WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.520 This is Dan Caplis and welcome to today's online podcast 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:05.719 edition of The Dan Caplis Show. Please be sure to 3 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:08.240 give us a five star rating if you'd be so kind, 4 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:11.599 and to subscribe, download and listen to the show every 5 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:14.400 single day on your favorite podcast platform. 6 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:16.120 Origin in Charge. 7 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:18.280 That's the way the United States of America should be, 8 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:21.000 right because guess what if we aren't, somebody else will be. 9 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:23.960 And we know we are goodness, we are light. We're 10 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:26.960 the reason the world is free. Who's the wei, Kimosabi. 11 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.079 I'm not the reason, but all of the men and 12 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:32.200 women who fought and died and everybody who's doing it now. Yeah, 13 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:35.039 so you got to use that power or guess what 14 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:39.520 evil will fill the vacuum. So once again, President Trump, 15 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:41.479 He's got to get tired of winning at some point, 16 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:44.320 right Ryan, But he's about to take the stage with 17 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:47.880 its Prime Minister net Yahoo and two of the greatest 18 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:51.119 freedom fighters in the last fifty years. We will duck 19 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:53.200 in there give you a feel for what's going on 20 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:56.119 in there. Maybe duck in and out, but this is 21 00:00:56.159 --> 00:00:58.840 what six seven days in a row, Trump has talked 22 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:01.560 to the press and taking their best shots, you know, 23 00:01:01.759 --> 00:01:05.239 whatever their best and toughest questions may be. And and 24 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:09.079 you know this is obviously by design, and it is 25 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:11.400 so important. It's important to your life and mind and 26 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:14.680 our safety, in the nation's safety because with with Biden 27 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:16.879 every single day, right, I mean, you saw the world 28 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:19.920 on fire because of Biden's weakness and all the Democrats, 29 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:22.959 which includes you know, Hick and Looper and Bennett and 30 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:26.000 Polis and all of them covering up for Biden when 31 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:29.560 when you know, obviously he was incompetent and incapable. But 32 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:32.719 Trump is making it clear right now, there's somebody strong 33 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:35.599 and sharp and unafraid in charge. 34 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:37.840 And that's how you get peace. You want to avoid war. 35 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:40.519 Make it clear you're strong enough to win a war, 36 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:44.359 and that can apply politically, that can apply, you know, militarily. 37 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:48.079 But Trump is exuding that strength eight five to five 38 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:50.519 for zero five A two five five text d A 39 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:53.560 N five seven seven three nine. So we will duck 40 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:58.200 in there. Obviously, RFK and Telsea Gabbard after today's committee votes, 41 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:01.280 are on their way to confirmation, which is another reflection 42 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:04.920 of Trump's strength, right because and I've taken the position 43 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:08.280 both should be confirmed. President Trump won. He won as 44 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:10.840 a disruptor. He should get the people he wants unless 45 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:14.719 there's something enormously disqualifying, and there has not been with 46 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:18.719 any of his nominees. So he should get these nominees, 47 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:21.800 and he's going to. But again that's a testimony to 48 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:22.360 his strength. 49 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:22.639 Right. 50 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:26.919 No Republican on either of those committees wants to cross him, 51 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:30.240 nor should they now. I would bet there are Republicans 52 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:33.840 on both committees who don't like those nominees. But the 53 00:02:33.879 --> 00:02:39.159 strength the President Trump keeps the process moving forward. But 54 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:41.000 I do want to get to a local story. Well, 55 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:43.680 we wait for those two to take the stage and 56 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:47.840 then anxious to duck in, but this one really really 57 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:48.439 bothers me. 58 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:52.360 And this is a story from the Steamboat Pilot, and 59 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:54.639 I think there are a lot of morals to this story. 60 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:55.919 If you're new to Colorado. 61 00:02:55.960 --> 00:02:59.560 Steamboatsy this amazing town up in the Mountain's great ski town. 62 00:02:59.919 --> 00:03:02.439 The first big cases I ever had was up there, 63 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:04.080 and I was just a law clerk in that one. 64 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:07.360 But which is an interesting story. I'll tell it sometime, 65 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:10.360 but not right now. This story here's the headline, and 66 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:12.400 then the Post carried a version of it. But I'm 67 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:14.560 really anxious to get your take, because one of the 68 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:16.199 cool things for me, at least being on air all 69 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:19.719 these years is, you know, I've been in Colorado now, jeez, 70 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:22.120 I can't even count fifty. 