In this episode of the Kim Munson Show, explore the intricate balance between government power and personal freedom. As Kim and her guests dissect recent legislative developments, the conversation shifts toward the impact on small businesses, epitomized by the struggles of local Hooters franchisees in Colorado. Engage with a nuanced dialogue about the essence of property rights and entrepreneurship, underscored by stories of resilience and innovation. Don’t miss this enlightening hour filled with thought leadership, real-world applications, and the timeless debate over freedom versus force.
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It’s the Kim Munson Show, analyzing the most important stories.
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The latest in politics and world affairs.
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With what is happening down at the Statehouse, I used to think that it was above my pay grade to read the legislation, and it’s not.
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Today’s current opinions and ideas.
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I see big danger in as much as we will be giving an unelected bureaucrat the power to make rules about what we inject into our bodies.
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Is it freedom or is it force? Let’s have a conversation.
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Indeed, let’s have a conversation, and welcome to the Kim Munson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You each are treasured, you’re valued, you have purpose. Today’s drive 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, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Teresa, Amanda, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Happy Thursday, Producer Joe. Happy Thursday, Kim. And it’s a good day because we have in studio with me my friend, Co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters, and that is Brad Beck. Brad, welcome.
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Well, thank you, Kim, and hello, Colorado. You’ve been out of Colorado for a little while. Yeah, I’ve been back in Georgia for meetings and getting ready for trade shows and things of that nature. So it’s been great. Good to be back home.
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Well, it’s good to have you back, and we’ve got a great show planned for you. I did want to say thank you to Laramie Energy for their gold sponsorship of the show, because it’s reliable, efficient, affordable, and abundant energy from oil, natural gas, and coal that powers our lives, fuels our hopes and dreams, and empowers us to change our own personal climate. And so greatly appreciate them. And Hooters Restaurants has been a great sponsor of the show for many, many years. How I got to know them, it’s an important story about freedom and free markets and capitalism and those pesky PBIs, politicians, bureaucrats, and interested parties that are trying to control our lives. They’re continuing to do that. Hooters Restaurants is in the news. Many of the corporate Hooters restaurants have closed. I need to talk to our franchise owners. I think that reading the article from USA Today, I think that the franchise owners will be continuing on. And but they really are a great sponsor of the show. And it’s a tough environment out there in this business environment right now, particularly here in Colorado.
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Brad Beck. It really is. And, you know, the regulations that are in place to make it harder for a mom and pop just to survive these days is amazing. You know, a big corporation has an HR department. A mom and pop doesn’t. A big corporation has lawyers on their staff. A mom and pop doesn’t. And it’s really difficult because they’re trying to do some things that are for their best interest. And when you have all these PBIs, as you say, trying to create new laws and new regulations and pressure them, it’s like a pimple. It’s eventually going to pop if you keep pushing on it. And a bad analogy, I know, early in the morning. Right. It’s amazing how many businesses do survive, and it takes a lot of effort and energy and time and just the perseverance. And if you can shop at a local mom and pop, do it because they’re really working hard. Not saying the big corporation isn’t, but they have a bigger staff and bigger opportunities with the people that they’re able to hire. Mm-hmm.
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Well, and the franchisees that own these Hooters restaurants in Colorado, they really are businessmen, entrepreneurs, care about our country immensely. And they have five locations, Loveland, Aurora, Lone Tree, Westminster, and Colorado Springs. And it’s good. Yeah, it is.
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They’re tasty.
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It is. And on Wednesdays, they have their Wings Day special. Buy 20 wings. Get an additional 10 for free. And so, again, give them some business. They have great specials Monday through Friday for lunch and for happy hour. Our word of the day, Brad, is a good word, I think, and it is infinite. I guess it could be good and bad. It seems like we have infinite regulations and rules right now, which is not good. And it means unlimited, incalculable, boundless, unconfined, countless, measureless, having no limit and no end. And so the word is infinite, I-N-F-I-N-I-T-E. and your challenge is to use the word infinite in this sentence today.
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Well, we have infinite problems, but we need to attract and attack each one of them individually. And the only way you do that is you prioritize and you go after the ones that really need to be attacked today and not get in a situation where your hair’s on fire. You know, you’ve got to be calm, look at the situation, and go after it. Yeah. There are infinite problems, but you can handle them if you prioritize them and are persistent at taking them out one by one.
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Well, and that’s why we do the show, is to shed light on all of the things that’s going on out there. And we look at these issues searching for truth and clarity through this lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. And force comes in a lot of different packages. It can certainly be a weapon, but policy and unpredictable and excessive taxation, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation, this agenda by the World Economic Forum and globalist elites. And we can see all these land use codes and zoning regulations. All of these things are an attack upon property rights. And Brad, you know that property rights are inherent in the American idea.
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If we don’t have property rights, we don’t have freedom. Ultimately, that is why the United States of America has been so successful. And I’m not just talking physical property. It’s intellectual property as well, whether it’s something you write, something you create. You created it with your mind. So production precedes consumption. You can’t just consume and consume and consume. And when you create something, there’s infinite possibilities of your success. But the only way you can do that is if you own that, whatever it is, whether it’s a business, an idea, or if it’s something like property.
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Question. Thinking of that, regarding property rights and copyrights, copyrights and patents were some of the first things that the Americans did with our new country. Do you know, is there copyrights in other countries?
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I do not. That’s an interesting question. I know that it was put in there to spur creativity through innovation. And when copyrights were first put together, you had to have a model, you had to have a drawing. It was a way to protect that innovation for a period of time. I think over time it’s been, of course, when the lawyers got involved, it got a little bit more extended. An example would be something like cartoon characters, you know, Disney or Warner Brothers. They have those in perpetuity, it seems. But, you know, it’s something that somebody created and they should benefit from for a So, you know, it’s something that I think more people have to think about. I don’t think we really consider it all the time. And when you bring creativity into the marketplace with production, you get this spark of ingenuity that doesn’t happen elsewhere in the world.
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Well, and I just tried to do a quick search on copyright protection in different countries, and I think that it does exist. That would be an interesting show for us to do, is that on property rights. But entrepreneurs, people owning their own businesses, is something that is foundational to our country, and I’m so pleased to have on the line with us Karen Gorday. She is the owner of Radiant Painting and Lighting, and she is truly an entrepreneur. Karen, welcome to the show. Good morning, Kim. Thank you for letting me be on. Well, absolutely. And it’s been a little rainy right now here in Colorado, which probably is affecting outdoor painting right now. Yes. Absolutely. It sure is. And so what do you have to do? Just kind of hang on and wait till the temperature gets right?
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Absolutely. So we don’t want anything to be wet when we paint or stain. And so we’re just waiting for the weather to clear, and then we’ll be right back at it.
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Well, and Karen, I was thinking last week you said something that I thought was important. You said you’re not the least expensive and you’re not the most expensive, but you’re committed to excellence and to be fairly priced. And that’s really, I think, the key to capitalism is… People coming to an agreement, value for value. And I’ve learned a long time ago that sometimes the least expensive price is not the least expensive price, Karen.
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Exactly. And a lot of times when you go for that least expensive, you end up spending more money in the long run because you have to bring someone back in to fix whatever they did.
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So and so do you have a backlog right now? If people would like to talk with you about getting their outdoor painting done, you know, how long?
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We have got a two-week backlog depending on the weather. So I don’t like having a long backlog. The longest backlog I really feel comfortable with is four weeks because people want things when they want things. Right now, we’re at a good pace, about two weeks out.
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Okay. And then also, if people need some repairs, say boards repaired, you know, just to get things back up to snuff, you’ve got a team that can help with that as well, yes? Yes.
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Absolutely. We come out, we power wash. Once everything dries, then we, usually it’s the next day or the start of the week, we replace the boards and then start the prepping and painting.
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So another question, what about fences and decks? Is that something that you guys do?
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Absolutely, yes. We handle it all.
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Okay. How can people get more information, Karen Gorday, about radiant painting and lighting?
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They can go out to our website, which is www.paintwithradiant.com, or give us a call at 720-940-3887.
