Welcome to the Kim Monson Show podcast. Kim Monson is your host. Peace through strength. My fellow Liberty Toastmasters share their perspectives on national defense and foreign policy. RE/MAX Realtor Karen Levine on home ownership. CUT board secretary Wendy Warner addresses the last few weeks of Colorado’s legislative session. Plus Karen Gordey with Radiant Painting and Lighting. ————————————————————————————– The Kim Monson Show airs on KLZ 560 AM every Monday thru Friday, 6-8 AM MST. You can listen to the live stream by going to www.klzradio.com
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It’s the Kim Monson Show, analyzing the most important stories.
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I find that it takes work to get your brain around these ideas, and it takes work to engage in these conversations.
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The latest in politics and world affairs.
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With what is happening down at the Statehouse, I used to think that it was above my pay grade to read the legislation, and it’s not.
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Today’s current opinions and ideas.
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I see big danger in as much as we will be giving an unelected bureaucrat the power to make rules about what we inject into our bodies.
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Is it freedom or is it force? Let’s have a conversation.
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Indeed. Let’s have a conversation. And welcome to the Kim Monson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You each are treasured, you’re valued, you have purpose. Today, strive for excellence, take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body. My friends, we were made for this moment in history. Thank you to the team. That’s Producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Amanda, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Today, Joe, is the day that you need to be an octopus because it is Liberty Toastmasters Day.
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Yay. Yay, Liberty Toastmasters. I actually really enjoy this. I learn something new every single time.
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I know that you do, but making the phone lines all work can be tricky, but it is always a real treat. And what that means is in studio with me, the presidents of Liberty Toastmasters Denver and Liberty Toastmasters North get to come in and co-host the show with me. And in studio is my friend Marshall Dawson. Great to have you here.
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Great to be here. And that’s my purpose today is to moderate this whole Toastmasters thing. Yes. It is quite a production, Jo.
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It is. But as Jo said, I always learn something because we all look at these issues with different perspectives, different experiences. The subject for today is peace through strength, and that is national defense and foreign policy. which is at the forefront of the news articles right now.
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Sorry, did I miss something? Has there been something in the news?
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There has been a little something. So let’s jump in here because we have another great show planned for you. Check out our website and be sure and join our community. We had a great conversation with John Eastman on Twitter. Tuesday night, which was our first virtual town hall. This evening, we’re going to kick off our classes. And Alan Thomas is teaching a 10-week class on the Federalist Papers. And that will be from 745 to 9. And that will be for our Monticello and our Mount Vernon members. And Marshall, you’re a Mount Vernon member of the community. Thank you. We’re so excited. It’s a place where… The sky is the limit. We haven’t even scratched the surface with what Zach has envisioned and created here. But thank you. It’s good to have you part of the community.
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It’s really impressive. I just can’t compliment you enough and glad to be part of it.
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Yeah. And so we’re going to learn something. And the class is the first half of the Federalist Papers and how they are relevant to today. And you can email me at Kim at KimMunz.com. Text line is 720-605-0647. We will be taking call-ins in the last segment of the last hour. And that will be at 747. And that number is 303-477-5600. And as you know on the show, we search for truth and clarity. Excuse me. I’ve been up a long time, but somehow the pipes haven’t joined me on that. So we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And it’s not compassionate and it’s not altruistic to take other people’s stuff, whether or not it’s their rights, their property, freedom, livelihood, opportunity, childhood, or lives via force. And force can be a weapon, but policy, unpredictable and excessive taxation is Fees, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation, legislation, this agenda of the World Economic Forum, and the globalist elites, which is tyranny. And we’re seeing that play out at the United Nations, but all the way to local government, school districts. And as I look at this legislation, Marshall Dawson, that is coming down the pike, we are on the precipice of tyranny here in Colorado.
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Yeah, it’s almost like the other party, which is in power now, doesn’t have a respect for individual rights. They want to rule over everything and meddle both in our lives as well as people who are unsuspecting.
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And it’s really daunting. And this Democrat Party is not the Democrat Party of JFK or your grandpa and your grandma. JFK lowered taxes. And when you lower taxes, what that means is you are freeing up people to have more of their own money that they can go after their hopes and dreams. That’s not the case with this legislature and this governor here in Colorado, Marshall Dawson.
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When I was waiting outside this morning, I heard something on the radio about quantifying the amount of fraud that is coming out of the federal government, administered by the states, and the blue states especially. You know, $500 billion, so 10% of our federal budget is simply going out to fraud. What could we do in our own families, at our own kitchen tables, with an extra 10% if we weren’t having to shell that out to the federal government?
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And so that’s the conversation that we have to have. And that is, I think this is going to be the tipping point to get people to do something different. But Marshall, I’m going to stay on task because we have Karen Gorday on the line. Our word of the day, and she’s got a lot going on, is thespian. And it is spelled T-H-E-S-P-I-A-N. And Thespis was a stage actor in the 6th century B.C. He was born in the ancient city of Icarus. present day as Dionysus Greece. According to certain ancient Greek sources, especially Aristotle, he was the first human to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a play instead of speaking as himself. And so thespian is of or relating to drama or dramatic or relating to thespis. And so there’s, I guess we could use thespis as well, but there’s a lot of thespians that are in our politicians, bureaucrats, and interest parties that they are, portraying maybe that they are themselves, but I think that they’re acting as they are continuing to Say one thing and do another thing. And so your challenge is to use the word thespian in a sentence today. And our quote of the day is from Marcus Aurelius. And he was a Roman emperor. He says, and this is so, he said this all these years ago. He said, reject your sense of injury and your injury disappears. And Marshall, I was thinking about this regarding all of this victimhood that we see these days. But he said that all those years ago.
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Yeah, it’s remarkable. And if I continue my point that I was starting to make a moment ago, why is it that the Democrats are so intent on saying we need to fund more of these programs where there’s so much fraud? Is it that we have run out of people who are actually needy? And their M.O. is to always ask for more money. Well, if we’ve already taken care of the people who have needs, now they have to make that money go someplace. Maybe that’s why it’s going to fraudsters.
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Yeah, and we need to get rid of government grants because that’s where this is all occurring, taking money from one person to give to another. Our bill of the day, I’m just going to very quickly – gosh, I didn’t pull the bill number. It’s public accessibility to emissions records. Let me see if I have that here. I was looking at it this morning. Yep. Here we go. It was postponed indefinitely, but I thought this was important to bring this up. This was House Bill 1121, and it’s a bill that requires any entity that owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a building structure, facility, or installation that emits or may emit an air pollutant. to make all emissions records that are legally required to maintain publicly available. Well, you could see how this could be used to take more and more control. The sponsors on it were Representative Lorena Garcia, Representative Bob Marshall, Senator Lisa Cutter, and Senator Kathy Kipp. It did die in committee, but I bring this forward to you to just show you how much they want to control us. Somebody that has really been in the battle on all of this control is Karen Gorday. She is an entrepreneur. She is the owner of Radiant Painting and Lighting, a great sponsor of the show. Karen Gorday, welcome to the show. Good morning, Karen. Thanks for having me. I feel like we’re on speed dial with so much going on here, Karen. Let’s talk first of all about your business because we’re getting into spring and outdoor painting. And quality is so important in products and in the people that you work with. And that’s something that you strive for excellence in at Radiant Painting and Lighting.
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That is correct, especially on exterior painting. The preparation for painting is so, so important. And then using quality paint is super important. Often if you use the cheaper paints, number one, it’s not going to last. And stand up to the weather that we have in Colorado, the sun, the hail. I mean, obviously, if you get large hails, that’s just going to destroy everything. But if you use the cheaper paint, honestly, you’ll probably end up spending more in the long run. So I would focus on quality products, premium products, and don’t ever go with the cheapest bid. I know most people get three or four bids. Never go with the absolute lowest because, quite frankly, you’re going to get what you pay for. probably get a lot of change orders or you’ll end up having to hire someone to redo the project because it was so inexpensive.
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Right. And working with quality people, quality products in the long run saves you money. What do you want to talk about? You sent a photo of something over, texted it over last night, which got my blood boiling, Karen.
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It got my blood boiling as well when I opened the letter. And I think you talked about this a couple months ago. It happened to you. So I’ve opted out of a smart meter, and I’ve fought Excel for the better part of two years on opting out of a smart meter. Now, my meter on my house is probably 10 years old, so it’s not the original 1978 meter. But the letter I got yesterday said… You must upgrade to a smart meter or we’re disconnecting your service on May 4th. You want to talk about tyranny?
