Today's Issues continues on AFR with Tim Wildman ahead of storm
>> Steve Jordahl: Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, welcome back, everybody. For the last 24 and a half minutes of Today's Issues, that's the show you're listening to here on American Family Radio. We're here every Monday through Friday, actually. Friday we take a break from the depressing news and we just, have fun and play trivia. So we'll be doing that tomorrow before the storm hits, knocks us all out of electricity for a week. How's that for optimism, Fred?
>> Steve Jordahl: There you go.
>> Tim Wildmon: Last time, I'm not kidding. in 1994, there were people in our area knocked out a power. Ray. For four weeks.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, man. How do you survive for four weeks?
>> Tim Wildmon: People out in the country, you know, out in the rural areas, they were out of power for four weeks. I knew some of them. I don't, I don't. Name is January just like it is now. And you've, you know, so the power going out is a big deal for people. So you need to, as I've said before, we need to. I know people do. Check on the elderly.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: And the infirmed and get your. Make plans for your pets. I know, I know people already think about these things, but it helps to remind folks, especially people to go, you know, the elderly. What if, what if they get power out for a week? Are they going to be up? You know what I'm saying?
>> Fred Jackson: I know.
>> Tim Wildmon: Help them prepare now today.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah. Do the best you can.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
President Trump is reportedly trading Minneapolis for Greenland
Okay. We've got breaking news. Ray, what is it? What do we got, Ray, Fred and Steve, y' all don't even know this.
>> Steve Jordahl: No.
>> Tim Wildmon: because I had the scoop. Okay. President Trump has just announced, the, the, what do you call it? The framework.
>> Steve Jordahl: The framework for a deal with, Greenland.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes, he's announced, he's trading Minneapolis.
>> Steve Jordahl: Oh.
>> Tim Wildmon: he's trading Minneapolis for Greenland. Straight up.
>> Steve Jordahl: Okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, I say straight up, there's going to be a, city to be named later.
>> Steve Jordahl: Okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: So I don't know if that'll be San Francisco or Oakland or.
>> Steve Jordahl: I've got a story at the end of the hour, if we get to it, of, the Danes seeking to buy California. So we could.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, okay. But anyway, so that's, that's the deal. We're. We're trading Minneapolis for.
>> Steve Jordahl: For Greenland and a country to be named later.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes. City, to be named later.
>> Steve Jordahl: Okay.
>> Fred Jackson: And we will rescue Jan Markel before that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes. Does she live in Minneapolis proper? All right, so there you go. Ladies and gentlemen, that's the, that's the breaking news there.
177 Christians were abducted during service in Nigeria; 160 are still missing
All right, Steve, what do you got?
>> Steve Jordahl: I want to set some perspective here. We've been talking, you guys talked a little bit earlier about a church In Minneapolis, in St. Paul, that was disrupted by protests. And we've been talking about the punishment that these go along with that. and the law enforcement and how they're. Do they have a First Amendment right? And all that kind of stuff we've been talking about. But there was another church whose worship was disrupted, this one in Kaduna, Nigeria. And some terrorists came in and kidnapped 160 Christians. actually, 177 were abducted during the service.
>> Tim Wildmon: And this happened over the weekend.
>> Steve Jordahl: This happened the same day. Same day. Nigerian times. So it's probably not the exact same time, but, and they're not sure exactly. as often happens, they don't know yet who kidnapped these people. They don't. They. No one's claimed responsibility. But 177 people were,
>> Tim Wildmon: Have they been freed now or.
>> Steve Jordahl: No.
>> Tim Wildmon: Gone.
>> Steve Jordahl: No. More than 160 of them are still missing.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, Ray, and you've mentioned this before in Nigeria. Have you been to Nigeria?
>> Tim Wildmon: I have been in Nigeria, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so when we read a story like this, where 177 people in the past in a lot of these African countries, you have a very aggressive, hostile, Islamic, I don't know what you want to call them, warriors. Terrorist group. Terrorist groups, good word. And they, attack Christians all the time on an ongoing basis. Christians have to deal with this, and, sometimes it's, encapsulated in a civil war. So it didn't talk. The religious aspects isn't talked about. But I don't know. I don't know if you know who's. Who's to blame here, but tell me, in Nigeria, you know, I've.
>> Tim Wildmon: Got more of a question about this.
This involved a lot of planning by some bad guys, Steve says
>> Steve Jordahl: Yes, sir.
>> Tim Wildmon: I mean, to, to kidnap 170 people.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Steve Jordahl: 168 still missing, I think, like about nine of them or so, escaped.
