1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: I met my wife when I was eighteen, she was 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: twenty one. I'm fifty three, So do the math. We've 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 1: been together for thirty four going on thirty five years, 4 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: and for years and years she now just doesn't even 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: discuss it anymore. But if I had to be up 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: at four thirty in the morning for a morning show, 7 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: I would set the alarm for four and I would 8 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: wake up and then I would or I'd hit this 9 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:35,480 Speaker 1: snooze button, or I'd reset the alarm, and I'd keep 10 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 1: doing that each time I would and she'd say, why 11 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: don't you just sleep until four thirty? And I'd say, 12 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: because you don't understand. But that that thirty minutes I 13 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: get when I'm half awake, that's stolen. That's land yap. 14 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,279 Speaker 1: The the good folk from Louisiana know what land yap is. 15 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: That that's that extra bit, it's that's the cream. And 16 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: she never has understood it, but she just accepts it now. 17 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: So this hour for me is the land. Yet this 18 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: is the hour I didn't expect to have because I 19 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: looked at the wrong clock on my system and I 20 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: announced that we were done at the end of the 21 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: last hour. But I goofed and the team here has 22 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: been very patient with me. So this is a bonus hour. 23 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: This is fantastic, you know, like when you marry and 24 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: friends of mine have done this. You marry a woman 25 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: and she's got she doesn't just have kids, she has 26 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: kids that you adore. That's why they call them bonus kids, 27 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 1: and you're really excited about it. Or you know, I 28 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: loved my now late father in law, my wife's dad, 29 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,839 Speaker 1: so I got a whole extra father figure in my life. 30 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: So this is that hour for me. And I don't 31 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: know if you're as giddy about it as I am, 32 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: but let's get to it, shall we. It is an 33 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,559 Speaker 1: I truly believe, and I encourage you when the show 34 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: is over today to spend a little I truly believe 35 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: time with yourself. If you're driving along and you find 36 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: that a news story has upset you, ask yourself, if 37 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: I hadn't known about that news story, would my life 38 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: be any different? Am I going to do anything about 39 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: that new story? Why did I need to know about it? 40 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: Why do I keep pushing that button for a drug 41 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: that makes me mad? Just fix the things you can't. 42 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: It's the serenity prayer all over again. Fix your own community, 43 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: because national news organizations are in the business of making 44 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: you crazy over things you can't change. Some crazy policy 45 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,959 Speaker 1: in another state is not for you to worry about, 46 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: while your own local school district is going to Hell. Oh, 47 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: I don't have any kids there. The school district doesn't 48 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: belong to parents or kids, or educators or administrators. The 49 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: school district is funded by the taxpayers because it serves 50 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: a social good. Government schools belong to the taxpayer. Well, 51 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: if I don't have any kids, or I don't see 52 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: a reason to complain, you ought to complain because the 53 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 1: kids coming out of there are going to serve on 54 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: the juries that may convict you for a crime you 55 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: didn't commit, but we're falsely accused of, like January sixth, 56 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: or when a loved one, God forbid, gets harmed. Those 57 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: are the juries that are going to determine whether to 58 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: send that guy to prison or see him as a victim. 59 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: Those are the future police officers, firefighters, school teachers, you 60 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: name it. Yeah, you should care. All right, it's time 61 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: for and I truly believe, and we will start with 62 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: Jerry in Texas. Jerry, what do you truly believe? 63 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 2: Hey, how's it going Mike, I truly believe with every 64 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 2: fiber of my being that. 65 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 3: Technology will be our undoing and downfall. 66 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 4: Why is that, Well, just with what's happened with social 67 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 4: media in the last fifteen years and with AI. 68 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 2: Ride around the corner, which is gonna be a tool 69 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 2: of the left. 70 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: Let's play this out for a moment. Let's for the 71 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: sake of argument, Jerry, for the sake of argument, Let's 72 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,119 Speaker 1: let's let's have that discussion. How has social media made 73 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: things worse? Tell me how social media's made things worse? 74 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 4: Well, I mean that's been young people these days are 75 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 4: getting their news and their information from and it's just 76 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 4: an echo chamber of nonsense. 