START THE CLOCK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, HOW ARE YOU?
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
I APPRECIATE THAT, ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, VERY KIND OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND A
SPECIAL --
I KNOW.
A SPECIAL WELCOME TO ALL THE
LADIES FLEEING TEXAS, YOU'RE
WELCOME IN OUR STATE.
YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT SHIT?
THEY REALLY WENT FULL HOG IN
TEXAS, ABORTIONS NOW BANNED IF A
WOMAN IS MORE THAN SIX WEEKS
PREGNANT, SIX WEEKS.
THEY SAY EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN
TEXAS, NOT FETUSES.
SIX WEEKS?
MOST WOMEN DON'T EVEN KNOW IF
THEY'RE PREGNANT AT THAT POINT
OR IF THEY REALLY EVER WANT TO
SEE THE GUY AGAIN.
I BOUGHT A CAR LAST YEAR, THEY
GAVE ME MORE TIME TO SEE IF I
WANTED TO KEEP THE SATELLITE
RADIO.
THIS BILL IS SERIOUS, THIS BILL
ENCOURAGES CITIZEN BOUNTY
HUNTERS, DID YOU SEE THAT PART
OF IT?
OH, MY GOD, TO SUE ANYONE, A
STRANGER, WHO YOU SEE ASSISTING
A WOMAN GETTING AN ABORTION,
IT'S CALLED THE RICHES FOR
SNITCHES PROGRAM.
AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS THERE'S
A WEBSITE AND YOU CAN BE THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER.
AGAIN, ANYONE WHO ASSISTS A
WOMAN, IT COULD BE THE DRIVER --
I WANT TO SAY PARENTHETICALLY IF
YOU'RE MAKING YOUR GIRLFRIEND
TAKE AN UBER TO AN ABORTION,
MAYBE YOU'RE AN EVEN BIGGER
ASSHOLE.
AND OTHER MEDIEVAL GOVERNMENTS
NEWS, THE TALIBAN OVER IN
AFGHANISTAN, THEY ANNOUNCED THE
KABUL AIRPORT IS GETTING BACK TO
NORMAL, ISN'T THAT A GOOD THING?
SEVERAL FLIGHTS WENT OFF,
HUNDREDS OF FOREIGNERS INCLUDING
AMERICANS HAVE TAKEN OFF OUT OF
COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS OUT OF KABUL,
AND I'M NOT A FAN OF THE
TALIBAN, I DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS
IT.
BUT I'VE GOT TO SAY THE TALIBAN
WHEN THEY TELL PEOPLE IN COACH
TO WAIT UNTIL BUSINESS CLASS HAS
BOARDED, THEY WAIT.
ALSO, THE LAST JEW HAS LEFT
AFGHANISTAN, THE ONLY JEW.
THERE WAS ONE JEW AND HE HAS NOW
LEFT.
HE SAID IT WAS TOUGH TO BE A JEW
IN AFGHANISTAN BUT ON THE BRIGHT
SIDE, NEVER A WAIT WHEN HE
CHINESE FOOD.
WAS ALWAYS A BRIGHT SIDE TO.
THE OTHER BIG NEWS OF COURSE YOU
SAW TODAY, BIDEN HAS ORDERED A
SWEEPING FEDERAL VACCINE
REQUIREMENTS, NOW MANDATES FOR
PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES.
HEALTH CARE WORKERS, FEDERAL
CONTRACTORS.
REPUBLICANS PUSHING BACK.
IN TEXAS, GOVERNOR ABBOTT SAID
IT IS NO FAIR IF YOU FIRE PEOPLE
TO MAKE THEM DO WHAT YOU WANT,
HOW CAN I SUE THEM TO MAKE THEM
DO WHAT I WANT?
I LOVE THAT, THINKING INTO
APPLAUSE.
IT'S A NEW ONE.
I LIKE IT.
- IT'S ALSO THE 20 - TH ANNIVERSARY,
I'M SURE YOU KNOW, OF 9/11, OR
AS JENS HE CALLS IT, "WHAT?"
THEY DON'T KNOW, THEY DON'T
CARE, THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE
THEIR OWN 9/11 WHICH IS THE DAY
KIM KARDASHIAN'S ASS BROKE THE
INTERNET.
AND OF COURSE CALIFORNIA'S BIG
RECALL, ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT
THIS, YOU TREPIDATIONS ABOUT
THIS?
IT'S ENDING TUESDAY, HAVE YOU
MAILED IN BALLOTS?
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A
WHILE.
I TELL YOU, CALIFORNIA POLITICS
IS SO FUCKING CONFUSING, JUST
ADD GAVIN NEWSOM'S NAME AND A
FUCK, MARRY, OR KILL.
'S BIGGEST CONTENDER IS LARRY
ELDER, DO YOU KNOW LARRY ELDER?
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
RADIO HOST, LARRY USED TO DO OUR
SHOW, RIGHT?
WHO IS WORKING WITH ME?
WE SHOULD HAVE LARRY ON AGAIN
AFTER HE LOSES.
I LIKE LARRY, HE'S NOT AFRAID TO
PUT IT OUT THERE.
HE SAID ON REPARATIONS, THE
SUBJECT CAME UP IN AN INTERVIEW
AND HE SAID YOU COULD ARGUE THAT
SLAVE OWNERS, BECAUSE SLAVES
WERE PROPERTY AT THE TIME, THEY
COULD GET REPARATIONS.
THE OWNERS GO YES, YOU COULD
ARGUE THAT, LARRY, IF YOU WANT
TO GET YOUR ASS KICKED AT THE
BARBERSHOP.
HE'S OUT THERE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY AND HIS
HUSBAND, PETE BUTTIGIEG,
REMEMBER HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT?
'S HUSBAND, THEY HAD A BABY --
THEY HAD TWINS AND I MUST SAY
SUCH A HIGH-PROFILE BIRTH DROVE
HOME THE POINT THAT GAY PEOPLE
HAVE CHILDREN FOR THE EXACT SAME
REASON THAT STRAIGHT COUPLES DO,
THEY HAVE RUN OUT OF THINGS TO
TALK ABOUT.
OKAY, WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW,
GEORGE WILL AND CHRISTINA
BELLANTONI ARE HERE.
BUT FIRST, SHE'S THE DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSWOMAN WHO REPRESENTS
- CALIFORNIA'S 13
BARBARA LEE!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HOW ARE YOU
DOING TONIGHT?
DOING GREAT, NICE BEING WITH
YOU ONCE AGAIN.
I APPRECIATE IT, I
WANT TO DO ON ESPECIALLY TODAY
BECAUSE IT IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF
9/11 AND I MENTIONED ON THIS
SHOW A WHILE AGO, YOU AND
PEOPLE -- THAT THE SAME THING
ALL OVER THE MEDIA, YOU WERE THE
LONE VOICE AFTER 9/11 TO STAND
UP AND SAY "MAYBE WE SHOULD NOT
GO INTO AFGHANISTAN.
"
I FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE A
BARBARA LEE AWARD, THE BARBARA
LEE, HENRY FONDA IN 12 ANGRY MEN
AWARD FOR BEING THE LONE PERSON
WHO STANDS UP AGAINST A GROUP
EVEN WHEN THE GROUP IS ALL
HEADING IN ONE DIRECTION, AND I
WOULD WANT TO ASK YOU TONIGHT
ASIDE FROM THE SPECIFIC LESSONS
FROM AFGHANISTAN, DON'T YOU
THINK ONE OF THEM IS ALSO THAT
PEOPLE ARE SHEEP AND GROUPTHINK
IS ONE OF OUR MOST DANGEROUS
PROBLEMS?
I TELL YOU, FIRST OF ALL, LET
ME JUST SAY WHENEVER WE ARE IN A
MOMENT OF CRISIS, I'M TALKING
ABOUT NOW, OUR EMOTIONAL
REACTION TO NATIONAL SECURITY
CRISES AND OUR PERSONAL LIVES.
WHENEVER WE ARE IN GRIEVING OR
IN MORNING, WHENEVER WE ARE SAD,
WHENEVER WE ARE ANGRY, THAT IS
NOT THE TIME TO MAKE IMPORTANT
DECISIONS.
