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Usually we drive through SIO, we stop in and visit his grave. If you ever get there, going through SIO, there's a north-south road. Is that route 19? I never know. But whatever the main, you know, there's a road that you're on. And to the east side of it, you'll see a little cemetery. And just go up in that cemetery and you'll get almost to the part where you turn around and then like make a big, you know, drive out the other driveway. Right up there at the top is where Jason Dunham is buried. And it wouldn't be inappropriate at all for you to stop in and just pay your respects. I think your thoughts and say a prayer. One thing I always know when I go up there to where Jason Dunham is buried is that as you stand at his grave and you look back down towards the road, You notice the backs of the other headstones. And it looks like the custom at the SIO Cemetery. You know, if you're a veteran and you die, one of the benefits you get is, well, your wife gets a free flag. That's pretty cool, I guess. But you get a brass plaque. Right? And which, yeah, some stoner will probably come pry off your tombstone one day and sell for scrap. But you get a brass plaque. And in SIO, they put it on the back. The custom looks to be they put it on the back of your headstone. And so as you stand there next to the grave of this young man who gave his life for his fellow Marines in the way I described and who subsequently and posthumously was awarded the Medal of Honor. But as you look downhill, you see the backs of dozens of headstones that have that brass plaque on there, denoting that there rests a veteran. And you learn something about this young man, maybe, and how he came to be who he was. You grow up in a town with that many veterans. You grew up in a town with that sort of commitment to service to country, and you're going to come out a certain way. And Jason Dunham came out that certain way. But the deal is, sometimes you have to throw yourself on a grenade. Sometimes in life you have to sacrifice your personal interests for the greater good. And that's a true principle that applies to many, many parts of life. And I would suspect, general listener, that you probably maybe more than once in your life have, again, a figure of speech, have had to throw yourself on a grenade where you take the hit. so that others can be benefited. For example, maybe if you've been busting your ass for a whole bunch of years so that the mortgage could get paid and the kids could get fed and now they could go to college, maybe that's kind of throwing yourself on the grenade a little bit. But getting to Curtis Sliwa and how I knew that he had never been in the service.

Because in the service, I think they teach you directly or indirectly about that aspect, that your interests are certainly important, but your interests are not paramount. That the one thing more important than your interests is your duty. And you've got to be honest about your duty, and you've got to do your duty, right? And I mentioned again in the context of poor Mr. Curtis Sliwa because, you know, he's running for mayor of New York City with that gentleman, Mr. Zohran Mamdani, and the not gentleman, Andrew Cuomo. And so we've all seen the math with three of them in the race, Mr. Zohran Mamdani, who is a socialist and, you know, probably an anti-Semite. You have, Zohran Mamdani runs away with it if it's a three-way race. If Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate, drops out, it becomes a far more competitive two-candidate race. Unfortunately, the other candidate is Andrew Cuomo, who's, you know, a turd. But sometimes you've got to pick which turd you want to eat. And if I got to eat a turd, Andrew Cuomo is the one. The deal is that the New York Post has called on this man, Curtis Sliwa, to drop out. He works for a guy, forgive me the name, he's a billionaire who theoretically could give me a job one day, so I shouldn't mispronounce his name. But Katzamedes or Katsamamemetes or something like that, you've heard of him? I've seen him write stuff, and I think he's got a radio show that he does, but he owns a very large radio station. in New York City, which is a very large city. And Curtis Sliwa works for him, meaning that this Mr. Katsamemetes or whatever has been paying Curtis Sliwa's bills for the last several decades. Katsamememetes, or however you say it, he says, yeah, Curtis Sliwa ought to drop out. Curtis Sliwa cannot win. You know, he's polling at a solid 14%. You're not going to win, Brada. But if you are in the race, you assure that Zohran Mamdani wins. And here's the thing. If you want to vote for Zohran Mamdani, do it. That is your right. And I'm not going to criticize anybody for that. But voting for Curtis Sliwa is a vote for Zohran Mamdani kind of through the back door. At any rate, this gets back to, so anybody who can do math says, well, you know, unless Zohran Mamdani's going to be the next mayor, Curtis Sliwa's got to drop out. New York Post, which is kind of the newspaper that, you know, working class people, you know, blue collar kind of tend to vote for Trump people in New York City would read. It says, well, Curtis Sliwa's got to drop out. And his boss, Katzumatidis, whatever, says, well, Sleeve's got to drop out. And the word from Curtis Sliwa this morning is, I don't care who says what, I'm not dropping out. And again, that's his prerogative, of course. But the man's never been in a situation where he's had to learn that duty is more important than self-interest.

