Explore the embodiment of spiritual champions as Rick Hughes recounts the biblical tale of David and Goliath, reflecting on what it means to be a hero in both biblical and modern times. We question the heroes we idolize today and how true motivation should stem from spiritual strength and understanding. Through compelling narratives and scriptural insights, learn how each of us can stand in the gap and make a significant impact in a world that often mirrors ancient struggles.
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Welcome to the Flatline with your host, Rick Hughes. For the next 30 minutes, you'll be inspired, motivated, educated, but never manipulated. Now, your host, Rick Hughes.
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Good morning and welcome to the Flatline. I'm your host, Rick Hughes, and for the next few minutes, please stick around. This is called the FLOT line, F-L-O-T, and we're using that military metaphor to explain how you can establish a main line of resistance, a FLOT line, a forward line of troops, a main line of resistance in your soul by learning God's unique problem-solving devices. We have listed 10 of them on our radio show. We've written a book about these 10 Christian problem-solving devices that I learned years ago from my pastor. We're passing that information on to you. And hopefully, if you take time to learn and understand and use the rebound technique, the filling of the Holy Spirit, the faith rest drill, grace orientation, biblical orientation, pick up a personal sense of destiny, have a personal love affair for God, using impersonal love for all mankind, sharing the happiness of God, and being occupied with Christ, you'll understand those 10 problem-solving devices that I just quoted to you. They're there and they are for you. They will sustain you and carry you in times of adversity in your life. The outside sources of adversity are always inevitable, but the inside source of stress is always optional. So by learning and using the word of God, you can actually live a life free from worry. You can live a life free from bitterness. You can live a life free from jealousy. It's simply called the Christian life. It's the wonderful life that the Lord Jesus Christ lived and passed on to us. demonstrated to us in his humanity how we could live also. And so that's what we do here on the Flatline is we teach the Lord Jesus Christ lifestyle. Reminding you, the Bible says, let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus. If you're going to replicate how he lived, you have to replicate how he thought. You have to know his intentionality, what he intended, what were his motives, his initiatives, his desires. And it was always to glorify the Father. And hopefully that's the same with you as well. So these Flatline shows are available every Sunday free of charge. And we also provide transcripts of all shows as well as transcripts for the whole year 2019 in three separate volumes. So if you're interested in getting those transcripts, let us know. Contact us through the website at rickhughesministries.org, rickhughesministries.org. There you can see the transcripts. You can order them. You can order the various books that we've got available, including Christian Problem Solving. And we offer this printed material all free of charge. So thank you for listening. Thank you for giving me your time. If you learn the Word of God, you're going to have some spiritual x-ray vision. It's called in the Bible wisdom, and that wisdom gives you two unique qualities, insight and discernment. When you have those two things, you're able to forge ahead in the devil's world and be used by God to replicate the life of Christ, and hopefully that's what's happening with you. Today we're going to study a subject that I think is interesting. I always have to come up with different topics for these radio shows, and I think this topic will interest you. We're going to be looking at this, the search for a champion, looking for a champion. And the way we're going to go about it is to look at 1 Samuel 17, 4 in the Old Testament, where the Bible says there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines whose name was Goliath. from the city of Gath, who stood nine feet, six inches tall. There's no doubt you've heard the story of David and Goliath. Maybe you have never understood all the details of it, but Goliath was a champion, the people's champion. The Hebrew word for champion in that passage is the Hebrew word ish. iysh ish and this is the same word used in genesis 2 24 where god created ish or adam and then god created eve who is ishah the man and the woman but in the case of the giant whose name was goliath it referred to a true celebrity a person who was very well known and this champion from the town of gath was a well-known celebrity you know in these times here in good old usa a lot of people are looking for a hero someone they can identify with someone who motivates them to do better could be a political hero or sports hero even in my sports and like i like to do fishing could be a fishing hero But the Bible cautions us about that. It says, curse it as the one who trusts in man. Jeremiah 17, 5. Don't take your motivation from another man. Take your motivation from the Lord Jesus Christ and assuming the mind of Christ. That's why the Bible says, stop thinking of yourself in terms of arrogance beyond what you should think, but think in terms of humility as God has signed to each one of us a standard of thinking from his word, Romans 12, 3. So, Goliath was that people's champion. He was unstoppable and iconic, but... On the human side, he was rather overconfident and lacked any humility at all, since he had a perfect track record. He killed everybody he fought. On the outside, he looked unbeatable. But on the inside, he had one major flaw, and that was his massive arrogance. And that arrogance caused him to suspect a small shepherd boy named David would be no contest for him. I'm sure Goliath was well paid. I'm sure he had anything he wanted. He was, after all, the people's champion. You know, sports has MVPs also, be it football, baseball, basketball, tennis, swimming, track and field, boxing, automobile racing. I mean, they all have their famous celebrities who rack up millions and millions and millions of dollars. for their outstanding performances. We just recently had the NFL draft, quite different than it has ever been before because it was a virtual draft. But a lot of these top 10 guys signed for millions and millions of dollars over a four-year deal. And they also have guaranteed money as well, signing bonus. And my personal friend, and I don't know him, but the one I liked the best was Tua Tungaviola out of the University of Alabama, the quarterback who went to the Miami Dolphins in the fifth pick. And he signed for millions of dollars. Well, in this same vein, God has his own champions. and you very possibly could be one of these champions but don't expect to be well paid or highly appreciated in the book of ezekiel we find an interesting verse this is what it says ezekiel 22 30 and i sought for a man among them one that should make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for the land that i should not destroy it but i found none Did you hear that? I was looking for a man, God said, among them, one that could make up the hedge, stand in the gap, and I found none that I should not destroy it. In other words, national discipline. God said if I could just find one person of righteousness, then I would pass over this land and not destroy it, but I could not find one person. When the Jews fled Egypt after 400 years of slavery, they were led by Moses and his brother Aaron. Once across the Red Sea, they turned towards the Promised Land, but once on the journey and seeing the seemingly insurmountable odds, they broke weak and requested to go back to Egypt. Back to slavery, or at least they had some sort of security. In Exodus 32, Moses prays for God to forgive that apostasy of Israel when they built and worshiped the golden calf during Moses' absence while he was on Mount Sinai. Listen to the words of God. and the pronouncement of judgment on the children of Israel who quickly turned away from God while Moses was gone for 40 days. So what was he doing? He was receiving the Ten Commandments. He was on Mount Sinai for 40 days. And Joshua was at the foot of the mountain waiting on him with no cell phone, no text message, probably wondering what's taking so long. And the people didn't take but 40 days without a champion like Moses, and off they went crazy. So in Exodus 24, 12, the Lord said to Moses, come up to me on this mountain. and remain here, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments which I've written for their instruction. So Moses arose with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up to the mountain of God, but to the elders he said, you wait here for us until we return to you. you have Aaron and her there with you if you have a legal matter let go to them so Moses went up on top of the mountain and the cloud covered the mountain the glory of God rested on Mount Sinai and the cloud covered it for six days on the seventh day he called out to Moses from the midst of the cloud And to the eyes of the sons of Israel, the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on that mountain. Moses entered the midst of the cloud, and he went up to the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights. In the meantime, trouble in paradise, since the people had no patience, and they were possessed with fear of the unknown going to the promised land. So when they saw that Moses delayed to come down in Exodus 32, 1, they assembled about Aaron and said, hey, could you make us a God who will go before us? As for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we don't know what happened to him. We don't know where he went. He left us, gone. Aaron said, well, tear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives. and your sons and your daughters and bring all the gold to me. You may wonder where they got gold. They had been slaves for 400 years. They got this gold from Egypt when they left the land. Exodus 12, 35 tells you about that. So all the people tore off the gold rings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron and he took this from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a molten calf that had a lot of gold. And they said, this is your God, O Israel, the one who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar to it. Aaron made a proclamation and said, tomorrow we will feast to the Lord. And the next day they rose early. They offered burnt offerings to this stupid golden calf and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. Probably had a good game of volleyball. So what's going on on the mountain? Well, God's champion is up there. And the Lord spoke to Moses, Exodus 32, 7. Go down at once for your people whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them and they made for themselves a molten calf. They worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, this is our God, O Israel. the one who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. And the Lord said to Moses, I've seen this people. They are an obstinate people. So let me alone so that my anger, look out, here it comes now, so that my anger may burn against them and I may destroy them and I will make of you a great nation. Uh-oh. This is the greatest test Moses ever faced. God offered to wipe out everybody and start again with Moses. How about that? He could have been that lead dog. He could have been the hero. He was a champion, but he had a lot of humility. So listen to what Moses told the Lord. Then Moses in verse 11 entreated the Lord and his God and said, Oh Lord, why does your anger burn against your people? the ones you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power, with a mighty hand. And why should the Egyptians speak, saying with evil intent he brought them out to kill them in the mountain and destroy them from the face of the earth? Please turn from your burning anger. Change your mind about doing harm to your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by yourself. And you said to them, I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever. So the Lord changed his mind about the harm which he had said he was going to do to his people. Now, God never changes his mind, and God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent. He's immutable. He's veracity. This is an illustration of how the Lord is influenced when people confess sin and people intercede for other people. Moses was interceding for the entire nation, a couple of million people. And he was asking God not to place discipline on them. And the Lord honored his prayer. In Psalm 106, 21, it's mentioned again where it said they forgot God, their Savior. the one who had done great things in Egypt, wonders in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea. Therefore he, that's God, said that he would destroy them had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to turn away his wrath from destroying them. Was this not the verse that we were looking at a while ago? I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for the land that I should not destroy it. Could it be possible that you could be that person? Is it possible that you could be the one that intercedes for our country, turns away the wrath of God? Because there is no doubt we are under discipline. We are in serious trouble as a nation. Moses had been God's champion in those times of national discipline. And now with the national discipline coming in the form of the Babylonians and their king Nebuchadnezzar, No one could be counted on by God to make up that hedge. That's what I read to you about making up the hedge. It was a different time. So it wasn't Moses he's talking about. This is something else. And this is the coming disaster with Nebuchadnezzar. And so God said he's looking for one person I can count on. One person. And there was no one. No one could be counted on by God to make up the hedge. No one could stand the breach in the wall of national protection. And national discipline was coming. Was there no one who would in righteousness intercede on behalf of the city and seek God's mercy? God searched for it. He looked for that defender, but he couldn't find not even one. It seems to me that if someone had been willing to stand in the gap, the destruction of Jerusalem could have been avoided. But since no one was available or willing to defend the breach and rebuild the wall, judgment fell. In Ecclesiastes 9.15, Solomon's wisdom teaches it only takes one. It only takes one champion to deliver a nation. In Ecclesiastes 9.15, there was found in that city a poor wise man, and he delivered the city with his wisdom, and yet no one remembered the poor man. The wisdom of God is unbelievable, and when you have discernment and insight that springs forth from wisdom, you can be the deliverer that God is looking for. Abraham pleaded for God to spare Solomon Gomorrah. He got him down to just 10 righteous people, but there were not even 10 in that town. The real champion for us is the Lord Jesus Christ who stood in the gap and said, Father, forgive them. They don't know what they're doing. The question is, can you be the champion that delivers a nation such as ours? The first question we have to answer is, why does God allow a client nation like America to be disciplined? Is it for our immorality? Is it because of robbery and murder? If you look at Hebrews 4, I know it's written to a certain group of people, but it applies to us always. God had a controversy with Israel. Here's what it said. Listen to the word of the Lord, O sons of Israel, for the Lord has a court case against the inhabitants of the land because there's no faithfulness no kindness, and no knowledge of God in the land. They're swearing and deception and murder and stealing and adultery, and they employ violence so that bloodshed follows bloodshed, and the land mourns. The land mourns. This is very same thing in America. Great cities in America mourn over crime and murder committed nightly. In the city where I live, it's rarely a weekend goes by without three or four murders. So the land mourns and everyone who lives in it languishes along with the beast of the field and the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea disappear. That's greed, killing and greed. And yet let no man find fault. Let no one offer reproof for your people are like those who contend with the priest. You're going to stumble by day and the prophet will stumble along with you. That's the preacher by night. And I will destroy your mother. That's your land. Now listen, here comes the condemnation. My people, let's say in the United States of America, are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Knowledge. When knowledge becomes pleasant to your soul and you develop wisdom, insight, discernment, my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you rejected knowledge, didn't want to know God's word, didn't want to understand it, I will reject you from being my priest since you forgot your God and the laws of your God. I will forget your children. Are you worried about your children today and what's going on in this country? Then you better be a champion and stand in the gap. Because when a nation loses its champions of God's word, then apostasy and sin cause it to crumble from within. The first champion that you and I have to appreciate is a well-qualified pastor who can effectively disseminate the scripture. Because when a client nation like us loses the herald of God, the pastor teacher, then apostasy can dominate religion. So there must be prepared men in pulpits of this nation if we wish to survive. And their job is simply to teach the word of God. Study, teach, study, teach, study, teach. Not to be cruise ship directors and make sure everybody has a good time. Not to print and sell books, do TV shows. Study and teach, study and teach, study and teach. their local flock, so that a pivot of mature believers can be established and come forth. What have I noticed in this country? Well, two things. First, many people don't want to spend time in church. They don't want to listen to a pastor teacher. I mean, I hear it every day. I just don't have time to study. I'm too busy. So they don't want to study. They don't want to listen to a pastor teacher. much less metabolize what that pastor says, because it's much more fun to worship the gifts than the giver. And sadly, there's very little hungry for the knowledge of God's word in this client nation, USA. And it's in God's word where all wisdom originates. And another thing I've noticed is many pastors who do have the gift, don't stay the course. They tend to drift off course and deviate from sound doctrine. I mean, I don't know what lures them, but when they go they take their entire flock with them. Sometimes it may take a generation or two, but in the end those people are scattered. So when a nation like the USA loses its pivot, when there are no more invisible heroes or champions, Then believers who are mature and possess insight and discernment must live by principles. We must live by principle, not by counter-principles. Truth, not what's in the angelic system, not the cosmic vortex, but the truth of the word of God. not to lure the cosmic system so you can be an invisible champion if you want to be that's up to you let me tell you how you see the purpose of god's protocol plan in this day and time called the church is to manufacture champions invisible heroes champions in the angelic conflict so point two these champions are defined as believers such as yourself, who's listening to me right now, who attain spiritual maturity through the consistent function of lag, L-A-G, lag. What is that? Learn, apply, and glorify. learn apply and glorify as the Lord Jesus Christ said happiness belongs to those people who hear my father's word and keep it learn it and apply it and it glorifies God so point three this means that you must perceive metabolize and apply the word of God on a consistent basis in your life because it can take you to spiritual maturity and when you get there you will be a champion and you will bring God maximum glory with your testimony with your lifestyle the way you think the way you live and that's when you have an invisible impact Not necessarily a high profile. No, not high profile visibility, an invisible impact. The high profiles in heaven, God knows exactly what's going on. High visibility in the devil's world is not part of God's plan most of the time. Not for most people. I mean, there are a few exceptions where mature Christians know enough doctrine to avoid the pitfalls of the lure of the world. And you give somebody a high profile, you give them a maximum amount of visibility and exposure, and a lot of times they sell out for the money, for the profit in printing and publishing and doing this and doing that instead of just studying and teaching and studying and teaching. So the national impact of God's invisible champion sustains the client nation because it forms what we call a pivot, that core group of believers that hold us together. But remember, God does not use unprepared people. So if you're God's champion, you better be prepared to answer the call. Isaiah 6, 8, I heard a voice of the Lord saying, whom shall I send and who will go for us? And Isaiah said, Here am I, send me. The prophet Isaiah was cleansed by God for their service because he was to proclaim God's judgment on the nation. He reminded the nation of their sinful condition in which they were living and the consequences that were going to come. And he preached to the southern kingdom of Judah during the reign of Hezekiah. But he was not used till he was cleansed by God. Isaiah 6, 6 through 8 talks about his cleansing. And I can tell you right now, his message was not well received. The people did not listen before and they did not listen to him. There was a small remnant that survived, but the message of discipline coming went largely ignored. So how about you? Are you cleansed by rebound and filled with the Holy Spirit? are you prepared to serve god and be a champion by possessing biblical wisdom in your soul can you hold up even though you may be ignored by your friends and your family you see the great tragedy is that your children who trusted you to protect them and care for them in their youth those same children of yours now ignore your words as if all of a sudden you became dumb and you don't really know what you're speaking about anymore so Their own arrogance lured them away from your wisdom to their own demise. Like David, you don't need to be a grown adult to be God's champion, but you must be filled with the Holy Spirit and you must use the faith rest drill. These days in our country may be what God has been preparing you to be, you for. I want to ask you a question. Can he depend on you to stand in the hedge? Can he depend on you to go forth representing him by lifting up your Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ? and sharing the good news with your family and friends. Remember, Gideon only had 300, but he changed the course of history. Those 300 names are not mentioned, but they were all invisible champions used by God in the national crisis. And God can use you just as well. You can be God's MVP if you have momentum, virtue, and poise. Momentum, hearing and keeping the Word of God on a consistent basis. Virtue, built on discernment and insight from the wisdom of the Word of God. And poise, the ability to think under pressure. That's what it takes to be a champion. Will you be that person that we're talking about? Will you stand in the hedge and make up the gap between God for this country? Will you be the pivot member who sustains this nation? Please pay attention to this message. Listen to what I say. We are in critical times today. Until next week, I'm your host, Rick Hughes, saying thank you for listening to The Flock Line.
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And happy Monday. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. And speaking of Cub Creek Heating and Air Conditioning, Hunter joining me now. Hunter, welcome. How are you, sir? Doing all right. How are you, John? Good. Are you keeping up with all the heat? And I'm sure there's lots of folks that need your services at the moment.
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Yeah, yeah. Actually, to be honest with you, John, I'm not sure if I found a rope or lost my horse, but we'll catch up here.
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I was thinking of you over the weekend because, you know, when it gets that hot and I mean, it's the nature of the beast and it's true in any industry. But in yours, especially where, you know, you're helping people with their air conditioning units and whether they need, you know, you name it, whether they're not working, whether they're not blowing cold enough, whether they're looking to do an upgrade. I mean, all of that stuff hits at one time.
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It really does, and it doesn't help when we go from rainy and 65 degrees and beautiful for a month to 100 degrees in a few days. So I understand on that that, you know, that's when everything tends to break, just like in the fall. That's when furnaces break when it is that first cold streak. So, yeah, but we're working through it, and we're happy to help you out if you need it.
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Okay, so for those listening whereby they might say, listen, yeah, I need to get Hunter and these guys out, but is there anything that I could do on the front side? Let's say, for example, and I'm on this side of the aisle for everybody listening. I'm sorry to say this, but a furnace when it's super cold and you need the heat to really you know quote unquote survive is different than trying to survive the heat because i grew up in colorado when we had no air conditioning and it was a luxury and i get it a lot of people today have it but i don't look at it the same way hunter not having ac you know could you go a day or two without it absolutely can you go without your furnace for a day or two depending upon how cold it is probably not so my point is You may not be able to get out there right away depending upon your loads. Are there things people can do on the front side to see, hey, why is my AC not blowing? Cold.
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Yeah, absolutely. And, yeah, you're right on that. I mean, heating, you're going to have busted pipes. There could be an emergency. Correct. Air conditioning is a little bit different than that. That being said, some of the stuff you can check. Again, and I know I stress this every time, but again, check that filter. If that filter is any kind of dirty, that could be causing an issue. If you're feeling any sort of like lack of airflow, lukewarm air coming out of those vents, one good practice typically, especially if that filter is dirty, turn your thermostat on the fan only. and let the fan only run for, I would say, typically about 24 hours. And that, a lot of times what happens is when you have a dirty filter or a dirty condenser or anything like that, our coil ices up, creates an igloo inside the furnace, and then basically you get lukewarm air or no airflow coming out of the vents at all. So in order for us to even look at it, if that is the case, we do need it defrosted in order to test and figure out where where the issue is um so doing that and then trying to turn it back on after an hour i always recommend you know turn it off overnight flip that flip it in the fan only let that just the fan run overnight okay um maybe crack with a couple windows because it does get cool cool it's still getting down into the 60s and stuff at night it should you should be able to cool off that way um but then at least it buys you some time the other things that typically like to like to give us fits this time of year is always check those breakers make sure the breaker didn't get flipped um the handyman came over to the house and flipped the disconnect over outside at the ac while he was doing something right always check those disconnects um a lot of times inside those same disconnects or fuses make sure all your fuses are good Same thing, thermostat batteries for those that aren't on the newer Wi-Fi thermostats and stuff like that. Thermostat batteries are huge. And all of those things kind of in conjunction, if you go through all of those, a lot of times that'll solve your problem and hopefully help save you a service call as well.
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And if not, you can call Hunter at Cub Creek. And again, folks, and I'm not trying to downplay it's hot and it's miserable and so on. You know, Hunter, I'm not downplaying that at all. But what I am saying is there is a difference between that and, you know, to your point, broken pipes, things like that in the wintertime when the furnace isn't on. This is a little different scenario. So my point is if you call Hunter and, you know, you guys are a day or two out, it's a day or two out. You know, you'll figure some things out, give some of the tips, you know, take some of those tips that Hunter just shared. Gave you guys a moment ago, and if need be, do some of those things on the front side. Again, if you need them for sure, give them a call. Now, last but not least, Hunter, I also know that for folks that are thinking, you know, my unit is getting old, it is still blowing cold, but, you know, it's not as cold as it used to be, and maybe I should look at doing some of the upgrades that are out there in the marketplace and look at savings. You know, it's going to cost money, but over time, save money. You guys can talk about that with them as well, right?
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yeah absolutely and we will um we can walk you through the and that that is our big thing is we're not going to force you into that sale but if it's something that you're looking at and want to do we're going to give you all the information that you need to make the right informed decision on making that decision on whether it's time to move to that new system or or you can buy another year or two out of it um and I think that's hugely important, especially with the cost of everything these days. That is our kind of thing is we want to inform you and let you make the decision that's right for your family.
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Yep, that's exactly right. So, again, for all those of you listening where you've got maybe, again, lukewarm air and maybe it's a little bit colder than what, you know, you're knowing it's outside. It's, you know, 80, what is it right now? 90 degrees right now. So it's 90 degrees outside. You know that it's not blowing 90, so it is cooler than the 90, but it just doesn't seem as cold as it once was. You could have some issues, some of that being what Hunter just recommended a moment ago. It could also be other things, Hunter, from... The compressor is not as good as it once was. You've got other blockage going on. You've got low freon. I mean, we can go down the list, Hunter. There's all sorts of other things that could develop out of all of this. If you've gone through the basic inspections and you don't see anything really wrong, then they need to call you.
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Absolutely. And keep in mind, too, we are empathetic towards you and we are doing the best to get to you. We're out in the heat working in it. You know, trust me, my favorite thing in the world is to come home and sit in the air conditioning. And when you can't do that, I get that. That's right. So we're working through it. We'll get to you as soon as we can.
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Hunter, as always, I appreciate you. I know you're swamped. I felt bad even taking time out of your day as is, but I wanted to give folks a little bit of insight into what they could do. And then, of course, talk about you and get your number out as well. And I'll do that again here in a moment. But thank you for taking time out of your day. I know you're busy. I'll let you get back at it. But thanks for joining us. I appreciate it very much.
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Of course, guys, and enjoy the weather.
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God. Country. Reason. Now back to John Rush.
SPEAKER 16 :
All right, we are back. I had a question, too. Before I go to question of the day, somebody asked, hey, with the static that can happen this time of the year with lightning and so on on the AM side, do we care, or do I care, do we care if you guys switch over to the app and listen online or through the app? We don't care. Whatever floats your boat. Literally, we do not care. Now, here's one thing I will tell you. A little inside baseball here. If you listen on the app... And we happen to have something that happens. Somebody calls in and something slips out and Charlie has to use Mr. Dump button on it and eliminate them from going out over the airwaves. Those of you that are listening on the app hear all of it. That doesn't affect you guys on the app side. So realistically, if you want to hear everything that happens and you want to have a little inside edge, listen on the app itself because that's not controlled by the FCC, not regulated by the FCC the way that our over-the-air signal, of course, is. So not that that happens very often. I mean, I'll be honest, folks, in a year's time, I think Charlie could vouch for this, if that happens, a half a dozen times at most, three or four. I mean, it's rare. It really just doesn't happen very often. But that's a little bit of inside baseball on the radio end of things. Things can be said online, you know, through that channel of communication differently than over-the-air communication. And now before somebody texts me something, satellite is different. That's a subscription-based. That's a completely different model than what we're doing here with free over-the-air signals that are sent out. So before somebody sends me a text message saying, well, I heard somebody on satellite say blah, blah, blah, I get that. Yes, they can say more things than... We can and get by with it. Now, me personally, I wouldn't say it anyways, but that's just me. So I'm a different host as far as that goes. I don't think I could get into some of the squirrely things that some do on podcasting and satellite and so on. And no, I'll never be Howard Stern. Yeah, they do it for shock value, and that's Charlie talking, and no, that's not me. I'm not a shock jock, never will be, not what I do, and you guys all know that. But anyways, yeah, no, does it bother us if you switch over? Does it affect us any way, shape, or form? No, it does not. Yeah, Charlie says, tune in to Rush After Dark. Yeah, we'll get that going here someday. That would be kind of comical, actually. Anyways, question of the day, as we get rolling here into the day's program. What was the name of some Friday? What is the name of the fictional camp where the original Friday the 13th, back in 1980, where the movie is set? Camp Crystal Lake. That is the answer. Camp Crystal Lake. Today's impossible question of the day. Name the two words that morphed into one word. Okay, now this, I probably would have gotten this one because I remember this one from a long time ago, something else we were talking about. But name the two words that morphed into the word okay. And it was two words. So answer that on the Facebook page, on our social media, Rush to Reason Facebook page. Okay, news from the weekend. Lots of things that happened, by the way. And, you know, I'll get into some of the Iran end of things, the war and so on. I've got a guest joining us at four o'clock, a Marine Corps colonel, by the way, retired colonel that will join us to talk a little bit about that. So I'll get more info along those lines from him. And you've been able to watch most of the news or most people have. So I'm not going to talk much about that right now. The other big news, though, that I felt was big news because I predicted this. Again, not tooting my own horn, but I will for a moment. Last week I had several, none of you believing it necessarily, but I had several people texting in that, listen, all of these experts and pundits and YouTubers and influencers are talking about how yesterday, Sunday, there would be martial law. That was all being predicted last week, all hyped up. Martial law, martial law, martial law. It's all coming on Sunday. By Saturday night late, it'll be instituted, and you'll wake up Sunday morning to martial law. That's what a lot of these, you know, I guess, Charlie, you could call these guys shock jock YouTubers. I don't know how else to say it, but literally that's what they're basing things off of. How much shock value is in today's program? Needless to say, like I predicted, I woke up yesterday morning. In fact, I woke up really early because I had some things to do around the house before having Father's Day and having the kids over and doing some things along those lines. But I had some stuff I needed to get done around my place. And so I was up very early. And I'll just be honest. I didn't even think about checking. I just figured that if martial law had been instituted, it'd be all over my phone. It would have blown up even during the night, and I would know waking up. So I'll be straight up honest. I didn't even look. Now, I finally, at about, I don't know, 10 or so, and I'd been out doing some chores and stuff by then, several hours, I figured, okay, I guess I'll look and see, you know, where are we at with stuff? And, of course, it was a lot to do about nothing. Nothing had happened. In fact... This is me talking. Charlie and I were talking about this before the break, so I guess you could say both of us were talking about this. The left, those that were in the quote-unquote no-kings movement, all of the protests that happened on Saturday, I will personally – was it successful? They'll tell you it was the largest protest organized nationwide. Okay, well, you know, so be it. Maybe it was. Although I still think in relation to the population – And how many actual, you know, voters and people that are really into politics there are that are out there. And you look at the actual numbers of all of these events. And by the way, let's take away and I don't know what this number is, but let's take away the paid protesters that were in every city because there were. A lot of places paid protesters. And I'm guessing, Charlie, I'm going to take a guess here. I would bet in some of your larger protests, an easy 10 to 20 percent of those were probably paid protesters. Hard to say. We don't know. Charlie even raised his hand, said, you know, who knows? Let's just say, though, it's 10%. Let's go a low number. And let's say that it's 10% to be fair, 10% in every one of these, even from small town America to the larger cities, 10% of them were paid. So you take what the total was and take 10% away. I mean, were there a fair amount of people that were out over the weekend? Yes. But was it as many as what they want to take credit for? No, there was not. So reality is, personally speaking, in relation to the overall population numbers we have, and as I looked around town and saw all the people driving and all the different things going on, and the people even driving by where a lot of these gatherings were at, a very, very small number in relation. And some of that, by the way, I think is just the sheer stupidity of it. And let me explain. It's a No Kings Day. Well, number one, what does that mean? I mean, no offense, that's coming up on July 4th, our Independence Day, you could call No Kings Day. So that's how dumb the name of it was, because if those people had been around back then, they'd realize that No Kings Day has already taken place, by the way. We did that in 1776 and thereafter. So to me, not as big of a deal. Wasn't near as much, luckily, wasn't near as much violence. Most of the cities, there was a few pockets here and there where it was worse than others. But all in all, wasn't really that big of a deal, and no, there is no martial law that went into effect yesterday. Joe, go ahead.
SPEAKER 08 :
John, I don't know how you can say those protests weren't effective, because I woke up Sunday morning and I checked, and John, we had no kings on Sunday morning. So, John, how can you say those protests weren't effective?
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, you got me there. Yeah, good point.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I mean, I was fully expecting that without those protests, we would have had a king on Sunday morning. But lo and behold, we didn't. So, John, they must have done something. They did their job. They did their job.
SPEAKER 16 :
Unbelievable. I mean, Joe, just—and I'm sorry. If you're on that side, fine. You know, hey, and I've said this before, and I'll continue to say it. I will protect and stand up for your right to protest peacefully and do the things that you want to do all day long. It is your right to do so. Do I always agree with those things that happen, Joe? I always agree with the right to do so, but I don't necessarily agree with the message being sent. And this is— Truthfully, this is one where I just thought, how idiotic.
SPEAKER 08 :
How idiotic. By the way, did you hear the 60-second clip from the sheriff of Brevard County about the message he sent to the protesters? Yes. Very solid. About what will happen to you if you do this and what will happen to you if you do that and what will happen to you.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, you know what? I'll even give, you know, here in the Denver area, I'll give Denver PD a hand. I mean, they did a good job. There were several different groups that were trying to get onto I-25, block the roadway. They ended up arresting about 35 people. So there were a bunch of, you know, troublemakers there, Joe, when it was all said and done. And quite honestly, and I'll give Denver PD kudos as needed, they didn't allow any of that to happen. They kept that from happening.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, good for them. I'm surprised, John, but pleasantly surprised.
SPEAKER 16 :
I am too, Joe. I was actually – of all things this weekend, I was shocked at that more than anything.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, John, I'm shocked to hear it because I would have expected that – because the last time was – I forget what it was a couple years back. They were just letting people – they weren't arresting people, and the people they arrested, the district attorney dismissed the charges and let them all go. What was the event when they had those big lights?
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, we had all the stuff from Minnesota that kind of carried over. George Floyd. George Floyd and a lot of those different things, Black Lives Matter and so on. I mean, there's been several of those throughout the course of time since COVID probably where we've had some of that. Even, Joe, there was only one fire in Denver that was set that was put out right away, and those people were arrested.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, good.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah. Actually, like I said, I was shocked at that. Actually, I'm being very honest. I was shocked at that.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I'm shocked and pleasantly surprised. Well, good to hear it, John. All right.
SPEAKER 16 :
Hey, really quick, one last thing, because I know we talked about the – this was other news that came out over the weekend that I was following a little bit, and it'll be interesting to see how this all comes out with the India crash on the Dreamliner. But they're now saying that a lot of folks are recognizing that the RAT, which is a – a little engine, a little turbine engine, propeller engine, not an engine. It's a propeller-driven motor that keeps a lot of the functionality of the airplane alive when the airplane's up at, you know, 35,000, 40,000 feet so it can get down safely. That had been deployed, so now they're thinking maybe complete engine failure twice. And how in the world that happens, Joe, who knows?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, yeah, and that's surprising. And, yeah, the rat is – Again, it's like a little turbine power that will provide auxiliary power. It's like a little generator.
SPEAKER 16 :
Correct.
SPEAKER 08 :
And if the RAT had deployed, I mean, to get a twin-engine failure, John... I know. You know, once you light a turbine, the only way to shut a turbine... I used to fly a turbine, Eric. A jet engine is basically a turbine.
SPEAKER 10 :
Right.
SPEAKER 08 :
And my plane used to be a turbine. The only way to stop a turbine is to cut the fuel off, just like on a diesel tractor.
SPEAKER 16 :
So now you've got to wonder, was it some sort of a fuel delivery issue, contaminated fuel, something along those lines? And, again, these are things, Joe, we may not know for a year.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, but I also saw that clean wing configuration.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, there's some new video out. Go check it out. There's some new video out with a lot clearer image on it that actually shows that that may not necessarily be the case. And the fact that the rat, they can see it, they can hear it. There's even some audio now that's come out that's a lot clearer. You can hear the rat out. I mean, the engines are off and the rat's the one that's doing, you know, it's making the noise.
SPEAKER 08 :
John, I hadn't heard that, but thanks for giving me the heads up. I'm going to do a little research as soon as I hang up.
SPEAKER 16 :
I was checking that out. I was hoping you would call so you could kind of look at that and give me your – you're a lot bigger expert on that than I am and give me your opinion on it. And again, Joe, these are things that, as we always say, who knows? We won't have all the final outcomes of that for at least a year.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, you're right. But at the same time, if the engine's cut out, John, the black box will show that immediately. Yep. The engine data recorder will show that both engines cut. All right. Thanks for the heads up, John.
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SPEAKER 16 :
And we are back, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Rich Wyatt joining us now, Jeffco GOP Chair. Rich, welcome. How are you?
SPEAKER 06 :
Good, John. How are you today? I'm doing very well.
SPEAKER 16 :
You've got an event coming up that you wanted to talk about, so give us some insight.
SPEAKER 06 :
We do. We have Second Amendment Saturday coming up in Jefferson County on June 28th, and that'll be a full day of training, nine to four. And we're going to talk about things like situational awareness, being prepared to use deadly force if it should come about, how to deal with the police if they contact you while you're armed, and then the aftermath, which is so important, of what you do and how you handle it. Do you have an attorney prepared to help you and all these things? And And so it's going to be a great event. We're looking forward to that. It's $150 for anybody that wants to attend. They can go to jeffersoncountyrepublicans.com. But, John, the interesting part was that the location we had it, the cancel culture types of the left have reached out and tried to stop us from having the event and forcing us to try to have a huge level of security from the sheriff's department that would be unreasonable. And so we basically had to switch the location because we just don't want to fall victim to that cancel culture mentality.
SPEAKER 16 :
Unbelievable. Okay. And I know this world, as you know fairly well, so do you. I know the type that the 99% that would show up and never be a problem, in fact, would be part of the solution, not part of the problem. So why is it they feel like you need more security than somebody else?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, what happened was it got blown out of proportion. We had about 40 people that contacted the venue. It was the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. And they made some complaints and then chatter on social media. And they were effective at doing this with the state dinner when Steve Bannon came just a while ago. and they had it moved twice. Well, they're not going to be effective with us. We've moved the location. We're not going to announce where it's going to be. Only the people that pay will get the notification the night before. And we'll have security there, of course, John, as you know.
SPEAKER 16 :
But realistically, Rich, not to interrupt, but realistically, that security is typically more for you guys' protection than it is anybody else's. Am I right in saying it that way?
SPEAKER 06 :
Certainly. I mean, we're not there to help other people. They're trying to hurt us. And we've had events in the past. We've had somebody come in, and we just take care of it pretty easily. And the event with Bannon, I did the security for that, and they had about 150 protesters, and it went just fine. We had active law enforcement help us, and Bannon was fantastic. But what I'm afraid of, John, and what I'm nervous about, what I don't like, is this cancel culture attitude. where they can win by shutting down our events, and basically they're violating the First Amendment. We don't want you guys talking. We don't want you talking about things. We don't want you winning. Now, we're going to go out and protest with our Kings, no Kings Day, and we don't want to be bothered with that, but we're not going to let you have events. And so we have to be careful. So I'm asking people as a protest against the cancel culture type to come to this event and show them that you're not going to be stopped. We're going to go learn this stuff. The Second Amendment is an ironclad constitutional thing that allows us to protect ourselves and to protect our families. And that protection doesn't stop when you stop the intruder. Because I was a cop 21 years, and people get involved in this situation, and then they have no idea what to do. Or they think they're saying the right thing, and they say the wrong thing. And next thing you know, they're in trouble. Like a lot of people wouldn't think of this. You just shot somebody that's breaking into your house and is a threat to your family. And when the cops get there, you say, I'm so sorry. You just maybe you maybe you killed a person and you say you're so sorry. But that's not the right answer. That's not the right word to say. It is not. I understand the feeling, and I understand what you're doing. But that's why if you go out, if you're going to be armed, if you have a gun in your home, or if you have a gun in your place of business or your car, you carry a gun concealed, you need to get this type of training. And if you don't have it, you're making a mistake that's going to cost you far more than immediately $150 once you get your butt in hot water.
SPEAKER 16 :
Good point.
SPEAKER 06 :
So, you know, it's all good stuff. And, you know, the Republican – it's a fundraiser for the Republican Party. So we're really trying to get youth involved in Jefferson County right now. And, you know, we want young kids, which are obviously very, very interested. After TikTok got shut down, the youth was like, oh, my God, they were – John, they were literally calling the cops down 9-1-1 saying my TikTok is off. What do I do? And when it turned back on, it said, thank you, President Trump, for turning this back on. So these kids are interested and we want to seize that opportunity in Jefferson County.
SPEAKER 16 :
Rich, if they want to know more, they want to register, you know, all of that, what do they need to do? How do they make that happen?
SPEAKER 06 :
Just go to the Jefferson County Republican website, jeffgorepublicans.com. You can sign up right there. We would love to have all your listeners. Lots of people come. We've got plenty of space, and we're excited, and we look forward to people coming and learning more about their Second Amendment rights.
