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Episode Date: February 6, 2025

Reaction to State Senator Golden talk on the fire map from listeners, Sam Miller, Comic, talks about homelessness, Drug addiction, being i prison..making humor with this and more on the road. D62 quiz and emails, too.

The Bill Myers Show podcast is sponsored by Clouser Drilling. They've been leading the way in Southern Oregon well drilling for over 50 years. Find out more about them at clouserdrilling.com. You're hearing the Bill Myers Show on 106.3 KMED. Well, always want to keep the lines of communication to the people that are at least in control of the state legislature, Democrats, including Jeff Golden, really are, and hear what he has to say. At least in control of the state legislature, Democrats, including Jeff Golden, really are. And hear what he has to say.

So some amendments coming for Senate Bill 762 as far as Senate Bill 79, which looks like a pretty dangerous bill. Well, this whole thing about preventing any kind of outbuilding or anything being built with any wildfire risk on it, that's been taken out. That's been taken out of it. But there's still a lot of bad in there. That's going to have to be a conversation for another time. And I guess at this point, let us talk to you. All right? Let me talk with Steve.

Steve's in Sunny Valley. Good morning, Steve. Good morning. A little story. In 1989, I got my pilot's license, and some of the cheapest lesson I ever got was mountain flying. It cost me a Mountain Dew and a newspaper. And we flew that newspaper out to a fire watchtower and delivered it. And what I noticed, every 4 o'clock every afternoon, that flight took off and flew around looking for smoke. And it was paid for by the logging companies. And it worked. And we had

roads to get to where the fires were. And we had people in the woods who put out the fires right away. But for 50 years, people in the cities have been trying to tell us, people in the rural areas, how to live and controlling our lives while they turn the cities into cesspool. And they need to just leave us alone. And you know what? I think in Jefferson State, it's a hard pull, but they'd leave us alone. Appreciate the call, Steve. Let me go to, let's see, Ron.

Ron, you think that the Senate Bill 762 workshop should be moved. What are you thinking on that? I think it should because if there was almost 700 people at the fairgrounds last Thursday, there's probably going to be double that amount, and they're not going to get that into the Republican headquarters. Now, secondarily, I want to give you an example of how the failure of their determining one of the properties that I inherited that was out of compliance. They made a claim the other night at the Thursday meeting, the courier reported that if you have over 40 acres and more than one structure on a property, then you did not fall into the category of the high fire danger.

And so I have that issue. I've just got one structure, and it's 4.29 acres. So they've misdesignated that, and they shouldn't have done that to begin with. They should have been more accurate. Secondarily, in that same property, there's been two lightning strikes on tall trees, and neither one of them resulted in a fire. So it's 0 for 2 as far as I'm concerned for this crappy law, and it's time to bring in reality. Thank you very much. All right. I imagine there's another person appealing.

Let me go to Brad. Brad, go ahead. Hey, Bill, good morning. Great having a senator on. So here's the deal. What I heard the senator say especially there at the end is is look you just need to understand the world has changed things are different can't kick the can down the road anymore yeah and and essentially you're going to

pay and you're going to pay good and hard is essentially how i interpreted that but it's really it's really disingenuous so so the ceo of the oregon homebuilders association time at 762 went through as Mark Long. Mark Long got a coalition that killed that bill five different times for economic reasons. The thing is, is he may say, well, you know, we're not really trying to go against farmers. We're short on farmland, legislature, Bill, they have done everything that they can do that make farming harder in the state. Including the recent labor laws, the changes. Yeah.

I think it was Bully that did that at another state agency. Bill, this is all about urban densification. And let me just give you one really quick, painful example. I have a family member that, that, uh, that lives in Baker County and as a result of 762 and fire map and other recent, uh, basically everything going back to 662, the payment, their obligation on their property, they've got some rural property out there is going up a thousand dollars a month,,000 a month unless they can do something. Imagine that. This person has to figure out how to come up with $1,000 a month on top of everything else they're already doing on that property because 762 went through.

