We Are Done With That Sh!t!!!

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: "We Are Done With That Sh!t!!!"

Date: September 30, 2025
Hosts: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty

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Overview

This episode is a wide-ranging conversation centering on the U.S. military’s new hardline, anti-“woke” direction, prompted by recent remarks from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The hosts debate the merits and downsides of DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) initiatives in the armed forces, critique “wokeness” generally, and discuss broader social issues including political polarization, law, entertainment, and even Halloween décor. Throughout, Armstrong & Getty bring their signature irreverent tone—skeptical, combative, and unfiltered.

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Main Themes and Key Segments

1. The New "War Department" and Pushback Against "Wokeness"

• Timestamps: 00:28 – 12:49

Key Discussion Points

• Historical Framing: The episode opens by reflecting on the military maxim "to ensure peace, we must prepare for war," with hosts noting that America has shifted from this stance post-Cold War and now faces new threats, notably China.
• Pete Hegseth's Speech: Michael reads excerpts from Secretary Hegseth's forceful speech declaring a purge of DEI, identity politics, and social justice priorities in the Department of Defense.
  • “We are done with that ass. No more identity months.” – Jack Armstrong (03:20)
  • Hegseth frames the military’s only job as warfighting and winning, not social experimentation.
• Quotes from Pete Hegseth (Read by Michael):
  • “Unrelenting and uncompromising… Not because we want war, but because we love peace.” (01:36)
  • "No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship… We are done with that." (02:44)
  • On standards: "If not, they're not standards, they're just suggestions—suggestions that get our sons and daughters killed." (07:46)
  • On fitness: "It's tiring to look out at…formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it’s completely unacceptable to see fat generals…" (09:51)
  • "Move out and draw fire…we are the War Department. Godspeed." (10:41)

Hosts' Response

• Jack and Drew are largely supportive of Hegseth’s message, criticizing what they see as the infiltration of “toxic ideological garbage” in the military.
  • “If we can't understand how obviously that is the right thing to do, then we deserve to be taken over by China.” – Jack Armstrong (08:36)
• They believe standards should be "ruthless, dispassionate, and common sense," and any deviation for the sake of diversity is dangerous.
  • “Everybody’s going to be fit to serve…standards must be uniform, gender-neutral, and high.” – Michael quoting Pete Hegseth (07:46)

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2. William Cohen's Rebuttal and the DEI Debate

• Timestamps: 03:31 – 06:46

Key Discussion Points

• Former Clinton-era Secretary of Defense William Cohen responds on CNN, asking:
  • “Was it wokeness that said we should integrate the military…Tuskegee Airmen…Colin Powell…?” (03:49)
• Drew and Jack dismiss Cohen’s argument as “one of the worst, most stupid arguments,” criticizing the implication that DEI policies are the only way for minorities to advance.
  • “That’s a very insulting thing to say to Colin Powell.” – Jack Armstrong (04:51)
  • “Whenever you’re trying to make the argument that you’ve got to prioritize, what, women, black, trans, whatever, to get people to rise up, you’re claiming they’re not qualified to get there on their own.” – Jack Armstrong (05:57)
• They draw clear distinctions between historical desegregation and today’s diversity initiatives.

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3. Military Standards & Gender Issues

• Timestamps: 07:10 – 10:41

Key Discussion Points

• Hegseth’s “golden rule” for military units is discussed: everyone must be able to physically fulfill the job requirements, regardless of gender or identity.
• Anecdotes are shared of women (and others) placed in roles they weren’t physically able to perform.
  • "That's no knock on any woman who can do the same physical thing as a man… but if you can't understand the difference, you're just an idiot." – Jack Armstrong (08:55)
• Critique of supposed “fat generals” rounds out this segment, mocking the military leadership’s physical fitness.

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4. Broader Cultural Commentary (Halloween, Entertainment, and More)

• Timestamps: 13:08 – 29:55

Key Discussion Points

• The hosts discuss Chinese infrastructure achievements (e.g., the world’s highest bridge) and compare U.S. vs. Chinese efficiency.
• Pop culture interlude: brief chat about Lionel Richie’s age and plastic surgery, upcoming movies ("Nuremberg," Daniel Day Lewis’s return), and a John Candy documentary.
• Method acting and its psychological toll discussed (“…makes you crazy. Like, it just takes too much of your soul to do that…” – Jack Armstrong, 17:10).
• Halloween traditions, neighborhood decorations, and the “arms race” of lawn inflatables.
  • “Are you even trying?” – Jack Armstrong, joking about giant Halloween decorations (28:28)

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5. Political Notes: Trump’s Middle East Plan and Shifting Politics

