Ex Mobster Breaks Down the Worlds Most Powerful Gangsters and Racketeers

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The person who screams the loudest. I’ve said this many times. The person who bullies their way through life, the person who needs everyone to know just how tough they are. They always crash. They don’t last. He was a racketeer for sure. He knew how to carry himself. 20 years boss of his family, built it up to the most powerful family in the country. I would say, remember, in life, empty barrels make the most noise. You know, the guys that shout the loudest, they may have capabilities, but they don’t last. The noise brings heat, brings attention. And in that life, you don’t want either.

I know. I’m going to answer this because people are going to ask me, michael, what did you consider yourself? Well, a lot of the racketeers in the mob, they could have done, you know, well for themselves if they weren’t in the mob and if they weren’t legit. There’s no question about it. So what’s the best way to be? I have to say this. Everyone, welcome to another sit down with Michael Francis. Hope everybody’s doing well. All is very good, very blessed on this end. And as always, my friends, I give all the praise, honor, glory and thanksgiving to our God for that.

Today I’m going to do something a little bit, well, maybe not different. It’s mob stuff. I know people like that. And I’m going to look at a list of the most famous figures in all of Cosa Nostril here in America, all the history. I’m going to categorize them into one of three divisions, and that will be based on how they operated during that time and more importantly, really how they ended up. And I think you’ve heard, you know, Sammy say this. You know, I’ve said it. In that life, there’s really two divisions, and I’ll get to the third.

You’re either a gangster, which is you’re a real street guy. You’re not really a business guy. You’re not somebody that they depend on in that life to earn money. You’re going to do the, you know, heavy work when it’s necessary, but you rely on, you know, muscle and fear to get your way. You know, you use the Mafia to really, you know, benefit you in ways that you can’t benefit because you just don’t have the knowledge on how to use the life to benefit you in business and then become a big earner, if that makes sense.

So you’re a gangster, street guy, tough guy, whatever way you want to do it. The second one is a racketeer. And these are the earners. And, you know, they know how to use the life for leverage. They know how to use the life to benefit them in legitimate business. You know, whether it be the union business, legitimate industries, whatever. And normally, for a racketeer, violence is the last resort. You don’t want to do that because it’s bad for business. It’s common sense. You don’t want to make enemies on the street. And if you want to succeed in business, you want relationships.

Now you can use the aura of that life, the strength that the mob will give you. And I believe I’ve done that very effectively. I’m sorry, but I have to say that it could really benefit you in business. And I’ve said this many times before. I’ll say it again. In the Colombo family, we were pretty, you know, more of a violent crew in many ways. There were only out of 115 made guys that we had during my era, my time in that life, maybe 15 of us were real earners, and we were bringing money not only for ourselves, but into the family.

Maybe 15. The rest were just not good earners. And I have to say that, you know, they got by. They did whatever, but they. They got by. They weren’t good earners. So that’s what the racketeer is. They know how to use the life to benefit them in business, and they go on and make some good money. And then you have, I would say, kind of a hybrid. And that’s really the rarest breed. That’s the guy who could sit in a boardroom and handle a gun at the same time, you know, and it’s really the hardest category to get into, because if you’re a gangster, you only want to show it when you have to show it.

But you can. You want to be more of the racketeer. And I’ve also said this because, again, the racketeer benefits you with relationships and business. But I’ve always said this. If you’re a racketeer, you have to be somewhat gangster because you’re going to be called on to do something. Everybody gets called on to do something. Okay, that’s gangsterish. Let’s put it this way. And when you have to act that way, you got to act that way. When you got to perform that way, you got to perform that way. Now, as a racketeer, you’re going to do it less because people protect you in that life.

Hey, we need money. No organization operates without money. Gangster, you got it? Racketeer. And then the hybrid, the guy that you know, was really effective, let’s say, at doing both. And there aren’t too many of those guys around. I’m going to go through history and we’re going to start with the most obvious, and we’ll talk about him and we’ll see what category they fit into. Let’s call it round one. We’re going to go into the really heavy hitters. Who do we have to start with? It’s obvious. Al Capone. You know, he was the most notable gangster.

