You Have An Electric Oven. It'll Just Make Your Head Hot

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand: Episode Summary

Title: You Have An Electric Oven. It'll Just Make Your Head Hot
Release Date: February 26, 2025
Host/Authors: Jack Armstrong, Joe Getty, Katie Green
Produced by: iHeartPodcasts

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1. Introduction & Opening Remarks (02:14 - 05:26)

The episode kicks off with Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center. However, Katie Green joins remotely from her home office due to illness, setting a tone of casual camaraderie despite technical hiccups.

Katie Green:
“Excuse me. Whoa. That was a bad start. Live from my home office because I'm sick.”
[02:35]

The trio dives into a heated discussion about the Trump administration's proposed immigration policies, specifically focusing on the new registry for illegal immigrants.

Jack Armstrong:
“Major move by the Trump administration. ... If you're in the country illegal, you sign up on the website, tell us who you are and where you are, and you're fine for now. If you don't do that, you have committed a crime, you will be jailed and deported.”
[02:56]

2. Immigration Policies & Public Sentiment (02:56 - 35:22)

Discussion on the Immigration Registry:
Armstrong and Green vehemently critique the administration's approach to illegal immigration, expressing concerns over potential abuse and the criminalization of undocumented immigrants.

Katie Green:
“So did Elon send a letter to all illegal immigrants saying you have to give me a list of five things you did last week?... I mowed a lawn, I cleaned a hotel room, and I perhaps participated in gang activity...”
[03:23]

Critique of Media Representation:
They lament how mainstream media labels critics of immigration policies as racist, arguing that genuine concerns about cultural and economic impacts are unfairly dismissed.

Jack Armstrong:
“...whether we were discussing whether the sun rose in the east or not. ... rampant immigration has decimated the working people... It's terrible... Packages switched their stripes...”
[04:00]

Historical Context:
Armstrong provides a historical perspective, referencing past immigration registries and deportation policies to emphasize the cyclical nature of stringent immigration enforcement.

Jack Armstrong:
“A law passed in 1940 created an immigrant registry to catch suspected commies... President G.W. Bush created a similar immigration registry after September 11...”
[31:34]

Public Opinion & Enforcement Challenges:
The hosts discuss polling data indicating that two-thirds of Americans favor deporting illegal immigrants but express skepticism about the government's capacity to enforce such measures effectively.

Katie Green:
“The polling is... two-thirds of Americans say yes. But you’re thinking it’s gonna be more like 3%. Well, that’s not... people think no most government worker, all government programs and doing good...”
[32:46 - 33:14]

3. Cultural Shifts & Gender Pronouncement (35:22 - 42:17)

Gender Pronouncement in Hospitals:
The conversation shifts to societal changes, particularly the medical community's move away from announcing a newborn's gender, which Armstrong and Green criticize as unnecessary and confusing.

Jack Armstrong:
“...they don't announce the sex of the child anymore... leave the parents to fill in the blank...”
[40:49]

Impact on Society:
They argue that such policies undermine traditional gender roles and contribute to confusion and dissatisfaction among parents and society at large.

Katie Green:
“But yeah, if you're a parent who says whatever they want to be, then you can do that.”
[41:42]

4. Mailbag Segment: Listener Feedback & Personal Stories (30:11 - 44:43)

Listener Stories:
Jack and Katie delve into listener submissions, sharing anecdotes that highlight the decline in traditional skills among men and the societal push towards hyper-feminism.

Jack Armstrong:
“...forcing his son to make a piece of IKEA furniture so he could have basic skills like turning a screwdriver...”
[42:16]

Katie Green:
“I come from a world where every guy could do things so well. It's just shocking to me.”
[43:30]

Discussion on Masculinity:
They emphasize the importance of maintaining traditional masculine skills, linking it to personal relationships and societal stability.

Jack Armstrong:
“...men are afraid to be men. It’s looked down upon. And the problem is that women down deep really want a real man as these as we've discussed many times.”
[44:00]

5. Current Events & Political Commentary (17:29 - 38:09)

Legislative Updates:
The hosts provide an overview of recent political developments, including the House passing a Trump-backed spending bill, discussions on tax cuts, and immigration enforcement.

Katie Green:
“They needed every Republican vote and most people were predicting it would go down. And then at the last moment they had the votes.”
[17:38]

International Relations:
Armstrong touches on global issues such as the Ukraine-Russia conflict, suggesting potential shifts in European security dynamics.

