WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:03.919 You're listening to KFI AM six forty the Bill Handles 2 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:08.039 show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. And this is 3 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:11.880 KFI AM six forty Bill Handle here on a Thursday, 4 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:15.640 kind of drizzly Thursday, September nineteenth. And it was only 5 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:18.440 a few days ago when it was what one hundred 6 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:21.719 and fifteen hundred and eighteen in Whitland Hills. Boy, weather 7 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:24.679 it's changing rather rapidly, isn't it. Hey, how's the weather 8 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:25.239 out there or what? 9 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:25.760 Any of that? 10 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:29.239 So a lot of conversation there now right kind of 11 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:32.840 that's one thing about climate change. It really does make 12 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:36.280 the conversation about weather a little more interesting. Okay, let 13 00:00:36.359 --> 00:00:40.560 me tell you one of the reasons why Sheriff Villanueva 14 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:48.240 is no longer the sheriff of La County because the 15 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:53.119 current Sheriff, Robert Luna, just announced that there is now 16 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:58.520 a formal policy banning those deputy gangs or clicks of 17 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:02.399 sheriff's deputies. There was a Loyal Law School report and 18 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.159 that was published on January thirteenth, twenty twenty one. 19 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:06.159 So we're going back three. 20 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:11.159 Years traces a fifty year history of deputy gangs within 21 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:11.959 La County. 22 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:12.760 Sheriff's department. 23 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:17.840 And how do we know those gangs because they have tattoos. 24 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:19.000 On their arms. It's like. 25 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:23.400 Their shoulders or their wrists or whatever they hell, now, 26 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:26.760 now the police department is going to be tatted up 27 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:29.799 like crazy. It doesn't matter because the world the tattoos 28 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:31.959 is very different than it was ten twenty years ago. 29 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:35.560 But here's what viielland Waves said. 30 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:40.079 These sheriffs who had these tattoos that signified there was 31 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:45.359 a gang, they really weren't gangs. They were like bowling clubs. 32 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:52.040 They were like softball teams. Okay, by the way, were 33 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:55.400 there any softball teams or bowling teams among those deputies? 34 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:56.400 No? 35 00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:02.159 No, And so new policy within the sheriff's department saying, oh, no, 36 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:04.239 we are going to get rid of that one. 37 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:08.039 We're banning all of this. Here's a Luna quote. 38 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:11.639 Our employees are dedicated professionals who maintained the highest standards 39 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:12.840 of integrity and service. 40 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:16.159 I think so for the most part, the overwhelming. 41 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:19.759 Number, I recognize the issue of law enforcement gangs has 42 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:23.120 only involved a small fraction of the department. And this 43 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:28.719 is where Vanueva said they didn't exist at all. Well, 44 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:34.759 he was wrong clearly, so, Luna says, I also acknowledge 45 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:39.479 that this long standing issue must be addressed appropriately to 46 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:42.560 maintain the community's trust in US. Couldn't agree with him 47 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:46.879 more because right now the trust in police departments, I 48 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:49.280 won't say, is that a low ebb. The Black Lives 49 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:52.479 Matter movement came in, and I think the trust for 50 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:54.719 cops was at the lowest ab there. 51 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:57.599 It has come back. The pendulum is swinging. 52 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:03.479 And as I I've always been incredibly pro pro police, 53 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:06.840 and you could be pro police and still recognize there 54 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:11.360 are bad apples. You tell me in any field, in 55 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:16.199 any area of society where there aren't rogues. The problem 56 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.360 is when you have rogues that are in the police department, 57 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:22.840 a lot of harm is called well caused. Well no, actually, 58 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:26.080 when you have rogues that do brain surgery, that's more 59 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:29.879 harm to the individual. But for the most part, bad 60 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:33.919 cops are bad cops. There's so few of them. Let's 61 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:37.080 root them out instead of doing this broad brush and 62 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:40.840 certainly when they are found, you can't have a sheriff 63 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:43.080 for a police chief saying oh no, no, they don't exist. 