1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 1: Live from Vall Hartbeyer and the Crossroads of America. It's 2 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: Tony Katz today. Welcome back everybody to Tony Katz today 3 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: our three Friday, December fifth, Tony is out. I am 4 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: your guest host Kira Davis, author of Drawing Lines Why 5 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: Conservatives must begin to battle fiercely in the Arena of Idea, 6 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: an executive producer and hosts of the new show based 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:36,639 Speaker 1: here in California. The Orange Report just launched. You can 8 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: become a partner and support that mission by going over 9 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,599 Speaker 1: to Gibbsend Go and looking up The Orange Report from 10 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: Kira Davis and becoming a partner and getting the truth 11 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: out here in California. I actually wanted to start this 12 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: show now because we are coming up on the gubernatorial 13 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: elections for twenty twenty six, and so the midterms will 14 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: be very important. I'll have a lot to say about that, 15 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: but I needed a place to do like California stuff, 16 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: specifically and particularly related to what's going on here in 17 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: Orange County, because we're really the beating heart of this 18 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: immigration issue. A lot of people don't know that, but 19 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: Orange County's ground zero, so there's a lot going on. 20 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: I wanted to start this show to move into twenty six, 21 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six, excuse me, and give us just one 22 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: more place to hear the truth, one more place to 23 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: hear real information, one more place to just hear anything. 24 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: That's why shows like this show, like Tony Kats today 25 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: are valuable. It's just that it's people speaking, it's getting 26 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 1: out there and being heard. If there's anything I've learned 27 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: over the last five years particularly, it's that you've got 28 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: to be the loudest voice in the room. And it 29 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: wasn't always that way in media. As a matter of fact, 30 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: I think I'm only recently understanding how the digital age 31 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: has changed changed methods of response. You know, as a 32 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: gen xer, my my automatic response to anything insults or 33 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: lies or rumor is just to ignore and do my 34 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: own thing. I don't care what you say, your liar, 35 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: it is not true, I don't care. I'll just ignore it. 36 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: But that's not how it works nowadays. If you're not 37 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: a voice out there, someone else's voice is going to 38 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: get put in your place. So you got you kind 39 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: of have to be deliberate about talking about all of 40 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 1: this and discussing all of this. So that's what we're 41 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: doing over there at the Orange Report. I was looking 42 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: at this interesting article in the break and it has 43 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: nothing to do with what we're talking about, I guess, 44 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: But I didn't know that there's a whole list and 45 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: it's natural if you think about it, but there's a 46 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 1: whole list of banned publications in the correctionals correctional sector, 47 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: in correct institutions, and as somebody here in California. The 48 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: reason I know this is because somebody here in California 49 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: is suing the state for quote, banned books. Oh, they 50 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: can't get some gay book in there, and so they're 51 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: suing the state for it, I think. But it caused 52 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: me to go look at this list of banned books, 53 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: books that are banned from prisons. I had no idea. 54 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 1: I thought, well, what kind of books would they ban 55 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: from prison? Obviously pornography that's probably going to be banned, 56 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously those guys figure out ways to get it. 57 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:28,679 Speaker 1: But here I thought you might think this is a 58 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: little fun, interesting, at least interesting tidbit of information for 59 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: your Friday afternoon. Here are some of the books that 60 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: are banned in your correction correctional facilities. A book called 61 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: One hundred Bullets by Brian Azirello and Eduardo Risso. A 62 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: book called one hundred Deadly Skills. It tells you the 63 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: reason too. So they actually have a grid here and 64 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: it tells you the reason. And I'll put it up 65 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: on x Just go follow me on ACCE Kira Davis, 66 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: and then after the show, I'll put it up title fifteen. 67 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: See it presents a serious threat to facility security or 68 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: the safety of incarcerated persons. One hundred Japanese tattoo designs. 69 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: That's banned. One hundred no equipment workouts that's banned. It 70 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: could contribute the reason. It could contribute to violence or 71 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: physical harm. I guess they don't want they don't want 72 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: the convicts working out. I mean, famously convicts have workout equipment, right. 