1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: A pastor from Port Arthur, sent me a message. Zar 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: I was at a banquet in Beaumont. I was on 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: the dais, Dad was on the dais, and the MC, 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,319 Speaker 1: a local broadcaster, kept going on and on about he 5 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: The MC himself had a beautiful wife and he had 6 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: out kicked his coverage because he wasn't good looking. So 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: when I got up next, I said, it's okay, man, 8 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: we can't all be Dade feeling. The room erupted with laughter, 9 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: but when I looked over at Dade, he wasn't laughing. 10 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: Rush always said, watch out for people who cannot laugh 11 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: at themselves. If you look at what made Sheila Jackson 12 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: Lene most ridiculous, it was that she was a joke, 13 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: but she wasn't in on it. When you watched George P. 14 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: Bush on that four wheeler going across the ridge next 15 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 1: to the canyon in his campaign that Carl wrote made 16 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: the ad for him for and he was running for 17 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 1: Attorney General. George P. Not only will he be tough 18 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: on crime, but he's a Bush, and he's Hispanic. He 19 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: checks all the boxes. It was the most ridiculous thing ever. 20 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: They had just they had just bought his clothes out 21 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: of some magazine. He had the perfectly rumpled but not 22 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: too rumbled flannel shirt and the perfect designer jeans, and 23 00:01:54,120 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: the perfect brand new boots but not cowboy boots, mall boots. 24 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: You know, like the guy who's in a commercial being 25 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: tough and strong, the perfect belt that was straight off 26 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: the rack, that just had his hair done. I couldn't 27 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: see his nails, but I feel certain they were done. 28 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: That just had his teeth whitened. And he smiled and 29 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: looked into the camera and said, I'm George P. Bush, 30 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: and I. 31 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 2: Authorized this this ad here. I don't watch me ride 32 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 2: this four wheeler across the canyon, because if I'm your 33 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 2: attorney general, that's what I'll be doing. I'll be out 34 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: here riding this four wheeler across the canyon. And you 35 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 2: think to yourself, what lack of self awareness are you suffering. 36 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: That you saw that and thought, guys, I'm not sure, 37 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: I'm not sure this is a good idea. Think about 38 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: drunk dad sitting in his little office. He's not in 39 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: the Speaker's office anymore, to get an apartment. You know, 40 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: it'd been better if he just lost his seat. Honestly, 41 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 1: he could have gone back to fail in investments. He 42 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:11,519 Speaker 1: wouldn't have to show up at the office every day, 43 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: just check make sure all the rent checks came in, 44 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: you know, ever so often, maybe show up somewhere to 45 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: go meet his buddies for a boozy brunch every day, 46 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: talk about the good old days and how wronged he was, 47 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: how Texas gone to hell. Politics so bad. He could 48 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: have had that LFE. But no, no, they got all 49 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: those Democrats to come over and vote for him in 50 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: the Republican primary. Never voted for him before. Karl Rove 51 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: and the gang. They all came down and they ran 52 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: his campaign in little Orange, Beaumont and Jefferson County. Now 53 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: he's one out of one hundred and fifty writing laws 54 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: that you can't make a Daid Failing joke without announcing 55 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: that it's a joke. Well, I want you to know. 56 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: When Dustin Burrows became a Speaker of the House, we 57 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: don't know if Dade Failing called and left him a 58 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: congratulatory message. We don't know. This is what we imagine 59 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: it to sound like. But I don't want to run 60 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: a foul, tough drunk Dade's laws, So this is pure satire. 61 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: Record your message after the tone. 62 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 3: Hey burs this boy they fell in. Hey man, congratulations 63 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 3: on a good win. It's a big, big day, says 64 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 3: Texas in it. I just want to tell you, you 65 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 3: know very well in the side of r head our 66 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 3: fear father figure. Push your tiny hand in mind. Jeff Burros, Man, 67 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 3: we got this, dude. We're gonna do it. Oh, We're 68 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 3: gonna play pickle ball every day, every day played pickle Paul, 69 00:04:55,960 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 3: Jeff Burrus, Jeff Burroughs, We get it man. You meet together, 70 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 3: We're like dynamic duo. We're everything and all is you meet. 71 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 3: Teamwork makes dreamwork. Jpt Burrows Snowflakes. 