Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - House Passes Debt Deal, Defense Secretary Scraps Air Force Drag Show, the Viable GOP Candidates, Christopher Wray Update, the 1619 Debacle, & More

Episode Date: June 2, 2023

Hey BillOReilly.com Premium and Concierge Members, welcome to the No Spin News for Thursday, June 1, 2023. Stand Up for Your Country.   Tonight's rundown:  Talking Points Memo: Bill analyzes the recently passed debt deal and what it means going forward Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley scrap a planned Air Force drag show in Nevada Bill gives you the viable GOP presidential candidates in the field An update on the situation involving FBI Director Christopher Wray and the House Oversight Committee ABC airs the 1619 Project's take on racism and American history This Day in History: Marilyn Monroe is born Final Thought: Lifeguard shortage   In Case You Missed It: Read Bill's latest column, "God and Country" Join 'Team Normal!' Order your gear at BillOReilly.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. Welcome to the No Spin News for June 1, 2003, a Thursday, stand up for your country. I want to welcome all of our new Bill O'Reilly.com premium and concierge members. We have had a surge into this operation. And some people get, you know, know what I do from my past experiences at Fox and ABC and CBS, but others don't. They're kind of sitting there going, what's this? Because we're so different. And tonight in this broadcast, we're going to prove that once again.

So cable news ratings from May are out today. and they are not good news. All right. The industry, the cable news industry, is on the eve of destruction. Remember that song in the early 1970s, the eve of destruction? Well, that's where cable news is. Network News already got. Nobody watched it.

It has no influence at all. And then if cable news evaporates, which it is, and it's not coming back, because they don't have the management any longer. with the vision to keep you interested. It's just about that. And a lot of people have a lot of individual beefs with the three cable news stations. Anyway, we are here to fill that gap,

and I'm going to prove that tonight to you because we provide honest news analysis that is based on reality. It's a very key word, reality, and that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. So let's do the debt deal. It's a boring subject to me. I like the more exciting stuff, but it's very important.

So the reality is that conservative Republicans do not have enough votes to get what they want in Congress. That's it. They don't have the votes. And they're not even close to having the votes. These are conservative Republicans. So when you hear someone come on television and say, Speaker McCarthy's an idiot for caving into the Democrats, when you hear that, you know it's coming from the land of Oz, OZ, okay?

It's coming from the scarecrow, the lion, and toto. Because the Republican Party has no power to pass legislation in that. this country because the democrats control the senate and the white house now mccarthy got a decent deal he stopped the spending for two years the massive uh growth of spending it's still going to spend the money but no more capped it he's playing the long game as i said yesterday he's trying to get to two thousand twenty four hoping the american public will finally wake up to the destruction that progressive Democrats are causing this nation and every single one of us. That's what McCarthy is hoping that they'll finally wake up and then vote for the counter to that,

which is the Republican Party. And as you know, I'm not a party guy, but anything to stop progressive Democrats. So whether that will happen now, we don't know. It means a very complicated situation with the presidency and with a lot of Americans not paying attention. They don't know what's going on. they're paying a lot more money for food and gasoline and probably everything else. They know that. You want more of that?

Okay, you vote for the Democrats in 24. So right now, the Republican Party has to basically block. Now, the Democratic Party, it doesn't want to cut spending at all. It wants to increase it. Why? Because that's all they have. Democratic Party's platform is very simple. We'll give you stuff.

That's it. They have no problem solving on the agenda, none. They have no vision of the future for America. They have no respect for our past. Well, we're bad. We're terrible. That's why we have to blow up everything. The only thing the Democratic Party stands for now is giving people free stuff.

