Join John Rush as he welcomes Daniel Turner for a deep dive into the volatile world of energy markets. This episode of Rush to Reason offers a compelling narrative on the geopolitical events affecting oil prices and the role of the US government in steering energy policies. With a ceasefire announced with Iran and fluctuating fuel costs, the conversation turns to the importance of energy dominance and the resilience of the American energy sector. Daniel Turner brings seasoned insights into how political narratives can shift markets and the importance of maintaining robust domestic energy policies. From the implications of
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All right, Hour 3, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Daniel Turner joining us now. Executive Director, Power of the Future. Welcome back, Daniel. How are you? Hey, it’s always great to be on the program. Thanks for having me back. A lot has happened even since we got you booked. Early this morning to come on this evening, a lot of activity today. There was a ceasefire, as you know, that was announced, which I just read a moment ago on Twitter at the top of the hour, that according to Reuters, Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister, Mohammed bin al-Tahani, secured Iran’s agreement to a U.S. and Israel ceasefire. That was on a phone call that he made. So big brother called little brother, Daniel.
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You know, to quote George W. Bush, when are people going to stop misunderstanding President Trump, right? They said… they said there was going to be huge inflation if we had the tariffs there was no inflation they said that there was going to be you know endless bloodshed uh trump unilaterally declared war and two days later we have a ceasefire and so you know people don’t like the president uh politics is a vicious world i totally understand it but his track record on deliverables is pretty exceptional, and not just the track record, but the speed in which he delivers. And yet there is an entire political party who would never for a second acknowledge it.
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You’re right. You’re 100% correct. And I talked a little bit in the last hour, and I wanted to get your feelings on this, with Iran and, of course, people over the weekend. I watched Oil last night, Daniel, at 10 o’clock my time, so mountain time last night. It was about… Brent was at about $78 a barrel, roughly inching up towards $79. West Texas Intermediate was down around $74, $75. I can’t remember exactly. I was watching Brent more than I was WTI. And I looked just a little bit ago. I should bring this up again right now, but I believe it was in the 60s. Yeah, $65 for WTI, right? Right now, 71 for Brent crude. So it’s come down a ton from where it was last night. Because, again, last night everybody was predicting that the straits of Hormuz would be closed and Iran was going to go there next and you wouldn’t be getting any oil around. And there’s even a guy that I follow a little bit. He’s a lefty, but he goes by Mr. Global on social media. And he was predicting that insurance rates were just going to skyrocket for Iran. all the tankers, and they wouldn’t be able to afford to carry the oil around, and there’d be a huge markup on oil overnight and blah, blah, blah. In reality, Daniel, less than 24 hours later, none of that came true.
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No, another thing that’s absolutely remarkable, and it shows the power of energy dominance and the resilience of our energy markets right now. I mean, if you’re a believer in the free market, which I know you are, and you understand what Adam Smith called the invisible hand, right, these forces that are at work that are not centrally planned, anyone 10 years ago looking at the scenario would have said oil will skyrocket to $130 a barrel. I went to bed last night, as you did, looking at reports that were saying, estimates say that oil is definitely going to reach $130 a barrel by the end of the week. That’s the standard playbook.
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Right. I was reading the same things last night, and I’m just thinking, hang on, guys. You guys aren’t really looking at things the same way that I am. I mean, and the way I was looking at it, and still do, Daniel, is number one, even if this conflict would have continued, which now it looks like it’s not going to, Iran still needs revenue. Their revenue, granted, they don’t produce a ton of oil a day, but a couple million barrels a day, China being the largest buyer, which, by the way, I don’t think China wants to be cut off from that cheap oil because they get that at a reduced rate, as you know. So at the end of the day, that’s their lifeblood. China nor Iran was going to give that up, Daniel.
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No, they weren’t. And it’s China’s great vulnerability that they import all of all of their oil. But it shows just the dominance or the importance of of of proper energy policy and what it means to markets. So if you go back to the election, November of last year, when Kamala Harris had the talking point that we have hit record oil production, and she was not lying. We did hit, we’ve surpassed it since then, by the way. But the question is not that you produce the most, but if you hit record production, why is it still $88, $90 a barrel? And the reason why is because that invisible hand, all those forces at work look to the future and they say, but we’re screwed. Right. We don’t have a bright future because we have no leasing. We have no permitting. The Wall Street is being punished if they lend to the fossil fuel industry. SEC rules that Gary Gensler and the Biden administration put in place. So the markets looked at all that and said, we’re producing record amount. But the future is bleak. Oil was at roughly $90 a barrel. We’re producing just a little bit more now, but oil has dropped $30 a barrel. Why? Because they look at the future and they say permitting is coming, lending is coming, access, pipelines. So there’s no reason to panic. It doesn’t even matter what happened in Iran. Don’t panic. We’re fine. Remarkable, remarkable difference in a half a year.