71 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:23.400 Years, maybe forty nine years. 72 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:25.879 But I came from Chicago, and I grew up on 73 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:29.159 the South Side of Chicago, first in an apartment and 74 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:32.120 then with the greatest childhood you could ever imagine, whether 75 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:34.639 we were in the apartment or then in our small 76 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:36.240 home in the heart of the South Side and what 77 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:39.599 later became Barack Obama's district. But I had the greatest 78 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:42.759 childhood imaginable, and my dad was a cop, and my 79 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:45.240 mom could have done anything, stayed home to raise us, 80 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:48.840 and I literally cannot imagine a tougher job. But the 81 00:03:48.919 --> 00:03:54.159 point of all of this is that I just didn't 82 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:56.800 get exposed to a lot of wildlife, right. Hunting was 83 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:00.159 not part of our thing. I mean in Chicago, Like 84 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:02.319 when we then moved over to the southwest Side. When 85 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:05.159 it got too violent at seventy six and Aberdeen, we 86 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:08.479 moved to sixty third and Pulaski. You know, I'd see 87 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:12.479 some cows on you know, trained cars going to the 88 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:15.159 stockyards and things like that, but we didn't have wildlife, 89 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:17.480 So hunting was not part of growing up. You know, 90 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:20.079 wildlife in that circle of life was not part of 91 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:23.319 life for us growing up, going to my dad taking us, 92 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:25.959 you know, to cub games and socks games. It was 93 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:28.120 that sort of thing. But I got to tell you 94 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:32.800 that aside to me, this one is crystal clear. Whether 95 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:35.920 it's it's to somebody who's grown up their entire life 96 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:38.879 in the wilderness with the animals and the circle of life, 97 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:40.920 or whether it's a guy like me who grew up 98 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:41.439 in the city. 99 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:42.959 Right is right and wrong is wrong. 100 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:45.399 And I think this is as wrong as you can get. 101 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:49.240 And I think it's an example of bureaucratic laziness and 102 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:50.279 excuse making. 103 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:52.040 So listen to this. 104 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:57.920 After elk gets stuck on Steamboat Springs property, CPW urges. 105 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:00.879 Residents to let nature take it course. 106 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:04.920 Okay, when an elk got stuck in a snowy gully 107 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:08.839 on a Steamboat Springs residence property Thursday, neighbors were prepared 108 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:12.279 to come from miles around to help, but a ranger 109 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:16.519 with Colorado Parks and Wildlife advised them to let nare 110 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:21.480 nature take its course. BS. I wish I could say 111 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:26.120 the full word BS. That's a lazy friggin ranger. Let 112 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:28.480 me go on with the story. That was not out 113 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:31.360 of the story quote. It's very tough to see. We're 114 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:36.040 all humans, said Rachel Gonzalez, the CPW Northwest Region Public 115 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:39.600 Information Officer. When we see an animal in a bad situation, 116 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:42.399 we all want to help. The reality is sometimes we 117 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:45.120 could be doing that animal more harm by trying to 118 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:45.480 help it. 119 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:50.720 B s BS not this animal. How are you gonna do? 120 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:53.639 How are you gonna do more harm to this animal 121 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:58.240 by saving it? This is lazy, bureaucratic garbage. The story 122 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:02.079 goes on. Millly Free, the Steamboat Springs resident who conducted 123 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:05.360 the rescue mission, came home to an elk walking through 124 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:08.560 her property and snapped a photo admiring the beauty. 125 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:09.959 But when Freed. 126 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:12.240 Walked away, the elk got startled and ran into a 127 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:13.560 gully full of snow. 128 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:16.240 I could tell the elk was struggling to get through. 