Donnybrook
November 2, 2023
Season 2023 Episode 64 | 27m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Charlie Brennan debates with Wendy Wiese, Bill McClellan, Alvin Reid, and Ray Hartmann.
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November 2, 2023
Season 2023 Episode 64 | 27m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Charlie Brennan debates with Wendy Wiese, Bill McClellan, Alvin Reid, and Ray Hartmann.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> "DONNYBROOK" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE S THOMAS PATTERSON FOUNDATION AND THE MEMBERS OF NINE >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US F "DONNYBROOK", OUR FIRST IN NOVEMBER.
BUSH WILL HAVE A PRIMARY OPPONENT.
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BILL MCCLELLAN WITH THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH AND STL TODAY.COM.
OF THE RIVERFRONT TIMES AND EDITOR AND COLUMNIST WITH THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN ALVIN REID.
WELL, MAYBE YOU WILL NOTICE ON THIS SHOW WE HAV ARTWORK ATOP THE MANTEL BEHIND ME AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK MORRIS FLETCH HERB.
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CONGRESSWOMAN CORI BUSH.
OCTOBER 6th WHEN ON THIS PANEL WE WERE TALKING FIND SOME OPPOSITION IN THE NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION.
PROSECUTOR, WESLEY BELL HAS THROWN HIS HAT IN THE RING, AND THERE'S SPECULATION THAT OTHERS MIGHT ALSO DO THE SAME DO YOU THINK THAT CORI BUSH, W THIS WEEK REALLY IRRITATED A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN ON SUNDAY SHE SAID THE ISRAELI RETALIATORY STRIKE AGAINST GAZA WAS ETHNIC CLEANSING.
HER JOB?
>> I THINK S I THINK THERE POLITICAL PEOPLE LIKE WESLEY BELL, STATE SENATOR BRIAN WILLIAMS, WHO REALIZE THIS IS AN OPENING.
DISTRICT SEAT, WHICH CAN BE KI OF A LIFETIME JOB, THIS IS A CHANCE.
IN THE FIRST DISTRICT.
I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT O ANGER AGAINST CORI BUSH RIGHT NOW.
CHRISTOPHER BEDELL, WHOSE AN ATTORNEY DOWNTOWN.
I MET HIM AT MAXINE'S PLACE, AND I WAS TALKING TO HIM AND HEATS A HE'S A YOUNG MAN, INTERESTED IN POLITICS.
IF YOU LET THIS GO BY.
I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW WESLEY BELL IS PROBABLY THE ODDS ON FAVORITE AGAINST CORI BUSH.
I MEAN TOGETHER, IT WILL BE HARD TO BEAT HER.
&g MENTIONED, SHE'S PRETTY SOLID IN THAT DISTRICT.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY AS JOE HOLMAN POINTED OUT.
SHE'S 20 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS IN HER C CHEST.
THE COLUMN THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS THAT A LAST-MINUTE DONATION COULD BRING THE NEEDLE WAY, WAY UP.
IT'S A ONCE IN A LIFET OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOMEBODY THIS WEAKENED AT SUCH A VOLATILE TIME.
SHE'S NOT LOSING.
IT'S ONE OF TH DYNAMICS, MUCH LIKE THE REPUBLICANS NATI IF YOU HAVE TRUMP AGAINST 7 PEOPLE.
THAT'S BE HOPING FOR.
I DO THINK W BEST CHANCE.
IF IT'S A TWO-PERSON RACE AGAINST WESLEY, WE REALLY OUGHT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF SYS WHERE YOU WEAN IT DOWN TO TWO PEOPLE.
BE AT HER FAIRLY EASILY IN A TWO-PERSON RACE.
HAPPEN.
SCENARIO IF YOU DID NOT WANT HER IN THE OFFICE BECAUSE I THIN KEITH WOULD BEAT HER ONE ON ONE.
THE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THERE, SHE'S SAYING THE MORE THE MERRIER.
