1 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 1: Live from theal Heart Blind and the Crossroads of America. 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:16,119 Speaker 1: It's Tony Katz Today. Okay, so now we can do 3 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: a total reset. 4 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 2: I mean, obviously don't dismiss my chat with Jared Rogers 5 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,280 Speaker 2: in the first hour, but you know, now we can 6 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 2: Now we can sort of get back to the swing 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 2: of things. Hey, everybody, I'm Andrew Langer. I'm in for 8 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: Tony Kats today. Right here on Tony Katz Today, you 9 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 2: can join the conversation. Send me an email if you 10 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 2: want to. Got a new email address set up just 11 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 2: for this. It's Andrew Langer Radio. L A N G 12 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 2: E R S. How you spelled my last name? So 13 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 2: Andrew Langer Radio all one word at gmail dot com. 14 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 2: You can also at me on x also known as Twitter. 15 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 2: Confuse my dad when I started talking about this, go ahead, 16 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 2: and it's at Andrew Underscore Langer there. Believe me. Lord knows, 17 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 2: I know after Friday show, there are lots of people 18 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 2: out there who can do this. So listen. Before we 19 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 2: went to the break, I open this up. You know, 20 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 2: my wife and I we try to enjoy some TV 21 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 2: time together and and you know I obviously we try 22 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 2: to fast forward through ads or watch content on platforms 23 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 2: that don't have ads, but sometimes you just can't avoid it. 24 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 2: And you know, I mean you like hearing, You like 25 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 2: hearing songs that you remember from your from your childhood. 26 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: You know, stuff is supposed to be evocative and nostalgic, 27 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 2: and there are all kinds of all kinds of ways 28 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 2: to do it. And the ad, you know, the music 29 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 2: in an ed should have something to do with it, 30 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 2: So you know, I wanted to find it. And there's 31 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 2: a car commercial that's out there. When I go to Google, 32 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 2: it says that it's a Taco bell commercial. And I 33 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 2: asked my wife and she doesn't remember. But last night 34 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 2: watching an ad, I swear to god it was a 35 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 2: mom in a mini van driving around and do you 36 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 2: land and you have do you have a Harvey Danger's flag? 37 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 2: Pulsit a handy? All right? So I'm watching this ad 38 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 2: and it's not you're not hearing any of of the lyrics, 39 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 2: but you're hearing the music from this song from nineteen 40 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: ninety seven. I like the song Don't get me wrong, 41 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 2: I love you know I loved it was like their 42 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 2: one hit and apparently the band just never did anything 43 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 2: after that. But go ahead, Landon play Harvey Danger's Flag Pulson. 44 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 2: If you don't know what I'm talking about, this is 45 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 2: what it is. Listen. It's a great tune. I think 46 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 2: it's a great tune for hitting the open road. I 47 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 2: guess you know it just it's got that dry and listen. 48 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 2: Don't get me wrong. I love music setting a mood. 49 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 2: I'm just talking about this with regards to the Marvel movies. 50 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 2: It's all wonderful here. But you know a song in 51 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 2: which the guy is talking about or we can end 52 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 2: it there which the guy is sort of Landa is 53 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 2: not familiar with the song, so and you should go watch, 54 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 2: you know, listen to the song, see it. Look at 55 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 2: the lyrics. A good chunk of this. It's about a 56 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 2: disaffected guy probably with ADHD who who who essentially is 57 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 2: engaging in various acts of self abuse or self gratification. 58 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 2: So that's that's the one it. And then we're also 59 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 2: watching and an ad for Rover comes on. 60 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 3: Now. 61 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,679 Speaker 2: I don't know if you're familiar with Rover. I have 62 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 2: used this service. It's a pet sitting service. Essentially, it's 63 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 2: like an uber for getting someone to, you know, watch 64 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 2: your dog or cat walk your dog. You know, if 65 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 2: your dog sitting service during the day, doggie daycare, that 66 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 2: kind of things. But but I'm like listening to this music. 67 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 2: Go ahead, let's go ahead and play this is the ad, right, 68 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 2: go ahead and play the ad. Landon a nasty girl, 69 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 2: Nasty up, A nasty girl. Is somebody gonna met mas freak? 70 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: Is somebody gonna met Creek? Okay, we get into it. 71 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 2: We den ended there now Listen. I'm no prude. It's 72 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 2: tend to lead with my with my libertarian leg on 73 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 2: these kinds of things, believe me. But I don't understand 74 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 2: what this has to do with a with a pet ad. 75 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,559 Speaker 2: I don't understand. I mean, I get it's the match. 