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Episode Date: June 17, 2025

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The Bill Myer 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 www.clouserdrilling.com. And by the way, we'll have some open phone time after the Niner 62 Real American Quiz, which is open at 7705633. Jean, how are you doing, Jean? You had a question this morning. Go ahead. Yeah. Is there any chance that it would do any good

to publicize how the Republicans and Democrats vote for something because there is Democrats with brains that they may be going to get something they want? Well, I mean, it's certainly public record when you say publicize. Publicize by whom and what? Perhaps somebody who could actually say what's going on. Okay, all right. It would be easier to say who was against than everybody else was born. Yeah. Well, you have to understand though, as long as for the worst of stuff, while Republicans are present in the state legislature, even if they vote no, it's essentially an enabling Democrat to vote yes on something, right? That kind of thing?

But at the same point in time, if they are voting against what the public wants, they don't have to be elected again, do they? Yeah, well I suppose, but... Well, you know, this is one of the challenges you face if the whole idea is that you send more Republicans there in order to get proper representation, and then they're there and they're in the minority, but enough that you could deny quorum and and gum it up, but they won't use it. What's the point of sending more Republicans there? Right? Well, you could send a bunch of Republicans as long as they've got fines enough to stick up further because people may put them in.

All right. Um, let me think about that one. I don't know if I'm quite following you, Gene. That's all right. I don't get to follow everybody. Thank you. Okay. Coming up, Diner 62, Real American Quiz. $20 gift certificate has nothing to do with Oregon politics, but it does have something to do with U.S. history. And we're talking about President Herbert Hoover before he was president.

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I think that was the diner 62 skillet wasn't it? Yeah, it could be Randy. But Diner 62, your lunch destination, juicy third pound burgers, amazing sandwiches, choice of fries, Tatey salad, coleslaw, house salad, a cup of soup. You can upgrade to onion rings or sweet potato fries too. And Kathy with a K is here first. Hello Kathy, how you doing? I'm doing great. Thanks. Kathy, it was today in history, June 17th, 1900, 125 years ago today, we have President Hoover, who was caught in civil unrest in a foreign country. For nearly a month, starting in July, June 17th, 1900, future President Herbert

Hoover and his wife, Lou, are caught in the middle of a siege in their community. Hoover had started a new job as a mining consultant to the leadership of the country, with a consulting group known as Bewick, Mooring, and Company. Now, 28 years later, Hoover ran for president and won. Unfortunately, the couple's charitable reputation soon tarnished by Hoover's ineffective leadership, staving off the Great Depression, and lose Ostentation's White House social functions, which appeared heartless, frivolous, and irresponsible at a time they would call that bad optics today. Kathy, all right?

But anyway, as the Depression deepened, a growing number of shanty towns full of destitute unemployed workers, kind of like Portland, sprang up in the city centers. They became known as Hoovervilles. Now the question though, what country did the Hoovers become stranded to the point they need to be rescued? Because there's like an insurrection. Was it A? Columbia? Was it B? Bulgaria? Was it C? Nicaragua. Was it D? China. Or was it E? South Africa. One of those five. What do you say, Kathy with a K? I'm guessing it'd be B.

B, Bulgaria, as good as any. Not this time, Kathy. Let me go to Teresa. Hello, Teresa. How you doing? Teresa? I lost Teresa. Teresa? I lost Teresa. No, I lost Teresa. Okay, well, let me go to Lauren. Hello, Lauren. How you doing this morning? I am doing wonderful. Okay. Hoover. Was he stuck and trapped behind enemy lines in Colombia, Nicaragua, China, or South Africa? It's one of those four. China.

