1 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, Time, Luck and Load. Michael 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: Very Show is on the air. 3 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 2: It's Charlie from BlackBerry Smoke. 4 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:24,799 Speaker 3: I can feel a good when coming on. It's the 5 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 3: Michael Berry Show. 6 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 2: I have been hearing from a number of listeners with 7 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 2: concerns about backdoor gun regulation. Fact of the matter is, 8 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 2: gun regulation by Congress is unpopular. That's why they don't 9 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 2: pass laws. That's why they hide, that's why they campaign 10 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 2: on it. When they have control of the House, Senate, 11 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:53,319 Speaker 2: in the White House, they don't act aggressively like they 12 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 2: do with spending bills, for instance, because the public is 13 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 2: against it. I've said this for years before. There are 14 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 2: a lot of people out there that will let the 15 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 2: government tax them into bankruptcy without ever raising their voice. 16 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,279 Speaker 2: But you dare try to take their gun. They recognize that. 17 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 2: That is how they leave you helpless, and they want 18 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 2: you helpless for a reason. People get it, they understand 19 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 2: it well. One of the things I've been hearing from 20 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: a lot of listeners is concern and not just gun 21 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 2: shops and gun buyers and sellers, but concerns with regard 22 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 2: to credit card purchases and how this is sort of 23 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 2: a back doorway to de facto limit gun sales, and 24 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 2: it's very disturbing. So we went out and asked Sam Paratis, 25 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 2: California's executive director of Gun Owners of America, to join 26 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 2: us and explain to us and you exactly what's happening. 27 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 2: Sam take it away. 28 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 3: Well, Michael, you're absolutely correct. We have not only the 29 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 3: specter of the two pre eminent law enforcement agencies FBI 30 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 3: and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco on farms and Explosives 31 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 3: that are ginning up and creating laws that they have 32 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 3: no authority to do. We now have this effort with 33 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 3: the support of the anti gun movement and anti gun 34 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 3: members of the Congress, who have pushed the major banks 35 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 3: and the credit card suppliers to create this special number 36 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:30,519 Speaker 3: with the ISO, which is the international organization that establishes 37 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 3: categories to identify purchases with credit cards, and they are 38 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 3: giving a special tag to any purchases made by gun stores. 39 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,839 Speaker 3: That means that anything that you buy from a gun 40 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 3: store can actually be tracked, and the credit card agencies 41 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 3: can give this information to law enforcement or departments of 42 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 3: Justice at various states upon request in order for them 43 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 3: to have the ability to track the fact that you 44 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 3: are buying things at gun stores, and it really doesn't 45 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 3: matter if it's guns or animal or tents, or clothing 46 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 3: or shoes or dry light, food or backpacks, it doesn't matter. 47 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 3: They will identify any expenditure that you make at a 48 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 3: gun store and flag it. Number One, they can prevent 49 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 3: the sale from going through until they contact you or 50 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 3: you contact them in order to verify that this is 51 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 3: an approved expenditure, and you'll have to explain to them 52 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 3: what it is that. 53 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 2: You are buying. 54 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 3: Number two, they can send that information to the BATF 55 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 3: or the FBI for tracking. And number three, at the 56 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,119 Speaker 3: request of departments of justice, which we just heard here 57 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 3: in California, the Turns General is requesting that information from 58 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 3: credit card companies and banks so that they can track 59 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 3: people who are spending their dollars at gun stores. So 60 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 3: it doesn't matter if it's a four thousand dollars safe 61 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 3: you go into your buy a safe. Oh my goodness, 62 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 3: they think you might be buying a bunch of illicit 63 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 3: guns for evil purposes, and therefore they're going to stop 64 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 3: the transaction, put you on a list, and identify you 65 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:18,239 Speaker 3: as a possible future criminal. So it's it's hideous. Man. 66 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 2: Well, one thing people should be concerned about because a 67 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 2: number of our listeners over the years I've noticed with 68 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 2: stop and see it, with Fourth Amendment protections, I'll talk 69 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 2: about why you don't want just random checkpoints. You don't want, 70 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 2: you know, knock down your door to check in your 71 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 2: bedroom or in your bedside stand, and you know, rifle 72 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 2: and the Patriot Act and rifling through your bank transactions. 