1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:01,000 Speaker 1: To night. 2 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 2: Michael Brown joins me here, the former FEMA director of talk. 3 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 3: Show host Michael Brown. Brownie, no Brownie, You're doing a 4 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 3: heck of a job the Weekend with Michael Brown. 5 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 2: Broadcasting Life in Denver, Colorado. You've joined the Weekend with 6 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 2: Michael Brown, and I really appreciate you doing it. Text 7 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 2: line is always open on your message at the numbers 8 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 2: three three, one zero three. 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You may have heard, if 18 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 2: you've been listening to the program long enough, and particularly 19 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 2: for my local listeners, but for my listeners across the country, 20 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: you may not have heard me talk much about my 21 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 2: belief that we have abdicated our compassion to the federal government, 22 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 2: and we see that being played out in real time 23 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 2: now with the possible that I know a federal judge 24 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: has ordered that the Department of Agriculture use some of 25 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 2: their contingency funding to fund the SNAP programs. But I 26 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 2: don't think that that is a lawful order. And that's 27 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 2: a topic for maybe maybe I'll talk about that on Monday, 28 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 2: So you need to tune in Monday. But the local news, 29 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 2: at least in Denver has been focusing a lot on 30 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 2: food banks and encouraging people this weekend to go give 31 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: you know, can goods and other things that food banks 32 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 2: can accept to you know, go do that this weekend. Well, 33 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 2: why should we do it just this weekend? Why shouldn't 34 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 2: we be doing it all the time? And what do 35 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 2: I mean when I say that we have abdicated our 36 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 2: compassion to the government because the government can't be compassionate. 37 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 2: The government is not compassionate. The government, particularly the federal government, 38 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 2: is this giant behemoth that doesn't have feelings. They have rules, regulations, policies. 39 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 2: You gotta fit within a box, you got to qualify, 40 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 2: you gotta do this, you gotta do that. Now, it's 41 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 2: cumbersome and it's inefficient, It doesn't always adhere to its 42 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 2: own policies, rules and regulations. Is sometimes veers off into 43 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 2: the ether and never knowing what they're really doing. It 44 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 2: just makes step up as it goes along. But we 45 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 2: have been so conditioned to believe that it is the 46 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 2: job of the government to take care of other people 47 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 2: that we're not willing to do it ourselves. Our local 48 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 2: Fox affiliate Channel thirty one KADIVR is the name of 49 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 2: the station. They're doing a local news story yesterday that 50 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 2: I literally had whiplash. I thought I was gonna have 51 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 2: to call a personal injury lawyer friend of mine and 52 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 2: sue the local Fox affiliate for causing me to swing 53 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:07,679 Speaker 2: around so fast that'll hurt my neck. I just want 54 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,239 Speaker 2: you to The package is only two minutes long, but 55 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 2: I want you to listen closely to it, and I 56 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 2: want you to see if you picked up or if 57 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 2: you pick up on what caused me to snap my 58 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 2: head around. 59 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 4: Taking the problem of food insecurity into his own hands 60 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 4: while the government remains shut down and Fox Early One's 61 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 4: Ashley Michaels took a trip up to Fort Collins to 62 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 4: see what he's doing and the impact it's having on 63 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 4: the community. 64 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 3: Friendly Nick's Butcher is not a food pantry. It's a 65 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 3: small business, but. 66 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 4: Right now they're giving away some of their products for 67 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 4: free or a. 68 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: Whole animal butcher shop. We break down whole animals, pork, beef. 69 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 3: And chicken. 70 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 4: The sausages and steaks have become a staple for customers. 71 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 4: But it's hard that now has people lining up at 72 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 4: Friendly Nicks. 73 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: It's frustrating for me to watch people go through food insecurity, 74 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: especially with my background where I've always cooked for people. 75 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 3: His idea started small. 76 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: I thought I could take five hundreds and like, I 77 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: have access to me to wholesale prices, so I can 78 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: stretch out a lot farther than people would at the 79 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: grocery store. And I thought I could make I don't know, 80 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: fifty bags of meat. 81 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 4: He posted on Facebook, chicken, beef, pork and eggs free 82 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 4: for federal workers who aren't getting paid and anyone on snap. 83 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: Do you have your snap card? 84 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 3: At The response, he says has been eye opening. 85 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: The emotion on people's face when they get that and 86 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: they're how much like they really has to help them. 87 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 3: It's amazing. 