[00:00:00] You're listening to the Liberty News Radio Network, and this is The Political Cesspool.
[00:00:12] The Political Cesspool, known across the South and worldwide as the South's foremost populist conservative radio program.
[00:00:21] And here to guide you through the murky waters of The Political Cesspool is your host, James Edwards.
[00:00:36] Spirit Falls again, fill up the stocking. I may be rushing things, but deck the halls again.
[00:00:45] Is that the spirit? Yes, we need a little Christmas right this very minute.
[00:01:00] It hasn't snowed a single flurry, but Saturday we're in a hurry, so do I not.
[00:01:05] Thank you, Dame Angela, and thank you everyone for tuning in to tonight's live broadcast as the Christmas season continues to...
[00:01:15] Go by far too quickly this Saturday evening, December the 14th.
[00:01:20] I am James Edwards along with Keith Alexander, and we're now down to the final three shows of our 20th anniversary year,
[00:01:28] and there is a lot to cover tonight, and we're going to get to it all in the course of this three-hour broadcast
[00:01:36] when Brad Griffin and Jason Kessler return to the program.
[00:01:39] We're going to have some fun as we race towards Christmas.
[00:01:43] We're going to be talking about Daniel Penny being found not guilty,
[00:01:47] the assassination of UnitedHealthcare's CEO, threats of violence from BLM,
[00:01:53] the USS Liberty survivor Phil Turney, his recent interview with Candace Owens,
[00:01:57] additional reasons for optimism, and so much more.
[00:02:00] We do need a little Christmas, twice as much if you have to deal with the United States Postal Service
[00:02:07] as much as I do, and that is something that we will begin with tonight.
[00:02:12] If I could pardon your indulgence on this, but I made an announcement somewhere in the second half of the third hour last week,
[00:02:22] and I do believe it generated more email response than any single topic we've brought to the show in quite a while.
[00:02:32] So many of you were ready to share your misgivings with the post office,
[00:02:39] and I do believe since there was so many of you who reached out,
[00:02:43] I'll just in one fell swoop here give you an update on the situation,
[00:02:47] but not before we say hello to Keith Alexander.
[00:02:50] Keith, I mean, Christmas is 11 days away.
[00:02:52] We've got the thing in the den.
[00:02:54] How many days counting down to Christmas?
[00:02:56] It started out at 30, and it's down to 11, and I don't know where the other 19 went.
[00:03:01] It just seems that Christmas is a lot shorter this year, the Christmas season, than it normally is.
[00:03:09] You know, it seems like you have a buildup, but everything's just racing to the finish line now.
[00:03:13] And especially when you're busy, as we have been dealing with this issue that I'm about to address.
[00:03:17] When you're busy, things go by a little bit faster.
[00:03:20] As the Psalms instruct us, we need to be still and know.
[00:03:23] We need to just be in the moment, be present,
[00:03:26] and it's hard to do that when you're working around the clock.
[00:03:28] And also Thanksgiving came late this year, and we've talked about that as well.
[00:03:32] Well, our problem reminds me of the old joke that I used to tell when I was a kid,
[00:03:36] which was what do they call a white man surrounded by five blacks?
[00:03:41] Coach.
[00:03:41] What do they call a white man surrounded by ten blacks?
[00:03:44] Quarterback.
[00:03:45] What do they call a white man surrounded by a hundred blacks?
[00:03:48] Warden.
[00:03:49] And finally, what do they call a white man surrounded by a thousand or more blacks?
[00:03:54] Postmaster.
[00:03:55] I hear that is not an exaggeration.
[00:03:57] And this is the most challenging part of my job.
[00:04:01] I actually had received so much email, we had to put a post up on the blog about it this week
[00:04:07] and send out an email to the list.
[00:04:09] But this is a challenging part of my job.
[00:04:13] Dealing with the U.S. Postal Service or any part of the federal government
[00:04:19] is unfortunately a losing proposition now.
[00:04:22] So here's the situation, folks.
[00:04:26] Over the course of the past 20 years, it's not an exaggeration to say that we have dealt with
[00:04:32] hundreds of thousands of pieces of mail.
[00:04:35] And that is no exaggeration.
[00:04:37] If you take into account the quarterly mailers, that's four times a year times 20 years,
[00:04:42] the shipments, the order, fulfillments, event announcements, reply to the mail we receive on a daily basis,
[00:04:49] replies to that mail.
[00:04:50] I think it's not an exaggeration to say in the low hundreds of thousands.
[00:04:54] That's how many parcels, how many letters both we've received and have sent out over the years.
[00:05:00] And I'm not like Alex Jones on this.
[00:05:03] I don't believe that the Illuminati, you know, everything that happens, Alex Jones,
[00:05:07] is the Illuminati or the Chai Combs.
[00:05:09] Blankes everybody except the Jews.
[00:05:12] But I don't believe that the Illuminati or the Chai Combs infiltrated the local post office here.
[00:05:17] I don't believe that my home delivery person is a member of the Bilderbergers or anything like that.
[00:05:24] I don't think that all things are conspiracies or false flags.
[00:05:28] I'm calm, cool, and collected when I deal with matters, and I deal with them with great precision.
[00:05:33] I don't like to sound alarms prematurely.
[00:05:36] You can only do that so many times, and I don't think we've ever done that.
[00:05:39] But I've been doing this for a long time, long enough to know when something's legitimately off.
[00:05:44] So, of course, let me say this, that anyone who knows me well knows that I am a perfectionist to the point of obsession.
[00:05:52] I pay attention to details, and I micromanage things to my own detriment at times, perhaps.
[00:05:57] But that's my dedication to you to get the job done right.
[00:06:01] And I also track everything.
[00:06:03] You know, talking about all those people, think of all the gifts we've mailed out for these quarter fundraising drives going back many, many years.
[00:06:10] We track everything.
[00:06:11] Everything.
[00:06:12] Everything we have ever sent out, we personally track to make sure it's delivered.
[00:06:17] Every single thing.
[00:06:18] We don't wait to hear from you.
[00:06:19] We track it ourselves until it says, green checkmark, it's been delivered.
[00:06:23] And that's just my level of commitment to service to TPC's donors.
[00:06:27] So when I say I respect and I appreciate you and we go the extra mile, we try to go to the extra mile for you, I mean it.
[00:06:32] But back to this current situation.
[00:06:35] So the day after Thanksgiving, we started mailing out our Christmas fundraising letter, newsletter, quarterly update.
[00:06:43] And we mailed out a badge the day after Thanksgiving, which was November the 29th.
[00:06:49] On November 30th, December 1st was a Sunday.
[00:06:51] We mailed out on December 2nd, 3rd, and 4th as well.
[00:06:55] But the November 30th badge was the one in question here.
[00:06:58] That badge did not go out.
[00:06:59] Now, how do I know that?
[00:07:01] Well, I mail one to myself every day.
[00:07:03] So when I received all of the letters except for the ones sent out on November 30th, I was receiving the ones mailed after November 30th.
[00:07:09] I got suspicious.
[00:07:10] So I called up a few folks who were also on that list, and none of them had received it either.
[00:07:15] So this constitutes about a fifth of our mailing list.
[00:07:18] This is a substantial number of people.
[00:07:22] And I know that a letter mailed on November 30th would have definitely been delivered to my home at least a week later.
[00:07:28] Normally two or three days, and that's pushing it.
[00:07:34] And so I knew that, you know, maybe it had gotten lost, but somebody else would have gotten theirs.
[00:07:39] But nobody did.
[00:07:40] So I knew that none of that badge had gone out.
[00:07:42] So I went up to the post office, and I initiated this investigation a few days ago last week.
[00:07:50] And I didn't think that there was going to be a favorable outcome at that point.
[00:07:53] I'm not saying that I thought that somebody torched them, but I thought that they were definitely lost or misplaced.
[00:07:58] And my leadership style, again, this is not something that has happened before.
[00:08:03] Whether it was intentional or whether it was just negligence, we don't know, but the effect is the same.
[00:08:09] A large part of our fundraising went down the tank.