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It’s funny. I was reading on oilprice.com. I’ve got this for tomorrow for an article that I’ll get into, but I’ll just briefly share it here. Guys, you can turn in tomorrow, and I’ll talk a little bit more about it. But banks last year, number one, they’re following the money to your point, Daniel. And in 2024, knowing what was coming, most likely with the election and so on, to your point, they’re looking to the future. And you could pretty much tell even through 2024 who was most likely going to win. It wasn’t a slam dunk, but you could see where things were trending. $169 billion into fossil fuels.
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Yeah. To your point.
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And this is where you have government that decides, we think this is what you should be giving money to. We think this is where you shouldn’t be giving money to.
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If banks were free to make good financial decisions. It’d be larger than that. Oh, absolutely. They would put money into stocks that are domestic, that are not subject to trade wars, shipping lanes, tensions in the South China Sea. That’s the vulnerability about a lot of transnational stocks, not American energy, because it is thoroughly, thoroughly domestic. But the Biden administration didn’t want that. Nope, they didn’t. So they punish you if you lend to the fossil fuel industry, and then they get the talking point, fossil fuels are so bad that not even Bank of America will lend them money. And you say, really? You’re not telling the whole story. If they lend you money, you would punish them. It’s so frustrating the way… the big-handed government of the Biden administration just treated us like perpetual children.
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Yeah, and despite that, as you know, because, you know, power of the future, despite that, our energy, you know, dominance here in America has even grown, even in spite… of the Biden regime, and it’ll get better now under Trump. And Daniel, we’re not that far. I don’t think people really understand this. We’re not importing that much Middle Eastern oil. It’s 600,000, roughly 600,000 barrels a day. And that’s only because of some of the refineries and what we have to refined with and so on and that’s a whole nother that’s probably a conversation in and of itself at some point in the future daniel but we’re not that far away as a country from at least north america standards go coming from mexico or canada and then what we produce ourselves and again folks for all of you listening some of that oil we take and use because it’s the way some of our refineries are set up for example here in denver we have suncor that’s a canadian company That’s oil coming out of the tar sands. It gets pumped down here. It gets refined. And all types of oil, Daniel, as you know, require a different type of refining depending upon where it came from. And it’s very expensive for that refinery to reset up for a different type of oil coming into it. But we’re not far away, Daniel, is my point, of being able to be completely non-dependent upon anybody other than ourselves.
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No, and that’s a glorious day for America, for sovereignty, for economic stability, for prosperity of Americans. And the point you’re raising on refineries is so important because people think, well, you know, you bring the crude to the refinery, they refine it, you get gas. But there are literally hundreds of products and hundreds of blends.
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That’s right.
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have four, five, six, seven, eight different types of blends that the politicians decided they needed. So people say in California, why is gas $6.50 a gallon? It’s because you told this refinery to shut down, recalibrate, and make us this specific blend for the day. And they’ll say, sure, we’ll do that to you, but it’s going to cost you a pretty penny. This is when politicians make energy policy, not people who know the industry.
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I’m glad you brought that up because I have said for the longest time that we as a country could regionalize our blends. We could literally – Daniel, I feel I’m a car guy, so I know this part of it probably better than most. We could literally get down to four, maybe six blends total coast to coast. We would be just fine with that. Yeah, we need to do a little bit of different things in the winter versus summer. But the reality, Daniel, is we could literally lower fuel prices overnight by just going down in blends and not putting those same requirements on the refineries you just mentioned.
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I think that is a brilliant proposal that I’ve never thought about, and I think that is something that you should package up and we should bring to the White House Domestic Energy Dominance Council, because that’s exactly the type of proposal that only outsiders of the free market will think about, people like yourself who are car guys and experts. You know, the great thing about having Chris Wright as Energy Secretary is that, besides being a great son of Colorado, he’s actually from the industry and knows it inside and out. The previous Secretary of Energy was the governor of Michigan, and before that she was a trial attorney. She had no damn idea.
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No idea.
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And we saw the result of that. Well, I’m game.
