Point of View October 30, 2026 – Hour 2: Weekend Edition

[00:00:04] Across America, live, this is Point of View, Kerby Anderson. Thank you for joining us, second hour today as we get into some other issues, and if you would like to join us, we'll open up the phones. I know sometimes during these election issues you want to ask some questions, make some comments, some observations, 1-800-351-1212.

[00:00:34] If you would like to join the conversation today, I know on Friday a lot of people just want to sit back and listen to the experts, and again, even though he's no longer on the program, very impressed with some of the things that Richard Lim brought to the conversation. And Liberty, you've of course gotten to know him very well, and he's become kind of one of our go-to individuals on history. And boy did he bring in some facts that even Jeff and I, and we kind of like history, don't we Jeff? A few things we hadn't heard, so that was very impressive.

[00:01:03] You know what, he's like a machine. You ask a question about history, especially American history or American presidents, and he spits out an answer. So, yeah, we like to say he's our resident historian, definitely on the Next Generation Roundtable, and I think for all of us, too. Well, it was great to have him on today. We'll do that, obviously, with him again. And let me, if I can, then go around the roundtable. Terry Jeffery has been on the program with us many times before.

[00:01:28] But this, I think, Jeff, is helpful because I've run into some people that say, well, do we really know what the Democrats would do if they do take over the House of Representatives? And the answer that Terry Jeffery says is, yes, we know, because we know what they tried to do when they were in the minority. And, of course, if you want to also, in the Senate, get any of the kind of justices or judges that you have benefited from and you have a Democratic-controlled Senate, that's going to affect it as well.

[00:01:57] Yeah, I mean, that's what we look at it. I mean, if the Democrats take control of the Senate, because everyone knows or should know the way the president nominates someone to be a judge, and there are – and I should have this, and I apologize, I don't – the number of vacancies. But there's a handful. I mean, there's actually – we have in Texas, we have several vacancies right now that – excuse me – that have just not been moved upon.

[00:02:23] But if the Democrats take control of the Senate, then I think – and actually, Kelly Schaffer, when I was talking about this, I mean, we could have two years where there are no judges confirmed. I've wondered about that. I was wondering if you were going to say that. It could be just a complete standstill. And actually, quite frankly, we might want that because – To get somebody that can pass muster.

[00:02:46] Yeah, I mean, how – I mean, does a James Ho get through a Democrat-controlled Senate? Absolutely not. And so if you can't get good men and women confirmed, are we going to compromise, especially for the circuit courts? Yes. Are we going to compromise for someone? And so I think if the Democrats win, we probably will not see – It's very possible. And it'll be very rare.

[00:03:16] It would be someone very rare. And I would suggest if someone being confirmed by a Democrat-controlled Senate is someone, we would not – to be confirmed to a position for life. And so I think that's – and so if we get to at least 50-50 with the vice president taking the tie vote, then we're going to get – we will get some. Now, we won't get as good as because we on our – unlike usually the Democrats.

[00:03:45] Although the Democrats have got one problem. The Republicans got more than one problem. Although after being reelected, if Susan Collins is reelected, perhaps she's a little more favorable to the president's Republican nominees. But the Democrats' problem and the Democrats' wild card is John Fetterman. Yes.

[00:04:07] And, you know, we've joked because I think just in the – since I've been back and been on Point of View, my view of John Fetterman has changed. Because, I mean, at first – Significantly. Yeah. At first, I mean, who was this guy? This lieutenant governor from Pennsylvania who seemed just completely insane. And now he's insane, but he's are insane, right? And I'm all for hoodies now. But he will be their problem. Yes.

[00:04:36] Because if – let's say they get to – it's a 51-49 Senate. Well, John Fetterman is not a reliable Democrat vote. And God bless him because of that. I wish there were more Democrats who were willing. You know, where is the Joe Liebermans of their party? Yes. Not in the United – I mean, it's John Fetterman. I mean, that's the Joe Lieberman of the party. But, yes, you're exactly right.

[00:05:00] If the Democrats get control of the Senate, then judicial nominations in my mind would be they're going to come to a standstill. Liberty, let me talk about the House because this article here gets into the fact that, you know, you had the Equality Act for gender identity and an attempt to try to have transgender-friendly restrooms. Then the Democratic Party platform talks about the transgender agenda. Then the desire to actually repeal the Hyde Amendment on the issue of abortion.

