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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Well, what we need is more common sense.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Breaking down the world's nonsense about how American common sense
will see us through.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
With the common sense of Houston, I'm just pro common
sense for Houston. From Houston. He's the Jimmy Barrett Show,
brought to you by Viewin dot Com. Now here's Jimmy Barrett.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
So if you were listening this morning to our morning
show on kat r H, you might have heard that
sky Mike had a root canal, which is definitely on
my top ten list of things I never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever,
ever and so on and on ever want to do.
He seemed to get through it just fine, and I
think most people do.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
But you know, it got us thinking about things that
would be even less fun than a root canal. I mean,
just the name root canal just sounds It sounds painful,
and I know they'd drug you up and give you
all sorts of good things to get you through it.
But when they're done, you know you still you're sore,
and you got to live in all that stuff. And
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there aren't too many things. I had surgery once for
a benign tumor to have it removed. For some reason,
I had never had surgery before. I had no idea
what to expect. In my mind, I'm a strong guy.
This is going to be easy, this is no big deal.
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And of course, as it turned out, the surgery went
went several hours. They couldn't remove the benign tumor because
of where it was, which you would like to think
they could have figured out before they bothered to operate
on me. And I still have it to this day.
It's not a health it's not a health problem. But
the recovery from that, you know, if you've never had
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surgery before on anything, it's shocking. It shocked. I felt
like I got run over by a truck, you know.
For one thing, I got this big long scar now
on that runs from basically from just below my breastbone
down to just above my belly button and all the
way over to the side where they opened me up
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to try to work on and getting this benign tomor out,
and and and they had me all stapled up, and
and I I was just exhausted. I couldn't. I could
barely move. And of course they make you now, they
make you get up, and they make you do a
lap around the house. Hospital for or a couple of
laps you know before, and you have to go through
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all these different things before they'll release you, and all
you want to do is to get out of the hospital.
That's the worst experience I've ever had a root. I'll
take a root canal over that any day of the week.
But we kind of challenged some of our listeners this
morning to try to come up with things that would
be less fun than getting a root canal.
Speaker 5 (02:54):
Nothing's worse than going to the proctologist his finger.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Up your good.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Good point.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
Listening to Lena Hidalgo read an online book that would
be worse.
Speaker 6 (03:08):
Dave on Lake Conrode. Yeah, I've had Ruy Canell's at
a toothpool last week. Anyway, changing a starter on a
gravel road at night out in the middle of the
National Forest, man, Man, that gravel is not good on the.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
Back skip for Webster. Having a biopsy done on your prostate.
Oh in Michigan be the University of Texas and football.
Oh that's right, they haven't done that lately. Sorry, Jimmy.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
Yeah, that's okay, that's okay, we'll get it. I think
did they play next year? I know it was a
home and home, so I think it's I want to
say it's next year that Michigan comes to Austin to
play ut It's either next year or the year after that,
so we'll see what happens. Maybe, you know, maybe it'll
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be a more interesting game next time around. That one
wasn't even close, all right. Other things that you could
think of that would be worse than getting a root canal.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Jimmy as Guy Mike.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
If anybody says or talks about Taylor Swift, I literally
feel a stab to my heart.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
So as far as root canals, sis, Guy Mike, good morning,
No Henry from Spring.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
I'd rather have a root canal than have to listen
to Kamala Harris give a speech.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
Okay, fair enough, but by the way, on the Taylor
Swift thing, there's no way to get away from the
Taylor Swift thing. Didn't she have a new album come out?
I mean, I'm not as swifty. I don't follow these things.
I don't care the Taylor Swift has a new album out,
but Diary of a Showgirl or something like that. So
you know you'll be surrounded by for the next week plus,
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especially if you are unfortunate enough to watch any entertainment show,
which I rarely have ever watched these days because it
involves Hollywood and Hollywood eleade and Hollywood liberals, and yeah,
I don't have any more room in my life for
those people anymore. All Right, here's a topic worth discussing,
and that is people who don't speak English and are
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not citizens of the United States that have CDL licenses.
Turns out that here in Texas we have been among
the worst defenders of issuing CDL licenses to people who
don't speak the language and art from the country, and
the federal government has decided to crack down on it.
We started changing our rules here in Texas on Tuesday,
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knowing that the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy was going
to have a few things to say on the issue,
and yesterday he did. They are cracking down with new
federal rules that will cover all of the United States
of America.
Speaker 7 (05:52):
What our audit has already discovered should anger every single American.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
So here's what we've learned. I just want to walk
through it first.
Speaker 7 (06:01):
Our auto revealed a systemic breakdown among states to follow
the law and issue licenses properly. States are failing to
follow even the most basic procedures. We even uncovered widespread
procedural errors, computer programming flaws, and a gross lack of
oversight in the states that issue CDLs. This means that
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thousands of licenses that should never have been issued actually
were issued. States are issuing licenses that extend months and
even years beyond a driver's lawful presence in the US.