76 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:23,239 Speaker 2: You're trying to match your your pet, which I guess 77 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 2: is some by some mentioned some measure your freak, which 78 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 2: is not how I kind of think about this. I don't. 79 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 2: I don't. Sometimes I don't understand what is happening with 80 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 2: this world right there is there is a clearly been 81 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 2: a glitch in the matrix, and something has gone very 82 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 2: much awry. And I'd like to know what the universe is. 83 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 2: Where is the alternative Earth, where where this is not happening, 84 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 2: where it's just everything is just normal. That's all I 85 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 2: want to know. Where we're not having songs about, you know, 86 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 2: to match your freak with a nasty girl as a 87 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 2: pet walking ad. Obviously I'm talking about it. So clearly 88 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 2: Rover's getting the play in this. And this is not 89 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 2: me saying don't use Rover, though now I think I 90 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 2: may be rethinking it, because Lord knows, I don't want 91 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 2: those kinds of folks babysitting my pets. That's a very 92 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 2: very odd thing. Now, listen, I do want to talk 93 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 2: about this. Yesterday there was big news out of Washington, 94 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 2: d C. Not not unexpected. We knew that this was coming. 95 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 2: The Washington Post engaging in massive, massive layoffs and and 96 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 2: lots of discussion here. Now you know, the Washington Post 97 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 2: has had it's had a journey. Obviously, there were two 98 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 2: daily papers of record in Washington, d C. For a 99 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 2: very long time. Obviously, Washington Post hit its international heyday 100 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 2: with the Watergate scandal and the work of Woodward and Bernstein, 101 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 2: you know, Ben Bradley, Catherine Graham. I mean, this is 102 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 2: these are these are people who who have had storied careers. Well, 103 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 2: they laid off a bunch of folks yesterday. We'll get 104 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 2: to the why in a second, but here is Nancy 105 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 2: Pelosi again, because we want to continue with the comedy. 106 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 2: Nancy Pelosi speaking out of both sides of her mouth. 107 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,039 Speaker 2: I know it's hard, given all of the work that 108 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 2: she's had to do that, nevertheless, she's trying. Let's go 109 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 2: ahead and play cut number five. 110 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 4: I free press cannot fulfill its mission if it is 111 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 4: starved at its resources. 112 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 2: It needs to survive. And when the newsrooms are weakened, 113 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 2: our republic is weakened with it. Because democracy, because democracy 114 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 2: dies in darkness. Are are we all ready to say 115 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 2: that together? Democracy dies in darkness. Democracy dies in darkness. 116 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 2: You know something, you know, it's fascinating. Stick with me 117 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 2: for a second, because I'm gonna I'm gonna pivot and 118 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 2: and you're gonna you're gonna wonder why I'm pivoting in 119 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 2: this way. I remember when when we were initially talking 120 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 2: as a society about the dangers of the incandescent light bulb. Right, 121 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 2: this miraculous invention, uh, the incandescent light bulb. You have 122 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 2: screw it in, you turn it on, and it gives 123 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 2: you this great bright, natural light. And and the Left 124 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 2: didn't like it. So they were insisting that we use 125 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 2: these things called compact fluorescent bulbs. You remember these bulbs. 126 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 2: They were supposed to last longer than never did. And 127 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 2: this is not me saying I do like led lights. 128 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 2: Set that aside, but the but the the compact fluorescent bulb. 129 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: I not a particularly religious person, but I used to 130 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 2: call these if Satan had had wanted to invent a 131 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: light bulb, he couldn't have done a better job than 132 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 2: the compat packed fluorescent bulb because they gave bad light. Right, 133 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 2: you could go blind using them. They they damaged skin 134 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 2: apparently if you try to use them, and you couldn't 135 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 2: dispose of them, right if they if they didn't last 136 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 2: as long as they were proclaimed to promise to last. 137 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 2: When I hear Nancy Pelosi talk about democracy dies in darkness, 138 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 2: I think about an outlet like the Washington Post and 139 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 2: the supposed light that they shine on things, and all 140 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 2: I can think about is the fact that it is 141 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 2: the light from a compact fluorescent bulb. And what I 142 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 2: mean by that is that it is it may appear 143 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 2: to brighten things up, but what it does is distort 144 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 2: and it damages. And you know by that Here's a 145 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 2: supercut was put together by a guy named Mays Moore 146 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 2: on Twitter. This is some examples of Washington Post reporting, 147 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 2: specifically having to do with the Russian collusion hoax. Let's 148 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 2: go on, Let's go ahead and play cut number six. 149 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 5: Russian President Vladimir Putin gave direct instructions to help elect 150 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 5: Donald Trump president, according to a Washington Post investigation. For 151 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 5: an Obama received a secret CIA report in August. That 152 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 5: report quote captured Putin's specific instructions on the operations audacious 153 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 5: objectives defeat or at least damage the Democratic nomine Hillary Clinton. 