[00:05:27] Then to look at the Women's Health Protection Act, which would prohibit restrictions on the whole issue of abortion. Then the platform on tax cuts. So whether you look at the moral issues, the social issues, the economic, financial issues, you don't have to guess as to what a Speaker of the House, Hakeem Jeffries, would want to implement. And none of it is positive in terms of the kinds of things we talk about every day here on Point of View. Yeah, there's no question. We know what they're going to prioritize.

[00:05:57] And as we've talked about with more and more DSA, Democratic Socialists of America candidates that are running and winning in certain positions, they are not – the Democrats aren't doing a good job of setting boundaries, you know, in their tent. They want a big tent. And instead of saying – setting boundaries and saying, hey, you up-and-comer, you know, a little radical here, here's how it works in the Democratic Party in Washington, D.C., you've got to moderate your views a little bit.

[00:06:25] But they're just like, okay, yeah, let's go more and more extreme. And so I think if you get a Democratic majority, then you're going to see more of that too. Not – I mean the moderate, what's now considered centrist, which is basically abortion up to birth in the Democratic Party, like that's bad enough. But then when you talk about also like, you know, really what are just like little Marxist policies, if you look at the DSA platform, I think you see more of that too economically. Well, go ahead. Well, and I was – I'll say another concern.

[00:06:54] So if the Democrats get control of either the House or the Senate or both – and I'm a little hesitant to say it because we may get some phone calls from this – I have a concern about President Donald Trump cutting deals. He's a dealmaker. I mean that's who Donald Trump is. And I was thinking back, and we lost our historian, but you think of Ronald Reagan, who did go and cut deals with Tip O'Neill, who was then – that was somebody who was Speaker of the House.

[00:07:22] He was from Massachusetts for years. And his second command was a Texas congressman, a guy known as Jim Wright from Fort Worth. But Reagan went to them and cut some deals. But what Reagan never did was cut a deal on principled things. Right. I mean there were core principles.

[00:07:41] One of my concerns about Donald Trump with a Democrat House, Democrat Senate at the end of his term cutting deals that would impact some things that people of faith think really important about. Like would he cut a deal? What would he trade for signing the Equality Act? Because if the Democrats get control, it's coming. And he's going to have to veto it.

[00:08:06] But what would Donald Trump trade, the dealmaker trade, and people around him saying, oh, it's inevitable. Just sign it in exchange for who knows what. So that's one of my real concerns. I think mostly we're just talking about two years of nothing. No judges, no major pieces of legislation, continuing resolutions.

[00:08:32] Somewhere along the line, the problems with Social Security, which we'll get to later, begin to blow up. But we'll see. If you'd like to join us, 1-800-351-1212. It will be interesting, especially this time next week, to be talking about what has happened. We'll be back right after this.

[00:09:00] This is Viewpoints with Kirby Anderson. Tomorrow is October 31st, and most people know it as Halloween, but it also has long been known as the Festival of the Dead. The Celtic tribes and their priests, the Druids, celebrated this day as a marker for the change from life to death. November 1st was the beginning of the New Year, so Halloween or Samhain was like New Year's Eve. It was both a time of death and new beginnings.

[00:09:25] The young would wander the countryside disguised in scary masks, carrying turnips carved into scary jackal entrance to frighten off ghosts and goblins. They believed that the veil between the living and the dead was believed to be the thinnest at this time of year, and therefore one could more readily communicate with a loved one in spirit. I might mention that Deuteronomy 18 warns us not to be involved in any activity that includes divination.

[00:09:50] The term Halloween is shortened from All Hallows Even, as it was the evening before All Hallows Day, also known as All Saints Day. Pope Gregory moved the day from May 13th to November 1st. This made Halloween the eve of the celebration. November 1st was All Hallows Mass, and October 31st became All Hallows Even. Today, Halloween has become one of the most celebrated holidays. We're told that people spend more on decorations at Halloween than any other holiday except Christmas.

