Hour 3 - Holiday Kindness and Patriotism Unite

Summary

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show (12/26/2025, Hour 3): Holiday Kindness and Patriotism Unite
Guest Host: David Rutherford
Notable Guest: Jared Hudson (Navy SEAL, Senate Candidate)

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Episode Overview

Theme:
This special post-Christmas episode, guest-hosted by former Navy SEAL David "Rut" Rutherford, explores the intersection of patriotism, public service, and the power of holiday kindness. The heart of the hour features an interview with Jared Hudson, another former SEAL and current U.S. Senate candidate from Alabama, focusing on national security, faith-driven leadership, border crises, and the vital importance of ordinary acts of kindness, particularly during the holiday season. The episode is rounded out with lighthearted listener call-ins sharing stories of generosity and humorous hypothetical "cartel mission" squads.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Interview with Jared Hudson (03:19–13:02)

National Security: Trump’s Strategic Strikes in Nigeria (04:42–06:05)

• Rutherford opens:
  “What do you think about Trump ordering the Secretary of War to go ahead and give strategic strikes against Muslims who are persecuting Christians in Nigeria?” (04:42)
• Hudson’s take:
  “Yeah, I do believe it’s a good move…we’re not these neocons...but when we have other governments that want to partner with us…of course we want to be a part of that, because, you know, ISIS is part of our enemy…we’re helping persecuted Christians in the process.” (05:12)

Border Policy, Cartels & Fentanyl (06:05–08:08)

• Cartel Marque and Reprisal Authorization Act:
  Hudson supports offensive strategy: “I think it’s great that they’re taking the war outside of our borders before it crosses over…kill them before they cross our borders and take the war to our backyard and impact our kids.” (07:18)
• Personal law enforcement anecdotes:
  “Every guy on the TAC team, with the exception of me and one other, said they had brought back people that were exposed to fentanyl with Narcan…It is a dangerous, dangerous thing, and it’s taken a lot of American lives. It’s taken a lot of lives here in Alabama.” (06:59)

Hudson’s Vision for the U.S. Senate (08:08–11:25)

• People-First, Faith-Infused Leadership:
  “The kings and queens of this nation are we the people ... elected representatives are there to serve.” (08:50) “I’m bound by the blood of men greater than me who gave their lives for this nation…and my Savior, more importantly, who gave his life for me.” (09:35)
• Support for Trump & Policy Codification:
  “Trump is fighting for our constitutional republic ... we’ve got to be able to codify that, because he’s going to go away in two, two and a half years when his presidency is over. If we don’t have good legislators codifying these things ... it’s like we take five steps forward and ten steps back.” (10:22)
• Reducing Costs & Infrastructure:
  “The job of the federal government is to protect its people, develop infrastructure ... maintain a free and fair market. If you do those three things, you take people out of poverty ... decrease criminal enterprise, and elevate the people.” (10:59)

Politics Meets SEAL Culture (11:25–12:55)

• Physical Fitness with Troops:
  “Is there a chance you’ll become the first sitting US Senator that gets out there and goes and PTs with the troops?” (11:25)
  • Hudson: “Oh dude, 100%. … I’ll take it even farther ... If they'll let me roll on op, I'll roll on op, bro.” (11:56)
• Hudson’s Campaign Info:
  “Go to hudsonforalabama.com or just look up Navy SEAL running for US Senate in Alabama … about a 40-year-old dude with hair and a beard.” (12:34)

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2. Call-In Segments: Holiday Kindness and Comic Relief (17:24–28:54)

Acts of Kindness

• Tom (Indiana):
  Attempted to pay for the car behind him at McDonald’s, but balked at the $65 total.

  • “I said, you know, I’m just gonna drive away right now. Almost, brother, almost.” (18:52)
  • Rutherford’s advice: “Maybe you can go to a coffee shop and then all you have to do is just get one coffee for the dude.” (19:08)

• Dan (Kent):
  Covered for a mom who accidentally passed gas in a coffee shop.

  • “I just threw my hand up. I said, ‘I’m sorry people, that was me.’” (24:20)
  • Rutherford: “God bless you for doing that…that is one of the top acts of kindness I’ve heard in a long time.” (24:28)

• Carrie (Kentucky):
  Tipped two overworked fast-food employees $40 on Christmas Day.

