I Have To Buy A New Boat Every Year

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand: Episode Summary Episode Title: I Have To Buy A New Boat Every Year
Release Date: March 31, 2025
Hosted by: Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty
Produced by: iHeartPodcasts

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Introduction

In the "I Have To Buy A New Boat Every Year" episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand, hosts Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty broadcast live from Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, California, during the preparations for the Oakland A's opening day. The intimate setting of the ballpark serves as a vibrant backdrop for the duo to delve into a variety of topics ranging from politics and sports to personal anecdotes.

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Live from Sutter Health Park

The episode kicks off with Armstrong and Getty setting the scene at Sutter Health Park. They share their enthusiasm about the venue, highlighting its intimate atmosphere compared to larger major league parks.

• Jack Armstrong [00:59]: "From a major league ballpark, which we'll explain in a little bit."
• Joe Getty [02:31]: "It's an intimate, beautiful little park in a great location."

They humorously discuss the absence of food vendors during their broadcast:

• Jack Armstrong [13:17]: "You could probably break into a fridge downstairs and get a cold one."

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Political Commentary

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to recent political events, particularly actions by former President Donald Trump and entrepreneur Elon Musk.

Trump's Pre-Broadcast Call

Joe Getty reveals that Trump contacted Katie Welker of Meet the Press unannounced, leading to unexpected breaking news segments.

• Joe Getty [03:15]: “Trump... called Kristen Welker a couple of hours before broadcast... He's serious about sticking around for a third term.”

Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty discuss the implications of Trump's statements regarding Vladimir Putin and his potential third-term ambitions, expressing skepticism and concern over Putin's unpredictable actions:

• Jack Armstrong [04:06]: “What's he playing at you? Trying to solidify the relationship with the Chinese and deliberately taunting Trump? I don't know.”

Elon Musk's Political Involvement

The hosts delve into Elon Musk's controversial involvement in Wisconsin's Supreme Court elections, where Musk handed out $1 million checks to voters:

• Joe Getty [17:00]: "Elon continues to be involved in politics in a way that is just stunning... he was in Wisconsin... handing out $1 million checks to voters."
• Jack Armstrong [24:09]: “Most expensive judicial race in American history.”

They debate the legality and ethical implications of Musk's actions, pondering potential consequences and comparing them to political tactics:

• Joe Getty [29:00]: "I don't know where you draw the line."
• Jack Armstrong [30:26]: “It's innovative, Jack. That's what it is.”

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Tesla Protests and Public Reactions

A heated discussion ensues about anti-Tesla protests and the extreme reactions individuals exhibit towards Tesla vehicles, particularly the Cybertruck.

• Joe Getty [18:46]: "Anybody? Hot dog kind of having no luck. We're out at the Major League Baseball park."
• Jack Armstrong [19:01]: "I was thinking as I was listening to that this guy is, you know, pretty pro Elon..."

They recount personal experiences with driving a Cybertruck, highlighting both positive attention and aggressive confrontations:

• Joe Getty [22:21]: "I purchased a Cyber Beast on Saturday... it's unbelievable."
• Joe Getty [22:45]: "He rolled coal next to me."

The hosts express concern over the intensity of emotions displayed by protesters:

• Jack Armstrong [20:02]: “They’re just, you are insane.”
• Joe Getty [21:14]: "If you make under $150,000 a year, you get a $7,500 credit... other people's money."

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Sports and Historical Insights

The conversation shifts to historical aspects of baseball and the current state of diversity in Major League Baseball (MLB).

• Joe Getty [05:07]: "Kansas City Monarchs."
• Jack Armstrong [05:22]: "I know... white guys and Hispanic guys mostly."

They lament the lack of Black players in MLB today compared to previous decades and discuss the evolution of sports training and recruitment:

• Jack Armstrong [06:27]: "I think the Bambino would see 100 mile per hour fastball... what a hell is going on?"

Discussion also touches on the broader landscape of sports, including NCAA basketball and the impact of player transfers:

• Joe Getty [07:27]: "Something nothing if you have a really great player..."

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Personal Anecdotes and Listener Interactions

Armstrong and Getty share personal stories, including Joe Getty's experience announcing his son's Boy Scout trip and struggles with tying knots:

• Joe Getty [11:11]: “I have to buy a new boat every year because they drift away.”
• Jack Armstrong [12:07]: "Still been trying to order a hot dog and there's no."

They incorporate listener feedback and mailbag entries, addressing topics like emoji flag orders and the rebranding of Boy Scouts:

• Katie Green [34:06]: "Gabby Newsom was on Bill Maher Friday..."

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Listener Engagement and Community Stories

The episode features various listener contributions, including stories of personal growth through Boy Scouts and critiques of political narratives:

• Katie Green [35:58]: "Scouts had to rebrand because of the abuse scandal..."
• Jack Armstrong [36:22]: “I like the idea of the girls being able to do adventure Y stuff..."