[00:10:21] And often the Halloween celebrations have included more and more occultic activity. Christians have two options, to ignore Halloween or to provide an alternative. I might mention that many churches now provide a fall fun festival. I hope you have thought about what you will do tomorrow. Don't just go with the flow. Make an informed decision about what you will do on Halloween. I'm Kirby Anderson, and that's my Point of View.

[00:10:49] Go deeper on topics like you just heard by visiting pointofview.net. That's pointofview.net. You're listening to Point of View, your listener-supported source for truth. Once again, let me just mention this article by Terry Jeffery is something you might want to read. And one of the things I mentioned was the attempt to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which is an issue of abortion.

[00:11:16] And so during the break, we talked about something that we just talked about in a luncheon I was just at, because Liberty wrote this very good piece on these four different abortion measures in state ballots in November. Virginia, Nevada, Idaho, and Missouri. And it had somebody even asking about, well, do you think the one in Missouri might be actually implemented? But in Virginia and other places where we broadcast, there are individuals right now that not only can vote for candidates,

[00:11:45] but vote for some of these constitutional amendments. And that's one of the things that I would encourage you to find out more about through iVoterGuide, but also the November issue of Outlook. Yeah, this is so important. And the thing is, you always have to try to research these propositions ahead of time. And so iVoterGuide, Ballotpedia is another one where you can see your sample ballot, because, of course, these things are worded as confusingly as possible.

[00:12:12] And so and they also are just I mean, it's just dirty, honestly, but we're not surprised by that. So, for instance, the one in Idaho says that a yes vote. This is the proposition language on the ballot supports creating a right to reproductive freedom and privacy. Again, those euphemisms, reproductive freedom and privacy.

[00:12:35] And it's saying basically that women will be able to have freedom to make personal decisions about child care, childbirth care, contraception, fertility treatment, miscarriage care and prenatal pregnancy and postpartum care. Well, oh, that all sounds like, well, sure, I want to have freedom to make choices about, you know, fertility treatment and childbirth care and, you know, miscarriage care. Those are already covered in state law.

[00:13:05] What they sneak in there is, oh, and by the way, you know, unlimited abortion. And so this again, if you are in Virginia, Nevada, Idaho and Missouri, and I know we have lots of listeners in those states and you haven't voted yet, you really do need to research this and let your neighbors know, let your members of your Sunday school class know, let your pro-life friends know that these are really important constitutional amendments that are going to be on your ballot and you need to be prepared to vote the correct way.

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[00:14:02] because some people say, I'm probably not going to read The Road to Serfdom, but I will read in 10 minutes Kirby's, if you will, Cliff Notes version of that, which is, again, one of the best books and arguments against socialism that you can possibly find. No, and I wish more would be reading, especially, and that's, I think, the work that Liberty is doing with young people and educating them, because we have so much misinformation and people do not know. I mean, they don't know their history, and they don't realize.

[00:14:31] I mean, when you have such huge numbers of young people, oh, communism, it would be that bad. No one's tried it yet. Yeah, it wouldn't be that bad. Well, then I suggest you read a little bit. Read a little bit. Even if it starts with the pamphlet, maybe that gets you interested. And also, for those who know, just that is, I mean, that's just crazy. It's a crazy idea. Well, to equip you so that you can engage and have these conversations, I think, are really, really important.

[00:15:00] Well, again, that's the November issue. It should already have arrived in your mailbox and take the time to read it, and you had been reading it, and that was why I thought we'd bring it up, and then it came up today at the luncheon. So there you go. These are topics that we are trying to answer your questions. But, Liberty, while I've been talking with you, let's get into this issue of AI, because you have studied this as much as anybody I've known, artificial intelligence. And Anthropic, which is in the San Francisco Bay Area.

[00:15:29] As a matter of fact, it's right next to where the San Francisco Giants play baseball, which, again, our baseball guy here loves this as well. And Anthropic has now rolled out its prospectus. So those of you that use Claude or have heard about that, that is the case. And this prospectus is the craziest thing I've ever seen, because on the one hand, it says it is so promising, and it's going to have such a great impact in our society.