73 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: I guess they don't want to encourage you to get 74 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: it done on your own. One hundred and one here's 75 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: one this is fun. One hundred and one skills you 76 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: need to survive in the woods. No survival books allowed 77 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: in prison. One hundred and one things not everyone should 78 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: know how to do. That's definitely not a book you 79 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: want your prisoners reading. And there's a lot of pornographic 80 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: offerings on here. Let's see what else is on here. 81 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: I'll go it's all in alphabetical order to I'll go 82 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: up to the seas or in the seas. Cjing a 83 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: quick guide to Mexico's Deadliest cartel. Okay, obviously you can't. 84 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: You can't do that because of physical harm and violence, 85 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: a lot of nudity stuff. Cosmopolitan, Oh wow. They even 86 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,479 Speaker 1: have the issues of magazines you can't read. You can't 87 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: read Cosmopolitan, May twenty twenty. Here's the reason this is 88 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: this is fun. You can't read Cosmopolitan, May of twenty twenty. 89 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: The reason it lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. 90 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: No idea they thought about this stuff that hard. Anyway, 91 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 1: that's pretty interesting. Neither here nor there. I thought you 92 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: might get a kick out of it. I wanted to 93 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 1: talk about this real quick. I saw it's in my notes. 94 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 1: Let me just pull it up here. I'm sorry. I 95 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: know this is not good radio, but or I saw 96 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: this story. So as we know, Barry Wise has been 97 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 1: appointed as the new chief exec over at CBS News. 98 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 1: That's a big deal. Not because Barry is a conservative, 99 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: She's not. I want everyone to understand it's about Barry wise, 100 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: she's a New York elitist liberal, but she's super fun. 101 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: She's very nice. I've met her, I partied with her 102 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: and her wife, Nelly. She's very nice. But she's not 103 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 1: one of us, you know, But she is just she's 104 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: a free thinker is or a free ish thinker is 105 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: what it is. So it's exciting that Barry's over at 106 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: CBS because she understands that you have to have all 107 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: points of view to make anything work. That is exciting. Now, 108 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 1: don't get too excited because she's not one of us, 109 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,919 Speaker 1: but she doesn't need to be. And here's why I 110 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: saw this. CBS News will present a town hall with 111 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 1: Erica Kirk, moderated by CBS News editor in chief Barry Weiss. 112 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: Kirk will talk about the murder of her husband, political violence, 113 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: the future of the right, and faith. They'll be on Saturday, 114 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: December thirteenth, at eight pm Pacific on CBS and later 115 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: on Power Paramount Plus. Do you guys understand the earthquake? 116 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: That is just think about that for a second. We 117 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: couldn't even whisper in public that we were conservatives four 118 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: years ago. You could lose your job for it, certainly 119 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: in the media and it definitely wasn't getting any invitations. 120 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: I wasn't getting certainly not the Kirks getting any invitation 121 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: to mainstream media. This, I said, this is what we're 122 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: all with, all the angst and all of the stuff 123 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: to worry about and all of the things that are 124 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: going wrong. And I know you're nervous out there, but 125 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: sometimes you need to stop and look at what's going right. 126 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: This is what I told you about Charlie's memorial. CNN 127 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: aired that, MSNBC aired that NBC aired that I watched. 128 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: I watched CNN coverage. I didn't watch Fox. I watched CNN. 129 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,119 Speaker 1: I wanted to see what they were doing. They covered 130 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: it all day. They didn't move away. So what was 131 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: happening at the TPUSA Charlie Kirk memorial where people were 132 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: praying and praising God and holding hands and singing songs 133 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: of praise. There was no anger or rage. It was 134 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: all glory. All of America saw. All of your hateful 135 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: liberal friends and family who would never deign to turn 136 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: on Fox News saw that. They saw it, and it 137 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: maybe didn't change them in that moment, but it planted 138 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 1: a seed because they got to see something they've never 139 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: seen before. They only know us as horrible, terrible people 140 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:44,559 Speaker 1: who are Nazis and Hitler juniors. They only know us 141 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: as that because it's all they're allowed to see. So 142 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: to have a woman like Erica Kirk show up on 143 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 1: CBS News where the Liberals are a captive audience over there, right, 144 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: they're running out of places to go to find their news, 145 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: still watching CBS. She's going to be talking to people 146 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: who have never seen her before and who have an 147 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: idea of who she is, of who we are, but 148 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: don't really know, and they're going to hear some things 149 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: from her that are going to surprise them in all 150 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: of the right ways. This is so huge, you guys. 151 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: We are on the verge of turning this country away 152 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: from the cliff of disaster where everyone else is heading over. 153 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: We could actually do this, We could actually win, and 154 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: it's got again is going back to my original thoughts 155 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: of like top to bottom. It's a top to bottom approach. 