SPEAKER 16 :
This is awesome. So guys, please get out, get registered, be a part of this. Rich, the other thing I would encourage people to do, and I know you said this, but if you've got friends and relatives or young kids or anybody you know that might benefit from this particular training day, on top of that, this is helping you guys. I wanted you to talk about that for a moment as well. This is a fundraiser for you guys in Jeffco GOP, so you can go out and do other things with that cash as well, right? Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
That's right. And what we want to do is reach out to the kids, the youth. And we've got programs started now, John, since I've taken over. And we're going out to the schools. We're reaching kids 15 to 21 years old and getting them. We can pre-register them. And they have to register for whatever party they want. But we're trying to get them encouraged to register for the Republican Party. And that's what we have to do. We have taken a backseat and let the Democrats overrun us with this stuff for so long that we've got to start being proactive. And we can't just... beat the same drum over and over. We don't need a bunch of gray hair guys walking around telling people, you know, we need to get youth involved, kids. So another thing we're doing, if anybody out there is interested, we are looking to hire young interns, teenage interns to work for us at the Jefferson County headquarters. And you can go to the same website and email us from any of the emails on there. And we would love to have some interns come. It's a paid job. Not a lot, but it's some money to keep them having fun. And we just want to get kids involved and get people to see the truth. Not necessarily one-sided thing. Look, I think this way. If we agree 70% of the time, we're on the same team. Rich, you know what?
SPEAKER 16 :
Some of the same things I preach on this particular program on a routine basis. I mean, gone are the days. And I'm sorry. And by the way, I don't think they've ever existed. There was compromise all the way back when they wrote all of the founding documents that made this country what it is today, Rich. There was compromise on both sides. Very seldom. I mean, your spouse. I mean, rarely do you ever agree 100 percent of the time. with someone else. This whole no compromise thing doesn't work, Rich. It doesn't work in our party. It doesn't work in relationships. And we've got to get around that and realize that, listen, as long as we can get the ultimate goal handled, let's go after it.
SPEAKER 06 :
You know, that's the problem, John. People can't be as smart as you and I are. So we got to accept them for what, no, I'm just kidding. We got to bring everybody in. We do. Let people do what they want to do. You're right. You know, and if we do that, now I'm not saying I'm compromising on hardcore
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, no, no, no, no. Me neither. No, Rich, there are certain tenets. I mean, for example, First Amendment, Second Amendment. I mean, all of our basic rights. I mean, the things you're talking about a moment ago, trying to keep the woke crowd out. I mean, there are things that, yeah, it's a non-negotiable for me. But when we start picking candidates and issues and different things and how we present some of those things and how we win certain areas and so on, we have to be a lot more precise in how we've been doing that.
SPEAKER 06 :
absolutely let me say this while we're here if there's anybody out there in jefferson county that wants to run for the school board i got to be honest we're not looking for guys like me or you john to run we're looking for younger moms that are in the community that want to participate in what their kids are going through at school because what's going on out there is terrible look at that we just had this psychologist from green mountain high school, who was arrested for not just drug dealing, drug manufacturing, and not just molesting kids, but actually prostituting kids. And we've got to stop this stuff. I mean, this is outrageous, you know, that this guy's a psychologist in a high school. And, you know, it's just terrible. That was at Green Mountain High School. He was at Evergreen High School. So if anybody out there is interested in running for any of these offices, if you even think you want to, please call us and let us go through the process with you. tell you what's involved, and see if it's really for you. And if it is, the Jefferson County Republican Party is going to get behind you. Because I've only been in for a few months. We've already raised more money. In the last six years, we hadn't had a single max donor, and now we're less than three months in, and we've got plenty of them. That's awesome. So people are coming back, and we're going to fix things. That's awesome. I can't fix everything, but we're going to get it done.
SPEAKER 16 :
No, do it one thing at a time, Rich. That's how you do it. Absolutely. Absolutely. Well, hey, I appreciate you. Thank you for what you're doing. And I put the link already in for all of you listening. That link for that particular event will be in our show notes. You'll be able to pick that up a little bit later this evening after Producer Ann gets all of that up and running on our website. In the meantime, though, you can go to Jeff Coe, so J-E-F-F Coe. JeffcoRepublicans.com, and literally it's on the homepage. You guys can't miss it if you go there. So, Rich, I sure appreciate you joining us, man.
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You bet. No. Appreciate what you're doing.
SPEAKER 16 :
Anytime something comes up, Rich, let me know, sir.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right, have a great day.
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Now back to Rush to Reason on KLZ 560.
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And we are back, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Thanks for tuning in. Paul in Denver, you're next. Go ahead, sir.
SPEAKER 09 :
Hey, John. I wanted to give you two items. One has to do with my call last week I made to you about my father-in-law's vision test of DMV and the other Second Amendment issues. Which one would you like?
SPEAKER 16 :
DMV, give me an update.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay, so a little back and forth. I got initially involved with Steve on your side from Channel 9. He made some initial contacts with Department of Revenue who oversees DMV. And the DMV this morning, the director emailed me saying they would accept my father-in-law's document from his ophthalmologist certifying that he that his vision is good to go, but they still were going to require him to come in, because somehow, in their mind, that supports the integrity of the process and the safety of all Coloradans. So I pushed back on that in an email. I said, I want you to detail out exactly what my father-in-law is going to do when he shows up to that office, that actually... somehow is directly connected to the safety on the streets beyond what already you have. That's what I want to know. And so I sent that back, copied it to Steve. And I also just got a call back from Polis's office. So someone's going to call me, you know, who's been assigned to the case. I'm not going to let him get away with this nonsense.
SPEAKER 16 :
That's exactly what it is.
SPEAKER 09 :
If I have to go in, I'll go in.
SPEAKER 16 :
No, I think you're doing it right. Because to your point, at the end of the day, what is him going in? I mean, unless unless, Paul, they're going to make him do another driving test, drive with them.
SPEAKER 09 :
They're not.
SPEAKER 16 :
OK, well, then what difference does it make?
SPEAKER 09 :
He doesn't need to do a test. They're accepting his paperwork, and he doesn't have to do a test. So what is he doing there?
SPEAKER 16 :
Nonsense.
SPEAKER 09 :
Except bowing to the powers that be, an 89-year-old. That's it. Like he doesn't.
SPEAKER 16 :
That's all he's doing.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right. Okay. On Second Amendment, I'll give you an update.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, keep me going. As you know, for all shows, I'd like to know. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. So here's a point of information to listeners. John Walsh, who is the Denver D.A., responded in an email to, well, communicated with Denver Police Chief Thomas towards the end of May about a police shooting that occurred on March 20th. There were a few officers involved. They shot one or more of the cops, shot some kid who presented with a firearm that that ended up being a toy pistol. It didn't have the orange tip on it. It was like an airsoft replica. So in his analysis of the shooting and review of the constitutional elements and the law for Colorado, he did not charge them. And I've read the analysis. It's spot on. So he knows what the law is. He didn't play politics for that because it was, well, for whatever reason, but it was the police. And he pointed precisely and correctly to the correct reasons. In contrast, we've got a state public defender, the head, the woman who's in charge of the state public defender's office, who provides defense for those indigent folks who need it. in criminal cases, not civil, but criminal cases such as a shooting, has a very different perspective on these kinds of incidents. I have documentation on her assessment of this very similar type situation. However, even though it involves police, it wasn't this particular shooting. And she was basically going total woke on it. And she is the lead trainer of all the public defenders in the state. She runs the whole office. She has a whole different perspective. So last week or so, when I went into the monthly police district meeting, I brought it up to the local police. DA rep who comes by every month, and I said, here we've got the disparate understanding of what the law is on being able for use of force, because it really isn't 2A, it's use of force. The difference between use of force law and Second Amendment, which is the right to carry and et cetera. So it's detailed out differently. And he had nothing really to say about it, because even he didn't understand the law. He was kind of squirming and saying, well, there's a little bit different rules, laws. when police are involved with the shooting. He said, there's absolutely not. There might be different policies. Obviously, I don't have a policy for me. I have the Constitution and the law for use of force. But the same use of force that dictates what I can do and what I can't do for self-defense of myself or others is the exact thing that the police are under. And he didn't quite get that.
SPEAKER 16 :
It is the same. That's right. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 09 :
It's the exact same thing. But I'm not indigent. And I spend a chunk of money somewhere in the neighborhood, you know, I don't know, $800, I don't even remember what it was, maybe a year, every year, to make sure, God forbid, I'm in a shooting, I have the best defense in the nation. Virtually unlimited resources. But indigent folks who have the same right of self-defense as you and I have, they're not going to get that. And it bugs the heck out of me
SPEAKER 16 :
And I brought it up... To your point, they're not going to get it because of the mindset on that side, right? That's what you're really saying.
SPEAKER 09 :
That is exactly right. Well, I don't know whether or not... I'll send you an email giving the quotes from this woman who leads that office, because you'll be... Well, you won't be astounded, but you'll be astounded, I think, that she actually put it on paper. And so I don't know whether it's... total ignorance of what the law is, or... Or choosing to be ignorant? Which one is it, Paul? Well, that's right. That's right. I don't know. I mean, she doesn't hide... the political elements of it. She doesn't, not even close. It's right out there, right out there, which says a lot in itself. So it's bad enough that it exists, but then she's willing to put it out there. And it's only the governor's office, I believe, who appoints a committee who gives the names for, you know, who's involved with the public defender's office. And so once my father-in-law stuff is dealt with, then I'll address polis on this issue. And I don't know where to go with this. I'm open to suggestions, but it's horrific that she has this perspective.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, I think part of what you're doing right now is doing some of that putting – some, you know, over-the-air pressure, I guess you could say, Paul, and then I would just continue to do that. And this is where, you know, outside of that, you've got to get other legislative people willing to listen to you. They're not going to be on the other side of the aisle, of course, but, you know, they might be in some cases, actually. Depends upon who you find, but I think that's the other way to, you know, to start pushing this forward is you got, you know, what's that old saying, Paul? The squeaky wheel gets fixed.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, you got to speak up. If it bugs you enough, don't think it's just going to happen overnight. you know, through, you know, uh, the virgin birth, it'll happen because somebody speaks up and a bunch of people speak up. So I, I will continue to do that. I'm trying to identify a legislator, a state legislator that, uh, will listen to this. If you know anybody, uh, send them my way, uh, you know, let me know who, and I'll do a sit down with them, explain the situation, show them the letter and, that I have that she mailed out to somebody I know that details her perspective and her knowledge on this issue and what the risk is to antigen people in this state at that point.
SPEAKER 16 :
Okay. I would appreciate that. Paul, thank you very much. Thanks for the updates. I appreciate it, sir, very much.
SPEAKER 09 :
All right. Take care.
SPEAKER 16 :
You betcha, Paul. Have a great evening. Let's do this. We'll take a quick break. We'll come back in a few minutes left of this first hour. Paul Lundberger is next. He is my insurance agent. Would love to help you learn how to save money when it comes to insurance. 303-662-0789.
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All right, rounding out this hour, the other thing that I did see yesterday that was just awful, it was going on Saturday while I was on air and couldn't tell everything that was happening because of the manhunt that was ensuing and so on. And I don't know if I'll say this last name correctly, but Vance, is it Bolter? Charlie, am I saying that correctly, out of Minnesota? He is the weirdo knucklehead, and I'm not claiming him on my side. I'll just say that straight up. Someone's going to say that, yeah, this guy's a hardcore conservative Trump supporter and so on. No, this guy's a nutjob. Sorry. This guy is a total weirdo nutjob. He targeted certain individuals in the Minnesota House of Representatives, killed two people, wounded two others. Trump condemned the attack. I'm condemning the attack. I don't care who Yeah, he had a fake police car, fake uniform. He owned a security company, by the way. And I'll just tell you straight up, this guy is an absolute nut job. And no, I am not claiming him on my side, either on the faith side, on the conservative side, on the nothing side. I'm not claiming him. Now, you know, some out there, the left may claim that he's one of us. No, folks, I'm going to tell you straight up, those of you on the left, he's not one of us. I condemn these sorts of people on our side of the aisle continually, and I will continue to do so. Anybody that is this, you know, what I would call, quote, unquote, radicalized, I'm not claiming. He is not one of us. This is not what normal, rational people do. I mean, this guy had everything all dialed in, had a list of names of people that he was going to go after. He had actually served on a particular board from the governor. Tim Waltz has appointed him to a particular advisory board that he was on as a business member of that particular board for a while. Now, some of the first things that came out were, you know, this guy had ties to walls, this, that and the other. I'm not going to that extreme either. I don't know. what his ties are. I'm also not one of these, and those of you that are on my side of the aisle, please refrain from doing this. Some of you that are claiming, oh, this is just a big PSYOP operation, you don't have the foggiest idea what this is. Shut up. And I mean that sincerely. You don't have a clue what this is. You don't know what this guy's motivation was. You don't know where he's coming from. You won't know some of that for, you know, it might be several months before you even know some of this. So some of you coming out saying, you know, you can't claim what this guy did was, you know, was this set or the other. This was a total psyop. You don't know that. And don't be a dodo head and repeat that and say that. You're as much of a dodo head as he is. I'm going to be straight up honest. You're a moron. You don't know what this was. So don't put anything out on social media like that until you know. That's what gives our side such a wackadoodle, kooky, you know, theme to it at times. You don't know what happened here. You're assuming something you can't back up. And what's that old saying? Anytime you assume something, you make an ass out of you and me. And that's exactly what you're doing. So don't do that. Some of you that have put that out there, and some of you probably listened to this program, take it down. You have no idea what was going on here. You don't know what the motivation was. You don't know who's behind this. Don't be stupid. Take that garbage down and own the fact that a tragedy happened, and you don't know what the meaning of it was. And the fact of the matter is this guy was an absolute wackadoodle. And who knows what's going to happen to him next other than it'll be a long trial and he'll have life in prison before it's all said and done, I am sure. So we'll see how that all pans out. But don't talk stupid when you can't back it up. I'll just say that in closing. We'll be back. Hour number two is next. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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Retired Marine Colonel William Dunn joins John Rush for a sobering yet insightful discussion on Israel’s preemptive strike against Iran’s nuclear threat. Drawing on decades of military experience, Colonel Dunn lays out why Iran must never possess a nuclear weapon, how Israel’s pilots bought the world time, and why the U.S. military dwarfs global competitors. John and Richard Rush then shift gears to tackle California’s now-suspended gas car ban and why the CARB board’s regulatory overreach is driving up costs across America. Plus, two car reviews — the Genesis G90 and Mazda Miata — close out a jam-packed episode. This is one of the most informed and high-impact episodes of Rush to Reason yet.
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All right, we are back. Hour number two, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. As I said earlier, we've got Marine Corps Colonel, retired I should say, William Dunn joining us now. Colonel Dunn, welcome. How are you? I'm doing great, John. How are you doing tonight? I'm doing very well. Appreciate you joining us. Before I get going, you've got a book out, Gunfighters Rule. Let's talk about that before we get into Israel. Yeah, you still there? Yep. Did I lose you? Yep, I've got you. I'm still here. Yep, absolutely.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, no, thanks. Yeah, I spent 33 and a half years in the Marine Corps. And when I retired, I wrote a book. You know, it's called Gunfighters Rule. I was the commander of the gunfighters, HMLA 369. And I took that squadron into Iraq. I did many tours into Iraq. And so I talk about some of those events and efforts. And talks about all the way from Kuwait all the way to Baghdad. Wow.
SPEAKER 03 :
Very cool. Well, A, thank you for doing that. We appreciate it. It's men and women like you that do what you guys do. The reason why we can sit here and even have a program and I can talk about things the way that I do, which I appreciate greatly. Now, moving on to Israel. Been in the news. I talked a little bit about it on Friday because things really just broke and didn't have all of what was going on. And we've had, of course, now. A few days since, and I'll just say it straight up, I am not on the side of Iran. There's a lot of knuckleheads, I think, even on the conservative side that don't understand really what's going on and why. No, I haven't been on the ground in Iran. I don't know how far their nuclear program was. What I do know, Colonel Dunn, is that I feel like we've let them get far. We've let them get far too into that as is, and I think we should have curtailed that some years ago, but we let them do some things that personally, if I had been in charge, I would not have let them done, and then everything came to a head last week.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, I agree. While I was still in the Marine Corps, I went to Bahrain and Kuwait as the commanding officer of MAG-40, Marine Aircraft Group 40, to do what was called setting the theater for an event such as this, when General Mattis was sent down. So this is not a new problem. This problem has been going on for a long time. Many presidents, and to include President Trump, have said Iran must not, cannot have a nuclear weapon. They've promised to use it. They've promised. It's not like speculation. They said, we get it. We're going to kill Israel. We're going to kill America. So Israel was, they had no choice.
SPEAKER 03 :
By the way, I appreciate you saying that because very little of what you just said is being repeated. Of course, mainstream media and a lot of those sources aren't going to say some of those things. But I appreciate you saying that because you're spot on. They have made it very clear what their intentions are once they have that ability.
SPEAKER 05 :
That's right. And we, as Americans, need to hope that our government takes those threats seriously. And the problem that Israel had, and they brought this up in a couple interviews with the Prime Minister. They can't wait for them to get the weapon and then react.
SPEAKER 03 :
It's too late. Too late, yeah. My son and I were talking about this the other day, Colonel Dunn, and here's what I don't think the average, and I probably don't even have the full understanding like you do, but I have the understanding and know, have the wherewithal, that if they were to get a nuclear capability where they've got the ability to make a nuclear bomb, Their delivery systems in that, as you know, A, they can either have their own or they can buy other delivery systems from other countries, i.e. Korea or China or Russia. I mean, you get my drift. In other words, the delivery system can be gathered from a lot of other places. And the reality is those delivery systems, I don't think people realize this. This isn't just a Middle East problem at that point. It's a worldwide problem. Am I correct in saying that?
SPEAKER 05 :
One hundred percent. It's a threat. We cannot allow what I consider a radicalized country, we, America, and the rest of the world cannot allow a person that's radicalized to get a weapon system that could be carelessly used or carelessly protected. Imagine if you had a nuclear weapon and then somebody could get, a terrorist could get and take somewhere. And I know there's many means to track things that we can't really talk about. But the reality is we cannot allow it. Israel and the Israeli pilots, brave men and probably brave women as well. I don't know if they have any female pilots. I assume they do. But brave men and women of Israel who are fighting a total war went in and they've blown back the threat of the nuclear weapon for some time. What we cannot do, though, is assume it's dead. We have to be sure it's dead. and we need to stop it. I'm putting a number on it, right? This is my guess. Stop it for five decades, 50 years. You put this thing 50 years back, then all the radicals that are alive now, we're all gone, right? 50 years from now, I won't be alive.
SPEAKER 03 :
Good point.
SPEAKER 05 :
So let the younger group grow up and determine how they're going to continue.
SPEAKER 03 :
So a question I have for you, a great segue, because I was going to ask you this anyways. Right now there's some debate going on. I think even Donald Trump himself is debating what do we do. The Israelis are asking us to help them with the quote-unquote bunker buster, and this is the big one, the 30,000-pound one that can go down 200 feet because they know that this particular facility is likely that far down in the ground. Iran claims it's even further than that. highly doubtful, but you send two of those down one after another, and you're probably going to decimate everything they've got underground. And I know Trump is debating whether we do that or not, because, you know, it involves us more than what he probably would like us to be involved in. I guess the question for you, though, is what alternative is there?
SPEAKER 05 :
I'm going to phrase this very carefully. Right now, Iran has not attacked any U.S. forces on this round. Right. If they do one time, then I hope our president gives whatever capability is required to help the Israelis and to stop this threat. So that means if they open that door, then we drop these 30,000-pound MOABs.
SPEAKER 03 :
Do you think they're dumb enough to open that door?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, they've proven they are in the past. Absolutely, they have Houthis shooting at U.S. troops. I'll give you that. Okay. But what I would do if I was President Trump is I would hold that card. They know he can do it.
SPEAKER 03 :
True. It's a phone call, as you know. Not even a phone call. It's probably a text message nowadays.
SPEAKER 05 :
It's a phone call. And when I worked at United States Stratcom and we did some missions in Libya, we ran it from there. So it could be a phone call, an email. We could get this thing going pretty quick. Right. I would hold that from right now and let Israel keep doing what they're doing. Okay. Once, you know, they have air superiority right now. They do. True. Soon they should be able to have air supremacy. When they get to air supremacy, Iran will have no choice but to bargain. Now, I heard on the news today that Iran is going to send the biggest missile drone attack in the history of the world, you know, all over the place very soon. You know, I don't know what that means today, tomorrow. Is it going to happen? Who knows? Time will tell.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, really quick, this will be up your alley as well, if in fact they do. Again, these are things that I read. I don't have any kind of inside edge. Nobody's texting me with anything on the inside where I've got an edge over somebody else. But we're sending already some troops, equipment, supplies, a destroyer, some things like that. The way I look at that, to your point a moment ago, is if they cross that line, we've got the ability to respond within, really, honestly, at that point in time, seconds.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes, and the Israeli capability is very exquisite. Now you add a U.S. capability with mass, our men and women flying these jets all over the place. I'm very confident we don't want to and don't have to put troops on the ground. We have to be very selective. We do not want to cripple Iran economically because when this regime is hopefully overthrown by their own people, we should have no part in that. This should be an Iranian issue. Let the Iranians deal with Iran. I think a lot of people forget we used to be very good friends with the Iranians back in the day. We gave them some weapons. So we were friends with Iran back in the day. It should not be unreasonable to think that we could become friends with them again. Let's get rid of the nuclear threat. Let's become friends of Iran. Let Iran become friends with us.
SPEAKER 03 :
ideally the iranian people there's really people will get together and get along and all you have to do is get rid of this hateful regime but the iranian people in my opinion have to do that on their own no and i by the way appreciate again appreciate you saying that as well because i agree with you wholeheartedly and i remind people all the time that it wasn't that long ago that iran was a bustling metropolis very similar to the u.s it wasn't this downtrodden You didn't have this regime in there today that literally are utilizing and manipulating and controlling their people. You didn't have any of that. It was a great place that people wanted to go to, tourism and so on. They could have all that again, by the way. If they would just get rid of these knuckleheads running it, they could have that back.
SPEAKER 05 :
And they could have it by the end of the week.
SPEAKER 03 :
Literally. No, you're right. Literally.
SPEAKER 05 :
I'm not being funny, right? No, you're not. Nobody wants to go kill everybody, right? Right. Except the Iranian regime. Israel would just like to run their lives and their families and protect themselves just like we want to do for our families and our children. That's right. And I guarantee you that's what the majority of the Iranian people want.
SPEAKER 03 :
Really quick, and this is something I want you to talk about because you've got way more insight into this than I do. And for those of you listening, again, Marine Corps, Colonel William Dunn, whether he's retired, but I don't think anybody, the average civilian especially, Colonel Dunn, don't understand the ultimate firepower. And I mean that in a broad sense, that the United States itself, across all the military branches, I don't think most people really understand how we literally dwarf all other countries. Oh, yes.
SPEAKER 05 :
We do. And as an example, our pilots, and I'll be careful how I say this, our pilots' training is way substantially more sophisticated and better than any of our adversaries. Doesn't mean they're not going to get a lucky shot and get one of our aircraft. But we train. We train daily. We know how to fight. We know how to fight the threats. We study every single aircraft, every single weapon system that our adversaries have. And, you know, when the men and women of the military, when civilians go home on the weekends, you know, hanging out sometimes, the military folks, if they're deployed especially, are studying the threat. And I guarantee you our intel, which is very sophisticated... knows where any live targets are in Iran, they know where the war-supporting infrastructure is in Iran, and they know what to do to contain the threat. Without hurting, obviously the collateral damage happens. but without specifically hurting the Iranian people, we know how to deal with that.
SPEAKER 03 :
That's right. That's right. This being right up your alley, I want to remind people of this because, again, this is a stat that most people don't think about. Our Navy, remember what I just said, our Navy is the fourth largest air force in the world, meaning that's, as you know, Colonel Dunn, that's our Navy. That's not our air force. That's the Navy is the fourth largest air force in the world.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, that's right. And, you know, I love my Navy brothers and sisters, but, you know, as the Marine Corps, we always say we're the men's department of the Navy. I just had to throw that out.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, my son's a Marine. You can say that. Not a problem at all. You can say that.
SPEAKER 05 :
But, yes, the Navy, we're all naval aviators, Navy and Marine Corps. They're trained to fight. They're trained to come from the sea. And I'm not exaggerating, and I'm not patting our military on the back, even though I love them. They can come from anywhere. Yeah. You take a boat, you get a refueler, you can launch aircraft with bombs, with other capabilities from anywhere.
SPEAKER 03 :
Absolutely. And we do it. Absolutely. I've enjoyed our conversation. Appreciate you taking time out of your day. And in the book, Gunfighters Rule, where do folks buy that?
SPEAKER 05 :
You can get it anywhere you can get a book. Easiest place is Amazon. Just Google up Gunfighters Rule. It'll pop up, and you get yourself a copy, and I'm very sure you'll enjoy it.
SPEAKER 03 :
Colonel Dunn, thank you for your time. I appreciate it very much, and thanks for your service as well.
SPEAKER 05 :
My pleasure, John. Thanks for having me. You all have a great rest of the week.
SPEAKER 03 :
Will do. I appreciate you very much. Insightful, by the way. I appreciate men and women like him that have served our country and then can add some insight into things going on as well. By the way, everything he said, I can't disagree with anything he said. I think he is spot on. Veteran Windows and Doors up next, 35% off, up to three windows, four or more. It's 40% off with free labor to put them in. Give him a call today. Dave Bancroft, by the way, klzradio.com.
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. And really quick, just to recap, yes, it is very well known. I think it's not necessarily leaked out, but been pretty well known that Israel would like us to assist them in especially one department, which is using our... Very large bunker buster. It has the ability now to go down about 200 feet. And, again, keep in mind, too, folks, when these things are talked about, does anybody know exactly what they'll do? Of course not. A lot of that is top secret. So these are just – 10,000-foot views of some of these things, and there's only one airplane that has the ability to actually carry two of these at a time. That's our big stealth bomber. Israel would like us to help them. And here's the reality, though, and Trump has even said this, we're not loaning anything that we have to any country, including Israel. In other words, they're not flying our B-52 and doing anything with it. It's not going to end up in anybody else's hands, period, for lots of reasons. Even the bunker buster itself has probably got some technology in it that you just don't want anybody else having. And it goes back to what I was talking to our last guest about, the amount of things, plural, that we as a country have at our disposal that, you know, everybody thinks a lot of other countries could come close to competing with us. No, folks, they can't. They can't. We dwarf everybody else out there, militarily speaking, and I don't think even the average conservative, nonetheless lefty, has any idea what I'm talking about. Most conservatives don't have any idea what I'm talking about. The average lefty has no clue. Zilch. Zero. They'll just tell you we spend too much money on it. Well, it's because of that that they get to go out and have their no-kings protest they just went through this last weekend, which is so ironic. It's like, okay, if there really were a king, would you be protesting? Because there's a lot of countries with kings where you wouldn't be. Going back to our 3 o'clock opening segment where Charlie and I were even talking before air today, coming on air today, the whole theme of that, if you ask me, was just stupid. Anybody with any intelligence listening to the name of that would have to think to themselves, this doesn't make any sense. If we had a king, we'd be in a whole different position right now, and we wouldn't even be able to do what we're doing. And you just wouldn't be doing it. Let me finish my thought. You wouldn't be doing it. Furthermore— And I get that when you do the man on the street interviews, you're going to get all sorts of things. And I understand, just like TV shows and so on, that they are going to take a lot of the nonsense comments and run with those. And some of what you might have as better comments probably don't ever make it to, you know, airtime, social media and so on. Although I'm going to say this. I don't think there's that many arguments for a no King's Day that actually hold water. So I don't even know what those would be, because anytime somebody is asked, you know, what don't you like about Trump? Ultimately, it just comes down to I just don't like the guy. Well, that's not a reason, by the way. That's not an answer. Just because you don't like someone, that doesn't mean that that particular person, in this case Donald Trump, is a tyrannical president and he's breaking laws and he's doing things that he shouldn't and you should be running around protesting in no king state. I mean, that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Name something he's actually doing that is against or goes along the lines of what you're actually protesting about. And the reality is there aren't any. Most of these people, by and large, I would go as far as saying 90% of them at these protests are there for one reason, one reason only. They don't like Donald Trump. Now, I said 90 because, as I said earlier, I think 10 percent are paid and they're only there for a paycheck. And that I'm being 100 percent honest with. They're there for one reason, one reason only. I even heard I did see this as well. Some different areas where they said, you know, what are you here for? Well, I don't know. I'm just holding the sign that somebody told me to hold. OK, well, what does that tell you? They're paid to be there and hold a sign. They have no idea what they're doing. They don't care. Even they're just holding a sign. And I'm not saying that's every single person that went to the protest, but there's a lot of them there that I will tell you at the end of the day have no idea why they're there. The other reason why I think some people go to these things is because it's community. It's something you can go do. There's other people there that don't like Donald Trump as much as you do. Let's go hang out with them. It has nothing to do with the protest. It's just the fact you can go hang out with like-minded people, and they feel a sense of accomplishment or some encouragement, I guess, at the end of the day by doing so. Great. More power to them. Have at it. But the whole no kings, just the theme alone, in my opinion, has to be one of the dumbest names for a protest ever because we don't have one. We're not even close to having one. And I heard even, you know, different men on the street interviews talking about Elon Musk and all of that. I guess these are people that having followed along what's happened between Musk and Trump in the last two weeks, three weeks. Again, these are people that are, for the most part, absolutely clueless. I will give them the right to protest. I will protect their right to protest all day long. But just because you're protesting doesn't mean you're the smartest guy out there. In fact, in some cases, I'll just be straight up honest, you're probably the dumbest guy out there. In this particular case, if you're going to hold up a no king sign, you're not real bright. I'll just say that straight up. You're not real bright. You're believing in something that, frankly, doesn't exist, and you have no proof that it exists, and you can't back that up. So, again, I'll leave that at that. I think the whole protest thing over the weekend was utter nonsense. On the same token, those folks that were on our side of the aisle talking about how it would institute martial law and so on, and here's my point with that as well, and I didn't mention this last week and I should have. Anytime people talk along those lines, they're giving the other side far too much credence, far too much respect. They're basically saying that these guys have the ability to be such a disruptor That you're going to have to institute martial law to get things back, you know, back on track. I mean, you're really giving them a lot of credit when you run around and talk like that. That's why I don't follow anybody that talks like that, because anybody saying that is just as big of a knucklehead. But as I explained last week, there's a lot of people, especially on social media, influencers, YouTube and so on. Whereby they say these things because that's how they make money. It's what they do to generate revenue. The longer you watch, the more ads you see, the more clicks they get, the more likes they get, the more subscriptions they get, the more shares they get, the more money they make. Real quick, I don't think most of you realize this, but on a lot of the platforms... whether it be Instagram, which is Facebook. Those are one and the same, by the way. Meta owns both of those. That's Zuckerberg. Meta owns both of those. TikTok, which is Chinese-owned, whatever. We've been down the path on that one many times. And then Google owns YouTube. So between those four platforms, I don't think anybody understands if you're an influencer, you get paid by how much somebody views your content all the way down to the second of how much of it they're viewing. You get paid by if they like that content. You get paid if they bookmark that content. You get paid if they share that content. In other words, send it on to somebody else. So there's about four to probably six ways, and I'm probably only scratching the surface, there might even be more than that, as to how these influencers get paid. And my point is, you don't even have to be right, and you can still get paid, as in this prediction of martial law happening yesterday. All those guys still made money. They still get to collect their paycheck at the end of the day. You all that share it, by the way, and maybe some of you didn't, and I hope you didn't, but anybody that shares it then looks like a fool, but that doesn't matter. The guy that was doing it originally still makes money at the end of the day. Whether he's a fool or not, he's the guy laughing all the way to the bank. Let's just say it that way. He's literally the guy laughing all the way to the bank on the backs of you. So I am one where if I just know it is way out there, I don't watch it. You guys can send me this stuff. I'm not going to watch it because I'm not going to give that guy any money. Because if I'm watching it, I'm giving him money per se. I'm not directly giving them money, but I am. Because the more I watch, the more that person makes. So I would tell you guys all as a suggestion, stop watching crap that's not real. Because all you're doing is promoting more of it. If you know it's not real, don't watch it. Because, again, reiterating, that person is making money by you watching, liking, sharing, commenting, whatever. I forgot about that part. If you comment, there's more money in it for them, too. 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Putting reason into your afternoon drive. This is John Rush.
SPEAKER 03 :
All right, and we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. My son Richard Rush joining us now. Richard, one thing I didn't get a chance to talk about yet, and maybe you and I can get into this, is this whole California, President Trump blocking their first-in-the-nation rule that was banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. Colorado followed suit shortly thereafter. The reality is all of that now. has been tabled, meaning that we in Colorado will not be abiding by that any longer, and it's throwing a lot of quote-unquote environmentalists' arms up in the air because they're just fit to be tied.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, Dan, this goes back to a lot of different things that you and I have talked about over the years. And that is, well, number one, I don't think there's anything to do about, you know, gas cars on the road, right? You know, the environmentalists and the activists will say, well, you know, the less gas cars we get on the road, the better and all these different things. But you and I both know in the data that depending on where you look, right? You can get as much data as you want, but you can skew it in any way you want.
SPEAKER 03 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 17 :
But there's really not anything that's being improved by this. And, in fact, as much as they talk about driving down costs, which, by the way, Dad, this is the same state, California, that essentially came out and admitted that the CARB board, right, the California Air Research Board, They never realized the cost or the policies that they put in place as far as refineries and other things, what the cost would do to price of fuel and other things. So these same people have come out and made it their recommendation, and then obviously the legislature in California has followed it up by saying, banning the sale of gas cars and everything. You and I have said this, right? We've done lots of car reviews. We're getting ready to do a few others. Electrical powered vehicles, Tesla, GM, Ford, any number of them, right? Volvo, Toyota, you and I both think that there is a place for that, right? In the market. But we are a firm believer that we should let the market, the free market key, dad, right? Key words here, free market. This side what that looks like because we could just you again if we mandated everything well then it's no longer a free market and then no offense that these manufacturers and rightfully so why wouldn't they they're going to take advantage of that and they're going to charge consumers. all over the place to say, yeah, you guys are forced to buy an electric car. Well, here's your only option. And it's going to cost you now way more than that. So like you say, and I'm hoping, obviously, that it holds up in court, and it should, because it really is an outrageous thing. And you and I have talked about this. It is really crazy that one state, granted, I know California is big, and I know that they produce, their economy produces a lot, and all those things, right? I get that. But still, one state should not be able to set their own regulations to this extent, right? That this is not a housing code. Correct. You know what I mean?
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, even then, I would argue, Richard, that even when it comes to some of those sorts of things, now, granted, coastal states could have a few different housing regulations than what others do, and that I understand because of their environment and so on, but I'm one that says that, you know, I'm one that would go as far as to say that concealed carry should be reciprocal state to state because that's a Second Amendment national right. It's not a state-by-state right. Much like clean air and those things that we're talking about with California, very, very much the same thing. States should not be able to just go out on their own and establish their own things. And I'm a big, as you know, I'm a big states rights guy. But when it comes to transportation, travel, things like that, that's a nationwide thing. It's not something that's localized. And so in that case, I just don't feel like states should have the ability to do what California does, period. California Air Research Board needs disbanded as far as I'm concerned.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, they do. They're causing more harm than good, and they're doing lots of things that are driving up the cost for consumers.
SPEAKER 03 :
By the way, to your point, Richard, not just driving it up for Californians, but coast to coast.
SPEAKER 17 :
Correct, because what California does, it then obviously gets pushed down, right? It gets passed to wannabe California states like Colorado.
SPEAKER 03 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 17 :
Again, I just wish Colorado would realize that we want to be Colorado. We don't want to be California. Different conversation. But, yeah, it does drive up the cost, Dad, kind of down the line, right? It drives the cost up for other states. and for other entities, and ultimately they're not doing any good, right? And whether you want to argue that they mean well or not, no, they are simply just adding, because none of what they are doing has helped. I mean, you can go back to when they were established and argue that, right? I mean, they really are not providing any value, number one, to the state of California and Californians, and they're not providing any value to the rest of the country. And like you say, Dad, Transportation, cars. It's a tricky one, because no, there is no right in the Constitution to operate a motor vehicle, right? No, not... But there is rights to be able to travel, you know, kind of freely in the States and be able to do so without... Because you can't stop another vehicle that was bought in Oregon or Arizona or Nevada, right? I don't... From coming into your... Colorado, right?
SPEAKER 03 :
That's right. There's nothing stopping... That's right. That's exactly right.
SPEAKER 17 :
It's kind of like when COVID was going on, right? Everyone was like, well...
SPEAKER 03 :
Some states tried to block that free travel of other people coming in, and that got shot down right away, Richard, because of the very things that we're talking about. Those were never allowed to take place during COVID.
SPEAKER 17 :
And it's like our silly gun laws here in Colorado, right? There's nothing stopping you from going to another state, purchasing something legally in that other state, and then bringing it back. Yeah, is it another barrier? Sure. But the same thing with a car, right? If you're in California and this law had been able to be enacted, Dad, there's nothing stopping you from going to Nevada. Right.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right.
SPEAKER 17 :
And purchasing estate or even buying it, having it trucked in. It's just crazy. Right. And then back to the idea of air. Right. Like air moves, you know, kind of like wildfire smoke moves. Right.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right.
SPEAKER 17 :
And all of the it's like, right. And I get what they were wanting to do. Kind of back to the point, Dad, of electric cars and what yours and my theory is, because a lot of people on the ride or whatever will say, well, you guys are just against electric cars. And the answer is we're not. We actually think that there's a place for them.
SPEAKER 04 :
Correct.
SPEAKER 17 :
You've owned several of them.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right.
SPEAKER 17 :
You own one right now, right? Right. There is a place. in a time for them. However, they are not made for all people. And while the technology is getting cheaper, and you can do some really cool things with electric cars, right? Like I think some of the cars on the road today, you can act as a generator, right? If your car, if your house, you know, loses power.
SPEAKER 03 :
F-150 is a great example of that.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, it can be a massive battery back. But it's also, there's also a purpose for them, right? And there's a purpose for certain businesses and certain aspects of industry that you can't replicate with electric yet, nor do we want to. It's just not there. So I'm with you, and again, I think that I'm glad that Trump is doing it. And by the way, when people ask that, you know, well, Trump's doing this, this is one of the things, and I hope they continue to do this, and he does this for not the next two, all the four years, because he actually has control over some of this for the next four, no matter what happens in midterms. De-regulation, right? Get the government out of our everyday stuff because, again, as what happened as we talked about earlier, the segment of CARB and actual Democrat lawmakers that wanted to remove the board of CARB, right, to say, you guys, you didn't pay attention to the pricing. It's like... I could have told you that, and I live in Colorado.
