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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 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 thank you to the team that’s producer joe luke rachel zach echo charlie mike theresa amanda all the people here at crawford broadcasting happy thursday producer joe Happy Thursday, Kim. And so pleased to have in studio with me Dennis Haynes. He is the president of Liberty Toastmasters North. It’s great to have you here.
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Happy to be here, Kim. Thanks for having me.
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And you said that you are moving on and you will not be president after this month, right?
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Yep. June, the end of June will be the end of my term and Kathy Russell will be taking over in July. Awesome. Awesome. She’ll do great.
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So one of the perks of being president of either Liberty Toastmasters North or Liberty Toastmasters Denver is that we trade off every other month. You get to come in and host the show. And so it’s been really fun having you come in and do that.
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Yeah, it’s been a great experience. I may not have as much to say as most, but it’s been good practice, and it’s nice to talk to you.
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Absolutely. So we’ll be talking with our fellow Liberty Toastmasters here in just a little bit. Let’s see here. Check out our website. That is kimmunson.com. SON.com. While you’re at the website, make sure that you’re signed up for our weekly email newsletter. That way you will get first look at our upcoming guests as well as our most recent essays. And let’s see. You can hear the show 6 to 8 a.m. Monday through Friday. And the first hour is rebroadcast 1 to 2 in the afternoon. Second hour, 10 to 11 at night. And that’s on all these platforms, which is KLZ 560 AM, KLZ 100.7 FM, the KLZ website, the KLZ app. And you can say, hey, Alexa, play KLZ. And that comes in loud and clear. As you know, we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And it’s never compassionate to take other people’s stuff. It’s not altruistic either. to take their rights, their property, their freedom, their livelihoods, their opportunities, childhoods here in Colorado, or lives via force. Force can be a weapon, but it can be a policy, an unpredictable and excessive taxation, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation. This agenda by the World Economic Forum played out with the globalist elites, United Nations, this legislature this governor and then all of these different land use codes and zoning regulations all these things are taking away our our individual rights so we’re going to be talking with our fellow Liberty Toastmasters about that here in just a moment So, Dennis, not to just totally throw this at you, but I will. And that is our word of the day is lexicon. And it could be a dictionary. It could be a stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style of vocabulary. And the morphemes that I got to look that one up, that’ll be a new word of the day of a language considered as a group. And so let’s see, the lexicon of, I have to think about how to use that in a word. Yeah, that’s going to be a tough one. Yeah, and it’s spelled L-E-X-I-C-O-N. And thank you, Richard, for sending that in. Our quote of the day, I’ve got two quotes. And this is from Charles Dickens. And, you know, he wrote The Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities. And the first thing, I pulled two. And, again, I get these quotes from A to Z quotes. They attribute it to Charles Dickens. I’m wondering if he said this because he lived a long time ago, 1812 to 1870. And he was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer, and social critic. He created some of literature’s best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. Two of his most famous novels are A Tale of Two Cities and A Christmas Carol. And so the first thing he said, electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true. I like that.
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That’s awesome. Yeah. I was just talking about that at work, how my favorite form of communication is face-to-face because you can see body language. You can tell how they feel a little just by how they move and the way they express themselves, but you can’t see that through email or phone call. Or even on Zoom. Yep, you miss all of that. And interviewing people, too, at work, I always want to do it face-to-face before we make… a hiring decision so you can really… I feel like you can’t get to know that person, even over Zoom, even if they’re on camera. It’s not the same, and you don’t get to know that person like you would if you were face-to-face sitting next to them.
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So, Dennis, do you think with all of this movement towards AI, and don’t you think that humans, though, they really will crave this face-to-face interaction?
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Absolutely, yeah. I think it’s going to revert more back to that, I think, over time. I mean, people… People see the negative effects of not having that face-to-face. I mean, you see what COVID did. It seems like there’s a lot more social challenges. Yes, absolutely. With school-age children, with adults. People that shut themselves up during that time have struggled since. Yeah. And I think a lot of them are waking up to it.
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I think so, too. So the next thing, and this is a little long, but it’s been a long time since I have read this. This is the first paragraph of A Tale of Two Cities. And I don’t think I’ve ever read the whole. I have so much reading that I need to do. But it was this. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom. It was the age of foolishness. It was the epic of belief. It was the epic of incredulity. It was the season of light. It was the season of darkness. It was the spring of hope. It was the winter of despair. We had everything before us, and we had nothing before us. We were all going direct to heaven. We were all going direct the other way. In short, the period was so far like the present period that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received for good or for evil in the superlative degree of comparison only. Wow.
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Yeah, that’s too fancy for me.
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It’s pretty fancy for me, too. I thought that was pretty amazing, though. Yeah, very good vocabulary. And Charles Dickens, 1812 to 1870. Pretty amazing. And very pleased to have amazing sponsors on the show, and I’m pleased to have on the line Karen Gorday. And she is the owner of Radiant Painting and Lighting. And great to have her on the line. Karen Gorday, welcome. Thank you, Kim. Great to be here. Well, great to have you. You were in studio last week, and that was our initial introduction. And you’re probably pretty busy, although this rain is probably affecting outdoor painting anyway, right? Yes.
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Absolutely. It’s been a crazy week with the holiday Monday and then the rain every day. We’re having to cut it short and it’s taking a little bit longer to complete some painting projects.
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And you at Radiant Painting and Lighting, you do both exterior and interior, correct? Correct. That is correct, yes ma’am. Okay, so is interior primarily during the winter or can you do that all the time? What’s the details on that?
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We can do interior all the time. And we also do that primarily in the winter as well. But summer is also prime time to sell your house. And so people do need interior painting, whether they’re selling or they’re moving in. And so we can do interiors year round.
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Okay. So let’s say somebody has an older home and they’re looking at their budget. They need to get new windows. They want to paint. What would you recommend? How should they go about that?
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I typically suggest that they replace the windows first. The reason for that, especially with older homes, things don’t fit correctly. And sometimes the window installers have to cut through trim or siding. And you want that done before you paint. And then the other thing is I coordinate with the customer, because not all window installers use caulk that is paintable and those are the things they don’t they don’t think about they use silicone and paint does not stick to silicone and so typically I will drop off a box of paintable caulk for the window installers to use so that when we paint it looks flawless when we’re done.
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Okay one other question what about if somebody has like cedar siding or something like that and they need to to replace some boards what do you do about that?
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We can actually we offer full service so we can actually replace those boards. In fact, we had to do that on a house last week. They had cedar siding and we went and got the boards, replaced those. And then in this case, we were staining the house, not painting. And you couldn’t even tell we were done where the new boards were.
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Okay, that’s great to know. Now, I know that we’re coming in on June, which means Christmas is right around the corner. And so you can help people with their lighting projects for the holidays, correct?
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That is correct.
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And what’s the, you probably shouldn’t wait until like the first of December, right? So there needs to be some planning on this.
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So I will actually be running ads for that in July. We like to start hanging the lights Typically in October. We put timers on all of our projects, so whenever they’re ready for the lights, all they have to do is plug them in and they’re pre-programmed. But we like installing October, even early November, because once Thanksgiving hits, it gets super busy and we want to make sure people are set for the holidays.
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Okay. And so Karen Gorday, with Radiant Painting and Lighting, what’s the best way for people to reach you?
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Our number is 720-940-3887. And our website is www.paintwithradiant.com.
