1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: What's going on. Thank you so much for listening to 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,640 this podcast. It is heard live every day from noon 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:12,519 to three on WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,719 want exclusive content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:18,719 I daily show prep with all of the links, become 6 00:00:18,719 --> 00:00:22,359 a patron, go to dpeteclendershow dot com. Make sure you 7 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,920 hit the subscribe button. Get every episode for free right 8 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,320 to your smartphone or tablet. And again, thank you so 9 00:00:27,399 --> 00:00:28,320 much for your support. 10 00:00:29,879 --> 00:00:32,399 Speaker 2: Randal. If you happen to call back, we'll get you in. 11 00:00:32,719 --> 00:00:36,520 I definitely want to deal with Bob. I think I 12 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,520 sense Bob's emotion on this, and I get what he's 13 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:44,119 talking about. It's the kind of what have you done 14 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:47,600 for me lately? Attitude? And you know what, that's interesting 15 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,119 if you want immediate you know, it's kind of like 16 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,079 the having a medical condition that needs to be treated 17 00:00:53,119 --> 00:00:55,280 right now versus a medical condition that you get treated 18 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,359 on a regular basis. And I didn't mean to compare 19 00:00:57,399 --> 00:01:01,039 it because I don't want to diminish his concern. He's 20 00:01:01,079 --> 00:01:03,719 saying they lied because my paycheck I'm not getting anything back. 21 00:01:03,719 --> 00:01:06,200 It's not just the same. But here's the interesting thing 22 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,480 about that if you had overtime. So Trump wanted this 23 00:01:09,719 --> 00:01:11,760 had to go through the House. The House made changes 24 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,920 and did their thing. The Senate changed things and did 25 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,120 their thing. So now you have a bill. And that's 26 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:17,840 what like Elon must said, you can get bigger, you 27 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,560 can get beautiful, which you can't have both. So yeah, 28 00:01:20,599 --> 00:01:23,200 there was a lot done. But in the end, is 29 00:01:23,239 --> 00:01:27,239 there reprieve for people who get tips, Yes there is. 30 00:01:27,239 --> 00:01:29,480 Is there a reprieve for people who get overtime? Yes? 31 00:01:29,519 --> 00:01:32,920 There is. The other beauty of this thing that there 32 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,400 wasn't mentioned and we didn't really have time to talk about, 33 00:01:35,599 --> 00:01:38,400 is that if you do get overtime, and we're not 34 00:01:38,439 --> 00:01:40,640 talking again. I love how Democrats want to say it's 35 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,239 all it's all help and the rich. No, no, no, no, 36 00:01:42,519 --> 00:01:45,879 it's twelve five hundred dollars. So think about this year 37 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,000 and it goes back retroactively to January first. So if 38 00:01:49,079 --> 00:01:51,319 you were all ready, if you've at this point had 39 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,359 five thousand dollars in overtime or six thousand that you 40 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,480 paid taxes on, and you're going to get another six 41 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,400 thousand overtime before the end of the year, all of that, 42 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,680 any of those taxes you paid, You get all of 43 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,120 that back that you can deduct twelve thousand, five hundred dollars. 44 00:02:08,159 --> 00:02:09,960 And by the way, if you and your wife collectively, 45 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,039 if you're married, you can deduct twenty five thousand dollars 46 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:18,960 of overtime pay from your federal taxable income for the year. Now, 47 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,039 if you make over one hundred and fifty thousand or whatever, 48 00:02:21,039 --> 00:02:23,360 then it kind of phases out there. It's really to 49 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:27,800 help the middle class. So I don't like the tax code. 50 00:02:28,039 --> 00:02:30,159 I don't like it at all. I'd love to abolish 51 00:02:30,199 --> 00:02:32,400 the IRS in many ways and figure out a better system. 52 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,960 But for what we've got, we have a tax code, 53 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,039 we have a tax forms, we have this horribly regressive 54 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,960 way that we deal with things. But nonetheless, yes, you 55 00:02:41,039 --> 00:02:43,560 if you are married, get twenty five thousand dollars, if 56 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,680 you're overtime paid, will not be subject to taxes any 57 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,159 taxes you paid on that twenty five thousand as reported 58 00:02:48,159 --> 00:02:50,439 by your employer, which is required by law. Guests to 59 00:02:50,479 --> 00:02:53,280 be taken off. That's boom free and clear for you. 60 00:02:53,319 --> 00:02:56,280 Dinner for tips tips are the same way. I mean, 61 00:02:56,319 --> 00:02:58,680 we want to act like it's terrible, but the first 62 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,680 twenty five thousand dollars in two says reported by you 63 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,439 to the government and by your employer. That is that 64 00:03:04,479 --> 00:03:07,639 comes off the top from January first. So if you 65 00:03:08,039 --> 00:03:10,000 worked a summer job and you made twenty five thousand 66 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,960 dollars in tips, and you made fifty thousand dollars total, whatever, 67 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:18,000 that twenty five thousand dollars is untaxable. So it wasn't 68 00:03:18,039 --> 00:03:20,840 a lie. It goes through the system by which things 69 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,520 are made into law. Now, as far as prices, I 70 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,919 get prices are we haven't returned to pre pandemic pricing. 71 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,560 That is true. He's one hundred percent accurate. But don't 72 00:03:29,599 --> 00:03:32,360 pretend for a minute that it hasn't improved dramatically from 73 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:37,199 you know, nineteen percent inflation under Biden, these absurd jumps 74 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:41,719 in pricing. Inflation has come down to nominal. It's come down, 75 00:03:41,879 --> 00:03:44,240 and by the way, it's come down more than predicted, 76 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,759 more than expected by the markets, more than predicted, more 77 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,520 than expected even by the Fed, which will prompt a 78 00:03:50,599 --> 00:03:53,000 rate cut. There will be a rate cut at some point. 