1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: It's that time time, time, time, luck and load. 2 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 2: So Michael Verie Show is on the air. We will 3 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 2: open the phone line seven one three nine nine nine 4 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 2: one thousand. Should you have an opinion you'd like to share? 5 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 2: Seven one three nine nine nine one thousand. I was 6 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 2: hoping somebody would step up for me and say, on 7 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 2: the Dairy Queen auction, I think it's local Auctions dot Com. 8 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 2: I was hoping that someone would say, I'll figure out 9 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 2: which pieces, and you tell me your budget and I'll 10 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: get it and bring it to you. But it hasn't 11 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 2: happened yet, so maybe I was insufficiently direct. I was 12 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 2: too subtle. What I'm looking for so that you know, 13 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 2: for the studio is the old Dairy Queen. Anything that 14 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: says DQ, just keep moving past that. I don't want 15 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 2: anything with a DQ. I don't want the new color pattern, 16 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 2: the new kind of orangeishy yellow, and then the limestone 17 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: that looks like a model home in every suburban home 18 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 2: in America when you walk into the ference, all the 19 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: same stone. I don't want that. I'm looking for the 20 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 2: old Dairy Queen red logo with that, you know, the red. 21 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 2: I don't know what that size of that thing is, 22 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: but you know what I'm talking about. I'd rather it 23 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 2: be kind of a one foot by one foot or less. 24 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 2: It could be a little more, but I don't want 25 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 2: to overwhelm the room. And it has to spell out 26 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 2: the dairy queen in the old, very simple way. If 27 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: you walk into a dairy queen where this auction is 28 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 2: going on and the ceiling is higher than seven feet 29 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 2: six inches tall, you're in the new one. It can't 30 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 2: be that. It has to be the old melamine style, 31 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 2: bolted down benches, you know, the drill, and I just 32 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 2: want something that would have hung on the wall. I'd 33 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 2: love one of those signs that was out front that 34 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 2: they would put up, you know, that would be you know, 35 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 2: your beacon that would tell you. But I think that 36 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,119 Speaker 2: would be too big for our space, because those things 37 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 2: are bigger than you realize. Scottie writes, I couldn't email 38 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 2: you yesterday, but the dairy Queen on FM nineteen sixty 39 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 2: that you mentioned is near Jones Road. That DQ was 40 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 2: built around seventy two. It was the first thing built 41 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 2: out there when nineteen sixty and Jones Road were two 42 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 2: lane roads and the intersection was a stop sign. There 43 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 2: was a period when it was not taken care of, 44 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,399 Speaker 2: but whoever owns it now keeps it clean and it's 45 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 2: still the old style counter. My parents moved out there 46 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: in seventy two and we still live out here. My 47 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 2: wife and I actually went there last weekend. There are 48 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 2: a few other DQ's in the area as well. There's 49 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 2: one at Fairbanks, North Houston and West Little York and 50 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 2: one on two forty nine and Perry. I had to 51 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 2: travel to Marshall yesterday. I go every two weeks, and 52 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 2: the one in die Ball and Carthage are closed. I 53 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 2: swear that the one in die Ball was open two 54 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 2: weeks ago. Yeah, that's one of the ones they're closing. 55 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: When I went to Marshall, I listened to the morning 56 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 2: When I go to Marshall, I listened to the morning 57 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 2: show going and listening to the evening show when I'm 58 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 2: coming home. Thanks for the show. Well, thank you, Scotty. 59 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 2: I would I would. Yeah, So anyway, I would love 60 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 2: to find one of those things. So Sylvester Turner is 61 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 2: in Congress, Okay, why wouldn't he be after eight years 62 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 2: as mayor and Sheila Jackson Lee dying? Who better to 63 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,119 Speaker 2: replace Sheila Jackson Lee than Sylvester Turner. Clip number twenty six, 64 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 2: Mister Roubles asks the question how much money did Sylvester 65 00:03:55,480 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 2: Turner waste on everything but city services? The head of 66 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 2: the Houston Water Department says that the East Water purification 67 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 2: plant is more than seventy years old, and the Houston 68 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 2: Water Director, Greg Ireley says that the treatment plant supplying 69 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 2: up to seventy five percent of the city's water is failing. 