1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: It's that time time, time, luck and load. So Michael 2 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: Varry Show is on the air. 3 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 2: See your fixture offers. 4 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:51,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, okay, whoa beautiful gosh couldn't look any better 5 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: in my opinion. 6 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: Hey guys, finally went to see your house. 7 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 3: Okay, I will. 8 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 4: Look at these United States reminds us that history is 9 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 4: always being made with Morocco. We're off to the People's House. 10 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 4: The White House now under construction, a project swirling in controversy. 11 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 2: More likely, this is part of what Donald Trump has 12 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 2: been doing since day one of his presidency, running the 13 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 2: largest pay to play scheme in the history of the country, 14 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 2: and probably soliciting donations from people who've got business before 15 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 2: the United States government. And all of this is going 16 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 2: to have to be investigated. 17 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: It will. 18 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 2: All of this will have to be uncovered. It will, 19 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 2: and these people are going to be held accountable. And 20 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 2: that's all warning to all of these people participating in 21 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: the scheming to manipulate taxpayer dollars and of course to 22 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: destroy the People's House. The White House belongs to the 23 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 2: American people. It doesn't belong to Donald Troup. 24 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 5: Its house. 25 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 6: East and west wings were added in nineteen oh two, 26 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 6: Seven years later, the rotand William Howard Taft added the 27 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 6: Oval Office. By nineteen forty eight, the White House was 28 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 6: in danger of collapsing. It would have been cheaper to 29 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 6: level the place and rebuild it, but President Harry Truman 30 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 6: decided that preserving the exterior walls was crucial to the 31 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 6: country's sense of continuity. A blown up White House is 32 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 6: only okay in the movies. Instead, the interior was entirely gutted. 33 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 6: Truman also added a balcony, an alteration which provoked an outcry. 34 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 7: The East Wing, which importantly is not part of the 35 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 7: White House. It is not part of the residence. It 36 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 7: was a cheaply built add on structure in the mid 37 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 7: twentieth century which houses offices, is not a residence. Nobody 38 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 7: lives there, is badly in need of refurbishment, repair, and renovation. 39 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: The White House also. 40 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 7: Desperately needs, and has long needed, a place to hold 41 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 7: large events for Americans, for visitors, for visiting delegations, befitting 42 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 7: the greatest nation in the world. 43 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 5: In these. 44 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: There was a proof that is often misattributed to Ben Franklin. 45 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: He didn't say it, Alexander Fraser Tyler did. I don't 46 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: know that the source is so important. What is important 47 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: is the statement itself. When you think of what's happening 48 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: in let's say New York right now, where Zorn Mundani 49 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: is promising free buses, free healthcare, free childcare, free housing, 50 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: and almost anything else. Whatever you want free, he says, 51 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: he'll give it. I want you to. In that context, 52 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: consider this quotation. A democracy cannot exist as a permanent 53 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: form of government. It can only exist until the voters 54 00:04:52,600 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. 55 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 1: From that moment on, the majority always votes for the 56 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: candidates promising the most benefits from from the public treasury, 57 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose 58 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: fiscal policy, always followed by dictatorship. The average age of 59 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years. These 60 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: nations have progressed through this sequence, from bondage to spiritual faith, 61 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, 62 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness 63 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back into bondage. 64 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: Sound familiar. Where do you think we are in that 65 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: process when you're running against a candidate who's promising things 66 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: to be free, and you look to the people and 67 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: you say, we simply cannot afford that. You have to 68 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 1: rely on an electorate to say, you're right, I would 69 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: love free things, but that's irresponsible. We can't afford that 70 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: the system will collapse. But what if you say that 71 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: to people and they say, now, oh, he can do it. 72 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: He can take it from all the rich people. And 73 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: that's why two nights ago you had a rally where 74 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: the governor Kathy Hockel in aoc and Bernie Sanders and 75 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: Kamim Mamdani were speaking, and the people began chanting, tack 76 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: the rich, tax the rich, take what they have and 77 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,559 Speaker 1: give it to us. But I don't think they really 78 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: care what the source of the money is. They want 79 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: the free stuff. Wouldn't that be great? Just free stuff 80 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: all the time. We'll all get free stuff, all the 81 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: free stuff we want, as often as we want, and 82 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: more of it more often. The idea of tying it 83 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: to a revenue stream, they don't really even care about that. 84 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: They don't care where you get it, bankrupt the city, 85 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: borrow it, sell some stuff, doesn't matter, just give me 86 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: free stuff. So why do they say tax the rich, 87 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: Because that's a separate portion of their brain that is 88 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: jealous of the decisions other people make. You Ever notice 89 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: how often some guys toick a gun in somebody's face 90 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: to steal their stuff and just for good measure, shoot 91 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: them as they're leaving. They didn't need to do that. 92 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: They hate that person. They hate that person's calm and 93 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: resolve and saving and diligence and industriousness. 94 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 7: That's what we're witnessing liberal tears secause I didn't get 95 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 7: a single time. 96 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: Five start here that our country is failing you today. 97 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 3: Invest in Kleenex, ladies and gentlemen, and this is the 98 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 3: Michael Berry Show. 99 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: I Ah, there's an interesting thing at play if you 100 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: watch closely and you've been around and you've paid attention. 101 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: The Houston Chronicle trumpeted the glory of Lenna Hidalgo in 102 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen when she was swept in the last year 103 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 1: you had straight party voting, nobody knew who Lena Hidalgo was. 104 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: I had Democrats calling me the next morning asking me 105 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: who is Lena Hidalgo after she had won, because they 106 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: figured I must have been covering the race. I must know, 107 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: I said, you're candidate for county judge. I know, but 108 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: nobody knows who she is. Somebody knew because there was 109 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: an old white guy who filed a run in one 110 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: of those chihatic efforts where a Democrat runs in a 111 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: race where Republicans always win, just to be on the ballot. 112 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 1: You'll see those candidates. Used to be a guy named 113 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: Sam Houston. I think he was actually really named I 114 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: think his real name was like Abud Abud Ali Abud 115 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: or something, but he had changed his name to something 116 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 1: like Sam by God Alamo Houston or something, and he'd 117 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: be on the ballot a lot. You'll see these people 118 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: who do this. They're just kind of perennial candidates. They 119 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: throw their name in there. They'll go of the debates, 120 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: maybe even raise a couple hundred dollars, put it in 121 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: their own back pocket, get some signs printed, and they're 122 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: always a candidate for office. They don't have anything else 123 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: to do. There were seven candidates in my first city 124 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: council racing. Two of them were those kinds of people, 125 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: and we would have debates, and you don't eat at 126 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: the debate. You're in the debate but they were just 127 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 1: happy to get a free meal because you know, they 128 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: were debating, and they'd spill food on their shirt. It 129 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: didn't matter. They weren't going to win anyway. They were 130 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,319 Speaker 1: having so much fun. There were no nerves for them 131 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: because they had no chance of winning anyway. They were 132 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: just excited to get a free meal. And they'd get 133 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: to get up and talk for a little while and 134 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: people would pretend to listen. So that was Lena hid allgo, 135 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 1: or that was the old white guy. And then the 136 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: old white guy steps out and Lina is replaced. Who 137 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 1: do you think did that? And the old white guy 138 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: ended up being attached to Lena. There are allegations that 139 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: funds changed hands. There wouldn't have to be a primary, 140 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: not for me to know. I don't know's telling you 141 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: there are allegations out there, and Lena wins, and all 142 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: of a sudden, Rodney's got his girl in. And at 143 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: that point, with Adrian Garcia already in the precinct in 144 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 1: the southeast, in Rodney ellis in his precinct, and now 145 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: they had a three to two majority because ed Emmett 146 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: isn't the county judge any longer, So now they had 147 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: a three to two. Rodney used the three to two 148 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:35,359 Speaker 1: to take over the control of the redistricting. He redistricted 149 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,679 Speaker 1: Cactus Jack Kegel out and made it four to one, 150 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: and he had complete hegemony, dominance over the county's finances everything. 151 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 1: So then then in twenty twenty two, they stole that 152 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: election from Alex Meeler. There's no doubt they stole that election. 