156 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: It's not one thing or the other. You're no longer 157 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: allowed to whine and moan on social media when your 158 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:54,319 Speaker 1: favorite politician or your least favorite pundit talks about an 159 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: issue you don't care about. You're no longer allowed to go, oh, 160 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 1: why are they talking about this? Not that we're talking 161 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: about it all. Everybody needs to be talking about it all. 162 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 1: But I only have one mouth, right, so other people 163 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: have to talk about other things. Today on the radio 164 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: can't all be about immigration, right, That's what Kira is 165 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: talking about. But today on the radio can't be all 166 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 1: about that. Somebody, some radio hosts somewhere in America, has 167 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: to talk about affordability. Some radio hosts somewhere in America, 168 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: has to talk about the corruption on the city council 169 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:35,199 Speaker 1: or Antifa, or what voter integrity, all of it. It's 170 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: a top to bottom approach and it's even the culture 171 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: we've got to get in there. And that's why it means, Like, now, 172 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: what it means for you, just the normy out there 173 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: who's not you know, maybe on Fox News every night, 174 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: what it means for you is all of those times, 175 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 1: all of those moments where you've held your tongue, where 176 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: you've said, I'm not going to cause trouble, I'm not 177 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: going to be disliked, I'm not going to be suspected, 178 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna make this situation worse. I'm just gonna 179 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: keep my opinion to myself. While this person exposits without 180 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: you know, without halt, just saying whatever they want it 181 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 1: might mean in those moments instead of saying that, you 182 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: actually respond, you actually say something. So if it's your sister, 183 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: your neighbor, don't be cruel because these are people you 184 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: live with. This isn't like being me. It's easy for 185 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: me to be harsh and all this on the radio. 186 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 1: I'm behind a mic. I don't have to see anybody. 187 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 1: These are people you live within your community, and so 188 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 1: you know, be kind, but tell them the truth. Maybe 189 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: now is the time when you start telling the truth. 190 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: That's your little act of rebellion, that's your little piece 191 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 1: of the war you have. You have holy ground to defend. 192 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: Stake it out, defend it. Take a break. I'm Kia 193 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:05,559 Speaker 1: Davis filling out for Tony Kats and you're listening to 194 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: Tony Katz today. Welcome back everybody to Tony Katz today. 195 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: I am your guest host for the day on this 196 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: fine Friday, Kiara Davis filling in for my good friend 197 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: Tony Kats. Another book on the list of banded publications 198 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: in correctional facilities. I was just reading in the break, crack, 199 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: rap and murder. Oh, I guess that one makes kind 200 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: of makes sense that it wouldn't be allowed in prison. 201 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: It's published by a publication called Gorilla Convict Publications. I guess, yeah, 202 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: we wouldn't want our prisoners having that. I wanted to 203 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about let's see, let me pull 204 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 1: this up. Oh, I want to talk to you a 205 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 1: little bit about again, we're on theme, we're on brand 206 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: for the show. I want to talk about this driver's 207 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: license thing here in California, the CDL, the commercial driver's license, 208 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: which just cause another reason, y'all, why you don't leave 209 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 1: us to our own devices here in California. I know 210 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: it's a pain, but we're ruining everybody else's life, like 211 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: we need help, Please help us, so we don't abandon us. 212 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 1: But we're sending out these people. And the latest accident 213 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: that killed a couple, a newlywed couple up in Oregon, 214 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: the same thing, a man issued a driver's license through 215 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: California's CDL program, an illegal immigrant. Well, there's a podcast 216 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: I saw this on X randomly. I don't even know 217 