Full Show - 8-20-26

It's live, it's local. It's the Dale Jackson Show. And it's only on News Talk 770 AM, 92 5 FM, WVNN. Depend on it. First time ever. We did it, guys. We did it. All right. Congratulations. You guys were awesome. Hooray. Yeah, $40 trillion. We did it. And by the way, you're going to get about three days of people talking about this and then you're going to see some campaign ads about this. You're going to see all this stuff and understand that neither political party actually gives a hot damn about this. And any... in any way. Okay? I'm going to tell you that right now. People do not care about that at all. Mo Brooks is going to have an aneurysm when he comes on this program today. But I can tell you right now, not a single one of them care about it. They've done nothing. to move in any way, shape, or form forward on that. The only time they've done anything, and that was when we had zero adding to the debt was a year under Bill Clinton and New Gingrich when they were fighting, and the Congress was unwilling to give Bill Clinton the money he wanted, so he got a balanced budget, and then he took credit for it and said, okay, look how great we're doing.

But honestly, they don't give a, they do not give a hot damn about this. You know what people actually care? And people don't care either. They don't care. A $40 trillion debt? They don't care about that. There's no way for people to understand that. There is no way for people to get it. And there's just nothing for them to comprehend here. Okay, they just don't have anything to add to the conversation other than look at our debt, that number big, that number probably bad. Oh, well. Okay, that's it. So you'll hear some stories about it today. And then we will be right back on to the conversation about, hey, we can't possibly cut a dollar of this spending because people will die. Poverty has decreased like 67% over the last like 30 years. And our spending on food stamps has tripled. But remember, if we cut a dollar, people will die. I mean, just that's it. It's as simple as that. Now, there is a story out here that I think the Trump administration could take credit for if they were doing things a little bit better. Their messaging was a little bit better. That would be drug prices. I'm going to tell you a quick story here. This is a crazy story. So the other day I was picking up a prescription for somebody. And I'm picking up a prescription for this person and I go to the pharmacy and I go to pick it up. And I go to get it and they say that'll be 768.

Now, you may think to yourself, okay, cool, $7.68 with my, that's like, what, my co-pay or something? That's what's left over after the insurance paid? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. $768 for a month prescription. So I said, well, I'm not paying that. I don't care that much about this. And then I went back and I was presented with a letter. that said the insurance covered the drug. It was a pre-approval letter. And I was told to take this letter back to the pharmacy. Take it to the pharmacist. And the pharmacist was like, oh, okay. That'll be $768. And I was like, but I thought it was. I said that is with the prescription being covered. I was like, huh. Okay, I'm going to have to go have a conversation about this. So as I'm leaving, the lady from the pharmacy grabs me and says, hold on one second. Let me look this up on Trump RX. And she looks it up, I guess, on the Trump RX thing. And the Trump RX thing, and I don't know how they did this, made it $149. The Trump RX thing made it $149. The Trump RX thing made it $149. Now, at that point, I was just relieved. I pulled out my credit card. I said, here you go. Absolutely. Done. Done. Done. And it went from $768 to $149. Because of a publicly available website, Trump RX.

That's what happened. That's it. That's it. That's all that happened. And had the pharmacist not told me that, had the pharmacist not laid it out to me, I wouldn't have known. I would have had no idea. How is this, how is this system sustainable? How? How is it even remotely sustainable? Again, I went in there. expecting to pay, like normal co-pay that I would normally pay, it was told that it would be $700 a month. And then because of Trump RX, it went down to $149 a month. I mean, this is crazy, right? Is anyone else experiencing this? I was shocked by this. And, you know, you read the news articles because they are what they are. And there's a funny article. I'm not funny. A predictable article that has been written here about this. And the article says this. And this is the headline. Because the headline is kind of crazy. And the headline is really all about how Donald Trump really is taking credit for this. Why is Donald Trump taking credit for this? And I'm just thinking to myself, I don't know. Maybe because it's good? I don't know. I don't know. Drug prices have declined sharply and Trump is taking credit. The reason behind the drop is complex. Oh, it's one of those articles. It's one of those where prescription prices are actually down. And instead of saying cool, awesome, this is working, we go, well, hold on one second here for a second. We can't give credit to. The real picture is far more complicated. It's not about the most favored nation drug deals that Trump has cut. It's not about the Trump RX website, which I just explained to you, save someone almost $500. Actually, more than $500. It's far more complicated than that. They just don't know how to do it. They just don't know how to do it. So what they're going to do is they're going to say, well, maybe it was because of Joe Biden. I'm not kidding you. I'm not getting you. The real picture is far more complicated. Drug pricing experts said, And there are many factors, including a law from Democratic President Joe Biden's time in office that allowed Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies are potentially more significant tributors than later consumer price index figures. Oh, oh. So I just laid out to you a situation where there was $500 off of one prescription because of Trump RX. And you're suggesting to me, no, no, no, no, no. It was some sort of law that was passed by the Biden administration that you can't understand or explain.

Listen to this. I mean, again, look at these quotes. It's difficult to know what's going on beneath the hood. I don't think we can attribute this price reduction to any one specific policy change or initiative. That's how you know it's about what Trump did. That's how you know. That's exactly how you know. That is exactly how you know. Other stories and the related story part of this, the Trump administration is ending a Medicare drug subsidy program. Here's how much that could cost you. Well, it's not necessarily about whether or not Donald Trump is doing it. It's about these decisions made by the Medicare insurance and it's been going on for quite some time. So it's hard to pinpoint exactly what it could call it. No, it doesn't say that. It says Trump kill you. You die. Trump fault. So again, if I were Donald Trump, I'd be taking credit for this too. I would absolutely be taking credit for it. But as you see, as you always see, and as we all know, Trump no good. Trump no do good. No Trump say do good. Trump bad. I mean, that's really what it is. You have the largest prescription drug price drop in 60 years. Headline after headline after headline telling us that prescription drug prices continue to go up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up. Trump takes multiple steps in order to address that. Multiple tangible steps. And the American media is like, well, we just don't know. And it's really not that big of a, I mean, these people are crazy. These people are absolutely crazy. They are absolutely crazy. And I got to tell you guys, as you look at this thing, you're looking at a prescription drug prices falling. And every single time you hear people talk about affordability, that's one of the things they reference. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. And then they go, well, maybe this has nothing to it. Maybe the government can't do anything about it. That's their response. That's their response. And no, for those of you who are texting me, good RX and Trump RX are not the same thing. Okay, that's not the same thing. Good RX is private companies doing stuff. Trump RX is, I hate to say this, the federal government putting pressure on them to drive prices down. That's what that is.

Okay, so again, I don't know why we do this. I don't know why we do this. Why can't we just look at this and go, okay, this is good? This is good stuff. So I've been told, and again, our text line is working now, or at least better than it was yesterday. So again, I like to listen to what you guys have to say, but I do also like to double check it. And I want to lay this all out to you because, again, what you're saying is untrue and it is my obligation to kind of lay this out to you. Sounds the same as goodrx.com. I've been using them for years. Yes, it's a similar product. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. But one has been successful in driving down the health care costs for a lot of people to the point where health care costs are down 3.1%. It's been available for years just because you didn't know you act as if it's new. What do you mean? No, we know all about it. Go back and look at the seven things from when the Trump RX thing was announced. We've known about it. What is this? Look at this response. What is this response? The Trump administration has brought down health care costs 3.1% and the media and now some of you are going, no, that's not it. It's not it. It's not the same thing. Nope, that's what's happening. Dale, I save thousands of dollars every year in prescription drugs by not going to the doctor. Therefore they can't prescribe me any. I like that. I like that. I like that. I like it. It's a solid strategy. It's a solid strategy. So good RX and Trump RX are the same thing. It's the same thing. Okay. So I went and looked into this to see if these were the same thing. And the first line is good RX is not Trump RX. And as I said, they're not the same thing. Now, they're trying to do similar things. That's true. So I guess what we should say is Trump should just kind of end Trump RX since it's just a government end. It's just a government program that doesn't work. So Trump should end Trump RX. Oh, okay. I mean, that makes a lot of sense. That makes a lot of sense. And I listen to this and I go, well, maybe this is true. Most pharmacy techs will tell you if you have insurance the price is set. But if you don't have insurance, they can negotiate the price. This person, A, this person had insurance that I'm talking about. B, are you telling me that you walk into Publix and negotiate a price with the pharmacy tech? Does the pharmacy tech at Publix had that power? We got to take a break. I'm way late here. Sorry, I got way bogged down by, hey, you know this thing that's happening? Yeah, it's totally not happening. Stay tuned.

You're listening to The Dale Jackson Show. Now, folks, I'm not suggesting there aren't multiple ways people are trying to bring down health care hosts. Yep, Mark Cuban, and what he was doing, he's been working on it. He's been working on it, absolutely. But there are like 10 things you have to do at the same time in order to get it done. That's the point I'm trying to make here. The point I'm trying to make, and I thought I was being clear about this, the point that is being made is, in my opinion, like I said, pretty damn clear. The point is this. Healthcare costs are down. And under any other circumstance, the White House would be taking a victory lap on this, which this one is. And then. You'd be hearing a conversation in the media about how Americans are saving X amount of millions of dollars and how this is good. And again, I'm not suggesting Cuban and Trump are working together. I've said exactly the same thing. There is a relationship between Good RX and Trump RX. It is the good RX idea. with the power of the federal government behind it. That's what it is. That they're working together, obviously. There's no question about that. It's not the same thing, though. Trump had to come in and lean on pharmaceutical companies. Do you not remember there was story after story after story about how Trump was able to bend these pharmaceutical companies and people were like, wow, why didn't we do this before?

It was never, oh, this is already happening. What is Trump doing? Which is something that you'd be very, I think wouldn't be surprised if they did come out and say, this has always been happening. Why were we doing this before? That's the point of all of this. That's the point. And I know this is complicated. My entire point of bringing it up is prescription drug prices are down. Not going up slower. They're not going up at a lesser rate. Okay? They are, in fact, going down. That's the point of all of this. That's the point being made. And that's the point I'm trying to make here. Folks, this is all pretty simple stuff to understand. And I don't understand the whole, like, why are we doing this? And then you get demands like this from the audience. I love you guys. I do. And I do because it helps me out a lot here to understand humans. In two sentences, what is your point on this issue? Okay, good question. Drug prices are down. 3.1%. That's sentence one. Sentence two. Trump's effort have brought down those prices. Comma, why is he not getting credit for it? There you go. That's it. It's all very simple to understand. I'm sorry I've made this so complex. Okay? Good luck trying to figure it out, guys. It's the Dale Jackson Show. You didn't start a business just to keep the lights on. You're here to sell more today than yesterday. You're here to win. Lucky for you, Shopify built the best converting checkout on the planet. Like the just one tapping, ridiculously fast acting, sky high sales stacking, championed at checkouts. That's the good stuff right there. So if your business is in it to win it, win with Shopify. Start your free trial today at Shopify.com slash win. When the moments in your life are too important to miss. You can trust O'Reilly Auto Parts to keep you and your plans on the road. Our professional parts people can test your vehicle's battery and even give it a charge if needed. In most cases, we can install your new battery for free. It's just one of the many services we provide at O'Reilly Auto Parts to ensure life's best moments don't find you stranded. Oh, oh, O'Reilly, Auto Parts. This is the story of the one. The one who keeps multiple buildings running smoothly day after day. Plumbing that flows, HVAC that hums, cleaning supplies that keep surfaces sparkling. That's why she counts on Granger. With easy reordering online and 24-7 support, Granger helps her keep the product she needs on hand. So shelves stay stocked, and buildings stay ready. Call 1,800 Granger, click Granger.com, or just stop by. Granger. For the ones who get it done.