Jack Armstrong:
“This could cause a history deflecting change in not only the Ukraine situation, but European security, Russia, Putin, all of this.”
[06:24]

Elon Musk's Political Role:
Speculation arises around Elon Musk's involvement in the Trump administration's cabinet meeting, questioning his influence and role.

Katie Green:
“Trump having his first cabinet meeting today. And the most interesting thing is that Elon is going to be there.”
[37:24]

6. Entertainment & Pop Culture (07:02 - 42:17)

TV Show Discussions:
The hosts briefly discuss popular TV shows like "Severance," sharing personal anecdotes about their viewing habits and opinions.

Jack Armstrong:
“We have gone back to severance. Which is a weird mind bending drama. You'd enjoy it on the Apple TV.”
[07:02]

Sports Commentary:
Intermittently, there are mentions of the Philadelphia Eagles' Super Bowl victory, interspersed with advertisements.

Joe Getty:
“The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl champions. Fly, Eagles, fly.”
[Multiple Instances]

7. Conclusion & Final Thoughts (44:43 - 44:54)

As the episode wraps up, Armstrong and Green reflect on the discussed topics, reiterating their views on governmental inefficiency and cultural degradation. They express hope that listeners remain informed and critical of ongoing political and social changes.

Jack Armstrong:
“It is, as you have said and I have said, the greatest failure of democracy of our lifetimes.”
[35:02]

Notable Quotes

• Katie Green [05:26]:
  “...no one’s willing to pass laws, nobody’s willing to compromise. The lobbyists are too powerful. So we just permit rampant lawlessness.”

• Jack Armstrong [12:08]:
  “...government would be highly adapted, acceptable, and have some of the creative destruction of capitalism... the idea of all-encompassing permanence is idiotic.”

• Jack Armstrong [26:50]:
  “...reality doesn't care what you want. You must be realistic.”

• Katie Green [34:48]:
  “...all of America, or a lot of America, including our politicians, deal with the immigration situation... rampant lawlessness.”

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Conclusion

In this episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand, hosts Jack Armstrong, Joe Getty, and Katie Green engage in robust discussions surrounding immigration policies, cultural shifts, and political dynamics under the Trump administration. Through passionate debates and listener interactions, they critique governmental inefficiencies, societal changes, and media portrayals, offering a conservative perspective on contemporary issues. The episode balances serious commentary with lighthearted exchanges, providing listeners with both insights and entertainment.

Transcript

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Katie Green]

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[Joe Getty]

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[Joe Getty]

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[Jenny Garth]

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.

[Katie Green]

Excuse me. Whoa. That was a bad start. Live from my home office because I'm sick.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sick, senor.

[Katie Green]

Via a dimly lit room where everybody else is. Deep within the bowels of the Armstrong and Getty Communications compound. And today we're under the tutelage of our general manager, illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants? Why are they the general Manager.

[Jack Armstrong]

Major move by the Trump administration. It's not yet come to fruition, but the idea is if you're in the country illegal, you sign up on the website, tell us who you are and where you are, and you're fine for now. If you don't do that, you have committed a crime, you will be jailed and deported.

[Katie Green]

So did Elon send a letter to all illegal immigrants saying you have to give me a list of five things you did last week?

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. Exactly. Five reasons you love this country.

[Katie Green]

Five things you did last week. I mowed a lawn, I cleaned a hotel room, and I perhaps participated in gang activity, depending on the illegal immortal we're talking.

[Jack Armstrong]

These are hard working people that sometimes something, something racist. Something, something.

[Katie Green]

Oh, boy. Have there ever been this many moving pieces at one time on a whole bunch of big stories? I don't think so. Not in my lifetime.

[Jack Armstrong]

I know, it's absolutely remarkable. I was listening to a favorite podcast the other day. Turns out there are not just ours, there are two other podcasts. I don't suggest you listen to them. But it was remarkable how the folks, and they were center, right, center left and kind of left. Oh, there's one like maga person too. But it was a fairly large panel. But everybody agreed, as if we were discussing whether the sun rose in the east or not. Everybody agreed that rampant immigration has decimated the working people of various countries, up upended their cultures, made the lives of average people worse. And calling anybody who objected to it racist was just repugnant. And that's, that's terrible. That's not an answer. People are really suffering. How dare you call people racist just for expressing their, their views of, of the town they live in, in the world they live in. It was like, you know, again, I appreciate the world coming around. I do. It's better than continuing the obscenely stupid, insulting and brutal mistreatment of anybody who expressed their frustration at immigration. But it was never true. And these people have switched their stripes immediately now that the shoe's on the other foot or you know, the control immigration is on the front foot around the globe. Bastards call people racists for wanting their hometown not to become a completely different place.

