Mostly Politics: Conversations with Bob and Sherry

00:01:20 First Republican Debate 26:36 Bringing Microchip Mfg back to the USA 33:04 China Economy (leads to a debate) 01:04:36 Craftsman tools made in USA. Automation vs jobs. 01:14:21 Closing banter: Men debating women. Gender roles at home.

Joy Mann, Moms for Liberty Allegheny County, joins Bob for an in depth conversation of the transgender tennis coach controversy in Gettysburg Pennsylvania High School. We also talk about the Trump RICO indictment in Georgia, Michael Oher & the Tuohy family Blind Side controversy and also a discussion of the Sound of Freedom movie narratives and this important issues.

00:16 Pride parade videos showing children watching inappropriate adult behavior. 02:03 Reformation movement within the LGBT community. Conservative rhetoric is always responsible for the actions of others, but the liberal left wing is not. 05:19 Does pride have a standard of decency? 08:12 What parents see causing them to claim indoctrination and threats to their children. Protests in Montgomery County Maryland. 11:30 Why to they use the bigot and white supremacist label so often? 14:48 Moms for Liberty. 19:06 Trend in America reminiscent of Communist China Cultural Revolution. 21:35 Moms for Liberty vs left wing activism machine. 25:35 Moms for Liberty effective in electing school board directors. 28:23 If mainstream media reported objectively the left would be forced to debate the issues on merit. The media is the weapon the makes the attack labels effective. 30:06 Media can’t be trusted to inform the public. Voters must take the time to research on their own. 33:53 Pennsylvania School Choice Lifeline Scholarship program supported by Democrat Governor Josh Shapiro. 36:13 School finances and Shaler Area School Tax Increase. Are School Directors equipped to oversee budgeting and spending? 41:14 Juneteenth. History of slavery in the United States. 47:06 From slavery to racism. 51:37 Accurate teaching of history would reduce racism in America. Distorted history that comes from ideologies like Critical Race Theory increase racism.

00:53 Taylor Swift and ticket resale. 03:37 History of music industry business model. Money is no longer made from the music but from the live concerts. 05:43 Ticket scalpers were illegal. 07:50 Sherry ruins concert fun by criticizing her friends and husband. 12:41 USA idolizes celebrities, but China is moving in that direction. Jeremy Lin and Chinese basketball players. 16:03 Attendees at concerts and sporting events seem less interested in the sport or the music and more about celebrating their own attendance. 19:57 Sherry doesn’t enjoy live sports. She’d rather be home. 21:14 Why football is a good spectator sport for beginners watching on television but long-time knowledgeable fans prefer to see it live. Sherry tries to ruin football. 24:00 Sherry tries to ruin football. Bob tackles her for a loss so she reverts to genetics again. Bob defends genetic diversity. 29:14 Taylor Swift’s childhood. Nashville for aspiring musicians. Segue to the importance of fathers. 33:55 Troubled, out of control children often have no father in the house. Importance of fathers and the nuclear family. 40:16 Problems rooted in a distortion of what constitutes identity. Children suffer when they don’t have a father and mother. 43:50 If a mother gets divorced, she should not date or remarry until the child is 18 years old. Young men shouldn’t be in relationship with women who already have children. 51:16 Test good ideas / truths in your brain. Don’t test them with your feelings. 55:00 Sherry recalls women positioning themselves to be pursued by men. Body positivity is for women only. Young men and boys have unrealistic expectations to live up to. 01:01:08 Bob not playing the victim regarding the social situation around young men and boys. Young men and boys need confidence. Parenting matters but so does culture. 01:11:01 Why Fathers’ Day is different from Mothers’ Day. 01:12:58 Multiple children disproportionately more difficult. Family fun outings often lead to frustration, scolding and correction.

