1 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, Time, Luck and Load from 2 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: Michael Vari Show is on the air. 3 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 2: The US is the first time in the history of 4 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 2: the world where a government was organized with a constitution 5 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 2: laying out the rules that the individual was supreme and gone. 6 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 2: And that is what led to the US becoming the 7 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 2: greatest country ever because it unleashed people to be the 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: best they could be, unlike it had ever happened. That's 9 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 2: American exceptionalisms. 10 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 3: And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain 11 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 3: five thirty five years ago? Why the Atlantic? Why does 12 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 3: Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the moon. 13 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 3: We choose to go to the moon. You used to 14 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 3: go to the moon and disscate and do the other thing, 15 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 3: not because they are easy, but because they are hard. 16 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 4: If we look to the answer as to why for 17 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 4: so many years we achieved so much, prospered as no 18 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 4: other people on Earth, it was because here in this 19 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 4: land we unleash the energy and individual genius of man 20 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 4: to a greater extent than has ever been done before. 21 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 4: Freedom and the dignity the individual have been more available 22 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 4: and assured here than in any other place on Earthly. 23 00:01:38,120 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 5: Few a couple of years ago callers, I'll get you 24 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 5: in just a moment. A couple of years ago HISD, 25 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 5: which was so incredibly corrupt. Well, let me put it 26 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 5: to you this way. Rodney Ellis's staff member was the 27 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 5: president of the board. She cycled off the board to 28 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 5: go to the Houston Community College and was working for him. 29 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 5: This is how he keeps He runs all the organizations 30 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 5: in aris Coonty. He is such a boss. It's incredible 31 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 5: how he has managed to pull this off. She was 32 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 5: charged and pled guilty to taking bribes for contracts to 33 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 5: give out contracts on behalf of HISD because there's a 34 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 5: lot of money in this budget. All the while, the 35 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 5: children were great graduating the kids couldn't spell their own name. Now, fairness, 36 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 5: they are hard names to spell, some of them. But 37 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 5: so the state took over HISD. And what did local 38 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 5: democrats scream? You already know racism because that's what they do, 39 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 5: because you're supposed to let the inner city school district fail, 40 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 5: and you're supposed to let all the black and brown 41 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 5: kids fail. And if you dare try to do something 42 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 5: about it the way you would for your own kid, 43 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,839 Speaker 5: then you hate black people. This is the most retarded 44 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 5: mindset imaginable. But this is what they do. This is 45 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 5: where the corruption, this is where the bullying, This is 46 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 5: where that game always wins, except this time. So they 47 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 5: send in Mike Miles to be the superintendent. They removed 48 00:03:56,440 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 5: the board of trustees, and immediately they start saying Miles 49 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 5: is a bad guy. He hates the black people, he's 50 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 5: the digitsu. I think he's black. It's like Casey in 51 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 5: the Sunshine Man. I can't tell, but I think he's black. Well, 52 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 5: here we are HISD. We're told that he's doing a 53 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 5: horrible job. HISD scores on the Star test staa R 54 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 5: for grades eight through eight has the district outperforming the 55 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 5: state in math by about three percentage points. The year 56 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:42,840 Speaker 5: over year HISD is higher. The grades in math and 57 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 5: reading are climbing every year that he's there. This guy 58 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 5: should be heralded as a hero. Instead, what's happened? Houston 59 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 5: Chronicle has hammered him in every turn. They have done 60 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 5: nothing but try to tear this man down. Let's take 61 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 5: third grade math scores twenty twenty three, thirty eight, twenty 62 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 5: twenty four, thirty nine, twenty twenty five, forty six. That 63 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 5: is real progress. Eighth grade math scores twenty twenty three, 64 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 5: twenty eight, last year thirty four, this year forty three. 