The Kim Monson Show covers a packed Friday lineup focused on Colorado politics, civic responsibility, and the principles of freedom versus force. Kim welcomes Teddy Collins of Spartan Defense, Alan Thomas, and Ben Williams of Benz Plumbing, Heating & Cooling for a wide-ranging discussion on state legislation, Second Amendment concerns, the role of everyday citizens in government, and why civic education matters now more than ever.
The conversation highlights Colorado’s legislative battles, constitutional accountability, local elections, and the importance of active participation instead of public apathy. Alan Thomas explains how repetition of core principles helped build America and why those
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And it’s not fair just because you’re a big business that you get a break on this and the little guy doesn’t.
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Is it freedom or is it force? Let’s have a conversation.
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Happy Friday, Kim.
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It seems like I was just saying happy Monday to you.
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This week’s gone by so fast.
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you’re too young to have weeks go by too fast, but I know we have, we’ve had a great week. My gosh, the guests, it’s just been a great week.
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So, and a great amount of news too, that I think has attributed to why it feels so fast.
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Yeah. Yeah. Most definitely. So, Hey, check out the website and make sure that you join our community. We have after years, three years of planning and work, we have opened the Kim Monson community and, as well as the Kim Monson Newsroom. We call it the three presses, so it all comes together. And last night was our first class, Alan Thomas. You know him. He is a frequent guest on the show. He’s a frequent guest host of the show and writes for us at the Kim Monson Show, and that is Alan Thomas. And welcome. You happen to be in studio. Hello.
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We do, yeah. It goes straight from a little bit of a late night class right to the studio this morning. So it’s nothing like having a newborn, but still.
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It’s close. And that is in reference to Teddy Collins, great sponsor of the show, owner with his wife of the largest family-owned firearm store here in Colorado, which is Spartan Defense. And you have a new baby.
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Yes, ma’am. About three weeks ago, have a new son, first son. Definitely been an eventful time.
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And you’re running for state Senate.
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Yes, ma’am. District four, Mark Baisley’s former seat, one of the largest Senate districts in the state.
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Yeah. A little busy at your house.
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It’s been busy. It’s been busy. Luckily, my primary is over. I won my assembly pretty handily and the only candidate to make the ballot as a Republican. So now I just got to worry about the general election fundraising and getting out there and making sure we keep the seat red.
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Right. And we’ll talk about it. But our Second Amendment rights, this legislature is out of control.
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Absolutely. I mean, this year it definitely could have been worse, but we did have three really bad bills that are going to make it to the governor’s desk.
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It’s not over, Teddy. I know it’s not.
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I know it’s not over yet. We’ve got some other things. It’s some quite interesting things that have been filed recently by the Democrats, including the No Kings Act, which I like to talk about.
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I didn’t see that.
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Yeah. So the the No Kings Act is a bill that will essentially hold federal and state level officials accountable for constitutional violations. It was introduced by the Democrats, of all people. And I think this could backfire on them significantly. I never thought I would agree with Julie Gonzalez on anything in my life. So it might be kind of a. You know, very interesting, freaky Friday for me. But at the same time, I think that if this is how it reads and this can pass, I think Republicans might should get on board. I need to read over and make sure there’s no gatches in there. But if we can sue state officials for constitutional violations on our Second Amendment, I think the can of worms has been opened, folks.
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Okay, now, as the president of CUT, I watch all this legislation. I’ve not seen it yet.
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Was it just introduced this week? This just got introduced this week. It was Mike Wiseman and Julie Gonzalez, two Democrats from Aurora and Denver, introduced in the Senate. Senate Bill 176.
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176.
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Teddy, there is a… You have to read through it, though. Me too.
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There’s got to be a gotcha in there.
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Me too. Okay, 176. There is no King’s Day. And you know what that is?
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That’s Fourth of July.
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You got it.
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1776.
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Do you not agree with that, Ben Williams?
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I certainly do.
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And Ben Williams is in studio. We basically we’ve got the dream team, except Kane’s not here. He’s taken a new job and he had to be on location.
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So I think his priority is kind of screwed up, though. I mean, the Kim Monson show versus job.
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Come on. Putting food on the table. Come on. So it’s great to have you here. And what a great sponsor of the show you are. And you and Ben Jr., And Benz Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling, and that’s spelled B-E-N-Z, Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. And you guys have been busy talking to Kim Monson Show listeners.
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Your listeners have been running the wheels off for us.
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Yeah, that’s awesome. That’s super awesome. Well, let’s get into it. So check out the website and join us at the Kim Monson Community. There’s three levels named after the estates of our founders, Montpelier, is $50 a year, named after James Madison’s estate. Monticello, which is Thomas Jefferson’s estate, that’s $100 a year. And the first 250 that join us at $200 a year will be known as founding patrons, and that is the Mount Vernon level. And you can check all that out at the Kim Monson Show. And we are also… publishing very important news articles. And I was showing this to someone yesterday. This is like how journalism used to be. You tell the whole story with the sources, and we are making a difference. And so you’ve looked at that, Ben, yes?
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Kim, I have looked at that, and I am truly amazed. I mean, I know you’re a high performer, but wow. These news articles are way over the top, incredible, balanced articles. Someone’s doing their research.
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Yes, yes.
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I don’t know if that’s you or your team, but wow.
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It’s our team. It’s amazing. The newsroom is actually an arm’s length from me. I’m not saying, hey, write this story. We’ve decided that that’s the way to do that from an integrity standpoint. And I know, Teddy, the newsroom did an important story the last time you were on the show, and I sent that over to you. It’s amazing. And as you say, we’re sourcing it. It’s balanced. And then I have my editorial component on there as well. That’s how journalism was supposed to be, Ben Williams.
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Yeah, I remember that from when I used to deliver newspapers back in the 70s.
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What’s a newspaper? Okay, but sign up for our weekly email newsletter, and we will be creating a daily digest. That’s probably going to happen at the beginning of May because we are running the wheels off the candles right now. You can email me at kim at kimMonson.com. The text line is 720-605-0647. And as you know, we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through this lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And it’s never compassionate nor altruistic to take other people’s rights, property, freedom, livelihood, opportunity, childhood, or lives via force, whether with a weapon, policy, unpredictable and excessive taxation, fees, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation, legislation, the agenda of the World Economic Forum, globalist elites, and their tools are the United Nations, the Colorado State Legislature, this governor, If you look at this bill regarding the PUC, we are on the precipice of tyranny here in Colorado. And this is the agenda of the World Economic Forum. Remember, if something’s a good idea, you should not have to use force to implement it. I did want to say thank you to our gold sponsors and the Harris family. I so appreciate them. Susan Harris is going to be on next week and I do appreciate their sponsorship on that agenda. As well, our word of the day is diurnal. Have you ever heard that word before? I think I was reading, it might have been, it was some smart guy. But it is spelled D-I-U-R-N-A-L. It’s relating to or occurring in a 24-hour period. Daily. Daily. Or number two, it could be occurring or active during the daytime rather than at night. And opening during daylight hours and closing at night. And I thought that was just an interesting word.
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Tell you what, my vocabulary has expanded significantly since being on the show, Kim. I learn something new every week from you.
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That’s our goal.
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So this isn’t like when you go to the bathroom, you use the urinal. I was thinking the same thing.
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Ho, ho. Never mind. I actually, the other day, I went into the wrong bathroom, and it’s like I went in, I’m like, ah, there’s tools here that shouldn’t be here, and I quickly exited. Okay, our quote of the day, and we will do the citation for Clinton L. Romesha, United States Army Medal of Honor recipient, in the second hour, because we’ve got this first hour so jammed up. But I love this. And he was born in 1981, took actions in the war on terrorism in Afghanistan. He said, when you tell someone you’re going to do something, do it. Your actions represent who you are, not what you say. And that’s our quote of the day. And our bill of the day is, oh, Teddy, this one, as I was looking at this, and I sent this over to Mike Rolick last night, this kind of got by me. House Bill 1318, Traffic Safety Near Schools. And the representatives are Kenny Nugent, Representative Meg Froelich, and Senator Lisa Cutter. But as I was reading this, we’ll do this in the next hour as well, but this again is so much control. And I pulled it because I’d seen a headline that Mondani had expanded school zones in New York, and it seems like this legislature is mirroring what he’s doing.
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Yeah, and also a lot of people don’t realize the secondary effects of this. I mean, it does affect your Second Amendment, right, too, because school zones, carrying inside of a school zone.
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Excellent point. Expanding their reach. Excellent point. And so that is, and we’ll get to all of those things here in a little bit because we have my dear friend on the line with us. She is a Marine veteran. She is a Gold Star wife. She’s the president of the USMC Memorial Foundation. She is a fearless woman who works tirelessly to support the Marine Memorial and keep these stories alive. And that is Paula Sarles. Paula, welcome to the show. Well, thanks for having me, Sam. And you do work tirelessly for our veterans and for our military and to take care of the USMC Memorial and raising money for the remodel. The big fundraiser is right around the corner, Paula. Bring us up to speed with what’s happening with that.