He’s the one that first made his mark, let’s put it that way. Everybody knows about Al Capone. I don’t care what part of the world you’re in, practically, if you’re in a civilized society, a city life, whatever, you’re going to know who Al Capone was and, you know, what’s in his resume. Well, he made a fortune in bootlegging. You know, when Prohibition came in, he knew what to do with it. He made a fortune. He also loved the press and he loved the spotlight. He loved it. He was known for public acts of violence. He was a straight out gangster.

He brought a federal task force to Chicago. You know, there was no FBI back then, but they had a federal task force that they brought to Chicago just to go after him. So if you had to say, you know, what was he? Was he a gangster? Was he a racketeer? I’d have to call him a gangster, you know. Well, Michael, you just said he made a lot of money. Yeah, he did, in bootlegging. But a lot of guys made a lot of money in bootlegging. You know, the government made it easy for him. I always said this people.

It was the government that made Cosa Nostra strong in this country. Because before that, you know, there were street guys, you know, they were shaking down people in their own neighborhoods. They were doing maybe some drug stuff, maybe some gambling stuff, maybe a little numbers, I don’t know. They weren’t hijacking trucks, things like that. They were thieves, robbing, stealing. They weren’t really into business. They didn’t make that kind of money. Prohibition made them wealthy. So I would have to say that he’s more of a gangster. Why? Well, he made a lot too much noise and too much heat he brought.

So. And those are the people that normally bring the heat and bring the noise. It’s the gangsters, no question about it. Because they’re causing all the, you know, stuff that’s going on. You know, they’re making, you know, the media pay attention, the cops pay attention. So Too much noise from him and too much heat. So we got him in the gangster category. My friends, I have something very important to share with you. Now, many of you know my background. You know where I came from. You know where I’ve been since then. But I got to tell you, I learned a lot on the street.

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He was very small in stature. He rarely spoke on the phone. And where did he die? He died in his own bed of natural causes. You know, while he was still the boss. He ran that for 20 years. He made it the most powerful family in the country. No question about it. He Was a racketeer, no doubt. Now, could he be violent? Yeah, but you don’t hear much of Carlo Gambino in violent acts. You don’t hear that, you know, he was a racketeer for sure. He knew how to carry himself. Like I said, you know, 20 years boss of his family.

Built it up to be the most powerful family in the country. I would say, no doubt. Genovese close, Chicago, pretty close. But, you know, he had the most powerful family. And until today, it’s still, you know, very powerful. You know, as far as Cosa Nostra, what remains of Cosa Nostrada, still very powerful and still carries his name. The Gambino family, by the way, going back to Al Capone. How did he die? He died at home, but he died of syphilis, you know, and he had syphilis his whole life. He just never wanted to get. I think his wife had it too, and they got treated for it.

He refused to get treated for it. He ultimately died as syphilis. Terrible. But that’s how it went. So Carlo Gambino, racketeer. So we have a gangster in Capone, we have a racketeer in Gambino. Let’s go to the next most obvious heavy hitter. I have to put him in there as a heavy hitter because, God, there isn’t another. There isn’t a person that doesn’t know who he is. John Gotti, of course, New York City. We know his resume. The Dapper Don. Now, he loved the camera. He loved, you know, flashy suits. He loved public adoration. You could see it.

You know, maybe he didn’t say it, but you could see it. He was known for his street reputation, his high profile trials. What would I call him? I’d call him a gangster. You know, he was a heavy gambler. I don’t think John was on his own. A big earner. He made a lot of money. His boss and he made a lot of money. But I don’t think he really had the business sense. And he admitted to that. He said, he’s a gangster. That’s who he is. He’s not going to change his spots. That’s it. He’s a gangster.

So I’d have to put him in that category, you know, I think John loved, you know, the fame as being John Gotti. I think he loved that more than business. He had his people around him, they brought him money, and I think that’s what he liked more, you know, than getting into business. And what happened in the end, you know, he died in Prison, died of cancer. He brought the FBI down. It just created much too much heat. Again, I’m going to say this. I am going to say this. John Gotti did not cause the downfall of Cosa Nostra.