65 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 5: They're going to mess around and double their star scores. 66 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 5: That's amazing, and that is consistent for every grade third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, 67 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 5: eighth reading scores fourth grade twenty twenty three, thirty eight, 68 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 5: twenty twenty four, forty five, twenty twenty five, fifty. All 69 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 5: these Democrats who talk about race constantly, if you gave 70 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 5: a damn about the black and brown kids, you would 71 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 5: name a parade for this guy. Look at the results 72 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 5: they're getting. They're beating the state. They're no longer a corrupt, 73 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 5: broken school district. They're outperforming the state average. Trend lines 74 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 5: are important. Nothing is ever static, dynamic static. This means 75 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 5: that next year they're going to continue to go up. 76 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 5: We don't know what the ceiling's going to be. But 77 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 5: now you're changing the culture, and that has to mean 78 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 5: that it's a better environment for teachers, because you know 79 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 5: what good teachers want to do. Teach. They want the 80 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 5: administration to get out of the way and let them teach. 81 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 5: They don't want to do drag shows, they don't want 82 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 5: to go down to Dominican Republican tweet from the beach 83 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 5: that they don't want to go back to school because 84 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,559 Speaker 5: the kids all have COVID. They want to teach because 85 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 5: teaching is a very rewarding experience. Somewhat related, HCC, the 86 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 5: Houston Community College just voted to change their name to 87 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 5: Houston City College, so six' three. Vote it's estimated to 88 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 5: cost two point eight million. Dollars over fifty signs have 89 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 5: to be changed From Houston Community college To Houston City. 90 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 5: College they can still be CALLED. Hcc i'm the don't 91 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 5: waste taxpayer. Money, Yeah i'm one hundred percent in favor of. 92 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 5: This spend four, MILLION i don't give a. Damn spend it, 93 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 5: wisely but spend what you need to spend to change 94 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 5: the name and change the. Image we got a lot 95 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 5: of people in this country who didn't grow up like 96 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 5: you and. Me we say we were, poor but not that, 97 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 5: poor and we had parents that loved, us and we 98 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 5: had teachers that loved, us and coaches that loved, us 99 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 5: and aunts and uncles and grandma's and. Grandpa's we've got 100 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 5: people in our community who didn't have, that and they're 101 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 5: not going to go to a and m or ut 102 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 5: OR TCU smu for them to be able to now 103 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 5: you now get a four year degree program for pennies 104 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 5: on the. DOLLAR i am all for. This this is, 105 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 5: great wonderful way to, go. GUYS i love it On 106 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 5: Mike Hulberry. Show so in circumstances a friend of mine 107 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 5: Named Del. Busick he he's one of the franchisees With Serter, 108 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 5: pro the professional, painters and he used to work At 109 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 5: iHeart BEFORE i was At. iHeart in, FACT i Met. 110 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 5: Dale he was head of political. Advertising so if you 111 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 5: were a candidate or officeholder running for office and you 112 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 5: wanted to buy campaign you wanted to buy, commercials he 113 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,439 Speaker 5: was a guy you went. To and so he left 114 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,839 Speaker 5: AS i was coming. On it's kind of funny. Timing 115 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,839 Speaker 5: we've remained friends through it. All he's a West pointer 116 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 5: and he sent me a message and he said thanks 117 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 5: for the kind of words About Mike. Miles he's a West. 118 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 5: Pointer he's a great man and he has a thankless. 