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Closing Remarks and Promotions

As the episode winds down, hosts mention upcoming segments on sleep tips and share final thoughts on the day's discussions. They also incorporate promotional content seamlessly:

• Jack Armstrong [27:23]: “Stay tuned. Armstrong and Getty.”
• Jack Armstrong [28:14]: "All you need is to pick more or less correctly, you could win money with the Prize Picks app."

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Notable Quotes

• Jack Armstrong [00:59]: "From a major league ballpark, which we'll explain in a little bit."
• Joe Getty [03:15]: “He's serious about sticking around for a third term.”
• Joe Getty [17:00]: "Elon continues to be involved in politics in a way that is just stunning."
• Joe Getty [20:02]: “You are insane.”
• Jack Armstrong [24:09]: “Most expensive judicial race in American history.”

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Conclusion

This episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand offers a rich tapestry of discussions, blending political analysis with personal stories and sports insights. The hosts engage listeners with their candid conversations, humorous exchanges, and thoughtful commentary on current events. Whether debating the ramifications of political interference in sports or sharing personal challenges, Armstrong and Getty provide an engaging listen that resonates with a diverse audience.

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Note: For a more comprehensive understanding and additional segments, listeners are encouraged to tune into the full episode available on iHeartPodcasts.

Transcript

[Jack Armstrong]

Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty. Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and Getty live.

[Joe Getty]

From a major league ballpark, which we'll explain in a little bit.

[Jack Armstrong]

Senior or dimly. Root.

[Joe Getty]

No.

[Jack Armstrong]

Brightly lit.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Looking straight out over a baseball field.

[Jack Armstrong]

Which is very, very cool.

[Joe Getty]

And today we're under the tutelage of our general manager.

[Jack Armstrong]

Flitted right out of my head. Oh, the third term.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, jeez.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes, it's a dictatorship. Wow. Hitler.

[Joe Getty]

That might be his greatest troll ever.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, like yanking a puppet strings. Oh, the arms fly up. Oh, he yanks them again. Wow. Dance, little puppets, dance.

[Joe Getty]

So, yeah, we're at a major league ballpark. It's actually, it's called Sutter Health Park. It's where the A triple league. Triple A baseball team plays. But now the formal Oakland A's are playing here in Sacramento, California. And. And we're out at the ballpark for opening day. And I'll tell you what, if you're somewhere else in the country and you have a favorite team, I don't care who it is. And they play the A's, you should fly out to see your favorite team play the A's in a ballpark that is half or smaller than the size of any major league ballpark you've ever been in.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's a spring training park. If you've ever been to spring training. Those stadiums have gotten amazing. It's probably actually a little smaller than one or two of them, but yeah, it's an intimate, beautiful little park in a great location. Napa, the Valley is handy. The Wine country, Tahoe. San Francisco. Our longtime flagship station in beautiful Sacramento is going to be the A's flagship. So they asked us to come out here and here we are.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, we're sitting up in the press booth looking out over the baseball field. And it is pretty cool. Although it is an empty stadium. Completely lit up, though. Did they leave it lit up all night every day? Or is this because broadcasting today or.

[Jack Armstrong]

I expect human beings are going to be working very hard soon to get the park ready for opening night.

[Joe Getty]

Will I be able to order a hot dog?

[Jack Armstrong]

You can order one. You order anything you want. I'll have the steak, medium.

[Joe Getty]

I'll just keep yelling that. See if anybody responds. Hey, beer man. Because it's a completely empty ballpark with the time.

[Jack Armstrong]

God, he's loud. Well, I got it.

[Joe Getty]

They got to be able to hear me clear over there. If a guy has a hot dog.

[Jack Armstrong]

I See, no hot dogs. It's a coffee machine, which is a.

[Joe Getty]

Miracle anyway, if you don't know what Joe is referencing. So Trump, the way he does things. He called Kristen Welker of Meet the Press. He calls her on the phone a couple hours before broadcast. Not a scheduled interview or anything like that. He just calls her up.

[Jack Armstrong]

I didn't know that.

[Joe Getty]

Like, a couple hours before she's gonna go on the air with Meet the Press. So she goes on and unleashes a whole bunch of big breaking news. I mean, a bunch of really important stuff. He talked about how angry he is with Putin, and Putin's really about to see the bad side of him and everything like that if he doesn't come around, you know, sort of thing he hasn't said yet. But anyway, he also threw out, because I think she asked him about it, that he's serious about sticking around for a third term. And there's ways to do it.

[Jack Armstrong]

We're exploring it, but there are ways. What ways? Ways. There are ways.

[Joe Getty]

And that wasn't a way to troll and jerk around the compliant media at all. But they reacted the way you would.

