News & Views with Dale Jackson (012825)
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January 28, 2025
TLDR: Apryl Marie is filling in for Dale on 'The 7 Things You Should Be Talking About', discussing an Alabama group promoting transgender toddlers and Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin on '10 with Her'.

In this episode of News & Views hosted by April Marie, Dale Jackson is absent due to a minor medical procedure, and April fills in with her unfiltered opinions on several pressing issues in Alabama. The episode discusses seven key topics that listeners should be aware of, delving into political, social, and educational matters affecting the state. Here’s a structured summary of the insights shared during the show.
Introduction
- April Marie takes the reins while Dale recovers from a procedure.
- She encourages participation from listeners with questions and comments.
Key Topics Discussed
1. Concerns About Children’s Medication
- Sen. Tommy Tuberville is spotlighted for his warnings about the rise in prescriptions like Ritalin and Adderall among children.
- April agrees that over-medication stems from teachers struggling to manage classroom behavior, emphasizing the need for children to engage in outdoor activities instead.
2. Speculation on Future Elections
- With Trump's second term being labeled as "destroying the establishment," speculation arises about the 2028 presidential election, focusing on figures like J.D. Vance.
- April advocates for a diverse Republican field, encouraging a competitive atmosphere among different party members.
3. Impact of Bird Flu on the Poultry Industry
- Alabama is facing significant challenges with poultry due to a bird flu outbreak that has resulted in the deaths of over 145 million birds.
- April shares her frustration about the lack of eggs in grocery stores and criticizes political blame being directed at Trump's administration for longstanding issues.
4. Legalization Efforts in Alabama
- Advocates are pushing for the legalization of a state lottery and sports betting, arguing for potential tax revenues.
- April cautions about the implications of gambling, noting it often targets financially vulnerable populations.
5. Alabama Republicans' Legislative Performance
- April expresses frustration towards the House Republican caucus and their 2025 Alabama values agenda, criticizing them for not delivering on their promises year after year.
- She emphasizes the need for accountability and meaningful action from elected officials.
6. Immigration Enforcement Commitment
- Mobile County Sheriff Paul Birch's commitment to collaborate with ICE for increased enforcement against illegal immigration receives mixed reactions.
- April argues for such efforts, highlighting issues of violent crimes associated with illegal immigrants.
7. Decreased Illegal Crossings Under Trump
- The podcast discusses a reported decrease in illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border during Trump's term, suggesting a shift in control over border security.
- April attributes this to the administration's firm stance and policies.
Discussion on PFLAG and Gender Identity
- April brings up her opposition to PFLAG chapters in Alabama advocating for acceptance of young children's gender identities, sharing her personal beliefs against gender fluidity discussions for toddlers.
- She calls it "rape of childhood innocence" and argues for encouraging traditional views on gender.
- April emphasizes the need for factual education on these issues and encourages parents to be vigilant about ideological influences on their children.
Local Politics and Birmingham's Challenges
- April criticizes Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin for blocking her on Twitter, highlighting his avoidance of criticism as a negative trait for elected officials.
- She notes the alarming increase in the homicide rate in Birmingham and the perceived negligence of city leaders amidst rising violence.
Municipal Elections Alert
- April concludes with a reminder for listeners about the upcoming municipal elections, urging community engagement and accountability towards elected representatives.
- She emphasizes the importance of participation in local politics and staying informed about candidates and their commitments.
Conclusion
- April Marie wraps up the episode with an engaging Q&A segment where listeners can texts their questions for further discussion.
- She marks the importance of holding elected officials accountable and being proactive in community matters.
Key Takeaway Points
- Understanding Children's Health: There's a growing concern about over-medication and the impact of educational practices on children’s mental health.
- Political Engagement: It’s crucial to remain informed and involved in local politics, especially with upcoming elections.
- Awareness of Social Issues: Awareness around LGBTQ+ advocacy and its implications on youth is pivotal in discussions about societal norms and values.
This podcast episode serves as a wake-up call for listeners to engage with both local and national issues actively and thoughtfully.
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It's time for news and views with your host Dale Jackson. Welcome morning everyone.
Dale is not here. He is doing a okay this morning. I got the all clear from him from his procedure today. So if you are the praying type, prayers have been answered. He is a okay.
