[00:00:00] Jesse Jackson, Olympic Backlash & Karaoke Wars 🕊️🎿🎤

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[00:01:06] Bruce Anthony: [00:01:00] [00:01:05] Today. We honor the life and legacy of Jesse [00:01:10] Jackson. Born October 8th, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina, [00:01:15] and who transitioned on February 17th, 2026 at the [00:01:20] young age of 84, a Baptist minister, civil rights leader and [00:01:25] national political figure. Reverend Jackson helped shape modern black politics and [00:01:30] multiracial coalitions building in America.

[00:01:33] Bruce Anthony: He rose from humble beginnings in the [00:01:35] Jim Crow South became a student leader. Athlete and joined the [00:01:40] movement that would transform this country. In the mid 1960s, he marched in Selma [00:01:45] alongside Martin Luther King Jr. And later became a key figure within the Southern [00:01:50] Christian Leadership Conference. He

[00:01:52] Jesse Jackson: legacy, Selma & Rainbow Coalition 🕊️🌈✊🏾

[00:01:52] Bruce Anthony: founded Operation Push in 1971, [00:01:55] advancing black economic empowerment and political engagement, and later created the [00:02:00] National Rainbow Coalition, a bold vision uniting African [00:02:05] American working class whites, Latinos, women, and other marginalized [00:02:10] communities around justice and opportunity. His historic political, his historic presidential cut, scrolling, lost my place.

[00:02:13] Jay Aundrea: He said, I.

[00:02:13] Bruce Anthony: I did well, I'm gonna fuck up some words. Alright. His historic presidential [00:02:15] campaigns in 1984 and 1988 expanded the possibilities of American [00:02:20] politics. Proven that a broad progressive coalition could compete at the highest levels. [00:02:25] He served as a voice for the voiceless, advocating for voting rights, economic equity, [00:02:30] and international human rights, even acting as an informal diplomat to secure the release [00:02:35] of Americans abroad and ni. In 2000, he was awarded the presidential medal Freeman free. Mm Freeman, he was worshiping, he descend this in cut. In 2000, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freeman.

[00:02:37] Bruce Anthony: Oh, oh. Come on, Bruce. Oh my God. Come on, man. All right,

[00:02:37] Jay Aundrea: Freedom. Freedom.

[00:02:37] Bruce Anthony: cut. In 2000, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of [00:02:40] Freedom for his decades of public service. Even after publicly announcing his Parkinson's DI [00:02:45] diagnosis in 2017, he continued to speak out on issues of justice, [00:02:50] inequality and democracy. Reverend Jackson was a charismatic order and relentless [00:02:55] organizer and an architect of what he called the Rainbow Coalition.

[00:02:59] Bruce Anthony: A reminder that [00:03:00] progress is the strongest. When it's shared. May we honor his life, not only in [00:03:05] words, but in continued work towards justice and unity. Rest [00:03:10] in power. Reverend Jackson?

[00:03:12] Jay Aundrea: Rest in power.

[00:03:13] Bruce Anthony: I am.[00:03:15]

[00:03:15] Jay Aundrea: Somebody

[00:03:16] Bruce Anthony: What up sis?

[00:03:18] Jay Aundrea: what up, Breta?

[00:03:19] Bruce Anthony: I can't [00:03:20] call it. I can't call it. Look, I'm tired. Okay. Look,

[00:03:23] Jay Aundrea: uh, hey,

[00:03:24] Bruce Anthony: [00:03:25] I'm tired. You know that, that's, that's, this is what it is. [00:03:30] Um, you have, I did my thing. You wouldn't have your words [00:03:35] for the late Reverend Jesse Jackson.

[00:03:37] Jay Aundrea: Um, [00:03:40] man, you know, without Reverend Jesse Jackson, [00:03:45] I don't know that there would be a Barack Obama,

[00:03:48] Bruce Anthony: Mm

[00:03:49] Jay Aundrea: right? [00:03:50] The, the thought that we could [00:03:55] ascend to the presidency. Um, he was the really, the [00:04:00] first person. Also shout out to Shirley Chisholm, but [00:04:05] the first person to really [00:04:10] make a real run for it. Um, and was taken [00:04:15] seriously

[00:04:15] Bruce Anthony: hm.

[00:04:16] Jay Aundrea: and. think [00:04:20] gave us the one, the thought and then the [00:04:25] courage to pursue the presidency. [00:04:30] Um, honestly, so very soon [00:04:35] the civil rights movement.

[00:04:36] Bruce Anthony: Really soon. Yeah.

[00:04:37] Jay Aundrea: Right. Um, [00:04:40] so, you know, I, um, he [00:04:45] definitely led an impactful life, an important life, [00:04:50] um, just rest in power.

[00:04:53] Bruce Anthony: Yeah. It comes in threes. [00:04:55] You know, we were talking last week about, uh, James VanDerBeek.

[00:04:59] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.[00:05:00]

[00:05:00] Bruce Anthony: Then, uh, Robert Deval passed

[00:05:02] Jay Aundrea: Roberto?

[00:05:03] Bruce Anthony: the day before, [00:05:05] and then I woke up yesterday morning and I don't know why I do this. [00:05:10] Why do I go straight to my phone? I mean, I can understand why. Okay, I gotta turn [00:05:15] off the alarm, but I don't need to go on no apps.

[00:05:17] Bruce Anthony: I don't need to. And oh, by the way, [00:05:20] what is, with Apple's new update, it used to be a time where the alarm would go [00:05:25] off. I could just push a button. Now I got to swipe. I this new, I listen, I [00:05:30] know I'm getting older.

[00:05:31] Jay Aundrea: you to do more

[00:05:33] Bruce Anthony: I don't want do more.

[00:05:34] Jay Aundrea: wake [00:05:35] up.

[00:05:35] Bruce Anthony: I, I don't have that problem. My alarm, I wake up before the alarm and I [00:05:40] have my little sound machine going from the, from the phone.

[00:05:43] Bruce Anthony: And I know as soon as it [00:05:45] cuts off, it's like a two second delay and then the alarm will go off. And [00:05:50] so I know as soon as that sound stops up, time to get up. Um, I don't like the [00:05:55] new update from Apple. It's caused a lot of problems for me. Just running around the [00:06:00] apps, figuring out what to do. I sent people some things I didn't want 'em to know.

[00:06:03] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.[00:06:05]

[00:06:05] Bruce Anthony: That's, that's just, that's what's going on. But, um, what was the reason why I brought [00:06:10] that up? There was a reason.

[00:06:12] Jay Aundrea: Oh, the, you woke up yesterday. [00:06:15] First thing you did was look at your phone.

[00:06:16] Bruce Anthony: Yep. First thing I did, it was the first thing that popped up. Very [00:06:20] first thing that popped up. I said, not Jesse. And then I thought to myself, same thing. I said with Robert Deval, not [00:06:25] Robert Deval. And then I was like, oh, Robert is 95.

[00:06:27] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:06:28] Bruce Anthony: And then I was like, oh, [00:06:30] Jesse is 84.

[00:06:31] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:06:32] Bruce Anthony: You know, so that's about right. And I, I [00:06:35] actually did not realize he had Parkinson's disease.

[00:06:38] Jay Aundrea: Uh, yeah, I did know [00:06:40] that. Um, he did, he did disclose that, like you said. Um, [00:06:45] but it, it didn't stop him, of course, from, from speaking out[00:06:50]

[00:06:50] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:06:50] Jay Aundrea: and still doing the work,

[00:06:52] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, he did. I, I mean, [00:06:55] he was there for every important moment, every important moment he was [00:07:00] there. And so, you know, to power to him as he rest [00:07:05] in peace. Um. He had plenty of acts of kindness through [00:07:10] the years. And speaking of acts of kindness, I read a story that was really interesting [00:07:15] and then at the same time disappointed me.

[00:07:17] Bruce Anthony: So you've watched The Big Bang [00:07:20] Theory, right?

[00:07:20] Jay Aundrea: Yes.

[00:07:22] Bruce Anthony: Kuta Poll, I I, his [00:07:25] real name. Look, I could barely say Ali. Hey ladies, gentlemen, if y'all watching.

[00:07:29] Jay Aundrea: say [00:07:30] Raj. I mean,

[00:07:31] Bruce Anthony: I mean, yeah. Well, I forgot that was the first name. But, uh, [00:07:35] Hey, ladies and gentlemen,

[00:07:35] Jay Aundrea: remembered KRA poll

[00:07:38] Bruce Anthony: and didn't say it. Well,

[00:07:39] Jay Aundrea: and [00:07:40] forgot Raj.

[00:07:41] Bruce Anthony: yes, he was doing some interview for some outlet, [00:07:45] and this is

[00:07:45] Actor pays strangers' medical debt (internet still mad) 💸🏥😒

[00:07:46] Bruce Anthony: what this man does.

[00:07:46] Bruce Anthony: He will go on gun GoFundMe

[00:07:49] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.[00:07:50]

[00:07:50] Bruce Anthony: and pay people's medical debts just randomly. He'll just scroll [00:07:55] through and just randomly just like, oh, lemme pay you this debt. Lemme pay this debt. And I'm like, wow, that is [00:08:00] such a beautiful thing.

[00:08:01] Jay Aundrea: Yeah,

[00:08:02] Bruce Anthony: Then the internet took over and though he got a lot of [00:08:05] praise, like that's a great thing.

[00:08:06] Bruce Anthony: There's like, oh, say you do something nice so everybody [00:08:10] could he praise on you. And I was like, no, he was, it was a throwaway line in an interview. And even, even [00:08:15] if he did do that, who cares? This man is taking his [00:08:20] money and going, paying other people's medical bills, medical bills that are so [00:08:25] expensive that they needed to have a GoFundMe.

[00:08:27] Jay Aundrea: You [00:08:30] know, when people respond like that, like, oh, what are you just looking for a pat on the back? [00:08:35] It's, it's a type of projection, right? [00:08:40] Because, you know there are ways in which you could show up better for [00:08:45] other people in your life and you choose not to,

[00:08:47] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:08:48] Jay Aundrea: and so it, [00:08:50] it's like a mirror. Being held up to you when you see someone [00:08:55] else who out of the kindness of their heart is, is, is doing things [00:09:00] for other people.

