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Wow, it is cold outside. Hello, everybody. I'm Todd Starnes, and this is Starnes Country. It's also. Cyber Monday here in the Principal Toyota Memphis studio.
So, are you shopping? Have you already started shopping this morning? A lot of people are doing their digital buys. Actually, most everybody I know is doing digital buy. I want to know: did anybody out there actually go physically to a store?
On Black Friday, you know, that used to be the insane, the insane shopping day back in the day before people started making their purchases online. And of course, before the pandemic and the China virus and all that kind of stuff. But back in the day, everybody used to get, I mean, I know the ladies of the Stern's family. This goes back to, oh, wow, Jeez Lou, this is back in the day. Way back in the day.
Anybody remember the Great Mall of Memphis?
Well, I remember as a kid, our moms would get up, you know, mom, grandmom, me, ma, the whole family, all the ladies, would get up early and they would head over to the Mall of Memphis for Black Friday shopping.
So now it's just a parking lot, I think, right now. I don't know what it is. But anyway, that's how crazy things are. That's how crazy things used to be. I don't know what they still are, but if they.
Were if you actually went out and did Black Friday shopping, I want to hear from you this morning. 901-260-5926. I mean, there would be fist fights, and all of these sweet, precious church ladies, members of the Women's Missionary Union, the WMU, as we called it back in the day in the Baptist faith tradition, they would be fighting like drunken sailors in a dive bar, trying to get the latest big buys.
So, anyway, give us a call this morning if you were out there. I'm curious to know how things were in the shopping areas. 901-260-5926, our number. That's 901-260-5926, 29 degrees right now in East Memphis. And Laura Huckabee is going to be along with your forecast.
I know. I've seen the forecast. Everybody's talking about, oh, it's going to snow. No, it's not. Unfortunately, it is just going to be a very cold rain that's moving in.
Also, want to give you an update. Commander Chuck has absolutely nothing to talk about this morning. I don't want to jinx it, but you guys are driving very well this morning. No major accidents on any of the major highways or interstates here in Metro Memphis.
So good job there. We're following a lot of big stories. And of course, the big news for us locally is what happened yesterday. I was in church. This is funny.
I don't think anybody, we have a great pastor, probably, I mean, just an incredible pastor at Germantown Baptist Church. I'm not sure anybody was paying attention to the sermon because everybody was staring at their phones. And I know because.
Well, I may have glanced at mine at a time or two as well. But again, it's not that we're godless heathens, but everybody we have a massive U of M fan base at Germantown Baptist Church, and everybody was on their phones because the news came down that Ryan Silverfield had taken the job at Arkansas. And everybody was talking about it. And honestly, I think people were actually you know, in the Baptist faith tradition, we're not very um what's the word I'm looking for? Exuberant in our worship.
Like we don't get like Pentecostal. I went to Lee University in East Tennessee, which is a Church of God school. And that was sort of like a culture shock for a good Southern Baptist kid because I'd never seen anybody raise their hands in church other than to ask a question. And I didn't know what that was all about.
So, anyway, all that to say, we don't get very Pentecostal in our worship experience. But yesterday, I couldn't help but notice people were really kind of. Kind of excited. And I don't know if it was because of the great music or the fact that, praise God, Ryan Silverfield left, because a lot of you. And this is one of the things I've noticed about Memphis.
Nobody likes to criticize publicly, but privately, yeah, it's a whole different story.
So, anyway, Silverfield now leaving for Arkansas. Of course, that Holane Kipp debacle, we're going to get into that a little bit later on. But I'm curious to hear your thoughts. Are you glad that Silverfield is gone? How do we fix what is broken with University of Memphis sports right now?
I will tell you, if you go on the message boards, you're just simply there's a massive swath of the fan base, and you're just not allowed to criticize the Memphis Tigers at all, period. You're not. It's as if a massive part of the population actually thrives at mediocrity. And you can't even suggest that Penny Hardaway, that he may need to do something about his coaching skills, because honest to goodness, there is a massive swath of the population of Memphis that believes that Penny Hardaway is Jesus Christ. And therefore, you cannot say anything about Penny Hardaway at all.