70 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 2: And you'll never guess this. He needs more money. Do 71 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 2: you do you know how many billion dollars are spent 72 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 2: on our water department And he's saying that seventy five 73 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 2: percent of the city's water supply is failing and they're 74 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 2: not replacing it. This is how you steal money without 75 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 2: anybody knowing. You see, you steal the money from departments 76 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 2: that people can't see. You can't take cops off the 77 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 2: street because people will notice that, so you go into 78 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 2: the big departments. There was a guy named Kwame Kilpatrick 79 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 2: whose mom was a congressman and Kwame was the mayor. 80 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 2: I knew him pretty well, decently well, and he was 81 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 2: this young mayor's electing his early thirties, very curious former ballplayer, 82 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 2: big boy big boy. 83 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: And. 84 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 2: He got in there and his dad. He ended up 85 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 2: making his dad a lobbyist, and his dad was basically 86 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: the bagman. And they ended up with and you won't 87 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 2: believe this, but a ten billion dollar water treatment deal. 88 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 2: And instead of it being like a seven year deal, 89 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 2: which was normal, I think they did a twenty year deal. 90 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 2: Well out of ten billion dollars, you can find some 91 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 2: ways to slough off a few million here and a 92 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 2: few million there. His dad was the bagman millions and 93 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 2: millions and millions of dollars. And the funny thing about 94 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 2: the whole thing, he would have never been caught even 95 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 2: though everybody knew he did it, except his wife got 96 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 2: mad over the fact that he was having an affair 97 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 2: with his chief of staff, and their phone records were 98 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 2: confiscated and that's when it all went wrong. But here 99 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 2: in Houston, by the way, which is where Kwame came 100 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 2: when he was on when he was on probation. Here 101 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,679 Speaker 2: in Houston, Sylvester Turner ran the city in the ground 102 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 2: and was promoted to be a congressman. 103 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 3: ABC thirteen official say, infrastructure here at this more than 104 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 3: seventy year old plan is quite literally crumbling. They've actually 105 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 3: had to take this basin offline because look at it. 106 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 3: You can see the floor. It has cracks in it. 107 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 3: Now that barrier wall that's also failing. The water that's 108 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 3: pouring out, those leaks aren't supposed to be happening. In fact, 109 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 3: we were told not even to hold onto these railings 110 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 3: because those are failing as well. 111 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 4: Though this water is gonna make it all the way 112 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 4: to Katie. 113 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 3: Walking us through a facility, he sets maybe on the 114 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 3: brink of. 115 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 4: Disaster, you'll see a crack in the sidewalls of Houston. 116 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 3: Water Director Greg Eireley says the city's East water treatment 117 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 3: plant has a list of needed critical repairs too long 118 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:49,559 Speaker 3: to share. 119 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 2: The list is the entire plant. 120 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 3: Ireley says the plant is in such bad shape his 121 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 3: team is determined it makes more sense to scrap it 122 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 3: and build a new one. 123 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 4: A lot of people say, well, why just rehab the 124 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 4: plant you have parts of this plant are really beyond 125 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 4: that point. 126 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 3: And if you live in the Houston area, chances are 127 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 3: your drinking water comes from this failing facility. It services 128 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 3: up to seventy five percent of the region's residents. 129 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 4: This treatment plant here really feeds the heart of Houston. 130 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 3: It also pumps lifeblood to the region's industry. 131 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 4: Where we have a catastrophic failure of our system that 132 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 4: impacts oil production, impacts the medical center, impacts the port. 133 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 4: That's an impact that's going to be felt nationwide. 134 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 3: And right now, officials say they don't have the money 135 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 3: needed to take necessary steps to prevent that. 136 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 2: We need to do them now. 137 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 3: In a race against time. City officials hope showing this 138 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:56,239 Speaker 3: site will improve Houston's chances of being approved for no interest, 139 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 3: state or federal loans to begin building a new plant. 