[Jack Armstrong]

Expect, again, to the puppet metaphor. You know, what I'm really curious about is Putin, because Putin has behaved in, you know, in a big hurry in a way that was sure to derail Trump's, you know, charitable words toward him. Charitable attitude toward him. I mean, he didn't even, like, pretend for very long to be interested because he agreed to that we won't attack each other's energy infrastructure things. And then what was it? Within 36 hours or so, he bombed some Ukrainian energy plant. And so what's. What's. What's he playing at you? Trying to solidify the relationship with the Chinese and. And deliberately taunting Trump? I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

I have many thoughts on that. So we'll probably do a whole segment on that at some point. I'm looking out at the ballpark. It says over there, A's, which. I'm from Kansas. Kansas City was originally the A's. A Kansas City Negro League team.

[Jack Armstrong]

Way back.

[Joe Getty]

Kansas City Monarchs.

[Jack Armstrong]

Monarchs.

[Joe Getty]

That's what I was, a Negro League team.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

Kansas City A's, I think, were just a white people team or, I don't know, after that, after integration.

[Jack Armstrong]

Can you call it Major League Baseball? Check. White people team.

[Joe Getty]

There's, like, no black people. The weird thing is that there's, like, no black players in the Major League Baseball.

[Jack Armstrong]

I know, I know. I've seen the percentages from the 70s to today. And it's amazing. It's, you know, white guys and Hispanic guys mostly.

[Joe Getty]

Not entirely, but mostly because black athletes have decided they'd rather play basketball or football.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Yep, Interesting. But anyway, they got up there the nine time world champions. So if I can see that far, it's like 1910, 1911, 1913. What was, what was the. Who was playing back then?

[Jack Armstrong]

1913? Three Fingers McGee. You don't remember? Oh, my God. His stuff was filthy. Dead ball air. Of course, then dead batter as well. Wasn't a lot of scoring.

[Joe Getty]

Any who.

[Jack Armstrong]

150Ft between bases back in the 1910s. Briefly.

[Joe Getty]

I wonder if you could pluck the best player, which actually, at 1913, the best player would have been Babe Ruth. If you could pluck the best player out of 1913 and put them in today, could they. Could they make the team?

[Jack Armstrong]

I think the Bambino would see 100 mile per hour fastball followed by a 92 mile per hour breaking pitch and say, what the hell is going on? Or he.

[Joe Getty]

Well, I was going to say, or he would throw that, but just nobody was doing that back. Well, they didn't have a way to measure it either.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, yeah, and the fitness regimen was show up, you know, show up with your glove. That was spring training.

[Joe Getty]

And you had to work in the.

[Jack Armstrong]

Off season to get a job as a milkman. So I guess the training regimen was carrying crates of milk up to people's front stoops.

[Joe Getty]

Sports were better then is the problem. Sports were better when it was structured that way. Thinking of NCAA college basketball, which is ruined itself, the four number one seeds are in the Final Four just for the second time ever. And it's because if you have a really great player, one of the teams has a star that was on another small team. I think Florida, their biggest star, played for some tiny team that he might have taken to the Final Four if you didn't have this stupid, you can transfer to another team thing going on.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

And so now there may never be another tournament where the four number ones make it through. I'm thinking of Steph Curry when he took Davidson to the Final Four. A team nobody'd ever heard of in their lives years ago. He would have transferred to Duke or something.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right? Right. There will be no plucky Midwestern upstarts with nuns who come to every game anymore ever again, unless it happens.

[Joe Getty]

And then, and then big sports, of course, if you're a sports fan at all, you know, player gets a contract to go play for your hated rival. He goes over there and play for more money.

[Jack Armstrong]

I like this illustration. In the past, a school that lacked a rim protector or knockdown shooter would have to recruit a high school prospect, wait for him to develop and hope he could do against the country's top Division 1 athletes what he flashed in highlight reels from state tournaments. Now those teams, the top teams, top conferences, simply need to target a player with the desired skill set in the portal and cut an nil check for a proven commodity who doesn't need to mature into the college game. Problem solved. So it's like if, say Major League baseball had no long term contract, everything was year to year and probably the Dodgers and Yankees would say, hey, we need a power hitting left fielder who's in the portal and have five or six guys to choose from. They'd offer them a giant contract for a year and the teams would constantly reshuffle and everybody would filter for the power team.

[Joe Getty]

So it's actually worse than the setup for Major League Sports.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes.

[Joe Getty]

Well, that can't last.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think so, yeah.

[Joe Getty]

That can't last. Times change for the worst usually. That's my, that's my assessment.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, and at the risk of, you know, bringing the Black Lives Matter people down on me, although this is not racial, in the past, before free agency, for instance, you could, you know, you'd have a rookie player and he'd be raw but talented and he'd grow into a mature player and then a time honored star and a beloved, you know, member of the community. Then he'd retire and everybody'd have tears their eyes. Now, you know, it's rent to players and they absolutely have the right to seek employment where they see fit just like anybody else does. So it's much more fair, reasonable and American. But it's not as good, I don't think. Although your loser teams can become winners through free agency. So I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

We should start the show efficiently. There is quite a bit of news today and a fair amount of it from Donald Trump calling up the host to meet the press right before the show started and unleashing some stuff honor. Let's start the show officially. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty out at the old ballpark on Monday morning, March 31st, the year 2025. We're Armstrong and G and we approve of this program.