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: who this podcaster is. He has a lot of followers 218 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: I don't know, but He was interviewing a woman about 219 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:43,959 Speaker 1: she's a CDL trainer in Texas, and she says that 220 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: she recently got an influx of Afghany after we left 221 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 1: Afghanstian and Afghany CDL drivers who weren't who were really 222 00:13:53,720 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: interested in taking pictures of infrastructure, and I, I don't 223 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: think I have enough time. Actually, I don't think I'm 224 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: going to play this clip actually because I don't think 225 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: I have enough time. It's pretty long, because I wanted 226 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 1: to I want to talk this out. But she's telling him, 227 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: I'll do this on x DO. I oh, I forgot 228 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: to do that, didn't I? I forgot to post the 229 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: other link on x Well. Anyway, I'll post both and 230 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: I'll try to remember I'm fifty one, give me a break. 231 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: But she was telling this interviewer, Yeah, I've been training 232 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: for thirty years. I've been training CDL license license drivers, 233 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: and an influx of Afhanny employees. And what she was 234 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: saying was that in recent years a number of them, 235 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: not one, A number of them. I think she said 236 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 1: about a dozen she's had are wanting her to stop 237 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: during their lessons, stop the vehicle and take pictures. So 238 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: the interviewer asks her, we'll do they want to take 239 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: pictures of scenery, scenic stuff of flowers or mountain. You know, 240 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: they're new to Texas, they're here America. Is that what 241 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: they're doing? And she says no, they want to take 242 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: pictures of bridges, overpasses. She said they were really interested 243 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: in overpasses. And she said it was very interesting that 244 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: they wanted to stop, and that they asked her to stop. 245 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: She says, you're when you're an instructor. The student doesn't 246 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: ask you to stop, They don't give you instructions. You 247 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: give the instructions. I didn't see how it was only clip. 248 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: I didn't see enough of the podcast to know if 249 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: she did stop, if she did, but she said she 250 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: had a number of students that were particularly interested in 251 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: the overpasses. So when we are talking about things that 252 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 1: seem harmless, like my friend's made who's here for thirty 253 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: years and is a fine resident, even a patriotic one, 254 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: But who's you know, here illegally and could get deported? 255 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: You know, even even people like that have effects all 256 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: the way down the line. When you're talking we're talking 257 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: about truck drivers. Have you even thought about this issue? 258 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: Before this year, No, I haven't. I have never thought 259 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: about who exactly is in the trucks. The only thing 260 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: that's concerned me about trucks in the over the last 261 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: few years is automated trucks, self driving trucks. We have 262 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: a number of them here in California operating are already, 263 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: and they make me nervous. I didn't think about this, 264 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: even though I knew that had to have been happening, 265 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: I didn't understand the problem. And even then when it happened, 266 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: when when these accidents happened, I was still only framing 267 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: it as well, these people aren't properly trained, and so 268 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: obviously they're going to be a problem. That's terrible. Get 269 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: them out. It didn't even occur to me this other issue, 270 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: which is a security issue, much like those nine to 271 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: eleven terrorists, took flying lessons, but they didn't want to 272 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 1: learn how to land the plane. They only want to 273 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: to learn how to take off and navigate. We have 274 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: a lot of Middle Eastern Muslim illegal immigrants in this 275 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: country who are doing strange things like taking pictures of 276 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: overpasses in random Texas towns. Why do you think they'd 277 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: be doing that? Why I mean. One reason might be 278 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: that if you can damage a nation's infrastructure, we still 279 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: get most of our goods and services via truck and train. 280 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: So if you can figure out a way to disable 281 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 1: the train tracks and figure out a way to blow 282 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: up the roads, you can do a lot of damage 283 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 1: to how Americans get their goods, services, weapons, and military tools. 