The episode unfolds with an in-depth conversation on the impactful political decisions made during President Trump’s administration, most notably the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. This decision, while controversial, is analyzed under the light of fulfilling promises and the courage to act in the face of adversity.
In a world often driven by headline narratives, Kim and Brad bring an alternative narrative focused on the substance of issues rather than the noise surrounding them. The power of asking ‘why’ prevails as a theme, encouraging listeners to delve deeper into the motives behind actions and policies. It becomes evident that curiosity is not only a personal trait but a societal need to drive progress and informed decision-making.
The conversation also extends into the realm of lifelong learning and the importance of challenging one’s own beliefs. In an age where intellectual humility is paramount, this episode reminds us of the virtue of being open to new information, ready to pivot our understanding of the world in light of new evidence.
Listeners are treated to not just a review of historical and political contexts but also a nudge towards self-improvement and societal engagement. Kim’s discussion illuminates how ideas, when properly harnessed, can act as catalysts for change—echoing the importance of platforms like her own in fostering healthy debate and understanding.
Tying these principles together, the episode leaves a lasting impression on the significance of stimulating conversation, the courage of individuals in history, and the potential for progress when wisdom leads the way. Kim Munson and Brad Beck provide not just a discussion, but a call to action for each listener to embody these virtues in their everyday lives.
Welcome to the Kim Munson Show where we dive into the most pressing topics and ideate solutions that can make a difference. This episode starts with a reflective dialogue about prudence, one of the key classical virtues, and its role in contemporary decision-making. As we weave through historical narratives, from Medal of Honor stories to key political actions like President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem, we rediscover the power of making informed and principled decisions. Join on this journey with Kim and Brad Beck as we explore the essence of ideas that shape our world, emphasizing lifelong learning and the courage to ask why.
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It's the Kim Munson Show, analyzing the most important stories.
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I don't think that we should be passing legislation that is so complicated that people kind of throw up their hands and say, I can't understand that.
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And it's not fair just because you're a big business that you get a break on this and the little guy doesn't.
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Is it freedom or is it force? Let's have a conversation.
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Indeed, let's have a conversation. And welcome to the Kim Munson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You're each treasured, you're valued, you have purpose. Today, strive for excellence, take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body. My friends, we were made for this moment. And thank you to the team that I get to work with. That is Producer Joe, Producer Luke, Zach, Echo Charlie, all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting, Mike, Teresa, don't want to forget anybody. And happy Friday. And it was the Crawford Christmas party last night, Producer Joe.
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Yes, ma'am. And it was fun as all get out.
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And the food was delicious and the company was great. And yeah, it was just great. So here we are in the Christmas season.
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Yes, ma'am. And it came way too fast.
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I know. I guess we're actually in Advent right now. And you and I are going to have a discussion about we're going to get some guests to talk about all these different holidays. So.
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And I'm really excited for it.
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Yeah, it's going to be good, Joe. It's going to be good. And it is good because it is a Brad Beck Friday. Brad Beck, welcome.
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Well, thank you, Kim. And Shabbat Shalom to all my friends who are Jewish. And it's great to be alive and be in Colorado.
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Well, it is. And we are at the tip of the spear here in Colorado. Question, because Joe and I were talking about this. I don't really understand all the phases of the moon. And so I think for Christmas week, we're going to find an expert regarding the moon. But Hanukkah, isn't that based on the moon?
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Well, the whole Jewish calendar is lunar-based. And this year, the first night of Hanukkah, which is always the night before the day, is on Christmas Eve, or Christmas Day, actually. So on the 25th, they're both at the same time this year.
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That's interesting. Sometimes Hanukkah's earlier, isn't it?
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Yeah, usually it's early to mid-December. Sometimes it's in November, end of November. Sometimes it's later. but it really is a lunar holiday as all Jewish holidays are.
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Okay. Well, we're going to do a show on this. That'd be interesting. Yes. I'm sure that I learned it in school, but that was a long time ago.
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Well, you're a lifelong learner like me, so it's always good to hear new information.
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Yeah, that's what I thought. So we're going to take a look at that. The show comes to you because of our sponsors and really appreciate the Harris family for their goal sponsorship of the show for all these years. And it is because of our sponsors that our independent voice is on the air. So again, thank you to the Harris family for their goal sponsorship of the show. Our word of the day is in the spirit of Toastmasters. I've copied this from Toastmasters. A word of the day is prudent. And it's spelled P-R-U-D-E-N-T. And it's an adjective. It could be careful or wise in handling practical manners. exercising good judgment or common sense. Number two, characterized by or resulting from care or wisdom in practical matters or in planning for the future. And number three, sagacious in adapting means to ends, circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct, practically wise, judicious, careful, discreet, sensible, opposed to rash, dictated or directed by prudence or wise forethought, evincing prudence. So I thought prudent would be a very good word of the day today.
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It's a prudent word, and it also is one of the four classical virtues, along with temperance and fortitude, which is courage, and justice, to be fair. It's one of those four, and it's the base of wisdom. And so people like Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton and all the great founders were people of prudence, great wisdom.
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And that's something we need to strive for in our conversations, in the decisions that we're making. So your challenge today is to use the word prudent in a sentence. That should not be very difficult. Our quote of the day, it is Friday. So that is our Medal of Honor quote day from the Medal of Honor quote book from the Center for American Values. which is a great gift. I have all these gift ideas. This is a great gift idea. And it's a book beautifully done with quotes from many of our Medal of Honor recipients. It's inspiring and would highly recommend that you have that at home and give it as a gift. But this is from Robert F. Foley, United States Army Medal of Honor. And this is for actions on November 5, 1966. And this is his citation. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, Captain Foley's company was ordered to extricate another company of the battalion. Moving through the dense jungle to aid the besieged unit, Company A encountered a strong enemy force occupying well-concealed defensive positions and the company's leading element quickly sustained several casualties. Captain Foley immediately ran forward to the scene of the most intense action to direct the company's efforts. Deploying one platoon on the flank, he led the other two platoons in an attack on the enemy in the face of intense fire. During this action, both radio operators accompanying him were wounded. At grave risk to himself, he defied the enemy's murderous fire and helped the wounded operators to a position where they could receive medical care. As he moved forward again, one of his machine gun crews was wounded. Seizing the weapon, he charged forward, firing the machine gun, shouting orders and rallying his men, thus maintaining the momentum of the attack. Under increasingly heavy enemy fire, this goes on, it's hard to believe. Under increasingly heavy enemy fire, he ordered his assistant to take cover and alone. Captain Foley continued to advance firing the machine gun until the wounded had been evacuated and the attack in this area could be resumed. When movement on the other flank was halted by the enemy's fanatical defense, Captain Foley moved to personally direct his critical phase of the battle. Leading the renewed effort, he was blown off his feet and wounded by an enemy grenade. Despite his painful wounds, he refused medical aid and persevered in the forefront of the attack on the enemy redoubt. He led the assault on several enemy gun emplacements and single-handedly destroyed three such positions. His outstanding personal leadership under intense enemy fire during the fierce battle, which lasted for several hours, inspired his men to heroic efforts and was instrumental in the ultimate success of the operation. Captain Foley's magnificent courage, selfless concern for his men, and professional skill reflect the utmost credit upon himself and the U.S. Army. What do you think of that, Brad Beck?
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Well, the first thing I would say to him and all our Vietnam veterans is welcome home because they didn't get that. The biggest travesty of those who served that during that time was that they were demonized. And it's a shame because they were there protecting liberty and freedom, right or wrong with that war. But whenever I see somebody who's wearing a Vietnam veteran hat, I always go up to them and say, welcome home.
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And it's just sometimes you see tears in their eyes, right?
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Yeah, it's it's a major thing. So all I have to say is welcome home, gentlemen.
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And yes, and Robert Foley was born in 1941. And this is his quote. It says, if our actions are motivated by duty, honor, country, we can promote goodness to achieve greatness.
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That's beautiful.
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I love it.
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I love it. Okay. Let's see. This day in history. 1196, there was a weather event a long time ago. Climate change. Northern Dutch coast was flooded in the St. Nicholas flood.
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I wonder if they had a run on bananas. Like we do in Colorado. Who knows? Every time they say it's going to snow.
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It took me a while on that. In 1240, the Mongols, led by Butu Khan, occupy and destroy Kiev. After an eight-day siege, out of 50,000 people in the city, only 2,000 survived.
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Well, you know, that part of the world has been war torn since, you know, mankind has been around in that area. And so you can understand why the conflict has been ongoing. It really hasn't ceased.
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It hasn't. And same with the Middle East as well. So next one, I normally try to choose five. In 1849, Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland for the second and final time.
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Can you imagine being an individual that not only escaped but went back?
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Yeah.
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She went back to free other people, to show them the way. Miraculous.
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Pretty remarkable. Let's see, 1865 then. The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery except as a punishment for crime where the party has been duly convicted. Okay. Brad, do you remember this was... I wasn't around during November.