This is happening to tens of thousands of Oregonians all across our state. Thank you, Brad. 7705633. Ed's here. Hello, Mr. X. Hello, Bill. How are you? I wanted to comment on a couple of things since Senator Golden is making suggestions that they're going to change this bill. But the reality to it is we have to look at what I did is I looked at who's doing the mapping. Where does the software originate? Where do the mapping groups come from that the Oregon State University did? And it was an interesting dive on that because it goes to a group called Pyrologics out of Missoula, Montana. And then a group called Vibrant Planet is partnered with Py logics. And the, the ultimate thing was I listened to a Ted talk given by the CEO of a vibrant

planet. And it is just enlightening. And why are we using these people? I would venture a guess that a vibrant planet, something tells me that it is more of the urban densification, climate-friendly, equitable community point of view. Would that be fair? In every way possible, Bill. And literally, you know, I would look at this and say the TED Talk explains it all.

Everybody can form their own opinion. I would urge people to look at that. But the question comes down to is, why would we as a state give over the power to this mapping to a group that's headed by an individual that believes in this? And when you listen to the talk, you understand what is believed in. And, you know, the concept of landscape restoration, of restoration, we have to restore our forests to pre-white settlement conditions. And of course, to them, restoration means burning it all. That's exactly right. And now this program has somehow appeared across the country. I was looking at it yesterday, where it's in all through the southeast, Florida, Texas,

all of these things. And it's all about this mapping. We have to map it. We have to map it. Well, if you recall the news stories, they were using this stuff during the L.A. fires. Now, all of this combined goes back to this thing, landscape restoration. Well, if they burn you out, you can't, you know, they try to make it so you can't rebuild what you have. And I look at this, and he talks about, oh, some people don't trust well there's we've been given no reason to trust ed there's no reason to trust that's right there's no reason to trust so in other words if you're going to be a government for the good of the people that are here don't impose such a ridiculous idea that you want to burn, and the ODF even says, on a landscape approach in the administrative rule. This is a concept of like, well, wait a

minute now, where is the right to, you know, the fundamental foundational thing of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? That used to to be that was supposed to read originally in the formation of the Constitution to the pursuit of property. OK, so you look at it in the history of all of this. And what is it? It can't be construed that they've conducted themselves in a fiduciary capacity to look out for our best interests. And this whole idea about right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness and property, which is really, you know, what it should have been in the first place, does not it doesn't it doesn't live with this. Well, you're just going to have to pay more because it's just a different time. What do you mean by that?

What occurred to me when I reviewed all this mapping thing, the reality to this comes down to we're going to be mapped out by a technocratic control person. One person. The idea of what they put forward is this idea of restoration by fire. Fire is good. Could you send me a link to that TED Talk? I'd like to post that today on the show blog. Gladly, Bill. All right.

Please do. Hey, Ed, got to roll, but I want to take some more listener calls here. Conspiracy Theory Thursday, of course, you know, a lot of conversation about fire mapping, the control of private property on the rural lands and more. If you're on hold, we'll get right to you. I have one line open, 7705633. We'll roll to them in just a little bit. Here at American Rent Your Garage, we respect and support those individuals who currently or have previously served this great country and our local.

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Visit MyTechNomad.com. Today, a tip of the hat to the legendary Hollywood. 94 AS Ashland. Let's get to your calls here on Conspiracy Theory Thursday. Conversation there with Senator Jeff Golden. I really appreciated hearing it kind of out in the open about, hey, it's a different world and you just got to pay more. And you're going to pay more for your power. You're going to pay more for your insurance.

You're going to pay more and more and more. And probably you're going to pay more to the state of Oregon for the privilege of having private land out in the rural areas because fire. And at the same time, we want to have fire on the landscape because that restores the forest you can see where they're you know contradictory in nature uh 17 after eight let me go to ron hello ron you wanted to uh have a conversation about this go ahead what's your take yeah i uh partook primarily listening to the conversation with Senator Golden, and I want to give you my basic observation. He is conceding to a certain degree, and I think it's logical for anybody to assess that Mr. Golden, as the primary sponsor of 762 legislative action, has effectively advocated additional tax on the people based on science that he didn't understand.

OK, very well. Ultimately, though, I didn't have time to get to this again. I want to continue to press him, though. Ultimately, I think this is about transferring. The fact of the matter is the state legislature, controlled mostly by Democrats, does not like paying for wildfire fighting out of the general fund. They want to be able to have it for gender reassignment, surgery, whatever, all sorts of other things. And those pesky wildfires, especially coming off of federal land and the management going on there, is a problem. And so we're going to say, well, your land is really, really bad.