77 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: Okay, Where were they getting their news and information from before? 78 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: Well before this generation would have been my generation. 79 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 2: And really I didn't care about the news when I 80 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 2: was a teenager in my twenties. I'm forty eight now. 81 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: So you've got news. You got news. You got it 82 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: from teen magazine, you got it from other teams, you 83 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: got it from rumor and hearsay, and who knows what else. 84 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: You got it from Parker Lewis, who's a friend. But 85 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: you got it from Nickelodeon, or you got it from 86 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: MTV or you got it from the lyrics of a song, 87 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: or from Black Sabbath or Ozzy Osbourne. So the answer 88 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 1: to that is young people are stupid, always, haven't, always 89 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: will be because they're not fully developed. They're just not 90 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: fully developed. And if you go, no, my daughter, Yeah, 91 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: that's the rare exception. Most young people are really stupid. 92 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: Social media doesn't make people stupid, it reveals how stupid 93 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 1: they are. It gives them a platform to be stupid 94 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: in front of more people. Young people are stupid. That's 95 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: why young people don't need to vote. I wish people 96 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 1: couldn't vote until they were twenty five. Forget eighteen. I 97 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: don't even want it to be twenty No, I'm not joking. 98 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: I'm not joking. I mean this. I don't think that 99 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: young people are in a position to make decisions when 100 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 1: they're that young that affect other people. I don't. I 101 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: don't think young people should be able to vote. And 102 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: by the way, if you required people to be thirty 103 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: or older to serve in the military, you'd never have 104 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: war because only young people are so stupid that they 105 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: can't assess the danger or in most cases, the uselessness 106 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: of going to war because Joe Biden or George W. 107 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: Bush wants to go to Vietnam or Iraq or Afghanistan. 108 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: Which do you notice that twenty years after we pull 109 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: out of Iraq and Afghanistan, we leave them in a 110 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: worse condition than we went to them. I got an 111 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,679 Speaker 1: email from a a listener yesterday and he said, Michael, 112 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: please stop saying that Biden abandoned eighty billion dollars worth 113 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 1: of equipment there. He said, I was there during the transfer. 114 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 1: It wasn't abandoned. We handed it to them and we 115 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: taught them how to use it. And I said, you 116 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: know what, I'll defer to you. And he had all 117 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 1: the credentials to suggest he did so. My point is 118 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: young people are stupid and always have been. Social Media 119 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: doesn't make people stupid. Social media makes people exactly what 120 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: they are or are not. And I would argue this 121 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: social media was a main component of a Donald Trump presidency. 122 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: You can't pick the good in the bad. We could 123 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: talk about AI for a while, but before you tell 124 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: me how bad AI is, do you realize that predictive 125 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: text which people use all the time, or the blind 126 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: guy being able to speak to that Amazon based al 127 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: Exa in his room and read out at the time, 128 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 1: we used AI in so many ways that are productive. Technology, 129 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: like anything else, can be abused. We're not going to 130 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: be lud ites and run from it. The cell phone's 131 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: the most awful and most wonderful thing we've ever developed, 132 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: So too is the computer. So too is the automobile, 133 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: So too is the gun. You can make the argument 134 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: that people shouldn't be allowed to have guns because guns 135 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: are used to kill people. Yeah, Sometimes they're used to 136 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: kill bad people. Sometimes they're used to kill dinner. Sometimes 137 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: they're used to keep a small weak person protected against 138 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: a bigger, stronger person who says I'd like to rape 139 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: you or mug you. But you've got a gun, and 140 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: that evens the playing field. So I'm going to exit 141 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: the situation. That's a pretty good deal, right, I mean, 142 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: in that case, the guns served a great purpose. So 143 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: I think we have to be careful blaming all the 144 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: weaknesses of the human condition on technologies. Tom in California, 145 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: honored to have you on, Sir, You're on The Claymbuck 146 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: Show with Michael Berry. What do you truly believe? 