Tuesday, Mar 31 – Hour 3

This is the Chris McCarthy show. However, I am Ken Pittman filling in for Chris. He'll be back tomorrow. Talked about the Swansea bus driver. Terrible choice had to be made apparently. He chose to send kids in his bus to the rear of the vehicle while he pulled over and allegedly peed into some kind of container. And the children reported it to the school officials immediately and he has been terminated. And that happened in Swansea, Mass, just west of here. And part of me feels bad for the guy. I mean, if there's no monitor and this is where I'd feel bad. If this was his first issue with a bladder or whatever caused him to need to urinate so badly that he was down to that choice. I would say I feel bad for him. If he had a condition that he kept from his employer, knowing that this scenario could actually happen, well, that's on him. And he's just got to face the humiliation, probably answer a few questions from local police. But I imagine for now, I'm just gonna presume this was just a very poor list of choices he had to make and leave it at that. The facts will come out. Nobody should be excoriating this guy, demonizing this guy. Let the facts come out. 508-996-0500. Let's go to the phones. You're on the air. Hi. Hi. How are you doing here? Good. How are you? Okay. Well, yeah. And we got to this gentleman here that had the problem. You know, really, if they had a monitor, he would have probably been able to pull over and the monitor could have been watching the kids while he, you know. Went to a restaurant. Yeah, yeah, exactly. So guys in a bad situation. I, myself, I'm 75, okay? And I find that there's little things that I took for granted in the past that I used to do that I can't do now. For example, just getting up a flight of stairs, small three steps. My brain tells me to pick up my leg this far, and that was always okay. And I'm stumbling into the stairs, you know? And you can't believe it, but you're just getting older. Does it hurt to lift your leg or just- No, the brain just says you need to go this high, but that's when you were young. And now I have a friend too that told their kid that, hey, can you put up a band and stuff to get up these three steps that would help me to, you know? And I think the kids are kind of, you're going to be kidding me. But yeah, you know, those things happen as you get older. Nevermind, you know, the going to the bathroom thing. But I think the monitor would solve things. It's tough to get people for that job, to drive and the monitors. And the cost? Because yeah, and even on your radio station there, they're advertising, I don't know if it's Tremblay or Amaral, that they need people. So that's probably one of the reasons why they don't have it. A while back, there was a problem too with a group of kids, being kids, unruly, and the lone driver took the kids back to the school, which is what he or she is told to do. Okay? And again, the thing that would solve it is to have a monitor there that you call up one kid to the front and say, hey, look, if you don't behave, I'm not going to let you sit with your friends. You know? I've always had good experiences with the bus drivers Tremblay chose to- Oh yeah, I'm not knocking that, but I think- Oh no, I know you're not. No, I'm just saying like, and I think it was Amaral, not Tremblay. Somebody corrected that. But I remember there was one guy in particular, you know, I have rambunctious sons at, you know, eight to nine, 10 years old. And he would preface what he was about to say as he opened the door for them to get out. He'd always say, and it was Mr. Bob, great guy. He'd say, I don't want to get anybody in trouble, but somebody had a hard time staying still in his seat. And he'd let me know and I'd take care of it, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Well, again, if they had, let's say a guy like you that was there, you could even, if you saw kids being enrolled, you could just go sit in the back of the bus. You could see them, they can't see you. And then you walk up and say, come on up here, I want to talk to you for a while, you know, nice and quiet. And hey, look, if you want to sit with your friends, you better go back there and tell your friends, you better calm down or else I'm going to move you around. Do you know how different things are today? Do you know, I went to Brockton High School from the east side to where the Brockton High School is on the west side. It was a long ride. That must've been interesting too. And we had a woman who was our bus driver who became a city councilor. I'm not going to name her. She literally pulled over so that one of the students could get out and buy rolling papers and smoke a joint on the bus. That's crazy. To me, you set a tone, just like Vrabel when he took over the Patriots, he set a tone and the players came up to that tone, you know? And if you run things and you set a tone that, hey, on this bus, you can't play around with the buses, you can't play around. And if you want to be with your friends and, you know, you've got to behave yourself, or if not, I'm going to move here and I'll let you know when you can go back. And by the way, when we get back to the school, if you don't do that, I'll tell the principal and the vice and you might get some further