The Gracious Two - LIVE Show 071 - Lacole Smith

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We are live. Show 71. What up? Oh, Chad. That's

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right. Chad is not with us. He has been fired.

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This is no longer the gracious two. It is the

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gracious. Sorry to come on and let you folks

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know about it this way, but it just happened

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not too long ago, and I wanted you folks to be

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the first one to know. I didn't even let the

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lovely Rob Bobby Yankee know. So, Bobby, what

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have you heard, bro? That's crazy. I don't know

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what happened. Well, unfortunately, I got to

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let you go too, dude. I'm firing the whole show

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and it is the J -Row show. No, I'm just kidding

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about it all. You're not fired. Chad's not fired.

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A little practical joke for y 'all. I wonder

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what people are thinking. So Chad is sick today.

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He's at urgent care and we would have taken off

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the day, but we have a guest on today and I didn't

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want to ruin her time. So we will have. A lady

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coming on. She's an author. Her name is Nicole

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Smith, and she's got a real heart -wrenching

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story for us. She was in a crazy car accident,

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hit by two 18 -wheelers, and survived. So we'll

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let her come on and talk to us and let us know

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what's going on. What up, Daphne? How are you

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out there? Hopefully you didn't get too nervous

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with us firing Chad. So, yeah, Bobby, we're going

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to have a, you know, probably a shorter show

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than usual. And, yeah, we get to the Cats will

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play while Daddy's away, our fearless leader.

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Chad, not here. What's new, man? So what were

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you, what did you think of the inauguration?

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I thought it was great. I mean, it gave me a

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good feeling. You know, he was saying the right

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thing. For sure. I want to show you this, Bobby.

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This is pretty crazy. I mean, this is something

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we've known the entire time, but it's crazy to

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hear the Speaker of the House say it. To share

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with audio, share the tab instead. Okay. Also

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share. Okay. What the fuck? Give me one second

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here, folkies. I don't know if it's going to

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share with audio, but I'll try it. Let's see.

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Bobby, can you see that? It's Twitter. Yeah.

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And tell me if you can hear this. I do stand

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by it. And I say this without any personal animus

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at all. All right. Listen to this. Tell me what

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happens when I full screen it. Can you still

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see it? Not, you know, in some ways actually

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kind of feel sorry for Joe Biden. I mean, he's

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in the twilight years of his life. He is not.

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All right. So everybody listened to this. Bobby,

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you included. This is crazy. This is. A speaker

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of the House letting us know what happened when

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he was, you know, trying to talk to the president

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and what was going on basically for the last

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year and a half since Johnson became the speaker.

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Listen to this. I do stand by it. And I say this

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without any personal animus at all. I mean, you

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know, in some ways, I actually kind of feel sorry

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for Joe Biden. I mean, he's in the twilight years

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of his life. He is not obviously has not. been

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in charge for some time and i know this by personal

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observation and now the whole world knows it

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and it's been very very concerning to me over

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the last you know year and a half since i've

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had this can you tell us a story when you say

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personal observation what what well i mean this

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is it's public now because the wall street journal

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got it and put it on the front page but um uh

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january a year ago almost exactly a year ago

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uh i had been asked i became speaker in october

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2023 And there were all sorts of big national

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security concerns and everything going on. And

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I started requesting a meeting with the president

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because, you know, I'm kind of old school. I'm

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a constitutional law guy. Speaker of the House

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should be able to talk to the president, especially

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in times of great national interest and calamity.

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But they wouldn't let me meet with him. And his

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staff kept getting excuses. This went on for

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like eight or nine weeks. I'm sorry, Mr. Speaker,

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he doesn't have time. What are you talking about?

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I'm second in line of the presidency. He has

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time. I need to talk to him. We had, I can't

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say the classified parts, but we had some big...

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big and national concerns at the time that I

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was losing sleep over. Finally, I just went to

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the whole press corps and I said, the president

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is not being allowed to meet with the speaker.

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There's a problem. So they started putting pressure

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on him. Long story short, they finally relented.

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They invited me to the White House. I show up

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and I realize it's actually an ambush because

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it's not just me and the president. It's also

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Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Hakeem, you know,

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the whole CIA director, everybody. So I walked

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in the Oval, and oh, I know what this is. They're

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going to hotbox the Speaker on Ukraine funding.

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That's what it was. This is probably the third

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week of January. We sit down. We're in the midst

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of it. And the whole conversation, and I'm going,

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we don't need to have this conversation. The

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President reaches over just like this. We're

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sitting right next to the fireplace in the Oval,

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and he grabs my arm, and he says, Speaker and

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I just need a couple minutes together. Would

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you all just leave us alone? And I looked up

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on the faces of some of the staff standing around

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the wall, and they're like, no, he did it. He

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called it. He's the commander in chief. So everybody

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leaves. And he and I are standing awkwardly in

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the middle of the Oval Office right over the

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rug by the coffee table. And I said, Mr. President,

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thanks for the moments. You know, this is very

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important. I got some big national security things

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I need to talk to you about that I've heard.

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And I think, you know, and what do we do? And

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but first, real quickly, Mr. President, can I

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ask you a question? I cannot answer this from

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my own. Dude, listen to how scary this is. First

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of all, the whole thing is scary. He couldn't

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get. He couldn't, like, meet with the president

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for a crazy amount of time when national security

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shit's going on, like, weeks at a time. And they

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weren't allowing him to meet with them. So that's

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scary as fuck. But this right here is the craziest,

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scariest thing you've ever heard. Check this

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out. Situants in Louisiana. Sir, why did you

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pause LNG exports to Europe? Like, I don't understand.

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You know, liquefied natural gas is in great demand

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by our allies. Why would you do that? Because

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you understand. We just talked about Ukraine.

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You understand you're fueling Vladimir Putin's

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war machine because they've got to get their

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gas from him. And he looks at me, stunned, and

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he said, I didn't do that. I said, Mr. President,

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yes, you did. It was an executive order like

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three weeks ago. I didn't do that. He's arguing

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with me. I said, Mr. President, respectfully,

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could I go out here and ask your secretary to

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print it out? We'll read it together. You definitely

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did that. He goes, oh, you talk about natural

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gas. Yes, sir. He said, no, no, you misunderstand.

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He said, what I did is I signed this thing to,

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we're going to conduct a study on the effects

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of LNG. I said, no, you're not, sir. You paused

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it. I know. I have the terminal, the export terminal

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in my state. I talked to those people this morning.

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This is doing massive damage. I'm going to let

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it keep playing. So he had no idea what he was

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signing. They were putting shit in front of him,

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telling him it was something else, having him

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sign it, and then it was a completely different

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thing that he thought he was signing. That's

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what happens when you have somebody so compromised

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mentally in the fucking White House. This is

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crazy, man. And who was putting this document

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in front of him and misleading him? Because that

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person should be brought up on charges and fucking

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put in jail. Absolutely. Let me finish this,

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but it's crazy. We're in serious trouble. Who

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is running the country? Like, I don't know who

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put the paper in front of him, but he didn't

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know. Wow. Insane, bro. So he had no clue who

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put that, you know, the Speaker of the House

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had no clue who put the paper in front of him.

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But that was a year and a half ago, almost two

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years ago. Why is this coming out now? And why,

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when he realized that the president didn't know

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what he was signing, why didn't he come out and

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fucking make this public knowledge? I understand,

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like, there's national security, but a Momo in

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the office that is not comprehending things and

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not understanding what he's signing is also a

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national security problem. It's a big national

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security. Dude, did you realize it was that bad?

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Because I did not. Yeah, I didn't realize it

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was like that. That's insane. It's fucking crazy,

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bro. It's like he was the ultimate puppet because

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he didn't even know what he was doing. Exactly.

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I'm just sending this over to our guests, so

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don't mind me if it seems like I'm not paying

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attention to you. What else has been going on?

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With me? No, the other person on the podcast,

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you Momo. No, I was watching Dave Chappelle last

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night. Yeah, talk to me. His monologue, it was

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great. He had a good monologue. I'm going to

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play it later. That was this weekend? He was

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on SNL? Yeah, yeah. He did a couple sketches,

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too. It was pretty good. He talked about Jimmy

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Carter and how Jimmy Carter went to Palestine

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with no guards against Netanyahu saying that

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we're not going to protect you. He showed that

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he was a real man. He showed that he was what?

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A real man. Absolutely. It was a very inspiring

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speech. It was everything that needed to be said.

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It instilled faith in me. It made me proud to

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be an American. It made me think that also the

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world is proud that America is getting back to

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greatness because When we're great, it reflects

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on the rest of the world, and there's a lot more

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harmonious shit going on. So I think this is

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huge. And I think that we should all, as Americans,

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really look at ourselves in the mirror. Because

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if we think about what President Trump did when

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he took office in 2017, he changed the economy

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and the world. and peace overnight. The world

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was a lot more peaceful. America was safe. And

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the economy, not only in America, but in the

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world, was fucking stunning. So then we allow

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COVID to happen, not Trump's fault at all, and

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everybody turns a blind eye to Trump and starts

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blaming him for everything that's going wrong

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when COVID happened. And then they... Forget

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what he just did the past three years for them.

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And then they vote this man out of office and

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put in a fucking asshole who can't think for

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himself. And when he does have an original thought,

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it's to rip off the American public and put money

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from their pockets into his bank account. So

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that's what we did. For what fucking reason?

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Because you didn't like. Trump saying grab her

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by the pussy or he's got a misogynistic tone.

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His tone and what he says doesn't matter. His

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actions matter. What he did for America matters.

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What Biden has done for America since he's been

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in office for fucking 50 years is lie to us,

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steal from us and treat us like fucking we are

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less than. And that is crazy. I just I'm so ashamed

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at what we did in 2020. It's. And I hope actually

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that the election was stolen and that the American

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people didn't get it wrong. Because if we did,

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that's fucking crazy. I absolutely think it was

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stolen. I do too. There's really no doubt. I

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hope so. In my mind. Yeah. I mean, where did

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20 million extra voters come from? That's crazy.