73 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 2: They have this idea, well, if you're not doing anything wrong, well, 74 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 2: the government accumulating harvesting your information. We have seen again 75 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 2: and again where they will use that toward nefarious ends. 76 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 2: And so you're protect is that they don't get it 77 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 2: in the first place. The problem here is it's a 78 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 2: non governmental entity. Visa MasterCard is MX. 79 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 3: Part of this, American Express is part of. 80 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 2: It, okay, And so the problem is is they're using 81 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 2: these third party individuals, these third party corporations to harvest 82 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 2: information that could then be used against people. I mean, 83 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 2: this is their gun tracking effectively, Michael. 84 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 3: You hit the nail on the head. They're trying to 85 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 3: be so sneaky about this, which is odious to use 86 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 3: these third party actors as the repository of the information 87 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:47,559 Speaker 3: for them. This way they can claim with their tongue 88 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 3: and their cheeks saying we're not keeping these databases, we 89 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 3: are not doing these registries, when in fact, because they 90 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 3: have total access to the registries that are collected by 91 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 3: the banks and the credit card companies, it is the 92 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 3: same thing. They can delve into those. It is like 93 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 3: it's like it's a terrible situation and they're lying through 94 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,679 Speaker 3: their teeth. They're making it seem like it's not something 95 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 3: that it really is. So we have plenty to be 96 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 3: concerned about if you don't want to be tracked. Let's 97 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 3: face it, the only purpose for registration is to eventually 98 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,840 Speaker 3: confiscate firearms. Registration people who have worked for atf and 99 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 3: FBI have said has never, rarely, if ever been successful 100 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 3: in helping them sell the crime. But it has been 101 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 3: used to confiscate guns. Here in the state of California, 102 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 3: on two separate occasions, gun registries were used to confiscate 103 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 3: guns from lawful citizens in the state of California who 104 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 3: were complying with the law, but the laws changed and 105 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 3: those registry systems were used to confiscate those guns. 106 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 2: It is the proverbial camel's nose under the timp, Sam Paraitis, 107 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 2: thanks for being our guests, sir, It's. 108 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 3: Always a pleasure. Michael, I look forward to being with 109 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 3: you again. Fellows. 110 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 2: You know that when the government says just the tip, 111 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 2: they don't mean just the tip. 112 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: There's more to like on Facebook, like the Michael Berry Show. 113 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 2: I received a mean and it's two stick figures. They're 114 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 2: both sitting on stools and one is gesturing like he's talking, 115 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 2: the other one is sitting kind of resigned like he 116 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 2: is listening. And the title of it is Being taught 117 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 2: to avoid talking about politics and religion has led to 118 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 2: a lack of understanding of politics and religion. What we 119 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 2: should have been taught was how to have a civil 120 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 2: conversation about a difficult topic. I'll read that again, being 121 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 2: taught to avoid talking about politics and religion. Think about 122 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 2: how many times in your life you've been told no, 123 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 2: two things. You don't talk about politics and religion. Why 124 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 2: the two of the most important things related to the 125 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 2: human condition. What else is there? Being taught to avoid 126 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 2: talking about politics and religion has led to a lack 127 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 2: of understanding of politics and religion. If we're uncomfortable talking 128 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 2: about those things, talking is how we express ourselves, which 129 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 2: forces us to structure our arguments. When people are uncomfortable 130 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 2: talking about something, it often means that they can't quite 131 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 2: process it. They can't figure out where to put it, 132 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 2: they can't figure out what they feel about it, They 133 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 2: can't begin to explain what their problem with it is, 134 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 2: what their opposition to it is, why it gives them 135 00:09:56,240 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 2: such discomfort. You should be able to explain them those things, 136 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 2: and if you cannot explain those things, there's a good 137 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 2: reason for it. If a conversation about that subject makes 138 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 2: you uncomfortable, that's a sign. Being taught to avoid talking 139 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 2: about politics and religion has led to a lack of 140 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 2: understanding of politics and religion. What we should have been 141 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 2: taught was how to have a civil conversation about a 142 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:44,439 Speaker 2: difficult topic. When we don't talk about things, we drive 143 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 2: them underground. You could put under politics and religion, you 144 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 2: could put race. Because people are very uncomfortable talking about race. 145 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 2: And my belief is that you should be able to 146 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 2: talk about race the way you talk about everything else. 147 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 2: And that is the reason you should have picked up 148 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 2: on this already. That is the reason why I inject 149 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 2: race into things in a very whimsical way, because it's 150 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 2: not taboo. It shouldn't scare you, it shouldn't frighten you. 151 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 2: It shouldn't be something that when you hear you immediately 152 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 2: look around both ways and who's going to lose their job, 153 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 2: who's going to get in trouble, who's going to be boycotted? 