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Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.
Joe Getty
Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and Getty.
Jack Armstrong
So Joe and I both did some play by play when we were really, really young starting out in radio. I don't know how good I was at it. I did some, like, community college basketball games and stuff like that.
Joe Getty
Yeah, yeah, I enjoyed it. It was. It was fun. Nice source of desperately needed additional income, too.
Jack Armstrong
It's harder than it looks, though. Oh, yeah, it's a lot harder than it looks. Anyway, so there was the March Madness is going on right now with your Division 1 college basketball teams. And we got a big upset here where, you know, one of the favorites in the tournament got upset by a little school. And here's the college announcers doing their thing. Throw on the glass slipper. It's a Cinderella story in Portland, Oregon. For the first time in program history High point breaks. We will see you in the round of 32. Oh, what a feeling.
Joe Getty
That's fantastic. Oh, and the long, longer form video which we should put up@armstrongandgetty.com during the final minute of the game, which was just excruciatingly tense. Oh my God, these guys were melting down but keeping the rack together and still calling the game.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, I gotta catch that. Yeah, that sounds fantastic. Oh, what a feeling.
Joe Getty
I haven't been that happy in a very long time. Oh, they're probably gonna get beat down by 30 points in the second round, but who knows?
Jack Armstrong
Maybe not. If he's college age, he's having that. Oh, what a feeling. Oh my God, this is amazing. On a semi regular basis with a variety of different things, he and his
Joe Getty
companions probably had a hell of a big night and perhaps sought out the companionship others and had a good time.
Jack Armstrong
And I wish he screamed at this. Oh, what a feeling.
Joe Getty
Hell, women may demand that out of him. Do your signature line, baby. That was just, that was a basketball thing. Come on.
Jack Armstrong
So I got something good. Mark Halperin, the journalist, he didn't say where and who exactly because he said it was private. But he got to attend a gathering of political thinker, military strategists, think tank people all together about the war in Iran. And they laid out the worst case scenario, the five worst case scenarios.
Joe Getty
Oh, wow.
Jack Armstrong
What they're most concerned could happen at this point. And he laid that out today. And I'll get to that probably bottom of this hour. It's pretty darned interesting. If you've been wondering yourself, you know, in what ways could this go bad?
Joe Getty
Also, if you have the perception that Hollywood's become miserably unpopular among Americans, you're absolutely right. There's a big new poll out among Californians and the, the movie business, Hollywood, quote, unquote, really, really low approval ratings and shocking. Well, right. And you have people thinking, saying out loud, if I was a movie executive, I'd be really afraid that I'd alienated like a huge chunk of the the population because we're way too far left, correct, Doctor? Correct. Absolutely. So that coming up, I was interested in this. The question of the filibuster. The way the Senate works is you need 60 votes to end debate and bring a bill up for a vote. You have to vote to vote. And the way it's functions for many, many years is that as the Senate is the world's most important, do they say, or the world's most deliberative body
Jack Armstrong
with the Idea being that you really have to get a fair amount of buy in to get anything to happen.
Joe Getty
It's, it's, it's just not mob rule
Jack Armstrong
or you might want to call it democracy. You know, 50 plus 1% will get you anything. It's not that way in the Senate. You need to convince the people on the other side enough of them to buy into your idea or give a little on your idea to get them on your dust.
Joe Getty
I was just gonna say you have to moderate at least a little bit to get those extra votes. However many happen to need listen to their concerns, say, okay, that's legit, let's see if we can craft this to address your concerns. And that way the Senate is the grownups in the room. It's the saucer that cools the milk is the same and really through history, a really cool thing and a smart thing. Well, of course if it's cool and smart, we're going to throw it away in the 21st century. And there are a lot of folks on both sides of the aisle who when they have the power scream that we need to eliminate the filibuster. Then when the other guys are in power, scream that that would be the worst thing to ever happen to our democracy. Ron Johnson, did Biden or did even
Jack Armstrong
Barack Obama call the filibuster a tool of white supremacy or something like that?
Joe Getty
Yeah, something like that, yeah.
Jack Armstrong
Wow.
Joe Getty
Except when they were out of power, then they said it was the only thing preventing white supremacy.
Jack Armstrong
Right.
