Point of View April 8, 2025 – Hour 2 : Tuesday’s Topics

[00:00:04] Across America, Live, this is Point of View, Kirby Anderson. Second hour today, if you'd like to join the conversation, we'll open up the phones in just a few minutes. But since I was not on yesterday, I thought I would mention this today on Tuesday,

[00:00:28] that there were 1300 demonstrations around the country protesting various things. It could be DOGE, it could be deportations, it could be DEI being withdrawn, it could be tariffs. It's what I call the DDT because some of these D's or the T are controversial. And of course, a lot of that has to do with a number of other issues related to that.

[00:00:56] And so the theme of these demonstrations has been hands-off. I mean, the idea is hands-off our government, hands-off illegal aliens, hands-off our abortion rights, hands-off of transgender kids. And so, as you might imagine, Gary Bauer, who I'm going to quote from a little bit later in his article, said, Well, I got some hands-off ideas. How about hands-off our kids? Quit lying to them and telling them there's 52 different genders.

[00:01:24] Hands-off our Second Amendment rights, our right to own a gun. Hands-off free speech, quit trying to censor us. Hands-off of our religious freedom, quit trying to restrict it and force faith back into the closet. Hands-off of our border wall, stop fighting against every effort to actually secure the border. Hands-off innocent defenseless pre-born children, stop killing babies inside the womb in our future.

[00:01:51] Hands-off businesses, stop pushing regulations that make it impossible to make a profit. Hands-off our police, stop handcuffing the good guys so they can lock out the bad guys. And hands-off our money, stop wasting our hard-earned tax dollars. So that was his response to the Hands-Off program. And if you have some people that are really into the Hands-Off program, the 1,300 different, and by the way, these are very coordinated protests around the country,

[00:02:19] maybe you can say, well, you've got some hands-off. We've got a few hands-off that we might recommend ourselves. One of those, though, is the issue of tariffs. And I thought it would be worthwhile, once again, to give you two kind of different looks at this issue. The first is by Gerard Baker, in which he tells the story at the very beginning, it was very heartwarming, that after Japan actually surrendered at the end of World War II,

[00:02:48] it turns out that his father was a young boy living in a small town. And I thought it was intriguing this. I guess it was the Japanese colleague talking about his father. So anyway, there is this young boy who then later told him about the fact that when the American troops moved in to occupy their country, they were panicked.

[00:03:12] Because if you're not familiar, the amount of propaganda that came from Imperial Japan was horrific and saying that the Americans would murder and rape and pillage individuals, that these were the devils from hell and all that. But so, nevertheless, this story that was told to his father from this individual who at the time had been a young boy

[00:03:38] says that when the American trucks rolled through the town, he and his family just cowered indoors. They were expecting the worst. And they watched the GIs jump out of the vehicles, placed heavy boxes on the street. And they thought, well, then this must be some terrible weapon, poisonous gas, booby-trapped or something. But then the troops left and the boxes were there. And at least some of the more brave and curious kids opened them up.

[00:04:06] And inside were layers and layers of chocolate bars, candy, all sorts of things that some of these near-starving Japanese kids had never seen in their young lives because they had been there during the war that had taken place. And he says, in some respects, those are some illustrations of the fact that you can really be proud sometimes of what America has done.

[00:04:33] And so the United States not only used its economic power and its military power to advance its interests, it also used values and morality, which we just talked about a few minutes ago with Noah Gould. And we really were an example of commitment to human dignity. And so the point he's making is that America sometimes has a bad image. He doesn't go into it, but I will.

[00:05:00] When you travel overseas, you recognize there is a stereotype of the ugly American. And I sometimes wish some Americans would stay home because they aren't necessarily the best representative of America. But that being said, as you just heard last hour, Michael Yosef appreciates the fact that he is in America, always wanted to come to America, was looking forward to being an American, and didn't even want to be seen as a hyphenated American.

[00:05:30] He's an American. And so the American brand still has some value. And he reminds us, that is Gerard Baker, that everybody from BlackBerry to Bud Light know that sometimes you can lose your brand pretty easily, and that can be devastating. And his argument is right now, because we have some of these tariffs, some of our pro-American friends, and he says from Canada to Denmark to Poland, are upset with us.

