June 30, 2026

The Bill Martinez Show 06 30 26

The Bill Martinez Show 06 30 26
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The Bill Martinez Show 06 30 26
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Are you ready?

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Yeah, Okay, let's do it.

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Ill Martinez Live a program about current events, our culture,

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our values, our politics, and our future.

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And now Bill Martinez.

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Hey, at six minutes after the top of they are

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right now. Glad you're joining us. I'm Bill Martinez. He's

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Richard Lyons. He's the author of The DNA of Democracy

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as Shadows of the Acropolis and other great books. And

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I'll tell you, Richard, it's so good to have you

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on right now. In light of what's going on in

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our country and these recent primaries, it is definitely exposed

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the democratic socialists. They're out of the closet now. They're

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no longer being quiet about it. They're saying, hey, we're

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loud and proud, and they feel like they've got a

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national movement on their hands.

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What say you, I think it's a I think like you, Bill,

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that it's a beneficial thing that they are pronouncing their

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socialism right, and it's just and it's not just their socialism,

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it's their anti semitism.

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Yes.

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Two, these are the two things that are really they've

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been hidden for a long time. You could not get

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elected in America twenty years ago after saying you were

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a socialist. You could not get elected twenty years ago

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if you said you were against Israel and you were

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an anti Zionist.

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That was the.

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Statement that would make you unelectable. What is alarming in

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these cases in New York.

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And one of these guys is Brad Lander.

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He's Jewish, Yeah, Jewish exactly.

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And he had to say he's against Israel and for

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funding Israel, arming Israel, any cooperation with the United States

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in order.

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To get elected.

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So now I'm saying, but I'm heartened by this.

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This is inner city stuff.

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It is where Democrats have had control for a century, right,

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and so I'm heartened by the idea this is going

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to dry up the Jewish money to the Democrat Party,

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because this is alarming. Now instead of having to endorse

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the Jewish community and endorse defense of Israel, now you

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get elected by inflaming anti Semitism and demanding, you know,

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the two state solution and Palestine to the sea, from

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the river to the sea. So this is really it's

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a defining moment, Bill, and that's the hope.

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Well, and the other thing I thought that was quite

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interesting was you had the Democratic congressman who's Jewish trying

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to get a cup of coffee in a Jewish community, Richard,

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and he is chastised, and they gave him his money

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back and said, we don't want your the likes of you,

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or your business coming here and buying coffee in our shop.

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Well, how un American is that?

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Right?

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How unmelting pot right?

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Exactly? But you know, yeah, and you just said something.

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And I was going to add to what you said

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earlier when you started counting down these things that the

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Democratic Socialists believe in, you know, anti Semitic and you know,

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these other socialist issues, but they're also against.

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The basics or anti Christian.

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Well, anti anti American basic principles. I mean, you've got

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weigh out in California. She refuses to save the Pledge

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of Allegiance, you know. And and the thing is about

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our constitution that we're about to celebrate, you know, in

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a couple of weeks, our two hundred and fiftieth celebration.

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Here these foundational principles about our government and the idea

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that people are significant, and they are they're born with

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inalienable rights given to them by God. They that isn't

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anathema to them.

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Yes, there's a reason Bill May I explain why that is. Yes,

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and that is the most revolutionary line in the history

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of humankind, that we are endowed by our creator with

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certain inalienable rights. That just stands straight from the Ten Commandments,

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where God gave us law that both king and priest

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and peasant has to follow right, And that just inflames

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the left. Why because they want the state to assume godhood. Yes,

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be in charge of your rights and your life and

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your profert and that is what socialism is. And to

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say that there is a higher God from whom we

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gain our rights, not a state. They in socialism, you

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need owe everything to the state that you have right

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because they take whatever you have. That is why it

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inflames them. I'm sorry I had to get that.

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No, no, no, no apology needed again. I think we need to

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reinforce this understanding because the people have been duped over

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the years. This is why I'm glad Mom Donnie's out.

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I'm glad they're all coming out of the closet and

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saying we're democratic socialists.

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I think it's I will give them.

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Their due, and I think it's quite brilliant that they

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didn't come in and set up a whole third Party.

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They came over and took over the Democratic Party, and

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so they titled themselves as Democrats socialists because some of

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the Democrats, you know, by tradition, will vote Democrat because

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there's a D in front of their name, but they

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don't realize what follows that D, which is communism.

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And in the election of Spencer Pratt, can we say

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how democratic that election was?

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It was not.

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Yes, it had nothing to do with democracy. It had

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to do with fixing that election, right, and that's what

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they'll do.

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And the same thing in LA. Yeah, yes, Spencer Pratt

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right right, Spencer Pratt exactly.

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Kept counting until he law right.

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There was a certain box of ballance bill. So they

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counted front to back twenty three thousand votes, not one

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of which was for Spencer Pratt.

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How does that happen?

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It's statistically impossible, statistically impossible unless you rig it.

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So this is.

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Where we're at, and I'm like you, I'm happy they're

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out of the closet because for one hundred years they

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followed Woodrow Wilson, who said famously, Russia did it wrong.

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We can't do this by revolution, we have to do

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it by evolution. Do it very quietly and in increments,

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And for one hundred years they haven't said we're socialists

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and we're taking your money and we're going to give

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it to our friends and our family. But that's what

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socialism is, that's what mom Donnie is. And now he

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has this woman Chevalier who's openly saying, yeah, I can't

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wait to find out what lands I don't like, right,

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and I'm gonna take their property. This this is they're

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over the line. Now, they're out of the They're out of

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the closet and over the line.

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Right.

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Well, and look what Look what the socialists have done.

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AOC killed you know, hundreds of thousands of job in our.

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Own district, Yes from Amazon, right said I don't want

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Amazon here. Well, guess what they're not coming, right, And Griffith,

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this man has donated more money to New York City

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on his own and all the persons he's employed and

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all the wealth he's created, and and he's thumbing his nose,

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you know, he's blinking. He's in the camera going I'm

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gonna I'm coming.

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To get you. Yeah.

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Right, that socialism, right, and it's taking the wealth creators

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and putting a bullseye on them.

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You're not going to have a big tag space that way.

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Right exactly.

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And here they are, I mean they have dreams and

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ambitions to give away all free stuff.

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Well they're going to run out of other people's money

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real quick.

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There is no free stuff.

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You and I every practical person in America with an

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ounce of common sense knows there is nothing that's free. Yeah,

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I mean zero. So it's a transfer of wealth. Nothing's free.

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You're transferring property from one person, a taxpayer, to someone

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who's not paying taxes. Yeah, and through a government organization

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and a political party that takes it right.

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And the only way they can take control is they

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have to dumb down everybody. And as you said, it's

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been a progressive movement as they've continued to move through

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the institutions. I mean, these kids and parents that have

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paid hundreds of thousands, you know, trillions of dollars basically

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for education, for the dumbing down of their kids, and

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here they are, you know, these last I would say,

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the last two generations, because they've been so corrupted and

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influenced by these progressive professors.

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That was all part and parcel of this grand plan. Right.

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It started with very good bill. It started with the

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great society. That's when LBJ and the teachers' unions took

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over education K through twelve in the public schools. Then

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in Obama's presidency, he took over the financing of higher education.

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And take a look at the pricing that people are

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paying for college since that moment, because the government can

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give money for what free. Since then, taxes have gone up,

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the price of education has gone up, and the indoctrination

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is NonStop from kindergarten through grad school. And only socialists

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can afford to invent a government that has never been successful,

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but invented in the heads of college students that yes,

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there's a utopia out there.

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We can get there.

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We can get there if we can only take enough,

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take enough money from other people, and convince half the

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country at half the country's evil because they don't give enough.

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Well, you know, here we are about to celebrate. Here,

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we are about to celebrate two hundred and fifty years Richard.

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And you know, and when you look back historically, these

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communists and socialists, they may have a fifty to eighty

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year reign, but it is a reign of terror and

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shared misery. And it's also a situation where I look

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at it sociologically and see what they've done to the people.

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They dumb them down, they isolate them.

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They put that in silence.

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of Democracy and Shadows of the Acropolis. Your series is

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just brilliant, the Democracy DNA of Democracy series so brilliant

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and timely right now in light of our two hundred

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and fifty years that you go back and you you

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recount our beginnings. And I've often said on the show

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that you know, if you lose your way, you must

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go back to the beginning and remember from whence you came.

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And we've got a rich history. Nobody's claiming perfection, even

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in our documents.

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We have a unique history, Yes, utterly unique, and it

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is so dynamic, and so everyman of America and I,

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in honor of our two hundred and fiftieth birthday and

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for your listeners, which are such patriots I am, I've

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set up a website that you can download the DNA

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richness of the history of how our country was formed

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the way it was, and it goes all the way

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back to the Ten Commandments and why that's so important.

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Well, wow, what what a gift, Richard. That's uh, that's

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very generous. Again, remind everybody where they can go to

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Well one of the Uh, in one of the chat volumes,

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I should say, you address socialist and it is so

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timely because the things that you talk about in that

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book is America today.

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Richard.

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Well, if you go volume two, then of the series

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is well volume one. To be clear, the DNA of

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democracy is how and why our country was created the

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way it was with the with the revolution constitutional Convention

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and then the confirming of the Declaration of independence in

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that revolutionary line had to come with a civil war

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and the women's suffragette movement.

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Volume two goes.

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Into how in the last hundred years since Woodrow Wilson, again,

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socialism has been growing slowly, but step by step it's.

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And now if you go to Volume two, pages three

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eighty and three eighty one. You have our founding principles

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on one side of the spine and socialism on the other.

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And what's remarkable is they're not similar. They're not even dissimilar.

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They're diametrically posed. You have individual rights on one side,

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and you have the state that takes your rights on

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the other. On one side, you have free enterprise. On

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the other side, you have state control of the economy,

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as we have in half of our healthcare system. And

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so I think it's very demonstrative because you do just

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what you said, Bill. You have to know where you're from.

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Why did our country become so great? How did it

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become so prosperous? Why did we know peace since the

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Civil War as we've known it? And it's because we're

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a melting pot.

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It's because we had.

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Common ground in our beliefs in the constitution. This socialist party,

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it's not a democrat, it's not democratic anymore.

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It's socialism.

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And what they are creating has nothing to do with

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how we were founded. It is what we fought against

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and bled for in World War Two, what we fought

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in Germany in Italy, and what we've fought during the

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sixty years.

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Of Cold War after that. That's what this is.

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We're realizing a Barack Obama's statement about the fundamental transformation

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of America. If you wondered what he meant by then,

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now you should know what he meant.

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Right, Yeah, because he's the one, the one, which means

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you have one leader, you have one party, and anybody

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who doesn't agree with you watch out. That's why when

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Trump got into office, they were also startled.

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They worked very hard to engineer a coup.

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And the only reason Donald Trump survived is because he

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had the property to do so and the courage.

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To do so.

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Amen, exactly.

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I mean, you talk about his presidency and what it

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could mean down the road. I'm wondering, Richard, do we

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have to experience But Argentina experienced. You know, they were

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very affluent, they were rising, they were doing very well,

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and then for seventy eighty years they experienced this grand

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plan of socialism and look what happened to them.

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I have great hope in your show and other shows

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that are geared towards getting away from the indoctrination of

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the regular media.

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I don't know what you'd call it. Anymore the major

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media or the.

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Well they used to say mainstream.

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But yeah, but even then it's it's less and less

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because people are realizing that they're not delivering the truth.

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That it's it's narration, it's propaganda.

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Right, Yeah, don't feel bad.

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This is all normal, you know, when you have Obama

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attacking the little sisters of the poor, right, the ahhs

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or the these sorts of things. That are when they

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were attacking through the IRS, they were attacking the Tea

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Party movement.

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Right when you see these things.

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That's why I started writing this because it's so vital

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to know how can an American government do that?

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Right?

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We used to be on common ground under the Constitution

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when we said no agency can do that, right, right,

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So now we no longer have that common ground.

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Right, lowesst Learner and Barack Obama with the way I

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maintain Richard that that alone and what they did with

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the Tea Party and anybody that was patriotically aligned, had

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an effect at least on at least ten I don't

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have the exact number, but I believe at least ten

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voting cycles have been affected as a result of what

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Lowest Learner in the IRS did to the Tea Party

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and other patriotic organizations by not giving them tax exemption status.

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And not allowing them they're freedom of assembly right, that is,

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the ability to finance your ideas. And what they did

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was they they put the persons who are applying for

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such rights to collect an assembly and finance that assembly.

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They attack those assemblies and the persons within them through

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the IRS to scrutinize their finances.

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to compromise a key statement in our constitution, the consent

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to the government. How can you have, as you pointed

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out in la how can you have the consent of

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the government when the ballot box is being stuffed.

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The matter of elections in the constitution comprises almost half

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Think about it's so important.

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There's a reason why representatives are elected every two years

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to the House, why the Senate is elected every six years,

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the president every four years. They want government to be

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steady but continuously changing to the will of the people.

