1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: Hey, Michael, I'm looking out the window on the observation deck. 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: Got my popcorn handy. I'm pretty much monitoring all the 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 1: fishing boats out here. It seems like all the fishing 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: boats are just fishing. But I'm waiting because I hear 5 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: these fishing boats are really in for trouble. 6 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,639 Speaker 2: I hope you have a I hope you have a 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 2: camera set up so that you're just constantly recording so 8 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: we can get like amateur video of a kaboom kaboom. 9 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 2: I got a call, uh. I actually I got an 10 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: email last night from mister Redbeard, and so I just 11 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 2: want to get this out. It's up to you, but 12 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:41,959 Speaker 2: I'd like to get it out of the way right 13 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,639 Speaker 2: now if we can. Do you want to do that? 14 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 3: I mean, your name is on the show, so I 15 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 3: mean we can, I know, but you know what we 16 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 3: can do. 17 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 2: As much as I am, as much as I really 18 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 2: hate to admit this, uh, I have a real affinity 19 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: not for you, but for Lance and the other kids, 20 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 2: and of course missus Redbeard. Right. 21 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 3: So that's that's that's the only reason I'm doing this 22 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 3: for Lance and Nicholas my grandkid. Yes, yes, and. 23 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 2: Of course missus Redbeard and all the other family members 24 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 2: that I've never met my entire life, but all of them. Yes, 25 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 2: but you know, no, that sounds about right. 26 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, just go to Michael says, go here dot com. 27 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 3: There's a Lance and Nicholas's other grandfather, my daughter in 28 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 3: law's father. He's having some troubles right now and kind 29 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 3: of the little medical issues that are going on. To 30 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 3: get the proper skilled care, he would need to go 31 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 3: out of state to get these procedures done, and their 32 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 3: insurance doesn't cover out of state procedures. So Michael says, 33 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 3: go here dot com. There's a quick little link right there. 34 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, and so that that's let's just say, that's the 35 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 2: end of that conversation, all right, But can I can 36 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: I talk about something else? I know, I know what 37 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 2: we were told, but I have interests because I find 38 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 2: this kind of stuff fascinating me. 39 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 3: If if you want to ta up dance on the line, 40 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 3: that's fine, Michael, that's right. 41 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 2: The Dragon's done all that he's told he's allowed to do. 42 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 2: But now I'm just curious because there apparently are surgeons 43 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 2: here correct that can do one aspect that they can 44 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 2: do what needs to be done, But they've never done 45 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 2: what needs to be done because of the other stuff 46 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 2: that's going on. 47 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 3: Right Because for those that may not remember and those 48 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 3: who are new to the show, there was a very 49 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 3: large concern when my daughter in law gave birth to 50 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 3: both my grandson Lance and Nicholas, because of an underlying 51 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 3: medical condition that they found out that she had that 52 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 3: was genetic from her father, that if you are have 53 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 3: this condition and you overly exert yourself, you could quite 54 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 3: literally die. So because of his condition and because of 55 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 3: the procedure that he needs, the surgeons here in Colorado 56 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 3: don't deal with both that they are not knowledgeable in 57 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 3: both right, whether there is you found one, but you 58 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 3: found one? Are they found one? They found one at 59 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 3: the male. 60 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 2: Both right. So there's one surgeon in the entire country 61 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 2: that can do this particular procedure. It's confident enough do 62 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 2: this procedure. I mean, it worst comes to worse, you 63 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 2: you could go with. I mean, I don't know. They'd 64 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:28,679 Speaker 2: be up to the doctor whether they want to try 65 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 2: it or not. But I just find it fascinating that 66 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 2: out of three hundred and fifty million Americans, whatever the 67 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 2: number of doctors that is, that we that you not we, 68 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 2: but you have found or the family has found one 69 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 2: surgeon and one little place up in Minnesota that can 70 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 2: do this. Yeah. Wow, Now did they do that by 71 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 2: researching and researching or did they get referral by referral by. 72 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 3: Referral, referrad by by referral by referral And they have 73 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 3: gone to the Mayo Clinic for underlying care for this. 74 00:03:58,360 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 2: Oh, so they've been there before. 