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And today we're under the tutelage of our general manager Catherine May there. Who that. That's the blonde headed awful nightmare of a woman who's the head of npr who was grilled in front of Congress yesterday. This. This woman, she is the face of evil. She is Ilsa. She Wolf of the ss. She is Stalin's knife wielding mistress. She is evil among us. Wow, that seems like a lot. The smiling, sexy subverter of all that is good and decent. Okay, cool. And we got lots of clips of the hearing from yesterday and we'll get into that. And that's some good stuff. If you're a fan of world class liars, folks, this is. This is the Babe Ruth of liars. This is the Lance Armstrong of liars. That's this she. She is the Muhammad Ali of liars. Stay with us. It's opening day of Major League baseball. Kind of lots of. Or is every team playing or most teams playing or. I don't even remember how they do it. No, it's. It's back to your complaint. It now kind of just dribbles out. Opening day was last week in Japan. In the middle of the night. Come on, mlb. Once you get older, that's the way it works. Baseball. Oh, stop. It doesn't mark the time. Yeah. This field, this game, it's a part of our past, Ray. True. It reminds us of all that Once was good. It could be again. There you go. Crack of the bat, roar of the crowd, etc. We will be out at the A's game. They're opening. Is it their opening or just their home opening? Home opening. It's. No, it's an opening. We should know that since we're the home station of it and we'll be out there on opening day on broadcasting there. Yes, Katie, their hope home opening is when you will be there. Tonight is the opening game against the Mariners. Gotcha. In Seattle. All right, so. But yeah, we'll be there like 11 hours before the game for some reason. We'll be at a major league ballpark that only holds the 19,000 people, which is very exciting. I love Joe's attitude about it. We could be on the moon or the Empire State Building or. All right. Why would we be on the Empire State Building. I'll be there. Why would we be in an empty stadium? To, you know, to soak in the drama of opening day. Whatever. Joe. Yeah. Michael wants us to run the basis. I don't think you need. I don't think they want disc jockeys down on the field the day of a Major league baseball. Me, a disc jockey? Again? I'm gonna stab you. You need to take lessons from Catherine Mayer at Skillful lying to soak up the drama of opening day. Please do not BSA. BSer. Ah, boy. Just without getting into any. Any details. And we don't need to get any. Into any details over the next four hours if you don't want to. But is the scandal. Trump called it a witch hunt yesterday around the whole signal app war plans thing. Is that growing shrinking stayed the same from yesterday. Depends how you ask. Maybe stay the same. I don't. I don't know. The. The only thing I'm hearing from. Well, I'm hearing two things from the right side of the aisle. One, this is nothing. It's a witch hunt. They're corrupt and incompetent, and Jeffrey Goldberg's a liar, which is just. It's ridiculous. And two, our point of view. Why do you keep feeding this? Just say, yeah, it was a mistake, but no harm was done. We have a country to protect. No further comment. I do not understand why they don't take that tack, but, you know, I'm not in charge. Well, Andy McCarthy leans right. He says they're in trouble. This. I'm reading from Politico because they've got a list of people on the right who. Who say this is a problem. Any. McCarthy said that. Piers Morgan. I don't care what he thinks, but he. He thinks the Trump administration screwed up. Tommy Lahren, who we've shared a stage with. Fox hottie. She says controversial MAGA ally Laura Loomer, barstool sports founder Dave Portnoy, a handful of others. People on the right who are like, please, guys, come on. This was bad. You shouldn't have done that. So right. And just say so and move on. I don't. Again, stop feeding the beast. Yeah. Now I am certainly not on the side of the left who wants a scalp or a resignation or a firing or whatever, you know, they made a mistake that seemed to have no significant repercussions. Thank God. Let's see how the. Yeah, thank God is the idea. Well, that lack of judgment is a fatal indictment. Well, that's in the eye of the beholder. I say not really? Yeah, I just. I don't know, move on. I was watching Fox and Friends, and Brian Kilmeade was making the point that the day after we attacked the Houthis, and it was the largest military exercise of Trump's second term, which only a couple months old, but still. And worth noting, long, long, long overdue. Oh, absolutely. Completely justified, Easily