154 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 2: And that's what people do. In fact, some of you 155 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 2: do that. I've actually witnessed it with my own eyes. 156 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 2: In the middle of a conversation, I will say, for 157 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 2: no good reason, when they're just saying, so, this guy 158 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 2: walks into the restaurant, was he black? Well, why would 159 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 2: you ask that? Why does that upset you? If I 160 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:05,679 Speaker 2: had said is he tall? You wouldn't have panicked. If 161 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 2: I'd said is he right handed? You wouldn't have panicked 162 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 2: if I'd said was he wearing a coat? I'm asking 163 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 2: you to give me details about the person in the story. 164 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 2: That's how we tell a story. We set the time, 165 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 2: the place, the who, what where, We describe the person 166 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:39,239 Speaker 2: to paint a picture. If you read Himmingway talking about 167 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 2: the guy in the bar, as your narrator is walking 168 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 2: into the bar, he will describe not just that the 169 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 2: man is wearing glasses, but that they're pink, snaz or 170 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 2: however you pronounce it, glasses, And he may give you 171 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,839 Speaker 2: the color. He'll tell tell you whether they create an 172 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 2: oval effect on the eye. He doesn't just tell you 173 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 2: the guy's wearing a hat. He'll tell you how the 174 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 2: hat's sitting on his head. 175 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 3: He doesn't just. 176 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 2: Tell you that the guy's white. Will tell you whether 177 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 2: he's sunburned or whether he looks like he's worked on 178 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 2: a marina doc his entire life. He doesn't just tell 179 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 2: you what kind of clothes. He tells you how those 180 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 2: clothes are hanging. Do they look like thrift store clothes 181 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 2: or designer clothes? Are they well worn from that day 182 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 2: or did he pick them up off the floor. So 183 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 2: why is race a subject that is simply a descriptor 184 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 2: that makes people so uncomfortable? Well, there are people who 185 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 2: have taught you or scared you into believing that that's 186 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 2: a thing you have to pretend doesn't exist, which is 187 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 2: really stupid. If I walk into a group of black 188 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 2: guys and they say Mike be was up, and then 189 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 2: I leave, and somebody who doesn't know me comes out 190 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 2: of the bathroom and they go who were all talking to. 191 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 2: They wouldn't say a human being. Okay, well I saw 192 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 2: four people walk in which one were you all talking 193 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 2: to the person who was wearing a shirt. Okay, there 194 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 2: were four people wearing a shirt. They would say, you 195 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 2: know that white boy, you saw him. That's not a 196 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 2: bad thing. That doesn't offend me because it's true. And 197 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 2: that's how they separate me from the Asian guy, the 198 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 2: Hispanic guy, and the caveman that walked with him with 199 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 2: me who might have also been a white man, but 200 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 2: we're really not sure because some of those early civilizations, 201 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 2: you kid say, you know, I want to ask you 202 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 2: people to do yourself a favor right now and rock 203 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 2: somebody's world. 204 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 3: You know. 205 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 2: In conversation with people, I find that we devote a 206 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 2: lot of energy to consuming content, and we devote a 207 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 2: lot of energy to the internal conversation within our own 208 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 2: head of where we stand on issues and who we're 209 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 2: going to support and who we're against and how much 210 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 2: we're against them. Important, no doubt, important should be done, 211 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 2: and sadly a lot of people don't do it. But 212 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 2: we are getting diminishing returns at some point because we 213 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 2: are consuming what would appear to be the same swirl 214 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 2: of information from the same echo chamber day in and 215 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 2: day out, which leads to a sense of frustration that 216 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 2: nothing's being done, just not. But part of that becomes 217 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 2: if it's what I talk about sixteen hours a day, 218 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 2: all day, every day, and all I ever think about, 219 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 2: then even one day of talking about it is interminable 220 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 2: because it's all I'm talking about. You have to have 221 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 2: some level of balance to make it. Soldiers in war 222 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 2: don't fight the war in the minute the battle is over, 223 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 2: repaired to their tents and talk about the war. They 224 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 2: make music, They write letters home, they compose poetry. 