75 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 3: They've been there before, and like I said, just the 76 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 3: Colorado guys like we can do the procedure. It's an 77 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 3: easy procedure. It's life threatening. You know, any surgery is 78 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 3: life threading, but more so here. But with his condition, 79 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 3: it makes it a whole lot scarier right. 80 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 2: Now because we've been and I understand why the management 81 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 2: didn't want to spend a lot of time on this. 82 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 2: I understand that. But it's a great segue I think 83 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 2: into a somewhat shortened but nonetheless I think important discussion 84 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 2: about healthcare in this country because, as I told you before, 85 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 2: Tamer's dad was a general surgeon. He's a general practitioner. 86 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 2: He was an old country doctors. What he was he 87 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 2: could do anything and everything, and he had his classmates 88 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 2: at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine back in 89 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 2: when he graduated, like in nineteen forty something, whatever it was, 90 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 2: It was him, this one Protestant, and I think they 91 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 2: were all other Jews. I mean, I think it was. 92 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 2: It was it was one Gentile and you know, like 93 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 2: out of a class of forty doctors that graduated in 94 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 2: nineteen forty one gentile and thirty nine Jews, and they 95 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 2: all specialized in everything, and they all were adamant. I 96 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 2: mean because we used a couple of them. I used 97 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 2: one of his classmates as a general practitioner when Tam 98 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 2: and I first got married, and then we used another 99 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 2: one of his classmates as our pediatrician. And I think 100 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 2: even Tama may have used one of the doctors as 101 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 2: an OBGYN doctor, but I'm I don't really recall. But 102 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 2: these guys were just smart as heck, and they could 103 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 2: do anything in everything, and they weren't afraid to try anything. 104 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 2: Now we've become so specialized, and because the insurance companies 105 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 2: have become so regulated and so intertwined with government, which 106 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 2: is again why whenever you say to me something about 107 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 2: a public private partnership, I immediately think ripoff. I immediately 108 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 2: think the summary. Somebody somewhere is going to get screwed, 109 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 2: and somebody somewhere is going to make a lot more 110 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 2: money than they would if it was just a private enterprise. 111 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 2: And I think that's what's happened with the insurance companies. 112 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 2: And here we have, here, we have a situation where 113 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 2: somebody needs this particular kind of surgery. Now let's stop 114 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 2: and think about just that. Probably nowhere else in the 115 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 2: world do we have the quality of medicine that we 116 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 2: have in this country. And trust me, I've been to 117 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,239 Speaker 2: doctors all over the world in my travels as the Indersecretary. 118 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 2: And while I was fortunate many times to be seen 119 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 2: by a you know, a naval medical officer at an 120 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 2: embassy and Ozerbajhan or somewhere, that was great. But if 121 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 2: you have to go see a doctor at the National 122 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 2: Health Service in the United Kingdom, well sucks to be you. 123 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 2: They'll put you on a gurney and when your passport expires, 124 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 2: they'll be like, oh, maybe we should have taken care 125 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 2: of this guy earlier. And now we have a situation 126 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 2: where there is one doctor in one state, not Colorado, 127 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 2: that can form this particular kind of surgery, yet the 128 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 2: insurance is not portable and will not cover that because 129 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 2: it is out of state. Now, think about how ludicrous 130 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 2: ludicrous that is. It's It's much like in some ways, 131 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 2: I'll make it. I'll make it. Not a perfect analogy, 132 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 2: but somewhat of an analogy to auto insurance. Think about this, 133 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 2: if you bought auto insurance and it was only good 134 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 2: within the confine, the geographical confines, or the jurisdiction of 135 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 2: the