[00:05:56] And in some respects, the question is, is what are we going to do to maybe mitigate against that, or to use the word we used on Friday, to mollify some of the concerns people have. And so he says, behavior damages more than our moral standing in the world. It can be actively counterproductive. And he reminds us, as he ends there, the Romans had a stain, let them hate us as long as they fear us.

[00:06:25] But part of a superpower that has been admired can do both, he says. In the end, unfortunately, the Romans discovered you don't want to be around when they still hate you, but they no longer fear you. And so I think his argument is, we have to be careful about our reputation. And if we come off with these tariffs as looking like a bully, that won't be good. My counter to that, before I get to the next article we'll read after the break,

[00:06:52] is that I don't know that we've done that much damage to our, quote, brand yet, as evidenced by the fact that maybe they just fear us and they don't respect us. But the bottom line is, if you listen to the current Secretary of Treasury, Scott Bessett, he says there are now 70 different countries that have contacted the United States that say, we want to make a deal.

[00:07:18] Some have already unilaterally said, we're going to drop our tariffs. We got away with those tariffs for a long time, but now that we know you're serious, we better drop them pretty quickly if we want to still have Americans buy our products. But there are others that maybe say, well, we still need to protect certain industries, and I understand that. But the bottom line is that tariffs could be a way to get everyone's attention.

[00:07:45] The problem, and I get this from another article which I didn't post, but it's one that you can easily find, there are some commentators that have gone through and pointed out that everybody in the Trump administration right now needs to get on the same page. As one commentator put it, one minute we hear that these tariffs are temporary just to try to get the attention of some of these countries. Then others say, no, they're permanent.

[00:08:12] Some say that they're really an attempt to deal with unfairness and reciprocity. Others say, no, it's a way in which to protect American industry. And again, I recognize there are different answers to each tariff in each country. But right now you are getting a very definite mixed message from some of the people going out in the talking head shows.

[00:08:35] And if the Trump administration wants to do anything, let's come back to everybody singing off the same song sheet. That would be very effective. Let's look at a different way of looking at tariffs by going to this piece by Mark Lewis. We'll do that right after this. This is Viewpoints with Kirby Anderson.

[00:09:04] The procedure of debanking is a problem that needs to be addressed. Unfortunately, the problem is often ignored because leaders of financial institutions maintain that they do not deny banking services to individuals because of their political views. Now, in previous commentaries, I've talked about how Nigel Farage lost access to banking services in the U.K., which he believed was due to his previous involvement in Brexit. I've quoted Mark Andreessen, who in a Joe Rogan interview said he knew 30 tech company founders

[00:09:32] who had been debanked within the past four years. Fortunately, I have some good news. Lathan Watts, who's the vice president of Alliance Defending Freedom, was on my radio program to talk about his article that describes how they have won a major victory against debanking. After a series of negotiations with attorneys, JPMorgan Chase agreed to adopt language in its code of conduct that protects against political and religious debanking. In the interview, we talked about some of the action behind the scenes.

[00:10:00] Two years ago, for example, 19 state attorneys general and 14 state financial officers sent letters calling on Chase to provide transparency on the cancellations. Also, financial advisor David Bonson, who's been on my radio program, filed a shareholder resolution urging Chase to do the same. Even though the CEO of Chase denies they punish account holders for their political and religious views, he probably wanted to avoid the need to respond to that shareholder resolution.

[00:10:29] You know, if this trend continues, the problem of debanking may soon be relegated to the past as a relic of financial institution discrimination. I'm Kirby Anderson, and that's my point of view. For a free booklet on a biblical view on chemical abortion, go to viewpoints.info slash chemical abortion. Viewpoints.info slash chemical abortion.

