WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.240 --> 00:00:04.040 Seven, nineteen fifty five Carosity Talk Station. It is that 2 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:06.960 time of week. I always look forward to it. Former 3 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:09.279 Vice Mayor of the City of Cincinnati, Christopher Smithan, joins 4 00:00:09.320 --> 00:00:11.480 the program every Monday at this time to do what 5 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:13.800 we call the Smither Event. Christopher, Welcome back to the 6 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.440 fifty five care Morning Show, My Charrosee Morning Show, My friend. 7 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:17.679 It's always a pleasure having you on. 8 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:20.960 Oh brother, thank you so much for having me on. 9 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:23.480 And I tell you I'm praying for all the people 10 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:27.480 across our countries are who are being impacted by the flooding. 11 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:31.559 Oh yes, all that's all children who lost their lives, 12 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:35.679 you know, older people, people that are that are devastated. 13 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:38.200 They're losing their property. And the only thing I'll say 14 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:41.000 out loud, and I know you know you you your 15 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:43.679 heart goes out too, is people have to just drive carefully, 16 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:46.119 like think about what you're doing out there. There's a 17 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:48.960 lot of water on our highways. Hydro Planing is real, 18 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:51.840 and that's kind of the method that I sent out 19 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:55.719 there to to my family. Just be careful and take 20 00:00:55.759 --> 00:00:58.119 your time. And this water is not going to receive 21 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:00.719 probably all week we're going to get more. So we 22 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:03.200 just have to be careful and waited out. But my 23 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:06.200 heart goes out to all the people across the Midwest 24 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:09.760 and across the country down in the South who've lost 25 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:13.079 a lot, you know, by the rainfall that we've had. 26 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:15.400 Yeah, I saw that one video that there was a 27 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:18.640 house floating down the river or somebody's entire house got 28 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:21.280 washed away, you know, And that kind of thing does 29 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:23.439 happen in flooding. But you know, as you point out, 30 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.319 there are steps you can take to protect yourselves and 31 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:30.159 don't take any chances driving through flooded roads. I mean, 32 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:32.040 sometimes it can be a lot deeper than you think. 33 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:35.319 Your car could get washed away. You're certainly having a 34 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:37.920 possibility of the engine stalling out. I mean, there's not 35 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:39.319 a whole lot of cars out there in the world 36 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:41.439 that have snorkels on them that allow the intake to 37 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:44.760 continue to consume air. So you know, don't don't be 38 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:47.519 stupid about the water on the roads. 39 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:51.480 Man. No, and six inches of water, I mean, you 40 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:53.079 don't know what you don't know if you if you 41 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:57.680 have some type of major pothole, you know, due to that, 42 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:01.239 you're dealing with water that's contaminating it. You step on 43 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:04.560 a nail or something, and and and and now your impacted. 44 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:06.680 That was so you just have to be you just 45 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:09.199 have to be very very careful. Yeah, here's what I 46 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:09.680 would say. 47 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:12.719 And this is the first time we waited real quick here, 48 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:15.879 since this is the first time we've talked, I cannot 49 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:19.280 tell you how how upset, sorry, and frustrated I was 50 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:22.000 for having missed our our lunch appointment on Friday. 51 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:22.240 Man. 52 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:25.599 It just I felt so badly for I just kind 53 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:29.280 of went into my typical Friday zone out mode after 54 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:32.159 the show's over, and I zoned out completely. And I 55 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:33.479 feel like I really let you down. 56 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:33.680 Man. 57 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:35.000 I was looking forward to that too. 58 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.120 Brother, we will get together and and it will it will, 59 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:41.919 it will come together. Is it is no problem. You know. 60 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:43.960 What I want to do is just shout out to you. 61 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:50.120 I had a great conversation with Corey Bowman's running for mayor, 62 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:52.520 and I just want to say it was a great, 63 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:55.520 great meeting, great conversation. It was. It was very nice 64 00:02:55.599 --> 00:03:00.919 meeting his wife, who is expecting their fourth child. And 65 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:04.159 I would encourage other people who who you know, when 66 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:08.400 when candidate Bowman is out there running, that they take 67 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:12.240 the time no matter what their political persuasion is to 68 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:15.000 take the time to get to know them. So I 69 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:17.960 just want to share with you there's a primary coming up, 