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You want to talk about tyranny. You’re lucky that you still have that particular meter because they did come out and put a, what they call a non-communicative meter, but they send somebody out that reads it each month. And so I imagine what that’s doing is that is doing the same thing. It’s watching all of my usage. And when I use that, And they came out three or four times to try to change it to a smart meter. But they’re saying to you, Karen Gorday, if you don’t change it out, they’re going to turn off your power.
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Correct. And I think that I can get away with a quote-unquote non-communicative meter. But the problem is… Those non-communicative meters can be upgraded to smart meters and you will never know. And that’s where I have an issue with that because it will have like that empty cavity inside for the transmitter and they can just install that at any time and you will never know because you can’t take the face off of your meter.
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So what about the old days, Karen, when we had a… a utility provider, and their job was they wanted to, and so they are a publicly traded company many times, or they might be a cooperative. But anyway, they want to get results for their shareholders or the cooperative. So the plan would be is to provide power to your customers, and your customers could then use that power the way they wanted to, to go after their hopes and dreams. Well, now that Excel’s been in bed with the PUC, who is appointed by the governor, and we’ll talk with Winnie Warner probably about that in just a minute, because one of the cut bills that we took a position on is the Public Utilities Commission, which more and more control of our lives. So Karen Gorday, what else do you want people to know today? This is, again, you got my blood boiling on this one.
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So I’m testifying at the Capitol for the first time. um this afternoon for house bill 26 11 14 which is the lock splitting bill one of the sponsors is rebecca stewart who is uh state legislator for part of lakewood a good part of lakewood uh she did an article in the sun um the colorado sun um late last week over the weekend saying well so voters want to um with single-family homes only, then we need to override them at the state level. And I think it’s ironic because yesterday there was talk about the state legislature wanting to introduce a no-paying act. And so here we are today. Obviously, you know, she knows better than the people of Lakewood, and we want to wipe our vote out. So I’m testifying for the first time. I’m going to do this via Zoom because I don’t have time to go down and find parking and sit there for hours. Right. And then we’re working on phase two of the Lakewood plan right now. And we’ll talk about that more as we get closer to phase two. And then I’m also advising two candidates for state legislature and on the leadership team for James Riley, running for Secretary of State. So we’ve got a little bit of things going on. But to your point, we’re like on speed dial right now with everything going on in this state.
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Well, and so the other thing you can do to support what’s going on in Colorado is make sure that when you need to do interior or exterior paint, call Karen Gorday because she’s out there not only providing a great product, but she’s working for all of us. How can people find Radiant Painting and Lighting, Karen Gorday?
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You can go to www.paintwithradiant.com. Again, that’s www.paintwithradiant.com.
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And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is kimMonson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And be sure and check out the website for the USMC Memorial Foundation. They’ve got their big golf tournament coming up on May 14th. Get your foursome together today. and sign up and support the Memorial Foundation as it is important to remember and honor and keep these stories alive. Of those that have put on the uniform to protect our liberty, some have given their lives. That website is usmcmemorialfoundation.org. In studio with me is my friend Marshall Dawson. It’s Liberty Toastmasters Day on the show. It’s great to have you here.
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Ironically, in studio with me today is my friend Kim Monson.
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It’s funny how that works out, huh? And on the line with me is my friend Winnie Warner because I’ve gotten to know her. It’s so interesting when you get onto these different boards and work with people and are working on these really important issues, there becomes this bond. We may not always look at things the same way, But we’ve we come together and this has really been amazing with the Colorado Union of Taxpayers. And Wendy Warner has served on the board of Colorado Union of Taxpayers for a number of years. She is our board secretary and we really appreciate her. Wendy Warner, welcome to the show. Well, thank you and good morning to both of you. Well, it’s good to have you. And, Wendy, you’ve got experience with this legislature, some institutional knowledge. We’re coming in on the last three weeks, basically. What do you think? What’s your prediction of what might happen over the next three weeks?
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Well, it’s a little hard to say, but, you know, this particular legislature and just over the last, you know, three to four sessions, they always seem to drop something big at the end or several of them, and they do it such that they have the minimum amount of time to hold hearings on it or to allow extended hearings or for people to find out about it and then just rush it through. So I expect more legislation that has to do with fees, enterprises, And anything that’s an attack on paper. I really do.
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I do, too. So, Wendy, the board made the decision, Mary Jansen had this idea about creating something where people could easily make their voices heard. And so we created Cut Engaged. And we choose four to five bills each week. They’re in chronological order. And people can make their voices heard. And so there were some important ones this week. And one of them, and I talked about it the other day, is, you know, this legislature is spending money like crazy. But they want to fine business owners, restaurants and business owners, if you give somebody a spoon. So ice cream, if you give somebody a spoon. and they didn’t ask for it and you didn’t ask them if they won it, they could be fined $500 for the second infraction and $1,000 for infractions after that. As if these business owners don’t have enough going on, Wendy Warner.
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Exactly. This is my most ridiculous bill of least of the month. I just can’t believe they do this. Imagine, you know, you’re a family with a bunch of kids in the car and you pull up to a fast food and you’re, You know, you’re concentrated on getting everybody’s order right and everybody’s ice cream right. And on top of it, if you don’t specify or if the restaurant hasn’t specifically asked you, do you want a spoon with that ice cream? How about with this one over here? Can you imagine the time it’s going to take? The training it’s going to take for people to remember to do that, and if they don’t do it, you’re going to walk away from that restaurant and not have what you need to eat your lunch. It’s just ridiculous. It’s bad for the customers. It’s bad for business. But most of all, it’s an interference in private enterprise. That transaction is between the customer and business. The police doing business, not the government. The government doesn’t have to be in the middle to tell you what’s good and bad to do.
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It’s ridiculous. And who defines good and bad when it’s government as well? It’s a great point. Which other ones do you want to talk about? Which other bills, Wendy Warner?
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Oh, well, we always love it when we get these. sunset reviews that they want to extend then forever. And this one, of course, is an important one on the Public Utilities Commission. Now, the sunset reviews are supposed to be for us to understand, should we continue to have this commission or have it in this form or this program? And the idea is to have very frequent reviews of things so we don’t continue government programs You know, forever and ever and ever without saying, do we really need this anymore? In this case, it’s the Public Utilities Commission, and they’ve extended it another 11 years. Used to be these things were only extended five years. And so you knew you had very frequent reviews. This particular legislature, in fact, the last couple of them, have been extending these longer and longer. I think it’s an effort to do away with sunset reviews altogether. But in this case, they’ve given the Public Utilities Commission all sorts of new jobs and new things that they can do. Now they can get fully involved with ride shares, for example. And I’m going… This is a non-elected board, and they’re giving it more and more power, and they’re extending the review period.
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It’s just an increase of government rulemaking. And there’s three public utilities commissioners, and they are appointed by the governor, and they are wielding power. an enormous amount of power over our lives. And so I need to really, really delve into this particular bill. It’s 44 pages long. And 44 pages, it doesn’t take 44 pages if you’re trying to provide more freedom for everyday people. 44 pages would be more and more control. Wendy Warner, there’s a couple other that we did on Cut Engaged this week. Why don’t you hit on those quickly?
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Okay. We also have… There’s also one that we like, which was affirming commitment to taxpayer bill of rights. Very simple resolution, which we would have loved to have had all of our legislators take a position on. It got killed in the first committee, of course. They don’t want to have to have every single legislator take a vote on whether they… commit to the taxpayer bill of rights but we sure liked that somebody that the representatives Gonzalez and Barron brought it up but that got killed right away the other one is the school finance act which we understand there’s going to be a school finance act every year but this one increased the per pupil funding per pupil funding now by $208.60, and they just keep raising it and raising it. At the same time, our number of students in this state have decreased, and we certainly don’t have any kind of accountability tied to this. Like, show us that we’re actually improving learning out there. We see all the opposite of that. So that’s very frustrating.
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Right. So we are a no on that as well. Wendy Warner, this board that we work with, all volunteers, is an amazing group. And I want to say thank you to Steve Dorman, Greg Golianski, Russ Haas, Bill Hamill, Rob Knuth, John Nelson, Wendy Warner, you. Marty Nielsen, Rami Johnson, Mary Jansen, Dave Evans, Corey Onozorg, Paula Beard, and Ray Beard. And we’d love to have people join us. It’s only $25 a year. I’ve been on the coffee circuit lately, Wendy, which means I’ve been going to some of these designer coffee shops. And you can’t get a cup of coffee at a designer coffee shop for $2.08 a month. And that’s how much it costs you to join CUT. So go to coloradotaxpayer.org and join us, and we are your shortcut to know what’s going on in the legislature. Wendy Warner, as always, thank you. Your final thought.