[00:10:58] You're listening to Point of View, your listener-supported source for truth. Back once again, let's see what we can talk about terrorists for a few more minutes, and then I thought just because there have been a number of people asking me this question, what about these resurrected wolves? And that's Romulus and Remus, and if you're not familiar with that, we'll get to that in just a minute, which is a good reason to get my booklet on a biblical point of view on genetic engineering because you can understand how they were able to do that.

[00:11:26] As one wag said the other day, first it's the wolves, then it's the dinosaurs. Are we headed for Jurassic Park? I don't know. We'll get to that in just a minute. But let me finish off the tariffs issue first. And that is the second article I've given to you. And again, I would encourage you to read these because we're doing our best to try to sort through all the different messages and mixed messages here. But Mark Lewis says, let me say up front, that I don't know if Trump's tariffs will accomplish his purposes or not. Tariffs are common in human history.

[00:11:55] Some tariffs in some places at certain times have had benefits to countries' economy. Other tariffs have been utter disasters. And so his title is, If tariffs don't work, why do other countries tariff the U.S.? And the bottom line is, that was a question asked the other day by the Secretary of Treasury when he was doing an interview because they are used. Now, it's interesting because Mark Lewis, even though he wears a cowboy hat and looks pretty Western now,

[00:12:25] for a while actually lived in South Korea back in the 1990s and points out that it was almost impossible to see any car on the road except a Kia or a Hyundai. And that is because the South Korean government put very high, he calls them, outrageous tariffs on foreign cars. And the purpose was to encourage Koreans to buy Kias and Hyundais, which the Koreans did. And, of course, now you don't have any kind of limit because, of course,

[00:12:55] we just the other day announced that Hyundai is going to build a significant Hyundai plant here in the United States. And isn't that the plant where they also talk about building a steel mill nearby for the steel that they need? So bringing auto manufacturing to the United States, bringing steel manufacturing back to the United States, very good. But he also goes on after telling that story,

[00:13:22] it's difficult to deny that Kia and Hyundai and many subsidiary businesses in Korea, those that service those two companies, were benefited by the tariff. That, in doubt, is part of what Mr. Trump hopes to accomplish with the tariffs. So he recognizes sometimes they can have some beneficial and negative consequences. And he points out that you can also, if you really want to be honest,

[00:13:47] say that these tariffs in the past really played a significant role in the great disasters in U.S. history. The first is the war between the states. We'll go into all the details of it, but he talks about the fact that really for the first 70 years of American history, North and South argued and compromised over the tariff. The North moving into shipping, and especially industry, the country wanted a high tariff because they wanted to protect themselves against the cheaper,

[00:14:17] more well-established goods that were coming from Europe. The South, totally, almost agricultural, wanted as many cheap European products as they could get, and, of course, wanted to be able to sell those as well. And so you had a situation, for those of you that are students of history, back in 1830, recognize this as 35 years, well, 30 years at least before the Civil War, 35 years before the end of the Civil War,

[00:14:43] for when South Carolina almost seceded over what was called the Tariff of Abominations. But then, fast forward, of course, 30 years, and in 1860, the Republican Party, which was more of a northern party, won the presidency, won both houses of Congress, and immediately passed the highest tariff in American history at that point. The southern states, at least seven of them seceded, and they feared that Republicans in Congress would try to use their power to abolish slavery. But,

[00:15:13] in some respects, you could say that was maybe not even the primary issue. What certainly was part of that was secession. And he uses as an illustration of that, the fact that two of these southern states that were seceding, mentioned the tariff in their articles of secession. And so, in some respects, as soon as the corporate states of America were formed, guess what they did? Well, they formed a government that passed a low tariff. Then, of course, we, the other day,

[00:15:43] talked about, and I've got a commentary coming out soon. Matter of fact, it may be coming out tomorrow, if I've looked at the calendar, if not, it'll be Thursday, on the whole issue of Smoot-Hawley. And that one, again, it wasn't like the, it was all of that, but it was much of that. You had the stock market collapse in 1929, then you had the Smoot-Hawley tariff in 1930, and that, again, led to some of this. So,

