In today’s episode of Rush to Reason, John Rush engages in a detailed discussion with Dave Bancroft of Veteran Windows and Doors. Together, they explore the intricacies of the windows and doors industry and the importance of making informed decisions. They emphasize the necessity of comparing multiple bids and gaining a thorough understanding of product ratings and installations to ensure value for money—a crucial consideration for any homeowner looking to make a significant investment.
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All right. Happy Monday, everybody. Welcome. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Dave Bancroft with me for this first segment of today’s program from Veteran Windows and Doors. How’s Dave? I am very well. Thank you, sir. Always a joy having you. And I’ve been talking of late how you’re able to save people so much money on windows and doors. And a lot of that has to do with you don’t have a ton of overhead.
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Exactly. Yeah, we don’t. I don’t hire sales reps because I don’t trust them. So I go out to each job on myself. And because of that, we really don’t advertise much. And we can keep it all down and pass that on.
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And those windows and doors are super high quality. And I’ve said this, and again, I know the, you know, as you know, Dave, I know the business world pretty well. Not bragging, but been around that world for, you know, really all of my, gosh, I was going to say adult life. I started when I was, you know, 12 or 13 years of age, so even longer than that. And the reality is in most industries, windows and doors is no different. You typically have a manufacturer, and some will sell direct to the public, although that’s really rare for that to happen because people really need to understand what am I buying, what am I getting, which type do I need, all the different things you and I have talked about for a while now on air. Right. The reality is very few places have that ability to do that, meaning they’re usually selling to a wholesaler or even if it’s direct to a retailer, there’s some steps and some processes that are involved in that. And rarely does it go directly from factory to customer. Correct. Except for you.
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Yeah, and that’s kind of been our business model all along is wanting to be able to educate the homeowner, let them know. Because even the big box stores, people go in and you can buy a window or a door at what seems like a good price, but you have no idea what it’s rated for.
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Or who’s installing it or anything else along those lines.
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That’s it. And so it really is, I think it’s hugely important to educate yourself and understand exactly what you’re getting and what you should be looking for. Then you can compare apples to apples as you go.
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And I appreciate you saying that because, to me, that’s very, very important. In fact, we kind of have our own rule around the house, which is if you’re going to do something major, something small is not a big deal, but if you’re going to do something major, then you really should probably be getting… Two, if not three full, you know, bids. That’s my wife’s rule. You know, if we’re going to do something major, let’s get three different opinions as to, you know, how this is going to be done and what the prices are going to be. And does somebody have a different idea? And there’s all sorts of things that come into play versus just, hey, I want this, you know, go out and get it done and handled and write the check. No, you do, especially windows and doors. That’s not a cheap ticket item. And it’s not something we do every day.
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No, it’s an investment no matter who you go with. And I tell all of our customers the same thing. I recommend you get three or four bids. And to be honest, I prefer to be third or fourth.
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Yeah, because your education is better at that point.
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Well, and I think people realize that the other companies didn’t even – They didn’t educate you. No, everyone claims to be the best, but none of them actually tell you what the products are rated for or how they’re rated and things like that. I try not to bore people with a three-hour dissertation on windows and doors, but it’s pretty easy to get the point across and educate them.
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Well, and to your point, no, we don’t want to bore people, but you want to get people to that point where they feel like, okay, wait a minute, I’ve got enough knowledge now. I used to do the same thing when we were working on people’s vehicles. I want them to have enough knowledge to where they can make a good educated decision and fully understanding what they’re getting themselves into because for us, and you’re the same way, nothing worse than a remorseful buyer. I didn’t want that. I wanted people to really understand what they were doing, why they were doing it, and you’re making a really great decision in doing this, and I don’t want you having any remorse, the best way to do that is to be educated.
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Yeah, no, I agree 100%. And it’s, unfortunately, probably 40% of the windows that we are removing are replacement windows. Oh, wow. Someone’s already made the investment, and they’ve realized either the window was never properly engineered or it was just installed. The big thing here is get the windows in and get out. And that seems to be the way of the world.
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Yeah, get those things rolling in and out. The more we do, the more money we make.
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That’s it. All of these are volume-based. And we’re not. I don’t think this should be transactional. I think this is relational.
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Well, and to your point, this is a big investment in your home, your home being, for most people, one of the, if not the largest investment they may ever make, and we say investment expense, whatever you want to call it. I know there’s different theories on that, but bottom line, it’s one of the biggest things we spend money on. Let’s say it that way. And you need a roof over your head. And so at the end of the day, yeah, this is an investment because hopefully – you’re buying the right windows and doors that, over time, not only save you money because of the energy sides of things, but on top of that, you’re aesthetically getting something that’s more pleasing at the end of the day as well, adding value to the home.