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Well, we have an annual golf tournament. This is our third one, and it’s basically to keep the flags flying and the lights on at the memorial. So we need people to come out and play golf. And it’s at the Ridge at Castle Pines, three weeks from yesterday on the 14th of May. And we have an eight o’clock. So you come out at seven and register and practice for an hour, and then we We have a little ceremony at the beginning, and one of our Marines sings the National Anthem.
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Okay. You know what, Joe? We’ve got, I think, a tough connection with Paula. So let’s get that. Paula, we’re having a little trouble hearing you, and I want everybody to hear each and every detail. And again, that event is on May 14th, 8 a.m. shotgun start. And that is at the Ridge in Castle Pines North. And this is so important that we remember and honor those that have given their lives or been willing to give their lives for for our freedom. And Paula and her team are just tireless in all that they do with that. And you can register by going to usmcmemorialfoundation.org. That is usmcmemorialfoundation.org. And Paula, we’ve got you back. So Paula, you’ve shared a number of stories about how the memorial has changed people’s lives. Would you share one of those with us, please?
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Well, my favorite one is… One morning before a ceremony, there was a Marine sitting out at the memorial, and he was really sad. And I always go out real early to sit and meditate before a ceremony. And I talked to him. This was in 2012. And I invited him to come back. He was wondering why he was left here and all his unit divided. It was pretty sad. And I told him that God had a purpose for him, and he needed to find out what it was, because none of us are here alone. And so he came back to the ceremony, and then I didn’t see him again. And at 2024, I was at a luncheon for the Aurora of Voluntary Appreciation that we do. And the table that I was sitting at, he was there, and I didn’t really, I knew I knew him, but I didn’t really recognize him. He said, you don’t know who I am, do you? And I said, yeah, I know your face. And I know we talked serious talk at the time, but I can’t remember what you mean. So he told me, and he said, you saved my life. And I said, what? He said, I was going to kill myself that morning. And You and the memorial gave me a reason to move on. And he was wearing a shirt that said, This is Beth’s Next, helping veterans with PTSD. So I invited him back to the memorial that August to speak at our anniversary concert. So it came full circle from him being there needing something to coming back and speaking about what the memorial meant to him. That was pretty awesome.
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It is, and that’s why this is so important. Paula Sarles, what’s that website so people can register? And if you’re not a golfer, you can contribute $50, just put lunch, and you can come out for lunch, which is very delicious as well. So what’s that website?
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It’s usmcmemorialfoundation.org.
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And again, that’s usmcmemorialfoundation.org. Paula, as always, thank you. We will talk with you next week, and have a great day. Okay, thank you. And all these discussions happen because of our great sponsors. And one of those is the Roger Bangett State Farm Insurance Team. They can create personalized insurance plans to cover all your needs from protection for your car to your home, condo, boat, motorcycle, business, and renter’s coverage. And Ben Williams, you talked to Roger’s team, and they were able to save you some big bucks, right?
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It is Friday. Welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. And join our community. It is something special. And we had our first town hall on Tuesday night with John Eastman, who, constitutional expert, had been the… attorney for Donald Trump. Ben, you were at the town hall as well. Was that not fascinating?
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That was a behind-the-curtain look. I’ll tell you, it was amazing.
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I know. Because we went through the story of January 4th before January 6th. And Eastman was in the Oval Office with Trump, Pence, Pence’s attorney, and Pence’s chief of staff. And so super interesting. And we actually, you can go to the website. We’ve got the audio for that as well. But Ben Williams with Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. The Ben’s is B-E-N-Z, and that’s Ben Sr. and Ben Jr. You’ve been busy, but we have read this ad regarding a second opinion. Why are second opinions important?
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Well, I’ll tell you what. Just about a week and a half ago, my son got a call. And here was a widow lady. She had had three companies come out to her house because her furnace wasn’t working. They shut off her gas. All three told her that she needed a new furnace. He took a look at it and said, well, you need a new igniter. And that fixed it.
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Which saved her $10,000. Quite a bit. Yeah, a lot of money.
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So yeah, it’s not that we are… saying, hey, please use us for the sake of business because we are staying very busy. But I hate to see people get ripped off. So at least give us a call for a second opinion if somebody says, hey, you need a new furnace, you need a new air conditioner. I’m sorry, but it’s a plague out there. Yeah.
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Yeah. And so what’s that number?
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They can reach us at 303-995-1636.
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Okay, so second opinion is really important. But let’s talk about some of the older buildings around here.
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Yeah, so, you know, Kim, it is fascinating. I love old architecture. And some of the old cathedrals, schools, government buildings, they were built with these narrow hallways or tunnels, chases, basically, that the plumbing could run through so that workmen could get in to do repairs on the pipes without having to rip up floors and walls.
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That seems like a good idea.
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It does seem like a good idea. So they were thinking ahead. And so I just want to go through a couple things today to help people be proactive in maintaining their plumbing, heating, and cooling. So our weather has been fascinating, hasn’t it?
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Yes, it has.
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A little bit of furnace action at night, a little bit of AC weather during the day.
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Yeah, it’s crazy.
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So the air moving through your furnace or through your air conditioner all moves through your filter. So we want to keep that furnace filter changed, whether it’s summer or winter. And that’s probably the biggest thing that people can do, honestly, because that filters out all the dust, the pet dander that gets into your electronic components in the furnace, but also into that blower motor. You know, if the blower motor gets clogged up, it’s not moving much air.
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Okay, I need to do that now that you mention that.
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Yeah, so just change the filters, you know. Also, your AC unit that’s outside of your house, you want to see, hey, is there a bunch of dead leaves that have clogged this up? Is there a bunch of cobwebs? If you have cottonwood trees in the area, I don’t know what that fluffy stuff is called, but the cottonwood, cotton or fluff or whatever. I’ve seen that almost like a blanket on some air conditioners.
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Okay.
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And so you just, you want to make sure that that’s cleared off. You can, you know, if there’s a thick coat, you can take your fingers and peel it off. You can use a garden hose.
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Not while it’s going though, right? You’d want to have it shut off, preferably.
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And you’re welcome to call us out. But, I mean, honestly, if it’s shut off, you can take a garden hose and blow that thing clean. That’ll help. I mean, when we come out, we check a lot more stuff. But, again, just keeping the air movement is a big, big deal. Also, inside, where your furnace is located. You have an A-coil that sits typically on top of that, and there’s going to be a condensation line. It’s typically PVC, small diameter, like about an inch, three-quarter. That gets some goop built up in it, and when your AC starts to run a lot on those first hot days, that old goop can block up the water, and then you’re thinking, man, I need to call a plumber because I’ve got water in the basement. it’s not that you have a plumbing problem, just that that condensation is backing up and dripping all over the place. So flush out your condensate line. Here’s a big one. When you hook up your hose outside, of course, you want to disconnect that in the winter, right? We’ve all done that, correct?
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Right.
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For those who have not disconnected your hose, what you want to do, turn that on and have like a sprayer attached. And if you’re thinking, man, I got low pressure, there’s a good chance that you have a freeze break. This doesn’t have to be a multi-thousand dollar thing.
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Because one day that you were in, you had brought a pipe in that showed what a freeze break looked like.
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Right. And ironically, it typically breaks in the wall as it passes through the wall of your house. That’s where the freeze break occurs. So you’re not going to see it. But when you turn on your hose and you’re thinking, man, that got low pressure. What’s the deal? It’s actually leaking water in the wall. You might see it running outside. It might be running inside the basement.
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But it could become a real problem.
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Yeah. And if you’re working outside all day Saturday and then you come in and the basement is flooded, it’s not that your sewer is backed up. It’s probably that you’ve been running water. Okay. Yep. um also another simple thing flush your water heater you can just hook up a hose you don’t have to turn off the water you’re not draining the water heater you’re simply allowing water to come out of the bottom of the tank as water is coming back in you’re stirring up that sediment flushing it out that helps to extend the life of your water heater okay we had a question um
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They came in on the text line the other day because I think I was talking maybe about the PUC. And they want to control every aspect of our lives. Can people go to Wyoming and buy a water heater or a furnace and bring it down here? And have you put it in?
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I could certainly install it, yes.
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Okay.
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Yeah, I don’t believe there’s any law against that.
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Okay.
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Consult your attorney. Okay.
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Okay. Consult your attorney if you want to buy a water heater. Really? We must be in Colorado.
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They’ll be setting up checkpoints at the border.
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No fireworks and no water heaters, right? Okay.
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Yeah, I mean, I have not read word for word that whole legislation, but as I understand it… dealers, the big distribution companies, could sell out of their stock. And then once it’s gone, whatever they brought in had to be the new.
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Here in Colorado.
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Here in Colorado. Okay. So, you know, if you happen to have one in your trunk, I don’t know. True. What do you think?
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An entrepreneur right across the border. I’ve got furnaces.
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Well, some of your listeners, Kim, have purchased water heaters and stored them in their garage, basement, whatever, crawl space even, to be installed at a later time.
