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Ep. 276 Today's Peep Announces Aaron Rodgers' Signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers, My Connection to Aaron and Butte College, An Astonishing Exchange from a Recent Congressional Hearing, Then, we "Take Another Puff"
Aaron Rodgers has signed a one-year, $20 million deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers, marking another chapter for the four-time NFL MVP as he leaves the Jets for a storied franchise. We explore what this means for Pittsburgh's offense, which has struggled despite making consecutive playoff appearances, and reflect on Rodgers' consistent support of his hometown community.
• Aaron Rodgers leaves the Jets to join the Steelers on a $20 million, one-year contract
• Pittsburgh's offense ranked just 21st last season despite making the playoffs
• Rodgers completed 63% of passes for 3,897 yards with 28 TDs and 11 interceptions during his time with Jets
• We discuss Rodgers' connection to Butte College and his community support in Chico, California
• We analyze a shocking congressional hearing exchange where the witness refused to answer whether she was a "covert white supremacist"
• Jerry Reed's 1972 novelty song "Another Puff" gets played with some background on his career
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hello there. Pats peeps podcast on on a Thursday June, the 5th 2025. How are you? Pleasure to be with you once again. As I look out my studio windows into the beautiful foothills of Northern California, it is a nice day, gorgeous, not too hot, just right temperature-wise. But thank you for once again tuning in, dropping by my little podcast here. I know you got a choice of all kinds of stuff to listen to, so thank you for paying attention to our podcast and, if you would please support patspeepscom. We love that.
Speaker 1:We got a big story today from sports also. Uh, really an very interesting exchange that I wanted to play for and you know I I thought this was an interesting line of questioning, quite frankly, not just interesting, but a quite unbelievable line of questioning that I that I do want to play for you today and then we'll take another puff. Huh, that's right, but that's later on. Take another puff a little bit later on here on the Pats Peeps podcast. I can't believe we're up to 276. Hey, the big story today comes out of the world of sports. Man, that sounded cliche, didn't it? The big story today out of the world of sports, aaron Rodgers, I think we have a train coming by in a second. Well, here we go.
Speaker 1:I love the sound of the train when I'm doing the podcast. I was so sick of hearing about Aaron Rodgers in the offseason, but he signed a contract. All right, let's listen to the train. Hold on, can you hear that? I love the sound of that train. You know, I used to be all concerned what if the train goes by? What if I'm doing my podcast? What if a dog barks? You know what? So be it, I love it. It's all ambiance.
Speaker 1:I'm out here on my back porch again. I had just walked inside. Let me go out here. Actually, I was actually inside for the there we go. It's beautiful. Oh my God, I'd walked inside for a second. I've been doing. I've been doing this from the patio this week. You hear that train. Yeah, I was standing right next to the door when the train started coming by. I was walking in and out, but I've been doing this from the patio this week, which has been fantastic. I just think I changed it up a little. You never know, we may be taking this thing on the road. We may have some exciting things in the works, which we do, which I'll be able to fill you in on very soon, which I'm super excited about.
Speaker 1:Wherever you are today, wherever you are listening, thank you. Thank you for that. I do appreciate it. Like I said, and hey, let's start with this news that I saw today. You know, with Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 1:Again, I'm so tired of hearing about Aaron Rodgers in this offseason. You know all the speculation when is Aaron Rodgers going to go? Well, we've waited. I haven't really waited. I kind of suspected that he may end up in Pittsburgh and that's exactly what happened. He is signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. This is today. I guess he is set to sign with the Steelers. This is per Jerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Speaker 1:Aaron Rodgers now 41 years old and he'll join Mike Tomlin's team trying to lead it to their first postseason win since 2016. You know it didn't work out with the Jets, of course. Not much does seem to work out with the Jets. Over the years, it's been sort of a track record with the New York Jets and certainly was no different when Aaron Rodgers went to New York and then brought his buddy Devontae Adams with him. It didn't change anything there, although I do believe that Devontae Adams is going to be a huge deal with my Rams, my Los Angeles Rams, who did acquire him in the offseason. I think that man's got a lot in the tank and he's a good leader and he's a heck of a football player.
