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>>Trisha Hershberger: Hey guys, welcome back to SourceFed, I'm Trisha Hershberger
>>Joe Beretta: Joe! >>Trisha: Joe, I hereby claim this white room
Shishlandia >>Joe: You can't - it's the SourceFed white
room - >>Trisha: Yes I can! I checked online for terra
nulius (that's latin for 'land belonging to no one') and I'm pretty sure this was on it
and I'm putting a flag down so it's mine! >>Joe: That's all it takes, huh?
>>Trisha: You can be Prime Minister >>Joe: Okay, cool.
>>Trisha: I'm in charge though. You see, I learned all about taking over countries and declaring
yourself the dictator from Virginia native Jeremiah Heaton, who promised his 6 year old
daughter Emily that she could be anything she wanted to. She asked if she could be
a princess, and Jeremiah got to work! >>Joe: He began scouring the internet researching
how he might be able to actually make his daughter a princess. This is so bizarre. Mind
you, Jeremiah is not a politician; he's not an adventurer, he's a father of three who
works in the mining industry and he will stop at NOTHING to make Emily a princess!
>>Trisha: Months later, Mr. Heaton was traveling through the desert on the border between Egypt
and Sudan to find an area locals call Bir Tawil that according to the internets is terra
nulius, that unclaimed land term I mentioned earlier.
>>Joe: He plopped down a flag, complete with a tiara and stars on it, that his kids designed. And on Emily's
7th birthday, declared the land The Kingdom of North Sudan, with himself as King and Emily
as Princess. >>Trisha: Jeremiah said, "I wanted to show my
kids I will literally go to the ends of the earth to make their wishes and dreams come
true" Ok, yes, the sentiment is adorable, but this is a little insane, no? Anyone else
think this is over the line? I mean, can you just do that? What about the natives of this
800 mile stretch of land? While Heaton claims this is exactly how the states were originally
founded and that this is totally legit, Professor Sheila Carapico of the University of Richmond
told reporters that King Jeremiah would need legal recognition from neighboring countries
or the UN to actually have political control and while he did run for Congress in VA in
2012, he didn't win and has no political experience. >>Joe: He does plan however to contact the African
Union regarding recognition - and in regards to the natives, Princess Emily has decreed
that they use the land for agriculture and Jeremiah is not concerned saying "I cannot
stress how kind the Egyptian people are!" Ok, so let's be real for a second, this
guy has fantastic intentions.
I mean, if my daughter said 'get me the moon'. I would get her the moon
I mean, I would literally try and do anything for her. He did his research, kind of.
and has made the news because he may actually be establishing a kingdom. But he
is also claiming ownership over a land he knows nothing about, imposing government on
people he knows nothing about, not to mention that he has zero experience running a Kingdom!
Trisha: So well-intentioned but kind of a bad idea?
Joe: I mean, yeah he is neighboring Egypt and Sudan and you know, they're stable.
Trisha: Ah, alright. I guess I'll give up Shishlandia.
Joe: You probably should. Give me the flag.
THE WHITE ROOM IS NOW MY WHITE ROOM.
I will rule over all the cockroaches and call it La Cucarachaland and I will make love to their sweet women.
Trisha: That is so not cool!
You're making love to the cockroach women.
>>Joe: You know, I hope I'm respecting the Australian flag.
Trisha: OK! So what do you think of Mr. Heaton's big move? Do you think it's great and he's father of the year?
Or do you think it was not as thought through as it should have been?
Let us know in the comments down below.
Joe: Like, subscribe. Click the annotation for more SourceFed. I'm Joe Beretta.
Trisha: And I'm Trisha Hershberger.
Joe: King of the White Room.
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