That mono music. You've got to love it. It's
great. One ear, right? Yes. It's so wonderful.
You know what? We could fix that now. No, we
can't. I can just put it back to normal. I just
don't believe that. I believe there's some problems
that are unsolvable. You know what I mean? I
think we live in a world where you've just got
to live with it. You know? We'll give it to Doge.
They can fix it. Their guy whose name is Big
Balls. Yes. Have you heard that? The 19 -year
-old hacker that all the libs are getting all
butt -hard about. And his screen name is Big
Balls. So there are a bunch of memes out there
playing the ACDC song. So I think it's kind of
bullshit that they would even release those guys'
names. It's total... Oh, he was docking big time.
It is, and it's jacked up, man. It's not right.
You know, it's like... I don't get it. You know,
it... I don't get it. At the bottom, I don't
get it. What is going on in their heads? I'm
trying not to dive in too deep in any one direction
right now, but I think it was wrong for them
because they are young, but they're also brilliant.
One of those kids on there was 23 years old and
had applied some sort of code towards this ancient
scripture that they couldn't interpret, and he
created a code that broke it. Wow. And I'm thinking,
let's do that for the, is it the Goyovich? Not
the Goyevich, the Stoyanovich manuscript. Yeah,
the manuscript. Yeah. No one knows what it says.
Yeah, man, I would love to see what that says
because it has fantastic pictures of plants and
biology. And, you know, people give it, you know,
women and men. But it's all like some foreign,
weird language. Are they like nudes? Yeah, sort
of. I mean, not like you'd see in National Geographic.
No. But, you know, there's at least to the imagination
where you could definitely see there's some sort
of colloidal thing going on. Dude, so we didn't
have podcasts last week, and it's been a whirlwind
two weeks. It has been. Well, it's February 11th.
This is the second week of February. Holy shit,
it just keeps pounding and pounding. Over the
weekend, it was fantastic weather. And then all
of a sudden, God was like, you've had enough.
Yes. Time to bring it down again, eh? Well, it
was Puxatawney Phil. He saw a shadow. That we
sure did. It was crazy. It was beautiful this
past weekend. The birds were singing, and the
trees started budding, and everything was like,
woo -hoo! And then it was like... We're going
to kill you. Yeah. Shit, man. The spring flowers
started sprouting out of the ground. That's what
I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. You guys
just blew your load a little bit too soon. You're
not going to have enough to rejuvenate come March.
They're going to have to restock. It was crazy.
All right. Chuck, thank you for stepping in for
the producer again and again and again and again.
Dudes Like Us. I'm Sean. I'm Paul. And I'm Jeff.
And we got a jam -packed first half of podcast
plus the second half. We've got two weeks worth
of shit to talk about. We're itching to catch
up on shit. Yeah, we missed last week because
of me. That was because of you. It was something
that happens to a bunch of dudes like us out
there. Surprisingly, it happens more often than
you know. And frankly, I don't understand. What
the concept is. Maybe I should have done a little
research on this. Why the fuck do these builders
put water heaters in the attic? I don't get it.
I know mine. I don't get it either. Because I
was looking, I was researching, I was using chat
GPT. I was like, are there codes that force you
to do this? No, there are no codes. I was like,
is it less expensive, more expensive? No, it's
actually more expensive because you have to reinforce
the structures to hold the weight. What the hell,
man? And you have to, there's more piping and
all this shit. And I was just like, why are they
deciding to do this? it is really negligent.
Because, I mean, something, inevitably, if you
don't proactively change your water heater out,
it will fail at some point. Yes. To a tankless,
or I don't know what it would cost to move it
to the garage. I don't know. I don't understand
it. Is yours on the second floor in your area?
Yeah, of course. It's right over my game room.
I mean, over my media room. Yeah. All right,
so tell our listeners what happened. So you had
a, you didn't have a blowout. No, I didn't have
a blowout. I had the expansion tank. blow off.
And what happened is, when that happened, is
there was a geyser of water shooting feet in
the air, hitting the ceiling of the attic for,
I don't know how long, but it was enough to ruin
the front of my house. Oh, yeah. It was pouring
down my stairs. Unbelievable. Coming through
the ceiling, through the air vents, through the
lights. It hit my study downstairs. There's a
chance that... That was happening for a long
time, like maybe hours before it was actually
noticed. Yeah. Because you weren't here. I was
at work. Steven was sleeping, and we had some
guests who were staying with us, and Aaron and
Isaac, you met them the week before. Right. And
they were leaving, and she sent Isaac back in
to go, run back in real quick, just do a quick
run, make sure we didn't forget anything. No
way. So he runs upstairs to look in the room,
and he sees the water coming down. from the ceiling
oh my god so he starts screaming and banging
on the wall for steven to wake up and he's yelling
for his mom he was freaking out he's i don't
know 11 12 years old maybe uh there's water pouring
from the ceiling and steven gets up he was groggy
he's like what's going on and that he sees what's
going on dude that had you exactly what has you
been there and watched water pouring out of your
ceiling that would have been just Oh, I know.
Because he raced out and turned off the water.
Well, he did. And first, he goes, what's going
on? So he pulled the attic stairs down and climbed
up there. That's where he saw the water shooting
straight up out of the tank. Oh, my God. Through
the top. And so he's like, crap. And then he
ran outside, and I told him two months prior
to that. How to do it. I was like. If you ever
have to turn the water off in this house, here's
the key. It's right here in the front of the
house. And I walked out there. I was like, you
rip this off, and you put it down there, and
you turn that. That is a must. I tell you what,
when you told me that story, I was like, I need
to tell my boys this. I'm not sure they know
to do that. It's important stuff. Plus, you've
had a major issue at your house where you were
changing out a shower valve. I don't want to
relive that. He didn't turn the water off. I
didn't. Like an idiot. He was like, oh, I just
turned the valves off. I thought the water wasn't
going to come out. So he pulled the valve, pops
out, right? And then all of a sudden, Armageddon.
The water shoots out. That's okay. We'll just
go downstairs and turn it off. No. The bathtub
was filling up faster than it would drain. And
then I get this phone call. And there's Sean.
And I'm like, oh, Gary, baby. I wouldn't cry.
Are you taking buckets up in the toilet? Yes,
I was. And then I was like, that's not going
to work. This is the worst part. I grab a hose,
and I'm thinking I'm going to do the whole siphon,
and I shove the tube out the window. And I'm
like trying to have it automatically drain. It's
not going to go very fast. That didn't do anything.
All it did was kind of damage my throat and my
lungs because I was sucking so hard. There's
probably some lizard dust in that tube. My lips
were blue, and I was like, okay, that's not working
either. Your lips collapsed. That's when I called
Sean. Sean, emergency. Emergency. Yeah, but I
get there, and look, man, no offense, but there's
no way on, you would have not been able to shut
that off. because I had a regular wrench that
you're supposed to have, and that thing had not
been shut off. Since 15 years. So, man, look,
I wasn't always this fat back then. I had some
strength on me and I couldn't budget. And thank
God I had my truck and I brought the fucking
three foot pliers out the big old wrench. And
I was like, yeah. And I thought it was like,
fuck it. I'm either shutting this off or it's
fucking breaking. Yeah. And because you were
like, is it done yet? I was like. And it turned
off and shut off and it was like, it's done.
Oh, dude. I mean, the whole process took like,
what, maybe a minute and a half? It was still
stressful, man. That was stressful. It was at
the point where the water was just about to lap
the tub. Oh, it was awful. You should let your
dogs in there to drink from it real quick. Yeah,
that wouldn't have helped either. Just get straws,
the whole family. Everybody up there! Drink!
Good Lord. Yeah. It's a nightmare. So you got
to know where those at. You wouldn't suspect
that to happen in Texas of all places. Yeah.
You know, it's just like, who came up with it?
You're talking about codes. I mean, why did they
come up with the code that think it was okay
to put water pipes on that perimeter of your
house for freezing anyways? Right. I mean, that's
not the way they do it in the North. It shouldn't
be anywhere because when it's cold outside, guess
what? The perimeter of the house gets cold and
it's going to pop. Two or three years ago, we
had that 10 ,000 year winter storm. Yeah. That's
happening every year now, by the way. Well, no,
not every other year. Not to that level. But
dude, that after that, nobody, all the people
here, nobody knew how to turn off their water.