This is a direct incentive to stay in our country
illegally beyond their authorized RUK permit. They have driver's licenses,
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so in some disturbing cases, they have failed to validate
a driver's lawful presence before handing them a commercial license.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
It's deeply disturbing.
Speaker 7 (06:56):
But even worse, our second finding was that the current
federal regulations are allowing dangerous, unqualified drivers on American roadways.
This means that even when the rules are being followed,
dangerous individuals who shouldn't be near a big rig are
getting behind the wheel and causing crashes on our roadways.
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That is why today I'm announcing two immediate major actions.
Number One, we're issuing an emergency rule that fundamentally overhauls
who is eligible.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
For a non domicile CDL.
Speaker 7 (07:31):
These tighter federal standards they're going to keep Americans and
families safe on our roadways. Now, this is not a proposal.
This is a final rule, and it is effective immediately.
Non citizens will not be eligible for a CDL unless
they meet a much stricter set of rules. Second, all
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states must immediately pause the issuance of non domiciless until
they can comply with our new rules.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
And that's what happened tuesday here in Texas. They did
a pause on that. All right, quick little break, We're
back with Born in a moment. Jimmy Bartt show here
a NAM nine fifty KPRC. Happy Friday.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Right.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
I think we talked a little bit about this yesterday,
didn't me. The governor and his task force. Yeah, I'm
sure I did. Because the thing that I find about
the task force that he's going to drive me crazy,
I know, is that until something is done with all
the liberal judges who allow repeat offenders to get out
on no cash bonds, personal recognizance and all that. Until
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we start getting tough on that stuff, it doesn't matter
how many repeat you arrest and send the jail when
they're right back out on the street again. We get
a chance to vote on some of this stuff in November,
although I have a stinking suspicion that even when it
becomes state law, that these liberal judges will try to
find a way around it. The only true way to
get rid of the problem is to get rid of
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the liberal judges. But at any rate, I had the
political sultant Bill Miller on our show this morning on KTRH.
Share a little bit of that with you now, not
so much about the crime thing, although I will have
him comment at the end of the interview about Mayor
John Whitmyer, who I'm very proud of, by the way,
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for not only allowing Houston to sort of be the
guinea pig for this new task force, but also to
accept the idea that, hey, anybody who wants to send
more help public safeties my number one concern, I'm all
for it. You want to send some more help to
help host out here, We're glad to have you.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
So.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
But first I will have talked about Bill Miller about
the Senate race, the Democrats Senate race. We have Colin
Allred who is trying to pull up Beto O'Rourke, which
means that all right, he ran, he lost for Senate.
He lost to Ted Cruz, and now he wants to
run against John Cornyn, and then after he loses to
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John Cornyn, he's going on to run against you know,
Ted Cruz again. You know, that's what's been happening with Democrats.
They've been kind of retrade, although there's no guarantee by
stretch that John Cornyn is going to end up being
the Republican nominee. So we talked about that, and we
also talked about how Colin Alred's opponent has raised six
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point two million dollars in three weeks. Colin Allred has
raised four point one million in three months. His opponent
in the primary has raised six point two million in
three weeks. Here's a little bit of my conversation with
Bill Muller. Yeh, hang on a second here, then they
try that one more time. Here's a little bit of
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that conversation with Bill Miller. He made a kind of
a big deal, didn't he, Bill about saying that he
was only interested in raising money from small individual donors.
Can you raise six point two million in three weeks
from small individual donors?
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Well it's a very impressive number. And you know, and
like you know, money is you know, in the case
of the large number of devils in the details. You know,
I'm not saying it's untrue. I'm just saying it's hard
to have them. That he can raise that much money
from small donors in that short period. If he can,
he's a phenomenon. And I'll give him credit for that.
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If it's not true, why make the claim. It's an
impressive number no matter where it comes from. But if
you are found to not be exactly truthful, if you
want to call it that about where this money comes from,
that's the problem. Don't diminish the to take it takes
impressive I mean, six six million dollars in three weeks
is a hugely impressive number.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
Well, his opponent in the primary, Colin Alred, raised four
point one million, but he took him three months to
do it. So what does that tell us about maybe
a lack of enthusiasm on the Democrat side for Colin
Allred running for Senate again.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
Well, I think that underscore is exactly his problem. He's
run and he's lost, and you know, retreads and it's
great you can learn from losing. I'll grant you that.
But I do think the Democratic Party is looking for
fresh faces they're looking for someone who can win, especially
a statewide race, which has been decades since they did that.