[00:08:13] Well, I'll get to that.
[00:08:16] It didn't, but it appeared to have.
[00:08:19] And there was something definitely going on.
[00:08:20] Again, we've done this for so long, something was off.
[00:08:23] But my leadership style is to take matters into my own hands.
[00:08:26] I'm not going to sit around and let chance dictate what happens.
[00:08:29] I'm going to make my own luck.
[00:08:30] So we sent out a duplicate letter to everyone who we believed had been on the missing batch in question on December the 9th.
[00:08:39] That was this Monday, this most recent Monday if you're listening live.
[00:08:43] Now, believe me, believe me, that pained me to do because I am also obsessive about being a good financial steward.
[00:08:50] And we have precious funds here, limited funds to keep our work going.
[00:08:55] And I don't like to waste a cent.
[00:08:56] Of course, the cost of a postage stamp has gone consistently up throughout.
[00:09:00] You're spending over a dollar every time you mail it out.
[00:09:02] It's 73 cents for the stamp.
[00:09:04] You got the letter.
[00:09:06] You got the envelope.
[00:09:08] You're over a dollar into this thing.
[00:09:11] And so we don't like to waste a cent.
[00:09:13] But it was too important and too time sensitive to not do something.
[00:09:18] It's a Christmas newsletter with gift incentives, and they simply have to get out.
[00:09:22] So this is a big deal.
[00:09:23] And also, you know, because direct mail is still the most effective way to communicate.
[00:09:28] Just ask more stees.
[00:09:30] Emails don't even come close.
[00:09:32] Even what we say here on the radio doesn't get a response like direct mail does.
[00:09:35] So we sent out a second letter on December the 9th, this most recent Monday.
[00:09:39] It's costly, but I deemed it necessary.
[00:09:41] Now, here's where the plot thickens.
[00:09:43] Here's where the plot thickens.
[00:09:44] I sent one to my home, as I always do.
[00:09:49] And what I send to myself is identical to the ones that the donors receive, that our supporters receive.
[00:09:54] And I also, though this time, slipped in the middle of the pile a letter that was in a plain envelope that was addressed to TPC's PO box, our business mailing address.
[00:10:05] Two days later, the nondescript letter was delivered to the PO box, but the TPC letter was not delivered to my home.
[00:10:11] So by this point, by this point, I'm on full alert to the point where I start looking up the laws pertaining to the intentional sabotage of mail.
[00:10:22] And actually, I've got them here.
[00:10:23] Now, listen to this.
[00:10:25] I know a lot of you know how this story ends already, but I'm going to explain how we got there.
[00:10:28] And if I can find this.
[00:10:32] Keith, do a song and dance.
[00:10:33] I should have had this pulled up.
[00:10:35] Well, what did they say?
[00:10:37] The more things change, the more they stay the same.
[00:10:39] The music's already playing.
[00:10:40] Well, that's good that the music's playing.
[00:10:41] That'll give me a chance to look this up.
[00:10:43] And we'll do a quick end of this story.
[00:10:45] I think, you know, by the end of it, we'll all have a laugh.
[00:10:49] But it is something I want to tell you what happened in the detail that you deserve.
[00:10:55] And then we've got to get on to the rest of the show, as they say.
[00:10:59] Stay tuned.
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[00:13:39] Well, if nothing else, this is a cathartic exercise for me just to sit here and have a little open discussion about this with everyone.
[00:13:46] So where the plot thickens was when we sent out the replacement letter to this one-fifth of the list affected,
[00:13:55] the one that was in an envelope that didn't reveal it was from TPC gets delivered, but the other one doesn't.
[00:14:02] Now, the one going to my P.O. box is not, that's a different route.
[00:14:06] But the one I mailed to my home, which was the one that the donors would have received, also didn't come.
[00:14:10] So that's two now.
[00:14:11] So I'm looking up the laws on sabotaging mail, and this is what comes up.
[00:14:18] Sabotaging mail, which includes destroying, tampering with, or obstructing the delivery of mail, is a federal offense.
[00:14:24] Of course, I guess you all knew that.
[00:14:25] But it reads that penalties for mail sabotage can include significant fines and up to five years in prison.
[00:14:37] So this is a serious deal, and examples of mail sabotage include opening someone else's mail, destroying mail, hiding mail,
[00:14:44] tampering with mailboxes, or the intentional delaying of mail delivery, which I think, well, I guess intentional is the key word there.
[00:14:52] But now, just because that's the law, Keith, that doesn't mean we can't change it.
[00:14:55] Is that not right?
[00:14:56] Because we certainly, there was a law about what constituted libel, and we got that when we actually rewrote that law.
[00:15:02] So we got that done in about six months.
[00:15:04] So don't ever let anyone tell you TPC hasn't actually changed things legislatively speaking.
[00:15:09] In the state of Michigan, it was a state law.
[00:15:10] We filed that case in state court.
[00:15:13] It wasn't a federal law, but the state of Michigan.
[00:15:15] That law was against our interests.
[00:15:17] Hopefully with the election of Trump, we'll start seeing some movement in the other direction.
[00:15:20] I tell you what, he needs, I know there's a lot of things we need fixing here, but somewhere the post office needs to be on this.
[00:15:26] But anyway, so I'm thinking this is sabotaged at this point, because why would one letter be delivered, but the TPC would not?
[00:15:33] But I just so happened to be checking my mail at the exact same time that my neighbor was.
[00:15:38] And she said, hey, James, have you gotten any mail this week?
[00:15:41] And I said, well, you know, you're not going to believe it.
[00:15:43] I've got a story for you.
[00:15:44] And she knows what I do and how much mail we deal with.
[00:15:48] And I was telling her this whole story.
[00:15:49] And she said, well, you know, the thing is, here on this route, though, I haven't gotten any mail all week either.
[00:15:55] And I think Laquanda's sick.
[00:15:59] And when Laquanda's, this is our mail delivery bird, when Laquanda's sick.
[00:16:05] Quality goes down.
[00:16:06] Well, they're so short-staffed that there's no backup.
[00:16:11] So when she's sick, the mail just doesn't run those days.
[00:16:14] Well, the part-timers that fill in are just not up to par with the other regulars oftentimes.
[00:16:21] Well, if you have a part-timer.
[00:16:23] Out here on the frontier, we don't even have a part-timer.
[00:16:25] So if the regular person's out, then you're just done.
[00:16:28] And her off day is Thursday, so the mail just doesn't run on Thursday.
[00:16:32] I didn't know that.
[00:16:34] She had called the post office.
[00:16:36] So anyway, long story short, the next day, I guess, apparently she was at work.
[00:16:46] It did get delivered.
[00:16:47] And by that time, I am beginning to hear that others had received theirs too.
[00:16:56] And so a listener up in Illinois said he got both of his.
[00:17:01] One was postmarked December 9th.
[00:17:03] That was the one we mailed out.
[00:17:04] Another one postmarked December 6th.
[00:17:06] Now, this is interesting.
[00:17:07] We didn't mail anything on December the 6th.
[00:17:09] We mailed them out on November 29th, 30th, December 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
[00:17:14] I went up to the post office and filed this complaint on December the 5th.
[00:17:22] What and behold, on December the 6th, something gets postmarked.
[00:17:25] So, you know, it would have been helpful.
[00:17:27] This batch that went out on December the 6th or postmarked December 6th were actually mailed out a week prior.
[00:17:35] They just started getting flushed through the pipeline a week later.
[00:17:37] And it was still almost another week before they actually started hitting mailboxes.
[00:17:41] So you're talking about a two-week turnaround time.
[00:17:43] Now, I don't know what happened.
[00:17:47] If they could have at least called.
[00:17:49] They could have called and said, hey, Mr. Edwards, we did find your mail.
[00:17:52] And we're going to move it on through the system now.
[00:17:54] Apologies.
[00:17:55] I wasn't unaware of this at the time that it was starting to move or else I wouldn't have sent the second letter this week.
[00:18:00] So, anyway, have a little fun with that, folks, if you're part of that one-fifth of the list who are going to get two pieces of mail from us this week.