[Katie Green]

We got some. What's his name? Borders are. Holman for you later in the show doing interviews.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, you want to talk about the right man for the job at the right time. He's an arse kicker.

[Katie Green]

He is.

[Jack Armstrong]

He's a kulo kicker to our Spanish speaking listeners.

[Katie Green]

What's kulo mean? Ass means ass.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes.

[Katie Green]

Okay.

[Jack Armstrong]

Rear end Button.

[Katie Green]

I know very few Spanish words. And then you got the whole Ukraine, Russia thing. Speaking of moving pieces, Zelinsky might be coming to D.C. to sign a deal with Trump together there.

[Jack Armstrong]

Mineral slash security deal.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, that'll be quite the scene with the. What they. How they treat each other. Trump calling him a dictator last week, basically a thief and all that. And then Zelinsky will probably do a bunch of interviews while he's in the country. And so that'll be whatever it is.

[Jack Armstrong]

And this could cause a history deflecting change in not only the Ukraine situation, but European security, Russia, Putin, all of this. I tell you what, Trump famously is showman. If this was like a drama, Judy and I are binge watching or something, it's a good one. It's, it's really got some plot twists.

[Katie Green]

To it, I'd say.

[Jack Armstrong]

Unfortunately, it's not a TV drama and people are dying by the many thousands.

[Katie Green]

Speaking of that, what, what, what are you currently binge watching or have you most recently binge watched?

[Jack Armstrong]

We have gone back to severance.

[Katie Green]

Okay.

[Jack Armstrong]

Which is a weird mind bending drama. You'd enjoy it on the Apple tv. We find ourselves frequently turning to Apple tv.

[Katie Green]

Oh, really?

[Jack Armstrong]

For, for good shows. Yeah. It's probably the most productive mine of entertainment these days for us.

[Katie Green]

Severance. And it's several seasons in.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't even know.

[Katie Green]

It's about somebody who got laid off from work and got three weeks pay.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, yeah. It's about a US Federal worker who lost their job for the first time ever and is aghast that sometimes people lose their jobs. Yes, it's. It's wonderful. It's sad, though. Very sad. Told us now they have season.

[Katie Green]

It's in its second season, Michael says. I was told.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, thank you. Thank you. Word on the street is it's in its second season. Ask your uncle Google. Where was I? My hilarious riff about federal workers. Yes, yes. The next episode they're going to be sending out resumes again, totally unknown to anybody outside the government.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, I know. Well, yeah, that kind of fits in with the opening clip. Let's, let's start the show officially. Get to the opening clip and we can have a little discussion about the continuing portrayal in the media of the idea of anyone losing their job in the federal government. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty on this. It is Wednesday, middle of the week. January 26th. No, no, February 26th. Year 2025. We're Armstrong, you get in. We approve of this program.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, until they shut down the FCC Elon looking at you. Let's proceed according to FCC rules and regulations. Beginning the show at mark. To the White House, we say, hell no. Hell no. Hell no. Hell no. Hell no. Hell no. Hell no. Hell no. Hell no.

[Katie Green]

Hell no.

[Jack Armstrong]

Hell no. To dismantling the Postal Service. Solidarity forever. Thank you very much. I think that is so funny.

[Katie Green]

It's got the. It's got the hell no. And a bunch of people chanting and you think, wow, who are these people? And it's oh, hell no. To dismantling the Postal Service. I assume most Americans react with what? The Postal Service.

[Jack Armstrong]

Solidarity forever.

[Katie Green]

The Postal Service. Who still gets mail? Who needs a postal service? I have Amazon come by every day and FedEx and UPS drop something off. Maybe one of those DHL. The Postal Service.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, I don't think anybody's in favor of dismantling the Postal Service. Who cares? I mean, completely, but make it more efficient. Of course.

[Katie Green]

How many things you get important out of the Postal Service given a week? Very few. Okay, fine, whatever. The Postal Service. Of all the, of all the departments to get all worked up about. That's hilarious. Forever. That's funny. So, yeah, they continue to pray it portray on the news. Well, they're interview somebody in sad tones about how, yeah, I, I'm. Now I'm. I don't even know what I'm gonna do now. I'm sending out resumes and I'd been working there for a couple of years and it never crossed my mind that I'd need another job. And. Are you kidding me?

[Jack Armstrong]

How do you.

[Katie Green]

I'm surprised the people in media since in media people get fired all the time. I'm surprised that people in media aren't interviewing these government workers and saying, hey, take it down a notch. Everybody I know got fired last week.

