I'm Hoping To Have Some Animal Spirits Going Tonight

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand: "I'm Hoping To Have Some Animal Spirits Going Tonight" – Detailed Summary

Release Date: March 14, 2025

The latest episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand, the official on-demand podcast of The Armstrong & Getty Show hosted by iHeartPodcasts, delves into a wide array of topics ranging from parental discretion in movie ratings to geopolitical tensions and personal anecdotes about food preferences. The hosts, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty, alongside contributors like Katie Green and Michaelangelo, navigate through discussions filled with humor, insightful commentary, and notable quotes. Below is a structured breakdown of the episode’s key segments.

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1. Parental Discretion and Movie Ratings

The episode kicks off with Joe Getty recounting a personal story about his son being restricted to watching a children's movie due to age and supervision constraints.

• Joe Getty (00:23): “My son took a girl to a movie the other day for about 10 minutes because they were short.”

This leads to a broader discussion on the effectiveness and relevance of the current movie rating system. Getty emphasizes the need for parental discretion beyond mere adherence to ratings.

• Joe Getty (01:18): “I did well, parental discretion. I would like to have some parental discretion on which movies he sees and which ones he doesn't.”

Jack Armstrong chimes in, critiquing the oversimplification of children retaining innocence while being shielded from more mature content.

• Jack Armstrong (00:28): “I don't think we have an issue these days with kids hold on to childhood too long, they're too innocent for too long and exposed to too little violence and sex.”

2. Economic Insights: Inflation and Recession Prospects

Shifting gears, Armstrong touches upon economic indicators, highlighting the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and discussing the potential for a recession.

• Jack Armstrong (04:06): “The consumer price index shows annual inflation at 2.8%.”

Michaelangelo contributes by contrasting the long-term economic strategies of China with the short-term focus prevalent in the U.S., suggesting that flexibility is key.

• Michaelangelo (03:56): “I hate to predict things like that. I'm not like a block that just... I have flexibility. If you look at China, they have a 100 year perspective. We have a quarter, we go by quarters.”

3. Tesla, Elon Musk, and Corporate Controversies

A segment is dedicated to Elon Musk and Tesla, touching upon recent incidents and Musk’s ventures.

• Jack Armstrong (04:28): “Musk says his social media platform X, or formerly known as Twitter, was hit by a cyber attack.”

The conversation humorously critiques Musk’s handling of crises and the public's perception of his actions.

• Jack Armstrong (05:00): “Elon's a very special person. He is an albatross around Trump's neck.”

4. Government Policies and University Funding: Focus on Columbia

A significant portion of the episode addresses the Trump administration’s interactions with Columbia University, particularly concerning federal funding and policy reforms.

• Jack Armstrong (14:15): “The Trump administration is demanding Colombia make far reaching changes from banning masks that conceal identity.”

Joe Getty elaborates on the financial implications and the administration's stance against what they term as "woke" policies in universities.

• Joe Getty (28:13): “Milton Friedman's idea of the only power you have is to restrict the amount of money they have.”

The hosts discuss the broader impact of these policies on academic freedom and the perpetuation of Marxist ideologies within educational institutions.

• Jack Armstrong (15:32): “It's outright hypocrisy of the left. I've got a couple of stories that are examples of that.”

5. Personal Anecdotes: Food Preferences and Eating Habits

Amidst the heavy discussions, Armstrong and Getty share lighter moments about their relationships with food, highlighting diverse preferences and humorous takes on dietary habits.

• Joe Getty (20:20): “I don't, like, care much about food.”

• Jack Armstrong (23:20): “I would spend months to get it in shape and join them in the militia and fight and die to preserve the right to enjoy delicious foods.”

Contributors like Katie Green and Michaelangelo add to the conversation, discussing everything from Girl Scout cookies to corned beef hash, showcasing the camaraderie and light-hearted banter among the hosts.

6. Airplane Incident: Passenger’s Mental Breakdown

An alarming story is recounted about a passenger’s mental breakdown on a flight, highlighting issues of flight safety and passenger conduct.

• Jack Armstrong (31:09): “He's convinced that Satan's disciples had followed him onto the aircraft.”

Joe Getty expresses concern over dealing with such unpredictable and dangerous situations.

• Joe Getty (31:19): “Yeah, that'd be maddening.”

7. Civil Rights Division and Government Overreach

Returning to governmental themes, the hosts delve into the influence of the Civil Rights Division within the Justice Department, critiquing its power and the challenges faced in reforming it.

• Joe Getty (24:05): “This piece in the Wall Street Journal today about one of the most important departments in our government...”

• Jack Armstrong (25:17): “They have just crusaded for progressive causes, woke causes now for a couple of generations.”

