Join Kim Monson as she delves into the pressing issues of the day, asking whether policies promote freedom or enforce force. This episode features a rich discussion on the complexities of governance with guests Alan Thomas and Ben Williams, and explores topics like early childhood taxing districts and what it means to be a fascist today. Get unique insights into Colorado’s political landscape and learn about the importance of being an informed voter in upcoming local elections.
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It’s the Kim Monson Show, analyzing the most important stories.
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An early childhood taxing district? What on earth is that?
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The latest in politics and world affairs.
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I don’t think that we should be passing legislation that is so complicated that people kind of throw up their hands and say, I can’t understand that.
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Today’s current opinions and ideas.
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And it’s not fair just because you’re a big business that you get a break on this and the little guy doesn’t.
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Is it freedom or is it force? Let’s have a conversation.
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Indeed, let’s have a conversation. And welcome to The Kim Monson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You each are treasured, you’re valued, you have purpose. Today, strive for excellence. Take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body. My friends, we were made for this moment in history. And thank you to the team. That’s Producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Teresa, Amanda and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting happy Friday and happy Halloween producer Joe happy Halloween Kim can you believe what happened to October did it just zoom by I can’t believe it
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I think I blinked and the year was over.
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And you’re too young to have that happen, I tell you. And, boy, we’ve got a full house today. Alan Thomas is in studio, and we’re going to be talking about your essay that we will roll out this weekend, and that is, What is a Fascist? Talk about great timing on this.
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Well, it was obviously inspired by what happened last month with Charlie Kirk. So I had to take a little bit of a breather to make sure and write this and not be too emotional about it, shall we say.
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Well, I’m excited to talk about it. Ben Williams is in studio, great sponsor of the show with Ben’s, and that’s B-E-N-Z, Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. Great to have you here.
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Thank you, Kim. Always a treat to be here.
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And Kane is in studio, the founder of Task Force Freedom Northern Colorado, and we’ll get an update. In fact, you sent the most interesting video to me about a young man that we’re going to talk about as well.
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So it’s Task Force Freedom at noco.com. And please visit our site. We’re a 501c4. We appreciate any donations you can make to our organization. And I’m so happy to be here with the Zen of Ben’s and Alan, the intellectual. I consider myself the robust pontificate.
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Well, you are. And I was actually traveling the last time you guys were all in the studio. And it was with a little, I’ll use the word of the day from yesterday, trepidation. I had a little trepidation on that, but it all worked out okay.
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It did. We didn’t set fire to anything or, I mean, everything went well or something.
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That is good. That is good. So let’s jump in here. First of all, as you know, I have great sponsors. And one of those is Hooters Restaurants. They have locations in Loveland, Westminster, and on Parker Road in Aurora. And great specials Monday through Friday. Kurt Gerwitz was in studio last week, so we had lunch over at Hooters. The Hooters near the station. And I think they have the best nachos. But they have great specials Monday through Friday. Lunch, happy hour, great place to watch the games, the Broncos. And, again, I really appreciate their sponsorship of the show.
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Okay. There, you heard it from Kane. And do you go to the one normally up in Westminster? Or I mean, Loveland?
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Right off the 25 there. Right. Okay.
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So let’s stay on task with Task Force Freedom Northern Colorado. And that is because we’ve got a lot to talk about today. I have about three pages of headlines, which I’ve not talked about this week. We’ll see what happens next week. But as you know, we search for truth and clarity. by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And it’s never compassionate nor altruistic to take other people’s stuff, whether or not it’s their rights, their property, freedom, livelihood, opportunity, childhood, which is what you watch on a regular basis, Cain, or lives via force. And force can be a weapon, but it can be policy, unpredictable, an excess of taxation, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation. and this agenda of the World Economic Forum and the globalist elites. And remember, if something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. Let’s get over here to our word of the day. If I can remember what it is, it is, oh, encapsulate. And it is spelled E-N-C-A-P-S-U-L-A-T-E. And could be to encase in or as if in a capsule or to express in a brief summary or epitomize. And they offered this sentence, headlines that encapsulate the news. I would say the Kim Monson show many times encapsulates what’s happening out there. So also, it is Friday, and so we will be sharing a quote from the Medal of Honor quote book from the Center for American Values, which I really recommend that you check out their website. Drew Dix, who is a co-founder of the Center and also a Medal of Honor recipient, said, put together, he and Brad Padula realized we need to focus on these principles of honor, integrity, and patriotism. And so that’s why they founded the center. And Drew has done a great new podcast series, Words from the Siloam. And so our quote today is from Michael J. Novosel, Sr., born in 1922, died in 2006. He was born in Alabama. He served in the United States military during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. He flew the B-29 Super Fortress bomber in World War II. And to serve in the Vietnam War, he gave up the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve and became a chief warrant officer in the Army. And he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the United States’ highest military decoration, for his bravery in conducting a metal evacuation under fire in the Vietnam War. Ben and Cain, you’re both veterans, right? This is a pretty big deal, isn’t it?
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To give up colonel and go to warrant officer, that’s like going from… Close to the top of the heap, way, way down to the bottom of warrant officers right between NCOs and officers. So he took like a massive, massive pay cut.
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And just to clarify, NCO is non-commissioned.
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Okay. Okay. So Alan and I are going to share the citation of what he did and why he was awarded the highest military award, and that is the Medal of Honor in English. This was on October 2, 1969. He was born in 1922, so he was like 47 years old when he did this. And this is it. It says, He unhesitatingly maneuvered his helicopter into a heavily fortified and defended enemy training area where a group of wounded Vietnamese soldiers were pinned down by a large enemy force. Flying without a gunship or other cover, and exposed to intense machine gun fire, Chief Warrant Officer Novosel was able to locate and rescue a wounded soldier. Since all communications with the beleaguered troops had been lost, he repeatedly circled the battle area, flying at low level under continuous heavy fire to attract the attention of the scattered friendly troops. This display of courage visibly raised their morale as they recognized this as a signal to assemble for evacuation.
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Hmm. Hmm. As the man was pulled on board, enemy automatic weapons opened fire at close range, damaging the aircraft and wounding Chief Warrant Officer Novosel. He momentarily lost control of the aircraft but quickly recovered and departed under the withering enemy fire. In all, 15 extremely hazardous extractions were performed in order to remove wounded personnel. As a direct result of his selfless conduct, the lives of 29 soldiers were saved. The extraordinary heroism displayed by Chief Warrant Officer Novosel was an inspiration to his comrades in arms and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
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Wow. Okay, and this is what he said. This is his quote from the Medal of Honor quote book, which I’d recommend that you have. It’s a great gift for Christmas or Hanukkah. He said, And that is Michael J. Novosel. and we are in election season any candidate that reaches out to me i will get them on the air and we have robin karnes on the line she is a can she is actually running for re-election for centennial city council and these positions are so important robin karnes welcome to the show hi kim thanks so much for having me on this morning well and you are running for re-election uh for the city council in centennial correct
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Yes, I am. District 1, which is the furthest, the most western part of Centennial. We border Whittleson, so it’s Broadway. Broadway to Colorado, Orchard to County Lines.
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Home to about 22,000 people in Centennial. Okay, so for your election, is it only people in your district that can vote for you, or is it across all of Centennial?
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Yes, it is only people in my district. So that is why it is so important to get out the vote. I love that you mentioned the local elections are so important, which you know fully as a former councilwoman, right? Yes. Definitely. And so we really are motivating people to get out the vote. So people in District 1 can vote for a candidate, for instance myself, as well as the mayoral candidate. And I’d love to put a plug in here for Don Sheehan, who is currently endorsed by our mayor. I’m also endorsing him. He lives on the west side, or excuse me, the east side, but he is also running for mayor. And so, yes, people will be able to vote for two individuals.
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So these races are so important. We are seeing this across the metro area. What are the issues that you are concerned about and that you’re working on for Centennial Robin Carnes?
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Yeah, I would say that the two biggest issues right now are crime and public safety, right? People do not feel safe. Nothing else matters. And that still is an issue. Centennial’s crime rate has dropped significantly, but we’re still in this sea of Colorado. where we are not very proud of our statistics when it comes to crime and public safety. We’re one of the most dangerous states to live in. However, because we simply don’t know how to deal with those that go against the law. As a wife of someone in law enforcement, I know this fully. So I would say crime and public safety is very significant. And the real issue is we have men and women who will make the arrests But the problem is we can’t prosecute them, right? And so we’re very, very lax on the crime doers. I grew up going to school for education.
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And Robin, we want to clarify, it’s because of public policy coming from the state, yes?