225 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 3: They look at a. 226 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 2: Picture of their girl and pine for her in the 227 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 2: town they lived in. They send a letter to their 228 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 2: mom and tell her how much they loved her. They 229 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 2: might play cards and drink some whiskey. It's not because 230 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 2: the battle's not real and people aren't dying. It must 231 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 2: be won or we will lose. No, it's because of 232 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 2: the understanding that that is so all consuming that it 233 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 2: has to be turned off and recharged, and you have 234 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 2: to have a diversion from that engagement and a lot 235 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 2: of our And you know why you don't have a 236 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 2: diversion because the radio and the website and the TV 237 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 2: station can't afford for you to have a diversion. They 238 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 2: need to keep you plugged in the whole time. They 239 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 2: need to keep you so plugged in that you're worn down. 240 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 2: This trickle battery is catching on fire and not good. 241 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 2: It's overheating, burning everything down. So what do you do? 242 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 2: What do you do to find meaning in your day? 243 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 2: What do you do that at the end of it 244 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 2: you say, I did that? Ah yeah, because watching television news, 245 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 2: reading the websites of the headlines, that does not leave 246 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 2: you with a fear of fulfillment, satisfaction, completion, and accomplishment. 247 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 2: It may be necessary, but he does not do that. 248 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 2: So let me challenge you to find one thing today 249 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 2: that will leave you with that Philly example. There's a 250 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 2: business that you support, maybe a restaurant, may not. Maybe 251 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 2: a little distribution company, maybe a tire company or an 252 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 2: oil change company, or a muffler shop. But it's locally 253 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 2: owned and the owner is there on site, and you 254 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 2: like the service they provide or the product they build 255 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:44,160 Speaker 2: for the few who still do Or maybe it's dun 256 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:49,120 Speaker 2: fence company, or maybe it's the people who cut your grass. 257 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,679 Speaker 2: Or maybe it's the people who painted your home or 258 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 2: the guy who takes care of your car. But it 259 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 2: could be a burger joint, could be a beer joint, 260 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 2: it could be most any small business you can imagine. 261 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 2: The point is not the product of the service. The 262 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 2: point is that their biggest challenge is getting enough people 263 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 2: in to serve and enough good employees to keep the 264 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 2: business afloat. And it's so much harder than you think. 265 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 2: You would be shocked what a difference you could make 266 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 2: if you go in and spend a dollar. Secondly, if 267 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 2: you ask the owners, Hey, what can I do to 268 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 2: help you? Guys? I want to spread the word. You 269 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 2: guys are wonderful. I wish more people knew about you. 270 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 2: You got a Facebook page, put up a post, simple 271 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 2: quick post. I had a great experience at this restaurant. 272 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 2: I encourage you to try it out. Now, go the 273 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 2: extra mile and you'll get a lot more bang for 274 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 2: your buck. Give the address, the cross street, the phone number, 275 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 2: and who to ask for because if somebody has the 276 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 2: more layers you put into getting someone to do what 277 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,360 Speaker 2: you want them to do, the less likely you will 278 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,160 Speaker 2: accomplish getting them to do what you wanted them to do. 279 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 2: If someone sends me, hey, you ought to watch this movie. 280 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 2: If when I'm flipping through movie ideas, that movie comes 281 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 2: up on the screen and I can hit play, then 282 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 2: I will. But I'm not going to go do the 283 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 2: research on all the movies that are just the name 284 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 2: of a movie. Why would I? But if you tell 285 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:33,199 Speaker 2: what the movie's about, might catch my interest. If you 286 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 2: tell what the movie is about and put a link 287 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 2: to it, you're increasing the chances. I see salesmen do this. 288 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 2: I see people do this all day every day. Hey, 289 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 2: would you this was a great one. Hey, would you 290 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 2: mind calling my dad in having him on the show, 291 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 2: because this is his interesting thing that he did in 292 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,199 Speaker 2: his life, and I think you would be fascinated by it. 293 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 2: Why not include his phone number and his name so 294 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 2: I can go look it up. Because people are lazy 295 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 2: or thoughtless. If your life depended on that business that 296 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 2: you've decided to show favor to today, then you would 297 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 2: do more than just post or tell one person he 298 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 2: was so and so Bob's down the corner is pretty good. 299 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,199 Speaker 2: You would drive them there yourself, just like we do 300 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 2: for elections. That's how candidates win election. I tell you this, 301 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 2: if you've ever been involved with a campaign. It ain't 302 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,679 Speaker 2: going to war, not even one one million of it. 303 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 2: But there is after the election a certain serotonin drop. 304 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 2: There is almost a sadness, a sense of loss, because 305 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 2: campaigns are all consuming, they're exciting, you're engaged in a battle. 