Ep. 5689: Botched Lethal Injection???

WEBVTT
1
00:00:04.009 --> 00:00:05.030
Hey, good morning, everybody.
2
00:00:05.070 --> 00:00:05.490
Welcome.
3
00:00:06.070 --> 00:00:09.759
Friday, second day of the month of October here on
4
00:00:09.820 --> 00:00:13.320
The Morning Show with Preston Scott. He is grand out.
5
00:00:14.980 --> 00:00:19.589
Back in the house and right on the radio program
6
00:00:19.609 --> 00:00:23.329
from Studio 1A. I am here sequestered in 1B. I'm
7
00:00:23.350 --> 00:00:26.370
Preston Scott. Great to have you with us this morning. That,
8
00:00:26.410 --> 00:00:29.129
of course, was Mercy Me. They will be in town
9
00:00:29.329 --> 00:00:33.310
a week from tomorrow. At the Tucker Center, you can
10
00:00:33.350 --> 00:00:36.549
get your tickets at Ticketmaster, if you like, or the
11
00:00:36.630 --> 00:00:40.390
Tucker Center website, which will probably boot you to Ticketmaster.
12
00:00:40.429 --> 00:00:42.539
And I wish it were something other than Ticketmaster, but
13
00:00:42.579 --> 00:00:46.460
it just is what it is. They're great. They are amazing.
14
00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:48.740
Last time they were in town, I had one of
15
00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:51.640
the band members on the show and had a good visit.
16
00:00:52.659 --> 00:00:56.590
But at any rate, our verse today, kind of inspired
17
00:00:56.609 --> 00:01:02.759
by that song, 1 John 4.19 says, we love because
18
00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:09.079
he loved us first. If you get your mind around
19
00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:19.239
the concept that even in our worst moments, God loves us.
20
00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:23.019
He may not like us. He may not like the
21
00:01:23.099 --> 00:01:25.480
choices we make, the things that we do, the things
22
00:01:25.530 --> 00:01:30.670
that we say. But as any parent, he loves us.
23
00:01:32.409 --> 00:01:36.829
And that is what produces our capacity to love others,
24
00:01:37.870 --> 00:01:42.900
is understanding that. And that's how we begin. Boy, it's
25
00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:48.780
a busy day. Busy day. The stories are, I say
26
00:01:48.819 --> 00:01:52.140
this so often, they're just like too crazy to believe.
27
00:01:53.299 --> 00:01:55.569
We'll start unpacking the program in a little bit here.
28
00:01:55.590 --> 00:01:58.010
We'll take a look at history next. It is the
29
00:01:58.049 --> 00:02:05.790
morning show. Preston Scott. You're mocking me, aren't you?
30
00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:07.400
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
31
00:02:07.459 --> 00:02:08.900
On News Radio 100.7 WFLA.
32
00:02:09.020 --> 00:02:24.590
Opening up the pages to a well-worn, taped-together American Patriots almanac,
33
00:02:25.530 --> 00:02:26.069
October 2nd.
34
00:02:26.050 --> 00:02:32.590
1780 in Tappan, New York, Major John Andre of Britain,
35
00:02:33.389 --> 00:02:37.270
hanged as a spy after he's captured carrying papers for
36
00:02:37.310 --> 00:02:43.750
traitor Benedict Arnold. Did you ever see the AMC show, Turn?
37
00:02:45.460 --> 00:02:48.419
I watched a few. I'm one of those nerds that
38
00:02:48.539 --> 00:02:52.060
if I miss the first episode of a series like that,
39
00:02:53.099 --> 00:02:57.509
I just bail. There was a, I think a season...
40
00:02:58.169 --> 00:03:01.560
where one of the, it went on for a few seasons. Yeah.
41
00:03:01.590 --> 00:03:01.900
Very good.
42
00:03:01.939 --> 00:03:02.719
I enjoyed it. Yeah.
43
00:03:03.300 --> 00:03:06.759
But one of the main plots was this was major
44
00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:12.060
John Andre and Benedict Arnold and a love triangle that
45
00:03:12.939 --> 00:03:16.020
I don't know if it's confirmed or if it's just apocryphal,
46
00:03:17.139 --> 00:03:22.729
but there was, um, at least according to the AMC
47
00:03:23.030 --> 00:03:26.949
version of this, that there was a common woman, that
48
00:03:27.270 --> 00:03:31.090
Major John Andre and Benedict Arnold. Now, again, I don't
49
00:03:31.110 --> 00:03:32.969
know if that's actually confirmed or not, or if it
50
00:03:33.009 --> 00:03:36.250
was a legendary tale that AMC made a little magic.
51
00:03:35.969 --> 00:03:40.960
With, but it was a good plot hole. I think
52
00:03:41.020 --> 00:03:46.039
back to that show. I still... It's funny because... because
53
00:03:46.060 --> 00:03:48.639
of the way that the history lays out in the
54
00:03:48.659 --> 00:03:52.719
Patriots' almanac, you get these little nuggets. I just circle
55
00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:56.750
back to the book of Washington Spies, written by Brian
56
00:03:56.759 --> 00:04:02.849
Kilmeade and Don Yeager. This story, the whole Culper spy ring,
57
00:04:02.990 --> 00:04:04.789
all of it is in there, and it is just
58
00:04:04.849 --> 00:04:10.729
a wonderful, true story of basically, without the spies, without
59
00:04:10.810 --> 00:04:18.509
Washington sticking with it after Nathan Hale was caught because
60
00:04:18.550 --> 00:04:21.449
he was so downcast because he cost this young man
61
00:04:21.509 --> 00:04:24.110
his life, he felt like. But he hung in there
62
00:04:24.149 --> 00:04:27.009
with the whole spy thing. He was talked into continuing.
63
00:04:28.009 --> 00:04:32.490
And they would catch John Andre, and they would flesh
64
00:04:32.610 --> 00:04:36.060
out Benedict Arnold, and they turned the tide of the war,
65
00:04:36.100 --> 00:04:41.360
those spies, in our favor. And so, great story. But
66
00:04:41.459 --> 00:04:44.720
I'm just... It's like there are a handful of television
67
00:04:44.779 --> 00:04:49.470
series that I admit, okay, that interests me. But if
68
00:04:49.509 --> 00:04:52.009
I don't see the first episode, I feel lost.
69
00:04:52.269 --> 00:04:52.529
Sure.
70
00:04:52.629 --> 00:04:54.009
And I just, eh.
71
00:04:54.350 --> 00:04:54.529
Yeah.
72
00:04:54.930 --> 00:04:56.430
But I bet I could find it and watch it
73
00:04:56.449 --> 00:04:58.670
from the beginning. I'm sure it's out there. I'm glad
74
00:04:58.689 --> 00:05:00.829
you reminded me of that because that might be worth
75
00:05:00.889 --> 00:05:05.839
binge watching sometime. Like one of those occasions where my
76
00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:10.019
sweet wife heads to Ohio for two weeks. Binge watch turn.
77
00:05:10.860 --> 00:05:15.180
Let's see here. 1835, Texas Revolution against Mexico begins as
78
00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:21.470
American settlers resist Mexican troops at Gonzales. We're still fighting
79
00:05:21.490 --> 00:05:25.709
the Mexicans. And they invited us. Unbelievable. They invited us
80
00:05:25.750 --> 00:05:30.600
to settle, and then... Are you a Mexican or are
81
00:05:30.620 --> 00:05:37.339
you a Mexicant? In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffers a
82
00:05:37.379 --> 00:05:42.810
stroke that leaves him an invalid. 1950, the comic strip
83
00:05:42.870 --> 00:05:49.370
Peanuts by Charles Schultz, first published. 1967, Thurgood Marshall, sworn in,
84
00:05:50.230 --> 00:05:55.560
the inventor of judicial activism. He's the guy who famously said,
85
00:05:55.569 --> 00:05:58.639
I do what I think is right and I wait
86
00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:01.379
for the law to catch up. No, sir, that is
87
00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:03.899
not your job. Your job is to interpret the law
88
00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:08.399
and determine if it fits constitutional muster. But I digress.
89
00:06:08.899 --> 00:06:13.379
Today is also National Smarties Day. I'm not a big
90
00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:15.459
fan because I feel like they're just a ripoff of
91
00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:18.279
Sweet Tarts, and Sweet Tarts are the bomb. I haven't
92
00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:22.959
had either in easily a decade. National Custodial Workers Recognition Day.
93
00:06:22.980 --> 00:06:26.319
That's a mouthful. National Name Your Car Day. Hear that, honey?
94
00:06:27.430 --> 00:06:29.610
We need to name our car. Oh, wait. Sorry, we've
95
00:06:29.750 --> 00:06:35.290
already done all that. National Body Language Day. National Manufacturing Day.
96
00:06:36.050 --> 00:06:41.050
National Produce Misting Day. I'm not making this stuff up.
97
00:06:41.589 --> 00:06:44.810
And National Fried Scallops Day. Okay.
98
00:06:45.029 --> 00:06:45.290
All right.
99
00:06:45.470 --> 00:06:48.290
I can go there. I'm interested. Yeah, a little garlic butter.
100
00:06:48.370 --> 00:06:52.350
Come on. Let's do that. 16 past the hour. Come
101
00:06:52.410 --> 00:06:58.100
back and tell you about Jabber and Jack next. I
102
00:06:58.139 --> 00:07:04.790
was going to save this. until next Friday, and it
103
00:07:04.829 --> 00:07:09.069
was going to be my worst of the week. Two weeks.
104
00:07:11.269 --> 00:07:15.060
But I decided, as a public service to you parents,
105
00:07:15.620 --> 00:07:19.579
I couldn't do that. I could not wait. And in fact,
106
00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:22.079
this might be one of those rare stories that I
107
00:07:22.339 --> 00:07:28.769
bring back a few times. Because this is just crossing
108
00:07:28.829 --> 00:07:33.970
the line, weird and wrong, And parents need to know
109
00:07:34.089 --> 00:07:39.790
because the concept is not bad. Now, I'm not going
110
00:07:39.810 --> 00:07:45.829
to get into the whole debate on Halloween and whether
111
00:07:45.930 --> 00:07:49.589
it's been co-opted and turned satanic and its original roots
112
00:07:49.689 --> 00:07:52.569
as Christian. And I'll let you people settle all that.
113
00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.339
You know, I have my bucket of candy for kids
114
00:07:56.360 --> 00:07:58.480
that come by the house and I'll stay up a
115
00:07:58.500 --> 00:08:03.069
little later to help them out. And that's fine. And
116
00:08:03.110 --> 00:08:05.310
I think that largely you can just have a good
117
00:08:05.350 --> 00:08:10.420
time with it and move on. But that said, Jabber
118
00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:20.560
and Jack is this pumpkin that has... It's battery-operated or plug-in,
119
00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:24.449
and it has a screen, sort of. It's cleverly put
120
00:08:24.550 --> 00:08:29.750
in the front of it. And when it's turned on,
121
00:08:29.769 --> 00:08:35.110
it has this image of a candle inside. And a carving,
122
00:08:36.090 --> 00:08:43.759
but the carving changes shapes so that the jack, the jack-o'-lantern,
123
00:08:44.259 --> 00:08:48.379
is animated and says cute little things and little sayings
124
00:08:48.500 --> 00:08:49.679
and sings little songs.
125
00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:52.899
He's got a display and he can do, you know,
126
00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:54.539
he doesn't just have one carving.
127
00:08:54.580 --> 00:08:57.850
He can do multiple faces. Exactly. And I mean, from
128
00:08:57.889 --> 00:09:01.129
a technological standpoint, I can step back and go, that's
129
00:09:01.190 --> 00:09:02.309
pretty cool. That's fun.
130
00:09:02.590 --> 00:09:02.789
Yeah.
131
00:09:04.529 --> 00:09:11.539
Unless you get one of the randomized songs, they program
132
00:09:11.580 --> 00:09:15.919
these things randomly. And some of them have a song
133
00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:21.169
that you can't do anything about. You can't skip it
134
00:09:22.330 --> 00:09:24.889
because it all plays in a rotation. It's a gimmick
135
00:09:24.950 --> 00:09:29.610
that just plays. And you can't delete it. You can't
136
00:09:29.730 --> 00:09:33.159
do anything with it. And it kind of goes like this.
137
00:09:33.570 --> 00:09:37.269
Come closer, I have a kiss for you. It tastes
138
00:09:37.330 --> 00:09:41.789
like pumpkin pie. We'll be wicked for one night, morbid
139
00:09:41.950 --> 00:09:45.110
and nefarious, and when the sun goes down till the morning,
140
00:09:45.190 --> 00:09:48.190
it will be just us. How would you like to
141
00:09:48.269 --> 00:09:51.950
scream all night? I'll fill you full of fright, guide
142
00:09:51.990 --> 00:09:54.750
you in the darkest deeds, and spoil you with my
143
00:09:54.830 --> 00:10:00.600
roasted pumpkin seeds. Oh my gosh. And here's the thing.
144
00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:05.679
Jeez Louise. The owner says, the owner of the company,
145
00:10:05.779 --> 00:10:11.879
George Belonky, said in the company's Mindscope products, he said, yep,
146
00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:14.539
we hear you. I'm paraphrasing. We hear you, parents.
147
00:10:15.259 --> 00:10:15.730
Gotcha. Gotcha.
148
00:10:16.750 --> 00:10:18.889
We're going to change the upload. We're going to remove
149
00:10:18.929 --> 00:10:20.860
the song. We're not going to have anything like that
150
00:10:21.909 --> 00:10:26.559
next year. They're not doing anything about this year. They're
151
00:10:26.580 --> 00:10:29.659
not pulling them off the shelf. And as I said,
152
00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:35.340
it is totally random. You might get one where it's like, cool.
153
00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:43.779
You might get one where it's like that. And no. But...
154
00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:49.519
You know, again, I'm just making you aware that it's
155
00:10:49.590 --> 00:10:53.129
a product that's out there. It's pretty popular. It's called
156
00:10:53.190 --> 00:10:57.970
Jabber and Jack. You do what you want. You know,
157
00:10:58.210 --> 00:10:58.570
I mean.
158
00:10:59.110 --> 00:11:05.379
Do you find Halloween to be less cozy and whimsical
159
00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:11.600
and fun? And it's just downright dark. I don't remember
160
00:11:11.659 --> 00:11:12.480
this when I was a kid.
161
00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:16.360
Well, see, here's the thing. Is it just me getting
162
00:11:16.460 --> 00:11:22.679
old or are things changing? No, it's you without the
163
00:11:22.779 --> 00:11:25.179
scope of a longer arc.
164
00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:26.779
Me.