WE NEED TO STEP BACK AS MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS AND LEADERS, WE HAVE
TO STEP BACK FOR A MINUTE AND
WAIT UNTIL THE MOMENT WHEN WE
CAN BE RATIONAL AND THINK ABOUT
AND UNDERSTAND THE COSTS AND
CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACTIONS WE
ARE ABOUT TO TAKE.
YES, WE NEEDED TO BE UNIFIED IN
A RESPONSE TO THE HORRIFIC
TERRORIST ATTACKS, AND IT WAS
NOT A PARTISAN MOMENT, BUT IN
FACT WE HAD A DUTY AND A
RESPONSIBILITY NOT TO GO ALONG
WITH THE FLOW BECAUSE THREE DAYS
AFTERWARDS WE WANTED TO BRING
TERRORISTS TO JUSTICE.
GROUPTHINK IS DANGEROUS IN MANY
RESPECTS BUT I THINK AS MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS, WE HAVE TO REALLY
STEP BACK FOR A MOMENT AS I SAID
ON THE FLOOR AND MAKE SOME
SERIOUS DECISIONS NOT IN THE
MOMENT OF GREASE AND CRISIS AND
TRAGEDY.
TRUE THAT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW WE ARE
GROUPTHINK AND?
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO LOOK BACK
ON IN TEN OR 20 YEARS AND TO SAY
WE ALL WERE SHEEP ON THAT ONE?
I DON'T THINK IT'S ABOUT
LOOKING BACK AND SAYING WE ALL
WERE SHEEP, I THINK IT'S ABOUT
REALLY LEARNING THE LESSONS OF
THE LAST 20 YEARS, SEVERAL OF
WHICH WE KNOW ALREADY.
ONE IS WHICH THERE IS NO
MILITARY SOLUTION IN
AFGHANISTAN, IF YOU KNOW THE
HISTORY YOU KNOW THERE WILL
NEVER BE MILITARY SOLUTIONS BY
THE UNITED STATES.
IF THE PRESIDENT WAS RIGHT,
WITHDRAWING OUR TROOPS,
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
HAD WE STAYED THERE FOR THE NEXT
FIVE, TEN, 20 YEARS, WE WOULD
PROBABLY BE IN WORSE SHAPE.
THERE IS NO MILITARY SOLUTION
AND THE MILITARY OPTION IS
ALWAYS ON THE TABLE AS IT
RELATES TO THE USE OF FORCE.
SECONDLY, WE CAN'T GO AROUND THE
WORLD AND NATION BUILD.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH MONEY
WE HAVE SPENT NOW?
WE HAVE SPENT TRILLIONS OF
DOLLARS AND WE HAVE SPENT
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IT COULD
HAVE BEEN USED FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR JOBS, FOR
HEALTH CARE, FOR EDUCATION, FOR
DOMESTIC PRIORITIES IN OUR OWN
COUNTRY ALSO TO SUPPORT OUR
TROOPS AND MAKE SURE OUR TROOPS
HAVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THEY
DESERVE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE
TO USE OUR COUNTERTERRORISM
MEASURES AND BRING TERRORISTS TO
JUSTICE, THIS IS A DANGEROUS
WORLD.
I THINK WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS
WE HAVE TO USE ALL THE ASPECTS
OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY
POLICIES AND THE TOOLS THAT WE
HAVE.
WE HAVE DEFENSE, OF COURSE, BUT
WE ALSO HAVE DIPLOMACY,
DEVELOPMENT, HUMANITARIAN
STRATEGIES WE CAN USE AND WE
NEED TO REBALANCE AND REIMAGINE
HOW WE DO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY
FOR THE FUTURE.
I THINK THOSE ARE THE LESSONS WE
HAVE LEARNED.
WHAT SHOULD WE HAVE
SPECIFICALLY DONE AFTER 9/11?
WE DID A LOT, WE UPPED THE
DEFENSE BUDGET A LOT, WE
DEVELOPED THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY WHICH IS
COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL.
SHOULD WE HAVE JUST REINFORCED
THE COCKPIT DOORS AND KILLED
BIN LADEN WHAT THAT HAVE
SUFFICED?
WE KNOW WHAT WE SHOULDN'T
HAVE DONE AND THAT IS SENT OUR
TROOPS INTO HARM'S WAY EVEN
AFTER BIN LADEN WAS KILLED THERE
AGO WE HAD A MOMENT WE SHOULD'VE
BROUGHT OUR TROOPS HOME AND WE
DIDN'T.
WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS
INVESTED MORE IN
COUNTERTERRORISM MEASURES BUT
ALSO WE SHOULD HAVE INVESTED
MORE IN OUR DIPLOMATIC
INITIATIVES AS IT RELATES TO
AFGHANISTAN AND ALSO SUPPORTING
WOMEN AND GIRLS AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE ENSURE OUR EMPOWERMENT
AND EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE
AND SAFETY.
WHAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IS
GO INTO AFGHANISTAN NOT KNOWING
WHEN WE WERE LEAVING, NOT HAVING
A SUNSET DATE, NOT HAVING A
SPECIFIC MISSION AND ENDING UP
20 YEARS LATER ASKING THE
QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO WHERE
THE $2 TRILLION OF TAXPAYER
DOLLARS WENT, WE NEED TO SALUTE
AND THANK OUR TROOPS, THEY HAVE
DONE EVERYTHING THIS COUNTRY HAS
ASKED THEM TO DO, EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING.
I'M THE DAUGHTER OF A 25 YEAR
VETERAN, LIEUTENANT COLONEL
GARVIN A TUTT, HE CALLED ME
AFTER I VOTED AGAINST THAT
AUTHORIZATION AND SAID THAT'S
THE RIGHT VOTE, THAT BLANK CHECK
WAS OVERLY BROAD, DON'T SEND OUR
TROOPS INTO HARM'S WAY LESS YOU
KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
WE HAVE TO BE PROUD AND THANK
OUR TROOPS FOR WHAT THEY HAVE
DONE AND NO NEVER AGAIN ARE WE
GOING TO SEND THEM INTO A WAR
WITHOUT END AND NOT KNOW WHEN IN
FACT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO COME HOME.
WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT
YOU DID VERY MUCH, THANK YOU.
BARBARA LEE, EVERYBODY, I
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU!
LET'S MEET OUR PANEL.
SHE'S DIRECTOR OF THE MEDIA
CENTER AT USC ANNENBERG AND A
- CONTRIBUTING EDITOR OF THE 19 - TH
CHRISTINA BELLANTONI.
BACK WITH US, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
HE'S A PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING
COLUMNIST FOR THE WASHINGTON
POST AND AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK
- OUT ON SEPTEMBER 14 - TH "AMERICAN
THE
UNRULY TORRENT, 2008-2020":
GEORGE WILL!
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SIR.
IF THE BIG NEWS TODAY IT WAS
BIDEN TALKING ABOUT THESE NEW
MANDATES, IT COULD AFFECT UP TO
100 MILLION PEOPLE, HEALTH CARE
WORKERS, BUSINESSES WHO HAVE
OVER 100 WORKERS, CONTRACTORS,
THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE,
100 MILLION PEOPLE TO TELL
SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO.
I WANT TO GET YOUR OPINION TO
START THE SHOW, TELL ME FIRST OF
ALL WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS?
HUGE RELIEF, I DISAGREE WITH
BIDEN WHEN HE SAID HIS PATIENCE
IS WEARING THIN -- MY PATIENTS
IS OUT.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
ALTERNATE REALITY THAT COULD
HAVE BEEN.
HAD PEOPLE GOTTEN VACCINATED AND
THE PRESIDENT'S TEAM OF COURSE
THEY ARE LOOKING AT NUMBERS AND
THEY KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE
NOT GOING TO GET THE VACCINE
WHEN THAT FDA AUTHORIZATION CAME
IN, THIS IS A WAY TO FORCE IT TO
HAPPEN.
GEORGE?
I AGREE WITH THE BIDEN
OF DECEMBER WHEN HE BECAME
PRESIDENT, HE WAS ASKED IF HE
WOULD MANDATE VACCINATIONS AND
HE SAID I DON'T HAVE THE POWER
TO DO THAT.
IN FACT, CONGRESS DOESN'T HAVE
THE POWER TO DO THAT, NOT HAVING
A GENERAL POLICE POWER, THAT
BELONGS TO THE STATES.