No, it doesn't matter if we've never, it doesn't matter if we've never won at the big dance. It doesn't matter. It it doesn't matter.
So anyway, I'm curious, how do we fix what's broken? With U of M Athletics and you folks in you folks in Oxford. I feel for you, man. I mean, Lane Kiffen did you dirty. But then again, I'm a big UT Vols fan, so we could have had that conversation a long time ago.
Let's go to our Patriot mobile phone line, our good buddy Steve Gill. Steve, we have so much to talk about this morning, and we're going to double-dip with the whole sports thing. This is a huge, huge story here in this part of the state. By the way, I have to share my Pentecostal story as a Southern Baptist as well. Todd, when I was playing basketball at the University of Tennessee in the late 70s, I was part of Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
I went to speak one Sunday morning at a Pentecostal church, not knowing that it would be different than my typical everybody sits in silence in the pews.
Southern Baptist Church. Man, people started saying amen, raising their hands and shouting out while I was speaking. It completely blew my mind.
So I know where you're coming from on that. My very first day in chapel, the girl next to me literally dropped. This is a truce, dropped to the ground, Steve Gell. I thought she was having a seizure and she was like slain in the spirit. I was ready to call 911 and do compressions, you know?
You had no idea. Who are the Southern Baptists if they know what the Vladimi moon offering is? Nobody can fake. Uh if you ask them, okay, who is Lighty Moon? because uh then you know they're a true Southern Baptist.
I love it. I love it. Steve, all right. First, I know you're a big sports guy. You played ball at UT Knoxville back in the day.
This situation with Memphis is so frustrating because I think we've got the makings of a great team, but man, this guy, Silverfield, Mr. Mediocre. Yeah, and the beauty, you mentioned the Lane Kiffin situation. By the way, karma. does have your address.
LSU travels to Oxford this next season. And to Knoxville.
So Lane Tiffin is going to have to resort to returning to the scene of two crimes. During fall football season next year with his LSU team. You know, and you're right. In Memphis, man, they love the Tigers, whether it's in basketball, whether it's in football, and they've had an amazing season. And then he ditches to go elsewhere.
And I have not seen this morning the short list of who Memphis is looking to pull in in the wake of his departure, but they're going to be demanding. that the that the uh the winning continues because it's put uh Memphis and just with a couple of tough losses this season. they'd be headed perhaps to the college football playoff. You know, there was no reason why we could not have had an undefeated season. And this is the problem.
We're in a crappy conference. I mean, I hate to break that to everybody, but yeah, okay, great. Let's just say that we, I know we cracked the top 25 a couple of times this season, but we were playing terrible teams. It's not like we were going out there and playing, you know, Auburn or Clemson or somebody like that. Or one of the great private schools in Memphis.
I mean, they weren't even playing teams as good as some of those. you know, Collierville and Germantown teams.
Well, I You're going to get hate mail now, Steve Gill. Look, here's the thing about U of, and this is a Memphis citywide issue. We don't like to tear things down, and we don't like to build new stuff. And I would point out, you know, the convention center, I mean, that thing is in one of the worst locations possible. You know, we don't get any big, big conventions in town.
And, well, part of it is because of the facility. The other part is, you know, well, we were a war zone. But that problem's been fixed. But the same thing with the stadium.
So they took the stadium and instead of just building something new on campus. They're renovating what they've got, and they're turning at least half of the stadium into a party deck. And a lot of people now are getting a little frustrated because they built it on the home team side, so a lot of people lost their seats. And you just have a frustrated fan base right now. And it's almost as if the university is just not listening to the fans.
Well, it's interesting that and I know people in Memphis never want to have the comparison of Nashville, but the Music City Bowl, the bowl game in Nashville, has become one of the more premier Bowl games in the college football postseason. Segment because they've thrown a lot of money in and it's become a high-paying bowl. And the Liberty Ball is still in that second tier setting. they could make it a high tier bowl by putting more money in, which would attract more T V, which would attract some of the higher performing teams in the postseason.
Now I'm not sure that the that the bowl games with the wake of college football playoff matter as much But Rabbit fans still travel. They want to go see their team play one more time. And the teams that make it to to ball season. Get another 25, 30 days of practice. It's like having another spring football practice for your team.
