Computers So when we're Hillary got into that mess there hell they were getting into the Pentagon they got into 12 different government. Departments including the commerce and. High sec Hey I'm I've done the same thing that she did I don't think she was she I think she was she should have she should stay with the government stuff that would that would I would save use the government programs that we've been more secure but just like Colin Powell you know I think their programs are probably better than what the government's got. Right now the programs that sweet talk about 60 minutes and c.b.s. And so on if your state programs run the state of like Arkansas Missouri and so on there they're most barnacle programs that they can get into because they don't they don't have enough security devices to do it to keep people from getting into them so it's just it's not you know the thing of it is what is one important sources we can see that if they wanted to target anybody including me or you or anybody else that you see if you're a big enough target out there. Like why you like by yourself are I keep a low profile I'm not going to be advertising you know I'm not going in talk book or any of those programs on there that that's just food my brother did that kind of stuff and I because you know it's your ego and you want to get it but given that you're information like what your mother's name is you know they can figure out your date of birth by a different types of things you put on or they can hit you anywhere they want to and if they do solve this problem then to know that I'm going to go back to they're going to hold up the mail trucks when they go out there so you know the thing of it is you don't want to be a big target So again. As though I can explain it is it's wild out there now and you have to spend most of time garden yourself your own home and your own security in your own family you know we just dislike a warning and knock off a placement out there own in the parking lot you don't know what's going to happen in your own. Let's laugh you're right well thank you you're right about that you know we were talking earlier about Charlie spoon aren't some of the little quips that he would make in and I said that he's got to keep you laughing and nobody disliked Charlie's boner but I was telling you about this kid that came in from Georgia this big kid by the name of Verne addiction big 68220 pound guy and one Christmas about this time of the year he was going to go home for the holidays and to Savannah and he was going to. Charlie was going to take him up to St Louis to fly out of the airport and. I was quite you know concerned about the kid because I had been responsible for finding him and getting him up to Moberly and I and I offered Charlie I said hey listen I can take him up to the airport because Charlie was going to go the day before his flight was he's flying out the next morning and I said Where is he going to stay he said well he can just sleep in the airport. 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Was the code name used when he would call in to the radio station his actual name is David Key and like I say I had a nice long conversation with them he quit doing a show where he would call into Kermit about 2 or 3 years ago. I don't know if he had health reasons for that or not but he's doing well and I had a nice conversation with him and just want to relate to your your calling audience that he has not passed on. The other thing I want to do is I wanted to talk to Remy if I could because I have to admit that when he is right about a few things he is absolutely right and as you know he has been a critic of the Afghanistan war for a long time and what I'm about to read to you I wish you would have been watching Tucker Carlson I know he's not a fan of Fox News but Tucker Carlson did an excellent report on the Afghanistan war and the shortcomings and and quite frankly some of the things that our senior officials and military generals have been telling us is in fact not been the case and I just want to read something here real quick to you. About that and it was talking about general. That said we didn't have the foggiest notion of what we were doing in Afghanistan and that's quite a an admission after 18 years and over trillion dollars spent not not the least of which is the loss of all of our servicemen that have died in that war but Specifically here's what they were saying. We were devoid of the retired 3 star general he said we were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan. We didn't know what we were doing said Douglas Lute. A retired 3 star Army general and the went on to say what were you trying to do we did not have the foggiest idea of the undertaking that we were about to get involved in and I have to tell you Kermit you know I'm about as strong as anybody on the military but to come to that kind of conclusion after 18 years over trillion dollars spent and you know losing so many of our servicemen That's a heck of an admission and maybe it is time that we take the steam stance that the Russians did after they were there for about 10 years they finally understood this is not a one of a war for us it's costing us a fortune and we need to get out and they did get out what ever made us think that we could have a better outcome than they did it is a subject for much discussion but reading reading this documentary on what happened with the Afghanistan war and so many of our officials kept telling us that the war is progressing and we're making progress when in fact we were not so. When you're right you're right and I just want to pass that on to You All right well this operation that and I'm sure will. His. Couple of buttons will pop off his chest there. After hearing that. You've got to I guess Ask yourself what was a miscalculation and I know I'm not smart enough to know exactly what those miscalculations would be but I do believe that when you're dealing with people who have a different perspective on life it's a challenge and you know that's one of the problems that we have you know here's something that jumps up at me. Look at Saudi Arabia and how they treat women how they require women to keep their face covered and where these long. Hot shall we say it apparel that they wear during the