a0<\/strong> The boys talked about a lot of different subjects.
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\nSegments 13-14:\u00a0<\/strong> The boys talk about politics starting with the angry tones from the Democrats, the Maine Senator’s race between Collins and Jackson, Chellie Pingree, and more. They move on to some of the crazy practices that the Maine’s Democratic lead legislature has not passed, fiscal responsibility, and more.
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\nSegments 15-16:\u00a0<\/strong> The conversation continues about our education system and the loss of critical thinking and inquisitive questioning. They take calls.
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