Blackpilling or saving the republic? | Hour 2

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But if the argument is that you know, nobody of a conservative persuasion should run for office because or or not should, but that no conservatives run for office because it's too toxic, it's too much of a you know, of a hassle, and you know they attack you all the time and they can ruin your business. Right, all of the like the risks are too great. In other words, the risks are too great. Well, the risks were pretty great two hundred and fifty years ago as well. In fact, I'd say they're probably a lot greater. And when I hear people black pilling, that's what that's called. Like all is lost, there's no point to any of this. When I hear that black pilling, then I'm led to believe that the only option I'm being presented by you is too surrender. And I don't think that's responsible at all. No, like you keep fighting you like, do you believe you have an obligation of any kind, not like statutorily but ethically morally? Do you have an obligation to participate in this project of America more than just going out to vote every two years every four years? Like I go out, I vote, I vote a straight ticket Republican and check you know, obligation fulfilled? Is that it? And if you think things are as bad as Democrats have made them and are intending to make them even worse, right, then do we not have an obligation if not to ourselves or our country, but to your kids and grandkids and their kids and grandkids. Do you have an obligation to try to keep things on track for them. I feel like that answer would be yes, and so I feel like, you know, get into the arena. All right. Let me jump over here and talk to Chris. Hello, Chris, welcome to the program. Hey Pete, I am well, sir. How are you? Oh? Doing well? Doing well? Pete? A great show. You always have great information, providing the truth to everybody. I appreciate what you do. Thank you, sir. Pet I. I was former mayor of a small town in South Carolina, fairly close to Charlotte. And I will say, yes, there is an obligation. Uh, when there was an obligation. When I ran, I was running against a formidable Democrat back by Ack Blue, and she had a lot of money in her campaign. I didn't. And when I ran, I ran because the place that I lived, I lived there forever. I raised three kids. I felt like it was a duty of mine to serve my community, and I felt like that was how I served my community. So in that I would say, you know, yes, there is there is a lot of toxicity out there. It takes a toll on your family, it takes a toll on you, It takes a toll on on your friends, everyone around you, because you're constantly under the microscope. Uh. The thing that I would say is, you know, and to comment and to add to what you were saying. You know, I feel my obligation. I voted check. No you didn't. You didn't feel your obligation. If you're a conservative American and you believe in the people that you voted for in office, it's your responsibility as those folks to champion them, to support them after election day. When you agree right, when you agree with them, I would say, like I would put a car back right device like like For example, if I were a Democrat in Virginia and I voted for Spanberger based on her, you know, positioning herself as a moderate, and then she governs like this, then I would not be supportive of her after that. If you are supporting those folks, though, pick up the phone, callum, don't just text, don't just email. Pick up the phone and thaum. It's good to hear your voice, It's good to hear the people behind you. It's your obligation as a supporter to support those folks. Because the positivity, as little as it might be, outweighs the negativity that you hear from the other side constantly. Yeah, so I would, I would, I would. I'm safe to all of the listeners in radio land that make sure that you call and support your local politicians, your local folks that ran for you out of obligation that they failed to serve their communities. Whether it be a mayor, whether it be a city council, whether it be your HLA representatives, whether it be any of your elected officials. Just support them and make sure that they know that you're behind them, because that is going to give them the energy, that's going to give them the suppress. All. Yeah, I completely agree. You may. You could probably take a guess at how the text line and emails look for a radio host on a conservative station in Charlotte, North Carolina. You can imagine some of the stuff that I get probably in line with some of the stuff that you got from your critics. And yeah, and every now and again, somebody will drop a note and say something nice and it's true. It's like again, it's it's the same point I made the last hour about, you know, receiving criticism. If it's from people that you no hate you, it's easy to just ignore that stuff because you know exactly, and you do develop a thicker skin. And it's always I will say this also, it's always harder on the family of the elected official, always harder on them because they want to defend you. But to you, you're just like, this is nothing. I get this stuff seven times a day, right, So it's just like water off your back. But to your family, they love you and they don't want to see you the target of those types of attacks. And then over time though, everybody kind of builds up this thick skin and that makes you better able to do battle and to push for that stuff. That's a great point about the positive phone calls. And also you know it, it may turn into a good story that you could tell on the campaign trail that you got some call from you know, a little miss Margaret over in the neighborhood and she said something and yeah, and then it turns into or maybe it turns into a problem, like she identifies some problem, you're able to fix it, and then you can use that on the campaign trail as well. But even so you got the thing fixed. There's a lot of fixes. There's a lot of ways that you you know, I never was one to pat myself on the back. It was always a wee thing. It was a God thing, you know. That was the stuff that I did was so big that it could only have come from God. And the thing is is you got to make sure that not only are you reaching out to those