• Timestamps: 17:25 – 25:16

Key Discussion Points

• Joe Scarborough and Tom Friedman (NYT) surprisingly praise Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, sparking analysis about political realignment around this rare consensus.
  • “It is unprecedented in its creativity.” – Tom Friedman, quoted by Armstrong (19:17)
• Discussion of the likely futility of peace with Hamas (“If I were the leader of Hamas, that would be my plan: agree to it, then immediately begin undermining it…” – Drew, 20:05)

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6. Law, Academia, and "The Real Wrestling Match"

• Timestamps: 22:35 – 25:29

Key Discussion Points

• Media reaction to the death of radical cop-killer Asata Shakur and her controversial lionization by some on the left.
  • "She murdered a cop…Chicago Teachers Union put out a statement of love and respect in her passing…" – Jack Armstrong (21:27)
• Study on political polarization in "Big Law:" elite law firms’ donations have swung heavily toward Democrats (from 6:1 in 2020 to 12:1 in 2024).
  • “That’s absolutely horrifying.” – Jack Armstrong (25:13)
• Hosts assert that even as “wokeness” has peaked, the true ideological struggle is far from over.

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7. Final Thoughts & Lighthearted Closer

• Timestamps: 29:59 – end

Key Discussion Points

• They touch on the government shutdown, noting public apathy and media hype around a near-annual event.
• Short sports segment: the WNBA playoffs without Caitlin Clark, the excitement of MLB’s postseason, and the regional vs. national following of baseball and football.
• Light banter on Halloween couples costumes—Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are suggested as the hot look this year.
• Closing fun fact: people tend to marry others with similar psychiatric profiles—"depression, anxiety…people tend to marry people who have the same challenge" – Drew (35:32)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “We are done with that ass. No more identity months.” – Jack Armstrong (03:20)
• "If we can't understand how obviously that is the right thing to do, then we deserve to be taken over by China." – Jack Armstrong (08:36)
• “You actually think that there can’t be another Colin Powell unless you have some sort of DEI program? That’s a very insulting thing to say to Colin Powell.” – Jack Armstrong (04:51)
• “Whenever you’re trying to make the argument that you’ve got to prioritize...you're claiming they're not qualified to get there on their own.” – Jack Armstrong (05:57)
• "I'm also directing that warfighters in combat jobs execute their service fitness test at a gender neutral age normed male Standard scored above 70%...it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals..." – Michael quoting Pete Hegseth (09:51)
• “We need a military that looks scary AF to China. That’s what we need.” – Jack Armstrong (12:30)
• “Nature has no use for you anymore... You've done what nature wanted you to do.” – Jack Armstrong, on empty-nesting (25:41)

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Tone and Style

The episode continuously maintains a sardonic but conversational mood, with rapid-fire exchanges, sarcastic quips, and strong opinions. The language is punchy and colloquial, with explicit disapproval of “wokeness,” DEI, and the inefficiencies of bureaucracy—whether in the Pentagon or elsewhere. The style emphasizes bluntness and comic exaggeration, particularly in non-political segments.

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Summary

This episode fiercely critiques the perceived “woke” shift in the U.S. military, offers a vigorous defense of merit-based standards, and lampoons diversity efforts that the hosts regard as misguided or dangerous. The conversation is animated with examples from recent news, relevant political and cultural developments, and frequent forays into lighter, everyday banter. The blend keeps the mood energetic and engaging for listeners—whether or not they share Armstrong & Getty’s perspectives.

Transcript

[Jack Armstrong]

This is an iHeart podcast.

[Joe Getty]

Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center. Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

[Michael]

The origin dates to the 4th century Rome and has been repeated ever since, including by our first commander in chief, George Washington, the first leader of the War Department. It captures a simple yet profound truth. To ensure peace, we must prepare for war.

[Jack Armstrong]

So clearly, Drew I think we lost that thinking there for a while, certainly through the 90s, and especially when we thought we were the only power on earth that could ever exist, so why would we have to worry about it? But now there is a country out there called China that actually is going to go to war with us at some point.

[Drew]

And people said things like Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, or do you say war? Just said, but they didn't really mean it. No, they didn't mean a concrete way like whipping our jobs program oriented in some facets military and into a true lean, mean fighting force. But Pete seems serious about it. Here are a couple more clips from his speech today.

[Michael]

61 Michael from this moment forward, the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this war fighting, preparing for war and preparing to win, unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit. Not because we want war, no one here wants war. But it's because we love peace. We love peace for our fellow citizens. They deserve peace and they rightfully expect us to deliver it.

[Drew]

Then he goes into some stuff about how the troops have to have good leaders and how we have promoted people for the wrong reasons, whether the gender or race or whatever. We've become obsessed with the first ever transgender Eskimo woman in charge of Marine Corps Battalion with no, no focus on effectiveness. And he said some, some really good stuff about that. And then he, he kind of summarizes it here in clip 65.