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You tell me how we proceed with that, and I’m all in. I mean, today’s vehicles, the way they’re made, the… How should I say it? The power control end of things on modern vehicles, Daniel, what we’re producing coming out of the factory and have been now, the average age of the fleet is about 13, 14 years of age. We’ve been doing this since the early 90s. The reality is we don’t need that many different blends to make the cars run properly. They’re doing that on their own with the way they’re engineered and manufactured today. This whole game of what we’re doing with blends, to your point, is all coming from the politician’s point of view, not from real world.
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And wouldn’t it be great that your average American doesn’t have to pay these exorbitant gas prices? I mean, you look at, again, the people of California, it’s miserable. New York, my home state, miserable. What I pay in Virginia is pretty darn good. Last I saw it was $3.09. Trump got it down to $2.05 on average nationwide. We’re headed in that way. But energy policy, if it were made by people who understood energy, electricity should not be expensive. Gas should not be expensive. Utilities. It shouldn’t be expensive. And now that we’re in agriculture season, every farmer who’s driving a diesel tractor that you pass down on the highway, you are paying for that diesel one way or another. And if these are worth $3 a gallon, you’ll have cheaper bread in a couple months.
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That’s exactly right. Daniel, I always enjoy it. You tell me what I need to do next to help. I’m all in. You know that. Power of the future. How do folks find you?
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PowerTheFuture.com, or they can shoot me an email at Daniel at PowerTheFuture.com. But I know how I can get a hold of you, and I really want to talk about this idea.
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All right. I’m game. I’m game, Daniel. I’m all in. All right. Talk to you soon. Appreciate you very much. Great guy, by the way. I’ve had him on many, many times in the past, and I would recommend you guys follow him any way you can. He’s one of the brighter guys in that world. Not that we don’t have a lot of bright guest, but he’s one of the guys, as you can tell, that really understands how this works and how to get some things done on the politician end of things. Golden Eagle Financial coming up next. Great interview that Al Smith just did recently. Listen in. We’ll be right back right after that.
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This is TJ with KLZ Radio, and I’ve got Al Smith from Golden Eagle Financial here in the studio with me. Al and I were just talking about how in retirement he helps his clients to stretch the time in their retirement. Al, what do you mean by that? Tell us a little bit more about how time works in retirement.
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Well, when you think about leaving the working world, you think about, well, it’s still going to take money to live on once I’m retired. And that nest egg, whatever that is, that’s going to permit you to do what you want to do with the time that you have sort of earned for yourself. So the nest egg is not only in dollars, but it’s also in the time that you have to do the things that you believe will be fulfilling in retirement. And when I have a conversation with people, I think it’s equally important to think about how they’re going to be spending their time as it is to accumulate a nest egg.
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You’ve got to have some pretty good examples of things that people do in retirement. So open the door for us. What sort of things can we expect?
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Well, sure. I have one gentleman who is very much into aviation. He owns his own small plane. He actually works on that small plane. He’s within a few years of retirement. He’s retirement age. But right now, while he’s working, he takes his small aircraft, flies to locations where he investigates air disasters. I also have some people who spend a lot of time with their grandkids, some of whom live nearby and some are a little farther away. I have some who are incredibly involved with their churches and go on missionary trips and so forth.
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How do people get in touch with you if they want to stretch that time out in their retirement?
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They can reach me at 303-744-1128, and if they’re driving when they hear this, you can contact KLZ, and they’ll put them in touch with me.
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Of course, as always, you can find Golden Eagle Financial on klzradio.com slash advertisers, and get right in touch with Al if you’re driving and can’t write that number down. Al, thank you so much for joining us today.