165
00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:31.340
I'm 66. You're not. That's my curious thing. Like when
166
00:11:31.379 --> 00:11:34.460
you were a kid. When I was a kid, it
167
00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:37.940
was awesome. And then there was a period of time
168
00:11:38.779 --> 00:11:42.750
when I was a teenager, young teenager... Razor blades were
169
00:11:42.809 --> 00:11:48.220
being put into apples, caramel apples, and drugs were being
170
00:11:48.289 --> 00:11:51.580
slipped into some of the candies that were out there.
171
00:11:51.779 --> 00:11:54.659
And there was like a real paranoia that hit. And
172
00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:56.789
then it kind of ebbed back. And my point is,
173
00:11:56.990 --> 00:11:59.340
it has ebbed and flowed. There have been periods of
174
00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:01.700
time when it's just, ah, let the kids dress up and,
175
00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:05.159
you know, do the trunk or treat thing at the
176
00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:07.159
church parking lot and have a good time.
177
00:12:07.299 --> 00:12:07.490
Right.
178
00:12:07.830 --> 00:12:10.629
Don't dress up as anything demonic or stupid. Just have
179
00:12:10.649 --> 00:12:13.570
a good time with it. And, you know, the kids
180
00:12:13.610 --> 00:12:17.090
dress as football players or they dress as their favorite
181
00:12:17.149 --> 00:12:21.850
superhero and buy the costumes at Walmart or whatever. And
182
00:12:21.889 --> 00:12:25.149
then there's other times where it's gone really dark, really dark.
183
00:12:25.230 --> 00:12:25.409
Yeah.
184
00:12:26.289 --> 00:12:28.950
It's one thing to be Casper, the friendly ghost. It's
185
00:12:29.009 --> 00:12:31.629
another to, I don't know, whatever this is.
186
00:12:32.409 --> 00:12:35.649
Well, to be Beelzebub. I mean, you know, Lucifer.
187
00:12:36.049 --> 00:12:36.389
Yeah.
188
00:12:37.450 --> 00:12:40.320
And this now. This is just, like I said, and
189
00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:43.419
it's a shame because the concept is kind of cool.
190
00:12:43.460 --> 00:12:46.139
Let's be kind of fun and do these hip little
191
00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:49.220
ditties and things that were harmless. And then mixed in
192
00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:53.559
there is this, though. But you can't predict it. That's
193
00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:56.850
the thing. So I'm just letting you know. 28 past
194
00:12:56.870 --> 00:12:57.120
the hour.
195
00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:57.519
Come back.
196
00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:00.929
The big story in the press box is a oh-my-goodness story.
197
00:13:00.990 --> 00:13:01.230
Next.
198
00:13:03.409 --> 00:13:04.159
Well....
199
00:13:22.490 --> 00:13:29.450
I don't know how I could skip this. And I'm
200
00:13:29.470 --> 00:13:32.289
going to add some wrinkles to the story in the
201
00:13:32.350 --> 00:13:36.490
form of some conjecture, which I'm loathe to do, but
202
00:13:36.850 --> 00:13:44.289
I think it's warranted. Krista Pike was to be executed yesterday.
203
00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:48.720
I will spare you the details of her crime that
204
00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:54.830
she committed yesterday. back in the 1990s. I'll just spare
205
00:13:54.889 --> 00:13:58.750
you that. I'll just tell you that from my perspective,
206
00:13:58.909 --> 00:14:07.289
this was long overdue. However, when the curtain went up
207
00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:18.960
on Wednesday night at 7.27 local time in Tennessee, she
208
00:14:19.019 --> 00:14:27.139
said she was at peace. The execution by lethal injection
209
00:14:27.299 --> 00:14:37.759
did not unfold as expected. Roughly one hour later, witnesses,
210
00:14:37.779 --> 00:14:40.840
a media witness that is required to be there, as
211
00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:49.649
well as legal authorities and others, state that Pike had
212
00:14:49.690 --> 00:14:54.899
received both syringes of the lethal injection chemicals. And she
213
00:14:54.940 --> 00:15:02.399
was still alive and she was snoring. A half hour later,
214
00:15:04.320 --> 00:15:08.450
she was still alive and could be heard snoring behind
215
00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:13.610
the closed curtain now. Then she was taken to the
216
00:15:13.669 --> 00:15:18.269
hospital where she is now, according to her attorneys, in
217
00:15:18.789 --> 00:15:31.710
serious medical condition. There have been people that in capital
218
00:15:32.549 --> 00:15:50.799
punishment have had less than smooth carrying out of the sentence. Historically,
219
00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:54.320
seven other people have survived in cases where the execution
220
00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:59.490
team could not find a vein. But no one has
221
00:15:59.590 --> 00:16:02.669
survived the administration of the drugs that were used.
222
00:16:03.690 --> 00:16:03.889
Ever.
223
00:16:08.610 --> 00:16:15.889
And so, did the nurse or whoever was there to administer...
224
00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:24.110
and put the Ivy line in its proper place, was
225
00:16:24.470 --> 00:16:29.169
this person an activist? And did they intentionally miss the vein?
226
00:16:30.509 --> 00:16:36.129
Because she described, is my arm supposed to feel this way?
227
00:16:37.210 --> 00:16:40.750
Which would indicate, according to the people that I'm reading,
228
00:16:44.070 --> 00:16:47.570
that the drugs that were used in administering the death
229
00:16:47.629 --> 00:16:51.990
sentence did not make the way they just entered into
230
00:16:52.029 --> 00:16:57.879
the arm, not into the vein, and that perhaps someone
231
00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:06.660
intentionally missed? Now, I don't know. This has never happened.
232
00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:12.990
But now let me throw the wrinkle in beyond that wrinkle.
233
00:17:17.890 --> 00:17:20.529
At this point, is it cruel and unusual punishment to
234
00:17:20.589 --> 00:17:25.509
make her go through that again? I don't deny that
235
00:17:25.609 --> 00:17:30.390
she's deserving of the death sentence, but the state didn't
236
00:17:30.450 --> 00:17:34.609
do it properly. And she was prepared, and now if
237
00:17:34.690 --> 00:17:44.420
she survives whatever's going on, are you forced then to
238
00:17:44.460 --> 00:17:48.470
commute her sentence to life? Just a thought, 41 minutes
239
00:17:48.509 --> 00:18:03.660
past the hour. Is Canada becoming more and more a parody?
240
00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:17.589
Canadian judge in British Columbia, Justice Catherine Murray, had a
241
00:18:17.630 --> 00:18:26.089
case with an organization called DULF. D-U-L-F. Drug User Liberation Front.
242
00:18:29.549 --> 00:18:35.369
And she struck down a Canadian law as unconstitutional.
243
00:18:39.829 --> 00:18:40.190
That.
244
00:18:40.990 --> 00:18:43.940
says no person shall, for the purpose of trafficking, possess
245
00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:47.700
any substance listed under Schedule 1, 2, 3, 4, or
246
00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:53.160
5 of the CDSA, substance represented to be one. In
247
00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:58.329
other words, the law says you can't traffic drugs. These
248
00:18:58.369 --> 00:19:04.289
people believe you can. She agreed. She struck down the
249
00:19:04.309 --> 00:19:07.970
criminal code prohibition against possessing drugs for the purpose of
250
00:19:08.049 --> 00:19:14.240
trafficking as unconstitutional. We're not talking marijuana. We're talking heroin.
251
00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:19.119
We're talking meth. We're talking cocaine. But she didn't just
252
00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:26.240
stop there. Let me read what she said. To the
253
00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:30.839
founders of this organization, you successfully put yourself aside for
254
00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:33.700
this cause, and it's something most people wouldn't do, and
255
00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:36.579
for that I applaud you. You should be very proud
256
00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:42.619
of yourself. She went on to say... See, what they
257
00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:46.359
would do is they would buy drugs off the black market,
258
00:19:47.369 --> 00:19:51.700
test them to determine... if they were safe, you know,
259
00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:55.579
as drugs are, and then sell them at cost to users.
260
00:19:57.240 --> 00:20:02.049
And she found this honorable and admirable, quoting, it's people
261
00:20:02.109 --> 00:20:05.529
like you who make a difference as you just did.
262
00:20:05.829 --> 00:20:07.769
So go do great things. I have no doubt that
263
00:20:07.789 --> 00:20:11.539
you will. Great things. Making sure the junkies have safe highs.
264
00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:26.319
It's Canada. This is Canada. While we're on the subject
265
00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:32.569
of drugs, you've seen the stories about P. Diddy in prison.
266
00:20:35.589 --> 00:20:40.329
NBC News. Inside the walls of Fort Dix Federal Prison
267
00:20:40.369 --> 00:20:45.250
in New Jersey, no one is living quite like inmate 37452-054.
268
00:20:45.750 --> 00:20:51.230
There are men who cook for him, men who clean
269
00:20:51.269 --> 00:20:53.359
for him, men who make his bed, men who do
270
00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:55.700
his laundry. There's even a man who gives him a
271
00:20:55.740 --> 00:21:01.119
Chinese-style massage. This is how Sean Puff Daddy P. Diddy
272
00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:05.029
Combs has been living in prison. According to four men
273
00:21:05.049 --> 00:21:07.750
who have spent time in the same unit, as the
274
00:21:07.869 --> 00:21:13.609
disgraced hip-hop mogul. This is not some normal you see
275
00:21:13.730 --> 00:21:17.950
in jail. This is some rich you see. Looks crazy,
276
00:21:17.990 --> 00:21:23.440
but again, it's Diddy. He's got contraband cell phones. He
277
00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:27.359
scans nude photos, sexually explicit photos from an old girlfriend.
278
00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:33.319
He buys whatever he wants. He buys antidepressant drugs. On
279
00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:36.640
weekend nights, he often taps into a secret stash of
280
00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:40.660
premium liquor that was smuggled in by guards, shared with
281
00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:46.160
a top-tight group of inmates. Isn't it good to know
282
00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:50.970
that he's learning lessons for his crimes? And how is
283
00:21:51.029 --> 00:21:55.650
it possible that this goes on with it being public?
284
00:21:57.349 --> 00:22:00.990
That prison officials don't just say, okay, we'll just house
285
00:22:01.009 --> 00:22:04.730
him by himself. And you say to the guards, we
286
00:22:05.029 --> 00:22:10.990
are searching you in and out. And this is just unbelievable.
287
00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:15.259
And believe it or not, I'm going to top that
288
00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:43.210
story next. Was I turned on? You're on.
289
00:22:43.509 --> 00:22:43.829
Okay.
290
00:22:44.710 --> 00:22:46.529
I saw you reach over there. I wasn't sure where
291
00:22:46.549 --> 00:22:51.130
I had to repeat myself. Anyway, I got distracted. I
292
00:22:51.170 --> 00:22:52.609
told you I was going to top that story. And
293
00:22:52.650 --> 00:22:56.259
topping might not be the right word to use because
294
00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:59.000
that suggests. But I think you know me well enough
295
00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:01.519
to know when I say I'm going to top that
296
00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:04.579
story about P. Diddy and the Canadian judge, that means
297
00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:13.059
I'm getting worse. And this is Florida. I watched the
298
00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:23.470
hearing for Natalie Belzer, 29 years of age, charged with
299
00:23:23.549 --> 00:23:32.460
four counts of child neglect. She put on her WhatsApp, whatever,
300
00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:35.579
that she was going on a cruise. And so there's
301
00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:38.440
some photos of And the father of one of her
302
00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:43.410
children took note of that and was like, who's watching
303
00:23:43.430 --> 00:23:48.549
the kids? Well, it turns out she left the children alone.
304
00:23:52.289 --> 00:24:00.720
She left a newborn, a two-year-old toddler, a preteen, and
305
00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:05.700
what appeared to be maybe a young teenage daughter while
306
00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:12.910
she went on a cruise. baby daddy gets a little
307
00:24:12.930 --> 00:24:19.319
concerned about his newborn and says, um, hello. And so
308
00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:25.579
he shows up, sees the TV on doors locked and
309
00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:30.000
he called the police. Police came, found the kids hiding
310
00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:33.720
in a bathroom. They clearly had been told kind of
311
00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:38.309
stay out of sight. And if someone comes to the door, hide. And, um,
312
00:24:38.849 --> 00:24:46.960
she said that her great-grandmother was supposed to watch them. Well,
313
00:24:48.329 --> 00:24:53.609
according to authorities, the grandmother told officers that she had
314
00:24:53.650 --> 00:25:00.130
promised to drop the kids off to her, not a great-grandmother. Well,
315
00:25:00.150 --> 00:25:04.190
maybe it's great-grandmother to the babies. I don't know. I
316
00:25:04.390 --> 00:25:08.690
don't know, but she never did. But her brother really
317
00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:13.549
ratted her out. The woman's brother told police that she
318
00:25:13.589 --> 00:25:18.230
had texted him on the day the children were found
319
00:25:18.410 --> 00:25:22.089
asking him to check in on them. She knew no
320
00:25:22.170 --> 00:25:26.769
one was watching those kids and she left them. The
321
00:25:26.890 --> 00:25:29.950
judge was having none of it. The defense attorney's in
322
00:25:29.990 --> 00:25:33.150
there saying, oh, judge, judge, it's not just mothers now
323
00:25:33.170 --> 00:25:36.890
that have responsibility. There are fathers and there are grandparents.
324
00:25:37.769 --> 00:25:42.799
It's like, uh, no. She was arrested getting off a
325
00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:52.289
cruise ship. She left the children. Now, the reason why this, look,
326
00:25:52.509 --> 00:25:56.430
the first story, okay, you're dealing with drug traffickers, whatever, right?
327
00:25:56.789 --> 00:26:01.089
And you're dealing with Canada. Need I say more? Second story,
328
00:26:01.430 --> 00:26:08.160
Pete Eddy. What a loser. I mean, he is. He's
329
00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:12.049
always been a loser. He doesn't have to be. That's
330
00:26:12.089 --> 00:26:14.609
his choice. He chooses to be. And he's living that
331
00:26:14.670 --> 00:26:22.380
way in prison. This is a mom. Where are the
332
00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:31.500
maternal instincts? Imagine how selfish you have to be to
333
00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:36.720
shut down that maternal instinct to care for your kids.
334
00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:41.079
You know, I watched a short video of a grizzly
335
00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:46.420
bear coming up on a baby bison, and mama was
336
00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:51.410
having none of it. She knocked that bear probably 15
337
00:26:51.410 --> 00:26:53.930
feet away with one ram.
338
00:26:54.109 --> 00:26:54.890
Boom. Boom.
339
00:26:56.000 --> 00:27:01.750
The maternal instinct is supposed to be there. What's going on, moms?
340
00:27:02.509 --> 00:27:05.009
We have too many moms that are harming their children.
341
00:27:05.029 --> 00:27:07.980
All right, we're going to change gears, talk about something
342
00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:10.140
positive next here on The Morning Show with Preston Scott.