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Every other year you see how many people voted

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and then. There's like how many fucking more

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people vote in that year. And granted, it could

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be because they mailed everyone a ballot. So

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people who wouldn't normally go to the polls

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to vote, maybe they did send in their fucking

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ballot. And multiple ballots. The whole mailing

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thing was what screwed everything. Right. 100%.

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100%. I don't know what's going on with our guests,

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but. So, anywho, we only were doing this show

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without Chad because we had a guest book today.

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Otherwise, we would have rescheduled. But if

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she's not here by 1 .15, we'll have to spank

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her because shame, shame. If you're not, I understand

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stuff happens, but you should let know beforehand,

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you know? Unless you are in, imagine she's in

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another accident and I'm being an asshole. No,

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don't even. I know. Oh, we got her coming on.

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Bang Dizzy. There we go. Miss Nicole Smith. Let

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me figure out how to turn this on. So I was letting

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you folks know earlier. Miss Nicole Smith, how

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are you? I'm doing well. How are y 'all doing?

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Doing awesome. So that was our producer that

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was on that you saw in the beginning right there.

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Our normal co -host is actually in urgent care.

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He's fell like real sick. So if you hear somebody

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in the background, that'll be our producer, Bobby.

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But I just wanted to let you know that beforehand.

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And we are live, Nicole, but I did want to, I

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did kind of introduce you a little bit earlier

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when the show started, let the audience know

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that you were an author and that you were in

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a horrific accident. And, you know, you made

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it through it. Thank God. And I believe that's

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what the book is about, right? Well, part of

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the book is about that. I kind of talk about

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the different things that I overcame in my life,

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but that was one of the major things that I overcame.

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And how long ago did that happen, if you don't

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mind me asking? It was in 2011. 2011, wow. And

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do you want to walk us through that story, or

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is it... too painful to live through again? I'm

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actually better at telling it now than I was

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then. Okay, cool. So, actually, I was at work,

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and I had twin daughters, and one of them called

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for me to pick up some donuts from their school.

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So I left work, I went to get the donuts from

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their school, and I was headed to take them to

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our house, and... I stopped for the turn to go

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into the road that goes to our house. Got hit

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by one 18 -wheeler. It pushed me down the road.

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And a second one was coming, so it pushed me

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back up the road. I got hit by both of them.

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Oh, my God. And all I could do was, like, say

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thank you, God, that I was still alive. Because

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most people don't live through one. You have

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to love. Can I ask you, I want to, I want you

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to continue, but I kind of want to work through

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some of the stories. So when you got hit by the

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first truck, did you see it happening or did

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it kind of come out of nowhere? Yes. I looked

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up in the rear view mirror and he was getting

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ready to hit me. Wow. And the first thing I thought

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was to hit the gas. And then I was like, no,

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I thought, I remember that the other 18 -wheeler

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was coming, so I kind of braked myself. So, and

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all I could think was, Lord, save me. Wow. And

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it hit me. And everything just kind of went crazy.

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And now, what happened? It was like... Sorry,

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go ahead. It was just kind of like, you know,

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like... Strange because you're in that moment

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and you're not thinking clearly because you're

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like, I got hit by 18 willow, my God, and then

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I get hit by the second one. So it's like in

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the trials or trying to process everything, you're

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not really thinking about it until after you

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see everything that happens afterwards. Right.

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So. Now, how long are you sitting there in the

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car after you get hit with waiting for an ambulance,

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EMT? How are you feeling at the time after the

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accident? Are you coherent? I was awake the whole

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time. I never lost consciousness. Okay. My cousin,

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who was getting ready to pull out of the road

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that I was coming in, she came and helped me

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get out of the vehicle. Okay. The only blood

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that you could see was I cut my finger on a piece

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of glass getting out of the automobile. Wow.

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But I can remember everything. She helped me

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get out. And the first thing I said was, I leave

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my shoe, which is crazy. Nicole, were you driving

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a tank here? How did you get hit by these two

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trucks and then you get out? And you just cut

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your finger on glass and you walk out of the

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glass and you walk out of the vehicle. How did

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this? God must have wrapped a cocoon around you

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or something. Yes, he did. I was actually in

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a Dodge Caravan. Okay. Which, you know, by then

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they actually made the rest appear. So that was

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a good thing. But it tore it up. Everything was

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tore up except the driver's door. Wow. The motor

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was on the ground. The hood of the car was put

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to the front of the second 18 -wheeler. Sure.

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Oh, yeah. Well, let me ask you this, Nicole,

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because it brings up so many thoughts in my brain.

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Was this the first time that you were in some

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sort of accident or got hurt or anything that

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was beyond your control? In other words... Sometimes

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if you go to trip over something, you kind of

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saw it beforehand. You could have been like a

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little bit more careful. Like you could have

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avoided it. This seems like this was completely

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out of your grasp. Has anything like that ever

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happened to you before that? Like where, you

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know. Never. Never. Never. And it was totally

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out of my grasp because it was really nothing

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I could have did. I was going to get hit by,

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either I was going to get hit by both or I was

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going to get hit by one of them either. Right.

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No matter what I did. So I'm just grateful that

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God decided to spare my life because I could

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have been gone and my four children could have

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been left here without a mother. Wow. And how

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old were your kids at the time? Three of my kids

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were in middle school. So I want to say maybe

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10, 12. Like not even teenagers yet. Because

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I have twins. Wow. Yeah, so they were. They were

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close to teenage years. My baby was probably

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about eight, seven, eight, my youngest one, and

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she definitely had cerebral palsy. Oh, wow. So

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me being down for six months was hard on everybody.

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Sure, sure. Now, it seemed like you had a full

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life and a huge reason to live with four kids

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beforehand, but... After this accident, did you

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find like a new found like renewal on life or

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like was there like I must be here for a purpose

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after surviving something crazy like this? Did

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you have any kind of awakening of some sorts?

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Well, at first I was angry. Yeah, I was very

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angry because. I couldn't do anything for my

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children and I felt like. This was a big burden

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I put on my kids at the time because I couldn't

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really do a whole lot. And they were young. My

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youngest daughter, she wasn't walking. And it

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just was a lot to process in that moment. I'm

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glad that my parents were around to help because

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they did a lot of help. But being a single mother

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trying to raise four kids and then an accident

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that completely took me out for six months. was

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a lot. I'm very appreciative to my fiancé at

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the time. Well, he was my fiancé when I had the

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accident. So it was just, we were friends in

00:21:35.789 --> 00:21:40.369
our relationship. So it was a lot on him. Their

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dad wasn't really around. So it was just a lot

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going through my mind and a lot of anger at first.

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And the more I laid there, the more I had time

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to think about it, the more time I had to pray.

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Okay. And say, you know, Lord, I need to make

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sure to get my strength back. I need to be functional

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for my kids because they're still young. I need

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to be here. I cannot give up. But it did spiral

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me into depression and alcoholism. Okay. And

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how... Was it immediate, the depression? And

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how long did it last for? And how did you find

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your way to start making your way out of it?

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The depression wasn't right away. It kind of

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started easing in. So probably like 2012 is when

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it really became, I guess, noticeable to others.

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Sure. But it still wasn't noticeable to me. And

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I was drinking basically just to get through

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it. Wow. Well, I was just, I didn't want to interrupt

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.680
you, but isn't that, isn't that kind of crazy?

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Whereas you're the one who's technically feeling

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the depression, but you don't, you're not recognizing

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it, but people are seeing it in you like, Hey,

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:06.380
yeah. And people are, people are seeing it, you

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:08.019
know, recognize that's not the Nicole that was

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so happy and bubbly beforehand. So people could

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kind of see on you before you even recognize

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what's going on. And I've been there too. So

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that's why I'm kind of relating to you and, um,

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just kind of saying it's, it's weird how our

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:22.380
mind works. You know, it won't, it should let

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:25.059
you know immediately you're about to be depressed.

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You are depressed, you know, like, so you could

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kind of get out of it. But, um, so then go ahead.

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I'm sorry. It doesn't let you know. I don't know

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if it's a matter of you just hiding it from yourself

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or if you're just kind of trying to get through

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everything else and you just don't notice it.

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Because it's hard to process everything, I think.

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And the more you try to function, the less you

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think about the fact that you're depressed. Right.

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All right, so now talk to me about the drinking.

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What was our drink of choice? How did it start

00:24:04.769 --> 00:24:08.150
off? What did we work our way up to, our daily

00:24:08.150 --> 00:24:12.190
routine? How much were we getting into? Well,

00:24:12.210 --> 00:24:15.930
my drink of choice is Patron. Let's go. I still

00:24:15.930 --> 00:24:18.309
drink it every little moment. Let's go, girl.

00:24:21.829 --> 00:24:26.049
I would work up to it. I would go to bed to it.

00:24:26.970 --> 00:24:31.519
Basically, I was a functioning alcoholic. Yeah.

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Because I was able to function and you never

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:36.359
knew that I was drinking. Isn't that amazing?

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:39.359
And I never let my kids know that I was drinking.

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They didn't find out until they were in high

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:45.339
school that I was actually drinking alcohol.

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:49.140
They never knew. Wow. Now, did it get to the

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:52.039
point where you were basically drinking to get

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:54.420
right? Like it wasn't even messing you up anymore?