153 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: You saw it. I saw it. They didn't send ballots out. Remember, 154 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: first they had Chas Bono that they hired to be 155 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: the election commissioner, and even she in the Democrat primary 156 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: was so bad that they ran her off after they 157 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 1: paid her dearly. And then they brought in Clifford Tatum. Oh, 158 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: Clifford Tatum. Clifford Tatum can't conjugate the beaver, but by God, 159 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: he can commit the crime he's supposed to commit. And 160 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: he did, and they cheated in the election, and that 161 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: was that. And then he took his pay out and 162 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: he moved on down the road, and Rodney had his 163 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: county judge for four more years. Well, the Houston Chronicle 164 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 1: the whole time could not write enough stories. Oh my god, 165 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: we've got a woman for county judge. Who's a Latina 166 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: who speaks Spanish, who's an immigrant. It's glorious. She's Ava Perone, 167 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: She's Maria Antoinette, She's Cleopatra, she's all of them bundled 168 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 1: up into one. She's our very own AOC and we 169 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: love her. Oh did they ever write the stories on 170 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: Lena had Algo? She was great, But somewhere along the way, 171 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: with twenty twenty six approaching, Rodney got worried. She's becoming 172 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: a problem. She's becoming a real problem. There are rumors 173 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:29,319 Speaker 1: about her marriage, there are rumors about her mental health. 174 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: She's been institutionalized. People started saying, I don't think you 175 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 1: can cheat your way out of this one. So Rodney 176 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 1: starts the delicate process of figuring out how to replace her, 177 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: and then anice porker pops in. And these porkers very 178 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: popular among a certain segment of the Democrat constituency. That's 179 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 1: not Rodney's segment, it's a different segment. So Rodney made 180 00:13:57,679 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 1: his deal with her. She came and kissed the ring. 181 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,599 Speaker 1: He made his deal with her, and they will coexist 182 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: and he would ease Lena out. Leslie brione Is and 183 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,679 Speaker 1: Adrian Garcia. During all this time start bowing up to her. 184 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 1: Remember this right, Well, now the Houston Chronicle is filing 185 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: Freedom of Information Act requests on Lena, which is really weird. Right, 186 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: So they checked ahead of her junket to Paris. Remember 187 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: that she tried to get all that money go to 188 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: Paris who want to take a posse? And then even 189 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: her own Democrats wouldn't give it to her. On her 190 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: junket to Paris ahead of time, her staffers asked chat GPT. 191 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: This has now become public questions like does Paris experience 192 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: natural disasters other than transportation? What can Paris learn from Houston? 193 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: Think big chat GPT That was in the query? Does 194 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: Paris or Francis have any issues with their power grid? 195 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: How long was Paris's longest power outage? She's going in 196 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: and asking the most basic questions before her visit to 197 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: Paris in preparation for representing what us? Do you remember 198 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: when La Camma Dante was overwhelmed by just ordering off 199 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: the French menu? 200 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 8: Hello, la com madaunt, Might I interest you in our 201 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 8: extensive wine list? Perhaps Merleaux chardonnay sauvignon, Perhaps pare the 202 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 8: wine with our Caviado ergin. 203 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: I am feeling very overwhelmed right now. So I'm going 204 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: to go to the bathroom, and when I come back, 205 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: I hope that you guys will respect my mental balance. 206 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 1: Oh jive, is this American now? Bon voyage Dora the Explorer? 207 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: I read that and it was not may go. 208 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 9: Well, yes, we can't tell by the flush. 209 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 3: True Texas original, true national treasure. 210 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: Don't messing around with This is the Michael Arry Show, 211 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: Washington Houston Chronicles coverage of Looney Lena. Nowadays, it's very 212 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: similar to Jake Tapper writing the book ten minutes after 213 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: Joe Biden left the White House about Hey, y'all won't 214 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: believe this. Biden wasn't all there, and they apparently all 215 00:16:54,680 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: knew it. They lied to us, They duped us. We 216 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: were trying to do our jobs, and they all told 217 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:12,199 Speaker 1: us we were only guilty of being too kind and 218 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: trust in them, but they lied to us. Let me 219 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:20,239 Speaker 1: tell y'all how bad it was. Y'all won't believe this. 220 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: But apparently he couldn't walk upstairs, he'd fall over. Yeah, 221 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: we we actually all saw that, Jack. We watched him 222 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: fall again and again and again. Well, do you know 223 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 1: that he got on his bicycle and he fell over. Yeah, 224 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: we we saw that also, and we commented about it 225 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 1: at the time that you didn't Well, are you aware 226 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 1: that he would walk across the stage where he was 227 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: supposed to be speaking and he'd walk walk to the 228 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 1: wrong area where there was anybody. Yeah, yeah, we saw 229 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 1: that too. You you just chose to pretend it didn't happen. 