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Tuesday 03-11-25 Bill Meyer Show Guests and Information
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6:30 The Legendary ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER DION JOINS THE SHOW
ABOUT DION: The Rock ‘N’ Roll Philosopher
Legendary Rock Hall of Fame innovator Dion shares the most lasting influences on his remarkable life – a life that helped shape the last 60 years of rock and roll history.
The book features a prologue by Eric Clapton, foreword by Paul Simon, a preface by Bishop Robert Barron, and afterward by Stevie Van Zandt.
Dion DiMucci’s journey through rock and roll history is as legendary as his hits. As the lead singer of Dion and the Belmonts in the late 1950s, Dion captured the heart of America with chart-toppers like “Runaround Sue”, “The Wanderer”, and “A Teenager in Love.” His later solo success with the profound “Abraham, Martin, and John” in 1968 marked another high, contributing to his twelve gold records. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Dion explored folk, blues, and gospel, earning a Grammy nomination in 1985 and an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 alongside icons like the Rolling Stones and Stevie Wonder.
In this compelling collection, Dion-the old wise mentor, shares intimate conversations with his mentee and close friend Adam Jablin, reflecting on his rise to fame, battles with heroin addiction, a sixty-year marriage, and the influential figures in his music career, including Hank Williams and Bob Dylan. In the true spirit of recovery, Dion passes on to Adam how to live a truly happy, joyous, free and fulfilled life.
Featuring over 200 vibrant photos, this book captures not just the life of a music icon but six decades of rock and roll evolution.
7:10 Christine Menedis – bitcoin expert and author of the forthcoming book Why the World Doesn’t Make Sense (April 15, 2025) – discusses the weekend’s Executive Order establishing a bitcoin strategic reserve. www.ChristineMenedis.com to learn about her book, youtube videos and POV.
On the Executive Order: “Last night’s Executive Order established a bitcoin strategic reserve and authorized budget neutral strategies to acquire new bitcoin, simultaneously making America the world’s largest bitcoin reserve and challenging others to follow suit if they want to be part of this new monetary landscape.”
On Bitcoin’s Proper Role: “Congress should authorize bitcoin as a monetary reserve asset. Yes, it is a strategic commodity, and last night was an important step. But it’s also a hard monetary asset capable of backing financial stability and confidence in a way traditional strategic reserve assets aren’t.”
On America’s Financial Reality: “America’s broke. That’s not hyperbole—it’s math. With a $36 trillion national debt, $2+ trillion annual deficit, and nearly $1 trillion in annual interest payments alone, we’ve reached the point where austerity alone won’t solve the problem.”
On the Path Forward: “Instead of trading gold for bitcoin as Senator Lummis proposes, we should be monetizing Treasury’s other assets. With bitcoin in its rightful place as a monetary reserve asset alongside gold, we can set about re-backing the dollar with a 25% gold/75% bitcoin split at gold priced at $20,600/troy ounce and bitcoin at $823,000.”
7:35 Former State Senator Herman Baertschiger discussing Oregon’s challenges as a business Unfriendly state, along with all the protests regarding federal spending.
8:10 Jackson County Commissioner Colleen Roberts digs into what happened at last week’s National Association of Counties meeting in DC, smoke and fire policy conversation, and the discussion with Trump administration officials on “what’s next”.
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6:35 Mark Mix, is President of the National Right to Work Committee which is a 2.8-million-member public policy organization. He also serves as President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.
DHS Kristi Noem ends collective bargaining for TSA workers/these employees were being promoted not on performance but by their affiliation with unions
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7:10 Jay Beeber Executive Director of Policy at the National Motorists Association.
We talk red light cameras and dig into why our cameras are so screwed up, also, the importance of yellow light timing. Here’s more – https://ww2.motorists.org/issues/red-light-cameras/yellow-lights/
Right on Red: The Culture War Comes for Traffic Lights
In Democrat-dominated cities, bike lanes and pedestrian crossings are taking precedence over cars. GOP lawmakers have other ideas
In blue cities across the country, local road policy in the past decade has been tweaked in the name of making things safer and more enticing for non-drivers — often by making things slower and more annoying for motorists.
The National Motorists Association, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization consisting of an alliance of motorists joined together to protect drivers’ rights in the courts, on the streets, and in our vehicles. NMA members number in the thousands, and are active in all 50 states as well as in several provinces of Canada.
The NMA, originally founded as the Citizens’ Coalition for Rational Traffic Laws, has empowered drivers since 1982. It fights for the driving freedoms of motorists; promoting traffic regulations and enforcement actions based on safety considerations, not to generate revenue for other programs.