[00:18:10] Some of them include Christmas cards.
[00:18:12] And I think there's going to be that second batch is going to be a slightly different card.
[00:18:16] So you can play a little game with that and see if you can spot the differences.
[00:18:19] But, yeah, it had to be done.
[00:18:22] It did ultimately turn out to be unnecessary to send to.
[00:18:26] But leaving it to chance could have been catastrophic because we have to fire at about 100% efficiency.
[00:18:32] It may seem mundane to some of you, but this is our life and, you know, everything that, you know, basically it's our lifeline.
[00:18:44] Well, for instance, a listener in Missouri contacted me.
[00:18:49] Again, we've got a lot of people contacted us this week over this.
[00:18:52] And thank you for caring, first of all.
[00:18:55] And thank you for letting me know because if you don't tell us what's going on, we don't know.
[00:18:58] Another one from New Mexico.
[00:19:00] Well, a lot of people have contacted.
[00:19:02] But this lady in Missouri specifically said she received both letters today.
[00:19:08] So the one that we mailed out on November the 30th, she received today, December the 14th.
[00:19:14] Now, that's first-class mail.
[00:19:16] That's not bulk mail.
[00:19:17] This is first-class mail, premium postage, half a month for her to get that.
[00:19:23] Now, if somebody gets it after half a month and it takes them that long to return their thoughtful consideration, their support, you're talking about a full month to send a letter to someone and receive one back.
[00:19:38] That is absolutely unacceptable.
[00:19:39] And it is damaging to us.
[00:19:42] It's damaging because you're talking about a lot of times people don't have to make a decision on whether or not.
[00:19:49] And then on the other hand, we're very glad that we have the U.S. Postal Service because every other source of communication has been denied to us.
[00:19:59] Well, that's right.
[00:20:01] That is right.
[00:20:01] And there's no doubt about that.
[00:20:03] All of our eggs are in the post office bag, quite literally.
[00:20:08] But I received this from a listener just before the show, actually, talking about how the quality of service had been going downhill for years at the post office even before COVID.
[00:20:21] However, COVID just gave another excuse for non-performance.
[00:20:25] And he says that we're likely never to recover.
[00:20:27] In many ways, it was a mortal wound to this nation.
[00:20:29] If you didn't grow up in the 60s or 70s, you'll never know what has been lost.
[00:20:33] Does anyone remember when the USPS made twice daily deliveries, he asks?
[00:20:38] I remember when they said neither ice nor snow nor gloom of night can keep the postman from his appointed rounds.
[00:20:46] I remember that was a thing that we heard when I was a child in school.
[00:20:51] That's actually posted at the Arlington Post Office branch here in the Memphis area.
[00:20:56] But another listener sent me this.
[00:21:00] Now listen to this.
[00:21:00] In the early days of the Parcel Post, a few parents managed to mail their children to relatives.
[00:21:05] In 1913, an eight-month-old baby in Ohio was mailed to his parents by his grandmother who lived a few miles away, and the baby was safely delivered.
[00:21:17] If you mailed a baby now, he'd be in college before he got delivered.
[00:21:23] And listen, I don't want to be paranoid about this stuff, but we are not a normal organization.
[00:21:29] We actually are under constant attack.
[00:21:31] So we have to be vigilant in ways and have to consider things that most postal service clients wouldn't have to.
[00:21:39] And so again, Keith, as you mentioned, no online processing.
[00:21:43] By the way, we were the first to lose that amongst advocates.
[00:21:47] People in our acquaintance, you know, people in the wide advocacy realm.
[00:21:52] It's true.
[00:21:54] We lost online processing the first time in 2006.
[00:21:59] In 2006, I guarantee you, everyone you know still had online processing.
[00:22:03] We were the first ones to lose it.
[00:22:06] And, of course, we hopped back on with some other providers, and then one by one, Stripe, Square, you name it, they were all denied us.
[00:22:18] And now when we fill out an application, we're denied instantly.
[00:22:23] And so we have been shut down by every credit card payment processor in the universe.
[00:22:28] And so that was 50% of what we would receive would come in online, and 50% would come in through the mail at the time of our final and ultimate banning from credit card processing from our blacklisting, yes.
[00:22:42] And now all of our eggs are in the post office's bag, and it is the way we receive the support that we need to stay alive.
[00:22:50] In the only way.
[00:22:50] Yeah, it is.
[00:22:51] So that's it.
[00:22:52] And listen, again, this is just one time.
[00:22:54] This is just one time.
[00:22:56] We've done these quarterly things for 20 years, and this was just one shipment.
[00:23:02] But, again, even with that, it's enough to cause a lot of trouble.
[00:23:07] And you don't want it to be a case where it is, you know, potentially getting spiked, and then you've got a really big problem because you're going to have to be on your toes for that all the time.
[00:23:16] But ultimately they did.
[00:23:17] I don't know if they were going to flush out or if it was my inquiry that got it going, but they did get delivered.
[00:23:23] But it took two weeks, and that's just not good.
[00:23:27] By the way, go to Google.
[00:23:29] Google the Bartlett, Tennessee post office.
[00:23:32] United States Post Office, Bartlett, Tennessee, and read the Google reviews.
[00:23:35] You'll know what I'm dealing with.
[00:23:37] Read them.
[00:23:39] And I use all of them.
[00:23:40] The criticism they get, the more they draw in their horns and, you know, refuse to change.
[00:23:47] Just read it, folks.
[00:23:48] I'm not going to read it.
[00:23:49] It's the most horrible reviews you could possibly imagine.
[00:23:53] And I know all the local stations around here, and I use them all.
[00:23:56] I constantly am at post offices.
[00:23:58] When we go out of town, my wife always points out a post office.
[00:24:00] There's your post office.
[00:24:02] And I actually take work with me when we are out of town.
[00:24:05] They actually do that.
[00:24:06] That's their vacation to go from one post office to another.
[00:24:10] When I do go into one, and the clerks look a little more like me and a little less like Joy Reed, I feel euphoric.
[00:24:18] It just is the most incredible thing to experience.
[00:24:21] And you could actually do a TV show here in Memphis about the local post offices and just the day-to-day stuff.
[00:24:29] Irregular hours, the long line.
[00:24:32] You've got three or four people in line.
[00:24:33] You're going to be there half a day.
[00:24:35] It's the employment of choice for the black race in Memphis.
[00:24:37] I can tell you that.
[00:24:38] We will be right back.
[00:24:40] We will be right back, and we are going to shift gears and get so many things to get to tonight.
[00:24:47] We've got a couple of great guests to help us get to them, Brad Griffin and Jason Kessler.
[00:24:50] Stay tuned.
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[00:25:59] Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is in direct contact with a Syrian rebel group
[00:26:05] that led the overthrow of Bashar Assad's government,
[00:26:08] despite its designation as a foreign terrorist organization.
[00:26:12] Most countries here have, in one way or another,
[00:26:14] become entangled in the civil war at some stage during its 13-year march,
[00:26:18] and each brings their own interests and concerns.
[00:26:21] But key to today's discussions was the American demand that whoever runs Syria
[00:26:26] does so in a non-sectarian way that doesn't pose a threat to surrounding countries.
[00:26:31] That's BBC correspondent Tom Bateman reporting.
[00:26:34] Former soccer player Mikhail Kavalashvili has become president of Georgia
[00:26:39] as the ruling party tightens his grip in what the opposition calls
[00:26:45] a blow to the country's EU aspirations and a victory for Russia.
[00:26:51] Kavalashvili easily won Saturday's vote.
[00:26:54] News and analysis at townhall.com.
[00:27:01] Elsewhere, today is marking National Wreaths Across America Day.
[00:27:06] Recalling that Memorial Day began as Decoration Day.
[00:27:10] In a similar way, wreaths across America has grown as a tradition since 1992.
[00:27:15] An estimated 2 million people took part this year at more than 4,600 locations
[00:27:20] across all 50 U.S. states at sea and abroad,
[00:27:23] most notably at our nation's most hallowed grounds,
[00:27:26] Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from our nation's capital.