the summer how they can't drive a car although that's about to change I believe and how they can't go down the street with the walking with some person of the opposite sex that they are not related to or whatever. And when you're when you're dealing with people who have those kind of customs and those kind of traditional beliefs it is very. Very hard to deal because you're not you're not measuring things with the same scale I've used this example but many times before that when the king in King Lear when the king was going to divide up his kingdom based on the love the amount of love that each of his daughters had it for him there was no no scales to measure love. You can't there's no say it's not measurable is what I'm saying and when you're dealing with a foreign country whose customs are so. Different than yours. You're you're always searching for that scale that you can measure things with and it's not there that's why I say that our foreign policy should be. Should be characterized by helping other countries help themselves through technology and through other things rather than just fork over the money there's millions of dollars that's unaccounted for that went into Afghanistan and Iraq. 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He says it delivers American security and wins then I'm sure that some of our listeners think that we were investing too much money in the military but here's what Congressman Steve Womack said the National Defense Authorization Act will support our military and defense strengths the bill is authorized will authorize a well deserved pay raise for our brave men and women in uniform ensure that they have the resources needed to protect the homeland and strengthen capabilities to address evolving threats I'm Saul so please that with my support provision to end this disgraceful widow's tax. Expand the Arkansas state veterans cemetery and improve military housing were also included in the final package I look forward to seeing this bill quickly passed in the Senate signed into law by President Trump highlights of the bill including include authorizations to provide our courageous troops with the largest pay raise in a decade repeal the widow's tax an important initiative that Womack has supported and advocated for expand the Arkansas state veterans cemetery transferring nearly 141 acres of land that camp Robinson to the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs sanctioned Russia energy projects which would undermine u.s. And European security review World War One records in order to properly honor veterans invest in the tools needed to keep our troops safe well trained and agile enhance resources to improve lethality and confront threats around the world including aggression from Russia China North Korea and Iran and emphasize policies and programs that advance America's security against emerging threats including artificial intelligence space and counter space capabilities cyber influence operations hypersonics and others Womack continued while this bill is a great step forward in authorizing critical initiatives our work is far from complete we must come together to immediately pass the defense appropriation bill to fully fund these programs otherwise we risk putting our national security in danger anything less than sustained and predictable appropriations will hinder our military and defense efforts the National Defense Authorization Authorization Act will now go to the Senate for consideration and also on another note. I'm looking here at a piece done by by let's see who's who signed off on this this is the. Dan Cairney in our why staff director House Budget Committee Republicans and it goes on to say that one way to begin addressing our unsustainable fiscal situation is to set fiscal goals which would come in the form of debt targets a new bill introduced by representatives timber Chet Republican Tennessee headcase Democrat Hawaii and House Budget Committee ranking member Steve Womack Republican Arkansas would do just that h.r. 5178 the reforming America fiscal tool kit or the buzzword is ramped or e.f.t. Of night 2100 would require budget resolutions to set debt to gross domestic product targets and would create new processes in the budget resolution to help reduce our high and rising national debt the raft act follows recent attention drawn to our fiscal situation by other bills introduced in both legislative chambers represented a case in Womack recently introduced the sustainable budget act and several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle introduced House and Senate versions of the Trust Act Now the red raft act would establish 2 ways for a budget resolution to facilitate action on achieving its fiscal targets instructions to committees or struction for a new joint select committee or fiscal responsibility j.c.s. The 1st option would create reconciliation like instructions for authorizing committees to generate enough savings to meet the debt to g.d.p. Targets in the budget resolution. The alternative option would establish a bloc cameral and bipartisan joint select committee on fiscal responsibility to agree to a comprehensive set of savings to achieve the debt to g.d.p. Targets set in the budget resolution and finally it says that Representative Birch et cation woman should be commended for highlighting the urgency around fixing the nation's finances and helping the budget set a sustainable goal for a large and growing National Debt reforming the process alone won't fix the issue but it will amplify the message and provide lawmakers a pass to make the tough decisions necessary to raise sufficient revenue reduce the cost of entitlement programs and cut low priority spending then Kerry staff director House Budget Committee Republicans signs off on this note and I say that just to indicate that while some of our listeners may think that nothing is being said or thought about the debt that we owe here in this country that here's an indication that some people are definitely concerned about the the problem let's catch another caller on the watch line this morning this is party line Good morning. Go ahead. Kernel Yes Sir John here on the speakerphone in my Prius so I'm not driving with the scone up to my ear Ok You know I'm glad that Louis who actually w