Loading summary
Jack Armstrong
Tired of restless nights.
Joe Getty
At Leesa, they know good sleep is essential for mental, physical and emotional health. From memory foam mattresses to hybrids that keep you cool all night long, Lisa's mattresses offer exceptional comfort and support with free delivery and a hundred nights to try out your mattress in the comfort of your home. Go to Leesa.com today and get 20% off all mattresses and two free pillows. That's L E-E-S.com and use code iheartrade for an extra $50 off your purchase. Remember, no matter who you are, there's.
Katie Green
A Lisa just for you.
Joe Getty
Hello, it is Ryan and I was on a flight the other day playing one of my favorite social spin slot games on chumbacasino.com I looked over at the person sitting next to me and you know what they were doing? They were also playing Chumba Casino. Everybody's loving having fun with it. Chumba Casino's home to hundreds of casino style games that you can play for free anytime, anywhere. So sign up now@chumbacasino.com and grab your free welcome bonus. Sponsored by Chumba Casino. No purchase necessary v GW Group void where prohibited by law 18/ terms and conditions apply.
Ashley Iaconetti
This is Ashley Iconetti from the Ben and Ashley I almost same as Podcast what if I told you that Future Health can help you make weight loss resolutions come true? Long lasting weight loss results all for less than $3 a day. Find out if weight loss meds are right for you in just 3 minutes at try fh.com get started with a quick 3 minute survey at try fh.com try fh.com future health is not a healthcare services provider. Meds are prescribed at provide discretion. Results may vary. Sponsored by Future Health.
Katie Green
When it comes to playtime, never let your squad down. Unlock elite gaming tech@lenovo.com Push your gameplay beyond performance with 13th gen Intel Core processors. Upgrade to smooth high quality streaming with Intel Wi Fi 6e and maximize game performance with enhanced overclocking. Win the tech search and head to.
Jack Armstrong
Lenovo.Com lenovo Lenovo.
Ashley Iaconetti
Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.
Joe Getty
Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and get ready. Live from Studio C. It's a dimly.
Jack Armstrong
Lit room, you know where deep within the bowels. The bowels I say, of the Armstrong and Yeti Communications compound. And today we are under the tutelage of our General manager still Donald J.
Joe Getty
Trump, Commander in Chief by God. Shaking it up.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. How about today we could focus on the immigration angle, which is one of the two biggest issues. He got elected on the immigration thing as the ICE officers are out there targeting violent offenders. About 400 people have been arrested already who had horrible criminal records that were in our country. And the fact that they arrested him within like, you know, two days of a new presidency means they knew who they were and where they were. Right. And.
Joe Getty
Well, and the fact that they had been left to do whatever they wanted and stay in the country until now boggles the mind.
Jack Armstrong
It really does. It really does. They had been identified by the Justice Department. People knew exactly what sort of horrible things these people had done. And because of a variety of ridiculous policies at the federal, state and city level, they were just hanging out waiting to commit their next crimes. And then you got the Lake and Riley act, which passed the House easily by over 100 votes with all 46 Democrats voting on it. That's the act that makes it easier for federal officials to detain and deport illegals who are charged with crimes. And prior to this, you know, you're. That would. That gets around the sanctuary city, right, because sanctuary city thing, because it's a, it's a federal law. So in theory, the state of California or Los Angeles county or whoever can't just ignore that. In theory. We'll see.
Joe Getty
Yeah, that is going to be worked out at length. The question of can the federal government compel in any way a local employee to do their bidding? That's gonna be knocking around the courts for a long time, but it ought to be decided. It's about time.
Jack Armstrong
Well, we know where public opinion is. New York Times poll over the weekend. 85% of Americans want illegals with criminal.
Joe Getty
Backgrounds out in the other 15% of you. I want to deport you. Are you insane? How does the world look to you? What sort of. You need to explain your system top to bottom for me because I'm fascinated.
Jack Armstrong
I agree. Deport them. I don't care if they're 16 generation Mayflower Americans. They need to go.
Joe Getty
Yeah, please, who cares?
Ashley Iaconetti
Get.
Joe Getty
Where am I? I don't care.
Jack Armstrong
The other border thing. 1500 troops headed to the border. And some marine was on the talk shows yesterday saying there might be as many as 10,000 soon doing a variety of different jobs. I don't know if you saw the pictures of the detention centers, Mexico's building on the other side of the border. Cuz they realized the jig is up and these people gotta go somewhere. So they're trying to figure out where they're Gonna put everybody, since they're not gonna be crossing anymore. Keeping in mind that 8 million people crossed illegally during the Biden administration.
Joe Getty
8 million people.
Jack Armstrong
As Bob Woodward said in his book, Bob Freaking Woodward said, the greatest non war migration of humans in world history, in the history of the planet, happened because of our stupid, stupid policies.
Joe Getty
Utterly lawless for years and years and years. And shockingly so, as we've been discussing. And thank goodness Trump, among other things, doesn't care if some fringe of activists says this is racist against Hispanics or something. I mean, it's an idiotic argument, but the bulk of the political world at least listens to that and thinks, hmm, I wonder how much influence and sway they have. I wonder if they would cost me votes and contributions. Trump's like, I don't care. Be quiet. Which is great. Now, here's the problem with Trump, and there are a couple of stories like this. I finally came up with the correct metaphor. It's as if he's in the Oval Office unleashing these great executive orders and urging Congress to pass fantastic laws and returning so many policies back to sanity. And as he's doing that, he's just like casually sliding landmines around the Oval Office and saying, oh, don't worry, I won't step on him. Because that's Trump's thing. He creates his own landmines for the, you know, the other people who exploit. And some of you are like, why are you guys focusing on some of the negative stuff with Trump? He's doing so many good things. It's because I could. I've seen this movie before. The only way that great stuff ends is if he steps on one of his own landmines. The left can't take him down. Like Lincoln used to say about the country, we'll never be taken over by some external force. If we are to fall apart, it'll be of our own making.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, I like this border immigration stuff, though. So can you explain to me. I meant to read the article yesterday. We're big fans of the Dispatch around here and they put out a piece on why we need to continue birthright citizenship. And I didn't get around to reading it. I wanted to hear the argument and I was asking, I've been asking for.