things. So cool it, you know? And again, that's, you know, that's, I think would help both situations. I don't know how bus drivers get the kids to behave because teachers can't even enforce. I mean, they get a kid out of class, the kids brought back minutes later with the grin. What's happening with the teachers is money too, because if the parent comes in now with a lawyer and you go to come up with money to fight the lawyer so that the school administrators don't want lawyers coming in with parents, that's the problem. You know, before I, you know, when I was going to school, my father told me, Hey, you're getting a problems and I have to go get out of work to go there. You're going to get me, get me after. I mean, you ain't going to like that. So there was no problems, but I, I think the breakup of the family and everything has helped. And yeah, it used to be the parents and the teachers were on the same side. Now the parents are never on the side with the, with the teacher. It's always with the student. But again, I still say, just with Rabel and schools, if you set a certain tone that this is what we do here at Brockton high and New Bedford high and you're consistent. Yeah. Yeah. It's a tone, you know, that even in, in school with a, with certain teachers, I think you knew probably in Brockton high, there were certain teachers that you didn't mess around with. Absolutely. Yeah. The tone was set in that classroom, but it's tougher to do that now because you know, they, they'll match him with a lawyer and you don't want to get your, you know, your money hooked up in a sort of legal thing. But I, I think a monitor would help things. That's all would, would certainly help this gentleman. I have the feeling he's not a bad guy. He's just got a problem. There's sometimes two at my age where I got to make sure I get, I get to the bathroom very quickly. So I'm not going to be taking a job as a school bus driver. Right. So, I mean, again, I'm, I'm, I'm initiating my response internally, just thinking I'm, I'm a bit sympathetic to the guy, but, but if he knew about this problem he's having and he still didn't tell his employer in this scenario was possible. I mean, that's on him. Well, again, I don't know. I can tell now being on a fixed income and not being able to do a part-time job anymore because of age and stuff like that. Uh, maybe the guy really needs the, uh, the money. And so he's taking a shot that he can do the job and get the money to pay his, his high rent or whatever, you know, and maybe that's, that's the issue he's failed with. Let me take a shot and see what happens. I don't mean to have anything bad happen, but it's just like the guy too, that was working. I think he's, I'm not, not about buses, but in a, I think it was in some sort of stop and shop or something. And he was 70, I don't know, six years old and they, they got to go fund me for him. So the guy wouldn't have to work and that, this and that. And he got to go fund me money and it was pretty big. And then he chose still to work because he wanted to be a man, you know, that sort of stuff, you know? Oh yeah. I doubt I'll ever retire completely. What's that? I don't know if I'll ever retire completely. Well, not completely, but some, I think, I know you've always been in pretty good physical shape in the past and you're very active, but I, I think, oh, you know, old man, old age takes over on you. Maybe you don't want to, uh, you know, stay home and yeah, that's not good. Hey, Clint Eastwood's working at 98. But do your, do your exercises, you know, those leg lifts on your chair, um, get those legs, you know, as, as we get older, we have to invest more time in the physical upkeep. Yeah. But you know, Ken, it's nothing like playing ball. No. You know, when you get a chance to play ball, look at the ballplayers that want to stay on past their prime, uh, because, uh, that's what they love. That's what they do. You know, that's sort of the cruel part of, of athletics is that when you figure it all out, your body's not what it was and you can't respond like you, like you could. Yeah, exactly. I was watching a thing on the, uh, the, the, the stupid phone, I call it instead of the smartphone. It was an interview with Bob Costas and Mickey Mantle and Mickey Mantle had already stopped playing. And, uh, he said, uh, what is it about playing? He says, Hey, even now he says, uh, I, uh, I go to sleep at night and I, and I, and I dream and I think I'm, I'm still playing ball and that, and I, and I hit a long shot and everything like that. He said, it's still with me now. And I think we're not Mickey Mantles, but I, I think if you've played any kind of, I'm going to move on to the next call, but I'm going to ask you, do you, do you, do you believe Mickey Mantle hit the furthest home run ever still? Well, it's New York. So, you know, the, uh, what do you call it? It happened on the road in Washington though, I think. Well, you know, if, if it had, well, if it happens, you know, you, uh, report the legend. It's just tough for me to imagine that an alcoholic could hit the ball further than the steroid guys. I don't, I don't, I don't think you saw him. You know, I got to see him a little bit on TV, black and white TV and stuff like that. And he's the reason why I'm a Yankee