justified. But got no news coverage, Kilmeade was pointing out. He said the next day he came into work and he's like, there's like, page 15 of the new York Times. Nobody was talking about it. It got no coverage. Nobody cared. Even though it was a pretty big deal, it got no coverage. Now all of a sudden, it's a. At what time did the plane leave the. You know, all that sort of stuff. Like, now it's of utmost, you know, national importance. And, hey, there are some of you folks who are like, Angie, why are you criticizing the execution of the. Given all the bias and the scalp hunting and the utter double standards and the rest of it. No, I feel your pain. I get it. I can't. I can't operate that way just because Joe Biden did this or that or whatever. We can list a hundred things that they did that were awful and lied about and the media covered up. All true, but I can't stand here and pretend that it's not a problem. Those are. That those weren't war plans. I'm not going to go along with that. That's ridiculous. Yeah. I can't believe it came for America. Or bad for America. Bad for America, clearly. So let's clean it up. Yeah, I agree. Let it. Let it die. Somehow I can't believe that Hegseth came out yesterday and argued with people like Force Fee. Like, how dare you call those war plans again yesterday? Go on, dude. All right. Anyway, I gotta believe in a week it'll be gone and you'll all barely remember to even happen. I just think it's refreshing that there's a story that stayed in the national consciousness for two days. That's a long run these days. Yeah. We should start the show officially because we got a really good clip for you to give you a little flavor of what we got coming up. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty. On this opening day of Major League Baseball, it is Thursday, March 27, the year 2025. We're Armstrong and Getting. We approve of this program. Okay, let's begin then. Officially, according to FCC rules and regulations, here's the ceremonial first pitch at Mark. Let me ask you. Why did you call President Trump a fascist and a deranged racist sociopath in 2020? Congressman, I appreciate the opportunity to address this. I regret those tweets. I would not tweet them again today. They represented a time where I was reflecting on something that I believe that the President had seen said rather than who he is. I don't presume that anyone is a racist, which you don't believe anyone is a racist. I don't start by presuming anyone is a racist, sir. All right, that's. That's a good clip there. There's Catherine Mayer there before Congress. There's a lot of them. And how does someone who tweets out things like, you know, the current president who won the popular vote and blah, blah, blah, tweets out things like he's a racist and a psychopathic, deranged racist. Yeah. Run npr? Well, right. And then she says, ah, that was a time in my life when I was reflecting on blah, blah, blah. Well, then you don't have the judgment to run anything, sweetheart. There are other clips which you will hear in which she tweeted out, yeah, white people are evil and should pay reparations. I just read this great book and it makes a powerful case. Everyone should read it. Then the Congressman says, what about this? And she says, I don't recall reading that book. Did I tweet that? I doubt it. I don't know. I don't remember that. Liar. America hating scum. Yeah. So, I mean, I listen to NPR almost to just see how far are they going to take this story in one direction. So this morning, this is a not an important news story, but I thought it was kind of interesting. Meghan Markle, Harry's wife, has got a new show. At least six weeks since I'd heard that name, and you ruined the streak. She wants to be called Megan of Wales now or something like that. And I thought, okay, great. You can say whatever you want. I'll call you whatever I want. So. But Meghan Markle's got a new show. I would like to be called Joe of Illinois, please. I'd prefer no, Joseph. Joseph. No, Joseph. Joseph of Illinois. Can I go with Jack the Great? Just call me Jack the Great. So Meghan Markle, she's got this new show and it's getting a lot of critical clap back. I mean, it's getting beat up fairly good, like in social media and everything like that. And they got into a bit of an argument on npr. The host and then the guest that they had on because the guest said the pushback against Meghan Markle is racism. But the host said, I have to push back on you a little bit. I think it's sexism. Oh, that's beautiful. Because it couldn't be that the show is crap or that she's just an insufferable presence by everybody. Remember south park did that that whole episode. Leave us alone. Just everybody hates. They're