[00:00:01] You're listening to the Liberty News Radio Network, and this is The Political Cesspool. The Political Cesspool, known across the South and worldwide as the South's foremost populist conservative radio program. And here to guide you through the murky waters of The Political Cesspool is your host, James Edwards.
[00:01:37] I'm ready to go fight Shiloh all over again after that. That gets your blood boiling, does it not? Don't you wish that General Forrest had been given some rain on that so he could have occupied Pittsburgh landing and kept Don Carlos Buell's troops out of the battle? We'd have won Shiloh if I'd have been there. Well, if Forrest had been allowed to do what he does best, which is disrupt the enemy behind the lines. Well, with that, as you might have mentioned, and Ralph, that's for you in Arkansas, my friend, requested that song.
[00:02:05] We're going to read your letter a little later this hour, but first let's welcome back Patrick Martin, who is a, well, he's just one of our favorite guests. He's a jack of all trades. He is a former Marine, a former government contractor. He has traveled all around the world. Oh, we like him in spite of all that.
[00:02:21] Well, for Uncle Smule's behalf. And he is, of course, an author. You can find out more at identitydixie.com. He put together that book, The Honorable Cause, which we're so proud of. Also, A Walk in the Park, My Charlottesville Story. Patrick, welcome back. Well, thank you very much. It's good to be back, gentlemen. How are you doing today? I think I'm doing all right. I think I'm all in one piece.
[00:02:48] Well, hey, after music like that and having you on the air, I am doing better than okay. And, well, let's just get right down to it, Patrick. So, it's always great to have you on because we can talk to you about so many things. But I texted you earlier this week because I knew I wanted to feature you on Confederate History Month or during Confederate History Month. But, you know, we were sort of talking about topics. And I said, you know, what is something that we could do that would tie in a contemporary topic that is in the news right now with this month's special series?
[00:03:18] And you wrote, and it was just the perfect suggestion. You wrote this. It's an interesting time we're in right now because tariffs loom so large in our everyday life. And the Tariff of Abominations in 1828 played a critical role in the South's desire for independence from the Union. And the Morrell Tariff, an even greater point of, you know, contention, which really directly led to the Civil War. Well, let's go. Let's start right there, Patrick.
[00:03:43] Your take on the current economic climate, and then we'll let you tie it in however you'd like. Yeah, well, thank you very much again. I think there's no question about it that the Tariff of Abominations played a huge role in the South. And there's a lot of folks that want to argue that there's economic reasons and what have you for why the South wanted to secede. But the Tariff of Abominations, what was key about it wasn't necessarily economic impact per se.
[00:04:11] It was the fact that there were especially New England congressional representatives who completely disregarded the needs of the South in general. As it pertained to its, not just economic needs, but the impact that the tariffs would have on the totality of the South's economic infrastructure. So it wasn't just, so you have this play out in 1828 with the Tariff of Abominations.
[00:04:38] It's nearly 50% tariffs on all goods coming into the United States, especially which would have hurt the outbound export economy of the South, which was our culture, as we all know, cash crops, very dependent upon the Brits and the French purchasing their raw goods, their raw commodities to make, manufacture their products, whether it be any kind of clothing and what have you that was going on.
[00:05:03] So you had this, this essentially argument happening that was that divided the lines. Well, what's interesting here is this, that we are now in 2025. So here we are almost 200 years later. And the one group that is most supportive of tariffs now is the South. So you talk about 200 years ago, the South looking at tariffs as an impediment to its own interests, its own economic interests and what it would affect.
[00:05:31] And then you look towards what happens 200 years later in the South now, which is growing in terms of manufacturing infrastructure. The Northeast and the Northwest, they don't really make anything anymore. They certainly don't manufacture the same way they once did. The Midwest to some extent, but many of these now factories are in Texas and Tennessee, in South Carolina and Virginia and other places.
[00:05:55] So you have the South has now grown to a point where manufacturing to potentially be hurt in some way by predatory behaviors of external parties like China and what have you, especially China, can hurt the Southern economy. So you've had this enormous shift in terms of the power dynamic of manufacturing.
[00:06:19] And I find this fascinating because we look at 125% tariff now on China, 145%, excuse me, if you include certain other elements. There's IEPA, which is the International Economic Empowerments Act, which is a special act that the president has at his discretion in the event that we're being targeted by another country in a punitive way,
[00:06:44] such as China, such as Mexico with regard to fentanyl and so forth as well, and even Canada. And the South now is probably Trump's strongest by far foundation of support throughout the United States. And of course, the tariffs, the biggest support is the tariffs. So total transition. And a lot of that has to do with the fact that the South is the only area really that is making things today in the U.S.
