1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to Kayla, Brannie and Dragon. Michael says, go here 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: dot com has not changed. It has not changed, sweetheart, 3 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,120 Speaker 1: It hasn't changed at all. And in fact, I checked 4 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: it just last night and it does redirect to the 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: right page. So that's working pretty well. And so here 6 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: we go, Dragon, here we go. Big question. 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 2: Did a lot of the old stories carry over? Is 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 2: it a blank slate? 9 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: I know, it looked like some of the old stories 10 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: actually carried over. Excellent. Yeah, So I but a couple 11 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: of things that we got it correct. And I was 12 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: going to start off this morning just go flambam right 13 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: into a news story. But I looked at Ross left 14 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: the text lineup and you just heard the intro, and 15 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: there were a couple of elements to that. So I thought, 16 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: maybe what we should do rather than just jump right 17 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: into a story, maybe I'll do a little housekeeping, just 18 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: so you'll understand a little bit about how we do 19 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: this program, because this ain't your typical grandfather's program. It's 20 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: not it's not your mother in law's program either. If 21 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: we're not quite sure who's program, all we know is 22 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: it's me and Dragon, So sorry, yeah, yeah. Uh. By 23 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 1: the way, that voice you just heard, is Dragon Red 24 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: Beer my executive producer? You know they put the titled 25 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: executive on front of producer. But it doesn't mean you 26 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: get any more money. You just get the same old 27 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: crap you've always gotten. So dang it. Yeah, yeah, sorry, 28 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 1: sorry to tell you that. It was December twenty eight, 29 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: two thousand and seven. You know what that date was, 30 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 1: Dragon twelve, twenty eight oh seven, December twenty It was 31 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: the first time I sat in this studio, which I 32 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: think was a Saturday. So I've gone full circle and 33 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: I'm now on all three talk stations in Denver, so 34 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: Monday through Friday. I now do this program on the 35 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: original blowtorchs here in Colorado, where I started almost twenty 36 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: years ago. Then I do a nationally syndicated program which 37 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: is also an iHeart product Premier Radio Networks, which I've 38 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: been doing for I don't know, it seems like four 39 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: years or maybe five year. Now I lose track of time. 40 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: You'll soon learn that those of you who are new 41 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: to me and those of you who are carrying over 42 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: from the old program know that I can flate time horribly. 43 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: So who knows, it may have been twenty years I 44 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: don't remember, but whatever it is. So on Saturday, I 45 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: do a nationally syndicated program, the Weekend with Michael Brown. 46 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: That program is carried by around three hundred and fifty 47 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: affiliates around the country. It originates over on Freedom ninety three, 48 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: seven AM, seven sixty across the Hall. And of course 49 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: I'm actually still on six point thirty K how because 50 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: they rebroadcast the National Program on Sunday, So I'm on 51 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: all three talk stations in Denver, and I'm really happy 52 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: to do that. Yeah. Yeah, is that something to be 53 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: excited for? Well, much like you don't get paid extra, well, 54 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: I sort of get paid extra because of the National 55 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: Program on the weekend, but because k Howe carries it 56 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: over on this on Sunday, I don't get paid any 57 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: extra for that. So and I haven't seen my new 58 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: contract for this. Men who knows. I mean, maybe I 59 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: gotta pay deduction for all I know. 60 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 2: Are you working for the government again and you're not 61 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 2: getting paid right now? 62 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: They couldn't well know that that's gonna change. N change, 63 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: that's gonna change. It's gonna change. I will tell you 64 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: this this, as I said, this is not your usual 65 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: talk show. It's not your grandfather's your mother in law, 66 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 1: it's not your sisters, it's not your brother. It's our show, 67 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: and we do things a little differently talkbacks. Did you 68 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: hear the talk back from that young that little girl. 69 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 1: She's up in Alaska. Her father worked, Uh, well, I 70 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: shouldn't say worked, he was an intern. Yeah. Sure. Welcome 71 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: to KLA, Brownie and Dragon. 72 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 3: Michael says, Go here dot com has not changed. 