politicians, but you're also reaching out to their wives, that you that you reach out to their kids. Make sure that that because my kids are in college that have graduated. I've got one in college now and it really took a toll on my kids. Sure, so for you, the teachers and the folks that are involved in those areas and reach out to the kids. Make sure you love on those kids and the wives and everything, because those are the support group when when those politicians go home at night and they've been up all day long and all week, they go home and that's their sanctuary of peace, and it's really hard to walk into that house when your wife's in tears, your kids are in tears. Then they don't know why people are being so nasty to you. Yeah, and then you start blaming yourself. I put my family through this, This is my fault and look, yeah, and that that wears down anybody and and that then convinces them to get out, which I would submit, is the point of the attacks. It's to shut you up. It's to stop you from being involved. And once again people can say, Okay, you know what, I'm going to shut up. I'm not going to get involved. But to me, that's surrender. So yeah, and yeah, and I just think the American project is worth more than everybody on the conservative right to surrender. Totally agree. Yeah, totally agree, Chris. And to those folks that are wanting to run for office, don't let the negativity outweigh what you can do. When I was in office, the best thing that I did was help other people. It recharges your batteries when somebody gives you a hugg and says thank you for helping me, whether it's go out and cut their grass, uh, help them, help them move some furniture out of a room, help them get up out of the house, build a handicap, rent form, whatever it is that you can do as a politician. And I'm just talking to the politicians right now. Whatever you can do to help other people that will recharge your batteries. It will make you. It will make you think as to why you got into this in the first place, it'll make you revert to that. So when you're helping those other people, it charges you back up. It gives you more power to go forward, and it reciprocates. It's not a and don't don't ever do it as I'm going to beat my chest and and you know, brag about what all I did to help everybody. That's not the point. The point is to help others so that you can get out of the funk that you're in. And it's like that throughout life with everybody. If you're feeling down, you're feeling depressed, you you feel like, you know, I'm just I'm not worth it. I'm not anybody that's feeling that way. I would encourage you reach out to your local food bank, reach out to the Salvation Army, reach out to your local grassroots organizations, and help other people. If you help other people, then it makes you feel better about yourself and it gives you something that takes your mind off of you being so down. Yeah, so help them, And that's the that's the key to it right there. You've just you've got everybody's got to help each other. We got to love each other. We share this same ball of dirt that spends around, and we've got to stop all of this negativity and stop all sit down and have a conversation with somebody. Don't blast them on Facebook or Instagram. Sit down, have a conversation with them, ask them why, ask them how you can get along beside them and help them instead of tearing everybody down. That's the problem that we have with social media today and throughout the country is that people would rather tear you down because it's easier to do that than it is to put in the work to help you. Well, that is the truth. And it's also there's something about the complaint, the grievance culture online that and then the clicks that follow and all of that that releases dopamine in the brain and makes you feel good for a little while and all of that. I mean, there's yeah, there's a lot going on. Hey, Chris, I appreciate the call, sir, Thanks so much. All right, take care. Yeah, that's some great advice. And I mean for life. Really, I've said this before, like the key for me has been gratitude. Like if you try to make a point every single day to find something to be grateful for, I think, it wards off a lot of this, a lot of the negativity it has for me, and it wards off a lot of uh, sort of the black pilling effect. You know. Stories are powerful. They help us make sense of things, to understand experiences. Stories connect us to the people of our past while transcending generations. They help us process the meaning of life, and our stories are told through images and videos. Preserve your stories with Creative Video. Started in nineteen ninety seven in Minhill, North Carolina. It was the first company to provide this valuable service, converting images, photos and videos into high quality produced slide shows, videos and albums. The trusted, talented and dedicated team at Creative Video will go over all of the details with you to create a perfect project. Satisfaction guaranteed. 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Like, it's not as if Trump is enacting or is doing the war in Iran for no other reason, right, and we are already paying an Iran tax on gas. The price of gas is set where it is because there's sort of this threat built into the price through insurance for the vessels. Right, all of that stuff is that's all connected to the price of a barrel of oil. And of course the cartel which just lost one of its top three members, the UAE this week or within the last week. UAE left Opek. They want to be able to pump more oil. They don't want to be bound by the prices set by Saudi Arabia, and they set those prices due to their own internal domestic needs. They need eighty dollars a or a barrel gas for their internal domestic priorities. So you break that, you break that cartel, and like, we may never see oil at those prices again, at these prices, right, Kevin says Pete, I see what you're saying. You set the example for the You set the example for the rest of us. Run for any local office besides your HOA and we'll support you, and who knows, you may inspire some of us to follow in your footsteps. Look, I am not telling you, Kevin, to run, Okay, I'm speaking to everybody that's listening. I cannot know everybody's personal