[00:07:14] From a pure manufacturing perspective, almost 60% of all goods manufactured in the United States are now manufactured in an area that was once formerly called the Confederate States of America. And then from an export perspective, from a pure exported manufacturing component, almost 80% of all goods exported out of the United States that are manufactured in the United States are exported from an area that was formerly called the Confederate States of America.
[00:07:42] So we are now competing on a global scale in a way that a huge difference between what had happened in the past and where we're at now, I think it's a very fascinating subject to weigh in on in general. Hey, Patrick, my father and my cousin are in a group chat listening to the show right now. And I'm honored to have my family tuned in tonight. But my cousin just commented that NAFTA gutted the northern manufacturing industry. There's some irony in that somewhere, I think, Keith. Sure.
[00:08:11] Well, what's happened basically, I think, is that in the Civil War, when you boil it down to its essence, what the Northeast and the rest of the nation was trying to do is turn the South into an agricultural colony. For their benefit. We were not allowed to, you know, buy freely. That's the thing about free trade. See, that's what Trump is trying to do. He would really like all nations to drop tariffs.
[00:08:39] I told somebody one time that being the only nation in the world that believes in free trade is like being the only woman in town that believes in free love. And that's what was happening to us, you know, before. And now we have, you know, these tariffs are a way of making us pay more than our fair share. That's what it was back in the Civil War run-up era.
[00:09:06] We were raising 80 percent of the money that the federal government was run on. You know, there was no income tax. That was against the Constitution back then. But we had to buy something from our trading partners in Europe and elsewhere. Back in the day, they did not, nations did not tolerate trade imbalances. So we had to buy something, and the only thing they really had that we needed that we didn't produce ourselves was manufactured goods.
[00:09:35] And the North was having its own nascent industrial revolution up there. So consequently, whether we bought from them or bought from Europe, we were screwed in the South. And that's the real reason for the Civil War, not slavery. Well, I think it's interesting you say that, Keith. There's a couple of factors that were happening. First of all, the agricultural South was being shifted out.
[00:10:02] So at one time, the South was the breadbasket of the entirety of what was the United States at the time, these United States at that time. And that began shifting towards the Midwest. You begin seeing these Midwestern states that begin territories that begin growing corn and rice and what have you. And so the South winds up shifting its economy to a cash crop economy. That really is what begins to happen in the early 90s. It was not food.
[00:10:30] We weren't producing food stocks. We were producing tobacco and cotton. That's right. And that was largely driven by banks, by northern banks, that were driving them towards cash crops as we began moving away from food. So food is being pushed out, and cash crops are being pushed in at that time. Patrick Martin, our guest right now, as Confederate History Month continues here on TPC.
[00:10:53] He was the editor and a contributor to the Honorable Calls of Free South, that compilation that was released two years ago this month. We'll be right back. Do you enjoy great tasting coffee but are tired of supporting companies that hate you? If so, let me tell you about Above Time Coffee. Above Time Coffee is a privately owned and operated small business. They hand roast coffee and ship it to customers throughout the United States and abroad. Above Time Coffee was launched because they saw a need for more pro-white businesses serving our people.
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[00:13:14] Shout, shout, the battle will fly of freedom. Our kids say forever, she's never at a loss. Down with the eagle and up with the cross. We will rally, not the fight, but we'll rally once again. Shout, shout, the battle will fly of freedom.
[00:13:42] Hats off to all the boys who did go there and fight, including one of my great-grandfathers, Levi Smith of Corinth, Mississippi, there with Michael Hill's ancestor fighting Shiloh for the good guys. And my great-grandfather fighting in Shiloh 2 for Forrest, IES Alexander, Independence Ellen Shuler Alexander. Yeah, they would do that. There was a guy, there was a confederate in South Carolina, his name was States Rights.
[00:14:10] His name was States Rights Gist. We learned about him in one of those visits over there to the upcountry of South Carolina. By the way, we're going there next. We're going there next with Paul Lawrence, the owner of Dixie Republic. They are having an arm wrestling competition at Dixie Republic tonight, and a couple of confederate states away in Alabama. There is a jamboree happening at the Southern Cultural Center. Now, we spend time at both of these locations throughout the year, every year.
[00:14:36] And it's just incredible to know that as we tie together the past, the present, and the future, that there are forward-thinking communities throughout the South that are bringing people together in a parallel society that is benefiting them in so many different ways. And so we're going to take you to two live events in each of the next two segments in South Carolina and in Alabama, respectively, in the third hour.