[Jack Armstrong]

All right then, let's jump into action precisely according to FCC rules and regulations. Here we go at Mark.

[Joe Getty]

Will Smith has released his first new album in 20 years. And ironically, the album doesn't slap crowd Groans and goes wild.

[Jack Armstrong]

Will Smith could the Joe Getty story, which is odd casting. I wouldn't go. I wouldn't go see it.

[Joe Getty]

I know. I. I hate him so much. I hate him so much. I see him on tv. I thought, how. How's anybody watching him walk through a red carpet? I would actually boo him if I saw him. I haven't ever booed anybody. I don't think. Boo. You suck.

[Jack Armstrong]

I would see nothing he was in. I would not put a dime in his pocket. I'll seek other entertainment.

[Joe Getty]

The album does not slap, which is a common young person expression.

[Jack Armstrong]

Chris Rock guffawed at that joke. He loved it.

[Joe Getty]

That's funny. Probably. We've got Katie's headlines on the way. What's the other big story that hit me over the weekend other than my son's boy scout trip, which I want to talk about later? He learned how to tie some knots.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sorry.

[Joe Getty]

Show me square knot. Serve you the rest of your life. I'll tell you a square knot.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm pathetic at knots. Oh, gonna make me feel inferior.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know how anybody should go. Could go through life without knowing a square knot. Seriously.

[Jack Armstrong]

So far so good. Really. I don't think.

[Joe Getty]

You never have two pieces of string or rope that you need to connect and the square knot's the only one that works.

[Jack Armstrong]

Tie a shoelace knot and pull it.

[Joe Getty]

Nice and I'll come apart.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, it will.

[Joe Getty]

Square knot, perfect.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's why I. I have to buy a new boat every year because they drift away. I don't know how to secure them to the dock. It's been really expensive.

[Joe Getty]

New boat every year because you can't do a half hitch, right?

[Jack Armstrong]

Judy won't let me buy more than one a year.

[Joe Getty]

So actually if you growing up with some horses around, you have to learn a few knots for that. Otherwise you can't you time to a post.

[Jack Armstrong]

Got the same problem as the boats, right?

[Joe Getty]

Gotta get a new. Every time I go riding, I have to get a new horse. Or I could learn a knot, but I'd have to Google it. It seems like a lot of work. You have to remember it exactly. So anyway, we'll get to all that stuff. Coming up, Katie's headlines on the way. Next text line 415295 KFTC.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty.

[C]

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[Joe Getty]

Anybody? Hot dog kind of having no luck. We're out at the Major League Baseball park. I haven't eaten a single hot dog.

[Jack Armstrong]

You could probably break into a fridge downstairs and get a cold one.

[Joe Getty]

Ew.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's pre cooked eyeballs.

[Joe Getty]

My brother used to walk around with a hot dog in his hand when he's a little kid. We have pictures. We still talk about it. He'd walk around holding. He'd go get it out of the fridge, he'd eat it. He'd hold it in his hand like it was. Oh, he'd walk around eating a cold Oscar Meyer hot dog.

[Jack Armstrong]

Why not?

[Joe Getty]

Why not?

[Jack Armstrong]

It's pre cooked, right? It's like a child childhood charcuterie.

[Joe Getty]

Delicious.

[Jack Armstrong]

What's up, Katie? Don't you wish you were here with us?

[D]

Oh, I so do.

[Joe Getty]

Beautiful view we've got up here.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'd like, I'd like, I'd like to.

[Joe Getty]

Have you ever watched a baseball game from the press box?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes. Part one.

[Joe Getty]

This is a great view.

[Jack Armstrong]

I used to cover Illinois sports when I lived in central Illinois right after college. So I'd occasionally watch football from the press box, which was fun. Super comfy. They got food and coffee and everything you want. And a bathroom. I mean, press guys are not like the classiest people on earth, but it's better than the drunks peeing all over public bathroom. So that was, that was in the trough. The trough.

[Joe Getty]

I was the announcer for my son's tackle football when he was 12 years old. 11 years old last year. And I was the announcer and I set up in the press box at a college thing. So it was a lot like this, but I had to also play the music. So I would talk and then like it was A time out. I had to. And it was hooked up to my iPhone, so I'd have to play a song and then faded out. And I faded it out too late. Play started, the referees got mad at me and they banned music.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, no. Oh, no. Wow.

[Joe Getty]

Good job, Jack.

[D]

Way to go, Jack.

[Jack Armstrong]

DQ'd.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. All right, let's figure out who's reporting what. It's leak story with Katie Green. Katie, sorry we're late. Go ahead.