state of Colorado, which would mean that for me, 136 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 2: like loading up the Lienburgers and driving down to the 137 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 2: undisclosed location in in WayHome, Mexico, I would have to 138 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 2: have a separate otimobile policy to cover, you know, any 139 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 2: liability or collision coverage that I might need if I 140 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 2: were traveling in New Mexico, or if I go to 141 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 2: Oklahoma's see my mom, or if I you know, as 142 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 2: I said, we were going on Friday to our grandson's 143 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 2: college graduation. I'm so damn proud of him to his 144 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 2: college graduation up in Missoula, Montana, University of Montana, and I, 145 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 2: you know, I'm like I said, I'm not going to 146 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 2: rent a car. I just I'll just uber around. But 147 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 2: maybe I should check to see if my you know, 148 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 2: need a policy from my Uber in Montana and I 149 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 2: used Uber and you know stuff in New York City? 150 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 2: Do I need an Uber policy there? It just shows that. 151 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 2: And when and when you go back and you think 152 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 2: about the government shut down, what was the government shut 153 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 2: down about? It was about the fact that, oh, the 154 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 2: Obamacare subsidies have expired, something that was not supposed to 155 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 2: continue anyway. But like any of the government program, it metastasized. 156 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 2: And now Republicans are just falling over themselves, not doing anything. 157 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 2: They're just like a bunch of Keystone cops. But there 158 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 2: clowns in a clown car. They are clowns in the 159 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 2: feed in a Volkswagen Beetle. They and they just they 160 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 2: can't They're frozen. They can't do anything. And all they 161 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 2: need to do is just stand up and say the smartest, wisest, 162 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 2: the best economic decision is to kill that bill, Obamacare. 163 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 2: If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. Wait, 164 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 2: find out that's not true. Oh, you know, the average 165 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 2: premium for a family of four, I forget it was 166 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 2: at twelve hundred and fifteen hundred dollars. I forget which 167 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 2: one it was going to be. But you know, Obama 168 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 2: led and led and lied to us about Oh you 169 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 2: know with this, the average you know family be able 170 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 2: to get a policy for fifteen hundred dollars a year. 171 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 2: Where the hell is that? And you know why, it's 172 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 2: because the government is subsidizing it, and so you're getting 173 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:52,439 Speaker 2: what crap, You're just getting crap. And so they're putting 174 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 2: in a position where they're policy and I have no 175 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 2: clue and I'm not asking I'm not asking Dragon to 176 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 2: chime in on this because this is my this is 177 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 2: my time, not Dragon's time. You think about they have 178 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 2: a policy. I don't care who it is, but the 179 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 2: policy says, oh, yeah, we'll cover it if you do 180 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 2: it here, but if you do it there, we won't 181 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,719 Speaker 2: cover it. Well, there is not like you're going to 182 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:18,079 Speaker 2: use Bakistan. Uh well, well, you know, come to think 183 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 2: of it, you are going to Minnesota, and maybe it's 184 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 2: a Somali doctor that's going to do it, and so 185 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 2: they don't they don't cover a Smali trained doctor. You 186 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 2: might wait. Take you into that, Dragon to make sure 187 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 2: that the doctor really is not Somali and that there 188 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 2: really is something there. But it's just a great example 189 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 2: of how how we we do two things. We love private, well, 190 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 2: somebody loves private partnerships public private partnerships. I do not. 191 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 2: And people don't understand stand that you subsidize something. College 192 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 2: tuition is a great example. So the government takes over 193 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 2: college tuition. It's subsidizing college tuition. So the colleges and 194 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 2: universities know that they're not going to a private bank, 195 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 2: they're not going to a private lender, They're going to 196 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 2: the taxpayers for these student loans. So why don't we 197 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 2: just keep jacking up slowly tuition because we know there's 198 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 2: a fountain of dollars just flowing over there. And it's 199 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 2: the same with healthcare. As they know that government's going 200 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 2: to pay for that, and government's going to subsidize those 201 