Speaker 1:But anyhow, aaron Rodgers signs. This is a one-year deal, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, and the terms of the deal, at least to this point here, have not been disclosed. Tom Palacero, everyone you've got to credit everyone you know, everyone needs to be credited. Tom Palacero from the NFL network. Hey, someone credit me for reporting, re-reporting this stuff. And here Rogers uh told teams that he's going to play for 20 million dollars during the upcoming season.
Speaker 1:So how does he fit with the Steelers? Well, uh, that's a good question. One of the questions is who's he gonna even throw to? That's to me, that is a question. I mean, uh, dk metcalf from the seahawks, didn't that early guy? No, I mean, I think that's about it pick it. I think it was just traded. Uh, was he? Maybe he wasn't traded, maybe didn't he get traded. Anyhow, did he go to dallas? Maybe I'm getting this mixed up. Anyhow, uh, the I kind of tuned out for a minute there. You know it's baseball season. What are you going to do? It's baseball season, hey, but you know the Steelers, they've been looking for a quarterback since Roethlisberger left and Aaron Rodgers is 41, I do believe you know this is another storied franchise, just like Green Bay. I think that he's playing at a high enough level to really justify the move. I don't think that Russell Wilson or Justin Fields really had a chance there in Pittsburgh, so they they have both moved on.
Speaker 1:You know, like I mentioned, aaron was just 5 and 12 and 17 starts for the Jets. I mean you can't blame it all on him. And of course, what on the first play or whatever from scrimmage when he signed he got the Achilles injury. So he was out for the season. But he did complete 63% of his passes, 3,897 yards, 28 TDs, 11 picks. Looked pretty good during the second half of the season, passer rating of over 97 in his final 10 starts. Started to get a little more comfortable like anyone would in their new situation, even if they are a veteran. But the fact is you know it, just it's not again.
Speaker 1:You know I'm not a guy that sits and watches the New York. I don't watch every game with the New York Jets and I'm certain that. And it always frustrates me when people who don't watch my Rams, they try to tell you, well, this and that could be the reason. Well, you don't even watch the team. And I can tell, because it's pretty obvious that sometimes if you really watch the team and pay attention why your team may or may not be winning. And I don't believe and I'm sure that a Jets fan would certainly correct me, I don't believe that Aaron Rodgers is the only reason that the Jets are a miserable team and have been a miserable franchise. I'm sorry to say that, but heck, this ain't 1969 anymore. Joe Namath, you know he. You know Broadway, joe. That's the last time he can really say geez man, we had the elite quarterback. I mean, there may have been someone between then and now that I just missed, and if so I do apologize. I'm sure you'll tell me who that is Anyhow. So, yeah, aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 1:Moving on to the Pittsburgh Steelers, that is the big football news of the day. Pittsburgh's offense last year, during last season, ranked just 21st Inexpected points added. Last season, the Steelers' 10th-ranked defense carried them to a second consecutive playoff berth. But you know, the offense was not good. They just they were not good and they need to get better if they're gonna win. But you know again, you know, if your defense plays well and it carries them to a second and we can't forget about that a second consecutive playoff berth, all right, right, well, because and you improve your offense, which I think Aaron Rodgers may do well, that might be that might bring, that might lift their odds to win in the playoffs. Just a little bit, I would imagine.
Speaker 1:Anyhow, yeah, mike Tomlin there. He's been there forever and ever. Anyhow, you have Mike Tomlin there. He's been there forever and ever. He's a four-time NFL MVP. We can't forget that either. Aaron Rodgers, which is amazing Four-time NFL MVP. Is he going to return to that form when you're a four-time MVP? That that has lasting, that has staying power? You know, people remember that. They remember all the remarkable games that you were a part of, all the great comebacks, the whole thing. He'll be a hall of famer. He's a four-time NFL MVP. Could be a bit odd.
