Monday, December 23, 2024
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[00:00:04] Voice America Live, this is Point of View, Kirby Anderson.
[00:00:20] Second hour today, we're going to spend some time with a good friend, Ray Comfort, and then we'll get back to some issues in the news.
[00:00:25] His newest book is 50 Years of Open-Air Preaching, Everything I've Learned.
[00:00:30] And whether you are planning on doing open-air preaching, I've done some of that, but never as good as he is,
[00:00:36] or maybe just thinking about how to be engaged in evangelistic outreach.
[00:00:42] Friends, neighbors, co-workers, family members, I think you're going to really benefit from this book.
[00:00:47] And of course, we have a link to livingwaters.com.
[00:00:50] Ray Comfort, of course, is the founder of Living Waters and is a best-selling author.
[00:00:54] He co-hosts the award-winning television program Way of the Master, also the executive producer of such films as
[00:01:01] 180 Evolution vs. God, Audacity and much more.
[00:01:04] Individual that is very well known for his evangelistic fervor and his ability at open-air preaching.
[00:01:11] So, Ray Comfort, welcome back to Point of View.
[00:01:15] Thanks for having me on, and thank you for doing a book like this.
[00:01:19] I think most Christians have got as much desire for the word evangelism as we have for the word's root canal.
[00:01:26] It's not exciting, but it's so necessary.
[00:01:31] You know, when people think of open-air preaching, often they'll think of a guy with a megaphone on a street corner yelling at cars
[00:01:37] that are going by, a little sign saying, you go to hell.
[00:01:40] Nothing like that we're talking about.
[00:01:42] I'm talking about gathering a crowd by their own volition, being there because they want to,
[00:01:47] and sharing the gospel message of everlasting life with them.
[00:01:50] It's a completely different kettle of fish.
[00:01:52] I love this because, first of all, I met you at least two decades ago at an apologetics conference and at Worldview conferences, things like that.
[00:01:59] So I learned a little bit more of your history and how you first began doing this.
[00:02:04] I've also loved it because we did a program last week, Ray, with an individual that heads up the Charles Spurgeon Library.
[00:02:11] So we talked about Charles Spurgeon.
[00:02:14] And your book just has a lot of Charles Spurgeon quotes, as well as Charles James Wesley and a variety of others.
[00:02:21] But in some respects, what I think is so helpful is the fact that you really want to educate people on what to do.
[00:02:29] And there are all sorts of do's and don'ts.
[00:02:33] So it's more than just your own story.
[00:02:35] It's really helping other people learn from you and your experiences on how to gather a crowd and begin to share the gospel.
[00:02:45] And it's not shouting.
[00:02:46] As a matter of fact, you make it real clear that you shouldn't yell or shout.
[00:02:49] You need to be able to be heard.
[00:02:51] But you've got some very good, I think, creative ways in which to draw a crowd and to make sure that some of the heckling that I think of all of us have experienced at one time or another is kept to a minimum.
[00:03:04] So that's really why you wrote the book, isn't it?
[00:03:07] Yeah.
[00:03:08] And it's to show how legitimate it is.
[00:03:10] The disciples didn't stand in the upper room and have a worship service.
[00:03:14] They didn't pad out the pews or a little sign out the front saying tonight, seven o'clock, all welcome.
[00:03:18] Because you've got as much chance of sinners visiting a church building as you have criminals visit a police station.
[00:03:24] It's not a nice place to go when you're guilty.
[00:03:26] The whole principle with the message of everlasting life is we take it to them, go into all the world and preach the gospel for every creature.
[00:03:33] And that's exactly what the disciples did.
[00:03:35] That's what we see in the book of Acts.
[00:03:37] They're preaching to their own life's peril because they so love the lost.
[00:03:40] And then you find Wesley and Whitfield and Spurgeon.
[00:03:44] Spurgeon so humbles me because he was a man of incredible eloquence, 23,000 words in his vocabulary.
[00:03:51] If you're normal, you've got about 13,000 words.
[00:03:53] He was an eloquent, like Shakespearean, sanctified Shakespeare.
[00:03:58] And yet he condescended to the lowly task of open air preaching.
[00:04:02] And when you read his instruction on it, you say the only way he could have known this is if he regularly did it.
[00:04:08] And he certainly did because he had such a passion for the lost.
[00:04:12] But yeah, there are certain things you can do to gather a crowd.
[00:04:14] For years, I would start off with a very gripping anecdote, something that gripped the attention.
[00:04:20] That had tremendous pressure to it because if it didn't grip, I didn't get hearers.
[00:04:25] And about 35, 40 years ago, I stumbled on something that's wonderful.
[00:04:29] I began giving away money.
[00:04:32] And for a preacher to give away money is like water running uphill.
[00:04:35] It's going to get attention.
[00:04:37] And so what I did is I just asked trivia.
[00:04:40] Right.
[00:04:40] And I think, you know, people going past, anybody know the capital of France?
[00:04:44] And someone would say, Paris.
[00:04:45] That's right.
[00:04:46] You get a dollar for that.
[00:04:47] What's the capital of Australia?
[00:04:49] And someone would know it's Canberra and give them a dollar for that.
[00:04:52] And I turned to a guy walking past saying, what's your name?
[00:04:55] He says, Fred.
[00:04:56] That's correct.
[00:04:56] And I'd give him a dollar.
[00:04:58] It'd make people laugh.
[00:04:59] And they'd stop and they'd listen.
[00:05:01] And I'd say, while I was doing this, maybe give away 10 $1 bills asking silly trivia,
[00:05:06] making it very, very easy for people to get the answer.
[00:05:10] I'd notice those who were confident in their answering.
[00:05:13] Like this guy, Fred.
[00:05:15] He's confident in his answering.
[00:05:16] He just calls out.
[00:05:17] He's not embarrassed.
[00:05:17] Say, Fred, how would you like to go for $5?
[00:05:20] He says, yeah.
[00:05:21] What do I have to do?
[00:05:21] Well, just prove to me you're a good person.
[00:05:24] Get up on the box.
[00:05:25] And we have a box for the Hector.
[00:05:26] He'd get up on the box.
[00:05:27] I said, Fred, you said you're a good person.
[00:05:29] Let's see if you are.
[00:05:30] We're going to go through the 10 commandments.
[00:05:32] Yes.
[00:05:32] If you are a good person, I'll give you $5 prize.
[00:05:35] But if you're not, I'll give you $5 anyway for being a good sport.
[00:05:39] That creates goodwill with Fred and the crowd.
[00:05:42] And then I just say, okay, let's go through those commandments.
[00:05:44] How many lies have you told her?
[00:05:46] You've got stolen something.
[00:05:47] You ever look through the lust and committed adultery in your heart?
[00:05:49] And people are listening because it's not some sweaty preacher pointing a finger at them.
[00:05:55] They're listening like a fly on the wall to the gospel.
[00:05:57] So it's non-threatening to them.
[00:05:59] And so this is a, anyone can ask trivia and anyone can swing for the spiritual and ask someone
[00:06:05] if they think they're a good person and take them through the 10 commandments.
[00:06:08] It just takes a little bit of practice.
[00:06:09] But if you love people, you'll do it.
[00:06:11] You know, most of us learn to crawl and we learn to walk because we wanted to.
[00:06:16] Don't even remember it, but we did it even though we probably fell over.
[00:06:19] And then we wanted to ride a bike.
[00:06:21] We applied ourselves to it.
[00:06:22] So if you care about the lost and you appreciate doing one-to-one, how about doing one-to-100?
[00:06:28] It's the same thing.
[00:06:29] It just takes a little more courage.
[00:06:30] And all you have to do is apply yourself to learning how to do it.
[00:06:33] And this book will help.
[00:06:34] Again, I think it's wonderful.
[00:06:36] First of all, you have all pages on trivia that you can use.
[00:06:39] You have those videos.
[00:06:41] And, of course, I was watching especially the ones from Huntington Beach because that's where I've seen you so often begin to help people understand that they need a gospel.
[00:06:52] They need a savior because they can't save themselves.
[00:06:57] And it does seem to me that that is something, of course, again, whether it's John Wesley, Charles Spurgeon, other people that you quote that are certainly saying that that is the case.
[00:07:07] And yet in the past we've sort of had this idea that, you know, everybody's a good person, but they just maybe need God a little bit more.
[00:07:16] And you really use one thing I love is you not only stand on a soapbox sometimes, but you even let the heckler stand on a soapbox.
[00:07:24] Never thought about that.
[00:07:25] You also draw kind of a half circle in front of you, which allows for the crowd to be there.
[00:07:30] So there's just a lot of really practical ideas in the book.
[00:07:34] So what I want to do is take a break, maybe come back and pick out a couple of other ways in which people, even if they're never going to do open air preaching, can really help people understand that they are lost and that they aren't a good person.
[00:07:49] Because that seems to be one of the most effective ways, of course, to share the gospel.
[00:07:54] Why would you want a savior if you think you can save yourself?
[00:07:58] And what are some of the standard kind of issues that you might have to deal with with hecklers or skeptics?
[00:08:05] And again, you can learn so many life lessons from this book.
[00:08:09] And as you might know, we have a link to livingwaters.com.
[00:08:13] If you go there right now, the post is The Purpose of Eyelashes and the Connection to Christmas.
[00:08:19] Well, that'll draw a lot of you right there to just look at some of the blog posts and other resources.
[00:08:24] So we'll continue for a few more minutes when we come back from the break with Ray Comfort.
[00:08:28] The book that we're talking about right now, 50 Years of Open Air Preaching, Everything I've Learned.
[00:08:34] And it is a book that I think you will appreciate, about 160 pages.
[00:08:38] And we'll be back with more right after this.
[00:08:58] This is Viewpoints with Kirby Anderson.
[00:09:02] You know, during this Christmas week, I've taken the time to discuss the theology of some of the Christmas hymns and carols that we sing.
[00:09:08] Today, I'd like to talk about the First Noel.
[00:09:10] It is an English song dating back to the 16th century.
[00:09:14] Some people believe that the First Noel was French because of the French spelling of Noel, but it is actually an English song.
[00:09:20] The French word Noel does mean Christmas and is relevant to the lyrics of the song.
[00:09:24] The First Noel was published in 1833 when it appeared in the work Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern.