TODAY AND 150 PEOPLE SIGNED ON THE CAMPAIGN.
SOME OF THE NAMES YOU RECO CHARLIE DOOLEY, INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU RECOGNIZE THAT'S THE FIRST KIND OF LISTI OF PEOPLE OKAY WE WESLEY BELL TEAM.
WIEK YOLIKE YOU SAY IT'S A BETWEEN NOW AND THE PRIMARY, IF I WERE CORI BUSH, I WOULD NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY STANCE ON WHAT SHE'S THINKING BUT CHANGE MY STANCE ON WHAT I'M SAYING.
>> ANOTHER INTERESTING AS IT THAT NOT SO LONG AGO WE HAD BLACK GIRL MAGIC, AND WE HAD TASHARA JONES, GARDNER AND CORI BUSH, AND NOW MS. GARDNER IS GONE.
TASHARA JONES, AS FAR AS I KNOW, HAS BEEN SILENT ABOUT THIS CONGRESSIONAL RACE.
SHE HAS NOT STOOD SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH CORI BUSH.
>> PBS NEWSHOUR AND NPR RECENTLY TOOK A POLL AND FOUND OUT INCREASINGLY NUMBER OF DEMOCR PLURALITY ARE MORE SYMPATHETIC WITH PALESTINIANS THAN ISRAELI THIS YEAR.
>> WE WILL FIND OUT.
>> PEOPLE WHO ARE SYMPATHETIC TO THE PALE SYMPATHETIC TO THEM.
JEWISH PEOPL >> SHE'S GOING TO GET A LOT OF MONEY FROM OUT OF TOWNERS.
I THINK SHE WILL GET A LOT OF MONEY FROM BOEING.
>> BOEING?
>> BOEING.
>> YOU A LOT OF MONEY.
>> NO, I THINK WESLEY BELL.
>> WESLEY BELL WILL GET MONEY FROM BOEING, LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS OUT OF TOWN MONEY.
>> I HAPPEN TO BE JEWISH WHO HAPPEN TO THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN IS DOING THE RIGHT THING WITH CALLING FOR THE PAUSE.
NOT EVERYBODY IS T THIS.
FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU ARE THE DEMOCRATS, CORI BUSH IS MUCH MORE OF A LIABILITY TO YOU FOR NOT LETTING GO OF DEFUND THE POLICE WHICH ALMOST EVERY DEMOCRAT HAS SAID -- THE ISRAELI ISSUE, TO ME, WHAT WAS REALLY PROBLEMATIC ISN'T WHAT SHE SAID LAST WEEKEND BUT ON THE DAY THEY HAD THE EQUIVALENT OF 15 9/11S HIT ISRAEL, SHE SPECIFICALLY USED THAT DAY TO CALL FOR AID TO ISRAEL AND BLAME THEM.
THAT, TO ME, WAS P THE LINE.
BUT JEWISH PEOPLE OR ANYTHING ELSE, ISRAEL IS JUST ONE ISSUE.
I THINK THE DEFUND THE ISSUE, WHICH ALMOST ALL DEMOCRATS TRY TO DISTANCE FROM -.
>> BUT NOW.
>> YOU ARE SEEING RABY SUSAN TELBY AND THE MAYOR OF CLAYTON AND ST. LOUISIANS SIGNING THE PETITION.
JEWISH COMMUNITY.
TO THE JEWISH PLIGHT.
THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY.
>> SURE, THEY CAN.
SORRY.
IT'S ANTISEMITISM, SIMPLE.
>> WAIT A MINUTE.
WHAT HE'S SAYING GIVEN THEM AN INTERVIEW.
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN -- IF I'M OFFERING YOU THE CHANCE TO COME TALK TO ME AND YOU DON'T DO IT, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE RACIST OR ANTII AN >> I WILL TELL YOU MY THEORY.
GUYS, SHE DOESN'T NEED TO.
SHE PLAYS THE MEDIA LIKE FAIRS.