[00:09:01] Jay Aundrea: And you know, you could be and you're choosing not to [00:09:05] and you feel some type of way about it. And so the only thing that you can do [00:09:10] is lash out against. But if you think [00:09:15] about it logically, you're lashing out against somebody doing a good thing.

[00:09:19] Bruce Anthony: [00:09:20] Yeah,

[00:09:20] Jay Aundrea: How did that make sense? Make it make sense.

[00:09:23] Bruce Anthony: I, I,

[00:09:24] Jay Aundrea: I don't know.

[00:09:24] Bruce Anthony: [00:09:25] I, I, I can't make it make sense 'cause it don't make no sense to me. And some people, some people [00:09:30] just don't get me wrong. I know what it's like to be angry all the time. 'cause like we've said before, like we're [00:09:35] angry all the time, but our anger isn't, we don't project our anger on the other people.

[00:09:39] Jay Aundrea: [00:09:40] Right.

[00:09:40] Bruce Anthony: You know, like, I understand if you're an angry person, I understand if you're [00:09:45] depressed, if you're sad, if you're angry, if you're anxious. You ain't gotta put that on other people just 'cause [00:09:50] you suffering through it. I know when I'm going through my things, that's when I pull [00:09:55] away. People are like, damn, where'd Bruce go?

[00:09:57] Bruce Anthony: He, he ain't been around for a while, Bruce going through some things [00:10:00] and so I don't take it out on you.

[00:10:02] Jay Aundrea: yeah,

[00:10:02] Bruce Anthony: I'm gonna stay right here because I'm gonna tell [00:10:05] you, uh, sometimes my c my clients be catching hell 'cause somebody gonna [00:10:10] catch it, right? Like, like I'm trying to hold it all in. But I done told you [00:10:15] 17 times we doing this one exercise 12 times [00:10:20] this other exercise 10 times and we're doing the group of them three [00:10:25] times.

[00:10:25] Bruce Anthony: How many times I gotta repeat.

[00:10:27] Jay Aundrea: That's a lot.

[00:10:28] Bruce Anthony: If I say we going to do,

[00:10:29] Jay Aundrea: [00:10:30] follow that when you just said it.

[00:10:31] Bruce Anthony: lemme break it down. Where simpler we're gonna do 12 sets of, we're gonna do [00:10:35] 12 reps of bicep curls, 12 reps of overhead [00:10:40] extensions three times.

[00:10:42] Jay Aundrea: Huh.

[00:10:43] Bruce Anthony: We gonna do [00:10:45] 12 reps of bicep curls. 12 reps of overhead [00:10:50] extensions three times.

[00:10:52] Jay Aundrea: Oh, okay. Yeah. Okay.

[00:10:53] Bruce Anthony: See it. It ain't work.

[00:10:54] Jay Aundrea: but [00:10:55] you said it three times before it clicked Bruce,

[00:10:57] Bruce Anthony: Well this is the thing for me. These people, it [00:11:00] is not like these people started yesterday, they've been with me for years. So you ain't picking up. Or [00:11:05] they'd be like, what exercise is that? You only done it literally [00:11:10] 2,748 times. 'cause you've been with me for 10 years. You can't remember which exercise this [00:11:15] is.

[00:11:15] Jay Aundrea: Fair.

[00:11:16] Bruce Anthony: So they catch it. But like these people are just [00:11:20] like, and it is because they can't be confronted because they're [00:11:25] on the internet

[00:11:26] Jay Aundrea: Yeah, that too.

[00:11:27] Bruce Anthony: and it's just like.

[00:11:28] Jay Aundrea: they, with they Twitter [00:11:30] fingers.

[00:11:31] Bruce Anthony: I am all for keeping it real. You know what I'm saying? Like if, if I say [00:11:35] something on this microphone, if I say something behind that keyboard, I'm gonna [00:11:40] say it to your face the majority of the time.

[00:11:42] Bruce Anthony: Sometimes it might hurt your feelings, so I [00:11:45] might not say it to your face, but if I'm calling you out,

[00:11:47] Jay Aundrea: yeah,

[00:11:48] Bruce Anthony: I'm gonna say it to your face [00:11:50] the majority of the time.

[00:11:51] Jay Aundrea: my point is this, A kind act is still kind, [00:11:55] whether you did it anonymously or publicly,

[00:11:58] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm. [00:12:00] You right,

[00:12:00] Jay Aundrea: the difference. You, the, the person or persons on the other end [00:12:05] still benefited, so,

[00:12:06] Bruce Anthony: right. Uh, speaking of [00:12:10] benefits,

[00:12:11] 40th birthday trip drama: "If you can't go, you can't go." 🎂✈️🙅🏾‍♀️

[00:12:11] Jay Aundrea: mm-hmm.

[00:12:13] Bruce Anthony: there's this viral story that's going [00:12:15] around. So a man took a trip for his 40th [00:12:20] birthday and he took it alone because his [00:12:25] girlfriend couldn't afford her half.

[00:12:27] Jay Aundrea: Mm.

[00:12:28] Bruce Anthony: People have been up in arms [00:12:30] on both sides. There have been some people like, why didn't he pay for his girlfriend?

[00:12:34] Bruce Anthony: [00:12:35] And then other people are like, it's his birthday. Why did she pay for him?

[00:12:39] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.[00:12:40]

[00:12:40] Bruce Anthony: And then they were like, hi. He just go leave, leave her like that. He is like, what? [00:12:45] When he can't celebrate his 40th. And I'm not, I, I did my voices where it's man versus woman, [00:12:50] but it wasn't, it's was both sides. And I'm just curious to hear your take about [00:12:55] this.

[00:12:56] Jay Aundrea: Yeah. I mean, she can't go like, [00:13:00] it's a, here's the thing, like, here's the thing, it's my [00:13:05] birthday. Okay. So for, instance, for my 40th [00:13:10] also went on a trip with my friends. They, they [00:13:15] pay, pay for some stuff like excursions or a photo shoot or something like that. [00:13:20] But they pay, and if, and if you, you can't do it, then you don't go like [00:13:25] or not like. should [00:13:30] she get an all expense paid trip for his birthday? That don't make no [00:13:35] sense.

[00:13:35] Bruce Anthony: don't make no sense. Now, if it was her birthday, I get it. [00:13:40] If it's her birthday,

[00:13:41] Jay Aundrea: Yes.

[00:13:42] Bruce Anthony: but his birthday and, but you knew his birthday [00:13:45] was coming up for a full year or maybe y'all ain't been together. First of all, if y'all ain't been together for [00:13:50] Alyssa year, y'all shouldn't be 10 on 40th birthday trip together.

[00:13:53] Bruce Anthony: Okay. That's kind of weird.[00:13:55]

[00:13:55] Jay Aundrea: But you knew it was coming up.

[00:13:57] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:13:58] Jay Aundrea: You can't [00:14:00] afford to go, then you don't get to go. But I'm still gonna celebrate my 40th. What do you mean leave you [00:14:05] there? You left yourself

[00:14:07] Bruce Anthony: Right,

[00:14:08] Jay Aundrea: what?[00:14:10]

[00:14:10] Bruce Anthony: right.

[00:14:10] Jay Aundrea: I'm gonna have a grand old time.

[00:14:12] Bruce Anthony: Look, I'm, I'm, [00:14:15] I, I probably wouldn't be, it's probably the reason why I haven't had a long-term relationship [00:14:20] in a while. I would be on the trip. Texting my baby. Hey baby, this is what I'm out here doing right now. [00:14:25] Taking pictures and stuff like that.

[00:14:27] Jay Aundrea: Yeah. Posting on socials, like

[00:14:29] Bruce Anthony: [00:14:30] Wish he was here. Wish he was here.

[00:14:32] Jay Aundrea: Would've got a smooth where she was [00:14:35] here. Yeah.

[00:14:36] Bruce Anthony: Should have saved some of that scrilla.

[00:14:38] Jay Aundrea: Should have, should have. [00:14:40] Coulda would've. But you didn't. And so, no, he, I don't think he owed her that trip. [00:14:45] If he really, really wanted her to go and he paid for her, that's [00:14:50] up to him. That's

[00:14:50] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, he might have not. He might not have had them. Extra ends. Trips [00:14:55] ain't cheap. Trips are not cheap.

[00:14:57] Jay Aundrea: They're not cheap. Um, but [00:15:00] just because can't go doesn't mean he doesn't get to celebrate his [00:15:05] birthday. That's, that's insane. That's ludicrous.

[00:15:08] Bruce Anthony: Now what if this, [00:15:10] what if this wasn't his girlfriend? What if this was his wife? Does that [00:15:15] change anything?

[00:15:15] Jay Aundrea: Hey, that's between that listen, that's between that. No, I don't think [00:15:20] so. Like, I mean, I don't know, it just depends on how they handle [00:15:25] their finances. Not all married people are like, we have joint accounts, everything's joint. [00:15:30] that's not how it works for everybody. So it, it depends on how they [00:15:35] handle their finances.

[00:15:36] Jay Aundrea: If their finances are separate they each pay different [00:15:40] bills and contribute different, you know, like then her not having her half [00:15:45] is valid.

[00:15:46] Bruce Anthony: Right.

[00:15:47] Jay Aundrea: but yeah, I don't, yeah, no, [00:15:50] I don't think that changes anything.

[00:15:51] Bruce Anthony: I bet that would lead to divorce in a lot of situations though, [00:15:55] if they were married,

[00:15:56] Jay Aundrea: without your spouse,

[00:15:57] Bruce Anthony: Uhhuh. [00:16:00] I bet you it would, because this is the reason why I bring this up [00:16:05] because I was speaking to a friend recently [00:16:10] and it's a friend I hadn't talked to in a long while. You know, social media and stuff like that. You [00:16:15] reconnect with people.

