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I love you, Baehr. I love you Curadh. This is episode 82 of the Baehr and Curadh podcast. We're gonna talk about US politics
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The US president should be elected by popular vote. I think that's a true statement. I think that is 100%
true and we have the technology to do that now. Mm-hmm. Is that why it wasn't never that way before?
There is a quote and I don't know who said it. I think it was one of the founding fathers, but maybe not.
It was something to the effect of the problem with giving people a choice is that they will choose for all.
Wow. So
They didn't want the presidential race to be completely by popular vote. Since that's why we have the electoral college. Yeah, which can't stand.
There's how many electors is there? It's the same as the number of senators and congressmen that you have. I believe some of our state. Yeah.
And typically, all of the electors vote as this one group. So, you have to win it state by state instead of person by person.
And then there's a minimum that you have to get to window electoral college from what I understand. What would you mean by that?
There's a minimum like you like you have to hold you have to win so many to win the electoral vote. You have to have there's a minimum amount that you have to get.
Well, certain states have more votes than others. You have to win at least half of the votes.
But I think it's more than half like you like say there's a total of 500 votes. One person can't win 252. The other one can't win 248.
It has to be it's because remember the last election when by the one he needed like Pennsylvania and something else because he needed to turn them out of votes to win the electoral college.
I could be completely all of this but I thought it was a certain amount and it's all quite a bit. I mean, it's not just the majority. It's the it's not you know 52% compared to 50% or something like that. It's So, more so I know that there are certain states that require in their constitution that the electors cast their ballots in proportion to the So, popular vote for that state.
But I think there's very few must of them are all either all in or all out. Well, isn't that have push wanted and then in Trump when it's because of the electoral college they both they both lost the popular vote then they push too. Yeah, push too lost the popular vote the core and then Trump lost the popular vote the Hillary but they still won because of electoral college, which I could see I mean I imagine there's a reason for the beginning and I guess we'll get into this but that just pisses me off that the popular vote gets.
Disregard it's the majority of the people who voted decided who's the winner was going to be and it's like sorry. Well, yeah, you win by state you don't win by yeah by the popular vote. Yeah, okay.
Voting should be compulsory. I don't think so. What does compulsory me mandatory? Smart ass. I knew you're going to say that. What do you think? It's So, a damn shame that most elections are won by only like 20% of the people voting.
Yeah, I think our most recent election in this town, I think 12% of the population voted and I was from the mayor and mayoral race. I think that is the of the of the whole population. Yeah, which includes people who So, can't vote, you know, like children. Yeah, but I think of those who are eligible to vote.
It's like 25% registered. It was something like 25% that's still bad though. I mean because you know where your vote really matters the most is on local elections, especially the school board because that's where people start at and I mean they So, control the circular.
The curriculum which controls the children. Yeah, and those people tend to rise up into other categories and positions and end up, you know, eventually being mayor and governor and senator and what not they all started school board elections.
So, it's kind of scary than isn't it? So, we could do nip them in the butt before the end there. Yeah, okay. I think there's a lot of countries that are democracies, especially young democracies where people they'll stand in line for days for the right to vote.
Yeah, I think people So, in this country just take it as almost as a chore and I view this privilege. You know, you know, you should vote. My thing is if you don't vote, then you have right to bitch.
So, I'm going to vote and I'm going to voice my opinion, you know, I mean, it's just you can't expect everyone. I don't know. Some people just don't care.
I mean, it was just what you did. It wasn't until I became an adult and got into the workforce that I discovered that there are people who don't vote. They're not registered. They never vote.
Well, my thing is, well, it doesn't matter. That's what you hear them saying the most. It doesn't matter what I have to say. Well, no, it does.
Session on local level. I mean, I mean, one of the cities here in our state came down to one or two votes. It wasn't a person. It was a bill.
It was a bond vote. I believe sales tax or something like that. And it lost by one vote.
Yeah. So yeah, I mean, you look it down like in like in Georgia during the lecture looked the presidential election. I mean, it was down to a few thousand votes.
The last time around, you know, I mean, so it does matter. And then people say a lot of elections are one by one So, ballot.
You think that they are pulling those, you know, once in a lifetime thing, but no, it happens every election. Something, something or somebody one by one ballot.
Yeah, that's crazy, isn't it? So, if just one more person would have voted.
Yeah, no kidding. Teachers should not tell their people which party they will vote for.
Wow. I absolutely agree with this statement.