  • “You are working. I am not.… so I handed her two twenties…She just stood there for a second and looked at me, then…headed back to share it with him.” (27:22)
  • Rutherford: “It’s those little acts like that that mean all the difference in the world.” (28:20)

• Wendy (Utah):
  Attempted to share about helping Afghan veterans but technical issues intervened. (28:54)

Lighthearted Patriotism: Build-Your-Own Cartel Raid Teams

• Charles (Wisconsin):
  Proposes a “Fantastic Four”-style raid team:
  “My team is gonna be J.D. Vance … Pete Hegseth … Trump … and Hulk Hogan with the M16 and grenade launcher…We’re gonna make Trump the Invisible Woman, why not?” (20:45)

  • Rutherford: “There’s nothing better than just having fun with all this stuff.” (21:45)

• Tim (Florida):
  Would enlist Elon Musk’s “dukes” to build drone swarms armed with neurotoxins.

  • Tim: “We load them up with neurotoxins...they just float around the place and tap them all and they don’t even know it. Next thing you know, they’re all dropping like flies.” (25:00)

• Scott (Louisiana):
  Naval aircrewman, suggests assembling a “Shadow Navy” of volunteers with military expertise.

  • Rutherford: “We could just have the Shadow Navy or the Shadow Army out there. That goes out there and does it. I love that.” (26:41)

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3. Closing Reflections: The Power of Kindness and Patriotism (28:54–End)

• Importance of small, daily kindnesses:
  “Little acts of kindness…are just simple acts of kindness that we can do for each other. And that’s an important aspect of, not only the Christmas spirit...but the spirit of Christ and the spirit of great faith in humanity.” (29:25)
• The need to overcome division with connection:
  “What brings us back to what, you know, Christ is all about is that willingness to sacrifice something for another person, whether it’s the basic idea of a hug and telling someone you love them…” (31:11)
• Personal mission:
  “My mission in life now is to live a Christ-like life and to really try and lift others up.” (34:24)
• Encouragement to listeners:
  “Over the holidays, man…get out there and just…give someone some kindness. I’ve seen it work not only thousands, but tens of thousands of times and stories and actions all around the world, just, it really will lift somebody up and fulfill that Christmas spirit again.” (35:42)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On public service:
  “The kings and queens of this nation are we the people. It’s outlined in the preamble of the Constitution.”
  — Jared Hudson (08:50)

• On law enforcement and fentanyl:
  “It is a dangerous, dangerous thing, and it’s taken a lot of American lives...I think it’s great that they’re taking the war outside of our borders before it crosses over.”
  — Jared Hudson (07:18)

• On the spirit of kindness:
  “Little acts of kindness does not take anything, really…doesn’t cost anything. You don’t have to download it, you don’t have to rent it. It’s free every single day.”
  — David Rutherford (34:43)

• Comic relief:
  “We’re going to make Trump the Invisible Woman, why not?”
  — Charles from Wisconsin (21:17)

• On faith and national service:
  “I’m bound by the blood of men greater than me…[and] by the blood of my Savior, more importantly, who gave his life for me.”
  — Jared Hudson (09:35)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 03:19 – David Rutherford welcomes Jared Hudson for interview
• 04:42 – Strategic strikes in Nigeria
• 06:05 – Policy on cartels and border crisis
• 08:08 – Hudson’s Senate run and leadership philosophy
• 11:25 – SEALs, senator fitness, and campaign contact info
• 17:24 – Call-in segment: acts of kindness and holiday spirit
• 20:45 – Charles presents “Fantastic Four” cartel raid squad
• 27:22 – Carrie’s story about tipping fast food workers on Christmas
• 29:25 – Rutherford’s reflections on the power of kindness
• 34:24 – Encouragement to embody the Christmas and patriotic spirit daily

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Final Thoughts

This episode artfully wove together hard-hitting discussions on policy and national security with a post-holiday celebration of the everyday goodwill that binds communities. Through good-natured banter, personal testimonies, and faith-rooted leadership, David Rutherford and guests encouraged listeners to remain vigilant yet compassionate, forming a community of “pipe hitters”—not just in the fight against America’s enemies, but in championing simple, life-affirming gestures of kindness every day.