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:58.160
It was just kind of like, yeah, yeah. been there

00:24:58.160 --> 00:25:02.539
done that as well definitely it's uh it's a scary

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:04.779
thing you don't and it could sneak up on you

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:06.059
you know what i'm saying you're like oh i'll

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:08.539
have a couple drinks after work or you know after

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:10.980
this accident or whatever all of a sudden you're

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:14.319
a couple weeks going in a row and oh shit i need

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:16.480
a drink now i don't it's not it's no longer fun

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:21.240
right yeah it was like you say it's not even

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:23.559
fun it's just the fact that you need it just

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:27.750
like you need your water um You almost, it's

00:25:27.750 --> 00:25:31.230
like you have to have it, but it doesn't affect

00:25:31.230 --> 00:25:35.690
what you do or how you think to you. Right. Because

00:25:35.690 --> 00:25:38.210
to other people around you, it probably did.

00:25:39.529 --> 00:25:42.589
But, you know, to me, I just felt normal. I just

00:25:42.589 --> 00:25:45.170
didn't feel like anything was wrong. You know,

00:25:45.190 --> 00:25:48.650
I didn't feel like I was an alcoholic. But after

00:25:48.650 --> 00:25:53.279
looking back, I can tell. I love it. So I didn't

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.740
mean to say I love it. I just, I kind of love

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:56.819
how this story is turning out. I can see who

00:25:56.819 --> 00:26:01.660
you turned into now. So how long did you, were

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:03.140
you, you know, you fell into the depression,

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:05.279
then you picked up the alcohol and it kind of

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:08.519
spiraled out. How long did you allow it to kind

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:11.099
of take you out of the game before you started

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:13.559
to be like, Oh shit, I need to maybe make a change

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:16.200
here and change my attitude, change maybe my

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:18.420
drinking pattern. How long were you kind of sitting

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:26.380
in it for? Almost seven years. Okay. In 2019,

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:29.980
one morning I woke up and I just was like, I

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:31.960
really don't want to do this anymore. It felt

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:35.779
like everything was falling apart. It felt like

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:37.460
the weight of the world was on my shoulders.

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:41.779
It felt like nothing was going right. And I just

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:46.059
knew in that moment, I had to do something different.

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:50.910
Boom. I actually started with a motivational

00:26:50.910 --> 00:26:56.289
talk group. I put it on Facebook. And I actually

00:26:56.289 --> 00:27:00.190
did it for myself just to get my feelings out

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somewhere private where nobody would see, where

00:27:03.450 --> 00:27:07.390
nobody would know. Wait, I'm confused. You did

00:27:07.390 --> 00:27:13.890
this on Facebook? Yeah. I did. How is it private?

00:27:14.109 --> 00:27:16.710
So you mean like nobody you personally knew?

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:20.680
saw this, maybe other people that you don't know?

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:24.720
Well, I created a private group. Ah, okay. I

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:27.940
created a private group. Okay. And I actually

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:31.079
still have that group. Sweet. I still participate

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:35.700
in that group. But I just sharing my emotions,

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:39.079
putting it down so I can have somewhere where

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:41.420
I can feel like I was talking to someone even

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:44.319
though I wasn't. Well, can I ask you this? Because

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:46.539
maybe the audience... I have two friends. Oh,

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:49.700
I'm sorry. I just, don't forget your place, but

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:51.960
I just want to ask this for myself and the audience,

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:54.019
because maybe they don't know how to do stuff

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:57.839
like that. How did you find people to join the

00:27:57.839 --> 00:28:00.099
group if it was a private group and you weren't

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:03.420
putting it out to people like you know? Like,

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:08.220
how did you get the... Well, I started with two

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:10.640
of my friends that was always there for me. Okay.

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:16.039
And I added them to the group. And... We kind

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:18.279
of, like, spent time with each other and talked

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:21.759
about, you know, how we felt and talked about

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:24.380
different things that was going on. Okay. And

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:26.660
then they started adding people to the group.

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:29.440
And then those people started adding people.

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:32.579
So now we're only 300 people in the group. Rock

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:36.799
on. Yeah. Good stuff. And I still have that group.

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:39.480
And I still, you know, put motivational stuff

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:42.779
in there every morning. You don't realize that

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:45.539
there actually is strength in numbers, and a

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:48.240
lot of times when you get into a depressed space,

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:51.559
you start pulling back from people and not reaching

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:53.680
out, and that can make the depression even more

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:57.940
intense. It's kind of like a crazy thing. You

00:28:57.940 --> 00:29:00.259
don't realize the isolation. It feels good to

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:02.000
isolate when you're depressed, but it's really

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:03.839
the worst thing for you. You're like, I don't

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:05.299
want to go out. I don't want to hang with people.

00:29:05.690 --> 00:29:07.589
I want to be alone, but it's really the worst

00:29:07.589 --> 00:29:10.009
thing to do. So that's good. You started something

00:29:10.009 --> 00:29:12.789
like that and we're working through it that way.

00:29:12.829 --> 00:29:15.130
And now it's still going on to this day. That's

00:29:15.130 --> 00:29:19.190
kind of cool. Yeah. And I'm excited about it

00:29:19.190 --> 00:29:22.589
because people share their feelings. And sometimes

00:29:22.589 --> 00:29:25.230
they'll even go at my inbox and ask for advice.

00:29:26.750 --> 00:29:29.470
You know, ask, you know, what do I think about

00:29:29.470 --> 00:29:32.089
something? What direction they should go in?

00:29:32.289 --> 00:29:36.480
Sure. So it feels good to help people. It definitely

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:39.960
does. I remember as a kid, you know, around Christmas

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:42.920
time, my parents would always teach me it's better

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:46.039
to give than to receive. And as a kid, I never

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:48.759
got it. I loved receiving gifts. It was my favorite

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:50.400
thing, getting them, opening them up, giving

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:53.079
a gift. I was like, eh, whatever. When I got

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:56.420
older and I started buying gifts for people and

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:58.079
they were thoughtful gifts, it was something

00:29:58.079 --> 00:30:00.660
they... wanted something they needed, it felt

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:03.519
way better than getting a gift that I wanted.

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:06.099
Like to make somebody like, Oh my God, I really

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:08.000
wanted this and I wasn't going to get it. Like

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:10.839
it, there's no better feeling. And it's like,

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:13.359
you know, you don't realize it when you're a

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:16.980
kid, but it's, it's true. I think for most people.

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:21.579
Definitely. And that's kind of how I feel. I've

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:26.720
always been a giver and you know, I think that

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:28.799
was part of the part that made me depressed,

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:31.759
too, because I wasn't able to do what I was used

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:35.700
to doing. Sure. Because I had to pull back. I

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:37.960
had to restructure. I had to, you know, change

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:40.460
my mindset, even though my mindset went in the

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:43.500
wrong way. Right. But at least I was able to

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:46.799
transform that and get back on track. Yeah. Well,

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:50.539
so your mindset wasn't in the wrong way to, like,

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:54.200
fall into depression. But I guess. once you kind

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:56.119
of got there and it dwelled in there maybe you

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:58.940
did need to get the mind a little different not

00:30:58.940 --> 00:31:01.400
like it was you know basically saying like it's

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:03.720
not your fault but i guess we need to figure

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:05.700
out how to get ourselves out of those things

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:09.380
um and really talking about it shedding light

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:12.819
on it is is is i think the most important part

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:15.880
because you don't realize like you really honestly

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:18.299
think like oh i'm the only one who feels this

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:21.920
way or you know And there's a lot of people out

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:24.599
there that are in the same boat. And sometimes

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:27.240
there's comfort in knowing that you're not in

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:32.619
it alone, you know? Right. It's definitely comforting

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:34.759
knowing that you're not alone. It's definitely

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:36.779
comforting knowing that somebody understands

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:39.839
where you're coming from and what you've been

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:42.160
through and what you're doing. It might not be

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:45.759
the same scenario, but just knowing that somebody

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:48.660
has been through something hard or traumatic

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:52.500
or... difficult and to see them on the other

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:57.099
side of it absolutely um not to switch gears

00:31:57.099 --> 00:32:00.619
but talk to me about um this this book you came

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:04.319
out with when did you start to write it how long

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:07.380
did it take to write and when uh was it released

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:09.099
and what was the title i know those are a lot

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:11.980
of questions at you if you forget him let me

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:17.140
know okay so i actually started writing it in

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:22.410
about 2000 2017, I think. Okay. Around about

00:32:22.410 --> 00:32:26.730
2017. I started writing it and I put it down.

00:32:27.910 --> 00:32:30.470
I was like, I couldn't do it. I couldn't get

00:32:30.470 --> 00:32:32.349
through it. I couldn't get my thoughts together,

00:32:32.410 --> 00:32:38.890
but I guess that was... Can you repeat that last

00:32:38.890 --> 00:32:40.970
part? You broke up a little bit there. I'm sorry.

00:32:41.109 --> 00:32:42.930
You broke up a little bit right there. Okay.

00:32:44.029 --> 00:32:52.359
I'm so sorry. 2017. So I kind of just put it

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:55.759
down because I just couldn't get my mind right.

00:32:56.039 --> 00:33:00.339
I was an alcoholic and a depression. So I couldn't

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:05.460
function right. I just couldn't do it. And then

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:09.240
after 2019, once I started putting my feelings

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:12.259
on Facebook in the group and pulling myself together,

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:16.859
I started writing it again, but I started fresh.

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:21.539
The stuff that I had written already, I put it

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:25.880
to the side. I am going to pick that up and actually

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:30.019
tell that story that I originally wrote. Oh,

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:36.119
wow. Did you ever write stuff beforehand, or

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:38.539
was this something you hadn't done since school

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:44.079
days? I always liked to write poems. I never

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:49.470
liked to write a book. So I love poetry. I still

00:33:49.470 --> 00:33:51.869
love poetry. I still write poetry, but I haven't

00:33:51.869 --> 00:33:56.849
put a poetry book out yet. Next. So definitely

00:33:56.849 --> 00:34:02.549
a switch. Yeah, for sure. Were you doing it like

00:34:02.549 --> 00:34:07.190
handwritten or doing it on a computer? Handwritten.

