1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: It's actually easier to recycle solar panels than either of 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: those products, So maybe that's. 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 2: Some pretty for thought. 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 3: We also did get a text message on the other 5 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 3: text line that Michael can't get to that was kind 6 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 3: of interesting. It said, when turbine blades are being recycled 7 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 3: every day, not sure where this myth got started, but 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 3: that they couldn't be recycled. So to everybody involved, show 9 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 3: us your receipts. Where did you get that information about 10 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 3: the turbine blades, Where did you get that information about 11 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 3: solar planels? And where'd you get the information about the 12 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 3: recycling of the turbine blades. 13 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 2: With regard to the solar panels, doesn't make a difference 14 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: to me whether they can be recyclable or not recycled. 15 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 2: They can't provide you a stable baseline of power, of 16 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 2: reliable power because it goes dark, and until we have 17 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 2: the battery technology to store that energy, it doesn't do 18 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 2: any good. Or if you go dark for a long time, 19 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 2: we certainly don't have the battery technology to do it. 20 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 3: True, because where the conversation started was with the nuclear 21 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 3: nuclear new clear, just so I can piss that one 22 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 3: guy off nuclear, So it's it's going to always be on. 23 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. So we're talking about the Save Act and 24 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 2: the Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who I believe is 25 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 2: deliberately sabotaging a vote on the Save Act because he's 26 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 2: anti Trump, he doesn't like Trump, and he is playing 27 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 2: on the ignorance of American citizens and hiding behind these 28 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: arcane Senate rules to well, you know, and the votes 29 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 2: aren't there, and I just can't do it. Isn't it 30 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 2: fascinating how the American in a constitutional republic where we 31 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 2: elect these yahoos, whether it's you know, the dumbass county 32 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 2: commissioners or a city council or a school board, state 33 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 2: rep state senators or a governor, or the House of 34 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 2: Representatives or the United States Senate an eighty twenty ninety 35 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 2: ten issue, and they refuse to budge and come up 36 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 2: with all sorts of bull crap to you know, just 37 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 2: to flood you with a bunch of meaningless words to 38 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 2: think you, oh, well, it can be done. Jimny Christmas 39 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,679 Speaker 2: just too bad. Drives me crazy, you know what. It 40 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 2: drives me crazy on several levels. The first level is 41 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 2: because it's so disingenuous and disrespectful to the voters. Now, 42 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 2: I agree, a lot of voters are really stupid. Just 43 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 2: look at the number of Democrats to get elected, So 44 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 2: that tells me they're stupid voters. But second is just 45 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 2: the disrespect that, no, we actually care about this stuff, 46 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 2: and you're sitting up there getting paid your one hundred 47 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 2: and seventy five thousand plus or whatever it is per year, 48 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 2: all the perks and all the you know, the stuff 49 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 2: that you get from being a US senator, and you 50 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 2: just you look down on us, and having been there, 51 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 2: having lived among them, I can tell you they're no 52 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 2: better than even They're no better than or or worse 53 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 2: than the average American citizen. Most of you would do 54 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,799 Speaker 2: a better job than the majority of them. So we're 55 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 2: walking through these rules and I just eviscerted the first 56 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 2: one because the Civil Rights Acts of nineteen sixty four 57 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 2: opposed by Democrats. Mike Mansfield is their majority leader, and 58 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 2: yet he's able to get it through. Now, the second 59 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: claim that is made by fun has to do with amendments. 60 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 2: He keeps talking about, Well, the Democrats would just throw 61 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 2: up amendments after amendment after amendment, and it we'd be 62 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 2: mired down on this forever. I think the misunderstanding here 63 00:03:55,560 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 2: is even worse. A lot of the observers would imagine 64 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 2: the Senate floor is a place where senators can rise 65 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 2: endlessly and offer amendments, just one after another, after another 66 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 2: after another, without any constraint whatsoever. In reality, the Senate 67 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 2: procedure uses a structure known as the amendment tree. That 68 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 2: structure determines how many amendments may be pending at any 69 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 2: given time. The easiest way to understand the amendment tree 70 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 2: think of an analogy. Imagine a literal tree that has branches, 71 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 2: and every branch on that tree represents a possible amendment slot. 72 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 2: Once every branch is occupied, the tree is full. When 73 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 2: the tree is full, no additional amendments are in order. 