140 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 4: Trying to be transparent about what our issues are and 141 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 4: whatever help we can get. 142 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 2: But even if that helped war improve too, how about 143 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 2: we audit the funds. How about we find out where 144 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 2: the billions have been spent in the last few years. 145 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 2: How about maybe we do that. We got the former 146 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 2: water director who's just plaid guilty and is going to 147 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 2: prison for ten years, and she stole millions and not 148 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 2: giving it back. Maybe we audit the fund Maybe we 149 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 2: do a little local doge. 150 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 3: What do you think, no matter who's fault it is 151 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 3: the Michael Arry Show, you have a photo that your 152 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 3: photo matters. 153 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 2: Do you know the story behind us it's incredible story. 154 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 2: So David Foster, who was kind of a bubblegum pop 155 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 2: dad and he was Peter seta a lot of pop 156 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 2: music attributed to him. Incredible success, incredible and he was 157 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:03,439 Speaker 2: a hit maker. And he and John Parr had were 158 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 2: under contract for the film, saying almost fire. So they 159 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 2: have to do this epic film. You know this sound 160 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:10,719 Speaker 2: this is the era of the big soundtrack. You know, 161 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 2: I have the song to go with the movie. You 162 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 2: released the song first, and it gets some traction in 163 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 2: the movie. And then when you hear the song in 164 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:18,839 Speaker 2: the movie, you're like, ah, it's that song, and it 165 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:23,079 Speaker 2: evokes all these emotions already. It's a it's a boilerplate 166 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 2: process that worked right. And and so the story goes 167 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 2: that Parr can't come up with with the lyrics. He's trying. 168 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:36,559 Speaker 2: He's got he's got this serious of soaring music, and 169 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 2: he can't come up with anything. So he sees the 170 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 2: story somehow or another. I don't know how it happened 171 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 2: of this uh Canadian by the name of Rick Hanson, 172 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 2: and I can't remember why he was paraplegic. I don't 173 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 2: know if he was in the militaries in a car wreck. 174 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 2: I don't remember, but he had just shattered his body 175 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:03,959 Speaker 2: and he had this special wheelchair and he he's going 176 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 2: to go across Canada, I think, which is a pretty good, 177 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 2: pretty good span. That's a little let's take a minute. 178 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 2: And it's cold. I think it's always cold, and so 179 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 2: he's gonna do I think it was seventy miles a day. 180 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 2: Could be wrong enough, but that number sticks somebody. He's 181 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 2: gonna do seventy miles a day and he's gonna raise 182 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 2: money for spinal cord injuries, sorry, spinal cord research. And 183 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 2: he starts kind of catching some attention when this when 184 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 2: the thing started, because you can't help but look at 185 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 2: the guy and go, man, I don't do seventy miles 186 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 2: a day using my legs perambulating. And so Rick Hanson's 187 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,719 Speaker 2: starting to get attention. And the tour was known as 188 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 2: the Man in Motion Tour. And my understanding is I 189 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 2: don't think it was David Foster. I think was John Parr. 190 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 2: I think Parr like he reached out to him. I 191 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 2: saw this on a documentary years ago. But Parr reached out. 192 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 2: We ever tried to contact him, and he was very 193 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 2: impressed with this whole thing, and he decided, well, if 194 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 2: I got to write a song for a movie, and 195 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 2: I there's nothing about sant almost far the movie that's 196 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 2: inspired me to a song, I'm gonna reference the Man 197 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 2: in Motion. And when the song came out, he was 198 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:19,559 Speaker 2: in the middle of the tour, and all of a 199 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 2: sudden boom, everybody wanted to go, you know, where is 200 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 2: Hanson gonna be tomorrow? Well, he'll be in Ottawa at 201 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 2: this play. Oh, all right, let's go. And so the 202 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 2: Man in Motion tour just blows up because of the 203 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 2: song and the movie and all that. And I think 204 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 2: I think the video, if I remember correctly, includes Rick 205 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 2: Hanson in his wheelchair in it, like they flashed to 206 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 2: that constantly. Well fast forward, Hanson's tour becomes so big 207 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 2: that they take it around the world and I can't 208 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 2: remember how many countries they took it to, but that 209 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 2: the whole Man in Motion was not a reference to 210 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 2: anything in the movie. It was a reference to Rick Hanson. 