fan and not a Red Sox fan. When do you ever see a guy hit home runs out of both sides at that time? And I think he's still the switch hitting home run champ, I believe. I think he is. Yeah, he was, he was a phenomenon. There's no doubt about it. And, uh, a golden boy. No, no doubt about it. All right. I'll let you go. Thank you. Call it. Call it. You are on the air. Good morning. Hi, Ken. Hi. Um, I agree with the previous caller that a monitor would go a long way on the bus if there's a budget for it. Yeah. Yep. And, uh, just a bit of practicality. I think it's important to keep a towel in your vehicle at all times, because, um, given this story, it would be better if like you just peed your pants and just put the towel over you and wrapped it around you. Of course, you know, not having, I don't know, I would go to great lengths not to do that. Well, I know I would too, but you know, I, I think I would be more embarrassed sending the kids to the back of the bus. I would just pee my pants and cover it with a towel. Do you know what they have? So for some of our guys that do surveillance like me, they actually have this kit that you set up to your stuff and you can just pee freely without even taking your pants off. And it goes into a, you know, a container and it's, it's neat and all that stuff. But I mean, who even knows about that stuff? I know, I know. Well, I guess there are always like adult vipers and stuff, but who wants to go there, right? It depends. Oh, that's a good one. A clever man will have a wonderful Easter with your wonderful family. Thank you. You did get me. Somebody got me. Thank you so much. And a happy Easter to you. Thanks for calling you next. Thank you. Hi. Hey Ken, how you doing? My brother. Been a while. Hi, how are you? Good. This situation with this gentleman. Wow. There's no winners here. Obviously kids were kind of, some kids were okay with it. Some kids were horrified, told their parents. We don't know this guy's medical history. Now here's the thing that's, I don't know if anybody's If this goes to the court, this guy's convicted, he's the lowest level of a sex offender. I hope not. I would hope that that logic reveals. I hope he doesn't go that far. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I agree with the termination and especially if he had a condition where he did not let his, um, if he didn't let his employer know about this and this was a possibility that it could happen, that is on him, but not, I mean, criminal charges is I think at this point without any further reason to think that he was doing something perverted, you know, we have no reason to believe that. I think that goes too far. Nothing from what I understand. I, I, I have roots in Swansea and I know someone's a great grandchild was on that bus and his father back from what he said, it was like it happened. And some of the kids were quiet and sums with, but then there was like a silence, which you would expect. And a guy seemed uncomfortable after. So yeah. And termination, I get that. But yeah, if it goes that level and prayers up for our body, he's one tough ombre. He's up there at Tufts medical center for this medical testing and all that to see if he's a transplant. I hope he's, I hope everything goes well and all that. So let me ask you this. I thought some prayers go up for him and I'm glad you're available to step in for him. Thank you. Yeah, I agree with you. And, um, you know, he'll face whatever it is and he's been, you know, he's keeping his chin up no matter what. Let me ask you this. You've been to Fenway park as a young kid. Oh yeah. Do you remember the craziness? All right. But you remember they used to have the circular urinals where you're facing, you know, how many different Johnsons while you're peeing yourself? It was insane. So certainly a urinal madness by compared to them. Oh, is that right? Still? My God. All right. I think I got to run for a commercial break. I appreciate that. And I'll pass it along to Chris. Thank you. You too. This portion of programming on WBSM is brought to you by Dee's hot dogs in New Bedford where you can get two hot dogs, chips and a soda for just six bucks. South coast now with Chris McCarthy weekdays on 1420 AM and 99.5 FM WBSM as is customary with the Chris McCarthy show. Uh, ward one has these meetings with the city council and he's here to remind us of the next meeting. Good morning. Hey, good morning, Ken. Nice to finally meet you in real life. You are a tall guy. People told me you were as tall as me, so I never had a chance to meet you. Um, so yeah, I just wanted to say, thanks. Thanks Ken for letting me jump on here real quick. Uh, so tonight we have the March ward one meeting. Uh, and again, to everybody who doesn't know, it's, it's always the last Tuesday of every month. Um, and it's at Pulaski school 6 PM and we got some interesting topics tonight because I wouldn't ask folks to come out of their nice, warm, comfortable homes at 6 PM on a, on a Tuesday night without having something worth your while. So we're going to have a candidate night tonight for the ninth Bristol district. We have three, three of the four confirmed candidates running for Chris Markey state rep seat coming in. Um, uh, so the first one is, uh, Democrat, Mr. Ed Pacheco from Dartmouth. He'll