74 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 2: So senators must first dispose of an existing amendment before 75 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 2: another one could be offered. So take a typical Senate bill. 76 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 2: The full amendment tree contains fifteen theoretical amendment positions. Now, 77 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 2: the precise configuration is going to depend on whether the 78 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 2: first amendment is a first degree amendment, the first one offered, 79 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 2: or a substitute amendment. You know, I moved to substitute 80 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 2: amendment A for I moved to submit Amendment B as 81 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 2: a substitute for Amendment A or a motion to strike. 82 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 2: I just want I want to get rid of that amendment. 83 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 2: So the central point doesn't change. The number of amendment 84 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 2: slots is finite, and once the slot gets filled or 85 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 2: all the slots get filled, you cannot. The Senate cannot 86 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 2: consider additional amendments until one of the existing existing amendments 87 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 2: gets resolved, so that procedural structure has an important consequence. 88 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 2: The majority leader enjoys priority recognition on the Senate floor, 89 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 2: so if different if multiple senators seek recognition, the presiding officer, 90 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 2: which would be John Thuon if he wants to preside, 91 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 2: traditionally recognizes the majority leader first, So whoever's presiding over 92 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 2: the Senate, the first person they will recognize will be 93 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 2: the majority leader. The majority leader can offer amendments sequentially, 94 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 2: and he can occupy the available slot seam in the 95 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,119 Speaker 2: amendment tree before the minority has even a chance to act. 96 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 2: That tactic is known literally as filling the amendment tree. 97 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 2: And then once the tree is filled, the minority cannot 98 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 2: offer additional amendments unless the majority chooses to permit it. 99 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 2: So the amendment Q becomes effectively shut down. The Senate 100 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 2: must vote on or dispose of the existing amendments before 101 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 2: any new amendments can be proposed. Both parties have used 102 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 2: that tactic over and over and over. Harry Reid Senate 103 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 2: Majority Leader Harry Reid during the Obama administration filled the 104 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 2: amendment tree a lot in order to block Republican amendments. 105 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 2: So then when Republicans controlled the Senate, Mitch McConnell used 106 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 2: the same tactic to block Democrat amendments, and in many 107 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 2: of those cases, the minority received zero amendment votes. So 108 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 2: I think understanding that practice clarifies why the phrase unlimited 109 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 2: amendments is just truly misleading, almost to the point of lying. 110 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 2: The Senate does not allow and the endless stream of 111 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 2: amendments to accumulate simultaneously. The amendment tree imposes a cap. 112 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 2: If the majority fills the tree and refuses to open it, 113 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 2: the minority cannot force votes on new amendments. He's lying 114 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 2: to this again. 115 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: I like how you guys say it's not possible to 116 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 1: recycle wind turbine blades, but you'ry able to do uh 117 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: spend uranium. However, they both can be recycled but it 118 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: just costs a lot of money to do it. 119 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 2: That's why people don't do it, not going down that 120 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 2: rabbit hole. We need some we need some, as Dragon says, 121 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 2: we need some receipts. Doesn't mean I won't go home 122 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,439 Speaker 2: and have off of curiosity trying to find out myself. 123 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 2: But you don't make the claims. 124 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 3: I mean, that's probably the most accurate things. You can 125 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 3: probably recycle anything, right, just the cost of it is 126 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 3: just not prohibitive. 127 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 2: Cost and the volume, right, Yeah, that's why we don't 128 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 2: recycle most trash because it's just the volume. We've got 129 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 2: enough recycle labored last US bazillion years. Could Democrats force 130 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 2: amendment votes in other ways? Probably? I suppose in theory 131 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 2: they probably could. The majority of my voluntary draw an 132 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 2: amendment slot would open. They might agree by unanimous consent 133 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 2: to set aside the amendment tree. There are any number 134 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 2: of things. I guess in practice this means that the 135 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 2: number of amendments that Democrats could realistic force it's kind 136 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 2: of small. And if the majority maintained strict control of 137 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 2: the amendment tree, which they've shown they can and have 138 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 2: done both parties, then the Democrats might receive no amendment 139 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 2: votes at all. If John Thune allowed a few votes 140 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 2: for political reasons, the number might rise to three or 141 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:39,599 Speaker 2: five only if the majority repeatedly opened the amendment tree, 142 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 2: or they just didn't have the procedural discipline with the 143 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 2: number of approach ten or even more so, that is 144 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 2: almost one hundred and eighty degrees from the image that 145 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 2: Sune keeps trying to project about unlimited amendments and unlimited speaking. 