WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:12.640 Ladies and gentlemen in this corner from the University of Colorado, 2 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:17.960 thirty years in Lorraine, fighting for truth, justice and the 3 00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:19.160 American Way. 4 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:26.079 Dan Glasses, this is not Dan campus. This is Heidigan 5 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:28.559 All filling in for Dan. Hope he's having a great 6 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:31.960 New Year's Eve. Hello Dan, if you're listening. I'm so 7 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:35.159 excited to be with everyone this afternoon to wrap up 8 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:38.159 twenty twenty four and look forward into twenty twenty five 9 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:40.960 and see what's ahead. I've invited lots of folks to 10 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:43.560 come on and tell us their predictions and talk about 11 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:47.079 the crazy stuff that happened in twenty twenty four. Ellie Reynolds, 12 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:49.679 you're on the line. What do you think is going 13 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:51.159 to happen in twenty twenty five? 14 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:56.000 Oh gosh, I guess what I think is going to 15 00:00:56.039 --> 00:00:58.799 happen is I think that the Democrats are going to 16 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:02.159 have a realization that they could lose even more seats 17 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:05.680 in these upcoming years if they don't moderate, And then 18 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:07.599 I think they'll be also a little bit of fight 19 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:10.239 with some of the Democrats as the legislator to go 20 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:12.959 further less than they've ever got before to fight a 21 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:17.319 Trump administration. So I think we will see more progressive laws, 22 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:20.200 which is not surprising, but I think we all should 23 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:21.200 be on the lookout for it. 24 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:25.200 That's pretty insightful, Elie. I agree with you, and I 25 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:27.840 think it's going to be a lot of infighting in 26 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:31.120 the Democrat Party in Colorado is my prediction. But you know, 27 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:33.560 you're on the front lines. You've been in politics a 28 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:35.120 long time, but you're on the front lines of the 29 00:01:35.239 --> 00:01:38.920 education battles right now. You're a mom of a little guy, Teddy, 30 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:42.959 he's adorable, and you recently had quite a win in 31 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:45.120 Douglas County. Can you tell us a little bit about 32 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:46.879 that battle and what's going on down there. 33 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:52.239 Yeah, we actually just did another interview today really on 34 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:56.599 the success but also a lot of the unexpected pushback 35 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.120 that we got. So I live in a place called 36 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:03.719 Stirling Ranch, Douglas County, the Master playing community that's really 37 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:06.959 growing and fastly growing, and we don't have any schools 38 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:10.199 out there. While there is a neighborhood school that there 39 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:13.560 was a bond that passed for. I was really passionate 40 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:17.479 about bringing a classical charter school to Sterling Ranch for 41 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:20.400 my little guy, Teddy, who I looked around and I 42 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:24.080 thought there's great classical charter schools in Douglas County, but 43 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:26.759 I don't want to drive thirty minutes for it. So 44 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:28.840 I thought, I can do this. I can start a 45 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:32.319 school and I can model it after a great classical education, 46 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:35.800 and I know there's a want here. And so we 47 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:37.840 brought it to the Douglas County School Board and we 48 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:41.520 asked to be released to the States. We were successful 49 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:47.120 with the Conservative majority actually releasing the application to CSI, 50 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:50.159 which is the Charter School Institute. But some of the 51 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:53.560 things I had I didn't really expect through this process 52 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:56.840 is that people that were hired by the conservative board, 53 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:00.879 like the superintendent and other people really in the district 54 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:04.759 bought us tooth and nail, and it was something I 55 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:09.840 was surprised. I was surprised that a conservative board, that 56 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:14.080 their staff and really would fight us over and over 57 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:17.879 on a charter school. So that was surprising. So I 58 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:19.680 see more education fights. 