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 2: insurance policies. Way, they'll just keep jacking up the cost 202 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,719 Speaker 2: at the same time that they limit the coverage. You 203 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 2: pay more for less thanks to government intervention. Oh my gosh, 204 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 2: you guys mean nuts. So I've got three or four 205 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 2: books that I've got a book about William F. Buckley 206 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:44,959 Speaker 2: that I'm reading right now. I've got another book on 207 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 2: the American Revolution I'm reading. I really do have ADHD 208 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 2: And I've got way too many books that I'm reading, 209 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 2: and in addition to that, I'm slowly, i'mm very very 210 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 2: slowly getting through them because I'm spending way too much 211 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 2: time online. And I'm spending too much time online because 212 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 2: that's how I do my show prep. I don't, you know, 213 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 2: I don't walk out to the driveway in the mornings 214 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 2: or in the afternoons, you know, God bless the Rocky 215 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,719 Speaker 2: Mountain News and pick up a newspaper and peruse through 216 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,319 Speaker 2: the newspaper and say, oh, there's some really good stories. No, 217 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 2: I'm reading whatever newspapers exist, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, 218 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 2: Washington Post, Los Angeles Times. What else do I read online? 219 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 2: And then of course I'm going to different websites, and 220 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 2: then I'm going to social media. And I had discovered 221 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 2: for myself that doing that you can easily slip, like 222 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,839 Speaker 2: if you start, you know, like maybe you're I tend 223 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 2: to do this sometimes at lunch if I meet, if 224 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 2: I'm meeting lunch by myself, I'll do a little show 225 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 2: prep while I'm doing lunch. And pretty soon what am 226 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 2: I really doing? I'm dead scrolling. I'm just dead scrolling 227 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 2: through everything. And I have found that. And I, you know, 228 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 2: I've not had a neurologist check I wonder what they'd 229 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 2: find if I had a neurologist check me cognitive decline 230 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 2: that started decades ago. They wouldn't find the brain. They 231 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 2: wouldn't There is no cognitive decline because there is nothing 232 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 2: there to do any cognition to begin with. So it's 233 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 2: just like it's just not going to happen. But I 234 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 2: have found myself at times just literally dead scrolling, mindlessly 235 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 2: scrolling through I don't have a TikTok account, but mindlessly 236 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 2: scrolling through ex or Facebook or Instagram or whatever. And 237 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 2: then this morning I wake up and I quickly turn 238 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 2: on KADIVR because I, you know, the most accurate weather 239 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 2: forecast in the history of mankind, and so I see 240 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 2: what the weather forecast is going to be. And then 241 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 2: I flip over real quickly at precisely seven am, just 242 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 2: to see what the headlines are, the leading stories on 243 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 2: Fox and Friends, which I despise that program. And lo 244 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 2: in behold, they catch my attention today because they're talking 245 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 2: to Sean Duffy, the Secretary Transportation, and the Secretary Transportation 246 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 2: has decided that one he's been for several weeks now 247 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 2: talking about if you're going to be flying, like take 248 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 2: your pajamas off and put on some real clothes, and 249 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 2: don't wear flip flops. Don't trim your toenails, you know 250 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 2: while you're sitting, you know, there in your seat, don't 251 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 2: haul the arm rest, try to bathe, you know, before 252 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 2: you take a flight. And don't get me wrong, I'm 253 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 2: all for that. I think people really ought to. I'm 254 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 2: not saying you got to put a suit and tie 255 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 2: on to fly, but how about just a clean pair 256 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 2: of jeans, you know, a nice collared shirt, and some 257 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 2: real shoes, you know, boots, sneakers, loafers, something, and not 258 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 2: flip flops. I don't want to see your crusty, old, yellow, 259 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 2: nasty toenails. 260 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 3: Can we also add bringing food, Oh my god, even 261 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 3: if it is the standard McDonald's or Burger king from 262 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 3: from the terminal, just just don't. 263 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 2: Just don't just eat before you get on the plane. 