WHEN THIS IS LITIGATED IT'S
GOING TO BE NOT ABOUT INDIVIDUAL
RIGHTS IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT
SEPARATION OF POWERS AND
FEDERALISM THEIR GOLD EYES GLAZE
OVER WHEN YOU BRING THESE THINGS
UP BUT IT MATTERS.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP SAID I'M GOING
TO TAKE MONEY APPROPRIATED FROM
X AND REPURPOSE IT TO BUILD THE
WALL, PEOPLE WERE OUTRAGED AND
RIGHTLY SO, THEY SHOULD BE
OUTRAGED ALSO THAT AN
INSTITUTION AND APPENDAGE OF THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH THE
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION HAS DECIDED TO
EXERCISE FAST POWER, HITHERTO
UNEXPECTED TO WORK IN THE
STATUTE CREATING OSHA, TO ADMIT
NO LIMITING PRINCIPLE, JUST AS
WHEN THE SUPREME COURT TOOK A
LOOK AT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL SAYING WE ARE GOING TO
SUSPEND EVICTIONS OF THE
SUPREME COURT SAID WHERE'D YOU
GET THE POWER TO BROADLY SAY
THAT LANDLORDS ARE REQUIRED,
BECAUSE THEY GO ON PAYING TAXES
AND INSURANCE AND MAINTENANCE
AND MORTGAGE AND ALL THE REST,
REQUIRED TO PAY FREE HOUSING?
THIS IS A CASE OF GOVERNMENT NOT
RESPECTING LIMITS AND IT'S THE
RULE OF LAW.
PEOPLE SAY THIS IS AN ABNORMAL
TIME.
I HAVE ANOTHER BEEF
AGAINST GOVERNMENT WHICH I
MENTIONED BEFORE, I WAS READING
A QUOTE FROM THE MEXICAN
CORONAVIRUS CZAR, HE SAID WHY DO
WE NEED BOTTLED POISON AND SOFT
DRINKS?
HEALTH IN MEXICO WOULD BE VERY
DIFFERENT IF WE STOPPED BEING
DECEIVED BY THESE LIFESTYLES
SOLD ON TELEVISION AND RADIO AD
ADS.
I'M FOR GETTING THE COUNTRY BACK
ON ITS FEET AND IF IT TAKES A
LOT OF VACCINES TO DO THAT, I
UNDERSTAND THAT TO A DEGREE.
IT'S PREDICATED ON THIS IDEA
THAT WE ARE ALL EQUALLY
VULNERABLE AND WE ARE NOT.
A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH
LIFESTYLE CHOICES, WHICH WE JUST
REFUSED TO TALK ABOUT.
I HATE TO BE THE ONE WHO HAS TO
ALWAYS SAY IT, BUT 78% OF THE
PEOPLE WHO DIED FROM THIS WERE
OBESE.
THE VAST NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD WHO HAVE DIED FROM IT ARE
IN COUNTRIES WHERE THAT IS A
PROBLEM.
THEY KEEP SAYING "LET THE
SCIENCE SPEAK, LISTEN TO THE
SCIENCE.
," THIS IS WHAT THE SCIENCE IS
SCREAMING LOUD AND CLEAR.
UNLESS PEOPLE HAVE SOME SKIN IN
THE GAME EVEN BEFORE COVID, WE
ARE NEVER GOING TO GET A HANDLE
ON HER BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THE
ECONOMY ALSO WHICH IS
HEALTH CARE.
PEOPLE HAVE TO TAKE SOME
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN
HEALTH, THEY HAVE TO MEET THE
GOVERNMENT HALFWAY.
SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT MANDATE
FFITNESS?
NOT MANDATES BUT HOW
ABOUT A PROGRAM, HOW ABOUT
MENTIONING IT?
WE CAN'T USE THE BULLY PULPIT,
HAS IT EVER BEEN MENTIONED?
I NEVER HEAR ANYONE TALK ABOUT
IT.
BARACK OBAMA WAS CRITICIZED
FOR BEING FITNESS OBSESSED,
SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE FROM THE
TOP, MICHELLE OBAMA WAS
CRITICIZED FOR HER GARDEN.
CRITICIZED, SO SHE WE
SHOULD SHRINK FROM THAT?
I'M WITH YOU, IT DOESN'T STOP
ANYONE WANTS TO PROTECT OUR
FAMILIES WHO DON'T FIT INTO
THOSE CATEGORIES.
THIS VIRUS DOES NOT KNOW
PEOPLE'S PERSONAL HABITS.
NO, BUT IT KNOWS
THIS, IT KNOWS THIS.
FOUR FIFTHS IS KIND OF A BIG
NUMBER FOR ONE FACTOR.
THE MOST EFFICIENT THING
GOVERNMENT DOES IS DISSEMINATE
PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT
CHOLESTEROL OR SMOKING -- 50
YEARS AGO, ABOUT HALF OF
AMERICAN ADULTS WOKE UP IN THE
MORNING AND LIT A CIGARETTE, WE
CUT THAT IN HALF.
AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF OUR
HEALTH CARE GOALS WHICH IS ABOUT
18% GDP IS ABOUT KNOWN RISKY
BEHAVIOR, VIOLENCE, VEHICULAR
ACCIDENTS, CORONARY HEART
DISEASE, LUNG DISEASE,
ET CETERA.
AND THE FOOD, THE BIG
ONE IS FOOD.
THAT DWARFS THE OTHER ONES, IT'S
THE ONE WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
MENTION.
THAT HAS GOT TO CHANGE.
LISTEN, THIS IS OUR LAST SHOW WE
HAVE BEFORE THIS RECALL ELECTION
COMING UP SO I WANT TO ASK ABOUT
THIS QUESTION, BECAUSE IT SEEMS
LIKE THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO
REPUBLICANS WANT GAVIN NEWSOM TO
RESIGN FOR THE CRIME OF BEATING
THEM IN THE ELECTION.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
GENERAL TREND IN AMERICA WHERE
ELECTIONS DON'T COUNT IF IT
DOESN'T COME OUT THE WAY YOU
WANTED THEM TO GO.
I ALSO THINK READING AS I HAVE
THIS WEEK A LOT OF PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT A FAILED BIDEN
PRESIDENCY, AFTER NINE YEARS --
NINE MONTHS -- NINE YEARS, CAN
YOU IMAGINE?
THAT WOULD BE TRUMP.
CAN YOU GIVE A GUY A CHANCE?
IT SEEMS LIKE NO ONE WANTS TO
SOLVE A PROBLEM, THEY JUST WANT
TO BLAME PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T
IMMEDIATELY SOLVED THE PROBLEM.
AND THIS IS NOT A WAY A
GOVERNMENT CAN FUNCTION OR BE
STABLE.
IT'S AN INSTANT GRATIFICATION
PROBLEM.
BUT THEY ALSO BOTH WENT FROM
PRETTY PEAK HIGH IS.
GAVIN NEWSOM CAME IN, HUGE WIN
IN THE ELECTION, WAS PRETTY
POPULAR AT THE BEGINNING OF
CORONAVIRUS, I VIEW THAT TRICKLE
THINGS AS SEPARATE ALTHOUGH IT'S
INTERESTING THE PRESIDENT IS
CAMPAIGNING FOR NEWSOM IN THE
- 11 - TH HOUR, CLEARLY THEY THINK
HE'S POPULAR ENOUGH THAT'S GOING
TO HELP HERE.
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE HYPOCRISY AND
THAT IS WHERE SOME OF THIS
STARTED AGAINST NEWSOM.
I'M VOTING NO ON THE RECALL, I
THINK HE'S A FINE GOVERNOR AND I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM STAY AND I
ALSO THINK WHEN YOU GOVERN THIS
WAY --
ITS CONSTANT CHANGE, CALIFORNIA
HAS AN ABILITY TO HAVE A RECALL,
WE ALSO HAVE AN ABILITY TO PUT
SO MANY PROPOSITIONS ON THE
BALLOT FAIRLY EASILY WHICH
COMPLETELY CHANGE LAWS VERY
QUICKLY.