73 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: Michael says, go here dot com is our official website 74 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: that you can go where you can find stories that 75 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: Dragon posts curses. 76 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 3: Go here dot com. 77 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: You'll also find links to the podcast, although you can 78 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: subscribe to the podcast wherever. Whatever your podcast app is, 79 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: it doesn't make any different. Wherever podcasts are available, just 80 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: search for the Situation with Michael Brown. That's the name 81 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: of this program, the Situation with Michael Brown, and that 82 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 1: will automatically download all five days of the weekday program 83 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: plus the weekend program, so you get six days of 84 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: Michael Brown. Imagine that. And then when you do that, 85 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: when you hit that subscribe button, be sure to leave 86 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: a five star review. I know everybody asked for that, 87 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: and I'm just telling you to do it regardless whether 88 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: you think it's five stars or one star, just leave 89 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: a five star review, because that's how you beat the algorithms. 90 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: You beat the algorithms by having the number of reviews 91 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: and then five star reviews, and that helps spread that 92 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: podcast even further, which I'm happy to say is one 93 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 1: of the largest podcasts in the building. Then, in the 94 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: rules of engagement to get played every day, it basically is, 95 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: if you want to tell me anything TMA, you want 96 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 1: to ask me anything A, you do that through the 97 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: text line. Our text line is different than everybody else's 98 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: and the reason for that is because of the nationally 99 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: syndicated program we need one single text line for all 100 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 1: of the programs. That number is three three one zero three. 101 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:16,559 Speaker 1: You might as well just put it in your phone 102 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: right now on your message app, whatever message app you use. 103 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: You might as well just plug in three three one zero. 104 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 2: Three and you have to text Mike or Michael or 105 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 2: Mike or Michael and then your message. 106 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: Yes, keyword Mike or Michael or Mike, Michael or Michael 107 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: or Michael and or Michael or Michael or Michael or 108 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: Michael or Mike. And by the way, Mike is an 109 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: M I, K E. And Michael is in my c 110 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: h A E l uh. Do you think we is 111 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: that enough groundwork? Can I get actually get to doing 112 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: what I want to do? Did we talk about the 113 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: talkbacks yet? 114 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 2: Oh? 115 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 1: No, we talk back? Why don't you describe the talkbacks 116 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: because you're the one that has There is a how 117 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 1: long ago I heard start talkbacks? Uh, it's been that three, 118 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:00,279 Speaker 1: four or five years something? 119 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 2: Ye something that we have no clue, but it's been 120 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 2: a long time. Like Michael, I canflate time. I have 121 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 2: really no idea, and yesterday it could have been three 122 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 2: years ago. 123 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: I'm not real sure. And talkbacks are very important to 124 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: this program and for the new listeners the old listeners, 125 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: and I do mean old listeners. The old listeners will 126 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: explain to you why they're important because I came in 127 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: here every day with it's not formally a rundown. Everything 128 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: is contained in a notebook and on my laptop and 129 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: it used to be on the screen. But since we 130 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: only have one computer screen and not two. 131 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 2: To go ahead and start bitching about that now, Grass. 132 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 1: That's right. Sometimes a talkback can add to the content, 133 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: it can detract from the content, and sometimes it can 134 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: cause me to chase the squirrel. I've been known, much 135 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: like my dogs, to like to chase squirrels. So what 136 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: would you add about talkbacks. 137 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 2: Well, while you're listening live to eight to fifty KOs 138 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,559 Speaker 2: on the iHeart radio app, you can there's that little 139 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 2: red microphone button near the top of the screen. You 140 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 2: have thirty When you hit that button, you have a 141 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 2: thirty seconds to leave a voicemail, so to speak. And 142 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 2: you know, leave us a compliment, will leave me a compliment. 143 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 2: Don't leave Michael a compliment and complain about Michael being 144 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 2: over here, and you could completely derail. 145 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: The show, just as Michael just stated. 