[00:09:30] The first line of the song suggests a December date for the birth of Christ.
[00:09:34] The First Noel, the angels did say, was to certain poor shepherds in the fields as they lay,
[00:09:40] in the fields where they lay keeping their sheep on a cold winter's night that was so deep.
[00:09:45] Although many doubt that Jesus was born in December, there are some theologians,
[00:09:49] such as the author of the Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ, who believe that a December date is possible.
[00:09:54] Whatever the case about the date of the birth of Jesus, the song continues,
[00:09:59] Born is the King of Israel.
[00:10:01] It reminds us that a king was born that night, yet few understood the significance of a birth in Bethlehem.
[00:10:06] Even the wise men from the east did not completely understand the significance of his birth,
[00:10:11] but they were guided to him by a star.
[00:10:14] For all to see there was a star shining in the east beyond them far,
[00:10:18] and to the earth it gave great light, and so it continued both day and night.
[00:10:22] The song continues on to say that three wise men came from a country far.
[00:10:27] The Bible does not tell us how many wise men there were.
[00:10:30] What we do know, there were three kinds of gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
[00:10:34] What the Bible clearly teaches, however, is that Jesus was born,
[00:10:38] and that he is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
[00:10:41] I'm Kirby Anderson, and that's my Point of View.
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[00:11:03] Okay, for a few more minutes with Ray Comfort.
[00:11:05] Again, the book is entitled 50 Years of Open-Air Preaching,
[00:11:09] and I love one of the statements that is made there
[00:11:12] because we look at the fact that you are going to probably reach more people.
[00:11:18] As a matter of fact, in 30 minutes,
[00:11:19] a good open-air preacher can reach more unsaved people than the average church does in a year.
[00:11:25] And again, if I can quote from Charles Spurgeon in your book,
[00:11:29] we must school and train ourselves to deal personally with the unconverted.
[00:11:33] We must not excuse ourselves but force ourselves to the irksome task until it becomes easy.
[00:11:40] Ray, can you again maybe help us with that?
[00:11:42] Because one of the things I appreciate about you is your ability to ask questions,
[00:11:48] but when you ask an individual,
[00:11:50] have you ever stolen anything?
[00:11:51] Have you ever lied?
[00:11:52] Have you ever had a lustful thought?
[00:11:54] And pretty soon, you help an individual who may feel pretty good about themselves
[00:11:59] realize their need for a Savior.
[00:12:02] Can you explain that?
[00:12:03] Yeah, there's an analogy I use often with non-Christians.
[00:12:07] I say, look, let's say you're a doctor,
[00:12:09] and you've got a patient in front of you who looks incredibly well.
[00:12:12] He goes to the gym every day.
[00:12:13] He's got a great physique.
[00:12:14] But you know differently.
[00:12:15] You know because you're seeing x-rays.
[00:12:17] He's dying.
[00:12:18] He's got two weeks to live.
[00:12:19] You've got a cure in your pocket.
[00:12:20] I say, do you give him a cure?
[00:12:22] Or do you show him the x-rays?
[00:12:23] And quite often people say, well, you give him a cure because he's dying.
[00:12:26] So that's not going to work because he thinks he's well.
[00:12:29] He's going to say, what did he give me this cure for?
[00:12:30] Look at me.
[00:12:31] I go to the gym every day.
[00:12:32] Look at my physique.
[00:12:33] He's going to be offended.
[00:12:34] No, if the doctor knows what he's doing,
[00:12:37] he'll point out the x-rays.
[00:12:38] He'll show him the x-rays.
[00:12:40] He'll make him sweat, make his mouth go dry to a point where he'll say,
[00:12:44] wow, doc, this is deadly serious.
[00:12:46] What should I do?
[00:12:47] Now he's ready for the cure because he's seen his disease.
[00:12:52] And what we've done in our country for the last probably 80 years
[00:12:55] is held up the cure.
[00:12:57] Who in America doesn't know John 3, 16,
[00:12:59] for God so loved the world.
[00:13:00] Oh yeah, I know that Christ died for my sin,
[00:13:02] but I'm a good person.
[00:13:03] That's how most people think.
[00:13:05] I'm a good person.
[00:13:06] So what we must do instead of giving them the cure of the gospel,
[00:13:09] we must do what Jesus did and show him the x-rays.
[00:13:12] Open up those 10 commandments.
[00:13:15] Show that lust in God's eyes is adultery.
[00:13:17] Hatred is murder.
[00:13:18] Lying lips and abomination to the Lord.
[00:13:20] All liars are their part in the lake of fire.
[00:13:23] Sin is so serious to a holy God,
[00:13:25] he's given us the death sentence.
[00:13:26] We make them sweat.
[00:13:28] We give the Philippian jailer his own personal earthquake.
[00:13:31] We speak to Felix until he trembles and says,
[00:13:34] what should I do?
[00:13:35] And that's when they're ready for the gospel.
[00:13:37] And that's the key to genuine conversion.
[00:13:40] That's what Paul did in Romans chapter 2,
[00:13:42] when he said,
[00:13:42] you who say you shall not steal,
[00:13:44] do you steal?
[00:13:45] You who say you shall not commit adultery,
[00:13:47] do you commit adultery?
[00:13:48] When Jesus said to the rich young ruler,
[00:13:50] why do you call me good?
[00:13:51] There's none good but God.
[00:13:52] He then gave him the 10 commandments.
[00:13:54] He says, you know the commandments.
[00:13:56] It's what Nathan did with David.
[00:13:57] He didn't talk about a wonderful plan.
[00:14:00] David had skittled all those commandments.
[00:14:02] He coveted his neighbor's wife,
[00:14:05] lived a lie,
[00:14:06] committed adultery,
[00:14:07] committed murder.
[00:14:08] So Nathan said,
[00:14:10] you are the man.
[00:14:11] Why have you despised the commandment of the Lord?
[00:14:13] And that's when David cried out,
[00:14:15] have mercy upon their God,
[00:14:16] according to your loving kindness.
[00:14:18] And that's the importance of following it biblically,
[00:14:21] doing what Jesus did,
[00:14:22] what Paul did,
[00:14:23] what the disciples did,
[00:14:24] what Spurgeon Wesley Whitefield did.
[00:14:26] They said,
[00:14:27] never,
[00:14:28] ever give the cure before you give the disease.
[00:14:30] Always open up the commandments
[00:14:32] and speak to the conscience
[00:14:33] so they see the need of God's mercy.
[00:14:36] Well said.
[00:14:36] Let's,
[00:14:37] if we can,
[00:14:38] for just a few minutes,
[00:14:38] help people that are going to,
[00:14:40] in the next few days,
[00:14:42] perhaps,
[00:14:42] go to a Christmas function,
[00:14:45] be with the family.
[00:14:47] I thought your chapter seven
[00:14:49] on dealing with hecklers,
[00:14:51] obviously,
[00:14:52] you and I both have done some open-air preaching.
[00:14:54] You're much better at it than I am.
[00:14:56] But nevertheless,
[00:14:58] we have to sort of know how to answer
[00:15:00] some of those questions.
[00:15:01] And one of the things you are so gifted at
[00:15:05] is being able to actually use the heckler
[00:15:08] to draw a crowd.
[00:15:09] But even if you're going to be talking to a friend,
[00:15:12] neighbor,
[00:15:12] coworker,
[00:15:13] family member,
[00:15:14] there are questions that they have.
[00:15:16] And you've found some very effective ways
[00:15:19] to begin to get their attention.
[00:15:22] Can you maybe share one or two of those?
[00:15:25] Absolutely.
[00:15:25] I've traveled over 2,000 flights.
[00:15:28] I know you've flown a lot.
[00:15:30] And I know when I sit next to an empty seat
[00:15:32] on a plane,
[00:15:33] I always pray earnestly
[00:15:35] for the person who's going to sit next to me.
[00:15:37] And this is what I pray.
[00:15:38] And I'm not kidding.
[00:15:39] Lord,
[00:15:40] please make him not show up.
[00:15:41] In Jesus' name.
[00:15:42] I don't want anyone in the seat next to me.
[00:15:45] That's what I'm praying,
[00:15:46] Mr. Boldness.
[00:15:47] I'd rather have an empty seat
[00:15:48] and have a snooze
[00:15:49] than have some guy
[00:15:50] I have to share the gospel with.
[00:15:52] And that's what I actually,
[00:15:54] in my heart,
[00:15:55] I'm thinking.
[00:15:55] But I don't listen to my fears.
[00:15:57] I say,
[00:15:58] okay,
[00:15:58] I'm going to speak to this person.
[00:15:59] And there's a key that I've found
[00:16:01] that has taken Goliath
[00:16:03] and brought him down to Zacchaeus.
[00:16:04] In an instant,
[00:16:05] it's this.
[00:16:07] I ask people,
[00:16:08] complete strangers,
[00:16:09] if they think there's an afterlife.
[00:16:10] And you don't need to build a relationship
[00:16:12] for two years to do this.
[00:16:14] Right.
[00:16:14] Let's say some guy comes to my ministry
[00:16:16] at Living Waters.
[00:16:18] He's a plumber.
[00:16:19] He's working on some sort of cat there.
[00:16:21] And I just go up to him and say,
[00:16:23] hi,
[00:16:23] I'm Ray.
[00:16:24] What's your name?
[00:16:24] He says,
[00:16:24] it's Fred.
[00:16:25] Fred,
[00:16:26] I've got a question for you.
[00:16:27] Do you think there's an afterlife?
[00:16:29] It took five seconds.
[00:16:31] And I haven't offended him
[00:16:32] because I haven't mentioned God,
[00:16:33] Jesus,
[00:16:34] heaven,
[00:16:34] hell,
[00:16:34] the Bible,
[00:16:35] sin,
[00:16:35] righteousness,
[00:16:36] judgment to come.
[00:16:37] None of these things.
[00:16:37] I've just asked for his opinion.
[00:16:39] Do you think there's an afterlife?
[00:16:40] So Fred stands to his feet
[00:16:41] and he says,
[00:16:42] well,
[00:16:42] boy,
[00:16:43] that's the big question.
[00:16:44] So do you ever think about your own death?
[00:16:46] He says,
[00:16:47] all the time.
[00:16:48] And his all the time
[00:16:49] just dissipated my fears
[00:16:50] because he's not anti-Christ.
