1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,839 The man who is a friend of mine 2 00:00:01,839 --> 00:00:03,620 called you a walking encyclopedia, 3 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,419 Seth. What what do you think about that? 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,240 Yes. I I remember all the important things 5 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,160 that happened four hundred years ago, but to 6 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,080 remember a name or a birthday or an 7 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:14,580 anniversary, 8 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:15,539 you know, 9 00:00:16,475 --> 00:00:18,475 not for the life of me, but I 10 00:00:18,475 --> 00:00:20,714 do the best I can. So anyway, I'm 11 00:00:20,714 --> 00:00:21,535 calling from 12 00:00:21,914 --> 00:00:23,454 West Palm Beach, Florida. 13 00:00:24,234 --> 00:00:25,515 I'm down with my, 14 00:00:26,234 --> 00:00:28,734 my daughter, one of my daughters, my son-in-law, 15 00:00:29,195 --> 00:00:29,934 two grandkids. 16 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,039 So I'm a little bit removed from the 17 00:00:32,039 --> 00:00:32,780 day to day. 18 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,579 But I just wanna begin by paying tribute 19 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,619 to, a guy called Bill Labarre. 20 00:00:39,399 --> 00:00:42,200 He died last last December, but they're gonna 21 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:43,820 have a tribute for him at the 22 00:00:44,505 --> 00:00:46,524 at the log cabin in Margate, 23 00:00:46,984 --> 00:00:50,524 tomorrow, Sunday, March 29 at 11:00. 24 00:00:50,744 --> 00:00:52,984 And he was one of the five original 25 00:00:52,984 --> 00:00:56,045 members of the Chelsea Neighborhood Association 26 00:00:56,424 --> 00:00:57,244 with me 27 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,159 back in 1975 28 00:00:59,159 --> 00:01:01,420 that ended up becoming Liberty and Prosperity. 29 00:01:02,439 --> 00:01:04,040 That was him. There was a guy called 30 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:04,939 Jimmy Maslin. 31 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,459 It was, doctor Stuart Malley's wife, Annette Malley. 32 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,079 Five of us started it. And, as we 33 00:01:11,079 --> 00:01:14,075 get older, we you know, we're we're fading, 34 00:01:14,375 --> 00:01:15,995 but I just wanna pay 35 00:01:16,454 --> 00:01:19,094 a special tribute to him for starting helping 36 00:01:19,094 --> 00:01:20,075 to start the movement 37 00:01:20,694 --> 00:01:23,674 fifty one years ago. So if anyone remembers 38 00:01:23,734 --> 00:01:25,894 him or knows him, tomorrow is the way 39 00:01:25,894 --> 00:01:27,870 to pay tribute, and he notices her in 40 00:01:27,870 --> 00:01:29,329 the press of Atlantic City. 41 00:01:30,109 --> 00:01:30,609 So, 42 00:01:31,469 --> 00:01:33,630 anyway, when you talk about the the goal 43 00:01:33,630 --> 00:01:35,730 of making America great again, 44 00:01:36,829 --> 00:01:39,010 one of the things that is obvious 45 00:01:39,465 --> 00:01:41,465 is that to make America great again, we 46 00:01:41,465 --> 00:01:42,284 can't depend 47 00:01:42,905 --> 00:01:45,545 on the government to do it, and we 48 00:01:45,545 --> 00:01:48,125 can't depend on president Trump to do it. 49 00:01:48,504 --> 00:01:51,244 A whole lot of things made America great, 50 00:01:52,409 --> 00:01:54,729 and, and we have to do certain things 51 00:01:54,729 --> 00:01:55,469 as Americans 52 00:01:55,769 --> 00:01:57,310 to make America great again. 53 00:01:58,090 --> 00:02:01,369 And being with my grandkids, you know, one 54 00:02:01,369 --> 00:02:03,469 of the little details I 55 00:02:03,769 --> 00:02:04,269 appreciated 56 00:02:05,049 --> 00:02:06,989 is just how important it is 57 00:02:07,305 --> 00:02:09,245 for young people to get married 58 00:02:09,784 --> 00:02:10,764 and have children 59 00:02:11,305 --> 00:02:12,365 and have families. 