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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI AM

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<v Speaker 1>six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>Handle here on a humpday, Wednesday, May seventh, and we

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<v Speaker 2>finished it with our Pope news. We'll be talking about

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<v Speaker 2>that for sure. I noticed that the popes take a

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<v Speaker 2>new name, and that became really important back in the

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen thirties when Cardinal Secola became pope and he did

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<v Speaker 2>not want to be known as Pope Scola, so he

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<v Speaker 2>took a new name.

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<v Speaker 1>I used that before. And by the way, I love that, truly.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Will shaking his head and going, come on, seriously, Handle,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, let me tell you what's going on in Altadena.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is really good. And I think you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be interested in the stats.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. I like stats when they tell us something.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a story in the La Times about this woman,

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<v Speaker 2>Michelle Williams, who lived in a nineteen twenties cottage and

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<v Speaker 2>it was destroyed and she was there for seventeen years.

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<v Speaker 2>She rented, and she received a proposal from her landlord

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<v Speaker 2>she could have the burn lot. All she would have

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<v Speaker 2>to pay is five hundred and sixty five thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 2>cash within fifteen days.

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<v Speaker 1>That was a little tough.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously she couldn't qualify or she couldn't come up with money.

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<v Speaker 2>And she's not alone. Thousands of homes were destroyed in Altadena,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is a very special area because a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people don't have much money. They're living in homes

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<v Speaker 2>at our generational grandparents bought these houses for a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of reasons. They were affordable, and a lot of African

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<v Speaker 2>Americans bought these houses because the entire southern California was redlined,

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<v Speaker 2>which means that you couldn't buy a house if you

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<v Speaker 2>were black in neighborhoods, so you could in this island

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<v Speaker 2>of homes, and they got nailed. These people are not

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<v Speaker 2>of the same socioeconomic level as people in the Palisades.

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<v Speaker 2>So how do these mainly homeowners, how can they stay there?

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<v Speaker 2>Because the fear is and it's happening, And this is

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<v Speaker 2>eighty already where property owners have simply sold the land.

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<v Speaker 2>They just they don't want to build, they can't qualify,

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<v Speaker 2>there's no way they can afford it. So developers come

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<v Speaker 2>in and eighty of them have been bought so far,

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<v Speaker 2>and a lot more being negotiated. And gentrification is going

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<v Speaker 2>to happen because the land is several hundred thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 2>a lot. Today it costs seven hundred dollars a square

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<v Speaker 2>foot to build, so if you're building a thousand square feet,

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<v Speaker 2>that's seven hundred thousand dollars. So you're into this a

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<v Speaker 2>million one, a million two. Who can afford it? So

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<v Speaker 2>what happens the land? The landowner sells off to these

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<v Speaker 2>developers who come in. So what is going on to

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<v Speaker 2>save those neighborhoods? And they're trying for sure. So in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of Aschelle, she went to the Neighborhood Housing Services,

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<v Speaker 2>the Neighborhood Housing Services of La County, and they came

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<v Speaker 2>up with the money and they're going to build it

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<v Speaker 2>or give her enough money to build a house and

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<v Speaker 2>then sell it to her an affordable price. The county

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<v Speaker 2>is buying the property. Wow, that's a pretty good deal now.

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<v Speaker 2>The chief executive of the Neighborhood Housing Services of La

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<v Speaker 2>County said that their organization and a coalition of nonprofits

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<v Speaker 2>are looking to raise more money.

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<v Speaker 1>How much do they have, we don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, to purchase a couple of hundred burned properties and

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<v Speaker 2>then to build homes and ideally sell them to people

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<v Speaker 2>from Altadena.

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<v Speaker 1>At an affordable price to those people.

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<v Speaker 2>And the numbers are staggering because so far they've been

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<v Speaker 2>able to buy lots and arrange financing to rebuild and

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<v Speaker 2>sell to the property owner, and they've hit the magic

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<v Speaker 2>number of.

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<v Speaker 1>Two lots two. How is that for a success story?

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<v Speaker 2>There are thousands of lots of homes that were.

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<v Speaker 1>Burned. And so if you're doing.

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<v Speaker 2>Two every let's say six months, because this has been

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<v Speaker 2>going on for a while, that's what for a year?