70 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:22.199 obviously there's a general election. I was very excited and 71 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:25.000 enjoyed my conversation with him, and I'm going to endorse him. 72 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:28.639 So I'm asking other people to look at him very 73 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:32.199 very closely. You know. You know, we're as an independent 74 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:34.000 and as a person who's been out in politics. I 75 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:36.319 don't tell anybody how to vote. I can just tell 76 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:39.360 them this is what I'm thinking as I look at 77 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:42.240 what's happening in the city of Cincinnati as it relates 78 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:48.280 to infrastructure, crime. Our CRS pension obviously is getting banged 79 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:51.360 up real bad, you know, over the past a week. 80 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:54.680 But that matters when you're sending out ten million dollars 81 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:58.240 a month to retirees. So we've got to make sure 82 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:01.599 that we are electing people that are very interested in 83 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:04.840 dealing with the financial situation that the city is under. 84 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:07.840 So I want to publicly say a great conversation with him, 85 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:10.599 and I definitely will endorse him in the primary and 86 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:14.919 in the general election against our current mayor. 87 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:16.120 Well, I'm glad to hear that. 88 00:04:16.319 --> 00:04:20.000 You know, obviously, I think it's I expected that in 89 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:22.360 a way, Christopher, because I know you and I know 90 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:25.360 you're all about logic, common sense, and reason, and you've 91 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:27.680 got your issues with the current administration. And I think 92 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:32.000 Corey does represent a refreshing alternative to what has become 93 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:34.040 the norm in the city of Cincinnati. He's going to 94 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:35.800 have an uphill challenge that you got to admit with. 95 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:38.399 And I don't think that the makeup of council is 96 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:41.319 going to change. I mean, individuals may be different, but 97 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:43.240 it's still going to be a bunch of Democrats. Knowing 98 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:46.560 how blue the city is, well, what. 99 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:48.560 I can say is that you know, there's some big 100 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:51.000 things that are going on. If we're following what's happening 101 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:54.680 in High Park. As an example, there's a major hotel 102 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:57.720 that they're trying to put up where many people in 103 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:00.759 High Park are saying they're not follow the law, which 104 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:03.319 is another way of saying they're not following the code, 105 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:06.160 and they're trying to put something up that's really really 106 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:09.480 big and tall, and they feel like it's going to 107 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:13.920 impact the Highe Park Square area. And I'm sharing with 108 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:17.639 you High Park residents are waking up, and I think 109 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:20.519 as they organize. They're going to be looking at people 110 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:22.879 like a Corey Bowman, or they're going to be looking 111 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:26.240 at different council members. And what I will share with 112 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:29.759 you is their moments in Cincinnati history where there are 113 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:33.480 things that happen that change elections. This could be one 114 00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:36.040 of those based on what's happening in High Park because 115 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:37.959 right now they don't feel like people at city Hall 116 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:42.160 are listening. The fifty one neighborhoods, yes, right, the other 117 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:45.560 fifty one neighborhoods are waking up, going hold on city 118 00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:48.279 Council and the mayor aren't listening to us. We're saying 119 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:52.040 we don't we're not against development, we just don't want 120 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:54.839 this thing that's too big, too tall. We wanted to 121 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:57.079 fit in with our square and they just are not 122 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:00.639 getting the kind of support that they thought they should get. 123 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:03.319 So look for High Park and places like not lookout 124 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:06.360 to be waken up and that that could be a 125 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:07.759 big opening for Corey Bowman. 126 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:10.040 It really could, and we all know Hyde Park is 127 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:12.480 a rather wealthy community and that could result in some 128 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:16.319 campaign contributions going into Corey's coffers, which he could certainly use. 129 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:18.240 And in fact, since we mentioned Corey. 