Look At Our Flaws!

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: "Look At Our Flaws!"

Date: May 27, 2026
Hosts: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty
Guest: Heather Myers (News Anchor, Newsmax, Guest Host), mentions of Sarah Isger (upcoming segment)

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Armstrong & Getty explore America's persistent habit of focusing on its flaws, especially in the context of the nation’s upcoming 250th birthday. They critique the drift of media and educational narratives toward self-criticism and perceived self-hatred, particularly regarding history, race, and national pride. The show also discusses current political developments, news coverage trends, media clickbait, the rise of AI, layoffs in tech, and odd viral videos featuring public figures. Regular banter, sarcasm, and wry observations keep the tone lively but pointedly concerned about the cultural direction.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. News Coverage: Clickbait vs. Relevance ([03:09]–[05:07])

• Jack laments the flood of "irrelevant but interesting" viral videos dominating news, e.g., garbage truck disasters and plane mishaps, overshadowing substantial news:

  "We gotta figure this out, people. Do we want our news to be all the irrelevant to your life but interesting videos... or would we rather have like no videos but relevant to our lives? I'm for the latter... If they have video of anything catching fire... that is the lead story over wars and, and all kinds of major events." – Jack Armstrong [04:01]

• Joe mocks the tendency of TV networks to milk a single video for days, seeking endless new “angles” and witnesses:

  "They will stretch it for three days, a single bit of video. We found a new neighbor who saw the mishap unfolding. Then they show the video a couple more times... That's the only new thing, right?" – Joe Getty [04:50]

2. Political Recaps: Character, Trumpism & Party Shifts ([05:42]–[09:29])

• The show briefly recaps the Texas runoff, remarking on the Republican party's abandonment of the “character” issue:

  "As Republicans, we have completely abandoned the character issue in terms of candidates..." – Jack Armstrong [06:32]

• Joe explains how politicians manipulate hot-button issues ("Ken Paxton types") while hiding ulterior motives:

  "I'm going to pick a couple of hot buttony issues... preach about that with just vigor and sincerity. Meanwhile, my real project is... we’re gonna rake in zillions of dollars." – Joe Getty [08:59]

• Humorous banter about diseases (Ebola) and the absurdity of political sincerity.

3. World Cup Soccer Hype & Home Field Advantage Concerns ([09:47]–[11:40])

• Jack previews the U.S. Soccer team’s tournament schedule and speculates if home field advantage at SoFi stadium will be real, given possible divided crowd loyalties.
• Joe jokes about the U.S. immigration and fan demographics affecting crowd makeup:

  "How many Paraguayans did Joe Biden let in? I'll have to check the figures." – Joe Getty [11:26]

4. Viral Video: RFK Jr. Snake Wrestling on Dr. Oz's Patio ([12:05]–[14:40])

• Hosts delightedly recap the widely shared video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, catching two mating snakes barehanded, with Cheryl Hines (his wife, "Larry David’s wife from Curb Your Enthusiasm") narrating.

  "JFK Junior's running around in his tie... socks. Larry David's wife... is narrating the whole thing." – Jack Armstrong [12:42] "Smiling broadly and occasionally wincing as the snakes bites Land. Yeah, it's just, it's one of the strangest things I've ever seen on Dr. Oz's patio." – Joe Getty [13:11]

• Their point: It’s irresistible clickbait, perfect for the current news cycle.

5. Lead Stories – Heather Myers' Headlines Roundup ([18:09]–[21:29])

• Heather Myers, guest anchor, shares how different outlets spin the Trump/Iran story, job layoffs at Meta (tied to AI investment), weird science headlines (tick bites causing red meat allergies), and funny headline from The Babylon Bee.

  "[About layoffs at Meta]...they are once again scaling down the amount of employees they have and scaling up the enormous amount of money that they're putting into those massive data centers, into AI." – Heather Myers [19:56]

• Discussion of struggling college entrants, poor math skills, and the push to reinstate SAT requirements:

  "Some of the big universities in California are saying, can we please go back to the SAT? These kids can't do middle school math..." – Jack Armstrong [21:30]

6. National Self-Criticism: America’s 250th & Historical Introspection ([25:59]–[41:17])

The "Anniversary as Self-Flagellation" Debate ([25:59]–[34:40])

• Jack expresses frustration at left-leaning pundits (esp. Eddie Glaude Jr.’s book, praised in the NYT) insisting that milestones like the 250th birthday are best spent “looking in the mirror” at America’s flaws:

  "So when mom and dad have their 50th wedding anniversary, the point of it is to have honest reflection on all our flaws. That's funny. That's not the way most people look at these sorts of things." – Jack Armstrong [27:39]

• Joe strongly rejects the premise that celebrating means ignoring flaws:

  "Your very premise is perverse. No." – Joe Getty [27:50]

Museums and Monuments – A Lens of Constant Critique

• Joe reads and angrily dissects a plaque from a Philadelphia museum that frames the Founders as hypocrites and slavery as an unshakeable stain, indicative of the narrative shift in public spaces.