146 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 2: So where the iHeart app when you're listening live to 147 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 2: koa little red microphone button, tap that and you can 148 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 2: leave a thirty second voicemail. 149 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: I'll talk about and then I And truthfully, I have 150 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: no influence control, nor do I want any influence or 151 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: control over what Top Max get played or they don't 152 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: get played. Dragon is just passive aggressive enough that if 153 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,119 Speaker 1: he knows that I'm right in the middle of something 154 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: really important and we got a break, and he's trying 155 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: to derail me, which he tries to do because he 156 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: tries to bring the quality of the program down to 157 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: the lowest common denominator in order to fit with well you, 158 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: because you know some of you are part of the 159 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: lowest common denominator. I e. Think earballs. 160 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 2: Michael misspoke once upon a time talking about either his 161 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 2: ears or his eyes. I don't recall which, but he 162 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 2: said earballs, so that took off on the talkbacks. 163 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: So ever an ever, an ever, ad nauseum. Then if 164 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: you subscribe to the podcast, you will be that is 165 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: a separate download that you will get in the podcast, 166 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: you will get a collection of all of the talkbacks 167 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: that were that day. Do you know how many we 168 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: had for today this morning? Will be at least two 169 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: dozen when I got here this morning, So twenty four 170 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: some talkbacks plus the ones that we'll get throughout the 171 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:43,319 Speaker 1: day to day, and those will get compiled into a 172 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: separate upload on the on the podcast machine. 173 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:48,679 Speaker 2: Clearly, we're not gonna be able to play, you know, 174 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 2: twenty four plus talkbacks that wouldn't take up an entire segment. 175 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 2: And you know, frankly, we don't want to hear Michael, 176 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 2: but I don't think we want to hear twenty four 177 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 2: different talkbacks to fill up twenty something minutes. 178 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 1: That's that's right. He will soon he will soon find 179 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: that the talkbacks are a very passive aggressive way to 180 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: deal with the program. So have that it. Have fun. 181 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: We don't care. We're both passive agress even so just 182 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: hold on to your horses and here we go. So 183 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: let's go ahead and get started. And by the way, 184 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: a reminder, the text line is different. Come on, it's different. 185 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: Three three one zero three. You should be taking out 186 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: your iPhone, or if you're not enough to have an Android, 187 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: you should take out whatever, or maybe you've got to 188 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 1: if you ever rote ay dial, then we can't help you. 189 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 2: Shot that down in your big chief tablet. The three 190 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 2: three three one zero three. The word is Mike or 191 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 2: Michael or Mike or Michael, Mike or Michael. 192 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: All right, that's enough. Shut up, that's enough. That's it. 193 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: That's it. 194 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 2: This is why we have people the good Googer listeners 195 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 2: do rules of engagement rather than us, because we'll drone on, we. 196 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: On about this for the next three hours. 197 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 2: Right, So when we have we have the rules of 198 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 2: engagement that play at the top of the hour, that's 199 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 2: about a minute. 200 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: But when you and I get. 201 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 2: To talking about it, it's been almost ten. 202 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 1: I don't know how long I did the morning, the 203 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 1: Morning Drive program over on kW on khow. I don't 204 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: know how long I did it, but I did it 205 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: long enough that I was pretty excited this weekend to 206 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: be moving back over here to the blowtors, back to 207 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: where I started. And so I was. I was determined 208 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: because normally I get up at four am every morning 209 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: in order to get ready to come in here and 210 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: do that morning drive program. Last night, I managed to 211 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: stay in bed or stay awake, and not go to 212 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: bed until eight thirty pm. Yeah, I know, I was 213 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: living it up. And I noticed that the wife, Tamra, 214 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: kept kind of looking over his shoulder in front of 215 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: the couch, like aren't you going to bed? What are 216 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:44,959 Speaker 1: you still doing? Didn't you get out of here? I 217 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: guess I get some things I want to watch, like well, 218 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 1: why don't you go to bed? Get out of here? 219 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: Get out of here. So I managed to wait int 220 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 1: late thirty, and then I have to confess I really did. 221 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: I kind of woked up at four o'clock, was curious 222 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: what time it was, looked at the clock, realized it 223 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: was four o'clock, rolled right back over it, right back 224 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: to sleep oo and then around five something. I don't 225 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: know what it was. Well, I was a little before that, 226 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:09,679 Speaker 1: because it's just before you sent me the text message. 