[00:16:11] the point that he is making is, is that, it's understandable, why many of these countries have tariffs, and it's understandable, why Donald Trump would want to eliminate them, but it is, if you will, a high wire act. That is, there is very little margin for error, for a couple of reasons. First of all, you cannot necessarily expect, that the federal judiciary,

[00:16:41] is going to want to follow the constitution. We've seen this with the deportations, and also with Doge, in a little bit, where one federal judge, maybe even in a minor area, is able to, with an injunction, shut down the entire country. And so, whether it has been everything from, building the wall at the border, deportations, various cuts through Doge, or now tariffs, that's one issue. The other issue, in terms of margin of error,

[00:17:10] is that, yes, you did have, two Republicans, that were elected out of Florida, but nevertheless, the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, really doesn't have a lot to work with. It's a very little margin for error, and so there's a lot that can go wrong, just look at the stock market, over the last couple of days, and it's going to take a lot, to go right, for some of the things, that Donald Trump, and his Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Treasury, and others,

[00:17:40] would want to accomplish. So, I'm not going to be quite as dogmatic, nor do I think we need to be, given the fact that, different individuals, some of whom we've interviewed, on this program, come to different conclusions, about these tariffs, but nevertheless, I wanted you to, once again, see just a few of the things, that are coming out, about this issue, and we will certainly, continue following that, in the future. But maybe to lighten it up, for just a minute, I thought,

[00:18:09] I've had a few people saying, what about these wolves? Because if you're not familiar, we have what's called, the dire wolf, and I guess I can show, a picture of this, a wolf, for those of you watching online, and they also got a picture, of somebody from, Jurassic Park. Because what you have here, is the possibility, of extracting, from the DNA, of some of these fossilized remains, enough material,

[00:18:37] using what's called CRISPR, I won't go into that, but you can get my little booklet, on a biblical point of view, on genetics, which I talk about that, and so you have now, these particular wolves, that went extinct, that now have been brought back, and again, these are called, Romulus and Remus, again, named for of course Rome, and they're the first animals, ever resurrected, from extinction, and of course, it has to happen,

[00:19:06] fairly recently, they argue that, they were lost to history, about 10,000 years ago, although one wag said, wait a minute, I think they're only 6,000 years old, so I won't get into that whole issue, but nevertheless, they were reborn, in October, of this last year, and the pups, are brought to life, and so it does, hold for the possibility, if you can get, viable DNA out, that you could actually,

[00:19:35] then use that, to resurrect, some of these extinct animals, how much, and how far down the road, we want to go with that, is dependent on a couple things, first of all, our technological ability, which seems to be better, better than it's ever been, and number two, the availability, of something, that is viable DNA, the argument, that would be made, is that, well the dinosaurs, have been gone for so long, we don't have viable DNA, but I did make,

[00:20:05] a kind of an off-ended comment, to the young earth creationist, because I've had, some of our young earth creationists, point out, that they have found, some what look like, and seem to be dinosaur bones, bones, but when they open up the bones, the internal material, is still viable, which of course suggests, that maybe they're, not as old as we think they are, which I think, is a very powerful argument, but also would suggest, the possibility, that you could, maybe use that,

[00:20:35] to reconstruct, a dinosaur, if indeed, those are viable, my only recommendation is, yeah, Apatosaurus, yes, don't bring back, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, just don't want that, if you saw the movie, we've seen the movie, we don't know, what that would bring, matter of fact, we see how it ends, and it's never good, but nevertheless, some of you wondering about this, at first people were thinking, oh this is just fake news, but apparently, we have,

[00:21:04] been able to bring back, these dire wolves, back from the dead, and even though, they were extinct, we now have two, we'll see where we go from that, but it's an intriguing, scientific breakthrough, I thought we'd talk about it, here on Point of View, we'll be back, right after this, at Point of View, we believe,

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[00:23:02] the opinions, expressed on point of view, do not necessarily, reflect the views, of the management, or staff, of this station, and now, here again, is Kirby Anderson, back once again, let's see if we can, get into an issue, that has been local, and now kind of, become national, and so I've posted, this article by Sarah Arnold, and that is, what is entitled, again, the governor, of the state of Texas, issues a strong warning, over a controversial, Muslim city proposal, now again,