Joe Getty
Of course. It's as if they have no character whatsoever. Anyway, so Ron Johnson, the Republican from Wisconsin, surprised me. He's got a piece in the Journal today. Move to end the filibuster now before Democrats do. And he's kind of persuasive. The US Senate is broken, says opening sentence the that US federal government debt is approaching $39 trillion is only the most obvious evidence point proving this. Since I entered Congress in 2011, we should have passed 180 appropriations bills before the start of the fiscal year they were funding. We've only passed 6 on time. That's a 96.7% failure rate. Owing to that dysfunction, in the past 15 years we've had five shutdowns, relied on 57 continuing resolutions to fund government on an interim basis, and increased or suspended the debt ceiling a dozen times, allowing the federal government to incur an additional $24 trillion in debt. Despite this record of failure, for some inexplicable reason, many of my Republican colleagues believe that maintaining the 60 vote threshold required end of filibuster is crucial to the future of our republic.
Jack Armstrong
I agree.
Joe Getty
I'll admit. Well, here's, here's his point. And it is discouraging, which is a hell of a thing to do to you on a Friday. I apologize deeply. He says, I'll admit that the 60 volt cloture threshold has prevented many bad bills from becoming law.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah.
Joe Getty
And that without it, bad bills would become law more easily. But it also prevents good bills from getting passed. Before 1917, when senators established the cloture rule, there was no formal way of ending a debate, ending a filibuster in the Senate. Because unlimited debate was the tradition of the Senate. Cloture was invoked only five times in the approximately first 50 years of its existence. That's because the cloture vote was intended to end the debate that 2/3 of senators believed had gone on too long. It was later paired to 60, blah, blah, blah. It was never intended to prevent all debate. However, it is evolved to do exactly that. Lawmakers routinely use the cloture vote today to snuff out discussion. Discussion and thoughtful consideration of proposed amendments to legislation being debated. The result is a charade in which both sides agree to set a number of amendments that will be voted on that are guaranteed to fail, protecting the original text of the legislation from alteration.
Jack Armstrong
The problem, of course, is right now you could get stuff through a Republican. The filibuster. You get stuff through a Republican House, you get it through the Republican Senate immediately because you have the Senate and the President signs it. You can do a whole bunch of different things that a lot of people on the right might like. But the Democrats are almost, they're almost guaranteed to take the House. I think if you jammed through a whole bunch of Republican legislation, they would take the Senate certainly. And I think it's more likely than not a Democrat ends up President. So then all of the things Democrats have been wanting to do forever get done starting day one for real. And you have. We're going to add a National review. Actually had a list out the other day what the Democratic controlled House, Senate and presidency that might be happening in two years will do if there's no filibuster. And the list was horrifying, including adding a couple of Democratic states that would make it impossible to. For Republicans to ever win anything ever again, etc. Etc.
Joe Getty
One of the things Ron Johnson really is pushing is the Save America act, which I was reading about finally for the first time, like really reading about. And it's a bad idea. There's some really good stuff in there. Some of the ID requirements and that's all anybody ever talked about. They're good. You ought to have to show an ID to vote. To say otherwise is idiotic, in my opinion. But it also nationalizes certain standards for the elections in a way that the Democrats could overturn immediately when they took power and mandate ballot harvesting nationwide. They could mandate mailing a ballot. Just painting the landscape with ballots that will be forged and handed in by activists and, you know, cheaters and bribers and the rest of it.
Jack Armstrong
And we've, we've, we've already got a swinging back and forth way too much because of executive orders. So you get a Republican president and they sign some executive orders and, you know, this is the law of the land, at least until a court overturns it. And then you get a Democratic president and it swings completely the other direction. And the swinging back and forth is not what our system is supposed to do. Well, you're going to have a lot of swinging back and forth if all you need is 50 senators, the House and the presidency to do whatever the hell you want to do.
Joe Getty
And that wild swinging back and forth is not only going to cause enormous logistical problems, business investment problems, but it's going to cause enormous resentment.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah.
Joe Getty
I mean, how mad, how mad would you be in whatever state you are if you're not a Californian? If all of a sudden the federal government mandated that your hospitals have to mutilate children in the name of sex change? If, if the confused adolescent and some activist teacher brings them to the hospital? I mean, there, there would be armed violence in the streets, but I don't
Jack Armstrong
think this would fix it. But something needs to change, obviously. I was listening to Chris Steyer, Walt, who's been with a bunch of Dave Fox and Dispatch, and I don't know who he's with now. He was talking about this the other day. Now we've talked about this too, to not like nobody's stumbled upon this. There are three examples of things that there that are bulletproof electorally. There's just, I mean, there is such overwhelming support for it. It's insane that we haven't been able to do it yet. But it's because of our modern politics where like half the people in there want to be Instagram influencers more than they want to legislate, or the biggest problem of having the issue is better than solving it. And the three great examples, and we all know what they are, are ending late term abortion. Overwhelmingly, people want to end that Even if you're a Democrat woman. People want to end late term abortion, but it's better to have the issue than to fix it. Immigration. Like 90% of people, you've seen the polls. We had the poll like a week ago. Even after everything that happened in Minneapolis, you still got like 2/3 of Democrats say we got to boot out of illegals out of the country. I mean that one's not even that we need to control our borders. But you'd rather have the issue than to solve it. And then this voter ID is another good one. Polls overwhelmingly positive voter id both parties, every age, everybody agrees, doesn't matter your race. And we can't do it because it's better to have the issue than to solve it.