Joe Getty
The last couple of days, what's the.
Jack Armstrong
Argument for continuing it? Because I hadn't heard one yet, but there must be one or several, and I'd like to know.
Joe Getty
The only one that's really leapt to my mind is that if you, if you have a smart Orderly immigration system. And it takes a while for those people to become citizens, but they're here to stay, to become Americans. Their kids ought to be Americans. There shouldn't be a long administrative process that their kids become Americans.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, but how do you deal with the whole citizenship tourism thing that's popular, particularly among the rich in Asia. You know, you're going to have a baby, see a fly to the United States and stay in a hotel or whatever you do, and have your kid born at a hospital here so you can citizen.
Joe Getty
Why don't we. What are we supposed to do? Put a pin in it now or park the car? Park the car?
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. Have you heard anybody say that? Hanson. Well, of course, we don't ever go to meetings either. How would we hear the lingo of meetings when we don't ever have to go to meetings? Thank God.
Joe Getty
Oh, yeah, thank God. It's one of the greatest developments of our long career. So we're at the point that. Nah, I don't wanna.
Jack Armstrong
I hate to even say this out loud because some of you will flip off the radio because you go to, like, five meetings a day. I think I go to three meetings a year.
Joe Getty
Yeah. And those are ones we want to go to.
Jack Armstrong
Yes. Hanson.
Joe Getty
Now, somebody threw a sales term at me yesterday that I'd never heard before.
Jack Armstrong
And I actually had to say, no. I wasn't aware of that. And I gotta admit, I don't know what that means. What was it?
Joe Getty
I don't even know. Some. Some weird combination.
Jack Armstrong
Let's park the car and we'll to that. See if we can figure out what it was. Yes, Joe.
Joe Getty
Excellent. I said it's not a great metaphor. I don't park the. Okay. I mean, how's that.
Jack Armstrong
How's that worse than put a pin in it?
Joe Getty
Well, it's. It's. It's. There's no car. We haven't.
Jack Armstrong
There's no pin.
Joe Getty
No, we're. We're marking something we want to return to. But a car is a bad m. This discussion did not get us here. It's just something we want to come back.
Jack Armstrong
I kind of get it. Let's quit driving around the parking lot or driving around. Let's stop. Let's park the car. Okay, let's.
Joe Getty
All right. I don't know.
Jack Armstrong
What is it with you people in sales?
Joe Getty
Can I just say. Let's talk about this later, when we have more time. Get him out of here. He is not management material. You have read none of the hot books about business management.
Jack Armstrong
You don't know how tight your suit jacket is supposed to be now or not. Or how high your pants are supposed to be. You're not in step with what everybody's doing. How do you sales marketing people know what the. Well, first of all, why do you need to have a hot phrase to signify you're the cool people?
Joe Getty
Oh, same reason teenagers do. The process is exactly the same if you're not up on the hip lingo. That's why it's important to be up on it.
Jack Armstrong
Right?
Joe Getty
Social cachet.
Jack Armstrong
Exactly. Exactly. That and the coffee mug. You gotta have the right coffee mug. A Stanley mug now. Oh, my God, you are so lame. They moved on to something else by now. Really? How does Mailbag look?
Joe Getty
I spent $700 on $700.
Jack Armstrong
We gotta start the show.
Joe Getty
Every color to match my tie. Yes, Katie.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, she's got her Stanley book, and.
Katie Green
I'm just sitting here drinking out of my Stanley. That's all.
Jack Armstrong
You know what I like about it? It holds liquids and you can drink out of it. That's the best part of it.
Joe Getty
You're an embarrassment, Katie. Look at you with your yesterday's big dumb cup.
Jack Armstrong
I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty on this. It is Thursday, January 23rd, the year 2025. We are Armstrong and Getty, and we approve of this program.
Joe Getty
Let's begin officially, then. According to FCC rules and regulations, the show begins at. Mark, this is not Fox.
Jack Armstrong
Congressman, you can't just spin a tail and pull the wool over people's eyes. This is cnn. This is the news.
Joe Getty
We're asking.
Jack Armstrong
Come on and tell the truth.
Joe Getty
And that's why more people are watching The Cartoon Network. SpongeBob reruns right now.
Jack Armstrong
Jim.
Joe Getty
That was beautiful. That was. Congressman. Don't tell me it's here somewhere.
Jack Armstrong
Cnn once again clowning themselves.
Joe Getty
Yeah, what a great comeback. What was the congressman's name? I want to give him credit.
Jack Armstrong
For instance, that sort of thing. Axios's headline. I'm looking up at the Twitter Axio headline. Today, America doesn't have a king, but we're dancing close to king. Like power. Okay, be afraid. Be very afraid. How does Mailbag look?
Joe Getty
Seriously, does this effing thing work? What's the name of the congressman?
Jack Armstrong
I don't know.
Katie Green
Representative Tim Burchette from Tennessee.
Joe Getty
Thank you. Well done.
Jack Armstrong
How does Mailbag look?