284 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:46,159 Speaker 1: China's buying up land next to our military facilities. How 285 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 1: is that even allowed? It should be for nothing. We 286 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 1: should be able to snap our fingers and tell these 287 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,919 Speaker 1: people we're taking your land and get the hell out. 288 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 1: There should be no reason why we don't do this, 289 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 1: all right. I was just looking at my clip list 290 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 1: and seeing what I want to play. I want to 291 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: stay here though, because I want you to understand. I 292 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,400 Speaker 1: want everyone to think about how this affects you down 293 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: the line. So again, we're not just talking about the 294 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: accidents they cause. We were talking about letting terrorists into 295 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: our country, giving them the keys to the kingdom, letting 296 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: them take a look around. No, these people can't be here. 297 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 1: And Christi Noman's on Fox News yesterday and she said, 298 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,679 Speaker 1: there's absolutely no reason. Why have we accepted it that 299 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: it's like this? Why have we accepted that. We just 300 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 1: have to let people in from countries that have no 301 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 1: system of documentation. Why we've been doing it forever. We've 302 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: only deserved the refugees. They deserve it. Why why are 303 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,400 Speaker 1: we doing this? We don't have to. If you can't 304 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 1: even have a country, Your country is so messed up 305 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: that you can't even that your people, your people don't 306 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: have ID birth certificates, Why should we accept them? What 307 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 1: do we owe you? What do we owe them? They 308 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 1: can't even get a birth certificate? What are we supposed 309 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: to do for them? It's all ridiculous. All right, let's 310 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: take another break for winding on the show. I'm Kiri 311 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: Davids filling in for Tony Cats, and this is Tony 312 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 1: Cats Today. Welcome back everybody to Tony Kats Today. I'm 313 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 1: Kia Davis filling in for Tony Kats. 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A lot of 334 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 1: these stories start in small, little towns and you don't 335 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: know about them, and they go quietly because who cares. 336 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: And then it's only when they become Think about Springfield, Ohio. 337 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: You know, we are worth fifty crises beyond that, but 338 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 1: think about Springfield, Ohio in the days leading up to 339 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: the election, and how that just popped off and how 340 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 1: suddenly it became It's a small town in Ohio, no 341 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: one ever heard of, no one was ever thinking about 342 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: this town, and suddenly became a national story because, as 343 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: it turns out, they have been under duress for years. 344 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 1: They've been absolutely invaded by illegal immigrants under the guise 345 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: of labor, and they've been pushed out of their homes, 346 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: pushed out of their jobs, pushed out of their schools. 347 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,640 Speaker 1: They can't even qualify for the benefits they pay taxes 348 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,439 Speaker 1: on because those benefits are going to Somalians who are 349 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: coming into their stores with EBT cards with thirty thousand 350 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: or more dollars on them. We wouldn't have known that 351 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 1: story if it weren't for Trump and the whole election 352 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: thing and a couple of intrepid reporters going in there. 353 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 1: But the truth is there's millions of those stories out there, 354 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 1: and they only become big when it's too late. So 355 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: I would like to be one of those people that's 356 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:16,119 Speaker 1: on top of that. So if you would like to 357 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: help me out, make sure you go over to Gibsen, 358 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 1: go look up the Orange Report by Kerrie Davis, and 359 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: of course go sign up for all my other stuff. Well, 360 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: I was reading this interesting article from Red State recently 361 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: our friends over at red State, and headline caught my eye. 362 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: This is from Ward Clark over at Red State. Pelosi 363 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: Green retirements are now putting a spotlight on lavish congressional pensions. Now, 364 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: I think I've always assumed that our congress members are 365 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 1: way overpaid and have way too many benefits. And you know, 366 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:53,400 Speaker 1: I've absumed that for a long time, but particularly when 367 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: they went ahead and exempted themselves from Obamacare. Then I figured, oh, yeah, 368 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: these people are no good. So I've read this. Ward says, 369 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: the recent retirements of X Speaker of the House and 370 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: representatives in Nancy Pelosi and Margie Taylor Green are drawing 371 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 1: a lot of attention to the lavish congressional retirement plans. 