RADIOMarch 06, 2022

Is SAVING Ukraine worth CRIPPLING the West's economy?

There’s something that MUST be said: America has a price we’re not willing to pay in return for Ukraine’s freedom. We’re not willing to risk U.S. troops or to start a nuclear war. It doesn’t mean we’re not compassionate, Glenn explains…we’re rationally compassionate. And now there’s another huge, potential consequence at play that NO ONE else is talking about: The end of the West's economy. Glenn explains why we must not destroy America — and, specifically, U.S. energy — in the process of stopping Putin and Russia. So, until our current leaders start opening up our own oil reserves, we might be able to help Ukraine. But we cannot save them.

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

STU: So you went through a lot of the detail, of what you see coming here, in the last segment.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: But take out the detail for a second. To boil your theory down here. Oil is going to spike to levels that are incredibly damaging to our economy.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: And because of that, we are going to continue to buy Russian oil. Maybe try to buy Iranian oil.

GLENN: We're negotiating with them, right freaking now. The Iranians.

PAT: That's insane.

GLENN: And, by the way, it's not damaging our economy. It is the likely depression that we will go into, and possibly the end of the West. Because of economic catastrophe. That is coming our way.

STU: But other than that.

GLENN: But other than that. So listen, I know everybody is -- I feel the same way. You know me. This audience, at least knows me.

You know. I mean, I see the suffering in Ukraine. And the Ukrainian eyes. I see the decency of those people. I see the willingness to be free. Nobody is standing up for freedom anymore.

We -- we're the last hope of the world!

Okay?
I don't want those people to suffer, and I don't want Putin to win. You cannot teach him that lesson.

But let's have the real conversation here. The one that no one is having. We have already set a price on helping the Ukrainian people.

Have we not? For instance --

PAT: Yes. We're not willing to spend American lives.

GLENN: Correct. Are you willing to go in -- now, ask yourself this question?

Are you willing to go in with troops, full force for the Ukrainian people?

PAT: No. Nope.

STU: Yeah. We've said no to that. We've even said no to a no-fly zone.

PAT: I don't know that any Americans want to do that. I haven't heard any Americans advocating for that.

GLENN: All right. So we've already established what we are. We're just haggling on price. Okay? That's the truth.

PAT: That is the truth.

GLENN: We are haggling on price. And we say American blood. And, quite honestly, treasure and security. Because of all the risks on that. We've already said no.

PAT: We've just done it too much. As it does.

STU: That's not just American lives. And we don't want to get into a war with Russia. That's not just American lives.

PAT: You're talking Armageddon.

STU: That's Armageddon. That's end of the world type stuff.

GLENN: So, again, if you believe any of that. Or for your own reason. Whatever your reason is. If you're saying, no, I'm not willing to send troops over there. You've had -- you've said, there's a price to that freedom. Okay?

PAT: Right. Yeah.

GLENN: So that makes you not compassionate. If you believe that, that makes you already, in the eyes of some.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: Me too.
Not compassionate. How can you say that, when the suffering is going on?

So that takes that argument off the table. Take that emotional argument off the table. You mean you're not willing to do everything to save these people?

No. Clearly as a country, we're not. Because we won't send our own troops in to help them. Okay?

So enough of the bullcrap of the emotional side. Now, let me ask you. We've already had one price established. You are not willing to send in troops. U.S. troops. Into Ukraine.

That's price number one.

Here's the other option, that we are now going down, without having the conversation.
Are you willing to -- within a year, face a depression, a depression.

And possibly, the complete destruction of the western economy.

Food crisis, like we haven't seen since the Dust Bowl.
Are you willing to pay that price? Possibly, you lose your job. You lose your money.

And your family is struggling for food.

And energy prices, that make it so you cannot really afford any gas. Because it's $8 a gallon. And I'm not talking about California. I'm talking about everywhere.

Are you willing to pay that price? For the people of Ukraine?

I know this sounds horrible. But it has to be said.

Are you willing to go through that?

PAT: No.

STU: Well, we're --

PAT: But what brings that on?

GLENN: Hang on just answer the question here.

PAT: Yeah. No. No.

STU: We -- you know, we are obviously have to prioritize our own people. Right?

GLENN: Correct.