227 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: I woke up and thought, you know what I'm gonna 228 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: I'm not going to get up until five thirty. Actually 229 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: it turned out to be five seventeen because I just 230 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: couldn't resist. But what was great about it was this morning. 231 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: I have already I've done some additional show prep. I've 232 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: caught up on the stories I had ready last night. 233 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: I've revamped to them a little bit. I've already taken 234 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,680 Speaker 1: the dogs on a I've been a two mile walk 235 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: this morning. I've done all of that, and I've already 236 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: had one diet coke, so I'm fully caffeinated, and I've 237 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: got the second diet coke. In fact, I threw them 238 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: off at McDonald's because I didn't recognize the person at 239 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: the McDonald's drive through this morning. I'm like, who the 240 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 1: hell are you? And they were like looking at me, 241 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 1: like well, why should we treat you to say? And 242 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: and I'm like, you should know who I am because 243 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: I used to be here every morning at you know, 244 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: five am, getting a diet coke and it come on shows, 245 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: show some love to me. But anyway, I got the 246 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: diet coke and I'm ready to rock and rolls. We're 247 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: gonna get started. And Dragon will have to remind me 248 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: because this isn't I've looked at this book so many times. 249 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 2: It's the same right here now it is the same. 250 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 2: But it's just gonna It's gonna tell me, all right, 251 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 2: don't about it. Well, you have to whisper in my 252 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 2: ear if I'm droning. If I'm droning on, which I 253 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 2: never do, droning on, you're droning on. 254 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: Your mental health, My mental health, all of our mental health, 255 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: particularly in this modern world where we just can consistently 256 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: and constantly just inundated. I think our our mental health 257 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: is directly linked to our ability to avoid reading too 258 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: much into the highest of the highs and the lowest 259 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: of the lows. For example, when when we won the 260 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: big election like we did in November of twenty twenty 261 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: four and Trump became president and shocker, shocker, we beat 262 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris in her one hundred and seven days of 263 00:12:55,559 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: spending a billion dollars and barely getting anywhere. You've got 264 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: to understand that the Democrats are going to come back 265 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: with a plan, and that plan is the keyword for 266 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: that plan is going to be resist. And so you 267 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: can't rest on your laurels indefinitely. Conversely, when you get 268 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: mud stomped, when you get your when they grab you 269 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: by the by your hair and smash your face in 270 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 1: the mud, kind of like the Republicans have got last 271 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 1: Tuesday in some of the most and what I would 272 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: call some of the most predictable election results in modern history. 273 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: In fact, I think it was last Saturday, I went 274 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 1: through the Virginia and New Jersey races and pointed out 275 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: so again another reason to download the podcast. If you 276 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: want to understand the history of the elections in New 277 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: Jersey and in Virginia, go listen to I think it 278 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: was the first hour of the podcast on Saturday. When 279 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: you understand the history of the elections in those states, 280 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:08,719 Speaker 1: it really is one. The outcome on November four was predictable, 281 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,119 Speaker 1: and it's got to be kept in a proper perspective. 