IT'S ONE OF THE WAYS IN
CALIFORNIA, IF EVERY STATE HAD
THIS I BET YOU WOULD SEE A LOT
MORE RECALLS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I'M AGAINST RECALLS COME ON
AGAINST INITIATIVES, I'M AGAINST
REFERENDA.
THIS IS APPLIED TO POPULISM
WHICH IS THE BELIEF THAT THE
PUBLIC PASSIONS ARE SELF
GRATIFYING AND THEY SHOULD BE
TRANSLATED IMMEDIATELY AND
DIRECTLY INTO POLICY AND
INSTITUTIONS.
THE PRINCIPLE OF REPRESENTATION
WHICH IS THE ESSENCE OF OUR
REPUBLIC, IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T
DECIDE ISSUES, THEY DECIDE WHO
WILL DECIDE, YOU CAN'T IN THE
CASE OF A RECALL SIMPLY DECLARE
A MULLIGAN BECAUSE YOU DON'T
LIKE THE SHOT YOU TOOK.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T
LIKE GOVERNOR NEWSOM OR HIS
POLICIES YOU WOULD SAY HE SHOULD
STAY BECAUSE YOU'RE A MAN OF
PRINCIPLE.
I THINK PEOPLE DESERVE TO
SUFFER THE CHOICE THEY MADE, YE
YES.
THAT'S THE POINT OF AN
ELECTION ON A SCHEDULE, YOU CAN
CAST JUDGMENT ON THAT PERSON IN
THE NEXT ELECTION.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN
RECALL THE RECALL LAW, THAT
WOULD BE SO CALIFORNIA.
LET ME ASK ABOUT TEXAS, WHAT'S
GOING ON IN TEXAS, THIS IS WOW.
INTERESTING STUFF, INTERESTING
THAT THE SUPREME COURT ALREADY
BASICALLY HEARD IT.
I HEARD THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT,
BIDEN'S DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO
SUE TEXAS AND WHAT, TO GET ALL
WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT?
WAIT, WE DID THAT IN THE
SUPREME COURT SAID TEXAS, YOU DO
YOU.
I'M WONDERING IF THIS COULD
BACKFIRE.
REPUBLICANS ALWAYS SEEM TO BE
HAPPIER WHEN THEY ARE OUT OF
OFFICE BECAUSE THEY JUST ARE SO
GOOD AT THE BITCHING, AND THEY
LOVE TO OWN THE LIBERALS AND
COMPLAIN, WHEN THEY GET INTO
OFFICE, AND GET TO ENACT SOME
OTHER IDEAS, THEY SCARE THE SHIT
OUT OF PEOPLE.
ELECTIONS ARE WON ON FEAR A LOT
OF THE TIME, THAT'S HOW TRUMP
GOT IN, THE FEAR OF THE
OVERREACHING OF THE LIBERALS AND
SO FORTH.
I'M WONDERING IF THIS COULD
REALLY HELP -- I THINK
GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS HELPING GAVIN
NEWSOM COME I THINK PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO LOOK AT THAT AND GO
"OH, MY GOD, WE DON'T WANT A
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR HERE IN THIS
STATE IF THAT'S WHAT A
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR MIGHT DO."
DO YOU THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE?
IT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE, IN
MY LIFETIME, IN MY CAREER
COVERING POLITICS SO MANY PEOPLE
WOULD TALK ABOUT THIS CONCEPT
THAT IF ROE V. WADE WAS EVER
OVERTURNED, IF WOMEN WOULD TAKE
TO THE STREETS, THAT WOULD END
EVERYTHING, YOU WOULD HAVE A
PERMANENT DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY.
THIS HAS BEEN SLOWLY HAPPENING
FOR A VERY LONG TIME, PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING, TRYING TO
GET THINGS TO THE COURT -- WHAT
TRUMP DID TO THE JUDICIARY --
DID, MEANING?
MITCH McCONNELL AND TRUMP,
COMPLETELY CHANGING THE
JUDICIARY, JUSTICES WHO WOULD BE
IN FAVOR OF THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING IN TEXAS, I CAN GO
INTO THE MERITS OF THAT IF
THAT'S THE DEBATE YOU WANT TO
HAVE.
PARTICULARLY IN TEXAS WHERE THEY
ARE TRYING TO RESTRICT VOTING
RIGHTS BUT THEY ARE ALSO FORCING
SPORTS TEAMS TO HAVE THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM AT EVERY SINGLE
GAME IN TEXAS.
YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO
SOMETHING WITH YOUR OWN BODY, IT
IS DANGEROUS AND REALLY ALARMING
FOR ANY PERSON.
THE TEXAS LAW IS A SHORT
LIVED SIDESHOW, AS SOON AS IT'S
ENFORCED BY ONE OF THESE PRIVATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S, IT WILL BE
STRUCK DOWN SUMMARILY, THE BIG
SHOW WILL BE COMING THIS FALL,
ORAL ARGUMENTS IN A MISSISSIPPI
CASE WITH THE COURT IS BEING
ASKED EXPLICITLY TO OVERTURN
ROE V. WADE.
BY JUNE OF 2022, OFF YEAR
ELECTIONS, THERE WILL BE AN
ANSWER TO THAT.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD AN
ELECTION TURN ON AN ABORTION
ISSUE COME I DON'T LIKE WE EVER
WILL.
REALLY?
I FEEL LIKE THE OPPOSITE, I FEEL
LIKE ABORTION IS THAT ISSUE THAT
IS ALWAYS THERE AND A VERY
SIZABLE PART OF THE POPULATION
VOTES PRETTY MUCH JUST ON THAT.
IT CROSSES PARTY LINES, BY THE
WAY.
MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE
SINGLE-ISSUE VOTERS ON THAT ARE
ON THE PRO-LIFE SIDE.
RIGHT, BUT THE
DEMOCRATS DEPEND A LOT ON THE
LATINO VOTE, THERE'S A LOT OF --
CHRISTIANS OF ALL STRIPES
SOMETIMES.
AND TEXAS DEMOCRATS ARE
HOPING THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WILL
HAPPEN, GALVANIZE EVERYONE,
MONEY, RESOURCES, GETTING PEOPLE
OUT TO VOTE AND I HOPE SO --
PEOPLE HAVE SHORT MEMORIES.
THIS CONSTANT NEEDING TO CHANGE,
THEN YOU END UP WITH THINGS LIKE
THIS.
YOU MENTION THEY'RE
GOING TO MAKE SPORTS TEAMS PLAY
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, THAT IS ONE
OF THE THINGS THEY'RE GOING TO
DO.
ALSO, YOU CAN CARRY A GUN
ANYWHERE, I THINK.
OPEN CARRY IF YOU'RE 21 AND
OVER.
WE GOT A HOLD OF SOME
OF THE OTHER -- I LOVE THE
ANTICIPATORY --
I LOVE THAT "I KNOW THE BULLSHIT
IS COMING NOW, BILL" LAUGHED.
THEY PASSED LITERALLY 666 LAWS.
ABORTION ONE GOT ALL THE PRESS,
BUT SOME OF THE OTHER ONES,
THESE PEOPLE ARE OUT TO OWN THE
LIBERALS.
FOR EXAMPLE, ALL DOGS MUST BE
NAMED AFTER CONFEDERATE
GENERALS.
JEAN SHORTS -- WHAT THE FUCK
HAPPENED THERE?
JEAN SHORTS MUST SHOW AT LEAST
ONE INCH OF ASS.
A BALD EAGLE TATTOO IS NOW AN
ACCEPTABLE FORM OF VOTER ID.
"ITCHY TRIGGER FINGER" IS NOW A
LEGAL DEFENSE.
SAN ANTONIO WILL BE RENAMED ST.
TONY'S.
CHIROPRACTORS MUST OFFER GAY
CONVERSION THERAPY.
AND MY FAVORITE.
ORDERS THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO
REDUCE ITS WEIRDNESS
BY 25%.
DON'T DO IT AUSTEN!
BEAR WEIRD AND PROUD.
I LOVE IT.
I FEEL LIKE THE BATTLEGROUND FOR
THE NEXT ELECTIONS ARE MOVING
INTO THE SCHOOL ROOM.