343
00:27:23.609 --> 00:27:27.009
Good morning, everybody. If you're just waking up and joining us, Friday,
344
00:27:27.170 --> 00:27:31.069
October 2nd, here on The Morning Show with Preston Scott.
345
00:27:31.109 --> 00:27:34.329
Grant Allen running the radio program as he wants to
346
00:27:34.369 --> 00:27:39.670
do from time to time here on a Friday. And
347
00:27:39.809 --> 00:27:44.650
please stand with us, good friend of the show, good
348
00:27:44.690 --> 00:27:49.380
friend of this community, Cecilia Homason, CEO, First Commerce Credit Union. Cecilia,
349
00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.259
how are you this morning?
350
00:27:50.809 --> 00:27:53.799
Hey, good morning, Preston. Thank you so much for letting
351
00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:56.259
me come and join you and your listeners and talk
352
00:27:56.279 --> 00:28:01.839
about what October represents in our community and the launch
353
00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:04.539
of the Flamingo Challenge.
354
00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:07.289
Let's back up for just a second here, because obviously
355
00:28:07.309 --> 00:28:09.730
I think a lot of people at this point know
356
00:28:09.789 --> 00:28:13.950
that in October, there's a real big focus on breast
357
00:28:13.970 --> 00:28:19.740
cancer awareness and treatments, detection, all of that. But let's
358
00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:22.619
back up a little bit. Where did this start with
359
00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:25.579
First Commerce? When did you decide to get involved in
360
00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:27.119
this with the Flamingo Challenge?
361
00:28:28.289 --> 00:28:32.930
Yeah, so back in 2020 during COVID, during so much
362
00:28:32.990 --> 00:28:37.059
of what we were having to reimagine, if you would,
363
00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:40.839
as we were doing social distancing, we felt that there
364
00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:44.730
needed to still be a tremendous opportunity to fundraise and
365
00:28:44.769 --> 00:28:48.569
bring awareness to breast cancer. because things were getting lost
366
00:28:48.630 --> 00:28:51.349
in the mix during COVID. And the team came up
367
00:28:51.390 --> 00:28:56.559
with this fabulous grassroots way to bring out flamingos representing
368
00:28:56.599 --> 00:29:03.990
the heart, breast cancer awareness, the spirit of survivorship. And
369
00:29:04.150 --> 00:29:08.069
from that, the Flamingo Challenge was launched. And we've had
370
00:29:08.309 --> 00:29:13.130
now in its seventh year raising nearly $ 700, 000 across our region.
371
00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:16.559
It has struck a chord in our community because, as
372
00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:21.259
we know, so many individuals and families have been affected
373
00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:24.539
through breast cancer over the years. And so we're just
374
00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:29.690
really excited and really looking forward to yet another great
375
00:29:30.450 --> 00:29:33.250
fundraising campaign through the month of October.
376
00:29:33.269 --> 00:29:33.470
Absolutely.
377
00:29:33.650 --> 00:29:37.000
Well, you and your team have not only managed to
378
00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:40.819
raise an incredible sum of money so far. and it's
379
00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:42.880
just going to continue to grow. And I want to
380
00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:46.779
get into the different places where those funds go. But
381
00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:51.849
you've managed to make those tacky, pink, plastic flamingos and
382
00:29:51.930 --> 00:29:52.829
make them cool.
383
00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:57.519
Yeah, like I said, I think it just really is
384
00:29:57.539 --> 00:30:02.059
such a visible sign of support and awareness. It's meant
385
00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:05.099
to be a spirit of fun. It's meant to be
386
00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:10.599
uplifting and encouraging and a visible way that our community
387
00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:14.640
shows how much we love and support the individuals and
388
00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:18.119
the families that are dealing with this dreadful, dreadful disease.
389
00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:24.710
You've mentioned, Cecilia, that you're attacking the region by raising funds.
390
00:30:25.410 --> 00:30:28.230
And I want to make sure people understand the footprint
391
00:30:28.829 --> 00:30:31.869
of First Commerce Credit Union. And when you say the region,
392
00:30:31.930 --> 00:30:35.650
you literally mean the region because we have, obviously on iHeart,
393
00:30:35.670 --> 00:30:37.789
we have listeners across the country, even around the world.
394
00:30:38.150 --> 00:30:41.980
But our radio listeners, they are in Panama City, Bay County,
395
00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:44.640
the surrounding counties. They're in Leon County, Tallahassee, and the
396
00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:48.019
surrounding counties. You're literally talking about the entire spread of
397
00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:50.059
the region, even into South Georgia.
398
00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.940
Oh, absolutely.
399
00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:55.200
So we have been able to work with partners in
400
00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:59.160
each of these areas. So here in Tallahassee, we're working
401
00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:04.410
with TMH. In Panama City, working with Sacred Heart Ascension.
402
00:31:04.970 --> 00:31:09.829
And in Valdosta, working with Southern Medical. And then in
403
00:31:09.869 --> 00:31:13.549
the SGMC, I think how many people know that. And
404
00:31:13.589 --> 00:31:14.279
then in.
405
00:31:15.490 --> 00:31:17.069
Thomasville, we work with Archbold.
406
00:31:17.109 --> 00:31:20.130
So yes, in each of these hubs, we've partnered with
407
00:31:20.170 --> 00:31:25.119
these hospitals that are serving breast cancer treatment to really
408
00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:28.559
make sure that every dollar, and this is so important, Preston,
409
00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:36.059
every dollar raised stays local to really support treatment, mammograms, scans,
410
00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:39.319
and really help make sure we have local access.
411
00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:42.809
Joining us on the program is Cecilia Homason. She's the
412
00:31:42.849 --> 00:31:46.250
chief executive officer with First Commerce Credit Union. We're talking
413
00:31:46.289 --> 00:31:50.710
about the Flamingo Challenge. It's the hashtag Flamingo Challenge because
414
00:31:50.789 --> 00:31:53.089
obviously we want you to not just take part, but
415
00:31:53.150 --> 00:31:55.490
to take part and post it on your social. And
416
00:31:55.509 --> 00:31:57.349
we're going to talk more about the specifics of how
417
00:31:57.430 --> 00:31:59.890
you can do that next here on The Morning Show
418
00:31:59.930 --> 00:32:08.920
with Preston Scott. Eleven minutes past the hour with Cecilia Homason, CEO,
419
00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:11.700
First Commerce Credit Union. We're talking about the hashtag Pink
420
00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:16.569
Flamingo Challenge. It is the Flamingo Challenge. And it's about
421
00:32:16.609 --> 00:32:20.250
breast cancer awareness. But I would say that people are aware,
422
00:32:20.369 --> 00:32:23.950
but now it's about raising support. It's those dollars that
423
00:32:23.990 --> 00:32:27.930
stay local that make a difference. So, Cecilia, someone listening
424
00:32:27.970 --> 00:32:31.009
right now, and I know that it's for businesses, it's
425
00:32:31.049 --> 00:32:35.690
for individuals, it's for civic organizations, community groups that want
426
00:32:35.730 --> 00:32:39.029
to take part. They want to get in on this.
427
00:32:39.150 --> 00:32:41.210
Take us through the steps. What does someone need to do?
428
00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:46.670
Yeah, so the first thing is to go to firstcommercecu.org
429
00:32:46.890 --> 00:32:50.769
slash Flamingo. And that way you can see all the
430
00:32:50.809 --> 00:32:54.009
different ways you can join. But you get to, if
431
00:32:54.049 --> 00:32:57.579
you want to contribute as an individual and get your
432
00:32:57.710 --> 00:33:00.299
own flock to land on your front yard to really
433
00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:03.339
show your visible support inside of your neighborhood, there's an
434
00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:06.400
opportunity to do that. We have a lot of businesses
435
00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:09.539
and groups that will form together and run challenges against
436
00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:11.799
each other to see who can contribute. do the most
437
00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:17.670
creative fundraising. Last year, we introduced yet another opportunity with
438
00:33:17.690 --> 00:33:24.569
these Franny the Flamingo, where people were customizing these five-foot flamingos,
439
00:33:24.690 --> 00:33:28.490
beautiful displays that then landed in the cancer center so
440
00:33:28.529 --> 00:33:31.680
patients could see them. And so there's lots of different
441
00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:34.779
ways that people can fundraise. We've had one group up
442
00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:39.579
in Georgia that contributed through doing a huge Boston Butt fundraiser.
443
00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:43.380
So Be creative and look at ways that you and
444
00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:47.609
your group, your business, can join together and be a
445
00:33:47.690 --> 00:33:53.450
part of the flock and the Flamingo Challenge. So, again, firstcommercecu.org
446
00:33:53.930 --> 00:33:57.470
slash flamingo. And there is all the resources you need
447
00:33:57.490 --> 00:33:58.289
to get started.
448
00:33:59.049 --> 00:34:01.829
And I take it that that's– and they'll be directed
449
00:34:01.910 --> 00:34:04.390
on how to get their own flock of flamingos and
450
00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:06.859
signage and everything for the yard or in front of
451
00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:08.199
the business or whatever it might be.
452
00:34:09.389 --> 00:34:10.829
That's exactly right, Preston.
453
00:34:10.929 --> 00:34:11.590
Absolutely.
454
00:34:11.630 --> 00:34:13.769
And Preston, I know we're going to run out of time,
455
00:34:13.789 --> 00:34:16.449
but I do want to make sure that I just
456
00:34:16.570 --> 00:34:20.519
encourage individuals out there to make sure you stay up
457
00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:23.780
with your screenings and your mammogram. It is so, so
458
00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:27.920
important to great treatment to have that early diagnosis. I
459
00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:31.440
am a great example of what not to do.
460
00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:34.510
I missed one year of And a year later, I
461
00:34:34.510 --> 00:34:38.130
was diagnosed. And it cost me through my treatment. It
462
00:34:38.150 --> 00:34:39.469
made things more complicated.
463
00:34:39.530 --> 00:34:43.320
So to the women and families out there, please make
464
00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:46.480
sure you take advantage of the screenings and the mammograms
465
00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:49.139
and stay on your annual schedule.
466
00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:53.320
If someone participates in this, they've got, you know, most
467
00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:56.159
people have some form of social media out there. You
468
00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:59.809
want them posting photos and saying something with the hashtag
469
00:34:59.909 --> 00:35:00.730
Flamingo Challenge?
470
00:35:01.889 --> 00:35:02.869
Oh, absolutely.
471
00:35:02.909 --> 00:35:05.650
Yeah, we want, again, part of the spirit of this
472
00:35:05.730 --> 00:35:10.130
is to encourage and show a united community. So, yeah,
473
00:35:10.170 --> 00:35:11.769
my husband and I get out there and we do
474
00:35:11.829 --> 00:35:16.489
our flamingo pose with our yard signs and post them out.
475
00:35:17.070 --> 00:35:20.690
We've had some great, great community postings out there. It's
476
00:35:20.710 --> 00:35:24.590
a great way for businesses to show their spirit inside
477
00:35:24.610 --> 00:35:27.190
of their communities and also promote their business and how
478
00:35:27.230 --> 00:35:30.519
they're giving back. So, yeah, by all means, join the fun.
479
00:35:32.469 --> 00:35:34.929
Cecilia, thanks so much for what you and your team
480
00:35:34.989 --> 00:35:40.110
at First Commerce Credit Union do. Obviously, not just this event,
481
00:35:40.150 --> 00:35:43.889
but you all do so much for the community year-round.
482
00:35:44.389 --> 00:35:47.500
And we so appreciate our partnership. And thank you so
483
00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:49.579
much for what you're doing to lead the community in
484
00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.059
this area.
485
00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:54.380
Thank you, Preston. And again, really do appreciate your support
486
00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:57.280
and your listener support of First Commerce.
487
00:35:57.699 --> 00:36:00.320
Thank you. Cecilia Homason with us this morning from First
488
00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:06.010
Commerce Credit Union again. The website is FirstCommerce, the letter C,
489
00:36:06.090 --> 00:36:12.090
the letter U, FirstCommerceCU.org slash Flamingo. It's just that simple.
490
00:36:12.789 --> 00:36:16.010
And so that's the challenge. You know what? This is
491
00:36:16.050 --> 00:36:21.190
a perfect lead-in to the giving season, right? Because, you know,
492
00:36:21.530 --> 00:36:25.570
starting in November, we have our Operation Thanksgiving and then
493
00:36:26.389 --> 00:36:30.269
Operation Spirit of Christmas. And so October, it's a perfect time.
494
00:36:30.550 --> 00:36:39.789
And this is a wonderful cause. $ 700, 000 since 2020. And
495
00:36:40.250 --> 00:36:44.780
that's a remarkable testimony to the efforts of First Commerce
496
00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:49.320
and the hospitals and the organizations that are linked in.
497
00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:53.320
She mentioned Tallahassee Memorial, health care, the Walker Breast Program,
498
00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:56.989
the Ascension Sacred Heart Association. Bay Cancer Center, the Archbold
499
00:36:57.010 --> 00:37:00.480
Cancer Center Resource Fund, and the Perlman Cancer Center at
500
00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:05.559
SGMC Health. These are all great organizations in dealing with
501
00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:09.480
breast cancer. And again, this money stays local. So do
502
00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:16.159
your part. And again, that's firstcommercecu.org slash Flamingo. All right,
503
00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:17.719
16 minutes past the hour. Back with more of The
504
00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.840
Morning Show with Preston Scott.
505
00:37:32.750 --> 00:37:32.989
All right.
506
00:37:33.030 --> 00:37:37.170
Will anybody, I mean, look, the WNBA is only on
507
00:37:37.210 --> 00:37:45.710
people's radar now because it's a laughingstock. And because of
508
00:37:45.789 --> 00:37:47.409
Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham.
509
00:37:48.090 --> 00:37:50.940
They had a chance to be a legitimate league there.
510
00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:56.409
You know, they, Candace Parker, Bree's shining moment. Yeah, they
511
00:37:56.449 --> 00:38:00.190
had some moments there with some college athletes that were
512
00:38:00.210 --> 00:38:02.789
going pro in the early days of its popularity, right?
513
00:38:03.929 --> 00:38:06.880
They had a chance, and it's just... And then they
514
00:38:06.929 --> 00:38:12.159
went lesbian-centric. They promoted what was obvious, right? That the
515
00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:17.130
majority of them are lesbian. They promoted that. They pushed
516
00:38:17.210 --> 00:38:20.750
back on anyone who would challenge that, and then they
517
00:38:20.789 --> 00:38:23.659
got on the wrong side of men competing against women.
518
00:38:23.969 --> 00:38:27.599
They're on the wrong side. If this ends up in court,
519
00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:31.000
they will lose because they have not defined it, and
520
00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:34.460
they're going to have to define it to avoid losing
521
00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.860
in court.
522
00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:38.050
And you've got the nature of the sport. Some sports
523
00:38:38.190 --> 00:38:42.030
are just kind of regional or city-specific. For example, the NHL.
