1 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: It's that time. Time time, time, luck and load. The 2 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: Michael Verie Show is on the air. It was a 3 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: political meeting two nights ago in for the senior leaders 4 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: or the Trump administration that has been reported on from 5 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 1: some inside sources. And I want to get to that, 6 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: but first our money. I was told I should take 7 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:42,160 Speaker 1: your call. 8 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 2: Okay, I'm here now. 9 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: As it was explained to me by Ramon, you're living 10 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: in some sort of facility and you couldn't reach to 11 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: the phone. So someone called him your behalf. 12 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, Charlot did. 13 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 2: Yeah. 14 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 3: He told me about this program or your thing, so 15 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 3: I need some help, so I said, I'll give it 16 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 3: a shot. 17 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: Okay. And Sean is your caretaker? 18 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 2: No, Sean is. He's just like me in the HCPC facility. 19 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: What was hcp What is that? 20 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 3: It's called Harris County's Hyhiatric Center. 21 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: Okay, and what is he doing there? 22 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 3: He just wanted to get some help from here, so 23 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 3: that's why he came here too. 24 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: Does Nurse Ratchet know y'all are on the phone. 25 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is all yeah, because the doctors they give you, 26 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 3: you know, they take care of you while you're here. 27 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 3: So that's both of us are here for the treatment. 28 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: Okay, And what what what was the episode that caused 29 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: you to be in there? 30 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 3: I actually voluntarily called on I heard about it. I 31 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 3: didn't have any place to go, so I voluntarily and 32 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 3: so did Sean. We both voluntarily came down here. 33 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: Okay. And what was going on in your life that 34 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: you felt like you needed help? 35 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 3: Because I felt home. I lost my everything. I lost 36 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 3: my job, lost my cars, lost my home. I have 37 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 3: a place to go. I stried the homeless shelter. It's 38 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 3: like the one of the horrible places. They stole everything 39 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 3: from me. And now I need to I need a 40 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 3: little bit of help from somebody to get back on 41 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 3: my feet. And I am coming from the corporate world. 42 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 3: I'm a senior network and security architect for for AIG, 43 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 3: American International Group or City Group, some of the biggest 44 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 3: companies in the world. 45 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: And did you get downsize laid off? What happened? 46 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 2: No? 47 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 3: Because I was a contractor, so they led me off 48 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 3: and I got Parkinson's. 49 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 2: My mobility got. 50 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 3: Messed up, so I'm most of the time I'm using 51 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 3: a wheelchair or a walker to move around. And corporations 52 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 3: they don't tell you, but they they don't like disabled 53 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 3: people because they think you're a liability. 54 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: So they let me go. 55 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 1: And then I guess at that point you lost where 56 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:51,919 Speaker 1: you were living, and. 57 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 3: Exactly, I don't have any means to pay for the 58 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 3: hotel or pay for an apartment or anywhere. 59 00:02:57,880 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 2: So I was like, then I went. 60 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 3: To this homeless shelter called Star of Ope, which is 61 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 3: a disaster where they stole everything from me. So, you know, 62 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 3: so I'm trying. I needed some help in the meantime, 63 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 3: So Sean told me about you. I said, okay, let's 64 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 3: try this. 65 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: Okay, so spell your first name for me. 66 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 3: Okay, so it's Harmony is my nickname, but you want 67 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 3: the legal name, Yeah, okay, it's b As and boy 68 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 3: I as in India b As and Paul Alas and 69 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 3: Larry oh As an Oscar b As and boy bp 70 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 3: plum blob. 71 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: What what's your last name? 72 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 3: Childhery c W Yeah, okay, I mean everybody spells it differently. 73 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 2: I can spell you the way. 74 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: How did you end up with the nickname RMANI? 75 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 3: Because I've been into all the designer stuff. I did 76 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 3: very well in my life, so I traveled to Europe 77 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 3: quite a bit for my work, sent me. So I've 78 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 3: been to Italy and all those places. So I chose 79 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 3: that name about twenty years ago. All my email address 80 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 3: everything and it starts with Harmony and just my Italian 81 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 3: designer stuff. 