79 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,319 But this pretense that it must be instant is just 80 00:03:56,919 --> 00:04:01,680 it's just not reality. There was no lie. Now, well, 81 00:04:01,719 --> 00:04:03,800 I think there's more there's to me, I think the 82 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,560 Republicans are going to do well next year on this, 83 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:07,840 And in fact, I have a column to the effect 84 00:04:07,879 --> 00:04:11,680 that what the Democrats are very concerned about right now 85 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,680 is not that there were lies told about the bill. 86 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:21,079 It's if the Republican did something fairly I guess, you know, 87 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,680 I could say witty or wrong or whatever. But it's 88 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:29,279 that they're very concerned that the more serious issues in 89 00:04:29,319 --> 00:04:32,839 the bill, from medicaid and stuff are past the midterms, 90 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:35,759 meaning and there's a great column on that which I 91 00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:37,759 want to get to. It's from the Bulwark dot com. 92 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,519 It's so Democrats were really cheering all of you know, 93 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,319 We're we're gonna be great. People hate this bill that's 94 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,480 polling on it's terrible, and they're going after the Republicans 95 00:04:47,519 --> 00:04:50,079 on it and cutting Medicaid and food assistance programs and 96 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,279 the tax breaks to the ultra rich all that stuff. 97 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,639 But now they're very concerned because what looked like a 98 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,839 big opportunity is turning into a bit of a problem. 99 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:03,839 The euphoria that Democrats had on this is now colored 100 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:05,920 by the fear that the Republicans may not pay a 101 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,199 steep price next year because when people start filing their 102 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,680 taxes and they're getting these big checks of their money back, 103 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:13,240 which I hate. By the way, I wish you get 104 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:14,560 it now. I agree with the caller on that, I 105 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,120 wish you could get it now. But when those checks 106 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,800 start rolling in for every common man and woman out there, 107 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,839 middle class, that's gonna that's heading into the election, So 108 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:25,720 the way you feel now is not going to be 109 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,199 the way you feel then. I get I wish it 110 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,680 was sooner, but it's not a lie. So the Democrats 111 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:33,879 are all excited about, Hey, we're gonna be able to 112 00:05:33,879 --> 00:05:37,399 beat trouble this, but they're saying, wait. Driving the change 113 00:05:37,399 --> 00:05:40,920 in Democrats moved from Euphorida concern is how the bill 114 00:05:40,959 --> 00:05:43,920 itself is structured. The most toxic part of it, like 115 00:05:43,959 --> 00:05:46,399 cuts to Medicaid, which just cuts to the rate of growth. 116 00:05:46,439 --> 00:05:48,879 By the way, and this is from the Bullwark, this 117 00:05:48,959 --> 00:05:52,040 is an anti kind of anti Trump position, but it's 118 00:05:52,079 --> 00:05:55,600 a realistic one. Is that the custom Medicaid don't go 119 00:05:55,639 --> 00:05:58,120 into effect until after the midterm. So Democrats saying, look, 120 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,120 what's coming could be problematic for them. Well, just like 121 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,079 the gentleman right now, he's like, hey, it's not happening 122 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:04,600 to me. Now I'm not worried about it. I want 123 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,959 it happening to me now I wanted helping me, same thing. 124 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Then it's not going to hurt them then. Also, the 125 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,519 more popular items like a thousand dollars investment accounts for 126 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,519 newborn kids goes into effect, already has gone into effect. 127 00:06:16,319 --> 00:06:18,800 Some Democrats are very concerned that their posture is going 128 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:22,560 to alienate parents. It's very clever in that way. Democrat 129 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,639 officials are also concerned that the party failed to present 130 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:26,839 its own policy. To that caller, I was going to say, 131 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:31,360 what's the policy alternative? The Democrats presented nothing. They didn't 132 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,519 present tax cuts, that didn't present they didn't do anything. 133 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,480 If they had just let it go, it would have 134 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,560 been a massive tax increase. The Democrats presented nothing. But 135 00:06:39,639 --> 00:06:43,160 we hate him so as mad as people want to 136 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,160 get it Trump and that gentleman, obviously is it lied 137 00:06:46,199 --> 00:06:48,560 to them. But what's your alternative? Do you think the 138 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:50,319 Democrats were going to help you? Do you think the 139 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,480 Democrats are going to take away your taxes on tips 140 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,680 or help you with overtime pay, or give you any 141 00:06:54,759 --> 00:06:57,079 kind of tax cut whatsoever? Did you see one proposed 142 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:03,319 you didn't. They didn't. You can't beat something with nothing. 143 00:07:03,399 --> 00:07:05,439 It's not a foregone conclusion at all that we will 144 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,279 win back the House. The Democrats have said the seats 145 00:07:09,399 --> 00:07:12,920 are going to be very difficult. We have to figure 146 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:14,959 out a way how to expand our brand in places 147 00:07:14,959 --> 00:07:16,879 that we're losing, and that is a process that's not 148 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,519 going to happen overnight. So for me, Key Democrat Operative said, 149 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,600 conversation around the big beautiful bill and offering alternative is 150 00:07:23,639 --> 00:07:26,439 as much about us restating our place as a party 151 00:07:26,439 --> 00:07:28,839 that fights for working families in the middle class, said 152 00:07:28,959 --> 00:07:32,680 Steve Shale, Florida based Democrat Operative. This was a missed 153 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,079 opportunity for Democrats to not put forward a plan of 154 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:39,160 their own about cutting cost and that is extremely popular. 