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You know what? We can do a water heater business right across the border, a gun business, and fireworks all in the same thing. There you go. Your one-stop shop. One-stop shop right across the border.
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And they’re probably going to add other stuff we could sell at that shop as well.
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I mean, Colorado’s running all the businesses and industries out of the states.
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I know it. I know it.
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So I want to mention something else here, Kim. What can we do to be proactive in our culture, right? And it all starts with us as individuals and goes out from there. There was a young girl from our church who was going on a missions trip to Cancun. And I always roll my eyes a little bit when I hear about that chemistry. She was very timid when she was making her presentation. I’m like, okay, yeah, whatever. I mean, just being honest.
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Was she asking for money?
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Yeah, she was down there for spring break. So here’s what was amazing. She came back fired up. When she was down there, she shared with 30 to 40 people a day, gave out a ton of Bibles, and she said they saw so much stuff going on on the beach. Mm-hmm. And they had a cross set up. And she said, you know, we did our presentations, but she said this cross was the biggest draw. People would come and just begin weeping. And she said there was a drug dealer. You know, he had his drugs in his backpack. He was actively peddling drugs on the beach. And he was just, he was staring at the cross, almost dumbfounded. And they went over to talk to him. He says, I can’t come to God. God won’t have anything to do with me. And they talked with him, said, you know, God does love you. He’s willing to forgive you no matter what. And this guy fell to his knees and just began weeping. And so here’s one timid girl who went on a trip and impacted so many lives. And, you know, I realize that we as individuals, we get caught up in our stuff, we’re busy doing our thing, and we’re not really influencing our culture. But, Kim, you had somebody on your show at the end of March. I don’t know if it was Jeremy Stalmecker or Stephen Chaplin.
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Okay, it would have been Pastor Steve, yeah. Okay. And he is the senior pastor at Oceanside Baptist Church in Oceanside, California. And the book was written with Jeremy. Offensive Faith. And I’m trying to get Jeremy on for an AVS, America’s Veterans Story. Okay, great. Okay.
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Yeah, so that, when I heard Stephen talking, I thought, man, this is what we need to be about. We need to be out there proactively influencing our culture. So for your listeners, I want to say, guys, you can influence our culture one heart at a time. And I want to encourage your listeners, go online, order this book, read it for yourself, and then pass it on. This is designed to help you live an intentional life that stands for Christ while seeking to lovingly share the message of salvation with others. And also, so this morning, we would like to make five books available to the first five people who call or text 303-995-1636. Please be sure to leave your name and your mailing address. And also let me know if you’d like a Bible sent out to you.
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And so you’re going to give that book, Offensive Faith?
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Offensive Faith. I’d like to give five of those away.
SPEAKER 03 :
It’s a great book. And it’s an easy read. But that’s so cool. Thank you.
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Well, thank you.
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I know that you’ve changed lives. You’ve given books out each time you’re here, as well as Bibles. You’ve given out the McGuffey Readers.
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Yeah. Those are powerful.
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Yes. As well as…
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Drawing a blank on your son’s book and the rainbow plantation.
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Right. All these. So thank you.
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Well, you’re welcome.
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And you’re great. You and Ben Jr. Great sponsors of the show. You know how much I value you. So thank you.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, you are welcome. Thank you, Kim.
SPEAKER 03 :
And we’re going to continue the discussion, and Alan Thomas will be talking about, I don’t know how you found the time to write an article for this week, but we’ll be talking about that. Teddy Collins, who is owner of the largest family-owned firearm store here in Colorado, in Colorado Springs, Spartan Defense. I can’t wait to… delve into what you’re doing these days uh teddy collins and ben williams it’s always great to have you here and we do miss kane but uh um you know he has to put food on we all have to put food on the table and so he’s he was called out of town for his work so all these discussions happen because of our great sponsors and one of those is spartan defense
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SPEAKER 03 :
Thank God it’s… It is Friday. Welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. And Little Richie’s is your local neighborhood spot where you get authentic New York-style pizza and pasta. They’re locally owned and have been serving Parker and Golden for over 20 years. Saturday is Calzone Day. You buy one calzone, you get the second calzone half off. They are big calzones. I could get four meals out of that. And you’ve had those calzones.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, my goodness. And even with my son, my 23-year-old son, we had leftovers for a few days.
SPEAKER 03 :
That is surprising.
SPEAKER 12 :
It is.
SPEAKER 03 :
It is surprising. But they are delicious. And again, Little Richie’s is located in Parker and in Golden. Alan Thomas, we kicked off your classes last night at the Kim Monson Community regarding the Federalist Papers and the first half of the Federalist Papers and how they’re relevant today. It was awesome. Ben Williams, you were there, right?
SPEAKER 12 :
I was there. I was amazed. I was getting a true college education last night.
SPEAKER 03 :
So pretty impressive.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, it’s been a passion project for the past couple of years for sure. Obviously, the article comes from the preface of the Federalist Papers like we talked about a little bit last night. Throughout the years, just referencing them whenever we talked about constitutional issues, it was easy to realize why Thomas Jefferson said that they are the best source of the origination of the Constitution for both those who crafted it and then those who voted for it. And Thomas Jefferson, 40 years after the Federalist Papers were written, he actually referenced the Federalist Papers when He said, here’s what you need to reference in order to understand the Constitution. And when he came up with that list, he even failed to put the Constitution on the list itself. So they’re incredibly helpful, not only to discover our American constitutionalism, but they’re just packed full of philosophy, persuasion, rhetoric, general life advice. And I’m happy to help others rediscover them as well.
SPEAKER 03 :
What was the term that you said? And was it empire? What was that that you said that they had that?
SPEAKER 18 :
Oh, at the very beginning, when they’re setting up… Because at this point, the Constitution had not been ratified when the Federalist Papers were written. So they’re making the case for everyone to ratify the Constitution. And Hamilton is very boisterous, as we know. He’s very grandiose, especially in his writing. And he said, the fate of the most interesting empire in the world is in your hands. And I hope you do the right thing and actually… vote to adopt the constitution and it was the interesting empire most interesting most interesting empire i found that fascinating as you were explaining that and it’s you know like we said brad beck asked a great question of what was maybe a little bit exaggerated and at the time you have to to sit back and think about how large the british empire was even the the Spanish empire and for Hamilton to say that this American empire was going to be the most interesting mankind had seen probably seemed a little grandiose. But also, when you think about persuasion, kind of pluck the strings of all the statesmen that were going to be voting for this new constitution to say, hey, you have an important moment in history here. We have a very important idea where we’re thinking about passing. And when you look back 250 years later, he was right. America turned into something that has benefited mankind to a degree we haven’t ever seen before.
SPEAKER 03 :
Alan, I think that it’s so relevant to today. As I watch this legislation as the president of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers, and let me say thank you to this team, and that is they’re all volunteers. That’s Steve Dorman, Greg Golianski, Russ Haas, Bill Hamill, Rob Knuth, John Nelson, Wendy Warner, Marty Nielsen, Ramey Johnson, Mary Jansen, Dave Evans, Corey Onozorg, Paula Beard, and Ray Beard. Alan, I think that we’re at the precipice of tyranny right now as I look at this legislation. And so when you say that they had this decision to make regarding this most interesting empire, I think that we are there now. And that’s why these offices are so important, Teddy Collins. to have everyday people. And our founders were merchants and farmers, everyday people that understood these principles. And Teddy Collins, you have a clear understanding of these principles as well.
SPEAKER 08 :
Absolutely. It’s important for statesmen to step up like our original founding fathers. Again, you’re right. They were stakeholders where they lived. They were business owners. They were fathers, mothers. They weren’t government bureaucrats. And that’s what we need to change in the system is making sure we elect people who are actually running for the right reasons and have a reason to run, not just part of the status quo and not just looking for a promotion in the bureaucracy.
SPEAKER 03 :
And that’s why I came up with the name PBIs, Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Interested Parties. And There are those, Alan, that have said that the founders were just these old white guys that were slave owners and that were just looking out for their own interests. But when you look at those last words, and Brad Beck had challenged us on this, he said, you know, the first part where in the Declaration that we are all created equal with these rights from God of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, those are important. But he said those last words, that they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honors. We’re at that time right now, I think, Alan.