so hateable. Shut up, Meg. But if, if you're, if you're mocking her stupid, stupid show. Is it racism or sexism? I'm sorry, I got to push back again. The racism claim. It's sexism. Oh, that is precious. And I thought, okay, this is the NPR that just yesterday in front of Congress, they're trying to claim we're not biased. We're just, we're trying to, you know, we're presenting the news. That's funny. We've got Katie's headlines on the way. We got Mailbag this hour. There's some weird stuff going with the peace talks with Ukraine and Russia. But really, those clips from the hearing yesterday in npr, if you're an NPR hater, you're gonna love this so much. So hope you can stick around for that. Our text line is 415295KFTC. Armstrong and Getty. This is Ashley Aetti from the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast. You could have lost 10 pounds already if you already started one month ago. So are you ready to start today? Find out if weight loss meds are right for you in just 3 minutes at try fh.com try fh.com try fH.com results vary based on start weight and adherence to diet, exercise and program goals. Database on independent studies sponsored by Future Health. 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Anyway, plenty to talk about today. Let's figure out who's reporting what. It's lead story with Katie Green. Katie, thank you guys. Starting with NBC. Trump threatens, quote, far larger tariffs on EU and Canada if they unite to do, quote, economic harm to the United States. States. Well, you know, not to jump to one of your other headlines, but the 25% tariff on all cars coming in in parts, which kicks in April 1, just a couple of days. Whoa, what is that going to do to the car market? Or it doesn't, or it will exclude countries with whom we have trade agreements or it will include them but exclude spare parts or something. Something, something. Nobody's really sure. From ABC News, Trump says US Will go, quote, as far as we have to to get control of Greenland. Yeah, man, I read some quotes yesterday from him. And I mean, it's, he doesn't leave any wiggle room on that. It's just we got to have Greenland. The world has changed and it's just we, we have to have it. So it will happen. Okay. This will be interesting to see unfolding from CNN, HHS to cut 10,000 employees and major overhaul of health agencies. Is this a DOGE thing or were they going to do it anyway? There are a number of stories out about Medicare and its mispayment of this, that and the other, totaling many tens of billions of dollars. It's really quite astounding how corrupt and wasteful it is as an institution and the fact that it got no scrutiny at all during the last administration. It's a, I wish, I wish people were more aware of the lack of something like when the Democrats have the White House. How could you not want to scrutinize, you know, something an expenditure as enormous as Medicare and make more efficient what it does because that frees up other. It's just utter incompetence and apathy about taxpayer dollars. But the lack of that story for the previous four years, people don't notice. From the Free Beacon NPR CEO who called Trump a deranged racist psychopath, tells Congress there's no political bias. A taxpayer funded, taxpayer funded broadcaster. For them to state that there's no political bias at NPR and PBS is just hilarious. I mean, it's hilarious. And I always ask this same question. Do they believe that, are they so where they are politically that they think they're representing mainstream America? In the case of evil, she devil Catherine Mayer. No, she does not believe that. She is the classic example of what we're always talking about. You've got the activist class that knows precisely what they're doing and then the soft heads who are persuaded by their duplicitous arguments and go along with it because they think it makes them good people. But no, she's. She is evil. From the Washington Post. Amid the rubble of Gaza, protesters speak out against Hamas. Yeah, that's amazing. Hundreds of people marching and chanting out with Hamas. We don't want to die. And that's courage, I'd say. So you college kids with the mask around your face on your own campus surrounded by people who agree with you. Those protesters are really putting it on the line. And that's weird. They're protesting against Hamas, huh? What do you think of that? Muffy and Jimmy Muffy. Mostly Muffy. Mostly Muffy. Muffy's getting a graduate degree in some sort of studies. Fu. Angry, Angry Muffy. Fu Muffy. Amen to that. That's how the Armstrong you get a T shirt available by this afternoon. F you. Muffy from study finds scientists create robot that can walk right off the 3D printer. No electronics