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I hope everybody will get on to coloradotaxpayer.org and look at our cut and gauge bills. It just takes a click and a couple of seconds. You can have in under a minute, you can send a message to all these legislators that are on these committees reviewing these bills and let them know what you think. It doesn’t take very long. We’ve made it very easy for you.
SPEAKER 07 : 28:38
Right. And just clarification, at this time it goes to the prime sponsors, and you can add in your own senator and your own legislator. And it would be great if we could add that whole thing on to all of the legislators. We’ll work on that. But, Wendy Warner, as always, thank you. Okay, thank you very much, Kim, for all you do. And all these discussions happen because of our sponsors. Karen Levine is our specialist in residential real estate. She’ll be in in the next hour, and she’s been a sponsor of both the shows since before the Kim Monson Show.
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SPEAKER 07 : 31:32
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It sure is. We should probably say what Table Topics is. This is a part of our meetings where volunteers have the opportunity to come up and speak one to two minutes extemporaneously. So it’s a good exercise in being able to think quickly on your feet and respond to something. It’s a little bit different here today. In all transparency, people who are calling in know what our topic is. And let me give that to you. It’s peace through strength. and national defense and foreign policy. So I’m looking forward also to seeing whether our volunteers can use the word of the day, thespian. Because I know that I’m not going to be able to. I just got it in there. But our first caller today is Rick Rome. Rick, welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 27 : 33:04
Good morning, Marshall, Kim. Thanks for having me. You know, I used to be that guy when it came to talking about peace through strength. That guy who would say, we have the might, We can force compliance to get whatever we want, whenever we want, however we want, and there’s very little that anyone can do to stop us. We’re a great and powerful nation who is blessed with that ability to project our will. Is that really peace? I mean, in a lot of ways, that’s the big kid on the block who’s holding the little kid’s nose in dog poop and saying, say uncle, say uncle. I want to hear you say Uncle Sam, too. Yeah, you’ll get compliance. You will get people who decide that they will do it just for the sake of not having to tolerate that kind of use of force where might makes right. And when I’m exploring this idea over the past, I don’t know, 10 years since I’ve been involved in Toastmasters, I’ve been asking myself the question, what is that real source of peace? And I’ve come to the realization that the source of peace is the same as our source of strength. And it comes from Wisdom, clarity of purpose. What is it that we really hope to accomplish? And it’s not an easy path to walk when you’re looking into guidance for how to be wise, how to make good decisions, how to use discernment. It’s in grace. When we offer justice to the families of the young women in Iran who have been basically raped and murdered for the purpose or for the crime of showing their hair in public and protesting against a tyrannical regime. We can bring justice, and we can also show compassion in the same mindset, both for the families and also for the people who are about to be severely punished in response to the crimes that they’ve committed against their fellow human beings. You know, give unto Caesar is really part of that responsibility. And it’s also in liberty, having that capacity to freely choose an opportunity for peace. And, you know, once we get compliance, I think in Iran specifically, there is an opportunity to expand the Abraham Accords where you have a bully in the neighborhood who’s randomly firing missiles at all of their neighbors. I can see their neighbors saying, you know what? Once we get you out of our way, we’re able to recognize Israel. We’re able to work with them in trade agreements. We’re able to acknowledge their right to exist and thereby creating that freedom of expression, that freedom of association that allows for true and lasting peace. You know, the question becomes, in my mind, we’re listening to the papacy, and they’ve gone pretty far left. But it is a nice counterbalance to the use of force that’s necessary to generate compliance. The question is, what do we do next? And we have to find that for ourselves.
SPEAKER 07 : 35:59
Wow. Boy, I’m impressed, Rick. Thank you.
SPEAKER 04 : 36:05
I have also been that guy. That resonated with me. Well, next up is one of our members in Liberty Toastmasters North, which is in Longmont. And welcome to the show, Greg Morrissey.
SPEAKER 25 : 36:16
Good morning. How are we doing?
SPEAKER 04 : 36:17
Hey, Greg.
SPEAKER 25 : 36:19
Good.
SPEAKER 04 : 36:19
What’s on your mind this morning?
SPEAKER 25 : 36:22
Well, I did my research about peace through strength and a little trouble going to the Middle East. And then I remembered Ronald Reagan. And I encourage everyone to go to his presidential library and you go online and see what he says. And one of the things he says right up the front there, it’s in headlines, peace through strength. We know only too well that war comes not when the force of freedom are strong, but when they’re weak. That’s when the tyrants attempted. And that’s why perhaps the Middle East and what Iran was trying to do with their stuff. and how they wanted to have control, especially with the straightforward moves and that type of stuff. But the other thing I wanted to bring up, too, if you go to this and you see Ronald Reagan, and I encourage all the young men and women listening on your show, look what he did and look what he said. Look what he did when he said, bring down the wall, Mr. Gorbachev, and he did. You want to see someone who had the accountability, the ability, especially the communication ability. He’d been a great Toastmaster. But the number of people he reached and the number of people, lives he changed. And when everyone goes out there, I heard your discussion this morning about the politics here in Colorado. Let’s go out there and try and find a Ronald Reagan type for Colorado politics. We turn this state around, we can turn the whole country around. But it’s going to take all of us people to be involved in Get involved and get the correct information to make the correct decisions.
SPEAKER 07 : 38:04
And, Greg, you’re spot on. And that’s why we engage in this battle of ideas. And regarding Ronald Reagan, he ended up bringing down that wall with words. As you said, he said, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. but he was engaged. He and Gorbachev had discussions. I think they did have regard for each other. And Greg, you are very inspirational because you are involved in your local government. And that is where people really need to be, be starting to be involved. So thank you for doing that. Cause I know you go to the city council meetings in Longmont.
SPEAKER 25 : 38:46
Yes, I do. I’m also with the, the, Boulder County Republicans, too. I’m a vice chair.
SPEAKER 07 : 38:53
Oh, I didn’t know that. Congratulations.
SPEAKER 04 : 38:55
Yeah. Okay. There’s Republicans in Boulder County. Greg forgot to take two steps backwards is what happened. But no, you’re right. I do see Greg all the time on the YouTube feed for the Longmont City Council. So, Greg, thank you for doing that. And I will see you Saturday, Greg. You’re going to be at the meeting, right? Yes, I will. All right. Awesome. Well, next up, we have Fred Clifford from the Denver Club. Good morning, Fred. What’s on your mind this morning?
SPEAKER 24 : 39:20
Good morning, Marshall. Good morning, Kim. Thanks for having me. Well, you know, I was thinking about there’s three different levels of self-defense. And it starts on the personal level. Everybody has the right to defend themselves. And also at the local level or maybe the state level, there’s a thing we call law enforcement and the judicial system. I think some people call that civil self-defense. And then on the national level, we have national defense. So all three levels are pretty similar. And I wanted to touch on, turn the other cheek, because there was a guy from India, I think it was a bishop in the India Orthodox Church, and he traveled in the United States in the 60s teaching Orientalisms. And he was from India, which is an eastern country, And he taught that in order to understand the Bible, we have to understand Eastern customs. So he handled this turn the other cheek thing as an insult rather than an act of violence. And it reminds me when I was a kid, I’d be watching cartoons and somebody would be slapping the other person in the face with a glove. That’s not an act of violence, that’s an insult. So there’s a much bigger difference between somebody giving me the finger and then I have to give them a finger right back, then somebody’s trying to kill me. Big difference. I can handle that insult. But if somebody is trying to kill me, I need to find some way to interdict that. And I think like Rick was saying, the action is not always the same. What works in one situation doesn’t always work in the other situation. And when it comes to… you know, like law enforcement and our judicial system. When I was a cab driver, I had a customer and he’d been in jail and he told me I didn’t like jail. He said, I’m never going back. I’m going to clean up my act. He said, other people I was in with didn’t feel that way. But for me, I ain’t going back. He said, so, so for him, that introduction worked. He was never gonna, he was never going to go back. So, um, Self-defense in all three levels is very effective, but it doesn’t always require the same action.
SPEAKER 07 : 41:47
Fascinating, Fred. I’m going to be ruminating on that all day. Well done. Okay. Gosh. Okay, let’s go to break, Marshall. Marshall Dawson’s in studio. And fascinating. And we have these discussions because of our sponsors, and one of those is Lorne Levy.