It was the RICO act, no question about it. It wasn’t John Gotti that made people turn informants. It was the RICO act that made people turn informants. And that’s what was a crushing blow to that life. No question about it. So give John his due, but don’t blame him for everything, because it’s not fair and it’s not accurate at this point. You know, I got to tell you people, my BlackBerry wine, you know, it’s in such high demand. BlackBerry, strawberry, my two favorites out of all of our fruit wines. So when you see me enjoying a glass of Francis wine, it’s normally my BlackBerry.

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He created the commission. He realized, you know, you can’t go on killing each other. You can’t go on doing all of this stuff. You had to have a real organization. So he creates the commission. Major step for cousin Austria in this country. He organized the family into, like a board of directors. He even established a profit sharing structure among them. So he was absolutely a racketeer. Not saying he wasn’t a tough guy, there’s no question about it. But he was a racketeer. And why? Because he structured the mob as really a corporation. He believed in it, he knew that business was important.

He knew that violence was not good. Definitely a racketeer. No doubt about it. Look, we could do more, but I don’t want to be here all night with all of you. You only have a limited time to listen to me, but we went through what I consider four heavy hitters, just to give you an example. So we had two gangsters and two racketeers. Now let’s go to. Let’s call it Round two. The strategists and the enforcers. All right, who would I name first? Albin Anastasia. His resume. He ran Murder Incorporated. He was known as the Lord High Executioner.

He solved, you know, internal problems almost exclusively through contract killings. So without a doubt, he was a gangster. No doubt about it. And what happened to him in the end, you know, he got killed. You know, you remember what happened there? You know, I think he had an expression or somebody had an expression around him that if you only have a hammer, everything around you looks like a nail. You know, he scared his own partners, you know, he was that kind of a guy. True gangster. I never heard him being a big earner, so I’d have to call him a gangster.

Without a doubt. Albert Anastasia. Next. Frank Costello. His resume. Prime Minister, they called him. He was focused on political connections. He had judges in his pocket. I would say he had the NYPD that he was close to. He had. He stepped down and retired rather than fight a bloody war. He was absolutely a racketeer. Why didn’t I put him as a heavy hitter, you know, because the way he left in the end, you know, Frank Costello, I hold him in high esteem because I think he was a good boss. He had a lot of trouble because, remember, he took over for Luciano, took over for Genovese and Luciano.

Then Genovese came back. They had the whole feudal. Was tough. He was. Went through a tough time. But I just like the way he carried himself. The Prime Minister, he realized he had to have political connections. He had to be close with judges. He had a. He, you know, he couldn’t make the NYPD at that time when he had his gambling operations all the time, he had to have a relationship with him, and he did it right. And then when, you know, he was almost assassinated by Genovese, what does he do? And you know, Chin Gigante was the one that pulled the trigger.

He said, hey, I had enough. I’m stepping down. He retired. He didn’t want to get into a fight or a bloody war. So I would have to say he’s A racketeer? Without a doubt. I mean, 100% he’s a racketeer. And why? You know, because he bought the cops rather than shooting them. You know, that’s business. He was smart. Let’s go to another one. Greg Scarpa, somebody I’m very familiar with, obviously a New York guy. You’ve heard me talk about Greg. So many people have talked about Greg. He was an informant for the FBI for over 20 years.

He did a lot of damage in that life, but he was a killer. No question about it. His resume, they called him the Grim Reaper. And you know why? You just didn’t like being around him. I was around him a lot. He’s not the type of guy you just. You want to be around. That’s it. You know, he was an enforcer for the family. No doubt about it. You know, his. His primary, you know, tool that he used whenever the family needed a problem to physically go away. He was the guy. You know, he was the tool.

You know, they say he killed over 50 people. I don’t know. I know that he. You know, he had a list. There’s no. No doubt about it. So. And I don’t. I don’t know him to be a big earner, and I would know that personally, because I dealt with him quite a bit. And so we got to call him a gangster. Zero business sense. In my. My estimation, he was pure muscle, no doubt about it. Paul Castellano. Everybody’s familiar with Paul. Boss of the Gambino family after Carlos passed away. His resume, he looked like a CEO.