>> Tim Wildmon: first of all, this didn't happen overnight. This involved a lot of planning by some bad guys somewhere. And you got.
>> Tim Wildmon: Steve, you got to have a pretty.
>> Tim Wildmon: Big force behind you to, to take 168.
>> Steve Jordahl: A couple people with guns, walking into a church with worshippers. I don't know that you'd have to actually have all that many resources to get.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, but you got to have the trucks to get.
>> Steve Jordahl: I mean, m. I'm just, you would have to, you would have to prepare for this.
>> Tim Wildmon: I'm just thinking this isn't this, oh, let's go down there and, and, and bust up this church. Somebody was sending a real message. We don't want you or your religion in our country.
>> Steve Jordahl: There are a couple, this has happened several times. Nigeria has kind of been a hotspot. And talking with Todd Nettleton, who is the spokesman for Voice of the Martyrs. Sometimes it is a Muslim terrorist group is trying to send a message to Christians, you're not welcome here. They will kidnap them and maybe disappear them.
>> Tim Wildmon: you never hear of Christians, kidnapping Muslims though. Isn't that weird?
>> Steve Jordahl: But sometimes it is, literally, people going in and looking for ransom. It's, it has nothing to do with religion. They just go and they, and they, they start sending ransom notices and everything. So some, both of those things happen. We don't know what this is.
>> Tim Wildmon: Who is the group Boko Haram, Ray?
>> Tim Wildmon: That is one particular. Now they are clearly Boko Haram. Clear. They are Islamic terrorists.
>> Tim Wildmon: They're like ISIS or Al Qaeda.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that's a good word. That's a good. And they're spread. They're not just in Nigeria, they're in other countries in Central Africa as well. But they, they have found a haven in northern Nigeria. Roughly the way to think about Nigeria is the northern part heavily Muslim, the southern part heavily Christian. It's that central region, the plateau state, Josh. Jos. And areas around there where it's partly Christian and partly Muslim, where a lot of these awful events are taking place. So yeah, the Boko Haram, they are, they are the bad guys of the bad guys.
>> Steve Jordahl: We don't know that it was in this case. We don't know if Boko Haram was involved. And also in talking with Todd Nettleton. Ray. the incidences are heading further and further south. Wow. we're seeing places which used to be fairly safe now, at risk.
>> Tim Wildmon: What? It seems to me, Steve, that cannot happen without somebody in the government either knowing about it or being paid off or turning the other, looking the other way.
>> Tim Wildmon: Robbery in Africa.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, it could happen. Yes, it could happen.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's a highly unusual, I mean, and.
>> Tim Wildmon: It'S a scary thing, Steve, if you're talking about these, these terroristic activities, these kidnappings coming into the southern region, which is traditionally heavily Christian area.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah. Just push them further and further south.
California Democrat Ted Lieu encouraged Minnesotans to film ICE raids
All right. the Democrats are, let's not mistaken, mistake ourselves into thinking that they are neutral on these ICE raids. Democrats are all for the ICE raids. They encourage the Democrat. Official Democrat politicians are encouraging Minnesotans to get out there with cameras and get in the way of ICE and break the law. I want you to listen to California Democrat Ted Lieu, who was, talking about what he wants to see Minnesotans do. Cut.
>> Speaker E: Thirteen American people have the First Amendment right to observe ICE operations. The American people have the First Amendment right to peacefully photograph ICE operations. The American people have their First Amendment right to peacefully film and livestream ICE operations. Donald Trump has sent ICE across the country to try to intimidate people and communities and various states. And the people of Minnesota said, no, we're not going to take it. We will not yield. We will not bend the knee. And every time ICE engages in what appears to be abuse, more Minnesotans show up. Every time ICE and Border Patrol engage in what appear to be unlawful actions, more Minnesotans show up and observe film and livestream ice. And this is so important because the evidence that is being gathered can be used in future years. And while this administration might not prosecute ICE officers or Border Patrol officers for violating federal law, a, future administration can do so. The statute of limitations for most federal crimes is five years.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, that, was Ted Lieu. Is he a congressman?
>> Steve Jordahl: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: From California?
>> Steve Jordahl: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, My question is. I didn't hear him. And maybe he did give this. I didn't hear this. Did he give, examples of ICE engaging in illegal activity?
>> Steve Jordahl: Oh, no. That's what he said. That's what he's claiming he's using. It's good you point this out because some of what he says are just Democrat talking points, that they're breaking the law, that ice, that Donald Trump is sending them out to terrorize people.