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Absolutely. And it does. I mean, when you are protecting the mechanics of the home and everything we do is a transferable warranty. So I have quite a few customers that, when they’re in the process of selling… They’ll replace the windows. They know it’s going to be an issue if they go to sell, and that transferable warranty comes in pretty handy.
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Okay. And really quick, and I’m getting text messages on this. Yes, if you’re typically used to listening to us streaming today, not our issue today. Comcast is having some outages, periodic, sporadic-type outages. We’re doing our best to keep things up and running. So those of you texting in asking about the stream – Yes, it’s down. It’s a Comcast issue. Sorry, Dave, to interrupt, but sometimes people ask questions about windows and doors, so I didn’t want to miss anything while you’re here. But, yeah, people are asking, is the stream down? Yes, it is. You’ll have to listen over the air. Might be fixed by… Four or five o’clock, we’ll see how this goes. And for some of you listening, could affect you calling in and asking questions as well. When the Internet’s out, the phone system doesn’t work like it should either. You guys that are in that world know what I mean by that. And we’ll play that by ear throughout the show today. I’ve got some guests and stuff. If need be, we crack out the cell phone and still make things work. But, no, Dave, back to you and windows and doors. It is a big investment for folk. And this is something else. And you and I have talked about this in the past briefly, but – You know, I feel like, and maybe I’m looking at this the wrong way, but I know some folks out there, you know, maybe you’ve been at some different places, the big box stores, or you’ve been to a friend’s house and you saw some windows and doors or whatever that were installed there. You still need to gauge the type of window and door that you’re using and match it to your home. And what I mean by that is it’s sort of like doing a kitchen remodel. You know, you don’t want to spend twice as much money on a kitchen remodel than you need to. Granted, you might be enjoying it, but if it’s not…
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adding the right value in other words if it’s far more money than what your house is ever going to bring anyways why waste that money i’m sure windows and doors are the same way absolutely and and i have a lot of these you know the big companies are charging huge amounts for windows are far more than anyone should ever pay and i always equate it to that story the emperor’s new clothes people think because they’re shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars they must be getting the best product And it’s actually not true at all. They’re getting product that would be great if you were in Arizona, but not for Colorado. We have a very unique, you know, not only the weather patterns, but you have to consider elevation. All of that, right? All of that comes into play.
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And for some of you that are listening that might even be a little bit higher in elevation than here, you’ll have that come into play even more so than somebody that lives down in the city because it’s not the same size fits all, right, Dave?
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No, and the codes vary based on that as well. The U factor, which is the insulating value, is the lower that number, the more efficient the window is. And as you get higher in elevation, that U factor requirement starts to drop pretty considerably.
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Okay. And again, folks, this is direct. The biggest way to save money with Veteran Windows and Doors is it’s direct to you. I know I say it a lot. It probably sounds like a broken record, but literally we’re cutting out the middleman, saving you a lot of money in the process. And, Dave, how do they do that? How do they get a hold of you?
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The easiest way to reach us is 303-529-0720. And you can also, on our website, there is an option to fill out a meeting request there as well.
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Okay. And again, for those of you listening, you can always go to klzradio.com. You can go to rushtoreason.com and also find him there. And Dave, as always, I appreciate you. I’ve learned a lot from you when it comes to this particular end of things. It’s helped me out with a lot of other things I do on my other shows as well. So thank you. I appreciate it greatly. absolutely thank you for having me veteran windows and doors that’s dave give him a call today roof saver speaking of having a good roof over your head and by the way dave and dave both daves work together at times if there’s an issue where dave the roofer needs you know knows you need some windows and so on he’s going to recommend you call the other dave and together they’ll take care of you and your home so whatever you need when it comes to roofing and or windows again you can give either one of these guys a call they’re going to direct you to either or at the same time but dave hart is our roofer Give them a call today, 303-710-6916.
