Navigating Unity in Polarized Times: Political Debates, Virtuous Friendships, and Heartfelt Stories

What if building virtuous friendships could help us navigate today's polarized world? We start by examining the inspiring relationship between Jonathan and David, and how their shared goals offer a blueprint for unity amidst differing opinions. Shifting our focus to recent political debates, we express our concerns over ABC's perceived bias and delve into Kamala Harris's performance, pondering the potential ramifications of her victory with high-profile endorsements from figures like Taylor Swift. Our discussion doesn't shy away from critiquing Trump's defensive stance and speculating on the debate's influence on undecided voters. We'll also touch on the logistics of early voting and recommend Megyn Kelly's insightful post-debate commentary.

Later, we share the heart-wrenching story of Caleb Graves, a TikTok star who tragically passed away after Disneyland’s Halloween Half Marathon. We reflect on the 23rd anniversary of 9/11, honoring the bravery displayed that day and voicing concerns about today's leadership. On a lighter note, join us as we explore the exhilarating yet exhausting conclusion of Royal Caribbean's nine-month Ultimate World Cruise, where passengers traveled to an astonishing 60 countries. Plus, stay tuned for future episodes where we promise to tackle even more pressing topics, including an upcoming story that's particularly heart-wrenching.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Debate Aftermath and Future Implications
• 5:38 Tragic Disney Half Marathon Death Discussion

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:22

Good morning, my virtuous friends. Well, it is the morning after the debate. We're going to get to that in just a second. I'm not going to talk long about it because you're going to hear about it all day from the mainstream media. But, virtuous friends, I was listening to Bible in a Year podcast on the way into work and they talked about the relationship between Jonathan and David. I'm in Samuel right now. Jonathan is the son of Saul, who is the current king. David is going to be the future king, but they're talking about the friendship, and they were talking about the friendship of Jonathan and David together, and Father Mike called it a virtual I mean virtual, virtuous friendship. And you know, there's all kinds of friendships. There's friendships of convenience, friendships of pleasure, friendships of utility, and then there's the friendship of virtuous. And that's what we are. We may have different views, different opinions on certain things, but we have the same goal, things and but we have a set, but we have the same goal we want to save the constitution of the united states of america.