Right. So when it thawed, there was a shit show
all over the city. Yeah. All over the state.
Yeah. That's something you need to learn. If
you buy a house, buy the tool and learn how to
do it. It's 20 bucks at Lowe's. Yeah. It's a
big T. about three feet long yep big t -screw
with a little groove in it and you just stick
it on there and turn it and you're done done
i've got one and uh if he wasn't here it would
have been the entire house the damage would have
been it would have been the entire house because
it was it was like i said it was a waterfall
down the stairs uh through the ceiling it was
it was a mess so you know we're carpets are all
up holes in the ceilings and everything so Yeah,
so you're in the middle of—so they've already
done some cleanup, but you're in the middle of
finding contractors to, like, finish the job.
Yeah, well, Sean was really good. He got one
of the mitigators he works with out here really
quick. Yeah, yeah, there was somebody—they had
those— Dehumidifiers and fans. I'll give a shout
-out to ServPro out in Garland. Garland? Is Garland
east or west? That's east of here. Garland east—I
know it's east from here, but there's a Garland
east or west. Whatever. ServPro. So those guys
reacted real quick. And they were Garland. So,
I mean, when I called them, they were like, fuck,
yeah, we're doing it. We're on our way. And they
were like, oh, that's not our way. So, you know,
it took them a while to get here. But they reacted
quick. They did a good job as far as I could
see out there. And we're lining up some people.
First people didn't like me. That's true. Well,
because, look, I called them out. The first people
didn't like you, is that what you said? They
did not. Oh, okay. It's because I'm in the industry,
so I guess I sounded like a Mr. Know -it -all.
Sometimes I give off that vibe. I don't know
if that was the case. But what I was asking,
so the carrier had given them their estimate.
Okay. Basically, they gave them the homework
to cheat off of. Right. So they basically took
their estimate, took it home, wrote an estimate
based off the estimate they provided. Right.
And then turned it back in with their own name
on it. And I was like. You didn't do anything
different on here. Did they provide the estimate
for you? And they were like, oh, yeah, we just
took off the mitigation. And I was like, oh,
all right. Well, did you look at the job? And
they were like, oh, yeah, we were there and we
did a bunch of stuff, this, this, that. And I
was like, well, did you take into consideration
you've got 10 ,000 bottles of bourbon to move
and you put on their large room? That's going
to take you far. Right. There's not near enough
labor in there. And I was trying to help him
and whatever. And they were like, bitch, we're
out. Well, they were like, well, first of all,
who are you and why are you talking to me about
this? And I was like, look, Jeff's one of my
best friends and I'm in the business of insurance
claims and I'm trying to help him throughout
this whole process. And I want to help kind of
the whole timeline of these things going on.
And he was like, well, you know what? We don't
work like that. So we work directly with the...
the homeowners and we don't work with any third
-party management companies i was like okay well
does eric your uh uh your president of the company
know that you're speaking for him and he says
yes he does i said well very good good luck to
you and then i fired it off an email saying that
he declined and just basically shut it down i
mean i i don't know i feel bad but at the same
time i'm thinking did i give off that vibe Because
you mentioned while doing some woodwork downstairs,
I've got to have a tendency to have that vibe,
right? You have a huge vibe, yeah. Oh. You're
extremely difficult to work with. Nobody likes
that. It just vibrates. Well, I named it my dick
vibe. No, I'm kidding. If you think about it,
they're used to just kind of reassuring the homeowner
that, you know, we're going to take care of it.
They don't question anything. They don't know
anything. So, yeah, they don't like being questioned.
Yeah. Or inspected. Or challenged. Or checked.
Yes. Yeah, well, you know, you got to hold some
of these guys accountable. Sure. And that's kind
of what I alluded to because, you know, hundreds
and hundreds and hundreds of these. These contractors
will come in and they drag their feet every step
of the way. Sure. And he doesn't know behind
the scenes. He's like, look, dude, we do a podcast
every week. I didn't tell him this, but I'm thinking
this. We do a podcast every week up there. I
need that shit done. We got shit going on. We
can't be waiting here. And that's kind of the
spirit. I want to get Julie back up and running.
Let's get this thing going. So once we get whoever
we're going to get up here vetted, we're going
to get a timeline and just punch it out. Boom.
Well, they probably also overcharge, right? The
industry's right. Well, all the quotes we got
are right in line with what the insurance company
came back with. They didn't come back and it's
$30 ,000 more or anything like that. It was right
in line. Okay, okay. I just think in general,
the industry's got built -in kind of fraud in
there. Yeah, I don't think I've seen it on this
one. Okay, there is fraud. Right. Not everybody,
but you know. I'll tell you, most of the fraud.
comes from public adjusters in the spirit of
standing up for the insured, which is a bunch
of crack. That's a crock of crap, man, because
I think that there was a time where sometimes
these guys get taken advantage of. Maybe there
is a reason to have someone help out once in
a while, but the majority of these guys, they're
just freaking crooks. Just absolute cash grabs.
Skimming off the top. Well, they take 10%. Right.
So anyways, that happened. We recommend you guys
get the, like Jeff said, get your key, have it
by the house, know how to use it, know where
it's at. And your kids. Yeah, I tell you what,
Stephen and Isaac and Aaron did a really good
job. They got every tile in the house. And we
have some old ones that the boys brought back
from college and shit like that. We have a ton
of them. All crusty. And they used all of them.
They created the dam and the powder bath downstairs.
Steven said it got ankle deep in there. Damn.
And they had a dam up there to try to save the
wood floor that was downstairs. Yes. So I'm sure
some of it may have seeped. Yeah, I was like,
where did it go? I don't know. I mean, the towels,
there was a huge mound of towels in there when
I came home. Wow. So I don't know if the towels
sucked it up or what. Yeah, well, you know what?
At the end of the day. That's stressful, man.
Oh, I can't imagine it. It would suck at my house.
It would suck at anybody's house. Anybody's house.
Yeah. Yours is on your second floor as well,
right? What's that? Your water heater? Yeah,
it's right in the act. That's stupid. It is stupid,
man. I'd almost want to talk to a builder and
ask that question. You probably have the best
opportunity to do that. Why do they do that?
What's the rationale to do that? I don't know
because, I mean, even when you do, because I
have replaced my water heater. I did it kind
of proactively. I had a friend who's a plumber.
And I was like, can you just look at it to see
if it needs to be replaced? And he goes, you
can't ever really tell if it needs to be replaced.
You just do it. Like when it reaches the eighth
year or the tenth year. I forget what year. So
I just asked AI overview. Okay. Builders in Texas
often install water heaters in the attic because
most homes in Texas don't have basements. Attics
are also a good place to save space. And then
you just got the screen of death. What the hell,
man? I hate this laptop. God bless it. I need
to just do it. I'm taking this home. So basically
they're saving space at the risk of this happening.
Yeah, but why not put it in the garage? I was
going to say, put it in the garage. I wonder
if it has something to do. Some of the houses
here do have it in the garage. I wonder if it
has something to do with water pressure. If it's
on the first floor, does it increase the water
pressure by being up in the attic? Maybe. Maybe.
Maybe 50 gallons of pressure. Well, my water
pressure out of the sink is the same as upstairs.
Do you want to look that up for us? Oh, you got
two water heaters? No. I did have a suggestion.
Well, the sink is down. My kitchen is downstairs.
And the faucet's up here. I mean, that's not
enough of a distance. Chuck has something to
add here. In addition to having your key, right,
for your water meter, a wet dry vac. 100%. Yeah.
Yeah, they pulled that out as well. That's a
good idea. Yeah, that's a good idea. Yeah. And
the thing with Frisco, if you live in Frisco,
I'm probably playing Owen McKinney and all these
sounds around here, is the city locks access
to your water valve. So you have to either have
a key to open it, so you have to finagle with
that. Now, granted, it's a generic key that you
could buy at Home Depot, but it's a key. You're
talking about to get the manhole cover off. To
get the manhole cover off. Mine is not connected,
so I don't know why. Ours, mine is not anymore
either. I took mine off and I removed the locking
mechanism because it screwed onto the bottom
of it. I removed it in the event of an emergency.
