The Matt Walsh Show - December 16, 2019


Ep. 391 - Everyone Is Owed A Punch


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47 minutes

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176.19731

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8,344

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270


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Transcript

00:00:00.420 Welcome to the show, everybody. I'm just going to say this once up front to get it out of the way.
00:00:06.520 Please try not to be jealous of my Christmas sweater. Yes, it does have Spider-Man on it.
00:00:14.380 And the fact that I have a Spider-Man Christmas sweater and you don't is not my fault.
00:00:19.380 The fact that your family didn't get you one for Christmas just means that they don't love you.
00:00:23.380 That's not my thing. It's not my fault. Let's just move on from it.
00:00:26.640 I do hope you had a wonderful weekend. My weekend involved our kids coming down with a stomach bug.
00:00:33.940 And if you've never had to deal with a three-year-old puking, well, it's not an experience that I would especially recommend because they're not very directional with the...
00:00:45.360 I'm not going to get into details. All I'm going to say is that if you were selecting life experiences from a catalog, I would say definitely skip the puking toddler package.
00:00:55.340 That's just not one. It's not worth... It's not really not... There's not much to enjoy.
00:01:00.260 I could go into great depth and detail, but I won't.
00:01:04.080 Instead of starting with vomit today, I think I'll start with a story that kind of makes you want to vomit.
00:01:09.600 The media busied itself this weekend with slandering some Army and Navy students,
00:01:15.560 claiming that they were flashing a white power sign on national television.
00:01:21.320 I don't know if you saw these headlines or not. Army and Navy students flashing white power.
00:01:26.180 This has been the story of the weekend. White power signs from West Point cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen.
00:01:33.060 Supposedly, this happened during the broadcast of the Army-Navy game. Navy won 31-7, by the way.
00:01:39.220 Here's... Let me show you the footage of this dark and disturbing incident.
00:01:44.680 Parental advisory warning. Very disturbing stuff you're about to see.
00:01:48.880 But watch this.
00:01:49.900 Two teams play each other. I mean, you ask anybody that's ever had to deal with a cadet to the midship and on the football field,
00:01:55.800 and they will tell you, up four or down 40, they play their guts out every single play until the clock strikes zero.
00:02:04.180 Notre Dame, Michigan, Oklahoma, believe me, they all know, if you're going to beat Army or Navy...
00:02:09.300 So you saw a couple of kids there making the OK gesture.
00:02:13.300 The OK gesture is supposedly... This comes to us from the media, but it's supposedly now a white power sign.
00:02:20.140 It's something that the white supremacists do.
00:02:22.600 And so these... And we'll talk in a little bit about where this actually comes from,
00:02:27.440 this idea that it's white power to make that symbol.
00:02:30.140 And so these cadets were trying to... But they were trying to promote white power on TV.
00:02:34.500 That's what the media says.
00:02:35.340 Now, just off the bat, OK, before we get into anything else,
00:02:40.120 there should already be some red flags with this version of the story.
00:02:44.980 And this is what I always do with these media...
00:02:48.180 With a media hysteria, a media-led hysteria.
00:02:53.900 My first thing is, you know, putting that aside,
00:02:57.620 when you hear this story, there should be...
00:02:59.380 Like, what should your immediate reaction be?
00:03:01.920 You should be immediately skeptical.
00:03:03.280 And in this case, you should be very suspicious of the media's claims,
00:03:08.120 because, for one thing, even if there were some racist students at these schools,
00:03:13.580 why would they throw their education, careers, and reputations away forever
00:03:18.640 just for the sake of making a hand gesture on TV?
00:03:23.520 I mean, think about that.
00:03:24.740 Let's go with the media's version of the story for a moment.
00:03:27.800 These students are racist, white power sympathizers, skinheads,
00:03:32.420 Klan members, whatever.
00:03:35.460 And now they've decided to basically go on a suicide mission,
00:03:38.740 destroying their lives, in effect,
00:03:40.640 in order to make a hand gesture?
00:03:43.980 That's what we think is happening here?
00:03:47.420 And there are multiple of them doing it.
00:03:49.500 So was this some sort of coordinated thing,
00:03:52.640 where they all got together and said,
00:03:53.960 hey, let's destroy our lives by making a white power symbol?
00:03:56.580 Well, it's not like you caught them in the act.
00:03:59.480 It's not like this is secret footage that was released
00:04:02.760 of these students flashing the forbidden sign behind closed doors somewhere.
00:04:07.820 And someone got in there and had a hidden camera.
00:04:12.140 No, it's not that.
00:04:13.740 They did it themselves on TV because they knew they were on TV.
00:04:18.460 So this was a collective and purposeful act of career and educational suicide.
00:04:25.580 That's the theory.
00:04:27.660 But we don't even need to get into that because of,
00:04:30.200 we don't need to get into the theoretical analysis of this
00:04:33.920 because we know the media's claims here are BS
00:04:36.540 because we know, or most of us know,
00:04:39.080 the real reason why kids make that symbol.
00:04:43.320 And if you don't know,
00:04:45.460 then I honestly don't know what sort of childhood you,
00:04:47.940 I feel, I feel sorry for you.
00:04:49.440 If you, if you don't know,
00:04:50.960 when you see someone doing that,
00:04:52.460 if you don't immediately know what they're doing,
00:04:55.540 then I don't know what kind of childhood you lived.
00:04:57.900 I really, I feel bad for you.
00:05:00.700 Those of us who had healthy and normal childhoods
00:05:03.440 are very familiar with something called the circle game.
00:05:06.140 If you're not familiar,
00:05:07.240 then I'll let Malcolm from Malcolm in the Middle explain it to you.
00:05:13.320 Oops, jerk.
00:05:21.140 You looked.
00:05:22.720 Ow!
00:05:24.980 We're doing this new thing called the circle game.
00:05:27.160 Basically, if you can make the other guy look at your hand
00:05:29.620 when you're doing this,
00:05:31.160 below your waist, you get to hit them in the arm.
00:05:33.960 It's stupid, but hey, you get to hit people.
00:05:36.500 Barn door's open.
00:05:37.600 Huh?
00:05:40.640 Ah!
00:05:41.280 Boys.
00:05:41.680 Brief cameo there from Walter White.
00:05:44.560 I don't know what he was doing at the dinner table,
00:05:46.180 but in any case, that's the circle game.
00:05:48.960 And that's it.
00:05:49.760 You trick someone into looking at the circle
00:05:52.160 that you make with your hand.
00:05:54.060 And if they look, then you get to punch them.
00:05:56.660 Now, part of the game, as I learned it,
00:05:59.000 is that you have to do the circle,
00:06:01.560 it has to be like below the waist.
00:06:04.280 So, you know, if I do it right now,
00:06:06.680 then that doesn't count because it's not,
00:06:09.040 you know, because then it's too easy.
00:06:11.760 If you could just go right in someone's face
00:06:13.800 so that they can't look away,
00:06:15.380 then that's too easy.
00:06:17.240 So those kids, the cadets,
00:06:20.820 you know, you saw the one guy,
00:06:22.100 he had it above the waist,
00:06:22.880 so he was breaking the rules of the game.
00:06:24.480 The other guy, though, he had it below the waist,
00:06:26.540 and so that's part of the rule.
00:06:28.540 Now, when I was a kid,
00:06:30.200 we played this game religiously.
00:06:32.460 It was, everyone knew the game.
00:06:34.540 Everybody knew the rules of the game.
00:06:36.800 Everybody knew that if you saw the circle,
00:06:38.760 they get, you have to be,
00:06:39.720 you have to submit to being punched.
00:06:41.520 No running, no pleading,
00:06:42.800 no trying to get out of it,
00:06:43.600 no bargaining.
00:06:44.980 Present your arm for the punch.
00:06:47.280 And it's going to be a hard punch, too.
00:06:48.900 They're going to wind up,
00:06:50.760 and they're going to try to hurt you.
00:06:52.260 And that's just the way it goes.
00:06:54.360 I remember, I still remember
00:06:55.380 when I first learned about this game.
00:06:57.480 I was in sixth grade,
00:06:58.660 and it was a baptism by fire.
00:07:00.300 It was, I had never heard of it before,
00:07:03.140 but I get to middle school,
00:07:04.680 and that's when you first start learning
00:07:06.100 about a lot of these kinds of things.
00:07:08.440 Somebody made that symbol,
00:07:09.820 and I looked at it.
00:07:10.500 I didn't know what they were doing.
00:07:12.260 And then they explained to me very earnestly
00:07:13.920 that I had looked at the circle,
00:07:16.420 and so now I have to be punched.
00:07:17.960 And so I said,
00:07:18.800 okay, well, if those are the rules,
00:07:20.140 then fine.
00:07:20.460 And I got punched.
00:07:22.000 But I was a rookie,
00:07:23.060 so there are a lot of different tricks
00:07:24.780 that people will pull
00:07:25.700 to get you to look at the circle.
00:07:27.680 And so for the rest of that day,
00:07:29.140 I was looking at the circle
00:07:30.960 left and right,
00:07:31.600 and I left bruised and bloodied,
00:07:34.080 could barely lift my arm.
00:07:35.800 I got punched probably 50 times that day.
00:07:37.780 I wasn't the brightest kid,
00:07:38.880 as my report cards attested.
00:07:41.360 So I did come home rather injured,
00:07:45.300 but I learned,
00:07:46.280 and I never looked at the circle again.
00:07:48.140 To this day,
00:07:49.100 I didn't even look at that clip
00:07:50.100 I just played for you.
00:07:53.200 Which, by the way,
00:07:54.300 if you did look at that clip
00:07:55.640 that I played for you,
00:07:56.460 then you're owed a punch,
00:07:57.740 and that's the rule.
00:07:58.380 And that's really what's lost
00:08:00.080 in this whole thing,
00:08:01.300 that those cadets achieved
00:08:03.540 the ultimate circle game victory.
00:08:06.760 They got millions of people
00:08:08.880 to look at the circle.
00:08:11.500 And so now you all have to be punched.
00:08:14.640 You have to go out
00:08:15.500 and ask the first person you see
00:08:16.940 to punch you.
00:08:18.520 Live by the circle game code.
00:08:21.480 We, you know, this is,
00:08:22.620 we, when I was a kid,
00:08:24.960 we took it very seriously.