119 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 5: Job AND i can't change that. Overnight BUT i do 120 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 5: think we should start talking publicly because the proofs in 121 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 5: the pudding and the numbers don't. LIE i know your 122 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 5: immediate reaction is standardized tests are. STUPID i get. THAT i. 123 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 5: DO i understand. That and let me say something that 124 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 5: will not be. Popular the mindset behind standardized. Tests AND 125 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 5: i know, teachers just hear me, Out just hear me. 126 00:09:57,640 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 5: OUT i know you know more about this THAN i. 127 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:01,719 Speaker 5: DO i admit. It i've not been a teacher of. 128 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 5: CHILDREN i get. That the reasoning behind it was failing, 129 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 5: schools and there was no way to account for the 130 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 5: fact that you had teachers that came into the, classroom 131 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 5: turned the television, on told the kids to play on 132 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 5: their phone while they themselves went and posted On, instagram 133 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 5: and never taught the kids a damn. Thing and that's 134 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,599 Speaker 5: not what we taxpayers expect to. Happen but there was 135 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 5: no way to prove, it there was no way to judge, 136 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 5: it and so you had to have some degree of. 137 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 5: Accountability so then what, Happens, well we have to teach 138 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 5: to the. Test let me just throw something out. There 139 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 5: AND i know half of you are married to, teachers 140 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 5: because it always seems like, that or maybe you're just 141 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 5: the ones that email me some of those teachers bitching 142 00:10:54,960 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 5: or bitching because they don't want to be. Measured WHEN 143 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 5: i was a, baby LAWYER i had to account for 144 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 5: my time every fifteen. Minutes so you had to input 145 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 5: your time every, day you, know thirty minutes on this 146 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 5: file and you put the file. Code and that's how 147 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 5: clients were. Built, well if you take thirty minutes to go, 148 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 5: poop that's thirty minutes that you turned the taxi cab. 149 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 5: Off that's thirty minutes the firm doesn't get. Paid you 150 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 5: became so conscious of your time that you, felt you 151 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 5: know that feeling when you know you got to get 152 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 5: up early and you've stayed up too. Late so you 153 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 5: get into bed and you get in your head and 154 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:36,199 Speaker 5: you go because this happens to me a. Lot oh, 155 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 5: crap it's twelve thirty AND i got to be up 156 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 5: at three forty. Five and you start, going, well IF 157 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 5: i get IF i go to sleep right, NOW i 158 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 5: got three hours and fifteen. MINUTES i better get to sleep. 159 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 5: FAST i better sleep, now because IF i sit here 160 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 5: for five minutes thinking about, this that's five less MINUTES 161 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 5: i got and only got three hours and fifteen. Minutes 162 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,319 Speaker 5: and let's, see that's one hundred and eighty one hundred 163 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 5: and ninety. Five that's two and a half percent of the. 164 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 5: Time AND I i could have already been, sleeping Then 165 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 5: i've already wasted. Right Mike miles has done a phenomenal 166 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 5: job in an environment that was determined for him to. 167 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 5: Fail he had to motivate, people many of whom didn't 168 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 5: want him. There he had to start with kids that 169 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 5: are not being taught at. Home and, LOOK i don't 170 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 5: care how tough you. ARE i want to send criminals to. 171 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 5: PRISON i don't want them to get. OUT i don't 172 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 5: want every kid to become a. CRIMINAL i don't want 173 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 5: to give up on the black and brown. KIDS i 174 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 5: don't want to give up on the poor. KIDS i 175 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 5: don't want to give up on the kids that nobody 176 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 5: gave a damn. About don't confuse me with someone who, says, 177 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 5: well if they commit a, murder bless their heart they 178 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 5: had A, no this doesn't work like. That BUT i 179 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:53,839 Speaker 5: would like those kids to have every opportunity my kid. 180 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 5: Had i'd like them to have as close to a 181 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 5: playing field as you. Can AND i know how you 182 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,439 Speaker 5: replicate my wife and me in their. LIVES i don't 183 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 5: know how you replicate the fact that we had great 184 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:11,839 Speaker 5: teachers without exception from preschool on with whom we had 185 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 5: great relations because we made sure we did in constant. 