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We absolutely are, and actually it’s kind of interesting because this is an idea that’s been so repeated that people have started to buy into it. This, oh, they only did this because these rich guys didn’t want to pay a tea tax, right? And when you actually repeat an idea often enough, sometimes it just gets accepted, right? And unfortunately, that’s… due to our lack of civic education, especially here in America. And while it’s great to have wonderful folks step up and run for these offices, A lot of the problem that we’re seeing is the lack of civic education, not only within our elected officials, but also in the public, and not holding elected officials accountable for knowing the Constitution, knowing constitutional rights, and upholding that. While we can get good statesmen at the helm, we need an educated public behind them to hold them accountable. That’s one of the most interesting things about the Federalist Papers, especially the preface. Because originally they were essentially newspaper articles. They were essentially opinion pieces of, hey, we’re going to make a case for the Constitution. And it grew and grew and grew, and Hamilton couldn’t put his pen down, so now we have 85 of them. And they bundled them all together and called it a book. And at the very beginning of the book, Hamilton said, listen… I know as an avid reader, we’re going to be violating a lot of methods of writing. We’re going to be repeating a lot of ideas. But instead of going in and abridging some of the articles of editing it out, I’m actually going to leave it all as is. Because when we repeat these ideas, we repeat them because we actually want to impart this wisdom into people. If we’re repeating ideas, it’s because it’s important. And it made me reflect a lot on today. The NBA basketball playoffs are in full swing. The Nuggets kind of threw a dud down last night. But when you watch these basketball players shoot these shots from half court and just make it with this seeming accuracy that’s just transcendent for what it should be. You watch them make these three-pointers all the time with people in their face. You look behind the scenes and they’ve had to shoot hundreds and thousands and probably hundreds and thousands of shots to get their body used to shooting this shot so that when they’re put into a pressure situation, their body doesn’t have to think, oh, I need to line my hand up. I need to flick my wrist. I need to jump at the right time. Here’s where I should release the ball. It’s just a natural reaction when they’re under pressure. And it’s easy to understand that when it comes to sports and athletics. It’s easy to understand that when it comes to training the body. But a lot of times when we talk about civic virtues, for instance, civic education, There’s kind of a pushback of, oh, I already know that. Why do we need to keep talking about this? Why does this seem to keep being brought up? Why do we need to keep repeating these ideas? And especially as we sit here behind the microphones, it’s because we need to repeat these ideas so they become second nature to us. So that when we’re thrown into the fire, when we’re talking about a Mamdani, we don’t have to sit there and think through all the reasons why the principles should apply if they’re even good. we can react to some of these radical ideas, this radical socialism, this radical progressivism, and be able to respond in the moment and speak truth to a topic without even thinking.
SPEAKER 03 :
And that’s what your piece is that we’re going to publish this week in it, how repetition builds a republic. And I guess inherently they knew this. They say in marketing that people have to hear things seven times before they remember it. And so it’s probably the same about these principles, Alan.
SPEAKER 18 :
Absolutely. It’s the mere familiarity effect, right? You can be familiar with something, but for it actually to go past that familiarity takes a lot of effort. And that’s why when we talk about the civic virtues, self-reliance, self-restraint, self-assertion, we bring them up again and again because we want to move it past just being familiar, something that we can recognize, because it’s easy to recognize something. It’s a whole lot harder to master it.
SPEAKER 03 :
And that’s why we do what we do at the show. That’s why we have created the community, all of these great things. So let’s continue the discussion. In studio with me is Ben Williams with Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. And a great sponsor of the show. Another great sponsor of the show is Teddy Collins with Spartan Defense. And you’re running for state senate. Yes, ma’am.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes, ma’am. Going to be an exciting time coming up here in November. So hopefully I can make some change up there at the Capitol and we can get some things done and rein in on these tyrants, so to speak.
SPEAKER 03 :
It is. It truly is tyrannical. And Alan Thomas is in studio. So we’re going to go to break. Before we do that, I did want to mention the Center for American Values and get their Medal of Honor quote book. Have that at home. you know, a real book, Freedom Library, and you can get that by going to their website and ordering it. And that is AmericanValueCenter.org. That’s AmericanValueCenter.org. And we will be right back after we hear from Lauren about Lauren Levy.
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SPEAKER 03 :
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SPEAKER 12 :
Great to be here, Kim.
SPEAKER 03 :
And you’re helping listeners all over the metro area.
SPEAKER 12 :
We are.
SPEAKER 03 :
I appreciate that. And Teddy Collins, not getting much sleep at the Collins house these days. New baby and a campaign.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes, ma’am. And a business.
SPEAKER 03 :
So it’s great to have you here. Thanks for making this happen.
SPEAKER 08 :
Absolutely. I love being on the show.
SPEAKER 03 :
It’s a great show you got here. We really appreciate it. And Ellen Thomas, the class that you’re doing on the Federalist Papers, to bring these alive. I was on the edge of my seat. It was so well done. But your piece that we will publish this weekend, really, it’s about the things that you talked about. But before we get to it, did the Avs win last night?
SPEAKER 18 :
The Avs won, yes. Okay.
SPEAKER 03 :
When I last looked, it was 2-1, and then I got, I haven’t done bad.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah. Luckily, we ground out a win, and so I appreciate everyone who joined last night. They were forgoing both the Nuggets and the Avs to listen about the Federalist Papers. So what a wonderful tribute to virtuous living there.
SPEAKER 08 :
I was going to say, I think the Avs have pulled up off the real No Kings protests recently. Yeah.
SPEAKER 18 :
They’re playing the Kings.
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, that’s well done, Teddy.
SPEAKER 08 :
What a team name for L.A.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. Oh, great. So, No Kings Day here with the Avalanche. I like it. And the No Kings Day, as you said, it’s July 4th, 1776.
SPEAKER 08 :
Sixth Emperor Tyrannus.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay, so what else should we know about your essay that we’ll publish?
SPEAKER 18 :
So this idea of repeating ideas, this idea of constantly pummeling virtuous living, why is that so important? Why did the founders want to make sure that we understood that we needed an active and engaged citizenry? And it’s for a lot of reasons. I mean, it’s very easy to understand why we would be against corruption and immorality, right? But it’s a whole other thing to say, well, what happens if the general public is just apathetic? What if they just don’t care what goes on with their government? Why should we be involved in our government? And this is a really important question, especially for how our government was founded, because our government was founded with the idea that really governments up until that point had generally relied on the apathy of the individual.
SPEAKER 03 :
That’s what’s happening now.
SPEAKER 18 :
And that’s why our founding was unique in its ideas because it actually brought the government all the way down to the everyday people and said, hey, you actually have a say in your government. Use it. Hold your people accountable. If you want that apathy, there’s plenty of other governments you can go to and look how well it turned out for all the common day people. But you need to be a virtuous people because you need to be virtuous in order to elect virtuous. And so what we’re seeing now is with this apathetic general society we have towards government, what is happening is the government’s kind of running amok. Not kind of. It is. It absolutely is. And it’s because we’re getting the government we deserve. And we’re getting the government we deserve because not enough people have had this idea repeated to them often enough through their reading, through their discussions. And they’re not being held accountable by fellow citizens to live virtuous lives, especially civically virtuous lives. And the founders knew this. We will see this idea repeated all throughout this class of the Federalist Papers. This idea of it takes action, not just thoughts. You don’t just need to know how your government works. You need to know why it works. Because when you know why it works, you can use it fully. You can use it properly. And actually, you will benefit the most by holding your government the most accountable.
SPEAKER 03 :
So, Alan, I have done something that, as you know, I was on city council 2012 to 2016. And that particular mayor, I think I was naive when I got on. I thought we were going to have these discussions and we were going to debate these ideas. And, well, what I learned was is that most everything was decided by the time you got to the city council meeting. Study session is where everything happened. And… And he wanted consensus and he wanted unanimous votes. And I couldn’t do that. And one of the criticisms of me was that I would many times quote the Constitution.
SPEAKER 08 :
What a criticism.
SPEAKER 03 :
And so after I got off city council, I really pulled back. And I really, there were a few different issues that I engaged in, but I didn’t want to look like sour grapes, mean girl, any of that. So this year, we actually have a contested city council race, which I think means that there must be some issues going on. And I was at caucus and met one of the candidates, and he said, I’d love to have coffee with you. And really was just really impressed with him. And I thought, you know what, I have a duty to get to know the other two candidates as well. So yesterday I had two coffees and had discussions with them. Lovely people, lovely people, all three of them that really care about our community. And so my challenge is to everyone, reach out to your representatives. You need to get to know them. This is something that needs to happen. Right, Teddy?
SPEAKER 08 :
Absolutely. You should know who your state rep is and your state senator. If you don’t know, you should look it up and see who’s representing you because maybe that person needs to be changed. But regardless, definitely reach out, get involved. They’re happy to hear from their constituents. They’re happy to know what’s going on. You’re basically their eyes and ears on the ground in the district about the issues that you’re facing.
SPEAKER 03 :
With that, Ben, because you’ve used Cut Engaged, and I’m seeing more and more people use that. And again, our all-volunteer group. Teddy, I need to mention, you have signed the Cut Pledge.
SPEAKER 08 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 03 :
And that is that you will protect the taxpayer, Tabor, Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, property rights, and parental rights. So thank you. 100%. But you’ve used CutEngaged, which we invested in it, and we choose four to five bills each week. They’re in chronological order that people within four to five minutes can use this and have their voices heard to the prime sponsors of bills as well as they can include their state senator and their state legislator. It’s cool, isn’t it?
SPEAKER 12 :
I like to think that you invested the money to develop that for me. Because I am not a computer guy, but it is so simple. And it’s just clicking the mouse, click, click, click, click. And I think it takes about 20 seconds per item.