I kind of do, but I don't want I want it to be a voluntary thing, not a mandatory thing, because if you tell teachers, you cannot say who you're going to vote for that is if you tell somebody you can't say something that is their first amendment right to chew or violating.
Yeah, but I mean, say we had kids in school. Well, I guess it really, but I don't know. I mean, most of it's a move point because by the time we move on, I mean, you can't vote until you're 18.
You're going to be at a high school by that. So, if you're in college, maybe that's when it would matter if your teachers, you know, we had that much influence on you.
That's a good point.
I would hope at 18, you would have enough sense to be able to make your own decisions without your teachers swaying your opinion that much.
When I was in broke ill school, the nuns would tell everyone how to vote.
Really?
They would tell the kids, tell your parents, you need to vote for Nixon or whoever.
When we transferred to public school, sometimes some kids would ask the teachers who you're going to vote for and the teachers would generally say I won't say.
That's how it was when I grew up.
And they'll turn it into a learning experience and give the pros and cons of each candidate, you know, and probably a good idea to instill those values into high school kids.
You never asked people who they were going to vote for.
It was kind of like asking how much do you make?
Exactly. It was unspeakable. You didn't talk about it. You didn't bring it up. It was rude.
It was considered very rude. Just like asking someone how much money they made. It was just never brought up.
I can remember my parents chewing me between the eyes about that. It's not your business. You don't need to know.
Nowadays, with social media and stuff, you can kind of tell which way people sway and how they vote.
The people who have Trump tattooed on their face.
You know, freaking ridiculous. I never saw so many people waving flags or a sitting president in my life just ridiculous, but that's the call of Trump.
But yeah, I don't think that the teachers should tell them.
You know, I think it's all good if you make it into a learning lesson, a teaching moment, making pros and cons, or making it into a civil moment.
Why the election matters, or how wide your vote is important, something like that.
How about making it a wider thing? Make it, I don't know, if not illegal, at least make it socially wrong for nobody to endorse anyone.
There's a lot of politicians out there saying, "Oh, I really need Trump's endorsement in order to win."
That's finished.
I bet he's been selling those endorsements.
A lot of those endorsements have been cursing on them, so a lot of the people that he's been back in have been recently lost.
And oftentimes, a president who has served his two terms, people will ask them for the endorsement of who they want as they're succeeding candidates.
And endorsements are a big thing, and like I said, I don't want to law this, as you can't say something.
No, I agree.
But we should probably make endorsements more of a private thing.
I agree with him.
Why do we elect people when you and I could be running the country?
I don't want to run this for a night there.
It should be lowered to 16.
It might be a good idea to get these young people into the habit of participating in our democracy.
Yeah.
Well, then you have the Republican side of it that those want people to vote.
They don't want young people.
They want all the old people to vote.
I think they want a minimum of age.
21 or 25 for you to vote.
They're right, they're right, they're far right.
They're left wanting 16 and then the right wanting, I think it's 21.
People say, you know, they're responsible enough to drive a car.
Yeah, but have you seen a 16-year-old have a car?
Yeah, scary.
But no, I think 16 is OK.
I mean, 18 is definitely.
I mean, if we can ship some of these kids off to go die for their country, they can sign up and fight for these countries.
And they should have a right to vote in my opinion.
So, 18 definitely.
I don't think it should ever be raised.
I think that would be absolutely ridiculous.
Can you imagine being shipped off?
You sign up to serve your country, but you can have no say in who is sending you away.
That's So, sickening in my opinion.
I suppose as a consequence, they would want to also lower the selective service age.
Is the draft age you mean?
Yeah.
Exactly.
So, I mean, 16 wouldn't bother me.
I wouldn't want to go any lower than that though.
Could she look at a 13- or 14-year-old voting, you know, then picking out their favorite Pokémon card and then going out and voting.
Are they want to be in office?
Because also when you get to that age, it's probably going to be voting for the parents.
Yeah.
And for even more stupid reasons, you know, I don't like the color of his hair.
Yeah.
So, 16 wouldn't bother me.
But the younger than that, although now that I think about it, so many people already do that here vote party line.
Oh, they have no idea who they're voting for.
No idea.
This is the Republican.
And so that's the box.
Exactly.
Yeah, you've heard my stories about that.
Yeah.
So, my might bring that up a little bit later on.
The electoral system should be reformed.
It should be abolished.
Yeah.
I agree with you.
It's an antiquated system that served its purpose when it was there.
What was needed?
I don't know what it did, but you know, it's the it's the thing we have.