And it's not really free because it comes from the taxpayer. That's all. It's all I got. So they're going to up and up and up and up and up until, the whole country goes over the fiscal cliff. And a lot of the socialists would love that, because then the federal government have to step in and run everything, which is what the socialists want. Okay. So the vote to have the compromise wasn't even close in the House. It was 314 to 117. All right. And 71 Republicans voted against it. And you heard them. They're playing to their

crew. They're all far-right conservatives and you're playing to that constituency. My question is, are you really looking out for the country by playing to your crew? You can answer that yourself. All right. Now, I predicted all of this would happen. I don't want to be an arrogant jerk, but you are spending time and some money in some cases watching me. And I've got to remind you about how accurate we are. I said this on April 20th, go. So the two sides are staked out. Democrats, Biden, we don't want to cut any spending.

We want to spend more. And the Republicans will give you a debt ceiling raised now, but you're going to have to cut spending for the next 10 years in order to get it. Okay? I don't want to get into the weeds, but that is essentially the both sides. So what's going to happen?

there'll be a compromise you go again i was april 20th now it's always a phony story because people who understand how the government works and i did text speaker of mccarthy today and it's good for me to have access to the very powerful people um and again he's playing the long game i don't know if it's going to be successful or not i don't okay um i will say one thing thing. And I know this will be controversial. Zellotry is not in your best interest. It's not. And I know a lot of people are making a lot of money on being zealots. On both sides, it's not in your best interest. A clear vision of trying to make America as strong as possible and as prosperous, that's in your best interest. All right. Now, Donald Trump said this. I'm going to

quoted, Republicans should not make a deal on the debt unless they get everything they want, including the kitchen sink. That's the way the Democrats have always dealt with us. Do not fold. Donald Trump had to know if no deal was reached that the stock market would have been down 2,000 points and that inflation would have been ignited, and that economic chaos would have descended on America as foreign investors who buy our bonds and pump billions of dollars into our economy would have stopped doing that.

Trump is smart economically. He had to know that, yet Trump is tweeting out. Don't compromise. Why? Because economic chaos works to Donald Trump's events. advantage. It does. And if you have been reading my messages of the day, I spell it out. In times of economic trouble, people turn to what they call a political strong man, which is Donald Trump. Okay, that's the only explanation. I haven't talked to him about it, but that tweet, I mean,

you don't want economic chaos, even if it hurts Biden. And believe me, the press would turn it all around and say it's the Republicans fault, the economy, they didn't make the deal, and there are enough uninformed people, swing voters or, you know, distracted voters, whatever you want to call them, that the Republicans would get blamed, and that people who really don't know what's going on would vote for the other party. So you have to see the big picture, and that's the memo. Hey, it's Sean Spicer from the Sean Spicer Show podcast, reminding you to tune into my show every day to get your daily dose inside the world of politics. President Trump and his team are shaking up Washington like never before, and we're here to cover it from all sides, especially on the topics the mainstream media won't. So if you're a political junkie on a late lunch or getting ready for the drive home, new episodes of the Sean Spicer Show podcast drop at 2 p.m. East Coast every day.

Make sure you tune in. You can find us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, I'm Caitlin Becker, the host of the New York Postcast, and I've got exactly what you need to start your weekdays. Every morning, I'll bring you the stories that matter, plus the news people actually talk about, the juicy details in the worlds of politics, business, pop culture, and everything in between. It's what you want from the New York Post wrapped up in one snappy show. Ask your smart speaker to play the NY Postcast podcast. Listen and subscribe on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, so President Biden's out in Colorado Springs, commencement address, the U.S. Air Force Academy.

I'll play you a very short clip because he really didn't say anything. Go. One of the greatest strengths the United States of America brings to this effort is one of the greatest assets you will harness throughout your careers. It's our unmatched network of alliances and partners, allies and partners. Okay. You know, fine. I feel sorry for the cadets stand in there. Not because Biden said anything offensive or ridiculous. He was just boring.

It was boring. You know, I don't know. If I'm standing there and I'm guys going on and on and I'm going like this. Okay. This is a great story, and I bet you haven't heard it. The Air Force somehow approved a drag show to honor Pride Month at the Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, a drag show at the Air Force Base. So, Defense Secretary Austin and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Millie both said, No, we're canceling the drag show.