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<v Speaker 2>At what point do you reach six thousand? That's a

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<v Speaker 2>success story. Heart's in the right place. You can't argue

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<v Speaker 2>with that. And this is not giving someone a couple

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred dollars a food voucher or a snap you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a food stamp.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a million dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>We've talked about this before and this is kind of fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Every year there's something called the World Happiness Report and

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<v Speaker 2>we talk about it and the United States has dropped

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<v Speaker 2>to its lowest ranking. I think Sudan and Yemen are

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<v Speaker 2>happier places than we are. We're pretty miserable. And here's

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<v Speaker 2>what happens. How do they come up with this these figures,

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<v Speaker 2>this ranking? Well, the question is what's the world's happiest country,

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<v Speaker 2>and inevitably it's Finland or Denmark, Sweden. Those guys are

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<v Speaker 2>at the top, and they get there by asking people

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<v Speaker 2>in different countries to answer a single self assessment question,

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<v Speaker 2>self assessment question about life satisfaction. However, some surveys are

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<v Speaker 2>looking at this and it turns out people in different

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<v Speaker 2>cultures answer in many different ways. Depends on where you live,

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<v Speaker 2>depends on whether money is important, depends on culture.

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<v Speaker 1>Depends on.

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<v Speaker 2>Just the way people look at life. We, for example,

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<v Speaker 2>look at money very differently than other countries do they

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<v Speaker 2>pall for example, They just don't look at it the

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<v Speaker 2>same way. So there is the Global Flourishing Study. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a new study and it's based on a survey taken

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<v Speaker 2>by a bunch of institutions, including Harvard at the Human

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<v Speaker 2>Flourishing Program, and it uses self reporting and collects some

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<v Speaker 2>real comprehensive data on well being from half a dozen

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<v Speaker 2>dimensions in twenty two countries, two hundred thousand people it

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<v Speaker 2>followed over five years. There is some serious research, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not just a single question.

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<v Speaker 1>And here's what they did find.

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<v Speaker 2>Happiness declines gradually in young and middle adulthood. Then turns

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<v Speaker 2>upward in life. Starting at about fifty, you get happier now.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course they didn't ask me because I would skew

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<v Speaker 2>it completely.

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<v Speaker 1>Bill. Are you unhappy yes? Were you always unhappy? Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>When did you start being unhappy?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh? Probably at the age of two weeks? And are

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<v Speaker 2>you going to stay unhappy?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes? Okay, fair enough. Now here comes the.

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<v Speaker 2>Interesting part, and this is I think no surprise to kneel.

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<v Speaker 2>And that is one of the facets of this. One

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<v Speaker 2>of the happiness levels you can point to.

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<v Speaker 1>Has to do with religion.

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<v Speaker 2>The more people are involved in religion, not just religion,

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<v Speaker 2>but being involved in churches and synagogues, the happier they are.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a correlation between the US becoming secularized. We

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<v Speaker 2>just don't go to church or synagogue anymore. After my

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<v Speaker 2>girls were bought MITZVD, I stopped. I wasn't interested. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's what happens to many many of us. And I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know how it works in the Christian religion when

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<v Speaker 2>people stop going to church in our cases because the

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<v Speaker 2>kids were no longer involved because they went to the

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<v Speaker 2>day school there. And so it's a direct correlation organized religion.

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<v Speaker 2>People who are organized religion meet at church or synagogue

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<v Speaker 2>or mosques where they have pot lucks. Do they have

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<v Speaker 2>pot lu and mosques, by the way, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I've often thought about that, huh. Anyway, certainly churches do,

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<v Speaker 2>and there is just this camaraderie. There is just this

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<v Speaker 2>connection with other people, and connections to humans is really

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<v Speaker 2>important to lifestyle and happiness. For example, I was just

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<v Speaker 2>talking to Anne about we are doing off the air

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<v Speaker 2>about the pope and religion, and you know, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>very religious, and Neil, let me ask you, the more

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<v Speaker 2>religious someone is, do you believe the happier someone is.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know about religious that means a particular thing

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<v Speaker 4>to me, but I think that if you are faithful

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<v Speaker 4>and dedicated to your faith, I think that it can

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<v Speaker 4>be incredibly uplifting. I mean a lot of atheists that

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<v Speaker 4>don't have understanding of hope. Genuinely, they don't understand. They're

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<v Speaker 4>pretty dark outlook on things. And it doesn't mean they're

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<v Speaker 4>bad people any way, shape or form, but there's nothing

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<v Speaker 4>nowhere to put there's hope is part of faith. So

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<v Speaker 4>I find faith is part of happiness. I think it

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<v Speaker 4>can be. Yeah, absolutely, I was.