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All right, and yeah, once again, if you’re listening, which you probably aren’t hearing us if you’re streaming, but those of you that have the option to listen live, and maybe it’s more static here, it’s in a fringe area or whatever, and you normally listen online because the quality is better, I understand that, and we have no control over the Comcast, the ISP, Internet Service Providers themselves, and they’re doing an upgrade. This was a planned upgrade. and why Comcast and places do that on daytime versus nighttime times. You know what? I’m not in charge. I’m not them. So I have no control over that, neither does anybody else here at the station. It’s been pretty sporadic most of the day, although it’s starting to come back as we speak. And you guys that are listening and like to listen online, I would encourage you to continue to try. Keep in mind that even as we get Internet back up and running here at the station, the systems throughout will also have to reset and do their thing and if we you know if our internet goes out for whatever reason then of course all of that cycle starts all over again and some of you suggested you know why don’t we have other backup type solutions um frankly it’s not as easy as that may seem when it comes to how the streaming outfits work and so on and you know i’ll be the first to say it all of that comes with another added And as you guys all know, on the streaming sides of things, that’s sort of an added bonus that we do as a station and as a group. Yeah, we make no money off the streaming end of things at all. We do that really as a service and to help a lot of you listen more and more to what we have. And we understand more and more is going that way. But you guys all know from listening, we don’t have any major streaming sponsors or anything along those lines. I’m guessing that management is most likely looking into that more and more all the time as that gets to be a bigger and bigger deal. But currently, that is not a revenue at all revenue generator for us. It’s simply a way for us to help all of you listen in a better fashion than what you would normally. otherwise so just a little housekeeping when it comes to our internet here and how that works and so on i realized we had this a couple of weeks ago as well but it is what it is we’ll do our best to get well we’re not doing our best hopefully comcast is doing its best to get things back up and running as quickly as possible and just keep listening online it will come back up and i’m guessing that once we get through today will be in pretty good shape again if you’re trying to call in even those of you that are listening on air if you call and you can’t get a hold of us keep trying again as the internet comes back up the phone service does as well because everything’s you know voice over ip now so that’s how the phones work also so as we get internet access that will improve as well. So just so you know, and we’ll still take our guests and do what we need to do today, even if I have to do it via my own cell phone. So we’re not going to change how we do our show. The mechanics of might change a little bit, but we’re still going to be on air and we’re all through the next, well, about two and a half hours now because a half an hour is almost gone. Friday is impossible question of the day. Approximately how much does the average cumulus cloud weigh? More than you think. They’re not nice and soft and fluffy. 1.1 million pounds. That’s the average cloud. And I don’t know how average is average. We look outside now, and it’s gray sky above us, meaning there’s a lot of weight in the sky. So 1.1 million pounds, though, for the average cumulus cloud. And possible question of today. During pregnancy, how much weight can a polar bear gain? During pregnancy, how much weight can a polar bear gain? So there you go. And it’s probably an average weight because I’m guessing some probably gain a little more than others, the females. But that’s the question of the day today. All right. Moving along into the show. Some of you probably already saw this news, but just in case, I thought I would go ahead and pass this information along. And that is that in Colorado, we are potentially, I say potentially, but it looks like it’s probably going to happen. We are potentially going to lose about $550 million in clean energy grants. Now, personally, I’m okay with that. Now, there’s probably some listening that are upset. I’m sure there’s some folks on the left that are very upset over this. I’m not one of those because these are tax dollars, money that we’re actually borrowing because we don’t have the money. We always run over budget as far as the federal government is concerned. So this would have been borrowed money that we’re giving away to states, Colorado included. And, of course, the Democrats are calling this revenge. I’m calling this wisdom. Clean energy, quote unquote, isn’t clean anyways. I’ve said that so many times on the program that it’s not clean. There’s no such thing as clean or green energy. Now, you can have clean coal. Natural gas is pretty clean. Nuclear at the end of the day is probably the cleanest when it’s all said and done. Windmills, by the way, are not clean. And I mean that because it takes oil to build them in the first place. their lifespan isn’t all that long in comparison to other sources of energy and once they’re done they’re very hard to dispose of so they’re not clean despite what that industry and or the left might tell you wind energy is not that clean solar is kind of the same way now i think personally it’s a little cleaner than wind because its lifespan is a little bit longer than wind And the maintenance on the panels in that aren’t as much as it is on the wind towers. The wind towers take more energy than most people think to even maintain. There’s oil inside of them that need to be changed and so on. There’s a lot going on there. The amount of concrete that has to be poured to put up an actual windmill. I mean, I can go down the list. Any of you out there listening can go do the same research that I’ve done. And they are huge energy eaters on the front side. And I believe the last time I looked, this might have changed, but I think the last time I looked, they don’t break even until about year seven. In other words, the amount of energy it takes to build a windmill for what it actually produces in, quote-unquote, air quotes around clean energy, I believe it’s around year seven for it to actually start breaking even. Again, don’t quote me because that may have changed. I haven’t looked at that figure in about a year, and things do change, so maybe they’ve gotten a little bit better, but I kind of doubt it. Because if you look at, again, the amount of raw material and things it takes to actually put one up, and I’ve always questioned even the math on that. Are they figuring every single barrel of oil that it takes to build one? Or are there a lot of assumptions? In other words, are they factoring in every single barrel of oil it takes to build that windmill, the factory, the workers that are driving to and from, all of the energy that they’re actually using, the amount of energy it takes to power the plant. Once they’re built, you’ve got to get them out to the field where