Look at the national debt. It's $40 trillion. And can you believe Trump is spending money on a ballroom? Can you believe it? That's why our debt's $40 trillion. It's not because any talk of cutting any benefit ever in the history of the world was met with your murdering people. It's not because we spend more on SNAP benefits. Today, even though poverty is lower than it's ever been, it's not because of that. It's because of the ballroom, guys. That's the real issue. Trump avails new White House project, as US debt tops $40 trillion. Well, you know, if Trump didn't build a new ballroom on the White House, the debt wouldn't be $40 trillion. It's a completely stupid thing to say, but boy, are people going to eat it up? Because stuff like this is easy to eat up. I'm Dale Jackson, Alabama's most trusted journalist. Let's bring our next guest on Kyle Sweetser. Now, let's see if we can get this bio correct here. We've got to get it right. But first let me remind you, he joins us here on the Alabama A&M, $350 million bulldog hotline. Alabama, A&M, $350 million. That's the economic impact on the great state of Alabama. $238 million in North Alabama alone. Learn more about it. AAMU.edu. Kyle Sweetser is a former Republican. Voted for Trump twice. Then he ran for United States Senate as a Democrat, and I got to tell you, guys, he didn't win. I know. You would think running a Democrat primary going, I voted for Trump twice. Vote for Trump twice, guys. It would have really helped him. But it did help the guy who's running for Governor George of Florida right now. Yeah, he was a former Republican congressman. Anyway, Sweetser wasn't able to pull it off. So now we are going to be thrilled by videos of him walking by a crick and saying, well, you know, ah, and yesterday's rant. was about how the bridge down in Mobile should not be named the Gateway to the Gulf of America, Donald J. Trump Bridge, which, by the way, he's right about that. It should be called the Nick Saban Bridge. But I don't really want to talk about that side of it, but that was the beginning of it. The real thing that I want to talk about is the take that Kyle had. about the people who voted for the bill or didn't vote for the bill. Kyle, thank you for being here. I'll let you comment on the name because I agree the name is stupid and then we'll move on to the other thing. Go ahead. Well, it should resonate with something down with the people down in lower Alabama like Hank Aaron or Jimmy Buffett, not some New York ex-liberal Donald Trump. Yeah, I agree. I agree. Not for the reason you just laid out, but I do agree. It should have a different name. We should name things after people who are still alive and elected officials. We should be naming prisons after Kay Ivey. Just a stupid thing to do. Now, in this conversation you were having with the Creek, you brought up the idea that Barry Moore and Tommy Tuberville.

did not vote for the infrastructure project that is part of the funding of this, as if that was some sort of an own. You do realize there's going to need more funding to be voted for this bridge in order for it to get done. It's not 100% funded. You know that, right? Yeah, 100%. As somebody that's lived down here, I've watched this play out. And really, it's a frustration of both parties, not being able to build things. It's getting old. You know, and down here in lower Alabama, we've watched this issue just explode. More than 50% of the folks that drive over that bridge, you know, are going through our state. They're from out of state. So I do believe that there's a component that needs to be federal funding that helps there. Originally, it was shut down because there was some folks that got money together on the private end to fund it. And there was going to be a toll. So they, the anti-construction folks, the anti-economic progress folks. you know, down here railed against it. It looks like there's probably going to be a toll anyways, and it might even cost more now because we waited so long. Yeah, I agree with that. That has nothing to do with what I said, though. So let's backtrack here for just a second. Your argument somehow was that Barry Moore and Tommy Tuberville did not vote for this infrastructure project that included this as part of it. And my question to you was you do realize there will require more federal funding in order to build this, correct? Right, right. It's 500 million and that bridge is billions of dollars. Yes, 3.1 billion. And, you know, the longer we wait, the higher the cost because we have inflation, the cost of construction has gone up. That is absolutely correct. But the reason I bring that up to you is what you're saying sounds good for politics, but it ignores the actual issue. You wanted to be in the United States Senate and failed. But if you had gone there, I think you would have found at times, and maybe you'll agree with this, maybe you won't, you would have found that, let's just say there was a bill that you couldn't support as a whole. But there were portions of that bill that maybe you put an amendment on, or maybe there was a portion of the bill that you supported, but you still couldn't vote for the broader project. Would you be unable to say, I'm happy this project is coming, even though you voted against the bill? So these guys, the concern is that Tommy Tuberville, you go back to his Twitter, after it was passed, he took credit for the bill as if he got that money. You're not listening. You're not listening. You're not listening. Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, you're not talking to a creek. You're having a conversation with the human. And I know it's a little harder because you can't just say anything you want without somebody questioning it. In this particular case.

I'm trying to ask you a question. And I want you to see if you can understand it, okay? This time, super slow. Bill go up. Bill no good. Vote against Bill. However, good thing in Bill. Okay with good thing in Bill, but not like Bill as whole, so vote no. Is possible be happy about thing in Bill? Look, they didn't do anything to advance this money down here. And the bottom line is, if they're out here taking credit for something. I'm going to let you say whatever you want to say, but you're going to have to answer the question. You're going to have to answer the question. I'm sorry. You can try to talk over me, but I'm not a creek. You do eventually have to have a conversation. So again, I need to know this because at this point, I'm not sure you understand this. So I'm going to ask you again, do you understand that a bill can come up, that you oppose as a whole for various reasons, a poison pill, too much spending, whatever, and there be a piece of that legislation that you're actually happy with? and you can be okay with. That's acceptable, right? It was a bipartisan bill on the people in Alabama that represent us. The reason you won't answer the question is because you know it dead makes your entire. Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, listen, man, look, I'm trying to help you out here. Okay, I'm trying to help you out here. You look foolish. I'm trying to make you look less foolish. Let me help you. You do understand that, correct? Do you understand that if no one takes credit I have no idea, but I will tell you this. Listen, listen, listen, listen, no matter what your question is, do you understand? Whatever your question is, I promise you, I will answer it fully if you can answer this very simple question. Do you understand that you can vote against a bill that that bill could have good things in it for your district, for your state, for the country, and you still vote against it for a number of reasons and still be okay with pieces of the legislation that passed? Do you, Kyle Sweetser, understand that? There was no effort for them to advance this cause. I understand what you're saying. No, no, you don't see what I'm saying because all you have to do, see, no, no, hold on. You don't understand. If you understood, you would say yes, Dale or no, Dale, and we can move on from the conversation. Instead, you're trying to, like, wiggle your way out of a simple question because it makes you look stupid. So do you understand yes or no? And then you can say whatever you want. Sure. Thank you. Congratulations to you. It is amazing. Listen to this. It only took 10 minutes to get you to understand a simple point. Now say your next dumb thing.

Well, if they didn't do anything to advance it down here. So your point is moot. It's not. There's no, if they're not advancing the bridge or the infrastructure in our state in a meaningful way, and then taking credit, they took Tommy Cumberville specifically took credit for the bill. It is on his Twitter. Please go on his Twitter and look. He acted like. He passed the bipartisan infrastructure package. It is on Twitter. He didn't. He didn't act like you passed it. That is the truth. It is there. And you can come after Tuberville for making a dumb statement. I'm not going to come after Tuberville for supporting a project in his area with federal dollars. And I'm not going to go after Shamari figures either because yesterday or earlier this week, rather, Yellowhammer News, and it's the I work for. went after Shamari figures pretending that he couldn't be happy about a Montgomery Airport project because he voted against the bill. It's a stupid argument. It is something that people do, but if they did not do anything to advance it, they don't deserve credit for it, all right? But that's not true. I'm sorry, are you trying to tell me that they weren't involved in any negotiations going on in the United States Senate at any time regarding this project? To the public's knowledge, not openly, not in a way that could advance the cause. Okay, so the bridge just materialized by itself without any of the Republicans who all voted against this because it was a massive infrastructure bill. Without this, without that. Bipartisan. You have Republicans. Yes, there were bipartisan votes. Of course there were. I'm not even debating that with you. I'm talking about Alabama. Listen again. Listen. Are you telling me that you truly believe there was no conversation with staff or the principals themselves on getting this particular bridge built in Mobile? The only people that were involved in it were people like Terri Sewell? That's the only person in Alabama was all. Everyone else just went home and didn't participate in the conversation. If they weren't vocal about it, I'm going to take them how it is. I'm just going to take it how it is. They weren't vocal about it. So you're just going to say the dumb thing. Okay, I got it. You're just going to say the dub thing. And you're going to say, okay, I'm just going to continue saying this dumb thing. So I can expect a video from you today wandering along the creek. Talking about Shamari figures. Now he needs to shut the hell up about the airport project that he's touting that he had nothing to do with. Can I expect that today? I live a mobile. And I don't know as much about what's going on in Montgomery right now. I know a lot about the bridge. Where does Shamari figures live? Look. Where does Shamari figures live? I'm against extreme. Where does Shamari figures live? I'm against extremism on both sides. Isn't it interesting? You're not against extremism. You're a dumbass. That's all. You're not against extremism. You're just stupid. No, you're just saying dumb things. You can't even answer questions because the second you're asked a question that you know makes your argument sound stupid, you refuse to answer it. And you speak in a coalition to stop the BS and start problem solving. You're a part of nothing.