155 00:07:39,279 --> 00:07:42,319 Cutting the cost of government is extremely popular with American 156 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,279 people right now. Letting them keep more of what they 157 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:49,199 earn very popular right now. Is the sausage that's made 158 00:07:49,279 --> 00:07:52,319 in the swamp pleasant to look at and watch. I 159 00:07:52,399 --> 00:07:54,879 don't think so. In fact, I know not, it's not. 160 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,920 I think the Republicans and the reconciliation building the fall 161 00:07:58,959 --> 00:08:00,240 are going to deal with some of these, I think 162 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,439 in the spring when they do another one right in 163 00:08:02,439 --> 00:08:05,160 the middle of the election season. That's gonna make a 164 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,680 big difference for them. I do think at some point 165 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,519 in time they really need to revisit the entirety of 166 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:15,480 this odorous and ludicrous and ever present tax code that 167 00:08:15,639 --> 00:08:20,079 is deeper, broader, wider than biblical scripture. 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If you do text that seven oh 197 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,639 four five seven oh eleven ten, that's the WBT text 198 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,519 line driven by Liberty Viewick GMC, same phone numbers. The 199 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:58,840 call in numbers seven oh four five, sevenh eleven ten. 200 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,759 So I appreciate the diversity of communications that are available 201 00:10:02,799 --> 00:10:07,000 these days, certainly on Twitter, if form, the know as X. 202 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:08,960 Some of the folks that are listening, thank you guys, 203 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,120 are hysterical. I appreciate a great sense of humor out there. 204 00:10:12,159 --> 00:10:15,000 The folks that are texting me former House members that 205 00:10:15,039 --> 00:10:19,000 are like yeah, and you you're right. There's nothing like. 206 00:10:19,919 --> 00:10:22,279 One of the things I've always loved about radio, especially 207 00:10:22,279 --> 00:10:24,600 if you're an extrovert, and I'm way out big e 208 00:10:24,799 --> 00:10:28,360 on the extrovert is the instant validation that having a 209 00:10:28,399 --> 00:10:30,440 platform gives you. And if you're doing terrible, you're going 210 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:32,120 to know that too. But if you're doing well, the 211 00:10:32,159 --> 00:10:35,320 external validation is always nice. And it's also nice to 212 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:39,159 get callers you disagree with, and that last caller that 213 00:10:39,279 --> 00:10:44,480 was just clearly upset. They felt lied to. But it's 214 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:48,919 illustrative of a larger issue in society that has to 215 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:53,639 do with fiscal understanding, educational. In fact, one of the 216 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:57,000 listeners had gotten sent me some information and it reminded 217 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,559 me of some stuff that I was involved in many 218 00:10:58,639 --> 00:11:03,399 years ago, was that I wanted to as a county commissioner. 219 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:04,759 I said, you know, hey, we've got all these these 220 00:11:04,759 --> 00:11:07,120 employees out there. You want to help them get to 221 00:11:07,159 --> 00:11:09,240 retirement in a good way. And so we set up 222 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,720 a part of the retirement plan beyond just the state 223 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,399 is hey, we'll do this part of the retirement plan 224 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,559 for the county and we'll have matching. I mean a 225 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,039 lot of companies do it, and if you're a finance personnel, 226 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,559 matching is a beautiful thing. We'd match up to five percent. 227 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,440 And after about a year I went to the county 228 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,080 manager at the time and I was like, hey, how's 229 00:11:29,159 --> 00:11:31,279 this plan coming along. We'd all agreed and it was 230 00:11:31,279 --> 00:11:33,240 a good thing employees. I felt it was good for them, 231 00:11:34,519 --> 00:11:36,559 and he said, yeah, we've got about you know, about 232 00:11:36,639 --> 00:11:40,679 five percent of employees, and you're kidding. But it showed me. 233 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:46,480 It was very, very clear. And I was far younger 234 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:50,600 then and still a financial junkie, so I was blown 235 00:11:50,639 --> 00:11:53,759 away because if you told me I could invest X 236 00:11:53,799 --> 00:11:56,559 amount of dollars and get one hundred percent rate of 237 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:01,000 return no risk, by the way, zero risk, one hundred 238 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,240 percent return. I'll take that every time. I will, you know, blind, 239 00:12:05,279 --> 00:12:07,320 crippled and crazy will cross that line to get to 240 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,159 that one hundred percent rate of return. And the stock 241 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,879 market is just you know, hey, you'll do it every 242 00:12:11,919 --> 00:12:14,799 single time. And it's compounded because you do that, you 243 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:16,799 get one hundred percent rate of return and the next 244 00:12:16,879 --> 00:12:18,960 year five percent, another one hundred percent rate of return, 245 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,559 So it's compounding plus what it's building as an investment tool. 246 00:12:23,799 --> 00:12:26,600 But both the listeners that were communicate with me offline 247 00:12:26,639 --> 00:12:28,720 were like, this show's a profound lack. You know, it's 248 00:12:28,759 --> 00:12:31,159 kind of what I see now versus what is good 249 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,840 for me over the long haul. And that's where a 250 00:12:34,879 --> 00:12:38,000 lot of economic ignorance takes place. And that's a shame 251 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,480 because people aren't seeing the long term benefit. They'll go 252 00:12:41,759 --> 00:12:43,759 and it's kind of like people who live on credit cards. 253 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:46,159 So if you're living on a credit card, you're not 254 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,320 paying that off every month, then you've got these ludicrous 255 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,480 fees that kick in. It's like you're borrowing money at eighteen. 