they’re actually going to be set. Once they’re there, that site has to be prepped, in some cases graded. It has to have concrete prepared and poured. and the rebar and all the metal rebar itself how much energy is going into the into the steel plant to make it you get my drift i highly doubt because i found this by the way was very true when it came to making quote unquote you know green cars you know priuses for example way back in the day when priuses first came out they were touted as being very highly energy efficient and so on the one thing that i found that never makes it into the calculations Is what I just said. They’ll typically give you raw calculations as to, okay, here’s the car. Once it’s built, this is how much energy it’s using, so on and so forth. I’ve never seen anybody do calculations even on a car. I’ll use the Prius for an example. Nobody ever made the calculations on what did it take all the way through from the very beginning of that car in the plant, running the plant. getting the batteries for that vehicle there and made and so on. And then the vehicle itself, in the case of a Prius, it still has an engine that charges the battery, so on and so forth. So I never saw anybody do a complete calculation on, in this case, a Prius, to really give you all of the facts and figures behind. There’s just a lot of assumptions that, well, if those workers weren’t doing that, they’d be doing something else and they’d still be using that same energy. No, that’s not true, by the way. that may very well not be the case, and you can’t look at it that way. But rarely, if ever, and if there is somebody out there listening that has seen all of these calculations on either wind or solar, in other words, what’s it take to actually build a panel, what’s it actually take to put a windmill up, and I want every single ounce of raw material, including all of the oil that it takes to actually produce said items, plural, not just a single item, but all of the items, You know, the fiberglass for the arms themselves, for the propellers, I guess you could say, the generator itself, the crane that has to come and lift everything up and actually get it assembled. I want everything. I want it all. And the reality is the left, the green energy sector, will never tell you that. And frankly, it’s deceiving. They’re lying, I guess maybe is the best way to say that. They lie about what it actually takes to build these things and then actually put them up before an ounce of energy is ever generated. I want that figure. You know, they’ll claim, again, as I’ve read, they’ll claim that they break even at about year seven. I’m not sure that’s really true because I want to know what are they factoring into the entire equation. And my gut feeling is they’re skipping a lot of parts. That’s my guess, because, again, I’ve seen it happen on the other side of the aisle in the automotive industry. They never include all of the other things that I just mentioned. So point being, the Trump administration has slashed $550 million in Colorado green energy grants. Democrats call it revenge. And I don’t, as I said earlier, I call that being smart with our money. We need to. And really quick, too. A lot of this $550 million, believe it or not, isn’t even going into producing clean energy. It’s for studies on what we should do with, quote-unquote, clean energy. It’s not even all money going into the actual products themselves. In some cases, some of this money was going to charging stations for EVs, for example. You guys know my feeling on that. Even though I own an EV, that should handle itself. If that industry or that sector of the industry, if the EV sector of the automotive industry wants charging stations, then they should be like filling stations, like gas stations, and put them up themselves. Figure out a revenue-generating thing, product, site, whatever, that makes that actually happen to where they can generate their own revenue to pay themselves back, just like gas stations do. If that means that there’s, you know, EV charge stations, we have one here near the station over here in the H Mart lot, which, by the way, is just in the corner of H Mart, which I’m guaranteeing you is heavily, heavily subsidized or it wouldn’t be put there. And that, in my opinion, is a non-revenue generating station. How it got put together and how the math worked, I don’t know that. I’m not privy to that. But I highly doubt that’s a moneymaker at the end of the day. It’s only there because we as taxpayers have somehow subsidized it. And or Tesla’s paying for it, which I highly doubt. Guarantee you there’s some taxpayer kickback money coming into play there or it wouldn’t have got put up. So, again, some of this money, 22 million, by the way, or 27 million grant and loan to Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association for its energy transition. So, folks, that’s not even money that we’re using for anything. That’s quote-unquote transition money. And my feeling is Tri-State can come up with their own money. Why do I as a taxpayer have to do that? $22 million to Pioneer Energy for managing methane emissions and develop flaring technology, and $6.5 million for United Power, a floating solar microgrid in Fort Lupton. Again, they can figure that out on their own. Why do we as taxpayers have to subsidize that? We shouldn’t. So there’s cuts also that came for Xcel Energy’s battery storage research, $70 million for battery storage research. We already know that doesn’t work. I can tell you that right now. I’m not even in that sector, and I can tell you it doesn’t work. It’s not cost effective. Anybody that understands battery technology at all and where we’re at today would tell you that’s a very inefficient way to make things work. Period. Case closed. Give me my $70 million. Xcel Energy knows that, by the way, too. A lot of these are pet projects, just so you all know. And most of you that are on my side of this equation understand what I mean by that. A lot of these are pet projects that research companies and universities and so on, they get to go in and they want this money so they can keep those things moving forward. At the end of the day, rarely do we benefit. Rarely. So I’m okay with this $550 million not being put forth here in the state of Colorado. I get it. That goes to, in a lot of cases, jobs, and it goes back into the economy and so on. But honestly, does it? Does it? Some of these that I just mentioned to you, very little of that’s going to go back into the economy. There’s so much bloat in a lot of what I just said that it’s not like you spent $550 million in Colorado to go directly back into the economy. I would venture to guess you’d be lucky if half of that actually made it back into the economy, and I might be high in that figure. So if some of you have opinions on that, something you want to text me on, because I’m not sure you can call right now, but send me a text message, 307-200-8222. Dr. Scott’s up next, and again, a doctor that thinks just like we do. And I mean we as in myself, what we talk about on Thursdays with Dr. Kelly Victory and Steve House. We have a lot of other guests that come on and talk about nutrition and so on. Dr. Scott is right in line with the way we think here at KLZ and Rush to Reason. 303-663-6990 is how you get a hold of Scott.