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And welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That’s 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. Very pleased to have Mint Financial Strategies as a new sponsor of the show because financial freedom starts with the right guide. And Mint Financial Strategies is here to help. As an independent firm with over 25 years of experience and their credentials of an accredited investment fiduciary, they offer advice that’s focused on you, not a sales quota. Their strategy-first approach is all about helping you live life on your terms with clarity, confidence, and control. Call Mint Financial Strategies today at 303-285-3080, your path to independent financial confidence. Again, that’s Mint Financial Strategies, 303-285-3080. And Brad Beck is in studio, co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters, also a great sponsor of the show. And it’s always a lot of fun when we have our table topics discussed.
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fellow members on the show because I always learn a lot. They’re a great group of people and they’re all volunteers to come on the show and speak their mind. And we have, in fact, a meeting this Saturday at Liberty Toastmasters in Denver. And we invite you all to come and visit and join us when the fun. And that’s 10 o’clock at the Independence Institute, right? Yep, north entrance, downstairs. And we invite guests to come listen and learn and just listen to what we do and get comfortable with public speaking, whether it’s for your work or for an organization that you belong to. We need to communicate face to face. And when you can do it confidently and clearly, we all benefit.
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We do all benefit. And so we would love to have people join us. All right, let’s get over here to our quote of the day, Brad Beck. And I chose this because your piece that we’re going to be rolling out, Music Strikes a Chord and Our Quest for Freedom. And initially I was looking for Frank Sinatra quotes. But a lot of the quotes were from his songs. And so I went to Martin Luther. And he was born in 1483, died in 1546. He was a German priest, theologian, author, hymn writer, professor, and former Augustinian friar. And he was a seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs formed the basis of Lutheranism. And he’s regarded as one of the most influential figures in Western and Christian history. And so he was a hymn writer, and some beautiful hymns. But he said, this beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul. It is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents that God has given us. I thought that was really a great quote.
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And beautiful music can be whatever you like, whether it’s popular or, you know, religious. But I love music. I just love music all the time. And classical music I’ve become really a big fan of. My wife and I will go to the symphony. And just closing your eyes and listening to the music, to me, sometimes it’s more radical than rock and roll. And it’s really fun to… I’ve grown into it. I’ve grown… I guess I’ve matured. And there’s infinite possibilities that your mind just wanders and thinks. And I just appreciate music of all types.
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Well, and I think music, I think one of the things that sets humans apart from all the other species is the fact that we can create music. Now, granted, birds sing, but the fact that we can put notes together is, I think, unique to the human race.
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Ever since mankind has been around and sat by a campfire, you know, singing, chanting, trying to get to a higher place, whether it was communicating. Music has always been part of the human psyche. And I think it’s just, you know, I listen, especially I love bluegrass. I love to go out on the porch and listen to just the string instruments. I love rock and roll, all the time rock and roll. It makes you get up and want to dance. I love soul music. I love earth, wind, and fire, and lakeside, and just all kinds of music, and it just makes me happy. And, of course, when you’re not feeling so great and it’s raining outside, the blues. The blues. The Almond Brothers. I love all sorts of music, depending on how I feel. And music can help you get out of a negative mood. It can make you more positive.
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Well, and we’ll talk more about that in segments three and four. But I thought that was a great quote by Martin Luther. But let’s talk about something, well, very serious. This thing up in Boulder, and you live in Boulder County.
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I do. And when it’s that close to home, I’m amazed at how many people called me. are you okay? Everything all right? Do you know anybody? And fortunately, I don’t. I don’t think I know anybody. I haven’t heard all the names of people there. I know people who were peacefully standing there and supporting the rights of the hostages that are in Israel to be freed. It’s amazing to me that people who are just out there making people aware of the situation going on two years of what’s been going on. It’s… It’s mind boggling.
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I mean, will it be two years this October?
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Yeah. Yeah. October 7th. And, you know, it’s unconscionable that it’s happened that long. You know, I don’t want to get into all the pro and con of it, but we live in the United States of America when Jews cannot freely be out in the public square without worrying about somebody attacking them. Or shooting them coming out of a Jewish museum or having your house firebombed as Josh Shapiro, who’s a Democrat governor of Pennsylvania. I mean, there’s something mentally wrong with a lot of people who are blaming others who had nothing to do with anything that’s going on halfway around the world other than they’re the same religion.
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Well, and as you and I were talking in between break, it’s my friend, you’re Jewish, and I hadn’t even really thought about the fact that here’s my friend that might have to be concerned to go out just because of the fact that you’re Jewish. I’m just flabbergasted.
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Well, fortunately, we have support with our Christian community that is very supportive of the Jewish community for the most part. And, you know, that’s been a long time coming. Historically, it hasn’t always been that way. But I appreciate people saying, you know, it’s an attack on the Jewish people’s attack on Christians. When I see what’s going on in Africa with Christians being attacked in various countries, and I’m always concerned. You know, the Western ideology is being attacked. And I think that’s something that we all have to be aware of. And we should all stand up and say, no, you know, not in this place, not in our country. You know, intolerance has no place. When you have elected officials saying, you know, we’re going to stand unified, well, that’s great. I appreciate that support. But I think we have to be a little more proactive and go after some of these people that are here illegally. There’s millions of people that have come over that are unvetted. And what was amazing is how fast they found out who this individual was. And they knew a lot about him. And so I’m hearing now that the family, the judge who has been asked to look into the family and not deport them, I’m like, why do they have equal rights when they’re not citizens here in this country? I mean, we’re all equally human, but they’re not Americans. And if they overstay their visas, they don’t have the same rights anymore. that American citizens do. And if it was on the other foot, if it was an American citizen in another country, what would that be looking like? Right, right.
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Well, and this is the other thing that I, okay, the guy’s here illegally. I guess he came here on a visa. He overstayed his visa. But then we find out he has a wife and five kids here.
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Right.
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I don’t understand how that’s happening.
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Well, how can he take an action like that? He knows he has a family. I mean, what kind of individual is that, especially when something is happening around the world and his own native land, Egypt, won’t let the Palestinians into Egypt? There’s a bigger wall on that border, what they call the Rafah Crossing, than there is anywhere around Israel. and where Gaza meet. So, you know, you have to question the mindset of people like this who come here and bring their problems and issues to our country. We talk about things, we discuss things, we debate things, we may disagree or agree, but we do it civilly. We don’t do what he did up in Boulder.
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Well, and that is, America was founded on this idea that we do, well, first of all, we have, everybody has these rights as Americans, life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. that we are created equal, and that we would settle our differences not by violence. And that was, again, I think that’s somewhat unique within the American idea.
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It is. And, you know, when a Jewish student at UCLA or Columbia cannot walk across campus without being accosted, there’s something wrong with that institution. And we need to stand up for those students. I belong to a Jewish men’s group in Boulder because Jewish kids were being hassled many years ago. And that’s the original reason. start of this group no longer exists but it was way for young students to come up and say hey you know i i don’t know anybody i’m here on campus i’m from another you know state going to school and i feel like i’m isolated that’s how we started this group and uh you know we all have different backgrounds and and ideas and there’s a group of jewish men that were more liberal than Others were more conservative. But we all agreed that Israel had a right to exist just as America has a right to exist, just as every country peacefully has a right to exist. And what’s going on around there is a response to many years of frustration where the Palestinians have been given everything they’ve asked for. And now they want the death of every Jew in the world. And I’m sorry, Israel has the right to exist and defend itself and do whatever is necessary because there’s not another Jewish state in the world. There’s 22 Muslim countries in the world. And, you know, Israel has more Arabs living in it freely than any other Muslim country. And most people don’t know that.
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Yeah, most people don’t know that. And this is taking the veil off of this whole immigration thing here in America as well. And it’s daunting how we’ve gotten to this point. in our country. And Colorado is at the tip of the spear, so changing subjects a bit. You and I talked about this on the way in. And this is from Axios Denver, which typically leans more to the left. And it says, effort to transform Colorado politics by 2030 takes shape. And it says, the question sounds innocuous. When you think about having more courageous and representative politics in Colorado, what does that mean to you? And it says, yes, but it’s the precursor to much more. The organizers who asked the question just finished a statewide listening tour called Courageous Colorado, the start to an overhaul of the state’s elections and campaigns to make them less, I have this in air quotes, partisan. And it says the goal is to implement policy changes at the local or state level by 2030. And it says the effort is an outgrowth of that Prop 131, which was the failed 2024 campaign, to institute basically jungle primaries and ranked choice voting. And Kent Theory and company, Unite for America, which I think is Catherine Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch’s daughter-in-law, a lot of money that they’re putting into here in Colorado voting. to change the fabric of our elections. And they’re using something called the Delphi technique with this listening tour to do so, Brad. So what’s your thoughts?