[00:16:52] He hasn't stabbed me to death.
[00:16:53] He's a human being
[00:16:54] with a will to live.
[00:16:55] God's placed eternity on his heart.
[00:16:57] He thinks about death all the time.
[00:16:59] And so that's the key for me.
[00:17:01] And it's the key to talking about
[00:17:02] Uncle Arthur at the Christmas table.
[00:17:04] After he's eaten,
[00:17:05] his stomach's full,
[00:17:06] he's in a good mood,
[00:17:07] you just turn to him and say,
[00:17:08] Uncle Arthur,
[00:17:09] do you think there's an afterlife?
[00:17:11] He's not going to be offended
[00:17:12] because you're asking his opinion.
[00:17:14] So no,
[00:17:14] I don't believe in heaven,
[00:17:15] don't believe in hell,
[00:17:16] don't believe in God.
[00:17:17] And you just say,
[00:17:17] well,
[00:17:18] do you really believe
[00:17:19] the scientific impossibility
[00:17:20] that nothing created everything?
[00:17:22] Because that's what an atheist believes.
[00:17:24] Not that there was nothing
[00:17:25] in the beginning.
[00:17:26] An atheist believes
[00:17:27] that nothing
[00:17:29] created flowers
[00:17:30] and birds
[00:17:30] and trees,
[00:17:31] the sun,
[00:17:31] the moon,
[00:17:31] the stars,
[00:17:32] puppies,
[00:17:32] kittens,
[00:17:33] the marvels of the human eye,
[00:17:34] the miracle of childbirth,
[00:17:35] male and female
[00:17:36] and all the species.
[00:17:37] Everything was created
[00:17:38] by nothing,
[00:17:39] which is the alternative
[00:17:42] when you don't believe
[00:17:43] in God's existence.
[00:17:44] And that's why the Bible says,
[00:17:45] the fool is dead in his heart,
[00:17:46] there's no God.
[00:17:47] So don't get caught up
[00:17:48] in his intellect
[00:17:49] or the intellect
[00:17:49] of any atheist,
[00:17:50] just go straight to the conscience.
[00:17:52] Just say,
[00:17:52] do you think you're a good person?
[00:17:54] Yeah.
[00:17:54] You're going to make it to heaven.
[00:17:55] And that's the key.
[00:17:56] That's what Jesus did.
[00:17:57] I might just mention
[00:17:57] you have a section
[00:17:58] on the unconcerned Christian
[00:18:00] or the universalist,
[00:18:02] the atheist,
[00:18:03] as well as,
[00:18:04] you know,
[00:18:04] some of the other skeptics.
[00:18:06] So there's a lot
[00:18:06] of very helpful material there.
[00:18:08] But let me,
[00:18:09] just before I let you go,
[00:18:10] talk about what is
[00:18:11] on your website
[00:18:11] because as much
[00:18:13] as I commend the book
[00:18:13] to people,
[00:18:14] I have found
[00:18:15] that many of the videos
[00:18:16] that you've posted
[00:18:17] over the years
[00:18:18] have been very helpful
[00:18:19] to me as well.
[00:18:20] And I would imagine
[00:18:21] that they would be as well.
[00:18:22] Of course,
[00:18:22] you've got the classic ones
[00:18:23] are Are You a Good Person?
[00:18:25] Hell's Best Kept Secret,
[00:18:26] those kinds of things.
[00:18:27] But there are some links
[00:18:29] that we've provided
[00:18:30] to your Facebook page,
[00:18:32] X,
[00:18:32] as well as,
[00:18:33] if people go to Living Waters,
[00:18:35] talk about some of the resources
[00:18:37] that are available to them
[00:18:38] because they're free of charge
[00:18:39] and they will be very helpful
[00:18:41] in terms of their ability
[00:18:42] to share the gospel.
[00:18:44] Yeah,
[00:18:44] especially our YouTube channel
[00:18:46] that's got 312 million views,
[00:18:49] 1.5 million subscribers.
[00:18:51] And you can get to see
[00:18:52] atheists backslide
[00:18:54] as a fly on the wall.
[00:18:55] You can hear someone
[00:18:56] who says,
[00:18:57] I have no concern
[00:18:58] after death.
[00:18:59] Five minutes later,
[00:19:01] they're saying,
[00:19:01] what should I do?
[00:19:02] And it's all because
[00:19:02] biblical principles
[00:19:03] are being used
[00:19:04] following the footsteps
[00:19:06] of Jesus.
[00:19:06] And just watching those
[00:19:07] again and again,
[00:19:08] you'll see there's nothing
[00:19:09] to be intimidated
[00:19:10] because it's a level
[00:19:11] playing field out there.
[00:19:12] God's given every human
[00:19:14] being a conscience.
[00:19:15] Everyone has a knowledge
[00:19:15] of God.
[00:19:16] God's given light
[00:19:17] to every man.
[00:19:18] The invisible things
[00:19:19] from the creation
[00:19:20] of the world
[00:19:20] are clearly seen
[00:19:22] being understood
[00:19:22] by the things
[00:19:23] that are made.
[00:19:23] And all you have to do
[00:19:24] is learn to stir up
[00:19:25] the conscience.
[00:19:26] Stay away from the intellect.
[00:19:27] That's the place
[00:19:28] of contention.
[00:19:30] Romans 8 verse 7.
[00:19:31] Go to the conscience
[00:19:32] which is the place
[00:19:33] of the knowledge
[00:19:33] of right and wrong.
[00:19:34] And that conscience
[00:19:35] is like an impartial judge
[00:19:37] on the courtroom
[00:19:38] of the mind.
[00:19:38] It'll agree
[00:19:39] with those 10 commandments
[00:19:40] and show the sinner
[00:19:41] that he desperately
[00:19:42] needs a savior
[00:19:43] and makes the cross
[00:19:44] make sense.
[00:19:44] So Living Waters YouTube,
[00:19:46] there's also another one
[00:19:47] called Just Witnessing
[00:19:48] which is Just Witnessing
[00:19:50] and Ray Comfort
[00:19:52] or Living Waters.
[00:19:54] Again, I might just mention
[00:19:55] the Evidence Study Bible.
[00:19:56] Of course, we just mentioned
[00:19:57] of course the fact
[00:19:58] that you have
[00:19:58] the Living Waters podcast,
[00:20:00] Living Waters TV
[00:20:00] and of course
[00:20:01] the YouTube channel
[00:20:02] and all the rest.
[00:20:03] So Ray Comfort
[00:20:04] as always
[00:20:05] just great material.
[00:20:07] Latest book
[00:20:08] 50 years of open air
[00:20:10] preaching
[00:20:10] everything I've learned
[00:20:12] about 160 pages
[00:20:13] available through your website
[00:20:14] and certainly
[00:20:15] we've made available
[00:20:16] it on the website as well.
[00:20:18] So Ray Comfort
[00:20:19] Merry Christmas
[00:20:20] and as always
[00:20:20] thank you for being
[00:20:21] with us today.
[00:20:22] Thank you, Kathy.
[00:20:23] God bless you.
[00:20:24] Going to take a break
[00:20:25] and when we come back
[00:20:26] we'll get into some issues
[00:20:27] in the news.
[00:20:28] We've got quite a bit
[00:20:29] to cover.
[00:20:30] Probably won't cover
[00:20:31] all of it today
[00:20:31] but we'll do what we can.
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[00:20:34] just a few minutes ago
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[00:23:13] back once again
[00:23:14] it is of course
[00:23:14] Christmas week
[00:23:15] and we do
[00:23:16] encourage you
[00:23:17] to listen to
[00:23:17] pointofview
[00:23:18] when you can
[00:23:18] just as a program
[00:23:20] note
[00:23:20] I might just
[00:23:20] mention that
[00:23:21] tomorrow
[00:23:21] we actually
[00:23:22] will be
[00:23:22] playing a tape
[00:23:23] we have the
[00:23:24] interview
[00:23:24] that I've done
[00:23:25] with Cal Thomas
[00:23:26] was a very good
[00:23:27] interview
[00:23:27] and I thought
[00:23:28] you would
[00:23:28] appreciate that
[00:23:29] and the second
[00:23:30] hour will be
[00:23:30] playing the
[00:23:31] interview
[00:23:31] that I did
[00:23:32] in studio
[00:23:33] with Cindy Brinker
[00:23:34] Simmons
[00:23:34] and I think
[00:23:35] both of them
[00:23:36] are outstanding
[00:23:36] and so if you
[00:23:37] did not have a chance
[00:23:38] to hear them
[00:23:43] the first hour
[00:23:44] actually I've put
[00:23:45] together a series
[00:23:46] of commentaries
[00:23:48] on Christmas carols
[00:23:49] if you actually
[00:23:51] have signed up
[00:23:52] to receive my
[00:23:53] Viewpoints commentaries
[00:23:54] I've been doing
[00:23:55] quite a number
[00:23:55] of those
[00:23:56] over the last week
[00:23:57] and that was
[00:23:58] in one hour
[00:23:59] an attempt
[00:23:59] to look at
[00:24:00] many of those
[00:24:01] and talk about
[00:24:02] some of the
[00:24:02] theology behind
[00:24:03] these various
[00:24:05] hymns that we
[00:24:06] sing at Christmas
[00:24:07] second hour
[00:24:09] we'll have
[00:24:10] Sy Gart
[00:24:10] talking about
[00:24:11] the whole issue
[00:24:12] of atheism
[00:24:13] and the
[00:24:14] kind of
[00:24:14] the parasitic
[00:24:15] mind
[00:24:15] then we'll be
[00:24:16] back to live
[00:24:17] programs
[00:24:17] the day after
[00:24:18] Christmas
[00:24:18] we have
[00:24:19] well Tim Wildman
[00:24:20] will be with us
[00:24:20] by phone
[00:24:21] we'll have
[00:24:22] Lathan Watts
[00:24:22] in studio
[00:24:23] with us
[00:24:23] for entire
[00:24:24] two hours
[00:24:24] and then on
[00:24:25] Friday
[00:24:25] also we'll
[00:24:26] have for
[00:24:27] two hours
[00:24:27] Kelly Shackelford
[00:24:28] and Dr.