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And I recommend people go over and take a look at your website. It’s just beautiful. Well, thank you, Kim. Appreciate that. So, Karen Gorday, we will talk with you next week. Okay, sounds great. Have a great day. Absolutely. And very excited to have Radiant Painting and Lighting as new sponsors. And, of course, a longtime sponsor is the Roger Mangan State Farm Insurance Team, 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 at 303-795-8855. Like a good neighbor, Roger Mangan’s team is there.
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And welcome back to the Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is KimMunson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at KimMunson.com as well. Text line is 720-605-0647. In studio with me is Dennis Haynes. He is the president of Liberty Toastmasters North. And you’ve got a really vibrant, I belong to Denver, but you’ve got a really vibrant group.
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Yes. Yeah, we have 22 active members right now and I think they’re a fun crew of people. I love seeing them every other week. We meet on the second and fourth weeks of each month. On Saturdays. Saturdays up in Longmont, right? Yep, in Longmont from 10 to 12.
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And Liberty Toastmasters Denver is the first and third Saturdays of each month down at the Independence Institute. And did want to say thank you to the Harris family for their gold sponsorship of the show. And also Hooters Restaurants. Hooters Restaurants has five locations, Loveland, Aurora, Lone Tree, Westminster, and Colorado Springs. And a great place to get together to watch all the sporting events. They have wonderful specials Monday through Friday for lunch and for happy hour. And Dennis, I am being somewhat challenged with technology this morning. So I don’t have the, I can’t pull up the way, the complete articles on these different headlines, so we’ll just comment on some of the headlines here. This first one is, it says, bar owners have met with city leaders to discuss safety in downtown Denver. And Denver, I think, used to be known that it had a fun nightlife downtown. It used to be fun to go down to the games, and there was great nightlife there. And during the Summer of Love 2020, where basically businesses were destroyed in many of the cities across the country, People said, we’re not going to these very dangerous places. And the fact that within the last year or so, there was a flight attendant who on her layover down here in Denver on the 16th Street Mall, late afternoon, early evening, was stabbed to death. People are like, we don’t want to go down there. And it’s the direct effect of bad policy by Mayor Mike Johnston, Mayor Michael Hancock before, and the city council and the decisions that have been made. And now they’re realizing that the golden goose that provided sales tax revenue, all those things, is dying. And so they’re like, well, we’d like to have some safety here. So it’s great that they’re meeting, but it’s direct. Direct responsibility of Johnston and Hancock and all of these people. You don’t have to weigh in on that if you don’t want to.
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No, I think all your comments are spot on. You wouldn’t catch me anywhere near there. Every now and then I’ll go to the zoo with my kids on a weekday. During the day I’ll take some time off work, but… I mean, yeah, the nightlife thing is long gone for me because of the issues you’ve talked about. I mean, you see it just driving through there. You see it everywhere. There’s drugs, homeless people.
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It’s a mess.
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Alcoholics everywhere.
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It’s trouble. Denver’s become dangerous, and they’re destroying this beautiful city that we love. And so I hope that they get this turned around, because these bar owners and these restaurant owners down there, they have invested a significant amount of money. This is their life savings. And so I hope they get that figured out. Next thing it says, the U.S. Department of Education is cracking down on student aid fraud, cites nearly $90 million in erroneous payments. How can they be that incompetent? When we look at Social Security, that there’s people that are on the Social Security list, I know Alan talked about this on Tuesday, that are over the age of 200. It’s beyond belief to me that this could be occurring.
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Yeah, very bizarre.
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Very bizarre.
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It’s good they’re looking into it, and hopefully they can get a little better grasp on it with the whole Doge thing.
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And with that, I guess Elon Musk had 130 days that he could do this. It must be something special that within the purveyance of the president, he could have some special something or other for 130 days. So I guess that’s over with Elon Musk. I think he’s done a heck of a job.
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Yeah. You know, honestly, I haven’t went on his website and done a whole lot of research myself, but the fact that our government hasn’t been looking into these things regularly and they’re not auditing it and they don’t have a team of people like that already employed prior to this new administration, it’s insane to me that they weren’t looking into this. And it’s just crazy to know that there’s so much corruption and fraud, waste, and abuse in our government.
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And there are people that have protested that they want to make sure that we continue with waste, fraud, and abuse. You’re in business. You know that you couldn’t stay in business if you ran a business like this.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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And you also have children. That’s one of the reasons. So, for example… Mike Johnston, mayor of Denver, he’s suing the Trump administration saying, we want more federal money. And Trump has said, you guys want to be a sanctuary city? Then, you know what, you’re not going to get this federal funding. I would go back and say that it really wasn’t the proper role of government to begin with. to be doling out this federal money because the federal government doesn’t have money. As one of our listeners, Jenny, said, it’s opium, and that is other people’s money. And that is from our neighbors or borrowing from our children. And it’s unconscionable. and so we’ve got to stop this and get this this back into the proper role of government so if california makes bad choices they have to be responsible for those bad choices if denver makes bad choices they have to be responsible for those bad choices that’s how it is in life dennis yes i agree 100 i don’t i don’t think i personally know a single person or i haven’t
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I haven’t witnessed them saying it, that wants to pay more taxes than we already pay. Our government has too much money. I mean, they’re taking too much of our paychecks already. So if anything, they need to be looking at ways of cutting down on that and how much we’re funding them. And all the things are, all the… Social things that they’re funding.
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And that’s not the proper rule of government. No, absolutely not. And Americans are very generous people. And so if we lower taxes across the board, then people will have more in their pocket to be able to help their neighbors.
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Yep.
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And they will also make that decision that, hey, neighbor, if you’re going to sit home all day and play video games and drink beer, I’m not going to give you money to do that. But if you need a bit of a hand up, maybe help with rent for a month or something, I’d be happy to do that. But what’s happened with these social programs is then there’s no accountability.
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Yeah. I’ve witnessed it with people. People take advantage of it. If it’s easy to take advantage of and it’s benefiting them, there’s a lot of people out there that don’t think of the greater good and how it’s affecting everybody. Some people are very selfish and really don’t care about that. Honestly, like you said, you can help those people one, two times, give them a little hand up, but don’t continuously fund whatever they need because then they’re never going to go do it themselves.
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Well, it takes away, there’s such a dignity of work. There’s an accomplishment of work, earning your livelihood, taking care of yourself and your families. There’s such dignity in work. If it gets to a point where people are dependent upon government, it takes away humanity. and granted people are getting stuff for free although these government programs bear in mind the pbis the politicians bureaucrats and interested parties take a cut as the money goes by but it takes away the dignity of work and people then kind of become the first time somebody said this i took me back but in a way they become pets because you’re fed and you’re taken care of, it’s not the highest quality of anything. And we really need to move away from that. So with that, one other thing, it says House Republicans’ Medicaid work requirements could see millions kicked off the benefit rolls. Again, people need to be working for these benefits. And, yeah. So we’re going to continue the discussion. We’re going to talk with our fellow Liberty Toastmasters. And it’s a really interesting subject that we’ll be talking about. But before we get to that, I wanted to mention Mint Financial Strategies. And they said, you got big dreams for your future but not sure how to get there? Call our friends at Mint Financial Strategies. They know your financial life is unique and is an independent firm and an accredited investment fiduciary. They build personalized strategies that put your freedom and goals first. No sales pressure, no one-size-fits-all approach, just thoughtful guidance built around you. Take the first step toward your future. Call Mint Financial Strategies at 303-285-3080. That’s 303-285-3080. And again, I work with wonderful people, all striving for excellence. If you’re buying or selling a home, you want Karen Levine on your side of the table.