00:08:26.020 Honestly, I'm stunned to learn
00:08:28.480 that some, based on the reaction
00:08:29.980 to this, so many people
00:08:31.540 either didn't play that game
00:08:32.860 or are pretending
00:08:33.840 they didn't play it.
00:08:35.000 I thought it was ubiquitous.
00:08:37.820 You know, you didn't break
00:08:39.140 the circle game code
00:08:40.140 just like you didn't break
00:08:40.980 the code of shotgun
00:08:41.920 or the code of called it.
00:08:45.760 You know, when someone says
00:08:46.700 they call something,
00:08:47.460 oh, I call it,
00:08:48.600 no matter what it is.
00:08:50.040 If they called it,
00:08:50.900 then they get it.
00:08:51.400 That's it.
00:08:52.220 If somebody walks by you
00:08:53.280 in the cafeteria
00:08:54.000 and says,
00:08:54.800 I call your sandwich
00:08:55.680 and you didn't call it yourself,
00:08:58.720 if you didn't,
00:08:59.300 when you open,
00:08:59.740 when you open up your lunch,
00:09:00.660 if you didn't immediately say,
00:09:01.720 I call this, that, and that,
00:09:03.040 and somebody walks by
00:09:03.960 and says, I call it,
00:09:04.960 then you have to give them
00:09:05.880 your sandwich.
00:09:06.720 They could call the shirt
00:09:07.600 right off your back.
00:09:08.300 That's just, that's the game.
00:09:11.100 The call, the circle,
00:09:12.300 the shotgun,
00:09:13.000 those were the rules
00:09:13.600 you lived by as a kid.
00:09:16.400 At least, at least I did.
00:09:17.980 More to say about this
00:09:18.860 in a moment,
00:09:19.260 but first a word
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00:10:49.960 You know,
00:10:50.460 there's a whole separate
00:10:51.160 and fascinating conversation
00:10:52.240 I think that could be had here
00:10:53.600 about why kids
00:10:54.660 make up all these rules
00:10:57.260 and codes
00:10:57.820 and traditions
00:10:58.320 and then follow them
00:10:59.360 so strictly
00:10:59.900 even at pain
00:11:01.460 of physical injury.
00:11:03.920 I mean,
00:11:04.420 and you consider
00:11:05.780 how kids
00:11:06.960 have a difficult time
00:11:08.040 following other rules
00:11:09.120 and codes.
00:11:09.460 So when I was a kid,
00:11:10.620 something as simple as
00:11:11.820 like my parents' instruction,
00:11:14.220 pick up your plate
00:11:15.420 from the table
00:11:15.960 and bring it to the kitchen
00:11:16.720 when you're done.
00:11:18.000 That was very difficult
00:11:19.220 for me to do
00:11:19.920 and to remember to do
00:11:21.000 and it felt very onerous.
00:11:23.580 So I had trouble with that
00:11:24.900 but the rule of
00:11:26.780 if you look at a circle,
00:11:28.120 I get to beat the hell out of you.
00:11:29.620 Now,
00:11:30.120 that I followed.
00:11:31.680 So,
00:11:32.200 it's interesting
00:11:33.880 that kids do that
00:11:34.600 but that's a discussion
00:11:35.280 for a different day.
00:11:36.500 The real issue here
00:11:37.840 is that
00:11:38.460 the media is trying
00:11:39.840 to pull a Covington
00:11:40.620 on these kids
00:11:41.300 and slandering them
00:11:42.840 as racist
00:11:43.480 even though
00:11:44.940 there's no proof
00:11:45.800 that they're racist
00:11:46.540 and the one thing
00:11:48.600 they call proof
00:11:49.500 of racism
00:11:50.100 can easily be explained
00:11:51.600 in an innocuous way.
00:11:53.680 And to anyone who says,
00:11:55.160 well,
00:11:55.560 maybe they didn't mean it
00:11:56.940 as a white power thing
00:11:57.860 but they had to know
00:11:58.740 that it is a white power thing
00:12:00.220 and so
00:12:01.220 they shouldn't have done it
00:12:02.120 for that reason
00:12:02.720 so at a minimum
00:12:04.000 it's very bad judgment
00:12:05.100 and so on.
00:12:05.900 No,
00:12:06.060 that's actually not the case
00:12:07.500 because they probably
00:12:09.400 have no idea
00:12:10.320 that it's supposedly
00:12:11.100 a white power symbol.
00:12:12.900 I would have no idea
00:12:14.240 that it's supposedly
00:12:15.380 a white power symbol.
00:12:16.320 The only reason
00:12:17.020 that I know
00:12:17.920 that the OK sign
00:12:19.560 is supposedly associated
00:12:21.160 with white power,
00:12:22.300 white supremacism
00:12:23.100 is because I'm on Twitter
00:12:24.700 and so I see the media
00:12:26.360 talking about it
00:12:27.080 on Twitter.
00:12:28.140 The only place
00:12:29.180 I've ever seen
00:12:30.520 the OK sign
00:12:32.300 characterized
00:12:32.940 as white power,
00:12:35.420 the only place
00:12:35.780 I've ever seen it
00:12:36.340 mentioned
00:12:36.980 or heard of it
00:12:38.980 in that context
00:12:39.960 is on Twitter.
00:12:41.820 Nowhere else,
00:12:42.540 not in the real world,
00:12:43.360 not even on other websites.
00:12:45.160 It is specifically
00:12:46.500 a Twitter thing.
00:12:48.180 So the only thing
00:12:49.140 we could take from this
00:12:49.860 is that these students
00:12:50.660 probably aren't on Twitter.
00:12:53.680 And,
00:12:54.140 well,
00:12:54.360 it's not just a Twitter thing,
00:12:55.640 it's actually originally
00:12:56.520 a 4chan thing.
00:12:58.880 So this is all,
00:13:00.460 this association
00:13:01.780 that is supposedly drawn now
00:13:04.000 between the OK sign
00:13:05.920 or the circle game sign
00:13:07.360 and white supremacism
00:13:09.360 is it's a 4chan hoax.
00:13:12.380 And the crazy thing is
00:13:13.960 that we know
00:13:16.020 it's a 4chan hoax,
00:13:17.380 the media knows it,
00:13:20.560 yet they keep running
00:13:21.660 with it anyway.
00:13:23.100 People on 4chan decided
00:13:24.600 that they wanted
00:13:25.200 to trick the media
00:13:26.260 into thinking
00:13:27.520 that the OK sign
00:13:28.580 is a white power symbol.
00:13:30.200 And why did they choose
00:13:31.340 the OK sign randomly
00:13:32.660 as the thing that we're going to?
00:13:33.980 Because it's,
00:13:34.520 because it's such an innocuous
00:13:36.200 normal thing
00:13:37.640 that people do.
00:13:39.040 It is,
00:13:39.680 it's,
00:13:39.860 it's a,
00:13:40.280 it's,
00:13:40.600 you know,
00:13:40.840 this symbol has for,
00:13:42.680 has for hundreds of years
00:13:44.400 has,
00:13:44.740 has meant,
00:13:46.480 maybe the circle game
00:13:47.420 doesn't go back
00:13:48.060 hundreds of years,
00:13:48.580 maybe it does,
00:13:49.120 I don't know.
00:13:50.160 But it has for hundreds of years
00:13:51.660 meant that's OK
00:13:53.140 or,
00:13:53.640 you know,
00:13:53.840 it's been,
00:13:55.220 it's meant OK
00:13:55.920 for a very long time.
00:13:57.380 And so the people
00:13:58.260 at 4chan,
00:13:58.940 just to be trolls,
00:14:00.020 just to mess with us,
00:14:01.440 they were going to take
00:14:02.040 this innocuous thing
00:14:03.380 that people do
00:14:04.180 and turn it into
00:14:06.120 a white power symbol.
00:14:06.820 They could have done it
00:14:07.400 with thumbs up
00:14:08.000 and maybe that'll be next.
00:14:10.680 Next,
00:14:11.120 the people on 4chan
00:14:11.780 are going to trick the media
00:14:12.700 into thinking that
00:14:13.180 if you do this,
00:14:14.000 you're expressing your loyalty
00:14:16.060 to the Nazi party
00:14:17.060 or something.
00:14:18.100 But we know
00:14:19.140 that it's a 4chan hoax.
00:14:21.360 The media knows that.
00:14:23.340 Yet they,
00:14:24.040 they run with it anyway.
00:14:25.220 And if they see someone doing it,
00:14:26.500 well,
00:14:26.600 not someone,
00:14:27.080 if they see a white person
00:14:28.060 doing it on camera,
00:14:29.280 they're going to accuse
00:14:30.660 that person
00:14:31.140 of being a white supremacist.
00:14:32.820 Even though they know
00:14:34.700 that 4chan invented this.
00:14:40.140 It's,
00:14:40.700 it is
00:14:42.880 the dumb,
00:14:44.120 this thing with the,
00:14:45.160 with the,
00:14:45.540 the OK sign,
00:14:46.860 it's the dumbest moral panic
00:14:48.720 in history.
00:14:50.780 Claiming that anyone
00:14:51.680 who makes that symbol
00:14:52.600 is a Nazi.
00:14:53.380 It is,
00:14:53.720 it is,
00:14:54.080 and I,
00:14:54.840 I hesitate to say that
00:14:56.560 because there have been
00:14:57.040 a lot of dumb moral panics.
00:14:59.280 Can you think of a dumber one
00:15:00.760 off the top of your head?
00:15:02.800 That now we're hunting down
00:15:04.140 anyone who makes the OK sign
00:15:05.800 with their fingers
00:15:06.540 and calling them
00:15:09.060 suspected white supremacists?
00:15:13.060 Well,
00:15:13.500 I think to call it dumb
00:15:14.480 would be to,
00:15:15.240 um,
00:15:16.720 do the media a favor.
00:15:19.040 Uh,
00:15:19.600 it,
00:15:19.720 no,
00:15:20.120 it's not,
00:15:20.400 it's not dumb.
00:15:21.300 It's,
00:15:21.660 it's insidious.
00:15:22.720 It's evil.
00:15:24.880 I mean,
00:15:25.360 they know,
00:15:25.600 they know what they're doing.
00:15:26.480 They're going to try to destroy
00:15:28.700 these kids' lives
00:15:29.600 just,
00:15:31.700 just for the sake of it,
00:15:32.580 just for a headline,
00:15:33.700 just for politics.