Speaker 1:I will say this you know, and I've mentioned this before, he is a proud product of Butte College and I always love it when he'll do an interview and he's got the BC Roadrunners gear on the hat, the sweatshirt, or the shirt, the t-shirt. What have you supporting Butte College? And I know I've said it before. I went to Butte College, I was voted most outstanding student in the class of 2004. I I mentioned Congressman LaMalfa, larry Allen of the Dallas Cowboys and then Aaron Rodgers I believe it was 2010,. He was inducted into the Butte College Hall of Fame alumni as well and I hosted that. I hosted his induction into that, sat with his brother, had dinner with his family. We had a great time that night and it was very, very nice, much bigger than I realized. Yeah, you know I'm not a little guy, but standing next to him felt like a little guy.
Speaker 1:The other thing I will say about Aaron Rodgers that I respect and some people will call him weird and some people will say, oh, he's an attention grabber. He just likes things to just drag on. Okay, fine, whatever you want to say about him, but he's an academic football player. Plus, you know, in times of need he comes from Chico and in times of need, aaron Rodgers has given back to his community. He's given a lot of money back to the community. He never forgets about his community. Again, with the Butte College gear on when he knows he's going to be on national television for an interview and giving back to Chico in a variety of ways. So in that way, I respect him. I wish him nothing but the best of luck, and it's nice to see that he is going to, you know, another storied franchise from at least Green Bay and Pittsburgh.
Speaker 1:Again, no disrespect intended, jets fans, let's see, here's something. This is a. I told you I had this exchange that I wanted to play for you. It's, quite frankly, it's just really shameful, absolutely shameful, but I'm going to play it. They had the Doge Committee hearing and Brandon Gill, who was a Republican from Texas representative, questioning the Democrats' witness, diane Yentl. Diane Yentl is the president and chief executive officer of the National Council of Nonprofits and she was asked a few questions. It starts off with Trump yeah, yeah, yeah, I know Everyone. We always got to hear about that stuff. It starts with that, but then it sort of morphs into a more personal thing and, quite frankly, I must say I am absolutely stunned by her lack of an answer and she is an activist, as well as all the other accolades and titles that I just gave her. So here, here is brandon gill questioning her it speaks for itself.
Speaker 2:Thank you, madam chair, for holding this hearing. I'd like to begin with with miss yentl. You've written a lot about anti-racism and white fragility and and things like that. Do you believe that President Trump is a racist?
Speaker 3:I don't believe that's relevant to this hearing.
Speaker 2:Do you believe that he is?
Speaker 3:I'm not here to discuss my personal beliefs. I'm here to speak about the important work you've tweeted that he's a vile, despicable racist.
Speaker 2:Do you believe that much of his housing policy was racist during his first term?
Speaker 3:I'm here to talk about the vital work that nonprofit organizations do throughout our country and in your district.
Speaker 2:So you're not going to answer me. You've tweeted that it's explicitly racist and deeply harmful. Is that right?
Speaker 3:I don't have the tweet in front of me.
Speaker 2:I've got it right here. You did tweet that. You tweeted that on September 25th 2020. You said it's explicitly racist and deeply harmful. Do you know who President Trump's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was during his first term? Yes, who is it. Who was it? It was Secretary Carson. It was Ben Carson. Do you believe that Ben Carson is racist or a white supremacist?
Speaker 3:With all due respect, sir, I am not here to talk about former HUD secretaries.
Speaker 2:I'm here to talk about the essential work that nonprofits do in your district and throughout the country. Okay, we can move on. Then, if you won't answer, the question are are you a racist?
Speaker 3:with all due respect, sir, I'm here to talk about the essential work that nonprofits do excuse me, that's a very simple question yes or no?
Speaker 2:question are you a racist?
Speaker 3:I'm, I'm not a racist.
Speaker 2:You're not a racist. Particularly interesting because, according to one of your affiliate charities under your nonprofit umbrella, denial of racism constitutes covert white supremacy. Are you a covert white supremacist?
Speaker 3:Sir, I'm here to talk about the essential work that nonprofits do?
Speaker 2:Are you a covert white supremacist? This is amazing to me. Can I talk about the work that nonprofits-profits?
Speaker 3:are you a co-worker? You go white supremacist. This is amazing to me.
