WEBVTT - A Life's Lesson From The TSA! 

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<v Speaker 1>A life's lesson from the TSA. It's one more thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm one more.

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<v Speaker 2>And then we're gonna let people over arbitrary things they

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<v Speaker 2>can't possibly know in advance.

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<v Speaker 1>We're also going to talk about the idea of reopening Alcatraz, which,

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<v Speaker 1>ah rock, I assume Katie, you grew up in the

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<v Speaker 1>Bay Area. You've done Alcatraz?

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<v Speaker 3>No a million times?

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<v Speaker 1>Did they do? Used to do school trips and stuff? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we did.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>I believe it was summer camp where we did the

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<v Speaker 3>trips out there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I went on one too. Yeah. The night tour

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<v Speaker 2>is awesome. Oh really, I've heard. Oh I wish i'd

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<v Speaker 2>done that.

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<v Speaker 1>Should have done that before they opened the back up.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you got to like do federal crimes to get

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<v Speaker 2>the night tour if you know it's not going to

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<v Speaker 2>turn into a prison again. More on that in a moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Get to that in a second. So my life lesson

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<v Speaker 1>from the TSA. I've thought about this quite a bit.

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<v Speaker 1>I know I mentioned this on their air in a

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<v Speaker 1>while back, but I see it almost every time I fly.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you just flew, didn't you, Katy? You observed this.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw very starkly, side by side two people handle

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<v Speaker 1>human beings a different way, and have attempted to commit

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<v Speaker 1>myself to one way and not the other way. It was,

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<v Speaker 1>we're just waiting in line. Is a crowded day at security,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, the booths open up where they take

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<v Speaker 1>your driver's license, and you're waiting in line, and there

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<v Speaker 1>are two of them, and the one guy would say next, next, next, next,

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<v Speaker 1>like if he didn't get your attention right away, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the other person would say ready for the next person, Hey, honey,

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<v Speaker 1>we're ready for you now, accomplishing exactly the same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>One of them was furiously angry and making other people

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<v Speaker 1>they interacted with have worse days. The other one was

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<v Speaker 1>happy and making other people have a better day, accomplishing

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<v Speaker 1>exactly the same thing, although I would say probably with

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<v Speaker 1>much less energy expelled the happy, cheerful person than the

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<v Speaker 1>angry person. And I've seen this happen many times now

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<v Speaker 1>at TSA. Now that I observe it, two people in line,

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<v Speaker 1>you got the you don't have to take off your

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<v Speaker 1>shoes versus no need to take off your shoes, sweetheart,

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<v Speaker 1>exactly the same message. The one is just as easy

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<v Speaker 1>as in fact, it's easier to go with the nice one,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've tried to employ that with my kids with

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<v Speaker 1>everything that I'm doing now, just because it's just obviously

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<v Speaker 1>on a million levels, a better way to live your life, certainly, yeow.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's amazing how many people, and I've done this

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<v Speaker 1>myself plenty of times. We're just out of your frustration

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever. You're making your life worse, You're making other

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<v Speaker 1>people's lives worse. You're like probably shaving seconds off of

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<v Speaker 1>your life by being angry. It's just completely self defeating.

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<v Speaker 2>So, Katie, when I was a fairly young lad, had

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<v Speaker 2>my sainted mother go ahead, Gladys, why not?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh hey, glad, it's a little faster on the harm

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<v Speaker 1>to see I just did it.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh lord, no, see you're still a work in progress. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was a fairly young lad when my I

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<v Speaker 2>think I was explaining why I had behaved so badly

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<v Speaker 2>and whether it was my sister or something else. I

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<v Speaker 2>had told my mom that they just made me so mad,

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<v Speaker 2>and and my lovely gentle mother said essentially, and I'm paraphrasing,

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<v Speaker 2>because she made it, you know, understandable for a kid

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<v Speaker 2>of my age is probably seven or eight. At that point,

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<v Speaker 2>she explained she said, why would you let them have

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<v Speaker 2>that power over you? And I'm like, wait what she said?

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's your emotions. Don't let other people drive you

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<v Speaker 2>to one or the other. Be aware of the way

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<v Speaker 2>you're feeling and and and be responsible for.