00:15:37.540 Really is,
00:15:38.300 uh,
00:15:39.020 terrible.
00:15:39.740 Okay,
00:15:40.160 now let's,
00:15:41.040 um,
00:15:42.120 let's check in with
00:15:43.280 Bernie Sanders.
00:15:45.220 Speaking of dumb,
00:15:46.860 last week it was announced
00:15:48.080 that Garrett Cole,
00:15:49.220 who's a baseball star,
00:15:50.980 signed a contract
00:15:51.780 with the Yankees
00:15:52.560 worth $324 million,
00:15:54.680 which in case you didn't know
00:15:56.500 is a lot of money.
00:15:58.380 Bernie Sanders
00:15:59.000 never misses an opportunity
00:16:00.460 to shame rich people.
00:16:02.520 You know,
00:16:02.660 anytime there's a headline
00:16:03.700 of somebody making a lot of money,
00:16:05.100 you can guarantee
00:16:05.840 that Bernie Sanders
00:16:06.580 is going to rush in
00:16:07.460 and have something to say about it,
00:16:08.920 even though he's rich himself.
00:16:10.960 So Bernie Sanders
00:16:12.020 sat in one of his three houses,
00:16:13.600 I don't know which one,
00:16:14.860 and he responded to,
00:16:16.460 um,
00:16:17.600 to this news
00:16:18.520 about the $324 million,
00:16:20.200 responded to it
00:16:21.460 with a,
00:16:21.720 with a tweet,
00:16:22.260 saying,
00:16:23.160 if pitchers can make
00:16:23.940 $324 million,
00:16:25.380 we can pay
00:16:26.540 every teacher
00:16:27.240 in this country
00:16:27.880 at least $60,000.
00:16:30.340 Now,
00:16:31.440 this is a bit like saying,
00:16:34.760 if oranges are fruits,
00:16:38.180 then chihuahuas
00:16:39.420 can play checkers.
00:16:41.000 It's a non-sequitur.
00:16:42.600 It's taking
00:16:43.400 two completely separated
00:16:44.960 and unconnected things
00:16:46.140 and trying to draw
00:16:47.580 a connection
00:16:48.200 where none exists.
00:16:49.960 If it rains today,
00:16:51.540 then George Clooney's
00:16:54.120 favorite color
00:16:54.820 is red.
00:16:56.740 It's,
00:16:57.060 it's just total nonsense.
00:16:58.860 But Bernie Sanders
00:16:59.940 does this a lot
00:17:00.980 when it comes to
00:17:01.820 rich people.
00:17:03.820 He's the king
00:17:04.760 of the non-sequitur.
00:17:05.960 If rich people
00:17:06.820 can buy yachts,
00:17:08.100 then why is cereal
00:17:10.260 so expensive?
00:17:12.860 But,
00:17:13.520 I do want to focus
00:17:14.860 on this argument
00:17:15.520 from Bernie,
00:17:16.260 if you can call it
00:17:17.200 an argument,
00:17:17.840 because it's
00:17:19.620 exactly the kind
00:17:20.720 of nonsense
00:17:21.200 that,
00:17:22.540 even though it is
00:17:23.140 nonsense,
00:17:23.940 people find
00:17:25.100 very appealing.
00:17:26.820 And,
00:17:27.140 it's,
00:17:27.960 it's why he's
00:17:28.640 so popular.
00:17:29.500 Because people
00:17:30.300 hear this
00:17:30.960 stupidity
00:17:32.420 and they,
00:17:33.100 they,
00:17:33.380 they think it's
00:17:34.340 very compelling
00:17:34.960 and very convincing.
00:17:36.040 So,
00:17:36.380 for that reason,
00:17:37.040 I think it's worth
00:17:37.580 responding to.
00:17:39.820 Now,
00:17:40.380 obviously,
00:17:40.920 the salary
00:17:41.420 of a baseball player
00:17:42.320 has no connection
00:17:43.380 to the salary
00:17:44.480 of a teacher
00:17:45.580 because teachers
00:17:46.340 are paid
00:17:46.800 by the state.
00:17:48.120 They're government
00:17:48.580 employees.
00:17:49.740 Public school
00:17:50.320 teachers,
00:17:50.660 anyway.
00:17:51.860 The taxpayers
00:17:52.580 pay them.
00:17:53.800 Athletes
00:17:54.240 are not paid
00:17:55.280 by the taxpayers.
00:17:56.900 They're not
00:17:57.480 public employees.
00:17:58.700 So,
00:17:59.180 the reason that
00:17:59.600 teachers aren't
00:18:00.080 paid millions,
00:18:01.240 one of the reasons
00:18:01.940 is that we couldn't
00:18:02.720 possibly afford to.
00:18:03.780 We,
00:18:04.100 we would be
00:18:04.520 bankrupted,
00:18:05.100 or at least
00:18:05.400 more bankrupted
00:18:06.160 than we already are.
00:18:07.800 But,
00:18:08.260 here's the larger
00:18:08.780 point.
00:18:09.520 And,
00:18:09.980 that's why
00:18:10.160 these two things
00:18:10.660 are just
00:18:10.980 completely disconnected.
00:18:12.160 They have nothing
00:18:12.440 to do with each other.
00:18:14.360 But,
00:18:14.820 um,
00:18:15.580 here's the larger
00:18:16.840 point.
00:18:17.820 Bernie's whole
00:18:18.600 shtick
00:18:19.360 is to take
00:18:20.180 an example
00:18:20.800 like this,
00:18:22.300 an example
00:18:22.860 of extreme
00:18:23.480 wealth,
00:18:24.160 and make
00:18:26.300 it seem
00:18:26.780 like an
00:18:27.300 injustice.
00:18:28.760 But,
00:18:30.120 it's,
00:18:30.780 it's not.
00:18:31.760 It's really
00:18:32.360 the exact
00:18:33.180 opposite
00:18:33.800 of injustice.
00:18:36.860 I would say
00:18:37.900 that Garrett Cole
00:18:38.580 making $324 million
00:18:39.600 is,
00:18:41.780 is the opposite
00:18:42.480 of injustice.
00:18:43.520 It's the opposite
00:18:44.640 of unfairness.
00:18:46.220 And,
00:18:46.300 I'll tell you
00:18:46.600 why.
00:18:46.940 Because,
00:18:48.080 baseball players
00:18:49.080 who make
00:18:49.440 hundreds of
00:18:49.920 millions of
00:18:50.320 dollars
00:18:50.700 make that
00:18:52.320 much
00:18:52.720 because they
00:18:53.800 have a
00:18:54.120 highly
00:18:54.480 marketable
00:18:55.180 skill
00:18:55.560 and they
00:18:56.580 are the
00:18:56.920 best in
00:18:57.480 the world
00:18:58.000 at performing
00:18:58.820 that skill.
00:19:00.040 The best
00:19:00.740 in the world.
00:19:01.840 Meaning,
00:19:02.860 of all the
00:19:03.640 people who
00:19:04.100 have tried
00:19:04.440 to develop
00:19:04.940 that same
00:19:05.520 skill,
00:19:05.900 and a lot
00:19:06.400 of people
00:19:06.760 have,
00:19:08.120 these guys,
00:19:09.260 these MLB
00:19:09.800 stars,
00:19:10.600 they are at
00:19:11.060 the top
00:19:11.700 of the
00:19:12.120 top
00:19:12.580 of the
00:19:13.000 top
00:19:13.420 of the
00:19:13.800 top
00:19:14.220 of the
00:19:14.620 very
00:19:14.960 tippy,
00:19:15.600 tippy top
00:19:16.360 of all
00:19:16.900 those
00:19:17.120 people.
00:19:17.960 We're not
00:19:18.540 talking top
00:19:19.160 1% in
00:19:19.940 skill.
00:19:20.180 Now,
00:19:20.300 if you're
00:19:20.480 a top
00:19:20.860 1%,
00:19:21.660 you know,
00:19:22.200 if you're
00:19:22.380 among the
00:19:23.880 top 1%
00:19:24.600 of all
00:19:25.160 baseball players
00:19:25.840 in the
00:19:26.060 world,
00:19:26.980 you're not
00:19:27.840 going to be
00:19:28.100 in the
00:19:28.260 MLB.
00:19:28.860 You're not
00:19:29.120 going to
00:19:29.220 be good
00:19:29.440 enough.
00:19:30.200 You're
00:19:30.400 talking,
00:19:31.080 you're
00:19:31.280 certainly
00:19:31.440 not going
00:19:31.720 to be
00:19:31.940 a star
00:19:33.120 making
00:19:33.380 $324
00:19:33.920 million.
00:19:36.200 Maybe
00:19:36.560 you'll be
00:19:36.800 on a farm
00:19:37.220 team or
00:19:37.460 something like
00:19:37.760 that.
00:19:38.240 We're
00:19:38.560 talking
00:19:39.080 the top
00:19:42.380 0.0000001%
00:19:44.660 of everybody
00:19:46.180 in the world
00:19:46.880 who plays
00:19:47.780 baseball.
00:19:49.180 That's how
00:19:49.660 good they
00:19:49.980 are.
00:19:50.500 And we
00:19:51.140 have to
00:19:51.320 keep that
00:19:51.560 in mind.
00:19:52.400 That is how
00:19:52.980 good they
00:19:53.280 are.
00:19:53.720 Whenever
00:19:53.920 someone
00:19:54.180 complains
00:19:54.480 about
00:19:54.620 the
00:19:54.780 money
00:19:55.000 that
00:19:55.160 athletes
00:19:55.520 make,
00:19:56.420 you have
00:19:56.800 to remember
00:19:57.200 how insanely
00:19:58.240 good these
00:19:59.080 people are
00:19:59.700 at what
00:20:00.000 they do.
00:20:01.300 We take
00:20:01.980 it for
00:20:02.280 granted
00:20:02.620 because we
00:20:03.080 see it
00:20:03.340 on TV,
00:20:04.020 we see it
00:20:04.320 so often
00:20:04.780 that it
00:20:05.060 seems
00:20:05.200 normal,
00:20:05.800 but it's
00:20:06.160 not.
00:20:06.420 These
00:20:06.540 people are,
00:20:07.200 again,
00:20:07.680 the very
00:20:08.180 best in
00:20:08.540 the entire
00:20:08.920 world at
00:20:09.220 performing
00:20:09.520 this skill.
