Sean Hannity Show - The Power of Memory - December 26th, Hour 1

Dec. 27, 2023 - Sean Hannity Show

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The Power of Memory - December 26th, Hour 1

Rose Tennent fills in for Sean and shares the power of music for those experiencing dementia or memory loss. Hear some of the inspiring stories from callers who have experienced the comforting powers of music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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	We've been in political media for a long time.
	Long enough to know that it's gotten, well, a little insane.
	That's why we started Normally, a podcast for people who are over the hysteria and just want clarity.
	We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country without panic, without yelling, and with a healthy dose of humor.
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	Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why?
	Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies.
	It's almost a dirty word, one that connotes conspiracy theory.
	Will we ever get the truth about the Benghazi massacre?
	Bad faith, political warfare, and frankly, bullshit.
	We kill the ambassador just to cover something up.
	You put two and two together.
	Was it an overblown distraction or a sinister conspiracy?
	Benghazi is a Rosetta Stone for everything that's been going on for the last 20 years.
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	I'm sitting in again.
	I can't believe what a blessing to have been with you last week going into the Christmas holiday and then coming right.
	I mean, literally right out of the Christmas holiday.
	I'm so glad to be with all of you again.
	And you know, I love Sean's audience.
	I hear from you often after I've done a show.
	And I just really appreciate all of you.
	You're wonderful people to share an afternoon with.
	So I'm really looking forward to this afternoon.
	As a matter of fact, some of the things coming up on today's show.
	First of all, we've got next hour, Pastor Jack Hibbs.
	Now, I've had him on before, and I just, I love this guy.
	He is unafraid to talk about the truth.
	As a matter of fact, he has a new book.
	It's called Living in the Days, D-A-Z-E, of Deception, where he talks about the many, many ways that lies are masquerading as truth and how you can discern the difference.
	So Pastor Jack Hibbs joining us next hour.
	Then the final hour, we're going to have Tom Homan on.
	I love Tom Homan.
	This guy has said so much, done so much, working so hard to protect our border and consequently the citizens of this great country.
	You know, he's a former acting ICE director.
	He's a retired federal agent.
	But right now, he started something called Borders 9-11 and 9-1-1.
	And we're going to talk about that coming up.
	He's the president and CEO of that.
	We're going to talk about the border.
	What can we expect going into the new year?
	I remember some of the news I gave you right before Christmas last week.
	We had record-breaking crossings.
	I think one night we had over 20,000 coming across.
	They smashed all records that evening.
	So we'll talk to him about that and what it means to all of you when this is going on and what can we expect in the future.
	I don't know.
	I really worry about it.
	It's one thing I am completely concerned about, but there are so many things, aren't there?
	So we'll talk about those other things as well.
	High crime rates.
	We're going to talk about the economy, for heaven's sake, and how the government and this president is gaslighting us.
	He really is, unless he's been gaslighted, which is quite possible.
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	Now, I just spoke to you about my Rose Unplugged page, my Facebook page.
	And this year I posted going into Christmas because this was a weird year for me.
	And I'll get into why that is in just a moment, but it was a very different Christmas for me.
	So what I did is I posted a video of myself and my dad dancing.
	Now, what you need to know about my dad, and I've mentioned it before when I was on Hannity's show, is that the last three years, he suffered from all the consequences of dementia, and they are many.
	And it was very bittersweet.
	I loved every moment, even the ones that were very difficult.
	But one of the things that we did all the time was dance.
	So this was my first Christmas without my dad.
	It was a Christmas of a lot of firsts.
	Some of them are good, some sad.
	But I've been without a mother for 42 years.
	And you might think, okay, either she's really old, Rose, or her mother died really young.
	And it was the latter.
	She died very, very young.
	But it was a first time without him and a couple of other things that had changed this year.
	And he really always loved music.
	And I always found that fascinating with dementia patients because he was in facilities where the others also loved music and they remembered, even though they could remember maybe who you were or how they knew you, they would remember the words to songs.
	That just blows my mind completely.
	It really does.
	But he loved music and he really loved to dance, always loved to dance, even with his dementia.
	And so I posted one of the dancing sessions that he and I had in one of the facilities that he lived in because we danced every single time we were together.
	It was good.
	And when our mother passed, I remember my dad saying to us, because it was so, she was just so young.
	And who would have expected that, right?
	He said, always leave someone on a good note.
	And I thought that's a good message for right now because during these holiday seasons, it's tough, isn't it?
	I mean, you're with family.
	There's a lot of stress already.
	If you're a woman, you've done so much work leading up to this, this occasion.
	And it can be very stressful.