UNIVERSITIES, BUT ESPECIALLY
SCHOOLS, GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, HIGH
SCHOOLS, A PROFESSOR BECAME THE
LATEST TEACHER AND PROFESSOR TO
RESIGN THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS
AND I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AT FIRST PEOPLE ARE DOING WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?
IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE KIDS AND A
LOT OF TIMES KIDS COME HOME FROM
SCHOOL, THEY DIDN'T TELL PARENTS
WHAT THEY ARE BEING TOLD IN
SCHOOL -- PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW.
NOW IT'S MUCH MORE OF AN ISSUE.
WHO VOTES?
PARENTS VOTE.
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE PARTIES TO
GO TO, YOU'RE SINGLE, YOU DON'T
HAVE A MORTGAGE, PARENTS VOTE.
THIS GUY, HE SAYS ABOUT HIS
UNIVERSITY, HE HAS TRANSFORMED A
BASTION OF FREE INQUIRY INTO A
SOCIAL JUSTICE FACTORY WHICH
ONLY INPUTS ARE RACE, GENDER,
AND VICTIMHOOD, THE ONLY OUTPUTS
ARE GOOD THEM A GRIEVANCE AND
DIVISION.
THIS IS EVERYWHERE.
A TEACHER IN CONNECTICUT
RESIGNED "I DECIDED TO RESIGN
FROM WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MY
FOREVER CAREER BECAUSE I FELT
MORE LIKE A POLITICAL ACTIVIST
THAN A TEACHER IN MY OWN
CLASSROOM.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN CLASSROOMS
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY IS PITTING
STUDENTS AGAINST EACH OTHER
BASED ON THE COLOR OF THEIR
SKIN.
"IN VIRGINIA "I WAS TOLD IN ONE
OF MY SO-CALLED EQUITY TRAININGS
THAT WHITE CHRISTIAN ABLE-BODIED
FEMALES CURRENTLY HAVE THE POWER
IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THAT HAS TO
CHANGE.
"SHE SAID A DISSENTING OPINION
IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE SPOKEN IN
MY PERSONAL LIFE.
IN LOUISIANA, JONATHAN COBLE
SAYS THEY ARE TELLING OUR BLACK
CHILDREN THEY ARE OPPRESSED BY
WHITE PEOPLE SO THEY DON'T HAVE
A CHANCE.
WE WANT TO TEACH EDUCATION, NOT
LEFT WING IDEAS THAT AREN'T
BACKED UP BY FACTS OR SCIENCE.
YOU'VE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS
RECENTLY, I THINK IT'S ON A LOT
OF PEOPLE'S MINDS NOW.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE
THE REPERCUSSIONS FROM THE NEXT
ELECTION FOR THIS ISSUE?
ORWELLIAN IS AN OVERUSED
ADJECTIVE BUT HERE IT APPLIES.
IN 1984, ORWELL SAID WATCH THE
LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT BECOMES
TURNED INSIDE OUT.
IN 1984, LOVEMAN TATE, WAR MEANT
PEACE COME ON CAMPUS TODAY
DIVERSITY MEANS ENFORCE
CONFORMITY.
THROUGH THE MAGIC OF MODERN
PARENTING, IS AN ISN'T IT
INTERESTING THAT PARENTS BECAME
A VERB RIGHT THIS HAPPENED?
PEOPLE NEVER SAID PARENT WAS
A VERB BEFORE?
IT'S VERY RECENT.
NOW WE ARE SKILLFUL AT PARENTING
AND THIS PRODUCES PERFECTIONIST
PARENTING, IF YOU ARE RELEASED
CAREFUL OF IT, NO ONE WAS
CHILDREN BELIEVE THIS, IF YOU'RE
REALLY GOOD AT PARENTING YOU
WILL PRODUCE THE PERFECT CHILD
TO WHICH YOU ARE ENTITLED.
THE PROBLEM OF COURSE IS WHAT'S
HAPPENING ON CAMPUS IS THEY ARE
GIVING UP ON THE ESSENTIAL
INGREDIENT OF DEMOCRACY WHICH IS
THE CULTURE OF PERSUASION, AND
THEY ARE GOING TO MANDATE
EVICTION MORATORIUM, VACCINES,
WE NOW MANDATE HARMONY ON CAMPUS
BECAUSE WE HAVE RAISED CHILDREN
TO BE SO RISK-AVERSE AND TO BE
SO CONVINCED THAT THEY ARE
AWESOME, THEY ALL GOT TO
PARTICIPATION TROPHIES FOR
SHOWING UP AT SOCCER PRACTICE
AND THEY ARRIVE AT THE CAMPUS
AND THEY WANT TO HAVE A SAFE
SPACE TO BE SAFE FROM
CHALLENGING IDEAS THAT MIGHT
MAKE THEM SAD.
DID YOU KNOW THAT
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, THE PHRASE
"TRIGGER WARNING" NOW REQUIRES A
TRIGGER WARNING?
WARNING SUGGESTS THERE'S A
DANGER AND TRIGGER, YOU KNOW
WHAT THAT MAKES PEOPLE THINK OF.
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
PUT A TRIGGER WARNING ON THE
CONSTITUTION AND THE DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE.
THEY SAID DOCUMENTS MIGHT BE
HARMFUL OR DIFFICULT TO VIEW.
THIS IS ALWAYS MY
THING WITH DEMOCRATS.
IF WHAT YOU'RE DOING SOUNDS LIKE
A HEADLINE IN THE ONION --
REALLY.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES PUTS TRIGGER
WARNING ON THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE, I WOULD SAY
QUALIFIES --
SEATTLE BULLET WHETHER OR NOT TO
DECRIMINALIZE CRIME.
THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO DO
THIS CAME WITHIN AN EYELASH OF
REELECTING DONALD TRUMP WITH
THREE WORDS, DEFUND THE POLICE.
IF YOU THINK THAT'S THE CRAZIEST
THINGS THAT THE PROGRESSIVES CAN
COME UP WITH, YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND WILL'S LAW WHICH IS
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS
ROCK-BOTTOM.
THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT
ISSUES, I'VE ONLY BEEN IN
ACADEMIA FOR THREE YEARS, I'M
NOT A CLASSIC ACADEMIC, I CAME
UP AS A JOURNALIST.
I WILL SAY DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AT LEAST
AT THE UNIVERSITY I WORK AT,
USC.
I TEACH POLITICAL REPORTING, WE
HAVE A VERY GENEROUS ALUM WHO
WANTS TO HELP US EXPOSE STUDENTS
TO THE REAL WORLD OF POLITICS.
WE TAKE THEM ON TRIPS TO
WASHINGTON, D.C., WHERE THEY
MEET REPUBLICANS, THEY MEET
DEMOCRATS.
I TOOK A GROUP OF STUDENTS TO
THE IOWA CAUCUSES WHERE THEY
WERE HEARING PERSPECTIVES THEY
HAD NEVER HEARD IN AREAS WHEN
THEY GROW UP IN CALIFORNIA FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
I NEVER ACTUALLY TALKED TO A
PRO-LIFE PERSON BEFORE ONE
STUDENT TOLD ME.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW --
THAT DOESN'T SOUND
VERY DIVERSE.
ACADEMICS IS PROPELLED BY
LIBERALISM, I HAD A STUDENT RUN
A REPORT ON THE USC PROFESSORS
AND THERE WERE LESS THAN FIVE
THAT HAD DONATED TO DONALD TRUMP
IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
ALL THE DONATIONS FOR ANYBODY
WHO LISTED USC PROFESSOR AND
WHAT YOUR TITLE IS WERE GOING TO
DEMOCRATS, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
CANDIDATES.
PEOPLE ARE NOT WRONG WHEN THEY
SENSE A FEELING THERE BUT
DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT IS JUST AS
IMPORTANT AS DIVERSITY OF HOW WE
LOOK IN PROSPECTUS WE COME TO IT
WITH.
THAT'S SOMETHING I BELIEVE MOST
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS ARE TRYING
FOR EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE
LIKE THAT PROFESSOR FROM
PORTLAND STATE WHO HAS BEEN
CHALLENGING -- HE HAS TRIED TO
CHALLENGE THAT SCHOOL FOR A LONG
TIME.