00:20:10.400 They are
00:20:10.620 so ridiculously
00:20:11.880 good that
00:20:13.500 it's hard
00:20:13.900 to wrap
00:20:14.300 your head
00:20:14.580 around.
00:20:16.240 Is it
00:20:16.960 an injustice
00:20:18.880 that somebody
00:20:20.240 who is the
00:20:21.000 best in
00:20:21.840 the world
00:20:22.520 at a
00:20:22.980 marketable
00:20:23.440 skill,
00:20:23.920 can become
00:20:24.400 rich doing
00:20:25.160 it?
00:20:26.180 No.
00:20:27.240 I'd say,
00:20:27.860 again,
00:20:28.060 it's the
00:20:28.400 opposite of
00:20:29.260 injustice.
00:20:30.200 That is the
00:20:31.180 epitome of
00:20:31.880 justice.
00:20:33.000 And it's not
00:20:33.820 just athletes.
00:20:35.220 Anyone who
00:20:36.460 is the best
00:20:37.380 in the world
00:20:38.080 at something,
00:20:38.660 if it's a
00:20:39.340 marketable skill,
00:20:40.360 and not all
00:20:40.900 skills are,
00:20:42.080 but if it's a
00:20:42.680 marketable skill,
00:20:44.840 I mean,
00:20:45.340 most skills are
00:20:46.180 these days
00:20:46.580 especially.
00:20:48.380 I don't know,
00:20:48.900 maybe if you're,
00:20:50.220 I mean,
00:20:50.520 remember that trend
00:20:51.880 on the internet,
00:20:52.360 which unfortunately
00:20:53.140 went away
00:20:53.560 because I was a
00:20:54.060 fan of it,
00:20:54.420 but the trend
00:20:54.880 of the bottle
00:20:55.640 flip game
00:20:56.200 that was popular
00:20:56.940 back in 2017
00:20:57.760 or whatever,
00:20:58.960 if you were the
00:20:59.460 best in the world
00:21:00.100 at the bottle
00:21:00.760 flip game where
00:21:01.300 you just flip a
00:21:01.840 bottle and it
00:21:02.260 lands back up
00:21:02.880 on the right
00:21:04.720 side,
00:21:05.380 if you're the
00:21:05.800 best in the
00:21:06.280 world at that,
00:21:07.380 probably you
00:21:08.640 couldn't find a
00:21:09.540 sustained long-term
00:21:11.100 source of income
00:21:12.820 from being the
00:21:13.780 best.
00:21:14.220 Although even
00:21:14.660 that,
00:21:15.180 you could do
00:21:15.980 some YouTube
00:21:16.400 videos,
00:21:16.880 it goes viral,
00:21:17.740 you make some
00:21:18.520 money on that,
00:21:19.460 so even that
00:21:19.980 is marketable
00:21:20.620 in some way.
00:21:22.120 But if it is a
00:21:23.140 marketable skill
00:21:23.840 and you're the
00:21:24.300 best at it,
00:21:25.280 you're going to
00:21:25.620 make money.
00:21:26.260 You're going to
00:21:26.440 be,
00:21:26.880 you know,
00:21:27.320 you're barring
00:21:28.540 some other
00:21:29.600 thing interfering,
00:21:30.680 some tragedy,
00:21:32.280 you know,
00:21:32.940 you get sabotaged
00:21:34.120 in some way in
00:21:34.980 your career by
00:21:35.620 somebody else
00:21:36.120 who's jealous.
00:21:36.680 I mean,
00:21:36.800 these kind of
00:21:37.380 things can
00:21:37.720 happen,
00:21:38.980 but you're
00:21:40.920 going to make
00:21:41.220 money.
00:21:41.400 Maybe not
00:21:41.700 $300 million,
00:21:42.960 maybe more
00:21:43.700 than $300 million.
00:21:44.420 I mean,
00:21:44.620 if you're one
00:21:45.260 of the best
00:21:45.880 in the world
00:21:46.600 at running a
00:21:47.900 business,
00:21:49.040 and that's
00:21:49.680 a skill,
00:21:50.600 and if you're
00:21:51.440 one of the
00:21:51.920 best in the
00:21:52.800 world at it,
00:21:54.460 or if you're
00:21:54.760 one of the
00:21:55.020 best innovators
00:21:56.900 in the world,
00:21:57.280 if you're one
00:21:57.540 of the best
00:21:58.040 inventors
00:22:00.840 in the world,
00:22:01.760 you'll probably
00:22:02.920 be a billionaire.
00:22:03.820 Forget about
00:22:04.140 being a
00:22:04.420 multimillionaire.
00:22:08.400 So,
00:22:08.900 you know,
00:22:09.100 that makes you
00:22:09.580 a billionaire.
00:22:10.100 If you're one
00:22:10.400 of the best
00:22:10.720 baseball players
00:22:11.460 in the world,
00:22:11.880 you'll be a
00:22:12.240 millionaire.
00:22:12.900 If you're
00:22:13.320 one of the
00:22:13.560 best car
00:22:14.540 mechanics in the
00:22:15.300 world,
00:22:15.620 one of the
00:22:16.060 very,
00:22:16.580 very best
00:22:17.300 Okay, if there's like a few dozen other people that are as good as you and everyone else is worse
00:22:23.320 At being a car mechanic
00:22:25.360 You might not be a millionaire. Maybe you will be
00:22:28.340 But you're certainly going to be very successful at what you do and you're going to make a very nice living
00:22:33.300 Um
00:22:34.740 And if you're one of the best teachers in the world again, you will make a nice living
00:22:39.660 Let's think about this. Let's say that you're a math teacher
00:22:42.800 Okay
00:22:43.780 Well, if you're the garrett cole of math teachers, what what would that be?
00:22:49.500 That means that you're one of the very best math teachers in the entire world of all the people
00:22:55.160 Who do math, you know professionally or or teach math?
00:22:59.740 Um
00:23:00.140 Of all the mathematicians in the world, you're you're one of the very very best
00:23:04.440 Which means you're both a mathematical
00:23:06.260 genius
00:23:07.940 And an educational genius
00:23:10.420 Which means you're not teaching algebra to 10th graders
00:23:15.700 Unless you want to
00:23:17.580 Now, maybe that's just what you want to do and that's a very noble
00:23:21.080 Calling and and certainly an important thing to do and if you know, maybe you are
00:23:26.260 Absolutely brilliant
00:23:28.340 As a teacher and a mathematician
00:23:30.760 And um, but it's sort of as far as you want to go is is teaching high school math at a public school
00:23:36.660 Fine great, but then that's your choice
00:23:38.800 If you're really that good though, and you want to climb the ladder then you're going to be what teaching math at princeton
00:23:45.780 Making 190 000 200 000 a year around that range
00:23:49.460 Um, or you're going to be at some other very high level elite
00:23:53.360 Cream of the crop institution
00:23:55.400 Now
00:23:58.140 This is not you know, i'm this is not an insult to to public school teachers
00:24:04.120 I'm, not saying that they're bad at what they do
00:24:05.940 I'm, just saying that in in in any of these realms whether it's teaching math or or science
00:24:12.360 Or you know, if you're the very very best if you are the garrett cole of that
00:24:17.840 You're probably not at a high school doing it
00:24:21.480 So this thing that we do, um
00:24:25.480 Where we compare the salaries of the very best athletes in the world
00:24:30.520 To the salaries of of of sort of you know, average people in other professions is it's just it's silly
00:24:37.080 It's blatant emotional manipulation
00:24:39.820 You know, there's there's absolutely nothing we can learn really about society from the fact that
00:24:45.860 A a high school math teacher
00:24:48.080 makes
00:24:49.160 60 or 70 000
00:24:50.740 While the very best one of the very best baseball players in the world makes 300 300 million
00:24:55.520 That doesn't tell us anything about society
00:24:57.620 um
00:25:00.960 Other than I think it arguably tells us something good which is that if you if you're really really really really really
00:25:08.400 Ridiculously insanely good at something you'll make a lot of money on it
00:25:13.400 Now the um
00:25:16.860 You know when you talk about this people will say things like
00:25:21.060 Well, uh, uh, you know
00:25:23.260 One thing I never understand is when someone says
00:25:26.220 Well, the athletes shouldn't be making all that money, you know, they just shouldn't make it
00:25:31.740 300 million dollars
00:25:32.780 That's that's wrong. They should okay. Well, who do you want?
00:25:36.760 the reason why
00:25:38.760 Garrett cole can make 300 million dollars
00:25:41.020 is because
00:25:42.520 um
00:25:44.000 We the public
00:25:45.480 Spend a lot of money on merchandise baseball merchandise
00:25:49.720 I don't you know, i'm not a big baseball fan myself, but a lot of people do
00:25:53.760 We spent we we watch it on tv
00:25:56.380 Again, I don't know why you would watch baseball on tv
00:25:58.860 but um
00:26:00.300 But but you know, I'd rather watch I mean, I think watching fishing on tv is more entertaining which I actually will do
00:26:06.200 but
00:26:07.860 Uh, which is a sign that i'm
00:26:09.680 Officially entering middle age, but
00:26:11.700 You buy the merch a lot of millions of people buy the merchandise. They watch it on tv
00:26:17.200 They go to the stadiums and pay for the tickets
00:26:19.060 And that's where all this money comes from
00:26:21.340 So there's billions of dollars floating around
00:26:24.780 Because of
00:26:27.220 People's interest in baseball
00:26:29.080 Now the only question is the money's there
00:26:32.200 Because we're spending it
00:26:34.300 The only question now is who should get the money
00:26:38.160 Should it all go to the owners?
00:26:40.300 When when you complain that gary cole makes 300 million
00:26:42.460 Who who do you want to keep all that?
00:26:45.180 So what the owner should keep all of it?
00:26:47.860 Or what the government you think the government should take it?
00:26:50.760 It's the why the government should just come in and why should they get it? They didn't do anything
00:26:54.300 What you think you should get it?