Counterargument: “Radical Grace” & Historical Perspective ([34:40]–[36:43])

• Joe quotes Robert L. Woodson Jr., who argues for a balance:

  "The past should be a teacher, not a jailer... a diminished sense of human value, the erosion of self respect and a collapse of social trust... The past should be a teacher, not a jailer. People don't rise when they are taught helplessness; they are motivated to rise when they are shown examples of what is possible." – Joe Getty quoting Woodson [32:45]

• The solution, in their view, lies in teaching history with honesty and optimism, not “perpetual wallowing.”

  "Radical grace. That's a good term." – Jack Armstrong [36:43]

Are We Overdoing the Self-Loathing? ([37:50]–[40:46])

• Jack questions how much is enough, recalling that even decades ago, schoolkids learned about slavery and wrongs; he’s skeptical about the ongoing emphasis.
• Joe connects this to teaching children: present ideals and history at an age-appropriate level without “wallowing in self-loathing.”

Memorable Quote:

"The country lived up to its principles, took a while and took a hell of a lot of trouble in blood. That's a much more mature theme than little kids can handle. And you can present the sins of the country to them in a way that does not wallow in self-loathing." – Joe Getty [39:55]

7. Mailbag & Listener Feedback ([44:40]–[47:46])

• Amusing and concerned listener responses cover bad math education, woke self-flagellation, and the punchy new sibling game "Cyber Truck Punch."

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Jack, on news clickbait:

  "If they have video of anything catching fire or wrecking or God knows if a plane's involved, that is the lead story over wars and, and all kinds of major events." [04:01]

• On divorcing the narrative of perpetual guilt:

  "Will we continue nursing our grievances, or will we choose the harder path of radical grace? America's future depends on that choice." – Joe Getty quoting Woodson [36:43]

• Joe on museum “history as attack”:

  "There is not a sentence of this that does not suggest that the entire Revolution and everybody who participated in it was just a sick, slaving monster. And that's in a museum." [30:25]

• Jack on national self-worth:

  "You present it to school kids as if it's the worst place on earth to be. What is your point?" [34:40]

• On the relentless march of progressivism:

  "If you're a progress of the progressive mindset, self hatred is absolutely the pass you need to show at the door to get in. You will not be accepted in those circles unless you express hatred of your country and of your race." – Joe Getty [34:40]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• News clickbait vs. real news: [04:01]–[05:07]
• Texas runoff & Republican Party’s character debate: [05:42]–[09:29]
• RFK Jr. viral video recap: [12:05]–[14:40]
• Heather Myers headlines and discussion: [18:09]–[21:29]
• America’s 250th anniversary critiques: [25:59]–[41:17]
  • Discussion of museum plaques & NY Times review: [27:39]–[30:25]
  • Robert L. Woodson "radical grace": [32:45]–[36:43]
• Mailbag and audience insights: [44:40]–[47:46]

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Tone & Style

• Language: Playful, sarcastic, sometimes exasperated but always direct and conversational.
• Perspective: Hosts blend humor with sober cultural and political analysis. Their “plain-spoken” style mixes heartfelt patriotism, skepticism of media/elite narratives, and an undercurrent of irreverent optimism.

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For First-Time Listeners

This episode is a classic example of Armstrong & Getty’s blend of sharp, skeptical analysis and banter. You’ll get a sense for their cultural concerns, media criticism, and persistent defense of a balanced view of American history—one that recognizes flaws but insists on national pride and honest perspective. If you want a catchy summary: they're against perpetual self-flagellation, and in favor of “radical grace”—telling America’s whole story, unapologetically.

Transcript

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[Jack Armstrong]

Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center,

[Joe Getty]

Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty. Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and Gary. Live from Studio C C, senor.

[Jack Armstrong]

A dimly lit room deep within the bowels of the arm Armstrong and Getty Communications compound today. You gotta like these short weeks. It's already Wednesday. Yes. And we are toiling under the title

[Joe Getty]

of the show World's most Violent Ceasefire continues or Texas Turmoil. The big political story of the day. Paxton trounces Cardin. The trumpy candidate steps up to the plate and Democrats are thrilled.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know. I was just looking up at the TV and you got something happened with a garbage truck somewhere and then you got the woman hang gliding, got hit by a plane and you got. We gotta figure this out, people. We gotta figure this out. Do we want our news to be all the irrelevant to your life but interesting videos of the day, or would we rather have like no videos but relevant to our lives? I'm for the latter, but I, I feel like it's exploded in the last week or two. Be a, pardon the expression because some of them were explosions. If they have video of anything catching fire or wrecking or God knows if a plane's involved, that is the lead story over wars and, and all kinds of major events.

[Joe Getty]

And they will stretch it for three days, a single bit of video. We found a new neighbor who saw the mishap unfolding. Then they show the video a couple more times. The neighbor goes, yeah, I couldn't believe it. I mean, it was right over my head. And I thought, oh my God, that's it. That's the only new thing, right? So we get.