59 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:22.199 Coming, Yeah, I mean it's going to be a big 60 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:25.599 year for school boards. We've got lots of races across 61 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:29.280 the state. What is your take on how we approached 62 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:32.199 the school board races? There are there any issues that 63 00:03:32.199 --> 00:03:34.479 we should stay away from that we should veer towards 64 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:35.479 what's your gut on that? 65 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:39.360 Yeah, I mean my gut is what made us successful 66 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:43.080 in Douglas County by getting the majority of those conservative 67 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:46.800 seats was that we were able to mobilize people around 68 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:49.039 a certain issue. And at the time, it was a 69 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:52.919 masking issue, right It was dividing parents, and it was 70 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:56.319 putting kids at home and they weren't learning, and it 71 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:59.039 was really one issue that they were around they could 72 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:02.000 center around. And I think that's lost right now. I 73 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:06.039 think that all of the school boards really across don't 74 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:09.759 have something to grasp onto and run. You know, we 75 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:12.599 joke all the time that's Democrats right now are having 76 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:15.199 They're a party that stands for nothing, Like what do 77 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:17.680 they stand for? We don't know right well, we have 78 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:20.959 to figure that out. As conservatives, especially for the school boards, 79 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:23.439 what are they going to run on? And right now 80 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:26.680 I don't know, but my suggestion would be they figure 81 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:29.199 out one issue they can rally around. Personally, I think 82 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:32.079 it should be school choice and it should be supporting 83 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:36.079 charter schools. The schools have done amazing things for our 84 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:37.600 kids and rallying around it. 85 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:40.360 Yeah, I agree with you, Ellie, and I think there's 86 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:42.079 going to be a lot of conversation in the coming 87 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:45.000 months about who the right candidates are, how we turn 88 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:47.399 some boards and flip them. They've done a great job 89 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:50.040 down in Pueblo and some other areas that we can 90 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:52.000 look to to see how that's going to play out. 91 00:04:52.040 --> 00:04:54.040 Douglas County is going to be an important couple of 92 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:56.879 races there. So thanks for all you do, Ellie. I'm 93 00:04:56.920 --> 00:05:00.680 really excited about the new potential school in staf Ranch 94 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:03.759 for all the families down there to have a classical 95 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:06.079 option and keep up the good work. 96 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:09.439 Thanks, Happy New Year, Happy. 97 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:12.160 New Year to you too. So we've got a couple 98 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:16.959 of text messages. One of the text messages says, Heidi, 99 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:19.199 thanks for all you do. Thank you. That's very sweet. 100 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:22.839 How do we educate consumers to understand that you when 101 00:05:22.839 --> 00:05:25.800 you tax a business, the business has to pass it 102 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:29.519 on to the consumer, increasing inflation and prices, the same 103 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:33.000 as increasing minimum wage, increasing the cost of goods. It's 104 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:36.839 tough to own a business in Colorado, man, Do I agree? 105 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:39.560 Every morning I'm waking up with an alert that another 106 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:43.360 restaurant is closing, mostly in Denver, and a lot of 107 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:47.519 great restaurants are really struggling with the regulations and taxes 108 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:50.600 and new fees and new policies that are layering on 109 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:53.959 all of these small business owners. And you know, honestly, 110 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:56.879 it's really frustrating as an entrepreneur to see that happen 111 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.759 in Colorado, where I started my business Can't Bow Wow 112 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:02.399 back in two thousand and grew it to the largest 113 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:05.040 pet care franchise in the country. I don't know that 114 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:07.279 I could have done it today with the rules and 115 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:10.800 rugs the way they are. So we've got another caller, Cary, 116 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:12.160 Are you on the line? 117 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:15.399 H Hi, Heidi, Happy New Year? 118 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:15.920 How are you? 119 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:18.879 I'm good, Happy New Year, Cary Man. You are on 120 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:22.680 the front lines of education in Colorado, Carri Hebbll you 121 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:26.000 work with ACE Scholarships and really involved in the school 122 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:29.360 choice movement. What does that look like in Colorado and 123 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:31.000 nationally in twenty twenty five. 124 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:34.959 Well, it's an exciting time, and I think certainly on 125 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:40.879 account of school choice really elevating at a national level, 126 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:45.759 particularly with the incoming administration looking to put more emphasis 127 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:49.199 on not only the quality the education that we're providing 128 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:53.920 to our kids, but also giving parents a choice. Ultimately, 129 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:56.720 as far as what would be in the best interest 130 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:00.920 of their child. So it's an exciting time. I love it. It's 131 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:04.600 a phenomenal organization, and certainly it's a shout out to 132 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:07.079 any and all of our donors who really put their 133 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:09.800 money where their mouth is. So bravo and keep up 134 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:10.319 the good fight. 