60 00:02:13,305 --> 00:02:15,645 And one of the best ways to build, 61 00:02:16,824 --> 00:02:19,004 Americans, good Americans, strong Americans 62 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:20,860 is as simple as 63 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,020 the family having dinner, 64 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:25,500 together every night 65 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,379 with mom and dad and and the kids 66 00:02:28,439 --> 00:02:30,140 together around the dinner table 67 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,319 starting by, you know, saying a blessing over 68 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:34,780 the bread or saying grace. 69 00:02:36,025 --> 00:02:38,044 No cell phones, no distractions, 70 00:02:38,344 --> 00:02:39,165 no TV, 71 00:02:39,865 --> 00:02:41,645 everybody facing each other, 72 00:02:42,665 --> 00:02:45,145 exchanging ideas of what you did today, what 73 00:02:45,145 --> 00:02:46,365 are you going to do tomorrow, 74 00:02:46,824 --> 00:02:49,324 little everyday conversation. You really appreciate 75 00:02:49,889 --> 00:02:52,310 the importance of that stuff because it teaches 76 00:02:52,370 --> 00:02:53,430 manners, respect, 77 00:02:54,129 --> 00:02:57,250 letting somebody else speak first, then you know, 78 00:02:57,250 --> 00:02:57,909 you talk. 79 00:02:58,289 --> 00:03:00,310 And it's not easy. It takes discipline. 80 00:03:00,610 --> 00:03:01,829 You know, kids want 81 00:03:02,525 --> 00:03:04,844 you know, run out. They they they, they 82 00:03:04,844 --> 00:03:06,925 wanna be on their cell phones. They wanna 83 00:03:06,925 --> 00:03:09,405 do a zillion other things, but parents have 84 00:03:09,405 --> 00:03:10,384 to set the rules. 85 00:03:10,925 --> 00:03:13,245 And after a while, it becomes a very 86 00:03:13,245 --> 00:03:14,305 pleasant experience. 87 00:03:14,604 --> 00:03:16,525 And I would say that impressed me more 88 00:03:16,525 --> 00:03:18,659 than the whole lot of political stuff I've 89 00:03:18,659 --> 00:03:19,400 been doing, 90 00:03:19,860 --> 00:03:21,319 during the past few months. 91 00:03:23,939 --> 00:03:24,599 You know, 92 00:03:25,539 --> 00:03:26,840 you make a good point. 93 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:28,439 How many times 94 00:03:29,060 --> 00:03:30,659 and I see it with my my, 95 00:03:31,219 --> 00:03:32,519 my niece and my grandson. 96 00:03:33,314 --> 00:03:35,155 How many times, you know, you sit at 97 00:03:35,155 --> 00:03:36,854 the table, he's on his phone, 98 00:03:37,794 --> 00:03:39,014 the TV's on 99 00:03:40,675 --> 00:03:41,175 Yeah. 100 00:03:41,634 --> 00:03:44,514 And and the husband's upstairs doing something, and 101 00:03:44,514 --> 00:03:46,914 and and she's calling everybody, come on to 102 00:03:46,914 --> 00:03:49,120 dinner. You know, it's it's really it's hard. 103 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,780 You you're absolutely right. It's hard to do. 104 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:52,979 It's hard to accomplish 105 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:54,979 because there are too many distractions. 106 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,239 Right. But but we spend too much of 107 00:03:58,239 --> 00:04:00,000 our time saying, well, the president ought to 108 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,680 do this or the government ought to do 109 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,435 this or the congress ought to do this, 110 00:04:03,995 --> 00:04:05,614 And we can't get 111 00:04:06,155 --> 00:04:08,235 mom and dad and the kids to sit 112 00:04:08,235 --> 00:04:08,735 together 113 00:04:09,034 --> 00:04:11,435 at the same table, you know, for for 114 00:04:11,435 --> 00:04:11,935 one 115 00:04:12,474 --> 00:04:14,715 a forty five minute period every day or 116 00:04:14,715 --> 00:04:17,160 maybe four or five days a week to 117 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,000 teach kids what it's like to live in 118 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,620 a civilized society. So, 119 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:22,360 I got a lot of insight, and I 120 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:23,740 really have a lot of admiration 121 00:04:24,199 --> 00:04:26,120 for my daughter and son-in-law because it's not 122 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,759 easy. They're both working. They both have to, 123 00:04:28,759 --> 00:04:31,319 you know, juggle their schedules to do this, 124 00:04:31,319 --> 00:04:33,574 but it's important to them. And I'm glad 125 00:04:33,574 --> 00:04:35,334 it is, and I want to reward or 126 00:04:35,334 --> 00:04:37,514 or recognize all the families who do that. 127 00:04:37,894 --> 00:04:39,095 And when we see, 128 00:04:39,495 --> 00:04:42,074 and I was complaining last week about the, 129 00:04:42,535 --> 00:04:46,475 Casino Reinvestment Development Authority giving $96,000 130 00:04:46,759 --> 00:04:48,860 to the Atlanta County Queer Alliance. 