00:26:56.880 No garrett cole should make 300 million. I I should get that
00:27:00.640 I mean, yeah, he's dedicated his whole life to perfecting this craft. He's one of the best in the world
00:27:04.840 But no, that that should come to me though. No, that's that's mine
00:27:07.300 There's there's really it
00:27:10.540 Someone has to get that money because it's there for taking
00:27:13.860 Because we're spending it and so it makes sense for him to get a big chunk of it. I don't see the problem here
00:27:19.040 I don't again. I don't see the injustice
00:27:21.480 And the other thing that annoys me is when people when we talk about this and people say
00:27:27.320 Um
00:27:28.280 Well, it's just sports. It's so stupid people
00:27:31.620 You know you make all that money throwing a ball
00:27:34.360 How dumb how stupid
00:27:36.440 Well, first of all, even if it is dumb and stupid
00:27:39.640 That's a reflection of us because again, we are spending that money
00:27:44.180 That's how he's making it
00:27:45.900 But I don't think it is dumb
00:27:49.140 Um, I think with
00:27:51.520 With most jobs
00:27:53.620 You could do that where you could describe it in a way
00:27:58.740 That makes it sound stupid and pointless
00:28:01.180 You could do that with most not every job
00:28:03.720 Okay, you couldn't do that with a heart surgeon
00:28:05.580 It'd be very difficult to describe the job of a heart surgeon in a way that makes
00:28:09.200 Being a heart surgeon sounds stupid and pointless
00:28:12.020 So with with some jobs, you can't do that
00:28:14.420 But with most jobs, I think you probably can
00:28:17.500 If you really wanted to
00:28:19.120 You could describe it in a way
00:28:20.720 That makes it sound utterly superfluous and stupid
00:28:23.620 Um, especially if you work in the business realm
00:28:26.900 If you work in an office building of any kind
00:28:28.780 Whatever you do
00:28:30.480 I could easily describe that in a way
00:28:33.020 That makes it sound worthless
00:28:34.560 Even if it isn't
00:28:36.780 I can make it sound that way
00:28:38.940 So yeah, we can do that with sports
00:28:40.600 You can say, oh, they just throw a ball
00:28:41.920 But
00:28:44.020 The only way
00:28:46.420 You know, if you're going to say that
00:28:48.220 That being an athlete
00:28:50.160 The sports are stupid and pointless
00:28:52.000 Um, the only way you could consistently do that
00:28:56.000 Is if you're also going to say the same thing about
00:28:58.740 Uh, film
00:29:01.040 About music
00:29:02.440 Okay, and film and television
00:29:05.600 These are people just pretending to be other people
00:29:07.960 What does a musician do?
00:29:09.680 You just make sounds come out of an instrument
00:29:11.680 What is that?
00:29:12.460 Who cares about that?
00:29:15.180 So you could definitely do the same thing
00:29:16.620 What you do with athletics
00:29:17.840 That reductive kind of view of it
00:29:20.220 You could do the same thing with the arts
00:29:21.680 And I think they're very much related
00:29:23.220 And I think sports kind of
00:29:25.900 It is an art in a certain kind of way
00:29:27.980 Um, but
00:29:30.700 If you really look at it that way
00:29:33.800 I mean, if you really look at sports as being worthless
00:29:36.140 And stupid and pointless
00:29:37.240 And you think the same thing about film
00:29:39.260 And you think the same thing about music
00:29:40.900 And you think the same thing about literature
00:29:42.520 Even though all these things can be described that way
00:29:44.620 Then you're not even a human
00:29:46.060 You're like a robot
00:29:46.920 I mean, there's no way that you actually think that
00:29:50.000 Every human I've ever met
00:29:52.320 Finds value in at least some of those things
00:29:55.140 And not just some value
00:29:56.660 But a lot of value
00:29:57.600 That's part of being a human being
00:30:00.880 Unless you're a robot
00:30:02.380 Unless you're the most boring person
00:30:04.640 On the planet
00:30:05.740 Where you really just don't like any of it
00:30:08.180 Can you imagine meeting someone
00:30:09.280 Who doesn't
00:30:10.140 Just doesn't like film
00:30:11.400 Doesn't like music
00:30:12.080 Doesn't like books
00:30:13.360 Doesn't like sports
00:30:14.080 Like what do you do with your free time?
00:30:15.700 What do you like?
00:30:18.500 No, but as human beings
00:30:19.840 We do find value in these things
00:30:21.800 And sometimes it can be a little bit difficult
00:30:24.900 To describe the value
00:30:26.100 Because it's not as immediately
00:30:27.700 Obvious as being a heart surgeon
00:30:31.020 Where, yeah, you're fixing someone's heart
00:30:32.420 So they live
00:30:32.980 Okay, that's pretty straightforward
00:30:34.340 But with something like art or athletics
00:30:37.160 It's a little bit more
00:30:38.240 You know, it's a little more abstract
00:30:42.460 A little bit difficult
00:30:43.140 A little bit harder for us to understand
00:30:45.380 As humans
00:30:46.140 Why do we like this?
00:30:47.720 Why do we care about it?
00:30:49.340 But the fact is that we do
00:30:50.480 And there is some deep meaning there
00:30:52.000 And, I mean, it's easy enough
00:30:55.660 Even with athletics
00:30:56.440 It's easy enough to see
00:30:57.540 For one thing
00:30:59.440 You know, it's a
00:30:59.900 It brings people joy
00:31:02.780 I mean, that's no small thing
00:31:04.580 To watch sports
00:31:06.960 You sit down with your family
00:31:08.760 You watch sports
00:31:10.120 You know, maybe you sat down at Thanksgiving
00:31:12.020 You watch football
00:31:12.700 It brings joy to the family
00:31:14.700 It's a wholesome joy
00:31:16.220 And that's no small thing
00:31:18.420 I don't see that as
00:31:19.100 I don't see that as pointless or worthless
00:31:20.680 It's a bonding opportunity
00:31:24.320 You know, it brings families together
00:31:26.200 It brings communities together
00:31:27.300 You go to a stadium
00:31:29.160 You know, you go to a football stadium
00:31:31.820 For example
00:31:32.100 I like going to the Ravens game
00:31:33.180 And 70,000 people in the stadium
00:31:35.220 And, you know, none of us really know each other
00:31:38.220 Or very few of us know each other
00:31:39.320 But at least for those three and a half hours
00:31:41.280 We're all kind of a community
00:31:43.060 Bonded over maybe something that isn't a big deal
00:31:47.640 But we're still bonded
00:31:48.440 And there's value in that too
00:31:50.340 So you can look at it as these athletes
00:31:52.700 They're very good at what they do
00:31:55.800 In terms of the actual athletic skill
00:31:58.320 But they're also very good at bringing joy to people
00:32:01.240 And giving people opportunity for bonding
00:32:03.440 Again, that's no small thing
00:32:06.920 Am I going to say it's more important than being a teacher?
00:32:11.780 No
00:32:12.220 I mean, I think it also kind of depends on the teacher
00:32:15.520 And it sort of depends on what they're teaching
00:32:18.300 I showed, you know, last week
00:32:22.360 I showed you the flyer of the
00:32:23.660 What was the flyer for a class in
00:32:27.520 What do they call it?
00:32:28.220 Queer ecologies
00:32:29.320 At some school in Portland
00:32:31.640 I think Portland State
00:32:32.400 I mean, certainly being an athlete
00:32:34.220 Is more important than being a teacher of that class
00:32:36.640 But generally speaking
00:32:39.420 What teachers do is very, very important, of course
00:32:41.360 But the good thing is
00:32:44.800 If they're the best at doing it
00:32:47.040 They're going to, you know, make a fine living
00:32:51.140 All right, before we get to some emails
00:32:53.160 This is very important
00:32:55.700 This is actually the most important thing we'll discuss today
00:32:58.640 And that's because one of the biggest problems today
00:33:01.160 In my view
00:33:01.840 Is that most people in the country
00:33:03.980 Don't know how to properly cook bacon
00:33:07.300 And now everyone says they love bacon, right?
00:33:10.180 And this has been an internet meme for years
00:33:13.060 Where people go on and on about how much they love bacon
00:33:14.960 Yet most of the time
00:33:16.440 I know you've had this experience
00:33:17.260 You go to someone's house
00:33:18.040 You stay the night
00:33:18.660 You wake up the next morning
00:33:20.240 They make breakfast
00:33:21.780 They make bacon
00:33:22.660 And then you feel grateful for that
00:33:24.800 But then what they put in front of you
00:33:26.760 Is an abomination
00:33:27.600 It's either burnt to a crisp
00:33:29.120 Thereby robbing it of all its bacon-y flavor
00:33:31.760 Or it's undercooked and flimsy
00:33:33.840 And has the consistency of microwave taffy
00:33:37.460 Or it's both
00:33:38.860 It's kind of burnt in parts
00:33:41.060 And then undercooked in other parts
00:33:42.300 And it becomes this pockmarked
00:33:44.520 Leprous monstrosity
00:33:46.880 So I'm going to do a PSA for you guys
00:33:49.620 I want to show you an example
00:33:51.520 Of perfectly cooked bacon
00:33:53.220 I'm going to show you a picture
00:33:55.020 Of what it looks like
00:33:56.420 This actually is bacon
00:33:57.520 That was cooked by
00:33:58.500 One of the great chefs of our time
00:34:00.760 Speaking of being one of the best in the world
00:34:02.160 At something
00:34:02.680 And one of the great chefs of our time
00:34:05.580 That is me
00:34:06.120 And I want to show you this picture
00:34:08.420 Here it is
00:34:08.960 Now you see there
00:34:10.020 And please leave this photo up for a minute
00:34:11.840 First of all
00:34:13.480 You see only four pieces
00:34:14.720 And now that could remove
00:34:19.120 All of my credibility as a chef
00:34:22.640 If I only made four pieces of bacon
00:34:24.420 Because who does that?
00:34:25.800 What sort of deranged lunatic
00:34:27.120 Only makes four pieces of bacon?
00:34:28.640 Well I will inform you that
00:34:29.840 I ate three of the pieces
00:34:31.320 Before I took that picture
00:34:32.480 I ate three of the pieces
00:34:34.040 Leaving four
00:34:36.300 To split among my family
00:34:38.420 And that's four members of the family
00:34:39.760 So they each got one
00:34:40.660 I got three
00:34:41.060 Actually
00:34:41.380 After I took the picture
00:34:42.620 I had one more
00:34:43.260 So I got four
00:34:44.840 And then they split the three between them
00:34:46.120 Because you know
00:34:47.120 That's what generosity is all about
00:34:48.320 But anyway
00:34:48.640 What you see here is
00:34:50.400 I want you to notice
00:34:52.460 This bacon is firm
00:34:53.440 It's got the nice singe
00:34:55.300 The nice blackened edge all around
00:34:57.460 It's got the reddish brown coloring
00:34:59.180 All throughout each slice
00:35:00.460 It's very consistent
00:35:01.360 The perfect mix of tender and crispy
00:35:04.560 Not overdone
00:35:05.360 Not underdone
00:35:06.200 The fatty parts are also cooked
00:35:08.360 Not burned but cooked
00:35:09.660 Melt in your mouth
00:35:11.240 A brilliant job by me
00:35:13.280 An amazing job by me
00:35:14.520 Now how did I do this?