Okay? You have no impact on anything. You walk around by your crick and say dumb-ass things. Well, that happened to get picked up by a talk show host just so he can make fun of you and mock you. Do you know what city Shafari Figures lives in? Absolutely. What is it? Well, he lives in D.C. most of the time now. Nice try. What city does he live in? Mobile. There you go. Look at you. You found it on Google. Congratulations. Look, my suggestion to you is as follows. Stop. That's it. Whatever you're doing, just stop doing it. Stop embarrassing yourself. Stop accepting interviews you're not prepared for. Stop talking about things you don't understand. Because this is embarrassing. Are you going to take Chamari figures to task? for promoting an airport project that he voted against? Well, I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing, Dale. So nothing. Okay, thanks a lot. That was stupid. Appreciate you being here. Appreciate you being here. Come on the show anytime. God, unbelievable. It is unbelievable. That's exactly the point I was trying to get at with him, too. A, he doesn't know what he's talking about. Okay, that first and foremost. B, I'm sick of hearing people do this whole, like, oh, they voted for the bill, and I can't believe that they're promoting this project that's good for their district because they voted against the bill. It's like, yeah, sometimes you vote against bills that are bad overall, even though there's some good stuff in it. You still vote against it. And they all do it. Shamari Figures did it. And Yellowhammer News, a company I worked for started criticizing him for it. But because I'm an honest person, I came out and said, that's dumb. There's no reason to criticize him for that. But Kyle Sweetser here got a second of attention because he was a former Republican running as a Democrat. Everyone was like, oh, former Republican. He's got a beard too. And look, he's got a Southern draw and he's walking near a crick. Look at him. And his hat looks worn. Look at him. He's like a pet. A safe little pet. That's how they treat him. And then occasionally, this is not the first time this has happened to Kyle, because Kyle's not very smart. I did this exact thing to him last time he came on the program too. He finds himself in situations where he can't understand what he's even talking about. But he'll do it again because he's not very smart. And then we'll ask him to come on and like an idiot, he will. Stay tuned. We'll be back. This is the Dale Jackson Show.

All right, I'm done with car videos, shooting videos from my car and stuff like that. I'm done with that. From now on, I'm going to find myself a crick. And I'm going to get down there and I'm going to say things like, I'm just a folks and guy. I just want to know why they're doing these things. But I need to first go to a store and buy one of those pre-worn, or pre-worn, like worn down hats. Because I need one of those. You can't do that. You got to get like an authentic one. Just get Kelsey's hat. You can't just get Kelsey's hat. That's all beat up. Yeah. It's authentic. Yeah. It's just come on, man. What are you doing? Stop embarrassing yourself. I mean, I just, I really, really want people to understand that you don't have to be this way. And I understand, like, he got a little taste of attention, so he's chasing it. It's like being a crack addict, I assume. Like, you want another hit. You want to chase it because it feels so good. And you get all this attention and you want to hang on to that attention. Jeremy DeVito in North Alabama is kind of the same. So you constantly are chasing that attention. And when you lose your ability to get that attention because you're a candidate, you have to kind of up the ante on the stupid. And then when you do that, people go, okay, yeah, you're just kind of stupid. And people see this all the time. You hear about it all time. I'm sorry, you should be able to see this all the time because you can look at it when you look at people who leave office. There's a school board member who's about to leave office and has transitioned their social media page into essentially a trolling or whatever campaign. And you can see. that the juice is not worth the squeeze. But you're seen as the person starts to realize that. And as they start to realize that, they then slowly fade away. And I'll give you a perfect example. Jeremy DeVito hasn't posted something on his page. Remember he was going to stay around forever, right? Remember that? Jeremy DeVito, he wasn't going anywhere. He was going to be around forever, guys. Well, his last post on his Facebook page was August 11th. So he's kind of giving up that, giving up the ghost, which is fine. And there's nothing wrong with that. Go back and take it to the house and go go be yourself. There's nothing wrong with that. But just understand that that's your lot in life. That is your lot in life. And it is okay. And it's unfortunate. Because they need moments like Kyle Sweetser just went through to realize, wait a second, hold on. If I actually got the attention I would seeking, it will not be good for me. Now, there will be people that will go to Kyle Sweetser. He'll tell them what happened. They'll go and they'll listen to the interview and they'll say, Kyle, you did really good. You did a great job.

Kyle, I know you're listening. So let me just explain this to you real quick. Anyone that tells you that you did a good job today is not your friend. Okay? They're not your earlier friend. Your friend should be like, oh, that sucked. But I'll tell you what, Kyle. You apologize to me for putting my audience through that. And I will give you another shot on this program. Okay? We'll be back. Stay tuned. It's the Dale Jackson Show. The U.S. Soccer Podcast. I'm your host, Megan Klingeberg. And after interviewing so many dudes during this Men's World Cup, I'm so happy to be back with my U.S. women's national team players. I know the U.S. men's national team has changed how I think about myself, how I think about being an American, how I think about being on a team. It's one year out from that World Cup, and we're going to talk about the brightest prospects in U.S. soccer. You ready? I'm ready. Let's do it. The U.S. Soccer podcast, presented by Henko. Follow and listen on your favorite. platform. It's live, it's local. It's the Dale Jackson show. And it's only on News Talk 770 a.m. 925 FM WVNN. Depend on it.

25 FM, WVNN, Dale Jackson Show. Good morning. Thank you very much for being here. Thank you so much for your time today. And thank you for your time every single day. Kyle Sweetser has not apologized to me as of yet. Bugsie, has he apologized to you? No, and I thought we were friends. So I'm a little... Yeah, no apology yet. No apologies yet. We'll see what happens if our good friend Kyle Sweetser apologizes and then gets to become a regular on this program. But I do not foresee that happening. But understand this. I am. nothing but a fair human being. And as Alabama's most trusted journalist, I will be more than happy to open up my show to him and be his best friend. So that's all we got to do is get this stuff going and be happy friends together. All he's got to do is apologize to me. That's it. That's it. Apologize for not answering simple questions and trying to talk over me on my own radio show. What a monster. What an absolute monster. Anyway, we got a lot to get into it and say it after the hour. Time to remind you. Yes, I'm to remind you that it is eight after the hour. That means the Matt Curtis real estate team sells a home every eight hours. Let Matt Curtis and his team sell your home. You'll be happy to look at that billboard. Numbers keep going up. Look at the happy faces. smiles keep going up. And you will be happy that Matt Curtis and the Matt Curtis real estate team can help you today. Matt Curtis, real estate.com. Talk to them today when you do, of course, make sure you tell them that Dale Jackson said you also tell them. That it's around 709 right here at WVNN. That's sponsored by Storm Guard roofing. Veteran owns serving Madison Livestown in Lincoln County for 18 years. Your home is your biggest investment protected with a neighbor, not a stranger. Stormguard roofing AL.com. Go check that out right now. Listen, like I said, you want to protect your home. Stormguard roofing can make that happen for you. It's 77 degrees right here in North Alabama. Now, listen. We're about to get into the seven things you should be talking about today. And there's a lot of it. And there has been a lot of discussion going on, both on health care costs, on the debt going up to $40 trillion. And I know what a lot of you say, well, because you actually don't care about that. If Democrats cared about it, they would be okay with cutting spending to get it back under control. And if Republicans care about it, they would be okay with cutting spending to get it under control. But look, both sides basically are like, we can't cut that. People will die.

And they'll nibble around the edges on USAID and Doge and stuff like that. But any massive reel cuts, neither side is really serious about. So let's just continue full speed ahead into our insolvency. And let's just see what happens when it happens. All right. All right. Good. Okay. We got a lot to get into. Let's call it two minute a truck. Yeah, two minute in truck. Well, I don't call it that. They call it that. But you get two minute a truck and so much more. You're going to need them. You got to move your house. You don't want to do this by yourself. If you do, you're going to find yourself in a situation where you're getting ruts in the floor and dings on the doors. And you don't want that stuff. No, you know, that's just, that's a hassle for you. You don't need that added hassle. You're moving. Let folks who understand moving help you make that move. That's exactly what two men in a truck do. And there's a reason. why everybody loves them. There's a reason why everybody uses them. There's a reason why you should be using them. And I'll tell you what it is. The grandma rule. Treat everyone the way you want your grandma to be treated. That's exactly what they do at two men in a truck. Learn more today. Two men in a truck Huntsville.com. Talk to them. And when you do. Make sure you tell him Dale Jackson sent you. All right, let's do it. It is time for the often duplicated, never replicated the most critically acclaimed segment here on the Dale Jackson show brought to you. by Alabama's most trusted journalist. It's the seven things you should be talking about today. Now time for the seven things you'll be talking about today. Number seven. Boy, oh boy, is there a lot of college money that's going towards college football? And the answer is yes. Boy, boy, there is. There's a lot of money being spent. We talk with Tommy Tuberville about this. I think it was yesterday the day before. 24-7 sports did a deep dive on this and found that two of the most expensive teams, yep, that's right, Alabama and Auburn. We're at about $40 million teams, Texas, Miami, Ohio State, Oregon, LSU, A&M, all $40 million. Others spending between 30 and 40 in the SEC include Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Tennessee. I mean, this is a lot of money. A lot of money being spent in Big Ten teams like Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin, USC, which is still weird to see them in the Big Ten. But they are spending tons of money, tons of money on college football. Number six. All right, prescription drug prices have fallen 0.08% in July, down 3.1% from a year ago, the steepest annual decline in more than six decades.

It's a pretty big news story. Trump R. X, it can be credited. Negotiations, most favorite status that Trump has worked out as well. So they are taking credit for it. But others are saying, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. That's not what it is. That's not what it is. It's the Inflation Reduction Act that has done it, don't you know? You know, the Inflation Reduction Act that did not reduce inflation. Remember that? But it totally brought down health care costs. That's what we're doing. We're trying. I mean, look, Trump did something good, so we can't talk about it. That's as simple as it is. This is a perfect example. Prescription drug prices are going down. Number five. A very sad story involving a cyclist that graduated from Buckhorn High School. It was now a Tennessee college student. It was one of two members of his university's cycling team killed Wednesday morning during a ride. The Tennessee Highway Patrol. laid out what happened when a car crash into a group of cyclists. A 69-year-old man, John Benefield, of Newland, North Carolina has been charged two counts of vehicular homicide by recklessness and five counts of recklessness, a reckless aggravated, excuse me, assault. This sounds like it was intentional. That's what it sounds like to me. Charges like that? I don't know that for a fact. But the way this reads is that this guy intentionally did this. It doesn't sound like an accident, and I hope this guy fries for that. Number four. Leadership of the Family Guidance Center in Montgomery has remained relatively quiet after a Montgomery anti-violence program was infiltrated by drug dealers. 1819 news initially reported that Patrick O'Neill Perry, 32 of Montgomery, was arrested by the Alabama Department of Corrections last week in charge of trafficking marijuana as part of an investigation in the contraband connected to a fountain correctional facility. They later revealed that Daniel Lamar Hatcher was arrested in charge of trafficking cocaine. Both of them showed up on a social media page, Save Our Streets, Montgomery, which was about ending community violence. Yep, Community Violence Intervention Program funded by the city of Montgomery and the Montgomery County and probably the state of Alabama as well, was paying these guys. And these guys were out there involved in the drug trade. Number three. Governor-elect, national championship winning coach United States Senator Tommy Tuberville continues his data center push.