Your land is misbehaving, all right? And so you have to harden it in order to allow the fire to roar through that we want for landscape management. And, yeah, just remember here, Ron, it's a different time. You're just going to have to pay. Yeah. Did you catch the fact that there is an amendment coming, which I would say there would be no amendment coming if the conversation hadn't been started in the first place. In other words, he's backing up politically

to produce what seems like a more palpable, consumable by the people. I don't think that's going to work. I think it's gotten out of hand. The bottom line is, whether I don't know if you agree or disagree, but Senator Golden has essentially advocated legislation and sponsoring this legislation that effectively makes use of science that he admittedly doesn't understand. All right. Appreciate the call, Ron. 770-5633. On to Greg in Gold Hill. Greg, good to have you here. Welcome. Well, thank you for having me. My pleasure. So I just want to preface this by saying that I have respect for Jeff Gold. However, I want to take us all the way back to something.

LCC. Yeah, you know something, Greg? You're going to have to get your cell phone into a better situation. It's kind of rough. Try it again. I'm missing about every other word here. Okay, I apologize. Oh, there we go.

That's better. Yeah, go ahead. Anyway, so my wife and I wound up in the courthouse down there in Jackson County in front of a Supreme Court, Oregon Supreme Court retired judge, in a hearing over whether or not we could continue to build a house we'd already poured a foundation for. Think about that. Now, when you consider that history, which he briefly touched on, we've been up here since 1990. We've been clearing brush every available moment that I could physically do it when it was a burn day or whatever. And so I take all this a little bit personal.

And I just want to say that I'm glad to hear him backpedaling there. I think that he's a very smart guy, and I think he realizes that he got in way over his head with this bill. So I'm looking forward to seeing some kind of relief. But I wouldn't hold my breath out here. And I've been working with the city of Gold Hill to try to open a pathway for people to volunteer. It's obvious to me, all branches of government are overwhelmed by this fire situation. And I've also been talking to the Department of Jackson County and Oregon State. And the crux of the matter is I can't get permission to do one thing on any easement or right-of-way for any government agency because they're not willing to accept the liability.

Now, the Steve Gold— So, in other words, the problem continues to fester and worsen because of government regulation and permitting process wow okay uh that that doesn't surprise me in the least ultimately though this is what happens though when you replace you know as flawed as logging could have been in some ways when you replaced a continual harvesting of the biomass that would continue to grow, when you replace it with nothing, in essence, and then say, well, now we have to burn that same overgrown forest, you're going to get what we have right now. Appreciate the call.

Thanks for that. Let me go to Wild Sam and Steve. Steve, good to have you on. Your impression about hearing the conversation with Senator Golden? Wow, man, you made a wonderful lead in. And in some ways I'm backing up Golden, but I think he's not doing this for any logical reason. I think it's just who he is. But this all, you know, from 1945 at the end of World War II up until 1995, we didn't have fires. And during that period of time, the Forest Service and BLM's mandates were followed such that they had to sell timber, have grazing leases. It was a more common sense time. And we have removed common sense and replaced it with ideology at all levels of both state and Fed gov.

And Senator Golden brought up the point that there is no money. We've run out of money. The problem was prior to 1995, all of that was funded by those resource managements. That was the mandate set up that started the Forest Service and BLM. Well, when they stopped the logging, they developed this fire management strategy, and that's how they funded the Forest Service and BLM. But it's not a profitable, sustainable model, you know, the fire management model, because there is absolutely no economic benefit to it. It is a cost on the society to do this.

Well, yeah, and actually, in a perverse way, they have an incentive to burn up more, and they do it. I mean, if you follow what happens when there's a fire going and the federal managers come in, they burn out whole drainages. That's what they do. And the reason they do it is because that's how they fund the bureaucracies of, you know, the Forest Service and BLM. The only source of income they have, the only thing that Congress will fund is fire management. And that is a political issue. That's not climate change. That is a political issue and choice. That is a choice that has been made. But as the plumber says, stuff runs downhill. Well, it's gone downhill, as Senator

Golden said, to the point that they have no more money. There is no federal money to fight fires on the scale that we're having it. And so I figure ultimately the idea is then to bill property owners living in the rural lands for this lack of money. In other words, it's to backfill. There's not enough money from the property owners to actually accomplish what they're saying they want to do, because they can't fix the problem. All right. Thank you, Steve. Let me go to Michael. Michael, you have a take on it, too. Go ahead. Well, Bill, I have to say that I'm very thankful for Mr. Golden speaking the truth at the end of his visit with you.