[00:23:32] you've got to sort of, begin to think, first principles here, would it be possible, for an individual, that is either Muslim, or Buddhist, or Christian, or whatever, to establish a place, that would be friendly, to organizations, or to people, of the same religion, that's one thing, when the development, is actually one, that has been portrayed, as being a self-contained community, and where there are, at least some documents,

[00:24:02] that talk about, that community, then would be governed, by its own set of laws, and governance, that's when, all of a sudden, the lights start flashing, now again, that could simply mean, that we want to, make sure, that the grounds, are mowed, and we have an HOA, that fits within, all the guidelines, of the city, that's one thing, but because, we're talking about, a Muslim group, does that mean, Sharia law, and so this has become,

[00:24:31] kind of an issue, and a while back, I was contacted, by our friends, at American Family Radio, wanted me to speak to it, and I said, well first of all, I want to find out, some more, because, you can think of, the extremes, sometimes when there, has been an attempt, to establish a compound, based upon, complete, unified, religious views, you can think of, the Rajneeshis, in eastern Oregon, or even down south here, you can think of, the Branch Davidians, in Waco,

[00:25:01] those didn't turn out, so well, you can think of, other times, in which people said, look I want to have, a Christian community, I want to have, a Christian camp, that works fine, and so, there's a sense, in which trying to, sort all of that out, is a little bit difficult, and nevertheless, at the moment, the Texas Governor, Greg Appet, has blocked, the construction, of this Muslim majority city, in the state of Texas, even though, it has been backed,

[00:25:30] by various investors, with a Muslim background, background, and this, was established, and begun, by what is called, the East Plano, Islamic Center, now you can do, go on Wikipedia, they've got a lot of, visibility right now, because they also have, the East Plano, Islamic Center, EPIC, and it's plans, to construct, a Muslim neighborhood, and at the moment, it has been halted, because of, certain legal, complications,

[00:26:00] but again, the plan, was to have, like a 1,000 home settlement, which would be, in round numbers, about 40 minutes, from Dallas, the community, would include a mosque, a faith-based Muslim school, maybe even a community college, a shopping center, a sporting facility, and so, the argument, against it, has been, we have laws, against Sharia laws, as a matter of fact, one of the things,

[00:26:29] that the governor, wrote is, to be clear, Sharia laws, not allowed in Texas, nor are Sharia cities, nor are, no-go zones, which the project, seems to imply, now is that, an overreaction, well the critics, of the, of the governor, or the supporters, of the, East Plano, Islamic Center, say look, this is just, racial profiling, that you're engaged in, you're against them, simply because, because they're Muslim,

[00:26:58] yes that's, possible, and the reason, some people, have raised the issue, is because, we've seen what happens, in other countries, you would hope, in the United States, that that wouldn't happen, but when, you have the governor, talking about, Sharia law, Sharia cities, or even this phrase, no-go zones, there are places, you can find, both in France, and now, unfortunately, in the United Kingdom, in England,

[00:27:28] that are basically, no-go zones, the police, tend to stay, out of those areas, and mostly, Sharia law, is used, primarily, if they're trying, to stay with, under the government, edicts, Sharia law, maybe for the civil, service, but not, maybe the criminal laws, but nevertheless, you can see, why there's an issue, and again, for those, that may be up until now, said, you know, it's just really crazy,

[00:27:57] that you people, are even worried, about Sharia law, the Sharia law, that was passed, in Texas, was signed, back in 2017, and about that same, period of time, maybe a little bit after, I did a booklet, on Sharia law, for all of our donors, I'm thinking, I might update that one, because back then, we were pointing out, that there were, a couple of states, Oklahoma being first, Texas and a couple others, passing a law,

[00:28:28] preventing Sharia law, being used, within the court system, and the argument, that we were receiving, at the time, from individuals was, you are trying to, actually provide, a remedy, for a problem, that does not exist, and so that's where, I took some time, to quote, from a very good book, that was put together, at the time, by Frank Gaffney, he's been on the program before, in which he cites, dozens and dozens, of cases, even back then,