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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.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. 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 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 Father’s Day is right around the corner, and a wonderful gift for your dad or your husband is a brick that will be on the pathways of service out at the USMC Memorial. And you can get more information about purchasing that brick and receive a beautiful certificate for that by going to usmcmemorialfoundation.org. That’s usmcmemorialfoundation.org. In studio with me is Dennis Haynes, president of Liberty Toastmasters North for just a few more days.
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Yeah, got actually like a little over a month.
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A little over a month. Okay. Well, it’s great having you here. And we’ve got our fellow Liberty Toastmasters keyed up here to give their perspective on what’s our suggested subject today.
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Dennis Haynes. Our suggested subject for the day is the importance of understanding the timeless principles of our American founding and how to take action to secure individual rights. Okay. Who’s our first victim? Our first victim is Rick Rome. Rick, give us your thoughts on the suggested subject.
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Well, thank you, Dennis. I’m not sure if I’m the victim or you and your listeners are going to be this morning. I’m feeling a little bit like a wet blanket, to be honest with you. See, for me, when we think about this idea of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, those rights endowed by God, for me, it’s a reflex. I default to it automatically. It’s just the nature of my worldview and how I see things. But I was starting to think a little bit about this in the context of immigration and these people coming to a country where we’ve endowed these ideas of life, liberty, and codified them into law. What are we doing with these 20 million people, 30 million people, mass deportations, all these kinds of left would come to us and talk to it in the context of well you were an immigrant too but i think they’re missing their strongest argument quite frankly which is this notion of these rights endowed by god and i think they’re missing this argument because they frankly don’t understand it they can’t conceive of this notion of every single human being have the having these rights that can’t be taken away and we have an obligation so to to promote those rights So I’m thinking about it. What is our obligation to these 30 million people who’ve come here illegally? It starts with charity, I think. And America is one of the most charitable countries on the face of the planet. In times of crisis, we have the American Red Cross, Catholic Charities, Peace Corps, Engineers Without Borders, Doctors Without Borders. In crisis, we respond almost every time and in flying colors because we have that providence to be able to do so. That line of thinking also brought me to this notion of it’s almost like it’s a global mission for us to spread this idea around the world to where these rights that we have are in fact endowed by God no matter what kind of a governmental system you’re born into. You know, I love it when… when we have the left start to tout this idea that Jesus was a socialist. And my response is he couldn’t possibly have been because he actually fed people and clothed them. It brings an idea, to my mind at least, of a secular mission around the world where we talk about it in terms of dignity. And that first point of dignity is in our family, that love and support that we find, that life-giving love and support that we find in every single aspect of our lives. It’s absolutely critical to promote that notion and promote that family unit around the world so that people can have that source of support. We talk about dignity of work, that liberty, that capacity to support your family. Since I brought up religious overtones, you know, people talk about the parable of teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime. The left version of that is you teach a man to fish and he’ll take it home to his wife and demand that she cook it free. It’s just a different worldview in terms of how we see things. But then there’s also the dignity of innovation, that pursuit of happiness, that pursuit of our dreams that I think when people start to understand that through a free exchange of ideas, through free trade, through that marketplace of good services and knowledge, that This vision of what we can do to promote these founding principles and our God-given rights around the world can happen, and it justifies promoting solid borders around the world, promoting this idea of nationhood, and that self-determination and that right to representation within our own circles of influence.
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Wow. That is pretty amazing, Rick. I think I want to sit down and just have a whole conversation with you about this. That’s fascinating. Thank you.
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That was great. Well, that’s what happens when I get cranky.
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Okay. Thank you, Rick Rome. Dennis Haynes, who’s our next guest?
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All right. Our next victim is Greg Morrissey. Greg, do you want to tell us your thoughts on the importance of understanding the timeless principles?
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Sure, I want to share that. The importance of understanding the timeless principles of the American Foundation and the action taken needed to secure those individual rights. My first thing I would tell all your listeners to listen to, if you go to Hillsdale College, they have a Constitution 101 DVD course you can buy and have at your house. They talk about the history and how that Constitution was earned, not given, and how those rights that A lot of people, unfortunately, take for granted nowadays how they come into place. And then once you do that, I want everyone to do what I do, go to your local city government, go to the little civic meetings, start making a difference, start having your voice being heard. You have to get out, get there, be involved, show those people that you care tremendously about what we have and how to keep it. Talk to those people. If you have enough people doing it, I believe you get all the politicians will take notice and they’ll start making change. The people must realize how powerful their voice really is. But then to do that, to understand that, you have to understand the history of what this nation was founded on and keep it on those rights to take the correct action to secure individual rights for all people. Most people don’t know, but when they look at the USA, it’s a It’s the light of individual rights, of independence, and people should have the work ethic to do that. It’s not easy. You have to get up and do it and put in that effort. But once you put in that effort, the difference you can make in your local communities can transform to state and national.
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Well, and we are at the time now, Greg Morrissey, where we have to step forward and do this. And I know that you are just fervent in this. And I so appreciate the great work that you do on a regular basis, Greg Morrissey.
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Thank you. Yeah. And all your listeners, please do it. Don’t let this go. Keep this country and take advantage and take the education of the American founding and secure those individual rights and keep them that way.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well said, Greg Morrissey. Thank you. Thank you, Greg.
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Thank you. You’re welcome.
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Okay, Dennis Haynes. And who’s our next guest?
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Okay, our next guest is Marshall Dawson. Marshall, you want to give us your thoughts on the suggested subject for the day?
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Hey, Dennis. Love to. And good morning, Kim. You know, yesterday I was staring out into the rain thinking, you know, what can I say on this that isn’t many of the obvious responses that we often get? And, Kim, I think I’ve mentioned to you that I so enjoy the conversations that you have with Kurt Gurwitz around AI. So, I did what any self-respecting 21st century man would do. I asked ChatGPT. And, look, honestly, I tried to be neutral. I didn’t want to lead the witness. And I asked if it’s important and why or why not. And the answer was yes. As a follow-up, I said, okay, give me some arguments against it, and it sounded like a routine progressive. Maybe you can ask Kurt, does everyone always get the answer that they’re looking for? I wonder if that’s a feature of ChatGPT. Anyway, there were five bullet points, and I’m not going to give them all away, but I had a few observations that I wanted to share. One of those bullet points was civic responsibility, understanding our rights, and that makes us more effective advocates for ourselves and our community. Well, my observation on that is, look, progressives see it as a civic duty to be activists. They are citizen activists. They have judicial activists. They have legislators who will openly ignore the Constitution. We just got rid of a president who openly and clearly defied the Supreme Court. Another category was unity and identity. And notwithstanding the big victory that we had and Trump working on majority issues, it still feels very divided to me. I think that’s not by accident. I think the left seeks power through division. And I think that their big thinkers probably understand the founding principles, yet they want to keep as many of the American populace in the dark as possible. Now, I’ll end on a more positive note. There was a heading of critical thinking. Now, I know what you’re thinking. Aha, the other side can’t do critical thinking. No, I thought this was going to be positive. And what almost sounded like an ad for Liberty Toastmasters, it said that engaging with the founding principles encourages critical thinking about governance because it allows us to analyze and question policies in light of the founding principles. So, I think that’s a great way to end it. I’ll say, come visit us in Denver or Longmont. Learn how to kick the tires on these ideas. Learn the lexicon. But most importantly, we have a lot of fun in these meetings.
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Well, we do. And well done on the word of the day. You’re always so good at that, Marshall Dawson.
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Well, it’s hit and miss, I have to be honest.
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Thank you, Marshall Dawson.
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Thanks, Marshall.