He basically said, we've kicked the can down the road time and time again. So he has admitted that he and the other congressional critters are incompetent to do the job that they were elected to do. So we, the people, thank him for stating that. And we accept all of your resignations immediately. Please vacate the building. Yeah. You know something, Michael? I'm giving you a real American salute. Do you mind? All right.

Because you are right. That is, in essence, what he said. We have kicked the can. Well, who is we? We is the Democratic power structure, which largely has controlled the entire agenda for decades now in Oregon, with rare exception. There have been some times that there was a change of administrations. I think we had a picatilla, but you're having to go back 40-something years to see things like this.

There is a consequence of these political choices. He's admitted that they're not doing the jobs that they were elected to do. So get out of office, get out of the way. All right. He grabbed a couple more calls here. Hi, good morning. Who's this? This is Ranger.

Hi, Ranger. Until the counties and the cities all band together and just say no, they're going to keep, they're just going to keep grinding people down. And, Ranger, I agree to an extent, but you also understand that what are counties? I'm sorry, say again? What are counties? How are counties legally defined? It isn't a matter of legally defining.

Oh, yes, it is. Because the counties, first and foremost, are agencies of the state. We always have to make sure and look at that through the rubric of even their definitions, how they are defined as a subset. And agencies of the state and where the agencies come down here and tell you, for the most part, you're going to dance to that tune or else. I'm just trying to be realistic about it. Having counties resisting, of course, is part of it.

But I just want to make sure that, you know, it's like the same kind of thinking that, well, Trump's in, so he'll fix it all. I wish that were the case. Good morning. Hi, who's this? Good morning, fix it all. I wish that were the case. Good morning. Hi, who's this? Good morning, Bill. This is David. Hi, David. Just a couple questions.

If states can't do things that are the purview of the federal government, down on the border in Texas, the governor of Texas. Remember all the controversy about... Yeah, anybody trying to enforce federal immigration law. Yeah, you're right. You can't do that. All right. Well, then I want to understand something. Why is the state or the county or the citizen individuals responsible for an agency with their own law?

Okay, I cannot hear you right now. You're breaking up. Try it again. They have their own law enforcement. Forest Service has actual police officers in the Forest Service. Same as BLM. Why, if there's a crime in a federal forest, are we responsible? And why are we responsible for wildland fires on federal lands?

How come the federal government isn't responsible for all this? Why are we responsible? Why are we responsible? Because it's our fault for living here. No, no. I mean, you're thinking, like, why are we responsible for it? It's because the federal government is a poor landlord and a bad neighbor, you know, essentially. No, but we're saying, Bill, it's push me, pull you. Yeah, well, I know that. Sales I lose, heads I win.

I mean, you can't win on this one, then. They got us painted in. I mean, it's so stupid. Yeah, but once again, it was a political choice, which, of course, the state of Oregon is actually quite happy with the decision to not use the natural resources and instead make natural resources a burden on the people. I wish I had an easy back of the cocktail napkin solution for you, David. I'll take one more call and then I got to go. Hi, who is this? Morning.

Morning. This is Neil. Yeah, Neil. morning this is neil yeah neil my father grandfather used to be managed the forest in this county when he was a young man and we didn't have this problem it is a complete mismanagement he was forced out when he turned 70 because he was too old to be a forest service manager he did an excellent job and he's got to be rolling over his grave to watch what they've done to his fucking forest i think we'll call that uh good thanks for the call hi good morning who's this hi bill this is deb calling hi deb hey hi my frustration you know

on all this is it's golden is completely out of touch he's not even paying attention to the fact and listening to us that it's the unconstitutionality of this and the fact that they want access to our properties it's just going to lead to further stuff which is why it's uh it's going to take the appeals and frankly it's going to take uh some citizens banding together you're going to sue there's going to have to be to plant our feet and stand no no more yeah but but it's going to take law it's going to take lawfare too because essentially the state legislature engaged in lawfare against rural property owners, in my opinion. And unfortunately, you're going to have to dig deep and fight back with lawfare.

