REAL AF with Andy Frisella - 18. American Pandemic: When Is Enough, Enough?

Episode Date: April 8, 2020

What does America's future look like? In today's full length episode, we discuss the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic that's happening, how President Trump & Dr Fauci are handling the outbreak, and what we can learn from this crisis.

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Got more cars than did. I only weigh 180, but my watch cost 250. What's up, guys? It's Andy Grisella, and this is the show for the realists. Say goodbye to the lies, the fakeness, and delusions of modern society. We have a lot of them right now, and welcome to motherfucking reality. What's up guys we got full crew in the house right here minus the impaler the impaler is impaling and uh

she's sheltering in place in manhattan kansas and we're uh we're missing his nice shiny dome what do you think von is actually doing right now von's having a conversation at his... No, he can't because the coffee shop's probably closed. I don't know what he's doing. I mean, it's got to be... I mean, it's one thing to be bored. Dude, I'll tell you what he's doing. He's got five girls that live in his house and him. Oh, shit.

So I bet he's probably hiding. I would be. I'm going to tell you right now, man. You know, congrats to Vaughn. Yeah. And Kasha. They had their... That's right. Their newest baby You know, congrats to Vaughn and Kasha. They had their newest baby here last week. Congrats, Vaughn.

Congratulations. I will tell you, the hardest thing about being in lockdown is having fucking kids. 100%. Really? I wouldn't know. Oh, dude. Dude. There is no escape.

There is zero escape. Can't go to a park. They close all our parks. Dude, what the fuck? So anyway. Can't even walk. We got to intro everybody because Vaughn's not here. So we have like our, I don't know what we want to call it.

This is the Audible podcast. Yeah, this is the Audible crew. We got DJ. What's going on, guys? DJ, what's your Instagram? At DL Johnson. DL Johnson. crew uh we got dj uh guys dj what's your instagram uh at dl johnson dl johnson and then we got joe our audio producer for the podcast what's up brother what's your uh instagram is joseph underscore young stl joseph and i follow you now that's right thank you yeah joe joe you finally

following the crew yeah i got big league yeah so obviously uh the topic of discussion which has been for the last month um you know is covid and corona corona covid 19 wuhan wuhan china the china china china um you know and look before we get into the podcast, look, man, this is a realist podcast. So you might not agree with everything that we're going to talk about today, but I understand that we're taking this serious regardless of what we end up saying, which I don't even know where the fuck this is going to go. But understand that we're all taking it very serious and we're all making sure that we abide by all the guidelines. People in our own communities get through this. Uh, so we might make some jokes

and we might tease and all that, but I want everybody to know, you know, well, I think it's extremely important, especially from a business operating standpoint. And we didn't wait a day, even when the soft quarantine was in effect, we mobilized our entire unit. No, we had to, we, we took every precaution we separated our warehouse crew you know we typically pack 50 60 guys at a time we shut it down to 10 man shifts yeah over 24 hours the guys aren't getting as many hours but we're maintaining their average pay over the course of time we've separated them we've taken every precaution so i mean dude we're in a good we're in a fortunate enough position where you know we're established enough after 21 years to really and we're still fluid

enough and flexible enough to really take care of the people who are part of the company um but man not everybody has that opportunity no it's been hard to see it's hard to see very hard and i think we should we should dive down that realm i just i want people to know that you know i think we're you know we like to have fun yeah and i don't want that fun to be translated into light that we don't care we don't care right there's nobody look man here's the bottom line you know in times like these dude when shit's bad if you don't have somewhat of a sense of humor about shit you're gonna go crazy because like this is dude this is terrible you know the health aspect aside you know people dying and and you know I've gotten a lot of heat lately because I've been vocal about the media and how they're

portraying the situation and the statistics and you know if you look at the statistics of this you know it's a pandemic that's what we have every four to five years we have one yeah and um yeah we you know and and this is something that we go through as people and i think it's important to remember that this isn't the first pandemic we've ever been through this is the first time the media has blown it up into like, you're all going to die shit. You know, everybody's going to die. It's got everybody scared. It's got people doing irrational things. And that's what happens when people are scared. And, um, you know, I've got a lot of heat because I've talked a lot about the business aspect. Well, the reason that I talk about the business aspect is because that's where I'm at. I'm in the business and I have, you know,

a couple thousand entrepreneurs that add my letting myself coach and I'm fielding phone calls consistently over the last month of people that are so distraught about their businesses. Like, dude, they're, they're not just depressed. I mean, some of these people are like on the edge, man, contemplating suicide. It's a big deal. And I think, you know, when you look at our president as of today, was it the 8th? Is my date correct? It's the 7th.

You know, he has a COVID health medical campaign and he's actually advising a business campaign or a business advisory board because it's a huge fucking deal. Yeah. You know, you shut the world down. The U.S. economy is, it's the world's economy. Yeah. You know, you shut the world down. The U.S. economy, it's the world's economy. Yeah.

You know, and we're starting to see, like, okay, the government. Well, it definitely leads the economy. I mean, 100%. And, dude, as a country, we're in uncharted waters. And it's going to take, there's not one person that has the answer. There is multiple people that need to come together, and we need to get through this as a unit, you know? And I think that's the most important thing that we can come up with is, Hey, listen, like how the fuck do we get through this faster, as fast as physically

possible with as few people that die without shutting the world off. You know what I mean? And, and that's a tough fucking spot no it is it is dude you know like god no and and look and in the political climate of today's scenario uh with the media and the way that they do not like our president it's really i can i feel really bad for him because he's in a situation where if he really says the truth, he's going to get blasted forever. Blasted. Yeah, and those deaths and all that shit is going to be on his hand

because the truth of the matter is, and this is the fucking truth, the statistics do not warrant, okay, now I am fully aware they could not be telling us the whole truth, all right, but the statistics that are available as of today, okay, where 11,000 people have died in the United States do not warrant shutting down a 330 million fucking person economy. They just don't. And unless there's some things that we don't know, for example, a million people died in China and not a couple thousand? That's possible, dude. We don't know

that. But I don't believe that the rest of the countries are lying as well. We have how many deaths in Italy right now? What is that? 17,000 deaths in a 62 million person 62 million person country where they have a high population of elderly uh it's common for the elderly and grandparents to live with a normal family and see the young kids and dude this is a very tricky thing because most people that carry this virus don't show the symptoms yeah and that's the problem that we have going on right now is you know it can spread so fast and it can cause just enough damage to people to require hospitalization. And if the hospitals are overrun, they can't care for people and then people die that shouldn't die. Well, and then other people die of ancillary

complications, right? What happens? You're just a regular guy. You have a heart attack. Now you can't go to the hospital. Yeah, right. You know what I mean? So there's a, there's a log flume that happens because of it. But you're starting to see it. It's happening in, obviously, the high traffic areas. Chicago, New York, LA, San Francisco. Well, guess what? It also has a high population of Asian travelers. They're all international airports.

Right. So you're starting to see. And it's easy to say in retrospect, well, we should have done this and we should have done that. Yeah. Well, but we should move forward. We kind of have some evidence. I think that's the topic right now. You know, I'm observing.

I've been saying from the beginning what I thought this was, and I got destroyed on the internet for it. And that's fine. I don't have to. Not everybody has to agree with me. I see things. I'm good at seeing things between the lines. And when I observe what's going on here,

I see a lot of stuff that isn't surface level going on. I'll just say it like that. And a lot of people think that's conspiracy. It's not conspiracy. I'm looking at the data. I'm looking at what the news organizations are saying. One of the biggest problems that we have right now is that people think that the news, that the CNN and the Foxes and the MSNBCs is the actual news. Those people have agendas and they are,

those corporations are owned by individuals who have agendas. And if you just sat back and watch the stories and instead of like saying, yes, this person makes sense or yes, this doesn't make sense. Step back and sort of think of it like this. What is this person trying to sell me and judge their performance? Like, that's how I look at it.

I'm like, okay, I'm watching Fox or I'm watching CNN or I'm watching MSB NBC. I'm looking at it like, okay, what are these people adding on the end or the beginning of the news that makes us like be tilted towards their viewpoint? And that's how I, you know, that's where you, but people don't watch it like that. And I would encourage everybody who's listening to this, who thinks like, oh yeah, dude, that sounds conspiracy that the media doesn't, the big, large media outlets have our best interests in mind. Just watch them and pay attention.

I mean, I don't know that you can, I mean, you could really just track it, go back in history, watch some of the old stuff. I mean, before this Corona stuff and you'll be able to tell then just any topic, pick any topic and you can really just track it. Go back in history, watch some of the old stuff. I mean, before the corona stuff, and you'll be able to tell then. Just any topic. Pick any topic, and you'll be able to see a difference. Well, I think it's unethical from the media standpoint during a time like this to drive an agenda. And I think that's the scary thing. You know, the scary thing is here are these media outlets.

Well, it's not just the media, bro. We got people who are out of work out of a job their companies are closing and then we have an entire fucking party that opposes the republican party okay whatever party you like or dislike i don't really give a fuck but the fact that we have one party trying to slide in all this shit and holding up the aid dude dude, that's wrong. I think Nancy Pelosi, if Andrew's referring to them holding up the financial bill and Nancy Pelosi trying to slide in her agendas for green energy and $30 million for the Kennedy Center, and she's holding up aid to the American people,

mind you, which those three, four, five days are playing crucial times right now. They've lost touch. Yeah. They've lost touch. And it's playing the American people. That's both touch yeah they've lost touch and it's you know playing the american that's both parties no no i'm with you yeah this is not but i'm just saying let's look in in recent history think of the selfishness think of the hatred think of think of how you could use the american people as pawns bro they look at us like we're ants and that's bullshit yeah i know i agree the fucking taxpayer yeah you know what and there's here she is trying to drive an agenda we're a fucking ant

farm and they're fucking making the rules about it yeah that's it and like dude it's fucking wrong these people are so fucking out of touch dude of what it's like for the average american like whether you're dealing with the hospitals right now because your family's sick or you're sick or whether you're dealing with not having a job or not having a company anymore or being on pause and not knowing what's going to happen. These people, I'm convinced, have lost touch with what's that like. They have no idea. Well, they certainly don't give a fuck about it. They're getting paid their full amount. Regardless. They're still taking, you know, little breaks, you know, oh, we'll resume. Dude, these motherfuckers should be in session 24 hours a day right now.

Until it's off. That's right. I do. The only good political conversation I heard was Kennedy out of Louisiana. He said, this country was founded by fucking geniuses, and it's being run by fucking morons. Well, dude, I saw. Yeah, that's fucking true, too. You're right. I saw last night one of the state reps, a Democratic rep from, I think it was Ohio maybe,

black woman, got COVID, right? Took the hydroxychloroquine that they're trying to, you know, for some reason, not everybody wants that shit out there, okay? Even though it's cheap and generally safe and apparently works pretty well. They say that evidence is anecdotal. Well, let's, uh, let's talk about that for a second. Anecdotal evidence means you're getting real world results. That means that Joe says it works.

DJ says it works. Sal says it works, but we don't have any science studies. Two years. Okay. Two years. So it makes me wonder what the fuck are these people thinking because we have this woman on tv who's a democrat uh i believe that's her uh or no that's not her there um she was sick and she took the

hydroxychloroquine and then got better and she was online last night praising praising trump for making it available and dude that's the kind of shit that we got to see right now we have someone who's a democrat who probably generally doesn't really care for fucking donald trump yeah who says okay says you know what regardless of what my feelings are dude that drug helped me and you guys should be at least giving it a try dude this is not about politics and it's not about party lines and it's not about who did what or who who has what agenda or who believes what this is about stopping people from getting fucking sick so that they don't get sick and die and we can move back to being a normal country it's about us

the ants telling those people to fuck off yeah that's the truth you know what i mean i'm telling you right now if i got it knock on wood i'm at least giving that shit a shot you know what i'm saying like yeah i was i was watching the debate and they're like would you take it it was uh it was uh out of these two guys one was bashing trump one was supporting me it is what it is he's like well if you got it, would you take it? And he wouldn't answer the question.

