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Talk about some sports and the Brewers made a trade.
Made a deal.
They made a deal.
Greg has thoughts on that.
Yeah.
And whether Joe Barry or Joe Barry, man, everybody, everybody wants his head.
I can't do his job.
Well, I'm, you know, and rightfully so,
seriously, he's not doing anything.
But Joe Barry is Joe Barry and he's been, he's done this forever.
You know, and he and the floor are buddies.
And so.
Well, I mean, I'm completely frustrated because I'm a huge pack.
I know you were.
And it's just, you know, I look at him and I go, what's happening?
I mean, it's a young, young, young, young team.
Absolutely.
But I do think it can be problematic.
And I understand the desire to work with your friends.
Right.
But sometimes it just doesn't always work.
Nope, it doesn't.
No.
And so you have to make the determination on what's going to be better for the team in the long run.
Well, it's just interesting because he's, this is the same guy that has fallen out of favor
with a number of teams.
You know, why do we keep rewarding bad poor performance?
Yes.
Well, I, this is probably going to be the end for him.
We'll see what Paul Newton has to say when he joins us at 1133.
I wanted to start off though.
There was a interesting article in today's Milwaukee Journal.
Sentinel, CJ Safer from the Institute for Reform and Government has been a guest
on as goes Wisconsin in the past.
CJ Safer and Aaron Norman have an opinion piece.
The IRG, the Institute for Reforming Governments in the State Policy Network recently completed
a study taking a deeper look at suburban college educated women in the Wow County.
So it's Wakashaw, Ozaki and Washington County.
So consider the Wow counties where they have been pretty solidly Republican,
except for the last few elections, they're losing Republican votes and the suburban
women in particular are voting for Democrats.
So taking a closer look at this, this article today in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The question is, why would politically moderate women start voting for Democrats?
According to this, the trust, it's all about trust.
So just half of self identified partisan voters say they trust their own party to do what is
right. Trust in Democrats is 10 points higher overall and 13 points higher overall,
among independents, which is pretty interesting.
Mm hmm.
Okay.
They're also, again, we're talking about suburban women in the Wow counties.
These women more likely to agree with Republicans on tax and economic policies,
but on all other issues that they looked at in this study, Democrats do a better job of
matching the values of women in the suburbs, especially on the issue of abortion.
I would say abortions probably the big thing.
It's the big one.
It's the big topic and I think there have been some lawmakers who were surprised by the backlash
that came about after Dops was overturned.
Well, yeah, I mean, because it was so drastic, you know what I mean, it was,
it's so black and white, then there's a lot of gray.
There's a lot of gray.
Absolutely.
And it's so, it's just so black and white.
And because I'm in this mix, you know, I'm Ozaki County.
Right.
And you know, I can't say I would side with one side or the other,
but I just think that the abortion issue is the biggest fall down for the Republicans.
I do.
And they don't want to particularly talk about it either because it is not a winning topic.
No.
It is not a winning issue for them.
They attempted to celebrate after Dops and people were like, this isn't good.
And then the singular state votes that came through from, you know, Ohio to Kansas.
Yes.
I mean, it's, and now you have the, you have the 1849 ruling.
I mean, it just shows that this is,
if you would have came at it with some nuance, I don't, I mean, I don't honestly,
I don't know how to make a nuance argument on, on this as far as like legislation.
But you went for just zero sum victory and you got it in the form of a Supreme Court decision.
And now you're paying the penalty for it because you thought you had the best interest in mind,
but you just wanted to appease the lobbyists and the big, big groups and whatnot.
I'd be curious as to the age breakdown, you know, of, of this in particular when it comes to,
because I can tell you, for me in Ozaki County, we're having a lot of young families that are moving
into the area.
Sure.
A lot of young families.
There are very few people that are my age that are migrating into Ozaki.
So that probably is going to play into this.
The demographics are getting younger.
Yeah, exactly.
The demographics are getting younger.
This article also says that kitchen table issues suburban women aren't hearing very much
on Republican proposals on things like health care and mental health and affordable childcare,
which leads them to trust Democrats even more than they do Republicans.