00:34:07.470 --> 00:34:11.730
I do everything handwritten first. Wow. Yes,

00:34:11.730 --> 00:34:14.400
I do everything handwritten first. And then I

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:17.199
transfer it over to the computer. Is that more

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:21.019
of you get your stream of consciousness out better

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:24.159
through handwriting or just like an old school

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:26.500
tactic that you're used to? I do. Yeah, okay,

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:31.059
cool. I hear a lot of people say that, by the

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:34.579
way. I think collectively your thoughts flow

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:38.780
better when you're writing it. Sure. Than when

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:41.570
you're typing it up. especially me i'm like i

00:34:41.570 --> 00:34:43.809
can't do a real type i do like the two finger

00:34:43.809 --> 00:34:46.269
peck thing so that throws me out of the game

00:34:46.269 --> 00:34:50.489
big time but texting i'm a two -thumber and uh

00:34:50.489 --> 00:34:59.809
pretty damn good ah something i wonder if we

00:34:59.809 --> 00:35:02.510
could learn it in our older age You know what

00:35:02.510 --> 00:35:04.610
I'm saying? Because we've been so trained, or

00:35:04.610 --> 00:35:06.449
not trained, but doing it the way we've been

00:35:06.449 --> 00:35:08.789
doing it for so long. I wonder if you could technically

00:35:08.789 --> 00:35:13.469
teach an old dog new tricks. I think you can.

00:35:13.769 --> 00:35:16.909
And I think the more you actually know, the more

00:35:16.909 --> 00:35:20.010
I write and type and help other people with their

00:35:20.010 --> 00:35:23.110
stuff, the faster I'm actually getting with it.

00:35:23.170 --> 00:35:26.409
So the more you do it, the better you get at

00:35:26.409 --> 00:35:29.110
it. And I took typing in school, so I know how

00:35:29.110 --> 00:35:31.570
to type. I just don't like to type. Oh, okay.

00:35:31.650 --> 00:35:35.389
So you could actually do it, but you have a knack

00:35:35.389 --> 00:35:38.489
for it a different way. Gotcha. Yeah, I wish

00:35:38.489 --> 00:35:40.530
I could do it. I see people doing it. I'm like,

00:35:40.590 --> 00:35:43.190
that's a real skill, and I never gave it real

00:35:43.190 --> 00:35:45.030
credence as a kid. I'm like, whatever, I'm good

00:35:45.030 --> 00:35:51.170
enough here. And really, I mean, I guess I graduated

00:35:51.170 --> 00:35:53.989
high school 2000, and yeah, we had computers,

00:35:54.150 --> 00:35:56.550
but I personally thought they were going to be

00:35:56.550 --> 00:35:58.630
the future, but the world kind of didn't know

00:35:58.630 --> 00:36:02.900
in like 90. for that it was going to be, you

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:04.800
know, everybody and their mother would have one.

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:08.699
But yeah. Definitely didn't, because I graduated

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:15.420
in 92, and we were definitely more paper, typewriter

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:18.519
type people back then. Oh, yeah. We were not

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:22.460
into the technology like it is now. You and I

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:25.159
remember rotary phones, baby. Remember the circle

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:30.510
dial? I do remember those. pay phones and even

00:36:30.510 --> 00:36:32.630
when we switched over to the little touch town

00:36:32.630 --> 00:36:35.650
remember you got a court remember the cordless

00:36:35.650 --> 00:36:38.110
phone the cordless phone house with the antennae

00:36:38.110 --> 00:36:40.829
at the pull up and after like three weeks it

00:36:40.829 --> 00:36:44.110
broke off and you can never have it again oh

00:36:44.110 --> 00:36:51.289
my god definitely i i just wonder it's like hmm

00:36:51.289 --> 00:36:54.210
it's like i love the times we're in but i kind

00:36:54.210 --> 00:36:58.150
of just wonder what having these phones does

00:36:58.150 --> 00:37:01.269
to society in the long run. Like if you, you

00:37:01.269 --> 00:37:04.070
could sometimes go into a restaurant and you

00:37:04.070 --> 00:37:07.969
know, there's 30 tables taken and it's quiet

00:37:07.969 --> 00:37:09.969
as hell because everybody at the table is just

00:37:09.969 --> 00:37:13.230
on their phone, not even talking or looking at

00:37:13.230 --> 00:37:15.670
each other. It's so straight. It's like, it almost

00:37:15.670 --> 00:37:17.630
looks like, it looks like a movie. You're like,

00:37:17.630 --> 00:37:20.289
did I walk into something wacky? Like it just

00:37:20.289 --> 00:37:23.610
doesn't seem, seem, you know, normal, even though.

00:37:25.670 --> 00:37:29.409
And I, of course, you know, definitely feel like

00:37:29.409 --> 00:37:31.210
people need to put the phones down sometimes

00:37:31.210 --> 00:37:36.630
and reconnect. Even with children, the children

00:37:36.630 --> 00:37:40.250
now, all they know is games and technology. You

00:37:40.250 --> 00:37:44.070
barely see them outside. Well said. You barely

00:37:44.070 --> 00:37:47.590
see them outside. And, you know, is it a good

00:37:47.590 --> 00:37:49.789
thing because, you know, they're inside and they

00:37:49.789 --> 00:37:52.269
can't be kidnapped or they can't be this, you

00:37:52.269 --> 00:37:55.079
know. Yes and no. I mean, it might be a little

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:58.500
bit safer, but what does it do for having you

00:37:58.500 --> 00:38:00.679
grow up and, like, getting out into the real

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:02.480
world? Like, you're going to eventually have

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:05.699
to be outside and socializing with people in

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:08.519
real life, not just on the phone. Like, some

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:11.579
people could be very social online and, like,

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:13.159
come out of their shells, and then in person,

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:15.679
they can't talk to another human being because

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:19.739
they get anxious or whatever. And, you know,

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:21.639
you build patterns. And just, like, it's snowing

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:25.309
here in Louisiana. And we never get snow. Oh,

00:38:25.309 --> 00:38:27.730
wow. So now the chips, they're outside because

00:38:27.730 --> 00:38:29.849
they want to play in the snow. And I'm like,

00:38:29.869 --> 00:38:32.610
no. Right. If you would go outside all the time,

00:38:32.650 --> 00:38:34.650
you'd be happy to be inside and look at it through

00:38:34.650 --> 00:38:39.070
the window. Exactly. Yeah, times, they are a

00:38:39.070 --> 00:38:41.909
-changing. So let the audience know what the

00:38:41.909 --> 00:38:44.170
name of this book is, though, and the year it

00:38:44.170 --> 00:38:48.460
came out. When did you release it? It came out

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:52.340
in 2022. 2022, rock on. And the name of it is

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:55.679
Lisa Faith, My Story of Overcoming Fear. Boom.

00:38:55.940 --> 00:39:00.059
And how did we go? Is this a self -publish? Did

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:03.320
you go through a publisher? Where did you release?

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:09.380
I actually went through a friend of mine that

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:11.420
helped me with the publishing and helped me with

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:15.260
the writing and everything. And it was just,

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:17.940
it was so much because I had to go to somebody

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:20.880
for my cover. I had to go to somebody for the,

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:23.460
she held with the editing and the formatting,

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:27.440
but you have to go through so many steps. There's

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:29.980
so many different people and people telling you,

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:32.340
well, I think you should take this out. I think

00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:35.440
you should add this. And if I do that, that's

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:40.289
not my story. Right. Right. So from there, I

00:39:40.289 --> 00:39:43.789
actually created and I'm the CEO of my own publishing

00:39:43.789 --> 00:39:47.789
company now. Get out of here. Good for you. Yes.

00:39:47.889 --> 00:39:52.550
Rock on. Definitely one of the one shop. So we

00:39:52.550 --> 00:39:57.309
do everything. We do the covers. We do the formatting,

00:39:57.510 --> 00:40:00.289
the editing, everything. We help you write your

00:40:00.289 --> 00:40:03.190
book. Everything is on the one. Do you want to

00:40:03.190 --> 00:40:04.909
tell the audience the name of the company just

00:40:04.909 --> 00:40:09.949
to give yourself some promotion? Oh, yes. AL

00:40:09.949 --> 00:40:13.769
Publishing and Consulting, LLC. Boom shakalaka.

00:40:13.869 --> 00:40:17.489
I love it. So that's awesome. So that means when

00:40:17.489 --> 00:40:19.530
and if you do your next book, whether it's poetry

00:40:19.530 --> 00:40:22.269
or like you said, the first part of the story

00:40:22.269 --> 00:40:25.309
you were writing for this book, you won't have

00:40:25.309 --> 00:40:28.210
to pay all these people, you know, the exorbitant

00:40:28.210 --> 00:40:30.530
prices you needed to for the first book. That's

00:40:30.530 --> 00:40:35.150
awesome. Exactly. Is it being sold like on Amazon?

00:40:35.210 --> 00:40:37.530
Is it being sold on a website? uh, through you?

00:40:37.570 --> 00:40:41.849
Like where, how can people acquire it? You can

00:40:41.849 --> 00:40:45.949
get my book on Amazon or you can get it on my

00:40:45.949 --> 00:40:49.150
website, which is lacolesmith .com. Lacolesmith

00:40:49.150 --> 00:40:51.590
.com. And what we do, Lacoles, we always put,

00:40:51.670 --> 00:40:53.590
uh, links and stuff in the description of the

00:40:53.590 --> 00:40:55.989
episodes for, for the audience. Just sometimes

00:40:55.989 --> 00:40:58.809
it doesn't come as cross, uh, as clear during

00:40:58.809 --> 00:41:01.849
the live show. Um, so just so you know, we are

00:41:01.849 --> 00:41:05.630
live on Facebook, Twitch, X, formerly Twitter.