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<v Speaker 1>Your own feelings.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know I'm not Saint Francis of ASSISI over here,

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<v Speaker 2>mister s I mean, uh, and neither is anybody else.

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<v Speaker 2>The two great influences in my life, right to two examples,

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<v Speaker 2>and mister Spock right. But yeah, that that guy, the

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<v Speaker 2>TSA guy, was letting his frustration with the general public

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<v Speaker 2>not towing the line the way he thought ruin.

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<v Speaker 1>His day, probably every day.

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<v Speaker 2>Well right, Uh, terrible for his emotions, terrible for his body.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean just everything about that interchange is unhealthy for everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>And unhappiness to other people.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well right, and as the other person illustrated so clearly, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not necessary. Now. I will also say this, having

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<v Speaker 2>raised three children from a conception to adulthood, some people

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<v Speaker 2>are born wound up tight and it's a lot harder

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<v Speaker 2>for them to be the mellow, helpful, cheerful person. And

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<v Speaker 2>I don't judge people who fall short. I've fallen short

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<v Speaker 2>of many of my I you know, principles. That's why

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<v Speaker 2>they're principles. They're like a north star, you try for them.

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<v Speaker 2>But anyway, yeah, just don't let other people control your

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<v Speaker 2>motions to whatever extent you can.

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<v Speaker 3>I had a little situation at the airport coming back where,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's like, you know, when you go to the

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<v Speaker 3>doctor and they send you your little after visit summary,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's it's in doctor jargon, so you usually will

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<v Speaker 3>like write them and be.

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<v Speaker 1>Like, Hi, what the hell does any of this mean?

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<v Speaker 3>So they took our plane out of service, like ten

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<v Speaker 3>minutes before we're supposed to board. So she comes on

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<v Speaker 3>over the loudspeaker, Oh, yeah, if you're a traveling uh,

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<v Speaker 3>we have taken your plane out of service. And then

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<v Speaker 3>she followed it with we hope to be getting another plane,

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<v Speaker 3>but if you need answers right now, please go to

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<v Speaker 3>our website to check for further options. And we all

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<v Speaker 3>looked at each other and went, what on planet Earth

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<v Speaker 3>does that mean? And I found that they're getting a

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<v Speaker 3>little more vague, like they just don't want to like

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<v Speaker 3>if they don't have answers, they just kind of start

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<v Speaker 3>allaying you and like filling in language.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh you know that's so funny because I'm listening to

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<v Speaker 2>you closely. I'm wearing expensive headphones, and you got done

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<v Speaker 2>with that sentence, and I'm like, did I miss something? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>What if I if I if I, If I want answers,

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<v Speaker 2>I can what.

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<v Speaker 3>If I want? If you need answers about your flight now,

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<v Speaker 3>please go to our website to find your other options.

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<v Speaker 3>And I swear to you, every single person that was

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<v Speaker 3>with an eyesight of me, we all made this like

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<v Speaker 3>eye contact, like what is she to say? Immediately, forty

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<v Speaker 3>people rushed the booth to start answering questions right, And

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<v Speaker 3>it was that situation where one woman was very calm

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<v Speaker 3>and talking to a couple, and this other woman, the

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<v Speaker 3>one that was speaking the gibberish, was like, I need

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<v Speaker 3>a line right here in front of me. It's just like,

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<v Speaker 3>oh god, we're going back to the.

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<v Speaker 1>Bar well on the boy on the choosing two demeanors.

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<v Speaker 1>What works for me, when it does work, is if

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<v Speaker 1>I being selfish works for me, the most selfish, which

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<v Speaker 1>thing I can do is to go with the relaxed,

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<v Speaker 1>cheerful out that's better for me, whether it's better for

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<v Speaker 1>other people and it is better for other people, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's better for me. It's not gonna speed anything up.

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<v Speaker 1>For me to be angry about it or to make

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<v Speaker 1>other people unhappy, that makes things worse. It makes everything worse.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and just a little gentle advice for the young folks.

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<v Speaker 2>As a guy who's engaged in many, many, many of

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<v Speaker 2>these things, from negotiations to disagreements to solving problems, you

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<v Speaker 2>can always go to Dick. You've always got that option. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>don't start with Dick.