HE BRINGS IN DIFFERENT SPEAKERS
AND TRIES TO HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION AND THAT'S
IMPORTANT TO EXPOSE STUDENTS TO
SOMETHING ART EXPERIENCE TO, TO
READ GEORGE WILL'S COLUMNS, I
HAVE MY STUDENTS READ BILL
KRISTOL COLUMNS BECAUSE THEY
AREN'T EXPOSED TO IT AS MUCH AND
THEY HAVE TO BE.
JUST HAVE THEM READ
GEORGE.
WHAT ABOUT WHAT THESE TEACHERS
ARE SAYING IN SPECIFIC, WHEN
PEOPLE SAY TO ME SOMETIMES YOU
GO AFTER THE LEFT A LOT THESE
DAYS, WHY?
AND I GO "BECAUSE YOU'RE
EMBARRASSING ME!"
THAT'S WHY I GO AFTER THE LEFT
IN THE WAY YOU NEVER DID BEFORE
BECAUSE YOU ARE INVERTING
THAT -- I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP
ON BEING LIBERAL.
THIS IS WHAT THESE TEACHERS ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
YOU'RE TAKING CHILDREN AND
MAKING THEM HYPER AWARE OF RACE
IN THE WAY WOULDN'T OTHERWISE
BE.
I SAW LAST NIGHT ON THE FOOTBALL
GAME, ALICIA KEYS SANG "LIFT
EVERY VOICE AND SING" WHICH NOW
I HEAR IS CALLED THE BLACK
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
MAYBE WE SHOULD GET RID OF OUR
NATIONAL ANTHEM BUT I THINK WE
SHOULD HAVE ONE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
I THINK WHEN YOU GO DOWN A ROAD
WE ARE HAVING TWO DIFFERENT
NATIONAL ANTHEMS, COLLEGES
SOMETIMES -- MANY OF THEM HAVE
DIFFERENT GRADUATION CEREMONIES
FOR BLACK-AND-WHITE, SEPARATE
DORMS -- THIS IS WHAT I MEAN,
SEGREGATION.
YOU CONVERTED THE IDEA.
WE ARE GOING BACK TO THAT UNDER
A DIFFERENT NAME.
YOU'RE MAKING A FACE, HOW DO YOU
SAY THAT IS NOT SEGREGATION, I
DON'T UNDERSTAND?
ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THAT
DOES NOT SOUND GOOD TO ME,
THAT'S NOT THE EXPERIENCE I'M
SEEING IN ACADEMIA.
YOU'RE HAVING REAL
CONVERSATIONS --
YOU'RE NOT
EVERYWHERE, THIS IS HAPPENING.
THIS IS MY OWN PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE I'M TALKING ABOUT
HERE.
IT IS A MOMENT PEOPLE ARE
RECOGNIZING OTHERS HAVE
DIFFERENT LIVED EXPERIENCES AND
THIS GENERATION, I KNOW WE ARE
GOING WITH THIS, THEY ARE TOO
WOKE AND ALL THAT.
I SPEND MY DAY AROUND 19 TO MY
25-YEAR-OLDS EVERY SINGLE DAY,
HUNDREDS OF THEM A WEEK.
GENERALLY, THEY HAVE A LOT OF
EMPATHY FOR OTHERS.
EVERYONE GETS A TROPHY, MY KID
LOST AT UNO AND HE WAS PISSED I
DIDN'T LET HIM WIN, THERE'S A
PURPOSE TO THAT I DON'T WANT HIM
TO FEEL LIKE HE'S PERFECTED
EVERYTHING.
THERE'S A MOMENT THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE RECOGNIZING THE WORLD
ISN'T PERFECT AND THEY CAN WORK
TOGETHER TO COLLECTIVELY MAKE IT
BETTER.
YOU THINK THEY
DISCOVERED THAT?
YOU THINK THEY ARE THE FIRST
GENERATION THAT THOUGHT THAT,
THE WORLD ISN'T PERFECT?
EVERY GENERATION THINKS THE
WORLD'S TOTAL TO TO SHIT.
HENCE MY INSULT TO
BABY BOOMERS, I BELIEVE THE WAY
THIS GENERATION IS LOOKING AT
THINGS WILL BENEFIT THE
COLLECTIVE GOOD WHERE SO MUCH OF
IT IS SELFISH.
YOU THINK THIS
GENERATION IS LESS SELFISH?
WE'LL AND SEE HOW THAT COMES OUT
ON TIKTOK.
WHERE ARE RACE RELATIONS
WORSE, PROBABLY ON CAMPUS WHERE
THEY OBSESS ABOUT RACE
EXCESSIVELY.
AN ENORMOUS NU NUMBER OF PEOPLEA
MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR INCLUSION
INDUSTRY NOW EXISTS IN THIS
COUNTRY TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT
THINGS ARE BAD AND GETTING
WORSE, ACTUALLY, THEY ARE
GETTING BETTER.
YES!
THE BEST EXAMPLE, THE ONLY
ESTABLISHED RELIGION IN THIS
COUNTRY IS SEC FOOTBALL DOWN
SOUTH, TURN ON THE FOOTBALL GAME
AND YOU WILL SEE GEORGIA,
ALABAMA, AND THE HEAD REFEREE IS
AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN, HE'S
BOSSING EVERYONE AROUND.
THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO PLAY IN
THE SEC UNTIL 60 YEARS AGO.
NOW THE DAILY INTERACTIONS OF
NORMAL AMERICANS WERE NOT
OBSESSING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
THE UNITED STATES WAS FOUNDED ON
RACE IN 1619, NOT OBSESSING
ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY,
THEY'RE GETTING ON WITH THEIR
LIVES AND RACE RELATIONS IN THE
VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS
INTERACTIONS HAVE NEVER BEEN
BETTER.
TO THE POINT ABOUT
INVERTING WITH THE GOALS WERE,
WHEN I WAS A KID I WAS TOO YOUNG
TO UNDERSTAND BUT MY FATHER WAS
TELLING ME JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS A
GREAT PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE SENT
THE TROOPS SO THAT BLACK KIDS
COULD GO TO SCHOOL, BECAUSE THE
GOAL WAS TO HAVE AS GOOD
EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY.
NO I THINK I READ IN YOUR COLUMN
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
WHICH HAS DIFFERENT GRADUATION
STANDARDS FOR "PEOPLE OF COLOR,"
LOWER STANDARDS.
WHICH TO ME IS SUCH AN INSULT.
OREGON HAS SAID PROFICIENCY
REQUIREMENTS IN MATH AND READING
ARE NOW GOING TO BE SUSPENDED
FOR EQUITY REASONS BECAUSE THERE
ARE DISPROPORTIONATE OUTCOMES.
THIS IS THE SOFT BIGOTRY OF LOW
EXPECTATIONS APPLIED.
THAT'S RIGHT.
NO?
EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A FACE I
HAVE TO ASK WHY.
I THINK THIS IS A
CONVERSATION -- TAKING
STANDARDIZED TESTING AND
DISCUSSING HOW THAT HAS APPLIED
THE LAWSUIT AGAINST HARVARD AND
HOW -- THERE IS A MOMENT TO LOOK
AT WHAT IT MEANS TO GET A
COLLEGE EDUCATION NOW, THERE'S A
MOMENT TO LOOK AT HOW
STANDARDIZED TESTS APPLY TO
GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
THIS IS NOT MY AREA OF
EXPERTISE, AND TEACHING
JOURNALISM, I'M NOT LOOKING AT
ACADEMIA AS A WHOLE AND
ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE IT BUT
UNDERSTANDING WHY THESE
CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING I
THINK IS IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.
OKAY, LAST QUESTION.
ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11, I THINK
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT A LOT
MORE ABOUT THE SAUDIS, FINALLY,
BIDEN SEEMS TO WANT TO GET INTO
WHAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO
SEE FOR YEARS.
I REMEMBER SEEING ALL OF THOSE
REPORTS, INTERNAL REPORTS,
SECURITY REPORTS WERE EVERYTHING
WAS BLACKED OUT.
EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SAUDIS, WE
CAN KNOW.
I'M JUST WONDERING, SINCE THIS
IS A FEW YEARS PAST WE KNOW WHEN
THEY KILLED JAMAL KHASHOGGI WITH
A BONE SAW, WILL THAT COLOR OUR
THINKING OF WHAT THE SAUDIS ARE
CAPABLE OF AND WHAT THEY MIGHT
HAVE BEEN DOING PRE9/11?