Joe Getty
Oh, it's terrific. It's as if Cicero, Lincoln and Moses himself had come together to craft a feature.
Jack Armstrong
I don't even think you're concerned that we're dancing close to King like powers. You just don't even seem to be bothered by that. Our text line is 415295KFTC.
Jenny Garth
Armstrong and Getty tired of restless nights at Lisa. They know good sleep is essential for mental, physical and emotional health. From memory foam mattresses to hybrids that keep you cool all night long, Lisa's mattresses offer exceptional comfort and support with free delivery and 100 nights to try out your mattress in the comfort of your home. Go to Lisa.com today and get 20% off all mattresses and two free pillows. That's L-E-E-S-A.com and use code IHEART for an extra $50 off your purchase. Remember, no matter who you are, there's a Lisa just for you.
Katie Green
Looking for excitement? Chumba Casino is here. Play anytime. Play anywhere. Play on the train. Play at the store. Play at home. Play when you're bored. Play today for your chance to win and get daily bonuses when you log in. So what are you waiting for? Don't delay. Chumba Casino is free to play. Experience social gameplay like never before. Go to Chumba Casino right now to play hundreds of games including online slots, bingo, Slingo and more. Live the chumba life@chumbacasino.com vgw no purchase necessary. Void we're prohibited by law. Seek terms and conditions.
Ashley Iaconetti
This is Ashley Icon Eddie from the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast. Did you know that Future Health can help make weight loss resolutions come true? Future Health makes access to qualified doctors that know GLP1s easier than ever and for less than $3 a day. Get started with a quick 3 minute survey at try FH.com try FH.com try fh.com future health is not a healthc care services provider. Meds are prescribed at providers discretion. Results may vary. Sponsored by Future Health.
Jack Armstrong
Clorox and Tiva. Smells like grapefruit, cleans like Clorox and feels like yay.
Ashley Iaconetti
Okay we could be here all day. Try Clorox Scentiva for a trusted clean with long lasting freshness. Also available in lavender and coconut News as directed.
Jack Armstrong
I got some great headlines from various publications around the country around the immigration thing. They continue to find the like most heart tugging examples in the world and portray them. You know the one woman we had yesterday who was in Mexico crying because she was about to get across and now she's not and she's crying. Okay? Yeah, well that's what happens after four years of telling the entire southern hemisphere that anybody could come here and then it's gonna Stop at some point, no, people didn't get in are gonna be unhappy. What am I supposed to do about it?
Joe Getty
Right, right. Agreed. Much more to come on that topic and others. Here's your freedom loving quote of the day. We often know oh, it's from I don't know this person and I just like to quote Puneet Isar and if they are some sort of monster of history that I'm not aware of, I apologize for quoting them. But we often know only one version of the story. The version portrayed by the person who wins a war and lives to tell the tale. And the one who loses a war is always remembered as the antagonist making the victor the protagonist.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, it's one of the things that bothers me about reading history is that to a certain extent there's no such thing as accurate, perfectly accurate history. Especially the further you go back.
Joe Getty
Right. I mean there, there are plenty of examples of quote unquote fair, you know, chroniclers of what happened, but much more often anybody who would have expressed point of view B is just gone.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, exactly.
Joe Getty
Or in a prison or something and doesn't get to speak. Mailbag drop us note mailbagarmstrongandgetty.com I I'm going to read this just because I appreciate Robert taking the time to craft a joke that sounds as if it was taken from the pages of a joke book for eight year olds written in 1976. We're discussing the Argentinian Museum of Men's Suits, which has been closed down, one of many cost cutting measures by Javier Milei, the great new president. Robert says, fun fact, the hall of Suits. I'm sorry, the. The Suit Museum's hall of Zippers was always open, even right after it was closed. Wow, wow, wow. Thanks for taking this.
Jack Armstrong
You can have a museum like sorry.
Joe Getty
I screwed it up, but usually when.
Jack Armstrong
You have a weirdo museum like that in the United States, it's privately funded, it's not taxpayers. And that's the problem. It was like, like the government had a museum of suits.
Joe Getty
Y Good gracious. Let's see. This is Mike from northern Minnesota. He says, guys, I have a similar story. The one Joe told last week I did about dropping my iPhone in my dog's poo as I was trying to pick it up, writes Mike. Several years ago, I placed my.30 caliber semiautomatic pistol in my pocket while I was doing my stand up business. I think he means urinating. When I bent over to retrieve my gloves, said pistol fell out of my pocket, landed on the hammer, sending the Bullet into my right butt cheek.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, my Go.
Joe Getty
The whole story is too long for mailbag. Oh, my God. Wow. Wow. Hey, Mike, when's your birthday? I'm gonna buy you a holster.
Jack Armstrong
My first thought if that happened to me, would be, I'm really lucky to be alive.
Joe Getty
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Number two, I gotta get a gun that's less sensitive to being dropped. But anyway, let's see. Jay from San Jose writes, Trump has just executive ordered a battlefield strategy that covers so many fronts that Democrats seem bewildered and scattered. No one is leading their party, and Trump is going to walk through them because on several different important issues, he knows some Dems must vote with him if they hope to get reelected or just for common sense overwhelm and overtake.
Jack Armstrong
Dang it. I came across a term yesterday. I meant to write it down. I didn't know it. I was. I never did debate in my life. I guess it's a debating term. You throw so many things at your opponent, they can't respond to all of them. And that's kind of what Trump is doing. There's just no way to respond to all the things he's doing.