00:15 Women without fixed hair and makeup. 01:20 Southern Poverty Law Center adds Mom’s for Liberty to their annual report of “Hate and Extremism”. 04:08 Children have easy access to adult material online. World Health Organization Guidelines are affecting schools’ approach to sex education. 15:00 Standards bodies cause policy but then deny responsibility. The people have no recourse when no organization is responsible for the things affecting their lives including children. 17:00 Does the FBI have proof that Joe Biden received $5 million. Evidence vs follow the money. 19:15 China in Taiwan airspace. USA doesn’t have enough ammunition because of Ukraine. Politico article “Pentagon Freaking out about Potential War with China”. Is China perpetuating the war in Ukraine? 22:21 Sherry’s Democrat Friend doesn’t know Robert F Kennedy Jr. Media not reporting on RFK Jr as a primary challenger to Biden. 25:54 China has us surrounded. 27:26 Politico article: Post Cold War US military strategy flawed. Is war obsolete? Was Vietnam the turning point for war against a superpower? 29:49 Activists and political operatives keep Americans fighting one another. The US has no national identity. Global free trade was supposed to prevent war, but it’s made the USA vulnerable. 33:06 Bob questions the source of the politico article. Why would the Pentagon allow this type of report? Is the UFO leak true? 37:38 People don’t want to talk about important issues like China. Taking Taiwan is Xi’s legacy. A weak USA is necessary for a successful invasion of Taiwan. 40:52 Sherry’s mother taught: bitterness before sweetness. Beginning of Asian Mom mode. 43:03 Is Sherry the stereotypical Asian mom? Is she overly negative and focused on avoiding failure? Good life lessons are revealed in this light hearted casual conversation. 50:17 The high from accomplishing something. 53:03 Trump indictment. 1:02:41 Conservatives need polished spokespeople and leaders. Value of Vivek Ramaswamy in the primary.

00:43 Florida Child Transgender Care Misinformation on TikTok 09:06 Litter boxes in Schools (fake story). 12:14 LGBT Advocates debunk the fake characterization of the Child Transgender Law in Florida. 14:28 Family Nudist Camp: White Thorn Lodge in Pennsylvania. 18:02 Working through the logic and morality of someone who would take children to nudist camps. To what extent should they be spied upon or what laws can be passed? 30:33 Counter arguments from supporters of children at drag shows. 35:40 Why companies keep making mistakes with woke promotions 42:05 Moving away from tradition and family values. Future of transgender injured kids. Some states pass protective laws. Surgery harms. 48:47 Children incapable of making transgender decisions. When young kids say adult things they’re repeating what they hear from adults. They don’t have original thoughts. 52:31 Meghan Markle and Prince Harry getting a divorce? Why do so many people believe stories like Meghan & Harry or Jussie Smollett? 58:38 Negative reviews and outrage are not persuasive. Bad customers and fired employees. 01:02:44 Trump vs Ron DeSantis. 01:05:09 Is Social Security an entitlement program? Bob has to rescind his words.

