1 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:09,399 Speaker 1: It's that time time, time, time, Luck and Load. 2 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 2: Michael vari show is on the air. I wis just 3 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 2: sent a video of which I posted to Facebook of 4 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 2: Houston firefighters and Houston police officers in the middle of 5 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 2: a good natured but very intense snowball fight. Looks to 6 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 2: be the case that fire may be getting the better 7 00:00:55,720 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 2: of this particular battle, but it starts in the middle 8 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 2: of it. So you know, both of those guys. If 9 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 2: you've ever been to the uh what's it called hoses 10 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 2: and noses? They got they got a they got a 11 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 2: boxing match every year at George R. Brown. I'm assuming 12 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 2: they still do it. I used to go to it 13 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 2: every year back in the day. But what was it 14 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 2: called something in hoses? Guns and hoses. Yeah, it's called 15 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 2: guns and hoses, and it would be uh firefighters fighting 16 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,839 Speaker 2: police officers and it was well, that was a whole 17 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 2: lot of fun. That was a heck of an evening. 18 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 2: Uh Anyway, under Sylvester Turner, the relations with the fire 19 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 2: department were so rancorous that it affected your health and safety. 20 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 2: Many people don't understand the importance of the fire department, 21 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 2: the likelihood that you're ever going to need a fire 22 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 2: fighter to fight a fire on your behalf is very low. 23 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 2: What's going on in La is rare and a big 24 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 2: part of that is the winds, because typically when you 25 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: have a fire, they're going to be able to get there, 26 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 2: shut it down, and it's not going to spread and 27 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 2: burn and just keep burning. It's those high winds and 28 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:29,399 Speaker 2: of course the governmental failures policy and personnel matter that 29 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 2: have prevented them from being able to kind of build 30 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: to cordon off those fires and put a wall against it. 31 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 2: Where you're going to need a firefighter is when you 32 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: have a heart attack or a stroke or a serious accident, 33 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 2: and that's who's going to first get to you and 34 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 2: get you to the hospital. And God help you if 35 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 2: you ever do need to be in the back of 36 00:02:55,919 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 2: one of those ambulances, because what nobody tells you is 37 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 2: the suspension systems on those things. See nobody's in Nobody's 38 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 2: in an ambulance twice. So it's not like you go 39 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 2: down and buy your your your suburban from or your 40 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 2: Silverado from from Mike Batchets at lone Star Chevy and 41 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 2: you go, well, Mike, this isn't exactly what I want. 42 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 2: He Oh, let's go over here and get this for you. 43 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 2: Let's get this, let's this's got this package for you. 44 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,239 Speaker 2: This was got this package. If you are strapped down 45 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:31,679 Speaker 2: in the back of an ambulance, which I have been, 46 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 2: I'm going to tell you it's not your primary concern 47 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 2: right then, or if it is, it's not a real emergency. 48 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 2: But you do think to yourself, this is a very 49 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 2: very uncomfortable ride. So UH, my mother decided on a 50 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 2: Wednesday night she was at UH she was in Houston 51 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 2: at Methodist, and she decided, I can't, I don't, I 52 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 2: don't want any more treatment. I want to go home. 53 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 2: I'm ready, And we honored that. She's my mama. You know, 54 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 2: it's not for me to decide, and so my wife's 55 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 2: sweetheart that she is, we said, well, Mom, when do 56 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 2: you want to do this. I want to go home 57 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 2: tomorrow morning. I want to sleep, and I want to 58 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 2: go home. She was in so much pain she didn't 59 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 2: sleep that night. But my wife got over there and 60 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 2: they were going to bring her back in an ambulance 61 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 2: because she had to have so many drugs that we 62 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 2: couldn't put her just in the car. And I have 63 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 2: some friends that have an ambulance service that serves southeast 64 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 2: Texas and southwest Louisiana, and they said, we'll do it, 65 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 2: we'll handle it. So they come over and my wife. 66 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 2: They arrive in Orange and I've gotten there already to 67 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 2: tell my dad. Good news is she's coming home. Bad 68 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 2: news is she's just got a few days left and 69 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 2: she's suspending all treatments. And that's not a conversation you 70 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 2: want to have with your dad, I assure you. So 71 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 2: we get there, get her all settled in and all that. 72 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 2: So we're going back. My wife said, man, I don't 73 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 2: want to sound like I'm complaining. That was a rough ride. 74 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 2: I said, what do you mean? He said, well, I 75 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 2: think I don't know if they needed to get home 76 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 2: fast or what. But we weren't in an emergency situation. 