00:41:06.190 --> 00:41:11.929
uh rumble and uh one other place that's not coming

00:41:11.929 --> 00:41:16.070
to my brain oh tiktok uh and then um okay the

00:41:16.070 --> 00:41:18.889
the so the live once it ends it'll stay on those

00:41:18.889 --> 00:41:22.050
places forever and then the audio will be uh

00:41:22.050 --> 00:41:25.289
uploaded to like apple spotify pandora all the

00:41:25.289 --> 00:41:28.190
places you listen to podcasts uh in a couple

00:41:28.190 --> 00:41:30.289
weeks the audio is a little bit behind the video

00:41:30.289 --> 00:41:34.869
but um you know okay that's amazing Rock on.

00:41:34.909 --> 00:41:36.050
So yeah, we're going to, we're going to have

00:41:36.050 --> 00:41:38.230
our audience go check out, um, you know, your

00:41:38.230 --> 00:41:39.969
website and stuff, check out your book. And then

00:41:39.969 --> 00:41:42.170
if they need, you know, if they want to, you

00:41:42.170 --> 00:41:43.690
know, get into some publishing and stuff, maybe

00:41:43.690 --> 00:41:47.849
they can reach out to you for that. Um, we loved

00:41:47.849 --> 00:41:51.829
having you on your story is beautiful. Um, we're

00:41:51.829 --> 00:41:55.789
so happy that you're here. Of course. Uh, it

00:41:55.789 --> 00:41:57.389
sounds like I'm winding down and I am, but I

00:41:57.389 --> 00:41:59.150
do have a couple more questions if that's okay.

00:42:01.070 --> 00:42:09.800
Okay. Um, so now when, um, when did the idea

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:12.659
for the book come about? Like, in other words,

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:16.639
you, uh, you know, you have your group, you're

00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:18.440
kind of dealing through stuff with them, but

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:20.940
it seemed like a lot of the stuff that maybe

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:23.639
went into the book, you kind of kept private,

00:42:23.739 --> 00:42:27.480
um, rather than reaching out to people other

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:30.179
than the group. So it was like this, your way

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:35.510
to. get your your version out and to like heal

00:42:35.510 --> 00:42:38.110
or like i'm just kind of wondering where the

00:42:38.110 --> 00:42:41.050
idea came and and the purpose kind of behind

00:42:41.050 --> 00:42:47.570
it well i actually uh felt like it's my way to

00:42:47.570 --> 00:42:53.349
heal it was it was a way of healing um but my

00:42:53.349 --> 00:43:00.309
mom passed in 2016 which kind of uh i guess shifted

00:43:00.309 --> 00:43:03.500
me Kind of like all over the place. Because she

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:05.780
was not only my mom, but she was my best friend.

00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:09.059
And she was my biggest supporter. And she was

00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:11.719
my biggest help besides my dad and my sisters

00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:14.960
and brothers and my family and fiance. Wow. Sorry

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:18.960
to hear that. Just, yeah. And at this point,

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:22.699
I've lost my dad, too. Aye, aye, aye. So. When

00:43:22.699 --> 00:43:24.719
it rains in LaCole's. Definitely been through

00:43:24.719 --> 00:43:27.079
a lot. I was going to say, when it rains in LaCole's

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:28.960
life, it pours. I'm sorry to interrupt there.

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:34.300
It does, of course, but everything happens for

00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:37.760
a reason and a purpose, and it has definitely

00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:42.880
made me stronger. My mom was a person of remarkable

00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:47.719
faith, and she had been through a lot. I was

00:43:47.719 --> 00:43:53.280
six years old when she took sick, so I spent

00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:56.579
most of my life helping my mom, you know, with

00:43:56.579 --> 00:44:00.309
her being sick, and she never... She never stopped

00:44:00.309 --> 00:44:04.190
being a mom. She never stopped pushing. She never

00:44:04.190 --> 00:44:06.929
stopped wanting to make sure that her kids were

00:44:06.929 --> 00:44:11.570
okay. Wow. And that just was something for me

00:44:11.570 --> 00:44:15.090
to look toward as I was going through everything

00:44:15.090 --> 00:44:18.309
that I was going through. So I'm thankful for

00:44:18.309 --> 00:44:21.369
the mother that I had because it was her faith

00:44:21.369 --> 00:44:24.030
and her strength and her praying that got me

00:44:24.030 --> 00:44:26.750
through a lot of things that I wasn't even praying

00:44:26.750 --> 00:44:30.900
and asking God for myself. Wow. So I hear a couple

00:44:30.900 --> 00:44:32.539
of things that that's that's beautiful that you

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:34.739
got your strength, you know, from your mother

00:44:34.739 --> 00:44:37.139
by following her example and stuff. But part

00:44:37.139 --> 00:44:40.400
of me thinks that that strength was in you from

00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:42.219
a young kid because that's six years old. If

00:44:42.219 --> 00:44:44.860
you have to almost take over the role and you're

00:44:44.860 --> 00:44:46.579
taking care of your parent, you're growing up

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:49.219
at that age. So six years old, you're a kid.

00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:51.639
You're not. Yeah, you're not an adult. So that's

00:44:51.639 --> 00:44:54.840
a lot to take on at such an early age. So I think

00:44:54.840 --> 00:44:57.320
you had that strength from then because to be

00:44:57.320 --> 00:44:59.489
able to do that. You know, I couldn't at six.

00:44:59.570 --> 00:45:01.090
I would have been like, Ma, you're kind of screwed

00:45:01.090 --> 00:45:08.489
here. Well, my dad was a great help, too. And

00:45:08.489 --> 00:45:10.789
I was a daddy's girl. I used to want to be outside

00:45:10.789 --> 00:45:15.710
more than inside. So I learned a lot of things

00:45:15.710 --> 00:45:17.929
that most boys would learn because I was an only

00:45:17.929 --> 00:45:23.670
child for 12 years. So I definitely appreciate,

00:45:24.050 --> 00:45:27.309
you know, being in my life. I appreciate it.

00:45:27.690 --> 00:45:31.550
the foundation that they laid for us. Because

00:45:31.550 --> 00:45:34.610
it was definitely a great foundation. And it

00:45:34.610 --> 00:45:38.070
helped me go ahead and say, I can write this

00:45:38.070 --> 00:45:40.449
book. I can do it. I can put my information out

00:45:40.449 --> 00:45:43.610
there and tell my story because somebody needs

00:45:43.610 --> 00:45:50.289
to hear it. And I know that even I wrote a part

00:45:50.289 --> 00:45:53.730
about her and it actually took me about six months

00:45:53.730 --> 00:45:58.360
to write her chapter. Wow. Because I got so emotional

00:45:58.360 --> 00:46:03.599
doing it. So I had to keep stopping. Sure. So

00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:08.460
once I got through her chapter in my book, the

00:46:08.460 --> 00:46:10.940
rest of it was kind of easy to just kind of just

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:15.139
flow with my emotions and my feelings. But it

00:46:15.139 --> 00:46:17.719
was hard. It was hard writing that chapter. That

00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:19.659
was the hardest chapter I ever wrote in my life.

00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:23.670
I can only imagine. I mean, writing. A chapter

00:46:23.670 --> 00:46:26.210
like that, for sure. Finishing a book. I mean,

00:46:26.250 --> 00:46:28.030
there's so many things to be proud of. You're

00:46:28.030 --> 00:46:31.309
starting a publishing company, surviving a horrific

00:46:31.309 --> 00:46:34.989
wreck. It seems like you're on the path to kind

00:46:34.989 --> 00:46:37.110
of righteousness. And sometimes we need to stumble

00:46:37.110 --> 00:46:41.369
in order to, you know, they always say that sweet

00:46:41.369 --> 00:46:43.429
doesn't taste as good unless you have some bitter

00:46:43.429 --> 00:46:46.829
and all that jazz. And, you know, who knows?

00:46:46.909 --> 00:46:49.030
Maybe if that accident never happened, maybe

00:46:49.030 --> 00:46:51.579
you don't write a book. Maybe you don't. become

00:46:51.579 --> 00:46:53.780
a publisher and start your own company. Like

00:46:53.780 --> 00:46:55.880
maybe there's a bunch of things that don't happen.

00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:59.260
And you know, those couple of years of depression,

00:46:59.380 --> 00:47:01.579
maybe it'll lead to a lifetime of happiness and

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:03.920
you being a better parent for your kids. Cause

00:47:03.920 --> 00:47:07.059
you know, if you get stuck in, you know, a funk

00:47:07.059 --> 00:47:09.619
or something, then they're going to feel it,

00:47:09.679 --> 00:47:14.679
you know? That's true. That's very true. So we're

00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:16.420
proud of you. We want to thank you for coming

00:47:16.420 --> 00:47:18.079
on. We're going to have you on again in the future

00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:21.340
if you would come on. Is there any place you

00:47:21.340 --> 00:47:23.280
would like to direct the audience to look for

00:47:23.280 --> 00:47:25.320
you on social media? Do you keep that private?

00:47:25.380 --> 00:47:29.559
Anything you want to promote? No, it's definitely

00:47:29.559 --> 00:47:35.579
open. My regular page is LaCole Smith. My business

00:47:35.579 --> 00:47:40.579
page is also LaCole. I mean, AL Publicary Consulting.

00:47:41.889 --> 00:47:45.170
is my business page. And then I have two groups.

00:47:45.329 --> 00:47:49.190
One is Storytelling Unleashed for writers and

00:47:49.190 --> 00:47:52.429
creators where you can go, you can get resources,

00:47:52.570 --> 00:47:55.809
you can learn a little bit more about me and

00:47:55.809 --> 00:47:59.349
the things that I'm doing. Cool. And then I have

00:47:59.349 --> 00:48:01.789
Motivational Talks Dialogues and Shows where

00:48:01.789 --> 00:48:05.230
I actually have my own show and I bring out authors

00:48:05.230 --> 00:48:08.230
and entrepreneurs to tell their stories. So those

00:48:08.230 --> 00:48:10.190
are the platforms that you can find me on on

00:48:10.190 --> 00:48:13.980
Facebook. On Instagram, you can find me at Eddie

00:48:13.980 --> 00:48:20.059
underscore publishing LLC. Yes. And Arthur Lacoste.