[Jack Armstrong]

We used to have 300 people here, now we have 27. So, yeah, well, it's Trump derangement syndrome and just, you know, bias, which is just flaming all the time in media. Even if there were, I mean, the ideal obviously is that government would be highly adapted, acceptable, and have some of the creative destruction of capitalism because, you know, we don't need the department of Horseshoeing anymore in the federal government. Just to make a particularly silly but obvious example, we've moved into the Department of Car Tires. Okay? The times have changed, the needs have changed, goals have been accomplished, the demographics have changed, whatever. So the idea of that no longer works or it never worked, or we don't need it anymore, or it's redundant. That ought to be like an everyday occurrence in government. Of course, the idea of all encompassing permanence is not only strange, it's idiotic. It's the antithesis of what government ought to be. And here we are with a popular cultural belief because Doge and what they're doing. Not popular. Not popular among the American people.

[Katie Green]

I haven't seen it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Mostly because it's being portrayed as something like the Holocaust in the media, as we've been discussing.

[Katie Green]

You've seen polling on Doge that shows that people don't dig it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, it's way underwater. I don't remember the specific.

[Katie Green]

Wow, that's disappointing to me.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah. Well, again, if. If people get their point of view through the Bigfoot media and NPR and, you know, your Facebooky stuff, I think there's.

[Katie Green]

I think there's also just. I think there's also just. And this is disappointing. There's too many people that I don't know, think the way I thought when I was 22. They think the government is here to help you. I think the government is full of selfless people who just want to do the right thing, which a lot of people are. But the bureaucracy itself does not yield those results. That's right. It's the way it turns out.

[Jack Armstrong]

Enormous job patronage, money, program that is held to practically zero standards of productivity. That's what it is. It's. It's a monster.

[Katie Green]

It's like I saw a cartoon yesterday about how people. How some people view the federal government, and it was a guy pointing at an eagle that has a rabbit in its clutches and it says, look, that eagle is rescuing that rabbit.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, that's good.

[Katie Green]

So. So, I mean, how else would you explain those poll results if. If most Americans are down, are down, don't like the whole Doge thing. It's gotta be because they think no most government worker, all government programs and doing good and these people shouldn't be fired. Is there any other way to take it?

[Jack Armstrong]

No, no, I think. I think that's it, more or less. People who have a view that the government is here to run our lives and solve our problems.

[Katie Green]

I can't go on. I was already ill. I might have to go back to bed with that news. I can't handle that reality.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know, it's what I'm always saying. The reason the founding fathers designed this country the way they did is because they knew a lot of people want a king and they want to be taken care. What in your life? Free thinkers.

[Katie Green]

If you're over 25, what in your life experience leads you to believe that the government is efficient and, you know, in it to help you. Like I said the other day, 90% of my interactions with the government are they slow me down or cost me money.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Katie Green]

I must just appreciate the roads.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm glad the marines are there. I think park rangers do a nice job, but that's, that's just the forward facing stuff that people like. And that's why they always trot that stuff out when they said, well, it's like the classic we've got to raise taxes for teachers and firefighters in. In the utterly horrific, wasteful blue states of America. Man, you always cite those sympathetic folks.

[Katie Green]

You have depressed me to the depths of standing on a ledge.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's why I'm here with that news. Wow. Stay off the ledge. They'll probably have like eight or ten government workers scrape your body off the rocks and it'll be expensive. For those of us who survive, I'm.

[Katie Green]

Gonna put my head in the oven during the commercial break.

[Jack Armstrong]

You have an electric oven? It'll just get your head hot.

[Katie Green]

Oh, it's supposed to be a gas oven. I see. Toby.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes, yes. Unclear on the concept.

[Katie Green]

It's not just a bake and or broil your head. We've got Katie's headlines on the way and more news of the day. Stay here.

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Katie Green]

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[Joe Getty]

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[Katie Green]

Tired of hearing about eggs?

[Jack Armstrong]

The price is up, Jack getting higher.

[Unknown]

All I wanted to talk about was eggs.

[Katie Green]

Okay, maybe we'll do hour three. It'll be an all egg hour.

[Jack Armstrong]

Let's get right into it. Sleeve story with Katie Green. Katie, what do you have for us?

[Unknown]

Well, starting with the New York Times, US House narrowly passes Trump backed spending bill.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, a lot of people thought this couldn't happen and it did. So I guess the big vote is in April. This would include extending the Trump tax cuts, which is a major deal.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. The vote yesterday sets up a conflict with the Senate which favors larger tax cuts and plans to alter the House plan rather than accept it. Even if the House and Senate agree on a budget, lawmakers will have to negotiate hundreds of details on taxes, health care, energy and food stamps before they can get a bill to Trump's desk. It's a big step.