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Not during November. When you say remember.
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So I started to do these voters guides, I think in 2015 or 16. And there was a question on the ballot that said that... people that were in prison that had been duly convicted that they did not have to do different work because it was considered slavery and when i read this i i thought huh that is so interesting they said that if they had been you know punishment for a crime then when they're doing their time they could do work and anyway i thought that was interesting that the way the wording on that are you following me on that yeah i am and you know there's
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There's physical slavery, when somebody is taken and forced to or coerced to work. There's also intellectual slavery. And I think that's what a lot of us are suffering under, being in a prison or a silo because we're so indoctrinated. And over the holiday, of course, Thanksgiving just happened, and there's a lot of siloed thinking out there. And I would say they were chained or slaves to a certain philosophy. Mm-hmm. Having conversations with family members in a delicate way to get them to think differently is always a challenge.
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It takes real energy to engage in these battle of ideas without all the vitriol. It takes work, but it's worth it. So we have to continue on. In 1877, Thomas Edison enters the offices of Scientific American. Did you see that? That's back when Scientific American was a respected periodical. Because the most recent, I think, editor had, after Donald Trump's election, had put some very nasty things out. And I think she resigned. Anyway, 1877, Scientific American. He turns the crank on his cylinder phonograph, astonishing those present with the recording. Good morning. How do you do? How do you like the phonograph? Creativity. And then 2017, I did six headlines. U.S. President Donald Trump officially recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, announcing plans to move the U.S. embassy there. There were lots of people that talked, talked, talked, talked, talked about it, but he did it.
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You know, it's an amazing thing that he did that because he followed through on a promise. And I've looked at what he has said and what he has done, and I, you know, There is a formula, I believe. When I was talking to Larry Reed recently when I hosted the show, I defined, as Larry talks about character all the time, it's your choices plus your actions equal your character. And regardless of many of the bad decisions President Trump and President-elect Trump has made in the past, He made some very good choices, and one of them was following through on putting our embassy there and saying, look, here is something that we need to do, and others have talked about it, but he did it. And there's so many things that he should be rewarded for, as the Nobel Peace Prize, as an example, for bringing together different types of folks who disagreed for so long and now disagreeing. recognize the right of their states to be sovereign. And that's an amazing thing.
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It is an amazing thing. And with this Biden-Harris on their way out administration, it's a dangerous time from a financial standpoint, all the money that they're pushing out, but also looks like trying to get us into World War III. And so I got to think that Donald Trump has had a conversation with both Putin and Zelensky and said, let's not let this get too out of hand. But it sure seems like the Biden-Harris administration is trying.
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I think Trump will slow down what's going on around the world. He has been there before. He has had those conversations. And he created an environment where there was some safety in the world, at least for those four years. There wasn't any big battles, wars. I mean, there was minor things around the world and there was tensions. There's always going to be tensions when people disagree. But I think under President Trump's watch in the past and coming, hopefully, in the next uh 90 days or less uh you know we'll we'll see we we hope for the best and uh i think he's a great negotiator so you know i think it just may take some time to get things rolling in the right direction but he's already started his administration's already there i mean it's unbelievable
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It is truly unbelievable, Brad Beck. And so we'll continue the discussion. All this comes to you because of our sponsors. And the Roger Mangan State Farm Insurance team carries my home and auto. And make a complimentary appointment because if you bundle your insurance coverage together, you might be able to save a lot of money. And so give them a call at 303-795-8855. Like a good neighbor, the Roger Mangan team is there.
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It is Friday and welcome back to the Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at Kim Munson dot com. And thank you to all of you who support us. The show is broadcast live 6 to 8 a.m. Monday through Friday. And the first hour is rebroadcast 1 to 2 in the afternoon, second hour 10 to 11 at night. This is on all the KLZ 560 platforms, which is KLZ 560 AM, KLZ 100.7 FM, the KLZ website, and the KLZ app. And once we have the shows posted on the website with the podcast embedded and the summary, those podcasts can be heard on all the streaming services as well, such as iTunes and Spotify. So we're everywhere, Brad Beck.
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I love it. It's interesting. After a show, I tend to listen and review what I said because you can't hear yourself when you're speaking, right? And oftentimes I cringe, but I go back and listen. And it's interesting because the conversations we have, I think, are fascinating. And just discussing ideas that most people won't discuss, I think, are really key to the success of your show, Kim.
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Well, thank you, Brad. And our goal is to help all of you, you and me, all of us get our brain around these issues so that we can engage in this battle of ideas. So Leadership Program of the Rockies, and you do a lot of work with them, great organization. And when I was going through my interview with I'd gone through an angry period. So I'd gone through an angry period. I'd lost my voice. Liberty Toastmasters has been very helpful on all this. But the Socratic method, asking questions, right? And so I was in my interview to apply for leadership program in the Rockies. And they said, so you have kids. And this was during Obama running for office. Did any of them vote for Obama? And I said, not that I know of. And they said, well, did any of their friends? I said, well, I don't know. And they said, well, what would you say to them? In the true Socratic method of asking questions, I answered, are you crazy? That's not how it really works.
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Well, what's wonderful about the Leadership Program of the Rockies and the people that go through it, it's really about principle and ideas. It's not a partisan. It's not a political organization, although you're personally fine to do whatever you do as far as politics. But I learned so much through that program, and it really opened my eyes and gave me the education that I never really had in school, especially college. under the LA City school system where I grew up because every two years or three years, the program changed. And I really wanted that classical education, never got it until I got out of school and really applied myself to lifelong learning and reading the classics. And boy, I am so appreciative now of all the great books that are out there. And you have access to them. They're free on the internet. Anybody can get that education.
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Well, and to be a lifelong learner, One of the questions, I think, is why. And Producer Joe, I think that I see the wheels moving with you. Many times you're asking why. Why is that? And I think that that's one of the first important words to critical thinking, Joe.
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Well, and I try and think about the scientific method as well as, like, I think this is how it's going to work, and this is why I think it's going to work. Then I try and test it for myself, and then I find out, yes, this works this way because of this. And so I just generally try and think about the scientific method whenever I'm thinking in general.
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Don't you love that, Brad? That's fabulous. And so often the opposition of that is I feel, and then they go look for the people that will reinforce that, as where Joe would look at something and what would happen often, I'm sure, is, gosh, I was wrong on that. I found some new information that makes me think differently. And that's a world that just opens up to people. And being curious is just amazing.
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It is.
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The world humbles me a lot. Yeah. Me as well.
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Yeah, I get that. I totally do understand that. Have you seen the Reagan movie?
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Yes. Okay. In fact, I saw it when it was still a work in progress. So I'm sure it's changed. I've got to see it again.
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Well, I watched it several times over the Thanksgiving holiday because there was so much in there. But John Voight is this older Soviet spy, and he had been assigned with watching Reagan. And then a new, younger Politburo or cabinet member from Russia was trying to figure out what happened. You know, how did the Soviet Union break up? And Vogt said something so interesting. He said, it's not necessarily the why, it's the who. And I thought that was fascinating, Brad.
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He had a presence, and Reagan was one of those individuals who, when he said something, and even the simplest things, he was determined to follow it through. And when he was an actor, he had learned, especially actually even before when he was a radio announcer, he would read something and then look up and say it. And that created some credibility. Even when he wasn't at the site doing, he was hearing a report of what was going on at football games when he was in college. And then he would recite it. And it was amazing. Over time, he developed a way to connect with people. And he connected through emotion, both in his voice and in what he said. And he was truly a great communicator. And he used humor. Yes.
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Yes. And his stories really made a point. And so I thought that was interesting. I think the why and the who, those two things together I think are so important, Joe.
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When I was working at a tire place, the thing that they said the most was aces in their places. It matters who is working what job because everybody has certain skills and certain tactics to life that just help. And they're better at some things than others. And so...
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aces in our are in their places was the biggest thing that i kind of take from that as well yeah it's great saying i love that so speaking of aces i will save rebecca kelty this is pretty amazing she's running and we had her on the show earlier this week She was in a recount for House District 16 down in Colorado Springs. And she's won that election apparently by three votes. So she is unseating. the incumbent who is a far left radical activist. And the apparently the election has been certified. So she is she is the House District 16 representative. Congratulations to Rebecca Kelty. This is big.
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It is unbelievable. And Dan Woog went up in my area by 110 votes. So when people say their votes don't count, I have to remind them three votes and 110 votes makes all the difference because now the Democrats do not have a super majority in the Colorado legislature. And that's a big deal.
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So those three votes helped to prevent the extreme radical activists that have taken over the Democrat Party in Colorado voting. from having a super majority to ram anything through that they wanted. It's a big deal. It's huge.
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It is. And more of our fellow citizens need to realize that when they show up and when they vote, they send a message that it's important enough to take some time to invest in their own community and our state. And more things happen locally than they do at the federal level. Very rarely can we move the needle at the federal level. We've had a great opportunity this year. But at the local level, when people show up to the school board meetings and the town hall meetings, that makes a difference, especially at the school board level.