Speaker 2:I talk about the work that non-profits do no, I'm asking you if you're a covert white supremacist they write that language and then, when they are asked directly about it, can't even answer which, according to one of your own organizations, again, denial of racism constitutes covert white supremacy. Would you like to answer the question?
Speaker 3:I don't know what the question is.
Speaker 2:So you refuse to answer whether you are a covert white supremacist?
Speaker 3:I am here to talk about the essential work that nonprofits do. If you'd like to ask me, I am utterly dumbfounded, you are on record
Speaker 4:right now and you will not say that you are not a covert white supremacist I don't have a definition in front of me.
Speaker 1:Whoa, whoa, whoa. No, let's listen to that. I goofed over that.
Speaker 3:I don't have a definition in front of me. I haven't looked at the definition.
Speaker 1:Okay, so I'm not. Listen, I don't have all your accolades, okay, all the titles that you have Diane Yentl, president, chief Executive Officer of the National Council of Nonprofits? I know, I'm none of those, I'm just a talk show host. If someone ever asked me this question, either under oath or straight up in a conversation, Patrick, are you a covert white supremacist? As soon as I got over the shock that they just asked me that, for whatever reason, they would get an answer very quickly. The answer is no. I'm in no way shape or form any type, any way, shape or form any way a racist, covert or otherwise. Never Show me one thing, ever. I mean, I can't believe you're asking me this. Quite frankly, I don't understand what I could have done. You know what I'm saying. That's what I'd be like. What did I do ever for you to claim somehow that I'm a racist? Show that to me. I mean, but you wrote the language here. Oh well, then you know. So that's what's happening, but to but to get out of it, she's just gonna.
Speaker 2:Well, I'm here to just talk about you know, instit, the Institute's covert white supremacy, would you like?
Speaker 3:to answer the question.
Speaker 2:I don't know what the question is, so you refuse to answer whether you are a covert white supremacist.
Speaker 1:Oh, is that what the question is? Oh, the answer is no. Are you a white supremacist at all? Nope. Are you racist? No, Pretty easy.
Speaker 3:I am here to talk about the essential work that nonprofits do.
Speaker 1:With a big snide grin on her face. Because she's an activist, she doesn't want to answer.
Speaker 2:I am utterly dumbfounded, you are on record right now and you will not say
Speaker 3:that you are not a covert white supremacist. I don't have a definition in front of me.
Speaker 1:She doesn't have a definition in front of me, I. She doesn't have a definition covert, okay. Well, first of all, let's just start with white supremacist. Okay, let's just start with white supremacist. Do you not know, ma'am? You have these titles. You don't know what white supremacy, what white supremacy is, or being a white supremacist you don't know what that means. You don't know what white supremacy, what white supremacy is. Or being a white supremacist you don't know what that means. You don't have the definition in front of you. You don't know what the definition of covert means. And again, look, don't have the same title as you do, but you don't keep it a secret. Oh, discreet, you gotta keep it on the down low, right? Hey, you know, I don't openly talk about this. I'm not going to openly display this. Okay, this is kind of clandestine, but you don't have. You have no idea. You don't have the definition in front of you. I don't have the definition in front of you.
Speaker 3:I don't have a definition in front of me.
Speaker 5:I mean come on, you know you know, seriously, I mean, how absurd.
Speaker 1:I haven't looked at that. I don't care what side of the aisle you're on. If you're asked that question, the answer is no you're not definition.
Speaker 3:I'm not going to answer a question about my personal, that is. I'm here to talk about the word.
Speaker 2:You're not non-profit organ no, I sure I want to give you one more chance to do this. Are you a covert white supremacist?
Speaker 3:why are we so off track from this?
Speaker 2:no, I'm asking you. I'm asking you a very straightforward question. I've heard your question, thank you sir, and you're not going to answer whether you are a covert white supremacist.
Speaker 3:I would like to answer questions about the work of nonprofit organizations. Thank you.
Speaker 2:That is really, really astounding. I can answer very directly that I am not a covert white supremacist, and I imagine all of my colleagues can as well. Exactly, I think you ought to reevaluate what you're doing in the non-profit sector. Uh, if you can't answer that in a straightforward way, that is astounding oh yeah, I love that.