SPEAKER 03 :
Exactly. I could have told you that for a year. CARB has had a blank slate to do all sorts of erroneous things over the course of time, me being in the automotive industry as long as I was and watching a lot of what CARB did. They have been so out of control for so long. As I said earlier, and I'll keep saying it, they need to go away. CARB itself needs to be disbanded, done away with. If they want to set up something else that works much better, be my guest. But the reality is CARB is outdated. And to your point, Richard, can't even do their own research before making a ruling.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, and then, like you say, what CARB does, it goes down the line, because we had here, right? We now have a more expensive brand of gas here in Colorado in the summer, not because of CARB, but because of the EPA, right? Because the EPA put us in whatever our zone is, right? We have heavy smog days. In reality, out of the total days out of the year, we may have, what, 20?
SPEAKER 03 :
It's minuscule.
SPEAKER 17 :
Heavy smog days?
SPEAKER 03 :
It's minuscule. Yeah, it's not much. Not enough to mess with.
SPEAKER 17 :
It is so small and... And yet, as a result, we are now having to pay for a higher blend of gasoline.
SPEAKER 16 :
Correct.
SPEAKER 17 :
And again, this is something that a lot of folks don't pay attention to, and we don't expect everyone to. But it's these little things that sort of add up over time that if we just got rid of some of this stuff, it would have an immense effect on the overall spending power and inflation and the economy as a whole.
SPEAKER 04 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 17 :
Because Americans wouldn't be paying more for gas tax, which that's a whole other conversation if you... gas tax versus road tax versus the other stuff. But again, that just unnecessary expense on the consumer. And I'm with you, Carb. If it went away, we would be all the better for it.
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All right, we are back in that time of the week where we do car reviews. We've got a couple today, Richard, that we'll go through. Let's start with you drove recently a new 2025 Genesis G90.
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Yeah, Dad, so this is their flagship sedan. This is the kind of chauffeur-like sedan for Genesis. And for those of you that know the competitors out there, you know that this is kind of a high-dollar segment. However, Dad, this is a high-dollar car with not the highest price tag. And what we mean by that is, This is a full-size, four-door luxury sedan that is meant to either be super luxurious to drive down the road if you're just driving yourself, or if you're an SUV, or not SUV, an executive, right, a CEO, and you want a nice, luxurious sedan. Guy, you've got a driver that occasionally drives you around, whatever it might be, and some of you are going to sit there and say, who's that for? I'm not sure you would be surprised. And the nice thing about this vehicle, Dad, is you can do so for potentially two-thirds of the cost of the competitor. That's right. This vehicle, as it sits, this is the 3.5 TE supercharger version. trim, which essentially gives about 34 more horsepower. I think it's a 48-volt kind of an electric element to it, which is really, really nice. The nice thing, though, and what Genesis has done is you don't have to add a bunch of different options to get there. So if you just choose the E, so this is, again, the 2025 G90 3.5 TE Supercharger, all-wheel drive. As it sits, about $102,000. There's just a few different accessories. I wouldn't even call them options, Dad. Accessories that you can add, 8-speed automatic transmission, multi-chamber air suspension, heated and ventilated front seats, heated and ventilated rear seats, massaging front seats, massaging rear seats, all of the things that you could want. One of the coolest features of this car, Dad, however, is what they call their road preview. So instead of a lot of the electronic adaptive suspensions out on the road today, Dad, where it kind of adjusts as you're driving, this thing uses the cameras to to basically see the potholes and such in the road and adjust the driving and adjust the suspension for it as you're going down the road. In other words, folks, it's incredibly smooth and incredibly quiet in this vehicle. I could literally sit here and tell you for probably the next 30 minutes all of the features of this car. All I will say is this. If you're looking for a luxury sedan and you're looking for some of those competitors that are in the mid-100s, yes, I said that right, the mid-100s, Dad, you can get this car for just over $100,000, which in this segment, Dad, is an incredible value. And in my opinion, you get all of the features that some of the competitors out there have for not the highest price tag, which is great. And you saw this car, I'll quickly let you chime in there, Dad, this car looks
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phenomenal folks it does not look like a genesis driving down the road and that is the highest of compliments i can give because it's beautiful yep no they do a great job on them i've driven this car in the past and uh even some of the older models of this you know the previous generations of never disappointed richard it's a fabulous car it competes extremely extremely well so a lot of you guys where you're driving some of the higher end by some of the other German automakers, let's just say it that way, you would be pleasantly surprised at how well this car actually competes on that level. I might even go as far as to say this, Richard, not only competes on that level as far as the luxury sides of things go, might even be a little bit better. The one thing it does lack, and I'll be the first to admit it, is does it have the same horsepower that some of the others that you're competing against will have? Maybe, maybe not. But keep in mind, you're spending a third less money on this car than you would some of the other quote-unquote competitors. So something to think about, Richard.
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No, absolutely. And it doesn't have some of the fancier engines and stuff, Dad, but at the same time, it gets up and goes just as well as I need it here in Colorado. The all-wheel drive is a great feature. If we were to encounter any snow, obviously we didn't. Overall, I would highly recommend it. Again, head to your local Genesis dealer. Again, 2025 Genesis G90. Test drive it, because I think when you do that, you'll really want to get in this vehicle and have it for yourself. And when you do that, let them know that John and Richard Rush from Drive Radio and Rush to Reason sent you.
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All right, another car that you have just driven, which I actually like this car a lot. Now, it's not the super most practical car, especially for somebody like me and what I do, you know, daily because of the size and the room and so on. But it's got a cult following. It's been a standard in the what I would call entry-level sports car end of things. And this is one of those cars, Richard, where, again, once again, if you're buying this car for the right reasons, you will not be disappointed.
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No, absolutely, Dad, and that is the 2025 Mazda MX-5. This is the Miata, right, folks? We had the Grand Touring Edition, Dad. They have an RF Edition, which basically is the hardtop convertible. This is the softtop convertible that is manually done, which I will say is one of the easiest things things I've ever done because a lot of times dad those electric hard tops while they're great and they're functional they take a while to use I can kid you not put this soft top up and down with one hand in literally five seconds yep and I kid you not folks and so so if you're driving down the road and you're like oh my word I didn't realize that that thunderstorm was going to be coming up especially here in Colorado in the summer You can literally get to the stop light, almost a stop sign, depending on if no one's behind you, put this soft top up. I will say that outside of that, Dad, I mentioned the six-speed manual, which is fantastic. It's got a two-liter, four-cylinder engine with 181 horsepower underneath the hood, rear-wheel drive, really well-balanced, Dad. That's one thing that you're going to find on this. Is it going to light up the afterburners? Not by any means, but is it a really fun roadster and a car to drive? And I would say absolutely. It's got heated seats if you need that. They actually do have a 35-year anniversary model for this year, Dad. We didn't drive it, but folks can see that. I think they're only making 300 of those cars, which... would potentially be a good collector's item, depending on if you're into that. Price point, folks, this one, as it sits, $36,565. Fuel economy is $26,034 for roughly an average of about 29 miles per gallon. I will just tell you this, folks. There's not a lot to this car. It is a small car. You're not getting a whole lot in the trunk of it, but that's not a big deal. Again, and some people are going to say, well, it's really noisy. It is what it is. Honestly, if you're driving with this thing and you're worried about the noise, it's not the car for you. It's a car to have fun.
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Again, if you wanted a second car, folks, there's only two of you at home, or maybe you've got kids still, but you just want to be able to go out on a date night and have a convertible... highly highly recommend this car only downside that if you're over six feet you're going to be hard pressed to get in this and your forehead's going to be getting bugs right however if you're like most of the rest of us and that's not the case this is definitely a car i would highly recommend so head to your local mazda dealer i know that they have some some special deals even with some of the tariffs and stuff going on that i just checked out their website on that I would encourage folks, get out, test drive this car. I think you'd be really surprised at how well you enjoy it. And when you do that, let them know that John and Richard Rush from Drive Radio and Rush to Reason sent you.
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Somebody asked also, with some of these changes that have been happening in California, will that have any impact upon octane, octane rating, some of the changes that even happened, and what should I be using in my car? It's really a drive radio question that I can get into in the future, but let me just say this right now. This really does become car and driver related. I mean that seriously. You'll get all sorts of opinions from people on what octane you should run. And I'll just tell you straight up, it comes down to what works best for you and your vehicle and your fuel economy. And here's what to do. Run a few tanks of each of the full three grades. and see where your fuel economy is. Do it manually. Don't do it off of what the computer tells you, but manually do the math and find out exactly what your fuel economy is, and that will tell you which fuel you should be running or not based upon that math. I'll just leave it at that. Any other questions, please send me a message directly. I'll be right back. Hour number three is next. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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All right. Hour three, Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Thanks for joining us. Tony Delgado joining us now. Tony, welcome back. How are you? I'm good. How are you? I'm doing very well. You are, of course, Latino Wall Street, and you've got some things we're going to talk about here in a moment ago, but we've had you on here again in the past. In fact, last time we were on, we were just talking about now the edge, I guess you could say, that the Latino end of things is having when it comes to being in Trump's camp and so on. We had a good conversation along those lines. You had an important meeting here recently, though, at the White House. Talk about that, if you would.
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Yeah, so... We hosted a series of Latino roundtables, both at the White House and then throughout Washington, D.C., with various leaders, both from the White House administration. and also various members of Congress. And we're addressing a lot of issues that are important to the Latino community, right? The big, beautiful bill. Also, the economy. And then the biggest hot topic now is the immigration issues and the riots that have been happening across the country. And we brought a nonpartisan coalition down to D.C. So we have both Democrats, Republicans, Independents, just nonpartisan business leaders from across the country all coming down to D.C. and to talk about solutions, right, to talk about what we can do to try to heal the divide in the country. I mean, I think it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican. It is heartbreaking to watch the city of L.A. on fire and to watch the pain and the destruction that is happening in this country. And, I mean, I think the administration is listening, right? We saw Trump the very next day come and make a statement that he is looking into immigration reform, right? He mentioned people who have been hardworking in this country for 20, 25 years, people who are working in the farm industry, right? Agriculture, hotels, hospitality, you know, restaurants. construction. I think there's been a lot of business leaders who are Trump supporters who are saying, listen, there are members of our workforce who are honest, they're hardworking, they've been in this country for decades, but their immigration status may be one of these statuses that needs to be looked at. So I'm excited that the president made that announcement and that he is looking into immigration reform. And then also we had a memo from to ICE to tell them to stand down on raids in hotels, hospitalities, restaurants, agriculture, etc. So I definitely think it's a big shift, and I'm excited that the administration is listening.
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Well, and I appreciate that. I think, too, one thing that I know you and I talked about last time you were here is I've known individuals. I know individuals where they are doing their very best to become citizens. They're going through all of the proper channels. By the way, it's expensive. Most people have no idea. Tony, you know this, but most people don't. The average person on the street. has no idea, the average American, how much money it actually costs to become a legal citizen once coming here, and it's not for the faint of heart. It takes a lot of time and effort and money and legal expenses, as you know, and as you and I talked last time you were here, we have got to figure out a better way to make that happen.
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Yeah, and bureaucracy, right?
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Bureaucracy, too, yes.
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All these different appointments, all this paperwork, right? Like, if I had to go through that process myself, I'd be overwhelmed and And it would be difficult. Right. And because it's not only hiring a lawyer.
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Tony, I'll say this. There may be some folks out there that don't appreciate me saying this, but there are born and raised Americans just like me that would have a hard time meeting the stringent demand of what it takes for an immigrant to come here and become a citizen. And I'm not exaggerating in saying that.
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Absolutely. And the systems that are in place for legal immigration are completely overwhelmed because we had millions and millions of new people coming through this process and overwhelming the system. And, you know, the one quote that I've been telling everyone that I met in D.C. is it's kind of a pendulum swinging. We swung so much in the wrong direction under Biden with millions and millions unforeseen. The official number is 10 million, but that doesn't include all the people we don't know about. Other estimates have it at 15 to 20 million people that came into the country in the last four years. And so now the pendulum is swinging the other way. And unfortunately, there's a lot of innocent bystanders that are getting hit. So I'm excited that the Trump administration is taking a second look. Listen, Latinos, we do not want cartel members here. We do not want open borders. We do not stand for that. But we also need to look at the reality. The reality is a big part of the American workforce is immigrants. We're a nation of immigrants. You look at the Italians and the Irish in the turn of the last century, and it is the Latinos in the turn of this century. And we need to create a pathway so that they can pay taxes, they can become productive members of society, and we can do things the right way.
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Tony, I'm one where, honestly, I don't even care. Honestly, I don't care where they've come from. I don't care. At the end of the day, they could be born here. They could have come here. To your point, I want it done legally. I want closed borders. I want a merit-based immigration system. But at the end of the day, I also know that You know, we do need workers. Our birth rate right now is below what it takes to keep an economy rolling along. We're, you know, one six or so. And by the way, dropping, we're not adding to that, which I will say this. And I think I hope I can say this and not not offend anybody. A lot of the immigrants that come to this country. will help us with that birth number, because they still believe in hardcore family values, much like a lot of the rest of us that had kids did. And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with people not having kids, but Tony, we're now in a day and age in America where we're not having enough to keep our economy going. We've got to change that.
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No, absolutely. And there's two main points that I want to touch on. Number one is Right now, the immigration process, you can hate it or love it, but these people are a part of the economy, right? So they're here illegally. They're here on asylum. And maybe they're not asylum seekers legitimately. Maybe they're not here for political persecution, but they're here for financial reasons, right? They're not political asylum seekers. They're financial refugees, right? They're coming here for a better life. for better school system, et cetera. So we need to have a way so that they don't have to lie. They don't have to go and say, hey, I'm in fear for my life. My government's going to kill me. That's what these people have to say now so they can qualify for asylum. So we need a system for these financial refugees, right? The second point that I want to make is whether we like it or not, these people are part of our economy now, right? They are working in all these various industries, right? The hardworking ones, right? Kick out the cartel members. kick out the people who are on welfare, kick out anyone who's not a productive member of society. But we do have a huge immigrant population that are a part of the American economy. And if you just pull all of these people out full stop, the economy is going to crash.
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No, I can't disagree with you on that. And I think that's where I think even Trump understands you've got to be a little bit more careful about how you go about some of the things that we're doing. And everybody wants it done. Everybody, I should say. The majority of people want it done correctly. They want it done right. They don't just want, you know, willy nilly you show up and all of a sudden. You know, you're here, you get a job, you get a handout, you get this. No, nobody wants that, Tony. You don't want that either. I don't want that. But as I've said before, and something else, by the way, that needs to have a revamp is even our visa programs we've got when it comes to bringing workers in. The reality, Tony, as you know, and And, again, I'll complain. I'm a small business owner that can't participate in some of the HB programs. And the reality is everybody, every company ought to be able to participate in that if they want to right now. As you know, it takes high-powered lawyers and, in some cases, actual company staff members to handle the HB programs that the agricultural industry and or the technology sector have, Tony. And at the end of the day, the small companies can't participate in that. And in that case, you're picking winners and losers because the big companies win and the small companies lose.
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Listen, President Trump, he's not an extremist, right? He has actually deported less people than Obama, less people than Bill Clinton.
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That's correct.
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And at the end of the day, he's a business owner. He owns hotels. He owns restaurants. He's been in the construction and the real estate industry for years. So he knows that these people are a critical part of the economy. And that's why I have extreme confidence that he's going to come up with common-sense immigration reform similar to, if you think about the best Republican president in the last 100 years, besides Abraham Lincoln and Trump, you would think of Ronald Reagan. And Ronald Reagan famously did immigration reform in the 80s. So I think this is going to be a big part of Trump's legacy. I think it's going to be a way that he can heal the divide in this country. And I'm just looking forward to seeing what legislation actually gets passed, whether it's executive order. But I'd really like to see a bipartisan actual law go through the House and the Senate and actually codify it. Right now, immigration has been a way that the Latino community has been abused and used. And they play with our emotions every four years. And I think we finally need to, number one, close the border so we fix the problem and codify some laws to help the people that are here in this country already become productive members of society.
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Tony, I'm with you on that. I think, again, I've said this for years and years and years. It's not just because you're here now. I've been saying this for a decade plus. We need a different immigration system. As an employer myself, I see firsthand the way this works. I see how unfair it is in a lot of different areas. I agree with everything you just said a moment ago. And here's the reality, Tony. I'm exaggerating here. You and I, and I'm not the smartest guy in the room, by the way, but you and I could sit down in a matter of a few hours and have an immigration system that works really, really well. We just now have to get that passed.
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Yeah, absolutely. We need people to pay their taxes, be productive members of society, right? Not take handouts and not be a burden on the economy. And if they can pass that litmus test, then yeah, they should be allowed to stay and we should create a pathway. There's two pieces of legislation right now. There's something called the yellow card legislation. that's been proposed by an NGO that was on my desk recently. And there's also the Dignity Act. So there are two pieces of legislation that are floating around, and hopefully one or the other or a combination of the two make it to the president's desk.
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Keep me updated, Tony. I'd love to hear from you. Before I let you go, the one thing I almost forgot about is talk about the upcoming CPAC Latino conference.
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Yeah, so CPAC Latino, this is a historic event. It's the first time in the United States that CPAC has hosted a bilingual conference. So we're going to have headphones there. My organization, Latino Wall Street, is hosting. And we're going to have headphones there so that if you speak Spanish and the speakers speak in English, you get headphones and vice versa. And, you know, we have world leaders from all around the world. So we have people from Mexico and Brazil and then a lot of members of Congress and people from the White House and a bunch of people who are going to be coming and probably some other surprises. But it's really, really exciting. It's the first time we've done this. CPACLatino.org is the website, June 28th. And we would love to see you guys there.
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Tony, thank you again. I appreciate your time. Absolutely. Thanks for having me. You bet. Have a great night. Again, Latino Wall Street, he is the CEO of, and he meets with the White House, Trump, and the administration on a pretty routine basis, and I feel honored to have him and kind of get some insight into what's going on on that end of things. Golden Eagle Financial is next. Al Smith, he did a great interview here of late. Listen in. We'll be back right after that.
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We've got Al Smith from Golden Eagle Financial with us in the studio here at KLZ. And Al, I know you've been helping people plan for and transitioning through retirement for many, many years, but there are a lot of financial advisors out there. What makes you different?
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Now, in response to a lot of what even Tony and I were talking about, and I think he would agree with me on this, there is another stigma that I feel is out there that I would like to see go away, and I know it's a big deal for a lot of you listening, and that is the simple fact that there are people out there that will claim, and we had this argument with Jordan Goodman yesterday, on our program once a month, and that is that there's just certain jobs no one else will do except immigrants. I don't believe that either. Now, I do think that there are very spoiled Americans that don't like doing certain jobs, but I do feel like if we would get back into promoting the trades and some of the things along those lines like we're now doing, in fact, even Donald Trump is doing some of this, I do feel like if we put some... And I shouldn't feel bad about talking about this because I've been in that world my whole life. That's the only side of things I've really ever worked on is the, and I hate the term blue collar, white collar, but I've been on the blue collar side the majority of my life. I've been an auto shop owner, started out as a paper boy, then became just a helper in a car dealership, and then an auto technician, and, and, and. And have always worked and even owned businesses that are in that world. So at the end of the day, I understand that very well. And I also understand a lot of the stigma that can come with even having a blue collar job, which, by the way, is wrong. It's wrong. And if you've never experienced that stigma, you don't understand what I'm talking about. And not everybody has. I have. I've had it from strangers. I've had it from even family members, believe it or not, whereby somebody will ask you, you know, you meet a distant family member, and somebody will ask you, you know, what do you do for a living? And I can remember back in the day where, you know, I was just an auto technician at an auto shop, and you'd say something like that, and you could just feel the degrading stares and attitude coming back towards you because of what you did because it wasn't a quote-unquote high-tech, high-dollar job. So I understand what that feeling's like. I'm not saying I understand exactly what it's like to be an immigrant and come here and work your tail off and have some of that stigma as well, but I know what it's like to be a blue-collar worker, quote-unquote, and have people look down on you because you are. In fact, I got to the point where I got so tired of that feeling, that stigma, when you would meet somebody someplace, a dinner party or whatever, and they asked you what you did, I started saying, I'm into oil. I'm not joking. Charlie's laughing at me because I wasn't lying. I'm not somebody that lies either. I'm not going to lie in fib. And I wasn't lying because I was literally into oil daily. Now, if they started pressing and they'd start to ask a few more questions, but typically when you said, well, I'm into oil, they'd look at you like, oh, oh, you know, because now you're a big oil man, I guess. Well, you're at the end of the day. I put my pants on one leg at a time just like everybody else does. I've never looked at what somebody did for a living as their status in life. And maybe because of my upbringing, where I've come from, I've never looked at that. I think it's why, for me, I get people all the time that ask, geez, John, I had somebody ask me this the other day, who's your most exciting interview that you've ever had on air? And I'm thinking, I don't know. I honestly, I'm like, I don't have an answer for that. I've never been asked that question before, and I don't know. I said, I have a lot of great guests. Some come back on a routine basis. Some of them are of a high status in life. Some are probably not so high a status in life. I said, I've kind of interviewed everybody in between, literally everybody from Donald Trump Jr. on down. I mean, there's really not too many people we haven't interviewed. But I guess for me personally, I don't look at any of them any differently from one to the other. And this is not a joke. You guys don't see a lot of things that happen behind the scenes. But there will be times where, you know, I give Charlie kind of our guest list, who's coming on today, what phone numbers does he need to call, or are they calling in, and so on. And he'll say something even before somebody comes on. He'll say, do you know who so-and-so is? And I'll be like, I don't know. It's our next guest. Well, they're this, this, this, and this, and this. And I'm like, oh, okay. Well, I don't go research these people. I get my documents that come from the publicist that went to get them on air. And depending upon what information they do or don't put in there, I don't go research somebody to find out how many other talk shows they've been or what they've done here or what they've done there or what book they wrote or what actor they used to be or actress they used to be and on and on we go. And I guess because at the end of the day, I don't really care. They're coming on to talk about a particular topic. That's what we're going to talk about. I mean, it's an honor to talk to some of these people because of their background, but I also feel like, and Charlie gets this comment from a lot of them at times, I don't treat them any differently than I do anybody else, and they can tell that when they come on air. Oh, the only exception was the mole lady. That's right. And she was one where she was in the series, right? She was, yeah, she was on, she came on our show talking about a book, but she was a guest on one of those particular shows. And yeah, it was called The Mole, right? Wasn't that the series, Charlie? It was called The Mole. She was a little different. Yeah. And we started talking to her about that and so on. And anyways, bottom line, I always have a good conversation with the guests that we have on. And typically, even in some cases after and I'm not tooting my own horn, but a lot of times I'll even hang up or Charlie will get on the phone with them. Or sometimes I'll even call back and talk about, hey, that was a really great interview. I appreciate you just treating me like I'm. You know, anybody else, I don't need to have any accolades or anything along those lines, and I really appreciate that. And I feel honored when they say that because I don't look at any of these people any differently. Yeah, and Charlie, thank you. Yeah, and I guess because of my blue-collar background, I don't go off the script. And you guys all don't know this, but I get a script pretty much, recommended questions for all these people that come on. I don't use it. I don't even read the questions. I ignore that entire part of the little blurb that I get on this particular guest. I don't read any of that. I'm supposed to probably, but I just have a conversation. You guys know me by now. I don't worry about it. I just have a conversation. Where I'm going with all of this is going back to I understand what it's like to have a job and a career that's looked down on, not looked up on. And maybe that gives me a little better roots to some of these guests that we have on and so on because I don't look at them any differently one to the other. But I do. I know what it's like to be at, you know, different places, church, dinner parties, different events, political events even, things that you attend. And somebody says, you know, what do you do for a living? And, you know, again, at one time I would say, well, you know, I'm an auto technician or I own an auto shop or whatever the case may be. And, again, I – I can't describe to you how many times people would look at you, look at me, and you could just feel the judgment from them, literally to the point where I finally started saying I'm into oil. And my standard answer now, some of you may say, well, what do you say now, John, with all the different things that you do? Believe it or not, and my wife will testify to this, some of you will say, so what do you do? I wear a lot of hats. That's my standard answer. And she'll look at me like, she just shakes her head. And literally, I'll say, I wear a lot of hats. And they'll say, well, give me one. Well, you own some businesses. Okay. I rarely, rarely, if ever, tell anybody I'm a talk show host. It's just not something that comes out of... My mouth for me, it's not a big deal. I do what I do here to be with all of you, to inform all of you what's going on. And I learn every day from all of you as well. But I don't look at it as anything major. And sometimes the conversation might go a little bit further. And finally, somebody figures out what I actually do. And to them, it's a bigger deal than it is to me because I don't really see it as a big deal. It's part of what we do here on a daily basis and all the different programs I have and what we do on the weekends and trying to help people with their vehicles. I had a really great caller this last week on Drive Radio talking about how much they appreciate the fact that we're there to really help the motoring public. Yes, we have a lot of sponsors, and all those sponsors help make the program happen. But at the end of the day, even they are here to help the motoring public and assist them in the different things that we do every single Saturday. And I felt honored to have a phone call like that, that, you know, yeah, we are here for that reason. That's the biggest reason we're here is at the end of the day, how can we help somebody with their car problem or their car purchase or their car sale or their whatever it takes when it comes to getting from A to B. And I really appreciate that. you know, that end of things, especially when folks call in and say things like that. But, you know, really quick, bottom line, one of the things that I would love to see happen when it comes to the whole immigration thing is this whole mantra of, oh, you know, Americans won't do those jobs. That's BS. They will. I do believe that we need to do some retraining of some individuals to have some jobs done. And as I said with Tony Delgado a few minutes ago in the last segment, yes, I still believe that we need a certain amount of individuals to come in and help us with a lot of those jobs. And I'll just say it straight up, too. And this is not being derogatory at all. There are certain individuals... And either how they've been raised or what they've done or their body build or what have you that do better at some jobs than others do. Concrete flat work, for example. One of those things where you will find folks that are coming from south of the border that do fabulous flat work because in some cases they've probably done it their whole life. And finding somebody here and training them and getting them to do the concrete flat work like some of these individuals do that are coming from other countries, good luck. Yes, there are some American born, raised, and so on that can do that. But I will tell you straight up, few and far between from what we have coming up from places like Mexico, Guatemala, on down the line we go. Reality is it's not the same. And these are the things, by the way, that the average conservative and the average person in the press have no idea what I just talked about because they're not in that world and they don't understand it. So even when it comes to agricultural and even some of that care, keep in mind some of these folks are coming from places where it's warm all year long. They're doing agricultural-type services where they've come from all of the time. We're here in Colorado. We do it six, seven months out of the year. So these people are coming with far more experience than our people. Even somebody coming from there with 10 years experience has what somebody that's been born and raised in Colorado has for 20 years because the way our seasons work. Anyways, I'm digressing. Bottom line is I want to get rid of this stigma and this saying that happens a lot of times on the liberal side of the fence, especially whereby they say, well, they're doing jobs nobody else will do. That's partially true, and there's some partial truth to that, but it's not 100% truthful. And case in point, by the way, there was the big raid that happened in Nebraska. Happened, I believe, a week ago in Omaha. And since then, they literally have had every seat in their waiting area. It's Glen Valley Foods. They have literally had every seat in their waiting area full with people filling out job applications and wanting a job there. So, no, it isn't true that nobody else will do these jobs. A lot of it comes down to how are we advertising? How are we paying? How are we structuring? All of those different things can come into play as well. Now, all that being said, are there certain sects and certain industries and certain areas where it's harder to find those types of people that will do said work? Absolutely, that's the case as well. This is a larger topic, by the way, than I think most people really put any effort into thinking about, and a lot of people get very pigeonholed into thinking one way and one way only, and they don't take every single facet of what I'm talking about into play when it comes to all of what's involved in this particular topic. I'll leave it at that. 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The best export we have is common sense. You're listening to Rush to Reason. All right, we are back. John and Cheyenne, what's going on?
SPEAKER 11 :
Hey, a couple of quick comments. First thing, liberals say... they won't do the work where they should say they won't do the work for slave wages.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. Good point. And that goes back to some of Tony's comments about, you know, the exploitation and just the way they get taken advantage of. That's not fair either, John. Not at all.
SPEAKER 11 :
No, not at all. But that's where I've always said, and it will never happen, is If they perp walk the CEO of a corporation that goes out of their way to hire illegals, like the prime example you always read about it was Swift Meats.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right.
SPEAKER 11 :
And they said, no, no, no. You're in charge. You let your people hire them. You're arrested. And even just do it once or twice. corporations would stop hiring illegals under the table for slave wages or with, you know, 10 guys with the same social security number.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 11 :
You read about that.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, you're right. No, you're right. And to your point, us chamber of commerce won't ever let that happen.
SPEAKER 11 :
That is, and that is where you need somebody who does like a Trump who doesn't care.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right.
SPEAKER 11 :
Correct. But the rest of the ones under Trump, like a dance, and I'm not saying he's not a good man, But he's looking to stay in politics, and that could derail his career.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, and that's where a lot of education is going to have to come in line along a lot of those.
SPEAKER 11 :
Right. So going back to your 330 guest from Jeffco. Yes. I just heard Kevin Flesch's commercial, and that should be the first thing you say when somebody comes to your house because maybe you had to shoot somebody in your house. I'm sorry. I don't answer any questions without my attorney. Right, right. And then that's it. and you just tell the cops, nope, I want an attorney, and they can't ask you questions until you get one, and that's the way you save yourself. Let your attorney do the talking. That's what they get paid a lot of money for. Last thing, I didn't hear the whole show. I was doing some. Did you talk about the military parade on Saturday?
SPEAKER 03 :
I did not yet, no. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 11 :
Oh, well, let me just tell you something. Being in the Army for almost 12 years and getting early, parade duty is the worst. And let me tell you why. So say the parade's at 11 o'clock. So the battalion commander's going to tell the company commander, I want everybody there by 1030. So then the company commander's going to tell the first sergeant, I want everybody ready at 10 o'clock. And then the first sergeant's going to say, well, tell the patrol sergeant, I want everybody outside at 930. And it just keeps rolling downhill. So for an 11 o'clock parade, you're standing outside at 730 in the morning. Because your squad leader wants to check you out. Then your platoon sergeant. Then your first. You know, they all want to do their inspections to make sure everybody's right. And it turns a two-hour parade into a nine-hour ordeal that nobody wants to do. So, yeah, the guys look great. They marched. They had a good. Not one of those guys above the rank. of Staff Sergeant wanted to be there. I'll just tell you.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, and really, I want to add something to what you're saying, too, because there's a lot of folks on the left talking about how that was, you know, $45 million, what the expense was to do that, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. You know, how much of that could we have done, you know, this with and that with? And what they all don't realize is the Army petitioned for that under Joe Biden, got approved by Joe Biden. Donald Trump had nothing to do with that whatsoever.
SPEAKER 11 :
Other than letting it, he could have stopped it if he wanted to, but why would he?
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, it's a celebration of the Army. Why would you? The Army, 250 years.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, why would you? But I always laugh when they say, oh, the guys love Martin. I've never met a soldier that liked to march in parades.
SPEAKER 03 :
I can't imagine anything more miserable. Just saying.
SPEAKER 11 :
It's a crafty. And even the guys that were, like, driving the tanks. Well, that tank, I'm sure, was inspected by everybody but from the crew chief or the tank commander all the way up to the battalion commander to make sure it was perfect, which means the maintenance guys probably spent a week of 12- to 15-hour days making sure everything was perfect on those tanks. So it's not like, oh, they had to—not one person. I just wanted to say this, and any of the other vets out there will probably agree with me. Nobody wants to march in a parade. Even if, say, the guys coming back from World War II that got off the ship in New York and had a ticker day parade, they didn't even want to do it.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right, right. Yeah, makes total sense.
SPEAKER 11 :
I just wanted to throw that out there. I thought you may have talked about it already.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, never got to it earlier. We had too much other stuff to do.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, yeah. No worries. You have a great day.
SPEAKER 03 :
You too, John. Appreciate you very much. Thanks for the phone call. Joe, you're next. Go ahead. John, two things.
SPEAKER 08 :
One, I've got an update on that Air India crash, but do you mind if I give a plug to the Prison Fellowship? Yeah, go right ahead. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 03 :
Great, great organization, by the way.
SPEAKER 08 :
I was not even aware they existed, but the Prison Fellowship, and it's prisonfellowship.org, their whole thing is they distribute Bibles to prisoners.
SPEAKER 03 :
Sure do. Have done it for years now, decades. and if and by the way and we all know that colson yeah chuck colson founded that i don't because he was in prison and realized the yeah he was out of watergate of course is where his background and all i came from so yeah joe he started that ministry after coming out of being in prison and realizing the need it was there and it's a great organization you know i've done i've done a lot of research you know in the last two hours and it is a great organization and
SPEAKER 08 :
Given the prevalence of the Muslim Koran in prisons, I think it's great that we get as many Bibles as we possibly can in the hands of prisoners. Because if they're going to be in there five, ten years, I'd rather they be reading the Bible than the Koran.
SPEAKER 03 :
I agree, Joe.
SPEAKER 1 :
100%.
SPEAKER 03 :
So thank you, by the way. And it's something that we used to have. It's probably been before even you started listening to us, Joe. We used to have some commentary by Chuck Colson that would run top of the hour. And we still do occasionally. Breakpoint is that. But it used to be Chuck would actually, when he was still alive, he would actually do some of the commentary. That's really what I'm referring to more is at one time he was the actual commentator until he passed.
SPEAKER 08 :
And if you don't want to send money, you've got a Bible, they'll take it.
SPEAKER 03 :
Give one. Donate it. That's right. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 08 :
If you've got a Bible, or maybe you have parents passed away, and you've got an extra Bible.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, you know what? Speaking of, I think I probably have about a dozen from my mom. You just gave me a really great idea of where some of those should go, Joe. Thank you for it. I should have known that, but thank you for the reminder.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yep, and again, both my parents have passed away in the last five years, and I've got a couple of Bibles, and that's exactly—I'm going to box them up.
SPEAKER 03 :
You know what? You just helped me. I appreciate that. I will do the same thing.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, good. All right, well, I'm glad we were able to— That's awesome.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, that's a great announcement, Joe. Thank you. We don't talk about some of that stuff near enough, and to your point, if we can get Bibles in the hands of inmates instead of the Koran, absolutely we should be doing that.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yep. So I'm glad, John, you're familiar with the organization.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, thank you. Perfect.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right. I looked at a lot of videos, including some videos of the crashing, and it turns out I was wrong, John. The flaps were extended. So that is gone. But what is interesting is that the gear was down. And normally when you take off, the very first thing you do is you clear the end of the runway. The very first thing you do is retract the gear because the gear adds no lift, but it adds drag. So the very first thing that comes up is the gear.
SPEAKER 03 :
You suppose they were starting to have engine failure, you know, shortly thereafter, and that's why they never got gear up?
SPEAKER 08 :
And that would, you know, if both engines failed, and by the way, RAT stands for Ram Air Turbine, by the way, that's what it is. And by the way, the slower you go, the less effective it is because it's basically like a little windmill.
SPEAKER 03 :
That's right. Thank you. Thank you for the windmill description. That's exactly what it is.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, and it's a little windmill inside of a tube. It's a turbine. In other words, it's like a sleeve, and in the middle, it's like a pipe. And inside that pipe is this little propeller, and that's why it's called Ram Air, because it's got a big mouth on it. And as the air comes in through in the mouth of that tube, it gets to the propeller that's in the middle and spins it, and it makes a little turbine. And unfortunately, the slower you go, the less power it generates. But if they had lost engine power, which powers the generators – that would explain why they couldn't bring the gear up.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yep. Flats and everything are already, for all of you listening, and I've done a little bit of research on this since you and I talked last week as well, that airplane, the checklist in and of itself, probably from everything I've read, Joe, would not have even allowed them to attempt takeoff without having the flaps set correctly in the first place. That thing is all electronically controlled where unless they just somehow overrode it, and I don't know enough about the airplane to know how that works, but everything I read, that would almost be an impossibility.
SPEAKER 08 :
You could pop a breaker, but you're right, John. And I was incorrect, because even the crash photos, they show sections of the wing. They have pictures of the wing sections on the ground, and both there are photos in the air and photos of the wing section at the crash site showing the flaps are deployed. But what is odd is that the gear was down, because normally the first thing you do, gear up.
SPEAKER 03 :
Because it helps your aerodynamics immensely.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, you get rid of all that drag.
SPEAKER 03 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 08 :
So the fact that the gear was still down.
SPEAKER 03 :
So then, you know, we go back to and again, I and I had perceived some things wrong last week. And that's why, you know, you just don't jump to conclusions. You start learning more about what goes on. Charlie's advice is always great. You just can't say a whole lot until you get into a little bit more and start learning more and more and more as stuff starts to. to develop. Even this shooter in Minnesota, same thing. I'm not going to say a whole lot on that until you know more, because a lot more things will come out over the next week than what we know today, a couple of days afterwards. But in this particular case, Joe, I'm pretty confident from everything that I have seen and read and the rat being down and so on, that there was a double engine failure, which is almost unheard of. And by the way, I think I did read this as well, and maybe you did. No, it wasn't a bird strike. There were no bird... uh, trailings, anything like that on the runway where they would have hit a bird or anything along those lines. So it's not a double bird strike or anything, you know, weird like that, Joe, something happened in those engines shut down. And I'm not sure we, I'm not sure right now, anybody knows why.
SPEAKER 08 :
No, we don't. But John, at this point, I think you're right. It would appear that they lost power. And the only way they would lost electrical power. And the only way they would lose electrical power is that they lost both engines. which would explain why the rat dropped down. And the rat at that low speed wouldn't be generating that little tiny... It's a teeny bit, yeah. It wouldn't generate enough power to raise the gear. So it looks like for some... Again, as you said, dual engine failure is almost unheard of unless you have fuel exhaustion.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, and that's where, again, even as a car guy, I mean, your total engine failure in a car, there's typically two things that cause it. Well, there's only two things that cause it, lack of fuel, lack of spark, which any more on modern engines, Joe, the lack of spark rarely, if ever, occurs, especially on multiple cylinders at once. So, you know, it's either a complete electrical failure, which just doesn't happen that often on modern cars, nor does it happen often on modern planes. Then you've got to start looking at fuel because, yes, that can happen.
SPEAKER 08 :
And on a turbine, John, once a turbine lights, the flame is self-sustaining.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right.
SPEAKER 08 :
There's no ignition.
SPEAKER 03 :
There's no spark. It's not like a car that has a spark plug.