I mean, I don't get it. I mean, it's kind of
silly to have that on there. That's important
to note because people are like, you know, running
out there with their key and they have no idea
how to get the manhole cover open. Then you're
effed. Yep, it's locked. All of them are locked.
That's crazy. I was doing a job in Dallas construction
and... There was a water line break in the house,
and we ran into the same problem. I didn't have
a key with me, and that was a metal cover. I
had a five -pound sledgehammer. And you started
whacking away at the cover? It took like 10 hits.
I cracked that thing open, but it took 10 hits
to do it. Oh, shit. And the city got mad at me,
and I was like, bill me. Yeah, whatever. It's
a lid. In an emergency? I mean, I would have.
I mean, I was going to scorch dirt on that. It
doesn't make sense to have that on there. I mean,
maybe, producer, maybe you could pull that up.
Why do they lock those? I mean, you're in the
civil engineer program. To keep you from rigging
it. Well, they have the wireless water meters
now. They just have to drive by and get your
reading. They don't even drive by anymore. It's
all regional reads. Oh, so I think it's maybe
access so people can get access to that. Right.
Piece of electronic. Yeah, I mean, people can
go around. Regional reads, what is it, like a
telephone signal? Like a telephone signal, yeah.
So how does it charge? How does your water meter
charge? I'm not sure. It's some sort of a signal
that it puts out. It's got to be connected to
something. There's a wire out there attached
to it. Yeah, but where does it get power? Where
does it get power when you drive by with a truck?
So it does drive by with a truck. No, it used
to. They don't do the truck anymore. You mean
the transmitter? Where does the transmitter get
the power? Yeah, so if it's emitting a signal
that's somewhere out there in the ether, it's
getting received and it's like, oh, well, this
person just consumed 20 ,000 gallons. I mean,
it's coming from the valve? Where's it going
to? The city has a regional reader. They don't
have it on a truck anymore. It's a cell signal.
Is that what you're asking? Okay, so let's say
it's a cell signal. So what powers up that cell
signal? It's a little thermonuclear battery.
It's the same kind of ones that they have on
a flux capacitor. It's the ones they have on
submarines. They have a little, like, wheel in
there spinning with the water. Yeah, yeah. Oh,
maybe that's what it is. Maybe it's a hydro wheel
from the water coming through. It charges it
up. It's like the bicycle. I'm calling bullshit
on the hydro wheel. I like that idea. It's great,
yeah. Certainly not solar. Underneath the cover.
It's underneath the ground. Advanced meters use
audio transmitters to send signals directly to
the utility worker. They can be read remotely
from the vehicle or from the office, eliminating
the need for a physical visit. But it doesn't
say how they're powered. Well, there's a wire
hooked up to it. There is a wire. It's probably
a low voltage. It's probably running to some
kind of power underneath. Yeah, they probably
have power running. When they build all of them,
there's a wire going from one to the next to
the next to the next. Daisy chained. Yes. That's
what I'm guessing. Or it's geothermal. Geothermal.
That's the best one yet. I am 100 % certain that's
not the case. Because that stuff didn't exist.
We didn't have that type a couple years ago.
Pull it out and look. Pull it out? There's cable
behind the other end. There's no power supply
needed. Traditional mechanical water meters,
such as positive displacement or turbine meters,
do not require external power since they rely
on mechanical components. That's to the flow.
That's to the flow. That's not the... Right,
but it also says some are battery -powered, some
are grade -powered, and some are fuel cell or
E4. Hydro -powered. There you go. Some innovative
meters harvest the energy from the flow meter
itself. I don't know. I think we've exhausted
all efforts on this. I think we have. Yeah. We
clearly don't know. Also, having your water heater
upstairs or downstairs makes about four pounds
of pressure difference versus it coming out at
45 to 60, so it's minimal. So that's not it.
So that's not it. All right, so it's got to be
the convenience of... It's cheaper to put it
up there for the piping design. No, it's more
expensive. Oh, that doesn't make sense either.
That doesn't make sense either. I give up. I'm
thinking it would be less expensive of the copper
pipes because if you start in the garage, you
have to stem all the way around the house as
opposed to up here in the center of the house.
That's what I was wondering. Stemming down. Well,
whatever I read yesterday or the day before is
it was more expensive because you have to reinforce
for the weight, right? You have to put extra
structural. Up there. And they said it was actually
longer runs. I don't know if that's true or not.
It didn't make sense to me. It's a pain in the
ass no matter what. I mean, and those guys from
the mitigation company, they were going to tear
it apart. Here's four good reasons right here.
It kind of says space efficiency. I'll take a
corner of my garage out. Put it in there, please.
Agreed. I would, too. Which corner? Just a corner.
Where the fridge is. I would put it right in
the middle of the garage. Yes. Or put it in the
attic over the garage. There you go. You know?
That's actually not bad. Now, my house has that.
A lot of houses don't have that. Well, I have
my game room over the garage. I don't like that
idea at all. Do you have a gay room over your
garage? Game room. Oh. Yeah, yeah. My gay room
is... Space efficiency, energy efficiency, and
warmer clients placing a water heater in the
attic or upper floor can take advantage of the
energy. He reduced the energy cost for maintaining
the hot water temperature. The modern design
trends open floor plans and maximizing modern
design trends is the fourth. Put it in the garage.
Yeah, agreed. All right, well, we decided that.
All those are not worth it. Project 2025 is going
to put water heaters back in the garages. I knew
it. Executive order, number 503. Damn. Man, you
know what? Speaking of executive orders, something
that was kind of interesting, I wish, let me
see if I have the stats on this. So, pardons
from Donald Trump. Let's see here. I have not
heard any follow -up to the J6 people that were
supposedly let go. Well, there's been too much
other shit going on. Were they released? They
were truly released because he pardoned them.
I believe so. But no follow -up to that. George
Bush pardoned, how many people do you think he
pardoned? 2 ,000. 1 ,100. Producer? I believe
it was like 150. He pardoned 200. That's close.
All right. Barack Obama, how many do you think
he did? 1 ,300. 15 ,000. Right at 1 ,000. He
parted 1927. All right. Donald Trump, what do
you think, Jeff? 400. 41. 41? Is that your real
number? No, but it was around 100. It was about
120. Probably several hundred. 237. Joe Biden,
how many do you think he... A lot. 4 ,200. Yeah,
like 2 ,500. 8 ,064. Unbelievable. And even the
Democrat Party was not thrilled with his precedent
that he set. 8 ,064 pardons. I don't think he
was aware of what the hell he was doing. He wasn't.
He was signing shit. He did not know what it
was. I think it was probably friends or lobbyists
who were reaching out going, hey, can you get
a pardon for me? Can you get a pardon for me?
Yeah. I mean, you heard what Mike Johnson said,
the Speaker of the House. He met with him, and
he said, why did you sign the executive order
to shut down the export of natural gas to Europe?
And he goes, I didn't do that. He doesn't remember
doing it. He goes, I didn't do that. He goes,
yes, you did. And he goes, I didn't do that.
You know how terrifying that is? And Mike Johnson
left the Oval Office going, oh, my God. Like,
who is in charge? Was this near the end? Yeah.
It was a couple months before the end. So it
was 4 ,000 acts of clemency, including 80 pardons
and 4 ,185 commutations of sentences. Oh, dude,
and some of those stories came out. It was like
a guy that killed a mom. It was a bunch of death
row folks. Yeah, and it was a guy that killed
his wife, you know, killed a woman and his daughter
because they could possibly, they were witnesses
in witness protection. And he, you know. They
witnessed something, and he killed them both
brutally. And people were like, you pardoned?
Why would he pardon? What was his reasoning behind
that? I don't know. Do you have to give a reason
or just a signature? No, you don't have to explain
why. He was probably good in the field, and Clintons
were going to use him for some future things.