77 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 2: Your mom's going home to die. We don't need to 78 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 2: rush to get We're gonna make it. She said, I 79 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 2: felt because she rode in the back of My mom 80 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 2: held her hand and she said, they let me hit 81 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 2: the presser for more pain meds. And she said every 82 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 2: time she moaned, she called my mom. Mom. I said, Mom, 83 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 2: you want some more pay yep, And she said, I'm 84 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 2: sitting there hitting it, thinking I wouldn't mind a little 85 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 2: for myself, she said, when I got off that aimless, 86 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 2: I didn't want you to feel bad, so I didn't 87 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 2: tell you. My back was hurting so bad, my knees, 88 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 2: my hips, it's uncomfortable in those things. Anyway, I got 89 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 2: this video from a few minutes ago of the firefighters 90 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 2: and police officers throwing snowballs at each other. And that 91 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 2: might seem like the kind of silly stuff you would expect, 92 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 2: but that didn't happen before. And I will give Whip 93 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 2: Myer credit for that. That didn't happen. And if Sheila 94 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 2: Jackson Lee had won, that wouldn't have happened because she 95 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 2: had her problems with the fire department. She didn't like them. 96 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 2: And I'll tell you this goes back to lee Pee 97 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 2: Brown used to believe it or not, the cops were 98 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 2: on the outside with the mayor, and the firefighters were 99 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 2: beloved by the mayor. That went on for a very 100 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 2: long time. You will hear them talk about the concept 101 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:50,679 Speaker 2: of parody at the city. Parody meant the cops wanted 102 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 2: to keep pace with the firefighters. The firefighters got a 103 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 2: new contract, we want a contract to match. Well, that 104 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 2: flipped and when it flipped was Leap Brown. Lee P. 105 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 2: Brown hated the fire department, and the reason was he 106 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 2: is an ultimate confirmed racist, and the fire department at 107 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 2: that time was a lot of white guys with Polish backgrounds, 108 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 2: the yon Keys and the ilk and he didn't like 109 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 2: those white guys. They were white guys that liked to 110 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 2: fish and hunt, and he doesn't like that type of person. 111 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 2: And that's a fact I served with Lee Brown. I 112 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 2: can tell you that man is a nasty, vile racist. 113 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 2: And the incredible part is he was propped up by 114 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 2: rich white men his entire career who did not realize 115 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 2: what he did to the rank and file white guys. Now, 116 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 2: he was okay with the cops because they supported him, 117 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 2: gave him a lot of money, did his bidding, covered 118 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 2: up why he was driving his car himself when he 119 00:07:57,760 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 2: never drove his car otherwise and got in an accident. 120 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 2: But anyway, all by way of saying, Sylvester Turner continued 121 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 2: that trend, he hated the fire department. It was so 122 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 2: nasty and to see our firefighters and police officers getting 123 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 2: along because these are long shifts they're pulling right now, 124 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 2: and they're away from their families, and you've got to 125 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 2: do Something's kind of the way Gallows humor works. You've 126 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 2: got to do something to break that tension. So if 127 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 2: you see a first responder, offer them some coffee, thank 128 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 2: them for their service. You know, do what you do, 129 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 2: like lack Aberry ship Joe, You're on the Michael Berry Show. 130 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 2: Welcome to the. 131 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 3: Program, serom, Hey, Michael, I got two questions. So what 132 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 3: is the likelihood of getting rid of the I R 133 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 3: S and with the replacement of the UH the External 134 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 3: Revenue Service? And the question I thought about one of 135 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 3: we were waiting for you is UH, what is the 136 00:08:54,280 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 3: likelihood of getting mandatory E verified to help the illegals, 137 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 3: the shelf people if they can't have a job. 138 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 2: Let's take your second question first. I think mandatory everify 139 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 2: is Look, I think the administrative process for verification is 140 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 2: extremely doable. It's the sort of thing the labyrinth that 141 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 2: is the federal government and making any level of changes 142 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 2: not as easy as it sounds. I think that is 143 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:38,079 Speaker 2: imminently doable. Now, you have to have good systems because 144 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 2: if someone gives you a number, Now, how much burden 145 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 2: do you put on the employer to say do you 146 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 2: simply say well, you asked for a number, and you 147 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 2: got a number, and you know, a guy who looks 148 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 2: like he might be named Jose Garcia comes in with 149 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 2: a name that sounds like he's from timbuk Two. You 150 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 2: go out or do you go? I got a number, 151 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 2: which is what some people do. I got a number. 