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[David Rutherford]

Welcome back to the Clay and Buck Show. I'm your guest host today, David Rutt Rutherford, former Navy Seal, CIA contractor, and world championship performance coach. And man, the Frost Crew. Hours have flown by. So excited, and this third hour is gonna be the Money Hour. So please, please pay attention. And I just want to come right out of the gate and bring on my good friend, former Navy seal, one of the top shooting instructors. And his business, he has the best business out there. He does child trafficking. He has a trafficking organization. And now he is running for U.S. senate in the state of Alabama. Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, I want to welcome Mr. Jared Hudson to the show. Jared, you there, buddy?

[Jared Hudson]

Dave, what's up, brother? How you doing?

[David Rutherford]

I'm. I'm living a dream right now, my man. I. I cannot believe I am hosting a nationally syndicated radio talk show.

[Jared Hudson]

It's because you're the man, bro.

[David Rutherford]

I. I guess that's what it is. I don't know. Maybe it's like Christmas coming true, right? That's what it is.

[Jared Hudson]

But look, I'll tell you what it is. In Proverbs, it says, find a man who's good at his work, and he'll serve before kings and not obscure men. I mean, that means that you have been great at your work. So congratulations, and thanks for having me on, bro.

[David Rutherford]

Oh, dude, it's. It's like the greatest gift in the world is to be able to bring you on with your wisdom. I just. You know how much I love you and how much I admire you. You know, let's just jump right into it. First question to you is, what do you think about Trump ordering the Secretary War to go ahead and give strategic strikes against Muslims who are persecuting Christians in Nigeria. Do you think that's a good, a good move for the United States right now?

[Jared Hudson]

Oh, well, yeah, I do believe it's a good move for the United States. And you know, I'm kind of like you, right? We both are.

[Caller or Guest]

Not for.

[Jared Hudson]

We're not these neocons who want war in, you know, everywhere across the world. And we're trying to wage war everywhere at the same time. The United States of America is a constitutional republic that's a beacon of freedom of hope around the world and when we have other governments that want to partner with us. Right. So this is in conjunction with the Nigerian government who need help in fighting, really, ISIS backed terrorist organizations. Right. So there's this ISIS affiliates there in Nigeria. Of course we want to be a part of that because, you know, ISIS is part of our enemy. I know they've killed friends of yours and friends of mine. They've killed American men and women all across the world during the global war on terror. So I think it's a good thing. And we're helping persecuted Christians in the process.

[David Rutherford]

I love that. I love. Because you are one of the most devout Christians I've ever met. My life, the way you can just share different versus at will to make your point is one of the things that I really just think is special about you. Let's just take this one step farther. What do you think about the strikes against the cartels? It's funny, you know, Mike Lee tried to pass the cartel Marquee and Reprisal Authorization Act. I was joking about it earlier. But in the bigger scheme, do you believe that this is the only way to really start to get this thing under control where we're losing 100,000 people to overdoses every year?

[Jared Hudson]

Yeah.

[David Rutherford]

No.

[Jared Hudson]

So, I mean, that gets into kind of my second, you know, career, I guess, other than being a business owner in law enforcement. And one of the things that I've noticed as a law enforcement officer, whereas I've never brought anybody back with Narcan, I was talking to buddies at TAC training before Christmas, and every guy on the TAC team, with the exception of me and one other, said they had brought back people that were exposed to fentanyl with Narcan, that were exposed to it. They weren't smoking it. They weren't. They weren't using it themselves. Now, in human trafficking, I have rescued quite a few victims. I can think of two ladies in particular that we rescued and got out of a trafficking ring who I said watched get high smoking fentanyl. I didn't know what they were smoking at the time. And then we had to, you know, get medically looked at after that because of, you know, how we came in contact with that. Fentanyl. It is a dangerous, dangerous thing, and it's taken a lot of American lives. It's taken a lot of lives here in Alabama. And so I think it's great that they're taking the war outside of our borders before it crosses over. And we have to give these criminals the same constitutional consideration that we give American. American people as, you know, as law enforcement officers. So I think it's great. Kill them before they cross our borders and take the war to our backyard and impact our kids.