146 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 2: It's more like a controlled pipeline. It's not an open floodgate. 147 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 2: So you might wonder, just like I wondered, Well, these 148 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 2: limits exist. Why does John Thune, all the people in 149 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 2: the cabal who don't like to save acting, you know, 150 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 2: any more than Thune does, or all the pundits keep 151 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 2: repeating this language about unlimited debate and unlimited amendments. Well, one, 152 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,319 Speaker 2: I think, honestly, that's just rhetorically easier to say that. 153 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 2: But the Senate is famous for protecting minority rights, so 154 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 2: the phrase unlimited debate captures that tradition in a really simplified, 155 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 2: oversimplified form. But then there's a practical answer. The amendment 156 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 2: tree is very technical, and the reporters covering the Senate 157 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 2: probably have never studied it. I never thought about the 158 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 2: I knew there was limits on amendments, that I never 159 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 2: understood it as the amendment tree. This, so I started 160 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 2: digging into it. And the same is true with debate. 161 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 2: I knew that they could limit debate, but I was 162 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 2: never quite technically sure in my mind how they would 163 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 2: go about doing that. Now, if you're a determined minority, 164 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 2: you can prolong the debate for a significant period of time. 165 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 2: You got one hundred members two speeches per legislative day. 166 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 2: But if the legislative day continues long enough, the supply 167 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,959 Speaker 2: of speeches will run out. So the majority doesn't need 168 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 2: to win sixty votes for cloture to impose some limits 169 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 2: on debate again Rule nineteen. It's already there. So the 170 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 2: procedural landscape becomes pretty clear, which then raises the question, 171 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:51,199 Speaker 2: what's soon really doing here? Hey? Drag him? 172 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 4: How's it going? 173 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 2: My man? 174 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 4: Hey, Michael, So what you're saying is politicians might actually 175 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 4: stretch the truth a little bit with us. What I 176 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 4: guess the old adage that money doesn't grow on trees 177 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 4: might apply to this position, where we know that amendments 178 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 4: don't grow on trees. 179 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 2: They lie to us. Really, yeah, they lie to you. 180 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 2: Before we get back to John Thune, I spent way 181 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 2: too much time on John Thune in my opinion, But 182 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 2: I just I wanted to sink in just how disrespectful 183 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 2: they are of you and how stupid they think you are. Yeah, 184 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:34,559 Speaker 2: we may make fun of you, but we don't think 185 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 2: you're stupid. We really don't think you're crazy but not stupid. Yes, 186 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 2: I'm still taking questions. As you know, I've been asked 187 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:52,559 Speaker 2: to moderate a gubernatorial debate. It's I think maybe in May, 188 00:12:54,160 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 2: and I'm soliciting questions. Actually, I'm two things. And I'd 189 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 2: like to know who you're supporting and the reasons why. 190 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 2: Or you can tell me why you're opposed to someone. 191 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 2: Tell me the reasons why, and or send me questions 192 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 2: you would like to ask any of the candidates. Maybe 193 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 2: it's a candidate that you don't support and you want 194 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 2: to ask a particular question, or a candidate that you 195 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 2: do support and you want to uh, you want them 196 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 2: to have the opportunity to answer a question that reflects 197 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,559 Speaker 2: why you support that candidate. You don't have to be 198 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,559 Speaker 2: a Republican. You can be a Democrat, you can be unaffiliated. 199 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:43,239 Speaker 2: I just want an idea of why you're supporting particular candidates, 200 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 2: why you're opposed to certain candidates, and I'd like to 201 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:51,319 Speaker 2: have questions. I'd like to know what your questions are. 202 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 2: Michael Brown at iHeartMedia dot com. Michael Brown at iHeartMedia 203 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 2: dot com. Subject line is this because I want to 204 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 2: be able to just, you know, maybe in a few weeks, 205 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 2: just organize my email inbox by subject line, and I 206 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 2: want to find them all and put them in a folder. 207 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:13,599 Speaker 2: G O P gov G Can you spell this? G 208 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 2: O P, space g O V. Can we make any 209 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 2: simpler for them? 210 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: Dragon? 