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Carol ReMarks
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Imagine waking up to the rich aroma of an espresso roast as you prepare to unpack the layers of an iconic film with us. We’re starting our morning with coffee and a deep dive into "A Few Good Men," exploring the intricate storyline and unforgettable performances by Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore, among others. As we savor the film’s memorable lines, we also reflect on the notion of honor—as something internal, not just a façade—as we gear up for the political events looming just ten days away.
Have you ever wondered how much influence celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Beyoncé actually wield in politics? Our conversation takes a curious turn as we dissect the impact of celebrity endorsements and the irony of political stereotypes. From the elitism associated with Democrats to Donald Trump’s "everyman" appeal, we challenge societal perceptions. Plus, we tackle the complexities of voting based on gender, sharing personal anecdotes that question and sometimes defy the political narratives we've come to know.
Join us as we mix serious political rhetoric with light-hearted family stories. We share a speculative story about a letter sent to Vice President Kamala Harris, delve into local political dynamics, and even debate who we’d exile to a remote island—Hillary or a member of the Soros family, perhaps? From football victories to playful hypotheticals, our episode promises a balanced blend of thought-provoking discourse and warm, familial laughter. Grab a mug, settle in, and share in the conversation.
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Well, hello, good morning. And I have the gent here with us this morning in the bed having our coffee. Good morning, good morning.
Speaker 2:You know that makes twice this week that we've done a podcast about drinking coffee.
Speaker 1:That is true.
Speaker 2:So that would be actually three times this week. We did Sunday, thursday I think it was, was it. Thursday, thursday, tuesday, monday, one of those days in between Saturday and Sunday yeah and Saturday. So three times in a week. Wow, I know that's pretty impressive.
Speaker 1:You're going to rename the podcast.
Speaker 2:Really Absolutely Coffee's good again this morning it's always I opened up a new batch.
Speaker 1:Oh, okay, what is this?
Speaker 2:Can you guess?
Speaker 1:Let me guess.
Speaker 2:All Okay, what is this Can you guess? Let me guess. All right, here we go. All right, drum roll. She takes a sip of her coffee Espresso. It's espresso roast. You are correct, it is that it is.
Speaker 1:I cheated. I saw the bag in the trash. Can I cannot lie? Okay, well, it's good, but I think I knew it was going to be, because it tastes like espresso and it's good stuff. Yeah, all right, you want to do our movie review first before we get?
Speaker 2:into the meat of the podcast. Sure, absolutely All right.
Speaker 1:For some reason I decided I wanted to watch A Few Good Men.
Speaker 2:A movie which I had never seen.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that amazed me first of all.
Speaker 2:Well, I mean, the only part of the movie I knew was you know about being out of order. That's the only thing I you know when he yells and that, yeah, that's the only part of the movie I knew anything about.
Speaker 1:Well, I think I was watching a video of somebody and they mentioned it and I thought oh man, I haven't seen that one in forever. Let's watch that.
Speaker 2:It was good, but I was from the very beginning. It grabbed me by the toes and kept me in my seat. I thought the acting was really good, Of course.
Speaker 1:Well, let's see who it stars. It stars Tom Cruise, jack Nicholson I always get his name mixed up with the golfer Demi Moore, kevin Pollak, kevin Bacon what's his name? Sutherland, kiefer, sutherland.
Speaker 2:Kiefer Sutherland was good in it. He played that role well. He really did. I'm not going to go into it and explain what his role was and how he did it and all that stuff.
Speaker 1:I think probably most people have seen it.
Speaker 2:That's true, good point.
Speaker 1:It's been around for a long time.
Speaker 2:I guess our review would be it was a good movie. The acting was good. I would give it four stars.
Speaker 1:I thought they portrayed the Marine Corps very well.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah.
Speaker 1:In what their creed and code, and all this Because I think most of that is true. It may have been over top a little bit, but it was, and their, their uniforms was spot on. I think it was very I think it was. It was close. It was very close.