STU: And so we do not have -- we're not part of NATO. They're not part of NATO. They don't have an agreement to defend them. We can help they believe defend themselves. That's what I think their role is here. If there is one.

GLENN: If you're conservative, the answer is very easy for you. Because you believe in the lifeboat theory.

You -- it was horrible. But you had to -- if you were the Titanic, and you were in a lifeboat, now, this isn't the same necessarily, if there were three people in the lifeboat.

But if you were in a lifeboat, and it was -- and it was filled, you can't go back and get more people. No matter -- you're listening.

There are screams. And it is horrible. And everyone will drown. That's why we believe in border security.

We can't help the rest of the world, if we drown. Because everybody is coming here.

STU: Right.

GLENN: Okay. So it sounds like it's not compassionate. But it is rational compassion. Okay?

You can't kill yourself, trying to help somebody else.

STU: And it's not as if we're not doing anything here. We're doing a lot.

GLENN: Okay. Here's what brings this on, Pat.
The world revolves -- the entire -- we learned this in 2008. The world revolves around 100-dollar a barrel oil.

It can handle spikes. It can handle 120.

As long as there's an end to that. You know what I mean?
But the -- the --

PAT: As long as it comes back down to 60. Or 40.

GLENN: Yeah. So the -- so the collapse in '08. The last straw to break the camel's back. And let me ask you this question: Do you think we're stronger today, than we were in 2008?

STU: No.

GLENN: Do you? Okay.

So the straw that broke the camel's back on our economy in 2008, they say -- and I believe, would have tanked the western banks and economic system entirely.
That price, was $140 a barrel.

Sustained for how long? A few weeks? A couple weeks

PAT: Yeah. Not very long.

STU: A couple weeks, yeah.

GLENN: We -- by cutting off oil, right now. And remember, we're all saying, we have to really hit them.

We're already at $120 a barrel. Okay?

Already at $120 a barrel.

And we are currently negotiating with Iran, to supply the world with the 10 percent of oil, the oil needs.

Let me ask you this question: Who is more dangerous to the American homeland. The American people. The American way of life. Vladimir Putin, or Iran?

STU: I think you believe it's Iran.

GLENN: A. Let me rephrase it. A fully financed Aruba.

STU: Over a long period of time, I think you would -- you may turn the tables to Iran. But with 13,000 nuclear weapons, I still think Vladimir Putin is a bigger risk.

GLENN: I agree. I agree. A bigger risk. But he is -- he has not been hell-bent on wiping out the American way of life. We have had him in a cage.

Now, lately -- don't know.

STU: And this is the question. Have you turned over a new leaf?

GLENN: Correct.

PAT: That's what everybody is saying. This is not the Putin of five years ago. You keep hearing that.

GLENN: Okay. So let's say you cut off all their oil.

We collapse.

And maybe Russia collapses.

But we don't take Putin out. It's just a disaster. Nobody has -- nobody has any money.

We've collapsed the banking system. You still have Putin in Russia. And you have a richer ayatollah in Iran. And you have the western world, begging them for oil.

This is not a good scenario.

We haven't made anything better by that, okay?

STU: No.

GLENN: We just have to have the discussion here. Because everybody is pushing for crazy things.
They're pushing for let's do no-fly zone. Are you out of your mind?

That could end in nuclear war.

To save the Iranian people. Are you willing to be in a war where one nuclear missile is launched against the United States?

STU: Oh, God no. Nuclear missiles. No.

GLENN: Yes. No.

GLENN: So are you willing to fight for them, and do a no-fly zone?

If one missile is launched to Poland. No. It doesn't matter. Right?

One missile launched to -- to Russia. In Moscow. No.

The answer is no. We don't want nuclear war.

Let's start looking at the actual consequences. And stop looking at it, like fat Americans, who are like, we control the world. We have all the power. We don't anymore. That has changed. It can change. I will listen now. Now that I'm looking at what's happening, and I've figured out that missing piece, remember I'm like, wait a minute.

Something is wrong.

What's wrong is, it's a trap. You are dealing with Marxist revolutionaries, that are running this country, right now.

They want to collapse it, for their own Marxist reasons.

But you also have The Great Reset, that wants a collapse so they can reset, have it collapse, right into their arms.
Okay?