And with technology, we really could do a popular vote.
Yeah.
People seem to be afraid of technology that everybody says the voting machines are.
They're afraid and crooked and well, the companies that make the voting machines knew that was going to happen.
And they have put in safeguards and tell us so many.
Yes.
And they are willing to sue for their reputation.
Oh, look what they did to CNN.
Mm-hmm.
And they smile like a multi-billion-hour lawsuit.
And they want.
I mean, care for them.
I think there's a few lawsuits still pending because of the last election because of the news organizations ever coming out saying that they stole the election and blah, blah, blah, blah.
You know, the whole diary of the mouth.
So, I don't know.
Extreme political parties should be banned.
I don't think so.
That probably surprises you.
Um, the definition of extreme.
That's exactly it.
But what do you think is extreme?
Republicans are getting pretty extreme.
But I mean, shall we ban them?
A lot of the problems we have is because we have a two-party system.
It's all or nothing.
Yeah.
There should be a requirement that we have at least a third party.
I think so.
So, all you lefties can go off to the left and all you righties can go off to the right.
And everybody else is in the middle.
Well, I mean, we kind of do have like the third party now.
I mean, you have the independence.
Yeah.
But there's a lot of political parties.
There's the nudist party.
Yeah.
But they your they never get anywhere.
It's still basically a two-party system.
And any but anytime somebody says they want to run as an independent.
People are thinking, well, who are you going to steal the votes for?
Is it going to be the Republicans or the Democrat?
Well, because generally that's what happened.
I mean, you will call it back to like Ross Perot.
He got a lot of votes, but you look back and just in basic history.
And a lot of times who runs independent tickets basically there.
And it steals two-party votes for one party or the other and makes the.
They're the party stronger.
I believe that there were some cases where it came out that some Republican candidates created independent parties that were that had extreme liberal positions with the purpose of stealing Democrat votes.
How they finance the independent candidates basically so they could win.
I don't remember details on that, but I do recall.
It makes sense.
And I'm going to put it past the Democrats do the same thing.
I mean, I haven't heard of those, but if you're not she if you're not keen, you're not trying.
But yeah, I think you can't ban the extreme parties because who's to say it's extreme.
Well, you just hope that people have enough common sense.
Like if there was a Nazi party that raised up and tried to start.
No, and there probably is a party and Nazi party out there, but it'll never make mainstream.
And we're just talking about American politics here.
There are other countries where there are definitely legitimate multiple parties to vote for.
In fact, a lot of times they have to have to get a certain percentage of votes because sometimes it's so.
So, convert it that just a few votes could win it.
So, I think there are some countries.
Maybe Britain is one of them where they have to kind of have a runoff down to two parties and then.
And then they go from there.
Yeah.
I mean, I do foresee this changing in the future though.
No, just like the Electoral College, both parties have vested interests in keeping it the way it is.
Yeah.
But we can't even get daylight savings time.
Yeah, whatever happened to that.
That was like, just to be all come home and everybody wanted to.
And then again, well, for while it was get rid of it entirely.
And now it's, it's kept it all year long, which kind of makes sense to me.
But they can't even get enough agreement on that.
You can't shut down on the Senate for it, isn't it?
It's something that it's ridiculous.
It's one hour time changing.
We can't agree on it.
All right.
There should be children and teenagers in government.
Aren't there?
I mean, every once in a while, you hear about a like a 16-year-old mayor.
No, I think it's been only 18.
But there's nothing to stop them from participating in the process.
Well, I think what president's thought of you to hold that you have to be a certain age would be the president of the United States.
And you have to be born in the United States.
Not just a U.S. citizen.
But born here.
Good born.
Yeah.
Which I kind of wonder how the was George Washington.
Yeah, he probably was born here.
It seems like an odd rule.
I guess you don't want someone coming over from another country.
Oh, yeah, I guess they didn't want the king to send over his friends.
His representatives and take over the election.
Yeah, because back then, I imagine it could have happened.
He sends over one of his sons over here.
And next thing you know, there's a Prince George or whatever is now the president.
So, a lot of college age kids are active in politics.
They have the energy to do it.
Yeah.
Well, in the college age, I mean, you really 18 or 19, you're not really people are still discovering themselves.
So, I mean, I don't have children.
I don't think she'd be involved with teenagers.
Hopefully later age, but there's a lot of teenagers that are more sense than me.
And so, I don't, you know, I don't think I would also worry.