be there. And then we have Mr. Chester Tam, uh, Republican from Dartmouth, and then also, uh, new to the race, Republican Henry Bousquet from New Bedford. Um, and these three and there's also, uh, Mr. Steve Madaris, a Democrat from Dartmouth. He's unable to attend tonight due to a family, uh, uh, you know, a family circumstance. Uh, we had this all booked last month, but unfortunately cause of the blizzard, we had to cancel, you know, that, that meeting in February. So this is the makeup meeting and interesting. Yeah. So we're going to have those three of the four candidates there to meet and greet. And then we're also going to talk about the ward one pothole patrol. Um, uh, we're trying, we're trying to find a way to make ward one pothole three by April 15th. So we got ambitious. It is ambitious, but we have the technology. We just have to know, um, how to use it correctly. And, and we got some ideas and I want to run it by folks and, uh, we'll see what we can do to make a better job than those guys. Did you see the spot that they filled in a hole over here to the right of that red SUV? It looks like, you know, somebody used a Timo construction and, um, it is rocks and it's just a big mess, but this is, you know, this storm and the one that preceded it accumulated to a lot of mileage of really bad roads. Yeah. It definitely loosened up a lot of the fill that had been put in. And again, Ken, by no means am I a civil engineer, but, but, um, so, so what's the process? Somebody sees a pothole then what? Uh, so what I'm going to do is I'm going to make sure that anybody who sees a pothole call me because I know we have these apps out there, but they're just not being used correctly. So I, I, I talked to, uh, Jamie pond and DPI. He said, if I can get him a list of the potholes in the, in the, in ward one, that they can send the hotbox trucks over there right away and just get them done. So, uh, what I'm going to ask the folks tonight, come in. If you have a list of places that you know, whether there are potholes in ward one, and again, to the other listeners, it's not that I don't want wards two, three, four, five, and six to get fixed, but I am the ward one counselor. So obviously I'm biased to my ward. This Bristol ninth is an interesting district because it's really purple. It's not strictly democratic. Exactly. And fun fact, ward one actually has four state representatives because it's gerrymandered so much. So we have, uh, Chris Hendricks has a tiny sliver of, of ward one. Mark Sylvia has a good chunk of ward one, Chris Markey, who's retiring to pursue the district attorney seat. He has a significant amount for ward one, which is what this district is. And then also, uh, uh, representative Steve will let as the district that I live in, and it's a sliver award one. So we have four state reps. And then of course, Senator Montigny up there covering the area. So we, we, we're probably the most highly represented ward or district or area in the whole Commonwealth of Massachusetts in an individual town or city. You can't just have to be mindful of this, you know, ward one is a second amendment district. I mean, uh, and, and the ninth, the ninth Bristol is, is, is a second amendment district. So you can't really have a far left person representing there. So the Democrats have to be somewhat moderate. I would think. And now you're showing me the two Republicans will be running. So is there a primary? How does that work? So there'll be a primary in September for the candidates. Um, so it's not the top two vote getters. It's going to be a primary. Yes. Okay, good. Correct. Yep. So either Henry or, or Chester versus either Steve or Ed, like that, that'll be the end, the final, you know, uh, makeup of the race. So I, much as I did last time, you know, we had, uh, we had some great debates when Mark Sylvia's district, uh, between him and, and, and Joe Piers. And then we had, yeah. Uh, Steve will let, and, uh, I don't know if he, Oh, it gets Jesse of course, St. Joe lace. So we had some good debates and I want to have that same process this year. So tonight voters, it's just like a meat and grease citizens can go and listen. Are they going to lay out their platforms? What they believe is that? Yeah. I'm going to give each of them like 10 minutes to talk. That's plenty. Yeah. And then they can take questions or whatever. Um, and I think that this is definitely going to be for some of them, it'll be their first jump into the, the pond here, so to speak of, of politics. You got to get used to it if you're going to do it right. Repetition cures all the, the, the nerve stuff, as you know. Yep. Um, and I got one more thing I want to add. Um, the other part of this, and I think this may actually draw out more people to come tonight. Uh, I'm going to do a review of the city solicitor claim forms. If somebody had property damage done to them during the city snow removal, I'm going to, we're going to show you how to fill out the form correctly. Um, again, I'm not trying to, so if a plow blade cuts into your lawn and you've got damage of like a fence or a stone wall or the lawn, um, you know, again, I'm not trying to put the city on notice with anything, but you know, this was a historic blizzard and there were incidences of property damage and it's