[00:28:57] in which Sharia law, was referred to, in court decisions, that's why, it's probably time, to update that, because you have, a lot of things, that have changed dramatically, first of all, the way in which, some of those laws, have been interpreted, say in the state, of Michigan, Dearborn Michigan, up until recently, has been, probably the place, where you've had, the highest percentage, of Muslims, in the United States, of course you can also, talk about Somalis, in Minnesota,

[00:29:27] but as I've heard, from people that know, a lot more about this, than I do, the greatest concentration, of Muslims, now is not in Dearborn, Michigan, it's in Tampa, Florida, which would have, surprised me, but nevertheless, those are the kinds, of things that we are hearing, so again, don't want to overreact to it, but I did want to, at least address this issue, because what do you do, when an individual, or a group of individuals, want to band together, we recognize, that if somebody,

[00:29:57] wanted to have a, Christian gathering, you know, but not exclude, individuals, who were not Christian, we would see, that as permissible, but if you had, a situation, and somebody, the other day said, well they're only getting upset, because they're Muslims, no if you had, Christians saying, no I want to establish, a Christian center, and only Christians, can live there, I think that would, actually be something, that would be, as controversial, because it would be, discriminatory,

[00:30:26] and if you can't see that, just imagine, if somebody said, you know I like, white Americans, so I want to just have, we'll call it, a white settlement, by the way, we happen to have, a city here in Texas, called white settlement, but let's say, you wanted to have, a white settlement, or a white competition, pound, would you think, that was wrong, of course you would, and so, there is a sense, in which, people are wanting, to know a little bit more, about a settlement, that has a mosque, it has a, Muslim school,

[00:30:56] it has a community college, has a shopping center, sporting facility, and a thousand homes, you'd wonder, what that might mean, and, what is happening, in the state of Texas, maybe gives us, an idea, of what might happen, or could happen, in other communities, around the country, don't want to be, anti-Muslim, but at the same time, if you are a Muslim, listening to this program, right now, you've got to, maybe begrudgingly, admit, that some Muslims, especially radical Muslims,

[00:31:26] have given Islam, a bad name, and you can see, why there has been, such a concern, so nevertheless, I wanted to, post this for you, it goes into, some detail, looks at some of the, different kind of investigations, into this Muslim, dominated development, the questions, about whether or not, they would impose, Sharia law, within the community, would you be teaching, about Sharia law, probably, within the faith-based school,

[00:31:55] the Muslim school, would you be teaching, about Islam, and Sharia law, probably, in the community college, you want to develop, probably, that would be the case, and right now, it's been held up, simply because, the Texas Commission, on environmental quality, has found that, many of the required permits, have not been fulfilled, and so the argument is, that they must confirm, within seven days, that they are going to be, ceasing the construction,

[00:32:25] of their project, or else, we're going to be, headed to the courts, and so if you've heard, about this in the news, recognize, you're going to get, all sorts of spin, I've tried to be as, kind of balanced, and careful as I can, but I do predict, that this will, I don't think that, the East Plano, Islamic school, and church, and center, are backing down, so I think it's going to, end up in the courtrooms, and once it ends up,

[00:32:54] in the courts, then once again, you will see, how biased, or objective, the media might be, which sets me up, for what we're going to, talk about after the break, because our good friend, Gary Bauer, has written a piece, called Media Malfeasance, reminding us, that if you see it, in a newspaper, you watch it, on a TV program, you read it, on an internet site, may not necessarily, be the whole truth, and so it's important,

[00:33:24] for us to have, a level of discernment, but this is our third article, and of course, Gary Bauer's, is our fourth article, and I would encourage you, to read it, because sooner or later, probably sooner, you're going to probably, hear about it, in your news, and we'll keep talking, about it here, on Point of View, let's take a break, we'll be right back,