154 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,839 Speaker 3: This morning, the Washington Post is reporting that US intelligence 155 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 3: agencies had sourcing deep inside the Russian government, capturing Putin's 156 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 3: direct instructions in the operation. Obama officials felt that their 157 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 3: effort to expel Russian diplomat in retaliation was undermined by 158 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 3: the incoming administration right which. 159 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 2: Then, by the way, later expelled a huge number of 160 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 2: diplomats and got really tough on Russia. But the point 161 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 2: at the end of the day is that yes, democracy 162 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 2: dies in darkness, but it also dies in false light 163 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 2: that is masquerading as some kind of truth bringing Right 164 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 2: that hastens that demise when you have someone sort of 165 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 2: putting themselves out there as a being enlightened and engaging 166 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 2: in enlightening behavior, when they are doing just the opposite, 167 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 2: when they are all they are trying to do is 168 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 2: confuse and confound and tear down. By the way, the 169 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 2: reason why the Washington Posts had to fire a bunch 170 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 2: of folks is because they got away from their core mission. 171 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 2: You know, at the end of the day, nobody is 172 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 2: these days, nobody needs to go to the Washington Post 173 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 2: for news about what's going on in Moscow or news 174 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 2: about what's going on in Cairo or wherever. On foreign soils. 175 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 2: You're spending huge amounts of money to spend send people abroad. 176 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 2: You know, it's funny if you listen to WIBC and 177 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 2: I know I'm I'm you know, I'm someone who comes 178 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 2: in from from the outside. But the reason why stations 179 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 2: like IBC, and why so many in the Tony Kats 180 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 2: Today network exist is because they focus on local news. 181 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 2: And when you get away from focusing on local news, 182 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 2: you give folks less of a reason to tune in. Right, 183 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 2: They're not going to tune into the international stuff because 184 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 2: they can go to you know, somebody else who is 185 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 2: a more recognized expert on the ground in those foreign 186 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 2: capitals to get that news. And really, when your whole 187 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 2: purpose is to exist to tear down Yeah, sure, you've 188 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 2: got a huge amount of a DC audience that wants 189 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 2: to see how you're going to poke at how you're 190 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 2: going to poke at the Trump administration or whomever. But 191 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 2: you have so many other competitors in this marketplace that'll 192 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 2: do it, so you have to offer up something else. 193 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 2: In any case, Listen, I want to start to get 194 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 2: into what's going on with the President and the prayer 195 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 2: breakfast and the president and his appearance on this NBC 196 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:54,199 Speaker 2: news situation. So more of that in a moment. I'm 197 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 2: Andrew Langer. This is Tony Katz today. You know, you 198 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 2: talk about things off the air, and I get it's 199 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 2: going to be dangerous to go down this road because 200 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 2: we saw what happened the last time. By the way, 201 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 2: a nice shout out from listener, hold on, hold on 202 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 2: the listener Stamp Ja Stamp Junior Stamp Jr. Giving Rick 203 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 2: Biando a shout out from me, which is really nice. 204 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 2: Thank you very much for that, my friend. I appreciate it. 205 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 2: You know, you go through and you look at stuff, 206 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 2: and I'm scrolling through social media and I was just 207 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 2: starting to tell land in this story. You know, you 208 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 2: see folks, obviously we've reconnected with people, and stuff comes 209 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 2: up and you never know where it's going to go. 210 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,439 Speaker 2: And I don't believe in a sort of a mass collective, 211 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 2: unconscious or subconscious whatever, but stuff has a way of 212 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:47,359 Speaker 2: trickling through. The other day, someone one of my college classmates, 213 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,319 Speaker 2: I went to William and Mary. I think I think 214 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 2: I may have mentioned this on the air. It's an 215 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:53,719 Speaker 2: interesting story to tell. Went to William Mary graduated in 216 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:58,079 Speaker 2: the early nineties, and I guess somebody is doing some 217 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 2: kind of queer history at William and Mary. I know, 218 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 2: say which it will there, make the appropriate motions with 219 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 2: your hands about that. But I made a tongue in 220 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 2: cheek joke because the student body president and William and 221 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 2: Mary at the time, was in the closet. But we 222 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 2: all knew him. It was like a secret, we all 223 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 2: knew about it. And I made a joke. You know that, 224 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 2: Oh I think, you know, I think that the president's 225 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 2: student body was gay. And you know, I don't know 226 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 2: whatever happened to him. His name was Joe something, and 227 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 2: someone else popped in because he was involved in this 228 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 2: murder situation, which became the subject of a documentary. It's 229 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 2: the documentaries on Peacock. Thank you Landon for pointing that 230 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 2: out to me, because I thought it was on Netflix, 231 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 2: but it's on Peacock. It's called Who Murdered Robert Wan? 232 