Conversation with Matt Kruth May 31 2023 00:11 Matt concerned that my talk of RINO might alienate valuable republican committee members. 1:54 Bob doesn’t want to create an alternate purity test. It’s not the word RINO it’s what you do. Matt: committee members shouldn’t opt out if they don’t like a candidate. 03:19 Not the word but the attitude of destruction and chaos. Negativity has more energy than positivity. 04:28 House Republican Durham Probe and FBI Whistleblower has been good for Republicans. Idealism / pragmatism spectrum. 06:21 NHRC School board candidates received a significant number of Democrat votes. Not all Republican school board candidates are aligned on every issue. 08:53 Over-reaction to everything even remotely DEI. You can moderate it and present sound principles that put proper limits on DEI. 11:02 It’s not just about compromise. Minority members can use persuasive, articulate challenges that influence the majority of the school board. 12:16 Satanist club. 13:24 Kevin McCarthy positive with the Durham Probe and FBI Whistleblowers now turn negative with the Debt Ceiling. Democrats publicly toe the line. 15:37 Sometimes things are negative. That’s fair. But think through what you are trying to accomplish and how to go about it. What’s the end game? You need actionable steps. NHRC has made the productivity transition at least in part. 18:06 Managing negativity in the workplace. Negativity can be used as a deflection. Leaders need to get people to accept their responsibility and take productive steps. 20:29 Workplace teams didn’t normally turn against one another. That’s the problem within the local Republican committee. 21:00 NHRC Facebook posts defending parents and calling out the Democratic Committee. Support teachers. 23:08 Parents were complaining about gender ideology / sexual identity books displayed in a 3rd grade classroom. Democrats avoided the underlying issue focusing solely on calling parents bullies. 25:33 Bob reasserts that the Democrats were avoiding the gender ideology issue because they knew the public would be against them. 26:57 Ross Township Democrat Committee Facebook page posted that Republicans were causing child suicide. They lied and said that the Republicans were using disparaging terms. 28:13 Some people are afraid to be vocal because of what Democrats did to the Republican Committee. It was a scare tactic. 29:20 A lot of people don’t know the back story. They can react too strongly against or for such a provocative post. The attack was a gift to Republicans. They used the national narrative and broad brushed the local Republicans with baseless accusations. North Hills Republicans over performed with Democrat voters. 31:31 Other committees like Shaler had no basis to call out Democrats. If we had done that without specific basis, we would have been like the north hills Democrats not the Republicans. You can’t take national news incidents and immediately apply them locally. It makes you look foolish. 33:45 What are the platforms for the North Hills Republican school board candidates? Matt shares some of the work involved in campaigning and the difficulty of running as a slate. 36:09 Negatives are so powerful that slates are risky because if 1 candidate has a misstep it affects all of them. Each candidate is different with different strengths. Matt is optimistic about defeating incumbent Democrats. No candidate won both parties in the primary. 38:52 Matt’s thoughts on an effective school director platform / message. Shaler tax increase. Limits on school board authority to raise taxes in Pennsylvania. Shaler is raising the maximum allowable but based on the budget they’ll have to increase taxes again for at least 2 more years if they don’t reduce spending. Large expenditures. 42:56 Anyone can spend someone else’s money. Few school directors can reduce spending and save money. 44:23 Shaler budget deficit was very predictable for any school directors that looked...

Congressional Republicans have raised awareness of the corruption in the FBI and the Democrat party. Reference the media reporting of the Durham Report and the Whistleblower Hearing and the Harvard CAPS Harris Poll. Republicans have an opportunity to shed the extremist image. Local parties in red and purple states need to seize this opportunity to unite and grow. Republicans need to be strategic in our engagement and communicate to the moderates and casual voters. The Republican Committee of Allegheny County and the Local Republican Committees need to Unite and Grow. Chapter List 00:00 Overall Media Coverage of the Durham Report 02:38 Harvard CAPS Harris Poll results show the American People are not being misled by the media. Graphs of poll results. 07:23 Sherry thinks Trump can’t win 2024 because of his unfavorables. Media coverage of Biden family vs Trump. Media knows they can get away with misreporting. 11:01 All politics are local. Republicans in blue and purple states need to shed the extremist persona. Discussion of division in the SW Pennsylvania local Republican Party. Far left progressives win Allegheny County Democrat primaries. Big opportunity for moderate Republicans. 14:24 Local Republican Party factions use the Marxist tactic of chaos. This tactic gives local Democrats an easy win. 15:41 Mail in ballots is a turnout battle that Democrats are winning by a large margin in every election. 16:58 Allegheny County Republican party must grow and unite. These need to be priorities. Sherry discusses conservative concerns that are shared by moderate Democrats. Republicans have the correct issues. 18:48 Sherry thinks Committees need action plans. There’s a lack of long term strategy and work plans to get there. You need to develop candidates over the long term. Democrats are involved in the community. 20:35 Bob: Unite and Grow. How many RINOS brought the Durham Investigation and the Whistleblower hearings? The purity test is weaking the local Republican party. The national tide is turning for Republicans, but it took RINOS to get us here. PA Democrats have a slim majority. What will change under a Democrat legislature. 23:05 You can’t run a company or a marriage with a purity test that only admits people who agree with you on all issues. You can’t change mail in ballots until Republicans start winning election. Mail in ballots are a powerful tool that Republicans refuse to use. Campaign earlier. Campaign to Democrats and Independents during the primary. 27:07 Allegheny County primary all Democrats received many more votes than Republicans. Bob goes back to Unite and Grow. Republicans are on the right side of the issues but they need to use persuasive communication. 29:40 Sherry uses questions to communicate issues. Bob cites an example from the issue of drag shows for kids. Conservatives affirming the negative attacks against them. Republicans adopted the “Don’t Say Gay” framing for the Florida “Parents Rights Bill”. How are casual voters perceiving Republicans? 34:22 Sherry’s example of Transgender person bothered by older people. This isn’t necessarily conservative Republicans. 36:30 Conservatives need to be consistent. Example from left wing opposition to a local indoor gun range. 37:30 Majority of people are not extreme, but the extreme has the bigger platform through the various media outlets. People are looking for a solution and Republicans must reach these people. 39:57 Republican extremists talk but aren’t doing anything to solve the problem. You can’t change mail in ballots until you win elections. Disrupting the party is accomplishing nothing. Sherry: if Republicans reached illegal immigrants the border would close (a good example of how things change by strategic action over talk). 41:05 The left wing is very good at feel good framing of the issues & demonizing opposition. They get help from mainstream media, Hollywood, entertainment, and the education system. Republicans have to be that...