	So, and getting together with your family, sometimes it can be stressful as well, right?
	Bringing everybody together again.
	But I want to try to remember, I think, this holiday I did and going forward to always leave on a good note because, and that should probably be our resolution going into the new year too, because we never know when we're going to have that last laugh, that last conversation, that last, I love you, or that last dance.
	And I have no doubt that he's dancing right now with the love of his life in heaven and Chris, you know, at Christmas time and probably every day before and after.
	But I just want to encourage all of you to do that dance, your dance with the people that you love.
	And ladies, I know, I know, I know, I know.
	It is so difficult during this time of year because honestly, think about all the hours, the days, the week that we put into preparation for Christmas, right?
	Seriously, it's not just the buying of gifts, but the time that we put into the perfect gift or gifts for every single person on our list and everybody else's list because let's be honest, ladies, okay?
	You're buying for your extended family and his if you're married extended family, okay?
	You're doing it all.
	You get the children's gift, the postman, the garbage man.
	I love our garbage man.
	He goes by the G-Man.
	I think that's so cool.
	But that list is long, girl.
	And you, you are the one holding it, memorizing it, deliberating over it.
	And then there's the actual shopping for those gifts if they're actually still available after all that time that you spent deliberating and deciding on which gifts to purchase.
	And then the gifts need wrapped, right?
	Then there's the grocery list, which only comes after the menu preparation.
	That takes time.
	What are we going to have?
	When are we going to have it?
	And even if your children no longer live at home, when they come home to visit for the holidays, they're no different than when they were when they left.
	I mean, you know, it's exactly how they were when they were leaching.
	I'm sorry, I mean, living with you.
	What's for breakfast?
	What's for lunch?
	What's for dinner?
	Do we have snacks?
	I remember my child would sometimes sleep in late when he was living at home and he'd wake up at like 1030, 11 a.m. and hid one and get something to eat.
	So I'd make him something to eat.
	Then within an hour or an hour and a half later, he's like, okay, so what's for lunch?
	I'm like, dude, you just got up.
	That was lunch.
	That wasn't even, you missed breakfast.
	That was your lunch.
	And I know you ladies know what I'm talking about.
	So back to the menu.
	You're spending time figuring that baby out, the meals each day for the holiday.
	Then somebody has to show up for the items that make up that menu.
	And the grocery store, which it looks like the nightmare before Christmas, you know, somebody should actually do a scary movie about that because it is scary out there.
	I mean, I've seen it.
	It makes me afraid, very afraid.
	But we handle it.
	We carry all the groceries in.
	We move things around to fit them in the fridge.
	Then we have to bake, cook, wash pots, pans, fill the dishwasher, empty the dishwasher, repeat.
	We do all of that, spend all of those hours in preparation, only to have the meals eaten within, what, 15 minutes?
	Then the gifts opened in even less time.
	Here's the thing that just blows my mind though.
	And I don't know if I'm alone in this or there are other women out there experiencing the same, but my husband still seems surprised, shocked even, when I ask him after Thanksgiving to put the lights up outside.
	He guess what?
	We're going to do that again.
	Yes, we're doing that again every 365 days.
	Every single year I have known you, we put up lights.
	Why do I even have to ask?
	And why does he pretend?
	Is he pretending though?
	Not to know that.
	He's surprised by that.
	But even with all of that craziness, that craziness, I would again encourage you to embrace those moments, even the difficult, even the frustrating, even the nightmare in the grocery stores at Christmas time and other holidays.
	Embrace those because they may be the last shopping list that you make for someone, the last meal that you cook for someone.
	And I just, I hope you were blessed this holiday season.
	I hope we go forward in the new year considering all of those things and what a blessing it is to have those, to have family, to have good friends.
	It's such a blessing.
	Now, we are doing the Sean Hannity show today.
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	All right, so we have a lot coming up, and I can't wait to get started with all of you on the Sean Hannity Show.
	So stay with us.
	That day after Christmas, it's over, everybody.
	A lot of calls coming in from California.
	Interesting.
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	We do have John who's calling in from Huntington Beach in California.
	Hi, John.
	How are you?
	Hi, I'm doing well.
	How are you?
	I'm doing well too.
	Thank you.
	You wanted to talk about music and dementia patients, Alzheimer's?
	A few years ago, my wife and I and a group of other people from our church, we volunteer at an Alzheimer's home.
	We go in on Sunday morning and do, and I'm actually just give them a church service.
	Them and the staff that were there and the family members were there.
	They couldn't make church on Sunday morning, so we brought church to them.
	I love it.
	One of the things we did was the old hymns.
