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Tune in to The Main Event this Saturday morning at 9:30 on AM590 with host Ed Hoffman as he discusses national current events and politics, with a few mortgage tips along the way. Ed delivers intelligent, entertaining radio that makes hard news easy to understand!
This week, Ed welcomes back Joey Jones of the wounded veterans non-profit Boot Campaign. He invites listeners to mark their calendars for May 21 (Armed Forces Day), when Wholesale Capital Corporation will host the second annual Push-Ups for Charity event in Moreno Valley benefiting Boot Campaign. They also talk about WCC Charities, Wholesale Capital’s own non-profit that’s doing outstanding things for wounded veterans – like retrofitting a smart home for Ed and Joey’s friend, triple amputee veteran Andrew Bottrell. To learn more, visit www.WCCcharities.org.
Also on the show, Joey addresses the way Hollywood has mischaracterized wounded veterans. “The first year after my injury,” Joey said, “I watched three TV shows and all of them had a villain character who was a veteran suffering from what they portrayed as post-traumatic stress disorder.” He wants people to understand how Hollywood’s portrayal of PTSD misses the mark. “It’s completely inaccurate, and it’s insulting,” he says. “A veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress is more likely to not hurt anyone but themselves. Our community is so much more than that, stronger than that. We’re CEOs, we’re starting non-profits, we’re on ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ That’s the kind of stuff we’re doing, and we’re bringing that to the world.” Joey thanks Ed for having people like him on to get the word out about who wounded veterans really are.
In the second half, Ed and Joey talk about what happened in the Deep Creek Hot Springs area of Apple Valley this week: 17 Middle Eastern men in their 20s were detained Sunday morning for reportedly firing off hundreds of rounds in the desert. After receiving several complaint calls, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department arrived on the scene and an FBI agent was called out as well. In the end, all 17 were released because they had no criminal record – kind of like Syed Farook, who had no criminal record before he killed 14 people in San Bernardino in December. Ed asks Joey for comment, as he has a great deal of experience diffusing jihadi weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“We don’t know nearly enough about the situation,” Joey said, “and it’s interesting that it’s not being more widely reported. What’s most important is that we have every name and face, and hopefully the FBI does.” He concludes that in his experience, the majority of IEDs and other terrorist tools fail after the enemy makes a mistake. “Their mistakes become your greatest asset,” he says. “See something, say something is very important.” Joey has a great deal of insight when it comes to detecting terrorist threats, and he shares that information with Ed’s audience this week. Don’t miss it!
Catch Ed Hoffman, host of The Main Event, on air this Saturday at 9:30 a.m. with encore presentations at 9 p.m., and Sunday at 4 p.m. Follow him on Twitter @EdHoffman, and like him on Facebook by searching The Main Event 590.