Why did they do that? Because of Target, Bud Light, L.A. Dodgers, you can't do it. But why would you have a drag show at an Air Force base anyway? So insane. So insane. But it's not happening. So let's go over the Republican candidates for president. I have not done that yet. And there's enough of them in there now so we can run them down. I'm not going to do the people who have no chance and don't poll above 2%. I just don't have time to do it. I don't waste your time.

So Trump is the leader in all the polls. Seventy-six years old. You know him. He's not going to change. He did a decent. job running the country, in my opinion. Yet he remains a bomb thrower who is divisive. Okay, he's the leader. Coming up second, Governor DeSantis does not have the charisma that Trump has personally, but ran the Florida situation very well, in my opinion. He did very good job in Florida. And the proof is that hundreds of thousands of people are moving to his state. And it's darn hot there in the summer for six months. If you're going to move to Florida, you've got to like that heat and humidity. Third, Nikki Haley, former UN ambassador, governor of South Carolina. Very smart

woman. I'm not particularly impressed with her achievement sheet, but, you know, she's running for Vice President Trump would never put her on the second, but DeSantis might. That's what she's running for. Then we got VP Mike Pence, who's going to do a CNN Town Hall. is going to announce, I guess, next week that he's going to run for president. I don't know who his constituency is. The MAGA people hate him, so he's not going to get any, you're not going to peel off any votes from Trump. DeSantis, I think, is a much more enthusiastic culture warrior than Pence.

So I don't think that the culture warriors are going to go to Pence when they have DeSantis in a race. I don't know who the vice president is hoping to. get to vote for him. Very smart man, very honest man, could run the country efficiently, in my opinion. All right, but I don't see who's going to vote for him. Tim Scott, Senator from South Carolina, not a particularly impressive resume in the Senate, a lot like Barack Obama was. But Scott is an honest man, a great American success story. I believe he is a shot to be on the second. And I think that's why he's running. He knows he's not going to win, but he'd like to be vice president. Okay. And finally, Chris Christie says he's going to announce, but again, who is

going to support Chris Christie? So what he's going to do is run for president and just try to destroy Trump because he hates Trump and vice versa. They used to be pals. But Christy, again, like Pence, I'm not sure who's going to vote for Chris Christie in the Republican Party. Who? So neither man has a chance. The only people at this point in history, and I can change, that have a chance are Trump and DeSantis. That's it.

They both have the money. Remember, money is ultra important because most people don't know who Tim Scott is or Nikki Haley. They don't know who they are. I mean, you do because you follow the news, but most people don't. And you've got to have money to get that name recognition and ID. All right, now I'll periodically update the Republican sweepstakes. On the Democratic side, it's RFK Jr. versus Biden. RFK Jr. is going to do a News Nation town hall, I understand.

I may analyze that both here and on News Nation. I don't see RFK Jr. at this point challenging the Democratic establishment. but as I've said, I don't think Biden's going to run again. But it wouldn't default to Bobby Kennedy, Jr. I don't know who Michelle Obama keeps rattling around in my mind, but I don't know. Let's go to Christopher Ray FBI Update. So the White House is now involved in this. A guy named Ian Sam's S-A-M-S.

I don't even know who this guy is, but I guess he's in the communications department at the White House. He tweeted this out about the FBI investigation and not handing over documents to Congress. This silly charade by James Comer, the congressman, who has the Oversight Committee, she had another reminder that his so-called investigations are political stunts, not meant to uncover facts, but to spread thin innuendo to attack the president, get himself media attention, and the Fox News Spotlight. Well, with Fox News declining rapidly in the ratings, I'm not sure how bright that spotlight is, and it's a dopey statement anyway because there's enough circumstantial evidence now

to say that we need a serious investigation of the Biden family, including the president. I mean, if you don't know that now, then you're a dunce, D-U-N-C-E. The circumstantial evidence is unbelievably powerful. And we're talking about bank records and laptops and testimony and whistleblowers. But the FBI had to see him want to investigate it because Ray works for Biden, even though he was appointed by Trump. And Merrick Garland, forget about it. He's not Elliot Ness. Okay, so what's going to happen?