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Well, I’ve had the Delphi technique used against me when they wanted to bring broadband into my little community. And at the end of the meeting, you know, they structure to where there’s controlled questions and there are people who are in the audience set there to kind of corral the direction of the way the conversation goes. And, you know, they really want to implement policy changes, and most people aren’t even aware of those policy changes. So at the end of this meeting for broadband that it was a public-private entity, they asked, you know, and mostly intimidated people to ask questions. But they said at the end, is there anybody here who would be against this as a business owner? And I raised my hand. And everybody turned their head and looked at the back of the room and said, you know, why are you against it? I said, well, you said public-private, which means more taxes, and then I have to pay for the service. And with all the technology changing so quickly, why do we have to tear up neighborhoods and put in this fiber in the streets when we have potential technology that we don’t have to do that? And the meeting was quickly adjourned. People come up to me afterwards and are like, why were you really against it? And it’s like, just as I said, why are we as taxpayers paying for this and then having a private company come in and do it? And then we have to pay for the service. Let’s just pay for the service if we want it.
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Exactly. And public-private partnerships, what I learned, and again, there’s something out of the World Economic Forum, globalist elites, and many times what happens is we, the public, are on the hook to pay for it. And so we take all the risk. And then the cronyists… The public-private over here, they’re the ones that are benefiting from it. And so I, too, had the Delphi technique used on me, and it is. So what happens is, and let’s see, it was an issue. I think it was on taxation, maybe on Tabor. And unfortunately, there were people from our side of the aisle that was supporting this as well because there’s a lot of money involved. these people pushing these agendas. And well, you know what? Let’s go to break and then let’s come back and talk about the Delphi technique. And gosh, I can’t believe we’re already at the break time. And there’s a lot happening in real estate right now. And you want to make sure if you’re buying or selling a home that you have a professional on your side of the table. That professional should be Karen Levine.
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And welcome back to the Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That’s Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter, and you’ll get that on Sundays. I did want to mention the USMC Memorial Foundation. They are raising money for the Marine Memorial remodel out at 6th and Colfax. And right now, Father’s Day, I can’t believe it, is right around the corner. But a great gift would be to buy a brick that will be on one of their pathways of service to honor your father or your husband’s military service. And you can get more information on that by going to usmcmemorialfoundation.org. That is usmcmemorialfoundation.org. Going back to what had happened in Boulder, this came in from Mary. She said, And he said that we are all here to help each other get through this life to get to our heavenly home. She said, I would go to Boulder and march with the Jewish people. Our boss is a Jewish carpenter. I love that. And let’s see. Oh, another listener said that these people that are here illegally, particularly this guy that attacked these Jews in Boulder, says they had more rights than many of the J6 people who were incarcerated without due process. That’s an important point as well. We’ve got so much happening in our country, but I wanna get to your piece. But this whole listening tour, regarding our elections and you saw this article as well is and this delphi technique how it works is the organizers really have a predetermined outcome that they want to get to but they want to have people think that they have given their input. And the way I have seen it used is the organizers on this particular question had invited people in, and it might have been electeds or people ahead of nonprofits or people that were influential in the community. So the first thing they did was kind of stroke them a bit and said, you all have been selected to be here because you are an influencer. Did you have that happen?
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Yes. It appeals to people’s ego and they do show up and they feel part of the process. The problem I see with it is it’s all about control and you look around the room and who’s in there and oftentimes it’s people that are of like mind that usually are not the same like mind that you have. And they also, you know, they’re influential in that they’re financially well off. And, you know, they’ve got money to spend on these issues because if you start looking at where they’re directing us, and it is directed, you’ve got to answer the question to yourself, well, follow the money. Where’s it coming from? Who’s going to gain from the experience? And There’s never really any follow-up. Or if there is, it’s we’ve listened to everybody, and this is what they said. Really, they didn’t say anything. It’s agenda-driven already. So they’re going to spin it to the public was invited or influential people in the community were here, and this is what the results were. And it’s not always what they say it is.
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Well, it isn’t. And that’s why we want to shed light on this. It’s called Courageous Colorado and said they had over 20 town halls across the state through late May to spur the conversation and generate a 2030 agenda. So these people do not give up. And what I have seen with the Delphi technique is you come in and you have a signed agenda.
SPEAKER 12 :
uh tables to sit at and there is an in somebody that’s going to control the conversation at each of those tables brad yeah and what they like to do is make sure that you’re going along because they ask the questions in a way that they get a positive response so when you get to the end of it you question yourself whether or not you want to be that lone voice and it takes fortitude to say no that’s not what i said or that’s not what i agree with or when they do that they will shun you you know in a way By saying, well, you know, we’re going to put that on the parking lot. We’re going to come back to that later. And they never do. And what you do have is a lot of people persuading, but they persuade in a way that is almost corrupt, is what I’ve experienced.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, and so I’m very concerned about this courageous Colorado.
SPEAKER 12 :
Did you hear any of those meetings being held? I never saw anything about them.
SPEAKER 18 :
I did not see anything about it. And so, again, now we’re going to see this narrative that we’ve talked to people across Colorado, and this is what we want. And the bottom line is… is these jungle primaries and this ranked choice voting really takes away the one person, one vote. And the question is why? Why do you think they want to do this, Bradbeck?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, it takes me back to the old Norman Rockwell painting of the man standing up in a town hall meeting. And he’s got the newspaper stuck in his pocket. And it’s a classic picture that one man, one vote. You have the right to stand up and have your voice heard. And usually there’s not enough people who have the courage to do that. They want to see. They want to observe. They may have their opinion. But it takes a lot to stand up and be an opposing voice and get people to talk and debate. And do we really want this? And what happens is it’s about somebody’s agenda. And you’ve always got to scratch the surface, go a little deeper. Who’s in charge? Where are they taking it? And what’s the end game? What’s the outcome, as you mentioned?
SPEAKER 18 :
And you and I both noticed that the players in this, they call this nonpartisan because people like the idea of nonpartisan. But when you look at the players, not so much, right?
SPEAKER 12 :
The League of Women Voters. I’ve never known them. They go under the guise of being nonpartisan, but… You ask the party affiliation of most of those people who are involved in that group, and I find they’re usually uniform of one party. There’s other groups, and they all say they’re civic engagement groups, but they’re never of the center to the right. They always seem to be left-leaning. And so if you really wanted to open it up, are there other organizations that could be part of this that give some balance to what’s being discussed?
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, and League of Women Voters, as many of our listeners stepped forward and helped with Holly Kaysen and Sean Smith and Ash Epp regarding USEIP, which after the 2020 election, it was just a group of volunteers, no volunteers. no 501c3, none of that, just volunteers going around to different neighborhoods here in Colorado and canvassing saying, it says Joe Smith voted here, does Joe Smith live here, blah, blah, blah. Seems like that’s okay. Well, they were accused of voter intimidation. And the plaintiffs in the case, one of them was the League of Women Voters. And it surely seems, connecting a dot, It surely seems that if they were really interested in free, fair, honest, and transparent elections, that they, A, would not have sued Holly, Ash, and Sean. But, B, then I’m very suspect that they’re involved in this courageous Colorado.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, it’s like every time I go to the airport, I’m intimidated because I have to show my ID. Every time I go somewhere that I want to buy a drug that’s prescribed, I have to show an ID. And yet these people are asking, hey, do you live here? Just verifying. It’s not intimidation. It reminds me of what’s happening now with ICE and the officers that are out there doing their job. And now you have a group of people saying, well, they need to identify themselves, need to show their faces, not wear masks. Well, where were they when the Summer of Love was happening and all these protesters were wearing masks and were almost fully covered or you only could see their eyes? They weren’t identified. So, you know, it’s a double standard. There’s a lot of hypocrisy out there. And I think what we need to do in a case like this is to really question what’s the purpose of this organization, what’s their agenda, and expose it and let them come forward and really have some balance in this conversation.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, and they’ve got their – and this is the thing. Those that want to control the people, they’re playing long ball.
