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This hour of the Bill Myers Show podcast is proudly sponsored by Klausur drilling. They've been leading the way in Southern Oregon well drilling for more than 50 years. Find out more about them at Klausor drilling.com. We're happy ahead of the update coming up here in just a moment. Happy to take your calls too on anything on your mind here before we end up digging into the gallows humor of the emergency room. Yeah, you know, it's interesting when you talk with doctors. You'll find interesting gallows humor both in the doctor's world. and the attorney, the lawyer's world.

You know, you get it on both. I guess you have to when you're dealing with some of the most serious situations ever, right? Okay. All right. Now, as far as, well, it's not super serious, but, well, it was super serious to me. I ended up having a crown replaced just a few weeks ago where a crown put in. And by another one of my sponsors, Dr. Steve Nelson at Central Point Family Dentistry. They sponsor the emails of the day.

Had a great experience over there. It's on a Freeman Drive, not too far there from that Albertson's neighborhood, you know, that area in Central Point, Central Point Family Dentistry.com. And an email of the day to Virgil, Virgil writes me in. And Bill, I just wanted to say, did I just hear you say, this was earlier this morning, did I just hear you say that the committee that is selecting the new Josephine County Commissioner, did I just hear you say the committee added candidates to the list because they failed to consider veteran preference. in the first group of selectees. Really? Yes, Virgil. Really?

They did. And I had just been... My jaw can't go any more slack, you know, when I see what is going on in Josephine County because they're, they're like tripping over themselves to not actually make the political choice that this is. This is a political appointment. This is a political appointment by other elected political official. and they're trying to turn this into this this nonsense job application.

And I'm most upset, and I've said this before, and Wally, if you want to talk about this, I'd be happy to talk about it, but Wally Hicks, the county council, he's an attorney. And I think he understands what a definition in the county charter is for what it takes to be a county commissioner. And it's not the degrees. It's not the schools they went to. It's not the job experience necessarily. Now, you can certainly consider that stuff on your own or whatever it is. But it's just that are you legally a resident of the county?

Have you been there for six months? Will you stay there if you get appointed? And will you continue to live there? Are you a registered voter? You're legally allowed to take the job? You know, all that. Sorry, I just snorted because I'm just kind of like, I can't believe this, you know? Yeah, that's exactly what they're doing.

They're treating this like they're hiring someone to run a commission, or not the commission, but like they were a department head. And it's not. It's a completely different story. This is about political representation. The commissioners are the political representatives of we the people. We the people. That's what this is about. And in my opinion, what is going on here, Virgil, is a soft, not-sum,

silent coup being done by the other elected officials in Josephine County. Now, I don't know the reasoning for this. Could it be that they're looking for people who they think would be pliable and give raises or, you know, increase budgets for various departments rather than trying to cinch things in, which is what Josephine County desperately needs in this particular time. I don't, I can't explain it, but it's like they're trying to do everything to make it look like, well, this is a logical based on points and score kind of deal rather than, no, you're supposed to appoint two people who you think are good political representatives of the people in Josephine County. That's what the job is. That's what the job is. And it's just, and Wally, why are you letting it happen? You're a lawyer.

You're an attorney. And I'm not saying that's necessarily illegal. what they're doing, but it's completely unfounded, and it's going outside what the charter says. And that's how I look at this. So, Wally, please let me know. I would love to talk with you, Wally, okay? I like Wally.

Talk with him, but it's like, what is this? Everyone's just trying to, well, first it was, you know, Commissioner Ron Smith kind of taking a dive. Well, you know, I don't want people, people doing backdoor deals, they're lobbying me. And yeah, because it's a political position to replace the

county commission because it's a political position that people voted on these political positions, just like it's political when you vote for a new sheriff, just like it's political when you vote for the assessor or the county, uh, the county clerk, you know, all that other stuff. It's all political, but they don't want to make a political decision. Just astounds me, okay? We can talk about that in other things too. Randy from Ashland writes me, Bill on the Save America Act. Randy says, there are hypocrites and then there are Democrats, Bill. Voting is arguably the most important duty for U.S. citizens. It determines the makeup of our government at every level from city councils, governors, representatives, senators, to the president.