Probably to his own detriment. Data centers of the future, he said. They will bring it a ton of tax money, he said. Citing $78 billion in a project expected to generate $1 billion in annual tax revenue for his host city will defending expansion of calls for a moratorium. So he is continuing to tout the positives of getting this job done. And for some reason. There's really a push against this and it is just anti-fact. Okay, that's the best I can say. The hatred of moratorium or the, excuse me, the hatred of data centers continues to make no sense. But it is really, really, really, really affected. Number two. Oh, Lounding County, Virginia is the richest county in the country. Why? Well, because they have 250 data centers generating an expected $1.3 billion in tax revenue next year. The New York Times wrote a piece, and the New York Times piece is phenomenal. It is. Wait until you to hear the headline on this piece. It is. It's crazy. A county got rich from data centers. Some question at what cost. Well, I, intrepid journalist Dale Jackson, some say Alabama's most trusted journalist, read the story. And the answer to the what cost is this. Property values have gone up significantly. And in the immediate area of the data center, there's some noise. That's the cost. There you go. Shut them all down. Now, time for the number one thing you'll be talking about today. President Donald Trump announced the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country against Iran, and that is in all caps. Warning any nation providing a lifeline faces tremendous economic consequences. As the U.S. conducts a stealth operation transporting about 10 million barrels of oil daily through the Strait of Hormuz and maintains its naval blockade. So they're fighting a way around the oil issues. They're working on that. He's calling it economic D-Day and saying anyone involved? You're going to pay. That's what he's saying. He said, this will be economic warfare in isolation on an unprecedented scale, claiming Iran's Navy is gone, its Air Force destroyed, its military factory is reduced to rubble, its currency worthless, and the country is hanging by a thread. So, this is where we get them, okay? That's what's going to happen. It is economic D-Day. That's what he's calling it. So there we go. And look, I wish him the best. I mean, the U.S. has unleashed the most crushing economic operation ever taken on any country. I wish him the best. I hope he gets it done soon.

And that's exactly what needs to happen. Let's lock this thing up, get this thing done, get that oil flow and get gas prices down and get the economy moving further. And let's be happy about it. Stop the death and destruction by ending this correctly, limiting their ability to cause problems in the region, limiting their abilities to get nukes, limiting their ability to do anything except operate as a quasi-responsible nation. That's what we're looking for. That's what we're talking about. That's what needs to happen. But TikTok, TikTok. Probably not going to get there before the election. So that's pretty unfortunate because that's going to have some long-lasting consequences. All right. Let's take a quick timeout. Thank you very much for being here on WVNN. We'll continue next. Get WBNN's Dale Jackson seven things you should be talking about today. Right in your email box every morning. Go to yellowhammer news.com and sign up today.

Guys, the hit is out on data centers and we shouldn't be surprised. I mean, it's been happening for a while. Okay, let's just be clear about it. It has been going down for quite some time. And now on the same day, you have two coordinated stories. It's wild. It's almost like there's a hive mind operating with our friends in the media. It's kind of funny. It really is. It's kind of funny. You know, the New York Times, again, has a story out, and it's really amazing the way they talk about this kind of stuff. And it's fun. It is. Accounting out rich from data centers. Some question, at what cost? What have we given up to get here? 1.3 billion dollars in tax revenue in 2027 coming in from data centers like 65% or whatever of the tax dollars they're going to collect. The article asks at what cost and that apparently loud noises at the site and houses selling at double the cost. One of the parts of the article says that tech companies are coming in to neighborhoods and being like, hey, that house is worth $2 million. What if we gave you four? Will you go away?

I mean, I'm just thinking of myself, like, if they came and offered me double the price of my house, which would make them offer me like $62,000, I would then go, yeah, I'd take that money. And then Cindy and Grant would be like, where did, where did Dale go? Like, where did he go? And everyone else would ask, how come, how come Dale hasn't been to work in forever? And then you'd see me on TV in Vegas, like, laying in the. The fountains there. That's what you would find. But loud noises and double the cost. A.L.com has their own version of this story, which they always do. Hey, you saw that story that happened in the New York Times? What if we rewrote it and put the word sweet home in the headline? The headline, sweet home for data centers. I think that's the song. What we know about Alabama's multi-billion dollar industry. Data centers already represent $2.4 billion in investment across Alabama. There are projects that are still out there. Total investment has grown to $63 billion. And they talk about where these data centers are and what they do, the demand, and they focus on the local pushback that you were starting to see. And then they talk about the hyperscale data centers and things like that. Now you have a bunch of people who are mad about this and have people who are saying don't bring in these data centers. A lot of it is motivated by the anti-tech, anti-AI side of it. A lot of it, however, is really just more of the same I don't want this factory in this community. There's a lot of that too. A lot of that. A lot of that. A lot of that. So just imagine, you know, they said, hey, we're going to build an auto part plant here. People go, I don't want that auto part plant near me. That's basically what they, what they're saying. There's another article that's not related to ALA.L.com or Alabama that suggests that the data center boom is bad because the cities could become reliant on the tax revenue, which is interesting. The perspective of the press is now, hey guys, maybe we're getting too much revenue. Maybe we have too much money coming in from these sources. Have we thought about maybe not collecting enough revenue here? I mean, to which I would say, well, okay, then cut up a tax break. I mean, you could do that. No? No. Okay. Nine cities in Alabama have moratoriums on building data centers. More are being suggested. You have people pushing and saying we're not going to allow them. There are other places that are trying to build up the requirements for said data centers, which I think is the right thing to do. You figure out what your requirements are going to be and then do that. Philip Insler, Doug Jones, they both want to be something. So they are calling for moratoriums on the data centers. It's interesting. So they're calling for a stop in economic development. And it's working.

So get ready. I mean, look, this is coming. You're getting more moratoriums. You're seeing all this stuff. The talk about water's overblown. The talk about energy is overblown. They're now having people go to town hall. Someone said the other day at a town hall that the vibration of the data center is causing miscarriages. So we're starting to see all of that. Start to work its way in there. So this is basically becoming the anti-nuclear power movement, and that has crippled us for quite some time. This will do the same. Dale Jackson. Trump is spending money on a ballroom. Can you believe it? That's why our debt's $40 trillion. It's not because any talk of cutting any benefit ever in the history of the world was met with your murdering people. It's not because we spend more on SNAP benefits today, even though poverty is lower than it's ever been. It's not because of that. It's because of the ballroom, guys. That's the real issue. Trump avails new White House project as U.S. debt tops $40 trillion. Well, you know, if Trump didn't build a new ballroom on the White House, the debt wouldn't be $40 trillion. It's a completely stupid thing to say, but boy, are people going to eat it up? Because stuff like this is easy to eat up. I'm Dale Jackson, Alabama's most trusted journalist. Let's bring our next guest on Kyle Sweetser. Now, let's see if we can get this bio correct here. We've got to get it right. But first let me remind you, he joins us here on the Alabama-350 million dollar bulldog hotline. Alabama, Alabama, A&M, $350 million. $238 million in North Alabama alone. Learn more about it at aamu.edu.com. E.D.U. Kyle Sweetser is a former Republican voted for Trump twice. Then he ran. for United States Senate as a Democrat. And I got to tell you, guys, he didn't win. I know. You would think running a Democrat primary going, I voted for Trump twice. Vote for Trump twice, guys. It would have really helped him. But it did help the guy who's running for Governor George of Florida right now. Yeah, he was a former Republican congressman. Anyway, Sweetser wasn't able to pull it off. So now we are going to be thrilled by videos of him walking by a crick. and saying, well, you know, ah, and yesterday's rant was about how the bridge down in Mobile should not be named the Gateway to the Gulf of America, Donald J. Trump Bridge, which, by the way, he's right about that. It should be called the Nick Sabin Bridge. But I don't really want to talk about that side of it, but that was the beginning of it. The real thing that I want to talk about is... The take that Kyle had about the people who voted for the bill or didn't vote for the bill. Kyle, thank you for being here. I'll let you comment on the name because I agree the name is stupid and then we'll move on to the other thing. Go ahead. Well, it should resonate with something down with the people down in lower Alabama like Hank Aaron or Jimmy Buffett, not some New York ex-liberal Donald Trump.

Yeah, I agree. I agree. Not for the reason you just laid out, but I do agree. It should have a different name. We should name things after people who are still alive and elected officials. We should be naming prisons after Kay Ivey. Just stupid thing to do. Now, in this conversation you were having with the Creek, you brought up the idea that Barry Moore and Tommy Tuberville. did not vote for the infrastructure project that is part of the funding of this, as if that was some sort of an own. You do realize there's going to need more funding to be voted for this bridge in order for it to get done. It's not 100% funded. You know that, right? Yeah, 100%. As somebody that's lived down here, I've watched this play out. And really, it's a frustration of both parties, not being able to build things. It's getting old. You know, and down here in lower Alabama, we've watched this issue just explode. More than 50% of the folks that drive over that bridge, you know, are going through our state. They're from out of state. So I do believe that there's a component that needs to be federal funding that helps there. Originally, it was shut down because there was some folks that got money together on the private end to fund it. And there was going to be a toll. So they, the anti-construction folks, the anti-economic progress folks. you know, down here railed against it. It looks like there's probably going to be a toll anyways, and it might even cost more now because we waited so long. Yeah, I agree with that. That has nothing to do with what I said, though. So let's backtrack here for just a second. Your argument somehow was that Barry Moore and Tommy Tuberville did not vote for this infrastructure project that included this as part of it. And my question to you was you do realize there will require more federal funding in order to build this, correct? Right, right. It's 500 million and that bridge is billions of dollars. Yes, 3.1 billion. And, you know, the longer we wait, the higher the cost because we have inflation, the cost of construction has gone up. That is absolutely correct. But the reason I bring that up to you is what you're saying sounds good for politics, but it ignores the actual issue. You wanted to be in the United States Senate and failed. But if you had gone there, I think you would have found at times, and maybe you'll agree with this, maybe you won't, you would have found that, let's just say there was a bill that you couldn't support as a whole. But there were portions of that bill that maybe you put an amendment on, or maybe there was a portion of the bill that you supported, but you still couldn't vote for the broader project. Would you be unable to say, I'm happy this project is coming, even though you voted against the bill?