SPEAKER 12 :
Right.
SPEAKER 1 :
2030?
SPEAKER 12 :
2030. And –
SPEAKER 18 :
And it seems a bit overwhelming because on our freedom side, just to promote freedom, there’s not a political agenda. If you are free… There’s not a lot of money in it, I would say, to stand up for freedom where those that will benefit from, you know, this courageous Colorado, they’re certainly focused on pushing that agenda. And so I think that’s why we’ll talk about your piece that is so important. And that is it’s got to be really grassroots people’s. stepping forward to everyday individuals to stand for freedom. But this stuff is so sinister. It’s so sneaky, and they’re using all these good words, courageous Colorado, and I’m concerned. I’m concerned.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, when you have working moms and dads out there, you know, and they want to provide for their family, provide for their future, do the right thing, they don’t have a lot of extra time after taking the kids to school or, you know, practice or whatever they’re doing. And it takes some energy. It takes commitment. When people have, especially young families, they don’t have the time for it. And what I find is courageous is there’s so many people I know, especially up in Boulder County, who do something every day. They do something that’s going to move the ball forward for liberty and freedom by getting involved, by finding one activity. You can’t do it all, but find one thing. If you’re interested in education, you’re interested in public policy, then find a group and associate with them and find out what you can do. And it could be just as simple as joining a Rotary or Kiwanis or Optimist Club in your local community and influencing those folks. There’s lots of opportunities for everybody to get involved, but so many people just say, well, somebody else will handle it, and that’s wrong.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, to understand the issues is why we do the show, because words matter so much. And I did find this, and it was 2016. And it was called Building a Better Colorado. And one of the things was to get rid of Tabor. And so they’ve done that before. And I think that that was defeated as well. But it takes a lot of work to push back on this. And now this courageous Colorado, we’ve got to be shedding light on this, Brad Beck.
SPEAKER 12 :
They have nice-sounding names with sinister agendas. And every time you go a little further into what they’re all about, it’s usually the usual suspects trying to break up the status quo. And I’m all for change. I’m just not the type of change that most of these folks who have agendas at the end of the day are after our taxpayer dollars, are after our children, are after our way of life. And, you know, it seems like the cronies keep getting cronier and cronier, if that’s a word.
SPEAKER 18 :
They do. They do. And it says the top ideas from this tour were campaign finance reform. Already it’s very difficult here in Colorado for somebody other than rich people to be able to run for office. Better civic education. You and I both like that. Open political primaries, we already have that. Ranked choice voting and term limits for local leaders. And term limits, we’re supposed to be doing that at the ballot box. But having term limits for electeds without having term limits for bureaucrats I think is a real problem.
SPEAKER 12 :
I would agree. And, you know, anytime you have bureaucrats, you have unelected officials controlling you. And I want to have the people who are in office accountable. And they always abdicate, well, that was, you know, the bureaucrats. It was staff. It was whoever they’re working with. And they hide behind it. Well, you know, one of the things Elon Musk, I think, recently talked about and, you know, Several other folks in the business community is like if the cost of living goes up more than 3% during a period of time when, like in this session, this next four years, everybody in Congress loses their job. Maybe they pay attention to a balanced budget. I’m reading March to the Majority by Newt Gingrich and talking about the contract with America and how it took a long time, a lot of effort, a lot of debate, a lot of going back and forth with the representatives that we have in Congress. to agree to 10 things, only 10 things, to make America better and stronger. And they did it with fortitude. They did it with persistence. And they did it by talking to each other. And with a Democrat at the top, with Bill Clinton, and a Senate and a House that were Republican, they worked together to make it better for the American people. At the end of the day, that’s what their job is, and to leave people alone and let them pursue their happiness, not to control their lives. And we need more people to do that in Congress.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, and so let’s go to break. When we come back, we’ll talk about your piece that we will roll out, Music Strikes a Chord in Our Quest for Freedom. And these are important discussions. They happen because of our sponsors. For everything mortgages, reach out to Lorne Levy.
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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. Something’s a good idea. Shouldn’t have to force people to do it. And do check out the Center for American Values, which is located in Pueblo. We need the Center for American Values now more than ever. It’s non-political, non-partisan, just focusing on these foundational principles of honor, integrity, and patriotism. And Brad Beck is in studio, co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters. And we were talking about this courageous Colorado affecting our elections by 2030. And Mark texted and said, doesn’t the World Economic Forum also have a 2030 agenda, and they do.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, many of these groups that want to control our lives have a 2030 agenda. And it goes back to Rio when they did the whole dealing with the environment and so forth and trying to control our lives that way. And that’s one of the reasons why I wrote my essays, because I don’t know anybody who doesn’t like music. I mean, it’s kind of the universal, makes everybody happy. It doesn’t matter the kind of music they listen to. But, you know, whether they hum along or sing out loud in their car by themselves in their crackly, lousy voices like I do, music is something that’s universal. And I collect 45, 78s, LPs, cassettes, CDs, streaming music. You know, I have it all. And I enjoy it when I have the opportunity to relax. And it makes me feel good. And I started thinking, so many people are connected by music. And with all the issues that are happening out there, you know, people like their genre. They’ll go to a concert. You know, if you like a song on the Internet, it may get you to download an album. And if you download an album, you may buy a concert ticket. And if you might buy a concert ticket, you may tell your friends about it. And they’ll tell their friends if they go. And, you know, all of a sudden this artist is popular. And that’s how word of mouth happens. Well, I started thinking we need to do that more often with the idea of freedom. And our friend Ben Martin always talks about freedom, liberty being the responsible exercise of freedom. We don’t talk about it enough. And young people especially, they take it for granted. They haven’t been in a situation, and we haven’t had it in this country, fortunately, since major wars. And so it’s something that I think needs to be discussed. And yet people, as we mentioned with these other issues earlier, are overwhelmed. They don’t know where to start. They don’t know groups, affinity groups. And there are a lot of people out there, a lot of organizations that somebody can, like music, get involved with and start. Just start. Go to a meeting and find out what they do and how they do it and the people. And if that group doesn’t meet your needs, find another group. But there are a lot of groups out there, and I know a lot of retired people that are looking for something to do. I always ask them, what’s your passion? What do you want to have a legacy for? And when you start talking to some people about it, they’ll say whatever the subject or the topic. And like music, you can connect them with others. And I think we need to be doing more and more and more of that in our Center to Write community on freedom. It’s so important. And passing out a declaration or constitution is great, you know, and having a conversation with it. But I think people have to get involved in some aspect of their community or an issue that they find is important. Freedom is too important to be lost. You’ll never get it back. And that’s the big takeaway, the big message. You know, Greg, excuse me, Dwayne Allman from the Allman Brothers said there’s a lot of different forms of communication, but music is absolutely the purest form. And freedom allows for that. And you think about music being a business, you know, and how that’s changed over the years where people had to go to a record store to get music or to listen to the radio until their favorite song came up. And, you know, there was a channel distribution. Well, that’s all changed now. And so how does an artist make money? They’re capitalists at the base of it, even though they talk about, no, they may talk about, I’m not into the money. Well, without the money, you can’t be a successful band. Without money, you can’t have a Colorado orchestra that we have, and they do beautiful music. You need money in every endeavor, and the way you do that is provide a service that people are willing to pay for. And sales, the sales made emotionally and justified rationally. And music’s the same way. It’s an emotional activity. So how do we tie that in with freedom?
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, I think that’s the key question. And my heart has been heavy as I’ve watched Colorado. Colorado really is, I think, at the tip of the spear, although some of the headlines of California, we’re giving them a run for their money.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yes, we are.
SPEAKER 18 :
And I’m thinking about these next generations. And there has been this narrative that has made people feel, tried to make people feel guilty about being free. And it’s been pretty insidious with our kids. And so… And we talk about this all the time on the show, but I’m watching what’s happening and I feel like we’re losing ground on freedoms.