[Jack Armstrong]

We got to figure this out. I was hoping Barry Weiss would have Tony what's his name on CBS come out and say, look, we're not going to be the hot YouTube video of the day. We're going to bring the actual news. But now they're, they're the hot YouTube video of the day also.

[Joe Getty]

You know, these are apt and wise Questions. But I find myself wondering, what happened with the garbage truck? I like a good garbage truck. Mishap. There's the garbage. It's big. It's kind of top heavy.

[Jack Armstrong]

Was somebody asleep in a dumpster or a kid? Nothing bad happens. Very.

[Joe Getty]

Of course.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know. You got to figure that out. It's hard to get to the actual news. Everybody's pleased with Trump candidates winning. The Republicans. Fox loves touting how Trump picks a candidate and they win, and the Democrats love it. So the mainstream media loves it, because positioning Trump as the scary, scary, powerful man behind the scenes on every topic is good for them. So there's reasons.

[Joe Getty]

And the idea that exaggerated. All right. The idea that he owns the Republican Party and he calls the tune and everyone dances to it, which is certainly in the primaries, is true so far. That's a handy narrative for the Dems. Sure. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Good fundraiser. Good. Keep people worked up. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

So ends my interest in picking apart politics, at least for the moment.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I. We've never been big on these kind of runoffs or in betweens or all these different sorts of things, just not the kind of show we do. But it is interesting that we, particularly as Republicans, have completely abandoned the character issue in terms of candidates, which maybe that's fine, I don't know. A lot of the rest of the world was looking at us with wonder, like, you care whether or not the candidate cheated on their wife. That matters to you. What the hell is the way Europe and lots of other places say it used to matter and we no longer care about that sort of thing or even corruption to a certain level.

[Joe Getty]

So, yeah, my main problem with Ken Paxton in Texas is that he is clearly, nakedly plaintiff's attorney, best friend in the government, and he does everything he can to make everybody suable so he and all his buddies make more money. And here's the way the scam works, because I know some of you think, well, he's very Trumpy and Trump loves him because he's loudly Trumpy. You latch on. And in fact, you know what? I'm going to switch teams here. I'm going to show you how it works on the other side without ruffling any conservative feathers.

[Jack Armstrong]

He's very Trumpy. You say the guy he beat voted with Trump over 90% of the time.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

But that's not enough.

[Joe Getty]

No, no, he didn't pledge, like, fealty to Trump sincerely enough. And Ken Paxton did. So out with the loyal guy, in with the boot anyway. But I'll Here's. Here's the way Ken Paxton types work. I'm going to go Democrat. I'm going to pick a couple of hot buttony issues. I'm going to go harder core on abolish ICE than you've seen ever. I'm going to go harder core on. Republicans are trying to ruin public schools by funding these rich people's private schools. Okay. I'm going to just. I'm going to preach about that with just vigor and sincerity. Sincerity. Meanwhile, my real project is my. Excuse me. Oh, it's Ebola.

[Jack Armstrong]

Freaking Ebola.

[Joe Getty]

I'll bet that soccer.

[Jack Armstrong]

That soccer team brought it over.

[Joe Getty]

Well, yeah, And I just, you know, last weekend I was bored, so I said, honey, let's go to the Congo and hang out, tour a couple of hospitals. It was a mistake, I admit it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Did you sex up a monkey? Because isn't that how you catch it?

[Joe Getty]

Just one. So. And you just got over the Hanna virus.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. You just got over Anthony. You got Ebola.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I know it's been a rough spring so far. So I preach that I am the world's most fervent evangelist on those two issues. Meanwhile, my real deal is I have friends and relatives who run these phony homeless services places and we're gonna rake in zillions of dollars. But I convinced the hardcore anti ice crowd that, oh, Joe Getty, he is something. I mean, he's more vehement than anybody ever. That's how the scam works. Tired of it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Thus endeth the lesson. Yeah. On that whole topic.

[Joe Getty]

So Paxton did that with like the gender betting madness, which would grab my ear, certainly. Sure. And what was his other big one? I can't even remember. But

[Jack Armstrong]

World cup soccer starts June 11. The United States plays June 12 at SoFi in Los Angeles where the football teams play and takes on Paraguay. We are the 16th best soccer team in the world according to the rankings. Paraguay is in the 40s or something like that. So we should. We should beat Paraguay and then move into the knockout round against who knows who, who knows where, because all the matches have to get played before they let you know that. But we should look good.

[Joe Getty]

I like giving a home team a powder puff to open the tournament with. That was good planning. I like.

[Jack Armstrong]

Is that on purpose?

[Joe Getty]

Probably.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, you think you want the home

[Joe Getty]

country excited and involved? It's good for business.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, they're.

[Joe Getty]

And FIFA will fix anything. They've.

[Jack Armstrong]

Excellent point. And if you go along with it, you can win their peace prize. They expanded this year. There are now 48 teams. There used to be 32. So if we're ranked 16th, you know, we should be playing somebody that's a lesser seed. Open.