264 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 3: Most once it's three four hour plane ride, right, You'll 265 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 3: be fine. 266 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 2: Take the next they give you. And if you don't 267 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 2: like that, you know what I would one exception that 268 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 2: dragon if you want to buy like some candy bars 269 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 2: or snacks or something that don't give off the the 270 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:32,479 Speaker 2: aroma of an Indian curry kitchen trip or a Himalayan 271 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 2: or Ethiopian kitchen, and dear God, no f or a 272 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 2: Chinese or a Thai restaurant. I don't want that. But 273 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 2: if you want to, you know, grab some peanuts or 274 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 2: some popcorn or whatever, that's fine with me. I don't 275 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 2: care do that. But despite as I mean, air travel 276 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 2: is just a commodity. It's no longer a luxury. It's 277 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 2: no longer. And I don't know what the percentage is. 278 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 2: Maybe somebody can tell me. I don't want the percentage 279 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 2: of three hundred and fifty million Americans is that takes 280 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 2: one or more airline trips a year. My guess is 281 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 2: it's very, very small. And you can always see them too. 282 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 2: You always recognize them because they're they're like people who've 283 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 2: the first time in DC or the first time in 284 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 2: New York City, or the first time outside and they're like, 285 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 2: you know, they've been herbit's their entire life. And they 286 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 2: walk outside and they're like, oh, what's that big bright 287 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 2: thing in the sky. Oh, it's the sun. And they're 288 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 2: just looking around and they're bumping into people and they 289 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 2: have no clue what they're doing or where they're going, 290 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 2: or how to get their way, or how to behave 291 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 2: or do anything. It drives me, baddy. We are truly 292 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 2: an uncivilized nature nation. And we've reached the point now 293 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 2: where the Secretary of Transportation is trying to tell people 294 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 2: how to dress on airlines. But it's even worse. He 295 00:16:54,480 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 2: wants to put in like they called little micro gyms 296 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,439 Speaker 2: or micro exercises where you're going to do You can 297 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 2: do some pull ups, you can do any Why why 298 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 2: don't you give me more security to make security go faster. 299 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 2: Why don't you give me some comfortable seats to sit on? Well, 300 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 2: you know, while I'm sitting around waiting for the gate 301 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 2: to open or something. Why don't you do things like that? 302 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 2: We are really stupid in this country. I didn't realize 303 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 2: the King was running for president again. Turned on Fox 304 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 2: News and look like a campaign rally. Everyone had a 305 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 2: great day. We're going to get to that campaign rally 306 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:42,880 Speaker 2: in a little bit, not the rally itself, but the messaging. 307 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 2: We're going to talk about that. So back to my 308 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 2: routine about doing show prep. What I'm finding and I'm 309 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 2: really trying to figure out a consistent methodological way of 310 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,439 Speaker 2: counter this. But it really easy is it's very easy 311 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 2: to get hooked online and before you know it, you 312 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 2: spent hour upon hour immersed in it. Now, don't get 313 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 2: me wrong, I think that, you know, the the internet 314 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 2: has very good uses, but like anything, it has a 315 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,199 Speaker 2: bad side too. And learning to stay in control of 316 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 2: your social media life is difficult enough as an adult, 317 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 2: but if you're a kid, it can be especially a 318 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 2: very dangerous world in which to live and operate. And 319 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 2: I think there are you know, one of the things 320 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 2: that Sean Duffy talked about learns of travel that again 321 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:45,439 Speaker 2: piqued my curiosity was let's get kids off screens. And 322 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 2: you know, because parents take them to airports and they 323 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 2: pop them down in a chair and they put a 324 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 2: you know, an iPad in front of them and tell 325 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 2: them to watch that. And Sean Duffy, the Transportation Secretary's 326 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 2: answer was no, let's build little playgrounds for them. And 327 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 2: my first vision in my head was the McDonald's playground. 