>> Tim Wildmon: Micah Gestapo.
>> Steve Jordahl: They're not. Donald Trump is sending them out to enforce the law. And, ah, but it's a Democrat talking book. But make no mistake, what Ted Lieu was doing was trying to coerce ICE agents into not doing their job. Because he's saying, we're going to get you, we're going to prosecute you for doing your job if we ever get back into power.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, but do you know what, Ted Lieu, that's not going to work because you have people in charge of ICE right now and the agents that are out there trying to do their job, that they're already being, you know, the other side has tried to intimidate them.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, they're going to the churches. Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: And Ted Lieu knows he is not telling the truth.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, all right.
>> Fred Jackson: The reason there has been confrontation is that the demonstrators come out and get in the faces and they block, the ICE agents. And what they're trying to do. What you see is the ICE agents responding to the, mobs that come out and get in their way.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Fred Jackson: That's when there is violence.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Fred Jackson: If you would just leave. If, number one, we've talked about this before, if the state and the city of Minneapolis, Minneapolis would cooperate, if the police would cooperate and remove these protesters, get them out of the way so ICE can do its job, there would not be a problem there.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Fred Jackson: But the police have told. Been told by their Democrat leaders, stand down, stay away, and allow the confrontation to take place. And then, Mayor Fry and Governor Tim Walls comes out there and says, these bad people, they're intimidating our citizens. No, they're not. The citizens were out there. I believe many of them paid protesters to get in the.
>> Tim Wildmon: They're antagonizing. Oh, there is. They're taunting, they're antagonizing. They're. They're daring the ICE agents to do something.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: knowing that they can then film them and making them look bad. Yes. And then that's how they win the PR war. So they're at a real advantage. These, these, These, Many, as you say, paid protesters. The, Those who are, you know, getting. Getting in the way, trying to interfere with the ice, doing their. Their job.
>> Steve Jordahl: If you were an ICE agent and you heard a member of Congress say, we're filming you and we're going to prosecute you for doing what your. What your superiors have told you to do, what your job is.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, the filming part shouldn't. Shouldn't bother anybody because if you're not doing anything wrong, what does it matter whether you're filmed or not?
>> Steve Jordahl: I don't think the filming is always presented without context. The worst part of it are presented and it makes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Here's the bottom line. Problem. We've talked about this before, is that the Democrats, by their words and deeds, not all of them, but a lot of the Democrat Party and Democrats like this fellow here, they don't have a problem with illegal, immigrants coming here by the millions. They want them. That's a sharp dividing line between people who are for law and order and for border control and that we have a right to control our immigration system. These people don't. They don't. I mean, it's kind of stunning to say this. They don't believe it. They believe everybody ought to be able to come here and Stay here as long as. And they don't care if they're drug dealers, they don't care if they're human traffickers, they don't care if they're, ah, child abusers. They don't care. They're protecting them from the ICE getting to them. They don't, they don't want any, they don't want any enforcement, of our immigration laws. Now that's, again, that's stunning for people to hear, but that's the position of a majority of Democrats.
Tim Ferriss: There was an incident involving an ICE agent the other day
They may not say it exactly like I just said it, but their actions and their words otherwise show whose side they're on. This, ICE agent the other day, I don't know if we still have this or not. There was an ICE agent who was. Okay, so a car, this is in Minneapolis, a car pulls up to an ICE agent. ICE agent, pulls his ski mask down enough to talk to the individual. They look like they're about six or eight feet away from each other and two people in their cars, the ICE agent and this person filming with their cell phone. And they back in their filming what he's saying. And he's. I'm not sure if the person. No, I know. So the. See, the person's filming is, there against ice. Okay. And the ICE agent pulls his mouth, pulls his ski mouse down enough for him to be able to talk coherently and you can understand what he's saying and you can see his face. And he says, we're here to arrest a child rapist. Do you hear me? And what you people are doing is interfering with our work, which will. That's who you're siding with. You're siding with the child. We're here. He told them why they were there and what they were going to be doing. And they were there to. And these people were instead blocking them from getting to this, what the. I said, did anybody else see that video? Did you see it? Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah, I did. Yeah.
>> Steve Jordahl: I don't know if we ever cut it to bring it in here, but yeah, I've seen that. To your point, Tim, Donald Trump came out, and addressed the, media, in the briefing room the other day. And he brought with him a bunch of mug shots of some of these people that are being arrested. And I just wanted to give you a little bit of a sense of what that sounded like. Let's listen to cut 18.