Joe Getty
Yeah, I think you and Jay from San Jose are exactly right. Let's see, on the topic of people not having sex anymore, again, if this was the giraffe or the wildebeest or something, every biologist in the world would be shouting about how important and dangerous this is. But people not having sex is another way of saying not reproducing rights. Arnie, think about animal populations in the wild. When there are too many for the available area, they naturally reduce the rate of reproduction. Could that be what is happening to us humans? Perhaps there is enough food available, but not enough space. I'm just saying. Arnie, I have always responded in the same way to this theory. Drive from Kansas City, Missouri to Sacramento, California, and then tell me there's not enough room for the people. You will not see another living soul for 1200 miles.
Jack Armstrong
Well, ever since I was about 11, I understand the relationship between sex and having children, but I didn't think they'd be tied together like this. If people decided not to have kids, I didn't think they'd stop having sex. Very pleasurable experience. It doesn't need to result in a child. In the modern world of birth control, you don't have to have stop having sex. So people just losing the desire to have sex is unbelievable.
Joe Getty
Charles points out that dating these days is much more fraught with potentially dire consequences than in any previous decade. I've ever experienced, especially for men, legal consequences, civil lawsuits, claims of rape, whatever. Yeah, I don't know. I think there are many factors and they've come together.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, I never did online dating but I know a lot of people that did for years and they, they've soured on it because of bad experiences and I wonder if people don't know how to or don't want to go back to the old way. So you go from online dating, it didn't work. You just stop.
Joe Getty
Or let's face it, the young are the kings and queens of hooking up. Right? Getting it on the beast with two backs, etc.
Jack Armstrong
Not necessarily according to that poll, but. But right.
Joe Getty
Exactly. And they're not like capable of meeting people and enduring the stress and the rejection. So who knows? True.
Jack Armstrong
If you can't call a pizza place to order a pizza, you're not going to ask somebody out on a date.
Jenny Garth
Armstrong and Getty tired of restless nights at Leesa. They know good sleep is essential for mental, physical and emotional health. From memory foam mattresses to hybrids that keep you cool all night long, Lisa's mattresses offer exceptional comfort and support with free delivery and 100 nights to try out your mattress in the comfort of your home. Go to leesa.com today and get 20% off all mattresses and two free pillows. That's L-E-E-S-A.com and use code iheart for an extra $50 off your purchase. Remember, no matter who you are, there's a Lisa just for you.
Katie Green
Looking for excitement. Chumba Casino is here. Play anytime. Play anywhere. Play on the train. Play at the store. Play at home. Play when you're bored. Play today for your chance to win and get daily bonuses when you log in. So what are you waiting for? Don't delay. Chumba Casino is free to play. Experience social gameplay like never before. Go to Chumba Casino right now to play hundreds of games including online slots, bingo, Slingo and more. Live the chumba life@chumbacasino.com VGW Group no purchase necessary Void work prohibited by law.
Ashley Iaconetti
Seek terms and conditions this is Jenny Garth from I Do Part two. Did you know that future health can help make weight loss resolutions come true? Future health makes access to qualified doctors that know GLP1s easier than ever and for less than $3 a day. Get started with a quick 3 minute survey at try FH.com $3 a day and a 3 minute survey. Try FH.com Future Health is not a healthcare services provider. Meds are prescribed at providers discretion. Results may vary. Sponsored by Future Health.
Jack Armstrong
Clorox and Teva. Smells like grapefruit, cleans like Clorox and feels like y.
Ashley Iaconetti
Okay, we could be here all day. Try Clorox Scentiva for a trusted clean with long lasting freshness. Also available in lavender and coconut. News as directed.
Jack Armstrong
This hasn't happened in 70 years. A blanket of snow covered the beach the Florida Panhandle. There was snow from Tallahassee to Pensacola. Children were were voluntarily being swallowed by alligators just to stay warm. Hey now.
Joe Getty
Hey.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, we'll talk more about what's going on immigration wise now that Trump has hit the ground running around immigration and everything like that in hour two. But here's one of my favorite things. It's getting attention. The president's reversal on sensitive locations that free agents are not allowed to go into has been done away with like churches, schools, hospitals, colleges, funerals and rallies. Are you going to show up at a funeral and arrest people? That's. Wow, that's aggressive.
Joe Getty
That would be a little insensitive, I suppose.
Jack Armstrong
Stand there for a second and say, yeah, they seemed like a nice person anyway. Come with me.
Joe Getty
Yeah, yeah. They'll be missed and so will you because you're leaving the country. Yeah, yeah, I get, I, I get some of those locations. But it's, it's got end. We've gone way, way, way, way too far in the other direction. And more on the immigration situation. There's a lot to report today in a little bit, but I thought this was so interesting. One of the things that the Trump administration is gonna roll back completely is the, and this is editorializing, I know, the completely phony, ridiculous, expensive subsidies for pie in the sky, green energy stuff. And, or trying to. Well, it's not even that trying to reduce climate change is what I was going to say. But as we all know, so many of these measures are just purely symbolic. I mean, they'll have no significant effect whatsoever unless China and India all of a sudden stop existing. And then, you know, maybe we could lower the temperatures by about a fourth of a degree in a hundred years. Anyway, I thought this was so interesting. This is actually from the New York Post, but it's headline kind of tells the story. Climate change fanatics want to bankrupt the entire world for little to no reward. And they've quantified a lot of the costs and benefits of the things that have been proposed. And again, this is, this is probably the greatest example I've ever seen of something needs to be done. This is something. So this needs to be done around climate change. So across the world, public finances stretch dangerously thin. Per person growth continues dropping while costs for aging populations grow. These urgent priorities could easily require an additional 3 to 6% of GDP. Yet green campaigners are loudly calling for governments to spend up to 25% of our GDP on climate change. If climate Armageddon were imminent, they would have a point. But the truth is far more prosaic. Two major new scientific estimates of the total global cost of climate change have been published recently. And these are not individual studies, which can vary greatly. These are meta studies based on the entirety of peer reviewed literature. It's a study of studies and the people behind them are Nobel prize winners and often cited that sort of thing. Anyway, the study suggests that a 3 degree Celsius temperature increase by the end of the century, which is pretty pessimistic. That's a big increase.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, that'd be a whole lot lot.