Yeah, he was probably an informant or, you know,
yeah, some. He was going to do suicide assistance
and start picking up on Jack Kevorkian's where
he left off with the Clintons. It's unreal. Assisted
suicide. They generally give an explanation and
a reason for why they do what they do, but they
don't have to say anything. They can just say.
I think Joe Biden, the farther we get away from
this, will be known worse than Jimmy Carter.
By far. Just because I think ultimately it's
going to come out that, yeah, you're. Two, he
was gone. And these people actually ran the show.
And they were buffoons. Yeah, they were. His
young, woke team around him that was just kind
of trying to run the country, having no fucking
clue what they were doing. Right. He was bad.
Yeah. He was really bad. That's scary. But I'll
tell you one thing. I'm enjoying the good things
coming out of it. I'm kind of digging the...
Trump changing the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of
America. He did on his way to the Super Bowl,
which was kind of cool. So, you know, that was
cool. And then she populated instantly on Google.
Boom, just like that. Yeah, they had been working
that out for a while, actually. But, yeah. I
thought at first it was kind of a joke. When
you say a while, what do you mean? Like the last
three weeks or years? Yeah, I mean, it's been
a couple weeks in the works, yeah. Because I
think he signed that. He signed it, like, in
the second day. I thought he signed it while
he was flying to the Super Bowl. He had a big
deal. He was signing it. Gulf of America. I don't
believe so, because I had heard of it well before
then. Again, I go back to— And we talked about
it, remember? I agree 100 % with him, but I think
other countries are going to not adopt it. Right.
You know, Google can do it. That's okay. Oh,
yeah, I agree. I think it's fine. You can teach
the American kids it's Gulf of America and it's
whatnot. But I know, like, there's other maps
out there that have not changed. It's worth it,
though. I mean, it is the Gulf of America. It's
not the Gulf of Mexico. Just like we talked about
the last podcast. I think it has more shoreline.
We have more shoreline than Mexico. Yeah, but
not even that, though. I mean, one thing that
Trump said was, you know, it represents North
America and South America. It is America. Right.
I mean, it doesn't just mean the United States.
I want to say at the time, like Mexico controlled
most of that land that, you know. True. When
it was named, right? It was named in the 1500s.
They had Texas, right? Well, it was named in
the 1500s, and it actually wasn't named Mexico.
It was a... what they called the Aztecs at the
time. Right, Mexicans. So it was the Gulf of
the Aztecs, whatever they called them back then,
and it sounded similar to Mexico. Well, America's
got a better ring. So I think it makes more sense
because it's not USA, it's America, which is
Canada, South America, Central America. Yeah,
it's totally legit. Right, I think it is. But
I think people are thinking it's just Trump trying
to, Trying to troll. Trying to troll the world.
And, you know, America, you know, we're just
steamrolling everybody. From Mexico. Yeah, the
Aztecs. You know, it's interesting because they
have on there one of the earlier names of it
was the Gulf of New Spain. You know, because
if the population of Mexico, if you're a true
Mexican, you're usually like a dark -skinned
Aztec kind of flavor. Well, the indigenous, and
they're very looked down upon. Yeah, even within
Mexico. Well, there's racism down there against
those. Of course. So they talk about how the
United States, we took their land from them,
which is bullshit because we bought it. Spain
did. Well, we're referring to California, New
Mexico, Arizona, Texas, that we took the land
from them. I was like, that's not true at all.
We bought that from them, 100%. Right. And they
took the money, and that's it. It was a done
deal. So we didn't steal it from them. You know,
if they want to be mad at anybody, it fell stones
in Spain because they're the ones that went in
there and commandeered it. Cortez, right? Cortez,
yeah. It was a different time. They were discovering
the world. They were superpowers, you know. Well,
you can't. Europe was colonizing. You can't apply
today's morals and ethics to 600 years ago. You
cannot. You can't. It was different. And it's
stupid to - But just like today, you can't apply,
well, let's say four years ago when the whole
woke thing was at its peak, you can't apply those
woke principles to movies that were made in the
60s, 70s, 80s. Right. Like they were trying to
do. So you had all these disclaimers. Oh, Gone
with the Wind has to have a disclaimer on there
because there's racist content in there. Right.
Yeah, and so, I mean, you talked about wokeism,
so DEI. I'm shocked, you know, because he said
the government's done with DEI. Yeah. Right?
But he just controls the government. He doesn't
control private sector. But private sector is
following the lead. I mean, Disney dropped two
DEI programs. All these companies are coming
out. Google did as well. Oh, yeah. All these
companies are coming out and cutting DEI because,
obviously, it's. saves money for them oh yeah
this is cost cutting and they were sort of pressured
into it because the woke mob was was you know
shaming them oh yeah and and so they you know
fuck i guess we're gonna have to you know spend
some money on dei because that's what they're
wanting us to do and the shareholders are probably
like what the fuck are you spending this money
on for so anyway they're following the lead i
mean yeah it's great yep well i i i got to experience
well in corporate america you you You've probably
experienced it as well, you know. Right. The
adoption of the pronouns, and I was on calls,
I've said this before on calls, where my manager,
who was a vice president, she's a white lady.
Did she open the meeting with her pronouns? Well,
yes, but then she also - My name is Jane, I'm
a Sagittarius, and I identify as he, she, and
fuck. I have black -rimmed glasses. Yeah, why
do they describe themselves? I don't know. For
people who are blind or something? I don't know.
I didn't understand. I'm wearing dark pants.
I have a sweater vest on, and I have green glasses
on. That seems to be the thing, because it's
like nowadays people are all on TikTok and Instagram,
and today I'm wearing some shoes by Blue Blue
Blue and some shirt by Walmart, and I've got
whatever. I got shoes that were made by slaves
in China. Yes, exactly. Wow. You have a phone
made by slaves in China. Exactly. I mean, what
the hell? I don't understand that. Anyway, keep
going. Well, anyway, it came up to there was,
well, this was during the whole George Floyd,
whole DEI at its peak, wokeness, and she was
talking about, because there was a space open
and I think the CFO or something like that left.
Oh, okay. There's a vacancy? And they're like,
she's like, well, there's too many white men.
In the C -suites. Oh, my goodness. It needs to
be a woman or a person of color or whatever.
Can I do that? That's illegal. Yep. And finally,
finally, Trump has kind of ripped off the, or
kicked over all the rocks on this one. Yeah.
And their DEI is scurrying. And now you have
those people that are DEI consultants and they're
DEI this and DEI that. Their jobs are done. Their
entire career has been based on. You know, this
whole bullshit industry. And yeah, and their
careers, they're going to have to figure out
something else to do. We'll try to do something
else. Call it something else. Yeah. So let's
talk about Doge. This whole Department of Government
Efficiency, man, they are steamrolling through
agencies. And people are panicking because they
are disclosing and exposing corruption. I think
the key is they're exposing it. How much he can
actually stop, because that's up to Congress
to actually stop all of that. He can bring it
to light so everyone can do. But Trump's firing
people. He's firing whole departments. He laid
off everybody from USAID and they froze everything.
I think the whole go back to work or you're fired
type of thing, that's been put on hold. Yeah,
because there are judges that are... You know.
They're looking at the legality of it. He goes,
I don't agree or disagree with it, but we need
to make sure this is a legal thing that he can
do. I agree with that. Right? Yeah. I mean, but
he is the CEO of the branch. Of the executive
branch. Correct. USAID was part of Congress.
Oh. Are you sure? Yes. Okay. All right. And that
is a highly corrupt identity. Big time. Dude
is crazy. Wow. No wonder they're all up in arms.
They're like, holy shit now. And he must have
mentioned earlier today that he's now going to
go after, I'm sorry, that's not what I'm going
to say. Now he's going to audit all those folks
that have gone into Congress. and figure out
if you went into Congress and you're making a
couple hundred thousand years, your net worth
is this. Yeah, how did you get that money? How
did you accumulate all this money? How do you
suddenly have tens of millions? They're going
to audit where that money came from and hold
them accountable. I love it. I mean, they're
going into everything, and apparently they're
using AI. Did you know this? Yeah, these guys,
these young guys. Yes, this whippersnapper SWAT
team or whatever they are. Yes, with 19 big balls.