He's like, I'd listen to my doctor's advice. And I'm sitting here thinking, man, I'm going to tell you right now. I forget. I was watching. Cause I watch,

what I do is I watch a little bit of CNN. I watch them all. A little bit of MSNBC and a little bit of Fox because they're all assholes. No, we're not all. We're watching it to try to read between the lines. Yeah. I built perspective.

And I'll tell you the guy that I love the most is Hannity. Cause I just think the guys, he's pretty aggressive pretty aggressive so i like it but he's all sometimes he's a little bit too far right on the right side too but i look at it like man no i think he's pretty ants i think hannity's pretty good let's stand up against those motherfuckers and say hey fuck you yeah we're fighting for us because he's the gal on after him uh i forget her name but she's good too she's smart yeah yeah you can tell she's good too. She's smart, dude. Yeah, you can tell she's... She's got some spice.

Oh, buddy. I guarantee her husband don't win no arguments at home. That motherfucker is 0 and 800. Yeah, no shit, dude. He ain't no reigning champ. Dude, and the best part is watching her argue with some of these guys

is like she does it like kind of how I do it, in that real sarcastic way. So you're telling me that fucking blah, blah, blah. It's just hilarious to me. Laura Ingraham. Laura Ingraham, yeah. But I just think, man, I'm so much. Now, dude, I'm not saying I agree with everything she said, but she's good at fucking.

She's there for a reason. Yeah, right. But I will say this. I mean, this is a time when I think as American people, and this is the first time I would say i'm a real adult like a leading adult in time in these kind of hot waters and man it really is a time we need to not be sheep and we need to stick together dude hey fuck you guys i want my job back i want to turn it back on i agree and i want to be safe yeah and if you guys got to go have your little knickknack fucking paddywhack fucking argument go fuck off and do it other way other place yeah i want to go it back on. I agree. And I want to be safe. Yeah. And if you guys got to go have your little knick-knack fucking paddywhack fucking argument,

go fuck off and do it other place because I want to go back to life. Yeah. Yeah. I think they're fucking with the hornet's nest right now. The hornet's nest? Fuck, I got it. Eight fucking hours a day with my fucking kids locked in the thing. I got a hornet's nest.

Look, dude, I'm just saying, man, I think that those guys, I think those guys are going to, I think, you know know i don't know man i look dude there's too many questions about it that are really unanswered um for example and this is why i get all this is this is why i see other things going on besides what what actually people think is going on you know it's very bizarre to me that they haven't tested the entire country or at least randomized section tested to find out on the antibodies find out people think is going on you know it's very bizarre to me that they haven't tested the entire country or at least randomized section tested to find out on the antibodies to find out where the fuck it's been you cannot statistically and this is why you're seeing the death curve crash now

the last couple days you've seen the media back off on their prediction dude i said this shit four weeks ago i told you guys i said it's gonna come out and this shit's gonna magically start to poof away and now all of a sudden the death rate curve is dropping do you know why because of what i said at fucking four weeks ago bro if you don't know how many people have had it or have it you can't properly predict the death curve correct you know and dude that's that the virus you know the the curve and you got people up there saying well you know this is gonna this is gonna be uh changing as more data comes in well you shouldn't put the motherfucker out then until you collect the data well that's that doesn't sell

right and my thing is and we talked about a thousand times but i mean dude you're seeing it right now like dude if you watch the news you see in the market dude the market's going up fucking people are you know dude i see it on the streets yeah they're walking people are starting to go back to their normal life on their own well and they're being smart about it and i think that's the thing about playing your role too but you know like i look at it this way you fundamentally peel back all the shit 1.7 billion people in china they commute to the United States fucking in by the hundreds of thousands and vice versa yeah we rely on the Chinese marketplace there are Americans by the hundreds of thousands going into China and coming back and coming back to all areas of the country October November

December January February mind you I was in San Francisco February 10th, 11th, 12th, something like that. I'm sitting there thinking, 10 days later, my wife and I both, I wasn't like extremely sick, but I felt like shit. You know what I mean? And then I start thinking, well, fuck, I've already had it. You know what I mean? Now I got seasonal allergies. I think, oh, fuck, I got it again. Came back.

Well, dude, you know what? That's a big problem. So, you know, I think a lot of people, I'm not sure what I think about this because I think there's going to be a lot of people who are mentally, like, fucked up from this in terms of, like, they won't go to a Cardinals game or a football game. We were just talking about that. Like, what does the new normal look like? Yeah.

Like, there's people who are really, really, like, mentally affected by this. Yeah. I can tell you this. For me, I'm going right back to the way I was. I'm fist bumping. I'm shaking hands. I'm giving hugs. Bro, it's already changed.

My wife's a nervous wreck. It's like, before you leave, do this, do this, do this. Listen, it's shit to be aware of. You know what I'm saying? I think for us as a company- Well, I think that's the proper way to be right now. We don't fucking know. Fuck no.

We're going to play by the rules. We should know because they should be telling us what's going on but they're for some reason they're not well and that therein lies maybe a scary point you know i'm saying yeah like like are are they not putting it out because there's actually a 10 million people died in china we don't know about it yeah maybe they do know you know yeah but that's that's the thing is is uh you know, it's always easy in retrospect to go back and say you should have, could have, would have. I'm going to tell you, like playing God. Man, motherfucker, I called this shit from day one. Called what?

The whole fucking thing. But the thing, the beauty of that is if the stop, if the slow the curve, if it works, if it works, we'll never know. No shit. And so that they can say, look at what we did. We saved the world. Maybe they did. Yeah.

Maybe they did. You just never know. I got in an argument, literally. So my wife's boss. Okay. No, we're going to find out. We're going to find out because there's countries, there's countries that don't have the supplies. So we will know because like Haiti.

Look at Haiti. Yeah. That's what I'm saying. So Haiti is's gonna get it and they don't have the fuck they do not have the infrastructure to fucking support it you couldn't fucking it's impossible yeah it's gonna run through haiti and and and and other countries just like that dominican and we'll see we'll see what happens and then we'll be able to tell was it really necessary was it not yeah yeah um and unfortunately you know that fucking sucks but that's how you're gonna know it's it's reality i mean that's yeah this is real

this isn't like some manufactured thing but it's one of those things that you know when you're when you're the quarterback and you got all your your health advisors saying stop the curve stop the curve stop the curve if you don't you're to kill this many people. Yeah, but that kill this many people is based off data they don't know. I know, but he got pinned in a corner. By people who are best friends with pharmaceutical companies. I don't disagree with that. Who have pushed vaccines, mass vaccines for the last 30 years by people who understand that this is a great way to get themselves rich and to make other companies rich by even treating this. But think about this.

Don't you think it's bizarre, Sal, that Bill Gates had this video that went out five years ago, right? And yesterday his company was testing the vaccine for this shit. I mean, don't you think that's weird? No, I don't think that's weird at all. I think that's when I, I mean, it goes, this is my point to you earlier in regards to the futures market of the Dow Jones. The whole game is rigged. All the motherfuckers are in on it.

But we're agreeing. Yeah. You don't think it's weird because we know that that's correct. Nothing is by accident. That's right. There is zero reason right now. Yesterday, the futures market was up 5%. There is zero reason

for the U.S. economy to be booming at 4% in non-trading hours. Today, again, it was up 3.5% in off-trading hours. The economy hasn't been turned back on. That money hasn't even come in. hours today again it was up three and a half percent in off trading hours there's economy hasn't been turned back on that money hasn't even hasn't even come in could it be baked into the price already no those motherfuckers know they already know we're turning the corner you know what i mean like and they're all i guarantee you the microsoft's of the world they're hedging

billions of dollars into the game it's exactly what i said when i wrote that email four fucking weeks ago which i'm glad i saved because when this is all over, I'm going to post it and be like, I told you. Dude, these people are running crazy. Like, dude, the headlines right now on some of the news is coronavirus cases. We have the most coronavirus. No shit because we're testing the most people. Yeah.

Like, this is fucking logic, dude. Like, they're making this into people yeah like this is fucking logic dude like they're they're making this into some shit like that it's not um when we start to get test people of course when we're testing a hundred thousand people a day the thing's gonna go up thirty thousand cases a day but the good news is is it it should offset the death rate do you know i'm saying but that's not being talked about it'll skew it so the idea the best thing that can happen at this point in time is it's gonna get onboarding 500 you're already seeing that you're seeing that you're seeing the media backpedal like they're fucking lance armstrong okay i can't wait though i can't wait to retrospectively

look back at this and i and i and i've said this a couple times and i'm i think our president's done a fucking great job i know he's there's some moves that have not been you know perfect look man you can't do a perfect job in a crisis like this that's real there's nothing to base it off he shut down the borders in january they got fucking all the racists and xenophobes yes you know and it's like okay so he identified he's a smart motherfucker he identified it and then what happened is then he gets pinned in this corner you're gonna kill hundreds of thousands of people because that's what it started at could be millions yeah well dude you tell me what's

gonna kill millions all right we gotta do something drastic like we gotta shut the motherfucker down you know what i'm saying and i and i and i i actually hope that we look back on this that we did save hundreds of thousands of lives but i hope that we also didn't cost people their hundreds of thousands of lives because they went broke because the economy shut down because all these small businesses that were thriving get put out of business so i look at like where is the perfect axis where we hit the on switch people are could if you even make that argument right now you're a fucking greedy piece of shit and that's fucking wrong okay because there's different kinds of casualties in this just like you just said there's people who are sick there's people who are dying and

there's people who are losing their life's work where they work 20 years sometimes 40 years to fucking build a business and now it's just gone like you you guys who have never built something, who have never put in the 20 years of stress and anxiety and fear and grinding and headaches and pain and just perseverance that it takes to build a company. You guys who have never done that, you have no fucking idea what these people are going through. Because imagine dedicating your entire life, and I mean your entire life. Everything. Yeah, everything you got. Everything. Forgoing family, forgoing vacations, forgoing this and this and this to build this thing that serves the world. Oh, and yeah, you do make some money on it, but you also employ all these people. To have that ripped away from you is something that most people just cannot possibly comprehend dude i've poured every fucking ounce of my life into this into my

companies every ounce i don't even have fucking kids because i don't have time for it okay if this were to be ripped away from me what what would i have said what those 20 years would have been for fucking nothing and it says more too because it's not even like a gradual loss no it's just gone it's just gone and people think because you say that and make that argument it makes you some sort of greedy no spend the last four weeks of your fucking life on the phone with entrepreneurs who are losing their fucking lives their livelihoods and their families are getting sick well i think there's two i mean and that's that's the warfare that we're in we're not it's brutal we're not in a gun war you know like where it's us versus them

we got two battles and they happen to fucking intersect yeah and they're two huge fucking two huge fucking chess pieces that certainly you don't want to have to fuck you got the king and the queen on the table and we got to figure out which one we're keeping yeah you know what i mean and that's a big fucking problem man and i think and i'm with you the economic people that you know they say hey fuck it you know and and i don't know the right answer i don't know the right answer fucking turn it back on and we'll fuck it it's the way it fucking is and the health people said no you can't kill all these fucking people but there's no sell there's no evidence that shows that that's what happens other than a few key areas that's the point a lot of what's being

reported on the news is not true whenever they say oh the hospitals are overwhelmed a few hospitals are overwhelmed yeah many many hospitals are completely vacant well i think we're gonna see a i think we're gonna see a fucking no what we're gonna lock down of certain areas what we're gonna that is the right move that should have been the move from the beginning though what we're gonna know what was coming what we're gonna see this is what we're gonna see we're gonna see all the media who made this sound like it was the fucking apocalypse literally i screenshotted people who said they were using the word apocalypse in their fucking stories wow okay those people are gonna have to eat a bunch of shit i hope they do