282 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: And that is why, like somebody that deals with a 283 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 1: bad hangover, which I don't often do but have been 284 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: known to do at times, we did an election autopsy, 285 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: an election autopsy of what took place. Now, nobody likes 286 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: to lose, but the reality is that Republicans have neglected 287 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: New York City for more than a century. New Jersey 288 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: Virginia have a blue lean. In fact, I really believe 289 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 1: that they're truly blue state. They're not purple. They had 290 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: become blue light Colorado, truly blue. And that blueness gets 291 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: exacerbated by the population density. Vich you have in those 292 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: two states really lacks election laws, and those lacks election 293 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: laws in New Jersey and Virginia. I'm a shocker New Jersey, right, 294 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: didn't the Senator Menendez just isney in prison for Oh 295 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: you're from the UAE. Yeah, I'll take some gold bars 296 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: in exchange for a vote on this. With that, oh 297 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: you got a really nice roll lex for me, all 298 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: take that too. So anyway, he's off in jail's that's 299 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: New Jersey in a nutshell right there. So you've got 300 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: population density, you have lox of election laws allow for 301 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: massive leads accumulated through mail in balloting and mail or 302 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: ballot harvesting. And in the case of Virginia, there is 303 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: a huge reliance upon the growth and sustainment of the 304 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: federal government. And that is what drives northern Virginia politics. 305 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: If you look at the northern counties of Virginia, Alexandria, Arlington, 306 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: you look at Tyson's Corner, all of that area in 307 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: northern Virginia, that's where all of the contractors live, and 308 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: all those contractors do work for the federal government, and 309 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: it's a revolving door. They're in and out all of 310 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: the time. So want of better Republican outcomes, you'd have 311 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: to wish for a Democrat president. Based upon more than 312 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: five decades fifty years of off year election trends, twelve 313 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: the last thirteen gubernatory elections in Virginia had been won 314 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: by the party not in the White House, the only 315 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: exception being a two point five percent margin race back 316 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: in twenty thirteen, when you had a libertarian sitting on 317 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: a six point five percent of the total vote. The 318 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: Republican side, as is standard in the online era that 319 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 1: we now live in, has been dooming and glooming for 320 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: six seven days now. Meanwhile, I wake up and find 321 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: out that Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman has actually been pretty 322 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: consistent for the entire shutdown and probably is now on 323 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: the verge of getting exiled from his own party. If 324 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: not sometime soon, then probably by the twenty twenty eight primary, 325 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: in which he's going to be attacked from his left 326 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: field by a bunch of radicals who can't read the 327 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: cards on the Trump Eric Keystone. Now that appears the 328 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: shutdown is Mike might and I'm wanna I want to 329 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: emphasize Mike. I'll explain to why in just a minute. 330 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: Then Fetterman's wisdom will be apparent again when we get back. 331 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you exactly what he said after the 332 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:25,360 Speaker 1: Senate vote to end the film, but not to reopen, 333 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: but simply to end the debate to invoke cloture. That's next. 334 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 4: Hey, this is a Matt nervada and how the repook. 335 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: To night And I only have thirty seconds with the 336 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: head Yeah, sorry, gosh, I wish we'd had five more 337 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:06,640 Speaker 1: minutes of that one. Yeah, that was great. The by 338 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: the way, thank you for pointing out. We'll find out 339 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 1: whether or not management's listening this morning. Dragon. Apparently the 340 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: number on the website for the text line is incorrect. Huh, 341 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: it's three three one zero three. So if you know 342 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: if Tepper, Jojo or anybody happens to be listening, you 343 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: might want to reach out to OI and change the 344 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 1: text line to the proper number three three one zero three. 345 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 1: Keyword Michael, Michael. 346 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:34,159 Speaker 2: I was at one last meeting this past Friday with 347 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 2: Tepper about the whole all the changes and everything. Because 348 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 2: I'm on both shows. I need to be very very 349 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 2: vigilant on both shows, which should be a first. Well, 350 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 2: I'm going to quit paying attention to you here in 351 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 2: just a few minutes. I just want to make sure 352 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 2: things get started right and make sure you take the 353 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 2: forty five at forty five when you're supposed to. 354 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: Take the forty five. 355 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,880 Speaker 2: Uh, Tipper said, He's like, I'm not waking up early 356 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 2: for this, of course not. 357 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 1: And then we get this text too from the from 358 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: the other text line which I'm not going to give 359 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:04,880 Speaker 1: out the number because the correct numbers three three one 360 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: zero three. Dragon. I'm so sorry to say I will 361 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: believe I will be leaving the show. I have never 362 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:15,919 Speaker 1: been a Michael Brown fan. His voice and delivery is 363 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 1: annoying and egotistical. True, I hear rush Limbaugh when he speaks. 