[00:16:15] Bruce Anthony: It could been 15 years, 20 years ago, you'd be like, oh, hey, how you been?

[00:16:19] Jay Aundrea: [00:16:20] Facts.

[00:16:20] Bruce Anthony: Saw that they were married, had kids, the whole nine. [00:16:25] And the reason why I know this person is, 'cause we have a mutual friend,

[00:16:28] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:16:29] Bruce Anthony: another [00:16:30] person who I had lost contact with [00:16:35] and randomly got a, a hacking email from them and [00:16:40] was like, yo, is this, is this you?

[00:16:42] Bruce Anthony: And they're like, no, I was hacked, but how you doing? It's been [00:16:45] so long. So Friend number, [00:16:50] the, the recent friend that I just reconnected with through social media and not through the email, [00:16:55] I was like, yeah, I just found out that our mutual friend got divorced. [00:17:00] Now I thought that they were the

[00:17:02] "Perfect couples" divorcing: growth vs stagnation 💔📈🧠

[00:17:03] Bruce Anthony: purple perfect couple.

[00:17:03] Bruce Anthony: This is the second [00:17:05] time within the last five years. And I've said, these people are the perfect couple [00:17:10] that get along great. They they are. They are in love. They are in love, love. This is the [00:17:15] aspiration of marriage. That got divorced and I was just [00:17:20] like, yo, I, I couldn't believe it. And then the person that I was talking to was [00:17:25] like, yeah, I'm getting a divorce as well.

[00:17:29] Bruce Anthony: I said, what? [00:17:30] But they broke down the reason why and they said that [00:17:35] their partner hasn't matched them in growth. Not [00:17:40] financially anything, but like you get older so you meet somebody in your twenties. I've changed so [00:17:45] much since I was in. I'm not the same person that I was in my twenties. I'm a different [00:17:50] person.

[00:17:50] Bruce Anthony: I'm expecting my partner to grow with me. Now, [00:17:55] sometimes we might grow apart 'cause we just grow in different directions. Right. The [00:18:00] political landscape. Not saying that this was a reason for any of the divorces, but the political landscape over the [00:18:05] last 12. 16 years can cause major [00:18:10] friction and has caused major friction in marriages.

[00:18:12] Bruce Anthony: Right? They be like, I didn't believe that [00:18:15] this was the person I'm married to. Yeah, this is, this is who they are. But then there's also [00:18:20] just like growth and ambition, right? Like some people get married and like, [00:18:25] I did it. This is what I wanted. I'm good now. And it's like, well, [00:18:30] but I still want to do this.

[00:18:32] Bruce Anthony: Right? Like I, I want to go over [00:18:35] here. I want to expand my life with the family. No, I'm good right here. And eventually [00:18:40] that'll just rub wrong with the sun, with the people. And that's not [00:18:45] talked about enough when people get married is that you are going to change

[00:18:49] Jay Aundrea: [00:18:50] Yes.

[00:18:50] Bruce Anthony: or your partner will change. And if you are not changing, that [00:18:55] person that they married ain't the person that they want to be with anymore.

[00:18:59] Jay Aundrea: Yeah, [00:19:00] that's, you know, marriage is hard,

[00:19:03] Bruce Anthony: Yeah. Yeah. [00:19:05] Yeah. Well, I would really, I wouldn't really know. I wouldn't have married that long.

[00:19:09] Jay Aundrea: ideally you're [00:19:10] supposed to grow together

[00:19:12] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:19:13] Jay Aundrea: uh, at least [00:19:15] if, if not, you know, in the same, like some parallel in some way. Like you're [00:19:20] supposed to do life together,

[00:19:23] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:19:23] Jay Aundrea: grow, and all these [00:19:25] things together. But I don't know, I think you're just [00:19:30] gonna see a lot of divorces and here's

[00:19:32] Marriage: business contract vs romantic love debate 💍📜🔥

[00:19:32] Jay Aundrea: why.

[00:19:32] Jay Aundrea: Marriage started as just a business [00:19:35] arrangement.

[00:19:36] Bruce Anthony: Here you go again.

[00:19:37] Jay Aundrea: that. I mean, it did right? Like marriage was a business

[00:19:39] Bruce Anthony: [00:19:40] Marriage is about love.

[00:19:42] Jay Aundrea: No, no, no, no, no. It became that. But an [00:19:45] originally you married off to. Get more power to[00:19:50]

[00:19:50] Bruce Anthony: Okay. Yes, yes. This is true. Yeah.

[00:19:52] Jay Aundrea: arrangement. And then we said we shouldn't, [00:19:55] we shouldn't do that.

[00:19:55] Jay Aundrea: We should make it about something that, [00:20:00] um, you know, doesn't last. And that is romantic love,[00:20:05]

[00:20:05] Bruce Anthony: Oh,

[00:20:06] Jay Aundrea: We should, we should base it on something [00:20:10] ephemeral that nobody really's got a good handle on. Uh, [00:20:15] yeah, we should definitely base this entire institution on that. And, [00:20:20] uh, it don't make no sense. Like, [00:20:25] you know what I mean?

[00:20:25] Jay Aundrea: I'm mentoring into a lifetime contract

[00:20:28] Bruce Anthony: Uhhuh.[00:20:30]

[00:20:30] Jay Aundrea: on a feeling

[00:20:31] Bruce Anthony: Well, okay, look. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, I'm not gonna let [00:20:35] my sister attack love and marriage because I know, I know people who have been married. [00:20:40] Uh, I know people who've been happily married for a long time. I mean,

[00:20:44] Jay Aundrea: You know, people [00:20:45] who've been married for a long

[00:20:46] Bruce Anthony: no, no, I'm, I'm not, no. I actually personally know people. [00:20:50] I'm not talking about people in our family.

[00:20:51] Bruce Anthony: 'cause I don't know anybody that's been married for a long time. And happily, even [00:20:55] though shout out to our aunt and uncle who just celebrated their 46th wedding [00:21:00] anniversary. That's true love. That's that, that's that, uh, Cupid from one 12. [00:21:05] True love. But, uh, but no, [00:21:10] like,

[00:21:10] Bruce Anthony: love doesn't, love isn't fleeting.[00:21:15]

[00:21:15] Jay Aundrea: Depends on what type of love you're talking about.

[00:21:18] Bruce Anthony: Love [00:21:20] isn't fleeting. Being in love with [00:21:25] somebody can be fleeting because that's a different form of love. [00:21:30] That's almost really lust. I mean, I,

[00:21:33] Jay Aundrea: hate term in [00:21:35] love

[00:21:35] Bruce Anthony: oh, okay.

[00:21:37] Jay Aundrea: it. It's not a real thing. [00:21:40] Like it's, I think people use that. I think people [00:21:45] use that as a catchall or like lust, passion. It's

[00:21:49] Bruce Anthony: Yes.

[00:21:49] Jay Aundrea: [00:21:50] of the fire, you know, all of

[00:21:51] Bruce Anthony: Oh, but I divide that up. I say, I say [00:21:55] that's lust. I say that's, I say there's lust. Being in love and loving somebody. [00:22:00] Lust, you can have with anybody anywhere, anytime, right? Like [00:22:05] that's, that's not really being enthusiastic about the [00:22:10] person. That's more of a physical thing. Or it could be a vibe thing, but it's, it's more of [00:22:15] a, a physical attraction as opposed to an a strong [00:22:20] emotional attachment.

[00:22:21] Bruce Anthony: There's an emotional feeling, but not an attachment. [00:22:25] Being in love can be an emotional attachment. That's, these are these people [00:22:30] that will date even for years and be in relationships, [00:22:35] but that they don't really truly know each other. Being loving [00:22:40] someone is truly knowing them. Accepting them as a [00:22:45] person for all of their flaws and for their good stuff [00:22:50] and loving them.

[00:22:51] Jay Aundrea: Yes.

[00:22:52] Bruce Anthony: That is absolutely possible. Now, [00:22:55]

[00:22:55] Lust vs "in love" vs real love (Bruce breaks it down) ❤️🧩🗣️

[00:22:55] Bruce Anthony: I will say personally though, I've said I love you to a [00:23:00] handful of women. I've only truly loved one person, and [00:23:05] the reason why I know that I loved them is because even when things went [00:23:10] left, I still wanted them to be good. That's love. [00:23:15] A lot of people say that they love their person, but then when things go [00:23:20] left, they wish 'em all ill.

[00:23:22] Bruce Anthony: Well, and it never really goes away. It [00:23:25] never goes back to a point where I just, that you're just like, you know what? The time that I spent with that [00:23:30] person was fantastic. I love the being that they are. I just want them to be happy. [00:23:35] That's love when they can't do that, that's being in love. So I divided.

[00:23:39] Bruce Anthony: But [00:23:40] what's also a problem is it was easy to stay married back in the day for a long period of time. [00:23:45] You ain't have no other options. All you had, all you had was the options in [00:23:50] your town.

[00:23:50] Jay Aundrea: Yes.

[00:23:52] Bruce Anthony: Now

[00:23:54] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:23:54] Bruce Anthony: [00:23:55] it's options wear.

[00:23:58] Jay Aundrea: And also the option

[00:23:59] Bruce Anthony: I [00:24:00] did that on purpose, ladies and gentlemen. There was a old like Bernie Maxine ever wear that's, I did that.

[00:24:04] Bruce Anthony: [00:24:05] That's the one slip up I actually did. On purpose the others,

[00:24:08] Jay Aundrea: also, [00:24:10] yeah, there's options in terms of other people, but there's also the option of just [00:24:15] being by yourself

[00:24:17] Bruce Anthony: right?

[00:24:18] Jay Aundrea: that that was [00:24:20] not an option for people before. And it very, [00:24:25] very much is now. Like folks get pets, plants [00:24:30] build up friend communities and chosen family communities [00:24:35] and don't desire [00:24:40] all of the baggage that comes with romantic love. [00:24:45] So

[00:24:45] Bruce Anthony: That's a lot of baggage.

