1 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:11,319 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load. So 2 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: Michael Varry Show is on the air. Go win with 3 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: every single facet. We're gonna win so much. 4 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: You may even. 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: Get tired of winning. 6 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 3: And you'll say, please, please, it's too much winning. 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 4: We can't take it anymore, mister President, it's too much. 8 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: And I'll say, no, it isn't. 9 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: We have to keep winning. 10 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: We have to win more. 11 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 2: We're gonna win more. We're gonna win so much. 12 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 5: What how much we've been collecting in revenues. And I 13 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 5: did this in part because Wilfrid's here and he can 14 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 5: talk about the UK trade deal. But just this is 15 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 5: the monthly numbers, and they have gone up a lot. 16 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 5: June is actually set for another big increase of twenty 17 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 5: seven billion. That is money coming into US coffers from tariffs. 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 5: We are collecting a lot of revenue. So far, Guys 19 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 5: one hundred and twenty one billion dollars has flowed into 20 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 5: the US government since the start of the fiscal year. 21 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: It's still a. 22 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 5: Tiny portion of the overall revenues that the US government gets, 23 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 5: but it's. 24 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: Increasingly a lot. 25 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 5: Especially we haven't seen it in terms of the consumer 26 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 5: paying off higher inflation. 27 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 6: One, he is able to go to the trading partners 28 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 6: and say, look, I am happy to take in this 29 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 6: tariff income. If you don't want to negotiate, this is 30 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 6: a high rate. But the US is taking a massive 31 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 6: amounts of tariff income. We had the first June budget 32 00:01:55,400 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 6: surplus since twenty fifteen that we reported it this month, 33 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 6: and so we are taking in substantial income. So President 34 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 6: Trump is creating this leverage by saying, if you don't 35 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 6: want to negotiate with me, I've sent you a letter 36 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 6: with a high rate. You have at the high rate, 37 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 6: or come and negotiate in better fashion. 38 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 3: The money. My dad was in memory care a few 39 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 3: years ago. He and another military guy would hang out 40 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 3: and eat dinner together, but he was like meeting someone 41 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 3: new each day. That was how bad their dementia was. Anyway, 42 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 3: one evening they actually got into a spat. The taller 43 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 3: one got my dad into a headlock, and then the 44 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 3: nurse had to break it up. They of course had 45 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 3: to call me to tell me what happened, and all 46 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 3: I could do was laugh and ask if they were 47 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 3: Mma training down there. Nowadays, it became one of the 48 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 3: funniest stories for us to tell I have changed my 49 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 3: views on advanced aging dramatically through the experiences I've had 50 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 3: with my parents over the last few years. Watching my 51 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 3: mother die was very unpleasant, very very unpleasant, being in 52 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 3: a constant state of pain. She had her full mental faculties, 53 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 3: but physically her body in a very short period of time. 54 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 3: My mother's family's made of ruddy stuff. Man. They are 55 00:03:55,520 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 3: tough stock, German peasants stock, tough people. It really surprised me. 56 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 3: My grandfather abused his body and he lived well into 57 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 3: his eighties. He smoked, drank, dip, you name it, he 58 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 3: did it. He worked outside, he was always severely sunburned. 59 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 3: He cooked massiveness, a great cook. He was the one 60 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,239 Speaker 3: married to my grandmother, always bragging her cook and between 61 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 3: the two of them, they were both amazing. Anytime you 62 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:27,919 Speaker 3: were going to eat a meal at their house, it 63 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 3: was going to be amazing. His chili, his gumbo, his 64 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 3: homemade ice cream, I mean, his dressing Thanksgiving, Oh my goodness, 65 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 3: it was incredible, just incredible. Anyway, I have come to 66 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 3: change my view. You know, when I follow this fellow 67 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 3: named Peter Attiyah, and he has a website on longevity, 68 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 3: and I've known people who want to live to be 69 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 3: one hundred or they want to live to be and 70 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 3: they picked some age, and I go, go ahead, knock 71 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 3: yourself out, because I don't. I definitely don't, and I 72 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 3: mean that I don't have a death wish per se. 73 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 3: But living well into a number versus living a quality 74 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 3: of life during the years you have are a very 75 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 3: different thing. And the other thing that I think doesn't 76 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 3: get talked about is if you live to be one hundred, 77 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 3: nobody that you loved is left anymore. At some point 78 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 3: you bury your own children to old age. My mentor, 79 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 3: Walter Zivli, I used to kid with him. He died 80 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 3: it I think eighty two. I used a kid with 81 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 3: him and say, Walter, do you realize when you die, 82 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 3: how many people are going to be at your funeral? 