88 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 1: It's a great feeling, but it's also like Why is 89 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: it my job to do this? 90 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 3: Like it shouldn't be? The government should be doing this friendly. 91 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 4: Nicks has already given out about four hundred bags of 92 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 4: food before running out Friday afternoon. 93 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 3: I'm happy that I can help. 94 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 1: It's like disheartening to see if you hear that there 95 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 1: are forty two million people on Snap until they lined 96 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: up outside your door, you know, to put. 97 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 3: A face to that. Sorry, it's hard. Now the community 98 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 3: is pitching into help. 99 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 4: As of Friday, a gofund me had already raised about 100 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 4: thirty thousand dollars. Nick says that money is now funding 101 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 4: a big movement. His small business didn't plan to start 102 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 4: all this. 103 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: Some money that I that we have, we're gonna keep 104 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: putting out these little packages even after the government's reopened, 105 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 1: even after Snap gets funded again. That way people can 106 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: hopefully have a little bit of relief. 107 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 4: That go fund me is still active if you'd like 108 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 4: to help, we have a link to it on that's enough. 109 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 2: Did you catch it? Did you catch what? Really threw 110 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 2: me for a loop? Caused me to go seriously. 111 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: Why is it my job to do this? Like it 112 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: shouldn't be? The government should be doing this? 113 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 3: Friendly? 114 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 2: Why should I be doing it. Now he gets emotional 115 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 2: and he's had I think he's happy to be doing 116 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 2: what he's doing. Why does he believe that it's the 117 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 2: role of the government to do that. When do we 118 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 2: get when do we get to the point And I 119 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 2: know it's a hurt over time, but when do we 120 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:04,599 Speaker 2: get to the point where an individual who's operating his 121 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 2: own small business is really pissed off? Even though he says, look, 122 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 2: I can get wholesale prices whereas other people can't. And 123 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 2: we're happy to do this, and we're going to, you know, 124 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:16,919 Speaker 2: start to go fund me and raise money and do 125 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 2: all of this. 126 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 3: But why is it my job to do this? 127 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 2: Because you're an American, That's why it's your job to 128 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 2: do it. Because you've abdicated, as you clearly admit, like. 129 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: It shouldn't be the government should be doing this. 130 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 2: You freely admit it's the government should be doing it. 131 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 2: I never I never thought i'd hear someone say exactly 132 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 2: my point, prove my point about how we have abdicated 133 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 2: our compassion to the federal government. But this butcher up 134 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 2: in Fort Collins, Colorado did it for me, and I 135 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 2: was astonished. Now I don't detegrate or complain or bitch 136 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 2: or moan or about anything that he's doing. And I'm 137 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 2: glad and very proud of what he's doing nixt Butchershop. 138 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 2: In case you're wondering, good for him, Good for him. 139 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 2: But I got news for Nick. This is our responsibility 140 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 2: as Americans. It is not the responsibility of the government. 141 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 4: Now. 142 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 2: I've always said and I still maintain, that we have 143 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 2: an obligation to maintain a very specific and low level 144 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 2: safety net for people who truly are incapable of caring 145 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 2: for themselves. But I think this should also be done 146 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 2: at the state and local level. It should not be 147 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 2: done at the federal level. But here he is basically 148 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 2: saying what I've been saying for years, and that is 149 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 2: that we have abdicated our compassion to the federal government. 150 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 2: For twenty years now, Notre Dame University is sponsored every 151 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 2: year a dialogue on They'll pick a theme and then 152 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 2: during that year they'll have speakers come in, they'll have 153 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 2: panel discussions, they'll have public events, and that theme for 154 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 2: the year is discussed, debated, and then at the end 155 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 2: of the year, you know, they put together a compendium 156 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:15,119 Speaker 2: of everything that they've done. This year's theme at Notre Dame. 157 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 2: Notre Dame is called Cultivating Hope. Cardinal Robert McElroy, who's 158 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 2: the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, d C, participated 159 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 2: in a Q and A session on campus with the 160 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 2: Notre Dame President, Reverend Robert Dowd, during which McElroy offered 161 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 2: his thoughts on ways to address political polarization in this country. 