147 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 4: I truly believe winners never and quitters never win. 148 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: You know, I read a thank you, I read a poem. 149 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: You know, there's the old Confucius the line attributed to 150 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: Confucius that say the man that says the man who 151 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: thinks he can and the man who thinks he cannot 152 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: are both correct. And so I looked for kind of 153 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: the background on that, and I came across a poem 154 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: called thinking or yes you can. I'll see if I 155 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: can find it, and I'll read it to you in 156 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: the next segment. It was I almost read it on 157 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: the show yesterday. It's funny you brought this up. Odd timing, 158 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: propitious Tom. Thanks for the call. Steve in Maryland. Oh, 159 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: Steve's gone, Dave, and I don't think we've had an 160 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: Arizona call yet. Dave in Arizona. What do you truly believe? 161 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 2: I truly believe that one of the best ways to 162 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 2: increase somebody's appreciation of this country is to travel through 163 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 2: a foreign country. 164 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: Boyin't that the truth? Where did you travel that you 165 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: learned that to be the case? 166 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 2: You know, I've been fortunate to travel all over the world. 167 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 2: I've been from Fiji to Vienna to Okay. 168 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 1: Johnny Cash, under what capacity. 169 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 2: You know I'm retired. 170 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: Okay, if I. 171 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 2: Get the cruise, you know, get to do some vacation, 172 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 2: traveled some with instead of trystop that I won when 173 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 2: when I was working as a salesman. But every place 174 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 2: I've been, and it doesn't matter whether it's Vienna and 175 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 2: Budapest or we did an Amazon cruise and there were 176 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 2: some scary places. It doesn't matter. You learn something every 177 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 2: place you go that you go hmm, yeah, this isn't home. 178 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: You're boy, you or you have hit the nail on 179 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: the head, Dave. I'll tell you for me that that 180 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: moment was. I was eighteen when I met my wife 181 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: and first went to India when I was nineteen, and 182 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: we went to the embassy because she was a student 183 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: and we had to update her visa. And we got 184 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: to the embassy. There were people waiting in line, like 185 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: there was an iPhone being revealed or the new Lebron 186 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,079 Speaker 1: James sneakers, and they'd been waiting there for and they 187 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: were hoping to have to get a visa to come 188 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: here as a student or as a worker, computer programmers 189 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: and the like. And it made me realize that that 190 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: which I was born into the rest of the world 191 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 1: is willing to sacrifice everything they have. And then when 192 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: we started going to Africa, I remember going to the 193 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: US embassy in Ethiopia and there were people that were 194 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: set up like it was a camp out. They were 195 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: there for a while, and I remember this mentality of 196 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: I mean, you think about when somebody comes to the 197 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: United States, they give up their language of choice, the 198 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: thing how hard it is to live in your second language. 199 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: They leave their family, they leave their mother's milk, of 200 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: foods that they enjoy, they leave everything that is comfortable 201 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: for them to come here. And I'm not for people 202 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: doing that illegally, we get to decide who comes in 203 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: and doesn't. But for every legal immigrant, they made a 204 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: great sacrifice to come here. And it's because coming here 205 00:10:56,120 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 1: was a place of opportunity and value and safety and security, 206 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful place. And as we let that 207 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: slip away by offering it to too many people who 208 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: don't appreciate it, didn't earn it, didn't play by those rules, 209 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: then we make it less and less a place that 210 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: people in the world would want to come to. And 211 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: that's unfortunate. 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Download the Phoenix 233 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 5: Capitol Groups Free Investment packet today at phx on air 234 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 5: dot com. 235 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, the world's gone crazy, when is it not? You know, 236 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 1: people tell me how bad things are in this country, 237 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 1: and they're worst than they've ever been, and I go, 238 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: You know, I'm a student of history. You ever read 239 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 1: much about the Civil War? Wheneverize it's bad because when 240 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: you go to work, there's this liberal that keeps running 241 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: their mouth and you're scared to death to tell them 242 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: to stop, or you might offend them. Or you can't 243 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: tell a good joke about sex or race, or stupidity 244 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: or fat people anymore. I get it, But maybe you 245 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: might not to read about the Civil War when you know, 246 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: while you were serving your country in war, you had 247 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: to leave your little farm or your state. You had 248 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: to leave your little farm that was already failing, and 249 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 