So the rich get richer, the rich get better because their teams have another 25, 30 days of practice at the end of the season. Yeah. All right. Let's talk politics, Steve. And I told you we had a lot to talk about today.
Look, I just, I don't think the race is as close as they think it is, but if it is, I think even if this guy wins, I think we need to have a very long conversation with the folks in charge of the Tennessee Republican Party. I absolutely agree with you. When you look at the the uh information that's come out about this Democrat woke radical Nutcase Afton Bain. her disdain for prayer, her advocacy of teaching women to abort their own children so they don't have to go to the doctor, uh all the other just bizarre stuff that's come out. Why has it come out in the last week for the most part after early voting ended?
They should have been trampling on her from the day after the primary election moved her into the Democratic nomination position, and yet it's a little bit too little, too late. In some ways.
Now, I will say that I agree with you. It's not as close, I think, as As the mainstream media and the Democratic left is trying to make it appear, there was an Emerson College poll that came out that claimed it's a two-point race that Matt Van Epp, the Republican nominee, is leading this woke radical by only two points. But if you dove into the details, the cross tabs in that poll, you find that that poll. was based on a division of voters that had voted Uh twelve points. For Donald Trump in that district, in a district he won by 22.
So they tweaked the poll ten points to make it look like the Democrat is doing better than she is.
Well, it's the lead story right now on FoxNews.com. Democratic upset in this ruby red central Tennessee district would send shockwaves through Washington. Again, the lesson here is the establishment wanted somebody that was milquetoast that would tow the party line. And the guy's got a fine enough resume. But I played some audio last week.
Kid Rock gave him his endorsement, and they did it in his place, I guess, what is it, on Lower Broadway. And the guy was just like, hello, my name is Matt Van Ebs, and I'm here along with my good friend, Kid Rock. You know, I'm like, dude, you got to loosen up a little bit. The only thing he's missing is the mister Rogers sweater and the and do better. But he is going to be a much better vote in Congress, certainly than this.
you know, AOC of Tennessee. Keep in mind when they call this a Ruby Red District, It it is a district that Donald Trump carried by twenty two. But it is a plus. 10 Republican district, when they recarved Nashville and Davidson County up to make sure that we picked up one additional Republican seat in Tennessee. They trimmed it from like an 18-Republican advantage to a 10-point.
He should still win with a 10-point advantage. But again, you're right, the Republican Party completely dropped the ball. Nashville, Davidson County, throughout early voting, had six. satellite voting locations Most of the 14 counties in the district had one location. People had to drive all the way to the county seat in order to vote.
And some of these rural counties have to 20, 25. Mile drive. The Republicans didn't do their job to win this seat from the beginning. No, and I mean, who in their right mind is scheduling a special election right over the Thanksgiving holiday? That makes absolutely no sense.
Governor Bill Lee. Exactly. Exactly. Yeah. So, this is all self-inflicted wounds coming from the Republican Party.
They got to get it together. And the concern here is, and there's another story up about the numbers of House members. What is it, what, three dozen? At least and counting. Troy Nels over in Texas announced over the weekend that he's not going to be running for reelection.
And a weird kind of a thing, his twin brother is going to run for that seat. But again, you've got three dozen House members, and a lot of them are Republicans. And the rumblings are that Mike Johnson could lose the gavel before the midterm, Steve. What is Nell's brother running in that race in Texas remind me, what was that Eddie Murphy movie, The Distinguished Gentleman, where Eddie Murphy ran using the name of the deceased congressman to win an election with people thinking it was just a reelection effort. You're exactly right that there is a large number of retirements.
Many of them are very elderly, like over 70 years old. And about a third of the Republicans, about twenty-four of them, Are retiring because they're running for something else, like Senator Marshall Blackburn on the Senate side. You've got a couple of other senators, Tommy Tubberville running for governor in Alabama. And then on the House side, about two dozen Republicans are running for governor. No, we've got three dozen now.
Yeah, three dozen House members. Unbelievable. Steve, I hate to do this. We are super late for a break. They're yelling at me now, which is not good for a Monday.
