Gary Freiman Transcript

April 5, 2008

Dr. Kent Gustavson: Welcome back to Sound Authors. My next guest on the show is Gary Freiman, and he is a successful businessman who has written a book about conservative life in the United States, about politics, terrorism and connection to God, and a whole bunch of interesting opinions. So, wonderful to greet you and say welcome to the show. Gary Freiman, how are you?

Gary Freiman: Thank you, Kent.

Kent: Tell me a little bit about your book.

Gary: The book is really a deep look into the United States and particularly all the stuff that probably our parents, as kids, told us not to talk about at the dinner table. It’s a deep look into politics and religion, and some things that political correctness probably stops us from speaking freely about.

Kent: And your book is called “Current Events, Conservative Outcomes: Predictions for America’s Future”. I understand that you’re able to predict a little bit about what’s coming up for us.

Gary: Yeah. To be honest with you, as a young man I discovered that I had a talent to actually go through and sometimes see future events. Not that I can always pick out exactly what it is that I choose to see, but over time I could pick out events that pertain to our country.

Kent: And what do you think of what’s happening right now?

Gary: In general right now, obviously the United States is in a stressful time, and that’s really what drove me to write the book.Shortly after September 11th, as everybody probably did, I looked at myself and said, “What can I do to help?” And really, for a couple of years, I couldn’t think of anything. You know? I wanted to help, but I really couldn’t figure out anything to do.And then I realized, maybe if I was to help predict some of the events in the future and take away a little bit of the stress, and more importantly than predict events, explain why things happen so the people could understand exactly how future events occur and what we can do to change future events.

Kent: So give me an example of some future events.

Gary: Well, in the book, after each topic, essentially the book is divided into seven different topics, I have some predictions. It could be things as simple as, obviously we’re going to have turmoil in Africa over the next generation or two due to dwindling resources and religious issues.That’s one prediction that I’ve made, and that’s not a big stretch. I think anybody can see that as a real possibility.

Kent: Right. And as far as this country, let’s talk about current events. Whether it’s Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side or John McCain on the other, they’re all talking about change, going a different direction. Do you not see that as a hopeful next step?

Gary: To be honest with you, change is good in that, right now, like I mentioned, we’re at a stressful time. So yes, I think change will be good.There’s no doubt that change in the United States will be positive, but in my opinion it definitely has to be from a conservative nature, in that it’s absolutely crucial that America remembers that we are a country founded on Christian ideas and ideologies. And we need to make sure that we don’t stray too far from that.

Kent: So give me an example specifically having to do with these political candidates. I know that John McCain’s been deeply criticized for not being conservative enough. Could you talk about that?

Gary: Sure. The people on the right obviously feel that John McCain, he’s weak on immigration; he’s been weak throughout his career on a lot of conservative ideas. The three choices that we have to lead our country are the three choices that we have. So obviously, the people on the right are going to be forced to choose John McCain over the two candidates in the general election.

Kent: So let’s talk about, his main focus is on security, and the economy is something different. Let’s just talk about security. How does America fit into world politics over the next generation?

Gary: I actually did a piece in my book about world politics, and largely because America is, right now and for roughly the last… since World War II, has been the leader in world politics. And I think it’s absolutely crucial that we remain the world leader, and people realize that there are countries out there - if you notice the unrest you see in China over Tibet.We can’t forget that although many countries are grasping the capitalistic model in an effort to be more successful, they still don’t have the personal freedoms that we enjoy here in the United States. And again, we are a Christian country and the fact that we are, we expect certain freedoms, and there’s a lot that goes with that answer the quality of life for lots of people. And I think it’s crucial that the United States lead the world to make sure that’s still is the predominant way of thinking.

Kent: So how should the United States deal with non Christian nations?

Gary: You know, no different than we ever had. There’s nothing that says that Christianity is the best religion. Let’s be honest, just because we’re a Christian nation, we’ve been very successful. It doesn’t mean we are the only people in this world and the only ones who know how to handle things.I mean God is God and what is important is that people realize that they have to have a relationship with God, not only as a country but as individuals. Whether that’s Islamic, whether that’s Buddhist or whatever you choose or how to choose to worship. It’s the same God, so I don’t in any stretch of the imagination feel that we have the ultimate way of living here in the United States. But I think it’s important that a country with our power realizes that we should lead the world to ensure that those other nations have that opportunity.

Kent: First tell me about the poverty in the United States. Do you have a position on that, within our own country?

Gary: I sure do. A part of my book was written about poverty in the United States. It was really a tough reading for me to go out and try to determine exactly my thoughts and what happens to the future of United States.I’ll be honest with you. I see the wealth gap between the middle class and the lower class growing over the next generation or two. And it’s largely related to lots of jobs being shipped overseas. I should say manufacturing-type jobs being shipped overseas. And the reason for that is because of the low cost provider countries that are out there.That being said, I also feel that some of the poverty in this country is self-inflicted because with the availability that our government that does such a great job at providing low interest student loans, there’s really not much of an excuse for anybody in the United States of America to not take advantage of the free high school system and take advantage of the college student loans to get themselves educated. Where you can jump into that middle class and not be somebody who fell into that lower class of wage earners.

Kent: So, your book deals with all of these issues and more. Give me a little sound clip about your book to tell people where to go, what it’s about and how to find it.

Gary: Great, “Current Events, Conservative Outcomes: Predictions for America’s Future” is the title of the book. I have a website, that’s www.conservativeoutcomes.com and there’s some snippets on there and lots of information about the book, where you can buy it.A little bit about the book and a little bit about me and what my abilities are, what I have attempted to do to help our nation. But the book itself again is a deep look at the United States and gets things out in the open that a lot of people are just afraid to talk about because of political correctness in our country.As I say, we are all in the same team here, Democrats, Republicans, Liberals, Conservatives; we all want the same thing. We want a successful America. We want to spread freedom throughout the world so other people can live as we do in a free market and have the ability to work and live successfully.And in the book, I talk about six or seven different topics ranging from politics to religion to social issues and so forth, terrorism, all the big things that you hear and see talked on the nightly news. And I say, “Hey, there’s the real story behind these things. And here’s how we can overcome these things.”So no matter what’s your political ideology is, if we stay close to our relationship with God and this country. And if we utilize the tools that He can give us, there’s no limit to what we can do.

Kent: It’s been a real pleasure speaking with G. A. Freiman, Gary Freiman. His book is available from Barnes and Nobles at Amazon.com, as well as his website conservativeoutcomes.com. His book is called “Current Events, Conservative Outcomes: Predictions for America’s Future.” It’s been a real pleasure. Have a wonderful day.

Gary: Thanks, Kent.

Kent: And my next guest is Susan Hetrick, and she’s going to chat with us about the big mix of families, blended families. Come on back. [instrumental music]

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