[00:24:48] Jay Aundrea: said in [00:24:50] love. Represents the initial intense, [00:24:55] passionate, and often idealized emotional state. to a firework,[00:25:00]

[00:25:00] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:25:01] Jay Aundrea: is a deeper, more stable, enduring, and [00:25:05] conscious commitment that accepts a partner's flaws. Being in love is focused on [00:25:10] feelings, while love is focused on actions and long-term connection, and [00:25:15] that's where people mess up

[00:25:17] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, because I'm gonna tell you, I'm, I'm [00:25:20] about to attack women. Yeah, I'm about to attack women. Listen, um, [00:25:25] listen to all y'all webinar out there and men. 'cause I used to be, I not used to be [00:25:30] still winning them men. The spark fades, the electricity [00:25:35] fades. It does not last forever. And you don't make me feel like you [00:25:40] used to make me feel because we've been together for three years.

[00:25:43] Bruce Anthony: Okay. That doesn't [00:25:45] stay. Do you like me as a person? Do you like [00:25:50] spending time with me? Even if it's not sexual? Do you just want to do things with me? Do [00:25:55] you just want to hear my voice? Do you just wanna spend time with me? That's love. [00:26:00] That's the difference.

[00:26:01] Jay Aundrea: The, you don't make me feel the way I [00:26:05] used to. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah really not about feelings. Again, it's [00:26:10] about actions. It's about

[00:26:11] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:26:11] Jay Aundrea: about behaviors. There used to [00:26:15] be behavior and action that made me feel special, wanted, needed, cared [00:26:20] for, that you no longer perform,

[00:26:22] Bruce Anthony: Nah. Sometimes people be still performing [00:26:25] them and they just don't, they don't hit like they used to. Yeah, sometimes. Oh, don't get me wrong, people get lazy in [00:26:30] relationships. 'cause you ever notice people gain weight like that, that relationship gain [00:26:35] is for real. 'cause y'all just kicking it and y'all be eating and chilling.

[00:26:39] Bruce Anthony: And [00:26:40] you would be thinking because of the, all the activity I'm talking about sex, ladies and gentlemen, that you wouldn't be [00:26:45] burning some calories. But I guess you're consuming a lot more calories than you're burning. And hell, I guess if you burn a [00:26:50] lot of calories, you need to consume more calories. Uh, but it's the vicious [00:26:55] cycle of being in relationships and that's the reason why I am the way I am today.[00:27:00]

[00:27:02] Bruce Anthony: Look ladies, gentlemen, I, when I [00:27:05] talked to my friend, I was just like. Are you happy with the decision? [00:27:10] They said that they were, that they feel bad for their partner 'cause the partner [00:27:15] didn't want this. And I was like, I can understand feeling bad. You love them. You love [00:27:20] them enough though to leave a situation where you're gonna be unhappy because [00:27:25] eventually

[00:27:25] Jay Aundrea: yes.

[00:27:26] Bruce Anthony: y'all are gonna hate each other if you don't.

[00:27:28] Jay Aundrea: Yeah. Resentment will build [00:27:30] up

[00:27:30] Bruce Anthony: Yeah.

[00:27:30] Jay Aundrea: so, yeah.

[00:27:33] Bruce Anthony: Alright, that's [00:27:35] enough of this dilly daddling. We gave y'all a lot of this dilly daddling. We gonna get into some news [00:27:40] roundup. And speaking of people having resentment, people got a [00:27:45] lot of resentment for a freestyle skier and we gonna get into that [00:27:50] next.

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[00:27:58] Bruce Anthony: [00:27:55] All right. Jay, have you heard about [00:28:00] Elaine Goo?

[00:28:01] Jay Aundrea: I have not,

[00:28:02] Bruce Anthony: Alright. Have you been watching any of the Winter Olympics?[00:28:05]

[00:28:05] Jay Aundrea: I also have not,

[00:28:06] Bruce Anthony: Yo, I'll be real honest. I, I jive like, forgot that they was even on.[00:28:10]

[00:28:10] Jay Aundrea: I knew, I know it's on. Um, [00:28:15] but am I as big a fan of the Winter Olympics as I am of the [00:28:20] summer Olympics? No.

[00:28:23] Bruce Anthony: I wonder why. I [00:28:25] wonder why that is.

[00:28:27] Jay Aundrea: Why? I'm not a fan of Winter Olympics.

[00:28:29] Bruce Anthony: Uhhuh.[00:28:30]

[00:28:30] Jay Aundrea: Um, I, I don't have an interest in a lot of the [00:28:35] sports

[00:28:36] Bruce Anthony: I wonder why that is.[00:28:40]

[00:28:40] Jay Aundrea: I

[00:28:40] Bruce Anthony: We are a lot more present in the Summer Olympics than we are in the Winter [00:28:45]

[00:28:45] Winter Olympics: why we care less than summer ❄️🏅🤷🏾‍♂️

[00:28:45] Bruce Anthony: Olympics.

[00:28:46] Jay Aundrea: Oh, us?

[00:28:47] Bruce Anthony: Us. Yes.

[00:28:49] Jay Aundrea: no. We're there. [00:28:50] Listen.

[00:28:50] Bruce Anthony: I didn't, I didn't say that We weren't there. I said we're a lot more present.

[00:28:54] Jay Aundrea: [00:28:55] yes, yes.

[00:28:56] Bruce Anthony: We, we, we, we be in the Summer Olympics. [00:29:00] The Winter Olympics. We, I ain't Jamaican, Bob said team was a long time ago.

[00:29:04] Bruce Anthony: [00:29:05] They ain't walking through the door.

[00:29:06] Jay Aundrea: no, we, we there, um, in fact, I wanna [00:29:10] say it was, uh, Hades Olympic [00:29:15] uniforms. yes, they're Winter Olympics uniforms. If y'all [00:29:20] have not seen Haitian Winter Olympics uniforms, woo. They are [00:29:25] gorgeous. But other than that, like, yeah, I don't, I don't really follow a lot of winter [00:29:30] sports, so.

[00:29:31] Bruce Anthony: Uh, neither do I, but the reason why I brought this up is

[00:29:34] Eileen Gu backlash: choosing China & facing threats 🎿🌍😳

[00:29:35] Bruce Anthony: Eileen Gu is getting backlash over representing China instead of the us. [00:29:40] The Olympics. She's an Olympic freestyle skater, uh, skier. She's 22 [00:29:45] years old. She was born and raised in the us but her mother is Chinese. In 2019, she [00:29:50] chose to compete for China instead of team.

[00:29:52] Bruce Anthony: USA has since become one of the most [00:29:55] visible athletes in a winter Olympics. 'cause she didn't already got two silver medals. But she [00:30:00] talked about while she was at attending Stanford, after she announced that [00:30:05] she was gonna be on, uh, on Chyna's team, um, that she got physically [00:30:10] assaulted in the street near the campus.

[00:30:12] Bruce Anthony: Um, so much so that police were called to [00:30:15] respond. She's received death threats. Her dorm room was reportedly robbed, and she [00:30:20] described the experiences of something that no one should ever have to endure Stanford. [00:30:25] Campus police either declined or did not immediately comment on any of the [00:30:30] specific allegations at the time of the reporting.

[00:30:32] Bruce Anthony: The time of the reporting was literally, [00:30:35] uh, the last time I read something was February 18th at 12:00 [00:30:40] PM There was no response from Stanford. By the time this comes out, maybe [00:30:45] Stanford will have said something. She said her reasoning for representing China [00:30:50] was that she wanted to give a bigger impact.

[00:30:51] Bruce Anthony: She, she wanted to have a bigger impact there. Felt that [00:30:55] there were fewer skiing role models for young Chinese girls. Said that she was proud of both her [00:31:00] American upbringing and her Chinese heritage. Uh, and she previously, uh, [00:31:05] described the choice as incredibly tough, but that still didn't stop people from [00:31:10] coming out to

[00:31:10] Identity first: Black, male… then American 🖤👨🏾‍🦱

[00:31:11] Bruce Anthony: attacking her.

[00:31:11] Bruce Anthony: Now, me personally, I'm gonna put this up front 'cause [00:31:15] I'm a little biased.

[00:31:15] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:31:16] Bruce Anthony: When you ask certain people in America, [00:31:20] what do they identify as? A lot of people [00:31:25] will say American, first and foremost.

[00:31:28] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:31:29] Bruce Anthony: [00:31:30] I don't say that I identify as American first and foremost.

[00:31:34] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:31:34] Bruce Anthony: [00:31:35] America is third. Not because I'm not proud to be an American, but just because of historically [00:31:40] how America has treated me.

[00:31:41] Bruce Anthony: You ain't going, you ain't gonna keep leaving me at the altar and me still put [00:31:45] you number one. That's how I feel. So when somebody asks me, what are you, [00:31:50] black, male, American,

[00:31:54] Jay Aundrea: [00:31:55] Yeah.

[00:31:56] Bruce Anthony: that's, that's, those are the, that's how I say it, black, [00:32:00] cis, male, American.

[00:32:02] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:32:03] Bruce Anthony: That's how I do it. [00:32:05] So I don't see no big deal about this, but for those people, [00:32:10] the first thing that they say, I'm an American.

[00:32:14] Bruce Anthony: Well, [00:32:15] okay, you wanna be offended because somebody chose not to have that as the number one identifier. [00:32:20] Okay? She was born here, her mother wasn't. Her mother is Chinese [00:32:25] and she's gave you a reason why she wanted to represent Chyna. [00:32:30] That wasn't good enough for you

[00:32:31] Jay Aundrea: Yeah. Um, hey, [00:32:35] from, from both places. She probably [00:32:40] has, um, Chinese, um,

[00:32:43] Bruce Anthony: family?

[00:32:44] Jay Aundrea: [00:32:45] residency status or something like, you know, because her mother

[00:32:48] Bruce Anthony: Maybe. [00:32:50] Maybe.