[David Rutherford]

Now you're talking. That's getting me fired up. All right. I love your stance on that. The biggest thing is, I think what I really just got fired up, and I had you on the show when you announced that you were running for Senate of Alabama, U.S. senate, and you'd run for sheriff a couple times before. Can you just talk to the American people about the style of governance you want to bring to D.C. to the swamp where, you know, so many people up there have a completely different idea of what America is and what it should be, how it should be represented around the world? How are you going to change the Senate with your style of leadership? And what's that look like?

[Jared Hudson]

Yeah. So, in short, you know, it's the kings and queens of this nation are we the people. It's outlined in the preamble of the Constitution. We the people are in charge of this nation. We elect representatives. In my case, Senator from the state of Alabama. I will be elected to go and represent the people that I'm there to serve. And as a US Senator from Alabama, I can positively or negatively impact the people in my state, but also everybody across the nation, because I'm one of a hundred. I think for far too long, we've had policy politicians, these career politicians that go into office and they're there to serve themselves as opposed to we the people. And so that'd be the first thing that I believe we should take up there, that constitutional responsibility to stand in the gap for the people that we're elected to serve. And one of the things I've noticed, and I know you believe this as team guys like I've lost buddies. I'm bound by the blood of men greater than me who gave their lives for this nation. I'm bound by the blood of my Savior, more importantly, who gave his life for me. And any sinner that which would be all of us, if we confess with our mouth and believe in our heart. So I'm bound by the blood of men greater than me. I have to at least, at least show them that I'm willing to stand in the gap for others if they were willing to stand in the gap for me. So with all of that being said, I would say that's the first thing. The second thing, stand with, with President Trump. I believe that Trump is fighting for our constitutional republic. I believe that Trump is fighting for the people that he's elected to represent. And he needs a good team guy up there. With him being able to take the fight to the enemy and stand and support these good constitutional and a lot of executive orders that he's pushing, we got to have. We got to be able to codify that, because he's going to go away in two, two and a half years when his presidency is over. And if we don't have good legislators codifying these things that we need to maintain, then it's like we take five steps forward and 10 steps back. The final thing is, obviously, it's important to stand with and for the people, because that's our constitutional republic. But making sure that we lower costs, really getting into the nitty gritty of it, making sure that we lower the cost, whether it's of health care, housing. The job of the federal government is to protect its people, develop infrastructure, broadband being part of it, roads, bridges, and now broadband, and then maintain a free and fair market. If you do those three things, you take people out of poverty, you can decrease costs, which decreases criminal enterprise, and it elevates the people in the society that we're elected to serve. So those are the things I fight for as a U.S. senator.

[David Rutherford]

Ah, that fires me up, Jared. I can't. I love when you, every time I listen to you preach the will and how true you are to yourself and what you're focused on, fires me up. I got one last request for you. I don't know if you saw, but J.D. vance was out doing PT out in Coronado doing some cop little log PT and all that. Is there a chance that you will become the first sitting US Senator that gets out there and goes and pts with the troops?

[Jared Hudson]

Oh, dude, 100%. I'll definitely do that. And I'll take it one step further if they'll let me. Whether it's West Coast, east coast, or heck, even go to Green Team. Call somebody that's a Green team instructor, instructor and sit. They'll let me do CQB with the boys like the old days.

[David Rutherford]

Now we're talking. Now we're talking. That's what senators go ahead.

[Jared Hudson]

I said if they'll let me roll on op, I'll roll on op, bro.

[David Rutherford]

We're gonna have our first US Senator that actually goes on kinetic missions around the world so he can tell us the tr. Love it. All right, Jared, tell everybody how they can support you and where they can follow you for this election cycle.

[Jared Hudson]

Yeah, absolutely. Go to hudsonforalabama.com or if you can't remember Jared Hudson, just look up Navy SEAL running for US Senate in Alabama and I'll be that guy. It'll be a about a 40 year old dude with hair and a beard is what a lady told me. She said, you're the first senator I've seen with long hair and a beard. If you see that guy, then you fail me.