You have forces inside the house. Wanting this collapse.

So are we going to go along with it? The only way -- the only thing we should be saying is, open up the oil fields and the gas lines here in America.

PAT: Absolutely.

GLENN: You cannot do these kinds of sanctions, and sheave yourself at the same time. We are empowering -- we are empowering China.

Who is the winner in this?

China. China.

You look at -- who we're empowering in the Middle East.

Iran.

And why?

Because of some F-ing idea, that we're going to get off all petroleum, to help heal the planet.
There will be nothing left of the American and the western society.
Unless you open up not the strategic reserves. That's the craziest thing I've heard. You're on the brink of World War III. And you want to take our military, strategic oil reserves, and just pass it out, so we can go to the movies.

PAT: So we can have an extra two days.

GLENN: Oh, my gosh.

PAT: It looks like two days.

STU: I mean, it's not even a good idea, when normal times are going on. But when you're in a situation, where war is already breaking out.

And we have allies, one border away, from where missiles are flying. That's an insane idea.

GLENN: So I want the Ukrainian people to know, I am with you. I am with you.

I would collapse Russia, and Iran. So fast, with oil. If we weren't killing ourself.

But I'm sorry, Ukraine. Until the people in this country stand up and absolutely at the gates of the White House, demand that we open up our own reserves. We cannot help you.

We cannot help you.

STU: What does that mean, you can't help? What do you mean, we're going to do nothing? We're already doing stuff.

GLENN: We're on the road to destruction.

STU: But the issue with help in Ukraine. You're right. Compassion is compassion. And I love compassion.

GLENN: You can't shut down all of Russia's oil. I know. It drives me crazy.

But listen. I was for shutting down Russia's oil.

I had been for it. But now, when I see, the missing piece. Something is wrong. Something is wrong.

Here's what's wrong. It's a trap!

That's what's wrong. We cannot do that. We can supply them with arms. We can supply them with food. We can send over doctors. Whatever they need, we can do that.
But we cannot collapse ourself, and put ourselves in their position.

Ready for God knows who. Iran, or China.

Just to take it all.
No!

No!

This government is not on the right side. And when I say that, I don't mean the Iranian -- Ukrainian people. What I mean, is that they're on the wrong side of the American people.

Until they secure us first, no.

No.

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Here’s how INTENSE JFK’s Presidential Fitness Test was

President Trump recently signed an executive order to reinstate the Presidential Fitness Test and the media is in a frenzy. But Glenn and Stu look back at the history of these tests, including JFK’s version of the Test that seems IMPOSSIBLE for modern Americans. But Glenn has a secret reason for why he’s confident in his pull-up abilities…

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: What is the -- what is the new physical -- the president's physical fitness, you know, plan?

STU: Well, the thing that RFK Jr and Hegseth were rolling out the other day. I don't know if it was the full test or anything, but they were issuing a challenge to America, to be able to do 100 pushups and 50 pullups within five minutes.

GLENN: That's crazy.

STU: Thank you! That struck you as also crazy.

I don't think there's ever been a time in my life, that I could do that. Let alone now with shoulder problems. And much too much weight.

GLENN: All right. But that was before I needed this walker.

STU: I don't think there was a time in my 20s or my teens, that I could do that. But that -- in five minutes? Fifty pullups?
GLENN: Both of them in 5 minutes.
STU: Yeah, both of them. So it's not like 100 pushups in five minutes. It's both tasks within five minutes.

GLENN: No. No. That's not true.

STU: RFK Jr. is just doing it in jeans.

GLENN: Yeah, well, RFK, he's -- he's a weirdo. I mean, he is. Come on. When it comes to fitness, he's a weirdo.
STU: Yes.
GLENN: I mean, he's done this his whole life. He's like 800 years old. He can still do it.

STU: Yes. Depressive, I will say.

GLENN: I don't know. He's a sex machine.

STU: Oh. That's been a problem for him. Yes, that's been an issue in his life. Yes.

GLENN: Okay. All right. Go ahead.

STU: Separate from the president's physical fitness test.

GLENN: Right.

STU: But, I mean, they don't, they don't really think we're going to do that, right?
Like, I mean, how long would that take you to do?