372 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: The vast majority of the record number of congressional lawmakers 373 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: not seeking reelection next year will collect annual pension benefits 374 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: that cost taxpayers some thirty eight million dollars a year 375 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: to pay out. The timing of Green's abrupt retirement, as 376 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: well as the six figure sum Pelosi will receive after 377 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 1: serving nearly forty years in Congress, have brought attention to 378 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 1: the little known perks for ex polls and renewed calls 379 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 1: to end the program. Now granted, Green's payout in and 380 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 1: of itself isn't exactly overwhelming. Brady calculated under the federal 381 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: employee's retirement system, Green will start collecting her eight thousand, 382 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: seven hundred dollars per year pension, which is lower than 383 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: average at sixty two. Based on the actuarial data, Green's 384 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 1: total pension payouts could amount to more than two hundred 385 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 1: and sixty five thousand dollars over her lifetime. Okay, well, 386 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: that doesn't sound too bad Former Speaker, though Pelosi, given 387 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: the pay bumps she received this House Speaker and her 388 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: election to the House before reforms made the system less generous, 389 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: she'll be hers will be one of the most substantial 390 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: on record. One hundred and seven thousand dollars per year. 391 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: But that's a lot of gourmet ice cream, isn't it. 392 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 1: That's a lot of sub zero ice cream refrigerators. That's 393 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: a lot of cash. Ward says, that's a lot of 394 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 1: cash for someone who grew mysteriously rich on her husband's 395 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 1: stunning stock trading ventures. I know, have you heard about 396 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: that guy who developed the Pelosi app. He made an 397 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: app and all it does is tracks Nancy Pelosi and 398 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,679 Speaker 1: Paul Pelosi's trades, and then he trades based on that, 399 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:12,439 Speaker 1: and he's made like millions of dollars. Let's see. Excuse me, 400 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: just my mic here, apologize for that. Everybody, Sorry about 401 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: your ears. Here's what the taxpayers are on the hook for. 402 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: The most recent publicly available data shows retirement benefits for 403 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 1: former members of Congress totally more than thirty eight million 404 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 1: dollars in twenty twenty two. The average annual annuity received 405 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: was forty five thousand. Okay, why serving in Congress shouldn't go? Oh? Okay? 406 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: So the question is why. While it doesn't apply in 407 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: all cases, members of Congress are often well above the 408 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,439 Speaker 1: American mean income level, and if they aren't wealthy when 409 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,959 Speaker 1: they enter Congress, they sure seem to become wealthy with 410 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: unsettling regularity once they've been in a few years. Why 411 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:04,360 Speaker 1: should tax be paying their pensions? I agree with Ward. 412 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: I think this is another thing we need to talk 413 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:13,360 Speaker 1: about that we don't talk about. That we do not 414 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: just what Congress is making, because I actually don't have 415 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: a problem with the money they make as Congress critters 416 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: it's a job, then DC is an expensive place to 417 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,400 Speaker 1: live in. By the way, we should not be requiring 418 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 1: Congress to find their own housing in DC. If they 419 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 1: want to, they can, but we should have dorms for 420 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: Congress to be honest. They shouldn't have to sleep in 421 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: their offices at the Capitol, which they're technically not allowed 422 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 1: to do, but of course everyone does it. You have to. 423 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: This is ridiculous. This is ridiculous. But I don't think 424 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: we should be paying pensions for sure, because the whole 425 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: idea of Congress is supposed to be that it's temporary. 426 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: It's not supposed to be your full time job. Our 427 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,879 Speaker 1: founding fathers. You know, we need to get back to 428 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 1: the time when you had to travel for months to 429 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: get to Congress, right, we need to make it. Did 430 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 1: you see who was that? Oh? I think he was 431 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: from Minnesota or Michigan, But it's one of congressman who 432 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: raced back to DC over the Thanksgiving break to vote 433 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: to reopen the government because he wasn't sure about the 434 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 1: flights and so it was like almost a forty eight 435 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: hour motorcycle trip. We need to do that again, where 436 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 1: we have to require our politicians to travel by foot 437 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 1: to get to Congress to make their votes, because what 438 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 1: it ended up doing is making it special. Right, Everybody 439 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 1: used their time judiciously because it took so much effort 440 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: to get there and stay there. Why do we insist 441 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:44,120 Speaker 1: on making things convenient for people? You know, I don't 442 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: really listen to me bahm bug at Christmas of all times. 443 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: But I thought that the congresswoman Brittany what's her last name? 444 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 1: I can't think of it right now. You know the 445 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: one I'm talking about. She's got her baby for some reason, 446 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: and Congress and she's always advocating for more childcare, better childcare. 