So these guys, the concern is that Tommy Tuberville, you go back to his Twitter, after it was passed, he took credit for the bill as if he got that money. You're not listening. You're not listening. You're not listening. Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, you're not talking to a creek. You're having a conversation with the human. And I know it's a little harder because you can't just say anything you want without somebody questioning it. In this particular case. I'm trying to ask you a question. And I want you to see if you can understand it, okay? This time, super slow. Bill go up. Bill no good. Vote against Bill. However, good thing in Bill. Okay with good thing in Bill, but not like Bill as whole, so vote no. Is possible be happy about thing in Bill? Look, they didn't do anything to advance this money down here. And the bottom line is, they're out here taking credit for something. I'm going to let you say whatever you want to say, but you're going to have to answer the question. You're going to have to answer the question. I'm sorry. You can try to talk over me, but I'm not a creek. You do eventually have to have a conversation. So again, I need to know this because at this point, I'm not sure you understand this. So I'm going to ask you again, do you understand that a bill can come up, that you oppose as a whole for various reasons, a poison pill, too much spending, whatever, and there be a piece of that legislation that you're actually happy with? and you can be okay with. That's acceptable, right? It was a bipartisan bill on the people in Alabama that represent us. The reason you won't answer the question is because you know it deadnates your entire. Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, listen, man, look, I'm trying to help you out here. Okay, I'm trying to help you out here. You look foolish. I'm trying to make you look less foolish. Let me help you. You do understand that, correct? Do you understand that if someone takes credit for some money, but I don't know what your question is going to be. I have no idea. But I will tell you this, listen, listen, listen, listen, no matter what your question is, do you understand? Whatever your question is, I promise you, I will answer it fully. If you can answer this very simple question, do you understand that you can vote against a bill? That that bill could have good things in it for your district, for your state, for the country, and you still vote against it for a number of reasons and still be okay with pieces of the legislation that passed. Do you, Kyle Sweetser, understand that? There was no effort for them to advance this cause. I understand what you're saying. No, no, you don't see what I'm saying because all you have to do, hold on, you don't understand. If you understood, you would say yes, Dale or no, Dale, and we can move on from the conversation. Instead, you're trying to like wiggle your way out of a simple question because it makes you look stupid. So do you understand yes or no? And then you can say whatever you want. Sure.

Thank you. Congratulations to you. It is amazing. Listen to this. It only took 10 minutes to get you to understand a simple point. Now say your next dumb thing. Well, if they didn't do anything to advance it down here. So your point is moot. All right. There's no, if they're not advancing the bridge or the infrastructure in our state in a meaningful way and then taking credit, they took Tommy Cumberville specifically took credit for the bill. It is on his Twitter. Please go on his Twitter and look. He acted like. He passed the bipartisan infrastructure package. It is on Twitter. He didn't. He didn't act like you passed it. That is the truth. It is there. And you can come after Tuberville for making a dumb statement. I'm not going to come after Tuberville for supporting a project in his area with federal dollars. And I'm not going to go after Shamari figures either because yesterday or earlier this week, rather, Yellowhammer News, and it's the I work for. went after Shamari figures pretending that he couldn't be happy about a Montgomery Airport project because he voted against the bill. It's a stupid argument. It is something that people do, but if they did not do anything to advance it, they don't deserve credit for it, all right? But that's not true. I'm sorry, are you trying to tell me that they weren't involved in any negotiations going on in the United States Senate at any time regarding this project? To the public's knowledge, not openly, not in a way that could advance the cause. Okay, so the bridge just materialized by itself without any of the Republicans who all voted against this because it was a massive infrastructure bill. Without this, without that. Bipartisan. You have Republicans. Yes, there were bipartisan votes. Of course there were. I'm not even debating that with you. I'm talking about Alabama. Listen again. Listen. Are you telling me that you truly believe there was no conversation with staff or the principals themselves on getting this particular bridge built in Mobile? The only people that were involved in it were people like Terri Sewell. That's the only person in Alabama was all. Everyone else just went home and didn't participate in the conversation. If they weren't vocal about it, I'm going to take them how it is. I'm just going to take it how it is. They weren't vocal about it. So you're just going to say the dumb thing. Okay, I got it. You're just going to say the dub thing. And you're going to say, okay, I'm just going to continue saying this dumb thing. So I can expect a video from you today wandering along the creek. Talking about Shamari figures. Now he needs to shut the hell up about the airport project that he's touting that he had nothing to do with. Can I expect that today? I live a mobile. And I don't know as much about what's going on in Montgomery right now. I know a lot about the bridge. Where does Shamari figures live? Look. Where does Shamari figures live? I'm against. Where does Shamari figures live?

I'm against extremism on both sides. Isn't it interesting? You're not against extremism. You're a dumbass. That's all. You're not against extremism. You're just stupid. No, you're just saying dumb things. You can't even answer questions. Because the second you're asked a question that you know makes your argument sound stupid, you refuse to answer it. And you speak in a coalition to stop the BS and start problem solving. You're a part of nothing. Okay? You have no impact on anything. You walk around by your crick and say dumb-ass things. Well, that happened to get picked up by a talk show just so he can make fun of you and mock you. Do you know what city Shafari Figures lives in? Absolutely. What is it? Well, he lives in D.C. most of the time now. Nice try. What city does he live in? Mobile. There you go. Look at you. You found it on Google. Congratulations. Look, my suggestion to you is as follows. Stop. That's it. Whatever you're doing, just stop doing it. Stop embarrassing yourself. Stop accepting interviews you're not prepared for. Stop talking about things you don't understand. Because this is embarrassing. Are you going to take Chamari figures to task for promoting an airport project that he voted against? Well, I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing, Dale. And I'm going to focus on the issue. That was stupid. Appreciate you being here. Appreciate you being here. Come on the show anytime. God, unbelievable. It is unbelievable. That's exactly the point I was trying to get at with him, too. A, he doesn't know what he's talking about. Okay, that first and foremost. B, I'm sick of hearing people. do this whole, like, oh, they voted for the bill, and I can't believe that they're promoting this project that's good for their district because they voted against the bill. It's like, yeah, sometimes you vote against bills that are bad overall, even though there's some good stuff in it. You still vote against it. And they all do it. Shamari Figures did it. And Yellowhammer News, a company I worked for started criticizing him for it, but because I'm an honest person, I came out and said, that's dumb. There's no reason to criticize him for that. But Kyle Sweetser here got a second of attention because he was a former Republican running as a Democrat. Everyone was like, oh, former Republican. He's got a beard too. And look, he's got a southern drawl and he's walking near a crick. Look at him. And his hat looks worn. Look at him. He's like a pet. A safe little pet. That's how they treat him. And then occasionally, this is not the first time this has happened to Kyle, because Kyle's not very smart. I did this exact thing to him last time he came on the program too. He finds himself in situations where he can't understand what he's even talking about. But he'll do it again because he's not very smart. And then we'll ask him to come on and like an idiot, he will. Stay tuned. We'll be back. This is the Dale Jackson Show.

that we appreciate them coming in and listening to the program. Aaron Thomas is with us. House District 10, I mentioned it as the swingiest of swing. states. And yeah, I want to have him on the program here a lot and talk with him because that's one of the seats that is absolutely in play. So let's go ahead and bring him on the program here. He's running in House District 10. And that is the district currently held by Maryland. She won that in a special election. There's been a lot of upheaval in that district. People not living in the district and running and winning and then going to jail and all these other things. So, yeah, looking for. a little consistency there in that district. Let's bring Aaron Thomas on the program. You may know him. He owns the Donato's pizzas in the area as well. Aaron Thomas, thank you very much for being here. We were talking about this a second ago. So let me ask this question before we get going too far into this. Are data centers a topic of conversation that keep coming up? Good morning, Dale. First of all, thanks for having me on. Yeah, data centers do come up, but in all the doors that I've knocked, I think that's probably number four or five on the list. You know, affordability, of course, being number one, but they do come up. Okay, what do people want? Well, honestly, it's kind of a split. You have some people who are really concerned about the infrastructure and their ability to support them with the electricity and water, which, you know, they're not using evaporative cooling so much anymore, but you still have, you know, electrical draw. Then you also have the other side of the coin, which is people say, well, we think that data centers are coming no matter what. So we just think local municipalities are the ones that need to make those decisions, kind of like Senator Gavann said. And the other component is there are a lot of folks that say, well, you know, since we know that they're coming, we really don't like the idea of the Chinese having all the data centers. So, you know, I would say, I would say it's kind of a mixed bag out there. Okay, I would agree with that. I think that's probably a fair way of putting it. There are a lot of... conversations about this happening. And I think we've got to have these conversations because the reality is they're happening elsewhere. And you can either own them or you can be run over by them. I mean, that's as simple as it is. And I think that this is definitely where we need to go in this broader conversation. You mentioned affordability. As a member of the State House of Representatives, what can you do about affordability since that's one of the big buzzwords right now? What is your answer to the affordability question?

Yeah, absolutely. Well, to begin with, I think we need to seriously look at getting rid of the final 2% of the grocery tax. I think that would go a long way to helping people shore up some of their resources and keep a little bit more money so that they can feed their families. Another thing is we have some unnecessary taxes on baby supplies, formula bottles, different things like that. You know, we've already had at least one attempt so far to eliminate that tax, but we need to seriously take a look at that as well. And, you know, there are a bunch of things that can be done to just kind of make sure that the resources, the money that you generate from your hard work, stay with you and your family unit. And, you know, so I think we have a really, really good caucus and some good House leadership that's going to help us make sure that we get those things done for the hardworking folks here in North Alabama. You mentioned you're out there door knocking. You're talking to people. They're talking about affordability. They're talking about these things. The races in that district have been relatively contentious lately. Like Sam Gavan mentioned, Republicans have a pickup opportunity there in order to get in there and take some of those seats back or take that seat back. Excuse me. That opportunity exists. Does that come up at all? Do people even know that that's happening? Yeah, honestly, there are quite a few people who, when I'm door knocking, just say, you know what, we want common sense representation and we're tired of all the mud slinging from the left and the right. And they want to come back to kind of common sense governance that just focuses on the kitchen table issues. And so. Fortunately for me, I don't know that my opponent has really done a good enough job, making sure that she's been out in the community actually talking to people. So the name ID really, really isn't there for her. And that's a huge asset for me. And that being said, you know, my primary focus is making sure I get out, knock as many doors as I possibly can, and talk to as many different people as I possibly can. How often is that happening? And I mentioned that. I asked that question because I agree with you. I think that's an important thing. These races are literally won through door knocking and stuff like that. Yeah, ads are important. I'm not suggesting they're not because they absolutely are. But how many doors are you knocking out there? Well, I can't give out some tactical information. But, you know, I will say that I'm in the thousands. and we're going strong. We're going to keep going all the way through November 3rd. All right, Aaron Thomas. Thank you very much. Always appreciate him coming on the program. He is running for House District 10. And look, he picked up the phone and said, hey, I'd like to talk to the audience. Any candidate can do that. Democrat, Republican, whatever. Thanks for taking advantage of that. We'll be back. This is The Dale Jackson Show. Start your day with the morning jolt of Drake Toll. Anywhere in the country. Your home for talking sports. The United States hockey team has four teeth left. What is LeBron James Legacy? Leonel Mess. 906 career goals is stupid. All of it. The Knicks. The Los Angeles Lakers. Aaron Rogers. Georgia football players. The Dolphins. The Mets. As it happened, when it happened. We'll talk all of it. Westwood One Sports Talk. Your home for Drake Toll. Follow and listen on your favorite platform.