Right? My balls are... to the left and to the
right. And so they're literally, yeah, they're
literally going in there and they're attaching
those systems to AI and turning. You see the
picture of him too? He looks like Ducky from
16 Candles. Yes. Yes. It's crazy. And I love
it. This is going to be the new, and here's the
thing, I think already there's some states that
are wanting to form their own Doge, you know,
agencies for the state. And I bet you there's
Western countries. I don't think the other ones
are, but my point is this is going to sweep the
world. Right. This concept of hooking up AI to
sniff out corruption and fraudulent, wasteful
spending is... Well, I can't get over some of
the shit that this USAID was spending on. A lot
of these, like $50 million on Botswanan lesbian
education or something crazy like that. Right.
The same thing over in Serbia. There is trans...
You know, a million and a half dollars in Serbia
for trans classes. Trying to advance the liberal
ideology around the world. The gay opera. Trans
opera. You know, there's another one in Brazil.
Tons. Just rip all that shit off, man. Just get
it all out of there. And I think it's actually
criminal for these. I don't care if it's left
or right. Look, they're going to find corruption
on both sides. It's not a matter of left or right,
in my opinion. It's kind of sketchy that only
the left are really kind of contesting this.
But to me, it's kind of like it's a right or
wrong. You know, I want money to be spent on
things that are for the United States to make
our country great. We're the ones that are earning
that money. We work our asses off and we pay
our taxes so that we're covered. in our city
and state. And the federal government, yeah,
we need to pay some money to make sure that we're
protected and that the people that are running
our country have our best interest in mind for
our commerce and to keep our fuel prices low
and to make sure that we're taken care of. Advance
our space program so that we can explore Mars
or whatever. No, no, no. I totally agree. It's
bullshit that we have to spend all this money
outside of the United States and to find out
that Zelensky, From Ukraine, turns out, hey,
man, I got like, was it he got 60 % of it or
40 % of it? It was a, it wasn't, he didn't get
all the money that we sent over there. Yeah,
meaning we're saying in the news that we're sending
$180 billion. And he's like, dude, I got $70
billion. That's all I got. I don't know the exact
numbers. I forget off the top of my head. But
it was major. He's like, I don't know what you
guys are talking about. I don't know where that
money went. And when you say stuff like that,
I don't know where that money went. I mean, what
he's saying is he never got it. Yeah. He's not
saying he doesn't know what happened to it. So
that was skimmed off the top. That's more than
skimming if it's like 60%. That's where that
pork goes to on its way trickling there. The
guy that drove the bus to the airplane to hop
it on a boat to get it over to Ukraine. And then
the Ukraine, they had to pay all these oligarchs
to make sure it was safely got over to Zelensky.
And by the time he got to him, it's like, hey,
I got like less than half. I think it was like
63%. I think that's how much he actually received.
I may be lying. I don't know. That's crazy. Also,
the thing with what we have to keep in mind is
this USAID and all these other government entities,
they're not elected people. No. These are just
dudes and chicks in there doing this work. Bureaucrats.
Bureaucrats that are spending our billions of
dollars of our tax money. And doing the bidding
at... Congress people and lobbyists. And when
you get those 5 ,000 page bills that show up
and they got to go through it in Congress and
pass it, they're like, I'm not reading that whole
fucking thing. And on page 422 at the very bottom,
it says we're going to allocate $5 million to
have some sort of trans opera in Bangladesh.
And I heard today that Elon Musk said that they're
not even following the most basic accounting
procedures. Meaning there's no documentation
on what it's for? Yeah. Like who it went to?
There's no checkbook. The Treasury Department
doesn't have a checkbook where they're marking
where the money goes. It's unbelievable. You
have a check. You just wrote it for $50 million.
Where did that go? I don't know. It says minus
50, but it doesn't say where it went. Right.
Well, where is that $50 million coming from?
Their bank account. I heard there was a Milton
Friedman. I was listening to Dan Bongino today,
and he played a Milton Friedman clip. Interesting
concept. And it's basically, there's always a
balanced budget. Because if you open up your
business and you get a $1 ,000 grant, they're
still writing checks even though we're at a deficit.
Right. Right? So that money's coming from somewhere.
It's basic accounting, yes. What they do is they
go in there and they just print more money. Right.
That's how they do it. Oh, we need another $1
,000. So I think it's kind of interesting. Remember
when the whole Epstein thing hit and everybody
was like, oh, man, the client list is going to
get turned loose and all these people are getting
really nervous? I think it's the same concept
here. The more they start digging into where
this money is being paid for and then it goes
back to this congressman or that congressman,
left or right. It may have been a meme, but I
saw somewhere out there that Epstein received
money from USAID. Right. I mean, I'm just saying
people are getting nervous because it's not going
to look good for their political careers. And
I think Maxine Waters is right at the top of
that list. She looks like a lunatic out there.
She does. She's panicked. You see her yelling
at that security guy? Yeah. What's your name?
What's your name? I already showed you my ID.
Poor dude. Did you see his face though? He was
just like, kill me. Unbelievable. Kill me now.
Right. Why isn't there a red dot on my forehead?
Take me out. Take me out now. He was miserable.
He should have pulled a cigarette out. And it
looked so bad for the Democrats. The more they
do this, the worse they make it for themselves.
Well, especially as it comes out that all these
ridiculous things where millions of dollars are
going to, they're fighting for that. Yes. You're
telling me you're for the spending. Right. Because
there's going to be 42 million that goes to rebuilding
orphanages that got destroyed during the Serbian
war. You know what I mean? There's going to be.
There's goodness in there. There's goodness in
there. And by the way, he hasn't brought up any
of the goodness being something that, you know,
needs to be whacked. But, you know, so what they
should be saying is, you know, you're trying
to throw the baby out with the bathwater. You
know, that's what they should be saying. But
they're just like, you know, Musk is, you know,
he's unelected. Yeah, they're talking about getting
rid of food for seniors. You know, kids aren't
going to be able to have their school lunches.
Meals on wheels. Yeah. And that's all a lie.
Well, it is because I think the government pays
like 2 % of that. Right. The rest of it's from
other funding. What do you think about the Department
of Education being like completely... I don't
know. I think they're... I don't know. I heard
some really good comments on... on the radio
today in support of at least some kind of Department
of Education because now all our kids are out
of school, so it wouldn't impact us necessarily.
But the concern is, you throw this down to the
states, are we confident that Los Angeles School
District is going to do a good job at schooling
their kids? So here's my thought on this. Each
city and state can do their own thing, and there
could be some really... Really bad ones out there.
Chicago, New York. Yeah, but I don't know how
much the Department of Education, the Federal
Department of Education, you know, how much do
they really dictate? My understanding is not
that much. I don't know. That wasn't one of the
comments today. I would want to find out who's
in charge of making the textbooks. Like, who
approves all that stuff? That's in Texas? It's
Texas. Well, I mean, but my point is that if
you have a history class. History doesn't change.
You just add to it. You're not going back and
changing things. And that's what they're doing
now. You go back. Right now, if you have a textbook
in college, they're not going to say things about
Trump that are great. They're going to say things
that are bad about him. I don't want any of that.
I want what actually happened. Just the facts
on it. And all that should be changed. And it
should be uniform. It should be United States
history. If I have a ninth grade class in Los
Angeles, the ninth grade class in New York City
should have the same book. Then there needs to
be a federal oversight into that. And to that,
that's where I agree. I think there should be
some sort of federal... A collective where you
do have a panel, but not to the tune of whatever
they spend, $50 billion or something on the education
department. No, you can get probably $50 million
and have probably 500 people managing it and
making sure it's not woke, making sure it's just
the facts. You know, you've got to teach the
kids arithmetic. We're spending the most money
on school per kid. Than any country on the planet.
And our kids are at the bottom of the pool when
it comes to intelligence. Yeah. All right. So
it's interesting. Our producer has some things.
The key functions of the Department of Education
is policy development and oversight, meaning
it's establishing policies for federal financial
aid. and monitors the distribution of these funds.
So it has nothing to do with, well, so far. So
you're talking about college aid. So let's say
I want to get a loan for college. They're going
to be instrumental in that. Maybe. And then funding
and financial aid. Which is corrupt as shit.