Speaker 1:Hmm, the little snide.
Speaker 2:Hmm, that's the best you can do wow, you believe that it's appropriate to host and promote lgbt, lgbtq plus meetups for nine-year-olds. What?
Speaker 3:I am here to support the vital work of nonprofits and I will say to oppose the federal government targeting groups with views that are different from its own. My question is do you believe it's?
Speaker 4:appropriate to host and promote LGBT plus Q. Oppose groups different from what now, do you believe it's? Appropriate to host and promote LGBT plus.
Speaker 3:Q Opposed groups different from what now Host and promote LGBT plus?
Speaker 2:Q Say again Federal government targeting groups, my question is do you believe it's appropriate to host and?
Speaker 4:promote LGBT Targeting groups with views different than its own.
Speaker 2:LGBTQ plus meetups for nine-year-olds.
Speaker 3:I believe that the federal government should not target.
Speaker 1:She doesn't want the federal government. She thinks it's okay to LGBT for the LGBT community to hold these gatherings, because one of your affiliate nonprofits does do that organizations that have you say again meetups for nine year olds.
Speaker 3:I believe, up for nine, one of your affiliate nonprofits does do that organizations that have views different from its own.
Speaker 1:That is wrong.
Speaker 3:Whatever party is in control? No, it isn't.
Speaker 2:I think it's immoral.
Speaker 3:A lot of this is wrong, do you?
Speaker 2:think that it's appropriate for young children to use gender transition. Parent finalia Because one of your affiliated nonprofit organizations gives bras binders, breast forms, nipples. I'm not even going to repeat this because it's so disgusting for children of all ages Reaching decorum and attacking the witness.
Speaker 3:Can we?
Speaker 2:please respond. I'm not attacking the witness. I'm simply asking a straightforward question.
Speaker 4:Mr Gill, I'll be extending your time. You've been interrupted.
Speaker 2:Thank you. Thank you, do you believe that art exploration camps for transgender and gender diverse youth of the age of 11 is normal?
Speaker 3:We support the vital work of nonprofit organizations and oppose the federal government, opposing and targeting organizations. So you refuse to answer any of these questions.
Speaker 2:You refuse to even answer the question of whether you are a covert white supremacist.
Speaker 3:I'm not here to answer questions about my personal views or my personal-.
Speaker 2:Is that because you don't want to disclose whether you're a covert white supremacist? I'm here to talk about the essential work that nonprofits do. I'm giving you a chance to tell the world that you were not a covert white supremacist.
Speaker 3:Will you do?
Speaker 2:that. Thank you for the chance I'll pass on your chance. That is astounding. That is really astounding. You're a radical far left activist and you're masquerading as somebody promoting non-profit, non-partisan institutions, and you will not even tell this committee that you are not a covert white supremacist. That's astounding. I yield my time back.
Speaker 1:So there you go. I find that very interesting and shameful, quite frankly, and not on his part, but she didn't have the definition in front of her. So what are you going to do? I mean, you didn't have, heck, you didn't have the definition in front of you. What's a person in your position going to do without the definition of those simple words in front of you? Covert white supremacists. It's very tricky. Anyhow, that kind of stuff makes me mad. If you deny that you're a racist, you're a covert white supremacist. Think about that. Think about that, no matter who you are Democrat, Republican, Libertarian if you deny, according to her, that you are a racist, Then in actuality you are a covert white supremacist. Oh my Lord, oh, it's unbelievable. Oh goodness sakes, Pat's peeps. 276. Time for another puff, my friend.
Speaker 1:Hold on a second Hold on Just teasing peeps. 276 time for another puff. My friend, hold on a second hold on just teasing another puff. I plucked it from my record collection today I said man, I never heard of this one, I never heard this before. I know the dude singing it, I know him always kind of a funny guy, also an actor, had some good tunes out. This one is stamped on it with a radio station stamped on the yellow rca label record plug mono, not for sale side. And the other side is not for sale. This is a song, by the way, shout out to my neighbor, brett, who brought out his tractor today and and and essentially in about an hour and a half, with this big old tractor, weed eater device behind him, weed-eated like about an acre of our mutual sort of mutual property out there. He does that every year, brett, I salute you, my friend, you are a good neighbor, like State Farm used to be. Now that State Farm is there to rip your ass off. It's stamped Januaryuary 6, 1972. So, uh, it's a song called another puff, so released uh, january 72. Yep, that sure is. Final single from the album Coco Joe. The song went to number 27 on the US country chart number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100. Again, I don't know if I've ever heard it, but this is a song called Another Puff.