131 00:04:49,399 --> 00:04:51,240 When we talk about the Ocean City Public 132 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,120 Schools teaching third and fourth graders, you know, 133 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,600 to to understand the three or four different 134 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,060 kinds of sex to have. 135 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:00,680 We need to be teaching our kids and 136 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:01,035 our, 137 00:05:01,834 --> 00:05:04,475 and young people the importance of getting married 138 00:05:04,475 --> 00:05:06,475 of the traditional life. Now, I you know, 139 00:05:06,475 --> 00:05:08,334 if somebody wants an alternative lifestyle, 140 00:05:08,875 --> 00:05:10,175 you know, they have the 141 00:05:10,475 --> 00:05:13,209 constitutional and moral right to do it, but 142 00:05:13,209 --> 00:05:15,529 we shouldn't be using the resources and tax 143 00:05:15,529 --> 00:05:16,829 dollars to encourage, 144 00:05:17,849 --> 00:05:20,810 alternative lifestyles. We gotta, you know, worry about 145 00:05:20,810 --> 00:05:22,669 the future, and the future is families 146 00:05:22,970 --> 00:05:25,050 and moms and dads getting married and having 147 00:05:25,050 --> 00:05:26,430 kids because without that, 148 00:05:27,085 --> 00:05:29,245 we have no country. If if we don't 149 00:05:29,245 --> 00:05:31,085 have children, then we have to depend on 150 00:05:31,085 --> 00:05:31,665 the immigrants, 151 00:05:32,524 --> 00:05:35,324 with different cultures who in many ways hate 152 00:05:35,324 --> 00:05:38,145 everything about our country, and there's no future. 153 00:05:38,789 --> 00:05:41,269 So so I that's important. Of course, we 154 00:05:41,269 --> 00:05:42,089 think about 155 00:05:42,550 --> 00:05:43,610 that at the holidays 156 00:05:44,310 --> 00:05:47,669 and of course, tomorrow, the Sunday is Palm 157 00:05:47,669 --> 00:05:48,169 Sunday. 158 00:05:48,789 --> 00:05:52,490 The, the Jewish Passover Seder is Wednesday night 159 00:05:53,095 --> 00:05:55,574 And both of these holidays are linked, 160 00:05:55,975 --> 00:05:57,595 Jewish Passover and 161 00:05:58,214 --> 00:06:00,855 Christian Easter because they're both based on their 162 00:06:00,855 --> 00:06:01,995 first full moon, 163 00:06:03,095 --> 00:06:05,274 in spring. You know, after the 164 00:06:05,894 --> 00:06:08,634 equinox on March 21, the first full moon, 165 00:06:09,649 --> 00:06:13,110 that first Sunday afterwards is, is Easter, 166 00:06:13,569 --> 00:06:16,230 and and that's also the Passover Seder. So 167 00:06:16,449 --> 00:06:18,470 we think about that common tradition. 168 00:06:19,330 --> 00:06:21,170 And, and and one of the things that 169 00:06:21,170 --> 00:06:24,285 frankly disappointed me, even though I'm I'm Jewish, 170 00:06:24,285 --> 00:06:25,504 is that my kids 171 00:06:26,205 --> 00:06:28,925 know nothing about Easter. I mean, they go 172 00:06:28,925 --> 00:06:30,705 to public schools here in Florida, 173 00:06:31,245 --> 00:06:33,805 don't know anything about the, you know, Peter 174 00:06:33,805 --> 00:06:35,965 Cottontail or the Bunny Trail or the Easter 175 00:06:35,965 --> 00:06:36,465 bunny. 176 00:06:37,339 --> 00:06:39,740 And, and and I remember as a Jewish 177 00:06:39,740 --> 00:06:40,879 kid growing up, 178 00:06:41,339 --> 00:06:42,079 I remember 179 00:06:42,699 --> 00:06:44,000 in elementary school, 180 00:06:44,620 --> 00:06:46,720 before Easter, we had to eat oatmeal. 