Because again, they haven't come out with anything workable.
No.
And especially the whole childcare issue, which continues to be a major problem.
Right.
Right.
And they're just, it's, they're, there does seem to be the attitude among some of our lawmakers
are just like, well, yeah, that's your problem.
Well, you decided they have kids.
The whole childcare thing, the Republicans, the GOP and Madison, their whole solve was,
you know, let them work younger, let them have more people in their facility.
There wasn't about money as far as like, help it was just about,
hey, let's just loosen some restrictions.
That'll, that'll, that always fixes everything.
What do Wisconsin women want?
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What do Wisconsin women, particularly in the wild commies?
What is it that, that they want?
And again, this is according to this article from C.J.
Safer and Aaron Norman in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
It says they want more partisanship.
They want to see things getting done.
And I think of vast majority of Wisconsinites agree.
We want to get, we want to see something get accomplished.
I, I, I think across the board, that's probably what's happening.
Right.
I mean, across the nation, I just, you just get tired of just both sides standing there,
pointing fingers at one another and set up just working together.
I don't understand why it's so hard.
I don't understand why you have to be so staunch on one side or the other or the other
and not finally sit down, you know, just like this,
sitting down and having a conversation.
Why don't you listen to one another?
Unfortunately, though, I think if there's so much about
you can't give the other side a win.
You cannot, you cannot be perceived as giving, you know,
the Republicans don't want to give Democratic Governor Tony.
Evers win and we're Democrats don't want to give the Republicans a win.
And therefore nothing, everything just sits.
Right. Exactly.
And nothing gets done.
But again, I think the, the impact of the Dobbs decision is going to continue to be felt.
And I was originally really upset because they did not
codify specifics about how close to death a woman has to be before she can get the treatment
that she needs.
And now the more that I think about it, I think that was intentional.
I think not codifying and not specifying those things.
We're left unexplained in order to intimidate doctors and medical facilities.
Yeah.
Don't give them the, don't give them the tight parameters.
You know, and just let them, let them think we're going to
charge them with a felony for everything.
I mean, that's what they're doing in Texas right now, so.
Absolutely.
844-967-2789, what do Wisconsin women in the Wild Counties want?
John from Boa is on the line.
Good morning, John.
Thank you for joining Esco's Wisconsin.
Yeah, this is a male point of view about the abortion issue.
If I only wanted to say to everybody listening,
that I have two sons and both of them could have been aborted for various reasons.
But these gentlemen are in their 40s and they're happy with their lives.
Okay, that's good, John.
I guess what we're talking about, though, is there are complications within pregnancies
where the baby's not going to live and the mother's life is at risk.
That's kind of what we're talking about.
Well, yeah, I thought you were talking about the, and I think that's just so,
everything whatever the woman needs is what she should get.
I can't disagree with you there, John.
I also agree that everything the woman wants she should get.
So if she wants to get an abortion because she chooses to do so,
that should be available as well.
844-967-2789, 844-967-2789.
If you want to check in on this,
talking about a new opinion piece in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
by the Institute for Reformed Governments.
CJ Safer, he's been a guest on the show in the past,
along with Aaron Norman and talking about women specifically in Wisconsin's Wild Counties,
Wakashaw, Ozaki, and Washington Counties,
which party do they trust more?
What are the issues that are important to them,
and who is responding to the issues that women are concerned about?
Yeah, it's a very interesting article without a doubt.
It's an online survey of 315 college-educated women in suburban Milwaukee of all political leanings.
I can't really say one way or the other who I put more faith in.
I know that sounds kind of wishy-washy,
but that's just kind of where I am at this particular juncture.
I can't say I trust this person more than I trust this person,
because I really need to hear what they want to do first before I see anything.
It'd be nice if they would actually tell us and tell us straight out what the plans are.
That's always seem to work that way.