328 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 2: And I'm like, really, I'm stressed out enough at the 329 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 2: FAM airport and you want to put a McDonald's playground 330 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 2: in the middle of the concourse somewhere and have a 331 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 2: bunch of rugrats screening. How about instead, parents learn to 332 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 2: teach their kids, Hey, you're in a public space, set 333 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 2: your little butt down and be quiet. And if that 334 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 2: means watching your iPad and watching a movie, give them 335 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 2: a headset and let them watch their you know, let 336 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 2: them watch the movie. Let let them watch you know, 337 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 2: Frozen or whatever the crap they're watching without being overly paranoid. 338 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 3: I believe that would be probably the worst idea out 339 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 3: there to put one of those little McDonald's playgrounds inside 340 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 3: the freaking airport, because they're in malls. And I can't 341 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 3: speak for everybody, but I know that in my family 342 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 3: and my niche no, they're they're freaking filthy, they're disgusting. 343 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 3: I don't know how often they're cleaned. You go to 344 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 3: the Aura Mall, so you take that with the Grand 345 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:06,719 Speaker 3: of Salts, the Aurora Mall. Nobody was ever playing on 346 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:07,679 Speaker 3: any of that crap. 347 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:08,159 Speaker 2: Now. 348 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 3: I don't know about any of the bigger, nicer malls 349 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 3: that are out there, but no, I wouldn't let Mike. 350 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 2: If you're comparing a mall to an airport, which is worse. 351 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 2: Which is worse exactly, It's gonna be worse, yes, And 352 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 2: so now you you know, you've got the cards, gonna 353 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,679 Speaker 2: beat beep beep, you know, trying to you know, get 354 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 2: everybody out of the way, and then you're gonna have 355 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 2: to walk around, you know, the plate, the little mini 356 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 2: playground and all that. No, stop that insanity. Teach your 357 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 2: kids to behave now. I know that kids are often 358 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 2: glued to their phones and their devices. They're staring, they're scrolling, 359 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 2: They're disengaged from the world around them. And I know 360 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 2: that kids get exposed to online harm. Some get bullied, 361 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 2: there's grooming, there's shaming going on, and I know a 362 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 2: lot of kids are emotionally and psychologically damaged from social 363 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 2: media exposure. There are days but I think I'm damage 364 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 2: from social media. And we know, and I'm not laughing 365 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 2: about this, but we know that kids have Some teenagers 366 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 2: have actually taken their own lives as a result of 367 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 2: what has happened to them while they were online. Well. 368 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 2: In Australia, a campaign has started with parents who lost 369 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:26,639 Speaker 2: their teams to online related suicides and is now backed 370 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 2: by the Australian Cabal, has led to something for the 371 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 2: first time in the entire world. Australia's government has implemented 372 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 2: age restrictions, a de facto ban on rugrats under sixteen 373 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 2: being able to access social media platforms. Those restrictions came 374 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 2: into force yesterday, and of course the whole world is watching. 375 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:59,360 Speaker 2: We're all watching. What I find fascinating is talk about 376 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 2: not wanting to engage in parenting. I know the ban 377 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 2: is immensely popular. A major poll in Australia found that 378 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 2: seventy percent of Australian voters backit and only fifteen percent 379 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 2: expressly oppose it. Now you got numbers like that, we 380 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,880 Speaker 2: talk about eighty twenty issues. Well, here's a seventy fifteen issue. 381 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 2: So of course the Australian Prime Minister and even his 382 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 2: opposition counterparts all endorsed the let Them Be Kids campaign 383 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 2: that was promoted heavily by the Murdochs Yes News Court. 384 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 2: You know, owners of Fox News committed to the ban 385 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 2: before last May's Australian general election. Both sides. Both sides 386 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 2: considered it good politics to be on board, but each 387 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 2: also sincerely believed that doing so was the right thing 388 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 2: by parents and children. Wow, the nanny state really is 389 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 2: alive and well. I have a visceral reaction to this band. 390 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:09,679 Speaker 2: Do I understand the downside of social media for Rugrats? Absolutely? 391 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 2: I do. It kind of bugs me when now my daughter, 392 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 2: now my teenage grandkids are a different matter. But my 393 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:25,120 Speaker 2: six year old granddaughter soon to be seven, she's learned 394 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 2: how to behave in a restaurant. But sometimes that does 395 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 2: involve an iPad, and I've learned to. When I first 396 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 2: saw it, I was like, oh no, but I kept 397 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 2: my mouth shut. But then I watched, and maybe I'm 398 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 2: just trying to rationalize it, but I find that my 399 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 2: daughter and my son in law are really trying to 400 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 2: do a balance. Hey, here's how you behave in a restaurant. 