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 2: W one Who Murdered Robert Wan And it's a bizarre, 233 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 2: fascinating story. I was starting to tell it to Lendon 234 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 2: to figure out tell the story on the air, and 235 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 2: I was just making a stupid joke, because that's the 236 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 2: kind of stupid joke that I'm going to make to people, 237 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 2: you know, and especially in these kinds of situations. What 238 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 2: was strange is that a couple of days later, another 239 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 2: classmate of mine, actually someone who's a couple of years 240 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 2: behind me, posted a picture of her with this guy, 241 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 2: Joe Price, at a party in the early nineteen nineties, 242 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 2: and it was like, this is a really strange thing 243 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 2: to say. Let me tell you the story. You go 244 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 2: and watch the Netflix documentary Who Murdered Robert wand WNA 245 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 2: because it's well worth well worth seeing. For me, it's maddening. 246 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 2: It's frustrating because you know, again, you know, you know 247 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 2: the people. Robert Wan was a lawyer and he was 248 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 2: having this great career in DC, moving up in the world. 249 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 2: He was meeting the right people he had been He 250 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 2: had been tasked with becoming the general counsel at Radio 251 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 2: Free Asia, which, if you're not familiar with it, for 252 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 2: a long time, the Voice of America, which was the 253 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 2: sort of the US government officially US government sponsored media. 254 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 2: They would broadcast to places like Asia and places like 255 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 2: the Russian Soviet Communist controlled Europe. Radio for Europe was 256 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 2: very important, and so Robert decided he wanted to meet 257 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 2: with the staff at Radio Free Asia. And because there 258 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 2: was so much of the broadcasting was done at odd times, 259 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 2: you know, they were on a Pacific time, at a 260 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 2: Pacific like Pacific rim time, Asia time. So he came 261 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 2: in at night to meet the staff and to talk 262 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 2: to them, and then he decided to stay in town. 263 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 2: I do this, you know, I go to DC. I 264 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 2: live I live far enough outside of DC that if 265 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 2: I have meetings the night before and events the night before, 266 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 2: and I got events in the morning, I'll stay. I'll 267 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 2: stay in town. It's just easier that way. Well, he 268 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 2: decides to stay at this guy, Joe Price's house, and 269 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 2: this is where the story gets with. Now, Joe was 270 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 2: living in a house with two other men and apparently 271 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 2: was involved with both of them in what was an 272 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 2: early description of what they call a threuple, a three 273 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 2: way couple. I know that sounds like a contradiction. Ostensibly 274 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 2: married to a lobbyist but involved in a BDSM relationship 275 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 2: with another person living in the house. Robert goes to 276 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 2: the house, arrives at around ten o'clock that night, and 277 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 2: sometime between ten pm and midnight, somebody, I'm using air 278 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 2: quotes here, but you can't see it because I'm on 279 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 2: the radio, somebody discovers that Robert has been stabbed three times, 280 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 2: which is important. If you ask a buddy of mine 281 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 2: who writes for Hollywood, you know, weird humble brag there, 282 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 2: who said, you know the fact that there were three 283 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 2: men in the house and there are three stab wounds 284 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 2: to him, that was very that was very telling. But 285 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 2: the body had been cleaned up. The men were all 286 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 2: in a freshly laundered white robes. They're very clear that 287 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 2: there had been major cleanup done where the crime scene 288 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 2: was the body was essentially laying there with his hands 289 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 2: across his chest. There was no sign, no pun intended 290 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:09,400 Speaker 2: forced entry into the house, no sign of an actual struggle, 291 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 2: and it just gets stranger and stranger as at all 292 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 2: goes on this weird story. And the three men, none 293 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 2: of them charged with murder, all charged with obstruction of justice, 294 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 2: and all of them were acquitted, and they wound up 295 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 2: and wound up not being a jury trial. Two of 296 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 2: these guys were lawyers, major lawyers. The guy I knew, 297 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 2: Joe Price had built up a practice with a I 298 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 2: would say, not not the prominent prominent law firm in DC, 299 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 2: but let's say a second level a law firm in 300 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 2: d C doing lgbt Q I a quality law. But nevertheless, 301 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 2: you know that he was working with talented lawyers and 302 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 2: had decided, you know, we they made the conscious decision, 303 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 2: turns out rightly so for them, strategic decision, uh, to 304 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,199 Speaker 2: just have the judge oversee the case and not have 305 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 2: a jury. And because the prosecutor and the DC police 306 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 2: bungled this, They bungled the crime scene, they bungled the aftermath. Uh. 307 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 2: And because the prosecutor couldn't prove which one of them 308 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 2: specifically had obstructed justice. They all got off scot free. 309 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 2: It's it is a it is a crazy story. Later on, 310 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 2: U Joe tried to change his name and he tried 311 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 2: to get a job. He couldn't practice law O or again, 312 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 2: but he was doing consulting. I mean, it was let 313 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 2: me tell you something, and there was a there may 314 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 2: still very well be the the blog up there, the 315 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 2: who killed Robert Wan again w o ny blog. You 316 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 2: can go and check that out where they went through it. 317 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 2: I mean, if you if you don't, I if you're 318 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 2: if you have a weak stomach, don't read through the indictment, 319 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 2: don't read through what the the I'm found. I mean, 320 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 2: allegedly the victim was given some kind of a paralytic 321 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 2: so that he couldn't fight back. It was. It was 322 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 2: a strange, a very strange set of circumstances. And I 323 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 2: just don't understand for the life of me, why this 324 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 2: person on Facebook was posting a picture of her with 325 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 2: this and she knew the victim too. I mean, you know, 326 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 2: we all, we all did. I knew him, I knew 327 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 2: I knew the knew the alleged perpetrator. I knew the 328 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 2: victim as well, very very sad set of circumstances. Listen, 329 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 2: what's not a sad set of circumstances of the National 330 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 2: Prayer Breakfast that happened today. So we're going to go 331 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 2: there next. I am Andrew Langer and for Tony Kats today. 332 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 2: This is Tony Kats today. We're back. I am Andrew 333 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 2: Langer in for Tony Katz today. Yeah, we've gotten things 334 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 2: settled down here. So listen. The today's National Day Prayer 335 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 2: National Prayer Breakfast was today the President spoke. Before we 336 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,200 Speaker 2: get into what the President had to say, I want 337 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 2: to start here because Chuck Schumer obviously there's a whole 338 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 2: debate over the Save Act, which is this idea that, oh, 339 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 2: I don't know, maybe the federal government should say that 340 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 2: you need to present an ID when you go to vote, 341 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 2: and that's what they want to do here, And of 342 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 2: course Democrats don't like that. We know there are all 343 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 2: kinds of reasons why Democrats don't like that. If you 344 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 2: want to, you want to want to see you ask me, Andrew, 345 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 2: why don't democrats like this? You can you can message 346 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,719 Speaker 2: me at on Twitter at Andrew Underscore Langer. You can 347 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 2: also email me Andrew Langer Radio at gmail dot com. 348 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 2: Go ahead and do that. But but you know, Chuck 349 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 2: Schumer has been asked about this, he keeps calling it 350 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 2: Jim Crow two point zero. Here goes on M Snow 351 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 2: as I call ms now used to be MSNBC M 352 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 2: snow this morning. Here, Chuck Schumer, let's play touch the leader, Schumer. 353 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 6: This talk about election security has revived discussions of the Save. 354 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 2: Act, which you have said you oppose. 355 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,119 Speaker 6: Proponents of it say that it's, you know, to have 356 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 6: ideat to prove you have citizenship to be able to vote, 357 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 6: though some of the claims they make, to be clear, 358 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 6: are overstated. We know there's not widespread election fraud, but 359 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 6: polling does segggerate them. 360 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 2: You pe research poll. 361 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 6: That ninety five percent of Republicans but also seventy one 362 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 6: percent of Democrats like this idea. 363 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:18,199 Speaker 2: So why do you not? 364 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,119 Speaker 7: It's Jim Crow two point zero And I called it 365 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 7: Jim Crow two point zero, and the right wing went 366 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 7: nuts all over the internet. That's because they know it's true. 367 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 7: What they're trying to do here is the same thing 368 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,120 Speaker 7: that was done in the South for decades to. 369 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,440 Speaker 2: Prevent Okay, full stuff full stuff. No, no, no, no, no, 370 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 2: that's not the way it works. Oh my god, wow, 371 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 2: you called a Jim Crow two point zero because you 372 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 2: knew it would anger all kinds of Republicans. Why, because 373 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 2: to be called a racist in America in twenty twenty 374 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 2: six and for many many years is and rightly so, 375 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 2: one of the worst you can call somebody. I mean, 376 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 2: setting aside the fact that what he's saying is completely ridiculous, 377 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 2: which is why seventy percent of Democrats support it. The evidence. 