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And we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Thank you guys for listening. I appreciate it. Some of you that are not able to listen online, we’ll get that up and running hopefully sooner than later. That’s a Comcast issue, as I said earlier. Some of you are texting in as well. Somebody had asked the question, is being offline as bad as being off-air terrestrial speaking? No. Not even close. While we have a lot of online listeners, keep in mind that we cover, terrestrially speaking, a four-state region or parts of four states. And the amount of people that the signal covers, I mean, it’s millions upon millions upon millions of people. Now, are they all listening at one time? No. But the effective reach, terrestrially speaking, versus Internet coverage, Here locally, it’s much better over the airwaves than it is online. But our online listenership continues to raise because every time we have an outage, I hear from all of you that are listening that there’s an outage. So, yes, it’s getting to be bigger and bigger all the time. But, no, it’s not quite the same as being, you know, off air over the actual airwaves, you know, per se. But it’s gaining all the time. So, yeah, great question, by the way. Thank you for that. I appreciate that. Now, in other news, speaking of energy. And Andy even texted me and said, yeah, it’s a win to not be spending that money locally on quote-unquote green crap energy. And Andy’s right, and it is garbage. I think I’ve talked about that so many times that I’ve yet to have anybody – this is funny. I’ve yet to have anybody, anybody from the left, any texter, text me and prove I’m wrong in that. There’s no replacement for the other forms of energy that we already have that work well. And I get it. I think solar has a place. I think in some cases wind has a place. For example, some of you that live in really windy areas and you’ve got the ability to put a wind generation, maybe even two or three of them up at your own home, your own farm, and generate some power off of that just like you would solar. I see nothing wrong with that whatsoever. If you can make that happen and it works for you, go for it. I see no issues with that. Just like I see no issues with solar on individual homes, providing that’s done correctly and the technology is right and you’ve been sold right and so on. I have no problem with that. Where I have problems are big solar farms, big wind farms and so on. Those are nice, good, feel-good measures that at the end of the day don’t do anything. In fact, I’d say in most cases, environmentally speaking, does more harm than good. And again, I challenge anybody on the left to argue me on that. It’s not arguable. You can’t find data to back up and come against me and say that I’m wrong. In fact, there’s tons and tons of articles out there about the environmental harm and impact of what I just said across the globe, not just here in the U.S., but in a lot of places. So Elon Musk, though, he’s looking at things differently. And I think I’ve talked about this in the past. He is gambling billions. And I think gamble, by the way, is a pretty loose term. I don’t think it’s much of a gamble. In fact, this is a Wall Street Journal article, and it says Elon Musk gambles billions in Memphis to catch up on AI. And I don’t think it’s a gamble. Rarely does Elon Musk do things that are huge gambles. Most of what he does, he’s pretty on target and thinks through it enough to know, yeah, this is a pretty good bet, and most likely he’ll win at the end. So if it is a gamble, I don’t think it’s a huge gamble. I think what he’s trying to do is catch up, and he is behind when it comes to AI. Now, knowing him like we do, he won’t be behind for very long. And this whole article in Wall Street Journal is talking about how, in this particular case, he’s outside of Memphis, Tennessee, and he’s got a power plant that he’s building on the other side of the state line in Mississippi. And, of course, this article is talking about how there’s certain folks in the area that are very welcoming and they’re glad that he’s building it and it’s putting a lot of people to work and it’s really helping the economy. And yet there’s all the naysayers out there that are saying, well, maybe this is just a flash in the pan and what if this doesn’t last and this will just be a tidal wave and it’ll all be gone. Folks, hear me on this. And I get it. There’s a few listeners that we have that won’t be able to hear us now that are down in that Tennessee area because we do have listeners there. This isn’t much of a gamble. AI is not going anywhere. And I’m pretty confident in saying that. It’s not going anywhere. It’s going to do nothing but continue to grow and get bigger and get bigger and get bigger. Now, the catch is, and this is what Elon knows, that’s why he’s building a power plant in Mississippi to power the plant that he’s going to have, the AI farm that he’ll have in Tennessee and Memphis, outside of Memphis. By the way, it’s not far from Graceland is what I read. So if you’re familiar with that area, you kind of know what I’m talking about. But he’s smart enough to know that he’s got to build a power plant to actually handle the amount of power generation or the amount of power consumption that he’ll have. And he needs to generate power to be able to handle that. But there’ll be extra. And the city and the surrounding area will benefit from that extra power that he produces. He’s also building things like big water filtration plants and wastewater treatment