NOBODY GET HAWLEY THAN CORI BUSH.
>> WHILE THE PEOPLE WERE BEING TORTURED AND MURDERED TO PICK THAT MOMENT TO CALL FOR AN END TO AID TO ISRAEL, AS RAY SAID, IF THAT'S NOT ANTISEMITISM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
>> I DIDN' >> I DID.
I SAID REAL QUICKLY, YOU KNO WHAT I WROTE ABOUT AT SUBSTACK, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT CALLING HER NAMES, BUT SHE AIN'T GETTING MY VOTE.
>> IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE ANTISEMITIC.
IF HAMAS DOES NOT TACKIES REAL IS WESLEY BELL RUNNING AGAINST CORI BUSH?
RUN?
YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT >> THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SA IT'S A ONC >> THIS IS CENTERED ON WHAT'S GOING ON NOW, NOT DEFUND THE POLICE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> JUST TO BE THE PROVOK TOUR.
ARE WE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT WESLEY BELL WHO ON A THURSDAY SAID HEY, I'M NOT SEEKING OTHER OFFICE AND THREE OR FOUR DAYS LATER ANNOUNCED RUNNING FOR SENATE.
SENATE AND NOW A CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS.
IN THE MAN'S MIND?
>> I WAS THE ONE WHO SA ID HOW ABOUT THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
A LOT OF UNHAPPY WITH CORI BUSH.
HE SAID MR. MCCLELLAN, I STAY IN MY LANE.
I SAID PLEASE DO MR. MCCLELLAN.
IS RUNNING.
>> HIS GOOGLE MESSED UP.
>> VEERED INTO THAT OTHER THING.
>> GOOD YOUNG MAN.
>> TOPIC NO.
2 FOR THE TH IS IS A WEIR REID, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT DONNY WALTERS WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ETHICAL S OF POLICE, ASSOCIATION INVOLVING MOSTLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN COPS THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
JAY ASHCROFT, THE SECRETARY OF STATE, VERY CONSERVATIVE, VERY REPUBLICAN, WHO IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.
IN AN OP IN THE JOPLIN GLOBE, POST DISPATCH AROUND THE STATE, THEY CALL FOR THE STATE TAKE OVER OF THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, ST. LOUIS, THEY WRITE THAT THE POLICE OFFIC CREDIT CARDS FROM THE CITY, BUT THE CREDIT CARDS HAV PAID OFF, SO THEY CAN'T USE THEM.
GAS WHEN THEY TAKE PRISONERS AROUND.
THE CITY VEHICLES AREN'T BEING MAINTAINED AND FORCE GONE FROM 1300 OFFICERS TO 930.
THE LIST GOES ON.
DO YOU THINK T WEIRD ALLIANCE THAT ACTUALLY SOMETIME IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION THE STATE WILL TAKE OVER?
>> NO, T OF IT LAST YEAR.
THEY WILL NOT WANT ANY IT NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS JU THEY WILL GO YOU DO REALIZE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS.
ARE WE GOING T ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN?
NO, THEY ARE NOT.
AFTER THIS A WHISPERING SOMETHING INTO THIS GUY'S EAR YOU COULD BE LIEUTENANT GOVER YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BE THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE OR AT LEAST RUNNING THAT ORGANIZATION.
TENTH DEGREE.
IT IS CRASS IGNORA GOOD FOR THE STATE.
>> THA SO THAT IS THE REA MINDS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.
HE MIGHT HAVE THOSE ASPIRATIONS, BUT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE SAYING ARE ACTU TRUE.
OVER, THE CITY STILL PAYS THE BILLS.
THE STATE TAKES OVER AND NOW THE STATE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE THINGS.
BUT ANY INCURRED EXPENSE AND ALL OF THAT, THAT FALLS ON THE STATE.
FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR THE STATE THAN IT HAS NOW.
