WEBVTT - Caving, Capture and Quantico | The Schmidt Storm

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to another edition of the schmid Storm. You have questions,

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<v Speaker 1>I've got answers, so let's get started. And the first

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<v Speaker 1>one has to do with the unprecedented scheduling of every

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<v Speaker 1>general being recalled to Washington, DC for a meeting with

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<v Speaker 1>Pete Hegseth. And the question is what's going on with

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<v Speaker 1>the eight hundred generals coming to Quantico, Virginia the marine base.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, but it is frightening, it's unacceptable, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's a major story. There are eight hundred general officers

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<v Speaker 1>in the US military. That's about one hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 1>to two hundred too many. One of the inflations we

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<v Speaker 1>don't talk enough about is the inflation in the ranks.

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<v Speaker 1>An incredible statistic is that there were more generals in

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<v Speaker 1>Baghdad in two thousand and seven than there were in

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<v Speaker 1>all of Europe on V Day victory in Europe eighty

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<v Speaker 1>years ago. And at that time, the US forces had

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen million men and women under arms at any rate,

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<v Speaker 1>removing from their combatant commands and from their jobs all

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<v Speaker 1>over the world. The senior enlisted advisors, the sergeant majors

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<v Speaker 1>and command master chiefs, if they're in the Navy along

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<v Speaker 1>with the four Stars, three stars, two stores, and one stars.

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<v Speaker 1>To bring them all together isn't just a massive security

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<v Speaker 1>risk with regard to the continuity of command, It's just

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<v Speaker 1>plain stupid. Now everybody knows that no professional military officer

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<v Speaker 1>has any respect whatsoever for Pete Hegseth, because when they

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<v Speaker 1>look at him, they recognize that standing in front of

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<v Speaker 1>them in a nation of three hundred and forty million

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<v Speaker 1>people is one of our greatest diptions. The tattooed Christian

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<v Speaker 1>nationalist freak show with his third wife Jenny, trailing about

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<v Speaker 1>taking him to his makeup room in the Pentagon, to

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<v Speaker 1>the TV room here and there, bouncing around like a

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<v Speaker 1>rubber ball on the Fox newsroom wall. Third wife Jenny

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<v Speaker 1>helps Pete with his makeup and sits in on all

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<v Speaker 1>the meetings with the generals, and no doubt Jenny will

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<v Speaker 1>be in the room with the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Truly,

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<v Speaker 1>there are no words other than the words of prayer

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<v Speaker 1>that this nation not fight a war, because there has

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<v Speaker 1>never been a moment in American history, not a single second,

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<v Speaker 1>where the men under arms have been more preposterously led

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<v Speaker 1>by the commander in chief and by this buffoon there

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<v Speaker 1>are no words for the National Guard. Major Field Marshall Pete,

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary of War. The next question has to do with

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<v Speaker 1>the prosecution of James Comy, and the question is are

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<v Speaker 1>you afraid of being locked up and sent to prison?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm with James Comy on this. I refuse to be

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<v Speaker 1>afraid of these people. If I am sent to prison

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<v Speaker 1>for some concocted crime, I do hope I get to

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<v Speaker 1>work with the puppies in the prison where Gislaine.

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<v Speaker 2>Maxwell has been set.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure they have male facilities where you get to

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<v Speaker 1>work with the dogs.

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<v Speaker 2>At any rate.

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<v Speaker 1>The thing about political prisoners is they're guilty of no crime.

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<v Speaker 1>In James Comy is a political prisoner of sorts. His life,

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<v Speaker 1>his family's life has been taken hostage by the government

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<v Speaker 1>by a raging mob boss named Donald Trump, who said,

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<v Speaker 1>get this guy, and then the prosecutor said, show me

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<v Speaker 1>the man, I'll find you the crime and voila. And

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<v Speaker 1>if they can do that to James Comy, they can

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<v Speaker 1>do it to anybody. This is arbitrary justice, and it

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<v Speaker 1>is evil. It is un American, and this malicious prosecution

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<v Speaker 1>will fail and the jury should nullify the prosecution. It

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<v Speaker 1>is an awful abuse of power, and James Comy will

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<v Speaker 1>be acquitted of this nonsense, because James Comy acquitted no crime.

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<v Speaker 1>The third question is about Jimmy Kimmel in his return

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<v Speaker 1>to television, and it is this, why did Disney cave?

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<v Speaker 1>Disney caved because the cost of firing Jimmy Kimmel to

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<v Speaker 1>appease Donald Trump was many billions of dollars and it

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<v Speaker 1>would have destroyed the company's brand, and in fact, it's

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<v Speaker 1>illegal and unconstitutional. And what the records will show, and

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<v Speaker 1>they will all be made public someday, what they will

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<v Speaker 1>show is the panic in the Disney c suite and

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<v Speaker 1>demands from government officials to the CEO of the company,

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<v Speaker 1>Bob Biger, demanding that Jimmy Kimmel be returned.

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<v Speaker 2>And Bob Biger is a coward.

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<v Speaker 1>He's feckless, utterly fatuous, And that yellow striped coward took

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Kimmel off the air because he was afraid, and

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<v Speaker 1>he put him back on the air because he was afraid.

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<v Speaker 1>Appeasing Trump only brings the next demand. And it's a

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<v Speaker 1>lesson for every CEO and every minister of government everywhere

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<v Speaker 1>in the world. The way you deal with a bully

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<v Speaker 1>is you hold the line and you never back up,

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<v Speaker 1>and when he comes and punches you, you slug them back.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's how you deal with a bully. And the

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<v Speaker 1>bottom line is this idea in America that the CEO

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<v Speaker 1>class has some type of moral conviction or standing to

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<v Speaker 1>speak out on anything, this religion of the CEO. When

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<v Speaker 1>you think back on Indra Newey performance with purpose, it's all.

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<v Speaker 2>Bullshit and it always has been.

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<v Speaker 1>She's an example of a person who sells poison sugar water.

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<v Speaker 2>She's in the obesity business.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet America's news media sanctified her and Bob Iger and

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<v Speaker 1>many more. In fact, these people have no guts, they

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<v Speaker 1>have no ethics, they have no grit, no stamina, no nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>And you saw that play out with Jimmy Kimmel, who

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<v Speaker 1>has a lot of guts and a lot of stamina

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot of grit. And it's grit, stamina and

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<v Speaker 1>guts that will get us through this terrible Trump era.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's the deal. Free speech doesn't come from branding

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<v Speaker 1>Carr and he doesn't get to threaten anybody over speech.

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<v Speaker 1>I have been a consistent critic of Ted Kruz. But

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<v Speaker 1>in this instant, on this occasion, it was Ted Cruz's

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<v Speaker 1>finest hour in America.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't debate speech.

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<v Speaker 1>You can say, can think and express yourself in most

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<v Speaker 1>any way you want. You get to make fun of

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<v Speaker 1>the president in America, you get to laugh at him,

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<v Speaker 1>you get to offend people. That's the price of living

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<v Speaker 1>in a free country, being offended. And the idea that

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<v Speaker 1>Donald's will eliminate offense by dealing with the speech that offends, well,

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<v Speaker 1>let's just say that's offensive and it's never going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the warning.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.