[D]

We'll start with NPR from Seattle to Miami. Anti Musk protesters gather at hundreds of Tesla locations.

[Joe Getty]

Man, I saw some of those videos over the weekend. These Tesla protesters are completely unhinged. Someone who drive by in a Tesla and they're just red faced, screaming, eyes bulging, spit coming out of their mouths. Like, what is wrong with you?

[Jack Armstrong]

It's really like pre civilization, quasi religious. The hatred, it's, it's the sort of bigotry that caused people to burn other people at the space.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, it's so nuts. Yeah.

[D]

If you guys get into this later in the show, I have a story for you about one of these that's nowhere in the news and I've been looking for it from abc. Two people killed and dozens wounded in Russian attack on Kharkiv.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. The fighting rages on from Breitbart.

[D]

Hamas tortures and executes a 22 year old Palestinian who led anti Hamas protests in Gaza.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, we talked about that last week. How incredibly, incredibly brave these people are for protesting in Gaza against Hamas. And predictable result, hopefully. You know, it's a martyr situation where people rally around.

[D]

From the New York Times, the self deporters. I chose this because the coyotes that are usually smuggling people into this country are now smuggling the illegals out of this country.

[Joe Getty]

Yes, I like that.

[Jack Armstrong]

I tell you what, the cartels are loathsome, obviously in half a dozen different ways, but clever and adaptable. They're amazing. They're like free enterprise gone wild. All right, they're cutting off the drugs. What do we do? How about people, let's smuggle people in. Now they're keeping people out. Let's smuggle people out.

[D]

From the New York Post.

[Jack Armstrong]

Next it'll be cryptocurrency like the Trump family.

[Joe Getty]

Next it'll be single serve water bottles in California. I want to talk about that later.

[D]

From the New York Post. Elon Musk hands out one million dollar checks to voters after Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to intervene.

[Joe Getty]

Elon, who apparently doesn't have enough to do, is in Wisconsin yesterday with a cheese head thing on top of his Head in front of a crowd trying to get everybody to vote the way he thinks people should vote for Supreme Court in Wisconsin.

[Jack Armstrong]

And he's handing out, what, big checks.

[Joe Getty]

For all kinds of different reasons to get people to the polls.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, my God, that's odd.

[Joe Getty]

And he's super into it. We'll talk about it later. But he said civilization could depend on this vote.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, yeah.

[D]

From Fox News. Second calf, take two.

[Jack Armstrong]

Take two.

[D]

Second South Carolina inmate chooses execution by firing squad.

[Joe Getty]

There you go.

[Jack Armstrong]

Is the first guy dead? It worked.

[Joe Getty]

What's your first choice? What's your other choice? Lethal injection. Oh.

[D]

Oh, boy. And finally, the Babylon B. Greenland furiously making snowballs in preparation for American military invasion.

[Joe Getty]

Fantastic. You know, if I'm given the choice between old Sparky and firing squad, I'm definitely going firing squad.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, Yeah. I. I don't like either choice, but yes.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. We'll get to some of the news of the day coming up.

[Jack Armstrong]

Stay tuned. Armstrong and Getty.

[Joe Getty]

That's a bunch of anti Elon protesters in from a front of a Tesla dealership. Whatever day that was their day of rage. And some guy drove by in a cyber truck with a MAGA hat on, and they lost. Lost their minds.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, you know what's funny is I was thinking as I was listening to that this guy is, you know, pretty pro elon, pretty pro Trump. I felt zero shame in spite of the chanting. Not even a glimmer of shame entered my soul. So good chanting.

[Joe Getty]

So this, this guy. A number of people across the country in Tesla's drove by Tesla dealerships to provoke or show their support the other direction or however you want to look at it.

[Jack Armstrong]

It counter protest, counter protest, that's fine.

[Joe Getty]

So this guy drives by in the cybertruck with a MAGA hat on. That's obviously that, you know, you're trying to provoke, but you get to. They're trying to provoke, certainly. But anyway, they go out and they're like, you know, they got their hands on his vehicle. And then he starts screaming at him, get your hands off my car. Which, I don't blame him. But, but, but people are just, I mean, out of their minds with anger screaming at this guy.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right?

[Joe Getty]

Just I. I look at their faces and I think, you are insane.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah. I'm reminded of, you know, one of my favorite Voltaire quotes about if they can make you repeat absurdities that can make you commit atrocities, those people have surrendered their judgment to their, you know, their, their religious overlords in the WOKE movement. And, and they've been told this is Satan and he must be burned at the stake. And do they not look like they'd be capable of it? Tying Elon Musk to a stake and setting them on fire?

[Joe Getty]

Absolutely. So your level of just over the top rage. Can't control your emotions. Rage is because somebody is driving a brand of vehicle that was developed by, I mean, he's the lead shareholder, but it's a public company now. Was developed by a guy who is now helping the current president try to cut costs.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

That's why you've got spit flying out of your mouth and you're screaming that the dude is Hitler.