162 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 2: So where do you think this conversation went and what 163 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 2: do you think we should conclude from it? Why would 164 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,599 Speaker 2: I lead in with this butcher in Fort Collins, Colorado 165 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 2: who wants to know why is he doing this? Why 166 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 2: should he have to do this when it's the government's 167 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 2: responsibilit Well I'll explain coming up next, Don't go away. 168 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Weekend with Michael Brown. Glad to 169 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 2: have you with me. I appreciate you tuning in. Go 170 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 2: over and follow me on x formerly Twitter at Michael 171 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 2: Brown Usa. Do it on Facebook and Instagram too. Be 172 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 2: sure it's to subscribe to the podcast on your podcast app. 173 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 2: Search for the Situation with Michael Brown. Once you find that, 174 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 2: hit subscribe, leave a five star review that will automatically 175 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,599 Speaker 2: download all five days of the weekday program and the 176 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 2: weekend program, so you get all my broadcasts back to 177 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 2: this idea that we've addicated our compassion to the government, 178 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 2: because I think there is a there's an effect of 179 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 2: this abdication that we don't recognize that we're suffering through 180 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 2: it because we're right in the middle of the storm. 181 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 2: I don't think we recognize that one of the biggest 182 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:59,559 Speaker 2: drivers of the polarization in this country is the expansion 183 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 2: of government. Now, go back to the butcher I just 184 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 2: played for you. I've never met this man in my life. 185 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 2: I have no idea what his politics are whatsoever. But 186 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 2: I do think that we probably are miles apart on 187 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 2: issues like food stamps or SNAP or welfare programs or 188 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 2: any of the other entitlements, because he's asking, why do 189 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 2: I have to do this when this is the role 190 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 2: of the federal government. It's not the role of the 191 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 2: federal government. But as the government has grown larger and 192 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 2: larger and gotten more expansive, more invasive into our private lives, 193 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 2: when they want control over so many aspects of our lives, 194 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 2: it really does matter who controls the government. Now, who 195 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 2: controls the government if it were people like you and me, 196 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 2: we could start to unwind this, but the people that 197 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 2: control the government right now, I want to actually keep 198 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 2: expanding it because they know the more they can expand it, 199 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 2: the more they can capture us, the more they can 200 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 2: control us, and the more they can depend upon us 201 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 2: for our votes so they can remain in power. It's 202 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 2: a horrible cycle that we're in. If you want our 203 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 2: society to be less polarized, if you want our society 204 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 2: to be less political, if you want our side, you know, 205 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 2: have you ever thought of, let me just stopping that 206 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 2: point for one moment, have you ever thought about how 207 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 2: much time you may spend not reading, you know, a 208 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:47,199 Speaker 2: biography of Thomas Edison, but instead you're reading Benjamin Franklin 209 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 2: or Franklin Roosevelt or Theodore Roosevelt, Or that you spend 210 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 2: when you're on X or Facebook looking at political information, 211 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 2: or that your discussions are all around politics. Politics has 212 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,679 Speaker 2: permeated every aspect of our lives when it should be 213 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 2: a very very tiny part of our lives. So if 214 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 2: you want a less polarized society, you would reduce the 215 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 2: size of government. You would give individuals more control over 216 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 2: their own lives. You would allow them to fail and 217 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:28,719 Speaker 2: recognize that, Yeah, failure happens, whether you know, if you're 218 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 2: a baseball player, professional or otherwise, or a basketball player, 219 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 2: you lose more than you win. You miss more shots 220 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 2: than you make, you don't make as many first downs, 221 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,959 Speaker 2: you don't throw as many completions as what you actually lose. 222 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 2: Your percentages are upside down. But we look at that 223 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 2: and go, oh, he's batting three hundred. Wow, that's fantastic. 224 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,839 Speaker 2: So why do we not carry that over and recognize 225 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 2: that failing is actually part of life? Because government is 226 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 2: so involved in our lives that they they don't allow 227 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 2: us to learn to fail. They don't not learn to fail. 228 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 2: They don't let us learn how to recover, how to 229 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 2: be resilient, how to overcome obstacles, because they want those 230 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 2: obstacles in our place so that we turn to them. 231 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 2: Help us, help us, help us. You think about every 232 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 2: aspect I have in the past asked. I've challenged people 233 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 2: to do this. I've challenged people to keep a receipt 234 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 2: for every single thing. They pay everything. I don't care 235 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 2: if you pay cash for us. You know, a candy 236 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 2: bar since a Talloween. If you pay cash for that 237 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 2: candy bar, get a receipt for it, and every day 238 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 2: tally up or if you pay a bill, you pay 239 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 2: your phone bill. You ever paid your cell bill? Have 240 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 2: you ever looked at your cell phone bill lately? Have 241 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 2: you ever looked at your internet bill? Exfinity Comcast? Sometime? 