Speaking of teenagers voting, I would worry about Beyonce winning the election.
Yeah, or Taylor Swift.
Yeah.
Well, that's, you know, they say that they do have a lot of influence on.
I mean, there was a big upset that Taylor Swift in the last election said that she was providing that helps wait for the young group.
I know.
I think it was that she told people to get registered to vote.
And there was a huge uptick in voter registration.
That's what it was.
And they were asking her who she would look for and she decided to not say anything.
But they were afraid that she was.
Yeah, I guess there was a huge influx of people, young people going out to register to vote out there.
Which is fine.
I think that's good.
I mean, whatever gets you out there to do it, you know, I mean, some people are afraid of that.
Like, oh, my God, a pop star got you to go vote.
Well, they're getting you to use your civic duty.
And there are, there are states where the electors that they put laws saying that you cannot register other people to vote.
You can only register yourself.
So, these get out the vote campaigns, which probably skew towards younger people.
You know, they want to discourage that.
Yeah.
They just want the old people to vote.
It doesn't make sense to me.
It's because that's how they win.
Yeah.
I know.
Just like Jerry Mandarin.
But it's So, not this obvious thing.
It's not fair.
It seems corrupt.
But we don't know that.
Yeah.
That's the system we have.
Yeah.
The electorate should not care about a politician's age.
Well, I'd say that we both know how we feel about that.
We both think that's over what we should be on.
No.
The electorate is the people who are voting.
That's okay.
We are the electorate.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I missed the question.
It's funny.
Well, give us your opinion with your vote.
Well, I think the question they're asking here is.
People are saying Biden is too old to be president.
So, I'm thinking young.
You're thinking they're thinking old.
I mean, as your vote, you can do whatever it was.
That's you can write in.
You can bounce as you want.
You can bounce your dial to that.
Yeah.
So, I mean, it's your vote.
So that's a majority of the people think that he's capable of doing the job.
And Trump isn't much younger than him.
And you know, I mean, it's that we're still thinking it's going to be.
It's going to be the democratic nominee versus Trump.
This is Biden's second term, isn't it?
Yeah, it's going in for a second term.
Yeah.
So, it'll be Biden versus Trump pretty much.
Pretty much.
Which is crazy.
Guys, what's facing 91 indictments?
Something like that.
And I think they have determined that there's no reason why he can't preside from Jay.
Oh, my God.
It's despicable.
Absolutely despicable if that happens.
We'd be laughing stock of the world.
Well, we already were.
We think I elected the first time.
Sure.
But it's like we're doubling down.
Topling down.
That's a good way to put it.
I don't know if Biden is too old or not.
It's not like Senator Palpatine.
Yeah.
I don't think he seems.
I mean, he has some senior moments.
But I mean, everybody has moments.
Especially when you have a camera on you 24/7.
365 days a year.
I know as I get older, sometimes names don't come to me.
Now, can you imagine a camera being on you all the time catching every screw up that you make.
And then everyone goes, if he's too old, look, he's Toppling feeling cognitively.
No, I had a brain fart.
You know what I mean?
But you know that they want somebody who's on top of the game.
I can't imagine they sleep all that much.
I mean, look at poor Obama.
He went in there looking young and slightly.
He came out and he looked 30 years older.
Oh, that happens to every president.
Yeah.
I mean, they don't sleep.
I don't think they sleep much at all.
And then when you do, I mean.
I'm like having a baby.
Yeah.
I mean, just babysitting a nation of idiots.
So, I would never want the job.
I didn't think it would be absolutely ridiculous.
It doesn't pay that well.
No.
$200,000 is not.
No.
Definitely not worth.
And nobody wants it for that money.
It's for the connections.
Oh yeah.
And you're set for life.
Yeah.
You're set for life.
Yeah.
Just on the, just on the college speaking circuit.
You'd be set for life.
Yeah.
But I went like two, three years off after doing it.
I'm like, I'm going to go sit on a peach and drink, Mark, or eat it.
You know, one of my secret service details.
So, I kind of be bothered.
But, you know, the people who left that job, they're not that kind of people.
No.
Not at all.
Kind of like on Game of Thrones where he says the guy who should be king is the guy who doesn't want to be king.
Yeah.
That's true.
All right.
Politicians should be required to take part in election debates.
It's a good idea.
But once again, first amendment.
Yeah.
And I think you should require anybody to say anything or not say something.
Yeah.
Can it get up?
No.
Mouse can get some.
Quite a bit of trouble.
But.