00:48:20.780 --> 00:48:22.860
Rock on. I'm going to go check out your show

00:48:22.860 --> 00:48:26.800
for sure, too. And go get that book, folks. And,

00:48:26.800 --> 00:48:29.139
Lacoste, we will have you on again. And the next

00:48:29.139 --> 00:48:31.659
time you come on, the co -host will be here,

00:48:31.760 --> 00:48:34.119
Mr. Chad Gracie. But, again, thank you for your

00:48:34.119 --> 00:48:37.340
time. It's been a pleasure. All right. Thank

00:48:37.340 --> 00:48:39.420
you all so much for having me. I appreciate it.

00:48:39.519 --> 00:48:43.590
Take care, Lacoste. All right, that was the one

00:48:43.590 --> 00:48:47.650
and only Nicole Smith, folks. Very heartwarming

00:48:47.650 --> 00:48:51.869
story, so glad we got to have that out. We don't

00:48:51.869 --> 00:48:54.090
get serious all the time on this show, but when

00:48:54.090 --> 00:48:59.469
we do, we can. So, yeah, what up, Bob A? Yeah,

00:48:59.530 --> 00:49:03.829
that was pretty serious. Yeah, right? I couldn't

00:49:03.829 --> 00:49:06.710
imagine. She is definitely a blessed person.

00:49:07.150 --> 00:49:12.239
For sure. For sure. Talk to me, Bobby. You said

00:49:12.239 --> 00:49:14.739
earlier you had a video that you wanted to play.

00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:19.059
Is that something? Oh, I wanted to play the monologue

00:49:19.059 --> 00:49:23.099
from Dave Chappelle's show. I mean, from Saturday

00:49:23.099 --> 00:49:26.659
Night Live. Hold on a second. Let me bring it

00:49:26.659 --> 00:49:33.219
up. Do you, baby boy. This is a good monologue.

00:49:34.179 --> 00:50:08.400
Captions. There we go. I got something. I'm being

00:50:08.400 --> 00:50:12.820
very honest. I am in quite the pickle tonight.

00:50:13.739 --> 00:50:19.039
And it started in October. Lorne Michaels called

00:50:19.039 --> 00:50:22.699
me, and he asked me to do a Saturday Night Live,

00:50:22.900 --> 00:50:25.980
the first episode after the election. And I was

00:50:25.980 --> 00:50:38.559
like, nah, man, I'm cool. Things are going good.

00:50:38.699 --> 00:50:40.840
I finished my Netflix deal. I got all this money

00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:42.559
and stuff. And he's like, oh, man, no, come on,

00:50:42.579 --> 00:50:43.840
please. And I said, I'll tell you what. I'll

00:50:43.840 --> 00:50:44.940
tell you what. Just to get off the phone, I go,

00:50:44.980 --> 00:50:46.840
you know what I'll do? I said, just save the

00:50:46.840 --> 00:50:56.619
date closest to January 6th. And then the date

00:50:56.619 --> 00:50:59.340
started rolling around. And in December, he started

00:50:59.340 --> 00:51:01.179
calling me again and again. I was like, nah,

00:51:01.239 --> 00:51:03.099
man, I don't want to do it. And this goes on

00:51:03.099 --> 00:51:05.960
for, like, weeks and weeks. And then finally,

00:51:06.059 --> 00:51:08.019
you know, I go, you know what? I could just get

00:51:08.019 --> 00:51:11.199
rid of all these old Trump jokes and start fresh.

00:51:11.239 --> 00:51:16.880
I said, you know what? I'll do it. Thank you.

00:51:18.199 --> 00:51:26.059
The moment I said yes, L .A. burst into flames.

00:51:31.539 --> 00:51:33.420
And it's a tough one, you know what I mean? Because

00:51:33.420 --> 00:51:40.909
I'm tired of being controversial. Maybe internet

00:51:40.909 --> 00:51:46.769
things there. Come on. No worries. It was all

00:51:46.769 --> 00:51:50.510
right, Bobby. I mean, it's kind of slow. Hold

00:51:50.510 --> 00:51:55.289
on. He gets into it. He's breaking the card.

00:51:55.329 --> 00:51:57.170
I guess he can because he's Dave Chappelle, but

00:51:57.170 --> 00:51:59.429
the cardinal rule is you want to get that first

00:51:59.429 --> 00:52:03.690
thing and really grab him. But I guess they know

00:52:03.690 --> 00:52:10.519
he's coming strong. He is Chappelle. I'm going

00:52:10.519 --> 00:52:13.440
to put up some comments while you're doing that.

00:52:14.659 --> 00:52:20.400
Let me see if I could. Can I scroll on this?

00:52:20.460 --> 00:52:26.079
No. LaCole Smith says, thank you so much. Oh,

00:52:26.139 --> 00:52:29.519
I can put it up this way. That's right. So it'll

00:52:29.519 --> 00:52:32.719
pop up on the left. Daphne, our fave, said, I

00:52:32.719 --> 00:52:37.500
was nervous. Get well, Chad Gracie. So she believed

00:52:37.500 --> 00:52:41.989
our little prank in the beginning. Yeah. Chad

00:52:41.989 --> 00:52:44.809
didn't even know I was going to do that. So you

00:52:44.809 --> 00:52:47.250
guys could all reach out to him and say, Chad,

00:52:47.289 --> 00:52:52.590
I heard you were fired. What else? What else?

00:52:54.769 --> 00:52:59.710
You got that video, Bobby? I could only, I could

00:52:59.710 --> 00:53:05.929
only vamp so much on some things. Bobby, you

00:53:05.929 --> 00:53:10.849
there? Bobby's frozen now. Well, folks, you are

00:53:10.849 --> 00:53:16.630
stuck with me and me alone. I'm thinking about

00:53:16.630 --> 00:53:21.750
ending the show. We'll see if Bobby could say

00:53:21.750 --> 00:53:26.429
hello or goodbye. Imagine Bobby wasn't frozen

00:53:26.429 --> 00:53:29.829
and he was just sitting there like that. I think

00:53:29.829 --> 00:53:31.969
he isn't frozen and he could hear me. What are

00:53:31.969 --> 00:53:34.460
you doing, Bobby? What are you talking about?

00:53:34.559 --> 00:53:38.420
I'm not frozen. Oh, my God. Really? Wow. It's

00:53:38.420 --> 00:53:41.659
just I could hear the audio over you. Hear what

00:53:41.659 --> 00:53:45.420
audio? Oh, are you playing something? Are you

00:53:45.420 --> 00:53:50.619
playing something? Bobby, are you playing something?

00:53:51.719 --> 00:53:54.679
Yeah. I don't have their screen share on. You

00:53:54.679 --> 00:53:56.380
got to let me know. That's why you were sitting

00:53:56.380 --> 00:53:57.780
there frozen. All right, so you're going to have

00:53:57.780 --> 00:54:01.579
to go back. Dude, you didn't have the screen

00:54:01.579 --> 00:54:05.739
share on? No. Oh. So now you're going to have

00:54:05.739 --> 00:54:10.119
to go back. That's why I said, Bobby, I can only

00:54:10.119 --> 00:54:11.780
vamp for so much. You can't tell when I shut

00:54:11.780 --> 00:54:14.719
the screen share off? No. It doesn't say to you,

00:54:14.739 --> 00:54:19.659
like, you're not sharing? No. No. All right.

00:54:21.280 --> 00:54:24.719
You want me to share again? Yes, please. Wow.

00:54:25.059 --> 00:54:33.869
All right. Okay. They came together to make this

00:54:33.869 --> 00:54:35.929
fire the catastrophe that was. The winds were

00:54:35.929 --> 00:54:39.630
100 miles an hour. L .A. was dry as a bone in

00:54:39.630 --> 00:54:42.309
the levees. It was just too many factors. If

00:54:42.309 --> 00:54:45.550
you were a rational thinking person, you have

00:54:45.550 --> 00:54:48.829
to at least consider the possibility that God

00:54:48.829 --> 00:54:56.670
hates these people. No. I don't know. I don't

00:54:56.670 --> 00:54:59.670
know what he's doing. All right, forget it. Forget

00:54:59.670 --> 00:55:05.190
about it. Probably. Dude, they're trying to cut

00:55:05.190 --> 00:55:07.610
me off. They're trying to cut you off, Bobby.

00:55:08.429 --> 00:55:11.010
They don't want me to spread any truth. That's

00:55:11.010 --> 00:55:16.070
right. That is right. What else? What else? We

00:55:16.070 --> 00:55:19.489
got some cool shows coming up. Dude, so I'll

00:55:19.489 --> 00:55:25.670
mention this. I got a guest coming on in a while.

00:55:27.150 --> 00:55:31.210
I think in March. But I'm excited for this topic,

00:55:31.269 --> 00:55:37.969
and it's just she wants to come on the show and

00:55:37.969 --> 00:55:42.530
speak on sacred sexuality and the spiritual path,

00:55:42.909 --> 00:55:45.989
busting through unhealthy belief systems that

00:55:45.989 --> 00:55:48.789
have gotten in the way of our enjoying and rocking

00:55:48.789 --> 00:55:52.010
out healthy, sensual, and sexual expressions.

00:55:52.869 --> 00:55:55.250
It sounds like we got a little hoochie on our

00:55:55.250 --> 00:55:58.989
hands, and I'm excited to speak to her. But,

00:55:59.030 --> 00:56:00.989
no, I agree with her. I think it's like a lot

00:56:00.989 --> 00:56:05.030
of people make sex taboo. And if you're promiscuous,

00:56:05.030 --> 00:56:08.309
you're a slut, I don't think that's the case.