He ran the concrete club. He controlled construction unions. Seldom left his mansion. You know, in Staten island, they called it the White House. And he viewed himself as a businessman first, no question about it. Was he really a tough guy? No. You saw the movie, you know, Gotti with Armando Sante. Always say, a brilliant film. Anthony Quinlan, brilliant. You saw that one scene when Anthony Quinn is fighting for John Gotti’s life, and he looks at the actor playing Paul Castellani. He says, you’re not a tough guy. You don’t stop. You’re a business guy. You know, you’re a business guy because they knew that about him.

So he was definitely a racketeer. Why? He made billions. He made a lot of money, you know, no question. But he failed because he was. He was greedy, from what I know. And he was out of touch with the street guys, and you can’t do that, that you got to know your men, you know, he wasn’t well liked. Paul, you know what Happened there. You know, Gotti’s crew allegedly was doing drugs. So what did they do? You know, he got on the wrong side. We weren’t allowed to do drugs at that time. Allegedly. He was going to put on a hit on Gotti and Gotti’s crew.

Gotti acted first. You know what happened? Spark steakhouse. We’ve been through it enough. Definitely not a hybrid. He was a racketeer, 100%. So let’s go to the hybrids. You know, I know. I’m going to answer this because people are going to ask me, michael, what did you consider yourself? Well, we’re going to talk about hybrids right now, and I’m going to tell you why. You may disagree, but I know myself better than anybody else. I think you know, what was my resume. The big thing in my life was the gas tax scam. No doubt about it.

We generated a lot of money per week. I don’t have to get through it. You’ve heard it many times. You know, we figured it out. It was a complex system that we had, a complex scheme or scam, whatever, but we’re able to do it. And my team, when I asked them, I said, what did you consider me? And they said, they consider me a racketeer. I wasn’t a hybrid. Was I capable of doing what I needed to do? Of course. Because I wouldn’t be in that life if I wasn’t capable, just like everybody else. I’m not picking myself out to say, oh, you’re.

No, I was capable just like everybody else was capable. No question about it. If you. If you take your oath, then you’re capable. There’s no question. But I certainly was more of a racketeer than I was a gangster, and I don’t step away from that at all. That’s who I was. Let’s go to my dad, because you’re going to ask me about that Sonny Francis resume. Huge earner in the music business and the nightclub business. Yes. Why did. Why was he a huge earner? He didn’t run these things, but he knew how to get around the people that did.

And. And he protected them. And as a result, you know, he became partners with them. Did he have that business sense? No, but he knew how to deal with people. And I’ve said this many times, you know, mentoring people, know how to deal with people, be a people person. I’m not going to get into the explanation of that now, but if you don’t have a particular expertise in any one area, learn how to deal with people. My father Knew that he was a master at dealing with people. People I thought he was also known for, you know, adhering strictly to the street code.

You know, he served 50 years in prison. You know what he did? He never gave up anybody. He died with his boots on. I would have to call my dad a hybrid. I really mean that. He knew business. He wasn’t the businessman himself, I’d have to say that. But he knew enough to get around business. People become their partners in whatever which way he did. And I’m not saying always by putting the arm on him and being a tough guy. No. There were many stories when people just wanted to be around my dad because he protected them and they liked him.

Bottom line, he didn’t have to run the company. You know, so I would have to call him a hybrid. He was definitely a gangster when he had to be. You know, my dad, according to the FBI, killed 40 or 50 people. I don’t know that to be true. We don’t discuss that kind of stuff. But my dad was definitely a tough guy. Everybody will tell you that. So, you know, he had the earner talent and that he knew what he had to do to earn money. And he had the street heart, which cost him his freedom at one point in time.

And then, you know the story about my dad passing away at 103. So he’s the first true hybrid. All right, let’s move on. Vincent the Chin Gigante. His resume. He wandered the village in a bathrobe, you know, downtown village in a bathroom. He was muttering to himself. He feigned insanity to avoid prosecution while running the Genovese family for decades. Very powerful guy. I’m not taking anything away from Tony Salerno. Tony was the boss, but any major. And that’s because Chin wanted him to be. He didn’t want to be on Front Street. No way. He wanted to, you know, hopefully die outside of prison.