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That’s right. Absolutely. In fact, I had a cooperating teacher when I went to school for education who said, you don’t give kids three strikes and they’re out. You give them one because they have two more to screw up. Right. And then it’s just chaos. And that’s really our city. Not Centennial, I would say, but it is Colorado. And so crime and public safety is the number one issue. But I will mention, again, Centennial is doing great because we prioritize it when it comes to funding and allocation of resources. The second major issue issue is going to be affordability. And that’s where we are fighting so hard to keep taxes and fees low. Do not be misled. Your fees are really taxed in disguise. And then the other major issue circling that everybody’s talking about is housing and affordability. Now, I want to just speak on this. I am in real estate. and there are over four homes for sale on my street in a working class neighborhood where we have no hoa so it’s not just a lack of inventory we have more inventory here in colorado than ever before but there’s red tape there’s policies that have made it very hard to build very hard to keep a home right people can have their home paid off but they can’t afford property taxes again we go back to the state for this and when you ask what are we hearing on the campaign trail um people love centennial i ask when i knock on doors you know what keeps you at night up at night are you happy with the city and the response is we’re very happy with centennial but we’re very concerned about the state and what the state’s doing and how the state is encroaching on the city and so that’s that’s a big issue um and so we need to have council men and women and mayors that will be pushing back
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on what is happening down at the state house and i think it’s important to understand robin is that now the um these races for mayor and city council are considered non-partisan as well as for school boards but the democrat party that is in control down here at the state house and the governor’s house is not the democrat party of jfk or your grandpa and your grandma And I think it’s important that people understand that. It’s no longer a Democrat versus Republican issues anymore. It’s really those that are radical and activists that want to maintain control over our communities and our lives. And that’s why the race that you’re in is so important. So how can people get more information? Election Day is this Tuesday. Ballots are due by 7 p.m. It’s too late to mail them. Do not mail them. And so how can people get more information about you, Robyn Carnes?
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So they can go to my website, CarnesFirstCentennial.com. And Kim, I’ll just end on this because I think it really wraps up what you’re saying. I made a run for Colorado State Senate last fall, right, because the state was doing so much overreach. Within that, I lost by 4% to an incumbent, which is nothing. He should have kicked my tail. But in his victory letter, he said… We’ve taken every state house. Now we’re going to go after every council seat, every mayoral seat, every county commissioner seat. So it is a very targeted action. And do not be mistaken, they have massive dark money coming from out of state that has entered into our race. I’ll just say this, Coloradans, you are smarter than this. Centennial is smarter than this. Do not be played. We are not We are not owned and we will not be bought by anyone or anything. And we’ll end on that.
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Yeah. And Carnes is spelled with a C, right? So one more time, your website. Yep. Sure, sure, sure. Carnes for Centennial.
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C-A-R-N-E-S. Four is F-O-R. Centennial.com. We’re still raising support. The last couple days is when 50% of people are voting. So we’ll still take your support. We’ll still take your phone call to help us. reach voters. I appreciate, Kim, you having me on this morning.
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It’s very helpful. And yes, now it’s important to vote. It’s important to be an informed voter, not an influenced voter. So I’m going to make a plug for my voter’s guide, which you can download at KimMonson.com as well, where we’re looking at the issues. Robin Carnes, thank you for stepping forward to serve the people of Centennial and the people of Colorado. Have a great day. Thank you, Kim. Bye-bye. And these important discussions happen because of our sponsors. And the Roger Mangan State Farm Insurance Team wants you to feel safe and well served and to understand your insurance coverage and know that their office will respond to your call or text 24 hours a day. So for that 24-hour peace of mind, call Roger Mangan at 303-795-8855. Like a good neighbor, the Roger Mangan Team is there.
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There’s so much noise coming at us. Sometimes it is difficult to make sense of it all. How can you sift through the clamor for your attention and get to the truth? The Kim Monson Show is here to help. Kim searches for truth and clarity by examining issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. Tune in to the Kim Monson Show each weekday, 6 to 8 a.m. with encores 1 to 2 p.m. and 10 to 11 p.m. on KLZ 560 AM, KLZ 100.7 FM. The KLZ website, the KLZ app, and Alexa. Play KLZ. Shows can also be found at KimMonson.com, Spotify, and iTunes.
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Indeed, it is Friday. And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. And check out my website. It is election season. We want you to be an informed voter, not an influenced voter. And you can do that by going to my website and clicking on the red banner at the top. and download that and uh so regarding the city council and mayor races you can reach out to your city clerk and get the candidates contact information and i gave you some questions that you might want to ask them and then regarding a school board races transform colorado.com uh hold on uh maybe maybe no i think it’s dot org joe do you remember which one it is It is, yeah, transformcolorado.org is a great resource for school board races. In Douglas County, which is where I live, recommending voting for Keaton Gamble, Dee Dee Kramer, Matt Smith, and Steve Vail. And we’ve got a full house. We have Alan Thomas and Kane and Ben Williams, one of our great sponsors with Ben’s Plumbing, Heating and Cooling. And November is right around the corner and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. People are going to be having family in. So what are some of the things we should know as we’re getting into autumn here?
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Yeah, this brings up a whole new dynamic when it comes to plumbing and things like that. One thing I’ll mention real quick. Now, I do not do drain cleaning, but the tree roots become more active in the fall. Oh. And so if you have a history of some tree roots, this is a great time to get your drain cleaned out. Make sure you have plenty of toilet paper in the bathroom so people aren’t using the Thanksgiving napkins. That will be a disaster. Just FYI. Who knew? Yeah. I’m telling you, Thanksgiving is a great time for plumbers. One thing you really want to do.
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So you have a lot to be grateful about.
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Lots to be thankful for, yeah. Disconnecting your hoses. I know we’ve had temperatures in the 20s already. You want to make sure your hoses are disconnected. You can use them through the winter if you need to. But have you ever thought about why pipes break when they freeze? No. A little bit of chemistry here. By the way, if you’re a homeschool family, how could people look this up to listen to later, Kim, if their kids are up later? The KLZ app?
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If they want to listen later, this particular hour will be rebroadcast 1 to 2 in the afternoon on all KLZ 560 platforms. Tomorrow, we should have the podcast on the Kim Monson website or Spotify and iTunes.
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Okay, so homeschoolers take note because it’s going to be a fun little one here. So the reason that water expands when it freezes, the hydrogen and oxygen molecules, because water is H2O, right? They have a slight negative and positive charge. And so when it freezes, it causes them to form into an open hexagonal crystal structure. Okay. which takes up more room than when it’s not frozen. It’s just kind of this fluid thing that’s working together, right? Oh, and I brought in a few props.
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This is radio.
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Instead of show and tell, we’re doing tell and tell. Okay. So you’re familiar with your hose bib that you hook up your garden hose to. Right. And basically you see the handle and the spout. Right. The part that you don’t see is this pipe that goes back into your house about a foot or so. And so when you turn this, there’s a rod that actually goes all the way back about a foot inside your house where hopefully it’s not frozen.
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Okay. Okay.
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And so if your hose is disconnected, this water can drain out of the pipe because it’s shutting off a foot back inside of your house. But if your hose is hooked up, especially with a sprayer, it keeps water inside this pipe. And it freezes. And then we get a freeze break, which usually occurs inside your house somewhere. Which is a mess. You see water running down your, you know, you’re thinking, man, maybe my sewer’s backed up because the floor’s all wet.
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Yeah.
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Well, it’s water that’s been running down the wall.
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Okay.
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So that’s why we want to disconnect our hoses. Okay. All righty. And just as a side note. I just got back from Cancun. My daughter turned 40. We had a nice little time down there. Sometimes it’s good to disconnect from our routine. I cannot believe how relaxed I feel since getting back. It’s like, you know, the world’s on fire, but it’s okay.
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I’m relaxed. Yeah, it is on fire. There’s no doubt about that. One thing, Ben, is also you mentioned the sprayer. And I think it’s important to disconnect the sprayer as well. Doesn’t that help that tool?
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So the water can drain out. Absolutely. Okay.
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So next question, garbage disposals. And we take them for granted, yes?
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Yes, we do. And plumbers get so much business from garbage disposals. It is unbelievable. So… Kim, I don’t know how you are on fractions.
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I used to be really good.
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Okay, well, we’ll run this by you. So this is an inch and a half pipe. Okay. Your garbage disposal, unless we’re talking commercial, but your typical home garbage disposal goes into a inch and a half pipe. Well, if you look at this T-fitting, they have a little baffle in there. Do you see that? Yeah. It basically cuts the pipe in half so that it’s not shooting stuff up in the other side of the sink. Okay. So your inch and a half opening now goes down to…
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Let’s see. Three quarters of an inch. Yeah.
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Man, they’re good. Yeah. And so even though, dudes, I know that last Thanksgiving you had some plumbing problems, but you went out and bought that 55 horsepower turbocharged with afterburner garbage disposal.