130 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:20.160 He's got an event of Price sal Chile beginning at 131 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:22.319 five pm tomorrow evening if you want to meet him. 132 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:25.920 He's really approachable, He's a very friendly guy, and he 133 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:29.399 just absolutely loves this city. I mean, he has expressed 134 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:31.759 just a profound love for the city of Cincinnati, and 135 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:34.120 it comes through loud and clear, not just in his 136 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:37.079 you know, his positive attitude about the city, but I 137 00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:39.040 think in what his platform is. You can go to 138 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:41.680 Coreybowman dot com and check that out. We'll pausible bring 139 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:44.600 Christopher back more topics to talk about with him. But first, 140 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:47.600 a real positive word for Suzette Loe's camp with Cross 141 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:50.519 Country Mortgage. She will help you with any mortgage related 142 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:53.319 need in question. She'll find the right program to fit 143 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:55.600 your nieds, working with whole kinds of different products. She's 144 00:06:55.839 --> 00:06:58.759 not wed to one specific bank. That's he's your broker. 145 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:02.079 H seven thirty here, fifty buck here. So you talk 146 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:06.199 station Brian Thomas, engage in a conversation with Christopher Smitheman 147 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:10.079 this Smither event. Christopher, what else is on your mind today? 148 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:15.720 Well, Stephanie Turner, who is a United States of America 149 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:20.560 of fencer, took a knee yeah, in the last four 150 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:24.439 or five days, and it just continues to blow me away, 151 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:30.680 Brian Thomas, that we're still having these national discussions about 152 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:36.480 female sports. I want to again make it clear that 153 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:41.959 men should not be competing against women in their sports. 154 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:45.360 It is a safe place for women. How can you 155 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:47.800 how can you be in Women's History Month that we 156 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:53.800 just finished, or say that you're a dad, you got 157 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:56.480 a daughter. You know you're a dad, or you're a 158 00:07:56.600 --> 00:07:59.959 mom and you have a daughter and you think it's okay, 159 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:04.279 hey for a dude to compete against your daughter in 160 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:08.279 any sport. I mean, it's We're just we're swinging so 161 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:13.920 far to the left on some of these common sense discussions. 162 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:17.600 But to have this woman be so courageous to say 163 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:20.120 I'm taking a knee. I am not going to fence 164 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:23.720 a man. I'm not, and I guarantee you as a fencer, 165 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:28.600 she has been practicing and competing her whole life, and 166 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:31.839 for her to take a knee like that right probably 167 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:35.360 disqualified her and put her in a very bad position 168 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:38.519 as she's trying to advance in her sport. And I'm 169 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:41.440 just saying I want to commend her for having the courage, 170 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:44.600 But again, it just it gives me another moment to 171 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:48.799 say she's right, and I am tired of the Democratic 172 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:52.639 Party continuing to push this agenda. You know that men 173 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:56.840 should be competing against women and boys should be competing 174 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:00.519 against girls in their sports. Brian Thomas, I think it's 175 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:03.240 outrageous and I think that we have to continue to 176 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:07.519 be outspoken about it so girls and women understand that 177 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:11.240 there are men that are standing in solidarity with them, 178 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:13.840 saying that this is a safe place. And I'm a 179 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:18.320 person that supports the LGBTQ plus community. I'm not this 180 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:22.559 anti gay person. I'm saying this is too far. It 181 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:27.159 has nothing to do with LGBTQ plus issues. Keep men 182 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:28.960 out of women's sports. 183 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:31.720 Yeah, and you know, I'm on record is agreeing with 184 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:34.000 you completely on that one. And you know I've always 185 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:37.279 used the illustration just look at the world records. Look 186 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:39.960 at the world records in any given sport. You know, 187 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:43.000 I like your daughter's a swimmer. I mean the fifty 188 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:46.639 free fifty meters freestyle, the male record is I think 189 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:50.480 two or three seconds faster than the world record for 190 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:54.159 the females. Why because men have a physical advantage over women, 191 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:57.120 and there's no arguing against that. And you know, when 192 00:09:57.159 --> 00:10:01.000 you think about transgender individuals, I'm not even gonna argue 193 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:04.360 about you. Listen, I believe you believe you're the opposite sex. 194 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:06.639 I'm not arguing with you over that. You're entitled to 195 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:09.519 your beliefs. Maybe you need psychological help, maybe you think 196 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:12.440 you don't whatever. I can live into the same banner 197 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:14.639 of freedom as that person. But when it comes to 198 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:19.200 actual fairness in competition, just because you say you're a woman, 199 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:22.159 you shouldn't be allowed to compete against women because of 200 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:26.039 that unfair natural physical advantage you have done. 201 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:30.679 End of story. I don't know. I mean we're supposed to. 202 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:32.440 It is common sense. 