Well, he ran that, you know, acting insane for over 30 years. I mean, he got away with it for a long time until the RICO act came in, and things changed again. I’m going to call it the RICO Act. You know, that was the. The downfall. But he ran the Genovese family for decades. And every major decision that Tony Salerno had, you know, Fat Tony, he discussed with the Chin. Very powerful guy, very well respected, I would have to say. I’d have to call him a hybrid. And I think my team did the same. Why? Because he was smart enough to play crazy, you know, which.

He was a racketeer in that regard. He knew what he had to do. But he was tough enough to have been a trigger man. And in his youth, you know, again, you know, he was the guy that pulled the trigger on Costello, you know, so he was. He was a hybrid. I’d have to put him in that. In that regard. And he was very wealthy guy, so he knew that, you know, he knew how to get around people to earn, like my dad. All right, let’s go to Joe Colombo, somebody I’m very familiar with, somebody that I loved his resume.

He founded the Italian American Civil Rights League. He picketed the FBI and secured changes in movie scripts. You know, the Godfather, you know, and he was shot in his own public rally. You know, the story there. Joey was definitely, you know, a racketeer. No question about it. You know, what do we pick? I would. I would say that he’s a hybrid, you know. Why? Well, he failed. He succeeded in some ways, but failed in others. What do I mean? He was smart, business guy. He was in a real estate business. He. He created the Italian American Civil Rights League.

It was a very, very smart move, but he failed in the end because of the publicity. You know, a rocketeer is not supposed to have publicity. That’s it. You’re just not supposed to. So, you know, that was kind of the gangster mentality, I think, a little bit that he didn’t realize. So I’m going to call him a hybrid. I’d have to rethink that, maybe. But right now I’m going to call him a hybrid because of the way it ended. Didn’t end good for him. So let’s go to round four, and this, we’re going to call this the outliers, the outside guys.

I’m going to start with Tony Accardo in Chicago. His resume, very smart guy. He ran Chicago for decades. He never spent the night in jail. He kept a low profile. No doubt about it. And he was a racketeer? Absolutely. Was he a tough guy? Yes. But they called him the Ghost because he didn’t want to be seen, he didn’t want to be known. No question. He knew. Was he capable? Yeah, but he was smart in that, you know, he knew how to just stay out of the limelight, how to run things quietly. He ran that family for decades.

Gotta give him credit. He was in a way behind the whole Kennedy assassination. Him, Carlos Marcelo, no doubt about it, but nobody really knew it. So we’re going to call him a racketeer, the Ghost. Okay, let’s go to Vito Genovese. You know, his resume. He plotted and he Murdered. His way to get to the top. You know, he was caught in a big heroin bust, a heroin deal. He died in prison. You know, he’s definitely a gangster. You know, he wasn’t a finesse type of guy. He got caught doing street work. You know, he was in on a murder beef.

100% gangster. You know, he was the guy that went after Costello because he didn’t like the way Costello was operating things. So we’re going to call him a gangster, definitely not a racketeer. So, you know, let me. Let me give you my analysis of all of this. You know, look at this board that we put up. The guys who exerted the most muscle, Capone, Gotti, Anastasia, they’re the ones that we make movies about. But in reality, they were failures. They burned out. They destroyed their own empires because they couldn’t control their impulses. This isn’t just about the Mafia.

This is about human nature. The person who screams the loudest. I’ve said this many times. The person who bullies their way through life, the person who needs everyone to know just how tough they are. They always crash. They don’t last. The guys who won, Gambino, Accardo, Costello, they understood that noise is weakness and silence is strength. A lot of the racketeers in the mob, they could have done, you know, well for themselves if they weren’t in the mob and if they weren’t legit. There’s no question about it. So what’s the best way to be? I have to say this.

The guys in the life right now, they’re pretty well undercover. I don’t know how smart they are. I don’t know how much business they’re doing. I’m not into it. I can’t talk about it. I know they still exist, but you’re not hearing a lot about them. That’s a good thing. So maybe they’re starting to understand we need to be racketeers, gangsters. If and when we must, we want to be racketeers. That’s how we can build Cosa Nostra up again in this country. Because a lot of guys in that life, they just know how to conduct themselves around people.