[00:24:29] Merrill Matthews
[00:24:30] so lots to
[00:24:31] cover
[00:24:31] and let's
[00:24:32] get into
[00:24:33] it
[00:24:33] the first
[00:24:34] is to
[00:24:35] ask
[00:24:35] what is
[00:24:36] the lie
[00:24:36] of the year
[00:24:37] well our
[00:24:38] friends at
[00:24:39] PolitiFact
[00:24:39] and I'm
[00:24:40] putting that
[00:24:40] friends in quotes
[00:24:41] because
[00:24:42] they're not
[00:24:42] really big
[00:24:43] friends
[00:24:43] said oh
[00:24:44] well the
[00:24:45] lie of the
[00:24:45] year is
[00:24:46] when Donald
[00:24:46] Trump and
[00:24:46] J.D.
[00:24:47] Vance
[00:24:47] talked about
[00:24:48] migrants
[00:24:48] eating cats
[00:24:49] and dogs
[00:24:50] and you
[00:24:52] just have to
[00:24:52] say that
[00:24:53] first of all
[00:24:54] was not
[00:24:55] that significant
[00:24:55] second of
[00:24:57] all if you're
[00:24:57] talking about
[00:24:58] a lie
[00:24:58] I know I
[00:24:59] tend to be
[00:24:59] a literalist
[00:25:00] a lie
[00:25:01] is when
[00:25:01] somebody
[00:25:01] tells you
[00:25:02] something they
[00:25:03] know is
[00:25:03] not true
[00:25:04] they know
[00:25:05] the facts
[00:25:06] and they
[00:25:06] lie about
[00:25:07] it
[00:25:07] in this
[00:25:08] case there
[00:25:09] were some
[00:25:09] rumors
[00:25:10] coming around
[00:25:11] by the way
[00:25:11] I'm not
[00:25:12] sure all
[00:25:12] of them
[00:25:12] are false
[00:25:13] by the
[00:25:13] way
[00:25:14] of some
[00:25:15] individuals
[00:25:15] collecting
[00:25:17] some of
[00:25:17] these animals
[00:25:18] the ducks
[00:25:18] and everything
[00:25:19] but nevertheless
[00:25:20] I think you
[00:25:22] really would
[00:25:22] have difficulty
[00:25:23] considering that
[00:25:24] the lie
[00:25:25] of the year
[00:25:25] because everybody
[00:25:26] knows what
[00:25:27] the lie
[00:25:27] of the year
[00:25:28] is and
[00:25:28] that is the
[00:25:29] fact that
[00:25:30] we have had
[00:25:31] for essentially
[00:25:32] four years
[00:25:33] now that we
[00:25:34] have this new
[00:25:35] study that has
[00:25:37] come out through
[00:25:37] the Wall Street
[00:25:38] Journal and
[00:25:38] others telling
[00:25:39] us what we
[00:25:40] already knew
[00:25:41] and that
[00:25:41] is President
[00:25:43] Joe Biden
[00:25:43] was not up
[00:25:44] to the task
[00:25:45] and in this
[00:25:47] particular first
[00:25:48] article Beckett
[00:25:49] Adams says
[00:25:50] that the only
[00:25:50] thing worse
[00:25:51] than a villain
[00:25:52] is an
[00:25:53] unrepentant
[00:25:54] one and he
[00:25:55] begins by
[00:25:55] reminding us
[00:25:56] that the
[00:25:57] Atlanta Journal
[00:25:58] Constitution
[00:25:58] is just
[00:26:00] someone that
[00:26:01] existed because
[00:26:02] they were
[00:26:03] engaged in
[00:26:04] if you will
[00:26:05] railroading
[00:26:06] Richard Jewell
[00:26:08] falsely
[00:26:09] reporting
[00:26:09] that he
[00:26:10] was the
[00:26:10] perpetrator
[00:26:11] under the
[00:26:11] 1996
[00:26:12] Olympic
[00:26:13] bombing
[00:26:14] and refused
[00:26:15] to apologize
[00:26:16] for the role
[00:26:17] they had in
[00:26:17] ruining his
[00:26:18] life
[00:26:19] well here
[00:26:20] is a good
[00:26:21] example
[00:26:21] of the fact
[00:26:22] that PolitiFact
[00:26:23] who has been
[00:26:24] telling us
[00:26:25] as well as
[00:26:26] all sorts of
[00:26:27] people in the
[00:26:27] media
[00:26:28] people in the
[00:26:28] White House
[00:26:29] and the rest
[00:26:30] that Joe
[00:26:31] Biden is what
[00:26:32] sharp as a
[00:26:33] tack
[00:26:33] remember how
[00:26:34] many times
[00:26:34] you heard that
[00:26:35] sharp as
[00:26:36] a tack
[00:26:36] so
[00:26:37] Beckett
[00:26:37] Adams
[00:26:38] takes this
[00:26:38] on
[00:26:39] and what
[00:26:40] you are
[00:26:40] seeing is
[00:26:41] an attempt
[00:26:41] to try to
[00:26:42] cover their
[00:26:43] behinds is a
[00:26:45] nice way to
[00:26:45] put it
[00:26:46] you had just
[00:26:47] the other day
[00:26:48] revelation that
[00:26:49] a member of
[00:26:50] Congress
[00:26:51] Kay Granger
[00:26:52] has not
[00:26:53] voted
[00:26:54] since
[00:26:55] when
[00:26:56] July
[00:26:56] this is
[00:26:58] the member
[00:26:59] of Congress
[00:26:59] from the
[00:27:00] Fort Worth
[00:27:01] area
[00:27:01] Kay Granger
[00:27:02] has only
[00:27:03] been to
[00:27:06] Capitol Hill
[00:27:07] basically in
[00:27:07] November
[00:27:08] when they were
[00:27:09] honoring her
[00:27:09] but she has
[00:27:10] not cast a
[00:27:11] vote
[00:27:12] since July
[00:27:14] and of course
[00:27:15] part of that
[00:27:15] has to do
[00:27:16] with dementia
[00:27:17] but they pick
[00:27:18] out her
[00:27:18] because she's
[00:27:19] a Republican
[00:27:20] but you could
[00:27:20] just as easily
[00:27:21] pick out
[00:27:21] Dianne Feinstein
[00:27:22] who's a
[00:27:23] Democrat
[00:27:23] who was not
[00:27:24] up to the
[00:27:25] task as well
[00:27:26] so there's
[00:27:26] a lot of
[00:27:27] attempt to
[00:27:28] try to
[00:27:28] reflect
[00:27:29] or maybe
[00:27:30] redirect
[00:27:31] attention
[00:27:32] away from
[00:27:32] the fact
[00:27:33] that
[00:27:33] for a
[00:27:34] long time
[00:27:35] the press
[00:27:36] has been
[00:27:36] telling us
[00:27:37] again
[00:27:37] here's the
[00:27:38] quote
[00:27:38] Joe Biden
[00:27:40] is as sharp
[00:27:41] as a tack
[00:27:41] and the
[00:27:42] assertion
[00:27:43] that Joe
[00:27:43] Biden
[00:27:43] is as sharp
[00:27:44] as a tack
[00:27:44] Beckett
[00:27:45] Adams
[00:27:45] says
[00:27:45] represents
[00:27:46] a widespread
[00:27:48] conspiracy
[00:27:48] of deception
[00:27:50] across the
[00:27:51] media
[00:27:52] and the
[00:27:52] government
[00:27:53] the lie
[00:27:54] relied
[00:27:54] on dozens
[00:27:55] if not
[00:27:56] hundreds
[00:27:56] of
[00:27:57] willing
[00:27:57] participants
[00:27:58] inside
[00:27:59] and outside
[00:27:59] the White
[00:28:00] House
[00:28:00] an army
[00:28:01] of White
[00:28:01] House
[00:28:02] staffers
[00:28:02] activists
[00:28:03] Biden
[00:28:04] loyalists
[00:28:05] politicals
[00:28:06] legislators
[00:28:06] all
[00:28:07] participated
[00:28:08] along with
[00:28:09] several
[00:28:10] journalists
[00:28:10] pundits
[00:28:11] and
[00:28:11] commentators
[00:28:12] now again
[00:28:13] I could
[00:28:14] go through
[00:28:14] the long
[00:28:15] list
[00:28:15] but the
[00:28:16] Wall Street
[00:28:16] Journal
[00:28:17] points out
[00:28:17] that one
[00:28:18] of these
[00:28:18] particular
[00:28:19] meetings
[00:28:20] was canceled
[00:28:21] in 2021
[00:28:22] Joe Biden
[00:28:23] took office
[00:28:24] in 2021
[00:28:25] and within
[00:28:26] a few
[00:28:27] months
[00:28:27] some
[00:28:28] of these
[00:28:28] meetings
[00:28:29] were
[00:28:29] canceled
[00:28:30] because
[00:28:30] as one
[00:28:31] of the
[00:28:31] individuals
[00:28:32] said to
[00:28:33] an aide
[00:28:33] who was
[00:28:34] interviewed
[00:28:34] Joe Biden
[00:28:35] has good
[00:28:36] days
[00:28:36] and bad
[00:28:36] days
[00:28:37] today
[00:28:37] was a
[00:28:38] bad
[00:28:38] day
[00:28:38] so we'll
[00:28:38] just wait
[00:28:39] till tomorrow
[00:28:39] to focus
[00:28:40] on some
[00:28:41] of these
[00:28:41] military
[00:28:41] issues
[00:28:42] you can
[00:28:43] go back
[00:28:43] to even
[00:28:44] just the
[00:28:44] last year
[00:28:45] October
[00:28:46] 26
[00:28:46] 2023
[00:28:48] NBC
[00:28:48] news
[00:28:49] excuse me
[00:28:50] Republicans
[00:28:51] float