Joe Getty
So is this ironically or appropriately Ron Johnson ends his little screed with a compromise like the Senate supposed to do. He says at minimum if the Save America act because he advocated ending the filibuster and passing everything they can before the Democrats get power. But he said at a minimum, if the Save America act fails to pass, the Senate should immediately debate and vote on a rule change which would require 67 votes to end the filibuster. It would be interesting to see whether Democrats would vote yes when Republicans are in power. Forcing them to defend the rule now could politically shame them into preserving it later. It's the only chance I see of dissuading them from voting yes once they regain power.
Jack Armstrong
That's good. That's good.
Joe Getty
Well said, Ron.
Jack Armstrong
That one I like. I don't think there are enough senators on board to end the filibuster, but they would have to say it out loud. It got stopped last time around by two Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. But most people leave. There's 6, 8, 10 more Democrats that also didn't want into filibuster, they just want to have their name on it. But this would. This would force it. That's a good one. That's really interesting. More on the ways to hear Armstrong and Getty.
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Danielle Fishel
This podcast is sponsored by Nurture Life. Hey, it's Danielle Fishel from Pod Meats World. And as a mom to two growing boys, I know how chaotic mealtime can get. No matter how confident I am with what I'm serving them, my kids will always find a way to call the meal gross or stinky or yuck. It's true. They can be wildly picky about new foods. And with my busy schedule, I don't have the time to become America's next Top Chef. And so that's why I love Nurture Life. It's a meal delivery service that actually caters to kids. Ideal for ages 8 months to 8 years, fully cooked and ready to serve in just one minute. It's the problem solver I've been praying for. It's the top meal delivery service for babies, toddlers and kids. And everything is designed by registered dietitians so you can sleep safe knowing your kids are getting the protein, veggies and nutrients they need while still eating favorites like Mac and cheese, spaghetti and meatballs and so much more. Plus, it's allergy friendly, which we know is clutch. And when it comes to options, Nurture Life has you covered. There's more than 50 nutritious meals and snacks on their menu. From soft finger foods for babies and toddlers to balanced kids meals. For when they get Nurture Life does the cooking, they deliver it straight to your door. And then you might even have time to eat something for yourself. So now is the time to head to nurturelife.com pod and use code pod for 50 off your first order plus free shipping. That's right. 50% off plus free shipping. Once again, that's nurturelife.com pod and make sure you use promo code podcast. Even if you aren't a parent with young kids, you might have parent friends who struggle with mealtime. Make sure to share our code pod with them. Remember, put your little ones first with healthy meals from Nurture Life. That website, one more time is nurturelife.com
Bobby Bones
podpod hey, it's Bobby Bones from the Bobby Bones show. You know, Eddie and I recently stopped by. Yeah. In Nashville. It's an incredible nonprofit empowering kids through music education. Thanks to Hyundai, we recorded a special podcast episode while we were there. Check it out. What's the dream for? Yeah, in the next few years, we
Yaz Music Program Representative
would love to have more consistent programming during the weekend. Our Rock block program is dependent on funding venues that are available to host band based programming. We would love to extend the camp to a second consecutive week so that kids can go a little bit deeper into what they've created during the first week camp. And we'd love to expand our programming to offer more industry related skills like audio, lighting, production, recording so that kids can be on a track to see where what they may create with an instrument can lead, but also to welcome those that may not want to be on stage but lack the opportunity at school to have an entry point into music.
Bobby Bones
The full episode is out now. Presented by the Hyundai Ioniq 9. To donate and learn more about Yah's mission, just visit Yarocks.org Ever wonder how
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Jack Armstrong
The U.S. postal Service has unveiled new
Joe Getty
Forever stamps that feature five different lowrider cars.
Jack Armstrong
So if you love lowriders and you
Joe Getty
collect stamps, you might be the only one.
Jack Armstrong
It's a pretty good point for people who still ever put a stamp on anything. Maybe three times a year. I do that. I don't know.
Joe Getty
And pay attention to the stamp and think about it. Or yeah, so we are real quickly, real quickly. Israel got a really bad guy. Snuffed him. I want to tell you about him next later.