It's live, it's local. It's the Dale Jackson Show. And it's only on News Talk 770 a.m. 925 FM WVNN. Depend on it. Jackson here with you. God, these people are so stupid. Honestly, I realize in life that often I am surrounded by morons. I get it. I get it. I'm surrounded by morons. Occasionally, you just deal with morons because you're surrounded by them. You have to. If anything, it makes me a better talk show host, the amount of times I have to deal with stupid people. I'm just being honest with you. But I look at television sometimes, I think, wow, those people are even dumber. The headline on CNN right now is Trump unveils new White House project as U.S. debt tops $40 trillion. Now, look, if you think the ballroom is what blew the debt up, you're crazy. I mean, the equivalent of this would be if, like, Biden was in office right now and people be like, You know, the debt just hit 40 trillion. And Joe Biden built himself a fake White House in order to do videos because he's brain dead. And the easiest way to do this is to put him into a studio that they can easily edit and play with. It did the same thing? It's like looking at Congress and going like, these guys make too much money. And we have a $40 trillion debt. And it's like, guys, you could add all the pay that Congress has ever received since the beginning of this country. And it's a blip on the radar. It is not the issue. But we just say these things because we're stupid. And it makes people feel good. Okay, the dumbest people you know are the happiest people you know. That's the truth. Just think about it. The dumbest people you know are the happiest people you know. Why? Because they don't know they're dumb. They have no idea. They have no clue how stupid they are. Now, a lot of people say, damn, what is wrong with you? I have a bad attitude today. That's what's wrong with me. Take it after the hour. Let me remind you about my good friend Matt Curtis, the Matt Curtis real estate team. Not a dumb guy, a very smart guy. A very smart guy. He gets it. Matt Curtis realestate.com. Talk to that guy today. He's going to make sure that he sells your house and he does it very, very quickly. Matt Curtis, real estate.com. Talk to that guy today. And what do you do? Tell him Dale Jackson sent you. Yeah. How are you? And I know you think I'm talking about you. I know you think I'm talking about you. What? No, I know. No, I know you're not talking about me. That's okay. You, you knew. I'm talking about yeah. Unless you are.

Now I think it. Yeah, he's too dumb to know that it's him I'm talking about. That's the amazing thing about it. Yeah, he and I will get through today. Yeah, someone told me yesterday. They came up to me and they said, I got to tell you something. I was like, yeah, what's that? It's like, you and Yaffy are great together. You guys are great on the air together. Oh, wow. And then I slapped him across the face. I said, don't ever compare me to Yaffe ever again. How dare you do such a thing. But we got Hayden 8 coming up here in just a second. We'll get to that. It's brought to you by my friends and scout pest control. Again, very smart people doing very smart things, making sure those pests get out of your home. That's what they do. Brown recluse is gone. Bedbugs out. Ants, roaches, rats, you name it. Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. Mosquitoes, terabytes, I've already mentioned, they're gone twice. Scout pest control gets rid of them, and scout pest control is hated by those pests. That's why they're proud sponsors of my favorite segment every single day. Hate! And, hey! I'm not proud as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!

What's got you steamed? What's got you mad? Tell us now. It's time for hate at eight. Now, if any of you got anything else to say, now the time! You know, it's probably why I was so mean to Eric or to Kyle Sweetser this morning. Now that I think about it, he might have just caught me on a bad day. I say that knowing that I probably would have been mean to him anyway. I'll just be honest with you. I'll just be honest with him. But yeah. So, yeah, he walked into a bus saw that I don't think he was expecting. But all right, speaking to that. They should expect it, though, right? What's that? They should expect it from you. They should always expect it. But they never do for some reason. They always think they're going to be the one that's different is what it is. Well, they always think I'm the one that can tame them. It's like women. Women are always like, I can change him. No, you can't. See, that's what I get it. I get it. You can't. You can't do it. You just can't do it. Let's go to Dwayne real quick. Dwayne. You are on the scout pest control.com, WVNNN, hot take tax line. What do you hate on? I am hating on any conservatives that would consider switching over because of AI to vote for Doug Jones. That would be a terrible thing in the long run. He is going to be for his urban base. If he was governor about the fourth year and something was running again, we would already see the terribleness that we would be into. What anybody does need to do, though, is to show Tommy Tuberville, we do want him to look at our situations out here in the rural areas like Somerville. And to do that, when a pollster calls you, tell them that you're voting for right-in candidate. Stand ground. so that they see that there's enough people that either one of them's got to do the right thing as far as what some of us are concerned, Dale. Wait, what is this? Did you say, is the guys named Stand Ground? Is that what you said? I'm saying put SG in there and it's going to stand for whatever you want it to as a right-in name. And I'm saying stand ground is what it stands for. Okay, I got you. That's what I thought is. Yes, okay. All right, that's interesting. I got you. I thought it's interesting. I got you. To show the movement toward us having a problem. Okay, got it. Appreciate it. Thank you very much. Candidate stand ground. Okay, there we go. It's an interesting idea. All right. Let's get to it. Austin's up here. Austin, what do you hate on? I'm hating on that I'm being mocked by flock cameras. I see them everywhere now. I'm like so aware of them because we talk about them so much. Tell them what I did to you yesterday. Okay. So you said, hey, put your vehicle license plate number into this website called like are you flocked.com. And then I said to Dale, hey, Dale.

Is this a trick or is the bit that I'm going to be putting my license plate number into it? You assured me and promised me. No, of course, Austin. I would never do something like that to you. And then I put it in and then I mocked for putting my... License plate number into a website. I don't want them tracking me. Let me go to this random website and enter in my license plate number. There are a lot of lessons there, though, for you. Awesome. Yes, there were. Yeah, there's multiple lessons. Not just that, but it's always a trick. Always. It's always a trick. It's always a trap. You're so trusting, Austin. Yeah. All right, Bugsie. What do you hate none? I'm hating on being a criminal. Okay, so I hate... YouTube, like the regular YouTube, and for like three years I've been paying for YouTube premium, but they raise the price. It's super expensive now. I can't afford it. Wait a second. I have YouTube premium. How much is it? Well, it's like $18 or something like that. Oh, wow. I didn't even know that. Yeah, it's not worth it for like the only thing I do is like I don't want to see the ads on my phone because I don't want to turn on an ad blocker because it's annoying to do that on a phone. And I also, there's just like a lot of like little quality of life things. Like I want to be able to like turn my screen off while I'm driving so I can listen to a podcast. Yeah. And so anyways, there's this. I'm not going to mention the name of it, but I've been stealing YouTube premium. You have to like hack the. and patch it or whatever. But anyways, so I've gotten so used to this thing. And then it just stopped working yesterday. And so because I was a criminal, I couldn't just like uninstall it and reinstall it. You're going to jail. It took three hours to uninstall and reinstall it. It's just so inconvenient being a criminal. Yeah, you're going to jail. Just because I wanted to turn my phone script up. But I did YouTube sucks. Like regular YouTube sucks. I had to use it for like two minutes. I didn't like it. Yeah, yeah. I pay for the premium too. They got me. They've got me. They've got me. They've got me. All right. Yeah, Fee. What do you hate doing on? I'm just hitting on $40 trillion in debt. Oh my God. This is the most predictable problem. that we have and we can't seem to do anything about it. It's just going to keep getting worse. Can I just tell you that I don't care? Is that fair to say? I mean, I guess you probably should care, but. Why? Why should I care? Tell me who the person. Who is the person? that's going to fix it. Who is? Who is it? What vote could I possibly cast? Oh, you don't care because there's nothing we can do about it. Right. I mean, it's obvious. There's nothing we can do about it. It's absolutely obvious. It is so obvious. There's nothing we can do about it. Neither side actually cares. I mean, good Lord, you talk about cutting a single dollar and they're like, oh my God, you're murdering people. Yeah. They nibbled around the edges for Doge and they freaked out. But apparently the ballroom is the thing that's driving the federal debt.

It's stupid. It's so dumb. I'm just like, who am I supposed to take seriously on this? Who? I mean, when Democrats are in power, the media tells us that the debt and deficit is actually good. That's the argument they make. It's good. And when Republicans are in power, the ballroom is the one that did it. I mean, it's just, it's just insane. It's absolutely insane stuff. Absolutely insane. Sounds like you do hate it. Yeah, well, I'm not saying I don't hate it, but I also at the same time, I'm pulling a yaffee on this. This is how mad I am today. I don't care. That's the, you know, I'm pulling a happy. Yeah. All right. Someone asked me what I'm hate on. Dale, what are you hating on? I'm hating on Pop-Tarts. Yep, I'm doing this segment correct. Okay, guys. I'm hating on Pop-Tarts. Have you seen the latest Pop-Tart invention? Has anyone seen it? I didn't know there was a new one. I just hate Pop-Tarts in general. There's a new one. There's a new one. Yeah, Fee, you know those buzz balls you drink in your car at the gas station? No, I do not. What is that? You call me all the time and you're sitting in your car. You're like, oh my God. No, he gets the big ones, not the little ones. No, he gets the little ones. Don't lie. Yeah, he calls me in his car on a video and he's like just sitting in a parking lot. And he's like, I'm just trying to get away from the wife and kids for a little bit. And he's just chugging buzz balls from the gas station. And I'm like, are you driving? And he's like, oh, it's not that far. Don't worry about it. And I'm like, okay, that's fine. But you should, you should not be doing that. Well, anyway, Yavi. Was I flocked after that? No, you are. You don't try to make it to where this isn't a serious conversation. And so next time you're sitting in your car, Yaffe, I'm set with your wife and kids and you're drinking your buzz balls. Know now that you have the opportunity to get a Pop-Tart buzz ball. 15% alcohol by volume. This sounds like something you would drink, Yavi. It is chocolate smores, frosted s'mores. The other flavors include brown sugar cinnamon. And it's basically 15, it's malt liquor. I mean, essentially for no other way to put it. It is an alcoholic beverage with 15% alcohol by volume. And it has Pop-Tart flavors. You end on this, Yaffy? No. Yeah. Does it sound good? No. I imagine like mashed up Pop-Tart inside of it, just in liquid. That's how I imagine it. No. I know it's not. I know it's not. But hearing Pop-Tart alcohol makes me think that. And it just doesn't seem like it would be good. I bet people will love it, though. Does it have Graham-cracker flavor? If you're drinking this, if you're drinking this out of a buzzball in the parking lot and a gas station, you've got a problem. Okay. And we're concerned about vapes and, you know, how they target kids. Are you telling me that the Pop-Tart alcohol isn't targeting kids?