401 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 2: And if you do behave well in a restaurant, if 402 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 2: you finish eating early, we'll give you the iPad and 403 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,199 Speaker 2: you can sit quietly and watch something with your headphones on. 404 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 2: You can play a game without sound while we finished dinner. 405 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 2: And maybe I'm just rationalizing, but I find that to 406 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 2: be a reasonable compromise. Now, the Australian ban isn't directly 407 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 2: aimed at under sixteens. It's directed as the prescribed social 408 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 2: media platforms and the companies that run them. So as 409 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 2: far as Australia is concerned, those proscribed platforms, they are 410 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 2: required to remove identifiable accounts for under sixteens and then 411 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 2: to take so called you know, lawyers will love this, 412 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:40,920 Speaker 2: every reasonable step to verify that users are old enough 413 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 2: to be on it. Now, if you just simply asked 414 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 2: the question on the terms of service or when you 415 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 2: download the app, are you sixteen or over, that's not 416 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,880 Speaker 2: good enough. The platforms themselves now have to weed out 417 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 2: the under sixteens. So it's even even the parents don't 418 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 2: have to do anything. The government has stepped in and said, no, parents, 419 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 2: we're not going to tell you to enforce this. We're 420 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 2: going to tell the platforms to enforce this. So I 421 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 2: don't know how this is going to work, but the 422 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 2: platforms are being told you've got to figure out who's 423 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 2: under the age of sixteen, then you have to boot 424 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,119 Speaker 2: them off, and you've got to keep them off, and 425 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,679 Speaker 2: then you have to ensure that your algorithms comply with 426 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 2: Australian law, and if you don't, you're going to face 427 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 2: pil These up to thirty three million dollars about forty 428 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:28,160 Speaker 2: nine or fifty million Australian dollars and what's that, Well, 429 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 2: that that's probably just a grab to you know, trying 430 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 2: to grab Mark Zuckerberg's or Elon Musk's attention. Now, their 431 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 2: companies and their supporters in the Australian Congress, and some 432 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 2: supporters in this Congress have been vocal in their opposition 433 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:50,159 Speaker 2: now here. Our case is predicated on free speech. And 434 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 2: it's kind of ironic that Australia's E Safety Committee of 435 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 2: an E Safety commissioner who an E Safety commissioner is 436 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:02,640 Speaker 2: an ex patriate American that ostensibly was taught to revere 437 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 2: the First Amendment. You know, the intentions may be good, 438 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,479 Speaker 2: but what about the reality. I got a crazy idea. 439 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,919 Speaker 2: How about you reinstate the penalties for airlines delaying and 440 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,479 Speaker 2: canceling your flights and then you won't have to entertain 441 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 2: everybody while they're waiting. No, I can't do that because 442 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 2: airlines have lobbyists, so we're we're not gonna allow that 443 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 2: to happen. Well, I'd be a rich man if I 444 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,120 Speaker 2: got paid for every time the flight was delayed or canceled, 445 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 2: I'd be It'd be pretty damn nice. You know what 446 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 2: I really miss can I make a confession I really 447 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 2: miss and I know this is horrible considering that I 448 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,679 Speaker 2: never abused it, but you know what I really miss 449 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:58,439 Speaker 2: Gulf Streams and Air Force one. Just going out to 450 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 2: Andrews and you know, getting on a G five or 451 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,120 Speaker 2: a G six and taking off somewhere and having the 452 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 2: Air Force feed me a really nice meal. Why don't 453 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 2: you rub it in? And they'd asked me the day before, 454 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 2: like what would you like to eat on the flight, 455 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:18,640 Speaker 2: mister secretary. Yeah, I kind of I kind of missed that. Yeah. 456 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,159 Speaker 2: Now I'm just Now I'm just a plead, like you dragon, 457 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,880 Speaker 2: just going out there, you know, not one to touch 458 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 2: anything because everything's Germany. If everybody's out there hawk hacking 459 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 2: and coffin and you know, puking and kids are running 460 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 2: around and people are screaming gate agents and it's just 461 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 2: totally chaos. We don't have to take our shoes off anymore. 