Speaker 1:You know I always liked Jerry Reed. He did Amos Moses, which is like the first 45 I ever really traded. It's the first 45 I ever traded for I traded a 45. Don't Shut Me Out was the name of the song by, I think, the Hollies, and I traded Mark Barnett. Rest in Peace, my long, long friend, my God, my long, long time friend, mark Barnett. I can't believe I'm saying Rest in peace, my long, long friend, my God, my long, long time friend, mark Burnett. I can't believe I'm saying rest in peace. Anyhow, we traded. I said I want that record Amos Moses and he liked the song Don't Shut Me Out. And so we traded and it was Jerry Reed, amos Moses. And he also did what when you're hot, you're hot. When you're not, you're hot. When you're not, you're not. He did East Bounty Down, loaded Up and Truckin' Smokey and the Bandit. Here's another puff.
Speaker 5:I know there's a lot of talk going around today about cigarettes smoking whittling your life away. I've seen it and I've heard it so many times that finally it just started to prey on my mind. I guess it scared me a little bit. That's why I decided I was going to quit. So while I was sitting here forming my battle plan, I took another puff and turned on the fan. I just sat there in my easy chair, thought of all the money I'd wasted on cigarettes all these years. I thought I'd spend the rest of my days after I kicked this habit in my body crazy, said to myself this ain't going to be so tough With that little bit of insurance.
Speaker 5:I took another puff. I took a puff, a puff. Then I ripped off another puff. I decided I about had enough that breaking this habit won't be too tough. Now I'll give a lot of thought to this thing. If I didn't smoke cigarettes I'd feel just like a king. Besides, with the price going up every day, I knew I was just throwing all my good money away. You know I ain't lit one in an hour or so, just wanted to make sure I could quit. You know, I was thinking maybe I ought to write all this down, put it in a song Kind of circulated around. Can't ever tell them I'd make a hit. That'd have to call it a little bit. Can you imagine me the hit songwriter? Where'd I put that cigarette lighter? After all, it's a habit, and a habit you can break. Just a little bit of willpower, son, that's all it takes. Said to myself you've got to be tough. And with that little bit of wisdom I took another puff.
Speaker 1:Say if you've got to be tough, and with that little bit of wisdom, I took another puff. Jerry reed, I took another puff. You know this has a flip side. I just realized he always had a bit of novelty in him. You know what I mean. This was a novelty, jokester side to jerry reed, humorous side, coughing, and took another puff. After that. Little delay, short delay, little pause. All right, the other side of this, as we flip it over, there's a song called Love man.
Speaker 5:Love man, I guarantee you I've never heard this when you run out of pills, you call your pharmaceutical man. Yeah. When you run out of grits and fat back honey, you go see the fella down at the all-night buy-right market stand. That's what I always do, oh, but when you're lonesome and need some attention, oh, but when you're lonesome and need some attention, then you get on the phone and you call up your love man. Yes, I'm your love man. I'm your love man. I got all the sweet talking. Need my kissing, a guarantee? I'm your love man. I'm your love man. All my hugging, I bet it's something you won't ever forget.
Speaker 1:Thank you for listening. Yeah, yeah, pat's Peeps 276. Wishing you a very happy Thursday. We'll see you on the radio.
Speaker 5:When there's a problem too big for you to handle and you need help cause you ain't having no luck. Well, you can look through the yellow pages of the phone book and find somebody to come to your house and fix you up. Well, there's people in this world that can fix anything you can name from A to Z.
Speaker 1:But when you need love specialization.
Speaker 5:You look in the book and you call me, cause I'm your love man. I'm your love man, I'm your love man. I got all the sweet talking.