00:35:16.680 Well I put the bacon on a preheated skillet
00:35:18.900 Heated to medium high heat
00:35:20.760 Don't want it too hot
00:35:21.780 Don't want it too cool
00:35:22.600 I put it on
00:35:24.120 Let it sit for about three minutes
00:35:25.240 And then I flip it
00:35:26.780 Give it another couple minutes
00:35:27.660 And now
00:35:28.880 Now that I've done
00:35:29.800 A couple minutes on each side
00:35:30.780 Now I'm really just flipping it
00:35:32.260 Back and forth
00:35:32.840 Several more times
00:35:33.860 And I'm trying to get that
00:35:36.080 Perfect color and texture
00:35:37.460 It's more of an art
00:35:39.560 Than a science
00:35:40.380 Cooking bacon though
00:35:41.840 Is all about vigilance
00:35:42.860 It's all about loyalty
00:35:43.800 Heroism
00:35:44.300 You can't leave the stove
00:35:45.300 For any reason
00:35:46.000 Eyes on the bacon
00:35:47.200 The whole time
00:35:48.280 All of your senses dialed in
00:35:50.440 Sight
00:35:51.520 Hearing
00:35:52.000 Smell
00:35:52.560 Become one with the bacon
00:35:54.680 Tap into its essence
00:35:56.280 Okay you're not just
00:35:57.620 You're not just
00:35:58.060 Doing this visual
00:35:59.000 You also
00:35:59.420 You're listening
00:36:00.080 You're smelling
00:36:01.260 You're feeling
00:36:02.320 You're sensing it
00:36:03.780 Now what my wife will do
00:36:05.400 She'll throw bacon on the stove
00:36:07.760 And then she'll leave
00:36:09.260 Because you know
00:36:11.340 One of the kids
00:36:12.160 Fell down the steps
00:36:12.860 Or something
00:36:13.240 And she has to go check
00:36:14.220 To make sure
00:36:15.380 They don't have to go to the hospital
00:36:16.220 Wrong
00:36:17.540 The kid will be fine
00:36:19.420 He'll figure it out
00:36:20.760 It's his fault
00:36:22.480 For falling down the steps
00:36:23.220 In the first place
00:36:23.840 Should have paid attention
00:36:24.700 Stay with the bacon
00:36:26.060 Baby's crying
00:36:27.400 Kids are screaming
00:36:28.520 Doesn't matter
00:36:30.200 Stay focused
00:36:31.280 Remember your priorities
00:36:32.680 Remember the great responsibility
00:36:34.700 That you assumed on yourself
00:36:36.580 When you opened that package of bacon
00:36:38.480 Now you're the one who opened it
00:36:41.900 And now you're committed
00:36:43.240 You have to see it all the way through
00:36:44.460 And then here's the trick of course
00:36:46.260 Make sure to take the bacon off
00:36:47.760 Of the stove
00:36:48.720 90 seconds before it's done
00:36:50.300 So you want to take it off
00:36:51.020 And it's a little bit underdone
00:36:52.340 The grease is going to continue
00:36:54.220 To cook the bacon
00:36:55.040 So you let the grease
00:36:55.880 Finish the job
00:36:56.540 If you take the bacon off
00:36:57.620 This is a big mistake people make
00:36:58.640 Take the bacon off
00:36:59.720 When it looks perfect
00:37:00.500 And you say
00:37:00.820 Oh I've got perfect bacon
00:37:01.880 You want to call all your friends
00:37:03.340 And family
00:37:03.700 Take a picture like I did
00:37:04.860 By the time everyone
00:37:06.280 Gets into the room
00:37:07.000 And you're taking the picture
00:37:07.900 It's ruined
00:37:08.560 It's done
00:37:08.980 It's burnt
00:37:09.380 Why did that happen?
00:37:11.000 Because it kept cooking
00:37:11.960 For 90 seconds afterwards
00:37:12.920 So you want to time it perfectly
00:37:14.220 Take it off 90 seconds
00:37:15.500 Before it's done
00:37:16.220 And then you will have
00:37:18.700 Perfectly cooked bacon
00:37:20.620 There's your bacon lesson
00:37:24.420 For the day
00:37:24.840 Let's go to emails
00:37:25.680 MattWalshow at gmail.com
00:37:27.280 MattWalshow at gmail.com
00:37:28.760 This is from
00:37:30.820 Let's see here
00:37:32.280 This is from Adam
00:37:35.960 Says
00:37:36.420 Thanks for pointing out
00:37:37.320 The necessity for conservatives
00:37:38.380 To make moral arguments
00:37:39.580 But now that you've said that
00:37:41.100 I'm really eager to hear
00:37:42.260 Convincing moral arguments
00:37:43.540 For conservative stances
00:37:44.760 The two big ones for me
00:37:46.040 Are healthcare
00:37:47.540 And immigration
00:37:48.720 Why is socialized healthcare
00:37:50.380 Morally wrong?
00:37:51.780 What's so wrong with people
00:37:52.720 Losing private plans
00:37:53.700 And paying for healthcare
00:37:54.460 And taxes
00:37:55.000 If it enables everyone
00:37:55.940 In the country
00:37:56.400 To be taken care of?
00:37:57.880 As for immigration
00:37:58.880 Many conservatives
00:37:59.640 Really do come off as xenophobes
00:38:01.340 When talking about the issue
00:38:02.580 It drives me crazy
00:38:04.000 To hear people saying things like
00:38:05.160 Take better care of our veterans
00:38:06.700 Before taking care of refugees
00:38:07.920 The phrase America first
00:38:09.640 Makes it sound like
00:38:10.880 We elevate ourselves
00:38:11.760 Above the rest of the human family
00:38:13.140 As a Christian
00:38:14.960 I believe that all people
00:38:15.880 Are God's children
00:38:16.680 As a Christian yourself
00:38:18.020 And a decent human being
00:38:18.780 How do you morally argument
00:38:20.640 For the conservative views
00:38:22.220 On these issues?
00:38:23.360 Well when it comes to
00:38:24.060 Socialized medicine
00:38:24.840 I think
00:38:25.440 You sort of skimmed right over
00:38:27.320 The part of people
00:38:28.120 Losing their private plans
00:38:30.500 But
00:38:30.800 That to me
00:38:32.400 Is a moral problem
00:38:33.600 People have a private
00:38:35.620 Insurance plan
00:38:36.740 If it's working for them
00:38:37.800 If they need it
00:38:38.700 It's something they chose
00:38:41.440 And for the government
00:38:42.460 To come in and say
00:38:43.260 You can't have that anymore
00:38:44.680 We have a plan
00:38:46.120 And you have to go on it
00:38:47.460 That to me
00:38:49.440 Aside from all the practical problems
00:38:51.260 And I agree with you
00:38:53.540 I mean
00:38:53.720 This is what you're responding to
00:38:55.100 This is the point
00:38:55.620 That I made last week
00:38:56.520 That when we're talking about
00:38:57.540 Something like healthcare
00:38:58.380 Or immigration
00:38:59.700 Or any issue
00:39:00.500 We have to make
00:39:01.780 The moral argument
00:39:02.460 And I'm not saying
00:39:03.140 We neglect entirely
00:39:04.260 The practical argument
00:39:05.280 About
00:39:06.160 Things like the cost
00:39:08.200 How much it's going to cost
00:39:09.180 But
00:39:10.740 We have to also make
00:39:11.800 The moral argument
00:39:12.340 And I think that should be
00:39:12.980 The primary argument we make
00:39:14.320 Because the primary argument
00:39:16.020 That the left makes
00:39:16.920 Is moral
00:39:18.500 And so we have to
00:39:19.420 Meet them
00:39:20.720 On that battlefield
00:39:21.820 And respond
00:39:22.900 On that level
00:39:23.640 It's very important
00:39:24.380 That we do that
00:39:25.000 And we cannot sound
00:39:27.620 As though
00:39:29.240 We're admitting
00:39:30.800 That their policy ideas
00:39:32.720 Are more moral
00:39:33.740 But we care more
00:39:34.700 About saving money
00:39:35.460 Because we're a bunch
00:39:36.240 Of sociopaths
00:39:37.240 And scrooges
00:39:37.840 But on this
00:39:39.900 I think that
00:39:40.520 It's
00:39:42.020 Pretty straightforward
00:39:43.520 That that's
00:39:44.300 There's a big
00:39:44.940 Moral problem there
00:39:46.100 With taking something
00:39:47.060 From someone
00:39:47.640 That's theirs
00:39:48.440 That they agreed to
00:39:50.200 That they need
00:39:50.940 That's working for them
00:39:52.800 And for the government
00:39:54.220 To say
00:39:54.640 No you have to do this instead
00:39:55.940 So I just
00:39:58.100 I see that as
00:39:59.060 Straightforwardly
00:40:00.500 Immoral
00:40:01.080 But then the larger thing
00:40:05.340 With socialized medicine