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<v Speaker 1>I almost wish I could like travel around to TSA

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<v Speaker 1>and talk to people, because I think I could do

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<v Speaker 1>them a favor by like pointing it out. They might

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<v Speaker 1>be caught in it and not even realize it. You're

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<v Speaker 1>making your I mean, maybe you've realized you can't deal

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<v Speaker 1>with the public. Maybe you ought to find a different job,

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<v Speaker 1>or you should approach it this way, because you're making

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<v Speaker 1>yourself miserable and for no gain, for no gain toever.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not gonna speed up the line. It's not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>make your day better.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, the next time I encounter one of those people,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna go, oh, I see you start. You started

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<v Speaker 3>with Dick today, did you?

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<v Speaker 2>That's what she chose right to the Dick card.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Jack, you got to dress That's why people

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<v Speaker 1>go to their driveways. That's that's a lot of TSA people.

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<v Speaker 2>He held back on going to Dick for a long

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<v Speaker 2>time until finally she.

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<v Speaker 5>You driving you anyway, Jack, you gotta dress up as

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<v Speaker 5>a monk, uh to go to the TSA and minister

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<v Speaker 5>to those poor bastards.

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<v Speaker 2>I got the hairstyle and help them with their yeah

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<v Speaker 2>and their struggles.

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<v Speaker 5>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of security and that sort of thing. I thought

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<v Speaker 2>this was pretty interesting. The discussion was about Trump saying

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<v Speaker 2>do we have the Trump audio Andy Michael about Alcatraz?

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<v Speaker 4>Nobody's ever escaped from Alcatraz and just represented something uh

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<v Speaker 4>strong having to do with law and order. We need

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<v Speaker 4>lawn oril in this country, and so we're going to

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<v Speaker 4>look at it. Some of the people up here are

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<v Speaker 4>going to be working very hard on that, and we

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<v Speaker 4>had a little conversation. I think it's going to be

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<v Speaker 4>very interesting. We'll see if we can bring it back

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<v Speaker 4>in large form. Add a lot, but I think it

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<v Speaker 4>represents something right now. It's a big hulk that's sitting there,

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<v Speaker 4>rusting and rotting.

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<v Speaker 1>Very Uh.

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<v Speaker 4>You look at it, it's sort of. You saw that

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<v Speaker 4>picture that was put out. Its sort of amazing, but

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<v Speaker 4>it sort of represents something that's both horrible and beautiful

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<v Speaker 4>and strong and miserable weak. It's got a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>it's got a lot of qualities that are interesting, and

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<v Speaker 4>I think.

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<v Speaker 1>They make a point.

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<v Speaker 2>I have you ever launched into a rift and realized

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<v Speaker 2>that way through this is not working at all?

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<v Speaker 1>I'll bet I can save it. It's a floor wax

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<v Speaker 1>and a dessert topping.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, Trump talking about Alcatraz, it is funny that he

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<v Speaker 2>was essentially confessing that it It's just such a great

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<v Speaker 2>symbol of being a hard ass blah blah blah, which

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<v Speaker 2>is what he wanted.

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<v Speaker 1>And it got out into the main into the bloodstream

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<v Speaker 1>once again, that he's a hard ass on crime, which

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<v Speaker 1>is what he wanted. And somebody probably said to him

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<v Speaker 1>it can't be done. He thought, okay, and never thought

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<v Speaker 1>about it again since then, right, and never will.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. But I found this interesting from its beginning. The

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<v Speaker 2>San Francisco prison was an expensive pr stunt for the

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<v Speaker 2>cinematically minded public, a way of showing that the Feds

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<v Speaker 2>were getting tough. You perhaps remember that a constitutional amendment

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<v Speaker 2>a stupid one banned alcohol, and it had fueled the

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<v Speaker 2>rise of organized crime in the nineteen twenties. At the

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<v Speaker 2>same time, the popularity of automobiles is getaway cars turned

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<v Speaker 2>largely local crimes like robbery and kidnapping into interstate offenses,

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<v Speaker 2>and so all of a sudden they had this explosion

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<v Speaker 2>in federal crimes.