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SPEAKER 04 : 45:48
Well, thank you. You really made that sound important. I appreciate that.
SPEAKER 07 : 45:50
Well, it is important. Being able to find our voices and communicate. Ideas are more powerful than firearms, actually. There’s a quote that’s attributed to Stalin. We wouldn’t let our enemies have guns. Let’s see. No, ideas are more powerful than guns. We wouldn’t let our enemies have guns. Why would we let them have ideas? But that’s what is so important. And Ronald Reagan, with his idea to Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall. He did it on an idea.
SPEAKER 04 : 46:22
Well, you’re right, and I think the governments are trying to squash both our First Amendment and Second Amendment rights. So we always have to be vigilant. And thinking about that Ronald Reagan quote, I go back and I watch that video every so often, and it still can bring chills. It’s really amazing. Well, let’s get to our callers. Up we have Ross Klopp, who is in Liberty Toastmasters in Denver. Hey, welcome to the show, Ross. Thank you.
SPEAKER 28 : 46:51
Hi. Good morning, liberty lovers. And what I’d like to talk to you today is defense is extremely, extremely important. And there’s one thing a lot of people don’t think about when it comes to defense, and that is keeping our currency in a good state without hyperinflation and so on. There’s a quote from Grover Cleveland. Grover Cleveland, former president back in the 1800s, said patriotism is no substitute for sound currency. And some examples of how an unsound currency can mess up defense is it just increases. If you have an unsound currency, it increases costs throughout everything, including a defense budget. And one example, let’s just look at Border Patrol pickup trucks. Extremely important thing to have is Border Patrol pickup trucks. And right now, it’s costing almost $100,000 to get a Border Patrol pickup truck for the U.S., while other countries are spending a fraction of that. You’ve got Russia and China spending about $50,000, and India only $20,000. Now, in the U.S., you can’t even buy a pickup truck for $20,000. That shows how much what the difference in costs are between these different countries. And it can be a big problem. And if costs are going up too much, you can’t even really do a budget. So that is a big, big problem. I like to look at, there’s three traits of tyranny that increase costs. One is what I like to call printing and spending. And that is your Exactly that. And that would be increased deficits and increased out-of-control debts, which we’ve been kind of seeing here in the U.S. for a while, since about 2000-ish. And then the next one is increased regulations. We’ve been seeing phases of that. And that could be a huge problem as well. And that’s actually… That’s a big problem with the pickup truck market right now in the U.S. And then the third one is restrictive trade policies. All these increased prices, increased defense budgets without getting anything in return. And that is a big, big problem. Another problem with rapid inflation is people vote with their feet. And I don’t blame them. In Colorado, we’ve seen costs go through the roof with increased regulations and increased taxes. And there’s a lot of people that I know that have just left the state and gone to other states such as Florida, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and South Dakota because it costs less to live there. And some people actually leave the country. One of my friends went to Columbia. It costs way less to live there. So that’s crucial to keep our costs under control or people tend to leave. The defense budgets get out of control, which is a big problem. And people just aren’t happy.
SPEAKER 07 : 50:23
Excellent points, Ross Klopp. Thank you so much.
SPEAKER 04 : 50:27
Good to hear from you, Ross. Yeah, okay. Our next caller this morning is Tim Cranston, one of our newer members. He’s setting our club on fire with his success. I’m really looking forward to hearing what you have to say, Tim. Good morning.
SPEAKER 22 : 50:45
Good morning, both Kim and Marshall. I really appreciate both of you. Kim, keep fighting the good fight. And Marshall, I’ve learned so much from you. As you said, I am a newbie in this, and I encourage everybody who’s listening to consider joining the Toastmasters or Liberty Toastmasters. I guess there’s a new one up north, and they’re forming a new one in the south, right? In Colorado Springs, Marshall?
SPEAKER 04 : 51:07
That’s right.
SPEAKER 22 : 51:08
Yeah. And my goal today is just to show that peace through strength is not… a new and indefensible axiom that started with Trump. You know, everybody’s saying he created, or he says he created the concept of peace through sphinx. He’s being a little hyperbolic there. But my goal is to show that peace through strength has been longstanding. It’s very historical across the ages. It’s bipartisan. It’s ecumenical. And as I said, it’s multigenerational. In the bipartisan, first of all, Washington said to be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving the peace. What he’s saying is that without we cannot have liberty if we don’t maintain a strong defense. And so from Washington, you go to the Democrats and the Republicans all throughout the throughout American history. American Democrats and American Republicans have supported the concept of peace through strength. We all remember JFK will bear any price, bear any burden, etc. Why? For the survival and success of liberty, he ends his quote with. And also the mere absence of war is not peace. So we have to remember that if we want peace, we have to be prepared for war. Truman said the same thing. If you look, think about the atom bomb. There’s no better example of peace through strength than his very challenging decision to use the atom bomb. He said the atom bomb was no great decision. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. There are other thespians ranging from Lincoln all the way to Reagan who who will confirm that fact, that as Lincoln said, peace is a thing which we must be willing to fight for. And of course, Reagan’s very famous. We maintain peace through our strength. Weakness only invites aggression. So if we want to maintain our liberty, we have to be strong. It’s also been ecumenical throughout the ages. I’m not going to quote these people, but Augustine, Aquinas, the Catholics, The Protestants, Calvin, they all supported the notion of a just war and maintaining your strength in order to be able to fight those just wars to preserve your liberty. All of them said that. And then finally, across the ages, Hadrian said, if you want peace, prepare for war. Kim, early on, you quoted Marcus Aurelius. I was going to, but I won’t now. Herodotus back in the ancient days and Thucydides, they all supported the notion of a just war via peace through strength. Finally, as Reagan said, freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
SPEAKER 07 : 54:13
Tim Cranston, well done. And people are going to think that we talked to each other regarding the quote for the end of the show, but we didn’t. But you’re going to like it. Tim Cranston, thank you. Marshall, this was awesome.
SPEAKER 04 : 54:25
It was really terrific. Lots of good comments. I’m reminded that peace through strength, and Rick is still sticking with me, saying he was that guy once. Peace through strength is not peace through violence, which is so often what we seem to want. You can think of certain senators, for example, who are always pitching the next war. We want involvement. Peace through strength is not measured by the number of bombs that we’re exploding. Peace through strength is actually measured by the number of bombs which are not exploding. Otherwise, we would call it peace through violence. But it’s peace through strength.
SPEAKER 07 : 55:07
Wow. Wow. I’ve got a lot to think about. Well done on that, Marshall. One thing regarding what Tim had mentioned, the atomic bomb. As you know, I have America’s Veterans Story, so I’ve sat across the table or on the phone lines with many veterans, and World War II veterans have said that if the atomic bomb hits, had not been dropped, that many, many, many more lives would have been lost, both on the Japanese side and the American side. And so it was a difficult decision to make. But Marshall, will you be able to stay for the next hour?
SPEAKER 04 : 55:44
I’m sticking around.
SPEAKER 07 : 55:46
Awesome. And our quote for the end of the show is from Marcus Aurelius. He said, the only thing that matters is to stay truthful and just while keeping your peace in a world of lies and injustice. And again, that’s Marcus Aurelius. So my friends today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you. God bless America. Stay tuned for hour number two.
SPEAKER 14 : 56:19
Thank you.
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SPEAKER 07 : 57:54
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SPEAKER 21 : 58:21
Well, I thank you. I’m happy it’s over now, though.
SPEAKER 07 : 58:25
You like it and you don’t. That’s kind of what it is. And in studio with me is Marshall Dawson. He is the president of Liberty Toastmasters Denver. And that was really an excellent Table Topics with our colleagues.
SPEAKER 04 : 58:38
It was a pretty good half hour, wasn’t it?
SPEAKER 07 : 58:41
It was a pretty good half hour. Yeah. And Liberty Toastmasters, we didn’t really get into this last hour because everything was so jam-packed, but we have Liberty Toastmasters Denver, North, and Colorado Springs as well. So tell us about that.