And you got me for the next hour the fastest radio hour in radio fastest hour in radio And I'm gonna do Dale's things. I'm gonna do seven things today with you guys as soon as I silence my phone here I didn't get that that church warnings that please silence all phones and devices I'm gonna do seven things and I'm gonna do 10 with her so you guys know how to play along with 10 with her and
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Steve is here trying to keep me out of trouble today. Some days it's harder than others. Today might be one of those hard days. I'm in a mood. We literally, so I've got a list of things to talk about, right? My show prop and nearly everything is something I'm angry about.
Can't wait for this. So that's y'all's warning. And it's everything from finding out what these P flag groups, and if you're not familiar with them, I'm going to tell you all about them a little later in the show. These P flag groups are doing throughout Alabama. There's now eight chapters, including one in Huntsville, one in Birmingham. And I believe one in Montgomery, I'll double check that list for you. Among the things they're doing is saying that Christians who reject
the LGBTQ plus SA nonsense alphabet letter soup, if you reject that, then you are close-minded bigots basically. And the close-minded part came directly from, it says that Christians who are against this are giving Christianity a bad name. And that's almost a direct quote from their literature. They also tell grandparents of some of these wacky
green hair, nose ringed up, gender fluid individuals, they can't pray that away and that you can be trans as young as a toddler. So we'll get into that because I got very, very big feelings about that.
randal would fin who is my mayor i live in the city of birmingham has blocked me on twitter and uh... i know that is a birmingham specific thing but we really gotta get elected officials with uh... with the thick enough skin that if you are going to
put yourself out for public office and then have bad policies or allow people to do stupid things in your city and there's stupid things happening in Huntsville, mind you. You need to be able to take the criticism from those who are your constituents. So I'm going to rail about that for a little bit because I'm pretty angry about that.
And then all of this absolute victimhood nonsense where everyone wants to pretend that Trump and Homan are out there deporting the valedictorians of their class, the track stars and the straight A students as opposed to getting the gangbangers and thugs and absolute horrible people out of our country, that makes me angry too. So I'm going to do my best angry Dale Jackson today during this hour and we're going to have a lot of fun doing it.
Okay, Steve, do we normally start off seven things in this segment or in the next segment? All right, let's do it. The seven things you should be talking about today. Number seven.
Our number seven U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville continues to rise alarms about the widespread prescription of drugs such as riddle in an Adderall to children attributing it to an increased trend in chemical dependency. You guys, this is a huge trend and you know why we have so many kids getting diagnosed with this because teachers as a
cannot keep their kids quiet and still, because kids aren't meant to be quiet and still at young ages. They're diagnosing them often, they're diagnosing them early when these kids need sunshine, recess, and to be outside the confines of their little seats.
little bodies and little minds were not made to sit at a desk all day every day. And it's really frustrating to me that we are over-medicating 100% agree with Tommy Tubera-Ville here. And if there are real children who have problems and those children are being mixed in with children whose teachers can't handle them. Number six. With President Trump serving his second term, people are already speculating about the 2028 presidential election and gambling on it.
Vice President J.D. Vance is currently considered the most likely candidate to win, according to betting platforms. For me, it is way too early to be talking about this, although I think we're talking about this just as soon as Trump got the nomination this time around. I like J.D. Vance, but I also like the idea of Republicans having a deep bench. I want to see what everybody can do. I want the next four years to see the best and brightest from DeSantis to J.D. Vance to other governors around the country,
step up and make this a competitive race. There is a wide umbrella of Republicans, not just the ones Trump hand picks. And so I'm all for JD Vance. I think he's going, he can and might show us really, really great things. But I think we need to take a step back and let Star shine. Number five.
about them eggs. The bird flew outbreak, which has killed over 145 million birds since 2022, continues to devastate the poultry and industry, forcing farmers to cull entire flax. Okay, so I went to Publix just yesterday, and this is a Publix right here in Birmingham, and there wasn't a single carton of eggs in the case. Now, Mayor, earlier I mentioned the Mayor Woodfin blocking me,
It was in response to a tweet Mayor Woodfin wrote about this. The Democrats are so disingenuous. They are blaming President Donald Trump for the bird flu that started in 2022.
It is mind-boggling that these people have individuals who believe this. So all of this talk about, oh, look, trucking in the office and the egg prices went up. If you know somebody around you who is saying that, whack them, pop them on the head, and tell them they're wrong.