Jack Armstrong
Stay with him and we've got the worst case scenarios for how the war turns Out. We all know what the best case scenario is, right? So I'm not trying to go negative. It's just the best case scenario is obvious. You end up with a government that is, you know, rejoins the community of nations, not horrible and friendly to the United States and the people get to live free, prosperous lives. That's the best case scenario. We are on a lot of radio stations across the country, and I don't know how many of them carry CBS News. Probably a number of them. There are 700 stations across the country that have CBS News. That won't happen anymore because CBS News has gone out of business on the radio side after a hundred years. That's the end of that. And who made the call on that? Barry Weiss, as she's trying to remake what CBS is and its relationship to everybody else in a more modern way. The headline in the Washington Post I find funny about this as it is. CBS News Will End Radio Services. Weiss Struggles to Write ship. I feel like the way they wrote that makes it sounds like she's really not doing a very good job trying to turn this around at the Washington Post, where you just had to cut a third of your newsroom because. Because Bezos was smart enough to realize things have changed and they ain't going back.
Joe Getty
Tell you what, if there's anybody in America who wouldn't struggle to turn an old media company around and become relevant and profitable in the modern day, they're a miracle worker. And I'd like to know their name.
Jack Armstrong
Well, yeah, you can't be done. So you got to become a completely different thing in a completely different environment, which is what Barry Weiss is doing. Acting like it's a failure to resurrect radio news. I mean, come on.
Joe Getty
Yeah, yeah.
Jack Armstrong
It's gonna be interesting to see where this goes, but, you know, it wasn't that many years ago you had to flip on the radio to find out what the weather was going to be or what team want won what game last night or lots of different things. Obviously. That ship has sailed, Right?
Joe Getty
Yeah. Constant change. What are you gonna do? Edward R. Murrow spinning in his grave. Yes, he has. That's confirmed.
Jack Armstrong
Cbs, the network of Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather. Leave Dan Rather.
Joe Getty
Yeah. You didn't help with that last one.
Jack Armstrong
No, that didn't help anything. Their ratings have gone down on the TV side for the flagship news product with Tony decopol in the. In the chair at night have gone down. I don't know why. I find him pretty good.
Joe Getty
I think it may be one of those things where the existing audience liked what they were getting, which is utterly one sided news for the elderly, right? And so it may take a while to turn that around if it can be done.
Jack Armstrong
Mark Halperin Got to sit around with a whole bunch of super smart people about the Iran war. What are the worst case scenarios? I thought it was pretty interesting among all the things to tell you coming up. Stay here.
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Danielle Fishel
sponsored by Nurture Life. Hey, it's Danielle Fishel from Pod Meets World. And as a mom to two growing boys, I know how chaotic mealtime can get. No matter how confident I am with what I'm serving them, my kids will always find a way to call the meal gross or stinky or yuck. It's true, they can be wildly picky about new foods, and with my busy schedule, I don't have the time to become America's next Top Chef. And so that's why I love Nurture Life. It's a meal delivery service that actually caters to kids. Ideal for ages 8 months to 8 years, fully cooked and ready to serve in just one minute. It's the problem solver I've been praying for. It's the top meal delivery service for babies, toddlers and kids. And everything is designed by registered dietitians so you can sleep saf safe knowing your kids are getting the protein, veggies and nutrients they need while still eating favorites like Mac and cheese, spaghetti and meatballs and so much more. Plus, it's allergy friendly, which we know is clutch. And when it comes to options, Nurture Life has you covered. There's more than 50 nutritious meals and snacks on their menu, from soft finger foods for babies and toddlers to balanced kids meals for when they get older. Nurture Life does the cooking. They deliver it straight to your door. And then you might even have time to eat something for yourself. So now is the time to head to nurturelife.com pod and use code pod for 50 off your first order plus free shipping. That's right, 50% off plus free shipping. Once again, that's nurturelife.com pod and make sure you use promo code pod. Even if you aren't a parent with young kids, you might have parent friends who struggle with mealtime. Make sure to share our code POD with them. Remember, put your little ones first with healthy meals from Nurture Life. That website one more time is nurturelife.com
Bobby Bones
podpod hey, it's Bobby Bones from the Bobby Bones Show. You know, Eddie and I recently stopped by. Yeah, in Nashville. It's an incredible nonprofit empowering kids through music education. Thanks to Hyundai, we recorded a special podcast episode while we were there. Check it out. What's the dream for? Yeah, in the next few years we
Yaz Music Program Representative
would love to have more consistent programming during the weekend. Rock Block program is dependent on funding venues that are available to host band based programming. We would love to extend the camp to a second consecutive week so that kids can go a little bit deeper into what they've created during the first week camp. And we'd love to expand our programming to offer more industry related skills like audio, lighting, production, recording so that kids can be on a track to see where what they may create with an instrument can lead, but also to welcome those that may not want to be on stage but lack the opportunity at school to have an entry point into music.