64 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:48.039 And that's for political purposes. I can't imagine other than that. 65 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:52.159 Maybe it's because VI on the web. He was head 66 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:55.319 of a department and you didn't want to admit that 67 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:59.360 there was anything wrong. And the sheriff, Alex fin we 68 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:04.520 have a outplayed even just said it didn't happen. County 69 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:07.639 leaders the board of supervisors said we have a problem. 70 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:13.199 Nope, we don't. Critics have alleged for years that the 71 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:15.000 gangs do exist. Nope. 72 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:20.800 And so there were tattoos indicating that they were part 73 00:04:20.839 --> 00:04:27.160 of organizations like the Cavemen, the Executioners, bandidos. 74 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.759 Now you know, what can I tell you? 75 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:32.600 You know, when you have that, the first thing I 76 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:36.439 think of is maybe there's a gang there. You know, Neil, 77 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:39.759 I know you have a big tattoo of Mickey Mouse smiling. 78 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:44.079 That doesn't mean you're in a gang. I do not, sir, 79 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:47.199 I do not. I do have a big tattoo of 80 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:50.040 Harry Houdini, you do, and it's a really neat tattoo. 81 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:50.959 It's on his calf. 82 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:54.319 And occasionally what sometimes you see is sometimes you don't 83 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:56.600 because it disappears and it does a good job of 84 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:59.399 coming in and out it escapes. Yeah. 85 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:03.079 Yeah, the actual on you surprised me. I'm not you 86 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:04.399 see you being funny. 87 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:08.360 That's okay, Well, thank you for that, Neil, And NEI 88 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:09.600 only thinks he's gonna be tomorrow. 89 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:11.680 You're dreaming. Anyway, there were. 90 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:15.240 Fights, there were bar fights. And the point is is 91 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:19.600 the Robert Luna has as head of the department, done 92 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:22.639 two things. Number one, recognized there was a real problem 93 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:26.720 with Alex feeing the way but not even recognizing it 94 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:29.680 or not saying anything about it or pooh pooing it 95 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:33.240 or sweeping under the rug. And number two, he's done 96 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:37.079 something about it. This policy now says this will stop. 97 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:40.519 You cannot be a member at all disciplinary actions. I 98 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:42.000 mean he's gonna throw them out. I mean they'll be 99 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:44.079 hearings throwing them out. You can't be a member. And 100 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:47.759 on top of that, you cannot shut up about it 101 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:49.439 if you know someone is a member. 102 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:52.959 So he has finally come down. 103 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:58.199 This policy was unveiled yesterday and finally the. 104 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:00.839 Sheriff's department dealing with this issue. 105 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:03.439 Here's the interesting part about this, at least I find 106 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:06.199 this interesting, is this has been going. 107 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:08.120 On for fifty years. 108 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:12.600 According to the Loyola Law School report that was published 109 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:16.160 three and a half years ago, it's fifty years of 110 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:22.600 this well, at least Luna is coming to the table. 111 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:27.120 When's he up for reelection? By the way, is it November? 112 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:30.720 I don't think so that he is coming. I think 113 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:31.399 it is November. 114 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:36.279 Isn't it all right? We're done with that now. 115 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:40.519 Some big news yesterday, the Teamsters announced that they will 116 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:44.600 not endorse either Trump or Harris in the presidential and 117 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:47.600 Donald Trump said that is a win for him, which, 118 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:49.800 by the way, I don't disagree with. I think he's 119 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:56.360 right on why because the Teamsters religiously endorse the Democrat. 120 00:06:56.480 --> 00:07:00.160 Last time Democrat was not endorsed, and I'm talking about 121 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:02.959 a Republican being endorsed, but there was no endorsement. Was 122 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:06.319 Bill Clinton when he ran. That's how long ago it was, 123 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:09.360 I mean like thirty years ago. So this is huge 124 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:12.600 news on this one. So the union said it was 125 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:15.480 left with few commitments. On the top of the Teamsters 126 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:20.199 issues with either former President Trump or Vice President Harris. 127 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:24.120 Found no support, no definitive support among its members for 128 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:25.519 either party's nominee. 