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What they've erected since Woodrow Wilson has called the administrative state.

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It is four hundred and thirty five agencies, people by

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for life and making decisions about us in the e

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Man in there now, Seldon Sheldon, and he's he's just

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Well, Richard, I cannot thank you enough. I appreciate your time.

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Nutrition for Patriots, and We're.

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Back with you. Bill Martinez here along with the author

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former nflq ME ministry leader Jeff Kemp.

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Hey, Jeff II you going great good.

512
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Hey, Happy fourth of July to you, by the way,

513
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I mean we're going to celebrate early. I mean, this

514
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is our two hundred and fiftieth and you know, let's

515
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let's enjoy a lot of positive things happening. I love

516
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that the Europeans here are here in town kind of

517
00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:20.359
reminding everybody of just how great we are. It's almost

518
00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:23.920
like modern day Tokaville's all over the country, you know,

519
00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:27.279
going wow, this is awesome, whether whether it's Bucky's or

520
00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:29.559
something as simple that we take for granted, like air

521
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conditioning or even ice.

522
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Jeff.

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Well, and you see the Norwegians at the various soccer

524
00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:40.680
games for the World Cup and at the PGA golf

525
00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:44.000
tournament this weekend, rooting for Victor Hovland who just won

526
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overtime this this Monday morning. But they're doing that rowing

527
00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:53.839
thing right, Yes, I love it. They're they're using the

528
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American sporting venues, which we love our sports in fun,

529
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commaraderie ways. Yes, it's just it's cool to see, you know,

530
00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:08.319
using that in a in a fun way. I think

531
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that some people over worship their sports, yes, you know,

532
00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:15.359
and and and yet when it brings people together and

533
00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:17.200
you can do it in a way that doesn't you know,

534
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beat up the fans from the other country and the

535
00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:23.359
other team. Positive. So there's back to July fourth and

536
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America and the Declaration of Independence and as my dad

537
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called it, the American idea. Yeah, that God gave rights.

538
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He wanted to have liberty and justice and freedom and

539
00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:39.039
the opportunity to become who you were meant to be,

540
00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:43.240
have a place on this earth that would work that out.

541
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Recognizing that we are falling sinful nature needs the balance

542
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of powers and the checks and balances a democratic republic,

543
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you know, that's what we do at a republic.

544
00:29:58.160 --> 00:30:00.759
It's interesting because you talk about these guys given rights,

545
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inalienable rights, as Madison wrote in the Constitution, and this

546
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is something when you think about it, that was always there.

547
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But somehow it took the great American ideas your dad said,

548
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for the great American idea and God to use this

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palette in a sense to make it, I guess, maybe

550
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to bring it to life in a way of how

551
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it would work politically or for a nation what it

552
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would mean to be free, all that the American idea encompassed.

553
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You know, I was thinking that, God, why did it

554
00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:41.599
take so long for us to grasp that? Because this

555
00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:44.559
seems to be something that you created in each of us,

556
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as you wove us in our mother's roomb back from

557
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day one, you know, from the Garden of Eden forward.

558
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Right, Well, why did it take us so long? Go

559
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back five thousand years in history and trace the genealogy

560
00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:04.880
Jesus back to Adam and Eve and their first kids.

561
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They couldn't create a decent country, you know, Cain kills Abel.

562
00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:14.319
Humanity gets so bad that God wipes him out with

563
00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:18.000
a flood. He promises never to flood the earth again,

564
00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:21.559
and Noah gets us started again. The Tower of Babel

565
00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:24.440
shows that we have great capacity and intelleck, but our

566
00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:27.599
pride messes it up and God had to scatter us

567
00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:32.720
and change the languages and one language and then civilization

568
00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:39.519
has so many examples of dysfunction and false use of

569
00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:42.519
human talent which God gave us made in his image,

570
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and basically using power to gain advantage over others. Right, right,

571
00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:51.799
exactly wrong. But the United States of America has drawn

572
00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:56.440
from the best in Israel and its biblical form of

573
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a religious government style, and much of the intellect and

574
00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:05.680
perspective from the Egyptian world and the intelligent world of

575
00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:11.039
that era. Obviously we gained a lot from Greece and

576
00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:15.000
the thoughts about democracy and a lot of the philosophies

577
00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:19.279
that brought together thoughts about how people could be self governed.

578
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And I eventually England came up with the Magna Carta

579
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and concepts, but really the Reformation opened the door, and

580
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Mark Luther was one of those who truly showed that

581
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humanity needs to have freedom and self determination, and you

582
00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:40.559
need God's structure and guidance and the assumption that rights

583
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come from Him. And that's what allowed them to say

584
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no to the excesses of power found back in the

585
00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:51.759
pope and the church that existed in that era. Now

586
00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:57.039
those excesses find their way into Protestant churches, Catholic churches,

587
00:32:57.880 --> 00:33:03.960
liberal governments, conservative governments, different eras because humanity is flawed.

588
00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:07.640
But the American Republic has brought together much of the

589
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best and given us a system that can tap down

590
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the worst in humanity. So I'm thankful for America. July

591
00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:17.119
fourth happens to be my youngest son's birthday, so we

592
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have double reason to celebrate.

593
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Well exactly, well, again, God has blessed us, and as

594
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Ronald Reagan said, a nation who is no longer under

595
00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:32.440
God will go under. And we're starting to see, you know,

596
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some of the cracks here. But I tell people, look

597
00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:37.359
at God can work with a remnant, and He's done

598
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it time and again.

599
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Just like you said.

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You know, throughout history, when the population loses sight and

601
00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:46.359
loses its way, you know, the prescription is there in

602
00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:48.680
Second Corinthians. You know, if my people who are called

603
00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:51.640
by my name, so it's up to his people, who

604
00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:54.880
are called by His name, to you know, to confess

605
00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:57.920
to God, to turn from their wicked ways, and God,

606
00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:01.440
in his grace and mercy will restore us. And that

607
00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:03.799
is our prayer that our nation would be restored, because

608
00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:07.359
right now, I mean, we're you know, we're more of

609
00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:09.400
a fifty to fifty nation than we've ever been I

610
00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:14.760
think in our history. Right now, Jeff and.

611
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You and I are patriots, and we appreciate the founders

612
00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:23.480
and the unsung women and African Americans that persisted in

613
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America when they weren't getting the benefits of the Declaration

614
00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:32.280
of Independence, melting pot that has eventually assimilated people from

615
00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:35.920
all over the world, and truly is everything else island

616
00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:40.480
promised in that statue of liberty promised. We're excited about

617
00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:43.639
this country and we want it to do well. By

618
00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:47.639
the same token, we remember that our true, most important

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citizenship is an eternal one, yes, exactly, only country that

620
00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:56.599
will allow to be perfect God's country. And even negative

621
00:34:57.239 --> 00:35:05.280
seasons and chapters in political and American history have opportunities

622
00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:08.000
for God's good work to be advancing. Because God really

623
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wants to get the souls of people back with him,

624
00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:13.440
even more than he wants us to get all the

625
00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:17.960
laws perfect and everything straightened out societally. Now they're both,

626
00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:20.920
and because the good Samaritan would make life better for others.

627
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But the good Samaritan, if he had an answer to

628
00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:27.320
the question how can I live forever, would also give

629
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that answer. And what I pray for is humility that

630
00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:37.639
leads to repentance and confession of our pride and maybe

631
00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:41.719
too much of our wanting money and prosperity and pleasure,

632
00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:46.159
maybe wanting to be right too much. I'd love to

633
00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:48.039
do well on debate, but I don't want to be

634
00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:51.840
right because I'm better than someone. But repentance means I've

635
00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:54.559
been trying to do it myself God, and I need you.

636
00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:57.559
And if we had repentance, a spiritual revival, that would

637
00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:59.760
be the greatest thing ever, would expand the Kingdom of God.

638
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We know the revivals are what helped lead to the

639
00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:07.199
American Revolution and the success of this nation.

640
00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:09.920
Well, that was the message that Whitfield brought to the

641
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Thirteen Colonies. As we've discussed before, it was about repent

642
00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:17.679
John the Baptist. It was about repenting because the Kingdom

643
00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:20.679
of God was drawing nigh, and here it was Whitfield

644
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at that time saw and was inspired by I believe

645
00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:29.880
the Holy Spirit to bring this message that led to

646
00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:33.519
repentance and then revival in the Thirteen Colonies.

647
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And it coalesced them in such.

648
00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:39.960
A way to really apprehend the idea of freedom, Jeff,

649
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because up until then they didn't quite know exactly what

650
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they were. They just wanted to get away from the

651
00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.320
King of England.

652
00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:54.639
This had never existed before, never existed before. Jonathan Edwards

653
00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:59.440
was preaching years before Whitfield here in America the true

654
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Gospel and the freedom in Christ. And yet it had

655
00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:07.559
ramifications and how they lived. John Wesley he talked about

656
00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:14.880
the true Gospel, but it had ramifications on marriage, community, compassion, civility.

657
00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:17.239
And then if you look at a great movie that

658
00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:19.679
Stacey and I watched called The Great Awakening, or I

659
00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:24.400
read a book about Whitfield and Benjamin Franklin, Jesus guy

660
00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:29.159
and a deist who were pretty good friends because Franklin

661
00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:33.880
printed all the sermons. Yes, you know that the popularity

662
00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:39.159
of Whitfield group because of Franklin. But The Great Awakening

663
00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:46.320
shows that the spiritual revival of America gave courage, vision

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and the allegiance to God that I think helped him

665
00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:53.079
pull off the miracles that allowed us to beat the

666
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strongest nation in the world, the Empire of Britain, and

667
00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:57.039
gain our independence.

668
00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:59.079
Yeah, it's kind of interesting that you have.

669
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A printer, you know, like Benjamin Franklin instrumental Billy Graham.

670
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He had Randolph Hearst also a printer of sorts, a

671
00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:16.639
publication you know, of course, one of the widest publications

672
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in the country at the time, and God used that

673
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as well to get his message out there, you know,

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through Billy Graham. It's amazing when you look at the

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history of our country. Well, Jeff, we got to leave

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it there as always. How can people be in touch?

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Hi? They can find me that Jeff kempteam dot com.

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Jeff kempteam dot com.

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Hey, we're back with you Bill Martinez here. Good to

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have you with us, sharing a part of your day.

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For more information on the show Bill Martinez Live dot com.

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With us is the licensed mental health professional and Frankuin

754
00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:54.920
Focus on the Family contributor Johnny DeBrito, Doctor Brio.

755
00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:56.199
How you doing good, to see.

756
00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:59.119
You doing great? Always great to see you Bill well.

757
00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:03.639
Then Alliance on mental Health Illness website is stating that

758
00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:07.920
fifty percent of all lifetime mental illness begins by age

759
00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:12.199
fourteen and seventy five percent by age twenty four.

760
00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:14.440
What does that tell us?

761
00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:19.400
That sounds about right. Very often we don't diagnose people

762
00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:22.000
when they're fourteen because we want to give them time

763
00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:25.119
to develop and see if maybe things work themselves out.

764
00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:29.679
But very often when people are diagnosed later on, parents

765
00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:31.679
and others around them will say, you know, we've seen

766
00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:34.440
this here for in this child, from the time that

767
00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:37.199
he was young or she was young. So that sounds

768
00:43:37.239 --> 00:43:38.000
about right to me.

769
00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:42.320
Yeah, So, as you say, the urgency to address mental

770
00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:47.079
health within families has never been more critical. But you know,

771
00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:50.159
families need to have the information to know what they

772
00:43:50.159 --> 00:43:51.880
should be looking out for, right.

773
00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:55.960
That's right. So they should be looking out for changes

774
00:43:56.000 --> 00:44:00.039
in behavior. If you had a very outgoing child and

775
00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:04.840
the child is now being more isolating and not talking

776
00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:07.639
and so forth, or if you've noticed a change in

777
00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:12.599
their mood from very connected and friendly and kind and

778
00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:16.679
so forth to being sullen and angry and so forth.

779
00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:20.400
And also if you notice changes in behavior such as

780
00:44:20.920 --> 00:44:23.360
they're not eating or they're eating a lot, they're not

781
00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:25.880
sleeping or they're sleeping a lot. Now here's where it

782
00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:28.480
gets tricky. Going back to what I said about fourteen

783
00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:31.480
year olds, All those things I just mentioned could be

784
00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:32.719
normal adolescents.

785
00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:33.320
We know that.

786
00:44:33.360 --> 00:44:36.159
We know that teenagers can get moody, they need more

787
00:44:36.199 --> 00:44:39.119
sleep because they're growing, they eat more, etc. So you

788
00:44:39.159 --> 00:44:42.519
want to look for patterns over time, and also listen

789
00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:45.320
to the people around you, not just you, but your

790
00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:48.760
family members, teachers, others who might be saying is so

791
00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:51.320
and so Okay, that's a really good indication that other

792
00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:53.280
people are noticing something might be wrong.

793
00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:53.800
Yeah.