The discussion underscores the difficulties in enacting meaningful change within entrenched governmental structures, citing appointed officials and internal resistance.

8. Final Thoughts and Lighthearted Conversations

As the episode winds down, contributors share their final thoughts, intertwining humor with personal anecdotes. Discussions about Girl Scout cookies and preferred breakfast foods add a personal touch, providing a contrast to the earlier intense topics.

• Katie Green (34:26): “Thin Mint, Samoas and the chocolate peanut butter ones.”

• Jack Armstrong (35:05): “Not one, but two of my favorite restaurants have biscuits.”

The hosts conclude with a nod to upcoming stories and a reminder of their platform’s offerings, maintaining their characteristic blend of humor and earnest commentary.

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Notable Quotes:

• Joe Getty (00:23): “My son took a girl to a movie the other day for about 10 minutes because they were short.” [00:23]

• Jack Armstrong (14:15): “The Trump administration is demanding Colombia make far reaching changes from banning masks that conceal identity.” [14:15]

• Joe Getty (24:05): “This piece in the Wall Street Journal today about one of the most important departments in our government...” [24:05]

• Jack Armstrong (25:17): “They have just crusaded for progressive causes, woke causes now for a couple of generations.” [25:17]

• Joe Getty (31:19): “Yeah, that'd be maddening.” [31:19]

• Jack Armstrong (35:05): “Not one, but two of my favorite restaurants have biscuits.” [35:05]

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This episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand skillfully balances serious discussions on political and economic issues with personal stories and humor, offering listeners both insightful commentary and relatable content. Whether tackling the intricacies of governmental policies or debating food preferences, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty deliver a comprehensive and engaging narrative that resonates with a diverse audience.

Transcript

[Jack Armstrong]

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

[Joe Getty]

My son took a girl to a movie the other day for about 10 minutes because they were short.

[Jack Armstrong]

Movie?

[Joe Getty]

No, because they were down town and they decided they wanted to go to a movie. But because they weren't with an adult, they couldn't go to any real movie. So the only movie they could get into was something that was way too young for them. And they, they got in the movie theater and realized they could only see some movie they didn't want to see.

[Jack Armstrong]

So sat there for 10 minutes enforced by anybody I know.

[Joe Getty]

I was kind of surprised by that. Although my son's a rule follower too. So he might have just on his own, he might have self policed. Um, but you know I, I don't, I'm all for ratings and that sort of stuff but man, you get into your mid high school years, the idea you can only watch kids movies is kind of silly.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe Getty]

But you know, I did well, parental discretion. I would like to have some parental discretion on which movies he sees and which ones he doesn't. So that's the whole point.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. I don't think we have an issue these days with kids hold on to childhood too long, they're too innocent for too long and exposed to too little violence and sex. No. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

But I would say that the rating system for TV and movies is behind the reality of everything kids see on their phones all the time. I mean they got non stop YouTube videos and tick tock videos and all this sort of stuff and they can't go to this movie because there's some sexual suggestive words or whatever.

[Jack Armstrong]

Give me a break. You're right, it is a little quaint. Yeah. So a lot of good stuff to squeeze in this hour. What are you most excited about? I'm kind of excited about what the Trump administration has said to Columbia they have to do to get the federal funding back. And, and if we don't get to this today, we'll certainly get to it Monday. How Europe's military combined the eu, you know folks with Britain compares to Russia's. If the US was not on their side, how do they look? How do they stack up? We'll try to get to that as well. But first it's time to take fond look back at the week that cow clips of the week. And I guess we're gonna find out who was right. We're gonna release the animal Spirits Any other questions? This is Cow Clips of the week. Hello, everybody.

[Joe Getty]

It's jv. I use they, them, or turtle for pronouns.

[Katie Green]

I'm here in Ireland.

[Jack Armstrong]

Moved here on January 15th.

[Katie Green]

I'm still battling with some of that guilt and that shame and that dysphoria that was projected onto me during time.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is a tornado. Seek shelter immediately. Get under your desks, guys. Anchors under the desks.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, I needed to cancel it before I got the service to get the discount. You're only eligible for the discount if you're uninsured.

[Jack Armstrong]

No president in modern American history has.

[Joe Getty]

Had a more eventful and consequential first seven weeks.

[Michaelangelo]

Canada should honestly become our 51st state. It makes a lot of sense.

[Jack Armstrong]

The Canadians are always ready when someone.

[Joe Getty]

Else drops the gloves. President Trump has a clear message for those that are in our country illegally.

[Jack Armstrong]

Leave now. The consumer price index shows annual inflation at 2.8%.

[Joe Getty]

Are you expecting a recession this year?

[Michaelangelo]

I hate to predict things like that. I'm not like a block that just.

[Joe Getty]

I won't delay.