203 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:35.360 We're supposed to and and the other component of this, 204 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:38.879 it always bothers me, Christopher, is that you and I 205 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:45.159 are supposed to change our belief system to cater to 206 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:48.759 their belief Now, I know for a fact, even if 207 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:53.480 you do transgender surgery, you lop parts off or you 208 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:56.960 sew them on, your chromosomal reality is not altered. 209 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:57.399 Buy that. 210 00:10:57.840 --> 00:11:01.799 That's a scientific fact. And I'm supposed to just accept that. No, 211 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:05.360 you're a woman, now what No, I'm not gonna do that. 212 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:08.000 I'll let you live your life that way. Fine, I'll 213 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:09.799 you know, You'm brace. I could be friends with you, 214 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:12.399 but don't expect me to change my mindset when mine 215 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:14.960 is based on scientific reality. 216 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:20.600 This is why so many Democrats continue to say that 217 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:24.080 they did not leave the Democratic Party, but the Democratic 218 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:27.840 Party left them. Yeah, and they keep moving in this direction, 219 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:33.399 putting our girls and our women in these unsafe environments. 220 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:35.320 There was a there was a story out of a 221 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:40.879 field hockey game where there was a man competing against 222 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:44.799 This is a college game, it's my understanding. But he 223 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:49.399 threw that puck so hard that it knocked her teeth 224 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:52.000 out in the front, like some of her front teeth. 225 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:56.559 This is this is unsafe, Brian Thomas, and I'm going 226 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:59.679 to continue to stand with them. And again, Stephan he 227 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:02.440 turned her, had a lot of courage to take a 228 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:06.440 knee because she's gonna pay a price. He's not like, oh, 229 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:09.440 she's not gonna pay a price. To anybody that's listening, 230 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:12.279 this is a woman who took who took a knee 231 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:15.320 and said I'm not doing this, and and the and 232 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:17.720 the bottom line is we need more women out there 233 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:20.799 saying this is too far. And I just want to 234 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:24.559 verbally stand in solidarity with her. I had the opportunity 235 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:27.399 to speak at Oak Hills last week. Uh, there's a 236 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:31.120 there's a great coach out there, Coach Price, their superintendent, 237 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:36.600 Jeff Brandt, and Pastor Kirk, who actually is the pastor 238 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:39.840 for the Reds. He's there, he's there, he's their pastor 239 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:42.759 for the for the Cincinnati Reds. And a friend of mine, 240 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:45.360 Eric Keaton, got me out there to talk to them. 241 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:48.440 And again this was to their athletes, right and so 242 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:51.799 when in that room, right as I'm sitting there thinking 243 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:56.600 I would not want men competing against our boys, competing 244 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:59.039 against the girls that I was speaking to, and I 245 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:04.120 wouldn't want a man competing against a woman. And so 246 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:06.919 they are all in agreement and a cord that we've 247 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:09.320 got to keep these safe places. But it was a 248 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:12.559 great time. I enjoyed meeting all of the staff and 249 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:15.639 faculty out at Oak Hills, and I look forward to 250 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:19.039 going back and talking to them again. Brian Thomas, I 251 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:21.360 want to share with you Corey Bowman sent me a 252 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:25.320 text message. Early voting starts tomorrow for the mayor's race 253 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:27.639 for the primary, So at the end of the day, 254 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:30.559 you know, people don't even know probably that that primary 255 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:33.039 kicks off tomorrow. This is the last day to register 256 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:36.840 the voter, to update your address. And so yet again 257 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:40.120 I want to encourage he can't run. He can't run 258 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:43.120 for mayor if he doesn't win the primary. So this 259 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:45.759 is the first step. So people shouldn't sit it out. 260 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:48.200 They should show up and vote for Corey Bowman. 261 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:50.919 Appreciate the reminder on that one. Let's spring Christopher back 262 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:52.840 for a few more minutes. We're gonna pause. I'll mention 263 00:13:53.000 --> 00:14:00.960 play if it's about Garrosed Station. Ryan Thommins with the 264 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:02.840 former vice mayor of the City of since sing Christopher 265 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:06.360 Smithman at vote Smithmen on your ex accounts, how you 266 00:14:06.440 --> 00:14:07.120 reach Christopher? 267 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:08.600 What else do your mind to day? 268 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:13.240 Christopher, Brother, We've got some federal courts that are just 269 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:16.600 going wild out here, and it's my understanding there about 270 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:21.320 six hundred of them, these judges that keep trying to 271 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:25.240 control the executive branch of the United States of America. 