Yes! You're right! Hungry Lauren, you made it. After marrying in Monterey, Herbert and Lou Hoover left on a honeymoon cruise to China, and Hoover was to start a new job as a mining consultant to the Chinese Emperor. The couple married less than a year and then the Nationalists rebelled against colonial control of their nation, besieging 800 Westerners in the city of Tianjin. Hoover led an enclave of Westerners in building barricades. They built barricades around their homes in the city, and Liu volunteered in the hospital. And during the month-long siege,

their home and garden suffered direct hits from mortars. Mrs. Hoover called it the most exciting time of her life. Always looking at the positive, I guess, here, Loren. Let me mention, let me mention, they used to live in Palo Alto, California, and I lived in Redwood City, California. No kidding. We studied a lot about them in school. And they thought it was much more exciting than to be in China at that point.

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It's Pebble in Your Shoe Tuesday. Please open phones. Anything on your mind here? Let me go to David. David, you want to talk about the Minnesota assassination over the weekend. What are you thinking? Yeah. Yeah.

And it all has to do with... You know when... You've heard of the corporate state, right? Oh, sure. Yeah. The corporate state is when the corporations run our country and the people don't matter. You know, the corporations choose the representatives, the corporations choose the senators, right? So the assassination

in Minnesota, apparently he was trying to change the numbers in the legislature so that the Democrats no longer held the House and Senate, but by killing them, the Republicans would all of a sudden own it. We don't know what... You know, the thing is, I haven't commented much on this at this point, David, because I really don't know what was going on there. People have claimed manifestos, other people say, no, we're not going to put this out. I don't know what to think about this particular situation.

One person saying, oh, he was a Trumper roommate. Another one says, no, no, he ended up changing to non-affiliated a long time ago. I don't really know at this point. I don't think any of us know, but what is your overall... He's still alive. Mm-hmm your overall... He's still alive. Mm-hmm. Yeah. He's still alive. Yes, he is. And, but point is, is that who would benefit? Like in the old murder mysteries, right? They say, Kei Bono, who benefits?

Right. benefits. And so, Donald Trump, it's been 10 years now since Donald Trump decided to run for president. And I've been telling you for that long that the guy has organized crime. And he's not just working for corporations, he's working for organized crime that have big pieces of corporations. And what is the connection then to what happened in Minnesota? Because it sounds like what you're intimating here. And what's your evidence? Donald Trump is carving up the world. He's giving out territories. Okay, I'm the mob boss, but you can have this territory, you can have that territory. And it's not just in America anymore,

it's around the world. And if you can all of a sudden say that through a couple of assassinations, all of a sudden the will of the people of Minnesota get decided by a corporation. Are you trying to imply that there's not going to be an election ever in those states, or what? Well, when I was describing corporate state, it's a round table where all the monopolies get to sit at the round table and decide how the government is going to be run. And the people still get an election. They get to elect a president. But the president has to be wise and clever a hundred percent of the time, otherwise those old boys will run over him like a steamroller. Well, you know, early on when the

tech bros were out there standing in front and they're talking about carving up the artificial intelligence world, I had a twinge of, hmm, I don't know if I necessarily want my future government and a society run by the bro. So you may have a point. You may have a point. I still don't know what's happened in Minnesota. None of us do. But thank you for the call though David. Okay let me go to Kathy. Kathy, you actually have three cases of fluorescent bulbs. Yeah, am I going to end up in jail? No, you're not gonna end up in jail for having it. I'm just kidding. The, yeah, when they, when they first went around trying to

replace all the lighting with the LEDs through the state-run system. Yeah, the Energy Trust of Oregon. Yeah, I resisted for years because I don't like having other taxpayers pay for my stuff. I mean, I just... but finally they broke me down. But before they did, I heard that they were eliminating fluorescent bulbs and because I was still being a contrarian, I bought the three cases that Grover had left. And then I gave in, and so now we have all LEDs at the store. And so I have them. I've been afraid to put them on Craig's Laris list or anything.

Well, how many or how long are they? Four feet. Okay. So the standard four foot, does it have the button on the end or the two little terminals? I believe it's the two little terminals. I'd have to look. Yeah, like the F40s or whatever it is. I'm a woman. So how much do you want for your contraband? That's what I'm asking. My boss, I'm sure, is going to know. I'll call you late because I've got to look in my QuickBooks. Okay.