[00:32:50] Jay Aundrea: she might have a Chinese passport if they register for it. She might, I

[00:32:54] Bruce Anthony: Well, I mean [00:32:55] she, I guess she would have to be on Chyna's Na. Yeah.

[00:32:58] Jay Aundrea: I would think so.

[00:32:59] Bruce Anthony: Yeah.[00:33:00]

[00:33:00] Jay Aundrea: uh, she could choose either. So that's number one. [00:33:05] Number two, baby. It's skiing. are we [00:33:10] talking about death threats? Physical assault. [00:33:15] Uh, we talking about some skiing every [00:33:20] four years. This is not, nobody is [00:33:25] getting like, y'all not getting no money for this. Like, [00:33:30] know, the athletes are, but like regular people, we, [00:33:35] you don't have a dog in this fight.

[00:33:36] Jay Aundrea: Like, honestly, you don't. Um, [00:33:40] I, I do not understand. We are, we are talking about skiing. [00:33:45] We're talking about one, one event [00:33:50] every four years. And she wanted to [00:33:55] represent a country that she is descendant from. [00:34:00] Like, I don't. Honestly, if black people knew where we was from, like [00:34:05] we, okay. [00:34:10] Like we probably,

[00:34:11] Bruce Anthony: Speaking of, speaking of that, speaking of that,[00:34:15]

[00:34:15] Carmelo + Puerto Rico: who gets to represent who? 🏀🏆

[00:34:15] Jay Aundrea: yeah.

[00:34:16] Bruce Anthony: there is a basketball player that played for [00:34:20] team USA has got like three or four gold medals is the [00:34:25] most, uh, decorated medalist [00:34:30] for men's basketball ever. Right. [00:34:35] Famous NBA player. He also happens to be Puerto Rican. [00:34:40] When he was originally chosen to be on the team, USA going all the way back to, I [00:34:45] think in 2004, he was like second year in the league and he got [00:34:50] no playing time on that team.

[00:34:51] Bruce Anthony: That was also the last time America didn't get [00:34:55] gold in the Olympics. Right. The [00:35:00] only reason why he chose USA basketball is 'cause he was like, ah, it's USA [00:35:05] basketball. Like, it's kind of like, like a dream team. Like Michael and Magic all played for [00:35:10] him, but he was going to play for the Puerto Rican national team.

[00:35:13] Bruce Anthony: That man is [00:35:15] Carmelo Anthony Baltimore is on Carmelo Anthony. So there, there [00:35:20] are a lot of people.

[00:35:20] Jay Aundrea: Rico, and,

[00:35:22] Bruce Anthony: Puerto Rican.

[00:35:23] Jay Aundrea: you're educating me on this, that Puerto [00:35:25] Rico has a separate team from the US team.

[00:35:27] Bruce Anthony: Yep. Puerto Rican national team. Yep.

[00:35:29] Jay Aundrea: [00:35:30] Cool.

[00:35:30] Bruce Anthony: Yeah. They're not part of the USA Olympics, even though they're [00:35:35] United States citizens. I would imagine Guam also has the, if, if Guam got any type of [00:35:40] teams, I would imagine that all of our quote unquote territories have their own [00:35:45] national team because they're not, they're.

[00:35:48] Bruce Anthony: A territory, not part [00:35:50] of the United States. Um, so yes, he was gonna play for the Puerto [00:35:55] Rican national team because Puerto Rican national team had some play. They had some ballers on that team. They had some players. They had [00:36:00] some players that could play. And he was like, I couldn't, 'cause it was like, it's this prestige [00:36:05] of magic and Michael, but if that wasn't there, he was like, man, I was gonna play for the Puerto Rican team 'cause I was [00:36:10] gonna get to play.

[00:36:10] Jay Aundrea: You were gonna get to play.

[00:36:12] Bruce Anthony: Yeah. And I don't know if, if, uh, [00:36:15] Eileen was going to be a us as big in the US [00:36:20] team as she is for the China team. Like I have no idea. I don't know nothing about no freestyle [00:36:25] skin. I'm gonna be quite honest with all of y'all. But if she wasn't. [00:36:30] She wanted to be in the Olympics. I would. Absolutely, that would make sense to [00:36:35] me.

[00:36:35] Bruce Anthony: I'm like, Hey look. Lemme find out. My lineage is from, um, [00:36:40] Ghana and then is like, Bruce, do you wanna play for the Ghana, uh, national basketball team? My knees might [00:36:45] not make it through, but I'm gonna go ahead, play on the Olympics, right?

[00:36:48] Jay Aundrea: a shot. [00:36:50] Okay. So yes, I would be on the Nigerian air rifle [00:36:55] team if I knew,

[00:36:59] Jay Aundrea: [00:37:00] if I,

[00:37:03] Bruce Anthony: air rifle team. [00:37:05] Okay.

[00:37:05] Jay Aundrea: we, you know, you never know, but yeah, like she a [00:37:10] choice and then she made a choice about something that [00:37:15] honestly, it's important to really her, like it's, [00:37:20] I, I wish her the best. I, happy for all of her success, but [00:37:25] I don't give a damn, like, it, it, it's not important to me.

[00:37:28] Bruce Anthony: Snap.

[00:37:29] Jay Aundrea: to share her [00:37:30] medals.

[00:37:30] Bruce Anthony: None.

[00:37:32] Jay Aundrea: So what, what y'all[00:37:35]

[00:37:35] Bruce Anthony: Now it, and let's be honest, okay. You know what? [00:37:40] Normally I would do this in after hours, but this is a little snippet of something that I would say in after hours. I'm minus the [00:37:45] cussing. Let's be real honest people that are complaining about her [00:37:50] choosing China over America because she has Chinese descent.[00:37:55]

[00:37:55] Bruce Anthony: If she had beat out an All American girl [00:38:00] for that spot on the USA team, they would be up in arms about that. They would say it [00:38:05] was a de high association and all types of stuff. So the same people [00:38:10] complaining don't want her. They don't truly want her, they just don't want her to go nowhere [00:38:15] else.

[00:38:16] Jay Aundrea: I don't know. Yeah, I, I think probably, but [00:38:20] also, I don't know. I feel like I also love the Olympics because it's really like [00:38:25] the one time where [00:38:30] like. We really have that national identity because [00:38:35] a lot of other countries, when you ask them, oh, where you from? They rep their country. [00:38:40] Who, what are you? They rep their country.

[00:38:41] Jay Aundrea: Right? They're giving you their nationality first.

[00:38:43] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm. [00:38:45] Mm-hmm.

[00:38:45] Jay Aundrea: Like they're giving you that first. We don't really do that.

[00:38:49] Bruce Anthony: I mean, we do, when we [00:38:50] go to other country,

[00:38:51] Jay Aundrea: Nah. I typically get my, I get my race first.

[00:38:53] Bruce Anthony: so when you've gone to [00:38:55] Italy and Columbia and all that stuff, people ask what you are. 'cause people always ask what you are 'cause you [00:39:00] ambiguous. Oh,

[00:39:03] Jay Aundrea: And I say I'm black.[00:39:05]

[00:39:05] Bruce Anthony: okay. All right.

[00:39:06] Jay Aundrea: hear from my accent that I'm American.

[00:39:08] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, you right, you right. [00:39:10] I, but I think we are only the ones that really do something like that.[00:39:15]

[00:39:15] Jay Aundrea: I don't know, but I just know that that's

[00:39:17] Bruce Anthony: I'm gonna tell you.

[00:39:18] Jay Aundrea: where you're cheering [00:39:20] on people even who don't look like you.

[00:39:23] Bruce Anthony: Mm.

[00:39:24] Jay Aundrea: if you [00:39:25] watching track and field

[00:39:26] Bruce Anthony: Okay. Now, hold on. You ain't rooted against America and track field.[00:39:30]

[00:39:30] Jay Aundrea: I've never rooted against America in track and field.

[00:39:32] Bruce Anthony: It's been a couple times I've been rooted against America [00:39:35] and track field. When are you saying boat was running,

[00:39:37] Jay Aundrea: I ain't saying Jamaica. I, that was exactly what I was [00:39:40] thinking was Jamaica. I ain't saying that. I'm not in there like [00:39:45] Jamaica go,

[00:39:45] Bruce Anthony: right?

[00:39:46] Jay Aundrea: saying that, that I don't [00:39:50] also root for other countries. I

[00:39:53] Bruce Anthony: Uh,

[00:39:54] Jay Aundrea: [00:39:55] Um, but ultimately I, I wanna see America win the goal, right?

[00:39:58] Bruce Anthony: yeah, I mean, I wanna, okay. [00:40:00] I get, I mean, I wanna see America win the most, but [00:40:05] sometimes my blackness comes out, not choose my blackness over [00:40:10] everything else I told you. I identify first as black.

[00:40:12] Jay Aundrea: yeah,

[00:40:13] Bruce Anthony: So, [00:40:15] I mean, that is what it is. The people out there that can hate me,

[00:40:18] Jay Aundrea: black country against somebody [00:40:20] else,

[00:40:21] Bruce Anthony: oh, that's automatic. I mean, hey look, lemme tell you something.

[00:40:24] Jay Aundrea: [00:40:25] rooting.

[00:40:26] Bruce Anthony: The only way, the only way I'm gonna root against a black [00:40:30] country is if this obscure country got just the, the, [00:40:35] the, the person that's just happy to be there, just smiling is all [00:40:40] smiles. I'm in the Olympics, just happy and actually competing. And then that [00:40:45] underdog thing that's inside of me might, will start rooting for 'em.

[00:40:48] Bruce Anthony: Even when I'm like, nah, [00:40:50] wait a minute, what am I doing? It'd be a conflict within my myself, but I can't not [00:40:55] root for an underdog. You just, it's natural to root for an underdog. But, uh,

[00:40:59] Jay Aundrea: [00:41:00] like, uh, Issa Rae famously said, I, I, I'd be rooting for everybody black.[00:41:05]

[00:41:05] Bruce Anthony: not everybody, anybody wanna run against Tim Scott? You can go ahead. You got my [00:41:10] vote. Uh,

[00:41:10] Jay Aundrea: the

[00:41:11] Bruce Anthony: okay. Because I just voted in the Virginia Governor [00:41:15] race and it was a white woman versus a black woman. I voted for the white woman [00:41:20] and I'm happy as hell. I did for now. Uh, speaking of [00:41:25] politics, we just gonna touch on this for a little bit, uh, because, because it's giving me a

[00:41:29] Pete Hegseth cuts Harvard ties: "warriors not wokesters" 🎓🪖🙄

[00:41:29] Bruce Anthony: headache.