447 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 1: Why can't I have more childcare in the capital. We 448 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: need better childcare in the capital, ma'am. If you can't 449 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 1: bring your baby to work, don't have that job? Right? 450 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: Maybe you shouldn't be in Congo. Why are we trying 451 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: to make it easier? I'm going to say something controversial here, 452 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:23,919 Speaker 1: are you ready? I don't think we need to make 453 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,239 Speaker 1: it easier for women to be in the workplace. I 454 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:32,399 Speaker 1: think that's a net negative. I was looking at a 455 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 1: politician's childcare proposal the other day for increasing childcare subsidies, 456 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: and she was saying you know, it isn't fair. Sub 457 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: We do a lot of good work with our tax dollars, 458 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: but we still have an increased childcare subsidies and working 459 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: moms need that. And I thought to myself, isn't this crazy? 460 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: Isn't this interesting? How they've got us in this big 461 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 1: circular work if you will, this big circular mode where 462 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 1: moms have to go to work to pay the bills. 463 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: So they have to go to work to pay for 464 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: the work that other moms do of raising their kids. Right, 465 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: that's a job to pay somebody to raise your kids. 466 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 1: That means somebody has to have the job. You've got 467 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 1: to go to work to pay somebody else whose job 468 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 1: it is to work to take care of your kids. 469 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 1: It makes no sense. It makes sense if you're single, right, 470 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 1: It makes sense if you live in a society where 471 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 1: we don't value marriage and family and family planning and 472 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 1: the role of a nuclear family. It makes sense if 473 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 1: you're in that position. I mean, I'm not scolding you, 474 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,720 Speaker 1: and you can't change your life by snapping your fingers. 475 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 1: Obviously you've got to be at work. You've got to 476 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 1: be at work. If your single mom, your single mom, 477 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 1: I can't change that. Just because I'm whining on radio. 478 00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 1: This is just Kira talking about her ideas. But I 479 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: do think there's something to the idea. It's ridiculous that 480 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: we're making it easier for women to be in the workplace. 481 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: I don't think we have to make it harder for 482 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 1: women to be in the workplace. I'm saying they don't 483 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: need special accommodations. We're making it too easy for them. 484 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: A lot of times we're not We don't belong there, 485 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 1: not at the time we're asking to be there. Brittany 486 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: what's her face should really be home with their baby, 487 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,120 Speaker 1: not in congress. But that's what Congress should be. It 488 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: should be temporary. So no, you shouldn't get a pension 489 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 1: because she should only be there a few months a year. 490 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 1: We don't want to see you go away. Stop helping us. 491 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 1: They work too much, so they don't need a pension. 492 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,479 Speaker 1: We don't need to be worrying about them. It should 493 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 1: be a thankless job. It should be a job you 494 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: do because you're passionate about it. And you should leave poor. 495 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: You should leave as poor as a day you went in, 496 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: and then you earn your money. Then when you leave, 497 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: you get to go to the think tank or you 498 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 1: get the book deal, or that's why Margie Taylor Taylor 499 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: Green is leaving. That's one of the reasons, right, she's 500 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: not making enough money and she's not a horrible enough 501 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 1: person to go steal her way into prosperity in Congress. 502 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 1: She makes good money on the tour circuit. That's what 503 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 1: she's going to go do, all right, Good for her. 504 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 1: I'm not going to make the money off the back 505 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,960 Speaker 1: off the backs of the American taxpayer. I'm gonna go 506 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 1: do it honestly as a podcaster or whatever she's going 507 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 1: to do. Fair enough, these people are supposed to go 508 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: to Congress part time and then they're supposed to go 509 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 1: home and work their regular jobs and live under the 510 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: laws that they themselves created. That's how the system was 511 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 1: created to work. And it's not how it works. It's 512 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 1: a full time job now, and it shouldn't be. It 513 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 1: shouldn't be a right, let's take a break. I'm Curre 514 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 1: David's filling in for Tony Gatz and you're listening to 515 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 1: Tony Katz today. Merry Christmas, everybody, Happy Knaka that's coming 516 00:31:53,960 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 1: up at some point, Happy Kwanza. I'm care Davis filling 517 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 1: it for Tony Kats. Welcome back to Tony Katz. Today. 