524
00:38:42.510 --> 00:38:47.230
The NHL does not have a broad national following.
525
00:38:47.550 --> 00:38:48.590
It has local following.
526
00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:52.980
And so the WNBA, I imagine, because there's not a
527
00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:58.239
team in this region that we live nearby, probably has
528
00:38:58.260 --> 00:39:03.699
a local following. And it feels so forced when above
529
00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:07.820
the fold on ESPN.com is a WNBA score.
530
00:39:07.929 --> 00:39:11.210
When there was Thursday night football last night. Feels forced.
531
00:39:11.449 --> 00:39:16.280
Feels ridiculous. But here's the thing. Where they're really whiffing
532
00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:20.659
is not accepting that Kaitlyn Clark changed the league.
533
00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:21.420
Yes.
534
00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:26.889
And I'll explain why. She plays the game like a guy.
535
00:39:28.449 --> 00:39:41.780
She launches threes from She's heterosexual, which probably doesn't help
536
00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:46.119
her with most of her comrades inside the league. And
537
00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:49.539
they brutalized her. They have abused her. Last night, her
538
00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:53.039
team got eliminated. My prediction is the eyeballs on the
539
00:39:53.260 --> 00:39:57.849
WNBA are now over. And they bloodied her to do it.
540
00:39:58.159 --> 00:40:01.619
I mean, elbow to the mouth, bloodied her mouth profusely.
541
00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:05.730
And this is commonplace. The amount of abuse that girl
542
00:40:05.769 --> 00:40:08.630
takes for just being who she is, and they should be,
543
00:40:09.449 --> 00:40:13.510
I've long said, Caitlyn's agent should walk into the WNBA
544
00:40:13.590 --> 00:40:18.389
office and say, here's the deal. This ends now, the
545
00:40:18.429 --> 00:40:23.920
abuse of Caitlyn. We want fair officiating. We want these
546
00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:28.230
attacks to stop. Or she's leaving the league, and she's
547
00:40:28.269 --> 00:40:30.989
got all the endorsements she needs. She makes more money
548
00:40:31.130 --> 00:40:33.550
outside the league than she will ever make inside the league,
549
00:40:33.969 --> 00:40:36.289
and she will take the eyeballs with her. It's up
550
00:40:36.309 --> 00:40:39.969
to you. That's the proposition. Take it or leave it.
551
00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:45.739
And that's what Caitlyn needs to do for the good
552
00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:50.349
of her own self, her safety. But what's happening now is,
553
00:40:51.050 --> 00:40:52.630
I don't know if you've seen what happened at the
554
00:40:52.670 --> 00:40:56.090
last game in the playoffs between, you know, and why
555
00:40:56.130 --> 00:40:59.769
would you? Why would you care? Las Vegas and Indiana.
556
00:41:00.949 --> 00:41:04.789
The star, she's a very good basketball player. Asia Wilson.
557
00:41:05.409 --> 00:41:08.570
She's like a two-time, three-time in a row MVP. She's
558
00:41:08.610 --> 00:41:12.949
really good. But she's a jerk. Like a lot of them.
559
00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:16.460
And the only reason anyone cares about her is because
560
00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:19.800
of Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham now because she took
561
00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:23.619
a position standing up for women. And she's hated by
562
00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:27.280
most everybody in the league as well. And she's a
563
00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:29.980
little cutie and people resent her for that as well.
564
00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:35.139
So a fan... A foul is called, latter part of
565
00:41:35.179 --> 00:41:38.820
the game, tight game. Fan stands up and says, it's
566
00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:42.670
on you, it's on you. What fans do? Nothing personal,
567
00:41:42.989 --> 00:41:45.829
nothing directed other than the foul's on you, referring to
568
00:41:45.849 --> 00:41:51.860
Asia Wilson. She goes into the stands. She goes into
569
00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:57.179
the stands. And here's what's funny. She said the confrontation
570
00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:59.219
with the fan wasn't because she was offended by anything
571
00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:02.119
he said because he didn't say anything offensive. He was
572
00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:05.630
being a fan. Now, you could say, well, it's unbecoming. Whatever.
573
00:42:05.809 --> 00:42:09.489
It's fans. Playoffs. He cared about the game. He said something.
574
00:42:09.690 --> 00:42:11.530
The foul's on you. The foul's on you. And he
575
00:42:11.570 --> 00:42:17.039
sat down. She came after him and says this. If
576
00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:19.320
I see a man stepping towards me, I don't give
577
00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:24.480
a what you said. It's unacceptable. And that he was
578
00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:26.300
coming at her. No, he wasn't.
579
00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:27.139
Oh, my gosh.
580
00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:33.300
But here's where it gets really good. The broadcasters for
581
00:42:33.340 --> 00:42:40.650
the Amazon Prime broadcast yawn. The WNBA, they need to
582
00:42:40.690 --> 00:42:43.570
be first apologizing to the fan because they badmouthed him.
583
00:42:45.349 --> 00:42:48.619
He was not ejected from the game. The Indiana Cowboys. Fever,
584
00:42:48.699 --> 00:42:52.130
the arena, you know, Lee Seas said he didn't do
585
00:42:52.170 --> 00:42:52.650
anything wrong.
586
00:42:52.789 --> 00:42:52.969
Yeah.
587
00:42:53.369 --> 00:42:55.989
He did nothing wrong. So they talked to him outside,
588
00:42:56.409 --> 00:42:57.949
let him come back to sit down, watch the rest
589
00:42:57.969 --> 00:42:58.340
of the game.
590
00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:58.659
Nice.
591
00:42:58.679 --> 00:43:03.199
He got thunderous applause. Good for him. But the WNBA
592
00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:08.199
has a rule. Their rules say in Rule 12A, Section 4,
593
00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:11.289
any player, coach, or trainer deliberately enters the spectator's stands
594
00:43:11.309 --> 00:43:14.150
during a game will be automatically ejected. Not only was
595
00:43:14.210 --> 00:43:17.829
she not ejected, she's not going to be fined. No
596
00:43:17.849 --> 00:43:19.809
penalty at all. This is a joke.
597
00:43:19.829 --> 00:43:19.900
Yes.
598
00:43:23.590 --> 00:43:26.300
And that's why I'm talking about it, because this is
599
00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:30.340
a joke. They make it a joke themselves, and then
600
00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:34.280
when they clearly violate, no, no, no, we're going to be, what,
601
00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:36.260
we're going to be sensitive? What do you think they
602
00:43:36.300 --> 00:43:40.130
do in the NBA, girls? When a player enters the
603
00:43:40.170 --> 00:43:46.250
stands in the NBA, he is in deep trouble. WNBA, well,
604
00:43:46.349 --> 00:43:47.789
you know, it's understandable.
605
00:43:47.929 --> 00:43:48.190
Why?
606
00:43:48.329 --> 00:43:51.960
What, hormones? Are we going with the hormones defense? Is
607
00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:53.980
that what we're doing? Are we pulling a Lindsey Clancy here?
608
00:43:54.960 --> 00:44:01.539
It's ridiculous. Here's Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham, their team's out.
609
00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:06.010
Let's see what happens moving forward. Honestly, I don't care.
610
00:44:06.989 --> 00:44:10.829
I didn't care before. I wouldn't mind seeing Caitlin's team
611
00:44:10.849 --> 00:44:17.849
win the title, but they are becoming a caricature of themselves,
612
00:44:18.050 --> 00:44:21.420
and they don't even know it. Come back with a
613
00:44:21.409 --> 00:44:23.199
big story in the press box. What's the Beef? Coming
614
00:44:23.219 --> 00:44:30.619
up next hour. All right, if we need to take
615
00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:36.199
a little extra time, so be it. What's the Beef?
616
00:44:36.260 --> 00:44:38.750
comes up half hour from now. We'll open up the
617
00:44:38.789 --> 00:44:43.210
phone lines in a little while. By now, you should
618
00:44:43.230 --> 00:44:49.929
have heard the story of Krista Pyke. Her crime is,
619
00:44:50.909 --> 00:44:56.780
in my opinion, this is a capital punishment crime. What
620
00:44:56.840 --> 00:45:00.400
she did to a young lady who was a friend,
621
00:45:00.420 --> 00:45:04.900
I'm not going to describe it. I'm just going to
622
00:45:04.980 --> 00:45:10.559
leave that out. So you can now argue about why
623
00:45:10.599 --> 00:45:13.260
does it take so long to carry out a death
624
00:45:13.300 --> 00:45:17.099
sentence and 30-plus years. Yeah, I mean, the appeal process
625
00:45:17.260 --> 00:45:23.329
is absurd. However... Whatever happened to, like, SWIFT? Well, I mean...
626
00:45:23.159 --> 00:45:27.250
Or what's the right term? It's escaping me, but... I
627
00:45:27.329 --> 00:45:30.489
get the idea that, you know, you have a permanent
628
00:45:31.610 --> 00:45:38.599
punishment with no do-overs. And there have been documented cases.
629
00:45:41.469 --> 00:45:46.050
Of exoneration, where the guy about to die didn't do it. Well, sure.
630
00:45:46.090 --> 00:45:46.449
Yeah, yeah.
631
00:45:47.570 --> 00:45:50.900
And so that is part of this equation that, you know,
632
00:45:51.019 --> 00:45:54.780
as a personal conviction, I believe that the death sentence
633
00:45:54.820 --> 00:46:00.599
can only be used when there's evidence that is video, DNA,
634
00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:04.860
and even admission, you know, clearing out the people that
635
00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:09.420
admit to things just for notoriety, but clear evidence. That
636
00:46:09.500 --> 00:46:11.880
the rest of it, you can't take the risk of
637
00:46:11.920 --> 00:46:15.670
it being wrong. You can't do that. A civilized society
638
00:46:15.730 --> 00:46:22.369
cannot be wrong about a permanent punishment. You can't be. Now,
639
00:46:22.610 --> 00:46:26.090
there's no doubting this woman's guilt. She admitted it. She
640
00:46:26.159 --> 00:46:30.559
told what she did. Her accomplice is spending life in prison.
641
00:46:31.199 --> 00:46:34.900
She faced death. First woman in Tennessee in 200 years.
642
00:46:35.420 --> 00:46:39.539
All right. One of two things happened on Wednesday night
643
00:46:41.079 --> 00:46:49.699
because she's not dead. It was either intentionally botched or
644
00:46:50.119 --> 00:46:57.340
it was just botched. There's arguments to be made for, well,
645
00:46:57.619 --> 00:47:04.010
there's a possibility that it was intentionally messed up to
646
00:47:04.090 --> 00:47:10.750
bring this about, to not kill her. Either way, whether
647
00:47:10.769 --> 00:47:16.449
it was intentionally botched or not, this woman had no
648
00:47:16.530 --> 00:47:20.250
say in who was doing the execution. She had no say.
649
00:47:20.289 --> 00:47:23.309
She had no pull. She had nothing to do with it.
650
00:47:24.769 --> 00:47:26.690
So here's my question that I want to leave you with,
651
00:47:26.750 --> 00:47:28.610
and we'll talk about on the other side for just
652
00:47:28.650 --> 00:47:37.539
a few minutes. They had their chance. She's not dead.
653
00:47:40.510 --> 00:47:46.320
She had an expectation. She said, I'm at peace. She
654
00:47:46.360 --> 00:47:51.500
was ready. Does this now become cruel and unusual punishment
655
00:47:52.860 --> 00:48:00.389
to have her face the death sentence again? That's next
656
00:48:00.429 --> 00:48:23.130
here on The Morning Show. Preston Scott. So, the state
657
00:48:24.769 --> 00:48:31.440
failed in its effort to end the life, humanely, of
658
00:48:31.920 --> 00:48:41.019
someone convicted of murder. with special circumstances, and now she's
659
00:48:41.840 --> 00:48:45.670
receiving hospitalized care that her victim never had a chance
660
00:48:45.690 --> 00:48:52.510
to receive while she begged for her life. But if
661
00:48:52.550 --> 00:48:57.000
you survive the effort because of things that you didn't
662
00:48:57.019 --> 00:49:02.340
have any control of, should she face the death penalty again?
663
00:49:05.469 --> 00:49:09.150
Does it now cross over into cruel and unusual punishment
664
00:49:10.130 --> 00:49:14.210
when she, I mean, and it makes me sound like
665
00:49:14.250 --> 00:49:19.090
I'm defending, I'm not defending her crime. I believe she
666
00:49:19.150 --> 00:49:21.599
should have faced the death. penalty, but they botched it.
667
00:49:22.460 --> 00:49:23.440
So now what? What do you think?
668
00:49:23.739 --> 00:49:26.500
I guess it depends on the motive or intent of
669
00:49:28.449 --> 00:49:30.829
the team who administrated it. An individual, a team.
670
00:49:30.849 --> 00:49:33.530
Okay, let's take both scenarios and let me hear your thoughts.
671
00:49:34.190 --> 00:49:39.550
Scenario one, it was intentional. They wanted her to not die.
672
00:49:40.949 --> 00:49:43.989
Does that have anything to do with her? Did she
673
00:49:44.050 --> 00:49:44.849
play a role in that?
674
00:49:46.150 --> 00:49:49.809
So in that one instance, then she would be the
675
00:49:49.909 --> 00:49:52.710
victim of something acted against her.
676
00:49:53.710 --> 00:49:58.460
To protect her life, though. I mean, this is what
677
00:49:58.519 --> 00:50:02.280
makes this thing really weird. I don't have a good answer.
678
00:50:02.820 --> 00:50:03.840
I'm more.
679
00:50:05.260 --> 00:50:06.199
My thought is like.
680
00:50:10.510 --> 00:50:13.010
So now we have an example of lethal injection not working.
681
00:50:13.360 --> 00:50:13.510
Yeah.
682
00:50:14.940 --> 00:50:18.780
First time that we know of ever. Which causes the
683
00:50:18.860 --> 00:50:22.239
conspiracy theory. That's what's bringing about the idea that it
684
00:50:22.300 --> 00:50:25.579
was intentionally, they missed the vein and they injected it
685
00:50:25.760 --> 00:50:28.590
into her arm, not the vein, and so it didn't
686
00:50:28.610 --> 00:50:29.130
do its job.
687
00:50:29.949 --> 00:50:33.010
I haven't thought about the conspiracy theory too much yet.
688
00:50:33.550 --> 00:50:35.690
My mind defaults to just incompetence.
689
00:50:36.130 --> 00:50:36.269
Okay.
690
00:50:36.289 --> 00:50:36.369
Okay.
691
00:50:37.050 --> 00:50:39.409
And let's just settle there. Let's go to that side
692
00:50:39.429 --> 00:50:42.360
of it. Not a conspiracy. Wasn't an activist that got
693
00:50:42.400 --> 00:50:45.420
in there that is a nurse that decided she was
694
00:50:45.440 --> 00:50:48.119
going to try to do something to keep her from dying.