Bobby Bones
The full episode is out now presented by the Hyundai Ioniq 9. To donate and learn more about Yaz mission, just visit yarocs.org this is Martha
Martha Stewart
Stewart from the Martha Stewart Podcast. Ever wonder how to make hosting look effortless? Here's a secret. When prepping for cooking and baking, get ahead of the mess with new Reynolds Kitchens Countertop Prep Paper. Just lightly wet the counter so the paper grips. Lay it down and drips and spills stay on the paper, not on your counter. Cleanup is as simple as lifting it away to reveal clean counters. Effortless it is thanks to Reynolds Kitchens Countertop Prep Paper. Wet it, set it, prep it, done. Available in the Reynolds Wrap aisle at Walmart.
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Jack Armstrong
Pentagon announcing it is now deploying the
Joe Getty
venerable A10 Warthog, the 50 year old
Jack Armstrong
war horse beloved by ground troops for years, armed with its massive 30 millimeter chain gun that spits out nearly 4,000 rounds of a minute of depleted uranium, probably the only uranium the Trump administration wants to see in Iran. It is targeting Iran's small Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gunboats along Iran's southern coast right now. Yipes.
Joe Getty
The A10 warthog. Love it. Love it. Speaking of the IRGC and that sort of folks, the Israelis just eliminated, they have eliminated. Esmail Ahmadi was the head of the intelligence division of the besieged force. He one of the key guys in machine gunning Iranians down in the streets. Loved to torture. He was responsible for enforcing public order and the regime's values on behalf of the irgc. Monster of a human being. Dead.
Jack Armstrong
Glad he's dead, man. I was listening to somebody describe yesterday, the difficulty in getting an uprising going at this point of popular uprising because almost certainly the leaders of that big uprising in early January were killed.
Joe Getty
Almost certainly many of them hunted down in the hospital, tortured and murdered there.
Jack Armstrong
Yes, the people that organized it, you know, who, who got everybody together, they, they, they were, no, first of all they were out in the streets, obviously probably at the front of whatever group they were with. And, and the bad guys knew who they were and killed them also. And you know, and, and people brave enough to do that aren't a dime a dozen.
Joe Getty
So, so ironically you have the upright or the, you know, the, the popular uprising, such as it is in the same situation as the regime. All of our leaders are gone.
Jack Armstrong
So I thought this was super interesting. Yesterday in the middle of the day, Mark Halperin put out a, an unusual email in addition to what he usually puts out where he said today, at a location I cannot disclose, there was a very interesting conversation about the prospects for ending the Iran conflict. The discussion involved a group of very sophist sophisticated people with military backgrounds, some political backgrounds. He couldn't say who it was or where, but he's. Then he shared this information. Here's a summary of what the group felt is the current best strategy before we get to the worst case scenarios. Best case, best strategy right now, if there are any truly military targets left, hit them immediately. Then through the Gulf states negotiate a conditional ceasefire with Iran. We and Israel will stop, stop bombing. You, you open the straight, we'll let you sell oil. But if you go anywhere near the Nuclear material, we will hit you hard. If the IRGC moves to kill citizens again, we will hit you hard. The idea being this would freeze the conflict in the short term, allow oil to flow, and that we would be in a mow the grass strategy in the medium term. As everything gets worked out, that's. I start, I've started hearing this phrase at least once a day now, the mow the grass strategy, where you get, you get them knocked down enough and it's just, I think it's pretty obvious to anyone with a brain what that means. But if the problem starts to creep up a little bit again, you go and you mow the grass, you hit them.
Joe Getty
Sounds pretty promising to me.
Jack Armstrong
The, the fourth part of this being message deterrence to China with this, by emphasizing the major tactical improvements demonstrated by the US Military. China does not know if it can keep up that we have demonstrated in Venezuela and now in Iran. Some coordination, sophistication, talent, expertise beyond what China probably even already respected out of our military, which fits in with this worst case scenario stuff, which I thought was super fascinating. Here's the group's consensus view of the current worst case outcome before the end of the year. The end of the year, it's only March. We get into an endurance contest to see which side can endure the most pain. That seems like where we are right now and you don't want that to continue. Russia counter attacks against Ukraine taking advantage of Ukraine's lack of interceptors because we're using them all. Israel's used them all. According to Politico today, that's on. That's known. Putin is planning for another offensive because he thinks now is the time and he's probably right.