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So you know, Tallerico is the guy at the moment,
and we'll see if it holds well.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
And how difficult, in your mind, Bill Miller, how hard
is it to beat an incumbenty If let's assume, for
the sake of argaby here that John Cornyn survives his
primary challenge. I'm not so sure that's going to happen
because he's not very popular in Texas right now. But
if he does survive, how difficult is to go up
against an incumbent when you're running for the United States Senate?
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Well, I would say if if you're trying to win
a race, you always want to pick a race that
to open, being a non incumbent race. That's the ideal situation.
If you're going to pick a race where you are
challenging incumbent, you want to pick one in a state
where you know it's a swing state and you've got
an opportunity. In a state like Texas, which is not
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a swing state, and you have an incumbent, it's a
virtually impossible to defeat that person. I'm not saying it
can't be done. I'm just saying it's nearly impossible.
Speaker 4 (13:34):
Maybe this tells us Bill Milder that they think that
John Cornyn will get primary and Ken Paxton will be
the nominating therefore they wouldn't have to face an incumbent.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
I think you're right. I think that that's why both
individuals are in the race. They're hoping that the incumbent
is defeated in the primary and that it will be
an open seat, which gives him a better opportunity to
win it.
Speaker 4 (13:57):
Hey, let me quickly ask you to here more on
than the state of Houston politics here. I think Mayor
job Whitmyer, much to his credit. You know, we've had
Democrat mayors all around the country refusing help, in particular
from the federal government when it comes to finding crime.
Governor havn't announced his his task force earlier this week.
Houston is going to be the guinea pig in this
and the mayor is happy to have all the help
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he can get his hands on. That's a refreshing change
of pace.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Well, Mayor Whitmeyer. You know, remember when he was the legislator,
he made his name criminal. He was chairman of the
Criminal Justice Committee. You know, he's well versed in kind
of what this is all about. What chrime does is
the community, how the community feels about it. So him
taking that position is not surprising to me. But I
think it is exactly, using your word, super refreshing and
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I'm certainly glad that he's doing it.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
Yeah, I think we're all glad that he's doing it.
Like I said, I want to give him full credit
for that. He understands that the job here is public safety.
I don't know why the mayor of Chicago can't understand
but or doesn't care about that, but clearly Mayor Whitmeyer does,
even though he has a d nextra the name. Then again,
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he's old school Republican, as we've discussed many times. But anyway,
to give him full credit. KPRC KP. Pardner KPRC two,
our television partner, interviewed Mayor Whitmeyer about the Governor's task
force and taking the extra help. Here's a little bit
of that.
Speaker 8 (15:26):
He's Mayor John Whitmeyer tells me that Governor Greg Abbott
reached out to him last week to let him know
about this violent crime task Force here in Houston and
Harris County. The mayor says that crime has gone down
here in Houston since he took office, but he says
he's welcoming those resources from the state to make sure our.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
City is safe.
Speaker 8 (15:46):
Multiple state agencies will be flooding Houston and Harris County's
high crime areas extra manpower from DPS special agents to
Texas Rangers. We'll be working alongside HPD, the Harris County
Sheriff's Office, and other local law enforcement as part of
Governor Greg Abbott's Violent Crime Task Force.
Speaker 9 (16:05):
I've said all along, We're going to make Houston.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
A greater city, a safer city.
Speaker 8 (16:11):
Mayor John Whitmeyer says Houston has already been working with
DPS since he took office.
Speaker 9 (16:16):
Any given day, we may have seventy seventy five DPS
officers helping HPD.
Speaker 8 (16:21):
Abbot says violent crime is already down twenty two percent
compared to last year, but he insists more needs to
be done.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
How confident are you.
Speaker 8 (16:29):
That this new task force will help reduce crime even more?
Speaker 9 (16:33):
Well, it's not only personnel, but it's their technology, their
forensic science. They have air space coverage that HPD does
not have, So it's a collaboration. It'll also hopefully reduce
our chases when HPD gets in a chase, which we're
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doing much more thoughtful. We can call it in a
DPS helicopter.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
How is this being funded? You and me?
Speaker 9 (17:02):
We're if we play state sales tax and so it
comes out of state budget.
Speaker 4 (17:08):
Uh huh. Here here's the bottom line. You know, it's
the same thing I would ask the mayor of Chicago,
what have you got to lose by allowing the government
to come in and help you fight crime? What do
you really have to lose from this? If you're going
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to bring up illegal aliens? The ICE is operating and
will continue to operate in your city whether you want
them to or not. This other help is in regards
to crime. What have you got to lose? If it
doesn't work, then you can point the finger at the
fans and say, see, we didn't need your help. It
didn't help. You didn't help us at all. If it
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does work, then you have a safer city. And when
you run for reelection, what do you think do you
think all of a sudden that the people vote Democrat
their entire life in Chicago are going to vote for
a Republican for mayor just because just because they said, well,
the Republicans came in and the crime's lower. No, you're
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the mayor in power. That's your best chance of getting
re elected is to have things like crime go down
while you're actually serving in the office. It's a no
loose proposition. But they won't do it. All right, quick
little break back with more in a moment. Happy Friday again,
Jimmy Barrett. You're an am nine to fifty k PRC.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
All right.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
You've heard the term older and wiser, right, older and
wiser because life experience gives you wisdom. Older people generally
have more wisdom than younger people do. Younger people never
realize that. They always want to tell older people what
they should be thinking, not having had the same life experiences.