181 00:06:47,180 --> 00:06:48,860 Why we have to eat oatmeal? Because we 182 00:06:48,860 --> 00:06:50,399 had to get that little barrel 183 00:06:51,035 --> 00:06:54,654 shaped box, cardboard box, with the Quaker Oats 184 00:06:54,954 --> 00:06:56,634 because that's what you'd bring to school, and 185 00:06:56,634 --> 00:06:58,314 they'd turn it into an Easter basket with 186 00:06:58,314 --> 00:06:59,694 some construction paper. 187 00:07:00,074 --> 00:07:01,435 And, of course, we had I don't know 188 00:07:01,435 --> 00:07:02,794 if you went through this too, but, 189 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:05,040 for two or three weeks before 190 00:07:05,580 --> 00:07:08,860 Easter in elementary school in Atlantic City, we 191 00:07:08,860 --> 00:07:11,100 had to have scrambled eggs because you had 192 00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:12,620 to put a tiny little hole in the 193 00:07:12,620 --> 00:07:13,120 egg 194 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:14,560 to make the eggs 195 00:07:14,860 --> 00:07:17,354 so that you could bring the the eggshells 196 00:07:17,414 --> 00:07:19,175 to school, and they they dye them, so 197 00:07:19,175 --> 00:07:20,714 they put them in the Easter basket. 198 00:07:21,254 --> 00:07:23,495 And and and we Jewish kids, you know, 199 00:07:23,495 --> 00:07:25,574 learned all about Easter and sang the songs, 200 00:07:25,574 --> 00:07:27,754 and it was a a very pleasant thing. 201 00:07:28,214 --> 00:07:30,615 And, of course, on Passover, we would bring 202 00:07:30,615 --> 00:07:32,399 our matzah into school for lunch. 203 00:07:32,879 --> 00:07:34,800 We didn't impose it on anybody else, but 204 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,979 we learned each other's traditions 205 00:07:37,439 --> 00:07:39,060 and how much we had in common, 206 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:41,060 and and it was a good thing. 207 00:07:41,919 --> 00:07:42,240 And, 208 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:44,560 and I just wanna bring one one side 209 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:45,539 thing. My grandmother, 210 00:07:46,754 --> 00:07:49,175 came from the old country in Eastern Europe 211 00:07:49,715 --> 00:07:50,215 where, 212 00:07:50,595 --> 00:07:52,915 they had a massacre of Jews on Easter 213 00:07:52,915 --> 00:07:53,415 Sunday, 214 00:07:54,275 --> 00:07:55,735 in a place called Kishnev, 215 00:07:56,355 --> 00:07:58,514 in the Russian Empire in nineteen o three. 216 00:07:58,514 --> 00:07:59,975 So she survived that 217 00:08:00,430 --> 00:08:01,889 and was always fearful 218 00:08:02,589 --> 00:08:04,289 every Easter because of that. 219 00:08:04,829 --> 00:08:06,449 And then she comes to America 220 00:08:07,069 --> 00:08:09,949 and, and her daughter, my mom, you know, 221 00:08:09,949 --> 00:08:12,349 living in Atlantic City and and the fact 222 00:08:12,349 --> 00:08:14,370 that we would have our Passover Seder, 223 00:08:15,165 --> 00:08:17,404 one night and then that Sunday, we'd go 224 00:08:17,404 --> 00:08:19,245 on the Easter parade, you know, and get 225 00:08:19,245 --> 00:08:20,704 get dressed up in our finest, 226 00:08:21,725 --> 00:08:23,644 you know, suits and go on the boardwalk 227 00:08:23,644 --> 00:08:26,225 and walk. And she had such joy 228 00:08:26,685 --> 00:08:28,225 to say only in America, 229 00:08:28,810 --> 00:08:31,230 you know, could could Jews like us enjoy, 230 00:08:32,169 --> 00:08:35,210 you know, living, you know, as normal people. 231 00:08:35,210 --> 00:08:36,889 And she would say, you know, God bless 232 00:08:36,889 --> 00:08:39,789 Columbus. That was her favorite saying. And, 233 00:08:40,377 --> 00:08:41,784 you you know, we have to remember how 234 00:08:41,784 --> 00:08:43,865 much we Americans had in common with a 235 00:08:43,865 --> 00:08:46,264 great country we have and and to remember 236 00:08:46,264 --> 00:08:48,424 doing the things that made this country great. 