[00:28:51] a quiet
[00:28:52] conspiracy
[00:28:53] theory
[00:28:53] that Biden
[00:28:54] won't be
[00:28:55] on the
[00:28:55] ballot
[00:28:55] Los Angeles
[00:28:56] Times
[00:28:57] February
[00:28:57] 13
[00:28:58] 2024
[00:28:59] anyone
[00:29:00] hoping
[00:29:00] California
[00:29:01] Governor
[00:29:01] Gavin
[00:29:01] Newsom
[00:29:02] or some
[00:29:03] other
[00:29:03] Democrat
[00:29:03] will take
[00:29:04] Joe Biden's
[00:29:04] place
[00:29:05] on the
[00:29:05] 2024
[00:29:05] presidential
[00:29:06] ballot
[00:29:07] is likely
[00:29:07] to be
[00:29:08] disappointed
[00:29:08] despite
[00:29:09] renewed
[00:29:10] anxiety
[00:29:10] over the
[00:29:11] president's
[00:29:11] age
[00:29:11] 81
[00:29:12] party
[00:29:12] officials
[00:29:13] say
[00:29:13] swapping
[00:29:14] him out
[00:29:14] is a
[00:29:14] bad
[00:29:15] idea
[00:29:15] April
[00:29:16] 7
[00:29:16] 2024
[00:29:17] Biden
[00:29:18] is really
[00:29:18] running
[00:29:18] in November
[00:29:19] New York
[00:29:20] Times
[00:29:20] July 12
[00:29:21] 2024
[00:29:21] for years
[00:29:23] far-right
[00:29:23] commentators
[00:29:24] have floated
[00:29:25] a conspiracy
[00:29:26] theory
[00:29:27] that Democratic
[00:29:28] Party elites
[00:29:28] were secretly
[00:29:29] plotting to
[00:29:30] replace President
[00:29:31] Biden on the
[00:29:32] ticket
[00:29:32] a switcheroo
[00:29:33] that would
[00:29:33] give the
[00:29:34] party an
[00:29:34] advantage
[00:29:35] in November
[00:29:35] and then
[00:29:36] what happened
[00:29:36] the switcheroo
[00:29:38] of course
[00:29:38] and so
[00:29:40] then you
[00:29:40] have
[00:29:41] then you
[00:29:42] go back
[00:29:43] in this
[00:29:43] article
[00:29:44] to
[00:29:44] when even
[00:29:45] in 2022
[00:29:47] arguments
[00:29:48] being made
[00:29:49] that these
[00:29:49] were cheap
[00:29:50] fakes
[00:29:50] viral videos
[00:29:52] showing
[00:29:52] particular
[00:29:54] times
[00:29:54] when Joe
[00:29:55] Biden
[00:29:55] was not
[00:29:56] up to
[00:29:57] it
[00:29:57] well
[00:29:58] they were
[00:29:58] just
[00:29:59] taking
[00:29:59] them
[00:29:59] out of
[00:29:59] context
[00:30:00] you even
[00:30:01] have
[00:30:01] PolitiFact
[00:30:02] doing a
[00:30:03] fact check
[00:30:03] published
[00:30:04] earlier
[00:30:05] this year
[00:30:06] saying
[00:30:06] Donald Trump
[00:30:07] supporters
[00:30:07] have pushed
[00:30:08] deceptively
[00:30:09] edited
[00:30:09] videos
[00:30:10] of President
[00:30:10] Joe
[00:30:11] Biden
[00:30:11] to cast
[00:30:12] doubt
[00:30:12] on his
[00:30:13] mental
[00:30:13] and physical
[00:30:14] fitness
[00:30:15] now the
[00:30:16] two
[00:30:16] campaigns
[00:30:16] are putting
[00:30:17] their own
[00:30:17] political
[00:30:18] spin
[00:30:18] on the
[00:30:19] definition
[00:30:20] of
[00:30:20] cheap
[00:30:21] fakes
[00:30:21] and
[00:30:22] an
[00:30:22] example
[00:30:23] of
[00:30:23] cheap
[00:30:23] fake
[00:30:24] interestingly
[00:30:24] enough
[00:30:25] involves
[00:30:25] the
[00:30:26] actor
[00:30:26] George
[00:30:27] Clooney
[00:30:27] so I'll
[00:30:28] end
[00:30:28] with this
[00:30:29] one
[00:30:29] because
[00:30:30] it's
[00:30:30] just
[00:30:30] an
[00:30:30] illustration
[00:30:31] of
[00:30:31] a
[00:30:32] long
[00:30:32] series
[00:30:33] of
[00:30:33] things
[00:30:33] that
[00:30:34] took
[00:30:34] place
[00:30:34] but
[00:30:35] again
[00:30:35] Beckett
[00:30:36] Adams
[00:30:36] puts
[00:30:36] it
[00:30:36] this
[00:30:37] way
[00:30:37] an
[00:30:38] example
[00:30:38] of
[00:30:38] cheek
[00:30:38] fake
[00:30:39] the
[00:30:40] article
[00:30:40] specifically
[00:30:41] mentions
[00:30:42] of
[00:30:42] video
[00:30:42] from
[00:30:43] 2024
[00:30:43] a
[00:30:44] fundraising
[00:30:44] event
[00:30:45] in
[00:30:45] Los
[00:30:45] Angeles
[00:30:46] featuring
[00:30:47] George
[00:30:47] Clooney
[00:30:48] where
[00:30:49] Biden
[00:30:49] needed
[00:30:50] assistance
[00:30:50] exiting
[00:30:51] the
[00:30:52] stage
[00:30:52] the
[00:30:53] footage
[00:30:53] depicts
[00:30:54] Biden
[00:30:54] freezing
[00:30:55] up
[00:30:55] which
[00:30:56] prompted
[00:30:56] former
[00:30:57] President
[00:30:57] Barack
[00:30:58] Obama
[00:30:58] to
[00:30:58] guide
[00:30:59] the
[00:30:59] current
[00:30:59] commander
[00:31:00] in
[00:31:01] chief
[00:31:01] away
[00:31:01] from
[00:31:02] the
[00:31:02] stage
[00:31:02] leading
[00:31:03] him
[00:31:03] by
[00:31:03] the
[00:31:04] hand
[00:31:04] as
[00:31:04] one
[00:31:04] might
[00:31:04] do
[00:31:05] with
[00:31:05] a
[00:31:05] child
[00:31:05] but
[00:31:06] don't
[00:31:06] worry
[00:31:07] PolitiFact
[00:31:07] reassured
[00:31:08] readers
[00:31:08] at the
[00:31:09] time
[00:31:09] that
[00:31:10] the
[00:31:10] video
[00:31:10] was merely
[00:31:11] a
[00:31:11] cheap
[00:31:12] fake
[00:31:12] what's
[00:31:13] so
[00:31:13] interesting
[00:31:14] is
[00:31:14] that
[00:31:15] after
[00:31:15] all
[00:31:15] of
[00:31:16] this
[00:31:16] has
[00:31:16] transpired
[00:31:17] and
[00:31:18] of
[00:31:18] course
[00:31:18] they
[00:31:18] decided
[00:31:19] to
[00:31:19] switch
[00:31:19] out
[00:31:20] Joe
[00:31:20] Biden
[00:31:20] for
[00:31:21] Kamala
[00:31:21] Harris
[00:31:21] then
[00:31:22] George
[00:31:22] Clooney
[00:31:23] actually
[00:31:23] wrote
[00:31:24] an
[00:31:24] opinion
[00:31:25] piece
[00:31:25] revealing
[00:31:26] revealing
[00:31:27] that
[00:31:27] the
[00:31:27] Los
[00:31:27] Angeles
[00:31:28] fundraising
[00:31:28] event
[00:31:29] the
[00:31:30] so
[00:31:30] called
[00:31:30] chief
[00:31:31] fake
[00:31:31] event
[00:31:31] was
[00:31:32] when
[00:31:32] he
[00:31:32] realized
[00:31:33] that
[00:31:34] Biden
[00:31:34] was
[00:31:34] no
[00:31:34] longer
[00:31:35] mentally
[00:31:35] or
[00:31:36] physically
[00:31:36] able
[00:31:37] of
[00:31:37] actually
[00:31:38] serving
[00:31:38] in
[00:31:39] office
[00:31:39] and
[00:31:40] so
[00:31:40] the
[00:31:41] White
[00:31:41] House
[00:31:41] and
[00:31:42] the
[00:31:42] national
[00:31:43] press
[00:31:43] as it
[00:31:43] says
[00:31:44] tried
[00:31:44] to
[00:31:45] conceal
[00:31:45] Biden's
[00:31:46] decline
[00:31:47] they
[00:31:47] failed
[00:31:48] only
[00:31:48] because
[00:31:48] Biden
[00:31:49] himself
[00:31:49] exposed
[00:31:50] the
[00:31:50] extent
[00:31:51] of his
[00:31:51] infirmities
[00:31:52] during
[00:31:53] the
[00:31:53] disastrous
[00:31:54] June
[00:31:54] presidential
[00:31:55] debate
[00:31:56] of course
[00:31:57] the lie
[00:31:57] led to
[00:31:58] Biden's
[00:31:59] ouster
[00:31:59] and
[00:32:00] eventually
[00:32:00] was
[00:32:01] too
[00:32:01] late
[00:32:01] resulted
[00:32:02] in
[00:32:02] a
[00:32:02] Democratic
[00:32:03] defeat
[00:32:03] in
[00:32:03] November
[00:32:04] putting
[00:32:05] Trump
[00:32:05] back
[00:32:05] in
[00:32:05] power
[00:32:06] Trump's
[00:32:07] re-election
[00:32:07] will
[00:32:07] reshape
[00:32:08] two
[00:32:08] major
[00:32:09] global
[00:32:10] conflicts
[00:32:10] and
[00:32:11] dismantle
[00:32:11] the
[00:32:12] remains
[00:32:12] of the
[00:32:13] Clinton
[00:32:13] Obama
[00:32:14] and
[00:32:14] Bush
[00:32:15] political
[00:32:15] machines
[00:32:16] according
[00:32:17] to
[00:32:17] Beckett
[00:32:17] Adams
[00:32:18] the
[00:32:18] Biden
[00:32:19] lie
[00:32:19] has
[00:32:20] domestic
[00:32:20] and
[00:32:20] international
[00:32:21] repercussions
[00:32:22] it's a
[00:32:23] lie
[00:32:23] that has
[00:32:23] left
[00:32:23] the
[00:32:23] United