[00:27:30] Green Christmas wreaths with distinctive red bows were set at grave sites
[00:27:35] to honor the lives of those who have served our nation
[00:27:37] as well as family members who are laid together at rest.
[00:27:40] George Williams reporting.
[00:27:42] The Supreme Court says it'll take up a business-backed appeal
[00:27:45] that could make it easier to challenge federal regulations
[00:27:49] acting in a dispute related to California's nation-leading standards for vehicle emissions.
[00:27:55] More on these stories at townhall.com.
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[00:29:03] My name is John Hill.
[00:29:05] I'm a descendant of General A.P. Hill
[00:29:07] and the founder of the A.P. Hill Legacy Foundation.
[00:29:09] In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene,
[00:29:11] I rented a box truck and set out on a mission to help the victims.
[00:29:14] I was in North Carolina for weeks,
[00:29:16] and I brought out four truckloads of supplies,
[00:29:19] 60 generators,
[00:29:20] gave out over $130,000 directly to families
[00:29:23] who were not getting help from the federal government.
[00:29:25] I rented heavy equipment for communities to fix driveways and roads,
[00:29:28] and I put families up at hotels.
[00:29:30] The media has seemed to forget about these people,
[00:29:33] and they still need our help.
[00:29:34] If you would like to donate this Christmas season,
[00:29:37] my Give, Send, Go is
[00:29:38] givesendgo.com
[00:29:40] slash
[00:29:40] G-D-E-P-E
[00:29:42] Anything you give is going directly to these people.
[00:29:46] Once again, it's
[00:29:47] givesendgo.com
[00:29:48] slash
[00:29:49] G-D-E-P-E
[00:29:50] Thank you,
[00:29:51] God bless,
[00:29:52] and God save the South.
[00:30:09] Jingle bells swing
[00:30:13] Snowing and blowing
[00:30:15] A bushels of fun
[00:30:17] Now the jingle hop has begun
[00:30:20] Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
[00:30:25] Jingle bells timing
[00:30:27] Jingle bell time
[00:30:29] Dancing and prancing
[00:30:31] In jingle bell square
[00:30:32] In the frosty air
[00:31:08] Oh, that's good stuff, Keith.
[00:31:09] At the end of the day, it's still Christmas time,
[00:31:11] and as bad as things may be
[00:31:13] and whatever frustrations you may have,
[00:31:15] this makes it a lot better.
[00:31:17] Bobby Helms
[00:31:19] in 1957
[00:31:20] went together.
[00:31:21] I tell you, that was the best year
[00:31:23] of his entire
[00:31:26] show business career.
[00:31:27] He not only had jingle bell rock,
[00:31:29] he also had his
[00:31:31] other
[00:31:31] big hit
[00:31:33] Special Angel
[00:31:34] You Are My Special Angel.
[00:31:36] We ought to play that sometime, too.
[00:31:37] We can sing it.
[00:31:38] Okay.
[00:31:39] You do it.
[00:31:41] You are my special angel
[00:31:47] Sometimes I regret.
[00:31:51] That's good.
[00:31:52] No, that was good, James.
[00:31:53] Well, normally you join in.
[00:31:55] I was waiting for you to take the next line,
[00:31:56] and you normally...
[00:31:58] The Lord
[00:31:59] smiled down on me
[00:32:01] and sent
[00:32:03] an angel
[00:32:04] to love.
[00:32:05] That's very good.
[00:32:08] You can see why we are not singers.
[00:32:11] But, hey, speaking of music,
[00:32:13] dealing with this post office debacle,
[00:32:16] I, listen, we fired up,
[00:32:18] I fired up
[00:32:19] Please, Mr. Postman
[00:32:20] and returned to sender
[00:32:21] and went to work
[00:32:22] getting this second batch out.
[00:32:24] And by the way,
[00:32:25] another email just came in.
[00:32:26] Thank you so much
[00:32:27] for sending it.
[00:32:28] He received both letters today
[00:32:30] as well.
[00:32:31] So he received the one mail
[00:32:32] November 30th
[00:32:33] and the one mail
[00:32:34] December 9th
[00:32:35] both today.
[00:32:36] You do the math on that
[00:32:37] and figure it out if you can.
[00:32:38] But I actually will make
[00:32:38] a political point about this
[00:32:40] and then we'll get on
[00:32:40] to the rest of the show.
[00:32:42] Hopefully you like us
[00:32:43] taking you behind the scenes
[00:32:45] on some of this.
[00:32:46] But just to read,
[00:32:47] this is just our local branch
[00:32:49] that we use.
[00:32:52] And here are the reviews.
[00:32:53] And I'm going to do it
[00:32:54] like I did the David Duke stuff
[00:32:55] last week.
[00:32:55] I'm not going to cherry pick
[00:32:57] reviews that give me
[00:32:57] some confirmation bias.
[00:32:59] I'm just going to read
[00:33:00] like the top six or seven
[00:33:01] in a row here
[00:33:02] and get it started.
[00:33:05] So here it is.
[00:33:06] The first review up,
[00:33:07] if you go,
[00:33:07] if you type in
[00:33:09] USPS Bartlett, Tennessee
[00:33:11] and you go to the Google reviews,
[00:33:12] the first one,
[00:33:13] one star,
[00:33:14] very ghetto.
[00:33:15] The second one,
[00:33:16] one star.
[00:33:17] This has to be
[00:33:18] the worst post office
[00:33:19] in America.
[00:33:22] The staff is terrible
[00:33:23] and dismissive
[00:33:24] to our face
[00:33:25] in our encounters always.
[00:33:29] The next one,
[00:33:30] one star.
[00:33:30] Preparing to go
[00:33:31] to this location.
[00:33:32] They are very rude
[00:33:33] and have underlying issues.
[00:33:35] I don't want
[00:33:35] the dark-skinned women
[00:33:36] assisting me.
[00:33:37] This is all the Google reviews
[00:33:38] here.
[00:33:40] Another one,
[00:33:40] one star.
[00:33:42] This branch has a lot
[00:33:43] of issues that needs
[00:33:44] to be addressed.
[00:33:45] Google says it opens
[00:33:46] at 8 a.m.
[00:33:46] However,
[00:33:47] when you get there,
[00:33:48] nobody is available
[00:33:49] to assist.
[00:33:50] Another one.
[00:33:51] It's 820
[00:33:52] and no one
[00:33:54] is here to open
[00:33:54] the gate.
[00:33:55] Really sad and pathetic.
[00:33:56] I mean,
[00:33:56] damn,
[00:33:57] it's a whole line
[00:33:58] behind me
[00:33:58] and no one's here.
[00:33:59] They're supposed
[00:34:00] to be open.
[00:34:00] They're large and in charge.
[00:34:02] It goes on and on
[00:34:03] and on.
[00:34:03] A lot of them
[00:34:04] talking about them
[00:34:05] not keeping the posted hours
[00:34:06] and I'm talking about
[00:34:07] and I use this branch.
[00:34:09] This is our branch
[00:34:10] that we run our business
[00:34:11] out of.
[00:34:13] And
[00:34:14] mail is getting
[00:34:15] delivered to us.
[00:34:16] It was a question
[00:34:17] of getting this one batch out.
[00:34:18] Yes,
[00:34:19] it's slow.
[00:34:19] Yes,
[00:34:20] it's frustrating
[00:34:20] but ultimately
[00:34:21] normally
[00:34:21] they do deliver
[00:34:22] but it is bad.
[00:34:24] Okay,
[00:34:24] it's bad
[00:34:25] and this is really bad.
[00:34:26] You know,
[00:34:27] they're large
[00:34:27] and in charge
[00:34:28] and they'll deliver
[00:34:29] the mail
[00:34:30] when they damn well
[00:34:31] please to do it.
[00:34:32] When it takes,
[00:34:33] you know,
[00:34:34] two weeks to get
[00:34:35] over two weeks
[00:34:36] to get a letter out
[00:34:37] that there's something
[00:34:37] wrong with that
[00:34:39] when you're paying
[00:34:39] the first class freight
[00:34:41] and
[00:34:42] it is true
[00:34:43] that they have
[00:34:44] their hours posted
[00:34:45] on the window
[00:34:45] on the door
[00:34:46] and online
[00:34:47] and they
[00:34:49] open late
[00:34:50] and they close early.