[00:15:54] But it also could kill humanity, which I guess you have to put in all the IPOs. So this is the most interesting IPO that I've ever seen from a company that has been developing artificial intelligence. Yeah. It could kill us all. We can't control it. This is extremely dangerous. We think it might be conscious. Would you like to invest? The messaging doesn't really add up. And so, I mean, this is it just goes to show, though,

[00:16:24] the mindset behind the people who are developing these tools and actually leading the companies, because they really do think they believe it. One of the things I talked about recently on Point of View was how Anthropic has a person, one of their co-founders, actually, that is having these meetings that were up until now, secret meetings protected by NDAs with different religious leaders to try to, we need to hurry up and infuse our software with thousands of years of moral and ethical teaching.

[00:16:51] Like, quick, give us the little recipe for how we can make sure that our chatbot is moral because it's getting out of our control. So there, I mean, but we've also talked about, you know, the whole desire for government regulation and whether or not that's just regulatory capture. And here's something else that I was reading. This is a quick thing from Reuters that the company, Anthropics,

[00:17:17] actually said that it needs to concentrate control and capital in fewer hands in order to reduce risk. So that's interesting to me that now they're opening up for public investment because it's not like shareholders are going to be able to have more of a say in the direction of the company. They want people to invest, but they also say, well, it's very risky. It could kill everybody. And so really we just need to actually have fewer people who are in charge. And the wealth that's being built. Yeah. I mean, the wealth that's being built on this.

[00:17:47] And I mean, like, is it a house of cards? I mean, these companies, I think, are clearly overvalued. They are. I'm sure they are. It brings back the tech crash. And I was reading something this week that said, if you think about something you're probably not thinking about, Liberty, but something that I'm thinking about, something Kirby may think about, think about our 401ks.

[00:18:14] And it, two years, actually, four years ago, actually, I mean, you know, rates were actually pretty small. I mean, we weren't seeing, actually seeing some losses. But in the last two years, a lot of our, yes, a lot of our 401ks have increased with, you know, pretty nice percentages.

[00:18:38] But experts looking at it, it's tied directly to the AI bubble. So, you know, I mean, do we cash out? Because if we start cashing out, then, you know, everyone cashes out. And then that house of cards comes tumbling down.

[00:19:01] And that's just excluding the ethical concerns and, you know, ending jobs and all those other things. Just the, is it built on it? Is it being built on a house of cards? Yes. Well, since you mentioned jobs, I'll only drop this in and we'll probably talk about it again next week. But you might have noticed that Microsoft the other day was offering voluntary buyouts to 27% of their global workforce.

[00:19:30] And they implied that it was due to AI, artificial intelligence. American Express laying off at least 5% of their workforce. And they have specifically said it was because of artificial intelligence. Barclays, of course, is one of the investment firms. They're laying off 5%. And they cited AI. And then Kroger is saying it's laying off 37% of its corporate workforce. Now, they didn't say it was AI.

[00:19:57] But I don't think basically the food chains have changed that much. But are these the same people that told us that if you died, it was a COVID death for 2020? If you were anywhere near? It's sort of, I mean, I've seen some of those numbers too. And I wonder whether it's just like, we need to get rid of some low performers. They might be. Might be. Might be a very good excuse. Hey, Frank. Just tell them it's AI. That's why they're getting.

[00:20:26] Kroger's, though, are going up all over the place around where I live. I don't know about y'all. But Kroger seems to be doing very well, at least anecdotally from my perspective. So I don't know where the layoffs are coming from. Yeah. Well, that's to say, it's from, what was it? Their corporate workforce. So they don't probably need as many people to look at all these spreadsheets and things like that. Because the computers and the AI agents do it effectively. Is AI going to take your groceries out to your car? No. No. There are some jobs. A robot. A robot.

[00:20:53] We already have drone deliveries in my neighborhood from Walmart. It's only a matter of time. It is only a matter of time. Anyway, I just thought I'd bring up the AI stuff just to get you laughing. And like Jeff, I have my doubts. But I thought I'd at least report that and we'll get into the real numbers when we get back after the break. But I thought I might skip over the whole issue of social insecurity for a minute. Because there are all these warnings called fortress and some other things.

[00:21:19] And those of you preppers have been saying, it's coming. Prepare for impact. We'll talk about that right after this. I'm sure that you've noticed that social media is now filled with information generated by AI. Dramatic descriptions of politicians and music stars supposedly making statements about a current issue. Leaning into the microphone. Looking into the lens.