required. What? It's alive. It's a lot live and I need to know more. Oh yeah, I'd say. Well, it's in hot links. You can find it there@armstrong getty.com all right. From the Babylon Bee State farm now offering optional quote car torched by psychotic purple haired weirdo coverage. A little rider on your policy. Yeah, that's smart. Dang it, smart boy. The point's been made by. Exactly. Points been made by plenty of folks. So in like a year they've gone from everyone must drive an electric car to I'm setting fire to electric cars. And people wonder why they get no respect. Idiots. The NPR hearing was something. We got some highlights for you. I guarantee you're gonna like Armstrong and Getty. This is Ashley Akinetti from the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast. You could have lost 10 pounds already if you already started one month ago. So are you ready to start today? Find out if weight loss meds are right for you in just 3 minutes at try fh.com try fh.com try fH.com results vary based on start we and adherence to diet, exercise and program goals. Database on Independent Studies sponsored by Future Health. Future Health is not a healthcare services provider. Meds are prescribed at providers discretion. Millions of people have turned to Claude, the AI assistant from Anthropic because it just feels different. 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And I think that was done. I'm not sure how many people will see or hear this, but it was. I'm glad it happened. Well, we had the clip of her a couple years ago, I mean, when she was named to lead npr. And there was that clip going around from a TED Talk where she discussed, you know, the truth is getting in the way these days of the truth is a distraction from us accomplishing what we need to accomplish. Right. So we already knew she had weird views of the world. But anyway, this is Representative Brandon Gill and his questioning of the leader of NPR in a hearing yesterday. And it's, it's all about trying to justify two Republicans why they should get federal funding. That's, you know, it's kind of a Doge thing. But here we go. Do you believe that America is addicted to white supremacy? I believe that I tweeted that. And I, as I've said earlier, I believe much of my thinking has evolved over the last half decade. It has evolved. Why did you tweet that? I don't recall the exact context, sir. So I wouldn't be able to say, okay. Do you believe that America believes in black plunder and white democracy? I don't believe that, sir. You tweeted that in reference to a book you were reading at the time, apparently the Case for Reparations. I don't think I've ever read that book, sir. You tweeted about it. You said you took a day off to fully read the Case for Reparations. You put that on Twitter in January of 2020. Apologies. I don't recall that I did. Okay. No, I. No doubt that yours. Your tweet there is correct, but I don't recall that. Okay. Is it possible to forget reading a Long non fiction book. I don't think so. That you tweeted. I've taken the day off to read this thoroughly. No, now occasionally I will, you know, have the punchline last and then sometimes I announce, you know, I'm going to break format and do the punchline first. This is true. Jo Getty Innovation. Here's the punchline in the beginning part of the middle. Here's what you need to remember as you listen to the rest of these clips. This is a quote from James Lindsay. Marxists just lie. They lie so overtly and blatantly that people begin to question their own perceptions. It works because no one expects another person to lie so overtly. They don't believe in shared truth. They use words as weapons. Until you learn to keep this in mind during interaction, you will get continue to get played. They rely on you implicitly, assuming that they have good intentions and are aiming at shared truth. And so dialogue can be productive. That's a deception. For Marxists like Catherine Mayer, dialogue is not a way of attaining truth. It is a forum for manipulation. She is lying. Every word. Well, you think we got a Marxist running NPR? Oh, 100%. Wow. Well, yeah, a neo Marxist in that she believes Western civilization should be torn down. She believes absolutely every single thing that she's asked about and denies in this hearing. Let's hear more. Do you believe that white people inherently feel superior to other races? I do not. You don't? You tweeted something to that effect. You said I. I grew up feeling superior. Ha. How white of me. Why did you tweet that? I think I was probably reflecting on what it was to be to grow up in an environment where I had lots of advantages. It sounds like you're saying that white people feel superior. I don't