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Thank you so much. I appreciate that, Randy. Another great email. Emails of the day, sponsored by Dr. Steve Nelson's Central Point Family Dentistry. Granny, we were talking about the creation of money the other day, of money, and how that, I was talking about these lawsuits that happened back in the 1950s and 60s in which people would claim that they didn't really. have to pay their loan back because when the bank loaned them money, the bank didn't really

have any skin in the game other than the fact that it created the money out of thin air, right? And yet they can get real stuff if you wouldn't pay them back, right? It's kind of weird how this works, but that is the system in the United States. And Granny says, you know, Bill, if a government can create money out of thin air, then it can create any kind of insane law it wants. Be afraid, be very afraid, be armed and very armed. It's a very good point. And that is very true. That's why in some ways I've started referring to a lot of the laws, especially the laws coming out of Salem lately. They come out there and put it on magic paper and it has magic authority. Magic authority over we the people. This is the Bill Myers Show.

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That's 770 KMED. 727. Later this morning, we're going to find out what happens out of the nine, the nine commissioners applicant. over in Josephine County. And I know if you don't live in Josephine County, maybe you don't care, but it is a big deal because it is kind of showing what I think is just this skullduggery, silent coup kind of thing. And I know you'll have the people from other media outlets in Josephine County that will be

talking about all these problems with the county commission. And then things are not transparent. And then they end up coming with this nonsense thing. and a paralegal who listens to the show writing me this morning, by the way, my email Bill at Billmyershowin.com saying, Bill, you are absolutely right about how this temporary board is proceeding with the appointment, the appointment, not higher, of the two Josephine County seats that are vacant. Ironically, one of our associates sat in on the board meeting a week ago,

setting the parameters of appointing the positions, and the discussion quickly turned more to an HR-type selection. process as used in civil service job selections versus public service elected positions. Wally Hicks, this is the opinion of the person here, is showing just how inept he is by knowing, knowing, qualifying and adhering to the law and county charter. His former assistant county council, Stephanie Nuttall, is now the new council for the city of Grants Pass and riding side-saddle with even more inept city manager, Aaron Kubik. Merrin Bartholomew, former city council and temporary council who is back in private practice with Hornacker Cowling in Medford, runs circles around both Hicks and Nuttall.

Maybe it's not all or Nudal? I don't know the name, but thanks. Anyway, in all areas of law and understanding and researching the law in precedence. At any rate, you know, here are the Josephine County candidates going into the interview process this morning, another legal assistant in Grants Pass assembling the list. Okay, well, I talked about that a little bit earlier, but thank you for it. I just think that it's just all wrong. It's just all wrong. And this started, and I'm sorry to, you know, to bring up Commissioner Ron Smith, who I've also admired and liked over the years. But when he chose that he was not even going to take part into attempting to replace the other two with Commissioner Chris Barnett, whether you like the guy or not, he was the elected county commissioner and brought in there and recalled.

kind of astounds me how you can be, you know, voted in by 70, 75% of the people and voted out by just a handful. But that's, you know, the way it works here in Southern Oregon, I guess, with the recallorama. But the fact that he would not even join that process really concerned me. It's like taking a dive. We had Commissioner Ron Smith taking a dive. We have the elected leaders in Josephine County taking a dive.

And unfortunately, sometimes you have to make choices that are not going to just give you lots of love by everybody when you're a politician, when you're an elected official. And I just think that they're all taken to dive and just doing this improperly. And with all this talk about from the alternative media in Grants Pass about all the deals being done in the back room, are they saying anything about this ultimate deal? this ultimate deal in which you have elected officials getting together who are likely looking for a very pliable two county commissioners to make their budgetary life a lot better rather than looking for good political representation for the people of Josephine County. And I would be squeaking just as loud if this were happening in Jackson County. Thank goodness it's not.

Jackson County Commission is incredibly boring. And when I say incredibly boring, not boring people, but it's just functioning. Okay, it actually functions and makes the trains run on time, so to speak. Okay. 731 at KMED, 993KBXG. Appreciate you listening on the Bill of Meyer show. Hey, Saturday, I want to give you a heads up. Nice sponsor of the program of the radio station.

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Interesting article in Red State today. A number of videos posting loud and early. Loud and early calls for submission. Eli Shepard at Red State writing this morning, a tweet making the rounds this week shows the video of the Islamic call to prayer, echoing through the New York City streets at dawn. Five in the morning, amplified, projecting over neighborhoods that still carry the scars of September 11th of 01. That date's not ancient history, it's living memory.

