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indeed let’s have a conversation and welcome to the kim munson show thank you so much for joining us you’re each treasured you’re valued you have purpose today strive for excellence take care of your heart your soul your mind and your body my friends we were made for this moment in history and thank you to the team that’s producer joe producer luke rachel zach echo charlie mike all the people here at crawford broadcasting happy wednesday producer joe happy wednesday kim And we’ve got quite a snow out there. You got to experience that getting to the station today. And I thank you for your dedication and your hard work to the show at Producer Joe.
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It’s my pleasure. And that’s actually the first time I really caught snow like that since I’ve had this job. Even when I started, I never hit it.
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Well, we need the moisture, but it does make it interesting for travel. But we’re here, and what a day, Joe. President Trump has declared the victory as our next president. It is a historical day, and we have a lot of work to do, particularly here in Colorado. Colorado is… It’s an interesting place. There’s some very dark things in Colorado. And so we need to continue to engage in this battle of ideas. And we are dedicated to doing that for all of you. So we’ll carry on. But congratulations to Donald Trump and his team for his victory. as our next president. Check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You’ll get first look at our upcoming guests as well as our most recent essays. You can email me at Kim at Kim Munson dot com. And thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice and we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And my friends, speaking of the website, as we engage in this battle of ideas, as you know, I put together a voter’s guide. And because of all of you, it’s trending on Google on the third page for searching for Colorado 2024 voters. There’s only one other, I would say, conservative outlet that was trending. That was the Centennial Institute. Otherwise, you have all these paid big guys that were in there. And it’s because of the grassroots. It’s because all of you found value in it. And you shared it with your friends and family. And I thank you for all of you who appreciated it and let me know. And so thank you. We will continue to strive for excellence. And I thank all of you for that. As you know, on this show, we look at these issues. 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 shouldn’t have to force people to do it. And what was really on the national ballot as far as the presidential election was the American idea or communism. That is really what it was. And as a country, we rejected communism. As a state, the way the voting results came in, it looks like we embraced communism. So, my friends, we have a tremendous amount of work to do here in Colorado to engage with our friends and family regarding this great American idea. But it’s not compassionate to take other people’s stuff, whether or not it’s their rights, their property, their livelihoods. opportunities or lives via force and force can be a weapon but it can be a policy unpredictable and excessive taxation fear coercion government-induced inflation the world economic forum the davos globalist elites the united nations this colorado state legislature the colorado governor the world health organization land use codes zoning regulations ballot initiatives all those things can take away our freedom And if it’s a good idea, you shouldn’t have to use force to implement it. And on the show, we focus on the issues, not the personalities. We will name the personalities, but that’s what we really want to do. Since it is Wednesday, it is Wings Day at Hooters Restaurants. And to go or dine in, you can buy 20 wings and get an additional 10 for free. and might be a celebratory thing to get if you’re getting together with friends today to celebrate. And again, Hooters Restaurants has five locations, Loveland, Aurora, Lone Tree, Westminster, and Colorado Springs. Our word of the day. I think it’s very appropriate for Donald Trump, and it’s dauntless. It is an adjective. It’s spelled D-A-U-N-T-L-E-S-S. It’s incapable of being intimidated or discouraged, fearless, brave, intrepid, and he has been dauntless in his pursuit of this presidency. And so it should be pretty easy to use a Dauntless in a word today. Our quote of the day, I went to Abigail Adams. She was born in 1744 and she died in 1818. She was the wife and closest adviser of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, who was the sixth president of the United States. And she said this. She said, great necessities call out great virtues. And, of course, the next two months are going to be super interesting until we get to Donald Trump inaugurated. It’s going to be quite interesting news. as what happens in our country. But this is at least the first step. And I congratulate Donald Trump on that. And for each of us, again, the quote from Abigail Adams is this, and that is, great necessities call out great virtues. And that’s going to be the case with each and every one of us. We’ll be talking with Bob Boswell. as our featured guest this hour at the bottom of the hour. And I thank Laramie Energy for their gold sponsorship of the show because it is reliable, efficient, affordable, and abundant energy that powers our lives and fuels our hopes and dreams. And that was also one of the things that was really on the ballot was that question. And so we need to unleash our oil and gas industry. And so this is really, really important. So let’s see, let’s go through some of the results here. I’ve got a whole bunch of them. Let’s get over here to Colorado. And I’ll begin, obviously, with Donald Trump did win the presidency, not here in Colorado, but he did win the presidency. And regarding Congress, Diana DeGette won that race. Thank you to Valdemar Archuleta for stepping forward to run as a Republican. Joe Neguse did win again, and I thank Marshall Dawson for stepping forward to run as the Republican there. Jeff Hurd, it looks like he will be victorious, the Republican, over Adam Frisch. And Lauren Boebert won congressional district four pretty handily. Congratulations, Lauren Boebert. Jeff Crank looks like is victorious over the Democrat River Gasson. John Fabricatore ran such an important race. It looks like Jason Crow did win that race, but thank you to John Fabricatore for that. And this is from Secretary of State election results. And then in the Congressional District 7, Sergei Medvedev did a good job, although Brittany Pedersen was victorious on that. She is the Democrat. But thank you to Sergei for his race there. And then Gabe Evans and Yadira Kurievo in District 8, it was pretty darn close. It was 119,438 votes to Caraveo and 115,000 to Gabe Evans, and I thank him for his very important race there as well. Board of Education, Kathy Gebhardt was unchallenged, and she is… The State Board of Education, District 2. In District 3, Republican Sherry Wright was victorious over Democrat Ellen Angelus. State Board of Education, District 4, Christy Burton-Brown was victorious over Krista Holtzman. Congratulations to Christy Burton-Brown. State Board of Education, CD8, Yasmin Navarro was victorious over Rhonda Solis and Yasmin Republican. So congratulations there. Regarding the CU Board of Regents, Eric Renard, it looks like it was a very close race, but it looks like he’s the Republican. Democrat Elliot Hood looks like is victorious on that. It was a very close race. Let’s see, University Regents in CD3. It looks like Republican Ray Scott is victorious over Robert Logan. And then in CD5, Republican Kin Montoya was, excuse me, Monterra was victorious over Axel Brown. And then we’ll go through some of these state races. Lisa Frizzell was victorious in Colorado Senate District 2, and she’s the Republican. State Senate District 5, a pretty close race, and on that, Mark Catlin won that race, and he’s Republican. In State Senate District 6, Cleve Simpson was victorious, Republican, over Vivian Smotherman. State Senate District 7, Larry Liston, Republican, victorious. State Senate District 12, pretty darn close race between Mark Schneider and Stan Vanderwerf. However, the Democrat Mark Schneider, it looks like, is victorious there. In District 13, Matt Johnson lost, it looks like, and he’s the Democrat. He looks like a Republican. Scott Bright was victorious. Let’s see, in District 4, Kathy Kipp, Democrat, the incumbent, was victorious in that race. Robin Carnes, over in Senate District 16, ran a really important race, a Republican, against Chris Kolker. And she ran a great race, but it looks like Kolker was victorious there. Up in Senate District 7, Sonia Wykaz-Lewis, Democrat, was victorious over Republican Tom Van Loon. And then State District 18, Judy Emma Bile was significantly victorious. There was not a Republican challenger there, and so she won that race, and she is a Democrat. In State, Senate District 19, Lindsey Daugherty won with 53,000 votes. Sam Bandemere gave it a great try. He came in with just over 39,000 votes, so she is the Democrat. Sam’s the Republican. And then really, really close in Senate District 21, Daphne Michelson-Genet, 24,513 votes, and Frederick Alford Jr., 23,069. And so she is the Democrat. And it’s very close. We’ll see what continues to happen with that. Republican Barb Kirkmeyer was unchallenged in Senate District 23, so she’s victorious there. In Senate District 26, Jeff Bridges, the incumbent Democrat, was victorious over Republican Bob Lane. And let’s see, in Senate District 28, Mike Weisman was victorious. He’s the Democrat and, again, incumbent over Republican Pedro Espinoza. Janet Buckner, Democrat, was unchallenged in Senate District 29. Chris Hansen, a Democrat, won handily in Senate District 31. No Republican challenger there. And let’s see, James Coleman in District 33, Democrat, won handily there. So at that point. I think that we’ll go to break here, and we get to do all of this. All of this information comes to you because of our great sponsors. And the Roger Mangan State Farm Insurance team is dedicated to excellence, as we are dedicated to excellence on the Kim Munson Show. And so sit down with them for a complimentary appointment. They might be able to save you a bunch of money on your insurance. if you bundle your insurance together. So give them a call at 303-795-8855. Like a good neighbor, the Roger Mangan team is there.