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Especially. And I'm bringing out this quote that producer Steve had given us from a woman, Martha Gellhorn. She was an American novelist, writer, and journalist, born in 1908, died in 1998. And she said this, "...people often say with pride, I'm not interested in politics. They might as well say I'm not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future, or any future. If we mean to keep any control over our world and lives, we must be interested in politics."
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Prudence is an amazing thing because it gets us to think about things like this when people say, well, I don't like either candidate. I don't either. But guess what? You've got a choice. And if you don't vote, then the opposition has a opportunity to really direct the way things go.
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So that's the beginning. And Brad, you and I have not had a chance to talk about this. But I had the Colorado 2024 election project. We have our two lawsuits are filed, which is great. We're going to be morphing into our 2025. And so the Colorado 2024 election project is going to become Reclaim Colorado 2025. We'll be filing another lawsuit. here soon. We need to raise the money for that. I want to work on legislation to address in a big way all of the things that are legal with our election season here, our election laws here in Colorado, but they're not right. And then I want to start Doge Colorado. I love that. What do you think of that?
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Oh, man, that's awesome.
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But we can have it at the local level, so we can have Doge Erie.
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Yeah, there you go. Well, you know, one of the things you're bringing up, Kim, and conservatives, Republicans, libertarians, free market people, they tend to win an election or lose an election, and then they go home, and they try to reformulate or rethink. And you bring up the point that you can't go home. You got to be consistent. You have to be persistent. You have to keep it going. Yeah, you can celebrate for a week or, you know, wallow in your sorrow. I thought I'd wait until after Thanksgiving, but we started right away. You need to because the opposition is always doing the same. They never rest. They keep going. Politics is the battle and the opportunity that you have the hope for the future, but you've got to be consistent. It doesn't just because you win once mean that it's going to go on forever.
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Absolutely. And what we're going to really see is this local level, the local, county, and state level. Since Donald Trump is in the presidency, the radical activists will be focusing on pushing their agenda through these venues. So we need to be vigilant. And DOGE, somebody asked yesterday what that stands for. That's the Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy Department of Government Efficiency. So we're going to bring that to Colorado.
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We know Rick Fernandez and Cheryl Fernandez in Broomfield have the Broomfield Taxpayer Matters. And it's similar to that in that they're trying to get citizens engaged in what happens in their local level. It's not so much to cut out waste, but make their local citizens aware of what's going on in their community. And so they can take action. And it's understanding rather than putting your head in the sand and say, well, I'm not interested. Well, you better be because they're going to do all kinds of things like single hauler trash. and just ram it down the citizens' throats because people aren't paying attention. Rick and Cheryl Fernandez are in Broomfield, so shout out to them.
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Yeah, most definitely, and we'll have to reach out to them on that as well. All of this is so important, and we do have an independent voice. One of our sponsors is Lavaca Meat Company. They're located in Littleton at Main and Nevada, but a great gift for Christmas would be to give a Lavaca meat box to your relatives or to your employees, your friends. You can get more information by going to levakameat.com. But again, what a great gift. And it's a great protein source as well.
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It is Friday. Welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is KimMunson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter, and you can email me at Kim at KimMunson.com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We're an independent voice. We search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something's a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. and wanted to make sure that on Fridays we do the quote from the Medal of Honor quote book from the Center for American Values, but I'm not sure I gave the website. So the Center for American Values website is AmericanValuesCenter.org. That is AmericanValuesCenter.org. And a sponsor of the show that's been with me, since before solo broadcasting. But Brad, I'm going to be starting my seventh year of solo broadcasting on January 1st.
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Congratulations. That's amazing. Because I remember you're the America chicks.
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The best bowl is a bowl of chips and salsa.
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And you can get that at Hooters restaurants. That's right. Exactly. So be sure and check that out. Brad, it's Christmas party season. And I've gone to several different Christmas parties. And I had this really interesting conversation with people I was sitting next to. And one had been a former federal employee. And I'd seen this this headline and I didn't quite understand it. And after this conversation, this is from Bloomberg, says thousands of federal employees land this work from home deal ahead of Trump, says the Biden administration appointee has agreed to lock in hybrid work protections for tens of thousands of Social Security staff, part of a slew of organized labor efforts that complicate President-elect Donald Trump's efforts to reshape the federal workforce. It's a government union, which even FDR said we shouldn't have. The American Federation of Government Employees is a union representing 42,000 Social Security Administration workers. They reached an agreement with the agency last week that will protect telework until 2029 and update a contract according to a message to its members viewed by Bloomberg. Okay, there's that. so this person I was sitting next to said that federal employees really want to keep this work from home thing because first of all you there's different pay scales so you have this base pay scale for federal employees but then you can get a bump if you are living in a higher cost area. For example, San Francisco, you might have your base and because housing is so expensive, you might get an additional, I think it's 25%. So then what has happened And then another person on the other side of me grew up in Mexico City, immigrated legally to America. And so what they said is that people, you know, federal employees, is they are moving away maybe from where they live. They may have sold their house. And they might even be moving to Mexico City. And this is what my friend said, is that Americans that are working from home have moved to Mexico City, nicer areas, which is making the price go up for Mexicans, and they're having to find other places for housing. And so I didn't realize... what kind of the deal that's going on. I found that really fascinating.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, the first thing you said, which I appreciate and I like, is former federal employee. That sounds good. There should be more former federal employees. One of the things that that brings to mind, I think the number is about 7% of all the buildings in Washington, D.C. are occupied. Right. and if you take away security staff and people who maintain those buildings, less than 1% have gone back to those offices, whether it's the Department of Commerce and you name the department. So that brings the question, okay, President Biden, you want to do that? Let's sell those buildings and turn them into condos and housing, affordable housing, for those individuals that are unhoused, as they say on the left. Why don't we take those buildings and knock them down and build something that is productive? Because we have all this federal property, which I contend many things, many buildings should not be federal. Many lands, especially out west, should not be owned by the government and should be put on the market for productive uses if they're not going to use those facilities. Now, there's some buildings we need, the White House, the Capitol, and so forth, military bases. But outside of that, I would contend that a lot of this federal property needs to be sold or done something different with rather than just being held in perpetuity. And those buildings in Washington, D.C. needs to be utilized.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, this person I was talking to said that he thought that if Donald Trump said, OK, everybody back to the offices, that you're going to see a lot of employees that will be former federal employees because they have moved or a variety of things. So I didn't realize this game that was on with the Biden administration on trying to get into this agreement before Donald Trump takes office.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, I hope it happens. And just like when Trump won the election, a lot of people are self-deporting. That's a good thing. Saves the American taxpayer a lot of money. And, you know, I understand why people come to America. It's the greatest place in the world. but they should come legally, safely, and with the intent of being indoctrinated with the American ideas. You should work towards being a citizen. And when communities are sanctuary cities or states, as Governor Newsom is trying to do in California and what he calls Trump-proof the state, it's a disservice to his citizens. Because all he's saying is, I'm going to hurt you more. It's going to cost you more. And, you know, those things go to other places like Oregon and Washington, like East Coast cities. And I think, you know, the mayor of Chicago said we're going to be a sanctuary city and everybody should come here. You know what? All those communities around Chicago that all those aliens are being shipped to would say, no, don't do that. It ruins the communities.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, and it's not doing anybody any favors. And this person I was talking to from Mexico City had said that the Hispanic community is not excited about all of this illegal immigration. And I think that's probably one of the reasons why Donald Trump had such great results with the Hispanic community.
SPEAKER 15 :
I agree. And, you know, we need to do something here in Colorado. Governor Polis needs to take a stand and say, you know, this is no longer a sanctuary state. It's drawing funds. The budget is not where it needs to be. They're pulling resources and services away from taxpayers. And look, we have a way to help people freely if we want to, but we shouldn't be forced to by government. And that's exactly what's happening. And so Governor Polis needs to get off the dime and make some different decisions, especially when I hear he wants to run for president.
SPEAKER 06 :
Isn't that interesting? Yes, that's very interesting.
SPEAKER 15 :
All of a sudden he's a moderate.
SPEAKER 06 :
Or he's trying to appear like he is.
SPEAKER 15 :
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SPEAKER 06 :
It is Friday. Welcome back to the Kim Munson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. I do want to say give a shout out to my fellow board members of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers. And that is Steve Dorman, Greg Golianski, Russ Haas, Bill Hamill, Carl Honecker, Rob Knuth, John Nelson, Joseph O'Loughlin, Wendy Warner. Marty Nielsen, Ramey Johnson, and Mary Jansen. When you see these folks, say thank you. They are volunteers, and we watch legislation that is scheduled for a hearing, and we take positions on it, and we have an email that goes out to all of the legislators and the governor. And if you would like to get that email as well and be super informed, Join us. It's only $25. You can do that by going to coloradotaxpayer.org. And they have been doing this, these volunteers, since 1976, Brad Beck.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, I've been a member since 2009. They do great work, and I look forward to reading that newsletter every time it comes out. It makes me informed.