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<v Speaker 2>I was talking to I mean one of the things

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<v Speaker 2>that was talking to Anne, and then people do believe?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know, obviously, and I don't understand it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, do I understand?

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<v Speaker 1>You know?

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<v Speaker 2>Did Jesus really feed the multitudes on one package of

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<v Speaker 2>fish sticks?

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<v Speaker 1>How the hell do I know?

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<v Speaker 2>Did he walk across the Galilee without pontoon shoes on?

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<v Speaker 1>How the hell do I know? Does it seem plausible?

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<v Speaker 1>Not to me? But and I am miserable?

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<v Speaker 2>Does that mean, Neil, you believe in a package of

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<v Speaker 2>fish sticks and therefore you are happier?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, thank you for every reason.

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<v Speaker 4>I am happier than you, for you are a miserable bastard.

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<v Speaker 3>And I don't even think faith can help you. I

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<v Speaker 3>think you're just done.

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<v Speaker 1>That's probably true.

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<v Speaker 5>It's like George and Michael said you got to have faith? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>you got to have faith.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that? Did Michael Bolton say that you have to

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<v Speaker 1>have faith?

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<v Speaker 3>George?

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<v Speaker 1>Michael? It wasn't. It wasn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I thought there was Michael Bolton during a period

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<v Speaker 1>of time.

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<v Speaker 3>Do I have that right?

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, as far as am I accusing Michael

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<v Speaker 2>Bolton to do anything here, am I right on that

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<v Speaker 2>that name?

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<v Speaker 5>No Michael Bolton not at all different.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, I know that, but just uh, some reason

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<v Speaker 2>that came to mind. And uh, I don't know why.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm a big Bolton fan, but I agree with Neil.

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<v Speaker 5>Faith is important. Faith and hope are both. They go

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<v Speaker 5>hand in hand.

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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever heard of fridge scaping? I hadn't, and

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<v Speaker 2>then and pointed this out. The Wall Street Journal wrote

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<v Speaker 2>about this because someone there realize there's something here that's fun.

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<v Speaker 2>It took the internet by storm last year, or maybe

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<v Speaker 2>you missed it.

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<v Speaker 1>I certainly did.

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<v Speaker 2>And fridge scaping is about sprucing up your refrigerator, the

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<v Speaker 2>inside of your refrigerator, not putting magnets outside with.

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<v Speaker 1>All those crazy places you've been to.

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<v Speaker 2>No, it's to make every nook and cranny of their

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<v Speaker 2>refrigerators look whimsical. And they looked pretty deeply in this

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<v Speaker 2>into this and the Wall Street Journal talk to experts

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<v Speaker 2>and they're looking at the reason to temporarily escape the

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<v Speaker 2>current economic political uncertainties and what It's just a neat way.

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<v Speaker 2>It's sort of a hobby, but it's your refrigerator, which

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<v Speaker 2>is really very strange.

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<v Speaker 1>I do this, do you?

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<v Speaker 5>I do it, but not to that extreme. But there's

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<v Speaker 5>something esthetically pleasing about having my refrigerator organized in a

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<v Speaker 5>certain way. And like, you know, I don't put like

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<v Speaker 5>other decorations and things in there, but I do enjoy

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<v Speaker 5>a visually pleasing refrigerator.

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<v Speaker 1>That's so bizarre. It's so bizarre now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, one person interview said, well, manicuring the contents of

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<v Speaker 2>myridge fridge is a fun way to spend.

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<v Speaker 1>A few hours.

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<v Speaker 2>The one downside is leaving the door open too much

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<v Speaker 2>to look at the wonderful work that I've done. And

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<v Speaker 2>some people see the shelves and drawers and a way

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<v Speaker 2>to left to leave leftover chicken casseroles. And what they

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<v Speaker 2>do is, in addition to leaving leftovers and buying new

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<v Speaker 2>products of course, new produce and meats, et cetera, is

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<v Speaker 2>that fridge scapers are decorating them with the same care

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<v Speaker 2>that they wouldn't decorating a room.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, does that tell you have absolutely no life? Now?