695
00:50:48.619 --> 00:50:54.449
Let's say it was just botched. Should she face the
696
00:50:54.469 --> 00:51:03.289
death penalty a second time? It's a good one, isn't it? Well,
697
00:51:03.309 --> 00:51:08.539
it's clear justice was not served. They tried to. And
698
00:51:08.579 --> 00:51:12.920
now they're... I don't have a good answer. So let's
699
00:51:12.940 --> 00:51:16.110
go back to the question. Let's not do lethal injection.
700
00:51:16.150 --> 00:51:19.630
Let's do something more reliable. Well, here's what's interesting. Again,
701
00:51:19.989 --> 00:51:23.989
another wrinkle. She asked for the firing squad. Did she really?
702
00:51:24.190 --> 00:51:24.409
Yes.
703
00:51:24.670 --> 00:51:26.929
Oh, then give it to her. It's not available in Tennessee.
704
00:51:27.690 --> 00:51:31.639
Come on, Tennessee. I'm just saying. So you've got these things.
705
00:51:32.440 --> 00:51:35.880
There are so many layers to this. And honestly, I'm
706
00:51:35.920 --> 00:51:37.780
kind of glad you don't have an answer because I
707
00:51:37.820 --> 00:51:43.139
don't have one either. I'm leaning towards this would now
708
00:51:43.239 --> 00:51:47.090
be the definition of cruel and unusual punishment. But the
709
00:51:47.119 --> 00:51:50.090
next one wouldn't be because it would be quick and
710
00:51:50.110 --> 00:51:51.190
it would actually be successful.
711
00:51:52.130 --> 00:51:52.349
Right.
712
00:51:52.630 --> 00:51:56.190
But making her face it after, okay, I mean, say
713
00:51:56.210 --> 00:51:59.489
what you will about the evil of her heart and
714
00:51:59.789 --> 00:52:01.829
wherever she is, I have no idea where she is
715
00:52:01.869 --> 00:52:05.260
at this stage in her life. Does cruel and unusual punishment...
716
00:52:05.809 --> 00:52:06.989
I mean, yeah, it would.
717
00:52:07.170 --> 00:52:10.469
I mean, according to basic constitutional law, if it's something
718
00:52:10.489 --> 00:52:13.239
that's deemed cruel and unusual, then they would be.
719
00:52:13.800 --> 00:52:18.340
You can't do it. Yeah. It's like you strap them
720
00:52:18.380 --> 00:52:21.480
into an electric chair and you throw the switch and
721
00:52:21.500 --> 00:52:23.619
they get burned, but they don't die.
722
00:52:23.880 --> 00:52:24.079
Sure.
723
00:52:24.760 --> 00:52:24.940
Right.
724
00:52:25.480 --> 00:52:28.159
At that point, they've survived the execution attempt. Is that
725
00:52:28.199 --> 00:52:29.780
cruel and unusual punishment? I mean, I.
726
00:52:32.900 --> 00:52:36.500
I'm bringing this up because I think it's a wonderful
727
00:52:36.659 --> 00:52:43.500
exercise in its morbidity of digging deeper into a story
728
00:52:44.610 --> 00:52:48.369
and realizing it is a little more complex than we
729
00:52:48.389 --> 00:52:51.289
want to make it to be. This is complex. It
730
00:52:51.349 --> 00:52:57.210
really is. You've got an absolute horrible crime. Admitted to,
731
00:52:57.570 --> 00:53:01.599
no doubt, no doubt at all. Her attorneys say... In
732
00:53:01.679 --> 00:53:05.659
her first trial, there was all kinds of mitigating circumstances,
733
00:53:06.219 --> 00:53:11.030
not excusing her crime, explaining her crime, her state of mind,
734
00:53:11.340 --> 00:53:14.030
kind of how she was raised, what she endured, et cetera,
735
00:53:14.050 --> 00:53:18.429
et cetera. Again, not to excuse it, simply to add
736
00:53:18.590 --> 00:53:22.630
explanation to it that they claim would have meant that
737
00:53:22.769 --> 00:53:26.530
she should have received life in prison, not the death penalty.
738
00:53:28.130 --> 00:53:32.780
At this point, that's moot. The decision was made. Appellate
739
00:53:32.820 --> 00:53:35.179
courts heard it. The United States Supreme Court heard it
740
00:53:35.199 --> 00:53:38.989
and said they can proceed. So whatever questions were raised
741
00:53:39.010 --> 00:53:43.030
by the attorneys were dismissed. So now you're just sitting
742
00:53:43.070 --> 00:53:46.809
there with, okay, they said, are you ready? And she said,
743
00:53:46.849 --> 00:53:51.230
I'm at peace. And then they didn't kill her. And
744
00:53:51.269 --> 00:53:53.269
so do you bring her back? I mean, let's assume
745
00:53:53.309 --> 00:53:55.809
she survives this, wakes up and goes, what happened? Because
746
00:53:55.849 --> 00:53:58.269
she's going to realize pretty quick she's not in heaven
747
00:53:58.349 --> 00:54:02.599
or hell. Now what?
748
00:54:06.139 --> 00:54:06.539
Wow.
749
00:54:09.960 --> 00:54:16.849
It's the Morning Show with Preston Scott. I was going
750
00:54:16.869 --> 00:54:21.050
to talk about the Protect College Sports Act that has
751
00:54:21.090 --> 00:54:26.719
made its way through the Senate. I don't know what
752
00:54:26.739 --> 00:54:30.139
the status is in the House at this point. Can
753
00:54:30.179 --> 00:54:31.860
I just have a... Like, I'm not saying that it's
754
00:54:31.900 --> 00:54:35.119
not a problem. Yeah, absolutely. It's not a problem. But, like,
755
00:54:35.639 --> 00:54:38.619
are we serious? The one thing Congress will act on
756
00:54:38.880 --> 00:54:41.460
is sports. Are we serious?
757
00:54:41.519 --> 00:54:41.800
Right.
758
00:54:43.159 --> 00:54:43.429
Fair.
759
00:54:43.610 --> 00:54:46.429
I'm just... Again, I'm not even saying that it's not
760
00:54:46.449 --> 00:54:47.789
an issue. $ 40 trillion in debt.
761
00:54:48.010 --> 00:54:51.429
Like, on the totem pole of problems our country's facing,
762
00:54:51.650 --> 00:54:54.309
I'm sorry, sports doesn't crack the top 50 for me.
763
00:54:54.570 --> 00:54:56.250
Let me give you another way of thinking about it.
764
00:54:57.309 --> 00:54:58.949
That's the one thing they can handle.
765
00:54:59.150 --> 00:54:59.230
Ugh.
766
00:55:00.719 --> 00:55:03.619
They can't handle the real problems. Gag me with a spoon.
767
00:55:03.760 --> 00:55:07.460
All they can do is handle sports, but even then
768
00:55:07.519 --> 00:55:10.860
it's qualified, right? They can't protect women's sports.
769
00:55:11.119 --> 00:55:11.320
Yeah.
770
00:55:13.760 --> 00:55:16.300
Anyway, I was going to take an exhaustive look at
771
00:55:16.340 --> 00:55:18.519
the bill and dissect it for you because I think
772
00:55:18.559 --> 00:55:24.880
it's fascinating. It would address some things, but it certainly
773
00:55:24.920 --> 00:55:29.829
wouldn't address everything. It can't. And you know what's interesting
774
00:55:29.989 --> 00:55:33.130
is the reason why you can't address it legislatively is
775
00:55:33.190 --> 00:55:38.349
because we're sinners. We're fallen. And people are going to cheat.
776
00:55:39.090 --> 00:55:41.380
It just, that's what's going to happen. But you have
777
00:55:41.389 --> 00:55:45.099
the law, and the law can punish and deter poor behavior.
778
00:55:45.119 --> 00:55:48.500
That's the point of law. But there are realities, of course.
779
00:55:48.519 --> 00:55:51.000
On the front end of this, anyway, let me get
780
00:55:51.039 --> 00:55:53.000
back to, I was going to spend a lot of
781
00:55:53.039 --> 00:55:55.670
time in this hour talking about it, but I had
782
00:55:55.690 --> 00:55:59.809
the opportunity to talk to Cecilia Schultz, about the Flamingo Challenge.
783
00:56:00.010 --> 00:56:05.630
Hashtag Flamingo Challenge. Firstcommercu.org slash Flamingo. And so I'll talk
784
00:56:05.670 --> 00:56:08.380
about this Monday, which will work well because I've got
785
00:56:08.429 --> 00:56:11.000
Ira Sheffel joining me on Monday. We'll talk about the
786
00:56:11.059 --> 00:56:12.559
FSU football game. And I'm going to get him to
787
00:56:12.599 --> 00:56:16.679
talk about this as well. Just get his thoughts. What's interesting, though,
788
00:56:16.719 --> 00:56:22.699
is big picture, boiled down, distilled. The idea is to
789
00:56:22.800 --> 00:56:27.119
make it more fair. And to keep kids from transferring
790
00:56:27.340 --> 00:56:33.000
every year. That's the short version. So what have they done?
791
00:56:34.059 --> 00:56:37.730
The current cap, which isn't one because a lot of
792
00:56:37.750 --> 00:56:41.769
schools just blew it up, is $ 21. 5 million. They've more
793
00:56:41.789 --> 00:56:51.960
than doubled it. The cap would be $ 49 million on student-athletes. Well,
794
00:56:52.619 --> 00:56:57.429
schools right now, the most competitive schools, your school, Ohio State,
795
00:56:57.949 --> 00:57:01.090
and by yours meaning the one you root for, among others,
796
00:57:01.610 --> 00:57:07.139
Texas schools, schools in the SEC, they're spending $ 40 million
797
00:57:07.179 --> 00:57:11.610
right now. The idea is that by putting a cap
798
00:57:11.769 --> 00:57:16.420
at $ 49 million, it makes it more competitive. You tell
799
00:57:16.460 --> 00:57:20.920
me how mid-majors and how small schools and other conferences,
800
00:57:21.320 --> 00:57:24.139
even some of the lower schools in some conferences, are
801
00:57:24.179 --> 00:57:26.929
going to raise that money. It's not going to make
802
00:57:26.969 --> 00:57:29.389
a difference. You're going to still have 20 to 30 programs,
803
00:57:29.409 --> 00:57:35.010
and that's it. That's it. And I would offer this.
804
00:57:35.429 --> 00:57:38.210
Would Indiana be in that mix had they not just
805
00:57:38.289 --> 00:57:41.210
won a national title? You can say what you will
806
00:57:41.250 --> 00:57:43.699
about revenue sharing in the Big Ten and the SEC
807
00:57:43.820 --> 00:57:46.539
and to a much lesser degree in the ACC, the
808
00:57:46.559 --> 00:57:49.719
Power Four conferences, but here's the truth. The truth is
809
00:57:50.400 --> 00:57:54.539
winning is what brings in the dollars. And I don't
810
00:57:54.599 --> 00:57:56.840
know that Indiana would be there had they not had
811
00:57:56.880 --> 00:57:58.900
the success they've had in the last two to three years.
812
00:58:01.449 --> 00:58:05.489
And so I don't know if we're solving much. I
813
00:58:05.530 --> 00:58:08.449
guess that's my takeaway. What's to be Friday is next.
814
00:58:08.550 --> 00:58:10.449
What do you want to complain about? 850-205-WFLA. Don't leave
815
00:58:10.510 --> 00:58:11.010
me hanging.
816
00:58:11.030 --> 00:58:11.260
Call now.
817
00:58:29.519 --> 00:58:32.260
Boy, that music fires me up every time I hear it,
818
00:58:32.260 --> 00:58:33.940
because I know it's time for you to call in
819
00:58:34.019 --> 00:58:36.789
and get it off your chest. Ladies and gentlemen, it's
820
00:58:36.829 --> 00:58:38.909
what's to be Friday on the Morning Show with President Scott.
821
00:58:40.030 --> 00:58:42.880
How are you, friends? Whatever you want to complain about,
822
00:58:42.940 --> 00:58:46.550
it's fair game, even if it's me. Just remember the rules,
823
00:58:46.639 --> 00:58:48.750
no profanity, and that could be hard if you're talking
824
00:58:48.769 --> 00:58:51.409
about me. And don't make it personal. If you have
825
00:58:51.429 --> 00:58:53.309
a bad experience at a business, tell us what happened.
826
00:58:53.349 --> 00:58:55.269
Leave the name of the business out of it. It
827
00:58:55.369 --> 00:58:57.690
is What's to Be Friday here on The Morning Show
828
00:58:57.750 --> 00:59:01.929
with Preston Scott. Occasionally duplicated, but never, ever is it
829
00:59:01.989 --> 00:59:05.650
the same. Even though people try to rip this feature off,
830
00:59:05.730 --> 00:59:07.929
it just doesn't work the same because this is the
831
00:59:08.010 --> 00:59:11.699
original place where you call in... just get it said
832
00:59:12.739 --> 00:59:16.019
clear out the crawl allow yourself to enjoy your day
833
00:59:16.059 --> 00:59:19.429
and your weekend and trust that as you get it
834
00:59:19.489 --> 00:59:25.489
off your chest there are at least two people that
835
00:59:25.530 --> 00:59:30.869
might be agreeing with you and And they're living vicariously
836
00:59:30.929 --> 00:59:37.170
through your complaints. It's 850-205-WFLA. That is the number, 850-205-9352.
837
00:59:38.219 --> 00:59:41.699
We go to the phone line. Uh-oh, I made a mistake,
838
00:59:41.719 --> 00:59:43.389
and I did not have the call screener put up.
839
00:59:44.099 --> 00:59:47.179
So I'm going to have Grant jump on here while
840
00:59:47.239 --> 00:59:50.969
I catch up. Who's on line one here? We've got Tim. Hi, Tim.
841
00:59:51.010 --> 00:59:51.860
How are you? What's the beef?
842
00:59:52.710 --> 00:59:56.190
Hey, I'm doing good. First, a disclaimer, this beef is
843
00:59:56.269 --> 01:00:00.659
not with WFLA. My beef is with government in general,
844
01:00:00.820 --> 01:00:05.980
California specifically. They're spending money to advertise their state when
845
01:00:06.000 --> 01:00:09.389
they're so billions of dollars in debt, and they're advertising
846
01:00:09.449 --> 01:00:12.250
in Florida. Makes no sense to me why they're spending
847
01:00:12.289 --> 01:00:12.690
that money.
848
01:00:14.510 --> 01:00:16.829
Does that make you feel better, though? Do you feel
849
01:00:16.869 --> 01:00:19.300
like you've accomplished something getting it said?
850
01:00:20.300 --> 01:00:21.760
I think it probably does, yeah.
851
01:00:23.099 --> 01:00:23.920
When I hear that.