Speaker 2:Your code, the code, the way you said, that, I think is exactly what it probably should be and it probably what it is. Yeah, you know I can't remember exactly what it probably should be and it probably what it is. Yeah, you know I can't remember exactly what the progression of that code was, but if you're going to have a fighting force that is going to stay coherent with each other and is going to stay, you know, like I said, well, that's what's a good way to put it Coherent with each other. They're going to be trusting of each other. You know, coherent with each other, they're going to be trusting of each other. You know, honor has a lot to do with it.
Speaker 1:Yes, and I used to date a Marine a long, long, long, long time ago when I was in the Navy, and it's very true.
Speaker 2:And the way the two characters that were on trial, especially the one, was going to stick to that honor, whether it cost him, you know, his career in the Marines or what you know. He was going to honor that honor, that pledge, and then, of course, toward the end of the movie, when he understood that sometimes honor is not what you wear on your arm, it's what's in your heart, then you know that kind of you know turned the movie around.
Speaker 1:That was a good line right there. You don't wear it on your arm, you wear it in your heart.
Speaker 2:That's quite true. I had another good line that I came up with this morning, didn't I? You remember? I said something and you said that's a good one. We've got to keep that one. I don't remember. I guess I just got to keep this recorder rolling at all times so I can come up with my good one. You know, like I think I made one on your Victory Girls comment the other day Make like a book and get the hell out of here. Anyway, moving on, it was a good movie. If you haven't seen it before, go watch it. If you've seen it before, go watch it again.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was good. All right, we are going to move on to our excuse me, to our main topic, which is, of course, politics and what's happening. We have 10 more days, I think, till November 5th.
Speaker 1:Yep 10 more days, y'all, and then it will be over, or will it? Yeah, well, or will it. But we're going to talk about how the two different campaigns are very contrasting, how they are out there on the road and doing their thing. You know, kamala, giving the big crowd endorsement by a celebrity, all kinds of celebrities, beyonce uh, dicaprio just came out. Who the hell is? Who the hell cares about what dicaprio says? First of all, yeah, first of all dicaprio wentrio went to a lot.
Speaker 2:No, I did not. You did a 40 and slip and you said DiCaprio, oh okay, well, he has been.
Speaker 1:there's pictures of him at P Diddy parties all the time. So just saying, and then contrast that to Well, didn't Beyonce go to P Diddy parties?
Speaker 2:Yes, I said. Beyonce, oh yeah, I don't know about her going to P Diddy parties. Probably Didn't Beyonce go to P Diddy parties. Yes, I said Beyonce.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, I don't know about her going to P Diddy parties. Probably I thought she did.
Speaker 2:No, J-Lo did.
Speaker 1:Yeah, j-lo did. For sure, J-Lo was. Yeah, I think she used to date him.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think so too, I think she was at those white parties.
Speaker 1:And then compared to how Donald is talking to the everyday man, everyday man.
Speaker 2:So yeah, these are just our observations of what's going on and it's very, you know, as the parties want to portray themselves, or as they're thought about and portrayed as Democrats being the party of the common people and the Republican Party being the elites. It just doesn't look that way, the elites. It just doesn't look that way. You know, you look around and of course you know we know better, but a lot of people don't, um, because they're so sucked in by it, uh, sucked in by the media to, you know, see what the media wants them to see. But you know, the more and more you see it, the more and more you see Donald just being a common man. Uh, he, I, you know, name the celebrities he hobnobs with. They're basically common people that have, you know, risen up through an American system.
Speaker 1:You know, like the Joe Rogans and other entrepreneurs, all the podcasters that I don't listen to, but they've gotten big. Theo Fahn is one of them. I don't know who he is, but he's a big, big podcaster.
Speaker 2:They have reached a lot of people Aiden Ross, young kid that's got millions of followers that have just risen up through being entrepreneurs and are in touch with the common man on a daily basis. Kamala's not in touch with the common man on a daily basis, you know, kamala's not in touch with the common man on a daily basis?
Speaker 1:I don't think she's ever been?
Speaker 2:Oh, absolutely not.
Speaker 1:Been in touch with Willie.
Speaker 2:So you know, with his Willie, yeah, With Willie, oh, with Willie, yeah, okay. So you know, here we see the Democratic Party being the party of the elites. They are the party of the elites which are saying nothing to the people. But vote for us and we'll make it all better For us for them.