[Michaelangelo]

I have. It's called flexibility. If you look at China, they have 100 year perspective. We have a quarter, we go by quarters.

[Jack Armstrong]

And I think he's right about that.

[Unnamed Contributor]

Our interest payments are higher than our Defense Department budget. That's, I think, was the real wake up call for me, which is most of the federal spending is entitlements. That, that's, that's like the big one to eliminate.

[Joe Getty]

Tesla's a perfect example, what we're calling.

[Unnamed Contributor]

The Tesla Chainsaw Massacre.

[Jack Armstrong]

Musk says his social media platform X, or formerly known as Twitter, was hit by a cyber attack. A woman was arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails at the dealer and spray painting.

[Katie Green]

The word Nazi on the cars.

[Michaelangelo]

He didn't have to do this. He didn't have to go through this.

[Unnamed Contributor]

Look on the bright side.

[Jack Armstrong]

I mean, why are you doing this?

[Unnamed Contributor]

Always look on the bright side of life.

[Michaelangelo]

Elon's a very special person.

[Jack Armstrong]

He is an albatross around Trump's neck.

[Michaelangelo]

Now, here's the bad news. I'm not allowed to drive because I haven't driven a car in a long time.

[Jack Armstrong]

You gotta come down to White House. Tesla Auto Mall.

[Michaelangelo]

I love Tesla.

[Jack Armstrong]

Gotta come down to White House. Tesla Auto Mall.

[Michaelangelo]

This is really amazing.

[Jack Armstrong]

I laugh every time I hear that fake commercial.

[Joe Getty]

It's funny.

[Jack Armstrong]

Speaking of Doge, why not?

[Joe Getty]

Doge plans to cancel office and building leases all across the United States, which I've read about. There's a ton of government space that's not being used or used very inefficiently. And it's just sitting there and we're paying for it. Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

Like more than half.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. It's crazy.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. It's insane.

[Joe Getty]

And then I heard, I don't know if it was on npr. I read it somewhere on a lefty. But thing about just how awful that's going to be for various neighborhoods where now there'll be this empty. Okay, fine, but you can't have taxpayers paying for empty. I mean, you talk about communism. Taxpayers paying for buildings to sit empty just so they're getting their rent. Now, that's communism.

[Jack Armstrong]

The ability of people like that to find the cloud in a huge silver lining is amazing.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know. Oh, well, they're gonna, you know, end leases on buildings that were just squandering taxpayer money and have been for years. And it's an astounding amount of money. That's gonna be tough on those neighborhoods. Well, they can deal with it. Open up a school or a hockey rink or a literally effing anything. Let's quit wasting people's hard earned money. Oh, speaking of money, can I just say this for the record? Comment on Cal. I've often said my favorite term from watching the markets is the market is looking for a firm bottom. My second favorite term is animal spirits. Really like that term. I'm hoping to get some animal spirits going tonight. Friday night.

[Joe Getty]

I have a tendency as a active single parent. I get to bed earlier on Friday nights than any other night of the week. It just seems to work out that way. Don't have homework, don't got to get ready for work. I'm finally in bed at a decent time. So my Friday nights are that. In bed at 9. Gene Hackman's kids not mentioned in his will. What will happen to his $80 million fortune? This article says it's got $80 million. Kids aren't in the will. I have no. I don't know anything about his relationship with his kids. Gotta believe there's gonna be some sort of legal action claiming that he wasn't mentally with it enough to make these decisions.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, where there's $80 million, there's somebody trying to figure out who, how to get it, maybe wrongfully or maybe he had a terrible relationship with his kids. I don't know. Have you ever, have you seen pictures of their quote unquote house up there in the hills? It's spectacular. It's a compound. It's the kind of place where if you like, left your phone in the bedroom and you walked all the way to whatever, your studio. And then I'm picturing him painting and stuff like that. Then you realized, oh, damn, I forgot my phone. It'd be a 10 minute walk.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

And it was all kind of interconnected, but in a gorgeous setting.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

A lot of hantavirus around. So, you know, wear a mask or something funny or how you're a housekeeper, hose the place down or something.

[Joe Getty]

So right after he died, there was a lot an outpouring of, oh, somewhat be missed, blah, blah, blah. And he was maybe my favorite actor of all time. But since then I've seen a bunch of interviews going through my feed on YouTube of people saying, oh, he was such a jerk to work with. So difficult to work with. He was so mean to people. He was so mean to other younger actors. He was so mean to directors.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. Wow.

[Joe Getty]

You know, doesn't mean he needed to, you know, pass out and die in the mud room and stumble around the house for a week trying to figure out where to find some food, but end up mummified.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Yeah. That is interesting though. He did play really mean guys.