256 00:12:52,759 --> 00:12:55,720 The same people that will complain about, you know, fast 257 00:12:55,799 --> 00:12:58,240 food being too expensive, for groceries being too expensive, will 258 00:12:58,279 --> 00:13:00,879 go out and spend on their credit cards and then 259 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,360 pay the minimal payment every year or every month and 260 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:07,120 end up racking up, you know, eighteen nineteen, twenty twenty 261 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:13,639 one percent interest. That there's an absurdity there that is very, 262 00:13:13,799 --> 00:13:17,919 very difficult to overcome, and no amount of having a 263 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,799 rational discussion will overcome the emotion that one feels. They 264 00:13:21,799 --> 00:13:25,360 don't even think so you think, hey would you pay? 265 00:13:26,159 --> 00:13:29,120 Say hey, you see that stake that's really overpriced at 266 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,039 twenty dollars a pound, would you be willing to pay 267 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,039 forty dollars a pound for it? They're like, oh, hell no, 268 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,320 I'd never do that. Well, you don't pay your credit 269 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,799 card bills, so that steak's cost you forty dollars a pound't. 270 00:13:38,799 --> 00:13:42,000 They don't connect those dots. And it's a real shame 271 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:44,799 because it's a boat anchor for those individuals trying to 272 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,799 get ahead. But true, nonetheless, now and I want to 273 00:13:48,799 --> 00:13:52,559 cry again, it wasn't beating up the Democrats. That's certain. 274 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,000 It's easy to do that, but they have to have 275 00:13:55,039 --> 00:13:57,240 more than we hate Trump. And I'll get to some 276 00:13:57,399 --> 00:14:00,279 of that as we move along here. And I want 277 00:14:00,279 --> 00:14:01,600 to get to the motherhood. I've been trying to get 278 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,720 to the motherhood story all week and I just haven't 279 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:08,639 been able to do that. And so with respect to 280 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,639 when I'm looking at all the things written out there, 281 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:14,960 what's happening now is you're seeing and I'll give you 282 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,440 an example of the bias in the way of the 283 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,759 political left and media work. I love to do those 284 00:14:18,759 --> 00:14:21,799 stories because I could do eighty hours or shows on 285 00:14:21,879 --> 00:14:26,320 just that. So the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation, 286 00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:28,600 which is odd most people would say, wouldn't do that. 287 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,200 You'd open it with an arrest or an indictment or something. 288 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,480 Has opened a criminal investigation into two long time targets. 289 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:39,200 This is from MSNBC Targets to President Donald Trump, former 290 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:43,240 FBI director James Comey, former CIA director John Brennan. The 291 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,639 move not only is now, this is where I want 292 00:14:45,759 --> 00:14:48,679 you to think, for those of you who have the 293 00:14:48,679 --> 00:14:53,000 ability to rationally put thoughts together about what this article 294 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:57,039 is saying versus the reality of the world. The article 295 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,519 goes on the move not only is a sign of 296 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:03,759 sque delating authoritarian energy in the Trump administration, but it 297 00:15:03,879 --> 00:15:09,440 also buttresses the president's attempts to rewrite history. Now that 298 00:15:09,919 --> 00:15:12,399 if you're looking for bias and media, I just identified 299 00:15:12,399 --> 00:15:14,399 it to you. There it is. There's a huge bias there. 300 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:18,039 Now they say it's a writer editor, but also an 301 00:15:18,039 --> 00:15:22,159 opinion writer, so editor, So they say, well, this can be. 302 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,759 There's nothing authoritarian about John John Brennan and James Commy. 303 00:15:25,799 --> 00:15:28,480 If they broke the law. What happened to Democrats say, no, 304 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,440 one's above the law. By the way, if you're looking 305 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,799 for people who did authoritarian stuff, Nothing is more authoritarian 306 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,639 than going after the lead opponent of the other party 307 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:44,159 and using everything you can in multiple states, including DC, 308 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,080 to try to put your opponent in jail. Because you 309 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,840 can't beat them at the ballot box, you have to 310 00:15:49,919 --> 00:15:52,759 create different things to try to get them on You 311 00:15:52,799 --> 00:15:55,799 wanted to get that mug shot. How's that Fanny Willis 312 00:15:55,879 --> 00:15:58,799 story going for you? How's the Latisa James Oh? I 313 00:15:58,879 --> 00:16:00,879 own property in residence in another state, but I'm the 314 00:16:00,879 --> 00:16:03,080 Attorney general for New York. How's that going for you? 315 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,080 How's the undervaluing of mar A Lago to make a 316 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:11,159 court case. How's the Alvin Bragg? Let's create new ways 317 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,600 of indicting someone on a felony that no one's ever 318 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:18,519 been indicted for. Those things were absolutely authoritarian ways of 319 00:16:18,559 --> 00:16:22,440 doing things. The James Comey and John Brennan, the creator 320 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,759 the Russia Russia Russia narrative, and the defenders of status 321 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:30,279 quo stuff that wasn't true. But you're calling that authoritarian. 322 00:16:31,759 --> 00:16:34,519 They're taking their time. I thought were laws broken. Maybe 323 00:16:34,559 --> 00:16:38,240 they weren't. But you know, when you peddled false narratives 324 00:16:38,519 --> 00:16:40,960 not just before the American people, but in office, and 325 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,759 you use the resources of your department to target a politician. 326 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,559 That's authoritarian. Arresting them for doing it. That's not authoritarian. 327 00:16:50,639 --> 00:16:55,279 That's justice. I hate to tell you that's justice. MSNBC 328 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:59,840 just doesn't get it. NBC reports that John Radcliffe released 329 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,080 an internal CIA review that criticized Brennan's handling of the 330 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:07,319 Russia Russia Russia intel assessment concluding that Vladimir Putin wanted 331 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:10,279 to help Trump defeat Clinton. That review found flaws in 332 00:17:10,319 --> 00:17:13,880 the assessment, but didn't dispute the conclusion. According to NAC, 333 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,039 I hope that My suspicion is it ever sees the 334 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:20,200 inside of a courtroom, I would love for it too. 335 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,759 Nothing would be more beautiful than seeing Komi who did 336 00:17:23,799 --> 00:17:26,559 push false narratives and did use the US government. Now, 337 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:28,880 is that indictable, I don't know. But they acted as 338 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,720 political operatives more they did as more than they did 339 00:17:31,799 --> 00:17:36,519 as experts in their field. But again MSNBC's instant reaction 340 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:43,599 is that's an authoritarian movement. They never considered authoritarian when 341 00:17:43,599 --> 00:17:47,759 the president went after his opponent. They also are very 342 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:50,559 reluctant to figure out who the hell was in charge 343 00:17:50,599 --> 00:17:53,079 of the country when a president was clearly incompetent and 344 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:56,160 unable to execute the duties of the presidency and should 345 00:17:56,160 --> 00:18:01,279 have been removed. But that's okay with some media outlets. 