[Jack Armstrong]

And it was a brand that you demanded, ought to be subsidized by the government, you know, six months ago, a year ago, whatever. Still is.

[Joe Getty]

If you make under $150,000 a year, you get a $7,500 credit, which is other people's money.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

To. To buy one of these vehicles?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah, it's, it is very much like religious wars at this point. There's no reasoning with those people. If you were to sit them down and say, you know, the Doge fellows have made some mistakes, but they actually very serious people and they believe that the federal government doesn't serve the taxpayers and it's spending itself into oblivion and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, they would look at you with blank eyes and then start screaming with spit flying out of their mouths again.

[Joe Getty]

So I wasn't sure if I was going to talk about this on the air or not, but I'm more or less incapable of not talking about things.

[Jack Armstrong]

Michael, do you have an opinion on whether Jack should talk about this? I have no opinion.

[Joe Getty]

What.

[Jack Armstrong]

Who are you? What have you done with Michelangelo?

[Joe Getty]

I purchased a Cyber Beast on Saturday, so I've been driving it around the last couple of days. The amount of attention you get in that vehicle, positive or negative, is unbelievable. It's unbelievable and it's been kind of fun so far. I'm not sure it's the lifestyle I want going forward if this continues, but it's just, it's, it's crazy. Yeah, it's great. How could you drive any car on planet earth that would get you this much attention?

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, nobody's looking at that and saying, is that an F150 or a cyber truck? You know, is that a Toyota or a Hyundai? No, you can tell what it is.

[Joe Getty]

I got thumbs up and smiles. I got like coming out of the gas station or the convenience store to get something, people peering in the window, checking it out or just curious. Yeah, or angry honks. A guy rolled coal on me, as my son pointed out to me.

[Jack Armstrong]

What does that mean?

[Joe Getty]

If you got a big diesel truck and you. And you gun the engine in certain reasons to get all the black smoke.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh.

[Joe Getty]

So I had my windows down and he rolled coal next to me.

[Jack Armstrong]

He should have road raged him.

[Joe Getty]

How could any car ever evoke that kind of emotion from people?

[Jack Armstrong]

Topless women standing up in the sunroof of limousines wish they could get as much attention as you were getting.

[Joe Getty]

So I don't know how this is going to play out over time. But anyway, so that's the craziness of the Tesla protests and the pushback. Elon continues to be involved in politics in a way that is just stunning. So he's as I mentioned, he was in Wisconsin over the weekend because they're having an election and they got Supreme Court justices on the line and he's trying to support the Republican. And the quote from Elon Musk, which is something I think this is important for the future of civilization. The world's richest man, they always have to point out set on a stage in front of a bunch of Wisconsin voters. It's that significant. So he came out in a cheesehead like you know, if you root for the packers. And the crowd went wild and he was handing out $1 million checks to voters. And the current court decided not to intervene in that and decided it was okay for some reason. It was like a random lottery thing.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm canceling everything and getting to the bank right now before anybody changes their mind.

[Joe Getty]

The reason he thinks it's so important.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah. This is a million dollar check from Elon Musk. What's that a three day hold on that? When can I access those funds?

[Joe Getty]

Various groups have spent more than $20 million backing this guy Schimmel, the Republican for to be Supreme Court justice.

[Jack Armstrong]

Most expensive judicial race in American history. 4 to 3 currently held by the woke liberals. You flip that changes Wisconsin and obviously.

[Joe Getty]

I understand the back and forth over must give it out million dollar checks to people so they'll figure out if that's okay.

[Jack Armstrong]

On the other hand, as they say, as Wisconsin goes, so goes Minnesota. Well I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

According to Elon, the entire world because of this. Oh if Wisconsin Supreme Court is able to redraw the districts in a way that they can gerrymander and deprive Wisconsin of two seats on the Republican side, it may flip the House to the Democrats which will stop the government reforms which this is a little bit like if you give a mouse a cookie.

[Jack Armstrong]

But Obama, for want of a nail, the shoe was lost. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

But he says it will stop the reforms Doge is wanting to do, which is the only thing that's going to keep the United States from going insolvent. And the United States is the only thing that's keeping the world from completely falling apart. Which is not a crazy theory.

[Jack Armstrong]

That is not wacky. No, not at all. I, you know, I think we could probably survive the loss of Wisconsin for a little while because, you know, countervailing forces always pop up. But I see his point. And if you're not familiar with Wisconsin politics, and I'm no expert by any means, but Wisconsin is full of a lot of really good salt of the earth practical people and a couple of big college towns full of lunatics who are not like center left, good old left ar full on woke nut jobs. And so, you know, I hope for the sake of the people of Wisconsin. You know, what's funny is when your reasonable conservatives win things, life goes on quite swimmingly. Nobody gets hounded out of their profession or screech that on the street. When was the last time you screeched at somebody on the street, for instance, for the car they were driving?