306 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 2: Can't tell you how many warriors have told me that 307 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 2: they come back when a campaign is over, people who've 308 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 2: been in it, especially if you win. There's a sense 309 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 2: of exhaustion because now the race is running. But there's 310 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,920 Speaker 2: almost a sadness because when you're in the middle of 311 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 2: a campaign, you wake up thinking about it and go 312 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 2: to sleep thinking about it. Your mind doesn't stray. You 313 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:23,880 Speaker 2: are so locked in, you feel so alive. What if 314 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 2: you were to take that mentality today and say, you 315 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 2: know what I'm gonna do. I've got a grandson. I'm 316 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 2: eighty two years old. I might not be here in 317 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 2: a year or five. When my grandson is older. I 318 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,400 Speaker 2: want him to know how much his papau loved him, 319 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 2: or his Mamma loved him. I'm going to sit down 320 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 2: right now while he's in school. I'm gonna write him 321 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,880 Speaker 2: a letter that I'm going to present to him, and 322 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,680 Speaker 2: I'm going to ask his mom if I can pick 323 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:53,959 Speaker 2: him up at three, and I'm going to take him fishing, 324 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 2: and I'm gonna have the food ready and the whole deal. 325 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 2: Or I'm going to take him to the arcade, or 326 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 2: I'm going to take him to the BMX, bite whatever 327 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 2: he would love, and go make a memory. You will 328 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 2: never regret. 329 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: That you did the. 330 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 2: You've all heard of the reference to the slippery slope, right. 331 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 2: I was ready to report yesterday in a medical journal 332 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 2: that said that cigarettes are a gateway to the more 333 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 2: powerful drugs, and it's not. There are lots of There's 334 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 2: been lots of study of this over the years. But 335 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,919 Speaker 2: one of the reasons they find that to be the case, 336 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, not cigarettes marijuana is that it opens up 337 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 2: receptors to addiction. Now I don't believe that marijuana should 338 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,199 Speaker 2: be illegal. You're free to disagree with me. You're free 339 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 2: to think I'm a horrible person. That's fine, and you're 340 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 2: free to think, well, the only thing is that because 341 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 2: he's a user, I'm not a user. I have tried it, 342 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 2: but it didn't do anything for me. I do like 343 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 2: bourbon and wine and beer, and there was a time 344 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 2: that the same mindset was in effect. With that, we 345 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 2: had prohibition in this country, might I remind you, And 346 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 2: it did not end well. In fact, our government, this 347 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 2: same United States government, during prohibition, one of their ways 348 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 2: to get people to stop drinking, which they couldn't seem 349 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 2: to be able to do, was they sent out poisoned 350 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 2: alcohol so that when people would consume the alcohol, they 351 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 2: would die. And that was supposed to spread fear in 352 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,679 Speaker 2: the land that I don't want to drink that alcohol 353 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 2: or I'll die. But it didn't work. But the government 354 00:24:54,920 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 2: murdered people for their purposes. Wow, was that precursor? Was 355 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 2: that that should have been our wake up call to 356 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 2: stop trusting a government. And that was one hundred years ago. 357 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:14,120 Speaker 2: The only thing that came out of that prohibition was NASCAR. 358 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,400 Speaker 2: The mafia was more powerful than ever. You see, when 359 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,439 Speaker 2: people want something bad enough, they'll go underground to get it. 360 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 2: You can't just say, can't just by legislative FIATCE say 361 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 2: not going to happen. But I have to ask you. 362 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 2: You know, when we talk about the slippery slopes of arguments, 363 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 2: if I were to ask you, let's take the pandemic, 364 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:49,400 Speaker 2: what more could our government have done to punish us. 365 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 2: What more tyranny could they have visited upon us than 366 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 2: they did if we started with them doing nothing? How 367 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 2: far from there to the worst thing you can imagine 368 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 2: did we get? In Australia they locked people into prisons. 369 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 2: In China, they literally fastened the doors closed. You could 370 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 2: not escape. Can you imagine how claustrophobic you had to feel. 371 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 2: Can you imagine how mad you would have to go 372 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:25,360 Speaker 2: in that rubber room. That's a torture palace. That's awful. 373 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:29,199 Speaker 2: Our government may not have gone that far, but they 374 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 2: went pretty damn far. Do you remember the moms that 375 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 2: were out in the park because they lived in tiny 376 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 2: apartments and their kids were stir crazy, and the moms 377 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 2: needed a moment. These kids needed some fresh air, and 378 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 2: they took them out and they arrested them in front 379 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,719 Speaker 2: of their children, mothers and fathers in front of their children. 