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Thank you all for listening. We appreciate it very much. And the Suncar Refinery in town, somebody just texted in and said that we refined some from not only Canada, but some of the local sources as well. Thank you, by the way, for the update on that. I appreciate that. And that’s a refinery, by the way, that’s at high risk. of not making it. That is another thing that here in Colorado don’t talk much about that we probably should talk more about it because they get so much flack from some of the local communities around the refinery that keep in mind the refinery has been there since I was a kid. I can’t remember a time when it wasn’t there. And yet all the development comes in around it, and then they start whining and complaining and moaning and groaning and so on. And now all of a sudden it’s the refineries’ fault that they’re there, and they are at high risk. We are at high risk in this area of not having one, and we would not want that. We would then have to have all refined product shipped into Colorado that would raise our prices literally overnight. And we do get some refined product that comes in a pipeline already, but we would require all of it to be done that way. And bottom line, we need a refinery because keep this in mind as well. As Daniel said, it’s not just diesel and gasoline that we get out of the refinery. There’s all sorts of other products that come out of the refinery, including the oil and all of that that it takes. for you to drive on asphalt roads. So don’t forget that part of it as well. There’s all sorts of other products that come out of that refinery that we need locally to keep our prices down that we don’t want to give that refinery up. I know there’s some in the state, even some of those folks that are on the state level, even politicians, especially politicians that would love to see that Suncor refinery get shut down. We need to be doing every single thing we possibly can as conservatives to make sure that that thing stays online and does not go offline. So thank you, by the way, for that update. I appreciate that. And any more info along those lines, please keep sending me those things. That helps me out immensely. So one thing, I was going to mention this. I’ll get into some more of this other stuff that we were just talking about in regards to oil and all that in a moment. But there’s a story that came out over the weekend that is not getting much coverage. and I haven’t heard about it hardly anywhere, and that is a gunman opened fire at a church. It was at the Vacation Bible School that they were leading some worship and doing some different things, and there was a gentleman that had only attended the church a couple of times. This is in Michigan. attended the church a couple of times, that people were noticing had pulled up, and as he got out of the car was in full gear and had a couple of weapons and so on, and fortunately these churchgoers were on target, literally, Johnny on the spot. Somebody in the parking lot actually struck this guy with their vehicle, and then they fatally shot, the security guys at the church fatally shot this guy, killed him. Game over, and you’re not hearing much about that anywhere because, again, good guys with the gun got the bad guy with the gun. Case closed. all the more reason why we should be carrying and doing these things on our own and not relying on 911 to protect us. This is a great example of where an armed church and the folks there were on guard, if you would. They basically had their heads on a swivel, which we should do at all times, notice something wasn’t right, paid attention to it. One parishioner got shot in the leg. That was the only other injuries that happened, and everything I’ve read, that particular individual will be just fine. But this was at the Crosspoint Community Church, in Wayne, Michigan. That guy picked the wrong day to go to that church, let’s just say that. And he had been a couple of times in the past, I believe, what the story says, with his mother, but that’s not a story you’re going to read much about. In fact, I doubt heavily whether even Joe in Jersey saw that story, because it’s probably something that was, you know, not spread about greatly. Maybe Joe did see it, but I picked that up, and I have not seen it listed in too many places. Charlie, did you hear about that one over the weekend at all? Charlie said he did have to dig for it. So, again, those are not stories that you’re seeing on the front lines, again, because that’s not a narrative that the left wants you to see, by the way. Oddly enough, this is going to shock some of you. Oddly enough, that was on 9 News today. I picked it up in a very, very small portion. I was reading through the website and kind of buried away. I had to dig for it, and I picked that up, and I’m like, oh, wow, this isn’t something that’s being talked much about. I get it. Iran, everything happening there and so on, that’s the big news. Oil, oil prices, I understand all of that, but that was big news. That was a situation where that could have ended much more differently. You know, much differently is what I should say, use proper grammar. That could have ended differently, been a lot more severe, had those folks at the church, A, not been armed, B, not had been paying attention and watching even the parking lot. I got to hand it to whoever the guy was that ran the guy with his car. I mean, holy cow, that is thinking. That’s really thinking. You know, I’m in the car. I’ll just take care of this right here and now and just run over the guy. Awesome. Awesome. kudos to those guys at that church, guys and gals both, whoever’s on the security team, but kudos to them for paying attention, which this goes back to the 3 o’clock hour where we were talking about what’s going to happen with Iran. Are they going to retaliate? Are there going to be these sleeper cells? And what’s really funny about the sleeper cells is you see a lot of Democrats talking about that, and I’m thinking, yeah, you guys are the ones that let them in. You bozos. You’re the ones worried about it, but you let them in. Anyways. Point being with this