794
00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:55.519
I think what you're pointing out here is you want

795
00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:57.920
to have a balanced approach. You don't want to get

796
00:44:58.159 --> 00:45:01.280
overly carried away here and all of a sudden, you

797
00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:03.840
know you're hearing you know, johny Bbrito on the radio

798
00:45:03.880 --> 00:45:05.639
and you go, oh my goodness, you know my.

799
00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:06.360
Child is.

800
00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:10.440
Going to have mental health issues, and you know they're

801
00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:13.400
at that age of fourteen, so you know, and you

802
00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:15.440
start getting so overly baranoid, right.

803
00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:18.960
That's right. In fact, there was an advertising campaign about

804
00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:22.000
twenty years ago where there were about six or seven

805
00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:25.719
things listed on a commercial that said, is your child

806
00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:29.360
doing the following and they had such a deluge of

807
00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:35.000
people requesting help because everything on the list was normal

808
00:45:35.239 --> 00:45:38.320
for an adolescent, and so they had to get rid

809
00:45:38.320 --> 00:45:40.960
of that advertising campaign because they were scaring a lot

810
00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:41.800
of pearents.

811
00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:47.199
Well, so key is just you know, taking a look

812
00:45:47.199 --> 00:45:50.639
at behavioral changes. As you say, I mean the normal

813
00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:53.679
stuff like you say that comes with adolescents, it's there,

814
00:45:54.039 --> 00:45:57.679
But is there something radically different that should send up

815
00:45:57.679 --> 00:45:58.119
a flag?

816
00:45:58.239 --> 00:45:58.480
Right?

817
00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:00.159
Right there?

818
00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:03.199
Things that you want to look for, whether it's children

819
00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:07.199
or adults, you want to look for changes in taking

820
00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:12.039
drugs or drinking, or purchasing firearms, those kinds of things.

821
00:46:12.119 --> 00:46:14.920
When people look as if they're starting to feel threatened

822
00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:18.079
or might become violent, those are things that are concerned.

823
00:46:18.119 --> 00:46:22.079
And then certainly any time you hear from anyone of

824
00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:25.159
any age comments that sound like they might be thinking

825
00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:28.400
about taking their own life or hurting someone else, those

826
00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:31.679
are times when you definitely want to seek out.

827
00:46:31.239 --> 00:46:33.599
And also be aware of the emotional signs.

828
00:46:33.719 --> 00:46:37.800
Right, and how can families identify when their loved one

829
00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:40.559
is experiencing some emotional distress?

830
00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:44.360
Well, I think when you see a change in emotion

831
00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:49.400
someone who's usually been very normally outgoing and cheerful and

832
00:46:49.440 --> 00:46:53.199
now they're not cheerful. Or people who have just been

833
00:46:53.239 --> 00:46:56.880
more emotive and now have what we call a flat affect,

834
00:46:56.920 --> 00:47:00.880
which means they don't experience joy, they aren't really experiencing sorrow.

835
00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:04.559
There's just kind of this flat monotone to their emotion.

836
00:47:05.159 --> 00:47:08.039
Or if they start to having lots of start having

837
00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:10.960
lots of angry outbursts and things like that, then I

838
00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:12.199
would be really concerned.

839
00:47:12.840 --> 00:47:17.360
Well, speaking of angry outbursts that you're talking communication, are

840
00:47:17.400 --> 00:47:20.840
there some strategies that we should employ?

841
00:47:21.400 --> 00:47:24.000
There are, Bill. You know, the best thing that you

842
00:47:24.079 --> 00:47:26.719
can do is talk with your loved one about things

843
00:47:26.760 --> 00:47:29.800
you have observed that concern you. So you want to

844
00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:33.000
stay away from saying I think you're depressed or anxious,

845
00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:36.679
or I think you have PTSD, or naming a specific

846
00:47:36.800 --> 00:47:40.159
issue or a diagnosis. What you want to say is,

847
00:47:40.400 --> 00:47:43.760
here's some things i've noticed. Can you tell me about that.

848
00:47:43.960 --> 00:47:47.280
Ask them open ended questions where they don't have to

849
00:47:47.280 --> 00:47:49.760
say yes or no, or right or wrong or true

850
00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:53.119
or false. But tell me about that. I've noticed you

851
00:47:53.360 --> 00:47:56.239
had a large group of friends and now you haven't

852
00:47:56.239 --> 00:47:58.880
been talking to them. Tell me about that, et cetera.

853
00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:03.760
Often people care about the people around them, and when

854
00:48:03.800 --> 00:48:07.719
people around them start asking questions and saying this is

855
00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:11.239
what i've noticed that causes concern for me. Most people

856
00:48:11.320 --> 00:48:15.199
don't want to worry their loved ones, and so that

857
00:48:15.320 --> 00:48:18.440
may be something that will help them to move the

858
00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:20.960
bar a little bit to be willing to get some help.

859
00:48:21.480 --> 00:48:24.400
And you probably don't want to bring up mental health

860
00:48:24.599 --> 00:48:29.599
per se right in your communication. Just like you said,

861
00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:33.440
this is what I'm observing. You're not necessarily even though

862
00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:36.920
you may in the back of your mind think, okay,

863
00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:41.760
you're looking at this from a mental health perspective. You're

864
00:48:41.800 --> 00:48:45.000
not a doctor necessarily, so you know it's not for

865
00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:47.719
you to diagnose. All you're trying to do is to,

866
00:48:48.239 --> 00:48:51.760
you know, put a bridge of communication between and you

867
00:48:51.800 --> 00:48:53.360
and your loved one, right.

868
00:48:53.960 --> 00:48:56.880
That's right. And if you feel like someone is going

869
00:48:56.960 --> 00:48:59.679
to be adverse to hearing about mental health, certainly talk

870
00:48:59.719 --> 00:49:03.480
about I'm concerned about some things I've seen with your health.

871
00:49:03.519 --> 00:49:05.920
And very often people are more willing to go see

872
00:49:05.920 --> 00:49:08.559
a doctor than they are to go see a mental

873
00:49:08.599 --> 00:49:11.679
health professional. But part of the job of a doctor

874
00:49:11.960 --> 00:49:15.159
is to look at not only things that are hurting

875
00:49:15.199 --> 00:49:17.400
the body, but also things that are hurting the mind,

876
00:49:17.719 --> 00:49:22.039
and then of course there's that mind and body connection exactly. So,

877
00:49:22.719 --> 00:49:25.679
for instance, I used to run a college counseling center

878
00:49:25.679 --> 00:49:27.360
and there was a young man who came to me

879
00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:31.519
and he sounded as if he was very depressed. And

880
00:49:31.559 --> 00:49:34.440
then I learned that he had diabetes, and he was

881
00:49:34.480 --> 00:49:36.800
not eating the way that you're supposed to eat when

882
00:49:36.840 --> 00:49:39.639
you have diabetes. He was eating the way normal college

883
00:49:39.639 --> 00:49:43.280
students eat, consuming a lot of things that were making

884
00:49:43.360 --> 00:49:46.039
him very ill. And so I actually sent him to

885
00:49:46.079 --> 00:49:48.639
the school nurse, and sure enough, his blood sugar was

886
00:49:48.679 --> 00:49:51.920
all over the place, and so she helped him correct that,

887
00:49:52.480 --> 00:49:55.480
and he came back and said, he said, I think

888
00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:59.079
you cured my depression. No, I don't think so. I

889
00:49:59.159 --> 00:50:01.559
think that you learned how to take care of your diabetes.

890
00:50:01.639 --> 00:50:03.639
So we work together a lot.

891
00:50:04.159 --> 00:50:04.679
That's great.

892
00:50:04.840 --> 00:50:06.920
Well, you know, you talk about mind body, but there's

893
00:50:06.960 --> 00:50:10.320
also the spiritual component. Although as you noted in this

894
00:50:10.480 --> 00:50:13.880
article that there's really not a whole lot of difference

895
00:50:13.880 --> 00:50:18.840
between children of secular families versus Christian families. I mean,

896
00:50:18.920 --> 00:50:24.280
this is an all encompassing type of condition that can

897
00:50:24.920 --> 00:50:28.400
hit any of us in any walk of life.

898
00:50:29.039 --> 00:50:33.159
I feel as if there's always spiritual component to any

899
00:50:33.239 --> 00:50:37.599
mental health issue and physical health issues as well. And

900
00:50:37.679 --> 00:50:40.559
so when we begin to talk about okay, so what

901
00:50:40.599 --> 00:50:43.719
can we do to help? I always want to emphasize that, yes,

902
00:50:43.800 --> 00:50:46.800
we have therapies, we have medication, we have all kinds

903
00:50:46.840 --> 00:50:49.639
of things that can help. But I think prayer is

904
00:50:49.679 --> 00:50:54.960
also essential, that that can be extremely helpful, and fellowship

905
00:50:55.000 --> 00:50:58.800
with other Christians, being open and honest about what you're

906
00:50:58.800 --> 00:51:01.480
struggling with growth can be very helpful.

907
00:51:02.039 --> 00:51:04.199
Well yeah, I mean because the word is very clear

908
00:51:04.360 --> 00:51:07.440
that you know, we should confess to one another. And

909
00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:11.119
by confessing all it is just saying, look at uh,

910
00:51:12.119 --> 00:51:14.559
I'm kind of I'm dealing with this. And if you

911
00:51:14.639 --> 00:51:20.119
have a close group of reliable and faith based friends,

912
00:51:20.639 --> 00:51:25.360
they can come alongside and take advantage of the prescription

913
00:51:25.400 --> 00:51:27.960
of the Bible lays out you know that you confess

914
00:51:27.960 --> 00:51:30.199
to one another that you'd pray for one another.

915
00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:31.119
That you would be healed.

916
00:51:31.800 --> 00:51:35.920
And and as you say, and healing it takes on

917
00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:40.920
all kinds of forms that would encompass all three parts

918
00:51:40.960 --> 00:51:43.280
of our humanity body, mind and spirit.

919
00:51:43.440 --> 00:51:47.039
Right, that's right, And we want to remind people that

920
00:51:47.119 --> 00:51:51.079
it's actually a strength to ask for help, because when

921
00:51:51.199 --> 00:51:53.960
people are unwilling to ask for help, they tend to

922
00:51:54.000 --> 00:51:58.239
get worse and worse and worse, and it's more difficult

923
00:51:58.280 --> 00:52:01.760
for the people who love them, their family members, their friends,

924
00:52:01.840 --> 00:52:05.119
their coworkers. And so it's a real gift when you're

925
00:52:05.119 --> 00:52:09.039
able to say I am struggling, and hey, join the

926
00:52:09.159 --> 00:52:14.159
human race, because we all struggle at times. Sometimes we

927
00:52:14.199 --> 00:52:18.559
make decisions that put us in places that leave us

928
00:52:18.599 --> 00:52:21.679
feeling depressed or what have you. But plenty of times

929
00:52:21.719 --> 00:52:26.079
things happen that are completely out of our control. Maybe

930
00:52:26.079 --> 00:52:29.039
we experience a string of losses, a number of loved

931
00:52:29.039 --> 00:52:31.159
ones that we've lost, and then we have a house

932
00:52:31.199 --> 00:52:34.639
fire and the dog dies. And if you have lived

933
00:52:35.079 --> 00:52:39.119
a fairly long life, as I have I'm a little older,

934
00:52:40.679 --> 00:52:45.320
you've experienced those years where everything falls apart in one year.

935
00:52:45.400 --> 00:52:48.079
That's just a normal human experience. I wish that we

936
00:52:48.119 --> 00:52:52.119
could experience something difficult and then have two or three

937
00:52:52.159 --> 00:52:54.760
years to get over it before something else comes along,

938
00:52:54.800 --> 00:52:58.119
but that's just not the way life works. So, you know,

939
00:52:58.320 --> 00:53:00.880
be part of the human race and be willing to

940
00:53:00.960 --> 00:53:04.679
say I am hurting, I am struggling. The earlier you

941
00:53:04.760 --> 00:53:08.079
admit that, the earlier you earlier you confess it to

942
00:53:08.159 --> 00:53:10.960
other people and might be able to help, the greater

943
00:53:11.079 --> 00:53:13.679
the prognosis for you getting better quicker.

944
00:53:14.440 --> 00:53:19.920
So when considering, you know, professional intervention, you're saying sooner

945
00:53:19.920 --> 00:53:21.159
than later.

946
00:53:21.559 --> 00:53:28.360
Definitely, definitely, because if it isn't anything, then probably what

947
00:53:28.400 --> 00:53:30.679
will happen As a doctor or a mental health professional

948
00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:33.639
will say, I understand why you had some concerns. This

949
00:53:33.719 --> 00:53:35.639
doesn't meet the bar of something that needs to be

950
00:53:35.679 --> 00:53:40.719
treated right now. However, let's talk about healthier lifestyle choices.

951
00:53:41.039 --> 00:53:44.639
Let's talk about how to prevent that from becoming something

952
00:53:44.679 --> 00:53:45.639
that is a problem.