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And so, our next guest is who?
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Our next guest is Kathy Russell, incoming president of Liberty Toastmasters North.
SPEAKER 03 :
So cool. So Kathy Russell, welcome. And so in two months, you’ll be sitting here in studio co-hosting. I’m looking forward to it. I’m looking forward to it also, Kim. Good morning. And hey, Dennis.
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Hi, good morning.
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So, Kathy, what’s your thoughts on the importance of the understanding of timeless principles of our American founding and how to take action to secure individual rights?
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Yeah, well, to me, the proof is in the pudding. they emphasized individual rights that they don’t come from government. And now we’ve run this experiment over the past 250 years, and it’s absolutely obvious that people are flourishing when they are free to pursue their happiness. And there’s an idea called the great enrichment that, I don’t know if you’ve heard about that, but it’s this idea, people are starting to look at the data. And over the past 250 years, poverty has plummeted 90%. The average person’s wealth has increased 3,000%. And this translates into good health. 250 years ago, child mortality was something like 40%, like 40% of all kids born died. Today, it’s less than 5%. life expectancy has grown from 30 to 70 and then something that isn’t measured but it’s dignity and generosity and happiness and when i was a young woman i went to berlin and i was in west berlin and it was vibrant and people were free individual rights were respected it was just people were so happy the culture was amazing food was great and then i went over to east berlin and it was there was no food i went to a a shopping center and there were all they had were like bras and size 32 or whatever i mean just one size and that was it that’s one thing that one size doesn’t fit all kathy and there was nothing else it was just So sad. So this idea that individual rights works, it’s just been proven over the last 250 years. And so I’m so happy to be part of Liberty Toastmasters, to be learning about all of these ideas and to be having my friends there to share these ideas and getting to know you, Kim. So thank you.
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Well, and Kathy, your story is such an amazing story. I met you through the Tapas and Tapas Girls up in Boulder, in Boulder County, and talk about a vibrant group of women. But your story is you’re in like a… Very smart. Evolutionary biologist. Okay. And so your journey to get to a point now where you’re president of Liberty Toastmasters is just amazing. And I think one of the reasons is because of your intellectual curiosity, Kathy.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes, I am curious. Yes, and I haven’t died yet. Curiosity has not killed this cat.
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Kathy Russell, thank you so much.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thanks, Kathy.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay, thank you. To interact with these people on a regular basis, we become friends. We don’t agree on everything. Our stories are different. But it’s that face-to-face interaction that we were talking about. It’s so important, Dennis Haynes.
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I learned so much from that crew of people at Liberty Toastmasters. Every time I see them. I know. Every time I see them, I learn something new. And you get to know the people in the club better. Friends. It’s amazing. Yeah, you become friends. And last summer we did a barbecue. It was really cool to hang out with everybody outside of the club meetings. And it’s just, yeah, it feels like a family and friendly environment. It’s a ton of fun.
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And welcome back to the Kim Munson Show. Be sure to check out our website. That is KimMunson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. 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 searching 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, as you know, I really highlight on a regular basis two nonprofits on the show, one of them the USMC Memorial Foundation, the other the Center for American Values, which is located in Pueblo on the beautiful Riverwalk, focused on these foundational principles of honor, integrity, and patriotism. They’re nonpolitical, nonpartisan. Get more information by going to AmericanValueCenter.org. Haynes is in studio with me, fellow Liberty Toastmasters, president of Liberty Toastmasters North. Pretty vibrant group you have there.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yes. Yeah, it really is. There’s tons of fun, and we all get better at speaking and leadership skills through talking about liberty and freedom and individual rights. Yeah.
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Well, I love it. So let’s continue on. Our suggested subject is the importance of understanding the timeless principles of our American founding and how to take action to secure those individual rights. Who’s our next guest, Dennis?
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Our next guest is Dave Walden. Dave, you want to give us your thoughts on the suggested subject?
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Always. Yeah, I’ll give you my thoughts. You know, it is a wonderful group we belong to at Toastmasters. Dennis, I agree. Kim, we have a group of individuals up there that just always have something to say of interest. With that in mind, hopefully it will be the case with me. I want to come at this issue from a little different angle. What is necessary for each of us so that we do not inadvertently surrender what was bequeathed to us by our founders? It always comes down to property, issues of property, because individual responsibility and the rights necessary for its exercise always comes down to property. Now, let me give you some examples. You know, Jefferson, in his declaration, he urged that all of us should be governed only to the extent of our consent. Give the word consent a little thought. The difference between a mere visitation and trespass is consent. Consent of the owner of the subject property to be either visited or trespassed upon. Another example, the difference between commerce and theft is consent, consent involving the ownership of the property and whether it is to be taken against the owner’s will or exchanged for mutual benefit. And the third example I’ll give is the difference between sex and rape. It’s consent. Consent by the owner of the life, either being forcibly violated without the owner’s consent or through the affirmative approval, their consent. All three of these involve property and the rights of the property’s rightful owner. And in the last instance, grievously involved. So in summary, I would say be especially vigilant when someone is claiming that property is subordinate in value to human life. It is a sinister claim, often made in ignorance. If left unchallenged, it will logically lead to the claim that you own nothing, including your very life. And if you can be made to acquiesce on this issue, then the only issue becomes who is the rightful owner. So the bottom line is the individual responsibility is and the rights necessary for its exercise is the gift provided to us by our founders. So you have to, with vigilance, maintain it, and do not blink when someone tells you that somehow property is less value than human life, because they’re one in the same. You either own your life or you do not. That’s all.
SPEAKER 03 :
Wow. Always thought-provoking with Dave Walden. Yep.
SPEAKER 18 :
Very philosophical.
SPEAKER 03 :
Thanks, Dave. Yes, definitely. Thank you, Dave.
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Have a good day.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay. Our next guest?
SPEAKER 18 :
All right. Our next and final guest is Carol VanLandingham. Carol, do you want to give us your thoughts on the suggested subject for the day?
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I would, Dennis. Hi, Kim. Thanks for having me on today. Hi. So one of our founding principles of the country is economic freedom. And part of that is the right to pursue happiness through enterprise ownership and opportunity. And as a homeowner and a real estate professional here in Boulder County, I see every day how that principle is being tested. In theory, every American should have the freedom to own property and build a future. But in today’s market, especially here in Boulder County, we see really high home prices, limited inventory and regulations that are making it harder for everyday people to access that dream of home ownership. When they make it difficult to build homes, convert a garage into a rental, or even develop land responsibly, we move further away from the founder’s vision that property ownership should be accessible, not just for people that are well-off, but for everybody. Thankfully, though, some of our communities are working to turn that around. And I don’t know if everyone’s familiar with this, but I want to talk about Longmont and Erie real quick. In Longmont, the city has housing policies that are requiring developers to build affordable homes as part of new neighborhoods they also have waivers and they have fast track approvals for many of the projects and it just helps them move the project along a little bit faster one example is the true north project which is the primary purpose is to provide affordable housing and attainable home ownership for middle-income families and individuals and the true north project is in longmont In Erie, a new neighborhood called Cheesman Street Residences includes 35 homes that are priced well below market value. They’re between $300,000 and $400,000 for middle-income families. Erie’s committed to building a handful of unlocking more state support and further infrastructure and development. These are the kinds of solutions that honor our founding principles, making sure that housing remains a path for everybody, not just those that can afford it.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, thank you, Carol Van Landingham. Really appreciate that. Everything is always really thought-provoking. So, Carol, thank you. Thanks, Carol. Of course. Thank you. Okay, Dennis. Well, we’ve got a couple of minutes left. Your thoughts on our suggested subject.