[Katie Green]

They needed every Republican vote and most people were predicting it would go down. And then at the last moment they had the votes. Trump got a couple of people on the phone, made them feel.

[Jack Armstrong]

Everybody but Thomas Massie, who's the greatest budget hawk in the house with Tom.

[Unknown]

McClintock, probably from the free Beacon Red District. Doge protest cited as proof of broad musk backlash were organized by left wing groups.

[Katie Green]

Shocking.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, yeah, yeah, absolutely. Clear from the beginning.

[Unknown]

From CNN, Trump says US will sell 5 million dollar gold cards to wealthy foreigners.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, that's an interesting one.

[Jack Armstrong]

Instead of a good airport lounge access. So it's great.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, we'll have to talk in detail about that later. That's an interesting idea he had.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's, it's an old idea, but yeah. Okay, we'll talk about it.

[Unknown]

From abc, Russia reports Massive Ukraine drone attack on strategic port and logistics hub.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, Putin's still trying to move the battle lines a little bit before the talks start, if they do. In earnest.

[Unknown]

From NPR, consumer confidence falls the most since 2021 over fears about inflation and tariffs.

[Katie Green]

And somewhere in there is the word eggs, I'm sure in that article.

[Unknown]

You know it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Not only that, but any responsible economist said, yeah, there was this huge surge in computer, I'm sorry, consumer confidence right after the election. And it's just settled down to where it was from.

[Unknown]

The Associated Press. Iran accelerates production of near weapons grade uranium as tensions with the United States ratchet up.

[Katie Green]

Oh, yeah, man, what a back burner story. That could happen any afternoon. We could all get alerts on our phone that Israel, with the help of the United States has just attacked Iran to try to take out that nuclear facility. Because I think that's coming from breitbart.com.

[Unknown]

FCC to brief House Republicans on unprecedented George Soros scheme to control 200 radio stations.

[Katie Green]

What?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, he's bought a big radio group. Apparently the FCC is still doing something. It's good to hear.

[Unknown]

This was such a story yesterday. I can't believe it. NBC White House says that large bruise on Trump's hand is from shaking hands all day, every day.

[Jack Armstrong]

I hadn't heard that story. The president is bruised.

[Unknown]

Somebody took a picture of his hands and he's got a big bruise on the back of his hand and everybody was thinking it's a health issue and blah, blah, blah.

[Katie Green]

Usually for really old people, it's they got some sort of, they got a needle stuck in there for some sort of old person thing. Well.

[Jack Armstrong]

And you bruise as more easily as you go or. So an old guy who shakes hands all day. Yeah, yeah. It's funny, I was unaware of the bruise.

[Unknown]

And finally, the Babylon B laid off. IRS agents now forced to go door to door robbing people directly.

[Katie Green]

Ah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, no, that's unfair or something.

[Katie Green]

So Elon is going to be in the cabinet meeting today and there's a lot of excitement around. Where does he sit? Does he have a speaking role? How is that all going to play out?

[Jack Armstrong]

We'll keep our eye on that Armstrong and Getty.

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

It's over.

[Katie Green]

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[Joe Getty]

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[Katie Green]

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[Joe Getty]

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[Katie Green]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Katie Green]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Joe Getty]

As Doncic rips another one and immediately.

[Katie Green]

Turns to the Mavericks banks. So that is after one of the strangest trades in major sports history for such a Giant star. Luka Doncic, who took the Dallas Mavericks to the finals last year, gets traded out of the blue. Had no idea. To the Lakers. And then the other big giant start, LeBron James, had no idea he was losing one of his teammates to get Luca. Nobody told these people anyway the first time they played each other. And Luca had an unbelievable game and staring down his bench and former general manager as he went for 19 points, 15 rebounds, 12 assists, three steals and two blocks. That's quite a game.

[Jack Armstrong]

And kicked a field goal.

[Katie Green]

Fat Luca. That had to be. That had to be a Good feeling. The revenge of staring at your old boss. Take a suck of that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Meanwhile, the player they traded for, Anthony Davis, is hurt. Got it. Got himself hurt after one game.