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Yeah.
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And you’re like, I’m ready for Mabel this year. Yeah. Guys, the disposal is not the problem. It’s the pipe.
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Okay.
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And I don’t care how, if you could grind up a whole cow in two minutes, that’s fine, but it still has to go through your pipes. And so often your pipes are, they have gook inside of them anyway.
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Okay.
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And then when you’re going from this inch and a half pipe down to a three quarter inch opening, it just is not going to happen. Okay. So when you put grandma in charge of peeling that 20 pound bag of potatoes for Thanksgiving.
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Yeah.
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Don’t be bragging about your garbage disposal that you got.
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Have her put that on a piece of newspaper in the trash.
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Yes, in the trash, in the compost pile, whatever. And if you want to be a little bit proactive, there’s a neat drain product called Drain Care. Now, there’s a lot of bacterial enzyme type drain cleaners that can work. These little microbes eat up the gook.
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Okay.
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Right?
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Okay. I think Joe wants to jump in here.
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Yeah. Is that why you’re not supposed to put eggshells in there? They don’t break down, and so they get stopped up with all that extra gook as well?
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Yep. Yep, exactly. Honestly, folks, don’t put anything down your garbage disposal.
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Okay, that’s the buy. Unless you want to contribute to a plumber’s retirement, right?
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Exactly, yeah. It generates a lot of money for plumbers. So, yeah, I just want to say, like these little microbes, if you’re using a bacterial enzyme drain cleaner, this is not going to open up a stopped-up drain. Excuse me, but it will. eat the little stuff that’s right in front of it. Okay, so over time. Over time. It’s a nice preventative measure. So that’s the same thing for us. You know what? We can all have an impact on our local community by showing up and getting involved. We can’t affect what’s going on in the big scene necessarily. I’m not in that position. Most of us aren’t. But we can all do something just to affect our local community. And part of that, we can pray for the Kim Monson show. We can pray for our local and state leaders. Federal leaders. Thank you. And as I mentioned last week, guys, if you would like a Bible, maybe you’ve got some college kids coming home and they’re just questioning, contact me, 303-995-1636. I will be happy to either mail or meet up with you to get you a Bible. It’s in modern, easy-to-read English with some illustrative helps in there, so… Yeah, give me a call. I’ll be happy to get one to you.
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What’s that number again, Ben?
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303-995-1636.
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And I think hopefully we’re going to have a little bit of time in the second hour, because I want to ask you about when the gangs all hear what happens with hot water keyters. So we’re going to… Yeah, we can talk about that. Yeah, so we’ll talk about that in the second hour. These are important discussions that we have. In studio with me is Alan Thomas, who is a frequent guest host of the show, and Kane, who is the founder of Task Force Freedom Northern Colorado, and Ben… Williams with Bins Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. We are blessed with amazing sponsors, and we talked with them yesterday, and that was Teddy Collins. He and Alicia Garcia are the co-founders of the Second Syndicate.
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Indeed, it is Friday. It is Halloween. And thank you so much, Sandra. She said this day in the Orthodox Christian calendar begins observing All Saints Day, October 30 through October 31. And so she says her greeting is Happy All Saints Day. I love that. And she said this is the day to pay homage to those who have sacrificed for our Lord Jesus Christ. So, Sondra, thank you so much for that. I really do appreciate that. In studio with me is Ben Williams with Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. And what’s that number again? 303-995-1636. And you make a very important point. Many people, our kids have gone off to college or coming home for the holidays and to have a Bible that they could have. You’ll send it to them, right?
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Yes, absolutely. And I just want to be really clear. This isn’t the old King James. Nothing against it. I grew up on that. But this is modern day English. that they could read and go, oh, I get this. And it has some really cool illustrated stuff in it that will just pique their interest. So, yeah, please, I’d love to get one to you. Awesome. Thank you.
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Thank you. Kane is in studio. We’ll focus on him in the second hour and what you’re doing with Task Force Freedom Northern Colorado.
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Yes, ma’am. And as Pete Hexeth said on a YouTube video, Take your children out of the government schools. They are not safe and they are purposely harming them.
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And turn the spigot off on all these tax increases and debt. Say no to all of it because they try to teach our kids that it is the business person that’s creating jobs or the employer that’s greedy. Guess who’s greedy? It’s the PBIs that want to keep all of our money.
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Well, and part of their brainwashing is they run these wonderful commercials of kids eating these beautiful green apples and how we should help them. And I simply say, stop giving these people your money. Just say no.
SPEAKER 08 :
He’s referencing the two issues that are on the statewide ballot, Proposition LL and Proposition MM. They go back to Proposition FF from 2022. He can’t make this stuff up. But Proposition 2022 was healthy meals for all children. And they said that they wanted to raise $107 million. And they were only going to tax some people, not everybody. So just based on that, that’s not okay. But then they collected $12 million more than the $107 million. And so Proposition LL is saying, hey, can we keep that? I think that’s greedy king.
SPEAKER 12 :
I think we should just say no every time these people, every time they ask for our money, say no. Tell them, I tell you what, you take care of your home. You take care of the house first. You take care of your bills. You do what I have to do in my own household. I can’t just go ask my boss, hey, I need another $20,000. He’s not going to give it to me.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, you could ask him. He’s not going to give it to me. But you know what he’s going to do?
SPEAKER 12 :
He’s going to say no. He’s going to say no. So we need to just say no.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. And so instead of healthy school meals for all children, I think it’s padding the pockets of bureaucrats. There may be an apple that gets to a kid for $100 million, but the PBIs, they’ll be taking their take. But on that, let’s get over here to Alan Thomas, because we’ll be rolling out your, I’m sure it’s going to garner some looks, and that is titled, What is a Fascist? Alan Thomas, where do we begin?
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, it’s kind of funny because it’s about the use of words, really, right? Because, you know, we talk about people that want to have good intentions and provide all these free school lunches. But it always reminds me of The Princess Bride, right? When finally the hero goes, I don’t think that word means what you think it means. You know, and he just kind of it’s a great chuckle moment. But it’s also true because he keeps saying that’s inconceivable. But then it keeps happening. So therefore, it is conceivable. Right. So we say free lunches, but it’s not actually free. We say fascist. But what does that actually mean? Because we’ve seen this word really become a lot more popular. frequent and ubiquitous in our political discord i’ve seen it on the right and the left like hey you’re a fascist this is fascism and really it was okay at first because it’s like okay i’m not going to talk with you because you clearly don’t know what that word means and if you’re not going to use words correctly you’re not ready for an intellectual conversation in discord But that all really changed September 10th when the assassin, and I’m never going to use his name, murdered Charlie Kirk. And on one of the bullets that he didn’t fire, he said, hey, fascist, catch. It really changed the… level of which the word is being used when it’s being used to purposely silence people and Murder people and put a target on their back in our public So this was something I had the idea to do last month, but it was a little too close to this event It might garner the wrong type of backlash so I wanted to wait a month and really give it the due attention that it deserves, because this is a really important word in our political discourse, this term fascist. And it really became a word, of course, around World War II. We saw the rise of socialism, these national socialist parties. That’s what Nazi stands for. That’s what Nazi stands for.
SPEAKER 08 :
And at the same time… Socialists, connect that dot. Exactly.
SPEAKER 11 :
Exactly. Well, and that’s a very important dot that I do want to fully connect, the ties between socialism and fascism, because there are stark differences. But they were born out of this revolutionary socialist movement, this national socialist movement in Germany. And then, of course, Benito Mussolini had a similar socialist movement over in Italy. And the interesting root of the word fascist comes from… And I’m not perfect at Italian, but fasci, which is an ancient Roman symbol of an axe that has a bundle of rods all around it. And really, Mussolini used this as a symbol of what he called a fascist bloc. So he was trying to… invoked this image of a uniting bundle of rods united under this powerful axe and that really became something to symbolize the fascist movement and something that fascists at the time self-identified as. It wasn’t this insult to be a fascist in Italy or in Germany. This was a self-identifying political idea and political movement saying, hey, we believe in this fascism. And the interesting part of it is, it used socialism more as a vehicle in order to garner power, but then quickly both Hitler and Mussolini abandoned socialism and actually were actively against it once they fully consolidated power and came into power. And it really was born of two different ideas. One, socialism is really revolutionary in the fact that it wants to create this class warfare, whereas fascism believes in, as Mussolini kind of bluntly said it, everything in the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state. So socialism uses this class warfare to gain political power, whereas fascism believes in one ubiquitous class, right? They don’t want different classes fighting against each other. They want one party under the state. They want one class under the state. Everything is consolidated under the state warfare. So they realized socialism was going to create different classes that were going to war against each other. That might actually challenge the state control over their entire country.