135 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:13.600 Yeah, I mean A Scholarships is one of the just 136 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.759 one of my favorite nonprofits in Colorado and nationally doing 137 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:20.079 great work helping kids that normally couldn't afford to get 138 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:23.800 a private education get one and get out of the 139 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:26.800 public school system if they need to. And the families 140 00:07:26.839 --> 00:07:29.759 are just amazing. They do. They just do an amazing work. 141 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:31.800 So thank you for all you do, Cauri. What are 142 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:33.879 some of your other predictions? Do you have any other 143 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:35.360 big ones for twenty twenty five. 144 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:40.720 Well, you know, it's interesting because I think, you know, certainly, 145 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:44.600 with all that's happened over the past you know, a 146 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:48.480 few years, you know what's sort of been shocking to 147 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:51.720 watch and to listen to is you know, certainly with 148 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:56.079 the Hunter Biden situation and the fact that we've been 149 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:59.759 lied to over the past few years, and you know, 150 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:03.560 it looks like, you know, Hunter will probably get away 151 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:06.959 with his crimes that he committed and he'll get a 152 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:09.920 full pardon. So, you know, I think that's really drawing 153 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:14.959 criticism from both sides of the aisle, as it rightly should. 154 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:18.000 But I think, you know, certainly for Colorado and at 155 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:22.439 a national level, where you know, the voters really spoke 156 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:27.560 out this past election and the migration crisis. The immigration 157 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:32.000 crisis right now is impacting you know, across the country. 158 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:37.600 Every city, every state is feeling the border crisis, and 159 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:40.600 I think Colorado in particular, and the scenario that we 160 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:44.919 had play out uh in Aurora, where we had you know, 161 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:50.919 gang activities in our backyard, you know, trendy to a 162 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:55.840 dagua uh. You know, we're threatening and forcing you know, 163 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:00.840 residents to leave their properties, leave their home, putting threats 164 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:05.159 on the management companies, you know, and even earlier this month, Hei, 165 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:07.639 you know, we saw one of the gang members torture, 166 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:12.080 torture residents. And you know, I got to say that 167 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:16.000 I'm really really disappointed with, you know, certainly the response 168 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:21.559 that our elected leadership gave to this community. You know, 169 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:25.759 since when is it acceptable to turn your back or 170 00:09:25.759 --> 00:09:28.600 to make you know, residents of Colorado feel that they've 171 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:32.559 been abandoned? You know, since when, and maybe it's because 172 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:36.840 of you know, sanctuary city laws, but you know, a 173 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:41.519 lot of these gang members have are part of these cartels, 174 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:45.879 and you know, the laws that they think may have 175 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:49.440 been legal with the cartels that they were under or 176 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:52.919 abiding by, that shouldn't be tolerated in this country. And 177 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:55.279 the fact that you know, we've got you know, some 178 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:59.720 of our elected officials, the mayor of Aurora who basically 179 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:03.000 had walk back his comments, you know. 180 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:06.159 And our governor says, it's in our imagination. 181 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:10.840 You know, it's our imagination. And you know, poor Danielle Jurinsky, 182 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:13.440 who you know, was screaming at the top of her 183 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:16.200 lungs to get some attention to this, and thank goodness 184 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:19.120 she did. But that's you know, that should not be 185 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:24.440 acceptable in any of our communities, regardless of your socioeconomic situation. 186 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:27.960 No one should, no one should be left to feel 187 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:32.399 abandoned by their city officials or by their you know, 188 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:36.200 police or anything. I mean, this was just horrific to 189 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:40.080 watch this, you know, certainly play out, and I thought 190 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:42.360 it was you. I don't know when JD. Van sort 191 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:45.799 of shot back at Martha Raddit's and said, you know, 192 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:48.559 when she said, oh, it's just a couple of apartment buildings, 193 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:51.399 and he said, Martha, you are you hearing yourself? I 194 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:54.799 mean this should not be acceptable. So I don't know. 195 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:59.000 I think great change should be on the horizon. It 196 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:02.240 feels like it's going to be very disruptive, if you will, 197 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:04.960 in twenty twenty five, which I don't know. I don't 198 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:06.879 think that's such a bad thing. I'd like to see 199 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:10.320 certainly more efficiency when it comes to how our tax 200 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:14.639 dollars are spent, you know, certainly for our kids. As 201 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:18.200 you mentioned earlier, I'm a huge advocate for school choice 202 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:22.039 and really really giving kids a quality education and letting 203 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:26.159 parents decide what's in their children's best interests. So I 204 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:30.720 think between education, you know, efficiencies in our government, and 205 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:35.600 hopefully getting this migration crisis under control would be you know, 206 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:37.840 certainly a god sense for this country at this point. 