story, folks, we have to worry about all sorts of things when we’re out in public, when we’re traveling, when we’re going to church, school, work, different things along those lines. You have to be aware of everything going on around you, not just because of Iran, but because of everybody. All the knuckleheads that are out there, all the wackadoodles that are out there. Why do these people do some of the things that they do? I have no idea. They’re loony. I’m sorry, but they just are. In some cases, we’ve raised this. We’ve built this into society, I hate to say. And it’s good versus evil. This is an evil person doing evil things. So I wanted to bring that to you guys’ attention just because there is still some good that comes out of some of this. You’re not going to hear much about that story because the good guy with the gun took – and the guy with the vehicle, by the way – the good guy with the gun and the vehicle took out the bad guy with a gun. So one thing I was going to talk about, and I promo’d this, and I’m going to take a break and come back – and do this is in the title of this particular story this is one that actually Charlie sent me last week a silent number of American men are struggling and as I read through this I a my heart goes out to these particular individuals but then you dovetail that into I read another article today talking about how Gen Z which I got to look at what that age group is but young people And because of social media and where they get their news and so on, they are just utterly upset with what’s going on in Iran. They’re beside themselves. They don’t know what to do. They can’t sleep. They can’t eat. They’re just so upset over this conflict that’s gone on over there. And then us doing what we did on Saturday has really set them off. And I just have to think to myself, get a grip, young people. A, turn your phone off. Turn the TV off. Live your life. Yes, you need to be aware of your surroundings at all time, like I just mentioned. But holy cow, you’re that upset? I haven’t lost an ounce of sleep over what’s going on in Iran. Not an ounce. Again, during the 3 o’clock hour, some were even asking if I stocked up on extra ammo and things along those lines. Folks, if you’re not stocked up already, you’re in trouble. You should be doing that no matter what. So in my case, no, I didn’t order anything extra Saturday. I haven’t ordered anything extra for quite some time. I keep a pretty good inventory of things. You guys know me. I have Foro. Fear of running out. I know that’s not a real term, but that’s what I have. My wife will tell you that. My kids will tell you that. Yeah, I have full row. I’m one of those guys where, you know, if we’re down to just one pack of toilet paper left, you know, we better buy two cases. We never get to one pack, by the way. I might get down to one case and I’ve got another case or two on the shelf. That’s me. And by the way, that was that way prior to covid. I wasn’t one of those guys during COVID that created that. I’ve done that forever. I have this, again, I have Foro, fear of running out. It’s a disease. Now, I’m not a hoarder. So I’m not one of those where I just have to hang on to something to hang on to something. But when it comes to consumables and things along those lines where it’s things that you would need in case of whatever kind of an emergency might come along, yes, I have Foro, so I keep good inventory on all sorts of things. For example, you guys will all laugh at this. Charlie will as well. I don’t buy shaving cream a can at a time. I buy shaving cream a case at a time. So it comes in a 12-pack. I don’t just buy one. I buy 12. And when it gets down to, by the way, when I get down to two, I order another 12-pack. Yes, I have full row. When I buy, you know, my wife, when we buy toothpaste, I don’t buy one tube. I buy the six-pack. That’s just who I am. So when it comes to ammo, no, I didn’t run out over the weekend and buy extra ammo. I already have it. I’m done. I keep a good supply of all of those things that are needed, again, because of my condition called Foro. So we’ll be back in a moment. I want to talk about this silent number of American men that are struggling. Geno’s Auto Service coming up next. They have an AC special as well when it comes to vehicles. So much like Cub Creek will do your house, Geno’s will take care of your car, your truck, your van, your SUV, whatever it happens to be. Just go to genosautoservice.com, and Geno starts with a J.
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All right, we are back. Going to the phones. Dave and Thornton, go ahead.
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Yeah, John, you know, everything that you’ve been talking about, you know, the Middle East and… now with the oil production and everything else, it really does all tie together with how this president is operating. He’s looking at it totally from an outside perspective. A businessman, as opposed to someone who knows how to make deals, as opposed to a politician looking to make the best deal for them, right?
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That’s true. Good point. Yeah, great point, actually, Dave. Yeah, that’s a really great… perspective, and I’ll be honest, I’ve not really ever heard it put that way. Donald Trump is looking at what’s best for everyone because he’s a business person and understands how things work on a collective basis. The politician’s looking at it for what’s best for them.
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Exactly. He’s looking at it as the CEO of the United States of America Incorporated.
SPEAKER 03 :
Great point.
SPEAKER 07 :
That’s exactly how he’s looking at it. And, you know, this thing with oil production and what we need, like you’re pointing out, you know, if we can remove it, I could say we can do that with a lot of parts of our lives. We can remove government over-regulation. I’m not saying all regulation, but the over-regulation. Sometimes the stuff that’s even pushed forward through just pure emotions. They’re the first ones to talk about the science, but they’re the first ones to ignore the science if it doesn’t fit their needs.