[00:34:51] they sometimes
[00:34:52] are closed
[00:34:53] in the middle
[00:34:53] of the day.
[00:34:53] You can go
[00:34:54] and they'll just
[00:34:55] not be there.
[00:34:56] The lights will be off
[00:34:56] and the doors are locked
[00:34:57] and no explanation.
[00:34:58] There's just nobody there.
[00:34:59] I guess they didn't
[00:34:59] want to come in
[00:35:00] that day.
[00:35:01] I see that a lot.
[00:35:02] I don't know
[00:35:03] if it's like that nationwide.
[00:35:04] I know brother Sam Dixon
[00:35:05] tells me it's like that
[00:35:06] in Atlanta.
[00:35:07] Of course,
[00:35:07] Atlanta and Memphis
[00:35:08] have some common denominators
[00:35:09] but
[00:35:11] you could do
[00:35:12] a TV show.
[00:35:13] If there is
[00:35:13] anybody out there
[00:35:14] who has
[00:35:15] some sort of a line
[00:35:16] to a Hollywood producer
[00:35:17] or a TV exec,
[00:35:19] you could do
[00:35:20] a TV show
[00:35:21] on the local
[00:35:23] Memphis post office
[00:35:24] and it would be great.
[00:35:26] I think
[00:35:27] Samford and Son
[00:35:28] pale by comparison.
[00:35:31] Sometimes when I go
[00:35:32] there's a bum
[00:35:33] that'll be asleep
[00:35:34] in a garbage sack
[00:35:35] outside.
[00:35:35] If I see five
[00:35:36] or six people
[00:35:36] in line
[00:35:37] I think about
[00:35:39] paying him
[00:35:39] to wait in line
[00:35:41] and I know
[00:35:41] I'll have about
[00:35:42] an hour,
[00:35:42] hour and a half
[00:35:42] to go run
[00:35:43] other errands
[00:35:44] and then he can
[00:35:45] just hold my place
[00:35:45] in line
[00:35:46] but
[00:35:47] there's also a guy
[00:35:48] he's retired now.
[00:35:49] You're not going
[00:35:50] to believe this.
[00:35:50] You're going to think
[00:35:51] I'm making this up
[00:35:52] but
[00:35:54] there was
[00:35:55] he's retired now
[00:35:56] but for years
[00:35:57] he was at this
[00:35:57] local station
[00:35:59] a white guy
[00:36:00] old white guy
[00:36:00] always wore a sweater
[00:36:02] one of those sweaters
[00:36:03] that would button
[00:36:04] up the middle
[00:36:05] but he wore it
[00:36:06] you know
[00:36:06] like Mr. Rogers
[00:36:07] yeah like Mr. Rogers
[00:36:08] exactly like Mr. Rogers
[00:36:10] and he had a pocket
[00:36:11] protector with
[00:36:11] I swear
[00:36:12] 87 pens
[00:36:14] and pencils
[00:36:14] in his pocket
[00:36:17] and
[00:36:18] he knew me
[00:36:19] he said
[00:36:20] you're the
[00:36:20] we knew each other
[00:36:21] for years
[00:36:22] but the first time
[00:36:23] he recognized
[00:36:23] you're the guy
[00:36:24] that does
[00:36:24] the political cesspool
[00:36:26] and
[00:36:27] but he knew
[00:36:27] a lot of people
[00:36:29] he knew a lot
[00:36:30] of people
[00:36:30] in our
[00:36:31] in our ranks
[00:36:31] and I
[00:36:32] was shocked
[00:36:32] that anybody
[00:36:33] now he was
[00:36:34] the only white guy
[00:36:35] at this branch
[00:36:35] but
[00:36:36] it was shocking
[00:36:37] to know
[00:36:38] that he knew
[00:36:38] so much
[00:36:39] but he was
[00:36:40] a confederate
[00:36:40] reenactor
[00:36:41] and he had
[00:36:42] a car
[00:36:42] that had
[00:36:43] about 50
[00:36:44] confederate bumper
[00:36:45] stickers
[00:36:45] and I've been
[00:36:47] to this post office
[00:36:47] so much
[00:36:48] I've seen
[00:36:48] everybody
[00:36:49] come in
[00:36:49] come out
[00:36:50] I've seen
[00:36:50] start of shifts
[00:36:51] end of shifts
[00:36:53] in between
[00:36:54] and
[00:36:55] every time he would
[00:36:56] come out
[00:36:56] and open his register
[00:36:57] he would bring
[00:36:57] a little cannon
[00:36:58] and put it
[00:37:00] on his cash register
[00:37:01] and a couple
[00:37:02] of army soldiers
[00:37:04] blue and gray
[00:37:05] and nobody cared
[00:37:07] he got along
[00:37:08] with everybody
[00:37:09] anyway
[00:37:10] I'm just telling you
[00:37:10] there's a cast
[00:37:11] of characters
[00:37:12] at these places
[00:37:12] that you wouldn't
[00:37:14] believe
[00:37:15] it wouldn't
[00:37:16] make a good
[00:37:16] TV show
[00:37:17] you hear the term
[00:37:18] going postal
[00:37:19] just being a customer
[00:37:20] makes me have
[00:37:21] very unhealthy
[00:37:21] thoughts
[00:37:23] I can't even
[00:37:24] imagine
[00:37:24] the psychological
[00:37:25] damage
[00:37:26] that actually
[00:37:26] working there
[00:37:27] would inflict
[00:37:28] but they do
[00:37:28] get government
[00:37:29] benefits Keith
[00:37:30] they get lots
[00:37:30] of days off
[00:37:31] Juneteenth
[00:37:32] King Day
[00:37:32] and what not
[00:37:33] I mean
[00:37:34] why don't
[00:37:34] whites work
[00:37:35] at the post office
[00:37:36] because
[00:37:37] black people
[00:37:38] get preference
[00:37:39] for government
[00:37:40] jobs
[00:37:40] and government
[00:37:41] jobs have a
[00:37:42] special allure
[00:37:43] to black people
[00:37:44] they much
[00:37:44] prefer those
[00:37:45] to these
[00:37:47] you know
[00:37:48] inferior jobs
[00:37:49] in the private
[00:37:50] sector
[00:37:50] they want
[00:37:51] to know
[00:37:51] that they
[00:37:53] can't be
[00:37:54] fired
[00:37:54] easily
[00:37:55] they know
[00:37:57] that they
[00:37:57] are entitled
[00:37:58] to promotions
[00:38:00] regardless of
[00:38:01] merit
[00:38:01] and it just
[00:38:03] fits right in
[00:38:04] with their
[00:38:05] lifestyle
[00:38:05] that's what
[00:38:06] they want
[00:38:07] that's what
[00:38:07] they expect
[00:38:07] a job to be
[00:38:08] some of them
[00:38:09] do a good
[00:38:10] job
[00:38:10] I've dealt
[00:38:11] with these
[00:38:12] people
[00:38:13] for decades
[00:38:15] some of
[00:38:16] them
[00:38:16] black or white
[00:38:17] they can do
[00:38:18] a good job
[00:38:19] but there is
[00:38:19] something very
[00:38:20] bad about
[00:38:21] the USPS
[00:38:23] we always
[00:38:24] send
[00:38:25] when you
[00:38:25] donate
[00:38:26] and you
[00:38:26] want one
[00:38:27] of the
[00:38:27] gift
[00:38:27] incentives
[00:38:28] we always
[00:38:28] send it
[00:38:29] priority
[00:38:29] mail
[00:38:29] we pay
[00:38:30] the top
[00:38:31] dollar
[00:38:31] to get
[00:38:32] it to
[00:38:32] you as
[00:38:32] quick
[00:38:32] as
[00:38:32] possible
[00:38:33] priority
[00:38:33] mail
[00:38:33] is
[00:38:33] guaranteed
[00:38:34] two to
[00:38:34] three day
[00:38:35] delivery
[00:38:35] and sometimes
[00:38:35] it's
[00:38:36] two to three
[00:38:36] weeks
[00:38:38] I know
[00:38:38] we sent
[00:38:39] one out
[00:38:39] to a
[00:38:40] listener
[00:38:41] and it
[00:38:42] took like
[00:38:43] nine days
[00:38:43] he just
[00:38:44] emailed me
[00:38:45] he got
[00:38:45] it
[00:38:45] by the way
[00:38:46] some people
[00:38:46] are already
[00:38:47] emailing