[Michael]

Michael this administration has done a great deal from day one to remove the social justice, politically correct and toxic ideological garbage that had infected our department. To rip out the politics. No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship. No more division distraction or gender delusions. No more debris. As I've said before, and we'll say again, we are done with that.

[Jack Armstrong]

We are done with that ass. No more identity months. I didn't realize the Pentagon was doing that.

[Drew]

Please. Big DEI department too wielded a lot of power.

[Jack Armstrong]

So there's a rebuttal to that I think is worth playing now. As a former Sec. Def. William Cohen he was the Secretary of defense under Clinton, I guess, and I often like what he has to say. But he responded to what Pete just said there. That, that S is over with. This on CNN today.

[William Cohen]

Was it wokeness that said that we should integrate the military and Harry Truman did that? Was it wokeness? We said the Tuskegee Airmen contributed mightily to our World War II effort. Was it wokeness that allowed Colin Powell to become the first black Chairman of Joint Chiefs? Is that wokeness? Is it wokeness that you had as.

[Jack Armstrong]

General.

[William Cohen]

I'll forget his last name moment, but Charles Brown, he was appointed by the president. He had 130 combat hours. He was top gunner at the, at the station. And now he's saying, well, he was just maybe debris. Was Charles Brown debris? I don't think so.

[Jack Armstrong]

How is this so complicated? Or are they being phony? Do they actually.

[Drew]

That was one of the worst, most stupid arguments I've ever heard in my life.

[Jack Armstrong]

But that crowd that says that, do they believe that? Do you. So you actually think that there can't be another Colin Powell unless you have some sort of DEI program? That's a.

[Drew]

Well, that's what they're implying.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sure. That's a very insulting thing to say to Colin Powell. There was a time in the military where you were not allowed to rise, raise up, rise up through the ranks if you were black or a woman. I get it. That was bad. We've ended that. But, but, but, but doing away with prioritizing someone who's black over someone who's white, regardless of qualifications is bad also. How do you not understand that? Like him, smart guy. Does he not understand that?

[Drew]

And acting as if transgender girls, boys, whatever the hell on the front lines is the same as is integrating our forces, people of different races. That's, that's a stupid and insane argument. I know he's either old or doesn't know what these terms mean or something.

[Jack Armstrong]

People make that argument all the time, not just him. It's, it's the. You wouldn't have a colon pal with.

[Drew]

Yes, you would.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes, you would. I mean, and then do you realize what you just said, right. How insulting that is to Colin Powell or Ruth Bader Ginsburg or whoever.

[Drew]

Whoever.

[Jack Armstrong]

Whenever you're trying to make the argument that you've got to prioritize, what, women, black, trans, whatever, to get people to rise up, you're claiming they're not qualified to get there on their own.

[Drew]

Well, in the first idiotic part of it. Was it wokeness when Truman integrated the force? No, of course not. No, that was reasonable. Was it wokeness to recognize the Tuskegee Airmen? No, of course not. No. That has nothing to do with wokeness. There are heroes. Is it wokeness that Colin Powell will.

[Jack Armstrong]

Never have another one of?

[Drew]

Seriously, I don't. I don't even have the breath to address that argument was one of the most moronic, idiotic things I have ever heard a human being express from the age of three on. Toddlers, I will excuse. William Cohen is banned from our airwaves henceforth and forever.

[Jack Armstrong]

Again, it's not just him. That's the whole DEI argument of why it needs to exist, that people will not. You won't have anybody but straight white males if you don't have dei. What are you saying when you say that? Okay, you're saying that in. Nobody but straight white male white males is qualified to do any of these things. Is that what you're saying? Because I'm not saying that, no. Crazy.

[Drew]

Only lefties say that. So Pete Hegseth goes on to say, he explains what he called the golden rule. The new golden rule for the military. You will give to your unit what you expect your unit to give to you. There will be no weak links or weaklings or lowered standards so that, you know, 112 pound women who couldn't possibly carry a big strong trooper out of harm's way are part of the unit. No, everybody's going to be fit to serve. And he summarizes it here in clip 67.

[Michael]

This means @ the War Department, first and foremost, we must restore a ruthless, dispassionate and common sense application of standards. I don't want my son serving alongside troops who are out of shape or in combat unit with females who can't meet the same combat arms physical standards as men or troops who are not fully proficient on their assigned weapons platform or task, or under a leader who was the first but not the best. Standards must be uniform, gender neutral and high. If not, they're not standards, they're just suggestions. Suggestions that get our sons and daughters killed.