situation. I'm not advocating that you run. I'm saying if everybody adopts that position, then that is surrender. So you have to have good, competent people that step into the arena. And by the way, Kevin, I'm already in the arena. I'm already here and I've been here twenty five years. If you don't think this doesn't have a personal impact on my life, let me tell you when I got let go from BT back in two thousand and ten, No. Twenty eleven. Do you know how hard it is to find a job in media after being a conservative talk radio host? That it's pretty difficult. People make all sorts of assumptions about you, just like they would if you were a Republican candidate for office. So I'm out here doing this work. This was when I got involved. I said this. I've been saying this since I got into this profession, and I knew I wanted to get into this profession when I was back in college. That's why I went to college for Mass Communication broadcast with a minor in political science, because this is what I wanted to go into journalism, and then eventually and I wanted to be in radio, and then eventually I wanted to be a host because I believe in the necessity of a free press in order to have an informed citizenry so we can self govern. So that's my contribution. This is my contribution. And if I were to run for office, my god, the oppo research people would be taking every hour that I've ever been on the area using it in the oppo opposition campaigns against me. But when I moved into the neighborhood and I saw an ability to volunteer in some capacity in governance. Well, this was the hoa thing that was a position that I could do and not have, you know, not have the same kind of campaigning and all of that stuff. And here's the other thing. If I were to run for office, I have to quit my job, literally must resign my position. I'm not allowed to be on the air if I'm a candidate. Everybody is different. I'm pointing out the standard that people are promoting with this black pill nonsense. What you are doing is giving me a choice between surrender and non participation, and I reject the premise. There is a third option, which is for people to get involved. More messages on the text line, let me read them. Robin says, I completely agree with you. I have done smaller local things, but only in a helping capacity because my family does not really agree with wanting to be out there in the spotlight. I have to honor my husband. I'm sure there are a lot of husband and why husbands and wives where one is ready to fight and the other one says no, thank you. Family is no longer exempt. Unfortunately. No, look again, I'm not advocating that. I'm not advocating you specifically rob and run for an office. You may want to, but if your family does not want you to because they don't want to be involved in that, then yes, like you have to honor your family or you know, decide whether or not you go against the family. I'm not like that's everybody's situation is different, and it's good that you do get involved with in other ways, everybody has their own talents to lend. You know, there are only four hundred and thirty five seats in the US Congress, so everybody can't be in Congress. Everybody can't run for Congress. So I'm not advocating everybody do. I'm just saying, you know, if you are, if you are listening, if you're listening to WBT, you are already politically engaged more so than most people. Right, you have a greater understanding of the issues, and so like you can apply that understanding, that knowledge and your talents. However you can, and different people have different talents. Again, this is not a blanket call for every single person to run for an office. Okay, the Hellian says that was a great call from the from Mayor Chris. He should consult. Yeah, that's one way to do it, you get involved with you know, these campaigns or a consulting firm of some kind. Right, if you have, if you have the answers of how people can win, you should sell that. Right. You should go be a consultant and get a bunch of campaigns to be successful. Steve says, right on, brother, helping others also helps you, and Alan says, okay, Pete, we get it. Thank you joking aside, your voice and the information you put out is incalculable in value. Thank you. I can copy and paste that every day for a measly ten dollars. Let me know, all right, I'm considering it. Let's see here. Seven oh four number says I totally agree about people participating in elected office. Conservatives have to step up and run. But also you and the caller were right about reaching out to families. As a wife of an elected official, it's so hard to bear up under all the attacks against your husband and your family. In general, supporters, please continue to be that support throughout their life in office. It is not easy, that is true. I've said that for years and years. It's always harder on the family than it is on the candidate, as it would be for me, right if if my wife were on the radio and subjected to the kind of abuse that I know, Like, well, I know the abuse that I get, but it's usually worse for women. I can yeah, I can only imagine how that would just drive me crazy, you know, So I get that, but again, like not to well, I have mocked, if I'm being honest, I have mocked the whole public service, right because people who don't really seem to be in it for the service part, you know, they use this as a as a shield. They use the term as a shield against any form of criticism when they are doing things wrong, or they are doing things that are harmful, right, and so they say, you, you know, I'm just here for public service and all that. But that term, you know, is not entirely one hundred percent ironic, right. There is a truth to that term in that fact that it's not supposed to be easy. And when you when you decide to get into the arena, there are sacrifices that you make. And I'm not talking I think somebody sent on the text line something about the Facebook arena. Yeah, I mean, look, you're not persuading anybody on Facebook, especially nowadays, maybe back in the early days of Facebook and social media, we were able to Now I see as I was about to say that, I know, I don't think that's true either, But you know what, maybe maybe there's you know, zero point one percent of the all