[00:38:48] us
[00:38:48] showing off
[00:38:49] their wares
[00:38:50] we have
[00:38:50] a great
[00:38:51] incentive
[00:38:51] package
[00:38:52] right now
[00:38:52] so don't
[00:38:54] stop
[00:38:54] giving
[00:38:56] just because
[00:38:56] we've had
[00:38:57] a little
[00:38:57] thing
[00:38:57] you gotta
[00:38:57] keep
[00:38:57] mailing
[00:38:58] them
[00:38:58] we will
[00:38:59] get it
[00:38:59] eventually
[00:39:00] send in
[00:39:01] the support
[00:39:01] we gotta
[00:39:02] do it
[00:39:02] through
[00:39:02] mail
[00:39:03] but
[00:39:04] some
[00:39:04] people
[00:39:04] have
[00:39:04] already
[00:39:05] sent me
[00:39:05] some
[00:39:05] emails
[00:39:06] of them
[00:39:06] with
[00:39:06] their
[00:39:06] ducats
[00:39:07] and these
[00:39:07] ducats
[00:39:08] these hats
[00:39:09] are 34
[00:39:10] years old
[00:39:10] and they look
[00:39:11] brand new
[00:39:11] they've just
[00:39:12] been sitting
[00:39:12] in a box
[00:39:13] in storage
[00:39:13] for 34
[00:39:14] years
[00:39:15] and they're
[00:39:16] pristine
[00:39:16] and their
[00:39:17] hand
[00:39:17] signed
[00:39:18] they're
[00:39:18] crisp
[00:39:18] and a lot
[00:39:19] of people
[00:39:19] are like
[00:39:20] this is
[00:39:20] great
[00:39:22] and some
[00:39:23] people are
[00:39:23] getting shadow
[00:39:24] boxes for
[00:39:24] these things
[00:39:25] but again
[00:39:26] folks
[00:39:26] $100 or
[00:39:27] more
[00:39:27] you're gonna
[00:39:27] get
[00:39:28] Lou Moore's
[00:39:28] signed
[00:39:29] book
[00:39:29] that was
[00:39:30] Ron Paul's
[00:39:30] campaign
[00:39:30] manager
[00:39:31] and chief
[00:39:31] of staff
[00:39:34] in Washington
[00:39:35] for another
[00:39:36] congressman
[00:39:37] Jack Metcalf
[00:39:38] but his
[00:39:38] book
[00:39:38] and above
[00:39:39] time
[00:39:40] coffee
[00:39:40] the studio
[00:39:41] smells so
[00:39:42] good
[00:39:42] it smelled
[00:39:43] so good
[00:39:43] for like
[00:39:44] three or
[00:39:45] four weeks
[00:39:46] because we
[00:39:46] got all
[00:39:46] this stuff
[00:39:47] in in
[00:39:47] advance
[00:39:47] so you're
[00:39:48] gonna get
[00:39:48] some coffee
[00:39:49] you're
[00:39:49] gonna get
[00:39:49] some discount
[00:39:50] coupons
[00:39:51] for above
[00:39:51] time
[00:39:51] you're
[00:39:52] gonna get
[00:39:52] a sample
[00:39:52] you're
[00:39:53] gonna get
[00:39:53] the book
[00:39:54] $175
[00:39:55] or more
[00:39:55] you get
[00:39:55] the hat
[00:39:56] and I'm
[00:39:56] telling you
[00:39:57] if you put
[00:39:57] this hat
[00:39:58] on eBay
[00:39:59] I guarantee
[00:40:00] you you're
[00:40:00] walking
[00:40:00] into equity
[00:40:01] I bet
[00:40:01] you money
[00:40:02] you could
[00:40:02] get more
[00:40:03] money
[00:40:03] than what
[00:40:03] we're
[00:40:04] and it
[00:40:04] helps
[00:40:04] us stay
[00:40:05] on the air
[00:40:05] and you
[00:40:05] get some
[00:40:05] good stuff
[00:40:06] and we're
[00:40:06] helping all
[00:40:06] these other
[00:40:07] people too
[00:40:07] so
[00:40:09] please give
[00:40:10] anyway
[00:40:10] we spent
[00:40:11] three segments
[00:40:11] on this
[00:40:12] we're not
[00:40:12] going to
[00:40:12] been another
[00:40:13] one
[00:40:13] but there
[00:40:13] is a
[00:40:14] political
[00:40:14] point to
[00:40:15] be made
[00:40:15] and by
[00:40:15] the way
[00:40:15] Canada
[00:40:16] we have
[00:40:17] a lot
[00:40:17] of listeners
[00:40:17] in Canada
[00:40:18] forget it
[00:40:18] the Canadian
[00:40:19] post office
[00:40:20] has been on
[00:40:21] strike since
[00:40:21] November
[00:40:22] they are
[00:40:23] totally shut
[00:40:24] down
[00:40:24] for over
[00:40:25] a month
[00:40:25] no mail
[00:40:26] has moved
[00:40:27] at all
[00:40:27] I was told
[00:40:28] by the local
[00:40:29] post office
[00:40:29] here when I
[00:40:30] was sending
[00:40:30] out some
[00:40:31] Christmas cards
[00:40:31] to people
[00:40:32] said forget
[00:40:33] about sending
[00:40:34] anything to
[00:40:35] Canada
[00:40:35] they're just
[00:40:36] in a deep
[00:40:37] freeze
[00:40:39] nothing
[00:40:40] no Christmas
[00:40:40] cards
[00:40:41] no mail
[00:40:41] and no end
[00:40:42] in sight
[00:40:42] to this
[00:40:43] strike
[00:40:43] in Canada
[00:40:44] so unfortunately
[00:40:45] I got a whole
[00:40:45] stack of
[00:40:46] letters and
[00:40:46] stuff that we
[00:40:47] wanted to send
[00:40:47] to our Canadian
[00:40:48] supporters
[00:40:49] it'd be a
[00:40:50] waste
[00:40:51] you wouldn't
[00:40:52] get it
[00:40:52] I mean
[00:40:53] they're here
[00:40:53] I'm trying
[00:40:53] to wait
[00:40:54] until the
[00:40:54] embargo is
[00:40:55] lifted
[00:40:56] and those
[00:40:58] international
[00:40:58] stamps are like
[00:40:59] two bucks
[00:40:59] maybe never
[00:41:00] we'll be right
[00:41:01] back
[00:41:02] hello there
[00:41:03] everyone
[00:41:03] it's Lacey
[00:41:04] again with a
[00:41:05] friendly reminder
[00:41:05] from James
[00:41:06] Edwards that
[00:41:07] TPC's Christmas
[00:41:08] fundraising drive
[00:41:09] is now
[00:41:09] underway
[00:41:10] and your
[00:41:10] response would
[00:41:11] mean so much
[00:41:12] to us
[00:41:12] 20 years ago
[00:41:13] this radio
[00:41:14] program was
[00:41:14] the first of
[00:41:15] its kind
[00:41:15] and paved
[00:41:16] the way
[00:41:16] for so many
[00:41:17] others that
[00:41:17] would follow
[00:41:17] today TPC
[00:41:19] continues to
[00:41:19] lead the way
[00:41:20] in mainstreaming
[00:41:21] our movement
[00:41:21] by attractively
[00:41:22] presenting our
[00:41:23] message in a
[00:41:24] way that comes
[00:41:25] across as
[00:41:25] well-reasoned
[00:41:26] relatable and
[00:41:27] trustworthy
[00:41:27] we remain so
[00:41:28] thankful for the
[00:41:29] relationship that
[00:41:30] we share with
[00:41:30] our incredible
[00:41:31] audience
[00:41:32] nothing would
[00:41:32] be possible
[00:41:33] without you
[00:41:34] and it continues
[00:41:34] to be an honor
[00:41:35] to serve you
[00:41:36] as our 20th
[00:41:37] anniversary year
[00:41:38] comes to a
[00:41:38] close in
[00:41:39] December we look
[00:41:39] forward to building
[00:41:40] on the unprecedented
[00:41:41] success we have
[00:41:42] shared together
[00:41:42] our Christmas
[00:41:43] fundraising drive
[00:41:44] is by far the
[00:41:45] most important of
[00:41:46] our quarterly
[00:41:46] appeals and we
[00:41:48] would be thrilled
[00:41:48] if you could
[00:41:49] remember TPC
[00:41:50] during this season
[00:41:50] of hope and
[00:41:51] goodwill
[00:41:52] thank you for
[00:41:52] your support of
[00:41:53] this groundbreaking
[00:41:54] broadcast
[00:41:54] Merry Christmas to
[00:41:56] you and your
[00:41:56] family from all of
[00:41:57] us here at TPC