230 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 1: Are you aware that they put a secret Service agent 231 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: in the Easter Bunny because they wanted him. They wanted 232 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: to roll him out with the egg roll and they 233 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 1: were worried he'd get in there and start doing the 234 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: robot and wander off the reservation. Yeah, yeah, we were 235 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: aware of that too. Well. Are you aware that he 236 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: didn't sign all those pardons? It was an auto pin yep. Yeah, 237 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: we were saying that at the time. In fact, remember 238 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty when Laura Trump said that there are 239 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 1: real questions about Joe Biden's mental condition, and you said, 240 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 1: we will not say that. That is not fair to say, 241 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: and you insisted she stopped speaking about it. Are you 242 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,360 Speaker 1: in the interview? Remember that now you're writing the tell 243 00:18:56,359 --> 00:19:00,439 Speaker 1: All book about it. Well, that's what the Houston is 244 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: doing now. Houston Chronicle is very eager to get ahead 245 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: of this so that Houstonians think, oh, you know, that's 246 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: really brave, brave and stunning, brave and stunning, Houston Chronicle. 247 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: They're criticizing Lena Hidalgo. That's what good journalists do, except 248 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: that's not what they've done. For seven years. They have 249 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:31,400 Speaker 1: covered for Lena in every way possible. Do you want 250 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: to know why? Because Rodney told them to? Now, why 251 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,360 Speaker 1: would I say that Rodney can control the Houston Chronicle. 252 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: Rodney's bike riding buddy is the immediate past publisher of 253 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 1: the Houston Chronicle and still has a great deal of 254 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: influence there. Or did there was a break with him 255 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 1: Richard Cohens's name. It was a break with him, and 256 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: that's why they endorsed Alex Mihler and not Lena Hidalgo. 257 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 1: But they still continue to write nice stories. They didn't 258 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: do it an complete about face. It was shocking when they 259 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: endorsed Meheler and not Hidalgo. But there was an internal issue. 260 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: I can't tell you what that issue was because it 261 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 1: can't burn my sources. And sometimes it's not that important. 262 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,199 Speaker 1: It details not that important, and it's more important to 263 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: retain a source, so just trust me. When Meehler was 264 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:40,479 Speaker 1: endorsed instead of Hidalgo, it was a shock to everyone 265 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: except for Rodney. Well. When Rodney made the decision to 266 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: ease Lena out. This becomes pallace Injurgue on a level 267 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: that's worthy of a good Netflix special because in the 268 00:20:55,880 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 1: king's court and Rodney's the king, you've got the interesting 269 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: situation that there are people who have knowledge of the 270 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 1: crimes that were allegedly committed that now you have to 271 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 1: get crossways with, but you don't want an out and 272 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: out battle. For instance, you'll remember that Rodney was accused 273 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 1: and even brought before a grand jury twice of housing 274 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: African art of questionable but supposed high value in a 275 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: storage warehouse that belonged to the county without telling anyone 276 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 1: about it, in violation of every state contracting law, state 277 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 1: and county contracting law. When it was discovered, I was 278 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: told by a high ranking official law enforcement in the 279 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: area at the time that Rodney would go to prison 280 00:21:55,520 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 1: for it, and in fact, that investigation proceeded to pace 281 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 1: until all of a sudden it didn't, And there were 282 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: lots of questions within law enforcement in this region as 283 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 1: to who made the call to make it stop? Had 284 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: it been the president? Who? Had it been? This was 285 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: very very odd. No one was allowed to ask the 286 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: question any longer. But the way that story came out 287 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: was that one of the guys that Rodney was associated 288 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 1: with It's all in nefarious group was a very sketchy 289 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: Nigerian guy who had lots of different holdings and very 290 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: sketchy stuff. And when he went through a divorce, his 291 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 1: wife said, you ever seeing that Chris Rock bit where 292 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: the guy gets pulled over. Chris Rock is the guy 293 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: and there's the woman in there. The guy gets pulled 294 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 1: over and she goes, he's mugging dope. He's smugging out 295 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 1: because they've been fighting. He's mugging dope right now and 296 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: the officer looks at him and the guys I'm finished. 297 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:02,239 Speaker 1: And it was about you know, you don't want you want, 298 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 1: you don't want to fight with ther woman right before 299 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: the cop pulls you over. So that guy's wife filed 300 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: a series of motions to reveal the presence of all 301 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:18,159 Speaker 1: of this art, which she was entitled to, and the 302 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: reason she did that is the guy hadn't claimed it. 303 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: So there's all this art that has no obvious owner 304 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 1: by title because none of them are paying for it. 305 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: How'd you get it back from Africa? Was it legal? 