But, man, appreciate your sports and political analysis. We'll be talking soon. Thanks, my friend. We'll catch you up. All right.
The great Steve Kill. All right. Got to take a break. Your reaction to the sports news as well as the political news. 901-260-5926.
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That's 901-260-5926. Elwood Shack, we're going to talk about this a little bit later this morning. They are coming under fire from these radical leftists who are boycotting Elwood Shack, and their only cross. By the way, is they were feeding Men and women in law enforcement, something they've been doing for years at Elwood Shack. And now they're catching flack from the far leftist, and I would assume the vegan crowd, too.
I don't know. Anyway, we'll talk about that. Also, Vicky Gandy is here. A brand new weekly segment we're going to tell you all about coming up next. Plus, Parker May with your sports update.
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Well, I want to welcome into the studio a longtime friend of the Mighty 990, and she is just a great, great person in the real estate industry, Vicki Gandy here with us. Vicki, it's been a while, but it's great to see you. It is great to be here. I'm so happy to be back.
So, before we even get started on anything. Including the Memphis Tigers. I know you're big Tigers fans. You've been doing a lot of baking.
So I've noticed that you had a big Facebook post about cookies yesterday. That has become a second business, not really on purpose, but it has. And yeah, I do. I've got quite a following now. Cookie Land.
May I just say, no, you're cooking because you've been kind enough to bring cookies here, and those are the best stinking cookies I've ever had. If I could just get the calories out, I'd be a millionaire.
Okay, that's the problem. You see, I'm not a big chocolate person, so I don't like a lot of chocolate chips.
So you put just the right amount.
Well, thank you. We do a lot of combinations now. I say we, it's mainly me. But yeah, I was bombarded at Thanksgiving, and this is my big time of the year. People give them as gifts, and we wrap them up pretty and all that.
So we have a lot of fun with it. Yeah, I started doing them at open houses. That's what how I became famous with other realtors. They say, oh, come bring your cookies and have an open house because people will stay. That's the way to do it.
They'll buy a house. If you give them a good cookie, they're going to buy a house.
So you and your family are huge Memphis Tigers fans. Were you surprised by the news that came out over the weekends? You know, yes and no. I was hopeful that he might stay, but on the other hand, I mean, it's Arkansas. What can you say when somebody offers you that much money?
But Um You know, it's he said he'd stay, and he stayed six years, which is a long time for Memphis, really. And he's we've had a winning season for so long. This is the longest span we've ever had.
So I'm giving him grace. He's a super, super nice guy. I've met him several times and talked to him and just down to earth. And he's really, really great with the players. And that's the only thing I'm fearful of: he could work the players.
He knew how to get to them, get to their hearts, and all. And he was a good recruiter, especially with this, this. Thing that they do now. They keep jumping them around and moving them around. I don't know how, but he really worked well with that and was doing pretty well, even you know, even though our quarterback got hurt.
But I I wish him well. I don't, and it's really funny if you read Facebook, it's either they hate him, you know, or they love him, whatever.
So, a lot of people are mad at him, but You know, I think we could do, we could improve. There's no doubt. I knew things were going south when the Daily Memphians started getting a little critical of the coaches. This is a couple of weeks ago. I noticed a change, and I was like, uh-oh, that's not good because they've been big supporters of the program.
And that's the thing, you know, is that you've got to have those tough conversations sometimes. And whoever the next coach is, they're just going to have to dominate in this conference. And I think that's ultimately what this is about. It's a mediocre conference, and you hate to say that, you know, nobody wants us, and that's the thing. And the sad thing, too, is no offense, but UT won't play us anymore.
We always played them all my years. Ole Miss won't play us anymore. There's so many teams because we can beat them now. And they're like, no, no, we don't lose to Memphis. And that's been kind of a problem with us.
Well, and especially with now the conference schedules and the mandatory games that you've got to play, there's not a lot of room to get one of those SEC teams in. It is. And then they don't want to play anybody that's going to beat them. They can pick. There's a huge group that wants to play them.