But tell Herman, too, because I would love to not have them. Okay. Thanks for the... So, Kathy wants to get rid of her contraband. All right. Let me go to Steve. Hello, Steve. How are you doing?

Welcome back. Good morning. Well, I survived. Good. Unfortunately, my wife did not, but that's the way it goes. Oh, did she pass? She finally did. I'm so sorry. I know that you've been talking and have been in a real state for a long time

trying to take care of her. Did she pass at home or in the hospital, if you don't mind me asking? Well, that whole thing is another issue, but the hospitals don't want people there who are terminal, so they pass you off to a managed care facility and they don't want you there, so eventually you end up with hospice. And hospice is the only thing that works well. But anyway, just accept my condolences. I know that you're both very close and it's everyone's struggling with something. You're struggling with this right now. When did she pass? You know, yesterday morning. Oh, I'm sorry, Steve. I really am. You're married how many years? 55. 55?

Man, that is... I wish I had words of comfort for you. Look, it was a privilege. We were good together and we worked together for a long time. Okay, let's move on to options, okay? Another story. Why don't we do the options another day, okay? Okay. All right. Okay. Let's do that. I know that, you know, men... we men are not real good on the on the feeling thing for the most part, okay? But... Well, you get your fill of it eventually, so you can hold it off as long as you want to.

And when you deal with the loss of someone you've been with for 55 years, you just can't help it. Steve, heart bleeds for you here, alright right? I'm going to put you in my prayers and I pray that you be lifted up and that you're able to... I mean, it takes time. It's a difficult thing. It's like being wounded. It takes time to heal. All the best to you. Thanks for the call. Thank you, sir. We'll talk the options that he was calling back on another time. Hi, good morning. This is Bill. Who's this? This is James Insama. Hello, James. What's on your mind today? I got a pebble in my shoe for 25 or 30 years and it's Jeff Goldman. He was on NPR that long ago.

Yeah, he was the 8 o'clock host, from what I recall, back in the day. Right. And back then, he was saying that homosexuals in the Boy Scout as leaders, that that was a good idea and that I told him I said no they're gonna molest the Boy Scouts and we can't do that and he says no no they don't have no interest in in the boys. Okay, all right, yeah, you know in spite of what has happened with various institutions whether it's the Boy Scouts which have been destroyed now and The Roman Catholic Church for having you know, we covered up this stuff. Okay, no interest. Okay, sure

But then he had a guy on from the United Nations that was saying we need to teach sex to Kindergarteners and I called up I said no I said kindergartners. And I called up and I said, no. I said, the kindergartners don't need to know about sex. They're little kids. Leave them alone. And they said, no, no, they need to know all about sex and we need to teach them everything. We need to get rid of that evil man. He's destroyed... He's trying to destroy everything in family. Well, you'll be happy to know, at least on the NPR side of things, that Congress has voted to defund NPR in PBS. Whether it'll make it through the rest of the Congressional cloaca, I don't know.

Appreciate the call. Let me grab one more call in our open phone segment. Hi, good morning. Who's this? Welcome. This is Mother Day. Yes, Dave. Steve, she has prayers for him. I know it's a little bit of a lose for who you are. Okay, I'm having really trouble getting your cell in, so make it quick, okay? All right, so states can't file bankruptcy,

but state agencies can. And currently, there's a state agency with healthcare that's filing bankruptcy. And cities and counties can file bankruptcy. Yes, they can. But the state cannot, as far as I can find. Yeah, because they have to pay for the PERS obligation, one way or the other. Right. One way or the other, they're going to give it to us good and hard. It's a state agency. It can be stripped out. Yeah. Well, you know what will end up happening though is that, Minor Dave, I know you're in California, but at some point you will then be impressed into service to service a CalPERS employee if they end up going bankrupt.