207 00:11:38.039 --> 00:11:40.120 Wow, Carl, you just did a great job of wrapping 208 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:42.080 everything up. We've got to go to break, but thank 209 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:44.440 you for all you do at ACE. Check it out 210 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:47.360 if you're online listening, check out ACE Scholarships. We have 211 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:49.159 a few hours left. You can get a tax right 212 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:52.879 off and donate. It's a C three very true. But 213 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:56.360 thanks for all you do. Have a wonderful New Year's 214 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:57.960 even We'll catch you after the New Year. 215 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:00.720 Sounds great, a right, everybody. 216 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:03.320 This is Heidi Ganal filling in for Dan Caples. We'll 217 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:06.200 have more talk about twenty twenty five and twenty twenty four, 218 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:10.919 looking back and forward after the break. Happy, Happy New Year, Colorado. 219 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:15.399 It's Heidi Ganal filling in for Dan Caples. I like 220 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:18.919 your choice of music, Jesse. It's very upbeat. Getting everybody 221 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:21.600 ready to go out and party tonight. Are you? Do 222 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:23.399 you have any plans. 223 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:25.799 Laying logan and watching football with the fellas, eat some pizza. 224 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:28.480 I'll be in bed by ten if everything goes accordingly. 225 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:30.799 Good news is you can watch like a head, so 226 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:32.320 you can watch New York and there you go. 227 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:33.120 Yep, exactly. 228 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:33.759 I don't know. 229 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:35.720 I like watching the network stuff. I'll watch the ball 230 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:37.399 drop East Coast time and call it a night. 231 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:40.720 I know what, Remember Dick Clark's rocking New Year's He 232 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:42.960 he was the best. He was that nobody does it 233 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:43.399 like him. 234 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:46.320 I can't do the Seacrest thing but ever, but yeah, 235 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:47.600 Dick Clark was the best. 236 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:50.519 No and Anderson Cooper and whoever. Else he's with get 237 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:53.200 drunk on TV and make fools of themselves. 238 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:54.320 Pass. Yeah. 239 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:57.360 Most of the network stuff is pretty woke, pretty crazy. 240 00:12:57.480 --> 00:12:59.519 I just I don't get into it. But I have 241 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:01.840 four so new Ye's Eve was kind of crazy. They 242 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:03.840 all want to stay up. It's very cool to stay 243 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:05.960 up till midnight. My older one is twenty nine, so 244 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:07.879 you know, she's a little over it. But I have 245 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:09.720 a fifteen year old and twins that are twelve. They 246 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:11.799 have big plans tonight, big plans. 247 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:12.679 It's exciting. 248 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:15.759 Well, you know that non alcoholic champagne is a really 249 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:16.279 big Yeah. 250 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:18.320 You get a little Martinelli's going and get them all 251 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:19.919 hopped up on sugar. Good times. 252 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:22.320 Ah, you know, Jesse one of them. One of the 253 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:25.039 cool things I'm looking forward to with Trump coming in 254 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:29.080 the presidency in twenty twenty five is him following through 255 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:32.279 on his promise to release all kinds of confidential information, 256 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:37.480 whether it's the JFK shooting or yeah UFOs now. 257 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:40.000 He threatened to do that JFK stuff last time until 258 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:41.720 he got a look at him and then he said 259 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:43.480 it was a good idea that he didn't do it, 260 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:46.159 So hopefully he follows through this time. Because I'm I 261 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:47.639 think I know what's in there, but I need to 262 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:48.480 know the whole thing. 263 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:51.759 I think everybody's ready to hear it, regardless of what 264 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:55.120 the fallout is. But I also want to know about UFOs. 265 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:58.000 This is bothering, totally totally COVID kind of ruined that 266 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:00.879 they basically told us UFOs exists during and nobody paid 267 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:01.919 any attention to it. 268 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:03.559 So minor detail. 