378 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 2: We're gonna get into what Nicole Wallace had to say 379 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 2: about violence later on, but the evidence certainly points to 380 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 2: the contrary. I mean, wow, no, you know. The case 381 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 2: in point is Georgia, right, Georgia enacted this voter ID 382 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 2: requirement the Major League Baseball Oh my god, this is 383 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 2: Jim Crow two point zho, we got a we can't 384 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 2: have the All Star Game in Georgia. They pull it out. 385 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,919 Speaker 2: They But then, of course what happens actions more votes 386 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 2: cast than ever, more votes than ever, And that's that's 387 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 2: just it. So the idea that it prevents people from 388 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 2: voting is hogwash. And let mean, let me say this, 389 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 2: much for the amount of money that we are spending 390 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, the Democrats are spending on pushing back on 391 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 2: voter ID, which this really isn't even a problem. But well, 392 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 2: first of all, it's not really a problem, then then 393 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 2: you shouldn't then you shouldn't have a problem with it. 394 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 2: But you know it's a problem. But if you think 395 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 2: that that certain, if you have the bigoted expectations, right, 396 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 2: the soft bigotry of low expectations, that you think a 397 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:29,440 Speaker 2: certain percentage of your voting electorate can't get voter ID 398 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 2: for whatever reason, which again is hogwash. But let's assume 399 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 2: that it was true for the sake of argument. Then 400 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 2: the money that you're spending on pushing back on this, 401 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 2: the money that you might spend on lawsuits that are fruitless, 402 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 2: the money you're spending on ads, how about this? Want 403 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,360 Speaker 2: just spend that money on getting people ID because they 404 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 2: need it for everything else. Let's have a national ID 405 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 2: initiative that's out there. I mean it, Oh my god, 406 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 2: is it is just crazy? The president So here's my point, 407 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 2: Chuck Shermer says this. The President is at the National 408 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 2: Prayer Breakfast this morning. He had this to say. Let's 409 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,640 Speaker 2: go ahead and play cut number nine it polls. 410 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:16,399 Speaker 4: At ninety seven percent, and even the Democrat the people, 411 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 4: the voters are eighty two percent for voter I d 412 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 4: but the leaders don't want to approve it, and they 413 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 4: said they will. 414 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 2: Strike, they will not allow it to happen. 415 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 4: It's pulling it over ninety percent. It's called voter identification. 416 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 4: When you go to the polls, you show if yes, 417 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:33,360 Speaker 4: my name is Soso and I live in the country, 418 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 4: I'm here, I can vote. 419 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 2: They said that's not allowed. 420 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 4: And everyone started to figure it out, and they do 421 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 4: something to win. You know what it is. 422 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 2: They cheat. But let's get on to another subject. All right, 423 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,640 Speaker 2: we can end it there, So it was ending anyway. 424 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 2: I mean, listen, this would never happen. I mean, this 425 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 2: is the United States of America. But we would never 426 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:02,640 Speaker 2: have a situation in which on one party in power 427 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 2: would allow millions of people to enter the country illegally. 428 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 2: We would never allow that to happen, and we would 429 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 2: we would also that same party would also never would 430 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 2: never allow it to happen. Where they would they would 431 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 2: then say, okay, we want to make it easier for 432 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 2: anybody to vote. We want to make it easy for 433 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 2: you to get a driver's license owned by the way, 434 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 2: We're going to make it so when you go and 435 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 2: get your driver's license, we're going to offer you the 436 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 2: opportunity to register to vote. It would never happen in America. 437 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 2: It would never happened that if someone was given the 438 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 2: voter registration card and they knew that they were ineligible, 439 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 2: none of them would ever take the voter registration card 440 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,919 Speaker 2: and fill it out. Now, this would never happen in America. Okay, 441 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,880 Speaker 2: we all know that all of those things wouldn't have happened. 442 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,160 Speaker 2: And again, even if it's not quote unquote widespread, whatever 443 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 2: that means, the reality is our elections are so tight, 444 00:25:55,680 --> 00:26:01,400 Speaker 2: and our legislative majorities are so tight that a handful 445 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 2: of voters moving from Columnae to columb or inserting a 446 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 2: handful of voters into column A or columb changes elections drastically. 447 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 2: And so if you have a state like Texas, or 448 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 2: a state like Arizona, or state like Nevada, state like California. Right, 449 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 2: Jerry Rogers was talking about this earlier, the gerrymandering situation. 450 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 2: You know, having a few one hundred thousand people, a 451 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 2: few thousand people can can massively change the policy trajectory 452 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 2: of this country, speaking of which, by the way, there 453 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 2: was a change in in trajectory when it comes to 454 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,719 Speaker 2: religious freedom. The President talked about that earlier today as well. 455 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 2: Let's go to cut number ten. 456 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 4: Under the Trump administration was standing strongly behind the Americans 457 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:54,120 Speaker 4: of faith, stopping the attacks on our values, our traditions, 458 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:58,119 Speaker 4: defending religious liberty like no president I believe, like no 459 00:26:58,240 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 4: president has ever done before. 