1: your kids had no clothes, and your wife had no clothes, 250 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: and you were wearing no shoes, and you were four 251 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: states away where you'd never been, and it was freezing 252 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: cold and you had frostbite. And you get a letter 253 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: from your wife that says the house has burned down 254 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: and the troops have leveled the town, and she's on 255 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: the run with your kids, one of whom is sick 256 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: and may not make it. 257 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 2: I mean, I. 258 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,719 Speaker 1: Realized that wasn't nearly as bad as your sister in 259 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,839 Speaker 1: law getting on your Facebook last night and saying that 260 00:13:58,040 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: Trump is Orange Man and he's a loser and he's 261 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 1: going to prison. 262 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 6: Haha. 263 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: And this is the worst it's ever been. I think 264 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: maybe it's been worse, I really do. I think it 265 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: might have been occasionally worse in this country. Or you 266 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: could read about America's Revolution where you learn that people 267 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: who were a lot wealthier than you, and a lot 268 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: wealthier than almost any American today had it all wiped 269 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: out and lost their two sons in war and had 270 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: to flee, and it looked like the colony would be lost, 271 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: and there was no medical care for their wife who 272 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: fell sick and died. I mean, I realized that wasn't 273 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: nearly as bad as you turning on TV last night 274 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: and two guys were kissing and you just can't bury it. 275 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: I mean, look, it's been worse, and it'll be worse. 276 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: This isn't the worst time in the history of mankind. 277 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: Everybody believes that whatever we're going through is the worst 278 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: time in the history of mankind. But sometimes a little 279 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 1: study of history put it all into perspective. Now, So 280 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: the moment you say well, it's okay, that's when you 281 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: get in trouble. You got to treat it like it's 282 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: the worst time in history because you got to make 283 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: it better. That's what you gotta do. Tom, let's go 284 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: to Phil in Colorado. Producer Mark, if you don't mind, 285 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: because we haven't had a Colorado call. Phil in Colorado, 286 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: what do you truly believe. 287 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 4: Phil, I truly believe that the only reason I'm here, 288 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 4: the only reason I'm still alive, is I still have 289 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 4: purpose and things to do on this earth, by the 290 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 4: grace of God. And to make it better, I should 291 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 4: be ten dead ten times over. Probably the biggest wake 292 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 4: up call is I slammed into a semi truck over 293 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 4: eighty miles an hour, and I was protected and didn't 294 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 4: get a scratch on me. And that just tells me 295 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 4: that isn't me. That's someone looking out for me, and 296 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 4: I'm here for a purpose. 297 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: I'm glad you see it as that. You know, Phil, 298 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: you use a word that I considered to be a 299 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: very powerful word. That has been a word I've been 300 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: I've been obsessed on for about the last couple of years, 301 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: and that is the idea of purpose. And some of 302 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: this comes from the writings of Jordan Peterson and Jordan Peterson. 303 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: One of the things Jordan Peterson says that hit me 304 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: is that you should be the strongest man the son 305 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: of a father who dies. You should be the strongest 306 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: person at your father's funeral, not because you're not mourning 307 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: or grieving, but that's how you honor him. Is at 308 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: that moment you bear the responsibility to step up. And 309 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: one of the other things that Jordan Peterson talks about 310 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: is purpose. You know, I've come to learn a lot 311 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: of fitness gurus say this as well. Gary Brecatt is 312 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: one of these people, but there are lots of them 313 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: who talk about Jocko wille talks about this. We shouldn't 314 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 1: seek happiness, we shouldn't seek contentedness, the idea of sitting 315 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: on the couch with your feet up. That's not actually 316 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: very rewarding. There are people who retire and having purpose, 317 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: and whether you're rich or poor, older, young, healthy or not, 318 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: when you have purpose, whether that's being a grandma and 319 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 1: being the best grandma you could possibly be, in giving 320 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:13,120 Speaker 1: joy to your grandkids. Sometimes purpose could be taking care 321 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: of your your elderly parent. Purpose Finding purpose maybe being 322 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,120 Speaker 1: a great boss or building a great product, or being 323 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: a great dad or a mom, whatever. Finding that purpose 324 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 1: purpose is what gives our lives meaning the most meaning. 