SPEAKER 03 :
A great example of that, Dave, was what happened here in Colorado. Luckily, Governor Polis vetoed that particular bill that passed, and that was the Uber-Lyft restriction thing that was really going to make everything in Colorado when it came to Uber and Lyft and ride-sharing so burdensome that those companies would have pulled out. And that was literally done… based upon emotion in fact the lady that actually ran that legislation that became a politician became a politician because she wanted to run that bill because she had been assaulted inside of a lyft vehicle and the whole story was it wasn’t even the lyft driver somebody had shared the app long story and she wanted to cure that problem strictly for emotion’s sake dave and at the end of the day we at least i’m not saying governor polos is smart on everything but at least he was smart enough to know that if i don’t let this you know if i don’t kill this bill
SPEAKER 07 :
lift an uber won’t be here anymore and then everybody loses out at least he was smart enough to recognize that absolutely and that’s what i’m talking about you know you get it you got to remove yourself i would hope when you get into that kind of position i don’t care if it’s you know uh governor you know president you know head bottle washer remove yourself from your own personal interest your own ideas they don’t Dave they don’t I just gave you a great example here in Colorado where the opposite was true they took what happened to them and made that their mantra as a politician you can’t do that Dave to your point well exactly and you know I’m not sure I know what the story you’re talking about I just don’t know the exact time frame but I would venture to guess that I wonder if this happened during that whole time that they were talking about defund the police you know and when they elected soft-on-crime district attorneys. That kind of thing. She may have gotten relief through the court system. had it not been subverted and corrupted as they’ve done so far over the last six or eight years.
SPEAKER 03 :
You make a great point. I’d have to go back and check all that, check the dates and so on. But you’re correct. I mean, that’s a great example. And I just gave you an example of what you were talking about, where a politician is looking out for what’s best for them. And that’s the case in this particular lady here in Colorado. That’s one of the representatives. She was looking out what was best for her. her and not what was best for the state. Because what was best for the state is leave Uber and Lyft in place like they’re doing right now.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yep. Another good example would be the whole Wilson.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yep. Great example.
SPEAKER 07 :
It makes you feel good in downtown Boulder, downtown Denver. It makes you feel warm and fuzzy. Well, guess what? Your livelihood doesn’t depend on those spring calves that are being slaughtered by the wolves that you brought in. Great point. Just because that makes you feel good in the metro doesn’t mean that’s good for the state. That should be looked at in that perspective as if we’re going to pass a statewide initiative, then, you know, it should be good for everyone in the state, not just make you feel good in the metro area. And my nice argument back then was, if it’s such a good idea, well, why don’t we put some wolves downtown Denver down into Central Park? You know, City Park.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right, right. Not to get off track here, Dave, but I just keep wondering, and I see this more and more, and it drives me crazy. The homeless thing that we’ve got going on in a lot of parts of Colorado, it’s not just Denver. It’s happening in the suburbs. I was driving down 287 on Saturday. It’s up in Lafayette. We saw encampments right along the edge of the Walmart wall there on 287. And, Dave, I just have to keep asking. Why? You know, these cops and others have to drive by these encampments and so on. Why are we not clearing those things out? Why do we allow that to happen?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, they’ve allowed it because the thing is that over the last 30 years, and I can’t remember who it was, but I’m going to go ahead and steal that line from them. They called it the homeless industrial complex. There’s so much liberal money and liberal jobs that are tied into perpetuating that system, making those people dependent upon government and government funds, that that will never go away. My current girlfriend right now used to work for the Colorado Coalition of the Homeless. And I asked her one time, you know, a couple months back specifically, and she’s not, you know, hardcore right-wing or anything else. She’s just, you know, a typical American woman, you know, with things with her emotions. And even her, after 10 years at the Colorado Coalition of Homeless, I said, what is the solution? What would we need to do to actually make this thing stop? She says, nothing. Because those people don’t want to get off the streets.
SPEAKER 03 :
Interesting.
SPEAKER 07 :
That’s the life that they want to lead. And the thing is that what we’re doing is we’re enabling it. And if those people have a drug or alcohol problem, all we’re doing, as some other guy said, was we’re killing them on the installment plan. We’re not helping them one bit.
SPEAKER 03 :
Great point. Great line. I’m going to use that line in the future. That’s a great line. We’re killing them on the installment plan. Great point.
SPEAKER 07 :
It was a great thing. What I really want to see is how I haven’t had a chance to sit down and run through it, but see how CNN and MSLSD and all those other stations are trying to spin this new key steel. I have not seen it either.
SPEAKER 03 :
I’ll look tonight once I’m off, but yeah, I haven’t either yet, Dave. Again, being here, I haven’t had an opportunity to look at that. That all just came out as I’ve been on air, so I have no idea how they’re spinning it. It’ll be interesting to see.
SPEAKER 07 :
It’s a great thing, and I’ll tell you what, probably the strongest president that we’ve had, not even since Reagan, I don’t think Reagan, even because he was so controlled by the neocons within his own cabinet, was able to do something as muscular as this president has done. Go over someplace, bomb the heck out of them, and then get them to the negotiating table 24 hours later.