129 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:27.079 Actually that's not true. 130 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:32.360 It found more support for Donald Trump than it did 131 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:34.279 for Harris. And I'm going to talk about that in 132 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:38.600 a minute, because I'm sitting here just not understanding this. 133 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:39.839 I'm stunned by this. 134 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:41.839 Then I have an idea of why. 135 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:47.600 So the Teamsters represent freight drivers and warehouse workers said no, 136 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:51.600 thank you to this at all. Now, unions all over 137 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:55.439 the country have already endorsed Kamala Harris. This is the 138 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:59.639 only major union that is saying no, and not to Trump, 139 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:05.279 but also not to Harris. O'Brien, the president of the Union, 140 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:07.959 Sean O'Brien, who went and spoke in front of the 141 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:12.480 Republican National Convention. By the way, he tried to speak 142 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:15.199 in front of the Democratic National Convention and they said no. 143 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:16.600 That may be one of the reasons. 144 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:21.560 I have no idea, but he basically touted Trump, not 145 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:23.720 in terms of his political but he says a mean 146 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:28.120 sob and he thanked the Republican Convention the RNC for 147 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:29.800 allowing him to speak. 148 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:32.919 So what is going on here? 149 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:37.399 Well ahead of the announcement yesterday, the Union released an 150 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:41.799 electronic member poll Trump sixty percent support, Harris thirty four percent. 151 00:08:42.840 --> 00:08:43.240 Wow. 152 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:46.960 And then there was a separate poll conducted by the 153 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:51.720 union fifty eight percent for Trump, thirty one percent for 154 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:55.480 Harris among Union members, And you go, what the hell 155 00:08:55.639 --> 00:09:00.000 is going on national polls show that she gets union 156 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:00.639 and support. 157 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:07.159 What is going on with this? Because Harris comes from. 158 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:12.279 An administration, and that is the Biden Harris administration, which 159 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:15.799 Joe Biden has said proudly he is the most pro 160 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:18.919 union president we've ever had. 161 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:19.759 He's right. 162 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:25.399 No one refutes that she comes from that. She has 163 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:27.840 not refuted it. She has not changed her position. She 164 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:32.879 walked the picket lines in favor of unions, she has 165 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:34.240 worked for. 166 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:38.399 The union pension plans. I mean, this is a woman. 167 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:41.639 Who you go, how is that possible that she isn't 168 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:45.840 getting the endorsement? And then I'm thinking, okay, let's think 169 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:47.919 of the reasons why. I can really only think of 170 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:51.679 one reason, and other than just personal like or dislike. 171 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:54.080 But the union members. You don't have the president of 172 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:56.480 the Teamsters or any union saying, you know what, we're 173 00:09:56.600 --> 00:09:59.960 endorsing Harris or Trump because we just like them more, 174 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:00.879 that's all. 175 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:03.960 It's a likability issue. You don't hear that from the unions. 176 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:07.279 So here I'm trying to figure out what is going 177 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:10.919 on because at first glance, Harris is much more pro 178 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:14.279 union than Trump. But here, especially after Trump with that 179 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:19.960 Elon Musk interview where he congratulated Musk for basically saying 180 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:21.600 union members, you fire them. 181 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:23.440 I think it's the greatest thing in the world. You 182 00:10:23.519 --> 00:10:27.960 show them someone doesn't like the way you're doing your business, 183 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:30.399 you fire them, and you did, and I think that's great. 184 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:34.639 So why would Trump get that kind of support? And 185 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:38.320 I think it is because he is pushing the tariffs. 186 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:42.320 He is saying, we are going to tariff the hell 187 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:47.279 out of anything made overseas to where we're going. If 188 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:49.679 we want to buy something, it's going to be American 189 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:51.399 workers who manufacture it. 190 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:54.320 That is powerful stuff. 191 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:59.519 And if you're looking at which way, if I'm working 192 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:03.759 and I see a potential president who says, I really 193 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:08.080 am protecting you, and here is how I'm protecting you. 194 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:10.879 I'm going to make sure that all that stuff that's 195 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:14.519 made overseas will not be here. We cannot buy it. 196 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:19.279 That's how I'm protecting your jobs. That resonates. I think 197 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:23.759 that resonates. Is that the reason, Well, we're not given 198 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:27.559 the reason. You know, you'll hear a labor analysts give 199 00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:29.639 you tons of reason, But at first glance, that's the 200 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:32.440 That's the only thing I can think of because I 201 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:35.440 don't get it. I don't get how sixty percent of 202 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:40.200 the teamsters are supporting Trump other than that, well, some. 203 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:41.720 Of them just like the guy. 204 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:44.320 You know, there are plenty of people that I'll tell 205 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:46.759 you one thing. People who like Trump like Trump a 206 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:48.399 lot more than people who like Harris. 