shut up. it s a good thing that they are so scornful they hate me. maybe i m making some progress. will: i have a theory as well j.d., they can t forgive themselves for at one time inviting you into elite circles. unsenel and decided to return to their roots. they can t forgive you. that s exactly what happened. and which is also good thing for you. thank you, j.d., great to have you on the show tonight. all right, also here tonight, wabc radio host james golden aka bo snerdley. good to talk to you tonight, bo, glad to have you on the show. what do you make of everything that s happening on this society? everything you just saw on your television screen, what could wo you make of that? everything seems to be totally out of phase. most americans look at this and totally stunned. if this were a regular, normal weekend occurrence that you could see where, you know, you get your average 60 or 70 murders in chicago, get your average 60 or 70 murders in atlanta or new york, fine.
a really good time, and we haven t done that yet. we just crawled up to the average. you know, does it make sense that there is a slight lag as you see in history of doing these surveys, so that you think things are going to get better, you think and sales are getting better well then you ll start hiring soon after? sure. the first thing is you have to believe in the future. then, of course, you have to act on that belief, and then that s when the hiring and the capital spending and inventory investment takes place. and that s what we re looking for now. so we hope this translates, and translates soon. all right. okay. well j.d. we ve got the numbers. you talked to small business owners every day. what are you seeing? what kind of the word on the street from people you re talking to? the conversations i m having match up pretty closely with what bill and his group are hearing. that sales are up, that the
but it s really nice to see the index up. the sad thing is, of course, that we usually approach the average, which is 98 is the average for 42 years. we usually approach it from the top down you know, after having a really good time, and we haven t done that yet. we just crawled up to the average. you know, does it make sense that there is a slight lag as you see in history of doing these surveys, so that you think things are going to get better, you think and sales are getting better well then you ll start hiring soon after? sure. the first thing is you have to believe in the future. then, of course, you have to act on that belief, and then that s when the hiring and the capital spending and inventory investment takes place. and that s what we re looking for now. so we hope this translates, and translates soon. all right. okay. well j.d. we ve got the numbers. you talked to small business owners every day. what are you seeing? what kind of the word on the street from people you