[Jack Armstrong]

If we can't understand how obviously that is the right thing to do, then we deserve to be taken over by China.

[Drew]

Yeah, I would agree. I'm scrolling through email really quickly. I saw some.

[Jack Armstrong]

I know for a fact, I know people who have told me for a.

[Drew]

Fact.

[Jack Armstrong]

That women got put into positions that they couldn't come close to doing the physical job that they needed to do. Cops and military, actually, I've heard these stories. That's no, that's no knock on any woman who can do the same physical thing as a man. Because something, something can. But if you can't understand the difference, then you're just an idiot.

[Drew]

Well, right, exactly. You're an idiot. And I have no time for your idiotic arguments. I'm trying to find somebody blasted back in the media with Pete Hegseth believes women don't have a role in armed forces. As I've said more than once, people don't resort to stupid arguments because they're keeping their good ones safe for tomorrow. No, it's because that's all they have. That's some weak tea. Blah, blah, blah, blah, Ruthless application of standards. Then he takes a shot at the fat generals. Enjoy this. 68.

[Michael]

I'm also directing that warfighters in combat jobs execute their service fitness test at a gender neutral age normed male Standard scored above 70%. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations or really any formation and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon and leading commands around the country and the world.

[Jack Armstrong]

There gotta be some fat generals and admirals in the crowd that were like.

[Drew]

Hey, I am Big Boned Island 1800 ozempic right now. Right now.

[Jack Armstrong]

Are there fat generals and admirals walking the halls of the Pentagon a pizza? Insinuating that there is.

[Drew]

I suspect there are, yes. And finally, the final trip. He sums it up for you with a baffo finish.

[Michael]

I have prayed this prayer time since I've had the privilege of being your secretary. And I will continue to pray this prayer for each of you as you command and lead our nation's finest. Go forth and do good things, hard things. President Trump has your back and so do I. And you'll hear from him shortly. Move out and draw fire because we are the War Department. Godspeed.

[Drew]

Woof.

[Jack Armstrong]

Woo. Move out and draw fire. We are the War Department.

[Drew]

The soft, debauched, fat and happy US syndrome. At least there are some people fighting it or aware of it. This will kill us. Our laziness and softness will be our undoing.

[Jack Armstrong]

The only disappointing thing to me about any of this is that in three years you could have somebody who takes us back to where we were.

[Drew]

Yeah, they can try. It took us a long time to get to where we were, you know, a few years ago. And I would hope, because I have it on reasonable authority, that when woke idiotic cram downs come from Washington D.C. sometimes their implementation is a little slowish.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, but you know, a bunch of people rose through the ranks who believe that crap. Yeah, I don't know what you do with them.

[Drew]

Throw them out fast as you can.

[Jack Armstrong]

And you know, Kamala Harris would be saying, we need a military that looks like America. No, we don't. We need a military that looks scary. AF to China. That's what we need.

[Drew]

Right. If that's 76% black guys, you know, 12 Mexicans and the rest white people, fine. Sorry. Asians. All right. Right. Who gives a crap?

[Jack Armstrong]

Nobody or nobody should. That's really interesting stuff. Good for Pete. Any thoughts on that? Text line 415295 KFTC.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty.

[News Anchor]

And finally, China just opened the world's highest bridge, and it's being hailed as an infrastructure miracle. Not sure I want to drive on something that's described as a miracle, but China says it's totally safe and made from the finest steel from temu.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, that's the world's biggest suspension bridge I was talking about the other day. They parked all those semi trucks on to show how incredibly strong it is. It is quite the achievement. And the speed with which they built it. That was the point. It was to say to the rest of the world, you see how efficient we are compared to the United States, for instance. And they are right about that.

[Drew]

Sure. If I was comparing two consumer products in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. Oh, yeah, clear edge over there.

[Jack Armstrong]

Lionel Richie's on one of your talk shows right now. Man, has he had a lot of work done.

[William Cohen]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

How old is Lionel Richie? Can somebody look that up for me real quick? His heyday was the 70s and early 80s and his face is as tight as a snare drum. Oh, I know he's got a big thing about the We Are the World song that he co wrote.

[Drew]

It's 76.

[Jack Armstrong]

76.

[Drew]

Served in our military. Rose to the rank of commodore recall.

[Jack Armstrong]

I need to get my head tightened like that. See if I could keep me looking young. Speaking of entertainment, I saw three trailers the other day. Somehow I got fed on my YouTube feed, causing me to scroll and waste time as opposed to accomplishing anything with my life. But I mentioned one of them. Nuremberg. New movie about Guring, the Nazi general who was put on trial. And the guy who played Freddie Mercury in the Queen movie is the lawyer going up against him. And Guring is played by.

[Michael]

Russell Crowe.