82 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're from India. 83 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 2: Yes, where what's Bengal Calcutta? You know the city used 84 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 2: to be? 85 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: Is Childrey a Bengali name? 86 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 2: Yeah? C h O W d h u r y 87 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: if Chowdhury is a very common last name. 88 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, I just didn't know it was Bengali. 89 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 3: No, it's not exactly Bengali, but it's shared by all 90 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 3: ethnic groups in India and Pakistan all over that area. 91 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,280 Speaker 1: I've known Childres who are Punjabi. I just assumed you'd 92 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: be Pujabi. 93 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 3: It's every every part of India you go to, no matter, 94 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:37,119 Speaker 3: Childhre is all all races, all Indian races, you'll see Childre. 95 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 3: It's a very common, prestigious last name. 96 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: So what did you call about, Harmony? So what did 97 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: you call about? 98 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 3: Well, I'm calling out. I need some help to get 99 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 3: to get back on my feet. I appiled for applied, 100 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 3: I applied for disability. They you know how they take 101 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 3: there all the time and they don't care what's going 102 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 3: to happen to you in the meantime? And son told 103 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 3: me about you. So I need some help. So I 104 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 3: need some housing or some months to get some housing, 105 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 3: and just to survive until my disability gets approved. 106 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: And what is Shawn's story? Okay, what is Shawn's story? 107 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: How did he? 108 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 2: Sean has a has a trailer. He's trying to get 109 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 2: me in there. 110 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 3: But I think they he needs some financial assistance. So 111 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 3: if I can't get some financials to I can pay 112 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 3: him to stay there. 113 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: And how do you know Sean? 114 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 3: I met him at the h CPC where where we 115 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 3: are at right now, Harris County Psychiatric Center and Cale 116 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:33,919 Speaker 3: Comfort Treatment. 117 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: What was his story as to how he ended up here? 118 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 3: Did? 119 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 2: He said he had. 120 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 3: Some he he issues and he he and Moone's brought 121 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 3: him here. 122 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,119 Speaker 2: He said he voluntarily came here. 123 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 3: Maybe he needed a break from or he you know 124 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 3: what he told me, He doesn't have anybody to talk 125 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 3: to when he's at his house, so he wants me there. 126 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 3: So maybe he wants to be around people. That's probably 127 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 3: one of the reasons he came here. So he was 128 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 3: living alone, yes. 129 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 2: More most of the time, and he was freaking out. 130 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 2: He is, why he's so happy to get me in there? 131 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 2: But he needs some help? 132 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: Well, why don't you move to his home? 133 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 3: That's what he had, That's what he proposed to me. 134 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 3: But his son, I think he needs some funds. Two, 135 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 3: because they have they there's a there's a rent that 136 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 3: that needs to be paid, and I don't think he can. 137 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:32,679 Speaker 2: He doesn't have any income. 138 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: Is he a white fellow? 139 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 2: Yeah? He is? 140 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: How come him to have you calls to the him call? 141 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 2: Was that? 142 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: How come him to have you call instead of him calling? 143 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 2: Oh? What? What? What he's called you? How do I 144 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:54,799 Speaker 2: call you? Is that what you're asking? 145 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: Why are you calling instead of him calling it? Why 146 00:06:58,120 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: didn't he just call it? 147 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 3: He goes, I'm not he has the place I need. 148 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 3: I need a place to stay, so you know he 149 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 3: can let me in. I guess he gave me gets 150 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 3: some funds. I guess some help. Yeah, So that's why, 151 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 3: because you know it has to go both ways, right, 152 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 3: I mean this is just temporary help, right, this is 153 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 3: something for me to get by because I got Parkinson's. 154 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 2: I'm on a wheelchair that destroyed everything. 