129 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:18.600 The snow, but I thought the elk, they'll deal with this. 130 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:22.560 I'm sure she'll be okay. According to Freed and CPW, 131 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:25.240 the elk seemed to be in poor health even before 132 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:28.519 getting stuck. I'd really like to see the evidence of 133 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:30.600 that I've seen the picture anyway, it goes on to say. 134 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.800 Hours later, the elk was still stuck in the gully 135 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:37.120 and up to its neck in snow. According to Freed, 136 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:41.680 Freed called CPW seeking help, but a CPW ranger incurred 137 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:44.079 her to leave the alkala encouraged her to leave the 138 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:47.399 alkalon overnight to see if it could escape the gully 139 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:52.199 without help. Around seven pm Thursday, Freed decided to rally 140 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:55.079 the troops to dig a path in the snow for 141 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:57.800 the elk. Early the next morning, we got a group 142 00:06:57.839 --> 00:07:00.600 of about ten neighbors to agree to help. Everyone I 143 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:03.079 called wanted to help. I was amazed that people were 144 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:05.480 willing to come from five miles away so early in 145 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:08.720 the morning. When the neighbors arrived at Freed's property, the 146 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:12.160 elk was still alive, but still stuck. Then while the 147 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:14.439 group had breakfasts, the elk died. 148 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:17.000 Quote. 149 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:19.439 Maybe she was so weak that it was an inevitable ending, 150 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:21.680 said Freed. I get it, that's wildlife, but I wish 151 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:25.040 it had ended better, Freed boy, and I bet the 152 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:29.720 elk does too. Freed voice disappointment that CPW did not 153 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:33.240 assess the situation in person or intervene, but CPW said 154 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:39.920 interference can make a bad situation even worse. Again, total bureaucratic, lazy, garbage, garbage, 155 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:42.319 It goes on to say, from our standpoint, it's important 156 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:45.879 to make sure that we're respecting wildlife and giving them space, 157 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:49.079 especially this time of year when they're already doing everything 158 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:51.959 they can to conserve energy and calories. Wait a second, 159 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:55.240 you've got an elk dying. It's stuck in the snow 160 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:57.160 up to its neck. It can't move. 161 00:07:57.240 --> 00:07:59.959 It's dying. Oh, we got to give it space. 162 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:03.879 Right, According to Gonzales, every situation is different and there's 163 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:06.839 not just one way to respond to an animal in distress. 164 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:10.639 She said, CPW intervenes when necessary, but tends to lean 165 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:15.319 toward letting, letting nature take its course, and then it 166 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:19.160 goes on from there. Freeed added that a friend is 167 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:20.720 planning on processing the. 168 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:25.439 Elk for food. Give me a break. 169 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:28.759 You've got all these neighbors who want to do the 170 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:32.120 right thing right. God created these animals. The neighbors are 171 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:34.320 willing to go out there. They're just asking the state 172 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:38.080 for some help. Here's an animal in distress, it's dying. 173 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:42.679 What is the downside of saving it, but my constitutionally 174 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:47.720 protected opinion based upon the publicly available facts, it's just 175 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:49.200 bureaucratic laziness. 176 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:52.240 And so a magnificent. 177 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:55.000 Creature that should still be alive today died what must 178 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:58.679 have been a very painful death, and to me, that's garbage. 179 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:00.840 These neighbors wanted to do the right thing. 180 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:04.720 That happened in my hometown, and unlike you growing up 181 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:06.320 in an urban area, Dan, I grew up in a 182 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:10.360 very rural area in Grasslake, Michigan. That elk would still 183 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:13.720 be alive. We would have tried to call DNR Michigan 184 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:17.039 Department National Natural Resources. I believe there would I hope 185 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:19.159 there would have been a different response in that instance. 186 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:21.840 You know, the animal is not only in danger, it's 187 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:26.799 being stressed, and you have to be able to start 188 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:29.519 some effort to save that animal. And I know it's dangerous. 189 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:32.000 The elk could be very agitated, and you don't want 190 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:33.679 to get in his path or its way. But there 191 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:35.919 was a way to save that elk well, and all. 192 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:38.240 These people rallied and he came out with their shovels 193 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:40.480 et centa. But they had a right calling the state, 194 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:41.879 They had a right to get some help from the 195 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:45.279 state Colorado is a state income tax. Colorado has lots 196 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:48.000 of taxes. I bet all those people are paying lots 197 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:50.679 of taxes, and they had a right to expect some 198 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:51.840 help from the state. 199 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:53.559 Right now. 200 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:55.919 Listen, if it's a spider in your house or something 201 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:58.919 like that, that's one thing. Even though I'll admit that 202 00:09:59.279 --> 00:10:01.559 I will take fighters out and throw them outside. 