[Katie Green]

Oh, and that the crowd was chanting the name of the general manager. Thank you. Like, thank you for trading us fat Luca.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know, the. I mentioned that a friend of mine won the PGA tournament Sunday, and it was a great victory, a great story. But the guy he beat in the playoff. Also a fat guy. It's really good to see fat guys excelling in major sports these days. I think it's a step forward for. For fat acceptance at the end of body shaming. Sure. Well, look at the NFL. I mean, the linemen are enormous and fast and athletic, but they're fat, so.

[Katie Green]

Absolutely.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Yeah. It's good to see.

[Katie Green]

It's been a great month for. With Eagles winning the Super Bowl. It's been a great month for the fat.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Agreed. Yeah. Really inspiring. So to pay off. I know.

[Katie Green]

I'm doing my part. Got to scale. And I'm sick. The scale should take into account that I'm already sick. Scale was really cruel to me this morning.

[Jack Armstrong]

Fat. Yes. The scale has no human kindness built into it. It's programming is strictly business.

[Katie Green]

You know, this is kind of weird, but I do like that about getting on the scale every single morning. Like, I do. It's like it's. It's not only about my weight. It's just a reminder that reality is reality. You can want things to be a certain way, you can think things are a certain way, you can think things are going a certain way, but there are ways to measure various things in the world, including your weight. And reality is reality. And I like being reminded of that every day.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's funny you should say that. After doing a good job maintaining my weight, it's up recently, for various reasons, and. And I have occasionally not wanted to write down the weight that I see. And then I think that doesn't change reality.

[Katie Green]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's. It's a daily. Like in booster dose of what you just said. Yeah. Reality doesn't care what you want. You must be realistic.

[Katie Green]

Yeah. I think it fits in with all kinds of political stories or. Or family life or whatever.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sure. The very design of government and taxation and government bloat. The Doge thing that we've been talking about. Anyway, this. In the previous segment, I thought it was worth going into a little bit of detail. The Trump administration created a registry for immigrants in the US Illegally to submit their personal information or face fines in prison time. Now, these. It's not up and running fully at this point. It's draft regulations that was leaked. Immigrants in the country illegally, including children 14 and older, would be required to submit fingerprints and home addresses to the registrar. Immigrants who qualify, who are in that list but failed to register could be fined up to $5,000 and sentenced up to six months in prison. Well, I would.

[Katie Green]

I think I would feel like this is a trick. You tell me I need to go downtown to this office to get fingerprinted for being an illegal. I feel like they're gonna, you know, put me on a bus and send me out of the country.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's absolutely the thinking that's going to take place.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, well, why wouldn't it? It sounds like those kind of things they do where the, the cops, you know, they. They alert a whole bunch of, like, criminals that, hey, you just won super bowl tickets, meet us here at this hotel ballroom, and then they arrest everybody.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right, right. Yeah, yeah, it's very much like that. The move to criminalize being in the US Legally would build on the Trump administration's efforts to toughen immigration laws. Obviously, previously, if you're an illegal alien, I'm gonna kick it old school and use the actual legal term. You can't make me say migrant ap, you jerks. Anyway, where was I? Oh. Previously, immigrants in the country illegally were committing a civil offense and could be detained and deported, but were not considered to have committed a crime. You know, it's funny. Later on in the show, I will be repeating a case made by others. I will not be making the case because I don't want to get picketed. Who has the time? But quoting the case made by others, that there is only one option for Israel, the annihilation of its foes. And indeed, if you look at the situation Israel is in and recent events, that's the only way it's ever been dealt with in history, with no exceptions. And to argue against that is to argue, no. The sun rises in the north, and yet we don't, as a modern Homo sapien, we won't allow ourselves to say, oh, yeah, Israel has to wipe out their opponents. There's no other choice, because it's not the sort of thing you say. I think it's similar. And the scale thing was a perfect introduction to this, to how all of America, or a lot of America, including our politicians, deal with the immigration situation. Yeah, we pass laws, then ignore them, and the system is just a gigantic festival of lawlessness that we kind of nudge back and forth a little bit. But nobody's willing to pass laws, nobody's willing to compromise. The lobbyists are too powerful. So we just permit rampant lawlessness.

[Katie Green]

We just had the biggest non wartime migration in world history.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Katie Green]

Into our country.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Katie Green]

And nobody voted for it because it wasn't put up to a vote.

[Jack Armstrong]

And as we were discussing previously, even the center left is now saying, yeah, it's a completely legitimate concern. Working people all over the globe and calling people racist because they didn't like mass uncontrolled immigration is really wrong. You shouldn't call them that. And all of us on the right are like, oh, that's nice. Yeah.

[Katie Green]

For decades.