152 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 2: That's enough. I got a number. I've done my job. 153 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 2: This is a tough issue. It's a very tough issue. 154 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 2: And I'll tell you where this issue becomes very difficult 155 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,319 Speaker 2: is that there are people the restaurant industry, the construction 156 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 2: industry who have grown dependent on illegal employees. That it's 157 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,320 Speaker 2: going to be it's going to be very it's going 158 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 2: to be disruptive in the short term to replace that. 159 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 2: This issue is a big issue, doesn't mean we can't 160 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 2: stop it. It's a big issue for a number of reasons. 161 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 2: The immediate reaction people will have is, well, nobody wants 162 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 2: to work as they're on welfare, partly, but there's more 163 00:10:54,160 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 2: than that. Over a period of time, prices get baked 164 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 2: in for what we pay for things because we're used 165 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 2: to them. If no restaurant uses any illegal aliens. So 166 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 2: the president does what he's promised to do, and there's 167 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 2: full deportation. You do understand we're going to pay more 168 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 2: at a sit down restaurant a society that says, I 169 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 2: am so priced sensitive, And it's not that people are poor. 170 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 2: Many people view pricing and money as a power source. 171 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 2: And it's not that they're going to be bankrupt or 172 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 2: starve if someone increases the prices by a dish by 173 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 2: ten percent. I've watched people do this. They enjoy the 174 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 2: battle over money. So as a society, we're going to 175 00:11:54,559 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 2: have to get comfortable with cheap illegal labor is baked 176 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 2: into our economy. Now, if you're going to extract that, 177 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 2: which we all agree you're going to, then you're necessarily 178 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:13,719 Speaker 2: going to pay more for goods and services because there 179 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 2: is no replacement. Some people live under the illusion, or 180 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 2: maybe it's a delusion that no, no, no, Once you 181 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 2: get those people out of there, there's a lot of 182 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 2: people waiting to get that job. In some cases that 183 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 2: is true construction industry especially, But when it comes to 184 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 2: bus boys, when it comes to a lot of positions 185 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 2: that are unpleasant, we're going to have to have our 186 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 2: own citizens buck up and part of the problem. And again, 187 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 2: when you talk about talk about how complex this problem is. 188 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 2: We got a lot of people who have graduated college 189 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 2: and can't find a job. They're upside down on debt. 190 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 2: They got all these student loans. So the answer for 191 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:04,199 Speaker 2: the government to keep revolution tamped down, to keep these 192 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 2: young people from being angry because historically they voted democrat, 193 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 2: is oh, we'll wipe out your student loan debt. Well, 194 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 2: you could have paid off the student loan debt with 195 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 2: the university endowment. The dirty little secret nobody talks about 196 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 2: is the trillions of dollars that are locked up in 197 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 2: university endowments. So the government is subsidizing the university when 198 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 2: the university is taking money from in one hand from 199 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 2: the taxpayer and in the other hand from wealthy patrons. 200 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 2: Which is great to build a bunch of new buildings, 201 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 2: to do all the wonderful things that universities want to do. 202 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 2: But why then is the student paying increasing rates for 203 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 2: tuition that they can't afford so they take out loans, 204 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 2: and then they can't pay those loans back because guess 205 00:13:56,040 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 2: what college wasn't what was promised. You don't just graduate 206 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 2: and immediately get a good job paying a lot of money. 