believe that anybody feels that way, sir. I was just reflecting on my own experiences. Do you think that white people should pay reparations? I have never said that, sir. Yes, you did. You said it in January of 2020. You tweeted. Yes, The North. Yes. All of us. Yes. America. Yes. Our original collective sin and unpaid debt. Yes. Reparations. Yes. On this day. I don't believe that was a reference to fiscal reparations, sir. What kind of reparations was it a reference to? I think it was just a reference to the idea that we all owe much to the people who came before us. Right. That's a bizarre way to frame what you tweeted. Okay, how many, how much reparations have you personally paid, Sir, I don't believe that I've ever paid Reparations. Okay, just for everybody else, I'm not asking anyone. Seems to be what you're suggesting. I heard that. I was not very familiar with Brandon Gill. He is at the top of my list now of guys to support and keep an eye on. I will contribute to his reelection campaign. Campaign that. He could barely stop himself from giggling at one point because he was just astounded at the blatancy of her lying. But we're supposed to believe that a highly educated woman in the news business is not familiar with the term reparations and how it's normally used? No, when I use reparations, I just mean we owe them something. I don't mean money. We owe a debt to those who have come before us. That's what I mean. Oh, reparations. Oh, that's what that means. Oh, what did you mean, money? Even though I guarantee I could find 800 versions of them covering the California reparation story and all the money involved. Take it home, Brandon. Take it home, buddy. Do you believe that looting is morally wrong? I believe that looting is illegal and I refer to it as counterproductive. I think it should be prosecuted. Do you believe it's morally wrong, though? Of course. Of course. Then why did you refer to it as counterproductive? The very different way to describe it. It is both morally wrong and counterproductive as well as being. You tweeted it's hard to be mad about protests in reference to the BLM protests, not prioritizing the private property of a system of oppression. You didn't condemn the looting. You said that it was counterproductive. NPR also promoted a book called In Defense of Looting. Do you think that that's an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars? I'm unfamiliar with that book, sir, and I don't believe that was at my time. I tweeted that you read that book, but I don't believe that I did read that. Oh, my God. Yeah. Oh my God. That is something. The person running NPR is in that furthest, gosh, maybe half percent of Americans political views. Yes. Yeah. She is an avowed would be destroyer of America and Western civilization. She has dedicated her life to that goal. I am 100% confident of that statement. Well, then. Then what's the structure of NPR that gave her that job? I mean, I don't know how the board works or the hiring process or whatever, but it's obviously people that wanted someone like her. And then you got all kinds of people who work beneath her who have gone along with all of that and been fine with it, apparently, except for that one guy, whatever his name was in D.C. that, remember, he quit, he resigned and he let us all know that was, that was a, a brave actor. He was talking about how NPR had changed over the years that he had been there and. But yeah, so you've got an entire structure that has to exist for her to be in charge of it for, for multiple years. Excellent point. Yeah. The problem is not her per se. It reminds me of what I was saying. Remember when Clouding Gay of Stanford University was in the process of being run out of town partly for being a serial plagiarizer and an undistinguished academic and people were like, well, how is she the president of Harvard? That seems like a bad decision. I was trying to communicate to people she's not president in spite of her being a mindless parrot of woke doctrine. She's president of Harvard because of that. That's how she got the job. And of course she's a plagiarizer. The entire field of woke social science is repeating the religious incantations of that secular religion. So no, you're not supposed to break ground, you're supposed to repeat it. You know what I would like to know? Did NPR cover this at all? Did they cover this in the last 24 hours? Did they play any of this or did they pretend it didn't happen? Wow, Katie, if you have a minute to dig into that, I'd love to hear that. And if they, if they reported it, how did they handle it? Right? Did I see this on the evening newscast last night? Dang it. I took in so much news because I saw this floating around clips