272 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:29.200 And for me, it doesn't matter with the libertarian parts 273 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:33.759 of my politics, or the independent part of my politics, 274 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:38.039 or the Republican parts of my politics. You know, the 275 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:41.480 reality of it is, we have a separation of power 276 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:46.159 for a reason. And so it's really important for citizens 277 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:50.080 to understand, no matter what their politics are, that separation 278 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:54.480 is there for a reason. And these courts are going crazy. 279 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:58.960 It is so unacceptable, and I am shocked that the 280 00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:03.480 Supreme Court may happy opportunity having clarified the power of 281 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:06.799 these courts. So the reality of it is, I pray 282 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:12.799 that these deportations of gang members of who are called 283 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:16.720 MS thirteen gang members, no matter what the gang they're 284 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:19.960 involved in. And my understanding is they're arresting some of 285 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:23.679 these people Brian Thomas, right out of suburban homes. You know, 286 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:26.360 they've got their kids out there, I'm a dad whatever, 287 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:29.480 boom boom bam. But they're living next to somebody who's 288 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:31.960 a gang member. And maybe the people in the community 289 00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:35.519 didn't even know it. But you're living here illegally. You 290 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:39.039 came illegally, you're living here illegally. And these courts are 291 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:43.000 trying to intervene and give people who have jumped the fence, 292 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:47.120 broken the prompt the process. Other people that came here 293 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:51.000 legally and followed the process. They're trying to reward them 294 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:53.440 in some kind of way. So this is a very 295 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:56.399 interesting fight that I'm watching very closely, and I really 296 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:59.960 hope the executive branch wins here for all of us. 297 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:05.120 I don't want to see courts undermining elections when you 298 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:07.879 have a person who was elected, no matter who they are, 299 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:10.960 by the United States of America, to have a court 300 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:12.720 try to tell them what they can and cannot do 301 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:14.000 with their executive power. 302 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:17.679 Yeah, and of course I firmly believe that we need 303 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:21.399 to reform our immigration laws to provide some extra clarity 304 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:23.840 on who we can kick out. And you know, the 305 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:27.519 idea of being able to throw someone out without going 306 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:30.080 through this long and arduous process. Now, I mean, we're 307 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:32.679 so backed up in these immigration hearings. What are they 308 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:36.559 like seven or eight years of backups. You come into 309 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:38.360 the country, you get a free pass to come into 310 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:40.320 the Biden administration's policies, and. 311 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.879 Then you wait around for a hearing. 312 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:44.360 And meanwhile these people just sort of disappear into the 313 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:47.279 ether because the process is so slow, and they don't 314 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:49.240 bother showing up to the hearings when the hearing date 315 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:50.240 actually comes around. 316 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:51.240 I don't know. 317 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:54.639 I'm just I'm torn on this and the other component 318 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:56.440 of this. We talk about this with the politano and 319 00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:59.080 people get all outrage and upset about it. But we 320 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:02.440 do have a due process clause in the constitution now 321 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:05.960 to declare someone is a gang member, that's one thing, 322 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:08.759 and they may very well be. But you know, if 323 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:10.680 someone showed up at your door and said you're a 324 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:12.839 gang member, we're kicking you out of the country, you 325 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:15.720 might want to argue that, no, I'm not a member 326 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:17.720 of a gang, and you better kind to prove it 327 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:19.359 in the court of law that I'm actually a member 328 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:20.759 of a gang if I'm going to fall into some 329 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:23.440 you know, process that allows you to throw me out 330 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:26.519 of the country. So I'm torn and mixed in my 331 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:30.359 emotions being a you know, a constitutionally based person. 