207 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 2: They're just not out there all the while we are 208 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 2: pumping out these kids who got a one hundred thousand 209 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 2: dollars in debt. You've be shocked how many young people 210 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 2: have one hundred thousand dollars in debt and you are 211 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 2: twenty two to twenty three years old. Some of them 212 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 2: didn't even graduate. And there's no Abercomie and Fitch around 213 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 2: for them to go, you know, fold clothes anymore, which 214 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 2: is what they would do before go to the mall. 215 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 2: There's no jobs for them. You got a bunch of 216 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 2: kids with psychology degree. There's no jobs for them. But 217 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 2: what they don't want to do, which is what our 218 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 2: economy needs, is be a plumber, an electrician. I've got 219 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 2: a show sponsor called Independent Electrical Contractors and it's the 220 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 2: it's the non union electrical contractors. And these companies have 221 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 2: all the business they can handle. What they need is 222 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 2: young people willing to come in take a course. They'll 223 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 2: train you up right, you will develop, you know, from 224 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 2: the minor leagues to rookie to all star. They will 225 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 2: train you up and pay you while they're doing it. 226 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 2: It is hard to get particularly young white kids to 227 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 2: get comfortable with the idea of becoming a plumber or 228 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 2: an electrician. They send me a class when they have 229 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 2: a graduating class, it's four fifths Hispanic, ten percent black, 230 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 2: and a handful of whites. And the only whites are 231 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 2: that kid had nobody in their family that ever went 232 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 2: to college. We've got a lot of young people who 233 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 2: have been taught the only way to go is to 234 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 2: go to the university. I mean, it's it's a big problem. 235 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 2: So we got all these tasks that need to be 236 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 2: completed that pay well that we got people that don't 237 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 2: want to do the butterflies with the Michael Ferry, they're 238 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 2: all Duncans, and you know Duncan means yo yo. 239 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 4: No. 240 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 2: I'm sorry to hear that. Garth Hudson of the band 241 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 2: has passed away. I think he was the last surviving member. 242 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 2: Richard Vanuel, who does the can you turn that up? 243 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 2: He's the one that doesn't all said up here? He 244 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 2: is right here. 245 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 5: Every protection. 246 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 2: Richard Manuel died of his own hand in about ninety 247 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 2: one or ninety two. The band was on tour and 248 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 2: they were all drinking in one of them's hotel room, 249 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 2: and he was just going to go back to his 250 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 2: room for a minute and grab someone and come back, 251 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:06,479 Speaker 2: and he took his own life. Nobody knows what happening, 252 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 2: you know. I have really grown in my life to 253 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 2: take a very different approach to mental health. When I 254 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 2: was young and didn't know anything and didn't know anyone 255 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 2: who I respected and admired and loved who suffered with 256 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 2: mental health problems, I was judgmental. I thought, well, crazy 257 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 2: people are just crazy. And as I've grown older, I've 258 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 2: come to find out that many people mask extreme pain 259 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 2: and depression that is fatiguing. It's also the case that 260 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 2: some of the drugs that they put people on, I 261 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 2: think make it worse. It's a very complicated issue and 262 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 2: probably not the right time to go into it now. 263 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 2: But Richard Manuel's passed, I think is such a tragedy 264 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 2: for that band. He was so special. And then of 265 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:11,120 Speaker 2: course Levon Helm who in my opinion, is the breakout 266 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:13,160 Speaker 2: star of the band. He's the drummer and the lead 267 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 2: singer and the writer and the Arkansas vibe that gives 268 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 2: that band so much of so much of what makes 269 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 2: them special. And then you got Robbie Robertson, who we 270 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 2: had the honor of interviewing. He wrote a book called Testimony, 271 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 2: but he passed away a year or two ago. He 272 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 2: was the one that I mean, you would have thought 273 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 2: he was the lead singer because he was out front. 274 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 2: And then of course Gareth Well, it's a bummer. That's 275 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,200 Speaker 2: my second favorite band of all time. And now they 276 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 2: are there is no one left to tell the stories. 