[Jack Armstrong]

And it looks flipping fantastic. If you're, you know, like most men in America and like World War II stuff, it looks really, really great. Another movie I'm looking forward to. There's A new Daniel Day Lewis movie. And he retired. He retires every time he does a big movie. He's out in a new movie that I can't pronounce the name of, but it's about some guy who runs off into the woods after some sort of horrifying ordeal. But anyway, everything he does is amazing, so I look forward to that. And then there's a John Candy documentary coming out that looks really, really good if you're a John Candy fan. So I'm gonna check that out.

[Drew]

Interesting. I wouldn't have guessed there was that much to the John Candy story, but I'm not saying there isn't. I'm just part of it is all.

[Jack Armstrong]

The people they interview. And it's just tons of people. Martin Shortens, Bill Murray and Steve Martin. All these different people talking about how he was the funniest person they ever met in their lives. He was one of those people that's, like, funny in real life. Some people who are funny are not funny in real life. And some people are, and John Kennedy, apparently is one of them. It made me really wish I could have hung out with him sometime in a bar, because he did that a lot. But I want to get back to the Daniel Day Lewis. So I was reading about this the other day about his method acting. He's a method actor. He's one of those hardcore crazy. Like, whenever he decides he's going to be in a movie, which is rare, he becomes that character for months and then never deviates from it. I was watching Leonardo DiCaprio talk about when he was the butcher in Gangs of New York and how you just. You couldn't talk to him anytime. The lunchroom, you know, the weekend, anytime. He was in character all the time, and how weird it was. And Leonardo DiCaprio saying he had to drop it sometime.

[Drew]

Right?

[Jack Armstrong]

Like putting his kids to bed or something.

[Drew]

That would freak him out.

[Jack Armstrong]

But do you know. Do you know much about that? I mean, is that. Does that work? Is it important? Not everybody does it.

[Drew]

Yeah, I think it does really work for some people. I get it.

[Jack Armstrong]

To just try to be that person all the time so that when the camera's flipped on, you're not acting all of a sudden. You're just being what you've been.

[Drew]

Right. You don't have to work at it. And therefore you can't fail at it because you're just it by default.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right?

[Drew]

You are that person. Although that'll make you a loony. Well.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. He's retired several times because he said it does make you crazy. Like, it just takes too much of your soul to do that, too much of your real humanity, which is an interesting thing. Got a lot more on the way. I hope you can stay here.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

President Trump says he is sending federal.

[Michael]

Troops to, quote, protect war ravaged Portland at the request of the Department of Homeland.

[Jack Armstrong]

Give you the wrong number. That was 50. Okay.

[Drew]

This is a failure.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, unfortunately, that was not Joe Scarborough talking about how only Trump could have gotten those Arab leaders to agree to the deal that he put forward yesterday.

[Drew]

I got it here.

[Joe Scarborough]

The one thing that's important to understand is Arab leaders like dealing with Donald Trump. They say he understands us, we understand him, and they're ready for this to come to an end. So if somebody is out there sitting, going, oh, wait, this guy is saying, you know, I alone can bring peace to the region. Usually when he says I alone just cut it off, don't listen. Because what he's going to say after that is probably not going to be completely accurate in this case, other than other than Hamas, he is the one person that the Arab countries are willing to get behind and do things with.

[Jack Armstrong]

So that's a point I've been making all day long, that you have Joe Scarborough on msnbc, you have npr, you have Tom Friedman in the New York Times and Fox and Friends all liking this deal that Trump has put forward. Tom Friedman in the New York Times, who hates everything about Trump, said Trump's 20 point peace plan for Gaza is a smart plan for turning a bomb crater into a launch pad for peace, for taking a terrible war in Gaza and leveraging it to create a new foundation for solving the Israeli Palestinian conflict, for normalization between Israel, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria and maybe even Iraq.

[Drew]

Iran.

[Jack Armstrong]

And it could set in motion a much needed transformation in Iran. It is unprecedented in its creativity.

[Drew]

That is amazing.

[Jack Armstrong]

I know it.

[Drew]

That's four stars.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. And obviously the, the Trump crowd, the Fox crowd, likes it, so we'll see where this goes.

[Drew]

I wonder what BB Netanyahu would say if you asked him. Hey, what are the chances that Hamas accepts this and it works, even like mostly works. How optimistic are you?

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, there's no other option. And as Bibi and Trump made clear yesterday, if Hamas says no to this, do what you got to do. You have our full backing.

[Drew]

Yeah, yeah, that's what I'm asking. Which way does BB Think it's going to go?

[Jack Armstrong]

I would guess based on his entire life experience, he thinks Hamas is not going to agree to it.