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And welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our Web site. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter and you can email me at Kim at Kim Munson dot com. Be sure and check out our Web site because there’s a lot of great information there. A couple of headlines. and this is no surprise, the Denver judge dismisses the lawsuit that would have required ballots to be hand-counted. The Libertarian Party filed that case. I’m not surprised. I was there Monday afternoon and watched the complete proceedings. And then second headline, Colorado Secretary of State maintains elections are secure after password leak. You know what? They don’t know. And that was something that became evident in the evidence at the hearing on… So we have a lot of work to do. But this is, first of all, it’s blessed news that Donald Trump was victorious over Kamala Harris because the real question that was on the ballot was freedom or communism. And we have to roll our sleeves up now. We’ve got a lot of work to do. But I did want to continue on these election results. And over on the Statehouse, we had a number of these people on the show. Stephen Woodrow, the incumbent in House District 2, was victorious over Michael DeManna. But I thank Michael for stepping forward, really a good candidate. And then Mickey Neal in House District 3, on that Meg Froelich was victorious, but Mickey ran a great race as well. I’m not going to go through all of these, but some of these people that you know that have been on the show, I am going to mention them. My good friend, Ramey Johnson, was not victorious in her House District 30 seat. But my gosh, she brought so much light to what is happening here in our country, in our state. And I know that she will continue on. But I so appreciate her stepping forward and the amazing work that she did. So let’s see, in House District 15, Scott Bottoms, a Republican, was victorious. Rebecca Kelty ran a really important race in State House 16, and that’s a very close race. At this point, the Democrat, Steph Vigil, is ahead by a little bit, but I’m wondering if there might be some recounting there. We’ll have to check on that. Let’s see, let me just check on some of these other races here. Here, Kindergraf in House District 22 was victorious. He is a Republican. He’s been a real freedom representative. Corey Onizorg did a really good job in House District 23, and he got 17,000 votes to 31,000 for Monica Duran. And so, Corey, congratulations on being competitive there. I think you did a great job. George Mumma, very close in House District 25. Although it looks like Story, the Democrat, will be victorious, but she had 30,800 votes and Mumma had 28,169. Let’s see over here. I did mention Peter Bodie did a great job in House District 28, although it looks like Sheila Leiter, the Democrat, will be victorious. But Peter, thank you for stepping forward. That’s twenty six thousand and change to twenty three thousand, almost twenty four thousand. So, Peter, excellent job there. Let’s see here. And then Ramey. Gosh, I just so appreciate her. It does not look like that she’ll be victorious in that, but really appreciate that as well. And let’s see if there’s any others to mention. I think that is it on that. Let’s get over here. Oh, Jeff Patty in House District 38 does not look like he’s going to be victorious, but thank him for stepping forward. Oh, Brandy Bradley. She won handily in House District 39. And let’s see. I think that’s pretty much it. Matt Burcham, pretty darn close over there in House District 43, but it looks like Bob Marshall will be victorious on that. Anthony Hartzik, House District 44, looks like he’ll be victorious there. And let’s see, Max Brooks, Republican, looks like he will win 45, so… There’s some real good news. Ty Winter went handily out in District 47. And let’s see. I think that’s pretty much it. Let’s get over here to Ron Weinberg. It looks like he’ll be successful in House District 51. Okay, let’s get over here to the issues then. And I had to go to CPR, Colorado Public Radio, for the results on that. I tried to get that from the Secretary of State, and it does not look like I couldn’t find them anywhere. So this is from Colorado Public Radio. Amendment G. It looks like it’s going to pass, which I’m not surprised because it has the word veterans in it, which is some, you know, I love veterans. However, this is actually this amendment is based in Marxism where you put people in different groups and then you tax them differently. But that does look like that’s that has passed handily. Amendment II, setting up a judicial discipline board. I’d recommend a no on that. Excuse me, Amendment H. But that is going to pass handily as well, it looks like. Amendment I, no bail for defendants in first-degree murder cases. That looks like that will pass as well. And that’s Amendment I. Amendment J, remove, basically redefine marriage, and that looks like that will pass almost 64% to 36% and change. Amendment K, earlier deadlines to set the ballot, and it looks like that will not pass, and that is, I think, good, because that gives everyday people longer time to get their issues onto the ballot. Amendment 79 to enshrine legal abortion into the state constitution. It looks like that’s going to pass with a little over 61 percent approval on that. That is a dark day in Colorado that we would do that. But we need to engage in this battle of ideas to make the case for life. Amendment 80, the constitutional right to school choice. It looks like that is not going to pass. And as many of you know, this was a hotly contested question. And I was recommending no on this, because if you looked at the actual language. of this question, it looks like it boxed the parents out parental rights. And so it looks like that did not pass Proposition 127, the ban on the sport hunting of big cats. That looks like that is not going to pass. Fifty five percent to forty four and Proposition 128 parole eligibility for people convicted of crimes. That looks like that will violent crimes. That looks like that will pass handily. Proposition 129 regarding this veterinary question, pretty close. It looks like that’s going to pass 52% to 47%. And let’s see the next one. Proposition 130, the estate funding for law enforcement. Looks like that will pass about 53% to 46%. This is unbelievable to me, my friends. Proposition 131. the jungle primaries, and ranked choice voting, it looks like even after $15 million, it looks like this was defeated. This is huge for our state. And I think we’ll be able to go back and look at those that were in favor of this, connect the dots on the money. So we’ve got a lot of work to do. But that is unbelievable to me. that this was defeated. This is quite remarkable. And so there’s that. So the next thing I wanted to get to was the Denver issues. And so let’s get over here to those election results. And… And let’s see here. I need to get down to here we go. Oops. So much information out there. So hang on here. We’re just about to it. And here we go. This Denver question to Q, which was the additional sales tax for Denver Health. It looks like that passed 57 percent to 42 percent. Rather remarkable, though, Denver ballot question 2R, which was the affordable housing one, which was Mayor Mike Johnston’s baby, and it looks like that will be defeated, 51% to 48%. So that is rather remarkable. Next question, and that is 2T. Okay. and this removing the requirement that people be a citizen to be a police officer or a firefighter it looks like that’s going to pass 51 percent down to about 48 percent and change and i’m just talking about the issues that i took a position on here and then the question denver ordinance 308 which was the fur ban it is defeated which is remarkable And that’s 57 percent to 42. And then the Superior Farm question, which was to close down Superior Farm. That is defeated as well. 64 percent to 35. So this is absolutely huge. Regarding the Denver Public Schools ballot question, that won handily. I tell you, encumbering ourselves with debt, 74% to 26%. And so that was all the questions there. Let’s see. I’ll get the other ones. It looks like the Douglas County school district question also passed. And then the detaboring, I need to get that on Arapahoe County. That looks like that passed, and I need to check that on Jefferson County as well. So, my friends, it’s pretty remarkable. I think that the hopeful thing that we can take away from Coloradans regarding these ballot questions is that I think that that many people are they want to be very thoughtful on many of these issues. And so we need to continue to engage in this battle of ideas. that is raging in our country. And we are at the forefront of all of these really bad ideas. You can see that with the Denver Ordinance 308 and Denver Ordinance 309, which were both defeated. And then again, I just, I honestly, I’m just shocked that I almost have to go look at it again. that Prop 131, the jungle primary and ranked choice voting was defeated after you look at the money that was put into this. This is absolutely huge that this would happen here in our country. And so we have so much work to do. We need to roll up our sleeves. We need to engage in this battle of ideas. Realize that we are at the line here for all of the crazy stuff that is going on in america and i think that it’s really important that we realize that we are here for another day one other thing i think this is i haven’t used the word tacky in a long time but harris i would say is really very tacky that she did not even go to her watch party to address her supporters And I think that that’s pretty indicative of what kind of a president she would have been because she doesn’t really care about the people. She cares about her and that terrible agenda that they’re trying to push forward. And I think that it really is disrespectful. And again, I haven’t used the word tacky in a long, long time, but I think that it was very tacky. This is from, let’s see, MSN. It says Vice President Harris would not speak at her election night, went into Wednesday morning, according to the Harris campaign. And she said she will address the nation later on Wednesday as votes continue to be counted. 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And welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter and you can email me at Kim at Kim Munson dot com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice and we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And the USMC Memorial Foundation is going to be holding an event on Saturday out at the Marine Memorial. It’s supposed to be a partly sunny day in honor of Veterans Day. Of course, Veterans Day is November 11th. But the event will be this Saturday. Get there by 1.30. It begins at 2. And the memorial is out at 6th and Colfax. And I so appreciate all the work that the foundation does to honor our veterans. And so join me. I’ll be out there on Saturday afternoon. You can get more information by going to usmcmemorialfoundation.org. That is usmcmemorialfoundation.org. Pleased to have on the line with me Bob Boswell. He is the CEO of Laramie Energy, and I thank Laramie Energy for their sponsorship of the show. Bob Boswell, welcome.