72 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 2: Prepare for a complete meltdown with more of the Michael 73 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 2: Berry Show. 74 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: I get an email every morning, want to with an 75 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 1: update on what our people are doing for Camp Hope. 76 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: A couple of days ago. The update was on March fourth, 77 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: Richard and Lori Edy visited Camp Hope to install two 78 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,919 Speaker 1: bird feeders courtesy of Richard's company, Wild Bird's Unlimited. The 79 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 1: bird feeders will contribute to the beauty of Camp Hope 80 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: and bring a healing opportunity for our combat veterans and 81 00:05:54,520 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 1: everyone who visits Camp Hope. And Richard Edie does not 82 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 1: own every wild Bird's Unlimited. He does own two locations, 83 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 1: and we actually drive past a location to go to 84 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: him because he's a show sponsor. And I've gotten any 85 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: good friends with him and absolutely love the guy. But 86 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: if you are ever, it's funny. First time I went 87 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: to visit, he wanted to sponsor the show, and we 88 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 1: wanted him to because my wife loves birds. And so 89 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: I go out there and he's showing me around, and 90 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: I said, Richard, I'm a little confused here. Do these 91 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: people want to attract squirrels or get the squirrels out 92 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: of their yard? And he said, well, it's fifty to fifty. 93 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: Half the people love watching the squirrels run around and 94 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: half the people would do anything on earth to get 95 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 1: rid of those squirrels. And so we sell to both 96 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: of them. I said, I'll if I can never connect you. 97 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: He is the Cypress location. It's two eight one two 98 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: four six twelve hundred. Two eight one two four six 99 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: twelve hundred. It's not the first time he has done 100 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: things for Camp Hope. He and his wife have been 101 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: big supporters of Camp Hope, and I am incredibly grateful 102 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: for that. Yesterday's message, he wrote Zarr, Yesterday was a 103 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: wonderful day for many reasons, but particularly for the opportunity 104 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,559 Speaker 1: to spend some time with different groups who have proven 105 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: to be faithful in loyal partners in saving lives through 106 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: Camp Hope. First, I was able to spend some time 107 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: speaking to the Northwest Forest Republican Women's Clubs Club. This 108 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: wonderful group has supported Camp Hope regularly and faithfully over 109 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: the past twelve years. Can you tell David Malsby's a 110 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: pastor regularly and faithfully. Once again, they provided items from 111 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: our urgent needs list, which often includes things like paper, towels, 112 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: cleaning supply, socks, and many other common needs for our veterans. 113 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: We are honored by the support of so many years 114 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: from these ladies. Next, I was off to spend some 115 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: time at the Junior Steer Auction at the Houston Livestalk 116 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: Show in Rodeo with our amazing friends from Cowboys for Heroes. 117 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: For this group has been amazing. They typically buy fifty 118 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: to fifty five steer at the auction, which supports young 119 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: students who are working hard and learning the business of 120 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: raising cattle. Over the past ten years, Cowboys for Heroes 121 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: listen carefully has donated more than two hundred thousand pounds 122 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:43,719 Speaker 1: of quality beef for our veterans at Camp Hope. Our 123 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: guys do like to eat, and thanks to Greg Lyles 124 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: and his team, we are able to feed them high quality, 125 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: delicious food while keeping our food costs extremely low. This 126 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: is an amazing group of people who serve thousands of 127 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: troops every year with Chuck Wagon style meals on local 128 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: army bases. We're deeply grateful for these faithful friendships. Imagine 129 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: having eighty to one hundred grown men. Most of these 130 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: guys are relatively young, most of them under forty othough 131 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: we got some Vietnam veterans that are older. These are young, 132 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 1: strapping bucks. Okay. When they come in, almost every one 133 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: of them has attempted suicide, and ninety nine point nine 134 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: I have met one or two that weren't, but ninety 135 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: nine point nine were in the throes of severe alcoholism 136 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: and often every other drug and some of you didn't 137 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: know existed. They're in a bad way. They had to 138 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: hit rock bottom to be able to say I will 139 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: go live at Camp Hope. I will surrender myself to 140 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 1: God and let him give me the tools and guide 141 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:02,959 Speaker 1: my life. We're too proud to do that. You think 142 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: about veterans, they've gone into war. These are not teddy babies. 