they do the problem with it is and this is the shitty thing and i'm dude i'm so fear-mongering has to stop it has to not only has to stop because dude but listen dude when you call it out you're an insensitive piece of shit that's the problem right now well i think if i'm a voter right and i'm looking at it i'm voting on these two things hey how did my senator governor whomever how do they respond to covet 19 were they fucking were they realistic and where did they have my best interest in mind or were they a part of that fucking agenda that's right i'm voting on that i promise you that and secondarily me too we're gonna watch

we're gonna watch the economy's gonna struggle there's no fucking you and i had this conversation yesterday like stimulus pack or not it's gonna struggle for a little bit now it's gonna turn back on we're gonna jump start and do things when it comes back on dude it's gonna go right back where it was i'm with you i'm with you it's not better but i agree it's gonna go up and down a little bit and people say people are like well how? Well, I just had the last three days I've been dealing with the SBA on the Stimpak to learn about it and figure out what it is. Basically, what the Stimpak is going to do for a lot of small businesses, if you have employees, is it's going to, it's two and a half months worth of shit and money to cover your fixed expenses like payroll and things like that. And what it's going to do is basically keep everybody where they were right before. It's kind of like they push pause. I'm just explaining this very basic. Imagine wherever you were right before this happened is kind of where you're going to be financially when this opens back up that's what they've done with the stimulus package um i looked it over pretty pretty good um the thing is that it's going to hurt people

is that you know you have to go through the sba to do it and if you don't have a prior banking relationship meaning like a lot of small businesses they don't have somebody they've ever dealt with for a bank you know they're got to get in a long line and and that long line could mean they don't get their money for a while but that's five days man that five days is gonna fucking matter that's all i get that's fucking bullshit and i agree with you yeah but i'm saying i'm saying from looking at it from my point of view and what i know about business um it's gonna be if if things open back up soon, it's going to be pretty beneficial to keeping everybody where they were. So like wherever you were, you know, if you were at the leader, you're going to be the leader probably. As long as you're maintaining what you can now.

And if you were struggling, you're still going to be in business. You're just going to be struggling. for business owners right now is to not, and we were just talking about this in the lobby a minute ago before we started the podcast, is to not put your head so far down that you're missing the opportunities to move forward. Because the truth of it is, guys, I got an email from one of my friends who has a small business and, you know, he was fucking pissed, which obviously, you know, I understand. And I said, so what, what'd you learn? He's like, I didn't learn nothing. And I said, well, then you're, you shouldn't be in business, you know? And, and I said, so what'd you learn? Well, I learned that I need to have more cash on hand. I learned that I need to be better and

more financially responsible. I learned that I need to pretend like this is going to happen every year so that I'm ready to pounce on the opportunities when there's blood in the water for opportunities. And I said, well, those are some pretty fucking valuable lessons. And dude, you guys who are young in business, you're one or two years into business, three years, five years into business. Look, this is a tremendous learning opportunity for all of you and for the employees right now that you know i'm sorry they can't pay your your bills because maybe you got laid off and you didn't have more than a week's worth of money you know this has got this the lesson here is be prepared for things like this that's my biggest that's my biggest try to save up and i know it's hard dude because like i've been there. And saving up a couple months to live on is, fuck, it takes a long time.

But it's a smart idea. But that's an exercise of discipline. That's right. You know, I recommend this book all the time. Sal, we live in a society now that has been so good for so long that people, and look, I'll agree. This is a very bad thing, like in terms of like the things we've been through you know the 9-11 thing the financial crash time deal man yeah no this is a big thing

like everybody's gonna remember this it's gonna be it it's gonna be always talked about for remember when that happened and there's gonna be a lot there's a lot of lessons here. And so like my main message has been on it from a productive standpoint. Hey, don't get so down on yourself guys that you're not recognizing where the opportunities are leading and what you're doing. Because the more I talked a bit, you know, I've had a lot of phone conversations. You know, the Arte Syndicate with M.I. Let, that's what we do. We coach entrepreneurs.

I've had a ton of conversations with these guys over the last month and and and and really man um just i could save you the phone call you know people are upset to get it take a minute step the fuck back take inventory of what you're still grateful for okay Like that's really been helping a lot of guys like, Hey man, um, there's people in this world that can't eat and they can't eat during normal times. You know what I'm saying? So, so let's step back. If our biggest problem is we can't get the Charmin toilet paper right now. And we had to cut a couple of people from their job and our bit, maybe our business fucking crashed. it's an opportunity to rebuild better stronger with more tools and that's how you have to look at it and i i think that you know i'm not talking from out of my ass because a lot of people will say well that's easy for you to say well how the fuck do you think we got here like we had to

manage all these storms too dude we were two years old when 9-11 happened. But we're in the middle of a shit storm. No, no, no. That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is, is like, dude, we were a small business when 9-11 happened. We were still a small business when 2008 happened. When 2008 happened, we were able to fucking pivot that and we grew our business 100% in a row for the next five fucking years. Okay. So you guys were in business right now and you're, or even if you're an employee of a business, and I want to talk about that too, because a lot of employees now are like confused. I'll just put it that way. Um, you, this is the time to step up and show your value. This is the time to, to not panic, to stay as calm as you can, and to look around and say,

okay, how can I be an asset to my business? And the guys who own the business is say, okay, how can I be an asset to my community right now? How can I adjust to these new norms? How can I adjust to these new behaviors? How can I serve my people in a more effective way, even if things go back to normal, which they will, when they go back to normal, what tools can I develop so that I can be more effective then? And that mindset is what's going to determine who capitalizes here and comes out better and looks back and says, damn, dude, you know what? That COVID time, as hard as it was, it fucking made me versus the people who, and there's going to be more of these people who are going to look back and

they're going to say, man, you know, I was kicking ass up until the COVID thing happened and that just ruined my life. It took me out. Dude, how many of you got,

how many, how many people, you know, like that to say, man, I had this big business until 2008, just wipe me out. And they're still doing nothing.

It's 12 fucking years later. You know, like this is an attitude adjustment and a perspective twist that you guys have to have no matter if you own a business or you're an employee. Okay. Another thing about the employees, I saw something on TV about employees of essential businesses demanding hazard pay. Let me explain something to you guys. There's less jobs now. So you should be appreciative that you have a job that's still paying you. If you're demanding hazard pay because you're an essential company and you're able to go to work and have a job on a 10 man crew that's normally 50 man um dude you need to understand that right now there is millions of people that would fucking kill to have that position and that day to feed their children yeah that's what i'm saying and the days of like oh well

you're not going to find anybody else that shit's over it's right now. So your best bet as an employee is to figure out how can I fucking help bail the water? Get a fucking bucket and pitch in. Yes, right. Like, dude, we got water coming on the boat. You better be the motherfucker bailing the most, because if you are, that's going to be remembered in a year from now when things get back to normal. We're going to say, you know what? When that shit went down joe and

bob and tony and suzy and mary they fucking kicked ass those are the people we can count on and that's what people people also employees they're getting their perspectives confused because they still think it's what it was fucking two months ago which it ain't no well and i think i mean this is i don't mean to sound that as like a threatening way. I'm just saying it's reality. I think it's realistic. Dude, you're going to start to see adjustments. I mean, listen, it was a great test for us as a business from a remote organization. You're going to watch a lot of these companies.

You're going to understand that they can operate remotely. And maybe they can operate with less employees and less overhead. You know, you're going to see that paradigm shift as well. And it's just, this is a testing point. I have an interesting perspective. Two points to your... The single greatest thing i ever did was go to haiti the outside having kids and all the other stuff the single voluntary thing i ever did is go to haiti and because that perspective shift for me that you just spoke about was it was real

right it's real to watch i have i don't you're watching kids run around with no fucking clothes carrying buckets of water four miles up a fucking mountain just for their family yeah It's real to watch. You're watching kids run around with no fucking clothes, carrying buckets of water four miles up a fucking mountain. Just for their family. Yeah. And I've made it my life's mission to support these 47 kids in Haiti, and there was one little kid that changed my heart. And I don't have a picture of my own kids on my desk.

I have a picture of him. Because whenever I feel sorry for myself, whenever I start to think negative shit, I look at Marco. Not only that, he's the happiest little dude there is. Oh, he's a stud. You know? And I think of that,

that child. And I think, man, no matter what I'm going through, he'd give everything he had just to live one fucking day my way. No shit. One day. But that,

you know, he probably, bro, that, that, that goes for pretty much everybody listening to. No, that's not just because you're in a,

in a, you know what you want to, I don't know, people call a good scenario financially. No, no, no. Your worst day is somebody's dream. I know. And that goes for everybody here. And I purposefully keep him in the forefront of my brain because it's a genuine reminder that I was blessed. We're blessed to be here in this situation. Although it be shit.

No, no, no. First of all, it's not shit. No, no, I understand.

But second of all, I agree. And when you sent me the other day about Haiti getting it and they had four, 47 ventilators for how many people fucking millions. Yeah. Millions of people. I don't even know that their census is correct. Yeah.

Like dude, it made my fucking stomach hurt yeah me too yeah it made me sick and i think about those little kids you know because we support that organization down there and i do and it and it's in its times and then then the this is where the alcoholic in me comes out oh good tie in there bro where to transition it is i'm just gonna so i'm sitting down and i'm like man maybe this is god's way of telling you you need to be spend more time with your family and kids. And maybe we're living too fast and all those things.

And you know what? I actually agree with that. Yeah, no, no. Maybe, maybe as a society and I think of it this way, you know, maybe God is going to, maybe I catch it. Who cares? You know, maybe God sent us a sign and said, Hey man, I sent you swine flu. I sent you SARS.

Got a change one and one. And you guys didn't fucking adjust. So guess what there you go good luck i don't i don't discredit that at all no so i i think he's sending us a sign and you know it's it tells us to be better prepared and take things that are that should be a priority yeah and make them a priority right now you know what i'm saying yeah and and that comes with family and that comes with making sure your finances are fucking in order and not worrying about the new pair of fucking jordans or whatever yeah whatever what do you wear those yeezys wearing fucking yeezys don't

worry about no goddamn yeezys worry about stacking a little cash so you can live for two months you know what i think you know you you know what though dude like the other thing is there's a flip side of that too like that that, I see people preaching that and I agree with it a hundred percent, but I also see those same people villainizing people who have done well and are in a good position right now. You know what, if that's you, you're a fucking piece of shit because you have no idea what the price was paid for certain people to live the way that they live, including myself myself you have no fucking clue and you know like i had someone i was i was uh i was doing a story and like my house got shown

like in the back like not like i took a picture of it and even if i did it fucking my house i'm proud of it but um but like they said oh i'm sure this is really hard on you uh living in your fucking mansion and this you know what dude it actually is really hard on me because i gotta worry about fucking all my people i have 300 fucking employees 15 000 fucking outside reps i've got fucking a couple thousand entrepreneurs that we coach i've got multiple teams and other companies that we own and you know what it is fucking hard it's fucking hard because i gotta worry about everybody not just myself well and i think and like dude the shaming on like success right now that's fucking bullshit dude like i i wanted to say last night so i wanted

to fuck i've been kind of like i've been kind of quiet on social because like the the social temperature right now is so absurd. It's weird. Yeah. Like you can't say anything. Anything you say right now is wrong. And like, dude, let's address that. Let me explain something to you people.

Okay. And you can explain this to your dumb motherfucking friends. All right. Because I don't think the people who listen to this are actually really smart or they wouldn't listen. They would definitely unsubscribe that's right so uh shit we just lost one but no yeah okay what i'm saying is explain this shit to your stupid friends and annoy the fuck out of you guys like they do to us too we got some stupid friends just like everybody okay they're still my friends, but they're dumb. Yep. Let me explain something to you.

All right? When you have a situation, hold on. I got that tickle. No, I got the Rona. What the fuck is it? I got like a bubble. Yeah, we can play the guessing game.