[00:21:50] Opponents silenced. It's powerful. It's riveting. And it's all lies. Even several national television networks were recently found using enhanced pictures. Meaning manipulated. Falsified. Literally not giving a true picture. So many liars. So much deception. Where can we turn for truth? Right here. From Kirby and the team at Point of View. We need your support.

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[00:23:16] Back once again, if you'd like to join the conversation, 1-800-351-1212. One of the articles I've posted, Social Insecurity, which is just a piece by John Stossel, which in some respects relates to what I do want to talk about right now. Fortress in the United States and preparation in Europe. I've been looking for one article that pulls all that together. This one comes from Fortune magazine. Penna Dexter's father used to work for Fortune, so I've always appreciated that organization.

[00:23:42] And what we are talking about is if you go to the U.K., they have a national campaign called Be Ready. And that's where the defense secretary for the U.K. warned that there might be a war, or they would be in a war economy by as early as 2030.

[00:24:00] And so that is where they're encouraging individuals in Britain and all the NATO allies to have literally about 1,000 days to prepare. Then at the same time, in a speech that was given September 30th by Secretary Pete Hegseth, the state of force, is called Fortress.

[00:24:22] And this is where he has actually said that every military base has to be ready for 90 days to assume that no help is coming. And so they're talking about being self-sufficient, having enough electricity, water, fuel, communications. Well, how are they going to have electricity? They're talking about putting portable nuclear reactors, large-scale battery storage, and if nothing else, Liberty.

[00:24:51] This is one of those times where people say, what do they know that we don't know? And my answer is, I think they know exactly what we know, and that is we're in kind of a dangerous time right now. We're in a very dangerous time. I mean, I think a lot of people are legitimately and rightly concerned about cyber attacks made more powerful from artificial intelligence. We've talked about – we talked yesterday.

[00:25:18] We were talking again about a new documentary that was just released that goes into a lot of detail on the Hugging Face incident that happened over the summer. But the thing is, more and more of those breaches and attacks and kind of rogue attacks have been reported since then. But what about whenever you have a state, an unfriendly state that is not – it's not just rogue agents, but they are intentionally attacking the United States? This is just another kind of anecdote to throw in there.

[00:25:46] This was – this broke yesterday. The Pentagon is investigating suspected cyber attack after freezers at six U.S. military bases mysteriously malfunctioned. In some cases, the freezers didn't just stop working, but the cooling temperatures were cranked up overnight, which caused the food to spoil. And so they're actually treating this as a cyber attack, too. Some people asked why would military bases have smart freezers in refrigerators? That's the question I have. Some of us have been saying for years that these things can be hacked into.

[00:26:16] So I do think that – I don't know if they know anything specific, but I think it's just we can all observe that, okay, we could enter a time where the grid goes down. And that's very reasonable to believe and anticipate that. And when it happens, let's say it happens through natural disaster, which happened here a few years ago in Texas, right? We had – We remember that. We had several days where everything was down and caused a lot of problems.

[00:26:45] But, I mean, it's – we are so dependent. We are so dependent. I mean, and I really don't know a solution other than we are so dependent. I know there are those who attempt to go off the grid, but almost impossible, right? It's almost impossible. Because I can't go to a baseball game. I mean, we had this issue with my dad who doesn't have a smartphone. Well, how does he go to a baseball game without a smartphone anymore?

[00:27:13] And there – I mean, you need to have – he couldn't even – he wanted to take a train from his little town in central Pennsylvania to go visit my sister outside Philadelphia. And we looked at it. It's – you get the ticket online. There's no longer a ticket agent. And you need to have your phone, and your phone is your ticket. When we board an airplane, what do we do? So we are so dependent and intertwined.

[00:27:41] I mean, this is the real battle. And I – it would be amazing that something like this doesn't happen. Not that it does happen, that it doesn't happen. And when I was looking at this, I was remembering – and you were probably just a couple years old. But when we transferred from 1999 to 2000, you remember, Kirby. And I remember storing water.

[00:28:10] And my wife remembers it because when we moved from that house like 10 years later, she's like, why do you have all this water? Because I put it up in the attic. I was ready. I remember. I was ready. You do? I remember that. Yeah. I mean, you know, some families have been preparing for things for a long time. A long time. Okay? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, we were prepared. And, I mean, maybe we need to be again. Yeah. I think that's wise.