Conversations Episode 15 Chapter list 00:14 Congress investing based on insider information. Why did Moderna Stock Price Increase in 2020 03:14 Democrats said they wouldn’t have followed science if the vaccine released under Trump. Private industry insider trading laws don’t seem to apply to Washington DC insiders. 05:30 Watching the Oscars because of Everything Everywhere All at Once and because of Chris Rock. Best speeches were from the Asian winners. 09:17 Sherry happy Asian movies won but hopes it’s not a nod to the Chinese Communist Party. Hollywood always backs off on principles when money is threatened. 12:18 Jimmy Kimmel as host. 14:10 Diversity at the Oscars. Jamie Lee Curtis vs Robert DeNiro. 16:54 Wokeness in film. Diverse ethnicity in movies can be interesting but the LGBT angle is usually uninteresting. 21:31 Real people are complex. LGBT in film are usually stereotypical and even cliché. Ideological filmmakers view their work as profound and compelling to the unconvinced when it’s often far from it. In this way, LGBT in film is similar to Christian films. 24:20 Depression, obesity themes in “The Whale”. The label “fat shaming” vs truth about health risks. 28:26 Is Lizzo beautiful? Term fat shaming shouldn’t even exist. Don’t call an obese body beautiful. That forces others to decide whether to speak truthfully or lie and ignore severe health risks. 31:11 Leaving Las Vegas compared to The Whale. It’s not about the events that cause the addiction. Once in addiction it all becomes about the addiction. Focusing on those other factors is harmful to the addict because it subtly excuses the life-threatening problem. 33:40 Jesus Revolution. 36:50 60’s drug scene vs the Jesus Freaks. Lost people searching for meaning. Sherry found God in a similar way. 39:17 Lonnie Frisbee homosexuality. Did he fall away due to consumerist approach to Jesus? 41:30 Accurate portrayal of the 60’s drug scene? 43:00 Was it OK to leave Lonnie’s homosexuality out of the movie? The movie pace was very fast. Was the fallout really about Lonnie’s homosexuality? Employee problems are always rooted in trends and rarely about single events. 48:56 Lonnie made the ministry too much himself. Did he lose the initial religious “high”? Kelsey Grammar character was sincere. It would be out of character for that character to fire Lonnie for one thing. Greg Laurie was sincere. True Christians will be honest. 52:08 Jesus Revolution plot summary. Not theological or preachy. Christians are the good guys. Jesus’ true attitude towards the sinners. 54:40 Example of Wikipedia misleading: Shuttle explosion and Richard Feynman. 57:44 How did Sherry discover the gay part of Lonnie Frisbee’s story? 58:57 Funny close. We lost connection but we’re both talking.