Speaker 2:You know, but that's what they're trying to say. And then, of course, you know, donald Trump saying you know, I want to make you better. I, of course, donald Trump saying I want to make you better, I want to give it to you, I want to make you better. Which makes it more Donald Trump, making it the party of the people versus what the Democrats are doing.
Speaker 1:I saw a snippet the other day and I didn't listen to it, but I read the caption. It's Cindy Lauper getting on her tour bus and saying I want to see a woman president. Okay, so you're going to vote for Kamala just because she's a woman? That is so stupid.
Speaker 2:Well, it goes all the way back to those stories that I'll tell you about some of the gentlemen that I worked with. And just because it's a woman, you hear a lot of those people saying we need our first woman president. Why, why, I've said it before, I'll say it again, why, why, you know, I've said it before, I'll say it again. You know, if the woman's more qualified and going to be a better president, by God, I'll vote for her Absolutely.
Speaker 2:And don't tell me I'm a sexist for not doing it, because you know. I love to say this, because you know. Am I a sexist or am I a racist? Well, no, you were a racist because you didn't vote for obama. Now you're a sexist. Let me get into my story. Am I a sexist or racist? Neither one. Why? Well, let's see, my doctor is an indian, right, he's a man, but I'd rather go to my uh, well, not rather go to it doesn't matter A nurse practitioner. She's a white lady, all right. My eye doctor is an Indian woman. My dentist is what A woman Is a woman, and my back doctor is an Indian woman, okay, yeah, yeah, my other doctor is a white man, so you know. Am I a racist or a sexist? No, so how can you say I'm a racist or sexist because I don't want to vote for, uh, miss harris for president yeah, it doesn't matter, they're just going to put that label on you anyway absolutely because, like I said, said they tried that with Obama.
Speaker 1:If you didn't vote for Obama, you're a racist. Yeah, you're a racist If you don't vote for Kamala you're a sexist.
Speaker 2:You can all go back to that. Is this a racist country? No, we have voted for Obama twice.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and they still try to say we're a racist country.
Speaker 2:I went and I remember when were a racist country. I went and I remember when, good grief, back when kamala was starting to run uh, wait, a while back, and this had been a while, a while back, and people were making comments and I said something about her and I got, you know, spat on because I had made a comment and I listed 10 or 12 women that I would rather have voted. I would vote for. You know what about these women? Why aren't they getting props? And you know, professional, and you know the crowd went silent because they didn't know who those ladies were. It was like oh so you guys?
Speaker 2:have no you know, you know. So, anyway, that's what we see in the two parties and the way they're going right now. Yeah.
Speaker 1:One is trying to pimp out the celebrity and the elitism and the other one is for the everyday man and woman.
Speaker 2:Dewey beats Truman.
Speaker 1:Do what?
Speaker 2:Dewey beats Truman. Oh, dewey beats Truman. Remember, dewey went train ride around and got to the common people and did the I can't remember they didn't call it rural, but they called it the train tour where he went and he saw people all around but Dewey was, you know, leading in the highlights and the big city papers and all this stuff and he was supposed to win in the landslide. And the election came around and Truman had won and everybody was like what that's? Because he worked hard on the ground and I think that's what we see more of the Trump campaign than we do of the Harris campaign. Plus, she's an idiot, yeah.
Speaker 1:I mean really what? Yes, because what have we heard from her? Nothing all of this hype, all of these celebrities, all of these rallies, what I I I have not heard any message that she herself has given the last week or so. It's all been about the celebrities. What has she said?
Speaker 2:Trump's a Nazi.
Speaker 1:Oh well, that yeah.
Speaker 2:That's what she said. That's basically it. I mean, she has said nothing, she hasn't said anything, the whole campaign. But you know why? Start now. I guess it'd be the best thing.
Speaker 1:She has nothing to say. That's why.