And the same with PERS in Oregon, Oregon PERS. We'll all have to sit around and we'll have to take turns mowing Mike Bellotti's lawn. Well, you understand a bankruptcy court takes over the management. They're not allowed to raise taxes when an agency is bankrupt and PERS is an agency. Well, are you sure? You think you can? I don't know. I don't know. They're claiming that they're claiming they have contracts, Dave. Contracts. Well, yeah, but the federal courts, the one that oversees it, they put a trustee in it. And when a state agency goes bankrupt, which it's been proven because California agencies have gone bankrupt, cities have gone bankrupt, and their retirements get stripped out, they get 10 cents

on the dollar. Well, boy, if the promises fail even more. You know, you would think that the Oregon PERS employees would be really concerned about the businesses fleeing the state because how do those pensions get paid? It's underfunded. Hi, good morning. You get the final take. Oh, good morning. Well, thank you. I was wondering, I heard something on one of the stations yesterday by EPA getting a verbal order not to follow up on any of the regulatory conditions with the petroleum industry. That doesn't make too much sense. And we need a certain amount of regulation to keep things in line. We don't want to prohibit the production, that's for sure.

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All right. And right now it's open for business. And once again, we're talking with Lisa McCleese Kelly and her merry band of merry makers, I guess, over at Networking Network in Action. How you doing this morning Lisa? Great to have you back. Thank you for having me. Okay tell us about the Network in Action. By the way it is niaoregon.com website. Is that how they get a hold of you? It is s-o-ore-gon.com.

Oh s-o-ore-gon.com. S-o-ore-gon. I'm sorry s-o-networking.com. Okay s- S-O Oregon dot com. S-O Oregon, I'm sorry, S-O networking dot com. Okay, S-O networking dot com. Yes. Got that right. Okay, duly corrected. I'll make sure and do that. Thank you. It'll never happen again.

Never happen again. Hey, one of your members ended up tripling their business. What happened? Yeah, so she's been with NIA for almost three years. She's in two groups. And I was talking to her last week because she has to hire somebody again. This will be the third time that she's hiring someone. And she said, it's all because of you.

And that's very nice, but you have to show up. You have to, if you can't make it, you have to send a sub. You have to show value to the other members. You have to pass referrals. So it's not just me. Obviously you have to be good at what you do. So my little tip today is if you're in a networking group, if you're doing anything, show up and show value because then you too might build the triple of your business.

All right, great. We have a couple new members or not new members, but members of Network in Action that Lisa brought in and we wanted to bring attention to the lovely Hope Smith. Hello, good morning. Hello, Hope Smith. How are you doing this morning? I'm doing fabulous. How are you? Hang on just a second. I don't think I'm hearing you. Alright. Let me smack that one. I'm colorblind, I don't always see the red one. It happens, it happens. Good morning. Hope, great to see you back here. You used to work here?

I did, yeah. Back in the day. Like nine years. And so now you're managing a band. I am. What is that? I am managing a three-piece blues band called The Brisbane Project and they've got amazing guitar player Michael Ian Brisbane, who's my husband, and Mike P you on bass, Ray Kilman on drums, and they play old school blues like B.B. King, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, but they also have originals. They have an original album called Ode to the Alley, and they're just kind of bringing back the old school blues style with a modern twist. Now, are we finally getting over being broken in society in which people were just not going out and seeing performances? It's kind of weird what happened.

Yeah. And, well, like I said, when you still see people bicycling with masks on, I just kind of... It's a little strange. Yeah. Yeah, I know. Well, they did start back in 2020. They kind of put this band together and then nothing really happened. And so we are seeing over the last year and a half, they've been booking really solid. We're seeing a lot of people at shows, a lot of

festivals. So they've opened up at Brit a couple of times for Buddy Guy, ZZ Top, full crowds. It was really great. Buddy Guy, incredible show. Yeah, incredible. And so we're seeing a lot more of that type of industry where people are going out to festivals, events, all that kind of thing. So the idea is to keep live music and keep it rocking and bluesing. 100%, yes.