[00:28:39] But then, you know, with water and gas – and, you know, gasoline and heat. And I know in my neighborhood, I notice just when I go out for walks, I'm always amazed at the number of people and the more people. And we live in a neighborhood that's a little – it skews older. And generators. Mm-hmm. So, in the middle of – I live in Rockwall. So, I mean, it's a small city, but it's a city. How many people have generators? Generators. Mm-hmm. Just in case. Yeah.

[00:29:08] Well, three liters of drinking water. If you're looking for it, just go over to Jeff's house. Yeah. It's up in the attic. It's up in the attic. It's up in the attic. But here, just to – I also have guns. So, just to warn people, if you show up for my water. This is Texas, by the way. That's right. Again – And it's legal. It's legal. Minor possessed legal. You went all the way to 2000. But let's go further back, because during the Cold War, they had pamphlets on what to do.

[00:29:33] And Sweden, just the other day, dusted off its old Cold War pamphlet about six months ago and rewrote it and reminded citizens there. Germany is telling people to keep 10 days. France and Ireland and the Netherlands to have 72-hour kits in their home. The Dutch are telling how much to have cash in their drawers and all those kinds of things.

[00:29:55] So, we're talking about almost everywhere in the free world, these warnings are going out. And I just thought it would be worth a mention. I mentioned it earlier in the week, but it's worth mentioning again. And this article from Fortune reminds us that it isn't just, you know, what's going over in Europe right now. And European Commission unveiling a preparedness strategy, again, to have 72 hours of emergency supplies and things like that.

[00:30:24] But when Pete Hegseth stands up there and gives this message in saying that this memo that's gone out to every military base in the continental United States, I don't know why Alaska was eliminated, but nevertheless, in the continental United States, 90-day standard so that, again, you have everything that you need to be prepared to go off the grid and to know that nobody's coming to rescue you. What do they know?

[00:30:52] Well, and I think it's an interesting – I mean, this is not like just some article you pulled off the web. Yeah. You know, which may or may not be true. This is fortune. Yeah. This is – I mean, that's a reputable news source. And Glenn Beck's been talking about it for two weeks. Oh, yeah. Go ahead. Yeah. No, I mean, it's a reputable news source. And it certainly gives you a pause to think, I mean, people are getting ready. I mean, here's my question.

[00:31:22] Is the military not already – like, have they not always thought in those terms of preparedness? Or is this – was the speech a public signal of saying we're prepared? I don't know. But I would think – I mean, I would hope that our military bases of all places would be prepared, you know, for all kinds of emergencies. Well, it may be that they've made an assessment too.

[00:31:47] I know this is something we think about at First Liberty all the time because we know we could be a target for hackers. And, I mean, that's our IT director's main job is to make sure that we're safe. And we see and they see potential attacks coming in. And it could just be, like, the North Koreans, the Chinese, the Russians. I mean, they're spending a lot of resources to do this. And so I think it's a recognition. Yeah. Have they been prepared?

[00:32:16] I'm sure they have. But I think it is – it's a recognition that this is a real threat because, again, we are so dependent on the grid. Get rid of your smart freezers, if nothing else. But, you know, you knew Mike Berry. And, Ken, he's worth you before. And I bet if he were here right now, he'd say, you know, one of the problems – back to the question that Liberty asked is, well, isn't the military prepared? And I think Mike would probably say, well, actually they spent so much time on DEI.

[00:32:44] They haven't spent some time on basic preparedness. And the reason that, finally, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth or Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, whatever you want to call him, said it's about time to say this is because they did an assessment and said they spent so much time worrying about DEI, they weren't worried about being prepared for attacks that could come to the United States.

[00:33:06] Right, and whether it's cyber or otherwise, we know what – just recently the thwarted attack in Britain, right? And so, I mean, it is a real and present danger. I mean, it's absolutely true. We have covered it. And, again, take that seriously because apparently the military has taken it seriously. We will do that as well. A few quick comments from the John Stossel piece when we come back and also Penna Dexter's piece on Close the Borders.

[00:33:34] You can find all these articles, including the one from Fortune. And be prepared. Prepare for impact. We'll be right back.