143 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: These are tough guys. These are guys that solve their 144 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: own problems. They change their own oil, cut their own grass, 145 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: solve problems. They see two people fighting, they get out 146 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: and stop it. They solve problems. So to be able 147 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: to say I can't solve myself, that's tough. The only 148 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: reason they will agree to come in two reasons. Number One, 149 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: they know they're going to die. They know they're going 150 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: to die, they're going to kill themselves or get killed. Secondly, 151 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: it's other veterans there helping them get through it. And 152 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: one thing everyone who's had anything to do with this 153 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: will tell you is the one thing that works is 154 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: veteran to veteran, peer to peer. We don't do the counseling, 155 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: none of us. The veterans do it because they can 156 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,839 Speaker 1: share stories with each other. They can buck them up, 157 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: they can tell them to knock it off, they can 158 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,199 Speaker 1: give them a hug, they can cry, they can pray, 159 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: They and they alone can understand what they're going through. 160 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: And it works for every one of you who over 161 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 1: the years faithfully because David Says has supported it. Thank 162 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: you and if you would like to get involved, send 163 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: me an email off forward it, but tell me your talents. 164 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: Are you a donor? Some of you don't have time, 165 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: but you'd like to write a check. Great, I'll forward 166 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: you to David. We'll get you taken care of them. 167 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: Or you can go directly to their website. It's PTSD. 168 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: Foundation of America. Camp Hope is a facility. Are you 169 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: a person that doesn't have a lot of money, but 170 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: you have some time and you would like to put 171 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: it to good use? You'd like to go help answer 172 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: the phones. We have folks who who was it last week? 173 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: Took their kids out and they worked on landscaping all 174 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: weekend and spending time with the veterans. It's good for 175 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: kids to see people who who've been knocked down at 176 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:05,959 Speaker 1: getting back up. Obviously, Russell Leabarrod and Gringoes Jonathan Kim 177 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: have provided food. Matt Bryce at Capital at the Federal 178 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: American Grill. How much food those folks have provided. Big 179 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: City Wings has provided food a lot of restaurants, not 180 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: just our show sponsors, and a lot of you out there. 181 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: Doug Brown and the folks at Graystar, what they've done, 182 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: my goodness, Weatherford, what they've done. If you ever need, 183 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,319 Speaker 1: and many of you do, because I have to turn 184 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 1: them down constantly. A speaker for your organization. David Malsby 185 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,839 Speaker 1: is a great speaker, and many times he'll bring a 186 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: veteran to give their testimony, but David will talk about 187 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: the mission and how Camp Hope has grown and developed 188 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: in the lives that have been saved. And you know, 189 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: over ten years now, so a lot of these Republican 190 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,559 Speaker 1: women's groups. I saw what was at Fort ben County 191 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: Republican women's groups. But it's not just Republican groups. It's 192 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 1: rotary clubs, Optimist clubs, cases, men's business groups, whatever, your 193 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: alumni groups. If you find yourself needing a guest speaker, 194 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 1: it's a great organization to have come and speak about 195 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: what's going on. You'll learn a lot and at the 196 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: end of it you'll end up wanting to help them. 197 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: But it's not required. I know, what's the name you say, 198 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: Michael Buddy? An email from a fellow named Bruce, subject 199 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 1: line Jamie White murder in Austin, subject, how come you 200 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: have not mentioned this murder? On your show. Yes, mister 201 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: White worked for info Wars, but this murder was political. 202 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: If you don't know, because it has not been widely covered, 203 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: A fellow who worked for Alix Jones for some time 204 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:01,319 Speaker 1: was murdered, There's no doubt about that, outside the offices 205 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: of info Wars. As he was leaving the offices in 206 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: the parking lot. I saw an interview that Alex Jones 207 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 1: did yesterday. I believe they discovered him dead when they 208 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: came into the office next morning, and Alex said there 209 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: was a pool of blood in the parking lot that 210 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: he was laying it. I'm not sure how he was murdered. 211 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 1: It's clear it's not suicide. That was determined pretty early on, 212 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: and that's been pretty that's been relatively certain. What I 213 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: don't know is why he died. Do I believe that 214 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: who he worked for info Wars and maybe his work 215 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: individually may have led to his death. Possibly, it's altogether possible. 216 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: I'm willing to believe a number of things, and that's 217 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: within the realm of possibility. Do I know that have 218 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: there been facts to establish that? Not to my knowledge. 219 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: When they are talking about this tomorrow or a week 220 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: from now, Once we've had new developments. Once there's a suspect, 221 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: once Alex has said more, it'll still be just as relevant. 