What are we talking about? Lysol. What are we talking about? Stupid ass friends. Yeah, but what was I getting to? I don't fucking know. I would say one thing, and I think this is probably

the best thing I've ever heard. That tickle fucking threw me off, dude. I got a little scratch on my throat. I'm like, oh, fuck. I got something I think will probably put you back on track. You know, I think, and I speak for, I'm going to speak for myself, and I think I speak for both of us. I don't think a lot of people understand how much we care about our employees

and how much we love our employees. And that's a different, that's stress, dude. stress dude those are our kids no people think that's nonsense oh they're just a number no no no no what i'm saying is we say that but because they've never worked here or understand the dynamic and they've never visited our building they they assume that that's just lip service because that's what they get at their company. Dude, I've never drank more in my entire life. For real. For real. And it's because I care about the guys.

Like, in a sense, I could shift tomorrow. I could sell whatever I need to sell online or do whatever, build a brand, and I'll be fine. But I think about, and this is early on, you think about, okay, what's the big picture? What's the first thing Andrew and I did? I said, said hey we got to cut our warehouse staff we're going to fucking mobilize all of our guys the hours are going to go down we got to pay them like we're going to fucking pay them like on average we're going to pay them 40 hours a week now they're only working 25 but we're going to fucking pay them because that's our obligation and you know so when you get bastardized by people from the outside they don't know that shit no they don't

i will and that conversation's at fucking 1230 in the morning. The day Trump's on the fucking news. Yeah, and I'm fucking blasted out of my fucking mind. Andrew's stoned out of his fucking mind and all's we're thinking about is... That's accurate. Dude, I would trade this seat right now

to be working in a warehouse. Like, seriously, I work, Andy, I work for you, right? But in a different capacity. But I would, in a heartbeat, if you asked me right now, go in a warehouse and drive the forklift, I would give anything for it. Just to have the opportunity to start.

Because I know that you guys care. But you've been around us for, how long have you been around us? Three, four months. Three months, yeah. Three, four months. And what do you think about our guys? It's amazing. Have you ever seen a culture like that?

Never. No. And I've been around a couple of decent-sized companies. You're a military guy. But it's like, dude, this thing that you guys got going on here and just knowing where it's going to be in a couple of months, I would kill to be in this seat right here. But that's out of love.

You're in a good seat, though. That's out of love. I mean, this seat's pretty comfortable. Do you know how many of those dudes would kill to be in your fucking seat right now? No, but I think that's an important part about people, you know, like, hey, listen, you can success hate on some people

or maybe the people on Capitol Hill who are still getting, but motherfucker, I care about my guys. No, and that's, so that's what the problem is. There's a misidentification on who the fucking enemy is based upon, like when people say, dude, the rich don't pay taxes,

they're not talking about me. They're talking about the fucking rich. They're talking about the fucking Bezos and the fucking Walmarts and the fucking all these other big companies that what? Have that conversation. Because Andrew opened my eyes up to something yesterday, and I was unaware of this because we were talking about. No, you bet me that you fucking argue with me.

I told him that we pay more tax than Amazon and again you're lost no we didn't because they only started paying tax in 2018 no but understand that you know you were saying that the internet doesn't collect sales tax and i'm saying yes it does it's been involved for a couple years yeah two years but listen to me think about this okay is going to fucking go down the rabbit hole, but don't you think it's bizarre, like bizarre that our country right now is being pushed by this pandemic to everything being digital. And don't you, don't you think it's weird to think about who's benefiting from that? We just created a scenario where our dad, who is a brick and mortar shopper, okay, and a generation of brick and mortar shoppers, now they've figured out how

to do this. And now they see the value in this. And the problem with that is, is that if you take all the brick and mortar retail, that small business across the entire United States, and then you take Amazon who's getting most of the business here who employs more people all the brick and mortar buy a fuck ton who pays more tax all the brick and mortar buy a fuck ton who pays more state tax all the brick and mortar because Amazon didn't pay any for a fucking 20 years. Well, I think that's a learning lesson for the consumer. So there's no, there's no mystery as to why all these state governments are going broke, but yet nobody talks about it. So we have this scenario where now all the business from mom and pop is pushed into Bezos's plate. Think about what that's going to do. How many of

these people who had just learned how convenient Amazon is and look, dude, I'm a capitalist. I'm all about it. You make the best, you sell the best to a point. Okay. You have to understand that every time that you order off of there and you don't shop locally, you are costing people fucking jobs. Well, I think it's an identifier though you know i'm all i'm a capitalist as well and i think i'm all about if you can fucking do something you can make a lot of fucking money great but you need to pay your share i agree do you know what i'm saying and that paying the share i don't like paying fucking taxes i don't either actually you know

what i do like paying tax i'm fucking proud that means you do well that i pay every look dude the first time i ever got a million dollar tax bill i was going to opening day to see and i was going with todd okay and i went and i don't want to talk about that yeah i went i'm just saying i see where you're going and don't i don't even want to go there i went there and i was fucking pissed dude like i was on the phone with our cpa and i'm like like dude i'm freaking the fuck out because like we didn't have the money a million dollars i didn't know i didn't even fucking know like i didn't even i didn't know shit this was probably 2000 fucking 10 okay i get this i get the call hey dude we owe a $1.1 million tax bill. And I'm like, fuck.

I'm like, we're going to go out of business. You know, like we don't have a million dollars. So I'm like freaking the fuck out. And I go and sit with him. And, you know, he's like, you know, dude, I'm going to tell you something that you're going to remember the rest of your life. And what he told me next, I have remembered the rest of my life. I remembered a lot of things that he did for the rest of my life but i remember this the most it's a privilege to pay that much tax i agree and i fuck ever since that i was like fuck dude

he's right and you know what i am fucking proud to pay the tax that we pay i am proud to pay the government everything that we fucking the right am proud to pay the government, everything that we fucking the right amount. And I think any company that isn't, it's kind of un-American in my opinion, because dude, if I was Bezos right now, I would be looking at like, dude, you got to fuck your, your fucking a hundred billionaires, like a couple of times over. Like you can't even fucking, you control so much of the money that you can't even what can you do with it dj google this or somebody google what was the federal taxes paid by amazon versus revenue it's i looked it up yesterday it's less than one percent of their total profit now mind you

corporations should pay approximately 40 of total profits look when the internet came out sal the government didn't step in and regulate the internet and they didn't they didn't because there wasn't technology there was not the technology to create there is now yeah but i'm dude i remember this because i went through it like i remember when the fucking internet came on like and i remember how at first i remember you blowing up that computer because of porn i did i fucking blew up a couple of them that black compact that was compact that's why they're out of business it's still on fire fucking spontaneously combusted but look here the truth is dude i'm old enough and young enough to know what that was like and i remember remember it. And dude, I'm telling you right now, when that came out,

the technology to collect tax was not around. So the government never fucking made these companies collect their state and local taxes just like you would if you went to a store and it never got fixed. It never got fixed. I'm with you. For 20 years.

So you give somebody a 20-year head start to pay no fucking state tax. Let's just say sales tax, right? Fuck. All right. That was water motherfuckers. All right, look, but what I'm saying is you give someone a 20, you give someone a 20 year head start and not paying state tax. What does that do? Let me explain it to you guys who don't understand. State tax, the sales tax, usually between 6% to 11%, depending on where you live. Let's just say it's 8%, okay? Let's just say it's 10%, just so it's easily calculatable.

When you sell something and you don't have to collect that tax, the consumer mindset is that it's that it's 10 cheaper okay so when you give the internet who has more buying power than most of the brick and mortars obviously and they definitely do now but i'm talking about back in fucking 2000 2000 early like early days of this commerce when you have the internet who can buy more shit than the local mom and pop business and then they don't have to collect the tax now you're talking about a 20 percent gap and and competitive advantage over margin 20 fucking percent minimum so do you not remember like dude when you go to amazon you know and don't you remember this like of course fucking dude amazon

everything was cheaper that's right amazon did not start with convenience they evolved to convenience they started on cheaper and people don't remember that and so dude they were able to get a head start for 20 years in this economy that was truly an unfair advantage over a brick and mortar when they employ less people, right? Create less jobs and pay less tax to the fucking government. What do you think that's going to do to the economy? Of course, it's going to fuck the state governments. That's why half the state governments can't make any money because a huge percentage of their retail traffic is now online.

You don't collect tax. I'd be willing to bet that that dude's in their pockets. But you don't even hear someone talk about it. Well, I think this is a great idea to talk about it. That's why. You know, people give me shit because I'm a loud mouth, and they think that I don't know what the fuck I'm doing. Well, the truth is I have a pretty good perspective

because I've been doing this for a long time. The fact that you allow the government to take money from lobbyists of any sort is absurd. People can accept bribes, gifts, and all this shit under the table that allows them to vote certain ways about certain things. And if you want to get real honest with what's going on right now, you're fucking seeing it at the biggest level right now well i think that's that's what i i mean this is where let's tie it back to what the current situation is is you know i'm extremely proud of our president how he's handled the situation even though it's not perfect and you know you have to play god and at some point in time he's gonna have to make the decision he's gonna get scrutinized to high hell at some point in time at some point in time he's got to say all right we're going back and no matter when that time is it's too early it's too late it's not right it's not perfect he's going

to get fucking stabbed in a million different ways and that's what it is what it is but what i can't see i can't wait to see is when this thing shakes out, who gets attacked, whose businesses get scrutinized. What do you want to know? Because I'll just tell you how it's going to happen. Who gets the screws put to him? Because I think the single best thing that could happen is the dude gets reelected. How he was painted into this corner, I think there's a lot of people. He's going to dismantle a lot of this shit that we're talking about.

Let's talk about something fun. What do we think is going on? What is something fun uh what do we think is going on what is our opinions what do you think is going on i think it's pretty clear that we're uh that we're not privy to knowing the the whole the whole situation yeah i think i mean dude it's sad enough to say i i think when you it sucks dude because you know you on one hand, like I am as red, white, and blue as anybody could possibly fucking be. I wear cowboy boots. I drive a pickup truck. No mullet, though.

I've had a mullet. I shaved my head. I got – you know, I listen to country music. Like everything you could fucking say about red, white, and blue. And right now, the fact that our government can treat us like pawns really bothers me. You know what I mean? The fact that – You're Midwest red, white, really bothers me. You know what I mean? The fact that...

You're Midwest red, white, and blue. Yeah, I understand. That's fine. Yeah, like there's all kinds of red, white, and blue. Well, no, but I mean, like, dude, I... You gotta be careful. You're gonna get the fucking... You're gonna get the fucking...

The hate mongers coming out and saying, what are you trying to say? You trying to say that people that don't wear cowboy boots aren't fucking red, white, and blue? Well, I'm saying that I'm that... Whatever that version... Karen's gonna message in and fucking yell at us if i have a man bun am i american yeah whatever that well i wrote a post on this i don't care if you're black white pink purple fucking male female or both doesn't fucking matter what we should what should fucking matter is we the people need to band together and say hey media fuck you well hey

fucking nancy pelosi fuck you like Hey, fucking Nancy Pelosi, fuck you. Like, we're not your little fucking pawns. I think there is an awakening happening. I think I polled people on my page a few days ago and asked them how many people felt. And I realize this is completely skewed because it's my audience and our audience is smart um you know but it was like 96 percent of people thought the media completely fucked this whole thing up and you know if we look at what's going on and we look at the data and we look at the facts, assuming that the data that we have about our own country is correct. And the data we have about the other countries is correct.

Minus China. There is things about this virus that do not add up. Number one, we do not know how many people have it because we haven't tested them. Okay. If we don't know how many people have it because we haven't tested them. Okay. If we don't know how many people have it, then it's literally impossible to predict how dangerous it is. It's something I said on March fucking ninth. Okay. Now people have still not been tested. Okay. But they still keep coming out with these death models and this fear mongering and all these things that they cannot possibly know you can't know it you can't know it it would be like it would be like me giving you a sales spreadsheet with like half of the people on it and the other half just guessing right no it's not accurate yeah it's like cannot be accurate. It can't even be somewhat accurate.