The call to prayer is not an ambient background music. It is a declaration. The phrase Allahu Akbar means God is greatest. It is a theological claim. It is a call to submission. Practicing Muslims understand this. That is not controversial. That is simply fact.

Now, imagine living in lower Manhattan. Imagine hearing that broadcast before sunrise, rolling through concrete and glass over a skyline for nearly 3,000 Americans murdered. Hmm. Of course, Mom Dani, for Islamist, ends up being elected mayor. Can't help but connect the two there.

Is the United States surrendering as we speak right now, folks? I mean, around here in Southern Oregon, it looks relatively normal. But in your major hive minds, you have the call to prayer rolling through, You know, one particular, one particular religion and one particular religion only? Hmm. Any thoughts on that? 770 KMED.

Chris is here too. Chris, you wanted to go back on other things this morning. Hi. How are you doing? Hi, Bill. Hey, I worked for the VA several locations before I retired, and they have quite a interesting hiring process. and they won't even look at your resume unless you put it actually in resume. I had a high-ranking guy in the Navy tell me you got to put it in resume builder.

You can't go pay for a fancy resume and then load it up on your 10 documents you can have. Now, are you connecting this to what the Josephine County hiring of the commissioners that is going on here, this nonsense that the elected board, this temporary board is doing, in my opinion, a coup against the people. It's my opinion. Well, yeah, it shouldn't be that type of process. But like the USAJob.com, it's a really, it's a really, it's a really interesting process if you make it through. Okay, so what is the point of this process, in your opinion, then, with what they're trying to do with county commission applicants?

Just saying they should scale it up. They should do it really do it, do it right. I'm just being sarcastic. They should really do it to the nth degree like the government. USA Jobs does. Oh, okay. So, in other words, you know, get to the point where not only veterans are given preference, but LGBTQ, other marginalized communities.

Is that kind of where you're getting at here, too? Yeah, a veteran gets zero points or you can get five points or ten points. and then they'll rank you as best, better. They have like three rankings for the position. Yeah, and whoever is best, better, or best ends up getting it rather than making the political decision, which they're trying to avoid doing. Well, right. Yeah, they have the most qualified person for the job. They'll say, are better or best.

They have three categories. Yeah, but remember, you know, one person that they already sent a rejection letter to was a former county commissioner. I'm sorry, you're not qualified for this position, Bub. That must be Herman. Yeah, it was. I saw the rejection letter. He said it to me.

Yeah, well, wherever people are involved, it's corrupt. Yeah, and Josephine County is showing the corruption largely right now. I hate to say that. And I don't know if they're doing it because they're just hoping that they get some pliable squishes that will go easy on the department heads or what? I can't exactly explain it, Chris. I don't know. It's just pure supposition on my part.

They're going to pick their buddies. You know how it goes. I guess so. They can control. People they can control. Yeah, nothing like having the inmates in control of the governmental asylum. There you go. Thanks, Chris.

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But U.S. Postal Service warning of postmark delays. Delays. But it won't say which parts of the Oregon in the United States will be most affected. The story in Oregon Live, the U.S. Postal Service is warning its customers in Oregon and across the nation that their mail may no longer be postmarked the day they drop it in a mailbox or at their local post office. And they say customers who are sending time sensitive items that need a postmark that same day, including mail-in ballots sent on Election Day and tax returns that must be sent by April 15th to avoid penalties, should bring them to the post office's retail counter. and ask an employee to postmark them. I was talking with a postal worker who came in the studio the other day, got a chance to meet her and a dad,

and we were talking a little bit about this and wondering, why are we at this impasse right now? Many institutions that formerly relied on postmarks, they write, to establish when documents were mailed, say the change, which the post office did in late December, can have repercussions for a member of the public. if they don't take heed from ballots not being counted to the Internal Revenue Service to the State Department of Revenue, assessing penalties for tax returns that arrive late to retailers refusing to accept return mailed in merchandise.

I didn't even think about that part of it, right? Because you have to mail it back, mail it back to them within a certain amount of time, and if it doesn't get postmarked within the company's required return window. And the Postal Service website is not naming the affected post offices. But you can figure that given our mails being sent to Portland and then being sent back, postmark doesn't mean much of anything these days? I don't know. What this post office employee, I'm going to leave her name out of it, what she was saying. And I thought it was actually a good suggestion.