STU: I think for me, it would take a good month. I think a month, I could probably get two pullups a day. That would get me around, a little over 50. So I could do that. Plus, the pushups. A solid month, I could get that done.

GLENN: You could do more than two a day. You could do more than two a day.

STU: You know, Glenn, I've got to say. I think -- I will throw a number out there. No science behind this, so just as a guestimate.

I would say 40 percent of the population can't do any pullups. Maybe 30 percent. Thirty percent of the population can do exactly zero pullups. Precisely zero, so an infinite amount of time would be a correct answer for a third of the population.

GLENN: I think you're -- I think you're being -- I think you're being a little too optimistic. I think it's closer to 40 or 50. I think it's closer to 40 or 50. Maybe 60 percent.

STU: Right! Pushups are one thing. I mean, I think almost anyone can do a pushup. One --

GLENN: You can do a pushup. Yes. Yes.

STU: Singular pushup. And if you can do one, you can wait long enough, to do a second one.
And at some point, the hundred gets done. That's not the case with pullups. Pullups, you can sit there and think about how much you want to do a pullup for a really long time. But that doesn't make a pullup happen. If you've got a certain amount of weight on you. You're not doing a pullup. It's not occurring.

GLENN: I have no idea, how many pullups I can do.

STU: I have an exact number of pullups, you can do.

GLENN: Do you? You think so?

STU: Yeah. Yeah. I have the exact number. I have to calculate -- AI has been running a report on me. It came up with zero.

GLENN: Right. Right. Really?
I can do. I mean, this is so pathetic. Listen to this. I bet I could do three. You know, you could do three.

STU: In a row? Proper form.

GLENN: What do you mean in a row?

STU: I mean, holding on to the bar, without letting go, you're doing three. There's no way. I don't think so.

GLENN: I think I could do. Well, with proper form, I don't know about that. I don't know about that.

STU: I'm not saying it has to look pretty. You have to get your chin up above the bar. It can't be one of those things, where you're a quarter of the way up there.

GLENN: So I can do one and rest for ten minutes. I could do another one.

I think I can do that.

STU: If you -- I'm not saying, you jump up, and you pull yourself up as you're pulling up. Full hang --

GLENN: See, you may not know this.

But you know what, I've done the DNA test. Have you ever done the DNA test that tells you all about your genes and everything else? Mine came back with something remarkable, and I have to share. You might feel bad, next.
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STU: Coming up next, Glenn attempts live pullups on the air. Stay tuned!
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GLENN: You know no idea what who you're dealing with. No. You don't have any idea who you're dealing with here.

I got my DNA test back like 10 years ago. And we all -- we all took it, because we were looking for things. And so we all took it. My DNA test came back, and everybody in the family, their test made total sense. Like, oh, yeah. That makes...

Then we read mine. We have to find -- I have to find. See if Tania has it still. We should have had it framed. I swear to you, they -- they mixed me up with somebody else.

Somebody else is like, wait a minute. I'm this pathetic? Mine came out and said, you have the muscular structure of a -- of a -- something like a -- an elite athlete. You have the abilities and agility and everything else of an elite athlete. And I'm like, there's not a chance. I don't have any of that!

I don't even know if I have muscles. I have to check once in a while, and go, do I have muscles still?

Doctor is like, I don't know. Can I? Ask just press against my hand on the leg. I don't know.

You know, I don't know how to do that exactly. So --

STU: You sure it said elite athlete and not elephant? I mean, if they misspelled it.

GLENN: It was.

I was having eye problems at the time.

STU: No!

GLENN: I mean, we read it. And I was like Tania, I believe that for Tania.

Maybe they switched me and Tania. Because Tania is really strong. She'll kick your butt.

She works out every day. All of that. Me? Never. Never.

And it kind of makes me wonder, when I get to the other side, and the Lord went, okay.

So what did you do with your life again?

Because I gave this incredible body, and you wasted it the whole time.

And I'm like, you should have been more clear, okay?

You should have been more clear. I -- maybe I could have played basketball. But I tried once. And it was embarrassing. It was embarrassing. It was like sixth grade. And I'll never live -- I don't even want to think about my time on a basketball court. Okay? So don't -- don't start with me. You should have made it a little clearer. When I first started to do stuff. And I think that's fair. I think that's a fair argument. In my defense. In my defense, Your Honor, God, you should have made it a little more clear.