Well, the House is going to go after Ray. And they'll probably convict him of contempt of Congress. but nothing will happen like Eric Holder was convicted of condemn a Congress in a Fast and Furious investigation under Barack Obama. Nothing happened to Holder, nothing's going to happen to Ray. Ray knows that.

So it's kind of a stalemate, I guess. Next week, it'll up the ante. Now, what this does is it brings attention to the allegation, and we live in the United States of allegation. So I know some of you have convicted Joe Biden of bribery and other things. I know you have, but that's not fair because the other side convicted Donald Trump of consorting with Russia. Remember?

They convicted him all day long, and it turned out to be bogus. This could turn out to be bogus. Could possible as far as the Joe Biden connection is concerned. Hunter Biden, he did it. He took the money. and whether his father enabled him i think his father did but did joe biden as vice president get money from hunter that's the question and i don't know and i'm not convicting anybody because we don't do that here okay are we all up to speed on that i'm on this case i think this is

very very important and i think that this will influence the 24 election and joe biden's to see okay um i was on uh with a buck and uh sexton and today on a radio and i said i still don't think Biden's going to run and this is part of it but i could be very wrong on that power politics and the people behind the headlines i'm miranda divine new york post columnist and the host of the brand new podcast, Podforce One. Every week I'll sit down for candid conversations with Washington's most powerful disruptors, lawmakers, lawmakers and even the president of the United States. These are the leaders shaping the future of America and the world. Listen to Podforce One with me, Miranda Devine, every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. You do.

don't want to miss an episode. Okay, let's go to propaganda. ABC, run by Disney, the most woke corporation in the world, Disney Corporation. Last night, 8 to 11, three hours, runs the 1619 project. Okay? The good news is only one and a half million people watched. That's a disaster. No one watched this.

More people are watching and listening to me right now than watch that foolish thing on ABC. Okay. Let's walk through this. First, a short clip of what you did not see on ABC last night. Go. These African men and women from different nations all shackled together in the hull of a ship. They were one people now. And although they tried to break our ancestors, to erase our identities,

we forged a new culture of our own, giving birth to ourselves. It didn't matter, we were told that by virtue of our bondage, we would never be American, because it was by virtue of our bondage that we became the most American, American of all. You know what a bunch of blather. All right. Who told you that by virtue of our bondage you would never become an American?

Who? Some slave owner? Some racist Confederate? Who? Wasn't Abraham Lincoln? Wasn't the abolitionist movement in the North? I didn't tell you that. What a bunch of bull.

Okay. Now, the project, the 1619 project, was engineered by a New York Times reporter, I guess, Nicole Hannah-Jones. She wins a Pulitzer Prize in 2020 for this piece of propaganda. Okay? Here's how it was described, quote, the 1690 project is an artistic and journalistic project of the New York Times magazine that asserts the central event. in the founding of the United States was the first importation of enslaved Africans of Virginia in 1619 and not the Declaration of Independence in 1776 of the drafting of the U.S. Constitution 1787. The project further asserts that U.S. history and modern America are best understood

as completely dependent upon the institution of slavery. That is just blather. That is so ridiculous and I know. So my upcoming book, Killing the Witches, out September 26th, puts you on the Mayflower, coming here from England, okay? And then chronicles how the Massachusetts Bay Colony dominated 17th century America. There was slavery in the Bay Colony, but very little. It was not an industry as it was in the Agrarian South. And the North in the development of America dominated in every way. The South, they grew stuff, and the slaves, of course, enhanced their profits.