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844-967-2789 talking right now about an opinion piece in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from
CJ Safer and Aaron Norman CJ is with the Institute for Reforming Government and they did a pretty
big survey of Wisconsin women in the Wild Counties, Walker Shaw, Ozaki and Washington Counties
regarding political parties and which party do they trust more and who speaks to them more and
who speaking more to the issues they hear about? It's more of the issue I think. It's just
how they perceive either politics working for them or working against them or just not working at
all. And that's why I would love to see like an age breakdown. Because, you know, child care for
me doesn't apply. Not anymore. Not anymore. Right. But, you know, to talk to Greg's point too,
this has nothing to do with what's been proposed is nothing to do with like really helping people.
I mean, I got to be honest with you. When I had to put my children in daycare, I just had to bite
the bullet and pay for it and do it. And that's not always the case, this day and age.
And things are so much more expensive now. Oh, God. I mean, being full child care can be as much
as a mortgage payment without a doubt. It's just crazy. Tom from West Dallas is on the line.
Good morning, Tom. Thanks for joining us, goes Wisconsin. What's up?
Good morning. Obviously, I'm not a woman, but I kind of, you know, I'm all four women and their
rights. And I think they really, autonomy rights is something that women want. I would be really
angry if they were doing something to me that made me like get a sec to me or what have you.
I have another question at the very end. Also, like in Ohio, in a grant, this is kind of a messed
up story, but they want to charge a woman who had a miscarriage. And the child was not viable.
And yeah, and there's more to this story that I'm not going to get into because it's a little graphic.
I know. I know exactly what you're talking about. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So that's something too. I mean,
the Republicans are just now you're having miscarriages. Therefore, we want to charge you. Like I said,
this is this case a little more, but, you know, there's always talk about that kind of stuff that
even, you know, tracking your menstrual cycles and things like that is just, you know, I think
people, and especially the Democrats need to push that message out there that this is the
extremes that the Republicans want to go through for women and to control them. It's not about
abortion. It's not controlling women. And my other quick thing is, Jane, did you get your
air fryer? It wasn't an air fryer. It's a wonder oven, Tom. And I talked myself out of the wonder
oven after I did some measurements on my kitchen counter because I'd have to completely get rid of my
air fryer to make room for the wonder oven. And the wonder oven is too big. And ultimately,
it just replicates everything my oven already. You know, aside from the sucking the joy out of
my life, but you know what though, I'm, and I mean this, I'm really proud of you because there are a lot,
I'm seriously, there are a lot of people myself included who will talk to themselves and do a big
purchase. I will make the, I bought myself a pixel watch, a smartwatch. I got that watch. I
ordered it knowing I didn't want it. It came in the mail. I wasn't excited when I opened it. I,
I've worn it 12 times. It's sitting on my nightstand. I don't know why I bought it, but the fact that you
use reason and logic, that's good stuff right there. By the way, if anyone wants to buy a pixel watch,
I'm selling one. And I have an air fryer. I'd like to get rid of you. Have a great day, Tom. Thank
you so much for calling. And I think Tom though makes an excellent point. And when I was working
somewhere else and this, the leak came out that dobs was going to be overturned. And I would talk
to some of my male colleagues about how would you feel if the government mandated that you had to
get a vasectomy at 14. And only when you were responsible enough and fiscally sound enough,
could you get it reversed so you could have children? I bet you they had a lot of comical answers.
Oh, that well for one thing that would never happen. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. That would never
happen. They would never do that. But I, I would think if men, men's health concerns were being
mandated and regulated to the extent that women's are, I think we would have a whole different
discussion on our hands. Yeah. We, I'm not going to, I'm not going to say, I mean, I'm not going
to say no to them either. I mean, at the end of the day, it's, you know, it's easier to get a
little blue pill. And it's like, that's okay. Well, and that boy, that brings me, that brings up
a whole other question about Viagra and why Viagra is covered by insurance. That makes,
isn't it covered under Medicare? That makes no sense to me. Yeah. That makes no sense to me.
What for? What so ever? A texture from the 608. I pose this question to any pro life person.
How is denying a woman abortion and abortion? Whether she's five blocks away or five states away,
how does that make your lives easier and better and happier? And don't bring religion into
discussion. I hear crickets. We get another texture from the 262 saying, I live in, I live in
Oz County and one and want policies to curb climate change, lower health care costs for all
equal rights for all LGBTQ policies to help him for structure. President Biden is doing a great
job with all of the aforementioned, and I don't really give a dang about President Biden's age.