SPEAKER 12 :
If we don’t discuss it more, share it, tell our own personal stories about how freedom has allowed us to live the lives we wanted to live. You know, if you don’t have the ability to have property rights, the ability to make decisions, to have your own choices and fail or succeed and plan and have equal protection under the law. If you don’t understand that production precedes consumption, if you don’t understand that money is not free, you have to work for it, that a job gives you dignity. You know, we have to instill these things in our children and our grandchildren. And the virtues are so important. There’s places that talk about the virtues and virtues. There’s places that talk about things of gender, which is going to serve the young people of the future. It’s the virtues. It’s the morals. It’s knowing about right and wrong. It’s knowing that you have a future. And if you don’t feel like you have a future and the Wuhan experience. showed a lot of young people that they didn’t have a future because they were sequestered in their house. They couldn’t see their friends. They couldn’t interact with people. I think that’s why in Toastmasters we have such success because people want to interact with one another. They want to see people’s eyes. They don’t want to see a screen in between it. They want to listen. They want to learn. They want to pursue things that make them happy, but not at the expense of somebody else. And we have to teach that. Freedom is a part of this whole conversation.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, it is. And I think inherently people, human beings want freedom. It’s in our DNA. But there’s also the human nature component that those that want to take away freedom know how to play. into the human nature component. So this is an ideological battle.
SPEAKER 12 :
It really is.
SPEAKER 18 :
We are in right now. And tomorrow is the anniversary of D-Day. And we are in our ideological D-Day, I think, at this particular point in time. Brad Beck, always great to have you in studio. And we’ll be rolling out Music Strikes a Chord in our Quest for Freedom this weekend. What’s your final thoughts?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, I just would challenge everybody to find an opportunity and get active, participate. And if you don’t have the time for that, talk to your kids or grandkids about what freedom has meant to them in their lives and connect maybe on a musical chord with them and talk about music and how music has been provided to us because we have freedom. And there’s so many choices out there. And let’s take advantage of them.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, and let’s do take advantage of them. And I’d gone to Martin Luther for our quote of the day. And so for the end of the show, this is what Martin Luther said. He said, God created the world out of nothing. And so long as we are nothing, he can make something out of us. I love that. And so, my friends, today be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
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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 each are treasured, you’re valued, you have purpose. Today, strive for excellence. Take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body. My friends, we were made for this moment in history. And thank you to the team. That’s Producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Teresa, Amanda, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Happy Thursday, Producer Joe. Happy Thursday, Kim. And that was a riveting hour number one, Brad Beck.
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It’s always a pleasure and amazing how time goes so quickly.
SPEAKER 18 :
It does go very, very quickly. And we’ll be talking with our friend Susan Kochevar here in the second hour. But let’s get to our word of the day, which is infinite. And it’s spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-E. And it’s unlimited, incalculable, boundless, unconfined, countless, measureless, having no limit or end. So infinite. And the possibilities with freedom are infinite. That’s why we need to protect freedom.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, one of the beautiful things about using different words and practicing using words as we do in Toastmasters is it expands your vocabulary and it doesn’t have to be a fancy word, but it gets you to think about the words you use. And it’s important, the words that we use and how we communicate.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, and so the challenge is to use the word infinite in a sentence today. And quote of the day, I went to Martin Luther. He was born in 1483, died in 1546. And he was a German priest, theologian, author, hymn writer, professor, and former Augustinian friar. And he was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation. And I chose this because he was a beautiful hymn writer. And he said this, Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul. It is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents that God has given us. And I chose that because of your piece that will roll out this weekend, and that is Music Strikes a Chord in Our Quest for Freedom.
SPEAKER 12 :
You know, one of the key words there is agitations of the soul. I love that because we’re all fidgety. We all are thinking different ways and interacting. And music brings us together. And so that’s a beautiful quote.
SPEAKER 18 :
It really is. And a good conversation about freedom and music. And this had come in here yesterday.
SPEAKER 12 :
eric said um great show for the first hour so thank you on that and that music therapy is actually a profession as well it is and i’ve heard that i don’t know anybody who does it but i’ve heard about it and it probably will help those individuals that can’t communicate in different ways and music helps us communicate more effectively i think
SPEAKER 18 :
I think so, too. And all different kinds of music. What about, and I think I know the answer to this question, because you like all genres. But I particularly like country music. But you do as well, yes?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, I was in a country band. I was with a group called the Rick Tucker and the Good Time Band. And our claim to fame, our leader at the time, Rick Tucker, who’s since passed away, had a number one hit regionally called Patty Baby, which I have the 45, and he recorded it with the great Norman Petty. And Norman Petty, if that name sounds familiar, he’s the one who published and recorded the early Buddy Holly songs. So I get to spend a week with Norman Petty, and it was an experience I’ll never forget. Yeah. The only one regret I have in my life is that Norman said, Brad, I want to record you. And I said, Norman, I can’t sing because I was known as the kosher cowboy. That was my handle back in the days of when you had, you know, the Seabees and so forth. And he heard about that. And I said, Norman, I can’t sing. He said, you think Kinky Friedman, the original Texas Jew boy, can sing? Yeah. So I should have taken him up on it and never did. But, you know, it was a fabulous experience. And I got to hang around musicians for a week in the studio. And we went to the original studio, which now is a museum in Clovis, New Mexico. So it was a great experience.
SPEAKER 18 :
That’s so neat. That is so neat. So let’s get into just a couple of other things. This is… My heart has been heavy as we have seen the veil coming off on all of the spending that is going on in our country. And this is another headline. It says DIA could lose $267 million in federal grants over their immigration and DEI policies. And, Brad, I think what I’m so troubled about is I knew this, but we have gotten so out of control from our American society. model of limited government, a limited federal government where states, municipalities, entities would be responsible for their own decisions. And $267 million for DIA, and I guess they probably make the case that there’s people from all over the country and the world that fly through there, but $267 million is a lot of money.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, and the place is not functional. I mean, I just flew in out of there a couple times these last two weeks. You go to the men’s room, none of the faucets or half the faucets aren’t working. The paper dispensers are ridiculously slow and give you a little sliver of paper. You know, I want things that have value that I’m willing to pay for as a citizen, but when they don’t work and you look at what they’ve built out there or have continued to try to build and it’s taken them forever… You know, one, it irritates me every time I have to go through TSA. Why are the American people being hassled every time they go through an airport? I mean, if we had secure borders all the time, we wouldn’t have to do this. If I was running for president, my number one thing would be to get rid of Homeland Security at every airport and protect the borders. End of story. because I don’t think they do anything other than hassle innocent people, just like the Second Amendment. You shouldn’t have to go and get a permit to protect yourself from the government.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, and I think a whole bunch of it is to be compliant. And I had lunch with a friend yesterday, and I recently flew as well. And I remember I used to be so excited. What’s on the other end? What’s the adventure? And now it is a hassle to fly. But I will step aside and say that I do not want to have my picture taken. I do not like – now, I think they got me one time when I flew back from Richmond. I didn’t understand what was going on. But I will normally just step to the side and say I prefer not to have my picture taken. But we dutifully step up, compliant. But yet with the illegal immigration under the Biden administration, they were flying illegals all over the country without ID, without any vaccine records, anything like that. And so what has to ask, you know, what is this whole TSA thing all about? Is it a works program? Is it creating jobs or what is it?
SPEAKER 12 :
government creating jobs, yes, which they don’t do. They scond our tax dollars to create this false sense of security. But every time I go through, even though I have clear and I have TSA pre, somehow I get either tagged for additional searches or if you have to go through and the thing goes off because they do quote a random check, And then somebody puts their hand all over your body and says, I have to look here and look there. And I’m incredulous by it because we as a citizen should not have to have a legal search and seizure by our government, period. And border crossings, when you go from… Nevada into California, and you have to go through the, quote, search there if you have any fruits or vegetables. Again, it’s another way to comply with people. They talk about, you know, they want to keep bugs out of California. I think it’s the other way around. The bugs seem to start in California and permeate around the country. You know, it just irritates me that in our country we have to be search and seizure. every place we go, in an airport. And now, you know, other forms of transportation. I understand security. What I disagree with, if we pay for border security and have a safe country and a legal way to come here, we want immigrants to come to our country. We’re all immigrants to start with. But, you know, when you hassle all your citizens anytime they want to egress or just visit family somewhere, It’s brutal. I mean, it really is. It makes it uncomfortable. Transportation has just become, you know, I want to drive my car more. I have more freedom. And, yes, it takes longer, but you know what? At the end of the day, I have more control over me.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, and we’ll try to get to this headline that there are eight states that are aiming to ban gas car sales, which is crazy. And one of those is where you grew up was California. Yeah. I can’t believe Colorado was not on that list, but I’m sure that they may want to try. So we’re going to go to break. And I did want to mention the Roger Mangan State Farm Insurance team. And Roger’s been in business for 48 years, taking care of his clients and his family and giving back to the community. And give them a call, 303-795-8855, and make a complimentary appointment. That way you will know what your insurance coverage is, you’ll have what you need, and you might be able to save some money if you bundle everything together. 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 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. 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. In studio with me is my friend Brad Beck, co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters. And Liberty Toastmasters Denver is meeting this Saturday.