SPEAKER 08 :
So with fascism, though, it is basically the elites and everybody else. Yes. The leader. What would you say?
SPEAKER 11 :
Yes. The leader and the state. But those are both kind of clumped into one. Right. So we would say elites, but they would say actually the state party. They would say there needs to be a state party led by a powerful ruler. And those are seen as one in the same as the government. So it’s not really dividing it into classes so much as it’s saying, hey, we look up to those guys for everything. And that was also his problem with socialism, too, was this moral relativism. They were very against as fascists. They said, no, moral relativism is a horrible thing. But also moral absolutism that a lot of conservatives believe in isn’t what they were for either. They didn’t believe that truth could be found, discovered, and debated. Instead, truth was absolute insofar as what the state said was truth is truth. Does that make sense? So it’s slightly different. It’s not progressive liberal moral relativism, but it’s also not moral absolutism like you and I believe in. where we believe, hey, you know, there is a truth out there. We can figure out what morality is through debate, through intellectual reasoning. They said, hey, if the state says it’s true, then it is true.
SPEAKER 08 :
Oh, my gosh. We’ve seen some of that. And I’m going to share a story, which I think you guys, if you’ve heard me speak, I’ve shared this story. But it’s from when I was in Normandy in 2016. And we were with 40 Day Veterans Association. There were 24, 26 of us. Because we were with the veterans, we got to hang with the special stuff. At the fields of Lafayette, they do a big paratrooper jump. And because we were with the vets, we got to go to the viewing stand. And so one of the guys that was with us was Ralph from Holland. He was one of our interpreters. And he came over and he said, There’s a German World War II veteran here that was at D-Day, and he wants to talk to our guys. And he told this story, and he said that I was on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and as the Allies were coming on shore. And he said that they had the day of the firefights and he said that he was on the beach and he saw this young GI come up on the beach and he pulled out his carbine and he pulled the trigger and hit the guy in the stomach. And the American GI went down on his knees and he made the sign of the cross and he fell down and he turned over and he died. And this German… And Soldier said, that moment changed my life. He said, here was a young man who was across an ocean, away from his family, putting his life on the line for people that he didn’t even know so that they could be free. He said, all I ever knew was Hitler. Hitler was everything. And he said, so I deserted. He said, eventually I was captured. I was sent to Siberia to go out on different details that I should not have survived. He said, here I am all these years later to say that one action by that one American GI changed my life. And so to that point, he was taught that Hitler, the state was everything.
SPEAKER 11 :
And it was done in a… in a way that was very pragmatic and very controlled. And it’s interesting too, as we sit here and we say we are pretty adamant supporters of our Second Amendment and our First Amendment, it was the opposite of what a fascist would believe. And Hitler and Mussolini knew if you control what people can say, if you can control the press, if you can control their ability to not peacefully assemble, again there’s no opposition to the state that’s allowed to be against the state is treasonous so there’s no opposition parties the opposition is jailed or silenced the press has to put out what the state says they should put out and so it’s it’s very easy to see somebody that is born in this cocoon of state-sponsored censorship, would then come to trust, naturally, the state anyway. Because they have no other, one, ability to get any other information that conflicts with what they’ve been given. But also, they’re not allowed to. I mean, when you see your neighbor hauled off and jailed or sent to Siberia for disagreeing with the government, It makes you think twice about standing out in the street and saying, hey, I don’t think what these guys are doing is right.
SPEAKER 12 :
So would you say then the Marxicoms, the Democrats, they’re the fascists?
SPEAKER 11 :
No, no. And because they are different and I don’t want the government, they are the government. And that’s very important because I do want to say we’re using this word almost to silence people. And so it’s wrong of us on the right to also use the word to silence them and to say, you are actually more fascist than I am only because we, there’s a rhetorical disadvantage at doing that. There’s rhetorical disadvantage to saying, you know, if I say, hey, you know, you’re a horse, and so therefore you should not eat at the table with me, you’re gonna sit there and go, I’m not a horse. I’m not gonna listen to this guy. He clearly doesn’t know what he’s doing. But there is a way to ask Socratic methods to say, hey, okay, let’s delve into this idea of fascism and socialism and see maybe there are some parallels. And there are parallels indeed where a form of government and a type of ideology can start to look more and more like each other. And it is important to try and ask those questions to get them to think critically about where those overlaps might be.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, so we’re going to continue this discussion. This is a very important one. I did want to say thank you to the Harris family for their gold sponsorship of the show. Susan was in town, so I got to have lunch with her earlier this week, and I really do appreciate their great support of the show. And then Lauren Levy is the guy to call for everything mortgages.
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SPEAKER 12 :
I have one question about the last segment. You mentioned being a horse. Well, hasn’t our government here in Colorado said that you have to acknowledge me as a woman? I identify as a woman.
SPEAKER 07 :
That’s a good point.
SPEAKER 12 :
So… Is that fascism? Or can I be a professor? That’s what I want to be. I want to be a doctor. Can I claim that I’m a doctor and I make you call me a doctor?
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, and so this is also kind of an important point about fascism is they were really against… extreme liberalization like that as well. They would say, absolutely not. They were very much so of, and you can see, of course, in Nazi Germany, what they were against as well. I mean, they didn’t just attack the Jews, though that was predominantly what they did, but they went after the gays and the lesbians, they went after people of color, they went after all these groups that were outside the fringe and the normal. So what they were trying to do, what they considered to be. Absolutely. Yeah. So again, it goes back to this idea of they wanted this one class society that was all under control of the state government. Now we sit there and we say there are definitely some parallels to socialism because you can’t have socialism without having this extreme authoritarian control. Uh, But there’s a very pragmatic reason why fascism is economically different from fascism and socialism. There’s a big economic difference. And that’s because even though both these movements were born out of national, ultra-national socialist movements, what both Hitler and Mussolini both discovered quite quickly was the quickest way to control the vehicle of economics was not to nationalize every industry. They realized, hey, there might be some pushback if we try and nationalize everything, right? All these wealthy business owners might not support us. So what they did is they said, okay, well, You can keep your property, but we’re going to control the production, the amount, and we’re also going to control the workers. So, it’s private property, but it’s government control and direction of your means of production of that private property. So, of course, people who actually believe in private property as it is say, well, do you really… own your private property, if you don’t control the means of production, like if you can’t say, hey, I want to see five more houses this month because I have Christmas coming up, Ben, you know, you can’t do that because fascism would say the government, you would have to go to the government and say, hey, can I increase my quota for the month of houses seen? And they would either say yes or they would say no. So it’s like That’s mislabeling private property, but it served a pragmatic purpose.
SPEAKER 08 :
Licensing, that can be a tool that could be used, yes? Very much so.
SPEAKER 11 :
I continue to pay taxes every single year on a property I bought five years ago. So, we can kind of see where, and this is the important point, there are ways where you can say, listen… Just because you believe in property taxes and believe in more property taxes, that doesn’t make you fascist.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 11 :
But it’s definitely leading you towards a path of what a fascist ideological believer would say. They would say, hey, you can have your private property, but the government needs to tell you what to do with it. And if I don’t pay… And if you don’t pay, the government takes it. I also want to hit this, too, and I want to make sure we have time for this, too, because there’s two parallels of what fascism stands for that I want to kind of debunk quickly. One, they do believe they were pro-union support. And that’s easy for us to say, oh, okay, so if you believe in unions, you believe in fascism. It’s like, no, no, no, this is completely different. They wanted a state-controlled union. That way they could control how the wages for workers were set, how the working conditions were. They quickly quashed any sort of private union whatsoever. They said the unions need to be controlled by the state. Whereas, as we know, most union supporters would completely… Some wouldn’t, but some would say, we need to have our own independent union. I want our union run by union supporters and our actual workers. So it is different when you say that fascism was pro-union. They were pro-state-sponsored union. They weren’t pro-private union. So that is very important. Lastly, and this is usually the attack made against the right, is this idea that fascism was very ultra-nationalist, right? Like there was this supreme support of the country. But it was different, and we’re using different terms if we just use this term to be anti-fascist is to be anti-nationalist. That’s a sophistic argument because we’re talking about two different types of nationalism. The fascists define nationalism as a way to use justification of abusing individual rights. They would say, you need to forego your individual rights for the good of the nation. So we need to be able to do what’s best for the nation because the nation is better than the individual. Whereas you and I and everybody in this room would say, we are civic nationalists. So we may love our country, but at the same time, we can sit here as we did four years ago and say, our government is being run by a bunch of people that want more control and more power. So we love the country. We love the idea of the country. We want to make America great again. But that’s different than this nationalism that uses the nation to justify quashing individual rights. And that’s a very, very important distinction that also the fascists rose to power not because they wanted to make Italy great again. They wanted a culture redefining movement to completely radicalize and control all of the industries within the country. So there’s no parallels between Make America Great Again and a fascist movement that said, Italy will be great because they wanted to absolutely change and radically alter everything that Italy and Germany did in order to control everything.