237 00:08:48,424 --> 00:08:51,304 So if I sound real sentimental, it's just 238 00:08:51,304 --> 00:08:52,205 being with family 239 00:08:52,779 --> 00:08:53,759 for the holidays 240 00:08:54,460 --> 00:08:56,460 and, you know, the politics comes and goes, 241 00:08:56,460 --> 00:08:58,299 but these are the values, these are the 242 00:08:58,299 --> 00:08:58,799 traditions 243 00:08:59,339 --> 00:09:01,580 that built America. And if we're going to 244 00:09:01,580 --> 00:09:03,839 make America great again, we have to start, 245 00:09:04,539 --> 00:09:06,000 having dinner with our families, 246 00:09:06,855 --> 00:09:08,695 and and talk to our kids and put 247 00:09:08,695 --> 00:09:10,615 the cell phones away and turn the TV 248 00:09:10,615 --> 00:09:11,115 off 249 00:09:11,495 --> 00:09:15,174 and and, tell our children what we, boomers, 250 00:09:15,174 --> 00:09:17,014 and our you know, learn from our parents 251 00:09:17,014 --> 00:09:19,014 and grandparents and teach them to our children 252 00:09:19,014 --> 00:09:19,674 and grandchildren. 253 00:09:21,350 --> 00:09:22,090 You know, 254 00:09:22,549 --> 00:09:25,110 you're you're taking a different tone today than 255 00:09:25,110 --> 00:09:28,549 you normally do, and and that's, that's that's 256 00:09:28,549 --> 00:09:30,009 good. That's a good thing. 257 00:09:31,190 --> 00:09:31,669 So 258 00:09:32,149 --> 00:09:33,750 and and by the way, another way I 259 00:09:33,750 --> 00:09:35,129 took this tone is, 260 00:09:35,445 --> 00:09:37,785 I've been talking about writing that history book, 261 00:09:38,485 --> 00:09:41,524 and I did write a history book. 224 262 00:09:41,524 --> 00:09:43,945 pages. Lots of pictures. Big print. 263 00:09:45,125 --> 00:09:48,345 Any adult would find it very readable. Any 264 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,799 ninth grader or tenth grader would also find 265 00:09:51,799 --> 00:09:52,860 it, readable. 266 00:09:53,399 --> 00:09:55,559 It's called the 1676 267 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:56,059 project, 268 00:09:56,519 --> 00:09:58,699 how New Jersey shaped America. 269 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:01,799 And anyone could buy that book right now 270 00:10:01,799 --> 00:10:04,095 for $24.95 271 00:10:04,095 --> 00:10:05,235 by going on Amazon 272 00:10:05,934 --> 00:10:07,554 and having it delivered. 273 00:10:08,254 --> 00:10:09,475 But if you're patient 274 00:10:10,174 --> 00:10:11,955 and you live near Somers Point, 275 00:10:12,495 --> 00:10:13,394 in two weeks, 276 00:10:13,855 --> 00:10:15,774 that book will be for sale for only 277 00:10:15,774 --> 00:10:16,470 $20 278 00:10:17,429 --> 00:10:20,230 at, at Liberty and Prosperity breakfast that we 279 00:10:20,230 --> 00:10:21,449 have, every, 280 00:10:22,709 --> 00:10:25,669 Saturday morning, 09:30 to 10:30 at Sal's Cold 281 00:10:25,669 --> 00:10:26,490 Fired Pizza. 282 00:10:26,870 --> 00:10:28,949 So bring $20, you could buy the book 283 00:10:28,949 --> 00:10:30,409 there. Or by appointment, 284 00:10:30,894 --> 00:10:32,414 you could buy it at the Liberty and 285 00:10:32,414 --> 00:10:33,554 Prosperity office 286 00:10:33,934 --> 00:10:34,995 in Somers Point. 287 00:10:36,095 --> 00:10:36,914 In that book, 288 00:10:37,454 --> 00:10:40,355 I I spent nine months writing that book. 289 00:10:40,975 --> 00:10:43,714 Every single fact in there is documented. 290 00:10:44,014 --> 00:10:45,315 It's it's absolutely 291 00:10:45,889 --> 00:10:47,509 true. It's absolutely undisputed. 292 00:10:48,450 --> 00:10:51,169 And the the schools and colleges, it's not 293 00:10:51,169 --> 00:10:51,909 like they 294 00:10:52,210 --> 00:10:54,710 teach something different. It's just they don't mention 295 00:10:55,090 --> 00:10:56,629 these stories at all. 296 00:10:57,490 --> 00:10:59,830 Basically, our kids are taught this fake history 297 00:11:00,264 --> 00:11:01,625 of the 1619 298 00:11:01,625 --> 00:11:02,125 project 299 00:11:02,664 --> 00:11:05,164 and of the Disney movie Pocahontas, 300 00:11:06,184 --> 00:11:09,464 which basically says that America was based on 301 00:11:09,464 --> 00:11:12,125 what happened in Virginia in 1619, 302 00:11:12,809 --> 00:11:15,210 That America was built everything we have here, 303 00:11:15,210 --> 00:11:17,470 our prosperity, our wealth, our comfort, 304 00:11:18,410 --> 00:11:21,389 everything was built on violence, conquest, and slavery 305 00:11:21,929 --> 00:11:24,910 that they had in Virginia in 1619. 306 00:11:25,715 --> 00:11:28,035 And what my book, the 1676 307 00:11:28,035 --> 00:11:28,535 project, 308 00:11:29,394 --> 00:11:30,295 fully documents 309 00:11:31,075 --> 00:11:34,115 is not at all. America was built on 310 00:11:34,115 --> 00:11:36,915 what the Quakers built here in in in 311 00:11:36,915 --> 00:11:37,654 South Jersey 312 00:11:38,035 --> 00:11:39,815 in 1676. 