Oh, I know he goes thinking of there.
But it doesn't seem trope.
No matter what he says, it doesn't seem to.
It's Teflon to him.
And he finds outside that you can pick him up by the pussy.
Uh-huh.
He said I could shoot somebody on time square and nothing can happen to me.
He said it all.
I mean, he's made fun of people with disabilities.
He's punching down constantly.
He punched.
He's he told people too.
And his rallies go punch that person.
I'll pay for your legal fees.
Oh, God.
He's still.
I want to punch the crap out of myself.
Well, you know, we.
Sorry.
I should have said that.
We have a system that we deserve.
Yeah.
The problem with giving people a choice.
They choose badly.
Yeah.
That's true.
And a lot of.
So many people said they voted him.
Because he was outside the political system.
Well, nothing is outside the political system.
No.
He was going to drain the swamp.
That's our eyes rolling.
We have blisters on our eyelids.
That's why there was a moment of quiet right there.
Both of our eyes were rolling.
All four of our eyes were rolling.
So no, I think it's a good idea that they take part in election debate.
But like you said, you can't make them.
And the way they've structured debates,
it's just a series of soundbites.
Oh, and it's a shit show nowadays.
It's finds who's going to be more obnoxious.
He's going to yell over the other person.
They never really state there.
They're actual political.
You mean that leads to less.
It's not there the message anymore.
It's how loud you can yell.
It's the political grandstanding.
Once again, we have the system that we deserve.
All right.
Faith schools should not be funded by the government.
I don't think that's such a big deal in the United States,
because I don't think there are any public schools are.
And their religious schools are two different things.
Yeah.
In other countries, it may be a big deal.
Okay.
And possibly what's being done is.
And possibly what's being hidden in that statement is vouchers.
Lots of people are pushing for vouchers for private school.
Vouchers are where they divide up the money that went to a public school
by their student and their give money for that student to that school
from the government.
Oh, okay.
I see.
So, they're that private schools and religious schools can get government money to educate kids.
Okay.
And it's just a horrible idea.
Yeah.
I agree.
Well, that's the case.
And yeah, I don't agree with it.
Our country or yeah, our country was founded not on freedom of religion.
It was freedom from religion.
The pilgrims came here because they were persecuted from their religion.
I mean, they were just as bad.
They had their their own extreme views.
But the idea was that the church had become so popular in Europe.
People wanted, I guess, popularism.
Right.
They had become more so powerful.
The church was so powerful.
They pretty much run things.
Okay.
And you know, the people came here, they thought it's a it's a new place.
We could have new ideas and an not be subject to the church.
Okay.
Yeah, church and state definitely have to have a big huge wall between them.
Yeah.
I agree, composing.
All right.
The very wealthy should pay more taxes.
I agree with that statement.
Why?
I don't think they deserve the tax cuts that they get.
When reporters asked Trump, you know, you he didn't pay any taxes the last ten years.
He brags about it.
He says, that's because I'm a good businessman.
You know, he needs an account.
There's no high five loophole.
Yeah.
And that's the system that we got we have.
But I mean, do you think all the tax deductions that we have came from some kind of lobbying group?
But when you see people who pay taxes that almost break them and then you have these millionaire billionaires that like I think what's the one year of the government paid back Trump in taxes.
Or he paid like $700.
He's probably not as wealthy as he represents himself.
No, no, no, no.
You won't have any bankruptcy.
He says he had anyway.
Yeah.
It used to be the how do I put that the wealthy paid their share of taxes that there weren't the loopholes and the offshore funds and everything.
But right around the time I think Nixon came into power they started changing the laws.
And now it's pretty much the middle class that pays all the taxes.
And most of the middle class works paycheck to paycheck, don't they?
Well, all the people I know.
Yeah.
So, and then you have the rich that just kind of float on by, don't they?
I remember one time sitting at an Italian restaurant and the there was a woman to women at a table next to us.
And the one woman said things are just so tough right now.
I can't even make the payments on my second lake house.
Yeah.
So, take a step back waiting.
Listen to what you just said on your second lake house.
So, I mean, she's already got a primary residence.
And a lake house.
And a second lake house.
Let's probably forget the beach house or them at the house and the mountains either.
Because they have two lake houses.
I imagine you probably have a beach house and a mountain.
It's ridiculous.
I should have such troubles.
Yeah.
Oh, be so hard.
And I imagine to her though, that's very important, but it's probably your whole world.
Yeah.