211 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 2: I think you know six it's just six letters and 212 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 2: a space. Well that's space. But two of the letters 213 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 2: repeat G and O, so you only have three under 214 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 2: P and V, so like PVC by it. Come on you. 215 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 2: I think you guys can do this questions or answer questions, 216 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 2: or support or oppose why why not? Blah blah blah blah, 217 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 2: And I want questions questions. You don't have to be 218 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 2: of either. You can be of any party. I don't care. 219 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 2: You can be the Communist party. I'm like you know, 220 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 2: in fact, if you are a communist I really would 221 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 2: be interested in those questions. 222 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 4: Here's John Thune resistance to do this talking filibuster, tying 223 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,479 Speaker 4: the senator knots for weeks. 224 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 5: We don't have the votes either to proceed get on 225 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 5: a talking filibuster, nor to sustain one if we got 226 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 5: on it. But that's just a that is just a 227 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 5: functional math, and there is anything I can do about that. 228 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 5: I mean, I understand the President's got a. 229 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 2: Passion to see this issue addressed, as we all do. 230 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 4: Does he understand that though. 231 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 5: Well, we conveyed that to him. But we will continue 232 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 5: to make that argument because I think it's important that 233 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 5: everybody understand that this really is about it's about the vote, 234 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 5: it's about the math. 235 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 2: And I find, for. 236 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 5: For better or worse, I'm the one who has to 237 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 5: be the clear ide realist. 238 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 2: About what we can achieve here. 239 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 5: And so we'll continue to convey that. 240 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 2: And and I think that that's want to pause a moment. 241 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 2: One thing he says that everybody glosses over is I 242 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 2: don't I don't have the votes for a talking filibuster really, 243 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 2: So you mean you have some senators who are unwilling 244 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 2: to vote to bring it to the floor. I'd like 245 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 2: to know who they are. The only way we can 246 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 2: find out who they are is if you have a vote. 247 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 2: Show us who they are, make them reveal themselves. Let's 248 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 2: draw the lines. Let's draw a line. Here on the 249 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 2: left are people who Republican or Democrat are opposed to 250 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 2: save Act. I'd like to know who they are. Over 251 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 2: Here on the right, the people who like it, want it, 252 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 2: want to try, even if they lose. They'd like to 253 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 2: be the man in the arena. To quote Theodore Roosevelt. 254 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 2: They'd like to be They'd like to have at least 255 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 2: tried and failed, rather than never try. Good grief, Your 256 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 2: freaking United States senators have some cajones. Stand up and 257 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 2: be counted votes. Okay, well, they show us who they are, 258 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 2: shows who they are. I'd like to know. I can't. 259 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 2: I can almost guarantee you this. They keep playing this game, 260 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 2: we will will lose the United States Senate. I think 261 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 2: based on the current count the open seats, if any 262 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 2: and the incumbents, we have a very good chance of 263 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 2: retaining the United States Senate. They blow this, I think 264 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 2: we have an excellent chance of losing the United States Senate. Yes, 265 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 2: and if we lose the Senate, because of the odds, 266 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 2: on favorite that we will lose the House. Trump for 267 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 2: his last two years will not have a legislative majority 268 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 2: in either House to try to push through his agenda 269 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,719 Speaker 2: or to try to stop the Democrats. The only thing 270 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 2: he'll have would be the veto power. That's retail politics 271 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 2: in a nutshell. And John Thune, you know, I really, 272 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 2: I truly do hate the term rhino, but I think 273 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 2: it applies here. He has no guts, he has no 274 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 2: testicles whatsoever. He's a swamp creature. And I just find 275 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 2: that the more I listen to him speaking, the more 276 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 2: I watch, the more I just become disgusted by it. 277 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 2: Just hold a vote. I know what you're doing. You're 278 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 2: protecting those who go out to their constituents. They take 279 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 2: a break. I'm sure there's you know, today ending. Why 280 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 2: so there must be some holiday for which they can 281 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 2: take a break. And they'll come up and they'll ask 282 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 2: you for money, they'll ask you for their vote, and 283 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 2: they'll talk about how they're fighting for President Trump, and 284 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 2: they're doing all these things to try and get these 285 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 2: policies in place. They're line sacks, and you know what, 286 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 2: they're line sacks of feces and fune is the one 287 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 2: that's well, he's kind of like the United States Air 288 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 2: Force right now. He's giving cover to everything else that 289 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 2: we're trying to do in orn He's giving cover to 290 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 2: the Democrats, and he's giving cover to the Republicans who 291 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 2: don't want to admit to their constituents they really don't 292 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 2: like to save ACT. I'd like to know who those 293 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:03,359 Speaker 2: people are. We're going to have the fight on. 294 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 5: We're going to vote on this. We're gonna put it 295 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 5: up and we'll give the Democrats the opportunity to cast 296 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,400 Speaker 5: their vote on whether or not they think non citizens 297 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 5: ought to vote in American elections, and so that debate 298 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 5: will happen. But like I said, I can guarantee the debate. 