plants and so on because those AI farms, those AI generation facilities, server farms is what they are, they require a lot of heat and a lot of resources, and he’s going to make sure that he accommodates all of that and give back to the community at the same time. In other words, he’s going to overbuild so he can actually serve some of the surrounding communities as well. It’s a win-win for everybody there. And again, as always, you get these knuckleheads from the left, these these, you know, quote unquote environmentalists that aren’t. They will tell you all of the bad that Elon’s doing in this particular end of things. And, you know, this is not going to last. I won’t last. It is, folks. It’s like, you know, even back during the dot bomb. The Internet was in its infancy and was really getting rolling along and people were learning how they could do, you know, websites and put their businesses up and all these different things. And, you know, there was a lot of different companies that went all in with certain domain names and so on. And, yes, some of those failed. That’s why it was called the dot bomb. Instead of dot com, it was the dot bomb. This is not the same. Not the same. In fact, even though they’re both in the tech world, that’s where the similarities stop. The dot-bomb thing was a lot of hype on what websites could do for you. And you saw all sorts of different commercials back in the day, even during Super Bowls and so on, on what it was going to do for you. And there was everything from GoDaddy, which still exists today, to other type of domain name providers that were doing things back in the day and blah, blah, blah. And we all know how it ended. Now, here’s the thing, though. It didn’t really end. The companies that were solid, that had good footing, that knew what they were doing, like GoDaddy, for example, they survived. They lasted. They did just fine. They didn’t blow up. And there was a lot of Internet companies at that time that are still existent today. They didn’t go anywhere. They’re still around. And all of the big corporations, car companies and on down the line we go, they all had websites then. They still do today. That didn’t end either. Where the dot bombs ended were the fluffy companies that really didn’t produce any revenue in what they were doing, and they went away. And by the way, there’ll be some adjustments on the AI sides of things along those lines as well, although AI is completely different because of what it’s providing. the services that it’s providing. Now, will the AI companies that are out there now, and if I went and really looked hard, there’s probably, I mean, most people only think of two or three, but really there’s probably maybe not quite a dozen, but there’s quite a few. More than people think. You know, AI platforms. Will there potentially be a consolidation there? Yeah, I think there could be. Will it come down to, you know, like we had car companies back in the day where at one point in time, not exaggerating, at one point in time we probably had 100 plus, maybe even 200 different car companies in the U.S., and it all came down to, quote, unquote, the big three? Could I see something like that with AI happening? Sure, that I could see happening. You know, the other companies may be falling off, going away, being picked up by other companies, consolidation and so on. Could that happen? Sure. Will that happen anytime soon? No. No, because the technology is still in its infancy and we haven’t even determined who’s going to lead. Because there’s several that are leading. Co-leading is what I should say. There’s not one particular AI that’s out in front. They each will claim to be, but each one has its own idiosyncrasies. And even other countries are involved in this, i.e. China. So, you know, who’s going to come out on top when it comes to AI? I have no idea, but I can tell you this much. Elon Musk is a huge player in it, probably understands it as well as anybody. He’s been one of the innovators behind it, and he’s not going to get left behind. So I have no fear. If I was down in Memphis and I lived in that area, would I have any fear of this plant coming in and then leaving soon after? No, I would not. And I think all the naysayers that are in that particular realm of things are just that, they’re naysayers. And frankly, are probably people that don’t understand the technology and how it will be used. And this goes into a whole other discussion about the control over where government comes into play, what kind of restrictions should there be on AI and so on. I had an article last week I was going to talk about that I never got around to. It’s always interesting to see the people that they put on these quote-unquote focus groups or these teams that are going to help dictate what AI does. In the case here in Colorado, there’s a Buddhist monk that’s a part of the team deciding what AI is going to do. Now, I’m not against Buddhist monks. But the last I checked, I don’t think, again, I could be completely wrong, but I don’t think they’re highly technical. I don’t think that’s the way they look at things. Charlie, unless I’m completely wrong there, I think they’re more removed from that. Maybe that’s why they’re on the panel, but I don’t see them being highly technically involved when it comes to AI. Just not what they do. Unless I’m wrong in what Buddhist monks do. But last I checked, they were not AI experts. Maybe this one is, but I highly doubt it. But in Colorado, that’s what we have. They’re going to make our decisions. And Charlie’s right that maybe it’s the