[00:15:02] In the third hour, we're going to revisit an interview with George Wallace's son with fresh reaction and commentary, and then a northern copperhead. Our friend Sonny Thomas with Resolution Radio is going to tell us why he is a big defender of the South, very much along the lines of Steve King, our friend, former Congressman Steve King. But first, back to Patrick Martin. So, Patrick, again, folks, go to identitydixie.com.
[00:15:32] There, you can link over to the honorable cause. Patrick, we were there in South Carolina two years ago this month for that book signing, and it was a big, long line, and I'll never forget that. And I want to thank you again publicly for the honor of allowing me to contribute to that book. Well, it was a real honor working with you and working with Dr. Hill and so many other great writers and contributors. And, you know, you just mentioned Paul Lawrence.
[00:16:02] Dixie Republic is an amazing place. Paul Lawrence is a fantastic guy. He and his wife Lynn are amazing people. Here, here. And they have just put their heart into everything about the preservation of the South and the Confederacy and just understanding that a parallel society. And I'm still of the, very much the opinion that, you know, despite some of the good things that Trump may be doing, Trump may just be a speed bump in what is eventually a very long
[00:16:32] fight for the survival of our people. And with regard to that, it's now is the time to begin building and supporting those parallel systems that are there. And of anybody, the vision that Paul and Lynn have put together at Dixie Republic is just amazing. It's sounding. We're truly good people. Two of the most incredible people on the planet. Not just that I have met, but on the planet. I mean, what they have done with that place. And of course, that continues on with Scott, the previous owner, who's a great friend of ours. I mean, it just, this is it.
[00:17:02] This is just people coming together and passing the baton and continuing on and networking and collaborating and evolving. Spawning groups like the Jolly Boys. Oh, the Jolly Boys. Those guys. What great guys. You know, they were fighting wildfires in South Carolina last week, Patrick. And I've got video of it, Hunter and some of the other Jolly Boys were there. I mean, literally fighting it. I mean, you could see it on the ridgeline with them spraying it as it approached their I'll send you the video. It's incredible. I'll send you the video. They put it up on YouTube.
[00:17:29] But anyway, let's get back to this very quickly because we only have you for one more for this segment. And going back to tariffs, you wrote this in a text message exchange with me earlier this week, talking about the U.S. decision to go to the gold standard that led to the panic of 1837, which led to the displacement of more than a million Southern homes and the death of more than 250,000 Southerners due to economic privation and starvation. The economic issues that led to the South's decision to secede would be a great topic.
[00:17:59] And that's what we're talking with you tonight vis-a-vis the current issue of tariffs. So let's start there and then let you back into the rest of it for the next five or six minutes. Trump's multi-trillion dollar game of chicken with the tariffs. It's on again. It's off again. It's paused. It's whatever. What's going on in Washington? And tariffs now. So there's a really big thing going on with Trump. It would be a very large topic of conversation. But essentially what's going on is this.
[00:18:28] The Trump team has largely been trying to find ways to somewhat moderate and slow even the stock market for a lot of reasons. One of the big reasons is that we have a $6.5 trillion debt payment that is due June 1st. And in part, this was done by Representative Johnson, the Speaker of the House, and Biden. The two of them teamed up together in October of 2024 when it wasn't sure as to who would win the election in November.
[00:18:58] I think most people knew it would be Trump. But they did not believe it. They thought it would be Kamala Harris, Representative Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the House. So they kicked, they essentially punted on the debt issues. If you hear about this fight with the debt ceiling and so forth. Well, a lot of that was going on. So essentially on June 1st, what was going to happen is we have a $6.5 trillion debt wall we need to pay of $9.5 trillion this year alone of a $36 trillion debt.
[00:19:28] So this debt payment requires us to borrow. And the only way to, or we can print more money and create an additional inflationary issue. But we're not in a position to do that now due to the fact that the Obama administration had done three areas of quantitative easing, three issues of quantitative easing, which reduced the value of some complex monetary issues here. But bottom line is this, we need to be able to sell treasury bonds as fast as possible.
[00:19:58] And we're about maybe one third of our debt obligations have been met. Trump inherited a real mess. And so there's two ways to do that. One is to show that you have a steady income that's coming in tariffs. The other issue is that you need to be able to find a way to encourage folks to go into safe assets. And if you notice what happened on, in Tuesday, when Trump began announcing these tariffs on
[00:20:23] April 2nd, and they began really going to hit the, really hit running on Monday and Tuesday, the yield on the 10-year tar, the 10-year bond went down. The bond prices wound up going up. We were actually beginning to make headwinds, make a lot of progress in regards to being able to pay this way. All of a sudden, the Chinese flooded the market overnight with a bunch of cheap bonds. They began devesting of the United States and causing that interest rate to jump back up. And they began cheapening our own bonds.
