Don’t Back Down

Don’t Back Down

Fridays 1PM

Director of Illicit Trade Prevention at Philip Morris International Kristin Reif; Chris Scott, Aaron Bashir Download

00:56 Download June 11th, 2021

Stan and Vicki are joined by Director of Illicit Trade Prevention at Philip Morris International Kristin Reif, Chris Scott, Aaron Bashir.

About Chris Scott:

By the time I was a teenager I had gotten a bit rebellious. At 17 I ran away to join the Marine Corps. I was a bit of what you might call a disgruntled teenager. It’s not that I was bad I would say I was more like aggressive. And the Marine Corps was a perfect fit. And, in a lot of ways maybe it was my destiny. Because both my parents were Marines and I was born in Beaufort South Carolina which is where Marine Corps boot camp, Paris Island is located. So in a lot of ways I went back to my roots and I still consider myself a bit of a Good Ole Boy. What I mean by that is common sense thinking, plain talk and telling it like it is. I try to bring some of that to the show.

​While most other podcasts are resorting to foul language, name calling and, even spreading rumors I’ve resisted all that. So, I try to be nice but sometimes when people don’t make sense – IT’S HARD. That’s kind of the point of the show – common sense. I laugh at some of the stuff I see and hear because, as us good ole boys sometimes say, “that just don’t make sense”.

​When I came home from the Marine Corps I was just 20 years old. I was a lean, mean, combat veteran and to say the aggressiveness of my teen years had reached a new level would be an understatement.

​I was a serious young man, very serious and approached everything that way. I was anxious to have a successful career in real estate development. I tried some college for a few semesters but I just couldn’t fit in. The kids seemed so immature to me and I was so serious that their carrying on and lack of discipline bothered me. But I was driven, very driven and I worked hard. It was during this time I was influenced by another voice.

Read more about Chris by following this link to his website.

Aaron Bashir is a well-known political leader who ran in 2020’s election for the Office of State Representative in PA District 172nd. Aaron Bashir believes that we need good representatives that will support our ideas, fight for the needs of our community, and earn our respect by serving us with integrity and honesty. As a dedicated and committed person to this cause Aaron Bashir and his team believes in promoting the political leaders and candidates who truly care for us and would serve us wisely and efficiently focusing on conservative values.

 

 

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