Producers Note: The air quality in the Puget Sound Region today is the worst in the world. Dave's voice is raw, he has a massive headache and his eyes are burning. So please excuse the smokers voice sound of things today...

In mid-October of 1787, James Wilson, the man who invented the Presidency, gave a speech encouraging the voters of Pennsylvania to approve the proposed Constitution. While not as much of a hot-bed of anti-Federalism as New York, Pennsylvania nonetheless had its share of men who opposed it on several grounds. A few days after the speech, a letter appeared n the Freeman's Journal which took on Wilson directly. In many ways the "Centinel" would express many of the same ideas as Cato had. But he would add in an idea that while already expressed, outlined what he sees as the greatest threat to the liberty - and the understanding - of the people...

If you ask one hundred Americans, who is the best American citizen of ALL time? I've never done that, but my guess is the overwhelming answer would be George Washington. There is an almost worshipful quality that we take towards him, perhaps with some justification, as we have painted his deification onto the ceiling of our Capitol Dome.

We have a corporate memory of him that fits both our need for the hero and our understanding of who we are as a people - perhaps flawed by strong. Here's the question though, do we honestly believe that everybody who lived back then just loved and adored General Washington? Was there not... say... one, perhaps two people who found him odious or even overbearing? James Madison is known to have disliked the Generals "coarse language" at times, but really, is there nothing worse thought of him, at all?

The obvious answer is that of course there were those who not only disliked Washington, but worse, didn't trust him. So why have we ignored them and their versions of our history?

It's eerily similar to O'Brien holding up four fingers and asking Winston smith, "How many fingers do you see?" The answer is five...

Rabbi Dave is morose this morning. Why? Because now that Autumn is upon us, he is realizing that life no longer has any meaning because Evil never rests and will always conquer good. It is relentless and no amount of comfort from Friar Rod will restore his faith in humanity or baseball.

The proof of the Rabbi's theory on evil can be found in the city of Stockton, CA. It s here that a Serial Killer has been caught. But it won't be the last one.

Friar Rod has an obsession with AI. Now he's thinking about switching political parties. and whatever you do this month - DO NOT GO TO SALEM WITHOUT A PLAN!

Speaking of politics, at least one candidate for Congress has an interesting approach to the concept of political ads...

Konstantinos Laios joins Eric and Dave to talk about books and how he grew up in Greece studying World War II and the Battle of Kharkov. His next book, due in time for Christmas, is about the Ohio Class submarine...

There is a line in the film "The Da Vinci Code" which I have always liked: "Can you know a thing and never say it again?"

The biggest problem with knowing something is that it automatically means that one cannot be blissfully ignorant of what it means and how it effects ones thinking and actions. when we know something, it compels us to use that knowledge - for good or for bad. But it must be used.

I haven't had much to say about the news lately, because the more I study the past, you can thank the Anti-federalists for that - the more the knowledge of what I am seeing and learning causes me to become more and more skeptical of the motivations and actions of the newsmakers around us.

In the words of the anti-federalist, Cato, "Beware of those who wish to influence your passions, and to make you dupes to their resentments and little interests..."

My son likes to ask me the question about what I would have thought about today's technology back when I was his age. when I was in the 4th grade, we actually had to do a written assignment where we would try to explain football to a person from a hundred years before.

When Ben asked me about the fabulous iPhone 14, I began to realize something. When I was twelve (like him), I would have been insanely jealous of today's tech. It would neither have amazed me or scared me. I would have seen it as the logical extension of things and indeed, as Star Trek coming to life!

Which brought me around to another thought: Why is it that we think that the Framers/Founders would have to have our nation explained to them? Isn't it more likely that we do not understand their views and understanding of things? Which is why we are left to wonder what happened in the ensuing centuries. They would have - and did - predict exactly what has happened.

The real conversation should be us trying to understand them, not the other way around. which is why we have no clue what the anti-federalist Cato and the federalist Cæsar are saying as the debate the Presidency...

The weirdest thing about the current hatred of Columbus Day is that there shouldn't even be a "Columbus Day." What do I mean?

He was an absolute boss when it came to being the Admiral of the Sea. He did something that hadn't been done and he did it over and again. He brought glory and honor to his nation and his Monarch.

But... and I cannot stress this enough... he would have no idea what we are talking about when we say, "Columbus Day..." And he would have absolutely HATED why it was created in 1892, on the 400th anniversary of his first voyage...

With his liver functions no longer "elevated," Rabbi Dave is reduced to taking Benadryl to try and sleep. The problem is it makes him late to stuff. Neither of the bys have seen the new rom-com "Bros." Is it because they are homophobes or because the film isn't that good?

To the surprise nobody who doesn't wok for Fox News or the Blaze, the Scooby Doo character, Velma, turned out to be a lesbian. Really... who was surprised by this?

Our Hero John Malkovich has a new movie coming out... in 2015, and parental behavior at high school football games it out of whack.

It's a no-nukes version of What the Frock!

Eric and Dave are joined by Jesse Chaney, a Sonar Technician Chief, who served aboard the USS Toledo and the USS Houston. The Toledo was a hot runner, with a Captain full of vim and vigor who is now rthe subnect of a famous internet submarine meme that you have definitely seen, but might not know the full story behind...

Jesse's story is -like so many - a combination of ups and downs, but in the end it is a story about overcoming the demons which afflict so many. It is a story that proves that there is help and there is hope for tomorrow...

You have often heard Bill Mick complain about GOP Republicans who give fire and brimstone conservatism speeches while running for office, and then turn into “do-nothings” once in office. He is, of course, not alone, nor is he wrong to express such sentiments.

But is it anything actually new when it comes to specifically the GOP? Today we fear today the slide into progressive socialism as a result of the GOPs failure to keep its principles and its word.

There was once a time when the GOP stood firm for those idea and principles. Until the election of a man who, along with his party, decided that in the interest of going along to get along, their party would allow the undoing of all that had been bought – in blood and in sacrifice.