306 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: Who paid for it? We know who was housing it, 307 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: Rodney Ellis. So it was all very This was this 308 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: was one of many schemes that I think if people 309 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 1: ever realized, you'd recognize what a boss Rodney Elyisi is. 310 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: I mean he is an out and out crime boss 311 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: in this region. He is carrying out in broad daylight 312 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: a level of scandal. I mean, you just take a 313 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,959 Speaker 1: couple of data points. They stole the twenty twenty two 314 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 1: election right before our very eyes. They just didn't send 315 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 1: ballots on the last day, just didn't send ballots. It's 316 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 1: not hard at all to figure out who hasn't voted. Well, 317 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: what they saw was the West Side was holding their 318 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 1: votes till the last day. I beg people not to 319 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 1: do this, but you know they all know better than me. 320 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: Everybody loves to wait till the last day because if 321 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: you wait till the last day, they can't out cheat 322 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: you if they don't know how many ballots have been cast. 323 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: And I've said for years, yeah, but what if it 324 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 1: rains or what if they closed the facility. What if 325 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: they fake a It's not hard to call in a 326 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:51,919 Speaker 1: bomb threat, real easy. Just call in bomb threats at 327 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 1: the five of precincts where Republicans are voting and shut 328 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: them down. That's a whole lot easier than fake voting. 329 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: Make them go the extra mile. But anyway, so now 330 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: that Rodney has said Lena is out, the Houston Chronicle 331 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: is writing negative stuff about her. Is this fun? 332 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:10,439 Speaker 10: Juicy? 333 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 1: Super chef Michael Barry I got a message from Petra 334 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: this morning. New clients just closed sixty three and fifty 335 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: year old husband and wife in magnolia. I said, sixty 336 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: three and fifty nine, you're going, young, Petrow. We hadn't 337 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,360 Speaker 1: had anybody less than seventy in a minute, It's been 338 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: a while. Yeah. The Houston Avenue bridge at I ten 339 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:56,400 Speaker 1: in the Heights keeps getting hit by trucks this year alone. 340 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 1: How many times would you guess the bridge is been 341 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: hit by a truck ramon. Let's see, we're at the 342 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: end of October, so we got sixty days lest we're 343 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: about three hundred days into the year. Every time a 344 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: truck hits the bridge, tech dot has to send out inspectors. 345 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: Closed down I ten so they can assess the structure's safety. 346 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:23,880 Speaker 1: How many times would you guess the Houston Avenue bridge 347 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,479 Speaker 1: at I ten in the Heights has been hit by 348 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 1: a truck passing presumably underneath. Twelve times would be a 349 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: little low, a little bit low. Twenty is still a 350 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 1: little bit low. But imagine that twenty would mean that 351 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 1: one out of every fifteen days the bridge is hit 352 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 1: and IEN has to be shut down. Okay, not twenty. 353 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 1: Thirty is still a little low. That would mean every 354 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: ten days a little more than once a week. Are 355 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,640 Speaker 1: a little less than once a week, so a few 356 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: more days just over every week. In a few days, 357 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: IEN has to be shut down as inspectors come out 358 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: at a cost of four hundred one thousand dollars for 359 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: the year to do an inspection check and make sure 360 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: the bridge is not going to collapse because the truck 361 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: has hit it. Thirty is still a little low. That 362 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 1: would be one every ten days. Forty five is still 363 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 1: a little low. Yeah, yeah, forty five would be once 364 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: every week. Okay, still a little more often than once 365 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: a week. We have to shut down I ten so 366 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 1: that inspectors can come out and check because the Houston 367 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:53,640 Speaker 1: Avenue bridge has been hit by truck. Fifty five still 368 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 1: a little low. Sixty is still a little load. That 369 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 1: would mean once every three and a half days that happens. 370 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:07,680 Speaker 1: Now it was six times your original guests. Seventy two 371 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 1: times this year alone, seventy two times the bridge has 372 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: been hit. This is the sort of thing that in 373 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: a private company. You know, if Bob came in once 374 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: a year, hungover, stumbled into the office, fell into the copier, 375 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 1: reached up and grabbed the coffee machine and shattered it, 376 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 1: you'd go, all right, Bob, go home, sleep it off, 377 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: come back tomorrow, and let's knock this off. So he would, 378 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 1: and probably by the second, certainly by the third year 379 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 1: of doing this once a year, you'd fire Bob because 380 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 1: this absurd behavior. Right, But if Bob did this twice 381 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: a week, who I know, all right, honey, I gotta go. 382 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: I'm walking into the office. I don't know if Bob 383 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:16,240 Speaker 1: came in and shattered the glass, ripped my computer out 384 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 1: of the wall, clogged the toilets, you know, you just 385 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: never know. This happens every other day. It's a crazy thing. 