She was talking to me about, you know, there are times that even when we're working on the front counters of a post office that we have spare time. and I don't know why, and this is what she told me, I don't know why we don't, and I hope I get her words correctly here, because like I said, we were talking about other things too, but she said that we would have time to be able to maybe cancel mail and sort mail right there and not send everything up to Portland. In fact, we could take out the local mail and just have it redelivered locally rather than sending it up to Portland.

And I asked her, I said, well, might this break the union? rules and I'm wondering if that has something too and she thought maybe that was uh was part of that that but it would seem to me that if the unions might work up some rules and be a little more cooperative it might preserve some more union jobs if you don't have to send everything to Portland and the local mail could still be postmarked and sent here locally I thought that was interesting just kicking it around what can I say good morning this is bill hi who's this 746 welcome to the show yeah Ron regarding the call to prayer issue that you brought up earlier. I wonder if the First Amendment is being violated first,

because it's imposing a religious act on everybody that is not necessarily that religion. Yeah, we're talking about just broadcasting and amplifying the call to prayer all over downtown Manhattan, 5 a.m., several times throughout the day. That certainly strikes me. Of course, I don't know. is it the same thing when church bells would ring every now and then, you know, or not? I think you're right. And here's the solution maybe to the current problem, because the mayor and the governor of those states are forcing upon the others is for those who don't like it to bring up the star-spangled banner on an amplified condition outside. so it overrides the Muslim calls of prayer. Very good. Hey, I appreciate the opinion on that, Ron.

Okay, stand by, and we'll continue the conversation. This is the Bill Myers Show on KMED. Hi, this is Bill Meyer. Always appreciate you listening no matter the time. Live 6 to 9 weekdays on 1060. You're hearing the Bill Myers' show on 1063KMED. Every now then a book crosses my desk. And by the way, if you're holding to talk, I'll get right back to your calls here in just a few minutes.

But I'm getting a copy recently. 99 ways to die and how to avoid them. You know, that's the kind of, that's the kind of title that just jumps out at me. And emergency room physician Dr. Ashley Alker joins me. Doctor, it's a pleasure. Welcome to the show. Oh, my help, doctor, if I brought you on, sorry, I have to push the button. In my mind, I had.

But anyway, welcome to the show. Good to have you on. Good morning. Thanks for having me. All right. Tell me what got you into the emergency room in the first place and how the emergency room seems to develop into such a, well, a gallows humor zone. Would that be fair to say what happens in the modern-day emergency room? Sure.

I mean, medicine was something that I kind of got drawn to because of personal reasons. So my family was very distinctly non-medical. I talk about this in the book. but we're a family of business people in one circus performer. And my mom had lymphoma shortly after I was born and was told she was going to die within six months, but had a type of radiation that saved her life, but caused her to have to have two open heart surgeries, brain surgery, she had pulmonary hypertension and autoimmune hepatitis, a lot of medical issues her whole life from that point on.

And so we often didn't understand what was going on. The doctors would tell us things and we couldn't understand them, the, you know, the communication wasn't great. The words they were using didn't make any sense. So I basically volunteered as tribute and decided to go into medicine in order to kind of help take care of my family and my mom and handle her doctor's appointment. Now, I have to ask you, though, did you end up becoming a doctor? You called it a circus performer of sorts?

Yeah, yes. My grandmother was in the circus. Oh, okay. I thought you were talking. I thought you were describing yourself as the circus. circus performer thinking, oh, okay. Oh, no, not me. Somebody else in my family.

No, nobody was like, you know, a nurse or a doctor or anything. So basically that's what drew me to medicine in general. And then the emergency department is just, you know, controlled chaos and kind of fit my personality in a way. And I really like being with patients on their worst days and trying to, you know, do my best. My number one rule on shift is nobody dies. So, you know, that's kind of what drew me to it. And it's definitely a very interesting special place.

anyone who's watching the pit right now will understand kind of the, you know, chaos and dark humor and, you know, everything that we kind of go through in the department on, it's not a normal job, right? Like, I'm looking at somebody's foot and then somebody's dying of a heart attack and then, you know, somebody's got, you know, elbow pain and then somebody's getting CPR. So it's a weird place to work, but it's also, you know, an honor to get to serve people in that way. I guess, I guess in some respects, then, I guess in some respects I'm hearing it is so varied, right? Right? It's so varied, that keeps it interesting for you rather than if you're a specialist, let's say, per se.