[00:33:55] you're listening, to Point of View, your listener supported, source for truth, back once again, let me just mention, that one of our other articles, is by our good friend, Gary Bauer, I just heard about it, the other day, when I was reading, his end of day report, and so we've posted it here, it's called, Media Malfeasance, and it's just one more reminder, and it's a good way, to end the program today, by the fact that, just because you see it, in a newspaper, just because you see it, in a book, just because you see it, on a website, just because you hear it, on a radio program,

[00:34:25] just because you see it, on a television program, doesn't make it, necessarily true, we encourage you, to check it out, you will notice, that every single day, we post a series, of articles, on point of view, and you can click, on that button, that says see more, and you can see, all the information, about the book, by Michael Yosef, you can see the article, by Noah Gould, you can see, two different ones, on tariffs, the one about, the Texas governor, warning about, the Muslim city, and this one,

[00:34:54] on media malfeasance, you can see, my commentary today, which is about, the debanking victory, which we talked about, recently, with Lathan Watts, and I might just mention, we were going to launch today, our take action item, we had a glitch, so we'll launch it on Friday, so be watching for that, and we give you as much facts, and information as possible, every once in a while, we post something, find out it's not true, and we try to, update you with that, and clarify that, and correct it, but that isn't always the case,

[00:35:24] if you're not familiar, here's some numbers, you can write down, if you got something, to write with, if you think about this, basically, six corporations, in America, own 90%, of the media outlets, six percent, six corporations, own 90%, and do you think, that they probably, are answering to, the corporation, that owns them, I think you know, the answer to that, and again, in some respects, who do we answer to, well you do, because you are,

[00:35:54] our supporters, and you are the people, that make this possible, and so in some respects, that's why, I just think, it's important, for you to have a, significant level, of discernment, maybe skepticism, and the rest, and so Gary Bauer, starts with this, he says several years ago, Donald Trump, created a minor controversy, when he called the media, the enemy of the people, and of course, a lot of the journalists, couldn't appreciate that, as well, but Gary then goes on, in some detail, talks about the fact,

[00:36:23] that today's media, are not trying to inform, they're trying to misinform, and indoctrinate, that's malfeasance, that makes them enemies, of the people, now again, that may be painting, with a little bit, broader brush, than I would, because I recognize, that I have met, some very professional people, try to do a good job, but you know what, they also, are looking at those ideas, from their world view, and it would be helpful, if somebody was looking, at these ideas, from a consistent, biblical world view,

[00:36:53] even so, so sometimes, they are in some respects, really trying to change your mind, and in other cases, they're just trying to tell a story, but it comes from their world view, but then he goes through this list, and I'll just give you the short list, of all the lies, that we've heard, he says for example, the media lied to us, about the Russian collusion, hoax, insisting without evidence, that Trump was a Russian asset, and traitor to America,

[00:37:21] the media lied to us, saying Trump praised neo-Nazi, when he actually condemned them, media lied about, the COVID pandemic, saying anyone who thinks, the Chinese virus, came out of the Wuhan lab, is a kook, talked about that recently, when we talked about the book, by Senator Tom Cotton, seven things you can't say, about China, he says media lied about, Trump mocking our, dead war heroes, of course that was wrong as well, media lied to us, about Hunter Biden's laptop, they said it was, Russian disinformation,

[00:37:51] and then he reminds us, of how in the last four years, under the Biden-Harris administration, you had the fewest press conferences, of any president, in modern history, that's a verifiable fact, and a few that he did, were highly scripted, and he gives you some links, to show that, and then there was a, obvious cover up, of mental decline, and now, don't you love this, without much shame at all, some of those same journalists,

[00:38:20] who were hiding it, are now making money, off of their malfeasance, he says, because now we have, at least two books, that have been written, by big media personalities, on how, Biden's mental decline, was being covered up, but if you brought that up, say even a year, and a half ago, you would be, in a lot of trouble, and when the Wall Street Journal, raised that question, they were pilloried, beyond even imagination, but nevertheless, is the case, and so here it says, it's a real shame,

[00:38:50] there were no reporters, around the last four years, who might have done, some real journalism, and told us the truth, instead of lying, about Biden's condition, so, and he goes on to say, that while Donald Trump, is trying to make, our streets safe, the media is going, to the mat for, illegal alien gang members, telling us, that Trump accidentally, deported a Maryland father, with protected status, to El Salvador, and I think, we haven't mentioned this, but it's worth going, into the details,