[00:32:24] States
[00:32:24] effectively
[00:32:25] leaderless
[00:32:26] the
[00:32:27] leading
[00:32:27] global
[00:32:28] nuclear
[00:32:29] superpower
[00:32:29] is
[00:32:30] experiencing
[00:32:30] something
[00:32:31] akin
[00:32:31] to
[00:32:31] a
[00:32:31] power
[00:32:32] vacuum
[00:32:32] the
[00:32:33] world
[00:32:33] leaders
[00:32:34] are
[00:32:34] acutely
[00:32:34] aware
[00:32:35] of it
[00:32:35] just
[00:32:36] ask
[00:32:36] Israel
[00:32:36] which
[00:32:37] currently
[00:32:37] is
[00:32:38] reenacting
[00:32:38] some
[00:32:39] of
[00:32:39] these
[00:32:40] issues
[00:32:40] right
[00:32:40] now
[00:32:41] and
[00:32:41] of
[00:32:42] course
[00:32:42] you
[00:32:42] could
[00:32:42] also
[00:32:43] ask
[00:32:43] China
[00:32:44] and
[00:32:44] Russia
[00:32:44] if
[00:32:45] they
[00:32:45] would
[00:32:45] be
[00:32:45] honest
[00:32:46] and
[00:32:46] this
[00:32:47] is
[00:32:47] if
[00:32:47] you
[00:32:48] really
[00:32:48] want
[00:32:48] to
[00:32:48] try
[00:32:49] to
[00:32:49] find
[00:32:49] the
[00:32:50] lie
[00:32:50] of
[00:32:51] the
[00:32:51] year
[00:32:51] it's
[00:32:52] not
[00:32:53] about
[00:32:53] whether
[00:32:53] or
[00:32:54] not
[00:32:54] there
[00:32:54] were
[00:32:54] migrants
[00:32:55] in
[00:32:55] Ohio
[00:32:55] eating
[00:32:59] year
[00:32:59] is
[00:33:00] something
[00:33:00] which
[00:33:01] many
[00:33:01] people
[00:33:02] say
[00:33:02] is
[00:33:02] as
[00:33:03] bad
[00:33:03] if
[00:33:04] not
[00:33:04] worse
[00:33:05] than
[00:33:05] the
[00:33:06] lie
[00:33:06] around
[00:33:06] Woodrow
[00:33:07] Wilson
[00:33:07] when
[00:33:08] he
[00:33:08] suffered
[00:33:09] a
[00:33:09] stroke
[00:33:09] and
[00:33:10] his
[00:33:10] wife
[00:33:10] protected
[00:33:11] him
[00:33:11] from
[00:33:12] everyone
[00:33:12] and
[00:33:13] basically
[00:33:13] she
[00:33:14] ran
[00:33:14] the
[00:33:14] country
[00:33:15] for
[00:33:15] some
[00:33:15] time
[00:33:16] we
[00:33:17] certainly
[00:33:17] recognize
[00:33:18] the need
[00:33:19] for
[00:33:19] mental
[00:33:20] acuity
[00:33:20] and
[00:33:21] the
[00:33:22] fact
[00:33:22] that
[00:33:22] so
[00:33:22] many
[00:33:23] of
[00:33:23] us
[00:33:23] were
[00:33:23] told
[00:33:24] that
[00:33:24] we
[00:33:24] just
[00:33:25] should
[00:33:25] not
[00:33:26] make
[00:33:26] these
[00:33:27] kinds
[00:33:27] of
[00:33:27] statements
[00:33:27] when
[00:33:28] it
[00:33:28] was
[00:33:28] pretty
[00:33:29] obvious
[00:33:29] to
[00:33:30] most
[00:33:30] of
[00:33:30] us
[00:33:31] indeed
[00:33:31] what
[00:33:32] was
[00:33:32] taking
[00:33:32] place
[00:33:32] so
[00:33:33] if
[00:33:33] you're
[00:33:33] looking
[00:33:34] for
[00:33:34] the
[00:33:34] lie
[00:33:34] of
[00:33:35] the
[00:33:35] year
[00:33:35] I
[00:33:36] think
[00:33:36] the
[00:33:36] one
[00:33:37] that
[00:33:37] qualifies
[00:33:38] most
[00:33:38] is
[00:33:39] the
[00:33:39] Joe
[00:33:39] Biden
[00:33:40] cover up
[00:33:41] we'll
[00:33:42] take a
[00:33:42] break
[00:33:42] we have
[00:33:43] more
[00:33:43] to
[00:33:43] cover
[00:33:43] right
[00:33:44] after
[00:33:44] this
[00:33:55] you're
[00:33:56] listening
[00:33:56] to
[00:33:56] point
[00:33:57] of
[00:33:57] view
[00:33:58] your
[00:33:58] listener
[00:33:59] supported
[00:33:59] source
[00:34:00] for
[00:34:00] truth
[00:34:01] back
[00:34:01] for a few
[00:34:01] more
[00:34:02] minutes
[00:34:02] and let me
[00:34:02] just first
[00:34:03] of all
[00:34:03] say that
[00:34:03] we have
[00:34:04] avoided
[00:34:04] a government
[00:34:05] shutdown
[00:34:05] go to the
[00:34:06] website
[00:34:07] you'll notice
[00:34:07] we still
[00:34:08] have the
[00:34:08] take action
[00:34:09] item
[00:34:09] avoid a
[00:34:10] government
[00:34:10] shutdown
[00:34:10] but we
[00:34:11] eventually
[00:34:12] did or
[00:34:13] the members
[00:34:13] of congress
[00:34:14] did I
[00:34:14] don't know
[00:34:15] how much
[00:34:15] credit
[00:34:15] we can all
[00:34:16] take but
[00:34:16] we'll hope
[00:34:17] for
[00:34:17] any kind
[00:34:18] of success
[00:34:19] but in the
[00:34:21] midst of this
[00:34:21] I also wanted
[00:34:22] to post this
[00:34:23] piece by
[00:34:23] Rebecca
[00:34:24] Downs
[00:34:24] because
[00:34:25] you are
[00:34:26] even in
[00:34:27] the midst
[00:34:28] of trying
[00:34:28] to keep
[00:34:29] the government
[00:34:29] funding
[00:34:30] there is
[00:34:31] always the
[00:34:32] tendency
[00:34:33] to try
[00:34:34] to use
[00:34:35] any
[00:34:35] possible
[00:34:36] slight
[00:34:37] any kind
[00:34:38] of non-vote
[00:34:39] to attack
[00:34:40] some of the
[00:34:41] people on
[00:34:42] the other
[00:34:42] side of
[00:34:43] the aisle
[00:34:43] I've never
[00:34:44] understood it
[00:34:45] because
[00:34:45] if you
[00:34:46] criticize
[00:34:47] if you're
[00:34:47] a democrat
[00:34:48] criticizing
[00:34:49] a republican
[00:34:49] say like
[00:34:50] Rand Paul
[00:34:51] he's going
[00:34:51] to be
[00:34:52] criticized
[00:34:52] in a minute
[00:34:52] or even
[00:34:53] if you're
[00:34:54] criticizing
[00:34:54] Elon Musk
[00:34:55] which he
[00:34:56] gets criticized
[00:34:56] as well
[00:34:57] you might
[00:34:58] have to
[00:34:58] work with
[00:34:59] Rand Paul
[00:34:59] on a piece
[00:35:00] of legislation
[00:35:01] later
[00:35:01] and you
[00:35:02] always are
[00:35:03] going to be
[00:35:04] hoping that
[00:35:04] they have
[00:35:05] a thick
[00:35:05] enough skin
[00:35:05] that they
[00:35:06] don't
[00:35:06] want to
[00:35:07] just say
[00:35:07] no you
[00:35:08] really
[00:35:09] embarrassed
[00:35:09] me in
[00:35:10] front of
[00:35:10] a national
[00:35:11] audience
[00:35:11] why should
[00:35:12] I work
[00:35:12] with you
[00:35:12] this time
[00:35:13] I'm not
[00:35:14] sure I
[00:35:14] want to
[00:35:14] pick a
[00:35:14] fight
[00:35:14] with
[00:35:15] Elon
[00:35:15] Musk
[00:35:15] because he
[00:35:16] might
[00:35:17] actually
[00:35:17] recommend
[00:35:17] that he
[00:35:18] cut one
[00:35:19] of your
[00:35:20] favorite
[00:35:20] programs
[00:35:21] but nevertheless
[00:35:22] that's what
[00:35:23] has been
[00:35:24] taking place
[00:35:25] and it turns
[00:35:26] out that on
[00:35:27] Thursday
[00:35:27] there was
[00:35:29] a concern
[00:35:29] represented by
[00:35:30] Senator Rand
[00:35:31] Paul
[00:35:32] about a
[00:35:33] bill
[00:35:33] that had
[00:35:35] to do
[00:35:35] with
[00:35:35] it's called
[00:35:36] the Gabriela
[00:35:37] Miller
[00:35:38] Kids First
[00:35:39] Research Act
[00:35:40] which would
[00:35:41] actually provide
[00:35:42] funding for
[00:35:43] cancer research
[00:35:44] and what
[00:35:46] you had
[00:35:46] almost
[00:35:46] immediately
[00:35:47] when he
[00:35:47] raised the
[00:35:48] question
[00:35:48] as to
[00:35:49] whether or
[00:35:49] not this
[00:35:50] would be
[00:35:51] an overlap
[00:35:51] of something
[00:35:52] we already
[00:35:52] have funding
[00:35:53] for
[00:35:53] he had
[00:35:54] Chris Hayes
[00:35:55] saying OMG
[00:35:56] the Republicans
[00:35:57] want to kill
[00:35:58] children with
[00:35:59] cancer
[00:35:59] it turns out
[00:36:01] the next day
[00:36:01] the proposal
[00:36:02] was passed
[00:36:03] and it
[00:36:04] actually been
[00:36:04] sitting on
[00:36:05] the desk
[00:36:05] of Senator
[00:36:06] Chuck Schumer
[00:36:06] since March
[00:36:07] but it's a
[00:36:09] good illustration
[00:36:09] of how
[00:36:11] in the midst
[00:36:12] of some
[00:36:12] of these
[00:36:12] budget