83 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 3: Because he was so beloved by so many people, said 84 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 3: you realize how many people going to be at your funeral? 85 00:05:55,320 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 3: And he'd say, Michael, everybody I know's dead, nobody's coming 86 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 3: to my funeral. Well, I was right and he was wrong. 87 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 3: It was very very well attended, beautiful, beautiful service at 88 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 3: Bethel Independent, but all of those people were younger than him. 89 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 3: His wife, Nancy had passed a few months before his 90 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 3: own mother. He was an only child who didn't have 91 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 3: any siblings. But it's one of those things that doesn't 92 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 3: get talked about. If you live into a ripe old age, 93 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 3: nobody that you once knew and loved is still around. 94 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 3: It's just the next generation, and that's fine. But there's 95 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 3: something about your generation and the people that you love 96 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 3: and who love you, and part of growing old. I 97 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 3: also spend a fair amount of time in an old 98 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 3: folks home now, and I can tell you that there 99 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 3: are people who are alive physically but don't know where 100 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 3: they are. There are other people who are clearly in 101 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 3: a state of constant pain. There are other people who 102 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 3: are in a state of diminished mental capacity. And that 103 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 3: does not appear from where I'm looking to be a 104 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 3: happy state. They're angry, they're frustrated. Frustration seems to be 105 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 3: a great part of it, in much the same way 106 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 3: as a little kid first trying to walk or trying 107 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 3: to put blocks in their place, but having once done it, 108 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 3: now very angry, whereas a child doesn't know any better, 109 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 3: and much like a child unable to walk in a wheelchair, 110 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 3: being pushed around, being at the mercy of someone else 111 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 3: who has to wipe your ass and change your diaper, 112 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 3: or bring you your food, or give you your shots, or 113 00:07:56,200 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 3: give you your medicine. You're in a constant state of 114 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 3: of measuring blood sugar and heart rate and all these 115 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 3: various things. You've got healthcare professionals coming in all the 116 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 3: time because of little many emergencies. 117 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: Getting the oldest help. I had no idea of help. 118 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 3: Good speakers, smart devices. 119 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: From Michael's brain to your ears. 120 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 4: This is the Michael Arry Show. 121 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 1: Like it's not a profeon statements. 122 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 3: My mind can't wrap itself around how we had a 123 00:08:50,280 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 3: period of blind singers and then nobody sins in and 124 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:15,439 Speaker 3: nobody before that. Stevie Ray Charles Ronnie Mills said, Jeff Healey's. 125 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:25,199 Speaker 1: I mean you think about well, my kids took. 126 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 3: Piano, and piano's very good for math. I had no 127 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 3: music's very good for math. I had no idea. I 128 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 3: have zero musical skills zero. I was the worst in 129 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 3: our family. My wife was better than me, and she 130 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 3: has no rhythm. I mean we laugh about the fact 131 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 3: that she's like, how could I be better than you? 132 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 3: I have no rhythm. My kids got pretty good at 133 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 3: it and still enjoyed sitting down and playing. But what 134 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 3: I did not know is how much math has to 135 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 3: do with that. But I just think about how you know, 136 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 3: you look at your fingers on the keys and a 137 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 3: blind person can't do that really just amazes me. So 138 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 3: Robert Reese was his birthday earlier this week and he 139 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 3: asked for his birthday that I guess yesterday must have 140 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 3: been his birthday. 141 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: It is today Tuesday. 142 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 3: He asked that all for his birthday, that I announced 143 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 3: his show sponsors on air, that would be his present. 