I HAD to say it

Another successful protest from the No Kings people. We still don't have a king. Good job. Totally not a bunch of meaningless, performative nonsense. Recipe - Dutch Baby Do the things. Go check out the Amazon wishlist and laugh at stuff I think is funny on it. Ihadtosayitpodcast.com

For whatever reason I didn't have much in the tank this week. Maybe a better episode will drop later, depending on how I'm feeling. Go click the links, do the things, support the show. Recipe - Loaded Baked Potato Salad. ihadtosayitpodcast.com

To address the missing episode last week, we had a death in the family literally less than an hour before the livestream was supposed to happen. The last week was primarily focused on dealing with that, but we're back at it now. There is a scavenger hunt that I announced with a awesome prize for the first person to figure out all of the clues, and more of my usual ranty ranty for those who wer...

So a guy who has been shouting "Death to America" for pretty much my entire life actually wound up on the receiving end of "Death FROM America." Personally, I don't like the idea of my country being the world police, but frankly when you want to see me and everyone I ever cared about dead, I have a hard time feeling bad for you when you enter the FO phase of the situation....

Hey everyone, another week where I only halfway paid attention to the grander world, because the immediate world needs more of my attention. There were some goings on out there, and as always, I have some thoughts. A cartel kingpin got taken out by special forces, and they aren't happy about it. The local politics are starting to ramp up and ruining my time at the gym with their absolutely gar...

So I have an announcement. And then the ranting begins. I feel like the mishandling of the files by the DOJ can't be excused, at this point and as always I have thoughts. Recipe Moroccan Lamb Kabob The Weather'd Report Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ZqWEpc525o1bhcizd6d1o?si=0552607cafd74f5f The Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/emberforgespices/ember-forged-spice...

This week I am feeling some kind of way. I'm tired. The constant distraction from real issues, the people treating each other badly, and being SO smug about it. As always I have thoughts. Recipe - Arrabiata sauce www.ihadtosayitpodcast.com

This one was kind of all over the place. Something kind of cool happened for me personally and you should all go check out https://thebuffalowoolco.com/ for some truly great American made products made with genuine bison wool. Beyond that I have an announcement, and as always thoughts on the topics of the day. Do the things people Go the website ihadtosayitpodcast.com Recipe- Red Posole

For this guest episode I sat down with Walker, the owner/operator of Tex Tactical. It is a small independent business based out of Texas that makes custom rifle accessories. Walker and I discussed 3d printing and 2nd amendment stuff. It was a little more brief that most of my guest spots, but not everyone has four hours to kill with me. Hope you guys enjoy the chat. Check out Walker's Work her...

So the left is still interfering with ICE operations in Minneapolis. They are escalating, exactly as expected. The rhetoric from the top hasn't dialed back a bit, and exactly as I said would happen a "protestor" with a gun got himself removed from the census. And EXACTLY as I said all of a sudden the "most 2A friendly" administration is sounding decidedly not. I hate being...

Tom Knighton is a professional writer for bearingarms.com as well as being published in multiple places for various other news and opinion articles. Tom is a vet, a staunch 2A supporter, and frankly a generally good guy. He has a substack (tilting at windmills) as well as a youtube channel (The Fourth Rail) both of which are worthy of some of your attention. Tom first came to my attention due to t...

The drama in Minnesota is escalating. The leftists are arming themselves. And while I support everyone being armed, there is a right way and a wrong way to go about exercising your 2A rights. Just like there is a right way and a wrong way to protest. Also Don Lemon and a bunch of leftist clowns invaded a church to yell at the "racist christians" over ICE. As always, I have thoughts. Reci...

Well there is plenty going on in the world, I MIGHT do a second episode this week, we'll see how the week shakes out. But in this episode I primarily discuss the lady that got shot interfering with ICE in Minneapolis last week. I have thoughts about what lead to this, and explain how I got there as well as who I think is to blame for the situation. As always I have thoughts. Recipe : Chipotle...

Well, 2026 is off to a start. There are already things to talk about and as always I have thoughts. There are more developments in the mounting Somali fraud in Minnesota, NYC swore it's commie in, and we snatched up the dictator running Venezuela. All in all the year is off to an interesting start. As usual the lefties are melting down over the wrong stuff, and championing ideals that will get...

For the last episode of 2025 I decided to do something a little different. I had a round table chat with some prior guests of the show. I was joined by Cody, John Jamingo, and JD the Bot Guy to shoot the bull and talk about the past year. But mostly just shot the bull. As usual there were some issues, because it wouldn't be an I HAD to say it episode if there weren't. But it was fun. Hope...

OK so this episode is plagued with terrible technical issues, a host with seasonal inability to focus and a some chaos, but the recipe was good so I posted it. For the record, the part with me being mad at my wife for posting a picture was supposed to be a bit since I am a Christmas grouch, but it came off kind of asinine when I listened back to it, so I am adding a disclaimer in the show notes. I...

In the first video interview I put out I sat down and had my second attempt at talking with the creator and operator of ForcedValor.com and Forced Valor Radio on youtube. We had a previous session that will forever be known as the lost episode, after my hard drive died immediately after I finished editing it. JD is a good guy and you should check out his stuff. It will be worth the time. We had a...

A couple of mass shootings happened again, the left is using it to try and push more gun control. Problem is both happened in locations that already have strict gun control regulations in place. But never let a good crisis go to waste. Also Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered, and Trump couldn't help but make it about himself. That and thoughts on a few other pertinent matters. Recipe: Armad...

So it's been another week. I'm a little under the weather so I'm not as lively as usual, but there is still stuff going on in the world, and I am still going to talk about it. Also some changes on the horizon for this program and me as a creator, so listen up and be part of the process. Also go buy some damn good coffee at colockumcraft.coffee Use code WSMG at check out. Recipe: Aaron&...

It's been a week. This episode contains gamer words, so if you are easily offended, don't bother. That being said, it's been an eventful week, Trump is being Trump, the swamp is swamping, more fraud, waste, abuse, and seditious behaviors, and as always I have thoughts. Recipe of the week: Crock Pot Turkey Pot Pie ihadtosayitpodcast.com

I sat down with Lisa Ekman, former Democrat swamp creature and author to have a little chat. It was a great conversation and I'm looking forward to talking to her again in the future. "Lisa Ekman spent twenty years as a democratic swamp creature working and living in Washington D.C. During that time she worked for two well known democratic senators, democratic appointees at federal agencies, gover...

Another week, more political drama. The left is on one flavor of nonsense, the right another. MTG is retiring, MAGA has forgotten that not everyone that voted for Trump is part of their ranks, the Dems are still trying to paint themselves as the real patriots, despite spending so much time bitching about every principle that the United States was founded on, a handful of congressional morons made...

I've been happy with some of what is going on in this administration, and not so happy with some of it. This episode was mostly inspired by a truth post I saw this morning at the gym, it sent me off on a tangent. It might make the MAGA crowd a little angry with me, but what can I say. No one is above reproach. Plus thoughts on Chicago's financial ruin and the race to the bottom and the fir...

Well, they finally got the votes 60-40 to reopen the government. The leftists are pissed. Also I have thoughts about the election that passed. IHADtosayitpodcast.com

The government is still "shut down." The left is still blaming the cheeto, and the right. Low IQ high calorie individuals are talking about stealing because they aren't getting their free stuff. And there is a commie about to be elected to the Mayor of New York, a guy that looks like he should be stealing boats in the middle east about to be elected in Minneapolis, and people just be...