242 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 2: Go through that as you're paying it. Go through and 243 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 2: make a list of every tax and fee that you pay. 244 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 2: You go renew your license plate, you go get your 245 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 2: driver's license renewed. You've had your property taxes, whatever it is, 246 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 2: with every every single thing you pay every day, keep 247 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 2: track of how many taxes you paid. And then at 248 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 2: the end of the year, look at look at your 249 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 2: W two and look at every your income tax, all 250 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 2: the fact of taxes you paid. And then whether you 251 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 2: owe or you get something back, you still keep track 252 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 2: of every amount of tax you pay and at the end, 253 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 2: at the end of the year added up and then 254 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 2: you tell me what you could have done better with 255 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 2: that money than you did by handing it over to 256 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 2: the federal, state and local governments. I would suggest that 257 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 2: you do this as an exercise sometime every time you 258 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 2: make a decision to do something, to go somewhere, to 259 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 2: purchase something, to engage in some activity. I want you 260 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 2: to stop and think. You know, I like to do 261 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 2: this sometimes. I always laugh. Next time you stop to 262 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 2: put gas in your car, stop and look around at 263 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 2: all of the posters, or go to your let's stick 264 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 2: with the gas station from them. Look at all the 265 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 2: posters that tell you how to put gas in your car. Now, 266 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 2: I never think about it. The only thing I have 267 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 2: to think about is am I driving in the jeep? Okay, 268 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 2: it's on the left side. Am I driving the beamer? Okay, 269 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 2: it's on the right side. That's all I got to 270 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 2: think about. I frankly, I don't have to think about 271 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 2: that because I can look at the I can look 272 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 2: at the panel and it'll tell me with the little 273 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 2: gas indicator which side it's on. But stop, next time 274 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 2: you go to a filling station and just look look 275 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 2: at all the rules and regulations. You'd be amazed. Start 276 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 2: looking at that. Wherever you go go to your workplace, 277 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 2: go find where they have to put all the posters 278 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 2: up about all the safety requirements, who you call, who 279 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 2: you don't call if you get hurt, You have to 280 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 2: do all of this, do all of that everything. Look 281 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 2: at the number of rules on the highway. Just look 282 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 2: at everything that you ever do. Go for a walk 283 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 2: in the park, look at the rules in the park. 284 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 2: Everything you do there is some government intervention in it. 285 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 2: So if you want a less polarized society, then the 286 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 2: first thing you ought to do is starting reducing the 287 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 2: size of government. And then you think that's the first thing. 288 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 2: The second thing I would encourage you to do is 289 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 2: think about this heated political topics where well meaning individuals 290 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 2: won't distinguish between virtues, a virtuous, an individual behavior, or 291 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 2: a policy which is a government or institutional action. The 292 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 2: next time you're having a heated topic, I want you 293 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 2: to think about that. Are we talking about virtues and 294 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 2: individual behavior and individual choices, or are we talking about 295 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 2: something that is regulated or controlled by some federal, state, 296 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 2: or local government rule, regulation, or policy, or even a statue. 297 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 2: Now I'm not advocating that we get rid of all rules, regulations, policies, 298 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 2: and statutes, because we need some to maintain this social 299 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 2: compact between us. But when you start thinking about the 300 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 2: heated topics you have, are you arguing about someone's behavior 301 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 2: or are you arguing about an institutional action? And when 302 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 2: you break it down into that level, you may suddenly realize. Wait, wait, wait, 303 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 2: are we even talking about the same thing here? So 304 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 2: those are the first two things that I want you 305 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 2: to think about the amount of growth in our society 306 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,679 Speaker 2: of government. And then what are you actually arguing about 307 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:52,640 Speaker 2: someone's individual behavior or institutional government actions? Hang tight, I'll 308 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 2: be right back. 309 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 3: Tonight. 