ethical part of it that they’re bringing him in to this equation. OK, so be it. But even then, this is my struggle with that. Maybe I should talk about this when I come back. But here’s my struggle with even that. If you don’t understand the technology and you don’t use it, how can you talk about the ethics of? That’s my problem. It’s sort of like what I talk about all the time in Washington, D.C., or even here in our own local statehouse at our own, you know, at the Denver Capitol, Colorado Capitol. This is my issue. You have people making decisions that affect the rest of us that have no idea what they’re deciding on. But yet they’ve got full input into what goes on. That’s my problem with the way a lot of this is handled. Whether it be something we’re talking about with AI, whether it be with infrastructure, whether it be with car regulations and so on, emissions regulations. I can go down the list. These are typically people making policy decisions that I’ll be straight up honest, have a hard time turning the cell phone on if it doesn’t work correctly. And I’m not exaggerating when I say that. But yet they’re going to make decisions for all of the rest of us in our daily lives, and yet they don’t even understand the technology they’re making policy decisions on. So I’ve got a little bit more on that that I’ll talk about. I’ll read our text messages during the break. Cub Creek Heat and Air Conditioning, a little cool out right now. Now, some of you actually might be turning on your furnace. If you’ve had any issues at all with that, give Cub Creek a call today. Find them at klzradio.com.
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Now back to Rush to Reason on KLZ 560.
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All right. Back, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Again, appreciate you all listening, texting, some of you texting in, by the way, on the very subject that we’re talking about. And I’m not trying to be mean or rude to, you know, legislatures and people that are in that authoritative, you know, that’s not even the right way to say it. I hate that term, by the way. They work for me. They’re not authorities over me. It’s something that even in my mind, I’ve got to continue to change. Every single person from Donald Trump all the way down through government works for me. I write their checks. We have a representative government. We don’t have a democracy. This is a republic. And every single politician, city, state, counties, federally, they’re all on my payroll. I pay them. So do you all that pay taxes. We pay them. They work for us. They’re actually public servants. They’re not an authority over us. Now, I get it. We have laws, and in some cases, police and so on, they’re there to enforce the laws that are set. I understand all of that. In that case, there are some authoritative figures in our world, and we need to expect those authorities, but— We all forget, and this is one of those things that I even struggle with with a lot of Christians, where they talk about how, you know, well, you need to follow Romans, whatever, whatever, whatever, where we’re to pray for those rulers and those individuals that are put in charge over us. That’s not how it works here in America, by the way. Sorry, that’s not how it works. You’re in charge. So if you want to pray for anybody, the ruling authority, pray for yourself. Pray for fellow citizens that are positive taxpayers, because they’re literally the ruling authority. The politicians work for us. Something that even a lot, most Christians, most pastors, by the way, have wrong. Most sermons along these lines are flat out wrong. We have a representative form of government. They work for us. Anytime I vote for somebody, I’m hiring them to do something I don’t have time to do. Those politicians, everybody that’s along those lines, they work for me. They work for you. If they’re local, they work for their county. If it’s statewide, they work for the state. Federally, they work for all of us. But don’t ever forget that. And I tend to even forget that and even say things in the wrong way at times because politicians especially are not an authority over us. They’re my representative. They work for me. I don’t work for them. I’m not responsible to them I’m not accountable to them it’s the other way around they are responsible to me they are accountable to me They are to watch what they do and represent me well, or I’m going to change them out. Find a new employee, if you would. And it just bugs me to no end the way some of these politicians, quote unquote, get the, you know, they get this chip on their shoulder where they’re better than everybody else. And frankly, no, you’re not. And sorry to say, I’ve interviewed a lot of you and you’re dumb as rocks. I’m being straight up honest. You’re dumb as rocks. You couldn’t find your way out of a wet paper bag sometimes. If your aide wasn’t around to help you, you wouldn’t make it from point A to point B. And unfortunately, we’ve got some folks even here in Colorado running for governor that fit the description of what I just said. Unfortunately, not going to name names, but we have some of those out there. Hopefully that’ll get whittled down and we’ll get to the point where we have, you know, just a few to pick from instead of the dozen plus we have now. I think it’s 15 or 16 now, maybe even 17. I’d have to look. You know what? We might even be up to 20. Again, that’s another one. Don’t quote me on that. I haven’t looked lately to see how many Republican and or non-Democrat candidates we have in