Conversations EP14 March 15 2023 01:16 SVB and Credit Suisse. Was SVB failure caused by interest rate hikes? 5:16 People blaming deregulation, but they followed fed policy and Whitehouse rhetoric (according to Daniel Lacalle https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-sil... ) 7:31 SVB Bonuses & insider selling. 9:33 Fed guaranteeing full deposits. 12:32 Credit Suisse, Saudi bank, China 14:50 US Losing Diplomatic war (Sherry) 16:41 Oil Prices. Covid started all this. https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-sil... 17:30 What initiated inflation? Covid or Biden policies? Decisions are based solely on the benefit of the Democrat Party and NOT the best interest of the country. 19:07 Biden adopting Trump policies 21:27 Mexico govt mock Biden. Biden giving money to Mexican military. House republicans took a stance. Cartels apologized. 25:00 Cartel violence is all about money. Media hides obvious solutions from the American People. 27:34 Russia shoots down drone. People unaware of the harm that Democrats are doing to this country. American Left is religious. Sherry: Biden receiving money from Russia. 29:50 Biden is compromised. Countries feared Trump. They laugh at Biden. 32:32 Dems use hate, division and fear. The media helps them hide the truth from the American People. 35:11 Biological males in female sports 37:49 Sherry: what about progressive families with young daughters. Are they not concerned about girls sports and safety? Bob on Trans MMA fighter 41:28 No trans men in boys sports. Evidence that hormone treatments & surgery don't change a male into a female in every way (and vice versa). 44:26 Vietnamese woman attacked by skinny guy In Houston. Chinese Cultural Revolution. Grooming 50:19 reading from a book found in Peters Twp PA school. "When you were born they guessed at your gender." Re-education. 53:28 John Money: Invented terms like gender role, sexual orientation. 57:34 John Weinstein 59:23 Bipartisan Vote to declassify covid 19 documents. Why did it take so long to investigate covid origins? 1:02:11 Democrats during Covid: To hell with the American people We’re going to win the next election. Follow science is religion. 1:04:05 Sherry: It’s a cover up. NIH employees get royalties. 1:08:15 Bob disagrees with sherry on some Covid science history. Accurately recounting history and science. 1:14:20 FDA CDC are supposed to serve as a check against the financial interests of pharma and med device company. 1:16:02 NIH Scientists receiving royalty payments. No private sector company operates this way. Fauci refuses to answer Rand Paul's questions about the royalty payments to government employees.

Chapters: 00:27History of cancel culture on standup comedy. Good comedy tests the boundaries between parody and reality, funny and true. Where are the lines? 04:43 Both sides of the abortion debate. 06:02 Kids aren’t taught to be bad. They are born that way. (Same with racism.) 07:04 People are more comfortable around people like them. People naturally prefer people that are like them. Jordan Peterson 54 second quote. 10:12 Abortion where do you draw the line? 10:47 Sherry didn’t talk about abortion as a young girl. Pregnancy outside of marriage was uncommon. Values. Effects of policies on personal decisions. Personal responsibility. 13:47 Most safe prosperous neighborhoods most men work and provide for their family. In unsafe, poor neighborhoods many men don’t work and care for their family. 15:21 Men used to be more tough. Now women act tough and worry about men’s feelings. Society has elevated girls and neglected boys. 16:44 Weak men and victimhood are embraced. Attention culture. Ways to get attention: infamy, excellence or victimhood. 19:29 Mental illness and addiction are much more difficult to overcome that physical illness. You have to take action to fix yourself. Struggle is necessary to build strength and resilience. 21:45 We have progressed in reducing racism and the left won’t admit improvement. 23:15 Meghan Markle won the Light Skin Lottery. 24:51 Sean Logue brought a positive outlook to the tough issues. We need to look at positive progress in America. Why the binary thinking. 26:23 Sherry talks about the Chinese communist party at the time of Mao Zedong. Communism used negativity. They created chaos and lawlessness to hold onto power. They promoted the idea that the country is all bad. 20 million people died. The country of China was set back 50 years. The country realized their predicament after Mao died. They realized they had to recover. 29:48 Comedians are fighting back using art and truth. 31:15 Confederate flag debate. 32:27 Kevin McCarthy: The Democrat party is party of slavery. Why do they get a pass? 34:04 democrat policies not good for black people. Why is the black population only 13% of the USA? 36:48 Evolution of how black Americans are portrayed in Hollywood films. Spike Lee and Tyler Perry. 39:25 Chris Rock talked about the situation with Will Smith. Will Smith destroyed his image. 43:41 Bob thinks Chris rock felt humiliated by the Will Smith incident. 45:55 Sherry on women having the power. 48:05 Gen Z on TikTok. Bare Minimum Monday 50:08 Mental health and Simone Biles. Was she a hero? Sherry on feelings and victimhood. 52:27 Bob reiterates to ensure his statement about Simone Biles is understood. You don’t get the trophy. 53:23 Sherry on running. Running is harder for people with short legs. 55:22 Standup is probably the most important voice in the culture. Bob on the evolution of standup comedy. 58:21 Closing remarks.