And then the state of Oregon will then, of course, plunder you for tax money to continue to fight you, kind of like the gun battles here, too. But it is part of the process. Yes, sir. All right. Thank you, Deb. K the gun battles here, too. But it is part of the process. All right. Thank you, Deb. KMED, hi, who's this? Yeah, Bill?

Yeah, Jerry. Yeah. I got one comment on Jeff Golden's speech. Spoken like a true socialist. All right. Thank you for the call. Let me go to line four. Hi.

Good morning. Me? Yes. Good morning. the call let me go to line four hi good morning me yes good morning uh i have a question over the last 25 years i've assisted probably 10 15 different people to acquire a lodeal title a lodeal title means absolute right in title i wonder if there's someone on online who knows how having a lodeal title would affect this question. Let's see. There's a guy who would come down and do some, what do you call them, workshops on that. Eugene something.

His name escapes me right now. I think that Jeff or Debbie Sterling will probably write me in a little bit and remind me of that, and then maybe we'll mention it. Okay? Thank you. Yeah, a lawyer title. Yeah, rather than fee simple or however it is most of our properties are designed at, could be interesting.

Yeah, I like it. It's another tool in the toolbox. Has it been tested in the courts here? I don't know. Hi, good morning. Who's this? This is Joel. Yeah, Joel.

Yeah, I'm kind of snowed in yesterday. I made it a half a mile out of here before I ran into, like, a basic sinkhole where the water is cascading across the road as it approaches the hill. Yeah. And I hiked over to the neighbor's house, and he's stuck in the yard, too. And we both need dog food and i need propane and i just thought anyone listening in the general cornbrook area that could contact sharon down at the chevron station like she could give him my number okay uh yeah so you want me to why don't you call sharon down to the gas station and let her know i did oh okay so she knows about it all right so you need dog you need dog food and what else propane dog food and propane all right for people down in the

iron gate if anybody can help get in touch with sharon down at the gas station all right hey best of luck on that okay really 833 km ed 99 3 kb xg don't settle for a typical store-bought cake. Serve a nothing but cake. Nothing but cake. This is News Talk 106.3 KMED. And you're waking up with the Bill Myers Show. Wow. A lot of people hot and bothered, upset. I appreciate your calls here on Conspiracy Theory Thursday.

Maybe the conspiracy theory is that we think we can control this. I don't know. Well, I'd like to think we can. It does take collective effort, though, because collective stupidity brought us to where we are right now. That's for sure. And it comes to what's happening in our private lands on the rural areas here. But anyway, we'll set that aside.

I need to have a palate cleanser. I just need to take a little break from this. We're going to have a Diner 62 quiz. Not right now. Give me about 10 minutes or so. But Sam Miller is a comedian. He's in town. He's a comic.

And he's incredibly funny. But he makes fun of something that we're dealing with all the time. And that's homelessness and addiction. He went through this. He's been in prison. And he's appearing tonight at the Copper Plank in Medford. The Copper Plank is that old Eagles Club, I think is what it is, going into downtown Medford, that amazing building.

And the show is 8 to 10 tonight. Doors open at 7. And he's out in the hallway, and we're just going to have a little talk about this, you know, how you make such humor out of something so heart attack serious, right? We'll have a conversation about that and then more of your calls and Diner 62 quiz and a bunch more. Introducing sweet February favorites at Artisan Bakery Cafe. Oregon's best, like Silver Rain, Medford Foot and Ankle Clinic,

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comics in my life, and it's always kind of interesting because here it is, I do a serious talk show, at least a lot of serious. We try to have some lightning and lightening it up, and it's not very often I can talk to a comic who not only is in town tonight, by the way, his name is Sam Miller

tonight, the Copper Plank in Medford, that's the old, Steve, that's the old Eagles Club, right? Yeah, he's looking at me, the old Eagles Club. And it's 8 to 10 tonight, doors open at 7 o'clock. And if you've ever checked out Sam Miller, I was watching some of his YouTubes, and I was just cracking up. And I said, I would love to have him come in we need a

palate a palate cleanser how you doing this morning i'm here to cleanse all palates cleanse all palates yeah yeah it's uh it's interesting because you come at uh comedy from a different angle uh and we have so many people on a serious issue here, a lot of drug addiction, a lot of homelessness and all these things. And the thing is, you lived it. Yeah. But you've made it a big part of your act, haven't you? Yeah, yeah. I try to speak as honestly as I can about addiction and about homelessness.