Colorado, even including there’s even some independent candidates, I believe, now running. We might be up to 20. Far too many, by the way. Knuckleheads. But sorry, I’m digressing. My point is we have a lot of people that try to make policy decisions for our lives on a daily basis that frankly shouldn’t be because they’re not qualified. Remember, there’s no qualifications to be a politician. Run and win. That’s the qualification. Run a better campaign than your opponent. Get involved with the money machine that helps get people elected, especially on the Democrat side. But that’s true on the Republican side, too, sometimes. I’m less critical there than I am on the Democrat side because they’ve got a better machine than we do. But again, at the end of the day, the only qualification is you have to win a campaign. That’s your qualification for being a politician. And then it goes to that policy for everybody else. And remember, folks, this is all the way true down to local, city, county governments and so on, school boards and the like. Just because somebody ran and won doesn’t mean they’re qualified. In fact, I’ll go as far as to say in most cases they’re not. They’re likely unqualified, but they’re there. They won. They’re now the person that gets to help set rules and policies and so on for the rest of us. It’s sad, but there’s no test for being a politician, just like there’s no test for being a parent. A lot of stupid parents out there, by the way. A lot of stupid politicians as well. In fact, dumber politicians than there are dumber parents. But, you know, you guys know what I mean. Some of you, by the way, are probably laughing at me right now, wherever you’re listening, because you’re agreeing with me. But that’s the reality of the world we live in. These are not qualified individuals. They got elected. They’re elected, quote unquote, officials. Really, we should call them what they are, public servants. And some of them are dumb as rocks. A lot of them, by the way, are. They’re just not intelligent people. And I’m sorry to say it. They’re just not. I’ve talked to some of these people. I’ve met them. I’ve had conversations. They’re not that smart. But they get elected. And they get a set policy. And I’m using that example going back to the Buddhist monk. And I don’t know this individual. I’m not trying to talk bad about this person. I don’t know their background. Don’t know them at all. But at the end of the day, are they really qualified to talk about AI even on the personal end of things, the accountability side and so on? I have no idea. I don’t know them. I don’t know what their experience level is on that end of things. And furthermore, why a Buddhist monk? Why not a Christian? Or why not a Jehovah Witness? Or why not a Mormon? You get the drift. Why not all these other different types of belief systems that are there? Why is it a Buddhist monk? Well, and by the way, I can tell you that one, because that’s a slap in the face to all the Christians that are out there in the state, because that’s exactly what our governor does. That one I’m pretty confident in. Sorry, Buddhist monk, but you’re not there because you’re a Buddhist monk, or maybe you are. You are there because you’re a Buddhist monk only, and you’re not a Christian. That’s why you’re there, because that’s a slap in the face to all the Christians that are out there that would vote, the conservatives especially. And I’m not wrong, by the way, when I’m saying they’re folks. Those of you that are on the left that would want to say I’m wrong, I’m not. That’s why that person’s there. One thousand percent why they’re there. No other reason. And again, not coming against any of these people that are on said committee to manage AI in the state of Colorado. But as I go through the people that are on that list, very few of them have any kind of expertise in AI. I have more than most of them do, including our governor. So, side note. All right. I’ll get back on track. We’ve got a full another two hours coming your way. Paul Lumber is coming up next. He is my personal insurance broker. He’ll shop what’s best for you when it comes to your insurance, teaching you how to save money along the way as well. Again, Paul, give him a call today, 303-662-0789.
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Live and local, back to Rush to Reason. Oh, by the way, several of you texting in. I won’t say these on air, but texting me examples of folk you know that are in politics and how much of that description I just mentioned they actually fit. Yeah, I’m sorry to say, but there’s a lot of them. And you could, again, all the way down to the local level. Guys, you could talk about your local mayor, your local city council. You could talk about your local county commissioners. You could go to your local school board. Folks, I’m not talking even nationally. I’m just locally speaking. Go look at the people that are actually representing you and tell me how sharp they actually are. In most cases, not very. And here’s the thing I would tell you to check me on this. Most of these are always recorded, and you can always go back and check them. Go find some of the meetings they’re involved in and see how they speak and talk and how knowledgeable they are in some things. That’s all you’ve got to do. I’ve sat in some of these meetings, by the way. I’ll tell you how ignorant most of these people are. Very, very. All right, two more hours coming your way. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. We’ll be right back.
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