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<v Speaker 2>They tend to divide themselves into two categories. Oh no,

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<v Speaker 2>this gets deeper, I'll believe me. Okay, there's the casual

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<v Speaker 2>stylus who spends a few hours just jazzing up the

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<v Speaker 2>inside of the refrigerator, you know, decanting the drinks and

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<v Speaker 2>yogurt and jams into glass containers and playing placing fruits

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<v Speaker 2>and veggies and bowls and vases and vases or vases,

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<v Speaker 2>and just making it look clean and neat and just

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<v Speaker 2>kind of you know, I have one of these at home,

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<v Speaker 2>Then there are the decorators who decorate the inside of

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<v Speaker 2>those refrigerators, lining the shells with baskets, photos next to

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<v Speaker 2>the milk and cheese, twinkle lights when the door is open,

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<v Speaker 2>and they choose a theme. Now there's one popular fridge scaper,

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<v Speaker 2>Lindsay Judish.

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<v Speaker 1>She did the fridge interior by themes.

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<v Speaker 2>The Great Gatsby is one theme, Bridgerton another theme. The

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<v Speaker 2>Winter Solsice is another theme. Now, the Gatsby one is

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<v Speaker 2>art deco.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>Aaron Pitpgrass is known for really intricate fridge scaping. She's

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<v Speaker 2>forty four years old, described herself as a max maximalist,

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<v Speaker 2>loves vintage decor. She stumbled across a social media video

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<v Speaker 2>last year showing strings of lights in the fridge, and

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<v Speaker 2>then it wasn't until an old Peewee's playhouse Christmas special.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when inspiration took her. So what did she do?

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<v Speaker 2>What does she do to decorate the inside of her

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<v Speaker 2>vintage nineteen fifties refrigerator as an homage to Peewee's Food

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<v Speaker 2>in refrigerator segment. Well, what people do is typically this

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<v Speaker 2>is a big deal, is you open the door and

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<v Speaker 1>Master bating pee wee Herman.

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<v Speaker 2>The hell someone's not muting? Okay, moving on. She then

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<v Speaker 2>began the fridge scaping. A string of color lights outlined

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<v Speaker 2>the shelves. They were adorned with strands of garland. Then

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<v Speaker 2>artificial fruit was scattered around, eggs and broccoli stocks and butter.

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<v Speaker 2>Then there was a small metal stand that was the

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<v Speaker 2>base for a Christmas tree made of green grapes, and

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<v Speaker 2>there were plastic googly eyes that were put on a

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<v Speaker 2>slab of meat and a wedge of cabbage. Wow, isn't

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<v Speaker 2>that impressive. There was one Reddit user last year really

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<v Speaker 2>limited the fact that their spouse had taken to fridge

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<v Speaker 2>scaping and had taken over the world, and he posted

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<v Speaker 2>that flowers, fancy baskets, jars were taking over at the

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<v Speaker 2>expense of access to the food and adjusting the decor

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<v Speaker 2>to even grab the leftovers was creating a strain in

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<v Speaker 2>the household. Now that is and I'm looking at a picture.

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<v Speaker 2>This is his insanity, is what this is. It's almost

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<v Speaker 2>you go to one of those very high end grocery

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<v Speaker 2>stores that take the produce and make this extraordinary, almost

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<v Speaker 2>a sculpture of the produce.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what these people do.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the people who are fridgescapers say, wait a minute,

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<v Speaker 2>this isn't just about aesthetics, because displaying fruits and vegetables

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<v Speaker 2>rather than shoving them in drawers means less weight, less weights,

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<v Speaker 2>healthier eating, better tracking of when food is ready to eat.

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<v Speaker 1>That that's true.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean i will take food and I'll put at

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<v Speaker 2>the back of a drawer, and then all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll realize that g I can make penicillin out of this.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it can get pretty rough, but that's a

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<v Speaker 2>fascinating This is when you have too much time.