STU: Yeah. I mean, if they really wanted us to do this, then the 11th Commandment is 50 pushups, and -- or, 50 pullups and 100 pushups, right?

Like, put it in a commandment if you really want us to do it. You have to be more specific, we're Americans.

GLENN: Okay. So let me give you the top of the list for the JFK Presidential Fitness Test. Okay? This is what you had to do in high school. In high school.

Thirty-four pullups. Bar dips: Fifty-two. What's -- because I believe I did that. A long time. And I don't recommend it.

STU: It's not a barhop.

GLENN: Oh, it's -- oh, bar dips. Okay. Okay. All right.

Bar dips: 52. Handstand pushups: Fifty. What are handstands?

STU: Oh, my God. Handstands.

GLENN: I can't even stand on my hands. Is that I'm doing a handstand and a push up? Because that's not happening. You're not human.

STU: Yeah. You're balancing yourself on your hands. Your feet are above your hands on the wall. Like a wall. And you're doing --

GLENN: Oh, so you're balancing yourself. That makes it a little easier. Still impossible.

But a little easier.

GLENN: Impossible. You could do precisely zero of those.

Aright. So you had to do 50 handstand pushups.

Or one arm -- 30 -- no, sir.

Twenty-six one-arm burpees in 30 seconds. Is that a one-armed push up?

STU: No. Well, you're bracing your yourself like you're about to begin a pushup in a burpee with only one arm, which that's not that difficult.

But then you're doing. Then you're like, you move your feet towards your hands. And then you jump up in the air basically. And then you do it repeatedly.

GLENN: No, no, no. That's ridiculous. No.

STU: There's a law of gravity. You're not supposed to violate it. If it was a recommendation of gravity, then maybe jumping would be appropriate. But it's not. Follow the law.

GLENN: In 48 seconds, you had to do a 3300-yard shuttle. Now, I've been to the airport. I think I've done a 3300-yard shuttle, but it depends on who is driving. You know.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: Rope climb. Try this. Rope climb. Twenty feet, hands only! Sit start.

STU: That's what I remember from the president's physical fitness test. And I remember looking at that rope, like, no chance I could get up that thing.

GLENN: I remember looking up at that thing. Humiliation. Humiliation is coming my way. I'll never kiss a girl, because that ain't happening. I'll get maybe 10 feet up. Maybe. Maybe.

STU: And you were right for 24 years from that time, approximately.

GLENN: Agility run, 17 seconds. Extension pressups, what? What?

I'm sorry. Why am I so tired reading this?

Extension pressups. What's an extension pressup, 8-inch? You had to do 100 of them.

STU: Let's see. Exercise. An exercise for low-back pain involving lying on your stomach and pressing your upper body up with your arms while keeping your hips relaxed and down on the mat.

GLENN: Oh, I could do that know. 8 inches.

STU: The last part of it, relaxing down on the mat.
GLENN: That's what my doctor says I should be doing. What?

STU: I can do relaxed and down on the mat. That part of it --

GLENN: Yeah. I could do that -- I'm the only guy. I took yoga for a while, like three weeks. My wife is like, yoga. You could do yoga. Let's just do yoga together.

I did. And the yoga instructor said to me. Because we were doing a plank.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: And she came and all I remember her waking me up. And saying, I think you're the only person I've ever -- ever taught that fell asleep in yoga. And I'm like, it's just so relaxing. Just let me sleep. Let me sleep.

STU: That's interesting, that you did yoga. Is there any footage of that? Any video that we could post? That would be good for --

GLENN: No. There's not. You had to do pegboard. Five trips of pegboard. And I think that's when you have the two pegs.

STU: Yes, it was a board.

GLENN: You have to take it out, and put it up, right?

STU: This is American Ninja Warrior. No way.

GLENN: There's no way. There's no way.

STU: This is amazing.

GLENN: Try this one: You had to do a 45-second handstand. I've never been able to do a handstand. Never!

STU: Never.

GLENN: And I'm an elite athlete. I'm an elite athlete. Try this one: A man carry, 5 miles.

STU: What? What do you mean a --

GLENN: Five-mile man carry.