[00:36:13] negotiations
[00:36:14] because
[00:36:15] Chuck Schumer
[00:36:15] decided that
[00:36:16] he would
[00:36:16] just lump
[00:36:17] it together
[00:36:17] in that
[00:36:18] 1500 page
[00:36:20] monstrosity
[00:36:21] which started
[00:36:22] out as a
[00:36:23] 20 page
[00:36:24] attempt to
[00:36:25] just have
[00:36:25] a continuing
[00:36:26] resolution
[00:36:27] that then
[00:36:28] when that
[00:36:29] wasn't part
[00:36:29] of that
[00:36:30] that was
[00:36:30] used to
[00:36:31] actually argue
[00:36:32] that Rand
[00:36:34] Paul
[00:36:34] and the
[00:36:35] Republicans
[00:36:36] wanted to
[00:36:37] do what
[00:36:37] they can
[00:36:38] to make
[00:36:39] sure that
[00:36:39] we can
[00:36:40] kill
[00:36:40] children
[00:36:40] with cancer
[00:36:41] okay
[00:36:42] I hope
[00:36:42] you understand
[00:36:43] that that
[00:36:44] made no
[00:36:44] sense
[00:36:45] at all
[00:36:45] and Rebecca
[00:36:46] Downs
[00:36:47] points out
[00:36:47] that after
[00:36:47] the monstrosity
[00:36:48] of a plan
[00:36:49] to avert
[00:36:50] a government
[00:36:50] shutdown
[00:36:51] failed
[00:36:51] Democrats
[00:36:52] went on
[00:36:52] all sorts
[00:36:53] of wild
[00:36:53] narratives
[00:36:54] blaming
[00:36:55] Republicans
[00:36:56] among the
[00:36:56] most popular
[00:36:57] was to
[00:36:58] lament how
[00:36:59] the earlier
[00:36:59] version
[00:37:00] of this
[00:37:00] 1500 page
[00:37:01] bill
[00:37:02] included
[00:37:02] research
[00:37:03] for pediatric
[00:37:04] cancer research
[00:37:05] while the
[00:37:06] newer version
[00:37:07] which of course
[00:37:08] was about
[00:37:09] 40 pages
[00:37:10] if I remember
[00:37:10] right
[00:37:10] did not
[00:37:12] have it
[00:37:12] but then
[00:37:13] of course
[00:37:13] what you
[00:37:14] had is
[00:37:14] the house
[00:37:16] actually
[00:37:16] passed the
[00:37:17] particular
[00:37:18] bill
[00:37:18] on March
[00:37:19] 5th
[00:37:20] and it's
[00:37:21] been sitting
[00:37:22] on the
[00:37:22] desk of
[00:37:23] Chuck
[00:37:23] Schumer
[00:37:24] since March
[00:37:25] 5th
[00:37:25] and then
[00:37:27] nothing was
[00:37:28] done with
[00:37:29] it
[00:37:29] ultimately
[00:37:30] and so
[00:37:31] as a result
[00:37:32] then you have
[00:37:32] some others
[00:37:33] for example
[00:37:34] representative
[00:37:34] Alexandria
[00:37:35] Ocasio-Cortez
[00:37:36] AOC
[00:37:37] lashed out
[00:37:38] on social
[00:37:38] media
[00:37:39] against
[00:37:39] Republicans
[00:37:40] not only
[00:37:41] did she
[00:37:41] fail
[00:37:42] as Rebecca
[00:37:42] Downs
[00:37:43] points out
[00:37:43] to
[00:37:44] acknowledge
[00:37:45] that the
[00:37:45] bill had
[00:37:46] already
[00:37:46] passed
[00:37:46] her
[00:37:47] chamber
[00:37:47] the
[00:37:48] bill
[00:37:48] passed
[00:37:49] 384
[00:37:50] to 4
[00:37:50] okay
[00:37:51] since
[00:37:52] March
[00:37:52] all it
[00:37:53] had to
[00:37:54] do
[00:37:54] is be
[00:37:55] taken up
[00:37:56] and voted
[00:37:56] on in the
[00:37:57] Senate
[00:37:57] and then
[00:37:58] we would
[00:37:58] fund
[00:37:58] pediatric
[00:37:59] cancer
[00:37:59] research
[00:38:00] does that
[00:38:01] make sense
[00:38:01] of course
[00:38:02] it does
[00:38:02] but
[00:38:03] then
[00:38:04] she
[00:38:04] then
[00:38:05] not only
[00:38:05] blamed
[00:38:06] the
[00:38:06] Republicans
[00:38:06] then she
[00:38:07] went to
[00:38:07] blaming
[00:38:08] Elon Musk
[00:38:09] why
[00:38:09] well
[00:38:10] because
[00:38:10] Elon Musk
[00:38:11] is one
[00:38:11] of those
[00:38:11] who said
[00:38:12] we don't
[00:38:13] need this
[00:38:13] 1500 page
[00:38:15] bill
[00:38:15] to actually
[00:38:16] extend
[00:38:17] the
[00:38:18] funding
[00:38:19] the
[00:38:19] stopgap
[00:38:19] funding
[00:38:20] for the
[00:38:20] United States
[00:38:21] government
[00:38:22] it's full
[00:38:22] of all
[00:38:23] sorts of
[00:38:23] ornaments
[00:38:24] on this
[00:38:24] end of
[00:38:25] year
[00:38:25] Christmas
[00:38:26] tree
[00:38:26] and so
[00:38:27] she was
[00:38:28] able to
[00:38:28] find a
[00:38:29] way to
[00:38:29] blame
[00:38:29] Rand Paul
[00:38:30] all the
[00:38:31] Republicans
[00:38:32] Elon
[00:38:33] Musk
[00:38:33] and the
[00:38:34] rest
[00:38:34] and then
[00:38:35] one of
[00:38:35] the things
[00:38:35] she said
[00:38:36] is they're
[00:38:36] cutting
[00:38:37] health
[00:38:37] care
[00:38:37] to
[00:38:38] kids
[00:38:38] because
[00:38:38] Elon
[00:38:39] gets
[00:38:39] his
[00:38:39] money
[00:38:39] from
[00:38:40] defense
[00:38:40] contracts
[00:38:41] so
[00:38:41] they'll
[00:38:41] never
[00:38:41] touch
[00:38:42] the
[00:38:42] military
[00:38:42] budget
[00:38:43] and if
[00:38:44] you think
[00:38:44] she was
[00:38:45] a one-off
[00:38:45] okay
[00:38:46] who's
[00:38:46] the
[00:38:46] house
[00:38:47] minority
[00:38:47] leader
[00:38:48] well that
[00:38:48] would be
[00:38:49] Hakeem
[00:38:49] Jeffries
[00:38:50] and
[00:38:51] Hakeem
[00:38:51] Jeffries
[00:38:51] claimed
[00:38:52] that
[00:38:52] Republicans
[00:38:52] would
[00:38:53] rather
[00:38:53] enact
[00:38:53] massive
[00:38:54] tax cuts
[00:38:55] for their
[00:38:55] billionaire
[00:38:56] donors
[00:38:56] than fund
[00:38:57] cancer
[00:38:58] research
[00:38:58] for
[00:38:58] children
[00:38:59] and
[00:39:00] of course
[00:39:00] as
[00:39:01] some
[00:39:01] people
[00:39:02] have pointed
[00:39:02] out
[00:39:02] the comments
[00:39:03] by
[00:39:03] AOC
[00:39:04] and
[00:39:04] Jeffries
[00:39:05] were a
[00:39:05] blatant
[00:39:06] lie
[00:39:06] and you
[00:39:07] have all
[00:39:08] sorts of
[00:39:08] people
[00:39:08] posting
[00:39:09] things
[00:39:10] on X
[00:39:11] and the
[00:39:12] libs of
[00:39:12] TikTok
[00:39:13] also took
[00:39:14] a time
[00:39:14] you can read
[00:39:15] this in its
[00:39:16] entirety
[00:39:16] all the different
[00:39:17] things they posted
[00:39:18] on that as well
[00:39:19] so as we've
[00:39:21] said before
[00:39:21] you don't
[00:39:22] really want
[00:39:23] to see
[00:39:23] how
[00:39:23] Congress
[00:39:24] passes
[00:39:25] a budget
[00:39:25] how it
[00:39:26] makes
[00:39:26] sausage
[00:39:27] but it
[00:39:28] is amazing
[00:39:29] to me
[00:39:29] how so
[00:39:31] many of
[00:39:31] these
[00:39:32] individuals
[00:39:32] are willing
[00:39:33] to
[00:39:33] in the
[00:39:34] midst
[00:39:34] of just
[00:39:35] trying
[00:39:35] to get
[00:39:36] a
[00:39:36] stop
[00:39:36] gap
[00:39:37] funding
[00:39:38] bill
[00:39:38] through
[00:39:39] Congress
[00:39:39] are willing
[00:39:40] to take
[00:39:41] anything
[00:39:42] and use
[00:39:43] that
[00:39:43] to
[00:39:43] criticize
[00:39:44] people
[00:39:45] on the
[00:39:45] other side
[00:39:46] of the
[00:39:46] aisle
[00:39:46] who
[00:39:47] maybe
[00:39:47] a year
[00:39:48] from
[00:39:49] now
[00:39:49] maybe
[00:39:49] even
[00:39:50] just
[00:39:50] a few
[00:39:50] weeks
[00:39:50] from
[00:39:51] now
[00:39:51] they
[00:39:52] might
[00:39:52] really
[00:39:52] need
[00:39:53] to
[00:39:53] work
[00:39:53] with
[00:39:53] those
[00:39:53] individuals
[00:39:54] especially
[00:39:55] in the
[00:39:55] house
[00:39:56] given
[00:39:56] the fact
[00:39:56] that the
[00:39:57] Republicans
[00:39:57] already
[00:39:57] control
[00:39:58] the
[00:39:58] house
[00:39:58] and
[00:39:59] will
[00:39:59] control
[00:40:00] it
[00:40:00] in
[00:40:00] 2025
[00:40:01] and
[00:40:02] then
[00:40:02] in
[00:40:02] the
[00:40:02] Senate
[00:40:03] now
[00:40:03] the