[Joe Getty]

Always.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, it was always angry. I don't remember the first time I ever saw him in my life. The Poseidon adventure in the 70s and I saw that on TV. He was an angry priest. I mean, he just. Intense was his thing. And apparently he was just. He had. He had no time for people, you know, not doing what he wanted on a movie set.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Huh.

[Joe Getty]

Speaking of movies, here's the best news I've heard in quite a while. I just watched the trailers for Spinal Tap 2 with the original three dudes.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

If you're a Spinal Tap fan and the. The trailers. One of the trailers is pretty cool. It's just an amplifier and him reaching over and turning it up to 11. It'll either be awesome or it'll be horrible. It's all in the writing. But the fact that the original three guys are back together, that's cool.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, and most of it's ad libbed, right?

[Joe Getty]

True.

[Jack Armstrong]

A lot of it was improv.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Which is why some of it felt pretty flat.

[Joe Getty]

But I love that movie.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

So freaking funny. Is Rob Reiner attached? I don't know. He was originally the guy behind it for this rockumentary, this documentary. A rockumentary, if you will. As he says, I might watch that in the theater alone. Probably because nobody would want to go. We've got more stuff on the way. Stay here.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty.

[Unnamed Contributor]

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[Joe Getty]

I don't want to get hung up on this, but the two things I'm really looking forward to following this weekend. Trump going to follow through on his threat to Hamas. Really strong thread he made a week ago. He hasn't followed up yet. How's he going to handle Trump jerking around? The ceasefire thing that we orchestrated and he put a lot of political capital into. I'm going to keep my eye on both those things.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'll be watching the Players Championship, little golf on tv, so. And I'll work the golf desk, relaxing. This could be a Campus Madness update, but that would entail getting the theme ready and telling Michael. And it's Friday and frankly, we're just going through the motions.

[Joe Getty]

Drunk or made? Made. Made. Daiquiris earlier.

[Jack Armstrong]

You're just half drunk. Try to keep up. You baby your husband drink. So, as the Free Beacon reports, Illinois runs a scholarship that excludes white applicants. It could get the state's top universities defunded. The state program run by JB Communist fat child mutilating Pritzker includes Northwestern University of Chicago. It's patently unlawful. We can go into detail, maybe next week. But that sort of thing is falling like ripe fruit from the trees as the Trump administration is hammering, as promised, the whole woke colleges and university thing. This is one of my favorite aspects of what they're doing so far. Here's a headline from the Wall Street Journal. Universities scramble to avoid being Trump's next target. Amid DI DEI backlash and funding threats. Universities nationwide cancel events. Recent grad school offers. You know the Only note of caution I would strike is that it's these, the forces of neo Marxism which have captured the universities. I mean almost completely. They will go from running the capital to being a guerrilla force laying low in the mountains. At best, the idea that some of these measures have defeated them is just way, way premature. They will hide what they're doing, they will change names, they will lay low and just try to wait out Trump. Then they will, you know, continue on with their Marxism. But this specifically I thought is really interesting. Trump administration lays out demands to Colombia to restore federal funding. Jack, would love your comments on this as we go. Feel free to just hit it whenever you want. The Trump administration is demanding Colombia make far reaching changes from banning masks at.

[Joe Getty]

Protests which are already illegal. I understand, but a lot of the country because of the Ku Klux Klan, that's where the masks that you can't, couldn't cover your face. And they decided to stop enforcing it during George Floyd riots and during all of these riots. But that's a good start.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right, let's dive into this. So last week the government said it was called canceling hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants and contracts to Columbia.

[Joe Getty]

I've heard 400 million. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

The school has a 30 day period in which it can try to address the government's concerns and, and potentially reinstate the funding. All right, so in a letter addressed to Dr. Katrina Armstrong, because every university president has to be a woman these days, it outlines steps the school must take as a precondition, blah, blah. This demands include banning masks that conceal identity. Giving the university president rather than faculty disciplinary power over students. I don't know how that works exactly.

[Joe Getty]

Well I think that's just a. We can't trust the faculty to discipline them because they agree with them.

[Jack Armstrong]

They're a bunch of flaming anti Semite Marxists. Yeah. And empowering campus law enforcement to be able to quote, arrest agitators who foster an unsafe or hostile work or study environment. I mean you gotta. The hypocrisy of the left is astounding. I've got a couple of stories that are examples of that where if it's our side. Well they were young and you know, let's, let's, we gotta forgive it. And if it's their side, hammer a murder, em. Drive them out of their profession. Well, right, the same offense and it.

[Joe Getty]

Was a cup of coffee ago that we were finding out on these Ivy League campuses that microaggressions were the same as violence.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, right, exactly. So to, to ask A black woman. Do you use hair conditioner? I was just curious because your hair is different than mine. That was bigotry. That was at least a microaggression. And that could get you severely sanctioned by your school. That could get you thrown out of your school. But saying Jews can't pass here, no Jews is fine.