[00:20:52] And that is what happened. That's why Trump gets into this fight where he goes, okay, well, you know what? You want to play games? Let's go to 125 and so forth. And they were playing games with their tariffs, but their tariffs have already been there. We don't really get impacted by their tariffs. They know we don't get impacted by their tariffs. We're the ones that get hurt. We're the ones that get hurt by their economic activities. But they tried to, a country like China literally flooded the bond market with ours and they screwed us.
[00:21:21] And how this ties in, which is interesting, again, you know, the whole tariff fight and so forth in 1828. Now you go into 1837. So you have the panic of 1837 happens because of Northern bankers, specifically at that time, President Martin Van Buren, a New York banker, whom the South at one time actually trusted. They trusted when he was vice president to the previous Jackson administration.
[00:21:46] Well, he winds up going after the Americans go from a fiat currency to a special currency, meaning that it was gold standard, silver standard. There's a lot of things that go in and pack in there. But at the bottom line is Southerners wind up getting, being forced to pay exorbitant amounts of debt to banks using gold and silver, a silver standard or silver backed dollar.
[00:22:15] And they're the ones left holding the bag because these debt notes were written in fiat currency, meaning that they were not written in gold and silver notes. So they were essentially saying, hey, listen, we're going to give you a debt based on what this paper says the dollar's worth. But then we're going to make you pay for it in gold and silver. That's what they did to the South. And from 1837 to 1841, more than a million Southern homes were foreclosed upon. More than two million Southerners were displaced in general.
[00:22:44] Approximately there ranges from 250,000 to as high as 500,000 Southerners died of starvation. It was one of the reasons why the Trail of Tears was so bad was because largely those plantations that the Army had thought they would be able to depend upon to purchase goods from were not in operation by the time they got there to their stations, causing the Cherokee to die in such mass numbers. So the South was so devastated. If you think about this, these little economic issues that really are not economic.
[00:23:13] They are economic, but they're not economic. These are really deep-seated cultural differences between a North and a South where the South becomes is the consistent victim of Northern manipulation of their banking, of their finances, of their debt. And this is a constant and constant and constant trend. And so if you were a five-year-old boy in 1841 and you watched your parents get displaced and you watched your brother die of starvation, you watched your sister die of starvation,
[00:23:42] how old were you in 1861? You were 25, 26 years old. Hey, this is it. Guess who's going to volunteer? Patrick, this is it. And it is interesting, is it not? We could have given this a three-hour treatment. I appreciate you in a condensed time frame breaking it down as succinctly and as expertly as you have. Can you imagine? None of this is in the history books. The only thing that is in the history books is that white Southerners are racist. That's it. Yeah, slavery was the whole and sole reason.
[00:24:11] You know, when the Virginia delegation met with Lincoln to try to stave off their secession, Lincoln's first words were not, what about slavery, but what about my terror? And listen, I'm sure that they didn't want them to be equal citizens. They didn't want it in 1860. They didn't want it in 1960. And for good reason. I mean, just look at what happened in Texas last week. I mean, that's why. 100%.
[00:24:34] But that is not, that is not the end-all be-all one and only reason for the war between the states. Patrick Martin, you're an expert. You are our brother. Identity Dixie. Get his book, Charlottesville, A Walk in the Park, The Honorable Cause. We'll be right back. How would you like to help this program reach more people and earn silver at the same time? Call or text 801-669-2211 for complete details. News this hour from townhall.com. I'm Jason Walker.
[00:25:04] White House says the first round of nuclear talks to the Ron went very well. White House correspondent Greg Thugston is traveling with the president and has this report from West Palm Beach, Florida. During talks this weekend, U.S. Mideast Envoy Steve Whitcoff and Iran's foreign minister briefly spoke face-to-face, the first time the two nations have done that since the Obama administration. The White House described the discussions as very positive and constructive and said the sides agreed to meet again next Saturday.
[00:25:33] President Trump has threatened military action against Iran if a nuclear deal is not reached. Greg Thugston traveling with the president in West Palm Beach, Florida. Israel completing construction of a new security corridor. It cuts off the southern city of Rafa from the rest of Gaza. Also at townhall.com, correspondent Donna Warder reports on good news for Americans purchasing electronics not made in the U.S.
[00:26:01] The Trump administration says it's excluding electronics, such as laptops and smartphones, from reciprocal tariffs. Friday's announcement could keep prices down for popular electronics that are made outside the U.S. and would also benefit tech companies like Samsung and Apple. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection says also included in the exemption are machines used to make semiconductors and flat panel monitors. U.S. importers have been bracing for the impact of President Donald Trump's
[00:26:30] staggering 145 percent levy on Chinese imports, which include everything from children's toys to coloring books to baby carriages. Donna Warder, Washington. Rough conditions in parts of China today. High winds and sandstorms prompting Beijing to cancel hundreds of flights and also forced to close a number of public parks and sporting events. More on these stories at townhall.com. Patrick was way better.