SPEAKER 08 :
No, there are no spark plugs. There's no ignition system. There's no alternator that's feeding the engine with electricity. Once that turbine lights… As long as there's fuel going, as I said earlier, once there's fuel going into a turbine or jet engine, which is a turbine engine, it's self-sustaining. The only way to shut it off is to choke off the fuel. So clearly, you know, and there was some speculation what if it's the wrong fuel, but they'll burn almost anything except water. And if it was the wrong fuel, other planes would have suffered the same experience.
SPEAKER 03 :
True. Good point. Something had to have just – and I don't know. And again, Joe, that is not an area of my expertise to sit there and diagnose and say, yeah, this is pretty much what could have happened. And as I said earlier, we may not know. We probably won't know, start dragging the black box out. But then mechanically speaking, they'll be dragging through that thing for a year.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yep, yep, yep.
SPEAKER 03 :
Tragedy.
SPEAKER 08 :
So anyway, so I was wrong about the flaps not being deployed. They were deployed. The gear being down is very indicative of something going wrong, along with the rad. So it appears they lost engine power, which resulted in electrical failure, which, of course, you know, at that point, with dual engine failure, you're not going to fly, and that's what happened.
SPEAKER 03 :
And last but not least, how did one guy walk away?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I mean, the plane bellied in. You know, that's quite the impact. Now, they were, what, 200, 300 feet in the air in the plane? And there was a lot of crush. You know, you've got the baggage compartment under the passenger compartment. So you've got a lot of crumple zone there. And then, of course, the seat, you know, the distance between your seat and the floor of the cabin compartment. So there was a tremendous amount of crumple zone, and he was at a window exit, which helped. But that's the only way I can think of. He was saved by all the crumple zone.
SPEAKER 03 :
And that guy, he ought to go buy a lottery ticket or something, Joe. That's the luckiest guy on the planet.
SPEAKER 08 :
You can say that again. You walk away, 242 people, and he walked away. Unbelievable.
SPEAKER 03 :
Unbelievable. Joe, man, appreciate you as always. You're welcome, John. All right, talk to you Thursday. Appreciate you. Cub Creek Heating and Air Conditioning coming up next. And, again, if you're having any trouble at all when it comes to your AC system right now, not blowing cold air, not cold enough air even, give them a call today. Find them at klzradio.com.
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SPEAKER 03 :
Hey, really quick, to follow up on Dr. Scott, I got a text message from somebody that said, is he a regular doctor where he can do regular exams, treat illnesses, or does he just do stem cells, weight loss, all of those sorts of things? And can he refer you to go to a specialist or something along those lines? Yes, he can do all of the above. For example, I went in Friday for blood work, physical, all that kind of stuff, which I'll be straight up honest, I haven't done in quite some time. I'm way overdue. So I finally decided to stop, get it all done. Scott ran all of the blood work. We'll have all the labs back. I'll sit down, have a conversation. I'm not sure we'll have to do anything outside of that, but he'll at least look at everything and we'll have a plan of attack for anything that comes back that may not be what it should be. I'm hoping everything will come back well, but you know how that goes. Maybe something's a little bit out of whack and we'll have to do something with something. But yes, if I had a really known problem and I need a specialist or I need an MRI or I need a CAT scan or I need a whatever. Yes, he has the ability to help with all of that, just like any other regular medical doctor. He is an internal board certified doctor, internal medicine doctor. So he can do anything that you need done, not just some of the specialty things that help us live life better, but really just everyday, regular, I've got a really bad whatever. sinus infection or my arm hurts or I've got a back pain or whatever. You name it. He can do all of that included. So thank you for the question, by the way. That was a great question, something I probably don't hit on enough. But he can do all of the regular medical things that you need on top of all of the other things that are there that, frankly, other doctors, other medical providers just don't. aren't doing and frankly can't do. I don't say that enough, but they literally cannot do it. The insurance company, the practice that they're involved in, the higher-ups that are in charge of said practice, very few doctors today own their own practice. The majority of them, by and large, are owned by a large medical group or the insurance company itself. And at the end of the day, or maybe the insurance company doesn't own it directly, but they have a ton of influence on what's happening there. And the reality is they don't have the freedom to do some of the things that you need for your medical care like Dr. Scott does. So, again, thank you so much for that question. Great question. And, yes, call Scott, and he'll help you with any of that that you need. All right. Tomorrow, Andy and I, we're going to talk about how there are some – in the conservative party, our party, that just think that, you know, basically Israel shouldn't be doing anything with Iran, let Iran run around and do whatever they want to do, basically. And it's crazy to me that there's conservatives that think that way. But we're going to talk about that tomorrow. So have a great night. Rush to Reason, Denver's Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
What does Israel’s strike on Iran mean for global safety—and could it actually make us feel more secure? On this Friday the 13th episode of Ready Radio, John Rush and Bill Anderson discuss how current global tensions, including rising fears about martial law and social unrest, are impacting everyday Americans. But is the real threat the events themselves—or the fearmongering media campaigns capitalizing on them? John and Bill challenge the wave of doomsday content circulating online, exposing how YouTubers and influencers profit from panic. Can we trust the voices warning us about imminent collapse, or are they just selling fear to drive ad revenue? The hosts stress the value of real preparedness—not reactive hysteria—and explore the difference between being ready and being manipulated. They also dive into how some Christians and conservatives interpret world events as signs of the end times. Are we reading too much into every headline? Or is it possible to live ready without obsessing over prophecy and panic? This episode raises big questions—and reminds us that discernment might be the most vital tool of all.
SPEAKER 11 :
This is Ready Radio, preparing you to be ready for anything. Now, here's your survival guide for Ready Radio, John Rush.
SPEAKER 12 :
And it is Ready Radio, KLZ 560. Thanks for joining us today on this fine Friday the 13th. I'm not superstitious, so that really doesn't do anything for me one way or the other. Bill Anderson joining us now as well. Bill, does Friday the 13th mean anything to you? I didn't even realize it until you said something. Well, there you go. That answers that question. In other words, no. No, no.
SPEAKER 1 :
That doesn't bug me.
SPEAKER 12 :
All right, lots going on, and for those of you that maybe, Bill, have been living in a, I don't know, a cave or haven't been able to catch anything that's been going on in the news or what have you, there's been, of course, developments in the Middle East. Israel finally had enough of Iran not sticking to its... agreement, even the UN, which, by the way, they're about as much as a wet noodle as you could get when it comes to, you know, standing up for things. Even they said Iran was not, you know, doing what they needed to do for their side of the bargain or their side of the agreement. And more than likely, Israel have been planning, and I'll talk about this more in our daily show, but Israel have probably been planning this for quite some time and basically said, you know, enough is enough. If you're not going to abide by the things you need to be, we're not going to let a terrorist country have a nuke, not any way, shape, or form, and as of this morning, I'll just tell you this, Bill, as of this morning, maybe I look at this differently than most people, but I feel safer this morning than I did yesterday morning.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, that seems to be the trend, even with what's going on locally here. People are just getting tired of it, right? And we're standing up and saying, you know, we're tired of the fluff, we're tired of the lies, if you will, we're tired of you know, the complacency. And yeah, you know, there's going to be a point where all this stuff is going to come, if you will, the old term, you know, to a head here. And I think you definitely see that happening. And, you know, there's turmoil going all over the place. And, you know, it's a great lesson for us because we shouldn't be reactionary, if you will, towards all this stuff. I mean, we should already be ready for all this stuff because, Honestly, Johnny, this stuff could happen in the blink of an eye here, and I think that's the whole purpose and part of this. Not that we, oh my goodness, we wake up today to today's headlines and what's going to happen tomorrow and all this stuff, and we're like, what are we going to do now? It's like, this shouldn't really even necessarily bug us too much because we should be like, hey, we're ready to deal with it. There will be ripple effect. Uh, you know, I know a lot of people stick their head in the sand and go, yeah, whatever, you know, that's downtown. I live out here, you know, in the country, whatever, but you're going to have ripple effect, you know? And so you should have hopefully have. prepared and done stuff to ride those ripples out, if you will.
SPEAKER 12 :
Agreed. Speaking of that, I want to play something, kind of kick things off today, because I think what I saw is a clip that somebody sent me, and I've had a few of these sent to me of the last few days from different listeners and so on. So I thought this would be a good place for you and I, especially on Ready Radio. Not that I couldn't do this on Rush to Reason, but I think for Ready Radio this is very appropriate. So let me just play, I'm not going to play very much of this, but let me just play the initial part of this, and you and I can chime in on this. Here we go.
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What's happening across America right now isn't just another news cycle. And if you think this is going to blow over like previous protests, you need to understand that we've crossed into entirely new territory where the rules have fundamentally changed. And your family's safety depends on how quickly you can adapt to this reality. I'm here to walk you through exactly what's unfolding, why this weekend and June 14th represent potential tipping points that could trigger martial law, and most importantly, what you need to do right now to protect your family when normal systems fail.
SPEAKER 12 :
All right, I'm going to leave it at that, Bill, because he just goes on into what, you know, some of the things that even you and I talk about on a routine basis, you know, he gets into. And I don't want to say I had an argument with anybody over this, but there's been different people texting that there's, you know, a lot of folks on social media. Haven't seen any of this, by the way, in mainstream media, but there's been some on social media talking about, you know, tomorrow, no King's Day, all the different events that will happen across the country that that will happen. you know, in and of itself, you know, spark, you know, martial law. And I basically have been saying that, yeah, no, I don't see that happening any way, shape, or form. I'm not saying that couldn't ever happen or that it couldn't happen even tomorrow. But, you know, Bill, I just think the likelihood of something like that happening is – is pretty slim. I mean, especially now with what we've got going on over in the Middle East, there's been some, I think even in certain people's eyes, and will it make things different tomorrow, better or worse? I think it'll be an eye-opener for some. Some will just get angrier, and it is what it is. I mean, you can't fix stupid, Bill. I hate to say it that way, but you can't fix stupid. So some people won't. change anything. But I don't see martial law being invoked tomorrow or Sunday or the next day for that matter. And I think it's one of those scare tactics. One thing I'm always quick to remind people of that we don't do here, you or I do not do this, is there's a lot of folks out there on social media that the more hype they can build and the more likes and views and clicks and so on you know the more those they get bill it's it's how they make their living it's it's how the money rolls in and most people don't understand how you know videos and influencers and all of that work but the reality is you get up to in this particular situation this is coming from the reliable prepper on youtube there's 85 000 subscribers and i can tell you right now just based upon what i know from the car stuff i do and the few subscribers that i have there uh 85 000 depending upon how many actual videos are being put up and watched, that particular person could be making $20,000 to $30,000 a month pretty easily, and I'm not exaggerating.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I don't quite know how all that works, but obviously I have heard.
SPEAKER 12 :
When any of you click on any video, it doesn't matter what platform it's on, whether it be Facebook, whether it be TikTok, whatever, it's those ads that are being paid for by other people that those particular influencers, as you're watching that video and those ads are running, they're getting credit for that, and they get a kickback, quote-unquote, or a portion of those ads that are sold, and that's how they make their money.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right, yeah, no, I get that. I understand that. What I was talking about was I don't know how much a person makes from, you know, being a YouTuber. From my understanding, from what I understand, some of them do pretty well.
SPEAKER 12 :
Some do very well, absolutely, yes.
SPEAKER 05 :
It's the fear-mongering. It's no different than the church world. True. And, you know, hey, the... the prophecy, I've got the prophecy, I've got this, I've got that, God said you better do this, that kind of fear-mongering sells. And it's so unfortunate that we fall, we succumb to that. And the whole idea, again, the whole idea of this show is to be ready for anything so that we don't have to worry about what's going on or what's coming our way. We're ready for whatever. And we don't have the fear, you know, but there's just, there's a draw to it. I don't know why. People run to it, and they give ear to it so quickly, John.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, I think—and I'm glad you brought that up. I didn't necessarily have that in my notes for today, but I'm glad you brought that up, because Andy and I are going to talk a little bit more about this in depth, even on Tuesday, maybe a little different angle. But again, I'm glad you brought that up, because I feel like—and you're a pastor, you see this as much as I do—I just feel like at times— and not everybody, but I do think there's a faction of, you know, whether you want to call it believers, conservatives, not all conservatives are believers, not all believers are conservatives, although I think they should be. That's another topic for probably another day in a different program. But the reality is you get a certain amount of those individuals, Bill, to where I do believe their yearning in their heart is for, of course, you know, Christ to come. You know, they want the rapture to take place, all these different things along those lines, the spiritual aspects of things, which, by the way, I'm not against any of that. You know where I stand on all of that. But I guess I'm also not one of those people that read every little thing into every little thing that comes along. I'm not taking a little bit of this and a little bit of that and then reading it in and hoping for that particular outcome. I kind of look at it as it's the pan theory. It all pans out in the end, and I'm not going to push anything along, and I'm not going to read anything into anything. I'll just wait and see how it all turns out. Still being prepared all the way through, by the way.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, that's a good point, John. Keep going. I've got a little bit of loud destruction here.
SPEAKER 12 :
No, that's okay. So for a lot of you listening, and again, I'm not trying to attack anybody on any level, but I do think that every one of these – and by the way, these are videos that can come from anywhere. It can come from the extreme left. It can come from the extreme right. It can be right down the middle. I think, number one, what I always look at – when it comes to things that I'm watching, and this is true with everything, whether we're talking about things that involve prepping, like the video clip I just started out with, to anything else that's out there. Several things you have to look at is who's putting the video out, what would their normal bias be, and you can typically see what their bias is just by other things they put out. You guys know what my biases are from listening to me here on all four of my programs. You kind of know where my biases are. I try to run as much down the middle when it comes to the opinion side of everything. Yes, I'm very conservative and I lean very far to the right as far as that goes. I don't consider myself an extreme person on the right. I'm definitely not in the middle. And I try to look at everything with that lens of reason. That's why I call my daily show Rush to Reason. Even here, we try to be reasonable with all the prepping things that we do. So I do my very best to try to look at things through as many lenses as possible, but still having my own feelings and opinions on things when it's all said and done. Now, given all of that and where I come from, I'm always leery of just one side only, and they're never looking at any of the other inputs that are out there. And I'm afraid that there's a lot of... How should I say this? Influencers, because that's what they are. Folks on Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube. And by the way, one video could run on all of those, by the way. And the reality is, I do think you have to really look at... That particular person, their bias, where are they coming from? I say this even when it comes to, you know, drive radio that I do on Saturdays and a lot of car reviews and things like that that you'll look at. You know, there are, for example, even companies like Consumer Reports – that are very biased towards import in German cars and very against American cars. They've been that way for years. And even in their reporting and the things that they'll give you on what car to buy, that bias will come through. And by the way, they're completely wrong in a lot of the biases that they have, but it's their bias. And my point is, when you start watching any types of videos, and before you even send these on to – family or friends or even have it influence you, you really need to look at it through that lens and say, okay, who is it that's putting this out? What really is going on behind the scenes? How many other pieces of the pie can I put together out there to determine if this video is correct or not? And I'm not saying go stick your head in the sand and just say that, you know, tomorrow's going to be tomorrow and there's never going to be problems. You guys know me. I would never say that. But I also have told you guys all along, that I will give you as many warnings as I possibly can if, in fact, I see some things that I think are coming and changing. And not that I've been right on everything, but for the most part, even all through COVID, we haven't been that far off on all of the programs that I have, from what used car prices are going to do, to housing prices, to the economy, to what interest rates should be doing. And I can go down the line. There's really not a lot of things, quite honestly, that we've been that far off of. In our world, me and Andy and others that I'm associated with here on all the programs I have, I think it's because we try to set as much of that bias aside as we can, taking all of the inputs in and then giving that information back out to all of you so that you guys have the ability to decipher things then on your own. And it's not easy. And, Bill, I think you're back with us now. And the reality is it's really hard at times to – to determine when it comes to certain videos and things that are going on, and especially now, this is a whole other topic we could get into maybe at a later date when you start talking about AI. I mean, there are some things now today, Bill, that look so real, so convincing, that it's going to be really hard moving forward to determine what's real and what's not. But that's where we have to be vigilant in what we're looking at and try to put all those pieces together to back up that particular claim and is it right or not.
SPEAKER 05 :
yeah you're actually right one thing you gotta keep in mind is I don't care who it is everybody has an agenda okay very true on if you if you come to me at my church and you come to church, you think, oh, there's no agenda at church. Yeah, there's an agenda there for me. I'm trying to teach you the gospel, I'm trying to get you to believe if you're already... Yeah, exactly. I have an agenda.
SPEAKER 12 :
You win souls and disciples, Bill. I mean, if that's not the agenda of a church, find a new church.
SPEAKER 05 :
And so my point is, there's no such thing as, I have no agenda. In fact, when somebody says that, I have no agenda here, your red flag should go up.
SPEAKER 12 :
Because there is one. Yeah, and thank you. Thank you, Bill. And I think I said this a moment ago, but my agenda with all of my programs is, A, I want to take input from all sides. and I know that one side is extremely biased, but I still look at that side, and I'll even still read things from that side, because you know what, Bill? Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and again. So I try to take as much input from all sides, and then in a reasonable fashion, that's why my show is Rush to Reason during the... and we even do it here on Ready Radio, I then try to give out to people with all of those inputs, here's what I feel is going on. So I guess in my case, my agenda is I want to give reasonable output with all of the different things that are coming in so people can then go make decisions for themselves.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, yeah, I mean, exactly right. I mean, not every agenda is bad, by the way. It could be a good agenda.
SPEAKER 12 :
Your agenda at church is a good agenda, by the way.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, it could be interpreted differently. You're brainwashing me or whatever, right? It could be interpreted differently. But, you know, that's beside the point. But my point is, is when you're listening to a guy on YouTube who gets paid by clicks and plays and shares and likes and comments and things like that, Yeah, he's going to put out content that's going to arouse that type of response. That's right. That's right.
SPEAKER 12 :
Absolutely, Bill. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 05 :
And the local news, the nightly news, whatever, they're doing the same thing because they're all paid by their advertisers as well. And so, you know, what's the agenda of... that video, the author of that video. And what is it now? I listened to that whole thing all the way through. And, you know, there's some stuff in there. It's like, yeah, that's good to your point, right? We pick up a little bit from everybody. Yeah, that's good. That's good. That's good. But you do have that sense of urgency there of fear. Now, maybe John, maybe his agenda is, Hey, I truly want you to know, like my agenda at church, hey, repent. It might be too late at some point. You need to repent today. You know, I mean, that could sound, quote, fear-mongering, again, depending upon the ear, the hearer. But he could be doing that. I don't know. I don't know his heart, right? But the point is, is we have to take all this information with a grain of salt, if you will, knowing... the agendas of what's out there knowing there's ai out there and and we have to take multiple sources we have to go on what we know you know um and then make the best decision and that's what we've been talking about this entire time on this show right is put some stuff away you did this you did this you did this If martial law happens this weekend, which I don't think it will, it's not going to snap that fast. I think there's going to be a much more bigger buildup to that. But if it does, hey, I'm ready, folks.
SPEAKER 12 :
And I think, really quick, along your lines of what you're talking about in regards to martial law, please, everybody listen to me when I say this. Yes, I understand that the No Kings Day, there's going to be a lot of even now smaller cities and suburbs and so on that are going to be having some events. But, Bill, I think the one thing folks have to realize is, You know, we have over half, over half, of Americans that voted for Donald Trump and what's going on right now. The approval rating says exactly the same thing. The reality is the majority of engaged, quote-unquote, individuals are far higher than what those that are engaged in the No Kings events. There is a loud, small faction that are going to be involved in these particular protests and the things that are going on there. But in reality, Bill, you've got probably—and I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say this— You've got 10% of the population that might be involved in some of these things, and that's probably even a high number. We're 350, 60 million people. I don't think you're going to see 10% of those 35 million out doing the protesting and so on. You might have a few hundred thousand coast to coast. It's probably more like 1% when it's all said and done. There is no way that you're going to institute martial law for 1% of the population, Bill.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I agree with that. You know, and kind of going back to the whole Israel thing and looking at what the federal government, you know, hey, they allowed this stuff to go on a little too long. You know, too many people got hurt, too many things got destroyed. So you can call this a preemptive whatever, but, hey, we're tired of this garbage, if you will.
SPEAKER 12 :
Exactly.
SPEAKER 05 :
And this isn't, no, hey, neighborhood, you made me mad, let's all stand up for our rights. This is an organized effort that we see going on here. And it's a smoke screen, in my opinion. This is my opinion, John, for whatever it's worth. It's a smoke screen, right? Because they're doing this all this stuff, and then the innocent bystander who, by the way, unfortunately, most Americans are, quote, clueless, comes up and sees this going on gets injected into this scene and now doesn't know what what they're doing all they hear is some you know some uh catch phrases if you will and they're like oh yeah yeah i i agree with that i agree with that i agree with that and now all of a sudden i'm caught up in the movement and i'll tell you this too the most dangerous part about all of this is you cannot extinguish an idea.
SPEAKER 12 :
True.
SPEAKER 05 :
And they're just instilling little tiny ideas
SPEAKER 12 :
and after a while, all of a sudden, that becomes... Well, and you're right, and I said this yesterday, the right now idea that's in the majority of these No Kings protests, because there's been a lot of, you know, men on the street that have actually been at some of these events, interviewing some people, asking them, you know, what's this really about? Even the anti-ice events, Bill, there's people there asking, you know, why are you here? What are you doing? And really, Bill, it does boil down to one idea. We hate donald trump it's as simple as that they can't even name the other reasons why they're there and they can't even name what donald trump has done that is king-like by the way that there's which he hasn't but there's nothing that they can even rattle off but yet they're there you know helping out a quote-unquote you know anti-ice you know rally protest whatever you want to call it and or this no king's day that'll happen tomorrow and i'm with you there is a lion's share of those individuals that are only there for one reason it's simply a hatred for one man Which, by the way, is a dumb reason to do anything.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, it's crazy. Hey, you know what? If you want to get down to it, you could probably look at all the presidents across the board, and we could probably say, you know, personally, I don't know if I would like that person. That's beside the point. You may not like your boss.
SPEAKER 12 :
Right.
SPEAKER 05 :
But that's the authority. That's the position they would put into. And you respect the position, you know... I was asked to go to the White House and perform. This one was under George W. Bush, actually. If your audience doesn't know, I spent eight years of my life being a professional magician, and I was invited to come and perform at the White House when George Bush was there. And people had asked me, well, would you have gone if Obama was there? And I would have said, absolutely. Absolutely. I mean, I may not have liked his policies or liked him.
SPEAKER 12 :
To your point, Bill, it's still a trip to the White House. Why would you refuse that?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's the office, right? It's the office. I mean, that's a pretty cool thing.
SPEAKER 12 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 05 :
Hey, I've got a letter from the White House signed by George W. Bush on my wall going, you know, hey, thanks for coming and doing this. And it was great. And it's like, you know, not many people have that. So why would I get so hung up in my pride? and reject that. That's what kind of blows me away about the sport teams. I agree. Great point.
SPEAKER 12 :
Great point. I look at it very much the same way you do on that. And, I mean, even, you know, personally, if I had been invited to come to the White House for anything, any way, shape, or form, even with Joe Biden, as much as I don't like him or the regime or the family or anything that happened during that time, just the simple fact that you're going to, in my opinion, one of the greatest programs places that we have as Americans, where you look at what happens there, and it's where, you know, policies are made and law is made and so on, and so much history there, all the way back to the beginning of the country. And I get it, that wasn't the actual White House back when we formed the country, but it was, you know, soon thereafter, and it's been, you know, in my case, in your case, our entire lives where that's been there. I mean, just to me, Bill, the honor of being there supersedes any of my feelings towards any one particular person. I think I lost Bill. Let's do this. We're up against a break. Bill, if you're listening to me, hang tight. We'll come back. We've got to take a break anyway, so that's a good segue. We will be right back. Ready Radio. It's ready-radio.com. And remember, Bill's website is prep2protectco.com.
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All right, we are back. Ready Radio, KLZ 560. Again, Bill Anderson with me today. His website, prep2protectco.com. And again, our website, ready-radio.com. You can actually find Bill by going there as well. Okay, Bill, one thing that we took really kind of the first half of today's program, talking about the events that are out there, and there are several things. And by the way, Bill, and I think this is important for us to say, and I know you've said it before, there's always... always going to be something going on worldwide, locally, nationally, whatever, that we have to keep our eye on. That is constant in the world that we live in, and frankly, Bill, until we all end up in a different place, that's not going to change.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, and it is of my opinion that it's going to increase a little bit or a lot of it. So, you know, that's just my opinion. Again, I think, you know, it's going to continue to get worse and worse and worse. But I don't want to be labeled as fear mongering, especially after talking about the first segment.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, you know, and I don't either. I tend to agree with you. I mean, that's just sort of the trend and the trajectory of things, although I am one and you are as well. I believe in changed hearts, lives, revivals, things along those lines. Our country has been through numerous ups and downs, and we have recovered from many, many things throughout the years. The question is, as large as we are now and as prone to influence from social media and other things that, frankly, Bill, we haven't had in the past, will that bode well for us or will it be the opposite? And honestly, I don't know. It's yet to be determined.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I think it's much easier to instill propaganda in this day and age, and you just have to be really careful of not getting caught. You know, in the Bible it says, don't be tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine. Right. In James, it's probably the same thing. You know, I don't want to be tossed to and fro. You know, and I've got lots of friends that I know, and every day they're calling me, did you hear this? Did you hear that? Did you hear that? And it's like, yeah, this, you know, just 1 Thessalonians 4, verses 11 and 12 says, you know, live a quiet life, mind your own business. I love that verse, by the way. Mind your own business, you know, and work with your hands, and that way you can walk honestly amidst those who are without. And, you know, I think it's really good. That's kind of been my heart lately. It's like, you know, just it's important to be watchmen. I'm not saying... Stick your head in the sand. I'm not saying that, but I'm just saying, you know, just live a quiet life and, you know, mind your business and work with your hands so that you're not found in need. is basically what that verse says, and it's a great verse for what we talk about here. You know, hey, get busy about taking care of yourself. Good point. That way, you know, when these things happen, we're ready to rock and roll. You know, because, again, you know, and I'm going to quote a lot of scripture. That's fine. Go for it. We should be. Go for it. You know, John chapter 15, where Jesus talks about, you know, I'm the vine, the true vine, and he says, hey, when you're producing fruit, I'm going to prune you so that you produce more fruit. And we're at the stage now in America where there's either some fruit or there's no fruit. And it's like there's a pruning process that needs to happen. There's just so many complacent people. We've gotten so comfortable. And it's going to get worse with AI and all this technology. It's going to get worse. And there's going to have to be a big shakeup. I'm telling you, I'm scared to death for people because when the electricity goes off and you can't turn your computer on and you can't chat GPT, you know, how to do something, People are going to lose their minds and not know how to live.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, and Bill, that's not fear-mongering. That's just simple truth when it's all said and done. There is nothing there that you're saying that I see as fearful. That's just a reality and a reality check for those that maybe haven't thought through that. I think, you know, just look right now at what's happening as we speak, as we opened up the show today. Israel, things going on here, the different riots that we've had, and I don't care if anybody says they're not protests, they've become riots. We'll see more of that even tomorrow. So with all of that going on, I think you'd have to have your head buried in the sand to disagree with what we're talking about right now.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, absolutely.
SPEAKER 04 :
Complacency is a killer. That's
SPEAKER 05 :
No matter what area of life. That's right. Your spiritual walk, your economic, whatever.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay, so along those lines, one thing, and I didn't have this again for our notes, but things are in the show, especially with all of the news going on right now, we're very moldable to what's out there. There's no real agenda that you and I have when it comes to these things. So at the end of the day, you know, we have to be, to your point, discerning, pay attention, watch what's going on around us, all those different things. And in light of that, Bill, one thing I did want to touch on is and I know we did this a little bit before going to break and just that is determining real news. from fake news. And by the way, that can be on both sides of the aisle. We on our side can be just, I talk about this during the week a lot, we can be just as susceptible to the fake news end of things as the other side can be. Let me give you an example. This past week, with everything going on with the riots and so on, last Monday I saw some conservative folks post a picture of what appeared to be Governor Polis raising the Mexican flag at the Capitol. So it took about 30 seconds, Bill, did a little bit of a search to see Is that anywhere else in the news? And most likely what I determined, I couldn't find anything local. So, A, it didn't happen that day. If anything, it was something that happened in the past. And then with AI, I don't even know if that was the Mexican flag being raised. It could have very well been the American flag that somebody superimposed the Mexican flag on. I never could determine whether the picture was even real or not. So within about 30 seconds, I determined all of that. And yet we had a faction of conservatives on our side of the aisle passing around a picture of Polis raising the Mexican flag. Now, I've said this before and I'll continue to say it. I don't care for Governor Polis. I don't like his policies. I don't like his lifestyle. I don't like what he stands for. I think he is true and blue Marxist to the core. So there's nothing about him that I care for. But, Bill... Even in spite of all of that, I'm not going to spread false rumors about somebody that aren't true.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, and you've got to be quick to take that captive, right? Because you're scrolling through Facebook, and you see it, and you're all of a sudden on the phone. Hey, did you see this? Did you see that? I saw that. And it's something I battle a lot within the church, too, because we have a lot of conservatives at our church, and people will come in and be like, I saw this, I heard this, I heard that. And it's like, you've got to be careful. The new weapon of the world is false information. And by the way, that's the original weapon. Amen.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, it hasn't changed since the garden. Oh, that won't bother you. That'll just open your eyes. I mean, false information, Bill, hasn't changed from the beginning of time, has it?
SPEAKER 05 :
No, it's nothing new. You put lipstick on a pig, you stick out a pig.
SPEAKER 12 :
I mean, we're laughing, and I am, but just because, you know, if you didn't laugh, you'd cry because it's like, people, this stuff hasn't changed since the beginning of time. It's been here all along. It's because of, I don't want to get off track and get too spiritual, but, you know, it's the sin nature. It's all of that, Bill. I mean, the reality is that's not going to change.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, no. In fact, now we've we've enabled everybody, your everyday citizen to now create those those weapons. That's right. That's right. It's so much easier. You know, not everybody had a printing press back then. Not everybody had, you know, but with the movement of A.I. and social media, you know, Everybody literally can present something.
SPEAKER 12 :
Now, and by the way, I've said this before, I'm not against technology. I'm not even against AI. I'm not against any modern things that we have. There's a lot of folks, I think, out there, Bill, even in the church world, that would say, oh, AI, bad, bad, bad. Well, you could say that about everything. You could say that about a gun, about a car, about, you know— weapons of war that we just saw launched from Israel into Iran. I mean, Bill, I could say that about pretty much everything. The reality is anything we get our hands on could be used for good or bad. That includes AI.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, you're saying that to a firearms instructor, right? Exactly.
SPEAKER 12 :
I mean, reality is, you know, you could take anything and make it good versus bad. I mean, a hammer, Bill, can be used to pound nails and build a house and be constructive and put a roof over your head. On the same token, it can be used in very nefarious ways, and we've seen that.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, yeah. A psychopedia can give you information, or it can bash somebody in. That's right, that's right.
SPEAKER 12 :
So with all that being said, here's where I want to go with this, is we go through things like, you know, tomorrow, and even everything happening with Israel, and believe me, folks, when I say this, You're going to see a lot of folks out there that try to – it's the only thing that happens, Bill, as you know. There's a wave now. There's a wave of information that is coming out because of the local events, national events, and, of course, now the worldwide events. And there is folks out there that are – by the way, I'll give them credit where credit's due. These guys are masters. at capturing a moment riding the wave getting as many clicks likes views etc as they possibly can they're not dumb bill they know right now i've got this wave i can ride this for the next five to seven to maybe even 10 days and i'm not going to miss this my opportunity to put a lot of cash in the bank is right in front of me i'm not going to lose that so all of you listening though this is where i'm going with this be careful because all of those guys to our point earlier have an agenda? And I hate to say this bill, but the main agenda is I'm putting cash in the bank.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah. I mean, there's, there's a whole conversation on that, you know, with, you know, what is it? Uh, there's three, some trillion dollars in debt and it's like $2 trillion more than there's actual printed money. So, you know, we're on that train where I don't know how much longer clout the dollar is going to carry. Um, You know, I don't know, John, you know, you talk about metals, you talk about cryptocurrency and all this stuff. And again, not that cryptocurrency is the enemy. It's not the mark of the beast. Oh, my gosh. No, it's not. Every new product, every new thing is the mark of the beast. Right. Every new conflict is Ezekiel 38. It's like, no, no, no. You got to know what it says. so that you can rightly divide the truth, you know? Right. But it's like, I don't know. You put a lot of cash in there, and that cash becomes worthless, John. I mean, I don't know. I'm just thinking. on a personal note, it's like maybe there's being diversified would be good.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, and I'm with you on the whole crypto thing. And folks, please let me explain what I mean by that. No, crypto is not the mark of the beast of anything, Bill, because of how it works, how it functions. It's a closed loop, quote unquote, system. There's only so many of them. It's all tracked through blockchain. Reality is, no, it's probably opposite of mark of the beast. Now, it Could it usher in more of a digital currency? I interviewed a guy this last week where, you know, could it enter into more of the, you know, U.S. digital currency and some things along those lines? That's a whole different discussion that is separate from what's happening in, you know, the cryptocurrency, blockchain end of things where, you know, those, by the way, the folks that are involved in crypto for the most part are anti-currency. everything I'm talking about in regards to fiat currency of the U.S. dollar and so on. So reality, Bill, is, yeah, no, that's about as far from the mark of the beast as you're probably going to get.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, the mark of the beast is allegiance to the Antichrist. It's bearing his name. It's not a UPC symbol. It's not a monster drink symbol. It's not your bank card embedded into your forearm. That's your information. That's right. The Bible says the mark of the beast is his name, and it bears allegiance to him.
SPEAKER 12 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 05 :
And you're not going to take it by accident. It's going to be a deliberate choice.
SPEAKER 12 :
That's right. That's exactly right. And you will be, and I've been a big one on this, you're going to know exactly what you're doing, when you do it, and why you're doing it, and to your point, you're going to be making, at that point in time, Bill, I believe, a conscious decision that this is the direction that I'm headed, and in doing so, this is me speaking, this is not Bill or anybody else, I'm not a pastor, Bill, but I believe in their hearts, they will be knowingly saying, listen, I'm going this direction, and screw you, God. Sorry, that's why I'm not a pastor, because I'm using words that most people couldn't use from the pulpit, but that's essentially what they're going to be saying.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, you know, there's the politically correct church, and then there's the authentic church, so we'll leave that at that. But, you know, in Amos there, John, and I'll kind of wrap some stuff up with this, kind of circling back to what you were just talking about. Amos says, in the end times, there'll be a famine in the land. And it's not a famine of food or water or that, but it's a famine of the truth. And we also know in Timothy that it talks about, in the end times, people will seek the tickling of the ear instead of sound doctrine. Now, we understand that to be, I take that from the church world and go, hey, there's a lot of big churches filled with a lot of ear ticklers. And people don't want to hear the truth. But that is, if it's not happening spiritually, it's also not happening globally. Yep.
SPEAKER 12 :
Right? Yep. Yep. Okay, so we've got a few minutes left of the program today, about, I don't know, 13 minutes or so left. When it comes to being prepared. So we've got all these things happening around the world. There's talk of, of course, you know, what's happening with vaccines. You know, Israel and Iran and, you know, what's the fallout from that going to be? For those of you listening, I'll talk more about that on Monday and Tuesday on my daily show. So, you know, be sure to tune in. Then we'll know a lot more, by the way, by the time we get to, you know, Monday, Tuesday versus where we are today. But, Bill, when it comes to especially some of our social and political unrest that's happening here in our country. And what I want to get into is, OK, what should folks be doing right now? to be prepared for some of what's happening around us. And I get it, folks, and this is my first suggestion, is a lot of this bill is going to depend upon where do you live? Are you blocks away from a downtown area where there's going to be a lot of civil unrest? Or do you live out in the suburbs some 10 miles away to where... even the spillover probably isn't going to affect you much. And to me, Bill, you got to kind of look at the map, know your city, know your town, and then understand, hey, this could be happening near me or I'm pretty insulated from it. What are your thoughts?
SPEAKER 05 :
Let's go to the words of the most famous sensei in the world, Mr. Miyagi. The best defense against a punch is
SPEAKER 12 :
is don't be there. Yeah, good point. Good point. I mean... Good point. Don't go to the... Don't be there. Well, and where I'm going with this, Bill, is personally, if this were me, and I don't, so as you know, I live out away from everything, so do you. If I live, though, anywhere near any of the downtown areas, I don't care whether it's downtown Littleton, if it's downtown Boulder, if it's downtown Denver, I think given this weekend... I would, and I'm not normally this way, but just kind of knowing where everything is at, and to your point a moment ago, I don't want to be in that line of fire. I think I would be looking at, at least for Saturday, you know, could I stay someplace else? Can I get a little bit further away from where things are? Now, if you live in an area where even the unrest around you is not going to be a huge issue, you can sort of insulate yourself from that, that's fine. But if you're in like a direct path of all of this, I think I would be looking at probably staying someplace else.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I mean, if you're in the heart of it, I might, you know, go somewhere else. But, you know, I'm not telling people to, you know, lock down the doors and not go outside or things like that, but be smart. No, I don't need to go check out what's going on downtown. I don't need to go see the gathering. I don't need to see any of that.
SPEAKER 12 :
you know right just mind your own business right right no that's exactly right now the other thing too is since we're talking preparedness i would also and this is something to again i would not change all of your plans for the weekend but i would be mindful of your plans over the weekend and do any of those involved you know traveling down you know i-25 for example bill where you could have a spillover from downtown and it could block you know, the street there, for example. I mean, the last thing I would want to do is be right up against any of these protests with nowhere to go other than getting your car bashed in. Yeah, I don't want to be in that situation. I want to be as far away from those as I can. So in my case, and I will travel to the station tomorrow and back, but in my case, Bill, I will just make sure I take routes that avoid any possibilities of that happening, even if it means I have to go a little further and a little longer to do so.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, exactly. And you might want to throw some extra stuff in your car just in case, you know, the usuals. And here's another tip, too. If you're supposed to go to the grocery store tomorrow, go tonight.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, good point. Yes, great point. Yeah, if you're getting ready for Father's Day and you're doing a big bash or something, to your point, Bill, get your shopping done tonight.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, just, again, avoid it. Don't be there, right? We don't know where this is going to go. It's probably not much of nothing, my gut feeling. I mean, there's a protest scheduled in Castle Rock at the fairgrounds tomorrow. Okay, you know, I'm going to be out at the church doing a farmer's market, selling some meat rabbits and some sourdough bread. That's where I'm going to be. Right.