332 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:38.480 I think in this particular case that different agencies had 333 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:41.480 defined this guy as a gang member, that he had 334 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:43.839 been involved, you know. And one of the things that 335 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:46.799 that's been driving me crazy with some of these college 336 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:51.240 students right who are here. It's a privilege, but then 337 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:54.720 you come here saying you support Hermas, You're you're demonstrating 338 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:57.240 we're not talking about your free speech, we're talking about 339 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:00.599 your behavior. You're throwing bricks through windows, you're setting things 340 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:04.000 on fire. That doesn't give you the right to stay 341 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:07.720 in this country. So when people argue and they say, well, 342 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:11.599 this person has their freedom of speech, they're not being 343 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:14.039 thrown out because of what they said. They're being thrown 344 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:18.319 out because of what they did their actions. So they're 345 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:20.200 things that you cannot do. And the other thing is 346 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:22.440 you can't go into any other country and act like 347 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:25.079 this and not find yourself in a prison and then 348 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:27.640 they might not let you out for five or ten years. Right, 349 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:31.119 we're very gracious in the United States about allowing some 350 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:34.319 of the things that we have seen happen over the 351 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:37.640 last four years. Look, brother, I want to close by 352 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:40.599 saying our markets are going crazy. You know what I 353 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:43.559 do for a living as a financial planner, and I'm 354 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:45.599 going to be very cautious about what I can and 355 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:48.720 cannot say. But I want to explain to your listening 356 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:53.480 audience that margin calls are real. That people have gone out, 357 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:57.079 they borrowed money for security that they own in their 358 00:18:57.160 --> 00:19:00.960 brokerage accounts, and some of this selling that we're seeing 359 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:04.359 are what are called margin calls, where people are being 360 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:06.920 called up meaning and say you've got to make your 361 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:10.839 accounts hold. I've never done it. I don't buy things 362 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:13.559 on margin. I don't buy things with loans when I'm 363 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:16.039 buying securities. But you're going to see some of that, 364 00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:18.400 most likely that action and you don't know why that 365 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:21.359 person next to you is having to sell. But some 366 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:25.319 of this has to be because of some margin calls, 367 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:28.559 because people were not anticipating this kind of a decline, 368 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:32.160 and so as we go lower, those margin calls accelerate. 369 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:35.319 That client has to either put the money in or 370 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:37.440 they have to or the broker's firm will have to 371 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:40.839 sell that security. So it looks it's still orderly, is 372 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:43.440 what I'm seeing. I'm seeing something that's orderly, and I'm 373 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:46.160 not in this kind of panic mode. Listen to your 374 00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:50.359 financial advisors and those financial professionals who are working with you. 375 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:54.920 Do not get emotionally charged by some of the things 376 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:57.519 that you're happening in the market action. I still see 377 00:19:57.559 --> 00:20:00.519 an orderly market out here, and some of this I 378 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:03.720 think is absolutely based on people who have taken loans 379 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:05.440 out and are getting margin calls. 380 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:10.079 Yeah, I understand that completely, And you know I'm I 381 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:13.000 never checked my four oh one K plan, Christopher, because 382 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:15.400 especially when markets go down like this, I don't want 383 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:17.880 to get anxiety. They always end up going back at 384 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:19.720 some point. I mean, look at how bad the markets 385 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:22.240 got routed during COVID. I mean people lost, you know, 386 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:24.400 one third of their entire retirement account. But if you 387 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:26.240 didn't touch it, you left it there, you gained it 388 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:28.960 all back and then some. So you've you've seen these 389 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:31.839 cycles before, Christopher, I have. 390 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:33.559 And I just say that, you know there are people 391 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:36.599 out there that are working with a lot of people 392 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:41.279 and seek that advice and work with those financial professionals 393 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:45.960 to make sure you're not making an emotional decision. It's 394 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:48.599 a logical decision. And I just want to close out 395 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:51.680 by again just where I started, you know, because the 396 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:55.480 election starts tomorrow and Corey Bowman is on the ballot 397 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:58.799 in a primary, and they typically the primaries are very thin. 398 00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:02.319 A lot of people don't participate in primaries. So people 399 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:05.519 should know that the election for mayor has started. It 400 00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:08.319 starts tomorrow, and people should get out there and vote 401 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:11.039