[00:33:43] President Trump and Vice President Vance have wise advice for France and other European countries that are seeing rioting, anarchy, and destruction in their streets. Close the borders.

[00:34:09] Vice President Vance warned that in the name of diversity and compassion, Western liberals imported the third world into France. He said they ignored fundamental questions of assimilation and compatibility. They were told it would lead to this, and they didn't listen. There are lots of reasons for the rioting in France. French media called it student protest over school conditions. Other marchers came out against expensive living conditions and high fuel prices. This dissatisfaction has been growing and occasionally bleeding out into the streets of France for decades.

[00:34:38] According to Reason magazine, France has built an enormous welfare state, much of it devoted to older citizens, while letting other state capacities and basic services fall apart. Now students complain the government is shortchanging schools, and everyone sees that it is shortchanging its army and police. With protests as a smokescreen for vandalism, rioters and looters have joined in. The proliferation of communists and Palestinian flags reveals the presence of far-left activists, Islamists, and African thugs.

[00:35:06] This is why our president and vice president want European countries to curtail immigration. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, France's foreign-born population has reached a historic high, with immigration increasingly originating from outside Europe. As historian Victor Davis Hanson explains on his podcast, in France, the unemployment rate of new immigrants is almost 50%. He says many immigrants' attitude toward their host country is not magnanimity, it's contempt.

[00:35:33] Social commentator Rod Dreher says history teaches that civilization is fragile. It can be taken from us, or, as in Europe today, it can be thrown away by fools who don't realize how hard it was to build, and is to maintain, and who either hate it or just don't care. A wise warning for the U.S. For Point of View, I'm Penna Dexter.

[00:36:00] You're listening to Point of View, your listener-supported source for truth. Back for a few more minutes, one of the things we'd like to do is also post the piece by Penna Dexter, and her piece today is called Close the Borders, because President Trump and Vice President Vance gave advice to France and other European countries when you've seen the rioting, the anarchy, and destruction in the streets. The answer was close the borders.

[00:36:25] Now, again, are there reasons to be concerned about what's going on in the education in France? Yes. I've looked it up, and the lowest percentage is a third, and some people say it's 50%. In other words, if you take the education budget for France, 50%, or some people say 32%, I don't believe that, goes just to the pensions of teachers that are no longer teaching and have retired.

[00:36:52] So when you have one of the largest budget items, maybe the largest budget item in France, and so much of it is going to pensions for people that aren't even teaching, you can kind of imagine what's going on in the schools. So that begins it. Well, then when you bring in all the anarchists, and you bring in all the individuals that are looking for a, if you will, a new French Revolution, liberty, that's what's happening in the streets there in France. And, of course, a lot of that comes from the Muslim influence as well, doesn't it?

[00:37:22] Yeah. It's like, you know, never let a legitimate cause go to waste for your anarchist cause or your radical Islamic cause. So, I mean, I think, yes, there are legitimate complaints. I mean, and then you talk about the national debt in France and the way that the economy has already been tanking and loss of, you know, so many businesses closing. And so there are, of course, legitimate complaints.

[00:37:47] But you may, it's what starts out as maybe some protesting. And then it just becomes basically an excuse for violence and rioting. And people are taking advantage of that. And so I think the just, you know, open migration policies have obviously contributed to that, too, because then every single cause somehow becomes about free Palestine, you know, and you see Palestinian flags waving in the streets of France.

[00:38:15] And wait a second, I thought this was about conditions in the schools. You know, maybe it was for a few students who started it. But, I mean, then talk to the shop owners. I highlighted one yesterday who was an immigrant from Africa, had, you know, worked her way through school, came to France as a child, built a business with her husband. And in one night it was destroyed by rioters. And so, I mean, just, yeah, there's so much there. It doesn't make sense if it's just about the schools. And clearly it's not. Yeah. No, it's not.

[00:38:43] And I spent some time, I think Kirby knows, spent some time a few months ago in France, in southern France. And one thing, one of the takeaways was, and southern France has massive immigration of Africans, Muslim Africans. Yes, it does. And one thing, I was amazed, our host was walking us around the city. And we came through, went through the Muslim quarter.

[00:39:12] And it's a work day, middle of the day. And there were, we saw very few women. They just were, they weren't there. But we saw lots of men who were sitting around tables, smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee. And, I mean, we're not, I'm talking many, like lots of men.