Intro. 01:28 FBI & DOE on Covid originating in a Lab. Discussion on the evolving claims by the US government and media. 06:46 CNN questioned the credibility of the WHO and suspected corruption with China. 09:17 Trump was right about China. House resolutions condemning China. 11:32 Biden immediately eliminated important Trump policies with zero thought to the problems he would cause. Even Obama didn’t do that. 13:16 What will WWIII look like? Who will be China allies? Has it already begun? 15:11 China and India are dependent on Russia. US is dependent on China. China doesn’t need the US as much as we need China. 18:27 To be the man you have to beat the man. China wants to control not conquer. 21:40 Elon Musk Tweet 23:44 China kids are taught to be resourceful. 24:00 Pandemic Snap benefits ending suddenly March 1. Medicaid ends May 1. 33:27 Govt created hardship with pandemic benefits. Immigration and DACA. Student loan promise was to buy votes. 39:20 American students need to be taught the history and reality of socialist China. 40:40 The false promise of socialism and communism. China government is unifying and motivating their people. 42:33 Chinese people value capitalism and the opportunity to better themselves. Young Americans seem more entitled. 43:55 Chinese television portrays men as very masculine. The push family values. They value marriage. 44:40 The importance of legacy for Chinese leaders (long term cultural norm). 46:20 Steven Seagal Russian citizenship. 51:18 Ben Stiller 55:02 Ant Man. Not woke.

Bob and Sherry discuss Ukraine, China and Russia. Biden's performance on Ukraine and in East Palestine Ohio. Media and elites stoking class conflict (dividing America). China culture and news vs USA culture and news. Is Ron Desantis racist? Who's lying? College Board Black History Cirriculum.

Join Bob and Sherry for a conversation about Toxic Chemicals in East Palestine, Spy Balloons from China and more.

Today we talk about the Biden Documents, Issues related to equity in school and transgender issues. Presidential Records Act. Dr Leana Wen. FDA CDC and the Stroke issue.

Sherry and Bob discuss the GOP election of House Speaker and overcoming the extremist label. We talk about Damar Hamlin and how some people jump to conclusions about the cause. And of course a short segment where Sherry talks about Harry and Meghan.

Today on Conversations with Bob and Sherry we discuss Chevron in Venezuela, Inflation; what is it and how is it controlled, the protests in China and the looming Railroad Strike

Conversations with Bob and Sherry Episode 3. We discuss headlines, CBS news twitter, House Judiciary and Oversight Committee investigations into The Department of Justice and Joe Biden respectively. Finally we talk about the FTX scandal and some of the weird parts of the backstory.

Episode 2 of Conversations with Bob and Sherry we discuss the Trump / Ron DeSantis controversy and how mail in ballots affected the election and how Republicans should respond. Finally Sherry leads a discussion comparing Chinese culture and K-12 school system to American public schools.