313 00:11:40,610 --> 00:11:42,470 And I detailed the story of 314 00:11:42,850 --> 00:11:45,029 George Fox founding the Quaker movement 315 00:11:45,409 --> 00:11:48,529 that was built on the golden rule, love 316 00:11:48,529 --> 00:11:51,330 your neighbor as yourself, do unto others as 317 00:11:51,330 --> 00:11:53,190 you would have them do unto you, 318 00:11:54,394 --> 00:11:57,454 basically treat everybody equally, everybody fairly, 319 00:11:57,995 --> 00:12:00,954 have a government that only provides the basic 320 00:12:00,954 --> 00:12:03,454 services that everybody else is you uses. 321 00:12:04,554 --> 00:12:06,554 If you if it's not for everybody, then 322 00:12:06,554 --> 00:12:08,610 the government doesn't do it. You have private 323 00:12:08,750 --> 00:12:11,309 associations do it. By doing it that way, 324 00:12:11,309 --> 00:12:12,929 they had almost no taxes. 325 00:12:13,710 --> 00:12:17,009 They had equal opportunity. They respected private property 326 00:12:17,710 --> 00:12:19,090 that if if, 327 00:12:19,629 --> 00:12:21,309 you know, Eustace Mead and wanna build a 328 00:12:21,309 --> 00:12:23,149 hotel in his property, he'd build a hotel 329 00:12:23,149 --> 00:12:24,475 in his his property, and he wouldn't have 330 00:12:24,475 --> 00:12:26,954 to, you know, get the permission of, of 331 00:12:26,954 --> 00:12:29,115 9,000 other people who had nothing to do 332 00:12:29,115 --> 00:12:30,014 with his project. 333 00:12:30,794 --> 00:12:31,434 We had, 334 00:12:31,914 --> 00:12:34,794 you know, a guy called, George Summers built 335 00:12:34,794 --> 00:12:35,034 a, 336 00:12:36,019 --> 00:12:36,759 a sawmill 337 00:12:37,139 --> 00:12:37,379 in, 338 00:12:38,340 --> 00:12:39,559 in Bargain Town. 339 00:12:40,340 --> 00:12:42,980 He got tired of, paying for feed to 340 00:12:42,980 --> 00:12:45,240 have these oxen go around in a circle 341 00:12:45,300 --> 00:12:47,860 to, to turn the wheel to grind the 342 00:12:47,860 --> 00:12:48,840 grain into, 343 00:12:49,220 --> 00:12:49,720 flour. 344 00:12:50,084 --> 00:12:52,164 So he built a dam, and it had 345 00:12:52,164 --> 00:12:54,105 water flowing over the dam, and the dam, 346 00:12:54,485 --> 00:12:56,004 the water flowing over the dam turned a 347 00:12:56,004 --> 00:12:58,105 wheel. And that way, he he, you know, 348 00:12:58,404 --> 00:13:00,644 had had a sawmill, had a had a 349 00:13:00,725 --> 00:13:02,404 what they call it, a gristmill to make 350 00:13:02,404 --> 00:13:02,985 the flour. 351 00:13:03,750 --> 00:13:05,190 And and he didn't have to get permission 352 00:13:05,190 --> 00:13:06,970 from all of his neighbors to do that. 353 00:13:07,269 --> 00:13:09,509 I mean, obviously, if you flood your neighbor's 354 00:13:09,509 --> 00:13:11,590 property, you have to, you know, you can't 355 00:13:11,590 --> 00:13:13,830 do that. You can't, have, 356 00:13:14,389 --> 00:13:17,529 obnoxious fumes or smoke ruining your neighbor's property. 357 00:13:17,915 --> 00:13:19,434 But if you own the property and if 358 00:13:19,434 --> 00:13:21,035 you don't bother your neighbor, you should be 359 00:13:21,035 --> 00:13:22,875 free to do what you wanna do. And 360 00:13:22,875 --> 00:13:25,855 they built this wonderful low tax society 361 00:13:26,554 --> 00:13:28,175 where people would come over, 362 00:13:28,875 --> 00:13:30,335 with nothing but debt. 363 00:13:30,759 --> 00:13:33,639 And within ten years, they'd be either middle 364 00:13:33,639 --> 00:13:36,120 class or wealthy. And that was the society 365 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,199 we had in New Jersey and America for 366 00:13:38,199 --> 00:13:39,259 three hundred years. 