going to happen, you know, it's going to happen. Um, and let's see if we can help folks get some kind of remuneration for that. That's my, I've never seen more F bomb potholes right in the last month that I have. You got to go back because we've had it pretty good with the lack of snow. This was a pretty bad winter by comparison. So, you know, there's, there's a lot to be done and uh, well these guys might have to get the rust off and do this, but they got a honeydew list that you're going to provide for them, right? That's pretty good. Yep. Got to take care of my constituents. So again, just as a recap, we have, uh, uh, the ninth Bristol district candidate night tonight. We got three of the four candidates that'll be in attendance can come in and some meet and greet learn as much as you can from them. Uh, they'll give it, I guess their platforms to answer some questions. So that's the first part. Second part, we're going to do the ward one pothole patrol, try and get the, uh, ward to be pothole free by April 15th. Sorry for anybody who's out there who does front end alignments and that the gravy train, we're going to try to have that come to an end cutting into your workflow. And then, and then finally, uh, you know how to fill out these claim forms for property damage from the blizzard and snow removal. So I think it's worth a while for everybody to come in tonight. Uh, three good, three good separate events on their own that we'll have in one meeting. That's the hottest ticket in ward one tonight. I imagine there'll be people from the ninth district who don't live in ward one, but they can come to absolutely. So remind us where and when. Yep. So tonight at Pulaski elementary school, 10 97 Braley road in new Bedford, mass 6 PM. Um, the doors open at like five 45, just come on in and you walk right in. If you haven't been there before, you just walk through the main doors and then you, the auditorium is straight ahead to the left and you'll see chronologically, it's going to be the candidates first. Uh, chronologically, I am going to do the, uh, the, uh, pothole patrol and then the, uh, you know, the property damage claim forms and then the candidate night will be last. All right. So what, like if you're coming from the seven PM, if you're going to do the candidate night specifically to the candidates. Okay. Yeah. I just figured I'd ask. Yeah. So 6 PM for ward one residents, 7 PM for the general public probably would be the better way to do it. Pretty good. A healthy list of candidates. Yeah, absolutely. Um, you know, uh, look, Chris Markey was what is one of my favorite state reps to work with. Um, great guy, purple Democrat, um, him and I are pretty similar on issues. Uh, you know, I'm, I may be more of a second amendment guy myself. Uh, you know, I grew up in, you know, in the North, far North part of Dartmouth and I was always around responsible gun owners and I lived in Vermont and Montana, Montana, everybody had guns. You never heard of home invasions. Oh, Vermont's a funny thing. It's a very liberal state who likes the second amendment. Absolutely. Very unique. Yeah. But all right. Well, I'm glad you shared that with us and, uh, you know, uh, hopefully a lot of people come out and get to hear these guys and they all lay out what it is they have planned for, for the ninth and how they're going to represent your pothole. You're not going to have any shortage of pothole requests. Oh, I know. Well, I, I, I definitely want people to know that we're working hard and trying to fix things. And then of course, if you had any property damage and I had several people come to me with, with requests on how to take care of property damage that they received from the snow removal. So I figured what the heck, we might as well just do a, like a seminar on it, on how to take the forms and get them filled out correctly. People will be surprised that a lot of people don't realize that they can appeal to the city to take care of the damage in the city, in the towns around Dartmouth. I mean, they pretty good about it. Yep. Yep. I mean, the city doesn't want to hurt anybody, obviously, um, you know, now is there an opportunity for maybe one person or two people to file a frivolous lawsuit? Well, that's just the way it is with everything, right? I mean, you know, the city's not going to replace a $25,000 stone fence, right? Because you know, you chipped up the side of the rock. I mean, but you have to be, you know, you get, you got to be realistic, but on the other hand, legitimate damage that was done, I mean, you know, pay taxes in this city and, you know, a lot of my constituents pay a large amount of taxes. So, you know, it's two sides of the coin. Got it. Well, thank you for coming in. Thank you. Ward one counselor. And I'll be back. Well, actually, let me take a phone call. I don't know if that's for you or not. Let's, let's see. Hi, Carla. You're on the air. How you doing? Good. Now we're just wondering, are we going to have a parade for legislative section of our, our country who honored the legislative branch of our country? Like we, you know, we have that day that's coming up. Is that for me or Leo? Oh, it's an April fool's day. I mean, that isn't that was the legislative branch of our country. Oh, well, in some cases, I mean, I'm glad