00:56:08.670 --> 00:56:12.070
You know, you could just want to get some loving.

00:56:12.170 --> 00:56:17.690
And we've somewhere gotten away from the beauty

00:56:17.690 --> 00:56:20.809
in it. And as long as you're, you know, wearing

00:56:20.809 --> 00:56:22.769
protection and you're not spreading around disease

00:56:22.769 --> 00:56:25.610
and knocking people up out of nowhere, then there's

00:56:25.610 --> 00:56:29.360
no problem in, you know. sexuality and making

00:56:29.360 --> 00:56:32.980
love and all that jazz. Get back to it. We should

00:56:32.980 --> 00:56:35.500
start being naked all the time again. But yeah,

00:56:35.539 --> 00:56:38.500
her name is Sadie Bess, I believe. That should

00:56:38.500 --> 00:56:42.400
be fun. It's at the end of March. Next week,

00:56:42.420 --> 00:56:48.760
we have Joey Gaynor coming on. I believe he's

00:56:48.760 --> 00:56:52.920
an actor and a podcaster. You've seen him in

00:56:52.920 --> 00:56:57.519
a bunch of things from back in the day. We've

00:56:57.519 --> 00:57:01.659
got a bunch of cool guests coming up. Teddy should

00:57:01.659 --> 00:57:06.059
be coming on. Teddy Gibbons, that's right. Excited

00:57:06.059 --> 00:57:10.179
about that one. Yeah, we're booked all the way

00:57:10.179 --> 00:57:15.500
through March 25th is our next open date. So

00:57:15.500 --> 00:57:22.380
if you're looking to guest on this show. We got

00:57:22.380 --> 00:57:25.619
some. Oh, and then Bruce Valanche, who's a big

00:57:25.619 --> 00:57:27.300
-time actor from back in the day, he wants to

00:57:27.300 --> 00:57:30.340
come on, but he can't do Tuesdays. So we might

00:57:30.340 --> 00:57:35.159
do a special bonus show for you guys in the next

00:57:35.159 --> 00:57:38.739
coming weeks. So you might get two in one week

00:57:38.739 --> 00:57:42.059
so we could get him on because I know he'd be

00:57:42.059 --> 00:57:44.539
a great guest and you folks would like to hear

00:57:44.539 --> 00:57:46.989
from him. Look him up. Bruce Valanche, he was

00:57:46.989 --> 00:57:49.889
like a writer for the Oscars and Grammys, and

00:57:49.889 --> 00:57:52.590
he's written a bunch of stuff. Cool dude. You'll

00:57:52.590 --> 00:57:59.469
notice him. He looks familiar, so to speak. What

00:57:59.469 --> 00:58:01.230
else? Anything for the audience, Bobby, before

00:58:01.230 --> 00:58:07.309
we sign off? I wanted to go through the tokens

00:58:07.309 --> 00:58:11.309
real quick. Go ahead. I just didn't know if you

00:58:11.309 --> 00:58:16.139
had internet. You could do it. All right. These

00:58:16.139 --> 00:58:23.340
are on the base ecosystem. Look, here we go.

00:58:23.460 --> 00:58:29.360
The Vance token, it went up over a million percent

00:58:29.360 --> 00:58:35.199
in the past 24 hours. The J .D. Vance token.

00:58:36.099 --> 00:58:38.360
Really? Remember we were talking about that earlier?

00:58:38.440 --> 00:58:42.000
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, but now I

00:58:42.000 --> 00:58:43.659
think they're starting to get out of control

00:58:43.659 --> 00:58:48.280
with it, dude. Yeah, I mean, yeah. Everybody?

00:58:49.659 --> 00:58:53.739
Every fucking politician? Pretty much, yeah.

00:58:53.960 --> 00:58:56.840
But there's a chance to make money off of every

00:58:56.840 --> 00:59:00.079
one of them. I understand, but it's all timing,

00:59:00.320 --> 00:59:02.960
luck, and, you know. Yeah, it does come down

00:59:02.960 --> 00:59:05.820
to timing. It really comes down to getting in

00:59:05.820 --> 00:59:08.539
once it is released and selling it once you make

00:59:08.539 --> 00:59:11.239
a couple shekels. I mean, of course, I think

00:59:11.239 --> 00:59:13.239
the Trump one's going to be a very good investment

00:59:13.239 --> 00:59:16.400
for a long time. Yeah, that's going to last.

00:59:16.760 --> 00:59:23.460
Yeah. Elon's got his own. I don't know. The one

00:59:23.460 --> 00:59:25.800
I trust Trump because he's not going to rug pull

00:59:25.800 --> 00:59:28.219
the country. Are you sure that that's the real

00:59:28.219 --> 00:59:31.059
J .D. Vance one? What is that next to it? The

00:59:31.059 --> 00:59:36.820
company that produces the coin? W E T H based

00:59:36.820 --> 00:59:40.559
official. No, that's, that's just Ethereum. That's

00:59:40.559 --> 00:59:43.159
the Ethereum network. Oh, so it's on the Ethereum

00:59:43.159 --> 00:59:47.900
network. Yeah. Um, and then the official Trump,

00:59:48.019 --> 00:59:54.159
like where's the symbol for it? Cause it was,

00:59:54.159 --> 00:59:58.579
it was like, but it was like, no, the Trump was

00:59:58.579 --> 01:00:01.219
right there. It just said, no, there's, there's

01:00:01.219 --> 01:00:05.440
different networks. The one that ran up was the

01:00:05.440 --> 01:00:08.559
Trump on Salon. Yeah, it was a dollar sign before

01:00:08.559 --> 01:00:12.619
the name Trump. Yeah, right here. Where? This

01:00:12.619 --> 01:00:18.800
is the one. It's $38 right now. Okay. It doesn't

01:00:18.800 --> 01:00:22.619
show the symbol for it, though? It shows it,

01:00:22.679 --> 01:00:25.380
but it's small. Oh, it's a dollar sign and then

01:00:25.380 --> 01:00:29.539
Trump? No, this is the one where he's saying,

01:00:29.659 --> 01:00:34.619
fight, fight, fight. That's not the Trump coin,

01:00:34.760 --> 01:00:38.659
dude. Yeah, this is the real Trump coin. The

01:00:38.659 --> 01:00:42.719
real Trump coin is dollars. This has $43 billion.

01:00:44.659 --> 01:00:48.079
This is the official one linked to his account

01:00:48.079 --> 01:00:50.619
and everything. Yeah, but what is the symbol

01:00:50.619 --> 01:00:55.559
for it? Just Trump? Yeah. The one I've been seeing.

01:00:55.579 --> 01:00:58.719
On Solana. The one I've been seeing is dollar

01:00:58.719 --> 01:01:05.239
sign Trump before it. Yeah, they put the dollar

01:01:05.239 --> 01:01:11.139
sign before the Trump all the time. Okay. But

01:01:11.139 --> 01:01:15.679
you bought it on Solana Network, right? What

01:01:15.679 --> 01:01:19.400
did I use? No, I used one. It wasn't Robinhood.

01:01:20.300 --> 01:01:23.980
Yeah, if you use Robinhood, that's the Trump

01:01:23.980 --> 01:01:27.159
coin. It got listed on Robinhood. Yeah, I know,

01:01:27.179 --> 01:01:30.360
but it was before it got listed. I forget what

01:01:30.360 --> 01:01:32.460
the other one I want. It was, it was one. It

01:01:32.460 --> 01:01:34.139
was like Robin hood where you don't have to buy

01:01:34.139 --> 01:01:37.599
full stocks. You could buy pieces. I just can't

01:01:37.599 --> 01:01:43.420
think of it. Um, what the hell was I going to

01:01:43.420 --> 01:01:50.059
say? So what is this at now? Price 43 per 38,

01:01:50.360 --> 01:01:54.380
38. Yeah, it did go down. I think, I don't know.

01:01:54.380 --> 01:01:59.659
Let it go down a little more. Right. Yeah. It's

01:01:59.659 --> 01:02:04.280
definitely stable. For sure. For sure. He's not

01:02:04.280 --> 01:02:07.519
going to rug pull the country. No. It's crazy.

01:02:07.840 --> 01:02:10.679
No. But it did say, I think it added like $50

01:02:10.679 --> 01:02:12.900
billion worth of worth or something. There was

01:02:12.900 --> 01:02:14.579
something crazy when it was up to like - It's

01:02:14.579 --> 01:02:17.079
in the first 10 hours. Yeah. Yeah. When it was

01:02:17.079 --> 01:02:20.079
a little bit higher because that's insane though.

01:02:20.179 --> 01:02:22.539
So it said that he could possibly be the richest

01:02:22.539 --> 01:02:24.860
person in the world if something like that were

01:02:24.860 --> 01:02:28.829
to go down. I mean, they're speculating. Which

01:02:28.829 --> 01:02:31.889
is funny because a year ago they were saying

01:02:31.889 --> 01:02:34.969
he didn't have billions of dollars. He was inflating

01:02:34.969 --> 01:02:37.409
his money and he wasn't as rich as he said he

01:02:37.409 --> 01:02:42.750
was. His son had a coin too. He took a plane

01:02:42.750 --> 01:02:46.510
to Argentina. Oh, Barron. Yeah. Yeah, I saw that.

01:02:46.590 --> 01:02:50.730
I saw that. I bought that coin. He's come a long

01:02:50.730 --> 01:02:53.269
way, dude. When Trump first took office, I was

01:02:53.269 --> 01:02:55.230
like, this kid is a little awkward looking and

01:02:55.230 --> 01:02:56.809
stuff. But now he's growing up. He's a fucking

01:02:56.809 --> 01:03:01.119
handsome dude. Yeah, he's tall, too. Big kid.