If he can accomplish the aforementioned, he is better than any of the current Republicans. And I
will have, I will, I will, I will back up his work with the, the, the, the words of the popcorn
king who said, we have a much stronger economy. These are exact words.
Set it in an interview. Robert Voss said that this week.
I said it, I just read it this morning. He said in an interview, he, you know, he doesn't,
he's not, he doesn't believe that either. President Trump has been saying some things about,
immigrants, how they poison our, they're poisoning our blood.
Our poison, the blood of our country. He does not agree with that. And he also thinks that the
economy is strong. Interesting. I know. But the question I have for you and I brought this up
the other day is the poll is great and everything. And I'm glad they're speaking to women about this
because we talked about the fact that women aren't being part of the sample of certain, certain
polling. And I imagine because of the wild county, a lot of them are white women. How will this
translate into voting because in 2016, the amount of white women that voted for Trump was shocking.
It grew in 2020 after, after four years of that man, you would have thought, no one did,
but that number grew. So I'm wondering how this poll and everything has happened since 2020,
will influence those white women voters in those counties to do it. They can say they,
they trust Democrats now, but when they walk in that booth, what will happen? What will happen?
What do Wisconsin women want? 844-967-2789-844-967-2789 news coming up next. Stay with us. You're listening
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rating. A little rating is love. A little rating love, baby. All right. We've been talking about
the issue that Republicans are having, talking about abortion essentially. And now, assembly
speaker Robin Voss said yesterday that members of his caucus want to try and pass legislation
to put a referendum question on the April ballot, asking voters whether to ban abortions after
12 weeks or 14 weeks of pregnancy. Okay. Because right now it's like 20, right?
It is 20. I believe in Wisconsin now that we've reverted back in the 1849 ban was over over
rule, essentially. Now it's 1985. Now it's 1985. So I believe it is 20 weeks. This idea uses a seldom
used process by which a law passed by the legislature and signed by the governor can be enacted
only with voters approval. So two things about that strike me as odd one.
In what MCU multiverse do you think there's a Tony Evers that signs this while there's that.
And also the people have been very vocal. If you put this to a vote, I don't think it's going
to go the way you think it is. Boss says he wants voters to decide abortion rules instead of courts.
Wait. So I know. I know. I know. So wait, so wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
It was all about sending it back to the states, right? We're going to send the issue of abortion
back to the states. It should be decided individually state by state.
And now, but now it's up to the voters. It's up to the voters. Now it's really up to what the people
want. Quote. I'd like to put something on the ballot in April that allows the people of
Wisconsin to be the ones who get the final say on making a decision on abortion. So it's not
the court. It's not the legislature. It's not the governor. It's the people who get the final
choice. But you are only giving us the choice of your choice of 12 or 14 weeks. Is this
this is this the same guy who's in favor of the Wisconsin election commission? All the power going
to this to the secretary of state, but then has to be approved by the legislature. Is that about
the people too? How does he feel about Bush v. Goers? How about the people too? No, it's not.
You are going to lose this one, Robin, because you are a moron.
Well, but I'm kind of torn on this when it comes to like 12 to 14 weeks and because 20, 20
weeks, you're halfway through your pregnancy. And unless there is something catastrophic going on,
I think the big issue for a lot of women is the fact that maybe at 12, 14, some of them just found
out their pregnant. Exactly. Which is why these six week bands are so not workable because most
women don't even know their pregnant yet. Right. I'm trying to think. I mean, I'd like to ask Dr.
Lierley for like further on this at 20 weeks. I feel like I don't know. I've never been pregnant
and I'm a man. But I feel like at 20 weeks as you were saying, Carol, that's where there's
complications. You still have the ability to do it. I feel like I have to imagine the numbers
are low on women getting a abortion just to have one at 20 weeks with no complication with no
further extenuating circumstances. I would have had to agree with you. Yeah. The vast majority
of women are not waiting. Yes. If they want an abortion, it typically happens pretty quickly.