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<v Speaker 1>So a federal prison was.

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<v Speaker 2>Needed that really looked the part, and Alcatraz stood ready

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<v Speaker 2>for its close up, towering out post on a craggy

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<v Speaker 2>aisle surrounded by white capped seas. So was it just

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<v Speaker 2>a rocky island out there in San Francisco before Alcatraze

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<v Speaker 2>with nothing on it?

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<v Speaker 1>Don't know that? Oh oh oh, it gets to that

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<v Speaker 1>in just a second. Anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>Unlike other obsolete military out posts, Oh okay, there you

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<v Speaker 2>have it, this one was in plain view of a

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<v Speaker 2>bustling city full of journalists ready to hype its story,

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<v Speaker 2>which premiered in nineteen thirty four. Among the new prisons

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<v Speaker 2>first inmates were Chicago mob boss al Capone, wasting away

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<v Speaker 2>from syphilis, and Alvin Carpus, whose name I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>with a K, the last person to be designated Public

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<v Speaker 2>Enemy number one FBI impresario Jay Edgar Hoover had personally

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<v Speaker 2>stage managed Carpus's arrest part of his image polishing project

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<v Speaker 2>to turn a pudgy DC paper pusher into America's toughest

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<v Speaker 2>g man. As Hoover was, you know, a well known

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<v Speaker 2>publicity hunt, but minus its celebrity occupants, Alcatraz was a

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<v Speaker 2>pretty average prison, no more fearsome than other maximum security

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<v Speaker 2>who's goals, and indeed some inmates preferred it to their

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<v Speaker 2>previous assignments because the cells were single occupancy, and one

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<v Speaker 2>long time inmate, Robert Stroud, was even allowed to keep Patsy's,

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<v Speaker 2>the famous bird Man of Alcatraz of the film. But

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<v Speaker 2>Alcatraz cost a fortune to operate. Harsh conditions, wind, surf,

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<v Speaker 2>and salt shortened the life spans of buildings and equipment,

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<v Speaker 2>and as the depression ended in the Bay Area boomed,

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<v Speaker 2>labor costs for guards and other staffers rose steeply. Virtually

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<v Speaker 2>everything the prisoners and their keepers needed had to be

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<v Speaker 2>ferried to the island on boats and barges, including nearly

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<v Speaker 2>a million gallons of water per week, wow, plus tons

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<v Speaker 2>of food and fuel for the generators. A scant twenty

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<v Speaker 2>five years after Alcatraz opened, the FEDS began hatching plans

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<v Speaker 2>to close it. Prisoners were just as secure at the

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<v Speaker 2>federal prison in Atlanta for one third the cost, a

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<v Speaker 2>study concluded. At the time, the Bureau of Prisons broke

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<v Speaker 2>ground on a new maximum security facility in rural Illinois,

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<v Speaker 2>and when it was completed in sixty three, Alcatraz was

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<v Speaker 2>relegated to its legend, which is absorbed daily by tourists

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<v Speaker 2>and on TV by impressionable old men. They say, hinting

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<v Speaker 2>that Trump is one of them, and then they mentioned that, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>the federal government already has a lock up four more,

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<v Speaker 2>far more secure, remote, and intimidating than an Alcatraz. Ever,

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<v Speaker 2>was the super max prison near Florence, Colorado.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. There there are people claiming that Alcatraz played on

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<v Speaker 1>TNT like Saturday Night at eleven or something, and they

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<v Speaker 1>think Trump was flipping through and saw it. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if that's true or not.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the rock was it Alcatraz or Alcatraz?

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<v Speaker 1>I can't remember. What's the one with Clint Eastwood in

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<v Speaker 1>it where he escapes escape from Alcatraz. That's a good

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<v Speaker 1>one with the Orangutang.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there's no one there are no great apes in

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<v Speaker 2>this one boxes an orangutang on a.

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<v Speaker 1>Gutras for his freedom.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, as I recall, And everybody dances, even though

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<v Speaker 2>the mayor is a fundamentalist. And a great.

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<v Speaker 1>Movie the Rock Well, I guess that's it. Everybody dances.