155 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: What does it mean he goes both ways? 156 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 3: That that means he's providing, he's offering the place, but 157 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 3: he has no money to buy food and any of 158 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 3: the bills and stuff. So he he said he needs 159 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 3: some help to get at least pay for the lot 160 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 3: rent and you know by the groceries or whatever we need. 161 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 2: For the. 162 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: Up and over that for what Michael Berry, you the 163 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: evil can evil stunt cycle rum ideal. So there was 164 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: a meeting two nights ago on Capitol Hill and it 165 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: was the senior Trump Political Command. We are now midway 166 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: through February. We've got important primaries going on. The President 167 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: is very engaged in those primaries. Those will continue for 168 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: a few months and then late summer early fall, the 169 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: nation will be focused on the midterm elections. Historically, the 170 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: president loses House and Senate seats in the midterm election. Midterm, 171 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 1: of course, meaning two years into his four year term. 172 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: America has a natural predilection toward balance, and historically has 173 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 1: and we like the pendulum to go back and forth. 174 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: So when we elect a Republican, we typically vote Democrat 175 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,599 Speaker 1: in November and vice versa. Now Republicans vote Republican and 176 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: Democrats vote Democrat. But it's those people in the middle. 177 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: So the Trump senior political command. This is according to 178 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:23,959 Speaker 1: Mark Halpern, who's longtime political guy. Lean's left journalist, not 179 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 1: a Trump van. However, he often has some pretty good sourcing, 180 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: and so we will start with his remarks what he's 181 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: reported on that. There's also a woman from Politico who 182 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: reported that he's based on some of his reporting on 183 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 1: as well. There was about a two hour program starting 184 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 1: at five point thirty Eastern, and the reference was to 185 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: the fact that the group seemed very stable, not panicked 186 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: or shaken. This wasn't one of those things where someone 187 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: was saying, guys, we've got a real crisis on our hands. 188 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: But there is the understanding that now is the time 189 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: to begin focusing very hard on what's going to be 190 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 1: necessary to hold the House and the Senate. They're about 191 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: one hundred people who attended. Cabinet secretaries who attended Werebsent, 192 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: Commerce Secretary, Treasury Lutnik, Commerce RFK, Sean Duffy, and their 193 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: senior teams. Susie Wiles was the one hosting it. Susie 194 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: Wiles is sort of the executive director of the Trump organization. 195 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: He has tended in his career to have very strong, 196 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: not particularly pretty stout manly women as senior operational folks. 197 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 1: He feels comfortable with that, he likes that, and Susie 198 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 1: Wiles is consistent with that. Susie Wiles is also to 199 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: blame for a number of gaffes by the Trump administration, 200 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: including and especially Pambondy as the attorney general. We will 201 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: look back in ten years and see Pambondy as having 202 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: been the source of a lot of Trump's problems. She was, 203 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: she was, my understanding, not Trump's first choice, and she 204 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: has turned out to be an extreme disappointment. And she 205 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: and Susie Wiles, my understanding, are best friends, and Wiles 206 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: insisted on Pambondy in that position. Trump's got a real 207 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: problem with his base from the folks that really want 208 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: to get something done, and Pambondy and cash Ptel are 209 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: seen as being impediments to that, and that could end 210 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: up being This issue comes up a lot. People think 211 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: that all Republicans vote Republican and all Democrats vote Democrat. 212 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: But what they don't understand is that when your voters 213 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: don't show up to vote, you don't win. So it's 214 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: not just winning the vote of the person, as if 215 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: everyone is going to vote, there's a lack of motivation. 216 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: In two thousand and eight McCain, twenty twelve Romney, you 217 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:40,839 Speaker 1: see Republicans disinterested in voting. Republicans were not excited about 218 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: showing up to vote for John McCain or Romney. And 219 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:50,199 Speaker 1: then in twenty sixteen you saw not only Republicans, Conservatives, libertarians, 220 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: but independence excited to go vote. In two thousand and eight, 221 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:02,199 Speaker 1: obamahad folks excited to go vote. So what you're looking 222 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 1: at is how do you get people excited to vote 223 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: because they're not right now, they went over the demographics, 224 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: issues and what issues resonate, and it was determined as 225 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: this is what's being reported, that the economy is the 226 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: issue and economic messaging would be the key issue now. 227 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: Later in his notes, he makes the point that Trump 228 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: is not data driven and Trump will talk about whatever 229 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,359 Speaker 1: he wants to talk about. That there's almost parallel campaigns. 