Number four, advocates for legalizing state lottery and sports betting in Alabama are ramping up efforts ahead of the 2025 legislative session, highlighting billions in potential lottery winnings and millions in tax revenue from online sports betting. Okay, here's my position on this, and this is a little different than Dale's four item here, but
Think about for every dollar they say the state is getting in tax revenue. Somebody has lost that. Who plays the lottery? Who bets money? Very frequently. It's people who don't have it to spend. And so for every time you hear, there's going to be a windfall of cash for the state.
Just keep in mind that that is money that someone likely who doesn't have it to spend has used on betting. And I think that to ignore this fact is absolutely silly. I would like a clean state lottery bill.
Number three, the house Republican caucus has introduced what it's calling its 2025 quote Alabama values and quote agenda outlining priorities. And Dale goes into that on his yellow hammer story. I'm not going to go into that. Here's what I'm going to say. I'm going to say that I am sick and tired. Did you hear that sick and tired of Alabama Republicans talking a big game before the legislature goes in a session, getting to Montgomery and doing the absolute bare minimum
watered down, absolute, the thing that they can put on a mail piece later, minimum for us. They talk a big game and I'm tired of hearing it because we hear it during every election cycle, we hear it before every session, and then this is the same group of people who couldn't pass the divisive concepts bill, who couldn't get the school choice bills passed, who still haven't figured out a way to unwork common core, who give the Democrats nearly everything they want, whether it's to a back sneaky way or not.
Number two. Mobile County Sheriff Paul Birch has committed to aiding ICE in its intensified immigration enforcement efforts in Alabama under President Trump, offering jail space, transport vans, and personnel to support the agency's operations. Of course, liberals throughout the state are losing their ever-loving minds about this, and I think it's fantastic. I think every single sheriff in the state of Alabama needs to make this very same commitment.
Because what we are seeing right here, and if you're not reading the headlines, you need to get informed, what we're seeing right here in Alabama are illegal immigrants who are causing violent, who are doing violent crimes, whether it be kidnapping, sexual assault, DUIs. We are not, again, we are not talking about the air quotes, dreamers, that lives would like for you to think that these sheriffs and ICE is going after. We're talking about very bad people.
And now time for the number one thing you should be talking about today. In the first week of President Donald Trump's second term, illegal crossings at the US, Mexico border have plummeted to fewer than 600 daily encounters, a stark reduction compared to the 12 to 1400 daily crossings at the end of the Biden administration. The Del Rio sector, which previously saw over 4,000 daily crossings during the height, recorded only 60 crosses on Sunday. It's almost as if
By taking down the welcome sign, people got the memo. It's almost as if the people who are coordinating this on the other side of the border, who were planning human trafficking, drug trafficking, gun trafficking, and all the bad things where they were gonna come over here and become squatters in our homes and run these huge looting operations in our drug stores and our targets in our grocery stores, as if they got the memo enough is enough and we will deport them.
Good on Trump. And that is today's seven things you should be talking about. Dale Jackson infected that seven things list, so if you want to check that out in its original form with Dale's commentary instead of mine, go to Yamaha Hammer News. All right, more coming up in just a second. You're listening to News and Views with Dale Jackson.
During my earlier rant before we started the seven things, I mentioned the group that PFLAG just started a new chapter in Coleman, Alabama. I wrote a story about this for 1819 news. The cities that have chapters now are Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Coleman, Huntsville, Montgomery, Florence, Dothan, and Auburn. They all have chapters of this group that tell grandparents that they're toddler grandchild
may be trans. Okay, first off, no child is born in the wrong body ever. Think about that. Think about what they're doing. They're taking, and anybody who's ever been around a newborn or a toddler, an infant or a toddler, you know, just children, I've got a kindergartener for that matter. These young kids
who still have imagination and still like to play and they you know at one point mine who my son who is now my middle my middle child he uh... he just got it in his head he thought cats were the coolest thing and he was a cat and he would he would seriously he would meow and uh... i would i would pet his little head did that make him a cat
It absolutely did not. In anybody with half a brain, and I'm not saying liberals have half a brain, but anybody with half a brain should know this. And so this idea that in order to be supportive and loving and caring to the individual in your life who is promoting this nonsense
You have to accept it as reality is just hogwash. It's hogwash. And I actually love the fact that we have an entire generation, whether they mean men or women. And yes, you have to be one. And God decides that. You don't get to decide that. A Betty White's out there telling these crazy people, nope, I am not going to call my grandson Sally. And I'm not going to pretend he's a little girl. I absolutely love that.