SPEAKER 04 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 07 :
Give him that offer and, hey, you know what, do you guys want some more or do you want to sit down and talk?
SPEAKER 03 :
And along those lines, too, and we’ve been talking throughout the show, Dave, about this, and this is where those of you that are in the anti-Trump because he did what he did Saturday to Iran, you guys really need to rethink your whole position on Donald Trump and what went on because, Dave, to your point, He’s looking at things in a much different way than anybody else is. And even though there’s some that are on our side of the aisle criticizing him, those people really need to check themselves, Dave.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, yeah. Like I said, he’s looking at it as CEO of USA Incorporated, not Donald Trump and his select group of cabal of friends and what it means for them and their business and their interests. No, it’s what’s best for the United States.
SPEAKER 03 :
And I’m talking about, Dave, like the Marjorie Taylor Greens of the world and so on. She’s another one of those that was basically accusing Trump of bait and switch and so on. And while I like her on a lot of things, she’s a nut job at times. I mean, she needs to check herself. She is not correct in this particular area at all. She’s not looking at things on the whole like you just talked about, Dave.
SPEAKER 07 :
Or, like you’re always fond of saying, and I tend to agree with you, don’t jump to conclusions yet. We haven’t got all the facts in. Even those folks that are sitting in Congress, they don’t have all the facts in. No, they don’t. And the fact of the matter is that, you know what, as Pete Hegseth was telling some of them, we’re not going to telegraph to our adversaries, much less to you and the Congress, who might be inadvertently releasing information to our adversaries. We’re not going to telegraph that information, and guess what? They don’t owe them an explanation. They don’t owe me or you any explanation.
SPEAKER 04 :
I agree.
SPEAKER 07 :
Wait till all the facts come out. And even when the facts come out, I’ll guarantee you, we don’t know all the facts.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, and the other thing, too, that I think is really important, and this is where I struggle with certain parts of the party, the MTGs and so on, Dave, they’re calling what Trump did Saturday a war. It’s not. In fact, I’m going to throw this back to them. What Trump did, and it’s proving it right now, what Trump did Saturday ended a war, Dave. It didn’t get us into one. It was the complete opposite. And these people are absolute knuckleheads that think anything different.
SPEAKER 07 :
It’s sort of like that teacher that walks out onto a school playground and breaks up a fight. Back in my day, the teacher would smack you both. Knock it off, or this is going to go someplace you don’t want it to go. And generally, that’s what it was. To put it in simplistic terms, I know, but I think that’s kind of what the president did. He just went over there, smacked a couple people out, and said, knock it off already. We’re going to sit down and do this deal? You guys want to sit down and be prosperous and bring something to your people?
SPEAKER 04 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 07 :
Or do you want to waste your national treasure on nothing? Something that’s not ever going to happen.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yep. Good point.
SPEAKER 07 :
And this is the thing, the great thing about the internet, somebody had sent me this, uh, link or, um, a video, video montage and, uh, about, um, no powers act and how they’re saying it’s unconstitutional, but yet the last president who was engaged in all this, at least for this video was Barack Obama. And him going out there and making this announcement on the news, today I announce an attack on the Houthis. Today I in unilaterally announce an attack on this and that. Today I did, you know, by executive order. Nobody was accusing him of violating the Constitution. Nobody was accusing him of starting wars. Yep.
SPEAKER 04 :
Great point.
SPEAKER 07 :
That’s one of the great things. I mean, as much as the Internet can do bad, it can really do some good if you sit down and research it. Thankfully, there’s those folks out there, like you were talking about, that create those memes, you know, who can get out there and set the time to actually research this stuff and put it out for, you know, mass consumption. Dave. Anyway. Nope. Good.