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[00:30:59] but you fought all in Johnny Riff, festivities happening throughout Dixieland tonight, not just on your radio airwaves, but from South Carolina to Alabama. We go to the first one now with Paul Lawrence, the owner of Dixie Republic. DixieRepublic.com. Celebrate Confederate History Month all year long at DixieRepublic.com.
[00:31:27] Paul, it is great to have you back tonight, and you were recently the well-deserved recipient of a pretty prestigious award. Tell us about that. Well, James, to be honest with you, my name is on the award, but it's not me. It's all of us. It's the community we created, the Jolly Boys, my wife, everything that we've done up here.
[00:31:57] That's who got this award, not just me, not just because my name's on it. Well, you are, I must agree with Patrick, probably too modest because what you have done and what you are doing is worthy of legend, not just an award, although the award is a pretty fine one. What award was that, Paul? It was the Outstanding Southern Citizen Award of 2025. That was in the whole state of South Carolina.
[00:32:27] It says, in great core appreciation of your outstanding contributions and your untying efforts to ensure the true history of the South and those that defended her sacred honor will continue to be remembered for the future generations. And like I say, my name is on it, but it represents greater than I. Well, it's kind of you to say that,
[00:32:54] and it is good to be humble, but also it is good to do the things that you were doing and be recognized for doing what you're doing. And that recognition came from the National Sons of the Confederate Veterans, am I correct? Correct. So that was an award from the Sons of Confederate Veterans at large. And, well, Paul, I mean, anyone who's heard any of our many broadcasts at Dixie Republic know
[00:33:22] what's going on there with the parallel community building and just how transformative it is, how much help and good it is doing on so many levels. I mean, I believe this award was giving in context for your relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Helene, which Dixie Republic became basically a hub or a center of relief for those people. You and John Hill and the descendant of Confederate General A.P. Hill, our good friend, and so many others, you know,
[00:33:50] just sort of came together as a community, as volunteers to do this. And, but it continues on now. And you are having an event tonight. We're going to go to Wetumpka, Alabama in the next segment. They're having a jamboree, but you're doing something tonight. A lot of fun, bringing people together, always something happening at Dixie Republic. What's happening tonight? I'm going to let Hunter give you the comment. I'm going to tell you on that, because he was the emcee on the event tonight. And I tell you,
[00:34:19] it was very impressive to see the specimen of Southern men that showed up from as young as 16 years old, up to 58 years old. It was just awesome. This is Hunter. I'm going to cue you in on what we did. All right. We pass it from Paul Lawrence of DixieRepublic.com. Listen, you need hats, you need t-shirts, you need belt buckles, you need anything.
[00:34:49] DixieRepublic.com is your one-stop Southern shop. Do we have Hunter of the Jolly Boys with us now? Hunter, boy, do we love you. James, what's up, man? Hey, you tell me. I know what's up. Hey, listen, I got to tell you something. Steve Whitener, who I know is there tonight, Steve Whitener from Republic Broadcasting Radio, RBN, he's telling me that y'all are having so much fun. He was just thinking about us tonight. And I said, well, Steve, we're thinking about you too. We're going to actually go live to the event.
[00:35:19] I hear there's brackets for the elimination round. What's going on at Dixie tonight, Hunter? Well, tonight we have the bestest and wildest and rowdiest, arm wrestling tournament in the South. And this was Paul's idea. And it's called the Dixie strong arm contest. And I kind of took up the mantle because I like that sort of thing. A good time that is. And this is the third year, third year that we've done this.
[00:35:49] And we probably had a hundred spectators and 40 competitors tonight in the Dixie strong arm contest. This is an arm wrestling contest that's taking place. And it's, it's, it's really just a local event and tournament where we sell chicken wings. We sell various food items as well as beer and meat. And it's just a local gathering where we,
[00:36:19] it's an event venue and that's what we have going on. And it was a success tonight. Well, the spirit is always there with you guys, the jolly boys. As I told somebody the other day, you guys are country as cornbread. Just the best people I've ever met in the world. And Hunter, you know, we had such a good time there with you. Well, every time we're there at such a good time with you and everyone else. Uh, but my son and I were up there as recently as February. And, uh, you were having an,
[00:36:47] an active club event and y'all were doing some sparring and some training. And you were teaching my son how to box. Now I know everybody at Dixie Republic is, is, is modest almost to a fall, but just 10 seconds, Hunter. Tell the audience about your, what are you doing? Well, your, your amateur box, uh, boxing acumen. Okay. Well, Hey, it's good to hear Keith's voice on this because I love. Yes, sir. Uh, Hey,
[00:37:17] I, uh, I started boxing in my early twenties. Boxing is not a popular sport in the South. However, I started boxing in my early twenties and, uh, it began as tough men competitions. They're in me going around the country and participating. And these tough men competitions, roughness and toughest, the, the redneck brawls, those sort of things. And I did those, uh, in probably five States.