186 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 5: COMMUNITY i don't know how you replicate that he doesn't 187 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 5: have those. Opportunities he's got a dance with the one 188 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:21,959 Speaker 5: that brung, him he's got the kids that are already 189 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 5: showing up to, class and he's got the teachers that 190 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,319 Speaker 5: are already on the. Payroll he can't turn those over. 191 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 5: Overnight and yet he managed to take this ragtag. TEAM 192 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 5: i say ragtag because that's what The stars test, revealed 193 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 5: and he managed to do pretty darn good with. It 194 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 5: and why is he not being talked? About this is 195 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 5: stand by me level. Stuff this is movie. Worthy should 196 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 5: be the other. Issue somebody, SAID i thought you weren't 197 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 5: for every kid going to. College why an't you talking about. 198 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 5: That i'm not for every kid going to, college BUT 199 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:58,199 Speaker 5: i also recognize that some kids are going to want 200 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 5: to go for some level of education after high, school 201 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,079 Speaker 5: if for nothing else than to improve their self. Esteem 202 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 5: that's a, fact and you're not going to change. That 203 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 5: and these kids graduated eighteen years, old and guess, what 204 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 5: we got a lot more jobs available than we ever 205 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 5: did because the illegals are on their way, out and 206 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 5: you've got a lot of kids coming out of high 207 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 5: school here who we're going to have to give chances 208 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 5: to and not just busting rocks and hauling stuff and 209 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 5: cleaning stuff and wiping. Stuff we're going to have to 210 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 5: give opportunities in our workplaces and train people and build 211 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 5: them up and be their. Mentors that's how you fix a. 212 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 5: Society Houston Community college didn't offer four year, degrees but 213 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 5: now there are certain subject, matter certain degree programs that 214 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 5: they're able to offer a four year degree for pennies 215 00:14:53,960 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 5: on the. Dollar Rick perry's greatest accomplishment as governor that 216 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 5: got no, press AND i only know because my wife 217 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 5: was on the border regions at the, time was the 218 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 5: ten thousand dollars. Degree he wanted the universities to commit 219 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 5: to making a ten thousand dollars degree. Possible that if 220 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 5: you did things, right you took your, courses you didn't 221 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 5: stay in the, dorm you could get a, degree a 222 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 5: four year degree for ten thousand. Dollars that is a 223 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 5: noble and worthy. Goal The Michael Berry, Show well did 224 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 5: you go See? METALLICA i had a lot of friends 225 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 5: that went to See. Metallica would you like to See? 226 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 5: Metallica tell me five bands in descending order from one to. 227 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 5: Five i'll give you ten seconds to think about. It 228 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 5: that are performing today that you would most like to go. 229 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 5: See i'll make some noise while we're waiting on, you 230 00:15:55,600 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 5: because we can't have dead. Air all, right Go metallica's number. One, no, 231 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 5: no have to start at number, One starting at number, 232 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 5: one nine inch. Nails That's, resnor. Right are they still? 233 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 5: Touring they just? Started, okay all, right? Okay, Next, YELLOW 234 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 5: i didn't Know yellow was Man. MAN i would Love 235 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 5: that's one of those dream come true kind of. THINGS 236 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 5: i would like to sit In Jeffrey lynn's. Home you 237 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 5: saw the, video, right Mister Blue. SKY i would like 238 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 5: to sit there with, him both of, us barefoot like 239 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 5: he wasn't that in him with the, ukulele and just 240 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 5: ask him questions and you know how where did this 241 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 5: little piece of this composition come? From and sit there 242 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 5: and go into each room that he's got a different Acoust, 243 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 5: oh dream come. True. Anyway, next that's a good, One. Metallica, 244 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 5: okay that's only, three but, yeah one more work because 245 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 5: You're i'm kind of getting bored because you take it so. 246 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 5: Long Billy, joel have you ever Seen Billy. Joel all, 247 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 5: right well that was a trick question because you didn't 248 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:23,640 Speaker 5: say Z Eazy. Top And i'm going to See Zazy 249 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 5: top At Red Rocks august, fourth AND i get to 250 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 5: hang out with the band before and after the. Show thank. 