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Oh, shoot. You put me on the spot. I didn’t really think of any. Honestly, what I want to close with, I’m just going to close with what I planned on closing with. If you want to work on your public speaking, which that’s why I joined Toastmasters. I became a manager at my company and I was a supervisor. I had to talk in front of smaller groups of people. Sometimes I had to talk in front of directors, even VPs every now and then. But It was generally fairly small groups, and I was usually talking about the stuff me and my technicians built in the lab I was running. So I was very comfortable with it, and I thought I was good at public speaking. And I taught classes in the Marine Corps to infantry Marines, how to use radios, how to set up SOCs and antennas and all that. So I thought I was good. I thought I was good. And then the first day I became a manager, I got up in front of— 150 to 250 people I didn’t really count exactly how many people there there was like 300 something on the invite a lot big crowd of people in front of me and I had never seen myself standing up there in front of all those people and I got up there and my hand was shaking I was holding a piece of paper in front of me I felt like I probably looked like an idiot up there we’ve all been there but yeah The big thing I can tell you all is join Toastmaster if you’re thinking about getting into leadership or even if you don’t, if you just want to start getting in front of people and talking politics, pushing whatever agenda, your beliefs, the founding principles of our country. Join Toastmasters now and start working on your public speaking. We have pathways on the Toastmasters International website that actually guide you through learning opportunities, and then those kind of press you into speeches on the subject. So it’s a… It’s a great place to learn and work on those things. And you can do it before you get up in front of a crowd of people and embarrass yourself like I did. So if you want to find the Liberty-specific groups, like Kim said, you have Liberty Denver and Liberty Toastmasters North, which is up in Longmont. you can just you can find liberty toastmasters north by simply googling liberty toastmasters north or going to the toastmasters international website and and looking for us on find a club you can type that in as well so come join us you’ll have fun absolutely dennis haynes thanks for being here yeah thank you for having me kim it’s great having you and charles dickens is our quote for the end of the show he said a very little key will open a very heavy door
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Word of the day is a lexicon, and it could be a dictionary, or it could be a stock of terms used in particular professions, subject, or style of vocabulary, or the morphemes of a language considered as a group. And they said they had an… An example of the lexicon of surrealist art. So, okay, our quote of the day, and I won’t do the second quote from Charles Dickens because it was long. I guess I won’t do the whole quote on that. But the first quote I pulled from Charles Dickens, great novelist. Two of his most famous books are A Tale of Two Cities and A Christmas Carol. He was born in 1812. He died in 1870. And He said this, the first thing was, electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true. And the other, and I’m not going to give the whole thing, but he said, this is the first paragraph from A Tale of Two Cities. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom. It was the age of foolishness. It was the epic of belief. It was the epic of incredulity. It was the season of light. It was the season of darkness. It was the spring of hope. It was the winter of despair. We had everything before us, and we had nothing before us. And again, that is from A Tale of Two Cities. Debating as I go through all these different headlines, and I thought I would go to Axios Denver. They’re pretty left-leaning, but I thought it would be important that on a regular basis we take a look at what those headlines are. and so the this was as of uh i guess yesterday morning it says that one big thing it says floyd era reforms are losing steam in denver and that was all of those reforms that were put in it says five years ago george floyd’s murder sparked nationwide protests that morphed into a movement condemning police violence and calling for swift reforms And it says, five years after Floyd’s death, Davis, this is an activist, it was Robert Davis. It says, Davis and other community members have lost optimism in a movement committed to ensuring a death like Floyd’s won’t happen again. And so that’s the first thing. And it says the context of this, the Denver Police Department has fully or partially implemented 64% of the suggestions per their own tracking, though Davis says not all were implemented the way the task force had recommended. Next thing from Axios, which I found quite interesting. And hold on here. It’s the thing regarding several different several Colorado radio stations are suing for. Well, let’s get to this first one. It says that Governor Polis is trying to fund a bridge to nowhere. It says to celebrate Colorado’s 150th birthday, Governor Jared Polis wants to build a pedestrian bridge to nowhere. And it says why it matters. It says the project financed with public and private dollars. Now, again, why do you have private dollars doing that? Is that generating significant opposition from those who say it would serve little purpose and it would upset the aesthetics of downtown Denver. And he is soliciting donations for private entities ranging from $10,000 to $1.5 billion. And he wants this bridge to cross from, let’s see, Civic Center Park over to the Veterans Plaza there. They had all these… different oh gosh okay here we go it would go from the to connect the state capital grounds with the state-owned veterans park just across lincoln street a pedestrian bridge makes no sense and no reason why to be spending money on that And then lastly, I wanted to get to this, and that is regarding these. Everything is so slow today, you guys. I am so sorry about this regarding getting to our details on this. But this is, gosh, here we go. This is, okay, here, slow, slow, slow. It says three local radio stations are suing Trump. And bear in mind, when I say that we are an independent voice, that means that we have to go out and get our own advertisers, and we have to compete in the free market so that we are on the air. But Aspen Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, and KSUT Public Radio have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to block an executive order ending public funding. When we have the freedom of the press, that means that government is not to be funding that. And we’ve also seen that through COVID that many of these entities that were getting government money also were pushing a government narrative. And so I think that it’s pretty important that I think Trump’s spot on on all that to get rid of funding for NPR, CPR, all of this. I think that is super, super important. Let them compete in the free market and the free free exchange of ideas, just like the rest of us have to do. And so I think that that makes a whole lot of sense. And we have these discussions because of our sponsors, as I mentioned, and I really appreciate the Roger Mangat State Farm Insurance team. And Roger’s been in business for 49 years, serving his customers, providing for his family, and giving back to the community. And so give them a call at 303-795-8855 for a complimentary appointment. If you bundle your insurance together, you might be able to save yourself some money.
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And welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is KimMunson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter and 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. Something’s a good idea. You should not have to force people to do it. And Father’s Day is right around the corner. And a beautiful gift would be to buy a brick that will be on one of the pathways of service honoring your loved one’s military service out at the USMC Memorial. And you’ll receive a beautiful certificate. And you need to do this sooner versus later so that Paula can get that in the mail to you. And you can get more information about all that by going to USMCMemorialFoundation.org. That is USMCMemorialFoundation.org. And on the line with me is Pam Long. She is a West Point grad. She is a former captain in the Army Medical Service Corps. She is the director of the military chapters for Children’s Health Defense, a regular columnist here at the Kim Munson Show. Pam Long, welcome. Good morning, Kim. Good to have you. And a little different essay that we’ll be rolling out this weekend, which I love. And that is Bridesmaid Boot Camp. And you mentioned last month that you were doing this. So you were a bridesmaid. And you sent a picture over of you. And was it another bridesmaid? I tell you what. You guys were fabulous, gorgeous. So tell us about Bridesmaid Boot Camp.
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Thank you, Kim. So I normally don’t talk about my personal life, but Cindy thought it was so funny that I told you I was doing this Bridesmaid Boot Camp for what turned out to be a 50th birthday party, a wedding, and a reunion, all with my very fit Army peers at West Point. I had to… I had to take action. And you were talking about in the first hour about doge. And like the equivalent of, you know, the government taking a look at cutting fraud, waste and abuse. You know, we also need like dietary doge. Right. We need periodically. We need to cut the excess in our lifestyle, whether that’s food or, you know, lethargy or even toxins. You know, so that’s what I did. I did a dietary doge.