207 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:49.279 Like Harris. 208 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:53.200 You know, Trump's supporters are on a level that I've 209 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:57.480 never seen before ever. You know, where I live, across 210 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:00.200 the street they are a couple of Trump supporters and 211 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:03.840 I drive down the street where they have an American flag. Unfortunately, 212 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:06.759 now the American flag equals supporting Trump. 213 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:07.720 I don't get that either. 214 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:12.039 But Trump flags, and I mean Trump flags that you 215 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:14.759 would see flying over capitals that big. 216 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:17.919 I mean, you know they're on there. 217 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:21.000 You know the flagpole is on the roof and the 218 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:26.600 flag hits the ground and that's twelve feet, that's fourteen feet. Yeah, 219 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:29.679 you don't see that anyplace else. And so I think 220 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:32.399 that's a lot of the reason. And I do think 221 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:34.240 that terrorf issue is a lot of the reason. 222 00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:37.639 So we'll find out. We're gonna see. 223 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:39.879 We only we have less than a couple of months 224 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:41.360 to go before this thing hits. 225 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:43.559 Boy, what a run this is going to be. Man, 226 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:46.360 what a presidential we're going to see. 227 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:51.279 Going back to the year two thousand and By the way, 228 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:55.480 I was absolutely in this population. I bought a minivan 229 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:58.799 because I became a soccer mom. My kids that year 230 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:01.759 were five years old, born in nineteen ninety five, and 231 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:04.480 I wasn't alone. About over a million people one point 232 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:09.120 three million vans were sold last year. That figure is 233 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:14.279 down eighty percent. There used to be a dozen manufactures. 234 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:19.559 Now it's only four Chrysler, Honda, Toyota, and Kia, and 235 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:20.720 they have one each. 236 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:25.840 So what happened to the minivan, Well, it was always 237 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:26.480 kind of ugly. 238 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:29.360 It was always kind of boxy, and you sort of 239 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:31.320 had to have it if you had kids, especially if 240 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:32.519 you had two or more kids. 241 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:33.840 You simply had to have it. 242 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:36.679 You have the cup holders getting in and out, with 243 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:42.000 the sliding door. It was just the perfect vehicle for 244 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:45.039 moms or families, and I was one of those moms. 245 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:48.600 It was popular, but I'll tell you what it never was. 246 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:50.240 It was never cool. 247 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:55.399 The first one came out in nineteen eighty three, and 248 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:59.480 this is when Leiahkoca, who had run Forward, came onto 249 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:02.320 Chrysler and he saved Chrysler. It's one of the few 250 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:05.200 times the government came in loan money to a major 251 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:09.799 corporation and the money was paid back early and the 252 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:12.960 government actually made money. I don't know the last time 253 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:18.159 that happened, but it broke all kinds of new ground. 254 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:21.399 This is Leiacca. They came up with this. He had 255 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:24.799 jump seats, he had the rear storage for easy loading. 256 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:28.360 There was I mean, before that, you had the big 257 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:33.360 box utility vehicles, the vans, full size vans, or you 258 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:34.679 had the station wagons. 259 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:35.480 Remember those. 260 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:39.480 I grew up with those, and it's just not the same. Nope, 261 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:45.039 the minivan was the answer. And the initial two models 262 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:49.159 that Chrysler sold, the Dodge Caravan and the Plymouth Foyaguer. 263 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:51.399 Well, let me put it this way. 264 00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:55.759 Overall mini minivan sales that year or that decade, by 265 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:58.399 the end of the decade reached seven hundred thousand a year. 266 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:05.600 I mean, that is pretty impressive. But again, it wasn't cool. 267 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:10.279 It was kind of ugly. And then what came around 268 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:12.679 to kill the minivan. 