299 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 5: I can guarantee a vote. I just can't guarantee an outcome. 300 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 5: Do you think the Magabase has an unrealistic expectation. 301 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 2: Of passing that legislation without Democrats apart? 302 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 5: I think there are a lot of There are a 303 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 5: lot of optimistic use about what Democrats may or may 304 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 5: not do. 305 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:39,919 Speaker 2: First of all, he's buying into the premise of the question. 306 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 2: We don't need if the Republicans will vote as a block, 307 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 2: even with some defections and we end up a fifty 308 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 2: to fifty tie. That's why we had the vice president. 309 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 2: JD's looking for something to do. Here's something here, here, 310 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 2: here's something jdvans can go do break the tie. So 311 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 2: he's then actually buys into the premise. And I try 312 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 2: to teach everybody never buy into the I mean, sometimes 313 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 2: the premise is correct, but don't automatically buy into the 314 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 2: premise of a question. 315 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 5: We all know because we deal with every day that 316 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 5: the Democrats are not all of a sudden going to 317 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 5: decide that this is something they want to before. So yeah, again, 318 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 5: I mean, I think you have a lot of optimists 319 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 5: out there, and I appreciate that, and a lot of 320 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 5: passionate energy behind and getting an outcome here. But getting 321 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 5: an outcome would require Democrat votes. And you know, we'll 322 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 5: give him a chance, like I said, they'll have that 323 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 5: opportunity to vote one way or the other on this, 324 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 5: but I would be very, very spetific, maybe more different. 325 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 2: When he says we need Democrat votes, do you know 326 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 2: what the inverse of that is? He's telling you indirectly 327 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,679 Speaker 2: because he thinks you're too stupid to understand it, that 328 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 2: he doesn't have enough Democrat or a republic votes to 329 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 2: get to a fifty to fifty tie, that there will 330 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 2: be more defections when this vote actually comes to the 331 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 2: floor for an up and up or down vote, that 332 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 2: he doesn't have enough to get to a fifty to 333 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 2: fifty tie, so that JD Vans could I want to 334 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 2: know who they are. I want to know who those 335 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 2: yahoos are, those those pathetic, pathetic Republicans that will not 336 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 2: stand up and be counted. Quit letting John Thune in 337 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:36,679 Speaker 2: his fancy schmancy suit and tie tell you though, oh, 338 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:38,399 Speaker 2: we used to let the votes. We don't have a 339 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 2: Democrat votes. You don't need them. You need. What you 340 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:49,439 Speaker 2: need are enough Republicans that will understand where their constituents 341 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 2: are on this issue and vote as we're asking you 342 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 2: to do. 343 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 5: All if the President keeps adding pieces of policy to 344 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,199 Speaker 5: this legislation, would it be better if you just had 345 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 5: a straight umper down vote on photo ID or citizenship prisence. 346 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 5: We certainly want to vote on the issues that came 347 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 5: over from the House. The President has since that time 348 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 5: added some additional coins. 349 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 2: I don't care what the President adds again, he's playing 350 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 2: like here, we're stupid. This is a vote on what 351 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 2: the House passed. Now, Donald Trump can go out and 352 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 2: on true social or in a press conference add things 353 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 2: he'd also like to see in the bill, but they're 354 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 2: not in the bill. There is only one bill right now, 355 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 2: the bill passed by the United States House of Representatives 356 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 2: that has been passed sent to the Senate. And that's 357 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 2: what we're debating about. We're not debating about anything else 358 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 2: that Trump says he might want to add. We're talking 359 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:51,160 Speaker 2: about the bill as passed by the House. My god, 360 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 2: this guy's a I mean, talk about a line sacker crap. 361 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 5: He really is in his request, which we will figure 362 00:22:58,160 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 5: out a way to get both on as well. 363 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 2: But obviously I think the core this is just confusing 364 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 2: the issue. This is just a deflection. This is a 365 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 2: smoke screen. 