And if you look at, and I'm not trying to run down Mam Danny, he believes what he believes, he's doing what he's doing. I believe that Mr. Zohran Mamdani would be bad for New York City, bad for New York State, and bad for the United States. I hope that he's not elected mayor. I think that, you know, most conservative people would come to that same conclusion. So Curtis Sliwa is there, and if he steps aside, that creates a chance to keep this gentleman, Mr. Zohran Mamdani, from winning. But he would rather stay in the race. He would rather pursue his own interests than serve the greater interests of his city, his state, and his country. And to be honest with you, it's a cute red hat, but I'm not that impressed by someone who puts his own interests that far ahead of others. It's mission first. You do the good that needs to get done, and then you worry about yourself. If you worry about yourself first, you're really no good to anybody. Take a break back in a moment. 222180 our number. Your calls are always welcome at News Radio, Wham 1180. Your countries are going to hell. Something is happening. Would be Trump assassin Ryan Ruth, guilty. The nation is shocked. Trump shutdown. Antifa. Check in all day. Charlie Kirkland. It's always something. I forgive him. News Radio. Wham, 1180. I only've been to the dentist a handful of times my whole life. And I'm kind of thrashing around for a dentist right now. So what am I doing telling you about Rochester Highbridge at the OMADDental Group? I'm telling you about them because they are as a dental practice, in my estimation, just outstanding. Our family, you know, my daughter, Blue Eyed Ellie, you've heard the story, she took a golf club to the mouth. All of a sudden there was a tooth that wasn't there anymore. In the dark of the night, the Elmwood Dental Group took care of her, right? And they have that same commitment to every patient. They are professionals. They are expert. And they're Rochester Highbridge at the Elmwood Dental Group. That is for dental implants, putting in a whole bridge. If you've lost teeth, this is the way to go. 4602767. 4602767 on the 585 website Rochesterhybridge.com, H.YB, the spelling there. It's Rochester Highbridge at the Elmwood Dental Group. Vision wants to see you in a new ride. Over 600 used cars and stock with more coming in every day. Go to That'smyvision.com now to start your search. Then follow your heart to any one of our 11 locations. You work your whole life to build a home, raise a family. I'm at Bob Lonsbury on X and Facebook. Tim, glad you called. Welcome to News Radio Wham 1180.

Hi, I was just curious. My friend got an adjustment inflation check from Kathy Hochul. He's a registered Democrat. None of my Republican friends have got one, and I just thought it was a little strange. Thanks for your service. Thank you. I appreciate that, buddy. They went to taxpayers. Maybe your Republican friends don't pay taxes. Here's a deal. For whatever reason, these are being written. How much you get. is based on how much you make, and they are being sent out over a period of time. So it's not like there was one day they're cutting all the checks and they're mailing. But if I understand it correctly, I think it might be like a month and a half or so that they're going to send the checks out over. Here's the deal. My wife and I are really bad at checking the mail. They're... In life, if you don't use mail anymore, and my apologies to the Postal Service. If you don't use mail anymore, you can kind of do okay. It's not that bad. I mean, you're all right. And so I don't check the mail and she doesn't check the mail. But there are two times a year when we check the mail. One, when the, I have a lifetime hunting, a sportsman's license, hunting and fishing license. And in, when is it, September or something like that, they send out like your tags or whatever. I watched very closely the mail for that. I don't think I saw him this year. And two, whenever the Democrat in office is looking to buy votes and they're sending a check, we look very closely for that. Here's the deal. Be this hypocrisy or practicality or prudence, I have no idea. But I will cuss and curse and condemn Kathy Hochul trying to buy our votes with these checks. These checks make no sense whatsoever. They're very bad policy. And yet, as soon as I get mine, obviously, I'm going to cash it 100%. No doubt about that. Let's stop. Joe Lasky, the voice of finger lakes, he's got some news for us. Next, on News Radio Wham 1180. Fueled by Passion. Hand off Starling, curls on the middle of the lane, puts it in and one. Pitch it into Freeman. This shot in front and right. We are upstate New York's team. Pitch ahead Starlink, three ball, yes, and one. Freeman on the breakout, splits two defenders, scores, and one. Turn around 10 footer. Oh, with a shot clock down at five, JJ does his thing. Listen all season long on your home for Syracuse basketball. The home of Syracuse Orange Basketball. News Radio, Wham, 1180. Want to make a difference for people and the planet? Well, donate your car trucker van for good. At donate for good.com, we'll pick up your vehicle in just one to three business days for you charge, and your donation will help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and it keeps old cars out of landfills. Whether it's running or not, you'll get a 100%...

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You got these people, you know, wearing their scarf on their head. They're pro-Palestine. But whoever you are, if people stop killing each other, that's good, right? I don't care who wants to claim victory. Let's just stop killing each other. And that's good. People eat lunch. That'd be good. Let's start rebuilding. That'd be very good. But it's an odd kind of thing. The general sense is that Benjamin Netanyahu wants to restart aggressive military action in Gaza again, and that the son-in-law and the emissary, Wyckoff, or whatever's name is, they were saying, you know, calm down, calm down, and JD Vance had to go over, and he's supposedly bringing the word from on high from Trump saying, don't start killing those people again. So that's where things stand there. The two... Israeli soldiers who were killed were attacked by a Hamas splinter group. And one of the challenging things is that there are people on both sides who want the war to continue, and that it does include absolutely on the Hamas side. And so the Hamas people who are talking to the negotiators, it's hard for them to control everybody, right? And further, Israel is saying, we want the dead bodies back of the people you killed. It's hard for me to think of a dead person as a hostage, but that's how they're being seen. Okay. So we want them back. And yes, absolutely. But the deal is, Hamas is doing this thing now of we don't know where they are and we need some heavy equipment. We need some people to help us dig. And at any rate, That, it all, you look at it and you shake your head and you hope that it can work out. In the reaction to yesterday's verdict, we talked about on this show, wherein two of the officers, correctional officers charged in the death of Robert Brooks were acquitted and the third was convicted, David Kingsley of murder. As we said yesterday, there are now six former correctional officers who have been either by their own plea or by action of a jury. There are six of them who have been convicted of homicide in the death of Robert Brooks. And I believe, you know, I'm not an expert, but just watching the video, I believe that there were six correctional officers who put hands on them. And each one of them now has been adjudicated a killer. And each one of them is going to spend at least or be sentenced to at least 20 years in prison. Here's the thing about David Kingsley that makes me particularly happy that he was convicted, and he was the one convicted of murder. I've called this a lynching.

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