346 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:03,400 I guess much more to go here on the show 347 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,720 Pete Calender's radio show that is chat Outams your guests. 348 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,240 We'll be right back after this. 349 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:10,039 Speaker 1: You know, stories are powerful. They help us make sense 350 00:18:10,039 --> 00:18:13,480 of things, to understand experiences. Stories connect us to the 351 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,640 people of our past while transcending generations. They help us 352 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,720 process the meaning of life, and our stories are told 353 00:18:19,799 --> 00:18:23,920 through images and videos. Preserve your stories with Creative Video 354 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:27,200 started in nineteen ninety seven and Minhill, North Carolina. 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They are your life 365 00:19:01,519 --> 00:19:04,160 told through the eyes of everyone around you and all 366 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,359 who came before you, and they will tell others to 367 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,960 come who you are. Visit creative video dot com. 368 00:19:10,519 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Continuing our discussion, or at least a discussion. 369 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,720 I guess you could say about a number of issues, 370 00:19:19,079 --> 00:19:23,519 most tend to be political in nature. I hope we 371 00:19:23,839 --> 00:19:27,799 don't devolve into just one big emotional mass. You know 372 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:31,359 that we just it's instant meltdown. It's very predictable, and 373 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,319 everyone's justified their anger all the time, because that makes 374 00:19:34,319 --> 00:19:36,119 for a very poor life. When you get to the 375 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:37,400 end of your life and you say, if only I could 376 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,519 have been anger, angry more, I don't think you would 377 00:19:40,559 --> 00:19:42,599 say that. I don't think anyone would desire that. Life 378 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:46,839 is so precious, so short, and as every every disaster 379 00:19:47,079 --> 00:19:49,839 or act of violence or anything else, you realize how 380 00:19:49,839 --> 00:19:52,559 precious and short it can be. So I don't know. 381 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,960 Try what I love about talk RIGHTO? Is we tend 382 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,440 there tends to be a tone. Certainly there is a perspective. 383 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:00,400 It's timely topical. It allows for various viewpoints. You've heard 384 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,440 on the show today. People call in and in one event, 385 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:06,480 and sometimes it's emotional, and sometimes you know, it's probably 386 00:20:06,519 --> 00:20:10,480 somewhat cathartic for them to just nah word voment, word 387 00:20:10,519 --> 00:20:12,839 vomit and then you know, think about what they said 388 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,079 and cogitate on it some and hopefully come back with 389 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:20,200 a with at least more of a measured way of 390 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,319 looking at things. I'm not castigating those who want to 391 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:24,759 go down that path, but nonetheless, you know, if you 392 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:26,960 if you want to reach a higher understanding, you need 393 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:31,000 to escape the overtly emotional side of things. There's a 394 00:20:31,039 --> 00:20:33,880 good piece on this with The Liberal Patriot. I like it. 395 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,839 I think it calls to what a lot of talk 396 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:41,119 radio people do. It's so interesting because Rush Limbaugh remarkable. 397 00:20:42,079 --> 00:20:44,920 You know, his in his time on radio, was really 398 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,319 good at infusing humor. And you know, the left may 399 00:20:48,319 --> 00:20:50,599 have hated him, but he wasn't full of hate. He 400 00:20:50,599 --> 00:20:52,720 didn't like Democrats, you didn't like their policy, but it 401 00:20:52,759 --> 00:20:56,279 wasn't hate based. Talk radio isn't, by and large isn't 402 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,160 hate based. I mean, there are some out there that 403 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,960 have spouted it, but it's it's not that way. If 404 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,480 you're required to analyze American politics all day for work, 405 00:21:03,559 --> 00:21:06,039 or you somehow enjoy this form of pain. It's hard 406 00:21:06,039 --> 00:21:09,160 to miss how emotional the entire enterprise has become in 407 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,559 recent decades. Politics, of course, has always involved leaders harnessing 408 00:21:12,599 --> 00:21:17,039 complex feelings and instincts among the populace, who advance policy objectives, 409 00:21:17,039 --> 00:21:21,359 gain power, and punished perceived enemies. For time immemorial, shrewd 410 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:24,480 politicians have preyed on the sentimental ticks of humans, pressing 411 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:28,160 their psychic buttons and pitting one group against another. It's 412 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:32,039 very astutely written, is it not. But let's continue now 413 00:21:32,039 --> 00:21:36,039 with basically everyone in America possessing little pocket mind manipulators. 414 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,359 I love that calling your phone a pocket mind manipulator. 415 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,920 I like that the emotional content of politics has exploded. 416 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,240 Consider the new Trump and GP tax and budget legislation, 417 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,039 the not at all emotionally labeled one big beautiful bill. 418 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:54,079 According to partisan chatter, the act is either quote maga 419 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:57,400 murder bill that is literally the death sentence to thousands 420 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:01,640 of Americans, or it's the single most popular bill ever signed. 