144 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,559 Speaker 3: So he went back and looked at every show sponsor 145 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 3: we've had in twenty years of doing this, and we 146 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 3: have had ten show sponsors who have been with us 147 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 3: for fifteen years. Think about that for a moment. Abacus Plumbing, 148 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 3: All Star Construction, Dean and Draper Insurance, Flaarty's Flooring America, 149 00:10:55,040 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 3: Mcaulay's Lumber, Oop Steam Cleaning plants for all seasons, Southern 150 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 3: front Doors, Texas Renters, Top Tax Defenders. You know, we 151 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 3: had a vision twenty years ago for how the show 152 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 3: was going to work, and I am extremely difficult to 153 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 3: deal with if you're a sales rep. And the sales 154 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 3: reps will be honest with you about that. I am 155 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 3: extremely difficult to deal with. And the major reason for 156 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 3: that is that somebody will want to be a part 157 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 3: of the show. They're a listener and they want you 158 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 3: as their customers because they've heard, you know, They've talked 159 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 3: to Lewis Florey and he says, you know, seventy five 160 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 3: percent of my business is for Michael Berryshaw Listeners or 161 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 3: Chance McLain. One hundred percent of my business business is 162 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 3: Michael Berrishall Listeners or Michael Petru. Ninety percent of my 163 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 3: business is Michael Barryshell Listeners. And they see how it's 164 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 3: it's morphed into a business model for people. But just 165 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 3: like every business this, there are sort of conventional ways 166 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 3: that things get done, and people like to stick to 167 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 3: the conventional. 168 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: For instance, over the. 169 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 3: Years, I've had to yell at people because they'll say, hey, 170 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 3: we're doing a special for Memorial dam and I say, well, 171 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 3: nothing says that I love fallen soldiers quite like ten 172 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,959 Speaker 3: percent off. No, I'm not doing it well, but they're 173 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 3: really putting a lot of effort into it. No, I'm 174 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 3: not doing it, but they really want you to know 175 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 3: I'm not doing it which is my advice to you. 176 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 3: See where you're going, be confident that's a good route. 177 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 3: Be willing to steer into the other lane a little 178 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 3: if you need to, but don't let anybody take you 179 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 3: off that. Surround yourself with good people. It's amazing to 180 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,959 Speaker 3: me how often someone will tell me when I ask them, 181 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 3: what's the biggest impediment to you grow in your business? Well? 182 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 3: Not very good? Well why is she there? I don't know. 183 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 3: I like her, she's nice, but she's not good. No, 184 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 3: she runs off all the good people. 185 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 1: She's always sick. 186 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,439 Speaker 3: She she's always got some excuse once she's not coming in. 187 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 3: Well what about your planet? 188 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:17,559 Speaker 6: No? 189 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 3: She just oh she's sorry. You know, I got tired 190 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 3: of arguing with her. Are you so afraid of change 191 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 3: that you can't fire that person? Are you sleeping with her? 192 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 3: Is she your sister? These aren't rational decisions. Choose the 193 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 3: life you want to have and then live it. And 194 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 3: for people who don't want to be part of your 195 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 3: life under your terms, eliminate them from your life. Extricate them. 196 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 3: Don't allow other people to put you in the situation. 197 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 3: For this one little life, you have to not absolutely 198 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 3: love it. Period. End of story. Move on? 199 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: Is that easy? Now? 200 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 3: That means that not everybody's going to like you. That 201 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,239 Speaker 3: means that you have to make tough decisions. 202 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: It means that you have to focus on good people 203 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: and eliminate bad people. But that's what life's about. That's 204 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: what good coaches do. 205 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 3: You know, when the Packers got rid of Brett Fharr, 206 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 3: that was a tough decision, but they knew they had 207 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers, and they knew that they had more good 208 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 3: years out of him than than Brett Farr, and that 209 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 3: that was the right decision. When the forty nine Ers 210 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 3: let Joe Montana go, I was so mad at them. 211 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 3: I wanted him to win a Super Bowl with the 212 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 3: Chiefs so bad. But long term, it was the right decision. 213 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 3: They had the quarterback of the future, and what a 214 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 3: great quarterback he turned out to be. In Montana was 215 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 3: just not a shell of himself just yet, but he 216 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 3: would be soon. You've got to make tough decisions in 217 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 3: your life to have the life you want to have. 218 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 3: The life you want to have is not going to 219 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 3: fall into your lap. You have to constantly prune the 220 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 3: friendship tree. I was talking about blocking people on your 221 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 3: phone because every time you see their name come up, 222 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 3: you cringe. You're miserable. And a friend of mine that 223 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 3: once a year will thank me, and he will thank 224 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 3: me because there's one guy who would call him constantly, 225 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 3: and when he called, he would start in on him. 226 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 3: And you didn't call me. You don't come around, you 227 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 3: haven't done this. I need this, you don't do this. 228 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 3: And finally he said, you know, I don't need that 229 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 3: guy in my life. So he goes home and he said, hey, 230 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 3: listen to Michael talking about this, and what do you think? 