325 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 1: Great call all right more, I truly believe one night 326 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: two eight eight two Michael Arrian for Clay and Buck. 327 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: Coming up. 328 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 6: My Pillows team is excited to announce two brand new 329 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 6: lines and my towels for you to try, towels more absorbent, 330 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 6: softer than ever. 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That is the 347 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 6: promo code Clay and Buck eight hundred seven nine two 348 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 6: thirty two sixty nine. 349 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 1: I read a lot like a lot of guys do. 350 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,640 Speaker 1: I mean, just you get to a certain age. I'm 351 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: fifty three, and you start reading about war, and you 352 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: start reading about just certain things that you take up 353 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:02,879 Speaker 1: as a hobby. And one of the things I find 354 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: is how our soldiers. I never served in our military. 355 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: I have the utmost respect for people who do. But 356 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: how our our service members when they are in war, 357 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 1: when you're in that fox hole, they turn to faith, 358 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: and the faith that maybe they had turned away from 359 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: or neglected becomes something to which they cling. He wasn't 360 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: a Christian, but Omar Kim, the great Persian poet, has 361 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: a great line about the fact that it's only in 362 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: dire times that people turn back to their faith, and 363 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: sadly that's often true. But I'm not going to I'm 364 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 1: not going to deny the fact that reading a lot 365 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: of emails every day, which is which is how I 366 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: get public input, I notice a certain sadness to people. 367 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 1: I notice it's a sense of hopelessness, and that worries me. 368 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,640 Speaker 1: You know, if you've got a big game this weekend 369 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 1: and you're on the field, I think it's perfectly healthy 370 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: to ascribe to the other team all the merits to 371 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: how well they play the game. But having coached ten 372 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 1: and eleven year old kids in baseball and football, I 373 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 1: can tell you that kids will often decide whether they're 374 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: going to win the game or not before the game 375 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,679 Speaker 1: ever starts. And if the other team hasn't won a 376 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: game this year, they'll say, coach, we're gonna blow them out. 377 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 1: How do you know that. Let's play the game now. 378 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: We're going to blow them out. So now they're overconfident. 379 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: And if the other team hasn't lost a game, your 380 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: kids will say, coach, we're gonna lose today. I just say, no, 381 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 1: I ain't mad about it. We're gonna lose, but why 382 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 1: don't we try to win? And I think too many 383 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: people have come to that conclusion that the fight is 384 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: over and we've lost. If I was a Democrat, if 385 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: I was a Liberal, if I was a Marxist, That's 386 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: exactly what I'd want you to believe. I'd want you 387 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: to believe that your effort doesn't matter. The fight is over, 388 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 1: it's just a matter of time. And too many people 389 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 1: on our saying do you know why that is? It's 390 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:14,719 Speaker 1: the expectations game. If you convince yourself that all is lost, 391 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: then you can't be disappointed. When you've been disappointed so long, 392 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 1: then it's easier to just assume the worst and you 393 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 1: can't be hurt any longer. That's when people create barriers 394 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: around them. We've created barriers to patriotism and barriers to participation. 395 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: You know, if I don't get involved in try to 396 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:42,120 Speaker 1: help a candidate win, I can't lose. And that's exactly 397 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: what the left wants you to do. All right, back 398 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 1: to the phone lines we go, thanks to producer Mark 399 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: one eight hundred two two eight eight two. I'll ask 400 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,120 Speaker 1: you what you truly believe, and I'm going to ask 401 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: you at home, in your car, at your workplace, in 402 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: your truck on the podcast. I want you to take 403 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: a moment we go to break and I want you 404 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 1: to say to yourself, I truly believe, for an audience 405 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: of only you, what do you truly believe? And as 406 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 1: you start listing one, it'll get easier and you'll find 407 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: that those things give you comfort because what you truly 408 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: believe is true and nothing can change that, No bad 409 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: headline can change that. All right, let's start with Tom 410 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: in Ohio. Tom, what do you truly believe? 