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All right, so back to this article that Charlie sent me where there is a silent number of American men that are struggling. And they did a survey, and I don’t know exactly how many men they surveyed and all that. I didn’t get into all that. But a new survey found that 36%—that’s a lot. by the way, struggle to understand their place in society. Three in 10 don’t feel they have somebody to talk about when it comes to mental health challenges and future research will dive into causes, possible policies, actions to help and so on. Well, I have an answer. You don’t have to go to any research and do any bunch of that nonsense. Here’s the answer. Get to work, guys. Men find fulfillment in their work. Women get fulfillment in the family that they build, how well their kids do, so on and so forth. Women are different. Some women find fulfillment in their tasks and their accomplishment, but typically women find their fulfillment in how well their family does, and men find fulfillment in what they accomplish. This isn’t rocket science, folks. So men, sorry to yell, but literally men, if you’re struggling to find your place in the world, get to work. Get after it. Find something you’re good at and go do it. Quit watching television. Quit playing video games. Quit dinking around on the Internet and go get a job. It’s not hard, folks. Good gravy. A third of the men are struggling to find their place. Yeah, because we haven’t taught them how to work. How hard is this? Literally, I know I sound harsh, but good gravy. Get a job. Go find your fulfillment in what you do. It’s how we’re designed. It’s how God made us. Go figure it out. And quit lollygagging around and feeling sorry for yourself. Holy cow, man, buck up. It’s not that hard. Yes, there’s always times in every man and every person’s life where things can get tough. I’ve had them more than once. It’s called life. Stuff happens. I mean, I have been literally so broke. You didn’t have a pot to pee in. You didn’t know how you were going to put groceries on the table. You didn’t know how you were going to survive the next day, but you do. And you keep on and you forge ahead. It’s what we men do. It’s called leadership. It’s called fortitude. It’s called working hard. It’s called providing for your family. You do what you got to do, guys. And that’s where you find your fulfillment is overcoming some of those things I just mentioned. Not sitting around feeling sorry for yourself, twiddling your thumbs. If you’re struggling to find your place, you’re not working hard enough. I can tell you that right now. You don’t have to go to a clinic. You don’t have to go fill out some survey. You don’t have to go get therapy. You spend about an hour with me and I’ll get you all straightened out. It’s not that hard. If you’re struggling to find your place in life, you’re not working hard enough. It’s that simple. It’s one sentence. Guys, honestly, it’s not that hard. If you’re a dad or you’re a neighbor of somebody and you know somebody that’s struggling along these lines, I just gave you the answer. Now, you can probably say it in a lot kinder words than I just did. Okay, fine. Say it however you want to. But at the end of the day, if a man is struggling to find his place in life, he’s not working hard enough. He’s bored. He’s not doing enough. He needs a job. He needs a hobby. He needs something. Because it’s not that hard. They’re literally struggling to understand my place in my community or in a broader society. And I’ll tell you where that’s coming from is because we have feminized men to the point they don’t know who they are anymore. Shame on us. Shame on society. Well, by the way, that’s Marxism at its best. They’ve got men screwed up now to where they don’t even know they’re a man. That’s Marxism. That’s what it does, folks. That’s what they’re doing in the public schools. It’s what they do inside of a lot of churches, inside of a lot of other organizations, and so on. They don’t want men to be men because if they’re not, then they flounder around like this, and now we’ve got 36% of men don’t know who they are, don’t know their place. I can tell you what your place is. Again, if you’re struggling, call me. I’ll meet with you. I’ll spend an hour with you, and I’ll get you all straightened out. It’s not that hard. It really isn’t. Every man enjoys doing something. Find out what it is and then go do it. And then like I always say, what are you good at? You may not even enjoy it, but are you good at it? If you’re good at it, go do it. Whether you like it or not, go do it. Because you don’t always make money doing what you love. In fact, you could suck at it. Go do what you’re good at and then make it fun. And by the way, when you start making money at what you’re good at, it becomes fun. It’s just how life is. And I know I sound really harsh. And for a lot of you listening, I’m not trying to be harsh. I understand. Some people really struggle mentally with certain things and so on. And I get that. I understand that. And I’m not trying to minimize anybody that’s struggling with mental illness and depression and so on. But at times I have to wonder, why are you? If you were busy and you were working hard and you were worried about your next project or your next task or the next thing you had to get done, you wouldn’t have time to worry about your depression. It wouldn’t exist. It’d be gone. You wouldn’t be depressed. And by the way, you’d have more money. And I’m not saying money cures everything, but it sure helps at times. If you’re not having to worry about struggling, running out of money before the month ends versus the other way around to where there’s more money than month… It makes a huge difference. And you do that by working. This whole idea that, you know, we work too much is a bunch of gobbledygook. We don’t work enough, in my opinion. We’ve got a workforce now that doesn’t know the meaning of the word. We’ve gotten soft. We don’t know how to put in 80 hours a week anymore, which at one time was standard for a lot of people and a lot of families. We don’t know how to do that anymore. We’re upset if we have to work 40 hours. Folks, there’s a whole lot more time than 40 hours to work. That I can guarantee you. I’ve done it my whole life. Trust me, there’s way more than 40 hours to work. Living proof right here. So, again, I read these articles and I just want to pull my hair out because the answer isn’t that difficult. 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