Joe Getty
Oh yeah, yeah, that's more than they're talking about. But they went with that for some reason because it made the figures easier. I don't know. But we'll have a global cost equivalent to between 2 and 3% of global GDP. It will be a 2 to 3% hit global GDP.
Jack Armstrong
And I don't even need to know to be certain that the proposals that are out there for trying to stop that from happening are many multiples of that.
Joe Getty
Oh yeah, ruin the punchline. Yeah, of course, yeah. To put this into context, the United nations estimates that by the end of the century the average person, because standards of living have been rising now for 175 years and continue to the average person will be 450% as rich as he or she is today because of climate change. They will feel only 435 to 440% as rich as they are today. Now why is that so different from the word we get from the media? Constantly alarmists, incredulous journalists fail to account for the simple fact that people are remarkably adaptable and tackle most climate problems at low cost. The idea that gets foisted or thrown at us over and over again is that we will just, we'll like passively like sheep, accept the changing climate and do nothing about it. We will not adjust. We'll just sit here and be drowned. We'll just, well, the water's up to our navels. We'll say, oh. And the water's up to our nipples. We'll say, oh, it's too bad. And as the water covers our nostrils, we'll simply drown.
Jack Armstrong
Well, there's only so much water. So if it rises somewhere, it's got to go down somewhere else. We're not going to make new water. So isn't that true?
Joe Getty
I mean, they talk about all the ice on earth.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, gotcha, gotcha. Melting, Gotcha. But like for the, the whole temperature thing, I'm from really cold parts of the country. It's not as miserable now as it was when I was a kid. Now Florida is going to have to buy some of Kansas's snowplows because Kansas doesn't need them anymore and Florida does for the first time.
Joe Getty
But whatever, right? Like I said, they're going to be waving fields of corn in the Yukon anyway. Let's talk about food. Food, climate. Nuts insist that we'll starve, but research shows that Instead of a 51% increase in food availability by the year 2100, if there were no climate change, we're on track for only a 49% increase. So drop in 2%. Weather disasters killed half a million people annually in the 1920s, whereas the last decade saw fewer than 9,000 fatalities each year. 97.5% reduction in mortality because people are more resilient or richer and can access better technology.
Jack Armstrong
You know, I have made it very clear over the years I have never looked into this story for some reason. So I don't, you know, have a lot of facts and figures at my fingertips. But. So what's the end of the sentence when people talk about climate change, by the end of the century it's going to be three degrees warmer or whatever. And what will happen? What is the next part that people always claim?
Joe Getty
They often point out that low lying cities and countries and island chains will be overrun and will be uninhabitable.
Jack Armstrong
Okay, well move to higher ground then.
Joe Getty
Move to the Yukon. Yeah, where was I? Because the rest of this really interesting two extremist climate enthusiasts reveal their true colors when they push for de growth to cut emissions. You will hear that if you pay attention to this stuff. Making people worse off and reversing gains against extreme poverty would be a tragic mistake, fake and laughable. Ba ba ba. More responsible politicians only want to achieve net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050. But this approach still means slowing growth in the name of climate change by forcing businesses and individuals to use less efficient green energy instead of fossil fuels. The total cost would be enormous. 15 to 7. I'm sorry, 15 to $37 trillion each year throughout the century, equivalent to between 15 and 40% of global GDP today depending on how adjustments are given Wealthier countries will foot most of this bill. The price tag will be the equivalent to each person in the better off nations paying north of $10,000 every single year for net zero emission growth, et cetera. The real cost of inefficient climate policy is that it distracts resources and attention from other priorities. And they use the example of the European Union that now invests nothing in R and D. They don't come up with anything new. They just pour all of their money into these fanciful climate change programs.
Jack Armstrong
And China and India don't give a crap. China and India don't give a crap has always been the problem with this. Even if you had everybody on board, you'd have the problems you're talking about, but you don't have everybody on board.
Joe Getty
Yeah. They point out the EU switched focus with a, to a near myopic climate obsession, opting for a sustainable economy over a sound one, a growing one, an innovative one.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, let's leave them in our rearview mirror as we, as Trump said the other day, take advantage of the liquid gold under our feet.
Joe Getty
Right. And at the same time, for what it's worth, and it's not crazy that these two things, I mean, I'm not bringing up two different things. They're really kind of intermeshed. Britain in particular, and it's so shocking because there are, there are old dad, good old dad. Great Britain has abandoned free speech. They have abandoned the right to express yourself without fear of, of retribution in a way that's just horrifying.
Jack Armstrong
Remember, Trump renamed Britain Bad teeth America.
Joe Getty
That's right, that's right. But the woke thing and the, the climate thing and the collective action and if you're not with us, we're going to put you in jail or run you out of your career or cancel you or it's all, all part of the same ugly collectivist monster.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, that, that's, that. See, this is the stuff that to me allowed people to vote for Trump who otherwise found him unpalatable. It's like, do you want to scream four years further down the road of all this climate change stuff and let China and India get over by claiming that they care about it while we, you know, fail to utilize our resources or do crap like banning straws and all kinds of different things for no reason?