230 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: Everybody but Trump needs to stay unscript. This is what 231 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: we're talking about. Let's stay focused here. Trump's gonna do 232 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: what Trump's gonna do. And those are almost viewed as 233 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: two or they really are argued as two separate campaigns 234 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: because you can't control Trump. And that reference was made 235 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: multiple times. The economic messaging right now is banning stock 236 00:13:55,520 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: trading for Congress. If they just tell Crenshaw this, he 237 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: might drop out of the race. If Crenshaw understands that Congress, 238 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: if it's truly the case that members of Congress will 239 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:14,319 Speaker 1: not be able to trade stocks, he may just get 240 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: out of the Congress anyway. Because when even asked, when 241 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: he was asked by the Free Press, would you be 242 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: willing to vote to ban members of Congress from trading stock? 243 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: He immediately dropped an F bomb and said, we haven't 244 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: had a cost of live an increasing twenty years. Okay, well, 245 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: let's ask this question in two thousand and eight, when 246 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: you were twenty eighteen, when you were elected and you 247 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: took office in twenty nineteen, did you make more money 248 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen than you did in twenty eighteen, Dan Crenshaw, 249 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: Or how much did you make in twenty eighteen or 250 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen? I know, anyone who knows him knows. Did 251 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: Dan Crinshaw get one hundred percent pay raise when he 252 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: got elected to Congress? So why is the congressional salary 253 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: not enough? Michael very Show? So as is being reported 254 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: in the political meeting by the top Trump folks. The 255 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: messaging for the summer and fall at this point is 256 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: the economy stupid and the big issues banning stock trading 257 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: for Congress not really the economy, but there is a 258 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: sense the Congress is cheating. I've had Since I've talked 259 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: about this, I've had a numberumber of folks reach out 260 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: to me, including for instance, lawyers, accountants, investment bankers, who say, 261 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: when I'm working on a deal, I'm not allowed to 262 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: trade in that stock. Personally, if I'm a Deloitte En 263 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: Twos auditor working on a company's deal and we're going public, 264 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: I'm not allowed to invest. Seems simple. It would look 265 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: like insider trading, whether it is or isn't sure would 266 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: look like it, wouldn't it. Insider trading, of course, as 267 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: you know, is trading with information that is not available 268 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: to the public. There is the belief that the market 269 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: only works when information that is uniquely available to a 270 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: person involved in a deal does not allow that person 271 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: to trade, because if we do, then it's not fair 272 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: to the rest of the market. And that's pretty clear 273 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: in our thirty one thirty two Act. That's pretty clear 274 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:08,360 Speaker 1: in all of our sec regulations. You cannot do this. 275 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: This is part of what got Martha Stewart in trouble. 276 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: I'm not convinced Martha Stewart committed a crime. I'm not 277 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 1: convinced she did for the record, but that's what she 278 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,199 Speaker 1: was charged with. Trading on information you're not supposed to have, 279 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, trading on information that you have that you're 280 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 1: not supposed to trade on. This is very strictly regulated 281 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: by the SEC. Baseball players can't bet on, or sports 282 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 1: athletes can't bet on the games in which they play. 283 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 1: Careers have been ruined over this. It's very simple. The 284 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: only reason we don't have a ban on stock trading 285 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: for Congress is Congress rights to laws, and they won't 286 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: write a law restricting themselves. When you look at the 287 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: Pelosi results, there's no way this woman gets the results 288 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: she gets. She beats the market. She's the best there is. 289 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: How is that it's illegal, and they have decided that 290 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 1: rather we be mad about it than fix it because 291 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: it's worth so much money to them. Another issue that 292 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: was talked about is transparency on health insurance data like 293 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: pricing and claims reimbursement. There is a belief by the 294 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,479 Speaker 1: general public that the system is messed up, and it is. 295 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: I've talked about this before. Imagine you went to Federal 296 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 1: American grill to have dinner and you would say, I'm 297 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: not sure if I want steak or just a bowl 298 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 1: of soup, and you would order, and at the end 299 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: they would bring to your bill and you would have 300 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: no idea what the bill would be. That's what most 301 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: of our medical process is. How many people have gone 302 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: through a medical incident and then you dread coming home 303 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: and the mail here it comes just document after document 304 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: after document. It's hard for people to keep it straight. 