And those are the ones that really succeeded in that life and made something out of the life for everybody else. You know, it was the Carlo Gambinos, it was the Frank Costellos, it was the Lucky Lucianos. Maya Lansky, who wasn’t a member of that life, but he was smart. He knew it was business first. You know, these are the guys that really made that Life, no question. Joe Colombo was on that way. But too much publicity, you just. It would have been better for Joey to work behind the scenes, put somebody legit in the front, and he could have orchestrated everything quietly behind the scenes.

That league would have been. Forget it. If Joey. Because he was a smart guy and he knew. But you know what? Maybe it was the gangster in him. I don’t. I don’t know what it was. You know, the fact that he was out front. And don’t get me wrong, I don’t knock it in any way, because I love Joe Colombo and I love what he did. And he was very sincere about that league, there’s no question, Helped a lot of kids, did a lot of good things. He was very sincere about the league, there’s no question about it.

But, you know, the. The ending was very, very unfortunate. So remember, you know, in life, empty barrels make the most noise. You know, the guys that shout the loudest, they may have capabilities, but they don’t last. They don’t last because the noise brings heat, brings attention. And in that life, you don’t want either. You don’t want heat, you don’t want attention in that way. You want attention behind closed doors with your own men, that they respect you, they honor you. You know, you’re credible, you’re a good leader, they’ll follow you. You don’t want everybody else in the world to know that you don’t.

I want to clarify something, because I got a comment read off to me. I believe it was from my last video. And they said, mike, when you give praise, honor and glory to God, which God is it? Well, there’s only one true God, as far as I’m concerned. I am a Christian. I am a believer in Jesus Christ. So when I give praise, honor and glory to God, I give praise and honor and glory to the one true God. And of course, Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And you know, there are three persons in one God.

God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. So when I give praise, honor and glory to God, I’m giving it to. To all three persons in one God. Some of you who are not Christians, Michael, how is that possible? You got to ask God that. But that’s how it is. Jesus Christ was a man. He was also divine in that he was and is the Son of God. So I want to clarify that. You know, and I’ve said this before, people, and I’ll say it again. I don’t knock anybody else’s faith. It’s not what I do.

Unless you’re a Satanist, then I will speak out against you if you are of another faith. I obviously don’t agree with you because I am a Christian and I have my beliefs, but I don’t knock you, you know. And as a Christian, I have to tell you this. We are required to share our testimony, share the gospel with others. That’s it. You know, it was Jesus last command on this earth. It was Mark 16:15, go out and preach or share the good word, which is the gospel in all of creation. So I do that whenever it’s appropriate, whenever I can.

And I give praise, honor and glory to God in front of every video because I know if it wasn’t for God, I wouldn’t be here. He had a different plan and a purpose for my life. It’s obvious. It’s funny, on social media, you know, you’re using God. You know, for the last 35 years, I’ve been using God. Well, you know what? Always tell people this. That’s for all the haters out there. And there are many, you know, but social media, I always say this. If I am doing that and I am a fraud in that regard, or anybody is fraudulent in that regard, remember these words that Jesus said, this is in the gospel.

When people came to him on Judgment Day and they said, lord, I’ve been chasing demons out in your name. I’ve been healing people in your name. I’ve been doing all of this in your name. And Jesus looked at them and said four words, devastating. And those words were, I never knew you. Because what he meant, I believe, is that they didn’t do anything for Jesus. They did it for themselves, for their own praise, their own honor, their own gratification. So if I’m doing that, don’t worry about it. In the end, I will pay dearly. That’s all I can tell you.

So all those that you knock. Oh, you know, he found God in prison. Well, you know, God found me in prison, absolutely did. And I’m blessed every single day of my life as a result of that. So for those of you that want to knock that or say what you want to say, you know, go right ahead. We’re used to that. Look, if people aren’t knocking you, you’re not doing your job. That’s how I look at it. If you have a strong message and you believe in your content, you’re not doing this for views. You know, if you believe in what you’re saying, people are going to knock you because they’re going to disagree with you.