on Twitter with people who lean right just absolutely loving all this stuff. But I don't know if it made CBS evening news, ABC evening news at all. It should. I know people like nice, smart people who are friends of mine who like look at me wide eyed like I'm some sort of nut. If I suggest that NPR is biased, it even suggests that it's biased, let alone anywhere within her realm, which is beyond biased. You're into crazyville, the stuff she's talking about. But I suggest that, well, npr, you know, they just, they look at me like I'm some sort of right wing crazy conspiracy person to think NPR is biased. Listen to that woman. Wow, the power of perspective. It's amazing. You can't overestimate how important it is. Katie's answer to my query right after a word from our friends at Simplisafe Home Security use that as a tease. Katie's answer next. That's. I feel like I already did that, but, you know, whatever. So traditional security systems take action after someone smashed in your door and broken your windows. Isn't that helpful? No, that's too late. Simplisafe's active Guard Outdoor protection can help prevent break ins before they happen. You got your AI powered cameras backed by live professional monitoring agents who monitor your property, detect suspicious activity. Somebody's lurking around acting suspiciously. Those agents can talk to them in real time, activate spotlights, call the cops before the smash ins and bash ins. Now only 20 seconds till Katie's answer was simply safe. It's about a dollar a day. That's it. No contract. You have a clock in the corner of the screen right when it's radio, but so y'all wouldn't see it. 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Accusation they defended themselves against accusations of bias is like Jack Armstrong defended himself against accusations of baldness. It's just. What? What? It's right there. You can see it. So everybody knows it. It's. It's J.J. watt defending himself against accusations of tackling people. Right. You guys want the four takeaways? Yeah, I'm interested in that. Okay, here they are. One, Republicans say they've lost trust in NPR and PBS to provide to provide balanced coverage. Half to two thirds of the country is there. Ok. Yeah. Number two, public criticism from a former NPR editor acted as a blueprint for Republicans. Didn't need a blueprint, you condescending bitches. Sorry. Oh, that was way over the Folks, I am so sorry. I get so fired up about this stuff. I love Joe. Does that number three, Democrats say Republicans are trying to distract from real news and shut down contrary opinions? That's it. That's exactly what it is. That's right. So if anything more important, even if I were to confess that is clearly more important than that. That means you can't do the second thing. Honey, the house is on fire and our son is a heroin addict murderer. Don't you bother me with that whole heroin addict murder stuff. We've got to ignore that because the house is a fire. Oh, okay. Oh, got my mistake. Okay, so we got more clips from this, like Jim Jordan getting in her shorts and all that sort of stuff coming up a little bit later. Get in there. Jimmy Joe's mailbag on the way and we'll leave you with the leader of NPR's View of the Truth. Perhaps for our most tricky disagreements, seeking the truth and seeking to convince others of the truth might not be the right place to start. In fact, our reverence for the truth might be a distraction that's getting in the way of finding common ground and getting things done. Wow. She should be in Leavenworth and Getty. This is Jenny Garth from I do part two. 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So go to topshelfcountrycruise.com to check it out and book your stateroom. Now, Michael, I know you got the diabetes, but executive producer Hansen is raving about the cookies out there, says they are absolutely excellent. Yeah, I gotta stay away from Christina's husband made. Oh, geez. What species are we talking about here? And what kind of cookie? What kind of cookie was it? Hanson? White chocolate. Okay. Oh, with macadamia nuts, perhaps? Yeah. Delightful. Absolutely. Subtlety. We have got more from the NPR hearings that are just mind blowing. So we'll get to that a little bit later. I mean, it makes a big. It's a big deal to us. And we're in the radio business and they're very successful radio outfit, npr. They do well in every city in America for a variety of reasons, including they don't need commercials. But God, is it ridiculous. Well, they have huge budgets. Yeah. Yeah. And you know, all of that is interesting to me. What I really care about is that they're misleading the minds and hearts of Americans and Perverting them with self