THAT'S WITH LUDACRIS ABOUT
THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS
BEEN HIDING AND TOLD BIDEN UNDER
EXTREME PRESSURE WAS TOLD BY
SURVIVORS OF THE FAMILIES WOULD
NOT BE WELCOME AT 111
COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS, IF HE
DIDN'T RELEASE HITHERTO KEPT
SECRET REPORTS OF THE 9/11
COMMISSION -- THAT MIGHT CAUSE
THE SAUDIS TO HAVE A BAD
REPUTATION.
HOW DO YOU LOSE A REPUTATION YOU
FORFEITED WITH 15 OF YOUR MEN
WITH OBVIOUS AID AND COMFORT
FROM SAUDI OFFICIALS AND
CHARITIES, SO-CALLED, RUN BY THE
GOVERNMENT -- FLEW THE PLANES.
THE IDEA WE ARE PROTECTING THE
SAUDIS FROM FORFEITING A
REPUTATION HE FORFEITED LONG AGO
IS ABSURD.
SECRECY MAKES US IGNORANT,
SECRECY IS GOVERNMENT
REGULATION.
MOST GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS --
OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED SOME SECRETS
TO PROTECT GOVERNMENT
DELIBERATIONS AND SOURCES AND
METHODS OF INTELLIGENCE, BUT
MOST REGULATION TELLS US WHAT WE
CANNOT DO.
SECRECY TELLS US WHAT WE CANNOT
KNOW AND GOVERNMENT ALWAYS HAS
AN INTEREST TO MAXIMIZE SECRECY
AS ITS PRIVATE PROPERTY WHICH IS
WHY I SALUTE THE FAMILIES, MORE
THAN 2,000 PEOPLE PUT PRESSURE
ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAID
"WELL, OKAY, WE'LL WE THINK
THIS.
WATCH THEM COME AFTER 9/11 HAS
PASSED AND THE FLEETING
ATTENTION SPAN OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE MOVES ON, WE'LL SEE IF
THEY ACTUALLY RELEASE THIS.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
SECRECY, I MUST SAY THE THING I
ALWAYS THINK OF AS A SECRET IS
MONEY.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
$3.5 TRILLION WHICH USED TO BE A
LOT OF MONEY.
I KIND OF STILL THINK IT IS, AND
WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT THIS?
ALL I KNOW AND EVEN WHEN I READ
DETAILED ARTICLES, WHAT THE HECK
ARE THEY DOING WITH THIS MONEY,
WITH THAT KIND OF MONEY?
WHERE IS IT GOING, DO WE HAVE
ANY IDEA?
PEOPLE JUST VOTE BASED ON THAT'S
MY TEAM AND THIS COUNTRY, THE
WRONG DIRECTION UNDER TRUMP,
LET'S VOTE $3.5 TRILLION TO GO
IN THE OTHER DIRECTION AND I
DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
SPENT WISELY.
NEVER MIND IF THE MY TEAM
THAT IS DOING THINGS THAT
CONFLICT WITH ITS OWN VALUES
WITH DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE.
YOU CAN COMPARE THIS TO THE
FIGHT OVER INFRASTRUCTURE,
THAT'S ONE REASON WHY JOE BIDEN
IS TWISTED UP ABOUT WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN WITH SOME VERY
IMPORTANT BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THEY ARE
ALLOWING SENATOR MANCHIN TO HAVE
HIS SAY HERE AND THAT SHOULDN'T
SURPRISE ANYONE.
WE KNOW GOING AND THAT'S WHAT
JOE BIDEN WAS GOING TO DO, HE
WAS GOING TO BE A CREATURE OF
THE SENATE AND MAKE SURE HE'S
LISTENING TO HIS FORMER
COLLEAGUES THERE AND THAT'S
GOING TO DICTATE THEIR
DECISIONS.
THAT IS ALL PARTY LINES DRAWN
AND UNTIL SOMETHING CHANGES AT A
LEVEL WHERE YOU HAVE BIGGER
MAJORITIES AND MORE POWER,
YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE SEEING
THIS.
PEOPLE TAKING THEIR SIDES AND
THAT'S IT.
YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT WHERE
THE MONEY'S GOING, I'M WORRIED
ABOUT WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
FOR ALL THE TALK ABOUT THE
DISCORD IN WASHINGTON, MUCH MORE
FRIGHTENING IS THE CONSENSUS,
IT'S AS BROAD AS THE REPUBLIC,
DEEP AS THE GRAND CANYON AND IT
IS THIS.
WE SHOULD HAVE A LARGE, EVERMORE
AMBITIOUS ENTITLEMENT STATE AND
NOT PAY FOR IT, EVERYONE'S
AGREED ON ITS.
ALSO A LARGE,
EVERMORE UNNECESSARY BLOATED
PENTAGON.
THAT'S AT LEAST AS BIG A PROBLEM
AS THE ENTITLEMENT STATE, IS IT
NOT TO?
THAT WE CONSTANTLY ARE PUTTING
MORE MONEY AND VERY OFTEN, THE
PENTAGON WILL SAY, NO, WE DON'T
NEED THESE TANKS, WE CAN'T USE
THEM.
AND THEY STILL MAKE THEM,
BECAUSE THAT'S REAL SOCIALISM.
OKAY, I GOT TO GO TO NEW RULES,
EVERYBODY, THANK YOU.
JOHN BENNETT, CHAIRMAN
OF THE OKLAHOMA REPUBLICAN
- PARTY, - IF THIS
REALLY IS YOU POSING WITH YOUR
FAMILY, ISN'T THE LIBERAL
CARICATURE OF REPUBLICANS RIGHT
ON THE MONEY?
AND ISN'T YOUR CARICATURE OF
LIBERALS A LITTLE OFF?
BECAUSE THIS IS ALICIA ANDREWS,
CHAIR OF THE OKLAHOMA DEMOCRATS,
AND I DON'T SEE HER POSING WITH
HER FAMILY LIKE THIS.
SOMEONE HAS TO TELL ME
WHY THE FIRED GUY ALWAYS HAS A
BOX WITH A SMALL POTTED PLANT.
PEOPLE WHO KNOW AMERICA ONLY
FROM MOVIES MUST THINK A BEGONIA
IS SEVERANCE PAY.
BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT THIS GUY,
HE'S GOING HOME TO A GOOD WOMAN
WHO JUST BOUGHT THE FOOD ALL
AMERICANS EAT AFTER A TRIP TO
CELERY AND FRENCH
BREAD TO.
JANET
CHEN, WHO CREATED THESE EAR
COVERINGS FEATURED AT CHINA
FASHION WEEK, MUST FIRE HER
TRANSLATOR.
I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS NOT WHAT
THOSE AMERICANS MEANT WHEN THEY
ASKED HER TO DESIGN HEADPHONES
FOR HOUSE MUSIC.
NOW THAT ABBA ARE
GOING ON TOUR AS
COMPUTER-GENERATED AVATARS
SOMEONE HAS TO ASK THEM,
"WEREN'T YOU ALWAYS
COMPUTER-GENERATED AVATARS?"
YOU MEAN HUMANS WROTE "GIMME
GIMME GIMME A MAN AFTER
MIDNIGHT?"
I ALWAYS ASSUMED IT WAS AN IBM
SUPER-COMPUTER SET TO "FULL
CAUCASIAN."
THE COVID PATIENTS AT
A THAILAND FIELD HOSPITAL WHO
WERE DOING SO MANY DRUGS AND
HAVING SO MUCH GROUP SEX THAT
THE POLICE HAD TO RAID THE
PLACE, HAVE TO TELL US.
WHAT DRUGS?
BECAUSE IT SURE SOUNDS LIKE THEY
WORKED.
AND FINALLY, NEW RULE.
BEFORE WE SPREAD DEMOCRACY
AROUND THE WORLD, AMERICA HAS TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPREAD WATER
AROUND AMERICA.
WE DON'T KNOW IF AFGHANISTAN
EVEN WANTED DEMOCRACY, BUT I'VE
BEEN TO BURBANK -- I KNOW THEY
DRINK WATER.
BUT FOR HOW MUCH LONGER?