[00:41:29] Bruce Anthony: Just [00:41:30] getting ready to read what it is that we're about to talk about. Pete [00:41:35] Seth is a tool, I'm gonna use a word that he's familiar [00:41:40] with. He's one of them bro dudes. He's a tool. So apparently the [00:41:45] Secretary of Defense, not war, has decided the biggest threat to America [00:41:50] is Harvard. He's announced that the Pentagon will end certain.

[00:41:54] Bruce Anthony: [00:41:55] Official education ties with Harvard starting in 26, 27, academic year. [00:42:00] He's framing this as ivory league schools are left wing. They [00:42:05] undermine traditional values. They weaken what's called spiritual [00:42:10] readiness. Says he wants to build more warriors and not sters[00:42:15]

[00:42:15] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:42:19] Bruce Anthony: [00:42:20] by the way, he has a Harvard degree.

[00:42:24] Jay Aundrea: [00:42:25] Yeah, he went to Princeton,

[00:42:27] Bruce Anthony: Right. A a a [00:42:30] lot of the people in an administration, even even dumb dumb, the [00:42:35] Cheeto in chief has a degree from an Ivy League. Now how the hell he got it? [00:42:40] Somebody did his work for. Yes, he does. That's a Ivy League. That's [00:42:45] Penn, the University of Penn. Yeah. No, that's Ivy League.

[00:42:48] Jay Aundrea: because I ain't, I ain't get [00:42:50] close to it.

[00:42:50] Bruce Anthony: No. Yeah, no, I mean, I mean, you could have, if you really wanted to,

[00:42:54] Jay Aundrea: public [00:42:55] Ivy

[00:42:56] Bruce Anthony: uh, we did go to Public Ivy and you went to an HBCU Ivy,[00:43:00]

[00:43:00] Jay Aundrea: true.

[00:43:01] Bruce Anthony: so there you go.

[00:43:03] Bruce Anthony: This, I mean the, the, we're [00:43:05] building warriors and not sters like he's such, he's got a little, he's got a little [00:43:10] PPP donie. He has to, there's no reason why you keep bringing this much [00:43:15] bravado. It's a lot of, it feels like it's a lot of men in this administration [00:43:20] that, you know, drive the fancy cars. 'cause they lacking, like they lacking.[00:43:25]

[00:43:25] Bruce Anthony: We, we talk about Trump, Pete Hagg said the Steven Millers of the world, like all these [00:43:30] people, it's nobody that just exudes confidence. You know, as much as I [00:43:35] didn't like W's policies when he was in office. I [00:43:40] never thought that he was faking the funk. I didn't agree with him. I thought he might've been an idiot.[00:43:45]

[00:43:45] Bruce Anthony: Still not so sure where his intellectual prowess is. But I [00:43:50] never thought that he was faking confidence.

[00:43:53] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:43:54] Bruce Anthony: He just was [00:43:55] being himself

[00:43:56] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:43:58] Bruce Anthony: Barack. I mean, we [00:44:00] only, I mean, ain't nothing, um, Brock just walk in the room. He cool. He just exudes confidence. [00:44:05] But I mean, these dudes just, they wreak of a [00:44:10] lack of confidence and they're trying to compensate and like not trying to bring warriors, [00:44:15] trying to build warriors. Not woke. Sters, Sters is a word now.

[00:44:18] Bruce Anthony: They done now taking woke [00:44:20] and created Sters.

[00:44:22] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:44:23] Bruce Anthony: Is that like Sters?

[00:44:24] Jay Aundrea: I don't [00:44:25] know. It's lame. It's

[00:44:26] Bruce Anthony: Yeah.

[00:44:26] Jay Aundrea: as ster was.

[00:44:28] Bruce Anthony: No, ster was dope.

[00:44:29] Jay Aundrea: It [00:44:30] wasn't. It wasn't.

[00:44:33] Bruce Anthony: 50. I don't got no beef with you. [00:44:35] 50. I don't have no beef with you.

[00:44:37] Jay Aundrea: It is what it is. [00:44:40] It was lame.

[00:44:43] Bruce Anthony: Um, [00:44:45] I mean, what,

[00:44:45] Jay Aundrea: rhyme with gangster, and it sucked.

[00:44:47] Bruce Anthony: what do you think about this Pete? He access thing like, because [00:44:50] I got another thing that's even worse. It's actually worse [00:44:55] than that, but just on that, what do you think? I mean, what do you think? [00:45:00] I don't know.

[00:45:01] Jay Aundrea: Yeah. So I don't [00:45:05] understand. This idea, and I'm gonna make up a term 'cause I don't [00:45:10] really know how else to describe it, but Christian militarism, [00:45:15] where it's like you are [00:45:20] super Christian and also super aggressive, [00:45:25] militarily, like you want people to be [00:45:30] the Ivy League weakens spiritual readiness, but [00:45:35] we want warriors.

[00:45:36] Jay Aundrea: But he's hosting a, a monthly prayer service [00:45:40] at the

[00:45:40] Bruce Anthony: I'm gonna get to that next, I'm gonna get to that next,

[00:45:43] Jay Aundrea: weird thing [00:45:45] because I remember, uh, quote me in my, yo, correct me if I'm wrong, but I [00:45:50] thought it was turn the other cheek. I don't remember Jesus knuckling up like this

[00:45:54] Bruce Anthony: [00:45:55] there, there is a,

[00:45:55] Jay Aundrea: within his right,

[00:45:57] Bruce Anthony: there is a tree, there is a, there is a branch. [00:46:00] Christian Crusades. Like this. This has been a thing [00:46:05] before this. This isn't new. Yeah. This isn't new

[00:46:08] Jay Aundrea: violence and, [00:46:10] and religion is

[00:46:11] Bruce Anthony: Yeah. Yeah.

[00:46:13] Jay Aundrea: Um, but I just [00:46:15] find it deeply weird. And also it doesn't [00:46:20] seem like it coexist, like it should [00:46:25] coexist. Um,

[00:46:27] Bruce Anthony: From Jesus's teachings. No, [00:46:30] no, no,

[00:46:31] Jay Aundrea: that's what Christianity [00:46:35] is, so I just find it weird. Um, I think [00:46:40] he's weird. I know you don't like the word weird.

[00:46:43] Jay Aundrea: You like to say

[00:46:44] Bruce Anthony: no. You can say [00:46:45] he

[00:46:45] Jay Aundrea: He's weird.

[00:46:46] Bruce Anthony: No, he's weird. He's weird. No.

[00:46:48] Jay Aundrea: Yeah. And, [00:46:50] and you know what? It don't have anything to do with warriors versus [00:46:55] Sters. What it has to do is the, with this, the accumulation of knowledge [00:47:00] in general, they do not, dumb people are easy to control 'cause they [00:47:05] believe anything.

[00:47:06] Bruce Anthony: Yeah. They want the knowledge. Don't get it wrong. Pete has, says is [00:47:10] not a stupid man. He wants the knowledge. He don't want other pe Yeah, he, he didn't [00:47:15] want other people to have the knowledge. 'cause then he could be challenged.

[00:47:17] Jay Aundrea: because again, people are easier to control [00:47:20] when they don't know nothing.

[00:47:21] Bruce Anthony: Hmm.

[00:47:21] Jay Aundrea: you could say anything with authority and they'd be like, sound about [00:47:25] sound right? You can put on suit on and say something at a podium with [00:47:30] authority and people without [00:47:35] discernment, not saying a formal education is needed to be discerning or to be [00:47:40] intelligent, but that's what they think, right?

[00:47:41] Jay Aundrea: I'm saying what they think. but people [00:47:45] without the level of discernment. To call BS on [00:47:50] something, they're gonna believe it. And that's what, that's what they're seeing. Right?

[00:47:53] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:47:54] Jay Aundrea: the proof is in [00:47:55] the pudding, right? Because we have the current executive [00:48:00] legislative branches that we have right now.

[00:48:02] Jay Aundrea: Okay.

[00:48:03] Bruce Anthony: And judicial.

[00:48:04] Jay Aundrea: [00:48:05] and judicial hell, I forgot about that.

[00:48:07] Bruce Anthony: Yeah.

[00:48:07] Jay Aundrea: Yes. Um, [00:48:10] so he wants, he doesn't want you to know your history [00:48:15] so that they can repeat it

[00:48:16] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

[00:48:19] Jay Aundrea: doesn't want [00:48:20] you to educate yourself. It's not about, Harvard doesn't want you to educate yourself.

[00:48:24] Bruce Anthony: [00:48:25] Mm-hmm.

[00:48:27] Jay Aundrea: Why keep the [00:48:30] enslaved from reading if you didn't think that they [00:48:35] had mental capacity to do anything else?

[00:48:39] Jay Aundrea: But be [00:48:40] enslaved. If you truly believe that, why keep them from reading? [00:48:45] The same logic as applying here

[00:48:48] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:48:49] Jay Aundrea: because they [00:48:50] know that you're capable of more they don't want [00:48:55] you to realize that.

[00:48:57] Bruce Anthony: Same reason why they're introducing this safe act, [00:49:00] right? Supposed to make sure crack down on voter fraud, which is a [00:49:05] hoax that that actually is a hoax. There is no widespread, there's no widespread [00:49:10] voter fraud. What it is is a newer version of a poll tax. People are like, no, it's not. It's [00:49:15] not poll tax.