462 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 3: So yay, But you still get the ratful examination. 463 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 2: True, Yeah, you still get that. Uh Gooble number six 464 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 2: zero eight five Michael regarding parenting in the Australian band 465 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,439 Speaker 2: for kids Blow sixteen on the internet. I knew we 466 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,640 Speaker 2: were losing the good parenting gene when several years ago 467 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 2: moms were trying to get the MacDonald's Happy Meal discontinued 468 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:58,919 Speaker 2: because it was too hard to tell the kid no, 469 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 2: you can't have that. Well, that's your job as a parent. 470 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 2: You have to tell them no and raise them to 471 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 2: make good decisions. If that's too hard for you, then 472 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 2: don't have kids. Can you say that on air? 473 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,439 Speaker 3: You can't make a quick confession when when the kills? 474 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:16,160 Speaker 2: Is this like the confession hour? 475 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 3: Now? 476 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 2: Sure? Why not? Okay? 477 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 3: When when my boys were growing up and they would 478 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 3: ask for something, sometimes I would literally just tell them no, 479 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 3: just so that they heard no. 480 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 2: Whether you would have willingly done that, but you just 481 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 2: wanted to hear no, yeah, and then you just went 482 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 2: on yep and whatever. 483 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,639 Speaker 3: I wanted them to get used to being, you know, 484 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 3: having a rejection. Being told no is something that everybody 485 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 3: is going to hear. When you apply for a job, 486 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 3: you're gonna get told no. While you're working at a job, 487 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 3: you're gonna get told no, while you're any number of things, 488 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 3: you're gonna get told no. So you're gonna need to 489 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 3: get used to that. You're gonna need to cope with that. 490 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 3: So I tried to build that from a younger age. 491 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 3: If they asked for something and I said no, why, Well, 492 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 3: because the answer there is no. 493 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 2: Excuse me right there? The answer, the answer to the 494 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 2: why is because I said no. You don't owe them 495 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 2: an explanation, correct now, I think this Sometimes an explanation 496 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 2: helps them understand that you can teach a lesson. Of course, 497 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 2: you know we have a budget and the budget is X, 498 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 2: and to get that messes up the budget and you 499 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 2: won't eat for a week. How about that? Yes, Now, 500 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 2: let's go back to Australia for a moment, because I 501 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 2: think that think about the kids themselves. I don't know 502 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 2: about your kids, but when I think about my grandkids, 503 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 2: you're the smartest grand kids in the entire world. All 504 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 2: of your grandkids are just below them. If they're determined enough, 505 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,000 Speaker 2: they're going to find a way in. They're gonna find 506 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 2: a way under that social media. Now, back when innocent times, 507 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 2: you know, not that I would know anything about this 508 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 2: because I never did smoke. But alcohol might be another thing. 509 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 2: Teenagers were very They had a lot of ingenuity when 510 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 2: it came to obtaining alcohol or cigarettes despite being underage. Now, 511 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 2: if you have a tech savvy teenager, which thank God 512 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 2: for them because they can help me figure stuff out, 513 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 2: and the adults of betting them it's all going to 514 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 2: beat the band. So anticipating today's band kids have been 515 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 2: on social media swamping ideas about how they're going to 516 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 2: get around the band, from how to fool the age 517 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 2: detecting facial recognition technology to then using oh, a virtual 518 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 2: private network. Let's just buy a VPN, a monthly VPN, 519 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 2: and we can deceive the platform into thinking that we're 520 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 2: in another country if you go on Reddit, which is 521 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 2: also captured by the band. Questions are being asked about 522 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 2: how the band can be beaten are now being taken 523 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:57,120 Speaker 2: down in Australia as of yesterday, but there's a long 524 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 2: string of helpful answers that are still there. Where there's 525 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 2: a will, there absolutely is a way