251 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 5: You courtesy Of Frank. Beard, yeah it's a little bit 252 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 5: of a presumptive, clothes But i've been told there's a 253 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 5: very good likelihood it's going to. Happen, yeah And i've 254 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 5: never been to a show At Red. Rocks i've been 255 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 5: To Red, rocks But i've never been to a show with, 256 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 5: there have? You, oh well you're not. Coming, no you're 257 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 5: not coming with me than? That, NO i can't have, it, 258 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 5: no BECAUSE i can't be distracted at that, time and 259 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 5: when you're, there it's always like can we do? THIS 260 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 5: i want to be focused on the band and the 261 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 5: music and my. EXPERIENCE i don't want to have to 262 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 5: baby's at. You i'm Getting oh, yeah, Okay i'll think about. 263 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 5: It why didn't you say it Is Eazy. Top you 264 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 5: ever seen s e Z top in? CONCERT i, Did, 265 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,400 Speaker 5: yeah it was, quick but that should have been something 266 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 5: that popped in your mind right. Then august, Fourth Red. 267 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 5: Rocks you know that's what's going to. Happen, also we 268 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 5: got to figure out what to do for my, birthday 269 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 5: and there's no reason to act like it's going to 270 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 5: be a surprise or someone else did. It i'm gonna 271 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 5: plan it because my fifty fifth. Birthday and we haven't 272 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 5: done anything fun for five years because OF covid and 273 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 5: everything we had going. ON i, mean we haven't done 274 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 5: anything big SINCE, rcc except we Did Republic Grand, ranch 275 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 5: which was. Fun we've done a couple of twenty nine. 276 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 5: Twenties but we're. Due we're due in five. Years we 277 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,120 Speaker 5: have not done enough fun. STUFF i see how excited 278 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:56,199 Speaker 5: friends of mine get over like The metallica, concert AND i, 279 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 5: go you, know you got to have something fun like. 280 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 5: That my Brother chris would say he Loved Roger, craigor 281 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 5: and so my Brother chris would let's Say craiger was 282 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 5: coming In, april And i'd go Into orange In. January 283 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:11,719 Speaker 5: my brother, go you excited About, Craigor about What? Craigor 284 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 5: i'm coming to that. SHOW i got. OFF i was 285 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 5: able to get off, already OR i was able to get. 286 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 5: Off it's on the schedule and we'll be. There we're 287 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:22,199 Speaker 5: gonna have a. Blast we'll hang out With. Craigor what 288 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:26,439 Speaker 5: are you talking? About he's coming to R Cec, CHRIS 289 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 5: i book the. Bands if he's, COMING i know when he's. 290 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 5: Coming he's not coming to Late. Spring, Yeah april ninth 291 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 5: or whatever it, Was, chris It's. January i'm not getting 292 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 5: excited over something In. April In. JANUARY i live moment to, 293 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 5: moment not. Me i'm fired Up. February, Hey, bud you're 294 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 5: getting fired up a bout That craiger. Do how a 295 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 5: many CONCERTS i have between now and? Then but people need. 296 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 5: That i've come to realize that's. Important people need. That 297 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 5: they want. That they want they want a big event 298 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 5: to be excited. About if they're going To disney in 299 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 5: and you, know if somebody's going To disney In october right, 300 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 5: now they're talking about. It they're playing and they're getting 301 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,360 Speaker 5: their clothes, ready they're looking at where they're gonna eat 302 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 5: all their. Meals nothing wrong with. That people like to 303 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 5: look ahead to something that's, happening and that gets them 304 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 5: through the day to. DAY i do a different approach 305 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 5: doesn't make me, Better not saying it makes me. Better 306 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 5: my approach is to live in this moment right now 307 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 5: and try to derive as much joy happen as contentment 308 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 5: purpose AS i can out of this. Moment BUT i 309 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 5: also realize why people want those big. Events So, RAMONA 310 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 5: i need you to think About november, tenth my. Birthday 311 