SPEAKER 12 :
It is, and we welcome all that want to come and get better at public speaking and learn how to communicate effectively with your friends, family, organizations, or just want to be a better speaker.
SPEAKER 18 :
And we really need to be able to communicate ideas because these foundational ideas of America are really under attack. And that’s why we need to really get our brains around the idea and then how to communicate it. And another sponsor of the show is on the line with me, and that is Susan Kochevar, owner of the 88 Drive-In Theater. Susan, welcome to the show. Good morning, Kim and Brad. And the 88 Drive-In Theater, you’ve gotten a lot of press in a lot of different places I’ve seen. Congratulations on that, Susan.
SPEAKER 19 :
Thank you. When we made our first post this year, a Denver influencer picked it up, and it went viral on Instagram and on TikTok. So we had over 200,000 views. I wanted a soft opening, but we worked hard those first few weekends. I got a really great staff this year.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, that’s amazing. And so the 88 Drive-In Theater is open, and give us the details.
SPEAKER 19 :
So, yeah, we’re open every night of the week now. We’re into the immediate season. We have this week Sinners. The first picture is Sinners. Final destination, Bloodlines, and the second picture is called Sinners. And we’ll have that through the 12th. And then we’ll see what’s next. I’m not sure yet. But it’s going to be a good summer. There’s a lot of great movies coming out.
SPEAKER 18 :
And what about some of the independent movie producers? What’s your thoughts on what’s coming from them?
SPEAKER 19 :
It’s very exciting because there are a lot of new studios coming up, such as Angel Studios. And it’s really exciting. Also, Amazon is producing. a lot of new stuff. All of that choice and competition really helps the industry. And I think you’re starting to see that in some of the pictures, newer ideas and genres. So that works really well. Not so many of these repeats, which haven’t been doing very well. And then, of course, you have some of the studios who kind of The one big one we’ll go unmentioned, who sort of went woke and has really damaged their brand greatly and has been laying people off. So this choice and competition and change, I think, is a good thing for the industry. I think it’s much needed.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay. And you said you’re open every day or every night. And what time does the box office open at 88 Drive-In Theater?
SPEAKER 19 :
Yep. The box office opens at 7 p.m. You can get your tickets there. And we only sell tickets at the box office. You can find more information at 88drivein.net or on Facebook.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay. So let’s get over here. Not only are you an entrepreneur and a businesswoman, but you also are a commentator. You really watch what’s going on out there. And so the first thing, you and I had texted back and forth a week or so ago, concerns about Pam Bondi. and her dragging her feet, particularly regarding the release of the Epstein files. So what’s your update on that, Susan Cotrar?
SPEAKER 19 :
Still not a lot has come out about that. I see Dan Bongino has come out and said that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself, and boy, that’s really a stretch for me, even though I really like Dan Bongino. And I trust him, but I think that’s a really strange thing for the FBI to come out and say, you know, those cameras went dark in the prison for several hours. So I find that really hard to believe that he killed himself. And I don’t understand why more of the information hasn’t been released. I know Pam Bondi was attorney general in Florida where a lot of that information Epstein case started and it didn’t seem like a lot got done there. I just can’t imagine what is behind all of that. I think that a lot of our politicians could potentially have been and may be being blackmailed because we’re sure seeing some odd behavior out of those folks. So I don’t know what’s going on there, but I’m very disappointed in that information not being released and getting to the bottom of what happened there.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay. And we are into the Trump administration now. And Brad, you and I were talking that it seems like there’s a lot of really good things happening. There’s so much detraction. And of course, Elon Musk is out there now saying that he’s very disappointed about this big, beautiful bill. And yesterday when Trent Luce was on, and he’s not a real fan of Trump either, he It’s somewhat disconcerting what’s happening out there. So I called Wade Miller with the Center for Renewing America, who has been working on Capitol Hill regarding this big, beautiful bill. And he said that there are…
SPEAKER 12 :
spending cuts in this bill and that we need to understand that and so i’m going to have him on next week uh to to talk about it but there’s so many detractors out there i don’t know who to trust these days well you know i have a question actually for susan because she’s involved in this and studied it more than i have but one of the reasons i think susan that we don’t trust our institutions we don’t trust where we get our news we don’t trust our elected representatives really coalesced around the time that Wuhan happened and all the misinformation that our government provided us and the so-called experts. And I think you bring up a good point, whether it’s Dan Bongino or Pam Bondi or any of the folks that we tend to like, there’s a trust gap there. And how do we address that, Susan?
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, you’re right. There’s a huge gap there. And I think it did. I think that’s when a lot of things that politicians were doing was really exposed front and center with COVID. You know, we had Bill Barr and all of his weird things. And then we went into the Biden administration lying about his dementia, which most of us knew. So getting that trust back, I don’t know, it’s… Our politicians, our representatives are, a lot of them, in very powerful positions. And one of the things I think would help is to change sort of the structure of Congress in terms of when these people go into Congress and they come back out, they should not get lifetime pay. They should not be able to opt out of any laws that the rest of us are subject to. They were never supposed to. Thomas Massey keeps putting out there that a lot of the politicians have a group, I can’t remember what they’re called, but they have like handlers, and he says they’re from Israel who follow them around, and they have to consult with these people. to figure out how they should vote so that they can get campaign funds. And also the other thing that happens is to be on a big, powerful committee, you have to raise a lot of money and kind of buy your way onto the committee. These are structural things that really need to be fixed because I think it allows people to go into Congress for the wrong reasons, or maybe they go in for the right reasons and they get stuck in this muck. And those are some of the things I think need to be restructured so that that stuff doesn’t happen anymore our founders never intended for that to happen so that we can you know so these people are actually working for the best interest of the country
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, and as I’m sitting here, thinking about these issues that we’re facing, and Trump, I think, has done a good job regarding immigration. And again, yesterday, Trent and I had a discussion about it. He had said that he had asked the question, you know, what about people that are here legally that might get caught up and be deported? And one of our listeners had sent an email that I saw. and said that that may happen, but that we also have judges that would probably step in at that time. But we’ve got to get immigration figured out. We’ve got to get the spending figured out. We’ve got to make sure that we have reliable, efficient, affordable, and abundant energy sources. We’ve got to get that figured out. We’ve got to protect our children. And I think as we’re working through this, I’m getting clarity on the things that we need to really be focused on, Brad.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, one of the things Susan brought up was what Thomas Massey had mentioned about having handlers that were from the Israeli government. And I’m always cautious when I hear those things because I don’t know where it’s coming from. You know, all the various interests, whether they’re a foreign entity or agriculture in this country, have lobbyists. And they all have influence. And I don’t doubt that AIPAC or any of the other organizations, Jewish organizations, have some influence or try to influence our elected representatives. But then again, I look and see all the other entities out there like CARE. and various Muslim organizations. And I ask myself, which organizations should we be aligned with and listen to, those that are more freedom-oriented or those that are more control, force-oriented? And that’s a question I think we need to ask. It’s a good discussion to have. But I’m always a little bit cautious when somebody starts pushing that it’s the Israelis or the Jews that the American electorate is following our representatives. And, you know, it gives fuel to the fire of anti-Semitism. And I’m not saying Massey’s doing that, but, you know, I see the same things on the Internet, and it always concerns me.