364 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:26,880 Speaker 1: I'm disappointed. Now what don't give him a coun what 365 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: what goober number. I can't read the number because the 366 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: numbers are so small here. It looks like seven to 367 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: one sixty five or something. But what that goober failed 368 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: to realize is he just blew my ego up, you know, 369 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: ten times the size of the studio. All I hear 370 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: is rush Limbaugh. I'll take that. In fact, I'll copy 371 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: that particular text and use it in contract negotiations. See, 372 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: so they'll they'll learn, they'll learn, they'll learn sometime. So 373 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 1: back to this vote. The New York Times this morning 374 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 1: comes out with the story about Fetterman, and he's apparently 375 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 1: written a book, and the book I forget the name 376 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,719 Speaker 1: of the title, the title of the book, but in 377 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: it he talks about after he had the stroke back 378 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: when he was running for senate for the you know, 379 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: running initially for senate, he actually thought and was hoping 380 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: he could die, and he also wished that he had 381 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: quit the race. And while I love some of the 382 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: things that John Fetterman says, I still recognize that he 383 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 1: is and always will be a Democrat. And so John 384 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: Fetterman is while he while Republicans can get all excited, 385 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: because holy cow, listen, John Fetterman's out there talking and 386 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: he's bucking Senator Schumer and he's going to you know, 387 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,360 Speaker 1: he's voted to open the government again. He's rejoined us. 388 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: Calm down, Calm down. Yes, Fetterman's wisdom will appear occasionally 389 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 1: here or there. Here's what he said after the Senate vote, 390 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,880 Speaker 1: which was sixty to forty to reopen. He said, after 391 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 1: forty days, as it can assistant voice against shutting our 392 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: government down, I voted yes for the fifteenth time to reopen. 393 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: I'm so sorry to our military, snap recipients, government workers, 394 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 1: and Capitol police who have not been paid in weeks. 395 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: It should never have come to this, and it shouldn't 396 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 1: have the Continuing Resolution which they voted to end the debate. Now, 397 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 1: remember this vote, the sixty to forty vote, does not 398 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: reopen the government. All it does is it stops the debate. 399 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: It's a technical term. Is it invokes cloture, which means 400 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 1: they can now proceed on a vote on the Continuing Resolution, 401 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: the same cr that was voted on by the House 402 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: way back well several months ago, and that was presented 403 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 1: to the Senate. So all they've done overnight, which they 404 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 1: did late Sunday, was they finally got to the sixty votes, 405 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 1: and those Those Democrats who join Fetterman include Catherine Cortez 406 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: Masto from Nevada, Jackie Rosen of Nevada, Dick Durbin of Illinois, 407 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: Janine Shaheen of New Hampshire, Maggie Hassen of New Hampshire, 408 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,920 Speaker 1: Tim Kane of Virginia, and Angus Keane of Maine who's 409 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: technically an independent but he caucuses with the Democrats. Now, 410 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:23,719 Speaker 1: including Fetterman, five of those eight have battleground state worries 411 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 1: to contend with. So the longer this went on, if 412 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: you're in a battleground state, if you live in New Hampshire, Nevada, Illinois, Virginia, 413 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: you start to worry that your vote's going to costume 414 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:41,920 Speaker 1: in the next election. So pure, unadult orated political politics says, 415 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 1: you know what, maybe reach the point where I got it, 416 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: I've got to give in. And the thing that I 417 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: would emphasize is simply this. If you're all wound up 418 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: in that crazy debate about whose fault is this, why 419 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: do we do this? And is it Republican's fault? Is 420 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 1: a Democrats fault? It's clearly the Democrat because all Republicans 421 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: continue to vote for it, including doctor Senator Ran Paul. 422 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:11,439 Speaker 1: So when all Republicans are voting for something and a 423 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 1: group of Democrats are voting against something, since the Democrats 424 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 1: that are causing the government to shut down, that's not 425 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: trying to be partisan. That's simply math, simply math. When 426 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,879 Speaker 1: you take those eight battleground states that they have to 427 