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Thanks, Ken. Good morning.
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Well, this is a big deal, particularly, I think, for the oil and gas industry, the Donald Trump victory, because if Kamala Harris had been elected, I think that they would have continued to make it more difficult for this great energy source that is reliable, efficient, affordable, and abundant. What’s your take on all of this, Bob Boswell?
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Well, I think this was a great victory for the American people, and it shows that democracy works. The American people have spoken. We’ve had four years of poor policies, things that have resulted in high inflation, increased crime, drugs coming into the country, illegal aliens coming into the country, terrorists, a number of things. And now we have a common-sense type of president who will instill a common-sense type of cabinet that will remedy some of the elbow-gotten policies that have worked against the interests of the American people. So I think it’s a great evidence of the power of democracy, and I think it’s a wonderful time for not only our industry but for other industries that have been over-regulated, that have where the global elitists, a lot of which associate World Economic Forum, have been trying to change the political system and structure in the world, but particularly in the United States. So I couldn’t be happier on the election results.
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Well, I really am the same way. And, you know, Bob, we talk about politics all the time. But I wouldn’t say that I’m a political junkie. I had friends that were just glued to the TV yesterday and into the night. i wasn’t i thought i i don’t it’s like i don’t think i could take the stress of just watching everything yesterday so i just i did the show and then i i had caught the sniffles so i just i just rested yesterday and just held my breath as i got up early today to see what those results were and i’m just so grateful I’m just so grateful to the good Lord for this result because this truly was, I think this truly was a question of whether or not the American idea that all men are created equal with these rights from God of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness would prevail, or if we would be moving to the dark side of socialism and communism. And that seems like really strong words, but I really think that that is the reality.
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Well, I don’t disagree with you at all, Kim. I think what you have is one element of society that wants central control, government control, power concentration, and they believe they can rule in the best interest of the people based upon their own view of the world and what works and what doesn’t work. Unfortunately, that takes away the incentive and motivation out of society. There is no such thing as a global godfather. The only thing that we have is our Christian beliefs in Christ and our Lord that has that global, overall, worldly power to make things better. And I think we’ve seen this election that God’s spoken. He’s supported Christians. He’s supported all religious faiths. As you’ve seen, the voting and how the shift in demographics have gone from the notion of centralized powers expressed by what the blue wall and elements of the Democratic Party. And we’ve seen that it’s the power of the people. Unfortunately, democracy works.
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Well, I just got chills as you said that, Bob, because I’ve said the good Lord had his hand on this country at the beginning. And 1775 was a very tumultuous time in our country at the beginning, the beginning of the Revolutionary War. And I agree with you. I think God has said he’s not abandoned us. And we need to, in our policies, not abandon him as well. And what that means to me, Bob, is, again, that we continue to move towards this all men are created equal. As Calvin Coolidge said, if all men are created equal, then that is final. And that we have these rights from God of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. So, Bob, here we are in Colorado and I look at the results. I really I find it hard to believe that Colorado is blue as as it is. But we’re going to continue to work on this Colorado 2024 election project. I did talk with a friend of mine last night and. And we’re going to talk about next steps on that. And so we’re going to continue to shed light on what is happening there. We do have those two court cases that have been filed, which is great. And I don’t know what our next steps are going to be right now, Bob Boswell, but we’re going to continue to fight for Colorado because Colorado. you’re in the natural gas business, Colorado is on top of these amazing reserves of affordable, reliable, efficient, and abundant energy. And we’ve seen in Colorado, through policy, through legislation, and then through bureaucratic administration, trying to tap down the access to this. So right here in Colorado, I think that we’re on the front line, and we need to work to fight for Colorado to move us to saner policies regarding that because those that control the energy sources control the people, and those that control water control the people, and those that control the food sources control the people. And so we’ve got a real battle right here in Colorado, but I’m excited about it, Bob Boswell.
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Well, I think we do. What’s happened in Colorado was, I think, you know, the Colorado blueprint, which four very wealthy individuals back, starting several years ago, probably 15 years ago, to change and turn Colorado blue. One of the leaders in that effort is our current governor. And they’ve been successful on that, and they’ve been successful by really looking at Colorado in the front range and where you have the greater population centers. and how they built really a political infrastructure around that. Hopefully, common sense prevails over time. Colorado has the second largest resource base of natural gas in the country, according to USGS, and it’s a resource that should be developed. methane is a short chain hydrocarbon it’s ch4 burns into co2 and and water co2 is nature’s fertilizer today we have some 400 parts per million the earth dies at 100 and It’s most green at 1,000. So part of the political strategy is you have to have a boogeyman or something evil you’re fighting, and energy is one of those. And it’s not to the benefit of Coloradoans. It’s to the benefit of kind of the concentration of their political power. They’re going to save Colorado by having us electrify everything. They fail to recognize the science behind this, behind the physical energy, Density and hydrocarbons versus intermittent power provided by wind or solar. There’s an element and a place for that, but it’s a complement, not a supplement, of the hydrocarbons and fossil fuels that provide us some 60% plus of our overall power generation. I think it’s up to 70% actually. Gas may be around 60%, but those are the types of policies that they’re trying to implement. I read an article yesterday where they were talking about the increase in methane, and it’s not attributable to oil and gas operations. It’s actually due to increase in population density, the increase in the number of acres around the world, used in agricultural production to feed some 8.5 billion people, an increase in wetlands, all of which has contributed to a mild increase in temperature, which it kind of plays upon itself and creates more wetlands and more kind of methane generation from natural sources. So we’re fighting a windmill like Don Quixote, and it’s a false enemy. We need to look at it as a resource and an asset as opposed to a liability.