[Joe Getty]

Oh, my God, I see somebody in a Toyota Prius.

[Jack Armstrong]

Ah, you're Hitler.

[Joe Getty]

Stolen. I jump up on their hood.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sure, that's reasonable. It goes fine. Which I think is why they have to crank up the, you know, the, the utterly overcooked rhetoric about how, you know, gay marriage will end and black people will be hounded out of their marri carriages and whatever other harem Scarum stuff is popular these days. It's all ridiculous. Have you noticed that? You know what? Somebody's got to have. Elon Musk needs to, he's got to buy one of those giant billboards in Times Square and have a permanent, semi permanent list of the scary things that were promised if whatever is the, if Trump gets elected and they're up there all the time and then, you know, gay marriage ends and have untrue hasn't ended interracial merge. Well, yeah, sure. Just to remind people, your high priestesses of your secular wackadoodle cult lie to you all the time. This stuff doesn't happen.

[Joe Getty]

So we'll play the clips later. Elon was on stage in front of this crowd in Wisconsin saying civilization hangs in the balance, which is a heck of a thing to say about the Supreme Court justice. But we just laid out the math on that. And the way he sees it, but.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, I'm gonna get ready to home invade my neighbors to take their provisions just in case civilization does crumble. Oh, a little more Elon smart.

[Joe Getty]

A little more on the him handing out million dollar checks in just a second.

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Joe Getty]

Now. I think you gotta be honest, some of you, that if George Soros was handing out million dollar checks to Democrats to vote a certain way, you would be screaming and yelling about how outrageous that was. So I don't know what the legality is of, of this, but Elon Musk handed out $1 million checks to two Wisconsin voters he deemed spokespeople for his cause after the state's highest court refused to hear a lawsuit from the state attorney general over the cash giveaways. Did the same thing in Pennsylvania during the presidential election. And the court also didn't look into that. They were considering that perhaps it's an illegal lottery, like he might be in violation of lottery laws, but nobody's even claiming he's in violation of election stuff right now, which is kind of surprising to me. You can't have billionaires going around.

[Jack Armstrong]

I mean, you couldn't stand outside the poll and give people 20 bucks to vote one way or another. There's no verifying it for one thing. So and there's no quid pro quo. But that is. I mean, if he said, look, you're a great spokesman for what I'm trying to do. Here's a million dollars. Keep preaching the good word. You've hired a PR firm. Really? Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know where you draw the line.

[Jack Armstrong]

Me neither. It's an. It's an odd question.

[Joe Getty]

I can see how people in the left are outraged about it, though. Sure, it looks. It looks bad.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, it's. It's different. But it's innovative, Jack. That's what it is. It's innovative.

[Joe Getty]

Take it outside the box, like SpaceX. But I'll tell you what, I don't know how I'd get through the day if I didn't just scream at people based on what they drive, though. Oh, my son said to me at one point, we're sitting there at the stoplight. He said, you like to draw attention to yourself, don't you? You. He said, is that why you do what you do? I said, you be quiet. And I turned up the music.

[Jack Armstrong]

You're no son of mine.

[Joe Getty]

We've got Katie's headlines on the way.

[Jack Armstrong]

Next, Armstrong and Getty.

[Joe Getty]

We need to talk about some of the sleep stuff that we learned on Friday from texters. We got a text from somebody who's done a lot of research in the whole melatonin thing. And since half you all struggle with sleeping, I'm sure that's relatable. We also learned a lot about the whole ice bath thing.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, I just wake up to an ice bath.

[Joe Getty]

Man, I'm never gonna do that. So I don't.

[Jack Armstrong]

I couldn't sleep all night in terror, right? Dreading about. What would you know? I'm gonna die of a heart attack in the morning. Will my wife be taken care of? Yeah, it sounds terrible. Here's your freedom loving quote of the day. We explained earlier in the hour that Jack and I are sitting at a major league ballpark in West Sacramento, California, where the Athletics will be playing for the next three years. Our flagship station for the talk show for many, many years in Sacramento is also the flagship of the Ace. So we are here at an empty stadium as the sun comes up, the tarp is on the field, and folks are starting to move about and get ready for opening night. So anyway, that's why we're here.

[Joe Getty]

Still been trying to order a hot dog and there's no. There are no hot dog vendors. What are we, a dozen hours before the game starts?

[Jack Armstrong]

And as we are at the home park of The Athletics. I thought it'd be fun to look to an A's. Great for our freedom loving quotes of the day. And I'm going to go with Reggie Jackson.

[Joe Getty]

There you go.

[Jack Armstrong]

A couple of quotes. Number one, fans don't boo nobody's.

[Joe Getty]

That's pretty good.