LAST TIME I WE ARE BROKE, BECAUSE WE ARE SITTING ON ALL OF THIS MONEY GETTING READY TO SPEND.
BUT THIS WIL EXPENSE FOR THE STATE.
>> I THINK ABOUT -- I COULD BE WRONG -- I THINK THEY ARE GOING BACK TO T SYSTEM WHERE THE GOVER TO FIVE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
ONE OF THE WORST RUN CITY GOVERNMENTS.
BY THE WAY, THE IDEA THAT THAT'S APOLITICAL WHEN THE GOVERNOR IS PICKING FIVE PEOPLE, HAND PICKING THEM, OF COURSE IT'S POLITICAL, REGARDLESS WHETHER IT'S DEMOC GOVERNOR, DOESN'T MATTER.
OF C I THINK WHERE LOCAL CONTROL IS NOT HAVING A POLICE BOARD AND NOT HAVING A SERIOUS EMPOWERED CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD BECAUSE IT'S A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
JEFFERSO ABOUT IT, BY THE WAY WILL DO WHAT THEY USUALLY DO IN AN ELECTION YEAR, AND MILK WHATEVER BENEFIT THERE IS AND NOT DO IT.
&g CONTROLLED AND WE HAD A POLICE BOARD, AND I WAS IN FAVOR OF LOCAL CONTROL.
NO CONTROL, I'M NOT SO SURE.
THE BUSINESSMEN AND THEY ARE ALMOST ALWAYS BUSINESSMEN, THAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD POINT, AND IT'S POLITICAL IN A SE A FAVOR TO THESE PEOPLE.
BUT THE BUSINESSMEN WANT A LID ON THINGS.
THEY JUST WANT T CALM.
RIGHT NOW, I DON'T SEE THE CITY LEADERS.
IT'S JUST THE MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF FROM DELAWARE.
THINGS ARE OUT OF CONTROL.
I LOOK AT THAT AND I THINK WELL, I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF WITH BUSINESSMEN IN CHARGE.
ONE FIGHTING FOR THE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD.
>> I REMEMBER THINKING AT TI ME WHAT'S HONESTLY.
CHANGED.
APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, CONFIRMED BY THE ALDERMEN.
>> HOW ABOUT THIS.
KIND JOSH HAWLEY, THE SENIOR SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF MISSOURI, HO ABOUT THAT, HE IS PROP LAW WHICH WOULD KIND OF FLY IN THE FACE OF UNITED SUPREME COURT RULING SAYING CORPORATION UNLIMITED AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES.
THAT'S THE W HE WANTS A CURVE ON CAMPAIGN SPENDING BY CORPORATIONS.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> FIRST OF ALL, KIND OF WI TH HAWLEY, AS I AM WITH BUSH, HE CROSSED A LINE WHEN HE DECIDED TO OVER THROW OUR DEMOCRACY.
IT DOESN'T MATTE DOES.
NO.
1, HE DID A GOOD JOB STANDING UP TO THE FOLKS AT COLD WATER CREEK.
THE STOCK INVESTING HE'S R ON.
ON THIS ONE, HE SEEMS TO BE FALLING LUCAS CAMPAIGN LITERATURE TO BE A POPULIST.
HAWLEY HAS THE BENEFIT OF BEING ON THE POPULIST SI FINANCE, KNOWING IT WON'T PASS, AND TAKE CREDIT FOR TRYING.
>> LUCAS -- THIS IS KIND OF THE ISSUE THAT LUCAS - KARLA MAY.
>> OR WESLEY BELL.
>> WESLEY IS GOING TO HAVE THREE JOBS.
>> I DON'T THINK THE LEGI WOULD BE CONSTITUTIO THE SUPREME COURT ALREADY THAT THE CORPORATIONS ARE KIND OF LIKE HUMAN BEINGS AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO FREE THEY CAN GIVE ALL THE MONEY THEY WANT.
IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
>> I THINK THAT COULD BE DONE.