[00:49:15] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, because people had to pay for new identification. And I don't [00:49:20] know if most people realize this, or maybe in your world is not a big deal, but a [00:49:25] passport. 'cause I gotta get a brand new passport. Damn. I kind of gotta get that soon. I've been talking about it for like [00:49:30] the last two years. I need to go ahead and.

[00:49:31] Jay Aundrea: if you all have been listening to us from the beginning [00:49:35] for

[00:49:36] Bruce Anthony: Let's, let's not detour, let's not detour, but that's about a [00:49:40] buck 60. Buck 80, right? When I got my real id, I was jive, like [00:49:45] pissed 'cause it cost me like $50. And I was like, yo, you making me get this and I gotta [00:49:50] spend $50 on this. Why is it so expensive? And now I [00:49:55] have, I have to have a real ID to travel in the United States.

[00:49:59] Bruce Anthony: [00:50:00] So yes. When you say people have to have a certain type of id. [00:50:05] It's a poll tax. That's what people are not getting and people are, it's just $50. $50 [00:50:10] ain't much to me or you, but to a person that's two weeks behind on their [00:50:15] bills. So in other words, people sometimes live check to check, [00:50:20] which means they cool.

[00:50:21] Bruce Anthony: As long as that check come right, they can pay their bills. As soon as that [00:50:25] check come, ain't no big deal. What happens when you behind, when that [00:50:30] check isn't paying next month's rent, but this month's rent,

[00:50:34] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.[00:50:35]

[00:50:35] Bruce Anthony: but it's the end of the month. See what I'm saying? Like, people live like that. [00:50:40] So it is a big deal.

[00:50:41] Bruce Anthony: But we're not done with Pete. We are not done with Pete. You brought up Christian. We got [00:50:45] one more thing and then we gonna get to karaoke next. We're gonna get to some laughter in the next ladies gentleman, but I gotta get to this. [00:50:50] At the same time, he's cutting down education. [00:50:55]

[00:50:55] Pentagon prayer service + Doug Wilson controversy 🙏🏛️🚩

[00:50:55] Bruce Anthony: Hex heg dev is hosting a monthly, uh, prayer services at the Pentagon.[00:51:00]

[00:51:00] Bruce Anthony: That's that. Look, I ain't got no problem with praising the Lord. That's a good [00:51:05] thing. That okay? I can, I can, I can roll with that. Pete.

[00:51:08] Jay Aundrea: and state, but, all right.[00:51:10]

[00:51:10] Bruce Anthony: Here's the problem. His ass is closely aligned and has invited [00:51:15] Doug Wilson, who is Doug Wilson. He's that Idaho pastor, Christian Nationalist, [00:51:20] who has said that he's argued for women that they should not be [00:51:25] able to vote.

[00:51:25] Bruce Anthony: He's defended or marginalized aspects of [00:51:30] American slavery and taught strict male headship. [00:51:35] Subordination of women.

[00:51:37] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:51:38] Bruce Anthony: He's a misogynist that's [00:51:40] coming to the Pentagon and racist.

[00:51:42] Jay Aundrea: and, and again, [00:51:45] about the things that he has argued for or [00:51:50] against. Don't want women to vote

[00:51:52] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:51:54] Jay Aundrea: defended [00:51:55] American enslavement.

[00:51:56] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:51:57] Jay Aundrea: Men are the head of the household and [00:52:00] women should be subordinate.

[00:52:01] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:52:02] Jay Aundrea: This is, again, all [00:52:05] things that do what? Maintain the current [00:52:10] structure.

[00:52:11] Bruce Anthony: Well, that's not the power structure anymore. That's the problem. [00:52:15] It's disrupting the power structure. You had just had two women run for president of the [00:52:20] United States. You had a black man win the presidency. Not once, but twice the [00:52:25] status quo. That shook him up and it was like, this ain't the America that I'm used to.

[00:52:28] Bruce Anthony: I'm used to [00:52:30] America where it's the white man at the top. [00:52:35] Black man could be underneath him, white woman underneath that black woman [00:52:40] underneath that, and everybody else underneath that. Now if you're lucky, [00:52:45] quote unquote, you'll get thrown into this white category. So Irish, you didn't [00:52:50] use to be white, but you could be white.

[00:52:50] Bruce Anthony: Now, battalion, you didn't use to be white, but you could be white. Now you know [00:52:55] Asian. Hey, tell you what, you can't quite be white, but you could be more than black. [00:53:00] 'cause I'm gonna tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna allow y'all to come over to this country and we are not gonna give you [00:53:05] loans to open up restaurants and stores and white neighborhoods.

[00:53:08] Bruce Anthony: But what we will do is [00:53:10] we'll give you loans to open up stores and restaurants and black neighborhoods at the same [00:53:15] time. Not allowing black people to take out loans to open up stores in the black neighborhoods. [00:53:20] So we'll put you above them, but you not white. 'cause just remember, [00:53:25] you can't go skate for China.

[00:53:26] Bruce Anthony: You got to skate for us.

[00:53:27] Jay Aundrea: Right, right.[00:53:30]

[00:53:30] Bruce Anthony: This is America, ladies and gentlemen. This is what they wanna go back to. And Pete Hegg said, like I said, [00:53:35] is a tool.

[00:53:36] Jay Aundrea: Yes.

[00:53:38] Bruce Anthony: I don't know, [00:53:40] that's just the way I feel. How you feel about it.

[00:53:42] Jay Aundrea: your foot on other people's necks to get [00:53:45] anywhere you want, you are not supposed to be there. The

[00:53:49] Bruce Anthony: [00:53:50] Look,

[00:53:50] Jay Aundrea: that you wanna go, if you gotta put your foot on people's necks to get there, you're not [00:53:55] supposed to be there. And that's the [00:54:00] truth, is that majority of people, all people [00:54:05] from all walks of life, mediocre. We just regular people, [00:54:10] we're just regular people. Most of us we're just [00:54:15] regular folks.

[00:54:16] Bruce Anthony: talk about yourself. I'm exceptional.

[00:54:18] Jay Aundrea: Well, whatever, [00:54:20] and who just wanna just live out their lives [00:54:25] peacefully. But they are mediocre people. Have diluted [00:54:30] themselves and built a society and a system that feeds this [00:54:35] delusion that they're exceptional above others. And that's just not the [00:54:40] truth.

[00:54:42] Bruce Anthony: If you got a cheat to win, [00:54:45] you ain't a winner.

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[00:54:54] Bruce Anthony: [00:54:50] All right, [00:54:55] Jay, we are running a little long here. You know, I like to keep these bad boys no longer than a minute and [00:55:00] then an hour and five minutes. But we going look ladies and gentlemen, every now and then we're gonna give you a long one, okay?[00:55:05]

[00:55:06] Bruce Anthony: This segment is gonna be short, but it's talking about something that. [00:55:10] Hit me personally this weekend. This weekend I was out celebrating a [00:55:15] birthday. Won't say, won't say who, 'cause we won't, you know, we won't say who, but I was [00:55:20] celebrating a birthday and it was a karaoke party.

[00:55:24] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.[00:55:25]

[00:55:26] Bruce Anthony: Karaoke is for certain individuals.[00:55:30]

[00:55:30] Jay Aundrea: Okay.

[00:55:32] Bruce Anthony: It's for the struggling, not the [00:55:35] gifted. If you can really sing,

[00:55:38] Karaoke is for the struggling, not the gifted 🎤🤣😤

[00:55:38] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.[00:55:40]

[00:55:40] Bruce Anthony: you don't do karaoke. Just go in and Jo just go, okay, nah. I knew you was going to [00:55:45] feel this way 'cause you could actually sing. Because karaoke is meant to be [00:55:50] fun. It's meant to make people laugh at you. It's meant to be all [00:55:55] inclusive. When you got people that can actually sing, they don't just go up there and just sing.

[00:55:59] Bruce Anthony: They [00:56:00] do a whole damn performance.

[00:56:02] Jay Aundrea: Yes.

[00:56:03] Bruce Anthony: We got into a debate with this [00:56:05] person at the karaoke event 'cause they were using the karaoke event [00:56:10] basically to strut their stuff, doing a performance, holding the mic all the way up above [00:56:15] they face, hitting all the high notes. And really I called them out on it 'cause I was [00:56:20] like, you do got a nice, nice voice, but what you are is a mimic because I have, you've [00:56:25] sang like four or five different songs and I've now heard your voice.

[00:56:29] Bruce Anthony: What I've heard [00:56:30] is you sound like the person that originally sang the song. I would love

[00:56:33] Jay Aundrea: that they're not [00:56:35] talented. Like here's the thing,

[00:56:36] Bruce Anthony: there.

[00:56:37] Jay Aundrea: listen to music, try to sing, like the person that's [00:56:40] singing and can't.

[00:56:44] Bruce Anthony: There's a [00:56:45] mimic that don't mean they can sing.

[00:56:46] Jay Aundrea: then everybody could sing. No. If mimicry [00:56:50] was easy, then everybody could sing. But they can't. [00:56:55] They can't. And I know some of y'all think y'all sound like

[00:56:58] "Mariah Carey vs Mariah Scary" energy 🎶😬😂

[00:56:59] Jay Aundrea: Mariah Carey, [00:57:00] but you sound like Mariah scary.

[00:57:03] Bruce Anthony: I be getting mad at these people. They be [00:57:05] choosing real songs. What I mean is, you know, the person that we [00:57:10] know loves to sing a specific song. It's a little obscure. Only a certain people of a generation would [00:57:15] know this song. That's what you do at karaoke. Other people are singing, I Will Always Love You by [00:57:20] Whitney Houston.

[00:57:20] Bruce Anthony: And it's like, no, first of all, that's Whitney Houston. Why you [00:57:25] up there trying to sing like Whitney Houston? And they be singers. And then they give this arrogance about them. [00:57:30] Or they give these passive aggressive kind of humbleness, like, [00:57:35] you know, you could sing, you went up there, you chose a song that you knew that that [00:57:40] was going to blow everybody up.