SPEAKER 08 :
Wow. Alan Thomas, fascinating. And our quote for the end of this show is anonymous. It said, fear knocked at the door, truth answered, and there was no one there.
SPEAKER 15 :
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And it is Halloween, and it is also known as All Saints Day. Thank you, Sondra, for reminding me of that as well. In studio with me is Ben Williams with Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. Kane, who is the founder of Task Force Freedom Northern Colorado. And Alan Thomas, who is a frequent guest on the show, a great author. And, oh my gosh, we could have talked for, we could have done a Joe Rogan three hours on your subject on this, on what is a fascist. And I think we can kick the tires around that just a little bit more. But several things. I want to say thank you to the Harris family for their gold sponsorship of the show. Our word of the day is encapsulate. It is E-N-C-A-P-S-U-L-A-T-E. It could be to encase in or in a capsule, but it could also to express in brief, summary, or epitomize. I think that you, Alan, are trying to encapsulate this word fascist. And it is really fascinating. And I’d highly recommend, if you missed the hour, you can hear that again at 1 to 2 in the afternoon. And also then it’ll be on Spotify and iTunes as well. But I think we can use the word of the day regarding our discussion from hour number one.
SPEAKER 11 :
And if we could encapsulate fascism in a sentence, it would be everything for the state, nothing against the state. And that’s really kind of the best way to really fully… Make the argument that while and we were talking about this off the air, too. Well, one side definitely has maybe a little more fascist tendencies until it comes all the way to that point. You aren’t a fascist. And and I say we need to be very careful throwing around that word, even on the right, because we want words to have meaning. And so if somebody is truly a fascist, then they should encapsulate all the forms of what that governmental model actually stands for. Otherwise, it has no meaning. I mean, there’s definitely, you know, and we’re seeing this on the left a lot. You have your Democrat socialists. Well, they believe in socialism up to a point. But they’re not fully a socialist. They’re not fully a marxicom. Some are. Some definitely are and should be called as such. But just because you have tendencies that are a couple steps away from fascism doesn’t make you necessarily a fascist. We should be very careful how we throw this word out because… Just as we should be very careful about how words are applied to us. Like you said, Oh, if you call somebody a racist, then we can end the argument, right? If we throw these words around without knowing what they actually mean, we run the same risk of watering them down when we use it on the right, just as the left does by throwing it around. Towards people on the right just because they say I love America. You’re a ultra nationalist fascist. It’s like no no No, you don’t fully understand how the fascists used and weaponized nationalism for more state control in fact when we say we love America we’re saying we love America because it didn’t used to have as much centralizing governmental bureaucratic power and we actually want to take power away from the state and Therefore, we’re almost more anti-fascist than anybody that argues for more bureaucratic control, right?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, and one of the ways to do that is to turn the spigot off, and that is all of these elections where we’re seeing tax increases, and if they are not honest, at the very beginning of the question. For example, check out my voter’s guide, which is at kimmonson.com. But Mike Johnston and company regarding 2A through 2E, they’re using our taxpayers’ money to try to encourage us to vote for this. There’s something wrong with that picture. And they’ll say that they’re not, but money is fungible, and they could be moving money around. But anyway, they begin this off with saying, without imposing any new tax… Actually, what they want to do is they want to extend taxes that we have been paying. And so one of the ways to really fight a movement moving us to more government control is to turn the spigot off for all of these PBIs. And then going to Proposition LL and Proposition MM. This listener said, I taught for years and watched the free breakfast. The majority was tossed of it in the trash. I grew up as a mother and always had lunch for my children packed. This is the parent’s responsibility. The argument is, is what about the children whose parents don’t provide them a lunch? What do you think about that, Cain?
SPEAKER 12 :
I think that’s a small percentage of the population where parents aren’t able to feed themselves or feed their kids. A very small percentage. There used to be a time when you couldn’t take care of your kids. The government would step in and go, we’re taking them. You cannot raise these kids properly. And what the government has done now says, well, in fact, it was Hillary Clinton that says, these are our kids.
SPEAKER 08 :
And it takes a village. No, no, no. It’s not. It’s a parent’s kid.
SPEAKER 12 :
And they have proven that through our government, saying we’re going to take control of every aspect of your child. And your listener is correct. My wife worked for the school district. These kids would throw away the majority of this food. They can’t take it back. If they gave them a carton of milk and they never opened it, that milk cannot go back into the kitchen anymore.
SPEAKER 08 :
The other thing, because I read these proposals, is in these proposals, the state is going to determine where some of the contracts go for the food on all this. So you can see it’s PBIs all getting together on this.
SPEAKER 12 :
But at some point we have to say no.
SPEAKER 08 :
We have to say no.
SPEAKER 12 :
At some point we have to go, if you can’t feed your own child, you shouldn’t be having kids. Oh, Cain, that’s horrible for you to say. Well, this is reality. If you cannot feed your own child, you should not be having them. And someone should step in and remove your child.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, and there’s been this – well, we’ll talk about it when we get to your piece here. Okay, Alan, what do you want to say on this?
SPEAKER 11 :
I just know that I’ve run into that, too, where we just get so excited to get into what we want to talk about that Kim’s like, remember, we’ve got some time set aside for you.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, one other thing. With Ben’s plumbing, heating, and cooling, I wanted to ask you about – The fam’s in, everybody’s taking showers, hot water heater. This is probably a plumber’s dream as well, right?
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, and what I’m going to go through here, thank you for bringing this up, Kim. This is just basically being prepared to know here’s the reality of what we can anticipate. Like, let’s say it’s Thanksgiving or Christmas and everybody’s in and you have an event you’re going to. It’s like, hey, we all need to get showered. This is just doing the math to calculate out how do we need to space out the showers, right? So the first thing to do to know what your capacity of hot water is, get yourself a 5-gallon bucket and a handheld thermometer and go to the bathtub and just run straight hot water. So you’re measuring your temperature, whatever it’s coming out at, and you’re dumping your 5-gallon buckets. Okay, there’s 5, 10, 15, 20, right? Now… A little bit of math here. Your water heater is typically going to produce about 75% of its capacity in pretty much straight hot water. And I’m talking round figures here. So if you have a 40-gallon water heater, that means you’re gonna get about 30 gallons of straight hot water before that temperature starts to really decline. So you’re just watching that on your thermometer. It’s like, oh, it’s dropping, okay. And now I’m at about 30 gallons. Okay, if you’re taking showers, and again, this is round numbers. Your typical modern-day showerhead gives about two gallons a minute.
SPEAKER 07 :
But the government was trying to tell us how much water we could have out of our showerhead, right?
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, the old ones. Or if you do a black market showerhead where you take out the flow restrictor, you get a lot more water.
SPEAKER 08 :
You wouldn’t know anything about that. I wouldn’t know anything about that.
SPEAKER 19 :
I’ve just heard about it. And again, this is depending on how hot or how cold you want your shower. But let’s just say that you’re mixing the hot and the cold about half and half. So you’re using about a gallon of hot water per minute if you’re taking a shower, theoretically speaking. So you can just do the math and say, well… You know, I’ve got X number of people here. If everybody’s doing a 10-minute shower, they’re using about 10 gallons of hot water.
SPEAKER 07 :
So I want to be first. You want to be first.
SPEAKER 19 :
When I was growing up, we were allowed a two-minute shower.
SPEAKER 08 :
My mother would say, I’m going to turn the dishwasher on, so go take your shower first. Yeah, right.
SPEAKER 19 :
But anyway, you can just calculate out and say, okay, and the water heater is going to take about 45 to 60 minutes to regenerate, to fully recover.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 19 :
So you can just kind of do the math and say, hey, if we have X amount of people, we probably need to start taking showers at this time if everyone’s going to shower before we go to our event or something like that.
SPEAKER 12 :
I have a question. What’s the optimal temperature that you should set on the hot water heater?
SPEAKER 19 :
You know what? This is where it gets a little bit crazy. Because there’s what the government says. It should not be more than 120 degrees so that you don’t scald yourself.
SPEAKER 08 :
Can’t I figure that out myself?
SPEAKER 19 :
Well, you should be able to. If you look up Legionella, which is a bacteria that forms beautifully at like 118 degrees… I don’t know if you’ve ever had this, but I’ve lived in some houses where you turn on the shower and I just start coughing. Like, man, what is the deal? But the water heater was set real tepid. Legionella grows beautifully at like that 110, 118 degree temperature. Which is not something you want. And so to kill that off, if you set the water heater higher, like 130, 140, it kills off that bacteria. The government will say, oh, but you’re going to scald yourself.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, hopefully we can figure that out.