953
00:53:46.440 --> 00:53:48.440
What resources are available, Johnny.

954
00:53:49.079 --> 00:53:51.599
So, we have a lot of resources available at Focus

955
00:53:51.639 --> 00:53:53.159
on the Family. If you go to Focus on the

956
00:53:53.239 --> 00:53:57.440
Family dot com slash mental health, and then you'll find

957
00:53:57.480 --> 00:53:59.639
lots of topics or you can put a topic in

958
00:53:59.679 --> 00:54:04.519
a area. Also, we have a team of counselors that

959
00:54:04.639 --> 00:54:10.679
is available to provide consultations free of charge for people

960
00:54:10.840 --> 00:54:15.000
for any questions that they have about anything related to themselves,

961
00:54:15.079 --> 00:54:18.719
their families, et cetera, and certainly mental health. So if

962
00:54:18.760 --> 00:54:22.800
people want to request a callback from a licensed mental

963
00:54:22.800 --> 00:54:26.199
health professional. They're going to call eight five five seven

964
00:54:26.320 --> 00:54:30.039
seven one four three five seven Monday through Friday, and

965
00:54:30.039 --> 00:54:33.679
that's available five am to seven pm in the Pacific

966
00:54:33.760 --> 00:54:36.119
time zone, so if you're listening in another time zone,

967
00:54:36.119 --> 00:54:38.960
you can adjust that. Well, what happened is you'll call,

968
00:54:39.280 --> 00:54:43.239
give your contact information and a licensed mental health professional

969
00:54:43.239 --> 00:54:46.440
will call you back within forty eight business hours.

970
00:54:46.760 --> 00:54:49.880
Well, doctor Johnny Debrados always appreciate all the insight and

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Hey, good morning America, Happy fourth of July.

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Let's just say it often to you, because it's a

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great celebration time, two hundred and fifty years of this

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great country of ours.

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Even though some people may.

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Think differently, but that's okay. Keep in mind it's a

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small minority, right, Michael Letts.

1002
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Very small minority who would be very big mouths. But

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you other than that, we can deal with.

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00:56:35.480 --> 00:56:38.639
It, Yes, exactly. I mean, look at they're out of

1005
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the closet. You know, up until now, you know, Trevor

1006
00:56:42.320 --> 00:56:45.679
Lauden other political analysts have been shouting for the timbers

1007
00:56:45.719 --> 00:56:48.119
that the socialists were coming, and.

1008
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They were already embedded in our government.

1009
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And now they're proud to declare themselves as democratic socialists.

1010
00:56:54.599 --> 00:56:58.079
But what people should understand is they're more socialists than Democrat.

1011
00:56:58.119 --> 00:57:01.320
They're only holding on to the Democrat because they've hijacked

1012
00:57:01.360 --> 00:57:01.840
a party.

1013
00:57:02.760 --> 00:57:05.400
You're exactly right, Bill, I mean, it's a sad day

1014
00:57:05.440 --> 00:57:08.719
really for the Democrats. From the standpoint, here's what has occurred.

1015
00:57:09.599 --> 00:57:12.719
Of course, they made this decision decades ago. They decided

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to be the big tent, thinking that sounded good. You

1017
00:57:15.920 --> 00:57:17.639
could come in and be a member of the party,

1018
00:57:17.880 --> 00:57:20.719
even without any values or principles, you know, and they

1019
00:57:20.719 --> 00:57:23.039
would accept you. And so when they saw that they

1020
00:57:23.079 --> 00:57:26.679
had the opportunity to take over the party, they did.

1021
00:57:27.239 --> 00:57:30.079
And now you have your modern Democrats that quite frankly,

1022
00:57:30.119 --> 00:57:32.719
have just got of giving up. Either stay home or

1023
00:57:32.880 --> 00:57:37.000
they watch the party continue to demise in a primary

1024
00:57:37.039 --> 00:57:40.880
when you have low turnout. The Islamic jihadis for lack

1025
00:57:40.880 --> 00:57:44.119
of a better worth, the extremists rally together, they get

1026
00:57:44.119 --> 00:57:46.800
their nominee, and then when they go in in November,

1027
00:57:46.800 --> 00:57:48.480
you say, well, they shouldn't be able to win at all,

1028
00:57:48.519 --> 00:57:51.039
Well they don't. They steal the election in November is

1029
00:57:51.039 --> 00:57:52.679
what they end up doing and they've become very good

1030
00:57:52.679 --> 00:57:54.679
at it. But you got this still, You've got a

1031
00:57:54.800 --> 00:57:58.559
huge pocket now of what I would call modern Democrats

1032
00:57:58.599 --> 00:58:02.679
who really don't believe in their parties philosophy or ideology anymore.

1033
00:58:03.000 --> 00:58:05.280
They just don't know what to do. They don't like change,

1034
00:58:05.320 --> 00:58:07.559
they don't want to move to a different party, so

1035
00:58:07.840 --> 00:58:10.360
they're staying home. That's why it's so important, Bill that

1036
00:58:10.440 --> 00:58:13.760
we have election integrity to keep them from stealing elections,

1037
00:58:13.840 --> 00:58:16.519
because I don't think they have the support at all

1038
00:58:16.719 --> 00:58:19.079
to win any election anymore based on what happened in

1039
00:58:19.119 --> 00:58:19.679
their parties.

1040
00:58:20.239 --> 00:58:22.719
Well, you know, you bring up something here and you

1041
00:58:22.880 --> 00:58:25.360
kind of touched on it, and I want to really

1042
00:58:25.480 --> 00:58:28.559
focus in on that, and that is that they've lost

1043
00:58:28.599 --> 00:58:31.840
their reason to exist, Michael. You know, because at the

1044
00:58:31.920 --> 00:58:34.360
end of the day, whether you're a Republican or Democrat,

1045
00:58:34.800 --> 00:58:37.960
it still should be about this great country of ours.

1046
00:58:38.360 --> 00:58:41.320
Are you either American? Are you pro American, or you're

1047
00:58:41.360 --> 00:58:44.559
anti American? And if you're anti American, which is on

1048
00:58:44.639 --> 00:58:49.519
display now quite often because the media loves the darlings

1049
00:58:49.519 --> 00:58:52.599
of these anti American groups, you know, so you see

1050
00:58:52.639 --> 00:58:55.119
them on full display. But you know, look at you've

1051
00:58:55.159 --> 00:58:59.639
got lang out in California, for example, she turned her

1052
00:58:59.679 --> 00:59:00.880
back on the Pledge of allegiance.

1053
00:59:00.920 --> 00:59:03.239
Doesn't want to say the pledge of allegiance. You've got

1054
00:59:03.719 --> 00:59:04.159
who is it?

1055
00:59:04.519 --> 00:59:08.039
Hemingway to New Jersey with ties to al Qaeda and

1056
00:59:08.119 --> 00:59:10.960
other terrorists. Chevalier in New York, one of the ones

1057
00:59:11.000 --> 00:59:14.519
that just got you know, was able to win her primary.

1058
00:59:14.800 --> 00:59:16.519
She wants to abolish the border.

1059
00:59:16.840 --> 00:59:19.760
So you've got all these radicals that are coming into

1060
00:59:19.880 --> 00:59:23.440
potentially in our government that are going to add reinforcement

1061
00:59:23.599 --> 00:59:26.599
to the craziness of the squad in d C.

1062
00:59:26.880 --> 00:59:28.800
Michael, Well, you're exactly right.

1063
00:59:28.840 --> 00:59:32.360
What you just said, Bill drives home to this point.

1064
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This is an active overthrower insurrection against our government. They're communists.

1065
00:59:37.840 --> 00:59:40.639
They want to make America a communist country. They don't

1066
00:59:40.639 --> 00:59:44.119
care anything about you and I, are constitution or this country.

1067
00:59:44.400 --> 00:59:46.760
They've found a venue that works for them. They've been

1068
00:59:46.800 --> 00:59:49.719
able to take over a major party and that's what

1069
00:59:49.800 --> 00:59:52.920
they're using now. And again, as I said before, why

1070
00:59:52.920 --> 00:59:56.199
would anybody be in support of that party? Well, quite frankly,

1071
00:59:56.239 --> 00:59:58.719
I think if you're a support now, you're treason is

1072
00:59:58.920 --> 01:00:01.480
because this is exactly what their attempting to do. But

1073
01:00:01.559 --> 01:00:04.119
I understand it takes you little time to absorb all that.

1074
01:00:04.679 --> 01:00:05.719
So what the.

1075
01:00:05.760 --> 01:00:09.239
Democrats are doing to maintain power is they figure, I

1076
01:00:09.239 --> 01:00:12.440
don't need your vote. I'll just be stuff ballots. We'll cheat,

1077
01:00:12.480 --> 01:00:15.239
we'll do what we have to do to still makes

1078
01:00:15.239 --> 01:00:17.800
it look like we're a viable party. We win elections,

1079
01:00:18.039 --> 01:00:20.440
And the fact about it is they don't. Why do

1080
01:00:20.519 --> 01:00:23.280
you think Bill that This is probably the number one

1081
01:00:24.800 --> 01:00:28.880
concerned for the leftist Democrats. They have to make sure

1082
01:00:28.960 --> 01:00:32.039
they can continue to cheat or they can't win, and

1083
01:00:32.039 --> 01:00:35.639
that's why they're so opposed to the Save Act. That's unfortunate.

1084
01:00:35.840 --> 01:00:38.239
Part about it is that you even have Republicans that

1085
01:00:38.280 --> 01:00:41.199
are supporting them, what I call rhinos, say, why would

1086
01:00:41.280 --> 01:00:46.000
anybody do that? Bill was very simple. If you're corrupt,

1087
01:00:46.400 --> 01:00:49.880
you have to be in power because by being in power,

1088
01:00:49.960 --> 01:00:53.119
if you're corrupt, you can set up guidelines for programs

1089
01:00:53.599 --> 01:00:56.480
that the money traces itself back into your back pocket.

1090
01:00:57.039 --> 01:00:59.639
If you're doing that for generations, they're not about to

1091
01:00:59.679 --> 01:01:02.639
turn to let it walk away now, So they're joining

1092
01:01:03.119 --> 01:01:03.719
their colleagues.

1093
01:01:03.760 --> 01:01:04.239
No, they're not.

1094
01:01:04.480 --> 01:01:06.599
I don't have enough integrity to tell you, and I

1095
01:01:06.719 --> 01:01:09.360
that upfront and say that. So what they're doing is

1096
01:01:09.480 --> 01:01:11.079
telling you and I, oh, yeah, I've deserved of all.

1097
01:01:11.079 --> 01:01:12.840
That's horrible. I'm going to oppose that. We're going to

1098
01:01:12.920 --> 01:01:16.039
stop that. But the minute they get the opportunity, I

1099
01:01:16.039 --> 01:01:17.639
don't think we've got to talk about that today. Let's

1100
01:01:17.679 --> 01:01:20.239
put it off from next week. Their point being if

1101
01:01:20.239 --> 01:01:23.280
we can drag this out to where this administration, the

1102
01:01:23.280 --> 01:01:26.039
Trump administration, can't get it done, we'll go back to

1103
01:01:26.039 --> 01:01:28.960
the American people say, see, you had your shot at conservativism,

1104
01:01:29.639 --> 01:01:32.239
you couldn't get any in commis. It didn't work. You

1105
01:01:32.280 --> 01:01:35.079
ought to be discouraged and just stay home. We can

1106
01:01:35.159 --> 01:01:37.840
steal stuff, balance and steal elections. We'll steal it this

1107
01:01:37.960 --> 01:01:40.440
time around. And once we steal it, we won't make

1108
01:01:40.440 --> 01:01:42.440
the same mistakes we've made in the past. Now with

1109
01:01:42.719 --> 01:01:46.199
being back in power, with the democratic control, we'll enable

1110
01:01:46.320 --> 01:01:49.440
legislation to make sure that you can't ever undo our

1111
01:01:49.480 --> 01:01:52.039
ability to steal. And they've got it from that.

1112
01:01:52.000 --> 01:01:54.719
Point on, well up to this point, Michael, As you know,

1113
01:01:54.800 --> 01:01:58.679
they've overwhelmed the system in such a way the judges

1114
01:01:59.079 --> 01:02:02.880
they don't want to touch it. It's too complex. Regardless

1115
01:02:02.920 --> 01:02:05.440
of all the smoke that's out there that tells you

1116
01:02:05.480 --> 01:02:09.440
they're stealing elections. They just want to deny it because

1117
01:02:09.719 --> 01:02:13.960
a lot of these judges are you know, they're socialists themselves,

1118
01:02:14.320 --> 01:02:17.800
and so they're into this new doctrine so their their

1119
01:02:17.880 --> 01:02:21.719
power base is established. And as you said, they're not

1120
01:02:21.760 --> 01:02:23.920
going to give it up easy. You're going to have

1121
01:02:24.000 --> 01:02:27.440
to go. It's just like dealing with the IRGC in Iran.