460 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 2: I do believe that. Yeah, I mean, listen, it's a 461 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 2: circumstance in which, you know, when I was doing regulatory 462 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,880 Speaker 2: policy before the president got re elected in the fall 463 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 2: of twenty twenty five fall twenty twenty four, came into 464 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 2: power in twenty twenty five, had been charting what the 465 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 2: Biden administration was doing on a whole host of issues, 466 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 2: including religious liberty issues. And they were engaging on these 467 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 2: issues in areas that you never would have thought about. 468 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 2: What do I mean by that? I probably talked about 469 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 2: this in the airwaves. One of the things that came 470 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:39,679 Speaker 2: up was the Biden administration had gone so far in 471 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 2: there trying to change history. Now right now, what are 472 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 2: they trying to do? They're trying to get Roberty Lee's 473 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 2: name off of his house. It was really his wife's house, 474 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,920 Speaker 2: the Custus Lee Mansion at Arlington National Cemetery. Trying to 475 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 2: get Lee's name off of that. But long before this, 476 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 2: during the Biden administration. I don't know how many of 477 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 2: you are familiar with William Penn, the founder of Penns. 478 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 2: William Penn's Homestead. You know, his his home in Philadelphia. 479 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 2: It's not standing anymore, but the site is there an 480 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 2: important place for an important monument for religious freedom in America. 481 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 2: William Penn one of the earliest proponents of religious freedom 482 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 2: in America. The left wanted the Biden administration wanted his 483 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 2: statue removed when they were redoing the William Penn Homestead 484 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 2: site in Philadelphia. They wanted to revert to what Billie 485 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 2: Eilish was talking about in her Grammy speech, the issue 486 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 2: of stolen land. They wanted it to be all about 487 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 2: Native Americans and stolen land and nothing about William Penn, 488 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 2: one of the earliest champions of religious freedom in America. 489 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 2: And we pushed back against that. But that's what we're 490 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 2: talking about here. We're talking about, you know, the weaponization 491 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 2: of the criminal justice system against religious Adam kits in America. 492 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 2: You know, the designation of of of UH religious advocates 493 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 2: as extremist organizations engaged in extremist activities. Right the Nicole 494 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 2: Wallace is of the world. Are you know she's not 495 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 2: alone in saying that. You know, White Christian nationalism is 496 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 2: the greatest threat to blah blah blah and so and 497 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 2: so forth. So it needs protecting and defending. That's why 498 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 2: today is the National Day of Prayer. We have the 499 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 2: National Prayer Breakfast that's out there. Listen, We're going to 500 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 2: talk more about the President and his interview with NBC. 501 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 2: I'm Andrew Langer. This is Tony Kats Today. Oh, let 502 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 2: the star I'm sorry, there you go. I was gonna 503 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 2: I'm gonna be get all philosophical, poetic and quote the song, 504 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 2: and I butchered it immediately. Take two. Oh, let the 505 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 2: sun beat down upon my face with stars to fill 506 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 2: my dream. Good Lord, you know you just want to 507 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 2: you just want to go home sometimes and be done. Hi, everybody, 508 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 2: I'm Andrew Langer in for Tony Kats Today. Listen. No 509 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:04,680 Speaker 2: new real updates on the Savannah Guthrie mom murder, No sorry, kidnapping, abduction, 510 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:10,080 Speaker 2: Knockwood knock veneer here. All I know is that when 511 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 2: I hear that, uh, Savannah Guthrie's sister and brother in 512 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 2: law may be involved, all I can think is that 513 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 2: movie Fargo. It's my deed, Wade, It's my deal. That's 514 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 2: what I think is happening here. So yeah, great, thank you. 515 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 2: So no, no, no news there. The President is doing 516 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 2: this interview on NBC News. Clips are trickling out on it. 517 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 2: It's supposed to go up before the super Bowl. Jimmy 518 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 2: Kimmel made was a Kimmel that was fallon who made 519 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 2: a joke last night about about Trump then taking credit 520 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 2: for the super Bowl audience numbers. I'm not going to 521 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 2: get into all of it right now, but I did. 522 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 2: I did want to play this. You know, there's been 523 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 2: this discussion. We had a situation. I want to say. 524 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 2: It was folks who are doing diplomatic work in Havana 525 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 2: were complaining of feeling uneasy and there was some rumor 526 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 2: of a of a sub sonic weapon, ultrasonic weapon, something 527 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 2: that was that was messing with them. Well, apparently the 528 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 2: US may have adopted this technology and they're calling it 529 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 2: the discombobulator. The President was asked about this in the interview. 530 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 2: Here's what he had to say. Let's play at number fourteen. 531 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 7: You talked about the weapon, the discombobulator discombobulated. 532 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,719 Speaker 4: Well, I'm not allowed to talk about it, but let 533 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 4: me just tell you. None of their equipment works. That's 534 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 4: what it does. Everything was it was my name. I'm 535 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 4: very proud of the name. Everything was discombobulated. It was 536 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,160 Speaker 4: practically a shot, wasn't you know? They were ready and 537 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 4: when we came. 538 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:52,480 Speaker 6: You saw this on the video. 