211 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 2: This is very inspiring. Will Chaired, Dude. So I was 212 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 2: student body president of University of Houston. You know this, 213 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 2: and one of the things that we did, or that 214 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 2: was asked of you, was Crippled Awareness Day, and they 215 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,439 Speaker 2: would ask you to spend the day in a wheelchair, 216 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 2: and I thought, well, I can do that. Well, I 217 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 2: have negative I have below zero arm strength. I have 218 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 2: the most newtlely arms in the history of mankind. I 219 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 2: can bench press a case of cox. I mean, I'm 220 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 2: not a terribly strong guy, and certainly not upper body. Now, 221 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 2: my hamstring very well developed, but that's a different story. 222 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 2: And so I sign up to do this. Yeah, I'll 223 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 2: agree to do it. And then they follow you. A 224 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 2: reporter with the Daily Cougar, the newspaper follows you. And 225 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 2: this year it got some local press too, like the 226 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 2: Houston Chronicles. Todd Ackerman, who was the Chronicle report, I 227 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 2: think he came. And so I show up at the 228 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 2: offices for the student government and they've got my wheelchair 229 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 2: rat it waitingen. That's gonna be fine. And I sit 230 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 2: down and take a picture of me. Okay, good, and 231 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,959 Speaker 2: I'm gonna get some be roll of me rolling along. Well, 232 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 2: here's what nobody tells you. Because you see people wheeling along, 233 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 2: it's one hundred times harder than you think it is. 234 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 2: You you probably think, and I'd rather walk on my 235 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 2: legs in my arms. Your legs are so much stronger 236 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 2: than your arms. You can't quite imagine how different that is. 237 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 2: It makes all the difference in the world. If you 238 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 2: had to walk on your arms instead of your legs, 239 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 2: you wouldn't be able to do it. You just don't 240 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 2: have the strength to do it. The wheelchair, the puff, No, 241 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 2: I didn't get a puff. I had to power this 242 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 2: thing myself. And so then you start noticing things like, oh, 243 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 2: I can't go up those stairs. Well, that means that 244 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 2: all these lawsuits letters has got to be some ramp. Well, 245 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 2: what they don't tell you is you start up the 246 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 2: ramp on that thing, you get a little momentum going hot. 247 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 2: Then your arms, you shouldered. Everything's a king at this point, 248 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 2: and you get about five ten feet up it and 249 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 2: you need to catch your breath for a second. You 250 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 2: got to grab and hold and hold friction. I mean, 251 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 2: you are clinging to dear life, because if you stop 252 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,319 Speaker 2: the trip, you go back down. So when you see 253 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 2: somebody going up a hill, going up one of those rams, 254 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 2: just take a moment and admire what you are watching, 255 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 2: because this is incredible. Now fast forward to Rick Hanson, 256 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 2: this bastard seventy miles a day. Now we already know. 257 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 2: Hopefully I've made the point that being in a wheelchair 258 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 2: is one hundred times harder than just walking. How many 259 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 2: people could walk seventy miles a day forget jockey, just 260 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 2: walk seventy miles a day and do that for weeks 261 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 2: and weeks and weeks on end. This dude's doing it 262 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 2: on a wheel chair. Yeah, crazy, crazy, Suzanne. You're on 263 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 2: to Michael Berry Show. 264 00:14:58,040 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 5: See Michael. 265 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 6: I'm nice talk to you. 266 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 2: I listened to you a lot to you, Suzanne. I 267 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 2: went to break, I went to your call right before break. 268 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 2: So can you hold with us just a moment? Okay, 269 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 2: you do the intro, you do the promo, the tease 270 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 2: coming up. Suzanne's going to do you do that? Hello, Suzanne? Hellolse, Yeah, 271 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 2: I need you to do the promo real quickly. But 272 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 2: you know, since y'all stay tuned kind of thing. 273 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 6: Yeah, hello, y'all, stay tuned. Suzanne's coming out. 274 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 2: George, good to sleep. 275 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 7: I can't you excited. 276 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: Through the dark and our days gone by? 277 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 2: It seems we lost. 278 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 8: Ay letting noon On speak against them or a. 279 00:15:55,880 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 9: Price we'd have to pay, And for a time they 280 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 9: got their witch as they canceled more each day. 281 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 5: But it's fart to fire in our hunts. 