1122
01:02:27.880 --> 01:02:29.840
You've got to go and take it from them.

1123
01:02:30.320 --> 01:02:32.440
That's exactly right, and I'm glad what you said though

1124
01:02:32.440 --> 01:02:35.360
from this standpoint, this is why I have people all

1125
01:02:35.400 --> 01:02:37.159
the time across the country that are calling me or

1126
01:02:37.280 --> 01:02:41.880
Ruman speeches. Well, just in PCE, these actors judges remove them, Folks,

1127
01:02:41.880 --> 01:02:44.400
you can't understand how the system works. You can't get

1128
01:02:44.519 --> 01:02:47.760
rid of a judge unless the legislature i e. Congress,

1129
01:02:47.960 --> 01:02:48.920
vot tim preach him.

1130
01:02:49.360 --> 01:02:50.159
Why would you have.

1131
01:02:50.320 --> 01:02:53.760
First of all, you've got almost even divide fifty to fifty,

1132
01:02:53.800 --> 01:02:56.199
but you have a slight majority of Republicans. Now, I

1133
01:02:56.199 --> 01:02:59.440
remember we just said you got rhino Republicans that want

1134
01:02:59.440 --> 01:03:02.480
to keep it because they're benefiting. You're not going to

1135
01:03:02.519 --> 01:03:05.639
get them to impeach the people that help protect them

1136
01:03:05.679 --> 01:03:08.159
and cover for them, to make sure because the active

1137
01:03:08.159 --> 01:03:09.760
is judge, I'm willing to say it on the record,

1138
01:03:09.800 --> 01:03:12.320
they're getting paid as well. All look out their hand

1139
01:03:12.360 --> 01:03:15.119
in the in the kiddie bill. That's why I have

1140
01:03:15.199 --> 01:03:18.000
said repeatedly on your show. I stand by this. The

1141
01:03:18.079 --> 01:03:20.159
only way you're going to see any kind of real

1142
01:03:20.199 --> 01:03:23.519
action taking place is we have to start military tribunals.

1143
01:03:23.800 --> 01:03:28.159
Once you break the back of this the back, it

1144
01:03:28.320 --> 01:03:31.840
all caves in. Okay, It's amazing how fast criminals churnt

1145
01:03:31.880 --> 01:03:34.760
on each other. It will it will self collass. But

1146
01:03:34.960 --> 01:03:37.599
somebody's got to start the process. You're not going to

1147
01:03:37.679 --> 01:03:39.320
get Congress to do it. You're not going to get

1148
01:03:39.440 --> 01:03:43.000
Judge the churn on themselves. You've got corrupt members in

1149
01:03:43.039 --> 01:03:46.239
the within the executive ranch who are layovers, you know,

1150
01:03:46.360 --> 01:03:49.960
continue carryovers from previous administrations. So the only way to

1151
01:03:50.000 --> 01:03:52.280
do it is to ask our military to step in

1152
01:03:52.360 --> 01:03:55.280
with a military tribunal and start. I'm not asking that

1153
01:03:55.320 --> 01:03:58.599
we change our judicial system to become military tribunal for life.

1154
01:03:59.239 --> 01:04:03.239
Just take three or four key cases. Electionend integrity being one,

1155
01:04:03.800 --> 01:04:08.519
knowing of the people who have already determined to do

1156
01:04:08.760 --> 01:04:11.880
nefarious activities and steal elections. But they want to trial

1157
01:04:11.920 --> 01:04:14.719
with a military tribunal and then see how fast everybody

1158
01:04:14.760 --> 01:04:15.519
turns themselves in.

1159
01:04:15.599 --> 01:04:16.360
Hey I didn't do it.

1160
01:04:17.079 --> 01:04:18.960
Take a look at this person here. He did worse

1161
01:04:18.960 --> 01:04:21.239
than I did, and the system will collapse on it

1162
01:04:21.320 --> 01:04:23.760
so and will have freedom restored once again.

1163
01:04:24.599 --> 01:04:28.920
Well, and that's that's the bottom line, is having freedom restored.

1164
01:04:29.239 --> 01:04:31.840
You see, these young people are upset, Michael, and I

1165
01:04:31.840 --> 01:04:35.920
don't blame them. I think it's you know, correct observation,

1166
01:04:36.079 --> 01:04:40.599
wrong conclusion. They know something smells and so they're buying

1167
01:04:40.639 --> 01:04:44.800
into these doctrines from these progressive professors, many of them

1168
01:04:44.960 --> 01:04:47.719
who are not citizens, are out of this country. They

1169
01:04:47.760 --> 01:04:51.840
don't love America. They hate America, and so everything is

1170
01:04:51.920 --> 01:04:57.760
being propagandized in their brains based on their theories and perspectives.

1171
01:04:58.039 --> 01:04:59.800
It's not for the good of all, as you know.

1172
01:05:00.159 --> 01:05:03.320
I mean, this is a very dangerous situation. But I'm saying,

1173
01:05:03.360 --> 01:05:05.840
look it, we don't need to throw the baby out

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with the bathwater.

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We're talking with Michael Letch and Michael again, I'm so

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grateful for you to come on the show and be

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able to address these issues because you know, we've been saying,

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you and I have been saying for a long time

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that there's a lot of corruption here and it's got

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to be cleaned out one way or another. Either it's

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if it's a military tribunal. I don't think that our

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government apparatcheck because you're you know that they're capable of

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doing it, just like you said, because it right now.

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They've created this.

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That's correct, right, and they benefit.

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By it exactly, and people do that which they get

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rewarded for, so they're not going to give that up

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like you said, you know in.

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The set part.

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But I want to dress what you're talking about. Let's

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adjust our young people for a minute. Our young people

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know that something's wrong, that's corrupt. So what is the

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message that the leftist liberals are doing. Well, it's corrupt

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from the standpoint. You're not getting benefits either. You put

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us back in and I'm going to give you everything, free,

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free grocery stores, free education, free healthcare, shoot, I'll throw

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in a free car if that's what's needed, you know,

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a free house here and there. And our young people

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should know better. Somebody's got to pay the bill bill.

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Nothing is free in life. You know, somebody's got to

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pay for it. Whether it's you or somebody else, there's

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got to be paid for. They're bypassing that message and

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just saying, if you'll support our endeavor to give into power.

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We know there's corruption, but if he's going to these

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rich billionaires, we're going to take that corruption and give

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it to you, to give you free stuff. They're buying

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into the messies, the problems they're lying to them. They've

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already stealing. They're already keeping the corrupt money. They are

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not going to share it, whether they get back it

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or not. They not giving to anybody else.

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Yeah, we don't even have to look outside of me

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because people always say, well, look at what happened in Venezuela,

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you know what happened in Cuban. All that sort of thing.

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You can just look back on. You know, recent administrations,

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like the Obama administration, like the Biden administration, corruption was

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on steroids. I mean so much so that when Elon

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Musk came to town boy, they wanted to all guitar

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and feather him.

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Michael, Well, there's no question, and you know, like I said,

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I think the key that we have to make sure

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our listeners understand is they're not going to give it up.

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Uh No, it.

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Is not just a democratic problem. Unfortunately, we have some

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Republicans who should be called Democrats, but they don't have

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enough integrity to call themselves what they truly are, who

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are binding with the Democrats. So there's not enough votes

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to change it in Congress. The executive branch is working

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very diligently under the President to try to change but

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you remember they've been able to stack their messenger boys

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and all these agencies for years, so they're giving them

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what we just talked about verbally, Yes, sir, we do

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need to change it. We're gonna stop that, we're gonna

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fix it. And then the minute they get off the

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phone or they leave the office, they turn around and say, now,

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make sure we don't do any of that. Make sure

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that we find a way around this to keep the system.

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So the only way to do it is when people

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start seeing there's a consequence to their actions exactly, we

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start making them holding them accountable, which right now, and

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this is not something we just made up because they

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couldn't think anything better to do during the night. Our

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constitution provides for military tribunals, and it provides for a

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military tribunal in the civilian setting. You said, why for anything, No,

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you can't take it for jaywalking thing along for one reason,

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a long reason, our alone, when it deals with matters

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of national security, when it puts the nation at risk,

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how much more at risk can you be than to

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have people from communism and others trying to take over

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01:13:12.640 --> 01:13:15.920
our government basically an insurrection. I think that's a top

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national security threat, and that's why I think we should

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utilize it to begin with. Once we've got to established,

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once we're starting the cleansing process, we'll shut it down

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and go back to where we need to be.

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01:13:26.119 --> 01:13:30.079
We've got to start incentivizing the right behavior and the

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01:13:30.119 --> 01:13:31.640
things that support our constitution.

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You're exactly right. You know, I've said many times in business.

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You know, business people, when things are not going right

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01:13:37.439 --> 01:13:40.399
in their organization, they hit the pause button. Then they

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01:13:40.399 --> 01:13:43.039
go back and they say, hey, let's review history. When

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01:13:43.079 --> 01:13:45.279
were we doing great? What kind of things were we

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01:13:45.319 --> 01:13:48.560
doing when we were excelling, and I believe this is

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01:13:48.600 --> 01:13:50.880
an opportunity for our country. If we're going to realize

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01:13:50.880 --> 01:13:53.960
another two hundred and fifty years, we must do that.

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There must be a return to you know, constitutional principles.

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01:13:59.199 --> 01:14:01.760
This government has gotten so big and as you said,

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01:14:02.000 --> 01:14:05.079
it's become so complex that they can't manage it.

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Michael. It's too big for them.

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01:14:07.399 --> 01:14:10.760
It's outgrowing, it's you's become a cesspool of corruption. Yeah,

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and everybody's covered themselves. I was just on a militia

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01:14:13.960 --> 01:14:16.239
given a quick example. Here's what they do if they

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01:14:16.319 --> 01:14:18.399
see you have a need bill. Instead of the government's

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01:14:18.399 --> 01:14:20.199
just giving you what you need to sell a bill, No,

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01:14:20.279 --> 01:14:20.880
we don't work.

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01:14:20.760 --> 01:14:21.159
It that way.

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01:14:21.479 --> 01:14:24.399
I'm going to create an NGO and give it one

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01:14:24.439 --> 01:14:26.640
hundred times more than what you need. Give with them

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01:14:26.680 --> 01:14:29.119
so that way they've got enough money to send back

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01:14:29.239 --> 01:14:32.439
into special accounts to make sure everybody gets the therapiees.

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01:14:32.840 --> 01:14:34.840
You may or may not end up getting ultimately what

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01:14:34.920 --> 01:14:37.640
you need, but that's the way it's structured. You're not

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01:14:37.720 --> 01:14:40.800
going to break that structure until you break the system itself.

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01:14:41.079 --> 01:14:44.079
And the only way to do that is, as we

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01:14:44.239 --> 01:14:46.640
talked about, start with the military. Trybut know once we're

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01:14:46.640 --> 01:14:48.920
starting to break the system. The second thing we've got

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01:14:48.920 --> 01:14:52.640
to realize, Bill, is we've changed trained generations to do this,

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01:14:53.079 --> 01:14:55.680
We've got to go after our educational system. You can't

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01:14:55.720 --> 01:14:57.840
expect your kids to do any better when you don't

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01:14:57.880 --> 01:15:00.600
study the Constitution, when you don't give the tools, well,

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01:15:00.640 --> 01:15:03.319
you don't give the values and principles. I'm sorry that

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01:15:03.399 --> 01:15:04.920
they think that that you know, well, we have to

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01:15:04.960 --> 01:15:07.880
have a separation of church and state. I'm not trying

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to say we need to teach hay a church's religion

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01:15:11.800 --> 01:15:14.800
or organization. What I am saying is we teach principles.

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And when you say that, hey, thow shot and not kill,

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01:15:17.439 --> 01:15:19.560
that sounds religious to me because I came from the Bibles.

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01:15:19.640 --> 01:15:23.079
You can't teach that. No, Folks, every principle, every judicial

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01:15:23.119 --> 01:15:25.520
system is based on something. And we have gotten to

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01:15:25.520 --> 01:15:28.359
get back to telling our young people is there are

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01:15:28.399 --> 01:15:31.439
no there are absolutes. There are It is not this

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01:15:31.920 --> 01:15:35.640
situation where it depends on the circumstance. That's okay to

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01:15:35.720 --> 01:15:38.920
kill the day, but maybe not tomorrow. Have some absolutes.

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01:15:39.079 --> 01:15:41.279
Is wrong, to cheat, is wrong to steal in school,

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01:15:41.359 --> 01:15:44.800
teach them values and principles, and then you'll get leadership

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01:15:44.840 --> 01:15:48.680
as they graduate and go into political leadership that can

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01:15:48.720 --> 01:15:51.159
provide true guidance for our country.

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01:15:51.520 --> 01:15:53.800
Yeah, you don't have those moral principles. You don't have

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01:15:53.840 --> 01:15:57.479
a constitution. That's what John Adams said. You know, it

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01:15:57.560 --> 01:16:02.199
was designed for a moral people. So we've decided culturally

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01:16:02.239 --> 01:16:05.840
we want to become disconnected from God and more amoral,

1395
01:16:05.960 --> 01:16:07.600
so we can have it our way. Well, how's that

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01:16:07.680 --> 01:16:09.039
working for you?