Yeah, then we have Pell Grants, student loans,
work -study assistance for higher education,
funding for K -12. It's not necessarily what
they teach, but it's, you know, funding for it.
And then here's data collection and research.
All right, data on schools and students to analyze
trends and improve policy policies. See, I'm
not seeing anything, support for disadvantaged
groups. I'm not seeing anything about what they
teach. So, and there's room for all that at a
microcosm, at a micro level. You don't need a,
the budget that they have, it doesn't require,
it doesn't warrant that. It's massively bloated
and inefficient. Unless that money that was going
towards the government is going towards, The
paying of some of these kids' colleges, which
I don't think it is. Yeah. Is it? So I think
they're going to trim this way back. I agree
with that. It's kind of like Twitter. Small team.
Must put in there and 80 % off. Boom. I don't
think it'll 100 % go away, but I think it's going
to be completely cut down, like you said. Yeah.
Efficiency built into it. Because some of this
stuff makes sense. You know, the Disabilities
and Education Act. And he doesn't want to kill
it. With the sped kids and stuff like that. I
think there's a need for that. This is all about
rooting out inefficiencies. Correct. And I think
that's the spirit of what he's doing. And I think
it's perfect that they locked them out because
they don't need them. There's no room for them.
I mean, Maxine Waters and the get -along gang.
There's no room for them in there. There's no
reason for them to get in there. Well, what were
they going to do when they get in there? Oh,
it was a photo op. What did you want to do? They
wanted to talk to the acting director of the
Department of Education. They just want to walk
around like a rooster. I'll tell you what. The
problem for them is that they've been able to
do what they want for the last four years without
any repercussions, without anybody telling them
that they know. And the fact that someone said
no to them, they're like a child. They're throwing
a temper tantrum. It's ridiculous. Totally. was
embarrassing it was embarrassing to see that
it was unbelievable and then they and then they
were out you know and before that they were you
know having some sort of rally or something and
they were taking turns at the microphone and
they were bleeping them out because they're all
cursing oh yeah i'm like okay this just looks
you look foolish yeah does this cussing gonna
sway me oh you said you look completely childish
unhinged and desperate and the more you do it
the better the better it is for the people that
are wanting to do this. Chuck Schumer needs to
distance himself from this. Otherwise, he's already
an idiot, but this is going to make him look
even worse. Totally. Did you see when he was
trying to rally the groups, his little chant?
It was so bad. It was so bad. And he threw him
off the rhythm. I know. Because whatever it was,
he did kind of an opposite. And we're not going
to, let's get this. And he's like, let's not
do something else. I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa.
You just fucked everything up. It's like the
one person that's clapping opposite. Yes. Yeah.
I mean, it's crazy. So bad. All right. So let's
talk about the Super Bowl. Oh, well. It was kind
of, I don't know if it was anticlimactic because
it was an ass threshing. There's Chuck Schumer
up there. Yeah, I know. He's pathetic. It was
so embarrassing. And the thing that Chuck Schumer
has ties with, I mean, you see lots of pictures
of him and the Russian president. What's his
name? Putin. Yeah, Putin. They've got tons of
pictures of he and Putin together out gallivanting
in New York. And it's like, dude, you know. What
did that happen? He's so full of shit. Just Google
it, man. When's the last time Putin was over
here? It was probably a decade, but it didn't
matter. They were buddies. They were hanging
out. They're having a coffee together, and I
think a frosty at McDonald's. Right. Yeah, I
don't know. I'm sure it's not unusual. There
you go. That's exactly what I see right there.
Oh, God, look how young. That was a while back.
That was a long time ago. Schumer's like, I got
a bathhouse around the corner. Let's go. He's
got a creepy look on his face. You know, that's
one thing that makes me sick, though. Every time
you can find decades -old pictures of all of
these politicians, and they're still in office.
Yes. They're super young, super old, a baby.
And an old man. Forever, forever, forever. Who's
the old lady who was the speaker? What was her
name? Nancy Pelosi. Oh, yeah. You can see her.
There's like black and white photos of her way
back in the day. Before they had color. See,
this is what they should teach in high school
because they taught this originally that when
Senate and Congress was created, even the president,
that you were to step away from your job, participate.
in politics and then step back out and go back
into your job. That's the way it was supposed
to be. I know. I think that if they were to teach
that in school now and just say, hey, look, we're
weeding out. Instead of making these career politicians
a career politician, they just need to weed them
out. Yeah. Just like a president. Now, the black
and white picture of her, but that doesn't mean
that's when she went into Congress. Well, there
are some other pictures. Oh, are they? That's
hilarious. When she was getting into politics.
Yeah. There's a couple. Oh, there she is with
JFK. Pretty juggy, too. Oh, stop it. What? She
was a cute lady back then. JFK is not juggy.
Oh, Lord. Did you see that wrinkled up scrotum
face of her? That was. I know. It's just not
pretty. Look, I don't. She's been around. She's
been in politics for probably 60 years. She is
what it is, man. It's just. Oh, it's nauseating.
All right. Anyway. Can we get off of politics
for a little bit? Well, yeah, we were talking
about what we were doing. Super Bowl? Super Bowl,
yeah. I mean, is there nothing exciting about
that at all? No. You know what? There just wasn't.
At least the Chiefs didn't get their three -peat.
I mean, Taylor Swift got booed, and I kind of
felt bad for her because I don't think she wants
to be on the TV screen. I don't think her fans
want to be on the TV screen. She's just there
to support her boyfriend. Yeah, and the buzz
is that the— The Chiefs have received 40 % more
fans because of her, and frankly, I don't care.
I don't believe that at all. I don't believe
it, and I don't care, because I think that the
Chief fans themselves, first of all, they didn't
even show up. The majority of the stadium was
packed with Eagles. Is that true? Yes. I thought
who was booing. Well, I know. It's easy to hear
boos, but I mean, do we know what the fans were?
Like 75 -25. Do you know that for a fact? That's
what they said. That's what they said. Based
on the colors. Because Chiefs fans travel very
well. But I guess it was so damn expensive that
they couldn't go to the Super Bowl. I mean, it's
not easy to go to the Super Bowl. No. It's expensive
as hell. And remember, a lot of them aren't even
for a team. They just want to go. They got tickets.
They're corporate. Just like those. Do you see
the group of old guys who have gone to every
single Super Bowl? Right. Every single Super
Bowl has this group of friends, and they're like
in their 80s now. Right, right. Most of them
are corporate tickets, right? Oh, yeah. I mean,
it's people who don't even like football, don't
even understand football, and there they are
sitting in a $5 ,000 seat going, oh, Kendrick
is performing. Yay! He sucked. Dude, it was awful.
I didn't understand it at all. Well, the young
kids liked it. My son loved it. Yeah. And I was
kind of like, why? And I read a very insightful
article about it, because... They were like,
okay, so you didn't get it. You didn't get the
Super Bowl, the halftime show. Here's where they're
going with that. I was like, it's primarily minorities,
right? And it's primarily young, you know, rappers.
And, you know, because they're catering to a
younger audience, they know that the majority
of the viewers are, you know, 60 % of the country
is, you know, white and old, right? And so they
kind of outlined. They're trying to capture a
younger. Audience? Yes. Yes. Because they want
to be trendy and relevant, and they know if they
trot out Paul McCartney, it doesn't do anything
for the younger generation. That won't do anything
for me either. Yeah, it's kind of tough. I think
they just should have a combination of... artists
up there. That's a good idea. Just balance it
out a little bit. Yeah, if you want diversity.
That Bruno Mars one they did, and granted I didn't
like the Black Panther kind of scheme that they
had going on, but the music was good. It's not
that the music from this past one was bad, it
just wasn't for me. I'm just not a fan of rap.
I'm just not. And I understand that it's incredibly
popular. And the whole Samuel Jackson Right.
Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam. I mean, that didn't fit
well either. Why does it have to be so predominantly
black? I'm not against black, but every Super
Bowl seems to be dominating. And then we had,
what's her name, Beyonce. Beyonce, yeah. What
was it? Grammys. No, she performed at the halftime
of one of the playoff games or something in Houston.