411 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 7: I truly believe if you stand up for what is 412 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 7: right in this nation at this current time, their current 413 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 7: gene will come after you. I stood up at my kids' 414 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 7: scoreboard meetings and the Secret Service came to my house 415 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 7: and the very first words out of their mouth was, 416 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 7: have you ever been to a Trump rally? So I'm 417 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,919 Speaker 7: telling you people, if we do not win this election, 418 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 7: come up in twenty twenty four, this nation is over. 419 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 7: But do not be afraid. I'm still staying in tall. 420 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 7: The FBI, the CIA can come after me, but I 421 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,120 Speaker 7: will stand up for my kids, and I would stand 422 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 7: up for Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 423 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,199 Speaker 2: How about you? I like it. 424 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,479 Speaker 1: I'm on board. Put me in, coach, tom and Ohio. 425 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: Thanks for the call. And by the way, where that 426 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 1: has a badge of honor? You know, MOHAMMEDA Gandhi going 427 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 1: to prison in South Africa define him? Martin Luther King 428 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: going to prison defined him. If you are righteous in 429 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: what you're doing, no government, no law can condemn you, 430 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 1: Donna in Florida, What do you truly believe, sweetheart? 431 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 8: I truly believe Michael Berry was inspired by the Lord 432 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 8: to present the idea he invented for himself to present 433 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 8: to all of us. To absolutely enjoy all the different 434 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 8: concepts people have fraud in. 435 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: You're a sweetheart for saying that, how old are you? Donna? 436 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 8: Sixty seven? 437 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 1: Sixty seven? Okay? I love it. You know the thing 438 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: I think I enjoy about talk radio so much. I 439 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 1: think most young people are really stupid because they're not 440 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 1: fully formed. And I think that people as they age 441 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: past fifty to fifty five sixty that all too often 442 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 1: as our society, we don't respect age and wisdom. You know, 443 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 1: my wife, being from India, I can tell you that 444 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 1: being older in India is not something you're ashamed of. 445 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 1: It's something you're proud of. And sixty seven is not 446 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 1: very old, especially the closer I get to it. But 447 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 1: one of the things I find interesting is how many 448 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 1: people in this country have been convinced by media that 449 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: they're too old to matter, that their values are out 450 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 1: of date, that they're past there, they're sell by date, 451 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,919 Speaker 1: that they're not keeping with it, that they're old fashioned, 452 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,360 Speaker 1: that those ideas are bad, that old people are racist 453 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: and out of touch, and society has changed and you 454 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: better get with it or just be quiet. And too 455 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: many people have decided, you know what, that's true. Actually, 456 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 1: the communities they live in don't actually believe that. That's 457 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: why you have to turn the damn boop tube off. 458 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: What they're telling you, what's some guy in New York 459 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: is telling you, or what's some guy in Los Angeles 460 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 1: or Atlanta is telling you, is not the values of 461 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: the community you live in, so you shouldn't buy into it. 462 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:23,640 Speaker 1: All right, let's go to Ray in Ohio, Ohio well 463 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 1: represented today, Ray, what do you truly believe? 464 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 9: Hey, i's going today? Greg? 465 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 10: Listening to you this past week, I really appreciate you 466 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 10: taking over for Clay and Travis or Clay, Travis and Bucks. 467 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 10: Excuse me, Hey, I just wanted to say that I 468 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 10: truly believe that this crossing over the border is a 469 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 10: coordinated attack for countries to come into the United States 470 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 10: and set up sleeper cells and attack us someday when 471 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 10: we're at least expecting it. 472 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: Ray if it makes you feel any matter or not 473 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,120 Speaker 1: that the point of I truly believe is that you're 474 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 1: the only one that needs to believe it. But if 475 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 1: it gives you any sense of validation, I do too. 476 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:08,160 Speaker 1: I don't. I have several competing theories as to who 477 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:14,159 Speaker 1: those who the puppeteers are. At a minimum, and this 478 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 1: should be frightening, it's the cartels, because the cartels are 479 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: getting a lot of Every one of those people represents 480 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: a product that's being sold, a service that's being delivered. 481 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: The cartels are making money off every illegal alien that's 482 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: coming across the border. That's number one, and the cartels 483 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 1: are getting richer by the day. The cartels can compete 484 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: with a ground unit of one of the one of 485 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:39,160 Speaker 1: the brigades of our military. They can compete a man 486 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,640 Speaker 1: for man with the level of equipment and in some 487 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 1: cases training that we've got for your average National Guard unit. 488 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:49,959 Speaker 1: If we sent they've got the firepower they've got and 489 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: they're at war constantly. I mean, those guys are trained. 