William Happer

Exactly.

Don't.

We're as much part of the crooked timber of mankind as anyone else.

It's such a great quote.

You know, it's worth going back to the founding of this country because if you read things like the Federalist Papers, which was the theory of our government, what comes through loud and clear was that our founders believed that humans were extremely corrupt and, you know, not very reliable.

And given that...

How do you make a system that will function even with that?

And that's what they tried to do.

You know, that was the whole reason for the balance of power and all the things that are in there.

And so, you know, it was partially successful.

It certainly worked better than other systems for a long time.

Well, trust but verify.

Yeah.

Right.

Actually, the worst hurricane on record on the East Coast was the last year of the American Revolution, and it—

Had a big impact on winning the war.

What happened was this enormous hurricane, mostly in the Caribbean, but it wiped out the British fleet.

It wiped out the French fleet.

There was nothing left, you know.

Really?