SPEAKER 12 :
Right. No, that's a good way to look at it. And, again, for all of you listening, again, not that I would change my schedule around dramatically, but, again, I would not be – for example, if somehow, some way you really didn't think about it, maybe you did a Father's Day reservation for tomorrow night in the downtown Denver area. There's a lot of restaurants around the ball field and so on. Bill, if that were me, that is one to where I – probably would be changing that if it were me. I just don't want to be anywhere near downtown tomorrow night.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I agree with you on that. And see, this is the danger of all this. So now they are instilling fear. Now they are crippling, you know, everyday life for people because of these protests. And they're doing that on purpose. Right. Ripple effect. Remember we started to show off with that? It's the ripple effect.
SPEAKER 12 :
Right. That's exactly right. Yeah. And again, I'm like you, Bill. I don't want to be, and I'm not fearful of it, by the way. I guess for me, I just don't want to be inconvenienced and take any more time to have to do anything tomorrow, tomorrow night when I can avoid it. If I can avoid it, why would I want to waste my time with that? I won't.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, there's just no need, no bother.
SPEAKER 12 :
And to your point, if you're not there, then you're not going to have any issues of having any problems, correct?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, yeah. You know, we teach that. In fact, John, I had John as a guest one week when you were gone, but he's my coach down there, fourth-degree black belt in Krav Maga. And it's funny, I was joking with him just the other day. It's like, you know, we train all these people to be these violent monsters, and then once you get your black belt, now we say, okay, now don't use it.
SPEAKER 12 :
now now the fight is don't get in the fight yeah you know yeah i hear you all right we got a call coming in we got a few minutes left before we uh get out of here let's talk to mark and wiggins before we go mark i got a few minutes left go ahead sir hey good afternoon guys i was just thinking about your comment as far as readiness and you know the mark of the beast and uh
SPEAKER 03 :
You know, what if martial law pops off, which I'm really not concerned about. I mean, really, the Bible is clear about do not worry. You know, Matthew 6, 25-34, you know, don't worry about that stuff. But what I did think about was your comment about putting stuff in your car. And I have noticed in my own experience that when you buy water bottles and you put them in the car... the plastic deteriorates, and then you've got a wet seat.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, really quick, that, and for everybody listening, you should not be drinking out of those when that happens because the microplastics get very, very heavy when that water bottle gets hot like that. Even, Mark, if it doesn't deteriorate to the point of leaking, you should throw that water out or use it to do something else with because you should not be ingesting that either.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, I've unfortunately done that, and I have tasted, like, you know, it doesn't taste right.
SPEAKER 12 :
No, that's right, and that's why.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, because that's why. So we've used, like, the Nalgene bottles. Nalgene, yep. I don't know if there was another suggestion that you guys might have.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, I've even read some stuff. It's interesting you mention that. I was watching a video. Oddly enough, I was watching a video last night on this very thing. I was watching an allergist talk about all the different things that are in our world and what you shouldn't do and should do and so on. And this particular doctor is even against any kind of plastic bottles in a warm car, even an algae, because that plastic, even though they say it's BPA-free and all of that, that can still leach into the water. My suggestion, Mark, stainless steel only.
SPEAKER 03 :
Ah, okay. Yeah, I only have like maybe one or two of those. And one of them, I bought when I was driving trucks for FedEx. And I thought, you know what, if I hit the brake hard enough and a plastic goes forward, it's going to shatter. It's going to make a mess. So I bought this metal one. It's a stainless steel like metal. It's almost like a half a gallon, and the thing is so heavy, I don't even use it.
SPEAKER 12 :
They are the best, though, for what you're talking about. Yeah, they're a pain. I carry around a fairly large Yeti all the time, and I think it'd be its own weapon, by the way. It's large enough for that, but I put a little... Oh, it's hard to explain, but I've got a little kind of rope assembly on it that has got paracord, which, by the way, if I needed to use it for anything else, I could unwind it and have a bunch of paracord with me already, and it's already on the water bottle. And in a lot of cases, it's A, I've got a lot more with me, and then B, Mark, I don't have any of that leaching either.
SPEAKER 03 :
Sounds good. Well, I'll start investing in some stainless steel then. It's the only way to go.
SPEAKER 12 :
And by the way, the one I'm carrying, I've probably had five or six years, and it's still, you know, it's dented up, dinged up, but it works as good as it did when it was new.
SPEAKER 03 :
That sounds like, what's that movie, The Accountant, where he carries that thing around?
SPEAKER 12 :
Uh-huh, and very much so, absolutely. Mark, I've got to run. I appreciate it very much. Bill, let me give you the last word. We've got a minute, sir.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, kind of following up on that, you know, I don't even do the analogies right because, you know, I just don't like any plastic. And we also live in Colorado where it is winter and things freeze. So the stainless steel or, you know, just the old Coleman canteens, whatever, I would say this, be careful with the – The stainless steel that you get, I like just the basic ones without the powder coating because now I can throw that into a fire if it's all iced up or if I've got to purify a wire or whatever.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yep, I hear you. I am exactly the same way. All right, Bill, I'll let you go. By the way, happy Father's Day. Enjoy your Sunday. All the rest of you, too, all of you dads that are listening, I was going to talk a little bit about that, but the news of the day sort of foreshadowed that, Bill. But everybody have a wonderful Father's Day weekend. All right, you as well, and we'll talk to you next week. All right, talk to you next week. Appreciate you very much. All right, with that, we've got a few rounds of commercials, and I always say please support these individuals, these companies. They're the ones that make these programs like this one happen on a weekly basis. Let them know you heard them here as well, and it's ready-radio.com. That's our website.
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In this episode, we delve into the heart of America's civil discourse, examining the intersection of faith, politics, and national identity. Father Andre discusses his mission of hope and mercy, while Cameron Moore sheds light on the efforts to preserve American values through education and veteran support. Together, they address the profound issues affecting our nation, from riots to laws impacting religious and civil liberties, offering a vision of hope anchored in faith and shared purpose.
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Andrei lusto mini nuncia vit Mariae At age 10, Father Andre escaped Christian massacres by living in caves in Mount Lebanon with his family. Today, Father Andre works tirelessly to encourage American leaders to keep God in the public square, defending religious freedom at home and abroad, so that all might live in peace for the glory of God. Founder and president of the Mission of Hope and Mercy, Father Andre has learned the secret to safety, joy, and peace. Love God and one another. Now, let us spend 33 minutes on the Lord's Day, retuning ourselves to the truth of love in the hands of God.
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Praise be the most holy name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ now and forever. Good Holy Sunday morning, my dearly beloved brothers and sisters in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We spend this day with the Lord. We spend this day in a very particular way today after we have celebrated the Pentecost Sunday a week ago to celebrate actually the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. You know, in Christianity, we have something very nice, and that is we have something called the liturgical year. And throughout this liturgical year, we try to meditate, contemplate, we pray, we praise, we worship, and we do those beautiful church events and reading of the Holy Bible from the Old Testament and the New Testament based on a specific order. And that specific order in the Bible, we actually contemplate and in thanksgiving, we meditate, we praise and worship the persons of the divinity. Of course, we all know in Old Testament, we praise God the Father as a creator of mankind, as a creator of the universe. We also praise him as a father of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And also we know that from the Old Testament, our God, Yahweh, Adonai, the God of gods, the Lord of lords, had a promise that he will save our human race from corruption, from death, from evil. And how does God do that? He does it actually by sending us his only begotten son in the fullness of time. When after he had sent the fathers, he had sent the judges, he had sent the prophets, he had sent the kings. And then at the end, he sends us his only begotten son to save us from death and from evil. And of course, the Lord Jesus Christ comes in his fullness of divinity and the fullness of humanity as a word of God incarnate. And with him, we see the revelation as well of God as a divine father, because the very first beautiful thing that Jesus told us, when you come to pray, remember how to pray. And he taught us to pray. And this beautiful prayer in Aramaic, Abu Nidbashmayu Nidkadash Shmoch. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name. So Jesus Christ told us there is a relationship between him and the Father. And about two weeks ago, two and a half weeks ago, we celebrated Ascension Thursday. And on that Ascension Thursday, Jesus said to his disciples just before he ascended into heaven, stay in Jerusalem, go to the place where we met, which is the upper room. And then there he said, remember, wait there for me until I ask God, my father, to send you the advocate, the advocate or the Holy Spirit. And in such a way, we see the fullness of the revelation from heaven for all the divine persons who are one God, yet who are responsible for the entire event of our salvation. We call this salvific event. And in this salvific events, my brothers, we see that God the Father not only saved us, God the Father not only redeemed us, God the Father not only consoled us, advocated for us through the Holy Spirit, but he actually crushed evil, crushed Satan, our enemy, and he crushed death. And then he lifted us up from our dreadful humanity, even though we are made of dust, and into dust we shall return, yet we shall be born anew. And when we are born anew, this is the resurrection. So today, on this holy and beautiful Sunday of June 15, the entire church in the East and in the West praises the Lord God and gives thanksgiving to Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit for having accomplished for us our plan of salvation. With this, let us pray, and then we begin our radio show. O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Come and stay with us, O God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Father gave a Christ lordship of creation and made him head of the church. This is what St. Paul tells us in the epistle of the Ephesians, chapter 1, verse 22. Let us pray with Psalm 8. How great is your name, O Lord our God! Through all the earth your majesty is praised above the heavens. On the lips of children and of babes you have found the praise to foil your enemy, to silence the foe and the rebel. When I see the heavens, the work of your hands, the moon and the stars which you arranged, What is man that you should keep him in mind? Mortal man, that you care for him, yet you have made him little less than a god. With glory and honor you crowned him, gave him power over the works of your hand, put all things under his feet. all of them, sheep and cattle. Yes, even the savage beasts, birds of the air and fish that make their way through the waters. How great is your name, O Lord, our God, through all the earth. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and will be forever. Amen. Good Holy Sunday morning, ideally, without brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ. For the sake of the beautiful time we're going to spend together, I have a wonderful surprise. A good friend, a good leader in this nation, actually. One of the people who shakes things, who moves things in the right direction. You know, sometimes in our life, we need special people uniquely positioned in their life, in their charisma, that they put their professional life, their personal life, their families and friends in the context of developing and building our nation. But not only that. but also spreading the kingdom of God into the old creation. Those people are very unique. I personally call them apostles. Sometimes, you know, if you were to somehow battle them a little bit more, you can call them heroes. But, you know, the reason why we don't call each other heroes yet at this point, because we have a lot of work to still be done. But we are in the characters of heroes in this life to go. I'm proud to introduce today to you the founder of the American Heroes Associations and the sponsor who actually sponsored over 100 priests and bishops to go to Mar-a-Lago when we had an event in Mar-a-Lago over two and a half months ago called Catholics for Catholics. And the person who supported the people who are unjustly present, people who are leaders in this nation, who he believes that they have the right to plan to keep this country as a shining city on a hill, as really the land of the free, as really that from ocean to ocean, from mountain to mountain, the name of the United States of America, its character, its leadership in the entire world will be known to serve God and to serve man, to serve law and to serve justice. And he's the beautiful gentleman who is with us today in the studio, Cameron Moore, who is a passionate advocate for education and a tireless champion of the Constitutional Republic. With a background in providing instructional classroom technology products and training teachers worldwide, Cameron has dedicated his career to empowering educators and revolutionizing the learning experience through the integration of the latest technology and content in K-12 schools. Yet little on, driven by a deep sense of duty and a desire to protect the core principles of the Constitutional Republic, Cameron made the courageous decision to leave his successful career behind and commit himself entirely to the fight for the nation's future. His primary focus now lies in assisting national leaders in all sorts of efforts, educating them, doing fundraising efforts for them, supporting America First candidates and advocating for the right and well-being of the nation's treasured veterans and their families. Cameron firmly believes in providing a voice to the unsung heroes who often go unheard, ensuring that their stories and concerns are brought to the forefront and that their stories are told. Cameron, good morning to you. Thank you, Father Andre. I appreciate you having me on. Good morning. Good morning. You know, I know you're not far away from Colorado. You're in California. And I know Colorado means a lot to you. We have some good friends here in Colorado that you also support and they all miss you. But before we go to that. I want to ask you a question, kind of like abruptly, but for chronological reasons, I think it does make sense for the topic we want to cover today, which is these demonstrations in L.A. that we see, which is your backyard, basically. You are not far at all. Your favorite club is in the heart of downtown L.A., where we were together, you, Miranda, and myself. And I know you take all your special people to that place. What happened between Elon Musk and President Trump? The only reason why I ask you this, because I know Your opinion in this actually sheds good light because you have somehow inside information usually on face.
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I think you have two of the most brilliant men that are changing the landscape of our country and world for that matter. And I don't think that they would publicly just go out and attack each other. I think this was a coordinated effort before in advance. For what reason, I don't know. Maybe just to distract from something. I'm not sure. I don't see them going head to head and toe to toe here at all. I watched it as well as everyone else did. Elon Musk saying Trump is on Epstein Island. Elon Musk knows Trump was never on Epstein Island. He wasn't even close to Epstein Island. I just think it was a playful, fun exchange between them. And there's no love lost there. I can assure you that. How's your Cybertruck, which is not mine yet? Cybertruck's doing well. I won't be driving it through downtown L.A. anytime soon because I enjoy having it. And I want something I got caught on fire or having windows bashed in with a baseball bat. So, yeah. I love it. I love the car and I love what Elon Musk is doing. In fact, I think in the next couple of weeks, he's rolling out the first cyber taxis to driverless cars in Austin, Texas, which will be nice to see. So I'm sure those will go nationwide. They're pretty cool. Driving in those autonomous cars are pretty fun. I've had the opportunity to do some.
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So you are heading to LA soon, it seems, and you're not even far from LA. What do you think is happening in Los Angeles? And I know we spoke a little bit two nights ago when I saw that in here in Denver, Colorado as well. I mean, I met some demonstrations going on in Denver. What is going on with these demonstrations? You call them riots, I guess.
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Well, yeah, they're not peaceful protests. The media is parroting the same talking points as these being peaceful protests. No one's getting hurt. No one's getting harmed. And it's just not accurate. They're out there. They're supposed to be protesting for what they believe in, which they believe that – Illegal aliens deserved to be here. And in fact, we have millions and millions of people, undocumented, unvetted people inside of our borders. We don't know if they're MS-13, Tren de Agua. We don't know if they're from Hamas or terror cells, Islamic terror cells. We don't know who's inside of our border. And Trump's just trying to flush this out and figure out who's who and trying to protect our country. So right now, over in L.A., these aren't regular people protesting for the most part. These are people that are being paid by someone. Trump's already come out and said these are paid protesters, paid agitators. And they're out there wreaking havoc. You know, you don't come into the United States and loot the Apple store and then attack law enforcement that's just doing their job to protect our country and then set a car on fire, spray painting it, and then jump on top of the car waving the flag of another country. I mean, this isn't peaceful protests against ICE. No. These are riots. These are planned riots and coordinated riots that will continue, I believe, through the weekend and through this parade.
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So you don't think, Cameron, from your experience, and I know you're connected also to the veterans and to the military, to the US Army in general, you're connected also internally to the circle of President Trump. So you think There are agendas, basically, from these demonstrations, from these protests. You don't think they're going to be only confined to Los Angeles and to Denver, let's say. Do you see them spreading across the nation, first of all? Yes.
SPEAKER 03 :
So June 14th, I believe there's 1,400 different protests. peaceful protests, what they call it, scheduled throughout the country. Now, are these paid people? Likely, yes. And the woman who owns Walmart, Walton, is behind this No Kings. That's the website. It's nokings.org. I'm not trying to point people to where to go for this, but you should be aware of what's happening in your community so you can be on guard and protect yourself and protect your family in these trying times. And there's no coincidence they're doing these on the day of the 250th anniversary of our military as well, the army.
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And that would be also the birthday of President Trump, right? He is born on the same day, I believe. Well, you know, I want to go to that, but- I want to ask you a question of conscience, not a question as a citizen. You know, you and me, when we met in Mar-a-Lago and the tremendous amount of work you did for persecuted people as well, for the persecuted Christians, and I do not like to use this terminology, but your faith in Christ does not know no fractions of the church, no, when they call them sects of the church, Orthodox versus Catholics, Protestants versus, and I think you like this quality, which I really like a lot. You do not necessarily have to be Catholic to support Catholics for Catholics, but I know there is something in this event that costs you a lot, and you put, honestly, you and Miranda working with John, I know you guys worked so hard, but you were this hidden, angel, basically, who allowed hundreds of priests and bishops to be in that place to go and do what? Why Catholics for Catholics?
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Well, you know, our country needs God right now, and Christians and Catholics alike both believe that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior, died for our sins on the cross, as John 3.16 states it out, and our country needs prayer right now, and there's no better place to pray than at the home of our president at Mar-a-Lago, and And so I believe this was the largest faith based event in the history of Mar-a-Lago with nearly 100 priests there. And you were there. I mean, you sense the power that God was working in that room. And God says, we're two or more together. I'll be there. And he was definitely in that room that day. Right. So it was just it was powerful to see and powerful to just be part of it. I was fortunate to be part of it. And with the hard work of Miranda and John Yep, it just was a tremendous event. And I hope to top it next year and bring even more priests in that wouldn't normally be able to go to Mar-a-Lago and have that experience and to be amongst friends and like-minded people.
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When you create those beautiful opportunities, you're not the richest man on earth. And you actually, unless you're committed to your hard work, you end up in somehow a little bit. And I know you suffer like any one of us, actually. So people don't think that you just have the money to spread right and left. You do this out of your convictions, actually. So what is your recommendation if people have limited means? And you had limited needs at some point in your life. I'm sure you're a man who toiled on the ground in the right way, in a good way. You sought the right opportunities. You actually, everything in your job line of work, in your kind of like line of work, indicated that you cared for others. But don't you think in America people don't care for each other?
SPEAKER 03 :
I think innately Americans love one another. And, you know, of course, some get off track. But I don't believe it's in our genes, you know, to hate each other. It's not in our DNA. It's not the way God built us, in my opinion. So... You know, we've just got to put our faith in God and through those hard times. We all go through hard times. I've certainly been through some. I'm going through some currently. But, you know, once we put our faith in God and don't have anxiety, and the book of James teaches us that, and to not worry about tomorrow and just focus on what we can be doing here now and in the present situation, what we could be doing to help raise awareness or help others.
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You know, God helps those who help themselves. Good Sunday morning with Father Andre on KNUS 710 AM and 33 minutes on the Lord's Day on KLZ radio station. Both of them broadcasting through their media networks. Colorado is listening to you. Colorado this morning on the Sunday. We suffer also division in Colorado, right? We are one of the most probably, I would say, they call it by means of political language, we'll be on the left, like really, really, really far left somehow. This is not a place in this program. We look for our guests as yourself. You incorporate the best values of American value. What would be your message if people on the Sunday morning are listening to you on this radio network? What would be really your message to Americans hit home and to make the people at homes here in Colorado have to do the right action. What is the right action that every Coloradan and every person listening to us on the show, according to your advice should be?
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, well, you know, you mentioned Colorado's experiencing a lot of problems there. You know, we know this for Tina Peters, who's been wrongfully imprisoned over there. And and it's definitely left leaning. So, you know, just stay stay true to your core values, morals, ethics and and values. Allow God to work through all this. And there's going to be some unrest in Colorado in the coming week, I imagine. Just don't get involved. Don't go out to these protests and try to counter protests. Just stay in prayer. Pray for our country because we will get our country back. And Colorado will return to the people. It feels like Colorado has been a little lost here in the past few years. So I think we will get back on track with God's help.
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You know, it was a privilege spending time, personal time, and I thank you for this private invitation for good numbers of time. I do not want to say how long we stayed together, you and Miranda and myself and your immediate friends and family. But we had a lot of beautiful time to pray together and to ask God together and to encounter somehow each other at the light of our love for this nation, our love for our neighbor, and especially, and most of all, our love for God and our Holy Church. And I know you're a good listener. I know you have a heart for people who are persecuted. Immigrants are people with a cause or no for you. Migrants, even if they are illegally or if they are undocumented, do they have a cause or no? And I'm not trying to be, you know, the advocate on the other side, but I know I want us to look at this from all perspectives possible. And I'd like to hear your opinion about those things. Yeah.
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So, you know, migrants, migrants are human and and migrants are we're all equal in the eyes of God. However, you know, I think what's happening here is we don't know who's inside of our borders, you know, and Trump's giving given the opportunity. I think he's offered monetary compensation to those just to come forward that might not be here legally just so we know who you are. You know, I believe I believe Trump's going to be a fair president and those that want to come in legally and take taking the front door. I think Trump will be there to perhaps, you know, help some of these people. The problem is we just don't know who's inside of our borders. We know we have criminals, murderers, rapists, human traffickers, child sex traffickers. terrorists, you know, and that's the problem, and that's the problem.
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The part I like about what you said is what I really wanted to hear, and many of our people wanted to hear. This is not a state that is trying to remove people from its land. This is a state, by what you're saying, is trying to give the right the right path to move forward for even undocumented, you know, migrants or immigrants or people who are in the United States, that there could be something in the system that could be done on their behalf, what you're saying. But yet, in the meanwhile, this nation has the right to protect itself from the rapists and from the murderers and from those big mobs. And, you know, because we could be really in a civil war without knowing, right, what you're saying.
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, 100%. Our country is at risk. We have millions and millions of people inside our borders. We don't even know who they are. I mean, I know we have 500,000 or 600,000 missing children inside of our borders.
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We can't even locate a lot of these children. We have about three minutes, and Colorado lives in so much contradictions. Before our friends from KNUS 710 will have to leave us, and then you and me can stay for KLZ for 33 minutes on Lord's Day for a few more minutes longer. But this is an important point. People in Colorado may not know. What is hidden amidst, you know, the people coming across the borders, the human suffering of the children? How many hundreds of thousands of children have been disappearing, actually? And who's bringing those children into our country? Can you please shed light so Coloradans, at least when they measure the options and they see what they're seeing, they don't go just for the confusing information. They actually try to really understand, discern, so we know what to do.
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Well, this was a problem of our last four years in the last Biden presidency. We had open borders. Anyone could come in and out. Anyone could come in and out. Yes, these are humans. Yes, these are people. Yes, they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. But yes, as a nation, we need to know who's inside of our borders. And President Trump's just trying to protect the American people as he should right now. So just keep the faith. Stay strong. We will get through this. And we're going to come out in a beautiful place on the other side.
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I can assure you that. And before Good Sunday Morning leaves us and we stay for KLZ Radio, you know, President Trump, basically, he is the front and center for the Army's big D.C. birthday parade because it is really his birthday. And he is really doing every effort to make a unique celebration. which we know him, both of us, even personally, how he likes to do things in a very eloquent, very elegant, he's going to make a statement, basically. He wants that 250th anniversary of the nation's founding to be a unique event. What do you think his scope will be? What do you think his message is going to be for that break?
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, you know, it's going to put our military on display, and this is the 250th anniversary of our military. I don't believe it's our country, because that would be 1776. Yeah, so this is the 250th anniversary of our military. He's going to give the people opportunity to have one-on-one conversations, interact with the military. He's also going to have— fitness displays going on. It's going to be almost like a family day over there. But we're going to show the world who we are. We're a force to be reckoned with. We're going to celebrate our victories. And hopefully, we won't even need to use our military in the future because, as we know, Trump didn't have any wars during his first term. And I believe he probably won't have any wars during his second term. He's the only president in recent history to not start a war. So...
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Less than a minute before KNUS leaves us, I know you have a very good veteran history that you supported many veterans and you make videos for these veterans. What is the aim of your work with the veterans, very short and sweet, and how can people support?
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My company is American Heroes Association. I have a nonprofit and an LLC. It's usheroes.us. That's www.usheroes.us. You can reach out to me there. I respond to all messages, and that's where you can find me. And, yeah, we do work with a lot of veterans and help them raise awareness for our treasured World War II veterans.
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There's very few left of them. Thank you so much. And now for our beautiful listeners on KNUS, for Good Sunday Morning with Father Andre, please don't forget this is missionofhopeandmercy.org, missionofhopeandmercy.org. And this is Cameron Moore, the founding member of the American Heroes Association and one of our normal people, ordinary people, yet not ordinary in his work, tries to make a difference on every level he can for our life, for our country, for God, and for the church. We need more people like that. I hope this message was pleasing to you all. And if you have any interaction to do with us, please don't forget to go on our website, missionofhopeandmercy.org. You can also email us at info at missionofhopeandmercy.org. And may God bless you all in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. One God, don't be glory and on us mercy forever and ever. Amen. And now my friends, we continue with Cameron. Honestly, I miss talking to you and I wish we had a little bit more time to be able to speak. And I know we're gonna have towards some things in the future. Talking a little bit about the Congo issue, you know, and the Africa issue. I know your work and your love for God and for the Holy Church also has, and somehow has certain objectives to assist the persecution. persecuted the Christians. You see the church is persecuted. First of all, why is faith in Jesus Christ important to you? And why do you think it has to be important? I know you don't proselytize, but why do you think it has to be important for us in the United States? But first, to you personally.
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Well, you know, without God, we have nothing, and God's our rudder in this life. You know, we all suffer through trials and tribulations, you know, and God speaks to us all, even if it's through our marriages, our friendships, our relationships. The Bible is the playbook for life. It's kind of like the winning playbook. You want to, you know— It's where to go when you're facing some of these issues in life and facing some of these trials. And keeping faith in God is important because God's there. God's working. You can feel his presence. You know he's working. You know he's working in our country. And it's important to me just to put God first because I know that God has our back. God doesn't like to see us fail, right? Yeah.
SPEAKER 02 :
Wow. God has our back and God will not see us fail as a matter of fact. You know, talking a little bit recently since we met in Mar-a-Lago, we were developing some case study about Congo. Can you remind our people a little bit, what is the situation in the Congo? Because honestly, it seems very complicated. And millions of people, they seem trapped between death, between famine, between... And every day there's thousands of crimes happening in Congo. Were you able to get a grasp of what's happening?
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Yeah. You know, Christians, Catholics, all being attacked, that are being murdered or being executed, you know, hundreds of thousands of them. I mean, it's hard to even wrap your mind around the severity of that situation out there. Because we have no barometer to compare it to over here to understand the magnitude of what's happening over there. So, you know, and the media tends to hide this stuff, right? The media likes to hide this stuff. So we're not getting the full story over there. I don't even know the full story. I believe, you know, that it's one of the most persecuted places you could be as a Christian. And it's extremely dangerous and dangerous. I'd like to media to speak out on this issue a little more because the American people have no clue how severe the situation is over there and American people should know and deserve to know.
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Are you willing? Are we going to move forward with organizing some small meetings, getting people from Congo, you think, key people to just listen to them to understand? Or you think we have enough information about how to assess that situation? How do you recommend we go about it as Mission of Hope and Mercy, as your association? And you personally and individually, you and Miranda, I know you have a heart for the church and you like to help and stop in this bloodshed.
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Yeah, I mean... We can never have enough information. We can never have enough information. I believe, from what I understand, President Trump's going to be hosting the president of the Congo, which hopefully will raise awareness. I don't know if it's happened yet. I haven't seen it, so I don't think it's happened yet. I know the Congo's got some representatives here in the United States, and hopefully this will shine a light on some of these dark places in the world right now and raise awareness so the American people can know just how severe it is over there. Because What the media is hiding, it doesn't do us any good. It's a disservice. And if the American people had a clue what's going on, there would be a lot more... outrage for how Christians are being treated out there in Africa. And, yeah.
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Cameron, in two minutes, and I'd love to have you again on the show, and I would be so happy if Miranda would be able to join us. I leave it up to you and her to discuss if she will be in the front or remain always there then. great supporter who creates things for us. Miranda, I want to salute you even though you're not with us on this radio show. I wish you the best on this beautiful Sunday on Lord's Day. And I think it's time to make some trip towards Rome and towards Italy, I guess. We have some things to do together. You have less than a minute, Cameron. And Bill Dillon. Bill Dillon, the veteran I spoke to from World War II on film. Where can we see that video? Is that video up?
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The videos are going to be found on my Instagram right now, CameronRMore1. That's my Instagram. Or on my Truth Social, CameronRMore on Truth Social. And I need to reach back out to Mr. Dillon and... and try to get his story out there even more. I could be doing a lot more to get his story out there. Can we do a radio show and be talking about his story next?
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Yeah. Does that be something we can do? We can bring him on. Why don't we bring him on? Well, that would be lovely. Well, I want to wish you a wonderful Sunday, and I bless you, and I want to thank you for hosting us again in Mar-a-Lago for Catholics for Catholics, and thank you for being a friend. for the mission of hope and mercy. And our dear listeners and friends of St. Rafa Commission of Hope and Mercy, I hope you enjoy this Sunday together. Please pray for the safety of our nation. Please pray for the birthday of our president. Please pray for this wonderful parade, for our military parade, for the 250th anniversary of our nation. And most of all, pray for unity and may God remove all confusion. There is room for everybody in the United States, and there is a way to treat all of our differences and problems, but it all starts in people having good heart, good mind, and good soul, and good will. And make sure you are one of these people because today I was happy introducing to Cameron because I do believe he's one of these people. This is what makes us proud as Americans as well, because we know we serve God and we serve our nation and we serve the poor as well. May Almighty God bless us all, protect us from all evil, forgive us our sins, and bring us into everlasting life. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Thank you for listening to 33 Minutes on the Lord's Day. To hear previous programs, visit the show page at missionofhopeandmercy.org. Listen to Father Andre every Sunday morning at 7.30 on KLZ as he speaks on the unity of Christians, religious freedom, and the biblical foundation of Judeo-Christian values and traditions. Join him in bringing hope and freedom to people across the globe while also strengthening your own faith, family, and community right here in Colorado. Reawaken the spiritual strength of America. Go to missionofhopeandmercy.org.
In this episode of The Flotline, Rick Hughes challenges listeners to rethink the path they walk as believers. Delve into the crucial role of humility and obedience as pivotal elements of the Christian life. Furthermore, Rick addresses the decline in spiritual awareness both personally and nationally, urging a return to the righteous tracks laid by disciplined study and application of God's word. Participate in a dialogue about being service-minded within the royal family of God, and discover the gravity of staying aligned with divine timing and wisdom.
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Welcome to the Flatline with your host, Rick Hughes. For the next 30 minutes, you'll be inspired, motivated, educated, but never manipulated. Now, your host, Rick Hughes.