386 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 1: Old Bob, you would you would do something about this, right, 387 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: KPRC TV with the story. 388 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 10: Tex Dot calls it one of Houston's most frequently struck bridges, 389 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 10: The Houston Avenue Bridge over nineten. Their monitoring system recorded 390 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 10: seventy two strikes so far in twenty twenty five. The 391 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 10: bridge was last hit on October fifth, Before that, September eighth, 392 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 10: and earlier this year, it was struck on May six. 393 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 10: Every time a truck hits this bridge, the cost to 394 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 10: fix it adds up, and Texans are footing the bill. 395 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:08,240 Speaker 10: Text Dot says that the cost of repairs and inspections 396 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 10: this year alone tops more than four hundred thousand dollars, 397 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 10: including seventy two thousand dollars in house labor and three 398 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 10: hundred and twenty eight thousand dollars and contracted work. The 399 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 10: bridge stands just fourteen feet three inches high, meaning anything 400 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 10: taller needs a special permit. Tex Dot says every strike 401 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,760 Speaker 10: triggers an immediate inspection, and those inspections can shut down 402 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 10: the freeway for up to two hours. Tex Dot says 403 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 10: many of the truckers responsible we're hauling oversized loads without 404 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 10: the required permits or ignored designated routes to take shortcuts 405 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:51,560 Speaker 10: to prevent crashes. The bridge is equipped with three oversized 406 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:56,320 Speaker 10: load detection systems that flat warnings when tall trucks approach, 407 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 10: but not everyone listens on paper. The Houston app New 408 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 10: bridge passes the safety test, but it fails the height 409 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 10: test big time. Text Dot engineers rated its clearance a 410 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:12,520 Speaker 10: two out of nine, the lower score possible, calling it intolerable. 411 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 10: The Houston Avenue Bridge is set to come down in 412 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 10: twenty twenty seven. Until then, Cruz say they'll keep a 413 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 10: close eye every time a truck rose through. 414 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 1: What would Trump do he had erecked a barrier on 415 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 1: both sides of the bridge and blow the bridge out 416 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 1: of the out of the air period end of story. Tip. 417 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 1: We're not We're not doing it anymore. This is the 418 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 1: inability of people to make tough decisions. You know what 419 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: I was told? I didn't read it. I keep meaning 420 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 1: to go back and read it. The I for five expansion, 421 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 1: which is Pierce elevated, was originally and I can't remember 422 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:03,719 Speaker 1: what I was told. I was told someone whose relative 423 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: is a text dot official, and I don't want to 424 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 1: get them in trouble, who told them this? And I'm 425 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: going to make this number up. It might be right. 426 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 1: But it might be way off. So just it's the 427 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,719 Speaker 1: point is the scale of the issue. Ramon, don't quibble 428 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 1: over the numbers, Okay, no quibbling. Never quibble. Anytime I 429 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,600 Speaker 1: use the word quibble, you're doing a bad thing. So 430 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 1: let's say it was going to be two billion dollars, 431 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: a lot of money to tear down Pierce Elevated and 432 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: rebuild it broader because we're growing as a community. And 433 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 1: then Rodney ellis and they fire up a bunch of 434 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:46,120 Speaker 1: people in that area and they say, oh, the highway 435 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 1: is racist, and everybody looks at themselves and kind of, 436 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 1: the highway is racist. This is the kind of stupid 437 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 1: comment that we've grown to live with. But it's dumb. 438 00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 1: It's not racist. You're stupid, but it's not about stupid really, 439 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,800 Speaker 1: because they're not stupid. They're going to get paid. And 440 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,840 Speaker 1: then it was going to be something like seven billion dollars, 441 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: and I think that's what ended up happening. And so 442 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,000 Speaker 1: they're re routing and moving over here and all this 443 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,880 Speaker 1: because you don't want to make anybody black or hispanic 444 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: or whatever. Maybe somebody transgender down there is homeless, and 445 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: it's going to go past the spot that would you know, uh, 446 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 1: displace them, and that's where they turn tricks every night 447 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 1: and they've built up a good little business. I don't know, 448 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: but this is the kind of nonsense that we have 449 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: allowed to happen because we care what people think too often. See, 450 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:41,520 Speaker 1: if you stop caring what people think, if you stop 451 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 1: carrying that you've upset people because you say what you 452 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 1: believe to be true, then we stop with all this nonsense. 453 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 1: We're wasting money, We're becoming a third royal country out 454 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: of this