490 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 1: It is a militia that is growing more and more powerful. 491 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 1: The Mexican military can't keep up with them. But it 492 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: could be something far more nefarious or far more wide reaching. 493 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:08,400 Speaker 1: Either way, it's not accidental. It's too well planned logistically. 494 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: And I'll give you a great example. Do you remember 495 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 1: the Arab summer or the Arab spring when Obama was 496 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: president and we were supposed to believe that in Egypt 497 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 1: in Tarrera Square. You can see the footage, and people 498 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: didn't move, and we were supposed to believe that people 499 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:30,479 Speaker 1: were remaining stationary in that kind of crowd with that 500 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 1: level of congestion for twelve to eighteen hours. Now that's 501 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:40,160 Speaker 1: no pee break, no poop break, no water, no food, nothing. 502 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: I don't buy it. There was a brigade, a logistical 503 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: masterpiece to pull something off like that. People do not 504 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 1: of their own accord, happen to gather and behave as 505 00:27:55,000 --> 00:28:00,359 Speaker 1: a mass as a caterpillar so efficiently, it's impossible. There 506 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,400 Speaker 1: would be fights breaking out, there would be people passing out, 507 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: it would look like woodstock. But it didn't. But that 508 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: Tariar Square. Arab spring outbreak was supposed to be the way, 509 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:15,640 Speaker 1: and it happened that we toppled the leader of Egypt, 510 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: that we toppled across Northern Africa, the leadership, and that's 511 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: how Israel lost the diplomatic relations that they'd had since 512 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:27,439 Speaker 1: eighty one or eighty two, which was so critical to 513 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 1: peace in that region. And by the way, that's how 514 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,920 Speaker 1: they managed to topple Kadafi. And what would happen shortly 515 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:39,479 Speaker 1: after that a September eleventh attack on American troops an 516 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: American do you remember the ambassador who was killed, Christopher, 517 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: I can't remember his last name, who was killed in Benghazi. 518 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: All of that was a result of what Obama encouraged, 519 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: which was the toppling of our strategic relationships across Northern Africa, 520 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: and we've paid for it ever since. Let's get one 521 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: more in here, and that would be Grady in Mississippi, 522 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: which is good because we haven't had any mye for 523 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: Mississippi yet. Grady, what do you truly believe? 524 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 9: Well, I truly believe that the young man that spoke 525 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 9: earlier about technology being the downfall of not just our nation, 526 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 9: but but maybe the world. He's got something, but it's 527 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 9: our fact that we have let that take over common sense. 528 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 9: Let me grab my phone instead of grabbing my dictionary, 529 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 9: you know, let me grab my phone instead of used 530 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 9: my brain. You know, I got my education, you know, 531 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 9: listening to Dan Rather, Walter Cronkaike TBS News, you know 532 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 9: those news is in Rush Limbaugh, you know. And with 533 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 9: the information that I'd learned from history, study and learning, 534 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:46,880 Speaker 9: you know, I was able to fact check Rush in 535 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 9: everyone else. You know. It's the fact that we'd let 536 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 9: the technology take over common sense that's going to be 537 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 9: our downfall. 538 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 1: I suppose you're right, but I don't think the technology 539 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: did it on its own. Accord. I do appreciate this, lord. 540 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: You know, I don't know that I ever heard Rush 541 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 1: love a moment on air. Feel silly saying this because 542 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 1: his team is around us and they know him better 543 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: than I did. Obviously I didn't know him personally, but 544 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 1: just as a fan. But other than just whipping the Democrats. 545 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 1: I remember after the nineteen ninety four Republican takeover of 546 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:27,240 Speaker 1: the House and the newt led Republican takeover the Contract 547 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 1: with America, I remember him celebrating in just the glee 548 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: in his voice. But I got to tell you, when 549 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 1: Apple came out with a new iPhone, he was pretty 550 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 1: excited about that technology. And here's a guy with a 551 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: great perspective. He didn't see it as frightening. And I 552 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: say this with regard to bombs and guns. And you know, 553 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 1: I don't know that nuclear warheads have made our world 554 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 1: less safe. I think in some ways they've made it 555 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 1: more safe. I think the peace through strength that has 556 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 1: been accomplished and the clear mutual destruction that would be 557 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 1: gar inteed has actually made the world safer. So I 558 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 1: think that blaming technology, I'm sorry, I just have to disagree. 