SPEAKER 04 : 58:56
Right. The North Club is in Longmont, and we meet kind of on the south end of Longmont. So it’s very convenient for everyone. It’s not like going downtown to the Independence Institute if you’re going to come visit us in Denver. Right. But as I say, we do now have a Colorado Springs Liberty Toastmasters as well. They just started up and Brad Beck and I had driven down there and Rick Rome joined us to help get them kicked off with their first meeting. So that’s rather exciting. The best way to find any Toastmasters club is just to go to toastmasters.org. You can put in your location if your browser isn’t already feeding that. And if Liberty Toastmasters doesn’t work for you, there’s some club out there that does. Toastmasters are really known for public speaking, but it gives us so many more skills that are difficult to articulate. So if you are a leader in your community, if you want to be a better communicator at work, be a better listener, Toastmasters is for you. Let me also say, in Longmont, I told Greg I would see him this weekend. So in Longmont, we meet the second and fourth Saturdays, 10 a.m. And in Denver, the first and third Saturdays at 10 a.m.
SPEAKER 07 : 60:15
And then Colorado Springs is during the week, yes? I think. I think that’s what they say.
SPEAKER 04 : 60:20
I’ll give you a conditional yes. I think it’s on Wednesdays. And currently they’re only doing once a month.
SPEAKER 07 : 60:26
Okay. Okay. And again, Liberty Toastmasters, I just learned so much from everyone. And Tim Cranston, did you hear he used the word of the day? Thespian.
SPEAKER 04 : 60:37
Oh, I missed that. Yeah. Because that, yeah, thespian is a tough one to use in normal conversations.
SPEAKER 07 : 60:43
It is. And thespian is spelled. This is our word of the day. Oh, you know what? We have someone in studio that I have not welcomed yet. And that is Karen Levine, Remax Realtor. Great sponsor of the show. You’ve been a sponsor of the show since before it was the Kim Monson Show and America’s Veterans Stories. Thank you.
SPEAKER 09 : 61:01
You’re very welcome. And that was a true statement. It was a true statement. It’s always good to be here.
SPEAKER 07 : 61:07
It’s great to have you as well. And our buddy, Lorne, he’s not here today. We’ll just put it that way.
SPEAKER 09 : 61:15
We’re missing him, and we hope that all the things with family get sorted out.
SPEAKER 07 : 61:21
Yes. And Lorne Levy is a great sponsor of the show as well, and he is the person to call for everything mortgages. That number is 303-880-8881. So our word of the day is thespian. And it’s an adjective. It could be of or relating to drama, dramatic, of or relating to thespis. And thespis, I thought, well, who’s thespis? Did you know this?
SPEAKER 04 : 61:45
I did not.
SPEAKER 07 : 61:46
Okay. He was a stage actor in ancient Greece. 6th century BC. He was born in the ancient city of Icarus, which is the present-day Dionysus, Greece. According to certain… You’ve probably been there, Karen.
SPEAKER 08 : 61:59
I was going to say. That sounds like Greece to me.
SPEAKER 07 : 62:02
Yeah. And according to certain ancient Greek sources, and especially Aristotle, he was the first human to appear on stage… as an actor playing a character in a play instead of speaking as himself. So in other sources, he’s said to have introduced the first principal actor in addition to the chorus. And he’s often called the inventor of tragedy. And so thespian, T-H-E-S-P-I-A-N, is your challenge to use in a sentence today. Maybe this one, thespian talents. Maybe that’s a way we could try to use that in a sentence today. Okay. So let’s see. Next thing. Quote of the day is from Marcus Aurelius. He was a Roman emperor. And he said this, reject your sense of injury and your injury disappears. Okay. And Karen, I think that all those years ago, what he’s talking about is victimhood. And we have all of this victimhood that is being permeated throughout our culture today.
SPEAKER 09 : 63:05
Oh, and I believe the government loves that. Because… Sorry.
SPEAKER 07 : 63:12
Yes.
SPEAKER 09 : 63:13
Yes, they like to support victimhood and use our tax dollars for that cause. So, yes, I think I like his quote, which was, we should not be victims. We should pull up our bootstraps and we should correct the things that are maybe not right in our lives and make them better. And we do that through hard work and commitment and good values.
SPEAKER 07 : 63:41
And Marcus Aurelius, he said this all these years ago, and he was born in 121 and died in 180. So this wisdom, each generation, this wisdom, it’s just from generation to generation. The founders knew that human nature doesn’t change from generation to generation. That’s why what they did was so amazing. But they read all these guys, you know, and
SPEAKER 04 : 64:05
That’s right. I was having a conversation with Dave Walden, our friend, about how it is that you can be immortal, or at least say 50 years after your death. I was thinking short-term like music, but Dave was thinking the great writers, the people that influenced our founders from hundreds of years earlier. So of course Dave was right. Of course Dave was right.
SPEAKER 07 : 64:32
Yeah, gosh. And that’s why, That’s why it’s so important to use your creativity. And there’s some people in my life, a couple of important people in my life, that they are both… One has finished a book and the other is writing a book in their spare time. And I had said to one of these folks, I said, there are children throughout the world that are waiting for this story to be told. And if you have a story that you want to write… Write it down for the ages, Marshall, don’t you think?
SPEAKER 04 : 65:10
I do. You know, I’ve become more of a reader as I’ve gotten older. It’s not something that I really made a big point of when I was younger.
SPEAKER 07 : 65:18
I was an avid reader. And I have a semester of college, but I’m kind of self-taught in a whole bunch of this stuff. But I think it goes back to reading. And I love to read. I don’t read as many books as I used to, Karen Levine, because I read all kinds of other stuff. But reading is so important. And that’s why… If we are not having an education system that’s getting our kids where they can read proficiently, then we’re letting our children down, Karen Levine.
SPEAKER 09 : 65:53
Well, we are, and then they are being, without having the ability to read, one, you can’t investigate things that are important or of interest to you, which then empower you. But in that word, empower… by not being able to read the thing that we empower then is government. And they take away our empowerment. And that’s what we’ve been seeing as bill after bill after bill is introduced. And as you speak of, Kim, when we’re not empowered, that also takes away freedom.
SPEAKER 07 : 66:30
It does. It does. And go to, well, let’s see, let’s go to break. We’ve got a few things that I’d like to do, and then we’ll go to break. Our bill of the day, we’ll come back and talk a little bit about that. I changed it. I’ll just say the bill that I had passed, Initially selected, and now, again, I don’t have that bill number in front of me, but it was public accessibility of emissions records. So this could be, you know what I should call it, Joe? This is the climate change shaming bill for buildings. How’s that? I just came up with that one, Karen. What do you think, Joe? I like that one. OK, we’ve got to do that. The climate change shaming bill. OK, but we’re going to talk about another one that we talked with Wendy Warner about. And I don’t know if you caught that when you were driving in here, but that and I’ll get that bill number for you as well. These discussions happen because of our sponsors, such as Karen Levine, but the Roger Megan State Farm Insurance team. is such great sponsors as well. And Roger and Alice are also goal sponsors of the Kim Monson community and the Kim Monson newsroom. But the Roger Mangan Insurance team knows that life can be challenging and it’s their mission to maximize your financial security as you manage all these risks in everyday life. And I just, we did some recordings with Roger this week and this stopped me in his tracks. He had, it was either a listener from the show or a neighbor. And she said, would you take a look at my car insurance? He was able to save her $2,000. Oh, my. That’s real money in your pocket.
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SPEAKER 07 : 70:48
And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Check out our website. That is kimMonson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Wanted to say thank you to LearnMe Energy for their goal sponsorship of the show. And they are also a goal sponsor of the Kim Monson community and newsroom. And my friends, it is reliable, efficient, affordable, and abundant power. from naturally occurring hydrocarbons such as oil, natural gas, and coal that powers our lives, fuels our hopes and dreams, and empowers us to change our own personal climate. And if you’re having any challenges with your own personal climate, reach out to Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. That number is 303-995- 1-636. And Little Richie’s is another great sponsor of the show. And they have two locations. One is in Parker. The other is in Golden. And they have been serving Parker and Golden for over 20 years, serving great, authentic New York-style pizza and pasta. And if you love calzone, Saturday is your day. You buy one calzone, you get the second calzone half off. And that is at Little Richie’s. That’s spelled L-I-L. R-I-C-C-I-S. And the reason I’m spelling that is because Meg, one of our listeners, had said, hey, we were out in Golden and we couldn’t remember the name of the restaurant and we didn’t know how to spell it. So that is Little Richie’s. In studio with me is Marshall Dawson, president of Liberty Toastmasters Denver. You’re a member of both Denver and North, right?
SPEAKER 04 : 72:09
That’s right. That’s right. And, you know, if I’m being perfectly transparent, I’m still stuck on Little Richie’s. I think they dared me to eat two calzones. Did they? Well, if you get the second, perhaps.