SPEAKER 12 :
So that’s the same in the food business. Yeah. There’s certain foods that have to be at about 120, 130. And anything below that, bacteria is going to grow like crazy.
SPEAKER 19 :
And obviously, the hotter you have your water heater set, the less hot water you use it in your shower because you’re balancing that out with more cold water. Yeah. But you didn’t hear it here.
SPEAKER 12 :
So the government tells us what the temperature should be?
SPEAKER 08 :
You know, I knew we were headed towards fascism. And this was when they started with the light bulbs. When they started to tell me, when the state started to tell me what light bulb I could use and couldn’t, that’s where it all started for me, Cain. Toilets. Toilets, shower heads.
SPEAKER 12 :
Big disaster. Yep. You have to flush twice, sometimes three times. Complete waste of money. But the government, the fascists get involved.
SPEAKER 11 :
It is definitely a fascist belief in corporatism and the state control of private production. So that is a fascist tendency.
SPEAKER 08 :
And corporatism is different from capitalism. It’s important that people understand that, Alan.
SPEAKER 11 :
very much so and this is kind of where fascism split the kind of split between the two between they’re not socialists because they’re not nationalizing everything but they’re definitely not a free market if they’re corporatists if they believe in corporatism and the ability to control corporations and what they produce and how much they’re neither free market and they’re neither socialist so it was kind of this third idea of how do we actually somewhat get the socialist ideal But we can’t believe in a free market because that’s way too much individual rights. We can’t allow that to happen because we’ve got to control the free press and the censorship. And we can’t have people against the state. So we’ll just do this corporatism thing where we’ll have bureaucracies control all these corporations and what they can control and what they could do.
SPEAKER 12 :
So there should just be freedoms and individual rights. So we’re not going to call them names. But you’re against me and my individual rights and my freedoms. Exactly.
SPEAKER 11 :
Exactly. They are very much so against individual rights. If you want to be anti-fascist, you should be pro-individual rights. You should be pro-free speech. You should be pro-free market. If you do all those things, you will fully embrace the anti-fascist movement.
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SPEAKER 08 :
Welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Cain, during the break, just said we were, again, having robust discussion about this whole term fascist. Cain said to Alan, you make my brain hurt. So with that, a couple of things I wanted to mention. First of all, on November 8th, out at the USMC Memorial, the foundation is hosting an event in honor of Veterans Day, 2 o’clock. And while you’re out there, Little Richie’s, which is located in Parker and Golden, is in the parking lot. Well, the parking lot that we use is where the Little Richie’s is. I’d recommend that you take a pizza or a calzone home because they are pretty darn awesome. And so they have the two locations in Parker and Golden. And so you can do two things. You can honor our veterans on November 8th. More information, usmcmemorialfoundation.org. And you can also pick up a great calzone while you’re at it. In studio with me is Ben Williams with Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. And you had a comment?
SPEAKER 19 :
Can I make a quick comment about Little Richies? Yeah. This is a safety, public safety advisory.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 19 :
Do not eat a slice of their pizza and drive because you require two hands on the slice of pizza at all times. It’s that good. It is amazing.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay. That’s awesome, man.
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh, unbelievable. It’s fantastic. Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, you know what? I think the Colorado legislature is going to make a law. Since you can’t hold your phone, you can’t hold a piece of Little Richie’s pizza in your hand either. So we’ll see that. That’s going to be the next legislation. Fascist. And Alan Thomas in studio. I, Cain, I think you and I were just like, we just want to talk more about this. This is fascinating. And we’ll roll that out in the newsletter this week. And make sure you’re signed up for that at the Kim Monson Show. And download my voter’s guide because I make the case for, when I look at it, I look at it as what is best for the individual, which is really the American idea, right, Alan? Yeah.
SPEAKER 11 :
Exactly. I mean, that’s what we were founded on. And that was the uniqueness of our country as it extended our democratic republic down to the individual, something that had not been tried before across the whole history of governance. And it’s a beautiful, beautiful tradition that we are founded upon.
SPEAKER 08 :
And we are in a battle of ideas right now, battle of words. And that’s why we do the show is to help people get their brains around these issues and then engage. And someone that really engages because he loves our children. And that is Kane. And you are the founder of Task Force Freedom Northern Colorado. It’s great to have you here.
SPEAKER 12 :
Thank you. Thank you. Can I say this real quick about Tina Peters? Sure. She’s a political prisoner. And so we need to free her. And right now she’s an example of Job from the Bible and she’s suffering. But she’s staying strong and standing for Christ. I know what she’s doing in that prison. I know that she’s reaching out to these lost souls. And so, Tina, the day’s coming. You’ll be free.
SPEAKER 08 :
Just got chills. Thank you. Kane, first thing I want to… You sent over a video of a young man that I had tears in my eyes. So tell me about that.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay. So I’m going to try to tell this story if I can correctly. So it’s a YouTube video. It just showed up. And the young man’s a Negro. He’s probably mid-20s, late-20s. And he had just gotten a job. And… the next day his car broke down and the job was maybe 30 or 40. 20 miles, I thought it said. 20 miles away, 20 miles. And he calculated that it would take him 20, 25 minutes to drive, but about seven hours to walk. And he did not want to lose this job and he wanted to get there on time. And so he started at midnight, I believe, walking so that he would make it to work in the morning. He got four hours in. He stopped at a bank. I think it’s four o’clock in the morning or so, four or five in the morning. And so he stops at a bank to rest. And while he’s in the bank, a police officer drives up. And so I’m listening to him, to the story. I’m like, oh boy.
SPEAKER 08 :
He wasn’t in the bank. He was just like in the parking lot.
SPEAKER 12 :
He stopped in a parking lot, at the bank parking lot. And a police officer drives up. I’m like, oh boy, this could go south here, maybe. Anyway, so the officer’s having a conversation.
SPEAKER 08 :
And you’re a former police officer.
SPEAKER 12 :
Former police officer. And I’m a Negro, too, by the way. Sorry. And so he, the police officer approaches him and he tells him the story and that he needs to get to work and started walking four hours ago. And the officer says, okay, I’m going to take you. I’m going to drive you. I can’t take you all the way there. He goes, but I’m going to take you another two hours in and then I’m off my shift. But I will have another officer drive up and take you to work. I just got chills again. Makes me emotional. And so this young man, he gets to work, and the story was, I think it made the news, and the owner of the company found out, and someone started a GoFundMe page for him. They wanted to raise like $2,000. For a car. They ended up raising like $30,000-something. And I believe the owner of the company actually purchased a car for him. Or he gave him his car. He gave him the car.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
I watched it once. I watched it yesterday when you sent it. But I think I shared that with you to just give the example of these folks that are on Snap. This young man, he didn’t make any excuses. He didn’t go all the world’s against me because I’m black. He simply said, I got a job and I’m a responsible person and I’m going to get to work on my efforts. If someone wants to help me, that would be great. But I am going to make the commitment to get to work so I can have this job. And so we’ve talked about this snap situation and It’s disappointing that all of us look at these people on Snap and go, oh, no, no, they should really get it. They have children. Why should I be more concerned about your kids than you are? Or shouldn’t you go? You know that this is a possibility that you might lose your SNAP benefits. Shouldn’t you be today like, holy smokes, I got to go get a job so I can feed my kids. Not if you don’t give me my SNAP money, I’m going to start taking your food at the supermarket. after you pay for it. Or I’m going to take a basket and go in and take all the meat and all the steaks and the prime ribs and just walk out of the store. Shouldn’t you be taking responsibility? Why should I feel sad and guilty that your kids are not going to eat and you don’t have the same care and concern for them? Shame on you. Oh, Cain, you’re going to create such a firestorm by saying that. Guess who doesn’t care? Cain doesn’t care. If you don’t care about your kids to get up off of your butt and go to work to feed your kids, then you shouldn’t eat. I’m sorry. The Bible says if you don’t work, you don’t eat. Hey, pastors, how about you tell your parishioners that on Sunday? If you don’t work, you don’t eat. We shouldn’t be counting on the government to take care of you and your kids.
SPEAKER 08 :
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Back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is kimmonson.com. And we’re talking about freedom, financial freedom. And having economic freedom on a national level means we have political freedom. But having economic freedom on a personal level means that we have freedom as well. And Mint Financial Strategies can help. They’re an independent firm and an accredited investment fiduciary, and they always put your interests first. Mint means more than money. It means a meaningful relationship, information sharing, a network of smart strategies, and a thoughtful advisor who puts you in control. No cookie-cutter plans. Everything is tailored to you. So call Mint Financial Strategies, and that number is 303-285-3080. 303-285-3080. And, oh, my gosh. In studio is Ben Williams with Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. Alan Thomas, a great author, guest host. Kane.