>> Tim Wildmon: They're apprehending murderers and drug dealers and a lot of bad people. Boy, these are rough characters.
>> Steve Jordahl: These are all criminal, illegal aliens that.
>> Tim Wildmon: In many cases they're murderers. They're drug lords, drug dealers, they're the mentally insane, some of them who are brutal killers.
>> Steve Jordahl: They're mentally insane.
>> Tim Wildmon: They're killers, but they're insane.
>> Steve Jordahl: Now, to talk about protecting these people, there is seemingly, a competition on the View to see who can be the least intelligent. And at this point, Sunny Hostins is clearly in the lead. This is what she had to say about that particular incident. Cut 12.
>> Speaker F: I thought what was so, distasteful and disgusting, quite frankly, was the fact that he was holding out pictures generally of black people and of brown people and calling them predators and calling them rapists and calling them murderers. You know, to the world, the President of the United States. There is no data, that says that those people are rapists and criminals. In fact, if you, if you look at whatever data that we have, 70% of the people that ICE has detained don't have criminal convictions.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Speaker F: Don't have any criminal records. Those individuals, I couldn't tell for I was watching it. But I'll tell you, if he, if he defamed somebody, they better sue the President of the United States or they better sue somebody.
>> Steve Jordahl: Apparently, Sunny Hostin wants a call from the President of the United States personally. Say, I'm going to put this. This is the data behind this. Because these were mugshots. These were police mugshots of criminals that he was holding up and Sunny hostage saying, we don't know who these people are.
>> Tim Wildmon: What, what does brown or black have to do with anything?
>> Steve Jordahl: Because everything's about race with these people, Tim.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, obviously, the majority of people immigrating here illegally from Central and South America are going to be brown. That's not a.
>> Steve Jordahl: Or from Somalia black.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's not, that's not a shock.
>> Steve Jordahl: no, but she wanted it. She wanted to portray Trump as being racial.
>> Tim Wildmon: She wants to make it a racial thing.
>> Steve Jordahl: She wants to make Trump not.
>> Tim Wildmon: Not whether these people are truly bad people. It's. You shouldn't be showing brown or black people.
>> Steve Jordahl: And, and the fact that she says that we don't have any data. What do you want him to personally call you?
>> Tim Wildmon: I mean, yeah, that's stupid.
>> Steve Jordahl: What do you want other than I.
>> Tim Wildmon: Agree with you, she wins the stupidity award. you're listening to today's issue. Next story, Steve.
>> Steve Jordahl: All right, that one got you.
>> Tim Wildmon: A little worked up.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, just a bit. I'm gonna calm down here with a story.
One Million Moms warns parents to beware of PBS Kids
our group, here, with Monica Cole. Cole. 1 million moms is putting a warning out to all our listeners, and she is saying to beware of PBS kids. Now, this is not the first time that one Million Moms has warned about, PBS Kids. There's a show there.
>> Tim Wildmon: What is PBS Kids? For those who don't know, pbs, is the Public Broadcasting System and Sesame street people.
>> Steve Jordahl: Right. And one of the programs is Sesame street, but they have a whole series of programming for children.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Steve Jordahl: One of the programs they have is called the Odd Squad. Odd Squad as play on the Mod Squad, I suppose. it's about. And I have the. What this is about are young government agents Olive and Otto use math to investigate strange occurrences. Well, what were the occurrences? strange, occurrences that these people investigated here? It happened to be a homosexual wedding between two women under the Eiffel Tower. And Monica Cole wants our listeners to know. Probably not a good idea to expose your kids to pbs.
>> Tim Wildmon: What's the name of the show on pbs?
>> Steve Jordahl: The Odd Squad.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, you can read more about that@one million moms.com. yes. One million moms, Cal.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: One million moms. Calm. But, you know, you really have to be careful today. That's a good warning. you have to be careful today about all the children's programming across the board. not only, you know, pbs, but other channels. You know, that, that show. You can't just leave kids parked in front of the TV anymore. You better be. You better know what they're watching.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Now, some shows, you have a good reputation, you know, and pretty solid. They've never entered any, any kind of social, engineering, so to speak. But, but pbs, you know, they're, It's. Is this British. Is that a British show or.
>> Steve Jordahl: It's a US show.