366 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 5: Or issue with respect to to Save America Act is 367 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 5: ensuring that non citizens aren't voting in American elections and 368 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,639 Speaker 5: only citizens are voting in our elections, and that they 369 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 5: have to be citizens to register to vote, and they 370 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 5: have to. 371 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 2: Be citizens to vote. Okay, so go do it. Go 372 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 2: do it. Quit the DS and around about it, because 373 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 2: we're onto your game. In the end, the Center remains 374 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 2: what it had always been, an institution who's rules create opportunities, 375 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 2: not necessarily outcomes. The majority has those tools right now. 376 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,199 Speaker 2: The minority has tactics. So if the majority, the Republicans 377 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,639 Speaker 2: want to say that to pass badly enough to do 378 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 2: the work required to defeat a talking filibuster, the bill 379 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 2: will inevidaly pass. The minority doesn't possess a procedural weapon 380 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 2: they can permanently stop a determined majority that is willing 381 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 2: to hold the floor, fill the amendmentry keep voting until 382 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 2: the bill is adopted. What the minority do is can 383 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 2: they They can raise the cost, they can slow the process. 384 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 2: They can force long hours you're like your boss often 385 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 2: does k when need you come in and fill in 386 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:18,719 Speaker 2: work level later, And they can demand sustained discipline. Delay 387 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 2: is not defeat. More than eighty five percent of the 388 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 2: American people and the President are demanding the Senate secure 389 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 2: the elections. Now, if the majority treats that demand with 390 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 2: the seriousness that I believe it deserves, and if it's 391 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 2: willing to expend the time and effort required by the institution, 392 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,199 Speaker 2: that they offer that they wanted to get elected to 393 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 2: and now serve in the say act will indeed pass. 394 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,160 Speaker 2: The only real question is whether the majority is willing 395 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 2: to do that work. You know, cut, It's simply anchored 396 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 2: in her This is all anchored in the original documents 397 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 2: and the Senate rules themselves, and all they have to 398 00:24:55,840 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 2: do is just stand up and be counted. Why they 399 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 2: won't it is simply beyond me. Now let's go back. 400 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 2: I'm gonna finish the segment up with something that Chevron again, 401 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 2: according to X, and according to some of the new 402 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 2: sites on X, Chevron has agreed to preliminary terms to 403 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 2: expand output in the Ornoco Belt, while Shell is working 404 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 2: on preliminary deals to develop oil and gas fields in 405 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 2: the Minaugus North region. So yes, Exon Mobile has remained 406 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:40,160 Speaker 2: on the sidelines related to Venezuela for its own business reasons, 407 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 2: where I think we frankly should respect. But other big 408 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 2: oil companies and some smaller ones are busily getting involved 409 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,440 Speaker 2: in trying to secure a place in the nascent boon 410 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 2: that's happening in Venezuela. And I point that out because 411 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 2: I want to caution everybody not to fall for all 412 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:04,680 Speaker 2: the doom in gloom that the cabal and quite frankly 413 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 2: suffers of Trump arrangement syndrome are putting out there right 414 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 2: now related to the conflict in Iran. Is everything going 415 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 2: to swell No, because I can tell you the kinetic 416 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 2: conflict never goes one hundred percent according to plan. No 417 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 2: plans ever go one hundred percent to plan. There are 418 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 2: plenty of problems that the White House and the Pentagon 419 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,400 Speaker 2: will have to address and address quickly, or we will 420 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 2: see oil prices spike right back up again with all 421 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 2: the intended economic consequences that will create, and people in 422 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 2: the media will be absolutely telling you that it is 423 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 2: the end of civilization. I heard on the way into 424 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 2: the studio this morning that the price of gas in 425 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 2: California has now exceeded the national averages I don't know, 426 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 2: somewhere between five and six dollars a gallon. I assume 427 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 2: that's for just regular unleaded. Well, when you tack on that, 428 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,640 Speaker 2: Valero has decided that they're going to shut down their 429 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 2: refinery at a cost of billions of dollars and move 430 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 2: to Texas, which is where I think they actually started. 