[Joe Getty]

Blocking the door to the library for Jews.

[Jack Armstrong]

Crazy ucla. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely obscene. Where was I? Arresting outside agitators. Then they go into the history of the pro Palestinian, pro Hamas, anti Israel. They don't call it that. Demonstrations that disrupted campuses last year and they restraint. What we mentioned earlier that a lot of the Malala, some of the faculty are sane, reasonable people, primarily in the sciences. And they've been dying for an opportunity to say out loud, hey, this university is a chaotic, ugly mess thanks to the utter non enforcement of all the rules. So they're loving this.

[Joe Getty]

Well, the fact that they actually are expelling some of the students that caused the most mayhem is a heck of a development and would not have happened if the Trump administration hadn't held that $400 million out as the threat.

[Jack Armstrong]

It also asked the school to implement restrictions on protests to prevent disruptions of teaching, research and campus life. It requests a plan to reform admissions, quote, to conform with federal law and policy. Well, that's a hell of an ask. Conform to the law. Why I never. Government negotiators want the school to place the Department of Middle East, South Asian and African Studies under, quote, academic receivership for a minimum of five years. That means it would no longer be under the control of the faculty and is considered a sign of mismanagement because it's become a radical, Marxist, anti Jewish, you know, department. The letter also asked that the school discipline students I know. On Thursday, before the letter had been delivered, the university judicial board announced that students involved in the occupation of those buildings had been formally disciplined. The punishment included suspensions and expulsions. Hallelujah. This is one of the greatest things that's happening. It's going to be a long battle, but hey, this is good stuff for.

[Joe Getty]

Anybody who thinks it didn't make any difference. You know, you didn't like Trump or whatever would have would have been okay with Kamala. None of this stuff would have happened. None of this stuff would happen.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty.

[Unnamed Contributor]

I read that so far this month, the price of eggs has rapidly fallen.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes.

[Unnamed Contributor]

Whereas everyone who just bought a bunch of backyard chickens put it fan effing tastic.

[Jack Armstrong]

That is a pretty funny joke. Although, Michael, as a booze hound, I'D like to hear number six, please.

[Unnamed Contributor]

President Trump threatened Europe with a 200% tariff on champagne and wine. People buying champagne and wine were like, what's next? Caviar and truffles playing a dangerous game. Nobody wants to attend a Mike's Hard lemonade and cheese party. You know what I'm saying?

[Jack Armstrong]

Caviar and truffles. Nobody knows the truffles I've seen.

[Joe Getty]

I. I appreciate the backyard chicken joke. I like that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

If you like. Because. Well, I. I've had chickens a number of different times. If you, like, went through all the effort to get a chicken coop and chickens and chicken feed and then figure out how to deal with the excrement that comes out of chickens and everything that goes with being a chicken owner. Because eggs are so expensive. I just overreacted. I really think he overreacted.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't think you're correctly factoring in costs, all costs. Well, even if you're including just the monetary cost, honestly.

[Joe Getty]

Well, yeah, but even if you come out ahead, you know. Yeah. And you got to factor in your labor. I don't know. That's an awful lot. Again, how many eggs do you eat? How important are eggs to you? Do you have some sort of special. If I don't eat three eggs a day, I die. A diet or something or.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, man. I love eggs, though. I love dishes that include eggs. The eggs themselves are delightful themselves. They're an important part of the meal. But it's. It's the stuff around it that really makes it home.

[Joe Getty]

I like eggs, too. I like a lot of different things. Oh, this is funny. Interesting conversation with my son last night. Because I don't, like, care much about food.

[Jack Armstrong]

He.

[Joe Getty]

He also doesn't care much about food. Now, his brother does. Brother really likes food, and mom likes food. But Sam and I both are people that don't care about food at all. And he agreed with me. And I've come across very few people who do this, that if they invented a pill, he said, or a paste would work fine, that, like, you could get up in the morning, you just squeeze this no flavor paste into your mouth, and it gives you all the nutrients you need for the day and you're not hungry for the day, I would absolutely. I do that every day the rest of my life. It eliminates the need for food. Whereas I know a lot of people, they like the. They like the process. They like restaurants. They like shopping at the grocery store. They like preparing the meal. They like texture, which I've never even.

[Jack Armstrong]

Understood as A concept like eating it. But you don't understand texture as a concept.

[Joe Getty]

I do not. I don't really.

[Jack Armstrong]

All right. I. I mean, I could try to explain it, but I'm like, that would really be throwing pearls before. Well, I know a good man and my longtime partner. I know it's technically not a swee.