269 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:14.960 Part of it. 270 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:17.279 I was one of the population where I just didn't 271 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:20.759 care about my kids anymore. I don't care walk, take 272 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:24.360 a bike, drive a motorcycle. I'm fine with that, But 273 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:26.279 what really killed the minivan. 274 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:26.679 Was the suv. 275 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:33.360 The suv came into existence and that effectively wiped out 276 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:34.480 the minivan. 277 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:36.799 And look at how many sedans. 278 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:40.360 Do you see versus or versus SUVs out there or crossovers. 279 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:44.440 I mean, and if you buy a car today, a 280 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:47.440 sedan will cost you thousands of dollars less than the 281 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:50.440 SUVs because everybody wants an suv. 282 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:53.679 I bought my first suv. 283 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:59.519 I went from a minivan to sedan's because my kids, well, 284 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:01.039 you know, it was my wife. 285 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:02.679 Who ended up driving the kids all over the place. 286 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:04.320 I really was in the soccer mom. 287 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:11.000 And my kids never played soccer, and the places that 288 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:13.879 we took our kids I don't even remember. But it 289 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:16.000 was the minivan. You know what I thought the best 290 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:19.519 thing about minivan's cup holders. I thought that was such 291 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:22.720 a great idea. I mean, there aren't enough cup holders 292 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:28.360 in any vehicle. You know, I have an SUV, my 293 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:33.200 EV and BMW and you know Germans and this is 294 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:35.440 made in Germany. I guess they don't drink on the road. 295 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:40.120 There are two cup holders and you have to reach 296 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:42.240 under and grab them. I don't understand that kind of 297 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:46.320 think it's great car, but they don't drink. And American 298 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:50.200 cars now have a bunch of cup holders that started 299 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:50.960 with the suv. 300 00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:55.440 So the minivan is kind of dead. 301 00:16:56.279 --> 00:17:00.279 They're done, and it's sort of a you know, I 302 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:03.639 kind of look on it nostalgically, you know, because that 303 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:05.640 was a big part of my life for a bunch 304 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:10.160 of years when my little ones were little. Okay, talk 305 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:14.480 about entertaining. The last presidential debate between Kamala Harris and 306 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:19.039 Donald Trump was a hoot, and probably the most memorable 307 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:25.400 part of it was Donald Trump saying in Springfield, they're 308 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:28.599 eating the dogs, the people that came in, They're eating 309 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:31.920 the cats, they're eating the pets, the people that live there. 310 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:35.319 Okay, why not? Sure? 311 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:41.400 Then that is reference to immigration, clearly because Haitians have. 312 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:44.920 Moved into Springfield in Illinois. So how did that start? 313 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:50.039 Well, a lady but Erica Lee wrote on Facebook a 314 00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:53.720 post put a post up that she had heard that 315 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:56.960 a neighbor's cat had disappeared and that one of their 316 00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:59.960 Haitian neighbors might have taken the animal. So she posted 317 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:03.079 this rumor on Facebook, they're eating their cats, They're eating 318 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:07.000 the dogs. And then she decided after posting. She decides 319 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:10.559 to go back to her neighbor and asks for proof. Right, 320 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:12.839 she posts the rumor and then goes to the neighbor 321 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:15.960 and go, I'd like some proof. Well, it turned out 322 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:19.039 that that cat who had gone missing wasn't the cat 323 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:23.440 of the neighbor's daughter, as she had been told afterwards, 324 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:26.400 if there was a cat like that, it belonged to 325 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:31.440 a friend of a friend of the neighbor's daughter. And lisays, 326 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:34.039 at that point, we're playing the game of telephone. I'm 327 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:38.160 trying to reach her because she had personally no information 328 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:39.680 about any abducted cats. 329 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:43.279 She just posted this rumor that she had heard. Well, 330 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:45.359 she's deleted it. She's not very happy with it. 331 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:47.799 And of course that took off like crazy. You talk 332 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:51.119 about something that went viral. Also to the point where 333 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:55.559 the president or former president is saying, as a political statement, 334 00:18:56.160 --> 00:19:00.759 the Haitians in Springfield, Ohio are eating the pets, they're 335 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:04.599 