>> Fred Jackson: Congratulations to the Trump administration for saying we're not going to fund it anymore.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: Tax taxpayers have been giving money. Pbs. So to pbs to put this kind of garbage out there.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah. They, they shouldn't be. No children's program should be promoting lgbt, LGBTQ stuff. You just. The children, first of all. Children. Whatever you think of the LGBTQ movement, children aren't able to process that, lifestyle and that behavior. You don't want to. Yes. Seven year old talking about homosexuality. Good night. That's. Nobody wants that. so that's, you shouldn't be doing that just on that basis. Whatever your views are on that topic. leave. Leave the kids alone. Just let them have innocent children's program. Teach them lessons that are universal, that everybody can agree On. So, you got, Is this, by the way, Sesame street still going?
>> Steve Jordahl: I don't know if they're making.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know, I don't know.
>> Tim Wildmon: What about, I. I don't. What about the Electric Company?
>> Steve Jordahl: No, I think that's. That's gone.
>> Tim Wildmon: The Electric Company. I watched that when I was in second grade. Huh? Right. You know, I'm talking about Ray.
>> Tim Wildmon: I watched the Jetsons. I mean, that was educational.
>> Tim Wildmon: And we're living out the Jets.
>> Tim Wildmon: And we're living out the, Jetsons.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right. The Jetsons. Meet George Jetson. Yeah.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yes. Sesame street is still being filmed. It's currently in production on season 56. And by the way, look at the.
>> Tim Wildmon: Electric Company and see if that's still on. I. I have,
>> Steve Jordahl: The.
Sesame street has been infiltrated by some of this messaging, too
Sesame street has been infiltrated by some of this messaging, too, by the way.
>> Tim Wildmon: look up the electric companies. See when. How long they lasted. Do you know what I'm talking about?
>> Steve Jordahl: I do.
>> Tim Wildmon: I remember no electric Company. You ready? You know what I'm talking about.
>> Tim Wildmon: I've only heard of it.
>> Steve Jordahl: I remember it.
>> Tim Wildmon: You remember it, Steve?
>> Steve Jordahl: I do.
>> Tim Wildmon: It was like Sesame street. Not as popular.
>> Tim Wildmon: But what about Rocky the Flying.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yes. The Electric Company is still being filmed. It says.
>> Tim Wildmon: How long is it?
>> Steve Jordahl: The Electric. State is currently in production with the Electric Company.
>> Tim Wildmon: I think they used to have Morgan Freeman.
>> Steve Jordahl: I don't know. This is the same one, maybe. it's currently in production. Filming taking place in Atlanta, Georgia. Said to be released on Netflix. Additionally, electric Companies being filmed in NewSong York City aimed at improving literacy for children.
>> Tim Wildmon: There you go. What was the show you asked about? Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Rocky the Flying.
>> Tim Wildmon: Rocky the Fine Squirrel. Still, I'll see.
>> Steve Jordahl: That was a whole. That back in the Bullwinkle, that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Rocky and Bullwinkle. Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Rocky the Flat. But was it called Rocky the Flying Squirrel?
>> Tim Wildmon: I can't remember.
>> Steve Jordahl: It was called Rocky and Bullwinkle.
>> Tim Wildmon: If you're under 50, you have no idea.
>> Steve Jordahl: Bullwinkle was a moose. That's right. And remember, they had a whole series of great mooses. That was a great animated shows. Time for this one to come home.
>> Tim Wildmon: I was, I'm familiar with that one, but I was, I was.
>> Tim Wildmon: Fred. Do you know that one? Did they have.
>> Tim Wildmon: What was the one that said, hey, Boo Boo?
>> Steve Jordahl: That's,
>> Fred Jackson: That was.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yogi Bear.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes. And Bugs. Bugs Bunny was my favorite.
>> Steve Jordahl: I love that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Did nobody here watch Uncle Larry?
>> Steve Jordahl: Hound, Boris and Natasha.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Uncle Barry. Hound was a good one to watch.
>> Tim Wildmon: Roadrunner.
>> Fred Jackson: Remember M. Roadrunner Yes. Yeah.
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, now we've all revisited our childhoods.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right. Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: And they didn't try to sell homosexuality on those, right?
>> Steve Jordahl: No.
>> Tim Wildmon: No. Thank you, Uncle Barry. Hound never talked about that kind of stuff.
>> Tim Wildmon: No, no.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right. Neither the Yogi Bear.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yogi Bear was someone else. Completely different.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yogi Bear. Yogi Bear.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yogi Bear. All right. We'll be back tomorrow with, trivia Friday. JJ And Ed be here tomorrow, and I'll be here. See you back here then.