00:40:06.660 The moral problem
00:40:08.300 Is also
00:40:09.900 The practical problem
00:40:10.960 Is that it just
00:40:11.540 Doesn't work
00:40:12.140 It doesn't do
00:40:12.960 What it says
00:40:14.360 It's going to do
00:40:15.080 Which is
00:40:15.680 Which is to
00:40:16.600 Do better at
00:40:19.140 Taking care of sick people
00:40:20.560 Than
00:40:21.560 Then
00:40:23.860 You know
00:40:24.500 Than the free market
00:40:25.140 Does with healthcare
00:40:25.780 And we know
00:40:27.540 It's not perfect
00:40:28.160 On either end
00:40:28.800 And we could talk
00:40:30.600 All day
00:40:31.200 About people
00:40:32.260 Who get screwed
00:40:32.820 By their private plans
00:40:33.920 People who
00:40:34.560 Don't get taken care of
00:40:36.200 And all that kind of stuff
00:40:37.420 And that's a problem
00:40:38.600 But
00:40:38.900 The socialized medicine
00:40:41.100 Just does not do
00:40:42.000 What it says
00:40:42.380 It's going to do
00:40:42.900 And so
00:40:45.200 You know
00:40:46.660 There are people
00:40:47.320 This is why
00:40:49.380 You have
00:40:49.820 The long lines
00:40:51.060 This is why
00:40:51.560 People who are in
00:40:52.740 Countries with socialized medicine
00:40:54.180 Will come to America
00:40:55.080 If they need something
00:40:55.980 Like a heart surgery
00:40:56.700 So this
00:40:58.820 It just does
00:40:59.960 A better job
00:41:00.640 Of taking care of people
00:41:01.640 And I think
00:41:02.720 That that's
00:41:03.200 Both
00:41:03.880 It's practical benefit
00:41:05.220 And also
00:41:06.260 It's moral benefit
00:41:07.060 As for immigration
00:41:08.340 Well again
00:41:10.600 You say
00:41:10.920 Take better care
00:41:12.200 Of our veterans
00:41:12.660 Before taking care
00:41:13.380 Of refugees
00:41:13.880 That is
00:41:15.840 I don't think
00:41:16.840 That's our
00:41:17.240 Primary argument
00:41:18.520 On immigration
00:41:19.500 But that is
00:41:20.340 A moral statement
00:41:21.220 And it's
00:41:22.160 True
00:41:22.540 That
00:41:23.080 Our veterans
00:41:24.480 Are American citizens
00:41:26.520 They've fought
00:41:28.320 For the country
00:41:28.940 And for them
00:41:31.140 To come home
00:41:31.880 And not be
00:41:32.800 Taken well care of
00:41:33.940 That is a
00:41:34.420 Moral atrocity
00:41:35.620 And so I think
00:41:37.540 The point that
00:41:38.100 Conservatives are making
00:41:39.120 On immigration
00:41:39.900 Is that
00:41:41.840 The responsibility
00:41:42.920 Of the government
00:41:44.220 Is to
00:41:45.780 Take care of
00:41:46.560 Its own people
00:41:47.140 First
00:41:47.520 That's just
00:41:50.220 That is your
00:41:50.820 Responsibility
00:41:51.420 It's just like
00:41:52.020 I hesitate
00:41:53.680 To make this
00:41:54.340 Comparison
00:41:54.860 Because it doesn't
00:41:55.580 Hold true
00:41:56.020 In a lot of ways
00:41:56.760 But as parents
00:42:00.520 Our responsibility
00:42:01.500 Is to take care
00:42:02.220 Of our own children
00:42:02.800 First
00:42:03.060 That's a moral
00:42:03.540 Responsibility
00:42:04.140 Now the government
00:42:05.540 Is not our parents
00:42:06.300 That's why I say
00:42:06.800 Hesitate to make
00:42:07.520 That comparison
00:42:08.880 But the point is
00:42:09.640 Just where do
00:42:10.540 Your responsibilities
00:42:11.200 Lie first
00:42:12.000 And the government's
00:42:15.600 First responsibilities
00:42:16.340 Are to
00:42:17.180 Maybe I wouldn't
00:42:18.100 Say take care of
00:42:18.940 I don't really like
00:42:21.240 That phrase
00:42:21.960 When we're talking
00:42:22.360 About the government
00:42:22.760 But their responsibility
00:42:23.860 Is to
00:42:24.820 Their own citizens
00:42:26.000 First
00:42:26.760 And there's also
00:42:27.900 This
00:42:28.240 That if we want
00:42:30.740 To
00:42:31.120 Be there
00:42:33.020 For the rest
00:42:33.500 Of the world
00:42:33.900 If we want
00:42:34.480 To be a shining
00:42:35.080 Light to the rest
00:42:35.780 Of the world
00:42:36.180 If we want
00:42:37.380 To be able
00:42:38.040 To accept
00:42:38.600 Refugees
00:42:39.180 Which I think
00:42:39.540 Is a good thing
00:42:40.060 For us to do
00:42:40.640 If we want
00:42:42.200 To be a
00:42:43.020 Destination
00:42:45.040 For the
00:42:47.220 Huddled masses
00:42:48.160 The poor
00:42:49.500 The downtrodden
00:42:50.440 And so on
00:42:51.280 And so forth
00:42:51.660 I think all
00:42:52.440 That is great
00:42:52.940 But we're not
00:42:55.120 Going to be
00:42:55.980 That if we
00:42:57.480 Don't maintain
00:42:58.300 Our national
00:42:59.040 Identity first
00:42:59.760 We have to
00:43:00.140 Be strong
00:43:00.800 As a nation
00:43:01.600 So that we
00:43:02.900 Can then
00:43:03.440 Accept these
00:43:04.280 Other people
00:43:04.720 And have them
00:43:05.120 Come in
00:43:05.520 And then they
00:43:08.440 Can benefit
00:43:08.860 From it
00:43:09.180 If we become
00:43:10.280 Just like
00:43:11.240 You know
00:43:11.940 If we tear
00:43:13.220 Down the borders
00:43:13.920 Throw open
00:43:15.280 The doors
00:43:15.760 No more borders
00:43:17.220 And we
00:43:19.940 Become just
00:43:20.620 Like the
00:43:20.960 Country
00:43:21.180 Surrounding
00:43:21.740 Us
00:43:22.020 Then we
00:43:23.460 Can't help
00:43:24.040 Those people
00:43:24.620 Anymore
00:43:25.040 And so I
00:43:26.500 Think that's
00:43:26.800 Also a moral
00:43:27.380 Issue
00:43:27.740 But I think
00:43:29.560 It's good
00:43:29.860 That you're
00:43:30.260 Thinking of
00:43:30.940 It in
00:43:31.260 Those terms
00:43:31.720 This is from
00:43:33.040 Stacy
00:43:33.360 Says I want
00:43:33.860 To be a
00:43:34.100 Subscriber
00:43:34.580 Unfortunately
00:43:34.980 I have
00:43:35.280 Type 1
00:43:35.780 I have a
00:43:36.620 Type 1
00:43:36.960 Diabetic
00:43:37.460 Which make
00:43:38.040 Me get
00:43:38.340 Two jobs
00:43:38.820 To pay
00:43:39.120 For
00:43:39.360 But I
00:43:39.640 Hope you
00:43:39.880 Personally
00:43:40.180 Still read
00:43:40.680 This
00:43:40.960 When Lizzo
00:43:41.820 Showed her
00:43:42.560 Butt
00:43:42.880 Whoopie
00:43:43.480 From the
00:43:43.760 View
00:43:43.940 Said
00:43:44.300 Who cares
00:43:45.140 About the
00:43:45.560 Kids
00:43:45.980 Did she
00:43:47.200 Say that
00:43:47.600 It doesn't
00:43:48.080 Surprise me
00:43:48.620 But I
00:43:48.860 Didn't
00:43:49.040 I didn't
00:43:49.300 See that
00:43:49.580 When did
00:43:50.300 This change
00:43:50.840 Who cares
00:43:51.220 About the
00:43:51.560 Kids
00:43:51.780 Really
00:43:52.040 This is
00:43:52.860 Why it
00:43:53.160 Is impossible
00:43:53.680 As a
00:43:54.080 Parent
00:43:54.300 To keep
00:43:54.720 Our kids
00:43:55.060 Safe
00:43:55.380 I guess
00:43:56.180 That's the
00:43:56.600 Main fight
00:43:57.060 Against kids
00:43:57.760 Who cares
00:43:58.620 Kill them
00:43:59.100 Or make
00:43:59.380 Money off
00:43:59.820 Of them
00:44:00.040 By abusing
00:44:00.480 Them
00:44:00.720 Our future
00:44:01.940 Means
00:44:02.220 Nothing
00:44:02.480 To the
00:44:02.800 Elite
00:44:03.080 Sign
00:44:04.840 Mother
00:44:05.120 Of five
00:44:05.560 Kids
00:44:05.880 From teen
00:44:06.300 To
00:44:06.440 Toddler
00:44:06.800 I
00:44:07.680 Didn't
00:44:07.840 See
00:44:08.020 Whoopie
00:44:08.320 Saying
00:44:08.560 Who cares
00:44:08.920 About the
00:44:09.220 Kids
00:44:09.400 I'm not
00:44:10.480 Surprised
00:44:10.860 That she
00:44:11.100 Said that
00:44:11.440 Maybe I'm
00:44:11.780 A little
00:44:11.920 Surprised
00:44:12.280 She said
00:44:12.680 That
00:44:12.900 I'm not
00:44:13.600 Surprised
00:44:13.900 That she
00:44:14.160 Has that
00:44:14.540 Attitude
00:44:14.960 And that
00:44:15.840 Is the
00:44:16.120 Attitude
00:44:16.520 That the
00:44:17.020 Left
00:44:17.220 Has
00:44:17.420 That's the
00:44:17.640 Attitude
00:44:17.880 The media
00:44:18.240 Has
00:44:18.560 This is
00:44:19.660 What we
00:44:19.820 Were talking
00:44:20.120 About all