Joe Getty
And the, you know, wildly emoting, teary eyed 19 year old girls who are shouting this stuff, they're sincere, they mean it, they've been misled and deluded and they're, they're semi cultists, but at least they're sincere. The government types that are pushing this are either fools or they're just spreading out the money. Because that's the point, to spend the money. Money. That's your power. That's your influence. That's your turf in government. The more money you spend, the more power you spend, the more power you have. So you invent these needs to spend enormous amounts of money and you become enormously powerful. Sell your parka, buy some shorts.
Jack Armstrong
That's been your stance for years.
Joe Getty
Hell, yeah, that's sure. Adjust, mitigate.
Jack Armstrong
I just saw this headline. I'm gonna have to read the story during the break because this could be fun. New York Post headline, Nancy Pelosi's husband made $38 million with the stock trades in the weeks leading up to the Trump inauguration.
Joe Getty
Oh, that's funny. I have a bunch of other examples of that now.
Jack Armstrong
Could be just they're so super rich that that sort of thing happens on a fairly regular basis. I don't know.
Joe Getty
But yeah. And I want to be fair because the stock market did go up a lot. But I have some examples of people who served on the mining committee. Essentially, it's shortening of the name. And oh, boy, did they make some great bets on what mining companies would benefit from legislation. It's utterly corrupt.
Jack Armstrong
Wow. Wow. We've got Katie's headlines on the way and a bunch of other stuff. Stay here.
Ashley Iaconetti
Armstrong and Getty.
Jenny Garth
Tired of restless nights at Lisa. They know good sleep is essential for mental, physical and emotional health. From memory foam mattresses to hybrids that keep you cool all night long, Lisa's mattresses offer exceptional comfort and support with free delivery and 100 nights to try out your mattress in the comfort of your home. Go to leesa.com today and get 20% off all mattresses and two free pillows. That's leesa.com and use code iheart for an extra $50 off your purchase. Remember, no matter who you are, there's a Lisa just for you.
Katie Green
Looking for excitement. Chumba Casino is here. Play anytime. Play anywhere. Play on the train. Play at the store. Play at home. Play when you're bored. Play today for your chance to win and get daily bonuses when you log in. So what are you waiting for? Don't delay. Chumba Casino is free to play. Experience social gameplay like never before.
Ashley Iaconetti
Go to Chumba Casino right now to.
Katie Green
Play hundreds of games, including online slots, bingo, Slingo, and more. Live the chumba life@chumbacasino.com VGW Group no purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law. See terms and conditions 18/US this is.
Ashley Iaconetti
Ashley Aonetti from the Ben and Ashley I Almost Same as Podcast what if I told you that Future Health can help you make weight loss resolutions come true? Long lasting weight loss results all for less than $3 a day. Find out if weight loss meds are right for you in just 3 minutes at try fh.com get started with a quick 3 minute survey at try fh.com try fh.com future health is not a healthcare services provider. Meds are prescribed at providers discretion. Results may vary. Sponsored by Future Health.
Jack Armstrong
Clorox Sentiva smells like grapefruit, cleans like Clorox and feels.
Joe Getty
Like y.
Ashley Iaconetti
Okay we could be here all day. Try Clorox and Teva for a trusted clean with long lasting freshness. Also available in lavender and coconut. Use as directed Trying to wrap our.
Jack Armstrong
Heads around the whole birthright citizenship thing which some of my right leaning friends say no, no no, we need to keep that and here's why. And I still don't quite understand it, but we can talk more about that later. Also, I flit it out of my head. I gotta start taking ginseng or some of those late night talk radio ads.
Joe Getty
Prevagen old people pills.
Jack Armstrong
I don't need an erection, but I do need my brain to work better.
Joe Getty
As long as you can remember which one of those remedies you should be taking, you don't need it. That's the irony.
Jack Armstrong
And I can't remember, so I'm really in a hole. You talk and then it'll pop into my head.
Joe Getty
That's my plan as well. So while you're thinking about that, the one thing I didn't have time for in our discussion about climate change and the enormous amount of money that would have to be invested to have even a minuscule effect. Effect. In the study they explore an alternate reality where Europe hadn't spent their trillions of euros on these phony climate change methods and how much more they would have for pensions, education, healthcare, defense. Like everything they've squandered so much money on a symbolic losing cause. It's just shocking.
Jack Armstrong
I remember what it was. So remember the guy who ran the Silk Road thing? It was the dark knight net, like Facebook, marketplace of the dark net and people were buying, selling guns and drugs and all kind of stuff. And he was running coffee shops in San Francisco. He just go to the coffee shop and sit there with his website with his laptop and use their wi fi and anywho he got a life sentence. Trump Pardoned him, let him out and he got out yesterday and he was smiling ear to ear. Reason the libertarian raggedy pointed out yesterday that Trump ran on that. When he went and spoken to the libertarians, he said he was going to do that. It's a libertarian cause. Wanted to talk a little more about that later.
Joe Getty
Yeah, that's an interesting topic. It is really not super clear cut. Let's figure out who's reporting what. It's the lead story with Katie Green. Katie.
Katie Green
Starting with ABC News, new LA county fire explodes to over 10,000 acres.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, that's bad. Another fire and crazy windy today. So who knows where it's gonna go. It grew 5,000 acres in two hours or something like that. Just incredible.
Joe Getty
Yeah. Much more rural area than the previous ones. But with these conditions, who, who knows where it goes?
Katie Green
From NBC relief, revenge but little repentance. Trump's pardons delight. January 6th violent offenders.
Joe Getty
Boy. The Wall Street Journal editorial board went into detail what some of these guys did on that day. They'd vowed to make the blood run and then they were beating and torturing cops virtually. It's just horrific behavior. Horrific.