In fact, it's throw it out. That's right. But we have that being pushed to get people aware of the situation, right or wrong. That's what's happening. All right? Now, we have a scenario, and I'm just lining out the logic of this whole entire thing. We have a scenario now where the person who is making the calls, which is Anthony Fauci, all right, has traditionally been linked to big pharma.

All right. He, all the guys who own the big pharma companies, they fucking love this guy. They're friends. Um, he's with the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Uh, he's with the bill and melinda gates foundation uh he's with all these other organizations uh the zuckerberg uh foundation all these things all right he's linked to now now we have a scenario where trump has done the proper thing and deferred to the expert but the expert fauci is deciding that and I heard him this is this is what he said he said somebody asked him about three or four days ago what when he thought we should go back to work and his response was well when you see that curve go to like zero deaths then it's probably okay. Well, you're giving a man who studied a disease and diseases who did not study economics and did not study all these other things that have to do with literally

every other American calling the plays for the whole entire country. Now, this is where I'm getting to what I think is going to happen. I think we have a scenario now where most people are seeing that Fauci's models and his curves and all this shit were not right. And every day, they're backing off of it more and more and more. And instead of saying, hey, I was not right from the beginning,

which they couldn't have been because they didn't know the deaths, they didn't know who had it and who hasn't had it. How many people do we have out here in December? We had like 30 fucking people out in December for a week at a time. That's never happened in the history of business. It's never happened.

In our business. Do you know how many people, do you know how many people fucking have said to me, dude, I think this has run through here. This has run through here already. We had all these symptoms. We had this and this and this. Okay. What I think we're going to see happen is we're going to see Trump decide, Hey, this is enough, but it's only going to happen once it's become clear that the entire scientific model that they've been riding on is completely wrong.

And once that happens, that's not going to make Fauci look real good to the public. The media is going to try to make him a hero. But the truth is, he's still arguing. There was an article that came out on Axum, the doctor website, I sent it to you, that talked about the arguments that they've been having in the situation room at the white house where literally the entire team is supporting the use of hydroxychloroquine okay or quin or whatever you say on anecdotal evidence meaning real world real doctors on the ground saying this works and at least makes a difference in a positive way.

How much it does, we don't know. But you have a man who's sitting there in Fauci saying, well, it hasn't been put through the FDA trial, so we don't shouldn't use it at all. And then you have the media turning around and saying, Trump wants to use this experimental dangerous drug. This shit is like one of the safest drugs that's ever been out. It's a Z-Pak and some other shit that they've been prescribing for years and years and years for different things. For malaria. Okay?

And this dude is arguing the real world evidence in the state of what's going on in the world. He's arguing against using it. Because it's biased. He doesn't benefit from it. Well from well no shit that's what i'm getting at bro so the point is is i'm what i'm trying to get to here is i think what's going to happen is that trump is going to step in and he's going to say okay enough's enough you've had your chance your are wrong, we're going back to this, we're going to be safe, which we should, we're going to be conscious, which we should, we're going to be respectful of how we do things, which we should. And honestly, in my opinion, that's how it should have been from the beginning. And then we're going to have a situation that you're going to

have half the media, the right-leaning media, they're going to attack Fauci and say he's a fucking deep state operative, okay? And it's going to sound like conspiracy stuff. That's what the left's going to say. And the left's going to say, well, Fauci saved us because he's the one that wanted the shutdown and all that shit, right? And they're going to try to make him into a hero. And so what we're going to see, the politicizing of this whole entire issue unfold. And I think we're going to see the company come back, or I'm not sorry, the economy come back pretty quick. And dude, we're seeing it in the media.

You know, here's a headline right here. Fauci's critics, or I'm sorry, critics allege Dr. Fauci is recklessly damaging the economy and blocking supposed wonder treatments like hydroxychloroquine. Okay. Look, dude, it is what it is. Like, why is there a man who is responsible? Like, I understand that he has a job to do and I understand that his job is to keep people safe. And I understand that he wants to get this to zero. But you cannot continue to abide by all of this nonsense and the red tape and the bureaucracies of trying to funnel out this thing. The drug, right? But when you ask him what he wants to do, they want a vaccine. Well,

did you know that fucking you cannot sue the government over a vaccine in terms of the side effects? Like, dude, if you take a vaccine and it causes you to have this or that, you can't do anything about it. So he's not worried about that danger, but he's worried about something as simple as an antibiotic and hydroxychloroquine to treat malaria that's weird to me and it should be weird to everybody and the truth of the matter is is if you dig just a little bit beneath the surface why isn't trump listening to five or six other doctors well that would wait i'm going somewhere with this so you got a panel of doctors all right who are who are these kind of doctors and you're listening so this is what's going on in my crazy brain like i wonder if trump's not

letting these dudes hang themselves so that he could come back out after this and be like well i followed what they recommended and this is what happened they were fucking wrong and then he's going to tie the relationship back into to the the lobbies and all this shit and the media okay and if and and i think what we're going to see is because the media pressed this so hard that people were going to die they've counted on this affecting the economy because trump's main position is obviously the economy for reelection. So the media looked at this and said, and this is what I'm saying happened a month ago. The media looked at this and said, this is our fucking shot. This is our opportunity to get him. This is our opportunity to villainize him. And they went so fucking hard at him on this that he had, because they created so much fear, he had to react in a defensive way.

Okay. So he did. He did what I think most people agree was the right move. He shut shit down on the information that he had. Right. But what we're about to see is that the information that I've been saying the whole entire time is actually wrong. And that doesn't mean that I don't feel bad for the people who are dying. I'm just saying the entire time, the math is never added up. It just never has. So unless there's a million people dead in China that we don't know about,

this is what's going on right now. And what's happening is, I think, this is what what i think this is my opinion you can disagree with it all you want i think what we're seeing is an exposing of the elite network of decision makers and i think this is all going to come out in the wash and i think when it does the left's going to say fauci was a hero the right's going to say fauci fucking made this happen you know and then we're going to have uh you was a hero. The right's going to say Fauci fucking made this happen, you know, and then we're going to have,

uh, you know, hearings and all this shit. But the, at the bottom line of the, of the whole entire scenario, man, is that there's millions of people right now that are probably going to be set

back at least a few years in their fucking careers and jobs and companies. And we don't, our life is limited. Our lives matter too. Not just the people who are sick. It's the truth. Nobody wants to say it. Nobody wants to stand up in our situation, what's going on with our media and with the culture in America and say, not enough people are dying to justify this response. And that's,

dude, because the minute you say it, you're a fucking piece of shit. I mean, dude, I've had people just blasting the fuck out of me saying, well, you only care about money. No, I don't. It's not about money. It's about people's fucking lives. It's not just the sick people. There's healthy people that are going to be ruined from this. And you want to know what's going to cause that? Poverty, sickness, suicide, abuse. Okay. There's all crime. There's all kinds of things that come from what's, what has just happened that are not good. And those aren't being considered or talked about at all. So if we're going to talk about what I think is going to happen is exactly what i said on march 9th when i fucking put it out on the internet and everybody got mad at me about it

look we have a battle going on behind the scenes two battles yeah but we have a political battle going on behind the scenes the battle between the rich motherfuckers that control everything and donald trump That's what the battle is. And I think that he's such a good strategy guy. I think he fucking knows it. And I think he's letting these guys string themselves out and he's going to come out real soon and say, all right, enough's enough. We're going to investigate the whole thing. And when they investigate the whole thing, we're going to find out who the fuck and what was said and what was done. And I think those people are going to be held accountable well i hope so i i actually i hope that for once because dude you when you

watch trump and fauci on tv oh you saw they're not fucking friends right you saw it about days day five or six he didn't let him come back out and speak yeah for a reason well because he now well it's not even his loud mouth you can tell he's listen when you give somebody that much power it's an ego trip man he wanted to keep popping back out on that podium we're seeing that too oh no we're seeing a lot of people okay let's talk about the ego problem and and look this is with this is with a lot of people right now all right how many texts did we get from all of our friends and i'm talking to all of you guys right now listening from all of our friends that have their fucking dad's brother's cousin's mama's sister's boyfriend baby mama who works at the white house who knows trump who said that a trillion people are going

to die how many how many texts did we get like that yeah i got it from everybody i fucking know okay um well at least you know who cares about you wait wait wait no they don't care about me that's not why they sent it this is what i'm getting at i understand what i'm getting at is everybody in this culture wants to break the news everybody wants to have the answer everybody wants to be right and what's happening now because of that because do we're even seeing doctors who are not even practicing in hospitals that are seeing COVID patients coming out and saying, holy shit, this is the end of the world, blah, blah, blah. And do people believe that shit? Because they're doctors. All right. Well, let me explain something to you. Not all doctors are the same. There's doctors that work on you. And then there's the doctors that train those doctors.

All right. The other thing is, is that, dude, doctors are humans too, man. Like when you stick someone in a high stress position, like a doctor or a nurse, and they're dealing with all this shit they don't know, they're fucking scared too. So, dude, they're going out and they're unintentionally, you know, because they want people to stay the fuck home. They're making the fear worse. And dude, we have a big problem here right now with ego and wanting to be right from a cultural standpoint. Every media guy reporting here is not reporting the news because they want to help you. They're reporting the news because they want to get a fucking Emmy or whatever they get in the news for the great way they

presented the story. It's a fucking egotistical viewpoint on the information being delivered by nearly everybody in this country right now. And everybody out there, you need to stop. You need to think and stop and ask yourself a question. question what in my life have i accomplished in this term or in this context of the topic i'm about to speak about that makes me credible because it's weird to me that people that like literally like i see people on the instagram who like i've seen for 10 years they never done fucking shit and all of a

sudden they're a motherfucking communicable disease expert it's like dude what the fuck you know what I'm saying like you can't even hold a fucking job motherfucker and dude we have all these people coming out of the woodwork that think they have the answer now I'm giving you my intelligent guess on what's going on I believe I I'm right. And you could judge me for that. That doesn't mean that I think it's okay that people die or that I think it's less important that people die than the economy. I think, like you said, there's an intersection there that we have to find, but we're coming to it. Like this country cannot continue to operate and continue to be, because dude, think of just the mental aspects of the hangover of this people aren't going to line up to go to opening day people aren't going to feel comfortable going

to a theater people aren't going to want to go to a concert they're not going to want to go to a gym on day one dude this has really fucked people up mentally and dude let's not even talk about the stress and anxiety levels for the last four fucking weeks straight. Being at levels 100. What do you think that does for your health? I could tell you what it does. It hardens your fucking arteries and gives you problems later. One very stressful situation like that can have an impact on your fucking health forever.

It's the truth. Science. Okay? It's the truth. Science, okay? We have a big problem here in the United States that we cannot get the truth when we need the truth. All right? And I'm all for the media having their opinions, dude. Like there's certain guys I like watching and I love their opinions

even if I don't agree with them all the time. You know what I'm saying? Like some, there's people out there that, but I understand what I'm watching. I understand I'm watching a human who has gathered data just like me and then expressing an opinion or viewpoint. Most people do not understand that. Most people watch these people and they believe that that's the facts. Correct.