Joe Getty
I'd be shocked if he didn't.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, I'd be shocked if he didn't too. What his capability is, who knows. But holy crap, what's Ukraine got left to defend themselves with? Nobody will be paying any attention to it. Sean Penn will be over there and, you know, I'll read about it, but it ain't going to get a lot of national coverage. China, China guarantees oil flow as long as traded in wonder. So everything's traded in the world on the, the U.S. dollar currently. But China's trying, been trying to change that for a while. What, what does guarantee oil flow mean? That they would escort ships through the Strait?
Joe Getty
I don't know.
Jack Armstrong
I don't know what that means. I wish he would have added more context to that. North Korea helps Iran sprint to nuclear weapons. That's not an impossibility.
Joe Getty
Yeah, but who are you gonna call? Can I talk to you with Muhammad? He's dead. How about Ali? He's dead too. How about Jimmy J. Ho? Jimmy's deader than hell. Anybody else?
Jack Armstrong
And the other worst case scenario they're really concerned about. Under false pretense, China initiates a quarantine against Taiwan. If they didn't like full on attack Taiwan, but just put ships around it, there ain't nothing else coming in or going out from Taiwan. I don't think we got enough leftover whatever we would need to stop that from happening.
Joe Getty
As we discussed earlier in the show, in the late 80s we had. I've got the numbers in front of me. 214 surface shifts. We're down to 81. Because of the idiotically naive idea that we're at the end of history. The peace dividend. The end of history, please.
Jack Armstrong
The other thing that none of us really know and you can understand why they're keeping this a secret, is how low on various important pieces of equipment and munitions are we. Actually us in Israel. The ability to shoot down rockets and drones and all that sort of stuff. You know, you hear all this talk about how we've gone through so much of it and it takes so many years to build it back up and blah blah, blah. Are we really like, like teetering on the edge of running out or as Pete Hegseth said the other day, we got plenty. Don't worry about it. Which I think you would say, whether it was true or not.
Joe Getty
Oh, I would want him very much to say that. Yeah, yeah. Damn, we're down like 10 of these and three of these. No, he would not say that.
Jack Armstrong
You talk about a known unknown. That is. That is a big one right there.
Joe Getty
Right.
Jack Armstrong
And that. And that's definitely the sort of thing that we'll never hear for certain for decades. Perhaps one of my favorite stories that's happened in my lifetime, in case you don't already know this, if you're old enough, maybe you remember when the first gulf war started. Was the first word. The second, first gulf war. I believe everybody was worried about Saddam Hussein's scud missiles because he had these, these horrifying missiles with tremendous technology that were really going to be hard to stop. But we had the Patriot, the patriot missile that could shoot down the scuds. Will it work? Work? The war starts. And all the reporting was the u. S. Patriot missile is superior to the scud. It shot down every single one of them. And that's what was believed for years. Turned out it was the exact opposite. We didn't shoot down any Scuds with the Patriot missile. None of them. The Scud was much superior to our Patriot missile, but we didn't know that for a very long time. So what's actually happening right now? I don't know.
Joe Getty
Yeah, yeah, the Scud was pretty primitive. The point was our missile defense was in its infancy and was not ready for prime time. It's a lot better now. I mean, a lot better now, sure,
Jack Armstrong
but any report you hear about who's got the superior, whatever, who knows in wartime. Yeah. And don't tell me I don't need to know the truth.
Joe Getty
Yeah. Just keep working on it as hard as you can. So, final note on this topic, it's. And this is a bit of a pivot, but we are talking about Islamic supremacy. I like the term Muslim supremacist because people get that. People who don't follow geopolitics much or understand the nature of political Islam. These people are unquestionably Muslim supremacists to the point that they want to kill everybody else. Zoran Mamdani's wife is 100% one of them. I mean, it has been her whole life.
Jack Armstrong
I hate to bring up Mark Halpern again, but he said on his podcast yesterday the New York Times coverage of Mom Downey and his wife ranks among the worst, most biased coverage he's ever seen in his career. The way they're ignoring some of the things that his wife has been involved in and not covering it.
Joe Getty
Interesting. Yeah. She has, since she was a teenager, been posting over and over and over again, unbroken to this very day. Prays for terrorists, terrorist organizations, violence against Jews, violence against Israel. I mean, she is a dyed in the wooler. She has celebrated plane hijackings, all sorts of explosions, and the rest of it is as righteous resistance. And she had an infamous post not terribly long ago that called the accusations of rape on 10-7-Fictional. She called it a hoax. It was all a hoax. And actually, I've got it in front of me. It's funny, I just lost it again. A survivor of the music festival has addressed an open letter to her in which she describes everything she saw on that day. And friends, it's too grim and too horrible to read to you. But the fact, the idea that this Islamist mayor and his Islamist wife are going around denying that women were victimized, I mean, that just shows you the depth of their dis. How they despise Jews, they despise Israel. And I believe in their hearts they despise the US And I will stand by those words. They want to convert the United States into an Islamic republic soon as they can.