[Joe Getty]

Sure. Yeah. That makes sense.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Yeah. So that'll be exciting.

[Joe Getty]

The main thing I've been reading is that hotel occupancies aren't nearly as high as everybody anticipated and ticket sales are sluggish and stuff. We'll have to see if that ends up being true.

[Jack Armstrong]

But I've heard that story many times in my life with big Olympics and soccer and whatever. And things shake out differently once you get there. It'll be interesting to see how big the crowd is rooting for the United States though.

[Joe Getty]

Though.

[Jack Armstrong]

Do we have the home field advantage at SOFI with everybody cheering for usa or is there a whole bunch of people from south of the border cheering for the other team?

[Joe Getty]

How many Paraguayans did Joe Biden let in? I'll have to check the figures.

[Jack Armstrong]

Or if you're from Mexico, do you like Paraguay over the United States and soccer? I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

Sure. Yeah. Yeah. The big bully to the north. You want them to. To be brought down? Of course.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think that'll get so interesting. That'd be interesting. Quite the thing.

[Joe Getty]

Send ice into that crowd. Speaking of ice. Wow. Let's start checking their papers. There's nothing wrong with that.

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Jack Armstrong]

Now to a wildlife encounter posted today

[Joe Getty]

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Here we see the US Secretary of

[Jack Armstrong]

Health and Human Services wrang and removing a pair of black racer snakes from Dr. Oz's patio in Palm Beach.

[Joe Getty]

The snakes, we believe to be non

[Jack Armstrong]

venomous, snap at his hands while he explains to his wife Cheryl Hines that the pair had been mating. We don't know why Secretary Kennedy posted this video, but there's interest in it. It's been viewed 6 million times and counting. Well, we watched it 10 times on the show yesterday when it first came out and we were talking about it. There's a lot there.

[Joe Getty]

There's.

[Jack Armstrong]

There's snakes having sex. You're on Dr. Oz's patio. JFK Junior's running around in his tie, dress shirt and suit, pants and socks. Larry David's wife from Curb youb Enthusiasm is narrating the whole thing.

[Joe Getty]

He sneaking at him to turn.

[Jack Armstrong]

Let them go.

[Joe Getty]

Let them Go.

[Jack Armstrong]

He grabs the snakes with his bare hands with a big giant smile on his face as the snakes start biting his hands. It's quite. There's a lot to like there. How would you not click on that video?

[Joe Getty]

Smiling broadly and occasionally wincing as the snakes bites Land. Yeah, it's just, it's one of the strangest things I've ever seen on Dr. Oz's patio.

[Jack Armstrong]

Of course. Why wouldn't it be?

[Joe Getty]

The stocking footed cabinet secretary is seen wrangling the two snakes that are biting him as his TV star wife screeches. Dr. Oz, presumably videoing the whole thing, says very little.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes, exactly. It's something. Not just everybody goes over and grabs a couple of snakes, live by the tail and you know, thinks it's hilarious the way they're biting him. Not just everybody who's that way.

[Joe Getty]

He's a non duck, that RFK junior.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's interesting. Well, you know, what do the rest of us do if we find a dead bear? Probably nothing.

[Joe Getty]

Contemplate what pranks would be, you know, possible.

[Jack Armstrong]

We don't immediately jump into what are our hijinks options with this dead bear.

[Joe Getty]

You don't just leave a dead bear behind. There's so many possibilities, of course.

[Jack Armstrong]

Take it to Central park, put it on the bike path, for instance, as

[Joe Getty]

if it were run down by a bike. That would be a good one. Yes. What else?

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh my God.

[Joe Getty]

Put it in the elevator of some high dollar hotel.

[Jack Armstrong]

And the fact that he's so tan and so and so swole adds to the video, right? He's 75 years old and he's just buff as hell. And brown is a catcher's mitt.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

The whole thing is amazing.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Somebody's got to put that to music or something. I'm sure there will be memes eventually. We've got headlines on the way. Stay here.

[Joe Getty]

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this July 4th come celebrate at America's Block Party Hosted by America 250, America's Block Party is a can't miss 4th of July concert happening at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Experience music, performances from major artists, patriotic tributes and the kickoff to giving 4th helping to make July 4th the largest day of giving in American history. It's more than just fireworks. Learn more about this landmark [e-mail]

[Heather Myers]

we're

[Jack Armstrong]

going to talk to the great Sarah Isger of the Dispatch in hour two. Really looking forward to that. We've been trying to get her on for a long time and she's got a book out. Obviously that's why she's making the rounds and wants to talk about that, but I gotta get like five different things. I would like to hear her do her screed on, on our show. I definitely, I definitely want to get one of them jammed in. In addition to her book, she is so good. She's one of the best pundits in America. I think.

[Joe Getty]

I wish everybody was forced to listen to her. Yeah, A anti First Amendment policy Sarah would hate, but I'm willing to compromise. Speaking of terrific women in the news, Heather Myers is visiting from Newsmax, among other assignments, and filling in for Katie while she's on maternity leave, which is

[Jack Armstrong]

how do you like Newsmax? Out to insurance, like and everything. Everything. Yeah, they treat you good.