367 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:41,500 And by the way, in New Jersey, 368 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:43,079 they, 369 00:13:43,639 --> 00:13:46,059 there had been slavery and within 370 00:13:46,434 --> 00:13:47,254 three generations, 371 00:13:48,434 --> 00:13:50,595 you know, the settlers of New Jersey influenced 372 00:13:50,595 --> 00:13:52,675 by the Quakers ended slavery. So we have 373 00:13:52,675 --> 00:13:54,754 so much to be proud of in our 374 00:13:54,754 --> 00:13:55,254 heritage 375 00:13:55,634 --> 00:13:57,875 and I just invite everybody to get that 376 00:13:57,875 --> 00:13:58,375 book. 377 00:13:58,850 --> 00:14:00,850 And by the way, I think it's important 378 00:14:00,850 --> 00:14:03,009 for that book to end up in our 379 00:14:03,009 --> 00:14:03,910 public libraries, 380 00:14:04,769 --> 00:14:07,170 in our historical societies, and in our public 381 00:14:07,170 --> 00:14:08,470 schools. So if anyone 382 00:14:09,170 --> 00:14:12,050 wants to work with us in getting that 383 00:14:12,050 --> 00:14:12,550 book 384 00:14:12,995 --> 00:14:14,534 either for yourself or distributed, 385 00:14:15,394 --> 00:14:17,394 go to our website. It's all all the 386 00:14:17,394 --> 00:14:20,434 details are there, libertyandprosperity.com, 387 00:14:20,434 --> 00:14:22,434 or go to Amazon. You have a whole 388 00:14:22,434 --> 00:14:24,855 description of the book in amazon.com, 389 00:14:25,649 --> 00:14:29,830 or, email us at info@libertyandprosperity.com. 390 00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:32,529 And we'll certainly have you on the program 391 00:14:32,529 --> 00:14:33,990 here to talk about the book. 392 00:14:35,089 --> 00:14:36,950 You know, I I think it's very important. 393 00:14:37,205 --> 00:14:39,445 And just to to show how important it 394 00:14:39,445 --> 00:14:41,304 is and how it affects daily affairs, 395 00:14:42,644 --> 00:14:43,125 last, 396 00:14:43,845 --> 00:14:46,024 I guess, Wednesday, March 25, 397 00:14:46,325 --> 00:14:48,424 the United Nations had a resolution 398 00:14:49,445 --> 00:14:50,664 declaring that the Transatlantic 399 00:14:51,700 --> 00:14:54,519 slave trade was the gravest crime against humanity 400 00:14:55,220 --> 00:14:58,419 and that all member states must consider making 401 00:14:58,419 --> 00:14:58,919 apologies 402 00:14:59,459 --> 00:15:00,679 and paying reparations 403 00:15:01,379 --> 00:15:03,320 to the victim of that horrible crime. 404 00:15:04,365 --> 00:15:07,004 And that resolution passed a 123 405 00:15:07,004 --> 00:15:09,665 yes votes. There are only three no votes. 406 00:15:09,965 --> 00:15:12,384 The United States, Israel, and Argentina, 407 00:15:13,325 --> 00:15:15,264 and 52 other countries abstain. 408 00:15:16,039 --> 00:15:18,539 But if you go to chapter 12 of 409 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:19,179 of the, 410 00:15:19,559 --> 00:15:22,139 my book, the sixteen seventy six project, 411 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,000 it goes into great detail of how you 412 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,059 had slavery 413 00:15:26,679 --> 00:15:27,179 normal 414 00:15:27,804 --> 00:15:29,644 in most of the world. You had the 415 00:15:29,644 --> 00:15:32,205 native Americans were making slaves out of people 416 00:15:32,205 --> 00:15:33,184 and other tribes. 417 00:15:33,485 --> 00:15:36,785 You had African tribes were enslaving each other 418 00:15:36,925 --> 00:15:38,705 and certain African tribes 419 00:15:39,165 --> 00:15:41,665 sold the slaves that they already captured 420 00:15:42,059 --> 00:15:45,100 to Europeans in exchange for guns, ammunition, and 421 00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:47,919 other European goods. So, yeah, the Europeans 422 00:15:48,379 --> 00:15:50,779 took part in something that was normal in 423 00:15:50,779 --> 00:15:53,835 virtually the entire world, but it was the, 424 00:15:54,315 --> 00:15:54,815 Europeans 425 00:15:55,195 --> 00:15:56,894 led by the English and the Americans 426 00:15:57,274 --> 00:15:58,495 who ended slavery, 427 00:15:59,514 --> 00:16:01,995 based on you know the Christian principle of, 428 00:16:02,394 --> 00:16:04,315 doing to others as you would do into 429 00:16:04,315 --> 00:16:05,915 them the golden rule. So I think it's 430 00:16:05,915 --> 00:16:07,110 important to know that 431 00:16:07,990 --> 00:16:10,089 and, and that book is very important. 432 00:16:10,549 --> 00:16:12,470 And I guess my my final point is 433 00:16:12,549 --> 00:16:13,990 and I know I say this over and 434 00:16:13,990 --> 00:16:14,730 over again. 435 00:16:15,429 --> 00:16:18,570 Our governor, Mikey Sherrill, said Atlantic City 436 00:16:19,029 --> 00:16:21,509 is almost ready to stand on its own 437 00:16:21,509 --> 00:16:24,934 two feet and won't need handouts from state 438 00:16:24,934 --> 00:16:25,995 taxes anymore. 