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<v Speaker 1>This is when you know I'm thinking of taking this up.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me talk about that all right.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, today is the last day to have the real

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<v Speaker 2>id or yesterday was the last day that you had

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<v Speaker 2>the real ID, which allows you to get on airplanes

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<v Speaker 2>and get into federal buildings. Otherwise you are not coming

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<v Speaker 2>into a federal building. I wonder people who are arrested

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<v Speaker 2>and going to trial for some criminal offense. Can they

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<v Speaker 2>not go into a federal building and not be tried

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<v Speaker 2>if they don't have a real Idly there's probably that's

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<v Speaker 2>an excten, is my guess. In any case, the real

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<v Speaker 2>ID you have to have. And how do you get

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<v Speaker 2>the real ID. You go to the DMV and the

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<v Speaker 2>issuing new a new driver's license and the real ID,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm looking at mine. There's usually a star in

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<v Speaker 2>the right hand corner, and the technology is better, it's

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<v Speaker 2>harder to forge. And in the case of California real ID,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a little bear, California bear with a star in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle, and there's your real ID. Okay, you have

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<v Speaker 2>to have it, now, why don't you have it? Eighty

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<v Speaker 2>one percent of travelers have real IDs. They met the

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<v Speaker 2>requirements eighty one percent in the United States. That means

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<v Speaker 2>twenty have not twenty percent.

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<v Speaker 1>It's even better.

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<v Speaker 2>In California, fifty eight percent have a real ID.

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<v Speaker 1>That means forty two percent have not gotten it.

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<v Speaker 2>So the lines that the DMV are long, long, long,

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<v Speaker 2>because you have to have it the way you can't

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<v Speaker 2>get on an airplane. Well, Christinome, who is head of

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<v Speaker 2>Homeland Security, says, I'll tell you what We're going to,

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<v Speaker 2>not stop you if we're getting on an airplane, but

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<v Speaker 2>bring a passport that'll work, or bring a military idea.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to have a picture on it, or tribal

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<v Speaker 2>ID if you happen to be a Native American.

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<v Speaker 1>And what makes this so funny, and.

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<v Speaker 2>What makes people who have not yet done this such

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<v Speaker 2>morons is the real ID law was passed by Well,

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<v Speaker 2>was recommended by the nine to eleven Commission, and sign

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<v Speaker 2>into law in two thousand and five, twenty years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>It was supposed to be rolled out in two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>and eight, and it was and you were supposed to well,

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<v Speaker 2>actually you were supposed to have it done by two

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<v Speaker 1>Hm.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, since people weren't doing it, the implementation has been

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<v Speaker 2>repeatedly delayed, over and over and over again. And at

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<v Speaker 2>what point do Americans take this seriously? I mean, I

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<v Speaker 2>complied early on because I was told and I believed it,

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<v Speaker 2>We're not gonna let you get on airplanes at least domestically.

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<v Speaker 1>So I got my my early ID or real ID

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<v Speaker 1>early on.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you seen the videos of hundreds and hundreds of

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<v Speaker 2>people that are circling Department of Motor Vehicle buildings all

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<v Speaker 2>over the country. Come on, guys, you can't be that

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<v Speaker 2>dumb and guess what they are. This is proof positive

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<v Speaker 2>that if you look at the average IQ of Americans

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<v Speaker 2>across the board, you get very close to par golf.

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<v Speaker 2>Americans have a way of just not complying.

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<v Speaker 1>Very often.

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<v Speaker 2>They just don't. We're not really good at following the law.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, we're done another day, another eighty cents because

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<v Speaker 2>we work at iHeart should be a dollar, but it's not.

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<v Speaker 2>And we're back again tomorrow. Neil is here with me

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<v Speaker 2>starting at six o'clock. At five o'clock, it's Will Cole Scheiber.

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<v Speaker 2>With Cole Schreiber, I always screw it up with not Amy.

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<v Speaker 1>Amy's gone for the week. It'll be Heather Brooker.

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<v Speaker 2>And then we got Kno and we have an everybody

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<v Speaker 2>here as we start all over again and see if

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<v Speaker 2>I can offend as many people as possible.

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<v Speaker 1>How do I do today? Neil?

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<v Speaker 3>Ten out of ten, sir, excellent?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, have a good one. Gary and Shannon up next.

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<v Speaker 2>KFI AM. You've been listening to The Bill Handle Show.

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