282 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 2: So we began to praying. 283 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 9: In our hunts. 284 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 2: We saw the wrong and chose to take a stand. 285 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: We prayed to God to guide us and to redeem 286 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: our trouble land. We humbled ourselves before the. 287 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 2: Lord and rejected. 288 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 8: There we get away and Ma had his mercy. 289 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: God heard our prayers and brought a brand new day. 290 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: It's the New America, and the people were chosing, and 291 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: we spend together on it and arms. 292 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 2: Sitting out with one God. 293 00:16:58,440 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 6: And we. 294 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: Nation in the head hundred goody saying that it's the 295 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: news America. God bless the us. 296 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 8: In the tones of the new day, hope stirred within 297 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 8: our hearts that the dark tons were behind us as 298 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 8: we renewed, rebuild, restore what's taken back what. 299 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 2: Once was stolen, and the story the two bran. 300 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 9: News for bringing back what's good and light true. 301 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 2: And we're going to see through. 302 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 1: The New America and the people will rejoice. And we 303 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: stand together on in arm, singing out with one boy, 304 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: and we nay seven united and under God. You see 305 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: that isn't good day in America. Godless the us in 306 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 1: the dawn of the new day. 307 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 5: Coach stirverythin in our hearts that the dark times are 308 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 5: behind us. As we renew, rebel, restart, We're. 309 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 9: Taken back what once was stolen and restarting it to 310 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 9: brand new. We're bringing back what's good and right and 311 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 9: true and regardess it. 312 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: Boo. It's a new day. 313 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 9: In America, and the. 314 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 1: People will rejoice as we stand. 315 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 9: Beginning on. 316 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 2: Now is one. 317 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,360 Speaker 1: Every nation. 318 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 9: Commuitday. 319 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 8: That day Marga God bless the uscrilture. 320 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 2: Dot com reports more homes were built in Texas last 321 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 2: year than any other state, and they forecast that Texas 322 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 2: will become the nation's most populous state in twenty forty four. 323 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 2: Texas is two hundred and twenty five thousand, six hundred 324 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 2: and one residential building permits, accounting for fifteen percent of 325 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 2: those in the United States, followed by Florida, California, North Carolina, 326 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 2: and Georgia. Meanwhile, the state's population, the fastest growing in 327 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 2: the nation, is expected to make Texas the most populous 328 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 2: state in the country about twenty forty four. There were 329 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 2: thirty one point three million residents in Texas in July, 330 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,439 Speaker 2: up from thirty point five million a year earlier in 331 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 2: twenty nine million in twenty twenty. It's an almost eight 332 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 2: percent increase in just four years. For the ten years 333 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 2: ended in twenty twenty four, Texas added three point nine 334 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 2: million residents, compared to two point nine million in Florida. 335 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 2: Among the top reasons for the state's booming population are 336 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 2: Texas climate, job Texas climate, what job opportunities, and relatively 337 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 2: affordable housing. The realtor dot Com report, which relied on 338 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,160 Speaker 2: its own housing data and US Census Bureau data from 339 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 2: nine to twenty three, also found that more than one 340 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 2: in four people shopping for homes in Texas are from 341 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 2: out of state. More than one in four out of 342 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 2: staters come in here. More Californians moved to Texas than 343 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:39,719 Speaker 2: residents of any other state, seven hundred and eighty one 344 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 2: thousand of them. Now, I know what your response is 345 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 2: going to be, Michael, keep them out. They're going to 346 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 2: try to California, myp Texas. I'm going to tell you 347 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 2: the data that I've seen. I agree. Intuitively, we think 348 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 2: Californias are a bunch of nuts. We don't want them here, 349 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 2: fruits and nuts. We don't need them here. But the 350 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 2: data will show you that where they're moving in, they're 351 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 2: moving in as Republicans. Remember, they're fleeing California. And before 352 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 2: you tell me, I California is they're all the same. 353 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 