Jack Armstrong
My question to you, who support those guys? What were the cops supposed to do?
Joe Getty
I was all a false flag operation. The FBI ran it all.
Jack Armstrong
So you don't think they were real cops?
Joe Getty
I don't know what these people think.
Katie Green
From Fox News, Putin reportedly concerned over Russia's economy ahead of possible Trump tariffs.
Jack Armstrong
How about Trump, we read it yesterday. Trump's message to Putin. We can do this the hard way or the easy way. And the easy way is always better in the war. Now there's something.
Katie Green
Well, if this doesn't work out, guys, there's always Walmart. Wall Street Journal Journal. Some Walmart managers get a raise lifting their max pay above $600,000 a year.
Jack Armstrong
As a Walmart manager.
Katie Green
As a Walmart manager.
Joe Getty
Are those the regional guys I was just reading? I just glanced through it, but yeah, well, gosh, the revenue that company has, if you do a good job of keeping it flowing, you deserve a reward.
Jack Armstrong
I don't have any idea. Like a giant super Walmart that's busy all day long and open 24 hours a day. I have no idea how many good zillions of dollars they make a month. And running that thing efficiently, that might pay pretty well.
Katie Green
This is from the sun tragedy as Romanian dog owner is eaten by her pet pugs after dying in her apartment.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, after she died. Because it'd be hard for a pug to take you down. You are not Very hardy if you're taken down by a pug. But she had died and then the pugs ate her.
Katie Green
Okay, Right.
Joe Getty
And I'm sure the pugs said, hey, look, none of us is pleased with this. This is sickening. She was good to us our whole lives, but we can't starve here in this apartment. So we all agreed. All right.
Jack Armstrong
I don't care what happens to me after my die, I die. So that's, that's supposed to be, you know, a troublesome story once I'm dead, whatever.
Katie Green
I don't need a pug snack.
Jack Armstrong
Set me out with the old Christmas tree by the curb for the trash to go. I don't care. Doesn't make any difference at that point.
Katie Green
From the Washington Post. Elephants can't sue to leave the zoo. Court rules.
Joe Getty
Ah, yes, animal rights folks.
Katie Green
Yeah. Colorado's highest court said that five elderly elephants don't have any legal standing to sue a local zoo.
Jack Armstrong
Right. More important story than it sounds like at first blush because if they had decided they have the rights, then all kinds of weird things happen with, with cattle and beef and chickens and all kinds of things.
Joe Getty
Well, the elephants mistake was they hired chimps to be their attorneys. Hey. What? They threw their poo. I don't know. There's a joke there somewhere. Back to you, Katie.
Katie Green
Alrighty. And finally, brace yourselves from the Babylon be fire survivors drive back towards the flames after hearing Kamala speak again.
Jack Armstrong
Oh.
Joe Getty
Oh boy.
Jack Armstrong
We're gonna get into a whole bunch of the immigration stuff in hour two that Trump is doing. That has tremendous public support even though know all of media is picking out negative stories around it. The polling is people are way in.
Joe Getty
Favor of this stuff, right? Oh yeah. And it's happening, it's happening fast.
Jack Armstrong
And it could have happened fast under Biden but didn't.
Joe Getty
Why?
Jack Armstrong
I don't know. If you miss an hour, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on demand.
Ashley Iaconetti
Armstrong and Getty, this is Jenny Garth from I do part two. Did you know that Future Health can help make weight loss resolutions come true? Future Health makes access to qualified doctors that know GLP ones easier than ever and for less than $3 a day. Get started with a quick 3 minute survey at try FH.com $3 a day and a 3 minute survey. Try FH.com Future Health is not a healthcare services provider. Meds are prescribed at providers discretion. Results may vary. Sponsored by Future Health.
Joe Getty
The following is a high five moment.
Jack Armstrong
From high five casino.com welcome to Burger Yippee. Would you like a hot apple pie today.
Ashley Iaconetti
Yes.
Joe Getty
Yes. Yeah, I won.
Katie Green
Woohoo.
Jack Armstrong
So that's a yes on the apple pie.
Katie Green
I just went big time playing High Five Casino on my phone. Real cash prizes, free daily rewards, over 1200 games.
Jack Armstrong
So yes or no on the apple pie?
Katie Green
Whoa.
Joe Getty
I won again.
Jack Armstrong
I'll take that as a yes. Drive around. Have you had your High5 moment today? Download the High5 app or visit high5casino.com.
Katie Green
High5casino is a social casino. No purpose necessary. Void we're prohibited Play responsibly. Conditions apply. See website for details.
Joe Getty
High Five Casino have you ever wondered what it would be like to have supervision, enhanced hearing, extraordinary reflexes?
Katie Green
To be, dare we say, superhuman? Human?
Joe Getty
Well, Roku's new Pro Series TV can't do any of that for you, but with a 4K screen, side firing speakers and a blazing fast refresh rate, it'll sure feel like it. Elevate your entertainment using all your favorite apps like iHeart and Play all your music, radio and podcasts. With the new Roku Pro series, your senses aren't better. Your TV is at David's Bridal Love is in every stitch.
Ashley Iaconetti
From the initial sketch to the final details.
Joe Getty
Each style is designed with exquisite craftsmanship.
Ashley Iaconetti
Every wedding gown, bridesmaid look, prom dress and special occasion style in between features.
Joe Getty
Handcrafted details filled with love.
Ashley Iaconetti
Come see the magic in person.
Joe Getty
Book an appointment and sign up for diamond loyalty to save 15% on your first purchase, earn points towards special rewards and more@davidsbridal.com.