Speaker 2:Well, you know, if you really listen to the things she says and listen to them hard when she makes her little Freudian slips, you see that she doesn't want to say anything because she's going to go over the edge, far left, far left, with everything she does. You know, I love this thing about. You know, I'm not against fracking. I'm not against fracking, but the pundits and everybody don't go far enough into it for them to say, okay, you're not against fracking, but you're against every regulation possible to keep people from fracking, fracking. So I, you know, we've given away more oil during permits, but you've given permits and you've made it. So you have so many regulations that, no matter if they have a permit or not, they're not going to be able to drill for oil, you know.
Speaker 2:So you, you know you keep spouting this stuff about how. You know I'm gonna. You know I'm for fracking, I'm for fracking, you're not. You know you weren't for fracking. You're just saying you are, but you're not. You know you weren't for fracking. You're just saying you are, but you're for every regulation that's going to keep them from fracking. And that's what the deception is on the Democratic Party.
Speaker 1:Well, I would like to ask you you've been watching the news more than I have have you seen any snippets of original thought from Kamala that the press has been?
Speaker 2:showing us she has no original thought.
Speaker 1:Well, all you've seen are what celebrities are saying In other words they are running out of things to show of Kamala because she keeps saying the same memorized words talking points. So they've run out of things to keep putting on the news about her because she's got nothing.
Speaker 2:Right, like I said, they started the two-week surge and the only two, the last two weeks of the campaign are going to be Trump's a Nazi.
Speaker 1:Trump's a Nazi, I mean they got Hillary out there, hillary.
Speaker 2:They got Hillary out there.
Speaker 1:They have Hillary out there talking about it. His Madison Square Garden is a reenactment of the 1939 Nazis. Good heavens, and she believes it.
Speaker 2:And of course, you know you got to remember that that old Madison Square Garden isn't there anymore. This is the new one, so it couldn't be a reactor because it's not in the right place. So, you know, give me a break. And your reactor because it's not in the right place, so you know. So give me a break. And I loved I don't know if you saw this or heard about this, but um speaker johnson and the house minority leader mcconnell sent a letter to kamala saying knock that shit off. Yeah, because this rhetoric you're doing is dangerous. It's very dangerous. And you, you know, if something happens and you must see that the administration provides ample security for Donald Trump between now and the election, you know. So that kind of made me wonder, you know, are they doing that for the attention or are they doing that because you know they've heard something?
Speaker 2:Maybe you know somebody in one of the special national security comes over to them and says you know, hey guys, I don't really trust this Democratic Party. Y'all need to know what's going on. This is what's going on, and so they, you know well. Weall need to know what's going on. This is what's going on, and so they, you know well. We can't tell them what's going on.
Speaker 1:They can see what's going on.
Speaker 2:We can't tell. You know I'm talking about the inside. Yeah, so we need to, you know. Put this out real quickly.
Speaker 1:Well, I'll tell you what I was.
Speaker 2:You know we talked about conspiracy theories this past week. You remember that? Yeah, which could also be. Hmm, what do they know? And maybe they are planning something.
Speaker 1:Hmm, can I go now? Yeah, absolutely All right. So you know what I'm afraid of. I'm coming home and driving around town All right. So you know what I'm afraid of. I'm coming home and driving around town. I'm seeing way too many Harris Walls, signs and bumper stickers. It's like, oh my gosh, what is wrong with you people? And you haven't heard much of Walls lately, have you?
Speaker 2:I think they've got him pushed to the side now because he's ridiculous.
Speaker 1:Oh, we got to put him in the basement for a while. You know, we live in North Alabama in a town that has a lot of influx from people from out of state. So that's probably why because they're bringing their stupid, idiotic, asinine politics with them. And they're just stupid. You know, I used to think engineers and everybody were smart. They're really dumb when it comes to politics. They might know they're engineering, but come on Politics come on, they're smart but gullible.
Speaker 1:Very, and that surprises me, they have no street smarts. That's the most dangerous kind of smarts there is.
Speaker 2:None, exactly, right, exactly.
Speaker 1:All right. Well, I'm done ranting. Okay, well, we get the grand cam. Oh, I'm done ranting. Okay, well, we get the grand cam. Oh, I know I'm so excited Get the grand cam. I'm going to go get them.
Speaker 2:You're getting so big.