SPEAKER 19 :
No, I totally agree, Brad. He just keeps saying that, and I don’t understand that. I like Thomas Massey. He seems to be more libertarian than the others. I don’t know why he’s saying that, but I agree with you. There are all kinds of factions that seem to have more access and influence over our politicians than the people. So I think that’s really more what I’m after there really than blaming one group or the other because you’re right, care has an awful lot of influence as well, and that is not such a good thing either. Right. So I agree. I just think the structures and the way that that influence seems to be – Nancy claims that the handlers are influencing the votes, and she thinks it’s not always in a good way. I don’t know. I’m not in Congress. I can’t see what’s going on. But something is wrong, especially when you look at the way – The body votes.
SPEAKER 12 :
We agree. Yeah.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah. And so that’s why we’ve got to continue to have discussions about this. We’re talking with Susan Kochavar, who is an entrepreneur and owner of 88 Drive-In Theater, and Brad Beck, who’s a co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters. And very pleased to have the Second Syndicate as a sponsor of the show because the Second Amendment is in place to protect the first, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press. And so very pleased to have the Second Syndicate as our sponsor.
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SPEAKER 18 :
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. 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 do you want more freedom and confidence with your money? Well, Mint Financial Strategies can help. They’re an independent firm with over 25 years of experience. And as an accredited investment fiduciary, they can put your best interest first always. With a strategy-first approach, they’ll help you build a plan that fits your life. So call Mint Financial Strategies today at 303-285-3080. That’s 303-285-3080. In studio with me is Brad Beck, co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters. And Liberty Toastmasters Denver meets the first and third Saturdays of each month. And so we’ll be meeting this Saturday, 10 o’clock at Independence Institute.
SPEAKER 12 :
We are, and I get to be an evaluator for a speech, and I’m looking forward to it. I haven’t done that in a while.
SPEAKER 18 :
The evaluation component is really an important thing to learn. And in many ways, I’ve maybe used that more than just actually public speaking, and that is how to interact with people. And even if there’s a really difficult situation, the evaluation component that you learn those strategies can be very helpful.
SPEAKER 12 :
It teaches you active listening, and then you have to recite and give a two- to three-minute response to what the speaker said and what they did well and how they can improve. And I really enjoy it because it challenges me every time. And we have some great speakers, and people have different ideas, and you have to come up and try to give them valuable feedback that is positive. And there’s another technique which, you know, I like, which I call the manure technique, which is dump on me and tell me everything I did wrong because I’m not watching myself. But with a newer speaker, you want to be encouraging. And so we do a sandwich technique. We offer praise. Then we offer the meat of the critique and then we offer praise. So we encourage people to come and learn and listen and participate with us.
SPEAKER 18 :
And just to note, Liberty North meets the second and fourth Saturdays of each month up in Longmont. And that’s a really vibrant group.
SPEAKER 12 :
That is. And we keep growing up there. And I’m amazed at the diversity of opinion, even though we talk about freedom and the ideas of individual rights and the proper role of government. You know, we don’t all agree, Laz. We don’t all agree here in Denver. Freedom is the only tent big enough for everybody.
SPEAKER 18 :
It is, and we need to continue to make the case for that. On the line is Susan Kochevar. She is an entrepreneur and owner of 88 Drive-In Theater, which is open seven days a week. And, Susan, that means that you have pretty late nights, right?
SPEAKER 19 :
Yes. Yes, it does, especially some of the length of the pictures these days. Some of them are two and a half hours long.
SPEAKER 18 :
And you have to wait until the sun goes down to start the theater, so it can be a late evening. That’s right. And kids are free, right, under the age of 12? Is that right?
SPEAKER 19 :
They are.
SPEAKER 18 :
$10 per person. Children under 12 are free. Okay. And how can people find you? What’s your website?
SPEAKER 19 :
Go to 88drivein.net or you can go to Facebook. We’re there. We’re also on Instagram and sometimes on TikTok.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay, so Susan, let’s jump in here because we are at a very dangerous time in our country. And if Harris would have won and the Biden administration had another four years, we know that we were headed to disaster. I’m concerned, though, that there are that I’m concerned with some of these things. And I’m going to say the AI thing. I’m getting very, very concerned about that. And I saw a headline yesterday that Trump has got this company Palantir, I think it is, that will be managing a lot of this AI. And I’m really uncomfortable about that, Susan.
SPEAKER 19 :
That’s what bothers me about this big, beautiful bill. There is a provision in it that says that states can’t pass regulations on AI for the first 10 years. Who put that in there? That just isn’t right. I don’t know how to feel exactly about the AI at this point. It looks to me like the AI really isn’t that good. It makes mistakes. They are claiming that it has been acting in ways that preserve itself, and they have tried to preserve itself, and in some cases not being truthful. So, you know, I asked my daughter about this because she’s 30 and very into technology. She doesn’t seem to be so worried about it. She says, you know, Mom, you can always just unplug it. And the technology is not where they say it is. So I don’t know. It’s hard for me to tell exactly. There are definitely some extremely concerning aspects.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, and this was from Newsweek, and it says that President Donald Trump allegedly plans on developing a database on Americans’ private information. And that was according to the New York Times. Now, I look at that, Brad, and I’m thinking, well, is the New York Times trying to put sand in the gears to slow down the good things that Trump is trying to do? So I don’t like not being trusting the way this is going. But it goes on to say that the White House had contracted Colorado-based data analytics and technology firm, Palantir, co-founded by longtime Trump backer Peter Thiel for assistance in compiling a database of personal information on American citizens, which seems like that goes against the Fourth Amendment.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, this whole discussion of AI, which AI for me is actual intelligence as opposed to artificial, and it takes actual intelligence to build these systems. I try not to be a Luddite. You know, the idea of let’s stop everything that’s modern because it will preclude us from doing what we’ve always been doing. I look forward to this new technology simply from the fact, one, from a security aspect. If we don’t develop it to its fullest potential, our adversaries will. And we don’t want China or Russia or Iran or North Korea to get ahead of us on this. That’s number one. Number two… You know, any technology could be used for ill. And so we’ve got to figure out a way when I say we are elected representatives and not for profits and citizens need to figure out a way to protect the individual rights of all of us. That would be paramount. And then third, there needs to be somebody with some form of oversight. And I don’t mean a bureaucracy, a third independent party to see everything that is as far as intelligence. I mean, they already have everything they need on us if you go through an airport or credit card. So the question is, how invasive is that going to be? And I have concerns, as Susan does as well. But in the long run, if we don’t develop it here and have some control over it, The world’s a small place, and we saw the technology usurp us just recently in Ukraine, with Ukraine going into Russia and bombing the Russian airplanes. We saw it in Lebanon, where the Israelis went in and had pagers, and they blew up with Hezbollah. Technology’s always going to be there. The question is, can we get ahead of it and make sure that it’s not used for ill purposes? Well, that’s the key, isn’t it, Susan?
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, I completely agree with what Brad said, 100%. The other thing that gets discounted is the human mind. I just have a really hard time believing that AI could ever encompass the power of the human mind. You know, people look at things differently, every single one of us, and have all kinds of different insights into things, and I just don’t think AI is going to have that kind of capacity So, you know, I don’t think I’m more afraid of some of the people that misuse some of that stuff than I am the actual technology. And I agree, you’re not going to stop progress anyway. So you want your best and brightest people, you know, entrepreneurs working on that kind of stuff. And to Brad’s point, Edward Snowden, you know, was branded a traitor, but that’s what he was trying to tell us. Gosh, what, 27 years ago now that the NSA has all this information on you, this database, and it’s searchable, friends. They already know all this stuff. That, to me, is what needs to be shut down.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, and so let’s go over to spending, Susan. What’s your thoughts about spending? And it looks like we’re going to get some cuts in this and tax cuts and cuts in spending in this big, beautiful bill. What’s your thoughts about spending here in America?
SPEAKER 19 :
Well, spinning is the way we get control of our government. We have got to severely whack back all of the money that they waste and that they collect. This bill has tax cuts in it. And if the Trump tax cuts do not get extended, the middle and lower class will be wiped out. I can tell you it was it was when Trump passed those tax cuts the first time. It really helped my business. And I’m just a tiny guy. So that stuff needs to come through. But we’re also going to need massive tax cuts. And, you know, with all these people influencing our politicians, it’s going to be very tough. Everybody’s got their pet program, and, you know, they probably get campaign contributions based on their promises to extend or build whatever – lobbyists want. So it’s going to be a really tough fight. But as Elon Musk points out, we’ve got to make these cuts because our debt is through the roof and we will collapse if we do not get that under control. The interest is so high now, most of the money that’s being collected is going to pay interest. And you can look at that in the same way that you look at your personal finances. If all your money is going to interest, You’re never going to get out of that hole. You’ve got to make cuts and pay down that interest. I don’t know. I don’t know what it’s going to take to get Congress to actually pass cuts.