559 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: I think that blaming technology is an easy way out. 560 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: I think it's an easy way out, and I think 561 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 1: we sometimes forget the ways in which technology helps us, 562 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 1: whether that be tran transportation, whether that be communication, whether 563 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: that be sharing of information, like what Saint Jude does. 564 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: You know they they share cancer treatments on children with 565 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: with far flung parts of the world where the doctors 566 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 1: can't come to Saint Jude and train and they save lives. 567 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 1: So I think, like anything else, it's an instrument, and 568 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 1: an instrument can be used for good or Evil one 569 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,560 Speaker 1: more segment of this bonus hour. 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And despite my many many shortcomings, they 605 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 1: have been kind throughout and I even got invited back 606 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 1: to be here this time after screwing up the last time. 607 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: So maybe they have really low standards, or they have 608 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:51,080 Speaker 1: high hopes for me, or they're just really really forgiving. 609 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,200 Speaker 1: And you folks have been very kind as well. I 610 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 1: do read the emails you send through the website at 611 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 1: Michael Berryshow dot com. It's a real honor to get 612 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,200 Speaker 1: to sit in this chair for Clay and for Buck, 613 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,719 Speaker 1: and it's an honor for them to allow me to 614 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:08,680 Speaker 1: do that because this is their show and you're their listeners, 615 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,680 Speaker 1: and I appreciate that. And of course there is you know, 616 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: as a as a fanboy for so many years, as 617 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:16,960 Speaker 1: as I think everybody in talk radio, including Clay and 618 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 1: Buck are coming up and knowing that so many of 619 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:24,400 Speaker 1: you were the foundation of the Rushland Ball program. And 620 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: I'll I'll never stop being grateful for an opportunity to 621 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,040 Speaker 1: get to folks, to get to talk to folks who 622 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 1: were part of that. That's that's a pretty special thing. 623 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,120 Speaker 1: And I think thirty years from now we'll still be 624 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:37,759 Speaker 1: saying that. And Clay and Buck are honored to have 625 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,960 Speaker 1: that role every single day. It's it's the highest honor. 626 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: So I guess we'll start with Bobby in Virginia. It's 627 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,560 Speaker 1: a little effort, little little game I came up with 628 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,319 Speaker 1: called I Truly Believe, and I hope it can give 629 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,279 Speaker 1: you some solace in your own life as a way 630 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,680 Speaker 1: to remind yourself of what you truly believe. It might 631 00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 1: be gimmicky, but at least it keeps you grounded and centered. 632 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:08,160 Speaker 1: Whether whether you pray or meditate, wats your favorite Hoven's 633 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:10,799 Speaker 1: Hero episode, whatever that may be, You've got to find 634 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,839 Speaker 1: something that gets you back to the core of your 635 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:17,240 Speaker 1: very being that nothing can shake even when the world 636 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:20,879 Speaker 1: tries to. And that's what it's done for me. So, 637 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,640 Speaker 1: Bobby in Virginia, what do you truly believe? 638 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 3: First off, we want to say happy New Year to you, 639 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:30,200 Speaker 3: and I truly believe that we still live in the 640 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,839 Speaker 3: greatest country in the world, and if anyone has ever 641 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:37,040 Speaker 3: lived or visited a third world country, they will agree 642 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:40,280 Speaker 3: with that. And that God is good, He's on his throne, 643 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,080 Speaker 3: and that one day every need will buy and tone 644 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:46,520 Speaker 3: confess to Jesus Christ as being lord to the glory 645 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,200 Speaker 3: of God. That's what I truly believe. 646 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:54,280 Speaker 1: Bobby. Thank you for being willing to share your story 647 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,120 Speaker 1: and your witness, and thank you to every one of 648 00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:00,319 Speaker 1: you through the week who's been bold enough. It's not easy, 649 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,719 Speaker 1: you know. I often say when someone will say that 650 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,560 Speaker 1: a caller was dumb or stumbled or said this or 651 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,879 Speaker 1: that or that's not Bobby. I'm just saying, generally, It's 652 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,960 Speaker 1: good to remember. People are calling in, they can't see you, 653 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 1: they don't know when you're gonna go to them. It's 654 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,920 Speaker 1: not easy, but it has been easy to be your host, 655 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,400 Speaker 1: the guest host this week and has been a great honor. 656 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,359 Speaker 1: Thanks for your messages, thanks for praying for me, thanks 657 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,799 Speaker 1: for sharing your stories with us, Thanks for tuning in 658 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 1: and telling your friends. And you'll see our folks back 659 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,840 Speaker 1: next week. What an honor it's been. Michael Barry in 660 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:35,960 Speaker 1: for Clay and Buck all week. Don't give up on 661 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,279 Speaker 1: this nation. That was the message Rush gave us. It's 662 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:39,600 Speaker 1: not time to panic yet. 663 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:47,720 Speaker 6: Clay, Travis and Buck Sexton on the front lines of truth.