[00:37:47] And then I went over to Europe and start over there with, uh, I wanted while I was in Europe backpacking, I wanted to get in touch with, uh, the groups of it, which was the UK. That's where boxing started at least Queensberry. Um, and so I got in touch with that a little bit there. And then I came back and started doing some amateur boxing in Charleston. And, uh, it's, it's been a good time,
[00:38:17] uh, sparring and, uh, pushing myself to my limits. And, uh, I'm now 35. So that's, uh, behind me. I do still train. I do still spar with, with other people, but yeah, I've been all over this country, at least the Southeast and a little bit of Ohio and some of Europe. But, well, go ahead. The reason I ask, and you were fighting a different kind of fight last week,
[00:38:46] a great video that, uh, our friend Thomas sent me of you fighting that fire, uh, that, that wildfire in South Carolina, they got a little bit too close to home, literally speaking. Uh, but you are a fighter. And I, the reason I ask is it is important for our men, our people, but especially our men to be physically and mentally fit. And that's, what's going on at Dixie Republic. And again, Dixie Republic.com, go buy something tonight, support some of the good guys, but Hunter,
[00:39:15] an arm wrestling competition tonight, bringing out the people from the community, getting them involved and engaged with other like-minded people. Now I bring that up though, because also, uh, uh, I told my son what was going on there tonight. You, you were doing a little training with Henry a couple of months ago. And, uh, he said he, he really would have liked to have been in that arm wrestling competition. So I wanted to let you know that actually it's still going on. Me and Paul are sitting in the, uh, coffee corner and it's still going on outside. Uh,
[00:39:42] this is after hours and there's still probably 40 people outside still arm wrestling. So, this unreal. Yeah, this was a great event and there was, I mean, we had characters from all over our region that was participating in this. We had a guy from, uh, we had a guy from France show up. Uh, I mean, quite literally. There you go. Well, you know, and that, that doesn't surprise me. I was down there for a Dixie fest and tell Paul this, tell Paul,
[00:40:12] I had meant to circle back to him before the break. Well, just tell him from me that I meant to circle back to him before the break. And the music is about to come up to ask him about Dixie fest, but that's coming up in May. So we'll have him back on to do just a more detailed, uh, uh, promo. May, may, may is our, is our Dixie fest. It's a local event. I mean, we'll have all, all the goodies here. It's a good time. So local, uh, community event. Thank you for having us. Yes, sir.
[00:40:42] A success. And many more success. Come on over to Memphis, Hunter. We're waiting for you over here. We're going to show you a good time. Always a good time, whether it's here or there and the arm wrestling Hunter, quick word to Henry. He wants to hear from you. Henry, keep it up, brother. Listen to your daddy. Watch everything. You're the man. One enemy of Western civilization. Karl Marx crafted his communist ideology with the genocidal goal of destroying the European peoples.
[00:41:09] Key concepts of communism are atheism and materialism that God and spirit do not exist. Germany was smashed at the end of World War II and communism emerged triumphant. By controlling the political system, courts, mass media, educational system, and entertainment industries, Marxists have imposed a tyrannical, top-down agenda of globalism and immoralization on the West. The results are open borders, rampant crime, institutionalized corruption, sexual perversion, the destruction of the middle class, concentration of wealth, aimless youth with no purpose in life,
[00:41:38] and the hollowing out of Christianity. But Kyle McDermott's book, The Declaration of White Independence, demonstrates how we can unshackle our people from the communist ideology and obliterate atheism and materialism. The Declaration of White Independence is available at Dixie Republic. For more information, go to DixieRepublic.com. Get your copy of Kyle McDermott's Declaration of White Independence at DixieRepublic.com. Why don't we say to the government, writ large, that they have to spend a little bit less?
[00:42:07] Anybody ever had less money this year than you had last? Anybody ever having a 1% pay cut? You deal with it. That's what government needs, a 1% pay cut. If you take a 1% pay cut across the board, you have more than enough money to actually pay for the disaster relief. But nobody's going to do that because they're fiscally irresponsible. Who are they? Republicans. Who are they? A Democrat. Who are they? Virtually the whole body is careless and reckless with your money.