01:03:02.380 --> 01:03:07.000
He's like six foot seven. It just goes to show

01:03:07.000 --> 01:03:11.539
who the actual better human being is when you

01:03:11.539 --> 01:03:15.900
can raise kids as well as Trump raised kids,

01:03:16.139 --> 01:03:19.039
or you could raise kids as shitty as Biden raised

01:03:19.039 --> 01:03:22.159
kids. It just shows who was involved, who cared

01:03:22.159 --> 01:03:28.940
about them. It's true. Yeah, it's fucking, it's

01:03:28.940 --> 01:03:33.940
crazy. I mean. It's obvious. It's obvious. And

01:03:33.940 --> 01:03:35.360
it was obvious. I don't know how people are so

01:03:35.360 --> 01:03:37.880
blinded. Absolutely. And it was obvious what

01:03:37.880 --> 01:03:40.420
Speaker fucking Johnson was saying that was going

01:03:40.420 --> 01:03:44.280
on. But to hear it said that way in black and

01:03:44.280 --> 01:03:46.500
white, even though you knew it, it's like, what

01:03:46.500 --> 01:03:49.659
the fuck, dude? And so it seems like everybody

01:03:49.659 --> 01:03:52.219
knew this and they were just allowing it to happen.

01:03:52.400 --> 01:03:55.480
And the fact that the Speaker doesn't know. who

01:03:55.480 --> 01:03:58.539
put that paper in front of him to sign and lied

01:03:58.539 --> 01:04:01.599
to him about what was on it. Yeah. And, like,

01:04:01.820 --> 01:04:04.000
just we're hearing about it now. Like, how many

01:04:04.000 --> 01:04:07.280
times did that happen? Exactly. Did that happen

01:04:07.280 --> 01:04:10.280
to fucking give Ukraine hundreds of billions

01:04:10.280 --> 01:04:12.800
of dollars? Did Biden know he was doing that?

01:04:12.900 --> 01:04:15.059
Or were these papers just put in front of him?

01:04:15.119 --> 01:04:18.059
Like, oh, my God, dude. And then he fucking,

01:04:18.059 --> 01:04:20.179
on his last day, I'm sorry, I'll let you go one

01:04:20.179 --> 01:04:23.059
second. On his last day, he fucking pardons Fauci.

01:04:23.519 --> 01:04:26.000
Really? I was just going to say that. For why,

01:04:26.039 --> 01:04:29.179
why are you pardoning him if he didn't do anything

01:04:29.179 --> 01:04:32.679
wrong? And if he did do something wrong and it's

01:04:32.679 --> 01:04:36.139
at the fucking stake of the entire world and

01:04:36.139 --> 01:04:39.820
he killed people from every continent on earth.

01:04:40.329 --> 01:04:42.889
Why would you pardon him, you evil fuck, both

01:04:42.889 --> 01:04:45.530
of you, Biden and Fauci? Because you're in it

01:04:45.530 --> 01:04:48.630
together. You both profited on it together. You

01:04:48.630 --> 01:04:50.690
knew gain -of -function research was going on

01:04:50.690 --> 01:04:54.110
in that lab and did nothing about it. Like, oh,

01:04:54.130 --> 01:04:57.130
my God, dude, it's fucked up, bro. It is fucked

01:04:57.130 --> 01:05:02.489
up. It's true. I mean, for him to pardon him,

01:05:02.550 --> 01:05:05.980
that's... Just showing that he did something

01:05:05.980 --> 01:05:09.460
wrong. You don't preemptively pardon anybody.

01:05:09.599 --> 01:05:13.119
That's not doing due process, due justice. That's

01:05:13.119 --> 01:05:15.559
not allowing people to go through our justice

01:05:15.559 --> 01:05:18.340
system. You pardon somebody after the fact. Not,

01:05:18.400 --> 01:05:20.559
I'm going to pardon you for crimes you may have

01:05:20.559 --> 01:05:25.420
committed. Like, what? Exactly. Exactly. I've

01:05:25.420 --> 01:05:27.920
never heard of that before. Because he knows.

01:05:29.530 --> 01:05:32.349
He knows what he did. He was part of it, and

01:05:32.349 --> 01:05:36.469
it's fucking so shady. And this would be the

01:05:36.469 --> 01:05:39.809
time where a pardon might help Fauci because

01:05:39.809 --> 01:05:42.849
once people realize what's going on, they're

01:05:42.849 --> 01:05:44.489
probably going to break into his house and rip

01:05:44.489 --> 01:05:47.150
his fucking head off his neck once people actually

01:05:47.150 --> 01:05:50.389
realize what the fuck he did. So him being in

01:05:50.389 --> 01:05:53.929
jail might protect him because that's what happens

01:05:53.929 --> 01:05:56.429
when you fuck around with people's lives and

01:05:56.429 --> 01:05:59.690
people's livelihood. Look at people as numbers.

01:05:59.789 --> 01:06:02.550
Look what happened to the UnitedHealth CEO. That

01:06:02.550 --> 01:06:05.230
shit will continue to happen if you keep playing

01:06:05.230 --> 01:06:07.349
with people like they're numbers that add to

01:06:07.349 --> 01:06:10.550
your own bank account. People are not just machines

01:06:10.550 --> 01:06:15.710
that can only make money, bitches. Exactly. So,

01:06:15.710 --> 01:06:18.949
get ready. Daphne said his part in any show is

01:06:18.949 --> 01:06:30.119
good. 100%, Daphne. 100%. Yep. Yeah. Nicole Smith

01:06:30.119 --> 01:06:31.699
was replying to you, Daphne. She said, you're

01:06:31.699 --> 01:06:35.739
welcome. Glad to see y 'all getting along. But

01:06:35.739 --> 01:06:38.800
yeah, dude, it's just crazy. And, you know, if

01:06:38.800 --> 01:06:40.960
that's what it's going to take for people to

01:06:40.960 --> 01:06:43.340
start waking up and realizing like we're all

01:06:43.340 --> 01:06:45.659
humans and you can't treat people like numbers

01:06:45.659 --> 01:06:48.119
and just to add to your bank account, if it takes

01:06:48.119 --> 01:06:50.860
some fucking people getting beaten in the street

01:06:50.860 --> 01:06:54.420
or fucking. slapped around a bit or shot like

01:06:54.420 --> 01:06:58.360
a healthcare CEO. Like, yeah, sometimes you got

01:06:58.360 --> 01:07:01.059
to fight fire with fire. I am not for violence,

01:07:01.119 --> 01:07:04.860
but I am also not for allowing people who have

01:07:04.860 --> 01:07:07.920
been put in their foot on the neck of the American

01:07:07.920 --> 01:07:10.400
people to just continue to keep doing it with

01:07:10.400 --> 01:07:13.519
no repercussions and no, nothing to come about

01:07:13.519 --> 01:07:16.219
it. Eventually you have to stand up for yourself

01:07:16.219 --> 01:07:18.500
and do something about it. Otherwise you become

01:07:18.500 --> 01:07:21.480
part of the problem. So, you know, I agree with

01:07:21.480 --> 01:07:24.219
that. Yeah. While I don't condone violence and

01:07:24.219 --> 01:07:27.760
I hope that shit can change beforehand, eventually

01:07:27.760 --> 01:07:29.300
you're going to push people too far and it's

01:07:29.300 --> 01:07:31.880
going to become violent. So I would say get your

01:07:31.880 --> 01:07:36.380
shit together, people. And yeah, all that. We

01:07:36.380 --> 01:07:39.619
just all have to be better. We all have to do

01:07:39.619 --> 01:07:45.840
better. Agreed. Do unto others. If people followed

01:07:45.840 --> 01:07:48.119
the golden rule and you literally did unto others

01:07:48.119 --> 01:07:50.079
as you wanted done to yourself, which should

01:07:50.079 --> 01:07:53.019
be so easy, why would you treat anybody differently

01:07:53.019 --> 01:07:56.579
than you want to be treated? If you do, you're

01:07:56.579 --> 01:07:59.639
an egomaniac, a narcissist. Something's wrong

01:07:59.639 --> 01:08:01.880
with you because nobody is better than anybody.

01:08:02.119 --> 01:08:04.599
I don't care how much money you have. I don't

01:08:04.599 --> 01:08:07.039
care the color of your skin. I don't care the

01:08:07.039 --> 01:08:10.320
God you worship. Nobody on this earth is better

01:08:10.320 --> 01:08:14.739
than anybody except by your actions. But as far

01:08:14.739 --> 01:08:17.920
as what we're all entitled to, we're all entitled

01:08:17.920 --> 01:08:21.119
to everything equal. But your actions are what

01:08:21.119 --> 01:08:23.640
make you a better person than somebody else.

01:08:23.800 --> 01:08:26.979
So if you're better and nicer to people than

01:08:26.979 --> 01:08:28.859
other people, then you're better than somebody

01:08:28.859 --> 01:08:31.180
else. But just because you have more money or

01:08:31.180 --> 01:08:33.220
you think your God is right, that makes you no

01:08:33.220 --> 01:08:38.060
better than anybody. Yep, we're all human. Because

01:08:38.060 --> 01:08:42.770
we're only human. All right, anywho. This show

01:08:42.770 --> 01:08:44.350
has gone on long enough. Bobby, you have anything

01:08:44.350 --> 01:08:47.949
for them before we say goodbye? I just want to

01:08:47.949 --> 01:08:51.189
say thank you for everybody. Keep watching. Peace

01:08:51.189 --> 01:08:54.829
in the Middle East. God bless America. Gracious

01:08:54.829 --> 01:08:57.590
2 will be back again next Tuesday, live at 1.

01:08:58.029 --> 01:09:00.970
And we might have an Instagram live only show

01:09:00.970 --> 01:09:03.729
this week. Please like, share, follow, subscribe,

01:09:03.949 --> 01:09:07.270
all that jazz. Give your well wishes to Mr. Chad

01:09:07.270 --> 01:09:12.449
Gracie. And peace. Thank you.