They have everything. Correct. And they don't. And so we have to create a system in this country where the news and the opinion and interpretation of the news are clearly identifiable as separate by the average American person. Because the biggest problem I've been getting pushed back on, besides people attacking me because I've worked my fucking ass off for 21 years to live the life I live. And I'm not in a position where I'm, you know, fucking homeless or whatever right now. I earned that shit by the way, by, by all the time, everybody

else was out doing whatever they do. I've fucking been doing this 21 fucking years. Okay. And I have empathy for people. I've given away almost 400 grand of my own fucking money during this time. Okay. I gave away a hundred grand to the blues and I'd be giving away $5,000 increments to people who fucking need it. And $10,000 increments to people who need it. Don't ask me either, because these are people that I fucking follow and know have kids and children and all this other shit that they need to fucking take care of. All right. This isn't a charity, but I'm making a point. The point is this. We have to look out for each other and we have to fucking know what, when we're being manipulated, when we're being fucked with, when we're being lied to. And right now under the current situation, we do not know that. We just don't know. We don't know. And you can't take it

for face value. You can't. And that's a pretty shitty scenario whenever we actually need the facts so that we can make decisions about where we're going to fucking do and how we're going to live and what's going on. And cause like, dude, a lot of the anxiety that's being felt right now is just from people not knowing. Yeah. It's just people not knowing like dude is this shit gonna melt my skin off right and kill everybody well at least tell us so maybe we could prepare for it you know like or is it what i think it is which is a bunch of shit to get somebody out of office that they don't fucking like you know and? And like, dude, people will argue, oh, well it's happening all over the world. Sure it is. But who's to say that,

you know, this isn't blown up extra huge. You have countries like Sweden who haven't even fucking shut down. They haven't even shut down. They're still operating under certain, you know, masks, gloves, hand-washing, social distance, and they're letting people choose to be careful. And guess what? They're doing okay. Right? Like, dude, this, what's, what's happening here is not okay. It's not okay. And people, whether you lean left or right or whatever it is you believe, you gotta at got to at least come together on the fact that we deserve the fucking facts. That's my whole gripe here. I respect other people's political opinions. I'm okay with you not liking Trump. I'm okay if you love Trump, okay? I'm okay with whatever the

fuck you think. I think this should be a free fucking country to do generally what you want to do. All right. But, dude, we got to have the truth, man. And we got to know it's the truth. We shouldn't be having to fucking watch three different news channels trying to read between the lines to get the facts. That's not okay. And that's my gripe. And, dude, you know what? There's a lot of good media people out there, too.

I'm not going to fucking throw everybody into that there's a lot of reporters out there and a lot of people on tv like locally in your local area you know like the people here in st louis these people are not they're not on cnn and fox and and this where they're getting directed to say this and this and this and this and this and they're generally trying to report the fucking news but still how can they report the news if they don't have the fucking facts? You know, like, dude, we just have a big problem with misinformation. And, like, these people who have purposefully spread misinformation, like, on purpose, like, you know, they talk about the information war of, like, people trying to put stuff out just to fuck shit up. Yeah.

They should fucking track those people down and put them in fucking prison well i would imagine it's trackable at this point in time oh dude they're tracking where the fuck we go i'm sure they can track who started that shit yeah i just you know there's a couple things that i think need to be highlighted and and it's important you know what we're dealing with is real in a grand scheme of things and it's real for a lot of places it's super real and i i think there are people who need to be highlighted for that you know that as a father and you think about the the nurses and doctors who are on the front lines who have to go into the unknown because we're not aware it sucks that's it's no different than a soldier dude i know and it's an unknown

and that's not fair you know when you're starting to fucking with people's lives like that as well you know and i you know maybe they they're undersupplied they don't know they're fearful that's another topic that like we hadn't talked about at all you know why why were why were we not ready for this that ain't trump's fault by the way there was a fucking act that was put into play when george bush the second was put was in office and then it was cut out by the next administration as yeah i don't know i don't i'm not educated enough on that stuff so i don't i don't know i just i just sit here and think man you know my wife's a nurse she doesn't work in that particular field but you know she was had to go in and battle on the front lines every day i'd probably tell her stay home. Yeah.

No shit. And that's like, I know that's super selfish of me. And, but I think about these guys, they like the nurses and the doctors for real. Okay. They're getting the same information we're getting plus a little bit more, but not all of it,

you know? And, and dude, how would you feel if you like legitimately think, you know, I've got to go in here and because there's viral load too you like legitimately think, you know, I've got to go in here and because there's viral load too. Like there's, you know, it's not just being exposed to it. It's how much you're exposed to it. So like a lot of these people, like you hear about some of

these younger doctors getting sick and dying. Well, the reason they're getting sick and dying and they're fucking 35 years old is because they're exposed to this shit for a long time. And a lot of it it and it ends up killing them there's doctors right now who are literally fucking losing their lives trying to fucking stop this shit well and i think it says a lot about our medical community man you gotta have a lot of balls as a young guy young girl anybody to go in i know they signed up for it in some way shape or form i just you know from a misinformation or not enough information or not enough protection, dude, it just sucks. It sucks for those people.

Yeah, it does, man. You know, because it's going to affect not just old people. You know, that's not the case. And I think that was some of the narrative, you know, that went on on the front end. Early on, yeah. Yeah, not just, you know, the comorbidities. It's a real thing. You know, if you have a heart disease, you're overweight, you're severely overweight, you know, and those are realities. But the reality is we have, you know, nurses and if you have a heart disease you're overweight you're severely overweight you know and those are realities but realities is we have you know nurses and doctors

out there dying as well you know and that's a scary fucking thing and that's i go back to and this is i i try to the more mature version of me and i always say you man if i was trump what would i do if i was trump what would i do and it's i would probably do exactly what he's doing i agree and you know what he he's he's in a really tough, shitty spot. And I think the thing that I would do is I would eliminate Fauci or include him into the panel. And I would have a... You can't let one man give you the fucking... I'd have 13 people.

That's right. And it would be six. That's right. Six businesses in some way, shape, or form. The Farmers Union, General Motors, General Motors, you know, like whatever. The six qualified people. Smart people. That have a lot of employees that fucking care about their employees.

Yes. Six medical people who care about the medical community, who care about and understand disease. I'm not an epidemiologist. I don't fucking know disease. Is this thing fucking radical? I really don't know. Could it be? Certainly. Well, fuck, dude. Just go go to the internet i'll tell you all about what it is no but my my point being is like i i certainly would trust i think there's if you put if you put those guys into a panel they would probably call bullshit on each other

you know i'm saying like here's one guy fucking touting that it's the world war 28 well dude you got that's what happened on saturday that happened on saturday did i send you that yeah i'd heard i watched it i watched it that's more this morning like dude they got a big fight there saturday they asked larry cutlow who's you know chief economist they were like hey how'd the fight go is this private meeting we don't talk about that stuff but and well the i'll tell you this at the end of the meeting fauci was staying on his own and everybody else agreed with the other guy well and that's that's therein lies therein lies the thing i think you know is that panel qualified at that point i don't know but i'd have the admiral i'd have the four branches

of the military they should be in on that shit i mean let me ask you some real shit if there's a fucking vaccination you getting it no no i'm not i'm not around either way i'm not either no fucking way i'd take that hydroxy quark yeah i fold bro i really trust issues you know well well if you don't have trust after this you certainly fucking should yeah or if you didn't have them before you certainly should you should definitely at least raise your eyebrows to the fact of something you know of that magnitude it's just a point that it doesn't add up like it just doesn't add up like you can't have a fucking prediction on something we don't have the fucking data which has been my argument from day one now the re we got to ask yourself why don't they want the

data i know why i mean i've watched a couple i watch all the interviews you know is alcohol again so why would they not want the data well because they don't want to know the truth why not why do they not want to know the Well, cause they don't want to know the truth. Why not? Why do they not want to know the truth? Cause it doesn't help their agenda. There you go. Yeah, no,

I understand that. Um, but I'm saying like, you know, I was watching about modelists. So modeling, right? Modeling is only as good as the information you put in.

So if you're dumping in the modeling information from Italy, which is unique, it's similar to New York city. Dude, this is the same thing every entrepreneur does when they start their business yeah they go like this well they do the entrepreneur calculator they get it out and they say uh dude all right so we got this product um it's three hundred dollars it cost us uh fifty dollars and we're probably gonna sell i don't know ten thousand a day we're gonna sell ten thousand day easy.

So that's, fuck, dude, we're rich. That's what entrepreneurs do when they start their business. That's exactly what's fucking happening right now. No, but I look at it this way. I think, okay, so we see, you got to throw China out, right? Because who knows? Who knows what the fuck's the truth coming out of there? But the other side of it is, all right, they use Italy.

Well, Italy's not, it's not a fair model for St. Louis. It's not a fair model for the United States. No, no, no. But it's a fair model for New York City. Maybe there's a cultural difference, dude. I understand. But I'm saying if you're going likable audience, but it's certainly not okay for Birmingham, Alabama. You know what I mean? And so using some reality.

No, what we're observing is that in populous, dense places- It's nasty. Yeah, dude. It's fucking nasty. It's getting all over people. That's right. And because there's so many people, they're overwhelming the hospitals. And because the hospitals are overwhelmed, people are dying that otherwise wouldn't die.

Correct. That's what's happening. Because there's not enough infrastructure. Right. You know, and that's a real fucking problem. Yeah, real problem. A real fucking problem. But like, dude, you know, you don't hear that-

But so is 20% in unemployment. That's- You know- That's going to fucking problem yeah real problem a real fucking problem but like dude you know you don't hear that so is 20 in unemployment that's you know that's gonna fucking that's gonna fucking kill more people long term how can you offset both that would be like i always believe you know and this is my this has always been my answer you know it comes down to a moral question that's what everybody keeps trying to push on everybody everybody keeps trying to say i ain't trying to play god no but i'm saying if you say that the, this is what I was trying to say about the PC culture. Okay. Let me explain something to you guys. Being a leader means you got to make really hard decisions.

Very rarely is there not some sort of like give and take in a decision that's best for everybody. There's never, never, ever, ever is there truly a clear-cut decision to make. And that's what being a leader is about. Being a leader is about making those decisions that are hard to fucking make, okay? And right now, we have a culture in America that is willing to fucking bastardize and villainize people for making decisions.

And dude, because of that, decisions aren't being made. And because decisions aren't being made, this thing is going on and it's getting worse. And dude, we have a scenario where people don't understand that like, Hey, um, this country was founded on people fucking dying. Literally, literally people who believed in a fucking country and a set of principles and a set of values so much that they were willing to fight and die for them. Okay. So making a decision, there's going to be casualties to whatever decision is made. That's the truth. And that's what people aren't considering. So when someone who, you know, cares about the business world comes out and says,

Hey, this is going to fuck people up. That doesn't mean they don't respect the people who are sick and vice versa. The people who are saying, man, dude, people are dying. That doesn't mean that they don't understand that people are getting hurt over here in the economy. And that dude, we just have this culture of wanting to be fucking right. And dude, it's what goes back to the show's principle this whole entire show's principles stop trying to be right and start worrying about what's right well i i think and that's that was the point that i was going to prove is is you know i've learned this from managing people over the years and you you always hear the extremes you know? And so if I were Trump,

what I would do is I would take Larry Kutlow, who's our chief economist or strategist or whatever it is, and what's his best interest? If you're the chief economist for the US of A, what's your best interest? What do you want to do? It's a fucking economy, dude. And what do you think he's going to do?

What do you think he's going to tell you? He's going to say, open back up. Okay. Then I would go to, maybe not Fauci you but the other guy say hey what do you what do you think is right and he would say fucking shut it down for however long and you know what i've learned about managing employees is the truth usually lies somewhere right in the middle you gotta compromise you got and there is there is a middle ground there that says

okay you're not gonna make the perfect decision but if you can and this is dude this is time tested through managing hundreds of people there's an extreme there's a left and a right and i think the neutral the neutral ground is where the decision is to be made and i think we're coming we're coming into that you know and i i don't wish that decision upon somebody you know and i i agree with andrew in a sense like you know tough people have to make tough decisions but that doesn't make you the bad guy it just simply makes you the trigger puller. Yeah, dude. And that's, we have a scenario where it's not, it's not okay to make decisions anymore.