305 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: I don't. My wife does. That's the division of labor 306 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 1: in our home. So I have this. When Emily brings 307 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: the mail in every day, she just shows me that 308 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: it's an insurance document and I throw my hands up, like, ooh, 309 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 1: don't stress me out. But people have to do that. 310 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: You have to deal with that. Lowering prescription drug costs, 311 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 1: that's one of the things that they have recognized they 312 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 1: need to deal with. I think RFK ends up taking 313 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,880 Speaker 1: the lead on that. And you may say, well, what's 314 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: government doing in the business of setting drug prices? And 315 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: you would be right. Government has no business setting prices, 316 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 1: except for the fact that the whole basis of our 317 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 1: pharmaceutical pricing industry is governmental restrictions. They've been setting prices forever. 318 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 1: There is also anger over the fact that you can 319 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: buy the same product made in the United States, developed 320 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: in the United States from restarch paid for it by 321 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 1: the United States government. You can get it a whole 322 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: lot cheaper in Europe than you can hear. There is 323 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,719 Speaker 1: a lot of anger, and when you talk about make 324 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: America First, Trump understands you've got to do something on that. 325 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: The question is do you do something in February because 326 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: people will have forgotten and they're going to vote in 327 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: October and November. One of the things that came up 328 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:32,639 Speaker 1: was that taking credit for closing the border is not resonating. 329 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 1: Voters are not rewarding them for that. Voters are not saying, 330 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 1: you know what, Trump closed the border. There is no 331 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 1: doubt the border is closed. There's no doubt about that. 332 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: There is no doubt the influx of illegal aliens has 333 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 1: slowed to very few. That's a big win for the 334 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: Trump administration. They're not getting any credit for it. That's 335 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: a problem. There was the issue of housing affordability, there 336 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: is the perception that housing is very expensive, and this 337 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: was important to young people, particularly because they're trying to 338 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 1: find housing. They're trying to get into housing. This is 339 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: a big reason Trump is pushing for the mortgage rate drop. 340 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: A lot of these problems are solved. If you can 341 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 1: push the mortgage rates down one hundred basis points or more, 342 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: that'll start to free up capital. Mac will tell you 343 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 1: that if you lower the interest rate, he'll sell more furniture. 344 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: Mike batchis at lone Star Chevy will tell you he 345 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: will sell a lot more Silverados and corvettes and tahoes 346 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: and suburbans if you lower the borrowing costs of money. 347 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: Tom Haynes at carpro same thing. This is true of 348 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: almost every industry. If you lower the cost of money 349 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: to borrow, you're going to see a lot of pent 350 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 1: up economic activity. And there is a timing aspect of this. 351 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:16,679 Speaker 1: Voters are what have you done for me lately? January 352 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, our economy was booming. By November, they had 353 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 1: people convinced Trump had to go. They had it close 354 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: enough that it was within the margin that they could 355 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: cheat and win. It was also told to those in attendance, 356 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: that they should focus on podcasts and social media more 357 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: than national news interviews. This has been a Trump strategy. 358 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: The truly persuadable voters, who are the people that will 359 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 1: actually give us a fair listen of fair shake. It 360 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: was determined to be men, moderates, true independence, A lot 361 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: of people say they're independent, but they're not. And Hispanic voters. 362 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: It was determined that the money that is spent on 363 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: media should be on targeted media, not broadcast or even cable. 