Well, in my case with my daughter, because I made this very clear, both my pregnancies were
problematic. When I was told that the amniocentesis that I had to have for Elizabeth, that all my numbers
were all screwed up, all screwed up. The woman who did the amniocalled me and she said, you have two
days to figure out what you're going to do. Because if you don't decide in two days, there's not a
doctor who will touch you after this particular, you know, every this benchmark. And that was,
I mean, seriously, it was one of the worst decisions I ever had to make. I can't imagine.
And it was, I was very grateful that my OB was the one that said, absolutely not, you're not doing
this unless you have 99.9% verification that there is a problem with this fetus. And I mean,
he helped kind of, that's where you have to, like what you're talking about with a doctor.
That's where you have that relationship with your doctor and you have to put all your trust into
this particular situation, this individual. But I aren't those the only people who should be
involved in this decision. Exactly. Yeah. Is the woman and her doctor and, and her partner.
Right. Right. And their own conscience and their own God. You bring up a very interesting point
because there's very little ever said about the partner. It's always a woman and her body
and a woman and her decision, which actually, I don't agree with at all because I had to take
into consideration my husband's. He was the father of the child. Sure. And so I had to, you know,
he was very, very involved in any decision that I made because I wanted him to be involved.
But there's just not an awful lot put nobody talks about that. It's always a woman and her decision.
It's like, no, it's not. And what? As a man thin ice, I'm traipsing upon. But what I'll say is this
is as a man married to a woman if we were to become pregnant together. While I would hope
that all of my opinions and my thoughts and feelings were taken to consideration,
I also know at the end of the day, I don't, I want to say it's my, it is my wife's choice
because it is her body. But it's your child. It is, it is my child. But ultimately,
all of the, all of the physical, physicality of it comes down on her. And if she is,
it comes down to the conversations you have, what it comes down to, it is between the partner,
the partners, and then essentially the doctor. And you have that conversation. Now,
would I be upset if we were having a child and she went off and terminated the pregnancy?
I would be very upset. And then things would happen after that. But I can't control the ultimate
decision as well. All I can do is say how I feel and hopefully all partners out there understand
that the person who is actually carrying that child, if it's affecting their health,
that's ultimately the most important thing. Well, there's only one person whose health is being
affected by this. Yeah. Right. Physical health. A physical health, not mental health. But, but, yes,
I don't disagree with you, Carol. But the, the, the, the 30,000 view nuance, the macro versus the
micro. It's such a hard thing. And even in my head, I'm like, say the right things.
It's a tough spot. And I understand where you're coming from. I mean, yeah. And I, but I
understand where, where, where Carol is coming from as well. 844-967-2789. Steven from Green Bay is
on the line. Good morning, Steven. Thanks for joining us. Go to Wisconsin.
So you had a call earlier that texted in and said they wanted to hear from someone who was
pro-life. Yes. Here I am. Great. And I'm going to preface this before I even start on my little
rant here. There's a difference between pro-life and force and force birth. I believe as a pro-life
person that if it is not actually pro-life meaning that the baby is going to die or not be able to
have a full life or it's going to kill the mom, then that's not pro-life. You are, you are
potentially taking a life to create one. And that's not pro-life. And in those circumstances,
I think abortions should definitely be on the table. And I think that's what a lot of people
are talking about. A lot of misconception that I hear is, oh, well, we don't want people using
as birth control. I don't think there's a large population of people that support using abortion
as birth control. Well, we talked about that with the doc. And she said, she agreed with you
completely. I will say this. I actually have a very personal connection to this. And that's
really why I called in. Sure. My wife had a miscarriage. Her body did not get rid of it naturally,
so she had to have her procedure to get rid of the baby. She had the done at a Catholic hospital
because that's who her OB-GYN was through. After she had this procedure, they put it on her
paperwork as an abortion. It completely destroyed my wife. This baby was already dead. It was,
it was not going to live. And it was basically disintegrating inside my wife's body. And they still
call an abortion. And to this day, she still struggles with that. That was absolutely baloney.