And I'm one of the lucky ones that I've kind of found my way out. And you were in prison for a while, I guess, with the cartel members? Not prison. I was in jail. In jail. But I was in the Yakima jail. And there was. There was a lot of heavy guys.

There was cartel guys. There was a little bit of everybody. Because there was a lot of folks on federal holds in the Yakima jail. And I think the Yakima jail actually got shut down. Like, they got in trouble. Okay. Because it was so rough. Well, the thing is though uh now

if you saw sam on camera when he comes in here he's about a foot and a half taller he's taller than my son and i thought some my son was the biggest guy did that help you in jail no it does not no just like regular life um that you the the key to handling incarceration is you just want to blend in and be like everybody else. How do you blend in? Exactly. I did not blend in, and I got tested more than a few times, and I didn't like it. I was 19. It was terrible, man.

19? Yeah. People ask me sometimes. They're like, what's the Yakima jail like? And I'm like, have you ever been to Yakima? Like, imagine the jail. So tonight's show, 8 Till 10, you do a two-hour show. You're touring all over the area.

We're glad to have you come in here. And now, it would be fair to say this is not a show for the kids, though, right? No, you know, I'm not filthy. I'm not mean. But I am, there's dirtier jokes for sure. But I don't, I'm not mean but I am there's dirtier jokes for sure but I don't I'm not a gross comedian and I'm not a hurtful comedian either I don't make fun of people I'm I just kind of I make fun of myself usually and there's a lot to make fun of I'm glad that you're able to to pull out though and the other thing is that in and here we are political show but you

do comedy that is non-political yeah i don't i don't think people come to comedy shows to hear what i think about things i think there is a place for politics and comedy and uh on both sides but i just don't it's just not what i do i've never been able to get those jokes to land. Especially when half like it and half want to barbecue you. Well, it depends on what part of the country I'm in because I haven't been to a lot of half and half shows, but I've been to a lot. I work in the cities and I work in the country, and I like both of them for different reasons. I work in Chicago, but I also work in Indiana. One of those things where can America be funny again? Because I swear the last five to 10 to 15 years, it was really,

it's been really tough. Like, like people weren't allowed to laugh at anything. Yeah. I don't know. I think the truth is somewhere in the middle again, because I get where people are coming from. Like,

Oh, I can't say this, but in certain ways you can say more about certain issues. You know what I mean? Like, uh, when people talk about like, like the way I talk about addiction, uh, I don't know if I could have gotten away with this 20 years ago because there was still such a stigma on recovery and drug use. It's funny because like all the comedians in the eighties, they were all high on cocaine,

but not a lot of them were talking about it you know like now they are yeah and now i don't do cocaine and i won't shut up about drugs so well i know i'm watching your videos and i'm and i'm laughing and of course i love the part and with sam miller by the way he says yeah i don't do political jokes i said that's not true you did one uh sam you did one on, and it involved former President Obama. So tell me about that one. Well, first, I want to say this because I don't want people to, my jokes, my set is not all about drugs. I talk about my kids.

I talk about everything. But still, but to actually use this though is. So like I've been sober since June 10th, 2008. I got in a lot of trouble and I did use a lot of methamphetamines. And I have a joke where I go, yeah, it's like I used to smoke meth out of light bulbs, but I had to stop in 2008. I go, it wasn't my choice, though. They switched to those twisty ones. And I'm like, thanks, Obama.

And I just cracked up because it's so true. Scuba over there next door. That's when you know you got a drug problem is I didn't just have the DEA after me. I had the EPA. After you, too. Yeah, the mercury problem, right? With the curly fry bulb. Yep, yep.