But they didn't have nearly the power of the North. And I prove it every way. When you're really killing the witches, you'll get all of that. is made up gibberish that ABC is pumping out there to you in the New York Times. Oprah Winfrey is behind this too. So finally, here is the criticism of it. Let me get this thing. Okay, quote, taken together the episodes in a story about racism and inequality animating the entire key of American society. Yet for most, of the series is very little sense what anyone can do about any of these conditions because

the overarching emphasis on slavery as the cause of racism blots out and the understanding of the ways that change has occurred over time. And that was printed in the left-wing New Yorker magazine. So we just ignore all of the changes that have happened in American society over the centuries in this foolish propagandist document. So there you go. Disney, ABC, it's over, over for you guys. San Francisco, another city that's over. Hope it comes back someday, but I don't think so. All right, so the convention business is down 86%. 86%. That's the lifeblood of the city, people coming in. Americans aren't going there. Still, the people that go there to San Francisco are from overseas.

sees okay that they don't even know what they're walking into so now the people who run san francisco and who have ruined that city are spending six million dollars on an ad campaign go welcome to the most beautiful city in the world where it's never the same but always san francisco I come, San Francisco, I don't need Frisco. San Francisco, here I go. Here I come. Ready, hey, San Francisco. Terrible song, and do you notice how clean it was and everything?

Let's throw up a couple of shots of reality, okay? So San Francisco is overrun by drug addicts, and the reason is that they give the drug addicts, cash. All right. I think it's $800 a month. Anybody who goes to San Francisco can sign up and you show up and they give you $800. You go buy your fentanyl and heroin, a methamphetamine and cocaine. And you don't have to work. They can't work because they're stoned all the time. So they leave on the streets. They're homeless. They commit crimes. The highest break-in of cars in the country, San Francisco. They're on the streets. You know all this. And these pictures that you you are seeing, prove it, and it is horrible. It is one of the worst urban situations in the world,

not just in this country. And it is because of the progressive leadership of San Francisco. That's who allows this. So the city is destroyed. The people who live there are all impacted negatively. Children can't even go outside and walk to school. That's how bad this is. Yet they spend $6 million on some stupid commercial with a terrible song and you oh look at how clean it it oh come on and those listening on the radio all you got to do is go to bill o'reilly dot com we'll show you the pictures of san francisco which are just devastating all right from dumb we go to smart life all right san francisco those people are stone called stupid running that city smart life now there is a website and we'd like to give you this to save you money it's called

going dot com that's easy right going dot com now this website tracks the cost of airline tickets which are through the roof if you try to book summer travel you know that so they track it and you could go there you give them your email address you got to do that and uh you get on and you put in what airport you want to fly out of and then they give you updates about fares to 99 places I think and if the Ferris go down or up you know all right it's pretty good pretty good so travel agents have gone out of business because the airlines don't pay them any money anymore so you can't get a travel agent it's very hard but this website is helping out going.com we'll save you some money stay in history

June 1st 1926 Marilyn Monroe is born in Los Angeles it's a very tragic story here um 97 years ago she is born norma jean mortensen all right did not know her father father split mother was a mentally ill okay she was put in an asylum and little maryland went to uh 12 successive foster home can you imagine you're a little kid you don't have any parents and you got to go to 12 foster homes so very good looking woman obviously and she becomes a model in LA 20th Century Fox sees her pictures and hires her to a short-term movie contract she appears in a film called asphalt jungle and makes an impression then her film career career

grows roll the tape i can't trust myself i have this thing about saxophone players especially tennis sack really i don't know what it is they just curdle me all they have to do is play eight bars come to me my melancholy baby and my spine turns to custody i get goose pimply all over and i come to him that's out every time you know i play tennis tax but you're a girl thank goodness that's why i joined this bank safety first she made 23 movies and gross more than 200 million dollars was the most popular actress can i say that these days in the world by far then she made a big mistake you know she got involved with uh john f kennedy president of united states we chronicle this in killing kennedy okay and this was very bad all right and uh

The same year that she came out publicly and sang happy birthday to Kennedy, JFK, at Madison Square Garden, she died. And she was 36 years old. But she, at 36, was wasted, debilitated because she was addicted to barbiturates and drank heavily. So she was found dead. Karner ruled it a possible suicide. There's all kinds of conspiracy theories. We looked into this. We investigated very, very heavily for killing Kennedy.