[Drew]

Right. Or pretend to. And Then immediately start violating it. You know, what if this. This is probably not the sort of thing a fellow ought to say out loud. If I were the leader of Hamas, that would be my plan. I agree to it, then immediately begin undermining it in. In ways just toes to the line.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's gonna be.

[Drew]

Doesn't bring in the full poo storm.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's going to be harder with all those Arab countries involved, though, than if it was just the United States.

[Drew]

But if you are sworn to your soul to obliterate Israel, you just think, well, that's part of what I've got to fight against those. Those betrayers in the Arab world, those Muslims who've betrayed Allah. Right. Anyway, speaking of radical violence, a radical Marxist cop killer just died in Cuba. Oh, Asata Shakur was her assumed. Super cool. Look at me. I'm a revolutionary name.

[Jack Armstrong]

I saw this story over the weekend as something.

[Drew]

And she's being lionized by the left. She's a hero to a lot of people. Evidently was your Fairly typical late 60s, early 70s militant Marxist, black Panther. It's our duty to fight for freedom. Our duty to win. Throw off our chains.

[Jack Armstrong]

She murdered a cop. The Chicago Teachers Union put out a statement of, you know, love and respect in her passing and how we should all honor her, blah, blah, blah, blah. She. She murdered a cop.

[Drew]

A father, right? Oh, yeah, yeah. And there have been various centers opened in her honor on university campuses. Noel Rothman, writing in the National Review about how her story is long endeared her to America's radicals cult of personality. City College briefly named a community center after the cop killer. 2017 social media post by the Women's March organization hailing her accomplishments on her birthday.

[Jack Armstrong]

That is so crazy.

[Drew]

Yeah, yeah, it really is. New York Times matter of factly declared to many black people she was a folk hero.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. So they were using the example of the National Review. That old Luigi what's his name that murdered the United Healthcare CEO. He could get out of prison in 30 years and be a college professor who has buildings named after him because that's what we did with the radicals murderers of the 60s.

[Drew]

Yeah. She actually escaped prison with the help of her cohort and. And ended up in Cuba where they trotted her out as a writer and thinker and America hater. So that made her a hero there in the brutally repressive communist dictatorship of Cuba. Really, really interesting. And I don't think it's of any great significance other than taking the temperature of certain folks on the left. And when they say you know, they decry political violence. Do they really thought this was interesting? I was actually aware of this partly through conversations with Tim Sandifer and other people in the legal profession. But free Beacon reporting, Big Law shifts further left as the American electorate does the opposite, a new study shows. This is a study by a Notre Dame Law School professor found that lawyers at America's top firms donated 12 times as much to Democrats as they did to Republicans.

[Jack Armstrong]

12 times.

[Drew]

Now is that was 6 to 1 in 2020 four years later, it was 12 to 1.

[Jack Armstrong]

Now, is that as simple as, like, the way it is in California? You Democrats like bigger government, which means more regulations and laws which you have to hire lawyers to deal with. So it's, you know, it's a job program.

[Drew]

Well, yeah, and litigators, trial lawyers love the Democratic Party for that reason.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, that's horrifying, though.

[Drew]

Yeah. Derek Mueller, Prof. At Notre Dame Law School found that firms within the AmLaw100, an annual ranking of the largest legal practices it's in the states, donated 52 million to Democrats and 4 million to 4 million to Republicans the 2024 election cycle. It's actually more than 12 to 1. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Mueller told lawyer and legal writer David Ladd, who first reported on his research, that he was surprised to see such a stark shift in only four years.

[Jack Armstrong]

Now.

[Drew]

That was before Trump, or was it? When did Trump first start talking about cracking down on Big Law and making them suffer for coming after him? I don't know. I don't remember that because that, you know, could motivate you a little bit. So that, yeah, that, that might be artificially juiced up. But I know Tim has said that the lost schools of America, a lot of them are as far left as, like, the Sociology department or the Black Studies department.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's absolutely horrifying.

[Drew]

It really is. So, you know, as I often say, this is not, you know, the woke thing seems to have peaked, right? No, this is not the beginning of the end. It's the end of the beginning. The real wrestling match is probably just. Just starting.

[Jack Armstrong]

Was it after your last kid left the house that you did, your little rant about nature has no use for you anymore? I think it was probably near.

[Drew]

It was definitely after.

[Jack Armstrong]

There's no reason for your existence anymore. You've done what nature wanted you to do.

[Drew]

Raised, with the possible exception of being a village elder and saying, I wouldn't.

[Jack Armstrong]

Go to war with that tribe.

[Drew]

Last time we tried, we got our asses kicked.

[Jack Armstrong]

Have and raise the next, you know, generation of your species and once you get them out to where they are of procreation age, nature is done with you anyway.