231 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 3: And she said, I've never liked that guy. Every time 232 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 3: he calls, if we're on vacation, if we're out at dinner, 233 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 3: he makes your life miserable. Why do you take his call? 234 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 3: Because y'all went to school together. Got him out. 235 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: With more of the Michael Berry Show. I don't do TikTok. 236 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 3: So I don't know if this is true or not, 237 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 3: but I'm going to read it because I thought it 238 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 3: was well written, and for those of you who are 239 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 3: on there, you can tell me if it's true or not. 240 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 3: Chris writes Zar somewhere between the gas station Beggar and 241 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 3: the board Suburban Wife, too timid for only fans. A 242 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 3: new breed of hustler has emerged, wrapped in filters, fake 243 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 3: tears and desperate pleas for digital roses. Welcome to TikTok Live. 244 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 3: Where the currency is attention, the hustle is emotional manipulation, 245 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 3: and Daddy she that's the leader of China gets his 246 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 3: cut from every gift scent. This isn't content. It's high 247 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 3: gloss panhandling performed not on a street corner, but from 248 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 3: a ring lit bed, disguised as entertainment but driven by 249 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 3: the same shameless grind. You're not tipping a creator. You're 250 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 3: enabling a dopamine fueled dance of desperation and feeding a 251 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 3: machine that launders your sympathy into profit, all under the 252 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 3: watchful eye of the CCP. There's no hustle like the 253 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 3: sympathy hustle. Watch long enough and you'll see it all. 254 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:29,439 Speaker 3: Grown adults fake crying over made up rent emergencies, Moms 255 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 3: with their tits barely out, winding about daycare bills. Dudes 256 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,400 Speaker 3: with three thousand followers begging for a galaxy so they 257 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 3: can eat tonight. Spare me. What we're watching isn't hardship. 258 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 3: It's monetized emotional cosplay, spoon fed to viewers like pixelated meth. 259 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 3: And the worst part, it works because this isn't a 260 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 3: platform anymore. It's a global digital swap meet for validation 261 00:17:55,240 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 3: starved grifters running run out of Beijing. The algorithm doesn't 262 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,719 Speaker 3: care about truth. It rewards whatever gets the most taps, 263 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 3: the most pity tips, the most people whispering oh my god, 264 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 3: are they okay in the comments while chucking coins at 265 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 3: the screen. And for every one hundred dollars in roses, 266 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 3: lions and whatever the hell else, TikTok Live is slaying daddy. 267 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 3: She scrapes a chunk off the top and thanks you 268 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 3: for your support of Chinese tech imperialism. 269 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: Let's call this what it is, a bastardized. 270 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 3: Blend of panhandling, cam girl desperation and black mirror social theater, 271 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 3: except now the pimp is a Communist party stakeholder. 272 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: Gone are the days of earning your keep. 273 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,959 Speaker 3: Just boot up your lives, slap on a SOB story, 274 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 3: and beg for your dinner with sparkly filters and emoji tears. 275 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 3: Got a disability, perfect exploit it mental health issues even better, 276 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 3: break down on camera and rake it in lost your job, 277 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 3: cry for ten minutes, fake a power outage and call 278 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 3: it content. This is not about connection, it's about commodified despair. 279 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 3: And if you're not exploiting your own suffering yet, you're 280 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 3: leaving money on the table. Meanwhile, the viewers, the suckers, 281 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 3: keep feeding the beast because sending a virtual lion makes 282 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 3: them feel like philanthropists without the inconvenience of actual generosity. 283 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 3: You're not donating, you're paying to be emotionally manipulated in 284 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 3: real time by someone who treats victimhood like a side hustle. Congrats, 285 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 3: you just funded someone's vape pen and made the CCP 286 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 3: a little richer in the process. And if you dare 287 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 3: question the whole rotten charade, get ready for the mob. 288 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: Don't judge. 