[Heather Myers]

Newsmax is great, fantastic people. And I told you guys that, you know, before that in this business sometimes you don't always work for people that you love.

[Jack Armstrong]

I never noticed this.

[Heather Myers]

So, no, not you guys, but other people in the business. And this time I'm just so happy. Great people.

[Joe Getty]

Excellent. Let's figure out who's reporting what. It's the lead story with Heather Myers. Heather?

[Heather Myers]

All right, same story, three different headlines starting with Fox News, Trump to hold cabinet meeting amid Iran war negotiations. From cnn, Trump to convene cabinet meeting as Iran threatens to retaliate after U.S. strikes. And from the Washington Post, Trump to hold cabinet meeting amid declining approval on Iran and economy.

[Jack Armstrong]

So that's scheduled to start halfway through our radio show today. And he's likely to do what he usually does with the cabinet meetings, where they all sit around there for a while and take questions on camera before they close the door. I guarantee there's going to be news made there on a number of topics. So we'll have that for you.

[Heather Myers]

Right from cnn, Trump completes his month of GOP revenge and other takeaways from the Texas runoffs.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, we're going to be getting into that a little bit more later

[Heather Myers]

from Fox Business, Metta lays off nearly 1400 Washington employees and latest tech workforce cut.

[Jack Armstrong]

Did they say why is it an AI thing?

[Heather Myers]

Yeah, they are once again scaling down the amount of employees they have and scaling up the enormous amount of money that they're putting into those massive data centers, into AI.

[Jack Armstrong]

And as we always ask, so if, if people are going to be taken care of by the universal income, when does that start?

[Joe Getty]

Wall Street Journal with a great article today about thousands and thousands of jobs being lost in Phoenix, which had emerged as kind of the cubicle capital of the country for customer service jobs and, you know, earpiece in a cubicle type work that were lifting people into the middle class. But those jobs going away in a hurry, mostly due to AI and more offshore.

[Heather Myers]

Have you gotten the robocalls from the. I was gonna say, have you gotten the robocalls from the AI bots yet?

[Joe Getty]

No.

[Jack Armstrong]

What's that sound like?

[Heather Myers]

Well, they kind of purposely stumble over your name and reflections a little bit

[Jack Armstrong]

to make it sound like a human.

[Heather Myers]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. I want to give them.

[Joe Getty]

I prefer the human touch when I'm being scammed. I appreciate that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Me, too.

[Heather Myers]

All right, From NBC Chicago, some tick bites can trigger a red meat allergy. Cases reported in Illinois.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

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This one's weird.

[Heather Myers]

All right, New York Times. I know you guys touched on this a moment ago, but you gotta love the headline here. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Keeps picking up snakes. Is he doing it right?

[Joe Getty]

Oh, snake. Snake handling tips. I appreciate that.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's a funny way to look at it.

[Heather Myers]

And from the Babylon Bee, parents help graduate. Sound out the words on diploma.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, that's a good one.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, boy.

[Jack Armstrong]

I like that.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, the. Oh, what university? It's. Some of the big universities in California are saying, can we please go back to the sat? These kids can't do middle school math that are coming into our STEM program.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, that was an engineering program where they're like, we can't teach them engineering because they can't do basic math.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Heather Myers]

And they got a chance.

[Jack Armstrong]

They were straight A students at their school. They went to.

[Joe Getty]

That's weird.

[Jack Armstrong]

God dang it. We sewed something. Something bad. I'll work on that sentence.

[Joe Getty]

Something good. It's coming together.

[Jack Armstrong]

All right. Thanks, Heather.

[Joe Getty]

Appreciate it. We'll talk to you in a little bit.

[Heather Myers]

Bye, guys.

[Jack Armstrong]

Heather, there's more than one Myers.

[Joe Getty]

Got to remember that the equity thing. Equity eliminates excellence. A country that eliminates excellence will die.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, it's just. It's such an awful thing to do to kids.

[Joe Getty]

Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

What a terrible thing to do to your kid. To say, hey, you're a straight A student. Life is going to be easy for you. Go out there in the world and make your fortune. And he. Get out there and you can't. You can't do the most basic things

[Joe Getty]

and then admit you into an engineering program at some auspicious university in a blue state based on your here's how I suffered as a bipoc. Or whatever, you know, essay. And then they let you in. You can't multiply and divide. Holy crap. We're here to teach you how to build rocket engines. This is gonna take a while.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, man. We got. We gotta work hard to not be too negative. The most depressing show. Radio show in America. But there's a big column in the New York Times today about why we shouldn't be celebrating our birthday, the 250th birthday of America. We're awful and we need to recognize that I hate that person in the freaking New York Times by a big time journalist. We'll get to that a little bit later. We got a lot today. If you missed a second to get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong

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This is total non stop action.

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[Jack Armstrong]

how I did this job before AI. I really don't. I lean on it so much now in my or my life. I use AI so much every day for so many things. I don't remember what I used to do. I guess I googled and searched through the swamp that is Google to get kind of a half assed answer.