[David Rutherford]

That's awesome. Well, Jared, thank you so much. Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family. I love you, buddy. Good luck.

[Jared Hudson]

Likewise, Dave. Thank you, brother.

[David Rutherford]

Yeah. All right, there you had it from Jared Hudson. Team guy talking about terrorism, talking about overseas protecting Christians and what he's going to do for us and he has sent us. And on my next segment is a call in section. All right, this is where I want you to call in and tell me what kind of fit or kit you're going to wear when you are going on the marquee, the marquee and reprisal authorization act where your season property from the cartels, what you're going to kit, what crew you're going to go. That call in number for you to call in to me is 1-800-282-2882. That's in my next section coming up here at 2:20pm East Coast Time. Guest call in 1-800-282/2882. I'm your guest host David Rutherford on the Clay and Buck Show. Hoo Ya.

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[David Rutherford]

Welcome back to the Clay and Buck Show. I'm your host, David Rutherford, guest hosting for Clay and buck on this 26 December 2026. Post Christmas entertainment that I hopefully I'm providing. We just had my good friend Jared Hudson on talking about terrorism, talking about running for Senate, what what America looks like. It was really just awesome. So now I want to turn to what one of my favorite aspects is. People who call in and just chair we. So we put out two questions for a group of people and one was what would you wear and what kind of crew would you go out there and do raids, pirate raids against the cartels. And the other question was what would you, what act of kindness did you do or did you witness or did you hear about over the holidays? So. All right, we're gonna start with our first caller, which is Tom from Indiana. Why don't we bring him on? Hey, Tom, you there?

[Jared Hudson]

Thanks so much.

[Caller]

Can you hear me?

[David Rutherford]

Yeah, I got you loud and clear, buddy.

[Jared Hudson]

Thank you for your service, brother.

[Caller]

And I had an almost, if it.

[Jared Hudson]

Really helps, of pay it forward.

[Caller]

I'm in the drive thru at McDonald's.

[Jared Hudson]

The other day, feeling good, feeling generous. So I said I really like to.

[Caller]

Take care of the guy behind me. If that works, you know, that sounds good. So, you know, I'm a second window in the pay window. And I said, okay, so what are they ordering?

[Jared Hudson]

Well, they've got Pete, they've got this, they got the full McDonald's breakfast, $65. I said, you know, I'm just gonna drive away right now. Almost, brother, Almost.

[Caller]

I'm sorry, I was a little chintzy.

[David Rutherford]

You know what? All right, Tom, that was phenomenal. At least you're honest. With love the fact that you're honest. Here's what we could do. Maybe you can go to a coffee shop and then all you have to do is just get one coffee for the dude.

[Caller]

There you go. I'm gonna avoid Starbucks, but I'll find a nice locally owned one.

[David Rutherford]

Awesome, Tom, thanks for calling in. I love it. All right, all right, now we got Charles coming on. Who's going to talk about going doing ops against the, the, the cartels. All right, Charles from Wisconsin, you on, buddy?

[Caller]

Yeah, I'm right here. I'm still here.

[David Rutherford]

All right, Charles, tell me, tell me what, what, what are you gonna Wear. When you're out there doing ops against the cartels. And. And what's your crew look like? What's. What's your. What's your team gonna look like? Who's gonna be comprised of.

[Caller]

So, yes, that's a good question. I want to tell you. So my team is gonna be J.D. vance. All right? We're gonna get Pete. Pete Hexas.

[Jared Hudson]

All right?

[Caller]

Secretary of War badass.

[Jared Hudson]

All right?

[Caller]

We gotta get him on the crew. And we're also gonna. I was going to tell. I was telling the other guy. I was explaining to him he needs somebody like Trump who could make a deal right at the end. You know, if we get cornered by the cartel, he can make a deal with them, and we could get out and not have to, you know, risk any lives. You know, so that's very important. And we are also going to get Hulk Hogan to be the guns of the team. He's going to be holding the M16 with the grenade launcher. Very intimidating. I think. Listen, listen. I think the cherry on top here is going to be the most intimidating. And it's going. What? Don't scare the kajibies or the BB's.