hatred. Anyway, more on that to come. Here's your freedom loving quote of the day. It's actually a series of freedom hating quotes of the day sent along by alert listener. Jeremy. I love this. People do this now and again. Taking a look at the other side of the coin, here's a super progressive provost at King's College at Cambridge in Britain in 1967. Edmund Leach. The family with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets is the source of all our discontents. Wow. Here's one from Adolf Hitler. Michael, if you must. What luck for rulers that men do not think so what do you do with that? You think, you dig, you learn, you speak. And then finally this from Joseph Stalin. The people who cast the votes don't decide an election. The people who count the votes do. That's a good one. That is a really good one. Thanks Jeremy. Nice job. Mailbag drop us note mailbagarmstrongandgetty.com is the email address. Idiot media writes an Antonio. Even the weather doppler radar misreported local doppler shows no rain. It's raining hard outside folks. The lies, disinformation, outright deceit. It might just be incompetence. Yeah, you know militant about the bad for. You know how I am about meteorologists or life. Oh don't either. They just speaking of Stalin. They just want to see the world burn. Oh my God. I shouldn't have brought it up. Sideshow Bob writes on the Signal scandal. I've been fired from good jobs for much less than the mistake made by Waltz. Not sure he should be fired for that. But I think the lies under oath should be fireable offenses for sure if there were lies and then we got this gotten several like this. Bob says you continue to give oxygen to something that is not consequential. That's why it's still alive. If you talk about something else, then it moves on. Don't be part of the mainstream media. You're ignoring ignoring far more consequential stories. If you keep talking about it or if you stop talking about it, it will die. Two things, Bob. Number one, we are not ignoring far more consequential stories. We have four hours and we deal with a lot of different stuff. And secondly, I wish we had that much influence, but we don't. We're commenting on the game being played. We're trying to learn it. We're trying to understand it. Not just cheerleading all the time. But you know, it's not for everybody. Kevin from beautiful placerville Placerville, California Just as a, just as a lot of. A lot of news that you get on the news. We get on the news is just because it's interesting. You don't find it interesting that they have a when they're discussing war plans, they get together on a commercial chat thing like that. I found that fascinating. I didn't know that accidentally include Jeffrey Goldberg, although I have a theory on that. I want to share next hour and I'm pretty confident about it. But yeah, anyway, we don't always cheerlead. We just find things interesting and want to understand what's happening around here at the Armstrong and Getty Show. Anyway, hey, Big Freedom and old Simple Jack. Do I have this right? What we learned from the World Happiness Ratings Methodology we talked about this hour four in the show I think yesterday. If you didn't catch it, grab it Vibe podcast Armstrong and Getty on Demand hour four Yesterday, my one word review scintillating. What we learned from the World Happiness ratings methodology is that Scandinavian socialism doesn't create happiness, it creates hopelessness. As in no hopes or aspirations for making a better life for oneself. I guess if you're living as a quasi serf working a state supported job until you retire on a government pension, you probably see that as the pinnacle of life's possibilities. I guess this helps explain why nearly every major company founded in the last 50 years is American, not European. We here in the States still have the entrepreneurial spirit to go out and make a better life. Being high on the world happiness ratings sounds like an economic death knell anyway. Owen2 and we don't have time to play the you'll frequently hear people, especially on email, say sign off with. Anyway, Owen 2 why don't we kick off next hour? If you've never heard that baseball season with the full context. A tribute to the national pastime, the great Vin Scully and this fabulous country. And a shot at socialism all in one clip. Yes, it's fantastic. If you don't get that segment or hour for whatever reason, get our podcast Armstrong and Getty on Demand. There's a lot of news today. I hope you can stick around down Armstrong and Getty. This is Ashley Aetti from the Ben and Ashley I almost same as podcast. If you could lose 10.4 pounds in one month, would you try? 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