[00:39:38] And clearly recent, you know, recent immigrants into it. And you have, when you have that sort of, you know, when men aren't doing something. And our friends who have a ministry to what their outreach is to Muslim children. Because they know the key is get those children off the street. Because when they're on the street, only bad things happen.

[00:40:03] And there is, on the one hand, as Pena points out in her commentary, on the one hand, you've got the Muslims not wanting to integrate into French society. But also, the French have pretty much rejected the Muslims from integrating it. And even in the schools. So you're creating this situation where you've got hostility on both sides.

[00:40:30] And so our friends' ministry, what they're doing is bring these kids off, educate them. And, of course, as they're educating them, that's what their parents want. And they know that in addition to educating them, that they're going to share, they're going to talk about Jesus. And so they've had, you know, not major successes, but good successes where kids are getting introduced. And they're learning about laying some seeds. And they've had some fruit from that. Great ministry.

[00:40:59] But they know in their own city. And the leaders of the city are supporting them because they know having these Muslim kids, you know, starting at young ages, second, third, fourth grade. But as they progress to become preteens and then teens, that causes trouble when they're out there with nothing to do. The parents are gone. You know, the mothers are working. And the dads are sitting around drinking coffee.

[00:41:28] And I just can't. I mean, I have this visual, which I wish I could show you, of just how I was amazed. We walked into this square. And it's just full of these Muslim men who are not working, you know. And that is the recipe for disaster. Yeah. What I have here from Reuters is how the governments have been warning citizens all over the world about this. Of course, what happened in France is now in Italy.

[00:41:52] So there's warnings to Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, then even the Nordic countries, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway, all the way to China and Malaysia. I've got a friend that was just in Malaysia, and they've got missionaries there as well. So they are issuing now warnings all over the world all about the fact that because this began in France, it metastasizes and goes around the world.

[00:42:20] And so this whole idea that close the borders is a good idea because multiculturalism hasn't worked so well, has it? Well, I think, again, it's that difference of are you truly seeking a better life and you go to a place because you appreciate the culture there and the conditions that make that better life possible? And so you want to assimilate like so many immigrants throughout history who have been excited to come to America and they are excited to be Americans.

[00:42:51] Or are you wanting to go somewhere where you can just exploit the system, which it sounds like that's kind of what you witnessed, Jeff, and, you know, radicalize from the inside? And so that's unfortunately what we are seeing. And I think you've had too many leaders who haven't been willing to call that difference out. Well, again, we've got quite a number of things that we're going to be talking about next week, but obviously the election.

[00:43:16] But one thing I thought I just might mention is we did post this one on social security and security. It's a piece that John Stossel did. And be, first of all, grateful that you live in the United States of America. Some of the things that are happening in France and have spread to Italy and other places as well, I don't think they're going to turn around anytime soon. But what happens when, as he points out in his video, you no longer can pay everybody their social security checks? And what does that look like out there on the streets?

[00:43:45] Now, here's some advice for you, Liberty. Do not rely on getting social security when you turn in your systems. I've never planned on that. That's my advice for you. That's some advice. Thank you. Do not rely on it. Well noted. And, yes. Save for retirement now. Yourself. We're prepping in multiple ways. AI stocks. That's my recommendation. AI stocks. No, no. That's an AI bubble. Well, we've covered a lot of things today.

[00:44:12] And, again, it can be a little bit discouraging, but we always like to have people, whenever we've been out speaking, and Liberty, you've seen that, stand up and say, I know you've talked about a lot of these negative things, but we still believe God is sovereign, right? Absolutely. Amen. If anything, these times are our reminder that we have eternal hope, that no matter what happens in this world, and I think a lot of people are feeling scared, so it's a great time to share that hope. Covered a lot of issues today.

[00:44:39] Hope that you certainly have taken account of some of those. If you have not voted, please vote. You probably know other people you can take to the polls to vote, and so I would encourage you to do so, because that is, as you've probably figured out by now, a very important election, which we'll be talking about on Tuesday and especially on Wednesday. As always, I want to thank Megan for her help engineering the program. Derek, thank you for helping pull all this together as the producer. Enjoy the weekend.

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