Yeah, I think the variability and then the fact that there, you know, it's the emergency department, there's very few specialties where you're going to go up against death so frequently. It's kind of us in pulmonary critical care, which are the people that run ICU's, you know, we're the people that kind of are constantly battling the Grim Reaper. And that's part of the reason I wrote the book, right, is that there's a lot of things that people come in with that you don't have to die from. And if you had the right information and it was communicated in an effective way that was entertaining and kind of, you know, sometimes dark and humorous, you might not have had to suffer from that disease. And that's kind of what the book is. It's my, even though it's bad for business, it's my hope to keep people out of the department with things that are painful and awful and things you don't have to die from. Yeah, 99 ways to die and how to avoid them. Dr. Ashley Alker.

Now, Dr. Alker, I have to ask you, what are probably the top three ways that people end up? meeting the Grim Reaper in the ER? What if you were to, I don't know if it's a classification of injuries or just maybe specific diseases. I don't know. Sure. I mean, I mean, in the United States, it's heart disease and cancer, right? So, but those are, you know, generally a little bit longer going diseases, especially these days when we are so effectively treat many heart attacks with denting and getting in there and opening those arteries up when they're clogged. So, you know, other things in the emergency department. I mean, it's a lot of trauma, right? So I work in kind of a rural area in part. So there's, you know, farm injuries, but I'm also next to a freeway, so a lot of

car injuries. Cars are very dangerous. You think, you know, myself included, you see airplanes and you're like, that looks dangerous. But airplanes are actually the safest way to travel, and cars are one of the least safe ways to travel, at least by number. But we also spend a lot of time in cars. So that's another reason, right? We all in vehicles often. Yeah, and I think part of it is also we feel more in control where we feel completely out of control in an airplane. I think that's right. Sure. Yeah, a lot of it is about control. But yeah, I mean, I go over everything from like infections to drugs to vaccine preventable diseases, heart disease, brain disease, sex, poisons, food, all in the book. And I've kind of written it in a way that it's super digestible. You could pick it up, put it down. The chapters

are super short and, you know, hopefully if enough people read it, somebody's life will be saved. Okay, well, I'm glad to hear that. You know, the thing that I find so interesting is that, you know, the American diet, I know that RFK Jr. has been making a lot of news about making America healthy again, wanting to get some dietary changes in America. I don't disagree with that necessarily. I'm wondering, how do you feel as an emergency room physician seeing all sorts of heart attacks coming in all the time?

I don't imagine. Yeah, I mean, so the thing is this. I didn't write a book about the things that everybody knows. You know that you should eat healthy and that you should exercise and sleep and not drink alcohol and smoke. That's obvious. We all know that. I don't need to sell you that in a book. I didn't think so.

It's hard to do, right? It's hard to be healthy and to make the right decisions. And every person has to make those decisions for themselves. And also there's things that, you know, make it so it's harder to do that, right? Some people live in food deserts. Fast food is often very addictive. It's cheap. So it's a complex issue, but it's an obvious.

one. I didn't write things that you already know. I didn't tell you things that you know, you can, you know all that, right? I wrote things about leprosy and botulism and anthrax and, you know, these diseases that you've heard of, but you probably don't know too much about. Most people don't know what diphtheria is. Most people don't know how measles kills you. So I'm giving you new information that you probably don't have unless you're already in the medical field. And I've written it for the general public in a way that's understandable for everyone. And that's the point. So yes, you should eat healthy, but I know that we can't all do that all the time, and there's multiple reasons for that. But please, eat vegetables. Okay. I'll do my best here, especially roasted vegetables. This is my personal take on it. Dr. Alker, when you look back at your career in the ER, I mean, you've seen some amazing tragedies and maybe some amazing wins. What is probably the person you thought, oh, this person is dead? They are just gone. There is no way. way, although you say that no one's going to die on your shift there, but someone comes in there and then miracle upon miracles, you end up pulling it out. Are there any cases like that that come to mind that you still talk about in the cafeteria, so to speak? I mean, a lot of CPRs will be able