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01:16:09.039 --> 01:16:10.479
You know, very good, Bill.

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01:16:10.800 --> 01:16:14.479
You know, we're murdering babies in the womb. You know,

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01:16:14.560 --> 01:16:17.880
we've got people dying of fentanyl. We've got crime running rampid.

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01:16:18.279 --> 01:16:21.239
You've got common sense out the window. Like in Chicago,

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01:16:21.600 --> 01:16:24.279
you got a president saying, hey, look at I'm happy

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01:16:24.279 --> 01:16:26.000
to help you out to get a handle on your

1403
01:16:26.000 --> 01:16:29.640
crime rate. And there's so much resistance and hatred for

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01:16:29.760 --> 01:16:34.479
Donald Trump that the governor and the mayor there. Of course,

1405
01:16:34.479 --> 01:16:37.840
the governor in Illinois and the mayor in Chicago want

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01:16:37.920 --> 01:16:41.119
nothing to do. And these are practical principles. You say,

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01:16:41.199 --> 01:16:45.319
national security. This is security for the people there in

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01:16:45.399 --> 01:16:46.760
Illinois and in Chicago.

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01:16:46.880 --> 01:16:49.720
Michael, You're exactly right. You see it. One of the

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01:16:49.720 --> 01:16:52.359
things that we're talking about. You know, we had thirty

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01:16:52.479 --> 01:16:55.800
nine shot in Chicago last week and seven did I

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01:16:55.920 --> 01:16:58.640
was just briefed. In the last three days, we've had

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01:16:58.800 --> 01:17:02.760
ten young people here's the kicker bill shot.

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By other young people.

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01:17:03.800 --> 01:17:06.239
Yeah, they're killing each other. We don't sit down and

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01:17:06.239 --> 01:17:08.960
have a dispute. You know, if it's that bab will

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01:17:08.960 --> 01:17:10.520
go behind the barn and have a fist fight and

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01:17:10.520 --> 01:17:13.279
that's the end of it. No, no, no, no, we just

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01:17:13.279 --> 01:17:14.760
shoot you. I'm not even gonna tell you what the

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01:17:14.800 --> 01:17:16.600
dispute is. I'm just gonna shoot you, find your shoot you,

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01:17:16.600 --> 01:17:18.119
and that's the end of it. That's what we have

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01:17:18.279 --> 01:17:20.840
raised in a society. Now, how can we survive as

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01:17:20.840 --> 01:17:22.079
a nation unless we change that.

1424
01:17:22.680 --> 01:17:23.840
Well, and look at our leaders.

1425
01:17:24.079 --> 01:17:26.960
Well, what the example they put out there, I mean

1426
01:17:27.000 --> 01:17:30.039
they refer to Trump as a fascist. Well, you know,

1427
01:17:30.119 --> 01:17:34.760
if you are being led by a fascist, then you

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01:17:34.760 --> 01:17:37.000
know that person must be evil, So I must have

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01:17:37.239 --> 01:17:39.239
justification to go ahead and assassinat him.

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01:17:39.319 --> 01:17:41.960
Right, That's exactly what they're doing. They're trying to give

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01:17:42.000 --> 01:17:45.960
you justification for creating violence. And you remember what their

1432
01:17:46.079 --> 01:17:48.920
ultimate goal is on this, whether it's assassination of the president,

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01:17:49.039 --> 01:17:51.319
whether it's killing each other the street. We want to

1434
01:17:51.319 --> 01:17:54.680
make you, this citizen so scared to go out on

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01:17:54.720 --> 01:17:57.840
the street that you'll accept the fact that when the

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01:17:57.880 --> 01:18:02.880
government issues the both in the news flash, the governments here,

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01:18:02.880 --> 01:18:05.520
we're going to protect you. We know what the problem

1438
01:18:05.600 --> 01:18:08.079
is that those blasted guns, we're going to go confiscate

1439
01:18:08.119 --> 01:18:10.840
them all so that we'll all be safe. You'll be

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willing to give it up without a fight. Then, once

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you've given up your line of defense, which is your

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farms Bill, there's nothing you can do from that point

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on accurates to what they say. Are you terminated?

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01:18:22.800 --> 01:18:27.239
You're going to be like the people in Iran. That's correct, right, Well, Michael,

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01:18:27.279 --> 01:18:30.560
with your law enforcement background, you got this federal judge

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01:18:30.600 --> 01:18:34.239
that's placed to block an ice arrested immigration courts. I mean,

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01:18:34.279 --> 01:18:37.600
that makes about as much sense as a square peg

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in a round hole.

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01:18:38.319 --> 01:18:38.600
Here.

1450
01:18:39.359 --> 01:18:42.720
Well here, once again, Bill, you've had them overstep the jurisdiction.

1451
01:18:43.039 --> 01:18:45.520
They don't have the ability that they're supposed to interpret

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01:18:45.560 --> 01:18:48.319
the law. They're not supposed to make it just because

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01:18:48.319 --> 01:18:51.359
they don't like the policies that ICE is doing to

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01:18:52.239 --> 01:18:56.640
implement the law that was created by Congress. Look, if

1455
01:18:56.680 --> 01:18:59.359
you really feel that way, tell Congress to pass the law,

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01:18:59.479 --> 01:19:01.720
which is what they were doing before. Not laws, but

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01:19:01.760 --> 01:19:05.600
the administration previously was acting like it. There's no requirements

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for entry into this country. Just come in, stay as

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01:19:09.439 --> 01:19:11.800
long as you want, leave whatever you want, et cetera,

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01:19:11.880 --> 01:19:14.319
et cetera. But that's not the law of this country.

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01:19:14.560 --> 01:19:17.520
The law of this country is we determine to have borders,

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01:19:17.760 --> 01:19:19.640
and we have provision as to what you're allowed to

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01:19:19.680 --> 01:19:21.640
do to come in and to stay or to leave.

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Every nation that has ever survived has that. You cannot

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survive in the open borders situation, as they're saying, because

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everybody want to come in and take everything you got,

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01:19:31.600 --> 01:19:34.319
Bill and run back across the border and leave with it.

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01:19:34.479 --> 01:19:37.479
That's not why we have borders. I mean, you know what.

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01:19:37.520 --> 01:19:40.479
I'm laughing and I'm chuggling. Even commonist countries have borders.

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01:19:40.520 --> 01:19:42.520
See how see how fast how far you get if

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01:19:42.520 --> 01:19:46.359
you try to sneak you into China and thrive, See

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how far that gets you.

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Well, he's a law enforcement veteran and CEO and founder

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of invest USA. Michael Letz has been our guest. Thank you, Michael,

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Take care, happy forth in July, my friend.

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Same to you. God, bless God, bless America. Look forward

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talking to you sooner.

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Nutrition for Patriots.

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Welcome morning, Welcome back, Good to have you with us.

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Bill Martinez here.

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For more information on the show, you go to Bill

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Martinez Live dot com. Got the untold story of George

1556
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Washington is an incredible story, and we've got the writer

1557
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of the new movie that's going to be coming out

1558
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just in time for our two hundred and fiftieth anniversary.

1559
01:24:24.199 --> 01:24:28.600
It'll be in theaters on July the third. Didrik Hookstratten

1560
01:24:28.680 --> 01:24:30.960
joins us now, Dietrick, welcome the show.

1561
01:24:30.960 --> 01:24:33.239
Good to have you with us, Thanks for having me.

1562
01:24:33.239 --> 01:24:34.399
It's a privilege to talk to you.

1563
01:24:34.880 --> 01:24:39.640
Well, what an incredible journey that you've been on that

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01:24:40.359 --> 01:24:44.640
has found you in Los Angeles. You've developed your writing

1565
01:24:44.680 --> 01:24:47.000
skills and here you are. I mean, this has been

1566
01:24:47.000 --> 01:24:48.640
going on. I mean, this is kind of you know,

1567
01:24:48.680 --> 01:24:50.520
as they say sometimes they how did you get here?

1568
01:24:50.520 --> 01:24:53.760
And they say, oh, about twenty years plus a lifetime, right.

1569
01:24:54.600 --> 01:24:59.920
Yes, sir, Well said, yep. I'm originally from Holland. Folks

1570
01:25:00.079 --> 01:25:04.279
probably tell I'm not a born American, but you know,

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01:25:05.000 --> 01:25:07.640
I came here in my twenties, fell in love with

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01:25:07.680 --> 01:25:10.760
this country, with the people, with the liberties, with the

1573
01:25:10.760 --> 01:25:13.239
American experiment, if I can put it that way. And

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01:25:13.840 --> 01:25:17.159
you know, meeting my wife, who's from Houston, Texas, was

1575
01:25:17.199 --> 01:25:19.600
the greatest blessing of my life. But becoming an American

1576
01:25:19.640 --> 01:25:23.800
citizen in twenty nineteen after having lived here for decades,

1577
01:25:24.159 --> 01:25:27.520
that was another great day. I'm so grateful to this

1578
01:25:27.600 --> 01:25:30.560
country for many reasons, you know, including by the way,

1579
01:25:30.560 --> 01:25:33.439
the American's liberating my own family, both sides of my

1580
01:25:33.520 --> 01:25:37.800
family in nineteen forty five. So there's a deep appreciation

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01:25:39.039 --> 01:25:42.000
in me and my family for America. Now living here

1582
01:25:42.359 --> 01:25:45.560
being part of it, I'm just blown away every time.

1583
01:25:45.560 --> 01:25:48.920
And so getting to write a story about perhaps the

1584
01:25:48.960 --> 01:25:53.000
greatest American and his origin story, it was just perfect

1585
01:25:53.279 --> 01:25:54.600
and true privilege.

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01:25:54.640 --> 01:25:57.960
Really well, you know, to hear you relate the story

1587
01:25:58.039 --> 01:26:00.239
and of course what's happening right now in America with

1588
01:26:00.279 --> 01:26:03.239
the Cup, a lot of people coming in from around

1589
01:26:03.279 --> 01:26:07.359
the world and sharing similar sentiments as you walking in

1590
01:26:07.439 --> 01:26:10.760
and coming in and enjoying I mean, things that we

1591
01:26:10.840 --> 01:26:13.399
have taken for granted, whether it's in and out burgers

1592
01:26:13.520 --> 01:26:17.119
or Bucky's or you know, singing John Denver music at

1593
01:26:17.119 --> 01:26:23.119
a bar. It's pretty incredible here. So it's inspiring and encouraging.

1594
01:26:23.159 --> 01:26:25.760
And I keep saying that a lot of Americans who

1595
01:26:26.039 --> 01:26:29.760
maybe have taken our country for granted, and and you know,

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01:26:29.840 --> 01:26:33.640
and that's just the nature and and you know, kind

1597
01:26:33.680 --> 01:26:36.920
of the journey of humanity is sometimes we can take

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things for granted. And here you are. You know, you're

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a new citizen, gone through the journey, and you've embraced

1600
01:26:45.159 --> 01:26:49.880
and assimilated into this country. So congratulations, because that's that

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01:26:50.039 --> 01:26:53.199
is the root of the American dream and how we've

1602
01:26:53.239 --> 01:26:55.000
been able to continue to grow.

1603
01:26:55.880 --> 01:26:58.079
I think that's exactly right, Bill. I love that you're

1604
01:26:58.319 --> 01:27:01.119
a the World Cup. Of course, growing up in Western Europe,

1605
01:27:01.199 --> 01:27:04.840
soccer was a big deal. Now seeing these young people

1606
01:27:04.880 --> 01:27:08.239
come here and realize that the media in their countries

1607
01:27:08.560 --> 01:27:11.960
have not quite been truthful and honest about what America

1608
01:27:12.079 --> 01:27:16.359
is about. Then they come here and they just love it.

1609
01:27:16.399 --> 01:27:20.960
They embrace it. They're becoming pro America. They're becoming patriots,

1610
01:27:21.000 --> 01:27:23.119
if you will. And my wife laughs at me because

1611
01:27:23.119 --> 01:27:26.720
I sometimes I'm watching something on Instagram and I'll say, hallelujah,

1612
01:27:26.840 --> 01:27:29.520
welcome to the club. I've been have been saying this

1613
01:27:29.600 --> 01:27:33.000
for decades, and I'm very grateful that the World Cup

1614
01:27:33.079 --> 01:27:36.239
is here. Just this last week, I was in Dallas

1615
01:27:36.239 --> 01:27:39.359
with the whole family supporting the Dutch team. But of

1616
01:27:39.359 --> 01:27:41.840
course the kids ask, like, what what if America were

1617
01:27:41.840 --> 01:27:44.000
to play Holland into the finals. It's like, oh, no, no,

1618
01:27:44.079 --> 01:27:46.880
it's it's USA all the way, believe me. But so

1619
01:27:46.920 --> 01:27:48.560
I have a little bit of dual law and loyalty,

1620
01:27:48.560 --> 01:27:49.920
but ultimately it's America.