Armstrong & Getty On Demand: Episode Summary – "With Water Up To Our Nipples!"
Release Date: January 23, 2025
In the January 23, 2025 episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand, hosts Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty delve deep into the pressing issues of immigration reform and climate change, reflecting on recent policy shifts under the Trump administration. Broadcasted live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, the episode promises a candid and unfiltered discussion, characteristic of The Armstrong & Getty Show.
The episode opens with both hosts expressing strong opinions on the recent immigration crackdown spearheaded by then-General Manager Donald J. Trump. Jack Armstrong emphasizes the administration's rapid response, highlighting the arrest of approximately 400 individuals with violent criminal backgrounds shortly after Trump's inauguration.
Jack Armstrong [02:57]: "They got arrested within like, you know, two days of a new presidency means they knew who they were and where they were."
Joe Getty concurs, pointing out the prolonged leniency that had previously allowed these offenders to remain in the country unchecked.
Joe Getty [03:22]: "They were just hanging out waiting to commit their next crimes."
The discussion transitions to the Lake and Riley Act, a pivotal piece of legislation passed with bipartisan support, aimed at facilitating the detention and deportation of illegal immigrants with criminal records. Armstrong underscores its significance in overriding sanctuary city policies, asserting its potential to unify federal and local efforts.
Jack Armstrong [03:29]: "That's the act that makes it easier for federal officials to detain and deport illegals who are charged with crimes."
However, Joe Getty raises concerns about the act's implementation, particularly regarding the federal government's authority over local jurisdictions, hinting at potential legal battles.
Joe Getty [04:35]: "Can the federal government compel in any way a local employee to do their bidding? That's gonna be knocking around the courts for a long time."
Armstrong brings up a recent New York Times poll, revealing that 85% of Americans support deporting illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds, a statistic that both hosts interpret as strong public backing for Trump's immigration policies.
Jack Armstrong [04:43]: "85% of Americans want illegals with criminal backgrounds out in the other 15% of you. I want to deport you."
Joe Getty adds a critical perspective on Trump's disregard for political correctness, praising his unwavering stance despite potential backlash.
Joe Getty [06:00]: "The left can't take him down. Like Lincoln used to say about the country, we'll never be taken over by some external force. If we are to fall apart, it'll be of our own making."
Transitioning to climate change, Armstrong and Getty critique the economic burden of aggressive green policies. They reference a New York Post headline asserting that green energy subsidies are financially draining without yielding significant environmental benefits.
Joe Getty [27:34]: "We know the proposals that are out there for trying to stop that from happening are many multiples of that."
The hosts highlight the challenges of implementing global climate initiatives, particularly the lack of cooperation from major emitters like China and India. Armstrong remarks on the futility of unilateral actions when significant players remain unaligned.
Jack Armstrong [32:21]: "China and India don't give a crap has always been the problem with this."
Getty references studies suggesting that the actual economic impact of climate change may be less dire than commonly portrayed. They discuss how improved resilience and technology have drastically reduced mortality from weather-related disasters.
Joe Getty [30:28]: "97.5% reduction in mortality because people are more resilient or richer and can access better technology."
The segment titled Mailbag features listener contributions, where Armstrong and Getty address humorous and anecdotal stories submitted by their audience.
Robert's Joke [16:15]: Armstrong shares a joke about the Argentinian Museum of Men's Suits, humorously criticizing governmental cost-cutting measures.
Mike from Northern Minnesota's Mishap [18:17]: A listener recounts accidentally discharging a firearm, prompting Getty to jest about purchasing a safer gun.
Katie Green, the show's co-host, presents various news headlines, offering a mix of serious and light-hearted stories:
Wildfires in LA County [39:39]: Coverage of a massive wildfire spreading over 10,000 acres, with Getty and Armstrong expressing concern over unpredictable weather conditions exacerbating the situation.
Trump’s Pardons and January 6th Aftermath [40:11]: Discussion on Trump's controversial pardons of January 6th offenders, with Armstrong questioning the supporters of such actions.
Putin’s Economic Concerns [40:41]: Mention of Putin's worries over Russia's economy in light of potential Trump-imposed tariffs.
Elephants' Legal Standing [42:30]: A quirky headline about elephants unable to sue to leave the zoo, sparking a humorous debate on animal rights.
As the episode winds down, Armstrong and Getty reiterate their stance on the administration's immigration reforms, emphasizing the swift and decisive actions taken. They acknowledge widespread public support despite media criticism and express optimism about the potential for meaningful change.
Joe Getty [43:32]: "And it could have happened fast under Biden but didn't."
The hosts tease upcoming discussions, promising more in-depth analysis on immigration and other hot-button issues in future segments.
Jack Armstrong [04:43]: "85% of Americans want illegals with criminal backgrounds out in the other 15% of you. I want to deport you."
Joe Getty [06:00]: "The left can't take him down. Like Lincoln used to say about the country, we'll never be taken over by some external force. If we are to fall apart, it'll be of our own making."
Jack Armstrong [27:06]: "And China and India don't give a crap has always been the problem with this."
Joe Getty [30:28]: "97.5% reduction in mortality because people are more resilient or richer and can access better technology."
This episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand offers a robust discussion on immigration reform and climate change, reflecting the hosts' conservative viewpoints and skepticism toward mainstream media narratives. Through a blend of policy analysis, listener interactions, and current event commentary, Armstrong and Getty provide listeners with a perspective that challenges prevailing political and environmental ideologies.
For those interested in understanding a conservative take on these critical issues, this episode serves as an insightful resource, encapsulating the fervent debates shaping America's socio-political landscape in early 2025.