[Joe Getty]

I know what texture is. I just can't imagine caring.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow, how interesting. So you've got a nice Caesar salad, Got the crispy romaine. You've got some nice shaved parmesan, which is a different thing. You got to dressing just lightly but perfectly dressed.

[Joe Getty]

And then you've got your crunchy croutons.

[Jack Armstrong]

You take no pleasure in that?

[Joe Getty]

No. It has the same meaning to me. It's like crown molding in a. In somebody's living room. It's just like, why would anybody care about this at all, ever?

[Jack Armstrong]

I would spend months to get it in shape and join them in the militia and fight and die to preserve the right to enjoy delicious foods. Michael, what's your favorite breakfast food? All time. Doesn't matter whether it's good for you or not. Your last meal. You're finally going to get executed for the terrible crimes we all know you've committed. What do you go for?

[Unnamed Contributor]

For breakfast? It'd be bacon.

[Jack Armstrong]

Just bacon.

[Joe Getty]

Just a plate of bacon.

[Unnamed Contributor]

Plate of bacon.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

All right.

[Unnamed Contributor]

See, I don't eat eggs, remember? I don't.

[Jack Armstrong]

No remember. No, wrong answer. Except for yours just last year.

[Joe Getty]

They're going to execute you. And through fight and through the electric chair, too. It's going to be gruesome.

[Unnamed Contributor]

Oh, it's going to be a pizza, no doubt.

[Joe Getty]

The best pizza.

[Unnamed Contributor]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. You don't have to worry about your diabetes anymore. You can eat whatever you want.

[Unnamed Contributor]

The whole thing.

[Jack Armstrong]

Breakfast food. I'm asking about breakfast.

[Unnamed Contributor]

All right, well, then if I work.

[Jack Armstrong]

With a collection of. Never mind.

[Joe Getty]

You've never eaten last night's pizza for breakfast? Well, I've done that a few hundred times.

[Jack Armstrong]

And how.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, Katie, I'd go biscuits and gravy.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, tough to beat.

[Katie Green]

So good.

[Joe Getty]

You gotta. You gotta name a particular place as biscuits and gravy. Because sometimes biscuits and gravy is awful.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, no. This is not your game. This is not your game. My God, folks, do you hear what's transpired here? He confesses to not caring in the least about food, then tries to jump in and run my game. You're a monster. Biscuits and gravy is an excellent answer. It is Fabulous. Little egg over. Easy on that. Or do you like to keep it pure, keep it simple.

[Katie Green]

I like the scrambled with it.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay. To each their own. I'm a corned beef hash guy. It's got to be. Not out of a freaking can either, right? Real corned beef. Onions, peppers, potatoes.

[Katie Green]

I have to say, I make a mean corned beef hash with the leftovers from St. Patrick's Day.

[Jack Armstrong]

Do tell. Oh, okay. Anyway, we're going to talk about something else.

[Joe Getty]

I think I've tried to choke down corned beef on a number of St Patrick's Day to be nice to the people who made it and just like, what is the appeal of this?

[Katie Green]

What is wrong with you?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I know. I've been asking that question for like 30 years. Monster.

[Joe Getty]

I don't remember what my point was. I had a point.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't even remember what you brought up.

[Unnamed Contributor]

Is it about you didn't care about food? It was.

[Joe Getty]

Well, that's originally what I brought up. I would, I would like to throw people this direction, though. We talked about this earlier in the show and won't redo the whole thing. This piece in the Wall Street Journal today about one of the most important departments in our government that doesn't get any attention, but rules a lot of your life. What Eric Holder once called the crown jewel of the department, the Justice Department, the Civil Rights Division, which for decades has been able to repel any effort at reform or oversight and is completely, to use our word of the day, captured by the ultra left, like not just Democrats, but like the leftist of the left. Lawyers. And it just, it's just, they run the whole thing and they do whatever the hell they want. They make whatever laws, rules that you have to follow if you have to follow a rule to law. And, and, and Trump has appointed a new person to try to, to reform that. But it's going to be quite the uphill battle. But, but to me, it was a real illustration of. I don't actually understand the government that I regularly talk about and complain about, and neither does anybody else. And it's fright. I find it frightening as hell.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. They have just crusaded for progressive causes, woke causes now for a couple of generations. And what's worse is if somebody like Carmeet K. Dhillon, who we've talked to before, who's appointed to turn it around, she goes in there and says, we're going to prosecute this case. The lawyers will openly be insubordinate or not file the paperwork or lose it or sabotage the case intentionally. And if you try to fire them, they Say you can't fire us and they just wait till the next Democratic administration comes along. It is blatantly, blatantly undemocratic.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

And that they are completely unanswerable to voters.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. They don't have to answer to a boss, let alone voters. So it doesn't matter if any new boss comes along. So. Yeah, it's very, very troubling. It makes me feel. Well, there been a lot of talk and writing about this over the years. That's part of what the book this town was about, really. It's just, there's, there's a whole big thing going on that is not the presidential elections and the midterms and the conversations that they have on cable news panels and all that sort of stuff where you feel like you, you know, you have a say in all this. There, there's a, there's a whole chunk of the government that runs things that we don't ever talk about. We don't elect anybody. I mean that, it makes it even way more hilarious, this idea of Elon Musk. No, but who voted for Elon Musk and now he's doing this or doing that. There are so many powerful people in the government doing this or that that weren't elected. In fact, that's most of the government.