I mean, who's the target for this? Besides Yaffy. Who's the target for this? Millennials. Gen Z. I was about to say, man-child millennials would love this. Awesome. Guys, you guys, no, Pop-Tarts are not y'alls. Pop-Tarts are Gen Xer thing. What are he's talking about? We were advertised heavily to by the little Pop-Tart guys. All right. All right. So, Austin, Frosted Smoors, or Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tart Buzzball? Which one? I'm not a big chocolate guy, so I'm going to go for the brown sugar cinnamon. Bugsy, which one? Smoors. Yeah, Vee. Is this a trap? Should I just say this question is a trap? It's not a trap. I'm just assuming it is somehow. Which one? I don't know. What were the options again? Frosted s'mores and frosted brown sugar cinnamon. Smoors. I'll go with that. Okay. I know what you guys are getting for Christmas. Stay tuned, guys. We'll be right back. Dale Jackson. Kathy, what's the favorite thing you ever ordered from a catalog growing up? I don't think I've ever ordered anything from a catalog. No, I think about it. Never? Did you circle the catalogs when you were growing up, like the pictures of the catalog of stuff you wanted for Christmas and stuff? No, it was just not a thing that I did. We did that. I mean, I'm older than you, but we did that. We circled stuff. We wanted the catalog. I've just circled everything. Like, why are they making me do this? I'm not getting all this stuff. Why are they making me do this? And you'd go through and you circle all of that. No one else did that? I have. I mean, I'm way younger than Yaffe and you too, but I've done it. I love doing. Book fairs as a kid where you could circle books. Do you remember the little, like, it was like wrapping paper samples in them? The scholastic book fairs? Exactly. Those were awesome. And you're circling the books you want? They had toys and stuff, too. Yeah, they had mostly toys. Yeah, I mean, what is the Mount Rushmore of Steve Martin movies? The Mount. Let's see. Is Father of the Bride? That's the Steve Martin movie. Okay. How do you prepare your filet mignon? Yeah. Medium rare. Okay. All right, good, good. If you could buy a professional North American sports franchise, which one would it be? Ooh. The Atlanta Magic. That is such a stupid answer. Who is your favorite podcaster, Evie? Dale Jackson. Okay, that's good answer. That's good answer. What makes for a perfect lazy day? sleep. Okay. I'm trying to figure out how to do talk radio correctly, benign nonsensical questions and make sure I get it right. So I'm just trying to figure all of this out because apparently I've been doing it wrong by going for the jugular constantly. So apparently I'm one of the biggest monsters that's ever existed and I must be rained in here. Yeah, I mean, did you hear a conversation with Kyle Sweetser today? And if you didn't, can I tell you about it? Yes, tell me about it. All right, Kyle Sweetser is running or was running for United States Senate. He was a former Republican, voted for Trump twice, and he became a Democrat, and he likes to walk around by his crick outside of his house and, like, rant into the camera, but in a really foxy way and like one of those pre-torn, pre-worn hats and a brown shirt, and he's got a beard, and he says y'all a lot, you know, that kind of stuff. He's doing that whole thing where he's like,

You know, I just don't understand how people in Washington, D.C., they come down here, and they've tried to put a bridge up, and they just don't understand the way we do it down here with our hands in the red clay. You know, that kind of stuff. It's just like, oh, my God, dude, shut up, please. And then you look at his picture, and it's like, oh, man, this guy really wanted to be like a boy band or something when he was growing up. But anyway, one of the arguments he made is we should not name the bridge after Donald Trump. The Gulf of America, Donald J. Trump Bridge, which I think he is correct. But for a dumb reason. I saw what you said. Yeah. Yeah. So it's a dumb bridge. Yes, I did that for Yellowhammer now, a totally safe topic, which I hope to one day post on VIN's Facebook page safely. The. The point I think that I had, the bigger problem I had, and Yellowhammer did this. So I was mad at Yellowhammer for doing this as well. But he brought up that like Tommy Tuberville and Barry Moore are talking about this and they're talking about it and they voted against the legislation. Can you believe it? And I was just like, do you understand that you can vote against legislation and still have good things? And he just couldn't comprehend it. He could not comprehend that that was a possibility. Why? What? And then ALD or excuse me, Yellowhammer News did it to Shamari figures yesterday. He voted against a spending bill and it included money for an airport in Montgomery. And they're like, oh, well, how's he going to have? Was he going to say anything about this bridge here or this airport? He voted against the bill. Isn't that stupid? Am I crazy? I just think that's the laziest, dumbest thing. Am I wrong? No, and it's all a trap. This is why they package them in giant bills so they can play this game. They can either get them to vote for it, even if they don't like a lot of stuff about it, or they play this game where they don't vote for it. And they say, ah, see, you are against it. It's a trap, but that's why they do it. Yeah, and I fully believe Yellowhammer did that because I laid the trap a couple weeks ago on it. I laid it out how stupid it was that every article writes this about Republicans and you've never seen it about Democrats and then boom, here it is. Someone finally did it with Democrats and it was Yellow Hair News, the company I worked for. And then I said, ha, now I'm going to criticize you for doing it. So I feel like I kind of walk them into a trap. Am I a monster? Yes, but. I mean, that probably is why they did it. So I can't say anything. Am I right, though, to think this is a dumb thing that people are criticizing people for? Yes. See how simple that is? I asked Yaffy a question and he answered it. I asked him a very direct question and he answered it. It was a one word answer which sucks, but it is a one word answer that was correct. So it's not that hard to have these type of conversations. Even if you don't necessarily, Yaffe laid out a second ago, his explanation for the issue and all these other things, which is fine. That's exactly right. It's where you're supposed to do it.

But he also answered the very simple question. Not everything is a trap, guys. That's the moral of the story. Now, a lot of times it is a trap, but sometimes it's not, which might be a trap itself. You're listening to the Dale Jackson Show. The U.S. Soccer Podcast. These players are battered and exhausted, but you don't hurt like this if you don't care about this team, about this country, about this game. I think you can feel the intensity. The goals, the energy, the, wow, look at us. Here in the U.S., I have got some news for you. There's so much more to come. My name is Megan Klingberg, and we're just getting started. The U.S. Soccer Podcast, presented by Henkel. Follow and listen on your favorite platform. form.

you. Thank you very much for joining us. Appreciate you being here. Appreciate you every single day. And I'm excited for our next conversation because this is a guy who repeatedly, who repeatedly worried a lot about the federal debt and deficit. And he was mocked for it relentlessly. You would go to a Mo Brooks Town Hall. And you would sit there for the first 30 minutes while Mo Brooks puts a PowerPoint presentation on telling you about the debt and federal deficit. And the idiots in the crowd would be like, when can we yell at you about health care and how you're not spending enough? And he's like, shut up. You're going to watch this PowerPoint presentation. I'm going to lull you into a sense of security. And then I'm going to destroy your morale. And then your questions are going to be nothing. And I'm going to walk out of here. I'm paraphrasing how it all went down, but let's bring them on on the Alabama A&M $350 million bulldog hotline. He is Mo Brooks, former congressman, fifth congressional district. Mo, you lulled those people into sleep, you bored the hell out of them, you made them learn something, and then you just took the wind out of their sales, and they were just like, no more questions. Was this a strategy? Talk to people about your strategy there. Well, I'm trying to do my best to help people understand the economic threat posed by a now $40 trillion debt. You look at the Treasury bill rates, by way of example, the 30-year Treasury is now up to 5.2 plus percent. The 10-year Treasury is now up to roughly 4.7 percent. Well, do the math. If we had to refinance, and over time we will, but if we had to do it all right now at those rates, that's anywhere $40 trillion times those numbers, anywhere from around $1.8 trillion a year to $2.2 trillion a year in interest payments. And that is an ungodly percentage of the total tax revenue that the federal government has. I want to talk about that. I want to talk about that. But again, I want to highlight something. This was also strategic. I mean, you took a bunch of people who didn't understand any of this and tried to explain to them the reality of the situation. But you were also trying to neuter them at the same time, right? No, I was trying to help them understand that this is a real issue. And just like a household, just like a business, we've got to be financially responsible and we're not. Okay. Well, I thought it was like some sort of master manipulation play, which I'd always given you credit for. So I got to take that credit back because it seemed like a master manipulative. I certainly didn't. I didn't want to put them to sleep. I wanted them to understand the economic threat. Yeah, well, you took, I mean, you definitely, like, demoralized them in the middle of that. They're like, we wanted to come here and yell at the congressman. That's what we wanted to do. There's a lot of talk about, like, town halls right now. And one of the things I'd seen on TV this morning, they were saying, Republicans won't hold town halls. And that gives Democrats an opportunity. Do you agree with that? I mean, you did a lot of town halls in your time, but were there, was there any value in it for you?

Yeah, I thought the town halls were wonderful events to participate in. Over time, though, the security threat became greater. Having been the subject of an assassination attempt, you can understand my growing concern. And then the... benefits from it became less and less as opposition forces just wanted to show up and scream, not actually communicate. Yeah, that's exactly right. And that's all they wanted to do. And that's all they want to do right now. And every single article you see about these races talk about how there's no town hall. And you know, Andrew Sneed tried to like rope and dope me. He's like, will you come and host a town hall for me? And I'm like, no. I'm not coming to host a town hall for you. I'm voting for your opponent. And he's like, well, we're going to invite him to. And I was like, dude, I mean, really? Do I like selling someone dumb enough to work for you? Like, what are you doing with this like attempt to get me in here to utilize me in order to like say, well, Dale Strong won't come to our town hall. I said, get out of here with this nonsense. So they're trying to utilize that as a weapon against it. All right, let's go back. to the debt and deficit conversation. Any opportunity to cut anything at any time has been treated as an absolute murder of American citizens or now we're seeing it's the murder of people overseas. Any cuts made by Doge or any cuts to U.S. aid is seen as X amount of million people die. So we have to therefore spend the same amount of money we were spending yesterday or more. adjusted for inflation, of course. So more every single year or it's a death sentence to Americans. And I know we've done some cuts in here and there with Doge and USAID, but like I said before, kind of a drop in the bucket and the whole thing. What actually has to happen in order for us to get back on track financially? Is there any hope or are we just like, nah, this is over? In my judgment, there is no hope now. It's too late. We had an opportunity over the last 10 to 15 years to address the problem. Now the mountain to climb has become so high that we can't do it. We've relegated ourselves due to our financial irresponsibility to seeing what happens when a central government goes insolvent and bankrupt and can't send out the Medicaid checks, can't send out the Medicare checks. Can't afford to pay for a national offense, just going down the list of things, and try to figure out how the federal government's going to operate on a cash-only basis that requires the federal government to cut spending probably in the neighborhood of 40 to 50% simply because it doesn't have the money. That's a big number. Keep in mind under the Constitution, we have to pay the debts. So the $40 trillion has to be paid off when those treasury bills become due. So when does that happen? Okay, because we're now at 40 trillion. And.