539 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 4: You could tell it discombobulated everything. 540 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 2: It disbobulated everybody. 541 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 4: Well, we lost no equipment in a very strong hand. 542 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 4: They're good fighters, great fighters in a very bad environment. 543 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,280 Speaker 4: It was a military base, the biggest in South America 544 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 4: in a very because the house was in a base 545 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 4: in South in a very very tough environment. We lost 546 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 4: no men and we lost no equipment. 547 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 6: The discombobulator just knocked that. 548 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 2: Well, it did something, you know something. Remember the summer 549 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,680 Speaker 2: of twenty twenty four, how they're eating the dogs, they're 550 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,479 Speaker 2: eating the cats. Was the jam of the summer. I 551 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 2: just want to hear a jam for all of you 552 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 2: music officionados out there, if you can, if you can 553 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 2: do this a jam where it's just the President saying discombobulated. 554 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 2: I could listen to the President saying discombobulated until the 555 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 2: cows come up, until the cows are discombobulated. The president 556 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 2: was also asked, we're going to get into the big 557 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 2: thing of what everybody's saying. But the president was also 558 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 2: asked about how he feels he's eighty, and I'm going 559 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 2: to say it again. You know, eighty for Donald Trump 560 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 2: very different than eighty was for Joe Biden. Let's go 561 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 2: ahead and play cut number thirteen. We first met ten 562 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 2: years ago, when you're running the first. 563 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 6: Time, how do you feel now as you approach eighty. 564 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 4: I feel great. I mean physically and mentally. I feel 565 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 4: like I did fifty years ago. It's crazy. Now there'll 566 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:19,480 Speaker 4: be a time when I won't be able to give 567 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 4: you that answer, but that time has income. 568 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, listen, I think that's true for a 569 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:29,000 Speaker 2: lot of us. God, I was just talking to somebody 570 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 2: about that. Actually, I'll say this much. I'm hanging out 571 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:36,720 Speaker 2: with a friend of mine tonight, going to a hockey game, 572 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:42,280 Speaker 2: and I'm going with someone I've known since kindergarten, And 573 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 2: you know, I think back on just how many years 574 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:52,560 Speaker 2: that is, how long I've known this person, And I 575 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 2: can't wrap my head around that. It does not feel 576 00:33:55,320 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 2: like it's possible for me to have known this for 577 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 2: for that long. I was talking to somebody else, right. 578 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:07,880 Speaker 2: You know, as you as you get older, time seems 579 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 2: to accelerate. You know, there's some there's some kind of 580 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:16,319 Speaker 2: Einstein theory of relativity at work here, where as you 581 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 2: get older, the clock seems to move faster. We are 582 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,080 Speaker 2: one a full one twelfth I think I said this 583 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,960 Speaker 2: on the air last week, A full one twelfth into 584 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 2: uh into twenty twenty six. I don't know how that's possible. 585 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 2: And we're in the shortest month of the year, which 586 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 2: is which is a whole other part of this. But 587 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:39,200 Speaker 2: I get it, man, I I literally I I you 588 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 2: know the age that I am. I certainly don't feel 589 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:45,640 Speaker 2: every once in a while that's sort of the aches 590 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:51,520 Speaker 2: and pains. I had a major major achilles issue almost 591 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:55,839 Speaker 2: two years ago. Sadly enough that that that put up, 592 00:34:56,280 --> 00:35:00,600 Speaker 2: you know, underscored you know, you know my age. But 593 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,800 Speaker 2: I certainly don't feel materially any different than I did 594 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,239 Speaker 2: when I was in my thirties. I would I would 595 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 2: say maybe a little different than I feel that. I 596 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,879 Speaker 2: felt like I feel like I'm in my twenties when 597 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:15,520 Speaker 2: I was in my twenties, So I get it, mister Presnell. Listen, 598 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 2: there was a one comment on this news show that 599 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,480 Speaker 2: that was dropped last night, that of course has the 600 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:29,040 Speaker 2: nattering nabobs of negativity all up in arms. So you know, 601 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:33,360 Speaker 2: after the news we're gonna talk about that. Plus fireworks 602 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:37,560 Speaker 2: at hearing. Scott Descent was up at was up on 603 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 2: the hill, and a couple of members of Congress, including 604 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,840 Speaker 2: Maxine Waters, tried to dunk on him. It didn't quite 605 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,640 Speaker 2: go so well. So we're gonna listen to those things. 606 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,759 Speaker 2: Plus you know what, listen. Want to hear from you, 607 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:53,080 Speaker 2: Facebook dot com, Slash Andrew Langer Show at Andrew Underscore 608 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 2: Langer on Twitter, and the new email address Andrew Langer 609 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:00,279 Speaker 2: Radio at gmail dot com. I'm Andrew Langer. This is 610 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,040 Speaker 2: Tony Katz today