Maybe Not Everyone Should Vote?

0:00Lauren Boebert:Irreverent news talk, opinion, satire. It's Newsweek Radio. I'm Jesse Edwards. And things have been just a little bit too goddamn serious here lately. Excuse the language. So I thought we'd lighten things up by picking on Congressperson Lauren Boebert from Colorado, struggling desperately to explain the definition of inflation, economically speaking. Take a listen. What is inflation?

0:21Jesse Edwards:Well, inflation is when the price of things is too expensive because of the federal government really squandering the tax dollars. So you have the Green News scam, hundreds of billions of dollars spent there to provide affordable energy. And it was not affordable. It was never free. It was never discounted. That money was taken from the American people and forced into the system. It wasn't a free market decision.

0:51Lauren Boebert:I mean, technically, she was kind of right there in the beginning, but then it had to become something about Obama or Biden or the opposition, so she just knee-jerkingly turned it around there. But yeah, you'd expect a clearer answer from a representative over such a softball question from somebody like Piers Morgan.

1:07Jesse Edwards:The price of things is... Today, Junior!

1:11Lauren Boebert:Inflation's just the devaluation of the dollar, as the cost of living goes up, and as they print more cash to cover our collective ass and debt. I'm sure Representative Boebert knows better. Well, I could be wrong,

1:23Jesse Edwards:but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era.

1:30Lauren Boebert:Now, these people are asked hundreds of questions every day. It's not really fair to pick on Boebert like this, but it is funny, kind of. It's always a little bit of shodden fraud to watch, you know, your congressman or your neighbor fall off of their roof sometimes. But this was just, you know, an honest flub. But I tell you what, since we're having a little bit of fun here on a Friday, which is a reminder to subscribe if you want to hear these episodes as they drop. This Boebert flub reminded me of an epic piece of found footage from the bowels of YouTube. The audio is hilarious. It's of somebody at a city council meeting in Santa Cruz back in 2008, I want to say.

2:09Lauren Boebert:And it was like one of these open mic sessions where members of the community can, you know, speak their piece in an allotted amount of time. And what you see is kind of what you get. And anyway, this well-intentioned person came to the microphone, and it's just such a pile of word salad gibberish. It's beyond comical. Think of this as kind of your audio candy treat for the weekend.

2:33Jesse Edwards:Well, the crops are growing very well, and they're organic, and some of them have pesticides. And I think that we should make a perfect pesticide for the cops that is good for people and healthy and keeps the cops preserved too, because we need the food because it's food and stuff. And organic food is good also.

2:56Lauren Boebert:No, no, I agree. Organic food is good. And I don't want to make fun of this girl in a way that's just completely detrimental. I don't want to be that guy. But I do want to make a point that maybe, just maybe, not everybody should vote. I know that's a terrible thing to say, but it's interesting, you know, in the backdrop of what Trump is trying to do by nationalizing the vote. We can get to that in another episode because this is Friday once again, and I just want to cut loose here a little bit.

3:21Jesse Edwards:I think that we should make a perfect pesticide for the crops.

3:24Lauren Boebert:She wants to make a perfect pesticide. I get that. It's kind of a tall order, to be sure. There's got to be something better than glyphosate on our crops. So I'll give her a point in that department. Sure, whatever. this next one is about lowering commercial rent prices take a listen and the businesses downtown

3:43Jesse Edwards:really need to lower their rent because if the rent was lowered those people would really have their own businesses they have enough stuff they're very good at making things they're like experts they're really good and we can really be a community and make the things and sell them in our stores and i really believe that it can be a california thing that it can it can really work out because um we can be rich in cotton and mining metals and silkworms and we can make things we can make things cars the machine can make it for us and we can have the community and the city in san Francisco and we can make things and put them in the stores.