So they can go, let's. Played them with guaranteed win. I'd like for us to be able to beat UAB. That's it. We have in the past, but we did not this year.
No, we did not.
So many fluky things happened. It's been a fluky year. All right, let's talk real estate. You're going to be with us every Monday. Yes.
This is going to be a lot of fun. I'm excited. And you and I met. This was, I guess, I had just bought this station, and one of the Republican clubs invited me out to Southwind. I don't even know if you remember this.
I do. But I talked about the station, and you made a beeline and said, We've got to talk.
Well, it's funny. We were interviewing with a couple, I won't name names, but not impressed, to say the very least, on the other people that were interviewing us, the sample things they sent us and everything. It was just really sad. And of course, I am a marketing person because of my business. I thought, good grief.
So you were just like a gift from God to us. And I went, oh, look, here's somebody who makes sense. And, you know, and so I did beeline. Thomas was sitting with me. I said, I'm going to meet Todd Starns right now.
And I did. And you said, well, I was looking for a realtor. I said, well, we're looking for a radio station and the rest is history. It is. It's been great.
How did you get started? And I mean, you've had such a great resume and a career. How did you get plugged into real estate? I was in ministry for many, many years at Christ Church Memphis. We went from 3,000 members to 7,000 during the growth spurt, and I had to learn to build buildings and expand.
And we grew into a humongous, you know, kids' ministry and all that. I was a worship leader, all that. And unfortunately, one Sunday morning, I was walking in a rush to go take care of the next event and fell down a flight of stairs. Had a very serious injury, wasn't able to walk for quite some time, had 11 or actually 14 nerve blocks trying to get myself back to where I could. Manage because it's a huge job.
I'm on the stage, I'm the worship leader, I'm jumping off the stage, and all that. I tried and tried for about three and a half years and finally just had to step down. I couldn't have any more nerve blocks and I couldn't do what I did without them.
So that was the end of a career which was heartbreaking for me. And I thought, okay, God, where do I go now? And one of my best friends I've known forever said, hey, come do real estate with me, Carmen, who's a blind. And we were the blind team for about eight years. And I walked behind her and she trained me.
She's one of the top realtors in the city. And that's how we began. And then her sister, Phyllis, developed cancer and ended up dying. And so Carmen stepped down and I took over. And it's been the history from now.
What's the secret sauce? I mean, I don't want you to give away like the super secret sauce, but what does it take to be a really, really good realtor? I think being first of all available and then also reaching out to your clients, staying in touch with your clients, and also. The main thing is taking care, you know, start off smart with your buyers. And that's one of the things that a lot of agents don't understand.
I walk my new buyers through a lot of things, and I'll say, these are your number one thing, number two thing, three thing. Get a great lender, you know, and I have a whole plan. And we sit down and we talk through the plan. I use only local lenders. None of this, you know, people online or anything like that, because that's just a voice.
But having a face and brick and mortar, that way they can go sit down with these people and make sure, because I have had so many people go with these lenders that are. You know, fly-by-night, whatever you want to call them, and they are. Um, you can't get them on the phone, or you, they, they, you go to close, and all of a sudden there's this whole long list of fees because they were so affordable, and you don't find out till you're at the table and you're signing your life away. And people already are so indebted, they can't leave, they can't walk away. And I have seen that numerous times, and I make sure that they're well cared for in every aspect of the way.
And I know this because for a time you were my realtor, right? And I was actually, I've been searching for a nice condo, and they're just not, you know, they're not building new condos here in Memphis at all. Not in the, but, but the care you took, because it was like every day you would send over, you know, you were very thoughtful in your picks, and I really appreciated that. You know, it's like, oh, wow, this is, you know, because everything you selected would have been great. You know, you should have bought that house right down the street from me.
You know, I'm kicking myself. And what it's worth now? Oh, my gosh. It's worth about $200,000 more than what I, you know, even more, probably. Yeah, I think that's it.
And it's gated. They've gated it even now.
So you're like, yeah, I noticed that too. I noticed. I hate to say, I told you so. I know. I know.
Yeah. Vicky Gandy is here making me regret many life choices. Go teamgandy.com. That's G-A-N-D-E-E. Go TeamGandy.com.