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[00:43:55] that's good stuff
[00:43:56] right there and I
[00:43:57] think that brings to
[00:43:58] mind the Christmas
[00:43:59] truce as we approach
[00:44:00] Christmas again of
[00:44:01] course that widespread
[00:44:02] but unofficial
[00:44:03] ceasefire along the
[00:44:04] Western Front around
[00:44:05] Christmas 1914
[00:44:07] 1914 110 years
[00:44:09] ago the week leading
[00:44:11] up to the holiday
[00:44:12] the German and
[00:44:12] British soldiers of
[00:44:14] course crossed
[00:44:14] trenches to exchange
[00:44:15] seasonal greetings
[00:44:16] and to talk in areas
[00:44:18] play soccer
[00:44:19] yeah football
[00:44:20] men and from both
[00:44:22] sides ventured into
[00:44:23] no man's land on
[00:44:24] Christmas Eve and
[00:44:24] Christmas Day to
[00:44:25] mingle and exchange
[00:44:26] food and souvenirs
[00:44:27] and there were joint
[00:44:28] burial ceremonies and
[00:44:29] prisoner swaps and
[00:44:31] several meetings that
[00:44:32] ended in carol singing
[00:44:34] that happened in World
[00:44:34] War II as well but
[00:44:36] not like this but men
[00:44:38] played games of
[00:44:39] football giving and
[00:44:41] took pictures together
[00:44:43] giving one of the
[00:44:44] most enduring images
[00:44:45] of the of the truce
[00:44:48] and you know thinking
[00:44:49] about that those world
[00:44:51] wars especially those
[00:44:52] world wars World War
[00:44:54] II even more so just
[00:44:56] so heartbreaking both
[00:44:57] sides so clearly
[00:44:59] why genocide is what it
[00:45:01] was they lost that war
[00:45:03] in catastrophic fashion
[00:45:05] I mean the very best and
[00:45:07] most fit of European
[00:45:08] mankind were decimated
[00:45:09] and it created a vacuum
[00:45:12] that has been filled by
[00:45:13] the weak the timid and
[00:45:14] the apologetic so this
[00:45:16] Christmas we've never
[00:45:17] really recovered from that
[00:45:18] genocide no and this
[00:45:20] Christmas I pray that
[00:45:21] our people never again
[00:45:22] go to war against one
[00:45:24] another but that was
[00:45:25] just a particular World
[00:45:26] War II and the enemies
[00:45:28] of the white race for
[00:45:29] example love this
[00:45:30] Ukrainian war because
[00:45:31] they love seeing two
[00:45:33] groups of white people
[00:45:34] Ukrainians and Russians
[00:45:35] killing one another off
[00:45:37] it's absolutely just a
[00:45:40] tragedy of civilizational
[00:45:42] proportions and at this
[00:45:44] Monday I could never
[00:45:47] forget my wife's birthday
[00:45:49] I never would there
[00:45:50] would never be a chance
[00:45:51] of it so but my wife's
[00:45:52] birthday is this Monday
[00:45:54] which happens to
[00:45:55] coincide with December
[00:45:58] 16th December 16th is
[00:46:01] also the day that the
[00:46:02] Battle of the Bulge
[00:46:03] began and I was born on
[00:46:05] June 22nd which is the
[00:46:06] day that Operation
[00:46:07] Barbarossa began so I
[00:46:09] guess we were meant for
[00:46:10] each other in that regard
[00:46:11] but those two historic
[00:46:14] offenses well my father
[00:46:15] was a GI in Patton's
[00:46:17] army during the Battle of
[00:46:19] the Bulge and he wound up
[00:46:20] getting two bronze stars
[00:46:21] did he fight for the
[00:46:22] right side well I don't
[00:46:24] know that he did
[00:46:28] but still the gallantry
[00:46:30] and the heroism of of
[00:46:32] that is it cannot ever be
[00:46:35] taken away I mean they
[00:46:36] were fighting for what
[00:46:37] they told they needed to
[00:46:38] be fighting for Harry
[00:46:39] Cooper you know breaks it
[00:46:40] down so excellently every
[00:46:42] time we talked him about
[00:46:43] this but nevertheless it
[00:46:46] does not mute the
[00:46:48] devastation of it all but
[00:46:51] if you get a chance to
[00:46:53] watch the film Joey Noel
[00:46:55] there's a great fairly
[00:46:59] recent movie that has a
[00:47:01] good depiction of that
[00:47:05] Christmas truce of 1914
[00:47:07] overcame that to make the
[00:47:09] same mistake again or well
[00:47:11] you say mistakes I guess
[00:47:13] you could call it that but
[00:47:14] I mean certainly it was an
[00:47:14] engineered thing that that
[00:47:17] the leaders of the
[00:47:18] western governments were
[00:47:19] complicit in but that's not
[00:47:21] to say that the of course
[00:47:23] you know our boys were bad
[00:47:26] I mean it does bring up
[00:47:26] to mind the meme though
[00:47:30] these boats on D-Day as
[00:47:32] saying you know I'm over
[00:47:34] here for fighting for
[00:47:35] interracial marriage and
[00:47:37] transgenderism and all of
[00:47:39] that but no I mean you
[00:47:41] know obviously those were
[00:47:42] brave men okay fighting for
[00:47:45] a flawed cause seeking
[00:47:47] seeking speaking of mail
[00:47:49] let's go through because
[00:47:50] we have been getting it
[00:47:51] every day don't let me
[00:47:53] lead you to believe that
[00:47:55] the mail never is
[00:47:56] delivered we are getting
[00:47:56] your money we are
[00:47:58] getting your mail there
[00:47:58] was just one out of five
[00:48:00] of ours that we had
[00:48:01] that issue with Randy up
[00:48:04] in Iowa very nice card from
[00:48:06] Randy with his
[00:48:06] contribution thank you for
[00:48:08] that Randy and I know
[00:48:08] we're going to be getting a
[00:48:09] lot more now that a lot of
[00:48:10] people are getting theirs it
[00:48:11] took half a month but
[00:48:12] you're getting them Doug in
[00:48:14] Richmond Virginia the
[00:48:16] capital of the
[00:48:16] confederacy dear James
[00:48:18] Merry Christmas I
[00:48:19] appreciate what you do
[00:48:20] here's a donation to keep
[00:48:21] the show going further down
[00:48:22] the road well thank you for
[00:48:24] that here is one from John
[00:48:27] in California dear James
[00:48:29] wishing you and Keith and
[00:48:30] yours a blessed white
[00:48:33] Christmas looking forward
[00:48:34] to your guests this month
[00:48:35] he mentioned David Duke and
[00:48:37] last week Christine who
[00:48:39] aren't afraid to tell it like
[00:48:40] it is here's one from Pat
[00:48:42] Godwin she's a dear sweet
[00:48:44] lady down at Fort Dixie in
[00:48:47] Selma Alabama I mean she's
[00:48:49] talking about people I
[00:48:50] didn't mean lines I love
[00:48:51] her her late husband
[00:48:53] Butch they were here
[00:48:54] helping us defend
[00:48:55] Confederate Park against
[00:48:56] Al Sharpton in 2005 that's
[00:48:58] how far we go back and she
[00:48:59] sent in a nice handwritten
[00:49:00] note and her support and
[00:49:03] first time donor this is a
[00:49:06] great letter Keith dear Mr.