421 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,759 It will usher in a golden age of America. Big 422 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,880 range there. Or consider Trump's recent decision of on three 423 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,599 Iranian nuclear sites. Various This describe variously described as the 424 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,519 beginning of a nuclear World War three by ideological critics 425 00:22:14,559 --> 00:22:17,240 like Marjorie Taylor Green, or as the basis for awarding 426 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:21,359 Trump the Nobel Peace Prize by ideological supporters like Benjamin 427 00:22:21,799 --> 00:22:24,279 net Yahoo. Don't think you can get the Nobel Prize 428 00:22:24,279 --> 00:22:26,599 for starting a world war, but maybe you could get 429 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,240 it for averting one. Which one is it? Lost in 430 00:22:29,279 --> 00:22:32,839 the emotional propaganda of contemporary politics is any rational discussion 431 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,960 the pros and cons of policy. I know policy is boring. 432 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,279 That's when you when you listen to me, I'm going 433 00:22:39,319 --> 00:22:41,319 to get into the nuances of policy, because to me, 434 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,279 policy is it's it's not just how the sausage is made, 435 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:50,000 it's the sausage itself. That's what policy is. And it 436 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:56,359 has consequences, both intended and unintended, and that's just what 437 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,960 it is. But back to the column. Lost in the 438 00:23:00,039 --> 00:23:05,079 emotional propaganda is rational discussion about policy, neutral evaluations of 439 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:09,359 legislated language and motives, and measured examination of outcomes and 440 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:13,519 the necessary adjustments to improve complex legislation or executive orders. 441 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:19,720 Partisan path dependency requires that democrats uniformly hate and despise 442 00:23:19,759 --> 00:23:22,480 everything that Trump is doing. It also requires Republicans to 443 00:23:22,559 --> 00:23:27,319 uniforms uniformly love and praises every action dissonance, meaning Democrats 444 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,160 might be okay with some of Trump's policies or Republicans 445 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,519 might disagree with others. Those are not allowed in the 446 00:23:33,519 --> 00:23:37,200 arena will be subject to the partisan star chamber. Economists 447 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,400 and political scientists have done some fascinating work on the 448 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,319 role of emotions, looking at both the demand side and 449 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,319 the supply side, meaning what people believe and want versus 450 00:23:45,319 --> 00:23:48,920 what the leaders offer. So they do a number of 451 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,200 things where they look at this on a chart, and 452 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,079 what they show is there's kind of a rise in 453 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:57,440 anger from both side. There's a lot of more emotional 454 00:23:57,519 --> 00:24:02,759 content based in anger, more about anger than discussed fear, sadness, 455 00:24:02,759 --> 00:24:07,440 and gratitude combined from Democrats and Republicans. That is continued 456 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,559 to escalate. If you get the sense that everyone in 457 00:24:09,599 --> 00:24:12,799 politics is mad about everything some of the time, almost 458 00:24:12,839 --> 00:24:14,519 certainly based on what the other sides that are did 459 00:24:14,559 --> 00:24:17,000 and what they didn't, you're not missing the bigger picture, 460 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:21,440 losing your mind. Politics today is predominantly about anger, and 461 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,160 that to me, there's a lot more to this piece, 462 00:24:24,079 --> 00:24:26,119 but that to me is the big loss That to 463 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,480 me is you know, if you want to be angry, 464 00:24:29,799 --> 00:24:32,480 you can do that. But it makes us all kind 465 00:24:32,519 --> 00:24:36,640 of teenagers, doesn't it? That knee jerk to everything. I mean, 466 00:24:37,799 --> 00:24:40,240 we've got a great, big American experiment. We've got a 467 00:24:40,279 --> 00:24:42,480 lot of potential. I happen to be a conservative because 468 00:24:42,519 --> 00:24:47,200 I believe those ideas expressed by limited government, lower taxes 469 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:51,200 and more freedoms is the path of prosperity, economic prosperity 470 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,920 and safer community, law enforcement and stuff like that. Doesn't 471 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,880 mean that I exclude other ideas. It's just that over time, 472 00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,799 it's proven to me to be that's the way we're 473 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,519 most people are helped the most. Is it perfect? That's 474 00:25:02,559 --> 00:25:05,480 the other discussion I don't like is, especially on this immigration, 475 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,640 look at what they're doing to the poor children and 476 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:11,519 the women, and I'm thinking to myself, that's terrible. But 477 00:25:11,559 --> 00:25:15,160 that's not all. The preponderance of what they're after are criminals, 478 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,240 those with criminal back There's thousands and hundreds of thousands 479 00:25:18,279 --> 00:25:20,480 of these people, but with criminal backgrounds, that's who we're 480 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,680 trying to get to first. But you can't have that 481 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,359 discussion because to the left all is good people and 482 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,799 to the right. Sometimes all is bad people. And the 483 00:25:28,799 --> 00:25:30,279 truth of the matter, when you get a population of 484 00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:31,960 eleven million people that you don't know who they are 485 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:34,559 in your backyard, how many of you would just invite 486 00:25:34,759 --> 00:25:37,960 strangers to live in your house. You wouldn't. But we 487 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,359 invited him into our country, which is our house. Our 488 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:44,319 country is our house collectively. Much more to go on 489 00:25:44,319 --> 00:25:46,759 the other side of the break, we will get to this, 490 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,759 the war on motherhood, and I've been trying to get 491 00:25:50,759 --> 00:25:52,079 to this for a few days. I hope I can 492 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:53,680 pull it off. At this point in time. It's a 493 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:57,599 great it's a great moment to reflect since we're kind 494 00:25:57,599 --> 00:25:59,720 of moving toward a reflective moment, that's where I'd like 495 00:25:59,799 --> 00:26:02,319 to goet know, much more to go. What an optimistic 496 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:07,039 place to be jumping through Thursday with that one. Appreciate 497 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:11,000 you joining me today on a wonderful show. Pete Calender's show, 498 00:26:11,039 --> 00:26:13,440 and he'll be back next week. And hope he's enjoying 499 