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Good morning and welcome to the Flatline. I'm your host, Rick Hughes. For the next few minutes, please stick around. Just a short time, maybe barely 30 minutes of motivation, some inspiration, some education. all without any manipulation. No con games here, no charging money, no asking for money, no soliciting money, not trying to get you to join up, fess up, give it up, just listen up. Listen to the words that I say that come out of the scriptures, out of the Bible, as I show you how you can maintain a flat line in your soul, a forward line of troops, a main line of resistance. That's the spiritual life. Learning and using those 10 unique problem-solving devices God made available to us, beginning with the rebound, which is you confessing your known sin to God. Can't operate in the spiritual life if you have unconfessed sin in your life because you quench and grieve the Holy Spirit. But once you confess your known sins to God, then you're able to operate under the filling of the Holy Spirit and you can use the faith thrust drill, standing on the promises of God. When you learn the Word of God, you orient to grace and you orient to doctrine, the Bible, doctrinal orientation, or what we call biblical orientation. That gives you a personal sense of destiny and it's all devoted to your personal love for God. That's your motivation. If you love God, you obey him, the Bible says, and his mandates are not grievous in 1 John 5, 3. So once you develop personal love for God, you develop him personal love for others. That's the Bible says, be kind to one another, tenderhearted, Ephesians 4, 30. Then you can begin sharing the happiness of God, the joy that the Lord Jesus Christ gives you, and you can move into occupation with Christ. 10 unique, wonderful problem-solving devices. taught by my very own pastor many, many years ago, and re-taught by me to you to remind you the unique opportunity you have as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. One of the things that's discouraging is many believers don't understand the God they know. They're saved, they have eternal life, but they don't understand the mechanics of the Christian life. And so sometimes it's more of an emotional thing where they move along from emotion to emotion, from high to high, and that's not the Christian life. The Christian life is set up to do two things. The Bible says study to show yourself approved unto God. workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of god the word of truth the bible also says grow in the grace and the knowledge of your lord and savior jesus christ study grow these are important imperatives in the bible for us as christians for us to grow in our christian life not to remain christian babies that's what the writer of hebrews said in hebrews 5 11-16 you've been saved a long time and you ought to be mature but you're still a baby and you need a bottle. I'm not saying you're a baby, but I'm saying until you learn the difference between knowing God and understanding God, until you understand the God you know, you're never going to be able to completely glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. And if you think you can figure this out by just getting a Bible and going into the woods and sitting under an oak tree and reading the Bible, you're not going to do it. You will get some divine information. You will make some human application. But to be able to have a well-qualified pastor teach you God's word, this is what it was set up to be. And yet so many people write to me and say, where can I find that sort of person? Where is that man? Well, they're not everywhere, that's for sure. Fortunately, there are a few men that I know that are really tremendously qualified, my very own pastor himself, and they teach accurate Bible doctrine. They teach the Word of God accurately. And if you ever want to know how I do it, just get in touch with me, write to me, rickhughesministries.org. You can write rick at rickhughesministries.org, and I'll share with you where you can listen to these people online and where you can take a Bible and a notebook and sit down at home and start studying, growing, learning, and begin to see your Christian life multiply and be fruitful. The Bible says in Proverbs 16, 20, he that handles a matter wisely shall find good, and whoever trusts in the Lord will be happy. We started last week talking about the tracks of history, and we saw how America has gone off the tracks. We saw the changes that have come in this country in the last few years, and we can see what's coming ahead of us, a train wreck. And so the question is, are we going to go back to being like we were, occupied with the gifts and forgetting the giver when all of this coronavirus thing is over? Or will we begin to make a change in our thinking, a change in our country? I'm not sure, but this Bible verse, Proverbs 16, 20, he that handles a matter wisely, wisdom is critical in your life. You only get wisdom when you learn Bible doctrine. When you learn the word of God, it becomes knowledge. Knowledge is critical because without knowledge, there's no wisdom. And without wisdom, there's no discernment and no insight. So he that handles a matter with wisdom will find good, be profitable, rewardable. Whoever trusts in the Lord, that's the faithless drill, will have happiness. And that's your choice. You can trust in the Lord and you can turn over the logistics of your life to your Heavenly Father Or you can leave the nest as per the prodigal son did and try to find yourself through the devil's world. And you'll, like the prodigal son, you'll wind up knee deep in pig poop. That's right, knee deep in pig poop. Psalm 2, 12, blessed are those who put their trust in him. Again, what makes you think you could do a better job than God did? Are you wise in your own eyes? Proverbs 3, 7 warns you about this. Don't be wise in your own eyes. This is where the believer, like you or me, can easily get defeated if we get impatient and fail to wait on God's timing in our life. So this requires some humility, and the Bible says we are to humble ourself under the mighty hand of God. Why? So he could exalt you in due time. This means we have to be in synchronization with God's plan. We can't run ahead of God. We can't get behind God. If we're going to make some different tracks in this country in the future, it's going to take some different thinking by people like yourself who are believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. It's going to require you mastering and understanding and perceiving the Word of God and metabolizing what you learn into wisdom. And if your timing is off, you're going to have a problem because without the word of God, it's inevitable. You will have a life of bad timing. You may call it bad luck. You may be filled with self-pity. You may resent other people, but you stepped out of the will of God. So if you've got any complaints about your parents, about your birth, about your home, your timing is way off, buddy. Listen, don't say you're born too late, you're born too early. God started everyone in the world off at exactly the right time, and he gave you a perfect start. So when you complain about anything related to your birth or your environment or your parents or your home, then you're just blaspheming God thinking he didn't do a very good job. You're saying God's timing was off and God's timing was never off. So when 1 Peter 5, 6 says we're to humble ourselves, that's an imperative mood in the Greek New Testament. That is a mandate. But however... There's no instant switch like a light switch that you can throw and all of a sudden you're humble. I mean, this is a volitional decision day by day. You must submit to the authority of the word of God and to the authority that God puts in place over you if you're going to obey these mandates. So this is not a request, 1 Peter 5, 6, humble yourself. It's a mandate. And the passive voice of that verb, the aorist passive imperative of the morphology in that verb, it says the subject which is me and you, we are the recipients of the action. We receive that humility that we need by means of the filling of the Holy Spirit and by means of the application of the knowledge of the word of God we've learned and applied into our life. And the imperative mood of that verse, Aaron's passive imperative, is a command, a direct command from God through the Apostle Peter. Now, there must be humility in a coming crisis. It's critical. Because without it, you will never be objective. You'll think in terms of subjectivity, and you will lack grace orientation. I don't know if you've ever been around somebody that's completely subjective, but it's a mess. So remember, your humility will not be inherited, it has to be acquired. Your spiritual life has to be acquired. And our Lord Jesus Christ demonstrated this humility in Philippians 2, five through nine, where we're told to let this mind be in us, it was also in Christ Jesus, who took the form of a servant. That doesn't mean he looked like a slave, but that he was in obedience to his Father. Humility and obedience are two sides of the same coin. Being found in fashion as a man, that's Philippians 2, 8. He humbled himself, became obedient, humility and obedience, even unto death, the death of the cross. And then, verse 9, God exalted him, Philippians 2, 9, above all others, so that his name, Above every name, everyone should bow, both in heaven and on earth. That's amazing. Don't ever worry about God promoting you. Just do your job. Be on track. Don't get off track. A disoriented believer is off track, and there's no way that he can change the destiny of a country or change the destiny of his own family or the destiny of his own life if he's not oriented to the plan of God, if he's trying to rush things and get ahead of the plan of God. You know, in Matthew 20, 25 through 28, there's the information about James and John who were the sons of Zebedee, and they sought to have elevated positions in the kingdom by means of their mother's request of Jesus. She came to Jesus and requested that when he came into the kingdom, would he permit James and John to be elevated? And they didn't understand there was not going to be a kingdom in their lifetime because he kept telling them, they're going to kill me, they're going to kill me, and they didn't believe it. They finally learned it the hard way. But following a revolt among the disciples when they heard about this and these two men jockeying for position, the Lord had to have a little conference and set their record straight. What he taught them is greatness is not inherited, it's earned. Listen to what he said. Jesus called them to himself and he said in verse 25 of Matthew 20, He said, don't you know the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them? That's arrogance. And those who are great exercise authority over them. Verse 26, it shall not be that way among you because whoever desire to become great must be your servant. And that's the word diakonos, diakonos, not a doulos, not a slave. That's a Greek word slave. But diakonos, a minister, must be your minister. This word could be used for a deacon, but in this case it's a nonspecific term, and it's used for one among social equals who takes a lower position or steps back or doesn't try to get to the front every time. You can read about a woman like this in Romans 16.1. Her name was Phoebe, and the Bible says she was a servant of the church. So our Lord goes on to say in Matthew 23.12, for example, whoever exalts himself will be humbled and And whoever humbles himself will be exalted. And I'm sure James and John got humbled when they got corrected about this and what happened with their mother. So remember this, that greatness is measured in terms of service to others among the royal family of God. That's a question you have to ask yourself. Do you require attention? Or do you give attention? Do you? Because the greatest service you could render is to become a mature believer. to have an invisible impact in your home, in your nation, in your church, and to change the tracks of history in this country as we go forward. This has been a time for you to reorient and adjust. This has been a time for you to get your feet back on the ground. This has been a time for you to calm down from the hustle and bustle of life and focus on your spiritual life for once. Don't go back to the way you were living. Don't go back to that. Continue to put the Lord first like you did through the crisis. Continue to seek his will. Continue to ask him to deliver you and show you and guide you like you did in the crisis. You know, prayer is a wonderful way to worship our Lord, but it's also a wonderful way to serve other people. It's like you holding your shield over a wounded warrior if you pray for another believer. And giving is a wonderful way to serve the Lord and serve others. On being volunteer at your church and helping teach Sunday school or prep school or volunteer on the staff. David said in Psalm 23, 5, my cup runs over. That's a blessing by association. Here's the point. Whenever you're around mature believers, you get blessing by association. And you don't want to be around any reversionistic believers, backsliders. That's cursing by association. Some of the greatest churches I know have local and international impact after many years. And because those believers in those churches are blessing to others and glorifying God to the max. So Matthew 20, 27, whoever wants to be first, protos, first in honor, first in rank, first in attention, let him be your servant. And it's not diakonos that time, it's slave. It's the word doulos. You see, a doulos is an own slave. A debt slave is one working off a debt, but an own slave has been purchased. And the word saint denotes the purpose of God. Slave denotes the will of God. Whoever desires to be first, let him be your servant. And that's the will of God. As slaves, we are accountable to our master. We're dedicated custodians to his interest. So Colossians 3.17 tells us whatever we do in word or in deed... We're to do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Again, in Colossians 3.24, whatever you do, do it from your soul as to the Lord and not unto men. You're not to be a man pleaser. You are to please God. You are to be dedicated to his interests. You're to be accountable to your master. Because Colossians 3.25 says, He that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he's done. God's not partial. You know, as slaves, we've been marked in Ephesians 1.13. We've been marked with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. And we were sealed until the day of redemption, the Bible says in Ephesians 1.13, which means the master... will return to claim his purchased possession eventually. You know, as Americans, we're pretty casual. We don't like to assume a position of defeat or service. However, we have no need, and this is going to be a touchy subject for some of you, we have no need Again, no need to be on a first name basis with the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. His name is Jesus the Christ, our master, our God. The New Testament writer did not assume a first name relationship with him either. But through Christian marketing, we've made the name of Jesus common. Even demons are smart enough to tremble in his name. But we seek to humanize him by ascribing familiarity and emotion. That's very dangerous thinking. Very dangerous thinking. Very dangerous. Don't do that. You know, we must not be indifferent in our service, but we must be diligent even in the absence of our Lord. We must keep his house well lit and well maintained. That's the interesting part about it. He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. He's our master. We are his servants. He is the anointed son of God. Now, if we're going to talk about a decline in the future, that decline, when this is all over, this coronavirus scare is all over, if it is indeed all over, well, the decline always begins spiritually before it manifests itself nationally. I think we were in a national decline spiritually when all of this hit. And this has been an opportunity to get back on the tracks of righteousness, to get back in the right direction. But here's what you need to remember. Spirituality must manifest itself in a nation. It has to be manifested nationally. And you're going to run into problems with this because There's a real strong foothold of demonism in this country. There's a real market for everything that is evil turned into good, and everything that is good has now been turned into evil. And this is one of the ways that Satan loves to divide and conquer, to get you to break ranks and to step aside or move ahead, fall behind, not stand shoulder to shoulder with other believers. And the Apostle Paul even warned Timothy of this in 2 Timothy because there were two men in his congregation who were teaching a lie. In 2 Timothy 2, 17 and 18, they divided the flock. And this is one of the things that's going to happen. You're going to hear all sorts of stupid stuff after this is over. Paul warned Timothy. He said their message will spread like cancer. He named them. Hymenaeus and Philetus. These are the two guys he said I'm talking about. They have strayed or they broke ranks concerning the truth. And what did they say? They said their resurrection has already passed. And it had not passed. It has not passed yet. There has not been a resurrection of the dead yet as 1 Thessalonians 4 talks about the exit resurrection. So they overthrew the faith of some, Paul said. This means subverted or they flipped them or they captured them, they discouraged them, they caused them to abandon ship. And so Paul is encouraging Timothy to show his self approved unto God. 2 Timothy 2.15, study to show yourself approved unto God. A workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. The bottom line is this, if you can be approved by God, then obviously you can be disapproved. And if you presume to speak for God, that's very dangerous. But it's required of men who have the spiritual gift of evangelism or the gift of pastor, teacher. But if you're not, if you don't have that spiritual gift, let men with the gift do the teaching. You love folks, you help folks, you pray for folks. Don't condemn people, don't disrespect people. Give them the gospel, but let the teaching be done by the people that have the gift. Teaching false doctrine is grounds for disapproval. It's always been that way. In 2 Timothy 2, 16, avoid profane and idle babblings. for they lead to further ungodliness. Avoid is a present middle imperative of stay away, stay away. Don't get involved with profane, bebelos, the Greek word bebelos, and this is conversation that lacks any affinity to God. Stay away from that. Avoid profane and idle babblings, for that will lead to further ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene, Among them, and he goes to name, Hamanias and Philetus, men who went astray from the truth, saying that the resurrection had already taken place. This is what's going on in America today, people teaching things that are not true, profane, lies, lacking any affinity to God, idle babbling, empty sounds, useless subjects. It's a mandate to stay out of useless conversations that have no divine perspective. And this includes politics. If that's the center of your conversation, politics, you're wasting your time. Your conversation needs to be about the Lord Jesus Christ and about the Word of God. Because weak-minded people are easily influenced by something spectacular. And we're warned about this idle babbling, this empty sounds, useless conversations. And when you get into spirituality and start talking about the Bible, people that don't know what they're talking about, and you start talking about the miracles, I saw God in a cloud, I saw God in a tree, I saw God in a mushroom, I saw God, and people are fascinated by all this stuff. They're weak-minded people. They have no autonomy. They're like suckers looking for attention from the false teacher. Paul said there's no room to be weak-minded if you're going to be a pastor. You must be able to study and teach your congregation and show yourself approved unto God. That's what's got to happen if this country is going to turn around. God must raise up well-qualified men who can teach his word, well-qualified men who know the scriptures. Let me issue a challenge. If you're listening and you're that sort of person, What's keeping you back? Why are you not willing to commit your life to the study and the teaching of the Word of God? If you think you may have a communication gift, why have you not looked into getting into some training like seminary or college? Why do you think you can just get up in the pulpit and preach without understanding what you're talking about? There's no room for weak-minded believers, and Paul warned Timothy about this. Because a weak-minded believer can be captured just as easily as a weak-minded pastor. So we have to study to show ourselves approved unto God. When I'm teaching you these radio shows, you don't know this, but sometimes it's three or four or five days for one message. When I'm speaking in a church, sometimes it's two or three months preparing one message. Don't think for one minute that me or you were smarter than the enemy. He knows our weaknesses and he knows our vein of arrogance. And therefore, if you or I find ourselves lonely, You can bet he'll provide a cosmic friend or a weak-minded spiritual mentor who will be more than happy to guide you into the maze of spiritual fantasy with exciting narrative and false mechanics. They're out there. They're printing books. They're selling books. They're spectacular preachers. They have huge crowds, but they don't teach any doctrine. In Jude 16b, they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain an advantage. In Jude 19, these are sensual people who cause division, not having the spirit. In 2 Timothy 2, 19, let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity and recover from destruction. Depart is an aorist active imperative of apistomy. Move away from, remove from, get away from it. When you hear false teaching, you do not need to bend or blend, just run away. Get away from it. We have declined nationally. Our tracks are going in the wrong direction. We are bending the rules and blending in with the false teachers. That's why Paul said in 2 Corinthians 6, 17, come out. from among them and be separate, says the Lord. The principle is if you're swimming with sharks when you party with the lost, you will have no common grounds of thought. Don't swim with the sharks. Don't party with the lost. Don't hang out with the inaccurate people. Stay away from them. Depart from iniquity. Adikia, same word used in 1 John 1, 9. And if we confess our sins, he's faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and purify us from all of our wrongdoing. all of our iniquity. We can turn the grace of God into lewdness. And Jude verse four talks about it. So we have to use our very own volition to reject temptation, to follow the wrong people, to be lazy, to not take in God's word consistently. In second John verse eight, look to yourself so we don't lose those things we work for that we may receive a full reward. And that's what God wants for you. God wants you to live your life in such a way that you set the tracks of righteousness down in the future, that your life is a testimony to God's grace and to your submission to your Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, the anointed Son of God. That's my prayer for you. How do you handle the bait? When Satan comes and baits you, do you bite or do you say, nope, not gonna take that? That's important because the Bible says in 2 Timothy 2.19, the Lord knows those who are his. There's an accounting system in heaven and it includes recognition and approval and promotion in due time. In 1 Peter 5, 6, in due time he will promote you. So this isn't critical for you. You must understand this. The tracks of righteousness must go on and you must lay down the tracks. You must hammer down the railroad ties. You must lay the steel beams on top of the cross ties. You must lead the way in the future by being accurate and submitted to your Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, learning God's Word, demonstrating to others the importance of that in your life. I hope you're listening. I hope you're paying attention. I hope you have a hunger that will never go away to grow in the grace and the knowledge of your Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And I hope if I can help, you'll contact me for one of our books, one of our material, some of our messages on DVD or MP3. They all point you to a well-qualified pastor where you can grow spiritually and become the person God designed for you to be. So until next week, this is your host, Rick Hughes, saying thank you now for listening to The Flotline.
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Thank you for listening to The Floodline with your host, Rick Hughes. If you'd like to contact Rick, please write to him at P.O. Box 100, Cropwell, Alabama, 35054, or online at www.rickhughesministries.org.
Join us for an engaging Drive Radio episode where we spotlight significant shifts in automotive tools and tactics. Following a light-hearted father's day exchange, we delve into the greening of tools and how battery technology has revolutionized the industry from handheld devices to fully electric vehicles. Our discourse expands into political decisions impacting automotive regulations and market dynamics, with a sharp focus on the expectation vs. reality of electric vehicle viability. As we celebrate the tradition of craftsmanship handed down through generations, we probe what lies ahead for car enthusiasts and the industry at large in this ever-evolving auto landscape.
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Being an expert on general automotive knowledge, what would the correct ignition timing be on a 1955 Bel Air Chevrolet with a 327 cubic inch engine and a four barrel carburetor?
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It is a trick question. Watch this. Because Chevy didn't make a 327 in 55. The 327 didn't come out until 62. And it wasn't offered in the Bel Air with a four-barrel carb until 64. However, in 1964, the correct ignition timing would be four degrees before top dead center.
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Get ready for another hour of Drive Radio, brought to you by Colorado's select auto care centers. Got a question for the experts? Then give them a call, 303-477-5600. Now it's time to pop the hood and get our hands dirty. Drive Radio on KLZ 560 The Source.
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And it is Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Thanks for listening. We appreciate it very much. Lines are full. As soon as somebody drops off, give us a call. We'll get you right on air. Text line, don't forget, 307-200-8222. Again, 307-200-8222. Of course, Charlie Grimes, our engineer today, Larry Younger answering phones, and Pat Schneidt joining us from Alltech Automotive up in Fort Collins as well. Buck, you are next, though. Go ahead, sir.
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Good morning, and I want to wish you guys happy Father's Day.
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Happy Father's Day, Buck. Thank you. Thank you, Buck. Happy Father's Day.
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And I talked to Larry, and he said he's a grandfather, so I'll even go as far as I don't think you may be a grandfather, but happy Grandfather's Day, too.
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I am. Thank you, Buck. Appreciate that.
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I got a few myself. You got a couple items here. You mentioned what my dad taught me. And my dad was pretty handy. Back in the 50s, cars were a lot simpler and equipment was a lot simpler. But he taught me some basic mechanics. And then he was a pretty good carpenter. He taught me a lot of carpentry and plumbing and stuff like that.
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Nice.
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And so I got out of that stuff. And he also taught me that when you do a job, you do it right.
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Yep. Yes. Yep. Absolutely.
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I had to learn that the hard way a couple times.
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Absolutely.
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There's a party or two I'd like to go to because I didn't do it right the first time. But the message got through.
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Yep.
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The other thing you're talking about, old tools and whatnot, I have a problem. I'm a hoarder.
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You and a lot of others, Buck. You're not alone, by the way.
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I have some of my grandfather's tools. Of course, they're antique now, so I have an excuse for them. But the way the tools have changed, I went to air about 30 years ago, and that was a cat's meow. But now with all of the battery-powered stuff and the good-quality battery-powered stuff, I bought a 12-volt tool
SPEAKER 07 :
way back what 40 years ago and they didn't last very long but the new stuff is by top quality absolutely yeah absolutely yeah i'm glad you said that buck it has changed so much from what it used to be that and again that all comes from battery technology which is affecting a lot of the things that we do from handheld devices cell phones laptops electric cars on down the line we go the battery technology has changed immensely
SPEAKER 12 :
And with the change in technology, the change in technology in vehicles has required me to update what I use to work on things. And as Pat and you well know, some of that stuff is kind of expensive.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, that's it. Yes, very expensive.
SPEAKER 12 :
You know, when you talk about people charging $200 an hour or $150 an hour, It's pretty expensive to work on a car. Well, it was back 50 years ago, but then you could do a lot of it with a pair of pliers and a screwdriver and a crescent wrench.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 12 :
And now you've got to buy a fairly expensive scan tool to even get started on them. You can buy some cheaper ones.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, it's funny with the advent of front-wheel drive and the transverse-mounted engines now. You can get to the front three spark plugs. You can't get to the back without taking off about two hours' worth of stuff.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. And of course, they keep cramming it together tighter. That's right. A lot of the new pickups, you have to pull the body off in order to work on anything.
SPEAKER 09 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 12 :
You're right. Yes. So the other thing is when you're buying tools, I've got some of the tools that I use from some of the cheaper places. But when you get to buying technical tools, I will give you an example. I needed to check the fuel pressure on a newer car, and I had an old OTC fuel injection test kit from probably back in the 80s. And I didn't have the right adapters, so I went to one of the cheaper discount places and bought me a fuel pump checker. And it was kind of funny. I was running it. It would show real high pressure, but I couldn't get any volume. But it still maintained the pressure. And I finally got to digging into it. They had a series of quick connects, and they were all screwed up. And I got the gauge off of my old one, took the quick connects off and threw them away, and I solved my problem.
SPEAKER 09 :
Nice. It was just restricted flow.
SPEAKER 12 :
It would pump high pressure as long as you weren't flowing anything to it. And what was happening, my gauge would go over there at the high pressure... And then it wouldn't reset when you let the fuel out. So I spent about three hours figuring that out. But anyway, I want to wish you guys, again, Happy Father's Day. Again, I really enjoy your programs. And I guess other than that, it's a... Chamber of Commerce Day up here in Cheyenne.
SPEAKER 07 :
Absolutely. Well, Buck, thank you. I appreciate that. Happy Father's Day to you as well. We appreciate you very much. Thank you.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay. Goodbye.
SPEAKER 07 :
All right, Buck. Take care. You bet. Have a good one. Bob, you are next. Go ahead, Bob.
SPEAKER 17 :
Hey, let me start by, I had a question, but let me start by saying this. Happy birthday, U.S. Army. That affects me. Yep, absolutely. Happy birthday, Donald John Trump. I'm so happy we have him. He's 79 today.
SPEAKER 22 :
Yep, nice.
SPEAKER 17 :
He's sharper than any other 79-year-old I've ever known.
SPEAKER 07 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 17 :
Speaking of Trump, Thursday he signed that EO executive order precluding California from exceeding any EPA. That's right. over and above the feds. And, you know, of course, Colorado, anytime California does anything, we jump right on.
SPEAKER 07 :
That's right. So that affects us as well.
SPEAKER 17 :
They have some form of what the California EPAs are doing. And I suspect, this is my suspicion, and I think it's going to be true, General Motors, Ford, and Solantis, the two-and-a-half big three... They are going to abandon their EV program, and they're probably going to copy Toyota with hybrids. I have no issue with hybrids. I think that's a good technology, and Toyota has perfected it. But I'm wondering if this is going to affect things like now Colorado. They were talking about landscapers and even home gardeners. You know, anything you bought, a lawnmower, a snowblower, a leaf blower, it had to be electric instead of – and I know you like some electric stuff. But if you're a landscaping company, that can kind of work for you.
SPEAKER 07 :
No, it's not.
SPEAKER 17 :
So no, it won't.
SPEAKER 07 :
I mean, we've we've tested some of that stuff out in the past, even, you know, from mowers to we were a kind of a beta site for Makita for a while on doing backpack blowers that were electric and so on. And yeah, Bob, it's just it's just they're not at that stage where it works. It can't they won't run long enough in the amount of effort and time and money it takes to outfit, you know, a trailer to have charge capabilities and so on. It's just in maybe others. Yeah. Others would disagree because there's lawn services out there that run this EV scheme. That's what I call it. It's a racket. It's a marketing thing where they're, you know, telling you they're going to be greener by cutting your grass with, you know, an electric mower and so on. Bob, it's not worth it. It's not cost effective. And those companies come and go because they can't make it work either because it's just, again, it's not cost effective. You can't do it.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, I quit doing my own yard work when I turned 70, so five years ago. And the company that I have, they're great. They show up on schedule. They come in here. They do everything that would have taken me a half an hour to do. They do it in 15 minutes, and they're gone. Right. So the other thing is Colorado, I don't know if you know this, but, you know, if those things stand – We're not going to be able to have either a charcoal, you know, plain old lump charcoal, or a propane outdoor gas grill. I don't know. I don't think that EO that Trump did, I don't think he addressed things like that.
SPEAKER 07 :
I'm going to talk about that this week, and I have not read through that yet, but I will.
SPEAKER 17 :
That's pretty lengthy. But I think in April, the Senate took care of that. Remember the controversy? You couldn't have any... uh gas uh water heaters or furnaces uh unless they were you know if you had to replace them you had to go to electric right pumps and stuff and everything in my house is gas my i got a double oven gas stove top gas water heater gas furnace gas you know so i don't know what that how that's going to shake out. But I think that the only true EV cars that are going to be around are going to be Teslas. And I don't think that Tesla is a car company. I think it's a technology and a robotic company.
SPEAKER 07 :
It's all of those, and keep in mind, Bob, so it's a technology company, but it's driven more towards data collection. So it's really a big, you know, Tesla's a big data collection company is what it really is at the end of the day. Yeah, they're making electric cars, but they are collecting data on all their drivers as we speak.
SPEAKER 09 :
And using that to further their artificial intelligence algorithms.
SPEAKER 07 :
And selling that data to other, you know, people don't realize this, but that data is being sold, you know, shopping patterns, driving patterns, all that stuff is being sold all over the marketplace, Bob.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, but there's a handful of other car companies that are pure EVs. They'll be gone.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, I'm not going to argue there. I will argue with you, and I guess we'll see who's right, you or I. GM especially. Ford, maybe. GM is not going to abandon its EV end of things. Sorry, they're going to be around for a long time. They are in it, if nothing else, just for the contest against Tesla. They're not going anywhere on their EVs.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, they're still losing on every unit.
SPEAKER 07 :
Doesn't matter. They made so much money last year, Bob. They were the number one car company in America last year, and they made a boatload of money. They're not abandoning it.
SPEAKER 17 :
In totality, but how much did they make per unit of EVs?
SPEAKER 07 :
They didn't. They lost money, but they still made money overall, so they're not going anywhere with their EVs. Don, you're a business person. I'm not in charge, though, Bob. That's the difference between me and them. Mary Barra, their board, and so on, they are not you and I. I would abandon it. I would have never done it to begin with, but reality is I'm not in charge. They are.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, they've got another reason. Either they're learning something from it or they've got a light at the end of the tunnel. They're not throwing money away for no reason, but we just don't know what that reason is.
SPEAKER 07 :
No, and a lot of it is because they're, I hate to say this, but they're really going after the political end of things, and General Motors isn't dumb on that end of things either. But, no, they lost money on every EV they sold. They still are losing money on every EV they sell. But, Bob, this is where you and I will differ. They're not going to abandon them. They've got new models coming out as we speak. They're not abandoning anything.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, their new models were pre-Thursday.
SPEAKER 07 :
Doesn't matter. They're still going to make them, Bob. And part of that is because there is still some market share. You know, again, Tesla hasn't gone anywhere. And, yes, even if mandates go away and even subsidies go away, there will be certain buyers that buy EVs, period, just because of what they are, the performance side and so on. Will they sell the same amount? This is even another conversation regarding Tesla. Will they sell the same amount they have been in the past when the subsidies go away? Probably not. I don't think they will, no. Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, we'll see. I don't know.
SPEAKER 07 :
But last year, General Motors had a record profit of $15 billion. Oh, my gosh. That's even with losing money on EVs. So, yeah, they're doing fine.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. And that was with $187 billion in sales. So, yeah, even with their loss on EVs, they still made $15 billion last year.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, they would have made more if they didn't lose on EVs.
SPEAKER 07 :
They would have. That's right. But, again, they're still doing it.
SPEAKER 17 :
All those electric Corvettes selling.
SPEAKER 07 :
What's that?
SPEAKER 17 :
How are those electric Corvettes selling?
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, actually very well. I mean, if you order an E-Ray, you're going to be on a waiting list, so you won't get it right away. It's a hybrid. It's not really an EV. It's a hybrid version, just like what a lot of the other hypercars are doing. Ferrari's got them and so on, so they're not the only ones doing that either. Yeah, well, okay. Thanks, John. You bet. Take care. Appreciate you very much. We'll take a break. Thelma, hang tight. We'll come right back to you. We've got lines open, 303-477-5600. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 07 :
And we are back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Thanks for listening to us today. We appreciate it. Thelma in Wellington, go ahead.
SPEAKER 10 :
Thank you for taking my call, and I want to wish everybody, every father a happy Father's Day, whether they be... Our father, our grandfather, our great-grandfather, all of them.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, thank you, Thelma. Very kind of you. Thank you very much.
SPEAKER 10 :
I had an accident with my 02 Tacoma Toyota. Okay. And I would like to sell the part off of it if someone would be interested in... Getting parked or whatever.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay. And I remember talking to you not long ago. You replaced that truck with something else, right?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yes, I did. I tried Ridge Land or whatever it was. I called them, and they told me they had one, but it was a little bit more. And then I called them back and asked them what kind of deal could they give me with – if I paid for it cash and I was a veteran. And they said, we'll call you right back. And I never heard from them.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay. So what did you end up buying?
SPEAKER 10 :
I got an old 17 Dakota with a camp on the back.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 10 :
it and they gave me a good deal okay good okay awesome okay so and how badly uh wrecked is the o2 in other words what you know what kind of parts are left on it that are still good and all of that well they went the the wreck was one of the craziest things i ever seen they went they were going north i was going south, and I was going into the intersection going south, and they were speeding about 30 miles too fast. And when they hit me, they hit me on the right side where the light is.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 10 :
And really went that area. But anything else, doors, windows, you know, whatever, It's still good and possibly some of the parts. I'm not a familiar person with all the parts on it, plus it had a little camp on it also.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay. And, Pat, she's more up in your area. Do you know anybody that would be a good place to go to try to offload some of that, anything that you can think of?
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, there is a business in Fort Collins called Scott's Used Parts. They may purchase the truck as is and then sell parts off of that because I will tell you that that vintage of Tacoma's is very, very popular. And so we have customers looking for them all the time. We're not in the used parts business, but I'm wondering if I should even just swing by and take a look at it, maybe take a few pictures and show them around.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, I can send you some pictures if you will give me a...
SPEAKER 07 :
phone that i can send you pictures of it yeah we can do that you know what let me do this uh and you can send them i can send them right on to pat so let me give you the text line number it'll look it'll accept pictures and i can send those on to pat thelma so our text line is 307 200 80 222 8222. Yeah, just send me those pictures, and I'll forward those on to Pat. I'll give him your phone number as well, and that way you guys can connect.
SPEAKER 10 :
That sounds good. 307-200-8222.
SPEAKER 07 :
Correct. You got it.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 07 :
All right. We'll help you out, Thelma. Okay, thank you very much. No, we appreciate it. Mike in Westminster, do we have our review ready, Charlie, so we can play it now? Okay, so we've got our car review coming up next. Mike, hang tight. We'll come back and take you right after that. This is Drive Radio, KLZ 560. We do car reviews each week, which this week, Richard, we've got a review again. What did you drive recently?
SPEAKER 08 :
So, Dad, I drove actually one of my more enjoyable cars of the past few months, and kind of some of you are going to think, well, that's kind of a weird thing to say, but, you know, it is what it is. This is a 2025 Volkswagen, a Volkswagen Taos. This is the SE, Dad, which is kind of their middle, sort of kind of middle value pick, I guess you could say. This car, Dad, or I should say this SUV is As it sits with 31, 475, and you can get an S model for about 26, or you can get the SEL for about 36. So right there between kind of the mid-20s to mid-30s as far as that goes, Dad. This on it, I've got the window sticker here, so I'm going to give folks some of the features. This has the all-wheel drive, the 1.5-liter turbo four-cylinder engine, the start-stop system, 18-inch wheels. rain sensing wipers, rear windowed washer and wiper, all that sort of stuff, illuminated mirrors, front row charging ports. It's got cloud tech and cloth seating surfaces, which I'll talk about in just a second. It's got a lot of other obviously kind of safety features as far as the digital cockpit and push button starts and remote engine start and all sorts of things, Dad. All of these things for, like I said, $31,475. And it also has, Dad, which this might be a nice thing, 24-hour roadside assistance for three years and 36,000 miles, which I think is a really, really nice feature on that. All this to say that the reason it was one of my most enjoyable cars is because for the money, it is really hard to beat, and it was just a fun car to drive. You got in it. The controls were very functional. They were very intuitive. They worked really, really well. The soft tech that features or that... the cloth kind of like material I mentioned, it kind of was like a suede, kind of like a leather, Dad, but you felt like you could beat it up a little bit more. And you know kind of what I mean, right? When you have kids especially, it's not something that I worried about getting super dirty or anything like that. I felt like I could spill something on it and wash it off, right? And it's not something that did happen, but I felt like it could. And especially here in Colorado, Dad, right, we see a lot of Volkswagens around People take them off-road all the time, and it's something I felt like you could do, and you didn't have to worry about taking super, super great care of it. This is the updated Taos generation that was introduced in 2022. They've revised the styling a little bit. I already mentioned the engine. The all-wheel drive models do have a new transmission on it, Dad, and they've also updated it with a larger touchscreen, and so that kind of goes back to some of what I mentioned. Relatively quiet on the inside, Dad, right, for a car in the low 30s in terms of a price point. In this segment, Dad, and you can speak on this, kind of this, I guess it's the small SUV, or Volkswagen kind of says it's like the extra small SUV category. This is becoming a really popular category, and for this price point, I think the Taos fits really, really nicely.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, and again, for a lot of folks, that particular segment, as you know, Richard, is huge. And I mean, when I say huge, I mean huge. There are several, typically in a manufacturer, several different cars that fit in a particular lineup. And what I mean by that is, no, they're not all the same size as the Taos and Volkswagen will even have smaller, larger. And so my point is that midsize, small to large, midsize SUV, end of things, Richard, is absolutely ginormous. It is a huge segment of the marketplace right now. It will continue to be a huge segment. And the reason for that is because the cars in that segment, the cars are so versatile that you find yourself not needing anything else other than that particular vehicle. That's why they're so hot right now and why everybody wants one.
SPEAKER 08 :
Absolutely. And especially, you know, I'll go back to the kid side of stuff. I was able to get two car seats in here. Are you going to be able to fit two rear-facing car seats? Probably not. You've got to kind of move that front passenger seat up. But like you said, Dad, in terms of versatility, especially in an urban environment where you may be going into some tighter spaces, but you still want a little bit of room, this vehicle fits for that. Now, it's not ginormous by any means, right? Right. you know, going to get a full sheet of plywood in the back, but I don't think most people would expect that, right? They just want a car that's reliable, works here in Colorado, that all-wheel drive is a great feature to have, right, for all of the weather that we do have. There's a few other kind of, I guess, features on this car I really, really like as far as some of the visuals of it. It's got a full LED bar that's It makes this car really recognizable in kind of how they've done some stuff.
SPEAKER 07 :
I see that. It's a really good look. I mean, their update, it's a good-looking car. They've done a good job on it.
SPEAKER 08 :
And again, for folks who haven't driven one, Dad, or maybe they've seen these from afar and you're not sure what it is, I encourage you to check it out because, again, if you were in the market... for that extra small kind of SUV type of a vehicle. Like you said, Dad, the options are sort of endless. And I was actually talking to someone about this this past week. When it comes to a car, folks, we don't tell you a lot of times, you know, yes, this car is for you. No, there's lots of options. You have to be the judge, right? Do you like the styling? Do you like the fit? You may like what we have to say about a car. You may not like what we have to say. We're just trying to give you a very, you know, overview perspective to see if it maybe piques some interest that you have, Dad. And I think that this, again, the 2025 Volkswagen Taos will do that for a lot of people. So encourage people. Go check this vehicle out, Dad. Last thing I'll tell people real quick is fuel economy. It's got an average of 25 and 33 for an average of 28, so almost 30 miles per gallon, Dad, in this car, which is really fantastic. Yeah. Again, check it out at your local Volkswagen dealer. Let them know that John and Richard Rush from Drive Radio and Rush to Reason sent you.
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And we are back, Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 07 :
Mike in Westminster, you're next.
SPEAKER 15 :
Hey, John, how's it going? Good, Mike. Got a problem with my pickup. I don't drive it all the time. And the wasps like to build nests in it. In the mirror, the mirror on it, door mirrors, and under the bed rail.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 15 :
Any ideas?
SPEAKER 07 :
Other than hanging some of the, you know, repellents, I guess. They're really not propellants. They're a catch device, I guess is what you could say. You know, the yellow tube looking things. That's a good one. Outside of hanging some of those even like off the mirror where they're not going into the mirror, but they would go to that instead. No, that's the only thing I can think of, Mike.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, and so that's a good one. We do those in our shrubs in the backyard, and they work. The other thing that we do is we buy a six-pack of wasp spray cans, and they just grab one of those every time you go to the truck and be ready because, yeah, you don't want to get stung, but, yeah.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, believe me, I did that one time. I was cutting the grass first time of the year and went over the sprinkler box. Okay. Got about 10 feet, and I got stung all over the place.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yep. Oh, my. And as you know, Mike, and for some of you listening, if you've got other ideas, please call in and let us know. They come in waves. That's how I've seen it, Mike. One year, you know, they'll be really, really bad. The next year may be not so bad. The problem we've had the last couple of years is we haven't had super, super bad winter. So they're, you know, quote, unquote, not – Not dying off. I don't know how else to say it, but they're just not dying off in the winter like you would be normally. So in my opinion, they're worse this year than they've been. And those yellow tube things, that's the only thing I have found that actually attract work. And the thing on those, as you know, you've got to stay up on those. You can't just hang them and then leave them forever. You've got to keep the stinky smell in it to where they'll be attracted to it and so on. Otherwise, they don't do any good either.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, I've got a couple of those on the house, but with the truck out there,
SPEAKER 07 :
I thought I'd ask to see what I could do. I'd hang one off each mirror if it were me. Okay. I mean, it was going to look goofy, but not going to hurt anything. Right. I'm going to just take them off when I move it. That's right. Use a mechanics wire or something like that and just kind of wire them on and take them on and off, and off you go.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. Now, do you know what, if I say, have you seen the rubberized red ties?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes, yes, yes. Yes, absolutely. You could use those. Yeah, sure.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, I went to a store looking for those, and I said rubberized bread ties, and the manager didn't know what it was. Really? You know, it's like, really?
SPEAKER 07 :
I can't think of the actual name for those things, but they're always in the, you know, they're usually in, like, Home Depot. They're at the end cabs on, you know, for all your tie straps and all that junk is. So they're reusable.
SPEAKER 09 :
They're not like zip ties.
SPEAKER 15 :
The official name is gear ties. There you go, gear ties. Gear ties, there you go. Perfect. But I always, never fails when I go on a bike trip. Yep.
SPEAKER 07 :
getting some along the way because I need it for some stupid reason. Those things are great. I keep them around. I keep a stock of them. They're just great. I use them for all sorts of stuff. They're great. Yep. All righty. Thank you, gentlemen. All right. Appreciate you, Mike, very much. Thanks. Great question, by the way. Mike in Highlands Ranch, you're next.
SPEAKER 16 :
John, another great show today. Thank you, sir.
SPEAKER 07 :
Thank you.
SPEAKER 16 :
Now, kudos to Larry for getting behind the mic today as opposed to... Oh, yeah, earlier?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER 16 :
And way to go, Larry. I mean, take the rest of the day off, bro. I was really touched by the lady from Greeley that called about her Tacoma. And the reason I say that is because, in my opinion, the essence of this show, of your show, is to help people like that who have... for lack of a better term, little or no knowledge about what to do in those instances or mechanics, etc. She was obviously an older lady and bless you guys because of what you did there. That to me is is one of the top two or three reasons that your show exists.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, thank you, Mike. And she's already texted us, and I sent those on to Pat already, and we've already got a plan in place to help her out. So that's going to work out fine, I think, when it's all said and done. Yeah, thank you for pointing that out.
SPEAKER 16 :
Like I said, that's something that this show – I think it exists for. The other one, my dad's maintenance, the question of the day or his thing was, take care of your car and it will take care of you.
SPEAKER 07 :
Very true.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, I love that one.
SPEAKER 07 :
Very true.
SPEAKER 16 :
And I have followed that edict Since Christ was a corporal.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. In fact, I probably, I know for me, Mike, and, you know, again, I love my dad dearly. He's in memory care. We'll go see him tomorrow and, you know, have as much fun as we can with that end of things. But I will say this, Mike, as much as I love my dad, I am more of a maintenance hound than he was. I think I learned it, but then I added to it is what I did.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, my dad was also an avid high-performance car guy. Oh, my gosh. He would buy. I'd go, wow. As I look back on it, I wish that our family would have kept some of the stuff that he owned. Anyway, listen.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 16 :
Thank you guys very much for another delightful show.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, thank you, Mike. I appreciate you very much. Thanks for saying that. And somebody was saying, too, on the wasps and stuff, they're agreeing with us. Those things just get dug in. As you guys know, they'll find different places in the winter to get down in and, quote, unquote, hibernate. And, yeah, they are dirty little monsters. I don't know how else to say it, but they are, and they can just be – absolute nuisances and all of you are saying essentially the same thing that you really just have to try to manage them as best you can and several of you you know chiming in on that thank you for doing so by the way i appreciate that because other than other than just the traps i really don't know you know to eliminate them i because they like to go to water they like to go to mud but the problem is you know depending upon your property you're not going to eliminate that stuff it's it's a part of what you're doing in your property you're not going to eliminate that Sorry.
SPEAKER 09 :
They might move from one bush to another, from one corner to the other, but they're not going away.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, and again, if any of you have any better ideas on how to eliminate some of that end of things, not bees, but the wasps especially, the bees, I don't worry too much about the bees. I'll be straight up honest. Unless you're bothering them, they don't bother you. The wasps, they're nasty little boogers. They will just get you for no other reason than to get you. They'll come into attack mode. That's right, exactly. All right, we'll come right back. Lines are open, 303-477-5600. This is Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 11 :
Hey, Jeff. Not that I'm an expert on wasps, but one of our local talk stations here once a month brings in a Montana State University Extension forestry guy named Dr. Peter Kolb, and he has a wealth of knowledge on a bunch of things. One of them is wasps. First of all, there's three kinds of wasps that we deal with here. There's hornets, there's yellow jackets, and then there's muddobbers, the European ones. And you need different baits for each kind. I did not realize that when you go to, like, I can't remember the popular brand for traps. But when you go to them, they have yellow jacket traps, and then they have one called Y, W-H-Y, which is yellow jackets, hornets, and wasps. Well, wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets. So you need to know what kind of wasp you've got in order to be able to actually defend against it. Me, I hate the yellow jackets here. They're just mean.
SPEAKER 07 :
They are.
SPEAKER 11 :
There's just nothing redeeming about those little suckers. So I focus on those. But the other thing he said is that they die over winter. I know you were talking about does it get cold enough.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right.
SPEAKER 11 :
But typically all the drones die over winter.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 11 :
All you're left with is the queens. So if you want to get rid of them, uh starting in april or or maybe even a little earlier in colorado yeah um start putting your traps out there because you will catch the queen ah and you will decrease the number i did not know that okay good good info strategy yeah thank you jeff i didn't know that i didn't either and i've done that for two years now and this year last year i had some pretty good numbers in my traps and this year i've down by maybe an order of magnitude by times 10. And, uh, I have not had a wasp problem around here at all. So, uh, um, I just have to say Dr. Kolb is right. So, uh, and then the final thing is that inside those mechanisms, I don't know if you advise this or not, but there's a type of, uh, insecticide called a, um, Oh, come on. Pyrethroid. Uh, And they're based on the pyrethrum chemical that's in marigolds.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 11 :
Not marigolds, chrysanthemums, sorry. But it's a synthetic version, and one brand that I use is Tempo. And you can get it in any farm and ranch supply. You mix it with water. It's like 16 millimeters to a gallon. and spray that in there, and it kills almost on contact. Not quite, but within a half an hour, anything that comes in contact with them dies. So that might be, you know, just around the edges of the mirror inside the housing.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right.
SPEAKER 11 :
Rain's going to get in there anyway. Water, you know, it's meant to.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right, good point.
SPEAKER 11 :
Liquids get in there. So just spraying a little bit of that in there periodically might do a lot to, and even under the engine compartment, any place you might build traps.
SPEAKER 07 :
Good to know. Yeah, good to know. And then somebody else texted in, too, to keep in mind, too, in some cases, depending upon, as you said, Jeff, the species of wasp, they actually can have their nests underground. They will actually bury themselves underground, and some of those nests can get huge and vast. That would be another thing where if you've got that situation, doing what you're saying would work as well. Yes.