SPEAKER 06 :
It keeps us informed. And I'm thinking about... 2025, people running for office, how to get ready. First and foremost, I'd recommend become a member of Liberty Toastmasters.
SPEAKER 15 :
I absolutely agree. If you're facing the public, you need to have your message down and be able to articulate it. And Table Topics prepares people for a Q&A like nothing else.
SPEAKER 06 :
And because the left has... organized programs. For example, now what was the one for women? I can't remember what it is. But they have everything there, how to communicate, how to fundraise, all those things. We, on our side, we have to kind of build it So from the communications component, I would highly recommend Liberty Toastmasters to know what's happening down at the statehouse, become a member of CUT. And I think with that, the $25 there and our dues are every six months.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, less than $150 a year for membership.
SPEAKER 06 :
So just think about that. For $175 a year, you can learn how to communicate and know what's going on. I think that's super important.
SPEAKER 15 :
And do it early. Too often I get a phone call from somebody who says, well, I hear you're good at communicating and helping people with their messaging. And I said, yes, but when are you going to be announcing? And it's usually tomorrow. Like, good luck. You've got to start early. You do. And one of the biggest suggestions I would say to anybody considering running for school board or public office is go to those organizations in your community, the Rotary, the Optimist, the Kiwanis, and come up with an idea that you want to talk about or an issue and just talk about that issue for 10, 15, 20 minutes. Get good at it and start to build relationships with those local organizations that do good work in your community. Do that for a year and then decide if you want to run for office. Rather than saying, I'm going to run. And then you stand up on the lectern and then all of a sudden you're like, you don't have anything to say. We see that too often. People run for their heart reasons, but not for their head reasons. And they've got to be sharp. They've got to be clear and concise when they give their messaging and they have to connect with the audience. And that's great training for a year to go to all those different organizations.
SPEAKER 06 :
It really is. So we're going to talk more about that through 2025. Let's talk about this piece that we're going to publish this Sunday in our newsletter. So be sure and be signed up for that. And that is now that the election is over. So what do you want people to know about this?
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, like most people, you know, we we vote for a candidate and it's it's personality driven. If you have good hair, if you say the right things, which we're just talking about. But more importantly, I was a little frustrated after the election because we have family and friends and people, acquaintances that we argue with. And one, we're not allowed to talk politics anymore, which I think is ridiculous. It's censoring. It is self-censoring and it's censoring in the sense that you can't be friends if you don't have the right political persuasion. I think that's a shame. We should be able to have feisty conversations, good debates. You know, in polite company, we're told not to talk about sex, drugs and rock and roll.
SPEAKER 08 :
It's like, what else is there?
SPEAKER 15 :
That's what makes life interesting. And you should be able to talk civilly with your friends and family. And we just had Thanksgiving. And I was told, no politics. I was like, oh my goodness, really? So I started to think about this. What's more important, the personality or protecting the rights of the individual, which we never talk about? We never talk about the smallest minority, the individual. And if we're really going to protect our nation and learn about freedom and the responsible exercise of freedom, which is liberty, we need to start really discussing individual rights, the rights of you and I to make choices as long as it doesn't harm somebody else. And we have to understand why, why to have those discussions. And too often we don't understand that capitalism frees more people. It gives more people opportunity. And if we don't have that robust conversation about the individual, about free markets, about free people, about character, about the virtues, prudence, temperance, justice, fortitude, we don't get the chance to talk about happiness in the way that it was intended by the founders. You know, the term happiness is derived from the Greek word eudaimoniae. I never pronounce it right, eudaimonia, eudaimonia, which means the good spirit. And that's really what the founders were talking about in happiness is to pursue your own self-mastery of the desires and the animal instincts that we all have and to really work on those traits that are going to make you more excellent, not perfect, but strive for excellence. And we need to have those discussions. We need to push the ideas of being of moral character, of having virtue, of working on yourself, the individual, more than being concerned about the common good, more than worrying about how people are living their lives. Live your lives as you see, but don't harm people. pursue your happiness, but that maintains you have to be a good citizen, to be self-restrained, to have civic knowledge, to be self-reliant. And really to work on yourself when you are successful with yourself, then you can help other people. But too many people have their own issues. And, you know, you see what's going on with the ethics in Washington, D.C., with Matt Gaetz. You know, they're this elected representative, whether or not he's guilty of what they're saying he is accused of. I don't know. But I do know if you bring it up, then you say, well, goodness, why don't you get all that stuff in check way before you want to run? Because they will find the skeletons in everybody's closet or they'll make them up. And so you have to be prepared. But work on yourself and be able to communicate that clearly and in a way that people understand it. And, you know, there is no perfection, but there is an opportunity to really go after the excellent traits of an individual. Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
So, Brad, everybody has skeletons in their closet. How would you recommend – so there are some people that say – fine, they could be fine representatives. And they're saying, I don't want to run for office because I think there was a Will Rogers quote, if you want to look up your family tree, just run for office and your opponents will do it for you. Right. So how would you suggest that people, I think they need to get out in front of whatever those skeletons are.
SPEAKER 15 :
Absolutely. And it is in the messaging and say, look, I did some things in my youth and I'm going to lay them all out here and be frank with you and just tell you what it was. And we all make mistakes. And I think if people put that out in the front, they're less likely to have a gotcha in the back, on the backside of it. One of the things when I talked to Lawrence Reed, he had a great quote. He's the president emeritus of the Foundation of Economic Education FEE. And he said, quote, if you do not govern yourself, you will be governed.
SPEAKER 06 :
My father said something to me generally the same way.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
And that's good for a country as well as the country.
SPEAKER 15 :
Absolutely. And so if you can govern yourself, if you can recognize the rights of the individual, if you recognize that's the purpose of government is to protect our equal universal natural rights. then you're able to build on principle. And even if you've made mistakes in the past, you can say, yes, I've made certain mistakes. We all have. And America is a very forgiving community, country, people. But we need to really focus on how we can all improve and get to that shiny city on the hill that is both in the Bible and Ronald Reagan amplified. when he said that. And it's true. There's so many more opportunities for us as Americans. And I would encourage more people to run for local public office. Don't run after the big shiny thing. Run after the school board. That is so important in our communities.
SPEAKER 06 :
That's where the battle is right now. It's going to be this local government, this local level. And in the Reagan movie, The whole Iran-Contra thing, I'd kind of forgotten about that. And Nancy Reagan says, they are going to impeach you. You need to address this. And so he did. And John Voight, his character said something along the line of the American people will forgive you if you just come clean and tell the truth. And I thought that was super powerful.
SPEAKER 15 :
It really is. And we need to have more clarity, transparency. That's what the Doge is going to hopefully do. It's OK if you make mistakes. You're not trying something different, unique, creative if you're not making mistakes. It's not the mistakes. It's how you handle it and how you get in front of it and how you talk to people about it and listen to people and say, you know what? We screwed up here, but we'll make it better in business. We do it all the time. It's, you know, it's an interesting story. I don't know how much time we have, but this Thanksgiving, I made a reservation for a certain parking place. I'll just say the name, Canopy Airport Parking. Made the reservation the day before. I got a confirmation. I get to the site, no parking available. Now, you know, had they said to me, Mr. Beck, we messed up. We oversold. We're going to give you two free days, refund you. And oh, by the way, we found another parking space for you. I would talk their praises. But instead it was you're out of luck, buddy. Here's your two free days. Here's your money back. I was furious.
SPEAKER 06 :
And you don't get furious very often.
SPEAKER 15 :
No. My wife was calm down. Yeah. But we need to make sure in business, when we mess up, we make it right. In government, when we mess up, guess what? You get reelected to higher office. You get rewarded for messing up. And it's like, no, we have to stop that. So I hope people comment on my essay and give me feedback. But it was just a way of giving my ideas. And we have to focus more on the individual and focus on protecting rights rather than giving things away in shiny objects.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well said, Brad Beck. So we'll roll this out this weekend and on my weekly newsletter. So make sure you're signed up at KimMunza.com. It is now that the election is over by Bradley Beck. It's great having you here.
SPEAKER 15 :
Thanks, Kim. Look forward to the next hour.
SPEAKER 06 :
You bet. And our quote for the end of the show is from Albert Einstein. He said, adversity introduces a man to himself. So today, my friends, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you. God bless America. Stay tuned for hour number two.
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SPEAKER 06 :
Indeed, let's have a conversation. And welcome to our number two of the Kim Munson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You're each treasured, you're valued, you have purpose today. Strive for excellence, take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body. My friends, we were made for this moment in history. Thank you to the team. That's producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie. Mike, Teresa, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Happy Friday, Producer Joe.
SPEAKER 11 :
Happy Friday, Kim.