[Jack Armstrong]

But oh my God. Yeah. This is an interesting historical factoid. A law passed in 1940 created an immigrant registry to catch suspected commies. For years, the government aired television ads reminding all immigrants, including permanent residents, to register annually at local post offices. System fell into disuse by the 1960s when the government decided it was too costly and provided little benefit. President G.W. bush created a similar immigration registry after September 11, when his administration required men and boys from predominantly Muslim countries to submit photographs and fingerprints to the federal government. Tens of thousands of people who registered under the program were arrested and deported. I'd forgotten that.

[Katie Green]

I have. Well, and remember, yeah, Obama got tagged with the deporter in chief for the number of people he deported. But I got a question for you on that whole thing, which we'll tell you about right after this. Because when you leave your house, do you fear that somebody might break in? Um, you don't have to if you got Simply Safe set up. I mean, that's what I got going on with Active Guard outdoor protection. I got the sign out front of my house I love that says this house is protected with Simply Safe. And it is protected with the cameras and the sensors and the lifeguard protection and all that.

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Katie Green]

So here's my question. As before, we take a Break and get to mailbag. I think the number they're going with is 9 million people came in illegally during Biden's presidency. What percentage of those people will be booted out of the country, do you.

[Jack Armstrong]

Think, at the end of 9 million? 3%, maybe.

[Katie Green]

Really? Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, here's. Here's the thing. And. And I've been intending to get to this.

[Katie Green]

So the polling is. The question on the polling, as you know, is, you know, anyone here illegally, any undocumented immigrant, should they be booted out of the country? And the two thirds of Americans say yes. That's been pretty consistent. And you're thinking. And that would be all of them, not just during Biden, everyone. So you're thinking it's gonna be more like 3%. Well, that's not. That's not what people are hoping.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. The primary problem is that the mechanisms for booting people out of the country are very small and atrophied. It's just not been done. The deporter in chief thing was all about the people come across the border and you can kick them out immediately if you catch. But if they go into the interior, then they get due process of law. And we just don't have the judges, we don't have the courts, we don't have the attorneys.

[Katie Green]

Wow. So that's a big win for the forces that wanted this to happen. And those forces exist on the right and the left and. Absolutely. And they have different goals, I assume, but still, we're all for this giant wave of people again, unlike anything in world history. And there's no reason you should be excited about this. You live in small town Indiana or whatever, and all of a sudden your culture, your schools, your hospital, everything has changed. You cannot convince me that I should be happy about that. Don't give me any crap about nation of immigrants or rising tide boats or whatever.

[Jack Armstrong]

Felicity is our greatest strength. I've lived our greatest strength.

[Katie Green]

I've lived this reality. It's BS that I should be happy about this.

[Jack Armstrong]

It is, as you have said and I have said, the greatest failure of democracy of our lifetimes.

[Katie Green]

Wow. If you're right, then. Wow. That is. That's going to have ramifications for, well, forever.

[Jack Armstrong]

I hope I'm wrong. You know, it might be 10%. That's optimistic view.

[Katie Green]

Wow. Wow. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

We've got Mailbag on the way.

[Katie Green]

Stay here.

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Katie Green]

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[Katie Green]

Trump having his first cabinet meeting today. And the most interesting thing is that Elon is going to be there. And the question out there is, will Elon, like, be the focus, sitting in the middle, doing most of the talking? Will he be off to the side since he's not actually a member of the Cabinet? And just observing, it'll give us an indication of how he's being treated. We're seen.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think he's there for a reason. Clearly he's gonna say, hey y'alls, here's what we're gonna do to rein in all of your departments. Get started.

[Katie Green]

Cabinet?

[Jack Armstrong]

No. The world's richest man, an unelected something something. Yeah. Will he bring a kid?

[Katie Green]

Yeah, exactly. One of his 13 kids.

[Jack Armstrong]

Keep your nose pickers out of the Cabinet meeting. I love kids. That kid was sweet and cute, but this is Serious business. Now here's your freedom loving quote of the day. Continuing with our series from the great George Washington. I'm reminded of Pete Hegseth hoping to bring a warrior mentality back to the Pentagon in a great editorial in the Wall Street Journal recently about how we need to market the military as a chance for young men and women, but mostly men, to achieve excellence, to be the best version of themselves they can be. And it also made the point we gotta say, hey, this is for warriors. There are also some cool benefits not come for benefits. And either way, you might end up in a war, right? No, no, that's not the way to build a military anyway, George Washington. Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

[Katie Green]

Interesting.

[Jack Armstrong]

And keep this in mind next time you utter a foul word. Washington also said the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.