SPEAKER 03 :
You’re faster than me. Typically, it takes me about four minutes for five bills.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay, well, it’s, yeah. But either way, I mean, that’s like nothing, right? Right. We can influence things just by going on and clicking the mouse.
SPEAKER 03 :
So, Alan, to your point is we’ve made it easy for people to be informed and to take action. And that’s what we need to do. So wrap this up and we’re all we’re going to go to break. The guys are all going to the dream team is going to stay in studio. So wrap this up.
SPEAKER 18 :
We’ll all be here. And, you know, Kim, I think to your point, the Constitution has definitely been under attack and fallen a little out of vogue. And so I do hope that this revisiting the Federalist Papers helps bring back that American constitutionalism, that American excellence, and allows people to give them the tools to be able to combat this idea in the marketplace that the Constitution actually is a good idea and the philosophy behind it and why we should do it. So just would encourage everyone to jump into the Kim Monson community to sign up to be a Monticello or Mount Vernon level. And the classes are all recorded. So if you like to, if you don’t have time exactly on Thursdays to join us over the next 10 weeks, we’ll definitely be revisiting this idea and making the case for why the Constitution is the pretty bow on top of the ideas of the Declaration of Independence.
SPEAKER 03 :
Love that. And our quote for the end of the show is Thomas Aquinas. He said, he who is not angry when there is a just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust. 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.
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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 our number two of 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. Happy Friday, Producer Joe. Happy Friday, Kim. What a great week. Liberty Toastmasters yesterday, which that’s always the day that you need to be an octopus to make everything happen. But we’ve had a great week.
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We really have. It has been pretty smooth sailing, knock on wood. But, you know, it’s been really good.
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And great guests, and we’ve got another great week planned for next week as well. Check out our website. That is KimMonson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Make sure you are signed up for our weekly email newsletter. And for our daily digest, we will not automatically send that to you. And we hope to start that the beginning of May, and that will arrive in your inbox in the afternoon with important information. News articles with great journalistic integrity. You can email me at kim at kimmonson.com. Text line is 720-605-0647. We search for truth and clarity by looking at these words, looking at these issues. I’m thinking word of the day, and my mind is like, am I going to do the word of the day? I don’t know. But anyway, 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 our word of the day is diurnal. It’s D-I-U-R-N-A-L. Could be relating to or occurring in a 24-hour period daily. Occurring or active during the daytime rather than at night and opening during daylight hours and closing at night. And we’re not going to use the word of the day in a sentence. We’re just going to let that be out there because you all have been a little too creative with that. So, okay, let’s get to the quote of the day. This is by Clinton L. Romesha, United States Army Medal of Honor recipient. And it is for actions that were taken in the war on… terrorism in Afghanistan. And it was outpost Keating, Qamdish district in Afghanistan on October 3, 2009. He was born in 1981. And Alan, if you’ll start off with the first half of the Medal of Honor citation, it’s a long one.
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For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in the action at the risk of his life, above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a section leader with Bravo Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, during combat operations against an armed enemy at Combat Outpost Keating, Kamdash District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan on 3 October 2009. On that morning, Staff Sergeant Romesha and his comrades awakened to an attack by an estimated 300 enemy fighters occupying the high ground on all four sides of the complex, employing concentrated fire from recoilless rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, anti-aircraft machine guns, mortars, and small arms fire. Staff Sergeant Romesha moved uncovered under intense enemy fire to conduct a reconnaissance of the battlefield and seek reinforcements from the barracks before returning to action with the support of an assistant gunner. Staff Sergeant Romesha took out an enemy machine gun team, and while engaging a second, the generator he was using for cover was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade, inflicting him with shrapnel wounds. Undeterred by his injuries, Staff Sergeant Romesha continued to fight, and upon the arrival of another soldier to aid him and the assistant gunner, he again rushed through the exposed avenue to assemble additional soldiers. Staff Sergeant Romesha then mobilized a five-man team and returned to the fight equipped with a sniper rifle.
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With complete disregard for his own safety, Staff Sergeant Robesha continually exposed himself to heavy enemy fire as he moved confidently about the battlefield, engaging and destroying multiple enemy targets, including three Taliban fighters who had breached the combat’s outpost perimeter. While orchestrating a successful plan to secure and reinforce key points of the battlefield, Staff Sergeant Robesha maintained radio communication with the Tactical Operations Center. As the enemy forces attacked with even greater ferocity, unleashing a barrage of rocket-propelled grenades and recoilless rifle rounds, Staff Sergeant Ramesha identified the point of attack and directed air support to destroy over 30 enemy fighters. After receiving reports that seriously injured soldiers were at a distant battle position, Staff Sergeant Ramesha and his team provided covering fire to allow the injured soldiers to safely reach the aid station. Upon receipt of orders to proceed to the next objective, his team pushed forward 100 meters under overwhelming enemy fire to recover and prevent the enemy fighters from taking the bodies of fallen comrades. Staff Sergeant Ramesh’s heroic actions throughout the day-long battle were critical in suppressing an enemy that had far greater numbers. His extraordinary efforts gave Bravo Troop the opportunity to regroup, reorganize, and prepare for the counterattack that allowed the troop to account for its personal and secure combat post Keating. Staff Sergeant Ramesh’s discipline and extraordinary heroism above and beyond the call of duty reflect great credit upon himself, Bravo Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Calvary Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and the United States Army. So, Ben Williams, you are an Air Force veteran.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yes ma’am, and my brother was over in Afghanistan. okay bringing in an airstrike like that i gotta think that’s dangerous it is dangerous yeah because if the coordinates are off at all you’re getting hit you know but in in the situation given what it is you sometimes that’s your only option so you call it in you hope for the best you know i want to say kim something that makes the united states so different from many of these other nations You were just reading about how the enemy was trying to get the bodies. And what the United States does, my brother was a medic over there. Not only did he patch up our soldiers, he patched up enemy soldiers and delivered babies from the enemy. So it’s just fascinating how… The United States approaches, let’s do what we can to make things better, help humans because they’re humans, enemy or not. Whereas the enemy is going to do everything they can to capture, torture, mutilate, and destroy.
SPEAKER 03 :
And so the fact that he would put his life on the line to recover these bodies is really, it’s a big deal. Now, I know, Ben Williams, that because we’re human beings, we do have situations where I don’t I don’t know that I want to say bad actors, but we have situations. In fact, I had interviewed. I’m drawing a blank. But anyway, they had left a body behind in the Vietnam War and they went back for it. I think it’s Doug Chamberlain. Yes, it was.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 03 :
And. But that’s really, that does happen. But what we’ve seen, people that hate America that live here, they’ll tell those stories. Whereas Doug Chamberlain, they went back and got that body as well. So because we’re human, sometimes we don’t always hit that high mark. But as Americans, we hit that high mark a whole lot of the time, right?
SPEAKER 12 :
Right. And even when we make mistakes… That’s the fascinating thing about God. His grace extends to those mistakes, and if we are yielded to him, it helps really to purify, to refine us, and we can take those mistakes, and those can be a stepping stone instead of a gravestone.
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, I love that. I love that. And so get this book, the Medal of Honor quote book from the Center for American Values. And Ben, you’ve been down there at the Portraits of Valor.
SPEAKER 12 :
It is powerful.
SPEAKER 03 :
It is powerful, isn’t it?
SPEAKER 12 :
Very powerful.
SPEAKER 03 :
They’re going to have an event, I think, in… May or June. And Barney Barnum, who’s a Medal of Honor recipient, good friend of Drew Dix’s, who’s a Medal of Honor recipient, co-founder of the center, I think he’s going to be in town. And I think they just have named a destroyer after Barnum as well. And so we’ll let you know about that particular event. But to get all that information, go to their website. That is AmericanValueCenter.org, AmericanValueCenter.org. And I wanted to say thank you to the Harris family. for their goal sponsorship of the show. And also the Roger Mangan State Farm Insurance Team, another great sponsor. And they want you to feel safe and well-served and to understand your insurance coverage. Their office will respond to your call or text 24 hours a day. So for that 24-hour peace of mind, call Roger Mangan. That number is 303-795-8855. Like a good neighbor, the Roger Mangan team is there.
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SPEAKER 03 :
It is Friday. 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 dot com. And I wanted to mention Hooters Restaurants. Great sponsors of the show and how I got to know them. It was something that happened when I was on city council. Waited until after I was off city council to talk with them. about being sponsors, but it’s a story of freedom and free markets and capitalism versus those PBIs, politicians and bureaucrats and interested parties that want to control our lives. But they have great specials, and so a great place to watch the Avs as they’re moving towards the Stanley Cup. They got this. I never count it until, but they are special. Yes, ma’am. And I do love hockey. I used to be, you know what, Alan? I used to be a real sports hound, but it takes a lot of time to be a sports hound. And so now I’m over here in this arena, so I don’t get to watch sports that much anymore.
SPEAKER 18 :
I mean, last night after going through the class and it was about 11 when the game was wrapping up, I pulled it up on my phone and I was like nodding off going, oh, yep, we’re just going to go to bed because sometimes they get pretty late. Yes, they do.