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: worry about, take Fetterment. Since Fetterman was elected in twenty 428 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 1: twenty two by reasonably comfortable but not a stiff four 429 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:40,359 Speaker 1: point nine percent margin, Pennsylvania has drifted four point three 430 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: percent toward Republicans by registration. What is that. That's the 431 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: net gain of nearly three hundred eighty thousand Republican registrations 432 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:55,400 Speaker 1: in Pennsylvania. And trust me, on Capitol Hill, having been 433 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 1: there myself, I can tell you that is exactly what 434 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:02,119 Speaker 1: they're concerned about. Nearly everybody on Capitol Hill. Well I 435 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: shouldn't to say nearly everybody. I think everybody on Capitol Hill, 436 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,679 Speaker 1: unless she happened to be a tourist, is a political 437 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: creature who knows how to read the room, or they 438 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: have staffers. If you're too stupid to read the room, 439 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: then those senators or members of Congress, doesn't make any 440 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 1: difference which one. They have staffers that know how to 441 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: read the room, and their number one focus is always 442 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: to get re elected. And every time they tell you otherwise, 443 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: I'm telling you they're lying. Now, Fetterman seat's going to 444 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,679 Speaker 1: be up in a presidential year next time around. And 445 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 1: he just saw Bob Casey Lew's thanks to Donald Trump's 446 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: coat tails, despite every effort to cheat enough to try 447 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:51,360 Speaker 1: to keep Dave McCormick out of the Senate. So what's 448 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: the deal? What's the deal that we have now reached 449 00:24:54,240 --> 00:25:00,400 Speaker 1: with I shouldn't let me rephrase that. That's incorrect, assuming 450 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: that which they have, they've ended debate and now they 451 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 1: have a clean resolution in front of them. What does 452 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 1: it do if they were to pass that, because that's 453 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 1: another hurdle, which we'll get to in a minute. It 454 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 1: would fund the government through January thirty. First, it promises 455 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 1: to vote on Obamacare subsidies, which later in the program 456 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 1: I went to explain in detail what those subsidies are 457 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: because the cabal. Maybe I should explain to the new 458 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:32,919 Speaker 1: listeners what the cabal is. Yes, and actually we'll do 459 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 1: that after the break I'll be right back. My dad 460 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: used to use the term earballs all the time. My 461 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,120 Speaker 1: dad was a tail gunner on a bomber. 462 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:49,440 Speaker 3: Earballs are rubber balls on a string that you would 463 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 3: stick in your ears before you put your ear musks 464 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 3: on to keep you from going completely deaf while you're 465 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 3: fired in a fifty caliber. Good morning, Michael and Dragon. Well, hey, 466 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 3: draggon that koa microphone doing wonders man sounding great on 467 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 3: a Monday morning. 468 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: And Michael, don't worry about it. Maybe it just hasn't 469 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,919 Speaker 1: adjusted to your voice yet. Have a great day. Probably not, 470 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: probably not, But you know, I'll demand that it get 471 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: in here and fix it or something, and of course 472 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:21,919 Speaker 1: that'll take us another six months. So yeah, I wouldn't 473 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 1: worry about it too yet I have. 474 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 2: That's the right care about working TV, working TVs, working 475 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:28,679 Speaker 2: TV's workering blinds. 476 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: And actually this is pretty clean in here too, not 477 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,919 Speaker 1: bad at all. So now that they've voted to stop 478 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: the debate, what does that mean? That is in the 479 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 1: continuing resolution that if they ever actually get to a 480 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: vote on that, what would that do but fund the 481 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 1: government all the way through this coming January thirty first, Wow, 482 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 1: And they will have this fight all over again. Won't 483 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,439 Speaker 1: that be fantastic. It promises to vote on the Affordable 484 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: Care Act aka Obamacare. They're going to vote on that 485 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: some time in December, you know, before they go on 486 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:06,199 Speaker 1: Christmas vacation for six weeks. Then it would reverse all 487 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: the mass layoffs the federal workers, all the riffs since 488 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: October one, so those that got riff will come back 489 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 1: to work. They will probably get back pay. It will 490 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,640 Speaker 1: provide now this I find these two interesting. It will 491 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: provide full year funding for veterans affairs. It will provide 492 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,439 Speaker 1: full year funding for the Department of AGS. So that 493 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: means that the SNAP program, the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance program, 494 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: the