289 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 3: They'll scream as if this isn't Judgment season twenty four 290 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 3: to seven on the very app. They're defending they're just 291 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 3: trying to survive. Yeah, so are people working twelve hour 292 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 3: shifts without shaking their tits for tips or faking seizures 293 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 3: on live stream. We've reached a point where dignity is 294 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 3: optional and desperation is marketable. So long as you've got 295 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 3: a ring light in a sad face. Street corners used 296 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 3: to be the bottom. Now it's TikTok Live, where American 297 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 3: dignity is sold in thirty second loops and streams straight 298 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 3: to Beijing like oil through a pipeline. The real horror. 299 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 3: We're not even shocked anymore. We scroll past it like 300 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 3: it's just another day in clown world. A man pretending 301 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 3: to be an NPC for money. Cute, A single mom 302 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 3: dancing while her kid cries off screen. Brave, a teenager 303 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 3: with visible scars whispering. Tap the screen if you care relatable. 304 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 3: This isn't just sad, it's cultural decay and ten eighty 305 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 3: P live streamed and monetized by the minute. And let's 306 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 3: not forget. TikTok doesn't just allow this, it engineers it. 307 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 3: The same algorithm that silences political dissent, that buries anything 308 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:51,919 Speaker 3: remotely critical of China or the CCP actively boosts videos 309 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 3: where Americans look weak, desperate, and dysfunctional. Why Because nothing 310 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 3: says global dominance like having your geopolitical rivals dancing, begging 311 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:05,360 Speaker 3: and trauma dumping for your profit. This is warfare by humiliation, 312 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 3: and the foot soldiers are doing it voluntarily for clout 313 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 3: for sympathy, for scraps, the creators their addicts, not to substances, 314 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,360 Speaker 3: but to attention, validation, and the steady drip of coins 315 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 3: that trickle in with every emoji reaction. TikTok doesn't build influencers, 316 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 3: It builds dependents. People so wrapped in their own sob 317 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 3: story personas they forget where the performance ends in reality 318 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 3: begins and the audience. You're not better, You're complicit. You watch, 319 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 3: you engage, you gift not because you care, but because 320 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 3: you're bored, because parasocial pity gives you a rush. Because 321 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 3: this is your entertainment now, watching people unravel in real 322 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 3: time and calling it empathy and beneath it all, Daddy, 323 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 3: she smiles, because TikTok is the most successful social trojan 324 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 3: horse ever deployed. No need to hack American infrastructure when 325 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 3: you can it's culture from within. No need to fight 326 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 3: a war when you can make your adversary willingly humiliate 327 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 3: itself in public. Well started as lip syncing and dance trends, 328 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,439 Speaker 3: has devolved into a digital freak show, a marketplace of 329 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 3: manipulated sadness where the house always wins and the house 330 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 3: just happens to be in Beijing. 331 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: This isn't entertainment. 332 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 3: This is cultural rot packaged its content, a panhandling circus 333 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 3: with ring lights instead of corners, and filters instead of faces. 334 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 1: TikTok lives aren't just cringed. 335 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,959 Speaker 3: They're a sign that we've sold our dignity for coins 336 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 3: on an app owned by a regime that thrives on 337 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 3: our collapse. Every gift, every rose, every galaxy is proof 338 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 3: that America is not just losing its edge, it's losing 339 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 3: its pride. It's amazing to me that China is our 340 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 3: mortal enemy. They thwart our efforts everywhere we discover a 341 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 3: new Chinese spy in the high ranks of our top 342 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 3: secret research, the military, or our government seemingly weakly. 343 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 1: And yet what do we do? What do we do? 344 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: Are we so? 345 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 3: I'll post that to the Facebook? By the way, are 346 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 3: we so addicted to cheap crap that we are willing 347 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 3: to empower of people who hate us? Why do we 348 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 3: allow any Chinese researchers to come to this country when 349 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 3: so many have been outed as spies? How many people 350 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 3: remember in Houston that at the consulate, once it was 351 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 3: discovered they were stealing medical records from the Houston Medical 352 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 3: Center as to how we were dealing with COVID, seemingly 353 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:58,160 Speaker 3: so they could morph the disease to kill more of us. 354 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,959 Speaker 3: But their motives will well will agree to disagree over. 355 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 3: Once it was discovered that they were stealing our our 356 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 3: intellectual property and a raid was imminent, they opened the 357 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 3: internal courtyard and set a funeral power there and dumped 358 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 3: all the documents into it. 359 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 1: Remember there was smoke everywhere. 360 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 3: They were burning documents in Houston, Texas they had solen 361 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 3: from our medical center. 