[Drew]

You're taking up resources that can be better. I should say I am.

[Jack Armstrong]

I guess that was a complicated transition to. Katie's not here today and I was going to ask her because she's still young and she's with child and going to. So she still cares about Halloween and, and everything that goes on with Halloween and tomorrow's October 1st. And I was just wondering maybe, you know, Michael, what's the hot decoration that you're not going to be able to find this year? You know, it was like the, the 30 foot skeleton that they have at Home Depot or the, oh, 20 foot cackling witch that they had at Lowe's or whatever, I don't know.

[Michael Angelo]

But usually they have weird Halloween costumes like the Manjoni guy who killed the, you know, stuff like that.

[Jack Armstrong]

But the last several years there's been one big hot giant thing that you get at your Home Depot or something. We'll have to look into that so I can get it this year. But I just think it' it's time for me to put up the stupid, enormous inflatable pumpkin that I've been putting it up now for quite a few years. And I got young kids in my neighborhood, I think they're gonna like it. But it's a lot of work. It's a lot of work putting that thing up and tethering it down. Yeah, that's the key.

[Michael Angelo]

Tether it down.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, I tether it down, but there's usually at least one or two windy days where it blows loose and it goes down the street and somebody says knocks on my door, hey, your giant inflatable pumpkin is down the street. I gotta go chase it down and bring it back.

[Drew]

Maybe the thing to do is you invest in one of those and you use it for two years, then you sell it, you know, you take the depreciation, but then you swap it out. It's like a car lease. You swap it out for, you know, 20 foot pumpkins are no longer hot. It's all about, you know, 23 foot Frankenstein.

[Jack Armstrong]

Exactly, exactly.

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's what I like about the really giant Frankenstein or whatever. They're very solid. They're not going to blow away at the wind, the inflatable things and come with their own set of problems.

[Drew]

The Frankensteins are solid.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, it's a wooden thing. Big, giant wooden thing.

[Drew]

How big?

[Jack Armstrong]

20Ft high.

[Drew]

What the.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I know it's quite Amazing. I always wondered, where do you store the damn thing? I guess you have to take it apart.

[Drew]

Does it weigh like a thousand pounds?

[Jack Armstrong]

It might. I don't know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was a big wooden thing the last couple of years from Home Depot. Home Depot sells wood, you know.

[Drew]

Michael, were you going to say something?

[Michael Angelo]

Well, first, Hanson wants to say that if it's not two stories tall, it's not good enough.

[Jack Armstrong]

I agree. Everything's got to be two stories tall, or what's the point of even having it in your yard? Are you even trying?

[Drew]

Have you forgotten the true meaning of Halloween? That would be my question.

[Michael Angelo]

Joe, didn't you get a fog machine?

[Drew]

Oh, yeah. Well, yeah. Back in the day, I was super into it. I had the fake spiderwebs, I had the fog machine, the artificial thunder and lightning, various creepy figures on a porch that may or may not have been me in costume ready to leap up and frighten little kids. Really into it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Give the kids a little ptsd. My kids are too old to give a crap. But I do have some neighbor kids that I think will really enjoy me having the big pumpkin up. So I'll probably do it for them.

[Drew]

Oh, that's nice.

[Jack Armstrong]

They're cuter than heck. That's the perfect family that I always talk about. They're the perfect family. It's just they set a standard that nobody can live up to with their exercise and diet and bilingual and they always make the church on. They do everything perfect. And it's just. It's. They're very, very, very nice people. It's just that I feel ashamed.

[Drew]

The worst part of it. I know. I feel like they don't even have the. The decency to gloat and be obnoxious about it.

[Jack Armstrong]

They are the exes exercising. This group of people. They go for family walks, like, four times a day. They're all thin and attractive. Yeah. And I feel like they're not trying to, but they're lording it over me, making me feel bad about myself.

[Drew]

Little roundup on the lawn. That's what you go with your lawn. It's a classic.

[Jack Armstrong]

We will finish strong.

[Joe Getty]

Next, Armstrong and Getty.

[News Anchor]

Congress has to agree on a new spending deal in the next 24 hours or the government will shut down tomorrow at midnight. You know, these are crazy times when the government is about to shut down and Americans are like, honestly, maybe we could all use a break.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm good.

[News Anchor]

Let's just take a day.

[Drew]

No news.

[News Anchor]

No news for one day. I'm good.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't Care about the government shutdown. I'm not going to talk about it in any reality, but it is a sign that our politics are dysfunctional, that we can't just figure these things out before deadlines like grownups.