2: You live in Harris County. Do you want me to 354 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,360 Speaker 2: say we don't want people from Harris County moving out 355 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 2: to Montgomery County or Fort Bend or Tyler County or 356 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 2: Walker County because of Lena Hidalgo. Are you a Lena 357 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 2: Hidogo person? No, people are leaving California. More Texans moved 358 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 2: to California than any other state, three hundred and six 359 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 2: thousand of them. Good. We'll send them our fruits and nuts. 360 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 2: They can send us their conservative folks. I like it. Suzanne, 361 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 2: you were going to talk about Texas, A and M. 362 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 2: I believe. I'm not sure what to do about Suzanne 363 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 2: Dan and what are you doing? Are you on a 364 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:49,360 Speaker 2: cricket phone? 365 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 6: I didn't get a lot of reverberations. 366 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 2: Oh I hate that. Let me just take you about 367 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 2: five minutes and tell how much I hate that. 368 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:58,679 Speaker 6: All right, go ahead, Okay, So I called the last 369 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 6: party in your show. Last segment, you were talking about 370 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 6: football and all that. You were talking about A and M. 371 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 6: But I just have a suggestion on you know, we'd 372 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 6: all like to see or those of us who like 373 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 6: A and M would like to see them win more games. 374 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 6: I think they need to break your tradition. If they 375 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 6: want to start winning more games, they need to bring 376 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 6: in cheerleaders and the dance team. They need to let 377 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 6: it go and bring them in, bring some fun into 378 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,679 Speaker 6: the stadium, and they probably start winning more games. 379 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 2: Hello minute. You know, in terms of fan experience, I 380 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 2: would argue that Texas A and M would probably undoubtedly 381 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,199 Speaker 2: be listed as the greatest fan experience in all of 382 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,879 Speaker 2: college football. Absolutely, are you saying you don't want to 383 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 2: you don't want a bunch of dudes dressed as first 384 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 2: year Navy sailors as the cheerleaders. Is that what you're saying. 385 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:02,160 Speaker 6: That's exactly what I'm saying. 386 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, listen, I'd like to see Hey, yeah. 387 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 6: I mean change it up a little. 388 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:13,200 Speaker 2: You know, it couldn't hurt. I mean, yeah, I really 389 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 2: don't know why. I mean, you look, there's a military tradition, 390 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,639 Speaker 2: as you know, and I think that probably has something 391 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 2: to do with it. But I wouldn't really mind breaking 392 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 2: ranks and putting some pretty girls down there. I agree, 393 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 2: Oh I wish I could be again. I mean, there's 394 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,640 Speaker 2: tradition and everything else, and I'm all for a tradition, 395 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 2: bring back bonfire, stop letting the DEI professors come in 396 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 2: and talk about boys chopping off their wieners, which unfortunately 397 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 2: A and M has allowed to happen. I mean all 398 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 2: of those things, But I don't know that there is 399 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 2: a more tradition rich four year public university in the country. Frankly. 400 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 2: I mean they even in terms of maintaining traditions, I 401 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 2: think they even exceed University of Texas, and that's hard to. 402 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 6: Do absolutely lately. 403 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 2: But are you a graduations. 404 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 5: Now? 405 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 7: I'm not. 406 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 6: I have a son and some other people in my 407 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 6: family that I went to TACU. But it's just I mean, 408 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 6: how many games have you watched and you just want 409 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 6: them to win? So let's do something just a little different. 410 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 2: Well, I'm not sure that's the reason. 411 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: Very show You'll maybe love You. 412 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 8: Golden Days before they. 413 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 2: Christs Secrets to the. 414 00:24:58,480 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: US. 415 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 2: Collins has voted against cloture in the Cash Battel nomination. Cloture, 416 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 2: of course, would end the filibuster and force a vote. 417 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,959 Speaker 2: I think we will have a vote this afternoon, and 418 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 2: I think Cash will pass. The question is is it 419 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 2: fifty one fifty with JD. Vance casting the deciding vote? 420 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 2: Is it fifty one forty nine? I think Mitch McConnell 421 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 2: will vote against him. I think Collins and perhaps even 422 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:33,360 Speaker 2: Murkowski could vote, could both cast a vote against him. 423 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 2: They're in an interesting situation. I believe