If one person loses, well, fuck dude, let me let you guys all in on something. So people are going to die. And so people are going to be fucked financially. That's just the reality of the situation. That's happening regardless. That's right. It's happening regardless. That's reality.

This show is called Real AF. That means real as fuck. The reality of this situation is people are going to fucking die earlier than what they should have. That happens every day in America, sadly. It happens every time there's a conflict. It happens every time we do fucking anything. There's people that are going to fucking die. But there gonna be people that die regardless that's it well in regular life but i i think but listen to me i've got more to that point because i don't want people just taking that sound clip and saying oh you don't give a shit

that's a tragedy dude that's a fucking tragedy it sucks but at the same time a leader's job is to make a decision that is taking the group's best interests in mind the group everyone the group not just the people that are sick the fucking country okay so when this decision comes down to open the country which is going to come soon we're going to have all these people blast the fuck out of Trump. And they just saved it. He just saved their asses because, dude, all these people blast them. They don't put the two and two and two together and understand that six adds up to them not having a fucking pot to piss in. They haven't thought about that yet.

Yeah, and I think that's the approach, you know, fundamentally looking at it. If I was on the advisory board, right, I would say, man, we got to run this stop work order or this whatever we call it all the way up to the financial model where it turns us into a recession. And we'll run it all the way up to that run. And then we got to make a decision. You know what I mean? And we got to sit down. And, dude, that's a fucking – but, you, but when you're the leader of the free world, that's the position

you put yourself in. And I think- I don't think anybody can argue the fact that if we had the actual statistical facts and we could trust them, clearer decisions could be made. Without a doubt. Without a doubt. That's all I've been saying the whole time. And I don't think it takes a genius to even, if you had the had the facts sal it must take a genius because no one's talking about it

well that just then it leads back to the path of what what do they know that we don't exactly i don't know man look it's a fucking weird situation and you know i can tell you this if i got the shit my opinion wouldn't change i've already thought that through and i have a fucking pre-existing heart condition people don't really realize that so like i'm an at-risk person for this my opinion of the whole scenario would not change even if i got it i believe that dude we cannot fucking shut the world down even if dad got it dad even even said so. Oh, yeah. Dude, he said, look. But dad's a real G. Yeah, but like, dude, that's what America is, dude. It's for the common good.

It's not for you. It's the common good. I walked with him the other day. He said, you know what? If that was the case, then I got to make the smartest decision to keep myself isolated. We'd figure that out. And he's like, but I've lived a great life, and I want you kids not to have to suffer from it and and if that's what it took then that's what it takes dude that uh that republican uh uh governor or uh what is he the assistant governor from texas uh said that same thing on the news he said look i'm 70 years old.

We, I don't feel it's right to take the futures away of people who are 20 years old and 30 years old for me. And then he got crucified for saying it. It's like, dude, he's talking about his own opinion of the matter on his own self. Yeah. Like if you can't have an opinion about yourself dude this whole fuck man that's what i'm saying like do we can i do you have an opinion like about yourself i have a lot of opinions about myself they're all wrong they're all wrong bro

i mean i'm just saying like we can't live in a country without getting a reliable source of the truth i'm okay with the fucking, have your opinion shows. Hannity's, the Madhouse, fucking do it. Go at it. The Real AF. Look, dude, that's right.

It's okay to have a fucking opinion and a thought on things, people. You don't have to blast motherfuckers because you catch a house picture in their fucking Instagram that they worked 21 fucking years to get. That's not my fault. This shit happened. I'm doing everything I can.

I'm fucking keeping people paid. I'm keeping people employed. I'm helping my fucking entrepreneur friends as much as I can. I'm giving money to the fucking community. What the fuck else are you supposed to do? You know, and still you get every fucking knucklehead on the internet oh you're fucking post you're driving your this car today uh in this time yeah that's what the fuck i do

like doesn't make me insensitive i'm doing what are you doing what are you doing let's compare that what are you doing you see what i'm saying? Well, I'm not talking about you. No, I understand. Trust me. I understand. Yeah. Can we go to therapy here? Yeah. If you have an opinion, specifically a strong opinion, Andrew, you're going to learn that there are, there are what we call lurkers and they're going to fucking comment to try

to piss you off. And you need to learn. It wasn't, it's not a couple of people. I'm saying it's a social temperature of a big group of people. Oh, I understand. But like, that's why I like. But these same people don't really have productive jobs.

They aren't really like, they're the people who live in that fucking La La Land shit. So let them fucking be. Yeah, why do you even follow me then? Get the fuck off my page. That's what they want to do. That's the glimmer of happiness.

That's the whole point. They're waiting for what they think is the trip like oh i'm gonna catch him slipping you ain't ever gonna catch me slip motherfucker because i don't slip but that's my point it's like hey put that in our rap songs bro that's a good line i put it i put a post up the other day you know and it was fucking american blah blah i got 10 000 likes 1500 comments and there's like 10 people in there i fucking hate trump fucking blah if you are still hanging on to politics right now for real yeah let's be for real if you are still hanging on to politics right now like it's isn't it interesting that none of the shit that mattered

fucking two months ago fucking people are talking about nobody no one's talking about having 15 bathrooms yeah or 47 genders or racism or any of this shit we're not talking about it you know why because there's fucking real important shit happening right now that affects everybody but yet we still gotta fucking hang on to the politics if you don't like trump that's fine but you're fucking living america bro you're still in this fucking game like we're all we're all in the little arena what is what is this shit of people who are in the boat the same boat as you that want to sink the boat well that was my whole point about the whole point about the post is if you're rooting against our if you're like on my page saying i hate the president

well you're rooting against us motherfucker like then get off our team dude what would you do listen i'm gonna let's put it to you this way you're we're all in a fucking boat can we change the the the boat analogy no bro just for me oh why kiss swim you try to you try to promote your own stereotype i'm just saying you guys don't understand it dj is uh dj is an african-american man just saying so is that don't understand that DJ is an African-American man. Just saying. So is that politically correct? I think that's politically correct. Is that wrong?

Yeah. Whatever I say is fucking wrong. What is it? Dude, I'm just saying, if we're all in a fucking boat, all right, and we look back at the boat, and there's a motherfucker drilling holes in the back of the boat. I'm stomping his face in there. I'm killing him, dude. Dude, and I look back. And like, dude, a lot of people are showing their true colors right now.

That's what I. They're showing their fucking colors, bro. They're showing that they care more about being right than fucking our boat not sinking. My whole post was you're judging. Your character shines right now. How you react to your character shines. Dude, if Obama wasn't president right now, you know what I think? I say, fuck, dude.

I hope Obama makes the right choice. Me too. I hope he figures it out fucking fast. fast like however fucking fast it is hey hey uh barry can i offer any assistance dude hey sorry sorry i didn't vote for you brother but nobody i'm rooting for you nobody wins here you know what i'm saying nobody wins nobody what is this can we win no what the fuck are we living in, dude? How have we gotten to a point where people have gotten so divisive that they literally drill holes in America's fucking boat just because they wanted to fucking sink for their

own fucking benefit? That's fucking ridiculous, dude. Well, you know. I love that analogy, though. Well, that's it. Like, seriously. That's it. That's literally like. Well Well don't be drilling holes

Did you not read my post dude You don't support my fucking I follow you You should be scared too because you can't swim Exactly Dude I'm the first to get a fucking life jacket on They make a life jacket fit your ass They make it I'm going to take yours in

Oh fuck man well anyway let's talk about just closing up because we're getting long-winded here um what would your advice be to people right now i think the advice is this man we all have a role together we're all in this boat and we all have a role to play and you know what i think social distancing has a has a role to play um making sure we're abiding by the rules of the cdc you have a role to play your job is to do that the assholes who are running around home depot right now you're an asshole like i'm sorry like if you have your gym open and it's only for your fucking buddies in a sense of the 100 members that you said are your buddies you're an asshole like you're a fucking asshole like that's part of the deal you know like and dude as hard as it is as hard

as it is for people right now like dude we do need to be like respecting what they're asking us to do yes that's part that's our role that's our fucking role and the second you think it doesn't apply to you you are an asshole yeah let's talk about the other people like the people who are going to figure out how to steal this federal, the federal link, the federal money and steal it. I already see people talking about it. I know. No, you're an asshole. Yeah. You are an asshole. Yeah. You're going to figure out how to, how to, how to, how to screw the government out of a few dollars because you feel like they're screwing you. No, they're not screwing you motherfucker. They're allowing you to live in a civilized society. People don't realize what the fuck they pay for you pay for the roads you pay

for protection you pay for education you pay for all these things that allow you to live in a civilized world let's talk about that one step further though this is the shit that god does judge this is karma my motherfucker oh dude i was talking to gary v man so karma karma karma is the karma is the next train that rolls on these people so if you because dude people are going to remember who was who during this time and gary said to me this dude like this is a fucking great story about gary and like dude you know i don't agree with everything gary says but he's my friend and i fucking love gary and sometimes we'll jab at each other a little bit and you know we'll we'll poke fun you know both of us like being right just like everybody else

we just do but both of us try to be right logically and uh about a month ago he was saying uh he said something to me man that just that's just fucking that just stuck and his i'm not gonna tell the whole story because it has to do with all the fake entrepreneurs out there which by the way they're getting taught a fucking valuable lesson right now huh but every fucking lamborghini huracan ever ever fucking built is on fucking ebay right now right um so facebook marketplace yeah dude uh but anyway um he said to me he said look dude hell's a bad place and i'm like fuck yeah that's gold like hell's a bad place and like dude what he was saying was hey man people with with without ethics and people without uh you know the ability to make a a good decision for themselves and people and do the right thing they get their they get their

they get their penance you know i'm saying they get their punishment and i believe that and dude he said that to me and on this because like dude i was venting to him about how much i can't stand how much how many people are out there trying to sell how to be an entrepreneur who've never fucking been one i fucking hate it i fucking hate it if you've listened to my show for the last five years you know i fucking hate it and there's a lot of people right now getting what they deserved because they went and shit on people for the last however many years but he said he said dude he said you need to stop watching them and i'm like i can't i can't help it you know i was pissed you should tell him ask and put yourself in my fucking shoes no i said to him i

said i said uh i said gary the I have. And I went through and I said all this shit. I just said like, you know, these motherfuckers, they never did shit. And they, people believe them and they spend their, their last thousand bucks with these people. They're investing in their funds. They're doing this, this, this. And dude, I'm like, and he's like, bro, stop watching him. He's like, and he, and dude, I will say this. And this is fucking, this is big props to Gary. Gary goes, look, dude, all it's going to take is one blip in the economy to correct that problem. Do what you do. You're good at what you do.

Keep doing it and let them dig their own holes. And then fucking 30 days later, this shit happens. And I text him when it happened. I go, dude, you were right. And dude, that's like, that's like me telling you, you're right. Which happens. That does not fucking happen because you ain't ever right.

But the point is, the new building can tell you different. You act like I didn't have another deal with that motherfucker. I was talking about that shit in 2009. So anyway, my point is, as I believe in that. I believe that the karma train is going to be rolling.

It's rolling hard, son. And be careful which car you get on. For both ways, though, right? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Good handbag. This is a karma decision, son. This is do you take the money out of the kitty just because no one's looking. Right.