Jack Armstrong
I guess it makes sense for you to focus on the mayor and his wife. I'm focused on the media coverage of. Of the fact that they're willing to ignore the things his wife has said and not put him in a position where he's got to answer for him. Right. Is amazing.
Joe Getty
Right. The woman I was talking about, the survivor. There it is. She hid in a tiny little compartment of a camper and could hear the horrifying cries and begging for mercy. Then the gunshots over and over again. And when she finally emerged from the camper, the scenes she saw, I will not describe to you. Horrifying sexual violence of both men and women on an unimaginable scale and of unimaginable cruelty. And the lovely Mrs. Mumdani said, that's a hoax. It never happened.
Jack Armstrong
I can't even come up with my usual picture, the opposite of this happening, or the New York Times would ignore this sort of thing. I don't even know what a good example would be. This one's so egregious.
Joe Getty
Oh, yeah, you're right. The whole if it was a Republican thing, you just can't come up with a. An example. But that's horrible.
Jack Armstrong
It's. It's incredible.
Joe Getty
It is.
Jack Armstrong
Because they don't want to be anti first Muslim mayor.
Joe Getty
That's part of it. Yeah. If I'm going to put on my political science hat, actually, it'd probably be like a. A sport coat with leather patches on the elbows.
Jack Armstrong
Right.
Joe Getty
I would say. And this gets back to the whole Red Green alliance where Islamists know Marxists are useful because they're both intent on overthrowing secular Western governments. The Marxist crowd, the young, a lot of them don't even understand what they're doing. But the young crowd that's susceptible to the Marxist pitch are numerous enough and foolish enough that they got Zoran Mumdani elected. Elected. Which is shocking given the barely even veiled, intentional irony beliefs of Mumdani and his wife. Son. I can't believe I'm witnessing this.
Jack Armstrong
I know. Coming up, we got an elementary school teacher reading some emails from parents that I think you'll find quite interesting.
Joe Getty
Oh, boy. Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
Among other things.
Joe Getty
Stay here, Armstrong and Getty.
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Emails that I've gotten from parents Here we go. Up first hi, we noticed Mason has been bringing home homework we're trying to protect his mental health and family time. So we don't really do homework in our house. Is there any way he can still get full credit without completing it? Thanks for understanding. Next one. Good morning. Emma was late because it was raining and she doesn't like the rain. It really affects her mood. Please mark her present but not late. Next one. Hi. I saw that Olivia has a 72. We were hoping for at least a 90. Is there anything we can do to adjust that? We feel like a B better reflects her potential. Let me know what paperwork I need to fill out. Oh my God. I wouldn't.
Joe Getty
Shocking yet unsurprising.
Jack Armstrong
I wouldn't last a day as a teacher. So that.
Joe Getty
That was quote part one on his Tick Tock page and I checked it this morning. He is on part 17.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, and there's more we got. We ought to get more of those. Maybe for hour four. Those are too good. We are a soft, soft people.
Joe Getty
I know. I'm sitting here more disturbed than I ought to be. Not like disturbed like I need, you know, a drug or something. The character of the people is displayed in those emails.
Jack Armstrong
Good times lead to soft people sort of situation. Just the history of mankind. We are very comfortable under no threat. Very few people starving or anything like that. And so we're just very soft.
Joe Getty
Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
Wow.
Joe Getty
Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
So we've had a lot of discouragement this hour. Too much discouragement. How about something cute? So these are a couple little kids, like I don't know, three, five year olds, whatever. Brother, sister, talking to each other. Listen to this.
Danielle Fishel
Babies wear diapers and I'm not a
Jack Armstrong
baby and you're wearing a diaper.
Danielle Fishel
Well, I'm not a baby.
Jack Armstrong
Yes, you are. No, I'm not. I meant you're wearing a diaper. I'm not a baby.
Danielle Fishel
You're wearing a diaper. I'm not.
Jack Armstrong
Well, I'm wired.
Danielle Fishel
Not, not even a baby though. But you were in a diaper.
Jack Armstrong
That's a bad word. I like the older kid is going to stick with. Gonna stick with the argument until you can refute it. But you're wearing a diaper and babies wear diapers.
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Joe Getty
So this video is actually, I think it's a couple of years old, but it circulates every now and then and it circulated this time with the caption what it feels like to argue with a liberal. I was going to say you're both going to your rooms for having one dimensional arguments.