some people are in office. Well, if we were to have that, sir, I promise you it wouldn't come out of taxpayers' money. Oh, ma'am. I'm sorry. I also want to say they just said that the city's pretty good about repairing things. They aren't. Yeah. Well, I was trying to broke down my fence. They had no reason to break it down. It was open. They just had to push the little lever and go in. Big fat guy broke down the fence, fell with the fence and four or five police ran right over him into my backyard. They said, that's my problem. Thanks. Nice. Wow. All right. Thank you for calling. Thank you, ma'am. Okay. We could have waited another day for April fools, but it's, you know, she felt it was worthy of approaching a day early with it. Well, it's okay. You know, tell your wife's uncle. Wait a minute. Yeah. My wife's uncle. Your wife's uncle. Yeah. Tell Arthur I said hello. Will do. Will do. He always speaks highly of you. And I told him, I said, you know, I've never met Ken Pittman. He belonged in Texas all along. Oh, I know. Absolutely. They're very happy over there. Arthur Larrabee. Yep. Very happy. I always loved Arthur. Good man. Well, good to see you. Good to meet you. And thanks for bringing that to our attention. That sounds like a really good meeting tonight. Well, we, we, we try, we try. I try to keep people engaged. And then the whole idea is the more engaged the voters are, the more likely they'll be to come out and vote. That's right. When, you know, when it's time remain in the process. Yeah. Get involved. That's a good thought. All right. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Ken. All right. So it's, uh, 1137 here on the Ken Pitt on the Chris McCarthy show. I keep doing that because it's the same time slot, but it's not Saturday. So Chris will be back tomorrow. I'm normally heard from 9am until noon. And, uh, we'll take in your calls at 508-996-0500 talking about this, uh, judicial watch, uh, which is, um, I it's a great organization. Um, they protect civil rights from the, uh, conservative slant, uh, but they're going up against a town, uh, which is in Illinois, Evanston, Illinois, and judicial watch was successful getting an Illinois federal court to allow its class action, civil rights lawsuit against the city of Evanston, Illinois reparations program to move forward. They filed a class action, civil rights lawsuit in May of 2024, challenging Evanston's use of race as an eligibility requirement for its local reparations, restorative housing program, which makes $25,000 direct cash payments to black residents only and descendants of black residents who lived in Evanston between the years 1919 and 1969. Judicial watch argues that the program's race-based eligibility program violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment to the U S constitution. And so far, 137 people have received reparation payments totaling $3.47 million. You know, this reparations thing gets kicked up every once in a while, and it seems to be getting some traction in some areas, obviously here. My question is eligibility. Um, number one, who are the defendants here? Really? If you know, how are you not including the European thrones and the, uh, Barbary state, the governments on North Africa, who would actually going out and capturing slaves and selling them to Persia, selling them to Arabia, selling them to the colonies in the new world and the thrones who bought them? How are they not included here? And, and another question, there were 4,200 plus owners of slaves who were black. The owners were black. Did their descendants get reparations? How do you determine if somebody came from Jamaica, if somebody came from Nigeria or, or some, you know, between 19, 1880, 18 to 66 and 2025. I mean, how do you determine who's eligible? There's so many questions here and how do they leave out so many culpable defendants in waiting, right? I mean, I mean, the European thrones, they controlled the colonies. It wasn't, the United States wasn't born until 1787 as a nation. In fact, that was the beginning of the end of slavery, the USS, the U S constitution. A lot of violence, even in the discussions on Capitol Hill, Senator Sumner from Massachusetts, beaten with a cane, almost to death by a South Carolina alternative filling in for a Senator, merely for proposing the end of slavery. And, you know, you have the Webster Calhoun debates, you have John Brown, you have all this violence that happened the entire time between the constitution and the civil war. And finally the civil war ended slavery after a lot of loss of life. So, you know, I've got all these questions about it. And you may, you may have some answers. I'd like to hear from you on this 508-996-0500. We were talking a little bit about the unfortunate incident and swans, but I think that's fine. Of course, we'll be back. Bring your car to Mac Auto Sales, 188 Rivett Street in the city of New Bedford. Mac Auto Sales, a family owned business that repairs all makes and models of automobiles. So if you need to get your car ready for the coming changing weather, and I'm sure you do, call Mac Auto Sales and repair and make an appointment today. Call them at 508-565-6221. They're open weekdays nine to five. You have a foreign car that needs repair. That's perfect. Mac Auto Sales