And deal with the repercussions. Or do you leave it in there and just know that you're going have to go through what you got absolutely you know what man i i think that's dude you know people are arguing that i see that in the entrepreneur world because there's companies that don't need it that are like debating whether or not to take it and then there's company you know it's kind of like that bailout we had back then i feel like we're it's different than that though i feel like that was like gross you know just gross mismanagement and lies and dirty shit in 08 you know to to and I feel like this is just like some shit that nobody could control and there needs to be some financial aid to sort of just kind of

reset the place where everybody was when this started so like i feel i feel mixed on that um but i think i think really what people what that where the karma train is going to roll for people is like what'd you do during this time oh yeah you know i'm saying what'd you do did you fucking did you did you help your community did you get out and offer and do what you can or did you just sit in front of netflix and do nothing that's why i try to promote a positive message every day you know what every fucking day this is why that's why i've been quiet dude you know why i've been quiet because i'm so fucking mad that literally everything i say comes off as like i'm a fucking psychopath which dude partly sometimes i can be but the point is partly he defines about 98 that's part that's part that's fucking part

but the point is is that like dude i just this isn't about me personally this is about all my friends man and all the people i don't know about and the people like dude but isn't that okay that dude i had okay that your opinions about you like isn't that that okay i guess well no it's not that's my point it's not but but the point is like it's a i'm getting like into a weird place here because like like i'm like okay we're good we did the right things we did the right things for a long time like for example like dude we're one of the only companies that has been promoting health as a foundation since 2015 or 16 okay nobody's doing that but yet everybody else now is like oh dude immune boost there's no fucking immune boost product look dude health starts with watching what the fuck you eat and moving and being mindful of that and we've been saying that for years

but how many predators in our fucking industry are now trying to capitalize on it hey man everyone and i'm i'm i'm uh listen i feel really good about who we are bro i've never been prouder to be a part of this company that's right and so that's the truth i i still like i don't that's why i'm not worried about the noise i'm not worried about that but what i but see where i get upset and a lot of people have been like goddamn dude are your companies fucking burning the ground no man we man, we're fine. Dude, look, I'm responsible. Like I'm not one of these motherfuckers that goes out and spends every fucking dollar on his fucking lifestyle.

I live a great lifestyle because we do very well. And, you know, we've been responsible. So we're going to be able to bridge the gap and do the right things for employees and all these things. But the point of what I'm trying to say dude is that like you know there's a lot of people out there that they dude it comes down to the entitlement thing man they want to fucking be in a great spot right now and dude we just ain't in a great spot nobody yeah nobody and like that that doesn't mean that it's okay to like trash the people who might be

doing okay. Those people are doing everything that they can to try to help the community. But, but I don't even understand that. Like we're weathering the storm. We're not. Dude, to answer your question, Sal, I don't think that people fucking think it's okay to feel right now the way that I don't think it's okay for someone who's built a successful life to feel good right now like i don't think that's a public opinion that is everybody wants to see

rich people crying and lose all their shit we're seeing it like i've seen people celebrating the demise of other people i just fucking fucked up disgusting well i just uh you know i i try not to let people i do i'm and i've built this over time i learned this when i was when i learned this when i played you know because i used to get so wrapped up in what everybody said about me and it is what it is and i realized man like one it's not healthy for me too i'm i'm gonna do me and i'm good i i know the moral code in which i live by and i know that I lay my head down at night. I know the decisions that I make, and I have to deal with those repercussions all the time.

And that's why I talk about the karma train. Like, you know, we're struggling in our own capacity right now. Are we doing as well as we would have normally been doing? Fuck no, we're not. Not even close. No, when I say we're doing good, I mean we're fucking – it's conditional. Our boat's in the water. Considering the context of what's happening, we're doing good, I mean we're fucking – it's conditional. Our boat's in the water.

Considering the context of what's happening, we're doing good. And you know what? We got a great team that's grabbing fucking buckets and we're bailing fucking water. Dude, I'll tell you what. I've never been rowing. But I feel tremendously – Yeah, and still rowing. And I feel tremendously proud about the decisions we make that are financially tough for our company,

which is keep everybody on and continue the path and move into our building. And we're doing – those are things that like, and quite honestly, what I learned is, and this isn't what, Oh, give a fuck. I know, I know what I have to deal with. And I know the moral code in which I live by and I don't really give a fuck. Yeah. But dude, like, I think, you know, in closing on the podcast, I think it would be a good thing for America. If people would maybe stop to consider other people's perspective before trying to jam down whatever it is your beliefs are. Because I'm going to tell you right now, if you can look around your life and you see nothing, nothing that you've actually accomplished and you think you're going to jam your opinion

and everybody's going to listen to you, you have to be credible for people to listen to you. And that's the problem that people don't understand. It goes back to what I said about awareness. When I go to speak on things, I don't just fucking speak. I kind of think like, okay, does the person I'm speaking to know more about this than me? Should I maybe ask them instead of, you know, just say what I think? And then, and then if you disagree, you're a piece of shit. Like, that's not what intelligent people do.

You know, and we have a lot of people on the internet that just aren't intelligent. Fuck them. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Like, I ain't worried about that. Yeah, well, the problem I get is whenever, you know, they're going on fucking Emily's page and fucking talking shit to her. Well, they would come on my page and talk shit about you on my page. And guess what I say?

Fuck you. Like? Yeah. Yeah, just let it i just let them know hey i'm not playing them little kids play little kid games dude i know but i'm just saying it's a dude that grows into other things that of course this is why the people like that is the reason why the media is able to fucking get away with the shit that they get away with. Dude, I can tell you a funny story. Okay. And this is in closing. We were in Wichita, Kansas.

We were playing Wichita State. And as the rudest, most fucking ruthless fucking fans. Worse than ours? Dude, on planet fucking earth. Meaning SIU Carbondales? Oh, yeah. After a bottle of Bacardi? Yeah.

Yeah. These are kids and old people, man man and you walk up in the stands and I remember Cal who was our coach he's a fucking stud and he would he would tell us now when we go to Wichita it's different like you're gonna get personally attacked okay you're literally gonna get personally attacked when you go to the plate and I mean these guys they knew everything about you they knew your mom's name, your girlfriend's name. They'd call your mom. They said your mom was great in bed last night. They'd talk about how you're fucking good.

I dated a girl named Brittany at the time. Brittany was at my house last night. And then these little kids. That's like cheese dick shit. No, but I'm sitting here thinking, but Kat, there's a young lesson. It's taught like, don't listen to the noise. Don't bite off on it one fucking bit. And you fucking keep your head down. You block it out. You block, you learn, you learn to cancel to the noise. Don't bite off on it one fucking bit. And you fucking keep your head down.

You block it out. You learn to cancel out the noise. And I literally, like in life, I always replay that message to me. When somebody says something to me and it fucking aggravates the fuck out of me and I want to tell them to go fuck off, I think of Cal. And I think of, you know what, man? Fuck that guy. He don't know me.

He don't know nothing about me. He don't know how I think. You know what was funny, dude? I was thinking about this on the way in. Like yesterday or or day before remember that remember that truck the other day that like fucking didn't know where yeah like just was like this guy came we came to a three-way stop down here at the front of the office park right i'm coming in he's coming in and like he's like three foot back from the stop line. So I stop on the line. He inches up and stops at the line. Like he's already stopped, right?

And he comes up and stops again. And so I'm sitting there. And then he gets mad because he thinks it's my turn. Motherfucker, you were already stopped. So he gets mad and starts like. He triple stamped and double stamped. Dude, you don't triple stamp and double stamp. What the fuck?

So he's fucking throwing his arms in the air giving me the finger and shit and i'm like dude i know for sure that you would not be doing that if we were standing face to face not at all like the the the the capacity for adults to behave in this way when they're separated by a pane of fucking glass much less thousands of miles on the internet is astounding to me because I still consider the fact that I learned growing up, which was this. If you say shit to the wrong person,

it's potentially going to cost you an ass beating, right? And we have a whole fucking country of people that have forgotten that shit. And so now we have this verbal abuse and these attacks and all this shit on everybody and everybody's paralyzed to say what the fuck they think. But who, who, let me challenge you with this. And this could be our closing note. Who's the asshole them for saying it or you for

listening. Hey man, look, dude, I'm saying there's a cultural problem with it. I'm not saying me. I'm saying there's a cultural problem. Who's the asshole them for saying it or you for listening to it i don't think that's a good argument because i'm not talking about me i'm talking about cultural fucking problem i would have waved at that motherfucker and said hey hey man he's so pissed off hey man how you doing yeah dude i asked dj i got out of the truck laughing i'm like you see The internet's no different. Like. Bloop.

Hey, I see you. Bloop. But you see these 1,300 other comments? Bloop. I don't give a fuck what you think. Well, it just creates an atmosphere that they're safe. Well, I just think that it'd be better. I think we'd have a better country if fucking people grow the grow the fuck up a little bit yeah that's the truth so i don't know dude look if you're struggling

right now if you're having a hard time remember this it's hard for everybody okay nobody feels calm nobody feels at ease nobody feels not frustrated so if you're feeling frustrated feeling angry feeling mad that's a common theme amongst most people right now. You know, my advice is what I said a few weeks ago on the podcast, what to do in dark times. Also what to do through this, this process. Don't let the, the pity of the situation or the dire straits or the frustration or the negativity of the world and the situation at hand, keep you from seeing where you're going to move next because the next move is likely a very important move for all of us in our own individual ways.

Whatever you do right now is going to come back to you. If you're somebody who's sitting on the couch, observing the news, taking it all in, a slave to the Instagram, you know, and freaking the fuck out and watching Netflix in between, you're going to be in a bad position when this open backs up, you know? So pull your head out of the sand, you know, do what you need to do to clear it and focus on where we're going to go from here. That's really all that we can do. It's a realist take. Okay? Realists, which is you guys,

do not look at what we wish things were. We look at what things are and then we make decisions based upon that. So do that. Stop being overly concerned. Stop being overly emotional. Be kind to people, not in the way that I talk about being kind in terms of telling the truth,

but be kind in the general sense. A lot of people are going through a very difficult time. Try to be a little nicer. If people are annoying, be a little bit more tolerant. If people are pissing you off, scroll on. And let's keep America and get America and the people united so that we can move forward from this and continue to be a great country. I'm very proud to be an American. I'm just like Sal said earlier in a podcast.

I bleed that shit. It means something to me, you know, and I know it means something to you, look, pull your head up, keep your chin up, look where you're going and try to make the best possible decision right now. And then if you can't do anything that you think is going to better you, which you're wrong if you think that, but if you just think that go into personal development, start reading, you know, 75 hard is an awesome program to do during this time because you have the time to do it. All right. That's not the point of the program, but if you could do 75 hard right now, you're going to be a fucking boss when you come out of this shit. All right. Another thing,

dude, if you're stuck where you start serving people in some way, use your skills, use your finances, use your ability to help and try to, um, you know, make it easier on other people. We don't need people making this any harder than it is. We need people making it easier. So do what you can, whether you're a doctor or a nurse who's on the front lines of this and you guys are crushing it, or whether you're just a regular person on Instagram. Show some support.

Show some love. Show some compassion and be kind to people in the actual sense of being kind, you know, being polite. And we'll work through this. Things are going to get better. That's the truth. I just want to add before you close. You're not alone. No.

You know, dude, and I say this confidently and vulnerable in the sense like, you know, last 10 days, two weeks been a struggle for me personally. And it's one day at a time, guys, it's one, literally one good decision at a time, one day at a time, the struggle that you're going through that storm will pass. And, and I hope, you know, even though you might agree, disagree with some of the things that were here today, I understand that, you know, or we understand that we're here for you we're here to help we're here to get through this and we want america to win we want you to win we want our boat to fucking to

sail and we want to be a part of the solution not part of the problem but i want you to understand more than anything you're not alone and if you need help there's a group of people right here that are that have your back and are ready to fucking to get out of this shit and move forward. Dude, look, it's hard for everybody. That's it. It's been hard for everybody. It's been at the very least, no matter what your financial situation or your health situation, it's extremely stressful. It's extremely frustrating. It's extremely, extremely depressing and dark. Dude, look, this stuff is going to pass. And if you're smart, you're going to figure out a way to pivot into something that's going to benefit you in the long run. If you're not able to do that, be a better person, help your community. Maybe you'll discover that actually service is providing you more happiness than even being an entrepreneur. Who knows? Those two should go

hand in hand, but they don't for everybody. All right. So guys, keep your heads up, keep your chin up, keep your chest out, and let's go kick some ass.