SPEAKER 13 :
So Bob Boswell, a couple of things. If the earth, the climate has always changed. And I remember when I was on city council, I decided to go take a tour with one of the employees regarding, I think it was Parker Water. Actually, it was one of the guys that was on the board as they were preparing for the Reuter Hess Reservoir. And so we were driving along and looked over, and there was some fossils. And it was palm leaves. And so as they had been digging for Reuter Hess… They came up with fossils, which means at some point in time, this was a tropical area. And then there was also a time where it was very cold here. And so we need to educate our kids that the climate always changes. And that’s why this documentary that Walt Johnson financed and put together, A Climate Conversation, is so important because it speaks truth into this whole narrative. But I want people to understand that we’ve always been warmer and cooler. And so yesterday I recorded America’s Veterans Story show that we’ll broadcast this Sunday with Drew Dix, who is Medal of Honor recipient and one of the co-founders of the Center for American Values. Highly recommend you check out their website, AmericanValuesCenter.org. But we were talking about the other three Medal of Honor recipients from Pueblo. And two of them were in the Korean War. And one of the guys was a Marine at the Chosin Reservoir, which is one of the famous Marine battles. It was so cold, 40 degrees below. The guys didn’t have the proper equipment. And… Drew said he’s been both in really cold circumstances and then in warm circumstances. And people survive better when it’s warmer versus cooler. And we need to get that across to our kids that if the earth warms a little bit, it’s okay, right? Right.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, that’s true, and there’s actually more deaths attributable to cold than there is to heat. And I think the fact that the planet’s warming a little bit, it’s part of a natural cycle. More of it’s attributable to the long wave cycle of the tilt of the Earth as it rotates around the sun. It’s several thousand years in terms of that cycle. So they have a lot of factors that affect climate. Man is one. And I think one of the issues we have is the number of people on the earth. Fortunately, a lot of the developed countries, the rate of birth is less than two so that we’re not growing. And it’s the undeveloped countries where we still have this. This growth is putting more and more pressure on the planet. Fortunately, we have the intelligence to deal with these. We have the ability to feed people. One of the ways we feed them is through fertilizer. Some 70% of the fertilizer in the world is made from natural gas. So you do away with natural gas, you’re going to hurt the ability to grow crops. There are a number of factors there, but I think the important thing is that we nurture this planet in so many different ways, and we nurture those around us less fortunate than we are and build a stronger, better society globally. But we can’t do that when you have leaders such as those affiliated with the World Economic Forum that want to centralize world power. We’ve got to have power to the people, and that’s going to be an important element as we evolve as a society and as a planet.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, you just hit on something, and that is the creativity and innovation of the human mind. Because if we unleash that, we can solve these challenges that we have responsibly. And I think that’s so important. Bob, we’re going to continue the discussion. I’m talking with Bob Boswell. He’s the CEO of Laramie Energy. And these are such important discussions. And another great sponsor of the show is Lorne Levy for Everything Mortgages.
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SPEAKER 13 :
And welcome back to the Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter and you can email me at Kim at Kim Munson dot com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice and we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. and I have Bob Boswell on the line. He is the CEO of Laramie Energy. And, Bob, I was at Liberty Toastmasters on Saturday, and one of my friends who is just very thoughtful and very informed, he said something about Elon Musk and his rocket and that the power source for the rocket is methane, right? which I didn’t realize that, but he said, is this not brilliant that Musk is powering his rocket with methane because research has shown that the, I can’t remember exactly what he said the ingredients are, but on Mars, you put those two things together and you get methane, right? So conceivably, Elon Musk could send his rocket to Mars without having to have enough fuel to get back because he could create it there. I’d never heard that before, but I thought that was pretty fascinating.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, it is. You know, if you look at the atmosphere of Mars and we got readings of that, there’s a high concentration of methane. The theory, I suppose, is that you could recapture some of that methane and concentrate it with sufficient volume that you could fuel the spaceship back to Earth. So that’s an interesting theory. element I had not heard before on terms of space travel and those sorts of things. But we’re fortunate to have a genius like Elon Musk among us at this time that’s done so many innovative things using technology and has been able to harness not only his own intellect, but those around him to do some great things. One of the positives, I think, this election with President Trump is that he’s going to have two people in his cabinet in some form or fashion, one of them being Elon Musk to look at government efficiency. And who better to get into the details and look at where we can be more efficient as a government? And then Robert Kennedy, you know, a legacy Democrat whose leadership in this last election and recognition of what the country needs and his his. His willingness to support a Republican after a strong family history in the Democratic Party, I think just exemplifies common sense and the goodwill of man in terms of trying to deal with all the different elements of society that you have to deal with in a leadership position.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, and there was a Donald Trump ad that was released within the last few days, which was really beautiful. And I thought about it. He has Tulsi Gabbard in there. And he had RFK Jr., Elon Musk. Nicole Shanahan, Vivek Ramaswamy. It was and it was really beautiful and it was so hopeful. And gosh, I’m so grateful because the battles would be different if Harris had won. of what we have to do as we engage in this battle of ideas. And I’m so grateful that Trump has been elected. But again, Bob, as I look at Colorado, we’ve got a lot of work to do. However, I was really shocked. I don’t know if you watched that ranked choice voting. I watched it closely, and we were a strong no in my voter’s guide on that because it had a jungle primary, and then this ranked choice voting, which it was complicated, would create chaos. A computer would determine, calculations would determine the winner of the election ultimately. I saw all kinds of problems with it. But there was over $15 million that came in to try to convince Coloradans to vote for that. So I really felt it was a David and Goliath fight, which it was, but it went down. And so I’m encouraged on that, Bob Boswell. Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I am too, and I think it was another effort to try to concentrate power where you may just have Democrats as candidates going into a final election cycle. So common sense prevails. I hope that will start to show itself more and more in Colorado. Some of the – Goals that the governor set are not realistic in terms of energy provisions for the U.S. and for the state of Colorado. We have probably the cleanest molecule in natural gas in the state of Colorado. It’s something we need to. have as a resource and develop to the benefit of the state and the country and not try to impose elements of energy production that is not realistic, not particularly economic, and not reliable.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, Bob, one of our listeners, let me get to this, had said that during the Joe Rogan and Elon Musk’s interview, they discussed windmills. They both said that they were incredibly ugly and a blight on our beautiful landscape, which I do agree. It’s fabulous that the two of them, of all people, said that publicly. Hopefully that will open some eyes. But what I think really happened with all that printing of the money is, by the Biden administration and then taking that money and I think paying farmers and ranchers well to put these windmills up because many of our farmers and ranchers are really hurting as far as from an economic standpoint. And so here the government comes in and says, hey, we’ll pay you well to put up these solar panels or these windmills. And so, of course, many of them did. So I think that hopefully that money is going to dissipate, I think, because we’ve got to get back to realism here and not be spending all this money on windmills, if you will, speaking of Don Quixote.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. Well, I, you know, Kim, I, I think, uh, solar wind energy or supplements, there’s a role for them. Uh, the problem is the, they aren’t reliable. You have to have battery storage. The technology today has battery storage limited in days, uh, you know, not weeks. Uh, so you have a winter storm that comes through and it resides for, you know, uh, 10 days, uh, that power will not provide electricity to the homes. We saw that winter storm year big time in Texas, and the billions of dollars of damage associated with too much reliance at that point in time on these supplements as opposed to really looking at the overall electrical distribution system to make sure there’s sufficient power to generate electricity during these elements of nature that we have to deal with such as winter storms.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, and I appreciate that. Producer Steve used to say, now, Kim, because regarding electric vehicles or all of these things, when there’s force involved, which could be coercion or… different rules, regulations, those kinds of things. When coercion is involved, that’s not really freedom. But yet we’re not against all of this innovation. It’s just the coercion that I’m so frustrated with on all that, Bob Boswell. We’ve got a minute left. What’s your final thoughts you’d like to leave with our listeners, Bob Boswell?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I’d like to leave the thought that we’ve had a democratic election. We’ve had a new president. We’re going to have a new direction. And I think, you know, the people have spoken. And I’m very optimistic about the new direction. I think we’re going to be able to remedy some of the ill-gotten policies of the current administration. And so I’m very enthusiastic and excited about the path forward with our new elected officials, particularly at the federal level.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yes, it’s a blessed time in America. And Bob Oswell will fight for Colorado.
SPEAKER 08 :
You bet.
SPEAKER 13 :
And our quote for the end of the show, I went to Abigail Adams, one of our founders. She said, I begin to think that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle, too, I believe. So today, my friends, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you. God bless America. Stay tuned for hour number two.
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SPEAKER 13 :
Indeed. Let’s have a conversation. And welcome to our number two of the Kim Munson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You’re each treasured, you’re valued, you have purpose. Today, strive for excellence. Take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body. My friends, we were made for this moment in history. And thank you to the team that I get to work with. And that is Producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Happy Wednesday, Producer Joe.
SPEAKER 17 :
Happy Wednesday, Kim.
SPEAKER 13 :
Now, you stayed up a little late last night, right?