And here's the thing. I think that it's absolutely, everybody has First Amendment rights. I'm not saying these groups shouldn't exist. I'm not saying these groups can't exist, ban them, get rid of them, any of the things, but I think that we have a responsibility.
A, make sure people know these groups are out there, they exist in what they're trying to do. And B, counter them with the truth and facts. What these groups are trying, and they really are
It's amazing. I went on their website and scrolled through some of their resources. And these are the very same resources that they, the Huntsville group has posted image after image of them going to places that are family friendly, specifically targeting kids.
that they're getting out there and it's all of this gender, you can be gender fluid, you can be pansexual and asexual and homosexual and all of these various things that kids have no business hearing from complete strangers.
I would prefer kids don't hear about them at all, but it's not up to me to decide what other parents teach their kids in the privacy of their own home, so long as it's legal. But I am telling you now that the idea of somebody having a table at a kite festival, which is clearly a place intended to be family-friendly,
that pushes this ideology makes me angry. And I am all for them having the right to do it, but right next door to them should be a table that tells kids to be kids, that tells kids that our God, a loving God, would never put them in the wrong body. We need individuals who are out there talking about what the path
And I put that in air quotes. The path to transgenderism actually does to these kids because they're talking about, now, how soon can you give a kid medication? Well, puberty happens in stages. And what this group is advocating for is taking little healthy kids as young as eight or nine, sometimes 10 or older, and blocking their natural puberty.
And then at the time in which they would have the raging hormones and all of the hormones stuff, they would give them the opposite sex hormones. So we're talking about eight to 16 maybe. They're giving these kids hormones that are sterilizing them.
that are changing for girls, their bone density. Girls need that estrogen to stave off osteoporosis. We're talking about treatments that include literally mutilating, mutilating, beautiful, healthy, young bodies. And that's the reality that groups like this one that just came into Alabama and groups like the ones that already exist in Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery, this is what they're talking about.
They're not talking about let's be nice to these kids. Let's help them through this phase. As a matter of fact, they say you can't pray the phase away. It's not going to change anything if you pray for these individuals. What they're talking about is let's set them on this course for medical interventions that are cruel and unnecessary for their whole lives.
And that is just rage, rage inducing for me personally because I love children. And I love the fact that we have a God who doesn't make the kind of mistakes that these individuals are convincing children have been made. No child was born in the wrong body.
And this is grooming. This is cult-like behavior. And this is hogwash. And yes, they have rights to have these groups. But we, as the voice of reason, for every event they show up to, we need to show up there too and make sure that any impressionable children or any parent or grandparent who's going through this knows there's an alternative to air quotes affirming the madness.
If you had a child who insisted they were a donkey, you wouldn't start treating them like a donkey. So let's not do it with any of the gender nonsense. And that's not pretend that science and biology isn't real. So frustrating.
and i i'm surprised i'm truly uh... i'd call men alabama of all places having one of these uh... i would have imagined it uh... in bermingham actually wouldn't have imagined it in hansville although that hansville group looks uh... pretty active they also called their meetings for those in hansville coffee and co-conspirators
to which I question, what's you conspiring about? Because all evidence points to their conspiring to indoctrinate our kids. All right, so much more to talk about today. I want to get to a lot of this frump, good news on the flip side. Take temperatures down a minute.
Good morning, everyone. April Marie, everyone's favorite villain here on Filin' In For Dale Jackson on the fastest hour on radio here this morning. Danny from Birmingham on the line talked about the gender identity. What's up, Danny? I was hoping what you were saying, and I was, you know,
what i think is is uh... those uh... my question is is these these people uh... why is it that how is it how are you my question if you appeal if you look at gender identity gender identity is is is root is rooted it's not rooted it's a myth that is rooted in in cultural Marxism is actually uh... rooted in in uh... cultural liberalism this idea that
you know, you are an individual, you are a sovereign individual. So my question is, is if you appeal as a Christian, as somebody as a Christian, my identity is I am a Christian. If you consistently appeal to those same ideals that they have a right to be there, how are you able as a Christian, how are you able to affirm your own identity? I mean, it doesn't really make, because they're using the same, it seems to me that they use the same ideals
to essentially push the nonsense and the garbage that they push.