And she, I don't know whether she intentionally killed herself, but she took a load of sleeping pills, and she was drinking. Lights out. Anyway, I feel very sorry for Marilyn Monroe, and I wanted to bring it to your attention that she was born 97 years ago today. I'm back with mail, and a final thought about me, and lifeguards in America. Okay, let us go.

I got so many pieces of paper here, you wouldn't believe it. Let's go to the mail, right? Shirley Robinson, concierge member Deltona, Florida. Bill, I have read articles in a Wall Street Journal regarding the debt ceiling. My son advises me that Republicans are cutting social security. Can you put your son in the corner? I mean, nobody's cutting Social Security, Cheryl.

Eventually, they'll up the age, but not for people who are on it now. A lot of propaganda. Mark Welsh, Garden City, Kansas. Bill, you're wrong. Congress has one option to deal with Christopher Ray. They can first find him in contempt, then order the sergeant of arms to take him into custody, sit him in a cell until he complies with the subpoena? No, Mark.

So if you go to a website, and I research this for you, Marcus, I love you. Findlaw.com. F-I-N-D, L-A-W, one word, findlaw.com. They explain that there is no enforcement power within the House of Representatives. okay can't the sergeant arms can't do anything outside the capital grounds nothing can't put you in a cell he can detain you if you're on the grounds doing something bad but he can't go to the fbi office and haul christopher ray out i don't know where this stuff comes from but anyway fine law dot com's big explanation of that george concierge member i see a parallel between the

i's refusal to turn over evidence in the biden case and the 2020 election i don't know if that's a valid comparison it's corruption there was corruption in the 20 election no doubt about it um but i don't see it be in parallel joe diacomo uh mount laurel new jersey i find it ironic that los angeles has a catholic name meaning our lady of the angels and says Sacramento is derived from the word sacrament. Well, Los Angeles is the Angels, Joe, okay, in Español. And that's because the explorers of the California coast were Spanish. And the missionaries that started the culture there were Spanish.

So you would assume San Diego, you know, all throughout the state. But it's a little irony there because they don't like Christians out there very much anymore, do they? Donald Warner from Four Oaks, North Carolina. Hey, Bill, are you going to stop eating a Chick-fil-A? Why would I do that? Just because Chick-fil-A appointed some executive to look at DEI, doesn't mean they're going to do anything bad. If they do something bad, then I'm not going to eat the nuggets.

That's what I get in Chick-fil-A. I get the nuggets. And they're good. All right, and the sauce a little too much sugar, but it's good. Presentation is good. You've got to wait online because it's so good that people caught on. But, you know, let's not be crazy about this. Let's watch and see what happens.

It's not close to Bud Light or Target or the Dodgers. It's not even close to that. Kathleen Concierge member, Bill, I believe PetSmart is doing the pride line for gay customers. That is all well and good, but it's simply not something I'm comfortable with. Well, I don't know why I would bother you. I don't care if the gay people want to have a gay dog leash. Don't bother me. He doesn't bother Holly the Tarotov.

I think it's... No, I'm not going to even say that. If you're gay and you want, put a gay sweater on your dog, okay. I don't know. Jim Yasko, another concierge member. It's not... I didn't do this on purpose, but the concierge members, you know, they write good letters, and they're in tune to what we do.

here and I'll explain that in a moment. Samantha Ponder needs to tell ESPN to pound sand and walk away on her own. Why would you give up a very well-paying job? Yeah, it's ESPN, but ESPN hasn't really come down on Ms. Ponder. I don't think that would be a good move. I think she continues to do her job as a host of an NFL show and speak her mind. That's what I would do. Kathy, another concierge member. Amazing. Just finished killing the legends. Wow, I'm an amateur musician, so I was fascinated by Elvis's life. And even though the story of John Lennon was interesting, I did not know everything you said

about Lennon. I was expecting to struggle through Muhammad Ali because, well, I'm a girl. All right. I never understood the fascination with Ali until I read Killing the Legends. To my amazement, that portion of the book was my favorite point. Killing the Legends, it got the best reviews of any of the killing books. It's amazing. And the great summer read.