852
01:00:23.780 --> 01:00:25.659
Ad, I just go, oh, my God.
853
01:00:27.099 --> 01:00:28.380
What about all the other problems?
854
01:00:28.400 --> 01:00:29.260
They don't mention those.
855
01:00:29.980 --> 01:00:31.920
Yeah, it's kind of what Grant and I were talking about,
856
01:00:31.980 --> 01:00:34.440
the things that they feel like they can solve, and
857
01:00:34.480 --> 01:00:38.119
then there's that, things like that. That's crazy.
858
01:00:39.050 --> 01:00:39.199
Yep.
859
01:00:39.550 --> 01:00:41.929
Thanks very much. I appreciate you calling in. Getting that
860
01:00:41.969 --> 01:00:43.750
off your chest, let's go to Greg. That frees up
861
01:00:43.789 --> 01:00:45.670
a line, 850-205-WFLA. Good morning, Greg. You're up.
862
01:00:45.690 --> 01:00:45.760
Go.
863
01:00:49.960 --> 01:00:56.820
Florida's Attorney General going after an iHeartRadio podcast advertiser. Florida's
864
01:00:56.880 --> 01:01:04.260
Attorney General filed suit, Hillsborough County Court, against Chachamba for
865
01:01:04.300 --> 01:01:08.170
saying that it is an illegal casino. That caused me
866
01:01:08.190 --> 01:01:10.590
to do a double take because I thought, wait a minute,
867
01:01:10.849 --> 01:01:14.829
this is the same office that's running the Seminole Tribe
868
01:01:14.949 --> 01:01:19.889
Compact and Hard Rock Bet. So I'll take comfort that
869
01:01:20.369 --> 01:01:22.969
this case will be dismissed in about a month for
870
01:01:23.070 --> 01:01:28.679
conflict of interest, and Halloween radio on iHeartRadio is commercial free.
871
01:01:30.340 --> 01:01:35.539
Okay. You walked up to the line there, Greg. You almost,
872
01:01:36.539 --> 01:01:39.099
and some would say you crossed the line there, but
873
01:01:39.239 --> 01:01:43.360
thanks very much for calling in. Remember the admonition, leave
874
01:01:43.590 --> 01:01:46.489
names out of it. You can complain about stuff, but
875
01:01:46.530 --> 01:01:49.260
we're not here to hurt anybody. And besides, what if
876
01:01:49.300 --> 01:01:53.639
you're wrong? I'll have that tape. Ray, you're up. What's
877
01:01:53.659 --> 01:01:53.980
the beef?
878
01:01:55.420 --> 01:01:58.539
Hey, I wanted to go ahead and complain about tomorrow's
879
01:01:58.599 --> 01:02:03.800
football game. I'm really tired of that run to the
880
01:02:03.880 --> 01:02:06.599
right side of the line play. I'm tired of the
881
01:02:06.639 --> 01:02:10.710
defensive ends playing five yards off of their targets. And
882
01:02:10.730 --> 01:02:14.510
I'm tired of not being able to stop anybody. on
883
01:02:14.570 --> 01:02:17.369
a third down. So since we don't have a, what's
884
01:02:17.409 --> 01:02:19.750
the beef Monday, I thought I'd go ahead and let
885
01:02:19.789 --> 01:02:21.630
that out today.
886
01:02:24.469 --> 01:02:27.650
So you're saying you don't have high expectations for tomorrow's game.
887
01:02:29.429 --> 01:02:30.269
No, no.
888
01:02:30.369 --> 01:02:33.489
I think, I think we're going to pay the real
889
01:02:33.590 --> 01:02:37.050
cost of, of irrelevance coming up here real soon in
890
01:02:37.090 --> 01:02:37.800
this program.
891
01:02:39.019 --> 01:02:40.800
And I mean that sincerely.
892
01:02:41.219 --> 01:02:45.449
And that's even worse than being a loser, the cost
893
01:02:45.820 --> 01:02:47.949
of irrelevance to this town.
894
01:02:48.590 --> 01:02:51.010
Thank you, Ray. Appreciate the phone call. I hope you're wrong.
895
01:02:51.090 --> 01:03:00.869
But so far, the possibility that you're right exists. The
896
01:03:00.929 --> 01:03:03.190
guys are going to just have to play for 60
897
01:03:03.190 --> 01:03:08.570
full minutes, not 28. Yeah, it's a funny thing, the
898
01:03:08.710 --> 01:03:13.530
FSU defensive woes. The offense is playing good enough. The defense,
899
01:03:14.650 --> 01:03:17.289
it doesn't make much sense. All right, we've got Michael,
900
01:03:17.590 --> 01:03:21.820
then George, then Mike. So we've got a Michael, a George,
901
01:03:21.860 --> 01:03:24.380
and a Mike, and we have an open line. You
902
01:03:24.400 --> 01:03:28.000
can have it, 850-205-WFLA. It's what's to be Friday on
903
01:03:28.019 --> 01:03:37.130
The Morning Show with Preston Scott. There is an art
904
01:03:37.530 --> 01:03:41.360
to it all. We are on a slight delay of
905
01:03:41.420 --> 01:03:43.840
about 10 or 11 seconds, a little longer if you
906
01:03:43.940 --> 01:03:48.190
are streaming the radio program. And so as you hear
907
01:03:48.289 --> 01:03:50.829
us sort of wrap up a call, that's when you
908
01:03:50.849 --> 01:03:53.250
jump in. You anticipate the end of that call, and
909
01:03:53.269 --> 01:03:55.030
that means the line is free, but right now they're
910
01:03:55.050 --> 01:03:58.880
all taken. Just like Rush Limbaugh, we got four lines.
911
01:03:59.739 --> 01:04:02.110
And they are taking for you to complain about whatever
912
01:04:02.139 --> 01:04:04.829
you want. It's What's the Beef? Michael, you're up. Thanks
913
01:04:04.849 --> 01:04:08.849
for calling in. But what's the beef? Good morning, Preston.
914
01:04:08.869 --> 01:04:13.610
My beef is with the pilot on the Dubai flight
915
01:04:14.190 --> 01:04:18.090
and people talking about, oh, he was radicalized. No, it's
916
01:04:18.130 --> 01:04:23.349
not radicalized. Say he's a Muslim. Read the Koran. Read
917
01:04:23.389 --> 01:04:26.409
the Hadith. That's all you got to do. And I'm
918
01:04:26.429 --> 01:04:29.630
so sick and tired of these libtards. Talking about, oh,
919
01:04:29.670 --> 01:04:33.369
you're Islamic phobic. Phobia means a fear or something. No,
920
01:04:33.449 --> 01:04:34.190
I don't fear it.
921
01:04:34.670 --> 01:04:35.969
I understand what it is.
922
01:04:36.590 --> 01:04:39.130
And we need to do something in this country, and
923
01:04:39.829 --> 01:04:41.679
we better buckle down or we're going to wind up
924
01:04:41.739 --> 01:04:42.429
like Britain.
925
01:04:44.099 --> 01:04:46.239
I don't disagree with one thing you said, Michael.
926
01:04:47.340 --> 01:04:47.559
Yeah.
927
01:04:47.920 --> 01:04:50.559
So hopefully everybody has a safe weekend.
928
01:04:50.780 --> 01:04:51.320
Be careful.
929
01:04:51.820 --> 01:04:54.920
Yeah, stay away from the jihadis. Yeah.
930
01:04:55.360 --> 01:04:57.559
Carry a pistol with you. When they whip the knives out.
931
01:04:57.619 --> 01:04:58.260
Blow them away.
932
01:04:59.119 --> 01:05:02.059
Pull the Indiana Jones from Raiders of the Lost Ark thing, huh?
933
01:05:02.400 --> 01:05:04.079
Exactly. Yeah, buddy.
934
01:05:04.219 --> 01:05:06.409
Thank you, Michael. Appreciate the phone call. That frees up
935
01:05:06.469 --> 01:05:09.949
a line, 850-205-WFLA. It's one of the greatest scenes in
936
01:05:10.010 --> 01:05:13.730
movie history. The guy's got that massive sword, and he's
937
01:05:13.789 --> 01:05:19.159
standing at, you know, 20 yards away, and he's flipping
938
01:05:19.179 --> 01:05:22.110
the sword and spinning it around. Indiana Jones is like, yeah,
939
01:05:22.190 --> 01:05:24.170
I can't touch that. So he just pulls out his,
940
01:05:24.789 --> 01:05:28.650
you know, three 57 or his 45 and bang drops him. Uh,
941
01:05:28.690 --> 01:05:31.030
let's go to George. Hi, George. You're up. What's the beef.
942
01:05:31.719 --> 01:05:32.699
Hey, Preston.
943
01:05:32.739 --> 01:05:33.199
Yeah.
944
01:05:33.280 --> 01:05:34.320
Great, great thing.
945
01:05:34.599 --> 01:05:41.179
Uh, uh, my beef is with the, uh, progressive, uh,
946
01:05:41.679 --> 01:05:45.260
coalition here in town that are, trying to make us
947
01:05:46.179 --> 01:05:51.309
a Democrat, socialist-run city. We've got the retread Dot Inman
948
01:05:52.750 --> 01:05:55.570
that was mayor when it was a rotating mayor and
949
01:05:55.769 --> 01:05:59.909
when she was commissioner. She ran again in Gadsden County,
950
01:05:59.949 --> 01:06:04.650
but they were smart enough to not do it with
951
01:06:04.690 --> 01:06:08.659
her based on what she did in Tallahassee. But Not
952
01:06:08.699 --> 01:06:13.739
that Lorraine Osley's any better, but they pegged her as
953
01:06:13.960 --> 01:06:19.079
being bought off by the developers, and they're funding her campaign. Well, one,
954
01:06:19.239 --> 01:06:24.539
that's not correct. But two, when she was Dot Inman Cruz,
955
01:06:25.039 --> 01:06:29.429
annexed more property in Leon County in Tallahassee than any
956
01:06:29.489 --> 01:06:33.530
commissioner or politician in the history of this county and city,
957
01:06:34.610 --> 01:06:38.519
and was done... just tens of thousands of acres got
958
01:06:38.599 --> 01:06:41.239
annexed under her watch, and she voted on all of it.
959
01:06:41.909 --> 01:06:44.590
And she also made money on it because her husband
960
01:06:44.630 --> 01:06:46.969
at the time, Jim Cruz, was a developer and a
961
01:06:46.989 --> 01:06:50.309
real estate broker, and he had his hands in just
962
01:06:50.349 --> 01:06:55.880
about every real estate deal that happened due to that annexation.
963
01:06:56.550 --> 01:07:02.320
So now she's complete against all the development, against the developers,
964
01:07:02.360 --> 01:07:07.849
against building houses. And it's just funny how these progressives
965
01:07:07.909 --> 01:07:13.730
and liberals change their spots and refuse to acknowledge what
966
01:07:13.769 --> 01:07:15.610
they really are, which is all hypocrites.
967
01:07:15.969 --> 01:07:19.429
Thank you, George. Appreciate the comment. One more here, real quickly. Mike,
968
01:07:19.449 --> 01:07:20.429
you're up. What's the beef?
969
01:07:22.010 --> 01:07:26.519
Hi, good morning, Preston. Thanks for having me. My beef
970
01:07:26.880 --> 01:07:31.760
is with our local sports talk radio guy I've listened
971
01:07:31.800 --> 01:07:36.429
to for 25 years. And yesterday, he came on the
972
01:07:36.469 --> 01:07:40.610
radio to tell everybody that doesn't like the fact that
973
01:07:40.670 --> 01:07:45.829
his show has turned into a never-ending screed against FSU
974
01:07:46.010 --> 01:07:50.130
and a review of his degenerate gambling losses that we
975
01:07:50.170 --> 01:07:53.800
could all go pound sand. Well, I'm on the radio
976
01:07:53.860 --> 01:07:57.239
this morning to say message received.
977
01:07:58.639 --> 01:08:01.059
Ew, ouch. Really, he did that?
978
01:08:02.659 --> 01:08:03.039
Yeah.
979
01:08:05.500 --> 01:08:08.719
Well, Mike, thanks for calling in. I appreciate you, uh,
980
01:08:08.820 --> 01:08:12.360
being out there and listening to the program. That's a shame.
981
01:08:13.039 --> 01:08:16.300
That's what happened. That's, uh, yeah. I mean, I don't
982
01:08:16.359 --> 01:08:21.439
disagree with the criticism of certain aspects of what's going
983
01:08:21.560 --> 01:08:26.739
on within the football program and so forth, but yeah, I,
984
01:08:26.920 --> 01:08:30.600
you know, I don't get to listen very often. Um,
985
01:08:31.399 --> 01:08:33.439
And so I'm kind of going to just have to
986
01:08:33.960 --> 01:08:37.859
let your beef stand as your beef. And I appreciate
987
01:08:37.880 --> 01:08:41.699
you calling in. We've got one line taken. We've got
988
01:08:41.739 --> 01:08:44.350
three open. You want one of them? We've got time
989
01:08:44.390 --> 01:08:47.210
to fit three, maybe four calls in.
990
01:08:47.210 --> 01:08:47.329
850-205-WFLA.
991
01:08:47.430 --> 01:08:51.029
It's What's the Beef Right. the beef friday.
992
01:08:52.470 --> 01:09:04.659
We've got a little help coming for the lawn and
993
01:09:05.220 --> 01:09:08.020
garden in just a little bit we'll help you from
994
01:09:08.050 --> 01:09:11.850
the ground up but first your calls we have one
995
01:09:11.869 --> 01:09:14.430
line open but we'll start with barbara who has been
996
01:09:14.449 --> 01:09:16.869
very patiently waiting good morning barbara thanks for calling what's
997
01:09:16.890 --> 01:09:18.810
the beef friday here on the morning show with preston
998
01:09:18.829 --> 01:09:21.689
scott what's the beef Hi, Preston.
999
01:09:23.170 --> 01:09:25.789
I just the other day saw this, and it just
1000
01:09:26.050 --> 01:09:30.350
really upsets me that these people that think their dogs
1001
01:09:30.390 --> 01:09:32.949
have to sit in their lap and hang out the
1002
01:09:32.989 --> 01:09:34.310
window while they're driving.
1003
01:09:34.329 --> 01:09:35.210
Oh, boy.
1004
01:09:35.329 --> 01:09:41.170
That is horrible. It is animal cruelty, and it's really
1005
01:09:41.250 --> 01:09:43.770
an obstruction of driving. You need to be driving, not
1006
01:09:43.810 --> 01:09:45.720
having your dog hang out the window in your lap.
1007
01:09:45.949 --> 01:09:47.140
Yeah, I think it's against the law.
1008
01:09:48.390 --> 01:09:50.590
Well, I see it all the time going home.
1009
01:09:50.909 --> 01:09:54.520
Yeah. It all depends on how mean you want to be.