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Well, and the results, we can only be so pleased if we have Doge results from Elon Musk and all that he did that you had with your dietary Doge. So tell us what you did.
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okay so um i really was committed to some small lifestyle tweaks i didn’t want a gym membership or um you know heavy equipment i just wanted to make some tweaks and to see if i could just be successful with the lifestyle change so the main components were we’re walking lifting some very light hand weights a low carb diet and a little bit of intermittent fasting and we could talk about each one of these but i was successful
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Well, absolutely. And people really need to take personal responsibility. I was traveling this last weekend, and I am somewhat amazed that we as Americans have gotten very out of shape overall, I would say.
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We have. And there are some very simple things that we all could be relooking that, you know, that we get busy with our lives and our careers and our families. And periodically we all need to reevaluate, OK, where where could I make some small changes? And I would say that the biggest bang for your buck is just walking. And we live in this beautiful state of Colorado where we we have all these great green spaces and hiking trails. And I mean, Colorado just begs you to come outside every day. Now, however, Most of my prep during this Bridesmaid Boot Camp was, you know, January, February, March. And the weather is not really great for being outside. It’s cold and snowy and icy. So the one major investment I did was buy, well, actually I didn’t buy, it was gifted to me for Christmas, is a treadmill. And the treadmills nowadays are super light. They can be shipped to you. You don’t need to go to any, like, special store or have a truck or anything and have one delivered. They’re lightweight. You can put them almost in any room, and they’re very inexpensive. This is a $150 treadmill, where yesteryear you would be paying $1,500 for a treadmill. These are so popular that people are using them, a form of them with walking desks, where they have this little treadmill under their taller desk, and they walk while they’re doing their work at their desk. Wow. that that it’s great um another bridesmaid did that she’s like i need more time in the day so i’m just going to multitask and and she bought a walking desk and so uh that and i would spend about an hour three times a week just on the treadmill in front of this big picture window where i could see outside and wildlife and and listen to music, you know, trying to limit all the technology in my life. Like, there has to be what I would call self-time, where you’re not on your phone, you’re not on your computer, you’re just, you know, in your own head and finding some type of, you know, enjoyable exercise. And for the winter months, the treadmill was huge for me. And now that it’s nicer, I’ll be outside more walking. But, you know, Harvard claims that walking is, quote, the next closest thing we have to a wonder drug. and reports five surprising benefits of walking. It counters weight-promoting genes, tames the sweet tooth, reduces the risk of breast cancer, eases joint pain, and boosts immune function, in addition to weight management and all the other mind-body benefits of walking. Somebody else told me, it might have been A podcaster that, you know, walking movement in general cures about 90% of our problems. And I would agree with that. There’s been days where I just don’t feel great. And whether you’re achy or, you know, or you’re just in your own head, you know, you’re just not feeling great. I’ll go out and walk and my whole disposition will be better.
SPEAKER 03 :
I can agree with you on that as well. I’m trying to get walking in on a regular basis as well. And I know that it really does make a big difference. And there was even a quote that Thomas Jefferson had about walking. And so it’s nothing new. And sometimes the old things are the best things. So walking was one of the number one things. So what else did you do?
SPEAKER 09 :
So I did these four major things, but I did not start them all at the same time. There’s a concept called behavioral momentum where you will be more successful in any type of lifestyle change if you implement one small thing at a time. So say in January I really started getting consistent about walking, and there’s not a lot of exertion in walking. If you think any type of regimen is going to require great exertion or intense effort, it really doesn’t. So in month two, I started weight training, which when I say weight training, let’s be honest here. I had some very small weights, like 6, 8, 10, 12-pound range of hand weights. These are very inexpensive. It’s not a big investment. It’s not a home gym. And I would use them about twice a week. twice a week three times would have been better for consistency because i really do think consistency is more important than intensity and you know i would just lift weights in my own house for you know twice a week and so can you tone up just using these small hand weights or maybe these really inexpensive resistance bands which you can modify to be lighter or stronger resistance? Yes, absolutely. So I really focused on my arms because vanity. I would be wearing this formal dress that was sleeveless, right, and my arms would be exposed. And, yes, I was successful at toning up my arms just using some small hand weights. and some elastic resistance bands. And that’s the question, though. I always like to look at objective measures. How strong should we be? I have my 72-year-old mom who’s still farming. That requires a lot of strength. But I really couldn’t find a list of practical tasks we should be able to do over our lifetime that requires strength. But I did find these Tim and Enrique strength standards. And he says for men, you should be able to do 30 push-ups and 10 pull-ups to be in a decent category of strength. And women, we should be able to do five push-ups and one pull-up to be in decent strength. Because we do need strength over the course of our lifespan.
SPEAKER 03 :
Wow. Okay. And so, you know, let’s talk a little bit more. You said that you don’t have to or you did. Did you start to do like sprint squats, mountain climbers, those things? So you did start to do that?
SPEAKER 09 :
No, I’m going into like a second half of the year. So you’re talking about high intensity interval training where you’re doing these, you know, getting your heart rate up for just like a couple minutes, maybe like anywhere from one to four minutes. And those are the things you mentioned. You know, you’re looking at if you don’t want to use any equipment, you can do those things like sprints and squats and mountain climbers and burpees and pushups. And maybe for a total of 20 minutes. So it works like maybe one minute on, one minute off, one minute on. And there’s a lot of benefits to this for HIIT workouts. You can burn a lot of calories for a short amount of time. Your metabolic rate is higher for hours after you do this type of exercise. So it’s called apoptosis. afterburn. It can help you lose fat, gain muscle, and reduce your heart rate and blood pressure and your blood sugar. It’s really popular right now. If it sounds intense to anyone, if you’re thinking that sounds way too intense for me, these are very short bursts. We’re talking like a minute for each of these exercises. So like a minute of push-ups. If you can only do three push-ups in a minute, great. Mission accomplished, right? You got your heart rate up. okay and so it sounds to me like you’re not going to stop uh with bridesmaid boot camp right right so going back to that behavioral momentum like so i reached this vanity goal i know and i’ll say at the end what my results were my measurements um and so you know i get lots of like you get um what we call positive reinforcement people say wow you look great just like kim did right And you feel better in your clothing or your formal dress that you have to wear to this event. And so that builds this momentum where you’re like, okay, this really was a four-month effort. It really wasn’t that hard. Like, I can do this. So double down. I have another event in October. So let’s see if I can, you know, double down on this effort and keep going.
SPEAKER 03 :
I think that you can. And we’re going to continue this discussion with Pamela regarding Bridesmaid Boot Camp. And even if you’re not a bridesmaid, I would recommend that you might take a look at that because I know that there’s a lot of reunions coming up and you said there’s birthday parties and it’s always nice to get some positive feedback. So we’ll continue the discussion. We have all of these discussions across the spectrum. But so pleased to have the Second Syndicate as a sponsor of the show, because here in Colorado, our Second Amendment right, that right to keep and bear firearms, to protect ourselves against bad actors, has been under continuous attack. And so that’s why we need to shed light on what’s happening.
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SPEAKER 03 :
And welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is KimMunson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. 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 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 check out the Center for American Values. They are located in Pueblo on the beautiful Riverwalk. Highly recommend that this is something that you would do this summer is put the kids in the car and go down and visit Pueblo. Take a walk around the Riverwalk and then check out the center as well. It will be very memorable. And you can get more information by going to AmericanValueCenter.org. That’s AmericanValueCenter.org. Pam Long is on the line with me. She is a West Point grad, former captain in the Army Medical Service Corps. She is director of military affairs for the Children’s Health Defense. And what we’re talking about, her bridesmaid boot camp. And she’s got a lot of things going on in her life this year, and she wanted to look her best. So we talked about exercise, and I wanted to get down here to diet. Because someone said to me once that the best exercise that you can have is to push yourself away from the table. What’s your thoughts on that?