STU: Is a man carry as obvious as it --

GLENN: I think it is.

STU: You're carrying --

GLENN: If I'm going to carry that man, you have to carry me that man for five miles.

I'm not sure, I can't carry any man for any miles. I mean, if I am -- if I am a firefighter, count on burning in the house. You're going to burn in the house. Because I can't carry you out. I can get in there and go, yeah, I will have to leave you.
I will have to leave you here. I can't help you, sorry.

It's also getting really hot in here. I have to go. You had to do a five-mile jog. An obstacle course.

You had to swim prone for a mile. You had to swim underwater for 50 yards, any strokes, two minutes. Deep waterfront, hang float, with arms. What? What is a deep water hang float with arms. Wait. Wait.

It's a deep waterfront hang float with arms and ankles tied for six minutes.

What kind of al-Qaeda PE class was this?

STU: Who has access to -- who has access -- like, you're in the middle of the country, you may not have a deep water body nearby. This is -- are you sure this is an actual test?

GLENN: This is the actual test. This is the actual -- what is a deep water front hang float with arms and ankles tied for six minutes? Can you look that up?

STU: A deep water hang float is an aquatic hang float done in the deep end of a pool with the aid of flotation device, such as a noodle or belt.

In this position, the flotation twice supports your upper body, while your legs and torso hang freely beneath you.

That can't be what it is.

GLENN: You can do that.

Deep-end of the pool.

STU: Can you bring a margarita?

GLENN: Man, this test is no big deal.

What! No way. No way!

Here's the last thing on the test.

A vertical tread in an 8-foot circle for two hours!

No way.

STU: Vertical tread in an 8-foot circle?

GLENN: So you're in the water and you're treading water in a circle for two hours. Two!

STU: This is not -- what?

This is not the test.

GLENN: It is. Now, I told you, this is the top of the test.

This is the top of the test.

So this is for the ones who could do all the other tests.

This was the top of the test. The bottom of the test is not that much better. Here's the entry, okay? Let's see. Pullups, 2/6/10. I don't know what that means. Pushups, 16, 24, 32. Bar dips, four, eight, and 12. Situps, 30, 45, and 60. Broad jump, 6-foot, 6, 6, 6. And 6, 9.

To jump 6 feet? I don't even know if --

STU: That one is possible, yes. Glenn, I know it sounds incredible. But, yes. That one is possible.

GLENN: Sounds incredible. You know, I think we should have the average person Olympics. I really do. I really do.

STU: Oh, I would watch that.

GLENN: I would watch that every time.

You see them coming. And you're like, hmm. That one -- three feet. I'm giving him 3 feet. 200-yard shuttle. Agility run. Rope climb, 18 feet, hands only. 880 yards in three minutes. A mile in seven minutes. Pegboard, six holes. A 50-yard swim. Forty -- 40, 50-yard swim in 36 seconds. Man carry, 880 yards. No, thank you! No, thank you!

Look at -- look at what we've gone down. That's the bottom of it. And I don't think most Americans could do that.

I couldn't. Well, I could. Because I'm an elite -- I have the body of an elite athlete.

STU: No. You could not. Now, of course -- let's just say, this is supposed to be for a high school kid. Right?

So this is the prime of your athletic life. Could you do some of these things? Probably.
GLENN: Go into high school.
Go into any high school, and ask them to do this. There's no way. And all of the kids would be.

STU: Well, that's kind of what the reaction would be.

GLENN: Don't get me wrong. I would have been there too. And my parents would have said, suck it up. Just do it.

So nothing has really changed.

STU: That's been the reaction to this proposal too, of bringing this back. Right? The media is covering this. Like, it's going to embarrass children.

You know, I mean, I do remember it being like, I can't do that. I'm not going to the top of that rope. That's not happening.

That's sort of life. Right? Sometimes you can do things. Sometimes you can't do other things.

GLENN: That's why you have to learn how to injure yourself.

You know, how many stairs can I throw myself down, to not do serious damage, but enough to get me out of PE.

STU: Yeah, you have to fake an why are. You have to learn from LeBron James. Act like you got hit in the eye. And fall down like you were just stabbed over and over again, like you were in an athletic competition.

GLENN: There's no way. There's no way.

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