EVEN IF CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE DREW UP, I THINK THE CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT WOULD STAND WITH IT BUT THERE'S NO PA ON THE SUPREME COURT, OF COURSE.
I THOUGHT THE REAC HAWLEY OR MITCH MCCONNELL, HE PUT IT IN SIMPLE TERMS, WE WILL DESTROY YOU.
>> WE WILL DESTROY YOU.
>> YOU WILL BE >> WE WILL BURY YOU.
>> AND MITCH MCCONNELL SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND AND IT FUNDED JOSH HAWLEY'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST CLAIRE MCCASKILL.
>> HAWLEY IS ALL ABOUT DARK MONEY.
> ABOUT HAZELWOOD?
>> WAS IT THE POST DISPATCH.
>> NPR, PUBLIC RADIO.
TOOK A LOOK AT THE COOLS IN HAZEL NWOOD A CRACKING DOWN ON LARCENY.
A LOT OF KIDS WERE ATTENDING T SCHOOLS BUT DON'T LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
THE DISTRICT TO ATTEND THE LOCAL SCHOOLS.
PEOPLE'S HOMES AND IN ONE REPO THEY ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING THROUGH CLOSETS TO KIDS CLOTHING IS IN THE CLOSET.
BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT, THIS COULD NOT BE YOUR ACTUAL ADDRESS.
SOME PEOPLE THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS GONE TOO FAR BECAUSE SOME OF THE CHILDREN ARE BEING KICKED OUT O MID-SEMESTER.
>> A RIGHT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING TAXES TO THAT SCHOO DISTRICT TO HAVE STUDENTS FROM THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
VOLUNTARY TRANSFER BUT I THINK PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT HAZELWOOD SAYING IT'S UNFAIR.
IF KIRK WOOWOOD, IT WOULD BE NO BIG DEAL.
RIGHT.
YOU CANNOT TELL HAZELWOOD THAT THEY CANNOT DO THIS.
YOU ARE WRON TELLING IFER DISTRICT IN MISSOURI THAT YOU ARE IF YOU DID THIS.
I DON'T THINK THEY ARE RUM THROUGH PEOPLE'S CLOSETS.
I WOULD HAVE TO SEE VERIFIABLE PROOF OF THAT.
IF THEY ARE WHO ATTENDS SCHOOL AND YOU HAVE TO BE LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT TO ATTEND THE SCHOOLS, NO PROBLEM.
>> YOU KNOW, MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE PARENTS.
SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WAS CHAOS, I WOULD DO WHATEVER I COULD TO GET MY CHILD IN A DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BU GOOD POINT.
YO A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE STUDENTS FROM THAT >> YOU DO REALIZE THAT OU TLINING THE IMMIGRATIO IN THIS COUNTRY, DON'T YOU, IN A SENSE?
>> JUST CHECKING.
>> NO QUESTION THE DIST RIGHT.
THIS TODAY.
WHAT'S LEFT OUT EVEN I STORY IS THERE'S A LOT OF SUBJECTIVITY ON THE PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
FOR EXAMPLE, HOST OF THAT THEY ARE LOOKING IS IT'S BECAUSE THE KID IS IN TROUBLE.
GETTING GOOD TEST SCORES, IT'S CASE BY CASE.
THEY K >> HAD YOU TALKING ABOUT HAZELWOOD IN PARTI >> NO, TALKING A PARTICULAR.
THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO.
I'M NOT ARGUING THAT POINT DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE SUBJECTIVITY INVOLVED IN WHICH KIDS GET INVESTIGATED.
>> THEY SAY THERE ARE 2,000 INVESTIGATIONS IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT OF 17,000 STUDENTS.
THEY COULD THE POOR STUDENTS.
THERE'S NOT THAT M STUDENTS.
TO START WITH SOMETHING, USUALLY IT'S THE KID GETTING IN TROUBLE OR SOMETHING.
POINT -- IT WAS A GOOD STORY.