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 5: we don't what the Tsar? Noville what are you doing 312 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 5: like an all day. Festival, well the good news IS 313 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 5: i was lucky enough to be born in a month 314 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 5: where it won't be. Hot but remember It Republic Grand, 315 00:20:56,080 --> 00:21:00,400 Speaker 5: ranch it was. COLD i was bundled. Up ooh, man 316 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 5: people got. MAD i showed up. Late oh my. Goodness 317 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 5: uh something. HAPPENED i don't. Remember if my tummy was tore, 318 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 5: up or something happened with the. KIDS i don't, remember but, 319 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 5: oh people were. Mad you were supposed to be here, 320 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 5: already AND i, Said i'm not the. Show the show 321 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 5: is you and everybody. Else i'm Sorry i'm, late but, Anyway, 322 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 5: Plus Republic Grand ranch sold a lot of houses or 323 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 5: a lot of home. Sites SO i considered that a. 324 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 5: Win it was a good for those people who wanted 325 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 5: to have a good. Time it was a. Win but 326 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,360 Speaker 5: that one woman wanted Her remember she wanted her daughter 327 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 5: to get up on stage and play the. Fiddle so 328 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 5: she Pulls rico to the side and she, goes my 329 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 5: daughter plays the. Fiddle can she get up there and 330 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 5: play with? Them so we're on stage and we, go, 331 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,640 Speaker 5: guys CAN i put her up on? Stage she just real, 332 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 5: QUICK i, said real. Quick she started and it was, like, 333 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 5: okay that was Cute Ricky skaggs for a little, while 334 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 5: but can we let Belven roe play again? Now and 335 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 5: she stayed up there forever and it just created a 336 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 5: slight amount of. Awkwardness you, Know i've never brought that 337 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 5: up To rico't that funny? Way so stop distracting. Me november, 338 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 5: tenth we got to figure out what we're going to, 339 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 5: do where we're going to do, it what we're going to, 340 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 5: do and how it's going to come. About by the, 341 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 5: way we're not doing bring a covered, dish you'd. Goober 342 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,479 Speaker 5: by the, way if you don't have a bumper sticker 343 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 5: on your vehicle to tell the world that you are 344 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 5: a proud supporter of our show and a member of our, 345 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 5: tribe you can get two free bumper stickers and A 346 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 5: gringo's gift. Card just go to our. Website it's the top. 347 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 5: Box as long as that box is up. There we 348 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 5: still have bumper stickers, left and those will be mailed to. 349 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 5: You it looks like you have to pay for it 350 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 5: because the program we use is a purchase, program but 351 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 5: when you fill out your information where to mail, it 352 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 5: it will just it'll say you don't actually owe any. 353 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 5: Money when you go to check, out it'll show you 354 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 5: don't owe any, money and those will be. Sent and 355 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 5: be patient Because Belinda folks And Jim folks and their 356 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 5: team at MY R houston will be batching. Those so 357 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 5: for every two thousand, requests they'll send them. Out it's 358 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 5: just more. Efficient it takes a lot of staff time 359 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 5: to do those because each one has to be done by, 360 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 5: hand but they will be out to you. Shortly and, Yeah, 361 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 5: SAMON i want you to come up with some ideas 362 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 5: for the birthday. Party fifty five, twelve that's thirteen years 363 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 5: older Than elvis Made captain something. 364 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 6: Wong, well something must be. Right you are listening To Michael. 365 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 6: Berry SO i. 366 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 5: Was thinking to, myself you, know because Drunk mark sent 367 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,359 Speaker 5: me a bunch of emails AND i was thinking of 368 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:57,719 Speaker 5: blocking him because you, know when somebody wants me to 369 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 5: do something and it makes it on the. AIR a 370 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 5: lot of people will say you got to do, it 371 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 5: AND i go easy for you to, say, hey you 372 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 5: don't have to do. It and it's never, just you, 373 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:18,359 Speaker 5: know five minutes of radio. Airtime it ends up being 374 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 5: hours and. Headaches and the more involved you get with 375 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 5: somebody like Drunk, bark at some point you always regret. 