Speaker 2:And you know, here's something that's really funny. We usually talk a little bit about football on Saturdays and last week Georgia went in and just beat the hell out of Texas and that surprised a lot of people. And last night or yesterday somebody asked me so what football games are you watching today? And I've already picked all my football games in my pool and done all this stuff and I looked up and I was like, well, I know Georgia's not playing this week and I'm not really sure of any other games that are being played, because I'm still on the high of beating Texas.
Speaker 1:Well, it's so funny because last Saturday we went to the pumpkin patch I think was it yeah and then Sunday we got him.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:And when I got him out of the car and we were walking around the house, I think you said something about go dogs or something, and he automatically responded with sick of woof, woof, woof.
Speaker 2:Didn't he, Did he not? Am I remembering that right? No, you're remembering it incorrectly.
Speaker 1:Oh, okay.
Speaker 2:Because when you pulled up in the garage he saw me and you said he was in the back of the car. And when he saw me he said go dog, sick of, woof, woof, sick him while he was still in the car.
Speaker 1:Oh, I thought we were coming in the door. I thought you had said something to him, and then he responded appropriately with the go with the sick him.
Speaker 2:Well, we did that too. I think, yeah, we did that too, but I think you said Okay.
Speaker 1:I just thought it was funny that you remembered it.
Speaker 2:Oh, absolutely. When he saw me he was go dog sickle.
Speaker 1:He's such a sweetheart. I can't wait to get him today. Absolutely, absolutely All right, we need a question of the day. Let's see All right, we have two questions of the day.
Speaker 2:We're going to do something.
Speaker 1:Because I have one and then you have one. Sure, I wanted something silly, ridiculous off the wall that you wouldn't even think of Mine's kind of silly is? Yeah, it is and it's still kind of related to the topic that we talked about today too. Oh, you may go first, all right. My question of the day is how many blankets do you have on your bed, or how many pillows do you sleep with?
Speaker 1:all right, that's my silly, that's well that is two questions oh no, no, let me start over my question of the day. How many blankets do you have on your bed?
Speaker 2:all right, we have how many right now?
Speaker 1:we have our sheets, which is not a blanket, so we have one, I sleep with two and you sleep with two three.
Speaker 2:We usually have three or four yeah, and they're. They're kind of thin, so they're not all mismatched and yeah, but sometimes we sleep with the windows open when it gets really cold in the house, so we've got to have three or four blankets on.
Speaker 1:But for our anniversary coming up, our wedding anniversary, I want to buy us some very nice linens. Okay, what are you laughing at? We already bought something for each other, didn't we? I was like that's true, we did, we did buy something for each other, all't we? That's true, we did, we did buy something for each other. All right, I will do that for Christmas.
Speaker 2:I was actually looking at a comforter. That was kind of nice, so anyway, we'll get into that later.
Speaker 1:All right, your question of the day is my question of the day is all right.
Speaker 2:You have a choice of exiling two people to a faraway island, remote island, where they'll be able to take care of themselves, everything will be fine. You're not killing them, but you get to send two people to a remote island, never to be heard from again. Who are you picking? Who do you pick? Who are you picking? Hillary's one, okay.
Speaker 1:You're not sending Bill, just Hillary.
Speaker 2:No, because I think Bill's funny sometimes. Yeah, you know I can never get my brain off of the McDonald's skits that Phil Hartman did on Saturday Night Live when he's going to the McDonald's, so I always think of Bill in that fashion.
Speaker 1:Oh, okay, yeah.
Speaker 2:Hillary's one, because she's just, and then I think I would send what's his name? The rich Soros, one of the Soros. I don't think it'd be Mr Soros, I think it would be his son.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:Because I think George is going to probably pass away pretty soon, but I would send Soros.
Speaker 1:And he can't have any communication with anybody.
Speaker 2:No, no no, it's done. It's done Once they're gone, they're gone.
Speaker 1:That's a good one. I would send him too. But I wouldn't send Hillary, I would send somebody like the worst, awful, most terrible child predator there is Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that would be good too, and Soros.
Speaker 1:I like that's a good one. Soros is.