SPEAKER 11 :
Those are the yellow jackets. The yellow jackets are ground dwellers. The paper wasps are the ones that go under eaves and the little hives. And there's a bunch of other things. But, yeah, I can't tell you how many times I've been bitten by or stung by yellow jackets just because I was in their area. And they said, oh, that's a good idea. I'm going to hit this guy. I wasn't doing anything to threaten him. I was walking by in one case and felt the stings. They're just mean people. They're like the fire ants of the wasp world. They have no redeeming value. That's right. And I just can't stand them, and I will get rid of them as much as possible. But just wanted people to know some of the options out there.
SPEAKER 07 :
Good to know.
SPEAKER 11 :
Some of the tricks of the trade.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, great. Yeah, thank you for all those tips. That's what this show is for. Thank you, Jeff. You betcha. You bet. Have a good one. Appreciate that very much. Dennis in Lakewood, you're next.
SPEAKER 14 :
Hello. Thanks for taking the call. Sure, Dennis. I have a 22 Tacoma, and it's called an air dam in the front underneath the bumper, and that thing just makes it almost impossible to change the oil the way I do it, lying on the concrete under the truck. I had to take it off to lower that metal guard under the engine and then put it back on. I wonder, could I take it off and leave it off?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, you can. They put that there to help with aerodynamics and cafe ratings and things along those lines. Some will tell you that it's there to help with the cooling of the engine and so on, although I would debate how much you actually get out of that. The majority of the cooling is going to come from air movement through the radiator itself and the fans pulling and so on. And will you notice any real difference? I highly doubt it, Dennis.
SPEAKER 09 :
Dennis, did you say it's a 22? Yeah, 22.
SPEAKER 1 :
22.
SPEAKER 09 :
The question I would have is, are there any electrical connections, lights, or even parking sensors in that air dam?
SPEAKER 14 :
No. It's just a piece of plastic. I had it off and looked it over pretty careful. I don't think you have.
SPEAKER 09 :
I think, obviously, it'll change the looks of the front of the truck a little bit, but if you're happy with that, I've done it on my trucks. Take it off and leave it off.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah. Okay, very good.
SPEAKER 07 :
Thanks for the tip. I will highly doubt you have any negative effects from it and make your life a lot easier for what you're talking about doing. And keep in mind, too, Dennis, that this is something that those that might argue with me keep this in mind. All plow trucks, when you go to put a snow plow on a truck, and a lot of three-quarter ton trucks will have air dams and things like that on them, Dennis, all of those things are coming off. You're putting all your snow plow apparatus on. Yep. And the reality is it doesn't change anything at the end of the day.
SPEAKER 09 :
Brackets and linkages, they all interfere with those air dams.
SPEAKER 07 :
That's right. So all the air dams come off when you're doing that as well. So not a huge issue.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. Well, thank you.
SPEAKER 07 :
You're welcome, Dennis. Have fun with that. And, again, happy Father's Day to everybody. To you as well. And, yeah, for a lot of you that are do-it-yourselfers and, you know, do things at home along those lines, in some cases, guys will take those air dams off just because it looks better with them off. Now, in some cases, it looks better on, depends upon the vehicle, but you'll find in a lot of cases that, you know, guys will pull those off. And I can't tell you how many of those over the years doing snow plow installations and so on that, you know, I have taken off from literally decades ago. I'd like to know how many are in the back of your shop, John. Or... yeah well typically um that's again one of those things where it's one of those things where you let's save that when we sell the truck we'll put it back on no you don't no you don't no you don't you sell the truck and it's next guy's not going to worry about it anyway so no you know you don't that's right that's that old thing where you know it's sort of like we were talking earlier with some of the tools and stuff when i was telling pat during the break that i'm this is not an exaggeration between myself you know being a you know mechanic all those years And then my dad, of course, you know, collecting things. And, you know, I've got more toolboxes than I know what to do with. I'm going to have to get rid of some at some point here. I'm not exaggerating. I most likely have. And I'll count later today just to come back and verify this. But I believe I've got six to eight air half inch drive impacts. Snap-on, Mack, Ingersoll, Rand, you know, you name it. The whole, you know, shoot and match. and yet i still turn to my electric you know uh cordless impact for the majority of things even if it's rotating tires and things like that you just are not dragging that out with an air hose anymore no the the two reasons too i mean the air you're still tethered to the airline and and you've got a range right right the the battery powered um they've gotten stronger and you go where you want yeah For example, taking the blades on and off of my mower. In that case, I just keep the socket on the impact knowing I'm doing that weakly. It sits right on top of my bench, and as I want to go out and do it, I'm not dragging anything out other than that. How do you get underneath it? Do you lift it? No, yeah. In my particular case, my mower deck flips up. Oh, excellent. My mower deck's out front and it flips up. Excellent. And it makes it really easy. Makes it really easy. Do the blade end of things. Yeah, I'm very fortunate on that end of things because my particular mower, it's very easy to change blades and sharpen blades and take them on and off and clean the deck and all of that. Is it a walker? Yeah, it's a walker. Oh, that's a great mower. You know the mower. Oh, my gosh. They're made up in your area. Yeah, they're awesome. Yeah. It works very well for what I use it for and the maintenance sides of things on that. There's some things about the mower that maintenance-wise I don't care for because some things are very tight and very packed in and so on, but in the case of the deck, and how it operates and cleaning it and getting to the blades and so on it is probably one of the not probably it's one of the easiest ones on the market to i love that to utilize yeah it works because when you do mow and you get all the grass packed under you don't want to leave that set that'll cause corrosion it'll mold i mean you want to get that cleaned out power wash that every time the deck that's amazing car wash every time i do i i don't this time of year when blades get sharp and you're done with all of the debris and crap and things you've already picked up i sharpen every other week not every week some would say you should do every week but i do every other week and it's fine yeah but yeah that makes it super easy with the electric impacts and all that so all right guys with that we're going to go to top of the hour news break lines are open 303-477-5600 give us a call we'll get you right on air and a text line 307-200-8222 we'll be right back drive radio klz 560.
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SPEAKER 18 :
All right, it's drive radio time. Thank you all for listening to us. We appreciate it very much. And we actually have Pat Schneidt joining us now, Alltech Automotive up in Fort Collins. So, Pat, thanks for joining us, for driving down. Hey, you bet. Thanks for having me. Good morning. I appreciate it very much. So, we are, of course, going to continue on with the theme we had last hour on... Fix-It Radio, if you're listening to the replay, that may not have played right before this program, but it does today on Saturday as we're recording and doing Drive Radio Live. But that is, what is, in honor of Father's Day, which is Sunday, what's your favorite car memory with your dad or something dad taught you? Now, that could be about cars, could just be any advice that he gave you. For example, Charlie was saying during the break, and my dad was big on this, nothing good happens after midnight. It was one of the things my dad taught me. And he's right. And it's true. And it's still true, by the way. It hasn't changed. Nothing good happens after midnight. In fact, there's probably some areas. What's that, Charlie? Yeah, more true now than ever. Yeah, thank you, Charlie. In fact, you might even want to back that up an hour. You might even want to say nothing good happens after 11 o'clock at night. I don't know what the magic number is right now, but give us some things that Dad taught you. Could be about cars, could be tools, could be we were talking to Fix-It Radio, things around the house. You name it, Pat, could be all sorts of things.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes, I do have one quick story. Something good that did happen after midnight, and that is my buddy Ron. We had a thing called shop night for 20 years. We'd gather at Ron's house. We'd work on cars every Thursday evening. So 12.30 one night, we were finishing up or sitting around having a beer, and Ron's son pulls in with another buddy who had a broken car at 12.30 at night on a Thursday. The kid needs to be at work by 8 o'clock the next morning, and so Adam says to Ron, Dad, can you help me fix my friend's car? Ron looked at me. He looked at the rest of our group. He says... Let's go, fellas. And we fixed that car at 1230 in the morning. So that was awesome.
SPEAKER 18 :
Had a text message that came in. Good story, by the way. Good story. Because that is something good that happened after midnight. Not many of those stories out there, by the way. Not typical.
SPEAKER 10 :
I have a couple of those as well.
SPEAKER 18 :
They're very much similar to what you're talking about. But typically, yeah, that's the case. Somebody said, my dad showed me a lot on most everything we need to fix. He's 62 now, so I'm similar in age. But most importantly was not to be afraid to try. Have a look. Back then, check the book if needed. Yeah, we don't need books anymore. Now you've got Google You and other places. But 99% of the time, I can handle it. My RV AC short is like that. Thank you, by the way. I appreciate that. And yes, I think that's the other thing that my dad taught me as well is, you know what? And this is this has been my theory. My dad didn't necessarily say this, but I picked this up from him. If a man made it. A man can fix it. That's been my motto pretty much throughout my entire life. I love that. A man made it. A man can fix it. So why can't that be me? Exactly. We just haven't learned how yet, but we will figure this out. Right. Now, I get it. In some cases, it can be very intricate. And I also know this, and this is one of the things you run into today. This is true on cars. It's true with appliances. It's true with a lot of things. Some things aren't meant to be fixed. I get that. True. There are some components where literally it is a, you take it off, go throw it away, put a new one on. That's right. They're not, I mean, the days of, for example, and this shows you my age. because I still have one of these even in my home shop because of some of the things my dad was doing. I grew up at a time to where you actually bought brake shoes. You didn't buy the assembly. You bought the material and re-riveted it. We had a machine. You re-lined them. You bought the lining is what I should say. You didn't buy the entire brake assembly. You bought the shoe. You re-riveted it. You arced it. I have an arc machine even in my own home shop now that I can re-arc. a brake shoe because some of the old, old stuff, that's the only way you can do it is by linings. But I, you know, for the most part, well, those days are gone. You'll never find a shop because of liability that is relining a brake shoe.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, absolutely not. Two things, John. First one, I thought I was older than you. Now I'm not so sure. Second thing is my buddy Mike taught me, and Mike, I hope you're listening. You're up in Fort Collins. If I'm going to do something myself, I can buy the tools. I can do it myself the first time, screw it up, and do it myself the second time, cheaper than I can hire somebody to do it. So to all you DIYers out there, good luck.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, and again, in a lot of cases, too, this is true for a lot of you, and you know this from listening. Yes, you need some knowledge. Yes, you probably need to know how that came apart, went back together, some of those basics. But on top of that, you need the right tools in a lot of cases to fix said item. Folks, this could be everything from your car to appliances to plumbing and so on. and we were mentioning this during Fix It Radio, the amount of tools that we now have at our disposal versus what we had even a decade ago. It seems like every time, and Pat knows this from what you do, every time you turn around, there's now a new tool to do XYZ with. So that part is great, by the way. I'm not complaining about that at all.
SPEAKER 07 :
That's right. The specialty tools are a necessity today. They can be frustrating that you need yet another specialty tool, but it will help you get the job done. And I want to say this very clearly. The most important specialty tool is sitting right here on your table, John. We've got two of them, laptops, the Internet. Yeah, good point. Okay, the T-shirt that says GTS, Google that stuff. You can get a lot further ahead. And not that everything on the Internet is right. There's a lot of crap out there, but there are guidelines, tips, and directions to get you started.
SPEAKER 18 :
That's right. The biggest thing there is... Having enough knowledge to know if what you're reading is accurate or what you're viewing, I should say, is accurate or not. And what I mean by that is there are some – I'll just say it. There's some hack artists out there that will make videos on things where it's like, yeah, I could probably get the job done doing it that way, but I'm not. Right, right. I'm not going to use your method of doing that because I'm not going to – for example, I'm not going to put those –
SPEAKER 07 :
those blend doors in the way you're telling me to because i'm not cutting the air box apart and gluing it back together i sorry i'm not cheating that way i'm going to do it the right way it is important to do things right but there are just as there are hack artists out there there are some good guys too if you get on some of these channels that the guys do know what they're doing worth their weight in gold
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, and there's a lot of ways to quote-unquote cheat, and I can explain some of these even on some of the older vehicles and different things that I did back in the day where you could easily cheat. Are you doing it correctly? Sure. It's still got the job done. Nothing wrong with it. You just learned ways to cheat and get things done that you – If you did it technically by the book, you're doing it wrong, but you're still getting the job done at the end of the day much faster.
SPEAKER 07 :
That's right. If there's a 14-step procedure and after you're doing it three times, you can eliminate three steps, you can get a job done faster.
SPEAKER 18 :
That's right. Well, for example, there are certain situations where by... you know, moving the, the body up off of the vehicle and giving yourself more access and things along those lines. Yeah. You can find yourself actually getting things done faster. Now that's not going to be done at home, but in shops you can do some of those things. And that's kind of what I'm talking about. There's, there is in a lot of cases, ways to speed things up, uh, by quote unquote cheating a little bit. And you learn those things, the farther down the path you get in the automotive world.
SPEAKER 07 :
It feels really good once you figure those out, too. It's like, oh, that was amazing.
SPEAKER 18 :
I didn't expect it going in, but that was amazing. That's right. That's right. So that's the question of the day. Lines are open, by the way, 303-477-5600. Text line open as well, 307. Two hundred eighty to twenty two. And I should have mentioned, have you got any car question at all? Some of you that are preparing for Fourth of July or Independence Day is what I really like to call it. You may be looking at, you know, different things trailer wise. And, hey, I get questions of this all the time. Is this truck enough to haul this trailer or I've got this problem with my particular vehicle? trailer or camper or whatever what do i need to do we can answer all those questions today folks if you've got some things along those lines where you're looking at doing something as we head into the holiday here in just a few weeks away please let us know again 303-477-5600 a couple of calls coming in right now and as uh as as the lines fill up and as people drop off just be sure to call us we'll get you right on air 303-477-5600 we'll be right back though drive radio klz 560.
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SPEAKER 13 :
She's real fine, my 409. She's real fine, my 409. My 409.
SPEAKER 18 :
And we are back. And because of Brian Wilson passing away this past week, Charlie has decided today to play Beach Boys music all the way through. Beach Boys, I should say, music throughout the day today. So if you notice a little trend here today, that is why. One other thing, too, the reason why I try to say Independence Day and not Fourth of July, and I talk about this a lot during the day, is, A, most people don't know what July 4th is. If you were to ask them, what is this day, they're just going to tell you, well, it's the 4th of July. So I like calling it Independence Day because that's what it is. I am also one. It'll never happen. But I really wish we would do like we do for Thanksgiving and make the first Thursday of every July Independence Day Give everybody a four-day weekend just like we do for Thanksgiving. Basically, if they want to work Friday, they could, but it would give a nice four-day weekend. Make Independence Day a standard first Thursday of every July and call it that and stop calling it the 4th of July. And someone would say, well, that would be wrong because they signed it that day. No, they didn't. It took them a long time to get that document fully signed. So, no, that is not a good argument.
SPEAKER 07 :
Little do you know, that's just where we put the date. Correct.
SPEAKER 18 :
So we could call it Independence Day. Well, it is Independence Day. We could celebrate it correctly, do it the first Thursday of every July. They should have done that to begin with because, unfortunately, through time, we have lost the meaning of Independence Day, and we call it Fourth of July instead. Correct. And most don't even know what it is. And most of us hardworking Americans could use one more four-day weekend.
SPEAKER 05 :
There you go.
SPEAKER 18 :
Absolutely so. So that's my take on that. So John and Cheyenne, what's up today?
SPEAKER 05 :
Hey, so first thing, my father used to say this, and I think you'll understand it. He always used to say, don't go shabby.
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, yeah. I love it.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yep. And, you know, I remember towards the end when he was ill, he never left the house until without a shave and a shower and dressed appropriately no matter where he was going. I mean, even just to go to a doctor's appointment and maybe out to breakfast, it was a shave, it was a shower, it was nice clothes all the time.
SPEAKER 18 :
Sounds like me.
SPEAKER 07 :
John, you are making me second-guess my decision not to shave before I came down from Fort Collins this morning.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well... I just got back from a hike. I'm on my way back from a hike this morning, so I didn't shower or shave before I went hiking because I need to do it afterwards.
SPEAKER 07 :
Perfect. That makes sense.
SPEAKER 05 :
There you go. So the other thing is for shortcuts, and any old Army mechanic, Bradley, M1, 113 mechanical know this. To change a starter in a 113, step one was to pull the power pack. And that would take two mechanics. one in the front, one in the back, 45 minutes, just to get it out. Meanwhile, if you had two guys, one guy would be in the front, one guy would be in the back. You took three 10-inch extensions, a three-quarter-inch socket, and a cargo strap, and you hung the weight of the starter on the manifold, and then the guy would loosen the bolts in the back, and you'd be able to swing it out. And it took about 45 minutes total to get it swapped out that way.
SPEAKER 18 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 05 :
And we learned that. But if you pulled the maintenance manual out, step one, changing a starter, said pull the power plant.
SPEAKER 07 :
Interesting. So, again, you learned to, like, cheat the normal procedure, and you figured out a way to get it done more efficiently and faster.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right. But the thing was is every year we took what they called an SQT test, a skill qualification test. And that question seemed like it was always on it. What is the first step in changing a starter? And you don't know how many guys got it wrong because they forgot that it was pull the power pack.
SPEAKER 06 :
Dead one.
SPEAKER 05 :
But that's the Army for you. Hey, John, I just realized I never sent you that photo of the front diff for my... 80 Chevy. I'll email that to you when I get home.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay, perfect.
SPEAKER 05 :
I was just looking through so you could tell me which front end it is so I can get the shaft.
SPEAKER 18 :
Happy to do that.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right. Thanks, John. You guys have a good day. You do the same, John. Thanks for calling, John.
SPEAKER 18 :
You bet. Appreciate you. And just send me that. I'd be happy to. Somebody sent me a news story on a deadly crash on I-70 eastbound in Kansas City, Missouri. A man got out of his truck, ran next to and tried to get into a tractor trailer. on Interstate 71's run over and killed by the rear axle of the tractor trailer. I'm not sure why you would be doing that. He was traveling east. I don't know why you would get out and then, oh, man, I mean. Don't do that.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, is that a road rage incident?
SPEAKER 18 :
I don't know. That's a weird... He tried to jump onto the trailer, grabbed a retention strap. As it continued to move, he lost his grip and fell off and was run over. Oh, my word. Oh, my gosh. People, yeah, don't do that. I mean... Yeah, and I don't know why you would try, but don't do that. That's just not wise. I don't know that you would even have to teach your kids. That one I think is kind of common sense. Why would you do that? That just doesn't make any sense to me. at all anyways yeah there's got to be some context yeah yeah i need to know more about that one so again question of the day today which a lot of you have been chiming in on you know give us a favorite memory either of dad when it comes to you know car stuff or traveling or whatever or something that he taught you Could be cars, could be advice, could be even, you know, honestly, guys could be hunting, fishing, boating, all the different things that we all do. You know, what are things that, you know, dad taught you? And I like what a couple of you have said even as far as, you know, and my dad was this way, never be afraid to try to fix something.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right, yep, got to give it a shot.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, never be afraid. Now, you do need to know, I think, at times, are you going to be over your head and are you going to be costing yourself more money at the end of the day by heading into this? Well, again, these are where, Mickey said it best, he texted back in and said, the best tool is between your ears. Yeah, it is.
SPEAKER 07 :
That's a good one, too.
SPEAKER 18 :
There are times where you may be want to backing up a little bit and saying, okay, what's this really going to involve when it's all said and done and do I want to head down? this particular path but again if depending upon what your skill set is what kind of tooling you have and so on that that one kind of comes back down to you and what do you want to do at that point in time so anyways 303-477-5600 is our phone number wayne you are next go ahead wayne yeah you talked about uh product jb wells a little while back i did last week actually and i've never yeah i'm one of those where i've never had it work just just me
SPEAKER 08 :
I use it all the time. Matter of fact, I consider myself as J.B. Welkin. Well, man, good for you.
SPEAKER 18 :
So give me the tips on what you do to make it actually work, because I'm not exaggerating, Wayne. I have yet to ever use anything where it actually worked.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I never use it fast, quick. I always use it slow. Okay, slow. Because it's water-based to start with. You mix it thoroughly, equal amounts. Matter of fact, I've never looked at the JB Weld instruction sheet. Never looked at it.
SPEAKER 18 :
You just do the 50-50 and off you go.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I just know how to do it. Okay.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay, so give me some things you've actually fixed.
SPEAKER 08 :
I've made things with it. I'm a builder. Oh, okay. You know, I build stuff. I don't go buy it. I build it. You know, I got stuff that I made that's better than factories. And I've been doing this ever since I was about five or six years old, building stuff.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay, nice.
SPEAKER 08 :
So, you know, like when you put two pieces of metal together, it's going to be in the water and stuff. Put a layer of JB weld between your two metal pieces and put them together so you don't form any. Any rust between the two.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 07 :
Nice.
SPEAKER 18 :
So give me something else, Wayne, you've actually built with JB Weld. I'm curious because, again, I am one of those where I just have not had good luck with it.
SPEAKER 08 :
I've used it for gun parts. Okay. Huh. Okay. I've built five large telescopes, real nice ones.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, over the years.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
I've built a replica telescope with a dome, a post-war model. It's got everything in it, you know, even the shutters and stuff work. It's got doors, doorknobs, everything to it. You look at it, and it looks real, okay? And it all works. It's all got optics in it and a whole ball of wax. Wow, nice. Okay, I've done this over the years, but everything I build, if I need JB Weld, I know when it can work and when it can't work, and I use it. If I don't need it, I don't use it.
SPEAKER 07 :
So I'm definitely not an expert in JB Weld either, but I have a question, and maybe this is for the uninitiated. Do you use it as a paste, as a putty, and you oversize whatever you're building and then come back in after it hardens and shape it and file it down, or what do you do?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I've done all that. I've used it as a bond agent. I've used it just for every application you can think of. Nice. Okay? Now... You take the steel putty. I call it steel putty.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
You take the steel stick, which is the putty, you know, for putting in holes and catching up low spots and all kinds of stuff. And you can do that, and you can use that just like on fenders, car parts. Yeah. You can use it anywhere.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
It's a little harder to cut and sand down, but once it's on there, it is permanent. But I take that steel putty, and I mix JB Weld Liquid in with it, which makes even a better product yet. It sticks harder, it lasts longer, it takes all the shock, you know, vibration and shock and everything, and it never pops off. It never pops off of anything. And I use it for all kinds of applications, and I've done that for 20, 30 years.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay, I'll rethink that. So if you're using it on an automotive, like a fender or something, and maybe you're patching a rust hole or something, do you put it on top of paint, or do you take the paint off and get it metal to metal?
SPEAKER 08 :
Sometimes I take the paint off and rough it up. Sometimes I just rough the paint up.
SPEAKER 18 :
Gotcha. Nice. Okay, so this is a funny comment, Wayne, but somebody texted in and asked, since you're so good on J.B. Weld, can you tell us how Simple Green works and can you make it work also? And that's a good joke because, by the way, I have found Simple Green to not be as effective as a lot of other cleaners, even though they claim it's the best cleaner there is, and it's not.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, you've got to clean the surfaces before you use it.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, yeah, on the JV weld, absolutely. Yes, you do. Yes, absolutely. Wayne, I appreciate you calling in. I mean, I will give it another whirl because I've never found it to be. I've never used it for what you're using it for.
SPEAKER 08 :
It's water-based, so you can clean it up. Yeah, yeah. No, I hear you. Absolutely. It's messy to put on sometimes, but you can clean it up. Sometimes I clean it up with water and soap a little bit on my product I'm working on. Sometimes I just use spit and a paper towel.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay, makes sense.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, and I clean it up before it starts to dry. Sometimes I'll put heat to it to do it faster. And another thing you talked about, plug-in tools. That's all I ever used.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, that's all I ever used for years until I discovered how handy cordless tools are.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, but here's an advantage. You've got a cordless tool. You go to use it, you've got to charge the battery. Well, if you have a cord one, you can plug it in half the time and get your job done real fast.
SPEAKER 18 :
That is true. There's a place for both. Yeah, there's an advantage to that, although I've...
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, there's advantage for that. Yeah, there is. But I've never invested any money in cordless tools because I've always used the others all my life.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, if you've got it and it works for you, go for it.
SPEAKER 08 :
They work good enough. No, they do. Yeah, uh-huh.
SPEAKER 18 :
They do. Wayne, I'm going to let you go. I'm at a break time. I appreciate it. Jerry and Greeley, hang tight. We'll come right back to you. A couple lines open, 303-477-5600. This is Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 18 :
All right, and again, little Beach Boys music for all of you. Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Myself, Pat Schneidt, out of Alltech Automotive in Fort Collins with me today. Appreciate Pat driving down. Of course, Charlie Grimes, our engineer, Larry and Grant's are in phones. Keep Larry busy, by the way, 303-477-5600. Any question, comment, we'll take it right now. Jerry and Greeley, go ahead.
SPEAKER 04 :
I had some good luck with J.B. Weld many years ago. um, on a Toro self-propelled lawnmower. Um, at that time, I didn't know you could just tip the thing over and dump the old oil out the filler neck.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh yeah.
SPEAKER 04 :
So, so I, you know, drained it out the drain plug in the bottom of the deck and then over tighten the drain plug and actually cracked the, uh, bottom of the crankcase. And, um, But I got lucky. I just sprayed it real good with brake clean and smeared some JB weld on there. And I didn't expect it to last because of the vibration, but it lasted for many years. So I got lucky, I guess.
SPEAKER 18 :
Oh, that's good. Good for you.
SPEAKER 04 :
Good story. Can I ask a question?
SPEAKER 18 :
Absolutely, Jerry. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 04 :
I stumbled across this YouTube video of a fellow who – He had a 2015 F-150 up on the rack, and he was demonstrating how the frame was pretty badly rotted out. I mean, really badly. And he didn't really present any evidence, but he was portraying the situation as if all of the 13th generation F-150s would be highly susceptible to this, and his theory The theory was showing how there's a bunch of holes in the side of the frame. It's not just a channel frame, but a box frame. But there's no drain holes in the bottom. And so he said, okay, water and road salt and stuff will get in there, and then there's no way for it to drain out. So it's going to rust in the low spots. Mm-hmm. And, you know, I'm sure where you live. Yes.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah. I was just going to say that I could see I saw a video the other day wasn't on an F-150, Jerry, but somebody else. I think it was a I think it was a new. Well, maybe it was a. Actually, it was a Super Duty. It wasn't a 150. It was a 250 that had kind of a similar thing, and they were showing that the truck wasn't that old and it had all this rust and so on. I'm thinking one of two things. Either this is an issue that a lot of guys don't think about where they're near the ocean and they back their boats in and out of the water and they're not cleaning things off very well once they're done. I mean, that is so hard on people. on you know not only the frame and all of that that's on the boat trailer itself but now on the truck as well and you've got to get all that stuff really washed off i think also the rust belt areas there's a reason why we call it the rust belt jerry if you're in some of those areas in the wintertime especially same thing got to make sure you're getting everything you know cleaned up after storms and so on we're not as bad here because we just even though we're using full salt on our roads here in colorado we just don't have as many storms and have as much to melt as they do in other areas But I do think, again, I'm a big one. You guys hear me talk about this in the wintertime. And a lot of folks don't like automatic car washes. But the one thing that they are really good in is the underbody washes that a lot of the touchless ones will have, especially in the wintertime, getting as much of that crud off. I don't think here in Colorado, Jerry, anybody would ever have any issues. But I can see where different parts of the country, depending upon what you're doing with that particular vehicle. Yeah, and I don't think it matters whether it's a Ford or a GM or a Ram or whatever, Jerry. I think you could have issues, period. Toyota had some issues. They recalled a bunch of frames back on Tacomas back in the day where they were replacing entire frames under warranty for similar issues. So it can happen to any of them. Yep.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, if a person had a really bad case of the frame damaged by extreme rust, how would it be repaired?
SPEAKER 18 :
Replace the frame? Replace the frame. Yeah, you're not fixing. Like on the Toyotas, for example, Jerry, there was no fixing of those. This truck I saw the other day, the video on the F-250, same deal. There is no way you're fixing that. You're going to put a frame on it, and that is a problem. heavy-duty, labor-intensive, expensive endeavor.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes, it is. We've done a few at the shop.
SPEAKER 18 :
You need two full bays and a couple of guys to even do it because of all of the moving pieces involved in getting that done. Because as you can imagine, Jerry, it's not only getting the body off, but now everything else that's attached to that frame, all of your suspension and driveline and so on, all that has to be swapped over.
SPEAKER 04 :
Would a person have to find a replacement frame at a junkyard? No.
SPEAKER 18 :
Depending on the year of the truck, believe it or not, you can still buy new frames depending upon how far back. And that one, I won't put any blanket statements on because it really depends on the model, the manufacturer, changes that they may or may have not made to that particular frame. But a lot of the collision end of things, Jerry, it's why you can still buy a complete frame because depending upon the accident and whether they've totaled the vehicle or not, if you're trying to fix it, yes, you can still buy frames. The older they get, the harder that becomes, of course.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yep. While they're still in production, to your point, John, we've done a Ford and a Chrysler, and you can actually get them from the manufacturer. There you go. So there's an example, Jerry.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay. Well, thank you very much for the information.
SPEAKER 18 :
is if you've got a rough spot on the frame, grind all that off, repaint it, recode it, get that stuff fixed. There's ways to take care of some of this stuff proactively, I should say, Jerry, versus just letting it roll along. All right. And I'm a big believer in that even when it comes to, you know, differentials and things along those lines. If you can keep those things, you know, cleaned off and there is now – this is something else that we don't talk much about, but there is now paint – how do I want to say this? There is – Paint products that are now made, and Napa sells it as well, whereby you can take rusted pieces, paint it with this particular product. No priming necessary. It neutralizes the rust, and the paint will stick like no tomorrow, and you can even paint on top of that if you want to. So for some of you where you're thinking, hey, how am I going to do some of these things? Believe it or not, Napa sells, and it's not, this stuff is not cheap. That's the one downside to it. It's a very expensive paint, but it's a rust neutralizer paint all in one.
SPEAKER 07 :
And you can brush it in some cases. You can roll, spray it.
SPEAKER 18 :
just like you never brushed it on, Jerry.
SPEAKER 07 :
So to your point, we were asked to participate in the Independence Day Parade last year, and I've got a 20-foot car hauler that was pretty rusty, and I used some of that rust-inhibitive paint. It works. It works great.
SPEAKER 18 :
It is some of the slickest. For those of you listening, where you've got old trailers, old frames, you're rebuilding a car... This particular example, Jerry, where you might have a few places that you want to touch up or whatever, this particular product, and I think you can buy it in quart or gallons, it is the slickest stuff ever.
SPEAKER 04 :
Wow, good to know. All right. I appreciate the advice. You're very welcome, Jerry.
SPEAKER 18 :
I appreciate it very much. I was recommending that to somebody the other day, not on air. We were off air talking, and I went online and found the product and said, hey, for what you're doing, use this. I'm not joking, guys. It is some of the slickest stuff out there made. So, Jeff, hang tight. We'll come right back to you and your comments as well from Montana. And this is Drive Radio. Again, all of our sponsors, please, when you use them, let you know you heard them here. It helps us out. Lines are open, 303-477-5600. Myself, Pat Schneid from Alltech Automotive up in Fort Collins. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 10 :
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SPEAKER 18 :
All right, we are back. Myself, Patch Knight, Alltech Automotive up in Fort Collins. And the product name at NAPA for that paint that we were talking to Jerry about, for a lot of you listening, and I'm not exaggerating, and I learned this from a listener years ago because I didn't know about this product before a listener informed me of it because there's so many products on the market. And there's other people that make this, but NAPA's product name is called Rust Proof MD. And I believe it comes in black or gray. So it's called Rust Proof MD. It is not cheap. a gallon of this stuff is 240 bucks so it's not cheap now i will tell you this that gallon will go a long ways it's rust proof m d that's the product name from napa it comes black or gray so if you walk into the counter and just say i want the rust proof md they'll know what you're talking about most of the stores are going to stock it And you can get it in, again, either a pint or a quart or a gallon. And, again, it's not inexpensive. $60 for a pint, about $80 for a quart, and, again, about $240 for a gallon. But I will tell you, the stuff goes a long way. It doesn't take near as much as you think. You can use a brush. In fact, I would recommend not spraying it on because you don't want to lose the material. I would recommend either brushing or rolling it on so you keep as much material on what you're doing versus in – you don't want to spray it on. I don't anyways because you end up with more over-spraying things. It's an expensive product. I want it on the product I'm trying to put it on. Frame rails, trailer, flatbed trucks, things. And I'm not exaggerating. You can paint it on, and you won't see a single brush stroke when you're done, if you do it correctly.
SPEAKER 07 :
Very nice.
SPEAKER 18 :
This stuff works fabulous. So, Jeff in Montana, go ahead.
SPEAKER 11 :
Hey, good morning again. Actually, yeah, it's still morning. Oh, it's still morning. Yep, morning.
SPEAKER 18 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, I was... When you were talking about that, I was wondering if it was the same stuff you put on rust that you can, you know, the spray-on stuff that you can actually turn your rust black, it chemically reacts.
SPEAKER 18 :
No, this actually, it's a paint product, but it neutralizes the rust, meaning you don't have to sandblast, prime, do all of that. If you've got, you know, a rusty differential and you want it black again and you want the rust to go away, you can literally just take a paintbrush and paint your differential with this product and you're good to go. You don't have to do anything else.
SPEAKER 10 :
Just clean it.
SPEAKER 18 :
Just make sure there's no oil product, no oil or any residue like that.
SPEAKER 10 :
No cobwebs.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, you could use brake cleaner or whatever and clean it all off and then paint this on and off you go. Correct.
SPEAKER 11 :
Good to know. Thanks. You were talking about frames, replacing frames. It just brought to mind something as I was waiting the... I have a son-in-law. Well, he was a former son-in-law, but I still consider him a son-in-law. Sure. He's a senior engineer for Peterbilt down in Texas. And he took me through the plant one time when there was nobody there. It was on a weekend, I think. Oh, cool. Cool. And I got to see how they make them, and it's really interesting. I won't go through the whole thing, but it starts out with two rails.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 11 :
One for each side.
SPEAKER 18 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 11 :
And I looked down and I thought, this is the beginning of the truck, but those rails are individually fabricated, I guess. The rail is probably pretty calm on the standard itself. But depending on what the customer has ordered with the truck, they will pre-drill in those two frames all the holes and different things that they need in order to accommodate that order. So when you get your truck, that frame was made for you. And so I just want... People will know that, you know, I'm not sure it goes to that extent with, you know, Super Duties or any other, you know, three-quarter or full-time vehicles. But there's a lot of thought that goes into these things that people just aren't aware of.
SPEAKER 07 :
Correct. Not unlike framing a house. I mean, you couldn't stand a wall if you didn't have framers, and you couldn't build a truck if you didn't have a frame to support it. Right.
SPEAKER 11 :
Right. A frame, I mean, it's not like, oh, let's just go get an F-250 frame. Well, there's probably going to be a little bit more to it than that. I just want people to be aware of that.
SPEAKER 07 :
It's a little different than changing a tire.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yes. And speaking to unique things, something that popped up in my mind, and it was kind of brought up a little bit this week, I was reading an article on the fact that California – despite all of its stupid environmental stuff, this is not a, a riots question. This is the fact that Valero, and I can't remember Phillips, I think maybe have announced a closure of two different refineries. Yes.
SPEAKER 18 :
I believe you, I believe you're correct on that. Yeah. And I can't remember exactly, but yes, I think you're correct on that. Yes.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah. And so now all of a sudden California is potentially looking at $10 a gallon gasoline because of their environmental, uh, And the fact that it's, I think we call it like a desert market. It might be a different term, but it's an isolated market in that Nobody else has their requirements, and so they need to have refineries pretty much dedicated to their stuff. There's not a lot of refineries outside of California who want to do that.
SPEAKER 18 :
Right.
SPEAKER 11 :
It's just not possible.
SPEAKER 18 :
They have a higher standard, different blend. You know, I've said this numerous times. Emissions related? Yeah, I've said this on this program, on my daily program, and I don't know why this administration isn't looking more... closely at it if anybody could they should we don't need i think there's 24 blends of fuel across the country and we don't need 24 blends we could i've looked at it we could literally get by with six at most and probably four would cut it and and have no problems at all and to your point jeff california is really out there on an island on its own they have got so many things going on with their fuel and it's just stupid it doesn't need to be that way today well that was going to be my question is and you already answered it was that uh
SPEAKER 11 :
Nationwide, you say there's 24? I think there's 24.
SPEAKER 18 :
Last time I looked, and that could, please, if anybody knows that better than I, the last time I looked, I think it was 24, Jeff. It's not 50. Every state doesn't require its own. They do that kind of by regions. I think there's 24. It could be a little less than that now, but bottom line, far too many than we need. We don't need that many. The refinery end of things, they could consolidate and streamline that, and if refineries would love it, and it would lower the cost of fuel overnight. Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, yeah, what I was thinking is that when you look at typically you have three different grades of gasoline, and I don't know if the ad packs for each of those need to be different or if they can be the same, depending on the grade. But, you know, I was thinking that and then you have summer and winter. So if you look at it all. You're looking at maybe three different blends in the summer and three different blends in the winter, so maybe six grades altogether.
SPEAKER 18 :
I'll go one step further, and some would probably argue with me on this, but knowing what I know as far as how the vehicles themselves work and how they clean up emissions and so on, we don't even need summer versus winter information. anymore, Jeff. Some might argue with me on that, but I'm just here to tell you that you don't. They could easily come up with one blend year-round, go to the different regions. Keep in mind, we have some regions to where there's not enough temperature switch to bother changing anything over. Some of the colder states, you might want to do a little different blend in the wintertime, but I would argue that, again, the way the modern vehicles work You wouldn't even have to do that. It's out of control, and this is all driven by EPA, Jeff. It's out of control as to how many different blends and things we have all year long. It's stupid how we do that, in my opinion.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, I would agree. I just didn't have details. You generally know something is stupid, but you don't have details to argue them.
SPEAKER 18 :
Right.
SPEAKER 11 :
Right.
SPEAKER 18 :
And again, this is all coming because of regulations out of Washington and bureaucrats. I'll just be straight up honest. In a lot of cases, it's not even scientific the way they do some of this stuff. It's more bureaucratic as much as anything.
SPEAKER 07 :
Is Elon going to get to look at this?
SPEAKER 18 :
I have no idea. Good question.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, you in Colorado there get to suffer from the recent, I think it's a recent adoption. It wasn't Colorado hadn't done this when I was there, adopting California's air quality standards.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yes. And now with the changes in this administration that I'm going to talk about that this next week, actually on the daily program, that's going to benefit Colorado because they're rolling some of those back for, you know, the Trump administration's rolling those back for California, which will then have an impact on us. which is a good thing.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yes. The more sanity we can have, which basically equates to less government, the better there is. Yeah, and just as kind of an ending note, I was just reading this before I came on. In Maryland, there was somebody who was a USAID official who has been pled guilty to laundering $550 million worth of contracts to friends and acquaintances. Wow.