Well, it's like my old boss, when I work for divorce attorneys, she was this one woman.
She was going through a divorce and her husband owned a bunch of fast-food restaurants in town.
Well, he had a lot of, he was a, she was the mistress and he was, he was a multi-millionaire.
And for Alimony, my old boss got her $30,000 a month in this woman's swore that she was destitute.
She could not live off of $30,000 a month.
A month.
$30,000 a month.
How many people we know don't make that in a year?
I don't.
And she was, she was broken.
And she could understand how he could do this to her and mobile bonds.
Like, you over the mistress for the first wife, he just replaced you with another version of you.
This is, this is an ongoing cycle.
But yeah, she could not understand how she, she had the house, she had a car, she got primary kids, all that.
So, she went on more money because she got primary custody of the kids.
She went on more money because of that and my old boss is like, you're getting paid $30,000 a month.
That's part of your Alimony child support and this woman cannot wrap her head around.
How is she going to do that?
How is she going to go vacation in Paris when she wants to go and blah, blah, blah, blah.
And I'm like, this woman doesn't even know what it's like to fly commercial probably.
About $30,000 a month and she was destitute.
There are people who live on that.
Well, less than that, a year.
But she was destitute at $30,000 a month.
And you're, without saying names, your boss after that would have a great big Christmas party at his mansion every year.
Have all of his employees that he pays a pittance to come to his mansion for Christmas every year.
She, no, no, she, no, she was very good to her point.
No, no, no, no, the boss after that.
Oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, he would have a Christmas party at his mansion.
Every year.
Yeah.
And talk about how old things are so, so bad.
You know, I can't afford to get your health care.
Yeah.
From his mansion.
It's like from sitting on top of the hill that overlooks the city.
Yeah.
Ridiculous.
And I just, how, how blind do you have to be to sit there and invite your employees to your house, your own personal house?
To me, it, it, it was a lack of awareness, like look what I have new people.
This welcome to my abode, my kingdom, and go back to you, your, your levels.
Yeah, exactly.
So, but and then everyone kisses ass over there.
I was like, well, I knew where he lived.
So, but Carmen's a bitch and he got a lot of things helped him return.
So, we should not elect judges.
I think we should.
But yet.
Why?
Well, it comes out.
Well, that's the thing too.
It's, it's a double wage sword because then you have people who vote locally and just see that it's a Republican and they vote on party lines.
They make some of the biggest decisions for us in our lives.
I agree with that.
And that's exactly why I think it should be just the opposite.
Judges should not be elected.
They should not be subject to the whim of the people.
Okay.
They should be able to point it.
They should be able to interpret the law and So, what's the word?
I'll say enforce the law without regard to popularity.
Okay.
That's why the Supreme Court is a lifetime appointment.
They're supposed to be above the political system.
But look out, that's workout.
Well, that's because they were put there by people who are ensconced in the political position.
So, do you think you should apply for the job or be appointed by said politician?
Well, I don't know what kind of system I think judges come to the bench.
A lot of different ways that every state has their own, their own ways.
In most cases, it's appointed by a politician.
I know that our district court judges have voted upon.
By the people or by the people.
By the people.
You know, they should be beholden to the law and not beholden to the people.
I mean, you make that point.
I suppose there's a problem with that when you have a Supreme Court judge who takes vacations
and gets yachts and stuff from powerful people that not being beholden to the people.
You know, you can do pretty much whatever he wants.
And doesn't have to apply the law fairly.
No, I can see both sides of that.
So, you usually want them to be fair and equitable.
And how can you require that?
How do you write that into a law?
You can't.
So, I suppose they could have a lot of cases, the bar association.
You know, you could be disbarred for unethical behavior.
But in most cases, it's a very egregious case.
Oh, yeah, you have to do a lot of bad things for you to be disbarred.
Still for clients, drugs, alcohol.
Yeah, it takes a lot to disbarred.
And if a judge is disbarred, they lose their qualifications to be judged, don't they?
That's a good one.
All right.
Well, that was a pretty good episode I would think.
So, what is your favorite joke right now?
Favorite joke, I have two of them.
Uh-oh.
What did zero say to eight?
I don't know.
What did zero say to eight?
Your belt is too tight.
I don't get it.
Oh, get it.
I got it now.
I get it.
I got it now.
I get it.
Okay, the second one.
Sorry.
Why was six afraid of seven?
Why?
Because seven, eight, nine.
Oh, God.
I knew that.
I read that one before.
I think you said that the moment to me before.
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