Callers debate socialism, religion, and flaws in the U.S. healthcare system

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Charlie James: All right, let's go to the phones and talk to the Chuckster in Mills River. What's going on, Chuck? Chuck: Man, I want to thank you for not making me follow the explosive diarrhea story yesterday. Charlie James: Well, let me tell you something, I literally almost I I was like, "Should I do that? Should I do that to him?" I was going to do that story and then go to you just to kind of jab at you. I was going I was going to do it. I didn't do it, but I was I almost did. You you know me well. Chuck: Well, that was that was mighty white of you, Charlie. I appreciate that. Uh man, congratulations on that uh Copperhead uh Silver Cell award. Charlie James: Well, thank you very much! Yeah. Chuck: They May We were going to try to get that tape up off the floors and get you some real walls next. Charlie James: That would be great. Yeah. Chuck: But uh hey, I did want to You know, we were we were talking about socialism, and you know how I hate me a socialist. Everybody that knows me knows how much I hate me a socialist. Uh I You know, you got to remember Marx said, "You know, religion is the opium of the people." Well, you know, if religion's the opium of the people, socialism is the methamphetamine of the dumbasses. Charlie James: Yeah. Chuck: People that People that They want to believe that life owes them anything but what it's given them, which is life. Life is just life. You live it. There's always going to be You know, Jesus said it, "The the poor you will always have with you." Charlie James: Yeah. Chuck: "And you will." "The rich, you will always have with you." They don't seem to understand, and again, with the I go back to the socialist girl that came into my work, and I was like, "Oh, you're right. You're Oh, she's correct." She kept using the word, "You're correct. You're correct. You're correct." Then, left in her BMW. Um, she was afforded something that a lot of people weren't. I don't know if she got it from her family, I don't know if she got it from her husband, or from her lesbian lover, or whatever it may be. But she got it somewhere. Um, and maybe it was handed to her. That's not socialism. That's luck. That's the play in your hand. Charlie James: No. Yeah. Somebody worked for it. Chuck: Exactly. Nobody gets something for nothing. This is This welfare state has got to stop. That's one reason we're 40 cajillion, whatever it is, dollars in debt, is because we've just been handing out money and not We've turn The world has become our welfare state. Look at Ukraine. Charlie James: Oh, yeah. Chuck: Look at Ukraine! They didn't need our help! They got drones, man. They're beating the absolute cat piss out of out of Russia, man. And they're they're doing it with drones, which is, honestly, terrifying... Charlie James: Yeah, it is. Chuck: ...when you think about it because they're I mean, and a buddy of mine that was in the Air Force years ago warned me about that, like, "Drones, what are you talking about?" And I thought it was I thought it was just kind of an out-there thing. It's not. We know that now. Charlie James: Yeah, now we got the Now we're using those drone boats over in Iran. Chuck, I appreciate it, buddy. Got to get to Donald in Spartanburg. How you doing, Donald? Donald: Good. Uh, what I Charlie, what I want to talk about the socialism thing, and you was talking about kids, okay? It all started, they took the Bible out of school. Charlie James: Yeah. For a reason. Donald: Okay? And when you go to the kids now, you say, "What y'all talking about? Well, I don't believe in socialism." "Well, okay, they going to say, well, why are you saying socialism? Where where's the authority at?" The Bible says capitalism. Capitalism is the thing to do. They took Bible out of school and kids don't know. You got a generation that now, everything's They think everything's going to be handed to them. But Charlie, let me tell you. The Bible, if you believe the Bible, someday, and I hope it ai ...

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