1621
01:27:50.399 --> 01:27:54.000
Well, God bless you. I appreciate, appreciate that. How did

1622
01:27:54.000 --> 01:27:55.039
this script come about?

1623
01:27:55.399 --> 01:27:56.960
How did you? I mean you wrote the script, but

1624
01:27:57.000 --> 01:27:58.520
how did this idea come about?

1625
01:27:58.880 --> 01:28:01.520
Yeah? Well, I will always say it starts with the

1626
01:28:01.520 --> 01:28:04.600
brilliant mind of John Irwin. He made House of David.

1627
01:28:04.640 --> 01:28:07.720
I'm sure your listeners will know it. Jesus Revolution, There's

1628
01:28:07.720 --> 01:28:09.960
many other great movies. He made. And when John has

1629
01:28:10.000 --> 01:28:13.239
an idea, it's going to happen. It might not be tomorrow,

1630
01:28:13.279 --> 01:28:15.279
it might wait, it might be a few years from now.

1631
01:28:15.560 --> 01:28:19.479
But he approached me and brought me on to write

1632
01:28:19.560 --> 01:28:22.720
with him this vision that he had similar to the

1633
01:28:22.960 --> 01:28:25.159
to the House of David, the King David story, a

1634
01:28:25.239 --> 01:28:29.079
true coming of age story, trying to understand this, this

1635
01:28:29.279 --> 01:28:33.600
great figure, this pivotal figure in world history. The idea is,

1636
01:28:33.720 --> 01:28:37.199
let's try to go back, go into his childhood, try

1637
01:28:37.239 --> 01:28:41.560
to see what he was like, what are the forces

1638
01:28:41.560 --> 01:28:44.239
that shaped him, if you will. And so John had

1639
01:28:44.279 --> 01:28:46.479
the vision. He knew what his story and movie was

1640
01:28:46.479 --> 01:28:48.520
going to look like. He said to me and then

1641
01:28:48.560 --> 01:28:52.039
my co writer and friend Tom Provost, he said, you guys,

1642
01:28:52.079 --> 01:28:55.680
go do the research, go go go create the characters

1643
01:28:55.720 --> 01:28:58.560
and the dialogue and the scenes and the action. Put

1644
01:28:58.600 --> 01:29:01.319
it together. Let's let's go make a movie. But let's

1645
01:29:01.319 --> 01:29:05.119
write this script really, really carefully. This is celebrating again

1646
01:29:05.520 --> 01:29:08.600
what I view as probably the most important American ultimately,

1647
01:29:09.640 --> 01:29:14.039
and so be extremely careful, be extremely thoughtful. As John

1648
01:29:14.039 --> 01:29:16.920
always says, we are in the business of mass entertainment.

1649
01:29:16.960 --> 01:29:21.039
We're going to tell inspiring stories, encouraging stories, hopeful stories.

1650
01:29:21.319 --> 01:29:23.640
We also want to entertain. We want you to have

1651
01:29:23.680 --> 01:29:26.600
a great time with your popcorn in the movie theater,

1652
01:29:27.720 --> 01:29:31.239
So that that was the dual purpose, be truthful and

1653
01:29:31.359 --> 01:29:36.000
honest about this incredible patriot at the very beginning of

1654
01:29:36.039 --> 01:29:39.000
the country, even before then in colonial Virginia, as well

1655
01:29:39.000 --> 01:29:42.359
as entertaining in its action. And I say, Bill, you know,

1656
01:29:42.560 --> 01:29:45.760
there's something for everybody here. There's guns, there's explosions, there's

1657
01:29:46.359 --> 01:29:49.560
there's horseback riding, there's war. But there's also a girl.

1658
01:29:50.079 --> 01:29:51.920
Does he get the girl? We don't know, but there

1659
01:29:51.960 --> 01:29:55.159
is a kiss perhaps, you know, there's so we're trying

1660
01:29:55.199 --> 01:30:00.760
to really present a compelling, entertaining, great story that happens

1661
01:30:00.800 --> 01:30:01.479
to be true.

1662
01:30:01.720 --> 01:30:02.239
Yeah.

1663
01:30:02.279 --> 01:30:05.039
And the thing is, you know, for you as a

1664
01:30:05.279 --> 01:30:08.119
you know, as a new citizen, and you are dealing

1665
01:30:08.279 --> 01:30:14.680
with an iconic, yes, legendary figure as George Washington, Yeah, yeah,

1666
01:30:14.720 --> 01:30:16.039
and as John laid it out.

1667
01:30:16.640 --> 01:30:19.960
Yeah, it's like you're on hallow ground here, right, correct.

1668
01:30:20.039 --> 01:30:22.840
Yes, And I like how you frame that because there

1669
01:30:22.920 --> 01:30:25.560
is an intimidating aspect to that. When you sit down

1670
01:30:25.600 --> 01:30:28.840
to write a story like that, you're dealing with yeah, again,

1671
01:30:28.880 --> 01:30:34.520
with hallowt ground, with a truly great great man. And now, interestingly,

1672
01:30:34.600 --> 01:30:36.640
I think when you look at Washington, when you ask

1673
01:30:36.760 --> 01:30:39.640
anyone on the street, they might think about the dollar bill,

1674
01:30:39.760 --> 01:30:42.800
or about a statue or a portrait or a passage

1675
01:30:42.800 --> 01:30:46.359
from a history class in sixth grade. One of the

1676
01:30:46.399 --> 01:30:48.880
reasons John wanted to do this movie was to truly

1677
01:30:49.119 --> 01:30:52.439
humanize him, to understand him more deeply, for all of

1678
01:30:52.479 --> 01:30:55.319
us to understand him more deeply and therefore respect him

1679
01:30:55.319 --> 01:30:58.479
even more, like bring him closer to us. Now, it

1680
01:30:58.520 --> 01:31:00.520
also happens to be the case. I believe that there's

1681
01:31:00.560 --> 01:31:03.119
a lot of for all of us to learn from

1682
01:31:03.119 --> 01:31:08.439
his early years, especially young people today, And so we

1683
01:31:08.640 --> 01:31:14.079
had to turn that intimidation factor into an inspiration, if

1684
01:31:14.119 --> 01:31:18.359
you will, and say we're gonna respect George Washington President

1685
01:31:18.520 --> 01:31:22.399
Washington forever, and then we're ultimately gonna call him George,

1686
01:31:22.439 --> 01:31:25.000
not out of disrespect, but because we're seeing him as

1687
01:31:25.119 --> 01:31:28.199
just a kid who loses his dad, who loses his brother,

1688
01:31:28.640 --> 01:31:31.319
who makes terrible mistakes on the battlefield when he's finally

1689
01:31:31.319 --> 01:31:35.680
given a command. There's so much failure, so much struggle

1690
01:31:35.760 --> 01:31:38.239
in these early early years. And I would say that

1691
01:31:38.399 --> 01:31:40.439
the one big message we can get into it. But

1692
01:31:41.159 --> 01:31:44.640
the one big message for me was this guy was

1693
01:31:44.720 --> 01:31:48.600
a victim in a true sense of circumstance, and he

1694
01:31:48.720 --> 01:31:52.439
never behaved like one. And so to young people today,

1695
01:31:52.479 --> 01:31:55.600
my own children, even myself and when I was younger too,

1696
01:31:56.279 --> 01:31:58.920
I want to say, guys, don't fall into the trap,

1697
01:31:59.720 --> 01:32:02.720
get back up, keep that purpose in front of you.

1698
01:32:02.840 --> 01:32:06.840
And whether that's, you know, a God given direction, whether

1699
01:32:06.880 --> 01:32:09.520
it comes from another source, that that's up to any

1700
01:32:09.560 --> 01:32:14.119
of us. But don't be fragile, don't be victimized. Because

1701
01:32:14.119 --> 01:32:17.680
George Washington had every reason to give up at any

1702
01:32:17.720 --> 01:32:21.199
given moment, he thank god he didn't, you know. And

1703
01:32:22.000 --> 01:32:23.840
his mother played a pivot role in that. I'd love

1704
01:32:23.880 --> 01:32:25.760
to talk to you more about it, but that's really

1705
01:32:25.800 --> 01:32:27.640
one of the messages that I want to convey here,

1706
01:32:28.000 --> 01:32:28.239
you know.

1707
01:32:28.319 --> 01:32:31.880
To me, the key takeaway I felt the was that

1708
01:32:32.359 --> 01:32:37.319
George Washington epitomizes the American dream. Yeah, and the whole

1709
01:32:37.359 --> 01:32:41.640
process of it. It wasn't that America was instantly perfect.

1710
01:32:42.119 --> 01:32:44.600
It was a process. It's been a step two hundred

1711
01:32:44.640 --> 01:32:49.520
and fifty years of a nation aspirationally trying to become

1712
01:32:49.880 --> 01:32:52.840
and working to become a more perfect union. And I

1713
01:32:52.880 --> 01:32:58.560
saw George Washington as a developmental individual, a fellow American

1714
01:32:59.159 --> 01:33:02.960
at the early stages, going through the process and learning

1715
01:33:03.039 --> 01:33:09.479
by experience and becoming the great general and eventually the

1716
01:33:09.479 --> 01:33:13.079
first President of the United States of America, all because

1717
01:33:13.119 --> 01:33:15.319
of you know, all that he went through, as you said,

1718
01:33:15.479 --> 01:33:18.880
and he could have along the way, perfectly said, you know,

1719
01:33:19.079 --> 01:33:23.600
put on a victim consciousness, and he would have faded.

1720
01:33:23.720 --> 01:33:24.960
He would have faded from history.

1721
01:33:25.640 --> 01:33:29.239
Yes, correct. I really like what you said there. How

1722
01:33:29.640 --> 01:33:32.520
he kind of represents the American story, if you will,

1723
01:33:32.560 --> 01:33:35.479
And you know, he what we try to portray is

1724
01:33:35.520 --> 01:33:38.520
how he developed these virtues that we later get to

1725
01:33:38.520 --> 01:33:42.880
know him for, whether that's his resilience, his integrity, his humility.

1726
01:33:43.359 --> 01:33:47.319
Sort of, we see him start to build a life

1727
01:33:47.319 --> 01:33:50.920
of meaning and significance, and that's not easy to do

1728
01:33:51.039 --> 01:33:54.439
for any of us. We show how messy it was,

1729
01:33:55.159 --> 01:33:57.680
so messy, and like you said, American history is messy.

1730
01:33:58.000 --> 01:34:00.920
But that's true for any any other country. And so

1731
01:34:01.279 --> 01:34:04.000
you know, back to your earlier point too, people who

1732
01:34:04.039 --> 01:34:06.319
who might be critical of America, I get it. But

1733
01:34:06.640 --> 01:34:09.000
if you've lived in other places, take it from me,

1734
01:34:09.920 --> 01:34:12.840
and I'm sure you're you're aware, you know, this is

1735
01:34:12.960 --> 01:34:15.640
this is the greatest place to live. It's not flawless,

1736
01:34:15.680 --> 01:34:18.439
it is not without fault. It has darker parts of

1737
01:34:18.479 --> 01:34:21.239
its history like any other place in the world. It's

1738
01:34:21.279 --> 01:34:23.920
just better, it's just less bad. If you will and

1739
01:34:23.960 --> 01:34:27.600
you know, the evolution of George's character, I think symbolizes

1740
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that perfectly. So thank you for saying that.

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Well, he could make mistakes, like we all could make mistakes.

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For we look about this country, is there's redemption. You

1816
01:38:36.159 --> 01:38:39.079
know how many times did we you know, think that

1817
01:38:39.119 --> 01:38:41.960
we blew it? They had an opportunity come to come back.

1818
01:38:42.359 --> 01:38:45.159
And this is what America allows us to do. And

1819
01:38:45.199 --> 01:38:48.520
I hope in all that we we continue to go

1820
01:38:48.600 --> 01:38:52.079
through as we're struggling right now with some ideology and

1821
01:38:52.119 --> 01:38:56.279
some other you know, other ideas coming into this great

1822
01:38:56.319 --> 01:39:00.479
American idea. I think that the soul and heartbeat of

1823
01:39:00.560 --> 01:39:04.479
this great American idea is so solid that it can

1824
01:39:04.560 --> 01:39:09.600
withstand you know, these these existential threats and number one

1825
01:39:09.720 --> 01:39:12.960
number two, I think also it's an opportunity for us

1826
01:39:13.000 --> 01:39:16.279
to be better, become better. Just like George Washington, he

1827
01:39:16.319 --> 01:39:19.439
didn't let it victimize him or defeat him. He became

1828
01:39:19.600 --> 01:39:21.439
better with each failure, didn't.

1829
01:39:21.239 --> 01:39:24.439
He That's right. We are not our worst day. That's

1830
01:39:24.439 --> 01:39:27.000
one of these that I heard that the other day

1831
01:39:27.039 --> 01:39:30.800
on a podcast. I just tole it, but we are

1832
01:39:30.840 --> 01:39:33.239
not our worst day, like, don't let it define you.