I mean, you can't get a better summer read than this. Okay, Robin, Kelsey, Dylan, Montana. Bill, please stay healthy. You're the only person casting the news that makes any sense. I don't want to lose you. Your voice puts me at ease. I'm good. But I'm aggressive.

You know, my doctors, I go. I go. I'm proactive because, you know, I'm an old guy now, but I'm good. I'm, you know. So thank you very much, Robbins. It's very nice of you to think of me that way. So as I said at the top of the show, we had a lot of new conciergeers and premium members. A concierge members direct access to me. If you have a problem in your life, family problem, or you want travel advice or finance. I can't give financial advice and tell you what to buy. I can tell you what I do or am doing. So concierge membership, tremendous Father's Day gift. Because you get all the gear with it, you get all the Team Noble gear. If you become a concierge member or a premium member, give dad the membership a yearly, you get all this free. And everything you buy, you get our atheist bumper sticker, two of them free.

I got scolded because I said one, you get two. Atheism, nothing there. Okay, so I want to Bill Maher, okay? All right, so we want you to check it out, Conciergear Premium Membership, and also we have good book deals, killing the legends, killing the mob, together, $18. And killing Crazy Horse

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great word right back with the final thought okay so we have here is a final thought of the day we have a lifeguard shortage all over the country there are more than 300,000 public pools

in the USA that don't have enough lifeguards according to American lifeguard association and beaches are having problems too so

this is dangerous As some of you know, I was a lifeguard, and I was rummaging through my old stuff, and I found this, throw it on up, I'll tell you about it on the radio, this is my water safety instructor card, 1966, I was only six years old. I was the youngest lifeguard in human history. That's a jest. Okay, so I got my water safety instructor card to teach swimming because I wasn't making enough money being a lifeguard. That's why I got it. But now the lifeguards are unionized and they're

making a lot of money. And come back to me, please. If we don't have them, people are going to die. Not only drown, but you've got heart attacks, you've got seizures on the beach. And the lifeguards, all the lifeguards I know and I know a lot of them are really good and competent. And we need them. You know, I live on the beach. Literally. I hand-to-handle myself in the water, but most people can't. I mean, that surf out on East and Long Island, that's serious surf out there. You've got to know what you're doing. So we need those lifeguards.

And it's fun. It's a fun job. And the girls like you, if you're a guy, if you care about that. They like you. Still today, it's not like day watch, but it's a really, you learn so much about CPR, about handling emergencies, you're in shape. The only downside is the sun. Because I got to go every three months now

to get stuff taken off my pale body because there wasn't any sunblock. When I was out of lifeguard and any water safety instructor, we were out there like, oh, this is great, you know. No. So you've got to block it and wear the hat and all that. Or you're going to get in trouble even if you're Italian or African American.

I mean, his son is intense. So anyway, we want people, if you're young people and you're watching or listening tonight, you know, get in shape, apply for the lifeguard job. You'll make some good money. You'll have a great summer, and it's a good legacy to have. I wouldn't have traded that experience. I only save one life in my lifeguard experience,

but that life, that kid that I saved, he was going. I got that on my sheet. Okay, I saved that kid. And as an adult, that kid tracked me down because his mom told him that I had saved him and I, of course, you knew my name. And then when I became famous, he tracked me down. It's an unbelievable story.

But I'm sorry that the you, and, you know, I don't know why there's a lifeguard church. It's hard. Maybe that's the why. And you can't have the machine in the water. Maybe that's why. But anyway, that is the final. final thought of the day. Thank you very much for watching and listening on the radio,

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