[Joe Getty]

Eventually, under the best of circumstances.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, AI is so much better. Anywho, this didn't take long. So yesterday Joe brought us some of the pushback on the 250th anniversary of this country. Particularly like a lot of our parks and monuments around the United States and museums.

[Joe Getty]

Museums.

[Jack Armstrong]

Because I've talked about this, I've experienced it myself with my kids, where there's got to be all kinds of anti American, anti human, anti Western civilization stuff and every freaking plaque you see in every museum you go to and it really gets tiring. And I said, well, we're going to get ready for a lot of that. Coming for the July 4th anniversary, the 250th anniversary, and then bingo bango. There's a review of this book, America USA in the New York Times last night. Eddie Glaude Jr. If you're a watcher of MSNBC or Ms. Now now, he's a regular on there as a pundit. He's a black dude and he hates America. And he's written this book, America usa, where he wants to well, I can read a little bit here from the review, which I find highly annoying. Eddie Glaud, looking back on previous celebrations, like the bicentennial in 1776, which Joe and I were old enough to live through everything like that. Such celebrations, he contends, have never really been the moments for honest self reflection that they're often advertised to be. Wait a second. That's interesting. So when mom and dad have their 50th wedding anniversary, the point of it is to have honest reflection on all our flaws. That's funny. That's not the way most people look at these sorts of things.

[Joe Getty]

I love how the left will state that is. I mean, clearly this is the way people look at it. No, no, no, no. Before you say another word, no. Your very premise is perverse. No.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, it's your daughter's 16th birthday. Let's go through everything she's done wrong in her 16 years. And spend our time reflecting on that because that's what we do with celebrations

[Joe Getty]

and why people, especially boys, don't like her and probably never will.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes.

[Joe Getty]

Happy 16th, honey.

[Jack Armstrong]

Instead, the nation usually shatters the mirror, refusing to accept what it prefers not to see. American anniversaries are often moments to turn a blind eye to the evils of the past and the present. Glaude rides. Glaude writes, to suppress the fact of America's soul. And it goes on and on and on and on like that. And I knew there was gonna be a lot of that crap. And the fact that the New York Times already has a review touting how wonderful that is.

[Joe Getty]

Oh my.

[Jack Armstrong]

We have been using the marriage metaphor because I think it's so good. Or. Or whether you're looking at the anniversary or just like your husband or wife life. Do you feel the need with your husband or wife for many decades to constantly focus on the flaws that if you don't focus on the, you know, a couple years that, that weren't great, or they did this wrong or really did that wrong or whatever? Always focus on, well, you're burying the past, you're turning a blind eye to the sins. Is that what you're doing? Or are you looking at the totality of things? And you're pretty happy where you are now, and you got here by zigs and zags, but look at where we are now. And I'm happy with this and I want it to continue. Which is it?

[Joe Getty]

And you work on stuff that isn't great in a way that does not betray your love for the family slash the country. Imagine if, you know, in your 20s, the husband will say, made an investment that didn't work out and 30 years later they're looking at, I don't know, new dishes. Well, I'm not sure we can afford those. You remember that bad investment you made in our 20s that didn't help us a bit? That would be poisonously dysfunctional. I mean, horrible.

[Jack Armstrong]

I've known a few marriages that survived affairs and strengthened them in some cases. And do you just lean on that all the time? Every year, anniversary, you gotta make that the focal point because otherwise you're burying your history, right? You're censoring your history. Or you got through it and you're better for it and this is where you want to be and you're moving forward. It's just. It's so ridiculous, the self hating nature of that. It's a weird psychological thing. You want to spend all your Time on the negatives as if they've gotten worse and not better.

[Joe Getty]

Right, right. Well, that's useful if you're selling that and you wish to profit from it. But it's incredibly unhealthy. It's. It's poison. It's toxic.

[Jack Armstrong]

We didn't do this sort of crap back in 1976, or at least as a child, it was hidden from me. It is going to be everywhere this July 4th. It's going to be hard to get away from.

[Joe Getty]