SPEAKER 07 : 72:20
Oh, my. I can actually get two meals out of one calzone. So I could go over on Saturday and have meals for four days, Karen. You could. You could. So first thing, Karen, I just want to get your perspective on this because we were talking about control. And go to CUT, coloradotaxpayer.org, which is the CUT website. Click on Cut Engaged, and you can make your voice heard on four bills that we published this week. You can also go down and make your voice heard on others. And when you do that, you can either just hit Send, and that will have cuts commentaries. You can put your own commentary in there as well. But this bill is Senate Bill 26146, Restrict Single-Use Serviceware Distribution. So basically, Karen, the deal is this, is if a restaurant, as if they’re not having enough trouble with all the regulations, if they don’t ask you if you want a spoon with that ice cream, or if you don’t say, I want a spoon with that ice cream, they could fine you $500 on your second infraction, $1,000 on your third infraction, and $1,000 for every infraction after that. What do you think of that? Talking about freedom versus force.
SPEAKER 08 : 73:38
Well, I was wondering, does it only apply to spoons?
SPEAKER 07 : 73:42
No, it could be a napkin.
SPEAKER 09 : 73:48
And this is this is the conversation I had in my head when this conversation was going on in the first hour. So I know that I go through a fast food. restaurant, you know, a couple of times a week because time is tight. Right. And you go through and you are hopeful that they know your needs because you’re in a stinking hurry. Right. And if I ordered something that required a fork like a salad and, you know, pulled away and was back on the highway and had no fork and I’m not going to be thinking about their infraction. I’m going to be thinking about the fact that my meal has no value now and they’re not meeting my needs. And so I think the comment that, um, the gal from Liberty that from cut made was, um, It is not the proper role of government because entrepreneurism and business is about meeting the needs of the consumer and second guessing what that looks like to provide exceptional service. So you want to go back.
SPEAKER 07 : 75:01
Well done.
SPEAKER 09 : 75:02
And support them, correct?
SPEAKER 07 : 75:03
Well done. And one of our listeners, Mark, said, how do you eat ice cream without a spoon? And Marshall Dawson, you said, if you’ve gone through drive-thru and you don’t have your utensil, you’re not thinking about the infraction either, right?
SPEAKER 04 : 75:19
No, well, not at all. I mean, I will be surprisingly amped up. I’ll leave it at that. I won’t use a word like enraged, but I’ll be hot that there’s no spoon that came with my Frosty. And Karen, when you were making some of those comments, you’re absolutely right. Entrepreneurship and good business is serving your customer well. I was thinking about a lady who’s at a sandwich shop that I go to all the time. And she routinely will take the sandwich, grab a couple of napkins, and hand it across the counter. Well, I’ve been there enough times, and this is where knowing your customer is so important. I’ve been there enough times. She knows that I have a pile of napkins in my glove compartment. And so now she doesn’t even do that. But that’s, again, knowing your customer.
SPEAKER 07 : 76:16
And it’s a relationship between the two of you. You don’t need government in there.
SPEAKER 04 : 76:20
They are inserting themselves into that relationship where they don’t belong.
SPEAKER 07 : 76:25
And so here we’ve got spoons, but we see it and we’ll segue over here. Oh, I wanted to make sure that I give the sponsors credit on this. And that is Senator Lisa Cutter and Representative Meg Froelich, both Democrats. This is… Boy, did I check this? I think this is going through. It’s still in committee. It’s still alive, if you can believe it. I hope they pass this. And I want to see everybody that puts their votes for this. And then that would be interesting. Kieran Levine. Okay, let me make sure that I, as I’ve been thinking about our conversation, and you and I are friends. We are. We’ve been friends for a long time. And last time, last week on your weekly update, you were a little irritated with me because… I think it went both ways. And it is regarding housing. And I think government is inserting its… It’s way into housing, just like they are with spoons here. And I thought a lot about it because you and I have had this discussion, and that is this control of housing, this term affordable housing, urban sprawl. They have been using this then to insert… more and more control over our housing. And when I look, I don’t know if you’ve been down Broadway, right by Dry Creek. And there is, I don’t know how many huge four or five story apartment buildings that look like prisons. And you and I, and when we talked with Lauren, is there is government money that’s being used to make that happen. To your point, Marshall, this government money that’s being given out is driving agendas. And so I was like, I’m not sure we have a shortage of housing, but we have a shortage of houses, of houses that people… can create wealth with which is what you specialize and so I’ve been thinking a lot about this this week and when I drove by those apartment buildings yesterday I’m like gosh darn it they’re I think they’re trying to look into the future and they want to push us all into those those they kind of look like prisons to me well and I think where we got sideways is that I would like your focus to be off apartment buildings
SPEAKER 09 : 79:08
I would like you to take your focus off of that. And the reason is, is that that has been done. The government has made those commitment dollars. They have supported rental units. But what I see in my business is the American dream is still very much alive. And people want to have home ownership. And the rhetoric about affordable housing needs to shift from rental to ownership, which was what I was trying to do last Thursday, was to say, let’s stop talking about rental units. Can we please focus on ownership units? And when we do that, what we find, and I will use Denver as an example, and Mayor Johnston, who… gave us a commitment and us being the realtor association that he would dial back regulation on the obtaining of home ownership which means that when a house is going to get built or a condominium or a townhome all those things that provide home ownership that they would roll back regulation to make it more affordable he has not done that and they continue both at a city level, a county level and a state level, adding more and more regulation. And if they would dial back regulation, That would dial back costs, and that would make things more affordable. And I had this conversation with a tradesperson yesterday on the phone, and we’ve talked a little bit about the bill that got passed several years ago that is going to cause us to have to put in very expensive water heaters that do not work in our elevation and have been known to blow up housing. But it is taking the cost of a water heater, which the general cost of a Bradford White 40-gallon water heater has gone up $500. This particular plumber did not raise his labor costs, but he said, I mean, that’s hard costs I have to pass on to the consumer. But the new water heater is anywhere from $5,000 to $6,500. And if you want to go to a 50-gallon… It’s almost 10 grand. Tell me that is causing affordability in our marketplace. And yet the lovely elected representatives claimed they didn’t vote for that. And then when you look at their voting record, they did. They voted for it. And they don’t even know what they’re voting for because they have become representatives that vote against each other. based on party, not based on issue.
SPEAKER 07 : 82:07
It’s a mess. Then that’s why what we’re doing at CUT is so important.
SPEAKER 09 : 82:11
So important.
SPEAKER 07 : 82:12
And good. This is a good discussion, my friend. Marshall, we were a little irritated with each other last week.
SPEAKER 15 : 82:20
Oh, I’m sure that’s not true.
SPEAKER 07 : 82:23
But I also think it’s important that we have these discussions on air because these discussions are happening with people in their lives, with their friends and their family and their colleagues. And so that’s why these discussions are so important.
SPEAKER 09 : 82:35
So you put a $500 fine infraction on offering or not offering a spoon. Do you not think that that just caused the cost of that food to go up? I mean, that doesn’t create affordability in anything.
SPEAKER 07 : 82:49
Well, and speaking of these water heaters and air conditioning units, and Ben Williams, the dream team’s going to be in studio tomorrow, except Kane’s not going to be here. And, okay, Joe was saying something in my ear. But now you made me forget what I was, oh, I know what I was going to say, is we’ve run this ad that calling Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling could save you $10,000 to $20,000. And the reason is, is you don’t have to go out and and downgrade to these things that they’re forcing us right now. But if you have to get a new water heater or a new HVAC system, it will cost a lot of money. And so if you don’t have to get new ones and they’re able to remedy what you have to fix what you have, in fact, they did this for a guy just recently, then it saves you $10,000 to $20,000. So be sure and reach out to Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. And also we had Karen Gorday on… In the first hour, she’s a great sponsor of the show. She’s an entrepreneur and owner of Radiant Painting and Lighting. Marshall, you and I were saying offline that it is remarkable what she and her team have done out in Lakewood. But she’s stepping forward. She’s running some campaigns. She’s going to testify first time ever on a bill, which is the lot-splitting bill. And she’s just a really good sponsor of the show, Marshall.
SPEAKER 04 : 84:13
Just really wonderful. I was telling you that when that election victory came through, I was just really cheering for that. That was just so wonderful. And she’s one of those people, right? Apparently she can’t get enough.
SPEAKER 07 : 84:29
I have a feeling it’s maybe like all of us. It’s not something that we necessarily want to do, but it’s something that we have to do. And so that’s why we are so blessed to work with such great sponsors.