that some of 424 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 2: them are so compromised and are aware that there is 425 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:50,199 Speaker 2: knowledge of what they've done, that their only shot is 426 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 2: to keep him from being the FBI director. And look, 427 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 2: Adam Shiff stood in front of the FBI headquarters and said, 428 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 2: this guy's a political hack. He basically described the last 429 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 2: four years of the Biden This guy's a hack. This 430 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 2: is not law enforcement, that's his political hackeryad And remember 431 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:11,159 Speaker 2: Adam Shiff accepted accepted a pardon from Joe Biden for 432 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 2: what what are you being pardoned for? So he just 433 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 2: got his fiftieth vote, which means that with JD's we 434 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 2: need fifty one. Though, Hey, did you know that Bessen's Tomo? Yeah, 435 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 2: so yesterday I see something that says Bessen was asked 436 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 2: about being Homo and serving for Trump, and he said 437 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 2: Trump doesn't have problem. Homos, what's your problem? But what's 438 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 2: your issue? Why are you asking a stupid question? And 439 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 2: I thought, well, that's good. They didn't, you know, throw 440 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 2: a big rainbow flag out there and like, hey, we 441 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 2: got one over here. Look at this. We got blacks 442 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 2: and women and samoans with a white streak and uh 443 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 2: and homo's They just kind of like, the dude's good 444 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 2: and so far he's done a darn good job, and 445 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 2: he happens to be homo. I thought, well, that's how 446 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 2: it's supposed to be. That shouldn't be the most interesting 447 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 2: thing about you, right at least not while we're talking 448 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,360 Speaker 2: about you being a Treasury secretary. Maybe you know, nine 449 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 2: o'clock at night you turn the lights off for the 450 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 2: person on the other side. Maybe that's the most interesting 451 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 2: thing about you. But for the rest of us, we 452 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 2: shouldn't need to know. It shouldn't matter. And that's the thing. 453 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 2: That's the thing people don't realize. Most homos would rather 454 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 2: that little fringe element out there that's going here, we're here, 455 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:38,640 Speaker 2: we're here, get eating that first wanted tolerance, and now 456 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 2: they just want you to bow before him and say 457 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 2: I love you for being home. I love you for it. Well, 458 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 2: most people don't want that. Most homos almost all want 459 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 2: to live the same life as everybody else. And in fact, 460 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 2: the ones I've known, well, folks I've worked with, they 461 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:02,479 Speaker 2: want the Norman Rockwell life. They want the you know, 462 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 2: they want the yard of the month. They want the 463 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 2: perfectly taking care of house. They want you know, the 464 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,159 Speaker 2: flag out front and love your neighbors and yes you 465 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,439 Speaker 2: can come get some flour and sugar if you need it. 466 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,920 Speaker 2: I mean, that's what they want. And then you got 467 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 2: these fringe elements out there ruining it for them, making 468 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 2: people think that there's some craze. And let me tell 469 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 2: you something, Blacks same way. Most black people just want 470 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 2: to be human beings. They don't want to have to 471 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 2: be you know, your token black friend or you're token 472 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 2: black employee, or you're token black member of this or that. 473 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 2: They just kind of want to live like everybody else, 474 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 2: and you know, hunt and fish and restore old cars 475 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 2: and everything else. He got his fifty first so kloture. 476 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 2: That means we're going to the vote. That means we'll 477 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 2: have Cash as a director of the FBI by this afternoon. 478 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 2: That means by tonight we'll have shift in prison. It's 479 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 2: going to be good. This is going to be a 480 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 2: very good thing. Indeed, all right, Darcy, you're up what 481 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 2: you got sweetheart? 482 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 7: All right, Michael, there's only three reasons a woman who 483 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 7: would argue for getting for changing the yell leaders. Okay, 484 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 7: she's either a wag she didn't attend. 485 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 2: A and m she didn't she said. 486 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 7: That, or okay, then she's got no respect for the traditions. 487 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 7: She should not be commenting on our traditions trying to 488 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 7: help understand them. No, you want, I Candy, you go 489 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 7: and you watch the Diamond Darlings at a baseball game. 490 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 7: They're super Cuteall well, you ain't gonna get it because 491 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 7: it's for the ladies. 