[00:57:41] Bruce Anthony: And then everybody's like, oh, you sound so great. You knew you sound great, but you [00:57:45] gotta be like, oh, thank you so much. I just wanted to just, just sing a little bit and just be, I, I'm really [00:57:50] shy when I come up there, but I just want, I'm not, I'm pointing it at the person. Not you. [00:57:55] You don't do this. You don't do this.

[00:57:58] Bruce Anthony: You're not,

[00:57:58] Jay Aundrea: a, [00:58:00] a person

[00:58:01] Bruce Anthony: who can sing?

[00:58:03] Jay Aundrea: some vocal ability.

[00:58:04] Bruce Anthony: [00:58:05] No. Ladies and gentlemen, she hates to talk about this. She hates to bring this up. She [00:58:10] doesn't wanna do it in person. She won't do it in person. My sister can sang [00:58:15] not sing, sang. Is she Kelly Clarkson good? No. [00:58:20] 'cause Kelly Clarkson is like on par. We're almost.

[00:58:24] Jay Aundrea: I sing [00:58:25] better than Kelly Clarkson.

[00:58:26] Bruce Anthony: You think your voice is better than Kelly Clarkson?

[00:58:28] Bruce Anthony: I just saw, [00:58:30] I just saw Kelly Clarkson.

[00:58:32] Jay Aundrea: Not saying Kelly can't sing [00:58:35] down.

[00:58:35] Bruce Anthony: Hold on. I just saw Kelly Clarkson out Sing Patty.

[00:58:39] Jay Aundrea: That's [00:58:40] also a bold face

[00:58:42] Bruce Anthony: No,

[00:58:43] Jay Aundrea: lie. No,

[00:58:43] Bruce Anthony: no. They were singing on [00:58:45] my own and she out sang Patty Kelly can sang.[00:58:50]

[00:58:51] Jay Aundrea: I am going to crash out. [00:58:55] Kelly Clarkson cannot out sing [00:59:00] Patti

[00:59:01] Bruce Anthony: I said she did. She did. I'm gonna send you the clip. [00:59:05] She out sang Patty. 'cause first of all, 'cause first of all, Patty, don't be remembering the words to [00:59:10] her own damn songs.

[00:59:11] Jay Aundrea: to.

[00:59:12] Bruce Anthony: Right. We back on [00:59:15] karaoke and go ahead and defend the the good voiced people out [00:59:20] there.

[00:59:20] Jay Aundrea: It is okay. So you're right that there are people who [00:59:25] get up there and want praise, accolades, all [00:59:30] the things for singing down. And sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. [00:59:35] Uh, but there are people who go up there with that kind of ego and arrogance. But there are [00:59:40] also people such as myself, who never wanna volunteer, never, [00:59:45] never wanna volunteer. And the people they're with, volunteer [00:59:50] them. Okay.

[00:59:51] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, that's true. That's true. Yeah. I volunteered you [00:59:55] many a times. Yeah.

[00:59:56] Jay Aundrea: now you know that they know you can sing, they're [01:00:00] expecting you to get up there and sing.

[01:00:02] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[01:00:04] Jay Aundrea: So you can't just [01:00:05] go up there and have fun with it, because that's not why they signed you up against your [01:00:10] will. They signed you up against your will so they could hear you

[01:00:12] Trophy changed everything: now it's competition 🏆😈⚔️

[01:00:12] Jay Aundrea: sing.

[01:00:14] Bruce Anthony: In [01:00:15] this particular instance, this past weekend, this person, there was a trophy involved. There was a [01:00:20] trophy involved. So then that's when I took it serious, right? I'm like, all right, is a trophy involved? [01:00:25] It's something that we fighting for. Then we fighting as a community against this one person [01:00:30] who is trying to rig the system, who specifically is going up there and saying, you [01:00:35] ain't got no vocals.

[01:00:36] Bruce Anthony: Now I want to fight you and win this trophy. [01:00:40] And so these are the PE that's specifically the people I'm talking about. This was not a poignant attack [01:00:45] towards you. Not everything in life is about you. My little [01:00:50] sister,

[01:00:51] Jay Aundrea: Sometimes

[01:00:51] Bruce Anthony: the Leo. The Leo always is about [01:00:55] me. Not everything is about you. Okay? I'm talking about this one particular [01:01:00] person.

[01:01:00] Bruce Anthony: Who, who, who? Who stole the trophy. They stole the trophy. [01:01:05] Okay.

[01:01:05] Jay Aundrea: it or were they good? I mean it, listen,

[01:01:08] Bruce Anthony: Uh,[01:01:10]

[01:01:10] Jay Aundrea: up to do karaoke can sing, but don't put on a good performance.

[01:01:14] Bruce Anthony: I,

[01:01:14] Jay Aundrea: are people who've [01:01:15] gotten up to do karaoke, can't sing, put on the best performance.

[01:01:19] Bruce Anthony: yeah. [01:01:20] Okay. So I think that they, you [01:01:25] know what, I'm gonna be real honest. I believe that they were a mimic and a lot of time I [01:01:30] couldn't hear their voice over the music. When I did hear their voice, I was like, oh, that sounds [01:01:35] good. But their voice didn't overpower the music. So I did. I did I [01:01:40] think that they should have won off of vocals.

[01:01:42] Bruce Anthony: Yes. 'cause there was a lot of people that was [01:01:45] really, really off key. I was one of them. I thought I had this part nailed [01:01:50] and then when I sang it to the mic, I was like, that don't sound like what my ear be hearing

[01:01:54] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.[01:01:55]

[01:01:56] Bruce Anthony: that.

[01:01:57] Jay Aundrea: Which, which, which means, again, [01:02:00] being able to mimic an artist is a talent

[01:02:03] Bruce Anthony: Yeah. Well, [01:02:05] I, I didn't say person wasn't talented. I just thought, you know, they're an [01:02:10] asshole.

[01:02:12] Jay Aundrea: Ladies and gentlemen, they thems, [01:02:15] karaoke is for everybody. about having fun and [01:02:20] sometimes fun means you sing badly. Sometimes fun means you sing well. [01:02:25] Every time I get up to do karaoke, the crowd is loving it. And I do, I

[01:02:29] Bruce Anthony: Yeah.

[01:02:29] Jay Aundrea: badly. [01:02:30] No, I don't. So it, it doesn't, but I, but I've also [01:02:35] crazy for somebody who is tone deaf, but it is given [01:02:40] their all and I've just, and I'm laughing it, so it's

[01:02:43] Karaoke = community, not domination 👥🎤🫶🏾

[01:02:43] Jay Aundrea: the.

[01:02:43] Bruce Anthony: You made my point. [01:02:45] For me. Some spaces are meant for community, not performance. Karaoke [01:02:50] isn't about talent. It's about a shared embarrassment When talented people don't [01:02:55] dominate. Turn when talent, when talented people dominate, they turn it into [01:03:00] what was participation into a competition. And so [01:03:05] that's what this last weekend turned into a competition of which we, me and my [01:03:10] group, and well, okay, so the karaoke people [01:03:15] turned it into a competition and that's.

[01:03:17] Bruce Anthony: Bullshit because it was supposed to be [01:03:20] just for fun and now they made it real. And now I'm pissed off. 'cause I didn't take that [01:03:25] trophy and that trophy was kind of tall too. And you think that I wouldn't have held it and put it on my, uh, [01:03:30] on my bar and, and put a light shining directly on it to say I won that [01:03:35] karaoke.

[01:03:35] Bruce Anthony: So now I'm determined I'm gonna get my vocals chopped. 'cause I ain't, you know, I ain't [01:03:40] challenged my chops in a long time. I, you know, I got the, my allergies was a little [01:03:45] messed up. My throat was a little, you know, I, I, I, I wasn't, I wasn't there. [01:03:50] This person probably was drinking lemon water all day. Hot tea to make sure their [01:03:55] vocals was clear, you know, uh, they wore the right clothing to make sure they [01:04:00] was free flowing.

[01:04:01] Bruce Anthony: And this was some bull. And I should have got, maybe I [01:04:05] shouldn't have got the trophy. Maybe somebody, my crew should have got the trophy. That's all I'm saying.

[01:04:09] Jay Aundrea: I [01:04:10] think karaoke is a hundred percent about performance.[01:04:15]

[01:04:15] Bruce Anthony: Yeah. Performance, not vocals. It's not a [01:04:20] competition. It's participation.

[01:04:21] Jay Aundrea: is for community, not performance, and

[01:04:23] Bruce Anthony: Look,

[01:04:24] Jay Aundrea: [01:04:25] that. No, it is a hundred

[01:04:27] Bruce Anthony: I,

[01:04:28] Jay Aundrea: about the performance.[01:04:30]

[01:04:30] Bruce Anthony: I'm, I'm meant to say, look, players mess up sometimes too. I messed up my words. I told you I was [01:04:35] tired at the top. Okay. Right. I did say

[01:04:38] Jay Aundrea: You did it. Yeah.[01:04:40]

[01:04:40] Bruce Anthony: I done stumbled over that Jesse Jackson monologue three, four times. What was the word that I [01:04:45] said? What?

[01:04:45] Jay Aundrea: The, it was, he [01:04:50] got the medal of freedom, but you kept saying, Freedman,

[01:04:54] Bruce Anthony: But [01:04:55] I wasn't lying though.

[01:04:56] Jay Aundrea: he wasn't.

[01:04:57] Bruce Anthony: I wasn't lying though. Jay, what [01:05:00] do you wanna tell these people before we get outta here?

[01:05:03] Jay Aundrea: It's [01:05:05] skiing. Y'all are way too intense about things that matter [01:05:10] to a few people. It's skin. Just watch the Olympics. Know [01:05:15] that you'll never be there, so I don't know why you're even worried about it. And [01:05:20] enjoy yourself.

[01:05:23] Bruce Anthony: As the Jackson said, [01:05:25] enjoy yourself. And on that note, ladies and gentlemen, they did say that. And on that [01:05:30] note, ladies and gentlemen, I wanna thank you for listening. I wanna thank you for watching, and until [01:05:35] next time, as always, I'll holler.

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