Speaker 1: 1:35

All right, moving on the the um the debate, it went pretty much as I was afraid it would, and I blogged about it on my personal blog at Carol Remarks. Days before the event went down, last week sometime, I wrote about it on my blog at carolremarkscom, and I pretty much laid out exactly what happened, except except for ABC surprised me. Now, I knew they were going to be in favor of Kamala, but I didn't think it would be so damned blatant. Wow. They didn't even try to hide their Trump derangement syndrome, didn't even try to hide it. I was shocked about that part, and so was everybody on the internet. It wasn't just me, everybody. This is what everybody should be talking about is abc, and how shameful. Shameful. They should be ashamed, but they won't be. They're probably very proud of how it went down because that's what they wanted and they don't give a crap anymore. And kamala, by the way, she is showing her true colors when she says we're not going back. Believe her, we are headed to a future of Venezuela. Just like Trump said, we are not going. She is not going to bring us back to the days when we had a great economy, when we had a secure border, when women and children were protected. We're not going back to those days 's. Right about that, oh my gosh, you guys. Oh, we should be very terrified with a if kamala harris wins this thing and she just might do it. Taylor, swift has decided to come out and officially endorse her. Now some of y'all may think, oh, who, who cares? Give a crap, I don't care. Look, taylor Swift is very influential with these youngins. Now, I don't know. Obviously, 12 and 13 year olds can't vote, but you know, there's the younger people 18 who love. There's 30 year olds who love, uh, taylor Swift. It's disgusting. It's disgusting. I don't know what we're going to do. I'm very scared. I'm very scared. Now, do I think this debate changed anybody's mind? Not, not the Trump people, not Kamala's people, not Biden's people, but I think a lot of people that are undecided may have been swayed by her. Believe it or not, trump lost his cool a couple of times. He was yelling, he was defensive and this is exactly what I was afraid that he would happen. She baited him, he took it and he was on the defensive ever since, but he had to fight three of them, not just kamala, and that was very obvious and it's just disgusting. I don't know if there will be another one. I hope there will be probably not. Early voting starts, so now I don't know how that works as far as counting. So, with early voting, will they be able to count the votes and tell us before November 5th, or are they going to hold on to all of that and then count it? How does that work? If anybody knows, let me know. Megyn Kelly did a live rebuttal, live rebuttal um and after post a post debate commentary on YouTube live. She put it out there If you want to go watch that I get. Apparently she throttles ABC and I hope I hope she talks about it on her show today on Sirius XM too. All right, we're going to move on to my other stories. I've spoken too long about that again, so I apologize. All right, let's go over here and see what other kind of topics I have put out today. One of them is very sad. Come on, here we go. Runner Caleb Graves dies after collapsing at finish line of Disney Half Marathon, leaving chilling video before his death death. This was in California. The Disney World in California, disneyland, excuse me decided to line up for a half marathon. He's a very. He's a young man. A beloved tiktoker died moments after he finished running Disneyland's Halloween half marathon, less than 24 hours after saying he was marginally worried about the event. Apparently, the heat out there is very bad. I guess he went out to walk his dog the day before or a couple of days before and he passed out because of the heat. He was only out there for 20 minutes, and so that's what he said he was worried about. In a video that he posted before he did the race, bobby Graves, known by his middle name caleb on social media, clutched his chest as he crossed the finish line at the california amusement parks race. Around 7 am on sunday, anaheim police told people graves, who was 35 years old, 35 collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. Collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. Fire and rescue personnel were right there on the scene. They got to him right away. Emergency services then performed life-saving measures, and that is in quotes. Obviously, they did not because the guy died. Golly Sutter told police this. Oh sorry. Sutter told people the social media influencer had no known medical conditions before he died. The coroner's office is still investigating the case, the cause of his cardiac arrest. I know what you guys are thinking. Graves reportedly finished 13.1 mile race at just under two hours. All right, I'm trying to get to the part. The day before he died, graves revealed that he passed out from heat exhaustion after he returned home from walking his dog. Y'all, y'all. Is it that hot out there in California right now? This is like the middle of September. Jeez, louise, when did this happen? Did it happen? It had to happen recently. I don't think this is like an old story. Anyway, oh, my goodness gracious, how sad you can go. Finish reading that story, all right. Now it's 23 years since 9-11 and we still need to remember the lessons of 9-11. This is an editorial from the New York Post. I'm not going to read it all, it's probably long, but I think it's very important to read the first couple of paragraphs, and I'm sure you guys remember where you were. It's been 23 years since America watched in horror as the Twin Towers fell on live TV. 