eating the dogs, they're eating the cats, and you would 336 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:08.720 sort of shake your head and go, really, no, not really, 337 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:13.319 that's how crazy this presidential has become. Jd Vance pops 338 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:18.200 in and effectively admits number one that it's not true, 339 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:19.480 and two defends it. 340 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:21.319 If I have to make up. 341 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:24.160 Stuff that's not true to get America's attention, I will 342 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.480 do that. 343 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:26.920 What does that mean? 344 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:30.640 Are we going back to the Democrats are eating kids? 345 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:37.640 There are these pedophile groups of Democrat congress people under 346 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:44.440 a pizza parlor that are eating children, sacrificing little ones. Yeah, 347 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:48.599 I guess if that's what it takes. By the way, 348 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:52.240 the local authorities in Springfield have gone nuts. They've debunked it. 349 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:56.519 And here's the problem is that the threats have now 350 00:19:56.599 --> 00:20:00.599 come in in Springfield. They've shut down hospitals, shut down 351 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:01.279 the schools. 352 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:04.599 They're reeling with this. And of course JD. 353 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:07.079 Van said, Hey, that had nothing to do with it, 354 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:10.359 all of a sudden, the threats that had nothing to 355 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:13.359 do with us. Now, is it true that there are 356 00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:17.680 Haitians in Springfield? You bet fifteen to twenty thousand being 357 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.359 called illegal. 358 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:22.160 They're not illegal. They're there legally because of the asylum program. 359 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:25.240 Now you can argue politically asylum, yes, asylum, no, that's 360 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:29.079 a legitimate argument. But don't tell me they're there illegally 361 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:33.119 when they are there legally. Okay, that is just dumb. 362 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:37.920 But it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter to argue that 363 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:40.279 immigration is a horrible thing, which, by the way, a 364 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:42.160 lot of people do. And I am more in favor 365 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:47.400 of curtailing immigration than I am in allowing large numbers 366 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:50.200 of people in. I think the whole asylum program is 367 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:53.440 kind of crazy, and even the Biden administration has cut 368 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:55.039 way down on it because. 369 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:58.440 It's politically it's non palatable. 370 00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:02.200 And I think that I would allow more asylum seekers 371 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:06.839 if he could, because that's just his thinking. But you know, 372 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:11.839 it's a big jump from too many Haitians who are 373 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:16.720 there illegally and they're not that are destroying the city 374 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:19.559 while all the city officials say, no, they get here legally. 375 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:21.440 The employers love them. 376 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:28.720 Now are the city services overwhelmed, Yeah, they're straining. But 377 00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:33.920 put all of that together and go forward with those 378 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:36.880 Haitian immigrants are eating. 379 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:41.480 The dogs and cats. I mean, even for those of 380 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.559 you that are not. 381 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:46.599 Particularly Kamala Harris fans, all right, and you are going 382 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:52.640 to go the other way. Really, So one of two things. One, 383 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:57.680 it doesn't matter what's being said. Oh by that, it 384 00:21:57.680 --> 00:22:00.599 doesn't matter. Your politics are your politics, and you're voting 385 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:03.039 the way you're voting, and this is just all fluff. 386 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:06.960 This is just part of the ridiculous statements that are 387 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:13.480 made this presidential or even worse, you actually believe they're 388 00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:17.640 eating the dogs and cats, and please don't say that, 389 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:25.680 so please. I can't imagine a large swath of America 390 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:28.200 believing that dogs and cats are being eaten in Springfield, 391 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.640 at least I don't. 392 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:34.160 All right, So what's the bottom? What's the takeaway here? 393 00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:41.880 The woman, the one woman who started that rumor said oops, boy, 394 00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:44.680 And it was a friend of a friend who actually 395 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:47.119 she found out started it and she posted it. 396 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:50.319 And it just exploded. Boy. I'd like to start a rumor. 397 00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:55.839 What if I say I saw a Martian who just 398 00:22:55.920 --> 00:23:01.240 came out of a meeting with Kamala Harris, and would 399 00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:05.400 that explode saying, oh my god, she has aliens that 400 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:07.200 are now going to be part of her administration if 401 00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.839