	We would sing the old hymns, play just on guitar, and these folks would remember every word.
	Oh, my goodness.
	It was a blessing to see them just come alive and smile and sing out loud the old hymns and how it was just refreshing.
	It was a blessing for us to be part of it and to see this happen.
	Oh, well, thank you, John, for what you do for those patients as someone who had a loved one who was a patient in one of those type of facilities.
	Thank you for what you did.
	I do find it, and thanks for your call, too.
	I do find it amazing that the one thing that they remember is the lyrics to songs.
	And listen, you know, we're talking about dementia, but I would be hard-pressed to find someone.
	I could walk out the door right now and bring up dementia or Alzheimer's.
	And at least each person I talk to either has experienced it firsthand with a family member or they know someone who has.
	I mean, this has just become so prevalent.
	It's a very, very difficult disease.
	And it's very difficult to watch, but there can be so many beautiful moments in it.
	Let's take one more call on the subject.
	Elizabeth, Palm Springs, California.
	How are you, Elizabeth?
	Hi, Rose.
	Great.
	I hope you're doing well and enjoying the holidays.
	Yes.
	Or is Carol Rosenstein and her husband, Irwin?
	He was diagnosed with Parkinson's.
	So I'd like to make people aware, first of all, that it's not just dementia and Alzheimer's, which everybody seems to know.
	Parkinson's is part of that same group.
	And his original diagnosis was Parkinson's, but he's a pianist, and he was enrolled as a program at UCLA for dementia patients.
	They have a patient care program.
	And he was serenading the other patients playing the piano, and everything just started to click.
	So Carolyn Irwin founded musicmen'minds.org.
	And it continues and it's become international as well as national with branches just about everywhere.
	I know we have a wonderful one here in Palm Springs.
	And their original band, if you will, that came together is called the Fifth Dementia in Los Angeles.
	Oh, I love that.
	Isn't that great?
	Yes.
	She is a tiger, that woman.
	She's a fantastic woman.
	Irwin has since passed.
	And I've been to several of their meetings where the people, you know, participate, the songs they knew, the instrument they used to play, it all comes back.
	And the doctors, I don't know if it's proven or speculation, that an increase of dopamine in the brain from the music and employing the skills that they have, whether it be singing or playing an instrument.
	And so it's just growing and growing, and it's fantastic.
	And I just, I'm so glad to be able to share that on Sean's show with his big listenership.
	Yes.
	And I really hope that people benefit and hook into that website.
	And I'm sure they welcome donations and so on.
	I'm sure.
	Thank you.
	Elizabeth, I have to say, Elizabeth, thank you so much, sweetie, for sharing that very precious resource with those people who have someone in their lives that are suffering from one of the things that we've mentioned, Parkinson's Alzheimer's dementia.
	So that's MusicMen's Minds.
	That's plural.
	Musicmensminds.org.
	What a blessing to have you call in and give us that resource.
	I appreciate you so very much.
	When we come back from the break, I want to talk about Biden's economy.
	You know, I mean, there's an effort out there to gaslight us, but how effective is that gaslighting if when we open up our wallets, there's nothing in it?
	So we're going to talk about that.
	Call in if you want to weigh in on the economy, 800-941-Sean, 941-Sean.
	We'll be back with more on your phone calls and the economy discussion after this.
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	And I want to talk about Biden's economy too, because let's talk about what we can expect.
	I think more of the same, I suppose, going into the new year.
	But that being said, I did want to take a few phone calls first.
	First of all, I have to take Mark, who's calling from Palm Coast.
	Mark, how are you?
	Hi, Rose.
	I used to, I lived in Palm Coast.
	No, I was from Pittsburgh, but I used to listen to you and Jim every morning.
	And it was awesome.
	I really liked it.
	And I just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
	Well, thank you.
	And sorry to lose you in Pittsburgh, but when I look out the window now and I see shades of gray, I certainly understand why you were not here and why you're in the Palm Coast area.
	Instead, I mean, my goodness here, it never changes.
	By the way, Mark, you were talking, Mark is talking about Jim Quinn.
	I did a radio show with him for, oh my gosh, so, so very many years.
	You can still hear him at warroom.com.
	I'll just get a little plug for a friend of mine.
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	Mark, thanks so much for calling in and happy new year to you as well.
	Also, all right.
	Thank you, honey.
	Thanks so much.
	Also, calling from New Hampshire is Dan.
	Hey, Dan, what's up?
	Yes, Rose.
	I'd like to tell you what's going on in New Hampshire.
	We've been suffering through skyrocketing interest rates, inflation.
	It's just unbelievable.