310 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 2: Michael Brown joins me here. 311 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 3: The former FEMA director of talk show host Michael Brown. 312 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,400 Speaker 1: Brownie, no, Brownie, You're doing a heck of a job. 313 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 3: The Weekend with Michael Brown. 314 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Weekend with Michael Brown. Glad to 315 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 2: have you with me. Tuning in. We're talking about this 316 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 2: all started with a sound bite from local news station 317 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 2: where a butcher was making little bags of a meat 318 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 2: products to give to people who could either show a 319 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 2: snap card or show that they were a federal employee. 320 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 2: And while he seemed to be happy to do it, 321 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 2: he was also pissed off that he was doing it 322 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 2: because he said, and I quote, why should I have 323 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,919 Speaker 2: to be doing this? This is the federal government's responsibility. 324 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 2: And I thought, wow, you really are one of those 325 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 2: individuals who has abdicated your compassion to the federal government. 326 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 2: And I'm certain that based on that one single remark 327 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 2: did He and I are probably on the political spectrum 328 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 2: miles apart. He probably looks at me as a right 329 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 2: wing nut job, and I would probably if I knew 330 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 2: his politics, I might see him. I don't know, I 331 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 2: don't know him. I might see him as a left 332 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 2: wing nut job, primarily because he thinks it's the role 333 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 2: of the government to feed people. I've always thought it 334 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 2: was the role of individuals to feed themselves, and that 335 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 2: if you couldn't, you hit a you know, you lost 336 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 2: your job, and so you are in a really bad spot. 337 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 2: There was a time when what you would do is 338 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 2: you would go to the local food bank until you 339 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 2: got back on your feet. And in fact, that was 340 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 2: an encouragement to get back on your feet so that 341 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 2: you could eat. But now you know, I played I 342 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 2: don't have him in front of me. I'd play it 343 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 2: for you. But this week I played a story where 344 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 2: a woman talked about how she had been on food 345 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 2: stamps SNAP for fifteen years. Fifteen years. Now she is 346 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 2: she has no incentive to get off, none whatsoever. And 347 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 2: so we've created this culture of dependency, and now we're 348 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 2: seeing it, we're seeing it come alive. We're actually seeing 349 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 2: it with our own eyes now, and I think that's 350 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 2: because we've abdicated I'll keep saying it. I'm blue in 351 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,440 Speaker 2: the face. We have abdicated our compassion to the government. 352 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 2: And I want you to think about compassion for a moment, 353 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 2: because compassion is a human virtue. If you're a compassionate individual, 354 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 2: I think that is an admirable attribute. And quite frankly, 355 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 2: compassion is a way for people to deal with each 356 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 2: other one on one in small groups. But then it 357 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 2: loses its meaning when it gets elevated to being a 358 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 2: justification for a public policy, which is as necessary, becomes 359 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 2: a collective policy. In other words, it becomes a Socialist 360 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:08,880 Speaker 2: or a Marxist policy. And policy, by very definition, deals 361 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 2: with the rules, the regulations, the policies, the statue compassion. 362 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 2: I'm trying to say, like George Carmon this, no, compassion 363 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 2: is a vehicle for dealing with the exceptions, and we've 364 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 2: almost eliminated all of the exceptions so that we don't 365 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,199 Speaker 2: have to be compassionate. Or like this gentleman that I 366 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 2: play now, yes I'm judging him based on a two 367 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 2: minute news story, but he has decided that his vehicle 368 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 2: for dealing with the exceptions is irritating to him. Oh, 369 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 2: he says, He's happy to do it, but he's irritated 370 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 2: because this is the government's responsibility. When you governed by compassion, 371 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 2: it doesn't result in a more benevolent society. What happens. Instead, 372 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 2: you get chaos, you get anarchy, you get a disordered society, 373 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 2: and you get a polarized society. See that altogether. Policies 374 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 2: promoted because they are said to be compassionate to the 375 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 2: unfortunate few end up doing what if you have a 376 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 2: government policy that a politician tells you is we're being 377 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 2: compassionate for these people, Well, one, they should be an 378 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 2: unfortunate few, particularly in a country like ours, the wealthiest, 379 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 2: most powerful country on earth, not because of our government, 380 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 2: but because of our people. But when you have a 381 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 2: policy that's compassionate to the unfortunate few, it ends up 382 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 2: creating a system of misery for the majority because it 383 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 2: institutionalizes unfairness, It institutionalizes oppression. It makes things see absurd, 384 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 2: like the one this's on food staine for fifteen years. 