[00:42:37] So the money will not be offset by cuts anywhere. The money will be added to the debt and there will be a day of reckoning. What's the day of reckoning? The day of reckoning may well be the collapse of the stock market. The day of reckoning may be the collapse of the dollar. When it comes, I can't tell you exactly, but I can tell you it has happened repeatedly in history when countries ruin their currency. Oh, I'm a good old rebel,
[00:43:05] now that's just what I am. For this fair land of freedom, I do not care a damn. I'm glad I fit against it, I only wish we'd won. And I don't want no pardon for anything I've done. I hate the Constitution This great republic too
[00:43:32] I hate the Freedmen's Bureau In uniforms blue I hate the nasty eagle With all his brags and fuss The lying thieving Yankees I hate some wuss and wuss I hate the Yankee Nation And everything they do I hate the declaration Of independence too
[00:44:02] I hate the glorious union Just dripping with our blood I hate this driving band There it is. Keith, tell us your take on the show so far tonight, this hour in particular, while I get our next guest on the horn. This is 200 proof Southern nationalism at its best. The South will rise again. In fact, it's never sunk before.
[00:44:30] We've always had a real sense of culture and camaraderie and cultural union here in the South. We are a separate nation. Hopefully, what's going to happen in America is that we'll be allowed to be a separate nation. Think of how much better world history would have been if the South had won the Civil War. We wouldn't have been involved in World Wars I or II. We would have stuck to
[00:44:58] the Monroe Doctrine. We wouldn't have had all these deaths. And the world would be a better place in every way if Southern values had prevailed. There's no question about that when you think about it. You know, we were peaceful people, although we were able to fight with the best of them. And we would not have had people bringing wars against neighbors
[00:45:28] just, you know, to enrich themselves the way that when America fell in 1913 under the power of Jewish power and influence, then we all started to really go astray. Just a quick note to our producer, Liz. Mike is calling in now on the studio. Now on the 61. There he is. Okay. I think we got him. All right, my friend. So here we have now Mike Wharton, who along with Ed Bornwine are the administrators
[00:45:58] of the Southern Cultural Center in Wetumpka, Alabama. Now, along with Dixie Republic and Paul Lawrence, who you just heard from, this is an annual stop on our barnstorming tour of the South every calendar year. And we have had such good times down there at the Cultural Center with Sam Dixon and Mike Gaddy and Jared Taylor and I can't even remember all of the other people who have been there, but every one of them has been to a man rock solid.
[00:46:27] And Mike, chief among them. So Mike, listen, they're at Dixie Republic in Greenville tonight in the Greenville, South Carolina area anyway. They are having an arm wrestling competition that has just been very well attended. We got a little live on location report from that and you're doing something that is also bringing Southerners together as we continue to celebrate Confederate History Month. What are you doing down there in Central Alabama tonight? Well, James, I'm going to tell you,
[00:46:57] I was at the center and we've got a good group and a really good band there tonight and they were looking forward to playing Dixie for us. Well, nothing like getting a call from my son-in-law 30 minutes before the program and the heifers are out. So he called me, he said, the heifers are already past Jerry's, that's a half a mile up the road. He said they're about 100 yards from Highway 9 and none of the cows were out, just the heifers. And the cows are a lot
[00:47:27] easier to herd than the heifers. And to top that off, my son-in-law had his cropping boat hooked up fixing to go fishing. So anyway, we just got the heifers in and the water, we had four and a half inches of rain last week and it washed the water gap out at the creek and that's where they got out. So hopefully they'll stay in with their mamas tonight and we'll be back on the job in the morning. But it's such an honor to be here with the political cesspool and James Edwards
[00:47:57] and we love Paul, all the people you're talking about, all the people that love Dixie. We love them all. Well, we love you too and I think Keith Alexander in 21 years of radio, what I just heard in the last two minutes is the most southern thing I've ever heard on these airwaves. I mean, chasing heifers and the creek rising and going crappie fishing. I don't know this man but he sounds country as cornbread to me. I'll tell you what. You got it right. Him and his brother, they've gone crappie fishing. They're on Lake Martin right now with crappie fishing.
[00:48:27] But the heifers are in the pen and hopefully they'll stay there the other morning and he'll be back from his trip and him and I will be on the fence in the morning. But I just hate it so bad because the band was looking forward to playing a little music. They wanted to get some international coverage to James and gang but we'll get them another time, that's for sure. Well, you know, we have done that before at the Southern Cultural Center. You've had the band up where we were live on the radio and we could hear them in the background and that was a lot of fun but hey, I mean, you know,
[00:48:57] a man's got to do what a man's got to do when the heifers are on the loose and when the heifers are out. You've got to go. Well, James has been known to chase heifers before. Well, listen, long time ago. Mike, we're with Mike Wharton of the Southern Cultural Center and Mike has us down every year. We're looking forward to the next time later this summer. But what is going on at the Cultural Center tonight, Mike? We have the second and fourth Saturday nights.