	We're paying more than double for gas still.
	And on top of it, in New Hampshire, we have some of the highest utility prices.
	President Trump talks about this.
	We were paying three and four times the amount.
	So it's unbelievable.
	And that's why President Trump is the only one that can save us and he's the only one that can say, I can make this economy great again because I've already done it once and I can do it again.
	And we can't trust nobody else because these people that are running against them are bought and paid by the same dirty deep state as Joe Biden.
	You know what, Dan?
	I'm going to tell you something.
	I am no politician and I don't have an economic degree in any way, shape, or form, financial degree.
	But I can tell you something.
	I think I could bring the economy back to a healthy place better than this guy could that's in the White House right now.
	Thanks for your call.
	But it's sad, though, because as Dan mentioned, he's in New Hampshire.
	And you think about this.
	You know, I often, when I'm in the grocery store, even I, who I never used to think about the cost of anything, I'd pick up this and that.
	And oh, that looks interesting.
	I'm going to try that.
	I literally go through the grocery store now and think, do I really need to have that?
	And I've actually put some things away too.
	But honestly, things have changed.
	And for those, you know, at one point I would think, okay, he's trying to, Joe Biden is trying to gaslight the rest of us.
	But at some point, how effective is his gaslighting if when we open our wallets and there's nothing there?
	It's not covering as much as it once was.
	And I, you know, there's this one guy that, you know, he's a senior citizen, clearly retired, has been for some time.
	And he works at a grocery store and he helps empty the garbage bins and everything.
	And love him.
	I love him.
	And he saw me walk in with a cup of coffee from a fast food joint, which by the way, this is a particular place.
	I just love their coffee and it's not as expensive as some of the other ones, if you know what I mean.
	But I walked in with it and he said, oh, I used to go there to get my coffee too and it was 99 cents, but they just jacked up the price.
	And then I tried to tell him about the app and you can still get it for 99 cents.
	And then it was just too much for him.
	Okay.
	He just, I don't even know if he had a phone that could do all of that.
	But I felt for him.
	I felt, you know, you think about the people that are on those incomes, their fixed income, and they really can't keep up with the price and the cost of things.
	And then just recently, when he had this accusation that was made by Joe Biden, when he was discussing the media's coverage of the economy, and it was the other day, in fact, right before Christmas holiday.
	And in his opinion, it is the media that has given everyone the wrong impression of the economy and how he handles it.
	He said he's been getting negative coverage, essentially.
	So it was right before he went on his Christmas break and he was asked by one member of the media about his outlook for the economy as we head into the new year.
	This is what he had to say.
	Take a listen.
	About the economy, sir, what's your outlook on the economy next year?
	All good.
	Take a look.
	What?
	All reported the right way.
	Okay, where were we supposed to look for this all good?
	Like, where?
	Is it hiding under something?
	It's all good.
	And he said, start reporting the right way, reporting the right way, suggesting you need to just report on me in very positive terms, never talk about the truth, never tell anyone what's really going on.
	And we don't even need the freaking media to tell us what's going on.
	We know what's going on.
	That is the thing that is the most outrageous, in my opinion, when to suggest that it's a media coverage of the economy that's hurting him or hurting the economy or gaslighting us, when in fact it is he who's gaslighting us.
	He's always critical of the press lately, and he's saying that they focus on negative news more than the positive things.
	Well, I'll tell you what.
	If you can point out a positive thing or two for us, Joe Biden, then maybe we will focus on that.
	But right now, right now, people know how they feel.
	They know how difficult it is to make that paycheck stretch.
	And those people on fixed incomes, I don't know how they do it.
	The people that have more than one child, I don't know how they do it.
	But I'll tell you what, his approval rating continues to go low, low, low, historic lows, in fact.
	And that handling of the economy is a huge factor.
	And I'll tell you something.
	You know, you hear people say all the time, oh, well, he's old and this.
	You know what?
	I don't even think his age would matter if we didn't have the freaking mess that we have.
	Sorry for that word that we are in right now.
	Think about it.
	Open border, people just pouring through.
	We don't even know who's coming through.
	They're not being vetted.
	There are getaways.
	Then there's the high crime rates.
	I mean, we talked about this holiday season.
	People in some Northern California cities and in Chicago and other places, they were afraid to even go shopping.
	And some of the stores are closing down never to open again.
	Add that to the economy.
	Okay.
	It's not because he's old.
	He could be another old guy, but know how to handle the economy.
	It's not the age.
	It is what is happening to all of us.
	We are experiencing this collectively.
	So you can't gaslight us anymore.
	You can't lie to us.
	All of that stuff.