492 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 2: I don't want. I don't want to see Rick Perry 493 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 2: or Cory Morrow parading down. 494 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 7: I know, I know they were. And you know, my 495 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 7: my husband, I'm class in ninety one. So as my husband, 496 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 7: he was in YouTube corcadet. One of his buddies was 497 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 7: a young leader. And I'm just telling you, don't mess 498 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 7: with the traditions. 499 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 2: If you don't know, it was his buddy that was 500 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 2: a yell leader. 501 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 7: His name was Brandt. I m ce is he still. 502 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 9: Yeah. 503 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 7: My husband doesn't have too many friends from college, He says, 504 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 7: I got married. I married my best friend, and I don't. 505 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 2: Need all those He doesn't go to bed, bathroom beyond 506 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 2: and compare thread counts with you. Does he no tank 507 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 2: your testosterone? 508 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 7: No? 509 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 2: What does he do for a no? 510 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 7: No? No. He is a registered structural engineer in the 511 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 7: state of Texas and he works for an oil major 512 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 7: and finds change orders that totally mess with our family 513 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 7: budget every month. 514 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 2: I'm glad you said that, because I didn't want to. 515 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 2: If he's just a structural engineer but not registered, then 516 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 2: I wouldn't. But as long as I know he's registered, 517 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 2: then I okay, All right. 518 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 7: Do you work and I have to brag? Well, I 519 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 7: used to, but now I manage our real estate portfolio. 520 00:30:58,600 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 2: What did you do. 521 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 7: Well? I had a nonprofit experience. I was a marketing 522 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 7: executive and uh I was also a college professor. We've 523 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 7: spent twelve years overseas, and every time we went overseas, 524 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 7: I took my MBA and taught at the university level 525 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 7: in the Middle East. It's quite an experience. 526 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 2: Where were you all in the Middle East? 527 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 7: Oh gosh, we've spent to Abu Dhabi, We've been to Dubai, 528 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:30,480 Speaker 7: We've spent we were in so hot during COVID, which 529 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 7: I left, and then we spent My favorite assignment was 530 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 7: we spent two years in South Korea. 531 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 2: Oh well, do you spend any time in Muscutnomon? 532 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,479 Speaker 7: What we traveled to Muscatnomon? And those are are some 533 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:50,880 Speaker 7: of our Those were our escapes from the unrealistic life 534 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 7: in Dubai, Dubaia's my. 535 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 2: Brother in law who's Indian, is KASHMIRI it looks like 536 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 2: a movie star. Kashmiris your kind of famous for you know, 537 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 2: having these striking good looks and uh. And he was 538 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 2: the head of Adi Das Adidas in the Middle East, 539 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 2: which is a huge brand in that area, German German company, 540 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 2: but he was the head of it for the Middle 541 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 2: East and it was He lived like a king there 542 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 2: and you cannot speak ill of Musket Nomon to him. 543 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 2: He absolutely loved it. He went back to India and 544 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,720 Speaker 2: now he runs a big agricultural company. But he thought 545 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 2: Musket Noman was one of the finest places to live 546 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 2: in the world. Where do y'all live now? 547 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 7: It's well, we used to be in the Dukes Garden 548 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 7: o Folks Forest, and with my husband's travel schedules four 549 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 7: years ago, I didn't feel safe anymore. And so now 550 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:54,240 Speaker 7: we are out west at the Fulk in Fulsher, out 551 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 7: in the Pulcher Simonson area. 552 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 2: It was just Sweden. The other day Fulscher is blowing 553 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 2: up by good That coal's crossing I thought was a 554 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 2: big deal, and now that that's small compared to everything 555 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 2: else out there. 556 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 7: It is and it's not fun. And so we're actually 557 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 7: trying to uh go even further west, to get even 558 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:16,840 Speaker 7: further out of town. 559 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 2: Half where are y'all wanting to go? 560 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:23,800 Speaker 7: Well, I'm actually gonna call your guy that just joined 561 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 7: you Hi west south. Yeah, maybe Ricto, maybe Eagle Leg 562 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,400 Speaker 7: maybe West of Evil Legs something like that. 563 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,800 Speaker 2: Oh wow, okay, hold on just a second. Opcnnected with 564 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 2: him