385 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 2: What have you been doing for fifteen years? It results 386 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 2: in violence, and ultimately it results in societal collapse. 387 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 3: And that's the road we're on. 388 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:22,400 Speaker 2: We are on that highway to societal collapse, and we're 389 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: witnessing what that would the start of what that would 390 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 2: look like if the federal government just today cut everything off, 391 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 2: which I wish it could, but it can't because it's 392 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,439 Speaker 2: just like it's just like trying to reform social Security. 393 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 2: I don't want to take my elderly mother and push 394 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 2: her off the cliff like that Democrat commercial from about 395 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,120 Speaker 2: ten years ago or so. I'm not going to do that. 396 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 2: But I think she I think that she ought to 397 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 2: be grand. I think people are currently on ought to 398 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,360 Speaker 2: be grandfathered in until they pass away and any new 399 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,640 Speaker 2: people come on. We have to have a new system. 400 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 2: You know what the new system is, in my opinion, 401 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 2: showing you how radical I am. You want to retire 402 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 2: figure it out on your own now. If you think 403 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 2: that's too harsh, then say, okay, then what we'll do 404 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 2: is we will take away you know, we'll create like 405 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 2: a government four oh one k where every you know, 406 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 2: every every quarter, whatever, every paycheck, whatever you want to 407 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 2: structure it. I'm just spitballing here. We're going to withhold 408 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 2: a certain amount put it into a fund. Now you 409 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 2: control that fund. You can't withdraw this, you know, like 410 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 2: a like a four oh one K or a I R. 411 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,119 Speaker 2: You can't. You can't draw it to a certain period 412 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 2: of time. But you need and if you can't do 413 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 2: it yourself, if you can't manage that fund yourself, then 414 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 2: go get a financial advisor. We'll get a retirement expert. 415 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 2: But all we're doing is just making certain that we're 416 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 2: going to segregate a fund over here, and we're going 417 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,159 Speaker 2: to segregate it. That money is going to be held in. 418 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 2: Remember al Gore's locked box. You'll be held in a 419 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 2: lock box, and you can do that. That's just one idea. 420 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 2: I'm just again spitballing ideas here. You can't just cut 421 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 2: it off, but you need some alternative to ease people 422 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,440 Speaker 2: in to a transition to a different way of doing business. 423 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,479 Speaker 2: But back to my societal collapse, back to my idea 424 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 2: that if we're going to be compassionate to the unfortunate 425 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 2: people in this society, we're going to create a system 426 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 2: that's a miserable system for the majority. And that's going 427 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 2: to institutionalize, that's going to that's going to statutorily incorporate 428 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 2: unfairness and oppression, absurd results, and ultimately violence and collapse. 429 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 2: Innocent people. Innocent people get victimized by crime because of 430 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 2: so called compassionate policies that put repeat criminals on the streets. 431 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 2: Did you hear Judge Janine formerly a Fox, She's now 432 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 2: the US Attorney for the District of Columbia. She was 433 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 2: on television this week. They have found either Noumber three 434 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 2: or number four. I forget, it doesn't make any difference. 435 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,639 Speaker 2: Found either number three or number four of the suspects 436 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 2: in the carjacking of that doze kid that was working 437 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 2: for the Trump administration. He had a rap sheet that 438 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 2: extended from here to wherever you're listening on the East 439 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 2: or West coast. 440 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 3: He was that long. 441 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 2: I'm talking literally like twenty four arrests or something. He 442 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 2: needs to be incarcerated. If you're a repeat offender, you 443 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 2: shouldn't be out. And if we have judges who are 444 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 2: letting them out with no bond or minimal bond or 445 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 2: personal recognizance bond where you don't put any money up, 446 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:44,119 Speaker 2: then that judge needs to be removed. Just pure and simple. 447 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 2: So the same people, the citizens, the upstanding citizens, the 448 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 2: citizens that make this country hum and work are being 449 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 2: terrorized by the insane people because of compassionate policies that 450 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 2: eliminated involved and terry commitment to mental hospitals. I'm tired. 451 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 2: For example, I was listening to I don't listen often, 452 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:10,400 Speaker 2: but Joe Rogan was interviewing Elon Musk in the last 453 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,360 Speaker 2: couple of days. So on my walk this morning, I'm 454 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 2: listening to it, and Musk made a really good point. 