Oh, that's when she all wore white. Yeah, all
of them. It was the prelude to her Grammy win.
Yes. And it was, again, so primarily black. I
don't understand why isn't there diversity? It
seems to be. Oh, now you want diversity. I find
that interesting. It only goes one way. Come
on. I don't understand it. I just don't understand
it. I don't care. And maybe that sounds racist,
but I'm just like. Here's where it's, it's where
the money hits. Okay. So, I mean, that's the
bottom line. So, I mean, it wasn't for me. I'm
not going to go buy it. If it was where the money
hits, they'd put Taylor Swift out there to sing
it. That's true, too. Look, I'm not a huge fan
of Taylor Swift, but she's bubbly. She's fun.
I don't give a shit. She's an amazing entertainer.
She's the top pop artist in the world, and she
writes her own stuff. Kudos to her. Yeah. And
I don't know those other artists. And you know
what? And I don't know a lot of Taylor Swift
songs. Maybe I do and I don't know it, but I
mean, there's a couple songs. I think you'll
recognize more than you think. I mean, she's
got a lot of fun, catchy, I know every single
one of them and all the lyrics. Oh, I've seen
Chuck do like the break dance and he could do
the worm, like to one of her songs. Chuck can
do the worm? The worm? Well, it's more of a waller,
but it was, huh. Like an inchworm? How come I
haven't seen that? There's no evidence of that.
I would think you would end up as an I've fallen
and I can't get up episode. But as far as the
Super Bowl goes, we all went over to Sean's house
and watched it. It was pretty much out of control
in the first half. Oh, yeah. It was 27 to 0 in
the half. By the way, those ribs are finally
done. They were what? They're finally done. I
actually didn't even have a rib because I was
enjoying the brats and I was enjoying the pork.
And the goulash? And the goulash was good. I
just never even got around to the ribs because
you were still wrestling with them. And then
at that point, I got full. I got lucky, man.
You take a plate with you. You left the freaking
cactus there. You left your football square thing
there. We're going to put that in here somewhere.
All right, so football squares, usually my wife,
because we're debating on whether we're going
to go to Chuck's or mine's or wherever we're
going to have the pot. My wife likes to do it.
She is a great host, I just have to say. She
got butt hurt when I said, hey, we're going over
to Chuck's. She was kind of like, I'm not committing
to that. And I was like, what? You're not committing
to that? Yeah, there's no democracy here. There
wasn't. And so, whatever. I like to do football
squares. And Tara goes out. She prides herself.
She buys little first, second, third, and final
for the football squares. I print them up on
the thing. We sign our names on them. And they're
just gag gifts. It's fun. It still is a lot of
fun. It's a lot and a lot of food. And look,
man, I'd rather have too much food than too little.
So, yeah, every single time. And I learned a
valuable lesson. Oh, what was that? I got to
monitor those ribs better. You know, because
chronologically from the time. Yeah, what happened?
What do you mean? Well, I wanted the ribs to
fall off the bone. Of course. That's every rib
smoker's dream, right? That's what I wanted.
But when, and Frank, did you try them? I had
one. I tried like, I ate like 10. So, I mean,
they were, they tasted really good, but it just
like. They didn't. They weren't finished. I know
what you mean. They were cooked, but they weren't.
There's a lot of fat still left in there. Yeah,
they need to render a little bit more, so. The
last time I made ribs, I had the exact same problem.
I did the temperature thing. I did the bounce,
you know, the, what do you call it? I never take
a temperature when I do ribs. Right. I did the
flex thing because I'm not a rib expert. And
then it looked like it was good. And then sure
enough, you know, when it was time to eat it.
I know what to do next time. It didn't fall off.
You know, so I've got, because I cooked mine
in the oven. And I just, I got a program for
next time. And that's all I could say about it
because. You're going to try to smoke them next
time? No, I don't want to fuck it up because
then I have to start all over again. Plus, I'm
not used to doing it with the green egg. That's
going to be a little bit more of a task to be
able to control that volume in a green egg. Well,
you have to buy implements to use it as a smoker.
Like the heat dispersion plate and the fan control
and all that stuff. For the big egg? The green
egg? Yeah, I think I'm just going to get a separate
smoker for that. I think the green egg does well
for what I use it for. But for the smoker, I
think I'm going to get just a regular smoker
with the little pellets and something controlled.
And I'm looking forward to that, actually. I
mean, we know it's Father's Day. We know it's
trial and error. There you go. The whole process
is trial and error. It is. It is. I mean, you
can follow a general blueprint, but the meat
does not behave the same every way, every time.
It just doesn't. And then you have to really
know the signs. You have to study and know the
signs of when it's ready based on how the meat's
behaving. Right. Right. And the temperature and
this and that. So, I mean, it's trial and error.
You're not going to be a hero every time. So
don't beat yourself up there, Sean. So it was
unaffected. I'm sorry, that's not what I would
say. The Super Bowl wasn't a fantastic thing.
It just, the halftime, plus we had a little drama
in the house. Julie was throwing bottles down,
getting all drunk. I had to throw in shit. I
was like, dude, can you tell her to put her shirt
back on? I had to activate my safety dome a couple
times. And then as soon as that happens, the
doorbell, someone's knocking on the door in my
neighborhood. Oh, that's right. So one of the
kids that came over to the house had, first of
all, it's dark in front of the house. I never
heard what happened. A kid had parked his motorcycle
right behind a truck, and it was dark out there.
Well, the truck was leaving. He backed up like
two, three feet and just. Dink. And it fell over.
Oh, shit. And he was like, oh, fuck, man. I can't
believe I just did that. So he came up and knocked
on the door. And then it was just kind of a little
fiasco. And I thought, man, it all worked out.
But it was just like all that happened at one
time. I was like, what the fuck is going on here?
Oh, I'd have been really upset. So we were sampling.
We were going back and forth in my office and
kind of joking and sampling the whiskeys and
bourbons. Dude, the wolves. It's fantastic. It's
good shit. Yeah. So, so good. Well, speaking
of so, so good, we have a first half of beverage
here. Let me see here. It's an oldie, right?
Woodford Reserve Double Oak. Double Oak Bourbon.
Yes. So, I got to tell you, shooting from the
hip, I didn't take a full pull from it yet. It's
dark. It looks great. It does look great. It's
got a great hue. I think the nose is pretty good
on it, too. It's sweet. I pick up a lot of sweet.
Oh, yeah, definitely. It smells like apple pie.
It's kind of a hit and run. It doesn't last.
For a split second, you've got the spice and
the peppers and all the sweet flavors. And then
it just disappears. The whole thing fucking goes.
It immediately goes away. I definitely have like
an apple, cinnamon apple pie on the nose. Yeah,
it's a honeyed apple. Honeyed apple? Yeah. Yeah,
there's sweetness definitely. I pick up the apple.
Caramels. A little dark stone fruit. So I think
where you were going with that, where it disappears
quickly, you were thinking that it was going
to be full -bodied to the end, very rich finish.
Yeah, it's not. It doesn't really. It almost
tastes stale. But it's a wonderful taste. It's
just not rich. And lasting. It's not 1845 whiskey
from the Lowry Crossing distillery. It's not
that type. They're double oak. This is 90 proof.
Keep that in mind. Yeah, keep that in mind. For
90 proof, I think it's got a lot of flavor to
it. Oh, it's still excellent. It's excellent.
So the Woodford Reserve Double Oak Bourbon has
tasty notes of dark fruit, caramel, chocolate,
vanilla, and oak. It's long, creamy finish with
hints of honeyed apple. The nose, rich notes
of dark fruit, caramel, sharp honey, chocolate,
marzipan, and toasted oak. The taste is full
-bodied mix of vanilla, dark caramel, hazelnut,
apple fruit, and spices. The finish long and
creamy, lingering hints of honeyed apple. Other
notes like cherry, wood spice, toasted marshmallows.
Taste both those. Warming. Warming wood spice.
I think I could pick up some marshmallow on there.
What's the age on this? 38. 38? Years, yes. 38
months? Wow, that's impressive. I have no idea
what the age is on this. We don't know the age?