SPEAKER 17 :
Yes, ma’am. I was up to about 1.15.
SPEAKER 13 :
And you said that you watched President Trump’s acceptance speech, correct?
SPEAKER 17 :
Yes, ma’am. I thought it was just spectacular. He really hit on all the points that I’m worried about and gave me hope and did a really phenomenal job.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, this is such an exciting day for us here in America, and I realize we still have some significant risk, and that is, as I’m looking at NBC News and the House of Representatives, is still up for grabs. And so we need to pray. that Republicans are victorious there as well. Because if not, we’ve got some real risks with the Democrats in the House declaring that Donald Trump is an insurrectionist. And with the Supreme Court ruling that That could put all of this into flux, I guess I would say. So let’s now pray that the House of Representatives goes to Republicans as well. It looks like the Senate will, but there’s still, I guess, some razor-thin races there. And Gabe Evans in CD8 did a great job. That’s pretty close. So… I don’t know. Let’s just stay tuned. Let’s have to see what happens with that race. I just got my thinking cap on on that. So let’s get to this. First of all, our word of the day is a dauntless, excuse me, dauntless. It’s spelled D-A-U-N-T-L-E-S-S. It could be incapable of being intimidated or discouraged. It could be fearless, brave, intrepid. And certainly, you can use that in a sentence today. Again, that’s Dauntless, D-A-U-N-T-L-E-S-S. Shouldn’t be that difficult to use that today. Our quote of the day, I went to Abigail Adams, and she was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, who was the second president of the United States, mother of John Quincy Adams, who was the sixth president. And she was a founder, and she said, “‘Great necessities call out great virtues.'” And while we are all so pleased, or many of us are so pleased that Donald Trump was victorious, we have to realize that he is not our savior. Christ is our savior. But we have to look to each and every one of us now to reclaim our state and our country. We’ve been asleep at the wheel. And we have got to engage in this battle of ideas. And somebody asked me the other day, well, what should we do? And I said, each of us should choose at least one thing that we’re passionate about and become involved in that. We can’t be asleep at the wheel. We can’t take this liberty for granted. We have to engage. But I know people are busy with their families and their jobs and just trying to keep it together. But we each have a responsibility to take on one thing. It’s rather remarkable. I went through many of the results in the first hour regarding our election, but it is unbelievable to me, but yet it’s amazing. First of all, over in Denver. These two property rights questions were defeated. One was the fur ban, and that was defeated. That would have closed down many people’s businesses. It would have put – a lot of vendors would not come to the National Western, which would change the National Western Stock Show. It would have affected the Indian market. And so that was defeated. And then 309, which was the question to close – Superior Farm, which is a land processing plant in Denver, and that was defeated as well. And then also, I can’t believe this, but Prop 131, ranked choice voting, $15 million came into that, and that was also defeated, which is just… It was a David and Goliath fight. I can’t quite believe it, but that occurred as well. And so… Pretty remarkable. So we’ve got a lot of work to do in our state, but we’ve got some real glimmers of great hope as well. And I am blessed to work with amazing people as my sponsors. And one of those is Lorne Levy. He is a mortgage specialist. He can help you in 49 of the 50 states, just not New York, but all of the other states. And he can help with a new mortgage or a second mortgage, reverse mortgage, all of those things.
SPEAKER 11 :
lauren levy welcome to the show hey good morning kim so um what do you think after this election what what’s the market saying regarding interest rates what what do you what do you think you know obviously you know being happy with the results of the election is one thing so let’s put that out there but you know you and i talk for the purpose of mortgage rates so in that circle and simply in that arena only today is not a great day I say that because we’ve talked extensively through the years how mortgage rates are loosely tied to the 10-year U.S. Treasury. And today with the stock market looking to be up potentially, I don’t know, 1,300 some odd points, people are moving money into the markets, which usually pulls money out of bonds. So I think the 10-year Treasury is up almost 18 basis points today to the high 440. So we’re pushing up to… a 10 year treasury that we haven’t seen in months. So I think today, at least for today, until things settle down, um, rates will be higher in the mortgage market, quite a bit higher, maybe.
SPEAKER 13 :
Boy, it’s so interesting, uh, how all of this, these perceptions and how all this moves about. So, um, you know, and it’s not a bad thing.
SPEAKER 11 :
You know, I would say, you know, what we usually do in a situation like this is when you have a, a massive news event, you just let things settle out for a couple of days because things tend to react and then calm down, you know, in a market. And so I would tell people today, if you’re still looking to buy a house, keep moving forward, keep being pre-qualified. And if the rates jump a little bit today, just give it a few days. It tends to be what happened. Okay.
SPEAKER 13 :
And when does the Fed meet again, Lorne?
SPEAKER 11 :
I think they’re going to meet – I’m trying to think what’s the date today. So today is the 6th. So I believe it’s the middle of November is when they’ll meet. And we’ll see what happens. You know, the economy is seemingly holding up like you and I have talked about many times in the last several weeks. And now that there’s certainty going forward with this election being over, which was a lot of people were worried about, certainty is good for markets. So they’ll have more clarity there. And we’ll see what they do. But I think mortgage rates will settle back. This is a good thing. The market’s doing well. There’s kind of this euphoria for the economy now going forward. People think Trump will be good for the economy, which helps everybody. But in the interim, what pays the price a little bit could be mortgage rates if people move their money into the market and out of safety things like bonds, which happens.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah. And I do think people, a lot of people have just been waiting to see what would happen today and or yesterday. And so I think this certainty on this, although I think we’re going to actually have some very uncertain times here over the next couple of months. And it would really be helpful if the House of Representatives goes to the Republicans. It sounds like they’re still looking at some of these races to determine whether how that goes. But if it really is important, it would be just great if the House of Representatives went to Republicans.
SPEAKER 11 :
I had read even a week before the election that regardless, the House would take the longest just because there’s so many races. And so many of them are so close that they thought we might not know that for like a week after the election, no matter what way the election went, just for the mechanics of it all. So I agree with you. I think we’ll just have to wait a little while. Okay.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, that’s for sure. So, Lauren, for everything mortgages, and you can help with a new mortgage, second mortgage, reverse mortgage, and again, 49 of the 50 states, just not New York. What’s the best way for people to reach you?
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The best way, as always, is give us a call at 303-880-8881. Again, that’s 303-880-8881 for anything mortgages. Lorne, we’ll talk again next week.
SPEAKER 13 :
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SPEAKER 13 :
And welcome back to the Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter and you can email me at Kim at Kim Munson dot com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice and we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And it is Wednesday, the day after the election. Trent Luce is on the line, sixth generation farmer and rancher. Trent Luce, welcome.
SPEAKER 09 :
Hey, thanks, Kim. Great to be here.
SPEAKER 13 :
Great to have you as well. And I have to tell you, I’m very relieved that Kamala Harris did not win the presidency because I felt that we were definitely headed towards communism if that was the case, Trent.
SPEAKER 09 :
I’m more relieved that the folks of South Dakota did the right thing. And thank you to the voters of Denver. for seeing the error of the ways of banning fur sales and stopping local food production. That’s the biggest wins of the day.
SPEAKER 13 :
Isn’t that – can you believe that? And, Trent, you know, we were on that big time. And with my voter’s guide that I did, I want to thank everyone because very grassroots, very organic. People shared it all over the state. And as of today, Yesterday and this morning, when you do a Google search for Colorado 2024 ballot guides, ours was on page three behind a whole bunch of big guys with a bunch of money. And so I really want to say thank you. And people really appreciated our thoughtful analysis of all those issues. And, of course, we took positions on both that Ordinance 308, the fur ban, and 309, the ban of Superior Farms. So it is a… That’s a good thing.
SPEAKER 09 :
Local meat production, Kim, not just the superior farms, local meat production. It prevented anybody from coming in to doing anything to produce something that will feed people locally. And that was the big part of that. And I also shout out, I was perplexed but happy to see that the state of Colorado and the ballot measure, not just Denver, but the state of Colorado did not put a ban on killing predators when needed. with the mountain lions and the bobcats and everything else. So that was a major victory as well. As critical as we have been for the vote on the wolf, this kind of balances that out.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, and maybe we can do some other things regarding the wolf. In fact, I saw a headline just the other day that the wolf was tracked down to the southernmost part of Colorado. And I don’t know exactly where that was. I got so busy with all this other stuff. But they’re not honoring the fact that they were introduced west of the continental divide. They just don’t. They’re not getting it that they’re not supposed to go past that.