431 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 2: Valra is going to move back to Texas, so the 432 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:10,879 Speaker 2: number of refineries in California continue to decline. Do you 433 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 2: know what the gas tax in California is? I think 434 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 2: I may be wrong about this, but I think it's 435 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 2: sixty one cents a gallon sixty one cents, and on 436 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 2: top of that sixty one sense you have to have 437 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 2: a particular oil in order to refine that into the 438 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 2: blend of gas that California requires for their driving year round, 439 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 2: now just in summertime, but year round. So when you 440 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 2: announce that you're going to shut down a refinery, well, 441 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:45,400 Speaker 2: the gas stations, the distributors will immediately start buying up 442 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 2: all the supply they can at those current prices, and 443 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 2: of course they will jack those prices up. Or if 444 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 2: they bought when the prices when the price of oil 445 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 2: was higher, they buy ahead of time, so their price 446 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,400 Speaker 2: gets fixed. And because they operated and saw small margins. 447 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 2: Of course, now you can blame them. I don't blame them, 448 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,679 Speaker 2: but you can say, well, but what they're doing is 449 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:11,400 Speaker 2: they are taking advantage of they bought lower gas when 450 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:15,200 Speaker 2: it was lower, they filled the tanks. Oil price goes up, 451 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 2: so they jack up their prices a little bit. Yeah, 452 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:21,919 Speaker 2: they do that. You know why, because when they empty 453 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,879 Speaker 2: those gas tanks at a Sam's or Costco or wherever 454 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,160 Speaker 2: it might be. Then they had to refill those at 455 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 2: a higher price. It's going to cost them more, so 456 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 2: they try to a dollar cost averaging. They try to 457 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 2: even some of those costs out. They'll buy low, charge 458 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 2: you a little more because they know eventually they're gonna 459 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 2: have to buy high and they're gont have to charge 460 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 2: even more for that. They want you to keep coming 461 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 2: back to that station. Three cargo ships got hit in 462 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 2: the Persian Gulf. Two are damage, the thirds of Blazing 463 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 2: and the straight Hoor Moves the cruise of banning ship. 464 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 2: That's not news the shipping industry hoped to to wake 465 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 2: up to. But CNN is actually they could be lying 466 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 2: about whether or not the Iranians are mining the straight 467 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 2: over moves or not. I don't know. But here's the thing. 468 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 2: It doesn't matter whether the report is true or not. 469 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 2: What matters is that it spreads through the propaganda media 470 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 2: complex the cabal and is likely going to spook traders 471 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 2: in both the US oil market and the stock markets. 472 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 2: Will do so, probably temporarily, so it's likely that we 473 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 2: will see oil prices rising again. And let's see, they're 474 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:35,640 Speaker 2: all in commercial right now. I don't know what it 475 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 2: is right now, but I said yesterday it dropped below 476 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 2: I forget what it closed at, but it dropped below 477 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 2: the ninety dollars bar market was down at eighty four 478 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 2: eighty five. You'll probably see it back. You're going back 479 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 2: up again. Who knows where it will land. This is 480 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 2: not unusual whatsoever. The speculators and the traders are just 481 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:00,880 Speaker 2: do they listen to the same news we now they've 482 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 2: got in let's they will tell you whether something is 483 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 2: real or not, but they're not necessarily getting briefed on 484 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 2: what's really happening in the strait. So we also need 485 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 2: to dismiss anyone who will tell you that Iran is 486 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 2: just like Venezuela and that Trump will easily overlay the 487 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 2: Venezuela model, which is working so well, you know, working 488 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 2: pretty well so far over the year. Once the Iranian 489 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 2: regime wants or if is fully dispoke, you know, deposed 490 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 2: of Iran is a vastly more complex situation than what 491 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 2: we encountered in Venezuela. And all that having been said, 492 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 2: it's obvious that what's obvious is this President Trump's goal 493 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 2: related to Iran. And I've learned over the years, never 494 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 2: to discount this president's ability to achieve the goals that 495 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,480 Speaker 2: he has set for himself in for this country. And 496 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 2: I suspect most of you have learned that lesson too. 497 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 2: So when he tells us that, oh, you know, ail 498 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 2: prices are going to go up temporarily, I think that's 499 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 2: probably true. And if we seize the moment and if 500 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 2: we really do win in this in this region, little 501 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 2: prices will come back down. As I said yesterday, we're 502 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 2: so we got such short term memory loss and a 503 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 2: long term memory ignorance that we don't understand. This is 504 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 2: just how it works. These are free markets working, and 505 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,959 Speaker 2: they're working at a time when we're trying to protect 506 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,720 Speaker 2: not just ourselves but the entire Middle East and the 507 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 2: entire world from the crazies that are running that country.