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And welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That’s Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. 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. 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 thank you to Laramie Energy for their gold sponsorship of the show because it’s reliable, efficient, affordable, and abundant energy from oil, natural gas, and coal that powers our lives, fuels our hopes and dreams, and empowers us to change our own personal climate. Brad Beck, co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters, is in studio. And good conversations.
SPEAKER 12 :
It is. And it’s always good to hear my friend Susan and her perspectives. And I love the fact that she is the last remaining drive-in in Colorado and brings back so many great memories.
SPEAKER 18 :
and there is a whole group across the nation, right? Susan Kochevar of Drive-In Theater Owners?
SPEAKER 19 :
There are, yeah. And I’d like to be the last one in Colorado, Brad, but there’s about seven of us, but I’m the last one remaining in the Denver metropolitan area. And if you want to find a drive-in, go to driveinsnearme.com. Driveinsnearme.com is launching the sixth – of June is National Drive-In Day, and we are launching a Drive-Ins Near Me website. You can find drive-ins all over the country, you know, They make a good road trip.
SPEAKER 18 :
And that absolutely. And that is one of the you mentioned road trip, freedom of mobility. That has been something that has been under attack as well. All these little things that have been under attack. So let’s get to the text line, though. And this is from Todd. And he says, change Congress, says complain about it or go to Convention of States, which is the article article five of the Constitution. And I think it I think we may be at a point we may need to use that. What do you think? Have you given a lot of thought to that statement?
SPEAKER 12 :
I would love to see that happen because it would say to our elected representatives, you don’t have all the power. The founders put that in there as a stopgap measure for citizens to have a voice. And, you know, Congress hates anybody who takes their power away from them unless it’s convenient. And one of the things I would love to see is a doge set up in all 50 states and the U.S. government, because if you have somebody looking over it, they’re less likely to do what they’re not supposed to be doing. So I think we need to Elon needs to franchise that out to all 50 of our states in the country.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, I think that that does make a lot of sense. And Susan, have you given much thought to Convention of the States?
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, there’s a lot of people that worry that it could go the wrong way, but I’m not sure we could go much more the wrong way. If we don’t pull this spending in and take control of Congress, the people, we’re in big trouble, like really big trouble. Yeah, I’ve thought about that. That might be the way to go.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay. And just some of the subjects that we had talked about. I had mentioned this regarding the Trump administration said that DIA could lose potentially $267 million in federal grants over immigration and DEI policies. Jenny said this, that the airport is dirty. Yeah, it is. And that they have gargoyles at Ground Transportation 504. I didn’t know that. And I don’t know what that means exactly.
SPEAKER 12 :
I think there’s one that they’ve had there from the very beginning that they replaced. It’s up there. Historically, gargoyles are there to ward off evil. If you look at all the medieval churches in Europe, I have two gargoyles in front of my house, and we call them Boo and Who for Halloween. So I have nothing against gargoyles, but the public art there is less than appealing. Yeah.
SPEAKER 18 :
And the crazy horse when you’re coming around there, the blue horse.
SPEAKER 12 :
Lucifer. Yeah.
SPEAKER 18 :
There are things I just feel uncomfortable when I go out to the DIA anymore. And maybe it’s because of those particular policies. So, Susan, I know that you and I both in our text back and forth are very pleased with some of the things that’s occurring with the Trump administration. And there’s so many roadblocks that are being put up. in front of him. But I want to make sure that we stay within the Constitution and that we have these honest conversations about what’s going on out there, Susan.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, I agree. You know, he’s fighting a gigantic battle, and sometimes it’s very hard to tell. Sometimes it’s hard to tell which way it’s going, you know, kind of back and forth because of that gigantic, deep state, which is just all the bureaucrats, which, you know, you’ve mentioned many times, are in, you know, all levels of government. We have way too much bureaucracy. And these folks oftentimes are making decisions and telling the people that we elect to represent us how things are done. And that’s something I think we need to cut back. But I do think that Trump, there are a lot of things. One of the most important things, I think, was shutting the border and working to get these illegals out. I know that Tom Holman and Alex Jones and quite a few others are very concerned after what we saw happen in Russia with Ukraine bombing their planes containing those nuclear warheads. because it’s such a surprise attack. And they’re saying, listen, the Biden administration imported a lot of these people. And, you know, they completely bypassed the Border Patrol, you know, just sign your name and never show up to court. They didn’t want fingerprints. They didn’t want pictures. They didn’t want anything. They just blew these people in. And so they’re very concerned, Tom Holman and Alex Jones, some others are very concerned we could be attacked in our own country. And I see Trump is considering implementing emergency powers to root these people out and get them out of the country. And a good deal of them were military-aged men. So there may be some fights going on that we’re not completely aware of. And I think it’s important to head on a swivel no matter where you go, especially after that horrendous attack in Boulder.
SPEAKER 18 :
And so what do you think in these conversations with people regarding Trump? What do you say, Susan?
SPEAKER 19 :
Well, I point out all of the stuff that I see that is positive. And the other thing I talk about, too, is the stuff that we saw happen in his last term, and there was a huge list of things that helped, I think, people generally and helped my business personally, which is the same things that helped all the other small businesses, hire people. And, you know, the country was on a really good track in 2019, and I think – And the Biden administration has done so much damage that it’s going to take a lot to – Trump said this is going to be – before we get to the golden age, this is going to be bumpy getting these people out and getting things sorted around. So I kind of talk about some of those things. And the other thing I say is, well, you know, did you – do you want to continue under Biden-era policies with Kamala Harris? And it looks like the Democrats – are imploding with a lot of stuff that’s happening. I see Corrine Jean-Pierre the other day just said she’s leaving the Democrat Party and writing a book about it. The Bidenites are furious at her. So I might actually read that book. I want to, that seems… I’m quite curious to see what she has to say there, considering I think that she was the, rather than being the press secretary, she was the secretary of lies.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, and I’m, again, cynical, and I’m wondering if this might be a move by Democrats to try to go to get more support from the unaffiliated voter brand.
SPEAKER 12 :
Could be. You know, I’m always curious, because Susan’s in the storytelling business. He shows movies, and good movies are about storytelling. And I’m curious, what stories should the Trump administration be telling us that are true, that are factual, but that will get people behind them? Because if you can persuade positively, you can get people to rally around you. So what’s the good story to be telling?
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah. I don’t know. I think it’s tough right now because there’s… There’s so many different narratives that are flooding, you know, X and all the other social media. It’s hard to get a handle on that. And I think you’re right. I’m even struggling to put a finger on that. I can see some of the good things, but I do think that that’s probably exactly what the Trump administration needs to do, start telling the positive stories.
SPEAKER 18 :
Absolutely. So Susan Kochavar, it’s always great to have you on the show. And again, what’s the website for 88 Drive-In Theater?
SPEAKER 19 :
88drivein.net.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay. And Brad Beck, it’s always great to have you in studio as well.
SPEAKER 12 :
Always a pleasure. Thank you for the honor.
SPEAKER 18 :
And Liberty Toastmasters, how can people get more information?
SPEAKER 12 :
They can go online at libertytoastmasters.org and or go to toastmasters.org and look us up and see our smiling faces and come join us.
SPEAKER 18 :
And again, thank you to both of you for being here. Really appreciate it. And my heart is heavy. I feel that the job in front of us right now, we need the good Lord’s help with this because it’s bigger than any one of us. Brad Beckett.
SPEAKER 12 :
Anything that’s worth doing is hard. And we’ve got to be persistent and determined. And with good people like you and Susan, we’ll get it done.
SPEAKER 18 :
We will get it done. And our quote for the end of the show is from Martin Luther. He said this. He said, God created the world out of nothing. And so long as we are nothing, he can make something out of us. And I love that. And so my friends, today be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
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