222 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: I can't say this enough times, and I can't seem 223 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: to make people understanding. We are not a breaking news 224 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: show that makes people crazy. If you want breaking news, 225 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: go read websites. You can get all you want there. 226 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: We choose something to talk about often it is relatively timely, 227 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: but we are almost never the first to announce it. 228 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: Unless I have firsthand knowledge of something that I'm certain of, 229 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: there will be time to talk about this murder. I 230 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: just don't feel the need to do it. I don't 231 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 1: think that the minute he discovered you go, he was murdered. 232 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: And it's political. You don't know that unless you're the 233 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: type of person who sees conspiracies everywhere all the time. 234 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: And that's fine to do so because most people air 235 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: the other way. Most people don't see them where they should. 236 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: By the way, I got a movie recommendation for you. 237 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: I just watched it last night. It's called The Parallax View. 238 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: It's got Warren Bady and a number of other folks 239 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: you will recognize. And I don't want to ruin it 240 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: for you, but you'll think that that movie was made today. 241 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: Given all the things that happen and how they're covered 242 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 1: up in this deep dark state that is silencing people. 243 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: It is it is worth your watch, trust me. Now 244 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: let me close with this. We started talking about a 245 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: funeral home where an embalmer castrated a fellow because as 246 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: she was embalming him, she learned that he was a 247 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: sexual predator. And we're going to close the show talking 248 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: about morticians and funeral homes. In the Jewish tradition, they 249 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 1: have a beautiful practice called sitting shiva. For a week 250 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: after someone dies, the body is not left alone. They 251 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: pray something called the Kuddish. I think it's a beautiful thing, 252 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:19,919 Speaker 1: but it is also an old Southern Christian tradition. And 253 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 1: the best storyteller of them all will close the show 254 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 1: for us today, and that is Jerry Klower. With just 255 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 1: that story. 256 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 4: We still set up with a date. 257 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: What happened. 258 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 4: When I was a boy. 259 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 5: There was no exceptions to this. 260 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 4: None whatsoever. 261 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: That's why I said, mate. 262 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 4: Nowadays we done got kind of fancy. The funeral home 263 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 4: director may get up at ten o'clock in the evening 264 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 4: and say the funeral home is closed. And we'll open 265 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 4: back up in the morning. 266 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 3: It's seven o'clock. 267 00:17:56,440 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 4: Well, we as having a funeral in Southwest Sippy the 268 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 4: other day, and that funeral director got up and made 269 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 4: that announcement. Uncle Versey let Better said, sir, you go 270 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 4: right ahead and close your funeral home. But my friend 271 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 4: and neighbor, brother Zis, is dead, and I want you 272 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 4: to know that we ain't gonna leave him here byself. 273 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,400 Speaker 4: So now you shut the front door and gone home. 274 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 4: But I'm gonna make two of my boys stay here 275 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:29,360 Speaker 4: with him all night. Clovis and Neu Jene led Better. 276 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:30,360 Speaker 4: They're gonna be here with it. 277 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 1: Now. 278 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 5: They won't get in your way. 279 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 4: They'll just be sitting here by my dead friend all night. 280 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 4: Everybody left. In about thirty minutes, Clovis could see a 281 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 4: neon light on the bed joined over on across the road. 282 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:52,159 Speaker 4: Clovid said, New Jen I believe I'll step over yonder 283 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 4: and get us something to drink. New Jean said, my aunt, 284 00:18:56,240 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 4: I ain't staying here with him by myself. Niu Jane 285 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 4: said Clovis, I all on over there and get us something. 286 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 4: Clovis and I ain't about to stay here with him 287 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 4: by myself either and said, I understand there's four more 288 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 4: down the hall. They set there about another. 289 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 5: Hour, and they could see that neon light on over 290 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 5: and they got the smacking, the lips in their mouth 291 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 5: got dry cotton, and directly they decided did go to 292 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:28,679 Speaker 5: the bed joint and get them something to drink, and 293 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:34,120 Speaker 5: just take a dead man with them. 294 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 4: So they got him up, and one got on one 295 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 4: side and one on the other, and they stood him 296 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 4: up between them, and they started walking to the bridge 297 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 4: on every nine, and then they'd let the dead fella's 298 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 4: foot drag in the middle of the road where people 299 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 4: would think he was stepping right along with him. They 300 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 4: went on in the bed joint and stood him up 301 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 4: at the count, put one of the four legged stews 302 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 4: back behind him. 303 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 5: And wedged him in there. 