[Jack Armstrong]

Which is true. And then these, which I thought were really interesting. Do you have any idea what Ali meant to black people? He was the leader of a nation, the leader of black America. As a young black man, at times I was ashamed of my color. I was ashamed of my hair, and Ali made me proud. I thought that was really interesting. Yeah, Reggie Jackson.

[Joe Getty]

The straw that stirs the drink.

[Jack Armstrong]

Indeed. Mailbag. We're using different machines here, so I have to scroll down.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, they're rolling out the shirts and everything to the concession stand. Yeah. Oh, beautiful.

[Jack Armstrong]

I gotta get some swag. I'm the world's biggest swag hoe. All right, here we go. Let's see. Aaron. I'm sorry, this yo. No, that's Aaron. Okay, there we go. Go. Aaron writes, guys, as long as we're ahead in the culture wars, there are a couple other things we need to fix. For instance, the order of the flags in the apple emojis list. For years now, the trans and gay flags have been first in the emoji section. The American flag surprise is dead last. I want this corrected and reversed immediately. What outrageous is outrageous? Well, the checkered flag is first. I'm not sure I've ever used the checkered flag. Let's sins of omission writes Paolo. Gabby Newsom was on Bill Maher Friday doing his best to sound normal and reasonable and talking about the importance of Dems, quote, owning. Owning their mistakes. I think their biggest mistake now is the lack of vision in a plan instead of just squawking about Trump's plans. Good example. The resistance to Doge activities. Rather than criticizing Doge's tactics, proactively promoting alternative money saving strategies, they offer knee jerk skies falling resistance. This isn't unappealing only to right leaners. A lot of the people on the left recognize the urgency of reducing government spending too. They aren't talking to those people at all, let alone trying to recruit folks from the right.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, we got the polling on. Well, a whole bunch of Trump stuff. CBS had a new poll that came out over the weekend, but. And his overall approval rating hangs in at 50%. But DOGE is still a 5050 issue even with the incredibly negative press.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right, Right. You've almost got to equalize for that. When you look at how popular something. Well, well, it's either popular or it's not. But in terms of people's receptiveness to an idea or whether it strikes them as a good idea, if you get nothing but bad press, you're gonna get skewed results. Anyway, note from Marina. I love this. She says, I'm happy to hear Jack's son is in Scouts, which you'll be talking about later. My 15 year old who is on the autism spectrum has a wonderful experience saying that about a month ago on the Fox show Outnumbered, which I refer to as what's a more up to date reference than McNeil? Larry Crossfire Crossfire meets Leg Show. Anyway, Kayleigh McEnany and the panel went on a tirade about the renaming the Boy Scouts the Scouts of America. They said how bad it is, how woke is rampant played a role in this change that Girl Scouts is for girls and so on. They could not be more wrong since my son and I have firsthand knowledge they didn't know what they were talking about. Scouts had to rebrand because the abuse scandal. Now they have the highest protocol standards and background checks to protect the kids. At first I had hesitation concerns about having girls in the troop. Now I can't see it without them. We're in a high adventure troop with extraordinary leadership. Yeah. The girls and boys camp separately. A little distance between them. I remember having the same reaction as Kayleigh McEnany did because it seems like so obvious a woke reaction. But then we got a couple emails from gals who'd been in Girl Scouts, as my girls were and said it's way too 1950s domestic stuff.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

The boys are canoeing and camping and hiking and doing cool.

[Joe Getty]

Learning to use an axe like Henry did over the weekend.

[Jack Armstrong]

Exactly. And we're learning to sew a seam and that's. It's bull ass. I mean, if you're in this. My wife's the seamstress like crazy. Oh boy. Make me a sandwich. So anyway, I'm agnostic. I don't, you know, your results may vary, but I like the idea of the girls being able to do adventure Y stuff and getting dirty and skin in their knees too.

[Joe Getty]

Just like boys, man. My, my weekend experience. This is his first camp out is like a lot of youth sports. So many moms and dads that have to dedicate so much time to make this work.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. Scout leaders, we salute you. And finally, this mark in Stanton. Where is Stanton? I don't know her. Jack trying to wrap his mind around why more people aren't upset about all the waste, fraud and abuse being uncovered by Doge. Set aside that many of these people have a natural tendency to loathe successful people and a searing hatred of Trump. I would guess that many of these people pay relatively little if any federal income taxes and in cases may receive money from the government. I have yet to hear a bona fide taxpayer in my community of friends and colleagues complain about Doge, with the exception of left leaning people who are buying the lies being spread by unions, bureaucrats with pink slips in hand, and the bizarre Democratic Party line that it's bad for America. Oh, and then he tells a story about working for the government. We don't have time. We'll squeeze it in next hour.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I want to hear that. That and some of the sleep tips, which actually I've found kind of interesting and helpful. Well, get to all that now. Or two or three or four tomorrow or whenever. Yeah, I don't know when we'll do it. If you missed the segment, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on Demand.

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Joe Getty]

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