[Drew]

Yeah, it's a near annual occurrence, they pointed out, I think it was in the New York Times going back like 50 years now. 50 now it's practically in it. Well, it was a rarity back then, but it was a possibility. But now it's every year the jabbering about a possible shutdown and the media desperately trying to get you interested. Like a four touchdown deficit football game.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh yeah, they did the thing yesterday that they always do. Here's a military wife with her two babies and they're not going to get their paycheck when she'll. You'll get on time or a day later when they figured this all out and everything will be fine. So whatever. So I just saw, I don't follow the wnba, that's the women's NBA basketball. The Indiana Fever are a game away from the finals. That's the team that Caitlin Clark. Clark pays for. And she got hurt like what, a month and a half ago for the season. She's not on the team. What is it going to do for the whole, that whole vibe? Because they weren't doing that well, I don't know. That's kind of an interesting thing. Your best player goes down and you do well, you do better. You're playing better without her.

[Drew]

Whoops.

[Jack Armstrong]

Whoops. In real sports, the NBA, the Major League baseball playoffs start today. And playoff baseball is completely different than regular season baseball. And it's so exciting. And they got three game series, which is fun because the games really, really matter in the three game series. And you got some, some good ones. You got Padres, Cubs, whoever, Dodgers, Reds, Red Sox, Yankees, all starting today. So that'll be some fun baseball. And it's going all day long. If you're a baseball fan, you can flip around and find it somewhere.

[Drew]

Yeah, I was thinking about that the other day because I, I've loved baseball since I was a little kid and I kind of drifted away from Major League Baseball watching it. And I was thinking there needs to be. And you can probably get this, I know on like YouTube, TV, if you tune into a sports game, one of the options, it's a start from the beginning, join it live or catch up through key plays.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Drew]

And you know, if I could just get like key plays and then watch the last three innings and I realize this is 21st century schizoid man with no, because sometimes the rest of it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Because sometimes the exciting inning and you know it at the time is the fifth inning.

[Drew]

Right, right. That's. That's one of the things I've always liked about baseball as opposed to the NBA. You could literally just tune in the last five minutes of every NBA, or as in baseball or football for that matter, hockey. You might have missed the most exciting, crucial part. But anyway, yeah, I just.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's also interesting the difference the NFL has and the hold it has on America of not being a regional sport. It doesn't matter that the two teams that are on Monday night or Sunday night are 800 miles from you. It's still an interesting game with playoff implications that you watch if you're a football player fan, which is just not true for baseball. Baseball people almost entirely follow if their local team is in it. Otherwise they don't. That's just the way the ratings work.

[Drew]

The final thought.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm fully jumping on the Mariners bandwagon, though. I'm going to follow them absolutely. They're not in the playoff in the wild card round, but I'm, I'm all over that team. Let's get some final thoughts. Here's your host, Joe Getty.

[Drew]

Let's get a final thought from everybody on the crew to wrap up the show for the day. There he is, pressing the buttons in the control room, our technical director, Michael Angelo. Michael, what's your final thoughts?

[Michael Angelo]

Yeah, we were talking about Halloween costumes. I don't know why I didn't think about this. If you're a couple, you got to go as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, such a great idea.

[Michael Angelo]

Wears a wedding dress, Travis Kelsey and a tux. Then you have groomsmen or bridesmaids along inside you, you know.

[Drew]

Well, if they're in standard wedding garb, how would you know who they are? No, I would go with chief's jersey.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I disagree. For my final thought, this is the perfect one. As a dude, you get to wear a football jersey.

[Drew]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

And. And be comfortable as the chick. You get to wear a short skirt and knee high boots because you want to look hot on Halloween. Yeah, that's the perfect costume for young people. You're right, Michael.

[Drew]

Yes. And if I had a time machine could take it back 25 years, I would maybe. Probably not do that. Anyway, my final thought is, speaking of couples, turns out people are much more likely to marry someone with the same or similar psychiatric diagnoses as themselves.

[Jack Armstrong]

Really?

[Drew]

Depression, anxiety, adhd, autism, bipolar disorder, OCD anorexia. People tend to marry people who have the same challenge.

[Jack Armstrong]

And that's probably a good thing, right? Because you can understand each other.

[Drew]

I think sometimes it is. Yeah. We could get into this a little more intense depths tomorrow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Yeti wrapping up another grueling four hour workday.

[Drew]

So many people to thank, so little time. Go to Armstrong and getty.com Boy, howdy do. We have some great clicks there for you. The hot links. Drop us a note. Mailbagarmstrongetti.com we will see you tomorrow, come.

[Jack Armstrong]

Hell or high water. God bless America. It's the end of the show.

[Drew]

Let's take a look back at some.

[Jack Armstrong]

Of the brilliance that occurred today.

[Drew]

Being human. I tell you what ain't easy.

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Drew]

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