277 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 2: President Trump signed an executive order pardoning fifteen hundred January 278 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 2: sixth hostages and a commutation of the sentences for about 279 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 2: six more. They are reviewing those cases. This is five 280 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 2: h two, mister Ramon, Yes, sir. 281 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 6: So this is January sixth. These are the hostages, approximately 282 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 6: fifteen hundred for a pardon, full part. 283 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 2: Full full part. That's very important. I watched last night 284 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:38,239 Speaker 2: and this morning, rugged tough military veterans, tats all up, 285 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 2: an arm all up, down armed, Marcus de Treul looking guys. 286 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 2: I watched them breaking down into tears, thankful that the 287 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 2: President has pardoned them. It's man, it's what was done 288 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 2: to those people. I really like this one. It's not 289 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 2: getting a lot of rest, but it will. Clip number 290 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 2: five oh five. President Trump signed an executive order yesterday 291 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:10,360 Speaker 2: withdrawing from the World Health Organization. This is the kind 292 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 2: of stuff that pushed COVID. This is the kind of 293 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 2: mindset that that bullied Mary Tally Boden and tried to 294 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 2: destroy her career and tried to keep us from life 295 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 2: saving treatments. This is a good one withdrawing from the 296 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 2: World health organizations. 297 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 5: Ooh, that's a big one. 298 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 7: So we paid five hundred million dollars to World Health 299 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 7: when I was here and I terminated China with one 300 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 7: point four billion people. We have three point fifteen we 301 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 7: have Nobody knows what we have because so many people 302 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 7: came in illegally. 303 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 1: But let's say we have three twenty five. They had 304 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: one point four billion. They were paying thirty nine million. 305 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 1: We were paying five hundred million. It seemed a little 306 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: unfair to me, so that wasn't the reason. But I 307 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 1: dropped out. They offered me to come back for thirty 308 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: nine million. 309 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 2: In theory, should be listening to that. 310 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 7: But you know, and when Biden came back, they came 311 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 7: back for five hundred million. 312 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: He knew that you could have come back for thirty 313 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 1: nine million. 314 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 6: They wanted us back so madly. 315 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 2: So we'll see what happens. What Trump understands that many 316 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 2: people don't is that if you want to negotiate. You 317 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 2: don't do it with a smile on your face. You 318 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 2: walk up to somebody, you punch them in the face, 319 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 2: you walk off, you turn back and go you wanted something, 320 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 2: and you'll get much better terms. The Wall Street journal 321 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 2: is beclowning themselves with these constant editorials every day on 322 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,439 Speaker 2: how the tariffs won't work and what it's going to 323 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 2: do to the economy. It's going to destroy the economy. 324 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 2: What they don't understand is the tariffs are a negotiating 325 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 2: POI Canada, Mexico. You want the American market, You want 326 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 2: to Canada, you want to send aluminum into this country, Well, 327 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 2: you're going to have to open your market to these 328 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 2: products that you're keeping us from and you're gonna have 329 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 2: to do this, this, and this. See, they wouldn't want 330 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 2: to do that until they lose our market because their 331 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 2: tariff doesn't work. Yes, tariffs are inflationary to the consumer. 332 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 2: It is true. If there are products that you are 333 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 2: buying that we are importing from let's say Mexico, and 334 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 2: Trump slaps a tariff on that product, you are going 335 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 2: to pay the cost of that tariff, not the Mexican company. 336 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 2: They're going to suffer if you don't pay it. So 337 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:02,360 Speaker 2: let's say he slaps a tariff on avocados. I don't 338 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 2: know what avocados cost, but let's say it was ten 339 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 2: dollars a pound, and he puts a five dollars terrif 340 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 2: on it. So now it's fifteen dollars a pound. If 341 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,360 Speaker 2: you will pay fifteen dollars a pound and you were 342 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:19,120 Speaker 2: paying ten, then that means that the price was inelastic. 343 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,919 Speaker 2: It doesn't change. The demand was inelastic. They could have 344 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 2: charged more than they were charging, and you will gladly 345 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,719 Speaker 2: pay it, because, like me, you love avocados. Well, did 346 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 2: I ever tell you Eddie's allergic to avocados and bananas? 347 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 2: I mean, I'd have to really question my will to 348 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,399 Speaker 2: live if I didn't have avoc Huh. It is why 349 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 2: he's grumpy all time. Can you imagine you didn't have 350 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 2: any avocados or bananas? I don't know what I'd eat, 351 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 2: or really don't anyway. So what Trump says in this 352 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 2: case is five dollars terif on the avocados in Mexico, says, 353 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 2: and so then Americans say, We're going to start buying 354 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 2: California avocados. Okay. So Mexico. So the demand for the 355 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:13,880 Speaker 2: avocados plunges. You remember supply and demand. When the supply 356 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 2: remains steady because they're still growing just as many avocados. 