1010
01:09:54.619 --> 01:09:56.560
You can rat them out. You can call police and
1011
01:09:56.600 --> 01:09:58.720
let them know because that is against the law. You're
1012
01:09:58.760 --> 01:10:00.359
not allowed to drive with the dog in your lap.
1013
01:10:02.470 --> 01:10:03.510
Well, I will do.
1014
01:10:03.409 --> 01:10:04.250
That next time then.
1015
01:10:04.289 --> 01:10:05.560
I didn't realize that.
1016
01:10:05.609 --> 01:10:08.520
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm right on that. I'm not
1017
01:10:08.560 --> 01:10:11.119
sure what it says about restraining in other seats of
1018
01:10:11.159 --> 01:10:15.000
the car. Maybe there's something about that, but I'm pretty
1019
01:10:15.039 --> 01:10:17.390
strongly positive that they're not allowed to be in your
1020
01:10:17.399 --> 01:10:20.310
lap when you're driving. That would be an impediment to
1021
01:10:20.350 --> 01:10:22.489
safely driving a vehicle. There's no doubt about it. And
1022
01:10:22.550 --> 01:10:26.250
as for cruelty, obviously your contention is that if you
1023
01:10:26.270 --> 01:10:27.710
have to hit the brakes, your dog's in trouble.
1024
01:10:29.229 --> 01:10:31.670
Well, not only that, but the wind hitting their face,
1025
01:10:31.829 --> 01:10:35.189
and they're innocent little animals, but the wind hitting their
1026
01:10:35.210 --> 01:10:40.770
face will give their eyes ulcers. I've seen it over
1027
01:10:40.789 --> 01:10:42.720
and over again. They come in with ulcers.
1028
01:10:43.899 --> 01:10:44.350
I got you.
1029
01:10:44.409 --> 01:10:49.079
Because the debris in the road is hitting their eyes constantly.
1030
01:10:49.739 --> 01:10:51.420
I see what you're saying. Barbara, thanks very much. I
1031
01:10:51.439 --> 01:10:54.260
appreciate you calling in. Yeah, in fact, I've got a
1032
01:10:54.800 --> 01:10:56.300
piece of sound that I'm going to share next week
1033
01:10:56.340 --> 01:10:59.789
about somebody and her dog. In an encounter with law enforcement,
1034
01:10:59.949 --> 01:11:03.220
that is just, it is one of the most incredible
1035
01:11:04.039 --> 01:11:07.039
things I've ever seen and heard. Ever.
1036
01:11:08.460 --> 01:11:08.859
Ever.
1037
01:11:09.939 --> 01:11:12.720
Let's get back to the phone lines. Let's go to Lance. Lance,
1038
01:11:12.760 --> 01:11:14.060
thanks for calling in. What's the beef?
1039
01:11:15.069 --> 01:11:18.869
Happy Friday, Preston. My beef is with the online FSU
1040
01:11:18.909 --> 01:11:22.029
football fans are just so negative. And you were saying
1041
01:11:22.050 --> 01:11:23.989
something at the end of the last hour, and you're
1042
01:11:24.029 --> 01:11:26.949
right about Indiana. Winning is important. I would just want
1043
01:11:26.970 --> 01:11:28.810
to reframe it for our fan base. It really is
1044
01:11:28.850 --> 01:11:32.300
about being competitive consistently. And there's a campaign, I think,
1045
01:11:32.340 --> 01:11:35.260
to boo the coach right when. And I'm not going
1046
01:11:35.279 --> 01:11:37.039
to say his name only because everyone needs to be
1047
01:11:37.060 --> 01:11:39.739
thinking about whoever's coaching now or in the future. We
1048
01:11:39.760 --> 01:11:41.800
want them to be successful. We want our players to
1049
01:11:41.840 --> 01:11:45.699
be successful. We should not be booing tomorrow's game. I
1050
01:11:45.720 --> 01:11:47.880
think Florida State's going to win. In fact, I think
1051
01:11:47.899 --> 01:11:49.960
they're going to run off a couple surprising wins here
1052
01:11:50.000 --> 01:11:52.260
because they have a lot of potential. And I think
1053
01:11:52.279 --> 01:11:55.239
the fan base needs to keep this in mind. Do
1054
01:11:55.300 --> 01:11:57.100
you want Lane Kiffin? Do you want a guy like
1055
01:11:57.140 --> 01:11:58.060
that representing you?
1056
01:11:58.079 --> 01:11:59.359
Or do you want a guy with character and.
1057
01:11:59.359 --> 01:12:03.109
Integrity that loves the university? And that's where we need
1058
01:12:03.130 --> 01:12:05.430
to focus and we need to be more grateful. And
1059
01:12:05.529 --> 01:12:07.789
there were years that we wanted to fire Bobby Bowden,
1060
01:12:08.489 --> 01:12:10.630
even after all the success we have. And I just
1061
01:12:10.649 --> 01:12:12.470
think we need to really look at the community.
1062
01:12:12.550 --> 01:12:13.949
The football is very important.
1063
01:12:13.970 --> 01:12:16.909
And I do think there is a correlation between winning
1064
01:12:16.949 --> 01:12:19.880
and enrollment. So it is super important that But how
1065
01:12:19.939 --> 01:12:22.920
we talk about our frustrations, we need to get better.
1066
01:12:23.000 --> 01:12:25.430
It is so negative online. That's why I don't like
1067
01:12:25.439 --> 01:12:29.729
to be online much. But I find myself defending humans because,
1068
01:12:29.770 --> 01:12:31.050
at the end of the day, we do have a
1069
01:12:31.109 --> 01:12:33.630
coach that loves the university, and we need to figure
1070
01:12:33.649 --> 01:12:37.319
things out. And the college landscape is changing so fast
1071
01:12:37.359 --> 01:12:40.500
right now. Maybe we'll get some more consistency in there
1072
01:12:40.520 --> 01:12:42.979
so we can compete. But we're going up against ESPN,
1073
01:12:43.079 --> 01:12:46.890
SEC contracts. So ACC's got to figure it out. Florida
1074
01:12:46.909 --> 01:12:48.770
State's trying to figure it out, and the fan base
1075
01:12:48.789 --> 01:12:50.609
needs to be a little bit more patient and supportive.
1076
01:12:50.670 --> 01:12:52.520
Do not boo tomorrow if you go to that game.
1077
01:12:52.529 --> 01:12:52.840
Thank you.
1078
01:12:52.850 --> 01:12:56.119
Thank you very much, Lance. Appreciate the call. One more
1079
01:12:56.159 --> 01:12:58.560
caller here. It belongs to Billy. Billy, you're up. What's
1080
01:12:58.600 --> 01:12:58.920
the beef?
1081
01:13:00.840 --> 01:13:04.399
Good morning, Preston. My beef is on the protest in
1082
01:13:04.439 --> 01:13:08.409
that Dukaku stand. If you don't have a– if you're
1083
01:13:08.449 --> 01:13:11.029
not here legally– Why in the hell are you running?
1084
01:13:11.270 --> 01:13:11.909
I'm sorry about that.
1085
01:13:12.260 --> 01:13:13.180
Why are you running?
1086
01:13:13.260 --> 01:13:18.399
Thank you. Yeah. And oh, by the way, it wasn't
1087
01:13:18.439 --> 01:13:21.899
a targeted raid. It was a targeted traffic stop that
1088
01:13:21.939 --> 01:13:22.619
turned into one.
1089
01:13:24.390 --> 01:13:27.329
Right, I saw it on WCTV or whatever, and they
1090
01:13:27.369 --> 01:13:30.909
were talking like they didn't mention that. Yeah, that's... That
1091
01:13:30.949 --> 01:13:33.680
the ice was after another truck, and they pull up
1092
01:13:33.720 --> 01:13:35.880
at a taco stand, and then they start running like
1093
01:13:36.460 --> 01:13:39.380
sprayed roaches. That just tells us that we do still
1094
01:13:39.420 --> 01:13:40.060
have a problem.
1095
01:13:40.260 --> 01:13:40.439
Yep.
1096
01:13:40.800 --> 01:13:41.760
It's in our city.
1097
01:13:41.920 --> 01:13:42.119
Yep.
1098
01:13:42.819 --> 01:13:47.510
And it's a national problem. And then you see these
1099
01:13:47.569 --> 01:13:49.930
dum-dums up there, liberals, protesting.
1100
01:13:50.909 --> 01:13:54.069
There will always be people that think a little differently.
1101
01:13:54.630 --> 01:13:56.300
Thanks so much for the phone call. I appreciate you
1102
01:13:56.340 --> 01:13:59.640
calling in. We've got to go. It's 27 minutes after
1103
01:13:59.680 --> 01:14:02.859
the hour. It's the Morning Show with Preston Scott. We
1104
01:14:02.899 --> 01:14:05.840
come back. Some help for your lawn, your shrubs. Fall
1105
01:14:05.920 --> 01:14:08.039
is coming, and there are things you need to do
1106
01:14:08.079 --> 01:14:10.979
to help your lawn and your shrubs get through the winter.
1107
01:14:11.600 --> 01:14:13.319
That's next on the Morning Show with Preston Scott.
1108
01:14:13.800 --> 01:14:17.529
We'll be right back.
1109
01:14:22.170 --> 01:14:25.390
All right, time to provide a little help for your yard.
1110
01:14:25.770 --> 01:14:29.020
And joining us from Esposito's Garden Center is Sheila Gminer.
1111
01:14:29.100 --> 01:14:30.180
Good morning, Sheila. How are you?
1112
01:14:31.520 --> 01:14:33.800
Good morning, Preston. Thanks for having us.
1113
01:14:34.140 --> 01:14:34.659
Of course.
1114
01:14:35.100 --> 01:14:37.989
This is a really strange time of year because we
1115
01:14:38.029 --> 01:14:40.770
get a little taste of some coolness. And then we
1116
01:14:40.890 --> 01:14:43.909
usually have the rebound into the hot, but the cold
1117
01:14:43.970 --> 01:14:47.970
weather is coming. What should people know about prepping their lawns,
1118
01:14:48.010 --> 01:14:51.569
their gardens, maybe their shrubs for this seasonal change that's
1119
01:14:51.609 --> 01:14:52.229
coming our way?
1120
01:14:53.850 --> 01:14:58.109
Great question. This time of year, I would start a
1121
01:14:58.250 --> 01:15:05.050
fall checklist for October. Great time for fall planting of veggies,
1122
01:15:05.689 --> 01:15:17.130
especially your cool season veggies like cabbage, kale, mustard, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower.
1123
01:15:17.930 --> 01:15:21.229
And they can be done by seed or starter plants.
1124
01:15:21.750 --> 01:15:25.390
So that's a great segment of with all the recalls
1125
01:15:25.430 --> 01:15:28.949
going on, people want to have lettuce and things they
1126
01:15:29.020 --> 01:15:33.279
know they can grow in their backyard and be safe
1127
01:15:33.460 --> 01:15:34.539
eating and consuming.
1128
01:15:36.590 --> 01:15:38.890
Let me just ask you this, though. While we're on
1129
01:15:38.930 --> 01:15:42.850
the subject of the cold-weather veggies, to what temperatures can
1130
01:15:43.550 --> 01:15:46.369
they sustain, and at what point do you need to
1131
01:15:46.409 --> 01:15:47.470
maybe throw some cover on them?
1132
01:15:49.399 --> 01:15:54.159
Typically, most of them can take cool weather. I would
1133
01:15:54.199 --> 01:15:59.619
say if you're at 30 frost, any light frost, I
1134
01:15:59.640 --> 01:16:01.729
would throw a blanket over them at that point or
1135
01:16:01.770 --> 01:16:06.750
protect them. Mulch also helps. But, you know, up until
1136
01:16:07.189 --> 01:16:09.970
really we get cold weather, this is a good season
1137
01:16:10.010 --> 01:16:13.989
that they thrive. On the opposite hand, if we get warmer,
1138
01:16:14.149 --> 01:16:19.180
hot temperatures, some of these could bolt. So it's, you know,
1139
01:16:19.939 --> 01:16:22.880
really a hard kind of gray area, but this is
1140
01:16:22.899 --> 01:16:26.220
the best time to start them. And really a great
1141
01:16:26.260 --> 01:16:28.180
time for fall veggies.
1142
01:16:28.340 --> 01:16:29.850
What about our lawns and our shrubs?
1143
01:16:31.130 --> 01:16:34.529
Lawn, this is a good time to start what we call...
1144
01:16:35.359 --> 01:16:39.859
putting out a winterizer. It's a fall feeding. It's got
1145
01:16:40.380 --> 01:16:45.539
primarily the potassium for root growth and vigor. You can
1146
01:16:46.270 --> 01:16:51.789
choose either one with or without a pre-emergent herbicide. And
1147
01:16:51.850 --> 01:16:53.689
this is a good time of year for those.
1148
01:16:55.550 --> 01:16:57.529
The shrubs. What do we do for our shrubs?
1149
01:16:58.569 --> 01:17:02.449
And our shrubs, you know, this is a time you
1150
01:17:02.489 --> 01:17:07.239
could still put some A little feed out for those,
1151
01:17:07.859 --> 01:17:14.220
especially if you're using organic like the tones. They're definitely,
1152
01:17:14.699 --> 01:17:17.739
it's good to try to mulch, make sure they're watered well.
1153
01:17:19.180 --> 01:17:23.779
It's not a good time to prune camellias, azaleas, or
1154
01:17:23.880 --> 01:17:28.550
any early spring blooming plant because they've already put out
1155
01:17:28.600 --> 01:17:30.489
their buds for our spring show.
1156
01:17:30.510 --> 01:17:30.569
So.
1157
01:17:32.689 --> 01:17:37.640
Yeah, the shrubs, it's a fall fertilizer, whether it's organic
1158
01:17:37.760 --> 01:17:43.239
or a synthetic 1366 would be ideal. There is a period, though,
1159
01:17:43.279 --> 01:17:46.279
you want to kind of slow down as we get
1160
01:17:46.359 --> 01:17:50.960
towards our first frost dates, which typically in our region
1161
01:17:51.380 --> 01:17:54.579
is anywhere between November 15th and November 30th.
1162
01:17:54.619 --> 01:17:54.859
Okay.
1163
01:17:55.640 --> 01:18:00.680
Okay. In closing, the flowering shrub thing, if you've got
1164
01:18:00.739 --> 01:18:04.380
some azaleas and any other flowering shrubs and they're getting
1165
01:18:04.420 --> 01:18:06.159
a little leggy, you just need to live with it
1166
01:18:06.279 --> 01:18:09.939
until they bloom in the late winter, early spring.
1167
01:18:11.399 --> 01:18:14.359
If you want to see a great flower show, yes.