For instance, I shared some of this yesterday. It's a sign at a Philadelphia museum that's getting geared up. Philadelphia, of all places, getting geared up for the 250th birthday party for our country, in which our country will be kicked in the face repeatedly. What did independence mean for people in the colonies of British North America? Well, that's a very ABC123 basic question. Here's the answer. When Thomas Jefferson famously declared in 1776 that all men are created equal, his words did not ring true for many groups in the colonies. Enslaved people, indigenous people, women and the economically disadvantaged and others all tried to. That's your plus, you know, LBGBTQ all tried to discern what their opportunities for life, liberty and a pursuit of happiness might be in the new United States. Individuals who could choose to support the revolution, most often white men, did so for varying reasons. Some joined because of political ideals. Many sought new economic opportunities. And others hoped that independence would bring westward expansion onto the lands of various indigenous nations. Colonists like Edward Shippen, whose portrait hangs nearby, rebelled because they felt that unfair tax policies made them slaves to Great Britain. Yet many were enslavers themselves. Growing colonial industries like John Bartlem's porcelain factory proved that colonists could produce their own fine goods, but they too exploited enslaved labor. So there is not a sentence of this that does not suggest that the entire revolution and everybody who participated in it was just a sick, slaving monster. And that's in a museum. In reply, and I've quoted Robert L. Woodson, Jr. Before, he is speaking of black Americans. He is a black man. He is a man of the cloth, and he is absolutely brilliant and eloquent and a patriot. And I'm just going to hit you with part of this because it's a little long, but the 250th birthday of the United States presents a unique moment to celebrate beyond flag waving, anthem singing and praising the wisdom of the Founding Fathers. Though meaningful, such rituals become empty without moral reflection. This is the part I loved which victories exactly are we celebrating? What kind of nation are we calling ourselves and our posterity to be? Over the past decade, American history has been weaponized to convince its people that we are irredeemably defined by our worst chapters, especially the moral darkness of slavery. Black children are increasingly taught to believe they live in a country that fundamentally thinks less of them. White children are told they are inherently guilty because they are privileged oppressors. Both messages produce the same outcome. A diminished sense of human value, the erosion of self respect and a collapse of social trust. And people that are convinced they are powerless will eventually live as though they are. The past should be a teacher, not a jailer. People don't rise when they are taught helplessness. They are motivated to rise when they are shown examples of what is possible. Then he gives a great biblical example about the Israelites and Egypt, which we will pass over. Go ahead.

[Jack Armstrong]

We're first hit with this. When did this all start? 10, 15, 20 years ago, whenever this all started.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, starting in the colleges of education leeched its way outward and they started

[Jack Armstrong]

doing it in schools. And it was more negative than positive about the United States at every turn. Ultimately what, Well, I know what ultimately it is. This is an attempt to bring down Western civilization, but just for the, for the teachers and the people that go along with everything. What are you trying to accomplish? What's your goal? Do you think that the perfect place to be would for everybody to just be sad about the country? Or should we dissolve it? People cross swim through rivers, they get on boats and shark infested waters, they cram into back of the trucks, nearly die of heat to get into this country, to hope, have a chance to live here. And you present it to school kids as if it's the worst place on earth to be. What is your point?

[Joe Getty]

Right, right. Part of it is if you're a progress of the progressive mindset, self hatred is absolutely the pass you need to show at the door to get in. You will not be accepted in those circles unless you express hatred of your country and of your race. If you're white, of your economic position, if you're not poor. Self hatred is a complete. It's a requirement. Jacket and tie required. Self hatred required. Anyway, so he mentions that the Israelites were commanded to never forget their bondage in Egypt. Not so that they would remain victims forever, but so they would never become pharaoh to another people. To find their goodness and their morality and to regret the badness of the past, but not be bound by it. America must remember its own Egypt in That exact spirit. Woodson writes, the evils of slavery should never be forgotten, but neither should they be used as a permanent indictment against the nation. They should serve as a moral guardrail, reminding us that greatness is neither inherited nor guaranteed. It must be earned, defended, and renewed. Slavery reminds us of the capacity for cruelty within every society and why we must remain humble, vigilant, and committed to justice. Then he talks about the entire American experiment is that we're striving for our ideals and it's hard and we make mistakes. But those ideals, they're a North Star and they are always there for us. And he says the painful struggle to live up to those ideals takes courage, self discipline, and above all, grace. Not the cheap, performative grace of political rhetoric that rationalizes wrongdoing or denies injustice. The costly kind that demands something of you. Discipline, sacrifice, responsibility and moral courage. The kind that chooses restoration over revenge, even when revenge feels justified. In his last couple of sentences, as America turns 250, the question is whether we still possess the spiritual resources to renew ourselves. Will we continue nursing our grievances, or will we choose the harder path of radical grace? America's future depends on that choice.

[Jack Armstrong]

Radical grace. That's a good term. Yeah. Yeah, I've got a comment on that. But first we need to tell you about Incogni. We were just talking a little bit ago about scams and getting calls from AI people. I haven't had one of those yet, but they can't call me if they ain't got my number. And Incogni helps get my number off of databases. That's what they do.

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Yep, this is what they do. They use the law on their side to go to these databases. Say, hey, you got to take their information on. They're protecting you from spam scams and digital threats. They can't scam you if they can't find you.

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[Jack Armstrong]

no idea what they're teaching school kids in 19, 20 or whatever. Maybe you went to school and they never mentioned slavery. I have no idea. But I, I'm, I'm, I'm old and I went to school, you know, many, many half a century ago and they were getting plenty of slavery in school. So when is enough the whole. We are unwilling to hold a mirror up to ourselves and look at our flaws. When have we spent enough time looking at our flaws? Give me a deadline of. Because I really feels to me like we've wallowed in our flaws for many decades now and the point has been made. Right?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that's the intellectual class for you. I agree completely. I'm thinking back to the family metaphor of children because you mentioned teaching children in schools. At what point is a child ready

[Jack Armstrong]

for,

[Joe Getty]

daddy got drunk a lot when he was young or played around a lot or I'm not sure when you

[Jack Armstrong]

need to drop that information.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Or be a long time in.