362 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: Good agree, these people are our Emmy, this is I 363 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 1: know what's the name? 364 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 3: You say, Michael Buddy? 365 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 4: Huh? 366 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 2: And then she gonna tell people that nobody gonna pay 367 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:41,479 Speaker 2: no attention to shut up. Guard, come here from my story. 368 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: Okay, look like sands through the. 369 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, every day, look in at my flute. Jer came wait, 370 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 2: well day, come on. 371 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 3: There's a comedian named Jerry Wayne Longmire and I'd been 372 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:21,880 Speaker 3: following him for a while without even knowing he lives 373 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 3: in Houston. And I posted some of his stuff a 374 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 3: few years ago and he wrote me a nice note 375 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 3: back and say, you sure appreciate it, and so how'd 376 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 3: you know? I did it? And he said, he lives 377 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 3: in Houston, and we got some mutual friends through the 378 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 3: Houston comedy community. He's the one that does the bits. 379 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 3: If you've ever seen where he'll do the this is uh, 380 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 3: this is what your. 381 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,360 Speaker 1: Truck says about you, or those. 382 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 3: Sorts of things. Well, a listener named Robert Townsend sent 383 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 3: me a post he didn't know. I knew who Jerry 384 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 3: Wayne Longmire is, but simply it's called a Texan's Ode 385 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 3: to Evan Williams. Evan Williams is a is a premium bourbon, 386 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 3: and it is so well written and so funny that 387 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 3: I had to share it with you. So here it is. 388 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: I'm a man dispossessed. 389 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 4: Enjoy the fiery flavor of the ghost of Rye and Corn, 390 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:23,160 Speaker 4: especially those spirits conjured in the great state of Kentucky, 391 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 4: a land of both cliff and tree, where high culture 392 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 4: wears a wide brim hat and pearl button pride, and 393 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 4: the finest dressed lady at the Derby shares air with 394 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 4: the windswept hush of Pikeville, where Appalachian air, a thousand 395 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 4: years old, moves like a hymn. Nobody remembers writing when 396 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,640 Speaker 4: Evan Williams hits my throat. There's no urgency. It don't 397 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 4: come in kicking doors. It slips in like memory, like 398 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 4: the first time you see a mermaid hair girl. You 399 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 4: don't know why you love it, but you can picture 400 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,360 Speaker 4: it spread across your pillow. You're just a hapless witness 401 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 4: to something beautiful. That's evan on the escyphagus, a mystic 402 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 4: code only interpreted by a tongue tethered to a soul 403 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 4: that's lived a little. It don't just taste their single barrel. 404 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,880 Speaker 4: You feel it like a friend you forgot to call 405 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 4: for some time. They remind you that you exist, that 406 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 4: they're still warmth in your bones. It loosens the voice 407 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 4: inside you. But your best stay in the place where 408 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 4: that boy speaks of beauty, not the dark. It's a 409 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 4: pleasure that comes with responsibility. Everything in moderation, Son, they'll say, 410 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 4: not to wet your parade, but to keep you sheltered, 411 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 4: sheltered from the steep cost of over in Biben, where 412 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 4: the road and arrows and the signs fall silent, and 413 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 4: a water moccasin of trouble lies sleek among the leaves, 414 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 4: quietly waiting, learning your limit. 415 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 1: That's the key. 416 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 3: John writes, Zora, I made it to fifty nine years 417 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 3: old without ever changing a diaper, never had kids of 418 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 3: my own. Only diaper I ever changed was my dad's 419 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 3: when he had bladder cancer. Wouldn't wish it on anyone. 420 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 3: Lost him in April, just sort of his eighty fifth birthday. 421 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:01,160 Speaker 3: He was a great dad. You don't know how much 422 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 3: you love your mom and dad until you change their diaper. 423 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 3: That's the fact talked about the don't plan your weddings 424 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 3: on big football days. You got the whole rest of 425 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 3: the year. Matt writes, My late grandmother was an English 426 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,360 Speaker 3: major with distinguished honors at Michigan State who was known 427 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 3: for her wit. Think of an Irish Michigander, Barbara Bush. Anyway, 428 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 3: I was complaining to her about my cheapskate friend who 429 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 3: booked his wedding on the Saturday of the Michigan State 430 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 3: Michigan game, when she delivered the following cautionary anecdote. Oh heavens, 431 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 3: I had a sorority sister who decided she would plan 432 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 3: her wedding on the day of the University of Michigan 433 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 3: game because she said she wanted to find out who 434 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 3: her real friends were and oh, did she ever find out? 435 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 3: I just thought you might get a kick out of this, 436 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 3: since I've twice heard you do monologues on this subject, 437 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 3: which is also a very serious subject in Michigan, not 438 00:28:55,240 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 3: just Texas. Terry Wheeler writes on July twenty third, twenty 439 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 3: twenty five, Mattressmac helped launch the Harris County Magapack to 440 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 3: a crowd of nearly four hundred people. H C Magapack 441 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 3: is the only America First organization in Harris County and 442 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 3: is focused on building a war chest and grassroots army 443 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 3: of volunteers. Trump received seven hundred and twenty three thousand 444 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 3: votes in Harris County, and many of those were first 445 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 3: time voters that don't necessarily identify with the Republican Party. 