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7:30 Jeff From Selma reports on Saturday’s repeal SB762 meeting in White City!
8:10 Dr. Dennis Powers “Where Past Meets Present” segment. www.DennisPowersBooks.com
Ashland
By Dennis Powers
During the 1850s, gold-seeking miners didn’t find gold in what’s now Ashland; the best were located northward (Gold Hill and Jacksonville) and southward (Yreka). Abel Helman and Eber Emery were the smart ones: They decided it was easier and more profitable to supply the miners with what they needed, instead of trying to discover the gold. Staking a claim on a creek, the men built a saw and flour mill in 1854. Named after Ashland County, Ohio–the original home of Abel Helman–the site became named Ashland Mills, then later as Ashland Creek and Ashland.
Helman one year later donated twelve building sites around the mill to create a central business district. Merchants soon constructed wooden buildings, ranging from a blacksmith shop and livery to a meat market and cabinet work. The place became a gathering spot known as the “Plaza,” which continues today. The settlement had an advantage as the main wagon-trail to Jacksonville passed through, as did the stagecoach line, the Oregon-California wagon trail over the nearby Siskiyou Mountains, and as the later district headquarters in the mid-1880s for the Oregon & California Railroad.
In addition to Abel Helman, other leaders appeared as John McCall. In 1852, the 27-year-old McCall after trying Yreka settled in Jackson County on a mining claim along Jackson Creek. After two rough winters, “subsisting a good portion of time on venison alone,” he bought an interest in the Ashland Flour Mill. After the Civil War, he became Ashland’s mayor in 1886, previously elected as a state legislator. His business interests flourished to include owning the Ashland Flour Mill, Ashland Woolen Mill, and the McCall Mercantile on Ashland Plaza. McCall ran the newspaper, the Ashland Tidings, and helped found the Ashland College and Normal School in 1872, which later became Southern Oregon University.
Hosting Southern Oregon’s annual Chautauqua festival, the town in the 1890s became a cultural center for the area. Presenting programs in what’s now Lithia Park in politics, art, literature, music, and other subjects for several days during the mid-summer, this nationwide program of lectures, seminars, and entertainment had started in New York as the New York Chautauqua Assembly. Well-known personalities as Susan B. Anthony, William Jennings Bryan, and John Phillip Sousa were among those over the next two decades who came to Ashland’s Chautauqua to lecture or perform.
Despite this, Medford’s orchard boom in the early 1900s (and its strong downtown building spree starting in 1909) brought it to prominence in the Valley; Jacksonville had greatly tapered off when the railroad in the mid-1880s bypassed it in favor of Medford. Ashland continued, however, with its development of what would become the 93-acre, exquisite Lithia Park in the heart of Ashland in the early 1900s. Its mineral springs with promoted medicinal properties also brought in the tourists.
Despite its cultural and location significance, Ashland suffered economically over the years. The Southern Pacific Railroad’s opening of its “Natron Cut-off” from California to Eugene, by-passed the town and its passenger rail traffic dropped. After the Great Depression’s financial woes, even World War II’s economic impact lessened afterwards as the timber industry with its mills and employment stagnated—even in Ashland.
Its transition to a tourist destination was greatly assisted by the growth of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Southern Oregon University. It took Elmo Stevenson and Angus Bowmer to save the town. Stevenson was hired in 1946 to actually close the campus if he couldn’t increase enrollment; however, he thought that the setting was unique and began a passionate goal to save it. He was successful. Southern Oregon University now has some 300 faculty members with 6,000 students and its numerous buildings are spread over 175 acres.
While staring at the old Chautauqua ruins in Ashland’s Lithia Park, Angus Bowmer had an idea on producing a Shakespearean work there. By 1935, his idea caught on with other residents and with volunteers, city, and state help, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival began with a two-play production on July 2, 1935. From there, the festival has grown to an annual attendance of 400,000-plus with over 700 performances.
Ashland is home to 20,000-plus residents today. Although it isn’t the county seat, it has become a destination tourist and retirement town. With additional cultural activities from the Ashland Independent Film Festival to the Oregon Cabaret, the former mill first named on Mill Creek has come a long way.
Sources: “Ashland Chamber of Commerce: Ashland History,” at Ashland History; Jeff LaLande, “The Oregon Encyclopedia: Ashland,” at Ashland (Including Images); National Park Service: John McCall at John McCall (House and Background); Dennis Powers, Where Past Meets Present, Ashland, Oregon: Hellgate Press, 2017 (“Ashland,” Pp. 375-378).