[David Rutherford]

Or whatever they call it, Whatever it is.

[Caller]

Yeah. Thank you. Go ahead. Thank you. I appreciate it. And then, so I'm gonna be wearing an MFD mask with a shisty over it, okay? So unless you understand how scary and, you know, traumatizing that can be for people, I'm gonna put a shisty over it and really sell it to them. Now, I'm not messing around, all right? And I mean business. I'm gonna have the cape. I'm going to have. I'm going to even make my crew dressed up as a Fantastic Four, okay? Just to throw them off, imagine MF Doom coming up on you with Hulk Hogan dressed as the Thing.

[David Rutherford]

All right?

[Caller]

We're going to make Trump the Invisible Woman. Why not? Okay.

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[Caller]

And then is going to be the Human Torch, and then Pete Hegseth is going to be Mr. Fantastic. So, you know, it's a match made in heaven. And, you know, it's also not a reference to Trump and Pete Hegset having an affair. I'm not going to say that. I'm not going to put that out there, but. Yeah, but that's. That's my plan. That's my plan, and I thought I'd express that to you guys.

[David Rutherford]

Well, Charles, thank you so much for calling in, man. I appreciate it. I love it, man. He's got the whole crew you know, maybe we can throw some of the other DC or Marvel characters in there, maybe get Susie Wiles dressed up like Thor or, or you know, Cash Pat hell dressed up like the Flash or something like that. I love it, man. There's nothing better than just having fun with all this stuff. I, I, you know, I, I think the reality is, is we, we have a time and a situation where, where things are going to ramp up. And so what we need is we, we need some pipe hitters out there to, to, to come and volunteer this new bill that, that Senator Lee's putting in the Cartel Marquee and Reprisal Act. This is an old thing. Back in the day, if you don't, you're not familiar with what I'm talking about. Back during the Barbary wars and all that time we used to hire civilians to go take care of bad guys. So I love that, man. Two great callers, good attempts. I think it, we're going. If you're, if you're interested in calling in and in the next segment at 2:35, call in and tell me what the greatest act of kindness that you've seen this year or during holidays that you've either done or someone's done for you. I would love to hear you. You call in and take care. So I'm your guest host at the Clay and Buck Show, Mr. David Rutherford. Hoo ya. Welcome back to the Clay and Buck Show. I am the guest host for this incredible day, the 26th of December 2026, Mr. David Rut Rutherford. And we have been doing call in segments. The last one and the two questions that we had people call in is if, if the Marquee and Reprisal Authorization act goes in, what are you going to wear when you go take down cartels and who you bring in? And then the other is what act of kindness have you seen or done from someone else? So we're going to get this section started out with Dan from Kent. Dan, are you there buddy? What'd you do? What act of kindness did you see or do?

[Jared Hudson]

Well, the other day I was in line at a coffee shop and there was a nice lady in front of me with a baby and, and at one point she leaned over to get something out of a diaper bag and when she did, she, she kind of let some real loud gas out and everybody turned around to look at her and she was embarrassed. I, I just threw my hand up. I said I'm sorry people that.

[Caller or Guest]

Oh.

[David Rutherford]

My God, Dan, God bless you for doing that because I'LL tell you what, when your arms are full, when you new newborns and mothers and they got all that stuff they got to tear to cover for her flatulence, man, that is one of the top acts of kindness I've heard in a long time. God bless you, brother. All right, next car we're gonna. Yeah, thank you, brother. We're gonna welcome Tim on. And Tim's got an idea for a great crew to start going to take down the cartel. So, Tim from Florida. Go ahead, brother.

[Caller]

Yeah, my idea is to get Elon Musk and all his top dukes together.

[Jared Hudson]

We make little tiny flying drones. He actually talked about this. We load them up with neurotoxins. You know that stuff where a little tiny squid can kill 30 people?

[David Rutherford]

Oh, yeah.

[Jared Hudson]

They just float around the place and tap them all and they don't even know it. Next thing you know, they're all dropping like flies.