203 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:02.240 Amy hates that. 204 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:06.840 But the point being, this is a big, magnificent elk. 205 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:11.600 It's in pain, it's in distress, just a little basic humanity, right, 206 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:17.320 And so I think the state failed these citizens. The 207 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:21.480 state failed this beautiful creature. And it's another example in 208 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:25.320 my constitutionally protected opinion of bureaucratic laziness. 209 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:28.279 Maybe there are other facts that I don't know or 210 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:29.960 I'm missing. I'd love to hear from you. 211 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:32.639 Eight five five for zero five eight two five five 212 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:35.600 the number text d A N five seven seven three nine. 213 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:38.799 But no, I think this animal should have been saved. 214 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:40.639 You're on the Dan Kapla Show. 215 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:49.639 And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast. 216 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:56.000 Corodo Bureaucrats my humble opinion, failing this beautiful animal, failing 217 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:59.080 the citizens of Colorado who wanted the animals save citizens 218 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:02.480 who got up at dawn, traveled miles with shovels to 219 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:05.120 get together to save this elk stuck in her neck, 220 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:09.919 stuck up to her neck in deep snow overnight, and 221 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:13.759 the person who saw this tries to get the state involved. 222 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:16.600 The state doesn't come out, and then you know, as 223 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:19.559 the people are having breakfast, which they're entitled to do, 224 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:20.480 the elk dies. 225 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:20.720 To me. 226 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:25.440 Just awful, what a waste, a total bureaucratic failure. Tara 227 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:27.519 and Pueblo, you're on the Dan Kaplis show. 228 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:27.919 Welcome. 229 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:32.279 Hi, thanks for taking my call. 230 00:11:32.679 --> 00:11:33.840 Oh my pleasure, Tara. 231 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:41.799 Yeah, I mean it is really vomnerable when people should 232 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:45.639 be taking some responsibility to do their job and be 233 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:49.039 helpful just want to brush it off and do nothing. 234 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:51.879 It drives you crazy, doesn't it. 235 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:53.159 Yeah. 236 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:55.639 And the neighbors that they were willing to go miles 237 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:59.639 at dawn to save this animal, but the professionals should 238 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:03.440 have been out they're saving it right long before then. 239 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:07.240 Thank you for the call. Not every Texter happy with me, 240 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:10.000 but that's okay. 241 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:11.639 People can't always be right. 242 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:15.120 I think this textures unhappy with you, but I had 243 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:17.720 the same question as this texter. Dan if I may, says, 244 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:20.480 Dan been a resident hunter here in Colorado for over 245 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:24.440 sixty years. Yep, stuff happens. I find it interesting that 246 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:27.080 it is a city boy lawyer. A little shot at you. 247 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:29.000 You didn't spot the fact that the helpers made time 248 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:31.159 to have breakfast. What's up with that part though? 249 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:31.639 Why do they? 250 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:33.960 But why do they stop to have breakfast? Dig the 251 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:34.840 damn elk out? 252 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:38.519 Hopefully have breadtha, Hopefully that Texter is on their way 253 00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:42.480 to the ear doctor right now, because I specifically read 254 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:44.879 that part of the story. I know you, I know 255 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:49.039 that while they were having breakfast, the elk passed away. 256 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:52.679 But here's the point here. Let me read this text. 257 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:55.799 Dan been a resident and hunter here in Colorado for 258 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:59.320 over sixty years. Yep, stuff happens. I find it interesting 259 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:01.360 that is a city boy lawyer. You didn't spot the 260 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:03.840 fact that the quote helpers make time to have breakfast 261 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:07.759 while the animal died. Hope those helpers didn't choke on 262 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:11.480 their eggs and vagan bacon. Again, stuff happens, in my 263 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:17.200 constitutionally protected opinion. Smiling and winking emoji, I'm sure you 264 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:20.720 didn't mean to demean the wildlife officer with your words. 265 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:26.320 I thought I did not, not personally, but no, clearly 266 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:30.120 if if my words weren't clear enough, And nothing's personally here, 267 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:33.480 I'm not faulting any particular individual. What I'm saying is 268 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:39.559 the bureaucratic mindset Colorado Parks and Wildlife as a bureaucracy 269 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:43.159 should have gone out and saved this animal. And the 270 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:47.159 excuses what I was particularly referring to were the excuses 271 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:50.240 offering in this offered in this article, which to me 272 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:53.799 are typical bureaucratic garbage. 