Oh, you can. How can people book? Is that what you're looking for right now, booking? Oh, absolutely. So we have our website. It's the brisbaneproject.com. So think Brisbane, Australia, right? And you can go right there and it says book now, or if you just want to check to see where we're playing

It says upcoming shows and click it you can get a free mp3 right now if you want of their Live version of levy from Led Zeppelin. All right, very good You know what's really cool about the musical world in some respects is that you know big big record companies aren't necessarily In total control of this any longer, right And you can do a lot of this on- We're all independent. Yeah, absolutely. 100%. So very cool. We'll get your information up. Good to see you again.

You too. Absolutely. By the way. All right. And now we're going to be bringing in Dr. Jake Lair, DDS. So the dentist. How you doing this morning, Jake? Morning, Bill. Doing great. How are you? I'm doing fine. Tell us a little bit about your practice, where that is. We are on East McAndress Road, the corner of McAndress and Corona, which helped in 2020 to locate us.

Anyway. That's the first time. Just look for Corona. Right. Across from Providence. Okay. Tell us about the Bright Smiles Full Plate Food Drive. You have partnered with the Salvation Army.

Yeah. So Bright Smiles Full Plates is our food, the name of our food drive. When you come in, you can bring in $20 worth of non-perishable food and we'll give you a whitening kit, a take home kit. It's a premium product. There's no need to do impressions in our office. That's kind of a mess sometimes. And you take them home and whiten your smile. In exchange for a food donation. In exchange for a food donation. Yeah, what is it about the networking in action,

which has helped you if you get on that? Oh gosh, I was looking for a way to really get outside my comfort zone, which I did. And Lisa's fantastic at garnering people that are wonderful at talking to each other. And so I get to rub shoulders with other business owners and talk to people in different ways that I never would have been able to do on my own. Now you are a general dentist, but you really cater to, would it be fair to say, anxiety

field patients? Yeah, somewhat. I think so. Yeah. It's, has the, the dental trade kind of changed over the years because I mean, I'll give you an experience that I had back and when I was a little kid and going to the dentist in the 1960s, it was kind of like, here's Dr. Wempa.

Dr. Wempa was a former Marine and he brought his kind of Marine sensibilities to his dental care at that time. And I remember, doctor, it hurts. No, it doesn't. And, and of course, it really did back then. Is that over now? Is that finally gone? I think for the most part, that's gone. I'm glad to hear that. Yeah. All right. What else is special about your practice if you don't mind? Well, I like, I really enjoy helping people get some pretty complex dental work done that have anxiety but without the need for sedation. Without the need for sedation? Yeah.

Okay. Is there a reason you don't want to try to do the sedation? I never had an interest in it. I was always able to connect with people pretty well, build trust relationships with them and I found that I was able to address by active listening, address needs that people have and people feel heard and I care about how people feel while we're working. It can't always be pain free but we can always communicate through it and make sure it does go away.

Yeah and there are ways to mitigate some of that where it's like, okay, the pain's there, but it's maybe off in the distance and it's not quite so personal, right? Could be. I appreciate that. Yeah. All right, do implants, things like that, anything else or are you prepped for that?

Well, let's see. So there's a lot of things that I, I do most things that most dentists do, general dentists. There's some things that I don't do. I know my comfort zone well, and I have great relationships with the specialists in the valley. We are blessed with fantastic specialists here. And so that's where they come in.

All right. Very good. Dr. Jake Lair, and it's on 1485 East McAndrews, and you can call 532-2997, Lairdental.com. We appreciate you being here. Thank you. Glad that you're also a member of Network in Action. So, all right, Lisa, any big meetings coming up and people want to get involved on this before we take off? Well, I think I'm going to let Hope tell her experience in NIA, if that's okay.

Oh, yeah, I forgot to ask you. Oh, my goodness. It's the most amazing networking group on the planet. I've done networking for 20 plus years and I gotta say, building these type of relationships are more than just meeting people and just talking with them every day or once a week or once a month. It is building heart connections.

So we're actually getting to know people for who they are in their heart, which makes it so much easier to hang out, talk and refer business and really get to know each other. So we're family. All right, thank you very much. Hope, thank you, Jake. Thank you, Lisa. We'll catch you next time, alright? Thanks! Be well.

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