[David Rutherford]

Okay, okay. So we're going to hire Elon Musk, who, by the way, has probably the greatest technology firms developing in the planet. And then all the nerds that work for him are going to just go on this massive drone warfare campaign against cartels all over the world. I like where your head's at with that, Tim. I think that's a great idea. You know, the. The problem is, is how are you going to begin to identify which drones are what and who's in the, you know, the fracture side of all the other people around? And that gets a little hard. But I like where you' heads at. That's good. All right, let's go to the next caller who's been waiting a little bit. We got Scott from la. This ought to be good. All right, Scott from la, what's your team of the marquee and Reprisal Authorization act crew gonna look like?

[Jared Hudson]

Well, rock, actually, it's South Louisiana.

[David Rutherford]

Oh, I'm sorry, my bad, my bad.

[Jared Hudson]

Yeah, yeah, but Naval rescue air crewman, I was one. And you know how, you know, seals taught me. I was supposed to be in class 134, but got my car wreck and then became a naval air crewman. And I'm telling you that with the right equipment, you know, we could do some. Some damage to other than just fishing people out of the drink, you know?

[David Rutherford]

All right, Scott from Louisiana. I like where your head's at. I think that's a good idea. We just call everybody back in, right, that want to come and participate, and we, you know, with same command structures, same rank structures, same. Although I'd like to move up to Master Chief, but that'll never happen. I'm a permanent fixture in the E5 mafia, but like that. I think that would be a good idea. We could just have the Shadow Navy or the Shadow army out there. That goes out there and does it. I love that. All right, last one we're gonna do is we've got Carrie from Kentucky. Carrie, are you on the line? What act of kindness are you going to tell us about?

[Caller or Guest]

I am from a small town in Kentucky, and yesterday my husband decided we needed to do takeout on Christmas Day, knowing there wouldn't be anything much open. And so we did find one fast food restaurant. I sat in the drive through for over an hour just to order, but, you know, once you're locked in, you're locked in. When I got to the window, I asked how many workers were there, and she said two and apologized. And I said, no, no, no, please hear me out. I reached over as I was talking to her, I reached over, grabbed my wallet and looked, and I had $45. And I said, look, you guys are working. It's Christmas Day. You are working. I am not. So I handed her two twenties and just said, I hope you two have a very merry Christmas. She just stood there for a second and looked at me, and then she turned around, headed for the back and yelled the name of the cook, the one cook who was there, and headed back to share it with him. So, not a big thing, not elaborate, but just.

[David Rutherford]

That's that. Just amen to you and your husband and your. Your graciousness. It's those little acts like that that mean all the difference in the world. Just one little thing. Maybe every day or every other day or once a month or whatever it is. But, man, I just. Thank you for sharing that with us. It's just a wonderful story. All right, we've got time for one more here. We're going to bring Wendy on from Utah. Wendy, I understand that you've been helping some Afghan vets. Tell us about what going on, please.

[Caller or Guest]

Are you there?

[David Rutherford]

I'm here, Wendy. Go for it.

[Caller or Guest]

I'm sorry, I can't hear it. Hang on this one second.

[David Rutherford]

Okay, you got me now? Can you hear me now?

[Caller or Guest]

Hello?

[David Rutherford]

Yeah. Wendy, can you hear me?

[Jared Hudson]

Hello?

[Caller or Guest]

Can you hear me?

[David Rutherford]