269 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:06.159 Yeah, exactly, They're just like, yeah, well, whatever, man, do 270 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:09.559 they have COVID or not? Like, so hopefully we can 271 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:10.879 get to the bottom of all that stuff. 272 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:13.519 Now, do we do have the bird flu coming our way? 273 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:14.919 That's what they tell us. 274 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:17.840 Oh my goodness. They actually think they're gonna be able 275 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:20.840 to just lock everybody down just in time for the inauguration. 276 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:23.360 We're gonna shut the whole country down for bird flu. 277 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:25.600 And I don't know if you watched the Sunday shows, 278 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:28.360 but Face the Nation had this doctor on. We talked 279 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:31.399 a little bit about it yesterday. She was touting how 280 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:34.039 everybody needs to get the vaccination for the bird flu, 281 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:35.679 and I'm like, are you kidding me? Did you just 282 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:40.000 watch the election? And RFK Junior getting promoted across the 283 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:42.720 country is the leader of the Maha movement. People aren't 284 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:44.080 putting up with that stuff anymore. 285 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:44.519 No. 286 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:47.679 I saw that lady on TV too. She wants everybody 287 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:51.879 to get tested and inoculated for something that doesn't exist 288 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:52.840 for very many people. 289 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:55.120 Well, and the media here in Colorado is blaming the 290 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:58.840 egg shortage on bird flu, which is bunk. It's their 291 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:01.960 bad policy. They just don't want to own it because 292 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:04.200 people are ticked off. They don't want to pay eight 293 00:15:04.320 --> 00:15:07.240 nine dollars for a carton of eggs if they can 294 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:07.720 find them. 295 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:09.879 I can't imagine. I mean, if you were a family 296 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:11.519 of five or six that eats a lot of eggs. 297 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:12.799 I don't eat a little ton of eggs, so it 298 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:14.559 really didn't affect me that much. But I saw those 299 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:16.159 pictures and those shells were barren. 300 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:18.840 Yeah, we eat a lot of eggs in our households, 301 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:21.679 so we're feeling it. I also want to see the 302 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:25.440 Ditty and the Epstein stuff released. I mean, obviously Ditty's 303 00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:27.480 going through it right now, but I think half a 304 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:30.840 Hollywood's going to be in trouble. And Epstein, why have 305 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:33.080 they not released any of those files? Why has no 306 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:35.799 one gotten in trouble except whatever. 307 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:39.600 Powerful people on that list, So host we'll see. 308 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:42.320 The other thing I want to see happen is Donald 309 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:44.960 Trump came out with a very strong statement about releasing 310 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:50.679 the hostages in Gaza. And there's a hundred hostages that 311 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:55.000 they are still amasa's holding, seven of which are American citizens. 312 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:58.159 They've been there four hundred and fifty one days in captivity. 313 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:00.720 It is time to play hardball and get those folks 314 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.240 out of there. 315 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:03.440 They'll get that done. Heath Daddy tell them that they'll 316 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:05.200 be hell to pay if they didn't release them or something. 317 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:09.879 I'd believe them. Yeah, I do too. Something else I 318 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:13.559 think this year in Colorado, I think the Democrats are 319 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:16.200 gonna have to own the homelessness issue and deal with it. 320 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:20.360 Denver is putting more and more and more money into 321 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:23.200 solving the problem. It's not getting solved. It's getting worse, 322 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:25.840 and people are getting more and more fed up about 323 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:27.879 not being able to go to a Rockies game, go 324 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:30.080 out to dinner because most of the restaurants are closing, 325 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:33.960 and just enjoy our capital city. So I think that's 326 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:37.120 gonna be a big topic in Colorado. Is it enough 327 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:40.639 to make people vote differently? I don't know, but I 328 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:42.840 think I think they're gonna have to deal with it. 329 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:47.519 Yeah, I think you're right. The homeless less problem downtown, 330 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:51.679 especially around the Union Station area, is rough, and it 331 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:53.720 just seems to be getting rougher. And I don't know 332 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:55.399 what the answer is, because the more money they throw 333 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:56.360 it at, the worse it gets. 334 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:58.559 So you live down there, right, I do. 335 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:00.840 I love pretty close right by course, few just up 336 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:02.399 the block a little bit, and I've lived down there 337 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:04.480 for the last five or six years, and it's I mean, 338 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:06.519 I'm in no danger down there, but I wouldn't want 339 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:07.839 to raise a family down there. 