376 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 5: It there's no doubt because he will suck the life 377 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,919 Speaker 5: out of. You AND i know, this and this is 378 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 5: the REASON i come off as an ask to people 379 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 5: and they, go, hey can you help so and? So 380 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 5: can you do? This can you? Do? No, no you do. 381 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 5: It i'm pulled in a hundred different directions and five 382 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,199 Speaker 5: hours of radio a day and another almost two hours of. 383 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 5: Production i'm. Busy you do. IT i have to be 384 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 5: careful to keep to stay in my lane and know my. 385 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 5: Limitations otherwise the show starts to. Suffer and that's what. 386 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 5: Matters the show is the number one thing it has to. 387 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 5: Be So i've decided at that, Point i'm not going 388 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 5: to do anything to help Drunk mark because because Drunk 389 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,360 Speaker 5: mark's not ready to help, himself and SO i had 390 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 5: DECIDED i was comfortable with. That but The Southern baptist in. 391 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 5: Me the deep abide In christian faith believes in, redemption 392 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 5: and stories of redemption are very powerful to. Me when 393 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 5: somebody tells me what a, skiedrow, alcoholic, heroin, addict gambling at, 394 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 5: it you name, it they, were and they managed to 395 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 5: get themselves out of that. RUT i admire, THAT i really. 396 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:56,479 Speaker 5: DO i have such great respect for. That so THEN i, said, no, no, no, 397 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 5: no don't let yourself get. Food Drunk mark is just 398 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,400 Speaker 5: looking for his next, target his next crutch to get 399 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 5: him down the. Road he's not ready to. CHANGE i 400 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,920 Speaker 5: don't hear anything about him that says he's ready to. 401 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:10,479 Speaker 5: Change So i've written Drunk mark all And i'm thinking 402 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 5: about my Uncle, preston who was a was a very 403 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 5: very bad. Alcoholic Preston. Wayne it was his first and middle. 404 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 5: Name it's when my mother called Him Press. Wayne it 405 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,959 Speaker 5: was all winn Press. Wayne BUT i was very close 406 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 5: to my Uncle, president and he would come my dad 407 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 5: didn't want us on a. Motorcycle his motorcycles was, dangerous 408 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,640 Speaker 5: so when my dad was at, work he'd come by 409 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 5: and picked me up on his motorcycle and had a 410 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,640 Speaker 5: sissy bar on the. Back SO i liked that BECAUSE 411 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:39,719 Speaker 5: i felt more safe AND i could hold onto that 412 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 5: and we'd tool around. Town and he was a, mechanic 413 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 5: and a very good. Mechanic and he always had like 414 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:52,919 Speaker 5: A barracuda or a cougar souped up ss, whatever and 415 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 5: it was all these great muscle cars of the late, 416 00:26:55,000 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 5: sixties early, seventies mop hit. Up he had a was 417 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 5: that of seventy. Two it's they're. Hideous they're absolutely. Hideous 418 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 5: they like Spaceships. Mustang but they were incredibly, fast and 419 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 5: he drove like a. Maniac but alcohol took him and 420 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 5: it just sapped the life out of, him and he 421 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 5: died young and broke my. Heart BUT i have such 422 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 5: fond memories of. Him and his name Was. President he 423 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 5: was my Uncle. Preston So i'm thinking About Uncle pression 424 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:25,919 Speaker 5: AND i, thought you know how many People WHEN i 425 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,640 Speaker 5: was a, kid my mom would, say you know that 426 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 5: certain guy in town who has a business Took Uncle 427 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 5: preston in and he helped him out When Uncle presso 428 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 5: got out of a, rusk he gave him a job and 429 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 5: this person AND i remember, thinking you, know there's good 430 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 5: people out there that helped my Uncle. Presst So i'm 431 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 5: thinking about that But i've written a Drunk. Mark often 432 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,199 Speaker 5: it's fifteen minutes Since i've looked at Drunk march's, emails 433 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 5: And i'm trying to, decide AND i had DECIDED i 434 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 5: wasn't going to do. Anything and for the only time 435 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,239 Speaker 5: out of one hundred, emails he sent me, ramoned not 436 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 