I've seen mentally and physically worked under my wife. And I think it's absolutely ridiculous
that someone will call that an abortion. But I think technically, Steven, that is what that
procedure is called. The day I see. Well, but I mean, when you have to, when you have to do a
procedure like that, that is, it's abortion. It is an abortion. We can clarify this with Dr.
Liarly at 11 o'clock. Yeah. Yeah. I'd be really curious to ask her about that and nail that down.
And I'm so sorry for your experience. And I'm so sorry for the pain that your your wife
and you have gone through. That's really tragic. And I think, Steven, that's my frustration
with so many of these rulings. As we talked about before, every pregnancy is an individual thing.
Not every woman goes through the nine months with the same experience. Never. It is very
individualistic. It is not black and white. There's all kinds of gray. Right. Right. There's all
kinds of gray. Both by pregnancies were completely different, completely different.
Thank you for calling. Thank you for showing us what a true pro-life person sounds like.
Well, and I think he's, I think he makes a good point as far as being pro-life is not necessarily
being forced to birth. No, exactly. Yeah. And that's, that's where I feel like in messaging
Democrats where, you know, the Republicans like to call Democrats pro abortion. I mean,
be like, all right, you pro-force birth. That's you didn't. That just sounds horrible. But
what you were saying, your pregnancies were individual, Carol. Yeah, they were both bad. I mean,
just problematic. Let's just put it that way. That's why I don't have three children.
Because I was just like, I can't do this again. Yeah. Right. Yeah. I mean, Alex,
I've said it multiple times. Alex landed me in the hospital for seven weeks before he was even
born. And he was born still eight weeks premature. Yeah. My water broke at 21 weeks. Wow.
You know, the doctors was like, I can't believe you even sustained this pregnancy. And so, you know,
it was just, and as somebody who's, this is going to maybe sound awful, but I just never worked
so hard to have two children. Just I, it was just, I wanted them so badly, I would do anything
to sustain the pregnancy that being said, if something had come down that was catastrophic,
I would have also wanted the option. Absolutely. It's, it is health care. Yes. It is health care.
Right. And I know women who have carried children that were not viable and taken them to term.
And then held them as they passed away. And I just, it's heartbreaking to watch this.
I can't even imagine it. It's hard. I've seen two women do this. And it's, it's, it's not,
and I dress what Greg was saying. This is not a light decision to make. No.
This is something that takes a very thoughtful process, a very thoughtful process. And to say
that you just are willing, Ellie is ridiculous. 844-967-2789. If you want to call and or text,
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Talking now about assembly speaker Robin Voss in Wisconsin,
talking about getting something on the April ballot,
allowing people to vote for whether abortions should be banned after 12 or 14 weeks.
And we got a text from the 630, Andrew from Verona saying ballot initiatives,
ballot initiative wording is notoriously confusing, very, very true.
My guess is that Voss will spin the results to fit the Christian nationalist GOP world view.
It's very, very true. And I worked on a campaign to for
keeping same-sex marriage ban off the constitution. We had to tell people,
vote no for same-sex marriage. We'd be like, what does that mean? I'm like,
will it tell you? Because you're right. The way they are written are intentionally
yeah, confusing. Yes. I think they're absolutely confusing. Absolutely.
Rico is on the line from Rock County. Thanks for your patience, Rico. Good morning.
Hello. Hey, how are you guys doing? Hey, I'm here. How are you guys doing this morning?
Good. Thanks, Rico. Listen to this whole conversation.
I thought it's something now. If the government, you know, the legislation
courts are going to regulate a woman's wonder of them, basically.
Oh, why? And why is it? Why is it that? Why is it that a male should not have to go in front
of the court to get prescribed his little blue pill? Because we just can't have you males out there
running around with that impregnating tool, all willy-nilly and such. We need to know if
you're financially responsible and who and what and where you're going to use that loaded tool.
I like the way you're thinking, Rico. I like the way you're thinking because again,
my whole problem is and Carol even pointed out there are two people involved in the creation of
this. And yet the only ones who are ever punished or sanctioned are the women, right?