SPEAKER 03 :
So I tried to pull it up, and it wanted to send me over to HBO to watch it. Can regular people watch these on regular TV anymore, or what?
SPEAKER 18 :
You know, sometimes it does get funky. Like, Amazon Prime will buy stuff up. There’s Altitude Sports, or sometimes it’s a TNT broadcast. So it does get, you know, they definitely are pushing you towards all these, like, streaming things. Yeah. streaming subscriptions, but a better use of your money is to spend it on the Kim Monson community.
SPEAKER 03 :
That’s good. Well done. Well done. Well, when it said that I would be giving HBO all of this data, I’m like, you know what? I’ll just ask Alan tomorrow morning who won. So, and Ben Williams is in studio with Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. Let’s talk a little bit about, you had referred Carl Jones with Radiance Power.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 03 :
And I had been really wanting an electrical contractor for as a sponsor and obviously the criteria for our sponsors is that they strive for excellence and really it’s just been a delight to welcome him to the show and you’ve been working with him yes i have we just uh are wrapping up a job over in cherry hills uh putting in a generac generator that will run the entire house and this is not a small house
SPEAKER 12 :
And I just gotta say, Carl is a delightful man to work with. I have, for the 30 years that I’ve done plumbing, I’ve just networked with people. And you find people of like mind who wanna do excellent work and be honest and follow through on what they say they’re going to do. Carl has been great. Top notch. And I’m not an electrician, but from what I am seeing, it’s like, wow, he is really going the extra mile. Typically in the trades, electricians leave their trash everywhere. They expect someone else to pick up after them. I did not see one teenager, like a teenager. I have not seen one wire fragment anywhere on this job site. Wow. Yeah. So Carl installs Generac generators. And the role that I play, I ran the natural gas tapped off from the meter. Pretty good size, inch and a quarter gas line, which is large. wrapped it around from basically the front edge of the house to the back edge of the house where the generator sets. And these generators also have an option. So if the big one hits and the natural gas gets cut off, you can have propane tanks. So you can flip over to propane. You can also run it off a diesel. So these definitely give you some options if you’re wanting to be prepared. And for people who have… medical conditions, or you live out near the foothills, I think this is a slam dunk.
SPEAKER 03 :
And that is RadiancePower.net. Not to be confused with Radiant Painting and Lighting, which is also a sponsor of the show. But I’m just thrilled to be working with him. The other thing is, they’re not a huge company. So he is able to probably charge maybe… 30, 40% less than the big guys.
SPEAKER 12 :
I’m sure. Yeah.
SPEAKER 03 :
And so you get quality work and at a good price as well. So thank you for that. And Alan Thomas is in studio. We’ll be publishing how repetition builds a Republic. That sounds like a parent, doesn’t it?
SPEAKER 18 :
You know, a little bit, but that’s kind of the point, right? You kind of want to be, you almost want your head beaten over the head with good ideas. And that’s always a good thing.
SPEAKER 03 :
That’s for sure. And Teddy Collins, owner of Spartan Defense. Our Second Amendment is in the Bill of Rights to protect the First Amendment. Both of those things are under attack here in Colorado. You’re running for statehouse. And you mentioned something I have not seen yet. And there’s a piece of legislation, no kings law. Yeah, it’s interesting.
SPEAKER 08 :
It would allow people to sue in state courts in Colorado for constitutional violations by state and federal officials. It’s actually presented by the Democrats, which is hilarious because I think there’s going to be a lot of lawsuits if this passes against the Democrats here in our state, especially in the state House and Senate.
SPEAKER 03 :
And you said that’s Senate Bill 176?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 03 :
And it was just introduced this week.
SPEAKER 08 :
They’re calling it the No Kings Bill.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay. And there is a No Kings Day. That’s July 4th, 1776 that we will be celebrating. And so I’m going to take a look at that 176. What we’ve realized is a king can certainly be a monarch, but it can also be a group of people, Alan. It can be, and that is what, as I’m looking at this legislation, particularly the bill on the Public Utilities Commission. It’s like they want to be a king and tell us to do everything. You also made an interesting point last night about government entities wanting to control people’s lives. The American founding was so unique that that pushed back on all that.
SPEAKER 18 :
It pushed back on any form of tyranny at all in America. Actually, that’s one of the funny things. Jefferson said, I will oppose tyranny in any of its forms when he was running for several of his offices, because especially against Hamilton, they were trying, Hamilton was actually trying to paint him into this monarchical role. And he said, I oppose it wherever it’s at. And we’re really seeing the legislature and the executive combined to create this fourth branch of government that creates all these bureaucrats that actually end up running our lives. And that is a form of tyranny. When you have people that are unelected that don’t have an incentive to listen to the citizens who should be in charge of our government, that is a form of tyranny. And then the other half of this is, you know, one of the early articles I wrote was about qualified immunity and how It sounds, it’s a specious argument because it sounds good. It protects our officers. You know, that’s usually what it’s brought up, but actually it was created whole cloth out of a judicial ruling. A judge came up with this idea of qualified immunity. And one of the things, the action items I said in that article was the legislature needs to do this. The Hey, either qualified immunity is a good thing or it’s not a good thing. And they need to pass legislation. That way, we, the people, can decide whether qualified immunity is a good thing. And qualified immunity is it protects those who violate constitutional principles because they are a government. um official official or law enforcement is typically what is what is used but what we’re actually seeing is qualified immunity cases oftentimes protect some of these bureaucracies you’ll have a irs agent who’s armed who goes in who who violates a constitutional right and they will use qualified immunity to to get out of it so it’s kind of interesting that the democrats are now passing something that Years ago, I said the legislature needs to be in charge of qualified immunity because it needs to be accountable to we the people.
SPEAKER 03 :
But also, under the vision of the Declaration that we’re all created equal, you can’t pick winners and losers on this. It’s either for everybody or not, right? Right. So what we are seeing with this, many of these legislators, is they are violating our constitutional rights, Teddy.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, we’ll call it constitutional malpractice like we would for a doctor because that’s exactly what they’re doing.
SPEAKER 03 :
OK, so let’s talk about another bill that you said that you had an interesting interaction with some of the elected representatives.
SPEAKER 08 :
So Representative Ava Flannell ran a constitutional carry bill recently, and I went up to the Capitol to testify.
SPEAKER 03 :
And what was it exactly?
SPEAKER 08 :
So it basically no license to open or conceal carry in the state of Colorado as long as you’re a lawful adult that can legally carry them.
SPEAKER 03 :
And that is constitutional.
SPEAKER 08 :
That is constitutional. Absolutely. So a bill that I obviously supported, I went and testified in favor of it. They only give you two minutes to speak and then they cut you off. So my two minutes were essentially about how concealed handgun licenses and licenses in general for your Second Amendment rights affect the most vulnerable in society, those of lesser means, those that have protective orders against abusive spouses and former boyfriends and things of that nature. And those in minority communities, inner city communities that generally do not have the means to go out and even purchase a firearm in the first place. And now they’re being burdened with fees and classes and other things that they have to take off work in order to do. Which is an infringement. Absolutely. I mean, the Constitution is very clear in our Second Amendment and the Bill of Rights shall not be infringed as enshrined in it. I don’t know what they don’t understand about that. But at the same time, that was that was my my testimony. And Representative Bacon, one of the most liberal representatives on that committee. She asked me a question. She went on a rant essentially about what minority communities are we talking about because she represents a lot of those communities and then stated that it’s already expensive to buy a gun essentially. So what’s an additional fee? And I said, you know, Representative Bacon, in the follow-up questions, we went on for about 15, 20 minutes in conversation on this.
SPEAKER 03 :
And just to clarify, so you have two minutes to speak. Correct. But if they start to ask questions, then your time is extended.
SPEAKER 08 :
Correct. Yes. So there’s a 20 minute question and answer time at the end of each panel. I spent the entire 20 minutes answering questions between Representative Kelty and Representative Bacon. And I said, you know what, Representative Bacon, you’re absolutely right. There is a burden of people of lesser means in order to purchase firearms. I would be happy to sponsor and write a bill with you. in order to provide firearms to those of lesser means. She didn’t like that very much. I think she was dumbfounded for a little bit there. And at first she said yes. It was kind of interesting response. And then she got into, you know, Ronald Reagan being racist and all this other stuff and going after the Black Panthers. And I said, you know, Representative, That’s here nor there, but I will say if you really want to look into the history of gun control in America, you should look at Jim Crow because that’s where it started in the United States. It was literally meant to oppress people and keep people of color from being able to exercise their God-given constitutional rights and fight back against their oppressors.
SPEAKER 03 :
And those Jim Crow, those were laws passed by primarily Democrats.
SPEAKER 08 :
Southern Democrats, yes. And, you know, I’ve used it before, and I’m up there in the Capitol, you know, a bunch of white Democrats taking away my rights. It’s kind of a common theme in history. You know, Mark Twain said, you know, history may not repeat itself, but it sure as heck has a rhythm, you know.