the posts out there that maybe actually got somebody to think in a different way. Right. But this is one of the things I tell people all the time is that when I get into an argument with somebody, whether it's on the radio or it's on social media, I'm not intending to change their mind. The mere fact that you're engaging with me, you know, in a public space, indicates to me that you already have this view and you are invested in that view, and so I'm not going to be able to persuade you to abandon that view and agree with me. Right, So I know that going into any conversation. My point is for the people who may be listening or on social media, they may be reading this interaction, I want those people to feel like I have the stronger argument, because if you are a just a spectator to the argument, you don't have to jump in and take a position. I know that may come as a shock to a lot of people who are online a lot. But you don't have to race in immediately with an opinion, right, But you can sit and watch something unfold and see how these two parties are engaging in an argument. And I want my position, I want my logic, I want my facts and the way I the way I, you know, comport myself. I want that to be the thing that more people are attracted to, because that's what I hope wins the day, is that people hear my arguments and then they say, oh, okay, that makes a lot more sense. And that guy started, you know, calling Pete names, so he like, you know that now he's lost the argument because he's attacking you personally. And so when people attack me personally, I will go back and forth with them and never even acknowledge the personal attacks. I just don't even acknowledge them because I keep trying to focus on the issue that they are, like, they called in to debate and it drives them nuts. You've heard it. That's why. And that's why people are like, why do you have these you know, people that call in and you let them on the air. That's why. Because I want people who may be just spectating to hear their argument and their name calling and my argument. Here's another bit of good news to ward off the black pilling. The North Carolina State Board of Elections has identified approximately thirty four thousand deceased individuals. We're dead, as I like to call them. They're dead, dead people on the they were on the state's voter rolls. This announcement follows a comprehensive data comparison with the federal SAVE database. SAVE stands for Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Database, Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Okay, SAVE database. On April seventeenth, twenty twenty six, the state Board submitted almost seven point four million voter records to the SAVE system as part of its initiative to strengthen the accuracy and integrity of the state's voter registration list. So again, why did this happen. It happened because the Republican controlled legislature moved the Board of Elections from under the governor's authority over to the state auditor, Right, Yeah, Dave Bullock moved it under his office and all of the outrage and everything, you can't do that, which they could. There was. Opposition and lawsuit, but they are with the legislature can do it, and Republicans did it, and don't think Democrats wouldn't do something similar if they could. They probably will try to move it back if they get control of the North Carolina Legislature. But just doing that and fighting that fight and taking the slings and arrows and all of that. By moving the Board of Elections from under the governor means that they got new leadership in the State Board of Elections that was Republican majority, and then the Republican State Board of Elections direct did this compliance measure right, because the state of North Carolina has been at odds with federal law on the voter registration lists for like twenty years, and they would get notices about it. They're like, hey, you're not doing your maintenance, you know, timely enough. And when Democrats ran it, they didn't care. The discovery comes as an added benefit of the state Board's ongoing effort to verify the citizenship status of registered voters. So that's why they ran it through the SAVE database, is to make sure that there aren't illegal aliens that are registered to vote. But oh, by the way, they also turned up thirty four thousand dead people. The primary goal of comparing voter registration records with the SAVE database is to identify any non US citizens on the voter rolls and ensure that only eligible individuals are registered to vote in North Carolina, but we expect that this process will also help identify other anomalies, such as duplicate registrations, name mismatches, and deceased voters. This is from a press release, by the way, from the State Board of Elections. They go on to state election officials emphasize that list maintenance is a routine and necessary function to ensure compliance with state and federal law. The identification of deceased individuals on the voter roles does not necessarily indicate that illegal votes were cast in their names, but it does underscore the importance of regular updates and strong interagency coordination that is correct, precisely correct. Thirty four thousand people that are dead that are on the voter rolls is not proof of fraud. Its proof of poor list management until the new board did this verification, But it's not proof that they ought that any of them voted. But they do need to have their names removed from the voter lists so as to prevent any fraud. The state board will follow established procedures to verify records and will work with county boards of elections to remove deceased individuals from the voter roles in accordance with the law. These processes include cross checking additional state and federal databases and providing due process before any removal occurs outrage ensues, I'm sure all right, that'll do it for this episode. Thank you so much for listening. I could not do the show without your support and the support of the businesses that advertise on the podcast, so if you'd like, please support them too and tell them you heard it here. You can also become a patron at my Patreon page or go to thepetecallanershow dot com. 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