1168
01:18:14.600 --> 01:18:19.579
If there's what I call wild hair coming up that's uneven,
1169
01:18:20.239 --> 01:18:24.159
you can certainly take those out to create the shape
1170
01:18:24.239 --> 01:18:27.869
that you desire, but Typically for the good show, I
1171
01:18:28.310 --> 01:18:32.949
would leave everything intact and then prune it after they
1172
01:18:32.970 --> 01:18:33.850
bloom in the spring.
1173
01:18:34.699 --> 01:18:36.399
How much can you cut them back in the spring?
1174
01:18:38.260 --> 01:18:41.819
Typically a third is a good rule. You know, a
1175
01:18:41.859 --> 01:18:45.409
third of the height of the plant, depending on what
1176
01:18:45.449 --> 01:18:48.569
it is. If it's a really fast-growing plant, you could go,
1177
01:18:48.590 --> 01:18:52.260
you know, half. if need be and should be fine
1178
01:18:52.310 --> 01:18:57.000
as long as the plant is actively growing. Give you
1179
01:18:57.020 --> 01:19:03.340
an example, you know, viburnum or formosa azaleas, the kind
1180
01:19:03.359 --> 01:19:07.619
that gives such a good show in our region. Those
1181
01:19:07.760 --> 01:19:12.649
you could safely... really take a lot off, at least half,
1182
01:19:12.710 --> 01:19:19.579
and still have a good respond and recover to really
1183
01:19:19.640 --> 01:19:21.699
fill in nicely during the growing season.
1184
01:19:22.260 --> 01:19:23.939
I have a feeling we're going to talk about pruning
1185
01:19:23.979 --> 01:19:27.680
those things come spring one more time. Sheila, thanks for
1186
01:19:27.699 --> 01:19:28.420
the time today.
1187
01:19:28.520 --> 01:19:32.319
I think looking at checklists for each month is a
1188
01:19:32.359 --> 01:19:37.590
good way to make sure that you're hitting all the
1189
01:19:37.649 --> 01:19:44.739
right things on schedule for cultural just excellence and results
1190
01:19:45.000 --> 01:19:49.100
and writing your notes down journal what you do so
1191
01:19:49.119 --> 01:19:51.640
you can go back and say oh that really worked
1192
01:19:51.720 --> 01:19:55.539
or that didn't work and that way you can see
1193
01:19:55.720 --> 01:20:00.159
and grow with what you're growing it's a really good
1194
01:20:00.199 --> 01:20:03.119
advice for anything you do in the garden or with
1195
01:20:03.159 --> 01:20:08.390
your plant and it really helps with understanding how they respond.
1196
01:20:08.439 --> 01:20:10.760
Sheila, thanks very much. Got to go. I appreciate the
1197
01:20:10.800 --> 01:20:14.260
time this morning. Sheila Jeminer with us from Esposito's Garden Center.
1198
01:20:21.550 --> 01:20:25.489
Kind of a different good news segment today. So just
1199
01:20:26.029 --> 01:20:33.380
hear me to the end before you form judgment. You know,
1200
01:20:34.159 --> 01:20:38.739
singles are in a tough place because there are more
1201
01:20:38.840 --> 01:20:42.279
and more singles that just, they're not interested in heading
1202
01:20:42.300 --> 01:20:47.189
to the bars. And the apps are like, it's a
1203
01:20:47.229 --> 01:20:52.729
coin toss. And so where do you go? It's a
1204
01:20:52.750 --> 01:20:57.689
great question. I, sir, have the answer. I can't wait
1205
01:20:57.710 --> 01:21:01.369
to tell my friends. You ready? We're single. Yeah, go ahead. Costco.
1206
01:21:04.750 --> 01:21:05.510
I knew you'd laugh.
1207
01:21:05.649 --> 01:21:05.829
Yeah.
1208
01:21:06.630 --> 01:21:11.390
No, it's now called a third place. It is now
1209
01:21:11.470 --> 01:21:18.640
considered a communal gathering spot where people are meeting. And
1210
01:21:18.800 --> 01:21:21.680
sometimes instead of going out and having an expensive dinner,
1211
01:21:22.479 --> 01:21:27.720
literally they're meeting at Costco, sampling a little food, hanging
1212
01:21:27.779 --> 01:21:29.460
out in the food court where you can eat for
1213
01:21:29.479 --> 01:21:32.479
the cheap. That's right. Getting your bulk shopping done for
1214
01:21:32.500 --> 01:21:37.829
the week. And it's like it's a thing. I am
1215
01:21:38.069 --> 01:21:44.449
sitting here holding a four-page article detailing Costco's unexpected new
1216
01:21:44.529 --> 01:21:50.649
role in Americans' love lives. The secret sauce is the sampling.
1217
01:21:51.350 --> 01:21:55.479
How about that? And it's crazy. One person said, in
1218
01:21:55.520 --> 01:21:57.939
this economy, instead of going out and dropping 200 bucks
1219
01:21:58.020 --> 01:21:58.500
on dinner.
1220
01:21:58.880 --> 01:21:59.220
Oh, who?
1221
01:21:59.989 --> 01:22:01.630
Well, there are people that do that, and depending on
1222
01:22:01.649 --> 01:22:03.210
where you live, that's what you're stuck with.
1223
01:22:03.510 --> 01:22:03.590
Oh.
1224
01:22:03.810 --> 01:22:06.350
We go to Costco, stock up on meal prep for
1225
01:22:06.369 --> 01:22:09.729
the week, and then top it off with a $ 3 fro-yo.
1226
01:22:10.289 --> 01:22:16.380
I mean, yeah. And so it's literally the treasure hunt.
1227
01:22:16.640 --> 01:22:19.220
You check out the samples, you head to the food court,
1228
01:22:20.319 --> 01:22:23.380
and you deal with other people that are doing the
1229
01:22:23.439 --> 01:22:26.939
same thing, and it is now an official meet-up place.
1230
01:22:28.500 --> 01:22:32.239
Some couples actually go to Costco for their date night.
1231
01:22:33.340 --> 01:22:37.180
I mean, to say that once upon a time, my
1232
01:22:37.220 --> 01:22:38.260
wife and I did not.
1233
01:22:38.840 --> 01:22:42.239
I mean, it's true. You get some samples, get some pizza,
1234
01:22:42.960 --> 01:22:46.630
you're full. And you're done. You're like, this is great.
1235
01:22:46.710 --> 01:22:49.189
And if you set aside your grocery bill or whatever
1236
01:22:49.210 --> 01:22:51.609
it is you're shopping for, you're doing that for less
1237
01:22:51.630 --> 01:22:52.850
than $ 10. Right. With everything.
1238
01:22:54.189 --> 01:22:54.409
Thrown in.
1239
01:22:54.430 --> 01:23:01.920
Meal, drink, everything. Everything. They're calling it clubbing for married folks.
1240
01:23:03.180 --> 01:23:09.899
The Kirkland signature date night. Some are even getting married
1241
01:23:09.939 --> 01:23:12.979
at Costco because of this, because that's where they met.
1242
01:23:14.270 --> 01:23:18.810
That's where they forged their relationship. It's just, I'll be
1243
01:23:18.829 --> 01:23:22.859
honest with you. I think this is good news. Yeah,
1244
01:23:22.899 --> 01:23:26.000
welcome news in this department. Instead of going out and clubbing,
1245
01:23:26.180 --> 01:23:28.260
instead of hitting the bars and you don't know what
1246
01:23:28.300 --> 01:23:35.970
you're going to get there, guess what? And everybody that's
1247
01:23:36.010 --> 01:23:39.350
walking in there is paying a cover. It's in the
1248
01:23:39.409 --> 01:23:41.460
form of their membership, but it's a cover charge.
1249
01:23:41.720 --> 01:23:45.479
Yeah, and it kind of naturally selects toward those who
1250
01:23:45.579 --> 01:23:49.659
are predisposed toward long-term planning. Maybe you already have an
1251
01:23:49.699 --> 01:23:51.199
established way of life.
1252
01:23:51.960 --> 01:23:54.140
So when I said at the beginning of this segment,
1253
01:23:54.310 --> 01:23:58.369
judge me at the end, is this good news? Your
1254
01:23:58.449 --> 01:24:02.770
answer would be? Pretty good. And that's why we do
1255
01:24:02.789 --> 01:24:06.090
what we do around here, dropping out all kinds of
1256
01:24:06.149 --> 01:24:10.470
stories that you wouldn't hear otherwise. Yeah, it's good news.
1257
01:24:11.510 --> 01:24:14.380
It's 47 past the hour. Come back with a dad
1258
01:24:14.399 --> 01:24:17.640
joke and headlines from the B here on The Morning
1259
01:24:17.659 --> 01:24:32.449
Show with Preston Scott. Monday on the program, Ira Sheffel
1260
01:24:32.489 --> 01:24:35.810
will join us. Is FSU going to pull off the upset? Yeah,
1261
01:24:35.869 --> 01:24:40.289
upset in Virginia. Virginia. They're good. They're a good team.
1262
01:24:40.510 --> 01:24:44.939
They're the most experienced team in the nation. And they're
1263
01:24:44.979 --> 01:24:49.119
coming to town as the favorite, 3-1 overall, 1-0 in
1264
01:24:49.140 --> 01:24:52.159
the conference. FSU trying to get its first win in
1265
01:24:52.180 --> 01:24:58.229
the conference in seemingly forever. So we'll see. We'll see.
1266
01:24:58.409 --> 01:25:00.310
Time for a dad joke. We always like to arm
1267
01:25:00.350 --> 01:25:03.909
you with something to share at church over the weekend.
1268
01:25:04.510 --> 01:25:09.319
You are going to church this weekend, right? Why did
1269
01:25:09.340 --> 01:25:13.619
the guy get fired from the calendar factory? He ran
1270
01:25:13.680 --> 01:25:15.199
out of time? He took a day off.
1271
01:25:17.760 --> 01:25:18.020
I knew.
1272
01:25:18.340 --> 01:25:20.220
It had to be something like that. I was in
1273
01:25:20.260 --> 01:25:22.340
the ballpark. You were there. You were there.
1274
01:25:23.239 --> 01:25:23.560
All right.
1275
01:25:23.699 --> 01:25:27.039
Time for some headlines from your, my, our trusted source
1276
01:25:27.060 --> 01:25:30.060
for satire. Ladies and gentlemen, these are headlines courtesy of
1277
01:25:30.079 --> 01:25:33.479
the Babylon Bee. New arrival in heaven. Surprised to find
1278
01:25:33.930 --> 01:25:35.149
it's mostly Amish people.
1279
01:25:35.279 --> 01:25:35.670
Ha, ha, ha.
1280
01:25:38.619 --> 01:25:39.149
Jebediah?
1281
01:25:39.649 --> 01:25:39.949
Yoder?
1282
01:25:39.970 --> 01:25:43.989
What are you doing here? National election swayed as Beverly
1283
01:25:44.029 --> 01:25:50.770
from Nebraska puts political sign in yard. Jesus turns wine
1284
01:25:50.810 --> 01:25:54.039
back to water after wedding guests start doing the electric slide.
1285
01:25:54.199 --> 01:25:54.619
Oh, no.
1286
01:25:55.159 --> 01:25:59.300
Mom Donnie announces new plan to fight anti-Semitism by locking
1287
01:25:59.340 --> 01:26:00.380
his wife in a closet.
1288
01:26:00.579 --> 01:26:01.180
Oh, my gosh.
1289
01:26:02.359 --> 01:26:06.109
Woman prepares for start of taking picture of Bible next
1290
01:26:06.170 --> 01:26:11.479
to cup of coffee season. influencer starter pack fly dubai
1291
01:26:11.560 --> 01:26:17.890
hijacker lands new job at british airways uk terror suspects
1292
01:26:17.970 --> 01:26:25.109
back in custody after sharing meme starbucks workers freeze in
1293
01:26:25.329 --> 01:26:30.270
awestruck wonder as man orders something called a black coffee
1294
01:26:34.279 --> 01:26:38.060
Near disaster as fly Dubai pilot fails to eliminate no
1295
01:26:38.140 --> 01:26:43.699
hijacking sign. And King Solomon asks 1,000 wives and concubines
1296
01:26:44.149 --> 01:26:47.649
if there's anything that charges that he's a patriarchal misogynist.
1297
01:26:50.369 --> 01:26:53.369
Brought to you by Baroneau Heating and Air. It's the
1298
01:26:53.409 --> 01:27:01.159
Morning Show 180 on WFLA. Just proving nothing escapes the
1299
01:27:01.199 --> 01:27:08.819
writers of the Babylon Bee. Oh, look back at the
1300
01:27:08.859 --> 01:27:11.060
program in 180 seconds or less. Had a good visit
1301
01:27:11.119 --> 01:27:15.510
with Cecilia Homason of First Commerce Credit Union. The hashtag
1302
01:27:15.529 --> 01:27:18.340
Flamingo Challenge is underway. If you want to take part.
1303
01:27:19.100 --> 01:27:21.920
raise some money for breast cancer awareness, and all of
1304
01:27:21.960 --> 01:27:26.819
the funds stay local. Meaning, yes, Panama City, Bay County,
1305
01:27:26.960 --> 01:27:31.939
South Georgia, North Florida, around the capital city region, all
1306
01:27:32.010 --> 01:27:37.010
the money raised stays local. They've raised over $ 700, 000 in
1307
01:27:37.050 --> 01:27:40.989
the last several years. If you want to take part, FirstCommerce,
1308
01:27:41.050 --> 01:27:47.699
the letter C, the letter U, FirstCommerceCU.org slash Flamingo. And
1309
01:27:48.199 --> 01:27:51.670
all the information you need is right there. Big story
1310
01:27:51.689 --> 01:27:54.810
in the press box this morning. Have we crossed over
1311
01:27:54.890 --> 01:28:03.029
now to cruel and unusual punishment? Krista Pike survived the
1312
01:28:03.109 --> 01:28:10.260
execution on Wednesday. Whether it was intentional or botched, does
1313
01:28:10.319 --> 01:28:17.310
it matter? Interesting. She asked for an all-female execution crew,
1314
01:28:17.510 --> 01:28:24.710
and she got one. Very interesting. I don't remember seeing
1315
01:28:24.770 --> 01:28:28.909
anything about her victim, who she mercilessly killed, getting any
1316
01:28:28.949 --> 01:28:31.930
of her requests answered. Like the one where she said,
1317
01:28:32.449 --> 01:28:41.810
please don't kill me. But I digress. talked about a
1318
01:28:41.840 --> 01:28:43.819
lot of other things this morning we we had a
1319
01:28:43.939 --> 01:28:46.800
lot that we got done in our time together and
1320
01:28:46.840 --> 01:28:48.819
of course you can listen to the podcast whenever you
1321
01:28:48.840 --> 01:28:53.319
like don't forget fsu football tomorrow rattlers are off so
1322
01:28:54.060 --> 01:28:54.560
go knolls