The thing is, what I admire, and I don't know if anyone has ever told you this, but I've interviewed a lot of people over the years. But I have great admiration for comics, for comediansians because the thing is you're kind of putting it on the line every time you have to don't you have to be incredibly brave i'm not trying to make you into a hero don't get me wrong but it's like you're only as good as how that joke goes it's like instant instantaneous feedback i get i get where you're coming from but for me it's almost like a totally different framework. Really? How so? Because I can't imagine my life not being on stage. Like, for me, it's much harder to not tell everybody every stupid thought that comes into my mind.

Like, I literally drive around. Like, I drove here. I'm from Olympia, Washington, you know, and I drove six hours yesterday or whatever it is to get down here. I'm going to drive five hours tomorrow. And I drive in my car, and I ignore the podcast I'm trying to listen to. And I think about jokes and I imagine myself on stage. The hard part of comedy for me is the business side is hard. What side of that?

I'm just curious. It's just a lot, you know, to try to, you know, there's so much stand-up comedy going on in the country at a time. And I'm at this point in my career where, like, I'm a legitimate headliner. I'm doing really well on social media. I have great momentum. But there's still, like, this kind of entrenched system that I have to learn about and I have to play the game. I have to kiss the rings.

And I'm okay kissing some rings. But I get tired. Depends on where those rings have been. Yeah, exactly. Especially some of these club owners, you know. Yikes. Sam Miller tonight at the Copper Plank in Medford, the Old Eagles Club in downtown Medford. 8 to 10, doors open at 7 o'clock.

And I'm going to post some of your YouTubes up there so people get a little taste of this here. And what was that now? Sam Miller comedy. Oh, it used to be at the Elks Lodge, not the Eagles Lodge. It's the old Elks Lodge. Pardon me. The old. You know, I want to say something, too.

I've been working. So I've been doing stand-up comedy for 10 years. It's been my full-time job for over three years and i love southern oregon i all from roseburg down to redding um this whole area i'm just a fan of it i like the people i like um i like that bent that people have very independent folks um it's really it's really exciting i've been working in med i've been doing comedy in medford for nine years okay now i want People have very independent folks. It's really exciting. I've been doing comedy in Medford for nine years. Okay, now I want to touch with you on this. Since you came from Olympia, did you ever do that dive bar in Shelton?

Because I used to run a station in Shelton years ago. I try to do everything I can to stay away from Shelton. No, I'm just kidding. Me too. I don't want to get into trouble. You know where I do do comedy and where I'm doing comedy next week is I do comedy at the prison out there.

Really? Yeah. The correctional facility. I've done comedy at four different prisons. I love it. And there's always a good attendance at my prison shows. Yeah, mandatory, right?

You got to show up there. You know, do they get you? I'm going to tell you something. I love this is that when i do shows in prison like i do have jokes about crime and incarceration those jokes don't hit but a thing about me is that i love big women uh-huh like that's like my favorite like i my wife is big and i think big women are very attractive and man one thing that unites the inmates of america is our love for big women I don't know what it is about criminals and big women.

I had no idea. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You see, a little slice of life, just a different side of the life there, okay? I'll tell you what, I'm just so glad that you had a few minutes to drop by here. Any big women that want to come out, that's always a plus for me. Sam wants to meet you, especially if you're a big woman. I'm a married fellow, but it's still nice you know okay well it's just for comedic comedic point of view there but hey thanks for stopping in and like i said hey this was great

i love your comedy and anybody who could uh take uh lemons which happened in your life and make a lot of and that's essentially what you've done you've taken lemons survived it and made a lot of lemonade from it okay indeed okay and uh please support him all right uh sam miller uh comedy show tonight at the copper plank in medford 8 to 10 p.m doors open at seven o'clock and good luck and just have fun it's yeah thank you so much i just like the fact that you can't imagine ever not being on stage nah this is the thing this isn't a thing that i do it's a thing that i am and if you don't believe me come check it out. I'll show you. Get set to laugh tonight.