SPEAKER 03 : 84:40
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SPEAKER 07 : 86:46
And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is KimMonson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. The text line is really busy. Keep those cards and letters coming, and we will try to get to those. And we will be taking calls in the last segment. That number is 303. The number for calls is 303-477-7000. 5600. And the text line is 720-605-0647. I did want to mention a couple of things. One of those is the USMC Memorial Foundation. And I am so honored to support them. And they are working on the remodel of the Marine Memorial out at 6th and Colfax. And they’re having a big A fundraiser on May 14th out at the Ridge in Castle Pines. And it’s a great golf tournament. If you’re not a golfer, you can still contribute $50 and go out for lunch. Just put lunch on there. But get that foursome together and support the USMC Memorial Foundation. That website is usmcmemorialfoundation.org. And the other nonprofit I highlight regularly is the Center for American Values, which is located in Pueblo. Co-founded by Drew Dix, Medal of Honor recipient, and Brad Padula, Emmy Award winning sponsor. documentary maker and they focus on educational programs that’s based on honor integrity and patriotism and then honoring our medal of honor recipients and keeping their stories alive so you can find their hours to go down to the center and that website is americanvaluecenter.org americanvaluecenter.org the studio with me is marshall dawson he is the president of liberty toastmasters denver and are you having fun
SPEAKER 04 : 88:22
I’m having fun. That’s good.
SPEAKER 07 : 88:24
And Karen Levine, great sponsor of the show for everything regarding residential real estate. And what’s that number? We haven’t told people that number yet.
SPEAKER 09 : 88:33
Oh, the best number. Oh, it’s the only number. 303-877-7516. Karen Levine.
SPEAKER 07 : 88:42
We have known each other long enough that we challenge each other, and that’s good. And it’s good to have these discussions. And this whole Lakewood thing regarding Karen Gorday, Mary Jansen was really involved in it, Raimi Johnson, many people stepped forward because they wanted to make their voices heard. And when I looked at the money on it, The Colorado Realtors Association.
SPEAKER 09 : 89:10
We didn’t put any money in.
SPEAKER 07 : 89:12
Oh, I thought I saw money on it.
SPEAKER 09 : 89:14
No.
SPEAKER 07 : 89:14
Okay, was it just an endorsement?
SPEAKER 09 : 89:16
It was just supporting.
SPEAKER 07 : 89:17
Oh, okay.
SPEAKER 09 : 89:18
Now, I’ll roll that back. There may have been a little bit of money, but yeah, anyway. But anyway.
SPEAKER 07 : 89:24
The Colorado Realtors Association.
SPEAKER 09 : 89:25
No. No, the Denver Metro.
SPEAKER 07 : 89:28
Oh, the Denver Metro.
SPEAKER 09 : 89:28
It was not a state issue. So the Denver Metro Realtor Association supported City Council’s decision for the rezoning of the new zoning ordinances. And… We did that based on information that was supplied by the city. I do believe a council person presented, but more likely it was staff that presented to us and told us that there was extensive survey, citizen outreach, there was lots of input, etc., etc., And then I had one of those light bulb moments that came on. And I challenged the decision to support Lakewood. And I did that after we had… The Lakewood City Council. The Lakewood City Council. And I did that after we had provided the support because I was hearing from the citizens of Lakewood and Mary Jansen and Karen Gorday and… their desire to get this on the ballot and get it rolled back. And so I started asking questions. And I actually asked people who were at the petition tables, the citizens that were asking people to sign petitions. I could not. I’m not a citizen of Lakewood. And it came to to me that several years back the citizens of lakewood had put on the ballot a limited no growth initiative and that passed which said to me that the people of lakewood didn’t want a lot of growth in their community they wanted to limit growth and we the realtor association did not support that because we are pro-growth and we are responsible growth because we want to provide housing to citizens With that said, there was a disconnect for me. And then it dawned on me that the citizens hadn’t been heard. We were told they were heard, but they were not. Because if they had been heard, they would not have been successful in this referendum. I think it’s the right term. And that it passed. And that’s where you guys, all you listeners, your voices are important. And you need to speak up in that you will be heard.
SPEAKER 07 : 91:49
Well, and… When I was on city council, this was a big aha, and what happens is I think there’s many times, there are city council members that have an agenda, and that agenda ends up, they may not look at it and say, oh, I want to be a tyrant, but many times there are things that are passed that is tyrannical. But there’s also, I think, very well-meaning people that become insulated because we’re not making our voices heard. And all they hear is the PBIs, the politicians and the bureaucrats and the interested parties. And so to your point, and I am taking it upon myself to engage more with my city council people so that they can hear our voices, that it’s not just this here. But I remember, Marshall, I was on city council and there was going to be a memorandum of understanding. that Lone Tree would not have oil and gas development within the city limits. And I was still a newbie to some degree, and I’m trying to understand this memorandum of understanding. And then I’m like, well, we don’t really have it. You know, it doesn’t look like we have any land for oil and gas development there. But we had interested parties and staff that came in regarding this memorandum of understanding. This was sometime between 2012 and 2016. And at that time, we were seeing this real assault upon hydrocarbons in Colorado. And so I’m thinking, this is just what they’re doing. They’re going around to different municipalities. So I said, well, why don’t we hear from the other side? And the mayor said, well, do you know somebody on the other side? I said, yes. And so we brought in the other point of view. And my point, Marshall, is this is not happening. And we’ve got to have electeds that say, I want to hear from both sides before we make a decision.
SPEAKER 04 : 93:55
Do you think that that was virtue signaling on their part? Is that really what you were getting at?
SPEAKER 07 : 93:59
I think it could be, yeah. I think so.
SPEAKER 04 : 94:03
Well, you’re absolutely right. I mean, we do need to hear all sides of the conversation. Actually, I have something to say. Hang on. Let me get my tinfoil hat here. Because I have a question, I have a theory. With as much densification that’s been going on, I mean, you look at taking away requirements for parking, the defect laws that we haven’t passed that keeps people from having opportunities to own affordable condos, regulation costs going high. We know that the more dense that housing is, the more propensity there are for voting Democrat. So my question is, are the politicians, the PPIs, if you will, are they doing this to intentionally move us to the left? And I don’t think it’s just Colorado. I mean, we can see it all across the nation. Is this really insidious to move us to the left?
SPEAKER 07 : 95:04
It’s a good question because, Karen, I know that because Lone Tree was putting in a lot of these. Now, they were maybe high-end apartment buildings, although what you’ve seen is many times the – I remember the county commissioners. Well, there was an affordable – apartment building. And when I was on city council, I said, well, I’d like to go over and see it. And what I had learned on that is that basically the county commissioners were holding the developers hostage and said, we’ll approve your deal over here if you’ll do this here. And that’s not the way this is supposed to work, Karen.
SPEAKER 09 : 95:51
No. Well, and I have a couple of comments. One is I had asked our government affairs committee that if we are going to look at issues, I would like to hear both sides. Is that not what you just mentioned?
SPEAKER 07 : 96:06
Yes. And that was your light bulb that went off. Yeah.
SPEAKER 09 : 96:08
And I went and they said to me, staff said to me, oh. sometimes we aren’t able to acquire the opinion of the other side. And I said, well, I think it’s our responsibility to do so.
SPEAKER 07 : 96:19
Otherwise, we shouldn’t be making a decision.
SPEAKER 09 : 96:21
We should not be making a decision.
SPEAKER 07 : 96:22
Right.
SPEAKER 09 : 96:23
And then to Marshall’s comment, I believe that that is true. And I say that because if you increase rental properties and that unavailability of homeownership, you as a renter – Not all cases, but many cases become more dependent on the government because you don’t choose to be self-sufficient and have home ownership. Home ownership gives you freedom and independence, and it allows you to create wealth. But if you are dependent on a rental unit, you’re dependent on your landlord to provide you housing, which in many cases has now become government subsidized, which means you’re dependent on the government. Did I say that like kind of in line with what we’re seeing?
SPEAKER 04 : 97:11
Of course. And, you know, that’s one more example where our government is actually stripping people of things that we take for granted. You know, the opportunity to have self-esteem, the chance to, you know, buy that home and, you know, forge the life that you feel like you deserve. You know, just one more reason that I want to be so mad at politicians. Yeah.