specializes in servicing foreign made automobiles. Mention WBSM. They'll give you a nice break on the bill. Ask about their aftermarket accessories and their quality used cars for sale at Mac Auto Sales. Back to Chris McCarthy and South Coast Now on WBSM. Call 508-996-0500. All right, we are back. We're going to go right to the phones starting here. Thank you for joining us. You're on the air. Good morning. Morning. I feel bad for the bus driver. I mean, maybe there was a one-time thing that happened all of a sudden, but they do have garments for men that they can wear. So he could maybe put one on under shift and after shift, he could just go home and change, you know, because it's tough. I know you can't leave the kids alone, you know, but anyway, I'm sure he must know that sometimes this happens all of a sudden. It was a one-time thing that happened to him, you know, but I guess they do have garments for men to wear, you know, if it's a, if it's the initial time this has happened to him, it's just an unfortunate timing. But if he was, if he had a preexisting condition and didn't prepare for it or even inform his employer, then he's, you know, he's suffering this humiliation at his own. I know, I know it's all kinds of things for men out now that they've got, you know, and just put it on for his shift after shift, come home and change and start another day. You know, I have friends who were in the DEA and it, you know, I'm a surveillance guy as a private investigator and they were telling me about these devices. They, they actually hook it right up to themselves. And then it has its own bladder that is, you know, you get rid of it later. Yes. I've always been afraid to use it because I don't want to, you know, what happens if I, I think it's on and it's not, and I'm, I mean, I know, and we have some gentlemen here that came home from the hospital with them on and they have to empty it out, you know, and then of course it fills again, just like a bladder, you know, and some of them have to only wear it for maybe about a week and they have to go back to their doctor and see everything was all right. But I know what you mean. It's sad. Like if I'm sleeping and I, and I think that I'm not sleeping and I just say, oh, I got the thing on, just go. And it's not on. I mean, I know, I know, I know that that's, that's scary. It's a silly reason not to buy. I mean, but you know, it's not good to hold it in for a number of reasons for, for a man. I'm sure it's the same for a woman, but, oh yeah, you know, this poor guy, it seems as though he had, uh, one of three or four terrible choices to make and none of them were good. Right. Sure. Well, I hope he makes it all right. Poor guy. It's just, you know, it's a sad thing. You know what I mean? Yeah. I mean, we have no reason to believe he did anything perverted. Oh no, no, no, no, no, no. This just happened all of a sudden that it was happening. He's maybe trying to make it as far as he could. That was it. He just couldn't hold it anymore. I will agree. It's a good termination, but I, I, I hope there are no charges against him. I hope not either. I hope I just, just if he's going to lose his job, just at least did that. But don't go put him through courts and all that. Yeah. Open and go through this or whatever. They, they, you know, a child something, you know, it is Swansea. I've heard some horror stories about Swansea police. So hopefully they don't. Oh, I hope not. I hope I think they put this under consideration, you know? Agreed. Yeah. Consider everything. Thank you for the call. That was a, that was a very logical one. Thanks. 5 0 8 9 9 6 0 500. Of course, she's referring to the bus driver in Swansea who allegedly instructed all of the little kids and they were young, you know, kindergarten and up, um, to get to the back of the bus so that he could relieve himself in the driver's seat with some sort of container. That's my understanding of how it's being reported. And, uh, the children went into the school and told, you know, teachers and everybody who then asked about it afterward, um, they immediately addressed it and he was terminated. So, uh, you know, Tim Weisberg was reading some of the social media comments and some guy apparently wanted to just find him, find out who it is. So we could beat him up. I mean, come on, you could see how easily, you know, these, these lynch mobs from past centuries, how they just did crazy things. You know, that's the ringleader kind of thinking, man, you're in trouble. But I, I, again, I think the guy just had, um, a terrible decision to make. And he did what he thought was best. No, no monitor on the bus. Uh, if he gets out of the bus and he's in front of somebody's home and he starts to urinate, he's going to get arrested, right? Uh, can't leave the kids in the bus to go into a restroom because now you have to trust that these kids won't go out the back door, do something crazy, uh, while and run into traffic while he's the restrooms. And so I, he did, he made his, and his judgment, the best choice. I don't know if it's the best choice or not, but, um, it's a good termination. If, if he knew this was a possibility, if he has a condition, I certainly hope unless there's some added information that he doesn't, uh, face any criminal charges or has to