So my position, and thanks for the call, Dania, I appreciate it. My position on this is I don't give two hoops. What an adult male wants to, how they wanna dress, how they wanna do whatever, any of that nonsense. I don't, I just don't. If you are not in women's spaces, if you are not in women's sports, if you are not going after children, if you are not forcing your ideology,
in a way that infringes on my rights. You have the right to live your life doing your best you, right? That is my personal position. And I know there are individuals who are
Christian and conservative who say no, like men should not be able to wear dresses. No, we have a First Amendment right to express ourselves to gather. These groups have a right to exist and that's the great thing about our country is that you can do things that I absolutely despise and say things I absolutely despise and produce as materials. My issue comes when you are forcing your way
into my life, forcing me to take training classes that are absolutely not based in reality, forcing me to use your pronouns or your preferred name or your whatever, forcing this upon our children and our classrooms. I think there is an inappropriate and inappropriate place for everything. If a dude wants to get a job at Hooters and have a breast enhancement and do all the things and dress as a girl and they want to hire him,
more power to you, but don't take that same grown man who wants to show off some surgery he got and put him in a classroom and make those kids call him ma'am. I'm just not going to stand for it. And so when it comes to this being an identity, so long as your identity isn't infringing on somebody else's rights, I think you have the right, the American right.
I would argue within a church context, it's different for each individual church. But as a American, you have the right to do what you want to do as long as that doesn't infringe on my rights. And it's the same argument, oddly, that I make for the Second Amendment. You might think the firearm, my own, is scary? Well, too bad. You don't have a right to have feelings about how I
how I do use my rights. And so I'm all for individuals doing whatever they want. I'm not trying to stop it. I'm not trying to block it. I don't hate someone. If a dude decides to put on a dress, I don't inherently just wake up in the morning, seething and angry about that. What I am seething and angry about is when that man decides to walk into the bathroom with my daughter.
what I do care about and we saw it just yesterday is when that dude takes the championships and titles and scholarship opportunities away, that sort of thing. So I think it is different to the extent that our Constitution protects one's right to assemble and to freely express themselves. And so I kind of lean on that, which I guess is more of a libertarian than a Christian position, but we're going to go with it anyway.
uh... okay so i wanted to get into so randa would fin and uh... for those who live uh... for some for those who uh... don't live outside of birmingham i'm sure everybody knows who randa would finish but randa would fin just went through and we who live in the birmingham metro area just went through the highest
homicide rate uh... record-breaking uh... in the history of the city of birmingham and are mayor would fin has done two things one is recently he released a book because nothing says crime and homicide has my undivided attention like the fact he was making and writing a memoir while the crisis was going on at the absolute height of the crisis
Randall Woodfin was writing a book. Amazes me. Absolutely dumb founts me. By the way, municipal elections are coming up. I'm getting to that in just a second. But now, here it is, yes, let's see, I guess today's the 20th. So two days ago, Woodfin wrote, price of y'all's eggs went down yet. Again, as if he's making a crack about Trump and prices when the fact of the matter is bird flu.
Trump could not control the bird flu that started in 2022. So I replied to my mayor, who will be on my ballot, who represents me. Somebody said, has the murder rate gone down yet? And I went and looked, and sure enough, not only has the murder rate not gone down, we, at that point, it might be different now, we are already one murderer ahead of where we were this exact same time last year.
I mentioned highest homicide on record. So there's a little Birmingham wiki page. And it's really sad. I will say this. If you're not familiar with the Birmingham wiki page, you can just Google it. And it's on murders. And what it does is it tells you the name of the victim any details in terms of their age that they have and all of that stuff.
And I blinked to that. So right now updated four days ago, it's the 2025 Birmingham homicide list. There are eight. And it lists the name, the age, who they were. For instance, the first homicide of Birmingham was the delivery driver for Domino's Pizza who was shot to death in a robbery in Robuck.
are mayors making cracks about eggs while the streets are lined with blood. And then he has the nerve, the absolute thin skin and audacity to block those of us who are asking questions about his priorities.