I can hear you. Can you hear me? Yep. All right. All right, Wendy, we're gonna have to let you go. Sorry about that. That's all good. But Wendy said she helped some Afghan vets out, and that would have been a cool story, but a little technical difficulty, as it happens. On live radio. But it is what it is. The whole point I'm trying to make about this, this whole thing is little acts of kindness does not take anything, really. I mean, it's. It's one of those things that we can do any day, every day, all day. I've got this wonderful friend. His name is Chris Smith. He's a legend in the SEAL teams. He's a legend in another covert unit out there. He. He lives up in DCs, got a great CrossFit gym up there. You can find him online under the Trident mindset. Great, great courses there. But Chris, every day, his whole thing is, I'm going to try and make seven people smile a day. And when you start to think about what that does, man, in particular, if you're struggling, right, if you're going through. If you're going through a tough time where, you know, you're down in the dumps, maybe you're going through a divorce, maybe you're battling addiction or alcoholism, maybe you got fired recently, maybe you can't afford a home or can't. You don't have a good job, or maybe you're kind of struggling with your own mental health issues. Man, how good does it feel when someone comes up and just, you know, says, hey, let me buy a cup of coffee, or, hey, you know, secretly gives you a $20 bill or does something nice or carries something out to your car for you? Or, you know, one of your neighbors, maybe you go out there and you. You help one of your neighbors take their garbage in from off the side, man, you know, all of these things are just simple acts of kindness that we can do for each other, you know, and that's an important aspect of, of not only the, the, the Christmas spirit and the holiday spirit, but the, the spirit of Christ and the spirit of great faith and in humanity to love your neighbor as you love yourself. And it's a very important component of, of our lives that we do this for each other. You know, we are trapped in seemingly an unending space of, of tit for tat in this world and calling people out and hammering people and, you know, divisions all over. There's divisions in the Democratic Party, there's divisions in the Republican Party. There's divisions politically, divisions religiously. There's divisions idealistically. There's divisions over stupid stuff, you know, and some people say that's stupid, too. But the thing is, what brings us back to what, you know, Christ is all about is that willingness to sacrifice something for another person, whether it's the basic idea of a hug and telling someone you love them, there's nothing better than, you know, I got a. I don't even know, 30 texts yesterday from my closest friends telling me, hey, Rut, Merry Christmas. Love you, buddy. Hope your family's good. I sent them out, too. You know, those things are so meaningful for us. They really are. And you have to. Have to let that settle in, and you have to feel those things. You can't just be constantly caught up and all the other distractions, the rigors of life. Man, I watch my beautiful, amazing wife take care of four kids, take care of me, help me run my businesses. You know, I work for an asset management company starting a supplement company. And I've got. I've got a podcast, we've got a nonprofit called the Operator Syndrome foundation, where we're trying to help develop programs to support operators who suffer from operator syndrome. You can check that out at operators syndromefoundation.org and really trying to bring forth, you know, bringing positivity to life itself, you know, sometimes, yeah, some of the content I talk about, but at the. At the core of what I believe is that motivation is the thing that ultimately lifts us out of the hole. Right. Whatever that hole may be. And we all suffer from falling into that. Those. Those holes in our life. It's inevitable. Whether it's through our health or through friendships or relationship challenges or rejections or what it might be, we all struggle. And so those little, little random acts of kindness, man, they have such a huge role in people's lives. You know, I do it all the time. I, you know, will be walking around in different cities that I'm hanging out in, and, you know, I'll try and give, you know, homeless people on the street money. I'll try and buy someone a cup of coffee. I'll say hello to somebody. I'll try and chat with somebody, just to bring a little levity to this existence that we all are engaged in. And that, again, is what Christmas is all about, is to bring support to one another, to lift each other up and. And in all times, really, to live a Christ like life right now. You know, I know it's impossible as we all suffer from sin itself, but if you can always overcome that sin through redemption by. By living a good life, by trying to help others, by trying to live, you know, that life that Christ wants you to live. And I just think that's such a valuable way that we can all do this. And even if you're not deeply religious or devout in any way, you still can be nice to one another. It does. As I said, it doesn't cost anything. You don't have to download it, you don't have to rent it. It's free every single day. And I just can't, can't, you know, voice how much I believe in that. And if you want to know more about how I do that for people, just visit my [e-mail] or go follow my show, the David Rutherford show on all podcast networks. You can watch video on YouTube. We always, we also post the show on X as well too. And we just, you know, whether it's the motivational content or training that I offer, online training or my speeches, whatever it is, my mission in life now is to live a Christ like life and to really try and lift others up. And you know, as my beautiful daughters will tell you, sometimes, you know, I struggle myself. We all struggle. But over the holidays, man, you know, we've got some time left today. Get out there and just, just, you know, give someone some kindness. I'm telling you, when I tell. I've seen it work not only thousands, but tens of thousands of times and stories and actions all around the world, just, it really will lift somebody up and fulfill that Christmas spirit again. I'm so honored and blessed to be the guest host today for the Clay and Buck show. My name is David Rutherford.

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