273 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:56.440 It's very tough to see. I mean, she's talking about 274 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:59.919 an elk, stuff buried all the way up to it 275 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:02.519 neck in the snow. Everybody can see it. Come on, 276 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:03.399 we're humans. 277 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:06.360 God gave us these gifts. We're supposed to be their 278 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:10.440 caretakers and their stewards. Yeah, we were given them to eat, 279 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:12.519 we were given them to do this and that, but 280 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:15.799 we were supposed to treat them well. So this is 281 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:19.600 I don't aim this at any particular individual in this story, 282 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:23.320 but the bureaucracy, the state of Colorado under Jared Polus. 283 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:25.879 It's very tough to see. We're all humans. 284 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:28.080 When we see an animal in a bad situation, we 285 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:30.600 all want to help the reality is sometimes we could 286 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:33.120 be doing that animal more harm by trying to help it. 287 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:36.200 So tell me, State of Colorado, how are you doing 288 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:41.919 this animal in a tortuous situation more harm by just 289 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:43.080 digging it out. 290 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:45.399 This is not tough. It's not in the middle of 291 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:46.039 a highway. 292 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:50.960 And to the shot taken it these people who just 293 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:53.559 want to have a little breakfast first. These people are 294 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:56.320 all up early in the morning, They've come a long way, 295 00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:59.399 They've all brought shovels. They're not paid by the State 296 00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:02.320 of Colorado. They're not paid by the taxpayer. These are 297 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:06.000 unpaid volunteers about to go out by the way and do. 298 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:09.639 Some really hard work and some risk there, and some risks, 299 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:12.960 you know, so that you gotta have fuel. You gotta 300 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:13.399 have fuel. 301 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:16.320 If the state had done its job, the folks wouldn't 302 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:17.559 even have to be outset. 303 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:20.000 I just got to say to the Texter's point, I 304 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:22.240 do agree, as again, somebody who grew up in a 305 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:25.519 rural environment, I would want to have breakfast too. But 306 00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:28.559 the elk is stuck. This is a crisis situation. You 307 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:31.159 dig the elk out first, and they'll go have a 308 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:33.200 big bonanza breakfast. A cracker barrel or. 309 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:35.200 Bro It's like on the plane, you got to put 310 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:39.279 your own face mask on first, right, and here they. 311 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:40.840 Need to dig him out without eating breakfast. 312 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:43.759 You gotta have the fuel. You gotta have the fuel. 313 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:47.600 But Dan, the person who saw it originally obviously didn't 314 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:50.919 see a sign of illness or distress. It was cruel 315 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:52.919 to not get that elk out. If wildlife had come 316 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:55.120 out and determined the elk was dying, then put it 317 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:59.200 out of its misery. Great point, you've got you've got 318 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:03.919 a creation of god suffering. I think we're put on 319 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:07.639 this earth to relieve suffering. You've got a creation of 320 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:11.600 God's suffering. You've got taxpayer funded people who are supposed 321 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:15.799 to address this situation. It probably died from the stress. Yeah, 322 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:18.279 I might have froze to death. Whatever, It was a 323 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:21.200 brutal death that could have been avoided. The Texter goes 324 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:23.279 on to say, the few times I've had to call 325 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:26.320 Fish and Game, they have neither not come or been 326 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.080 of little help. 327 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:28.320 No longer call them that. 328 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:31.879 From Frandy that maybe the first Frandy who has ever 329 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:32.679 written the show. 330 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:35.320 Dan, they should have dug the elk out the night before. 331 00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:39.559 Well, yeah, the States should have You've got this citizen 332 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:43.879 who starts by calling the government, right, they're the specialist 333 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:48.639 Parks and wildlife calls. The government figures though, get them out, 334 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:51.919 and then all of a sudden, this good Samaritan citizen 335 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:55.519 sees the government isn't acting, so starts calling their friends. 