SPEAKER 09 : 97:33
Well, and it’s taking away, again, responsibility. We’re no longer responsible for what we do, do, say. And I think we can all agree we see that on the roads every day because I almost got annihilated the other day because apparently – Pulling out into oncoming traffic is not risky. And I was like, oh, those two cars are going to hit that car and that car is going to hit me. And I was abiding by the laws. We’re all in a hurry. We’re not thinking. It’s somebody else’s fault, somebody else’s responsibility. And when we were a nation of responsibility driven, we had more freedom. We had more choice. And then I think about Denver and no parking. It doesn’t encourage me to want to go down there and participate.
SPEAKER 07 : 98:29
And then your businesses leave. And then you have Mike Johnson, Johnston, saying we’re going to put in government money to revitalize downtown. Well, you have one flight attendant that stabbed while she’s on, you know, on not leave, but, you know, in between flights. And that happened, what, a year or so ago. People aren’t going to want to go down there. So safety is important. All those things are important. Great discussion. If you’d like to join in, we will take calls. 303-477-5600. 303-477-5600. In studio is Marshall Dawson with Liberty Toastmasters and Karen Levine, Remax Realtor.
SPEAKER 09 : 99:07
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SPEAKER 07 : 99:12
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SPEAKER 18 : 101:29
With all the chaos and confusion in our world, how can you plant yourself on a foundation based on truth and clarity? The Kim Monson Show is here to help. Kim examines news, politics, and opinion through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom, and shares human interest stories that will inspire you and make you smile. Tune in to The Kim Monson Show each weekday, 6 to 8 a.m., with encores 1 to 2 p.m., and 10 to 11 p.m. on KLZ 560 AM, KLZ 100.7 FM, the KLZ website, and the KLZ app. Shows can also be found at KimMonson.com, Spotify, and iTunes.
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And welcome back to The Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. If you want to call in, 303-477-5600. And the text line is 720-605-0647. There’s a lot coming in here on that. We’ll try to get to some of those. Did want to mention Mint Financial Strategies. And there are multiple core areas of planning for your financial freedom. And with over 25 years of experience and the credentials of an accredited investment fiduciary, Jody Henze and her team can help you navigate corporate and business structures, tax-aware planning, investment management, risk management, asset protection, qualified retirement plan design, distributions, business succession, all those things that you know that you need for your financial freedom. She’s helping me achieve my financial freedom. That number is 303-285-3080. In studio with me is Marshall Dawson, president of Liberty Toastmasters. And again, how can people find out about Liberty Toastmasters?
SPEAKER 04 : 103:10
The best way is to go to toastmasters.org, punch in your location, and you’ll find both Liberty Toastmasters as well as the number of other clubs that are in the area.
SPEAKER 07 : 103:21
And you are going to be in studio again next week because we have something very special. And this is a world, I think a world champion Toastmaster is going to be in town.
SPEAKER 04 : 103:32
She is the first vice president, if I recall, of the whole Toastmasters organization. So if we think about the organizations, right, we have the individual clubs, which you and I are members of. But it’s an international organization, so there are clubs all over the world, and there are supporting structures kind of in between those two extremes. This year I’m serving as an area director within our district, so that means that I get to go and visit clubs, you know, clubs outside of my own, and see how they’re doing, see if I can offer them any support. But, yeah, can’t wait for next Friday.
SPEAKER 07 : 104:09
I think it’s Thursday. Okay. Okay, we’re going to make sure on that. I think it’s next Thursday.
SPEAKER 04 : 104:18
It’s the 30th.
SPEAKER 07 : 104:19
Which is?
SPEAKER 04 : 104:20
No, that was a question. There was a question mark. Yeah. It is the 30th? It’s the 30th. I’ll just check that. I won’t be here. Okay. I won’t be here.
SPEAKER 07 : 104:29
Yeah. If you show up the next day, it’s going to be an adventure because we’re doing a photo shoot that day, and the team’s going to come in and do hair and makeup to get B-roll for We are going to be filming the sequel to A Climate Conversation on the 17th. So if you want hair and makeup, you can come on Friday. How’s that?
SPEAKER 04 : 104:49
It’s a bit of a drive, but I’ll consider it.
SPEAKER 07 : 104:51
Hopefully it’s Thursday.
SPEAKER 04 : 104:53
It is Thursday.
SPEAKER 07 : 104:53
Karen Levine. And I want to get to this statement I made. I can trigger you. But this is from Mark, one of our listeners. He said, pursuit of happiness includes doing what you want with your own property. Zoning changes are changing the terms and conditions of a property after you’ve made that purchase. And we’re seeing that. He’s having experience with that in one of the counties with some of their land on that. But I made a comment during the break about… That if you’re renting, you’re not creating that wealth for yourself. Correct. That the apartment or the landlord is getting rich. And you said, wait a minute, Kim. Okay, so walk us through that.
SPEAKER 09 : 105:36
So we have seen regulation that has taken away the ability for the mom and pop landlord to be successful in creating additional wealth through investment properties. And that is because… they last year there was an assault really not on the big guy the big guy has the money right the big guys it has the support of develop developer money government money um but you and i who choose to and financing as well financing they get preferred financing um but so for instance you and i decide that um we see a good opportunity in the marketplace for a single family home that we’d like to buy and turn around and make it a rental. And as a mom and pop, just day-to-day citizens, we make that investment, and we can put Joe into that rental at a very fair rental rate that he can create wealth Because we choose to not be at the top of the market because we want to have a good tenant and that we want minimum oversight. And with that, Joe falls on hard times and Joe needs to leave and we try to evict him. And in so doing, the new law allows Joe to stay there forever. up to six, nine months.
SPEAKER 07 : 106:59
Without paying rent.
SPEAKER 09 : 107:00
Without paying rent. And in the meantime, you and I don’t have the money to pay our mortgage because our rent isn’t coming in. And we lose the property. We fail. Joe benefits to some degree because he gets to live there for free for a long period of time. And it’s not a good situation.
SPEAKER 07 : 107:18
But it isn’t a good situation. But the other thing, if Joe falls on hard times, very possibly as an individual, you might say, you know what, why don’t we work, you and him might say, let’s work this out as you’re looking for that new opportunity. And so you’d have that flexibility. So yes, there was an assault upon the mom and pops. We’ve got just a couple of minutes left. We’ve got Gammy on the line. Gammy, welcome and thank you to your tireless work in making your voice heard, writing and testifying. I really do appreciate it. Gammy, what’s on your radar?
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Thank you for saying that. It’s because I want my kids and your kids to be free. I want our nation to survive. And we are definitely under attack. I mean, huge attack on every level. Like you all were just talking about the tenant, the landlord, everything, everything. Every bill, just about every bill that is being brought through is either a distraction, keep us busy, distract from the truth of the control, the tyranny that your guy this morning talked about, keep us in debt, you know, and keep us overregulated. And all of that circles back to one thing. We’ve got primaries coming up and we’ve got the election this year as well as next year’s mayor for TIG. But what we… have to do as local people, all of us, in our local counties, in our local precincts, is fight for the… And I’m going to give you the example. Handcountroadshow.org is Mark Cook, and he is going all over the country teaching people how to hand count, because if we do not take our elections away from the machines, we do not control the algorithmic and other thefts of our elections, and there is something so insidious happening that we won’t get the people we want in. We don’t necessarily have a blue state. What we have is a stolen state between the Gang of Four, the 527s, the manipulation of the blueprint, which is national, not just statewide. We have to get control of our elections or we have nothing left. We have no voice left.
SPEAKER 07 : 109:46
Okay, Gammy, and you are spot on. We must have free, fair, honest, and transparent elections. And we must be electing representatives who will not vote for anything unless they have read it, they understand it, and that they are truly representatives of the people, not special interests. So as always, Gammy, thank you. Marshall Dawson, great to have you here. And again, Liberty Toastmasters, more information?
SPEAKER 04 : 110:08
Go to Toastmasters.org, punch in your location if it doesn’t come up for the Front Range, and look for Liberty Toastmasters there. That’s really the easiest way.
SPEAKER 07 : 110:16
Okay, great to have you here.
SPEAKER 04 : 110:18
Thank you.
SPEAKER 07 : 110:18
Okay, and you’ll be here. Did you find out what day is the 30th?
SPEAKER 04 : 110:22
It’s the second Tuesday of the third week. No, it is Thursday. You were right as usual.
SPEAKER 07 : 110:28
Okay. And Karen Levine, Everything Residential Real Estate. How can people reach you?
SPEAKER 09 : 110:34
They can reach me by giving me a quick call or a text at 303-877-7516.
SPEAKER 07 : 110:39
And our quote for the end of the show is Marcus Aurelius. He said, the only thing that matters is to stay truthful and just while keeping your peace in a world of lies and injustice. So today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
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