304 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 4: And there I was, Clovis was over here drinking, and 305 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 4: New Gene's over him. The dead man was the best 306 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 4: dressed man in the whole bedge On. About that time 307 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:28,400 Speaker 4: a fight broke out mmmmm, fist fight, busting chairs over 308 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 4: one another's head, and somebody took a fist and hit 309 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 4: Uncle Zis right side the head and cut him a 310 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 4: clip right out the middle of the floor. Here come 311 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:42,640 Speaker 4: the police lining them up, handcuffing. I'm searching them. Clovis 312 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 4: saw uncle Zis in the middle of the floor, and 313 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 4: he fell down our bine and put his arm under 314 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 4: his head and comissed the screaming and crying. And he 315 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,879 Speaker 4: pointed at the phone and said, you've killed him. 316 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,400 Speaker 5: You killed him. 317 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: I saw you when you hit him. 318 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 4: You killed him. 319 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 3: You killed him. 320 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 4: And the sheriff run over had a handcuff the fellow 321 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 4: that hit him, and a fellow said, cheff. 322 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 5: Wait a minute. 323 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 1: I did hit the fellow, but it was self defense. 324 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 4: He pulled a pocket knife on me. Thank you God, 325 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 4: bless it. 326 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 1: Teach your children to tell stories. You don't have to 327 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 1: be a master at it. Practice makes perfect, same way 328 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: you learn to hit a tennis ball, throw a football, 329 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 1: kick a soccer ball, shoot a basketball. Dinner time as 330 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: a family supper at the table, it's a great time. 331 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 1: Oh but Michael, when I asked my kids how that 332 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,360 Speaker 1: they went, they said, fine, Okay, you got to get 333 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: back prepare them. You're going to tell a one minute 334 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: story every day. So what'd y'all do at recess today? 335 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: What'd you have for lunch today? It's the only way 336 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: you're going to get bad. The Michael Verie Show. We've 337 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 1: had a good likes of which I've never seen. There 338 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 1: are a lot of symbolic successes, people being fired, for instance, 339 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: statements being made, but there are a lot of actual successes. 340 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 1: Reducing the size of the government is very difficult. Getting 341 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 1: the tick out from under where it's embedded in the 342 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:46,640 Speaker 1: body politic. It was hard. You could have never done 343 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: it with congressional support. You just couldn't do it. We 344 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: don't have the people in our party willing, and frankly, 345 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: the Democrats are bolder. The Democrats in the legislature are 346 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: just bolder. We don't have a lot of Donald Trump's, 347 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 1: let's be honest, we just don't. We tend to have 348 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: folks who are very measured, who take pride in losing. 349 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 1: John Bayner, John McCain, Met Romney, Mike Pence. They look 350 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: for an opportunity to lose so they can show how 351 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: gracious they are in loss, and they talk a lot 352 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: about decency. But they lose, and they won't stoop to 353 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: the level of the Democrats who are destroying our way 354 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: of life. Trump's a brawler. He'll get down in the 355 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: mud with him. He doesn't mind it, and we just 356 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 1: don't have a lot of that success. The border is 357 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: effectively closed. That could change tomorrow, but for now, the 358 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 1: border is closed. Huge success. Bad guys in this country 359 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: being rounded up. Not nearly as fast as President Trump 360 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:01,679 Speaker 1: wants because the locals are us, especially in places like 361 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 1: Boston and Chicago and Denver, but it's still a success. 362 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: Don't let the great be the enemy of the good. 363 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 1: We've got a standard of what we'd like to see. 364 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: If we fall short of that standard but still make 365 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:23,679 Speaker 1: great progress, We've got to see that and keep building 366 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 1: upon it. We've got to see the Epstein list released. 367 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 1: There's no doubt of that. Taking down the photos of 368 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 1: the former DOJ officials are not going to be enough. 369 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,880 Speaker 1: Pamboni's going to have to put that list into public circulation. 