[00:49:26] We have the Jamboree, 231 Jamboree. You know the center sits right on 231 and it's the Southern Cultural Center Jamboree and we have musicians come in and we have a supper and they make some great music and members of the community and they come from far and wide. Some of them come from a great distance to be there. That's just part of our mission and serving the people, serving our Southern people. Well, that is a special event
[00:49:56] that is going on tonight. They're having a Jamboree. They're having some music. They're having some community fellowship at Dixie Republic, a little bit further east in Dixie in South Carolina. They're doing the same with the arm wrestling competition. Give us the mission, Mike. Again, Mike Wharton of the Southern Cultural Center. What is the mission of the Southern Cultural Center? How can people learn more and be involved? They can go online to the Southern Cultural Center and learn what they need to know about it.
[00:50:24] But briefly, I'll tell you, we're about Southern independence. We're Southern nationalists and we are working to prepare our people for the inevitable, what we feel is inevitable. And we're trying to make good use of that time and preparation. And we have all kinds of programs from gun training classes to their own Ed Farm. We have a seed saving classes. We have a seed bank. Then we have our regular inspirational people that come in and speak
[00:50:54] like we're going to have next Thursday night. Brother Robert Griffin is going to come in and talk about the righteousness of the Southern Army and the Southern cause and the justness and the righteousness of it from a biblical perspective. And as many probably know that one of the largest revivals of all time, perhaps the largest of all time, was in the Southern Army during the war. And so we're looking forward to hearing Brother Robert.
[00:51:23] But we bring all kind of, we have, we may have a class where we do the CPR classes. We got an attorney hopefully coming next month, a young attorney trying to start a business. Going to come in talking about estates and wills and planning. Come talk with us. And, but then when we, when we need a real hard hitting or something big going on, we might call on Hoyt
[00:51:54] to come in and speak to us, one of our members and lay the corn out there on the ground where the chickens can pick it up. And don't make any mistakes about it, James. Well, listen, I have spent time in great fellowship with Mike Wharton. Go to southernculturalcenter.com. Folks, you don't have to live in central Alabama to be a member or to be involved. You can live all over the South, even beyond the South. Southernculturalcenter.com. They are Southern Christian protectors.
[00:52:22] They are standing in defense of our culture, our heritage, our land, and our people. Mike Wharton and Ed Boardwine at the top of the chain there at the Southern Cultural Center. But every time I go there and I think we've been there, what is it now, Mike? Three years and counting at least. I mean, I've been there prior to that with the League of the South and Michael Hill who was on the show last week. But this is a good time to be had and we wouldn't bring someone on
[00:52:51] and promote them if we didn't think you should be involved. We wouldn't want you to be involved unless we ourselves are involved and so we are. Southernculturalcenter.com. They're having some fun tonight. Well, at least for the people whose cows didn't get out or heifers didn't get out. There's a difference between a cow and a heifer. Yeah, I have that, Keith. Yeah, I do know that. James, you take the fun out of it, there's not much left. My granddad taught me that a long time ago and he could make work fun, whatever we were doing. He knew how to do that, killing hogs
[00:53:20] or whatever we were doing. But yeah, we're serious about what we're doing but we want people to come in and feel at home. We've got some kids there tonight that's, you know, probably 10, 12 years old, several of them, a couple young parents and then we've got some of our older crowd and the band, we've got a good fiddle player there tonight and so, hey, the people coming out, they understand where we're at. I had one ask me one time, said, where was the
[00:53:50] American flag? I said, well, they're all American flags. You've seen the decor in the Southern Cultural Center. Oh, yes, yes, yes. I said, yeah. I said, well, I said, when Caesar puts our flag up, we'll put his up. Hey, amen. Amen. Hey, Southern Cultural Center. That's what we'll do. Mike Wharton, can't wait to see you late summer. Again, we'll be back down there. Always a good time. Southern Cultural Center dot com and thanks for coming on tonight. Thanks for all you do for all people. You're more than welcome.
[00:54:19] I hate we weren't able to do it from the center and let them hear the band but August 15 and 16 we're going to have a big lineup and we'll be promoting it on the test tool so you'll have an announcement here soon. You can kind of give them a lineup and we look forward to having you back of course and we hope to bring in a representative office model from the South. We've had a lot of people come from Tennessee. We'll be broadcasting live and we'll give you more information as soon as possible.