[00:40:03] Republicans
[00:40:04] will
[00:40:04] control
[00:40:04] the
[00:40:05] Senate
[00:40:05] you'd
[00:40:06] think
[00:40:06] you'd
[00:40:06] probably
[00:40:07] want
[00:40:07] to
[00:40:07] issue
[00:40:08] some
[00:40:09] kind
[00:40:09] of
[00:40:09] apology
[00:40:10] maybe
[00:40:11] offer
[00:40:11] a little
[00:40:12] fig leaf
[00:40:13] or
[00:40:13] opportunity
[00:40:14] for
[00:40:15] some
[00:40:16] kind
[00:40:17] of
[00:40:17] connections
[00:40:18] or
[00:40:18] maybe
[00:40:19] a little
[00:40:20] bit
[00:40:20] of
[00:40:20] willingness
[00:40:21] to
[00:40:22] extend
[00:40:23] an
[00:40:23] olive
[00:40:23] branch
[00:40:24] whatever
[00:40:24] it might
[00:40:25] be
[00:40:25] to
[00:40:25] just
[00:40:26] get
[00:40:26] something
[00:40:27] done
[00:40:27] and
[00:40:28] we
[00:40:28] wonder
[00:40:29] why
[00:40:29] we
[00:40:29] can't
[00:40:29] get
[00:40:30] things
[00:40:30] done
[00:40:30] in
[00:40:30] Congress
[00:40:31] was due
[00:40:32] to
[00:40:32] this
[00:40:32] kind
[00:40:32] of
[00:40:32] polarization
[00:40:33] One
[00:40:34] other
[00:40:34] piece
[00:40:35] I
[00:40:35] thought
[00:40:35] I
[00:40:35] would
[00:40:35] just
[00:40:35] let
[00:40:35] you
[00:40:36] read
[00:40:36] on
[00:40:36] your
[00:40:36] own
[00:40:37] but
[00:40:38] it
[00:40:38] is
[00:40:38] the
[00:40:38] argument
[00:40:39] that
[00:40:40] maybe
[00:40:40] we
[00:40:40] should
[00:40:41] even
[00:40:41] in
[00:40:42] the
[00:40:42] Department
[00:40:42] of
[00:40:42] Agriculture
[00:40:44] rethink
[00:40:44] what
[00:40:45] is
[00:40:45] called
[00:40:45] food
[00:40:46] stamps
[00:40:46] now
[00:40:47] the
[00:40:47] true
[00:40:47] name
[00:40:48] is
[00:40:48] SNAP
[00:40:49] Supplemental
[00:40:50] Nutrition
[00:40:50] Assistance
[00:40:51] Program
[00:40:51] but
[00:40:52] this
[00:41:03] is
[00:41:04] the
[00:41:04] daughter
[00:41:04] of
[00:41:05] Mike
[00:41:05] Huckabee
[00:41:06] in
[00:41:06] which
[00:41:06] she's
[00:41:07] asking
[00:41:07] that
[00:41:08] the
[00:41:08] new
[00:41:09] administration
[00:41:09] that
[00:41:10] would
[00:41:10] be
[00:41:10] the
[00:41:10] Trump
[00:41:10] administration
[00:41:11] might
[00:41:12] allow
[00:41:12] more
[00:41:13] flexibility
[00:41:13] because
[00:41:14] right
[00:41:15] now
[00:41:15] this
[00:41:15] so-called
[00:41:16] nutrition
[00:41:16] assistance
[00:41:17] program
[00:41:18] in
[00:41:19] many
[00:41:19] cases
[00:41:20] is
[00:41:20] encouraging
[00:41:21] families
[00:41:21] to eat
[00:41:22] highly
[00:41:22] processed
[00:41:23] unhealthy
[00:41:24] junk
[00:41:24] food
[00:41:25] now
[00:41:25] again
[00:41:26] if
[00:41:26] you
[00:41:26] want
[00:41:26] to
[00:41:26] spend
[00:41:26] your
[00:41:27] money
[00:41:27] on
[00:41:27] junk
[00:41:27] food
[00:41:27] fine
[00:41:28] but
[00:41:29] to
[00:41:29] use
[00:41:29] taxpayer
[00:41:30] dollars
[00:41:31] it's
[00:41:32] back
[00:41:32] to
[00:41:32] the
[00:41:33] question
[00:41:33] that
[00:41:34] we've
[00:41:34] raised
[00:41:34] in
[00:41:35] the
[00:41:35] past
[00:41:35] it's
[00:41:36] the
[00:41:36] question
[00:41:36] that
[00:41:37] Robert
[00:41:37] F.
[00:41:38] Kennedy
[00:41:38] Jr.
[00:41:38] is
[00:41:39] raising
[00:41:39] and
[00:41:40] so
[00:41:40] whether
[00:41:40] it's
[00:41:41] in
[00:41:41] the
[00:41:41] Department
[00:41:41] of
[00:41:42] Health
[00:41:42] and
[00:41:42] Human
[00:41:42] Services
[00:41:43] whether
[00:41:44] it's
[00:41:44] in
[00:41:44] the
[00:41:44] Agricultural
[00:41:45] Department
[00:41:46] she's
[00:41:47] raising
[00:41:47] some
[00:41:48] very
[00:41:48] good
[00:41:48] questions
[00:41:49] and
[00:41:49] to
[00:41:49] be
[00:41:49] fair
[00:41:50] last
[00:41:51] year
[00:41:51] Senator
[00:41:52] Marco
[00:41:52] Rubio
[00:41:53] who will
[00:41:53] be
[00:41:53] now
[00:41:53] the
[00:41:54] incoming
[00:41:54] Secretary
[00:41:55] of
[00:41:56] State
[00:41:56] co-sponsored
[00:41:57] a bill
[00:41:58] that would
[00:41:58] require
[00:41:59] the Department
[00:41:59] of Agriculture
[00:42:00] to collect
[00:42:01] data
[00:42:01] on the
[00:42:02] health
[00:42:02] effects
[00:42:03] of SNAP
[00:42:04] or what
[00:42:04] we call
[00:42:04] food stamps
[00:42:05] and seeing
[00:42:07] if there's
[00:42:07] something
[00:42:08] we can
[00:42:08] do
[00:42:09] to improve
[00:42:10] the diet
[00:42:11] of
[00:42:11] individuals
[00:42:12] even if
[00:42:13] they're
[00:42:13] below
[00:42:14] the poverty
[00:42:15] level
[00:42:15] so again
[00:42:16] it illustrates
[00:42:17] that we
[00:42:17] have
[00:42:18] a new
[00:42:19] administration
[00:42:19] coming in
[00:42:20] and maybe
[00:42:21] an opportunity
[00:42:22] to work
[00:42:25] deal
[00:42:25] with
[00:42:26] something
[00:42:26] as
[00:42:26] simple
[00:42:27] as
[00:42:27] American
[00:42:27] health
[00:42:28] and I
[00:42:28] think
[00:42:29] this
[00:42:29] article
[00:42:29] is a
[00:42:30] good
[00:42:30] illustration
[00:42:31] by Jack
[00:42:31] Butler
[00:42:31] of what
[00:42:32] could
[00:42:32] happen
[00:42:32] in the
[00:42:33] future
[00:42:33] and those
[00:42:34] are the
[00:42:34] kind
[00:42:35] of
[00:42:35] stories
[00:42:35] we
[00:42:35] plan
[00:42:36] to
[00:42:36] really
[00:42:36] follow
[00:42:37] more
[00:42:37] significantly
[00:42:38] in 2025
[00:42:39] but first
[00:42:40] of all
[00:42:41] let me
[00:42:42] thank
[00:42:42] Megan
[00:42:43] who
[00:42:43] stepped
[00:42:44] in last
[00:42:44] week
[00:42:45] to
[00:42:45] cover
[00:42:45] for
[00:42:46] all the
[00:42:47] things
[00:42:47] that
[00:42:47] needed
[00:42:47] to
[00:42:48] happen
[00:42:48] and
[00:42:48] Steve
[00:42:49] it
[00:42:56] if
[00:43:08] you
[00:43:11] have
[00:43:12] ever
[00:43:12] wondered
[00:43:13] what
[00:43:13] kind
[00:43:14] of
[00:43:14] impact
[00:43:14] you
[00:43:15] have
[00:43:15] when
[00:43:15] you
[00:43:15] give
[00:43:16] to
[00:43:16] Point
[00:43:16] of
[00:43:16] View
[00:43:17] let
[00:43:18] me
[00:43:18] introduce
[00:43:18] you
[00:43:18] to
[00:43:19] Bill
[00:43:19] his
[00:43:20] story
[00:43:20] is
[00:43:21] a
[00:43:21] perfect
[00:43:22] illustration
[00:43:23] well
[00:43:24] I've
[00:43:24] been
[00:43:24] a
[00:43:24] supporter
[00:43:25] of
[00:43:25] view
[00:43:26] since
[00:43:26] the
[00:43:27] 70s
[00:43:27] and I
[00:43:28] appreciate
[00:43:29] the fact
[00:43:29] that
[00:43:29] truth
[00:43:30] and love
[00:43:30] are
[00:43:30] discussed
[00:43:31] equally
[00:43:31] and that
[00:43:32] God's
[00:43:32] word
[00:43:32] never
[00:43:33] changes
[00:43:33] we have
[00:43:34] four
[00:43:35] generations
[00:43:35] in my
[00:43:36] family
[00:43:36] who have
[00:43:36] been
[00:43:37] taught
[00:43:37] these
[00:43:37] things
[00:43:38] these
[00:43:38] truths
[00:43:39] and
[00:43:39] fifth
[00:43:40] generation
[00:43:40] we've
[00:43:41] just
[00:43:41] been
[00:43:41] blessed
[00:43:41] with
[00:43:42] who
[00:43:42] I'm
[00:43:43] sure
[00:43:43] will
[00:43:43] be
[00:43:43] blessed
[00:43:44] by
[00:43:44] this
[00:43:44] ministry
[00:43:45] also
[00:43:45] so
[00:43:46] I
[00:43:46] just
[00:43:46] appreciate
[00:43:47] the
[00:43:47] fact
[00:43:47] that
[00:43:47] it's
[00:43:48] solid
[00:43:48] it's
[00:43:48] truthful
[00:43:49] it's
[00:43:49] honest
[00:43:49] and
[00:43:50] there's
[00:43:50] no
[00:43:50] changing
[00:43:51] God's
[00:44:20] word
[00:44:27] point
[00:44:28] of view
[00:44:28] is
[00:44:29] produced
[00:44:29] by
[00:44:30] point
[00:44:30] of
[00:44:30] view
[00:44:31] ministries