I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND IN THE SAME VEIN SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE STORY, A KID AWAY FROM FINISHING THE SEMESTER.
OF SUBJECTIVE.
> A WOMAN WAS A WAITRESS, LOST THE JOB AND ENDED UP MOVING TO WEBSTER.
HER SON WE HAD KNO DAYS OF KINDERGARTEN ON THE SWINGS.
SENIOR YEAR.
AGAIN, I HAPPEN TO BE TOWARD CLAYTON BUT I THINK ALVIN HAS A GREAT POINT.
LET'S HA EVERYBODY.
SIGHT OF THE SUBJECTIVITY.
>> DON'T FORGET.
THERE IS STATE LEVEL IN J WHICH WOULD SAY OPEN ENROLLMENT.
IF YOU ARE A TAXPAYER IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF YOUR CHOICE.
>> I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A THINGS, AND THAT'S JUST LIKE TAKING OVER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HIM.
GET THAT CALL FROM THAT GUY IN THAT DISTRICT.
OH, NO.
>> MOST EDUCATORS THINK THAT A FEW IN NORMANDY GOT THE POSSIBLE ACCREDITATION, JUST TO STOP ALL OF THAT FROM THESE KIDS BEING ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
IT'S A MESS.
>> FINAL TOP WENDY, BARBIE WAS A HUGE SENSATION, GREAT MOVIE.
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MOVIE.
SOLD A LOT TURNS OUT THAT BUIL BUILD-A-BEAR BASED IN ST. LOUIS IS GOING TO HAVE A MOVIE AND QUOTED IN TODAY'S ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH AND SHE SAID IT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT MARKET OUR PRODUCTS IN THE STORES, WHICH TO ME IS A CONCERNING THAT HERE IS A MOVIE THAT'S REALLY A COMMER DESIGNED TO GENE KIDS AS CONSUMERS.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> I SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A KIDDO-AND THAT WAS MANY KID, AND T MANY MOONS AGO ON A BLACK AND WHITE TELEVISION SET, THEY WERE DOING THE SAME THING O AND WHITE TELEVISION SET.
IT'S A BOLD THING TO SAY ARE GOING TO SELL A LOT OF BEARS.
IS IT JUST THE MARKETING WORLD TODAY?
>> FURTHER BA WE ARE SIRIUS RADI PLAY THE OLD SHOWS, AND THEY PLAY THE COMMERCIALS.
TELL YOUR PARENTS TO AND SUCH CEREAL.
THAT COMMERCIAL IS NOT AIMED AT THE PARENT BUT A LISTENING TO SOUP ARE MAN ON THE SUPE RADIO.
THE CANDY.
>> BUT ET WAS A MOVIE THAT ENLIGHTENED, AND IT ENTERTAINED.
MAYBE INFORMED, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT USING KIDS AS A VEHICLE TO MAKE PROFITS FOR THE SHAREHOLDERS.
>> LOOK, THE TOBACCO COMP DID IT FOR YEARS.
>> AND IT WAS HORRIBLE.
>> AN EXTREME EXAMPLE.
>> THAT'S AN EXAMPLE WHERE YOU HAVE GOT A POINT IN TERMS OF KIDS W LITTLE KIDS, PRETTY SOPHISTICATED THEETS DAYS THESE DAYS.
>> KIDS THAT LIKE TE TEDDY BEARS ARE SOPHISTICATED?
> BUILD-A-BEAR IS NOT A.
>> YOU ARE TRYING TO SELL BEARS.
WE WILL FIND OUT HOW PEOPLE VIEWED LAST WEEK'S SHOW.
THE FOCUS SHOULD BE THE TOWN OF LAROYA IN PERU WHERE MINING OPERATION LEAD POISONING FOUND IN THE BLOOD OF THE POPULATION, AND FAILED TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT AND THE LAWSUIT SHOULD BE TRIED IN FEDERAL COURT IN ST. LOUIS WHERE THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS RESIDE.
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