380 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 2: You wouldn't believe that would happen in this country, but 381 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:58,120 Speaker 2: it did. Go Look up the Tuskegee syphilis study. It's 382 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:01,880 Speaker 2: a wonder black people trust the government to this day. 383 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 2: Go look at what they did to black people so 384 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 2: they could study syphilis, treating them like mice, like animals. 385 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 2: How quickly people have forgotten what our government has done 386 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 2: where our government has lied. Was fdr In any way 387 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:28,199 Speaker 2: aware ahead of time or more of Pearl Harbor? I 388 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 2: don't know, but I'll tell you the people who said 389 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 2: that he was and allowed it to happen, because that 390 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 2: inspired the action that inspired us to get into the war, 391 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 2: that dragged us into the war. This idea of provoking 392 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 2: a clash, a shooting, a riot, a murder, this is 393 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 2: not new. You remember the little white punk in South 394 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 2: Carolina that went into a prayer group and as the 395 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 2: members of the church were holding his hand to pray 396 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 2: over him, he pulls out his gun and shoots all 397 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 2: of them. Do you remember why he did it? He 398 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:18,199 Speaker 2: wanted to incite a race riot. The blacks would be 399 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:24,439 Speaker 2: so angry over this that they'd start killing white people. So, 400 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:32,120 Speaker 2: if you were the devil, what would you do that's 401 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 2: not currently being done? I send it to the Great 402 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 2: Paul Harvey. 403 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 4: If I were the devil, If I were the devil, 404 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 4: if I were the prince of darkness, I'd want to 405 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 4: inbuil up the whole world in darkness, and I'd have 406 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 4: a third of its real estate and four bits of 407 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 4: its population. But I wouldn't be happy until I have 408 00:28:55,120 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 4: seized the ripest apple on the tree. The so I 409 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 4: set about, however necessary, to take over the United States. 410 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 4: I'd subvert the churches first. I'd begin with a campaign 411 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 4: of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent, I would 412 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 4: whisper to you as I whispered to Eve, do as 413 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 4: you please. To the young, I would whisper that the 414 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 4: Bible is a myth. I would convince them that man 415 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 4: created God instead of the other way around. I would 416 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 4: confide that what's bad is good, and what's good is square, 417 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 4: and the old I would teach to pray after me 418 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 4: our father, which aren't in Washington. And then I'd get organized. 419 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 4: I'd educate authors in how to make the lowrid literature exciting, 420 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 4: so that anything else would appear dull and noninteresting. I'd 421 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 4: threatened TV with dirtier movies, and vice versa. I peddle 422 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 4: narcotics to whom I could. I'd sell alcohol to ladies 423 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 4: and gentlemen of distinction. I tranquilize the rest with pills. 424 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,719 Speaker 4: If I were the devil, I'd soon have families at 425 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 4: war with themselves, churches at war with themselves, and nations 426 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 4: at war with themselves until each in its turn was consumed, 427 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 4: and with promises of higher ratings. I'd have mesmerizing media 428 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 4: fanning the flames. If I were the devil, I would 429 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:20,360 Speaker 4: encourage schools to refine young intellects, but neglect to discipline emotions, 430 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 4: just let those run wild until before you knew it. 431 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,959 Speaker 4: You'd have to have drug snipping dogs and metal detectors 432 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 4: at every school house door. Within a decade, i'd have 433 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 4: prisons overflowing. I'd have judges promoting pornography. Soon I could 434 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 4: evict God from the courthouse, then from the schoolhouse, and 435 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 4: then from the houses of Congress and in his own churches. 436 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:48,640 Speaker 4: I would substitute psychology for religion and deify science. I 437 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 4: would lure priests and pastures into misusing boys and girls 438 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 4: and church money. If I were the devil, I'd make 439 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 4: the symbol of Easter an egg, and the symbol of 440 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 4: Christmas a bottle. If I were the devil, I'd take 441 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 4: from those who have and give to those who wanted, 442 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 4: until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. 443 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 2: What will you bet? 444 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 4: I couldn't get whole states to promote gambling as the 445 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 4: way to get rich, I would caution against extremes in 446 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:28,479 Speaker 4: hard work, in patriotism, in moral conduct. I would convince 447 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 4: the young that marriage is old fashion, that swinging is 448 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 4: more fun, that what you see on TV is the 449 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 4: way to be. And thus I could undress you in public, 450 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 4: and I could lure you into bed with diseases for 451 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:50,880 Speaker 4: which there is no cure. In other words, if I 452 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:52,959 Speaker 4: were the devil, I'd just keep right on doing what 453 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 4: he's doing.