518 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 1: We are wrapping up the show, and I thought it 519 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,560 Speaker 1: would be fun just to end with a little Christmas 520 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: advice since we were you know, we're leading into the holidays, 521 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 1: and I've been admonishing you the whole show to get 522 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 1: out there this weekend and finish up your Christmas shopping. 523 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,720 Speaker 1: Don't be that person. So a lot of people have 524 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 1: a lot of questions about how to deal with family 525 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 1: at a time like this, and I have this advice 526 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,760 Speaker 1: column over on my sub sect, just Karadavis dot com 527 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: and it's for premium subscribers, but if you want to 528 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: go enjoy that. I love giving advice. I found this 529 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 1: Christmas advice Calum. I thought we should go through it together. 530 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: Here's a guy I thought it was interesting. He says, 531 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 1: my in laws are unbearable to be around for any 532 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: extended amount of time, not just by me, but by 533 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,200 Speaker 1: my kids, their grandkids, my father in law's sister, and 534 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 1: to some extent, my wife, her brother. So the whole 535 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: family just did they're annoyed by these in laws. It 536 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: wasn't so bad when my parents were alive. We would alternate. 537 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 1: I'm oh, he says, I've mostly started opting out of 538 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 1: the lengthy events that they hold. It wasn't so bad 539 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 1: when his parents were alive because they would alternate holidays, 540 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 1: but now that this parents are dead, every minor holiday 541 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:13,840 Speaker 1: is now a big family event that no one wants 542 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 1: to attend, but I simply can't bear. So the whole 543 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: family is being held captive by the parents, by the 544 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,680 Speaker 1: in laws. Right, they have three and four day Christmas celebrations, 545 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: three and four day anniversary celebrations, three and four day 546 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:31,120 Speaker 1: Father's Day celebrations, and everyone is expected to attend. And 547 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,120 Speaker 1: this guy is saying, it's a lot. It's just it's 548 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 1: quite a lot. He says that it seems that they're 549 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 1: catching on that I'm avoiding them by planning ski trips 550 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: to avoid a three day Christmas family gathering. And my 551 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: mother in law has mentioned to my wife that she 552 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 1: really wants me to like them and appreciate them. And 553 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 1: I am appreciative of them. They're very generous and they've 554 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 1: helped me raise my boys and they've made that a 555 00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: lot easier. However, they were never once They've never once 556 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:06,240 Speaker 1: given any reason to like them. Case in point. On 557 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 1: Father's Day, they expected me to join them for a 558 00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:11,759 Speaker 1: four day getaway, which, on the one hand, is better 559 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,880 Speaker 1: compared to the last few few years, where they just 560 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,200 Speaker 1: expected him to be the servant, you know, do the 561 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,359 Speaker 1: barbecue and make all the cocktails, and then never ask 562 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 1: him about anything about his life. He says. In the 563 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:26,000 Speaker 1: rare chance I'm in a conversation with another family member, 564 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:29,759 Speaker 1: the father in law insists on interrupting the conversation with 565 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,880 Speaker 1: some inane announcement of how great he is. I've been 566 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,279 Speaker 1: married for twenty one years, and in that time they 567 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,880 Speaker 1: didn't attend any of my parents' funerals or any of 568 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:45,760 Speaker 1: our events. I've spoken with my wife, and I've spoken 569 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,279 Speaker 1: with this about my wife, and she understands completely, but 570 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,719 Speaker 1: her mother is filling her with guilt. I would love 571 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,080 Speaker 1: to have an extended family of people to socialize with, 572 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 1: but how can I navigate this when every visit makes 573 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,399 Speaker 1: me feel like I'm about to lose my crap on 574 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,839 Speaker 1: all of them? I would love to like them, so 575 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 1: is there any way to help them understand they need 576 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:11,120 Speaker 1: to be more likable? And here's a little tidbit in here. 577 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,440 Speaker 1: He did say, I think they're Republicans. This is his problem, 578 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:18,560 Speaker 1: he did say. My father I was always trying to 579 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,880 Speaker 1: steer the conversation about how duns are under my America. 580 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:27,480 Speaker 1: Biden wants to face taxes or this is all deis. 581 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,280 Speaker 1: And my advice to this man is to just plan 582 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,640 Speaker 1: your vacations and do that and don't worry about the family. 583 00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 1: They'll come to you if they really want to see you. 584 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,880 Speaker 1: They sound like narcissistic boomers. All right, I'm not a 585 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,239 Speaker 1: narcissistic boomer. I'm a happy gen xer and I'm going 586 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 1: to head out great to be with you guys. I'll 587 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:48,640 Speaker 1: catch you on the flip side. Bye.