[00:39:20] he says, what they're not telling us, is that this father, is an illegal alien, and is a member, of MS-13, what they're not telling us, is that a judge, previously ruled, he could be deported, just not to El Salvador, so the quote, accident, isn't, that he was, an innocent man, the accident is, if you will, that he was deported, to the wrong country, but again, that's based upon, one judge's ruling,

[00:39:49] and I don't, want to get into, the date, the real details, about, whether a, presidential, executive order, and a state department, and even the, if you will, borders are, and others, can go over, the particular ruling, of the judge, but we'll leave that, for another day, and then goes on, to remind us, okay, if only the media, cared as much, about Lake and Riley, Rachel Morin, Elizabeth Medina,

[00:40:19] Jocelyn Nugarani, and a number of others, and so again, he reminds us, of what has been, taking place, he says, the Biden administration, aggressively prosecuted, pro-life activists, engaged in free speech, by praying, and singing, at an abortion clinic, and again, if you say, I haven't heard about that, most of these have links, you can follow the links, the media was silent, about that violation of speech, and a number of others, now all of a sudden, the media now cares, about free speech, and that allows him, to get into the other one, which we've talked about,

[00:40:49] Mahmoud Khalil, who is a Syrian citizen, studying the United States, was arrested for protesting, but he wasn't praying, or sinking, he was encouraging, Jewish hatred, he's not an American citizen, he's a radical, Islamic extremist, and a leader, of an anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, anti-American group, that has been rioting, in Columbia University, and his protest, led to Jewish students, being terrorized, so again, he sets up the compromise,

[00:41:19] or the contrast, if you will, to the leftist media, Christian grandmothers, praying at an abortion clinic, or terrorists, while anti-Semitic, foreign Islamists, are heroes, and so again, he goes on, to remind us, that right now, we can't really even, get some of the positives, if you, for example, talk about the fact, that there are 70 countries, that are now, contacting the Trump administration, because they want, to work out a deal,

[00:41:48] or there have been, trillions of dollars, of new investments, now pledged, to the United States, you probably are going, to hear that, at a place like, point of view, not sure you're going, to hear it, too many other places, and so that's why, he points out at the end, that the approval rating, for a variety of things, including the media, is pretty much, in the basement, that is a very quick summary, of five pages, or four or five pages, but if you'd like to read it,

[00:42:17] it's our fourth article, and it just goes through, quite a bit, of many facts, that I've forgotten about, that remind us, you don't necessarily, have to trust everything, you see in print, or you see on a computer screen, or on your television screen, it's worth checking out, because sadly, there's just been, a lot of misinformation, and disinformation, and even though the media, is accusing us, of doing it, often times, they're the ones, that are engaging in it,

[00:42:47] that's all we have for today, so let me again, encourage you to find, some of these articles, as well as the book, by Michael Yosef, which I highly recommend, because those are all, great resources, again you can find it, at our website, pointofview.net, I want to thank, Megan Kitchen, for her help, engineering the program, Steve Miller, thank you for introducing, the program, see you back here tomorrow, right here, on Point of View. It almost seems like, we live in a different world, from many people, in positions of authority,

[00:43:16] they say, men can be women, and women men, people are prosecuted, differently, or not at all, depending on their politics, criminals, are more valued, and rewarded, than law abiding citizens, citizens, it's so overwhelming, so demoralizing, you feel like giving up, but we can't, we shouldn't, we must not, as Winston Churchill, said to Britain, in the darkest days, of World War II, never give in, never give in, never, never,

[00:43:46] never, never yield to force, never yield to the, apparently overwhelming, might of the enemy, and that's what we say, to you today, this is not a time, to give in, but to step up, and join Point of View, in providing clarity, in the chaos, we can't do it alone, but together, with God's help, we will, overcome the darkness, invest in biblical clarity, today, at pointofview.net, or call,

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