SPEAKER 1 :
$550.
SPEAKER 07 :
That's crazy.
SPEAKER 11 :
Half a billion dollars.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 11 :
And God knows how many of that went into his pocket. There was one that was a $15 million small business administration loan to a friend who immediately took a $10 million salary out of it. Wow.
SPEAKER 18 :
Good Lord. Payback. Payola. Yep.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, so, you know, for those people who think that this has all been just nothing but witch hunts, there's nothing to see here, folks. Move on. We haven't gone far.
SPEAKER 18 :
That's another discussion, but we haven't gone far enough, Jeff. Again, even going back, I just, for grins, I just pulled up the EPA.gov federal gasoline regulations, and reading through that, Jeff, will make your head spin. It's ridiculous how many regulations we have on all of this stuff. It doesn't need to be that way. Not with today's modern cars and the ability to control fuel the way we do, the way we're handling things on the catalyst side. And, you know, Pat knows all about that. I mean, the reality, Jeff, is we don't need to be as heavily regulated in that area as we once did.
SPEAKER 07 :
The technology in vehicles is pretty impressive.
SPEAKER 18 :
That's exactly right. Yep.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, I think it takes nowadays 100 vehicles to reduce the emissions that one vehicle did back in the 60s.
SPEAKER 18 :
That would sound about right. I'd have to go through and do the math on that, but that's probably not far off, Jeff.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, so we didn't need...
SPEAKER 18 :
All we needed to do, well, I mean, one way to prove that for anybody that would disagree with that, I back into the garage because I'm weird, but I just do. And you'll start my vehicle up every time I go to leave the garage. And in the old days, if you did that, you would literally send all those fumes into the house. You'd smell it from all over the place. Jeff, you smell nothing. Nowadays, doing that, it just does. The smell and what we used to do even, you know, what I used to come home smelling like from the shop, you don't anymore because it's just so much cleaner.
SPEAKER 11 :
Right. Yep. Night and day. You don't realize what you don't, you know, you forget what it used to be like. That's right.
SPEAKER 18 :
That's right. Way different than what it's ever been. I've got to run to the top of the hour break. Buck and Bob, you guys hang tight. We'll come right back to you. One line open, 303-477-5600. This is Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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In this heartfelt episode of Drive Radio, we dive into the touching stories of fatherhood, shared experiences, and automotive advice that defines us. From the funny and endearing tales of holding a flashlight for our dads to the profound impact of being a father figure to many, we explore the diverse and lifelong lessons passed down through generations. Our special guest Pat Schneid and host John discuss the father's day sweet moments that tie us to our pasts and pave the way for future memories.
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SPEAKER 05 :
And we are back. Last hour, Drive Radio, KLZ 560. If you guys have anything at all you'd like to talk about and have us help you with, whatever. It could be anything from buying a car, selling a car, what car to buy. It could be you name it. You have repair problems. You've got questions. We've had a lot of that today so far. Or you want to answer the question of the day, which is give me something that... You know, dad has taught you. Your dad taught you. Could be about cars. Could be about anything. It doesn't matter. We're not being picky. You name it. We're here to talk to you. Pat Schneid joining me today from Alltech Automotive up in Fort Collins. And then, of course, Charlie Grimes, our engineer, Larry Unger, answering phones. Lines are open. I should have mentioned that a moment ago. 303-477-5600. The text line, which you guys are always texting on. I appreciate that as well. 307-200-8222.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yep, absolutely. I've got a quick dad story. Go for it. Absolutely. So you see a lot of jokes of this now on social media, memes, things about learning how to hold the flashlight for your dad.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, yes. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 07 :
So that's one thing that dad taught me, and I learned some new words during the experiences that were holding the flashlight for him and whatnot. And over the years, dad and I became very, very good friends and friends. What I found out later in life is that when he would buy something that he liked for himself, he would buy two and he would give me one because we were the same size clothing-wise, tool-wise, everything. And so at one point in my life, I became addicted to these little headlamps and the Petzl Zipka is one that is very compact. And so I bought one for myself. Liked it so much, I bought one for Dad. And when he passed four years ago, I saw it. I was standing in his garage looking at his tool bench, and I saw it on the pegboard. It was just hanging there, and Mom doesn't even know what it is. So I just grabbed it and put it in my pocket. Now I've got two of these little headlamps, and every time I grab one, I think of Dad.
SPEAKER 05 :
You know, I have similar things where I have certain items that when you pull it out, you just automatically think the same way. Pat, I fully understand that. And it's weird. It's not always... Something large. I mean, it could be a key chain. It's a trigger. Something really, you know, not high value, I guess what I'm trying to say. Exactly. You're like, oh, yeah, okay. Yeah, that brings back memories.
SPEAKER 07 :
Just the memories and the shared experiences.
SPEAKER 05 :
And those are some of the things that I do keep. And, you know, guys, hey, I do want to say this. Father's Day is tomorrow, and I know there are a lot of folks out there listening. There are some of you that had great dads, dads that taught you a lot of things about a lot of things. In other words, there probably wasn't too many things they didn't teach you. On the same token, I know there's a lot of you listening where you may not have had a great relationship with dad or may not have had a dad at all. And I hear this from some of you, and this means a lot to me, believe me. It means a lot. A lot of you, I think, at times think of us, me, others here, as dad as well. And that's quite the honor. I will just tell you that straight up. For me, it puts a tear in my eye because, believe me, it makes me feel really... Fulfilled. That's right. To know that there's a lot of you out there that think of us in that way. And really, it's what makes this show what it is. And I mean that sincerely. I'm not just saying that to say that. I mean that sincerely that you guys would think of us in that way. And you listen on a continual basis to learn things that you may not have been able to learn previously. And believe me, I mean that sincerely. And, Pat, I know you feel the same way.
SPEAKER 07 :
I do. It's the relationship and it's the meaning behind. And that's why we do it. Yep.
SPEAKER 05 :
And we'll keep doing it, folks. We're not going anywhere. So we appreciate it very much. Scott, you're next. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes. My son was driving downtown and someone spray painted his car.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 09 :
I was trying to find out the best way to clean it.
SPEAKER 05 :
First things first.
SPEAKER 09 :
It's not a big thing. It's like it was tagged.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, and it can come off. There's actually different products made. Now, most of them are more on the industrial side. And what I mean by that, there are companies that actually make paint, graffiti removal and so on. But before you go down that path, how long has the paint been on there? uh two days okay good so it's fairly new first things first people are going to laugh at me because i i say this a lot and i get a lot of jokes coming back on it try some wd-40 first put wd-40 on there let it soak a little bit take just a terry cloth towel and see what it does to loosen that up it's a good idea okay okay my wife looked it up mentioned wd-40 and i was like
SPEAKER 09 :
I'm hesitant to do that to a brand-new car.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, and WD-40 will do nothing to your current paint. That's the nice thing about it. It'll take off, you know, bugs, tar, all kind of things along those lines. Now, here's the other thing you could try. You've got to be a little careful, and you may have to do a little bit of waxing afterwards, but you can also take the, oh, those, what are those stupid, Charlie, what's the little white pads called that we use here for? Magic eraser? So you can also, Scott, lightly, don't go heavy, but you could also try a magic eraser with the WD-40. Okay. Okay? Don't go heavy because the magic eraser can cause a, you know, it won't take the paint off, but it can do a little bit of a scratch if you're not careful. But if you go lightly, you won't even scratch it, and the little bit that you do, you could take some wax to it after that, and it'll clean right up.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay. Okay.
SPEAKER 05 :
I appreciate that. And you should be okay doing that. You shouldn't have any issues.
SPEAKER 09 :
All right, thanks.
SPEAKER 05 :
You're very welcome, Scott. Appreciate that. Great call, by the way. Al, you're next. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 10 :
Hey, John. I wanted to make a comment about my dad since tomorrow's Father's Day. He's 92 now, and I'm a kid that grew up in the 60s, and my dad always had old cars, and he hated buying batteries for them, so... He would always have an extension cord running out the mail slot in front of our house to his battery charger. And he just hated buying new batteries. And ultimately, he would, I think, sell the car before he put a battery in it. Wow. One thing I learned from him was positive and negative and how to hook up and how to jump a car.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
And so that changed later in life. Obviously, he got better and his cars had new batteries. But that was my memory of him with the battery charger.
SPEAKER 07 :
That's a great memory, and I love the positive and negative because a lot of people still mix that up.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yep, I learned that from him. Thanks for letting me comment.
SPEAKER 05 :
And far too many, by the way, Al, on newer vehicles, and this is where you've got to be really careful on a new vehicle, and this is why I recommend, and we've been talking about this on the program for a long time, if you have jumper cables, I guess if you wanted to go store them away for a rainy day or something you needed them for, I guess you could still have them, but I'm one that... Throw jumper cables away. Use the jump boxes because they are made in such a way that you cannot hook them. I mean, you can hook them up backwards, but they won't do anything. It's got circuit protection in it where if you hook it up backwards, it's not going to do anything, not damaging anything to the vehicle. I can't tell you, Al, how many stories we've heard even here on this program of, Somebody getting jump-started, not having those connections correct, and wiping out electrical components on one or the other or in sometimes both vehicles by doing so. That's right.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, the extension cord out the mail slot was one thing.
SPEAKER 05 :
That's hilarious, though. And by the way, Al, I've seen that. I can visualize it. It's a good memory. I've seen it. I know exactly what you're talking about. I have seen that.
SPEAKER 10 :
I'm sure the mailman hated it.
SPEAKER 05 :
I'm sure. That's hilarious, actually. Good story.
SPEAKER 07 :
But the mailman also remembers your dad.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, good point.
SPEAKER 10 :
He sure does.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, happy Father's Day, Al. Thank you, sir.
SPEAKER 10 :
You're welcome, John.
SPEAKER 05 :
Appreciate you, man, very much. Bill and Centennial, you're next. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 14 :
Hey, shout out to Charlie for the bump music, Beach Boys. Nice, yes, absolutely. My favorite Beach Boys song was actually a remake of the Mama Papa's California Dream, which is about 35 years ago. Oh, great song. I know they have a lot of them, but that's my favorite.
SPEAKER 05 :
Good one. So anyway. Good one.
SPEAKER 14 :
Thanks for driving down. I know that's a horrible drive because my mom still lives in Loveland and I drive up to see her from Centennial and Oh, fantastic.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, it's not too bad. It was light today, usually back up on 270, but today flew right through. So, yep, I was actually here early. Good for you.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, your drive home, it won't be that nice.
SPEAKER 05 :
It never is. No, it never is. Anymore, Bill, at least for me, my drive home is as bad as it is at 6 o'clock at night in the week.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah. Until they get that widened to three lanes, it should have been done 10 years ago.
SPEAKER 05 :
20 years ago.
SPEAKER 14 :
That's right. Probably 20. It's just going to be horrible. So Father's Day, my wife is away on a girls weekend. And I'm just curious on your opinion. Could the fellas get away with doing that on Mother's Day weekend? No. No.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, Bill. That one, I am 1,000% confident the answer is no.
SPEAKER 07 :
You hooked me there because you said, I thought you were going to say, can the fellas get away with doing it? Absolutely, you can. And then you said on Mother's Day, I'm like, oh, hell no. Yeah, hell to pay afterwards, absolutely.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, I married an angel, so she probably would let me, and I'm fine with her going away.
SPEAKER 05 :
I was telling somebody this the other day, and I actually think it was either Thursday or Friday on my regular daily show, that when it comes to Father's Day, dads are pretty forgiving. You know what? We're easy. Give us a card or a pat on the back or whatever. I mean, we don't need a whole lot, Bill, at the end of the day. True story.
SPEAKER 14 :
We don't. To me, every day is Father's Day.
SPEAKER 05 :
That's right. It's all good. I'm happy no matter what.
SPEAKER 14 :
You were talking about gas and, you know, the formulas for all these emissions. Yes, yes. I try to make a point to drive by the remote sites. You go on the website, figure out where they're going to be. That's right. And then you buy them because if I go to a testing station, my blood pressure goes off the charts. And I drove by two that were supposed to be there yesterday, and they weren't there.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, that's crazy.
SPEAKER 14 :
They got statuses online. They got green, which says online or on-site testing, yellow, on-site, status unknown, and then red, not testing. And this said on-site, but status unknown. And I've driven by those before, and they've been there, but I drove by two, and they backed up and left, I guess.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, that's too bad. Yeah, because I'm with you. I would try to do everything possible to avoid going to the station, find those mobile spots and so on because, yeah, I just personally, Bill, hate going to the other place. What do you figure the lead time is in passing a mobile station before it registers with your state record? I think you have to be – Bill, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you've got to be at least 30 days out from where your renewal would be sent to you in the mail. So those are typically sent a month in advance, so you need to be about 60 days out to actually have that work, if I'm not mistaken.
SPEAKER 14 :
According to the website, it's 90 days. 90, okay.
SPEAKER 05 :
So there you go, 90 days.
SPEAKER 14 :
I forgot to add the government control part of it. Okay. It just makes me mad. As I said in the past, somebody's getting rich off that program.
SPEAKER 05 :
It's just a tax. I say it all the time. It doesn't hurt my feelings to say it at all, Bill. It's a tax. That's all it is now. That program is doing nothing, zero, when it comes to the emissions across the front range of Colorado. It has now become nothing more than a tax.
SPEAKER 14 :
And I just heard they want to raise the prices. They do.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, my gosh. Yes, they're going to try to double them. You're correct. Can we just eliminate that? Well, and I looked into this. We, you know, listener and I, you know, Mark, we tried to go down to the statehouse a few years ago and see if there was a way to actually eliminate that, put some sort of a safety inspection in in its place. And basically we were told that in this this was a true statement. So I'm not faulting any of our politicians here in Colorado because of the national impact. epa standards and where we in the front range fall with the brown cloud and so on we by mandate have to have some sort of an emissions program in place otherwise we don't get our federal highway funds and so on so the reality is bill it's not going anywhere even though it's doing nothing it's not going anywhere unless they change that on the epa level it's not going anywhere
SPEAKER 14 :
Yep, it's not. So my opinion, yours and Pat's, what's your opinion on changing your ignition coils, especially the second time you're doing plugs as part of a maintenance? Yes. Even though they're not as broken.
SPEAKER 05 :
Absolutely. That's a yes for me.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, it's not a requirement for sure, but it's preventive maintenance is the way I'd look at it. It'll keep you from, you know, you can do maintenance either on your schedule or on your car schedule. Much better to do it on your schedule in the daylight, not at 1030 at night on the side of the road. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, so I just did plugs for the second time on our 08 Fusion at 170K. Nice. And so I kind of... cheated a little you'll probably get a chuckle i just it's a v6 so the plenum has to come off yep so i just did the back three because those the plenum has to come off to get to them right funds can be fixed you know solved in three minutes and i did do uh motorcraft coils so that's good i didn't go cheap i would go ahead and just just to keep them consistent and you've done the back three just do the front three
SPEAKER 05 :
You're saying they're right there. That's right. Just do them right now. That way they're all consistent and the same.
SPEAKER 14 :
There's something to that. I think those motorcraft coils were $90 a piece. Just spending, what's that, $900, $500.
SPEAKER 07 :
Hey, Bill, has anybody ever told you that personally you're a little backwards? I mean, most people would just do the front three. Good one.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, I've owned a Taurus a few years back, and I decided to do all the plugs. And it's a V6. The plugs on the back were the originals. Oh, my gosh. Wow. At $130,000 because somebody didn't want to reach. You didn't even have to take the quantum off to do them. You just had to get the right extensions and wobble sockets and do it.
SPEAKER 07 :
That's right. They didn't want to do it. Scuff up your knuckles a little bit. Yep. Yep.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah. All right. Happy Father's Day.
SPEAKER 05 :
Happy Father's Day to you, Bill. Appreciate it. We'll take a break. We'll come back. Russ, Steve, you guys hang tight. Both from Cheyenne. We'll be right back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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Tack it up, tack it up, bodygun.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right, and we are back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Russ in Cheyenne, you're next.
SPEAKER 12 :
Hey, good morning.
SPEAKER 05 :
Good morning.
SPEAKER 12 :
Happy Father's Day. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. You know, you got me thinking about it. I think I've been listening to you guys since like 2003, maybe 2004. Yeah, that's probably...
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, we've been on air, gosh, I've got to remember, 26 or 7 years now, Russ, something like that. I mean, I started doing the show even as just a helper, I guess you could say. Wow. And then as I got further and further into it, I mean, I can remember, Richard, my youngest, is 33, and he used to come help me do the show when he was 3 and 4 years of age. So that kind of tells you how long we've been doing it.
SPEAKER 12 :
Right. Right. Well, and I will say that I've learned a lot from you guys over the years. My dad wasn't much of a mechanic. I was way into cars more than he ever was. I have learned a lot from you guys over the years, and I do appreciate the knowledge you guys share.
SPEAKER 05 :
We learn from you guys, too, Russ, you included. So I know you guys all are, you know, you're here listening to us, but I'm not exaggerating. I learn something every single week. I'm here from at least one of you, if not more.
SPEAKER 07 :
And Russ, I really appreciate your story because my dad was also not a car guy. And it is through your friendships and the relationships, you know, like attracts like. And if you're a car guy and I'm a car guy, we can all share stories and learn something.
SPEAKER 05 :
That's amazing. And not to get off track, but you guys are talking about something that I've shared during the weekly show, but I'm going to share here because I'm very sincere in saying this. In the car world, and this is something that I wish the rest of the political world would come to realize, because in the car world, we don't care who you are, what you look like, short, fat, bald, skinny. You could be black, Asian, American, Indian. I mean, I go down the list, Russ. It does not matter. In the car world, no one cares. All of that stuff literally goes away in the car world because car guys, car people are just car people, and we don't care about anything else.
SPEAKER 07 :
I literally have goosebumps from what you just said.
SPEAKER 05 :
I don't know why we can't do that everywhere else because the car world is very much that way.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yep. Yeah. Well, and I'll tell you, I like classic cars. I like old sheet metal. But I got nothing wrong with brand new stuff either.
SPEAKER 05 :
I love technology. Or Russ, even, and I'm not into certain types of cars. I'll just be straight up honest. And yet I'm still appreciative of anything anybody builds because I know the amount of time, effort, and so on that it went to do that build. So it could be a low rider. It could be a 12-inch lifted truck. It could be everything in between. And I'm still appreciative of whatever somebody builds. I agree.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. Well, and the other thing is I notice a lot of car guys. You know, I have a few kids in my circle. You know, not my kids, but kids in the periphery, friends, people I go to church with. I am always available to help those guys fix their cars. I love to teach people how to work on cars.
SPEAKER 07 :
That is perfect.
SPEAKER 12 :
Keep in the faith. Sometimes it's scary to dig into something. But it's already broke, so it's not like you're going to break it more.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, good point. That's right. Great point. It's a good way to look at it. You can't re-break it. That's right. Good way to look at it.
SPEAKER 12 :
So I've noticed that with the car culture that guys just like to help other people. Well, it's not even just guys, but they like to help other people learn about it.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 05 :
The best thing about, I mean, I think if there's anything I learned from, you know, my dad along those lines as well, Russ, is a lot of the things that we just mentioned were big things to him. It really doesn't matter what your background is, your walk of life, your income level, your race, your whatever. I mean, the reality is it's all the same in the car world. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's a true story.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, and you'll see this. You used to see this at Bandimere. The guy that comes in an open flatbed with an old race car has probably more fun than the guy that shows up with an 18-wheeler and a triple-decker car. Great point. It's all in the attitude. That's exactly right.
SPEAKER 05 :
Great point. Yeah. Money isn't everything. That's right.
SPEAKER 12 :
The guy that called in a little bit ago about the spray paint.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 12 :
Canuba wax takes spray paint off clear coats really well.
SPEAKER 05 :
That's true, too. Yeah, good point. Thank you, Russ. The yellow wax, so the yellow carnauba wax, yeah, thank you. And that would be a good follow-up, by the way. So not only could you do what I was mentioning, but that wax would also do that as well. Great tip, Russ. Yeah. Yeah, great tip.
SPEAKER 12 :
I found that the synthetic stuff doesn't work as well.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, it does not. I don't know. It doesn't have the oil and stuff in it, I don't think, Russ. Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. And then the guy that called in about the wasps?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 12 :
One thing I started doing is I put my traps out as soon as I start seeing bugs fly around in the spring.
SPEAKER 05 :
There you go. So you're doing what they talked about doing, capturing those queens and stuff, basically, what you're doing.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. And I have flower beds that water themselves. And so if you take and put a dish in your flower bed where it's getting water so that thing fills up every day, you're creating a water source for the wasps. And then if you get like a plant hanger or something like that and hang a trap above that, they come for the water and they stay for the tree.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, good idea. Great idea.
SPEAKER 12 :
And ever since I started doing that, I have to empty my traps probably two times a year now.
SPEAKER 05 :
Great idea.
SPEAKER 12 :
Because they just get too full.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, that's a good idea.
SPEAKER 12 :
But the water brings them in, and then they find food, and they're like, sweet.
SPEAKER 05 :
I do the same thing. I've got a fountain, not a smaller fountain, but the wasps love it because they can go get the water out of it. And I hang traps around that. That's perfect. It works really well. You're right on target. Yep, perfect.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, and rebate them things once a month.
SPEAKER 05 :
That's right. Yep, keep up on them.
SPEAKER 12 :
It doesn't take, you know, not a whole summer. It's about a month, and then they start losing their effectiveness.
SPEAKER 05 :
That's right. Great tips, Russ.
SPEAKER 12 :
If you have a second, I wanted to share you one good story with my dad.
SPEAKER 05 :
Go right ahead, absolutely.
SPEAKER 12 :
My dad was a lifelong railroader. He worked for the UP for 46, 47 years. Okay. And we were coming home one night, and we come up over a crest of a hill. My dad had this little 65 Beetle, pitch black, and there's a rotating light in the middle of the road in front of us and it scared the crap out of my dad and he thought it was a ufo right it turned out it was a train running down the tracks and there was just a car behind it wow and it looked like and it just the funniest thing i've ever seen because my dad's a lifelong railroad he rides rides trains for a living and yet the train just literally scared the crap out of that's hilarious
SPEAKER 05 :
Good story.
SPEAKER 12 :
It is a good story. One of those special moments that I think about and I just can't help but laugh because, I don't know, the irony of it made me laugh a lot.
SPEAKER 07 :
It was just that dark that night, yep.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. Good story. I realized it was a train as soon as I saw it.
SPEAKER 05 :
That's funny. Good story.
SPEAKER 12 :
So I do appreciate you guys.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, you as well, Russ. Appreciate your faithfulness. Thank you very much. And all the years you've been listening, I do appreciate that. Steve and Cheyenne, go ahead. You're next.
SPEAKER 11 :
Hey, John. Happy Father's Day to you and your crew there.
SPEAKER 05 :
Thank you, sir.
SPEAKER 11 :
Enjoy the show as always. Appreciate it. So I'm doing an oil change. Absolutely. Doing an oil change here on the Weiss 2021 Mazda CX-5 with the 2.5 Skyactiv turbo. Yep. So... What's your thoughts on to pre-fill the oil filter or just put it in dry?
SPEAKER 05 :
It's not necessary. I used to think back in the day it was and did that as a kid, I think, even, and pre-fill it thinking that you're not going to lose any prime or anything that way. But, Steve, they wind up so fast now. That oil pressure comes up almost immediately. And one thing I learned, and I should have known this even as a kid, is you can just keep this in mind for everybody listening. I can't tell you, Steve, how many engines as a kid that you had to take apart. It was kind of the learning process of being a young technician. And sometimes they would even say, hey, go take that engine apart that might have been sitting outside, Steve, for years. I mean, so bad that the oil pan, the valve covers, everything's rusted, and you think you're going to pull the thing apart, and it's just going to be full of water and rust, and yet you pull it apart, and guess what's still in it? That's right. Yeah, I mean, so reality is it takes a lot to drain every oil out of all of those passages and have it be completely dry. So reality is it's not an issue.
SPEAKER 07 :
And I'm thinking in that Mazda, you're probably running, what, 0.20, maybe 5.20. It's pretty thin. It spins up fast. Really fast.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah. Well, you know what? Yeah, that's a good... You just took the next question I had, and they were saying 0.20, but then it said if you have the 2.5 with Skyactiv Purple, they're saying the 5.30 synthetic. So I figured it's hot out, it's summertime. Whatever it says. So that's what I'm putting in is the 5.30, something a little bit thicker compared to the wintertime, where... Maybe the lighter oil might be better. Now, what about—I'm sorry to keep— You're fine.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, you're good. Good questions.
SPEAKER 11 :
Okay. What about maintenance interval? I think it was saying 7,500 miles.
SPEAKER 05 :
Too long. Holy cow, that's kind of— Yeah, five at most, four to five on that particular engine especially, given its direct injection, four to five, five tops. Yep.
SPEAKER 11 :
Okay. I just reset the thing, and I thought I'm going to go at 5,000. Perfect. I'm going to call John and see what he says about that.
SPEAKER 05 :
You're right on the money.
SPEAKER 11 :
Last question. I'll make it real quick. We simply bought this car a few months ago. It's got 80,000 miles. The previous gentleman was only running 85 octane, and I thought, well, I think you should be running 87 being it's a turbo.
SPEAKER 1 :
91.
SPEAKER 11 :
And the manual said 87, so that's what we're doing. Put the ethanol free gas in it. Ran to Missouri. I put some Marvel Mystery Oil in it and the ethanol-free gas. We were getting pretty good, 34 miles a gallon, heading east on I-80. But then coming back to Cheyenne, the wind and uphill, we dropped down to like 22 miles a gallon. And so anyway, I just thought the ethanol-free gas, maybe some Marvel Mystery Oil in the fuel tank and in the crankcase. might help clean things out since we're doing a highway.
SPEAKER 05 :
Actually, on that one, start doing, Steve, every oil change because of the engine that it is. Nothing against Marvel, but use the BG product. It's the best, and I don't care. I'll put it up against the test of time, period. Use the BG EPR. Add an oil change. Now, you're already doing this one. You're already done. So just wait. Do it on the next oil change. So in 5,000 miles, do the EPR. It's a product you put in before the oil change. So you put it in. You're going to bring the engine up to warm temperature. Follow the directions on the can. Just do exactly what it says. But use the EPR, the MOA, which is their oil additive, and 44K. You don't need to do 44K every oil change, but do it a couple of times a year depending upon your mileage. Yeah, 44K goes to the fuel tank. Yeah, 44K is in the tank. Gotcha. Yep.
SPEAKER 11 :
Excellent advice. Okay, very good. What about this extended warranty? We're getting these extended warranty offers every week in the mail. Just regard. Throw them away.
SPEAKER 07 :
Throw them away.
SPEAKER 11 :
That's what I told the wife. Yeah, throw them away.
SPEAKER 07 :
Take that money, put it in a shoebox, or better yet, a bank account. Do what we're saying, and you won't need it.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah. And if you take that money, just put it in a savings account. That's right. Same money, do the same thing.
SPEAKER 11 :
Do you like these vehicles, these Mazdas?
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, great vehicle. Fantastic vehicles.
SPEAKER 11 :
I thought they were pretty good.
SPEAKER 05 :
It's a great vehicle. You're doing fine there. Yep, my sister just bought one, and she loves it too. Yep, absolutely. All right, Steve, I'll let you roll. Thank you very much. Great questions, by the way. Soren, hang tight. We'll come right back to you. Lines are open 303-477-5600. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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All right, we are back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Again, Pat Schneid with me today. Alltech Automotive up in Fort Collins. If you're up in the Fort Collins area and need anything done, please reach out, find them. You can go to drive-radio.com and find them there. Or you can call directly. Number is, make sure I've got this right, 970-482-3971 works as well. Soren, what's going on, sir?
SPEAKER 08 :
Oh, not much. Just was working today. Good. Good. Getting all of our center pivots fired up.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right. Awesome. Get those things rolling.
SPEAKER 08 :
One thing my dad taught me was how to use J.B. Weld correctly.
SPEAKER 05 :
Good one, Soren. Good one.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. No, it actually is pretty useful. We use it for gluing together clay pans again when we get them broken.
SPEAKER 05 :
Clay pans. Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, it works really, really well for that.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, so what did you say, Pat? What's a clay pan?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, what's a clay pan used for?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, you use it for cooking. It makes it like a slow cooker.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay, gotcha. Oh, very good. Gotcha, gotcha. That makes sense. Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
And the JBL can hold up to the high heat for long periods of time, and it works really well.
SPEAKER 05 :
Good to know.
SPEAKER 08 :
But, yeah, that works really good. Mostly, though, my dad has taught me through proxy because all my –
SPEAKER 05 :
older brothers are the ones who teach me yeah i hear you that's all right i did the same thing i was kind of the lead and then i taught you know brother sister and yeah i i understand that part of it as well very much so yeah and then it's also my cousins i work with a lot of dad's family got it well it's a farm that's what you do that's right yeah yeah it works really good nothing wrong with that that's the way it ought to be got got taught how to drive a semi at 10 years old and how to shift at 10 speed that was pretty good yeah nothing wrong with that either good for you well a lot of kids your age uh you know young men your age soren don't even know how to drive a stick period that's correct yeah i just learned yesterday how to drive an 18 speed correctly okay but yeah that makes you employable which is it's is it a six and three what is it well no so it's um
SPEAKER 08 :
It's like an eight-speed, but then you have another set of splitters.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay, so it's a splitter. Okay, gotcha. Okay, okay. Yeah. Yeah, well, because the old brownie boxes were three and four speeds on top of whatever else you have, making them like 24, like six and four.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
We used to have a two-stick truck back in the day.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, there you go. Yeah, it had a brownie box in it then.
SPEAKER 08 :
That was pretty. Oh, yeah. My dad was telling me that one guy, one of the truckers he knew, was telling him that he could eat a sandwich, smoke a cigarette, and shift two sticks while stealing at the same time.
SPEAKER 05 :
Probably. That's a feat. Thanks for the visual. I've watched some of those guys on YouTube do some of that, Soren.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. You know, it would be pretty good to even be able to shift two sticks at the same time.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes, you do. Yes, sir. And people don't realize all of that, either double clutching or no clutch, depending upon the system. That's right.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, it's a lot easier to not clutch. Double clutching is one of the stupidest ideas ever.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yep. Yep. Well, they were made that way. You know, you do that in a car, you could end up with issues. But, yeah, that's how they were made, as you know.
SPEAKER 08 :
These new trucks, though, shift at so low RPMs. I was looking. The new ones, you're supposed to shift at 1,400 RPMs. Wow. Wow.
SPEAKER 05 :
How many do you still shift versus our automatics now?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, a lot of places are automatic. If you don't take your test in a manual, you can't drive it.
SPEAKER 05 :
I'm next to a lot of semis driving back and forth to here, and I can tell you, Soren, especially when I'm in town and there's a semi next to me, there are very few guys shifting anymore because the majority, I can hear, they're automatics.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, well, a lot of them are automated manuals.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
So... It's still like a manual. You still can have control over it, but it's all automated. Got it. So it'll do everything for you.
SPEAKER 05 :
Got it.
SPEAKER 08 :
It's a little bit different than an automatic. Kind of interesting.
SPEAKER 05 :
Got it. Cool. Well, you get back to those pivots.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, Charlie was really worried about me. He said yesterday... Normally you call in on Fridays.
SPEAKER 05 :
It was Western Day.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I didn't even call in yesterday.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, you must have been busy.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I had to go pick up a semi yesterday.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay. Well, there's your answer. Yeah. Well, you keep up the good work, Soren. We appreciate you very much.
SPEAKER 08 :
Happy Father's Day.
SPEAKER 05 :
Thank you, Soren. I appreciate that very much. Same to you and your dad and all of the folk on the farm there. All right, one last break. We'll come right back. We've got lines open. If you've got questions, we can still get things answered here before we finish up the show today. 303-477-5600. We'll be right back. Myself and Pat, this is Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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Some loud bragger tries to put me down and says this school is great. I tell him right away, now what's the matter, buddy? Ain't you heard of my school? It is number one in the state. Hey, hey, take it away. Get that ball and fight. So go and turn to your school. All right. All right. All right.
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All right. All right. All right.
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And Charlie's been playing Beach Boys most of the day today because of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys passing away this last week. So appreciate Charlie doing that. Those are great songs. Awesome songs. It was a great band back in the day, so I will say that. Kyle in Dallas, you're up. Go ahead.
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Hey, how you doing today?
SPEAKER 05 :
We're good, sir. Thanks for calling.
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, yeah. Hey, I just had a couple of things to add to the question of the day. My dad wasn't around very much when I was growing up, so my granddad, fortunately, was a good role model. And a couple of things he taught me was use the right tool for the right application. I mean, don't use a screwdriver for a chisel and don't use a wrench for a hammer.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right.
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And another thing he taught me was, you know, at the end of the day, I think I've heard you talk about this, at the end of the job, Clean up your tools and put them back in the right place. That way they'll be there for the next time you use them.
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Yeah, nothing worse, especially when you're a production technician, which I was for a long time, Kyle. Nothing worse than trying to keep everything organized and get to the next job when you hadn't finished the last job because of what you're saying. And then you apply that to home or wherever you're doing it. It just makes everything for the next go around that much easier. Yes.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, I've done work with friends of mine that look in their toolbox and, oh, my gosh, you look in there and everything's just thrown in there and it's filthy and you can't find anything. That kind of thing just drives me crazy.
SPEAKER 05 :
Really quick, just to dovetail into that, because this is a change in the last several years, for sure the last – decade the amount of now toolbox organizers that we did not have when I was young in the toolbox where you used to either have to keep the wrenches in the box they came in or you had to kind of lay them out and hopefully they stayed put the amount of organizers now for socket and wrenches and pliers and screwdrivers and I Everything, anything you can almost think of, Kyle, that is available today, oh, my word, can you organize a toolbox much better now than ever. Which is really cool. Yeah, way better than it's ever been.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, back in the day, you had to buy a lot of that stuff from Snap-on or Matco.
SPEAKER 05 :
That's right.
SPEAKER 15 :
Now you can go into Home Depot and find just all kinds of organizers and toolboxes.
SPEAKER 05 :
Correct. It used to be, Kyle, in some cases we had to make our own because there just wasn't anything back in the day that – that existed and it was really hard in some cases keeping all that stuff straight because you know as you know that you know a toolbox drawer is going in and out in and out in and out meaning that every time you do that something is shifting and man the organizers we have today are just they're second to none
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Well, the last thing he taught me was, you know, when you're working on something and you get frustrated with it and you can't figure it out, he said, you know, you can look at a problem as an opportunity to not only persevere but to learn something. I mean, I remember so many times I would be working on something and I would get frustrated with it or I just didn't know what the next step was and I would stand back. and just look at it, or maybe even just take a break and come back and stand there and just look at it. And then I would go down through the checklist through my head, and I would eventually figure it out. And that's just a good method to use in repairs that you can even carry on to other things in life, is just slow down and think about something and just do it methodically.
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The other thing that mine taught, and I, of course, being a business owner and then dovetailing into a lot of that, Kyle, was along those same lines was if you can get me the actual schematics of how it's built, not a repair manual, but just I want the drawing of how this thing is all put together and how all the parts fit in. You know, typically, Kyle, that's enough to kind of tell you what direction you need to head to get something repaired. If I know the breakdown of it, I can pretty much tell you how it's going to have to come apart and go back together.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, you know, just recently I had to replace a part on my refrigerator, so I called up Samsung to ask about the parts, and I asked them, I had them send me an exploded view of the door of my refrigerator because I can work off of an exploded view.
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Nice. Yep. I'm with you on that. That's exactly. Makes sense. And I think for mechanically minded people where you're used to doing some of that, that is in a lot of cases a really good hint as to what you need to do next.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah. Well, you have a good Father's Day. I will.
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Good show, and talk to you later. Thank you very much, Kyle. I appreciate it, and we will plan on doing so. Some of you guys have got a few things that came in on, you know, what did Dad teach? If you need a tool, buy it. That's what somebody said. My dad taught me everything I know, but not everything he knows. Ha, ha. Oh, that's a good one, by the way. Others of you were commenting on even Soren's point that you had to pass down your information to siblings. You kind of became the proxy, things along those lines. And again, dads teach each and every one of us something different. And again, as I said earlier, for a lot of you listening, and I'm sorry to say that not every – Dad is a great dad, and some of you guys had to be self-taught and learn on your own, or you had other mentors in your life. Some of you had grandfathers or stepdads or whatever the case may be. And all I can say is, and I had this conversation this past week on my daily program, you know what, guys? You can break that cycle. So some of you that are listening to where you may not have had great instruction from your dad, well, you know what? Break that cycle. And even if you don't have kids, find a neighbor kid. Find somebody that you can have some influence on and break that cycle. Because what I also know, and this is why I do this program every week. I'll just give you guys a little bit of insight here. I feel like... The more I'm giving and teaching, which is kind of what we do here on Drive Radio, the more I'm receiving. So like I said earlier, there's a lot of you that you guys have been very complimentary today in telling us, you know, hey, I learn a lot. I listen to you guys. I appreciate it. Well, guess what? We do as well. There is never a week that goes by that I don't go home with more knowledge from doing this show, from listening to all of you give us feedback, text messages, calling in, all those different things. There is never a week that goes by that I'm not smarter from doing this show because of all of you. And it's not because of what I'm doing. It's because of what all of you are doing. Right. 100%. What goes around comes around, and we find fun in the journey. Absolutely. So, again, Father's Day tomorrow, I would encourage you guys, you know, spend some time. If Dad is still around, spend some time with him. If not, you know what? Spend some time with your own kids. If you don't have your own kids, well, then just enjoy the day anyways. And, you know, everybody's in a little different circumstance as far as that goes. But if your dad is around... Spend some time with them. Let them know you love them and you appreciate what they did. And again, what goes around, I'm a big believer in this, what goes around comes around. And what you're dishing back out, what you're giving, in my opinion, matters more than what we're receiving. So just remember that tomorrow as you celebrate Father's Day. So Pat, thank you again for coming down. I appreciate it very much. Hey, thanks for having us. Always a good time. Always a joy. Charlie Grimes, Larry Unger, you guys as well, thank you so much for what you do for us each and every week as well. And you guys, hey, enjoy the rest of your weekend. Happy Father's Day tomorrow and Sunday. If you're listening to Replay, it's that same day. But thank you so much. We appreciate it. Have a great weekend. This is Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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