So I just want to encourage, and this isn't just for people around Birmingham. I'll say it statewide. I'll say it in general. You guys go, if you've got social media, get on his Facebook, get on his Twitter account, and get yourselves blocked. It'll be fun.
point out that what people are really, what they care about is not his wise cracks, but about life. I care. Some of these people who have been murdered, have criminal histories, they've been involved in crimes, they don't deserve
to be murdered. Those who are accused of other crimes, a lot of these retaliation murders is what they call them, where people don't believe the justice system are going to act fast enough or these people are going to go to jail or
There's not going to be witnesses or whatever in the cases. And so they see a murder happen. Someone's brothers murdered. They go out and they murder the guy who did it. And the cycle continues again and again and again. I want the justice system to work. I want our police to be able to arrest people. I want our prosecutors to prosecute them. And I want them to go to jail and or get the death penalty, whichever applies to their case.
Here we have eight, you guys, which by the way is higher. At this point in 2024, there had been seven. At the point in which I got myself blocked online, there had only been six. So there's been a murder since I've been blocked. So incredibly frustrating.
That leads me to my next point, which is it is a municipal election cycle. That is statewide. Anywhere you are in the state of Alabama, you will be voting for your mayor, your council, and your board of education. The election is August 26th.
while qualifying isn't till june uh... that we are in the period in which time people are announcing that they're running for office and people are getting those accounts and those things ready uh... their campaign accounts and gathering their teams and make insane deciding what they're going to run for and i want to encourage each and every person to look at who you're representing the secretary or who represents you the secretary of states website allows you to go on and see
Every district you're in, whether it's your city council, if you've got your county commission, your education, all of those things, look up those people and make sure they're paying more than lip service. This is the time that we need to step up.
And we need to hold accountable those who we have elected to the campaign promises they made you the last time. If you've got a person who is elected, who isn't showing up to city council meetings, isn't showing up to their board of education meetings, isn't showing up and doing what they promise, it's the time, if not for you to run, for you to get involved in your neighborhood, in your city, in your county, and find someone to run. Enough with the incumbents just walking back into office. Enough with it.
All right, I am going to in today's program with 10 with her. If you have questions, don't forget you can go to the app and submit those to the app, or you can give us a call or send a text to 205-545-9950. I have so much more to rant about and so little time, but don't worry, I'm going to keep going soon. You're listening to News and News with Dale Jackson.
All right. Good morning, everyone. If you are just tuning in, April Marie here, you can find me on social media at APRYL, M-A-R-I-E. That's on Facebook and Twitter. I guess I'm supposed to say the X. I never do. I'm an old lady. Give me a break here. Twix.
I like it on the Twix. We have been asking for questions throughout the program, but it's not too late to text them. Probably too late to call in with them, poor Steve, with the 10 for her.
But if you got some questions, we've got some time left. I did get a couple on social media and texted in. I guess we're going to do it before we do it real quick. I do want to say for those municipal elections, if you are in the Birmingham area,
pay close attention to Homewood and Hoover. Homewood has just redone their municipal, their entire municipal government. They have changed to, instead of at large sheets, they've cut the numbers down and they are going to a city manager. It's going to be lots of, very interesting, lots of, lots of fun there. And then in Hoover, you've got John, John Leiden now has an opponent. Robin Schultz has announced there's a couple of candidates over there. So keep an eye on that one.
All right, with no further ado, we're going to go to 10 with her. It's time to answer the deep questions. It's 10 with her on news and news. All right, let's start off with this one. Get political right off the bat. Trump in his first full day one week ago today. So with one week under his belt, how would you grade A through F? Trump's style.
You know, it's so funny because I really want to rave on him, but I wish he was doing more for those federal employees to get rid of those federal employees. He puts a lot of them have gone, then put on leave with pay. And I'm hoping they can get those off the payroll soon. So I'm going to give him a B plus. All right. Since Dale's out, did the doctor find Dale's lost car keys?
Dale is a A-O-K for those who did not know he had a colonoscopy this morning. I asked him if they had found a midget up there. I said a giant midget up there because I'm that politically incorrect and he didn't respond but I sure I take it as a sign they did not. This one is one that neither one of us can answer. This is above our pay grade but I'm going to throw it out there because I like Grady and this was a fun question. What does Steve West have to do to get as much time off as Dale Jackson?
Uh, let's see where is how about Rhonda? Here we go. Uh, I haven't heard if President Trump has told the public what the drones were all about. Has he? Oh, good question. I have not heard that yet either. I know he said he was going to he got in there right off the bat and he classified that RFK and all those other documents. Uh, I think that is on the horizon. I'm a little worried that since he didn't announce it right away that something really nefarious has happened and he's figuring out what to say about it.
Brad asked, what do you think about woodfin blocking off streets with concrete barriers to try to reduce crime?