1833
01:39:33.359 --> 01:39:37.239
And you know he got these crucibles that he goes through.

1834
01:39:37.279 --> 01:39:39.039
We there's a lot of them in the movie. It

1835
01:39:39.039 --> 01:39:41.720
can be overwhelming, but I do think they work to

1836
01:39:42.279 --> 01:39:47.680
illuminate that character is forced more often through failure than

1837
01:39:47.720 --> 01:39:52.199
through comfort. You know, John Irwin, John Irwin has a motto.

1838
01:39:52.600 --> 01:39:54.800
I think he has a ring around his finger that says,

1839
01:39:54.840 --> 01:39:59.840
seek discomfort. So John himself, in the tradition of was

1840
01:40:00.279 --> 01:40:02.880
if you will, sort of tries to push that boundary.

1841
01:40:02.920 --> 01:40:06.239
And you know, I think it's it's beautiful that his

1842
01:40:06.359 --> 01:40:08.159
mother and I believe, you know, we can't prove that

1843
01:40:08.199 --> 01:40:10.680
his mother actually said this, but we believe the sentiment

1844
01:40:10.920 --> 01:40:14.399
was true. Where she says at some point that George,

1845
01:40:14.439 --> 01:40:17.880
it's it is hard to fail, but why don't you

1846
01:40:17.920 --> 01:40:20.720
see failure as a tutor sent by God? And I

1847
01:40:20.800 --> 01:40:23.439
love that sentiment in other words, and she says, if

1848
01:40:23.439 --> 01:40:27.159
you don't he listened, you fail twice, and then you

1849
01:40:27.239 --> 01:40:29.079
failed and then you fail to learn from it. But

1850
01:40:29.159 --> 01:40:32.399
if you do listen, you're going to gain wisdom. Sort

1851
01:40:32.399 --> 01:40:36.560
of this idea that failure can lead to wisdom inspired

1852
01:40:36.600 --> 01:40:39.520
by God, and if you're open to it, that's the

1853
01:40:39.520 --> 01:40:41.600
path to go. And she, in that way, I think

1854
01:40:41.640 --> 01:40:44.159
she puts him back on his path, and that's where

1855
01:40:44.159 --> 01:40:47.479
he gets to develop his sense of integrity, his relationships

1856
01:40:47.479 --> 01:40:50.000
that he will forge and that will lead him to

1857
01:40:50.000 --> 01:40:53.680
the revolution ultimately, But I love that we got to

1858
01:40:53.800 --> 01:40:56.159
have a chancell to bring his mother into this because

1859
01:40:56.199 --> 01:41:00.319
the relationships of this young man, I think help us

1860
01:41:00.439 --> 01:41:02.800
understand him better. We can all relate. He had a

1861
01:41:02.840 --> 01:41:05.720
complex relationship with his mom, Like who doesn't you know.

1862
01:41:05.960 --> 01:41:10.159
It's well, especially especially when your dad's gone. He loses

1863
01:41:10.199 --> 01:41:13.439
his father at a young age, and then it's his

1864
01:41:13.560 --> 01:41:16.680
mother playing the role of mother and father at a

1865
01:41:16.760 --> 01:41:20.680
time when you know, we're talking you know what the

1866
01:41:21.079 --> 01:41:22.600
sixteenth century.

1867
01:41:22.560 --> 01:41:27.840
Here, Yeah, it's it's well, it's a seventeen fifties, forties.

1868
01:41:27.520 --> 01:41:31.479
Fifties, okay, right, right, right, exactly, yeah, yeah, yeah, So

1869
01:41:31.840 --> 01:41:35.560
this isn't you know, everything is you know, we've got

1870
01:41:36.079 --> 01:41:39.640
big you know, multi story condos out there, this sort

1871
01:41:39.680 --> 01:41:39.960
of thing.

1872
01:41:40.239 --> 01:41:43.199
I mean, this is all a frontier exactly.

1873
01:41:43.399 --> 01:41:46.159
Well, that's that's very cool for me to realize. And

1874
01:41:46.199 --> 01:41:50.279
the way John Irwin shows that cinematically is beautiful to

1875
01:41:50.359 --> 01:41:53.439
realize that. Yeah, the world, the known world was basically

1876
01:41:53.520 --> 01:41:56.239
if you lived in Virginia, it was Virginia. It was

1877
01:41:56.279 --> 01:41:59.359
the towns and the little villages and the cities that

1878
01:41:59.399 --> 01:42:02.359
were developing. But if you traveled a few hundred miles west.

1879
01:42:03.159 --> 01:42:06.039
You got into total wilderness. And when he's being sent

1880
01:42:06.079 --> 01:42:08.880
there for the first time as a land surveyor, before

1881
01:42:08.880 --> 01:42:13.000
he ever serves, you know, one of his employers says, young,

1882
01:42:13.159 --> 01:42:16.319
young Washington, you realize you can go, but most men

1883
01:42:16.399 --> 01:42:19.880
do not return. That's an important line. And Washington looks

1884
01:42:19.920 --> 01:42:22.079
him in the eye and says, yes, sir, I am aware,

1885
01:42:22.279 --> 01:42:25.399
Please send me. And that that too, that that courage,

1886
01:42:25.880 --> 01:42:28.039
that sort of that that that can inspire us. Like

1887
01:42:28.159 --> 01:42:31.119
let's obviously we don't have a frontier like that anymore.

1888
01:42:31.159 --> 01:42:33.840
But what are what is the wilderness that all of

1889
01:42:33.920 --> 01:42:36.119
us need to enter in order to learn and to

1890
01:42:36.239 --> 01:42:39.319
grow and to to seek seek discomfort if I can

1891
01:42:39.479 --> 01:42:40.520
quote John Irvan again.

1892
01:42:41.000 --> 01:42:43.119
Right, but but but the thing is part of what

1893
01:42:43.239 --> 01:42:46.920
drives someone like this is like you say, there's divine

1894
01:42:47.000 --> 01:42:51.079
providence involved, Yes, that his mother referred to and uh,

1895
01:42:51.520 --> 01:42:55.039
you know, those are those things that you know are

1896
01:42:55.159 --> 01:42:59.039
very unique. It doesn't happen with everyone because not everyone

1897
01:42:59.119 --> 01:43:01.600
is prepared to hear or you know, hear the word

1898
01:43:01.640 --> 01:43:04.680
of God or hear from God and to act accordingly.

1899
01:43:05.000 --> 01:43:09.279
And when you are thusly inspired, the courage that you

1900
01:43:09.479 --> 01:43:12.960
emanate and the things that you're willing to take on

1901
01:43:13.520 --> 01:43:16.439
are so extraordinary, and such as the life and the

1902
01:43:16.479 --> 01:43:18.800
case of this young George Washington.

1903
01:43:19.279 --> 01:43:22.800
That's right, beautifully said, And I would love to bring

1904
01:43:22.840 --> 01:43:26.880
in a scene that we wrote with a Native American

1905
01:43:27.000 --> 01:43:30.560
leader who, without giving away too much, who at some

1906
01:43:30.640 --> 01:43:34.560
point addresses him and after having fought him and having

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failed to kill him. You know, people may not realize

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George Washington should have been dead many many times before

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he was aged twenty three. This Native American leader addresses

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him with great respects asked for his name, and says,

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I'm going to remember this name because it is clear

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to me there is a divine hand on you. There

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is a purpose to your life much greater than you realize.

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And to me, it was very powerful to have one

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of his enemies who was after him from a not

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necessarily a Christian perspective, to say, the Creator has a

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plan for you. I'm going to remember your name. That's

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all true, by the way, and just for for history nerds,

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we are aware that it happened a little bit later

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in this life. We brought it a little bit closer

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towards the end of the movie for dramatic purposes, but

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that truth is extremely important to remember for all of us,

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I think.

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And I'm glad that you brought in the fact that

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at one time they found bullets was shot like that

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time and they find bullets embedded in right.

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Correct, he had horses shot out from underneath him at

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some point. The Ben kings League, the character played by

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Ben Kingsley, is is just frustrated. How come you have

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bullets everywhere? What's happening here? And George can only say,

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I don't know, sir, but to me as a believer,

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but even as even if I was an atheist, it

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would hard be hard to believe that there wasn't sort

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of a sense of purpose and divinity and providence about

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his life, because how did all these bullets never hit him?

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They just didn't?

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Right, Yeah, this is the power of God Almighty. Whether

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you're a believer or not, I think that you know.

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The way God has designed us is that we can

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acknowledge the truth, and especially if it's of the divine

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and it's hard pressed, and you may insist and be

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stubborn enough to say, well, I'm not going to give

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any acknowledgment to God. Certainly you're free to do that.

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God has made us free will agents. But that doesn't

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deny the truth.

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Correct, And I enjoy hearing you say the truth. You know,

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it's not a truth. There is the truth, and when

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you study a life like George Washington's, you get to

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that truth, I think, and that's what we try to

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convey in the movie. I will bring up to that.

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You know, if you can accept truths like that, this

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is a story for everybody, that's what we meant to do.

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I want to bring that up because it's easy to

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think of patriotism as some somehow political or partisan. It

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is not. This is a part of our all of

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our history, of every background, regardless of affiliation and conviction.

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I do hope and think that this can be a

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unifying event, Like what is better than sitting in the

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dark with our popcorn and celebrating this really cool story

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of the first real American. That's to me, that's what

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it's all about.

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Well, and you're exactly right, and I sense and agree.

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With with your prescients concept on this because you know

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here it is the two one hundred and fiftieth anniversary.

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The movie's coming out on July, the third day before

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July War perfect timing. Leave it to you and John

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Irwin to come up with that and everybody, that's just

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just awesome that it is because it is it is

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a unifying movie. I mean I can hear people, you

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know in the theater, you know, shouting USA, USA, USA.

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Because this is an inspirational movie. There's a lot to

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take away from it. And boy, talk about a birthday gift.

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This is really an awesome birthday gift to America.

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D Rick Bill, You're the first to put it that way.

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If you don't mind, I'm going to steal the dead line.

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This is take our birthday gift to America. And like

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I said earlier, I am every day in my life

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I'm grateful for this country, for the people who have

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always fought to build it, to protect it, to defend

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freedoms of people around the world. And so if this

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is a small token of my appreciation, a small birthday gift,

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that's wonderful.

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Well, what a cast to work with you mentioned Ben Kingsley.

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Of course we've got our favorite Fraser Kelsey Grammer there

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as well.

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I mean, what a cast that you were able to

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pull together.

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Oh amazing. And I cannot take credit to be clear,

1989
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this is all John Irwin a fun fact, I believe

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he looked at two hundred actors for George Washington. He

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landed on William Franklin Miller, a terrific young actor, right.

1992
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I think is sweet irony that an Englishman gets to

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go superart. But he embodies that role so beautiful. And

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then there's the great great Marie Louise Parker as his mother.

1995
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There is Andy Serkis, another brilliant actor, Joel Smallbone known

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for his music country Yes, Yes, Yes, and just a

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lovely cast to see for them to bring our story

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to life, what a joy.

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Well, congratulations dieter Rick. I think this is awesome. I

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just cannot wait to see it on the big screen.

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I know people like I say, they're going to be blessed.

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This is, you know, a great like I said, thank

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you very much. I think it's a gift to America.

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And what else you know from somebody who's who is

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you know, a new citizen to our country. Welcome to

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the country, Welcome to uh you know, you know, to

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being a part of this great American dream. As we

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continue to live out, May may God bless us and

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live out allow us to live on another two hundred

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and fifty years right.

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Beautifully said, thank you, Bill. It's a privilege to be

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both in this country and on your show. Thank you

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for everything you do well.

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Diedrick Hoogstratton is the writer of Young George Washington. Young

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Washington is the official title in theaters. As I said

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on July third, the website that they can go to

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to find out more about it, do you have that handy.

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Yes, sir. Tickets are available everywhere at this point, but

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Angel dot Com has, of course a great ability for

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you to get tickets. There is a bill, there's one

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little thing there that people might enjoy. There's a QR code.

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There's a link there that you can click in order

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to buy tickets for high school and middle school students.

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We are hoping to bring young people to the movies.

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Not all of them might have the ability, might even

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know about the film. What if we can bring many

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of them in. If some of us can buy one, two, five,

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one hundred tickets and get some Angel will help do

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that and facilitate it. Get everybody in there so that

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history comes alive. That's really our goal.

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And I got to tell you this why I love

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about Angel, because they're always thinking in terms of crowdfunding.

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They are constantly rewriting, you know, the platform and how

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to expose this kind of creativity to a broader group

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of people.

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Right, yes, correct, yep, we want to We're going to

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entertain broadly and widely, but always with that message. As

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you said, hope, redemption, encouragement. These are real stories. They're

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messy and difficult, but ultimately they're hopeful and uplifting.

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We hope well, dadred Hookstrahan, thank you so much for

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