I mean, I realize if we didn't build the ballroom, let's just say that it's $39 trillion, which obviously is not true. But let's just pretend that that's the case. And then we also don't fix the reflecting pool. That'll take us down to $38 trillion. So let's just say we were at $38 trillion since Trump is driving it up with the renovation projects in D.C. apparently, the most important thing. When do we get here? When is that? I mean, you've been in the building. You tried to speak sense to these human beings, which never happened. And when do we get to the, oh, my God, here it comes. Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut. Well, it's going to slowly but surely happen. Right now there's avoiding it for two reasons. One, it's so big. And two, the public's not willing to do what's necessary to avoid it. Most likely, rather than it being a slow percolation, there's going to be some triggering event. It might be a recession or a depression. It might be some war someplace. There'll be some triggering event, at which point our creditors will say, we don't want to loan any more money. We can't afford it for whatever reason, in which case slowly but surely we get on the cash basis, and then the hell's, you know, it's just going to break loose. Do you have a date? I don't know what the triggering event will be. I'm sorry, go ahead. I have no way of knowing what the triggering event will be. But there will be some national and international crisis and those pop up every five to 10, 15 years. And if that causes our creditors to decide that they no longer feel comfortable loaning the United States money, well, then we can't borrow it. It's just a gosh awful circumstance to be in. And you're seeing the quantity of fleeting for people to loan us money driving up the interest rates. We have to keep paying more and more because some of our creditors are now concerned that they're not going to get paid back with the 10-year treasury or the 30-year treasury. And in order to offset that risk, they are requiring higher interest payments in order to... be induced to loan the federal government more money. Yeah, Fee, can you give me a date? Can you pick a date here and tell me what it's going to be? I'm going to say August 30th, 2030. Okay. Now, Congressman, I'm obviously kind of being facetious here when I ask you for a date, but let me see if I can narrow it down a little better. Is it happening in your son's lifetime or your son's son's lifetime? Oh, it's going to happen during our lifetimes. Okay, okay. Now, keep in mind, I still got a life expectancy of about 25 years. Okay, all right. All right. So within the next 25 years. All right. The reason I, look, I'm glad I got a chance to talk to you today. You're regularly scheduled at this time. We usually talk about news of the day or something. But you've spoken about this at length. This has been a big part of your message, your entire career. You are a fiscal hawk, a deficit hawk, a debt hawk. You absolutely are. And you were 100% right. Do you feel any vindication?

Well, yeah, I know that I'm right on this deficit and debt issue, but there's not a lot of pleasure in knowing that we're going to suffer a debilitating insolvency in bankruptcy, particularly in a community like Huntsville that's so dependent on federal expenditures. And I've been through a difficult time before in Huntsville. When the space program, after the Apollo program kind of fizzled down. And you could get a house for a song if you just take over the existing mortgage rates and it wasn't unheard of for a seller to actually pay money to a buyer to take over a mortgage without any equity going to the seller. So, you know, I've seen that happen before. Now, this time it'd be on a much greater scale. So my own community would be hurt. probably worse than average because we're so heavily, our economy is so heavily dependent on federal government money. But we'll see how it plays out. You know, I did my best to try to advise people of the catastrophic endgame that we're playing with by driving up our spending. But unfortunately, we've got so many citizens, so many special interest groups that are myopic and they can't see past their arm links. They're willing to take a chance on horrific circumstances down the road so long as they can get a few extra pennies of profit from the federal government today. Let me ask this question, maybe the last one here, depending on how you answer this. Can we grow our way out of it? Or do we have to cut our way out of it? Well, it's theoretically possible to grow if there is some... a modicum of financial restraint that goes along with the growth, but would have to have growth rates in excess of probably anything the United States of America has ever been blessed with. And you still have to restrain spending somewhat. But how many times do you see elected officials at the federal level in particular bragging about having spent more money? They're not inclined to restrain spending. And if more money comes in, that's just another incentive to spend even more money. And I'm talking to Republicans and Democrats. Look at our own delegation. They're horrible on it. Well, I was going to ask you after that. My final, I guess my real final question is this. You know, if we put a billion data centers up and actually didn't just take that money, and I know it's local dollars, so maybe we're dealing with a little bit of a different thing here. But, I mean, there's a lot of money being made here. Maybe we can make somewhat of a dent, but that's not enough, is it?

I thought that question was so stupid he hung up on me. No, no, I'm still here. You just went out. Okay, sorry. But my question was, can data centers help us grow out of it? Can we grow out of it? Yeah, with data centers, can we open up a billion data centers and grow our way out of it? I sure hope that's not the plan. because it won't work. Okay, all right, there we go. Mo Brooks, thank you very much. Always appreciate him taking the time to join us here on WVN, and he's been doing so for years and we'll continue to do so. Telsey's going to be live another 25 more years. All right, so there we go. Grant will be hosting him at some point in time, probably. All right, we appreciate Mo Brooks being here. Thank you so much on the Alabama A&M $350 million Bulldog Hotline. Hey, Yaffe, are you depressed? A little after that, yeah. Kind of. I'm hoping my life expectancy is more than 25 years. Okay. All right. Listen, I know mine's not. Like I said, Grant will be hosting this show. He'll be, Grant will be sitting here harassing you for an hour before your show every day. So just get ready for it. Get ready for it. All right. Let's take a quick timeout. Ten with him. Yes, that's the secession plan at WVN. I die. And then Grant takes over. That's the plan. Okay? There we go. Get your questions in right now on the scout pest control.com. WVNN. Hot take text line. I am Dale Jackson. Yaffee is here with us as well. Austin, Bugsie, and you stay tuned. It's the Dale Jackson show.

People say I'm being a little more edgy today. Is that true? I'm acting just the way I normally act. People don't know this, though. I am mad today. I don't know if it's coming out over the air. But I am an unhappy person today. I can just tell you that right now. There's a lot of anger in my soul right now. Happy, do you know that? No, I couldn't tell it all. Like a normal day from this end. Okay. All right. All right. We got a lot to get into. We got a lot to talk about. Do not ask me why I'm mad because I will not tell you. Okay? There we go. It has nothing to do with anything personally. And it's kind of Yaffy's fault. I'm just going to be completely honest with you. So I apologize to Kyle Sweetner. But if you got a problem with how our interview went earlier today, if you haven't heard it, you should probably just take it up with Yaffy because. It's kind of his fault. Let's go ahead and get to it. Let's get to 10 with him. 10. It's time to answer the deep questions. It's 10 with him. All right. Politics, personal, pop culture, pro wrestling, parasocial relationships, and vicious personal attacks. So I feel like I got a lot of those coming on today. But. It's brought to you by Cherokee Ridge Country Club. Yes, Cherokee Ridge Country Club. You need a place to play golf. You need a place to play golf that's awesome. You need a place to play golf that's amazing. You need a place to play golf that's, you know, on the Tennessee Valley golf card. If you would have gotten one of those, Cherokee Ridge would have been the place to go. Go to learn more about today. Cherokee Ridge CC.com. And remember, when we tell you about those golf cards, you need to get them because you're going to save yourself a ton of money golfing. And I went golfing with Yaffe. And I had a really good time, believe it or not. He sucks at golf. He is horrific. I mean, like, horrific. I mean, I admit that, though. I was good, yeah, me. For how little I play, we play the same about who's better at goal. You are. You're good at driving. That's your best part. There we go. Got to be the beast, guys. You got to be a beast. Where are we at? What are we doing? Oh, 10 with him. All right, let's go ahead and get to it. We already did the intro, right? Okay, here we go. Here's the first question. You're Alabama most trusted journalist, right? True. Why don't you report on the women DJT has called low IQ, piggy, stupid and fake? I report on them all the time. I always talk about low IQ fat women. I always talk about. What are we talking about? I feel like that's like 30% of the show. Donald Trump shouldn't be running around calling people fat. Okay. What do you want me to say? Stop that. But you're okay with, you know, other people running around referring to people as horrors that aren't. I mean, come on. What do we do it here? And then you guys got mad when I said anything about Kamala Harris. What do we do it? Speaking of dirty hoes, where's Yaffi? Yeah, that was from yesterday. Where were you yesterday? Yaffi, they missed you. Oh, it's a very important meeting. Okay. So he skipped his show to go to a meeting. Just see. Dale, if you were gay, who would be your man crush? That's a good question. A good question. If I was gay, I'm going with, who's the guy that plays Thor? I think he should cuddle me. Yeah, go ahead. That guy. Thor. Thor. Maybe Star Lord. Yeah, Fee, who you got? You know, I'm surprised you're picking white guys. Just have to say?

What? What? What? What? What? What does that even mean? What? What does that mean? Because the girls, you don't pick white girls. For guys, you're picking. Okay. Who you got, Abby? I don't know. No, I don't want to answer this question. I don't want to do it. Okay, well, we're going to stay here for three minutes until you do. Is that so used to? Man. Let's see. Who is? I don't want to answer this question. I don't know why. Come on. You got your waste our time. Come on. Do I have to? Yes. Hurry up. I'm still wasting time? Yes, I answer it. It's okay, Yaffi. You don't actually have to have sex with these guys. Let's see. I don't know. Ben Shapiro. There you go. The best part is Yaffi put a lot of thought that it came up with Ben Shapiro. I didn't put any time into that. What in the world is going on? Don't answer that question, Yavie. So, Dale. You're using the Graham family succession plan. Lindsey Graham dies and his sister takes over. Yes, absolutely. That is exactly the plan. Exactly correct. Why would you not do that? Oh, it's nepotism. Yes, yes. There's a reason why there's a term for it. Is it creak or crick? Uh, it's crick. Thank you very much. Yaffy, creak or crick. Cooke. Bugsy, creak or crick. It depends on who you ask. All right. Not answer. Austin, creak or crick? Creak. Everyone else, creak or crick? Let me know. 423, 267, 1023. Yaffe, there is a non-offensive question to ask our Facebook friends. Is it creaker? Looker crick. If Kyle Sweitzer can't connect with the fine citizens of Alabama while soulfully pontificating and strolling down by the crick with his feet firmly planted on red clay amongst the kudzu vines who can... That's exactly the shtick he's going for. That's exactly it. Unfortunately, he's just very stupid, okay? So that's really the problem. He's just incredibly stupid. So it was very hard for him to go and get that stuff done. So thank you very much for that. Data centers will collect information on Americans that violates their right to privacy. In federal privacy bills like the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, ADPPA, the American Privacy Rights Act, APRA. Let me help you out here. No. Okay, there you go. Thank you very much for your question. We're just going to jump to the end of that one. The answer is no, but thank you for your question. This is the Dale Jackson Show.

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