357 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 2: Cartels control the avocados. But the demand goes down, then 358 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 2: what happens to the price. It plummets. So now Mexico 359 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 2: comes to the table and says, hey, we'll stop letting 360 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:28,199 Speaker 2: the illegal aliens come into your country if you'll let 361 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:32,120 Speaker 2: the avocados. One of these women are cheaper. I think 362 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 2: that there might. 363 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 3: I got nothing going on down there. 364 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 5: Probably go Yanna, he's in the valley. 365 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 2: The next executive order I'm going to play for you, 366 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 2: many of you may not realize, but I bet most 367 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:06,199 Speaker 2: of you do, could make an absolute difference, not just 368 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 2: to the country generally as energy consumers. This could create 369 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 2: a wealth ripple effect across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi like you 370 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 2: would not imagine. President Trump signed an executive order Unleashing 371 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 2: American Energy five h six from one, but just one. 372 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 4: That's unleashing American energy. Serve relates to using permitting processes 373 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 4: and other regulatory systems to ensure that we can produce 374 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,679 Speaker 4: energy efficiently to drive the American economy forward. 375 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 2: If you study World War Two, you find that one 376 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 2: of the great downfalls of Germany, which seduced them to 377 00:25:54,920 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 2: make very dumb strategic decisions militarily, was a lack of 378 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 2: sufficient energy. It's it's a problem Germany suffers from to 379 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 2: this day. Their dependence on Russia for energy to this 380 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 2: day causes them problems. The United States is the best 381 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 2: in the world at finding oil, getting to it, extracting it, 382 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 2: moving it, and refining it. There's nobody in the world 383 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 2: that even comes close to our expertise. Now, you don't 384 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 2: choose how much of it. You just happen to be 385 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 2: sitting on top of You don't, that's not a choice. 386 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,399 Speaker 2: You may, but we do happen to be sitting on 387 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 2: a lot of it. And these fracking techniques, these these 388 00:26:53,119 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 2: forms of extraction that our intellectual capital discovered. It's amazing 389 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 2: these guys explain to me how they're going in to do. 390 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 2: If you've seen a Landman, they talk about a lot 391 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 2: of this, and people in the old patch will tell you, oh, 392 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 2: that's not reality. Okay, you only say that because it's 393 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 2: the first movie you've ever seen where they use terms 394 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 2: like workovers. Blowouts. Do you think that every cops scene 395 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 2: is exactly the way cops are or every loss scene 396 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 2: is exactly the way of the courtroom, Because it's not, but 397 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 2: it's closer to reality than anything you're ever going to see. 398 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:42,479 Speaker 2: We are so good at energy, and energy is so 399 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,440 Speaker 2: critical to your national security. We fight wars over it, 400 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,199 Speaker 2: and you will lose wars if you don't have it. 401 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 2: We went from who was the woman from Minnesota, Michelle 402 00:27:55,920 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 2: She had fostered about twenty Bachmann's she was running for president, 403 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,720 Speaker 2: I think twenty twelve. She said we could have two 404 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,439 Speaker 2: dollars a gallon oil during the debate, and they laughed 405 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,719 Speaker 2: at her. Oh, it's the most ridiculous thing ever by 406 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 2: the Trump. By the time Trump got elected, we had 407 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 2: two dollars oil, and I don't know if you remember, 408 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:22,360 Speaker 2: we had John Hoffmeister, former president of Shell Oil on here. 409 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 2: There was a situation where oil had dropped so cheap 410 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 2: that there was a case where they were literally paying 411 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 2: people to take oil to offload it because they needed 412 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 2: the rail capacity. When the price of oil hits a 413 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 2: certain number where the oil patches making money, but we're 414 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 2: paying a lot less for it. It's good for all 415 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 2: the people in the industry and all those jobs. And 416 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 2: by the way, you talk about good paying jobs for 417 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 2: people that don't have college degrees, those are great jobs. 418 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 2: I had people in my family and a lot of 419 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 2: people I grew up with that went and did three 420 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 2: weeks on, three weeks off that went to offshore platforms. 