SPEAKER 09 :
Do we need to get the wolves back into a workshop and make sure they understand where their boundaries are?
SPEAKER 13 :
I think so. I think so. But, Trent, I don’t know if you’ve watched this, but this Prop 131, which was a jungle primary and ranked choice voting, over $15 million came in to get Coloradans to vote for that. And it was a David and Goliath fight. And David won. It’s unbelievable to me. But we took a strong no position on it. And with all that money, I just couldn’t see how that would not be victorious. But it wasn’t. So they could have just burned through that $15 million, although the consultants made a lot of money on that. And one of those consultants is a big Republican consultant, which… We’ll be talking more. We’ll follow the money on that. I think that’s going to be the next thing that I’ll probably want to uncover is just all the money that came in on that because it wasn’t because people believed in it. It was because there was a lot of money, a lot of green that was being moved around on that particular ballot question, Trent Luce.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, and that was what I was alluding to in South Dakota. Davey won a battle in South Dakota as well. As you know, we’ve talked so much about the CO2 pipelines and The governor championed and passed the elimination of local control on that. The folks of South Dakota stood up and said, no, we’re going to go with the referred law. And it ended up being a referred law. 21 was on the ballot. The opposition in South Dakota spent 5 million, which is probably when you consider South Dakota has 700,000 people. That’s probably about the same equivalent of Colorado and 15 million, which you were using as an example. And we on the side to defeat RL21 spent about $150,000. But the people went out, put on meetings, and it did not. I think it was 67 to 33. It was overwhelming. And it’s just those two examples, the one you shared and the one I shared, just bring it all back to the point where we still make a difference if we just roll up our sleeves and pull our bootstraps up and go.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, and you and I are both ready to do that. Colorado, I am very sad to say we enshrined abortion into our Constitution and really sad about that. But we’ve got to continue to engage in this standing for life. And Colorado, I think, is on the forefront of many of these very bad cultural things that are happening. And so, yes, we will roll up our sleeves and we will continue to fight. But it’s going to be a lot easier to fight under a Trump administration than a Harris administration. In fact, under a Harris administration, when they talk about fascism and putting people in jail, What I’ve seen with the Democrats is they are actually saying what they would do, because I don’t think a Trump second presidency will be that different from the first presidency, except I think that he realizes that he needs to start to clean house on day one. And I think the next two months are going to be very tumultuous, though. And right now, I think we don’t have the results for the House of Representatives. And it would be very helpful if the House of Representatives would go to the Republicans, Trent.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, I just don’t agree with you on Trump. And I’m going to focus my time and energy where I’ve always focused it. And that’s at the local level because we have hard times coming. And they’re coming quicker than anybody wants to recognize. The grid is not protected. It’s not hardened on our electric supply. And the supply chain is going to collapse. Those things are not going to be throated by Donald Trump as president.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, and so to your point, we need to roll up our sleeves on a local basis. And regarding the grid and transmission lines, what about these transmission line corridors? Does anything change with the results of this election?
SPEAKER 09 :
No, I see nothing changing in any of the land grabs that I fight on a daily basis. In fact, I believe that they will accelerate.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, we have to stand against that. We really need to be shedding light on that.
SPEAKER 09 :
And the prototype has been put in front of us. And this is what I think the big lesson of this election should be, is that too many people have been sitting back expecting somebody in an elected position or somebody else to take care of these things for us. And we walk through these examples of where people taking the responsibility upon ourselves and To go do the legwork makes the difference, and that’s what we have to keep in mind first and foremost all the time.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, and that’s why the work that we do as an independent voice here at the Kim Munson Show and what you do with your independent voice are so important. Let’s talk about Nebraska a bit. Nebraska is a unique state in as much as it can split its electoral college votes. And I looked at a map earlier today and it had four for Trump and one for Kamala Harris. Is that how it really panned out there in Nebraska?
SPEAKER 09 :
Absolutely. District two went to Kamala Harris. And, you know, that’s one election I haven’t looked this up because Don Bacon is the U.S. representative from that district. And he was behind the last I looked, but I don’t know what the end result was.
SPEAKER 13 :
Is he the Republican?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes, he’s a Republican incumbent. Tony Vargas is running against him.
SPEAKER 13 :
That’s a key race.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, it’s a key race. Here it is. And this, you know, dead time is so good on the radio. But that district, there’s no surprise in that. You know, in the last election, that particular district within Nebraska, which is primarily Douglas County, that’s Omaha, it went to Donald Trump. But the first time against Hillary Clinton, it did not. It went to Hillary. That district has always been on the fence, can go either way.
SPEAKER 13 :
So did you get the results for the House of Representatives yet or not?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, Don Bacon pulled it out. He won 51.4 to 48 percent. So that – So the incumbent Republican who does not vote in a way that pleases the rest of the state many times, I might add, I personally know Don. I think he’s a great guy. But he votes to make sure that he continues to appease the people in that particular district that don’t think like I do.
SPEAKER 13 :
Okay, so you’ve got your challenges there for sure, Trent Luce. And here in Colorado, we had some really excellent candidates.
SPEAKER 09 :
Our challenge, I want to just add, our challenge is a U.S. Senator, Deb Fischer, who was reelected, but the independent candidate. Dan Osborne made her sweat and she needed to be beat. In fact, I didn’t do much, but I did some things to try to help Dan Osborne, the independent surge past her, because this woman started with basically nothing in terms of wealth. And now after 12 years in the U S Senate, she has a net worth of nearly $5 million. She’s been on the armed services committee and her coziness and the money flow between her and Lockheed Martin is absolutely criminal. And we just continue to put people back there who, in this case, the one who spent the most money, had the best name recognition, and outright lied day after day about the person who was running against her. And that’s the sad mark on the Nebraska election at this moment in time.
SPEAKER 13 :
Is she Republican or Democrat?
SPEAKER 09 :
I don’t know. She’s got an R behind her name. But the things that she has personally told me would make me to believe that it’s just a front, because she went to the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos in May of 2022. I looked her in the eye and said, Deb, I need an interview with you about why you would go to this. She refused to interview with me on why she’d go to Davos. She contacted me on a situation in 2017 that I was involved with in Oregon and made statements to me that she is not for the Second Amendment. and then two weeks later she comes out with this big proposal, this was back in 2017, that she’s going to do whatever she can to promote the Second Amendment. She cannot be trusted, and we put her back there.
SPEAKER 13 :
Wow. Wow. OK, well, we have a lot of work to do. I’m talking with Trent Luce. He’s a sixth generation farmer and rancher and talking about some of these results of the election from yesterday. And in Colorado, there were some some really hopeful things that Coloradans did and what they voted on. And these are such important discussions. And again, celebrating the fact that Denver Ordinance 309 passed. was defeated, which, as Trent has said, it wasn’t just the lamb processing plant in Denver, but it would have been all meat processing. And meat is a great protein source for our diets. And for a great steakhouse experience at home, check out Lavaca Meat Company.