to get what's called Rothk, meaning that they'll have circulation, but whether or not they live or have any meaningful recovery is kind of remains to be seen. A lot of times it takes a couple weeks to determine that. So, you know, getting someone's heartbeat back is always a huge win, but we don't always know what it's going to mean. I do talk about a lot of stories in the book of close calls of people right before, you know, right before the bad stuff. Because, like, for instance, I had a patient with an aortic dissection, which is where the main blood vessel in your body that carries all the blood to your heart, where it, or, you know, from your heart, where it gets a tear in it. Oh, cancel Christmas usually, right? Cancel Christmas for most people. I mean, that's

going to kill you. Yeah. So, you know, there's a story about a patient in the book that had an aortic dissection. And so, you know, he came in and was like, I feel a little weird. There was a twin cheer. It went away, which is not the normal story for an aortic dissection, by the way. Usually it's this terrible tearing chest pain to your back, never ignored chest pain, period. But that being said, you know, the story there was that it was very lucky that I caught this because he didn't have typical symptoms. So those are, I think, the saves that I remember and the things that are kind of crazy that I remember are the patients that almost died but didn't because we were able to figure stuff out with, you know, medicine and science and clinical acumen.

And those are great wins, you know, those are the things that you take with you. Final question I have for you because I know you have other people to talk to, but what does television get wrong about the ER? Oh, I mean, so many things, right? So I've worked in TV and film for like 15 years now as a technical consultant and medical screenwriter for multiple, multiple shows. And I'm so grateful that they've allowed me to do this because I think it's a great place for passive public health education. So we can teach people the right stuff by showing them the right stuff on television. For instance, they've shown that CPR done improperly on television will lead to improper CPR in someone who hasn't had a CPR class. properly, you're more likely to have somebody do it closer to correct, right? We'd rather you take an American Heart Association class, but if this is all we get, it's not bad. At least it's something. So the point being is that it's a great opportunity for the right stuff, but it's also somewhere that a lot of, you know, misinformation has gotten perpetuated in the past and compared to social media, you know, a drop in the bucket these days. But, you know,

you can sleep after a concussion. Doctors don't search for bullets. No, Nobody wakes up after CPR except for like the occasional drowning patient and often, you know. So that whole thing about that whole thing, which they show them going and that doesn't happen usually, right? No. No, no, no, it takes days usually. And if they come back at all, some of them are our brain dead. So, you know, and we're talking in hospital 10% out of hospital less than 6% people that, you know, lose heartbeats, most of them die. So the point is that showing people the reality of these things is important for expectations, but it's also important for health.

It's very important that you sleep after a mild concussion because it helps you recover from your injury. So, you know, these types of things are things that are easily correctable, but you have to have the right people in the room. 99 ways to die. Really interesting book. 99 ways to die and how to avoid them. Dr. Ashley Alker, MD. Thank you so much. Must read book.

Appreciate your time. Thanks, doctor. Be well. Thanks for having me. Yeah, I'll get all that information off. Like I said, it's a lot of stories like that. And it was interesting how she did talk about how on television, a lot in the book, I read that part about it in which people get the CPR wrong.

And also they make it look like people recover with CPR more than really happens in the in real life. But yeah, it's better if you have CPR in the hospital. But I guess you have a lot of it doesn't mean you want to stop, though. to me you want to not try, but I thought it was pretty interesting, you know, what we think is working and what actually works out there in the real world. Okay, we'll turn it over to you for a couple of minutes here, too. KMED, KMED, HD, Eagle Point, Medford, KBXG grants pass. Let me grab up another call here. Hi, good morning.

Who's this? Nice a good. Hey, Jane. It's good to hear from you. Now, I haven't talked to you for a little while. I hope you're not grumpy in the new year. Well, I just got out of the hospital and nursing care, so I'm having to use a walk. right now. Oh, are you getting better now? You're getting back into moving around a little bit more?

I don't want to pry too much into your personal's, your personal experience there. You okay? Well, I'm getting around and I'm moving more and moving more is hurting because of arthritis, but I'm getting around better, I think. I'm glad to hear that. Anything I can help you with today? Anything on your mind? Yeah, I've got a couple of things. One of them, Herman Berchanger, I would like to know who he thinks is on the list that should be put in. And also, as for that commission, how many are they putting in? Chris Barnett was a veteran. How many people are they putting in, are there for this five district bull?