She's got a great, you know, you have to do this with your websites these days. You got to make sure you're not a bot.
So I had to go through human verification and I passed. I'm glad you passed. I feel affirmed this morning. Oh, my goodness. Vicki, what are some of the things, you know, when you're looking at, you know, some people are looking at selling, you know, some people are looking at buying.
What about this time of year? Is this a good, what is this a good time of year to do? Right now is a great time of year to get ready, get things going. But believe it or not, I have had some of my best months are December because people have time off and can travel. And I have sold, you know, had broken records in December.
So it is something that people say, oh, it's Christmas. No one wants to see our house. That's Not necessarily true because a lot of people, January is a new time of year, people are relocating and changing businesses. That's kind of one of the time of the year that they are accepting new positions or being promoted.
So we see a lot of showings in this time of year. Even during Thanksgiving, I've had that.
So don't throw that one away. It is kind of hard. And a lot of people, I'll just say, you know, shut your house down for the week of Christmas. Don't worry about showings. There's not gonna be that many, but the rest of the month, Keep it open.
Have it decorated. It looks pretty. People like that. Oh, it does look pretty. I like that.
And some people may think, you know what? Oh, this is what my house could look like for the holidays. Exactly. I mean, that makes a lot of sense. By the way, Christian writing in on our Facebook Live, Vicki made 150 cookies for the Memphis Safe Task Force last month.
They were a huge hit. Those were a massive hit. It was fun. I really enjoyed doing that. All right.
So if people want to reach out, when do they need to have a realtor? Is that something they always need to have on standby? How does that work? The sooner the better. I mean, the best thing to do is to, instead of going out there trying to figure out yourself, call us first.
And I've got several people that work with me on my team, even though it's not Thomas right now. I do have others, and I'm also training some great new people that are getting their license to start out. I do that a great deal. But just call us first. Let us walk you through it because people read so much and there's so much out there and it's really not as complex as people think it is.
But there is the right way and there's the wrong way. And it's the wrong way can really mess you up. All right. So Silverfield needs to be giving you a call, right? Oh, you know, I have been the official realtor for the Memphis Tigers.
I didn't do it this year, but I've done it in the past. And he will, I guarantee you, Arkansas will be taking care of him. And they'll probably have someone here taking care of him well. But yeah, I wish you would call me. That would be great, even though I'm sorry he's leaving.
Someone just wrote in Lane Keffin had 100 million reasons to get on board that plane. I bet he did. You know, I will say this: if I was in that situation, yeah, I mean, I love Memphis, but yeah, I'd go. I'd go for 100 million. No kidding.
I mean, I'd go for 90. I mean, I know.
Well, that's the thing. That's the even thing with Ryan. Ryan probably thought he would never get this offer, and he did.
So, what do you say that it's an opportunity that's a lifetime? Yeah, it was really funny to watch the reactions from our side where people are like, glad you're going. Oh, I know. See you later. Best wishes.
But in Arkansas, they're insanely upset over all of this right now. Yeah, they are, but they're co-I think they'll be pleasantly surprised. He's a good guy. He's not, you know, he's not as he still needs to work on his TV voice and all that. He's working on that.
It's like, you know, the same thing happened with several people that I've watched that have matured. But he's a good guy. He's got a good heart. And the kids love him. I think they'll like him.
Arkansas is a neat school. It really is. I have a lot of friends that went there.
Okay, Vicki, again, let's talk website here. What are people going to find when they go to goteamgandy.com?
Well, they'll just see you can do a lot of different things. There'll be houses that are in my area that we have listed, or houses that I'm related to that are listed through Cry Like. There's ways to communicate with me. We're getting ready to make a great, great improvement.
So they'll be seeing a lot of new things coming up. I've already met with Angie. We're going to sit down and recreate it. We're going to have more videos and things like that coming out. I love to make videos.
You know that. The goofy ones I love to make. But we're going to put more of those on our website. We just had, we're so large that it's such an undertaking because Cry Like is still the fourth largest privately owned company in the country, so people don't. Realize how large we are, but that's the good thing.