439 00:16:26,774 --> 00:16:29,415 And and that whole narrative is she is 440 00:16:29,415 --> 00:16:31,754 continuing the lie started by Chris Christie. 441 00:16:32,134 --> 00:16:35,035 There was nothing wrong with Atlantic City. Atlantic 442 00:16:35,175 --> 00:16:35,675 City, 443 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:37,600 in 2008 444 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:38,580 was hit with 445 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:40,500 a really a depression. 446 00:16:40,879 --> 00:16:44,000 And now, the economy was devastated. There was 447 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,480 no money coming in. There was an urgent 448 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:47,779 need to cut spending, 449 00:16:48,639 --> 00:16:51,200 because all these tax money coming in had 450 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:51,735 been cut. 451 00:16:52,214 --> 00:16:55,334 But governor Chris Christie, the Republican, was running 452 00:16:55,334 --> 00:16:55,995 for president, 453 00:16:56,615 --> 00:16:58,934 and he decided he didn't want any layoffs. 454 00:16:58,934 --> 00:17:00,235 He didn't want any cutbacks, 455 00:17:00,615 --> 00:17:03,575 and he took over Atlantic City and put 456 00:17:03,575 --> 00:17:06,075 Atlantic City $400,000,000 457 00:17:06,329 --> 00:17:06,829 into 458 00:17:07,130 --> 00:17:08,190 illegal debt. 459 00:17:08,970 --> 00:17:11,690 And it's that debt that illegal debt because 460 00:17:11,690 --> 00:17:13,690 state law says every city is supposed to 461 00:17:13,690 --> 00:17:14,909 have a balanced budget. 462 00:17:15,529 --> 00:17:18,490 Chris Christie, by taking over the state, borrowed 463 00:17:18,490 --> 00:17:19,390 money illegally. 464 00:17:19,855 --> 00:17:22,174 Atlantic City should have filed for bankruptcy, should 465 00:17:22,174 --> 00:17:23,554 have brought all sorts of, 466 00:17:24,174 --> 00:17:25,075 legal actions 467 00:17:25,454 --> 00:17:26,835 to make the state, 468 00:17:27,375 --> 00:17:29,855 pay for that illegal debt. But they took 469 00:17:29,855 --> 00:17:32,174 over the city government not to make a 470 00:17:32,174 --> 00:17:34,630 man Atlantic City government better, but to prevent 471 00:17:34,630 --> 00:17:37,670 that lawsuit from taking place. So Mikey Sherrill 472 00:17:37,670 --> 00:17:40,650 is just repeating the lie that Chris Christie, 473 00:17:41,269 --> 00:17:43,829 perpetuated for his eight years in office, and 474 00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:45,450 I think people ought to know that. 475 00:17:45,750 --> 00:17:46,250 Anyway, 476 00:17:46,710 --> 00:17:48,384 I I wish I could say more, but 477 00:17:48,384 --> 00:17:50,304 I'm out of time. And, here I am 478 00:17:50,304 --> 00:17:52,464 in Florida, and the the the pool and 479 00:17:52,464 --> 00:17:54,085 the the sunshine is inviting. 480 00:17:54,625 --> 00:17:55,265 So I wish, 481 00:17:55,825 --> 00:17:58,144 you, John, a a very happy Easter. First, 482 00:17:58,144 --> 00:18:00,005 of course, Palm Sunday. Happy Easter. 483 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,480 And to all the listeners and all all 484 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:03,440 my Jewish friends, 485 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:05,220 a very happy Passover. 486 00:18:05,839 --> 00:18:08,559 And, let's make America great, and and let 487 00:18:08,559 --> 00:18:11,920 us boomers who live through those times teach 488 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,240 our children and grandchildren what we did to 489 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,134 do that. So thank you very much. Thank 490 00:18:16,134 --> 00:18:18,795 you, Seth, and, happy pass over to you 491 00:18:19,174 --> 00:18:19,414 and, 492 00:18:20,134 --> 00:18:23,115 your members of Liberty and Prosperity. Happy Easter 493 00:18:23,414 --> 00:18:24,075 as well. 494 00:18:24,656 --> 00:18:27,797 Seth Grossman, Liberty and Prosperity is the organization 495 00:18:28,096 --> 00:18:30,836 and the website libertyandprosperity.com. 496 00:18:30,896 --> 00:18:33,217 The meeting gets started at 09:30 this morning. 497 00:18:33,217 --> 00:18:35,636 Sales, coal fired pizza in Somers Point.