OUR NEW NORMAL IS NEVER-ENDING,
LIFE THREATENING DROUGHT AND
WILDFIRES IN THE WEST, AND IN
- THE EAST, - THAT'S
THE "EXTREME RAINFALL" AREA,
WHAT I CALL THE CARDI B REGION,
BECAUSE IF YOU LIVE THERE, YOUR
ASS IS GOING TO BE WET.
RIVERS HERE IN THE WEST DRY
UP, THE EAST COAST WILL BE
GETTING BRAND NEW RIVERS, LIKE
THIS ONE IN MANHATTAN.
IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ON THE
SUBWAY, THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S
SUPPOSED TO LOOK.
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, WHEN I SAW
THAT VIDEO, I THINK I HAD THE
SAME THOUGHT AS EVERYONE HERE IN
CAN WE HAVE SOME?
WHENEVER I WATCH FLOOD FOOTAGE
FROM ANYWHERE, I FEEL LIKE A
GIRL WITH NO ASS STARING AT KIM
KARDASHIAN.
JUST ONCE, I'D LIKE TO BE THE
DUMBASS WHOSE CAR STALLS OUT IN
THE INTERSECTION.
FOR MORE ON THIS, LET'S GO TO
ME, WITH THE WEATHER.
"OKAY, ON THIS SIDE OF THE
COUNTRY IT DOESN'T RAIN ANYMORE,
EVER.
AND ON THIS SIDE OF THE COUNTRY,
THEY'RE DROWNING.
NOW HERE'S SPORTS."
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PLEASE.
YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T AN
IMPONDERABLE QUANDARY, LIKE COLD
FUSION OR WHY THEY CAN'T FIND A
HOST FOR JEOPARDY.
AS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE
SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY
ONCE SAID, "ONE MAN'S FLOOD
CONTROL IS ANOTHER MAN'S WATER
SUPPLY."
DOES ANYONE SEE WHERE I'M GOING
WITH THIS?
THAT IT WOULD BE A GIANT WIN-WIN
IF WE JUST BUILT PIPELINES FROM
WHERE THE WATER IS, TO WHERE THE
WATER ISN'T.
I'M NOT A CIVIL ENGINEER BUT IF
WE CAN EXTRACT SHALE OIL FROM
TAR SANDS TWO MILES BELOW THE
FROZEN SURFACE OF CANADA AND
PIPE IT TO LOUISIANA, WHY NOT
WATER?
WATER IS A LOT EASIER TO GET
THAN OIL -- I'VE HEARD THERE ARE
PLACES WHERE IT LITERALLY FALLS
FROM THE SKY.
NOW, IN THE PAST WHEN I'VE
BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF A WATER
PIPELINE, I WAS DETERRED FROM
PRESSING THE POINT BY THE
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM THAT THIS
HAS BEEN PROPOSED AND STUDIED
AND IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE.
BUT I LOOKED INTO THE DETAILS
AND TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO CALL
BULLSHIT ON THAT.
WHAT'S NOT FEASIBLE IS US.
THIS IDEA IS ONLY A
"NON-STARTER" BECAUSE OF PETTY
POLITICAL SQUABBLES, INSANE
LEVELS OF GRAFT AND RED TAPE --
IT'S COMPLETELY DOABLE, AND IN
FACT HAS BEEN PROPOSED MANY
TIMES BY SERIOUS PEOPLE.
AVAILABILITY OF WATER IS NOT THE
PROBLEM.
TO THE EAST OF US, FLOODING, TO
THE WEST, A GIANT RESERVOIR
CALLED THE PACIFIC OCEAN -- OH
YES THE OCEAN.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ISRAEL GETS
MOST OF ITS WATER FROM THE
OCEAN, FROM DESALINIZATION?
WHY CAN'T WE DO DESALINIZATION
IF ISRAEL DOES?
WE HAVE JEWS HERE -- I'M SURE
THEY CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
WE HAVE LOTS OF SMART PEOPLE.
THE PROBLEM ISN'T ONE OF
KNOW-HOW EITHER -- IT'S WILL.
AND SELFISHNESS.
AND GREED.
WHY
WOULD IT REALLY BE HARDER TO GET
WATER THROUGH A PIPE THAN OIL?
THE U.S. ALREADY HAS 2.6 MILLION
MILES OF PIPELINES.
TO TRANSPORT OIL.
AND NATURAL GAS, AND HAZARDOUS
LIQUIDS -- ARE THEY ALL REALLY
EASIER TO MOVE THAN WATER?
IS A WATER PIPELINE REALLY MORE
OF AN ENGINEERING CHALLENGE THAN
WHEN WE BUILT RAILROADS THROUGH
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, OR LAID THE
TRANS-ATLANTIC CABLE, OR MADE
THE PANAMA CANAL?
OR PUT A MAN ON THE MOON, WHICH,
EVEN IF YOU THINK WAS FAKED, YOU
PULLING OFF A
PRANK LIKE THAT WOULD IN ITSELF
BE QUITE A REMARKABLE
ACHIEVEMENT.
MOVING WATER IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
IT CAN BE DONE.
OTHERS HAVE DONE IT.
- THE ROMANS DID IT WITH 1 - ST
CENTURY TECHNOLOGY -- SOME OF
THEIR AQUEDUCTS ARE STILL IN
USE.
THE INCAS, THE MINOANS, THE
EGYPTIANS, LOTS OF ANCIENT
PEOPLE DID IT.
AND LET'S NOT FORGET MOSES
PARTING THE RED SEA.
CHINA DOES IT NOW.
BEIJING DEPENDS ON WATER THAT IS
PROVIDED BY THEIR MASSIVE
SOUTH-NORTH WATER TRANSFER
PROJECT WHICH WAS BEGUN IN
DECEMBER OF 2002, AND OF COURSE,
BEING CHINA COMPLETED THE NEXT
DAY.
BUT IN AMERICA, WE DON'T EVEN
- START, - WHY
WOULD IT BE ANY DIFFERENT FROM
EVERY OTHER AMBITIOUS PROJECT --
LIKE AFGHANISTAN -- THAT ALWAYS
JUST TURNS INTO A GIANT MONEY
GRAB?
WE
CAN'T HOUSE THE HOMELESS BECAUSE
THE COST OF A SINGLE UNIT HAS
RISEN TO 750,000 DOLLARS.
WE TRIED TO BUILD HIGH-SPEED
RAIL.
THEY FINALLY PULLED THE PLUG ON
THAT BECAUSE THE COST GOT SO OUT
OF HAND.
THAT'S WHY NOTHING EVER GETS
DONE IN THIS COUNTRY, BECAUSE SO
MUCH BULLSHIT IS BUILT INTO
EVERYTHING, THAT IT'S A
BOONDOGGLE BEFORE IT STARTS.
THE
EVER BALLOONING COSTS, THE
INFLATED CONTRACTS, THE
BACK-SCRATCHING, THE KICKBACKS,
THE PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, THE
PADDED EXPENSE ACCOUNTS, THE
LAYERS AND LAYERS OF
"CONSULTANTS," THE PERMITS, THE
FEES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENTS, THE LAWSUITS, THE
LAWYERS, THE LOBBYISTS, THE RED
TAPE.
GRAFT ON A SCALE UNTAMABLE.
BUT 78 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN
THE WEST.
WHAT DO WE DO IN THE NOT
SO-DISTANT FUTURE WHEN THEY'RE
ALL WATER REFUGEES?
THE COLORADO RIVER SUPPLIES
FORTY MILLION PEOPLE WITH THE
WATER THEY NEED TO LIVE, AND
IT'S DRYING UP -- THOSE PEOPLE
CAN'T ALL GET IN COVERED WAGONS,
HEAD EAST AND MOVE BACK IN WITH
THEIR PARENTS.
OKAY, THAT'S OUR SHOW.
I'LL BE AT THE ECCLES THEATER IN
SALT LAKE CITY, THIS SUNDAY
- SEPTEMBER 12 - TH, AT CITY NATIONAL
CIVIC IN SAN JOSE, SEPTEMBER
AND INVENTING HIM CENTER IN
PITTSBURGH ON THE
I WANT TO THANK MY GUESTS
- 17 - TH.
CHRISTINA BELLANTONI, GEORGE
WILL AND BARBARA LEE.
NDU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!