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hailing from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, egypt and Lebanon hijacked four planes and killed 2,977 of us, shaking the nation to its core. America was suddenly brutally awoken to the menace of those who hate our country and what we stand for. Indeed, we did. That day, everybody learned who, what was going on around the world. I got some more to say about Kamala too. Hopefully I can remember it after this Heroes stood up. Todd Beamer and his fellows on Flight 93, firefighter Steven Siller and his Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Run, morgan Stanley's visionary Rick Rescorla, and so very many more, and some whose names we'll never know. And for all the errors of the war on terror, the terrorists have never ended their war on us. Yet America, or at least its leaders, risks falling back into the complacency that led to the atrocity we swore to never forget. Yes, indeed, and with Kamala, if she becomes president, we will be catapulted into what Europe has become. With their weak-ass leaders, america will not be different anymore. We will join the global community in open border policies, letting everybody come in and take over. We will not have our values anymore. That's right. That's all I wanted to say about Kamala, so you can go read the rest of that. It's, it's long. I hope what's not that long? Wow, but yeah, 23 years and I bet, I bet hardly anybody mentions anything about it today. Sad, sad, sad. The Victor Girls will be writing about it, however. We always. They do that every year. They will do commemorative. They'll, you know, talk about it. They always do that every year, 9-11. And um, we also wrote about, uh, deanna Fisher. The Victor Girl wrote a post debate, blog post too, if you'd like to go read that as well. All right, we're going to end it with this last one and then we're going to do a question of the day. Um, all right, this one's kind of fun. I always like to try to end it with something upbeat, because sometimes I bring you some grim, disgusting, downtrodden stories, so I try to end it with something a little bit light-hearted. All right, ultimate World Cruise has finally ended and passengers are exhausted. Nothing can prepare you for nine months Again from the New York Post, exhausted. Nothing can prepare you for nine months Again from the New York Post. All right. Royal Caribbean's nine-month Ultimate World Cruise that quickly went viral is finally coming back to port after what was the adventure of a lifetime for some 650 travelers who paid between $60,000 and $118,000. Ooh, that's a lot of money. Good gravy. Nothing can prepare you for nine months. Joe Martucci 60. Why does that name sound familiar? Did we just do a recent story with that name? Golly, that name sounds familiar. Uh, joe martucci 67 told usa today of the grand voyage to 60 countries that hopped across south america, antarctica, china, madagascar and many more far-flung destinations. Wow, the extended excursion was set to end on tuesday. It's always been a dream of my family to travel the world. 26-year-old South African cruise passenger Amiki Ouzthuzan previously told the Sun even dreams can be tiring, though. Houston voyager Adita Larson described the time at sea as exhausting. Other travelers, like 47-year-old Brandy Lake, said there weren't too many lulls in the water. She described the three quarters of the year as rapidly moving. It's a blur. Lake told USA Today we don't know where we were yesterday. We don't know where we were going tomorrow. Packing wise. She even said her three large suitcases plus carry-ons were too much. She said I pared it down and it's still just too much. Lake said it's kind of like your own closet. You really only wear 10 to 20 percent of it. Okay, she went on a world cruise nine months and she's talking about packing All right, I guess whatever. Martucci added that it quickly felt like home as well and he could even do major tasks like buying a car remotely for use afterward. We've been able to function, he said. The cruise, which departed Miami last December, became a major hit on TikTok as couples like Joe and Audrey Martucci documented their day-to-day life on board. The couple became a worldwide sensation under their account, spending our kids' money. Oh my gosh, I guess that's on TikTok. I don't have TikTok. I wish I could follow them that would be kind of funny, I think to see their adventures. We had people messaging us to say say thank you so much for taking me along on this journey, audrey told cnn, recalling that fans greeted them during a stop in halifax, canada. Wow, even those who kept up with the happenings from dry land amassed their own tiktok following, like beth and fletcher, the United Kingdom. If you're interested in travel and you're also interested, okay, whatever, okay, that's a little. I think that's kind of interesting. Would you do something like that If you had the money to spend? This is the question of the day, why not? If you had the money to spend like that, would you take a nine month cruise and see the world? I mean, if you had the money and the time to spend, would you do it? I don't know that. I don't know, man, that's a big risk. That's a big risk, and I say risk because it's nine months. You probably know where you're going, but, man, that's, I don't know that I could do it, not in today's world anyway, I don't think I would do it. I would like to spend my money elsewhere. Granted, sure, I'd love to travel and I would love, but nowadays, no, thank you, I will stay right here in north alabama and be a happy little camper. Okay, that's it today. Wow, today, wow, I got it under 50. I got it in 15 minutes. Cool, I thought it was going to drag on forever. All right, thank you all for listening and I hope you have a great day and I will be back again tomorrow. Stay positive, we can do it, we can do it. You got to stay positive. All right, love y'all, bye.