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3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Florida School Choice Soars, Gaza Pier Collapse, Buttigieg's EV Bluster

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Radio America

Government, News, News Commentary

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour Host Scot Bertram is in for Jim. Join Scot and Greg as they discuss Florida's rising enrollment numbers in public school alternatives, the disastrous situation on the Gaza pier, and Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg's lackluster explanation for the mere seven EV charging stations that took a $7.5 billion in taxpayer investment to produce.

First, they take time to appreciate the fruits of Florida's school choice policies, as more and more parents choose charter schools, private schools, or homeschooling for their children. They point out that this will force public schools to up their game in order to compete, as many Florida public schools face the threat of closure.

Next, they lament the collapse of the Gaza Pier. They also discuss how this policy always seemed doomed from the moment it was announced. Scot notes that there are still five Americans held hostage by Hamas, and they examine the failure of the Biden administration's foreign policy in the Middle East.

Finally, they laugh right alongside Margaret Brennan at Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg's verbose yet milquetoast response to her question about the $7.5 billion spent on the production of EV charging stations, an effort which has produced a grand total of seven charging stations across the country. They observe that consumers are not rushing to buy EV's, and that the government, along with automobile producers, will have to reckon with that.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Three Martini lunch.

0:04.5

Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.

0:09.4

Three Martini's coming up.

0:11.6

Hey, really glad to have you with us for the Tuesday edition of the Three Martini

0:17.2

lunch.

0:18.2

Jim Garrity is off today.

0:19.8

Happy to be joined by Scott Bertram, the general manager at W.R.F.H. Radio Free Hillsdale

0:25.0

101.7.F.M. on the campus of Hillsdale College, where he directs the Hillsdale

0:30.6

College Podcast Network, hosts the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour and in his

0:35.0

free time somehow there is some he is co-host of the Political Beats

0:38.4

Podcast and the relatively new podcast I guess still called wasn't that special

0:43.8

50 years of Saturday Night Live which is now almost halfway through the the

0:50.0

arc of Saturday Night Live I believe you're on season 23 that you just completed is that right?

0:54.0

23 is in the books and 24 will be taping on Friday so yes inching closer to the halfway point.

1:01.0

Yes exactly and if you know the math on when SNL started, they're getting close to the turn of the millennium.

1:07.2

So if you haven't checked that out, check it out, it wasn't that special.com.

1:11.4

We've got good, bad, and crazy martinis for you today and Scott I know it took a tremendous amount of discipline

1:17.2

for you not to call the retirement of

1:20.8

beleaguered major league umpire Angel Hernandez as the good Martini.

1:26.4

He has frustrated people and raised blood pressure for far too long and so that is good news.

1:31.9

But good discipline on your part to keep it

1:33.8

somewhat in the political realm today. Well that just means someone else

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