SPEAKER 12 :
Robust pontificator.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes, there you go. And this came in from Jenny. She said this. Here is everyone’s homework this weekend. We are to fill out our ballots and then use the power of 10 and contact 10 of our friends and family to remind them to get their ballots and vote and drop them off too late to mail and use the Kim Monson Show, our voters guide, as a resource for everything regarding school board races. You can take a look at transformcolorado.org. And yes… The text line 720-605-0647 is busy. Okay, Cain, we’re talking about SNAP. And do you remember during the Obama administration that there were ads to get people onto SNAP? I remember one of, sounded like two maybe little elderly ladies, and they’re like, hey, you can get SNAP benefits. It’s like, really? Yeah, it’s easy. Just do blah, blah, blah.
SPEAKER 12 :
Look at the hidden agenda. LBJ started this decades ago. The hidden agenda is to destroy your ambition, to remove your desire to ever achieve anything. And you sit back and you get the government cheese. And government cheese doesn’t melt.
SPEAKER 08 :
But the problem is, is what government giveth, to go to the King James Version, Ben, what government giveth, government can taketh away.
SPEAKER 12 :
Absolutely, and it changed the mindset of these people that are on SNAP. I know families, they’re four or five generations All of them are in government assistance. They never saw a man get up at 5 and 6 in the morning and go work 12 hours a day. All they saw were people sitting around waiting for the mailman. Back then, you got government checks, you got food stamps, waiting for a mailman to show up with your benefits and achieving nothing. And it saddens me because… These people aren’t living. They’re just existing on government assistance. They’re not traveling. They’re not seeing the world. They’re not learning new languages. They’re not hearing new songs. They’re hearing the same silly bebop stuff. They’re not learning anything. They will sadly exist until they die. And we got to change that. Having achieved that. And no one is saying to them, you can have more. Like every time I hear affordable housing, It’s government subsidized housing. It is ridiculous. I don’t want your affordable housing. I want to make some money so I can buy the house I want. But we keep allowing these fascists. They control everything. And it saddens me. I think I told you this story real quick. My mom, we were on government assistance, food stamps until… Junior high. My mom said I had enough. Back then, people would come to your home and inspect. Twice a year. They’d walk through your house, they’d look in the refrigerator, they’d look under your bed. They made sure that the funds, and I get it, they made sure that these government funds were being utilized effectively. My mom said I’ve had enough. My mom got her high school diploma when I was in junior high school. My mom got her college degree in nursing when I was in high school. And we went off of that system. When my oldest daughter was born, I was 19, 20 years old, we were on government assistance for six months. I’m like, I’m not doing this. I’m not gonna let the government take care of my responsibility.
SPEAKER 08 :
And so people just- And so you become a very successful businessman?
SPEAKER 12 :
I’ve owned several businesses. I own a business now and I know how to fight. There’s another part about growing and surviving and that is suffering. There is suffering that’s 100% necessary to become a full and complete human.
SPEAKER 08 :
I think that’s one of the reasons why the World War II generation is called the greatest generation. Those young guys, they suffered. They went hungry. In fact, I have a friend that told me her dad was a… Well, it was like a runner, you know, because you had to run at night to get the wires out for communication. And I guess he did that. And then I guess he stopped at a farm and he got some eggs. And he came back with the eggs and shared it with his colleagues because they were so hungry. They suffered. But they became the greatest generation. But they made it too easy on the next generation, which is us. Right. Oh, Joe, what would you like to jump in here?
SPEAKER 04 :
I just have to say they suffered. And I think some of that suffering gives to they are also some of the most giving people in the world. If you want knowledge, they’ll give it to you. You want help with something, they’ll give it to you. They are just kind, caring, giving people. I think that has to do a little bit with they’ve suffered. And they don’t see anybody else.
SPEAKER 08 :
They’ve seen stuff. Right. Hey, you had a great line, Joe, during the break. And I was going to go to that. Can you remember what you said? It was about forced virtue or something. I said the snap benefits are forced virtuous deeds. And there’s that word that we mentioned. And if something’s a good idea, you shouldn’t have to force people to do it. Cain, we’re on a tight schedule here. I want to make sure that we hit everything that you want, but I do have a little story.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. So you know that there’s kids, many times they’re kids of color that come and knock on your door and they’re selling magazines, right? And I don’t really need any magazines. And so I normally politely say no. So this kid came to the door and he said, when he sells the magazines, I said, I don’t need any magazines, but I need my sidewalk swept. And of course, Martin Luther King Jr. had this great quote about, if you are a sidewalk sweeper, you’d be the very best sidewalk sweeper that you can be. And I said, I’ll pay you. the kid had never had a broom in his hand i ended up having to teach him how to i’m a good sweeper and i had to teach him how to sweep and i’m on a corner and so there’s a lot to sweep and he finally looked at me a little ways in he goes you know i think my boss is going to be looking for me I’m like, okay, okay.
SPEAKER 12 :
So isn’t that on the parents though?
SPEAKER 08 :
But I wanted to give him the dignity of work. I wanted to trade value for value. You give me something of value and I will give you money, which was I created value, hopefully for somebody. And so that was my little lesson.
SPEAKER 12 :
It’s not enough of that occurs today. where that’s suffering for the kid. I’m sure he didn’t really want to have to sweep, but if you want to trade value for value, there is suffering. My first business was a restaurant. Two years, I didn’t get a paycheck. Two years, I made zero money. I made enough money to stay open. My pay was a barbecue sandwich, a barbecue chicken sandwich. There’s suffering. Now, after two years, After two years, it was a beautiful thing. But all of a sudden, Barack Obama says back then, oh, you didn’t build that. I had some choice words for that guy.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, and if I could, though, this is where we kind of get – when we said pursuit of happiness, right, when that was used when we were founded, there was this understanding about the difference between how happiness – there was – Hedonic, which is where we get hedonism, and eudemomic happiness. So hedonistic happiness, we all understand. You go out, you drink, you party, you have tons of fun, right? And that’s what most people confuse happiness with. But eudemomic happiness was actually happiness in the pursuit of something. Like happiness in finding what you’re truly meant to do. So we talk about suffering, but actually it’s more striving, right? You’re trying to give people something to strive for, to find meaning and purpose in. And that’s the true pursuit of happiness. It’s not, hey, I have tons of money. I can spend it however I want on my island. But actually, it’s why when those years where you barely made enough, you are probably pretty happy because you had a purpose. You were striving to be successful. the best you could be. And that’s what the pursuit of happiness really is. And that’s what a lot of folks that we sit here and we say, Hey, are you truly striving for happiness? Like there’s a reason why you’re not finding it because you’re relying on the government to just give you money and you’re, you’re making money, your happiness. And that’s not what it is. It’s the striving.
SPEAKER 12 :
And you’re not tapping into your God given talents. They’ve taken it away from you. Can I share this real quick? Sure. Just really fast. I want to clarify, there are those that really need SNAP. It is a very small percentage. So I don’t want, I mean, I don’t care what you think about me, but I want to clarify that I understand there are those that really need SNAP. It’s a small percentage, 1%, 3%.
SPEAKER 08 :
But it shouldn’t be forced virtue. Because what normally would happen if taxes were lower, if government control was lower, everybody else is thriving and flourishing, then we as community churches and charity, we could address that without these. Because those PBIs, they take their cut as the money goes by. Gentlemen, gosh, this is always so robust. In studio is Ben Williams with Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. Kane, who is the founder of Task Force Freedom Northern Colorado. And you’ve got two words there that I’m going to have to look up and use for word of the day, Alan Thomas. So appreciate all of that. A couple of things to mention, and that is the USMC Memorial Foundation, their event on November 8th out at the Memorial for… in honor of Veterans Day, and then also the Center for American Values. Check that out. They have so much great information. They’re non-political, non-partisan, just focused on these foundational principles of honor, integrity, and patriotism. And we have all these great discussions because of our great sponsors, and one of those is Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling.
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Yes, it is Friday, and welcome back. In studio is Ben Williams with Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. Alan Thomas, great discussion regarding your essay, We’ll Roll Out, What is a Fascist? Kane, who is the founder of Task Force Freedom Northern Colorado. And there are important issues on our local ballots, and one of those that I think is so important is what is happening in Littleton. And we have on the line with us Joe Whitney. He is with an organization, just grassroots people, trying to get something on the ballot just so people can have their voices heard. It’s called Rooted in Littleton. Joe Whitney, welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thank you, Kim. Good to talk to you.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. Election Day is just right around the corner. Have your ballots in by November 4th, 7 o’clock. That’s Tuesday. Hey, Joe, give me the latest, because last time we talked, the city of Littleton had kind of threatened a lawsuit. And it’s like, wait a minute, I thought we could redress our government. I thought that was something that was in the Constitution. So talk to me about that.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, they actually filed for a judicial review, which essentially is a lawsuit that names interested parties. We were the interested party that got named. And they spent almost $20,000 of taxpayer money to have a hearing to decide whether or not our ballot measure is constitutional or not. which caused us to spend several thousand dollars, too.