4:28Lauren Boebert:Right. I get it. I get it. Everybody in the room is just dumbfounded here with the room tone. Wow. No, this is a classic. I'll include the link to a version of this on the podcast page because it's a fantastic piece of American history and media. But in theory, she's right. I mean, lowering commercial rent prices would be of some benefit. She did go kind of on a weird tirade there about resources, but it is pretty easy to see what she was trying to communicate there if you have the right kind

4:57Jesse Edwards:of ears we can be rich in cotton and mining metals and silkworms and we could make things

5:05Lauren Boebert:we can make things cars yeah definitely some michael scott energy there as well there are four kinds of business tourism food service railroads and sales and hospitals slash manufacturing and air travel. We'll close it out with one more, but it is another doozy. Because ultimately, this unnamed city council contributor, I should say, well, she thinks that all the food should be free, which, you know, is a thing, I guess, but it's probably better explained by her.

5:37Jesse Edwards:You can grow every kind of fruit and vegetable you want. That's how they do it. They have fruit trees and vegetable trees. That's where fruit and vegetable comes from. If you freeze the fruit and vegetables it'll last forever you can put you know broccoli or strawberries in the freezer it'll last forever sure if you don't you know it might go bad in a while but got it growing food is so good um for the people because it's free all you have to do is pay the farmers and

6:06Lauren Boebert:pay for the land hold on it's free but all you got to do is pay for the farmers and for the land and well for a few other things let's continue but why do we have to pay for the land the land's

6:15Jesse Edwards:free it's new land you know what do we have to pay for the land yes rent do we have to pay yes

6:20Lauren Boebert:yes you actually do have to pay for the land and for the rent there was a thing called manifest destiny but that's that's long gone kid let's continue food's free so we should just sell it at the farmer's market i think yeah what you've just explained is capitalism Congratulations. You've discovered it on your own. Thank you. Next speaker. Wow. Anyway, if you've never seen that footage for yourself, I highly suggest you put that into your own personal library. And I'm not trying to be mean. I'm just saying that this is a pretty good illustration of why maybe not everybody should be voting. Now, I don't know who's behind this push to make sure that everybody gets out to vote.

7:03Lauren Boebert:Your vote for the president is essentially meaningless unless you live in a swing state because of the electoral college. Even then, you have to assume these days that your opposition is meddling in the election results, right? The left is accusing the right of that. The right accuses the left of that. Meanwhile, we've got both China and Russia interfering in the same elections as well. So yeah, it seems like the entire system needs an overhaul, and Trump might be right about that. I don't believe his instincts or his behavior will be appropriate for any kind of remedy in that direction. but I'd be surprised if a majority of Americans believe that our elections are secure.

7:38Lauren Boebert:What better time to start vetting people? You know, just to make sure they actually understand how it works and can speak the language. Oh God, I'm showing my right-wing proclivities here. No, I don't think that Trump can do this the right way without screwing it up and somehow making it about lining his pockets. But real actual voter reform is probably long overdue for security purposes alone. I wouldn't mind our votes actually meaning something in America again, but you'd have to get rid of the electoral college. and oh man, the right-wingers don't like that these days. They used to, but now the tables have turned.

8:06Lauren Boebert:Well, well, well. How are the turntables? And everything's kind of upside down compared to where it was just 10, 15 years ago. Hope you have a fantastic weekend. Don't forget to subscribe, like us, share us, and give us a review once in a while. I barely ever ask. The least you could do is go give me some five stars, buddy. I appreciate it. Until we can do it again, it's Newsweek Radio. I'm Jesse Edwards. Catch you next time. Bye. And we say bye-bye. Newsweek Radio is a member of the Trust Project. What is inflation?

8:34Jesse Edwards:Well, inflation is when the price of things is too expensive because... All you have to do is pay the farmers and pay for the land. But why do we have to pay for the land? The land's free. It's new land, you know? I mean, do we have to pay for the land? Do we have to pay rent? Do we have to pay... The food's free, so we should just sell it at the farmer's market. thank you yeah next speaker