Well, that has not, that did not move forward, but they are selecting from nine this morning, Gene. They added an additional five because they came up with this nonsense that if you're going to hire commissioners, you have to give a preference to veterans. And so they ended up putting a bunch of veterans in. I think they added to the pool here that didn't make the cut normally. So that's what happened as far as I can tell. I guess we'll know a little bit later this morning what we're down to. And they're going to do the interview.

And then tomorrow is when the final two are chosen. Okay. I appreciate the call. Great. hear from you get better, okay? Let me go to next line. Hi, good morning. Who's this? Hey, good morning, Bill. This is Michael. Hi, Michael. Yeah, I was going to call and talk about the new banking regulations, but I just wanted to add one more way to die to that list. Sure. Listen to the American Heart Association.

I want to, do you mind if I give you a real American salute here, Michael? Well, you know the other thing I would, you know the other thing I would also say is listening to the American Diabetes Association when it comes to your dietary choices. I remember they would talk about, you know, on the diabetes website, well, take orange juice and eat pasta. And in other words, spill yourself up with sugar and carbs. That didn't quite make sense to me. But I'm not a doctor. So what do I know? Maybe I don't know enough to be nonsensical.

Well, you know, I'd like to add a little to that. I'd give some substance, but they recommend canola oil for your heart, and I'm like, okay, first of all that. Oh, you're going to be kidding me. They recommend canola? Oh, no. Heart healthy oil, of course, and that's not even the worst. I think it was about 20 years ago they blocked a study that was a huge study, global study, about salt intake. They recommend 2,000 milligrams a day, which is about two capsules.

If you look at a regular-sized capsule, right? But when you have a heart attack and the ambulance shows up, what's the first thing they do? They check your sodium levels, don't they? No, they slam you with a IV immediately, sometimes two, and they take the breaks off of it. So I can't remember the name of that. So they give you two, which is 18,000 milligrams of salt. And by the time you get to the hospital, your heart's all fine, arrhythmia, whatever was going on, usually recovers or you die. what a hell of me. But it's just like, what about that? Nobody wants to talk about that study that

they pay to block that said that 700 to 900 milligrams of salt was the best health outcome globally. So anyway, I just thought I'd throw that out there. Salt is a necessary nutrient. In fact, I also recall reading some other studies from alternative medical providers that would say that the you know this whole thing about low sodium diet stopping the swelling or something like that or you know helping hypertension there's really no proof to that now i'm not a doctor i'm just talk about what i read but i thought it was interesting that there were people that are questioning the dogma that comes out of the conventional medical world appreciate the call michael and we'll grab one more before news hello hi who's this welcome hey good good morning bill logan here

Logan. Call on about the call to prayer, action call to prayer. I don't think that would work in the city of Medford. We still have, I've been trying to fight for this pastor, a street preacher was preaching in the streets of Metford, and he was cited for unnecessary noise. So I figure if you're just standing there preaching the word of God and be cited for unnecessary noise by Judge Greer and found guilty pay a $250 fine, you most definitely would be blaring a a call to prayer. So I don't know if they're going to have to change that law, but just want to be aware that people don't know. You cannot preach in the streets of Medford or you will be cited for unnecessary. Now, come on. Let's be honest about this, though. I don't think you're telling the whole story about that because people, a lot of people wrote me about that claim. It wasn't about preaching in the street. It was about very loud preaching in the streets and harassment of people, is what you got cited for, is what I'm told. That's not the case. I went to the hearing and actually watched the hearing bill.

me. Okay, so if I'm going down there and I'm walking down the street and I'm preaching the Lord, I'm preaching prayers there. I'm just talking in a normal deal. I'm going to get cited by the city. I think that's nonsense, Logan. If you raise your voice. Okay. If you raise your voice, if you're talking louder than you and I are talking now. For instance, prepare you the way of the Lord. Uh-huh. That would be considered unnecessary noise. And they can, they have said. It was a $250 fine. He actually went and fought it, but the Judge Greer, it is what it is. Well, okay. Well, if you're not going to, you know, if you're not going to tone the volume down on Christian prayer,

then at that point you have no way to fight when the Muslims come. Okay? All right. Look at it that way. Compromise. Thank you, Logan.