446 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 3: They are all in on MAGA, though, engaging and recruiting 447 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 3: those new MAGA voters is of paramount importance to our country. 448 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 3: One in seven Texas Republican voters reside in Harris County. 449 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 3: This is almost twice as many as Terrant County, the 450 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 3: second highest county in Texas. The future of Western civilization 451 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 3: may well be decided about here in Harris County. If 452 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 3: Harris County falls Texas falls. If Texas falls, so does 453 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 3: the rest of the country. Please help us get the 454 00:29:56,240 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 3: word out. Going to tell you something, the Harris County 455 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 3: Republican Party is feckless. It's run by Cindy Siegel, who's 456 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 3: a nice enough lady, but not a tough lady, not 457 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 3: the kind of person that engineers victories for the county judge, 458 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 3: for county positions for swing districts. And she serves completely 459 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 3: one hundred percent at the discretion of Paul Bettencourt, a 460 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 3: state senator whose real job is as the face of 461 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:41,400 Speaker 3: a company that does tax protests, so he has no 462 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 3: interest in lowering taxes because the hire your taxes and 463 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 3: more money his business makes. He's really really good at 464 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 3: giving interviews to Wayne Delchraffino, who does fantastic work or 465 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 3: the local news about how bad things are in Austin 466 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 3: and then doing nothing about it. And other than that, 467 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 3: we have no real Republican party to speak of in 468 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 3: the region. That's why you're not hearing about any of 469 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 3: the candidates for Harris County Judge. On the Republican side, 470 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 3: there is the mayor of one of the Memorial villages 471 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 3: who has been serving there for about two cups of coffee, 472 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 3: and she's going to run county wide. And the reason 473 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:30,760 Speaker 3: I'm told by the old white guys who want me 474 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 3: to support her is because she's a non white woman 475 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 3: and that's what it takes to win. Now, Boy, if 476 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,200 Speaker 3: you had to hear some of the conversations out here, 477 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:46,720 Speaker 3: we got this woman. She's foreign born, not white, and 478 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:51,640 Speaker 3: a woman. We got a good one. Okay, But is 479 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 3: there anything other than her demographic profile that you'd like 480 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 3: to offer to me as to why you're supporting her. Well, 481 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 3: Michael the day sure, you know this. You're not a 482 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 3: stupid guy. The days of the white guy winning anymore, 483 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 3: those are over. You're gonna have to play the game 484 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 3: the way they play the game. So what you just 485 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 3: told me is the way to beat the Democrats is 486 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 3: to be the Democrats. You've gone and found somebody who's 487 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:26,480 Speaker 3: a non white woman with no real political experience to 488 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 3: speak of other than being the unpaid mayor of a 489 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 3: little bitty hamlet of a few hundred people, and you're 490 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 3: going to run that against Rodney Ellis, who's going to 491 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 3: be well funded, a candidate with zero name ID, or 492 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 3: you're going to get the president of the Firefighters Union. 493 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 3: This is who you're going to run on what basis? 494 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 3: And that is why the largest county in Texas has 495 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 3: fallen to Rodney ellis not just because he's devious and clever, 496 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 3: but because our leadership is feckless. And this is why 497 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 3: I tell you what's gonna happen. It might be in 498 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,720 Speaker 3: twenty twenty six, if none, it will be by twenty 499 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 3: twenty eight. We're gonna lose a statewide election because Rodney's 500 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,120 Speaker 3: gonna cheat so big that you won't be able to 501 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 3: believe it. It's gonna be twenty twenty Joe Biden's stuff 502 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 3: and people won't be able to believe it. And Greg 503 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 3: Abbott and Dan Patrick and all of them will have 504 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 3: themselves to blame because they didn't want to do anything 505 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 3: for Harris County until it bit them on the ass.