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,640 his time off. Chat Adams your guest host News Talk eleven, 500 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,920 ten ninety nine three wbt's we head toward the top 501 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:22,000 of the third hour. Now it's been It's funny because 502 00:26:22,039 --> 00:26:26,039 I flagged the following story on Monday, but we got 503 00:26:26,079 --> 00:26:28,160 so caught up as actually not Monday, it would have 504 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:32,519 been Tuesday. And it's about you know, I talked about 505 00:26:32,759 --> 00:26:36,119 the problem with young men and women these days, and 506 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,599 it's not them, it's what's being thrust upon them, asked 507 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,680 of them, how they're being judged, how they're being treated 508 00:26:40,759 --> 00:26:42,799 society to kind of gobble these stuff they you know, 509 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,160 the confused mentality to bring home with them and what 510 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,400 they must wrestle with. It's in between their ears rather 511 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,319 than the reality of society that's out to get them 512 00:26:49,319 --> 00:26:51,519 every day. Look, the universe is out to get you. 513 00:26:51,599 --> 00:26:53,799 Make no mistake. It's not intentional. It's just by design. 514 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,920 We're a very frail critter running loose in a big 515 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,359 old world, spinning through space. If there's one thing the 516 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,519 corporate media, it's more than tradition. It's motherhood. We've seen 517 00:27:02,519 --> 00:27:05,240 the time and again, from the glossy magazine covers glorifying 518 00:27:05,319 --> 00:27:08,079 child free living to the snide late night jokes about 519 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:12,039 breeders and quote stay at home moms. It's not very subtle. 520 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,359 It's not subtle at all. The war on motherhood is loud, proud, 521 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,240 and broadcast twenty four to seven across most major platforms. 522 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,759 And make no mistake, this isn't just about personal choice. 523 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,920 It's a coordinated cultural campaign to devalue perhaps women's most 524 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,279 essential role, being a mother. By the way, the author 525 00:27:27,279 --> 00:27:31,400 of this is isabel Brown. She is a content creator, 526 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,720 she's rich. She's got a show called The Isabelle Brown's Show. 527 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:37,279 While I've always been aware of the assault on motherhood, 528 00:27:37,319 --> 00:27:39,960 it became increasingly killed clear to me after I found out. 529 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,400 After she found out she was pregnant, Suddenly there was 530 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,759 an abstract concept but very real propaganda attempting to convince 531 00:27:45,839 --> 00:27:49,359 women like her that babies weren't blessings, but they were burdens. 532 00:27:50,039 --> 00:27:53,000 She soon discovered that she was expecting a daughter, and 533 00:27:53,039 --> 00:27:57,000 the noise got louder. Last August, the United States Surgeon 534 00:27:57,079 --> 00:28:00,400 General issued an official public health advisory that parent was 535 00:28:00,519 --> 00:28:04,240 bad for your health. This is the Biden administration. Just 536 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:07,119 days before election day, the Los Angeles Times ran the 537 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:09,960 headline quote, It's almost shameful to want to have children. 538 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,640 A few weeks after that, the author of this appeared 539 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,359 on a leading women's podcast with a board certified family 540 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,720 medical physician who tried to convince her that men could 541 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,799 get pregnant seriously in a society this is we that's 542 00:28:25,319 --> 00:28:27,599 only the left could introduce a concept like that. Right 543 00:28:27,839 --> 00:28:30,559 back to the columny and a society obsessed with empowering women. 544 00:28:30,599 --> 00:28:33,200 You'd think the act of bringing life into the world, 545 00:28:33,559 --> 00:28:36,960 raising the next generation, and shaping civilization itself would be 546 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,680 celebrated in many countries. It is, but not in hours. 547 00:28:40,799 --> 00:28:43,039 But the author said she came to discover that in 548 00:28:43,079 --> 00:28:46,039 the eyes of our media elite's real empowerment only comes 549 00:28:46,079 --> 00:28:48,519 if it comes with a corner office, a six figure salary, 550 00:28:48,599 --> 00:28:52,079 or a blue check mark on social media. San's kids. 551 00:28:52,079 --> 00:28:53,440 Of course, you don't want to have kids because that 552 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,960 would make you less than diapers and breastfeeding. Well, that's 553 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,640 apparently a sign of weakness, or worse, oppression. This is 554 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,279 a narrative built on lies. The author said she's seen 555 00:29:03,279 --> 00:29:05,480 it at firsthand among young women, especially gen z Oro, 556 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,160 are terrified of embracing motherhood because the culture tells them 557 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,000 they'll be quote throwing their life away. They're told their 558 00:29:11,079 --> 00:29:14,559 dreams can't coexist with a family, that having children will 559 00:29:14,599 --> 00:29:17,079 destroy their bodies, ruin their careers, and make them irrelevant. 560 00:29:17,319 --> 00:29:20,200 Turn on any Netflix show, scroll TikTok for five minutes, 561 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:25,440 and you'll see the mom is exhausted, overbearing, or completely clueless. 562 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,599 She's the butt of the joke, never the hero. As 563 00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:30,880 a result, TikTok trends like the girl with the list gloss, 564 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,519 our feeds amplifying shallow fears about motherhood to convince women 565 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,720 they should never become pregnant. The abortion lobby gets away 566 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,880 with their hyperbolic, incessant propaganda that women quote, will literally 567 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,799 die if we don't end the lives of kids inside us. 568 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,839 Every doctor's appointment concludes with a push for hormonal birth control, 569 00:29:48,039 --> 00:29:51,920 you know, just in case. Contrast that with how media 570 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:56,160 and social media like treat boss babes or hot girl CEOs. 571 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:00,680 Their lives are glamorous, interesting, They we clothes, they have 572 00:30:00,759 --> 00:30:04,519 nice purses, they're independent, they're free, but a deep, meaningful 573 00:30:04,559 --> 00:30:08,400 relationship is often nowhere to be found. The truth, though 