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SPEAKER 13 :
Welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. And you can email me at Kim at KimMunson.com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice. 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. Thank you to Laramie Energy for their gold sponsorship of the show. It is reliable, efficient, affordable, and abundant energy that powers our lives and fuels our hopes and dreams. And as Eric had texted me with the Trump administration, let’s drill, baby, drill, and start to work on getting our energy costs back in line so everyday people can thrive and prosper. And yesterday I recorded an interview with Drew Dix, who is co-founder of the Center for American Values. The other co-founder is Brad Padula. And the center is located in Pueblo, Colorado. And they do several things. They honor our Medal of Honor recipients. And then they’ve also put together these amazing educational programs together. for our children online and then also for curriculum in schools to learn about the American idea and this honor, integrity, and patriotism. So that interview with Drew will broadcast this Sunday, 3 to 4 p.m., and you won’t want to miss that. That is our America’s Veterans Story Show, and I wanted to interview him in honor of Veterans Day. And again, that will be 3 to 4 p.m. this Sunday on all KLZ 560 platforms. Trent Luce, as we’re looking at these local issues, Colorado is really at the tip of the spear. And there’s three big successes. One was the ban on hunting mountain lions was defeated. The 308, Ordinance 308 in Denver, the ban on fur sales was defeated. And 309, the ban on meat processing plants, was defeated. These are all really huge. So there is hope for Colorado, even though in some ways I think we vote like we’ve lost our minds.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, the one that jumped out at me, obviously, was the man and woman, the ban on that being a state statute. But I got another question. All of a sudden, I mean, for the last four years, I’ve been bombarded every day with election integrity issues. And I’m yet recognizing it’s the first day after the election, but there’s not one single person has uttered anything about election integrity. And yet nothing was fixed from the last elections to this election. Where is your vision on where this is going to go?
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, that’s such an interesting question because, as you know, we created the Colorado 2024 Election Project, and we raised money to fund a lawsuit with United Sovereign Americans. It’s sitting there in court or not in court. It hasn’t been heard yet. Then we raised the money to work with Peter Bernager out of Wisconsin Center for Election Justice regarding that our voter rolls are not clean here in Colorado. And that’s sitting there as well. So I actually had a conversation last night with another person very involved in election integrity, and we’re going to go to work on it, Trent Luce, because Colorado, I think, is at the tip of the spear on all this crazy stuff. And there are multiple places where we have vulnerabilities here in Colorado. and those vulnerabilities they’ve worked to export those to other states as well and so we’re going to roll up our sleeves in fact gammy called in and said hugs to everybody and we need to roll our sleeves up and we’re going to do that and so excellent question colorado has major problems first of all these mail-in ballots that are flying all over the state at great expense That’s got to be cleaned up. And then I went down on Monday afternoon, Trent. I’m not sure you and I really talked about this, but the Colorado Secretary of State on their website had the BIOS passwords.
SPEAKER 09 :
We talked about this last week, and I had other people send it to me. And yet here we have success stories in the state. So that prompts my question.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, the judge ruled that we did not have to do hand counting. And I’m thankful to the Libertarian Party for bringing this case to court. I was down at the courthouse and watched all the proceedings on Monday afternoon. And my takeaway on this was, and interestingly enough, I had Sean Smith on. on the show on Monday morning, I did not realize that he was the guy that had found the bios passwords and he was a key witness. And he explained the vulnerabilities. He clearly knows what he’s talking about. But the Secretary of State, from what I really got as the takeaway, they said that there’s no vulnerabilities or at least Nothing was proven that nefarious people had done anything nefarious with those passwords. Hence, there would be no need for a hand count in those 34 counties. But I think that Coloradans have to look at this and say, wait a minute. We cannot really audit our elections from the paper ballots to what the computer says. And we don’t know what is being uploaded from the counties to the state. There’s no… there’s no record of what that is. Can you see how we have so many vulnerabilities here in Colorado, and we need to go to work to correct that? And so the Colorado 2024 election project will be morphing into something else. Is that your question?
SPEAKER 09 :
No, it’s not my question. Okay. I mean, I got a phone call yesterday from a lady in Indiana saying, who her and a friend had just gone to vote. And when she gave them her address, a completely different name popped up on the database, which there’s a long story behind it. And the moral of the story was the database was tapping into some foreign database for the voting instead of what was happening in, which was Morgan County at that time. Ironic, it’s Morgan County. I have such ties to Morgan County, Colorado. But What I sense is going to take place is the people that were throwing the biggest fit about election integrity are going to just kind of like, you know, oh, I think we got that fixed. Nothing has been fixed. Nothing has changed. And yet there will be a relaxed mode about all election integrity. And I’m going to add one other thing. And this is when I became very skeptical of what is happening and believe that everything is selected and scripted out for us. I was at an election integrity meeting hosted by Mike Lindell in August a year and a half ago. And I witnessed – I believe his name is Clinton Curtis – talk about how he is the one who manipulated the algorithms to make sure that the Democrat would win. He said, I can manipulate them in any way, shape, or form, but in 2000, that’s what I did. I built these algorithms. And so I asked somebody who is very well-known in the election integrity movement – If the algorithms were already controlled pre-2016, how did Donald Trump beat Hillary in 2016? You know what the answer was, Kim?
SPEAKER 10 :
What?
SPEAKER 09 :
We knew that Donald was in trouble, and we needed help from the White Hats. So the Mossad came in and helped us shift the election to get the right outcome. That is not election integrity. That is trying to manipulate an election – to the way you want it to be. We still have a total vote. We still have B-Pro. We still have no ink. We still have all of these systems in place that I now see people are going to just take a step back and say, oh, well, okay, we put pressure on, we got it fixed. Nothing has been fixed.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, we’re going to go to work on that. And I, you know, I, um, We’re going to be really working on it, and I don’t see that quite like you do, Trent Luce. So I think we’re going to let that sit out there, and I don’t really want to continue that particular discussion right now. I really believe that the American people, that this is a very important win for the American people. And we do need to roll up our shirt sleeves and we need to go to work. This election integrity thing is very important. And our election project, we will continue to work on that. And so I think we’ll just let that sit out there. Let’s talk about… Let’s talk about what’s happening in Nebraska then regarding, let’s just move over to food production, because I think that you’re right. I think that there could be some very difficult times coming forward, but I think that they’d be much more difficult if Kamala Harris was in office. And so we need to unleash the creativity and innovation of the American people. So how are you going to do that? What are you going to do on election integrity, Trent Luce?
SPEAKER 09 :
I thought we were moving away from that.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, I think I’m going to come back because you put down the line in the sand that we’re not going to do anything about it. So what are you going to do about it?
SPEAKER 09 :
I’m going to continue to do what I think is most important. And even though I sound like a broken record, we’ve got to make sure that what’s happening at the local level is fixed. And what I’m talking about You know, when you talk about food production, there’s really nothing impacting food production more today than the absorbent cost of property tax and what the land values have done to increase so that we cannot even afford to own property anymore. One of the other interesting ballot measures that I kept track of and was involved with because of my presence in North Dakota media is is Measure 4, and the folks in North Dakota did not vote to eliminate property tax, and I find that to be a very interesting scenario as it’s unfolding. But, Kim, I’m going to rank property tax at one of the top three priorities for maintaining a domestic supply of food, and that property tax issue is completely driven by by what is happening at the local level and the school boards and how schools are just continuing to overspend what the tax base can’t afford. And we’re not doing it to benefit the education of the kids. We’re doing it to build luxury things for football stadiums and different components. We have a problem in education. We have a problem with property tax that funds education. And to me, this is where 100% of the time and effort that I’m going to spend needs to be going forward because in order for us to remain a domestic supply entity of food and fuel, we’ve got to have our local house in order.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, I do agree on that. And unfortunately, as I was looking at many of the results regarding these school tax questions, they have one handily. And I think it’s because people, we want to have an education for our kids, but they don’t realize that the reality is is that in many, well, our school districts here in Colorado, one of the best ones is Douglas County, and they’re just about at 60% proficiency for third graders, maybe just a little bit more than that, proficiency of third graders being able to read and write and do arithmetic. Well, that’s a failing grade. We’re failing 40% of the kids, and yet I think that that’s a school… funding question passed it passed the school funding question passed handily in Denver but yet the kids are not learning to read and write and do arithmetic and so I agree we need to engage in this local in our local governments and I intend to become more involved with my local government and we have these important discussions because we have great sponsors and one of those great sponsors is John Boson with Boson Law
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And welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter and you can email me at Kim at Kim Munson dot com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice and we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And granted, it’s snowing today, but it’s supposed to be a partly sunny day on Saturday, which will be great for the event out at the USMC Memorial. And we have on the line with us Paula Saral. She is the president of the USMC Memorial Foundation. Paula, welcome.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, thanks for having me, Kim. And hopefully Saturday will be a lot nicer.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah. Well, we had such a mild October, and, of course, we need the moisture, so grateful for that. But a snowy day here today. But Veterans Day is on the 11th, but the USMC Memorial Foundation is hosting an event at the memorial on Saturday. I recommend people arrive at 1.30, and it will begin at 2.00.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. And we do swear in some new troops at 145. So that’s always a good start for everything to get going. And we’re very excited to celebrate Jim Blaine’s 100th birthday. And Al Jennings is turning 99 or has turned 99 this year. So we’ll be celebrating both their birthdays. And then we have three other guys that can’t make it there. They just to turn 99 this year and they’re not able to get out anymore. So we’re going to be honoring them as well.