Jack Armstrong
You're wearing a diaper. I'm not backing off this argument.
Joe Getty
I'm not a baby. But you're wearing a diaper. You can't say but. But is a bad word. And I'm not a baby. Furthermore.
Jack Armstrong
That's funny.
Joe Getty
That is funny.
Jack Armstrong
I saw a mom yesterday. I walked by her on the sidewalk when I was walking to the gym, I think, and had two kids and they were like, they're a little older, maybe like 5 and 7, but they have their bicycles. They're both on their bikes and their, their front tires are together as they're sitting there on the sidewalk. And the older one keeps like turning his steering wheel and banging his tire on the younger, and he's saying, stop. And the older one does again, stop. Stop it, stop it. Mommy won't stop it. I was just walking by, watching that, thinking, oh, my God. Yeah, I'm glad I'm not doing that again. I mean, it's just, it's, it's a nothing. But it's just the constant of that.
Joe Getty
Yeah, yeah. And, and also, nobody calls you out on your BS like your siblings. You know, it's, you know, only child is fine. There are a lot of roots to happiness in life, but it's, it helps hone who you are real quickly. I'm reminded of we were talking about school in some context and somebody emailed and said, dudes, you're living in the past. The everybody gets a trophy generation are the par now. Ah. And that's who's writing those emails.
Jack Armstrong
That's interesting.
Joe Getty
The coddled kids are now the coddling parents.
Jack Armstrong
My kid got a 72. I really. We were hoping for a 90. I really feel that that better reflects her potential.
Joe Getty
Right? What? I think you're unclear on the concept here. Wow. Oh, my God. How's it.
Jack Armstrong
How are you ever going to survive in the world? Tell your boss my salary. I feel like 120, 000 a year better reflects my potential. Nah, that ain't the way Armstrong and Getty.
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Episode Title: I Wouldn't Last A Day As A Teacher
Date: March 20, 2026
Hosts: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty
Podcast: Armstrong & Getty On Demand (iHeartPodcasts)
In this episode, Armstrong & Getty delve into a wide range of hot-button political and cultural issues. The key themes are the dysfunction in U.S. politics—particularly focusing on the Senate filibuster debate, shifting moods about Hollywood, escalating geopolitical risks in Iran and beyond, and a humorous yet sobering look at parental interactions with teachers in modern America. The episode carries their characteristic blend of snark, skepticism, humor, and blunt commentary.
Timestamps: 04:31–06:41
Timestamps: 06:41–17:55
Jack introduces coverage from journalist Mark Halperin, who attended a high-level strategy session about Iran—teasing the segment for later in the episode.
The discussion pivots to a deep dive into the U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule, driven by a Wall Street Journal op-ed from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who argues for ending the filibuster preemptively.
Armstrong & Getty dissect Johnson's argument and lay out the historical context and consequences of such a change.
Quote:
"For some inexplicable reason, many of my Republican colleagues believe that maintaining the 60 vote threshold required end of filibuster is crucial to the future of our republic." (Ron Johnson, as read by Joe Getty, 09:46)
Armstrong worries that a simple-majority Senate could allow one party to dramatically reshape national law in short order.
Memorable moment:
"We're just swinging back and forth way too much because of executive orders... that's not what our system is supposed to do." (Jack Armstrong, 14:01)
Johnson’s “Save America Act” and its pitfalls are explored—especially the vulnerability of nationalized election rules to being rewritten by future ruling parties.
Quote:
"The coddled kids are now the coddling parents." (Listener email, 54:44)
Timestamps: 15:08–16:39
Timestamps: 23:14–26:36
Timestamps: 26:36–40:06
Jack relays Halperin’s summary of a confidential strategy session on the Iran conflict.
Best-case strategy:
Worst-case scenarios before year's end:
Memorable quote:
"You talk about a known unknown—that is a big one right there." (Jack Armstrong, 38:40)
The hosts recall historic examples where the U.S. military narrative diverged sharply from later-revealed facts (e.g., Patriot vs. Scud missiles in the Gulf War).
Timestamps: 40:06–44:44
Timestamps: 50:25–54:47
The episode maintains Armstrong & Getty’s signature style:
This episode is classic Armstrong & Getty, mixing serious geopolitical analysis, sharp media criticism, reflections on dysfunctional American politics, and a final twist toward cultural commentary—with a viral segment illustrating the trials of being a teacher. The discussion risks veering toward cynical, but always rallies with wit and palpable concern for the state of society. It’s a highly engaging listen for anyone interested in the intersection of politics, culture, and everyday life.