SPEAKER 06 :
It's always a happy Friday when Brad Beck is in studio.
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, you're kind. It's an honor to be here. And Purple Mountain Majesty is out the window.
SPEAKER 06 :
It's gorgeous. Oh, yeah. It is gorgeous, isn't it? Yeah, sunrise right now. The first hour is rebroadcast 1 to 2 in the afternoon. The second hour, 10 to 11 at night. And this is on all KLZ 560 platforms, but we have We have an amazing view.
SPEAKER 15 :
This is why we live in Colorado. It's spectacular. Snow-capped mountains, the beautiful scenery, and being in studio with you. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 06 :
I look out there and I say, God is showing off.
SPEAKER 15 :
There you go.
SPEAKER 06 :
And we'll be rolling your essay out this Sunday in the email newsletter. Make sure you're signed up for that at my website at kimmunson.com. And it is now that the election is over. And I think it's really an important piece.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, thank you. And it was interesting. I went on AI. I used Perplexity as my AI app. And I Googled Kim Munson. Or Googled. I didn't Google. But I put in. That's such a common phrase now, right? I put in Kim Munson slash Brad Beck. And it came out. And it described me a certain way. And I said, oh, that's interesting with all my articles. So I always suggest to people, go to Perplexity and see how you come up. And if you have written or if you're a public personality, it's interesting how the Internet pulls all this information. The reason I use perplexity is because it does cite sources unlike some other ones. And I can look at those sources and guess what? They come back to the Kim Munson show. Isn't that something? It's amazing.
SPEAKER 06 :
It's scary. I'm perplexed how that happens. Okay, let's get to our word of the day. The word of the day is prudent. It's spelled P-R-U-D-E-N-T. First definition could be careful or wise in handling practical matters, exercising good judgment or common sense. Number two, characterized by or resulting from care or wisdom in practical matters or in planning for the future. And number three, sagacious in adapting means to the ends, circumspect in action or in determining any line of conduct, practically wise, judicious, careful, discreet, sensible, opposed to rash and dictated or directed by prudence or wise forethought. And so your challenge is to use the word prudent in a sentence today.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, it's always prudent to listen to the Kim Munson Show.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, well done, Brad Beck. Well, well done. Love that. Our quote of the day, and this is from the Medal of Honor quote book that you can buy by going to the Center for American Values website, AmericanValuesCenter.org. Highly recommended as a Christmas gift. And this is from Robert F. Foley, Medal of Honor recipient, born in 1941. And it was actions that he took November 5, 1966. He said, if our actions are motivated by duty, honor, country, we can promote goodness to achieve greatness.
SPEAKER 15 :
Isn't that amazing? You know, I never had the honor to serve. And the Vietnam War, it stopped and they stopped the draft. And that's a whole thing we can talk about at some point. But it's important to welcome those Vietnam veterans home because they never got the welcome home that they deserved. Whether you agree with that war or not, they fought to protect the ideas of freedom and liberty.
SPEAKER 06 :
They were doing their duty.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 06 :
And the politicians were doing other things, but they were doing their duty. Speaking of this, Brad, Pam Long brought this to my attention. And that is that our soldiers at Fort Carson are not receiving proper meals, if you can believe it.
SPEAKER 07 :
No.
SPEAKER 06 :
In fact, she had a picture. It was from military.com of a meal, and it was a piece of toast and some lima beans. This is unconscionable. And apparently they have money that's deducted from their pay. It's called bait. What's it called, Producer Joe?
SPEAKER 11 :
BAS, Basic Allowance Subsidiary. Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
So that money's deducted, and it's supposed to cover your basic needs. And that number is $22 million that that's generating, but they only have $5 million earmarked for their food. It's crazy. And so she has suggested that we reach out to electeds and also the commanders and at Fort Carson, and I asked her to put together the information, which she has done that, all that contact information. And I'm going to ask Zach, we very seldom do more than one email each week, but I think we need to do a special email with all of this information, with that military.com article. It's unconscionable that this is happening.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, especially since the Pentagon can't pass an audit. You know, this is the seventh audit, and they haven't passed that. And if you tried to do that in a business, guess what? You'd be out of business. You'd be out of business. So they've got to feed the troops.
SPEAKER 06 :
Got to feed the troops. So let's shed some more light on that. Joe?
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, and also considering that the Pentagon spent $15 million on ribeye steaks alone, yet they can't feed their soldiers, I think it is –
SPEAKER 06 :
gross misuse of power right and you're basing that on earlier in the week we were talking with someone from open the books and they go through and he's doing a column on waste of the day and that was one of the things the Pentagon's out there trying to spend all of their you know they feel if they don't spend it they're gonna lose it so they're out spending money on all kinds of things meanwhile back at the ranch our military is not being fed properly here at Fort Carson
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, and on top of that, those those people that they mentioned that aren't getting fed, they're the younger enlisted. They're the lower down and they're trying to grow through it. So they like Pam actually said earlier this week, they don't get a chance to say, I don't like this. I want to change. They they really don't get to.
SPEAKER 06 :
stop so we have to be their voice so we're going to make that happen and i know somebody that probably cares immensely about this and that is cattleman jim may with lavaca meat company jim welcome to the show good morning kim good morning brad happy friday everybody great to be here happy friday can you believe this at fort carson that our our soldiers are not being fed properly it's unbelievable to me jim
SPEAKER 03 :
I am so ready for Elon Musk and everybody to go through this deal and straighten it all out. It is crazy how so much money gets spent stupidly over here, and then you look at something like that, you go, wow. So hopefully we can fix some of these things.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, we're going to go to work on it. We're in the holiday season, and a great gift. In fact, I was just talking to Brad, Brad, regarding a Lavaca meat box.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, Jim, I was curious. What's your favorite one to give to family and friends?
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, wow. I don't think you can go wrong with any of them. They're all great, and I think your base, you look at that. So you go online and look at it. It's like, well, what would these people really like? And, you know, for some folks, maybe it's hamburger. Maybe it's You know, somebody that's really done you a big favor somewhere, man, get them a good steak, right? Spend too much on those ribeyes, Joe, but spending well spent most of the time, all right? I get what you're saying. But it's just tomorrow or Saturday, let's see, we're going to go out to, yeah, tomorrow, we're picking up some for the Livingston family. So we have a lot of repeat business out here. And then once they do it and give it to their crews and stuff, They've made it an annual thing, so we're bringing some gift bags home as we circle through the weekend.
SPEAKER 06 :
And it is a real treat.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, it's just a good thing. I think at Christmas you want to give somebody special something that they don't normally get. So go online, look at that stuff, maybe pick out what you think is best for them. And I think he's got a nice selection there online.
SPEAKER 06 :
And you said that's something you're going to do, right?
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, I used to use another company, let's just say. And when you were in the studio the other day, last month when I was here, I said, well, I should give Jim the business. So that's what I'm going to do this year.
SPEAKER 03 :
I love it. Thank you, Brad. Thank you. Yeah, I remember our visit a few weeks ago there, and I came in the studio, and I was listening to you guys earlier about a little bit of Ronald Reagan. I ran out and saw that movie right away after it came out. And you're always doing the quote of the day, Kim. I don't know if you've ever heard, I know I heard this at Reagan's funeral from George Bush. He said, the best thing, let's see, let me see if I can get this right. The best thing about the inside of a man, the best thing you can do for the inside of a man is the outside of a horse. Isn't that neat?
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, that is really neat.
SPEAKER 03 :
Something like that anyway.
SPEAKER 15 :
I have felt that feeling before.
SPEAKER 03 :
I think once in a while when I really need to get my head straight, I go saddle up and I just go for a ride and just think.
SPEAKER 07 :
I know, think.
SPEAKER 03 :
I know what Reagan's saying there, but that was a great movie, I thought, and I'm just so excited about what's coming up here in the next... month or so and watching this thing go forward, I think Trump's going to be one of our greater presidents as well.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, and there's a lot of hope. Jim May, do you have a cowboy poem for us today?
SPEAKER 03 :
You know what I could do? I haven't written anything. We went through the one holiday where I did a poem there. I haven't written anything lately, but I want to do one. I want to thank everybody first for helping Dan get elected into the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame. And the first poem I put in my book was to a man who We bought the Ordway feedlot from him first, and then we bought the feedlot in Nebraska, the Hurd Cove feedlot, and he's an icon in our industry. And Dan put him in the Hall of Fame and introduced him and inducted him up there. And so now, you know, Justice is coming back to Dan, and I'm so happy for him. But anyway, I'm going to do this poem called Thunderbolt Ranch, and we bought this feedlot up there, and it was in the middle of 20,000 acres of sand hills and He went in there and turned it into a feed yard and just did miraculous things. Had to put some of the cattle under cover because the weather's pretty tough. But I still think a lot of him, I'm hoping that he's gonna make it to our celebration at the Hall of Fame down there in San Antonio. But this is called Thunderbolt Ranch. The natives all said you take a hell of a chance if you try to feed cattle on Thunderbolt Ranch. God knows there's a mountain of corn to be had, but the weather up there can get really bad. When the rain and the snow turn them sand hills to jelly, those cattle will sink in there right up to their bellies. And coming into year end, things can get really funky. And if you ain't done it by then, you better bring in your brass monkey. One old-timer said, you best take his warning to heart. Nebraska will kick your ass to heart. You'll have to clear your throat to fart. But Foxy had a vision and would not be denied. He said, I won't fight the weather. I'll put them inside. So they started building the barns, and after the first three or four, he flew over one day and said, let's build a dozen more. And now there's 15 barns there and a half a mile long and a legacy that proves that all those people were wrong. Because if you want to feed cattle today, I'd say your best chance is to ship them up there to the Thunderbolt Ranch.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well done, Jim May. Yes.