food stamps will additionally get funded for a full year. 495 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: And then nobody ever talks about this, but they just 496 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 1: funded themselves for a full year or two. So that 497 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: means the legislative branch, because now we can we all 498 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:51,359 Speaker 1: rest and sleep well knowing that Congresses paid themselves and 499 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 1: their staffers and all their perks and everything else. That's 500 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: going to be fully funded for a year. So can 501 00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:01,199 Speaker 1: we sing a hallelujah course for them? That though is 502 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: essentially the same one that was on the table before 503 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 1: the shutdown went an effect on October first, and that's 504 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: what Democrats walked away from. So when you just look 505 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: at reactions that I heard this morning, including Congressman Roe 506 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 1: Conna calling on Chuck Schumer to be replaced as the 507 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: Senate Democrat leader, and all the other online mountdowns that 508 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 1: you can find, I think it's pretty safe to say 509 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,680 Speaker 1: that President Trump came out on top of the shutdown deal, 510 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 1: especially after talking about shaking up medical reimbursements and building 511 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 1: out tariff dividends yesterday, which by the way, I think 512 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 1: is a crazy idea. Don't get me wrong. You'll soon 513 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: find that while yes I am a conservative, and yes 514 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 1: I do believe in conservative politics, I am willing to 515 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,239 Speaker 1: criticize Donald Trump when I think he's doing something that 516 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 1: is insane or wrong or just illogical. And one of 517 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 1: those would be passing out two thousand dollars checks based 518 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: on the tariff income. So he did come out on 519 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: top government funding through January thirty first, and then you'll 520 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 1: stick around and we'll have the same fight again January 521 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: thirty first, partial funding guarantee through the end of the 522 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: fiscal year in twenty twenty sixth and then of a 523 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: February one shutdown, So they've tried to put some sort 524 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 1: of writer in there that would say, even if we 525 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: have a fight come or January thirty first, we will 526 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: continue to fund everything through the end of the current 527 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: fiscal year that we are in. The mass layoffs of 528 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: all the federal workers in October one that gets reversed, 529 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: and the remainder of the deal that was on the 530 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 1: table prior to the shutdown. So now the Democrats who 531 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: just caved on the shutdown deal or at least shutting 532 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: down debate, will get another opportunity to shut down the 533 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,959 Speaker 1: government at the end of January. And I'll bet you 534 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 1: anything anything you want to bet that they won't. Yeah, 535 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 1: you didn't see that coming, did you. I don't think 536 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: they will, particularly giving how this one ended up. It's 537 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:08,080 Speaker 1: gone over very poorly with everybody on the online left. 538 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: The radicals in the Democrat Party, which make up the 539 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: majority of the Democrat Party, are now really really ticked off, 540 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 1: and in fact, over on one site, these Democrats voted 541 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: stript millions of Americans of their healthcare primary, every single 542 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:29,040 Speaker 1: one of them. Dick Derwin, Maggie Hassan, Angus King, Catherine Cortez, 543 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: Tim Kaine, Jeans, Yan, John Fetterman, Jackie Rosen. Now, did 544 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: you see the play this week? Did you see how 545 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 1: this really went? Because for all of those who kept 546 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: wanting to play the blame game, when you have Republicans 547 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: in the House and Democrats in the House vote for 548 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 1: the continuing Resolution which kept spending at the Biden era levels, 549 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: and then that goes to the Senate, and the Senate 550 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: rather than just voting on it, cannot shut down debate 551 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 1: because one one Democrat or two Democrats doesn't make any 552 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 1: difference that I want a filibuster. Now, that doesn't mean 553 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 1: they have to stand up and they have to keep, 554 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 1: you know, speaking. It simply means that all what they 555 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: have to do is just tell and then everything just 556 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: comes to a grinding halt until last night. Hey, welcome 557 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 1: to the situation. Michael Brown. Glad to have you guys 558 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: with me on this side of the aisle. It's the 559 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,479 Speaker 1: text line numbers three three, one zero three keyword Michael, Michael. 560 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 1: When we get back, I'll tell you why I call 561 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 1: you guys goobers. You might get a kick out of it. 562 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: I'll be right back