[Katie Green]

Wow. Times have changed.

[Jack Armstrong]

Damn. Yeah, they have, George. But thank you. He was a dignified man. We could all use a little more George Washington in us, couldn't we? Mailbag. No, mailbagarmstrongandgetti.com is the email address. Let's see, this from Jen, writing on a few topics. Fan of the silk pillowcases.

[Katie Green]

Okay.

[Jack Armstrong]

Better for your hair, better for your skin.

[Katie Green]

I don't have hair.

[Jack Armstrong]

You have skin though. Clearly. Clearly you do. She also writes, guys, some of the people that answer no opinion on polls which were mocking yesterday cruelly and unfairly in my mind. But anyway, she says some of the people that answer no opinion polls are undoubtedly paste eaters and window liquors window lickers. I gotta use that one more. But there has to be a certain percentage that just don't want to answer any more questions and want to be on their way. Source. I've done it.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, that's true. I've done it before.

[Jack Armstrong]

All right, you said this would take five minutes. We're 15 minutes in no opinion. Do you think Doge is a good thing or bad? No opinion. Matt, the Idaho farmhand, likewise writing on a number of topics. But he says, Jack, as to your query as to how things have changed in hospitals when one's child is born due to the gender bending madness these days just recently welcomed our seventh into the world.

[Katie Green]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. Matt, the Idaho farmhand, every bit as fertile as the land he plows. Wow.

[Katie Green]

7.

[Jack Armstrong]

Anyway, even out here in conservative Idaho, they don't announce the sex of the child anymore. Thank you for using the proper term. It's sex, not gender. Now the doctors and nurses say it's. And leave the parents to fill in the blank. You're hitting me. Dodge potential trouble.

[Katie Green]

You're kidding me. So they hold the baby up for you and say it's. And what? Let you fill in the blank.

[Jack Armstrong]

Like one of those annoying classes you take where the teacher makes you say the end even though everybody knows it and it's just a question of who's going to say boy so we can move on with the damn class. I've always hated that.

[Katie Green]

But yeah, if you're a parent who says whatever they want to be, then you can do that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes. And they think another woke crackpot, even another Idaho.

[Katie Green]

They're doing that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. He says. Kind of weird that they're that cowed. I would agree.

[Katie Green]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Yeah. Sick. Oh, that reminds me. Yeah, we'll get to it later. It's a great wild. It's a great bit from Fred Armisen's genius Portlandia several years ago that was portraying mockingly the Portlandian view of gender. Okay. And that went in a few years from mockable to enforced federal policy.

[Katie Green]

I want to hear that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Anyway, you've heard it before. It's one of our favorites. But it's. It's. I was reminded of recently. Let's see. Moving along. Al Anonymous writes, 20 year listener. Thanks for making commuting bearable. It's our pleasure. And he mentions that we had a couple of different conversations back to back that were related, but he thinks we missed it. We were talking about. Jack was discussing forcing his son to make a piece of IKEA furniture so he could have basic skills like turning a screwdriver. And then I went on a rant about why people aren't coupling. And he said, you guys missed how connected those two subjects are. And he tells it rather charming tale that we don't have the whole time for. But he's dating a woman. And one of her friends was having a hard time mounting a TV mount on the wall of her apartment. Girlfriend asked, can you help her? And so while the gal sat around and had a cocktail and chatted, he fired the thing up. And he said the sexual tension in the room, the bedroom eyes from all of the women toward a guy who could do things was palpable.

[Katie Green]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes.

[Katie Green]

I come from a world where every guy could do things so well. It's just shocking to me.

[Jack Armstrong]

But then he goes on, society's taking it too far with the woman power stuff and not needing a man. It's not only affected the women, but made young men no longer men. Men are afraid to be men. It's looked down upon. And the problem is that women down deep really want a real man as these as we've discussed many times. He's absolutely right. J.D. vance had that great speech the other day at CPAC. Young men don't be ashamed of being men, don't be ashamed of being masculine. Kind of madness is this.

[Katie Green]

You concur, Katie, erm, that all of.

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My single girlfriends are foaming at the mouth for actual men. Manly men who can do things.

[Katie Green]

I feel like I hear that a lot myself from women out there in the world of online dating or whatever.

[Jack Armstrong]

The rare man. I wish I was younger. Righty tighty lefty Lucy I can lift 20 pounds clear over my man. Would I be a catch?

[Katie Green]

Whoever thought turning a screwdriver or changing a tire would be a way to, you know, get it to bed right?

[Jack Armstrong]

Making a IKEA desk. Look how capable he is.

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