574 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,200 you're not going to hear it on CNN. Your favorite 575 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:14,079 influencer or Vogue is that motherhood and I agree with 576 00:30:14,119 --> 00:30:16,319 what she says here one hundred percent. Motherhood is one 577 00:30:16,359 --> 00:30:19,160 of the most radical, powerful and rewarding things a woman 578 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:23,279 can do. It's not an obstacle to purpose. It is purpose, 579 00:30:23,519 --> 00:30:25,599 and yet it's been reduced to a punchline in our 580 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:29,319 culture because it doesn't fit a progressive narrative. The narrative 581 00:30:29,559 --> 00:30:31,440 says that women must be the same as men to 582 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:35,960 be valuable, that femininity, sacrifice, and nurturing are old fashioned relics, 583 00:30:36,079 --> 00:30:39,319 their social constructs to be discarded in favor of huzzle 584 00:30:39,319 --> 00:30:41,759 culture and sexual liberation, and the media eats it up. 585 00:30:41,799 --> 00:30:45,400 It tells us that surrogacy, childlessness, or even rejecting the 586 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,559 idea of womanhood entirely is somehow brave and beautiful. It's 587 00:30:48,559 --> 00:30:52,319 not while sneering at the mom pushing a stroller or 588 00:30:52,759 --> 00:30:55,160 loading up a car seat baby in tow. But here's 589 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,680 the irony. Those same outlets panicking about low birth rates, 590 00:30:58,839 --> 00:31:02,119 broken families, and rising loneliness are the ones mocking and 591 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:07,279 marginalizing women who could offer a solution one. Our generation 592 00:31:07,519 --> 00:31:10,160 of strong women desperately needs to reclaim that narrative. Not 593 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,400 every woman will be a mother, that's okay, but every 594 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,880 woman deserves to know that motherhood is not something to fear. 595 00:31:15,119 --> 00:31:16,799 It's not the end of your life. It's the beginning 596 00:31:16,839 --> 00:31:20,200 of a deeper, more beautiful one. It's a calling filled 597 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,400 with fierce love, incredible strength, and eternal impact. It's something 598 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,200 worth pursuing, even in a culture demanding you run in 599 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,839 the other direction. And what she writes in the end 600 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,119 is she says, so to every young woman watching the 601 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:36,440 world trying to shame you out of your God given calling, 602 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,200 don't buy the lie. Don't let headlines dictate your worth. 603 00:31:39,319 --> 00:31:42,319 Motherhood is not a weakness. It's your superpower, and it's 604 00:31:42,319 --> 00:31:44,720 time to start treating it that way. This is and 605 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,680 that's the end of her column. It's from the Daily Signal. 606 00:31:48,319 --> 00:31:53,079 But to me, that's that's one of the worst things 607 00:31:53,119 --> 00:31:58,000 we're telling society is we need we need future good citizens, 608 00:31:58,039 --> 00:32:00,519 we need parents to have kids. And it's one of 609 00:32:00,559 --> 00:32:03,759 the highest callings you can have. If you raise a 610 00:32:03,799 --> 00:32:06,920 good person and put them in the world and give 611 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,400 them the opportunity to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, 612 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,960 that's the human species goes on. Because, if you think 613 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,200 about it, the political left doesn't like personhood that much. 614 00:32:16,319 --> 00:32:18,960 They can't. They don't like to define what a woman is. 615 00:32:21,119 --> 00:32:23,119 By the way, the political right didn't come up with 616 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:25,920 that concept. The political right didn't come up with putting 617 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,079 men in women's sports. The political right didn't come up 618 00:32:28,079 --> 00:32:31,480 with gender as a social construct. The political right didn't 619 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:36,240 come up with trans kids. The political right didn't come 620 00:32:36,319 --> 00:32:38,559 up with let's make women feel bad for wanting to 621 00:32:38,599 --> 00:32:42,480 have kids. The political left did all of those things. 622 00:32:42,519 --> 00:32:44,839 Now that doesn't I'm not saying they're evil or horrible 623 00:32:44,839 --> 00:32:46,599 people or anything like that. But the point is, if 624 00:32:46,599 --> 00:32:48,640 you look at where the war on women is coming from, 625 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,640 we've gone from braa burning to let's get rid of 626 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,759 kids because it somehow makes you less. It actually makes 627 00:32:54,759 --> 00:32:58,720 you more. Only women can have kids, This concept of 628 00:32:59,319 --> 00:33:02,440 men giving birth, this is silly, no matter what. It's 629 00:33:02,519 --> 00:33:04,680 kind of like being a twin. If you ask a 630 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,759 twin what it's like to be not a twin, they 631 00:33:06,799 --> 00:33:09,960 can't because ever they've only ever known being a twin. 632 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,720 It's like being male or female. You can't know, even 633 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:15,279 if you try to change it. If you do all this, 634 00:33:15,319 --> 00:33:17,440 you're not You never will be. You can't biologically be 635 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,920 X Y and XX chromosomes fixed. You can't undo that. 636 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,680 You can't unring the bell. You can want it, you 637 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,079 may desire, you may think it, but it's not it. 638 00:33:25,079 --> 00:33:29,000 It's not the same. It just is the way it is. 639 00:33:29,079 --> 00:33:30,920 It's the world as it is. It's as if a 640 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,160 meteor fell and you wanted to sue God for bringing 641 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,680 it about. It's just not reality, and we need to 642 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:40,160 start remembing our remembering our mortality and our role here 643 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:45,400 as people who care about their fellow man and cherish 644 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:50,559 life because it's precious and women. You guys make the 645 00:33:50,559 --> 00:33:53,200 world go round, even if it's difficult to live with 646 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,319 you sometimes I'm kidding. I'm having fun there. Chat Adams, 647 00:33:56,359 --> 00:33:58,079 your host for the day. I'll be back tomorrow twelve 648 00:33:58,119 --> 00:33:59,920 to three here on peat Counter show. Stay tuned much 649 00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:02,640 want to go with Brett Winterble signing off for now. Folks, 650 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,640 have a fantastic day. 651 00:34:06,119 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 1: All right, that'll do it for this episode. Thank you 652 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,480 so much for listening. 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