00:44:20.380 Last week
00:44:20.860 Part of
00:44:21.360 It
00:44:21.480 Part of
00:44:21.860 It
00:44:21.940 Anyway
00:44:22.160 This is
00:44:23.780 What we're
00:44:24.060 Up against
00:44:24.460 As parents
00:44:25.060 That the
00:44:26.920 Culture's
00:44:27.640 Attitude
00:44:27.960 Is who
00:44:28.340 Cares
00:44:28.520 About these
00:44:28.840 Kids
00:44:29.080 We're
00:44:29.800 Going to
00:44:29.960 Exploit
00:44:30.320 Them
00:44:30.580 Kill
00:44:32.040 Them
00:44:32.180 In the
00:44:32.360 Womb
00:44:32.540 If they
00:44:32.820 If they
00:44:33.140 Escape
00:44:33.580 The gauntlet
00:44:34.340 Of the
00:44:34.680 Modern
00:44:35.000 Womb
00:44:35.380 Then we're
00:44:36.580 Going to
00:44:36.920 Exploit
00:44:37.340 Them
00:44:37.600 We're
00:44:37.760 Going to
00:44:37.940 Corrupt
00:44:38.280 Them
00:44:38.620 And this
00:44:41.340 Is what
00:44:41.500 We're
00:44:41.620 Up against
00:44:41.980 And it's
00:44:44.400 Not very
00:44:44.740 Helpful
00:44:45.080 When you
00:44:45.360 Have
00:44:45.560 Non-parents
00:44:46.500 Who just
00:44:48.500 Sit back
00:44:49.240 And say
00:44:50.920 Oh it's
00:44:51.240 All the
00:44:51.500 Parents
00:44:51.800 Job
00:44:52.220 Do a
00:44:52.680 Better
00:44:52.840 Job
00:44:53.280 You know
00:44:54.540 Kids
00:44:54.760 Get
00:44:54.920 Destroyed
00:44:55.380 And
00:44:55.480 Corrupted
00:44:55.780 By the
00:44:56.020 Culture
00:44:56.400 And people
00:44:56.780 Who aren't
00:44:57.160 Parents
00:44:57.480 Say
00:44:57.660 Do a
00:44:58.560 Better
00:44:58.720 Job
00:44:59.040 You
00:44:59.160 Parents
00:44:59.580 It's
00:45:01.000 Like you
00:45:01.200 Have
00:45:01.340 No idea
00:45:02.080 You
00:45:02.360 Really
00:45:02.700 Have
00:45:02.980 No
00:45:03.420 Idea
00:45:03.960 What
00:45:05.100 It's
00:45:05.320 Like
00:45:05.600 Raising
00:45:06.460 Kids
00:45:06.700 In
00:45:06.800 This
00:45:06.940 Culture
00:45:07.180 Today
00:45:07.480 Even
00:45:08.820 Older
00:45:09.180 Parents
00:45:09.380 Even
00:45:09.580 Parents
00:45:09.900 Who
00:45:10.080 You know
00:45:10.380 Are
00:45:10.540 In
00:45:10.880 Their
00:45:11.020 60s
00:45:12.760 Now
00:45:12.980 Or
00:45:13.220 70s
00:45:13.740 Had
00:45:14.260 Kids
00:45:14.600 That
00:45:14.780 Grew
00:45:14.960 Up
00:45:15.100 A
00:45:15.220 Long
00:45:15.340 Time
00:45:15.540 Ago
00:45:15.740 And
00:45:16.800 They
00:45:16.900 Had
00:45:17.060 Their
00:45:17.180 Own
00:45:17.320 Challenges
00:45:17.760 But
00:45:18.140 You
00:45:19.620 Really
00:45:19.960 Have
00:45:20.180 No
00:45:20.360 Idea
00:45:20.700 What
00:45:21.100 It's
00:45:21.280 Like
00:45:21.560 Having
00:45:22.000 Kids
00:45:22.340 Today
00:45:22.780 With
00:45:23.720 The
00:45:23.860 Media
00:45:24.120 Being
00:45:24.400 As
00:45:24.580 Ubiquitous
00:45:24.940 As
00:45:25.360 It
00:45:25.660 Is
00:45:25.780 With
00:45:25.940 The
00:45:26.060 Internet
00:45:26.340 And
00:45:26.500 All
00:45:26.600 These
00:45:32.080 That
00:45:33.300 Yeah
00:45:34.080 We
00:45:34.320 Parents
00:45:34.700 Of
00:45:34.840 Young
00:45:35.000 Kids
00:45:35.220 We
00:45:35.560 Have
00:45:35.800 Not
00:45:36.080 Really
00:45:36.460 Figured
00:45:36.800 Out
00:45:36.960 How
00:45:37.080 To
00:45:37.180 Deal
00:45:37.320 With
00:45:37.480 Perfectly
00:45:37.940 I
00:45:38.360 Don't
00:45:38.440 Think
00:45:38.560 There
00:45:38.680 Is
00:45:38.820 Any
00:45:38.960 Perfect
00:45:39.200 Way
00:45:39.340 To
00:45:39.460 Deal
00:45:39.580 With
00:45:39.720 It
00:45:39.840 If
00:45:41.300 You've
00:45:41.480 Got
00:45:41.620 The
00:45:41.760 Magic
00:45:42.080 Solution
00:45:42.900 Then
00:45:43.140 Let
00:45:43.260 Us
00:45:43.380 Know
00:45:43.580 I
00:45:43.900 Don't
00:45:43.980 Think
00:45:44.120 You
00:45:44.220 Do
00:45:44.440 You
00:45:44.700 Might
00:45:44.840 Think
00:45:45.080 You
00:45:45.220 Do
00:45:45.360 But
00:45:45.500 You
00:45:45.600 Don't
00:45:45.980 Thanks
00:45:48.960 For
00:45:49.060 The
00:45:49.140 Email
00:45:49.340 Stacy
00:45:49.700 I
00:45:50.700 Think
00:45:52.960 We'll
00:45:53.080 Leave
00:45:53.240 It
00:45:53.340 There
00:45:53.580 Somebody
00:45:55.160 Wrote
00:45:55.580 An
00:45:55.700 Email
00:45:55.920 Asking
00:45:56.340 About
00:45:56.700 The
00:45:57.180 Issue
00:45:57.520 Of
00:45:57.700 Embryo
00:45:58.280 Adoption
00:45:58.900 Which
00:45:59.280 Is
00:45:59.420 Very
00:45:59.620 Interesting
00:46:00.160 And
00:46:00.580 I
00:46:00.700 Think
00:46:00.840 I'll
00:46:01.000 Save
00:46:01.240 That
00:46:01.360 For
00:46:01.480 Tomorrow
00:46:01.800 Because
00:46:02.100 That's
00:46:02.300 A
00:46:02.400 Longer
00:46:02.660 Discussion
00:46:03.060 But
00:46:04.000 Thanks
00:46:04.420 Everyone
00:46:04.620 For
00:46:04.800 The
00:46:04.920 Emails
00:46:05.160 Again
00:46:05.320 The
00:46:05.400 Email
00:46:05.580 Address
00:46:05.840 Is
00:46:05.980 Matt
00:46:06.240 Wall
00:46:06.420 Show
00:46:06.680 At
00:46:06.860 Gmail
00:46:07.100 Dot
00:46:07.400 Com
00:46:07.680 And
00:46:08.380 We'll
00:46:08.520 Leave
00:46:08.640 It
00:46:08.720 There
00:46:08.900 Thanks
00:46:09.760 For
00:46:09.880 Watching
00:46:10.080 Thanks
00:46:10.280 For
00:46:10.400 Listening
00:46:10.640 God
00:46:11.060 Speed
00:46:26.700 Daily Wire
00:46:26.940 Podcast
00:46:27.300 Including
00:46:27.800 The
00:46:27.920 Ben Shapiro
00:46:28.320 Show
00:46:28.600 Michael
00:46:29.080 Knowles
00:46:29.360 Show
00:46:29.560 And
00:46:30.100 The
00:46:30.220 Andrew
00:46:30.420 Klavan
00:46:30.700 Show
00:46:30.960 Thanks
00:46:31.660 For
00:46:31.780 Listening
00:46:32.040 The
00:46:33.460 Matt
00:46:33.620 Wall
00:46:33.780 Show
00:46:34.060 Is
00:46:34.240 Produced
00:46:34.600 By
00:46:34.780 Sean
00:46:35.140 Hampton
00:46:35.560 Executive
00:46:36.120 Producer
00:46:36.560 Jeremy
00:46:36.960 Boring
00:46:37.340 Senior
00:46:38.040 Producer
00:46:38.400 Jonathan
00:46:38.860 Hay
00:46:39.100 Supervising
00:46:40.100 Producer
00:46:40.440 Mathis
00:46:40.820 Glover
00:46:41.140 Supervising
00:46:42.240 Producer
00:46:42.580 Robert
00:46:42.900 Sterling
00:46:43.380 Technical
00:46:44.280 Producer
00:46:44.680 Austin
00:46:45.060 Stevens
00:46:45.480 Editor
00:46:46.320 Donovan
00:46:46.780 Fowler
00:46:47.180 Audio
00:46:47.860 Mixer
00:46:48.220 Mike
00:46:48.460 Coromina
00:46:48.860 The
00:46:49.540 Matt
00:46:49.680 Wall
00:46:49.800 Show
00:46:50.000 Is
00:46:50.120 A
00:46:50.260 Daily
00:46:50.440 Wire
00:46:50.620 Production
00:46:50.960 Copyright
00:46:51.500 Daily
00:46:51.760 Wire
00:46:52.020 2019
00:46:52.700 Boris
00:46:56.700 Just hours
00:46:57.180 After
00:46:57.500 The
00:46:57.680 Media
00:46:57.900 Say
00:46:58.340 He's
00:46:58.680 Down
00:46:59.060 Nancy
00:46:59.460 Pelosi
00:46:59.860 Says
00:47:00.160 The
00:47:00.280 Case
00:47:00.460 For
00:47:00.600 Impeachment
00:47:01.020 Remains
00:47:01.480 Very
00:47:01.860 Strong
00:47:02.420 After
00:47:03.040 Dropping
00:47:03.460 The
00:47:03.620 Only
00:47:03.760 Impeachment
00:47:04.160 Charge
00:47:04.580 She
00:47:04.760 Ever
00:47:04.960 Had
00:47:05.320 Against
00:47:05.720 President
00:47:06.080 Trump
00:47:06.380 And
00:47:06.780 James
00:47:07.040 Comey
00:47:07.400 Insists
00:47:07.780 The
00:47:07.980 IG
00:47:08.260 Vindicated
00:47:08.840 Him
00:47:09.120 Just
00:47:09.580 Days
00:47:09.840 After
00:47:10.160 The
00:47:10.340 IG
00:47:10.640 Explicitly
00:47:11.380 Did
00:47:11.880 Not
00:47:12.140 Vindicate
00:47:12.740 Him
00:47:12.980 We
00:47:13.360 Will
00:47:13.520 Explain
00:47:13.960 Why
00:47:14.240 Leftists
00:47:14.860 Deny
00:47:15.440 Till
00:47:15.720 They
00:47:15.920 Die
00:47:16.340 We
00:47:16.600 Will
00:47:16.860 Cut
00:47:17.400 Through
00:47:17.720 The
00:47:17.960 Gas
00:47:18.320 Lighting
00:47:18.740 And
00:47:18.840 The
00:47:18.960 Web
00:47:19.140 Of
00:47:19.280 Lies
00:47:19.600 Check
00:47:19.840 It
00:47:19.960 Out
00:47:20.140 On
00:47:20.580 The
00:47:20.660 Michael
00:47:20.880 Knowles
00:47:21.140 Show