[Jack Armstrong]

Here's a metaphor you might find useful. I think a lot of Americans think that government is the, say, showroom of a Ford dealer. That's the part that they show us and advertise and talk about. Ford Motor Company is Ford Motor Company. That showroom is just a shiny little bauble at the top of it. The government's exactly the same. The part that we argue about the little, the elected officials and, and you know, the, the issues they claim to care about or what they're going to do when they get in office, that's like the showroom, the giant, vast enterprise of government. It's like Ford Motor Company. It's huge. There's a tremendous amount of money at stake. I mean, well, actually the federal budget is known more or less, but incomprehensible amounts of money change hands. Government is a for profit enterprise and it's enormous.

[Joe Getty]

And I have zero belief that there's anything we can do about that. And that's why Milton Friedman's idea of the only power you have is to restrict the amount of money they have. Is, is more true today than before I read this article. That's the only power you have is to give them less money. But I don't, I don't have much hope for that either.

[Jack Armstrong]

Jack doesn't think we can do anything about it. I. I might set myself on fire on the steps of the mint or I might eat mints on the steps of the fire department. Haven't decided one or the other.

[Joe Getty]

Oh wow. Before we take a break. Before we take a break, there was one more of those plane stories. There seems to be one a week where, you know something bad happens on an airplane and the media is trying to build this narrative that, I don't know flying has become dangerous or musk has cut too many people from the FAA or something. But did you see the one with the plane smoking like crazy and everybody standing on the wing? That is some video. So you're on this giant Boeing jet. All the passengers are standing on the wing. It's on the tarmac. It's not flying at the time. Sitting there in the tarmac.

[Jack Armstrong]

Excellent distinction.

[Joe Getty]

Smoke billowing out of it. And they got everybody out of there. I don't know why they didn't slide down the ramps.

[Jack Armstrong]

Order.

[Joe Getty]

But they're all standing on the wing. I would have been frightened. This is not one of those where I think. I'm sure everything will be fine. I'm standing on the wing of the plane. Smoke Bill. I'm thinking we're just seconds away from a giant explosion that engulfs us all in flames. Yeah. Wouldn't you. I think I'd have jumped off of there now. It's a long way. I'd have break my ankles and run.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. God. That little. Break your ankles and roll.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. And crawl.

[Jack Armstrong]

You got broken ankles. I thought you were going to bring up the guy who thought he was under demonic attack on the plane and went crazy. That story broke. He like he was. I can't remember what he said that Satan's were on the plane and we're going to eat his soul or something. And so he fought a store with the details.

[Joe Getty]

Katie Green.

[Katie Green]

Well, he fought a store this and then he swallowed a rosary.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. I guess that's like extra in you now but I don't think that's required. Not only so yeah. I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Who subdued him? Other flight attendants or passengers?

[Jack Armstrong]

Both. Here it is. I was looking for the story. Hang on. Load you.

[Joe Getty]

I've been a couple of times on planes where I thought I wonder if this is gonna be one of those deals where I have to help restrain this dude because he's close enough to me and seeming pretty agitated. So far it hasn't happened yet.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Let's See, he was convinced that Satan's disciples had followed him onto the aircraft. So he swallowed rosary beads and kicked a flight attendant in the chest. Points for flexibility. Then short 31 here. I could have been a dwarf. Flight attendant, 31 year old DeLonge Augustin. Began yelling and shaking. Crew first assumed he was having a seizure. Only discovered he thought there was some kind of demonic spirit in the cabin. Might have been. Was swallowing rosary beads to protect himself from what an FBI report on the incident described as Satan's disciples.

[Joe Getty]

God, if I'm sitting next to somebody that crazy and that's no good.

[Katie Green]

Yeah. Subdued by passengers and arrested by airport police after they had to turn the plane around, which would just piss me off.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that'd be maddening.

[Jack Armstrong]

And from Savannah, Georgia, which turned into a flight to Savannah, Georgia.

[Joe Getty]

Good on the passengers who were able to subdue the crazy person.

[Jack Armstrong]

His sister, who was with him on the flight, told authorities they'd been traveling to Haiti to flee religious attacks of a spiritual nature.

[Joe Getty]

Okay.