SPEAKER 03 :
True that. True that. We will continue all of these great discussions here after we come back from break. I did want to say thank you to the Harris family for their goal sponsorship of the show. And then also… Laramie Energy and the Roger Megan Insurance team have become gold sponsors of the Kim Monson community as well as the Kim Monson newsroom. And we really appreciate that as well. And then we had talked with Paula Sarles in the first hour. She is the president of the USMC Memorial Foundation. She and her team. Do great work. Support them. If you’re a golfer, attend, you know, play golf in their golf tournament, which is on May 14th. But support the Marine Memorial because they are doing such great work. That website to do so is usmcmemorialfoundation.org. That is usmcmemorialfoundation.org. And another great sponsor of the show is Karen Levine for Everything Residential Real Estate.
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SPEAKER 03 :
I’ve had Friday on my mind this week as well. It’s been quite a week with the kickoff of the Kim Monson Community Town Hall with John Eastman and then the kickoff of our classes with Alan Thomas regarding the Federalist Papers. It’s been a great week. Alan, we’ve been talking about this thing for three years. And so we finally done. We thought we were going to do this three years ago. But what’s happened is it has morphed into something bigger than we ever dreamed it would be.
SPEAKER 18 :
And, of course, we have to give a ton of credit to Zach because if we were to rely on my ability to create something online, this never would happen. So he’s done some amazing work. But, yeah, to your point, we were talking about when to schedule it when my second born was being born. We were worried that the classes might conflict with when that – With the new baby. With the new baby, and here we are. But, you know, it’s happened, it’s happening, and it’s such an exciting – community to be a part of and to help launch with you. So I thank you for that opportunity and certainly love the Federalist Papers and have loved going through that and glad to help others revisit this great work of art, really.
SPEAKER 03 :
It really is. And Ben Williams, you attended and you are a founding patron of the Kim Monson community. So thank you so much. But It was really riveting to learn all this stuff last night, I thought.
SPEAKER 12 :
It was absolutely fascinating. I was so privileged to be able to sit in on this, both Tuesday and Thursday. I just felt like, wow, I am so blessed to get this incredible in-depth information and to really understand the mechanics of how our nation was put together and how our judicial system is supposed to function and how it doesn’t function. Yeah.
SPEAKER 03 :
And this knowledge, this is how we will reclaim our state and our country.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 03 :
And Teddy Collins with Spartan Defense and candidate for, is it Senate District 4?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes, ma’am.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay. You have a clear understanding of our Constitution. And I think I’ve asked you this before, but how did you learn all this?
SPEAKER 08 :
So I was very blessed when I when I was growing up, not as not as I would say in my teenage years on. I went to military school, several, a couple of military schools, actually, in middle school and high school. And, you know, it was instilled into me. History was very important to me as my very as my favorite subject. When I went to college, I was originally a poli-sci major pre-law path and decided to do business instead. But history has always been a passion of mine and knowing where we come from is important so that we don’t repeat the errors of our former ways, I should say.
SPEAKER 03 :
Speaking of history, I know, Ben, that you normally catch America’s Veterans Stories. Did you catch it last Sunday by any chance?
SPEAKER 12 :
I did not catch it last Sunday.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay. Because it was super fascinating. Because April 18th is the anniversary of the Doolittle Raid in World War II.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes, it is.
SPEAKER 03 :
And several years ago, I interviewed Jimmy Doolittle’s granddaughter. Wow. And we rebroadcast, and I thought, you know, I have learned a lot since we did that interview. So I reached out to her, Jonna Doolittle-Japes. She lives in Newport Beach. I said, how about if we do another interview because of the anniversary of the raid? And she said, sure. And it was absolutely fascinating.
SPEAKER 08 :
I mean, those guys went out there knowing that they probably weren’t coming back and
SPEAKER 03 :
And so I’m reading this book by C.V. Glines, and it is The Doolittle Raid. And it’s really inspirational. And she said her grandfather, people may say it was just kind of luck or what. He was a scientist, and they had gone through and figured out the fuel load, all of that. And this was the first time they had, I think it was medium range bombers take off from an aircraft carrier. And these aircraft carriers are not like what we have now. And you should actually look at the YouTube. You see these planes come off. And they go down and they almost hit the ocean and then they take off. And they had to take off early because a Japanese fishing boat had spotted them. So they had to. But this was April 18th, 1942. So this was maybe four months after.
SPEAKER 08 :
This is our revenge attack.
SPEAKER 03 :
It was our revenge attack.
SPEAKER 08 :
For Pearl Harbor.
SPEAKER 03 :
And it was really a great morale booster for Americans because I didn’t know this until I started to do all this American Veterans Story stuff. Alan, did you know that after Pearl Harbor, within about 24 hours, the Philippines fell?
SPEAKER 18 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, you knew that. Of course you knew that.
SPEAKER 18 :
I love World War II and especially the Air Force. One of my favorite – I used to do model airplanes growing up. One of my favorite was the B-17 Flying Fortress. Oh, yeah. So I love all these and just the sheer manpower and will that we were able to exert through our Air Force is – an incredible story. And actually one of my favorite books of all time, a higher call is about a, an American bomber crew and actually the counterpart of a German, um, a German ACE. And, and it’s, it’s a phenomenal book. If you ever can read it, it’s, it’s one of my top books all time, but it’s world war two aviation. And, and actually if you’re ever out in Dayton, there’s a air force museum out there that is Dayton, Ohio. Dayton, Ohio, is one of the best in the country. And they have three massive hangars of everything from Orville Wright’s airplane to actually weather balloons that went up during the Civil War. Right. All the way up to all the presidential airplanes, the presidential airplane that Kennedy was transported in after he was shot. So it’s a phenomenal thing. But, I mean, those bomber crews… the grit they had knowing the numbers and just knowing that we relied on just sheer numbers just knowing so many were going to get shot down and yet we’re still going to send everybody because we just have to win this war we have to win this war against evil and that talk about virtuous living that truly is part of it and that’s why reading these citations and reading about these veterans and thanking veterans every time we can for our liberty is so important
SPEAKER 03 :
It really is. And America’s Veterans Stories, it really is a labor of love because I buy my airtime for both of the shows. But when I returned in 2016 from Normandy, realized that these stories are so important. And so I’ve interviewed over 250 World War II veterans. and most all of them have passed on. But this Sunday, we’re going to rebroadcast an interview that we did in 2024 with Gabrielle Martin, and her dad was one of the Tuskegee Airmen. And so that should be very fascinating. But I have this treasure trove of gold with these interviews. Right, Ben Williams?
SPEAKER 12 :
You do. And, you know, for those of us who missed the broadcast, the good news is that you can go to SoundCloud.com Just put it in. Put it in and listen to it. Yeah. And the one that you’re doing this weekend, I love that one. That guy had spunk.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
It was fantastic.
SPEAKER 03 :
And so it’s… I take great… inspiration from these stories. And that’s why history is so important. Teddy, that is why the left in our education system doesn’t teach our history. And they really try to demonize our history.
SPEAKER 08 :
Knowledge is power. They want us to be ignorant because in ignorance they can take control.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. But that’s why we do the show.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes, ma’am.
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SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, you know, it all comes down to how can we influence our culture, whether it’s through a radio broadcast, classes, legislation. And I want to mention again the book that I want to make available to our listeners, Offensive Faith. If you want to call or text me, please leave your name, your address, and I would be happy to send out that book, Offensive Faith. You can reach me at 303-995-1636. And Kim, one other thing I want to say, I know I’ve mentioned this to you personally, but as I am out… meeting many of your listeners, there are so many people out there who this show is like a lifeline to them. And folks, I want you to know you are not alone. There are many of you out there. Join the Kim Monson community and feel the camaraderie of the wave that is going on that’s going to turn our state and our nation around.
SPEAKER 03 :
Thank you, Ben Williams. And again, what’s your number? 303-995-1636. And Teddy Collins, Spartan Defense and running for state senate. Your final thought on all this stuff.
SPEAKER 08 :
We’ve got to keep our eyes out. The end of the session is coming up. This is the lightning round as they start to put bills in and try to pass them rapidly. One last thing, if I have a minicam I wanted to mention, is I wanted to give a shout out to my good friend, Senator Mark Baisley, who took his assembly as the only candidate on the ballot to be running as a Republican against Hickenlooper. He’s the best chance that we have. in this election to actually take that seat back. It hasn’t been Republican since Cory Gardner, and we need to rally behind Mark and support him. You can go to markbasely.com and support his campaign, donate to his campaign. We need to get him across the finish line, and no one else is going to do it unless you folks do it that are listening.
SPEAKER 03 :
Thank you, Teddy Collins. And Spartan Defense, what’s the website for Spartan Defense?
SPEAKER 08 :
SpartanDefense.com.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay. And for your campaign?
SPEAKER 08 :
Political campaign is CollinsForColorado.com. If you have anything left over after helping Mark out, help me out too. I’d appreciate it.
SPEAKER 1 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 03 :
And Alan Thomas, your final thought on all this?