364 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 1: What they're recognizing more and more and I'm seeing is 365 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:19,360 Speaker 1: fewer and fewer people watch CBS, NBC, ABC, and when 366 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: they do watch, it's for a sporting event. They're not 367 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,959 Speaker 1: getting their opinions from there. And other than people who 368 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: are hardcore politics, people aren't going to Fox with ms 369 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 1: now either. 370 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,920 Speaker 2: Colonial House Apartments and Receiver Free were recorded. 371 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: If you had draw fish this season yet Amy has Where'd. 372 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 2: You get it? 373 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: I sing? And BB's how wasn't. 374 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 2: Hearly? 375 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 1: They're not very big yet. I'm not trying to pose 376 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: I'm not the biggest crawlfish person, which is sort of 377 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: funny how it missed me because Orange has to crawl 378 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 1: Fish Festival. Orange just crawfish Capital of Southeast Texas. My brother. 379 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: It was a running joke my brother, like I was 380 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: some invalid. When we would be together, my brother would 381 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 1: peel crawfish for me, and he'd do one for me 382 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: and one for him. I don't mean to suggest that's 383 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 1: when I was three and he was seven. I'm talking 384 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,879 Speaker 1: about when I was forty and he was forty four. 385 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:37,400 Speaker 1: We would go places. He said watching me peel crawfish 386 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 1: was so painful for him that he'd rather just peel 387 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 1: crawfish for me because he just he couldn't bear it, 388 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 1: just couldn't bear it. So we'd go places. And if 389 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 1: my brother drove over and you were hanging out with me, 390 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: you knew my brother's coming along. I'm bringing him to everything. 391 00:24:56,200 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 1: And so we would be out and you know, boy 392 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,400 Speaker 1: to be around the table and drinking beer and having 393 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 1: a great time, and you know the guys. And he 394 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: was the fastest crawfish peeler I ever saw in my life, 395 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 1: bar none. And he just drop his left hand to 396 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: drop one on my and they'd be and it was 397 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 1: so smooth that no one would even notice that I'm 398 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: just sitting there eating micrawfish. I'm not peeling them. So 399 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: I asked Jake Torderici, who owns REOs in Beaumont. He 400 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: also has a business called Buy YOUU Crawfish and Sour 401 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 1: Lake that his son runs. I said, how are the 402 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,399 Speaker 1: crawfish looking for this season? He said, slower than normal 403 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: because of the weather being cold, foggy, cloudy, all that 404 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: effects of crawfish, all the effects of crawfish. We are 405 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: getting our crop in right now. They're medium to small. 406 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: Still still have some of last year's crop which are larger, 407 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 1: but they're not premium. So our crop looks good for 408 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 1: this year and it's just coming in slower because of 409 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 1: the weather. And hopefully we get some good hot weather 410 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,159 Speaker 1: and we'll probably have a possibly a longer season. With 411 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: all due respect, Jack, I'd rather you have a bad 412 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 1: season and the weather be calmer. I don't want to 413 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: have to suffer heat to get better crawfish. But that's 414 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: the side effect. Is said. I'm gona pass you on 415 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: to my son who runs our operation. He'd love to 416 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:18,919 Speaker 1: talk to you about it. You'd be so impressed. So 417 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: we may talk to him about what's going on with 418 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: the crawfish crop this year. So you know, we spend 419 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 1: it all this time on government, and so little of 420 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 1: government actually makes a difference. You know, the big issue 421 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 1: this week was was Lena's lush carpet, and the county 422 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 1: was spending all this time at County Commissioner's Court. You've 423 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 1: got thousands of deputies, sheriff's deputies, constables, employees, you've got 424 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 1: drainage and parks, and they're down there arguing at what 425 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: is effectively the board of directors of the company. They're 426 00:26:56,119 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 1: down there arguing over whether somebody's door is opening into 427 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:05,679 Speaker 1: somebody else's office. It's not only childish and petty. It 428 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: speaks to a much bigger issue. An emperor has no 429 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: closed kind of deal. It really is is it's a 430 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: perfect microcosm of what is wrong, a lack of focus 431 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:27,439 Speaker 1: on what is important. I got a I was texting 432 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: yesterday with Ed Emmett and he was traveling and he said, hey, man, 433 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: I got a message that you said I endorsed so 434 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: and so candidate. I'm out of politics. And I said, Ed, 435 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 1: first of all, I don't give a damn what you 436 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: think