[Jack Armstrong]

She was gonna go to Haiti.

[Joe Getty]

So your sister's crazy too.

[Jack Armstrong]

There's a not. There's a lot to not like about your plan. Can we talk about this?

[Joe Getty]

We'll finish strong.

[Jack Armstrong]

Next Armstrong and Getty. This is not about free speech. This is about people that don't have a right to be in the United States to begin with. No one has a right to a student visa. No one has a right to a green card.

[Joe Getty]

By the way, I'm interested in this topic. Of course. The Columbia leader of the protests who got. Is he arrested or not arrested or what is he. I don't know what you think.

[Jack Armstrong]

He's detained.

[Joe Getty]

Detained. Leading the protests. And then, you know, there are free speech advocates saying that we've just detained somebody or punishing them for just expressing their opinions. Marco Rubio and others are saying this has got nothing to do with free speech. He's. You can't advocate for terrorist organizations no matter who you are, where you are. So I. I'm. I'm not.

[Jack Armstrong]

Not just because Marco Rubio doesn't think you should. No. That's the law.

[Joe Getty]

Right. So I don't know where I am on this story yet. I look forward to a couple of courts weighing in on it and figuring it out.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I. I think this is good. It's fine. I'm not worried about the fact that the courts are looking at it and some are saying no, because we're finally enforcing these laws which are in place for a reason, and they're the law. So if we're going to hone in on the particulars and figure out exactly who gets booted and who doesn't. That's fine, that's healthy. But let's enforce the damn law.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. So I should read up on this because I find it a fascinating distinction. The obviously, with free speech, you can talk as much as you want about the benefits of communism. Communism. But at what point are you advocating for because people have been detained or kicked out or whatever for being up with the Soviet Union, for instance? When does it cross the line from free speech into your advocating for a foreign power? It's an enemy of the United States.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, but what we're talking about here is a specific statute about supporting a terrorist organization. And if you don't like that, change the law, as you've often said. You don't like the law, change it. You can't ignore it.

[Joe Getty]

Hey, kids, it's that time again.

[Jack Armstrong]

With Armstrong and Getty.

[Joe Getty]

Here's your host for final thoughts, Joe Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

How about a final thought from everybody on the crew? Wouldn't that be fun and a good way to wrap up the day. There he is, Michelangelo, our technical director. Michael, final thought.

[Unnamed Contributor]

Well, they got me again this year. They were extra cute, the brownies. So they I bought Girl Scout cookies even though I can't eat them. So I'm waiting like one. Well, I eat like one at a time, you know, it's been very, very slow.

[Jack Armstrong]

But anyway makes an excellent gift.

[Unnamed Contributor]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Katie Green, our esteemed newswoman, has a final thought. Katie?

[Katie Green]

See, I try to keep that stuff out of the house. And then my husband came home last week with four boxes of Girl Scout cookies and now I have to walk by them.

[Joe Getty]

Which flavor?

[Katie Green]

Thin Mint, Samoas and the chocolate peanut butter ones.

[Joe Getty]

If you can eat a thin mint without finishing the sleeve, you're a different person than me finishing the sleeve.

[Katie Green]

They're in the freezer right now.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah, you got to have them in the freezer.

[Jack Armstrong]

Jack, final thought for us, man, there.

[Joe Getty]

Are a number of big stories I really look forward to following over the weekend. How? How is Trump going to respond to Putin jerking everybody around on the cease fire thing? I have no guess, Katie.

[Jack Armstrong]

Not one, but two of my favorite restaurants have biscuits. A couple of biscuits split open, fried chicken on top of it like a butterfly. Chicken breast fried, covered with sausage gravy. And then I throw an egg over easy on top of all of it.

[Katie Green]

Oh, you'd have to wheel me out.

[Jack Armstrong]

Of out of there rivals the humble corned beef hash. So good.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty wrapping up another grueling four hour workday.

[Jack Armstrong]

So many people to thank, so many, so little time. Go to armstrongetti.com you get your hot links. You got your Katie's Corner. You got your Angie swag. Pick up an AG T shirt or hoodie for your favorite. A G fan, maybe it's even you.

[Joe Getty]

And the ongoing stories, there are so many of them. We'll have the latest for you on Monday. God bless America.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty, they're both great guys.

[Michaelangelo]

And by the way, they both get along fantastically well.

[Joe Getty]

I can't imagine a more beautiful thing.

[Unnamed Contributor]

Yes, I think was the real wake up call for me.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't think that's right.

[Joe Getty]

And child, listen, give me a joke.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's cone and I think he's right about that. We're gonna release the animal spirits and I guess we're gonna find out who was right. Right. Bye bye. Have a great Friday.

[Joe Getty]

You mother Armstrong and Gettysburg.