[00:49:07] Edwards I've been
[00:49:08] listening to the political
[00:49:09] cesspool for many years and
[00:49:10] want to thank you and Mr.
[00:49:12] Alexander and your guest
[00:49:12] and crew for doing an
[00:49:13] excellent job for the last
[00:49:16] 20 years educating informing
[00:49:18] and you're ever entertaining
[00:49:19] a broadcast more importantly
[00:49:21] I appreciate and this is
[00:49:22] important folks I want you
[00:49:23] to listen to this I
[00:49:24] appreciate the way you've
[00:49:25] been able to stay above the
[00:49:26] fray and all the different
[00:49:27] personalities and their
[00:49:28] rivalries in our struggle
[00:49:30] over the years I know it's
[00:49:31] been difficult I know how
[00:49:33] difficult rather that can be
[00:49:34] since I've been involved in
[00:49:35] our struggle for quite a while
[00:49:36] myself he talks about some of
[00:49:37] the people who he has worked
[00:49:38] with and it is an impressive
[00:49:40] list to be sure and he
[00:49:41] talks about how sometimes
[00:49:43] people have big egos and
[00:49:44] personalities and that they
[00:49:45] can't get along with one
[00:49:47] another and how that's been a
[00:49:49] point of frustration for him
[00:49:51] and that the only way for our
[00:49:52] people to prosper is for us to
[00:49:54] focus our efforts on those who
[00:49:55] are promoting our destruction
[00:49:57] and not our own internal drama
[00:49:59] and he talks about how big of a
[00:50:01] problem that is and how we and
[00:50:03] our team have been able to rise
[00:50:05] above it well thank you so much
[00:50:06] for that thank you for your
[00:50:07] contribution we have sent
[00:50:08] already to you and we are
[00:50:10] trying to get these out as
[00:50:11] quickly as possible these gift
[00:50:13] packages that are so good I'm so
[00:50:15] excited I mean when you add the
[00:50:18] book by Lou Moore the hat the
[00:50:20] coffee it's just a great package
[00:50:22] we want so many of you to get
[00:50:23] them before Christmas as we can
[00:50:25] so what you can do is if you
[00:50:27] intend to give this month you can
[00:50:31] email me james edwards at the
[00:50:32] political cesspool.org if you tell
[00:50:34] me you're going to give we'll put
[00:50:35] it in the mail even before you
[00:50:36] do and I'm happy to do that and
[00:50:39] by the way if you need to give
[00:50:41] online email me again james edwards
[00:50:44] at the political cesspool.org I
[00:50:45] thought you said well hang on a
[00:50:46] minute James you've been banned by
[00:50:47] everybody yes we have but we do
[00:50:51] have a backdoor private through a
[00:50:54] personal account not technically
[00:50:57] tied to the political cesspool if
[00:50:58] you put in the political cesspool you
[00:51:00] banned but we do have one we can't
[00:51:02] mention it publicly we can't post
[00:51:03] it publicly because the advocates
[00:51:05] of tolerance and diversity would be
[00:51:07] very intolerant of that but if you
[00:51:10] do need to donate online we have a
[00:51:11] backdoor that we have opened between
[00:51:13] now and at the end of this month to
[00:51:15] help aid this Christmas fundraising
[00:51:18] drive this beleaguered one under the
[00:51:20] circumstances so if you need to
[00:51:22] donate online email me james edwards
[00:51:24] at the political cesspool.org and we
[00:51:25] will privately tell you how you can do
[00:51:27] that just for this month only bill in
[00:51:31] Arlington Virginia Merry Christmas to
[00:51:33] you James and Keith the entire TPC
[00:51:35] listening audience God bless you and
[00:51:37] what you do beautiful card there from
[00:51:38] bill listener in Canada who has sent a
[00:51:44] letter ed up in British Columbia always
[00:51:46] love reading his updates so two of the
[00:51:48] dearest people I've ever met I don't
[00:51:52] think they'll mind me using their names
[00:51:54] bill and Ruth Ann up in middle Tennessee
[00:51:56] with a great book a new Thanksgiving
[00:51:58] tradition for our home they sent us a
[00:52:00] nice Thanksgiving time book and enjoyed
[00:52:05] reading that to the kids Gene Andrews
[00:52:07] you know even our guests get in on the
[00:52:09] action and help support the calls here and
[00:52:13] Gene talking about how what a good time
[00:52:15] he had meeting with Warren and Alan
[00:52:17] Baylog we set that up back in the fall
[00:52:19] we're always about plugging in people
[00:52:21] together Keith and getting people
[00:52:22] together and I'm so glad Gene had a
[00:52:24] good time with them he showed them the
[00:52:26] forest home and they had a good time
[00:52:29] and Virginia Abernathy with just a
[00:52:32] beautiful letter I'm not going to read
[00:52:35] it it's personal but you know we've
[00:52:37] worked with these people for so long and
[00:52:39] she longer than any I met Virginia
[00:52:41] during the Buchanan campaign I've
[00:52:42] literally known Virginia longer than
[00:52:44] anybody I've come in contact with as a
[00:52:46] result of this work and she's still she's
[00:52:50] still up there and kicking in Nashville
[00:52:52] and age-proof and waterproof wonderful
[00:52:54] wonderful lady so many of you so
[00:52:56] wonderful that this whole collective of
[00:52:58] ours our guests our audience our
[00:53:00] supporters the behind-the-scenes staff
[00:53:03] here at the network Sam and Jay and
[00:53:05] Liz and everybody who helps us go in the
[00:53:09] studio the producers and yeah it's it's
[00:53:14] just it's great it's great so I think
[00:53:17] yes this first hour we spent a little
[00:53:19] time on that that otherwise would have
[00:53:21] been spent on other things but I
[00:53:24] promise you we're gonna double down on
[00:53:27] the rest of it all in the next two hours
[00:53:28] we're gonna cover about two dozen
[00:53:30] different topics with Brad Griffin and
[00:53:32] Jason Kessler I think this time of year
[00:53:35] is a time of year you can just kind of
[00:53:36] settle down a little bit take it a little
[00:53:38] bit slow just talk about things that are
[00:53:40] going on share a little bit of feedback
[00:53:41] from the audience and I know a lot more
[00:53:44] going to be coming in now that
[00:53:45] everything has finally been delivered
[00:53:46] I mean it only took half a month but
[00:53:48] we'll look forward to reflection the
[00:53:50] past the present in the future we'll
[00:53:52] look forward to hearing back from more
[00:53:54] of you as well over the coming days
[00:53:55] still two hours tonight and two more
[00:53:58] shows forthcoming and we've got some
[00:54:00] great stuff I'm telling you I've looked
[00:54:01] at the big board we have board in the
[00:54:03] studio here with our a layout of the
[00:54:05] next four or five shows coming up even
[00:54:07] going into the early part of next year
[00:54:09] 2025 January and we've got some great
[00:54:12] stuff coming up great stuff going on
[00:54:15] tonight in Texas we'll talk a little bit
[00:54:18] about that in the next segment when we
[00:54:19] bring Brad on good stuff going on
[00:54:22] behind the scenes that could really
[00:54:26] develop into something very special
[00:54:28] give you a little bit about that
[00:54:30] without giving away too many details we
[00:54:32] don't want to stunt the growth or stop
[00:54:34] it but things are happening that I'm
[00:54:37] very excited about and I think you
[00:54:38] should be too we'll be right back with
[00:54:40] the second hour stay tuned
[00:54:41] you