[Joe Getty]

Well, why are you teaching 6 year olds the terrible flaws when what's most important is that they love the country and its principles because they unite us. And yes, as they get older and can handle all right, we said all men are created equal. But slavery was all over the planet, including here. And the Founding Fathers knew that was a tension they would have to figure out going forward. They were fully aware of that and troubled by it, but they couldn't figure out how to unite the north and south against the Brits because if they told the south, you're not welcome, it never would have worked. So they thought, oh my God, this is going to be hard and we're going to have to work it out over the course of years. And eventually we had a bloody civil war to settle the question. And, and yeah, it's been a really hard thing we've dealt with. But yeah, the country lived up to its principles, took a while and took a hell of a lot of trouble in blood. That's a much more mature theme than little kids can handle. And you can present the sins of the country to them in a way that does not wallow in self loathing. But again, the leftist class, they don't have the same goal as we do. They wanna tear the country down. They hate it because they wanna build their Marxist utopia. Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

So this Eddie Glod, who's on MSNBC all the time, Glod is in no mood for celebration. The New York Times says. And then he says down here in a quote from him a half century later, talking about when he was a kid, Glod is refreshed, refreshingly honest about the depths of his despair. Oh, it is refreshing because we never come across anybody on the left who who says this sort of thing. This is refreshing. His quote I do not love America and never have. Especially now.

[Joe Getty]

All right, well go somewhere better.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, where's better? Go there. Enjoy it. Knock yourself out.

[Joe Getty]

God.

[Jack Armstrong]

God dang it. It's going to be tiring. From the New York Times, Washington Post, MSNBC class as we lead up to the 250th birthday well, I just unwilling to look at our flaws. Really? Is that what's going that's not what it feels like is going on here. Unwilling to look at our successes, unwilling to look at our achievements is what it seems like.

[Joe Getty]

The principles that are the envy of the world. That's what you're unwilling to look at, Eddie, you fake intellectual America hating a hole.

[Jack Armstrong]

I will buy your ticket and pay your moving expenses. Leave mailbag on the way.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty.

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[Jack Armstrong]

yo probably ought to check in on Iran at some point. The President is going to have a cabinet meeting while we're on the air today and probably answer a bunch of questions. We'll have that later.

[Joe Getty]

Here's your freedom loving quote of the day In a compressed segment, Sergio is reading the 48 laws of power by Machiavelli and he came across one that he found somewhat troubling that relates to the modern age. In essence, it said, a man that strives to be good his entire life gets swallowed up by those not so naive.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, hate to be swallowed up.

[Joe Getty]

You got to be ready for a knife fight. Mailbag. Politics is a dirty, dirty business. Drop us a Note [e-mail] Jeff in Pacific Grove writes, I taught math at middle and high school and some student teaching at the elementary school. The problem is unqualified elementary school teachers. Vast majority of them are young women from social science or English majors who are math phobic. Not only are they opposed to math on a philosophical basis, but they're fairly incompetent in math processes themselves.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sorry, what does opposed to math on a philosophical basis mean?

[Joe Getty]

I wish we had time to sort through that. Almost none of my sixth grade students knew their multiplication facts and they were hopeless at two digits of subtraction.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm sorry, I'm philosophically opposed to math.

[Joe Getty]

What? Wow. Wow. The original sin of racism is Dr. B's topic. Good morning fellows. Woke people believe they are guilty of the original sin of racism. They feel guilty about it. To atone for the sin they were born with, they have to fight the racism of the past. Like 2025 signs at the Philadelphia Museum. When normal people push back, it is because we are not educated enough, haven't done the work and don't know what we are fighting against. Haven't done my work, my thought. Well, I know, I know these cliches, these woke cliches. My thought when I encountered these people, you're not racist, you're just stupid. BJ says. I'm currently engrossed with Tim Sandifer's book Proclaiming Liberty, which I believe should be taught in high school and university in America. Adams and Jefferson were highly intelligent men. They knew Latin and Greek and the great philosophers of the past, like Cicero to those who badmouth America. Those who badmouth America are utterly clueless or indoctrinated swine who should be shunned. But as Joe has stated in the past, you can't have enough contempt for our media and I might add, our education establishment and the teachers unions. Oh, I've got a heck of a story about the teachers unions coming up.

[Jack Armstrong]

You weren't here for Tim's incredibly romantic story about him and his wife. Oh, he said to his wife, thomas Jefferson is not only my favorite favorite founding father, but my favorite person who's ever lived on earth. I'm sorry to tell you that. And she said he's mine too. Not each other. Their favorite people who've ever lived. Thomas Jefferson. And they agree on that. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

That's pretty funny.

[Joe Getty]

That is probably the new Very true. Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

We got a lot now or two. Get the podcast.

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