SPEAKER 03 :
Hey, Brad, did I get you a poetry book? I'm going to get you one.
SPEAKER 15 :
I was going to just say, where can somebody get one?
SPEAKER 03 :
I will just let you have one, and thank you for coming into Lavaca Mead. You know, it's so fun to go to Littleton down there at Christmas time. Just the experience. Even if you're not going to stop at Lavaca Mead, just go down there to get the Christmas spirit. I mean, the little shops and all the stuff. They used to have the trees coming. They had to cut a lot of the trees down, but they've tried to renovate that, too. It still feels Christmassy to me. We had our... our grandkids' Christmas program last night. I was just talking to Joe before I got on, and you guys had your Christmas party. So I guess I'm trying to, I think I'm getting in the Christmas spirit. Are you guys?
SPEAKER 06 :
I think so, too. Yes, absolutely.
SPEAKER 03 :
All right.
SPEAKER 06 :
Ho, ho, ho.
SPEAKER 03 :
Ho, ho, ho. And I'll probably see you guys in studio next week, or anyway, you, Kim, and the crew. Yep, awesome. The Knights of the Roundtable. That sounds great.
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indeed it is friday and welcome back to the kim munson show be sure and check out our website that is kim munson m-o-n-s-o-n.com sign up for our weekly email newsletter and you can email me at kim at kimmunson.com as well thank you to all of you who support us we're an independent voice and we search for truth and clarity by looking at this these issues through the lens of freedom versus force force versus freedom if something's a good idea you should not have to force people to do it Do check out the USMC Memorial Foundation website and would recommend for that veteran that is on your guest list to buy a brick that will be on one of their pathways of service. You'll receive a beautiful certificate for that they can frame and have on their wall. And you can get more information by going to usmcmemorialfoundation.org. Brad Beck is in studio with me. He's a co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters. And on the line is Leigh Brown. She's been a guest on the show several times, a good friend of Karen Levine's, who is one of our sponsors. And Leigh is in North Carolina, and she is working on putting – well, it's called Patriot Relief Projects, Helping the People of North Carolina. Leigh Brown, welcome.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, it's an honor to be back on your show, Kim. I hope you enjoyed your vacation when Karen was covering for you.
SPEAKER 06 :
I did. And that was her inaugural hosting of the show, and she did a great job.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, she was fantastic, and I'm sure all of your listeners called and messaged in and just gave her all the kudos, because I know your listeners would do that for her.
SPEAKER 06 :
Absolutely. So, Lee Brown, North Carolina. I'm hearing, first of all, stories that FEMA's not helping people and that there's a tragedy in body parts and things are being burned. There's all kinds of stories out there. What's the truth?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, there's a lot of truth. There's a lot of social media influencers that are creating clickable content for their own nefarious purposes. There's a lot of lies. I mean, there's a lot of everything. What I can tell you is that the overall government response has been atrocious. The people have absolutely been forgotten. And for everybody that says this is a land grab, this is a land grab. And it's very frustrating to see American citizens and taxpayers treated so poorly after a disaster they did not create.
SPEAKER 06 :
How is this a land grab, Lee Brown?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, okay. Let's just do some simple math, shall we, Kim? You know, we're highly intelligent women and we can do math. If your home was destroyed and we have at last count 1875 houses that are at 100% destroyed. That's how big this drama has been. So if you're in a single wide trailer that was destroyed as of this moment, North Carolina and FEMA will buy you out of that trailer house at pre Helene values. Now that number is going to be determined by who? The uneducated taxpayer who's not in real estate and doesn't know how taxes work may just take the number that they get without knowing what the value actually was prior to Helene. But by law, they are entitled to an independent appraiser's opinion. I just don't know that they're going to be told that. But that being said, they get a buyout offer for the house. The house is then demolished and the lot is turned into green space. However, that same homeowner, if they want to stay put... and either rebuild their house or repair what they have because a trailer house, as people in real estate know, is one of the easiest to repair because you can change out so many parts on it and make it livable again, but they can't have money for that. I met with a lady this week. Today is Friday. I met with her on Monday. She's in a single wide trailer. It's paid off. FEMA came and looked at it and told her it's not habitable. Do you know how much they offered her for that uninhabitable trailer? How much?
SPEAKER 1 :
$3,500.
SPEAKER 05 :
And she called me and she said, what am I supposed to do with $3,500? And I said, baby, you can't go anywhere with $3,500. That's not anything. That's not a down payment on a house. That's not going to do anything for you except get you in more debt. Now, if she were to go buy a new house somewhere, even a new trailer house, Well, she's going to have to take on mortgage debt because she doesn't have the cash to pay something outright. So now she goes from debt-free to debt slavery. And by the same token, FEMA would also say, but if you will leave and we can demolish this and turn it into green space, well, then you can have fair market value of the trailer before the storm. So why do they get money if the lot is turned into green space but they can't have the money if they don't?
SPEAKER 06 :
Wow. So what about this rumor that there's a lithium vein of minerals underneath this area? That's one of the things that's going around the Internet implying that the government wants that land for that. That's probably a very reasonable person, Kim. Whoops, we lost her. I know she's in the car. We want to hear every word she has to say. Brad, this is unconscionable.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, I've read that as well, that there's a private entity that wants to turn it into a lithium mine because of the minerals there. And I just don't know what the truth is. So it would be interesting to hear her perspective once we get her back.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. Okay. We have Lee Brown back. I had posed the question regarding supposedly a vein of lithium minerals that is in this particular area, North Carolina. Lee, what's your comments on that?
SPEAKER 05 :
I'm just going to notice that as I was about to answer that question, the government ended our call.
SPEAKER 15 :
Will you please fix your tinfoil hat?
SPEAKER 05 :
I mean, I'm 87 and 0 in conspiracy theories, just for the record. But there is a huge vein of lithium that runs from the Asheville urban area all the way down through Gaston County, which is a huge area. And the mind that is there. So that's true. There is a rare quartz in first time, North Carolina that only existence first time. There's also some huge quartz deposits in Mitchell County. So Bakers deal kind of area. So those are real. It is true that the mines reopened operations approximately two days after the hurricane hit And yes, that's two days after the storm. They resumed operations while the neighbors were without power and water. And it's also true that Doug Imhoff, and if y'all are thinking, why does that name sound familiar? He was the fellow that was trying to be first gentleman and is currently second gentleman, and he is the top shareholder in that mining company, which kind of makes you think it all does add up. But then the flip side of my brain says, I don't think our government's quite that smart, so we don't really know. But there are a lot of efforts to take back people's land and take back these lots and demolish these houses, right? under the guise of flooding, under the guise of environmental sustainability. And it's a lot to take into account that doesn't feel completely evil.
SPEAKER 06 :
Wow. What about loss of life? I have heard people said that the actual loss of life is significantly, probably significantly more than what is being reported officially.
SPEAKER 05 :
It is significantly higher. The official number is in the low 200s. And of that, they say only 100 or so were in North Carolina, including our own state senator, who I pray to all that's holy that somebody will primary that man and get him out in 26. And I'm not the only conservative that feels that way. But the real number is probably closer to 3,000. And that's the number that I feel is verifiable based on the sources that I have and the people with whom I've spoken. And the morgue trucks that are still sitting outside of the Asheville Hospital are still full of unidentified and uncertified humans, neighbors, taxpayers, American citizens. And there's lots of reasons for why they're not releasing the death counts. Frankly, at this point, I think it's all monetary because it occurred to me this past week, and I have yet to make a video about it, but maybe I had ought to, but I have too much content right now. But it occurred to me in talking to a family that they can't get their Social Security death benefit without a death certificate. They can't get the life insurance premium from that person's pension without a death certificate. Is it simply just the fact that our government is completely out of money that they're not pursuing with the medical examiner's office getting death certificates for these families so that they can get the financial death benefit that they're owed? And that's just one piece of it. The thing that bothers me more as a human is that these families don't have the dignity of closure. They don't have the opportunity to fully grieve and have a funeral and talk about their loved ones. They're instead... In fact, at this point, we all know finding a survivor would be almost miraculous, but it could be somebody's in a hermit place where they just have not been located. But in general, at this point, it's about where the remains are located and have they been afforded a decent human burial.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, what about, well, okay, next thing we've heard, well, had the reports of FEMA going past homes that had Trump signs and not helping them. Have you had verification of that?
