The Radice Files — Episode 174: “One more last chance”

Frank Radice
4 min readSep 30, 2021

I want to rant about what’s happening on Capitol Hill. I want to scream about anti vaxers. I want to yell about Facebook. I want to tell the MSM to stop talking about the former guy. I want to urge people to stop telling lies, and tamp down the violent rhetoric. I want to see some civility. But no one seems to listen. Ever the optimist, I think we deserve “one more last chance.”

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And finally…

Vince Gill — One More Last Chance (Crossroads Guitar 2010)

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Frank Radice

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