We have everything to offer, and that's one of the things I'm excited about talking and sharing with you, Todd. All right, Vicki Gandy, welcome back. Good to see you back in studio. I'm glad to be here. Thank you.
All right, goteamgandy.com is the website. Vicki will be here every Monday morning and even taking your questions about real estate as well. We want to help you find the home of your dreams.
So, and we're going to do that right here on the Mighty 990. All right, we have to take a quick break. We're going right to the phone lines: 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Let's check in with KRAM Sports Director Parker May, standing by with a look at your sports news.
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All right. By the way, I was, we were Vicki, Vicki Gandy, go teamgandy.com. Vicki and I were talking in the break. And speaking of Christ Church, we actually carry their church services Sunday morning right here on the Mighty 990, also First Assembly. And we have so many wonderful local church and faith-based programs that we broadcast on Sundays.
So I listen as I'm driving into Germantown Baptist Church every Sunday morning, and you should listen as well wherever you might worship on Saturday or Sunday.
So, anyway, lots of great, great local programming on the weekends here on the Mighty 990. All right, let's go to the phone lines: 901-260-5926, Dean in Memphis. Dean, I understand that you actually dropped by Elwood's shack over the weekend. Yes, sir, I did. I went by there and I had to run the lows, so I went by there, and Tim was actually there, the owner.
And I asked him about that list that he was put on. And he said uh Wh when they were growing up, they grew up poor and they probably went out to eat maybe three times a year. But he said that his dad instilled in them that The police. Are the people that need to be served? They serve us.
And any time that they went out to eat, if officers walked into the restaurant they were at, His dad bought the officers' meals. and instilled that into into his family. That You know, they give so much. Bed is His dad wanted them. Yeah.
And that's what he did.
So he said it's crazy that they put put put them on the on the list for doing something as taking care of law enforcement. Um And then I spoke with a lady named Jessica down at Margie's 901, which I've never heard of. But obviously they've been around for a long time. She said somebody came by and took a picture of the sign on their door that says we serve veterans, serve serve and honor veterans. It comes to find out her dad brother and a cousin are all veterans, and they've always done that.
It's really sad that you've got this group and the name of the group, Free the 901, and they are a far-leftist organization, and they are targeting all of these businesses that are feeding the troops and feeding first responders. And they're also outing, and that's my big concern, is they're getting intel into where these agents are operating, and they're posting that information, Dean, on their social media pages. And that is just downright dangerous. I saw that. I saw that and and what do they do?
What do they make up, like 0.001% of the population, really? Yeah, it's a fair point. I think they have a thousand followers on their Facebook page, and that's about it.
So, but still, we saw what happened in Washington, D.C. with the National Guard troops, and we don't want that happening here in the Mid South. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Well, I hope, Dean, d so you you talked to the um Tim, the owner of Elwood Shack.
So they do they know that there are so many more people here in the Mid South that have their back Absolutely. I mean, the response that I saw on Facebook was incredible. And uh he's he said it's I mean Just just People need to go back and look at their Facebook pages because they over the holidays or whatever, because they've done so much for people and and the day that I went in, it was packed. It was packed. And that I think that was Friday afternoon.
or Saturday, but it was packed. Wow. Well, Dean, we sure do appreciate you supporting these businesses and letting them know that you've got their back. Appreciate you phoning in this morning. Be warm out there, my friend.
It's a cold one. Thank you. Appreciate it. All right. Our good buddy Dean Franklin calling in.
And look, this is the way you respond: go over there and grab a great meal. I want to run through the list here of the restaurants that these far leftists are boycotting. Aldo's Pizza, Bar Dog. By the way, that is a great pizza place. If you haven't been to Alto's, you need to get down there and try their pizza.
Bar Dog Tavern, Elwood Shack, King's Palace Cafe, Margie's 901, Mortimer's, Mrs. B's Sub Shop. Rumboogie Cafe, that's owned by our good buddy Jim Lesampio, Slider Inn, and Zinni's.
So they're all on this radical leftist boycott list. Insane. All right, kwamradio.com is our website, ladies and gentlemen. Go and check that out. We'll be back at 11 o'clock this morning with the Todd Stearns National Show.
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