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But that's that's okay. I was young once and I
did the same thing. Now that I'm older, I am
a bit more wiser. Or is My father used to
love to tell me, son, You're going to find that
the older I get, the smarter, or the older you get,
the smarter I get, Which is very true. You know,
the older I got, the more I appreciated my father's wisdom.
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But is it But is it technically true? You know
what what does improve when it comes to your brain,
What does improve with age and what doesn't improve with age?
I saw this study about getting older and wiser, and
then the journal Intelligence they had a study that had
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metrics on the cognitive personality Functioning index is what they
called it a measure of how intelligence, judgment, and other
key traits evolved over the average lifespan. So what got
better with your brain as you got older and what didn't.
It does show a pattern. The overall functioning of the
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human brain reaches its peak between the ages of fifty
five and sixty. So you're never going to be wiser
or smarter than you are when you're fifty five or
sixty years old. But not everything goes up or down
at the same time. Here's here's the different categories fluid
intelligence that is reasoning, memory span, and processing speed. In
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other worries, how well do you remember things? How quickly
do you process information and spit it out? Fluid intelligence
peaks when you're in your early twenties and then fades
steadily for the rest of your life. So when it
comes to thinking on your feed, thinking quickly, that fluid
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intelligence you're at your best when you're like twenty one,
twenty two, twenty three years old, and then it goes downhill.
So by the time you're seventy, not so good anymore.
Crystallized intelligence that is the accumulation of knowledge and experience
that continues to build for decades, that never really goes away.
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That is something that builds over time. That's the life
experience thing that I was talking about. Personality traits also
mature and increase through early adulthood before leveling off later
in life. So, for example, the ability to see things
through or emotional stability, keeping calm under stress. That kind
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of stuff that you get to a certain point in
early adulthood and then it just pretty much stays there
for the rest of your life. Moral reasoning the ability
to weigh competing principles. That improves over time. The older
you get, the better that gets. That deepens with experience.
You make sounder judgments about fairness and duty when you're
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older than when you would when you were younger. That
makes sense. Financial literacy also builds into your late sixties
when you can reflect on a lifetime of dealing with bills.
Then you can look back see where you made your
financial mistakes and make smarter decisions. I think that when
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it comes to the finance thing, because it's always the
young people or people in there, I would say people
under the age of fifty are the worst when it
comes to managing debt. And I think part of the
problem with it is is that you figure you've got
a lot of time, right, I'm only fifty, I got
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I got twenty years, thirty years to pay this off.
Only I'm only thirty. I've got the rest of my
life to pay this stuff off. You don't worry about
it as much when you're younger, at least I certainly
didn't worry about it as much when I'm younger. But
then when you get to the point where you're going, Okay,
I'm getting close to retirement age. How am I going
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to retire if I've got all these bills? And then
you start saying, okay, I've got to have a plan
here to pay off all these bills. And that's when
you really start, you know, making some smarter decisions when
they come to that. And the last one is cognitive flexibility,
the ability to shift smoothly between task or strategies when
circumstances change or cognitive empathy, the ability to get what
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others are thinking. You know, how you can present an
idea and you can tell by looking at another person
what they're thinking about what it is you're presenting to them.
That's something that fades with age. That's something you do
better when you're younger versus when you're older. So throughout
middle age, the games more than offset the losses. The
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late fifties is the sweet spot. That's when you're probably
when you put it all together. That's when you probably
have it the most together is when you're in your
late fifties. So if you're not there yet, you have
something to look forward to. If you're past that, hey
it's all downhill. The report also notes that up and
down mental prowess has the most obvious implications for the
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world of business and politics. So those are the areas
that if you are dealing in the world of business
and politics, that's where when things start to go downhill,
that's when it's noticed the most interesting. All right, well, listen,
we're ready to start the weekend. At least I'm ready
to start the weekend. I hope you are too. Have
a great weekend. Whatever you're doing. Mother's supposed to be nice,
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pretty much sunny and warm all weekend long. Maybe around
the coast we might pick up a shower or two,
but that's about it. So you have yourself a great
Friday and a great weekend. I will see you Monday morning,
bright nearly five am over our news radio seven forty
k TRH. We are back here at four on AM
nine fifty ktr S.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
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