	Even the media lied to us too for so long.
	You know, there's that recent Fox News poll that showed that only 14% of Americans believe Biden's economic policies have helped them.
	Of course not.
	But you know what?
	Who are these 14 people?
	I just want to meet them.
	I have so many questions for them.
	This economy has helped them, 14%.
	No, nearly half, 46%, say the administration has hurt them financially.
	And I'll tell you what, all this, these feelings about the economy, these negative feelings.
	Fox News poll showed that 61% of Democrats are joining the 93% of Republicans and 85% of Independents who say the economy is in bad condition.
	Those are amazing numbers.
	But you know what?
	Grocery receipts don't lie.
	Gas pumps don't lie.
	Biden lies.
	He's trying to pull this off, but he's not going to be able to.
	We know what we feel.
	We know what we're experiencing right now.
	I'll tell you what.
	I mean, just everything that's going on, giving more money to Ukraine and the border and Hunter Biden.
	I mean, there's so many things going on, Mr. Biden, President Biden.
	It doesn't even have anything to do with your age.
	If you were a healthy, older guy and we were in a better and better shape, then no one would be complaining.
	But people are complaining.
	They really are.
	We can take a quick call from Bill in Pensacola, Florida, who wants to talk about the economy.
	Hey, Bill.
	Rose, thanks for taking my call.
	I used to listen to you and coin up and WICO in Salisbury, Maryland.
	I love that.
	Oh, my.
	Great.
	I hated to see it go.
	Thank you.
	Yeah, nonetheless, you know, it's funny you bring up all the things that are doing with President Biden with the economy.
	And I hate to say president, but nonetheless, with the economy being the way it is, the gas prices are a little bit lower here where I am in the Pensacola area.
	And I guess it depends on the population and the amount of, I guess, sales of gasoline and other items that are sold.
	But the one thing, too, is that when you have high gas prices, it actually squeezes, and I'm sure you probably already know this, the profit margin of the guy actually that owns the gas station.
	You know, they're not raking in all this money that some people may think because if you have a little bit more money to spend, you're going to go into the guy's store and buy a sandwich or a coffee or a bag of chips or something like that.
	So, and yeah, because now you're saying to yourself, do I really need that bag of chips or an extra cup of coffee?
	Can I make I make coffee at home now and I and I get really cheap cups to take them out with.
	But anyway, I didn't mean to interrupt you, but also I want to point out, too, you said that your gas prices are lower, but let's qualify that.
	They are lower than the rest of the country, but still high.
	Exactly.
	And it's something else.
	It's like when Joe Biden talks about jobs and all this other stuff coming in, yeah, well, when the unemployment rate is up around 8% or whatever the case may be, oh, yeah, well, yeah, there's more and more jobs coming back or they're coming.
	We did this kind of amount of jobs.
	What about the people that are going back to work to refill those positions?
	And how many of those are productive jobs as opposed to like more government bureaucracy and these people that weren't these non-productive jobs as opposed to things that when you work for a company that a for-profit company, that's another thing that I hear as well.
	Wow.
	Yeah.
	Good, excellent points.
	In fact, Bill.
	Thank you so much for calling in.
	I appreciate you.
	And happy new year to you.
	You know, when Bill brings up so many interesting points, and one of the things that I just keep thinking about are those who are struggling, those who have a lot of children, those who maybe are single parents, those who are not working, that don't have a job, fixed income.
	I would just encourage you as we go into this new year to kind of be aware, be aware of the people around you, the people in your neighborhood, the people at the grocery store, wherever you are.
	If you suspect that there's a need, you know, here's what I do every day.
	I ask God to show me how I can be generous to someone.
	Is there a way I can be generous?
	Is there something I can do for someone?
	You would be amazed by how that prayer is answered and how clearly the answer comes.
	Try it.
	I'm just, I'm challenging you to just try it.
	It's really cool.
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	Well, I'll tell you what, we're going to talk about that coming up in the next two hours.
	Number one, next hour, we are talking to Pastor Jack Hibbs.
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	And he talks a lot in the book about the many ways that lies are masquerading as the truth and how you can discern the difference between the two.
	So we'll talk about that.
	Then he has a New Year's message for all of us.
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	I really, I love talking to Tom because he just, he has his finger on the pulse of what's happening at the border and he is so very concerned.
	When he talks, you can hear the passion in his voice.
	He's a former acting ICE director, retired federal agent, but also he is currently the president and CEO of Borders 911.
	So we're going to talk to him during the five o'clock hour.
	So I hope that I can encourage you during this time, these couple of hours that we have together before we go into the new year.
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