There's an old comic out there. She had a joke a long time ago. I can't remember her name,
but the joke was basically said if men could get pregnant abortion would be legal and free.
Oh, absolutely. It's true. Yeah. Thank you so much for calling Rico. Really appreciate it.
Yeah. 4 4 9 6 7 2 7 8 9 8 4 4 9 6 party. You know what? And that brings he brings up a very
interesting point. Why is it that there is no responsibility on these guys that are walking
around impregnating? How many women can a guy impregnate in a month? A woman can only get
pregnant once and then in that. Then she's pretty much short up for nine months. She's out of the
game for a while. She's out of the game for a while. Yes. But you got these guys. Sorry. I don't
mean to pick on the guys. No, that's fine. Pick on us. I just think that sometimes it's like,
why is there no culpability when it comes to these guys? Greg Bach, resident guy.
Because we've been writing the laws for hundreds of years and we see having children as a sign
of masculinity and virility. Thank you. That was where I was thinking of and virility as a good thing.
And if you try, if you even try to regulate my abilities to have a child, you are you are stepping
on my freedoms. And I can't America by not having babies. So don't you dare walk in this room and
tell me what I can't do with my wonder. No, no, that's you. That's my wonder oven.
Wonder pen. Wonder pen. We'll call it a wonder pen. The wonder pen. That was hilarious. I love
that guy. How long did he work on trying to work that in? He said, you're wonder. That was
brilliant. That was brilliant. All right. A couple other popcorn king related items that we're
going to kick around before the top of the hour. He's a theme song. He doesn't need a theme song.
We'll work on that. I said, please, Speaker of all and boss. Now says the threatened possible
impeachment of justice, Janet Proto say what's is super unlikely because you waited too long and
you missed the chance. I think it was because there was so much backlash to this. Well, also,
they missed the they missed the deadline. They missed the window. There was a window that they
would have been able to replace her with someone on their side. But because they didn't do it,
now it's governor Evers gets to a point. And if well, he got to a point period. But now at this
point, they would just serve out the rest of the term. Oh, so it's it's moot. It's moot.
All that money, all that money they went after with chasing down Robin Voss trying to make
them look bad and shame him into impeaching her. What was that? A million dollars? I think
million, two million, a couple million. They blew on that. Also, Robin Voss said on Wednesday,
Republicans will likely introduce a medical marijuana bill next month. It will be similar to
Minnesota's medical marijuana program. So you can buy it in pill oil, liquid forms for people
with serious conditions. HIV, cancer, Crohn's disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, and chronic
pain. What if I can't sleep, Jane? Well, Jane, I can't sleep, man. Are you suggesting that there
might be people who manufacture conditions in order to get medical marijuana? Oh, no, man,
my arm hurts now. It's so much chronic pain. I think this is we're so far behind in this. We
are so far behind in this. And we're not talking about recreation. And we're just talking about
medical. I've talked to veterans who have told me what a difference smoking pot makes over over
pharmacy over pharmaceuticals. We every time someone, every time a comic, usually a headliner comes
to the club, the laughing tap laughing tap calm. They will ask the question on stage because they
don't know. They're like, Hey, is marijuana legal here? Because they just expected to. Yes.
The audience has says no in two ways. It's always two. It's either no. And that's more out of
embarrassment because we're surrounded by these states and two, angry, just no. Yeah.
Like it's we are an embarrassment. I think I think it's Austin, Indiana.
Iowa has medical marijuana for heaven's sakes. Iowa. Yeah. I, uh, yeah, um, I can tell you,
I probably could have used it. You know, seriously, you know, when my hips were so bad before I had
the replacement surgery, I, I would have walked around half baked all the time. You should have told me,
I would have driven down to the spedery for you, taking care of it for a fee or just for a small
transportation fee. But I mean, I just, we are, we're way behind when it comes to this. We are.
So it will be interesting to see what happens. Again, this is all talk right now. And I want to see
what they put in there because if it's about Minnesota's version, okay, but there are some things.
Well, there's things, some things to watch out for. All right. News is coming up next when we return
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