SPEAKER 08 :
So you paid for that lawsuit as a taxpayer, and then you had to pay for yours as well, right? Connect that dot.
SPEAKER 17 :
That’s exactly right. And, you know, they could have waited until after the election, because, you know, if it doesn’t pass, why would you spend that money? But they decided to do it right as ballots were being mailed out to voters. And and and then they asked the judge to just kind of hold it there until after the election to keep a cloud over the election. And we protested and the judge agreed and said, you need to file a motion. And they said, no, thanks. We just we don’t want to do it. And so they backed down, but they spent $20,000 in taxpayers’ money, never actually sought a judicial review, just wanted to put a smoke screen over the election.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, and that’s why this is important. So rooted in Littleton, it is ballot question 3A, yes? Yes.
SPEAKER 17 :
It is. It is. It’s all about preserving single-family residential zoning. Our city council wanted to change the definition of single-family residential to include duplexes, triplexes, and quadplexes in every single neighborhood. And we’re fighting to keep that definition as it is, which is what everybody who bought a home in Littleton was counting on when they bought their home.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right. And what happens then, I had seen a community out in California where there’s not enough parking. People have to drive around to try to find a place to park when they come home at the end of the day. And, gosh, it’s just a mess. And people get cranky with each other. And if people want to live in dense housing, there’s a lot of that around because we’ve got a whole bunch of government subsidies happening for that. All you’re saying is we just want to ask the people. We just want to have a question on the ballot, right?
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, that’s exactly right. This is a heavily partisan issue. And our elected officials here in Littleton actually have said that they feel empowered to make the best decision for the people, not necessarily vote for what or try to do what the people want. They have said that publicly, which to me is just astonishing to hear that. And our whole issue is open space and trees are not the enemy.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, boy. Okay, so how can people help you? What should people know about all this?
SPEAKER 17 :
They should vote yes on 3A. Our opposition has spent a lot of money doing hit pieces and all sorts of disinformation, trying to confuse people. But it’s a very simple issue. Do you want to preserve single-family residential zoning in Littleton? If so, vote yes on 3A. And there’s four great candidates on the ballot. We’ve got a mayoral candidate, Pat Driscoll. We have David Carlton at large. We have Kurt Samuelson in District 3. And we have Darren Limeranda in District 1. And all four of those people are accomplished business people that support preserving single-family residential zoning.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. Joe Whitney, one more time, those names?
SPEAKER 17 :
David Carlton at large, Darren LaMiranda at District 1, Kurt Samuelson, District 3, and Pat Driscoll for mayor.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. Joe Whitney, and this is just citizens coming together that created Rooted in Littleton.
SPEAKER 17 :
Entirely volunteer group.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yep. I understand that. So thank you so much. Another important issue that is out there, and that is what has been happening in Lakewood. And so I wanted to talk with John Froge about that. And he’s on the line. John, welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 16 :
Thanks, Kim. Glad to be here.
SPEAKER 08 :
So you are, again, just citizens getting together to put some questions. You want to get some questions to the people of Lakewood. And you’ve got some petitions out there. So bring us up to speed on that, John.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, basically what we’re doing is we’re circulating petitions to let the people vote whether they want this densification or not. So it was forced down our throats. They broke it into four ordinances, passed everything, didn’t give anybody a chance to look at it, read it. They just passed it. So what we’re trying to do is, through our petition process, force a special election which will allow the citizens of Lakewood to have a voice and to vote yes or no. That’s all we’re trying to do. So today, we are submitting to the city of Lakewood the first referendum. And then on Monday, we’ll submit the second one. So between now and Monday, we need everybody to get out and sign the petition. We still need a bunch more signatures. And we’ll keep doing this process until we get all four of them submitted to Lakewood.
SPEAKER 08 :
So, John, my understanding is once the city of Lakewood understood that there was citizens that were concerned about this because they were doing this whole zoning rewrite issue, then they they broke that whole rewrite into four different pieces at four different council meetings because it would make it more difficult to have the referendum on that to go through four sets of petitions and so that’s what why you guys are working so hard on this now i think there’s a place where people can drop by and sign those petitions you have to live in lakewood and you have to be a registered voter right
SPEAKER 16 :
That is correct. You have to be a registered voter and a legal resident of Lakewood. And we have petition or circulators circulating the petition around Lakewood. But we have set up a petition office so you can do this on your schedule and you can go to 820 Sims Street, number 11, right behind 7-Eleven. And we have that staffed from 1030 till 6. And you can sign all petitions right there.
SPEAKER 08 :
And and again, this is just for people to redress the government. And this is something that’s in the Constitution, John.
SPEAKER 16 :
That is the First Amendment. We do have the right to petition our government for the redress of grievances. And that’s what we’re doing. And they they don’t want us to do this. And there’s a lot of negativity and opposition there. posting things that are false about what we’re doing. We’re just a group of local residents that want to give this to the people to vote.
SPEAKER 08 :
Gosh, I think that’s the way it is supposed to be in America. Any other comments, John?
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s it. We need people to get out today. We’re going to be open Friday, Saturday, and we’re opening Sunday, Sunday from 10 to 3. I know it interferes with the Bronco game, but if you guys can get out and sign our petitions, that would help.
SPEAKER 08 :
OK, but one petition is due today. So it really is a to do thing today to make this happen. So that is 820 Sim Street, 820 Sim Street. And this is pretty remarkable. All of these everyday people that are stepping forward because we want to we want to preserve our freedoms is what it’s really about, John.
SPEAKER 16 :
absolutely and this is not a partisan issue we have volunteers that are on the far right the far left and right in the middle and everybody has really come together to give their time to make sure that we get all these petitions circulated and signed okay john froge thank you so much thank you kim okay ben williams it’s great to have you here in studio so uh ben’s plumbing heating and cooling and you’ve got an offer for the kids coming home from college yes give me a call at 303 or a text
SPEAKER 19 :
303-995-1636. Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
And, Kane, it’s great to have you in studio as well. Your final thought?
SPEAKER 12 :
Take your kids out of the government schools. That’s it. Take them out.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. And turn this spigot off for all of these tax increases. And when they’re not honest with the first sentence in the ballot question, how could you trust them with all the money? And my point on that is with… Well, with both LL and MM, which is statewide issues and also all those issues that are on the ballot in Denver. And I know these tax increases. I’m a hard no on South Metro Fire and Protection. And the reason is, is because they are detabering the excess revenue. What they’re saying is if we collect more than the 50 million that we’re asking for, we want to keep it all. And I don’t think that’s OK. And Alan Thomas, your piece, What is a Fascist? I’m sure this is going to create quick conversation. What do you think?
SPEAKER 11 :
I hope so. And, you know, it’s helpful to be fully knowledgeable about what fascism actually is and the entire political movement that it embraces. So just… you know, be armed with knowledge and be armed with what a true anti-fascist actually is. That way, we can have these conversations when somebody throws the word out incorrectly, and you can kind of guide them towards, hey, if you want to be anti-fascist, we definitely have a movement rooted in our political founding of this country that would fully embrace anti-fascism, which is individual rights, which is a free market, which is the rights of an individual to disagree with their government so we have a movement for you you can definitely join our anti-fascist movement which is the original constitutional constitutional movement so stay convincing my friends well and there is uh there is uh there is a no king’s day and that was uh july 4th 1776
SPEAKER 08 :
And we are now, I think, in the third founding of our country. We are asked to step forward just as they did as volunteers. And so you see all these citizens that are stepping forward as volunteers to push back on more and more government control of our lives. It is a thing to behold. We’re in a… We’re in a dangerous time in our country, but we’re in an exciting time in our country. I think this is our 1775 moment, and we are asked to step forward and take action.
SPEAKER 12 :
And those that don’t uphold the Constitution, their oath to office to uphold and defend the Constitution, what do you do with them? You vote them out of office.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes. And that’s why these elections are so, so important. So, my friends, the quote for the end of the show, and as you know, we always search for truth and clarity. And paraphrasing George Washington, a little bit of light, a little bit of truth goes a long way. And so, fear knocked at the door, truth answered, and there was no one there. So, my friends, today be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
SPEAKER 14 :
If there’s Through the mountains climbing, twisting, turning further from my home. Young like a new moon rising fierce. Through the rain and lightning wandering out into this great unknown. I don’t want no one to cry. But tell them if I don’t survive.
SPEAKER 21 :
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