421 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 2: I got one of my best buddies, Toby Schultz, is 422 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 2: in Midland right now. Works was working for Excell. He 423 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 2: was just telling me the other day that was asking 424 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 2: him for his report on Midland. Real smart guy, hardworking guy. 425 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 2: I've got classmates that are in Midland, Odessa, Permian Basin, 426 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 2: Iglefords Shell You. Here's a deal. We may not be 427 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 2: able to sell more shoes or more textiles or more 428 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:38,479 Speaker 2: cameras overnight because the market is but the worldwide market 429 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 2: for energy is so far above what we are currently 430 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 2: producing buck could and we've got people in our country 431 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 2: who go, no, no, you can't do that. We don't 432 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 2: want you to do that. You're killing the earth. No 433 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 2: less fuel is purchased, whether we do it or somebody 434 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 2: else does it. Why wouldn't you want your native Mbers 435 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 2: to do well. When they do well, they fund the 436 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 2: Little League. They buy cars from you, They pay for 437 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 2: your little scholarships for your kid can go to school. 438 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 2: We should want to unleash American energy. And what you're 439 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 2: about to watch is you are about to watch Texas 440 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 2: take off. Oh, it's going to be good in Louisiana 441 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 2: as well. President Trump signed an executive order opening Alaska 442 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 2: for oil exploration, as he should. Five oh seven, mister Roblis. 443 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 4: First three have Alaska, sir. This is an executive order 444 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 4: relating to unleashing Alaska's potential as an energy reservoir for. 445 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 5: The entire nations. 446 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 4: And what about NWAR, I believe that would be included 447 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 4: in aspects of the orders. 448 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 2: En War is the African National Wildlife Reserve. I believe 449 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 2: that's what it stands for. The left, led by loonies, 450 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 2: doesn't want us to develop our own natural resource. We 451 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 2: are a resource rich nation. But if you don't monetize 452 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 2: that resource because you let people create a religion behind it, 453 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 2: then you end up, as we were doing, importing oil 454 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 2: from countries like Saudi Arabia and Cutter. You end up 455 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 2: giving Russia all the power. You end up Visa VI 456 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 2: China in a weakened position. And you cost yourself trillions 457 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,960 Speaker 2: of dollars in economic development. Why would you do this 458 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 2: over the snail darter or some little thing or some 459 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 2: little thing there. President Trump. By the way, one of 460 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,960 Speaker 2: the executive orders is to open up the watershed so 461 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 2: the natural water flow could be used for the La fires. 462 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 2: You didn't know that was an option, but it is now. 463 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,840 Speaker 2: There will be the snail darter tree huggers who will say, oh, 464 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 2: my goodness, but there's one little bug that might go 465 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 2: in extinct. We don't know that. Well, how about how 466 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 2: many how many Americans? How many Los Angelinos went extinct 467 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 2: because they burned to death? How about that? You know, 468 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 2: these aren't the thing about it is what Trump's doing here. 469 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:29,680 Speaker 2: This didn't require a PhD in energy or natural resources 470 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:37,720 Speaker 2: or border security. He's just doing common sense things that 471 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:40,720 Speaker 2: could simply be done with the stroke of a pen. 472 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:45,800 Speaker 2: And you've been told for decades they couldn't. Politicians love 473 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 2: to tell you that a problem can't be solved because 474 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 2: it's too complex, too many moving parts, it's politically not feasible. 475 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:59,080 Speaker 2: It would upset the wrong people. Trump is proving not 476 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,800 Speaker 2: just Democrats, but Republicans are full of it. They don't 477 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 2: want to solve the problem. You know, tire makers have 478 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,600 Speaker 2: made tires for sixty years that would last for a lifetime. 479 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 2: Once they discovered the technology, they ditched it because how 480 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 2: many tires. 481 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:17,480 Speaker 3: Would you buy? 482 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 2: The planned obsolescence that makes up so much of the 483 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 2: manufacturing of consumer products that you use would blow your mind. 484 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 2: It's not that they can't make a product that would 485 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 2: last and you wouldn't have to throw away. It's that 486 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 2: they wouldn't make as much of a profit if they did. 487 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 2: I'm a capitalist through and through, and it is time 488 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,240 Speaker 2: that America's energy is opened up. And I'm so grateful 489 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 2: to Donald Trump. Is hey, thank a first responder If 490 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:46,320 Speaker 2: you see them, they're working long hours.