You know, I think Woodfin is all about band-aids, and again, goes back to that hole. If he wasn't dancing on rooftops, making TikTok videos, and trying to get photo ops at the White House with Biden and Harris, maybe we would have better solutions. I don't know that it's as much as it's locking people out. It's also locking people in. I don't know if I'd want to live in a neighborhood that the city has determined needs to be blocked off from the rest of the world.
Interesting point. April Marie, would you like the book of architecture using Birmingham Homes to describe the architectural styles? Absolutely. Send it on up here to the top 99. I'll take all the books I can get. You guys, I am a book hoarder. Like if there were a meeting for people who love and collect books, they have no space for it. That is me.
I get the funny feeling I know maybe who this might be, but we'll throw it out there anyway. Why don't you spend more time talking about how devastatingly handsome, charming, and witty the morning guy is, and wow, what an incredible voice. I mean, he'd never say these things about himself, so...
all richard i love me some richard dixon i'd tune it i'd tune in on my way when i'm taking the kids to school just to hear that uh... that devastatingly handsome uh... wouldy guy although i'm gonna be honest i uh... i'm looking at andrew mcclay now without haircut and uh... and andrew might be taken up the devastatingly handsome title for talk nine and i'm five
Well, there you go. Andrew over here soaking that up. Who is this to put this up? Michael via your social media asks, why do Alabamians put up with Governor Ivy and her obvious inability to govern but crush Biden's mental, same mental and physical issues? You know, it's really funny because a number of Alabamians do a lot of number of talk hosts and journalists do. I think Governor Ivy should not have been reelected this term.
I think that we are in the exact same boat where people are like, oh, it's so impolite to talk about Granny. No, it is absolutely our right and our responsibility to ask the person who is the head of our state. Is she able to do the job as she up for the job? And my personal opinion is that she is not.
Okay. With that being said, who do you want to be Alabama's next governor? Oh, okay. Um, I, here's what I want for the Alabama, the next governor's race is I want it to be a spirited, not a, this person's got it in the bag. Um, and I don't know if that means Tuberville gets in. We know Ainsworth is running, whether it's Tuberville or whether it's somebody like a Mike Durant who comes out of nowhere.
Whether it's another self-under, you know, we had the guy from Kings Ranch get him for a little bit. I want it to be a spirited debate about who's actually going to have results for our state. And I think Will Ainsworth has this legislative session to get out in front of issues and really be the show as whether or not he's going to be a DeSantis kind of leader.
Do you think he has the inside track? That's a meat question, by the way. I think he does. He's got the name, ID, and like ability. I think that Alabamians have proven with their support of Trump, that they want a more Trump and DeSantis-like person. And so far, Ainsworth has been a little bit more couched than say a Trump or DeSantis.
and my own personal opinion on
put into law a lot of these things that Trump did by executive order. I think we lose it and we deserve to lose it, in which case, Tuberville's up there like a fish out of water and can't do as much because we've lost the house, which then gives him a very good opportunity. We're going to know quickly. We're going to know within this first year whether or not the house is going to play ball and give us what we asked for when we elected Trump. Well then, let's talk about Congress, shall we? What is the one thing that you want to happen during the congressional session?
Well, I think that what we need to see for out of Congress right now is I need laws that put in, that codify what Trump has done by via executive orders. It's not enough that Trump doesn't buy executive orders because we saw with Biden all that happens is they come flip a switch and take it back. We need, we have Congress right now, we have the House and the Senate, granted it's a thin, razor thin majority. We need for those, those members we elected to turn around
and make these laws so it can't be undone right away. Okay. And then in the legislature, I really want this lottery talk to stop. Please, please, please. The gaming gambling thing to stop. I gotcha. And we'll make this our final question here. What is one non-political thing that you're passionate about? Oh gosh. I would say go into church. Make our families strong again. We're working really hard to make America greater.
Oh, so we need, but we need to make family strong. Right? Be in here today. It helps if I turn on the, turn on and turn off the red microphone. You're absolutely fine. Steve, thanks for the listeners for all those questions. Absolutely. And we are assuming that Dale is back tomorrow. Yes, Dale is back tomorrow unless I can, I can do something to stop that, which I will try. Travel. Oh, road trip, Huntsville. All right. Thank you Montgomery. Thank you, Huntsville. If you're in Birmingham, the line is up next.
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