about what I say. It's important that I say 437 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: that to start for everybody or a mom. I'm not 438 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 1: over here going oh, I'm so sorry. However, I didn't 439 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 1: say that you said and you endorsed anyone. In fact, 440 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 1: I didn't talk about you politics at all, save and 441 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 1: except to say that you weren't particularly political. You were 442 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: policy or in it. And Lena beat you at eighteen 443 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:12,239 Speaker 1: and here's how she won. And he said, oh, I 444 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: got a message from someone who said you were talking 445 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: about who I was endorsing. Well I found out who 446 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 1: that person was, and it's one of these people. And 447 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 1: there are these people who just run around and say, hey, 448 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: I heard you do this, and it's not true, and 449 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: they get people all soaked up. So then I sent 450 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: back a message that you would say, Man, you're as 451 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 1: angry sober as you are drunk, because I said, ed, 452 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: I don't blame her for sending you that message, I 453 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 1: blame you for reacting to it. I decided some relatively 454 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: brief period of time ago that when somebody jumps up 455 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 1: and says, Michael, I heard you said this. Did you 456 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 1: say this? And we track it down, run it to ground, 457 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,400 Speaker 1: and find out that it's some goober that's out there 458 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: saying I said this and told you it's so childish. 459 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: I no longer am mad at the person passing the message. 460 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 1: I'm mad at you for listening to that person. It 461 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: makes my life easier because I can't control there are 462 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 1: these people. This is the political process. I mean, look, 463 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: you look at your mail every day. You're not sure 464 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 1: if kendidat X is a mass murderer, cannibal, pedophile or 465 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: the greatest patriot and closest friend of Donald Trump. That's 466 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 1: their job. The job is to muddy the water. But 467 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: reasonable people should not get pulled in to this kind 468 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: of drama. That you shouldn't. But that takes us to 469 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: the next issue, and that is there are things, especially 470 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: in local government, that government should do well. So ACE 471 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: Hardware Texas is a collaboration of about three dozen Ace hardwarees. 472 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 1: Each one of them is individually owned and they're what 473 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: we grew up with of Bob's hardware or Susie's hardware 474 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 1: or the Smith family hardware. But they join the Ace 475 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: family because then you get the buying discount. Otherwise you 476 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: wouldn't be able to compete against home Depot because Home 477 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: Depot would be able to buy a hammer for ten cents, 478 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 1: but it would cost you two dollars because you can't 479 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: buy in bulk, so they carry the ACE name because 480 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: ACE can buy as many hammers as Home Depot can. 481 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: So now you can compete on price and be better 482 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 1: in customer service, which is you know, the way ACE works, 483 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 1: Because if you go to Home Depot, you got people 484 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 1: playing grab ass that just got out of prison yesterday 485 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 1: or may or may not be the most reputable people 486 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 1: you want to deal with. If you go to ACE, 487 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: every single one of them is their owner operated and 488 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: so the family is there and probably their extended family. 489 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 1: Well that's a whole different experience, right. So Rick Tap 490 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: who owns the Langham Creek location which is seventy nineteen 491 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: seventy zero one nine five twenty nine in Cyprus, sent 492 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,160 Speaker 1: me some pictures. There's a place called Crazy Kitchen next 493 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: to him. The tenant has moved out and they've allowed 494 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: what used to be the dumpster to just go to hell. 495 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 1: And he can't get the county, He can't get anybody 496 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 1: to do anything about it. And he said, what should 497 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: I do? And I said, you know, I don't know 498 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 1: the address for somebody that can help me. That's out 499 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 1: there is seven zero one nine FM five twenty nine. 500 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 1: Maybe there's a constable that'll give a damn. Maybe there's 501 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 1: somebody I don't know. Langham Creek's not a municipality, is it. 502 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,920 Speaker 1: I don't know, Uh, maybe somebody in the county. Somebody 503 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 1: was if you see, this guy's running a top notch 504 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:29,000 Speaker 1: business and the tenant next door is running a dump 505 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 1: and the landlord doesn't give a damn, And I thought this, 506 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 1: it's gotta be seven one three, nine nine nine, one thousand,