455 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 2: I've often referred to the homelessness industry, which he did also, 456 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 2: but the point that he was making was that's a misnomer. 457 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go back and listen to it again. But 458 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 2: I think he's spot on because when I look, there's 459 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 2: an X account in Colorado called Do Better Denver. You 460 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,160 Speaker 2: got to look it up and follow it. Do Better Denver. 461 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:46,399 Speaker 2: They just find videos of what we've before always referred 462 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 2: to as homeless people. There was one this week of 463 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 2: obviously a deranged, insane or drug adult individual crawling on 464 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 2: his knees on a street trying to pick what he 465 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 2: thought were diamonds off the street. What was he seeing? 466 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 2: He was seeing the sparkles in the concrete, and he 467 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:12,159 Speaker 2: was sitting there, nails starting to bleed from trying to 468 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 2: dig out diamonds. That's not a homeless person. That's a 469 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 2: crazy person. That's a mentally ill person. If homeless ought 470 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 2: to be. The individual who's lost his job, is behind 471 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 2: on the rent or the mortgage, so loses his house 472 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 2: or her temporarily until they can get re employed. That's 473 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 2: a homeless person. The person who's trying to scratch at 474 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 2: the concrete thinking they found a gold mine of some sort. 475 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:46,239 Speaker 2: That's a crazy individual. That's a drug adult individual. So 476 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 2: I'm gonna start being, at least in my parlan, it's 477 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 2: going to be my vocabulary, going to start being very 478 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 2: very careful about when I refer to homeless individuals. But 479 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 2: again he gets back to what do we do We 480 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 2: create the homeless industry, which survives only by making certain 481 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 2: that we keep people in homelessness. The person I told 482 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 2: you about, the very being of the program that wanted 483 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 2: to have dinner at four o'clock last night, she works 484 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,600 Speaker 2: for a homeless outfit. She's a medical provider for a 485 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 2: nonprofit homeless organization in Colorado, and she will tell you 486 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 2: that before they go to some of the site locations, 487 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 2: they call the Denver Police Department because most of the 488 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 2: people that are housed in these so called homeless shelters 489 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:43,239 Speaker 2: are actually criminals. They're drug addled criminals, and so they 490 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 2: won't go in without escorts from the Denver Police Department. 491 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 2: We got to start recognizing the difference between someone who's 492 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 2: suffering from temporary lack of shelter, true homelessness, and those 493 00:29:55,640 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 2: who are drug addle There's a huge difference. But we 494 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 2: don't dare say that, do we, Except I do because 495 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 2: I live in the real world. I'll be right back. 496 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Weekend with Michael Brown. I just 497 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 2: want to say thanks to everybody that listens on the weekends. 498 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 2: I really do appreciate it. You've made the program very 499 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 2: successful for both myself and the affiliates, and we appreciate that. 500 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 2: So help spread the word. Follow me on except Michael 501 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 2: Brown USA, Facebook, Instagram, all of those be sure and 502 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,400 Speaker 2: subscribe to the podcast. I just always want to take 503 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 2: a moment to tell you how much I appreciate you 504 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 2: listening to the program. I find it interesting that, you know, 505 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 2: we become victims of these egregious policies. We see our 506 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 2: home values, our business values, plummet because of compassionate politicians 507 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 2: that suggests there needs to be more dignity for homeless 508 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 2: people so they can live, eat, sleep your night, and 509 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 2: defecat on public sidewalks. Then really smart students lose opportunities 510 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 2: for more intellectually challenging curricula because of compassionate educational policies 511 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 2: that say that every child has to take the same 512 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 2: classes and if you're here illegally and you can't even 513 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 2: speak English, we'll throw you in with all the other kids. 514 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 2: Is now the teacher has to make certain that they 515 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 2: pay attention to the non English speaking student to the 516 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 2: detriment of the English speaking students. And then we say 517 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 2: that girls have to be exposed to men they want 518 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 2: to be naked in front of them in a women's 519 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 2: bathroom or their locker room because of a compassionate policy 520 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:42,720 Speaker 2: that does what well. It prioritizes adult sexual gratification or 521 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 2: adult sexual perversion or dysphoria over the protection of children. 522 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 2: Then we lose our jobs to compassionate open border immigration 523 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 2: policies that allow millions of unfitted people to cross the border. 