340 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:10.359 No, you know, or go out for a night and stay. 341 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:12.039 I mean we used to when I was younger. We'd 342 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:13.759 go out dancing and go to the clubs and you're 343 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:16.000 walking around at two am in the morning and it 344 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:18.519 was fine. It wasn't a big deal. That still happens 345 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:19.000 down there. 346 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:21.480 It's I mean, if you're in a group of people, 347 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:25.640 I think you're fine, but it's still not as pleasing 348 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:27.680 to the eye as it used to be. As as 349 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:29.920 far as how much danger you're actually in, I don't know. 350 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:32.799 I think sometimes thinks that gets blown out a little proportion. 351 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:36.160 But I wouldn't, you know, want to take a young 352 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:38.200 family down there to watch the Christmas lights and all 353 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:40.200 that stuff. You know, don't think twice about it. 354 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:43.839 Nope, not doing it. Not doing that. I think another 355 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:47.759 thing that's gonna gonna blow up A Richard Holtorf talked 356 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:49.640 a little bit about it as he was closing out. 357 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:52.480 Is the deficit, Like we've got almost a one billion 358 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:55.480 dollar deficit that the legislature has to figure out here 359 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:59.160 in Colorado. That may constrain the Democrats from doing some 360 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:02.720 of their crazy stuf. I doubt it, but I'm interested 361 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:04.799 to see if Pols is going to use that veto pen. 362 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:07.799 If he does, he's going to tick off his progressive left, 363 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:09.839 and if he doesn't, he's not going to have a 364 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:12.519 good shot at running for president. So we'll talk more 365 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:16.519 about the upcoming year. This is Heidi Ganall filling in 366 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:18.720 for Dan Caples. Happy New Year, Everyone will see you 367 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:23.200 after the break. Happy New Year, Colorado. It's Heidi Ganal 368 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:26.599 filling in for Dan Caplis, And I have a caller 369 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:29.119 Kevin on the line. Kevin, I'm so sorry for leaving 370 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:31.039 you hang and I got all fired up about what's 371 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:33.319 happening welcome to the show. 372 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:38.559 That's okay, I got a question for you. Yes, the 373 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:43.839 most egregious financial fraud perpetrated on the United States citizens 374 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:49.799 occurred in nineteen thirteen in violation of the US Constitution 375 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:55.640 and every state constitution, as well as God's law as 376 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:59.640 discussed in the Old Testament. And that's when the bank 377 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:05.119 treasonous banks, the treasonist Congress, and the treasonist President Wilson 378 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:09.599 signed into law the Federal Reserve Act, which stole our 379 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:14.759 gold standard without amending the Constitution and gave the power 380 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:19.079 of creating counterfeit currency to the banks which own the 381 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:23.039 Federal Reserve and stole the gold standard away from the 382 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:28.000 people which own the notes issued under the gold standard. 383 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:32.559 I'd like to know when these public so called public 384 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:36.599 servants in DC, which are now the masters and we 385 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:40.480 are the public servants, are going to stop being beholden 386 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:45.200 to and afraid of the banks and restore our gold standard. 387 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:49.000 That's a great question, Kevin, and I know there's been 388 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:51.079 a lot of discussion about the gold standard in the 389 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:55.000 last couple of years, and I mean, our money seems 390 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:58.799 to be becoming more and more or less valuable, our dollars, 391 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:03.079 So what is Trump said about a gold standard? Yeah, 392 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:04.880 do you know what Donald Trump is said about this? 393 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:07.559 If anything, I. 394 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:12.480 Believe I heard mention of him making some kind of 395 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:20.200 comment about possibly restoring or doing something in favor of 396 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.960 the gold standard. 397 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:24.039 What would the implications of that be. You seem to 398 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:26.920 know a lot about this on a like an actually 399 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:28.480 tactical basis. 400 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:36.319 The Federal Reserve is the ninety nine percent dictator of 401 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:42.079