register as a sex offender, which can happen from doing these kinds of things. Um, terrible case out in Plymouth. I'm sure you're aware of, uh, female officer Pelreen and her husband were arrested, uh, being charged with rape of a minor that they had adopted. Um, there's a report that, um, reached my ears that, uh, the victim actually filmed one of the times he resisted and was beaten and then, and then raped by the couple. And if that is the case, uh, it comes from a good source. I would, um, suggest they're going to have to plead guilty. I have no sympathy, none. They're saying he accused somebody in the past. Um, I don't know if that's true or not, but if he has video evidence and it's game over. And again, I, I really think, you know, the situation like this, I would, I would be okay with the death penalty. This is very hard for a rape victim, a sodomized victim to ever recover fully and very destructive often. And, uh, I just have no tolerance for it. And I was at the, in the town of Plymouth mass over in Plymouth County. And, um, there are also allegations that he reported this to a neighboring town, a relative who was also a police officer in that town and nothing was done about it. So we'll probably hear a little bit more about that situation. 508-996-0500. Uh, the, we were talking about Trump a little bit earlier because I look, I voted for Trump, but I don't, I won't shy away from criticizing where it's due. I mean, this whole thing with the Straits of Hormuz, now he's asking for other countries to come in and defend their oil if they want oil. I mean, he should have considered the security of the Straits of Hormuz when he was going to do this. And if Pete Hegseth and the generals didn't aptly prepare for defending the shipping routes, I mean, that's on them. I mean, you have to allow for criticism, even if you're the most utmost Trump supporter, you have to say this is something they can be and should be criticized for. I mean, Stahmer, the prime minister in Great Britain, kind of washed out from the beginning when Trump asked for support. And then after, you know, they started leveling a lot of the dangerous parts of the Iranian defenses and military. He was going to bring an aircraft carrier down, you know, a little humiliated that Israel is the hand of the king here and not Great Britain. He was gonna bring an aircraft carrier down and Trump said, no, you know what? Keep your aircraft carrier, we don't need your ship, the war's won. Now he's asking for these ships. I mean, sorry, he's owed some criticism here. I support what he's done so far, right? I mean, I absolutely see that as a threat. When Trump sees a threat, he removes it. Maduro, Venezuela, Cuba's ready to fall. I mean, these are Chinese-Russian allies, but around in particular, constant threat, constantly paying for terrorism, sponsoring, instructing. And now whatever's left of their leadership is saying they're gonna go out and murder civilians in tourist areas around the world. Nobody's safe now. That's not a statement a legitimate regime would make. That's a terrorist state, that's a threat. So he's vindicated. They're not as careful hiding their terrorist ambitions. They revealed a range of missiles much further than people know about. And they've admitted they've enriched uranium that can only be used for weapons at this 60% rate. We'll be back. Originally, this morning when I started the show, one of the topics I brought up was the No King's Rallies that many within would have you believe it's organic. We're just getting together. It's word of mouth. Yeah. Word of mouth through $3 billion between communist China and George Soros, 500 groups worth an estimated 3 billion. And the money's coming from the communists. And again, if you go to these rallies, 49 out of 50 couldn't tell you Trump from Washington and don't know why they're there. They just go from, I wonder what drives them there, why they feel obligated. That's interesting to me. And they're there to talk about authoritarianism. They're not. They ignored real authoritarian regimes in the past, right? Obama, Biden, they ignored it all because they were supportive of the candidate and the policies. Has nothing to do with that. And I love that there's some No King's Rallies in Europe when so many of the European countries have monarchies. It's kind of silly. And again, I will ask the question, which monarchists, right? Which throne, which king was brought to trial before he was thrown, when he was thrown, and after he was dethroned? Which parliament shut down a government against the king's wishes? Where's their king? I mean, he says dumb things, but where's the authoritarian? Where's the, I keep hearing he's crushing the constitution, wants to do away with democracy. Never anything followed up with any substantive remarks to qualify any of that. Maybe you can. 508-996-0500. Thanks for joining the show. Yeah, thanks for taking a call. On the No King's Rally, I think what they're associating, a king likes to put his name on everything, every piece of property and everything else. A king likes to put his name on money. Really? You think that's what it is? Well, think about it. I think that's what people say. I mean, Donald Trump- You're going to kill me, but I- Whether you like him or not, he likes