524 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 2: And then on top of that, not only violate our laws, 525 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 2: but then get billions of dollars in benefits paid for 526 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 2: by you, while you shall love to work. They bring 527 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 2: in drugs, They traffic women and children for sex, They 528 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 2: commit crimes. They drive this. They drive the eighteen wheelers 529 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:23,239 Speaker 2: on our highways that we pay for, even though they 530 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 2: can't speak English, they can't read the road signs. They 531 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:32,720 Speaker 2: drive drug induced and plow into other cars. We have 532 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 2: been victimized by egregious policies that we're told or compassion, 533 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 2: and so I think we have a right to be 534 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:46,719 Speaker 2: furious with the people, the political parties, the organizations that 535 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 2: are responsible for those policies. The proper response to these 536 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:58,800 Speaker 2: abuses of our individual liberty and freedom is not compassion. 537 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:03,080 Speaker 2: It is outraged, and we should use every lawful means 538 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 2: to throw those people out of power, and then to 539 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 2: remedy the wrongs they have done and repair the damage 540 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 2: that they have inflicted. You'll continue to hear calls for, 541 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 2: you know, more compassion for this than that. It's everywhere. 542 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 2: It's in the pulpit, it's in the clergy, it's in 543 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,240 Speaker 2: our politics, it's in our culture. You'll see it in 544 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 2: our movies. I Get fed DEI and other kind of 545 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:34,000 Speaker 2: bull crap. All the time watching movies or something. I'm 546 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 2: just trying to be entertained, or listening to you know, 547 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 2: a singer, a you know, a rock star that I like, 548 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 2: and they deliver some you know, compassionate message shut up 549 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:50,600 Speaker 2: and singing shut up an act. Now, not everybody who 550 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 2: enacts or promotes these policies are necessarily bad people. Sometimes 551 00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 2: I think they're just ignorant. I think they're actually sometimes 552 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,600 Speaker 2: trying to be good, but they don't understand what they're 553 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 2: really doing. Now, let me be clear, there are those 554 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 2: who know precisely what they're doing. They're trying to create 555 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 2: a they're trying to implement the Cloward pivot strategy. They're 556 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 2: trying to overwhelm the system, and they play to your empathy. 557 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,839 Speaker 2: They play to your sympathy, and they play to your compassion, 558 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,400 Speaker 2: and they try to get you to, oh, well, I 559 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 2: can't say anything. Yes you can, yes you can. That's 560 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,640 Speaker 2: why when you challenge these people on the consequences, the facts, 561 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:40,600 Speaker 2: the inconsistencies, what do they do? They resort to personal attacks. 562 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:45,760 Speaker 2: If you say, for example, that biological women cannot become 563 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:50,440 Speaker 2: men or vice versa, then obviously you know you're transphobic. Well, 564 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,280 Speaker 2: call me that all you want to. I'm just leading 565 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:57,200 Speaker 2: basic biological facts. If you point out the hypocrisy of 566 00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 2: allowing marches and violent riots in twenty twenty while businesses, churches, 567 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:05,400 Speaker 2: and schools are shut down, somehow that makes me a racist. No, 568 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:09,800 Speaker 2: that makes me a realist. If you argue that legal 569 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:13,680 Speaker 2: immigrants should be required legal immigrants, let alone illegal immigrants. 570 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,640 Speaker 2: If you argue that legal immigrants should be required to 571 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 2: assimilate into our culture, well then you're some sort of 572 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:25,319 Speaker 2: white nationalists who apparently hates brown people. I'm tired of that. 573 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:31,560 Speaker 2: It's simply not true. But until we start having the 574 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:37,279 Speaker 2: cajones to speak the truth, this compassion will be the 575 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:43,319 Speaker 2: death of this country. Compassion playing on your heartstrings will 576 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 2: lead to the demise of the country. You can be compassionate, 577 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:52,279 Speaker 2: and you can have empathy, but when you start translating 578 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:56,479 Speaker 2: that into public policy, you got to be very, very 579 00:35:56,520 --> 00:36:00,840 Speaker 2: careful because what you're really doing is your instant tuitionalizing 580 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 2: even more government control. You know, I mentioned the gas 581 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 2: station and the stickers. Somebody in the text line mentioned ladders. 582 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,400 Speaker 2: Well I haven't thought about ladders. Yeah, go look at 583 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,880 Speaker 2: the go look at the stickers. On a ladder. Every 584 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:16,480 Speaker 2: aspect of our life plays to the lowest common denominator. 585 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,440 Speaker 2: Maybe you ought to start trying to get people to 586 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:24,200 Speaker 2: play to the highest common denominator. When you have people 587 00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:27,640 Speaker 2: out there asking, you know, we have mom, Donnie in 588 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,920 Speaker 2: New York or whoever it was saying that we shouldn't 589 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:38,560 Speaker 2: have billionaires. Really, uh, they earned that. They earned it, 590 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,400 Speaker 2: and I may not be a billionaire, but what I 591 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:45,680 Speaker 2: have I earned it. Leave me alone. Thanks for joining 592 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:50,120 Speaker 2: the Weekend with Michael Brown. As always, everybody, have a 593 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,400 Speaker 2: great weekend and I'll see you next weekend.