SPEAKER 13 :
And they’re World War II Iwo Jima veterans and really just very special, special guys. And so how can people get more information? Oh, one thing, Pepe Ramirez will be the keynote speaker and And we rebroadcast an interview that we did with him, and we rebroadcast that last Sunday on America’s Veterans Stories. And then we are scheduled, we’re going to do part two of his interview, and we’ll be broadcasting that later in November. So I think that we’re going to be recording that on Friday morning. But really, just a really amazing individual.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. He’s got a great story, and he does so much to help combat veterans especially. But he’s been a great friend to the Foundation, and we just love him, and to me personally. Well, go ahead. So we’re real excited to have him. And then we also have all these companies that helped us with the graffiti issue and to put new cameras in out at the memorial and – We’re going to be thanking them, so it’s a chance for people to meet them and say thank you for helping with the memorial, because they all stepped up and did some great things.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, it’s going to be a great day. I look forward to seeing you. I plan to be out there. How can people get more information, Paula Sarles?
SPEAKER 03 :
They go to our website, usmcmemorialfoundation.org, and… An extra little bonus, we have matching funds for anyone that buys a brick this month in honor of Veterans Day. So I encourage people that if you haven’t got a brick yet, now’s the time to do it. And that’ll be through the end of November.
SPEAKER 13 :
And I was with one of my friends on Monday. We had gone down to watch this court case. And she said that she and her husband had bought two bricks to honor their grandfather’s military service.
SPEAKER 02 :
Oh, yes.
SPEAKER 13 :
I talked to her. Yeah, that’s pretty exciting. So, Paula Sarles, again, that website is usmcmemorialfoundation.org, usmcmemorialfoundation.org. And I will see you on Saturday.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay. Looking forward to it. Semper Fi, everybody. Okay.
SPEAKER 13 :
And Trent Luce, there’s a lot coming in on the text line on all of the things that we’ve been talking about. But we need to roll up our sleeves and we need to reclaim our country. And we do need to work on this election integrity at all levels. And I’m committed to do that here in Colorado. And we do have our two court cases out there, but we’re going to see what else we can do about that, Trent Luce.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, I want to follow up on Paula and what Kelly and I did this past weekend. We went to Saline County, Missouri, and this was the 20th year of what we call the Houston Emo Memorial FFA Scholarship Cattle Drive, which has now become a trail ride, but it’s still a cattle drive to me because in the first year, 20 years ago, we trailed cows 18 miles home. And the purpose for this was that Houston Mull was a 15-year-old young man who wanted to be a farmer, like his dad, like his grandfather. And he was tragically taken from us July 1, 2004 in a vehicle accident. And so the family started a project called the Houston E. Mull Memorial FFA Scholarship. And, Kim, for 20 years, this program has been about this event. The first Saturday of November has been about bringing the community together. And the community has just morphed into its own thing because there’s people that are lifelong friends now as a result of this tragic incident. But two things I wanted to get to is that they’ve been able to award, in 20 years, $300,000 in scholarships to young people in the name of Houston EMO. And this year, the conversation that I had that is just going to stick with me forever, and he was featured, Trent, on the loose in the last segment that aired yesterday and again this morning. Clint Davis, who is 19 years Texas Army Ranger Special Forces, and he just returned home September 22nd from a nine-month deployment to Baghdad. And while we don’t often think about what is going on in the United States and around the world, with the morale that we currently have in the United States military, we have to really reach out and say thank you to all of those families who are still making that sacrifice. And Clint Davis was such an inspiration. And point blank, we were talking about as he saddled up on a four-year-old stud and that stud was looking to pitch him and he just rode it like nothing flat. And the effort that these men and women make to continue the culture of what we created in Colorado and all around this nation of being a resource-rich, producing nation is only allowed to continue with the thanks and the effort and the sacrifice of these men and women in the military. And so it was a very rewarding weekend for us. And I think Paula’s comments just kind of put me in that frame of mind that we can never take for granted what these families have done for us.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, and that is for sure, and that’s why we do what we do is because I think that, Trent, when I – I’ve always really appreciated our military and our veterans. But in 2016, when I went to Normandy with this group that accompanied 40-day veterans – I didn’t really, up until that time, I never really had thought about what combat really was. And, in fact, it was still a journey for me to understand that. As I’ve gotten to know many of the Marines, that’s how I got to know Paula at Cooper’s Troopers, a group of Marines that began with combat veterans getting together once a month for lunch to just have fellowship. And what, first of all, I’ve learned is nobody can understand combat unless you’ve gone through that. And it’s important that our veterans be honored for that. And then you also mentioned their families. Just think about the unknowns of the families back home and those keeping the home fires burning. We owe such a debt of gratitude to those that have been willing to strap on their boots and stand for liberty around the world. And so I thank you for your comments on that. And, yes, we do need to keep these stories alive, and we do need to honor them. That’s why I’m excited to be out at the Marine Memorial this coming Saturday. Are you doing anything for Veterans Day?
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, actually, about the time we get done here, Kim, I’m going to jump in my pickup and head to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which is in the badlands of North Dakota, because it’s a great story that speaks to the ill of our nation. There was a gentleman who was accompanying his brother home from Vietnam, and at every stop when they were stopping at military bases, unloading, killed in action soldiers from Vietnam. People were urinating on the caskets and doing things that you can’t even imagine. And so this guy, when he got back to North Dakota, he created the Injured Military Wildlife Project. And so what this project does is each year brings veterans to Theodore Roosevelt Park to assist the park in their culling of the bison. And each veteran gets a tag to go out and harvest a bison. And so I am going to record that and going to bring that to everyone’s knowledge on Veterans Day 2024.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, and to all of our Vietnam veterans out there, it’s taken all these years to finally say welcome home and to say thank you. But we really must do that at this particular point in time. The text line is super busy with so many people that are excited about this change of events in our country. And I agree with them as well. And I’m committed to work here in Colorado. to reclaim this beautiful state, but we had some really positive things that happened. And I appreciate this from Richard, the limo guy. He said, KNUS is saying that the mountain lion hunting ban and ranked choice voting are failing this morning. Congratulations to you. You worked hard to get our glorious president elected, and Kim Munson is a freedom warrior, and I so thank Richard, the limo driver. Trent Luce, I know you and I don’t always see things exactly the same, but the conversations are robust, and we have great regard for each other, and I consider you a friend, and I appreciate all that you do.
SPEAKER 09 :
And that is the one component that I want to fix, because it seems as though If somebody has one issue they can’t agree on, they can’t communicate anymore. We need to be above that. We learn from one another. And proper and respectful disagreement is the foundation of our country. Let’s get back to that.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, I agree, Trent Luce, and thank you for all the great work that you do. And we will talk again next week.
SPEAKER 09 :
Can’t wait.
SPEAKER 13 :
Sounds good. Our quote for the end of the show is Abigail Adams. She said, I begin to think that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle, too, I believe. That’s one of our founders. And so today, my friends, be grateful. Read great books. Think good thoughts. Listen to beautiful music. Communicate and listen well. Live honestly and authentically. Strive for high ideals and like Superman, stand for truth, justice and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you and God bless America.
SPEAKER 05 :
Twisting, turning further from my home. Young like a new moon rising. Fierce through the rain and lightning. Wandering out into this great unknown. I don’t want no one to cry. But tell them if I don’t survive, I was born.
SPEAKER 12 :
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