SPEAKER 18 :
You know, throughout all of this, we’re talking about actions, right? And that’s truly what a virtuous life is. It’s not just talking about ideas. It’s actually living them out and doing them. And so, you know, when we talk about, when we say you’re not alone, even if you feel you are, it’s taking the next best step that you can. It’s knowing that you’re doing your best. You’re trying your best. You’re asserting yourself. You’re relying on others. on your own knowledge, not just letting people tell you what to think. So continue to live that virtuous life, continue to take action, and don’t let the don’t let discouragement keep you from, from acting or from talking or from speaking to others and, and really be involved in your government. Even though it feels like sometimes, especially here in Colorado, it’s easy to get discouraged, especially with the state of affairs going on at our Capitol building. We still make a difference and it’s, it’s the steps we take today will, will influence what happens tomorrow and, whether that’s tomorrow or four years from now, we just have to continue to take that next step and have that next conversation.
SPEAKER 03 :
And in doing so, getting our brain around these ideas, taking that next step, having a conversation. For example, Karen Levine was on yesterday. And a week ago, we’ve been friends forever. She got a little irritated with something. Did you catch that when you heard it? I did. And I thought, you know what, I need to listen to her. And we addressed it yesterday. So it was a week ago that she was irritated with me. But I thought we had a good discussion about it.
SPEAKER 12 :
It was a good open discussion. That’s what needs to happen is just some honest discussion. You come to understand each other’s point of view and work things out.
SPEAKER 03 :
And we got to a point where we understood a common ground. And so anyway, that’s why we do the show. We need to have these particular discussions. And we have them because of great sponsors. One of those is Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling.
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SPEAKER 07 :
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.
SPEAKER 03 :
It is Friday. Welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. In studio with me is Ben Williams with Ben’s Pumping, Heating, and Cooling. Do you still have any books to give away?
SPEAKER 12 :
One left.
SPEAKER 03 :
One left, okay.
SPEAKER 12 :
Offensive Faith. If you want to call or text 303-995- 1636. I’d be happy to send that out to you.
SPEAKER 03 :
And name and address.
SPEAKER 12 :
Name and address is important.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yes. And that’s Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. And then also, Teddy Collins running for Senate District 4 here in Colorado. And you and your family own Spartan Defense.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes, ma’am.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay. Great to have you here. Thank you. Alan Thomas, great class last night on the Federalist Papers. Join the Kim Monson community.
SPEAKER 18 :
Join the Kim Monson community and like Ben, live a generous life through your actions. I think that’s amazing how he’s always giving away books and helping spread good thoughts and good ideas through his own fortune.
SPEAKER 03 :
And we do appreciate that. And on the line with us is Molly Lamar. One of these times I’m going to have to bring her into studio with the Dream Team. Molly Lamar, welcome. Thank you.
SPEAKER 05 :
Thank you, Kim. Thanks for having me. I loved what, I think it was Ben that just said, you know, don’t let discouragement keep you from getting engaged. It’s obviously easy to do here in Colorado sometimes, especially in our school systems, but I hope people will continue to pay attention and get involved so that we can get our children back on the right track in terms of education and being productive citizens.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, and so you are shedding light on a regular basis regarding Cherry Creek School District. And you were out of town last week, and you texted me something about big bucks going to somebody. So break this down for me.
SPEAKER 05 :
I wish I had good news for listeners, but our situation in Cherry Creek just continues to deteriorate. Today, the school board has called a special meeting for 4 p.m. today. And here’s the kicker, Kim. The meeting is about their own behavior policy. So they’ve scheduled an executive session, which means, again, they’re going to shut the doors, turn off the microphones, and hide from the public. I’ve already sent a formal demand for transparency, but going behind closed doors right now just isn’t a good look. It might be the final straw that breaks what little community trust is left. And, you know, let’s look at why the trust is gone. Two weeks ago, the district announced that they’re cutting over 150 staff members. These are the frontline classroom teachers and support staff. Most of them serve our special education students. That is the population that is growing in the Cherry Creek School District when our student enrollment is actually declining significantly. The special education population is growing, and here we are firing the people who help our most vulnerable kids. And honestly, they create normalcy in the classroom by helping our teachers. I was a teacher myself, and in a classroom of 27 students, I had seven students who had special needs. Had I not had a paraprofessional, the dynamic in that classroom would have been very different. So as our special education population is growing, we need paraprofessionals. They create normalcy. And so here you have these teachers that are getting pink flips. And as you mentioned, the big bucks, let’s talk about Tony Poole. He oversaw the special education department. He was placed on leave for insubordination. In the private sector, if you’re insubordinate, You’re gone. But in Cherry Creek, you get paid $20,000 a month to stay home. We put you on a taxpayer-funded vacation and just pay you until your contract runs out, which is June 30th. So all in all, we will have paid him nearly $100,000 to stay home. And then he gets nearly a $200,000 payout because we have no cap. on district leadership for unused vacation time. So they can just, you know, let that build and grow and then behave inappropriately. And we taxpayers, unfortunately, we reward their bad behavior. That payout likely spikes his retirement by about $60,000 a year.
SPEAKER 03 :
There’s something wrong with this picture, Molly Lamar.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes, ma’am. I mean, it doesn’t even stop there. We discovered a $3 million contract with an education training company, which was signed by the former superintendent. And the question would be, why did the board approve this? Why is that money going to a consulting firm instead of keeping those 159 people? And even you’ve talked about how hard it is to get this district to disclose compensation. And So I’ve done the work. I have the contract for the highest paid central administrators. And what’s hidden in the fine print, Kim, is disgusting. I mean, we have that $190,000 going to pool, and then we have $160,000 going to the former superintendent. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. We found that while sick leave and vacation are capped for our teachers, janitors, paraprofessionals, It’s virtually unlimited for the inner circle at the top.
SPEAKER 04 :
Unbelievable.
SPEAKER 05 :
And what’s the total liabilities? Is it a million, two million? We don’t even know. And it’s not just these base pay. It’s these crazy buyouts. We found clauses for private annuities, literally extra retirement accounts that are handed to these executives. They get $7,500 a year. deposited into private annuities paid for by the district. They’re getting car allowances between $7,000 and $12,000. And even more shocking, the district is paying an additional 11% to reimburse them for their para contributions. To reimburse them for their contributions. Yes. Yes. I mean, our teachers don’t get that perk. The people who are doing the work, the people that show up every day, they don’t see these perks. They get a cap on their sick and vacation time. They have to pay their retirement out of their own pockets. And meanwhile, we have these people sitting up in the top of the tower, and we’re just bleeding money to them. and cutting our frontline workers. Which affects our children.
SPEAKER 03 :
And you can’t get third grade back. You know what? You just can’t. No, exactly.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay, the craziest thing I found, and I don’t mean to laugh because it’s really not funny, but the craziest thing I found in these contracts is that with these district leaders, if we let them go for cause, let’s say one of them is convicted of a felony. We are still contractually obligated to give them a month’s worth of pay.
SPEAKER 03 :
Who wrote these contracts? Where’s the school board on this? That’s behind closed doors. Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
You know, they don’t answer our emails. They don’t. They’re hiding. And honestly, you know, I have to say, I think that the board development has been so lacking that truly I don’t think, well… It depends, you know, do they know better? I would hope so, just as a person of character, that you would know better, that you stood up to serve in this position because you wanted to be a voice for the community and you truly value education. But it’s getting to, I don’t know anymore. I don’t know how you could…
SPEAKER 03 :
And that’s why we’re shedding light on this, Molly. I really appreciate you digging for the dirt is what you’re finding, but I really appreciate you bringing that to light as well. So we’ll talk with you next week. Thank you, Kim. Thank you to the guys, the Dream Team. Ben Williams, great to have you here.
SPEAKER 12 :
Great to be here, Kim. Thank you.
SPEAKER 03 :
You have fun?
SPEAKER 12 :
It’s great. This is the highlight of my month.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay, awesome. And Teddy Collins, thank you for being here.
SPEAKER 08 :
Always, Kim. Love doing this. Okay, and the website? for CollinsForColorado.com and SpartanDefense.com.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay, and Ben, that phone number, is that book, do you still have a book?
SPEAKER 12 :
You know what? We’ve got five signed up, but if somebody wants the book Offensive Faith, contact me. I’ll send it out. 303-995-1636. I do need your name and address.
SPEAKER 03 :
That’s right. And Alan Thomas, just thank you for sharing your knowledge in the Kim Monson community. We’re going to be publishing this article. And thank you to Keyland as well because it happens because everybody in the family is supporting. So thank you to your beautiful bride.
SPEAKER 18 :
And you took it from my mouth, so I probably should have thanked her first as well. She’s amazing. She does great work. I know the kids always get up early when I’m on the radio show. It just seems how it goes. So thanks to her, and thank you for creating this community and for bringing me on board.
SPEAKER 03 :
It’s our honor. And our quote for the end of the show is from Thomas Aquinas. He said, he who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust. So my friends today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, if honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. You are not alone, my dear friends. God bless you, and God bless America.
SPEAKER 04 :
But tell them if I don’t survive
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