336 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:56.519 Now. 337 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:58.360 I don't expect them to go out in the dark 338 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:02.000 at night, in deep snow with shovels to try to 339 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:09.240 save the elk. But the professionals should have been there. Yeah, wow, Dan, 340 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:11.640 they should not wait on government. The spirit of America is, 341 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:15.000 do not wait on your government, Take charge yourself. We 342 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:18.759 are the government, we the people. Yeah, but I think 343 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:21.319 they did the right thing there to help. I mean, 344 00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:23.079 they did the right thing to call the government to 345 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:25.279 try to get the government's help, and the government, in 346 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:28.279 my opinion, should have helped Dan. I live in Cedar 347 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:30.599 Edge where we have deer in our yards here around. 348 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:33.519 CPW will not intervene if we spot an injured deer. 349 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:36.960 Let nature take its course. As the mantra we here too, 350 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:40.799 And I say bs to that. Depending on the circumstance. 351 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:46.079 To me, again, that's bureaucratic laziness. It depends on the circumstance. Yeah, listen, 352 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:50.920 if you've got a deer that's passing away from. 353 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:52.359 Some kind of this or that. 354 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:54.279 I'm not saying the state has to come out and 355 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:57.960 give it CPR. I'm not saying that at all. But 356 00:17:58.039 --> 00:18:00.400 if you've got a deer that says duck in a 357 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:03.519 barbey er fence, or you've got a deer like this, 358 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:07.079 or an elk in this case, stuck in the snow, No, 359 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:09.599 we are better than that than to leave an animal 360 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:10.720 there to be tortured. 361 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:12.400 We're better than that. 362 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:16.000 Dan, If that had been a predator wolf here in Colorado, 363 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:17.720 they would have moved the entire amount to save it. 364 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:22.200 Hell. Yes, text of the year can tender right top five. 365 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:25.920 If that had been one of Jared Polus's beloved wolves 366 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:30.240 that was brought in to slaughter the livestock of our ranchers, 367 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:35.160 they would have Polus himself would have flown out. He 368 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:39.839 would have every asset possible deployed to save that wolf. Yeah, 369 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:43.680 this is outrageous and it's symptomatic of something even bigger. 370 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:44.519 But it's cruel. 371 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:53.400 You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast. 372 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:57.480 If the State of Colorado wasn't going to do its 373 00:18:57.559 --> 00:19:02.039 job and save this animal that was dying, this horrific 374 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:04.480 death where everybody could see it and it could have 375 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:07.799 been easily rescued. Then put it out of its misery. 376 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.960 I mean, this is a story. I'll get to the 377 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:13.759 phones and text if you just joined the sink. Not emotional, 378 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:16.400 it's peanut butter. This is a story out of the 379 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:20.519 Steamboat Pilot via the Denver Post after elk gets stuck 380 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:25.599 on Steamboat Springs property CPW Colorado Parks and Wildlife urges 381 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:29.759 residents to let nature take its course. My constitutionally protected opinion. 382 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:33.599 That's buer lazy bureaucratic BS. Here's the heart of the story. 383 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:35.880 I won't read it as I did earlier. Is I 384 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:39.759 understand the story. You've got this elk that gets stuck 385 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:44.799 in this big field. It's a fenced, big field behind 386 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:47.440 somebody's house. Bury it all the way up to its 387 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:51.440 neck in the snow, and the elk is an obvious misery, 388 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:55.039 and the neighbor calls the state as it should. You 389 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:56.960 know the budget for that department, I looked it up 390 00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:59.119 in the break three hundred and eleven million. You think 391 00:19:59.119 --> 00:20:02.160 they could afford to and elk dyeing a horrible death, 392 00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:04.839 calls the state and says, hey, you got to rescue 393 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:05.400 this animal. 394 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:07.960 State says no, and then we get. 395 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:10.759 In my opinion, all this bureaucratic nonsense in those quotes 396 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:14.640 I read, Garriotte could be doing the animal more harm. 397 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:17.920 How are you doing the animal more harm by simply 398 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:21.400 digging it out rather than have it died that horrific death. 399 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.839 So this neighbor does the right thing. 400 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:26.920 What a good person rallies friends, calls friends, people come 401 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:29.400