SPEAKER 09 :
That’s so funny that you say that, Kim, because I talk to people at the wedding and their plans to get ready, not just the bridesmaids, but everybody wants to look their best at the wedding. And the father of the bride just bluntly said to me, I said, hey, I heard you tried some things and lost some weight. He lost 17 pounds. And I said, well, what was your secret? And he said, you know, you just have to stop putting things in your pie hole.
SPEAKER 03 :
That can be very effective for sure. But you want to be strategic and think about the thing. And people with RFK Jr., now as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, I’m seeing all kinds of conversations around our food and what’s in our food. A lot of people are paying attention.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes, there’s been so many great already policies out in the open that have not ever been talked about by public health, by the way. Public health is failing us in the dietary realm. I will say that people who use these carnivore diets, which are high protein, and ketogenic diets, which are high fat, they are really having great success with not just weight loss, but overall health and energy. and reducing some of their symptoms of chronic disease. So I think you’ll start to hear more about these diets and that basically they’re the anti high carb diets, right? Like the Americans are eating way too many carbohydrates. They’re eating way too many refined greens and seed oils. You’ll hear a lot about seed oils and people are starting to hear about food dyes and other chemicals in our foods that are not in other countries. And all of these additives in our food, pesticides, weed killers, they are all taking a toll on our health. A little fun fact here is that your fat cells, they will contain all the toxins, all the herbicides, all the pesticides and other toxins in our environment. And it’s harder to lose weight when you have a high toxic load. So eating organic, I could not stress that enough. All your produce should be as organic as possible.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay, and so you did change your diet? You were pretty clean to begin with, right?
SPEAKER 09 :
I was pretty clean and knowing, you know, for many years to avoid processed foods, to avoid seed oil. Seed oil is like anything that says vegetable oil is terrible for you. It stays in the body for anywhere from two to four years. So if you’re saying like, hey, I’ve been trying really hard, you know, to lose weight, I would say the main thing is you’ve got to get the seed oils. A lot of your restaurant foods have seed oils in them. We’re talking like vegetable oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil. You want the good fats. You want olive oil, avocado oil, butter, ghee, lard. And some people right now are probably thinking, I have never even heard of any of these things. of this information, right? It’s been very intentional to know that. And you might be thinking, wait, I thought fat was bad. No, the body needs fat. There’s a great book called Brain Energy that really educated me on a lot of things written by a cardiologist. It’s not just good for our body and our weight. It’s good for our brain health. So anyone going into your senior years, if you want a neuroprotective diet, A high-fat diet like the ketogenic diet that I adopted, it’s overall great for maintaining all levels of health in your body and in your mind.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay. So let’s talk about, you said in month number four, intermittent fasting. So talk a little bit about that.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes. So the concept of, you know, many people are familiar with calorie restriction, right? Like, oh, if I need to lose weight, then I need to cut calories. Not necessarily so. A lot of research is showing now that intermittent fasting, where you’re fasting either for just a day or two, fasting for a few hours of the day, like from after dinner to breakfast time, maybe that, you know, 10 to 13 hour window, that really doesn’t inconvenience you in any way. is actually better than calorie restriction because fasting triggers autophagy and detoxification and regeneration. And now autophagy is just a term for your body cleaning itself, self-feeding, it’s breaking down cellular debris, it’s recycling it, it’s promoting healing, it’s doing all these good things for the body. And some of you are, again, thinking, Why has no one ever taught us about nutrition and fasting? Again, our public health is very profitable when people are chronically ill. There’s no money in teaching people about nutrition. because it’s not profitable. Healthy people are just not profitable. And I know that sounds super harsh, but that’s the reason why public health never has campaigns on what diet should you be eating and the benefits of fasting. But this is a really great option for anyone. There’s different ways to do it. And I would say that if you’ve hit a plateau where you’re just not making progress, for me, I always would go to intermittent fasting a couple of times over my four-month bridesmaid boot camp. And it always was successful for me. So I would say for women, it’s a little more challenging. complicated because you’re also involving you know hormones and your cycle in one of my fellow bridesmaid boot camp members she’s a certified health coach and she recommends the book fast like a girl a woman’s guide to using the healing power of fasting to burn fat boost energy and and balance hormones. And Kim, I provided you a picture of her that we can put in the article. She’s fabulously fit at age 50. You would probably think that she’s 30 years old. She’s just having great results with using intermittent fasting. And she could not stress enough how important this is for women, not only in weight management and people with chronic illness, but also women going through menopause.
SPEAKER 03 :
Wow. And yes, super, super impressive. That is for sure. So let’s talk about your results.
SPEAKER 09 :
OK, so four months, very low effort, low cost, low equipment, you know, no technology. I’m not like using DVDs or anything like that. I lost 10 pounds, which is super not impressive. Right. But in inches, I lost three inches in the bus, three inches in the waist. three inches in the hips this is like this is a little over a size change you know in clothing it’s very noticeable in any fitted dress you know when you lose three inches across your torso like that and you just feel better in your skin and probably a lot of that is just inflammation
SPEAKER 03 :
Wow. And that really because I used to be in the ladies clothing clothing business. And so that’s at least two sizes if you’re doing three inches. And so that’s pretty impressive. So what else should people know about about this? Because are there any pitfalls in this or what should people know?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes. So I would say while I was doing this, I picked up on three major pitfalls. So first of all, like I said, the father of the bride lost 17 pounds with just riding his bike and watching what he was eating. His wife told me that she and these people are 75 years old. She started doing an exercise program on PBS called Sit and Be Fit, but she didn’t implement any dietary modifications, and she only lost five pounds. So I would say this couple is just an anecdotal case illustrating that intensive exercise, first of all, is not necessary to lose weight, and two, that your diet might play more of a role than what type of exercise you choose. Secondly, I would say there’s a big push on social media where influencers saying that stress and hormones and cortisol will make weight loss impossible, right? And I think it can be an excuse. It’s true that they do interfere with weight loss, but there is a caloric intake number for every human being on earth that you will lose weight. If you find that number, that you will lose weight. So I have all the markers for high stress in my life. And I would just say that weight loss might be a little bit slower for people who have a lot of stress and hormones involved, but it’s not impossible. And again, intermittent fasting can really help you. And then I would say third, peer pressure plays a role in weight loss. We tend to conform. to people who are around us. So if your friends and family are valuing health and fitness, you will too. And if they don’t, it just means that you are going to, it requires you to put forth more effort. I really benefited from the other girls in this Bridesmaid Boot Camp. You find a support group, you know, start a little text chat and hold each other accountable.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, it looks like it was a pretty beautiful wedding. Now, what about these other events? Have you been to your reunion at West Point yet? Birthday parties, tell us about that.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, yes. This is all in one. Like this whole weekend, it was like everyone’s traveling across the country for this wedding. There was also a birthday party. Many of my peers are turning 50 this year. There will be other birthday parties. And then it turned into this little reunion since we’re all from the same class. But later this year, I have another big event I’m going to in October. And so I have to keep going. And I’m super motivated. I didn’t have motivation for a long time. But, you know, again, that behavioral momentum. And you have all this great awareness now with the Make America Healthy movement in the Trump administration. You know, and we’re talking about things like. ultra processed foods, environmental chemical exposures, and over medication. Do we really need to be on all these drugs? Or some simple lifestyle changes would take away the need for all of these drugs that we’re on. And then pervasive technology. It’s really undermining our mental health. So this is all out in the open now like never before. So if you sat back all this time and thought, I’m just waiting for the culture to change, the time is now. Everyone’s in on it. Even people like me who’ve been in on it for years, there’s this new motivation to say, you know, I can do better.