370 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: There's no way around that. People are not going to 371 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: forget that. But you've got a number of other things 372 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:47,239 Speaker 1: at play, and President Trump has a real challenge. And 373 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 1: I wish I could say that this one's easy. Getting 374 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 1: boys out of girls bathrooms, it's pretty easy, pretty simple, 375 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 1: not that hard, not that complicated, get them out. It's 376 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: only good. The only people mad are pedophiles and perverts, 377 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: and that's okay. There's not enough of them for it 378 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: to matter. But when it comes to our economy, the 379 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 1: president has a real challenge. And this is a sophisticated, 380 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: complex economy with a lot of moving parts, and some 381 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 1: of them work at opposite ends and toward opposite goals, 382 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: and that's okay. It tends to be like a well 383 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 1: well placed mutual fund. You've got stocks that perform well 384 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: when the economy is down and stocks that perform well 385 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,119 Speaker 1: when the economy is up, and there's a sense of 386 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 1: leverage of balance so that the risk is hedged. Our 387 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:50,159 Speaker 1: economy is like that as well. We've got businesses that 388 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 1: are built on imports. We do. We have a lot 389 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: of businesses that have died that were built on manufacturing 390 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:04,479 Speaker 1: and export. In order to try to recede the field, 391 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: to bring back manufacturing or in some way added value, 392 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: some of that is distribution in this country. In order 393 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 1: to do that, you have to alter that which has 394 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 1: been done. When you do that, that which has been 395 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:27,719 Speaker 1: done has created winners. There are people who are benefiting 396 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: in this country from trade practices that hurt it, that 397 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: hurt the American worker, that hurt the American business owner. 398 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: But those guys cried in silence. You've got a new 399 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: group that have come up and they rely on imports. 400 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: For the President to impose tariffs is going to be 401 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 1: short term pain. Those tariffs will not be in effect 402 00:26:56,359 --> 00:27:00,160 Speaker 1: in three years, I'm certain of that. But you're going 403 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 1: to hear the sky is falling from people who are 404 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 1: going to run their schedule and make their predictions based 405 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,679 Speaker 1: on those tariffs being in a fact, forever, those tariffs 406 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 1: can be imposed tomorrow, they can be rescinded tomorrow, and 407 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 1: you're seeing a lot of folks who are crying wolf 408 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:23,919 Speaker 1: before it's time. You're going to see the stock market. 409 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,679 Speaker 1: In my opinion, and I'm not giving financial advice, I 410 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: think you're going to see a further slump in the 411 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:33,199 Speaker 1: stock market. I do, and I'll go back to a 412 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 1: quote that I saw the Treasury Secretary Secretary Scott Bessett said. 413 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,159 Speaker 1: He said the market, talking about the stock market and 414 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 1: the economy have become hooked, become addicted to excessive government spending, 415 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: and there is going to be a detox period where 416 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: we're not used to a detox period. We all know 417 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: our government is spending way more than is bringing in. 418 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 1: We all know that's a crash course, but nobody wants 419 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: to wear the hickey of what that rebalancing looks like. 420 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: Nobody wants to suffer in the short term. Realistically, Americans 421 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:27,360 Speaker 1: are leveraged to the hill, loans on homes and cars 422 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 1: and furniture and retail boats, lake houses, planes, lots and 423 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: lots and lots of debt, and a stock market portfolio 424 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: that his I would argue irrationally inflated. But who doesn't 425 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 1: love more money in your stock portfolio? Irrationally inflated because 426 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: of all this government spending. See in the short term, 427 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: government just creating paper and sending it out. Oh good, 428 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 1: we all have more money. Isn't this fun? But it's 429 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 1: unsustainable and there has to be a retraction where that 430 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: money's pulled out of the economy, and that's going to hurt. 431 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 1: We're going to suffer. Will there be a recession this year? 432 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think there's a decent chance of it. 433 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 1: Two down quarters is not that hard to do. The 434 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 1: unofficial definition is a drop of twenty percent from the peak. 435 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 1: We have seen artificial spending prop up our economy. The 436 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: same folks who told you that just before the election 437 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: that we had a record number of new hires in 438 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,840 Speaker 1: this country. The economy was booming, the election was over, 439 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: and they go, ooks, we made a mistake. In fact, 440 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: it turns out we made a mistake. For the last 441 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 1: two years, all that was lies. There was an exuberance 442 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: for a very long time with low interest rates. There 443 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: was an exuberance with a high stock market, and we 444 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: are going to go through painful period. This is our 445 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 1: detox our. Nation had a problem, and we're gonna see 446 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:11,239 Speaker 1: some dts before we get this thing's over up. And 447 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 1: in the meantime, they're gonna tell you Trump is awful 448 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 1: as not. He's the adulting. This is overdue.