Sam, good to get a chance to meet you here. It's 8.53 at KMED. And we're going to have the Diner 62 Real American Quiz. So if you're a big woman, you can get even bigger. Or a big man, for that matter. But the food's that good. 770-5633. We'll talk some history and have some fun with that next. Here at American Rent Your Garage,

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And let me go to line one. I haven't been able to talk to anybody yet. You know, Sam was in here, and I was BSing with him as he went out the door, so I'm just going to hit him live without a net. Hi, who's this? Good morning. Welcome. Phil. Who's this? Phil morning. Welcome. Phil.

Who's this? Phil. Oh, hi, Phil. Diner 62 question this morning. While in orbit 170 miles above the Earth, and this was tomorrow in history, February 7, 1984, Navy Captain Bruce McCandless II became the first human, Phil,

to perform an untethered spacewalk. He gets out of the U.S. Space Shuttle Challenger, maneuvers freely using that big jet pack, and McCandless orbited the Earth in tangent with the space shuttle, speeds rather greater than 17,000 miles per hour. How far did McCandless journey from the shuttle on his very first untethered spacewalk? So if he messes up, you know, he's gone. You know, it's that kind of thing. Was it A, 40 feet? Was it B, 80 feet?

C, 160 feet? D, 240 feet? Or was it E, 320 feet? How far away from the space shuttle did he get in all that? B, 80. You're going to think 80 B. I'm sorry. It's not that, Phil. Let me go to the next one. We're just talking about how far the first spacewalk without a cord went. Hi, who's this? Morning. Gary. Hi, Gary. 40 feet, 160 feet, 240 or 320 feet. How far was the first untethered spacewalk 41 years ago?

80. Well, 80 was already taken. 40, 160, 240 or 320? 160. 160. Was it 160? No, it's not 160 either. Hey, thanks for trying, though.

Let me go to the next. Hi, who's this? Morning. Good morning, Bill. This is Jerry from Rogue River. Hey, thanks for trying, though. Let me go to the next. Hi, who's this? Morning. Good morning, Bill. This is Jerry from Rogue River. Hey, Jerry from Rogue River. Glad to have you here. First spacewalk, untethered, live without a net, so to speak.

40 feet, 240 feet, or 320 feet. What do you say? You know, I'm going to go with 240. You're going to go with 240. It sounds about right. I wish you were right. I'm sorry, Jerry. Okay, let me grab one more. Hi, who's this? Morning. Tom. Tom. Now, McCandless either went 40 feet or 320 feet. How far was that first untethered spacewalk? How about 40 feet? 40 feet 40 feet oh man we're down to the end let me go hi who's this morning to me yeah it's you

who's this hey this is lauren eagle point lauren how far was the spacewalk 320 or 320 hey listen i'm gonna go with 320 320 yeah now the very first spacewalk was almost 20 years prior to that in 1965. But, you know, back in those days, you know, they were still putting a tether on it. This is, you know, the first time they really did it without a net. And you can imagine that being a little sporty first time, wouldn't you think? Yes. I wouldn't want to do it. Yeah, I know, but he did.

He did. Great story. Hang on here. We'll be right back with you. It's 9 o'clock, KMED, KMED HD1, Eagle Point, Medford, KBXG, Grants Pass. Plus some more emails and other information coming up. Rev up your engines, folks. It's 9-0-1. It's 9-0-1.

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Hans, that's an open question. We don't know right now, but I think a lot of people in the MAGA world have had those kind of questions, too. There's kind of a bifurcation going on right now. You're not the only one. Doobie writes me about Senator Golden. Bill, I didn't hear your entire interview, but what I did hear I didn't really care for. The government, both Fed and state, could do a better job of managing forests to help reduce wildfires. John ends up writing me this morning here, too.

Consider having Senator golden on as you do cliff bentz semi-monthly or so i would agree and we're like i said we're kind of keeping these lines of communication we don't agree on much but i do want to keep the information flowing to you elaine writes me this morning bill jeff's full of poop typical marxist i'm doing this for your own good and uh barb Barbara ends up weighing in on this. He said he doesn't know what he can do to convince us that they aren't trying to destroy rural properties. I have a suggestion. Stop the bills that he is sponsoring.

It's pretty simple. You know something, Barbara? Not only another email there, but how about Real American Salute? It is pretty simple. You know, it's the actions. You know, the distrust is not coming out of a vacuum, all right? Email bill at billmyershow.com. We'll catch you tomorrow morning, and thanks so much for listening.

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