SPEAKER 03 :
And that’s we can make America healthy again and we can make America great again. And this is not a pride thing. I think that’s one thing that people need to understand with all this making everything better again. It’s about becoming the very best that we can be on an individual basis and also from our country as well, Pam Long. Your final thought is? And again, I love this. And it is very motivational. And we’ll be rolling this out this weekend in our email newsletter.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, I’ll come back in October and tell you how I did, you know, what tweaks I made. I really wanted to approach this in a way that anyone at any age could approach it. And again, just think of it as a dietary dose. We’re seeing all these benefits of cutting fraud, waste, and abuse in our government. looking outward. Now let’s look inward as individuals, like you said, and say, where can I make changes? They don’t have to be intensive or drastic. No perfection is required. I take a cheat meal every week when I need it. There’s no drastic measures here. We can all do this. We can all do better in our health.
SPEAKER 03 :
Absolutely. Pam Long, thank you so much. And again, we will be rolling out Bridesmaid Boot Camp her article in the newsletter this weekend, so make sure you’re signed up for that. We’ll talk again very soon, Pam Long. Thank you. And all these great discussions happen because of our sponsors. If you’ve been injured, make sure that you reach out to John Bozen and Bozen Law.
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And welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is KimMunson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. 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 on an independent station searching for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. Something’s a good idea. You should not have to force people to do it. And longtime sponsors of the show is the Harris family. And I so appreciate them because we really are an independent voice. And pleased to have on the line with me, Susan Harris. Susan, welcome. Hi, good morning. Well, good to have you. And you have moved away from Colorado. You are in Arizona now. A lot’s happening both in Arizona and Colorado regarding lots going on. So give us an update what’s happening in Colorado and what you think about Trump’s latest moves.
SPEAKER 08 :
Oh, gosh. Well, it’s hard to keep up with everything, to be honest. I just kind of made a little list of just, you know, the top maybe four or five things. And then I started thinking, gosh, I can instantly think of 10 more. So he’s hard to keep up with. But I wanted to really bring up with you this morning because I just think it’s so important for Colorado that Trump has finally gone public with his support for Tina Peters. And I just think that that is really a good move. And I’m really hopeful that that’s going to help her to, you know, escape this prison that she’s in and get out of this political judicial lawfare situation.
SPEAKER 03 :
You know, it’s really… It’s really a tragedy. And she was caught in a situation where, in a way, it was a no-win situation. Was she going to maintain the records as she must from a federal standpoint regarding our elections or adhere to what the Secretary of State was going to do with this trusted billed? where Tina Peters was concerned that with the trusted bill that was going to override election records, of which she was required by federal law to maintain. And so that so she did that. And she really has become, I think, a political prisoner because of that. And they the judge. denied her bail while she’s appealing the decision and sentenced her to nine years in prison. And she sits in the La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo at this particular point in time, Susan.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right. I mean, it’s just that to me is the crime that they have not given her due process. to go through the process with bail. She’s not a violent criminal. I mean, there’s very little evidence that she would, you know, leave the country or something like that. Zero evidence of that. It just makes no sense except that if she were to be given a platform, all the dirty secrets that would come out that they can’t afford to have known, um, you know, would destroy them even more than they’re destroying themselves already. But I do think it’s really a good sign. Trump has, you know, tasked his DOJ to at least look into it to see what kind of pressure they can put on the state of Colorado.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, and it’s the whole case is curious I’ll say curious with a capital C and that is is that the judge did not allow key evidence regarding what the actions that Tina had taken did not allow that into the trial and so that’s very suspect and because we don’t we want to get to the whole truth all the truth and nothing but the truth well that’s what we think but that in theory in theory and And so the other thing is, is I’ve been told that that Polis would have to pardon her because she’s been convicted of a state crime. But a very interesting occurrence happened early on in this whole thing, and that was when her home was raided, it was raided by the FBI. Well, that seems to me like that wouldn’t be something federal, right? Definitely.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. Unless they turned it over to CBI, you know. I don’t know. Yeah, I don’t know either. Yeah, I don’t know enough about the process. But actually, I do know enough about the process that I’m realizing the entire judicial system is corrupt. And I’m amazed at how often judges just… make or break a case by not allowing actual evidence into their courtroom so they decide the case before it even enters the courtroom and it’s very daunting to me that that’s what’s happening it makes me suspect really almost every person that’s accused of a crime and sent to prison It makes me suspect of every single one. And I know there are dangerous people that need to be in prison, but I have a hard time even believing almost any case at this point.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, and the veil has come off on this lawfare, which is really important. And I remember when Mar-a-Lago was raided. And, in fact, I was on a road trip. I was driving through Arizona, and it came on the news that Mar-a-Lago had been raided by the Biden administration. And I was shocked. that a former president’s home could be raided. By a current president. By a current president. I mean, you know, obviously a political move. And I thought, we’re in a dangerous time. Right. So many good things are happening under the Trump administration. Yes, yes. And I know that he has detractors, obviously, on both sides of the aisle. And I want to make sure that he stays within his constitutional limits. And it appears to me like he’s really trying to do so, Susan.
SPEAKER 08 :
He really is. And really, the way our system is set up, he doesn’t really have a choice. They sue him on… every legal thing that they can think of with every decision he makes. So he’s having to prove the constitutional validity of everything he does. And although I find that very frustrating, it’s also in the long run, I think, going to be very beneficial. So, you know, like the big, beautiful bill that’s going on. You know, one thing I don’t I certainly know there are things in that bill that I don’t agree with. However, I think in the grand scheme of things, it’s probably for the best to push it through and and then have Congress, you know, kind of do some mop up after the fact. I’m sure there are things that we aren’t even aware of. right now that are in that bill that we wish were not in it. Just as every bill that goes through Congress, it seems like that’s the case. So that’s nothing new. You know, that’s not an invention of the Trump administration. But, you know, they put the Golden Dome in there, too, which I have real reservations about that whole scheme. But what I will tell you that I have heard In a political luncheon I went to, a very prominent congressman spoke, and he said, you have to pay off the military-industrial complex. It’s not a choice. You have to do it in order to do anything else in Washington, D.C. So in my mind, that’s part of what the Golden Dome is accomplishing, and I hate that that’s the case, but Sometimes you have to maneuver politically to get the larger picture of things you want to get done to make those things happen. And right now, because the swamp is still pretty swampy, that’s where we’re at. But I’m optimistic that in the long run, it’s going to get cleaned up so that we don’t have to do it this way anymore.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, and time is of the essence, and there are those that want to put sand in the gears, and that’s what we’re seeing with this lawfare from these judges. I think that they’re out of where they’re supposed to be, but they’re just trying to put sand in the gears to slow everything down. Susan Harris, we’re out of time, but I want to say thank you, and I want to say thank you for all that you do. on a national level, your support here for us. I greatly appreciate you and your family for your longtime support of The Kim Munson Show.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, it’s our pleasure and privilege, Kim. So thank you. You’re the one that gets up early every morning and gets this information out there. So thank you.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, thank you, Susan Harris. And our quote for the end of the show is from Charles Dickens. He said this, a very little key will open a very heavy door. So today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well. live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
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