SPEAKER 05 :
We have not confirmed that in North Carolina. We suspected it just because the amount of FEMA help has varied from county to county. And for your listeners who aren't fully cognizant of how big of an area we're talking here, the part of western North Carolina that was impacted is the size of the state of Massachusetts. So this is a really big geographic region. And in that region, you have some bright red areas and you have some blueberries. Asheville is a blueberry, but you go over to Burnsville and that is red. So you've got different political realities, which in North Carolina, we've done pretty well at getting along together. But yeah, the approach has been a little different. And the stories are interesting to hear coming out of the whistleblowers and coming from the director of FEMA. And a lot of us believe it probably happened here. We just haven't confirmed it.
SPEAKER 15 :
Wow. Brad? So, Lee, I have a question for you. I've heard that volunteers have built a lot of little tiny houses to at least get people into shelter temporarily, and that government entities have come in and said, nope, they're not fitting compliance, so we're going to not let people live in them temporarily. Have you heard that?
SPEAKER 05 :
Absolutely, I've heard that. And the tricky thing on that is getting written confirmation of what's being said because the officials are pretty crafty. They like to do all this over telephone and in person so there's no paper trail. And I will say this, I know that, and I'm a 25-year realtor, so I know the on-paper reasons for code and permits and safety and all these other things. But the reality is our petty bureaucrats have decided that it's better for somebody to live under a carport or in a tent versus a tiny home that was built by the Amish. I mean, we all know they build it really, really well. And these people have been told they can't live in those. Now, they are probably going to lift that shortly because our legislature did put forth a bill to give ultimate authority to the state fire marshal instead of the bureaucrats for a time frame so that there could be an opportunity for the houses to be repaired. But you just have a red tape nightmare that has totally... not taking into account humans. It's not how our country was built. Our country was not built by our founding fathers to turn it over to a bunch of pencil neck people in cubicles, which is what it's turned into. And now we've, and I'll blame COVID for this because during the era, People who snitched were rewarded, so we taught people to go snitch on each other and make their lives miserable. Well, as I enter my fourth winter of death and perfectly healthy, I noticed that that pervasive mentality of telling on other people has seeped into North Carolina's culture too you and it's no surprise to anybody the bureaucrats pushing this the harder are these young people in their 20s and 30s they've been told that it's a good thing to snitch and that it's better to follow the rules than to consider the human needs of your neighbor
SPEAKER 06 :
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SPEAKER 06 :
it is friday welcome back to the kim munson show be sure and check out our website that is kim munson m-o-n-s-o-n.com sign up for our weekly email newsletter you can email me at kim kimmunson.com as well thank you to all of you who support us we're an independent voice and we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force force versus freedom if something's a good idea you should not have to force people to do it we are an independent voice and we're independent because we have great sponsors And I thank the Harris family for their goal sponsorship of the show. And I'm thinking I want to try to get Susan Harris on for our New Year's Eve day show or our New Year's Day show. I think we'll try to do that, Joe.
SPEAKER 11 :
I think that would be a fantastic idea.
SPEAKER 06 :
OK, Brad Beck is in studio. We have North Carolina realtor Lee Brown on the line. And Joe, you said you had a question for her.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yes, I did. I was wondering what happens to the people with bad credit? Because if they're getting offered only so much because they're not leaving, they're obviously living in a trailer for a reason and they need help. So why is that happening?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, let me just dispel the commonly held perception that people in a trailer are there because they don't have the capability to do something that's stick built. When you have people that are in mobile homes, a lot of times it's because, well, in the mountains, there's a lot of inherited properties. And so the folks that I've met with, many of them inherited this house from a parent or a grandparent because you have generational lines in western North Carolina. And then also, that's the original affordable housing, and they're well-built to international code. They're built under roof. They actually have fewer issues over time often than state-built. So the reason people go in that direction could be because it's affordable. It could be because it's inherited. But to the credit question, that's a huge question that I have as somebody in real estate because right now I met with two different people this week who are facing foreclosure. and not on frailer house on a regular house where they had a mortgage and they had a three-month moratorium from their banks and the banks have now accelerated because there's no collateral so you have people who had collateral prior to the storm now the collateral's gone but the mortgages do so they're being told to go somewhere else and buy something well we have one lender that i know of that's come out with a program that won't take that old debt into consideration on their debt ratios but they're still going to be responsible for it or they're going to go to foreclosure for a house that doesn't exist we have not seen any movement from the banks on this except to give people a couple months off so if you lose your house which is already gone but you lose your credit because the house is gone and you didn't pay on the house that's gone now you're going to have a foreclosure on your record and you're going to have several years before you can do anything it is really untenable when you start adding in all these pieces And the last time I checked, the banks were too big to fail once upon a time. So me, as a taxpayer, I bailed them out during the Great Recession. Why in the heck is it that they aren't bailing out these people who lost their home due to nothing of their own doing?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, and then meanwhile, back at the ranch, Joe Biden was in Africa just this last week saying he was going to send a billion dollars to Africa, Lee. And then this is coming in from our listener, Lynn. So.
SPEAKER 05 :
It's very true. And add to that $475 million more for the Ukraine and $180 million for Lebanon. So our elected officials who think they're so much better than us will send untold amounts of money into their money laundering grifting machine while people are freezing in the North Carolina mountains. I don't know why they're doing this in our faces if we're trying to make somebody pop off, but they're doing a really good job. Because when I met with people yesterday doing some grant applications, that was the main topic of conversation, and it had nothing to do with political leanings. It was how dare they, at the government level, give a billion dollars to Africa when we are over here begging for a thousand bucks.
SPEAKER 06 :
Wow. Okay, Jo, you had a question?
SPEAKER 11 :
Isn't it the job of the federal government to take care of the home people, not everybody else in the world except us?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, now you're just in crazy talk territory. I mean, when have they ever put us first? I mean, it's astonishing to see how far we've drifted from the ideals of the founding fathers who came here for freedoms and got so angry about a key tax that they – cast off the fetters of the betters in Great Britain. And now we're not just taxed beyond belief. Our tax dollars are being stolen from us and given to foreign entities while our sitting president pardons his own family member in order to not be investigated for what they've stolen for the last decade. Are you kidding me?
SPEAKER 06 :
Wow, Lee, I can tell. I'm mad, Kim.
SPEAKER 05 :
I'm so mad right now.
SPEAKER 06 :
You are. And so you are there on the ground. You know what's happening. You know the suffering. But you have also come up with a solution, Lee Brown.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, I don't know if it's the perfect solution, but since this all happened right at nine weeks ago, I think it was nine weeks ago today, my grassroots community, how do we help at the very beginning has turned into a real organization called Patriot Relief, and we are now a 501c3, where donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law, but that's a whole different discussion. Can we burn down the IRS, too, Vivek and Elon, please, and thank you? So we came into place, and it was interesting, Kim, because the first video i did that went viral was on the well i had a facebook post that went viral the day after the storm and then another one went viral two days after the storm and that was the one that landed on dan bongino and glenn beck and the like and patriots all over the country have lost trust in all of our big organizations, not just the government, but they've lost trust in the Red Cross and they've lost trust in any of the charities that do things. And they were sending me money. And I'm thinking, holy crap, you're trusting a lady you've seen on a video on the internet. And of course, I know who I am. I know who I belong to. and I know what Jesus expects me to do, so we've spent the dollars and passed everything back through in the form of supplies and housing, and we're putting businesses back in place now, so we're using the dollars really effectively, and I keep asking people, like, why are you trusting me? You've never met me. You don't know me, and they say I can tell by listening to you that you're real, and they are, because I can show them receipts, but it's good that people are willing to trust a stranger, and it's disheartening that there's no trust left, and almost any of our organizations anymore through their own behaviors. So it turned into a big organization, and now we have, this is the proof of that my little grassroots organization works. FEMA was bragging this week that they have provided 46 trailers to North Carolina. Now, remember, I told y'all, 1,875 houses at 100% loss, not counting all the ones that are at almost full loss. They provided 46 trailers, and the hotel vouchers that they provide are over an hour away. They don't want people in their community. Now, my little ragtag organization at Patriot Relief, we have provided 33 temporary tractor sheds, and we have 10 more on the books for next week. So we're about to surpass FEMA on small-dollar donations from Patriots while FEMA's up there taking our taxpayer dollars and wasting them.
SPEAKER 06 :
Wow. What's that website?
SPEAKER 05 :
Patriot Relief Fund dot com. Patriot Relief Fund dot com. Or you can follow us on Facebook and see what we're doing.
SPEAKER 15 :
OK, well, I just want to commend you because you just proved the point that when things happen, it's neighbors helping neighbors, Americans helping Americans. And we shouldn't rely on the government. We should rely on each other because it's the right thing to do. So thank you for that.