And if everybody agrees with everything that you say, something’s wrong. I can tell you that because then you’re just out to please everyone. That’s not my deal. I’m out to do what I’m supposed to do and do what I try to do best, and that’s it. And people make up their mind based upon what they see and what they take out of it, what their own inner feelings are about anyone. So that’s it for today. I just thought we’d get into something interesting, you know, because I get asked about that a lot in my comments. You know, I can’t go through all my comments.

Obviously, you know, we get a lot, but my team goes through them because we want to hear what you had to say. Now, obviously, the ones that just talk silly, you know, I say, you know, they just talk silly. Let’s leave it at that. They dismiss that. But people that come with intelligent comments and suggestions and, and reactions to what we had to say, whether they like it or not, we pay attention. We do. My team says, you know what, we’ve got, maybe we can try something like this. So this is what people are liking, what they’re not liking.

For good reason. They give good comments. If you give a stupid comment or a silly comment or whatever, we just dismiss it. You know, sometimes they’ll block you. I don’t know, sometimes if I jump on, I just feel like jumping on and, you know, I’ll respond. And if I don’t like it, I just block it, you know, or dismiss it. It’s silly. You know, you’re not going to get into a, you know, a debate with that, with somebody you can’t debate with. So, anyway, hope you enjoyed it. That’s it for today. How do I always leave you? Same way, my friends.

Never going to change. Be safe. My gosh, you know, I’m watching the news. Let me, Let me just say this. I don’t like what’s going on with ice. I really don’t. I mean, it’s. There’s going to be a revolution in this country when such a large group of people are looking to hurt law enforcement, be physically violent against law enforcement, spitting at law enforcement, throwing things at them, destroying their cars, doctors and nurses saying they’re going to inject them with something if they get hurt and come into the hospital. You know, one guy saying, you know, was on television saying that he was a da, that he was going to try Trump, you know, get him convicted by a jury of his peers, and then capital punishment I mean, this is what’s going on.

It is insane. So you people, be careful on the streets. There’s a lot of insanity going on. Just be careful, be safe, watch your surroundings. And I’ve said this a million times, there’s a way to protest. If you’re going to go after law enforcement, there could be consequences. Be very careful. People with guns, they may not be in a good frame of mind that day. Who knows? You can only push people so far. And when they have guns, you don’t want to reach that limit. So be safe, be healthy. You know, I just had a guy on that, we spoke about this red light therapy, very intrigued by it.

There is something to it, you know, I think that it’s going to become more popular because of the results that are happening. It’s curing a lot of things. You know, it’s all about cell regeneration, creating new cells, stem cells, and, and this, these, these heat lamps or red light lamps, they seem to be doing that. So, you know, just something to look into. I’m, I interviewed him. You’re going to hear him in a, in a couple of days, I believe. But be healthy people. Eat right, watch what you drink. Watch. Just eat right and drink right and exercise a little bit.

Be healthy people. Say, michael, what’s your secret? I’ll tell you what my secret is. I never smoke. I’ll smoke a cigar every once in a while, while, or inhale it, but I never smoked and never drank to excess. No way, not me. And I never got obese. I never let myself go because it’s dangerous. Too much, you know, pressure on your organs. Too much, too much, just can’t do it. You got to try to maintain your weight. Not insulting anybody. I’m just saying you got to try. It’s hard. Watch your diet. Very important. Diet is everything.

So be safe, be healthy. And yes, when I say this, I, I mean it. I really mean it. I want God blessed to every one of you, even those that I don’t like, even those that I think that are crazy. Because if God blesses you, you may have a change of heart. You may be transformed, you may see the light. So I want God to bless you. A blessing is a great thing to have from the Lord. It’s the best thing to have from the Lord. And when I say God bless, I’m talking about, yes, the God of Abraham, Isaac, New Jacob.

Yes, I’m saying that. I’m also saying Jesus Christ, the Trinity, you know, three persons in one God. God the Father, God the Son, the God, the Holy Ghost. So that’s who I pray to. So I say God bless each and every one of you. God bless your family, your friends, your community, your city, your towns, your neighborhoods. And yes, God bless America. Because people, we need blessings here. A lot of stuff going on. That’s it for today. Yes. I’ll see you next time. Stay tuned. And once again to all of you, salute everybody. Sa.
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