No. Oh. I don't know if they have an age statement
on these. Some bottles don't have age statements.
They don't. It's not on the bottle. Yeah, I don't
think it's aged for very long. It doesn't taste
aged. Look, I'm not... I'm not super excited
about this. I wouldn't buy this. It's double
-oaked, so you have to assume maybe two years
in the original barrel and another two in a second
barrel maybe. I don't know. I don't know. Okay.
All right. Well, it's a 90 proof, so that was
a good point. So we're rating this against other
90 proofs that we've had. I wish we could remember
what those were because I can't. 90 proofers.
I don't know. We have a lot of them out there.
I know. But this is... I think for a 90 proofer,
this is very, very good. I was going to say,
it's in the upper quarter. Yeah, I like this.
I like this for a 90 proofer. I'd give this a
7 .8. I like this one. Yeah, I would go definitely
like a 7 .5 to 7 .7. Yeah, 7 .6 for me. I think
this is easy to drink. The sweetness, it's got
a lot of traditional bourbon notes to it. Yeah,
for sure. It's perfect for sitting around a fire
with a friend. Yeah, it's easy to drink. Yeah.
I'll give it a 5 .8. All right. Damn. Oh, man.
It's just not my thing. That's all right. So
you basically, your friend would have dumped
it in your face and walked out? Look, I'll drink
it. I'll drink it. I'm just saying that it's
just, to me. You served me this shit, Sean? Really?
I'm out of here. I thought we were friends. I
would enjoy TX whiskey over this. Oh, not me.
Yeah. TX whiskey is so bland. It's got a very
chalky finish. At least this exposure. Right,
it does. It's not doing it. We've tried before,
right? Yeah, we've had it. I know what you mean.
Again, it lacks the richness punch. That's the
only thing I can kind of describe that as. I've
noticed that our palates are starting to deviate.
Because for a while, we all had the same thing.
Sean hates everything. I appreciate everything.
Yes. That's basically kind of the deviation.
Unless it's 200 proof. Oh, I like that. What
is wrong with you? It's hazmat. I love it. I
mean, there's certain palates. Burn hole in my
lip. It tastes like shit, but it's hazmat. It's
starting to come out, you know, that Sean doesn't
like this. You know, you don't like some of this
stuff. I don't like the smoky shit. Right. Yeah.
No. We're allowed to be different. I know. I
like that. I appreciate when our votes are different.
This podcast is all about. Authenticity and equity.
And diversity and exclusion. Exclusion. Yeah.
What say you, Paul? I didn't get Paul's. 7 -6.
7 -6. So jumping back to that Super Bowl, the
halftime show, who was the artist? Kendrick Lamar.
Kendrick Lamar. And he evidently, I mean, there's
all kinds of these. hidden Easter eggs that was
going on all at the same time. Like the lowercase
a, what was, do you guys know the significance
about that? Is that what that was for? I have
no idea. Oh, I, so there was some rapper war
stuff going on. He was taking shots at Drake
because apparently Drake, you know, he accused
him of being a pedophile. Oh yeah. And so he
was, you know, I don't understand. And it's been
decades in the making, these rapper wars. Right,
east versus west versus, you know. Yeah, but
I think that's specific. Was Drake, was he hanging
out with Pete Diddy? No. He, who was he? He had
a picture, there was a picture of him with somebody
young. Well, I mean, the girl from Stranger Things
is the story that I heard. That was what? There
was a girl from Stranger Things when she first
started on the show, and she would, they were
hanging out all the time. And he's a grown -ass
man hanging out with a child. Yeah. And it's
just odd, you know? That's not cool. It's kind
of like Michael Jackson. Yeah. No, no. That was
different. He had a slumber party. Then he gazed
into the butthole of the seven -year -old. Well,
I know, but it was his fantasy land. Webster.
God. Was Gary Coleman there, too? Or was it just
Webster? Was Webster there? No. I have no idea,
dude. None of those things were there. Webster.
None of that happened. I think he was. Why do
you keep saying gaze into the butthole of a seven
-year -old? Where do you get that from? He's
gazing into the abyss of a butthole for the boys.
Because that was one of the stories that he did.
Was that in his lyrics of one of his songs? It
was not. Gonna be gazing in the butthole. In
a butthole. So what was the deal about the guys?
What's his name? Kate Lamar? Kendrick Lamar.
Kendrick Lamar. What was the turn the TV off
thing? What was that about? Turn the TV off.
And we were joking. We were, like, joking. We
were like, yeah, we'll turn it off. What the
hell is going on here? I think it had something
to do with, like, the reason why you're watching
the show, the whole Super Bowl, is for me. And,
you know, once the halftime show is open, over,
then, you know, it just, you know, it doesn't
matter to watch anymore. Meaning from displaying
content, it could be regaining focus. You know
what? Whatever. It didn't hit well with me. Again,
it was fun. They had a lot of stuff going on.
There was a lot of patriotic things going on.
I saw red, white, and blue everywhere. I didn't
see anything vulgar. Yeah, nothing seemed to
be anti -American or anti -Trump. Yeah, there
was no sexual innuendos going on. It was nice,
clean dancing. It wasn't my thing, but it was
good. really like it but it wasn't like a bad
one i've seen some that it's just like that's
nasty like the one thing i can say about it is
the sound quality was very good Yes, it was well
produced. It was well produced. The sound quality,
the music. The dancing is always great. The dancing.
Yeah. But there's been some halftime shows that
don't sound good. Yeah, I hear you. He sounded
good, I thought. And they had the one Palestine
flag that got ripped out, the one part of the
show. So did you hear? So the story was, how
could a protester get through security, get onto
the stage? That was a massive security failure.
Oh, I missed that. What happened? Apparently,
it was one of the dancers. Yeah. That's why they
were already out there, which means it wasn't
a security breakdown. They stuffed a Palestine
flag. Up their ass and then pulled it out. Just
keister it. Keister. They had it pulled in saran
wrap so it wouldn't get on their feet. Yeah,
he was flapping it and shit was going everywhere.
I missed that. When they pulled up, but they
yanked it down pretty quick. Yeah, the security.
It took them 30 seconds. I don't think they showed
it on TV. I didn't see it because I wasn't watching
it. Yeah, so the security guy pulled him off
the stage. He was on a stage because the car
was going. There was a car out there, and he
was on a block behind the car, and he was dancing.
He pulled something out of the Palestine flag,
and he was on the block, and this lady was running
after him. She had a little walkie -talkie, and
she had some glasses on. She was trying to grab
it. She almost got there. He jumps off the block
and he's running out there. And they had some
other flags. They were kind of going in circles.
And then he pulls the flag and then all of a
sudden there's three guys. Grabbed him. And the
flag, it said, Trump, please buy Gaza. Is that
what it said? That's not what it said. Oh, it
didn't say that. Put in a Trump casino over there.
You know what? That's just the whole thing. When
he first said that. I knew in my heart his intent
was not to do anything like that. He's getting
the world riled up to react. And you know what?
They did. Because he's like, first off, it's
a shit show over there. The people can't live
it. He's right about that. They have no, they
have the worst quality of life because they're
under oppression. The city is destroyed. And
so he's like, let's get them out of there where
they can live peacefully somewhere else while
they're rebuilding. And maybe some of them go
back. Maybe some of them don't. And anyway, he's
really riling up Jordan and Egypt to take on.
And they've both said no so far. Well, no, there's
talks now today. Yes, I watch the Jordan. The
Jordan guy was there today. The king of Jordan.
Yeah. So I want to say one thing. I watched that
whole press conference and the reporters were
just dogging on Trump. Like, you know, how can
you buy, you know, Gaza? Like, by what authority
can you take over Gaza? And Trump said, U .S.
authority. And he goes, next question. I had
to laugh. He's so Trump. Anyway. All right, we're
wrapping up. We've got a second half coming up.
Yeah, we do. Another fantastic Berber. We're
going to be popping on. It's February 11th, second
week. Dudes Like Us. Thank you, Mr. Chuck. Dudes
Like Us. I'm Sean. I'm Paul. And I'm Jeff. Are
we doing a new one, second half? To be determined.
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