SPEAKER 05 :
Absolutely. And in fact, I wish the government would give my tax dollars back so I could give them to my neighbors who paid into the system, too, which is a whole different conversation. And frankly, it's why American citizens need to get really diligent about what's happening with their dollars, because these are not government dollars. And I'm so tired of FEMA. And the ATF and the IRS and the rest of them acting like they're doing me some great favor when they do something with dollars. Well, guess what, people? Those are my dollars. I put them in the kitty, and the government is not a producer of anything.
SPEAKER 06 :
Amen. Wow. Lee Brown, what else? Anything else that people should know? And yeah, I can tell you're fired up and rightfully so, because this is a true injustice. And to your point, yes, let's lower taxes so that people can use their dollars to help others and know that they are going to get the results that they want. And if you have a charity that does not get the results that you want, that you've been giving to, then in a free market, you should be able to go to a different charity. Another thing that I want to get rid of, though, is all of these government grants that are going out to universities and pushing a specific agenda. I think a government grant in this situation with people losing their homes, I think that is a thing that might be considered. But we need to get rid of all those government grants. We need to lower taxes. I think we should get rid of the income tax and let people have their own money to make their decisions and then have these charities compete for results in the market. Brad, you have a thought, and then we'll close it up with Lee on that.
SPEAKER 15 :
Absolutely. I think that the free market works. And one of the things that people do is if they invest in something they believe in, you'll see things thrive. But when you're forced, when you're coerced by government, as Lee has seen and experienced in the people of North Carolina, you really need to question whether or not the government is doing what it needs to do, which is protecting our rights and letting us pursue our happiness.
SPEAKER 06 :
So, Lee Brown, thank you for making the time. I know that every minute is so precious right now as you're helping people there. And, again, that's patriotrelieffund.com, correct? It is.
SPEAKER 05 :
And thank you so much for having me on the show. And, by the way, I'm remiss if I don't point out that there is a huge organization doing great things, and that is Samaritan's Purse. They have been on the ground working every day since this started. So I want to make sure that. them another opportunity to be thanked for what they've done.
SPEAKER 06 :
And that's Franklin Graham's group, right?
SPEAKER 05 :
That is correct. And of course, the Graham's are from the area that got impacted in Montreat, but they would have done this kind of work regardless.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. Hey, I have one other question. East Rutherfordton, are you familiar with that area at all?
SPEAKER 05 :
I am, but, you know, you've got to say it like North Carolinians, and it's Rufferton.
SPEAKER 07 :
East Rufferton.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. Well, I should know that. So for many years, I'd been in the ladies' clothing business, and one of the companies that I worked with was based in East Rutherford, Rufferton. Rufferton. Come on, Kim.
SPEAKER 05 :
Rufferton. Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
And I loved the people there. And so how has that community done through all this?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, you probably know some of President Trump's most ardent professional volunteers are from that area. And they have been doing yeoman's work since 2015 and making sure that the people have a voice. And that area, of course, did experience a lot of damage and flooding because where it sits... And that area is down the mountain, so it's towards the foothills. And of course, anybody that knows how real science works, not government science, but when you have the mountains get covered up in that kind of rain, it gathers up and comes downhill. And so there was a lot of flooding out in that area. But of course, the recovery continues. And one of the things that our organization is making sure of is that we look for these overlooked areas that haven't received as much attention to get them what they need. That area has needed a lot of horse farms over there and they needed agricultural supplies and the people have responded. We asked for round bales on the internet one time and Lord knows we had
SPEAKER 06 :
trailer loads coming in from all over the country till we said we're good we're good on round bells now so thank y'all oh lee brown i just got chills on this uh let's stay in touch our prayers for you for the people of north carolina western north carolina keep up the great work thank you and that as patriot relief fund.com be sure and check and thank you for the voice kim and thank you for what you do Oh, absolutely. And we get to do this because of our sponsors. And the person that introduced me to Lee Brown was Karen Levine.
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It is Friday, and welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. Brad Beck, co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters, is in studio.
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And we have a meeting this Saturday at the Independence Institute from 10 to 12. Oh, that's right. So I'll be there, and I'm in the hot seat, so whatever's open, I get that role. Okay, 10 o'clock tomorrow. Tomorrow. You've got it. Saturday at the Independence Institute, and you can look it up on our website. Okay.
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And I got so fired up that I neglected to do some of the things that I agree that I'll do. And one of those, I want to mention the Center for American Values, which is located in Pueblo on the Riverwalk. And they do several things. One is great educational programs. Another is honoring our Medal of Honor recipients. As we're getting into Christmas break, I'd recommend that you put the fam in the car and head down to Pueblo and check out the Center for American Values program. That website is AmericanValueCenter.org. And then also the USMC Memorial Foundation is working diligently to make the remodel a reality. And so check all that out at USMCMemorialFoundation.org. And then also I wanted to acknowledge Roger Mangan and his team. His State Farm Insurance team just does amazing work taking care of their clients. And you said something, Brad, about striving for excellence, not perfection. And Joe and I have that conversation on a regular basis. Perfection's impossible, and you'll spin your wheels and feel terrible doing that. But striving for excellence means that you do your best and you try to get better and better. And I know the Roger Mangan Insurance team strives for excellence.
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Well, all your sponsors are excellent representation of doing the right thing, helping people, helping people get to where they need to be. And that's why they make a profit. And profit is a good thing. It is. And that's why capitalism is the only moral system that is consistent with freedom. And we need to promote more of that.
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We do. And to Lee Brown, she is fired up. She's frustrated.
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Oh, yeah.
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And this is coming in from one of our listeners, Holly. She said, looking at the situation from Hurricane Helene at 30,000 feet, the government is obviously trying to force people to leave the area. My guess is when the hurricane hit, people who wanted to benefit from the lithium mine saw a huge opportunity and are capitalizing on it, regardless of the human expenditure. You don't want to believe it, but, man, it sure looks like it, doesn't it?
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It feels that way. And, you know, my heart goes out to him because I lost a house in the Northridge earthquake, and I know how frustrating it was. And that was way before I was any inkling of being political. But I remember I spray painted on the garage door of my house that was pretty well destroyed. And it said, hey, Bill and Hillary, we could use some help if you're able. And what was funny was all the news trucks stopped in front of my house and said, what does this mean? I said, I'm just trying to get your guys' attention. We need help here. And it was way before I understood the rights of the individual and to have personal responsibility. Luckily, I had earthquake insurance. But it took me nine months to get it from the bank. So, you know, there's all kinds of red tape. And you have to live during those nine months. Well, I lived in a tent in my parents' front yard. Oh, my gosh. And they were a mile from me, and they had one crack in their house. My house had to go down to two by fours.
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Oh, my gosh.
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Joe, you had a comment? I lost a house in a flood, and I'm still waiting for my stuff to get returned. It's the same idea. It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous.
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Wow. I've got to contemplate on this. So changing subject, this is from Yvonne. When we were talking about federal employees, she also mentioned COLA, the cost of living adjustment. So your federal employment base pay plus COLA. And that doesn't necessarily happen in free market enterprise either. Entrepreneurs, you don't get a COLA. You just have to work, and your COLA is... providing your great product to more and more people so that you will make a profit and make money.
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Well, it's always important to remember that you have to prepare yourself, your family, the people around you to have water and emergency supplies. And even if you do it over time, buying a tarp, gloves, mask, whatever you think you might need. And you could go to several emergency websites to just be prepared because it's not if it's going to happen. It will happen at some point, a fire, a flood or something. And luckily, when the Northridge earthquake happened, I had two trash barrels that were full of supplies, radios, batteries, everything you would need to secure your house so you could leave for a little while and be protected. A firearm is always important, cash, medicine, all the things you don't think about when you're living your day-to-day and you're not even thinking about the convenience of water or food or... you know, lights. And so if you are prepared and preparing your friends and your family, I was amazed when that happened. The first thing I did was went in the garage, pulled a bunch of stuff away from that had fallen in, but pulled out my emergency kit. And my neighbors were like, what are those? I said, you need something. I got it. And so, you know, simple things like rope and a hatchet and nails and all the things you would need in an emergency. And more people have to think about being prepared for three days in any situation.
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You really do need to, and that makes a lot of sense, and also community as well. And we're just about out of time, but a great community is Liberty Toastmasters.
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It is. I love the people at Liberty Toastmasters. They've become great friends. We have two clubs, one in Longmont, one in Denver. Invite people to come. Practice the skill of oral communication. We need more feisty debates. We need to be civil, and we need to understand that communicating a great message, a good message, is done through practice.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well said. Brad Beck, thanks for being here. And our quote for the end of the show is from Albert Einstein. He said, adversity introduces a man to himself. So today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
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Young like a new moon rising Fierce through the rain and lightning Wandering out into this great unknown And I don't want no one to cry But tell them if I don't survive I was born
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