5: knowing any of What i've just told. You do you 437 00:27:55,440 --> 00:28:01,400 Speaker 5: know what Drunk mark? Wrote, no he, didn't, Right i'm 438 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 5: sorry subject line instead of Drunk. Mark for the one 439 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 5: and only time out of one hundred emails he sent, 440 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 5: me it SAID i forget his last, name but it 441 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 5: Said Mark. Preston maybe It's, cole just LIKE i can't 442 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 5: remember his last, Name AND i, thought, man is that my? 443 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 5: Sign you, know if you go looking for, signs you'll find. 444 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 5: Him preston's not the most uncommon, name but it Ain't 445 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:35,159 Speaker 5: michael Or, Wayne christopher Or ramone Or jose Or juan. 446 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 5: Anyway SO i guess What i'm asking is if there's 447 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 5: somebody out there who is a lawyer who could handle 448 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 5: his case pro, Bono i'll do my best to make 449 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 5: it up to. YOU i can't be the one to do, 450 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 5: it AND i don't need a daily UPDATE i got 451 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 5: enough things going. On but if there's somebody out there who, 452 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 5: says you know, what let's give this goofy bastard one 453 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 5: more chance and see if we can't straighten it. Up 454 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 5: BECAUSE i do have a heart for the fact, that 455 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 5: in A Jean valjean, way once you run a fallow, 456 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 5: system your problems and they're all of his own, MAKING 457 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 5: i understand, it your problems just begin to. Snowball and 458 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 5: so you, know he's been at The Salvation army AND 459 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 5: i don't think his work ethic is real. Good but 460 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 5: he did say that he was trying to find a, 461 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 5: job but they couldn't get him a job because he 462 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:32,479 Speaker 5: didn't HAVE. Id so my Buddy Michael robinson, said tell 463 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 5: him to get his butt up to himstead and get 464 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 5: AN id to start with his fear as he goes 465 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 5: in to get THE, id and he gets arrested right, 466 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 5: then and then he's stuck in jail for a. WHILE 467 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 5: i don't think they'll ever send him to, prison but 468 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 5: they could keep him in jail for quite some, time 469 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 5: and obviously he's scared about. THAT i see that. COMING 470 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 5: i don't. Know it's not a tidy. Story it wraps up, 471 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 5: nicely it doesn't fit within the within the, clock or 472 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:57,480 Speaker 5: we go to break with. IT i don't know the, 473 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 5: answer BUT i would like to think that that somebody 474 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 5: out there could help him one last. Time and by the, 475 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:07,480 Speaker 5: Way i'm the first one to, say the minute he 476 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 5: blows your, kindness you cut and run because you can't 477 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 5: let a guy like this continue to abuse your. Kindness 478 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 5: AND i bet there's a lot of people along the 479 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 5: way that he. Has it also breaks my, Heart i'll 480 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 5: be completely, honest to watch somebody destroying their own life 481 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 5: and seemingly unable to figure out how to make it, 482 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:34,120 Speaker 5: stop BECAUSE i truly believe in all of us that 483 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 5: we all have the ability to screw up our own. 484 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 5: Life and that's not to say that we've been lucky 485 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 5: and he has. It maybe that part is. True there's 486 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 5: accountability in all of. That BUT i do think that 487 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 5: you made me, snort, Mom, no WHAT i? DO i really. 488 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 3: DO i. 489 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 5: Think in every mark there's a person who's say as you, 490 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 5: know if you met, me you know twenty five years, 491 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 5: ago you wouldn't believe. IT i was a normal. PERSON 492 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 5: i had a normal. LIFE i slept in a, bed 493 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:08,880 Speaker 5: had a, house had a, CAR i had a, WIFE 494 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 5: i had a, FAMILY i had a, job people respected, 495 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 5: ME i had a business, card and then you go 496 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 5: and now here's WHERE i am in the. Gutter that's. 497 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 5: Uh you, know we laugh at stuff like that because 498 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 5: we're uncomfortable with. It be. Realistic we're uncomfortable with it 499 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 5: because we know it's possible that every one of us 500 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 5: could end up. There and that's. True